The Daily Campus: Jan. 20, 2011 by The Daily Campus

Volume CXVI No. 73

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UConn Health Center loses out on grant

By Amy McDavitt Senior Staff Writer

Reflecting on 2010 Focus staff weighs in on the best entertainment of the past year. FOCUS/ page 7

RUNNING HUSKIES READY Men’s indoor track and field looks to take Big East. SPORTS/ page 14 EDITORIAL: EDSALL’S DEPARTURE PAINTS UCONN AS STEPPING STONE Team deserved better than to be left without a goodbye. COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: GIFFORDS ABLE TO STAND UP AS SHE READIES FOR REHAB Many of the congresswoman’s abilities are still unknown. NEWS/ page 2

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The UConn Health Center was not the recipient of a $100 million federal grant awarded in December, which would have been used in part to support its financially struggling John Dempsey Hospital. The grant was part of last year’s health care reform bill,

and was instead given to Ohio State University, according to a report by the Hartford Courant. UConn planned to use the grant to cover part of a $362 million project former Gov. M. Jodi Rell had planned for the Health Center, according to the Courant. The concept, signed into law in June of last year, included a renovation and expansion of the hospital. Due to conditions

established by state legislators, though, the grant was essential to the project’s funding. Without it, UConn must obtain the $100 million by 2015 or the project will be terminated. After hearing that UConn did not receive the grant, officials voiced their continued commitment to the project. “I’m disappointed in this decision, but I’m not at all

willing to say it’s the end of the road for this project,” then Gov.-elect Daniel Malloy said in a statement. “A renovated, expanded UConn Health Center is something I think is critical to the economic revival of central Connecticut, and it would clearly benefit the state from a public health standpoint and from an education standpoint. It’s the type of investment we

need to fight for.” Health Center officials were encouraged by the governor’s dedication to the future of the venture and willingness to devote efforts to securing the necessary funds. “We were encouraged by Gov. Malloy’s recent statement in which he indicated that a

» HEALTH, page 2

» FIESTA FINANCES

Controlling expenses key to victory during bowl season

By Mac Cerullo Sports Editor The UConn athletic department has stated that its goal for participating in a bowl game was to increase exposure for the program, not to turn a profit. Though the Fiesta Bowl could turn out to be a financial disaster, the school has managed much better in the past three years. Last year, when UConn beat South Carolina in the Papajohns. com Bowl, the school broke even, despite eating $283,360 worth of unsold tickets, according to bowl expense records obtained from the university. The previous two years, the school was able to make a small profit off the bowl games as well. Bowl documents from the 2009 International Bowl reported a profit of $19,000, and in the 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, the school made a profit of $225,174. This year, however, instead of facing a slow leakage of funds, the school will encounter a demolished dam of revenue losses thanks to poor ticket sales. But the reason for the poor sales was never a lack of fan interest – it was basic economics. It’s expensive to fly to Arizona, especially over New Year’s Day, and hotels aren’t cheap either. It only makes sense that fans would look for the best deal, or just stay and watch at home. That is what has always been UConn’s boogieman at bowl games. UConn is stuck with a ticket allotment that it has to sell and a certain price it has to sell at. Fans, however, can just go to Stubhub or eBay and find a better deal, often a much better deal. If fans buy through secondary markets, UConn gets nothing, which is a major reason why the school ate $320,360 in tickets at

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Students shout for their Huskies at the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Day. Despite making a profit at bowl games in previous years, UConn fell short in ticket sales this year. The deficit was mostly attributed to expensive flights to Arizona.

the International Bowl, $283,360 at the Papajohns.com Bowl and probably around $2.5 million at the Fiesta Bowl. The fans showed up, they just shopped smart, and ultimately it’s the school, not the

Police looking for missing Mansfield man Police are asking for the public’s another name and say he is travelhelp in finding a missing Mansfield ing and out of money, police said. man who is suffering from a trau- He was last seen wearing a dark matic brain injury. blue, windbreaker-style pants, a Ryan Cornell, 32, of the Storrs light gray shirt with a dark gray, section of Mansfield, walked away hooded jacket over it. He was with from the Cafemantic an employee of an Restaurant, 948 Main assisted living proSt. in Willimantic, gram when he disabout 3:45 p.m. appeared. Tuesday, said police Cornell is 6 feet, 1 and his mother, inch tall and weighs Elaine Burns. A about 230 pounds, team of family and Burns said. friends are out lookHe was in a coma ing for him after havfor 10 weeks after ing searched through falling from a 5th Courtesy of Kathleen Paterson story window at the the night, Burns said Wednesday morning. Ryan Cornell. UConn in 1997. While Lt. Raymond Evans said police he has made an “amazing recovery,” are concerned for his welfare. Burns said in a press release, he “is Cornell’s speech is slowed and he still very disabled from his brain walks with a stiff-legged gait and a injury and cannot be out alone.” slight limp, police said. He doesn’t Anyone who sees Cornell like to be exposed to the elements is asked to call either Burns at and in the past has found his way 860-655-4688 or Evans at the to gas stations, convenience stores Willimantic Police Department at and restaurants. 860-465-3135. He might identify himself under – Submitted press release

bowl, that pays. In order to overcome that disadvantage, the school needs to minimize its expenses. Last year, the school was able to overcome losses on ticket sales by keeping

travel costs down. The school only spent $317,399 on travel costs, and saved thousands by busing the band and cheerleaders to and from Birmingham, Ala., costing a mere $54,565.

Minimizing costs has proven to be the key to succeeding financially in the college football postseason. Because bowl games do

» RUTGERS, page 2

Sen. Joe Lieberman says he will retire in 2012

STAMFORD (AP) — Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut announced Wednesday that he will not seek a fifth term, ending a political career spanning four decades in which he evolved from a reliably Democratic state legislator into an independent U.S. senator who backed the war in Iraq and the Republican candidate for president. While Lieberman’s supporters lamented his decision not to run in 2012, many constituents, especially Democrats, said they were pleased because the “Joe” they knew as a state lawmaker and activist state attorney general is already long-gone. “I think Joe at one point was a really good legislator. ... He was on the right side of the issues,” said Leslie Simoes of West Hartford, an advocate for people with disabilities and a registered Democrat. “And then, something shifted in him and he has just come out repeatedly, over and over and over again, absolutely

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., surrounded by family members, waves to a gathering just before he announces that he has decided to retire.

on the wrong side of things.” With his extended family standing behind him, Lieberman announced his intentions to retire before a crowd of several hundred supporters at a downtown Stamford hotel, near the site of his childhood home. While he acknowledged that

he’d likely face a difficult re-election campaign, Lieberman, 68, downplayed speculation he was backing down from a tough race. He invoked a Bible verse from Ecclesiastes in explaining his decision: “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under Heaven.”

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Conn. governor opens door to local hotel taxes

CROMWELL (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he is open to signing legislation allowing Connecticut’s cities and towns to impose hotel or local sales taxes to broaden the local tax base which now relies almost entirely on property taxes. In a speech Wednesday to the state’s municipal officials, Malloy said he will do what he can to help cities and towns financially. But he offered few specific examples of how state funding can help. Malloy, a former mayor of Stamford, said he will push the legislature to act quickly on spending priorities to give municipalities an idea of what to expect from the state as they draft their own budgets. The state faces a deficit estimated to be as much as $3.67 billion.

