The Daily Campus: September 12, 2012

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ITE evacuated due to pepper spray

By Kim Wilson News Editor

SUBOG AIRBRUSHES ITS WAY INTO STUDENTS’ HEARTS Activity replaces previously scheduled petting zoo.

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The Information Technology Engineering Building was completely evacuated for 30 minutes Tuesday, Sept. 11 because a student accidentally discharged a personal canister of pepper spray during a class and contaminated the air in a lecture hall.

“We just want to make sure it’s 100 percent okay before we let people back in.”

– Lt. Fournier UConn Police Dept.

HUSKIES FACE A FAMILIAR FOE UConn will take on Edsall for first time.

SPORTS/ page 12 EDITORIAL: CHICAGO TEACHERS STRIKE SHEDS LIGHT ON EDUCATION CONTRADICTION Situation shows that teachers need compensation for students to learn the right message.

COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: SMALLER MEMORIALS ON 11TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 Nation may have reached emotional turning point.

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Police and fire officials said nobody was injured in the incident and that the event appears to be an accident. The lecture hall in which the student released the pepper spray, room C-80, will be closed for the rest of the night while a cleaning crew ventilates the area.

Lt. Andrew Fournier of the UConn Police Department, who was on the scene, said closing the room for tonight is just a precaution.

“I was in there and it’s really okay,” Fournier said. “We just want to make sure it’s 100 percent okay before we let people back in.”

A police cruiser, a fire truck and another vehicle discharged

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Above, a fire truck parks outside of the Information Technology Engineering building on Tuesday after a canister of pepper spray was discharged in C-80. At right, A firefighter posts a ‘do not enter’ sign on the doors of C-80 in ITE after evacuating students on Tuesday.

from the UConn Fire Department were at the scene when the event occurred around 4:10 p.m. and stayed for a little over an hour.

Fournier said police are still speaking with the student who accidentally discharged the pepper spray but that it appears to have been an accident.

“It’s a pretty isolated incident,” Fournier said.

A large crowd formed in front of the building when emergency vehicles arrived and the building was evacuated.

Kristen Colberg, a 5th-semester

biomedical engineering major, said she was worried when she saw the gathering in front of the building while she was on her way to class.

“I saw the flashing lights of an ambulance and thought somebody had gotten hurt,” Colberg said.

“When I saw the commotion I was confused. It was the first time I’ve seen anything like this at UConn.”

Police said lecture hall C-80 will be open for classes all day tomorrow.

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Aim of Suicide Prevention Week to educate about warning signs

7-Eleven under construction in Storrs Center

By Loumarie Rodriguez Staff Writer

By Alie Garry Campus Correspondent

Suicide Prevention Week begins Sept. 17 to start conversation on how to prevent suicide and recognize the symptoms of depression.

This past Monday was Suicide Prevention Day; people took part by writing “love” on their wrists and spreading the message via Facebook. However, UConn has planned a weeklong series of events in order to engage the campus on the issue; complete with the catchy slogan, “Be aware, show you care.”

Next Monday, outside the Student Union, students will place 1,000+ flags along on the lawn representing the suicides that occur on U.S. college campuses each year symbolizing a “Field of Memories.” Also, keynote speaker Christina Wong will perform a humorous piece, “Wong Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” to explore suicides, depression, anxiety and mental illnesses in AsianAmerican women.

“The goal for suicide prevention week is for each student to intersect with our message at some point this week,” said Interim Director Elizabeth J. Cracco of Mental Health Services. “It’s important to recognize the signs of depression.”

According to Cracco, UConn’s Mental Health Services co-chairs the Suicide Prevention Committee and actively supports “Active Minds,” a program on campus involved in raising awareness about mental health problems and focuses on suicide prevention.

Late night study sessions, midnight snacks, a quick pickme-up between classes. All college students suffer from the need to eat junk food at odd hours of the day, and night.

Though the university has a few convenient stores and a number restaurants, they are not always open and offering the necessities for college life.

However, there is a bright light at the end of this Slurpee deprived tunnel.

Storrs Center developer Howard Kaufman, managing member of LeylandAlliance LLC, announced in a press release on Sept. 6 that 7-Eleven will be opening a store in the new Storrs center. It’s an initiative to build a “main street” for the Storrs community, offering restaurants and stores in a centralized location for students.

The 7-Eleven franchise is the largest convenient store chain in the world and is adding a new store to their operations every two hours. It is also responsible for starting the 24/7 store trend that us college kids are so thankful for.

7-Eleven North Atlantic Zone Leader Dan Kaepernik said in the press release, “Storrs Center is a hub of activity right in the middle of the growing Storrs community and University

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In this file photo from Sept. 14, 2009, 1,000 yellow flags flutter in honor of the 1,000+ students who commit suicide on U.S. college campuses every year. Suicide Prevention Week will begin this year on Sept. 17.

Throughout the week there will be opportunities to participate in QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer)–“Ask a question, save a life” a suicide prevention training program.

“The more we can be out there, the better we can create a tightly woven safety net,” said Cracco.

“Suicide is the second cause of death amongst college students.

This age group is at risk. We are very tuned into the issue and have an obligation to engage in prevention education.”

The suicide prevention website provides a detailed list of events that will take place throughout the week to get students involved and

spread better awareness of suicide prevention. They also list prevention resources that link back to Mental Health Services.

“We need to talk about [suicide prevention] and know about the warning signs and understand how to approach that person to get them help,” said Sharon Mendes, ACES academic advisor and co-chair of the Suicide Prevention Committee.

“It’s important getting the word out and making people aware and starting conversation among students, staff and faculty.”

Mental Health Services alone provides 24-hour on-call services,

provides emergency assessments for students and has one-on-one counseling sessions. They offer many programs and serve as a resource for other offices that might be working with students in distress.

“A lot of people nationwide don’t realize that [suicide] can happen on their campus,” said Christine Choi, 5th-semester psychology major. “There are so many programs at UConn that help students be aware for the signs of depression, which is very important.”

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Today’s workshop is geared to ESL writers concerned with grammar. It will discuss practical strategies for tackling issues and improving English writing skills.

The film “Taking Our Bodies Back” documents a 1970s movement during which women learned more about their health rights.

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Dem group spends $320,000 for Murphy TV ads

HARTFORD (AP) — A national Democratic group is contributing $320,000 for television advertisements to help U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy in his Senate campaign against former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, a party official said Tuesday.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is spending the money on a TV campaign beginning Wednesday, said the official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. The official said it was the committee’s first television ad buy to support Murphy’s campaign.

The investment from the DSCC comes as polls indicate a tightening race in the Democratic-leaning state, where McMahon, a Republican, has tapped her personal fortune to saturate television with advertisements and forced Murphy to play defense with his own ads.

Guilty plea in $1.6M food stamp fraud scheme

HARTFORD (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Wethersfield woman has pleaded guilty for her role in a $1.6 million food stamp fraud scheme.

U.S. Attorney David Fein said Tuesday that Lillian Adames pleaded guilty in federal court in Hartford on Monday.

Fein says according to court documents and court statements, the 46-year-old Adames illegally exchanged food stamps for cash between October 2006 and March 2009. He says she was helped by her husband and others, exchanging food stamps for cash with customers at six grocery stores in Hartford.

The listed store owners were unconnected with the businesses and allowed their names to be used for ownership and licensing purposes.

Town OK’s snake breeder’s basement business

GRISWOLD (AP) — A Griswold snake breeder has won a permit for his home-based business.

Randy LaPorte won a three-year permit Monday from the Planning and Zoning Commission to breed and sell nonpoisonous snakes in the basement of his house.

The Bulletin reports that snake hobbyists and professionals from New England packed the meeting to support LaPorte and provide information about LaPorte’s ball pythons and red-tail boas.

Following a complaint about odors, the building inspector ordered LaPorte in May to stop selling snakes.

Questions on Monday focused on what would happen if the snakes escaped.

Officials were told that snakes require temperatures and humidity similar to a muggy summer day and would not survive outside LaPorte’s climate-controlled basement.

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to causing a man’s death with an injection of silicone he hoped would enlarge his penis, a procedure experts cautioned doesn’t work.

Kasia Rivera, 35, could face up to ten years in prison if convicted of reckless manslaughter in the death of 22-year-old Justin Street.

Street, a father of two, had gone to Rivera on May 5 seeking a penile enlargement procedure, which prosecutors say Rivera advertised for in fliers posted at local businesses. Rivera, who performed the procedures in her apartment, allegedly with no medical license or training, administered a silicone shot to Street’s penis, according to prosecutors.

Library cards may be used as illegal immigrant ID

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Illegal immigrants in California’s largest city could use library cards to open bank accounts and access an array of city services under a plan being considered by city officials.

Under the plan, anyone with proof of Los Angeles residency could get a library card, the Los Angeles Times reported. The idea is to provide a form of ID to those who cannot get a driver’s license because of their immigration status.

The City Council unanimously voted recently to consider the proposal, which would have Los Angeles join a growing number of cities across the nation that offer various forms of identification to illegal immigrants and others who cannot get driver’s licenses because of their immigration status. San Francisco and Oakland have adopted similar measures.

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Storm moves out to sea after slamming Newfoundland FORTUNE, Newfoundland (AP) — Post-tropical storm Leslie moved out to sea Tuesday afternoon, hours after its stiff winds and heavy rains pummeled Newfoundland, knocking out power to thousands and forcing the cancellation of all flights at the island’s main airport.

Jean-Marc Couturier, a forecaster with the Canadian Hurricane Centre, said Leslie passed through Cape Bonavista in northeastern Newfoundland early Tuesday afternoon, and headed out to the Atlantic as a post-tropical storm.

Chris Fogarty, a manager with the hurricane center, said rain showers ended early Tuesday evening and winds, gusting at 49 mph (80 kph) on Tuesday afternoon, will diminish significantly as the storm moves further offshore. He said storm warnings have been canceled across the island.

Several towns along eastern Newfoundland had already lost power and flights were cancelled before the storm made

landfall Tuesday.

Tree branches blocked several roads and there were multiple reports of roofs being blown off.

Power was knocked out throughout St. John’s, Newfoundland’s capital, and communities along the southeastern coast of the Avalon peninsula, and all flights at the airport were cancelled.

Premier Kathy Dunderdale said there were no reports of serious injuries or major evacuations.

Seven St. John’s families were relocated after their social housing units were damaged in the roaring gale, she said.

Leslie was not as ferocious as Hurricane Igor, which pounded Newfoundland as a Category 1 hurricane almost two years ago and caused about CA$125 million (US$128.5 million) in damages, the Halifax-based hurricane center said. Igor was also blamed for one death.

“More rain was spread out over the island, but the severity of the storm certainly was thankfully not as strong as Igor,” said Couturier.

Signage poles and downed power lines lay in the streets of St. John’s, Newfoundland on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The massive teacher strike in Chicago offers a high-profile test for the nation’s teacher unions, which have seen their political influence threatened as a growing reform movement seeks to expand charter schools, get private companies involved with failing schools and link teacher evaluations to student test scores.

Union leaders are taking a major stand on teacher evaluations, one of the key issues in the Chicago dispute. If they lose there, it could have ripple effects around the country.

The American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association – the nation’s two largest teacher unions – have been playing defense in jurisdictions around the country as Republicans and Democrats alike seek greater concessions in a bid to improve ailing public schools.

After decades of growth in membership and influence, the unions now are in a weaker position, said Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.

