The Daily Campus: September 28, 2011

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

50 companies represented at Career Fair Fair to continue Wed. with new, returning companies

By Amanda Farley Campus Correspondent

QUARTET PERFORMS ‘AWAKENING’ MUSIC Music from all over world played in concert.

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WORKING OVERTIME Top-ranked UConn sends Yale back to New Haven with loss, remains unbeaten.

Students arrived dressed to impress at the Career Fair in the Student Union on Tuesday.

More than 50 companies waited to talk to students and explain what they look for in prospective employees or interns.

Career services set up a booth in front of the fair and handed out maps so students could find their way around.

Upon registering, students were also given name tags that showed their names, year and major. Even Hershey’s had a booth giving out free candy bars across the foyer.

The event ran from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Students of all majors are invited to come to the Career Fair, which will run again on Wednesday, Sept. 28.

“This year a majority of the employers are looking for students with Liberal Arts and Science majors,” said Laura Evangelista Newberry, the

Assistant Director of Career Services and Manager of Employer Relations.

The Career Fair is basically a “meet and greet with different organizations so that students can learn more about them. Most of the organizations will be back on campus for interviews with students at a later date,” Newberry said.

According to Newberry, there were over 500 students at last year’s one-day Career Fair.

Unlike last year, this year’s Career Fair is a two-day event. Students who could not make it the first day will have another opportunity to meet possible future employers and to learn about internships or full-time work.

“Students should bring copies of their résumés and dress business casual at the least,” Newberry said.

“Everyone looks very professional today,” said Jessie Scott, a 3rd-semester biological sciences major who

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Mansfield to buy ambulance, plows with $405K in bonds

SPORTS/ page 14 EDITORIAL: ALERTS ABOUT FALSE ROBBERY CLAIM HANDLED POORLY

By Megan Toombs Campus Correspondent

News of hoax was not distributed effectively.

COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: MANILA CLEANS UP AFTER TYPHOON KILLS 18

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The purchase of $405,000 worth of machinery was discussed at the Mansfield Town Hall meeting, Monday. An ambulence and plows will be acquired.

Almost 90 people were at Mansfield Town Hall to attend a special town meeting on Monday night to discuss the acquisition of an ambulance, a front-line plow truck, a small dump truck and sanders, which would be financed by issued bonds.

The cost of the bonds and interest caused the most debate.

The $405,000 in bonds would accrue $129,860 in interest, thereby further increasing the total debt.

Antonia Moran, the deputy mayor, explained the need for financing with bonds to buy this heavy equipment. “A town of this size has substantial capital needs,” Moran said.

“This idea of borrowing for long-term ownership is not

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Chris Meyer, a 7th-semester finance major speaks to a potential employer at the Career Fair. Students are encouraged to dress nicely and bring resumes to present to company representatives. The Career Fair is meant to foster connections between students and companies for obtaining internships, Co-op work or jobs. The Career Fair continues Wednesday.

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Mental, societal health organizations present at Health and Wellness Fair

By Elizabeth Bowling Campus Correspondent UConn’s Health and Wellness Fair, though initially postponed, went on without a hitch on Tuesday.

Tables were set up outside the Student Union for students, faculty and staff to browse.

Groups and organizations like Hartford GYN Center, Environmental Health and Safety, Natchang Hospital and Relay for Life localized in an effort to make UConn and its people healthier.

Outreach Coordinator and Director of Counseling and Patient Education Rebecca Willman promoted birth control options at the Summit Medical Centers table. “We want to provide an opportunity for people to know we’re out there. We are working for birth control rights and reproductive rights. If students ever find themselves in need, they should know there are places they can go,” Willman said. Her priority was to spread information.

Many of the tables at the fair had the intention of get-

ting word out. Counseling and Mental Health Services was there to continue spreading word about suicide prevention. Director Barry Schreier said, “The only time our service doesn’t work is when students don’t use it. We want students, staff and faculty to know the service is available to them.”

Schreier noted the stigma that often goes along with counseling. “There’s a cultural block,” he said, “but we’re approachable, friendly,

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unfamiliar to us,” Moran said while pointing out that most people have mortgages and loans on their cars.

Yet upon bringing up the first item to discuss, acquiring an ambulance costing $210,000 dollars in bonds, everyone had something to say.

“I would vote no against this and the other resolutions,” said Betty Wassmundt, a Mansfield town resident.

Wassmundt continued to point out that the Town Council wants to take out a 15-year loan for equipment that will last maybe eight years.

“It is fiscally irresponsibly,” Wassmundt said. “There is hardly a person in here who runs their household this way.”

Another Mansfield resident, David Freudmann, agreed with Wassmundt.

“I’m going to be voting no on all motions tonight,” Freudmann

said. “This has ominous implications for our debt service.”

Director of Finance Cherie Trahan explained why the bonding process is necessary in acquiring these three items. “We bond the items with longer lifespan and value,” Trahan said.

Moran elaborated further on the issue of using bonds. “We certainly intend to pay off the cost of the ambulance before the bond expires,” Moran said.

Fire Chief David J. Dagan explained the necessity of this acquisition to replace a current 2008 model ambulance with 150,000 miles on it.

“This fits into our replacement schedule,” Dagan said.

“We have determined that a four-year replacement schedule is more appropriate.”

Dagan explained that the town EMT would use the replaced

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Small explosion at UConn research lab injures 1 FARMINGTON (AP) — University of Connecticut Health Center officials say a small chemical explosion in a research building laboratory has left one person with minor injuries.

The incident happened at about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building, which is across the street from the health center’s main campus in Farmington. The building has been evacuated as a precaution and it’s not clear when it will reopen.

Health center spokeswoman Maureen McGuire says four people were in the lab at the time of the explosion.

Three people declined medical treatment and the fourth was brought to the health center’s hospital.

It’s not immediately clear what caused the accident or what chemicals were involved.

The building houses labs for stem cell research and other science programs, but classes aren’t held there.

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Blood Drive 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

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Schedule an appointment at redcross. uconn.edu.

Fall Career Fair 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Student Union Come check out exciting career options from prospective employers at the Fall Career Fair, open to students and alumni.

Workout 101 6 to 8 p.m.

Student Recreation Facility Learn how to work out safely and efficiently at this workshop put on by fitness staff.

W Center Lecture Noon to 1 p.m.

CUE, Rm. 134 The lecture for faculty is called “Making Peer Review Work in W Courses Across the Disciplines.”

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DAILY BRIEFING » STATE

Cost of Conn. programs for disabled examined

HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are being urged by some relatives of Southbury Training School residents to consider the value in keeping the home for the intellectually disabled open and not move everyone to nonprofit group homes.

But family members of people living in nonprofit group homes say they’re pleased with the care. They believe even more services could be provided to more people if Connecticut cut back on costly state-run programs and turn to the private sector to provide the care.

The legislature’s Program Review and Investigations Committee, which is studying the cost of providing 24-hour, residential services to people with intellectual disabilities, heard from the family members during a public hearing on Tuesday.

A preliminary report by the committee staff shows the state-run programs cost, on average, about two-and-a-half times more.

Pro Boxer pleads no contest in Conn. assault

HARTFORD (AP) — Pro boxer Matt Remillard is facing a fiveyear prison sentence after pleading no contest to beating a man with a baseball bat beating in Connecticut last year.

The 25-year-old featherweight from Manchester entered the plea to first-degree assault Tuesday in Hartford Superior Court and is to be sentenced Nov. 29.

State police say Remillard pummeled Jordan Evans with a baseball bat in July 2010 in Marlborough in a fight over a woman both men had dated. Three other people were arrested.

The Hartford Courant reports (http://cour.at/njeBFm ) that Evans suffered a fractured skull, eye socket and hand.

Remillard was ranked in the top 5 in major boxing organizations earlier this year and held the NABF and NABO titles until losing his first fight as a professional last March to Mikey Garcia in Atlantic City, N.J. His record is 23-1.

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Some residents plead to ‘Live within our means’ from MANSFIELD, page 1 ambulance for training. The new ambulance would replace the current number-one ambulance, which would become the number-two ambulance.

“We want to keep two ambulances on call,” Dagan said.

And with that, the motion was voted on using a counted vote, which resulted in the passing of the resolution with 54 in favor and 34 opposed.

The second resolution brought up was to replace a 1998 plow truck with 109,000 miles on it. There are currently eight trucks and eight plow routes in Mansfield, each serviced by one truck.

Immediately, one hand went up.

“Cut something,” Freudmann said. “Defer something for a year. Live within our means.”

Another Mansfield town resident had something different to say.

“We need to maintain our streets at the level we’ve come to expect,” Paulette Marie said.

“We are going to need new trucks from time to time.”

Marie also pointed out that there may be ways to make additional revenue with this plow truck, such as an extra fee for plowing private roads. She also pointed out the possibility of renting the plow truck to private businesses in town.

“We can come up with new ways to increase our bottomline revenue in town,” Marie said.

Director of Public Works Lon Hultgren pointed out that this truck has been in use for 14 years and needs to be replaced.

“We are stretching out the life of the trucks anyway,” Hultgren said.

A voice vote was taken and the motion was passed.

The third item was to acquire a small dump truck and sanders.

There are currently four trucks used for hauling and cleanup after a storm. One of those trucks has 91,000 miles on it and is in need of replacement.

Wassmundt was disgruntled by this proposal.

“This is totally unreasonable for me to accept,” Wassmundt said. “I will pay my share of a supplementary tax bill so we don’t spend $13,000 dollars on interest.”

Elizabeth Patterson, mayor of the town council, explained how the council had taken into consideration the tax increases from these additional purchases. “We are trying to do the tax level increments so that people can afford them,” Patterson said.

A counted vote was taken on item three, which passed with 54 in favor and 37 opposed.

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TO SPEND OR NOT TO SPEND?

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The mayor of Connecticut’s biggest city has defeated a challenger from his own party in a Democratic primary election.

Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch on Tuesday night won the party’s nomination to run for his second term by defeating Mary-Jane Foster, a co-founder of the Bridgeport Bluefish baseball team and a vice president of the University of Bridgeport.

The Connecticut Post reports that Foster conceded at about the same time.

Seats for the city clerk, city council and other posts were also on the ballot.

Most of Connecticut’s municipal primaries were held earlier this month. But polling in Bridgeport was delayed from Sept. 13 due to a court fight that ended with a state judge allowing Foster to challenge Finch.

Finch faces Republican Rick Torres and Jeff Kohut, an independent, in the Nov. 6 election.

Jurors see more evidence in Conn. home invasion NEW HAVEN (AP) — Jurors on Tuesday saw photos of rope and pantyhose used to tie up two girls left to die in a fire during a brutal home invasion in 2007, as well as their charred beds and the containers that held the gasoline used to fuel the fire.

The evidence was presented by prosecutors in the trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky, who faces a possible death sentence if convicted.

His co-defendant, Steven Hayes, was convicted last year of strangling Jennifer Hawke-Petit after taking her to a bank to get money and killing her two daughters, Hayley and Michaela. Hayes was sentenced to death.

Komisarjevsky admits to beating Hawke-Petit’s husband, Dr. William Petit, with a bat and molesting his younger daughter after cutting off her clothes with scissors, but blames Hayes for the three killings.

Prosecutors also showed jurors photos of the girl’s cut bra and scissors found in her room.

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Rescuers assist a man carrying the body of his newly born child to hold a wake on a higher ground as Typhoon Nesat flooded an area in suburban San Mateo, eastern Manila, Tuesday.

Manila cleans up after typhoon rains kill 18

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Emergency services and residents in the Philippine capital cleaned up and restored electricity Wednesday after a powerful typhoon unleashed floodwaters that killed at least 18 people and sent huge waves crashing over seawalls.

Most deaths occurred in and around metropolitan Manila, which already was soaked by heavy monsoon rains ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Nesat, which brought more downpours and wind gusts of up to 93 miles (150 kilometers) per hour.

The typhoon blew out of the Philippines on Wednesday packing winds of 75 mph (120 kph) and was expected to make landfall on China’s Hainan Island on Thursday evening or early Friday.

The Philippine disaster agency said 35 people were still unaccounted for and that 108 had been rescued.

Power supply was gradually restored to the downtown area, which was strewn with trash and fallen bamboo pieces washed ashore by storm surges. The Metro Rail Transit also resumed operations.

Some areas were still flooded, including Manila Ocean Park facing Manila Bay and a major thoroughfare, Taft Avenue. The nearby U.S. Embassy, which was inundated Tuesday, remained closed.

Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim said huge waves as high as coconut trees breached a 65-foot (20-meter) -long seawall astride a popular promenade, allowing seawater from Manila Bay to rapidly engulf hotels, a hospital, business offices and several blocks of residential areas in waistdeep floodwaters.

“This is the first time that this kind of flooding happened here,” said Lim, who began his career in Manila as a tough-talking police officer decades ago.

Strong winds toppled about 40 huge trees around the capital’s tourist district and 3,500 people were moved from shantytowns into three school buildings, where they spent the night huddled amid continuing rains.

Emergency repair crews were clearing roads of trees, debris and stalled cars as schools and offices reopened Wednesday.

The massive flooding came a day after this sprawling, coastal city of 12 million held two-year commemorations for the nearly 500 people killed during a 2009 cyclone, which dumped a month’s rainfall in just 12 hours. The geography of the archipelago makes it a welcome mat for about 20 storms and typhoons from the Pacific each year.

Some residents acted more quickly this time to evacuate homes as waters rose, including in the Manila suburb of Marikina, where 2,000 people escaped the swelling river by flocking to an elementary school, carrying pets, TV sets, bags of clothes and bottled water.

“We can replace things, but not people’s lives,” said janitor Banny Domanais, arriving at the school with his wife and three young daughters.

Typhoon Nesat hit ashore before dawn Tuesday in eastern provinces and headed inland just north of Manila with up to an inch of rain per hour, half that of the storm two years ago, said government forecaster Samuel Duran.

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the entire student body by unveiling “CSD Just Ask,” a questionnaire that tested a person’s knowledge of disabilities. Like many tables, CSD spread awareness and handed out free things.

Former UConn student Keith Wilcox said he got a lot out of the fair. “I’m not clinically dead,” he said after having his blood pressure tested.

“The crime prevention table made me feel safe and I liked the ‘Birth Control Options’ table.”

List of companies on Violence against women Career Services website class represented at Fair from 50 COMPANIES, page 1 attended the fair on Tuesday.

“When you walk in, it’s a bit nerve-wracking, but once you get past talking to the first company, it gets easier to talk to the next ones,” said Ornela Minxozi, a 7thsemester political science and sociology double major.

“Wear comfortable clothes, relax and research the companies beforehand. They will find you to be more impressive if you know something about them already,” said Jackson Gibbon, a 7th-semester marketing major.

“The Career Fair was a lit-

tle intimidating at first, but it was exciting to learn what the companies had to offer,” said Gibbon.

The career services website allows students to begin researching the companies that are going to be at the Career Fair. The website breaks down the companies by what day they are coming to UConn and whether they offer internships, full-time work or both. There is a different group of organizations each day. There is also a list of tips to help students prepare for this event.

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and sensitive.”

Another table promoting sensitivity was one titled “Violence Against Women.”

According to Teaching Assistant Jessica Diaz, “Violence Against Women” is a one-credit class offered to both male and female students. This is the same group that puts on “Take Back the Night” each year in the spring.

The Center for Students with Disabilities was also present and taking a new stance. Instead of reaching out to only students with disabilities, they reached out to

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Longtime US fugitive caught in Portugal 40 years after hijacking, murder sentence

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – A 1970s militant who escaped from a murder sentence in New Jersey and carried out one of the most brazen hijackings in U.S. history was captured in Portugal after more than 40 years as a fugitive when the case suddenly unraveled after police matched his fingerprint to a resident ID card, authorities said Tuesday.