Indiana U. student from Conn. dies at fraternity

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University police say a student from Connecticut has died days after he was found unconscious at a fraternity house on the Bloomington campus. IU police chief Keith Cash says 19-year-old Brian Macken of Greenwich, Conn., died Tuesday evening at Bloomington Hospital. The Herald-Times reports that Macken was found not breathing Friday afternoon inside the Phi Sigma Kappa house. He was revived at the scene but remained in critical condition until his death. Campus police are trying to determine whether drugs or alcohol contributed to his condition and are awaiting test results. Cash says no signs of drug use were found at the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity house. Macken was not a member of the fraternity.

Conn. back on map of New England

HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut is part of New England again. A regional tourism group left Connecticut off a map of New England on its website after the state slashed its tourism marketing budget and couldn’t pay the annual dues. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Wednesday that he has reallocated funding that will allow the state to pay the $100,000 dues and renew its membership with Discover New England. The Democrat said it was “embarrassing” that the state wasn’t better promoting its cultural and tourist attractions. New Hampshire-based Discover New England was formed in 1992 by governors of the six-state region. It promotes international tourism to the area.

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Calif city rejects Facebook shaming of DUI suspects

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Police will not be posting the mug shots of habitual drunken driving suspects on Facebook. The City Council shot down a proposal late Tuesday by Councilman Devin Dwyer that would have directed police to post repeat DUI suspect photos online. He had sought to shame people into changing their behavior, but the Police Department opposed the move, saying it would alienate residents. Huntington Beach, with a population of 200,000, has a downtown packed with bars and is ranked first in the state for alcohol-related traffic fatalities among cities of similar size. Dwyer’s proposal alarmed privacy advocates and defense lawyers who worried it might impact the presumption of innocence for suspects.

More than 20 years later, missing NY baby is found NEW YORK (AP) — More than two decades ago, a newborn sick with fever was snatched from a New York City hospital, her frantic mother returning to the emergency room to find an empty crib. On Wednesday, police said the baby – now a woman – has been found. Carlina White was just 19 days old when she disappeared from Harlem Hospital on Aug. 4, 1987. Police searched for her kidnappers but never found enough evidence to charge any suspects. Her mother, Joy White, always had a feeling that her baby was alive, her family said. On Jan. 4, a woman known as Nejdra Nance, who was raised in Bridgeport and now lives in Atlanta, contacted White, sending along baby photos that looked nearly identical to shots of Carlina posted on a missing children’s website. Nance told White she thought she may be her daughter. “She said she just had a feeling, she felt different from the people raising her,” said Nance’s maternal grandmother, Elizabeth White, 71. “She searched, and then she found Joy.”

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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Less than two weeks after surviving a bullet through the brain, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords stood up and looked out the window of her hospital room Wednesday as she prepares to move to Houston to begin an arduous journey of intensive mental and physical rehabilitation. Hospital spokeswoman Janet Stark said Giffords was able to stand on her feet with assistance from medical staff Wednesday in another significant milestone in her recovery. The next step is extensive rehabilitation in which she will have to relearn how to think and plan. It’s unclear if she is able to speak or how well she can see. And while she is moving both arms and legs, it’s uncertain how much strength she has on her right side. Her swift transition from an intensive care unit to a rehab center is based on the latest research, which shows the sooner rehab starts, the better patients recover. Giffords’ family hopes to move the Arizona congresswoman on Friday to TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston, where her husband lives and works as an astronaut. The exact day of the move will depend on her health. “I am extremely hopeful at the signs of recovery that my wife has made since the shooting,” Mark Kelly said in a statement released by Giffords’ congressional office. The staff at University Medical Center in Tucson “has stabilized her to the point of being ready to move to the rehabilitation phase.” Dr. John Holcomb, retired Army colonel and a trauma surgeon at the Houston hospital, praised the care she received in Tucson and said Giffords would “move quickly toward a tailored and comprehensive rehab plan.” Giffords was shot in the forehead Jan. 8 while meeting with constituents outside a grocery store in Tucson. She remains in serious condition. Her recovery has amazed her family and impressed her doctors, who say she is improving every day.

Houston’s TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital is shown Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is expected to be moved Friday to the Texas Medical Center hospital to begin the next phase of her recovery from a gunshot wound.

Over the weekend, Giffords was weaned off the ventilator and had her breathing tube replaced with a tracheotomy tube in her windpipe. Doctors also inserted a feeding tube to boost her calorie intake and repaired her right eye socket, which was damaged by the bullet. Since being taken off sedation, Giffords has been alert and opening her eyes more often. She also started rigorous physical therapy, dangling her legs over her bedside to exercise her muscles and sitting in a chair for periods at a time. Kelly told ABC in an interview that she gave him a neck rub. Still, the extent of her injuries and long-term prognosis won’t be known for some time. The gunman shot 18 other people, killing six and wounding 12. All survivors have been released from hospitals, and doctors say the hospital is now no longer the best place for Giffords. “When she’s medically stable, there’s really no reason to keep her there,” where she could get infections and other compli-

cations long known to plague patients with long hospital stays, said Dr. Steve Williams, rehab chief at Boston Medical Center and the Boston University School of Medicine. “Over the last five to 10 years, there has been a big push to getting patients rapidly to rehab,” because research shows they recover faster and better the earlier therapy starts, he said. Giffords will likely be moved to Houston by Medevac jet, Williams said, and there is little risk of a brain injury from flying. Since part of her skull has been removed, there is less pressure on the brain, and there has been no problem with swelling during her recovery. During rehab, she will probably wear a helmet. Once she arrives in Houston, doctors will do a complete assessment of what Giffords can and cannot do, said Dr. Reid Thompson, neurosurgery chief at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. “The rehab is going to be pretty intense for her, both cog-

nitively and physically,” because she’ll need to recover frontal lobe functions, Thompson said. “She’s going to have to relearn how to think, plan, organize.” A penetrating brain injury like a bullet wound leaves a specific path of damage. Giffords’ wound path appears to be below the motor cortex, which controls movement, but may include an area controlling speech, Williams said. He is not involved in Giffords’ care and based his comments on diagrams and reports of her injury that have been made public so far. “One of the questions is whether she’ll be able to speak,” Williams said. Giffords has a breathing tube now, and even if this impedes her speech, she might be able to mouth words. “That would be a good indication that she at least is able to express herself,” Williams said. “The cognitive ability and the speech are the key things,” he said. “We know that she’s moving her limbs. The question is, how strong is she.”

Health Center seeks funding Rutgers served as model for how to continue renovation project to lose financially in a bowl game from UCONN, page 1 renovated and expanded UConn Health Center is critical to the economic revival of central Connecticut and would clearly benefit the state from both a public health and an education standpoint. We are also grateful to the governor’s openness to explore options to advance this critical project and for tasking his staff to propose innovative and alternative ways in which the project can move forward,” UConn Health Center spokesperson Chris DeFrancesco said in an e-mail. DeFrancesco said the university is also looking into funding alternatives. He was echoed by then-interim UConn President Philip Austin, who underscored the university’s commitment to moving the project forward. “We deeply believe in the

strength of all the regional initiatives within the UConn Health Network and the critical importance of the John Dempsey Hospital renewal plan,” Austin and Cato T. Laurencin, vice president for health affairs and dean of the UConn School of Medicine, said in a joint statement. “Efforts to implement our renewal project, construct the patient care tower and establish the UConn Health Network will continue as we seek to secure necessary funding. We are pleased to say we have unwavering support from the UConn Foundation, the University’s fundraising arm, as well as many community leaders who are fully committed to the success of these initiatives.”

