The Daily Campus: September 27, 2012

Volume CXIX No. 23

» INSIDE

UConn’s great lawn celebrated, rededicated

By Allie Garry Campus Correspondent

AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST VISITS Alternative nobel prize winner Amy Goodwin speaks at UConn.

FOCUS/ page 5

HUSKIES ON HORSES UConn women’s club polo team opens season.

SPORTS/ page 12

EDITORIAL: PROFESSOR’S FIRING FOR INSUBORDINATION WAS UNJUSTIFIED Professor elects not to require a textbook.

COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: STORRS CENTER PARKING GARAGE IS NOW OPEN New parking garage in downtown development is open for the public.

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UConn’s Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects hosted a celebration and rededication of UConn’s Great Lawn on Wednesday in Wilbur Cross.

UConn President Susan Herbst gave opening remarks commending the society and emphasizing the importance of the landscape, and the Great Lawn in particular, to the University.

Herbst said, “The University will outlive all of us…[We are only the temporary caretakers]” Herbst stressed that the Campus is a pride to the University, and that when discussing design, it is important to remember that it is not about the here and now, but rather the legacy.

Rudy Favretti, fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and former UConn professor, gave a brief history of the Great Lawn and its growth throughout the years and thoughts to what its future will bring.

The Great Lawn is composed of 50 acres of open green space

that can be considered the signature of the UConn Storrs campus.

It also contains many of the origional trees planted as part of the campus’ arboretum which now extends throughout the campus.

Favretti points out that of the Co-op’s eleven post cards, nine of them feature the Great Lawn.

Other speakers were landscape architecture professors Mark Westa and Kristen Schwab, campus landscape architect Eileen McHugh, and ASLA UConn president Andrea Fossa.

The event also featured the donation of three Dakota Pinnacle birch trees by the Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

The trees were planted earlier that day on the edge of the Great Lawn by Beech Hall.

Students interested in the landscape architecture program at UConn can visit the department offices on the second floor of Arjona and view the event at CT-N.com.

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At a celebration and rededication ceremony for UConn’s Great Lawn on Wednesday landscape architecture professor Mark Westa gives a talk about the multiple distinct regions on the UConn Storrs campus and the importance of creating meaningful spaces.

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Lecturer clarifies gender spectrum

» ECO-FRIENDLY

Think outside the bottle

By Meghan Merrigan Campus Correspondent

By Zach Kaplove Campus Correspondent The Rainbow Center’s Out to Lunch Series continued on Wednesday when Irwin Krieger, a licensed clinical social worker, came in to give advice to transgender teens and their parents. Krieger has over 25 years of experience working as a therapist for the LGBT community and practices in New Haven. His work has recently been more exclusive to transgender teens and their families.

Krieger’s lecture began by outlining the basic concepts and the terminology associated with gender identity. The primary idea behind this was to shed light on the idea that gender is not a discrete determiner but more so a spectrum on which people fall. There can be individuals who are solely masculine or solely feminine, but there can also be genderfluid individuals who move between genders searching for what feels right to them. These individuals make up the transgender population. It is key to note that being a member of the transgender population doesn’t necessarily make any implications with regards to sexual orientation. Members of a biological gender may still be and often are attracted to members of the opposite biological gender. Having said this, many transgender individuals are often homosexual, bisexual, asexual or of other orientations but it is critical not make any judgments with regards to orientation.

The next portion of Krieger’s lecture shifted its focus and examined how an individual’s

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Irwin Krieger, a licensed clinical social worker, gives advice to transgender teens and their parents at the Rainbow Center’s Out to Lunch lecture series on Wednesday. The lecturer offers the idea that gender is not a discrete determiner but a spectrum. discordance with their biologically assigned sex can lead to family stress. Often times, transgender individuals experience high levels of family rejection. Krieger presented some horrifying statistics to quantify the extent of how real and awful the problem of family rejection is for transgender individuals versus cisgender (the opposite of transgender, individuals whose gender identity matches their biological gender) individuals.

Transgender individuals attempt suicide 8.4 times as often as cisgender individuals, are diagnosed with depression 5.9 times as often, abuse illegal drugs 3.4 times as often, and engage in unprotected sexual intercourse 3.4 times as often.

In these situations, what makes matters worse is that the parent’s confusion leads them to fearing exaggerated outcomes for their children.

Parents fear severe harm,

harassment, and bleak futures for their children and while their fears are justified to a minor extent, it has been proven that parents undoubtedly assume worse than what reality holds.

Krieger emphasized that teenage transgender individuals are in fact very informed and insistent people.

They understand the continuous nature of the gender spectrum and understand that their confused, fearful and disbelieving parents are shortsighted in their view of societal perception of being transgender. Despite a rapidly changing world, the social lens on accepting transgender individuals seems to be behind the curve.

Zachary.Kaplove@UConn.edu

UConn’s new eco-friendly initiative, Think Outside the Bottle, invites students to choose tap water and the new “hydration stations” on campus as an alternative to bottled water in an effort to make UConn a more sustainable campus.

Reusable, BPA-free water bottles were distributed to first year students and UConn staff last Friday to kickoff the initiative, according to Friday’s Daily Digest post, “Think Outside the Bottle Initiative & Distribution.”

Providing students and staff with reusable water bottles, funded by the University of Connecticut Professional Employees Association and The American Association of University Professors, as well as installing hydration stations on campus allows UConn students to save money and reduce their ecological footprint, according to UConn’s Office of Environmental Policy.

“It’s a good initiative for UConn to implement. Now that I live off campus I notice how big of an issue recycling really is, now that my roommates and I have to do it ourselves,” says Shane Milan, a 7th semester UConn student. “Reducing the amount of waste caused by plastic water bottles will help make UConn greener than it already is.”

The Think Outside the Bottle campaign goes beyond UConn’s campus, and is being implemented nationwide to make participating communities greener and take a stand against corporations who capitalize on “our most essential public resource,” according to stopcorporateabuse. com, a Think Outside the Bottle participant.

The facts about tap water are

offered on the UConn Office of Environmental Policy website, www.ecohusky.uconn.edu.

Tap water is safer than bottled water because of the EPA standards placed on public drinking supply systems which checks the water for more than 15 possible contaminants, a requirement that is not applicable to bottled water, according to UConn’s Office of Environmental Policy.

“Reducing

the amount of waste caused by plastic bottles will help make UConn greener than it already is.”

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Students can currently replenish their reusable water bottles at four hydration station locations on campus, in addition to water fountains and taps.

The hydration stations can be found in the Student Union, McMahon Residence Hall, The Recreation Facility, and the Facilities Building. Students can expect to see more refill stations being installed soon, according to UConn’s Office of Environmental Policy.

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What’s on at UConn today...

Blood Drive 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

SU Ballroom, 330

Anarchist Women of the First Wave 4 to 5:30 p.m.

SU Women’s Center, 421

The UConn Red Cross Club is holding a week-long blood drive. To schedule an appointment, visit www.redcross. uconn.edu

Professor Ferguson will be giving a public talk on her current research into anarchists in the first wave of the feminist movement.

Masculinity, Modernism and the Ashcan Circle 4 to 5 p.m.

Benton Museum of Art Faculty Lecture by Professor Alexis Boylan, Department of Art and Art History

Louis Katz Comedy 7 to 9 p.m.

Student Union Theater The next installment of SUBOG’s Thursday Night Comedy Series will be a performance by comedian Louis Katz.

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Amputee shot by police had battled mental illness

HOUSTON (AP) — Mental illness prompted Brian Claunch to get rid of his own left arm and leg. Then, despite his disabilities, he spent the better part of a decade finding opportunities to run away from residential care facilities, preferring to live on the streets.

Yet in recent months, the 45-year-old man who was in a wheelchair and had paranoid schizophrenia seemed to settle into some stability, staying put, taking his medications.

That all abruptly ended this past weekend in a confrontation with police in which a Houston police officer fatally shot Claunch.

Despite his history of harming himself, Claunch’s criminal and mental health backgrounds don’t indicate he was violent toward others. John Garcia, owner of the Healing Hands Assisted Home Care facility where Claunch was living and where the confrontation with police happened, recalled a loving but also at times quarrelsome man.

“He was aggressive. As far as violent, I don’t know,” said Garcia, who was not there when the shooting happened. “Every time (Claunch) got into a situation with me, I would just say, ‘Brian, calm down, calm down,’ and I would walk away from him and in an hour or two he would be OK.”

News

Thursday, September 27, 2012

» LOCAL

Storrs center parking garage now open

By Abdullah Hasan Campus Correspondent The Storrs Center Parking Garage opened its gates to the public on September 19, marking the completion of a large phase of construction on Dog Lane.

The new parking garage offers parking to the general public, but especially accommodates Oak Apartment residents, employees of Storrs Center’s many new

shops and restaurants as well as customers. It is not, however, geared towards events at UConn.

“We planned the amount of spaces based on the new developments,” said Cynthia van Zelm, executive director of the Mansfield Downtown Partnership. “However, it is open for everyone in town.”

In its first week, people attending the Festival on The Green used the parking garage. This event, said Van Zelm, provided

SUV slams into packed van in Okla., killing 7

ELMWOOD, Okla. (AP) — An SUV veered across a highway median in the Oklahoma Panhandle early Wednesday and slammed head-on into an oncoming van full of men headed to work at a Texas meatpacking plant, killing both drivers and five of the six van passengers, authorities said.

The Chevy Suburban was moving fast and passed a couple of trucks on Highway 412 just before it crossed the center line and collided with the van near Elmwood, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Betsy Randolph said. She said investigators were trying to determine whether the SUV was speeding.

“It was pretty horrific,” Randolph said. “The lieutenant I talked to said he’d worked in Beaver County for 24 years, and he’s never seen anything like that. When you have that many bodies involved in a crash, it’s terrible.”

All seven of the men in the van were from Liberal and Dodge City, Kan., and they were headed to work at the Booker Packing Co. plant a few miles south of the Texas border in Booker, Randolph said. The victims’ names weren’t released pending the notification of their families.

The SUV driver was from Woodward, she said.

The van passenger who survived was airlifted to a hospital in Amarillo, Texas, Randolph said. His condition was not immediately known.

“There is a language barrier, so they’re attempting to notify next of kin using someone that can help them translate Spanish,” she said.

Elmwood, in Beaver County, is less than 10 miles from the Texas state line.

Both lanes of the highway were temporarily closed but reopened about five hours later.

floors of the parking garage.

Employees who use the parking garage regularly have monthly passes to defwer the costs. For all other customers, Van Zelm encourages them to park on the bottom two floors to keep the flow of traffic smooth since activity in the parking garage is expected to rise as the Storrs Center project nears completion.

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» CAMPUS

USG debates the use of funds for idea sharing website

Chemist told Mass. police she ‘messed up bad’

BOSTON (AP) — The chemist at the center of a Massachusetts drug lab scandal admitted she faked test results for two to three years, forged signatures and skipped proper procedures, according to a state police report The Associated Press obtained Wednesday.

It shows Annie Dookhan told police several times that she knew she had done wrong.

“I screwed up big time,” she said while becoming teary-eyed, according to the report by investigators for Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office. “I messed up bad, it’s my fault. I don’t want the lab to get in trouble.”

Dookhan’s alleged mishandling of drug samples at the now-closed state lab in Boston has thrown thousands of criminal cases into question. A handful of defendants are already free or have had their criminal sentences suspended.

Authorities haven’t filed charges against Dookhan or commented on her possible motives as their probe continues. The chemist hasn’t responded to repeated requests for comment.

