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A 34-year-old man opened fire at the US Navy Complex Monday female orgasm: an educational lecture SUBOG drew a crowd hosting its annual lecture about a tabboo topic FOCUS/ page 5

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EDITORIAL: DESTROYING THE MAGIC OF CINEMA, ONE GADGET AT A TIME How technology has changed the moviegoing experience of yesteryears.

COMMENTARY/page 4 Death penalty phase begins in conn. triple homocide Prosecution seeks death penalty despite repeal of captial punishment NEWS/ page 2

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A military contractor launched an attack Monday morning inside a building at a U.S. Navy complex, spraying gunfire on office workers in the cafeteria and in the hall.

President Barack Obama said he was mourning “yet another mass shooting” and called it a “cowardly act.” Despite a string of shootings during his presidency, Obama has been powerless to get gun control legislation passed amid a fierce backlash from conservative politicians and the gun industry lobby.

The Navy Yard attack was the deadliest shooting at a U.S.-based military installation since an Army psychiatrist killed 13 people and wounded 30 others in 2009 at Fort Hood in Texas.

The FBI took charge of the investigation at the Navy Yard and identified the gunman killed in the attack as 34-yearold Aaron Alexis of Texas. He died after a running gunbattle with police, investigators said.

Authorities said he was working in information technology with a company that was a Defense Department contractor but it wasn’t clear if he was assigned to the Navy Yard. As a contractor, he could have had a badge that might have gained him access to the base.

The Navy said Alexis was a full-time reservist from 2007 to early 2011 and worked in a fleet logistics support unit in Texas. It was not immediately clear why he left.

Officials said at least three people were critically wounded in the rampage, including a law

enforcement officer. Hospital officials said all three were expected to recover.

Alexis had been arrested in Seattle in 2004 for shooting out the tires of a parked car in what he described as an anger-fueled “black out.” Two construction workers told police that Aaron Alexis walked out of a home next door on May 6, 2004, pulled a pistol from his waistband and fired three shots into the rear tires of their parked car. Alexis later told police he thought the victims had “disrespected him.” Court records show he was released on the condition he not have contact with any of the workers.

Investigators said they had not established a motive for the shooting rampage, which unfolded less than four miles (less than 7 kilometers) from the White House. As for whether it may have been a terrorist attack, Mayor Vincent Gray said: “We don’t have any reason to think that at this stage.”

The shooting led to tightened security at the Capitol and White House nearby, including shutting down the Senate while a possible remaining shooter was sought. City Police Chief Cathy Lanier announced the death toll and said people were being told to stay in their homes and out of the area.

Witnesses described a gunman opening fire from a fourth-floor overlook, aiming down on people on the main floor, which includes a glasswalled cafeteria. Others said a gunman fired at them in a third-floor hallway.

The shooting quickly reignited the debate over gun con-

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Top: Police who responded to shooting at the Washington Navy Yard leave the facility.

Bottom: A U.S. Park Police helicopter continues a search pattern above the scene of a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday.

At least one gunman opened fire inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning, and officials said several people were killed and more were wounded, including a law enforcement officer.

trol in the United States, but it was far from certain what the impact would be.

The politics of gun control have only gotten tougher since December’s shooting

at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School. That shooting, which killed 20 first-graders and six staffers, spurred Obama to propose stricter firearms laws.

UN confirms chemical weapons used in Syria » INTERNATIONAL

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Careful not to blame either side for a deadly chemical weapon attack, U.N. inspectors reported Monday that rockets loaded with the deadly nerve agent sarin had been fired from an area where Syria’s military has bases, but said the evidence could have been manipulated in the rebel-controlled stricken neighborhoods.

The U.S., Britain and France jumped on evidence in the report — especially the type of rockets, the composition of the sarin agent, and trajectory of the missiles — to declare that President Bashar Assad’s government was responsible.

Russia, Syria’s closest ally, called the investigators’ findings “deeply disturbing,” but said it was too early to draw conclusions. The Syrian government’s claims that opposition forces were responsible for the attack “cannot be simply shrugged off,” Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin insisted.

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U.N. weapons inspector Ake Sellstrom, right, listens as U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference, following a meeting Syria on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. U.N. inspectors said there is “clear evidence” that chemical weapons were used in Syria.

The conclusions represented the first official confirmation by impartial scientific experts that chemical weapons were used in Syria’s civil war, but the inspectors’ limited mandate barred them from identifying who was responsible for the Aug. 21 attack.

“This is a war crime,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban

Ki-moon told the Security Council when he presented the report. “The results are overwhelming and indisputable. The facts speak for themselves.”

Ban called it “the most significant confirmed use of chemical weapons against civilians since Saddam Hussein used them” in Halabja, Iran,

in 1988, and “the worst use of weapons of mass destruction in the 21st century.”

The deep division between Western backers of rebels seeking to overthrow Assad and Russian and Chinese supporters of the regime has paralyzed the U.N. Security Council since the Syrian conflict began 2 1/2 years ago.

The new management of Carriage and Cedar Hill Apartments is seeking to create a safe and fun atmosphere this year by moving the complexes away from their history of notorious, out-of-control parties.

Ashley Lackey, the regional supervisor for Asset Campus Housing, the company now managing Carriage and Cedar Hill, emphasized the new attitude this management team is bringing to the apartments, one focused on communication between the students and management as well as with the police and the university.

“We really tried to create an opportunity for students to come to us,” Lackey said.

The new management has also been using Facebook to better communicate with residents.

“Everything that we do we try to communicate with them,” Lackey said.

Travis Darden, the manager of Carriage and Cedar Hill, discussed new programs introduced by Asset, including Free Food Fridays and a planned pig roast, designed to encourage students to get involved in the apartment community and take pride in where they live.

Additionally, Asset remodeled Cedar Hill Apartments to appeal to young residents. Carpets, appliances and fixtures were replaced and updated. Asset has also implemented a new maintenance strategy in which students are notified if a maintenance problem is not fixed within 24 hours. A new email system is working to ensure most maintenance problems are solved within that 24-hour window.

However, in turn, the new management is expecting more from the students who live there.

“I think we are a little more stern at enforcing the rules,” Davis said.

This year, all Carriage residents were required to attended a meeting where management’s expectations of them and the rules for the apartments were outlined. Residents also heard from local police and UConn Off-Campus Student Services.

Residents could not receive their V.I.P. passes without attending the meeting. The passes identify them as Carriage residents, and give recipients parking and discounts at local businesses such as Sweet Emotions and Husky Pizza. The V.I.P. passes replaced the Carriage IDs used in previous years. At first, Asset planned to eliminate the IDs completely, but was encouraged by town police to give residents some form of identification to separate them from random partygoers on busy weekends. Assets chose to go with a V.I.P pass because it seemed less intrusive.

“We didn’t want residents to feel like their apartment was a prison,” Davis said.

So far this year, David and Lackey said they have not seen the out-of-control parties seen in previous years.

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Malloy orders Conn. flags lowered after shooting

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is directing all U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered in honor of the Washington Navy Yard shooting victims.

The governor made the announcement in response to a proclamation issued Monday evening by President Barack Obama. Malloy said the flags are to fly at half-staff until sunset on Sept. 20.

Thirteen people, including a gunman, were killed during a mass shooting at the military installation Monday morning. The FBI has identified the gunman as Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old former Navy reservist.

Malloy said he and the residents of Connecticut “offer our deepest condolences,” calling the shootings a “senseless tragedy.”

Conn. man to be sentenced in priest’s meth sales

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man who helped a priest sell methamphetamine is seeking a reduced sentence, citing his poor health and saying the priest was the driving force behind the drug sales.

Kenneth DeVries, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He’s scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Hartford.

DeVries, who’s been locked up since January, faces about three to four years in prison under guidelines but is seeking a sentence of time served. He said he looked up to Monsignor Kevin Wallin, dubbed Monsignor Meth by some media outlets, as a religious leader and as someone who was supposed to help him.

DeVries has prostate cancer, which has spread throughout this body, and is suffering from full-blown AIDS, his attorney said in court papers.

He also has a significant history of substance abuse including using meth every day during his involvement in the case, said the attorney, Joseph Patten Brown.

Quinnipiac professor turns diplomat for Hungary

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut business professor who promotes greater international trade is taking on a new job as a diplomat.

Christopher Ball, an international economics professor at Quinnipiac University and director of the Central European Institute, is set to be inaugurated on Thursday as honorary consul of Hungary for Connecticut.

Ball, who was raised in Alabama, has made Hungary something of a second home. He moved to Budapest in 1994 where he was project director at the Hungarian Atlantic Council, focusing on Hungary joining NATO and promoting cooperation between western Europe and North America.

Ball and others organized the Central and Eastern European Network, a group of former Hungarian, Romanian and other central European business representatives, lawyers and academics who want to boost trade with their former homelands.

Ball was selected as honorary consul by the Hungarian government and is recognized by the U.S. State Department. He said he’ll be the 13th honorary consul in Connecticut, joining others from Albania, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Pakistan and Portugal, he said.

In his job, which is unpaid, he will promote academic exchanges and commercial, economic, cultural, scientific and tourist ties between the United States and Hungary and will represent and safeguard the interests of Hungarian citizens and corporate bodies in the United States.

Attack prompts worries among senior citizens

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Danbury officials are promising to improve security at a senior citizen apartment after an 85-year-old woman was assaulted in a home invasion.

Several residents of the Wooster Manor senior citizen apartments and their families told the News-Times they worry about safety.

Ana Caba says she’s very concerned about her parents, particularly her father, who is blind.

An unidentified woman was pulled from her bed and beaten on Sept.

7.

Donny Jackson, a 26-year-old Danbury resident, has been charged with the attack. He’s being held in lieu of $1 million bond.

Donovan campaign aide faces sentencing

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The campaign manager for former state House Speaker Christopher Donovan is facing sentencing in connection with illegal contributions made to Donovan’s failed congressional campaign last year.

Joshua Nassi of Fairfield is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in New Haven federal court. He pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy charges.

Prosecutors say Nassi and seven others who were convicted were involved in a scheme that funneled nearly $28,000 to Donovan’s campaign through straw donors in an effort to get Donovan to kill proposed legislation to raise taxes on roll-yourown cigarette shops.

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Sept. 10 A man, 18, of Madison, was arrested at 2075 Hillside Road and charged with larceny in the sixth degree. Police responded to a shoplifting complaint from the UConn Co-op staff after they observed the man stealing a $100 textbook. His bond was set at $500, and his court date is Sept. 24.

Sept. 11 A man, 21, of Coventry, was arrested at the UConn Bookstore and charged with larceny in the sixth degree. The Co-op loss prevention staff detained the man after observing him on surveillance video removing the tag off a key chain valued at $10.99 and walking out of the store without paying for it. His bond was set at $1,000, and his court date is Sept. 24.