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from CONTROLLING, page 1 not reimburse schools for travel expenses, or pay for hotels and meals once the school arrives, whether or not the school can be economically efficient is often the difference between reaping the benefits of good football publicity and reaping the coffers of every available penny to cover losses. Rutgers is a prime example of how to lose financially in a bowl game. Rutgers participated in the 2008 Papajohns.com Bowl, the season before UConn played in it. During the trip, the Scarlet Knights piled on travel expenses of $477,359, including $165,799 on the band and cheerleaders, according to bowl expense documents obtained from Rutgers. Members of Rutgers’ official party, 21 in total, spent $89,136 over the course of six days at the bowl, including

$28,950 on transportation (good for $1,378.57 per person) and $60,186 on food, hotels and drinks ($478 a day each.) Factor in $214,000 worth of absorbed tickets, $268,000 worth of coaches’ bonuses and $200,000 worth of university funds drawn to help support the band and cheerleaders, and the result was hundreds of thousands worth of losses. UConn has faired better by keeping costs down, but it has also gotten lucky by playing in bowl games that are relatively close to home. With the Fiesta Bowl, however, the school faced the challenge of a game that they, nor the fans, could get to cheaply. How efficient the school was in managing its costs could make all the difference once the bowl expense documents are completed later this year.

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Backpack bomb found at MLK event rattles Spokane SPOKANE, Washington (AP) — A bomb left along the route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade was a sophisticated explosive that had a remote detonator and the ability to cause many casualties, an official familiar with the case said Wednesday. The bomb, which was defused without incident on Monday, was the most potentially destructive he had ever seen, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to release information about the investigation. The FBI said it has no suspects in the case and has asked the public for help in identifying anyone who might have been seen in the downtown area where the bomb was found. The FBI on Wednesday declined to reveal any details about the bomb, which was spotted by three city employees about an hour before the parade was to start, said Frank Harrill, special agent. The employees looked inside, saw wires and immediately alerted law enforcement, and the parade was rerouted. The FBI received no warnings in advance and no one has claimed responsibility for planting the bomb, Harrill said. The bomb was contained inside a black backpack made by Swiss Army, and the FBI released a photo of the backpack as it sought information from the public. Also released were pictures of two T-shirts found in the pack. There was a gray T-shirt with writing for the Stevens County Relay for Life race last June. Stevens County is just north of Spokane County. The other dark T-shirt said Treasure Island Spring 2009. The FBI and local officials have praised as heroes the city workers who spotted the backpack and quickly called police. Police were also hailed

This undated photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a backpack in which a bomb was discovered. It was found along the route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade on Monday in Spokane, Wash.

for immediately deciding to reroute the parade. The several hundred marchers, including many children, were not told why the route was changed. Harrill said the FBI has received some leads since offering a $20,000 reward for information on Tuesday. But the agency can’t discuss the leads publicly, he said. There were no notes in the backpack, which has

been shipped to an FBI lab in Virginia, Harrill said. Investigators are also seeking anyone who took photographs or video in the area between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Monday. Investigators have said the bomb was carefully placed on a metal bench with a brick wall behind that would have directed shrapnel toward Main Street, where marchers were expected to pass.

Spokane County’s Board of Commissioners on Wednesday denounced the attempted bombing. Commissioner Mark Richard, who spoke at the King celebration and did not learn until later about the bomb, expressed concern about the number of people who could have been injured or killed if it had detonated. “Hundreds of people, including children, gathered to celebrate and recommit their lives to the cause of human rights,” Richard said. The attempted bombing on the day set aside in honor of the slain civil rights leader raised the possibility of a racial motive in a region that has been home to the white supremacist group Aryan Nations. “The confluence of the holiday, the march and the device is inescapable, but we are not at the point where we can draw any particular motive,” Harrill said. Spokane, which has 200,000 residents, is about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of the Canadian border, which is a particularly remote and heavily forested stretch used by drug smugglers and human traffickers. Another explosive device was found March 23 beside the Thomas S. Foley U.S. Courthouse in downtown Spokane. No arrests have been made in that investigation, Harrill said, and agents didn’t know if the two incidents were related. The Spokane region and adjacent northern Idaho have had numerous incidents of anti-government and white supremacist activity during the past three decades. The most visible was by the Aryan Nations, whose leader Richard Butler gathered racists and anti-Semites at his compound for two decades. Butler went bankrupt, lost the compound in a civil lawsuit in 2000 and died in 2004.

Bacteria bigger threat to citrus than cold weather

VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — While Florida farmers have lost some of their crop to cold weather for the second year in a row, they say a fast-spreading, incurable bacteria presents a greater threat to their trees and the citrus industry. Citrus greening has destroyed groves in the U.S., Brazil, Asia and Africa. Detected in Florida in 2005, it leaves fruit sour, malformed and unusable. Eventually, it kills the tree. “Citrus is our signature crop,” said Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. “The sheer economic impact it has on our state – it doesn’t matter whether you live in a condo tower on Miami Beach or you live in Zolfo Springs, Florida, this impacts you as a Floridian because the demise of the Florida citrus industry would have environmental, economic and social impacts.” The disease has been particularly devastating because it takes years for citrus trees to reach peak production, and the disease targets young trees, making it difficult for growers to replace those that have been lost. “It’s probably is one of the biggest negative impacts in Florida today, short of the housing collapse,” said Louis Schacht, a Vero Beach farmer whose family has grown oranges for 60 years. Trees don’t pass the bacteria to each other. Instead, greening – also known as yellow dragon disease, HIB or, in Chinese, Huanglongbing – is spread by insects. There is no cure. Hundreds of researchers from more than a dozen countries converged on Orlando last week to talk about the disease and hear the latest research. They found hope in one announcement: A University of Florida-led group of international scientists has assembled the genome sequences for two citrus varieties – sweet orange and Clementine mandarin – in an effort to determine why trees are so susceptible to greening. Eventually, they hope to engineer varieties that aren’t. “There is nothing we have today that is effective against the bacteria,” said Dan Gunter, chief

Louis Schacht weeds a transitional organic grove the old-fashioned way, using a hoe, in Vero Beach, Fla. While Florida farmers have lost much of their crop to cold weather for the second year in a row, they say a fast-spreading, incurable bacteria presents a greater threat to their trees and the citrus industry.

operating officer of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation Inc., which funds research on greening and other citrus issues. Two percent to 3 percent of Florida’s citrus trees die in a typical year because of things like cold weather, bugs or old age. But since greening emerged, 4 percent to 5 percent have been lost each year, experts said. Since most of Florida’s oranges become juice, while California mainly grows those found in

