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Gmail to replace Huskymail soon Friday, September 2, 2011
By Abigail Ferrucci Staff Writer
OVERPACKED AND UNDERFED What UConn students wish they had and hadn’t brought to college.
FOCUS/ page 7
Students at UConn will soon see a change in the university’s email system. According to the new system’s website, google. uconn.edu, UConn’s antiquated Squirrel Mail email system will be changed to a university mail system created by Google. In an email sent before the start of the semester, University Director of Plans, Policies & Operations Steven
Wormsley said, “The goal is to have UConn students begin moving to the new e-mail system by the beginning of the fall semester.” Clearly, this has not happened yet. Once students have access to Gmail and the entire Google Apps @ UConn system, they will see a variety of other changes along with their email addresses. “A larger inbox, instant messaging capabilities, tools for online meetings and several
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other new features will replace the existing Huskymail system,” said Wormsley. Other features will include a calendar, online access to documents and an online system designed to help users create their own web pages, which will be useful to students for things like clubs and sports. Students who have been using Huskymail are excited for the change. Meaghan Mahoney, a 7th-semester nursing major, has been using Huskymail since her
freshman year. “I am excited for the change because Huskymail is really unreliable,” said Mahoney. “You never know when an important email wasn’t received or you have missed information that you just never got.” According to a university website, the process of converting Huskymail to Gmail is underway and should be completed soon, although the exact date is still in question, and many students still don’t know
New classroom building opens
SLAYING THE SPARTANS Men’s soccer takes down Michigan St. 2-0 SPORTS/ page 14 EDITORIAL: UCONN’S IRENE EFFORTS SHOULD BE APPRECIATED Administration kept students informed during the hurricane.
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INSIDE NEWS: WTC STUDIES FIND NO BIG JUMP IN CANCER, DEATHS Firefighters at Ground Zero compared to American men of the same age and ethnicity. NEWS/ page 6
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The Classroom Building, located between the Student Union and the Center for Undergraduate Studies, officially opened on Tuesday. The building consists of 17 high-tech classrooms and two lecture halls.
there are currently courses from 41 different subjects and four schools and colleges in the building. Visible to students as they walk through the Classroom Building is the green roof. Said von Munkwitz-Smith, “The
green roof is one of the many energy-saving features of the building. Green roofs reduce heating and cooling loads and reduce storm water run-off, among other benefits. It also looks cool!” He added that people aren’t allowed out onto the
roof, except to do maintenance. The building project began early last spring in an effort to eventually replace the Arjona and Monteith buildings on campus. A neighboring building
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Plenty of dining choices on campus
By Hina Samnani Staff Writer With the advent of the fall semester at Storrs, the eating habits of many UConn students shift from the traditional home-cooked meals to the late-night orders of pizza and wings. But parents and families can rest assured that students won’t indulge as often, for UConn’s Dining Services is striving to create appetizing meals for students that will be filling and nutritious. There are eight different dining halls located on the Storrs campus – in addition to other on-campus eateries – and students with meal plans have unlimited access to each dining hall. Every dining hall has its own “flavor” and atmosphere, attempting to cater to diverse student needs and tastes. Every dining hall on campus serves the traditional meals, including pizza, burgers, pasta and salad, but each place has a unique reputation. South Marketplace, for example, is the largest dining hall on campus and boasts a wide range of options, including “Home Cooking.” McMahon Dining Hall has a popular “grill,” where students can get burgers and wraps during the afternoon and late evening.
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Students grab a bite to eat at Buckley Dining Hall.
Buckley, North, Putnam and Northwest have special meals each week, and Gelfenbien Commons located in Towers Quadrangle has popular food bars, such as the pasta, omelet and quesadilla bars.
For those with dietary restrictions, Dining Services offers kosher and halal options in Gelfenbien Commons and organic food items from local farmers at Whitney Dining Hall. Most dining halls offer
vegetarian and gluten-free options as well. Dining Services also hosts special themed dinners, including Halloween-themed
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What’s on at UConn today... Doctoral Dissertation 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Family Studies Building, 18 Elizabeth Bell will deliver her thesis called, “Linking Family Differentiation, Couple Communication Processes, and Dyadic Adjustment in Young Adult Couples.”
Women’s Volleyball 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Gampel Pavilion The UConn women will take on Holy Cross in the UConn Toyota Classic. Admission is free.
Late Night 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Student Union Spend your Friday night with games, food and crafts, courtesy of SUBOG. This week’s theme is “Late Night Sways in the Palm Trees.”
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After Irene: When will the power come back on?
By Olivia Balsinger Campus Correspondent The day students at the University of Connecticut have anticipated since the cranes and bulldozers started plowing away next to the Student Union has arrived. While Kemba Walker is not miraculously coming back to storm the courts of Gampel, nor are all of the dining halls switching to a 24 hour meal service, a new building has opened its glass doors for student use on the Storrs campus. This new building, known as the Classroom Building, officially opened Tuesday for student use. Classes may be held in one of the 17 high-tech classrooms or in one of the two lecture halls. Each classroom differs in size, with smaller rooms seating about 25 students and others seating nearly 70. One of the new lecture halls, room 102, has the capability to seat 414 students and is currently the largest lecture hall on campus. Students in a variety of majors and classes may find themselves in the Classroom Building this semester. According to Jeffrey von Munkwitz-Smith, interim vice president for enrollment planning and management,
much about the change. “I really don’t know anything about what is going to happen or how the new system will work,” Mahoney said. “UConn really hasn’t told us much about it so we’ll have to find out when it happens.” Although the exact date of the change is unknown, there is an end in sight for all frustrated Huskymail users.
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — Cold showers. Meals in the dark. Refrigerators full of spoiled food. No TV. No Internet. Up and down the East Coast, patience is wearing thin among the millions of people still waiting for the electricity to come back on after Hurricane Irene knocked out the power last weekend. “It’s like ‘Little House on the Prairie’ times,” said Debbie McWeeney, who went to a Red Cross shelter in Warwick to pick up food and water after everything in her refrigerator went bad. “Except I’m not enjoying it at all.” With the waters receding across much of the flood-stricken region, homeowners are mucking out their basements and dragging soggy furniture to the curb. But the wait for power drags on, with an estimated 1.38 million homes and businesses still without electricity, down from a peak of 9.6 million. And criticism of the utility companies is mounting. In Rhode Island, a state senator is calling for an investigation, and Massachusetts’ attorney general is demanding information from utilities on how they are dealing with the crisis, including how many crews are in the field and their response time. The industry has defended its efforts, noting it warned the public that a storm like Irene was bound to cause prolonged outages and pointing out that flooding and toppled trees caused severe damage to utility poles, substations and other equipment. Tim Horan, National Grid president for Rhode Island, said crews from as far as Kansas and Idaho are working 16-hour shifts, and “we’re committed to getting this resolved as soon as possible.” In the meantime, people are taking cold showers or washing up at shelters, using camp stoves and grills to cook, competing for ice at the grocery store and relying on generators and hand-cranked radios. The late-summer weather, at least, has been mercifully cool across much of the East Coast. Many homes that depend on wells have no water because they have no electricity to pump it. Relief agencies have been handing out drinking water. And a high school in Exeter, R.I., opened its gym to let people shower. In some places, people on oxygen or other medical devices that require electricity have been taken to shelters that have power. Irene has been blamed for at least 46 deaths in 13 states. With the streets drying out in hard-hit New Jersey, some towns faced new problems, namely trash bins overflowing with waterlogged debris. In Vermont, with roads slowly reopening, the National Guard’s airlift of food, water and other supplies to once cut-off towns was winding down.
The Hangover 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. Student Union Theatre Three groomsmen retrace their steps to find the missing groom-to-be after a drunken night of partying in Vegas.
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Conn. work illness level stays higher than nation
FARMINGTON (AP) — Worker illness rates are declining in Connecticut but the state still has a larger number of work health issues than the national average. Officials at the University of Connecticut Health Center said Thursday a recent report shows 3,400 workers reported job-related illnesses in 2009, 3 percent fewer than in 2008. Officials say Connecticut’s level of about 26 illnesses per 10,000 workers is around 20 percent higher than the national average of about 21 illnesses per 10,000 workers. Health officials say the majority of the work illnesses reported were carpal tunnel syndrome and tendinitis related to repetitive motion. Officials say the manufacturing and health industries had the majority of health reports. The report does not include traumatic job-related injuries that are analyzed separately by the Connecticut Department of Labor.
Conn. advises residents to check water
HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut officials say people who get their drinking water from 69 small local providers are urged to boil it as officials check whether power outages from Tropical Storm Irene affected the quality. The state Department of Public Health says most residents get their water from large regional providers, but that customers of smaller providers should check whether they are under a boil-water advisory. Officials say some larger providers lost power, but had emergency power to ensure filters and other services continued to work. Some smaller providers did not have backup power. Health officials also say homeowners with private wells in flooded areas should consider having their water tested for contamination. Information about testing and public water systems can be found at www.ct.gov/dph/ by clicking on “Hurricane Irene: Important Health Information.”
» NATION
Bystanders grab pot spilled from Calif. truck
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — San Jose, Calif., police are looking for pedestrians and motorists who grabbed bags of marijuana that spilled onto the road from a truck that crashed. Police say the bystanders swooped in and grabbed most of the pot after the driver of the truck ran away from the accident early Wednesday morning. When officers arrived, they found a few remaining bags of marijuana and a loaded handgun inside the truck. Police tell the San Jose Mercury News they are also looking for the truck’s driver, who was carrying the marijuana illegally. Neither the driver nor the people who took the marijuana have been identified.
Gasoline close to record high before Labor Day NEW YORK (AP) — Gasoline is nearly the highest it’s ever been for this time of year, just ahead of the Labor Day weekend. The run-up in oil prices this year, combined with a rash of refining problems throughout the U.S., has boosted pump prices. The national average on Thursday was $3.629 per gallon. Drivers will pay more for gasoline this Sept. 1 than in any other year except 2008, when pump prices hit an average of $3.686. Retail gasoline prices are rising in the U.S. even though motorists are buying less. Analysts say they have been pushed higher by a steady rise in international gasoline demand. Americans may be using less, but drivers in developing nations are using more. “It’s all part of being in a global market,” said Tom Kloza, publisher and chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service. Americans are using so little gasoline that the U.S. has been a net exporter of refined fuels to other countries for the past nine weeks.
Another aftershock from earthquake reported in Va
MINERAL, Va. (AP) — Central Virginia has been shaken by another aftershock from last week’s earthquake that rattled the East Coast. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 3.4 magnitude aftershock at 5:09 a.m. Thursday. The epicenter was 4 miles southsoutheast of Mineral. Mineral was the epicenter of last Tuesday’s 5.8 magnitude earthquake. More than 20 aftershocks ranging from 4.5 to 1.8 have followed the earthquake. Aftershocks are smaller tremors that take place in the weeks and possibly months following a major earthquake like the one centered in Virginia.
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Appeals court hears arguments on gay troop ban SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court wrestled Thursday with whether it can declare the military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional when the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is due to be lifted in 19 days. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard about 45 minutes of arguments in Pasadena, Calif. from a lawyer for the gay rights group that successfully sued to overturn “don’t ask, don’t tell” in a lower court last year, and from a lawyer representing the federal government. The U.S. Department of Justice argues the lower court ruling should be invalidated because the ban’s coming demise has rendered the case moot. “Don’t ask, don’t tell” is due to be repealed Sept. 20. But Dan Woods, an attorney for the Log Cabin Republicans, told the panel it needs to weigh in on the policy’s civil rights implications because lawmakers or future administrations in Washington could decide at some point to reinstate the ban. “Our point here is that if this case does not go forward on the merits and you don’t affirm it on the merits, the government will be completely unrestrained in its ability to again ban gay service in the military,” Woods said. “We have multiple presidential candidates promising as part of their campaign platforms to repeal the repeal.” Declaring the law unconstitutional would also provide a legal path for thousands discharged under the policy to seek reinstatement, back pay or other compensation for having their careers cut short or their veteran’ benefits
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This file photo shows members of the military marching in the Gay Pride Parade in San Diego.
withheld, Woods said. “There are collateral consequences of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell” that exist even after the law is repealed,” he said. Representing the government, Justice Department attorney Henry Whitaker countered that the court should not issue a decision based on speculation about what might happen in the future. If discharged service members want to sue for reinstatement or damages, as several already have, those cases would be the appropriate venue for exploring the ban’s constitutional implications, Whitaker said. “Even today, the military is accepting applications from gay
and lesbian individuals to serve in the armed forces, including from gays and lesbians who were discharged,” he said, acknowledging the case will not be “technically moot” for another few weeks. “No matter how you slice it, even today, there is no case or controversy.” Whitaker asked the panel to wait until Sept. 20 or after to issue an order dismissing the case and vacating U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips’ ruling from last September that found “don’t ask, don’t tell” violates the due process and First Amendment rights of gay service members. If the three judges do otherwise, he said, the government could appeal to the
U.S. Supreme Court. Two of the panel’s judges, Circuit Judge Dairmuid O’Scannlain of Portland and Senior Circuit Judge Arthur Alarcon of Los Angeles, gave no indication of which way they were leaning. The third, Circuit Judge Barry Silverman of Phoenix, pressed Woods on why the court should weigh in now when the ban is weeks away from becoming history. “You hear a lot about judicial activism, particularly here in the 9th Circuit, so I wonder if there is not a public interest in letting this case run its course,” Silverman said.