Sept. 12 A man, 19, of Wallingford, was arrested at Busby Suites and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance or less than four ounces of marijuana. Officers were called to Busby Suites for the smell of marijuana on the first floor, and, upon investigation, police found the man to be in possession of .58 ounces of marijuana, a metal grinder, a glass smoking pipe and a vaporizer. His bond was set at $1,000, and his court date is Sept. 24.

Sept. 13 A man, 22, of Newington, was arrested at North Hillside Road and charged with failure to drive right, failure to yield to pedestrians, operation while

under the influence and traveling at unreasonable speeds.

Police responded to reports of a car accident at the location and arrived to find a severely damaged vehicle had exited the roadway after striking an emergency 911 phone, a fence and a large boulder. Witnesses state that the man’s vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed and almost struck them as they were crossing the street. The man failed field sobriety tests administered by police. His bond was set at $2,000, and his court date is Sept. 23.

Sept. 14 A man, 21, of Chester, was arrested at 916A Tower Ct and charged with failure to drive right and operation while under the influence. The man was stopped by police in the area of

Sept. 14 A man, 26, of Manchester, was arrested at Rentschler Field and charged with breach of peace in the second degree. Police detained the man after observing a large physical altercation at the top of section 219 during the UConn football game.

Police determined the man was involved in the altercation based on witness reports and bruising on his face. His bond was set at $1,000, and his court date is Sept. 24.

Sept. 14 A man, 27, of Manchester, was arrested at Rentschler Field and charged with breach of peace in the second degree. After observing a physical altercation at the top of section 219 during the UConn football game, police found the man was involved in the altercation based on witness reports. When officers asked the man to leave the stands, he became agitated and verbally argumentative. His bond was set at $1,000, and his court date is Sept. 24.

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“I think our residents are very respectful,” Lackey said.

“More so than in previous years.”

To further ensure safety, Asset has set up a patrol plan with local police, where police will be coming by the complexes at scheduled times. However, Lackey emphasized that the police will be less involved this year than they have in the past.

She said students at Carriage should be comfortable holding a controlled party without fear of the police involvement when they are doing nothing wrong.

At the same time, Asset has worked to give students options when a party does get out of hand and they need help getting it back under control, according to Lackey.

Asset has been working with Sgt. Richard Cournoyer of the Mansfield Resident Troopers and interim director of OffCampus Student Services John Armstrong to coordinate efforts to ensure having a good college time is balanced with safety and

a respect of the Mansfield community. “[Asset] wants the environment to be a safe and conducive environment to live and study,” said Armstrong.

Off-Campus Student Services works with many of the offcampus housing options for students to ensure off-campus students are aware of their options and responsibilities, according to Armstrong.

Armstrong also wanted to tell students about the Nuisance Ordinance in Mansfield, which applies to all off-campus students living in the town of Mansfield. The ordinance punishes “any behavior which substantially interferes with the comfort or safety of other residents or occupants of the same or nearby buildings or structures.” Students in violation of the Ordinance can be fined $250 per person per unit.

Additional Mansfield ordinances can be found on OffCampus Student Services’ website.

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A photo of Carriage House, an off-campus apartment now under new management, taken last week. The new management, Asset Campus Housing, has set up a new patrol plan with local police and is planning programs and events for its residents this semester.

» CRIME

Death penalty phase begins in Conn. triple murder HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Despite an uncertain fate for Connecticut’s repeal of capital punishment, the state is moving ahead with the penalty phase of a trial involving a man convicted of killing two adults and a 9-year-old girl on a Bridgeport street in 2006.

Jury selection in the penalty phase of Richard Roszkowski’s trial began Monday in state Superior Court in Bridgeport. A 12-member panel will hear evidence and decide whether the 48-year-old former Trumbull

resident should get lethal injection or life in prison without the possibility of release.

Roszkowski’s lawyers had objected to a new penalty phase, noting the state Supreme Court is still deciding whether the state’s repeal of the death penalty last year is constitutional.

The state got rid of the death penalty but only for murders committed after April 24, 2012.

Defense lawyers say eliminating capital punishment for some people and keeping it for others is unconstitutional. The Supreme

Court is mulling the issue in the case of death row inmate Eduardo Santiago.

Roszkowski’s public defenders asked Judge John Blawie to stay the penalty phase until after the Santiago decision comes out, but Blawie didn’t rule before jury selection began.

“It’s very difficult for me to understand why these cases continue when the state has decided there no longer is a death penalty,” public defender Michael Courtney said Monday.

Prosecutor C. Robert Satti Jr.

declined to comment.

No jurors were chosen Monday. Selection resumes Tuesday.

Roszkowski’s public defenders also lost an effort to get their client declared incompetent to stand trial. In July, Judge Robert Devlin rejected a defense request to have Roszkowski undergo another competency exam.

Roszkowski had been declared incompetent for the penalty phase but was later deemed competent after undergoing psychiatric exams and treatment.

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‘Chaos?’ Obama goes after ‘extreme’ Republicans WASHINGTON (AP) — A potential federal shutdown looming, President Barack Obama on Monday warned congressional Republicans they could trigger national “economic chaos” if they demand a delay of his health care law as the price for supporting continued spending for federal operations.

House Republican leaders were to meet Tuesday in hopes of finding a formula that would avoid a shutdown on Oct. 1 without alienating party conservatives who insist on votes to undercut the Affordable Care Act. Even more daunting is a mid- to late-October deadline for raising the nation’s borrowing limit, which some Republicans also want to use as leverage against the Obama administration.

“Are some of these folks really so beholden to one extreme wing of their party that they’re willing to tank the entire economy just because they can’t get their way on this issue?” Obama said in a speech at the White House. “Are they really willing to hurt people just to score political points?”

The Republicans don’t see it that way.

House Speaker John Boehner, who opposes the threat of a shutdown, said, “It’s a shame that the president could not manage to rise above partisanship today.”

Obama, said Boehner, “should be working in a bipartisan way to address America’s spending problem, the way presidents of both parties have done before,” and should delay implementation of the health care law.

While some conservatives supported by the tea party have been making shutdown threats, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said Monday that was “a dumb

idea.” At a community meet- income families has stretched ing in Louisville, he said, “We to its widest level since officials should fight for what we believe began tracking the data a decade in and then maybe we find ago. something in between the two.

Obama conceded the prob... I am for the debate, I am for lems, noting that the country fighting. I don’t want to shut has come far from where it was the government down, though. I five years ago “but that’s not the think that’s a bad solution.” end of the story. As any middle Obama timed his remarks class family will tell you or for the fifth anniversary of the anybody who’s striving to get in bankruptcy of Wall Street giant the middle class, we are not yet Lehman Brothers, a major early where we need to be.” event in the near-meltdown of The president said that he the U.S. financial system and a inherited the financial ills when severe global recession. He used he was elected in 2008, and the occasion to draw attention to his National Economic Council the still-recovissued a report ering economy detailing poliand to what he cies that it said called a “safer” had helped system now in return the place. nation to a path He delayed toward growth. his remarks Those steps as authorities ranged from responded to the unpoputhe shootings lar Troubled that officials Asset Relief said left at Program, or - President TARP, that least 13 people dead at the Barak Obama shored up the Wa s h i n g t o n financial indusNavy Yard just try and bailed a few miles out auto giants from the White House.

General Motors and Chrysler, His remarks also came amid to an $800 billion stimulus bill public skepticism over the state and sweeping new bank regulaof the economy and his han- tions. Of the $245 billion that dling of it. the government injected into the While unemployment has banking system, virtually all of dropped to 7.3 percent from it has been paid back, the report a high of 10 percent and the noted. housing market has begun to “After all the progress that recover, the share of long-term we’ve made over these last four unemployed workers is double and a half years, the idea of what it was before the recession, reversing that progress because and a homebuilding revival has of an unwillingness to comproyet to take hold. A new analysis mise or because of some ideoconducted for The Associated logical agenda is the height of Press shows that the gap in irresponsibility,” Obama said. employment rates between Conservative Republicans, on America’s highest- and lowest- the other hand, say the health

“Are they really willing to hurt people just to score political points?”

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As a result, they insist that it be starved of taxpayer money or at least delayed.

Obama also reiterated his stance that he will not negotiate over the debt ceiling, saying that failure to raise it could lead to the first national default in U.S. history.

House GOP leaders hope to make a decision this week on advancing a temporary spending measure designed to prevent a shutdown in two weeks.

Conservatives are pressing Boehner and other GOP leaders to include a provision that would block implementation of Obama’s health care law.

Chances are fading for a complicated GOP leadership plan that would allow the House to also vote to “defund Obamacare” but automatically separate the measures when delivering them to the Senate to ease the way for quick passage of a “clean” funding measure for delivery to Obama.

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Employment gap between rich, poor widest on record

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In this photo taken Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, Annette Guerra posses for a photo at her home in San Antonio. Guerra, 33, has been looking for a full-time job for more than a year after finishing nursing school.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The gap in employment rates between America’s highestand lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels since officials began tracking the data a decade ago, according to an analysis of government data conducted for The Associated Press.

Rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families — those earning less than $20,000 — have topped 21 percent, nearly matching the rate for all workers during the 1930s Great Depression.

U.S. households with income of more than $150,000 a year have an unemployment rate of 3.2 percent, a level traditionally defined as full employment.

At the same time, middleincome workers are increasingly pushed into lower-wage jobs. Many of them in turn are displacing lower-skilled, lowincome workers, who become unemployed or are forced to work fewer hours, the analysis shows.

“This was no ‘equal opportunity’ recession or an ‘equal opportunity’ recovery,” said Andrew Sum, director of the

Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University.

“One part of America is in depression, while another part is in full employment.”

The findings follow the government’s tepid jobs report this month that showed a steep decline in the share of Americans working or looking for work. On Monday, President Barack Obama stressed the need to address widening inequality after decades of a “winnertake-all economy, where a few do better and better and better, while everybody else just treads water or loses ground.”

“We have to make the investments necessary to attract good jobs that pay good wages and offer high standards of living,” he said.

While the link between income and joblessness may seem apparent, the data are the first to establish how this factor has contributed to the erosion of the middle class, a traditional strength of the U.S. economy.

Based on employment-topopulation ratios, which are seen as a reliable gauge of the labor market, the employment disparity between rich and poor households remains at the highest levels in more than a decade, the period for which comparable data are available.

“It’s pretty frustrating,” says Annette Guerra, 33, of San Antonio, who has been looking for a full-time job since she finished nursing school more than a year ago. During her search, she found that employers had become increasingly picky about an applicant’s qualifications in the tight job market, often turning her away because she lacked previous nursing experience or because she wasn’t certified in more areas.

Guerra says she now gets by doing “odds and ends” jobs such as a pastry chef, bringing in $500 to $1,000 a month, but she says daily living can be challenging as she cares for her mother, who has end-stage kidney disease.