In the Aug. 28 interview with two investigators at her dining room table, Dookhan first denied doing anything wrong when she analyzed drug samples. She changed her story after they confronted her with a Boston Police Department retest of a suspected cocaine sample that came back negative after Dookhan identified it as the narcotic. Police also told her the number of samples she reported analyzing were too high and that she couldn’t have done all the tests.

The report shows Dookhan then admitted to “dry labbing,” or identifying drug samples by looking at them instead of testing them.

She said she tested about five out of 25 samples she got from evidence, after routinely getting a large amount of samples from different cases out of the evidence room.

She also told police she contaminated samples a few times in order to get more work finished, but that no one asked her to do anything improper.

“I intentionally turned a negative sample into a positive a few times,” Dookhan said in a signed statement she gave police.

Dookhan also told investigators she routinely skirted proper procedures by looking up data for assistant district attorneys who called her directly rather than going through the evidence department.

State police say Dookhan tested more than 60,000 drug samples submitted in the cases of about 34,000 defendants during her nine years at the lab. She resigned in March amid an internal investigation by the Department of Public Health.

After state police took over the lab in July as part of a state budget directive, they said they discovered her alleged violations were much more extensive than previously believed and went beyond sloppiness into malfeasance and deliberate mishandling of drug samples.

a good idea of the ease the new garage will provide to the town.

“It’s working fine,” said Van Zelm, citing no issues with the garage as of yet.

The Storrs Center Parking Garage is free for the first two hours and one dollar for each additional hour. The daily maximum is eight dollars. Patrons can pay with either a credit card or with cash upon exit.

Oak Apartment residents are provided parking on the top two

By Katherine Tibedo Staff Writer

AP

In this photo taken Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, Alexander Zachary stands by one of his Vote No signs at his Minneapolis home. Zachary is a gay man who takes issue with TV commercials against the gay marriage ban that feature straight people talking about the issue. Voters in Minnesota will decide the Gay Marriage Amendment in the November general election.

What’s missing from pro-gay marriage TV ads? Gays

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In one TV ad, a husband and wife talk fondly of a lesbian couple who moved into their neighborhood. In another, a married couple speaks of wanting fair treatment for their lesbian daughter.

A third features a pastor talking supportively about gay unions.

Each of these ads ran recently in states with gay marriage issues on the November ballot.

What’s missing? Gay people speaking for themselves.

Four states are voting on gay marriage this fall, and gay rights groups are pouring tens of millions of dollars into key TV markets in hopes of breaking a 32-state losing streak on the issue. But even as gay people and same-sex relationships gain acceptance through pop culture staples such as “Modern Family” and “Glee,” the idea is still seen as dicey by media strategists involved in the ballot campaigns, resulting in ads that usually involve only straight people talking about the issue.

The decision to keep gays in the background has been widely noticed in the gay community and debated on gay-oriented blogs, with some activists complaining that the move contradicts the central message of the

gay rights movement for a number of years.

“If we don’t show ourselves, people aren’t going to get comfortable with who we are,” said Wayne Besen, director of Vermont-based gay rights group “Truth Wins Out,” one of many that presses gays to live openly with pride in who they are.

But others counsel deference for the complexities of public messaging, pointing out that the ads are designed to speak to the fears and values of the heterosexual majority, whose vote will decide the issue.

“The moderate tough guys we need to flip to win a couple of these races are still the ones who say that gays are gross,” said Andy Szekeres, a Denver-based fundraising consultant who has worked on several state campaigns and had access to focus group data. “Pushing people to an uncomfortable place, it’s something you can’t do in a TV ad,” said Szekeres, who is gay.

The definition of marriage is on the ballot this fall in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. Beyond those, according to the Human Rights Campaign, 37 states prohibit gay marriage while six and the District of Columbia permit it.

With an annual cost of $1000, the benefit of maintaining Undergraduate Student Government’s site on IdeaScale, a website that allows students to post, comment and agree or disagree with ideas, was debated at Wednesday’s USG Senate caucus. The site was well received at its initial launch last semester with around 150 people responding to any given post. However, after finals and low summer activity the site has only 692 registered users out of over 17,000 undergraduate students currently enrolled at the Storrs campus.

The debate focused on whether to try to reinvigorate IdeaScale or to start something new, such as using Facebook polls in lieu of IdeaScale. While some senators saw Facebook as more accessible than IdeaScale, others felt Facebook polls would be ill received or simply ignored.

“I don’t think we should use Facebook,” said McMahon Senator Elena Innes, a 3rdsemester political science major.

“I think people see Facebook as a personal space and people [will] see it as an invasion of privacy.”

CLAS Senator Neel Rana suggested using Facebook as a tool to promote IdeaScale rather than replace it. He emphasized the need for senators to spread the word about IdeaScale personally instead of relying on the USG Facebook page as the primary means of promotion.

He said, “If you see it 10 different places on Facebook, you think maybe this has some merit.” Rana further added that last year, knowledge of IdeaScale spread primarily through word of mouth.

CLAS Senator Hailey ManFredi, a 5th-semester history major, said, “If we tell them [students] they have a specific place to go to complain, I think it will spread like wildfire.”

As the subscription to the site has not yet run out, the Senate has set up a team to work on publicity for IdeaScale, seeing first if the existing site can regain popularity before moving on to a new

concept. The issue will be revisited when the USG’s subscription to IdeaScale nears expiration.

Northwest Senator Kevin Alvarez, a 1st-semester political science and communications double major, emphasized the need for a sight such as IdeaScale.

He said, “No one is going to come up to their senator…unless you go to them.”

“If we tell them [students] they have a specific place to go complain, I think it will spread like wildfire.”

Hailey ManFredi CLAS Senator

“For all the crap we go through to get this job, people don’t know what we do,” said Speaker of the Senate Shiv Gandhi, a 4thsemester molecular cell biology major. He added, “Internally, people don’t know, or don’t care, what [the] Senate does.”

Two initiatives designed to address a general ignorance about USG’s work were put forward

by Gandhi, and were met with general acceptance by the Senate.

The first was a leadership summit involving all executives of the Tier III organizations, those organization funded by student fees and highly visible on campus, and members of the senate.

The summit would occur this semester. The second suggestion was for a USG presence at Tier II organization meetings on a bimonthly basis. This would consist of one or two Senators attending a meeting for every Tier II organization, prioritizing in order of size and presence on campus. Teams have been made for each idea and will progress in the near future.

Katherine.Tibedo@UConn.edu

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Group claims Da Vinci painted an early Mona Lisa work

GENEVA (AP) — A Zurich-based foundation says it will prove to the world Thursday that Leonardo Da Vinci painted an earlier version of the Mona Lisa — a claim doubted by at least one expert on the multifaceted Renaissance artist.

The Mona Lisa Foundation, which has been working with the anonymous owners of the “Isleworth Mona Lisa,” says that after 35 years of research, experts believe it predates the famed 16th-century masterpiece by some 11 or 12 years based on regression tests, mathematical comparisons and historical and archival records.

“So far, not one scientific test has been able to disprove that the painting is by Leonardo,” said art historian Stanley Feldman, a foundation member and principal author of a foundation book entitled “Mona Lisa: Leonardo’s Earlier Version” to be

released Thursday. “We have used methods that were not available to Leonardo 500 years ago.”

“When we do a very elementary mathematical test, we have discovered that all of the elements of the two bodies — the two people, the two sitters — are in exactly the same place,” Feldman told The Associated Press by phone. “It strikes us that in order for that to be so accurate, so meticulously exact, only the person who did one did the other ... It’s an extraordinary revelation in itself, and we think it’s valid.”

The Isleworth painting — likewise a portrait of a young woman with an enigmatic smile — is slightly larger, was painted on canvas and has brighter colors than the famed Louvre Museum masterpiece painted on wood. The posture, folded hand positions, faces, expressions and clothing are similar, while the landscape in the

background is different.

The foundation says the painting turned up in the home of an English nobleman in the late 1800s — thus the connection to Isleworth — and was shipped to the United States for safekeeping during World War I. After the war, it was analyzed in Italy, and eventually taken to Switzerland where it remained in a bank vault for the last 40 years, the group said.

The Isleworth Mona Lisa has been known publicly for generations — if forgotten by the broader public — and the book excerpts numerous news headlines about the painting and the possibility of its Da Vinci connection in the early 20th century.

Martin Kemp, an Oxford University professor and Leonardo expert, wrote in an e-mail that “the reliable primary evidence provides no basis for thinking that there was ‘an earlier’ portrait of Lisa del Giocondo”

— referring to the subject of the painting that’s known as the Mona Lisa in English and La Joconde in French.

Kemp questioned the “debatable interpretations” of source material about the Isleworth painting, and said that scientific analysis cannot categorically deny that Da Vinci didn’t paint it. However, he added: “The infrared reflectography and X-ray points very strongly to its not being

by Leonardo.”

“The Isleworth Mona Lisa misstranslates subtle details of the original, including the sitter’s veil, her hair, the translucent layer of her dress, the structure of the hands ... “ Kemp wrote. “The landscape is devoid of atmospheric subtlety. The head, like all other copies, does not capture the profound elusiveness of the original.”

The Louvre Museum declined to comment.

AP

A painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and representing Mona Lisa is seen during a preview presentation in a vault in Onex near Geneva, Wednesday, September 26, 2012.

» NATION

Student shoots self at Oklahoma junior high

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A gunshot rang out at an Oklahoma junior high school before classes began Wednesday, terrifying teenagers who feared a gunman was on the loose.

Soon, though, students learned no one else was in danger. One of their eighth-grade classmates had taken his own life, shooting himself in the head with a handgun in the hall, authorities said.

“Throughout the entire thing, we all thought someone shot someone else,” said student Paiton Gardner, 14. “We didn’t know it was a suicide. We were freaking out.”

Some students bolted outside Stillwater Junior High. Staffers quickly locked down the building and evacuated the rest of the school’s 700 eighthand ninth-graders, along with students from an adjacent elementary school, police Capt. Randy Dickerson said.

Dickerson said the 13-year-old didn’t leave a note, and authorities said they don’t know why he killed himself.

Superintendent Ann Caine, who oversees the district about 70 miles west of Tulsa, said there weren’t any reports that the teen had been bullied.

“There is no indication that that’s what occurred,” Caine said. She said the teen was a good student who got along with other kids.

About 120 people attended a vigil Wednesday evening at Highland Park United Methodist Church.

Hana Sumpter, a 14-year-old eightgrader, said she was friends with the boy and was standing nearby when the student shot himself.

“I heard the gunshot. I turned around and he was on the floor,” Sumpter said, adding that he had given no indication of problems beforehand.

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The Daily Campus Editorial Board

Elizabeth Crowley, Editor-in-Chief Tyler McCarthy, Commentary Editor Jesse Rifkin, Associate Commentary Editor Chris Kempf, Weekly Columnist John Nitowski, Weekly Columnist Sam Tracy, Weekly Columnist

» EDITORIAL

Professor’s firing for insubordination was unjustified

T

he cost of textbooks adds up to a great deal over students’ tenures at UConn. Some classes require six or seven books costing $10 or $15 each, yet, there are Constitutional Law classes that will still require enormous books that cost up to $160. A lot of books are constantly updated for new information, so buybacks and older editions become useless.

Even if one wanted to use the library, a cost that’s included in tuition, there’s some fierce competition for the books required by classes. Sometimes it’s better to bite the bullet and just buy the textbook. Occasionally, there’s even an e-book you can buy to avoid the physical weight of books if you can’t avoid the price.

Of course, a lot of the time, a textbook is superfluous.

Professor Mike Tracy at the Art Institute of California in Orange County, believes this. He taught a Photoshop class and never required a textbook, but then something happened this year.