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with the same purpose, the Social Sciences and Humanities building, is currently under construction and scheduled to open in time for classes next fall. The estimated budget for the two new campus buildings is about $95 million, according to von Munkwitz-Smith. Hours upon hours of planning and effort have gone into this yearlong project. The architects were Leers Weinzapfel Associates. Jane Weinzapfel was the lead architect on the project. Said von Munkwitz-Smith, “She and her staff were fantastic! They designed a building that is as functional as it is beautiful. Skanska USA Building was the contractor. There were hundreds of people working for the many subcontractors on the project. They did wonderful work!” Other notable names that have assisted in project planning are University Planner Alex Roe and Project Manager John Warner, who spent much of their time on the project on a day-to-day basis. Keith Barker and his staff from the Institute for Teaching and Learning were very involved in the planning and the installation of the classroom technology. Deborah Shelby and Ernie Zirakzadeh,
both from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, were on the building committee. Brian Gore and others from Architecture and Engineering Services were also involved. The Classroom Committee was involved in talking with the architects about classroom design. Staff from the Office of the Registrar were involved, while the staff from Finance made sure that the funding was in place. Dave Lotreck from Facilities was involved in the planning to make sure the building could be easily maintained. Von Munkwitz-Smith assures that the construction of this large project on campus is only possible with the help and support of these truly committed names. Their time and effort has allowed the first building on campus dedicated solely to classrooms and learning to be opened at the start of classes. So how do students like this brand new learning environment? Said Daniel Kohan, a 7th-semester economics major who has a class in the new Classroom Building, “It is riveting that the university has continued to innovate and improve. Being able to learn in a whole new environment even as I am a senior is exhilarating.”
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Justice Department cannot hold immigrants fighting deportation for years without bail hearings, a U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Thursday, echoing rulings in two other federal circuits. It was unreasonable to detain a Pennsylvania man for nearly three years as he fought deportation to his native Senegal over a 1995 drug case, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled. “We do not believe that Congress intended to authorize prolonged, unreasonable, detention without a bond hearing,” Judge Julio M. Fuentes of Newark, N.J., wrote for the unanimous three-judge panel. The ruling grants other detainees held within the 3rd Circuit – which includes Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware — the right to faster bail hearings. The 9th Circuit, based in California, and the 6th Circuit, based in Kentucky, have issued similar rulings saying bail hearings must be held within reasonable period of time, according to Judy Rabinovitz, deputy director of the Immigrants’ Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU, in support of plaintiff Cheikh Diop, argued in January that 500 to 1,000 of the 35,000 people then detained by
U.S. Department of Homeland Security had languished in custody for at least six months without bail hearings. The group believes their prolonged detention violates both the Immigration and Nationality Act and the detainees’ right to due process. “We would hope that the government would use this as an opportunity to revisit the way it has been applying the mandatory detention statute ... and adopt a reasonable implementation,” Rabinovitz said. The ACLU had asked for a six-month time limit for bail hearings, a deadline the Justice Department opposed. On that point, the court sided with the government, saying each case must be weighed on its own merits. “We decline to adopt such a one-size-fits-all approach. Reasonableness, by its very nature, is a fact-dependent inquiry requiring an assessment of all of the circumstances of any given case,” Fuentes wrote in the lengthy opinion. Diop fled Senegal in 1990 amid torture and political persecution, his lawyers said. He settled in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., worked for years as a restaurant cook and had four American-born children. In 1995, he pleaded guilty to selling $100 worth of cocaine.
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Mars rover Opportunity studying new surroundings
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Mars rover Opportunity is snapping pictures like a tourist since arriving at its latest crater destination, much to the delight of scientists many millions of miles away. The solar-powered workhorse beamed back images of the horizon, soil and nearby rocks that are unlike any it has seen during its seven years roaming the Martian plains. Opportunity is doing more than just sightseeing. It recently spent a chunk of time using its robotic arm to investigate a flat-topped boulder that likely formed in a hydrothermal environment. Scientists were giddy with excitement Thursday — a tone reminiscent of the mission’s early days. “Mars is a very complex planet, a very diverse place,” said chief scientist Steve Squyres of Cornell University. “We’re seeing some of that diversity here.” After a three-year drive, the
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six-wheel rover finally rolled up to the western rim of Endeavour Crater in early August to begin a new chapter of exploration. Project managers chose the locale because it’s older and different than previous spots Opportunity has visited. The view from orbit reveals tantalizing evidence of clay deposits believed to have formed in a warm and wet environment early in Mars’ history. The next task is to head north in search of more ancient rocks and hunt for the elusive clay minerals, said deputy principal investigator Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis. The most interesting geology is to the south of Opportunity’s current position, but it’s unclear whether it will go there. “I’m game for it,” Arvidson said. Opportunity is showing typical wear for its age. It has to drive backward to prevent one of its wheels from freezing up
Chuck and Augies changed menu, added seating arrangements from PLENTY, page 1 dinners in October and Homecoming-themed dinners during Homecoming Week. North Dining Hall will also feature “A Night with Dr. Seuss” and South Marketplace will celebrate National Pancake Day at the end of the month. If students would like to change their meal plan, they have until Sept. 16 to do so.
“If students would like to change their meal plan, they have until Sept. 16 to do so.”
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This image by NASA shows NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity using its camera to take this picture showing the rover’s arm extended toward a light-toned rock.
and has arthritis in its arm. “We’re no longer driving a hot new sports car,” said Dave Lavery, who heads the rov-
ers program at NASA headquarters. “We’re now driving a 1965 Mustang that hasn’t been restored.”
Chuck and Augie’s, the oncampus restaurant located
in the Student Union, also changed its menu this semester. The lunch menu will be served until 3 p.m., and there is new al fresco seating in the new Student Union patio facing Hillside Road. Students can buy food with their meal points from Chuck and Augie’s, as well buy Dairy Bar ice cream at the Blue Cow concession stand in the Student Union Theatre. The Union Market, located in the Student Union, serves a wide range of foods, such as nachos, pizza, grinders, soup and salad. Students can purchase meals here with their points. Meal plans also come with flex passes, which allow one to either bring a friend into a dining hall or buy a meal either a sandwich, salad or pizza - from Grab-N-Go locations. So whether a student has a hungry friend that lives off-campus or would rather eat in his or her dorm room, there’s many choices that students can make at UConn when it comes to food.
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» GOVERNMENT
Timing clash settled, Obama sets sights on speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will a deliver rare address to a joint session of Congress next week to introduce a longawaited plan for jobs and economic growth, but not before being forced to yield in a test of wills with House Speaker John Boehner over when he would speak. Obama agreed to schedule his address on Sept. 8 after Boehner, a Republican, balked at the president’s request for a Sept. 7 speech. The spat over the timing of the speech – normally a routine matter – underscored the intense partisan divide in Washington ahead of next year’s presidential and congressional elections. If the mere timing of the speech is contentious, the subject – Obama’s job plan – would seem to have little hope of winning support in the Republican-led House of Representatives. Obama’s address still gives him a grand stage to unveil his economic agenda, though it falls on the same evening as the opening game of the National Football League sea-
son. White House officials were working on the precise timing of the speech in hopes of avoiding a conflict. The change will allow a planned Sept. 7 Republican presidential debate in Simi Valley, California, to proceed without Obama upstaging it. Still, by seeking a rare joint session of Congress as his audience, Obama will get a nationally televised address that puts him face to face with Republican lawmakers who have bitterly opposed his agenda and who have vowed to vote down any new spending he might propose. “It is our responsibility to find bipartisan solutions to help grow our economy, and if we are willing to put country before party, I am confident we can do just that,” Obama wrote Wednesday in a letter to Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. White House press secretary Jay Carney said Thursday the dust-up dramatizes why “people are fed up” with Washington. “It is such nonsense. This is what people hate about poli-
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UConn’s Irene efforts should be appreciated
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t’s no secret that UConn students have had it rough their first week back. Hurricane Irene swept across the state on move-in weekend, leaving a path of destruction, power outages and downed services in her wake. It is safe to say that every UConn student has been affected by the storm in some way or another, particularly residence halls and other buildings that lost power for an extended period of time. While many people’s first reaction may be to chastise the school for its handling of the storm, it is important to take into account all the ways in which students were lucky to be here under the care of by the UConn administration. The administration and the Resident Life employees were willing to make accommodations for students to move in on Friday as well as Monday so they could avoid moving in during the storm. Although the number of safety alerts seemed excessive, it was done to ensure that no students would be put in danger and could still move in with some manner of organization and safety. During the storm, the majority of campus was able to maintain power. This is a far cry from the rest of Connecticut, much of which is still without power, and no real end in sight. That means there are people without food, without water and without the means to function in their day-to-day lives. While it can’t be said that all students are enjoying the luxury of power and water, a majority are, and that fact shouldn’t be overlooked. Administration has even taken steps to relieve students who are living in poor conditions. South Marketplace was instructed to accommodate residents of the Mansfield Apartments when they were without power. Other efforts included passing out free water and cookies to students in the Co-op who were venturing out of their rooms in order to be prepared for classes. While it may be easy to lash out against the administration for the timing of the start of classes and the inconvenience caused by Irene, it is not fair. It’s simply a matter of fact that a storm will cause damages and inconveniences to those caught in its path. What matters at that point is how safe people were kept and the degree to which those inconveniences were allowed to affect daily life. Baring all that in mind, UConn should be praised for its handling of the situation both during and after the storm. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.
I sat behind Jeremy Lamb today and let him borrow my pen. Too bad I didn’t know who he was until roll was called. Facebook is really trying to find a loser like me some friends when the “People You May Know” box only suggests Jeremy Lamb Is there someone on campus who doesn’t know who Jeremy Lamb is or isn’t friends with him on Facebook? Everyone should check out My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, it’s really a great show and will tide you over until basketball starts again. Whambulance...more like an ambulance. They should rename Busby “The Land of Past Hookups.” Dear Field Hockey girl: We had a flirtatious exchange. You’re attractive. Marry me. People who get those fountain drinks at the dining hall that are cobalt blue or lizard green are freak loose cannons who cannot be trusted. It’s just science. NEW MOON. NEW MOON. NEW MOON...new moon. MyLifeIsTwilight. To the girls in the library elevator who were trash talking sororities: I’m in a sorority, have a good GPA, study on the 4th floor of the library, take on leadership roles in my community, and participate in philanthropies. Maybe you shouldn’t be so quick to judge the system.
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A good college experience cannot be faked
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or UConn’s freshman class of 2015, college life provides as many challenges as it does opportunities. College demands adjusting to many factors that are new and unfamiliar, such as a new home, new friends, weird and seemingly limitless quantities of food, something called independence, collegelevel courses and the pressure to finally decide what you want to do with your life. Among these challenges, none may be taken so seriously as to have the glorified, By Arragon Perrone utopian “college Commentary Editor experience.” Fellow students, graduates and even well-meaning parents often urge young adults to let loose. Our media culture reiterates this laid-back attitude with comedies that minimize the consequences of those who neglect responsibilities, put morality, their consciences and dignity on the back burner, and satisfy fleeting pleasures. These actions and the carefree lifestyle they produce have become part of college lore. Many incoming freshman anticipate this amoral world and, once they arrive on campus, feel pushed to embrace it. In reality, there is more than one “college experience” that freshmen can shape on their own. The popular stereotype may make freshmen feel pressured to be the chill one who is always down to party. Freshmen should not feel pressured to be something they are not, nor really should desire to be. $20,000 a year spent on tuition should not be wasted. If you are driven, want to learn and feel motivated to succeed, do just that. Do not worry about being the coolest college student ever. Just find your best self and be that person.
In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” the character Polonius gives some famous parting advice to his son Laertes, who is about to sail for Paris: “To thine own self be true / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man.” Freshmen who try to be the carefree college student, the false stereotype glorified in culture end up becoming shadows of their real selves. A person who is being true to himself or herself does not run from responsibility or the opportunity to improve. He or she embraces the journey of self-discovery, takes action and works hard until the race is won. Freshmen: to make the best college experience a reality, take the right chances. Find some really cool, interesting people who can help you become a better person. Make some genuine friendships. Remember that the goal is quality, not quantity. Figure out who you want to be and what you want to accomplish with your short-time on this planet. You know that guy or girl in organic chemistry that you like, the one who is the only reason why you look forward to that class? Ask that person out. If it’s sunny outside, don’t sit inside and wait for someone to text you. Get a group together and hike Horsebarn Hill and toss a frisbee at the top. In the winter, find some trash bags and go sledding. Go to Late Night and sing some terrible karaoke. Take that class that sounds cool but doesn’t seem to fit anywhere. It may just lead you to your new major. These are the chances worth taking. Those not worth taking are those that disrespect the human person, those that risk everything you have worked for – a scholarship, education or chance at future employment – for a quick
high. If you feel pressured to do these things and to be a false person, remember that you are a person with a family, dreams and the capability to get there. Furthermore, education and relaxation need not encompass separate spheres. UConn offers opportunities to accomplish both. Excellent, zany professors work here. Anyone who believes otherwise has not had Professor Pickering. Interested, motivated students exist as well. Most professors agree that the quality of students has only improved, and the numerous graduates who go on to laudable careers supports this assertion. Recent improvements around campus have also made learning and living here more enjoyable. Storrs Center, currently under construction behind Buckley Hall, promises students alternative options for entertainment. The high-tech Classroom Building now houses classes once taught in the aging Arjona. Landscaping improvements around the Student Union offer a place for ultimate frisbee, football and just hanging out. There are chances waiting to be taken at UConn. Freshmen face an exciting time over their next two years, and the ability to shape their college experience is in their own hands. Our culture has no power to limit them to a single stereotyped view of university life. If students are true to who they are, by being the best they can be, these next four years can be something incredible.
Commentary Editor Arragon Perrone is a 7th-semester English and political science double major. He can be reached at Arragon.Perrone@UConn.edu.