“For those trying to get ahead, there should be some help from government or companies to boost the economy and provide people with the necessary job training,” says Guerra, who hasn’t ruled out returning to college to get a business degree once her financial situation is more stable.

“I’m optimistic that things will start to look up, but it’s hard.”

Last year the average length of unemployment for U.S. workers reached 39.5 weeks, the highest level since World War II. The duration of unemployment has since edged lower to 36.5 weeks based on data from January to July, still relatively high historically.

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For visually impaired, Second Amendment should have limits

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stablishing fundamental rights, basic laws and limitations between “We the people” and the government, the United States of America’s constitution guarantees every American citizen basic individual rights. As the supreme law of the land, the Constitution encompasses one of the most important bills in respect to personal freedoms, and limitations in government power, the Bill of Rights.

However, in the past decade, lots of controversy has revolved around a constituent of the Bill of Rights, the second amendment.

The second amendment states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, and shall not be infringed.” In other words, every American citizen has the right to bear arms.

With the recent surge in mass shootings on innocent civilians and children, a lot of gun laws have risen to prevent the horrendous tragedies from reoccurring, but just recently a new ruling passed had exactly the opposite effect.

Almost 1,000 miles away, the Des Moines Register, a news agency in Iowa, reported that the sheriff’s office is not denying the permit to publicly carry a weapon based on physical ability to its citizens.

Sheriff’s offices in Iowa have been granting gun permits to the visually impaired and blind individuals. This is due to a change in Iowa’s guns law in 2011. The basis of this change is said to be that by denying the visually impaired the right to bear arms conflicts with the second amendment and the Americans with Disabilities Act. However, allowing blind individuals to legally own a gun, puts the lives of others at risk. To properly and safely manage and use a weapon requires high aptitude in depth perception and sight.

Although one can argue the degree of visual disability (technically wearing lenses for visions makes one visually impaired) to prevent gun permits, there should be no question in regards to the blind.

Like driving, guns should require a vision test. And in some states, such as Nebraska, a vision test is required to earn a gun permit.

Allowing blind citizens to legally earn a gun permit is illogical. Gun control does not violate the second amendment, as it states that the right to bear arms is necessary to establish a “wellregulated militia,” Restricting who can bear arms is supported by the second amendment.

There is a reason why ex-cons, the mentally disturbed and many others are not allowed to bear arms. They posses a threat to innocent lives and do not conform to a “well regulated Militia.”

Ethically, visually impaired and blind citizens deserve every basic human right. However, there are certain rights that must be restricted or limited, like driving or owning a gun due to the risk of injuring oneself and the public. Thus, it is mandatory for the Iowa state court to appeal its law on permitting gun permits to the visually impaired.

Destroying the magic of cinema, one gadget at a time

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ast week, Disney announced its new iPad app for the theatrical re-release of “The Little Mermaid,” thus giving children everywhere the chance to ignore the 1989 classic, which brought Disney out the dark days of the 1980s and into the gleam of the Disney Renaissance, in favor of iPad games. Despite the pandemic of cell phone usage in theaters, more shows and movies are encouraging the smartphone and tablet usage, negating the very real fact that some entertainment forms

By Victoria Kallsen may require more than the Weekly Columnist barest of your attention. To encourage this is to encourage negligence on the part of the viewer who must, simply by virtue of pressing play or buying a movie ticket commit him or herself to experiencing the film. iPad apps and “Story Syncs” have destroyed the complete immersion of oneself into the art of cinema and television, to the detriment of the industry.

This is remarkably different from the attitude towards film decades earlier when Alfred Hitchcock refused to let patrons enter the theater later than the scheduled show time for his moderately successful film, “Psycho.” While a huge multi-tasker myself, we have to ask ourselves, at what point are we just not watching what is in

front of us. I know not every film has the plot complexity of “The Godfather” or the number of subtle, blink-and-you-missthem jokes of “Arrested Development,” but you can’t complain that the plot of film is too complex if you’re spending half your time looking at your iPhone instead of the film. Films and TV shows should and often require one’s full attention; if you can’t remember all of the “Game of Thrones” characters’ names when you’re paying attention to the show, try doing it with “interactive features” on your HBO app.

Now, what are the elaborate methods by which Disney and other conglomerates using to divert your attention?

Disney’s “Second Screen Live” app for “The Little Mermaid” provides games and other forms of competition with other audience viewers. AMC is a huge fan of their “Story Syncs” online which provide additional content, like trivia, photos, flashbacks and polls for shows like “The Killing,” “The Walking Dead,” and “Breaking Bad.” My question here is why? While it’s great to be interactive, these social TV products will take away from the overall experience of the show.

As fun as live-tweeting is, when suddenly the hashtag in the bottom corner is taking over the whole screen, we’ve perhaps reached the stopping point.

As I’ve said these social television contraptions are being used for shows like “Breaking Bad” and movies like “The Little Mermaid.” This is one of the more confounding aspects of these apps. What do you need to complement a show like “Breaking Bad?” I’m far too busy argu-

ing with my boyfriend over whether or not Jesse is the moral center of the show (hint: he is) and then there’s always those moments that I stare dumbfounded at the television trying to figure out if I can go on with my life after [insert breathtaking spoiler]. Now, for “The Little Mermaid,” when I was a kid, you could not tear me away from a Disney movie long enough to eat or bathe, much less play some dumb iPad game. I surely did not need an app to tell me when to sing along (I mean, you just do it when the music starts, duh.). Why are we adding components to shows and films that have clearly proven their worth in terms of content and attention holding? Sure, maybe “American Idol” could use social TV for the benefit (I mean, you can still hear how bad they sound even if you look away.), but it’s a little insulting to utilize it for one of the greatest television shows of our time.

It comes down to a simple argument of entertainment versus art. Are either moving towards real artistic effort or are they moving towards pure entertainment industry? I agree that you have to be appealing but the content should be compelling on its own – without any flash in the pan media. In many ways it cheapens the product, reducing great films and television to a side show. Cinema should and often does require our full attention, and social TV only hurts the original content it tries to raise up.

Weekly Columnist Victoria Kallsen is a 5th-semester mechanical engineering major. She can be reached at Victoria.Kallsen@UConn.edu and @Oh_Vicki

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irst things first: Vladimir Putin is a tyrant; there is no other word to succinctly encapsulate his Czaresque behavior that includes the assassination of journalists, the jailing of political dissidents, the law mandating neo-pogroms against homosexuals and his general lack of interest in relinquishing supreme power. That being said, Putin is rather unique amongst the world’s dictators in that he is one who respects the rule of international law

By Dan Gorry and is largeStaff Columnist ly a rational actor. Putin’s rare ability to make rational propositions that conform to what we all like to think of as a “greater power,” aka the UN, was on full display in his Op-Ed to the New York Times. Much of what he said is brimming with a sense of validity, something that has become all too rare in Washington, which should not be ignored or dismissed simply because of fallacious reasoning aimed at the man, rather than his words.

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only to distract from the core of this issue. Putin appeals multiple times to a sort of religious authority, invoking Pope Francis, to fulfill two ulterior motives: the larger goal is to further promote his image as a champion of the Orthodox Church, a powerful institution that survived the militantly atheist Soviets, which will bring him closer to the status of the Czars long past; additionally it appeals to the two-thirds of Americans who are actively religious, an uncannily high proportion for a first-world country, a rate similar to that of Russia itself. Putin also cautions that aiding the rebels will inevitably harm America because terrorist organizations like al-Nusra will acquire the weapons we supply to the FSA; though his warning rings true, no amount of NATOsupplied firearms are capable of inflicting as much damage to the US as the advanced anti-air S-300 missiles Putin is shipping to Assad, which are equally at risk of capture in a civil war.

Putin’s largest point, and the one we should heed with the utmost respect, is his insistence that all parties involved with the Syrian Civil War should yield to the authority of the United Nations, namely the Security Council. The Security Council

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was designed, predominately by the US, specifically for instances like our current moral crisis, and although the figureheads casting votes for China and Russia are not the ideological allies we originally intended, they are far more open to reasonable intervention than their predecessors.

The initial reaction on behalf of the Obama Administration, before they saw the benefits of Moscow’s compromise, was to bring up the uncooperative behavior of previous Russian administrations; despite Putin’s previous employment in the KGB, he is a businessman, not a Cold Warrior, and continued hostilities within his client state only serve to interrupt the flow of capital. The Russians, with a sizeable 30,000 nationals living within Syria, want this conflict to end just as much, if not more, than we do, and they are far more aware of the fact that militaristic foreign intervention in a country serves only to exacerbate and prolong bloodshed.

Putin also draws attention to the larger diplomatic picture: military intervention in Syria, like that in Iraq and Afghanistan, will only further destabilize the precarious status quo and could ignite an all-toolikely regional war. He points out that Syria’s stockpiling of

chemical weapons, sometimes referred to as the “poor despot’s nukes,” is a direct response to America’s penchant for unilaterally intervening in the affairs of other countries through violent means. Iranians, justifiably frightened by the massive civilian casualties in Iraq, will only increase their efforts to acquire nuclear weapons as a deterrent against US action, and in response the Israelis will do what they must to prevent its archrival from posing such a grave existential threat.

Fortunately for everyone, Secretary of State John Kerry has decided to put his warmongering on hold and go along with the gradual chemical disarmament proposed by Moscow.

Hopefully this is the first step in a larger effort to demilitarize US foreign policy, and President Obama’s reluctant decision to fully explore alternative solutions should be praised, not lamented. Additionally, this is a learning opportunity for us to realize that American Exceptionalism has gotten so far out of hand that we have forgotten we are not the only rational actors in the world.

Staff Columnist Dan Gorry is a 7th-semester political science major. He can be reached at Daniel.Gorry@ UConn.edu

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“People have written books that it’s a myth,” comments a girl from the crowd of Monday night’s SUBOG event, The Female Orgasm. Well hold onto those fears everyone, because the female O, although at times mysterious and illusive, is in fact quite real and quite possible to achieve.

SUBOG’s The Female Orgasm event drew in quite a crowd last night at the Student Union Theater as guys and girls alike ventured out to learn more about the female O. Some were given a slight push from others to go to the event. “She forced me,” laughs Maurice Wallace, a computer science major, as he points a finger at his friend (a female nonetheless).

“I was coming out of my dorm and I hear ‘Maurice we are going to The Female Orgasm and you have to come with us!’ and here I am,” he jokes.

It seemed that he was not the only guy who was provoked to attend by friends or girlfriends, judging by the conversations going on in the crowd around me. Many were timidly entering the venue unsure of what they would find. “I have no idea what to expect,” commented Joseph Young, a management and engineering major. But the event seemed highly anticipated and many were excited to learn more about a topic that seems to be taboo in society.

“This is our seventh or eighth year hosting the event,” said Samantha Orchowitz, a member of SUBOG who managed and coordinated the event. “We get a good response from this event every year. Marshall and Maggie make this a unique and special event that makes it much better than many other sex pan-

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Marshall Miller, one of the co-hosts of SUBOG’s The Female Orgasm lecture.

els. It’s something that is not usually discussed and can be really personal. But this event does a great job of making it fun and comfortable for everyone.