The entirety of the Art Institute of California, including the Orange County branch, is owned by Education Management Corporation (EDMC). EDMC’s distributor, VitalSource, offers e-books through a program called Digital Bookshelf. Earlier this year, the Art Institute changed their policy to say all professors must require e-book purchases for students enrolled in their classes. These e-books are only temporary, with the code expiring at the end of the semester, and of course, cannot be sold back to the school for any percentage of the original price.

Tracy considered this policy, and then ignored it. He told his class he wouldn’t require them to buy a book he considered redundant and irrelevant to the course. Why make students buy a book they might never touch?

On August 10, the school’s president, Gregory Marick, issued Tracy an ultimatum: “As you have been previously informed, you are required to utilize an e-book from the list…Failure to comply with this directive will result in your immediate termination of employment for insubordination.”

Tracy still refused and was fired four days later.

We salute Tracy for refusing to bow to a school policy motivated by nothing but profit. It should not be up to the school to tell a professor how to teach a class aside from rules ensuring a safe environment. Sometimes classes require textbooks, sometimes they require workbooks and sometimes they require neither. Our education system should never be owned by a business and never be motivated by profit. The moment it does, it’s time to jump ship and re-evaluate what’s important.

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.

To the boy who sneezed and then instantly put hand sanitizer on: marry me? We can be germophobes together <3 If the squirrels on this campus get bath salts none of our faces are safe...none To the girl chasing a groundhog outside south, what would you have done if you caught it?

I can’t shake the dreadful feeling that the Teletubbies on campus were the administration’s way of letting us know of an impending mascot change...

Arjona bit me.

If your snore sounds like The Grudge noise and you have long black hair, please don’t ever nap next to me in lecture again.

I’m Mrs. Butts and I don’t think my name is funny.

It’s supposed to rain this weeekend. Thanks a lot, Obama.

Now before you freshmen start thinking you have UConn all figured out: Jonathan Mandeldove. Bet you don’t know what to think now.

The worst part about being stranded on a deserted island would probably be the lack of cookies.

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Rethinking the Fall TV season schedule

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all is my favorite time of year.

The bees go away, the leaves change, a rhythm is found with classes and the weather gets cooler, or at least less humid. I can pull off an outfit in shorts or jeans and a hoodie and still feel comfortable. However, the part about fall that I really love more than anything else is the television.

That’s right, as students settle into a new year and graduates settle into work, the coveted 18-49 year-old advertising demographBy Tyler McCarthy ic is ready for a cavalcade of new Commentary Editor shows. Anyone who has been online or bothered to watch a commercial for the past few weeks knows that the big four networks—CBS, NBC, Fox and ABC—are gearing up their cadre of new comedies and dramas to attract your attention. I love the fall TV season and until recently I thought I always would.

I thought this because it didn’t occur to me that there might be a better system for rolling out new series. A recent New York Times article by Bill Carter did some research on the fall season system and found that the now 60 year-old system, which is meant to be the 34.5 weeks between mid-September and midMay, was merely a marketing ploy to make the new television shows coincide with the new model year for cars.

However, just because its origins are

arbitrary doesn’t necessarily mean that the system itself is flawed. After all, the amount of coverage that the new pairings of fall-lineups have been receiving has to be indicative of something.

Turns out, it is. Blocking shows together in a bundle of new and potential successes is the big four’s way of dueling it out over who will have the monopoly on Thursday, Wednesday or whatever night’s ad revenue. This is an arbitrary battle in an arbitrary system.

If they are willing to battle it out over which network becomes top dog, why are they restricted to doing so the same seven days out of the same 34.5 weeks out of the year? You know who doesn’t hold to that logic and has been making out like a bandit by releasing new seasons and shows all year round? Cable networks. AMC, which cleaned house at the Emmys on Sunday, has gotten advertisers to pay top dollar for ad time with shows like “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” or FX’s “Louie,” another Emmy hit. These cable networks premiered their shows over the summer when the airwaves were a barren desert of repeats and anticipation for fall. The hit show “The Walking Dead,” which will appropriately emerge from the ruble of this fall scheduling mess next month, looks to be an insanely valuable advertising opportunity. Networks have 54 weeks to fill but only 34.5 weeks to premiere original content. The end result is noise.

According to Carter’s article, NBC has estimated that the number of returning cable and network shows will jump in 2012 from 633 to 1,122, with most premiering in the next couple of days. In

that same article, FX network has done research on tracking data and found that none of the new premiering shows have reached 10 percent in viewer awareness, a figure that the president of the network called the “I am surely going to try this new series” category. The possible reason is that the clutter of shows that they’re forced to up the ante with every year has created a noisy television atmosphere in which the viewer doesn’t know which show to bother with next.

After all, the best part about television is discussing it over the water cooler the next day. With a possible 1,122 shows premiering, that’s an absurd number or water cooler trips, so why even bother?

There’s no real danger in doing away with the archaic Nielson system. Sure, Hollywood would have to adapt to the change, but the end result would be that the 365 day a year business is treated like a 365 day a year business. The big four’s ongoing chess game to dominate the airwaves with premium content to garner the most ad revenue would extend across the entire calendar and viewers would be able to stagger the viewing of their favorite shows across the entire year. There would be no more summer drought and we could all enjoy the premieres of our favorite network shows at the most strategic time possible so that they don’t get lost in the noise of the fall season system.

Commentary Editor Tyler McCarthy is a 7thsemester journalism and English double major. He can be reached at Tyler.McCarthy@UConn.edu.

ADHD diagnoses given out with too high of a frequency

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n inability to focus, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior— these are all words associated with a condition called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD.) Coincidentally, these are also words commonly associated with most 5-year-olds.

My mom runs a small home daycare, so I can say from experiBy Lara Hawley ence that most Staff Columnist young children are constantly in motion.

However, lately these symptoms can be the reason for children as young as 5 years old to be medicated. The total number of ADHD diagnoses rose from 4.4 million to 5 million between 2002 and 2010, according to thefix.com.

This number is too high, especially in the cases of young children.

Few would question that ADHD is a real condition and that many patients benefit from medication.

The question is where you draw the line between typical 5-yearold exuberance and ADHD. I found a story online recounting the horrors of a mother seeing numerous doctors who prescribed various medications to her son that just made his behaviors worse. She continued because both psychiatrists and doctors were adamant that her son had

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ADHD based on his behavior in school. In reality, there are myriad reasons why children misbehave.

According to the University of Missouri, hunger, lack of sleep or need for attention can trigger misbehavior. In this particular case it turned out that the boy’s brain had been negatively affected by overexposure to carbon monoxide, a fact the mother shared with doctors. They dismissed this data because they were so fixated on the diagnosis of ADHD. According to an article on The New York Review of Books’ website, during the 1980s psychiatrists became less interested in the reasons behind patient behavior and instead focused on treating symptoms using drugs that alter brain function.

Not only is the decision to medicate often made prematurely, but medications are not always the best solution for children with ADHD symptoms. According to a study published in the Lancet Journal, diet restrictions can often have better results for ADHD than medication. Dr. Lidy Pelsser of the ADHD Research Center in the Netherlands said that 64 percent of children diagnosed with ADHD are actually experiencing a hyper-sensitivity to food.

Researchers determined that starting kids on a controlled diet can produce unbelievable results

enhancing the ability to focus and reducing impulsivity. A change in strategy can help. Teachers can improve student concentration by allowing more frequent breaks or using techniques like special chairs that allow more movement. Educators can also employ more creative ways of learning, like acting out a book instead of simply reading it so that they can better channel student energy.

Instead of assuming medication is the best solution, a range of methods should be employed when dealing with hyperactivity.

According to the Chicago Tribune, children as young as 4 can be treated for ADHD but the most common drug prescribed (Methylphenidate) is only approved by the Food and Drug administration for use in children over 6. This drug can have negative side effects including loss of appetite, problems sleeping, restlessness, irritability, anxiety, headache or worsening of aggressive behavior. Although these symptoms are not life threatening, they can have a significant impact on a young child.

One of the problems with diagnosing ADHD is that the symptoms of the disorder are so broad that early signs can actually result from many other things.

Larry Silver, M.D., a psychiatrist at Georgetown University

School of Medicine, said that “A child might have separation anxiety, his fine motor skills or sensory problems could be making it hard for him to behave, or it could be evolving Pervasive Developmental Disorder.”

Doctors often lack enough data to diagnose ADHD when the child is 5 or younger.

Do young children exhibit signs of ADHD? They absolutely do. The important thing is to look at each child as an individual and consider all the possible reasons for the symptoms before resorting to medications. Although children may be hyperactive or have trouble focusing at a young age, environmental reasons such as diet, lack of sleep, anxiety and other causes should be considered before making a diagnosis of ADHD. It is also possible that a young child will outgrow symptoms and gain better control over their impulses and their ability to concentrate as they mature. There are certainly times when medication is appropriate but it is both responsible and ethical to explore other options before dispensing drugs, especially to very young patients.

Staff Columnist Lara Hawley is a 1st- semester pre-teaching major. She can be reached at Lara.Hawley@UConn.edu.

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Award-winning journalist visits

What makes a great “Alternative Nobel Prize” winner Amy Goodman speaks at UConn soundtrack fight, so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there.” He proceeds to explain the conflict between independent journalists and corporate media

about the sound byte, but the whole meal.” Their perseverance led to a six-hour broadcast of one of the most Just in time for the heart underrepresented executions of the 2012 political season, in recent history. leading independent journalist Also present among the Amy Goodman was on camlargely-adult audience pus alongside WHUS was Steven Hong, 5thradio Wednesday evesemester molecular and ning to promote both cellular biology major. her radio show and her He was informed of the new book, The Silenced event through his human Majority: Stories of rights professor, but was Uprisings, Occupations, personally interested in Resistance, and Hope. A what Ms.. Goodman had celebrated newscaster, to say because she has Goodman has previous“a lot of the information ly won the “Alternative that we get from corpoNobel Prize”, or Right rate media isn’t the full Livelihood Award, story.” for her promotion of To illustrate this point, “grassroots political Amy Goodman referjournalism”. enced her life-threatenSet to be fully ing experiences reportreleased on October 9, ing in Timor, Indonesia, The Silenced Majority and other foreign locafocuses on the abiltions in underreported ity of citizens, united and/or misrepresented or otherwise, to make conflicts. great change in the Amy Goodman’s world around them, in radio show runs for a spite of the obstacles full hour every weekday of behemoth media. at noon, on UConn’s Ms. Goodman coown WHUS 91.7-FM. wrote the book with FILE PHOTO/The Daily Campus Their program is also DN! co-founder Denis Moynihan, complete Amy Goodman talks about her novel, “The Silenced Majority,” which will be released October 9th. To hear more from Goodman, listen to her WHUS radio broadcast on over 1,000 stations nationwide and with an introduction show, which runs every weekday at noon on 91.7 F.M. in video podcast form by filmmaker Michael as that between “boys with “3-second video clips”. in protesting the broadcasting at the Democracy Now! webMoore.

Much like Ms. Goodman’s limitations imposed on them. site. Her book is now availIn said book, Moore slingshots” versus the “masdescribes Ms. Goodman with sive military with nuclear new book, her radio show While major news media able at the UConn Co-Op. a quote from Tom Joad in The weapons” in the Gaza strip of focuses on a diverse range representatives did not comof subjects; The producers plain (they were only there Grapes of Wrath film: “I’ll Palestine.

7th-semester political sci- have often targeted stories for a 30-second video clip), be everywhere. Wherever you can look, wherever there’s a ence major Jonathan Singngam that have been historically Goodman and crew were “not Philip.VonRichthofen@UConn.edu

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praised Amy Goodman as “highly influential” in the world of independent media.