George Wright, 68, was arrested Monday by Portuguese authorities in a town near Lisbon at the request of the U.S. government, said a member of the fugitive task force that had been searching for him for nearly a decade.

Wright was convicted of the 1962 murder of a gas station owner in Wall, N.J. Authorities say Wright and three associates had already committed multiple armed robberies on Nov. 23, 1962, when he and another man shot and killed Walter Patterson, a decorated World War II veteran and father of two, during a robbery of the

Collingswood Esso gas station in Wall.

Wright received a 15- to 30-year sentence and had served eight years when he and three other men escaped from the Bayside State Prison farm in Leesburg, N.J., on Aug. 19, 1970.

The FBI said Wright then became affiliated with an underground militant group, the Black Liberation Army, and lived in a “communal family” with several of its members in Detroit.

On July 31, 1972, Wright, dressed as a priest and using the alias the Rev. L. Burgess, hijacked a Delta Air Lines flight from Detroit to Miami accompanied by three men, two men and three small children from his communal group, including Wright’s companion and their 2-year-old daughter, according to Associated Press reports at the time.

When the plane landed at the Miami airport, the hijackers demanded a $1 million ransom

– the highest of its kind at the time – to free the 86 people on board. After an FBI agent delivered a 70-pound satchel full of money – wearing only a pair of swim trunks, per the hijacker’s instructions – the passengers were released, according to AP accounts.

The hijackers then forced the plane to Boston, where an international navigator was taken aboard, and the group flew on to Algeria, where the hijackers sought asylum.

The group was taken in

by Eldridge Cleaver, the American writer and activist, who had been permitted by Algeria’s Socialist government to open an office of the Black Panther Movement in that country in 1970, after the Algerian president at the time professed sympathy for what he viewed as worldwide liberation struggles.

Algerian officials returned the plane and the money to the U.S. at the request of the American government, and

briefly detained the hijackers before letting them stay.

Coverage of the hijackers’ stay in Algeria said their movements were restricted, and the president ignored their calls for asylum and requests to return them the ransom money.

The group eventually made its way to France, where Wright’s associates were tracked down, arrested, tried and convicted in Paris in 1976. France refused to extradite them to the U.S., where they would have faced far longer prison sentences.

According to news reports at the time, the defense hailed the light sentences they were given as “a condemnation of American racism” after the jury found “extenuating circumstances” in their actions, apparently agreeing with the defense’s assertion that the hijacking had been motivated by “racial oppression in the United States.”

But Wright remained at large, and his case was among the top priorities when the New York-

Hope, famed bear, Internet star is dead MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota black bear who became a worldwide star when her birth was broadcast over the Internet is presumed dead after a hunter came forward to report that he had shot the animal without knowing it was her, a researcher said Tuesday.

Researchers last saw the yearling bear named Hope on Sept. 14. Lynn Rogers, senior researcher at the North American Bear Center and its affiliated Wildlife Research Institute in Ely, said he was contacted Tuesday by a hunter who said he killed the bear when it came to his bait station alone on the evening Sept 16.

The hunter told Rogers he would not have deliberately shot Hope and didn’t know she was the same bear. However, Rogers said the hunter also did not express remorse.

Rogers said he’s confident the bear was Hope because every other female bear known to be in that area near Ely in northeastern Minnesota where Hope and her family roamed has been accounted for, including Hope’s radio-collared mother, Lily, who at one point bedded down just 165 yards away from the bait site. Hope was not collared or otherwise marked or tagged.

Rogers declined to give the name of the hunter. He said he’s discouraging verbal attacks on him and hunters in general because that won’t help his center’s research and educa-

tion efforts. But he acknowledged that feelings have been running high since the center put out word a few days ago on Facebook that Hope was missing and likely dead.

“I’ve gotten calls today from several people who could hardly talk through their tears, but there’s also a lot of anger. It’s a highly emotional item for the Lily fans.

We’re just trying to figure out where we go from here.

And we want to protect the hunter,” Rogers said.

Lily and Hope became an Internet sensation two winters ago when the center installed a camera inside Lily’s den and thousands of people watched live as she gave birth to Hope.

Students at over 500 schools have been following Hope, Lily, and Lily’s new cub, Faith, on the bear center’s website and Facebook, Rogers said.

Lily’s Facebook page has about 134,000 fans.

“This is probably the most famous bear in the world,” Rogers said of Hope. “... It lived for 602 days and during that time it changed a lot of lives. Hope changed a lot of lives. It drew people together.”

The center’s announcement on its “Lily the Black Bear” Facebook page Tuesday afternoon that the hunter had come forward generated hundreds of comments within hours. Many visitors wrote that they were devastated, but grateful for how Hope and Lily’s story had touched their lives. Many

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In this May 26, 2010 file photo, a researcher from the North American Bear Center uses food to lure a bear cub named Hope out of a cedar tree near Ely, Minn.

posts also blasted the hunter, but a few defended him and echoed Rogers’ call to leave him alone.

The researcher also said it turned out that the hunter was never a member of a Facebook page called “Lily: a bear with a bounty” and never wrote messages there. Rogers on Monday had expressed suspicion that the hunter was a poster there.

Rogers reiterated that he’s not against all bear hunting, pointing out that he helped write Minnesota’s bear hunting regulations. Those rules allow hunters to set out bait stations, a practice that many of Lily and Hope’s fans have

condemned as unsportsmanlike. Rogers defends baiting, however, saying it gives hunters a better chance at a clean, humane shot, and reduces the overall number of bears killed because fewer are wounded by bad shots only to die later in the woods, unfound and unrecorded.

He also noted that the hunter’s actions were perfectly legal, though Rogers said he wishes people wouldn’t shoot his research bears.

“It’s just one more instance of us being in the middle of a groundbreaking data set and having it cut short by a hunter killing a critical bear,” Rogers lamented.

New Jersey Fugitive Task Force was formed in 2002, according to Michael Schroeder, a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service, who worked with New Jersey’s FBI and other agencies on the task force.

The Department of Corrections brought along all its old escape cases nine years ago when the task force began operating, Schroeder said, and investigators started the case anew, never taking a prolonged break from working on it for the past nine years.

They looked at reports from the 1970s, interviewed Wright’s victims and the pilots of the plane he hijacked. They had age-enhanced sketches made and tried to track down any communications he may have made with family in the U.S. The address in Portugal was one of several on a list of places they wanted to check out. But Schroeder said there was nothing about it that made it seem especially promising. “It was another box to get checked, so

to speak,” he said.

That changed last week, when details started falling into place with the help of authorities there.

“They have a national ID registry,” Schroeder said. “They pulled that. That confirmed his print matched the prints with the DOC. The sketch matched the picture on his ID card.”

By the weekend, U.S. authorities were on a plane to Portugal. And Monday, Portuguese police staking out his home found him.

Schroeder said he has not been told what, if anything, Wright said when he was caught.

Wright made an initial court appearance in Portugal on Tuesday, according to Justice Department Spokeswoman Laura Sweeney. He was arrested for purposes of extradition on the state of New Jersey’s homicide charge, and would serve the remainder of his sentence on that charge if returned to the U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — It was the one place that New Yorkers could go to get away from singing cellphones, beeping BlackBerries and torrents of tweets. And now it’s disappearing.

The New York City subway turned on its first cellphone antennas Tuesday, allowing AT&T and T-Mobile subscribers to make calls and surf the Internet from underground platforms and corridors at six stations in the Chelsea section of Manhattan.

The service will expand to 271 other stations over the next five years.

City officials say the service was long overdue, since travelers in other cities have been making calls underground for years. But in a city that never sleeps, or uses its “sleep” mode, reaction among passengers was mixed.

“I’m not too happy about that,” said Helen Wekony, 84.

“Some people’s voices are very strident.”

Other passengers greeted the prospect of added chatter with a solid fuhgeddaboutit.

“Deal with it,” said George Perez, 44. “That’s New York.”

The move comes as other commuter railroads in the region are cracking down on such Chatty Kathies. The Metro-North Railroad to suburban points is designating phone-free “quiet cars” on 31 rush-hour trains next month, and New Jersey Transit has two quiet cars per train.

But officials say the subway is different: The signal covers only station areas, not train tunnels, so it’s unlikely that riders will be

pinned against their 5.2 million fellow weekly passengers while they ramble on about their foot problems or love lives.

And with train brakes screeching, express trains roaring and the occasional steel-drum player making a ruckus, most callers on the platforms won’t want to talk long anyway, they said.

“In this environment there will certainly be some phone calls, but on a platform it’ll really be tweets and texts and emails,” said William Bayne, chief executive of Transit Wireless LLC, the company building the network.

“So really, the noise pollution will not increase.”

Some riders worried how the arrival of the Internet would affect the subway experience.

Part of the fun of New York is people-watching in the subway, and it’s harder when everyone is bent over their BlackBerries, said Edith Lawrence, a pediatrician.

“It disrupts a lot of that social contact that you can have with people, that eye contact or a smile,” Lawrence said.

Officials with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the subway, say such intangibles are outweighed by the security benefits.

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Alerts about false robbery claim handled poorly

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t 10:15 p.m. on Sept. 21, 2011, UConn Police responded to an alleged armed robbery reported in the Torrey Life Sciences Building and the university’s emergency alert system went into full swing. Every student on campus who chose to be registered with the emergency alert system was texted immediately. However, what many may not know is that this incident turned out to be a false claim by the alleged victim.

The university’s alert system succeeded in presenting students with information about a potential threat. News and coverage of the incident was widely reported all over the state as police assured the public that the situation was under control.

However, the news that this claim was false, and that students and parents of students could maintain their confidence in the safety of the Storrs campus, was not given the same amount of attention by either the university or the state news.

“In an attempt to generate a composite image of the robber, the alleged victim was not able to provide information to investigators to create the composite. The alleged victim admitted to investigators the robbery did not occur and the incident was fabricated for personal reasons,” said Police Captain Hans Rhynhart on Friday. Despite Rhynhart’s timely press release, many news organizations didn’t break the story until after the weekend. The ones that did failed to give it the same coverage as the initial alert.

While the specifics of the case with regard for the alleged victim’s reasoning for the ruse have still not been made public, one thing about the case is clear: the release of information about the incident and the information that it was fake were each handled very differently.

UConn is home to many of students from all over the country. When a story that could affect students’ safety goes public, it raises concern for both students on campus and their families. As a result, the university’s alert system should have been used to sound an “all clear” message to students reassuring them that they’re safe.

In addition, the state news should have had a significantly better response time on this story in order to bring peace of mind to the university.

The Storrs campus is a traditionally safe place with an on campus police force, more than adequate lighting and numerous emergency alert poles in public areas. While it is important that people always stay cautious and alert, it is equally important that students and parents are given an appropriate peace of mind in terms of students’ safety. Therefore, a poor response time for revealing that an armed robbery – reported on campus in a locked academic building – was a false claim is unacceptable.

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Legalize stem cell research, fund privately

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ike most people, it is not often that I change an opinion. However, I did so this past year, regarding an issue that directly affects the University of Connecticut.

One year ago this week, I wrote in this newspaper a commentary column entitled “Conn. should increase stem cell research.” I argued for an expanded state government role in financing such research, concluding, “The next governor should

By Jesse Rifkin not hinder scientific Weekly Columnist progress, and should instead increase state funding for stem cell research. Millions of people are suffering with incurable diseases, and we could be saving their lives.”

Democrat Dan Malloy campaigned on a pledge of expanding state funding of such research, while Republican challenger Tom Foley expressed reservations about state involvement at all. Less than six weeks after my column published, Malloy was elected and kept his campaign promise. This is where UConn comes in. In July, Governor Malloy distributed $9.8 million in state grants to stem cell research, $5.7 million (58.1 percent) to UConn. In fact, since 2005, Connecticut cumulatively doled out $59.0 million for the cause, with $30.4 million (51.5 percent) to UConn.

So what did I change my mind about? After all, my support for stem cell research remains steadfast, since the shrill oppositional arguments often are based on fundamentalist doctrine, scientific misunderstanding and values that do not seem to prioritize the enormous

potential for decreased human suffering. What I have reconsidered is who should be paying.

Several problems exist with public funding of stem cell research. For one, with nearly every state currently in debt, cuts to government spending are necessary.

Connecticut, however, was recently reported by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities to be one of only seven states currently spending above pre-recession levels.

Something has to give.

Another major problem is that the money goes towards research – which, by its very definition, does not necessarily guarantee a definitive result. When government funds transportation initiatives such as highway or bridge repair, by comparison, those highways and bridges get repaired. But when government funds stem cell research, the only guarantee is that the money will be used to investigate and experiment. It cannot be guaranteed that anything further will result.

Besides, for all we know, the crucial breakthroughs may ultimately originate from outside the government. In 1898, the federal government spent $750,000 (worth many millions today) for Samuel Langley to invent a flying machine. The prototypes failed miserably. In 1903, two bicycle shop owners named Orville and Wilbur Wright perfected the airplane with zero government support or assistance.

Some counter that private funding would be difficult to raise, which is certainly a valid concern. But look at Michael J. Fox, among the most vocal advocates for stem cell research, who spoke to a sold-out crowd on campus last year at the Jorgensen Center. His Michael J. Fox Foundation has funded over $264 million in research of Parkinson’s disease since 2000 alone. And that is only one organization. Imagine what hundreds, or even thousands, could do.

Others counter that if Connecticut followed Missouri’s lead, UConn could lose

out if privately raised researched funds went to private companies instead. However, this argument ignores the fact that UConn has the infrastructure, resources and personnel necessary for such research at levels virtually unparalleled elsewhere in the state. This helps explain why UConn has received the majority of the existing state funding.

So what should the government’s role be? The most important thing is for states to avoid restricting stem cell research from occurring within the state at all. Many states have enacted total bans or near-total bans, including Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Virginia.

Perhaps the optimal compromise is exemplified by the Missouri state constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2006. Without violating existing federal restrictions, the law legalized most forms of stem cell research within the state. The crucial distinction: Missouri state government does not finance such research itself.

By bestowing on scientists and citizens the right to engage in potentially groundbreaking work without itself spending millions of taxpayer dollars that may ultimately prove fruitless, Missouri simultaneously remains fiscally prudent and scientifically open-minded.

This contrasts refreshingly with the hugely popular Tea Party brand of conservatism, a philosophy that preaches fiscal prudence but scientific closed-mindedness.

Connecticut should follow Missouri’s lead.

That would be a win for society and for scientific progress. By allowing stem cell research in the first place when so many other states forbid it, we are already halfway there.

Weekly columnist Jesse Rifkin is a 3rd-semester political science major. He can be reached at Jesse.Rifkin@UConn.edu.

Censorship is a poor response to controversy

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have never seen “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” However, I have seen the “Glee” episode, which contains parts of the performance. I can therefore agree when people describe the musical as raunchy, R-rated, and just a little out there.

By Grace Malloy There’s yet Staff Columnist another word to describe “The Rocky Horror Picture Show:” “controversial.”

Why? First of all, there is a homosexual drag queen who murders people and then feeds them to others. And there is quite a bit of sexuality.

High school drama clubs rarely perform this play. Last week, Georgia mayor Wayne Garner canceled a town performance of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” According to a Huffington Post article: “The play was set to premiere on Oct. 27, until one cast member posted a video from a dance rehearsal on his Facebook, and someone showed it to Mayor Garner. The mayor then cancelled the show, calling it ‘offen-

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sive’ and ‘not keeping with the community of Carrollton.’

With this decision Garner initiated Carrollton into the canon of places that have had differences with the notoriously naughty musical, which has been banned in Singapore and South Africa.”

Really? I can understand that one would not approve of high schoolers performing the show.

But for a mayor to cancel the town performance seems a little ridiculous. Yes, it features risqué lyrics. Yes, there is a transvestite in stilettos. Yes, it is – gasp – sexual. But that does not make it offensive. And furthermore, even if a few people are offended by “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” does that justify canceling it altogether?

