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Two options presented to the Board of Trustees for new student recreation center

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OFF TO A SLOW START Huskies fall to Stanford, drop to 0-2-0 this season.

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COMMENTARY/page 8 INSIDE NEWS: YOSEMITE FIRE ‘POSES EVERY THREAT THERE CAN BE’ The blaze threatens local communities and wildlife.

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While it is not set in stone, Student Trustee Michael Daniels is confident a new gym will be coming to UConn in the next few years.

A new gym has been a topic of debate for years now, as many feel the current gym is not large enough to fit the ever-growing student body.

“I think people this year are determined to find a solution that really works,” said Daniels, a 7th-semester political science and economics major.

Two plans have been presented to the Board of Trustees, one for a 203,000 square foot gym and one for a smaller 160,000 square foot gym. Although the smaller gym could be built for less money, Daniels expressed concern that it would be too small for future classes, especially considering the enrollment expansion that is taking place over the coming years.

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200,000 sq. ft.

160,000 sq. ft.

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Club Sports

2,500 sq. ft.

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2,615 sq. ft.

Outdoor Recreation 4,300 sq. ft.

Support Spaces The new gym is estimated to cost around $100 million.

A 30-year bond backed by a student fee will fund the project. If approved the student fee would range from $400 to $500 according to state-

Burglaries reported in Batterson, Sprague

3,100 sq. ft.

650 sq. ft.

25,000 sq. ft.

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ments released by the university. The student fee would be approved before the start of the project, but would not go into effect until the new gym opened, which would be 2016 at the earliest. Therefore, only

By Katherine Tibedo News Editor UConn police are investigating three intruder incidents that occurred on Aug. 25 in Batterson in the Northwest Residence Area and Sprague Hall in East Campus, according to a alert sent out by the UConn Police.

Two burglaries were reported where items were stolen from dorm rooms while the residents were absent. In the third incident an unidentified male

walked into an unlocked dorm room and left upon realizing the room was occupied.

Police are currently working to identity and apprehend the offenders. Witnesses are encouraged to contact the UConn Police Department at 860-486-4800.

Police reminded UConn community members to keep dormitory doors locked when sleeping or out of the room and to avoid propping open doors.

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East campus’ Sprague Hall was this site of one of three incidents Sunday night at UConn’s Storrs Campus as students returned for the first classes of the fall semester.

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students with access to the new gym would be paying for the cost of the gym.

“For the most part, students who are here now will not use it,” said Daniels.

Funding options other than

a student fee do not have much potential, according to Daniels.

No money from the state would be used for the project, as that money is being put towards new housing and classroom facilities.

UConn Foundation is looking into using donations, however donations would only be used if they do not detract from donations for other programs, such as need-based scholarships and varsity athletics.

“Although personally, I think I want to do some investigating to find ways to take the cost off of students,” said Daniels.

If approved the student fee would more than likely remain even after the bond is paid off to cover the cost of running and maintaining the larger facility, although it will most likely be lowered over time.

The new gym would be built mainly over X Lot and L Lot. The lost parking would be made up in a new garage paid for by Next Generation Connecticut funds.

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In these July 10, 2013, file photos, prospective students tour Georgetown University’s campus in Washington. Earlier this year, a student at Oberlin College in Ohio posted anti-Islam fliers and cards on the school’s campus.

OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) — A college student acknowledged posting anti-Islam fliers and racist cards around the campus of the historically liberal Oberlin College earlier this year, saying he meant them as a “joke” to provoke a reaction, according to statements he made after being detained by campus security.

The student also took credit for the display of a large Nazi flag, which he also said he meant as a joke, and posting the face of Oberlin’s president onto a picture of Adolf Hitler, according to the statements contained in an Oberlin city police report.

The student, detained after allegedly being seen posting anti-Islam fliers in the college’s Science Center Feb. 27, denied involvement in other, earlier racist postings and said he was trying to show people had overreacted to them.

The student, whose name was blacked out, said the people who put up earlier fliers were just looking for attention.

“I put out these fliers to get a similar over-reaction to prove this point,” the student said, according to the report.

A series of postings and incidents over the winter caused an uproar at Oberlin, enrollment 2,900, one of the nation’s first universities to admit blacks.

Black History Month posters were defaced, a “whites only” sign placed above a water fountain and a swastika drawn on a window. In early March, classes were canceled after a report of someone wearing what looked like a Ku Klux Klantype hooded robe on campus.

A second student detained the same day denied helping make a swastika banner placed in the center and also denied he knew what his friend was up to, saying he was just tagging along, according to his statement.

Police declined to file charges but Oberlin College spokesman Scott Wargo said Friday both students are going through the school’s disciplinary system.

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Bridgeport landlord convicted in shooting over rent

BRIDGEPORT (AP) — A Bridgeport landlord who once boasted he’d be acquitted of murder has instead been convicted in a shooting over rent money and faces up to 65 years in prison.

Jimmy Cunningham was convicted on Friday of fatally shooting an unarmed man he claimed was in self-defense. The Connecticut Post reports that the 41-year-old Cunningham told court employees before the trial he would not be sent to prison.

“I’ll be home having a steak dinner when this is over,” he said.

He was convicted of shooting Daniel Speller, the father of a 6-year-old girl, in an argument last year over rent.

Cunningham cursed loudly when the verdict was read.

Speller’s family gasped “yes” from the back of the courtroom.

“It helps to know that the person who did this is getting justice, but nothing will bring my son back,” said Christine Speller, the victim’s mother.

Towns seen reporting homeless students unevenly

NEW HAVEN (AP) — Connecticut towns are unevenly counting the number of homeless school-aged children, hampering efforts to provide help.

The Register Citizen reports that 93 school districts, or more than half in the state, reported having no homeless students in 2011-2012, the last year that data were available.

Rural Killingly, with a population of 16,000, reported more homeless students than did Bridgeport, Connecticut’s largest city.

School districts have identified only 2,804 homeless students in Connecticut. That’s up 50 percent from the number they reported in 2008, but a fraction of the 13,000 in other estimates.

Some advocates question whether school districts are failing to completely identify homeless students to avoid a sometimes costly legal requirement for transportation and other services.

“Homelessness exists in practically every community, and any school district that says otherwise is not in touch with the realities of the lives of the students,” said Jerry Jones, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless.

The state gets about $500,000 in annual federal funding that’s distributed in school district grants.

The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness reported more than 12,000 residents used a shelter in 2007. Of that number, 1,561 were children.

Order sought for Newtown gunman’s school records

NEWTOWN (AP) — Connecticut’s attorney general wants a judge to order Newtown school officials to release the records of the gunman who killed 26 people at an elementary school, including 20 first-grade students.

Attorney General George Jepsen wants Adam Lanza’s school records to be released to the state child advocate office so its Child Fatality Review Panel can examine the Dec. 14 attack.

The panel reviews unexpected and unexplained child fatalities.

The 20-year-old Lanza killed his mother at their home, then killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School before killing himself as police officers arrived.

The Child Advocate’s office first sought Lanza’s school records in March, but Newtown school officials have not released the information.

District officials did not immediately return a phone message left Saturday.

Lawmakers to vote on medical pot regulations

HARTFORD (AP) — A special legislative committee must decide on Tuesday whether to approve proposed regulations that spell out the details of Connecticut’s medical marijuana program.

The General Assembly’s Regulation Review Committee is scheduled to vote on the wide-ranging regulations, which include the quantity of active ingredients in a product, background checks for caregivers of patients and other rules.

Lawmakers passed legislation in 2012 that created the medical marijuana program. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy then signed it into law.

After first recommending that the committee reject the regulations, legislative attorneys are now recommending that lawmakers approve the rules on Tuesday after reviewing revisions by the state Department of Consumer Protection. The Legislative Commissioner’s Office also cited 118 technical corrections that are needed.

Some members, however, still have concerns about approving regulations for an industry that violates federal drug laws and whether lawmakers, state employees who regulate the system, marijuana growers and distributors could be liable.

Rep. Selim Noujaim, R-Waterbury, the committee’s co-chairman, said he plans to pose questions about the federal liability and other issues to representatives from the attorney general’s Office during Tuesday morning’s scheduled meeting at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.

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New Mass. sales tax angers tech firms BOSTON (AP) — A new Massachusetts sales tax on software and computer services, part of a massive transportation financing plan that became law last month, has been met with anger and confusion in the state’s technology sector, prompting calls for its repeal.

Business leaders brand the measure an “innovation tax” that strikes at the heart of ingenuity in Massachusetts, a pioneering state in the computer industry and still a cradle of cutting-edge entrepreneurship.

The tax, which took effect July 31, also has been criticized as being so vague as to leave companies and their accountants scratching their heads over what it applies to while state tax officials scramble to sort it all out.

Two prominent business-backed organizations, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation and the Massachusetts High Technology Council, are leading an initiative petition that urges lawmakers to repeal the tax when they return from summer recess. At

least one bill has already been filed that would do so. If the Legislature doesn’t act, opponents will ask voters to kill the tax on next year’s state ballot.

In an Aug. 14 memo to legislators, the council’s president, Christopher Anderson, said the tax threatens to make the state less competitive at a time when tech companies are expected to lead an economic revival.

“We have the highest percentage of tech workers of any state, the largest number of tech clusters, and a highly educated workforce that is second to none. However, none of the states with which Massachusetts most often competes for high tech jobs has a tax like this,” Anderson wrote.

The measure imposes the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax on certain computer system design services and the “modification, integration, enhancement, installation, or configuration of standardized or prewritten software.” It’s unclear if the Democratic-controlled Legislature will revisit the issue.

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A MacBook Air from Apple, bottom center, a Vaio Pro 13 from Sony, top left, an Aspire S7 from Acer, center, and an XPS 12 from Dell, right, are displayed for a photograph, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, in New York.

Sen. Stephen Brewer, D-Barre, chairman of the powerful Senate Ways and Means Committee and one of the principal architects of the transportation finance law, said no decisions had been made.

“I would welcome ideas if people had other alternatives,” said Brewer. “We are not intractable.”

Brewer noted that the tax, originally proposed by Gov. Deval Patrick, is one of several contained in the law that promises $800 million in new

revenue for transportation and came in response to concerns from the private sector that the state’s aging infrastructure was stunting economic growth.

The state estimated the tax would generate $161 million in the current fiscal year, but a Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation analysis concluded that estimate was based on faulty assumptions about the scope of the tax and pegged the actual impact on businesses at about $500 million.

Justice Dept. tries to stop La. school vouchers NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is trying to stop the state from distributing school vouchers in any district that remains under a desegregation court order.

In papers filed Saturday in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, the Justice Department said Louisiana distributed vouchers in 201213 to nearly 600 public school students in districts that are still under such orders, and “many of those vouchers impeded the desegregation process.”

Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal called the department’s action “shameful” and said President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder “are trying to keep kids trapped in failing public schools against the wishes of their parents.”

“The Obama administration thinks parents should have to seek their approval any time parents want to send their child to a school of their

choice,” Jindal said in a news release. “After generations of being denied a choice, parents finally can choose a school for their child, but now the federal government is stepping in to prevent parents from exercising this right. Shame on them. Parents should have the ability to decide where to send their child to school.”