He is a listener of Democracy Now! because it is a “liaison for the little guy” that gets the whole story, not just the

Art Walk explains UConn sculptures and installations

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Novel writing: style

By Jason Wong Staff Writer

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UConn students on the Benton Art Museam Art Walk, led by Anne Marie Cambell. Students explored art on campus, learning new and interesting facts about pieces they pass every day.

By Zarrin Ahmed Campus Correspondent Led by docent Anne Marie Campbell, the Benton Art Museum Art Walk included little known information about sculptures and installations across campus.

“I’ve seen these sculptures so many times but I never knew what they represented or who created them,” said Kaitlynn Driscoll, a 3rd semester business major.

“The walk taught me a lot about the artwork and how to view things from different angles.”

Beginning within the Benton itself, Campbell took students upstairs to an abstract sculpture created by David Hayes, an artist from Coventry. Campbell told students that a lot of the artwork displayed originates from local artists. She pointed out the large painting on the wall of the Benton, explaining how

there were multiple artists who worked on it. They were given specific colors and free reign on the design, which is geometric and symmetrical.

Campbell then took students outside to the Rowe Center for Undergraduate Education, pointing out the frieze along the building. The frieze, defined as a broad horizontal band of sculpted decoration, included sculptures of students walking and words that represent what UConn values.

At each sculpture, Campbell gave students a brief history of the piece including the artist’s name. She encouraged students to always look at the art from a variety of perspectives and evaluate pieces rather than simply walking by them every day. She stressed the importance of the different aspects of the pieces and the impact of each, like the impact of the colors on paintings and the texture of sculptures.

Campbell also took students to the library where Tim Prentice’s Zinger Mobile hangs. Campbell said the metal and paper installation hanging from the main entrance of Homer Babbidge represents the aesthetically vibrant and welcoming environment of the library. The sculpture of the book behind the library was created by a German couple and is a piece that consists of 12,000 lbs of granite. The sculpture of Jonathan the Husky was first created in foam mold and then bronzed afterward “The tour was filled with interesting and fun facts that I would’ve never learned if I hadn’t joined,” Driscoll said.

“It was quick but educational – I don’t know why more students don’t take advantage of it.”

Zarrin.Ahmed@UConn.edu

My final piece about writing novels is going to be rather broad, and this time about style. Previously I have addressed characters and conflict, essentially who and what happens in your novel.

Style is more concerned with how your novel is presented and in what way is it written.

Style is actually very important for any author, as distinguishing yourself from the competition can be the difference between getting published and joining the unfortunate demographic known as “unpublished authors.” Ask yourself: would Harry Potter have been a good a series if it was written in an epistolary (presented through documents, usually letters) style?

(Answer: probably not, no).

Just to clarify, style isn’t simply picking a format in which to write your novel and running with it. Yes, that’s part of the process, and whether or not your novel has chapters can be relevant, but what’s more important is that the style in which you write suitably supports the text itself. If you choose not to organize your novel with chapters, does that help in comprehension of the meaning of the novel? If you choose to tell the story from the perspectives of several characters, is there a point in doing that? Consider how the structure of your novel affects the story itself, and choose accordingly.

Structural decisions are only half of what makes up a novel’s style. The second half is writing style. Are your sentences long, florid and full of complexities like Faulkner?

Or do you favor short, blunt sentences like Hemingway?

Do you like to write in a more

archaic mode, like Tolkien, or a more modern one, like Rowling? Maybe your novel is satirical, and a style reminiscent of Vonnegut would be most appropriate. If you’re opting for something more casual and conversational, maybe take a look at the style in which Bill Bryson writes for inspiration.

Of course, the mark of a great writer is having a style recognizably their own.

However, it certainly helps to imitate the greats when developing your own style.

The idea of style also encompasses the concept of mood and tone. The words and metaphors you choose for a particularly tense scene are (hopefully) going to be different than the ones you choose for a more relaxed part of the novel. Punctuation used creatively can also help build the mood of a moment. Similarly, your use of literary devices like alliteration, analogy and allusion should have a point.

Is irony apropos for that particular moment? Or, is a more humorous tone better suited?

In closing, style carries enormous weight when it comes to novel writing. A book without good style is like a salad without dressing.

But in order to make your style not only wholly yours, but also good, there’s only one thing to do, and that’s practice. If I say this in every article I write this year, the point would not be emphasized enough. Sitting down and actually writing is the most helpful part of producing a novel. That may seem obvious, but at least in my experience, sitting down to write has always given me more insight than trying to plan out the whole project beforehand.

Jason.Wong@UConn.edu

By Katie McWilliams Staff Writer

All of the Emmy buzz last week got me thinking about what makes an absolutely great TV show. Amazing acting? Check. Good set?

Check. Perfect writing?

Check. Amazing costuming?

Check. Comedic elements?

Check. These are the questions that usually come to mind when discussing what makes TV shows memorable, but I’ve added my own category: soundtracks. Movies are not the only medium that are allowed to reap the benefits of excellent music selection; TV shows often have better soundtracks due to the sheer volume of situations the music has to represent and the variety of styles the mixer can choose from. For example, in a single series, you can have thousands of distinct situations that call for equally unique backing music.

One of the best soundtracks on TV these days belongs to the CW’s “Vampire Diaries.”

Yes, it’s a show about teenagers, vampires, and werewolves, but the plot is addicting and intelligent and the soundtrack is incredible.

The soundtrack always incorporates the music of up and coming artists, alongside underground pop favorites. For example, the second season of the show includes the Birdy version of “Skinny Love” played with pop standard Foster the People’s “Helena Beat” and underground indie rockers The Vaccine’s “Wolf Pack.” The mix of the familiar and new, keeps the show’s soundtracks relatable but also interesting. In this vein, I find that TV shows, like the “Vampire Diaries,” are one of the best places to discover new music before it goes completely mainstream.

“Scrubs” is another TV shows that boasts a memorable soundtrack.

The soundtrack does not have as many familiar songs as “The Vampire Diaries” but the music is fitting and interesting nonetheless. “Scrubs” targets a more adult, mature audience and this is reflected in their soundtrack choices of low fi acoustic rock songs such as Eel’s “Fresh Feeling” and “New Slang” by the Shins. While the comedy is still the best part of Scrubs the soundtrack is one of the best features of the series.

Similar to “The Vampire Diaries,” the CW’s “Gossip Girl” has another notable soundtrack. The show, which follows the luxurious lives of Manhattan’s Upper East Siders, has a soundtrack that matches the opulent values and fits the show’s dramatic plotlines. This soundtrack mixes lesser known pop songs by big artists, like Rhianna’s “Shut Up and Drive” alongside tried and true independent pop musicians such as Wolf Gang. The mix, like “The Vampire Diaries,” keeps the show fresh and relatable but also brings new cards to the table.

NBC’s show “Friday Night Lights” has a remarkable soundtrack, but for different reasons than those above. The backing music is provided

by Explosions in the Sky, an instrumental, experimental indie band. The group only uses guitar and drums but somehow manages to create ethereal and haunting sound that perfectly backs the sensitivity and drama behind “Friday Night Lights.”

Katie.McWilliams@UConn.edu

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‘Babel’ meanders; is a dull li sten Before the

moombahton, there is still popular rock music out there. “Sigh No More” was a smash hit. It found Mumford and Sons, to say the Marcus Mumford and his London least, is an inviting rock band. counterparts delving into frenetic Their class of folk never tries to acoustic guitar lines filled with offend the listener. They never catchy harmonies such as with the allure you with the celestial ubiquitous “Little Lion Man,” and vocal harmonies and hallucina- the distinct banjo plucking and tory guitar swirls found on Fleet huge choruses of anthems (“Sigh Foxes’ brand of folk or the lush No More” and “The Cave.”) The autumn solitude encapsulated by soft-to-quiet build ups were used The Tallest Man on Earth’s rus- so often throughout the album, it tic acoustic guitar picking or the has become a staple of Mumford fervent yelp of Kristian Matsson. and Sons’ sound. Honestly, there These artists evoke the mysticism really isn’t much that differentiates of folk that once resonated with the the two albums, although “Babel” baby-boomer generation, evoking is a more passionate affair. If you a freedom of artistic expression liked “Sigh No More,” chances glowing from unadulterated pas- are that you’ll dive into “Babel.” sion, without any pretentiousness “Babel” is an impressive lisin sight. ten when Mumford and Sons Mumford go for the juguand Sons folk lar. The passionrock is very ate first single Babel much the “I Will Wait” Mumford and Sons sound of the evolves into a 9/27/12 new millennisecond chorus um, offering where the title 12 tracks crisp producis belted at the tion on songs top of the band’s that are pollungs for a truly /10 ished, written dramatic affair. for millions The opening sans but not for a of the album, the specific generation in particular. titular “Babel,” finds Winston “Babel” follows the same for- Marshal’s virtuosic banjo playmula as their 2009 debut “Sigh ing take center stage to build the No More”, and for good reason. verses to epic proportions.

You probably know the story, but The center of the album finds for those who have lived under Mumford as his most sentimental, a rock that shakes from dubstep “so love the one you hold, and I’ll drops or the gritty bass lines of be your ghost to have and to hold,

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Mumford and Sons sophomore album, ‘Babel,’ produced by Markus Dravs.

a love of the light.” (“Lover of the Light.”) Songs like “Lovers Eyes” and “Ghosts that We Knew” are too caught up in their own dramatic tone to go back for more.

Mumford’s acoustic guitar is often in the forefront of the songs found on “Babel” making it a repetitive listen by the time you get to the album closer “Not With Haste.”

The album isn’t awful in any way, and at times can be a rewarding listen, but the slow songs often meander and are too similar to each other to feel any sort of passion from them.

“Babel” does nothing out of the ordinary, which makes this an easy enough album to listen to, but also a very dull one. It’s great to see a rock band get commercial attention in this day and age, but it makes sense when it’s from a band as dull as Mumford and Sons. In an era that is built on so many different cultures and tastes, it only makes sense that a folk band without any clear identity is the one getting the most attention.

Zach.Fisher@UConn.edu

Green Day’s new album lacks appeal

By Cole von Richthofen Campus Correspondent

While Green Day’s “¡Uno!,” released on September 25, is the first of a three-album trilogy set to be released over the next few months, little in this first installment will get listeners truly excited for “¡Dos!” or “¡Tré!.” The album consists largely of generic chord progressions that we’ve already heard on their previous albums and lyrics that are utterly uninspired. This being said, it gets much better with multiple listens.

“Dookie” and “American Idiot” were the first albums I ever bought on cassette and CD, respectively, and the two are often cited as the band’s best albums.

However, while “Dookie” was the peak of Green Day’s stonerpunk phase and “American Idiot” their political punk-rock opera, “¡Uno!” doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be. What frontman Billie Joe Armstrong meant in February when he called this “the most prolific and creative

time in our lives... This is the best music we’ve ever written,” this reviewer does not know.

Green Day does not walk alone in the practice of album trilogies.

Van Halen’s “Van Halen I,” “Van Halen II” and “Van Halen III” were recorded over several years,

the sort of material Green Day may have once written and then scrapped. In this case, it appears that they eliminated nothing.

The album does have a set of three of songs that save it from complete disaster, however. “Carpe Diem” harmonizes

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the last of the trilogy recorded nearly two decades after the previous. Unfortunately, Green Day wrote all of the songs for their trilogy over the course of a few short months, and it shows. Some songs, such as “Rusty James” and “Loss Of Control,” sound like

with the YOLO theme of today’s youth as Armstrong, now 40, asks “Carpe diem, a battle cry; are we all too young to die?” Also worthwhile is “Nuclear Family,” in which it is apparent that drummer Tre Cool and bassist Mike Dirnt can still push some of today’s best

spread the word, he speaks of the absence of dedication to students and underprivileged teens. More lessons are being taught in the slums than in the schools. On his second track, “Hood Now”, he raps “public school system only teaching parts, so the school of hard knocks is what makes you street smart.” Discussed also are the defects of our nation.