Let’s not forget that this is a quality production. The movie adaptation of the show grossed about $140 million at the midnight premiere. The musical won Best Musical at the 1973 evening Standard Drama Awards and Best New Musical at the 1973 Plays and Players Awards. What do people normally prefer when they go to see a musical? Do they think, I want to see a dull musical filled with

boring characters singing unenthusiastic songs about pointless situations? Nope. They want to see a good production! They want to see something like “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” filled with crazy characters, energetic songs and wild dancing. So what if that production contains mature material? Is this “Full House?” Of course not.

As long as it is viewed by a mature audience, with members aged 18 and up, and the actors are adults willing to play the parts, it is perfectly acceptable to perform, despite its content.

Mayor Garner claims that the show is not in keeping with the community of Carrollton. If a production of an award-winning show would truly reflect badly on a town just because it’s raunchy and shocking, then we must reflect upon our views towards sexuality and other mature themes. Do we need to sugarcoat in order to look “good” and “proper?”

As a society, we tend to do that. We constantly strive to appear perfect to the outside world. We always make sure that the scandals in our lives are never exposed. We rarely

reveal our bad habits. We turn a blind eye to whatever makes us uncomfortable. Can you relate?

My guess is that you can.

But our lives are not always proper, G-rated or put-together.

On the contrary, our lives are often edgy, scandalous and chaotic. So why cancel a showing of a production that portrays the edginess, the scandal and the chaos of life? It’s nothing to be ashamed of. It’s certainly not offensive and shouldn’t reflect badly on a community.

As long as we treat mature themes such as the ones found in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” as taboo, we may be depriving ourselves. A musical that includes a drag queen murderer and cheating lovers is intriguing. After all, it’s the scandalous parts of life that can be the most entertaining.

We should be enjoying movies, plays and musicals that are shocking, raunchy, crazy and racy without worrying about how they will be perceived.

Staff Columnist Grace Malloy is a 7th-semester political science and journalism double major.

She can be reached at Grace.Malloy@UConn.edu

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Horoscopes To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -Love is the game and the prize, and you’re playing marvelously. Stick to the rules, and acknowledge other players. Get stuck in one view, and you can’t find a balance. Open up.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- A slow morning allows for focus. Your fortunes increase as you set juicy goals and meet them. Meet with important people for a mutually beneficial plan.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Get something you’ve always wanted, and discover a new true love. Line up your plans in this new direction. A brilliant idea puts coins into your pocket.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Elders are in a good mood. Settle into a cozy spot with a cup of tea and a nice view to handle practical tasks. Practice frugality.

The rewards of diligence are sweet.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Stick to common sense. You’re gaining status. An authority communicates a transition. Reassess the situation. Work smarter, not harder. Find another source of revenue. Home feeds your spirit.

Mensch

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Accept money with grace. It’s time to put the pedal to the metal, but don’t stress about it. Count your blessings. You get more than you asked for.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Go ahead and take pride in your accomplishments. Make sure that you show the team your appreciation. Together, you can weather any changes. Celebrate.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Although there’s plenty of room for miscommunication today, use your intuition to avoid it. Keep your word, first of all.

Apologize if necessary, and stay active.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Set long-range goals to be the best.

Why not? Changes remind you of the impermanence of life. Honor successes and failures, joys and sorrows, all with good friends.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Get into your research, and use it to revise your plans. Distant interaction might be delayed. You’re exceptionally cute now. This is good, as there’s a party ahead!

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UConn Classics: Compare and Contrast. Essay Due for Friday Phil

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Procrastination Animation

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Conquer new territories through discipline and focus. Breakdowns could occur with sending signals. Accept a partner’s suggestion. Pay back a debt.

Happy Dance

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 5 -- Conflict abounds. You could run away from it, or confront it and gain wisdom and experience. Replenish energy with good food and trusted friends.

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Iraq-US training deal likely

Egypt’s 1st postMubarak election to begin Nov. 28

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s first parliamentary elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak will begin on Nov. 28, the country’s military rulers said Tuesday in an announcement greeted with little fanfare by activists who have grown deeply suspicious of the generals’ commitment to change.

The military council, which took over from Mubarak as he stepped down in February, promised it would transfer power to civilian rule within six months, but no date was announced for presidential elections that would bring an end to military rule.

The concerns reflect the broader uncertainty over Egypt’s post-Mubarak course under a military council led by a man who served as Mubarak’s defense minister for many years.

Egypt’s new revolutionary groups say the council has done little to dismantle Mubarak’s legacy and bring figures of the old regime to account for corruption, human rights abuses and other crimes.

“The new parliament won’t reflect the real spirit of the revolution and will provide justification for the military council to continue to be present in the background of the political scene,” said Mustafa Shawki, a youth group leader.

Even more troubling for the young activists who led the uprising against Mubarak’s rule, many believe the law governing the parliamentary election will enable remnants of the former regime to retain power in the post-uprising legislature.

The elections for parliament’s two chambers will be staggered over several months, with the vote for the legislative People’s Assembly starting Nov. 28 and the less powerful Shura Council, the chamber’s upper house, on Jan. 29. The first session for the People’s Assembly will be held on March 17. The Shura Council will convene on March 24.

Critics accuse the military of dragging out the process to prolong their time in power and sap the protest movement of its energy.

Youth groups are planning a protest this weekend to push for an amendment to the election

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US Ambassador Anne Patterson, right, has donned a head scarf, in preparation for her meeting with the Islamic Sunni Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb, left, Tuesday.

law to have voters select party lists only, rather than a mix of party lists and individual candidates. Limiting the voting to party lists, they say, would make it harder for former members of Mubarak’s now-outlawed ruling party to run. They say the change would also help make Egypt’s politics less about personalities and more about policies.

Without those changes, some are contemplating a boycott.

There are also fears that the vote could widen the rift between Egypt’s well-organized Islamist parties and the new youth-driven secular groups, who fear the religious will dominate the parliament.

Islamic groups, kept on a tight leash under Mubarak, are also critical of the new election law.

But they are eager to throw their weight around in the elections and are better prepared to win a big share of seats.

Essam el-Erian, the deputy head of the Freedom and Justice

party, the newly launched political arm of the country’s strongest Islamist group, The Muslim Brotherhood, said the council disregarded discussions with the political groups over the shape of the new law.

But he said: “Egypt entered a new phase with this law. It is a de facto law that we have to deal with.”

For him, boycotting the elections is not an option. A boycott, he says, “is a dream and hope of many who want to maintain the current state of confusion.”

Without a broad consensus, a boycott of the elections appears highly unlikely.

The military rulers have accusations of their own against the protest movement. They claim some of the youth groups behind the Jan. 25-Feb. 11 uprising received training abroad and unauthorized foreign funding — a claim that discredits the groups in the eyes of many Egyptians.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — With a year-end deadline for the pullout of U.S. troops looming, Iraq’s foreign minister said Tuesday he believes there will be an agreement with the United States to train his country’s military and talks are already under way in Baghdad.

“We’re looking for October for these talks to move forward,” Hoshyar Zebari said in an Associated Press interview.

The Obama administration is considering 3,000 to 5,000 troops for an Iraqi training mission, according to Washington officials familiar with the discussions who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information. One Iraqi lawmaker close to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Baghdad may ask only for about 2,500 forces.

“I think we will get an agreement on training,” Zebari said, but he would not discuss numbers and stressed that training could take place both outside and inside Iraq.

“How many trainers will remain in Iraq is not that important,” he said. “It’s the commitment that is very important.”

Regardless, Zebari said, there will be no new status of forces or security agreement with the Americans.

“The political conditions in Iraq have changed. That’s why it’s difficult,” he said.

Any move that leaves U.S. forces in the country past the end of the year has been vigorously opposed by anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose Mahdi Army militia was responsible for much of the violence in the country when it was consumed in a near civil war in 2005 and 2006. Al-Sadr has threatened a resumption of violence if the U.S. troops remain into 2012.

“We reject even the staying of trainers,” Sadrist lawmaker Mushraq Naji said last week.

“Our stance is clear and that all U.S. troops should leave.

Negotiations to keep them here run against the will of the Iraqi people.”

Zebari said the government has support from most political leaders for the talks with the Americans on training mission arrangements because the country doesn’t have the military expertise to protect its shores and oil terminals, control its airspace and air defenses, “and even the land forces

NATO forces, Serbs wounded in Kosovo

MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — NATO peacekeeping forces clashed with Serb protesters in northern Kosovo on Tuesday, leaving 11 people wounded, officials said.

The violence occurred near a disputed border crossing between Kosovo and Serbia — the site of similar protests and clashes with peacekeepers in the past.

NATO spokesman Lt. Col. Kai Gudenoge said Tuesday’s clash began when the Serb protesters threw pipebombs at the peacekeepers, injuring four of them. That prompted NATO soldiers to fire weapons at the Serbs, he said. A hospital official said seven Serb protesters were wounded, but Gudenoge said only one was shot by the peacekeepers.

The EU rule of law mission in Kosovo — known as EULEX — condemned the violence and said it would launch an investigation into the incident.

“Violence against KFOR or EULEX is not acceptable,” EULEX spokesman, Nicholas Hawton said. “It is important that everyone shows restraint and acts responsibly.”

Serbia refuses to recognize Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence. Kosovo wants customs officers to push its claim to statehood in the north, but Serbia sees the move as undermining its claim over the territory.

Roadblocks and disputed border crossings remain

throughout the Serb-run north, posing a challenge to the 3,000-strong EU mission and the 5,500 NATOled peacekeepers who are in charge of security. Both the EU and NATO have called for the roadblock to be removed to allow freedom of movement.

Tuesday’s tension started after American and German peacekeepers closed an informal border crossing from Serbia into Kosovo that is used by Serbs to bypass a Kosovo police and customs checkpoint.

A senior Serb leader in Kosovo blamed the violence on American peacekeepers deployed at the border crossing.

“What the Americans have done is to be condemned,” said Oliver Ivanovic. “To shoot with live ammunition at people protesting is intolerable and has never happened before.”

The Serb casualties were rushed to a Serb-run hospital in northern Kosovo.

Some were wounded in the head, others in the chest and legs, hospital official Milan Ivanovic told reporters.

Serbian President Boris Tadic called for dialogue to avoid such clashes. “No problem can be solved with violence, endangering people’s lives does not help our interests,” Tadic said in a statement.

In Pristina, Kosovo’s government blamed the violence on “criminal structures” that

need” training.

But he said the government must line up support in parliament for the training mission, as it did to win approval for the current U.S. status of forces agreement.

The foreign minister was interviewed hours after officials in Baghdad announced that Iraq had signed an estimated $3 billion deal to buy 18 fighter jets from the United States. The F-16s aren’t expected to arrive in Iraq until next fall at the earliest, and more likely not until 2013 which means U.S. forces could still be asked to patrol the country’s skies.

Zebari said the importance of the deal is “for the world to know that Iraq is an ally of the United States in the region.”

Asked about protecting Iraq’s airspace before the planes arrive and Iraqi pilots are trained, Zebari said the no-fly zone in northern Iraq in 1991-92 was controlled by just six American officers who were capable “of deterring the wrath” of Saddam Hussein’s army.

He said Iraqi airspace can also be protected by technology, and from U.S. airbases in the region. That was done when the Americans were ensuring adherence to the no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq from bases in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and Turkey, he said.

In the wide-ranging interview, Zebari said the decision on whether some U.S. troops should be kept in disputed areas in northern Iraq “will depend on the outcome of the Iraqi government talks on the

training issues.”

He also said “there is a new urgency” by all parties to get a law passed quickly on the distribution of Iraq’s oil wealth among the federal government and the country’s religious and ethnic populations. The dispute especially centers on a three-way impasse over political control of the Kirkuk area among the country’s Kurds, Arabs and Turkomen. Kirkuk sits above Iraq’s main northern oil fields.

Various proposals are being presented to parliament, Zebari said, adding that the one the Kurds and the federal government agree on is the 2007 version of the law in which the government would control most oil and gas from existing fields but future discoveries would be managed jointly by Baghdad and the region.

Looking at the Mideast today, Zebari said, “I personally strongly believe that the Arab Spring would not have been possible with Saddam Hussein in power.”

He said Iraq has a lot to offer to countries like Tunisia, Egypt and Libya that are going through political transformation after their uprisings against authoritarian rulers.

“Each and every one of them has to go through the same stages that we’ve been through,” he said. “And we see the tensions, we see the difficulties of embracing a new order. ... Our system, our democracy is not tidy, it’s not perfect, it’s clumsy, it’s uneven and so on. But really the structures are there to resolve problems.”

WORLD BRIEFS Bolivian official quits in march backlash LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A Bolivian deputy interior minister has resigned over a police crackdown on a march protesting a planned jungle highway that opponents say would despoil an indigenous preserve.

The weekend crackdown backfired, and police were forced to release hundreds of arrested protesters.

President Evo Morales has announced the suspension of the Brazil-funded highway and says its fate will lie with voters in the eastern region.

Interior Minister Sacha Llorenti said Tuesday that neither he nor Morales ordered police to break up the march.

Llorenti blames police commanders on the scene and the deputy who resigned, Marcos Farfan. But Farfan denies giving the order.

Protest leaders say they expect to resume the march to the capital of La Paz.

5 severed heads found in Mexico resort of Acapulco ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican police have found five severed heads in front of a primary school in the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco.

It’s unclear whether the gruesome discovery is related to extortion threats that led about 140 elementary schools in the city to close temporarily earlier this month after teachers and parents decided it wasn’t safe enough to start classes.

State police say the five heads were found early Tuesday in a sack, along with a handwritten message threatening three alleged drug traffickers.

The heads all appear to be of men. But some of the five headless bodies found elsewhere in the city a day earlier were too badly burned to immediately determine their gender.

UK professor ‘reconstructs’ lost Beethoven piece

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U.S. army and German soldiers serving in the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo stand guard at the Jarinje border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo, Tuesday. Local Serbian media report that escalating tension on the border crossings between Serbia and Kosovo, blocked by local Serbs, has led to shots being fired and at least four persons injured on Tuesday.

oppose Kosovo’s attempts to enforce the rule of law in the north.

Roads in Kosovo’s north have been blocked by Serb

protesters since Kosovo tried to enforce an embargo on Serbian goods coming in from border crossings in an area it does not control.

LONDON (AP) — A composition by Beethoven that was discarded and unheard for over 200 years has been reconstructed, a British university said Wednesday.

The piece — the original slow movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet in G, Opus 18 Number 2 — was composed in 1799, but was discarded a year later. The composer then wrote a completely different movement that is now known to classical musical fans, said Barry Cooper, a music professor at the University of Manchester.

Scholars have studied incomplete sketches of the original piece of music for years, but for a long time no one realized the sketches form a complete movement, Cooper said.

It is only now that the 74 bars of music have been put together to a state that is close to its original form, he added.

Cooper said he has tried to make the movement — which lasts about four to five minutes — playable by filling in missing instruments and adding harmony in places.

“The prospect of hearing a Beethoven work that has been absent for over 200 years should be of much interest to anyone who loves his music, even if my reconstruction may differ slightly from what the composer wrote,” Cooper said.w

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Quartet performs ‘awakening’ music Music from all over world played in concert

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By Zarrin Ahmed Campus Correspondent The Kronos Quartet performed “Awakening,” a musical meditation on the anniversary of 9/11, at Jorgensen on Tuesday Sept. 27.

The Mansfield Middle School Chorus, directed by Kenneth Johnson, also took part in the concert. The program featured music made in countries all over the world including Iran, Germany, Canada, Argentina, India and the United States.

Founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973 in Seattle, Wash., the Kronos Quartet also features violinist John Sherba, violist Hank Duff, and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler. It is world renowned for its creativity and broad range of music performed. Their repertoire includes Mexican folk, experimental, jazz, tango, movie soundtracks and much more. The group has received the Polar Music Prize, the Avery Fisher Prize, a Grammy for the Best Chamber Music Performance (2004), and Musicians of the Year from “Musical America” (2003). The Kronos Quartet has been together for over 30 years, performing around the world and working with international artists.