Ron Paul a serious candidate concealed by media
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ith the 2012 Republican presidential primaries in full swing, the mainstream media has been generally focusing on candidates like Texas Governor Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. But, there is one toptier canBy Sergio Goncalves d i d a t e that they Staff Columnist have consistently either ignored or dismissed as unelectable: Texas congressman Ron Paul. I believe the marginalization of his campaign by many in the media is wholly unjustified as Paul is a serious candidate. Fortunately, the media seems to be paying more attention to the Paul campaign lately, thanks in large part to comedian Jon Stewart. Recently, Stewart played clips of media personalities refusing to mention Paul when discussing polls but mentioning candidates who polled well below him, making on-air jokes about Paul and rolling their eyes at Paul as he spoke during Republican primary debates. Stewart wondered aloud, “How did libertarian Ron Paul become the thirteenth floor in a hotel?” Despite the increased mentions of Paul in the media, many media
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outlets still unfairly dismiss Paul’s campaign as quixotic. They claim he is not in the race to win, but merely to advertise his libertarian ideas. For instance, Alex Altman of Time magazine states, “Paul isn’t really running for president, at least not entirely.” In addition, The Week magazine asserts that Paul cannot win and is only running in order to “persuade more Americans of the merits of libertarianism, and to wake them up to the ‘tyranny’ of central government.” Although the opportunity to promote libertarianism is certainly one of the 12-term congressman’s chief motives for seeking the presidency, it is hardly his only motive. He clearly also seeks victory, as evidenced by his recent decision not to seek reelection to Congress in order to focus on his presidential campaign. Moreover, Paul is electable. His unique, refreshing ideas excite many ordinary Americans who are disillusioned with the similarities between President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush in such areas as civil liberties, foreign policy, and economic policy. More than any other Republican presidential candidate, Paul offers real change from the Bush-Obama status quo. As Paul recently explained to ABC News, “I am the one that
says, ‘War, there is too much of it.’ They are undeclared. It’s time to end war. I am the one that says, ‘I’m sick and tired of this Patriot Act – this pretence to destroy our individual liberties and molest us at the airport.’ None of the other candidates are saying that.” He continued, “How many of the other candidates are going to talk about the financial situation and tie it into the reality of the Federal Reserve? Those views are different from other views, and it’s my strong defense of liberty that separates me from other candidates.” Furthermore, there is legitimate statistical backing for my assertion that Paul is electable. In the recent Ames, Iowa straw poll, Paul placed second with 27.65 percent of the vote. Michele Bachmann placed first, with 28.55 percent, beating Paul by merely 152 votes. Moreover, in an Aug. 24 Gallup poll, Paul placed third with 13 percent of the vote, behind Rick Perry (29 percent) and Mitt Romney (17 percent). Clearly, Paul can realistically win the Republican nomination. As columnist Saul Relative notes, “If he can gain stronger support within his party while contenders like Bachmann and Texas governor Rick Perry continue to make gaffes and policy mistakes, he may find himself in a dead-heat tie in a race for the Republican nomination with Mitt Romney.”
Perhaps most significantly, Paul has an excellent chance at defeating Obama in the general election. An Aug. 22 Gallup poll taken by a pool of registered voters shows that, if the general election were held today, and the candidates were Barack Obama and Ron Paul, Obama would receive 47 percent of the vote and Paul would receive 45 percent. Relative notes, “The margin of error for the survey was +/– four percent, which puts Paul within striking distance of victory if pitted against Obama in a national election.” Additionally, among independent voters, Paul polls ahead of the President by three percentage points. Tellingly, the same poll found that Bachmann would lose the general election to Obama by four points. Among independents, Obama bests Bachmann by six points. What also boosts his electability is that, unlike other candidates, Paul does not “flip-flop” on major issues. In conclusion, the media should treat Ron Paul with more respect because he is a serious, electable candidate who is very much determined to win.
Staff Columnist Sergio Goncalves is a 5th-semester political science major. He can be reached at Sergio.Goncalves@UConn.edu
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Parliament is the answer to nation’s problems
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f you have thought in these last few months that Congress doesn’t get anything done anymore, you’d be wrong. That august institution has never been a whirlwind of efficiency – in fact, our nation’s legislative branch was designed to promote gridlock and impede the sort of progress that we reasonably expect. Filibusters, secret holds, interminable debates and hearings all By Christopher Kempf ensure plenty of time Staff Columnist for a mischievous politician or two to make a train wreck out of legislative progress. And by the time bills reach the President’s desk, they have been made so bland and uncontroversial as to take no bold action at all toward solving our nation’s problems. If you have gaped in horror at our malfunctioning government and thought, “There has to be a better way;” if you have desired a politics committed to action, not ineffective reaction; if you have ever wanted a campaign or a candidate to talk about the issues in our democracy, you’re out of luck. It’s just not going to happen. The time has come to abolish the presidency and Congress, make Obama the Prime Minister and all congressmen members of Parliament. America under a parliamentary system will
see an end to campaigns that stretch on for years. When Prime Minister Obama reaches the end of his term in office, he will have to call for an election to be held in about a month’s time. Impossible as it might seem, the most recent election campaigns in Britain and Canada lasted just 31 and 41 days, respectively. Moreover, pressure groups and campaign strategists know better than to saturate the airwaves with political invective so as to turn off voters, so one could expect a more civil, brief and manageable campaign season.
“The time has come to abolish the presidency and Congress, make Obama the Prime Minister and all congressmen members of Parliament” We would also be spared the vacuous and dishonest rhetoric about “bipartisanship” and “compromise” which many of our political leaders seem far too adept at producing. Parliamentary governments can only remain in power if they have the votes of members
of Parliament necessary to pass important legislation. Thus, if a Democratic member of parliament votes against Prime Minister Obama’s stimulus bill, you can expect him not to remain in the party for very long. Since governments are founded on legislative majorities and the opposition party doesn’t have the votes to defeat the Prime Minister’s proposals, work gets done quickly. Sufficient time will always remain, however, to allow the Leader of the Opposition to rail against the Prime Minister during Question Time – a gem of parliamentary democracies which, when aired, I am certain, would allow C-SPAN’s ratings to quickly eclipse those of “Jersey Shore.” Furthermore, let us be so bold as to admit that liberal Democrats and Tea Party Conservatives will probably never get along – so why should our system force them to? If the Democrats complain about a future Tea Party-led parliament being unsympathetic to their concerns, the conservatives’ appropriate rejoinder would essentially be: “We have a mandate. You lost. Tough. Better luck next time.” Our current political system makes it almost impossible for any party to govern effectively; a change to parliamentary democracy would suddenly and radically change that. The decline of federalism, which would
necessarily attend the institution of parliamentary democracy, could also allow us to institute electoral reform, promote the growth of third parties and a more pluralistic political culture. With one bold stroke of the pen, Obama could sign a bill into law legalizing same-sex marriage, if he wanted to. And to provide consistent, non-partisan, national leadership for all Americans regardless of party, we could even consider installing a monarchy. (Call me a reactionary monarchist, but who could resist the appeal of King Kemba I?) Ultimately, anyone who has observed the comical, but ultimately depressing, dalliance of our Congress these past few months can see that a radical reform to our government is urgently necessary. I, for one, cannot foresee any responsible or meaningful legislation emerging from a Congress in which half the members ardently refuse to raise taxes and half cling to welfare benefits and pension guarantees. If we do not act quickly to break the gridlock, we may need to resort to extreme measures, to get an honest day’s work out of our most honorable Congressmen.
Staff columnist Christopher Kempf is a 3rd-semester political science major. He can be contacted at Christopher.Kempf@UConn.edu.
» THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN No one man should have all that power – and so we all had none
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Noisy campus environment Who thought it was a good idea to put a huge exhaust vent tower, complete with industrial fan roaring 24/7, right next to the library, on one of the most-used student plazas on campus? Now the center of campus will never be peaceful. It seems that it was not a mistake: There it is, right in the pretty drawing of the plans for the new (and not very attractive) West Classroom Building (http://www.envpolicy.uconn. edu/SustDesignPrinciples.pdf). A little grey square, one would hardly notice it. Did the architects not know what that space is used for? The plans proudly boast of sustainability, but seemingly no one cared about noise. - David Marshall
How did you survive the hurricane? – By Ed Ryan
“Not to be annoying, but I had full power, so we had a Project Runway marathon.”
“I was crying inconsolably. It’s all a blur.”
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“Played cards in the hallway and then trekked up to the Union to charge my phone and iPod.” Dan Agabiti, Senior Staff Writer
“We boiled water for Ramen noodles on a charcoal grill.” Steph Ratty, Focus Editor
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WTC studies find no big jump in cancer, deaths
NEW YORK (AP) — Two major medical studies have failed to find significant increases in deaths or cancer among people exposed to dust from the World Trade Center. In one, researchers who studied cancer rates among nearly 9,000 firefighters who spent time at ground zero found four more cases of the disease than might normally be expected in a group of American men of the same age and ethnicity, an increase independent experts said was small enough to be caused by chance alone. Fire Department doctors also compared exposed firefighters to a group of 926 colleagues who were never at the trade center, and had no contact with the dust. There, they found that cancer rates were about 19 percent higher for in the exposed group, but, again, experts uninvolved in the study said the difference was not statistically significant. Advocates for the firefighters said the trend was still worrisome, however, and doctors said they could not rule out the possibility that more cancer cases will develop among the firefighters as time goes on. In the other study, researchers with New York City’s
health department who studied death rates among 42,000 people potentially exposed to trade center dust found no evidence of a spike in fatalities. In fact, they found that the 790 deaths among people in the study group was about 43 percent lower than the mortality rate for New Yorkers in general. They were also less likely to have suffered fatal respiratory ailments. Those findings, however, was also written off by scientists as too premature to mean much. Because the attacks happened in a business district and presumably involved people who were fit enough to be reporting to work, the study group was probably healthier than the general public to begin with, said New York City’s health commissioner, Dr. Thomas Farley. “I wouldn’t interpret it as that the World Trade Center has somehow helped people live longer,” he said. Also, the types of toxins released in the trade center disaster usually take decades to result in deaths, not the few years covered in the study, he and other experts said. Donald Berry, a professor of biostatistics at the University of
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Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, said the two studies “provide no evidence that liv-
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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The body of a gazelle lies near an empty feeding bin, flies swarming around the corpse. A male lion growls angrily, leaping toward the front of his cage when a rare visitor approaches the bars. This is life in the Tripoli Zoo, which has found itself a casualty of the war to oust Moammar Gadhafi. Once one of the city’s bestloved family destinations, today it is 110 dusty acres of listless animals and overgrown, sunburned grass. Empty bullet casings are scattered everywhere. A patch of black grass near the monkey cage shows where a rocket-propelled grenade hit. A turtle cage is cracked by gunfire, garbage is piled everywhere and three forlorn hippopotamuses hang their heads in a filthy pit, standing next to a shallow pool of fetid water. Because of the city’s water shortage, the zoo’s skeleton staff can only clean the animals’ cages every four or five days. At least two of the nearly 600 animals at the zoo died from the stress of living in a combat zone, zookeepers say, and many more are suffering from shortages of food and water. The zoo is in the former Gadhafi stronghold of Abu Salim, which saw some of the fiercest fighting during the battles for Tripoli, and was the last neighborhood to come under rebel control. “The animals were nervous at the beginning of the fighting because of the shooting and the loud sounds,” said Ibrahim Basha, the zoo’s head keeper for 24 years. But if things are awful now at the zoo, life was never easy. During the Gadhafi era, corruption and administrative chaos made it difficult to simply keep the animals fed, said the director, Abdel-Fattah Husni. The zoo often wouldn’t get its monthly budget allotments, he said, and it has racked up nearly $1.5 million in debts to the company that provides the animals’ food. At this point, the company is feeding the animals on credit. If the supplier stopped providing food for just a couple days, he said, the zoo would be “finished.” “The government didn’t care about human lives. Do you really think they cared about how the animals were?” Husni said. The exception was a family of lions who received daily visits from the inner circle of the Gadhafi regime. Al-Saadi Gadhafi, one of the sons of the longtime dictator, owned nine of the 19 lions in the zoo. He would go into the cages to play with them when they were cubs. And until just over
NEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to mobile shopping, so far there’s more buzz than buy. As the number of people who use iPhones and other smartphones grows, companies selling everything from hardware to high fashion are touting all the new applications they’re rolling out that enable shoppers to do anything from check a store’s inventory while in the dressing room to order prescriptions. Retailers are betting that selling their wares on a device that people carry around all day can encourage Americans to spend money during an economic downturn in which they’re making fewer impulse buys in their bricks-and-mortar stores. But so far, consumers mostly are using their phones to look up locations and compare prices and stopping short of tapping the “buy” button. Why? In part because they find it hard to shop on the tiny screens and they don’t quite think it’s safe to input their credit card information into their phone. To be sure, mobile purchases are growing faster than online sales, which are increasing at around 10 percent a year. But mobile commerce is expected to account for $6 billion, or just 2 percent of overall e-commerce
anything.” “Occupational hazards are real,” he said. “An extreme example is the plight of asbestos workers. But occupational risks accrue over years of exposure. With the exception of a nuclear explosion or meltdown, it’s difficult for any single event to cause an increase in cancer or in mortality.” Both studies were being published Friday in The Lancet, a British medical journal. Also set for publication in The Lancet on Friday is a study of nearly 27,500 people enrolled in a World Trade Center health monitoring program that found that nearly 28 percent had asthma, 42 percent had sinus problems and 39 percent had acid reflux disease, a condition related to heartburn. The study also found large numbers of rescue and recovery workers suffering from depression or panic disorders. Those findings echo the results of several other studies. Dr. David Prezant, the fire department’s chief medical officer, said he believed the firefighters study indicated “a moderately strong correlation” between World Trade Center dust and cancer. He said he did not agree with other experts
who said the study failed certain key tests of statistical significance. The inquiry found that 242 of the nearly 9,000 firefighters exposed to the attacks had developed cancer within the study period, compared to the 238 that researchers would have expected in the general public. Researchers found less lung cancer than expected – only 9 cases instead of the 21 they expected to see. That’s reassuring because people are concerned about inhaled dust particles. All 9 of the cases involved smokers. Conversely, they found 12 cases of thyroid cancer in the study group, compared to the 6 they might have expected based on rates in the general public. Dr. James M. Melius, director of the New York State Laborers’ Health Fund and one of the leading advocates for ground zero workers suffering health problems, said that even though the cancer research on firefighters was inconclusive, it showed enough possibility of a risk that U.S. officials should consider adding cancers to a list of conditions covered by a multi-billion dollar health aid bill passed by Congress last year.