“They are playing on more

hostile terrain and they are facing opponents the likes of which they have not had to face before,” Hess said.

The strike also has implications for the presidential race because it pits the Chicago Teachers Union – the AFT’s oldest local – against Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, former chief of staff to President Barack Obama. Obama is counting on the strong support of unions to help his re-election campaign, but his administration has sided with some of the reforms unions are railing against.

Teachers walked off the job Monday for the first time in 25 years over issues that include pay raises, classroom conditions, job security and teacher evaluations. Emanuel is try-

compared with the 1960s and 1970s, when teachers went on strike frequently for better pay and improved bargaining rights. While unions generally got what they wanted in the past, they face a tougher climate today.

With the weak economy, unions have seen massive teacher layoffs, increased class sizes and school districts unable or unwilling to boost teacher salaries. Like other public employee unions, they are also under attack from Republican governors like Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who signed a measure last year to curb collective bargaining rights and limit benefits for state workers.

The 2.2-million member NEA has lost more than 100,000 members since 2010,

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“They certainly are on the defensive,” said Richard Ingersoll, a professor of education and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

“They are under attack. A lot of times they are demonized.

On the other hand there’s really smart and progressive elements in the teacher’s movement who want to get out ahead of this and do it in a way that’s fair.”

In the past, teachers unions could count on a Democratic White House to fight back on their behalf. But Obama’s education secretary, Arne Duncan, is a former head of Chicago Public Schools who has pushed for many of the changes that unions oppose.

“In many ways the Obama administration has signed onto the very conservative set of AP

Thousands of public school teachers rally for the second consecutive day outside the Chicago Board of Education district headquarters on Tuesday.

ing to extract more concessions from teachers while the school district faces a nearly $700 million deficit.

Major teacher strikes have been rare in recent years,

as fewer public school teachers are hired and more charter schools open, most of which are not unionized. At the 1.5 million-member AFT, years of steady growth have leveled off.

reforms that the education community is imposing on teachers,” said Richard Kahlenberg of the Century Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington.

8 infants exposed to TB at CA hospital SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Eight infants were exposed to tuberculosis at the neonatal intensive care unit of a Sacramento hospital, but health officials said Tuesday it’s unlikely the babies will contract the disease.

The babies were doing well and weren’t exhibiting any symptoms of tuberculosis but will receive antibiotic treatment as a precaution, Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye said.

In addition, doctors will conduct follow-up tests in six months to see if the children are infected.

The infants in the unit included babies born prematurely with

breathing problems.

Kasirye said the babies were exposed when someone visited the neonatal facility of Methodist Hospital of Sacramento from Aug. 23 to Sept. 3.

The visitor later felt ill and went to the hospital emergency room, where a TB test was positive. The person is isolated and receiving treatment.

Kasirye said the hospital is not at fault for the exposures because the person showed no signs of tuberculosis while visiting.

“There is no way they could have anticipated this,” she said.

The infants were likely not infected because they were in a large room and the visitor was in early stages of the disease,

Kasirye said. All of the parents have been notified.

Many people exposed to tuberculosis never become infected with the disease that can cause bad coughs, chest pain and coughing up blood, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A similar incident happened in the spring when an infected Solano County resident visited Sacramento’s Sutter Memorial Hospital and NorthBay Medical Center in Fairfield. Officials believed 26 babies were exposed to tuberculosis as a result.

The person had a valid reason to be there and had not been diagnosed at the time, officials said.

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Smaller memorials on 11th anniversary of 9/11 NEW YORK (AP) — There were still the tearful messages to loved ones, clutches of photos and flowers, and moments of silence. But 11 years after Sept. 11, Americans appeared to enter a new, scaled-back chapter of collective mourning for the worst terror attack in U.S history.

Crowds gathered, as always, at the World Trade Center site in New York, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania memorial Tuesday to mourn the nearly 3,000 victims of the 2001 terror attacks, reciting their names and remembering with music, tolling bells and prayer. But they came in fewer numbers, ceremonies were less elaborate and some cities canceled their remembrances altogether. A year after the milestone 10th anniversary, some said the memorials may have reached an emotional turning point.

“It’s human nature, so people move on,” said Wanda Ortiz, of New York City, whose husband, Emilio Ortiz, was killed in the trade center’s north tower, leaving behind her and their 5-month-old twin daughters.

“My concern now is ... how I keep the memory of my husband alive.”

It was also a year when politicians largely took a back seat to grieving families; no elected officials spoke at all at New York’s 3½ -hour ceremony. President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney pulled negative campaign ads and avoided rallies, with the

president laying a wreath at the Pentagon ceremony and visiting wounded soldiers at a Maryland hospital. And beyond the victims of the 2001 attacks, attention was paid to the wars that followed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In Middletown, N.J., a bedroom community that lost 37 residents in the attacks, town officials laid a wreath at the entrance to the park in a small, silent ceremony. Last year, 3,700 people attended a remembrance with speeches, music and names read.

“This year,” said Deputy Mayor Stephen Massell, “I think less is more.”

Some worried that moving on would mean Sept. 11 will fade from memory.

“It’s been 11 years already,” said Michael Reneo, whose sister-in-law, Daniela Notaro, was killed at the trade center. “And unfortunately for some, the reality of this day seems to be fading as the years go by. ... I hope we never lose focus on what really happened here.”

Thousands had attended the ceremony in New York in previous years, including last year’s milestone 10th anniversary. In New York, a crowd of fewer than 200 swelled to about 1,000 by late Tuesday morning, as family members laid roses and made paper rubbings of their loved ones’ names etched onto the Sept. 11 memorial. A few hundred attended ceremonies at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., fewer than in years past.

As bagpipes played at the year-old Sept. 11 memorial in New York, families holding balloons, flowers and photos of their loved ones bowed their heads in silence at 8:46 a.m., the moment that the first hijacked jetliner crashed into the trade center’s north tower. Bells tolled to mark the moments that planes

crashed into the second tower, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, and the moments that each tower collapsed.

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama laid a white floral wreath at the Pentagon, above a concrete slab that said “Sept. 11, 2001 – 937 am.” Obama later recalled the

CARROLLTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas man accused of raping a 16-year-old girl used social media to lure her to a meeting, abduct her from her school and drive her to a river, where he killed her to keep her from testifying against him, police and a family spokeswoman said.

The man insisted in a jailhouse interview Monday that he only wanted to talk to the teen and prove his innocence but said he was overcome by “demons” once they were faceto-face.

Franklin B. Davis, 30, of the Dallas suburb of Irving, was charged with capital murder Sunday in the death of Shania Gray. Gray was last seen alive Thursday afternoon at Hebron High School in nearby Carrollton. Her body was found

Saturday in a secluded area near the Trinity River.

Carrollton police say Davis confessed to arranging a meeting with Gray under false pretenses, driving her to a trail near the river and shooting her twice with a .38-caliber pistol.

According to an arrest affidavit, Gray fell into the river and called Davis by his nickname: “Why, Wish?”

Davis told police he then stepped on her neck until she stopped breathing, the affidavit said.

Carrollton police spokesman Jon Stovall said in an email that police believe Davis killed Gray because she was about to testify against him.

A spokeswoman for Gray’s family, Sherry Ramsey, told The Dallas Morning News that Gray

met Davis when she babysat his two children. Ramsey said that later, after the teen declined many requests to babysit, Gray told her grandmother that Davis had raped her.

The crime was reported to Mesquite police, and Davis was charged with four counts of sexual assault of a child. The trial was scheduled to start next month.

Ramsey said Davis had warned Gray he would kill her if she told anyone about the assault.

According to an arrest warrant, Davis contacted Gray through social media and pretended to be someone else in an attempt to get information about the sexual assault case. Davis then used a pre-paid cellphone to set up a meeting with Gray at her high school on Thursday.

Davis told WFAA-TV in a jailhouse interview that he tracked Gray down because he wanted to prove his innocence in the sexual assault case.

“I needed to get some kind of evidence, some kind of proof myself to show I did not have sex with her and that she’s lying,” Davis told the television station. He said he didn’t intend to harm Gray but was overcome in the moment.

“I was fighting demons,” Davis told the station. “It was like a different person was in me. It wasn’t me.”

Davis told authorities that Gray was surprised to see him but got into his car when he told her he wanted to talk to her about the sexual assault case.

He said he then drove her to the remote area.

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Carrie Bergonia remembers her fiance, firefighter Joseph Ogren, who was killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, during a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Tuesday.

horror of the attacks, declaring, “Our country is safer and our people are resilient.”

Vice President Joe Biden remembered the 40 victims of the plane that crashed in a field south of Pittsburgh, saying he understood 11 years haven’t diminished memories.

“Today is just as monumental

a day for all of you, for each of your families, as any Sept. 11 has ever been,” he said.

Wearing white ribbons, many wearing T-shirts with their loved ones’ pictures, victims’ family in New York read loved ones’ names, and looked up to the sky to talk to their family – even those they hadn’t met.

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Chicago teacher strike sheds light on education contradiction

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f you read the news, you would know that teachers have been striking in Chicago. And if you know anything about Chicago and its school systems, they’re both terrible. Chicago has a historically underfunded school system. While it may be a chicken and egg argument, Chicago is also an incredibly violent and dangerous city. So it should be no surprise that the underpaid and underfunded Chicago public school teachers are on strike.

The actual straw that broke the camel’s back is a new ordnance declaring that Chicago teachers have to comply with standardized testing scores or be dismissed. Naturally, this is an unacceptable way to rate the future of our country in one of the biggest cities in the nation. Not only has standardized testing proved to be an unreliable indicator of how well students are learning, but there are too many other factors at play. A particular neighborhood’s level of violence, homelessness, health conditions, diet, family connections, along with a whole host of other social factors, is too complicated and too chaotic to be able to rate the one decently stable factor in a Chicago students’ life.

Naturally, as a public school and an institution that values the work teachers do (especially in a place where public school teaching can be considered a dangerous occupation) we support the teachers’ strike.

It’s a well-known fact that public school teachers are underpaid.

It’s also well known that children have to be at school. especially when classes start in early September (i.e., now). But, the strike has closed down many schools rather unexpectedly. On the first day of the strike, roughly 350,000 students were not in school.

Many schools stayed open to at least give children somewhere to go, but police officers typically reserved for desk jobs were pulled onto street-duty in anticipation of the oncoming onslaught of childpropelled violence.

Many parents responded angrily. Many have had to unexpectedly take the day off from work. Some parents simply can’t afford to take the day off and have to leave their children unattended at home.

Others publicly asked why Chicago teachers had to choose now to strike. Why couldn’t they do such a thing in the summer?

Why? Well the answer is clear: the point of a strike is to make an impact on society. When construction workers go on strike, it becomes clear how much we need people to build our buildings to work in. When dockworkers go on strike, it became clear we need them as a stronghold in our nation’s commerce. When teachers go on strike, it becomes clear we need them to teach our children.

How often have we been told to “stay in school”? How many times are we told, “knowledge is power”? It is a sad double standard that the American youth is encouraged to get educated, but teachers are treated as the lowest of our public servants.

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Acid wash jeans should come back into style, because I am REALLY bad at my chem lab.

Isn’t pepper spray supposed to resolve situations, not evacuate entire buildings and cancel the last two classes in my schedule?