The show began with dim lighting on a backdrop displayed across the whole stage. Trash cans, plastic borders, pots, pans and other objects were artfully arranged to create a grimy set. This gave the concert a city-like feel right off

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The Kronos Quartet performs music from several different countries in the Jorgensen Theater.

the bat, and strongly reinforced the image of post-9/11 destruction. The musicians took their seats and Zeigler started on the cello.

Accompanied by a pre-recorded, constant bass background the long cello notes created a somber and melancholy mood. This was the beginning of “Awakening,” a piece composed in Uzbekistan.

“Oh Mother, the Handsome Man Tortures Me” and “Lullaby,” works from Iraq and Iran, followed “Awakening.” The first section of the concert concluded with “Raga Mishra Bhairavi” from India.

The second part of the show included “Einsturzende Neubauten” (Germany), “Spectre” (Canada) and “The Sad Park” (United States). The two selections performed from “The Sad Park” were “Part 1: two evil planes broke in little pieces and fire came,” and “Part 4: and all the persons that were in the airplane died.”

These works focused on the initial destruction caused by 9/11. The section also featured music created with the metal in the backdrop as the quartet banged on trashcans and made sharp sounds with con-

struction tools.

After seeing and hearing the show, David Guerreri, a 1stsemester vocal performance major, said, “I saw lots of contrast and raw emotion – kind of like a dark passion.”

The final part of the concert featured “Darkness 9/11” from Argentina, “One Earth, One People, One Love” from the United States, “A Thousand Thoughts” from Sweden, “Winter was Hard” from Finland and “The Beatitudes” from Russia. “One Earth, One People, One Love”

is part of Sun Rings, a NASA commissioned ode to earth that includes images and sounds from space. 1st-semester vocal performance major, Lindsay Cabaniss, said “I thought it was like destruction being rebuilt. It made me think a lot, and I’m at a loss for words.”

The Kronos Quartet, along with the Mansfield Middle School Chorus and conductor Kenneth Johnson received a standing ovation at the end of the show.

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New app helps The celebration of Nintendo 64’s 15th anniversary to raise money for HuskyTHON remembers late 90s classics

By Becky Radolf Staff Writer

Fundraising is no easy task when you’re constantly barraged with the “I don’t have cash on me” excuse from passersby. But what if fundraisers could just turn their smartphones into credit card machines so people could pay with plastic?

Square, an electronic cardreading device and payment service that can be plugged into your smartphone, is now a viable option for fundraising groups on campus. It can read any credit or debit card you swipe through it.

While the small, white card-reading device can be used for personal reasons to, say, finally get the $20 your friend has owed you for months, Owen Kahn, a 7th-semester biology major, is putting it to a more noble use. He’s incorporating it into HuskyTHON fundraising efforts.

“I have a box of hundreds of these, and I’ve been giving them out to all the directors and… all the teams,” said Kahn, a Square campus representative. “I’m hoping that, including their fundraising efforts, they’re going to start using them.”

Kahn got the idea after getting the job with Square, and since he was already on the directors board for HuskyTHON, the two seemed to go hand-in-hand.

“I had the app and I’ve used it, but I haven’t really brought it to UConn,” Kahn said. “Then, as soon as I started working for them, I had all of these ideas about how to integrate it into our life here, and HuskyTHON

was my first idea, because fundraising is perfect.”

Square was invented by the co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, and is completely free. When you download it to your smartphone, the company mails you a cardreading device so you can get right to making money.

Kahn said that Square makes it easier than ever to donate, because while most college students don’t carry cash on them, it’s far more likely someone will have a card on them to give a few dollars. There is a 2.75 percent fee for every transaction, .05% higher than regular credit card-reading devices.

Square also functions as a cash register, so teams can keep track of how much money they are collecting by manually entering how much cash they have coming in.

This makes it easier to manage finances in one place.

HuskyTHON raised a total of $188,558 in 2011, and Kahn hopes that with the help of Square, that number will increase by as much as 30 percent in 2012.

“You can accept as small of a transaction as a dollar,” Kahn said.

Kahn said some student activities won’t be able to use Square because of their contracts with UConn, but he hopes that all the sororities and fraternities make it their primary fundraising tool this year. Since it may take charity to the next level on campus, students who really are trying to avoid making a donation may have to resort to the “my dog ate my credit card” excuse.

Rebecca.Radolf@UConn.edu

By John Tyczkowski Associate Focus Editor

Nearly everyone has played “Mario Kart 64” at parties sometime during their teenage years. Many first-person shooter enthusiasts would not be caught dead admitting that they have not played the late 90s classics “GoldenEye” and “Perfect Dark.” “Super Smash Bros.” quickly turned into a major sensation, being ported to many different Nintendo consoles over the past 12 years. Nintendo 64 is largely responsible for the huge boost in popularity of the “Legend of Zelda” series in the late 90s and its legendary status to this day among role-playing games. All of these series owe their success to the N64, which turns 15 tomorrow.

The N64 first gained prominence upon its release for Nintendo’s choice to continue using a cartridge-based media format. The other main systems at that time, the Sony PlayStation and the Sega Saturn, had ushered in the new trend of using CD media. These were cheaper to produce than cartridges and held more information.

They also avoided clogging dust, which many late 90s gamers can remember having to clear out of their N64 cartridges time and time again. The production costs of cartridges also alienated any third-party developers and began Nintendo’s recent tradition of having to rely mainly on in-house titles for its game libraries. In spite of these limitations, the N64 attempted to gain an edge by turning its limited development scope into an advantage.

The strength of N64 games was primarily notable in Nintendo’s in-house efforts such as “Mario Kart 64,” “Super Mario 64,” the “Mario Party” series, the “Legend of Zelda” series, “Mega Man Legends” and “Super Smash Bros.” Although each of these games featured characters that had been in games on previous systems, the N64 titles helped to solidify the cult status of those characters among players. Mario, Luigi, DK, Fox McCloud, Link and Zelda would be entrenched in the minds of gamers for years to come and fuel the popularity of later releases on other platforms.

Also notable was the introduction which would become Nintendo’s trademark emphasis on customization of their consoles. Controllers and consoles were available in solid grey, clear purple, clear orange and clear green, just to name a few. Cartridges were also color-coded, ranging from standard grey to black, gold, blue and more. In

addition, special promotional controllers of various designs and colors were released, as were specially-designed and colored limited-edition releases of game cartridges and consoles.

The N64’s history also continues today with modern consoles. A myriad of popular classic titles are currently available for download via the Nintendo Wii’s Virtual Console option. Also, certain famous games developed for the N64 by Rare such as “Perfect Dark” and “Banjo-Kazooie” are available for download on Xbox Live Arcade with graphical enhancements. These games are more than a decade old and have simplistic gameplay far outclassed by today’s titles. The fact that they have adapted to newer systems and a newer generation of gamers, is a testament to the ongoing legacy of the N64.

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This past weekend, I went to a party at which a large group of UConn students was jiving to the beat of dubstep music in only underwear. I found this level of rowdiness to be quite delightful, and think that all parties should take a cue from this one. While there, I went around with a notebook and interviewed some attendees about hookups, babes and the like. Here is a medley of facts that I compiled from my conversations: Don’t engage in “dormcest.”

If you don’t know this term, allow it to enter your vernacular. Dormcest is when two (or more) people who reside in the same dormitory hook up with one another. It may seem convenient to have a casual hookup buddy two doors down from your room, but by Thanksgiving break the two of you will most likely have moved on. You basically need to consider the possible outcomes of the situation.

Realize that someone could end up getting hurt or jealous.

So, if you have made a comprehensive list of goal hookups for this year, you might want to rethink anything that might constitute dormcest.

Do bring a party ornament (i.e. a conversation piece) to social events. This is the key to winning a party and garnering the attention of babes who would otherwise remain aloof. It gives people an incentive to start conversation

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Hudson opens Chicago weight loss center

CHICAGO (AP) — Jennifer Hudson's name has graced an Oscar and Grammy, but the Chicago native said she never imagined her name would be on a weight loss center that she could use to inspire others.

The singer and actress stopped in her home town Tuesday for the opening of "The Weight Watchers Jennifer Hudson Center." Hudson, who lost about 80 pounds, is a spokeswoman for the company.

The new center, where walls are covered with posters of the svelte star, is in a strip mall on Chicago's South Side, not far from President Barack Obama's home.

"I never thought I would make it to have my own center," said Hudson, who wore a fitted, ruffled black dress and high-heeled studded black boots. "I'm so honored to be here and see this day."

Weight Watchers had pledged to donate a portion of the center's revenue to a foundation that Hudson co-founded in honor of her late nephew, Julian King.

The body of the 7-year-old was found in a vehicle a few days after Hudson's mother, Darnell Hudson Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson, were found dead in the family's Chicago home in October 2008.

All three had been shot. The estranged husband of Hudson's sister is charged in the killings and is awaiting trial.

Hudson, who started the foundation in Julian's honor with her sister, Julia, said she was inspired as a child by seeing the success of others.

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“Gears of War 3”, the third game of the “Gears of War” trilogy displays a much clearer image than the first two games of the trilogy making the game much better to play.

By Jason Bogdan Senior Staff Writer Ending a trilogy on a satisfying note, like the finale in the “Gears of War” series, always seems nearly impossible. Yet, as Epic Games has done such an incredible job with “Gears of War 3,” fans would have to try pretty hard to find themselves disappointed.

Comparing the story in

the campaign mode with the other two games is like day and night. The first game was notorious for having stories told by a loud and obnoxious frat boy slang between alien headshots. The second game was detailed by the same narrator but gave a severely depressing plot twist that stuck out like a sore thumb.

Here, on the other hand, the characters actually had room for depth beyond their witty retort, making gamers care

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- Everything, even the Carmine brother in the cast, has never been better than in the third entry.

- If only all trilogies could end just as satisfyingly and cleverly, leaving just a few smidgeons of not-so-important questions for a potential prequel/sequel.

- The replay value here is substantial enough to last until whenever we’ll see another “Gears of War” game.

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about their fates. And the plot itself is more than just “beefy soldiers kill aliens because they hate each other.” It’s a compelling tale about the remaining COG soldiers finding the last possible hope for salvation during the Lambent invasion, with a well-written backstory. Without spoiling anything, the ending is incredibly satisfying, with just a few unanswered questions.

Though the game was delayed a few times, the online mode is such a dramatic improvement from the train wreck the “Gears 2” matchmaking had at launch that the wait was worth it. It’s a great relief, since keeping one away from all these great modes would be a travesty.

After drawing influence from the currency management from tower defense games, the horde mode feels as innovative and fresh as it was in “Gears 2.” The new “beast mode” is also a strategic, 12-round masterpiece where you play reverse-horde-mode as the various kinds of Locust monsters. If you just want to kick back and play team deathmatch, the game has you covered.

Between all of the great

multiplayer and an extra point-taking, arcade version of the campaign, there’s a whole lot of Gears to take in. Epic made it worthwhile with an intuitive leveling system with tons to unlock. The game also has a greater graphics engine than ever, sporting new beautiful environments that are an improvement to the brown-and-foggy aesthetic of the previous games. The characters’ controls also complement the more fluid animations while giving a sense of weight that all these burly soldiers should have.

Overall, “Gears of War 3” is fantastic given that no matter how you go about playing it, you’ll still get your money’s worth. The campaign mode actually has quality storytelling that the series formerly lacked. The online multiplayer contains an intense wealth of multiple modes and great servers, and its presentation is the best the Xbox 360 can offer. With this end to the trilogy, it’ll probably be a while before we can cheer alongside Cole Train again. Until then, this masterful third game will be a fine one to play.

Jason.Bogdan@UConn.edu

‘Brink’ doesn’t bring anything new and special

By Lucas Ma Campus Correspondent

Mass Effect 2 The back of the box of “Gears of War 3” includes a G4TV quote hailing it as “the most influential franchise of this generation.” They’re pretty big words, but considering that most third-person shooters from this generation actually did take major influence from Gears, the argument has plenty of merit. Though, to be fair, the “influence” didn’t help not-so-hot games like “Hunted: The Demon’s Forge” and “Dark Void.” But, if there’s one franchise that did the Gears fundamentals right, it’s the “Mass Effect” games – particularly the second one. The shooting in those games has always been complimentary to the incredible RPG aspects.

However, when you do have to shoot futuristic bullets at droves of aliens, it is still fun and competent.

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Most people probably have not heard of the FPS “Brink”

by Splash Damage until now, given its low-profile development and release date this past summer. Honestly, I don’t blame you, because it’s not very good. I really wanted to like this game. I was one of the suckers who ran out to preorder a copy after watching trailers and gameplay demos, thinking it truly was going to be a revolutionary shooter. After I was finally able to play it on my PS3, I gave it a resounding “eh.”

Now, don’t go making crazy assumptions and picturing something like Clive Barker’s “Jericho.” “Brink” is playable. It introduces a free-running mechanic that makes the game more fastpaced and adds some freedom to traversing terrain. Your character can run up walls, slide under pipes, vault over obstacles, and even knock down enemies.

Anything within the map can be used both as cover or a stepping stool to a higher platform. It works great.

Another aspect of the game that kept me in denial was the insane character customization. You can make your character look as cool or as goofy as you want, with more than 100 ways to mix and match clothing, masks, hairstyles, tattoos and even scars.

Guns have multiple attachments, some change their stats and others just change their look. It’s apparent that Splash Damage put a lot of effort into this part of the game. However, I wish they would have directed some of that labor toward actual gameplay.

As soon as I started playing “Brink,” I felt as though there was something missing.

Sure, it covered your typical FPS fare, different types of guns and multiple game modes like escort or capture point, but I just wasn’t having that much fun with it. I never found a gun I enjoyed using, and maps, which run virtually anywhere, were a bit bland.

It’s hard to have fun jumping over objects when all an area offers is a single potted plant.

Furthermore, single player is a complete mess: it’s basically you playing with some of the dumbest bots I’ve ever

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seen. Luckily, you can complete campaign via multiplayer (assuming people are still playing this game). In the end, “Brink” doesn’t contain any glaring problems. Rather than saying that something is

missing, it’s more accurate to say that nothing new was added, making it just another game to throw in the pile of modern-day FPSes.

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- The single player mode is the worst part of the game. The computer players are not very smart.

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This week, I gave “Gears of War 3” the highest score I can: a 10 out of 10. It wasn’t a hard decision. The game is truly an incredible send-off for the trilogy. But does this “perfect” score mean that I consider it flawless?

Well, no. Don’t get me wrong, finding anything wrong would require a finely-tuned comb indeed. Since little things, like getting into online matches, are a bit slower than games like “Call of Duty,” I can’t call it “flawless.”

At the same time, “perfection” itself isn’t so black-and-white.

Merriam-Webster’s definition of perfect includes “satisfying all requirements” and “corresponding to an ideal standard or abstract concept,” which coincides with my opinion of “Gears 3.”

I do not believe that perfect video games exist. Since the media format constantly evolves in order to entertain gamers, the standards make it practically impossible.

“Super Mario 64” was a classic genre-defining 3D platformer deemed as the best of the best.

Yet, “Super Mario Galaxy” made better well-paced improvements.

This idea recently dawned on me when “Resident Evil 4” was rereleased on Xbox Live and PSN. Even with a cleaner HD definition, the game hasn’t aged so gracefully in the past six years.

However, this was the game that took my breath away numerous times with its revolutionary gameplay and thrilling action sequences. Back then I actually did consider the game to be the closest to “perfection.” Now, not so much.