He mentions Trayvon Martin while revealing to listeners the hidden motives of law enforcement, along with the sickening prejudices and twisted nature of our justice system. Lupe is, quite frankly, a prophet.

Without a doubt, this is not a cheery album; however, it is gripping and real. It’s designed for contemplation, not the club.

Lupe delves into issues that make people uncomfortable, digging below the surface of a materialistic and success-hungry world and pointing out the social injustices and decaying factors that surround our nation. Lupe brings up thought-provoking issues such as teen pregnancy, prostitution, violence, and reliance on drugs and substances within the adolescent and adult world. Lupe reaf-

firms “Everything’s hostile, “… suicide bombers and prosperity gospels, emaciated models” in a song entitled “Around My Way”.

The overall sound of “Food and Liquor II” is clear and melodic and the beats are alluring. Recycling some of the bass

pop-punk, high-energy music.

Finally, “Troublemaker” is easily the best track on the album, complete with a real, genuine guitar riff. However, these three tracks aren’t enough to carry the album on their own.

Some of the music on the album is completely unlike Green Day, such as “Kill the DJ.” Fans of Green Day’s alter ego, the Foxboro Hot Tubs, will enjoy this track for its retro-inspired distortions and nostalgic tune.

Additionally, the most popular single, “Oh Love,” sounds rather unlike the Green Day of yesteryear. The song is far too repetitive and even lacks the mass appeal that “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” had in 2004 that could save it.

It is clear that either Green Day is getting too old for the punk show, or more likely that they should have spent more time on the album. The future of the trilogy isn’t terribly bright right now.

Philip.VonRichthofen@UConn.edu

Conscious Rap Returns on “Food and Liquor II”

By Emily Herbst Campus Correspondent

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Now 30-years-old and quite acclaimed in the hip-hop world, Lupe Fiasco has released several studio albums and countless mixtapes. Having released his latest studio album “Lasers” just last year, he drops his second installment to “Food and Liquor” (2006), this time entitled “Food and Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Vol. 1”.

Inviting in listeners with a heart wrenching poem spoken by a female about the struggle of inner cities and a confused generation, entitled “Ayesha Says”, Lupe Fiasco sets the tone for his thoughtful and reflective album.

Illustrating the ongoing crises of racial tensions, injustice and poverty, he opens eyes, ears and hearts to the brokenness of our society, specifically, of inner-city Black youth. Lupe wears his roots on his sleeve; however, his disappointment is just as strong as his pride.

Lupe Fiasco recognizes the flawed nature of the urban public school system; or rather, public school systems in all kinds of environments. Desiring to

Dare You? (Feat. Bilal): one of the few soft “slow jam” songs in which Lupe describes his love for a woman who won’t return his affection. Another personal favorite is “Unforgivable Youth”, a poetic representation of Lupe’s regrets and mistakes from ado-

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lines, instrumentation, and texture of “Lasers”, the album proves to be a fantastic succession. The album is a fusion of hip hop and underground rap, placing more emphasis on lyrics as opposed to aesthetics.

Highlights on the album include: “Lamborghini Angels”: a song dedicated to afterlife, religion, and its positive and negative effects on society and “How

lescence.

The epitome of conscious rap, “Food and Liquor II” evokes in listeners a sense of social awareness, realism, and hope for the future. By way of pensive lyrics and thoughtful themes, all spoken over solid beats, Lupe Fiasco once again claims his role in the rap game.

Emily.Herbst@UConn.edu

I never thought twice about Bob Seger. After hearing “Night Moves” and “Stranger in Town,” I figured I knew everything I needed about the poor man’s Bruce Springsteen. He was nostalgic and noncontroversial. His signature sound could be cross-referenced with any Top 40 hit made between 1974 and 1978—restrained, standardized quasi-blues/rock.

Seger’s aesthetic seemed blatantly packaged. He was an artist ready-made to be consumed by the general public, churning out songs that would undoubtedly be heralded by middle-class America.

Everything was generalized. A lot of pieces surrounding the topic of rock in and of itself (“Rock and Roll Never Forgets,” “Old Time Rock and Roll”,) an easy sell. His image was clean, but not too clean, as if he had something to hide.

Turns out, he did.

Before Bob Seger teamed up with the Silver Bullet Band (formed in 1974,) he was a well-known artist on the Detroit music scene, rubbing elbows with bands like The MC5, The Stooges and The Rationals. In this time (1961-1974,) Seger recorded several albums and singles.

Unfortunately, in an interview with the Pittsburg Post-Gazette where Seger was asked if he planned on reissuing some of his early work, he replied, “Well, if you’re talking the pre-Capitol stuff, I have no control over it.”

That didn’t stop Seger fans from stepping in. In 2009, a diehard group on the I Love Music message board decided to take the process into their own hands, creating a bootleg collection of Seger’s early singles.

That compilation, titled “Never Mind the Bullets: Bob Seger 19661974” (colloquially referred to as “Never Mind the Bullets… Here’s Early Bob Seger,”) fell into my lap on Sunday while I was browsing AquariumDunkard.com. I downloaded the 27-track, 79-minute compilation and clicked the first song, waiting for an anticlimax.

Instead, I saw a side of Seger that I never knew existed. Gone is the studio gloss that fine-tunes “Night Moves.” “Never Mind the Bullets” is a category all its own. Seger’s political prowess shines on “2 + 2 = ?,” a psychedelic Vietnam protest piece. “U.M.C. (Upper Middle Class”) satirizes the audience Seger and the Silver Bullets would later go on to tailor-make albums for.

“Lookin’ Back” is a foil to Seger’s 1978 hit, “Feel Like a Number.”

Here, Seger is proudly reaffirming his originality, whereas “Feel Like a Number” is a generalized hit about feeling like a cog in the wheel.

However, what really separates pre-Bullet and post-Bullet Seger is the presentation. There’s a sense of urgency on every single “Never Mind” track. Seger has something to say, something he feels thoroughly passionate about. He’s loud and aggressive, which is shocking considering his career after “Seven” worked off of an intentionally un-artistic passivity.

In his 1978 essay “Growing Up True Is Hard To Do,” Lester Bangs cited the music industry as the reason for Seger’s demise, saying, “Seger knows he needs that radio play, and he also knows that in 1978, “Looking Back” won’t get it. So in a sense he’s bowing before the Beast and I don’t know whether I blame him or not.”

I guess I don’t know how to feel about it, either. Sure, once Seger started working off a formula his music suffered artistically. Still, it got him out of Detroit, something you couldn’t say for The MC5, The Stooges or The Rationals.

Seger was just as subversive as any of those guys—he just hid it to become famous.

Julie.Bartoli@UConn.edu

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Focus

» CD REVIEW

Dragonette’s new style works in their favor While most of her tracks follow her established pop standard, several tracks display new styles and keep the album interesting and listenable. “Lay Low” for example,

By Katie McWilliams Staff Writer

a cure for the weight of the world cause its floating round in the universe just swing it like its tied to a string that you hold and just let it go.” Compared to her original

Dragonette stepped into the international pop scene with her witty, catchy and effusively happy collaboration with French DJ and producer, Martin Solveig.

Before her smash hit, Dragonette put out two albums that concentrated on sexy, alluring vocals over a thumping beat and addictively dance-y melodies. Her soft voice juxtaposed with raunchy lyrics and electronic music produced a unique effect that was used on countless movies Image courtesy of ssgmusic.com soundtracks and TV Dragonette’s frontwoman, singer-songwriter Martina Sorbara. The rest of the group consists of Dan shows.

Kurtz on bass and Joel Stouffer on drums. “Bodyparts” is Dragonette’s third album.

Her latest album, self-produced, is a departure from her previous incorporates a definitive 80s single, “I Get Around” which works and style. While I usual- synth pop vibe, which surpris- proclaims “Quietly slide ly dislike dramatic departures ingly does not sound cliché or away off the mattress find my from tried and true styles, I overdone. Other tracks, like clothing on the bed post, so found myself liking her new “Live In This City,” return I tip toe out of this mess as style more than her previ- to her aggressively and con- I slip back into last night’s ous albums. “Bodyparts” is tagiously happy vocal style, dress I get around.” There’s but the lyr- a drastic change in her song the mellow but ics of the writing and the result is music confident sister song sepa- that has a wider base to which of her flirtaBodyparts rate it from to appeal. tious and loud her forThe result of her efforts, is Dragonette former albums. mer works. a well thought out, surprisTo begin with, 9/22/12 Instead of ingly relatable, pop album. her vocals are 12 tracks her lyr- She incorporates lots of difhardly seducics mostly ferent quirks to each song, tive anymore. f o c u s i n g keeping the album interesting They instead on her late as a whole, keeping it cohetake on a hap/10 nights out sive and put together. Her pier and more partying and signature style lingers in the relaxed quality. endless one background of the album, but Take the leading track of the album, for example. “Run, night stands, she actually pays the forefront is dominated by Run, Run” is a smooth, poppy homage to the more emotion- a more mellow and relaxed jam, with vocals reminiscent al aspects of her personality. version of her former self. of a mixture of Karen O and “Let It Go” addresses an old flame, saying “we don’t need Katie.McWilliams@UConn.edu Marina and the Diamonds.

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New, emerging talent kicks off Paris Fashion Week

PARIS (AP) — Fashion dresses — delivered a slick with retro and street styles. week in Paris is always a race and revealing show Tuesday, Wednesday’s shows will against time. channeling black and white include London’s enfant Paris — the last city after in an unusual summer col- terrible Gareth Pugh, Guy New York, London and Milan lection.

Laroche and Dries Van Noten. to host shows — is offering South Korean designer up 95 frenetic catwalk spec- Moon Young Hee also threw IMPASSE DE LA tacles back-to-back over eight away the color wheel to pro- DEFENSE days at oppoPost-punk design site ends of the house Impasse de French capital. la Defense, tucked So it’s peraway behind the haps fitting clock of the Gare that the springde l’Est, got extra summer 2013 street cred as loud season got train announcegoing behind ments punctua giant clock: ated their colorful The iconic show. timekeeper of Their eclectic Paris’ grand and contempoGare de l’Est rary mix included train station. vibrant patchwork The setting dresses, outre tulle bridal skirts and may have been large shawls printgrand but the ed with images of shows on the clock architecture. first day in Their soundtrack Paris are often — a single harlow-key, a monica played by showcase for a man who looked emerging tallike a busker — ent. added a dash of Young knitboho insouciance wear designto the many the er and Rick casual, loose-fitOwens alumting, splash-dyed nus Alice dresses.

L e m o i n e Designer Karim emerged from Bonnet said he the shadows was channeling of her former German street mentor to prostyle after a holiduce an unasday there last sumsuming but mer — but at times, highly accomthe clock seemed plished show to turn to ‘70s in rich spring flower power. The colors.

AP imaginative prints Belgianborn design- A model shows a creation by Serbian-born fashion designer Nana Aganovich as of cameras and the er Anthony part of the spring-summer 2013 ready to wear collection, during Paris Fashion spines of novels on large shawls were a Vaccarello — week, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. notable success. whose star has At times, though, the sheer been on a rise since Gwyneth duce a sophisticated, demure Paltrow graced the cover of show, while Impasse de la size of the shawls — which Harper’s Bazaar in one of his Defense mixed bold colors models had wrapped around them — made them look clumsy.

LE MOINE TRICOTE No longer just for grannies, knitwear has finally been made cool — a youthful facelift courtesy of Le Moine Tricote.