The TV I brought up to school is legit haunted. It turns on by itself, changes the channels by itself, and we even covered up the IR port in case it was someone controlling it without our knowledge. Anyone know how to perform TV exorcism?

I still don’t understand why people leave their most expensive belongings on the tables in the dining halls to reserve a spot. Really, I’m just going to take your iPhone AND your seat.

After a three year streak of success, tonight my tray finally fell off the conveyer belt at South Dining Hall.

I appreciate this school’s administration being frugal, but could we please splurge on some decent toilet paper for the dorms every once in a while?

“Obama or no health care. Obama or no jobs. Obama or no women’s rights. Obama or no student loans. The choice is yours. It’s your future!” ...Because prior to Obama, there was no health care, no jobs, no women’s rights, and no student loans.

If enough of us write in Kemba Walker come November 6, I think we can still win this presidential election.

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Connectivity and the global impact of 9/11

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hold a lot of minority opinions.

Many of which are easily misunderstood or just extremely unpopular. For example: the Middle Ages were more advanced than most of the other ages in human history. See? You’re probably thinking “Church repression,” “dark ages,” “lack of science,” and all that. But I’m not talking about that.

I want to briefly discuss “9/11,” “America,” and “fault,” and most i m p o r t a n t l y, “connectivity.”

First, I want to explain that in no way am I saying that the victims of the 9/11 tragBy John D. Nitowski edy, the families Weekly Columnist of those victims, or our soldiers overseas have in any way, brought the tragedy upon themselves. Rather, I am humbly asking the reader to step outside the protective bubble of American-exceptionalism and into the realm of history.

As an International Relations teacher once told me, it all began in 1979. Before 1979, America and the Soviet Union were vying for allies in the Middle East.

America had the Shah in Iran, Russia had the king in Iraq, and the Afghani were neutral in between. Any account of Iran pre-1979 shows a country plagued with fear. The Shah ruled with an iron fist, not unlike the Ayatollahs today. When

the revolution finally came (in 1979) America was kicked out of Iran, quickly found a new ally (Saddam Hussein) to put in power in Iraq, and the Soviets were free to invade Afghanistan without any repercussions from America’s onceally, Iran. Check the Internet, the Middle East fell into chaos within a few months like country-sized dominoes.

As you probably know, Osama bin Laden was an “American freedom fighter.” The CIA armed him to fight the Soviets during the war. But after the dust settled, the Soviets were gone and the Taliban ruled. Osama bin Laden would later turn our own weapons back on us starting as early as the ‘90s with his first attempt on the World Trade Center.

The history they don’t want you to know is that prior to the September 11th attack, another Afghani freedom fighter going by the English-friendly name “Lion of Panjshir” (after his daring attack on the Soviets in the region of Panjshir) was warning the CIA that “Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia” were planning an attack on America. In Belgium, the Lion gave a speech declaring that Afghanistan’s problems would soon become the World’s problem if something wasn’t done to stabilize the region. On September 9, 2001, two men with fake passports claiming to be reporters walked into the Lion’s camp for an interview, and assassinated the Lion with a bomb disguised as recording equipment. Two days later, we all know what happened.

In less than 30 years, America turned its

allies into enemies by forcing an oppressor onto them (the Shah in Iran, Saddam in Iraq, the Taliban in Afghanistan).

It’s easy to see how Islamic Radicalism could become a favorable ideology to secular dictators like Hussein, Mubarak, and Qaddafi. After all, that was the exact same excuse those men used when meeting with our Presidents, “If you don’t help me, give me weapons, give me funds, the Islamists will be in power, and you will lose an ally.” They meant it as a threat. We should have instead made allies with the temperate force of Islam before it had time to boil over.

Case in point: our greatest ally in Afghanistan – the Lion of Panjshir – was known to be a devout, but just Muslim.

He was religiously tolerant, and fond of democracy. And he is dead.

Again, in no way am I saying the victims of New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington deserved what happened on that dark day years ago. They deserve it no more than the families in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. When we mourn on 9/11 and say “Never Forget,” we shouldn’t forget a majority of the victims – Muslims who are affected by the war every single day, half a world away. The truth of the matter is that war hurts us all, and it takes two to tango.

Let us never forget that simple fact.

Weekly columnist John Nitowski is a 7thsemester english major. He can be reached at John.Nitowski@UConn.edu.

Media needs to a better job at covering third party candidates

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ne of the basics tenets of objective reporting is that a writer must present all sides of a story. The elections this November are receiving a lot of press, but almost none of it is coverage of third party candidates. While it may feel like we’re being inundated with every bit of news even vaguely related to politics, the mainstream media is not providing comprehensive coverage of the 2012 elecBy Kristi Allen tions by ignorStaff Columnist ing candidates outside the two major parties.

In the United States, we have the freedom to form political parties centered on just about any platform you can imagine, from the Modern Whig Party to The Rent Is Too Damn High Party, but very few of them ever get their candidates elected to office.

No candidate from outside the Republican or Democratic parties has been elected to the presidency since 1853. Of the 535 politicians currently serving in Congress, only two represent third parties. Third parties don’t usually receive the same level of support, notoriety or campaign contributions that major party candidates do, in part because they often represent fringe issues and policies that are less popular with the general electorate, but also because the mainstream

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“The first step to making third parties a major option is for the media to treat them the same way they treat the suits.”

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clearly need something different.

If third party candidates began winning national elections, they could tackle issues that the established politicians shy away from; it will take fresh voices to do what the two parties cannot after 230 years of near unimpeachable authority in America. Third party candidates have a chance to genuinely impact politics in this country – if they could just reach voters.

The first step to making third parties a major option is for the media to treat them the same way they treat the suits. If the mainstream press jumped on every word all the candidates in a race said, third parties would have a chance to reach voters outside their small support base.

In order for a healthy democracy to function, the electorate needs to be well informed. The press wields incredible power in choosing what it does and does not want to write about, and not covering all the options voters have in an election is detrimental to the democratic process. The power Americans have in voting is choice, and that choice shouldn’t have to be between the lesser of two evils.

Staff Columnist Kristi Allen is a 1st-semester pre-journalism major. She can be reached at Kristi.

Allen@UConn.edu.

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Though students were disappointed Tuesday when a scheduled petting zoo on Fairfield Way was canceled, SUBOG made it up to students with free, custom-airbrushed drawstring bags available for free outside of the Student Union. Dozens of students lined up for their own unique bag.

NBC’s ‘Today’ skips 9/11 moment for Kardashian

NEW YORK (AP) — While its rivals covered the solemn commemoration of the first plane striking the World Trade Center on Tuesday, NBC’s “Today” show aired Kardashian family matriarch Kris Jenner talking about her breast augmentation.

It was an embarrassing moment for the once-dominant morning show, now often beaten by ABC’s “Good Morning America” in the ratings, and showed the continued delicacy of Sept. 11 memories for television.

Even “Good Morning America,” which had Jessica Simpson as a guest host in its second hour on

Tuesday, cut away from its usual pop culture-oriented lineup late in its show to air ceremonies at 8:48 a.m. EDT, the exact moment 11 years ago when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. The “CBS This Morning” show, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC all covered the moment, too.

NBC pointed out that “Today” had a lengthy interview with a World Trade Center survivor earlier in its show and another segment talking about memories of the event. While “Today” covered the annual moment of silence last year for the 10th anniversary, it had not in a few of the previous

years, spokeswoman Megan Kopf said.

The omission would likely have been less noticeable if NBC hadn’t been airing a segment with reality television’s most frequently-seen family instead, leading to some ridicule on social media.

The “Today” show did insert coverage of the moment into the program’s later West Coast feed.

“We pause now to remember the moment when the first plane hit the World Trade Center,” ABC’s George Stephanopoulos said as the screen showed the ceremony taking place at ground zero.

The network then switched

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This film image released by The Weinstein Company shows Joaquin Phoenix, left, and Philip Seymour Hoffman in a scene from “The Master.” The film will be presented at the 37th Toronto International Film festival running through Sept. 16.

its theatrical release Friday.

“I need to know that there’s some kind of, like, crazy magic that happens. And maybe it’s not. Maybe that’s just from my end, and a really smart director knows that you do these certain things and you get a reaction from an audience. But I don’t like that, and I had to kind of feel that there was something mysterious and something out of my control that occurs for it to feel like it was exciting to me again.”

So he and brother-in-law Casey Affleck came up with a plan. Phoenix announced that his 2009 drama “Two Lovers” would be his farewell to acting after a career that included such films as “To Die For,” ‘’Signs” and “Hotel Rwanda,” along with Academy Awardnominated performances as a despotic Roman ruler in “Gladiator” and as Johnny Cash in “Walk the Line.”

With Affleck directing, they chronicled Phoenix’s transition to music in 2010’s “I’m

All of New York City’s local broadcast affiliates took several hours out of their usual morning programming to air the annual recitation of names of people killed at the World Trade Center.

It was thought that after the 10th anniversary that annual ceremony would no longer be shown on local TV, but it’s an important event for families of the victims.

The New York Daily News’ front cover showed a picture of ground zero and the headline “Remember them” on Tuesday.

The New York Times and New York Post did not mention the anniversary on their front pages.

US woman loses music downloading appeal in case against the RIAA

He’s still here: Phoenix rises again with ‘Master’

TORONTO (AP) — Joaquin Phoenix looked as though he’d lost it, coming completely unglued with his film “I’m Still Here,” in which he chronicles his supposed move into rap music after announcing his retirement from acting.

Sure, it was all a put-on: his retirement, the rap career and the way he degenerates through the film. Yet letting himself hurtle out of control was part of the plan, Phoenix said.

Phoenix had grown a bit bored with filmmaking and how he approached it, the scripted roles and the predictability of the storytelling.

“I’m Still Here” was his way of working without a net.

“I wanted to do something that was terrifying and felt like there wasn’t any blueprint and I didn’t really know what was going to happen,” Phoenix, 37, said in an interview at the Toronto International Film Festival, where his drama “The Master” played ahead of

abruptly to an interview with actor Richard Gere, who tried to smooth the segue by saying: “It is hard not to get caught up. That moment seems so fresh.”

CBS concentrated primarily on the White House, where President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama came out on the lawn to observe a moment of silence at 8:48. Fox News aired a split screen of the Obamas and the World Trade Center ceremony.

MSNBC, as has been its recent tradition, aired more than an hour of NBC News’ coverage of the Sept. 11 attacks as it happened that day.

Still Here,” purportedly a documentary but really an elaborate fiction that seemed to show the actor crumbling into an emotional meltdown.

Part of the inspiration came from reality television, particularly shows exposing intimate and embarrassing details of celebrities’ lives, Phoenix said.

The normally clean-cut Phoenix let his hair go and grew a wild beehive of a beard.

In “I’m Still Here,” he croaked bad rap music, smoked weed endlessly and appeared to snort cocaine off of a prostitute’s breasts. The film also included his notorious interview with David Letterman to promote “Two Lovers,” in which Phoenix mumbled responses, stared at the talk show host in uncomfortable silences and generally seemed off his rocker.

Phoenix came back on the show in 2010 and apologized, telling Letterman it was all an act for “I’m Still Here.”

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A U.S. woman accused of sharing songs online owes record companies $222,000 for willful copyright violations, a federal appeals court said Tuesday, reversing a lower court’s ruling in a long-running lawsuit over music downloading.

A three-judge appeals panel ruled that Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis erred when he cut the award against Jammie Thomas-Rasset to $54,000.