At the same time, that’s actually a good thing. In a recent IGN.com review for the Blu-ray version of “Citizen Kane,” reviewer R.L. Shaffer argues that “The greatest film ever made is simply not a fair label to give any film. It’s not fair to the thousands of filmmakers and writers out there trying to make the greatest film ever made themselves, nor is it fair to other equally influential pictures that came before and after. To suggest Hollywood peaked in 1941 with “Citizen Kane” is just unfair to the whole of cinema.” The same logic applies to video games, without question.

It’s sad that I won’t always be mesmerized by RE4, but it’s also a great relief that third-person shooters haven’t peaked with it.

Games like “Dead Space” and “Gears of War” took the “new” over-the-shoulder format and eliminated bad aspects like the awkward weapon management.

And you know what? “Gears of War 3” will probably be looked at the same way in six years.

That’s fine. “Perfection” in games implies that there’s no room for improvement. A lack of creative evolvement would actually be a travesty for whatever genre the game falls in. The best a 10 out of 10 game like “Gears 3” can do is live on as a classic for years to come. Therefore, the legacy won’t be a flawless game. However, it will definitely live on as the building block for the future. As far as I’m concerned, that makes it perfect.

Jason.Bogdan@UConn.edu

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Sony to stop paying theaters for 3-D glasses

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sony Corp.'s movie studio has put theater owners on notice that it will stop paying millions of dollars per film for disposable 3-D glasses starting next May, just before it is to release a couple of summer blockbusters — "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "Men in Black III" — in 3-D. The move was announced in a letter sent to theater owners, according to a person with the studio. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.

The abrupt policy change comes as studios are struggling to adapt their business to falling DVD sales, while digital sales have not made up the difference.

Moviegoers, who already pay an additional couple dollars or more for 3-D movie tickets, could be annoyed if they are burdened with a new expense amid high unemployment and a weak economy.

Sony's move was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter earlier Tuesday.

Sony's worldwide president of distribution, Rory Bruer, told the magazine that the studio was trying to give theater owners a long lead time before the move goes into effect.

It is unclear who will pay for the glasses: theater owners, who are financing the billions of dollars necessary to equip theaters with 3-D and digital equipment; advertisers; or even by consumers who might have to buy 3-D glasses and keep them for their next visit.

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With the upcoming release of Men in Black III, starring Will Smith and Josh Brolin, Sony does not want to pay for the disposable 3-D glasses.

Spokespeople for major theater chains Regal Entertainment Group and AMC Entertainment Inc. did not immediately respond for a request for comment.

John Fithian, president of the National Association of Theatre Owners, also did not respond to a message seeking comment.

At least one rival studio said it is not jumping on the bandwagon.

Warner Bros., a unit of Time Warner Inc., said it was keeping its current system in place for now, although it wouldn't specify what its deals were with theater companies.

"The glasses issues are complicated and they vary from studio to studio," said Warner Bros.' head of domestic distribution, Dan Fellman.

"We certainly will do what's

right for us. Right now, we really don't have any plans to change the way we do business."

Average ticket prices in the U.S. and Canada rose 6 percent to $7.89 in 2010, according to Hollywood. com, but the price in major cities like New York and Los Angeles can easily double that. Last year, some New York theatergoers saw red when it appeared that several theaters flirted with a $20 ticket price for "Shrek Forever After" in 3-D, before dropping prices.

Overall U.S. box office revenue in 2010 was only kept from falling due to higher prices helped by 3-D upcharges as attendance fell.

So far this year, attendance is down nearly 6 percent and revenue is down nearly 4 percent at $7.8 billion.

As a new season Rules of begins, CBS claims college hookups the first win

NEW YORK (AP) — The new TV season is under way, and in the first round, CBS has left its rivals in the dust.

For the week, CBS averaged 12 million viewers, more than 2 million viewers ahead of runner-up ABC, the Nielsen Co. said Tuesday.

Of course, the season premiere of "Two and a Half Men" didn't hurt CBS' cause. Nearly 29 million viewers tuned in to see Ashton Kutcher arrive as Charlie Sheen's replacement on the veteran sitcom, which was easily the most-watched show of the week.

But CBS logged another 10 shows in the Top 20. These include the premiere of "2 Broke Girls," the fortunate sitcom that followed the "Two and a Half Men" blockbuster.

"Girls" was seen by more than 19 million viewers to be the most-watched new comedy.

CBS could also claim the top two new dramas — "Unforgettable," ranked 14th, and "Person of Interest," ranking 16th.

ABC scored with the season premiere of "Dancing with the Stars," along with a double shot of "Modern Family."

Fox's new singing competition, "The X Factor," placed 19th and 20th.

NBC could console itself with football. Its broadcast of the Steelers-Colts faceoff ranked second.

For the week, CBS averaged 12.12 million viewers (7.6 rating, 12 share), while ABC had 9.87 million (6.4 rating, 10 share), Fox had 8.37 million (4.9 rating, 5 share), and NBC had 7.50 million (4.7 rating, 8

share). The CW had 1.64 million (1.1 rating, 2 share) and ION Television had 950,000 million (0.7 rating, 1 share).

Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision led with a 3.69 million average (2.0 rating, 3 share), Telemundo had 980,000 (0.6 rating, 1 share), TeleFutura had 400,000 (0.2 rating, 0 share), Azteca had 210,000 and Estrella had 200,000 (both 0.1 rating, 0 share).

NBC's "Nightly News" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.97 million viewers (5.4 rating, 11 share). ABC's "World News" was second with 7.27 million (5.0 rating, 10 share) and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.82 million viewers (4.0 rating, 8 share).

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

For the week of Sept. 19-25, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 28.74 million; NFL Football: Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, NBC, 20.36 million; "NCIS," CBS, 19.96 million; "2 Broke Girls," CBS, 19.37 million; "Dancing with the Stars," ABC, 19.03 million; "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 16.71 million; "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 15.98 million; "The Big Bang Theory"-Special, CBS, 14.94 million; "Dancing with the Stars"-Results, ABC, 14.79 million; "Modern Family," ABC, 14.54 million.

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as opposed to the usual pedantic small talk. Party ornaments basically range from subtle to outrageous depending on your mood. My go-to item is an 80’s argyle sweater emblazoned with Jonathan the Husky’s face. Just pick something that represents your style, whether it is an idiosyncratic clothing item or accessory. To quote 7th-semester political science major, Jen Guha, “The ultimate babe has a good smile, and is the quiet sarcastic type. They sit back and observe, and they’re not like everyone else.” So, when attending a social gathering, make sure to present yourself with some flair and set yourself apart from the crowd.

Don’t present a flaccid penis. I have been told by many people, both men and women, that this is “rule number zero.” There is nothing impressive about a limp penis, and you will offend your partner by whipping one out. Enough said.

Do swallow. When it comes to blowjobs, don’t ruin the entire experience by spitting out the fruits of your labor.

This is incredibly uncouth on so many levels and rivals the aforementioned impoliteness of the flaccid penis. If you are really opposed to this rule, you can certainly get creative and think of other options.

You can choose to disregard all of the above suggestions if you do not agree with them.

But please, think twice before you present a flaccid penis.

Holly.Battaglia@UConn.edu

'L-Word' actress says kiss was brief and modest Andy Rooney exiting '60 EL PASO (AP) — It was cursing — not kissing — that got a lesbian actress and her girlfriend escorted off a plane as it sat at a Texas airport, Southwest Airlines said Tuesday.

The airline said the couple became profane after being reprimanded for what actress Leisha Hailey characterized as "one modest kiss."

Hailey immediately used her Twitter account to accuse the airline of discrimination and call for a boycott.

Hailey is best known for playing Alice Pieszecki in the now defunct Showtime lesbian life drama "The L-Word."

The incident cast a national media spotlight on the actress, who is now part of the electropop duo Uh Huh Her. Halley's publicist Libby Coffey said the encounter was real and was "absolutely not" done as a publicity stunt for her band's upcoming breast cancer awareness tour.

Hailey and partner Camila Grey also denied in a statement Tuesday that the affection they showed toward each other was inappropriate.

"We want to make it clear we were not making out or creating any kind of spectacle of ourselves, it was one modest kiss," the written statement said. "We are responsible adult women who walk through the world with dignity. We were simply being affectionate like any normal couple."

The airline responded that Hailey's display of affection was excessive and drew customer complaints, and that the women cursed after being reprimanded.

"Additional reports from our employees and customers onboard Flight 2274 during a stop in El Paso on Sunday now confirm profane language was being used loudly by two passengers," the airline said. "Although we have reports of what customers characterize as an excessive public display of affection, ultimately their aggressive reaction led to their removal from the aircraft."

Hailey and Grey acknowledged that they became upset after the flight attendant reprimanded them and told them Southwest is a family airline.

"We take full responsibility for getting verbally upset with the flight attendant," their statement said. "No matter how quietly homophobia is whispered, it doesn't make it any less loud."

Hailey and Gray said they plan to file a formal complaint with the airline.

Details of how the couple was escorted off the flight were not included in the Southwest statement. Initial reports had the flight going from Baltimore to St. Louis, but a tweet by the band says its members were flying from El Paso, Texas, to Los Angeles, which the airline

confirmed.

Hailey said in a tweet that she has an audio and video recording of the encounter between the couple and the flight attendant. It's not immediately clear who made it. Coffey did not respond to an email requesting access to the recordings.

Hailey also demanded a public apology and a refund from the airline. The airline said it had reached out to all passengers involved to offer refunds.

Southwest's website says it is the official airline of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Herndon Graddick, GLAAD's senior director of programs, said companies must train employees to welcome all customers.

"Just like all couples, Leisha Hailey and Camila Grey should be able to express affection in public," Graddick said. "The widespread outrage around Leisha's report demonstrates that fair-minded Americans will no longer stand for discrimination of gay and lesbian couples."

Earlier this month, the Dallas-based airline kicked off Green Day's lead man Billie Joe Armstrong for wearing his pants too low. The Grammy winner was escorted off a plane after failing to follow a flight attendant's directive to pull up the pants.

Minutes' this Sunday

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Andy Rooney is leaving the show “60 Minutes” after being on the show for 33 years.

NEW YORK (AP) — With 1,096 essays for "60 Minutes" under his belt, Andy Rooney will deliver his 1,097th on Sunday's broadcast. And it will be his last as a regular contributor.

The 92-year-old Rooney will announce his departure at the end of the program, where he has been featured since 1978, CBS News announced on Tuesday. It will be preceded by a segment in which Rooney looks back on his career with "60 Minutes" correspondent Morley Safer.

"There's nobody like Andy and there never will be," said Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and "60 Minutes" executive producer.

He called Rooney's contributions to the program "immeasurable," and added, "It's harder for him to do it every week, but he will always have the ability to speak his mind on '60 Minutes' when the urge hits him."

Rooney began speaking his mind on "60 Minutes" in July 1978 with an essay about misleading reporting of automobile fatalities on the Independence Day weekend.

"Car for car," argued Rooney, "it's one of the safest weekends of the year to be going someplace." In fact, fewer people die of all causes on that weekend than at most other times, his research told him. And since "fewer people are watching television over the Fourth," he added, "I suppose fewer die of boredom."

He was a tender 59 years old, and, that fall, he became a regular contributor, delivering sometimes folksy, sometimes peppery observations on ordinary life under the

title, "A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney."

Rooney had been a contributor to "60 Minutes" since the show's debut. During its first season in 1968 he appeared a few times in silhouette with Palmer Williams, "60 Minutes" senior producer, in a short-lived segment called "Ipso and Facto."

He also produced "60 Minutes" segments during the broadcast's first few seasons.

Rooney joined CBS in 1949 as a writer for "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts," a hit show of that day. He also wrote for "The Garry Moore Show" (1959-65), a popular variety show. At the same time, he was writing for CBS News public-affairs broadcasts such as "The Twentieth Century" and "Calendar."

He wrote his first television essay in 1964, "An Essay on Doors." Continuing the collaboration with CBS News correspondent Harry Reasoner as on-camera narrator, Rooney composed contemplations on such subjects as bridges, chairs and women.

With "An Essay on War," which aired on PBS in 1971, Rooney made his first appearance delivering his words.

But his skills as a writer and producer, not as the talking head he also famously became late in life, were the roles he said he always valued most.

"I obviously have a knack for getting on paper what a lot of people have thought and didn't realize they thought," he reflected in an interview with The Associated Press in 1998. "And they say, 'Hey, yeah!' And they like that."

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Jackson's voice echoes through Los Angeles court LOS ANGELES (AP) — First, prosecutors showed a photo of Michael Jackson's pale and lifeless body lying on a gurney. Then, they played a recording of his voice, just weeks before his death.

Slow and slurred, his words echoed Tuesday through a Los Angeles courtroom at the start of the trial of the doctor accused of killing him. As a worldwide audience watched on TV and Jackson's family looked on from inside the courtroom, a drugged Jackson said: "We have to be phenomenal.

When people leave this show, when people leave my show, I want them to say, 'I've never seen nothing like this in my life.

Go. Go. I've never seen nothing like this. Go. It's amazing. He's the greatest entertainer in the world.'"

Prosecutors played the audio for the first time during opening statements as they portrayed Dr. Conrad Murray, 58, as an incompetent physician who used a dangerous anesthetic without adequate safeguards and whose neglect left the superstar abandoned as he lay dying.

Defense attorneys countered that Jackson caused his own death by taking a drug dose, including propofol, after Murray left the room.

Nothing the cardiologist could have done would have saved the King of Pop, defense attorney Ed Chernoff told jurors, because Jackson was desperate to regain his fame and needed rest to prepare for a series of crucial comeback concerts.

A number of Jackson's family members were in the courthouse, including his father Joseph, mother Katherine, sisters LaToya and Janet, and brothers Jermaine, Randy and Tito. LaToya Jackson carried a sunflower, her brother's favorite flower.

The family's most emotional moment came when the prosecutor played a video excerpt from Jackson's "This Is It" rehearsal in which he sang "Earth Song," a plea for better treatment of the environment.

As Jackson sang the words, "I used to dream. I used to glance beyond the stars," his mother, Katherine, dabbed at her eyes with a tissue.

Prosecutor David Walgren noted it was Jackson's last performance.

Murray, who arrived at court holding hands with his mother, has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. If convicted, he could face up to four years in prison and the loss of his medical license.

Speaking for more than an hour, Walgren relied on photos and audio recordings to paint Murray as an inept and reckless caretaker.

Walgren showed a photo of a lifeless Jackson on a hospital gurney. He juxtaposed the image with those of Jackson performing. Walgren also played the recording of Jackson speaking to Murray while, the prosecutor said, the singer was under the influence of an unknown substance roughly six weeks before his death.

The prosecutor said that Murray recorded the conversation with his groggy patient on his cell phone.

Jackson trusted Murray as his physician, and "that misplaced trust in Conrad Murray cost Michael Jackson his life," Walgren said.

The recurring theme was Jackson's never-ending quest for sleep and propofol, the potion he called his "milk" and that he believed was the answer. Jurors were told that it was a powerful anesthetic, not a sleep aid, and the prosecutor said Murray severely misused it.

The prosecutor said while working for Jackson, the doctor was shipped more than four gallons of the anesthetic, which is normally given in hospital settings.

Chernoff, the defense attorney, claimed the singer swallowed several pills of the sedative lorazepam on the morning of his death and that was enough to put six people to sleep. After taking a self-administered dose

of propofol, Jackson did not even have a chance to close his eyes, Chernoff said, claiming he died instantly.

Chernoff, who had long hinted that the defense would blame Jackson for his own death, added a surprise. He claimed that Jackson died not because his doctor continued to give him the drug but because he stopped it, forcing Jackson to take extreme measures.

"What we will hear is that Dr. Murray provided propofol for two months to Michael Jackson for sleep," Chernoff said. "During those two months, Michael Jackson slept. He woke up and he lived his life.

"The evidence will not show you that Michael Jackson died because Dr. Murray gave him propofol. The evidence is going to show you Michael Jackson died when Dr. Murray stopped," the attorney said.