Libya’s Zoo struggles Mobile shopping: More to keep animals alive buzz than buy so far
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Hippopotamuses are seen in their enclosure at the zoo in Tripoli, Libya on Thursday.
a week ago, with rebels pressing hard on the capital, al-Saadi spent time with a one-year-old lion named Hilal, along with his parents and two sisters. During a visit Thursday, Hilal closed his eyes in pleasure when Husni reached through the bars to softly pet his head. Al-Saadi Gadhafi “would come to visit the lions even in the middle of the war, until he fled,” said Husni, who has been the zoo’s director for 17 years, and who lives on the grounds with his family. These days, the lions spend most of their time lying listless inside their dirty cage. A zookeeper feeds them by flinging raw chickens into the cage, where they land with a thump — and the
hungry lions jump to grab their share. Only 15 of the zoo’s 100 employees have been showing up for work in recent days. Things were supposed to be far better this year. Thursday marked the 42nd anniversary of the 1969 military coup that brought Gadhafi to power, and the zoo was supposed to be renovated as part of the celebration. It had been under construction for two years, but Husni said that stopped when the Korean contractors working on it disappeared after anti-government protests erupted in mid-February. Husni said he has repeatedly reached out to the rebels, asking for security to ensure there is no looting. But the rebels are busy, still searching for Gadhafi and his sons – including al-Saadi.
sales this year, according to Forrester Research. By 2016, that figure could rise to $31 billion, still a sliver of electronic sales. “The transactions aren’t anywhere close to a big number,” says Siva Kumar, whose company, TheFind, offers mobile pricechecking applications. “But the first stage of any revolution is that people start using the new tool.” The use of smartphones is indeed growing. There are 82 million smartphones in circulation today in the U.S. – one in every three people 13 and older owns one – and that figure is expected to double by 2015. And smartphone users are increasingly using mobile applications: The average user spends 81 minutes a day using mobile apps, more time than is spent Web browsing on a computer or other device, according to mobile analytics firm Flurry. But smartphone users are spending most of their time playing games, checking social networks, taking video, accessing maps and getting sports scores, according to digital research firm comScore. Shopping, meanwhile, ranks at No. 13, with less than 7 percent of mobile users accessing online retail stores through their phones. Retailers are partly to blame
for shoppers’ apathy. Less than a third of retailers polled by the National Retail Federation in May said they have a fully implemented mobile strategy, which might include an application available for download by iPhone, Droid and Blackberry users. It’s far less pleasurable to hunt down a new pair of boots when it requires zooming in and out of a site that’s not oriented to the mobile screen, shoppers say. For instance, Sara Margulis, who runs an online wedding gift registry in Sonoma County, Calif., uses her iPhone to buy books and diapers on Amazon, but sticks to her home computer for the majority of her electronic purchases in part because she likes the larger screen. “If I know what I want, and it’s on Amazon, I’ll do it on my phone,” she says. “But not if it requires a lot of research.” Another big impediment is the payment process. Typing billing information into a phone can be tedious and time-consuming, and many shoppers aren’t convinced that mobile sites are safe. In one Forrester poll, 44 percent of shoppers said they would use the mobile Web to make purchases if the payment services were more secure.
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Overpacked and underfed What UConn students wish they had and hadn’t brought to college By John Nitowski Campus Correspondent The college experience is stressful enough, and the process of moving in and out doesn’t help. It’s almost expected that some things will be forgotten or overlooked, but a few days of college life bring these items to the forefront. When Louis Capoddiferro, a 3rd-semester student, went to take a shower, he discovered he’d forgotten to bring a towel with him to school. Emily Selzer, a 3rd-semester undecided major, noticed the mass amounts of loose change she was accumulating and wished she had brought a piggy bank. On the subject of storage, Selzer mentioned she could have brought a shelf to put on top of the provided dresser to organize her dorm better. Nicole Orzechowski, a 3rd-semester ecology and evolutionary biology major., wished she’d brought more snacks with her. “I didn’t expect the dining halls to close so early.” But just as interesting as what students wish they had brought, is what they wish they hadn’t. Selzer wishes she hadn’t packed so many sentimental mementos from home. While it may be nice to have reminders of home life, college life might put fragile items at risk, or simply be overlooked between studying and partying. Storage could also be a
problem with mementos (and might be solved with additional shelving from home). Clothing seems to be what takes up the most space while packing for college. Both Selzer and Orzechowski had similar things to say about packing clothes: You don’t need as many as you think. Shoes are another space-consumer a typical female student will bring in unnecessary quantities. Most male students questioned, however, were mostly content with the quantity and quality of their packing (especially their clothes).
A fresh start for fall By Lauren Carderelli Campus Correspondent
“You think you might wear this, but if you haven’t worn it at home, you probably won’t wear it at college either.”
- Nicole Orzechowski 3rdsemester ecology & evolutionary biology major
Orzechowski mentioned that she wishes she’d brought less clothing. “You think you might wear this, but if you haven’t worn it at home, you probably won’t wear it at college either,” she said. Emily Selzer summed up her college-packing lessons like this: “Pack as if you’re going on vacation.” While college may seem like a long four years, you’ll be moving around a lot. It’s better to pack light.
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Top: This photo depicts UConn students lounging in a dorm room, playing video games amidst piles of clothing. Photo by Jess Condon Bottom: Some UConn students say they wish they brought more food to college to combat the closing times of dining halls. Photo by Ed Ryan.
Homeless feed the hungry
Gloria Bigelow opens SUBOG’s stand up series at the U
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A new program called FareStart has homeless people feed the hungry. The nonprofit program provides opportunities for recovering drug addicts and former convicts to get back on the right path.
SEATTLE (AP) — When he spent his days smoking crack cocaine and helping women sell themselves, Brandon Hicks had little occasion to ponder an herbed goat-cheese tartine. But here he was in the kitchen of FareStart, a Seattle nonprofit that specializes in turning around lives like his, carefully weighing dollops of a savory cheese mixture onto small slabs of baked dough to be served with arugula and roasted cherry tomatoes. Before long, hundreds of diners would begin arriving at the restaurant for a fixed-menu dinner overseen by a guest chef, Seth Caswell of Seattle restaurant emmer&rye. “I didn’t know nothing about goat cheese before, but it’s pretty good, you know,” said Hicks, 23. “I’ve tried a lot of new things since I’ve been here.” He was surrounded by people trying new things — being
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sober at work, showing up on time, getting a grip on their anger or shyness. Marvin Blackweasel, a member of the Blackfeet Tribe, stood over an industrial mixer, dumping thyme, tarragon, parsley and chives into the fresh cheese — learning to cook after decades of alcoholism. He lost a landscaping job nearly three years ago, and at one point was living between a retaining wall and a cluster of trees in West Seattle. At a metal table nearby, Andy Osterman laid a ruler beside a rectangle of chilled fennel crust and cut it in a precise grid for the entree — one square for each 4-ounce (113-gram) pork medallion. Osterman, 41, has struggled with a bad temper and a domestic violence conviction, and said he’s starting over after becoming a victim of the recession. He was laid off by a moving company and found himself unable to
afford the room he was renting in a friend’s house. Double-checking their work was FareStart staff chef Sam Clinton, who had once himself been homeless after blowing a promising culinary career and swanky condo on a cocaine habit. “The students here keep me grounded,” he said. “If you want to be sober, you need to be with people who want to be sober.” Since it was founded in the early 1990s, FareStart has helped thousands of troubled and homeless people by training them to work in the food industry. Its students have cooked millions of meals delivered to shelters, senior centers and daycares along the way. Now, with its profile raised this year by a James Beard Foundation Humanitarian Award, the program is expanding its influence by creating a network for like-minded programs across America.
SUBOG’s first free standup comedian of the semester, Gloria Bigelow, was met with a modest crowd in the Student Union Theatre Thursday. “I’ve been enjoying these SUBOG events since my freshman year, and I’m glad it started off with a bang with this comedienne. I really enjoyed her. I’m looking forward to more SUBOG events this upcoming year,” said Shaquana Chaneyfield, a 3rdsemester journalism and economics double major. Bigelow opened up her act with a down-to-earth mélange of parody and wit. When Bigalow took the stage, she engaged the audience and reflected on the hysteria surrounding Hurricane Irene while poking fun at overreacting news anchors. Her positive personality was reflected in her humor as she opened up to the audience about her early childhood. Despite the adversity she experienced growing up, as well later in life because of her sexual orientation, she still was able to joke about the absurdity of stereotyping in our society. She reflected on how growing up a woman of color in an
Welcome back! It’s the beginning of the semester. What better a time to kick off a wellness routine of exercise and nutritious eating habits for a healthy, new you? Don’t start this fall off on the wrong foot by snacking on a Rice Crispy Treat and Capri Sun juice box for breakfast during your 9 a.m. lecture – yes, I have already witnessed a fellow classmate slipping into old patterns. Set personal goals before the chaos of class, work and extra curricular activities take priority. If you accept the initiative to design your own regimen now, you will be more likely to stick with it throughout the semester. Be proactive! Don’t know where to begin? Here are some helpful hints I believe will have you heading in the right direction. Start by signing up for a road race of some sort (think of all the charity fitness events out there!) so you can train with an objective in mind. Push yourself by aiming high. Record specific times and distances to track your progress as you work up to the event of choice. Not a big runner or cyclist? Plan to attend a certain number of BodyWise classes per week or give yourself extra time to briskly walk to class until the first snow fall. By getting in the mindset that exercise is “you time” to unwind and relax, you will not only enjoy it but even look forward to it each day! Food-wise, get in the routine of eating three, well-balanced meals a day with small snacks in between. “Don’t forget to eat breakfast if you have class all day. It gets your metabolism going and keeps you energized,” said Mia Klein, an 8th-semester political science and journalism double-major.
“Don’t forget to eat breakfast if you have class all day. It gets your metabolism going and keeps you energized.”
all white suburb of Pittsburg and going to private school made for an interesting childhood, and left an indelible mark on her humor with how she viewed the world. “I went to a private school also, so that hit home. She was relatable, and I was sure that someone in the audience could draw from her,” said SUBOG Comedy Chair and 7th-semester allied health major Aaron Roscoe. Bigalow elaborated later that despite the challenges one faces for whatever reasons, and the problems that may arise, “all you really can do is laugh.” Shaquana Cochran, a sophomore regarded, “It was interesting. I, being a young black woman, took offense to some of what she said. She was funny in some parts, but I could have done better,” said Shaquana Cochran, a 3rdsemester student. Although not everyone shared the same opinion in regards to Gloria’s humor, her down-to-earth persona reflected in the audience’s largely positive reaction. With the first stand up act of the year over, SUBOG will continue to bring more standup comedians to campus free of charge to UConn students. In years past, SUBOG has brought stand up acts to Storrs as well-known and diverse as Dane Cook, Demetri Martin and Gabriel Iglesias. The next show in SUBOS’s line-up will be Ricardo Martinez on September 15 in the Student Union Theater.
Look up menu options at different dining halls to avoid last resort pizza binges. Yes, the steaming slice of cheese always tastes delicious but think about the healthy alternatives you could have potentially nourished your body with by taking a moment to check out the available campus fare. Last but certainly not least, be wary of take-out. It’s easy and convenient, I get it but calling in late night food can be a slippery slope – hence why I avoid it like the plague. Instead of getting stuck in the routine of ordering wings for delivery every other night, reward yourself with take-out once every other week. Believe it or not, you will survive without the Boneless Honey Barbecue DC-3 with a side of fries. You have the power to change this year for the better by instilling a healthy regimen now. Don’t put it off because before you know it, Thanksgiving break will be upon us! If you put your mind to it, you’ll see results this semester. I guarantee it.