Louisiana has 70 school districts, and 34 remain under desegregation court orders, many of which are decades old.

The Justice Department said Louisiana has given vouchers this school year to students in at least 22 districts remaining under desegregation orders.

It’s asking the court, starting with the 2014-15 school year, to permanently block the state from awarding vouchers in districts that are under desegregation orders, unless those districts seek court approval.

Louisiana lawmakers approved a voucher program in 2008 for low-income New Orleans students who were in

failing schools. The Louisiana Scholarship Program was later expanded statewide. It allows children in school districts graded C, D or F to receive public money to attend private schools.

Jindal called school choice “a moral imperative.”

“Make no mistake — this motion is a threat to the children in our state who only get one chance to grow up and deserve the opportunity to get the best education so they can pursue their dreams,” Jindal said of the Justice Department filing.

A federal desegregation lawsuit for Louisiana was originally filed in 1971 and court papers list the case as closed in 1976. However, there have been several filings in the case in the past several months, including the one Saturday by the Justice Department.

In arguing that the voucher program had hurt desegregation efforts, the Justice Department cited an example

of Independence Elementary School in Tangipahoa Parish.

It said the school lost five white students because of the voucher program, “reinforcing the racial identity of the school as a black school.”

It also said Celilia Primary School in St. Martin Parish School District is a majoritywhite school in a majorityblack district, and it lost six black students because of vouchers, “reinforcing the school’s racial identity as a white school.”

State Education Superintendent John White told the Times-Picayune that almost all the students using vouchers are black and “it’s a little ridiculous” to argue that students’ departure to voucher schools makes their home school systems less white. He also said it’s ironic that rules established to combat racism were being called on to keep black students in failing schools.

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Facebook closes above $40 for 1st time

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In this May 18, 2012 file photo provided by Facebook, Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, rings the Nasdaq opening bell from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook’s stock has passed its IPO price of $38 before the market open on Wednesday, July 31, 2013.

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook’s stock closed above $40 for the first time Friday.

The social network’s shares have gained 53 percent since July 24, when it reported strong growth in mobile ad revenue and a solid profit during its second quarter.

Facebook announced a technology partnership Wednesday that aims to expand Internet access to the 5 billion people not currently connected. That could create more potential Facebook users.

Facebook Inc. went public in May 2012 at $38 per share.

There were lofty expectations, but the company’s initial public offering was marred by trading glitches. Worries about growth prospects then weighed on shares. They bottomed at $17.55 in September.

Those fears appear to have eased. The stock closed up 5.2 percent at $40.55 Friday, touching the highest price since the day of Facebook’s IPO.

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Yosemite fire ‘poses every challenge there can be’

GROVELAND, Calif. (AP) — At Ike Bunney’s dude ranch near the Sierra community of Tuolumne City, all creatures have been evacuated as firefighters brace for an intense battle to keep a wildfire raging north of Yosemite National Park out of mountain communities.

“We’ve already evacuated the horses,” said Bunney, who was keeping an eye on his Slide Mountain Guest Ranch on Sunday. “I think they’re worried about the fire sparking over these hills.”

As fire leapfrogs across the vast, picturesque Sierra forests, moving from one treetop to the next, residents in the fire’s path are moving animals and children to safety.

The fire has moved northeast away from Groveland, where smoke gave away to blue skies Sunday. But at Tuolumne City’s Black Oak Casino in Tuolumne City, the slot machines were quiet as emergency workers took over nearly all of the resort’s 148 hotel rooms.

“The casino is empty,” said casino employee Jessie Dean, who left her four children at relatives’ homes in the Central Valley. “Technically, the casino is open, but there’s nobody there.”

Hundreds of firefighters were deployed Sunday to protect

Tuolumne City and other communities in the path of the Rim Fire. Eight fire trucks and four bulldozers were deployed near Bunney’s ranch on the west side of Mount Baldy, where two years of drought have created tinder-dry conditions.

“Winds are increasing, so it’s going to be very challenging,” said Bjorn Frederickson, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service.

The fire continues burning in the remote wilderness area of Yosemite, but park spokesman Tom Medena said it’s edging closer to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, the source of San Francisco’s famously pure drinking water.

Despite ash falling like snowflakes on the reservoir and a thick haze of smoke limiting visibility to 100 feet, the quality of the water piped to the city 150 miles away is still good, say officials with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

The city’s hydroelectric power generated by the system has been interrupted by the fire, forcing the utility to spend $600,000 buying power on the open market.

Park employees are continuing their efforts to protect two groves of giant sequoias that are unique the region by cutting brush and setting sprin-

klers, Medena said.

The fire has consumed nearly 225 square miles of picturesque forests. Officials estimate containment at just 7 percent.

“It’s slowing down a bit, but it’s still growing,” Frederickson said.

Fire lines near Ponderosa Hills and Twain Hart are being cut miles ahead of the blaze in locations where fire officials hope they will help protect the communities should the fire jump containment lines.

“There is a huge focus in those areas in terms of air support and crews on the ground building fire lines to protect those communities. We’re facing difficult conditions and extremely challenging weather,” Frederickson said.

The high winds and movement of the fire from bone-dry brush on the ground to 100-foot oak and pine treetops have created dire conditions.

“A crown fire is much more difficult to fight,” said Daniel Berlant of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. “Our firefighters are on the ground having to spray up.”

The blaze sweeping across steep, rugged river canyons quickly has become one of the biggest in California history, thanks in part to extremely dry conditions caused by

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The Rim Fire burns along Highway 120 near Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. With winds gusting to 50 mph on Sierra mountain ridges and flames jumping from treetop to treetop, hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to protect this and other communities in the path of the Rim Fire raging north of Yosemite National Park.

a lack of snow and rainfall this year. Investigators are trying to determine how the fire started Aug. 17, days before lightning storms swept through the region and sparked other, smaller blazes.

The fire is the most critical of a dozen burning across California, officials say. More than 12 helicopters and a halfdozen fixed wing tankers are dropping water and retardant

from the air, and 2,800 firefighters are on the ground.

“This fire has continued to pose every challenge that there can be on a fire: inaccessible terrain, strong winds, dry conditions. It’s a very difficult firefight,” Berlant said.

Statewide, more than 8,300 firefighters are battling nearly 400 square miles of fires. Many air districts have issued health advisories as smoke settles over

Northern California. While Yosemite Valley is clear, the Lake Tahoe basin is thick with smoke, and many outdoor activities have been canceled in Reno, Nev. The U.S. Forest Service says about 4,500 structures are threatened by the Rim Fire.

Berlant said 23 structures were destroyed, though officials have not determined whether they were homes or rural outbuildings.

Syria agrees to UN chemical weapons investigation

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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria agreed Sunday to a U.N. investigation into last week’s alleged chemical weapons attack outside Damascus — a deal a senior White House official dismissed as “too late to be credible,” saying the United States has “very little doubt” President Bashar Assad’s forces used such weapons.

The hardening of the U.S. position came as calls for military action grow. In a sign the U.S. may be a step closer to an armed response, naval forces have already been dispatched toward Syria’s coastal waters, although President Barack Obama has cautioned against a hasty decision.

With France, Britain, Israel and some U.S. congressmen urg-

ing swift military action against Assad’s regime if the use of chemical agents is confirmed, the U.N. team’s conclusions could have a dramatic impact on the trajectory of the country’s civil war.

The agreement struck in Damascus calls for U.N. experts already in the country to begin an investigation Monday into the suspected chemical attack on rebel-held areas in the capital’s eastern suburbs.

Anti-government activists and Doctors Without Borders say that more than 300 people were killed in an artillery barrage by regime forces Wednesday that included the use of toxic gas.

The government calls the allegations “absolutely baseless.”

The suburbs hit in the sus-

pected chemical strike, collectively known as eastern Ghouta, are under the control of rebel fighters, and regime artillery and warplanes have pounded the area for days. The U.N. inspectors will have to traverse through both government-held and opposition-controlled turf to conduct their probe. Rebels have said they will help facilitate the visit.

Under Sunday’s agreement with the U.N., the Syrian government “affirmed that it will provide the necessary cooperation, including the observance of the cessation of hostilities at the locations related to the incident,” U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said in a statement.

In Washington, a senior administration official said the U.S. has “very little doubt” that regime

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Black columns of smoke rise from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood, east of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. Syria reached an agreement with the United Nations on Sunday to allow a U.N. team of experts to visit the site of alleged chemical weapons attacks last week outside Damascus, state media said.

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forces used chemical weapons in Wednesday’s attack, an assessment that was “based on the reported number of victims, reported symptoms of those who were killed or injured” as well as witness accounts and facts gathered by the U.S intelligence community.

The official, who insisted on anonymity because of lack of authorization to speak publicly about the developments, was dismissive of the Syrian government’s agreement to grant access to the U.N. team, saying it was “too late to be credible.”

The regime’s continuing shelling of the site would have “significantly corrupted” any available evidence of chemical weapons, the official said.

The U.N. team was in Syria to look into three earlier suspected chemical attacks, with a mandate to determine whether such weapons were used, not who was responsible for unleashing them.

There was no indication that the mission’s brief had been expanded to assess who was behind Wednesday’s attack.

Even as the pressure mounts for a strong international response, there is no guarantee that foreign powers will take action if the U.N. confirms chemical agents were used. But the scale of the attack makes this instance far harder to ignore than previous suspected cases.

A senior State Department official, not authorized to comment publicly by name, said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with the top diplomats of Britain, France, Canada and Russia as well as U.N. Secretary Ban Ki-Moon.

The official said Kerry stressed that if the Syrian regime wanted to prove to the world that it had not used chemical weapons in this incident, it would have stopped shelling the area and granted immediate access five days ago.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel offered no hints Sunday about likely U.S. responses, telling reporters traveling with him in Malaysia that the Obama administration was still assessing intelligence about Wednesday’s attack.

“When we have more information, that answer will become clear,” he said when a reporter asked whether it was a matter of when, not if, the U.S. will take military action against Syria.

“There are risks and consequences for any option that would be used or not used — for action or inaction,” he told reporters. “You have to come to the central point of what would be the objective if you are to pursue an action or not pursue an action. So all those assessments are being made.”

The U.S. has about a dozen F-16 jets, a Patriot missile battery and as many as 1,000 American troops in Jordan, which all could also be used in any military action. U.S. administration and defense officials in recent days have said the most likely military move would be the launch of Tomahawk missiles off ships in the Mediterranean.

U.S. senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who have criticized the Obama administration’s hands-off approach to Syria, said in a joint statement that in light of the latest suspected chemical attack, “now is the

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“The United States must rally our friends and allies to take limited military actions in Syria that can change the balance of power on the ground and create conditions for a negotiated end to the conflict and an end to Assad’s rule,” the statement said.

In Paris, French President Francois Hollande said a “body of evidence” suggests that chemical weapons were used during last week’s attacks, and “everything” leads France to believe that the Assad regime was behind it.

Conveying new urgency about the situation, Hollande’s office said he spoke about Syria by telephone Sunday with Obama, as well as prime ministers David Cameron of Britain and Kevin Rudd of Australia. The White House said in a statement the two leaders discussed “possible responses by the international community and agreed to continue to consult closely.”

So far, the U.S. has largely limited its support for the rebels to non-lethal supplies. In June, Washington said it would begin sending weapons to the rebels, although there’s no indication that has happened yet.