He said Murray was trying to wean Jackson off of propofol and had been giving him other sleep aids known as benzodiazepines trying to lull him to sleep.

On June 25, 2009, the last day of Jackson's life, Chernoff said, he was in the third day of a weaning process and it didn't work.

"Michael Jackson started begging. He couldn't understand why he wasn't sleeping....

When Michael Jackson told Dr. Murray 'I have to sleep. They will cancel my performance,' he meant it," Chernoff said.

Murray, in a recording of his interview with police detectives, acknowledged that he relented and agreed to give Jackson a small dose of propofol.

Walgren said Murray's claim that he gave the singer a minuscule dosage, enough to keep him asleep perhaps five minutes, was not true. He also accused Murray of deception when he hid from paramedics and hospital emergency staff that he had given Jackson propofol. He said they were desperately trying to revive him but didn't know about the drug.

He returned repeatedly to the fee Murray was to be paid — $150,000 a month — and pointed out that he first had asked for $5 million.

"There was no doctor-patient relationship," Walgren said. "... What existed here was an employer-employee relationship. He was not working for the health of Michael Jackson.

Dr. Murray was working for a fee of $150,000."

Chernoff countered with a description of Murray's history of treating indigent patients for free. At times during the defense attorney's opening statements, Murray appeared to be crying and wiped his eyes with a tissue.

Jackson's family members appeared pained as Walgren described the singer as a vulnerable figure, left alone with drugs coursing through his body.

"It violates not only the standard of care but the decency of one human being to another," he said. "Dr. Murray abandoned Michael when he needed help."

Following opening statements, Jackson's choreographer and friend, Kenny Ortega, testified that Jackson was in bad shape physically and mentally less than a week before his death.

He said he sent a message to Randy Phillips, producer of the "This Is It" concert, telling him that Jackson was ill, probably should have a psychological evaluation and was not ready to perform.

"It's important for everyone to know he really wants this," he wrote. "It would shatter him, break his heart if we pulled the plug. He's terribly frightened it's all going to go away."

In response to the email, Ortega said, a meeting was called at Jackson's house where Ortega clashed with Murray, who told him to stop playing amateur psychiatrist and doctor.

"He said Michael was physically and emotionally capable of handling all his responsibilities for the show,'" said Ortega, "I was shocked. Michael didn't seem to be physically or emotionally stable."

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Roman Polanski takes stage at Zurich film festival

ZURICH (AP) — Two years after police in Zurich led Roman Polanski away to prison, the Oscar-winning director returned to a very different reception in the city, where he wrapped himself in applause and recognition Tuesday night by picking up a cinematic award and releasing a "memoir" of his life that had been treated like a state secret.

The Polish-French director of "Rosemary's Baby" took the stage of the Zurich Film Festival to finally accept the lifetime achievement award that he was unable to pick up in 2009, after being arrested for a decades-old sex-crime case.

He had been arrested by Swiss police on arrival at the Zurich airport on a U.S. warrant from 1978, then spent months in prison and later house arrest because of charges that he had sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

But he successfully avoided extradition to the United States after the Swiss government declined to deport him.

"I mean, who else would have the guts to come to this festival after he has been arrested here?" said This Brunner, a Swiss film and art expert in Zurich. "He has a unique personality, he has a huge heart."

Zurich Mayor Corine Mauch said Polanski deserved the award for his body of film work and she saw no antiU.S. sentiment in the warm reception he received, particularly since his legal status was "clarified" in Swiss courts.

"He's a free man in Switzerland," she said. "And I'm happy that after two years, he is able to get his prize here."

Now able to travel unhindered to Switzerland, Polanski, 78, arrived at the festival hall as a spotlight followed him.

Several hundred people stood to applaud him as he took his seat. He later strode to the stage amid nearly a minute's sustained clapping.

"Friends, what can I can say? Better late than never," he began, as the audience erupted in laughter.

"Two years, day for day. Certain parts of it I would rather forget. But I'm happy to be here, because I know that it was not only a blow to me, to my family, but also to the festival itself," he said. "It's a very moving moment for me."

Though Polanski could joke about the ordeal, he acknowledged the pain of it but said little else, allowing the world premier of a full-length documentary — "Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir" — to largely speak for him.

"I would only like to take the oppor-

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Polish born film director Roman Polanski picks up the award for his life work while festival drector Nadja Schildknecht looks on at the Film Festival in Zurich, Swzitzerland.

tunity of being here to thank all those who supported me during these difficult months. I would particularly like to say my thanks to the prison staff for trying to make my stay there as bearable as possible," he added.

Polanski still faces an Interpol warrant in effect for 188 countries for extradition to the United States. He moves freely between Switzerland, which refused to extradite him, and France, which has a blanket policy of not extraditing its citizens.

In July 2010, he made his first public appearance since being released from house arrest, attending the Montreux Jazz Festival to watch his wife, the actress and singer Emmanuelle Seigner, perform on stage.

This year, his new film, "Carnage," had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

But his "other" new film — the memoir — was kept secret by Zurich's film organizers. The film recounts his Polish roots and includes footage of World War II and the Nazi invasion of Poland interspersed with scenes from "The Pianist."

The documentary by Laurent Bouzereau is based on interviews with Polanski during his house arrest two years ago, and begins with shots of the Swiss prison that Polanski was incarcerated at, as well as photos of his chalet in the chic resort of

Gstaad in the Swiss Alps.

By turns funny and sad, wistful and horrified, Polanski recounts a kaleidoscope of memories, such as seeing a woman shot in the back by a Nazi, his running away from a Nazi soldier shooting at him, and being reunited with his father and seeing the wall in Warsaw first being built.

Polanski talks about his mother's death, the pain of his father remarrying another woman, and their visit to him in Gstaad where his father cried upon hearing music that reminded him of children being loaded into train barracks to be exterminated.

"It was an Apocalyptic, surrealistic vision," Polanski recalled of the moment.

Polanski said he watched films so he could read subtitles: "I started really learning to read in the cinema," he said.

British actress Alice Eve, a juror for the film festival, said she wasn't sure if attendance at the Polanski award ceremony could be considered a political statement.

"If it is, then I'm happy to be part of it.

Because I do believe that he has paid for his crime, and he's also good at what he does, and the celebration isn't undue," she said of Polanski.

Over 45,000 visitors are expected to attend the seventh installment of the film festival in Switzerland's biggest city that includes ten world premieres and runs through Oct. 2.

'The Submission' is a raw look at racism NEW YORK (AP) — Actor-turnedplaywright Jeff Talbott's first produced work begins like a screwball comedy. That mood doesn't last, though. It ends more like a horror movie — the evil inside.

MCC Theater's "The Submission" is a raw, unsentimental play about race and gender that exposes the quiet prejudice and intolerance among even our most progressive thinkers. It is both uncomfortable and impossible to not watch. Discussions are certain to be sparked after the curtain has fallen, on the way out of the theater.

The four-person play, which made its world premiere Tuesday night at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, starts with a variation on a somewhat tired, bait-and-switch premise: A well-off, Yale University-educated wannabe playwright named Danny writes a powerful play about an alcoholic black mother and her son trying to get out of the projects.

So authentic is this work that it's accepted at the Humana Festival of New American Plays, an annual event in Louisville, Kentucky, that attracts producers, critics and others. But not wanting to risk having it dismissed out of hand because he is white, Danny (a nicely layered Jonathan Groff) employs Emilie, a young black actress (a fantastic Rutina Wesley), to pretend to be the playwright, who is now given an impossible to pronounce faux African name.

It's all fun and games until Danny and Emilie have a few sharp exchanges that uncover a lot of troubling and offensive assumptions, illustrating that what we say and what we feel are often at odds.

Danny justifies his writing by arguing that he channeled his horror at homophobia to help him get in touch with the black American experience of racism. Not so fast, replies Emilie.

"A gay white guy telling a black woman he gets her pain is a little like Adolf Hitler eating a piece of kugel and saying he understands the plight of the Jews," she tells him in one of their exploitive-heavy shouting matches.

"The thing that freaks you out, the reason you're even here," he replies, "is that some guy might be able to sit in his middle-class apartment and imagine a life that isn't his, a life you think you have some ownership of."

As the ruse continues — Emilie, playing the public playwright, goes to meetings with the play's eventual director and actors, while Danny keeps a low profile

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Jonathan Groff, left, and Rutina Wesley are shown in a scene from "The Submission," at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York.

— their clashes get more nasty and electric. Talbott's dialogue is grounded in how people actually talk, critical in a play that reveals how people actually think.

"You don't get the whole market on oppression forever," Danny tells Emilie.

"Other people got the pain now. Wake up."

She shoots back with a shot at his sexuality: "Take away what happened in your bedroom, and what are you Danny? Just another white guy walking around telling the world what to do."

As the fights escalate, Danny reveals a rich vein of racism, while Emilie's language becomes marred with gay slurs. The other two characters — Emilie's white boyfriend, played with sly humor by Will Rogers, and Danny's boyfriend, a nicely exasperated Eddie Kaye Thomas — try to be peacemakers but are horrified at the hate that's spewing out from their partners.

Eventually, of course, the n-word is used. It was just a matter of when, really.

But it's used only once, and in a scene in which the sound of that word from Danny instantly freezes the four actors. "It is important to know what you're capable of," an ice-cold Emilie replies to Danny, citing a line in his play.

Director Walter Bobbie gets credit for deftly handling that pivotal scene, as well as some of most savage arguments seen

on stage since "August: Osage County" and, certainly "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" He has also instilled in his cast a fearlessness, an ability to act without a net.

The action takes place in a soulless Starbucks-like coffee house chain, an apartment and a hotel room, all nicely realized by set designer David Zinn, who employs a moving back wall that makes transitions quick.

Groff ("Spring Awakening, "Glee"), does well in a complex role, one in which he is both likable and later despicable, a lefty who assumes he is politically evolved but still has a way to go. He plays Danny with an earnest guilelessness, unaware of the damage his words can make. Emilie is wonderfully realized by Wesley ("True Blood"); she veers from sex kitten in one scene to savagely screaming invectives a few moments later.

The 11 scenes fly by in about 90 minutes and then Talbott is on the hot seat for a way to end this brutal, nasty discussion stuffed with hurt feelings and historical grudges. Talbott comes up with an ending that won't satisfy everyone as it tries to inject a positive note. It comes too late, of course, to keep these four friends together.

As for Talbott, it's a pleasure to see what he's capable of.

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Red Sox beat Orioles, stay tied for wild card

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Thursday.

Boston Red Sox maintained a Rookie Ryan Lavarnway share of the AL wild-card lead became the unlikeliest of heroes Tuesday night, using four home for Boston, hitting his first two runs to beat the Baltimore major league homers after being Orioles 8-7 and set up a dra- thrust into the lineup because matic conclusion to the regular of injuries to catchers Jarrod season.

Saltalamacchia (sore collarbone) The skidding Red Sox were and Jason Varitek (knee).

6-19 in September before Lavarnway, a Yale philosorebounding to edge the last-place phy major who never played a Orioles. The win, combined with big league game before August, Tampa Bay's 5-3 vichit a three-run drive tory over the New in the fourth inning York Yankees, kept and added a solo shot 8 for an 8-4 lead in the Boston and the Rays Red Sox tied with one game Orioles 7 eighth. left.

Jacoby Ellsbury and After blowing a Marco Scutaro also nine-game lead in the span of connected for Boston, which 23 days, the Red Sox will send scored all its runs on home runs.

Jon Lester (15-9) to the mound Alfredo Aceves (10-2) pitched against Baltimore on Wednesday 3 2-3 innings of three-hit relief night in an effort to get into the for the Red Sox, who survived postseason for the fourth time in homers from Baltimore's Matt five years. Lester, Boston's win- Wieters and Adam Jones. ningest pitcher, will be throwing After the Orioles scored twice on three days' rest. in the eighth off Daniel Bard to Boston will be looking to put make it 8-6, Jonathan Papelbon together its first winning streak survived a hectic ninth for his since sweeping a doubleheader 31st save. Wieters drove in a run from Oakland on Aug. 27. If the with a grounder and Baltimore Rays and Red Sox remain tied had the potential tying run at secafter Wednesday, Tampa Bay ond with two outs before Jones will host a one-game playoff grounded out on a 3-2 pitch.

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Pitching at Camden Yards for the first time since being traded by Baltimore to Seattle in February 2008, Boston starter Erik Bedard gave up three runs and five hits in 3 1-3 innings.

The left-hander struck out six but needed 84 pitches to get 10 outs.

Bedard retired the first two batters without difficulty, then walked Nick Markakis and yielded an RBI double to Vladimir Guerrero to fall behind 1-0.

Boston took the lead in the third against rookie Zach Britton (11-11) when Scutaro hit a two-out double and Ellsbury followed with his 32nd homer.

Ellsbury has hit in 35 straight games against the Orioles, a streak that began on April 17, 2009.

Lavarnway connected on a 3-2 pitch in the fourth following singles by David Ortiz and Adrian Gonzalez. Wieters answered in the bottom half with his 22nd home run, the second in two nights, to make it 5-3.

A triple by Carl Crawford and Scutaro's homer off Jason Berken made it 7-3 in the sixth.

Jones led off the bottom half with a homer off Aceves.

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Boston Red Sox's Ryan Lavarnway is congratulated by his teammates after hitting one of two home runs in a Boston win.

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Petersen's homer leads Marlins over Nats in Miami

Florida Marlins' Bryan Petersen is met by Omar Infante, left, and other teammates at the plate after hitting a walk-off home run.

MIAMI (AP) — Javier Vazquez's career may have ended with teammate Bryan Petersen's walkoff homer.

Vazquez, who's leaning toward retirement, had gone nine innings and was preparing to pitch another Tuesday night when Petersen homered with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give the Florida Marlins a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals.

Vazquez's franchise-record scoreless streak ended at 29 innings, but he finished with a five-hitter. The right-hander needed just 97 pitches in his 28th career complete game, and second this month.

Petersen joked that he would give his home run ball to Vazquez.

"Any home run I hit is cool for me," Petersen said. "But it's way more special for me to know that I could be a part of that for him. Hopefully that game sticks with him for the rest of his life if it's his last one. An unbelievable pitching

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performance, and to end it like that? I'm happy for him."

The 35-year-old Vazquez (13-11) allowed only three runs over his final six starts and won them all. He said the strong finish won't influence his decision about retirement, because he wants to spend more time with his wife and three children.

"I've been blessed being in the big leagues for 14 years.

I feel it's time," he said. "I'm going to make the decision, hopefully by December."

Vazquez had the highest ERA in the majors at 7.09 in midJune, then pitched well enough to lower his final figure to 3.77.

"It's fun to go out there and pitch good," he said. "But it's not easy. The way things started for me the first two months, I couldn't say I was going to finish like this."

The game was played with both teams counting down to the offseason, and the Marlins expected to announce the hiring of Ozzie Guillen as manager.

Wednesday's game will be

the season finale and the last in the stadium that has been the Marlins' home since their first season in 1993. Next year they move into a retractable-roof ballpark in downtown Miami.

Doug Slaten (0-2) retired the first two batters in the ninth before Petersen homered on the first pitch. That was only the fifth hit for Florida.

The walkoff homer was the third for the Marlins this season.

Washington starter John Lannan went six innings and gave up two runs. The loss ended the Nationals' bid for the franchise's first winning season since 2003. They are 79-81 with one game left.

"We went up against a great pitcher who pitched a heck of a ballgame," manager Davey Johnson said.

Michael Morse hit his 31st homer leading off the fifth to end Vazquez's scoreless streak. Morse will likely sit out Wednesday, leaving his final average at .303.

Colts bring back Orlovsky 2014 Super Bowl logo released

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Colts needed a quarterback with knowledge of their offense.

Dan Orlovsky needed a job.

On Tuesday, Orlovsky rejoined Indianapolis — the team he spent training camp with this summer.

A person familiar with the deal confirmed the signing Tuesday night, but requested anonymity because the Colts had not yet announced the move.