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-Mia Klein 8th-semester journalism & political science major
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Harmonic Progressions takes “Glee” to a new level Song and Dance Group Brings Unique brand of entertainment to Storrs By John Tyczkowski Associate Focus Editor “Glee” has been a popular show for the past few years. Though part of the draw is the crazy relationships between the characters and each character’s quirks, the biggest events of each episode are the many choreographed and complexly arranged song and dance sequences. What most UConn students don’t know, however, is that the university has a glee club of its own. Harmonic Progressions, billed as “UConn’s first and only glee club,” was born out of mealtime conversations in Gelfenbein Commons at Towers in the spring of 2010. It was founded by three sophomores, Richard Smith, the current president of Harmonic Progressions, Lynnette Repollet and Robin Rudd. “We all had performed musical and plays together in high school, and [we] were looking for a way to continue doing so in college,” said Smith, a 7th-semester English and communications double major. On a Saturday afternoon before finals week in December 2010, just three months after recruiting its first members, Harmonic Progressions debuted with its first show in the Student Union Theatre. “[Harmonic Progressions] is all about being as over the top as possible,” said Caroline Adams, a 3rd-semester animal
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UConn’s Harmonic Progressions performs in the Student Union Theatre. The student-led organization was founded in the spring of 2010 and incorporates singing, dancing and acting into a full performance. Harmonic Progressions is also the university’s only glee club to date.
science major and year-long general member of Harmonic Progressions. “It’s about having fun and being fun to watch.” To that end, the group practices for two hours each evening, three times a week. Rehearsals are mostly focused on the dances and acting, with emphasis on the vocals added closer to each show. Adams also said staying in character is stressed just as much as the
dancing and singing. The process of selecting the songs for each program rests with the creative administration, Harmonic Progressions’ officers and adviser. “The Creative Administration chooses the songs for the next semester at the end of each semester by pooling ideas [from the members] and voting on them,” said Kelly Nelson, a 3rd-semester mathematics major and vocal
Farming for a change Fun on the farm to benefit Manchester children’s museum By Purbita Saha Staff Writer With bluegrass music, friendly animals and homemade ice cream, a mild weekend afternoon on the farm can be the perfect way to end the summer and usher in a new school year. The Lutz Children’s Museum is holding its 9th-annual Farm Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday at the Fish Family Farm in Bolton. The summer fair will feature live music, interactive games, farm animals, hayrides, craft stands, food kiosks and other vendors, according to Gina Faiella, a 7th-semester marketing major and an intern at Lutz. Farm-fresh ice cream will also be available, thanks to the Fish Family Farm, which will donate a truckload of ice cream from its creamery. There were about 2,000 individuals who bought tickets for Farm Day last year, according to Faiella. She said that the museum expects between 2,500 to 3,000 visitors at this weekend’s event, on trend with increase in attendance the past few years. Most of the people in attendance are families with young children. But the live music also draws other age groups, Faiella said. The Lutz Children’s Museum is located in a schoolhouse in Manchester, and is
catered toward bolstering the knowledge of young children. Its exhibits are filled with historical artifacts and artistic displays that are changed on a regular basis. Faiella said that the current exhibit is a set up of downtown Manchester from the 1940s. A mile-and-a-half away from the schoolhouse there is a nature center that houses more than 50 animals. According to the Lutz website, some of the center’s residents have been medically treated by the museum’s licensed staff. The proceeds from Farm Day would be put toward
“The Lutz Children’s Museum looks for volunteers and interns to help at its functions all year.” Gina Faiella 7th-semester marketing major basic maintenance and exhibit costs for the museum. They will also help the museum to continue hosting exploratory classes for children, Faiella said. Additionally, the money will fund the museum’s renovations, to take place this fall. The Lutz Children’s Museum looks for volunteers and interns to help at its functions all year. Faiella said, recently, the museum has been focusing on recruiting college students from the surrounding area so they can work with children, gain team-building experience and give back to the community. The museum has enlisted students from Eastern Connecticut
State University, Manchester Community College, Trinity College and Central Connecticut State University to assist at Farm Day. Faiella has been getting help from UConn students as well, primarily from the Phi Sigma Pi and Alpha Phi Omega fraternities, she said. “We will have about 200 high school, college-age, and adult volunteers for the event from all over Connecticut,” Faiella said. Faiella and the other Lutz interns advertised for Farm Day by blogging about it on Patch.com and other social media sites. The museum also got the news out through its monthly newsletter and banners, which were hung around Manchester. The Hartford Courant and local radio stations were also used as mediums for advertising, according to Faiella. Farm Day is a showcase of the educational teachings that the Lutz Children’s Museum sustains. But it is also a product of the generosity of donors and sponsors. “There really isn’t much money in the budget for the marketing division of the museum so we have to be very creative by using all of our resources.” Don Fish and the Fish Family Farm supply the museum with space for the event each year and radio stations such as KISS 95.7, Country 92.5 and The River 105.9 had special promotions to the museum. A list of the other sponsors, which includes the town of Bolton and the First Niagra Bank, are available on the Lutz website. The rain date is set for Sept. 10. Tickets for this daylong event are $6 for the general public and $5 for museum members. Tickets can be purchased online at lutzmuseum. org for discounted prices.
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director for the group. The goal is to choose a set of songs that are diverse enough to showcase the strengths of that particular semester’s group of performers. Past selections have included rock, show tunes, foreign language pop songs and more. Just as the group’s membership has grown larger and more diverse, so have the group’s goals for the next year and beyond. Smith indicated
a desire to have Harmonic Progressions be able to headline its own show at Jorgensen, as well as to compete in glee club invitationals. Nelson said that changes to those ends would begin this semester. “We hope to be more prepared for our shows, bring more passion to our performances and tighten up our singing and dancing,” Nelson said. Auditions will be held this year on Sept. 11 in the Lower
Putnam Refectory from 9 to 11 p.m., and on Sept. 13 in the Family Studies Building Room 25 from 9 to 11 p.m. Those auditioning must be prepared to sing a verse and a chorus from a song of their choice, a cappella or with a backing track, and be prepared to learn a 30-second to one-minute-long dance routine.
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Reality TV show ‘Russian Dolls’ stirs controversy
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“Russian Dolls” cast member Diana Kosov speaks with a reporter in New York. “Russian Dolls” runs on Lifetime cable network.
NEW YORK (AP) — A mother is lecturing her 23-year-old daughter about her love life, flailing a kitchen knife above her head for emphasis. Mom’s point: She’d like her immigrant daughter, from the former Soviet republic of Moldova, to marry a man with similar roots, keeping the family’s East European Jewish tradition. Alas, the daughter informs mom that she’s already dating a Hispanic man. But she soon dumps him, oncamera, during a restaurant date. The scene is captured in a new TV reality show called “Russian Dolls,” which premiered on the Lifetime cable network in August and airs Thursdays at 11:30 p.m. EST. It’s been called the Russian “Jersey Shore” or “Real Housewives,” featuring six women and two men, plus colorful extras like Anna Kosov, the mother. They’re all from the former Soviet Union and either live or have lived in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood. But only two
actually hail from Russia. The show has drawn the wrath of neighbors and community leaders who say it creates a caricature of their immigrant world, turning cast members into “Russians in tacky clothes who do little more than eat, drink and party,” says John Lisyanskiy, founder of the new nonprofit Russian-Speaking American Leadership Caucus and a budget analyst for the New York City Council. The show’s characters do represent “a small portion of our community,” acknowledges Yelena Makhnin, executive director of the Brighton Beach Business Improvement District. But she says her neighborhood by the Brooklyn boardwalk is mostly “a very intelligent, very well educated, hardworking community.” Kosov, a hairdresser, had to mend relations with her Mexicanborn boss over remarks she’d made on the show about her daughter, Diana Kosov, dating the Hispanic man. “I told her, ‘I’m not racist,’” she says. “I love any kind of people.”As for the scene with
the knife, “I am not killer!” says Anna Kosov, smiling with amusement. Still, she’s serious about correcting any misunderstanding. She took time on a sunny summer afternoon to join the cast for interviews at the Rasputin nightclub and set things straight. “At that moment, I make borscht!” she explains. “Who is make borscht without knife? I cut vegetables.” The truth is, there’s reality TV — and then there’s reality. “Is that what it says?” asks Albert Binman, roaring with laughter as he reads a promo describing him as a spiffy 26-yearold, a “wheeler-dealer” who “parties every night” and “wants to marry a nice Russian girl.” “I do not party every night,” he says. “And I want to marry a nice Jewish girl, not necessarily Russian. Or else, why did my parents send me to yeshiva?” A yeshiva is an Orthodox Jewish school. Albert goes to work every day, doing medical billing. He lives in the New York borough of Queens.
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Shown here are students participating in a fitness class. These classes are offered to allow students to stay active and healthy despite busy daily schedules. BodyWise classes on the UConn campus are free and cater to different exercise styles.
This portrait of German concentration camp prisoner Hans Kurzweil by Jewish engraver Felix Cytrin is on display at the American Society for Yad Vashem, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, in New York.
What I wish I knew about UConn as a freshman
By Erin O’Brien Campus Correspondent
As returning students greet old friends and settle into the familiar routine of college life, there wanders among us some 3,300 freshman who have yet to learn the dos and don’ts of being a college student. You might have seen them meandering towards Carriage with a gaggle of other bright-eyed freshman last weekend, “looking to rage” (they clearly didn’t get the memo about the power outages affecting Hunting Lodge Road). However, while the tendency for upperclassmen is to mock the freshman with their campus maps, lanyards and unnatural enthusiasm for cheap beer, it is important to remember that at one time some of us were trudging down that path in our high heels and miniskirts too. So for all you freshman reading this, here is what I wish some one had told me when I was in your shoes. First of all, don’t forget that you’re here to learn, earn a degree and hopefully become independent of your parents one day (if you’re not already). Go to that 8 a.m. biology lecture on Friday morning, even if it’s on the other end of campus and you drank so much the night before you can’t even remember how you managed to climb into your lofted bed. Grab some coffee from one of the cafés around campus (which conveniently open at 7:30 a.m.) and snag a seat in the front row so you can make a quick and discreet exit if the slide about sea slugs aggravates your already-queasy state. Or, better yet, pass on the Thirsty Thursday festivities. Contrary to what some of my friends thought my freshman year, not everybody is drinking themselves into oblivion Thursday night. The kid who lives down the hall and is going to be a brain surgeon one day is probably studying for the pop quiz that you’re inevitably going to have the day you show up to class so hungover it feels like your eyeballs are applesauce. That party you feel like you can’t miss is just one of many that you’ll have opportunity to attend while at UConn. And you’ll be able to more fully enjoy partying with your friends when you know that you just aced your biology midterm. Another word of advice: get involved! No matter how cliché it sounds, I have found that the more extracurricular activities I immerse myself in, the more I enjoy my time at UConn. Clubs and organizations are not just things you did in high school to pad your résumé to get into college. While they
could help you get into grad school or score a job in four years, they’re also a way to meet some new friends who you share something in common with (besides partying) and maybe even steer you towards a major if you’re currently undecided or on the fence about what you want to study for the next four years. Go to the upcoming involvement fair, look online or ask other students about the variety of things to do on campus. On a different note, while you may be a pro at managing your time already, don’t forget to manage your bank account. Money can go fast here at UConn. Late night Domino’s or DP Dough runs can add up quickly. You don’t want to be in for a rude awakening when you finally get around to checking your balance online. Put some money aside in savings that you will not touch. If you run out spending money, get an on-campus job to fund your late night snacking or online shopping. You’ll make friends, money, and work experience to add to your résumé. While I’d guess just about everyone at UConn has indulged in DP Dough once, don’t make it a habit. The “freshman fifteen” is no myth. Do your pants feel a little tighter? Chances are, those jeans probably didn’t shrink. Your stomach expanded. However, the greasy fast food places off campus are not solely to blame. It is no secret that the food in the dining halls and the student union is not all good for you. Read the nutrition facts that are available to you and show some self-control. Don’t eat ice cream every day (or twice a day). You’ll want to spend Thanksgiving break catching up with friends and family, not shopping for new pants. If the pounds sneak up on you and you find you suddenly need a new wardrobe, consider hitting the Student Recreation Facility (commonly known as “the gym”) or sign up for a BodyWise class (located next to the Putnam dining hall). For those of us who were athletes in high school but didn’t quite make the D1 cut and are no longer working out on a regular basis, it make come as a shock when you have to start worrying about exercising and gaining weight. Fear not. There are lots of ways to get active. If going to the gym or taking an exercise class is not for you, start an intramural team with your friends or go on jogs around our beautiful campus. Whatever you choose to do, get going and start creating good exercise habits. You’ll win back your old body and have more energy, which could even help you improve your GPA.
Erin.O’Brien@UConn.edu
Holocaust prisoner portraits donated to Israeli museum
NEW YORK (AP) — He survived the Holocaust carrying the solemn portraits he drew of concentration camp prisoners who labored alongside him in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history. For decades, those portraits have rarely been seen. Now the collection of 43 drawings by Felix Cytrin of his fellow Jewish prisoners have been donated to Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial and museum, where researchers can study them and they will be exhibited for public viewing. They are among the few images that exist of the young men who worked in an infamous secret Nazi operation to produce fake money, fictionalized in the Oscar-winning film “The Counterfeiters.” Cytrin’s heirs donated them to Yad Vashem at a special ceremony Thursday. The works, most dated 1944 and 1945, were drawn on paper in pencil, charcoal and chalk. “I think what is amazing when you look at these portraits is how beautiful these young men look,” said Yehudit Shendar, the senior art curator for the Jerusalem-based museum, who came to New York City to receive the portraits. “Probably Cytrin felt a need to beautify them. Why to beautify them? To give them back the individuality that they were robbed of during that time,” she said. The works will be integrated into Yad Vashem’s art collection, and some will be exhibited in Jerusalem in December, along with other portraits created by artists imprisoned during World War II. Shendar said they belonged to a genre of portraiture by imprisoned artists who sought to document the faces of people who were likely doomed. “A portrait is a way to affirm your individuality,” she said. The Nazis hand-picked from death camps a group of about 140 mostly skilled craftsmen at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp north of Berlin beginning in 1942, and gave them the dubious choice of creating bogus money for the Nazis or almost certain death. They were isolated away from the rest of the camp in barracks known as Block 19, surrounded by barbed wire. Initially, the goal of “Operation Bernhard” (named for its lead SS officer, Bernhard Krueger) was to counterfeit millions of British pounds that could be air-dropped on England to undermine the Allied country’s economy, but the plan did not work out. The bogus money was also used to finance Nazi espionage. Lawrence Malkin, the author of “Krueger’s Men:
The Secret Nazi Counterfeit Plot and the Prisoners of Block 19,” said in notes for a 2011 speech that at the height of production in 1943 and 1944, the prisoners were churning out 650,000 fake British notes a month. That amounted to $6 billion or $7 billion in 2011’s money, Malkin wrote. Cytrin was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1894, and his name appears on a list of “Operation Bernhard” inmates recovered from a lake Germany where the Nazis dumped documents about the plot, according to the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen. A toolmaker and engraver, Cytrin was working in Leipzig when he was recruited to the secret plot and made chief of the engraving section, a critical job for the men working and living in Block 19. Malkin called him one of the dozen or so people who “figured fairly importantly.” “There are people who stand out,” he said. “And I’m sure that Cytrin stood out.” In early 1945, the counterfeiters were producing American dollars, but as the Red Army approached the operation was demobilized; the prisoners were sent with the equipment to Mauthausen, first, and then to a smaller camp in Redl-Zipf. The prisoners were then taken to Ebensee, to be killed. But one day their Nazi guards disappeared, and Cytrin and the other members of “Operation Bernhard” were liberated in early May 1945. Cytrin, who had a brother in the Bronx, found his way to New Jersey. His family said Cytrin’s attempt to do portraiture professionally fizzled, so he turned to tool and dye-making. He died in 1971. For many years after he had moved to the U.S., his family said he was suspicious of being watched by the government. The Associated Press has identified Army intelligence documents about Cytrin that remain classified at the National Archives in College Park, Md. At the ceremony on Thursday, Marcia Friday, who was then married to Cytrin’s grandson, said that about 25 years ago she discovered the disintegrating portraits in a cardboard portfolio at the family home in Pennsylvania. Speaking at the Manhattan offices of the American Society for Yad Vashem, a U.S. organization that supports the Israeli memorial’s mission, said she was moved by how Cytrin was able to render his fellow prisoners’ emotions. “He was able to capture in each of the men’s eyes an emotion that is below the external expressions in their faces,” she said. “I think the emotions range from numbness to fear to terror.”