Russia, a close ally of the Assad regime, welcomed Syria’s decision to allow a U.N. probe, and said the U.S. should await the findings and realize that a unilateral use of force would be a mistake.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said Washington and European partners shouldn’t take a “gamble” that could have “catastrophic consequences” for Syria and the region as a whole.

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Banning faculty/student romantic relationships was sensible

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n August 7, all members of the university community received an email from President Susan Herbst outlining a new school policy. The new rule explicitly bans romantic relationships between several categories of people, perhaps most notably between faculty or staff and undergraduate students. This policy, though it may cause dismay among that new freshman with a crush on their liberal arts professor, is sound. It should probably never have needed to be written in the first place, but clearly it did.

Some critics claim that as long as both parties are 18 and consenting, the actions are perfectly legal and nobody gets hurt. Indeed, some states are moving towards that direction of thinking – last year, the Arkansas Supreme Court struck down a state law banning sexual contact between teachers and students, provided the student is 18 or older. However, as Herbst explained, “The power difference between faculty and staff as compared to students means that any romantic relationship between a faculty or staff member and a student is potentially exploitative or could at any time be perceived as exploitative.” This is the real issue here. The key word is perceived: Even if no exploitation actually occurs, the public impression could still be construed that way.

It is worth noting that the Board of Trustees vote was unanimous, since that is hardly a regular occurrence. The Board contains student representatives as well, indicating that people across the age spectrum supported this change, if it can truly be called a change. It is mostly a codification of what was previously considered highly discouraged behavior.

Herbst also wrote, “It should be noted that the university has been shaping this policy for approximately one year and it is not in reaction to any specific instance or matter.” While that may be true, the announcement’s timing coincided with this summer’s scandal regarding Robert Miller, a professor and former head of the UConn music department. Allegations of sexual misconduct against Miller had been reported dating back to 2006 and continuing all the way through 2011. One major difference is Miller’s charges involve minor children, which everybody can agree is a far worse offense that sexual contact with graduate students in their mid-20s. (Miller has not been convicted and is currently on administrative leave with pay.)

Under the new policy, any faculty or staff employee currently involved in a relationship with a student has until November to report it to the university. This self-reporting does seem highly unlikely to occur. Still, for the most part these new guidelines explain what does and what does not constitute acceptable behavior. Hopefully, such power imbalances resulting from sexual conduct will never occur on this campus again.

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Perspective, attitude important for staying happy in college

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welling within almost every student at the University of Connecticut is the anxiety of academia. Simply performing well while maintaining an active social lifestyle is a struggle for most students.

Yet to succeed provided our limited capabilities, empty wallets, and most of all the sheer number of students attending UConn makes perfecting the balance between academia and social life even harder.

There are roughly 22,000

By Omar Allam students at UConn, 200,000 Weekly Columnist in the state of Connecticut and almost 21 million students in the nation, according to the United States Department of Education. Common questions that arise amongst students include, “How do I avoid becoming one of the millions of student that trudge through the school year?” and “How do I stand out while being happy with what I do?”

At the dawn of a new semester at UConn, students are aspiring to stand out, and find ways of enjoying the school year while achieving academic success.

Dr. Atul Gawande, general surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, discusses the solution to these challenges in his book “Better.”

Although, not directed towards students, Dr. Gawande stated that the answer to such a problem is to deviate from the norm.

He states that positive deviation is the key to overcoming mediocrity in areas where there are so many like-minded people preforming the same tasks, such as in a college environment.

Although it is presumed that deviation is not accepted in society, positive deviation is vital to supporting growth and is widely encouraged.

Here are Dr. Gawande’s five suggestions to becoming a positive deviant: 1. Ask an unscripted question. As the new semester begins, new students are beginning to meet and interact but everyone usually asks the same questions.

“Hey, what’s up?” or “Hey, how are you?” are overly common conversation starters and like-wise the answer is usually prescribed, “I’m good, how about you.” So ask an unscripted question, such as “Do you know any of the professors at UConn,” or “Did you watch the UConn women’s Basketball team last year?” Try to keep the conversation going beyond two sentences and listen to what they have to say.

2. Avoid complaining. We have all been there - two finals on the same day, six page essay due following the day, and conflicts with the roommates to top it off. It is natural for students to feel the need to complain; they want sympathy.

“Resist it. It’s boring, it doesn’t solve anything, and it will get you down. You don’t have to be sunny about everything.

Just be prepared with something else to discuss, an idea you read about, or an interesting problem you came across,” recommended Gawande.

3. Count something. One should always be observant of his or her surroundings. “One should be a scientist in the world. In simplest terms, this means one should count something.... if you count something you find interesting, you learn something,” said Gawande, “I kept a tally of the number of individuals that washed their hands properly after using the bathroom. Although odd, I became wary shaking people’s hands due to my observation.”

4. Write something. In “Better” Gawande said, “It makes no difference whether you write five paragraphs for a blog, or a paper for a professional journal. Just write. What you write need not achieve perfection. It need only add some small observation to the world.

Writing lets you step back and think through a problem.”

5. Change. College is the birthplace of so many great ideas. “Individuals respond to new ideas in one of three ways. A few become early adopters, as the business types call them. Most become late adapters. And some remain persistent skeptics who never stop resisting” explained Gawande. Students should try to be early adapters. Although they should not “embrace every new trend that comes along, be willing to recognize the inadequacies in what you do and to seek out solutions,” explains Gawande.

Weekly Columnist Omar Allam is a 3rd-semester chemistry major. He can be reached at Omar.Allam@ UConn.edu.

Americans should learn the national anthem’s additional verses

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ost Americans are familiar with the first verse of our national anthem. However, very few realize there are three additional verses. This is unfortunate, because the second verse is just as important as the first, if not more significant. Although it may seem like an odd proposal, Americans should sing the first two verses of “The

By Gregory Koch Star-Spangled Staff Columnist Banner,” rather than just the first verse we are all familiar with.

To comprehend the reasons behind this proposal, it is important to understand the history of our national anthem.

“The Star-Spangled Banner” was written by Baltimore lawyer Francis Scott Key while imprisoned aboard a British battleship during the War of 1812. All through the night, the British bombed Fort McHenry, yet the American flag still flew over the fort. Key wrote about this in the line “And the rockets’ red glare/the bombs bursting in air/gave proof through the night/that our flag was still there.”

However, at some point in

the night, the bombing stopped.

It was now pitch black, so Key was unable to see whether the American flag still flew over the fort, indicating that the British had lost the battle, or whether the Americans had surrendered. This was a pivotal moment in American history. The United States was still a young, vulnerable nation.

The stars and stripes flying over Fort McHenry would indicate American victory and ensure its continued survival.

However, if the British Union Jack was flying over the fort, it meant Great Britain had won the battle, and would probably eventually win the War. Had this happened, the United States’ history as an independent nation would have been very brief.

By the end of the first verse, Key still did not know which flag was flying. It thus concludes with the critical question “O say, does that starspangled banner yet wave, o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?”

It is not until the second verse, the one we do not sing, that this question is answered.

The second verse was written as the sun began to rise, and Key looked out “On the shore dimly seen, through the mist

of the deep.” He still did not know whether the fort had fallen. America, “the foe’s haughty host” was quiet, engulfed in what the song describes as “dread silence.”

Key again pondered which flag was flying over Fort McHenry, asking “What is that which the breeze/O’er the towering steep/As it fitfully blows/Half conceals, half discloses?” The flag, whose identity was previously unknown, suddenly “Catches the gleam/ Of the morning’s first beam/In full glory reflected/now shines on the stream.” Finally, as the second verse concludes, one of the most important questions in American history is answered. “’Tis the star-spangled banner/O long may it wave/O’er the land of the free/ And the home of the brave.”

When we only sing the first verse, we fail to answer Key’s question about whether our nation has survived. This ignores the history of not just the anthem, but of the United States itself. We should sing both verses at baseball games, political rallies, Independence Day concerts, and all other events where the anthem is sung.

While some might argue that it is too time-consuming

to sing two verses, there are many other countries which already do so. The Netherlands sings the first and sixth verses of its 15 verse anthem, “Wilhelmus.” Australia sings the first and third verses of “Advance Australia Fair,” which was originally a four verse poem before being set to music. Greece commonly sings the first two stanzas of a 158 verse poem. It would be too impractical for any of these countries to sing their entire national anthems regularly, just as it would be difficult for America to sing all four verses every time. However, they still manage to sing more than one verse, thus honoring the true meaning of the songs.

Therefore, it would not be unusual for the United States to follow a similar practice and sing multiple verses of our national anthem.

The first verse asks an important question. Knowing and singing that verse is important. But it is not enough to ask the question of whether our flag is still there. We must also answer it by learning and singing the second verse.

Staff Columnist Gregory Koch is a 7th-semester actuarial science major. He can be reached at Gregory.

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Avoid emptying your wallet this week Monday, August 26, 2013

We have some tips and hints on lowering your textbook costs for the fall 2013 semester

By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer With textbooks for a semester of classes costing students hundreds and hundreds of dollars, there is a definite need for a “How To” guide to cut back on the ridiculously expensive costs.

Option 1: Don’t Buy Them Now I’m not here to tell you to flat out DON’T purchase the required books for your classes. However, on countless occasions I’ve dropped some serious change on books for a class only to have the instructor tell me that it “helps” but isn’t a necessary part of the class. Therefore waiting until the first few days of the class have passed might be a decent option.

On a related note, many classes such as those in the History, English, and Classics departments might require you to acquire a large amount of texts that are probably in the public domain (i.e. “The Odyssey”). The texts for many of these works can be found for free, both online and through e-book providers (i.e. Apple’s “iBooks” store).

Option 2: Go Digital The prospect of ditching traditional books for digital copies serves a dual purpose.

From a practical standpoint, not only are you relieved of the burden of lugging multiple books around, but e books can save you a lot of money too.

Amazon’s Kindle bookstore doesn’t require you to own one of the titular devices. You can read books purchased from the Kindle Store on both Android and iOS devices as well as on laptops and PCs. The Kindle Store has hundreds of digital copies of books (many rare in their print form) that can save

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Textbooks can be a significant cost to stuents, forcing them to seek alternative methods of purchasing required materials for the semester. Buying used books or from an online retailer are popular options for students.

you some serious cash you would have otherwise spent on a needlessly expensive hard copy.

Option 3: Amazon.com The Uconn Co-Op does its best to keep prices affordable for students. However despite the effort, a quick search on Amazon.com will prove that more often than not, a better price can be found online.

In addition to the mas-

sive catalog of books sold

by Amazon.com itself, private sellers selling books that aren’t sold by Amazon.com, can be easily bought the website as well.

Option 4: When all else fails…

Well it’s too late. Either due to lack of time and/or procrastination, you caved and bought your books at a not so swell price. Rather than hurt

your wallet by selling your books back to the bookstore at the end of the semester, consider these last resort options.

First of all consider trading your books in to Amazon. com. True, you only get store credit back, not actual cash, but the return can be significantly greater (especially if your one to frequently shop at the website) than the amount awarded to you at the Co-Op.