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Edsall’s departure paints UConn as stepping stone

andy Edsall’s abrupt, mishandled departure from the UConn football program to become head coach at the University of Maryland has marred an otherwise stellar history in Storrs. Over the past 12 years, Edsall dramatically built up the UConn football team into a collegiate contender, and within this past year successfully defied expectations to launch the team into the BCS Fiesta Bowl. For these accomplishments, he deserves praise. But Edsall’s many successes cannot erase the callous way in which he left. The football players first learned of their coach’s move to his “dream job” while aboard their charter flight home, after losing the bowl game, 48-20. Edsall wasn’t even onboard. He had taken his own flight to an interview in Maryland where, within 12 hours of the bowl game, it was widely known that he would indeed be the Terrapins’ next coach. When word came to the players via text messages from friends, even the assistant coaches were stunned. Edsall had the opportunity to announce his intensions at the post-game locker room meeting, but chose not to. It was only until after the plane landed that Edsall agreed to hold a conference call from Maryland with several of his now former players. The team deserved better. The players – and certainly his assistants – had the right to learn that he was leaving from Edsall himself. He should have returned to UConn to say goodbye before the announcement came out in Maryland. At the Jan. 2 press conference, Edsall stated he “would have liked to have seen those young men in person to tell them. Didn’t work out.” Why didn’t it work out? Because Edsall didn’t make it work out. He was too busy basking in his new position to say “thank you” and “good-bye” to the people who worked with him for years and to whom he partially owes his success. Edsall’s sudden departure comes only months after former president Michael Hogan’s surprising resignation to take the reins at the University of Illinois. In each situation, Edsall and Hogan glowed when they spoke of their new jobs. When asked about their time at UConn, they responded in merely polite terms. Both made it perfectly clear in their tone and actions that UConn was not the place they preferred. Such resignations to supposedly bigger and better “dream jobs” give the impression that UConn is a second-rate institution that is, at best, a stepping- stone in officials’ careers. But UConn needs to be something more than a mere temporary home for ambitious coaches and presidents. Hopefully, the university’s new coach, Paul Pasqualoni, and new president, Susan Herbst, will recognize UConn’s potential to be a desirable, dignified place to both learn and work. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.

I want to give Gabriel Iglesias a hug on Friday so I can get lost in his fluffy man boobs. Since we’re having another snow day on Friday, can I have a double dose of InstantDaily today? To whoever called my dorm three times last night attempting to order pizza – this wasn’t funny during finals and it’s not funny now. Consider this a warning. Your mom only got into the InstantDaily once? My dad has gotten in four times. That’s four times more than I have. Well, three now. I heard that if you play Justin Bieber’s music backwards that you can hear a message from Satan... Even worse, if you play it forward you hear Justin Bieber. The kid in front of me trekking up and over snow mounds to get from North to the Northwest Dining Hall was singing the Lord of the Rings theme song. It felt appropriate. I love how all these kids are taking over the gym just so their abs will look just right in that Facebook album to be named “Spring Break 2011!” I wonder if my roommate is creeped out that my life sized poster of Kemba Walker is watching him sleep. Does anyone else miss Simon and his hairy V necks?

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Conn. should allow alcohol sales on Sunday

hat does Connecticut have in common with Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah? If you answered, “absolutely nothing,” then you’re close. Another answer would be that none of these states allow sales of alcohol on Sunday. Here is the problem: any businesses that sell alcoBy Jesse Rifkin hol – supermarWeekly Columnist kets, convenience stores, liquor stores – lose money as a result of this policy. More specifically, because they can only sell alcohol on six of the seven days of the week, they lose out on one-seventh of their potential revenue. Some may not consider that a big deal, but a recent report estimated that the lost revenue equals $8 million annually, and that report was commissioned by the state government! In other words, the state would make $8 million more by allowing alcohol sales on Sunday. That’s more money than the entire gross of that Eddie Murphy movie, “The Adventures of Pluto Nash.” As a result of this law, Connecticut is losing business to other states. Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island all allow Sunday alcohol sales, and Connecticut is the only New England state that still does not. As a result, alcohol sales in Connecticut towns bordering

other states are 35 percent to 43 percent lower than sales in Connecticut towns not on the state border. Let’s take Massachusetts, for example, which finally began allowing Sunday alcohol sales in 2004. Official statistics show that sales increased, which brought in more money for the state. Why wouldn’t the same thing happen here?

“...People should be able to do what they want within reason...” Nearly every state in the nation had a law prohibiting Sunday alcohol sales at some point in the past. Most of these laws were created in the early histories of those states, as a means of enforcing Sunday as the day of rest, in accordance with religious custom. Now don’t get me wrong, I am all for rest. In fact, I would go head-to-head against 2010 World Sauna Championship winner Ilkka Pöyhiä any day of the week. But most states repealed such laws, including 13 states in the past eight years alone. Outdated laws based on antiquated thinking and ideology have no place in modern law. How many people still truly believe that purchasing alcohol on Sunday is a sin? There are certainly people who think alcohol is bad, but very few who think it is a sin only on Sunday. Still, you would be surprised how many similar laws remain in effect around the country. In Wisconsin, car

dealerships cannot sell cars on Sunday. In Illinois, horse races cannot be held on the day of rest, and in Virginia, hunting is not allowed, except for raccoons, which can be hunted until 2 a.m. (Needless to say, the raccoon lobby in Virginia is very weak). In a free country like America and a free state like Connecticut, people should be able to do what they want within reason – providing their actions do not cause harm to others or society at large. Alcohol may cause harm to individuals, families or society. However, once society decides to make alcohol legal, it makes no sense to disallow it specifically on Sunday, especially with the revenue impact. Society would be better off allowing sales on all days, while also promoting safe and responsible drinking. In 2010, the mayors of the three most populous Connecticut cities – Bill Finch of Bridgeport, then-mayor Eddie Perez of Hartford and John DeStefano of New Haven – all came out in support of repeal. With Dan Malloy sworn in as governor 15 days ago, the time may finally be right to end these antiquated laws. Malloy is on record as supporting repeal, saying, “The people of Connecticut are wise enough to purchase their liquor on the days they want it. We are losing that revenue.” With a sympathetic governor and state legislature, 2011 is the year to turn back this counterproductive law.

Weekly columnist Jesse Rifkin is a 2nd-semester political science and communications double. He can be reached at Jesse.Rifkin@UConn.edu.

Facebook users can’t complain about privacy

ontinuing to be outraged over Facebook changing its users’ privacy settings is like wearing sunglasses at night: annoying and ridiculous. If there’s one thing Mark Zuckerberg has made perfectly clear time and time again it’s that he believes privacy is no longer the “social norm.” By creating and keeping up profiles on the most popular social network in the world, we have entered By Ryan Gilbert into a Staff Columnist s i l e n t agreement with Facebook that our social lives are now to be put on display. We’ve been publishing who we’re friends with, where we go to school, what we’re studying, what movies we like, what music we listen to, what we believe in, who inspires us and, of course, our photos. Zuckerberg merely created a platform that enabled us to post every detail of our lives on the Internet, and over the last seven years we’ve been incessantly updating our statuses. Yet Facebook infuriated some again recently by announcing on its Developer Blog that it will now allow third-party apps, like FarmVille and Formspring, to obtain personal contact information from

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users’ profiles. This means the next time you play one of those silly games or take a quiz to find out which “Twilight” character you’re supposed to be with, the application will request your permission to access your address and cell phone number.