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Comics
Friday, September 2, 2011 I Hate Everything by Carin Powell
Royalty Free Speech by Ryan Kennedy
Side of Rice by Laura Rice
Horoscopes
Pundles by Brian Ingmanson
Editor’s Choice by Brendan Albetski
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Things are flowing easily at home, and a slow morning builds up to an afternoonwithcreativityinaction,which produces positive results. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- If you don’t know how to do the next step, it’s easy to find out. Seek the funding;askforwhatyouwant;andget professional advice. All turns out well. Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Postpone romance for a day. Study valuableskills,andyourtrajectorytakes off. Your partner has an answer you’ve beenlookingfor.Rewardyourdiligence with a meal. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- If you’re willing to learn, you can make whatever you need. You have more resources than you thought. Get yourteaminvolved.Resolveconflictswith diplomacy and chocolate. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 --Romanceisbuildingupclosetohome. Exerciserestraint.Themoreyoudiscover together,thedeeperthelovegrows.Keep discovering subjects of fascination.
Toast by Tom Dilling
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Make sure you speak clearly. There’s plenty of money, but none to waste.You’reespeciallysensitivenow,so expressyourselfinanartisticway.Don’t be afraid. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re successful, even if you make a few financial mistakes.There are many waystomeasuresuccess.Changeholds good lessons. Use your charm.
Froot Buetch by Brendan Albetski and Brendan Nicholas
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9--Takeinmorewealththanyouspend, andanticipateacomingtrend.You’rein control, and a genius at planning now. Discover how to make it happen. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 --You’re very perceptive now. Pay attentiontothepickydetailstomakethe necessarytweaksthatsolvetheproblem. You’re surrounded by love. Let it in. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Spend time with your friends, therealones,nottheelectronicprofiles on Facebook. Disconnect and have an old-fashionedparty(turnoffcellphones, even). Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an8--Makethemostofanypublicitythat shouldarise.Minimizedistractions,and keephammeringtowardafocusedgoal. A female has a solution. Aim for justice. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- If you aren’t knee-deep in an adventurebynow,it’stimetogatheryour gearandheadintothewoods.Conserve your energy. Explore, and imagine an exciting future.
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Sports
Soccer game nearly gets out of hand
By Greg Keiser Staff Writer
was a good goal.” That was all Blake would allow, as the game finished 2-1 UConn.
Michigan St.’s game plan was Andre Blake’s early success clear early on. The Spartans wanted to kick long balls into Blake has come to UConn the corners and chase it down from May Pen, Jamaica and for potential cross opportu- quickly found success as the nities. UConn’s Huskies’ goalkeepback four of Max er. With a 2-0 shutWasserman, Mike out of St. Francis Mercado, Nickardo on Saturday, Blake and Andrew he now owns a Jean-Baptiste kept 2-0 record after the Spartans away Thursday’s 2-1 from the net early win over Michigan on, not allowing a St. Notebook shot on goalkeeper In the win, Blake Andre Blake until came out from the 22nd minute of the game. the net a number of times to The defense was playing well jump up and catch balls out of as a unit, and Blake came out the air, nipping Spartan goal a number of times to catch opportunities in the bud. “I crosses from the Spartan wings. think I got good height and The Spartans hit their home I’m just using it well,” said run in the 51st minute. Brent Blake. “At home they say I’m Rosendall placed a through blessed with good hands, and ball for Cody Henderson who I’m just using that to the best crossed the ball to Rubin of my ability.” Bega. Bega caught the ball in As for his experience thus his body and bundled the ball far at UConn, Blake has to the bottom right of the goal enjoyed it. “I love it here. past Blake. I’m going to try to use this to “Their guy got there before develop me. The system, the our defender,” Blake said. “It facilities, the coaching staff is
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all great,” Blake said. On Sunday, the Huskies take on No. 7 Cal, but that doesn’t scare Blake. “We’re hunting this year. We’re hunting the bigger teams,” said Blake. “These are what we play for. Whenever I touch the pitch, it’s 100 percent. I dream football. I eat football. I’m ready to play Sunday.” Referees lost control The game quickly got chippy in the second half after a Michigan St. injury. In the 58th minute, forward Mamadou Doudou Diouf jumped to head a ball and caught the jaw of Michigan St. defender Ryan Thelen. Doudou Diouf was shaken up and Thelen broke his jaw and remained on the ground for over 20 minutes before they took him away on a stretcher. Directly after, Michigan St. midfielder Mark Barone went down twice in what appeared to be dives. After the second, in the 67th minute, UConn Coach Ray Reid argued to the referees, and he received a yellow card. Immediately following, Michigan St. mid-
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UConn forward Carlos Alvarez dribbles between two defenders during Thursday night's game against Michigan State.
fielder Adam Montague got a yellow card for tugging an opponent’s jersey. Then in the 80th minute, UConn midfielder Jossimar Sanchez received a yellow card as well. All three calls were questionable. “The game got away because the refs didn’t have control,” Reid said. “It certainly changed the game.”
California game Sunday UConn has arguably its toughest nonconference game this Sunday at home against No. 7 California. The Bears beat San Francisco 1-0 to open their season, and are considered to be the favorites to win the Pac-12 after
No. 13 UCLA lost to No. 1 Louisville. “It’s just another game, I’ll go out there and give my best,” Blake said. “It’s going to be a huge game,” Wasserman said. “Hopefully we have another crowd like we did tonight. We really love the crowd.”
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» WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Drummond is now enrolled Blue Devil Invite ahead
By Mac Cerullo Managing Editor
The UConn men’s basketball program announced Thursday that freshman Andre Drummond has officially enrolled at the university and is eligible to play immediately. “Freshman Andre Drummond has been admitted to the University of Connecticut and is listed on the roster as a member of the men’s basketball team,” read a statement from the athletic department. The roster posted on the website lists Drummond as No. 15, the same number worn by Kemba Walker. The statement also said that neither coach Jim Calhoun nor any players would be
available for comment until after Labor Day. The Hartford Courant reported that in order to make room on the roster for Drummond, redshirt freshman Michael Bradley agreed to give up his scholarship and apply for financial aid. Bradley is eligible to receive aid without counting against the scholarship total, the Courant said, because he lived seven years at the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home in Chattanooga, and as a result, is considered to have unique circumstances. UConn is currently limited to just 10 scholarships as part of the penalties incurred by the Nate Miles investigation and for poor academic performance. The Huskies had one scholarship revoked by the NCAA after being found guilty of numerous recruit-
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ing violations, and then two more after the team’s APR score of 893 fell far short of the NCAA’s minimum acceptable score of 925. Because the school renewed each of their scholarships by the July 1 deadline, UConn could not revoke any scholarships to make room for Drummond, which meant that a player would have had to voluntarily give his up. Once Bradley agreed to give up his scholarship, the only hurdle left was for Drummond to complete all of the necessary paperwork, and then to pass through the NCAA’s “clearing house” to be certified to play. UConn, with Drummond in tow, will open its season on Nov. 11 when the team hosts Columbia at Gampel Pavilion.
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By Krishina Scully Campus Correspondent
After a successful 20102011 season, the Women’s cross country team looks to build on that momentum at the CCSU Blue Devil Invitational Friday at Stanley Quarter Park in New Britain. “We expect a historic year,” said Grove-McDonough. The Huskies are currently ranked 10th in the region, but are hoping to become more equipped to run stride for stride with the top three Big East competitors, Villanova, Georgetown and Providence. During her years as assistant coach, Grove-McDonough watched the team grow, gaining talent and demanding the atten-
how all the hard work our team has put in will pay off,” said Sara. “This season is definitely something [we]… are really excited about. Everyone has dedicated a lot of their time over the summer to train hard and prepare for the season. The workouts and run we have done since we’ve come back to UConn for preseason have been so exciting and definitely…have helped to build our confidence and goals for the season.” Grove-McDonough predicts the first 10 runners to cross the finish line will be wearing a UConn jersey. The Huskies are already looking to Sept. 24 when they will be competing in a more demanding race at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis.
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Football team is excited for season opener tomorrow from UCONN, page 14 “What impresses me on the defensive side of the ball is they play this eight-man front defense where they have eight in there, and the way they play it with the free safety if they need to, they could have nine people in there,” Pasqualoni said. The players echoed Pasqualoni’s excitement over the season opener, especially the defense who have been working with new defensive coordinator Don Brown who
left his post at Maryland to come to Storrs. The opener will be telecasted live on ESPN3.com and replayed on SNY. “We have been going at it for quite a while now, and it’s about time to see a different colored jersey,” said linebacker Sio Moore. “We can finally put together what we have been doing during camp and really execute and get things done.”
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UConn wide receiver takes on an Oklahoma defender during the 2011 Rose Bowl. Sunday, the Huskies open their season against Fordham.
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» MLB
Michigan State player breaks jaw and play almost gets violent in the second half of the game
Yankees topple Red Sox in 2 out of 3
BOSTON (AP)—Mariano and the teams have one three-game Rivera struck out Adrian Gonzalez series remaining at Yankee Stadium with the bases loaded for the final from Sept. 23-25. out and Russell Martin hit a goNick Swisher started the sevahead double in the seventh inning enth by striking out. Aceves then that sent the New York Yankees walked Andruw Jones and hit Jesus past the Boston Red Sox 4-2 Montero, a top prospect making his Thursday night despite stranding major league debut, with a pitch. 12 runners in the first six innings. Aceves was replaced by Daniel The lack of clutch hitting cost Bard, who gave up a double to A.J. Burnett a potential victory as right-center by Martin, the first bathe began September with a solid ter he faced. Two runners scored performance after a horand Martin went to rible August in which he third on the throw to was 1-2 with an 11.91 the plate. Pinch-hitter ERA in five starts. In New York 4 Eric Chavez followed this one, he gave up two Boston an RBI single. 2 with runs and five hits in 5 Cory Wade (3-0) 1-3 innings. got the win after pitchThe Red Sox led 2-1 on Dustin ing to just one batter, Jed Lowrie, Pedroia’s two-run homer after who ended the sixth by flying out. Alfredo Aceves (9-2) escaped a Boston starter Jon Lester strugbases-loaded jam in the sixth. But gled in each of his five innings, he allowed three runs in the seventh throwing 114 pitches, but gave and took his first loss in relief after up only one run. That scored winning 18 straight decisions out of in the first when he needed 43 the bullpen. pitches. Leadoff hitter Derek Jeter Rivera loaded the bases in the struck out, but Curtis Granderson ninth but threw a called third strike and Mark Teixeira singled and past Gonzalez to earn his 36th save Robinson Cano drove in the run in 41 opportunities. with a double. The Yankees moved within a Teixeira left the game in the half-game of the first-place Red bottom of the seventh and is day-toSox in the AL East by winning two day with a bruised right knee after of three in the series. New York is he was hit by a pitch from Aceves 4-11 against Boston this season, in the sixth.
tion of the competition. In the weeks leading up to the opening meet, GroveMcDonough implemented a simple workout routine. The team completed a series of tempo runs, did some base building and, of course, logged countless miles. A maximum of 14 athletes will be competing Friday in what they consider a warm up. GroveMcDonough looks to work out any kinks and jitters. Among these runners, Lauren Sara, a sophomore from Stratford, has proved to be the No. 1 runner for the Huskies. Close behind and contributing to the success are Lindsay Crevoiserat, Shauna McNiff and Meghan Cunningham. “I am excited to start off the season with our first meet. I’m really looking forward to see
from UCONN, page 14
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New York Yankees' Eduardo Nunez is congratulated by teammate Mark Teixeira after he scored on a single by Derek Jeter during the third inning of Thursday night's game.
After the Michigan St. equalizer, the game got chippy. In the 58th minute, what looked like two players going for a routine header turned into a 20-minute stoppage of play after Michigan St.’s Ryan Thelen broke his jaw when he collided in mid-air with Doudou Diouf. During the stoppage in play, tensions boiled over as Doudou Diouf got in a tussel with Wesley Curits of Michigan St. After the player was carted from the pitch and play resumed, UConn failed to convert on a good chance as Alvarez delivered a perfect cross to Stephane Diop, but Diop’s header went wide. The deadlock was eventually broken when Max Wasserman unleashed a thunderous free kick, which seemed to find the only crack in the six-man Michigan St. wall. “Initially I wanted to go near
post. I wanted it to go over the wall and dip, but it went through the wall, through the crack,” Wasserman said. Iwn the 84th minute Michigan State had an opportunity to tie it up, despite being dominated for almost the entire match. Brent Rosendall hit the crossbar after a cross and then Bega who already netted once during the match missed a wideopen header as Blake was still reacting to his shaking crossbar. After Michigan St.’s last chance to level UConn had an opportunity to finish the match again when Diop was one-on-one with the goalie and slid it wide right. Overall UConn played extremely solid defensively and kept the ball well but finishing needs to be improved if they hope to continue their winning ways against Cal on Sunday.