For best results, don’t trade in your books at the end of the semester, wait until the start of NEXT semester. You see while everyone is trading in books at the end of a semester, Amazon will provide you with less credit since they have a surplus of inventory. However, when the next semester starts and Amazon’s resources are strained, they’ll be much more likely to give

greater credit. It’s basic economics people.

Also, consider selling your books directly on either eBay or through an Amazon seller’s account. While this requires a bit more effort, the financial reward will pay off in the end.

Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu

Abound with opportunity New biography claims more Salinger books due out

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Most clubs and organizations on campus have booths at the involvement fair where students can find new opportunities for the semester by joining a club and meeting new people.

By Rahul Darwar Campus Correspondent College is a time when you meet new people, join new clubs, and take part in new experiences.

However, if you just spend all your time in your room watching Netflix, then you won’t be making full use of all the great experiences available on the UConn campus. The best way to make the most of your college experience is to get involved in different things. Clubs, organizations, groups are just a few options to explore. If you see anything on campus you’re interested in, just sign up.

The best way to see what UConn has to offer is at the Involvement Fair, which occurs at the beginning of each semester. This semester’s involvement fair will take place Wednesday September 4 on Fairfield Way from 2:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. This is the best place to join various academic, volunteer, performance, cultural, sporting, and special interest groups and explore what’s happens on campus outside of the classroom. There are hundreds of different clubs represented, and some of them even give out incentives including pens or water bottles for dropping by their tables and expressing interest.

Another way to get involved is to read the Daily Digest that students receive daily in their UConn

e-mail. Even though many people may delete the email before opening it, if you spend a few seconds and glance through the different posts you’ll discover that there is a lot of information in the Daily Digest. Some of it is simply informational, but there are lots of free events and opportunities listed.

Another great resource to find out about cool events on campus are the announcements posted in residence halls. RA’s and Hall Directors spend a lot of time making sure their residents are aware of different events and most RA’s have bulletin boards where they post flyers for upcoming events. This is a convenient way to quickly see what’s happening.

Finally, don’t be afraid to show up to a meeting of a club or an organization you find interesting, even if it’s not the beginning of the semester.

There’s nothing stopping you from just joining on the spot, most club officers are more than happy to fill you in on anything you may have missed and most organizations happily take members throughout the semester.

The popular phrase, “ College is what you make it” is true and the more involved you are, the better your college experience will be.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The authors of a new J.D. Salinger biography are claiming they have cracked one of publishing’s greatest mysteries: What “The Catcher in the Rye” novelist was working on during the last half century of his life.

Starting between 2015 and 2020, a series of posthumous Salinger releases are planned, according to “Salinger,” co-written by David Shields and Shane Salerno and scheduled to be published Sept. 3. The Associated Press obtained an early copy. Salerno’s documentary on the author opens Sept. 6. In January, it will air on PBS as an installment of “American Masters.”

Providing by far the most detailed report of previously unreleased material, the book’s authors cite “two independent and separate sources” who they say have “documented and verified” the information.

One of the Salinger books would center on “Catcher” protagonist Holden Caulfield and his family, including a revised version of an early, unpublished story “The Last and Best of the Peter Pans.” Other volumes would draw on Salinger’s World War II years and his immersion in Eastern religion.

A publication called “The Family Glass” would feature additional stories about the Glass family of “Franny and Zooey” and other Salinger works.

“Salinger” does not identify a prospective publisher. Spokesman Terry Adams of Little, Brown and Company, which released “Catcher” and Salinger’s three other books, declined to comment Sunday. Salinger’s son, Matt Salinger, who helps run the author’s literary estate, was not immediately available for comment.

If the books do appear, they may well not be through Little, Brown. In the mid-1990s, Salinger agreed to allow a small Virginia-based press, Orchises, to issue his novella “Hapworth 16, 1924,” which first appeared in The New Yorker in 1965. But after news leaked of the planned publication, Salinger changed his mind and “Hapworth” was canceled.

No Salinger book came out after the early 1960s, as the author increasingly withdrew from public life. Over the past 50 years, there has been endless and conflicting speculation over what Salinger had been doing during his self-imposed retirement. That Salinger continued to write is well documented. Friends, neighbors and family members all reported that Salinger was writing in his final years and the author himself told The New York Times in 1974 that he wrote daily, though only for himself.

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The authors of a new J.D. Salinger biography are claiming they have cracked one of publishing’s greatest mysteries: What “The Catcher in the Rye” novelist was working on during the last half century of his life.

“There is a marvelous peace in not publishing,” he said at the time.

But there is no consensus on what he was writing and no physical evidence of what Salinger had reportedly stashed in a safe in his home in Cornish, N.H. The Salinger estate, run partly by Matt Salinger and Salinger’s widow, Colleen O’Neill, has remained silent on the subject since the author’s death in January 2010. The two did not cooperate with Salerno and Shields.

Until now, neither Salerno nor Shields has been defined by his expertise on Salinger.

Salerno is a Hollywood screenwriter whose credits include “Armageddon,” the Oliver Stone film “Savages” and a planned sequel to James Cameron’s blockbuster “Avatar.” Shields is an award-winning author whose books include the novel “Dead Languages”; a nonfiction work on pro basketball that was a National Book Critics Circle prize finalist; and “Reality Hunger,” a self-described “manifesto” for modern literature.

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With the exception of season three, the first four seasons of Dexter were the best the show ever had. Ever since season four, the writers have created dark and interesting material to start the season, but as the season progresses it evolves into absurd plot twists and drama ending in a sell-out feelgood ending. The last two seasons gave us suspenseful endings, but they still left viewers with plenty of absurd moments and silly plot twists beforehand. The good news is so far, the final season of Dexter has not followed the same pattern.

Dexter’s final season is doing a good job of answering the open questions and finally going down the dark road the show has been avoiding for some time. Early on Dexter was personable serial killer who murders bad people. The audience mostly ignored his dark urges and rituals and just said “Keep up the good work, Dex!” The show has hinted and flirted with the theme of Dexter being no better than his prey in the past, but it always stuck its toes in the water rather than jumping right into the pool. Dexter isn’t quite the good guy anymore. The writers are acknowledging this and pushing the material forward.

They’re finally asking the audience if Dexter is any different with the possibility of the answer being no.

I’m not sure if the writers have the courage to kill him off in the end, but they have slowly built towards it in the last two seasons.

Although his sister Deb is annoying, they’ve slowly been turning her into the heroine along with her ex- partner Quinn while showing Dexter for the monster he really

It’s always a conspiracy theory

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In it’s final season, Dexter is exploring territory that it hasn’t before, leaving questions that still need to be answered and plot lines with unknown endings.

is. Even Dexter is beginning to see if the writers haven’t watched or what he may really be. read their own scripts.

However, there are a lot of plot Are the writers and creators holes lately. For examputting this forple, Quinn was conward intentionally Dexter vinced Dexter was killSunday 9:00 p.m. or is it just happening people three seasons ing? They certainly ago and hated him. He have been afraid to dropped his suspicions, explore in the past but the moment that and there hasn’t new evidence emerged been so much build and events happen to it. To do the series that should arise some suspicion, justice and end it properly it really Quinn just ignores it like it never has to develop deeper. Even if we happened. There are a few holes don’t get the ending we deserve like this going on right now. It’s as where Dexter dies and we real-

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ize that that was what the show ultimately has been leading to, they need to use these themes and material before it ends in order to justify a lot of the mixed signals they have been giving us all these years. Right now, Deb isn’t sure if she can kill him, and I don’t think the writers are sure either. We’ll just have to wait and see what the finale has in store for us. For now, let’s just be happy they haven’t given us a ridiculous plot twist yet.

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Futurama quality resurges

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The catty chatter in the background from the moms is also nothing short of entertaining.

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With only two episodes left in the final season, ‘Futurama’s’ latest episode has brought back the quality that fans expected from the series.

By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer Now this is refreshing.

For years, “Futurama” has been one of the most consistently, Grade A funny shows on television. While even the greatest television shows have their weak episodes (“Breaking Bad” excluded of course), it seems that this “final” season of “Futurama” has been unflatteringly underwhelming, especially when compared to the show’s previous efforts.

Despite a truly disappointing and lackluster season thus far, “Murder on the Planet Express” is the first glimpse of greatness seen from the program all year.

The episode was a flat out parody of Sci-Fi horror films, chiefly “Alien”, and loaded with great pop culture references, it delivered some top-notch laughs.

Following a series of whodunit events, Hermes’ manwich was stolen, Fry lost a kidney, Amy’s golf club was dented and as usual, the Planet Express crew were all on edge with each other.

En route to its destination, the crew is stranded as the ship loses power and life support cuts off. The already agitated crew is forced to team up to save their lives. The only problem is that while completing their tasks, a viscous alien monster lurks through the shift, picking them off one by one by shape shifting and taking the place of various crew members. The action climaxes when Fry and Bender reveal that the entire event was a team building exercise.

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Humorous highlights included Bender’s response to Fry’s discovery that it was Bender who had stolen his kidney, “Hey don’t change the subject”, Amy and Leela beating up what they believed to be the alien intruder (while in

actuality they were wailing on Hermes’ dangling legs), the dark revelation that Leela accidentally ate Fry’s kidney, and Scruffy’s only line, “The name of the game is Candyland”.

This episode of “Futurama” was great, filled with pop culture references and the type of surreal ridiculous humor we’ve come to expect from the series. The show was a great success, even if some of the jokes may have fallen a bit flat.

While “Murder on the Orient Express” doesn’t reach nirvana like some of the best episodes of the series have, it is undoubtedly the best episode so far this year. It’s a bittersweet moment with only two episodes left until the end of the show’s final season. However, take that with a grain of salt: “Futurama” has already had three episodes distinctly intended as series finales and each time the show has been subsequently revived, it’s only a matter of time before the series makes a fourth resurrection.

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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but everyone you know and love may be planning to kill you for some reason or another. This is especially true if you have money and a great relationship with them.

It may seem a bit over dramatic and absurd, but this is the world that television and movie writers think we live in. There used to be a time when plot twists were original, exciting and made sense.

Now there is so much pressure to create one that we’re often left with conspiracies and motivations so bizarre and unbelievable that they fall apart the minute that your suspension of disbelief wears off.

Sometimes these conspiracies are so absurd it causes it to wear off. It’s like everything M. Night Shamylan did after “Unbreakable.” These twists don’t make any sense if you apply any kind of logic to them.

The worst cliché is that people with evil motivations put themselves into dangerous situations to look innocent. This would make sense, except that the characters have no movtive regardless. I’ve never thought once about murdering anyone, but let’s say for the sake of argument you wanted to murder a relative for their inheritance money. Would you decide that the best way to do that is to hire someone else to do it? Maybe because you don’t have to get your hands dirty. But would that best way to do it be while you and several other people who don’t need to die are there? Maybe you want others who would get the money out of the way in order to have it for yourself.

But would you really take the possibility of so many things going wrong and the plan falling apart and possibly dying yourself? Probably not, but this is a huge cliché we see all the time. “My parents are so nice to me, but I don’t like them anyways and want their money just because I’m a little broke,” for example.

I mentioned M. Night Shamylan so let’s talk about him since he seems to live for these things. The settlement at the end of The Village is not a real village in the 1800s, but a small sheltered town lied to by the elders living deep in the woods of some wildlife reservation. I’m not sorry if I just spoiled that ending because I just spared you two hours. You might be shocked for a minute by this conspiracy, but the minute you start to really think about it there’s no logic or justification. The village has been there for a really long time.