“We’ve been publishing who we’re friends with, where we go to school, what we’re studying, what movies we like...” In an interview with the Guardian, a British Daily newspaper, a Facebook spokesperson said that the point of this new policy is to “make applications built on Facebook more useful and efficient.” Vague? If you’re truly concerned about anonymous programmers having access to your private information, then the best thing you can do is take a fresh look at what information you’ve provided and delete anything excessive. Also, it wouldn’t hurt to stop playing those absurd games. But it makes no sense to continue complaining about

Facebook’s apparent lack of concern over our privacy qualms. First of all, Zuckerberg and Facebook have made more considerable adjustments to the site’s privacy settings before, and the controversies that surrounded those changes didn’t have much of an effect on the site’s membership. But what’s more important, is when it comes to protecting the thoughts, tastes and connections that make us us, we’re our own worst enemies. We’re the ones choosing to share our lives on a web site that is developed and managed by a 26-year-old who, in an interview with Wired magazine, said, “The thing I really care about is the mission, making the world open.” It doesn’t get much clearer than that. I believe that it’s Zuckerberg’s intent to use Facebook to revolutionize targeted advertising. The advertising business has suffered greatly during our country’s economic slowdown, and more and more companies are looking for better ways to pinpoint their ideal consumers and appeal to their needs and wants more effectively. There’s less money to go around. Therefore, the sellers of products like coffee, clothes, shoes and textbooks need to be more clever when determining how to spend it. That’s where

Facebook comes in. In a matter of minutes and clicks, you can go from being a bored, procrastinating college student to a target customer. Want to know what Converse Chuck Taylor shoe you are? Converse wants to let you know with a marketing postcard in the mail. “Like” Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino? Starbucks likes to send you a coupon. Need to vote on who’s the best quarterback in the NFL? NFL Shop needs to send you a text letting you know that they have a jersey just for you. Maybe the prophecies of Orwell’s “1984” are slowly beginning to take place all around us. Or maybe the bankers at Goldman Sachs with the their recent $450 million investment in Facebook are sitting around in a dark boardroom plotting their next big financial takeover. Maybe Mark Zuckerberg is a misunderstood genius who just wants to know if we like Gap hoodies and Adidas flip flops as mush as he does. Or maybe, just maybe, we have to own up to the fact that we have committed the ultimate social faux pas: TMI.

Staff Columnist Ryan Gilbert is a 6th-semester journalism major. He can be reached at Ryan. Gilbert@UConn.edu

“We had a national tragedy this week, and the President of the United States and Sarah Palin both made speeches on the same day. Obama came out against lunatics with guns, she gave the Rebuttal.” – Bill Maher

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Aries - Today’s the perfect day to let your creativity fly with friends, children or both. Your artistic talents are appreciated, and someone’s surprised. Taurus - Arguments may arise at work. Don’t get hooked. Take care of your home, your family and especially of your personal well-being. Get plenty of rest. Gemini - Don’t be so focused on the details that you miss the beautiful big picture. The appreciation of a partner or loved one gives you a significant boost. Cancer - Money comes easier than normal today. Take advantage of this by diving into the work. A friend needs some pampering, and you’re happy to give it.

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Leo - Your artistic talents are at a peak today. The world feeds and inspires you. Others may get a bit jealous. Make your optimism contagious, and share it abundantly. Virgo - Focus your affections on yourself today. Indulge your passions. Your artistic talent flourishes, and you find beauty in everything. Give thanks. Libra - Write a love letter to someone far away. Then just love the one you’re with. Younger people offer pleasant surprises and are grateful for your attention. Scorpio - Focus your creative energy on growing your pot of gold. It’s adventure time. Notice any challenges, but don’t be stopped by them. Use your fire sword.

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Sagittarius - Travel plans may change, so be flexible. Consider a long trip, better shared with a loved one. The future looks bright, and you’re in charge. Capricorn - Communication is key, and you have that key. It’s a great day for marketing and bringing in money from new sources. “No” shows what’s missing for “yes.” Aquarius - Not everything is real -- or is it? Think before you jump to conclusions. Friends help you make an important connection. They can see behind you. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- More work is coming in. Don’t act impulsively about something you’ll later regret. Your goals will seem clear for the next four weeks.

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Old dog, new tricks: Study IDs 9,400-year-old mutt

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Britain to curb sales of cut-price alcohol

Researcher Samuel Belknap III poses with a skull of a domestic dog at the University of Maine in Orono. Belknap found a bone fragment of what he says is the oldest-known domesticated dog in North America, while examining a waste matter recovered from Hinds Cave, a major archeological site in southwest Texas near the Mexico border.

A shop selling cheap alcohol is seen in south London on Tuesday. Britain’s Home Office Minister James Brokenshire is to announce plans to ban the sales of alcohol under cost price – meaning that a liter of vodka will in the future cost at least 17 US dollars.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Nearly 10,000 years ago, man’s best friend provided protection and companionship – and an occasional meal. That’s what researchers are saying after finding a bone fragment from what they are calling the earliest confirmed domesticated dog in the Americas. University of Maine graduate student Samuel Belknap III came across the fragment while analyzing a driedout sample of human waste unearthed in southwest Texas in the 1970s. A carbon-dating test put the age of the bone at 9,400 years, and a DNA analysis confirmed it came from a dog – not a wolf, coyote or fox, Belknap said. Because it was found deep inside a pile of human excrement and was the characteristic orange-brown color that bone turns when it has passed through the digestive tract, the fragment provides the earliest direct evidence that dogs – besides being used for company, security and hunting – were eaten by humans and may even have been bred as a food source, he said. Belknap wasn’t researching dogs when he found the bone. Rather, he was looking into the diet and nutrition of the people who lived in the Lower Pecos region of Texas between 1,000 and 10,000 years ago. “It just so happens this person who lived 9,400 years ago was eating dog,” Belknap said. Belknap and other researchers from the University of Maine and the University of Oklahoma’s molecular anthropology laboratories, where the DNA analysis was done, have written a paper on their findings. The paper has been scientifically reviewed and accepted, pending revisions, for publication in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology later this year, said editor in chief Christopher Ruff. He declined comment on the article until it has been published. Dogs have played an important role in human culture for thousands of years.