That is why we have them back each year.”

There was no doubt from the crowd that this event was a favorite. Marshall Miller and his cohost Maggie Keenan-Bolger were fantastic. Their energy and honesty made the environment relaxed and positive. They had a genuine will behind their efforts and strove to give useful information that would not only help women (and guys too!) improve their sex lives but also open new doors: such as gaining confidence in and outside the bedroom as well as achieving

a higher level of comfort with ones sexuality.

Marshall and Keenan-Bolger wanted to make sure that this would be an open forum and really get to the bottom of what the crowd already knew about the female orgasm and what we wanted to learn, as well as offer tips to help women reach the big O. They started with the common myths that surround the female orgasm, such as does it exist and whether men or women have better orgasms, and moved onto splitting the crowd between men and women to have a more personal conversation. In these smaller groups stories and laughs were shared about personal experiences or advice on what helped

Preview: Disney films

By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer

Disney took advantage of the opportunity to preview its upcoming slate of films for the foreseeable future at the bi annual D23 fan expo in California this past month.

In July of 2014, Disney will follow up on its successes in Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” and “Oz the Great and Powerful” with “Malificent.” Presenting the events of Disney’s 1959 animated classic “Sleeping Beauty” from the perspective of the titular villain, this live action feature will star Angelina Jolie as the iconic villain and Elle Fanning (“Super 8”) as Sleeping Beauty.

The Walt Disney Animation Studios have been returning to their fairy tale roots recently, a practice that will continue this November in “Frozen,” a CGI (3D) animated adaptation based loosely upon the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale “The Snow Queen.”

PIXAR’s next animated film will release next May. Titled “The Good Dinosaur,” the film will explore the question, “What if the Dinosaur’s never went extinct?”

The sequel to 2011’s “Thor,” “Thor: The Dark World,” will release this November with Chris Hemsworth reprising his role as the God of Thunder, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster and Tom Hiddleston as Loki.

“Saving Mr. Banks,” arguably the film with the most Oscar potential, will open this December. The biographical drama will tell the story of Walt Disney’s (Tom Hanks) struggle to retrieve the film rights to author P.L. Travers’ (Emma Thompson) “Mary Poppins” character.

The next “Muppet” movie, a caper titled “Muppets Most Wanted” will open next March, reuniting America’s favorite felt ensemble. Modern Family’s Ty Burrell, Tina Fey and Ricky Gervais also co-star.

“Captain America: Winter Soldier” arrives next April, featuring returning Marvel actors including Chris Evans as Captain America, Samuel L Jackson as

films as I feel they are too over the top with gore, dialogue and just about everything to a distasteful level, but I preferred his Halloween reimagining and actually found it to have a lot more substance and much more thrilling. However, the director’s cut cuts out a good action scene for a brutal and unnecessary rape so I would avoid that if I were you. Going back to the original series, I enjoyed Halloween 2 much more than its predecessor. It delivered a lot more gore, suspense and the kinds of things you’d expect from a slasher film. While not all of the Halloween sequels lived up to the first one and Rob Zombie’s sequel to his reimagining was absurdly awful, the second film was a very good sequel and while it simplified the plot, it kept me on the edge of my seat and that’s what really counts.

“Day of the Dead”/”Dawn of the Dead”: Night of the Living Dead is a classic, but we cannot honestly say that its sequels didn’t blow it out of the water. Part of this is due to the heightened budgets, although still cheap, and the advances in filmmaking due to their times, but they really stepped things up and gave us much more than just zombie films.

Dawn of the Dead is actually an allegory for capitalism and American society, but even if you want to just have a good time it’s a really entertaining thriller. Day of the Dead is my favorite of the series. Here we find a society of survivors living underground hiding from the zombies. In this claustrophobic environment we find a lot of conflict and tension. While they’re adapting to their lifestyles, things are not so great. The zombies are also learning and eventually we see some interesting take on zombie action. There is a reason George Romero is a horror icon and while the rest of his living dead series was nothing too special, these two films stand out as great zombie movies.

If you heard cheering last Thursday, that was the sound of relieved “Harry Potter” fans rejoicing that they have something “Harry Potter” related to look forward to once again.

Six years after “Deathly Hallows” was published and two years after the last movie was released, “Harry Potter” fans – like me – continue to wish that the series never ended. I felt Pottermore was a disappointment, so I was forced to accept that no new additions to the “Harry Potter” franchise would ever arrive. I pacified myself by going to King’s Cross Station and the Harry Potter Studio Tour while in London. As incredible as that was, I wanted more from J.K. Rowling.

Thankfully, Rowling managed to surprise everyone by agreeing to be the screenwriter for the film series of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

“Fantastic Beasts” was originally published in 2001, a tiny paperback about 50 pages long.

Since it was published in between the fourth and fifth “Harry Potter” books, I feel that the series greatly overshadowed “Fantastic Beasts,” depriving it of publicity and therefore, a lack of readership. Many people own the entire “Harry Potter” series, but how many own a copy of “Fantastic Beasts?” And if they do, do they ever re-read it?

I have an old copy of “Fantastic Beasts” I bought when I was in middle school but I don’t ever remember reading it more than once. That’s not a reflection on the quality of the book more so than the style of the book.

Written by Newt Scamander (aka Rowling) “Fantastic Beasts” is a fictional textbook required at Hogwarts. Essentially, it is a small scale encyclopedia of magical creatures. A critter is presented, a paragraph or so is written about it, and then you progress to the next creature. Notes written by Harry, Ron and Hermione are found throughout the book, a nice touch to make you feel part of their world. Despite all of the fun facts and commentary by the characters, a textbook-designed book isn’t really one you return to again and again.

That being said, I am extremely curious as to how this one little book is inspiring a film series.

If Rowling wasn’t the screenwriter, I could not see how this would work. Rowling says that “Fantastic Beasts” is “neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world.” An extension of one author’s world can never be created by another.

Rowling is one of the most ingenious authors I have ever encountered. Her magical world is already so vast and filled with intricate details that I can’t begin to imagine her writing more material. Fans are going to find themselves even more immersed in the magical world, still regretting that they never received an owl from Hogwarts when they turned 11.

The announcement of the film series makes me question if Rowling’s other short books will find themselves on the screen in years to come. Will sports fans find themselves watching a movie based on “Quidditch Through the Ages?” Will “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” see a greater amount of screen time than it received in “Deathly Hallows?” Rowling has now shown she has no shortage of material or ideas and fans have long ago made it evident that they have voracious appetites for anything “Harry Potter.” My only hope now is that “Fantastic Beasts” is truly fantastic.

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Angelina Jolie as the titular character in the 2014 film teaser poster, “Maleficent.”

Director Nick Fury, Scarlett Johansen as Black Widow, and Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill. The sequel promises to address the questions related to Captain America’s arrival in the present day, issues not sufficiently addressed in “The Avengers.”

“Tommorrowland” is a mysterious sci-fi project from brilliant director Brad Bird (“The Incredibles,” “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol”), supposedly based on the contents of a mysterious case found in the Walt Disney archives. Not much is known about this highly mysterious production, except that it will open in December of 2014, and will star George Clooney and Hugh Laurie.

In summer of 2015, “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the sequel to the third-highest grossing film of all

time, will drop, with director Joss Whedon returning to helm.

Of course, the most intriguing upcoming release is easily “Star Wars Episode VII.” Releasing sometime in 2015, not much else is known about the picture.

It will be directed by the brilliant J.J. Abrams, (“Star Trek,” ”LOST”), and maestro John Williams will return to provide the musical score. Beyond that, the picture is shrouded in absolute secrecy clouded by multiple rumors.Will it feature the return of Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford? Most Likely.

Will a character be played

by Benedict Cumberbatch?

Hopefully. Will a character be played by Zac Efron? Hopefully not.

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other women experience their first orgasm. People felt free to talk and express themselves as they pleased and neither host failed to add their own hilarious commentary. They then moved onto tips for how to reach the infamous female orgasm: what works, what doesn’t, and advice on how to get your mindset in the right place to have this pleasurable experience. Their comedic effect and personal anecdotes never failed to keep the crowd interested and entertained.

This is an absolute must-see event for both men and women alike. Not only can Miller and Keenan-Bolger knowledge and suggestions help to improve your sex life in a VERY positive

way, it will also help everyone become a little more comfortable with a subject that many people may find uncomfortable or awkward. Miller and Keenan-Bolger give insight as well as put on a fantastic event. For those that missed last night’s panel, don’t worry; there is still a chance for you to come experience the show.

The Female Orgasm plays again Tuesday night in the Student Union Theater at 7 p.m. with a special portion on how to achieve multiple orgasms. It is not too late for you ladies (and gents!) to learn what The Female Orgasm is all about.

Good horror sequels

By Randy Amorim Staff Writer

“Insidious: Chapter 2” is surprisingly a really good horror sequel that manages to not only live up to its predecessor, but exceed it. It’s no secret that most horror sequels are just cheap low budget thrills meant to make a few dollars more than they cost, but this is not always the case. Here a few other sequels that managed to live up to its predecessor.

“Freddy/Jason”: Let’s be honest, these movies are not meant to be more than a guilty pleasure. The Nightmare on Elm Street series only made one good sequel, which was Wes Craven’s New Nightmare.

The rest were so bad they are not even worth mentioning. The first Friday the 13th was really nothing special, but some of its sequels managed to be better. The 2009 reboot was perhaps the best as it embraced the B-movie status the series had achieved and satirized it while delivering gory deaths.

The whole series is more or less good for B-movie thrills and good old fashioned slasher-horror entertainment with the exception of Jason X and Jason Goes to Hell. Freddy vs. Jason also manages to be a good time if you don’t take it too seriously. While Nightmare only had a few brief good moments as a franchise, Jason managed to give us a lot more.

“Evil Dead 2”: Evil Dead 2 takes the thrills and shocks from its predecessor and adds in a lot of comic relief to lighten the mood. It certainly worked and I would go as far to say was the main inspiration for The Cabin in the Woods.

Bruce Campbell overacts in a way you don’t usually see in the genre and managed to turn what could have been just another horror film victim into an iconic hero.

“Halloween 2”: I know that John Carpenter’s Halloween is a classic horror movie and I see how it was revolutionary for its time, but frankly it felt a bit empty for me. I am not particularly a fan of Rob Zombie

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By Randy Amorim Staff Writer Although most sequels fail to live up to their predecessors, I still always find myself excited for them. The exception is horror: horror sequels not only never live up to the original, but they are usually never any good at all. There have been some good horror sequels throughout the years, but very few. That being said, I didn’t expect much from “Insidious: Chapter 2” despite the fantastic production team of director James Wan and writer/actor Leigh Whannel who created “Saw” and the first “Insidious.”