Injuries forced the Colts (0-3)

to add depth at quarterback before Monday night's game at Tampa Bay. Four-time league MVP Peyton Manning has missed the first three games after having neck surgery Sept. 8. The recovery was expected to take at least two months and could keep him out the entire season, though the Colts are hoping he will return to practice in December.

Manning's replacement, Kerry Collins, missed some practice time last week with

a sore throwing shoulder and left Sunday night's game against Pittsburgh with concussion-like symptoms.

Team officials have not yet said whether he was diagnosed with a concussion and there are questions about whether he'll be able to play this week.

The only other active quarterback on the roster is three-year veteran Curtis Painter, who beat out Orlovsky as the No. 3 quarterback.

NEW YORK (AP) — Let it snow — but not too much.

That would make for just about perfect weather conditions for the 2014 Super Bowl being co-hosted by New York and New Jersey.

"A little snow would be great for us, but whatever comes our way, we're going to be prepared for it," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday during the unveiling of the host committee's blue-and-white snowflake logo for the game.

"Some of our most memorable games were played in unusual weather circumstances.

Winter and cold are part of football, and snow is also," he said.

The game at MetLife Stadium will be the first outdoor Super Bowl in a cold-weather venue.

Although the lowest Super Bowl kickoff temperature has been 39 degrees, average February temperatures at East Rutherford, N.J., are 24 to 40 degrees.

"The world will be waiting

for us to probably screw up on this because this is the first cold-weather Super Bowl," New York Jets owner Woody Johnson said. "It was very courageous of our commissioner, Roger Goodell, and our fellow owners to vote yes on this — albeit on the fourth or fifth ballot."

The logo and advertising campaigns were touted at a "power breakfast" news conference at The Modern, a restaurant in the Museum of Modern Art.

By Dave Marinstein Campus Correspondent

(in particular the success of their running game with Fred Jackson), but the Bills have struggled with the defensive side of the ball. Buffalo ranks 24th in the league in both opponent rushing and passing yards per game, which puts them at a disadvantage.

When looking at top teams in the AFC, including the Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers and even the New York Jets, they all excel on the defensive side of the ball (an exception to this would be the Patriots…but they have a man named Tom Brady). It’s hard to see the Bills making the playoffs without a better defense. They can’t rely just on Fred Jackson, along with a young quarterback in Ryan Fitzpatrick and a young wide receiver in Stevie Johnson, to win each week.

In addition to lacking a solid defense, the Bills have a difficult schedule this season.

They’d need to get through a tough AFC East division, which includes playing the Jets twice and the Patriots once more. This year they’re also going up against teams from the NFC East, each of which boasts a solid defense at worst. Facing the San Diego Chargers will also be a challenge for the Bills, as they are frequently successful on both sides of the ball.

There’s no doubt that the Bills are much better this year than they have been recently. It’s good for the city of Buffalo and for the organization for such hype to be surrounding a team that hasn’t made the playoffs since 1999.

It won’t be impossible for the Bills to make the playoffs but it is very unlikely considering the defensive struggles of the team.

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piled 841 passing yards and is ranked second in the league in touchdowns, throwing nine. But Fitzpatrick has done more than put up impressive numbers to show why he will help the Bills in a playoff run. Only three weeks into the season, he has already won games where he was forced to fight back from an early deficit.

In week two, after falling behind 21-3 in the second quarter to the Oakland Raiders, Fitzpatrick was able to rally and carry his team to a victory that included a goahead touchdown in the fourth quarter with 14 seconds left on the clock. The very next week, Fitzpatrick proved his ability to produce under pressure again as he fought back from a 21-0 hole to beat the Patriots and Tom Brady. Fitzpatrick’s ability to perform under pressure against tough opponents proves he is more than capable of leading the Bills to the playoffs.

But the players around him must also continue to perform.

Steve Johnson, must continue to make the big catches that he has these first few weeks, including 20 receptions and 256 receiving yards. It is clear that Fitzpatrick will continue to look for Johnson downfield. The Bills’ running game is also a key factor to their success. Running back Fred Jackson has averaged 101 yards per game so far this season. Defense is also going to be a deciding factor on whether or not the Bills make the playoffs. Considered by many to be a weak point, the Bills' defense was able to intercept Tom Brady four times in their win over the Patriots last week. If this recent success is a turning point for the defense, then the Bills are in position to make the playoffs.

Although it is only three weeks into the season, the Bills have all the right tools to make the playoffs for the first

Toss Up: Will the Bills make the playoffs?

The Buffalo Bills are off to a quick and surprising 3-0 start to the 2011 NFL season.

A roster filled with “no name” players is quickly becoming a “Cinderella” team of sorts.

Ryan Fitzpatrick’s maturation as a quarterback is encouraging and has surprised many.

But despite the recent success of the team, it still doesn’t have quite what it takes to make the playoffs this season.

During their first three games, the Bills defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in a blowout followed by two thrilling games against the Oakland Raiders and the New England Patriots. Although the Bills have impressed during these three games, their winning streak shouldn’t last all season. Their offensive production has been above average

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Arguably the most surprising sight in the NFL this season is that of the Buffalo Bills (3-0).

They stand alone as the last undefeated team in the AFC. In a conference that houses teams such as the Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets, the Bills have certainly made a name for themselves early this season. In fact, this early season success has led many to ask the question of whether or not the Bills have the right tools to make it to the playoffs. So far this season, it does seem as though the Bills are in line for a playoff run.

The most important tool for the Bills this year is quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick has gotten off to a great start but must continue to produce throughout the season. He has already com-

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Huskies head to Hartford to take on Hawks

By Mike Corasaniti Campus Correspondent

Before the men’s tennis team returns to fall tournament action next weekend at the Quinnipiac Invitational, it will be traveling to the University of Hartford for its second dual-match of the season.

The Huskies are currently coming off a dominant performance at their own UConn Invitational at which the team went 6-2 in doubles and 14-4 in singles against teams from Bryant University, Sacred Heart, Quinnipiac, Boston University and the Hartford team that they will be seeing later today.

“This weekend’s been a good tune-up for [today’s] match-up against Hartford,” said head coach Glenn Marshall. “They’re always just a good non-conference team to play.”

If past performances from this season are any indicators as to how the matches will go, then the Huskies are going into this one with a lot of confidence. In tournament play this season, UConn has gone 6-0 (3-0 in doubles and singles respectively) against Hartford teams, including Peter Surovic’s and Jay Yoon’s dra-

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matic 8-7 (4) victory over Alex Holdstein and Marco Neves at the Fairfield Invitational earlier this season. This past weekend, UConn’s Scott Warden and his partner Jacob Spreyer dominated Hartford’s Neves and Michael Kennelly 8-1, while Surovic and partner Teddy Margules defeated the Hawk duo of Edgardo Ureta and Eric Floum 8-5.

“Overall the boys just really played well,” said assistant coach Dan Gal. “All day was just tough, smart play.”

In singles play this past Sunday, Warden led further Hawk domination with a lopsided 6-2, 6-1 victory over Neves, while Jai Yoon and Joshua Palmer also posted victories against Hartford players. Warden, the Huskies’ senior captain, is yet to have a bad outing this fall, as he’s been setting the example for the rest of the team.

“Scott’s just a great leader, a good person to have on the team,” Gal said. “He’s got a great mindset for tennis and he’s been a real mentor for all the younger guys on the team.”

The coaching staff is definitely satisfied with the younger players under Warden’s instruction.

“Over the weekend, Survoic,

Spreyer and Palmer all had really good, strong wins,” Gal said.

“All the freshmen have been doing good fighting and pushing their way through matches.”

Warden will be leading his team, who posted a 6-1 victory over Siena last Wednesday in their dual-match opener, against a Hartford squad coached by UConn alumni Mike Louis.

Louis played for the Huskies for four years from 2000-2004, finishing with an overall singles record of 35-32, while earning a spot on the Big East Conference All-Academic Team three different times. Louis, who served as captain for the Huskies his senior year, was also a former assistant coach for the program before moving on to coach at high schools and then accepting the Director of Tennis position at Hartford earlier this year. In his dual-match coaching debut, Louis led the Hawks to a 7-0 sweep of Springfield College last week.

With rain in the forecast, the Huskies are set to face off against the Hawks today at 3 p.m. in Hartford.

Michael.Corasaniti@UConn.edu

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The UConn tennis team, after defeating Sienna at home on Sept. 21 by the score of 6-1, will take their talents to Hartford for an in-state matchup with the Hawks.

Patriots prepare for another up-and-coming team

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

(AP) — New England's 15-game winning streak over the Buffalo Bills is over. Now the Patriots are preparing for another improving team that struggled the past decade.

The Oakland Raiders are 2-1 after going eight seasons without a winning record. The Bills have just one winning season in the past 11 but snapped that long slide against the Patriots last Sunday with a 34-31 win.

So the Patriots have plenty to prepare for against a team they haven't played in three years.

"We studied them quite a bit in the offseason to become familiar with them because we hadn't played them since '08," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said Tuesday. "That's a good football team and it looks like they're getting better."

Sunday's game matches the NFL's top passing offense, led

by Tom Brady's 442.3 yards per game, against the No. 1 rushing attack with Darren McFadden, who leads the league with 131 yards per game.

"They definitely like to run the ball," Belichick said. "They throw enough deep balls and they do enough in the passing game to make you worry about that, too. You can't just stop one thing. They're certainly a very good running team, one of the best that we'll face."

McFadden ran for a careerhigh 171 yards and two touchdowns in last Sunday's 34-24

win over the New York Jets.

One week earlier, the Raiders built a 21-3 lead at Buffalo but lost 38-35 on a touchdown pass with 14 seconds left. Then it was the Patriots turn to blow a big lead against the Bills, who overcame a 21-0 deficit last Sunday.

That left the Bills at 3-0.

Belichick knows it could have been the Raiders with the unbeaten record.

They're "really a couple of seconds away from being 3-0," he said, "very explosive, got a lot of big pass guys, playing with a lot of confidence and we're going out there on the road."

The Patriots also had a good shot at a 3-0 record when they built their 21-0 lead. It was 31-31 when the Bills got the ball at their 20-yard line after a touchback on a kickoff with 3:25 remaining.

They needed just three plays to get to the 1, then worked the clock down until Rian Lindell's winning 28-yard field goal on the final play.

New England couldn't stop the Bills from marching downfield. In fact, the Patriots have given up more total yards and yards passing than any other team. Their defense against the run is ranked 10th best — one promising sign against a runoriented attack like Oakland's — but that's deceiving since teams have had to pass more to try to overcome deficits.

Jason Campbell is the NFL's

10th-ranked quarterback but has thrown only 82 passes in the Raiders' three games.

"They mix in some gadget plays, some reverses, some things like that, along with their power running game and do a good job in their passing game of getting the ball down the field and also getting it to their backs and underneath people, too," Belichick said. "They make you defend the whole field and any time you can be successful running the ball that opens up the play action and the passing game and everything else."

The Patriots are a pass-first team. When they run the ball, BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Danny Woodhead get most of the work, although rookie Stevan Ridley led them with 44 yards on seven carries against Buffalo.

"Last week was basically the first game that he had played a decent amount," Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien said. "He's got a long way to go, just like any rookie, as it relates to the overall scheme and knowing what to do and things like that. I think that whole position has been good for us this year."

For the second straight game, the runners will have to contend with big defenders.

"Buffalo has the biggest team in the league," director of player personnel Nick Caserio said.

"The Raiders are a big team. ...

They are strong and physical and also have fast and athletic guys."

Against the Bills, Brady completed 30 of 45 passes for 387 yards and four touchdowns.

But he also threw four interceptions, matching his total for all last season, with one returned for a touchdown.

He should do better against the Raiders, who have allowed more yards passing than all but four teams.

Wes Welker burned the Bills with 16 catches for 217 yards and two touchdowns. But Chad Ochocinco hasn't made an impact in three games with his new team. He caught two passes for 28 yards but dropped a perfect pass near the end zone.

In three games he has just five catches.

"Chad, just like everybody else in that game — me included — would probably wish to have a couple of plays back," O'Brien said.

The Patriots get another chance on Sunday against another team trying to leave behind a history of futility.

"Each week presents new challenges," Belichick said.

"Sometimes the matchups from one week are more or less favorable than the week before. Again, a lot of times you never know exactly how a team is going to play anyway so you have to be ready to make adjustments during the game."

Goal off corner kick capped off Ennis: Pastrana is one of the most McDonough: Allen's visit a very night filled with chances at Morrone progressive athletes of our day special night on UConn's campus

from WORKING, page 14 Karppinen. The service was put perfectly into the middle of the box but senior defender Nickardo Blake’s header sailed over the net.

Later on, the Bulldogs almost scored on a corner kick. UConn freshman goalkeeper Andre Blake misplayed the ball and if Diop were not in the net to kick the ball out of danger, Yale would have had a 1-0 lead.

Even though both teams had ample chances to score, the game entered the second half tied at zero.

The second half was more of the same for the Huskies and the Bulldogs.

In extra time, the Huskies dominated the possession and in the first ten minutes, UConn had even more opportunities to score. At one point, Diop put his hands on his head after missing a shot and shouted, “Come on!” In spite of the fatigue and frustration, the Huskies entered the second overtime with quite a bit of confidence.

Not even a minute into the extra time, freshman foward Allando Matheson had a beautiful shot chance after beating the keeper from 15 yards out,

but his shot went just wide of the net.

“We were tired but in the first ten minutes, we spent five of them in their box,” coach Ray Reid said. “We were tired, but we knew that we were going to get our chances, so we had to keep fighting.”

Finally, in the 109th minute, UConn scored. Off of a corner kick taken by Diop, Blake blasted the game-winner into the right side of the net.

“I had fallen down,” Blake said when describing the goal.

“But I saw the ball just sitting there in the box and thought, ‘that’s got to be my shot.’ I took it and it went in.”

Junior midfielder Max Wasserman is glad that his team won, but wants his defense to remain on task.

“We just need to treat our next game like it’s any other one,” Wasserman said. “We just need to stay focused in practice this week... 10-0 is a lot better for us than 9-0 is though.”

The win brings the Huskies to 10-0 on the season. Their next game is Saturday on the road against Louisville.

Daniel.Agabiti@UConn.edu

from PASTRANA, page 14 The decorated Pastrana, arguably the most progressive athlete today, has won 11 gold medals in the X Games. Aside from his continuous invention of new Moto X tricks, he jumps on – and off – anything he sees, and has created a team of equally fearless friends.

He breaks records with ease and is one of the most enthused and animated characters in sports today.

While most Moto X athletes eventually migrate to southern California, where the industry hosts its biggest events, Pastrana has stayed in Annapolis, Md. His independent and innovative side has allowed Pastrana to craft his own facilities and stand on top of this sports field from the other side of the country. He rides and learns his tricks in the endless backyard of dirt courses and giant foam pits, just 30 miles from Baltimore and Ruth’s first home.

The attitude, the solitude of action sports or the problems with authority may be what has kept the two types of sports separated.

Most public places do not allow for the practice of action sports.

But punk or not, college football quarterback or high school dropout, athleticism, skill and creativity are as apparent in action sports as they are in mainstream sports.

According to espn.com, Bernie

Walter, the chairman of the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame, thinks his decision will be controversial because of his many colleagues that don’t consider the X Games a "real" sporting event.

Its relatively new debut into the sports world might be action sports’ biggest hindrance. Maybe, like most things, time is all that’s needed for the breakthrough.

While it has its time in the spotlight, with much more exposure in recent years, it’s still a surprise that an athlete hasn’t been recognized and applauded with the sort of accolade that other athletes have been receiving since the early 20th century.

The link from Ruth to Pastrana is a distant one, but with this we may soon be witnessing the day when "action sports" are considered "sports."