Why has nobody accidentally found them? Why doesn’t a plane fly over? The conspiracy and twist exists with so much out of its control that it doesn’t work. But TV wants us to think this is the world we live in.

Basically don’t trust anyone. They have a reason to lie to you. They’re hiding things from you. They want you dead. Take your pick, but there is always something and everyone except for you, and maybe another person is in on it. According to what you watch on TV there is always a conspiracy. Always. Even when there isn’t, there still is.

Maurilio.Amorim@UConn.edu

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Funeral held for author Elmore Leonard

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This year’s MTV Video Music Awards is all about looking forward as artists with some of the fall’s most anticipated new music line up to perform as the show makes its first stop in New York’s Brooklyn borough. Justin Timberlake and fellow lead nominees Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are scheduled to perform.

NEW YORK (AP) — Even if the hotly rumored ‘N Sync reunion doesn’t happen, the MTV Video Music Awards are already shaping up as Justin Timberlake’s night.

The lead nominee — with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — is up for six awards.

Timberlake also will be honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, and the anticipation over whether he and his old boy-band cronies will appear together will persist well after the show kicks off Sunday night from Brooklyn.

MTV is officially mum, neither confirming nor denying the rumor, and Joey Fatone has even denied it officially.

But ‘N Sync debuted a Twitter account Saturday, and the hubbub has overshadowed what will be an all-star lineup at the Barclays Center.

Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Drake will perform hit singles for the first time, and Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus and — if the spurned Stephen Colbert is to be believed — Daft Punk square off in a

song-of-the-summer competition. But ‘N Sync has managed to steal the thunder.

“We’re just hoping we’re not doing anything after them because anything after ‘N Sync this year is going to be irrelevant,” One Direction’s Harry Styles said.

One Direction didn’t give any clues about its role, and MTV has kept many details about the two-hour show under wraps. Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, A$AP Rocky, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jared Leto and last year’s host Kevin Hart (MTV has chosen to go without a host this year) are scheduled to participate, and former NBA player Jason Collins, who recently acknowledged he is gay, will introduce Macklemore and Lewis’ marriage equality anthem “Same Love.”

The Seattle duo is the surprise of the year and is up for six awards, as Timberlake is. The Seattle rap crew has the top song from the first half of 2013, “Thrift Shop” featuring Wanz, one of

five songs up for the top honor: video of the year.

Timberlake — who’s won seven moonman trophies — has the year’s best-selling album, “The 20/20 Experience,” and his follow-up “The 20/20 Experience: 2 of 2,” is due out in September. His “Mirrors” is up for video of the year.

Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” featuring T.I. and Pharrell, Bruno Mars’ “Locked Out of Heaven” and Swift’s “I Knew You Were Trouble” round out the category.

Mars, Cyrus and Thicke have the nexthighest number of nominations, with four. Pink and Thirty Seconds to Mars have three apiece.

The show travels to Brooklyn and the brand new Barclays Center for the first time, which should change its vibe. It also will change the iconic moonman trophy. MTV commissioned Brooklyn artist KAWS to redesign the statuette for this year’s show.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) — Mike Lupica moved his tie out of the way and undid a few buttons of his dress shirt to reveal a simple black T-shirt that read: “Not now. I’m writing.”

It was a replica of the shirt his late friend and fellow author Elmore Leonard was wearing in the photo that graced the back cover of the program for Saturday’s funeral Mass.

“I gave him that shirt,” Lupica, a sportswriter and columnist, said after the service at Holy Name Church in Birmingham.

“Everything that he was was in that picture.”

Lupica was among the dozens of friends, family and fans who paid their final respects to the award-winning crime novelist during a service that was equal parts laughter and tears.

Leonard, 87, died Tuesday at his home in Bloomfield Township from complications of a stroke he suffered a few weeks ago.

Son Peter Leonard, himself an established author, elicited more than a few chuckles during his eulogy, remembering how his father “always got stopped” at airport checkpoints for trying to carry various items, ranging from scissors and shampoo to an excessive amount of athlete’s foot powder.

There was the time the elder Leonard ran out of underwear during a trip to Italy. And, always, there was his enjoyment in interacting with his fans.

“His favorite letters were from convicts,” Peter Leonard said to laughs.

Another son, Christopher Leonard, joked about the “biting sarcasm” that his father had genetically bestowed upon his kids and grandkids, seven of whom (plus a great-grandson) served as pallbearers on Saturday.

Bill Leonard, meanwhile, chose to remember a different aspect about his father.

“Everyone knows that Elmore was a great writer,” he said.

“But only a few of us know that

he was a great father — funny, patient and incredibly generous.”

Leonard was the winner of an honorary National Book Award in 2012, and his millions of fans made best-sellers out of pretty much every one of his books since 1985’s “Glitz.”

Leonard, who wrote Westerns for years before hitting it big in the crime genre, also was a favorite of Hollywood, which adapted his work into dozens of movies and TV shows, including the films “Out of Sight” and “Get Shorty” and the FX drama “Justified,” for which Leonard was an executive producer.

“Raylan,” published in 2012, now stands as his final novel.

Leonard had been at work on a new book called “Blue Dreams” that again would have featured Raylan Givens, the recurring Stetson-wearing U.S. marshal.

“Justified” star Timothy Olyphant attended the funeral, which he described as “lovely.”

Olyphant said he was a “huge fan” of Leonard’s books and that he “felt very blessed to have known him.”

In addition to the program, funeral attendees were handed a small card that listed Leonard’s “10 Rules of Writing,” which long have been quoted by aspiring — and existing — authors.

Among the rules: “Never open a book with weather,” ‘’never use a verb other than ‘said’ to carry dialogue” and “try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.”

A number of speakers Saturday referenced the list during their remarks, including Lupica.

“I’m going to leave out the parts that a dear friend of mine would have expected me to skip,” he said before reading a New Testament verse.

Following the service, Leonard, who served as a Navy seaman during World War II, was given military honors, which including the playing of taps and a flag-folding ceremony.

He lived “a great American life,” Lupica said.

Brazil’s top modern artist gets Rio homecoming

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Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes poses for a photo in front of one of her paintings in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “I’ve shown in places that are obviously very exciting for any artist, but in a way showing in your city - I was born here and still live and work here - kind of grabs you more, excites you more, stirs you up more,” said Milhazes. The exhibition, opening Thursday at the Paco Imperial Cultural Center in downtown Rio, brings together more than five dozen paintings, silk screens and collages covered in Milhazes’ signature riot of saturated color.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — She’s the toast of New York and beloved in Paris and London, but Beatriz Milhazes thinks there’s no place like home.

More than a decade after her last show in her native Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s highestpaid artist is gearing up for a homecoming of sorts, a major retrospective spanning most of her 30-year career. The exhibition, opening Thursday at the Paco Imperial Cultural Center in downtown Rio, brings together more than five dozen paintings, silk screens and collages covered in Milhazes’ signature riot of saturated color, concentric circles, upbeat flowers and meandering arabesques.

“I’ve shown in places that are obviously very exciting for any artist, but in a way showing in your city — I was born here and still live and work here — kind of grabs you more, excites you more, stirs you up more,” Milhazes told The Associated Press in a Friday interview as she supervised the installation of the exhibit, entitled “Meu Bem,” Portuguese for “My Dear.” ‘’It’s being able to say, ‘Mom, look what I’ve done.’”

Milhazes has plenty to show off. The 53-yearold has exhibited in the Venice Biennial, had a solo show at Paris’ Fondation Cartier and has works in the Reina Sofia National Museum

in Spain and New York’s Guggenheim and Museum of Modern Art. In 2008, her painting “O Magico,” or “The Magician,” sold for more than $1 million, or around four times what was expected, at a New York auction, making her Brazil’s highest-paid living artist. She broke the record again last year when her “Meu Limao,” or “My Lemon,” went for $2.1 million at another auction in New York.

Though she once quipped it took her 25 years to become an overnight success, Milhazes said her slow path to international fame helped her cope with the spotlight.

“The first decade of my career, in the 1980s, was very local. It was only in the 1990s that I started showing work outside of Brazil, first in Latin America, Mexico, Venezuela, and then in New York. Then came Europe and Japan, but all very gradually, little by little,” said Milhazes, running her fingers through curly locks that recall the wavy patterns of her work.

“During that process, sometimes I would leave for a bit and spend time in these other countries. But I never cut my ties with Rio. And that was an important decision. I need to feel that link with home, that understanding of what home is.”

Rio, a chaotic, coastal metropolis of 6 mil-

lion, has informed Milhazes’ work from the beginning. Early collages featured snippets of fabrics culled from the costumes worn in the city’s world-famous Carnival celebrations, and her work still bursts with the swirly paisleys and arabesques that recall the its exuberant vegetation. There’s also something very Rio in her eye-popping palette, with its fiery oranges and yellows that evoke the city’s fierce summer sun, the blue of its limpid skies, the pinks and purples of ipe trees in lavish bloom.

So alive with colors and shapes, Milhazes’ work seems to vibrate off the wall. “Havana,” a large 2003-2004 acrylic that’s part of the Rio exhibit, keeps viewers’ eyes busy as they jump from the kaleidoscopic flower burst at the center to the peace sign camouflaged amid a patchwork of bright hues to the flitting butterflies, sagging bunches of grapes, droopy roses or piles of tropical fruit.

“Ilha de Capri,” or “Capri Island,” from 2002, explodes with superimposed flower burst and hypnotic bull’s eyes of concentric circles against a background of vertical stripes. Tentacles unfurl from the red-hot core of the 2006 collage “Ginger Candy,” made in part from the flattened wrappers of Chinese sweets.

Though she rejects the word “style,”

Milhazes defines her approach to art as geometric abstraction.

“I was always trying to bring together ‘high art’ painting with elements from my own culture here in Brazil. They are two very different worlds,” she said. “To be a proper painter you obviously have to look at the tradition that comes from Europe but at the same time, I didn’t want to stray from my life here in Brazil.”

Instead of painting directly onto the canvas, Milhazes developed a technique in which she uses acrylics to paint shapes onto plastic and then transfer them onto canvas, building palimpsests of intricate layers.

In reproductions, her work can look so perfect it appears computer-generated. But up close, it’s alive with little imperfections that make it even more irresistible to the eye. The paintings’ resined surfaces are strewn with scraps of paint, and traces of lines and smudges of color are still visible beneath layer after superimposed layer.

Frederic Paul, curator of the Rio show, said that despite its festive appearance, Milhazes’ work is fundamentally inscrutable.

“When you look at the paintings from up close, you don’t understand them at all,” he said. “You will never really know Beatriz’ work. You will always discover it.”

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by Michael McKiernan

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I Hate Everything

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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Think about what you can do for others, but don’t forget to have your own oxygen mask in place first.

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FIFA awaits Russian answer on anti-gay law

ULRICHEN, Switzerland (AP) — FIFA President Sepp Blatter expects a reply within days from Russia, the 2018 World Cup host, clarifying its law prohibiting gay "propaganda."