I expected even less when the marketing campaign resembled that of the “Paranormal Activity” franchise. However, “Insidious: Chapter 2” manages to be one of the few great horror sequels better than its predecessor.

“Insidious” was a good original horror film, but it felt to

me like the entire film was building towards something very big that never came, the PG-13 rating got in the way.

While Josh’s attempt to save his son at the end by venturing into “the Further” was supposed to be the climax, the aim for a rating suitable for a young audience kept us from seeing anything too scary or in terms of the themes and subject matter. While the same applies to its sequel, (and I would have loved to see a darker and more mature film), they managed to bring enough thrills and mature material to push the rating higher and create an interesting film.

It picks up right where the first film left off. While Josh successfully saved his son, the woman in black who had been attempting to possess Josh since he was a child has finally left “the Further” and taken

control of his body. The woman strangles Elyse, the psychic, and Josh’s wife is left wondering if her husband committed the murder. The police clear Josh and they move into his old family house while the investigation is occurring. What Josh’s family is not aware of is that this mysterious woman was a killer in her life and will kill again while Josh is trapped in “the further.” Luckily for us, Josh’s mother and Elyse’s two assistants from the first film investigate and begin to piece it all together.

The sequel is much darker and scarier than its predecessor.

Rather than start off slow and build up, it comes right at you very early on and just keeps on coming. There are a lot of those cheap “jump moments” meant to give the audience a small shock, but even in these moments we see images dis-

Insidious: Chapter 2 8.5/10

turbing enough to leave a lasting impression. I won’t spoil the plot and its twists, but the subject matter is a lot more mature this time around, and I was actually very impressed with the ideas Whannel and Wan brought to the table. It still feels a bit PG-13 and doesn’t deliver the same experience the duo gave us in “The Conjuring,” but it certainly will get your heart racing. The first half of “Insidious: Chapter 2” plays out like a sequel to “Poltergeist” followed by a strong homage to “The Shining,” but the mixture works out a lot better than you’d expect. Wan’s next project is “Fast and Furious 7” and he claims that this was his last horror film because he is tired of the genre and wants to do other things. It really is a shame because it seems that he is one of the few people in the horror business who knows how to deliver a good thrill.

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‘The Family’ offers a complex, engaging plot

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Robert De Niro stars as Giovanni Manzoni in the new film “The Family.”

By Brendon Field Staff Writer

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“The Family” is a cleverly deceptive flick. For the first 75 minutes I was presented with a routine dark comedy about a mob family in witness protection that succeeded in keeping me entertained, but little else.

I was thinking to myself, “I like the characters, the acting and the writing, but what am I supposed to be taking away from all of this?” I was ready to declare “The Family” another average soft-toned thriller with a screenplay too rich and performances too strong for its own good. But at the dawn of the third act one scene occurs; a scene that brings profound clarity like a rushing waterfall over a still lake, sidestepping inconspicuously into the feature as if to say, “Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your patience. Consider your questions answered.”

“The Family” stars Robert

De Niro as street king turned FBI informant Giovanni Manzoni, and Michelle Pfeiffer as his wife. Both are no strangers to mafia roles. De Niro is well known as the lead in “Goodfellas” and Pfeiffer in “Married to the Mob.” The fact that they’re paired together here is no coincidence, and both give charismatic performances; swinging gracefully between easygoing and aggressive. Their teenage children are played by Dianna Agron and newcomer John D’Leo, both of whom come into their own here. There is also Tommy Lee Jones, essentially playing himself, as the FBI agent who has the arduous task of keeping them all in line, and works as an entertaining foil. There is also the villainous mob trying to track down and kill the family for their betrayal. Unfortunately, they’re given no development beyond cold

stares and dressing all in black.

The story is set in France, where the Manzonis’ attempt to begin a new life; something they do fairly often because despite being out of the business, they can’t cut their mafia ties. The film does a good job of making the characters likable enough to root for, but not to condone their actions of violence and destruction.

Although we laugh and feel satisfied as Pfeiffer blows up a grocery store after management was rude to her, we grimace at the same time.

While comedy is present and mostly successful, it’s never the focus of any scene. Director Luc Besson rightly puts character development first, allowing humor to peek through the dirt when appropriate.

The screenplay is a large contributor to the film’s success. It runs at a steady pace, allowing each character to fol-

The Family 8/10

low an individual arc, while not forgetting to show them as a cohesive unit. We see De Niro writing his memoirs and he is completely unsure how to feel about them. D’Leo utilizing his cunning and swindling ways to become the king of his school.

Pfeiffer searches for religious redemption and Agron relentlessly fights for romance with her math tutor. All work on a relatively equal level, while slowly building up to a suspenseful third act shootout with the hitmen that have been hunting them. The plot sows its seeds subtly and pushes itself forward with small steps and few holes. While it does run about 15 minutes longer than needed, following the aforementioned third act revelation, which ties all the strings into one gargantuous knot, “The Family” as a whole, is just a little brilliant.

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Something rather unusual has been occurring in the movie world recently, a phenomenon that hasn’t occurred since well before I was born, and I’m tempted to say never before. Horror movies, often sitting dejectedly at the bottom of the genre barrel and so common the punching bags for critics, most of the time fail miserably. But since the 2010’s and particularly this year, horror seems to have turned a new leaf.

So far this year, we’ve had “Evil Dead,” “The Conjuring,” and “You’re Next.” While I’ve heard mixed things about each, all are sitting fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Last year, I called “The Cabin in the Woods” the best film of 2012.

If you had told me at the start of that year that my top choice would be a horror movie, I would have laughed. Other recent successes include, “Sinister,” “The Woman in Black,” “Mama,” and perhaps the trigger of the trend, “Drag Me to Hell.”

What has prompted the sudden upswing in quality? Part of it is the people behind the screen actually have talent. Sam Raimi, the man behind the original “Evil Dead,” spent most of the 2000s working with “Spider-Man,” but is now digging up his roots.

He produced the remake of his masterpiece, along with a new “Poltergeist” coming out next year. Joss Whedon gave Drew Goddard a hand in writing “Cabin in the Woods,” and James Wan returned from his hiatus following the first three “Saw” movies.

Credit must also be given to the mile-high stack of atrocious horror films that still haunt the market. Often the cheapest and simplest type of movie, horror is usually the choice of young directors and small studios. “The Blair Witch Project” proved for better or worse, that major money can be made with a minimalist approach. For a while the market was oversaturated with cheap and unoriginal slasher and exorcism efforts. These movies succeeded commercially by coming out at weak points of the year and funneling most of their money into marketing. Then “The Devil Inside” came along.

It was a horror flick so cheap they didn’t even write a third act. Viewers were so outraged and insulted, they demanded their money back. While they didn’t receive it, it finally did turn many away from the sort, which has since seen diminishing results.

Does anybody remember “The Awakening,” “The Collection,” “Chernobyl Diaries,” or “The Apparition?” Of course you don’t.

They were released to much scrutiny and few ticket sales, but all came out only last year.

But meanwhile, Hollywood was taking notes. It was clear horror was a profitable genre, it just needed to be utilized properly, and in order to do so the writing and direction needed a tune-up. “You’re Next,” along with the very underrated “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil,” have brought meta-horror mainstream. And the genre has moved out of its niche subculture to blend with other moneymaking genres. “Warm Bodies” and “World War Z” skillfully combined zombies with romance and politics. Successful foreign horror films have also been subject to American adaptations and when in the right hands such as “Let Me In,” produce commendable results.

There will always be bad horror movies. It is in their nature.

For every “Exorcist” and “Blair Witch,” there will be a hundred “The Rite(s),” and “Grave Encounters.” But those are steadily losing their spots in the roster of our local theaters. Now, if only we can stop relying on countless remakes to draw attention… ah well, baby steps.

Brendon.Field@UConn.edu

Miss America cheers pageant diversity Tuesday, September 17, 2013

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Moments after winning the 2014 Miss America crown, Nina Davuluri described how delighted she is that the nearly century-old pageant sees beauty and talent of all kinds.

The 24-year-old Miss New York is the first contestant of Indian heritage to become Miss America; her talent routine was a Bollywood fusion dance.

“I’m so happy this organization has embraced diversity,” she said in her first press conference after winning the crown in Atlantic City, N.J.’s Boardwalk Hall. “I’m thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America.”

Her pageant platform was “celebrating diversity through cultural competency.”

The native of Syracuse, N.Y. wants to be a doctor, and is applying to medical school, with the help of a $50,000

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scholarship she won as part of the pageant title.

She is the second consecutive Miss New York to win the Miss America crown, succeeding Mallory Hagan, who was selected in January when the pageant was still held in Las Vegas. The Miss America Organization will compensate Hagan for her shortened reign.

Davuluri’s victory led to some negative comments on Twitter from users upset that someone of Indian heritage had won the pageant. She brushed those aside.

“I have to rise above that,” she said. “I always viewed myself as first and foremost American.”

Her grandmother told The Associated Press that she cried when she saw the news on television.

I am very, very, happy for the girl. It was her dream and it was fulfilled,” 89-yearold V. Koteshwaramma said

by phone from her home in the city of Vijaywada, in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

She said there are numerous doctors in the family, both in the U.S. and India, and that if her granddaughter wants to become one “I am sure she will do it.”

Davuluri had planned to go to the scene of a devastating boardwalk fire in the New Jersey communities of Seaside Park and Seaside Heights Monday afternoon.

But pageant officials canceled that visit after learning that Gov. Chris Christie was making cabinet officials available at that same time to business owners victimized by the fire.

Davuluri will visit at an unscheduled future date, pageant officials said early Monday.

She will still make the traditional frolic in the Atlantic City surf Monday morning.

Her first runner-up was Miss California, Crystal Lee. Other top 5 finalists included Miss Minnesota, Rebecca Yeh; Miss Florida, Myrrhanda Jones, and Miss Oklahoma, Kelsey Griswold.

In the run-up to the pageant, much attention was given to Miss Kansas, Theresa Vail, the Army sergeant who was believed to have been the first Miss America contestant to openly display tattoos. She has the Serenity Prayer on her rib cage, and a smaller military insignia on the back of one shoulder.

Vail won a nationwide “America’s Choice” vote to advance as a semi-finalist, but failed to make it into the Top 10.

In a Twitter message Sunday before the finals began, Vail wrote: “Win or not tonight, I have accomplished what I set out to do. I have empowered women. I have opened eyes.”

Jones made it into the top 5 wearing a bedazzled knee brace. She tore knee ligaments Thursday while rehearsing her baton-twirling routine, which she executed flawlessly Sunday night.

The pageant had pitted 53 contestants — one from each state, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands — in swimsuit, evening gown, talent and interview competitions.

Sam Haskell, CEO of the Miss America Organization, said he was thrilled it all played out in Atlantic City after a sixyear stint in Las Vegas.

“This is where we belong,” he told The Associated Press.