Armed with two 12mm (half-inch) needles, a ball of wool and no rules, designer Alice Lemoine set about this collection with no idea what clothes she would make.

“I just let the needles lead and I make all sorts of different shapes and panels,” Lemoine said backstage, wearing a wooly cardigan. “I then just fuse it together; not exactly patchwork, but the same process.”

The result? An architectural — and highly huggable — display of some 14 soft, open knit looks — set off with creative spirals, polygons and geometric shapes.

Lemoine gives freedom to the natural weight of wool — producing some sumptuous effects, like one plunging gray and camel column dress. Lest we forget it’s summer, it’s all served up with a refreshing palette of sky blue, navy, pearl beige purple and white.

Splashes of delicate, tightly knitted silk alongside breezy organza undergarments and the occasional peplum was a new addition this season.

A N T H O N Y VACCARELLO Sticking to black and white is one sure way to stand out in spring collections, which are famed for their use of color.

But at the moment, it’s not as if Anthony Vaccarello needs the attention. His recent fashion headlines include a design stint at Collette as part of Vogue’s Fashion Night Out. In this uber-sexy, color-free summer offering, the models’ legs did the talking: Micro skirts with a tight, sweeped draping.

There was a distinct feeling of previous seasons’ Milan shows — plunging necklines, draped tops with eyelets and loose shoulder-strong jackets.

At times, the draping invoked a Grecian toga look.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Comics

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Kevin & Dean

by Adam Penrod

Horoscopes

by Brian Ingmanson Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 5 -- Something that you try doesn’t work, but it moves your ideas forward in a way. Let them know what you need. Your optimism is contagious.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Be very careful now. Where others see a problem, you see an exciting opportunity.

Look farther into the future. Magnetism fills the space.

Shapes

by Alex Papanastassiou

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Moderate your desire to press ahead at full speed, especially around sharp turns. Keep your dreams alive with an injection of passion. Prepare to sell your ideas.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Your imagination can take you on an amazing adventure, and help you save money, too.

Hold your temper, and avoid getting hurt.

Don’t leave a mess.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- No need to give unsolicited advice ... offer more hugs instead. Listen intently; allow yourself to be persuaded, and fall in love again. The impossible gets achieved.

Vegetables and Fruits!

by Tom Bachant and Gavin Palmer

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Stand for yourself and for the team.

Employ very gentle persuasion and gain new partners. Consider all options, and then feel your way to the right answer. Then it’s time to boogie down.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 5 -Reaffirm a commitment. Keep your objective in mind and increase productivity. Watch for obstacles or delays if you have to travel right now. Proceed with caution.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Take care of family first. Then figure out what you want to accomplish, and start your work. Watch expenses as costs overruns occur easily. Don’t spoil a whiney loved one.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- You feel best at home for a few days.

Ask the right questions and listen to diminish controversy. Stirring the pot isn’t good for romance. Be adaptable and agile.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO DRAW OR MAKE GAMES FOR THE DAILY CAMPUS COMICS?!

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Fantasies are abundant. Choose carefully now. Do what you promised, and avoid exaggerations. Create more work that requires the use of your imagination and record it.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 5 -- An insight increases your chances for money, but it will require work. Meet new and interesting people. Romance is part of the mix all day. Don’t buy expensive gifts.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Provide what the boss wants. There’s a beneficial development, finally. Decide who you’re growing up to be in the next day or two. Don’t hurt sensitive feelings. Stand up for what’s right.

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Sports

» MLB

Orioles hit 7 HRs, rout Blue Jays Rays beat Boston Machado hit his fifth of the year for a 3-2 Baltimore lead.

All of Machado's home runs have come at home, and his drive was the Orioles' 200th homer of the year.

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BALTIMORE (AP) — rooting for Toronto. The Blue The Toronto Blue Jays twice Jays open a four-game series bruised Baltimore. In their at home with the Yankees on final game of the series, the Thursday.

Orioles broke loose.

"The four games that start Chris Davis and (Thursday) and Manny Machado through the weekend each connected are going to have an twice and the Baltimore 12 effect on the outcome Orioles tied a team this division and Toronto 2 of record with seven certainly on the playhome runs, routing off picture," Toronto Toronto 12-2 Wednesday night manager John Farrell said. and staying within 1½ games "We're hopeful to put forth of the AL East lead. the effort we put forth in this The Orioles split the four- series. We swung the bats game set and remained close much better in this four-game to the division-leading New series than we did on the previYork Yankees, who won 8-2 in ous two series on this trip. And Minnesota. we're going to need that kind Now, Baltimore will be of production offensively."

MLB

The Blue Jays split a Monday doubleheader with the Orioles and won on Tuesday night.

Wednesday night was a different story.

Nate McLouth hit a leadoff shot in the first inning and Jim Thome and Mark Reynolds also homered. Baltimore has hit seven home runs three times, most recently on Aug. 26, 1985.

Davis finished with a careerhigh five RBIs. The Orioles trailed 2-1 heading into the bottom of the fifth before hitting three home runs.

Thome led off with his third homer since joining the Orioles and the 612th of his career. With two outs,

Machado and Thome are the first AL teammates to hit home runs in the same inning with an age difference of more than 20 years, according to home run historian David Vincent.

Thome is 42 and Machado is 20.

Davis' three-run drive gave the Orioles a five-run inning and finished Carlos Villanueva (7-7).

Villanueva equaled a career high by giving up four home runs.

"The ball was breaking well and I had a live fastball and I was one pitch away from letting the game stay under control and it didn't happen.

Those mistakes I made, they hit them with authority. They put the power stroke on them and made me pay for them," Villanueva said.

"We split with these guys.

Obviously we would have wanted to win more here, but we have the Yankees now and we have to play hard for them.

You want to finish the season playing your best baseball."

Davis hit his second home run in the seventh. On Aug. 24, he hit three home runs against the Blue Jays, also in a game started by Villanueva. He has 28 home runs.

Reynolds hit his 23rd homer in the sixth and Machado added a two-run shot in the eighth.

Miguel Gonzalez (8-4) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings. He allowed Edwin Encarnacion's 42nd home run with two outs in the top of the first.

With one out in the fifth, J.P. Arencibia, who went 7 for 9 in the four-game series, doubled and scored on Anthony Gose's single.

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox second wild-card spot. manager Bobby Valentine's last "When you don't accomplish home game of season ended what you set out to do, you like so many others this year — don't feel like you've done a another loss. good job. Simple," Valentine Soon he'll find out if it was said before the game. "When his final one ever.

I come back next year, I'll Carlos Pena and Ben think I'm prepared to handle Francisco hit back-to-back, it. Hopefully, we'll have better tape-measure homers in the results." fifth inning off Jon Lester on "Not much I would have Wednesday night to lead the done differently, I don't think, surging Tampa Bay other than I think Rays past the Red would have kept the Sox, 4-2. beer in the clubhouse.

Before the game, Tampa Bay 4 I think I could have Valentine said he Boston 2 used one after a few hadn't had any disof those games," he cussions with mansaid. agement about his future.

Alex Cobb (10-9) allowed "No there hasn't been any one run on three hits and a dialogue," he said. "I mean, walk, striking out five in five we've talked, which makes me innings as the Rays matched think I'm coming back." their longest winning streak of Valentine, who has one year the season. Fernando Rodney remaining on his contract, was pitched the ninth for his 45th hired to inspire a fractious club- save in 47 chances. house after the team went 7-20 Lester (9-14) gave up three last September under Terry runs on four hits and a walk, Francona. Instead, he presided striking out five in six innings. over what could be the worst He didn't allow a hit until Jeff Red Sox team since 1965.

Keppinger singled to left with Boston finished the season one out in the fifth, then he 34-47 at Fenway Park, match- gave up back-to-back home ing the futile mark in 1965. runs.

"They've been great all year Pena hit his 19th homer, showing up all year when we've nearly hitting the back wall stunk," Lester said, standing behind the seats in straightin a clubhouse cluttered with away center field. Francisco hit boxes in front of about eight another long homer, this one completely empty lockers with off a billboard above the Green about a half dozen name tags Monster seats, to make it 3-1.

The Red Sox cut the defiremoved.

"They keep trying to get us cit to one run in the sixth on track and we just haven't when Dustin Pedroia walked, really played good ball," he stole second, went to third on Cody Ross' single and scored said.

The Red Sox lost nine of on James Loney's medium fly ball to right field. The stolen their final 11 games at home.

"Disappointing," Valentine base was Pedroia's second of said of the home failures. "We the game and the 100th of his didn't walk off many (times) career.

The Red Sox had some of and didn't score enough runs.

We've got a lot saved up for their all-time greats on the field before the game to help close next year."

The Rays remained 3 1-2 Fenway Park's 100th annigames behind Baltimore for versary season, with former second place in the AL East. captain Carl Yastrzemski proTampa Bay began the day three nouncing, "The Red Sox will games behind Oakland for the be back."

MLB

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Sports

» BIG EAST SOCCER

UConn fights to climb atop Big East Huskies among conference top dogs

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Danielle Schulmann will lead the Huskies against DePaul and Notre Dame at home this weekend.

By Peter Logue Staff Writer 10. USF 5-4-1 (1-1-1) After dropping back-to-back games, the Bulls have ridden a hot streak into the top ten. In their last five games, they are 3-1-1 while allowing only two goals. They are led by Sharla Passariello, a junior from Wales who leads the conference with 4.6 shots per game and has three game-winning goals.

9. Villanova 4-6-2 (2-2-0) The Wildcats nearly pulled off a dramatic comeback win last Sunday over UConn when they tied the game with only eight seconds left in regulation, but they ultimately fell short as the Huskies prevailed in double overtime, 2-1.

They will look to bounce back on Friday when they travel to Pittsburgh.

8. Connecticut 6-4-1 (2-2-0) UConn is sparked by the conference’s most dynamic offensive player, Danielle Schulmann. She is leading the Big East in points (25), points per game (2.5), goals (9, tied with two others), goals per game (0.82), assists (7, tied with

Women's club Polo to open season tomorrow in Harvard from HUSKIES, page 14 a member of the polo team is still a major time commitment. The team holds practice sessions twice a week in addition to having matches on the weekends. Members of the team are also responsible for helping to maintain over 20 horses, which the team uses for competitions. The players arrive two hours before a match in order to prepare the 14 horses that are required for use during a match.

If interested in taking up the sport of polo, Smart offers the following advice to newcomers.

“Before you start playing be sure your riding skills are adequate enough to feel comfortable swinging a mallet and bumping opponents at a canter,” Smart said. “With more time in the saddle, good mallet skills will come and you will begin to hit the ball with more accuracy. Beginner polo lessons are available to all UConn students on Monday nights at six p.m. at Horsebarn Hill Arena. Give it a try; it’s how I learned how to play.”

The women’s team begins its season on Friday September 28 at Harvard. The men’s team will be hosting Skidmore on Sunday October 7 at 2 p.m. at Horsebarn Hill Arena to open its season.

Spencer.Mayfield@UConn.edu

two others), and assists per game (0.64). In addition to Schulmann, the Huskies have seen considerable production from their 13 freshman, especially Andrea Plucenik, who is second on the team with five goals and 11 points.

7. Providence 7-4-1 (2-2-0) The Friars are entering a crucial stretch of four straight home games following back-toback shutout losses last weekend against Villanova (2-0) and Georgetown (1-0). The game against the top-ranked Hoyas proved that they can compete with anyone in conference,, something they can show again Friday night at home against Notre Dame.

6. Depaul 7-4-1 (2-1-0) The Blue Demons will ride a two-game winning streak into Storrs on Friday night after rolling over St. Louis and Pittsburgh last weekend by respective scores of 2-0 and 4-0. They were led by a breakthrough week from freshman Elise Wyatt who scored the first five points of her career en route to being named the Big East Rookie of the Week.