Blatter told The Associated Press on Sunday that he asked "by letter and by personal contacts" up to Russian President Vladimir Putin for details about legislation that has provoked an international outcry leading to the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

"The office of Mr. Putin has promised to me that they will send all these documents in the first days of September," Blatter said. "And I have also asked the Swiss embassy to look and to help us to obtain the correct versions of that."

Russia's law prohibiting promotion of "nontradition-

al" sexual relations has been denounced by activists and criticized by President Barack Obama.

Soccer's governing body joined the IOC in asking Russia how the law would apply during their events, and if athletes and fans face discrimination.

"For the time being we have received only protests and demands from our football, sports or Olympics people. I have received nothing officially from the Russians," said Blatter, who is also an International Olympic Committee member.

FIFA legal statutes state that discrimination is "punishable by suspension or expulsion" for individuals in football or member federations.

"When you speak with the Russians, they don't speak

about discrimination, they speak about protection (of minors). That is different. I said, 'So please give me the evidence that you are protecting somebody and not discriminating,'" Blatter told the AP on the sidelines of his annual charity soccer tournament in his family's home village.

Blatter intends to table the issue at an Oct. 3-4 meeting of the 27-member FIFA executive committee, which includes Russia's sports minister, Vitaly Mutko.

Blatter said he expects to meet with Mutko on 2018 World Cup business before the board meeting in Zurich.

He also offered to help the IOC deal with Russian authorities, and support the Olympic body's new president who will be elected in

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the lack of attacking prowess in UConn’s game cost them in the 35th minute when Siobhan Cox’s brilliant out-swinging cross found the head of Taylor Uhl which left Armstrong stranded. As UConn fell behind late in the first half, they immediately flipped the 38th minute off a resulting corner kick - McGuire’s header went over the bar as she was unable to keep the ball on target.

In the second half, UConn drastically changed their approach, taking it to Stanford. Ubogagu created early pressure with a cross that was collected comfortably by Armstrong; however, UConn was much more patient in the final third contributing for some tense moments for goalkeeper Emily Oliver. Houle’s midfield presence was felt in the second half as she held up the ball superbly and worked her way out of situations where defenders quickly closed on her. She constantly waited for the rest of her midfield to join the attack thus allowing Hubbard and Hill to wreak havoc on the Cardinal defense. About 20 minutes into the second half, UConn upped the pressured as Fee and Gabrielle Charno joined the attack with a few short and crisp passes, once again involving freshman Hill, in the middle of nearly every attacking move.

Jennifer Skogerboe also played a solid match in the midfield, alongside Liana Hinds who contributed

quality minutes entering off the bench. However, UConn continued to settle for shots from a distance, and sixteen minutes into the second half another shot skied over the bar.

With the crowd urging the Huskies forward, Stanford underwent a few tense moments of dire clearances from the sea of black jerseys in their own box. The final ball, however, was not there for UConn. As the score line would hold 1-0 in favor of the Cardinals, coach Len Tsantiris noted the impact of freshman forward Rachel Hill. Tsantiris indicated that “She played good, she is very high tempo, and she works and keeps the ball. She’s young and has to grow. I see very good things from her.”

As Hill and the rest of the young women’s squad looks to rebound from a losing start to their season, the UConn coach noted the spacing in the midfield was a bit cramped in the first half. Tsantiris noted “We talked about that, we’re not really working the two in the back, we’re not working well together and supporting the ball up to the forwards. They [Stanford] wanted to slow our game. We talked at halftime and you know, they are a good team.” And despite the resurgent hosts working towards the equalizer on Sunday evening, it wouldn’t come. If Connecticut can uphold 90 minutes of pressure, the outcome will be a different story.

a Sept. 10 vote that Blatter will attend in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Last Thursday, the IOC announced it had a reply from Russia to clarify how the law would operate around the Feb. 7-23 Winter Games.

"We have today received strong written reassurances from the Russian government that everyone will be welcome at the games in Sochi regardless of their sexual orientation," outgoing IOC President Jacques Rogge said in a statement.

Still, the letter did not address directly what would happen to Olympic athletes or fans if they make statements or gestures that Russian authorities consider propaganda.

AP

FIFA and IOC officials are uncertain how Russia's anti-gay law will affect openly gay athletes, like Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Robbie Rogers (right) or fans who make statements or gestures that are considered propaganda during the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Huskies fail to capitalize on second US Olympian suspended two half chances against No. 2 Cardinal years for skate tampering

midfield battlefield continued in the early stages of the match. When Rachel Hill was taken down while chasing a through ball the referee allowed the physical flow to the match. On the other side of the ball, it was Stanford’s midfielder Payne who controlled the midfield both from an attacking and defensive perspective, challenging Devin Prendergast and combining with Alex Doll and forward Courtney Verloo.

The level of competition definitely improved from Friday night’s 2-3 heartbreak when Stanford came to town. The first half continued on with Stanford’s pressure amounting slowly with the increasing amount of corners and their excellent wide play, an area in which UConn was lacking progression. On defense, Prendergast’s last minute tackles against Payne allowed the hosts to keep the scoreline level. Stanford continued to tip-toe the sideline and in particular pressuring the right flank yet, Ruby Fee was equal to the task on defender.

UConn seemed to be shrinking the field a bit too much by moving forward, with their wings pinching into the center of the park often. Samantha McGuire and Miranda Tarpey needed to spread the ball a bit wider much like Stanford was doing, to be a bit more effective. That being said,

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Burnett throws seven strong innings in loss SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A.J. Burnett has been tough on the San Francisco Giants no matter what uniform he wears.

For seven innings, he was doing it again.

Ryan Vogelsong, who has not pitched particularly well against his former Giants team, did Burnett one better Sunday, Pirates tossing eight sharp innings and leading the Giants to a 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Burnett allowed more than two runs to the Giants for just the second time in nine career starts, giving up all four on eight hits over his 7 1-3 innings. He walked three and struck out six.

"You've got to tip your hat to their pitcher," Burnett said. "He came in and shut us down."

While Vogelsong faced just two over the minimum, Burnett wasn't giving into the Giants much. With the exception of a two-out rally in the third, Burnett having his way 4 was with the Giants until 0 Pablo Sandoval tripled against him to drive in a pair of insurance runs.

"I came after him in that situation," Burnett said. "It was a decent pitch. He pulled his hands in and put a good swing on it."

Pirates manager Clint Hurdle had just visited with Burnett a batter before and felt good about

BASEBALL

leaving him in.

"I have a lot of confidence in A.J. where we were right there," Hurdle said. "I figured he would find a way to get out of it and he didn't. He got three ground balls in the eighth inning and one that could have been a double play."

The Pirates finished a 16-game stretch in which they played 13 on the road with a 6-10 mark. More importantly, they still have a share of firstplace in the NL Central with the St. Louis Cardinals losing to the Atlanta Braves.

The Pirates return home to host the Milwaukee Brewers for three games before hosting the Cardinals in a three-game series next weekend.

Vogelsong (3-4) allowed two hits, struck out five and walked one in his first win since May 20 against Washington. The righthander used his longest outing of the season to lower his ERA to 2.55 in four starts since coming off the disabled list on Aug. 9.

Burnett (6-9) fell to 2-3 in 10 starts since returning from the DL. Sandy Rosario finished the three-hitter for San Francisco's 11th shutout. The Pirates have been shut out nine times this season.

Vogelsong, who recorded his first decision since coming off the disabled list, faced just two over the minimum, retiring eight of the final nine batters he faced.

"It just seemed whatever we were looking for, something else came out of his hand," Hurdle said. "We just didn't square him up a whole lot throughout the game. We just had a couple of opportunities. We weren't able to adjust or complicate things for him."

Burnett was nearly as good until running into trouble late.

KEARNS, Utah (AP) — Olympic short track medalist Simon Cho received a two-year suspension from the International Skating Union on Sunday after admitting he tampered with the skates of a Canadian rival.

U.S. Speedskating announced the suspension, which runs through Oct. 4, 2014. That means Cho would not be eligible to compete for the American short track team at the Sochi Olympics.

Cho confessed on Oct. 5, 2012, that he sabotaged the skates of Canada's Olivier Jean during the 2011 World Team Championship but claimed he did it at the direction of former short track national coach Jae Su Chun.

Chun has always denied that he had any role in the tampering.

But the ISU suspended him for two years through Aug. 25, 2015,

saying he also violated the code of ethics.

U.S. Speedskating issued a statement saying it "respects the findings of the ISU" and will refer the matter to its disciplinary panel for a final decision. The ruling came on the same day the U.S. short track team was picked for the upcoming World Cup season, an important step for a program that has been wracked by organizational infighting and allegations that coaches were abusive.

Cho did not take part in the selection meet.

"As an organization, we are focused on supporting our athletes as they begin the season and work toward competing on the international stage the 2014 Olympic Winter Games," U.S. Speedskating said in its statement.

After the retirement of Apolo

Anton Ohno, Cho appeared to be one of the rising stars in the U.S. program. He won a relay bronze medal at the Vancouver Games and an individual world championship in 2011 Then came what he called the "biggest mistake of my life." Cho claimed the tampering occurred because Chun was angry at the Canadians and convinced they had aided another team to eliminate the Americans.

Cho said he was pressured by the coach to alter Jean's skate, using a blade bender normally used to ensure a skater's blade follows the proper radius in short track.

"I always knew it was wrong that day," Cho said last October.

"I hope that I can make up for my mistake and continue to skate in the future."

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Erick Torres scored two goals, the first on a penalty kick, and Chivas USA upset the visiting New York Red Bulls 3-2 on Sunday.

Julio Morales also scored to help Chivas (5-14-6) win for the first time in more than a month and for only the second time since the end of March. Chivas had not scored more than one Chivas goal in a game since April 27, a span of 16 N.Y. games.

Goalkeeper Dan Kennedy made two big saves and defenders Marky Delgado and Bobby Burling saved shots off the goal line for Chivas.

"For me, this was our best game of the season," said Chivas USA

coach Jose Luis Real, who took charge in early June.

"I've only been here for half of the season, but this is definitely the best game Chivas has played since I've been here."

Tim Cahill and Dax McCarty scored for the Red Bulls (11-96), both from Thierry Henry assists. New York would have 3 claimed the top spot in the Eastern Conference 2 with a victory.

"No disrespect to Chivas, but we're a much better team than they are," New York coach Mike Petke said.

"This is MLS, the parity is proven. Any team can win on any day. ... We could have done better with our opportunities. It just

wasn't the day to score.

Morales scored in the 30th minute for Chivas, but the Red Bulls evened it a minute later, when Cahill headed Henry's corner kick into the net off the left post.

Chivas again went ahead in first-half stoppage time, with Torres converting a penalty kick after he was barreled over in the Red Bulls box by center back Ibrahim Sekagya.

Torres extended the lead in the 81st minute, turning on a rebound after Kosuke Kimura blocked a Carlos Alvarez shot.

McCarty headed in a Henry free kick in the 86th minute, and Cahill nearly evened the score deep into stoppage time, but Burling saved his shot at the right post.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays got greedy when they earned the opportunity to sweep the New York Yankees on Sunday. That's why they were a little disappointed by a 3-2 loss in 11 innings.

"Two victories and a chance to sweep, you want to step on their throat and finish them off," starting pitcher Alex Cobb said.