The Brainerd woman’s case was one of only two lawsuits to go to trial out of more than 30,000 filed by the recording industry in a drive to stop the unauthorized free downloading of copyrighted music, which the industry says has cut deeply into its revenues. The vast majority settled for about $3,500 apiece.

The U.S. Supreme Court in May refused to hear an appeal by former Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum of a $675,000 award in the other case, but he has vowed to keep fighting.

Juries ruled against ThomasRasset in three separate trials since the industry sued her in 2006. Davis said the last award, of $1.5 million, was “severe and oppressive.”

But the appeals court found the high award was not unreasonable. It sent the case back to Davis for an order that she pay $222,000 — the award from her original trial — and for an injunction barring her from making the plaintiffs’ recordings available to the public via online media distribution systems in the future.

“We are pleased with the appellate court’s decision and look forward to putting this case behind us,” the Recording Industry Association of America said in a statement.

But Thomas-Rasset said she plans to appeal again as long as her attorneys remain with her for the long haul, and they’ve assured her they are.

She has said she can’t afford to pay anyway.

Her attorney, Kiwi Camara, confirmed they’ll ask the Supreme Court to hear the case, saying the $222,000 award is punitive.

The industry has previously offered to settle for $25,000 and donate the money to a musician’s charity. Camara said they wouldn’t accept such an offer even if were made again.

The industry presented evidence that Thomas-Rasset made available over 1,700 songs to other computer uses via the file sharing service Kazaa, though the lawsuit targeted only 24 songs.

For tactical reasons, the appeals court noted, the industry didn’t seek reinstatement of the third jury’s award and was content with the original $222,000 — $2,250 per song — from her 2007 trial.

Thomas-Rasset got a second trial in 2009 after Davis concluded he made a legal error in her first. After Davis cut the second jury’s $1.92 million award to $54,000, the industry won a third trial that resulted in a $1.5 million award, which Davis again cut to $54,000.

On my 21st birthday, I drank absinthe. Nothing too interesting happened, until I started heroically vomiting on behalf of everyone in the world. I was throwing up problems, left and right. I won’t pretend that this was my first symbolic act of regurgitation. One time, I thought my friends were too drunk, so I started throwing up, so they wouldn’t have to. In retrospect, I might have just drank an excessive amount of Burnetts and needed to throw up.

What does it all mean? If I had to guess, it might indicate that some part of my unconscious mind is a tad off-kilter and might require some psychoanalyzing. This was supposed to segue seamlessly into my poignant musings about Sigmund Freud. I am a psychology major, and therefore I have extensive knowledge about Freud, the gent who thought cocaine had medicinal purposes.

That’s proof that he was ahead of his time. Anyway, here is my intro to Freudian concepts, and their implications on your sex life: 1) The Id = the babe-radar According to Freud, the human psyche is compartmentalized into three sections, each with respective motivations. My personal favorite part of the brain is the “Id.” This is the part of your personality that operates solely on the pleasure principle. You can easily remember the Id because it is the first two letters in the word, “idiot.” This is no coincidence as your Id can make you act like a complete dunce. The id is what controls your libido. Allow your Id to help you pick a mate, and it will undoubtedly pick someone according to what you find attractive. Oftentimes, this materializes in the form of a visually appealing jerk. Why does such an individual satisfy the Id’s urges? They are thrilling, appear physically flawless, and are occasionally rewarding when they are actually nice to you. Instances of bonding with the jerk will result in the release of dopamine. This means you get addicted to the rush of a specific person’s presence, and can easily mistake this initial giddiness for something important like love. So reconsider whether you would still like your object of desire if they weren’t nearly as hot.

2) The Ego = the voice of reason If I could speak on behalf of the ego, I would say something logical. Here’s my attempt: See people for who they are; not who you want them to someday be or any other delusional notion of perfection. Don’t idealize someone just so you can rationalize being with them. Think about why you like them. I don’t know about you, but my ego is sometimes a huge buzzkill. Sadly, your ego is like the sober driver of your brain, telling your Id to shut up in the backseat.

Meanwhile, your Id is having the time of its life, yelling obscenities at passersby and jabbering about a bunch of nonsense. Your ego is that part of your brain that knows the reality of a situation and likes to rain on your id’s parade.

3) The superego = your conscience No one likes to have a guilty conscience. The superego is the idealistic part of your brain that wants your actions to align perfectly with some sort of personal moral code. In many cases, this moral code is instilled by your parents and other authoritative figures. How does the superego play a role in your dating life? It’s different for everyone. It tells you when a person is good or bad and makes you consider whether they represent the core values that are dear to your heart. This is why I will never date a person who does not care enough about koalas. The superego is like a sacred text stating your personal values. It’s that little person telling you to throw up on behalf of your friends.

Holly.Battaglia@UConn.edu

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San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore breaks away from two Arizona Cardinals defensemen in this screenshot from ‘Madden NFL 13.’ An improved physics system, new presentation and all-around improvement make ‘Madden’ much more worthy of a purchase than in previous years.

By Joe O’Leary Focus Editor Let’s be honest: last year’s “Madden 12” was a bad game.

The AI was bad at best, frequently not knowing how to play football. The game’s difficulty swings made it almost infuriating to play. And EA’s lack of updates on the yearly formula, along with tons of glitches, ensured it wasn’t worth the $60 price tag.

Of course, like a lemming happily hopping over the cliff, I got sucked up into the hype again this year and pre-ordered a copy of “Madden 13” as football season reared its beautiful head. Maybe it’s because I’m actually winning more games this year than last, or maybe it’s because I only had to pay $45 through some savvy shopping (thank you, Toys ‘r’ Us), but “Madden 13” is a pretty

solid game. It’s not perfect, but there’s marked improvement from last year’s edition, and to see that EA might actually care about improving its cash cows is heartening.

This year’s highly-touted addition to the game is a new physics system, meant to create more fluid, realistic tackles in the game, moving away from the robotic movements of years past.

This is not only a noticeable improvement, but helps the entire flow of the game; hits feel natural.

It does make running the ball harder, because contact with other players usually sends a dude to the turf, but it is mostly a huge improvement.

I say “mostly” because physics system replays show off a disturbing alternate-reality NFL, where bodies don’t follow

the rules of gravity and awkwardly, painfully lie in horribly organized piles after plays are whistled dead. While this makes the physics system look bad, I actually love it, if only because it is an absolute riot when playing with friends or looking on.

The game’s presentation is another aspect that has seen improvement. Commentaries no longer lag ten seconds behind plays’ conclusions, nor are the comments made completely incorrectly. The game’s framing devices are actually really nice now, although after a few matches, they lead to furious button mashing to get to the action already.

And, of course, I can’t forget the action on the field. The game plays the same as it always does, although things are a bit

Madden NFL 13 PS3, 360 7/10

more forgiving this year than last. Interceptions are actually possible, especially user-picks, making one incredibly frustrating aspect of last year’s game a thing of the past. Running is still tough, so passing is still the name of the game, but quarterbacking is always fun. The slight changes to the passing system are a big improvement. Maybe this is because I am just usercatching more, though.

I am having trouble figuring out if I really enjoy “Madden 13” a lot more than I did “12.” I might just be coming away from it more positively because I can actually beat people at it. But as far as dorm room staples go, “Madden 13” is decidedly worthy of your time, though it’s not a resounding success, merely a major first step toward a potentially great product in the future.

Joseph.O’Leary@UConn.edu

Preview: New ‘MGS’ pushes limits

By Alex Sferrazza Campus Correspondent Major new video games are typically announced every few months or so, but every now and then, the next installment of a wildly acclaimed franchise complete with a devoted fan base to match is announced. Over a week ago in Japan, Konami held an event exclusively for members of the press to discuss the 25th anniversary of the legendary “Metal Gear” stealth action game franchise. Among the topics discussed were the production of a movie based on “Metal Gear,” the upcoming action game spinoff “Metal Gear Rising Revengeance,” and of course the future of the main “Metal Gear Solid” series. It was then that series creator Hideo Kojima and Konami announced the next main game in the “Metal Gear Solid” series. Named “Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes,” the title will once again put players in control of special agent operative Big Boss, aka Naked Snake, one of the series’ two main protagonists.

Interestingly though, Kojima stated that the game is NOT the rumored “Metal Gear Solid 5.” Rather, “Ground Zeroes” serves as a prologue to the events of that forthcoming game.

While the event was only open to the press, a few days later, members of the public were shown the previously behind closed doors footage of “Ground Zeroes” in action at the Penny Arcade Expo gaming convention.

Photo courtesy of examiner.com From the footage shown, the game appears to take place in the late 1970s or early The ‘Metal Gear Solid’ character Big Boss is the main character in the series’ latest installment, ‘Metal Gear Solid: Ground 1980s. Based on statements by Kojima and Zeroes,’ releasing at an unannounced date (mid-2013 at earliest) on PS3, 360 and PC. the mention of the characters Paz and Chico, who each first appeared in the PSP, PS3 and sive console game of this generation. to the player during the course of the game.

360 game “Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker,” Unlike the spin-off “Metal Gear Rising,” While having only been given a brief “Ground Zeroes” looks to be a direct sequel “Ground Zeroes” looks to return the series glimpse of the next “Metal Gear Solid” to that game. Players will again play as Big back to its stealth action gameplay roots. game, the title already seems to be shaping Boss (appearing somewhat older) who we see New gameplay enhancements shown in up nicely. Fanboys can also take a breather climbing a cliff as he proceeds to infiltrate an the video stress the level of realism that with the knowledge that Hideo Kojima, enemy base. The unknown villain seen in the the production team is striving for with the despite his numerous statements to the contrailer has a deformed appearance somewhat new title. While previous “Metal Gear” trary over the past few years, is personally similar to that of Freddy Krueger. Kojima games have been generally linear in struc- directing the game. With a near-impeccable has also stated that the game will take place at ture, “Ground Zeroes” will feature an open track record and one of the most talented various different locations all over the world. world environment allowing the player to development teams in the world, it appears To say that the visuals in the video look approach enemy bases from any way they’d that Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions spectacular would be a gross understate- like. Players will also have the ability to seem poised to release another excellent ment. Even more impressive is that the foot- summon a helicopter for a variety of rea- entry to the stealth game genre. “Metal age shown was running on current genera- sons such as providing cover fire should the Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes” will be released tion PC hardware. It is not even too much of player become engaged in a firefight or for TBD on PS3, 360 and PC. a stretch to say that “Ground Zeroes” may extraction during a current mission. Various very well be the most graphically impres- vehicles such as jeeps will also be available Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu

By Joe O’Leary Focus Editor

On my Twitter handle in the past few days, a few strange tweets have been posted on my timeline, so strange that someone might think I’ve been hacked. “Playing with the Broncos in #Madden13, JTHusky defeated the Cardinals 21-3 on All-Pro in Play Now.” “Playing with the Seahawks in #Madden13, JTHusky defeated the Dolphins 28-10 on Pro in Play Now.” “Playing with the Packers in #Madden13, JTHusky lost to the Chargers 0-3 on All-Pro in Play Now.” So, what’s going on? I’ve been sending those tweets straight from “Madden 13” in a post-game feature easily accessible after a game is played in any mode.

And that’s not the only game I’ve played in the past week that has such overbearing social network posting. “Rock Band Blitz” is built to connect to Harmonix’s “Rock Band World” Facebook app, where challenges are available that offer more coins and experience than players can reach on their own in the game itself.