5. Syracuse 5-4-2 (2-1-1)

The Orange have struggled with some difficult non-conference opponenets including losses against Washington and Ohio State, but have posted a winning mark in the Big East to put themselves within striking distance heading into the latter half of the season. They will host Seton Hall and Rutgers this weekend.

4. Louisville 7-2-1 (2-1-1) After a frustrating 1-1 tie against Syracuse last Friday, the Cardinals took out their offensive angst on St. Johns on Sunday, erupting for a 6-0 victory. Junior Angelika Uremovich is having a stellar season for Louisville, leading the team in goals with eight and points with 18.

3. Notre Dame 7-3-1 (3-0-0) Notre Dame is on fire entering the weekend, having won their last four games in dominant fashion. During the stretch, they have outscored their opponents 14-2.

They have one of the conference’s top goaltenders in Sarah Voight, who is second in the the Big East with a goals allowed average of 0.76 per game. After taking on Providence on Friday night, they will travel to Morrone Stadium to take on UConn Sunday afternoon.

2. Marquette 7-2-1 (3-0-0) The Golden Eagles dropped consecutive games at Duke and North Carolina early in September, but since then have looked close to unbeatable. They have only allowed one goal in the four games since their two losses, and have clicked offensively with a balanced attack spearheaded by Kate Reigel, who leads the team with four goals and four assists.

1. Georgetown. 10-1-1 (4-0-0) In addition to a prolific offense that leads the conference in points (85) and goals (31) and is second in assists (23), the Hoyas can attribute much of their hot start to their goalie, Emma Newins.

She has been remarkable between the posts, making 48 saves with a .842 save average and 7 shutouts while averaging a league-low 0.71 goals per game.

Peter.Logue@UConn.edu

By Diego Fragachan Campus Correspondent 15. DePaul Overall (2-5-1), BE (0-1-0) DePaul continued with their poor season this week by losing their Big East opener against Marquette (5-0).

14. Providence Overall (2-5-1), BE (0-1-0) This season continues to be very disappointing for Providence, after making the post-season last year.

They lost their conference opener against USF (1-0) in OT. 13. Rutgers Overall (3-3-0). BE (0-1-0) This week, Rutgers lost their Big East season opener against Georgetown (1-0) in OT. 12. Seton Hall Overall (4-5-0), BE (0-1-0) Seton Hall currently has a better record than in 2011, but they are still out of playoff position. This week, they lost their season opener against Syracuse (1-0). Their goalie Michael Kuzan (R-Sr.) was awarded the Goalie of the Week award.

11. Cincinnati Overall (4-4-1), BE (1-0-0) Cincinnati won their Big East season opener this week against Pittsburgh (1-0). The goal was scored by John Manga (Fr.) who would later be awarded Rookie of the Week in the Big East.

10. Louisville Overall (5-3-0), BE (1-0-0) This week Louisville beat a higher ranked team, Notre Dame (2-1). The goals for Louisville were scored by Andrew Farrell (Jr.) and Dylan Mares (R-So.) 9. Pittsburgh Overall (6-2-2) , BE (0-1-0) Pittsburgh had a very unsuccessful week with their first two losses of the season. They were beaten by Cincinnati in their Big East opener (1-0), and lost again against Navy (1-3). The goal was scored by Al Harrison (Jr.) 8. Villanova Overall (7-2-1), BE (0-0-0) Villanova still hasn’t had their Big East season opener. This week, they beat Temple (1-0). The goal was scored by Kyle Soroka (Sr.) who was later included in the

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UConn will continue conference play against Notre Dame this Saturday night at home.

Big East Honor Roll.

7. USF Overall (6-2-1), BE (1-0-0) This week, USF won both of their games. First, they topped Providence (0-1) and then won against Florida Gulf Coast (3-0).

Two goals were scored by Ashani Fairthrough (Sr.) who was included in the Big East Honor Roll.

6. St. John’s Overall (6-1-3), BE (0-1-0) St John’s recorded their first loss of the season this week against UConn (3-0). They later won their game against Columbia (1-3). Ji Mulligan (R-Jr.) lead the team to victory with 1 goal and 1 assist.

5. Notre Dame Overall (7-1-0), BE (0-1-0) Notre Dame lost their first game of the season this week against Pittsburgh (2-1). However their season has been solid so far and they still are a big contender for the Big East Finals.

4. Syracuse Overall (8-2-0), BE (1-0-0) Syracuse won their Big East opener this week against Seton Hall (1-0). The goal was scored

by Jordan Vale (Fr.) who was later included in the Big East Honor Roll. Syracuse also won against UMass (0-2) this week.

3. Georgetown Overall (9-0-1), BE (1-0-0) Georgetown beat Rutgers this week (1-0) in OT. They also beat James Madison (0-1). The goal was scored by Cole Seiler (Fr.) who was later included in the Big East Honor Roll.

2. Connecticut Overall (8-0-1), BE (1-0-0) This week, UConn continued with their incredibly successful season by winning their Big East opener against St John’s (3-0).

Carlos Alvarez (Sr.) led the team to victory with 2 goals and 1 assist, and was later given the Offensive Player of the Week Honors. They also beat Yale later in the week (0-2).

1. Marquette Overall (8-0-0), BE (1-0-0) Marquette continue with their amazing season by continuing their winning streak. They crushed their Big East opener against DePaul (5-0). Seb Jannson (So.) was one of the leaders of the victory with one goal and one assist.

Defender Paul Dillon (Jr.) was included in the Big East Honor Roll after the victory.

Diego.Fragachan@UConn.edu

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What's Next Home game

Away game

Oct. 6 Rutgers Noon

Oct. 13 Temple TBA

Oct. 19 Syracuse 8 p.m.

Nov. 3 USF TBA

Oct. 3 Oct. 6 Georgetown Marquette 3p.m.

8 p.m.

Oct. 9 Iona 7 p.m.

» That’s what he said

Sept. 30 Notre Dame Noon

Oct. 5 South Florida 7 p.m.

Oct. 11 Pittsburgh 7 p.m.

Miguel Cabrera

» Pic of the day

By Nick Danforth Campus Correspondent

So runs are... bad?

It was not long ago that Michael Olt was the star of the UConn baseball team, stealing bases and hitting home runs regularly. Olt is still collecting big hits, although now it’s for the Texas Rangers in Major League Baseball.

Olt attended Branford High School in Branford, Connecticut, where he played for the school’s baseball team. He was a threetime All-State selection and led Branford to the Class L State Championship in 2006. He left high school with a career batting average of .475 and enrolled at UConn.

Olt went to UConn with high expectation and delivered right away for the Huskies. In his first season at UConn he batted .318 and added 13 home runs, 18 stolen bases and a then school record 61 runs batted in, breaking the previous mark of 60 set by Brian Packin in 1999. Olt wasn’t just a threat on offense, however, as he recorded 151 assists on defense and 85 put-outs from his position at third base. He was named a Freshmen AllAmerican for his play and earned a spot in the the 2008 New England College Baseball All-Star Game.

In 2009, Olt had an “off-year,” hitting .301 with 8 home runs and 40 RBI. However, in 2010, Olt had a breakout year, hitting .318 with 23 home runs and 76 RBI. Olt also set a career home run record for the Huskies with 44. The Texas Rangers noticed Olt’s production and drafted him with the No. 49 overall selection of the 2010 MLB draft.

Coming into the 2012 season Olt was ranked as the No. 43 best prospect in baseball by MLB.com. It didn’t take long for the Rangers to call upon Olt, up to the bigs from the Frisco RoughRiders of the Class AA Texas League to the majors on August 2, 2012.

From there, Olt continued to do what he has always done, hit the baseball. In his first major league at bat, Olt recorded a hit off of Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim pitcher CJ Wilson. Nine days later, on August 11, Olt got a pinch hit walk-off single to beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1.

Since then, Olt has struggled and is hitting just .156 in 32 at bats for the Rangers.

Oct. 6 Louisville Noon

Oct. 13 Georgetown Noon

Oct. 12 Cincinnati 4 p.m.

Oct. 14 Louisville 2 p.m.

Field Hockey (9-0) Tomorrow Providence 7 p.m.

Sept. 30 Boston University 5 p.m.

Volleyball Sept 29.

St. John’s 2 p.m.

Oct. 3 UMass 6 p.m.

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Oct. 6 Notre Dame 2 p.m.

Oct. 7 DePaul 3 p.m.

Men’s Cross Country Oct. 6 N.E. Champ.

Noon

Oct. 13 Conn. College Invite TBA

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

Oct 26.

BIG EAST Champs TBA

Nov. 9 NCAA North East Regional TBA

Women’s Cross Country Sept. 29 Griak Invite 1:10 p.m.

Oct. 7 New England Championships Noon

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

Oct. 26 Army TBA

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Harper hits 20th homer, Nats top Phils

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kendrick walked Jayson Werth Bryce Harper hit his 20th homer, on five pitches to start the game Ian Desmond and Kurt Suzuki and Harper drove the first pitch he also connected and the Nationals saw out to deep left-center for a beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-4 2-0 lead. Harper matched the feat Wednesday night to move closer of Conigliaro, who hit 24 home toward winning their first division runs for the Boston Red Sox in title since moving to Washington.

1964.

The 19-year-old Harper joined Desmond connected leading off Tony Conigliaro as the only teen- the second, hitting his 25th homer agers to reach 20 homers in big way out to left-center to make league history. The Nationals it 3-0. Steve Lombardozzi then reduced their magic number in the reached on second baseman Chase NL East to four, holding a four- Utley’s fielding error and Suzuki game lead over Atlanta with seven followed with a shot out to left to remaining. put the Nationals up 5-0.

John Lannan (4-0) gave up two Kevin Frandsen hit a one-out runs and five hits double in the third to in 5 1-3 innings to get the Phillies going. win his second start He scored when 8 Suzuki threw wild to since taking Stephen Washington Strasburg’s spot in the on reliever B.J. 4 third rotation. Strasburg, Philadelphia Rosenberg’s sacrithe All-Star righty, fice. was shut down after reaching his Lannan then pitched out of a innings limit. bases-loaded, one-out jam by strikThe Phillies, who closed to ing out Ryan Howard and retiring within three games of St. Louis Carlos Ruiz on a grounder to the for the NL’s second wild-card spot mound. following a late push, are on the Frandsen hit a two-out triverge of elimination. The five-time ple in the fourth and scored on defending NL East champions are Rosenberg’s single up the middle 5½ games behind the Cardinals. in his first official at-bat in the Kyle Kendrick (10-12) got majors. roughed up, allowing five runs Rollins hit his team-leading and five hits in two-plus innings.

23rd homer off Ryan Mattheus in Jimmy Rollins hit a solo homer, the seventh. snapping an 0-for-19 slump. But Domonic Brown’s sacrifice fly the Phillies couldn’t overcome a off former closer Tyler Clippard 5-0 deficit. cut it to 5-4 in the eighth.

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UConn third baseman: Mike Olt (2007-2010)

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Oct. 17 Seton Hall 7 p.m.

Oct. 7 Marquette 1 p.m.

“What will the final score be of the men’s soccer match Saturday against Notre Dame?”

Where are they now?

Women’s Soccer (6-4-1) Tomorrow DePaul 5:30 p.m.

Next Paper’s Question:

–Shane Carberry Mogan, 5th-semester mechanical engineering major

–Former Red Sox catcher Carl Yastrzemski, the last major leaguer to win the Triple Crown back in 1967. Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera has a shot to win the title this season.

Men’s Soccer (8-0-1) Sept. 29 Notre Dame 7 p.m.