Alfonso Soriano started New York's winning rally with a one-out double off Jamey Wright (2-2) in the 11th. He stole third and scored on Curtis Granderson's sacrifice fly to center.

The Rays, who had won eight of ten and began the day in a virtual tie with Boston for the top spot in the AL East, came away with some satisfaction at taking the big series, but wanted more.

"When you win the first two you really want to go all the way," manager Joe Maddon said. "But I'll always take two out of three in this game against a really good other team."

Mariano Rivera, making his

last regular-season appearance at Tropicana Field, received a standing ovation before getting the final three outs for his 38th save. The closer is planning to retire after this season.

Boone Logan (4-2) got two outs for the win.

second after Wright grabbed a line drive by Ichiro Suzuki that appeared headed toward center field.

Rodriguez, who is appealing his 211-game suspension by Major League Baseball, was booed every time he came to the plate during the series. He went 2 for 9 with two strikeouts.

Evan Longoria homered and drove in two runs for the Rays.

Maddon seemed most upset with Soriano's big steal.

"We just can't permit the stolen base at third base," Maddon said.

"That's really what caused the win for them."

New York got a homer and two RBIs from Robinson Cano.

Longoria and Cano went back and forth for much of the game before Granderson delivered his key sacrifice fly.

Longoria put the Rays up 1-0 with an RBI single in the first.

Yankees starter Ivan Nova avoided further damage by getting an inning-ending double play from James Loney with the bases loaded.

Torres lifts Chivas over New York

SOCCER

Yankees top Rays 3-2 at Tropicana Field

“When you win the first two you really want to go all the way, but I'll always take two out of three.”

Joe Maddon Rays' manager Pinch hitter Alex Rodriguez opened the 10th with a single to center off Wright and went to second on Brett Gardner's sacrifice.

Rodriguez then was doubled off

Morrissey: NFL needs to crack down from NATIONAL, page 12

it hard to believe the NFL will pony up money for a problem that in their eyes does not affect business.

Fans will still pack stadiums on Sunday’s and will still buy their favorite players jerseys. But what the NFL won’t show you are the families that are destroyed when an NFL athlete drives

intoxicated or in the most extreme situations, takes another human life.

The NFL is a business and like any other business in this country, they should hold their employees responsible for their actions. There clearly is a problem and it’s not a new one either. This has been going on for quite some time in the NFL and noth-

ing has been done to stop this culture of violence. I really hope NFL commissioner Roger Goodell does his job and stops letting a few bad examples ruin one of America’s most popular pastimes.

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within hours of losing to Oklahoma to become the head coach at Maryland.

What has transpired at UConn since Edsall left has proven that as quick as a program can rise, it can fall even faster.

UConn’s disappearance in two years makes it look like Auburn is still what it was with Cam Newton.

Under the direction of Paul Pasqualoni, the most successful coach in Big East history, the Huskies have endured two straight 5-7 seasons. The 2012 season was as telling about the past two years as it gets. UConn was ninth in the country in total defense. But failure to score will almost always result in a loss, and UConn ranked 110th out of 120 schools in total offense.

Despite the failures of the past two seasons, UConn brought back Pasqualoni for

the final year of his contract.

Pasqualoni understands what is at stake if UConn fails to reach a bowl game this year. At the team’s media day on Aug. 9, Pasqualoni said that there is “a sense of urgency” about this season.

It is easy to be critical of the Huskies based on the last two seasons, particularly on the offensive side of the ball.

But this could be the year the offense steps up.

Chandler Whitmer will be back under center when the season begins on Aug. 29 against Towson, and he will have a couple of veteran receivers to throw to, most notably Geremy Davis and Shakim Phillips. Junior running back Lyle McCombs is a preseason candidate for the Doak Walker Award, and the former Freshman All-American will need to return to his 2011 form if the Huskies are going to be successful.

But the biggest concern is with the offensive line. If UConn put the same five players on the offensive line two weeks in a row last season, it was a miracle. The Huskies were horribly affected by injuries on the line, and with so many different combinations of players, it was hard to get any chemistry developed.

The offensive linemen enter the 2013 season with a clean bill of health, and that should make it easier for what was once the deepest position the Huskies had to develop chemistry and protect Whitmer and McCombs.

“They’ve really improved,” Pasqualoni said on Sunday. “I’m anxious to see them Thursday night. I think we’ve practiced well – they’ve been very consistent.”

The offense will need to rise to the occasion because the defense is going to do everything it can to keep the team

in position to win. The ninthranked defense in the country lost six starters from 2012, but there is still depth and a whole lot of talent that should keep UConn near the top of the defensive rankings.

UConn’s linebacker core will be fun to watch in 2013. Junior Yawin Smallwood is going to be the leader of the defense and one of the best linebackers in the American Athletic Conference. The Huskies also added Florida transfer Graham Stewart for the 2013 season.

Stewart was a defensive standout at Xavier High School in Middletown, Conn.

It is easy to look at the meteoric rise and even quicker fall of UConn football and feel a sense of pessimism about 2013. But the Huskies have the capability to surprise a lot of people and return to the bowl scene.

Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu

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After two straight 5-7 seasons, the UConn football team will look to return to a bowl game for the first time since the 2011 Fiesta Bowl during the 2013 season.

Japan beats California to win Little League World Series

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Japan celebrates its 6-4 victory over Chula Vista, Calif on Sunday to claim its ninth Little league World Series title. Chula Vista defeated Westport, Conn. to reach the championship.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — The victory lap around Lamade Stadium never gets old for Japan, nor does the players' ritual of scooping up some souvenir dirt near the mound after another Little League World Series triumph.

A perennial power in youth baseball, Japan rallied past Chula Vista, Calif., 6-4 on Sunday to

win its ninth title and third in four years, the only disappointment in that recent span a loss in 2011 to Huntington Beach, Calif.

Ryusei Hirooka won this one with a two-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning and Shunpei Takagi hit two solo home runs to help keep the Tokyo team undefeated in the tournament.

"In all honesty, I'm really

happy," said Japan manager Masumi Omae, who also led the 2003 Japan team to the World Series title. "I definitely always dreamt about coming back to win again. To be able to trust the kids and their abilities is something I'm most proud about."

Facing one last threat in the sixth, the Japanese players erupted in glee, tossing Omae in the air near the mound after his slick fielders had turned a game-ending double play.

"Wanting to be World Series champs is all we've talked about for the last two years," Takagi said.

"I was thinking, just get a hit at the plate. The outcome was two homers, so I was really happy."

It was the 14th championship game for Japan and 23rd for California, which has won seven World Series titles.

Giancarlo Cortez had a two-run single and Grant Holman an RBI single for Chula Vista.

Trailing 4-3 after Cortez's clutch single in the fourth, Japan tied it on Takagi's second homer and won it when Hirooka lined a 2-2 pitch

down the left-field line after not being able to sacrifice the runners up a base.

"My mind was full, trying to get the bunt down," Hirooka said.

"When I didn't get (the bunt) down, my mind was blank. I'm just so happy I could get a hit to help our team win."

California beat Westport, Conn., 12-1 in the U.S. championship game Saturday, while Japan edged Mexico 3-2 for the international title.

The Americans left 12 runners on base in a game that was there for the taking.

"We left some opportunities out there, but give Japan credit," Chula Vista manager Rick Tibbett said.

"They made some great defensive plays."

Unbeaten, too, entering the game, Chula Vista struck early to send a message that it would be a tense affair.

Keyed by the shaggy-haired duo of Micah Pietila-Wiggs and Jake Espinoza at the top of the order, California scored twice in the top of the first against Japan

starter Kazuki Ishida to put the pressure on. Pietila-Wiggs was hit by a pitch leading off and Espinoza lined a double down the left-field line. Pietila-Wiggs came around to score on a passed ball and Holman singled home Espinoza.

California received a scare when Cortez was hit by a pitch in the helmet during the first inning and departed for a pinch-runner after being examined on the field.

Ishida went over to shake Cortez's hand and apologize, and Cortez returned to play his position when Chula Vista took the field for the first time.

Holman, who pitched a no-hitter in the World Series, hadn't pitched since Wednesday and was shaky at the outset, walking two of the first three batters he faced and throwing a wild pitch as Japan quickly mounted a threat of its own and tied the score.

Takuma Gomi, whose dramatic solo home run in the top of the sixth had given Japan a 3-2 victory over Mexico in the international championship Saturday, lined an RBI single. A botched throw in

from the outfield on the hit sailed wide of home plate, allowing Takagi, who had walked, to score the second run.

California escaped further damage when Kyousuke Kobayashi singled to center and Espinoza threw out Gomi at home.

The West champions mounted another threat in the second, loading the bases with two outs. But Holman struck out, waving his bat ever-so-slightly at a pitch that was low and outside and shaking his head in dismay at the call.

If Japan had a plan, it likely was to make the hard-throwing Holman work, and the tall right-hander did just that. When he struck out Sho Miyao looking to end the second inning, he had thrown 50 pitches.

Not a good omen for the West champions with a maximum of 85 allowed and Nick Mora, the hero of Saturday's win over Connecticut with a 10-strikeout, two-hit performance, ineligible to pitch.

Ishida wasn't faring any better.

After three innings he had thrown 69 pitches, struck out five, walked three, and hit three batters.

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– California coach Rick Tibbett on losing LLWS championship Sept. 21 Michigan TBA

Sept. 28 Buffalo 3:30 p.m.

Oct. 12 USF TBA

Sept. 6 Sept. 10 Boston Washington University 7 p.m.

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UConn men’s hockey freshman Ryan Segalla is the only Husky to ever be selected in the NHL Entry Draft.

“It’s baseball. There is always a winner and a loser. We were U.S. champions. The kids can certainly hang their hats on that.”

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Women’s Soccer (0-2-0) Sept. 1 Central Connecticut 1 p.m.

Aug. 28 Boston College 7 p.m.

Sept. 8 Syracuse 1 p.m.

Sept. 13 Boston University 7 p.m.

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LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The Farmers’ Almanac is using words like “piercing cold,” ‘’bitterly cold” and “biting cold” to describe the upcoming winter. And if its predictions are right, the first outdoor Super Bowl in years will be a messy “Storm Bowl.”

The 197-year-old publication that hits newsstands Monday predicts a winter storm will hit the Northeast around the time the Super Bowl is played at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands in New Jersey. It also predicts a colder-than-normal winter for twothirds of the country and heavy snowfall in the Midwest, Great Lakes and New England.

“We’re using a very strong four-letter word to describe this winter, which is C-O-L-D. It’s going to be very cold,” said Sandi Duncan, managing editor.

Based on planetary positions, sunspots and lunar cycles, the almanac’s secret formula is largely unchanged since founder David Young published the first almanac in 1818.

Modern scientists don’t put much stock in sunspots or tidal action, but the almanac says its forecasts used by readers to plan weddings and plant gardens are correct about 80 percent of the time.

Last year, the forecast called for cold weather for the eastern and central U.S. with milder temperatures west of the Great Lakes.

It started just the opposite but ended up that way.

Caleb Weatherbee, the publication’s elusive prognosticator, said he was off by only a couple of days on two of the season’s biggest storms: a February blizzard that paralyzed the Northeast with 3 feet of snow in some places and a sloppy storm the day before spring’s arrival that buried parts of New England.