I’ve seen other games connect through Facebook. “Call of Duty” has a mode where players can see their friends’ loadouts and stats.

Countless others offer players chances to tell their friends when they get new achievements or beat games.

Of course, this stuff is all completely useless.

Everyone loves Facebook and Twitter. But people don’t like Facebook or Twitter spam, they hate it. And these social network integrations are essentially spam, especially when developers don’t think their ideas out and make it so a game might post 50 times to commemorate achievements when the game’s less than 10 hours long start-to-finish.

What’s more, people don’t really like to clutter their Facebooks after they turn about 17 years old. Facebook is for maintaining relationships with friends, and friends might not be happy to be spammed. Thus, no one really uses these features, which means a whole lot of work by a decent amount of developers is simply sitting there, wasted space.

And, of course, there’s the whole “giving them your information” aspect. For users on the 360 who might use the Cloud Drive to save game files, getting hacked would result in more than just having to fight back and reclaim their Gamertag. It would mean exposing their Facebook or Twitter information, which could lead to identity theft. When PSN has been hacked and brought down for more than a month, and Xbox Live has been horrendously hacked through a FIFA glitch (which itself has Facebook and Twitter integration!), this is a valid point.

So, my advice to developers?

Don’t worry about the social media aspect of sales. You don’t need this connectivity. At least, if you try it, do it in an interesting or original way. Word-of-mouth is done by mouth, rarely by tweet.

Joseph.O’Leary@UConn.edu

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

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Jury adds $20M more to Wynn/Francis slander case punitive damages

Ratings dwindle for MTV’s annual Video Music Awards show

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This photo combination of file photos shows casino mogul Steve Wynn, left, in Los Angeles, and “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis, in Los Angeles. A jury says Francis slandered Wynn when he claimed the casino mogul threatened to kill him and bury him in the desert.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury doubled its verdict against “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis on Tuesday, ordering him to pay an additional $20 million in punitive damages to Steve Wynn for claiming the casino mogul threatened to kill him.

The decision came one day after the same nine men and three women awarded Wynn $20 million after determining that Francis’ allegations slandered the designer of upscale casinos. Francis plans to appeal the verdicts.

The panel followed the suggestion of Wynn’s attorney, Barry Langberg, who asked jurors to double their initial verdict, which was intended to compensate Wynn for damage to his reputation and casino empire.

In a statement released after Tuesday’s verdict, Wynn called Francis a “digital assassin” and urged people to think before they post things online or speak ill of others.

“Thank God for the justice system that finally sent a message: If you think you’re taking a cheap shot, it may be a lot more expensive than you had imagined,” Wynn said.

Francis’ attorney, Aaron Aftergood, argued that Wynn’s side hadn’t shown any evidence about his client’s finances and they shouldn’t deliver another large judgment. Francis did not provide financial records to Wynn’s attorney, so estimates of his wealth were not presented to jurors.

Francis claimed record producer Quincy Jones

told him that Wynn threatened to hit him in the back of the head with a shovel and have him buried in the desert amid a dispute over a gambling debt, but the Grammy winner testified no such statements were made.

Wynn is the CEO of Wynn Resorts Ltd. and designed Las Vegas casinos such as The Mirage, Bellagio, Wynn and Encore.

He blasted Francis is his statement, saying the man who made millions by marketing videos featuring young women flashing their breasts is an “unbelievably reckless human being.”

“His actions present a new challenge to society created by technology and the instantaneous news cycle,” Wynn wrote. “The inflammatory information goes up instantly and stays forever, unchallenged and unproven, to the misery and detriment of any citizen that is a victim.”

Langberg said he expects the massive judgment against Francis will persuade other attorneys to take similar cases.

Aftergood said he intends to file a motion for a new trial on the grounds that jurors were allowed to consider statements Francis made to a “Good Morning America” crew, but the panel was never shown the interview and heard little testimony about it. A judge allowed Wynn’s attorneys to add the interview to the case after testimony had concluded and before jury deliberations began.

Jurors awarded Wynn $22 million for the interview comments.

Members of the British band One Drection, from left, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, obscured, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik, perform at the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in Los Angeles.

NEW YORK (AP) — What a difference a year makes for MTV’s “Video Music Awards,” and not in a good way.

MTV’s annual big event last week was seen by 6.1 million viewers, less than half of the 12.4 million who watched in 2011, when the show was believed to be MTV’s mostwatched program ever, according to the Nielsen Co., which measures media consumption.

The show wasn’t lacking for star power, with performances

by Taylor Swift, Frank Ocean, Green Day, Pink and Alicia Keys with Nicki Minaj. But it aired on a Thursday this year, instead of a Sunday, when more viewers tend to be available.

MTV also moved up the telecast by one hour to avoid competing with President Barack Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, and the 8 p.m. hour is early for MTV’s young customers.

Still, MTV said the research company Trendrr said the awards were the top social media event of the year, with

more than triple the Internet conversation as last year.

Otherwise, the return of football dominated prime-time television last week. Games between Pittsburgh and Denver (Sunday) and Dallas vs. the N.Y. Giants (Wednesday) topped the ratings with more than 20 million viewers.

The most-watched non-football program of the week was the “60 Minutes” interview with Matt Bissonnette, the former Navy SEAL involved in the killing of Osama bin Laden last year. The former SEAL wrote a book under an assumed name (CBS News did not identify him) and an interview took up the entire CBS News program on Sunday. It was seen by 12.3 million viewers.

The Monday debut of Katie Couric’s daytime talk show started strong in the ratings, equaling the highest overnight ratings for a new talk show in a decade (“Dr. Phil,” 2002), and beating the debuts of shows featuring Steve Harvey, Jeff Probst and Ricki Lake.

NBC easily won the week’s prime-time ratings crown behind football, averaging 10.3 million viewers (6.4 rating, 10 share). Fox had 5.8 million (3.5, 6), CBS had 5.1 million (3.4, 5), ABC had 3.8 million (2.6, 4), ION Television had 1.1 million (850,000) and the CW had 780,000 (0.5, 1).

Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision led with 3.5 million (1.9 rating, 3 share).

Telemundo had 1.1 million (0.6, 1), TeleFutura had 670,000 (0.4, 1), Estrella had 170,000 and Azteca had 90,000.

NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.7 million viewers (5.3, 11). ABC’s “World News” was second with 7.4 million (5, 10) and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.6 million viewers (3.9, 8).

A ratings point represents 1,147,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation’s estimated 114.7 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of inuse televisions tuned to a given show.

Jolie hears ‘horrific’ accounts of Syrian refugees while visiting camp in Jordan ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) — Her eyes welling up with tears, actress Angelina Jolie said she heard “horrific” and “heartbreaking” accounts from Syrian refugees she met Tuesday during a visit to a camp in Jordan that has provided shelter for those fleeing the civil war in the neighboring country.

The Hollywood star, who is also the U.N. refugee agency’s special envoy, spoke after meeting a group of women refugees at the Zaatari camp, which hosts about 30,000 Syrians displaced by the 18-month conflict.

“I am very concerned, the world is very concerned,” Jolie said during a high-profile visit U.N. refugee agency’s special envoy aimed at focusing international attention on the plight of Syrian refugees and attracting more funding to help them. “What is very heartbreaking is when Syrian people ask you why you think no one is able to find a solution for them.”

Jolie met separately with the Syrian refugee women as U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh toured the sprawling tent city. She also went to the border late Monday and met with Syrian refugees as they crossed into Jordan.

“What they described on the ground, hearing it from them is so horrific,” she said, adding that the children’s stories were especially moving, including some who said they had witnessed people being pulled apart “like chickens.”

“When you meet so many innocent people and civilians, the people of Syria are asking who is on their side. ‘Who is going to help us as the months go on?” she added.

kept their borders open to all those fleeing the conflict,” Guterres said.

The refugee chief acknowledged the sheer numbers are taking a toll on Jordan’s economy and resources, stressing that the “camp needs massive international funding” and that its conditions were “still not acceptable.”

UNHCR says it has so AP far only received a little The U.N. refugee agency’s special envoy, actress Angelina Jolie, center, arrives to the Zaatari Refugees over $9 million in aid Camp in Jordan for Syrians who fled the civil war in their country, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. for a regional appeal it has made for the Syrian Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have fled the refugees. chaos as an uprising against President Bashar Assad Despite hardships faced by Zaatari residents, has become increasingly violent, with activists saying including insufficient supplies of electricity and water, at least 23,000 people have died since the conflict persistent dust and delayed schooling at the camp, began in March 2011.

Jolie said at least the refugees have found some meaAccording to Guterres, Jordan alone has taken in sure of safety. some 200,000 Syrians — the largest number in the “I’m grateful to Jordan and all the border counregion. Both the U.N. refugee agency and Jordan said tries for keeping their borders open, for saving these the figure reflects actual numbers of Syrians housed people’s lives,” she told reporters gathered under a in the kingdom as opposed to a smaller figure of Bedouin tent. “They are dying in Syria. If they were those Syrian refugees who have registered with the unable escape with their families, many of the people UNHCR or who are awaiting registration. here, many of people I met today would in fact be “This mission that we are sharing has a key objec- dead. It’s an extraordinary thing that they are doing.” tive. It is to draw attention to the international comJolie, who has six children with Brad Pitt, also munity to express a much more stronger solidarity expressed concern for the alarming numbers of chilwith Syrian refugees and the host countries that have dren who are reported dead, wounded or unaccompa-

nied after their parents were killed.

“It’s impossible to imagine any mother standing by and not stepping up and doing something to prevent this,” she said. “We encourage the international community to support the people here until one day they go back home.”

The UNHCR in April promoted Jolie from serving as its goodwill ambassador to special envoy due to her exceptional work for the agency.

Jordan opened the Zaatari facility for Syrians in July after long delaying a decision on whether to set up refugee camps, possibly to avoid Assad’s autocratic regime by showing images at his doorstep of civilians fleeing his military onslaught.

Jolie was also to visit Syrian refugees and meet authorities in Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq during the rest of her trip to the region.

In Geneva, the UNHCR said Tuesday that while the agency has 253,106 people registered or awaiting registration as Syrian refugees, the real number is likely far higher since tens of thousands are believed to have not yet registered. Some are getting help from family or friends, while some are afraid to register for fear of possible consequences from Assad’s regime.

Agency spokesman Adrian Edwards said that figure includes 85,197 in Jordan, 78,431 in Turkey, 66,915 in Lebanon and 22,563 in Iraq as of this week.

Diplomatic efforts have so far failed to stop the bloodshed in Syria, but the new U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi plans to travel to Syria this week in a bid to revive them. U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon said Brahimi will sit down with President Bashar Assad during an upcoming visit, although the date has not been announced.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Comics

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by Laura Rice

ClassicToast

by Tom Dilling

Horoscopes

by Brian Ingmanson Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Do something you’ve always wanted to do. Then make happy plans, and create time for romance. A female adds the right touch.

Gather information because you don’t have all the facts yet.

Classic Editor’s Choice

by Brendan Albetski

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- You can tell if it’s true love, but you may want keep your feelings to yourself, for now.

Inspiration is all around. Friends are charming and charmed.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- It’s a beautiful moment to relish. What you have to say is important, so say it. You have a gift with words. Leave them wanting more.

A social event provides surprises.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -It’s easy to find the resources. A little research goes a long way. Keep a secret. An old friend will repay a favor or a debt. The outcome is beneficial.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -Brilliance comes at you with lighting speed.