“This is the home of Miss America, and this is where we’re going to stay.”

The pageant started in Atlantic City in 1921 as a way to extend the summer tourism season for an extra weekend.

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More diversity to runways

NEW YORK (AP) — Supermodel Iman watched the runways like a hawk this Fashion Week — but she wasn’t looking at the clothes.

Iman joined with Naomi Campbell and veteran modeling agent Bethann Hardison for an unusual effort they are calling Balance Diversity to bring more black models to the runway, and they called out designers who whitewash their runways in the process.

By all indications, their open letter made a difference, with an uptick in diversity at the previews that ended last week. All the top designers presenting in New York used at least one black model, and some who previously had no black models used as many as seven this season.

“I’ve always said runways and photos are important to shape our young girls,” Iman said in an interview last week. “To see models of color on the runway is important to the self-esteem of our young girls. To see otherwise makes them feel like they can be ‘in or out.’”

What remains to be seen: Is the greater black presence on runways a lasting trend — or just more fast fashion? If black models fall out of favor next season like a short hemline, is that racist?

Balance Diversity is part activist group, part blog, part watchdog. They posed a catwalk challenge just before the seasonal style previews were to begin in New York.

“Eyes are on an industry that season after season watches fashion design houses consistently use ... one or no models of color. No matter the intention, the result is racism,” said their open letter to the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

They called out by name some industry heavyweights, including Donna Karan, Proenza Schouler, The Row, Victoria Beckham and Calvin Klein — designers the group said used almost no black models in last February’s shows.

The website Jezebel calculated that 82.7 percent of that season’s New York Fashion Week models were white, 9.1 percent were Asian, 6 percent were black and 2 percent Latina.

Iman and Hardison both note they aren’t calling the designers or the casting agents themselves racist — but they say defining one’s look with only white faces is a racist act. And they acknowledge that sometimes designers don’t see the models until a day or two before a show, but say they are nonetheless ultimately responsible.

Their letter went to the heads of the London, Milan and Paris fashion councils. The European designers, according to Iman, are bigger offenders. (She makes an exception for Tom Ford and Jean Paul Gaultier, who are the oldschool types of designers who cast a model for her personality instead of trying to jam her into a particular seasonal mold.)

Some black models remain in hot demand. Campbell is the favorite, even in a jaded industry that typically likes the next big thing. The crowd at Diane von Furstenberg gave her bigger cheers than the designer. Joan Smalls and Jourdan Dunn also are consistently booked in toptier shows.

But Iman said it has to be about more than a token or two black models, and it has to be about more than the established names. Without a turn on the runway, younger black models don’t get discovered and booked for advertising jobs.

Recently, shows moved toward a blonder, whiter cast, with a few minority model slots filled by Asians, she said, in an effort to appeal to the growing consumer economies in Asia. And even when big international brands put black models on their billboards, those same brands were holding out on the runway.

Designer Nanette Lepore, who was not targeted by Balance Diversity and whose runway featured a diverse group of models, said that she tries to cast a runway reflective of the world.

Hardison and Iman did notice the improvement this season and are committed to making it last through the European shows this month and beyond to next season and next year.

“The public is very excited by the fact that this is happening. Not just black people care, people care, people who care about beautiful,” she said. “The activism has to remain.”

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- There could be elements to the puzzle that are hidden from view. Because of this, avoid expensive purchases or big decisions today. Those elements get revealed later.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -When you’re feeling good, it’s possible to lose perspective of the world around you.

Be considerate of others. Spread the love and the good fortune.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 5 -- A lucky hunch could turn quite profitable.

You have the confidence to make your plan work: Put your back into it! Try again at something you failed at before.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -Find a trustworthy friend to help you solve any dilemmas. Don’t take it all so seriously.

Not everything that glitters is gold. Inject a sense of humor.

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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Stifle your crazy side for a moment.

Complete unfinished business (and impress others in the process). Attention to detail comes in handy. Figure out what you really want.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- The adventure continues, and there’s more work on the way. Don’t be misled by fantasy. Check your oil and tire pressure, and bring a sack lunch.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -Business interferes with fun. Don’t goof off!

Plan a trip, and research the best tickets.

Then focus on productivity to pay for it all.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Respect the people that helped you get where you are, and show some appreciation. Be careful not to lose what you have in order to get more, even if you’re busy.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- As you get lost in the maze today, don’t forget your goal. Don’t be afraid if you don’t know the way. Use your network: Call someone whose view is wider.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Don’t worry about the money. Conserve resources anyway. There’s plenty to keep you busy, and more work coming in. Stay focused. It all works out.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Make sure what you build is solid.

Fantasies fade in the sunlight. Romance is a growing possibility. Choose substance over symbolism, and have fun.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Don’t let anyone push you. It’s your life.

Get into a homebody phase. Think about your roots, and where you came from. You choose where you’re going.

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

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Yankees yearning for October baseball

By Dalton Zbierski MLB Columnist

AP

The Yankees are floundering after being swept by the Red Sox, but still have an outside chance at making the postseason if they play well down the stretch.

As I sat in my public speaking lecture this morning, half asleep listening to students propose potential topics for the next assigned presentation, one statement in particular caught my attention. It jolted me awake and made beating this column’s deadline tonight much easier. A student spoke about baseball but more than that delved into current state of the American League Wild Card race, a subject I touched upon significantly last week. He talked partially about a dilemma conflicting Yankee fans across the five boroughs and beyond. I’ll tell you the rest.

As the season grows shorter and games become fewer, the Yankees stand three games behind the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay

Rays in the A.L. Wild Card standings. More importantly, they find themselves a half game behind the Baltimore Orioles, who likewise chase October in the same hunt. To put it simply, the Yankees need the Rays to lose, they need the Rangers to lose and they need the Orioles to lose. Sounds simple enough, or at the very least understandable, right? Wrong.

The problem stressing Yankee fans everywhere is a dream for all fans across the country who despise the Bronx Bombers. The pinstripes’ issue lies in the fact that the Rays aren’t playing host to the Royals, White Sox or Blue Jays. And Rangers don’t face off against the Mariners, Angels or even the A’s. Starting with last night’s game in St. Petersburg, the Rangers and Rays will spend the beginning of this third week in September sitting in dugouts

opposite of each other – an opportunity for both teams but a nightmare for fans in New York.

New York needs both teams to lose to make up ground. And they need them to drop ball games at a rapid rate. That possibility is at the current moment not plausible considering that Texas and Tampa Bay play each other until Thursday – an eternity in the baseball world. If one team were to sweep the other, the Yankees could conceivably creep closer in erasing their deficit but the scenario is unlikely. The Rangers and Rays are two incredibly even teams, and the Yankees are gridlocked.

The other predicament that looms large in the minds of Yankee fans is of a more emotional nature. The Orioles, as mentioned, stand ahead of the Yankees in the Wild Card hunt,

and tonight in Boston, the Orioles begin a series with the Red Sox, the Yankees’ hated rival. To move past Baltimore in the standings, the Yankees need the Red Sox to win. For the next few days they must cringe as they check scoreboards, follow games on their mobile phones and flip back and forth between YES Network and NESN rooting for Sox. I wouldn’t want to be a Yankee fan right now. I’ve been in similar situations over the years as a diehard member of Red Sox Nation; they mess with you psychologically.

Are the Yankees still in sight of October? Yes. But their view is incredibly obstructed. If New York’s situation says one thing to Yankee fans it goes as follows: this wasn’t your year.

Dalton.Zbierski@UConn.edu

UConn golf travels Fontenault: Red Sox show shades of to Newport, R.I. 2004 World Series Champion team

By Nick Danforth Campus Correspondent

The UConn men’s golf team is set to tee off in the 20th annual Adams Cup of Newport on Monday, their second meet of the fall season.

The two-day tournament will be held at the Newport National Golf Club in Middletown, R.I. In the field of 16 teams, Central Florida will look to win their fourth consecutive team title.

In the Huskies’ first meet of the season, they finished in fifth place in the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate Tournament. Led by junior captain Chris Wiatr, the Huskies started the season well. Wiatr led the way for the Huskies, posting a score of 211 (5-under-par) over three rounds, finishing in a tie for

fifth place, just four strokes behind first place finisher Andrew Bailey of Cleveland State.

Also shooting well for the Huskies in their first meet was sophomore Zach Zaback. The team’s top golfer last season, Zaback finished in a tie for 23rd, shooting a 5-over-par 221.

In last season’s Adams Cup, the Huskies finished in a tie for sixth place out of 12 schools.

In his first collegiate meet, Zaback finished with the best tournament for the Huskies, finishing in a tie for 13th place. Zaback also recorded one of just five eagles made throughout the tournament.

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With every special moment throughout the season, it has become more and more obvious how similar the 2013 Red Sox are to their 2004 predecessors.

The most obvious resemblance is in the fact that they really do look like a bunch of idiots, and it’s because of the beards. Mike Carp, Mike Napoli, Jonny Gomes and even Dustin Pedroia are the leaders of a group of shaggy animals who look like they belong in a cave inventing fire. The trend has heated up, so much so that the Red Sox are actually offering $1 tickets to fans that show up at Gate E with a beard – real or fake – on Wednesday.

But like the 2004 version of “the Idiots,” everyone on

the team has a role to play, whether you are hitting clutch home runs for a team that has walked off more times than Dave Chappelle could possibly imagine or inspiring an entire fanbase with your infinite supply of energy and unbelievable ability to dominate opposing batters.

It’s hard to find a more popular man in New England right now than Koji Uehara. At 38, he is the most energetic player on the team, much to the dismay of his teammates, who are on the receiving end of the most powerful high-fives that have ever been given.

Uehara has every right to be having fun right now, and it’s not just because his team has a 9.5-game lead in the loaded AL East with 11 games left in the season. In 67.2 innings pitched during 67 games this season,

Uehara is 4-0 with a 1.06 ERA, 19 saves and 94 strikeouts. He hasn’t allowed a run in 29.1 innings, an earned run since June 30, and he has retired the last 34 batters he has faced.

It seems ironic that in Mariano Rivera’s final season, the greatest closer in baseball history is only the second-best closer in the game, trailing well behind the closer of his team’s biggest rival.

The latest chapter of the 2013 season was written over the weekend, as the Red Sox swept the Yankees at Fenway Park. Boston had not swept New York since June 2011, and they did it without letting Rivera take the mound.

The Red Sox outscored the Yankees, who they beat 13 out of 19 times this year, 22-7 and put a huge dent in the morale of a team that now needs a

competitors, no UConn runner placed lower than 46th, and the team took home 1st place with a total of 63 points.

The University of Maine finished second to UConn with 69 points, followed

by UMass Amherst with 70, Boston College with 85, Vermont with 90, and Amherst College with 100.

UConn finished the 6200 meter course with an average time of 19:41.74, edging out Maine by 0.72 seconds.