Readers who put stock in the almanac’s forecasts may do well to stock up on long johns, especially if they’re lucky enough to get tickets to the Super Bowl on Feb. 2. The first Super Bowl held outdoors in a coldweather environment could be both super cold and super messy, with a big storm due Feb. 1 to 3, the almanac says.

Said Duncan: “It really looks like the Super Bowl may be the Storm Bowl.”

The Maine-based Farmers’ Almanac, not to be confused with the New Hampshire-based Old Farmer’s Almanac, which will be published next month, features a mix of corny jokes, gardening tips, nostalgia and home remedies, like feeding carrots to dogs to help with bad breath and using mashed bananas to soothe dry, cracked skin in the winter.

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Giants lose Stevie Brown for season with torn ACL

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants free safety Stevie Brown will miss the regular season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee that he hurt in Saturday’s preseason overtime loss to the Jets.

The 27-year-old Brown, who led the Giants with eight interceptions last season, was placed on injured reserve on Sunday.

“I feel badly for him,” coach Tom Coughlin said in a conference call.

“He played well for us last year and prepared himself well for this season. We’re definitely going to miss him. We’ll continue, because that’s what we do.”

For now, it leaves the Giants without the starting safeties from a year ago, with strong safety Antrel Rolle still out with a sprained ankle.

“But we expect Antrel to practice this week and get him back on the field,” Coughlin said.

Brown’s injury, which came on a non-contact play soon after he intercepted Geno Smith’s pass and returned it 22 yards, will move fifth-year veteran Ryan Mundy into a starting role.

Mundy signed with the Giants in the offseason after spending his entire career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He started only five games in four years, with one interception.

“He has played well,” Coughlin said of Mundy. “He can play both safety positions. He’s proven to be physical. We’ll see about that.”

Tyler Sash, a third-year veteran, has a chance to move up the depth chart with Brown out for the season.

“He’s certainly going to get a lot of playing time,” Coughlin said of Sash. “It’s up to his production, but the opportunity is going to be there. He knows what’s in front of him and has the opportunity.”

Another safety who might have been in the mix to start is secondyear pro Will Hill, who made the team as a free agent out of training camp last year.

However, Hill was suspended once last year for four games for violating the league’s drug policy.

If he makes the Giants’ roster next week, he will miss the first four games of the 2013 season for another drug offense.

“He’s been playing and playing well,” Coughlin said of Hill. “He’s outstanding in the special teams. But we’re not going to have him for four games. We acknowledge what he can brings to the table, but we can’t be lured into thinking we’re OK because he’s not going to be

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Stevie Brown will miss the entire 2013 season after tearing his ACL on Saturday night.

here. That’s a shame.”

Former standout cornerback Terrell Thomas, who is making a comeback after two ACL surgeries, is probably not a candidate for playing time at safety.

“He played real well last night and I feel real good about him,” Coughlin said. “He had a couple of serious injuries. We want him to get close to 100 percent physically as possible.

“We know he’s a player. He’s certainly a talented guy, an outstanding player. We’re trying to get him on the field where his confidence is up. We haven’t thought about another spot. We just want to get him confident and playing.”

Cornerback Corey Webster should also return to practice this week before the Giants close out the preseason Thursday night against the Patriots in Foxborough.

Jayron Hosley, who suffered an apparent sprained ankle during the loss to the Jets, is also expected to return to practice this week.

Coughlin said that the secondary “was not any more of a concern than any other areas.”

“We just have to get the guys back on the field and see where we are,” Coughlin said. “We have to get the people out there and get the right combination.”

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Huskies fall to Stanford, drop to 0-2-0 this season

By Robert Moore Campus Correspondent

Tyler Morrissey

To say this year’s NFL offseason was eventful would be an understatement.

Since the final snap of Super Bowl XLVII on February 3, over thirty active players in the NFL have been arrested for various crimes, the most notable former New England Patriots tight end, Aaron Hernandez.

Hernandez was charged with the murder of Odin Lloyd after Lloyd’s body was found in an industrial park in North Attleboro, Mass.

Police obtained footage of Hernandez holding what is believed to be the gun used to kill Lloyd.

It gets worse.

The Boston Globe reported that Hernandez is also under investigation for participating in a double homicide in 2012 in Boston. Hernandez is just one example of the despicable behavior perpetrated by NFL athletes since the Ravens captured their second Vince Lombardi Trophy.

According to The Washington Post, Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard was arrested on July 10 for driving under the influence.

Police in Washington arrested Indianapolis Colts safety Joe Lefeged on June 29 for carrying an unregistered pistol during a traffic stop. Cleveland Browns’ linebacker, Ausar Walcott was charged with attempted murder on June 25 after he punched a man outside a New Jersey club.

Walcott was later cut by the Browns.

By now you get the point; there have been a lot of arrests this off-season. While these athletes do not represent the NFL as a whole, the fact of the matter is the NFL is harboring an atmosphere that allows this culture of violence to continue unabated.

I understand that many of players arrested have had a tough upbringing, an upbringing that I would never be able to fully understand. That being said the NFL should recognize this problem and take a more proactive role in ensuring their employees are getting the help they need.

That help may come in the form of anti-gun programs and background checks of players, but all of these initiatives would cost money. I find

The University of Connecticut women’s soccer team took on Stanford on a warm Sunday night, and immediately felt the pressure from the No. 2 ranked Cardinal. The game started off in favor of the visitors as the midfield was controlled by Stanford, but despite the disadvantage in possession to start the match, the hosts were able to hold their own thanks to the immense work rate from forward Rachel Hill. Hill was instrumental in working to find space behind Stanford’s defense, but unfortunately it was to no avail. To start the match, both squads failed to retain the ball for lengthy periods of time, and forced plenty of turnovers in the center of the pitch.

Stanford’s forward Chioma Ubogagu and Sydney Payne worked well with one another to create space behind UConn’s defense; however, the high pressure on the ball from Gabriella Cuevas and Ruby Fee on the wings was superb, thus not allowing either to create loads of space to enhance scoring chances. With Stanford sitting three in their back-line, UConn’s Hill was able to create with midfielder Riley Houle in a few one-two situations, which either resulted in loss of possession or a stray pass.

The visitors created the first chance of the evening as Ubogagu unleashed a shot from right outside the eighteen-yard box in the ninth minute, which was saved well by UConn goalie, Emily Armstrong. The

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UConn freshman forward Rachel Hill dribbles the ball up field during Sunday’s 1-0 loss to No. 2 Stanford at Morrone Stadium. The Huskies are now 0-2-0 on the season, including a 3-2 loss to Wisconsin on Friday night in Storrs.

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“Sense of urgency” for Huskies in 2013

By Tim Fontenault Sports Editor According to the UConn football team’s introduction video, the program is the “fastest growing program in D-I history.”

It’s hard to argue with that, even when talking about a program that played its first game 117 years ago.

One look at UConn’s Division I-A timeline says it all.

The Huskies made the leap from I-AA to I-A in 2000, playing as an independent until they could join the Big East Conference.

In 2003, UConn opened Rentschler Field, which holds more than twice as many fans as the old home of the Huskies, Memorial Stadium, or as it is known now, the site of the new basketball facility.

In 2004, the Huskies joined the Big East Conference. That season, in their first year of eligibility, UConn made a bowl game. Led by Dan Orlovsky, the Huskies beat Toledo in the Motor City Bowl.

In 2007, UConn claimed a share of the Big East title, entering the final day of the season with a chance of making a BCS game. Unfortunately, 2007 was the year where Pat White and Steve Slaton were at their peak for West Virginia.

In 2009, riding a threegame losing streak following the death of teammate Jasper Howard, the Huskies went to South Bend, Ind. and beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in double overtime - arguably the greatest win in program history.

UConn went on to beat Steve Spurrier and South Carolina in

the PapaJohns.com Bowl.

In 2010, UConn again won a share of the Big East Conference. This time, they won the right to represent the Big East in a BCS game. The Huskies lost to Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.

After only seven seasons of being bowl eligible as a Division I-A member, UConn had made five bowl appearances, including the BCS appearance, and won three of those games. That is as successful of a transition as can be hoped, and all of it was done under the watchful eye of Randy Edsall.

Randy Edsall. The name brings a sour taste into the mouths of UConn fans. Like a thief in the night, UConn’s beloved coach slipped away

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» OFFENSIVE, page 10

UConn running back Lyle McCombs will be looking to bounce back after his numbers declined in 2012.

» MORRISSEY, page 9

Tsantiris likes Huskies’ progress despite 0-2 start

By Joe Crisalli Campus Correspondent

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UConn sophomore forward Liana Hinds goes to cross the ball into the box against No. 2 Stanford on Sunday evening at Morrone Stadium.

The UConn women’s soccer team went up against the No. 2 ranked Stanford Cardinals yesterday and lost a 1-0 decision.

Prior to the 1-0 defeat, UConn came off a 3-2 loss to Wisconsin to open up their 2013 campaign.

“They are a very good team, we learned a few things from Wisconsin where they didn’t fight as hard as I wanted them to fight, but they fought tonight,” said head coach Len Tsantiris.

Being able to keep up with the tempo, answer back and roll with the punches was a huge positive point for the Huskies; trading nearly shot for shot, chance for chance throughout the entire game.

UConn registered eight shots in the first half, while Stanford recorded nine.

The Cardinals scored the first goal of the game at the 35th minute on an out swinging cross from defenseman Siobhan Cox to a header from the box by forward Taylor Uhl. UConn answered quickly with a scoring chance of their own at the 36th minute on a header that breezed the top of the net off a corner kick, but remained down 1-0.

Still down 1-0 in the second half, the Huskies were able to generate two quick scoring chances at the 72nd minute, both shot wide.

UConn was also unable to capitalize on four corner kick opportunities in the game, two in each half.

“The tempo of the game changed; you talk about half time, we had the balls in the areas we wanted the ball but we didn’t connect very well,” Tsantiris said. “A couple of our kids were off, but nevertheless we’re young and we have to find the way around the

defenses, but that’s tactical and eventually we will grow as a team and be able to break these teams down.”

UConn also showed impressive goaltending from keeper Emily Armstrong, as she showed her aggressiveness to keep the ball out of the net. Armstrong made five saves on the night, highlighted by a diving save at the top of the box at the 26th minute in the first half on a wide open scoring chance for Stanford.

“It was adrenaline rushing, and I knew from the start this was going to be a battle but I think our team looked very impressive,” said keeper Emily Armstrong.

“Towards the end when I was getting all of those shots I owed it to my team to make those saves because they were working their butt off in front of me so I think it was a full team effort and I think we did really well tonight.”

UConn finished the game with seventeen shots while Stanford finished with twelve in the game.

With an 0-2 record to start the season, the Huskies have shown their willingness to bang with their opposition and keep up and endure the physicality required to play ninty plus minutes.

“We have to keep fighting, the technical part we will get slowly, we’re young we only have two seniors, and by September or October I hope that we’re going to win the games that we should win, and you meet those teams in November and it will be a different story,” said Tsantiris.

UConn will travel and face off with another talented team at Boston College this Wednesday, August 28th, in search of its first win this season. The Eagles are 2-0 to start their 2013 campaign.

Joseph.Crisalli@UConn.edu