The Daily Question the inconsistency of the NFL referees affected the enjoyQ : “Has ment of NFL games?”

It’s more been my hair getting in the way and my Bucs sucking A : “No. straight pond water.”

“I didn’t know I won the Triple Crown until the next day.”

Football (2-2) Sept. 29 Buffalo Noon

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Tigers beat Royals behind Cabrera, Peralta

DETROIT (AP) — Jhonny and Austin Jackson had a solo Peralta brought home the go- shot in the fourth inning to tie the ahead run when Andy Dirks’ hard game. slide broke up a potential inningCabrera, who went 0 for 4, ending double play in the eighth started the day with the AL lead inning and the Detroit Tigers in batting average and RBIs and beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 was one homer behind Texas’ Wednesday night.

Josh Hamilton. Baseball hasn’t Triple Crown candidate Miguel had a player lead a league in all Cabrera was robbed of a tiebreak- three categories since Boston’s ing homer in the fifth inning by Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.

Alex Gordon’s catch above the The Tigers have won six of left-field wall. Detroit, which nine games on their final 10-game started the day tied with the homestand and 32 of their last 43 Chicago White Sox atop the AL games at Comerica Park. They Central for the first time since had, however, lost 11 straight oneSept. 2, found a way to break run games since beating Toronto through the eighth, 3-2 on Aug. 23. though.

Kansas City has It looked as if the lost four straight 5 since winning four in Royals were going Detriot to keep the score a row, including two 4 against the White tied in the eighth Kansas City when Peralta hit a Sox. grounder to third baseman Mike Detroit starter Rick Porcello Moustakas. Dirks, though, slid lasted just four innings, giving up so late and hard that second base- four runs and seven hits. man Irving Falu didn’t attempt a Luis Marte got two outs in the throw, allowing pinch-runner Don fifth and Al Alburquerque gave up only one hit over 2 1-3 innings.

Kelly to score.

Dirks was swarmed by team- Joaquin Benoit (4-3) allowed one mates in the dugout to celebrate hit in the eighth. Jose Valverde closed the game for his 32nd save the gritty, clean play he made.

Delmon Young hit an infield in 37 chances.

Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie single with one out in the eighth off Kelvin Herrera (4-3) and was allowed four runs on seven hits replaced by Kelly, who stole sec- and two walks over seven innings.

Young doubled and Dirks sinond base and took third on Andy gled to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead Dirks’ single.

Alex Avila hit a two-run homer in the second.

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NFL, refs reach tentative agreement

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL and the referees’ union have reached a tentative contract agreement, ending an impasse that began in June when the league locked out the officials and used replacements instead.

The NFL said it planned to have regular refs work Thursday night’s ClevelandBaltimore game.

With Commissioner Roger Goodell at the table, the sides concluded two days of talks at midnight Thursday with the announcement of a tentative 8-year deal, which must be ratified by the union’s 121 members.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello tweeted “Pleased to report that an agreement has been reached with the NFL Referees Association. Details to follow.”

The replacements worked the first three weeks of games, triggering a wave of frustration that threatened to disrupt the rest of the season. After a missed call cost the Green Bay Packers a win on a chaotic final play at Seattle on Monday night, the two sides really got serious.

It was not certain who would work this week’s games, but ESPN reported regular refs will work Thursday night with Baltimore hosting Cleveland.

The union was seeking improved salaries, retirement benefits and other logistical issues for the part-time officials. The NFL has proposed a pension freeze and a higher 401(k) match, and it wants to hire 21 more officials to improve the quality of officiating. The union has fought that, fearing it could lead to a loss of jobs for some of the current officials, as well as a reduction in overall compensation.

The NFL claimed its offers have included annual pay increases that could earn an experienced official more than $200,000 annually by 2018.

The NFLRA has disputed the value of the proposal, insisting it means an overall reduction in compensation.

Replacement refs aren’t new to the NFL. They worked the first week of games in 2001 before a deal was reached. But those officials came from the highest level of college football; the current replacements do not. Their ability to call fast-moving NFL games drew mounting criticism through Week 3, climaxing last weekend, when ESPN analyst Jon Gruden called their work “tragic and comical.”

Those comments came during “Monday Night Football,” with Seattle beating Green Bay 14-12 on a desperation pass into the end zone on the final play. Packers safety M.D. Jennings had both hands on the ball in the end zone, and when he fell to the ground in a scrum, both Jennings and Seahawks receiver Golden Tate had their arms on the ball.

The closest official to the play, at the back of the end zone, signaled for the clock to stop, while another official at the sideline ran in and then signaled touchdown.

The NFL said in a statement Tuesday that the touchdown pass should not have been overturned — but acknowledged Tate should have been called for offensive pass interference before the catch. The league also said there was no indisputable evidence to reverse the call made on the field.

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UConn women’s club polo team opens season

By Spencer Mayfield Campus Correspondent

This Sunday, the nationally recognized UC Club Polo Team hosted an inter-squad scrimmage at Horsebarn Hill Arena during the 18th annual Cornucopia Fest.

The match consisted of two seven-and-a-half minute chukkas as way to give a demonstration of the sport as well as gain support for their upcoming season.

What the match lacked in length – a standard arena polo match has four chukkas – it made up for in excitement. The white team secured a 7-5 victory over the blue team in the final minutes of the match after overcoming an early 2-0 deficit. The teams, made up of a combination of members from both the men and women’s teams, gave the fans a preview of what is sure to be an exciting season.

Heading into the start of the regular season, the polo team, led by senior Cameron Smart, is looking to build off its recent success in the past two seasons. The team managed to qualify for nationals in each of the last two years in addition to capturing their regional tournament last season with a win over Cornell.

Although the team has momentum heading into this season, Smart is taking nothing for granted. Returning for his third season, Smart is looking for the team to take things one step at a time.

“The main focus of the team this year is to win our regional tournament,” Smart said. “To qualify for nationals again would be a huge accomplishment, but right now our main focus is to strengthen our teamwork in the arena, which will come with more practice.”

Despite being considered a club sport, being Photo courtesy of Emily Anyzeski

The women’s club polo team will open their season tomorrow at Harvard while the men begin their year in 10 days on Oct. 7 at home against Skidmore.

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West Virginia QB Geno Smith leads Heisman hopefuls

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The senior signal caller has led West Virginia to an undefeated record as they head into Big 12 play.

By Scott Carroll Campus Correspondent We’re through four weeks of action in the early season and I think it’s time we start to take a look at collegiate sports top individual prize; the Heisman

Trophy. Several of the nation’s top players have made very interesting cases for themselves. Here are my top 5 Heisman hopefuls thus far in 2012.

5. Braxton Miller Miller has been an absolute stud for the Buckeyes this sea-

son. He has fit perfectly into new head coach, Urban Meyer’s system with his versatile speed and throwing arm. Miller has led his team through the air and on the ground with seven passing touchdowns and seven more on the ground. He leads the team with 441 yards rushing yards.

The player with the second highest has only 192 yards. Miller ranks third in the nation with 46 total points and he’s only a sophomore.

4. Collin Klein If the Heisman were to be handed out strictly on grit and determination, Klein would win easily. The senior quarterback has willed his team to victory many times during his time at Kansas State. Most recently, Klein defeated the No. 6 Oklahoma Sooners in Norman.

His stats might not get him the Heisman, but his intangibles might. He has five total rushing touchdowns as well as seven passing touchdowns on the season. If he can continue to lead his Kansas State Wildcats past the larger competition, he might just make a run at the Heisman.

3. E.J. Manuel Manuel proved his Heisman legitimacy last week with an incredible performance against top ACC competitor Clemson.

He torched the Tigers defense for 380 yards passing and two touchdowns. He also rushed for 102 yards and one touchdown. The last quarterback from Florida State to throw for over 300 yards and rush for over 100 yards in a game was Charlie Ward, the 1993 winner of the Heisman Trophy. If Manuel keeps his offense explosive, he could be the guy hoisting the bronze statue in December.

2. De’Anthony Thomas De’Anthony Thomas has been an explosive talent ever since he was a kid, according to his childhood coach Snoop Dogg (aka Snoop Lion). Thomas has continued to dominate well after playing for Snoop and has found himself in the hunt for the Heisman Trophy. He’s taken over for former Heisman candidate LaMichael James and has filled his shoes perfectly.

Thomas leads the nation in yards per rush with 11 yards per carry

and is tied for fifth in total points by scoring 42 points thus far this year. He has become the most vital part of the Oregon offense, which ranks third in total offense 2284 yards.

1. Geno Smith Smith has helped his Mountaineers dismantle opponents in the early going and has been putting on quite the show. In fact, the senior quarterback has been nearly flawless through his first three games.

He has thrown a nation-leading 12 touchdown passes without a single interception. His passer rating ranks second in the country at 192.1. He ranks 14 in the nation with 1072 passing yards.

The Mountaineers have yet to face a team in the top 25, so it will be interesting to see how he fares against stronger competition. West Virginia enters Big 12 play this week. It features many top 25 opponents for Smith to measure himself against. As of right now, however, Smith’s numbers alone make him the clear Heisman leader.

Scott.Carroll@UConn.edu

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Sabathia,Yanks stretch lead with win over Twins

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — This hasn’t been the smoothest of seasons for C.C. Sabathia. He’s still coming through when it counts for the New York Yankees.

Sabathia struck out 10 batters over eight innings and New York beat the Minnesota Twins 8-2 on Wednesday to remain 1 1/2 games ahead of Baltimore in the AL East.

The Orioles beat Toronto 12-2 on Wednesday night. The Yankees visit the Blue Jays for four games starting Thursday.

Baltimore, after an off day, plays Boston at home this weekend.

Sabathia will pitch again next week when the Yankees host the Red Sox.

“This is what he can do. He can string a bunch of good ones together. And if there’s a time, now’s the time,” manager Joe Girardi said.

Sabathia (14-6) threw 89 of his 118 pitches for strikes, including three straight to Twins All-Star Joe Mauer for the second of his three strikeouts in the fourth inning. Mauer, who began the day three points in the batting race behind Detroit’s Triple Crown chaser Miguel Cabrera with a .326 average, went 0 for 4.

“That’s the best I’ve seen him, and I’ve been watching him for a long time,” Mauer said. “When I was up there he was both sides of the plate: fastball, slider, sinker.

He threw me everything, and from now.” everything was working.”

Robinson Cano hit a two-run Sabathia spent two stints on double and Curtis Granderson the disabled list this summer, added a two-run triple durfor a strained left groin ing a six-run third and an inflamed left inning against Brian elbow. This was his Duensing (4-11), and first win in six starts, New York 8 Sabathia took care and he credited impec- Minnesota 2 of the rest. The burly cable command of his lefty gave up six hits, fastball to set up his two runs and one other pitches. walk.

“We’re in a race. We know Sabathia improved to 10-0 it’s going to be tough. So you with a 1.96 ERA in his last 11 want to go out and do well every appearances against the Twins, time out,” Sabathia said, adding: including the 2009 and 2010 “Hopefully, I can go out and postseason. He threw eight pitch well again the next time. scoreless innings in his last start I’ll take what I can out of this against Oakland, striking out 11, one and be ready to go five days but didn’t get the victory because

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the Yankees won in the 10th.

Matt Carson and Pedro Florimon had RBI singles, but that was about the only solid contact Sabathia allowed.

Chris Dickerson also hit a tworun homer for the Yankees, who lost to the Twins on Tuesday night and played without third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who has a bruised left foot. Derek Jeter’s 19-game hitting streak ended with an 0-for-4 afternoon, but he walked and scored in the third.

The Yankees enjoyed a tension-free afternoon while winning for the 12th time in their last 16 games. Even the bad plays turned out all right.