This was a strong showing for a young Husky squad, as the team was paced by O’Donnell in his first collegiate race of his career.

UConn will look to continue this momentum into their next meet when they will compete in the Ted Owens Invitational in New Britain, Conn. on Saturday, September 21 at 11:30 a.m.

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Men's cross country scores Women's XC takes second, win at UMass Invitational Boston College places first

By Cody Milardo Campus Correspondent The UConn men’s cross country team opened the 2013 campaign with a victory Saturday in the UMass Invitational.

The first meet of the year saw five Huskies place in the top 20, including freshman Michael O’Donnell who finished second overall to the University of Maine’s Kelton Cullenberg with a time of 19:22.9.

UConn’s David Cotton, Edward Wilson, and Stephen Vento finished 13th, 14th and 15th respectively for with times of 19:43.2, 19:43.2, and 19:47.2. Paul Holden was the final Husky to finish in the top 20, coming in at 19th with a time of 19:52.0.

The next runner for the Huskies was Alex Levine, coming in 27 th with a time of 20:07.4, followed by John Hansell, Wyatt Million and Mitchel Brown.

In a meet with 65 total

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The UConn women’s cross country team placed second at the UMass Invite this Saturday with 55 points.

Boston College took first place with 21 points. UConn was led by Emily Durgin, who grabbed third place overall, with a personal best time of 17:20.10 in the 5K. UConn’s Coach Begley said, “Emily has been amazing this year. She has had a nice turnaround. All the hard work over the summer is paying off.”

Durgin was not the only runner to finish with a personal record. All six UConn racers had personal best finishes. Coach Begley was pleased with her team’s performance, saying, “I was really excited with all of the PR’s, it shows great improvement and potential. I expect them to keep gaining strength, speed, and confidence throughout the

season. I couldn’t be happier with how this young squad competed.”

UConn’s average finish time was 17:55.46.

UConn’s Brigitte Mania followed her teammate Durgin, placing sixth with a time of 17:43.09. Abby Mace and Laura Williamson grabbed 10 th and 13 th place overall, crossing the line at 17:53.63 and 17:58.37, respectively. Mace and Williamson’s times helped put four Huskies in the top15.

The last two runners, Emily Howard and Katherine Vodopia, finished the race in 26 th and 28 th place, respectively. Howard crossed the finish line at 18:42.09, and Vodopia wrapped up with a time of 18:50.80.

UConn’s third race is scheduled for Saturday, September 21 at the Ted Owen’s Invite in New Britain, Conn.

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UConn volleyball wins Georgia Tech tournament

By Ryan Tolmich Campus Correspondent The UConn Women’s Volleyball team picked up their first major accolade of the young season, as the Huskies came away champions in the 2013 Georgia

Tech Courtyard Classic.

The Huskies played a trio of games, coming away with victories over Troy and St. John’s before falling to host, Georgia Tech. Despite the loss, the Huskies brought home the tournament crown.

In UConn’s first game of

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miracle if it wants to make the playoffs again.

Barring an even more improbable collapse than 2011, the Red Sox will be in the playoffs come October. They are 11-3 in September – 19-6 in their last 25 games – and seemingly unstoppable. There will be obstacles, but Boston looks like the team to beat in the AL pennant race.

I don’t remember enjoying a Red Sox team as much as this one, not even the world champions of 2004 or 2007. This is a special team. This is a special group of idiots.

Good times have never felt so good, so good, so good.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

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the weekend, the Huskies took on the Troy Trojans in what turned out to be the best match of the weekend.

Despite dropping the opening two sets, the Huskies were able to put together a massive comeback, winning by a score of 3-2.

The UConn rally was led by juniors Karson Ratliff and Devon Maugle, who finished the contest with 20 and 19 kills, respectively. Briana Datti also stepped up for the Huskies, as her 16 digs led the team, In the weekend’s second contest, the Huskies took on one of their old conference rivals, the St. John’s Red Storm.

The Huskies were able to dominate St. John’s, as UConn was able to power their way to a sweep of the team from Queens.

Ratliff and Maugle, who

combined for 23 kills, led UConn, once again.

In UConn’s final contest of the weekend, the Huskies picked up their lone loss of the tournament, falling to Georgia Tech in straight sets.

Datti led the way with 19 digs, while sophomore Marissa Prinzbach contributed 15 of her own.

Maugle was recognized as tournament MVP for her efforts, as her 41 kills led the way for the Huskies.

Ratliff and Datti were also recognized as members of the all-tournament team.

UConn will be back in action this weekend at the Dartmouth duel, where they will face New Hampshire, Dartmouth, Minnesota and Rhode Island.

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The number of wins that field hockey goalkeeper Sarah Mansfield has notched thus far in her UConn career.

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Away game

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Sept. 27 USF 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 2 Temple 3 p.m.

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Women’s Soccer (5-3-0) Sept. 19 La Salle 7 p.m.

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Sept. 29 Houston 1 p.m.

Oct. 4 UCF 7 p.m.

Field Hockey (5-0-0) Tomorrow UMass Noon

Sept. 22 Rutgers Noon

Volleyball Sept. 20 UNH 12:30 p.m.

Sept. 28 Villanova Noon

Sept. 29 Oct. 4 Princeton Providence 2 p.m. 12:30 p.m.

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Sept. 20 Dartmouth 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 21 Minnesota Noon

Sept. 21 URI 5 p.m.

Sept. 27 SMU 7 p.m.

Men’s Tennis Sept. 22 Boston University 1:30 p.m.

Tomorrow Hartford 3 p.m.

Sept. 24 Siena 3 p.m.

Sept. 27 UConn Invitational All Day

Sept. 28 UConn Invitational All Day

Women’s Tennis Sept. 28 Army Invite All day

Sept. 27 Army Invite All day

Sept. 29 Army Invite All day

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Jerry Seinfeld throws out the first pitch at a Mets game in 2005. The famous comedian will help broadcast the Mets’ game on Tuesday when he joins the SNY team in the booth for a matchup against the San Francisco Giants.

Oct. 1 Quinnipiac 3 p.m.

Oct. 3 UMass 3 p.m.

Women’s Cross Country Sept. 21 Ted Owen Invite 11:45 a.m.

Oct. 12 New Englands 3 p.m.

Oct. 19 Wisc.

Adidas Inv. Noon

Oct. 25 Nov. 2 CCSU Mini Conference Meet Champ.

4 p.m.

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Mattias Tedenby scored in the first period, and Eric Gelinas added a goal in the third to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday night in the preseason opener for both teams.

Tedenby, fighting for a spot on the roster, scored 10:20 into the game off a fine pass from Rostislav Olesz. Gelinas fired in a hard slap shot 31 seconds into the third to make it 2-0.

New York’s Dominic Moore, making a return to hockey after taking a year off, scored on a backhander with 15:01 left.

Cory Schneider made his Devils debut and stopped all 22 shots he faced while playing the first two periods.

Henrik Lundqvist allowed one goal and made 15 saves in 30 minutes of action for the Rangers.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adam Almquist scored two power-play goals in the second period and Tomas Tatar had a goal and assist to lead the Detroit Red Wings past the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Monday night in a preseason game.

Paval Datsyuk also scored for Detroit, netting a second-period, unassisted goal.

Almquist scored at 6:10 and 11:50 with shots from the point to put the Red Wings ahead 3-1.

Brandon Sutter netted the lone Pittsburgh goal at 1:05 of the second, to get the Penguins even at 1.

Tatar opened the scoring when he took a failed wraparound attempt and tucked the puck under the crossbar at 12:56 of the first.

Both starting goalies worked two periods. Tomas Vokoun allowed four goals on 15 shots for the Penguins. Detroit’s Jimmy Howard made 13 saves.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ryan Stoa scored the tying goal with 21.7 seconds left in regulation, and Joel Rechlicz netted the shootout winner in the Washington Capitals’ 4-3 preseason victory over a Philadelphia Flyers split squad on Monday night.

Philadelphia had scored three straight goals — including two in the third period — to erase a two-goal deficit.

John Carlson and Joel Ward both scored from point-blank range on Philadelphia’s Ray Emery in the second period to give the Capitals a 2-0 edge. Emery finished with 29 saves on 32 shots.

Jakub Voracek started the Flyers’ comeback, taking a pass from Jason Akeson and scoring on David Leggio to make it 2-1 in the final minute of the second period.

Vincent Lecavalier tied it with a power-play goal 1:53 into the third, and Akeson put Philadelphia in front at 6:09.

Leggio stopped 14 of 17 shots in relief of Michal Neuvirth, who turned aside all 16 shots he faced.

» FOOTBALL

Following loss, Michigan travels to Connecticut ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — After one of its worst performances in the Big House, No. 15 Michigan is about to take its show on the road.

And Wolverines coach Brady Hoke is going to be staying up nights thinking about it.

“It’s something I always worry about, and it is worse because we’ve got such a young team,” Hoke said about this week’s trip to East Hartford to face Connecticut.

“I think we should take a lot of nannies on this trip, or, what do they call them? Au pairs? We’ve got a lot of freshmen who have never been to a road game and we’ve got guys who redshirted last year, so the only time they traveled was to the bowl game.”

Michigan’s seniors are generally expected to take the young players under their wing for the first road trip, and no one is going to do more of that than senior captain Taylor Lewan.

“As the only offensive captain, it’s on me to explain to these guys what they need to do to win on the road,” Lewan said. “It’s different than it is in high school, where every one of these guys was the best player on the team, and they were riding buses to road games.

This is Division I, and it is hard to win on the road.

“We haven’t played well on the

road in the last couple years, and it has cost us our shot at winning championships. We can’t keep doing this, and I’m not going to let them. I’m running out of time in my career — I want to win now.”

UConn isn’t exactly a marquee opponent, but Hoke and Lewan aren’t worried about overconfidence after Saturday’s debacle against Akron. Facing a team coming off three straight 1-11 seasons, Michigan (3-0) had to make two defensive stops inside the 5-yard line to hang on for a 28-24 victory.

By the time Hoke got to the podium for his postgame press conference, he knew exactly how he has going to reward his team for the performance.

“I knew at about 4:07 on Saturday what we were going to do,” he said. “We went out and practiced with helmets and shoulder pads, the whole thing. I wouldn’t say the kids were excited about it, but they accepted it. I was excited, though.”

Linebacker James Ross III, who had been dropped from the starting lineup because of an especially poor week of practice, thought Hoke had exactly the right idea.

Ross rebounded with two key defensive plays in the fourth quarter, but he knew he and his teammates couldn’t afford to take that chance again.

“I don’t think any of us took

AP

Michigan barely escaped with a four-point win against Akron last Saturday. Now, they travel to East Hartford to face the Huskies with that bad taste in their mouths.

proper advantage of our practice time last week, but I especially didn’t give my best effort,” he said.

“I deserved to miss out on starting, because I took the week for granted. Taylor wasn’t the only one who was angry after Saturday’s game. We were all upset, and we know that we’ve got to change what happened.