Miles.DeGrazia@UConn.edu
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Sports
Women's soccer prepares for dogfight
By Danielle Ennis Staff Writer
The 1-1 Huskies head to Winstem-Salem, N.C. this weekend to play a pair of games at the Wake Forest Tournament. On Friday at 6 p.m, the Huskies take on Wake Forest, followed by Virginia Tech on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Friday will mark the first road game of the season after splitting the first two at home. SoccerSavings.com named freshman Midfielder Riley Houle the New England Soccer News Women’s College Player of the week for the week of August 28. Houle earned her first collegiate goal against Colgate last week. “We have been working on a lot of different way to attack, and I think the key to early success this year is everyone’s hard work over the summer and determination to be the
best this season,” Houle said. With the CCSU game cancellation, over a week will have passed without a game played Huskies prior to the Wake Forest matchup. Senior forward Devin Prendergast says the team has been taking this time to work on different strategies. “This week, to prepare for this weekends games, we’ve been working on counter attacks and knowing when we should sit back and whether to put high pressure on the other teams," Prendergrast said. "We’ve been working on attacking and defending as units, and working one 1v1s and overlapping runs using our flank players to get in behind the other teams defense.” With three wins on the season—including exhibition—and a one-goal loss to Northeastern, the Huskies have been looking strong.
“We are trying to be more attack minded," Prendergrast said. "We have the offensive talent so as long as we’re driven and eager to score goals the success should continue to come.” The Huskies’ offensive strength is already showing this season, with a total of 10 team goals in the two exhibition and two regular season games. “Our defense has been very strong shutting down other teams making it difficult for them to score. We have a very strong team this year offensively and defensively as long as we work together and use our strengths hopefully we will get good outcomes,” said Prendergast. Look for the Huskies return to Morrone Stadium next Saturday, Sept. 9, when they'll face Boston University.
Danielle.Ennis@UConn.edu
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Freshman Riley Houle rushes past a UMass defender. This weekend, the Huskies travel to Winstem-Salem to take on N.C. State.
» NHL
Summer transfer window comes to a close
Report reviewing Stanley Cup riots released
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP)—Police underestimated the number of people who would descend on Vancouver’s downtown and faced communication problems when they lost control of the massive, alcohol-fueled crowd that rioted following the Vancouver Canucks’ defeat in the National Hockey League finals in June, said a report released Thursday. About 150 people were injured, nine police officers were wounded, more than 50 businesses were vandalized and looted, and 15 cars were burned during the June 15 riots that made international headlines and embarrassed the city, which had successfully hosted the Winter Olympics only a year before. Adding to the city’s embarrassment is the fact that police have not yet charged anyone in connection with the riots. Police Chief Jim Chu said police are still identifying people from video and photographs. The report said that the Vancouver Canucks’ Game 7 loss of the NHL’s Stanley Cup finals to the Boston Bruins resulted in “significant criminal behavior” because the crowd of 155,000 was larger and arrived earlier than officials had anticipated and overwhelmed security forces, whose communications equipment failed. The situation was heading out of control long before the game as drunk people filled the downtown area, said the report, released by Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics CEO John Furlong and lawyer Douglas Keefe. “Alcohol fueled those bent on destruction,” Furlong said Thursday. “It resulted in a nightmare that embarrassed and shocked the city, the province and the country.” The report found that the Vancouver Police Department crowd control unit and the Royal Canadian Mounted
By Miles DeGrazia Futbol Columnist
AP
A Vancouver police officer tries to maintain order while angry fans riot upon watching the Canucks lose the Stanley Cup Final to the Boston Bruins.
Police tactical squad could not communicate with each other or the command center due to radio incompatibility. As the game ended, fights began and bottles were being hurled at a giant outdoor screen. “It is clear the (Vancouver Police Department) underestimated the number of people who would take the whole day off to get downtown very early,” said the report. “The opportunity to establish police control was lost.” Soon after the game ended, the first car was flipped near the game arena. “At 7:46 p.m., a Twitter user with the handle Marimo tweets: ‘Get ready for a riot, Vancouver,”’ the report said.
Firefighters trying to douse burning cars were mobbed, the report said. Police found themselves targeted with Molotov cocktails as three police cruisers were burned, said the review, which was requested by the province’s solicitor general, minister of public safety and the city’s mayor and police board. The riot began to spread while bystanders recorded it on cell phones. By 10 p.m. local time, police were using smoke, pepper spray and tear gas throughout the city’s downtown. Windows at major department stores were smashed and the stores’ contents were looted, the report said.
Vancouver hospitals dealt with three stabbings and a man with critical head injuries after he fell from a viaduct. Hospitals were on standby for mass injuries. The report made 53 recommendations for large-scale events, including regional coordination between government officials, media, the Canucks and the NHL. Among the suggestions: gain greater control of alcohol possession and sales during large events. “Alcohol consumption and binge drinking are significant problems in our society and on June 15 were like fire on gasoline and triggered law breaking that shocked and galled us all,” the report said.
Former NHL player hanged himself
AP
Former Nashville Predators defenseman Wade Belak warms up before facing Colorado Avalanche.
TORONTO (AP)—Former NHL player Wade Belak hanged himself, according to a person familiar with the case. Belak, an enforcer who had played with five NHL teams before retiring in March, was found dead Wednesday in Toronto. He was 35. The person familiar with Belak’s death said he hanged himself at a downtown luxury hotel and condo building. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because details of the investigation were confidential. “At this point it’s non-suspicious,” Toronto police spokesman Tony Vella said Thursday. “We will not provide any further information on a non-suspicious case.” Belak is the third NHL enforcer found dead since May. The body of 27-year-old Rick Rypien of the Winnipeg Jets was discovered earlier this month at his home in Alberta after a police official said a call was answered for a “sudden and nonsuspicious” death. Former New
York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard died in May at 28 due to an accidental mix of alcohol and the painkiller oxycodone. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Don Fehr, executive director of the NHL Players Association, issued a joint statement Thursday afternoon saying that while each case is unique the “tragic events cannot be ignored.” They pledged to review the league’s substance abuse and behavioral health programs. “We are committed to examining, in detail, the factors that may have contributed to these events, and to determining whether concrete steps can be taken to enhance player welfare and minimize the likelihood of such events taking place. Our organizations are committed to a thorough evaluation of our existing assistance programs and practices and will make immediate modifications and improvements to the extent they are deemed warranted,” the statement said.
The dust has finally settled and the European transfer window has slammed shut. While we had such a wonderful time watching Harry Redknapp drive his car around, reporters standing in front of stadiums and the inevitable mob of children (and in some cases grown men) shouting idiotic things, I think we’re all happy to see deadline day pass. Now is the time to judge teams additions and subtractions and see who has injected enough new blood. Looking at the Premier League where over £430,000,000 was spent on players, defending champions Manchester United made headlines at the start of the summer when Edwin van der Sar, Paul Scholes, Wes Brown, Owen Hargreaves and John O’Shea all left the club in mass exodus of experience. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson made his intentions clear to go with youth when he brought in 19-year-old defender Phil Jones from Blackburn, 20-year-old-goalkeeper David de Gea from Atlético Madrid and 26-year-old winger Ashley Young from Aston Villa. Normally losing five experienced players and only bringing in three is a recipe for disaster, but Ferguson has proven that he knows what he’s doing over the last 20 years, and last weekend’s 8-2 drubbing of Arsenal when all three new signings started, shows it. The Blue side of Manchester spent big again, bringing in four big names. City added French Internantionals Gaël Clichy and Samir Nasri (both from Arsenal), and also added marquee signing Sergio Agüero for around £40 million. In perhaps the biggest shock of deadline day, City added former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves, who played in just five matches in the last three seasons for United. City also lost six solid players when Patrick Vieira, Jérôme Boateng, Shay Given, Jô, Craig Bellamy and Shaun WrightPhillips all moved on. Just 30 miles to the west of Manchester is fellow title hopeful, Liverpool. Despite a 6th-place finish last year and no European football this year, Kenny Dalglish has reinvigorated the squad, adding Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam, Stewart Downing, José Enrique, and Craig Bellamy. The list of players leaving the club is headlined by Raul Meireles being sold to Chelsea, who was perhaps the last deal to occur on the deadline day. Other major exits are Paul
Konchesky, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Christian Poulsen, and David N’Gog. Quality over quantity seems to have been Liverpool’s summer plan of attack, bringing in fewer then they have let go. We move south now to look at the three big London clubs’ transfer dealings. Tottenham struck early in the summer when they brought in veteran American goalkeeper Brad Friedel to challenge for the No. 1 position at White Hart Lane. Other major additions included ex-Arsenal, Manchester City, and Real Madrid striker Emmanuel Adebayor, and FWA Footballer of the year 2010-11 Scott Parker. Harry Redknapp sold or loaned out 21 players during the window. Topping the list were Robbie Keane, Wilson Palacios, Peter Crouch, David Bentley and Jermaine Jenas. Arsenal may have lost the most of any club all summer. Gaël Clichy, Denílson, Cesc Fàbregas, Emmanuel Eboué, Carlos Vela, Samir Nasri, Armand Traoré and Nicklas Bendtner all left the club, with Arsène Wenger bringing in Gervinho, Alex OxladeChamberlain, Park Chu-Young, André Santos, Per Mertesacker, Yossi Benayoun and Mikel Arteta. The loss of Nasri and Fàbregas may be too great for Benayoun and Arteta to make up alone, and Arsenal will need players already in the squad to make up the difference if they want to finish in the top four. Chelsea again led the way in spending with over £120,000,000 spent in the last two transfer windows. Chelsea brought in a pair of Spaniards in Oriol Romeu and Juan Mata as well as a pair of young Belgians starlets in 19-yearold Thibaut Courtois and 18-yearold Romelu Lukaku. Chelsea also added experience when they brought midfielder Raul Meireles from Liverpool. Chelsea only really lost one established first team player when Yuri Zhirkov joined the Anzhi Makhachkala revolution in Russia. Now that the window is closed and the 25-man squads are set, it’s time for the 20 Premier League managers to live and die by their summer additions. With three matches already in the books it looks like the title winners will either come from Manchester or London. The major question of the season is: will the title be won by a team using oil money to fuel their success (City, Chelsea), or will youth come good for United and Arsenal and lead them to the title?
Miles.DeGrazia@UConn.edu
Cerullo: I think it will be Calhoun's final season of coaching from CALHOUN, page 14 Calhoun returned for one final round because the fight for his legacy still isn’t won. He dominated the fight for most of his career, but then he was knocked down and nearly knocked out. Even with his late comeback, the judges still aren’t ready to declare him the winner, so here he is, back once again to finish the job. I believe this will be Jim Calhoun’s last season, one way or the other. The fight
will be won or lost this winter, and I think that’s just the way he likes it. Before he couldn’t win, even though he did. But now if the Huskies repeat, then there will be nothing left to prove, no sentences left to serve and no critics left to silence. Then, finally, will his legacy be secure. Follow Mac Cerullo on Twitter at @MacCerullo.
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Home game
Away game
Football (0-0)
Home: Rentschler Field, East Hartford Tomorrow Fordham Noon
Sept. 10 Sept. 16 Vanderbilt Iowa State 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m.
Sept. 11 Southern Methodist 12:30 p.m.
The Daily Question Q : “Will the Yankees and Red Sox meet in the ALCS?” A : “I have a hard time seeing why not.”
Oct. 1 Western Michigan 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 8 West Virginia Noon
Sept. 16 BU 7 p.m.
Sept. 20 Boston College 7 p.m.
Next Paper’s Question:
“After Game One, how do you feel about the UConn football team?”
–John Sammarco, 3rd-semester undecided major
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“There’s no time to complain, no time to rest, no time to shut it down. We just have to get after it.”
» TRACK AND FIELD AP
» Pic of the day
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Women’s Soccer (0-1-0) Today Sept. 4 Wake Virginia Tech Forest 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 9 BU 7 p.m.
Sept. 11 Harvard 1 p.m.
Sept. 15 Syracuse 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 Villanova Noon
Sept. 18 Boston College 2 p.m.
Sept. 6 Sacred Heart 7 p.m.
Sept. 9 Fairfield 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 18 Brown Invitational All Day
Sept. 21 Siena 3 p.m.
Field Hockey (2-0) Sept. 4 Penn State Noon
Sept. 10 Albany NY Noon
Sept. 11 Drexel 2 p.m.
Volleyball (1-2) Sept. 3 Today Sept. 3 Holy Cross Howard Binghamton 7:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Men’s Tennis Sept. 11 Sept. 16 Fairfield Dbls. Brown Invitational Invitational All Day All Day
Sept. 17 Brown Invitational All Day
Women’s Tennis Sept. 11 Sept. 16 Fairfield Dbls. Quinnipiac Invitational Invite All Day All Day
Sept. 17 Quinnipiac Invite All Day
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Sept. 18 Sept. 23 Quinnipiac Army Invite Invitational All Day All Day
Men’s Cross Country Sept. 24 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 21 Sept. 17 Ted Owens New England Conn. College CCSU Mini UMass Invite Invite Champ. Champ. Meet TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Women’s Cross Country Today Sept. 10 Blue Devil Bryant Invite. Invite. TBA TBA
Sept. 24 Roy Griak Invite. TBA
Sept. 24 Ted Owen Invite. TBA
Oct. 8 New Englands TBA
Golf Sept. 4-5 Turning Stone All Day
Sept. 19-20 Sept. 26-27 Oct. 10-11 Adams Cup Hawks Connecticut of Newport Invitational Cup All Day All Day All Day
Rowing Oct. 2 Oct. 22 Head of the Head of the Riverfront Charles All Day All Day
Oct. 29 Head of the Fish All Day
Oct. 15-16 Shelter Harbor All Day
Email your answers, along with your name, semester standing and major, to sports@dailycampus.com. The best answer will appear in the next paper.