There are archaeological records of dogs going back 31,000 years from a site in Belgium, 26,000 years in the Czech Republic and 15,000 years in Siberia, said Robert Wayne, a professor of evolutionary biology at UCLA and a dog evolution expert. But canine records in the New World aren’t as detailed or go back nearly as far. For his research, Belknap – who does not own a dog himself – had fecal samples shipped to him that had been unearthed in 1974 and 1975 from an archaeological site known as Hinds Cave and kept in storage at Texas A&M University. The fragment is about six-tenths of an inch long and three- to four-tenths of an inch wide, or about the size of a fingernail on a person’s pinkie. He and a fellow student identified the bone as a fragment from where the skull connects with the spine. He said it came from a dog that probably resembled the small, short-nosed, shorthaired mutts that were common among the Indians of the Great Plains. Judging by the size of the bone, Belknap figures the dog weighed about 25 to 30 pounds. He also found what he thinks was a bone from a dog foot, but the fragment was too small to be analyzed. Other archaeological digs have put dogs in the U.S. dating back 8,000 years or more, but this is the first time it has been scientifically proved that dogs were here that far back, he said. Darcy Morey, a faculty member at Radford University who has studied dog evolution for decades, said a study from the 1980s dated a dog found at Danger Cave, Utah, at between 9,000 and 10,000 years old. Those dates were based not on carbon-dating or DNA tests, but on an analysis of the surrounding rock layers. “So 9,400 years old may be the oldest, but maybe not,” Morey said in an e-mail. Morey, whose 2010 book,

“Dogs: Domestication and the Development of a Social Bond,” traces the evolution of dogs, said he is skeptical about DNA testing on a single bone fragment because dogs and wolves are so similar genetically. Belknap said there may well be older dogs in North America, but this is the oldest directly dated one he is aware of. For many years, researchers thought that dog bones from an archaeological site in Idaho were 11,000 years old, but additional testing put their age at between 1,000 and 3,000 years old, he said. “If there’s one thing our discovery is showing it’s that we can utilize these techniques and learn a lot more about dogs in the New World if we apply these tests to all these early samples,” he said. The earliest dogs in North America are believed to have come with the early settlers across the Bering land bridge from Asia to the Americas 10,000 years ago or earlier, said Wayne, who has not seen Belknap’s research. It doesn’t surprise Belknap that dogs were a source of food for humans. A lot of people in Central America regularly ate dogs, he said. Across the Great Plains, some Indian tribes ate dogs when food was scarce or for celebrations, he said. “It was definitely an accepted practice among many populations,” he said.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government announced plans to restrict the sale of cheap alcohol Tuesday, but campaigners, doctors and pub owners said the modest curbs would do little to tackle booze-fueled health and social problems. Britain has long struggled to control a binge-drinking culture which has seen alcohol-related deaths double in the past two decades. Efforts to change Britons’ drinking habits – for example by tinkering with closing hours and discouraging people from the practice of buying each other rounds – have largely failed to control the problem, and U.K. health experts have turned to minimum pricing as a

way to tame Britain’s boozing. Supermarkets have borne much of the criticism, with retailers accused of selling below-cost alcohol as an incentive to get people into stores. Ministers had pledged to crack down on the practice, but the plans were strongly opposed by the drinks industry. Britain’s Home Office said Tuesday that its plan – which would prevent retailers from selling alcohol for less than the cost of the taxes levied on the drinks – was “an important first step.” But campaigners and medical professionals said the “first step” wouldn’t take anyone very far. Don Shenker, chief executive of alcohol awareness charity

Alcohol Concern, said the move “will not go any way towards resolving this country’s binge drinking problem.” The British Medical Association said the plan “isn’t really going to make that much difference,” while representatives of the pub industry – which has long complained that cut-price liquor sold in supermarkets hurts its business – called on the restrictions to be tightened. The new rules would, for example, stop stores selling a liter (about two pints) of alcoholic cider for less than 40 pence (about 64 U.S. cents.) But even at 50 pence per liter, it would still be far cheaper than most bottled waters.

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The 52 U.S. captives held at the U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran, are released, ending the 444-day Iran Hostage Crisis.

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Reflecting on 2010

Try these eco-friendly New Year’s resolutions By Becky Radolf Staff Writer

It’s a new year and a new you, so that means you get to make changes to your daily life that will improve you forever (or, more like, three weeks). While many people are hitting the gym harder, flossing more or making amends, consider altering your relationship with the environment in a positive way with these easy resolutions: I resolve to print less paper.

As college students, we go through reams upon reams of paper, shelling out essays left and right and covering notebooks with our scribbles. This year, consider making your computer your best friend. E-mail teachers your papers whenever possible, take notes on the computer (trust me, it’s faster) and make it a point to recycle what you must have a hard copy of. I resolve to turn off lights when I’m not home.

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The collage above provides a view of the Focus section’s reminiscings of 2010: (From left to right in each row) ‘The Social Network,’ ‘Modern Family,’ Arcade Fire’s ‘The Suburbs,’ Super Mario Galaxy 2, LCD Soundsystem’s ‘This is Happening,’ Alan Wake, The Black Key’s ‘Brothers,’ ‘Glee’ and ‘The Kids Are All Right’ were all deemed some of the best works in the entertainment industry in 2010.

Focus staff weighs in on the best movies, music, TV and more of the past year » MOVIES

‘The Kids Are All Right’

I determine what I consider “the best movie of the year” the one that I recommend to my family each year to get out to theaters to see. Considering my parents don’t get out to the cinema much, I put lots of consideration into my decision. For 2010, I chose a film that was not only politically progressive and emotionally moving, but entertaining and light-hearted. “The Kids Are All Right”, a film about a domestic partnership and their children getting to know their biological father, was one of the most moving and honest films that I have seen in years. Beyond featuring subject matter that is appropriate for debate in today’s political climate, the film was crafted to perfection.

Julianne Moore and Annette Bening put on career defining performances, and the rest of the cast were solid support for the duo. Director Lisa Cholodenko deftly blends humor and drama to perfectly capture the complex dynamic in the family unit. But I think what was most extraordinary about the film is that, while the family members all face unique dilemmas, the fact that the base of the family unit is two women does not dramatically affect the family. At the end of last year, no film proved to be as inspiring, entertaining, hilarious, honest and revolutionary as “The Kids Are All Right.”. – Matt Yost

‘The Social Network’ 2010 was a very odd year for cinema. There have been a lot of very good films, that really stood out in my mind, so picking a favorite was very difficult. But, looking at the 30 films I’ve saw in theaters last year, my pick has to be “The Social Network.” David Fincher, one of the finest directors of the past twenty years, perfectly encapsulated the biggest piece of social advance in the past decade in his fine film. Running off Aaron Sorkin’s impressive mile-aminute script, the film doesn’t waste a single second of its

two-hour runtime, squeezing in years of developments of how “The Face Book” became the modern “Facebook.” Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake and Armie Hammer are all excellent as the key pieces to its creation, not to mention scene-stealer Rooney Mara, in its dramatic retelling of Harvard’s most annoying, least personable member of its class of 2006 utterly demolishing our generation’s social lives, portrayed perfectly at its conclusion. – Joe O’Leary

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“The Suburbs,” Arcade Fire Arcade Fire has been branded with a variety of labels; empathetic, indie, haunting, nostalgic, tense, even Springsteen-esque. However, the word “incredible” seems to follow their 2010 album “The Suburbs” in a package deal. Fronted by spouses Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, the band had humble beginning in Montréal, Canada, but have since been headlining tours and selling out arenas like no other outfit of their time. Why the sudden spike in popularity? “The Suburbs” has made the group a conversation topic in

the cities and states. Released Aug. 3, “The Suburbs” can loosely be considered a concept album in that each song is a cruel mixture of teenage nostalgia and grown-up loathing. Centered in the scenic sprawls of just-like-yourhometown, U.S.A., the genres range from punk rock to campfire folk, with everything in between. It’s an assortment of screaming, breathing, sighing, guitar-plucking, drum pounding, piano looping, wholesome rock and rollabiliy. – Julie Bartoli