Capture as much as you can, taking good notes so you’ll remember. Let what you’re learning sink in. Make time for love, too.

Keep a secret.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 6 -Being graceful and grateful comes in handy, especially now. You learn a different way of getting things done. Get outdoors. Let go off the things that don’t serve you.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Fall in love all over again. Dip your oars into social waters, and row with gusto. Take advantage of your psychic senses. Creative work pays well. Postpone an outing.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Put your heart into it, as well as your other muscles. It will take inspiration and perspiration ... and it will be worth it. Sudoku or some other math game can keep your brain exercised.

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Work interferes with playtime. Do it for love, not money, and don’t be afraid to ask for what you’re worth. An upgrade may be necessary. The overall outcome is positive.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Ask and you shall receive. Consider what you’re asking for. Think over a friend’s suggestion very carefully. Seek harmony in romance. The odds are in your favor.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Partnering is essential for two more days.

Negotiate a little bit more to refine the plan.

Relaxation helps. Accept an invitation from a special person.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Entering two days of steady work effort.

Profit from meticulous service and charm.

It’s a winning combination. You can find the resources to manifest a dream.

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Rollins' 3 RBIs lead Phillies over Marlins PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jimmy Rollins homered and drove in three runs and Roy Halladay won again as the streaking Philadelphia Phillies outslugged the Miami Marlins 9-7 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight win.

Despite allowing five runs and seven hits in 6 1-3 innings, Halladay (10-7) improved to 4-0 in his last five starts. The right-hander walked three and struck out six.

Juan Pierre and Chase Utley both had three hits for Philadelphia, which finished with 15 hits while winning its 14th in the last 18 games.

The five-time defending NL East champion Phillies, who reached .500 for the first time since June 4, are making a late playoff push. They began the day five games behind St. Louis in the NL wild-card race.

Giancarlo Stanton homered for Miami, which has lost nine of 13. Stanton went deep for the 14th time in his last 17 road games to up his league-leading

road total to 21 homers.

Jonathan Papelbon pitched a scoreless ninth for his 33rd save in 37 chances. He was the last of 12 pitchers used in the game, with each team sending six to the mound.

The Phillies jumped in front 3-0 in the first inning, highlighted by RBI singles from Carlos Ruiz and Domonic Brown.

Miami closed within 3-2 in the third on an RBI single by Justin Ruggiano and sacrifice fly by Jose Reyes Philadelphia got a run back in the bottom of the frame on Utley's RBI single, and then took a 5-2 lead in the fifth on Pierre's RBI single off Nathan Eovaldi (4-12), who gave up five runs and eight hits in fourplus innings.

Stanton launched Halladay's first pitch of the sixth inning deep into the seats in left to bring the Marlins within 5-3.

It was Stanton's 34th homer, tying his career-high set last season.

Halladay got that run back himself in the bottom of the frame, lining a single up the middle off Chris Hatcher to drive in Michael Martinez who had doubled. It was the second RBI of the season for the lighthitting Halladay, who entered batting .152.

And Rollins followed by blasting a two-run homer to right to put Philadelphia ahead 8-3. Rollins shouldn't have gotten the chance, as Marlins catcher Rob Brantly dropped a routine foul pop and was charged an error on the pitch before the homer.

That looked to be plenty of runs for the Phillies, but the Marlins scored four runs against four Philadelphia pitchers in the seventh.

Halladay departed after facing three batters, culminating when Bryan Petersen doubled home Brantly. After giving up an RBI single to Justin Ruggiano, it looked as if reliever Josh Lindblom was going to end the inning but

AP

Philadelphia Phillies' Chase Utley, left, greets Jimmy Rollins, right, as he crosses the plate to score on a ground ball from Juan Pierre against the Miami Marlins in the fifth inning.

second baseman Utley had a sure double-play grounder go through his legs to extend the inning. The Marlins scored two more on RBI singles by Carlos

Lee and Greg Dobbs, to get within 8-7.

Rollins' sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh scored John Mayberry Jr., who had

Bruins, F Seguin agree to six-year extension

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This March 19, 2012 file photo shows Boston Bruins' Tyler Seguin during an NHL game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Boston. The Bruins continued their pre-lockout signing strategy Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, agreeing with Seguin on a six-year, $34 million contract extension.

BOSTON (AP) — The Bruins continued their prelockout signing strategy Tuesday, agreeing with forward Tyler Seguin on a sixyear, $34 million contract extension.

Seguin, 20, led Boston with

29 goals and 67 points last season, and posted a plus-34 rating. In and out of the lineup as a rookie in 2010-11, when the Bruins won the Stanley Cup, Seguin cemented his place on the team last year, and played in the 2012 All-Star game in

Ottawa.

Seguin was the No. 2 overall pick by Boston in 2010, and had 22 points in his rookie season as Boston defeated Vancouver in seven games to win the Stanley Cup. The Bruins were eliminated last

season in the first round by the Washington Capitals.

On Friday, they locked up forward Brad Marchand to a new, four-year deal. The feisty Marchand, 24, a key cog in the Bruins' run to the 2011 Cup, will make $4.5 million per season, starting in 2013-14. He is scheduled to make $3 million in the coming season, the last of his two-year contract.

Seguin's salary begins with a $4.5 million salary in 2013-14 and ends with a salary of $6.5 million in 2018-19. The contract averages $5.75 million per year.

"We've tried to be relatively proactive in extending contracts for guys prior to the start of the season and we're trying to keep our core together," Boston general manager Peter Chiarelli said Friday. "It's part and parcel of that in what we're trying to do.

"It may fly in the face of the labor situation at this time, but we feel very strongly in the core of our team," he said. "(They're) players that we know and I think that's important: Players that we know, that have given us service."

Despite his youth, Seguin thinks he can be a leader on the Bruins.

"I adapt to new situations well. I'm a confident player," he said during a conference call with Chiarelli. "I feel like I've settled in. ... I don't look at my age as a factor. I want to be a leader even at the age of 20."

He said he received advice about how to act on and off the ice from former Bruins forward Mark Recchi, who retired after the 2010-11 season. And "it's a great feeling" that the Bruins, by offering him a longterm deal, "have faith and trust in me."

Chiarelli is impressed by Seguin's development in his two seasons.

"He's a young, exciting player," Chiarelli said. "He's maturing before our eyes, and I feel with the hard work that he's shown us and the willingness to put in that hard work and to continue to improve, I think the sky's the limit for Tyler."

Deciding whether to sign players during the uncertain labor situation, is an "inexact science," Chiarelli said, but "we're trying to lock up our younger players and, in the context of a new CBA, I'm taking the approach that if we have to shuffle our roster, delete from our roster, to get to a level of salary, then it will be hard from the perspective of trading players, but I'd rather have the player. I'd rather have him locked up.

doubled, and put Philadelphia ahead 9-7. The Phillies left the bases loaded when Ryan Howard flied out to center for the final out.

Texas beats Indians 6-4

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adrian Beltre homered, Matt Harrison worked into the sixth inning for his 16th victory and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 6-4 on Tuesday night.

Harrison (16-9) struck out six over 5 2-3 innings while becoming the fourth American League pitcher to reach 16 wins. The left-hander allowed five hits and walked three, all the baserunners coming in his last 2 2-3 innings.

Texas scored four times in the second, which started with Beltre reaching on an error that led to three unearned runs. One of those runs scored on the 16th wild pitch by Ubaldo Jimenez (9-16), who has the most losses and wild pitches in the majors.

Joe Nathan, who began the day in a Tony Romo uniform, worked a perfect ninth for his 32nd save. The right-hander has converted a career-high 30 chances in a row, a Rangers record.

Beltre led off the fifth with a ball that ricocheted high off the top of the left-field wall and was initially ruled a double.

Umpires reviewed the play and changed the call to Beltre's 31st homer. The replay showed the ball actually hit a metal brace supporting the wall and not the padding on top of it.

The Rangers opened their six-game homestand with a three-game advantage over Oakland, matching their smallest division lead since the AllStar break. The A's played late Tuesday night at the Los Angeles Angels.

With general manager Chris Antonetti on hand for the final series of their 10-game trip, the Indians played pretty much the same way they have for nearly four months.

Jimenez is 1-9 in 12 starts since the All-Star break, a span in which the Indians are 15-42.

Since being the AL Central leader by four games on May 17, Cleveland is 37-67 and its overall record of 59-83 is the AL's worst.

Jimenez struck out four and walked four while allowing five runs (only two earned) and four hits over five innings.

Harrison didn't allow a runner until consecutive walks to Shin-Soo Choo and Jason Kipnis starting the fourth. He got out of that jam with a double-play grounder and a strikeout.

Brent Lillibridge drew a one-out walk in the fifth before Jason Donald singled for Cleveland's first hit, and Lillibridge scored on Ezequiel Carrera's RBI single.

Harrison was pulled after Russ Canzler singled with two down and scored on Matt LaPorta's double that bounced off the center-field wall, trimming the Rangers' lead to 5-2.

Elvis Andrus had an RBI single in the sixth for Texas, but Cleveland scored twice in the eighth against three relievers. Both runs were charged to Mike Adams, who was struck on the back of his right calf by a ball.

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Stay away from Weeden, Saints Defense consistent producers, and their running back hierarchy is deeper than the Atlantic Ocean. Do I even need to mention David Akers?

3. Matt Ryan/Julio Jones: I am thoroughly convinced that this is the year Falcons QB Matt Ryan finally breaks through, puts up FantasyMVP-worthy stats, and wins his first ever playoff game.

I am also starting to believe that Ryan and Julio Jones (108 yards, two TD’s on Sunday) is as sexy a combination as Stafford-Calvin, Brees-Graham and BradyGronk. One thing I cannot even fathom is the results of Atlanta’s first eight drives against the Chiefs: TD, FG (field goal), TD, FG, TD, TD, FG, FG. Is that good?

Be Aware of the Nearest Emergency Exit

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New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith (91) shakes hands with linebacker Jonathan Vilma in the second half of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins at MercedesBenz Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The Saints won 40-32.

from NFL, page 1

his college ball at Florida Atlantic (1-11 last season), had just 37 combined rushing yards in blowout losses to Florida and Michigan State last year, and was drafted in the sixth-round this past April. Figuring to sit behind

Roy Helu and Evan Royster, ALF shocked the fantasy football world when he was announced as the Week 1 starting running back by head-coach Mike Shanahan.

In his NFL debut, the rookie went for 96 yards on the ground and two scores. I’m in love, and you should be

too.

2. 49ers: For whatever reason, San Francisco was a trendy pick to be a total bust this season after a dreamlike 2011 campaign that culminated in an NFC Championship appearance. Just like they silenced the doubters who picked the Saints in the

playoffs, however, the 49ers let their defensive play do the talking in a 30-22 win over Green Bay. Even more impressive: San Fran’s explosive new offense. Michael Crabtree and Randy Moss suddenly look focused and rejuvenated, Vernon Davis and Mario Manningham are

1. Ravens: Yes, despite a good bar night, I did see Baltimore pour it on the Bengals to the tune of 44-13 on Monday. And yes, I will admit that Joe Flacco looked excellent and Ray Lewis is truly an ageless wonder. That being said, what if I told you that I’m only complimenting Mr. Lewis because he scares the crap out of me?