» That’s what he said -Cleveland Indians’ manager Manny acta following a 7-0 loss to the Oakland Athletics.
Men’s Soccer (2-0-0) Sept. 4 Sept. 9 California Tulsa 7:30 p.m 8:35 p.m.
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Andrei Kirilenko challenges for the ball with Georgia’s Zaza Pachulia, during their EuroBasket European Basketball Championship Group D match in Klaipeda, Lithuania.
THE Weekend Ahead Football takes on Fordham and men’s soccer reaches No. 4 By Carmine Colangelo Staff Writer Game to Attend: UConn Football vs. Fordham. After a schedule change due to the Red Cross using Rentschler Field for hurricane relief, the Huskies will open up the 2011 season at home against the Rams this Saturday at 12 p.m. The game will also mark the first game under new head coach Paul Pasqualoni. All eyes will be on the Huskies this season to see if they recreate the same magic from last season. Hopefully they will. Games to Follow: Wake Forest Tournament. Starting Friday, the UConn women’s soccer team will be playing in the Wake Forest Tournament in WinstonSalem, N.C. On Friday the Huskies, whose record stands at 1-1 after recently beating Colgate 3-0 on Aug. 25, will square off against the No. 14 Demon Deacons, who are coming off of a 5-0 routing
against UNC Greensboro. To make this an even more interesting weekend for the soccer team, the Huskies will face No. 25 Virginia Tech on Sunday, whose record stands at 4-0. The Huskies will be facing some very talented teams this weekend; it will be quite the test for them so early in their season. Number of the Week: 4. The polls have recently been released for the men’s college soccer rankings and the Huskies have been ranked as highly as No. 4 in the Soccer America poll. The Huskies will play again this Sunday at home against California. What to watch for It remains a mystery as to how this year’s football team will look on the offensive side with so many new faces. Also look for the defense to be much more agressive than in previous years.
Carmine.Colangelo@UConn.edu
In 30-minute spurt, US wins 3 golds at worlds DAEGU, South Korea (AP)—For nearly three decades, Mary Slaney owned this territory. No American had been able to equal her success at 1,500 meters at the world championships. Now there’s Jenny Barringer Simpson. With one powerful surge on the home stretch, Simpson looked every bit as dominant as Slaney once was, winning on a marvelous night for the Americans highlighted by three gold medals in an exhilarating 30-minute stretch. Simpson is the first American to win the world title in the 1,500 since Slaney—Decker back then— in 1983. In those worlds, Slaney also won the 3,000. A year earlier she set six world records at distances ranging from a mile to 10,000 meters. “It’s very exciting to follow in her footsteps and bring the U.S. back to that level,” Simpson said. Jesse Williams started the winning spree by capturing the high jump, the first American to do so since Charles Austin in 1991. Simpson soon followed with the unexpected win and Lashinda Demus completed the night with victory in the 400 hurdles. “What a wonderful night for our team,” Williams said. “Will I celebrate? You can bet on that.” Bursting across the finish line, Simpson’s eyes grew wide in amazement. She looked around the stadium, then blew kisses to the crowd. Given the team’s increasing depth in the 1,500, the U.S. figured to have a contender for a medal, but it looked as if it would be Morgan Uceny, not Simpson. Uceny, however, became entangled just before the final lap and fell, ending her chances of a medal. Simpson had a strong motivation pulling her toward the finish—her sister who’s serving in the Army and stationed in Alabama. “I thought, ‘If I win gold, I get to play the national anthem for her,”’ said Simpson, who was married last October. “Coming down the last 100 meters, I was thinking of my little sister and thought, ‘Let’s get that song playing.”’ The anthem will be played over and over and over at the medal ceremonies Friday. Other winners Thursday included Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya (steeplechase), David Greene of Britain (400 hurdles) and Olha Saladuha of Ukraine (triple jump). Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter known as the “Blade Runner,” reached his first major final by running the opening portion of the 1,600-meter relay. His South African squad is in prime position for a medal after setting a national record. South African teammate Caster Semenya began her quest to defend her 800 title by advancing to the semifinals. Two years ago in Berlin, Semenya captured the event as a little-known teenager but was embroiled in a controversy over her gender. She was forced out of competition for 11 months following gender tests before being cleared to compete again.
» NCAA FOOTBALL
Ohio State says 3 more players took improper benefits
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)— Three more football players are in hot water at Ohio State. As a result, Ohio State might be in even more trouble with the NCAA. The school reported late Thursday afternoon that running back Jordan Hall, defensive back Corey Brown and defensive back Travis Howard each received impermissible benefits of $300 or less earlier this year. The latest violations took place after several Buckeyes players were suspended for accepting cash and free tattoos from the subject of a federal drug-trafficking probe and Ohio State had ramped up its compliance department to warn athletes not to break NCAA rules. All three were suspended for the Buckeyes’ season-opening game on Saturday against Akron at Ohio Stadium. “We take this matter seriously,” Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said in a statement. “Our commitment to institutional integrity is steadfast, and we must hold everyone associated with our athletics programs accountable for lapses in judgment. We believe in transparency with the NCAA, all regulatory bodies and all of Buckeye Nation.” Hall and Howard, both juniors,
were listed as the starters on Ohio State’s two-deep roster for the game. Brown, who goes by the nickname “Pittsburgh” to distinguish him from Buckeyes wide receiver Corey “Philly” Brown, was listed as a backup at safety. Ohio State is already awaiting final word on what sanctions it will receive from the NCAA for memorabilia-for-cash violations which occurred in 2010 that led to coach Jim Tressel’s forced resignation on May 30. Several players have already been suspended and the 2010 season was vacated because of the earlier problems. The latest admission could affect Ohio State’s current case before the NCAA, which was heard on Aug. 12. The NCAA’s committee on infractions is expected to hand down a decision as early as the end of September. Hall, from Jeannette, Pa., is a former high school teammate of Terrelle Pryor, one of the players who was suspended for trading signed memorabilia for cash and free or discounted tattoos from the owner of a Columbus tattoo-parlor owner. The tattooparlor owner, Edward Rife, later pleaded guilty to money laundering and drug trafficking charges and is awaiting sentencing.
» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY
P.11: Soccer game gets crazy. / P.12: Summer transfers end / P.11: Andre Drummond enrolled at UConn
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SLAYING THE SPARTANS Men’s soccer takes down Michigan St. 2-0
By Miles DeGrazia Campus Correspondent
Mac Cerullo Jim Calhoun has always been a fighter. He’s won three national championships. He’s also beaten cancer three times. He’s achieved every prize the sport of basketball has to offer over the course of his 39-year career. And yet, this past year, he was still a villain in the eyes of most fans. Ever since the Yahoo! Sports investigation into Nate Miles’ recruitment came out in the spring of 2009, Calhoun’s name has consistently been dragged through the mud. He’s been called a cheater and a symbol of everything that’s wrong with college basketball. Then, his team had a down year. Suddenly, after a year removed from a Final Four berth, he was washed up and UConn was done. Finished. The ride was over. But then, Calhoun assembled a young, likable and eager UConn team, gave the keys to Kemba Walker and led them to a national championship. The carefully crafted “good vs. evil” storyline presented by the major media outlets suddenly didn’t match the product on the floor. There was nothing villainous about last year’s team, nothing at all. Calhoun easily could have gone out on top, riding off into the sunset with his legacy secure, but I think we all knew he wouldn’t. Because the truth is, despite everything that happened last year, Calhoun’s legacy is not secure – not yet at least. So when news broke Wednesday that Calhoun told UConn President Susan Herbst that he plans to return for his 26th season, it was hardly a surprise. After all, with such a loaded roster and the possibility of back-to-back championships, how could he resist? Calhoun is a smart guy, he knows that his public perception still could use some work, and there’s no better remedy for bad press than time plus winning. The Nate Miles case is closed, and the school’s APR situation, at least for now, is settled. So now all that remains is for Calhoun to coach, and for UConn, hopefully, to win. But if Calhoun had walked away, then he would have been accused of ducking his three-game Big East suspension and abandoning his responsibility to improve the team’s academic record. People would have held that against him, national championship or not.
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The UConn men’s soccer team took on Michigan for the first time in school history Thursday night. The No. 4 Huskies looked to continue their winning ways after defeating St. Francis (NY) Saturday, and came through with a 2-1 win. UConn started strong defensively, giving up only one shot on target in the first half. UConn held possession well for the first 10 minutes, and finally broke through in the 14th minute when Carlos Alvarez found Mamadou Doudou Diouf on a corner kick, who headed it in for the first goal. It soon became apparent that Michigan St. lacked size and UConn would dominate set piece opportunities. The Huskies held strong defensively, not giving up a shot on goal till the 22nd minute, when Michigan State finally mustered a weak shot, which goalkeeper Andre Blake easily grabbed. Blake, in just his second start for UConn, commanded his area with the coolness of a veteran. “I think I got good height and I’m just using it well,” Blake said. “At home they say I’m blessed with good hands, and I’m just using that to the best of my ability.” When the second-half whistle blew, however, it almost seemed as if a different team was wearing the green of Michigan St. The Spartans came out strong in the second half, and finally found the equalizer in the 51st minute when Rubin Bega bundled in a Cody Henderson cross, catching UConn keeper Blake off balance.
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UConn starting Carlos Alvarez pushes the ball forward, trying to take on a Michigan State defender during Thursday night’s 2-1 win at home.
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UConn football opens season By Matt McDonough Sports Editor
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A postponement did nothing to change Coach Paul Pasqualoni’s decision to wait until before kickoff to name the UConn football team’s starting quarterback. The Huskies’ season opener against FCS opponent Fordham was moved from 7:30 p.m. Thursday night to Saturday at noon because the National Guard was using Rentschler Field in the wake of Hurricane Irene. Pasqualoni promised the press the starting quarterback would not be announced until just prior to his first game as UConn coach. As of Monday, he still had not made up his mind. “What I would say is that we are going to have three
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last winter and saw action in the Blue-White Spring Game. The Northern Virginia product was an all-state player in high school and earned Metro Player of the Year from The Washington Post. Pasqualoni would like to see one thing from whoever starts under center Saturday afternoon in East Hartford. “I want to see production,” Pasqualoni said. “At the end of the day, who you play is based on production, really not anything other [than] statistics. It’s the guy who can be the most productive, the guy who on paper has the measurables, it’s the guy who can get the job done and who can move the chains.” The first and only time these schools met was in 1915 in New York. The Rams romped the Connecticut Aggies 35-0
on the way to a 19-6 season record. Almost a century later, these schools are on different paths. Pasqualoni, the coach with the most wins in Big East history, makes his debut at the flagship university of his home state with mixed emotions. “It is a new start. There is not only that excitement, but there is that worry about if you have gotten everything covered yet,” Pasqualoni said. “There is plenty of excitement, no question, but there is also that anxiety of did you get it all covered and are they ready to play.” Fordham coach Tom Masella, who was on UConn’s 1998 coaching staff under Skip Holtz, is in his sixth season in the Bronx. Masella’s team impressed Pasqualoni.
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Huskies look to tame Nittany Lions Sunday By Peter Logue Staff Writer Hot off of its victory at the Husky Invitational, the UConn field hockey team will travel to Penn State on Sunday for a battle of two of the nation’s top teams. The Huskies enter the contest at No. 4 in the country, and the Nittany Lions are currently sit at No. 8 in the most recent rankings. At the Husky Invitational, UConn opened its season by knocking off Hofstra and No. 20 Stanford defending home turf. However, they will have their hands full with Penn State, who appears to be on a mission after being upset by Old Dominion on Aug. 26. Two days later, they rolled over the No. 3 team in the
land, Virginia, by a score of the 4-2 win over Stanford. 3-0. But, Jestine Angeleni has A key to UConn’s success in been playing at a particularly the Top 10 battle will be con- high level. The senior leads tinuing to put pressure on the the team with 12 points and other team’s defense and goalie. garnished the first Big East “We are preparing to build Offensive Player of the Week on the successes of accolades of the our opening week2011 campaign. end performancWhile the offense es,” said coach may have stolen Nancy Stevens. most of the headlines “Generating 11 vs. Penn St. for the Huskies this goals in two games season. The team Noon was the result of has a formidable unselfish team play College Park, defense, anchored and outstanding corby reigning Big Penn. ner execution. We East Goalkeeper will have to create of the Year Sarah attack penalty corners and Mansfield. limit those opportunities for “We are only happy when PSU.” we can shut out an opponent, It has been a balanced attack so we’ve challenged our team for the Huskies in their two to limit PSU’s scoring opporgames thus far, with four play- tunities,” Stevens said. “Our ers scoring one goal apiece in defensive effort begins with
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the strikers and midfielders executing the presses. Our backs are encouraged to play ‘attacking defense’ and capitalize on intercepting opportunities. We need to deny the ball in the defensive red zone.” Although the season may still be young, the showdown on Sunday will serve the Huskies as both an opportunity to see where they stand, as well as a chance to gain some early season momentum. “We are looking to move the needle from ‘good to great’ in all aspects of our game,” Stevens said. “Beating a top ten opponent on the road will be a big step forward for this team. We are excited for the opportunity.”
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Senior Jestine Angelini sends the ball flying up field during a game against Syracuse. The Huskies take on the Nittany Lions Sunday.