“Brothers,” The Black Keys I want to say that Kanye West made the best album of last year. I really really want to. But I am going to have to put my biases aside and admit that the Black Keys should be crowned as the music kingpins of 2010. The Black Keys have a vintage rock sound that cannot be recreated by any other group. Best friends Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney work out harmonies, drum patterns and guitar riffs so deftly that it’s hard to believe that they are two separate people. Now, with the help of innovative music producer Danger Mouse, the duo has been able to release the best record of their careers. “Brothers” has a durable thread that ties its 15

tracks together. The flow that is present throughout the album is a much-desired element that all musicians look to have in their work. Furthermore, each of the 15 songs is fine-tuned to perfection both lyrically and fundamentally. For example, in the song “Next Girl” Auerbach sings, “I wanted love, but not for myself, but for the girl so she could, so she could love herself.” The Black Keys keep things simple. At the same time, the band’s music is layers upon layer deep with substance and artistry. Black Keys. Sometimes humbleness can make all the difference. – Purbita Saha

“This is Happening,” LCD Soundsystem Three minutes into “This Is Happening,” LCD Soundsystem’s third studio album, James Murphy explodes. He’s been trying to hold his emotions in check through the opening track “Dance Yrself Clean,” talking of present company, one of whom is “talking like a jerk, except you are an actual jerk,” but he can’t stand it, and the quiet track erupts into a dance party to end all dance parties. Dance parties, of course, are what LCD does best. Each of its albums holds electronic rhythm masterpieces, from sarcastic hipster attacks on their self-titled debut like “Losing My Edge” to mournful, beautiful regrets like “Someone Great” and “All My Friends” from their second, “Sound of Silver.” “Happening” pushes this to another level, though. If it is LCD’s final effort, then the group’s certainly gone out with a bang. It’s filled with every kind of song imaginable, from energetic odes to Friday nights at Huskies (“Drunk Girls”), vengeful break-up songs like “All I Want” (All Murphy wants is his ex-lover’s “pity and bitter tears”) and cracked-out responses to anyone and everyone on “Pow Pow” (Murphy reads off a list of things learned from “fact magazines”; the third is “We have a black president and you do not, so shut up,”) the album’s 9 tracks and hour of music span an emotional minefield, blowing up everything they find. – Joe O’Leary

It’s amazing how something so easy can be forgotten. Switching off the lights may be as difficult as walking back upstairs to switch off your bedroom light or back down the hall to turn off your dorm light. Either way, it’s an easy fix that too many people leave undone. Even better, invest in a power strip that you can plug all your appliances into so you can switch off the strip when you leave. Your gadgets will work just fine when you flick it back on. I resolve to pick up litter.

This doesn’t mean you should be scraping cigarette butts off the ground or collecting trash with a stick on the side of the highway. It simply means that you grab a stray can or soda bottle you see lying around, and you put it in a recycle bin nearby. UConn makes recycling incredibly easy with the enormous green bins right next to the trash, so there’s no excuse for somebody to be throwing garbage on the ground in the first place. Restore your earthly karma by lending Mother Nature a hand to clean up after the sloppier among us. I resolve to read more.

Or maybe take a walk outside. Or play a card game with your roommate. The point is, cutting your use of electronics by a few minutes a day will make a huge impact in the long run. Most people have their television and their computer going at the same time, and energy expenditure adds up. Turn off the tube and think of a more organic way to entertain yourself. It doesn’t have to be something you hate to do (not everyone wants to waddle around in a parka in the snow), but there’s always something that doesn’t use energy to keep you occupied. Resolutions don’t have to be drastic modifications to your daily routine, they just have to make a difference for the better. Eventually, these small tweaks will add up to a greater good.

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No grace in this broken hymn

1. “Speak Now,” Taylor Swift 2. “Pink Friday,” Nicki Minaj 3. “Doo-Wops & Hooligans,” Bruno Mars 4. “Tron: Legacy,” Various Artists 5. “Recovery,” Eminem 6. “Loud,” Rihanna 7. “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” Kanye West 8. “Sigh No More,” Mumford and Sons 9. “My Kinda Party,” Jason Aldean 10. “Country Strong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” Various Artists

The sweet sounds of 2011

shifters and witches found in other albums, their wordplay falls short – with simpler lyrics and more basic rhythms. But harmonicas, banjos and threepart harmonies galore, though, the album is soothing and sweet to listen to, and in the dark nights of January, it’s a nice musical glimpse of summer.

A new year means an outpour of new music in the months of January, February and March. 2010 was a blockbuster year for the industry. Between Lady Gaga, Kanye West and Katy Perry, the radio playlists were filled with hit singles and albums that dominated the Billboard charts. 2011 also looks to be promising, with a potent lineup of releases from both seasoned artists and fresh, novice musicians. The Decemberists started off the procession this week, delivering their fifth studio album, “The King Is Dead.” The band, which hails from Portland, Ore., is famous for its musical storytelling devices. Lead singer Colin Meloy artfully molds fantastical characters that fit right into the folk backdrop that his five-piece band creates. “The King,” however, is a slight departure from The Decemberists’ regular formula. The album has a ‘70s feel to it, with one of the songs a variation of Elton John’s “Bennie and the Jets.” Meloy’s voice may sound painful to some, but for those who can handle his mournful tones, “The King” is a telltale sign that 2011 will be a year full of excellent music. Iron & Wine’s newest album, “Kiss Each Other Clean,” will be released next week. The first single, “Walking Far From Home,” has already been delivered and is reminiscent of the band’s slow country charm. With lead singer Sam Beam finally projecting his drawl, the song, and hopefully the rest of the album, strives to be more polished than any of the group’s previous work. Blues artist G. Love is not well known outside of the Philadelphia area, but his band G. Love and the Special Sauce have received much hype on its past nine albums. Now, the multitalented musician is going solo with “Fixin’ to Die,” is to be released in February. Love has been performing, creating and collaborating since the ‘90s, so there is no question that he can hold his own on a fulllength record. The question is whether he will be able to carry out his typical style of blues and hip-hop fusion, or whether he will adopt an acoustic flavor by focusing the attention on his guitar and harmonica skills. 1980s rock legend Michael Stipe is working to bring his band R.E.M. back into the limelight. “Collapse Into Now” is due out March 22 and will be R.E.M.’s 15th major release. The band has kept a tight lid on the album, as none of the songs have been presented or leaked. But it is apparent that Stipe’s creativity has not dulled over the decades, as the track list includes songs like, “Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter” and “Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I.” Other headliners in March include Avril Lavigne’s “Goodbye Lullaby” and Green Day’s “Awesome as F***.” The members of Green Day have kept busy between albums producing and acting in the Broadway musical “American Idiot.” Meanwhile, Lavigne has been inactive since her hit single “Girlfriend” in 2007. The singer doesn’t seem to be too rusty, though, considering that her first single off of “Goodbye Lullaby,” “What the Hell,” has been wildly popular.

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Week ending Jan. 22, 2011

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Times of Grace, a Southampton, Mass.-based duo, released its first album Tuesday. The album, meant to be unique, fails to standout in the metalcore genre.