In addition, let me inform you that out of the Ravens’ next six games, they play the Eagles, Patriots, Cowboys, and Texans. Do not fall for this team just yet.

2.

Greg Schiano: According to the Bucs

Nation blog, Schiano prides his defensive philosophy on three rules: stop the run, limit big plays and create takeaways. In the Buccaneers 16-10 victory over the Panthers, Tampa Bay yielded just 10 rushing yards, gave up no big plays for touchdowns, and intercepted Cam Newton twice. Let’s see if Schiano can figure out the Giants in Week 2.

Get Off at the Next Stop

1. Brandon Weeden: Michael Jordan should probably consider buying a Brandon Weeden jersey, considering that the Browns choice to draft Weeden actually makes MJ’s decisions to take Kwame Brown and Adam Morrison look brilliant. Against Philadelphia, the Browns QB completed a mere 12 passes and got picked off four times. Oh yeah, and he turns 29 in October.

2. Saints Defense: I cannot imagine there were ever many on this bandwagon, and I really hope no one is left now. RG3 had an absolute field day (320 yards, 2 TD), probably landing him about 10 more commercials.

I know NFL commissioner Roger Goodell just recently reinstated some of the bad boys in this group, but did he tell the other guys that they are not allowed to play any defense?

Michael.McCurry@UConn.edu

UConn defense expected to lead Huskies again from A FAMILIAR, page 12 against Temple.

Defense ready for Maryland Offense Head coach Paul Pasquloni will be looking for more big things from this Husky defense heading into Maryland. At the moment, UConn is ranked first in rushing defense and third in scoring defense in the nation.

“The guys up front have given a really good effort. We’re obviously not as talented there as we were a year ago with the loss of Kendall Reyes,” said Pasqualoni.

“I think we’re getting good leadership out of Ryan Wirth and I think the other guys are really trying hard for us. In the secondary, Blidi and Dwayne are really compelling at being consistent corners.”

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Senior defensive end Trevardo Williams leads the Big East with 3.5 sacks on the season thus far.

This Husky defense will face a Maryland offense that scored 36 points against the Temple Owls one week ago. Temple quarterback Perry Hills was named ACC Rookie of the Week after his two-touchdown performance against the Owls.

“I really think that the offense and the system they are in really fit their personnel,” said Pasqualoni. “I think that Perry Hills the young freshman quarterback fits into this system really good.”

Husky injury update Junior defensive tackle Shamar Stephen is listed as questionable for this weekend’s game against Maryland after suffering a sprained knee, accord-

ing to Pasqualoni. Also, it is expected that quarterback Casey Cochran will not be available to the Huskies this weekend.

“Casey’s still on the thumb,” said Pasqualoni. “I anticipated the possibility of having him this week, but my sense is it’s still going to be one more week.”

Senior defensive end, Ted Jennings, who injured his left knee in the Aug. 30 game against UMass, will have more x-rays looked at by trainers this week.

No return date has been determined as of yet.

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To players about speaking publically on facing Edsall: “Don’t get involved in stuff that really isn’t going to be a factor in the game.”

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United States players celebrate a goal by Herculez Gomez against Jamaica during the second half of a World Cup qualifying soccer match in Columbus, Ohio.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The United States rebounded from a loss at Jamaica and moved back into a tie for its group lead in World Cup qualifying, beating the Reggae Boyz 1-0 Tuesday as Herculez Gomez curled a free kick in the 55th minute.

After hitting the frame three times in a dominant first half as goalkeeper Dwayne Miller made several sparkling saves, the U.S. went ahead after Clint Dempsey was fouled

by Rodolph Austin. Gomez's

When times are tough, like many, I turn to sports for an escape. Sports should never be the be-all and end-all in a person’s life, even though we may sometimes act like it is. But often, it’s sports that bring families, communities and even countries together when facing tragedy. So the next time somebody says “it’s only a game,” I will smile and say nothing, because I know in my heart the true healing power of sports.

Sophomore running back Lyle McCombs sprints down the field against NC State. The Huskies lost 10-7 but have a chance to redeem themselves on Saturday against former head coach Randy Edsall and the Maryland Terrapins.

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drive from 28 yards went over the defensive wall and to the left of a diving Miller, who was only able to lightly brush the ball with his fingertips.

"It was important for us to regroup after what happened in Jamaica," Gomez said. "We knew it wasn't our best performance and we had to step forward and apply today. With the help of the crowd, we pushed deep and persevered.

It wasn't always pretty, but I think we did it very well."

A rowdy, partisan crowd of

23,881 erupted into chants of "U-S-A! U-S-A!" on a night American players said they were thinking about the 11th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Fans received small American flags to commemorate the anniversary and there was a moment of silence before kickoff.

Players circled the field after the game, waving to fans and raising their arms in celebration.

The U.S., which made five changes to its starting lineup from Friday's 2-1 loss in Kingston, is tied with Guatemala (2-1-1) at seven points in Group A of the North and Central American and Caribbean semifinals. Jamaica (2-1-1) also has seven points but trails on goal difference.

The top two nations advance to next year's six-team regional finals, which will produce three qualifiers for the 2014 tournament in Brazil.

Seeking its seventh straight World Cup appearance, the U.S. plays at virtually eliminated Antigua and Barbuda on Oct. 12, then completes the semis four days later against Guatemala at Kansas City, Kan. The 30-year-old Gomez, born to Mexican-American parents, grew up in Las Vegas and was a member of the U.S. team at the 2010 World Cup.

It was his fifth international goal and second in qualifying this year.

It was a key moment for a U.S. team missing injured midfielders Landon Donovan and Michael Bradley. Failing to win would have put enormous pressure on the Americans to win their final two qualifiers this year.

"That's my distance. I feel comfortable on the ball, on a free kick, striking the ball," Gomez said. "Thankfully coach had confidence in me.

So did my teammates. I struck it and it went on. I'm fortunate and happy.

While the U.S. dominated the first half with 79 percent possession, the Americans became disorganized in the final minutes when goalkeeper Tim Howard needed to push away Austin's shot.

Friday's loss at "The Office" had been the first for the Americans in 19 meetings between the nations. Coach Jurgen Klinsmann responded with large-scale changes.

Captain Carlos Bocanegra returned and took over in central defense from Clarence Goodson, suspended because of yellow-card accumulation.

Steve Cherundolo, recovered from a strained right calf, replaced Michael Parkhurst at right back.

Klinsmann changed most

of his midfield, keeping only Jermaine Jones and starting Danny Williams, Graham Zusi and Jose Torres in place of Kyle Beckerman and Maurice Edu. Dempsey moved from midfield to forward and started alongside Gomez, with Jozy Altidore going to the bench.

Zusi, playing his first competitive match for the national team, glance a shot off the top of the crossbar from 18 yards in the sixth minute. In the 19th, Cherundolo's shot ended up bouncing off the near post after Miller got a hand on the ball.

Williams, playing his best half for the national team, curled a 25-yard shot off a post in the 26th minute — resulted in loud, prolonged groans from fans who stood and cheered for most of the game.

The U.S. outshot Jamaica 8-0 in the first half, quite a turnaround from Friday when the Americans were outshot 9-7 in a match played on a field criticized by the U.S. players.

Crew Stadium has proven to be a place of good luck for the men's national team.

Playing occasionally in subfreezing weather in February, the Americans are 4-0-2 there in World Cup qualifying a 5-0-3 overall.

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Sept. 22 Western Michigan 1 p.m.

Sept. 29 Buffalo Noon

Oct. 6 Rutgers TBA

Oct. 13 Temple TBA

Sept. 15 Boston College 7 p.m.

Sept. 22 St. John’s 7 p.m.

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Sept. 21 Georgetown 3 p.m.

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Sept. 23 Villanova 1 p.m.

Sept 28 DePaul 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 23 Villanova Noon

Sept. 29 Providence 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 Sacred Heart 7 p.m.

Sept. 21 Villanova 7 p.m.

Field Hockey (5-0) Sept. 15 Rutgers Noon

Volleyball Sept. 14 Harvard 7 p.m.

Sept. 29 New Hampshire 7 p.m.

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Sept. 15 Northeastern 7 p.m.

Men’s Cross Country Sept. 15 UMass Invite TBA

Sept. 22 CCSU Invite 11 a.m.

Oct. 6 N.E. Champ.

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Oct. 19 CCSU Mini-Meet 3:30 p.m.

Women’s Cross Country Sept. 22 Sept. 29 CCSU Griak Invite Invite 11:00 a.m. 1:10 p.m.

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Oct. 12 Wisconsin Invitational 11 a.m.

Men’s Swimming and Diving Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Homecoming- Fordham And Alumni Meet Bucknell Noon TBA

Oct. 26 Army TBA

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Ellsbury’s single gives Red Sox 4-3 win over Yanks BOSTON (AP) — Jacoby Ellsbury singled in the winning run with his fourth hit of the game in the ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox beat New York 4-3 on Tuesday night, dropping the Yankees into a tie for first place in the AL East.

Pedro Ciriaco, who started the rally with a single, slid in to beat the throw from right fielder Ichiro Suzuki to give Boston its second win in 13 games.

The loss left the Yankees and Orioles tied with 79-62 records.

Baltimore beat Tampa Bay 9-2 on Tuesday night. The Rays are two back in the division.

Andrew Bailey (1-0) got the win after allowing one hit in one inning.

David Robertson (1-7) retired his first four batters before giving up Ciriaco’s single to left field with one out in the ninth.

Mike Aviles then singled into the shortstop hole where Derek Jeter fielded the ball but couldn’t make the throw.

Then Ellsbury capped an outstanding performance on his 29th birthday with a sharp single to right.

The Red Sox wasted a chance in the seventh when they loaded the bases with one out and couldn’t score. But they got outstanding work from their bullpen, which

allowed just a hit and a walk with four strikeouts in 3 2-3 innings.

Dustin Pedroia tied the game for Boston in the sixth with a solo shot, his 15th of the year and third hit of the game.

The Yankees took a 3-2 lead in the top half on a two-run, groundrule double by Jeter after a walk to Curtis Granderson, a single by Andruw Jones and a sacrifice by Jayson Nix. Lester had control trouble from the start, walking three in the first when the Yankees took a 1-0 lead.

Jeter led off with a walk, took third on a double by Nick Swisher and scored on a groundout by Robinson Cano. Russell Martin and Steve Pearce also walked but were stranded.

Lester walked the first two batters in the third and the leadoff hitter in the fourth but retired the next three batters in each inning.

Then he struck out the side in the fifth, giving him 1,045 career strikeouts, the most by a Red Sox lefty. Bruce Hurst had the old mark of 1,044.

The Red Sox took a 2-1 lead in the third on a double by Ciriaco and RBI singles by Ellsbury and Pedroia.

Ciriaco went 2 for 3 and is 17 for 35 in nine career games against the Yankees, all this season with the Red Sox.

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Smallwood. I got like 70 sacks and a Heisman with him in a A : “Yawin season playing NCAA13.”

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Chandler Jones had one primary goal when he joined the New England Patriots’ shaky defense as a first-round draft choice.

He wanted to gain the respect of the veterans.

He and fellow rookies Dont’a Hightower and Tavon Wilson did that throughout training camp, then made big plays in the Patriots’ 34-13 win over the Tennessee Titans in their season opener on Sunday.

Now, defensive end Rob Ninkovich said, “they have to do it again. That’s the key.”