“We were embarrassed by Akron, so we need to go to Connecticut and prove ourselves all over again.”

Lewan did his postgame interview in a barely-contained rage, constantly repeating how embarrassing the game had been for the Wolverines.

“I was mad Saturday, and I’m still mad today,” he said. “But this could be a good thing if we are able to learn from everything we did wrong last week. Based on what I saw on Sunday, we’re going to be prepared for UConn like no team has ever been prepared before.”

The only thing Lewan won’t discuss is the ankle injury he sustained in the fourth quarter. He returned for the next series, but wouldn’t talk about it after the game. Even on Monday, when he hobbled into the interview room with a walking boot, he brushed the problem aside.

“It’s a fashion statement,” he said. “One boot at a time.”

» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY

P.11: Following loss, Michigan travels to Connecticut / P.11: NHL Preseason Roundup / P.9: Yankees yearning for October baseball

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The idiots are back

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

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KICKING THE ORANGE

Huskies head to Syracuse for midweek matchup

By Mike Peng Staff Writer

Tim Fontenault In 2004, a group of unkempt, loud and flat-out weird, old-fashioned baseball players pulled off the most incredible feat in baseball history.

The Boston Red Sox, better known in 2004 as “the Idiots,” became the first baseball team ever to overcome a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series, beating the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.

After beating their biggest rival for the American League pennant, the Sox went on to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series for the first time in 86 years.

“The Idiots” were a strange bunch. With their shaggy hair, untidy beards and baggy uniforms, they looked like a bunch of bums, a bunch of bums who didn’t give a rat’s behind about the “Curse of the Bambino.” They were baseball players playing baseball. That’s all. It just so happens that the team having the most fun went on to win the sport’s ultimate prize.

I’ll never forget that group, no Red Sox fan ever will. We will tell our kids and our grandkids why we are the only fans in baseball who call a stolen base one of the most important plays in our team’s history, why Kevin Millar is one of the all-time greatest players in our team’s history and why we think a bloody sock is sacred.

On Oct. 3, 2012, eight years removed from that special season, the Red Sox season came to an end with Boston on the wrong end of a 14-2 scoreline and a sweep at Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox only won 69 games and finished in last place while New York won the American League East once again.

That night, my roommate Matt, a Yankees fan, went to sleep satisfied. My other roommate, Kenny, stayed up with me, and we stayed up and consoled ourselves by watching “Four Days In October,” an ESPN documentary about the 2004 comeback against the Yankees.

When it was over, I wiped a joyful tear away and said, “Man, I really miss ‘the Idiots.’”

Almost one year later, the Red Sox are the best team in baseball.

Better yet, “the Idiots” are back and better than ever.

It only took three hours and 37 minutes to convince me that the 2013 Red Sox could be special.

Boston dominated the Yankees in an 8-2 win on Opening Day in the Bronx. Maybe it was a one-time thing, but I thought there was something about this team that seemed different.

» FONTENAULT, page 9

After suffering its first regular season loss at home since 2009, the third-ranked UConn men’s soccer team (2-1-1) will look to rebound in its first road match of the season when they take on former Big East rival Syracuse tonight at the SU Soccer Stadium.

The Huskies were dealt a shocking loss at the hands of the Bradley Braves on Saturday when junior goalkeeper Andre Blake committed a foul inside the penalty box that set up a penalty kick for the Braves that would turn out to be the game-winning goal.

Apart from the goal, which was the first one conceded by the Huskies all season, the rest of the team’s defense has been splendid. Senior defender Michael Mercado was named the American Athletic Conference’s Defensive Player of Week, and coach Ray Reid has said that he is not concerned with the defense at all.

UConn’s offense, however, has struggled as of late. Despite Preview outshooting opponents 64-25 this season, the Huskies haven’t been able to find the net in 249 minutes. Their last goal came in their win over Boston University back on Sept. 6.

As for the hosts, Syracuse is 3-2-0 on the season and is coming off a 3-0 loss to No. 4 Notre Dame on Friday. Freshman midfielder Alex Halis has been the spark of offense for the Orange with seven points so far this season and a team-leading three goals. On the defensive side, sophomore goalkeeper Alex Bono has played all 458 minutes between the pipes this season with 18 saves and six goals conceded.

The Orange hold a 7-5-1 edge on the Huskies in games played at Syracuse, but the Huskies hold a 22-10-3 advantage all-time. Syracuse has not scored on UConn since October 2004 and the teams last met in September 2009 when the Huskies pulled out a 2-0 victory at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium.

Kickoff for tonight’s game is scheduled for 7 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER

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UConn’s Cyle Larin carries the ball upfield in a loss against Bradley Saturday. The Huskies travel to Syracuse on Tuesday to take on the Orange in a non-conference, midweek matchup.

Michael.Peng@UConn.edu

Woodward’s plans not working for United

By Robert Moore Soccer Columnist Let’s be honest, half of you haven’t a clue who Ed Woodward is.

Woodward is a financial planner at Manchester United. United is owned by the Glazer family, which is not a popular family in Manchester these days. Woodward worked alongside Malcolm Glazer in 2005 and advised the family to takeover the world’s biggest club. Since then, numerous supporters have indicated how disastrous the times have been.

After the summer transfer window, it seems as though nearly every soccer fan has come to recognize the name. The 40-year-old University of Bristol graduate, now the executive vice-chairman of United, struggled to spend.

Can we have Cesc Fabregas? No, three times. Ander Herrera? We’ve left that much too late in the deadline. Thiago Alcantara? Complete waste. Leighton Baines? Who needs him? Marouane Fellaini for an extra $6 million in the dying moments of

the window? Sure, why not.

Maybe Woodward isn’t the one to pit the blame against. Could it be the media’s fault for stepping on the toes of potential transfers, or the ludicrous tabloids reading Ronaldo will return to United? Realistically, United were much closer to signing Mesut Özil than Ronaldo, and even closer to Ronaldo’s new teammate, Gareth Bale.

For six or seven years, Manchester United has been in search of a trophy midfielder that it has not had since Roy Keane’s departure. With Paul Scholes in retirement, and Michael Carrick featuring as more of a passive midfield presence, the Belgian will hopefully make Woodward look like a genius. Granted, Fellaini is not the most skilled player in the world, but his work rate is excellent. And the Red Devils could certainly do with a towering presence in attack to get on the end of services into the box from Patrice Evra, Ashley Young and Danny Welbeck.

The Glazer family – which also own the Tampa Bay Buccaneers –

and Woodward failed to spend when United may have needed to the most.

It appeared that those in charge were so tight that they’d peel an orange in their pockets.

It’s been anything but smooth sailing for David Moyes and United since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement.

Even more concerning matters now rest with United’s replacement for David Gill - Woodward. As indicated

by The Mirror, the newly appointed chief felt this window was disastrous, but after all it’s Moyes who may have saved the day.

Upsetting as it may sound, the Fergie factor seems to no longer be in play. As Sir Alex brought in some of the most coveted names: Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Wayne Rooney and most recently, Robin van Persie.

It seemed as though nearly every player wanted to play for Ferguson.

While Ferguson properly supported and likely picked Moyes himself to succeed him at Old Trafford, Moyes’ managerial career is not yet trophy laden. For Moyes, the best is yet to come. While getting to the platform

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Marouane Fellaini poses with Manager David Moyes after signing during the summer transfer window. His signing has been a part of Ed Woodward’s failure at Manchester United.

that Ferguson held for nearly 27 years may not come for another five years, it will be soothing to see the Glazer’s back him, as they backed Fergie. That type of support needs to include funds to purchase top-class players.

After all, United kept a hold of Rooney so that’s a plus, right? While the lad sorts his hair plugs after his recent training accident with Phil Jones, Moyes has to be the winner

throughout Europe. From Özil to Arsenal, Cavani to PSG, Neymar to Barca, Kaka to AC Milan, a list which could go on for days. But United kept Rooney, a man who apparently handed in two transfer requests in a span of three years.

Well played, Woodward. You may have won, but you haven’t fooled me.

Robert.Moore@UConn.edu

Goalkeeper Mansfield breaks Huskies’ wins record

By Jackson Mitchell Staff Writer Anyone who has paid a modicum of attention to UConn field hockey knows that senior goalkeeper Sarah Mansfield is the cog that turns the Huskies’ defensive machine.

This weekend, Mansfield reached a career milestone, surpassing UConn field hockey great Danielle Vile’s all-time record of 58 career wins set between the 1996 and 1999 seasons. After earning back to back shutout wins against Fairfield and Lafayette on Friday and Sunday, respectively, Mansfield now owns a career record of 59 wins against 12 losses.

Mansfield’s two shutouts were the 20th and 21st of her tenure at UConn.

The Huskies, who now stand at 5-0 on the season, have put togeth-

er several strong defensive performances this season. While it took until the fourth and fifth games of the year to keep their opponent out of the scoring column, UConn has allowed an average of just one goal per game through the first five contests of 2013.

“Sarah knows as well as anybody that it’s not just her,” field hockey head coach Nancy Stevens said, “She has been fortunate for the past four seasons to have a great defense in front of her. They limit the opponent’s shots, and when she saves the ball they clean it out of the defensive circle, so a lot of her success is due to her teammates. She appreciates that and understands that.”

Mansfield, who hails from Cornwall, Eng., has been the Huskies’ starter in the net from the moment she set foot on campus. In her four years between the pipes, the senior has led some of the finest teams in the program’s

history, including the 2011 and said. “We couldn’t be happier for 2012 squads which won the Big her.”

East Tournament and made strong She is a four-year starter, which NCAA Tournament runs. helps. You get the number of wins “She is a four-year starter, you need, but it’s unusual in goal which helps,” Stevens said. “You because it’s unusual for a freshget the number of wins man to come in and you need, but it’s unusustart in goal because it al in goal because it’s is such a high-pressure unusual for a freshman position, such a key to come in and start position. because it is such a highBut she was obvipressure position, such a ously good enough to key position.” start as a freshman so Mansfield’s presthat’s how you get that ence is sure to be sorely number of wins for a Notebook four-year starter. She’s missed after this season, but the mark she has left a two time first year on the UConn field hockey pro- All American, so we think that she gram has been indelible, and her is one of the best goalies if not the records and statistics will speak top goalie in the country. So we for themselves long after she has couldn’t be happier for her. I mean left Storrs.

Sarah knows as well as anybody “She’s a two-time first team All- that it’s not just her. You know she American, so we think that she is has been fortunate for the past four one of the best goalies if not the seasons to have a great defense top goalie in the country,” Stevens in from of her and they limit the

FIELD HOCKEY

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UConn senior goalkeeper Sarah Mansfield won her 59th game this weekend - a school record.

opponents shots and when she saves the ball they clean it out of the defensive circle so a lot of her success is due to her teammates

and she appreciates that and understands that.

Jackson.Mitchell@UConn.edu