While Pastrana wears the Red Bull label where Ruth once wore the number three, it seems fitting that this Hall of Fame began with the greatest to play the game, and, 58 years later, it will welcome the one who might be considered the greatest action sports star. The former liked to swing big, the latter likes to flip big.

Whether they are tobacco chewers or adrenaline junkies, the best belong in sports fame forever.

Danielle.Ennis@UConn.edu

from 'JESUS', page 14 “I was always disappointed Coach hadn’t gotten the respect he deserved,” Allen said.

Allen welcomed current assistant coach and former player Kevin Ollie on stage during the event. Ollie and Allen were teammates for two years at UConn, and some students even asked Allen about teaming up with Ollie again on the bench.

One can only hope that the future of UConn basketball is not only in the hands of people like Ollie. In any case, adding Allen someday down the road would be unbelievable. It’s a possibility, judging by the glow Allen had while talking about his time at college.

Allen told the crowd that he attended some great concerts

as a UConn student. Hearing the star tell stories of his time at UConn really made me feel how strongly connected we are to former Huskies.

When Allen described why he came to UConn, it gave me chills. Of course, like most people who attended UConn before the new millennium, he said that the campus looked completely different in the 1990s. The competitive spirit of athletes and academics alike made this “institution of higher learning," a great place for Allen.

“UConn made me a disciplined young man that was ready for success,” Allen said.

I hope I can say the same thing in 15 years.

Colin.McDonough@UConn.edu

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Women’s Soccer (4-4-2) Oct. 2 DePaul 2 p.m.

Sept. 30 Notre Dame 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 7 Oct. 9 South Marquette Florida 2 p.m.

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Field Hockey (7-1) Today UMass 7 p.m.

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Oct. 7 Georgetown 3 p.m.

Oct. 9 Virginia 11 a.m.

Oct. 4 Hartford 7 p.m.

Oct. 7 South Florida 7 p.m.

Oct. 11 Fordham 7 p.m.

Oct. 8 Quinnipiac All Day

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Oct. 12 Bryant 2 p.m.

Volleyball (8-7) Oct. 1 Marquette 2 p.m.

Oct. 2 Syracuse 2 p.m.

Men’s Tennis Today Hartford 3 p.m.

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Women’s Tennis Oct. 2 UMass 2 p.m.

Oct. 7 Bowdoin College 2:30 p.m.

Oct. 12 Bryant 2 p.m.

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THE Storrs Side Huskies appreciative of their homefield advantage in Storrs

By Andrew Callahan Senior Staff Writer Forty-eight hours prior to their 2-0 victory over St. John’s last Saturday, the No. 1 men’s soccer team endured a truly draining practice. But, when sophomore defenseman Andrew Jean-Baptiste was asked about the crowd support he would receive in just a matter of days, he couldn’t help but sport a tireless grin.

“There’s no doubt that we have the best fans in the country,” JeanBaptiste told WHUS Co-Sports Director Chris Jones.

Two days later on a spectacular Saturday night in Storrs, JeanBaptiste’s sentiment was echoed by numerous teammates.

“With the fans, it was fantastic,” said freshman goalkeeper Andre Blake post-game. “They were there cheering us on, keeping us going, making us feel like we can do anything. They’re even there picking us up when we’re playing [poorly].”

Blake was recently bestowed with Big East goalkeeper of the week honors after shutting out No. 10 Boston College and No. 12

St. John’s in a five- day span. As of Tuesday, the first-year keeper boasted a shutout streak of 478:56, lasting more than five games. He snared a career-high eight shots on the road versus the Eagles, where even miles away the Husky faithful were still strong in their support.

“We have to thank the fans,” said sophomore forward Mamadou Doudou Diouf. “They come support us and that makes our work easier, you know, because they put a lot of pressure on the opponent and they push us, too.”

Diouf delivered the clinching goal against the Red Storm last Saturday with just 37 seconds left before a sold-out crowd of over 5,000 fans. It was Diouf’s teamleading sixth score of the young season, which for his teammate farthest away from the offensive action, has grown into something more than just a series of games.

“This is not just about soccer,” Blake said. “This is the way guys have been living together and the way we’ve been treating each other has a lot to do with it.”

Andrew.J.Callahan@UConn.edu

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Guillen goes online, says he’s a Marlin

MIAMI (AP) — Ozzie Guillen tweeted Tuesday that he was in town “ready to go” with the Florida Marlins, and the clubhouse buzz was all about the new manager.

One minor holdup: The Marlins had yet to confirm a deal, saving some suspense for the final day of the regular season Wednesday. But Guillen’s website eliminated much of the drama by leaking the news he has agreed to become the Marlins’ manager.

A post Monday night quoted Guillen announcing he was Florida bound. The blog was taken down a short time later and replaced by a post that discussed Guillen’s departure from the Chicago White Sox, while making no mention of the Marlins.

On Tuesday afternoon Guillen tweeted: “Weird to be in miami in this time but very happy ready to go”.

That sounded fine to Marlins players.

“This should be a good thing,” catcher John Buck said. “It’s a step forward. It’s a commitment by the team showing we want to win. Part of that is getting a manager who has proven that.”

Guillen’s briefly posted blog item said he had hoped to spend his entire managerial career with the White Sox, where he won a World Series title in 2005.

“But there comes a point when you need to move on, and that point has come,” he was quoted as saying. “The Florida Marlins believe I am the right man for the job to bring another World Series to South Florida. ...

“I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to be a part of the Marlins organization. I have an unbelievable amount of respect for the Marlins, owner Jeffrey Loria, president Larry Beinfest, and general manager Michael Hill. I can’t thank them enough for this opportunity and look forward to the future. I can’t wait to get started!”

Florida manager Jack McKeon said Monday he planned to retire at the end of the season.

Guillen announced his departure with the White Sox hours later, but said nothing about taking another job. Florida officials declined to comment.

The Marlins, who move into a new ballpark next spring, plan a big ceremony in conjunction with the final game at their current stadium Wednesday. There’s speculation they want to cap the occasion by introducing Guillen as manager, or they may do it at the new ballpark Thursday.

“All the pieces are coming together,” slugger Mike Stanton said. “We got the stadium, and we got the manager.”

The buzz began more than a year ago that Guillen might be reunited with Loria in Miami, where he was McKeon’s third base coach with the 2003 World Series champions.

THE Pro Side Wild Card races in both leagues go down to the wire

By Jimmy Onofrio Staff Writer While this is not an MLB column, the sports story of the moment is the two down-to-thewire wild card races. Two teams that once held commanding leads, the Red Sox and Braves, have floundered spectacularly in September. At the beginning of the month, Boston (89-71) led the AL East and Atlanta (89-71) was holding a 9-game lead over St. Louis in the NL wildcard race.

Both teams seemed to hit a wall at this point and coupled with late pushes by Tampa (89-71) and St. Louis (88-72), their leads evaporated.

MLB teams only have two games remaining as of Tuesday, but for these four teams, every inning is life or death. The Rays and Braves face the best teams in their leagues, New York and Philadelphia, while Boston and St. Louis finish their seasons against league cellar-dwellers Baltimore and Houston.

Rays or Red Sox? Sorry, Red Sox Nation, it’s time to start watching the Bruins. The September collapse was too big to

finish any other way than missing the playoffs. Though manager Joe Girardi says the Yankees will play to win against Tampa, they have already secured home-field advantage, and seeing their rivals ousted from contention would surely be a positive. While I’m not saying the Yankees will be throwing the games, they will be trying to stay healthy for the playoffs. The Sox, for their part, can’t even seem to beat the lowly Orioles (68-92), losing 4 of 5 so far this month.

Braves or Cardinals? Atlanta finds itself in the same position as Tampa, in a series against the Phillies who have already locked up home field for the playoffs.

While the Phillies needed to show they were ready for October after a recent 9-game skid, the Braves could take advantage of the lesser half of the Phils’ rotation, facing Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton. The Cardinals should have no trouble taking care of the Astros, who have the league’s worst record at 56-104, but it might be too little, too late to catch the Braves.

Atlanta should capture the NL’s last playoff spot.

James.Onofrio@UConn.edu

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‘Jesus’ came to UConn

Top-ranked UConn sends Yale back to New Haven with loss, remains unbeaten

Colin McDonough Last week, Ray Allen walked on stage at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts with the 2008 Boston Celtics world championship ring on his left hand, No. 20 cufflinks shining on both his sleeves and a smile on his face. SUBOG called him “The Greatest Basketball Player in UConn History.” Allen was certainly one of the biggest names in recent years that SUBOG has brought to Storrs.

Not many schools are able to have someone like Ray Allen speak in a semi-intimate setting to students. There are also not many people like Allen.

Allen coming home was more of an honor for us than for him.

He was happy to be traded to Boston so that he could play in front of New England fans again. The students who attended the lecture at Jorgensen last Thursday definitely showed him love. We can only hope that the likes of Emeka Okafor, Kemba Walker and maybe even Andre Drummond (I might be getting ahead of myself), will come back to campus to talk to future students and answer questions like Allen did.

Allen had been scrimmaging weeks earlier on campus with the defending national champions in Guyer Gymnasium. The upstairs weight room attracted more gawkers than lifters.

Students were forced to move away from the windows during the practice session. Not only does Allen help prepare the current Huskies for the season, he also watches a lot of UConn men’s and women’s basketball games during the year and brags to his Celtic teammates about his school.

During his time in the NBA, Allen has seen three national championship trophies hoisted by his former coach. The old No. 34 said that during his playing days in Storrs and Hartford, he knew that coach Jim Calhoun and the men’s basketball program was destined for greatness.

» MCDONOUGH, page 12

Pastrana not just action

By Danielle Ennis Action Sports Columnist Since its emergence, action sports has been placed a tier below “traditional” sports.

Baseballs, footballs and basketballs don’t mingle with skateboards, bikes and skis. It’s the Super Bowl or the X Games, end zones or half pipes, cleats or wheels. Though fans have always had to make a choice between the two, the reason for the polarization of the two has always escaped me.

However, this November, we will see the first – albeit small – merge between mainstream and action. Travis Pastrana, the world’s best Moto X athlete, will be inducted into the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame. He will be the first ever action sports athlete recognized for the honor.

The Hall of Fame at the legendary Camden Yards is the birthplace of the great Babe Ruth. In 1973, the first class of all-stars were inducted, namely Jimmie Fox, Frank Baker, and Ruth. Its 200 plus athletes consist of the state’s best in football, baseball, lacrosse and track.

Pastrana’s enshrinement will break the mold.

» ENNIS, page 12

By Dan Agabiti Senior Staff Writer

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Last night, 90 minutes was not enough for the UConn men’s soccer team and Yale. It took close to 109 minutes for the Huskies beat the Bulldogs 1-0.

Regular time could best be described by the word “almost.” The Huskies had plenty of chances to score in both halves but were unable to capitalize on them.

Even with the Huskies dominating possession, they were unable to break the Bulldogs early on.

In the third minute, the Huskies were pressing hard and created a good scoring chance for themselves. Foward Stephane Diop set up a solid shot, but nothing came of it.

Just under four minutes later, the Huskies had a free kick resulting from a Yale handball. Foward Mamadou Doudou Diouf lined up for the shot and delivered an almost perfect ball at the net. His shot bent around Yale’s wall only to knick the inside of the left post and go out of play.

Then in the 13th minute, the Huskies were awarded a corner kick, taken by midfielder Juho

Senior Nickardo Blake revs up for his game-winning goal in a 1-0 double overtime win over Yale at Morrone Stadium in Storrs on Tuesday night. The No. 1 Huskies go at Louisville this Saturday.

» GOAL, page 12

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By Miles DeGrazia Campus Correspondent

away match against Louisville on Saturday.

“I picked up a toe injury in the St. John’s match and It took UConn until the originally I was only gonna 109th minute to break a 0-0 play if I needed to, and in the deadlock and defeat Yale 1-0. second half I let them know I Senior defender Nickardo could go.” said Wasserman.

Blake drilled in Head coach Ray a loose ball after Reid noted how a Stephane Diop tired the team corner, which give was after playing the Huskies their their 10th match 10th straight win. in three weeks, but A noticeably was happy with altered UConn the team’s overall starting lineup performance. “I’m took the pitch as happy we battled Notebook the No. 1 ranked hard and were very UConn Huskies resilient tonight.” took on in-state rivals, the UConn dominated possesYale Bulldogs. Missing from sion for the entirety of the kickoff was captain Carlos match pinning Yale back in Alvarez and Max Wasserman their defensive third for much in an attempt to keep injuries of the match. But missed from getting worse befor the chances left the match level

MEN’S SOCCER

0-0 at half time and then full time.

Since the lineup was so altered, Reid needed solid performances by squad players. He got these from goalscorer Blake, as well as Juho Karppinen and Flo Liu. Karppinen, in for Alvarez at midfield had a strong match setting up the forwards a few times, but the UConn attack had trouble getting its shots on goal. Liu was used during periods to supplement the attack and Nickardo Blake provided a decent spark off the bench. But the man of the match was Blake, who started for Wasserman on defense, and held the Yale

left flank the entire night, and even saved Yale’s only clearcut opportunity on goal when he cleared a Yale header from the line.

Blake, not normally known for his scoring prowess, drilled home the winner in the 109th minute.

“We got a shot and it deflected for a corner and everyone came forward,” said Blake. “We all knew we really needed a goal but when I went up for the corner I fell down, while I was down I saw the ball just spinning there in the six [yard box], so I got up and just kicked it.”

Coach Reid knew tonight’s game was going to be a tough one, but told his team to stay patient and they would get their reward. “We spent the first five minutes [of extra time] camped out in their 18.

I told everyone to be patient.

Even though it took 109 minutes, we got it done.”

Even with the Huskies moving to 9-0-0 the biggest positive from tonight may have been psychological.

“We never won a game in extra-time last year,” said Diop.

“This was a really important win. We know we have no easy games, and to battle tonight and win is a big deal.”

The Huskies take their perfect record on the road as they travel to face Big East opponent Louisville on Saturday.

Miles.DeGrazia@UConn.edu

Border War: Minutewomen come to Storrs

By Peter Logue Staff Writer

its own.

“The UMass goalkeeper, Alesha Widdal, played in the 2010 Junior World Cup,” said After 10 years of dominance UConn coach Nancy Stevens. over regional rival UMass, the “The game pairs two of the UConn field hockey nation’s top goalteam finally fell to keepers, so scorthe Minutewomen ing will be at a last year by a score premium.” of 1-0. The Huskies The Huskies will have a chance are coming off to avenge that loss of a resoundwhen the two teams ing 4-0 victory meet under the over Providence lights in Storrs on College last 7-1, 2-0 Wednesday at 7:00 Saturday. They p.m. were paced by Similar to last freshman Chloe year, the game figHunnable, who ures to be a lowscored three scoring affair. goals and now The Huskies, led leads the team by reigning Big in points (16) 2-6, 0-0 East Goalkeeper and goals (7). of the Year Sarah Tonight, 7 p.m. The Chelmsford, Mansfield, have England, native only allowed seven Sherman Family was named goals in their 7-1 Sports Complex the Big East start to the season.

Offensive Player On the other side, of the Week for UMass, whose record stands her efforts. at 2-6, has an elite goalie of “Chloe would be the first to

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Allison Angulo, seen here against Boston College, and the Huskies take on UMass today.

give credit to her teammates for her goal scoring this season,” said Stevens. “All three of Chloe’s goals at Providence were assisted, so I know she is appreciative of all the hard work done by her teammates to put her in the position to score. One of the strengths of our team is that we have eight players who have scored and four players have contributed to at least four goals to date.”

As if the Huskies need any motivation besides the fact that they were upset by the Minutewoman last season, they will have a little something extra to be excited about on Wednesday. It is their only night game of the season, as the rest of their games tend to be matinees on Saturday or Sunday.

“Playing at night under the lights gives a big-game feel to the event and we are playing our inter-state rival, UMass,” Stevens said.

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