Ninkovich was part of a defense that gave up 411.1 yards per game last season, second most in the NFL. Bad turned to worse when the Patriots lost their two leading pass rushers — Andre Carter, who wasn’t re-signed, and Mark Anderson, who signed with Buffalo — after they combined for 20 sacks.

On Sunday, the 6-foot-5 Jones notched his first sack as a pro — and what a sack it was for the No. 21 pick from Syracuse with the height and long arms that help him swim by offensive linemen.

The defensive end got around left tackle Michael Roos with a swim move and knocked the ball free. Hightower, drafted four spots later, scooped it up and ran 6 yards for a touchdown as the Patriots took a 14-3 lead.

“I didn’t even know it was a strip sack,” Jones said. “I thought it was just a normal sack. I got up and Dont’a was in the end zone, jumping up and down. So that was good.”

Titans coach Mike Munchak was impressed with Jones.

“Good football player,” he said, “and (he) made a good play on us.”

Jones cares more about impressing his teammates. He spent three outstanding college seasons disrupting offenses, but he hadn’t done anything yet in the pros.

“My expectation was to get respect from these vets. You’ve got Vince Wilfork over here to my right,” he said, nodding at the 330-pound defensive tackle dressing in a nearby locker. “Just earn his respect. For him to be out there and to trust in me that I’m going to do my job is just my goal.”

The best way to gain that respect? By “making plays, not have any mental errors and just going out there and just being a professional,” Jones said.

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McCarthy released from hospital as Oakland continues remarkable run

By Andrew Callahan Senior Staff Writer One week ago in the fourth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels, the jumpstart Oakland Athletics endured both a physical and metaphoric blow to their post-season hopes.

After firing a low sinker to LA shortstop Erick Aybar in a 3-1 ballgame, starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy was struck in the head by a returning line drive. As a result, Oakland’s Opening Day starter suffered an epidural hemorrhage, brain contusion and skull fracture and was immediately escorted to a nearby hospital. After a week of care, the 29-year old pitcher has been released.

Until his injury, McCarthy had served as a large part of the Athletics’ resurgence that currently has the club slotted for the first of two wild car spots in the American League. In 18 games, the right-hander posted an 8-6 record with a 3.24 ERA and 73 strikeouts. Following a three-year stint with the Texas Rangers, the ground ball pitcher

enjoyed career rejuvenation in Oakland last season with a 3.32 ERA. At the time of print, the 1 st-place Rangers owned a slim three-game lead over the Athletics for the AL West title.

The A’s have surprised everyone in their strong chase for a playoff berth this season, which would be their first since 2006. Six years ago, Oakland fell to the eventual AL champion Detroit Tigers in the league championship series, before the Tigers dropped a 5-game set to the St. Louis Cardinals.

These Athletics do share similarities with the last post-season club to come from the Bay Area, though the 2012 version has come as much more of a surprise. The team owns the secondworst batting average in all of baseball and presently competes with two of the sport’s richest clubs, the Angels and Rangers.

Continuing tonight, the A’s face 10 more games against their division rivals and an additional six against the Yankees and Orioles.

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HUSKIES FACE A FAMILIAR FOE Huskies prepare to face Edsall for the first time

By Tyler Morrissey Associate Sports Editor

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Yesterday Americans marked the eleventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks that took the lives of more than 2,000 people. On that fateful morning in 2001, the entire world came to a halt as our country entered one of its darkest hours. All around the country, sporting events were postponed in wake of the attacks to honor the victims. Eventually, though, the games began again and so did the long process of healing.

One game and one moment that neither I, nor baseball fans, will ever forget was the first Major League Baseball game after the attacks. It took place in New York’s Shea Stadium and featured two of the games’ bitterest rivals, the Mets and the Braves. On this night, however, we weren’t Mets or Braves fans, we were baseball fans coming together to bring a sense of normalcy to our lives that had been taken earlier in the month.

That night there was a different feeling at Shea. The whole park was on edge and there was question as to whether or not baseball should be played.

All doubt was soon forgotten when Mike Piazza stepped into the batter’s box with the Mets down a run late in the game. Piazza crushed a pitch off of Atlanta’s Steve Karsay that sailed over the wall in left center field, as Shea Stadium erupted into pandemonium.

It was as if the city was letting out a big sigh of relief.

Members of the FDNY and NYPD were scattered throughout the crowd and could be seen cheering for their beloved “Amazin’s” after losing best friends and colleagues merely days prior. This game would not make up for the immense loss of life, but it reminded us as Americans that it’s OK to cheer again, and carry on our lives the way we did before that Sept. 11 morning.

Sports have a unique way of bringing us together when we’re at our lowest point. Here at UConn, it was sports that helped the community deal with the loss of one of our own after the murder of cornerback Jasper Howard. On Nov. 21, 2009, the Huskies defeated Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. To this day it is the signature victory of the football program, not just because we beat the Irish, but because of the manner in which we did it.

Andre Dixon scored on a 4-yard run in double overtime to seal a 33-30 victory for the Huskies. As the UConn sideline erupted into celebration, Howard’s No. 6 jersey was carried around the field in celebration of the win and the life he led while wearing the blue and white. I had the opportunity to watch the game on TV, but I can only imagine the emotion that UConn fans in attendance must have felt after that victory.

At Virginia Tech, after the one of the worst mass shootings in school history, the first major sporting event on campus was a football game against East Carolina. Before kickoff, the 32 victims of the shooting were honored with a military fly-over in the “missing man” formation as well as the release of balloons. Once the game began, life finally returned to normal in Blacksburg and once again healing was found on a football field.

» MORRISSEY, page 10

The UConn Huskies are preparing to face the Maryland Terrapins, as well as their former head coach Randy Edsall, in College Park, Maryland this Saturday.

Edsall coached the Huskies from 1999 to 2010, where he led the school from NCAA Division I-AA play to playing in FBS, as well as the Big East. Edsall’s last game on the UConn sidelines was on Jan. 1st in the 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl; the Huskies lost 48-20 to the Oklahoma Sooners.

Twelve hours after the Notebook game’s completion, it was announced that Edsall was hired as the next head coach at Maryland. The team flew home, but Edsall was not on the flight and made no comment to his players about accepting the new position–a move he regrets when looking back.

Yesterday in a teleconference with members of the media, Edsall said, “If I could go back in time and change it, I wish there was some way to tell the players face-to-face.”

Last season, Edsall did not enjoy the success he had hoped for, as the Terps went 2-10 in Edsall’s first year as head coach. This season, Maryland has already matched last year’s win total with victories over William and Mary, and most recently

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Former UConn football coach Randy Edsall left the Huskies for Maryland hours after the team’s loss to Oklahoma in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl. UConn has a chance to defeat Edsall and the Terrapins in College Park on Saturday.

» UCONN, page 10

The NFL Bandwagons: Week 1 Edition

By Mike McCurry NFL Columnist All of my life, I have despised sports fans that hop on the bandwagon.

I cringe every time I see a kid in a Yankees hat, knowing the chances that he could spit out five players on the team is less than the chances of Bobby Valentine winning the Manager of the Year Award this season.

It kills me when I hear guys say they are “diehard Lakers fans” or that they “live and die with Kentucky basketball,” as I am fully aware the only reason they sport Kobe jerseys or rock the unibrow is because both of these teams win, and win often. And the great LeBron James, who will end up being one of the best players to ever step onto the court, may in fact be the greatest bandwagoner of all-time for joining the Miami Heat.

All of my life, I have been one

of those sports fans that hop on the bandwagon.

Put simply, I do not like Derrick Rose. Rose beat UConn while at Memphis, he never took the SATs, and I think that freakish athleticism of his is a bit overrated. However, none of these things stopped me from getting a Chicago Bulls snapback, his Bulls jersey and a pair of his Adidas kicks. In addition to a Rose jersey, others in my closet include LeBron, Kobe, Carmelo, Marion Barber and Clinton Portis. And if you feel like you barely saw me on Sundays last fall, it’s because I was on the road driving the Tim Tebow bandwagon. What can I say? When it comes to being a frontrunner, I’m just as bad as the rest of them.

While I may or may not hate myself for admitting that, I have decided to go ahead and start up a new wave of bandwagons for this year’s NFL season. If I

think a player or team is about to take over the league, I will urge you to quickly buy your ticket and hop on the bandwagon as soon as you can. If I’m a bit suspect about someone but I still like them, I recommend reserving a seat but knowing where your emergency exits are.

And if I feel like a guy is about to drop off the face of the earth à la JaMarcus Russell, you better tell the leader of the bandwagon to let you off at the nearest stop.

Buckle up and secure your little ones because, even though Jason Kidd is not driving, this NFL bandwagon trip is about to be a bumpy ride!

Hop on the Bandwagon, Quickly 1. Alfred Morris: Ask Redskins RB Alfred Morris, and he might not even know what a bandwagon is. Morris played

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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) and wide receiver Julio Jones (11) celebrate a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.

UConn men’s soccer must reverse the curse

By Miles DeGrazia Staff Writer

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Sophomore Sergio Campbell takes a shot during Sunday night’s draw against Boston University. The Huskies have seen their season end on PKs in three consecutive seasons.

There is no greater drama in all of sport that matches the jubilation and the sheer agony of the penalty kick shoot out.

After the two teams have battled to a deadlock after 120 minutes, fates cruel hand is left to decide the winner.

Some of the greatest players of all time have fallen to their knees when faced with the unimaginable pressure of that 40-yard march alone to make their spot kick.

In fact my first futboling memory (one of my first memories of anything) was watching the 1994 World Cup Final with my father. After 120 minutes of rather restrained football by Italy and Brazil, it was to be decided on penalties. With Italy missing two of their first four PK’s, and Brazil only missing one, Italy needed their fifth to find the back of the net. Then Roberto Baggio made his walk to the spot. My father proclaimed, “he will never miss,

it’s Baggio,” and going by common sense that seemed to make sense, but this was futbol.

Baggio was currently the reigning FIFA World Player of the Year, he scored 52 goals combined in his last two seasons win Juventus, and he was Italy’s golden boy.

And he skied it.

After missing a disconsolate Baggio, just stood there as the Brazilian team enveloped their match-winning keeper.

As famous as the victors are, it almost seems that the losers become the ones written into footballing folklore. The England national team has become famous (or infamous if you support the Three Lions) for losing shootouts. They have exited World Cup 90, Euro 96, World Cup 98, Euro 2004, World Cup 2006 and Euro 2012 thanks to penalties.

Maybe now you understand that self-deprecating English humor.

Oddly enough right here at the University of Connecticut, the men’s soccer team is developing a bit of a trend of struggling with

spot kicks. Last season they lost to Charlotte at home at the quarterfinal stage, in 2009 Monmouth defeated them and in 2010 is was Brown.

UConn Coach Ray Reid acknowledges the team’s recent struggles with PK’s and says he uses that to motivate his current team.

“Five, six days a week I bring it up, I want to put salt in the wounds. It’s still my wound, so it should be theirs, I bring it up as much as I can,” said Reid.

Reid, looking toward this season’s tournament says this year his team will break the curse.

“We will win a knockout game this year on penalty kicks, I’m telling you right now, either in the Big East Tournament or the NCAA Tournament, we will win a knockout game this season on penalty kicks.”

Whether or not Reid is proven correct is yet to be seen, but if confidence counts for anything UConn’s chances of shootout success may be looking up.

Miles.DeGrazia@UConn.edu