Debut album does nothing to break Times of Grace into metalcore scene By Aaron Burnstein Campus Correspondent

1. “The King is Dead,” The Decemberists 2. “Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes,” Social Distortion 3. “Country Strong: More Music from the Motion Picture,” Various Artists 4. “Sigh No More,” Mumford and Sons 5. “Some Kind of Trouble,” James Blunt 6. “Live on Ten Legs,” Pearl Jam 7. “Caldwell County,” Eric Church 8. “Country Strong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,” Various Artists 9. “Low Country Blues,” Gregg Allman 10. “Speak Now,” Taylor Swift

Week ending Jan. 22, 2011

Upcoming Shows Toad's Place, New Haven

1/26 Phantanima 7:30 p.m., $20

1/27 Zoso 9 p.m., $15

Webster Theater, Hartford

1/28 Less Than Jake 7 p.m., $16.50

1/29 Adema 6 p.m., $15

Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, R.I.

1/21 The Machine 9 p.m., $20

2/2 Neko Case 8:30 p.m., $25

2/11 Diplomats 9 p.m., $30

The metalcore scene has changed a great deal since the early days of Cro-Mags and Integrity. Rather than draw upon the grittier, more aggressive roots of said bands, modern metalcore has basically become a mainstream version of melodic death metal. Times of Grace, a band consisting of a Killswitch Engage member and a former Killswitch Engage member, attempts to break the current metalcore mold with its debut album “The Hymn of a Broken Man.” Their music is a cocktail of progressive metal, death metal, punk, hard rock and pop. While the goal to be unique is admirable, Times of Grace does not pull off any of the incorporated styles particularly well and ultimately their music fails to stand out. Guitarist, drummer, bassist and occasional vocalist

Adam Dutkiewicz remarked on Myspace that the tracks were “an epic mix of Metal/ Rock/Pop/Shoegaze & Punk. All of your metal expectations will be incorrect, we are pushing genre boundaries.” Despite the high self-praise, “The Hymn of a Broken Man” fails to feel new or exciting in any way. Instead it simply makes for a weak and aimless metalcore album. The few innovative musical ideas only work for a couple seconds before the songs turn bland again. One of the main pitfalls of “The Hymn” is the unfortunate choruses. Times of Grace tends to adhere to the verse-chorusverse format, which is more typical of hard rock than metal. The clear, accessible hooks are intended to contrast the music of more traditional metal bands. It’s not a bad idea in theory, but metalcore is not a genre particularly known for its catchy hook. Times of Grace sounds

The Hymn of a Broken Man Times of Grace 1/18/11 13 tracks

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out of their element. The choruses that were intended to be bright and anthemic fall flat, and it becomes abundantly clear that the band simply lacks the songwriting chops to pull off a decent pop hook. The last major complaint is that “The Hymn,” despite the buzz surrounding it from the fans and the members, feels like a very lukewarm effort. It’s too serious of an album, and it seems like Times of Grace just didn’t have any fun when recording. The album tries hard to sound artistic, but it just seems bor-

ing and stuffed. “The Hymn” is not worth its run time, and it’s essentially a chore to listen to. Fans of Killswitch Engage might be interested in giving Times of Grace a shot, but for most people, it’s not going to be worth your while. “The Hymn of a Broken Man” is a weak attempt to liven up a stale genre, and at the end of the day, the album fails to come together.

Aaron.Burnstein@UConn.edu

No more stories for Decemberists By Joe O’Leary Staff Writer For once, The Decemberists didn’t feel like telling stories. On the band’s sixth studio release, “The King Is Dead,” the group has shunned the epic storylines that have shaped their previous albums. The elaborate tales that filled 2009’s full-length concept album, “The Hazards of Love,” and 2005’s “The Crane Wife” have been abandoned in favor of a simpler, more music-driven sound on “King,” and the album doesn’t suffer for it.

The King is Dead The Decemberists 1/18/11 10 tracks

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Pleasurable and sound, the taut 10-track collection stands high among recent independent releases, especially folk-minded ones. Not since Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes or Mumford and Sons’ most recent releases has a finely-tuned countrified record hit the relative highs of “King.” Most notable – and most impressive – on the album would be the rollicking tracks, “This Is Why We Fight” and “Down By The Water.” The former is a sprawling, fast-moving declaration of battle from lead singer Colin Meloy, where he sings of love and reason as his inspiration for survival. He bellows, “When we die, we will die with our arms unbound; And this is why we fight, come hell.”The latter rides a steady drumbeat and harmonies from Meloy and singer Gillian Welch in a raging spin of teenage angst. A third roller, “Rox In The Box,” is a moody, spirited anthem for downtrodden miners; Meloy sings of wary inspiration and the low morale of the workers. Other songs on the album are more upbeat and sweet. Not ready to completely abandon their storytelling, the group throws two brotherly songs together, “January Hymn” and “June Hymn.” The two songs

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The five-member band, the Decemberists, take on a new tone in its latest album release, “The King is Dead.”

follow the same farm through winter and summer, and are perfect compliments to one another. “January” is quieter and quick, while Meloy belts out the lyrics of “June” over a slower, more carefree rhythm. While “The King Is Dead” is a very good standalone album, Decemberists fans’ mileage may vary. Without the overarching storylines of shape-

Thursday, January 20, 2011

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The best of 2010 continued » BOOKS

» VIDEO GAMES

‘The Girl Who Kicked the ‘Star Island,’ Carl Hiassen Hornet’s Nest,’ Stieg Larsson Carl Hiassen’s “Star In May, Stieg Larsson’s third and final book was released in America after previous releases in Sweden and Brittan. The Millennium series has taken over America, and if you haven’t read the series yet, your friends have. All three of the books focus on the ambitious journalist Michael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander, a goth girl with extraordinary technical abilities. Together they bring justice to uncovered scandals in the corporate world and from their own personal lives. The last installment focuses on Salander as she is recovering in the hospital with a bullet wound to the head. Working with Blomkvist and his sister Annika Giannini, Salander needs to prove her innocence in Stockholm for a variety of murders, and bring to light authority figures who have let others, like herself, suffer. “It was just as intense a read as the first two, but still unique by itself,” said Abby Cloft, a

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2nd-semester anthropology major. She added that it was, “different enough that [she] was left wanting a fourth.” The Millennium series is also not strictly a series for girls, contrary to some beliefs. Instead it has political, corporate and sex scandals woven into a masterfully designed plot that gives everyone something they’re looking for. - Kim Halpin

Island” is solid evidence why Hiassen’s one of my favorite comedic writers. It concerns one Cherry Pye, a young Miley Cyrus/ Britney Spears pastiche that’s gone off the rails, and her acting body double, Ann, who replaces her for the paparazzi when Pye is too inebriated to even stand. The book features kidnappings, murders, bodyguards with weed-whackers for arms… and that’s just the first ten chapters. “Star Island” is a hilarious parody of everything Hollywood, from overbearing stage parents (when Pye’s on seven different drugs and eats birdseed thinking it’ll turn her into a cockatoo, her mother just calls it “stomach problems”) to paparazzi culture (the Pyes are stalked by an obese, smelly cameraman who tries to murder Cherry so he can snap photos of her final moments). Throw in as wide a span of characters as Hiassen has left over from his other novels, including a former Floridian

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governor gone insane and living in the Everglades, and the humor spreads to the intersection of fame, normalcy and decency. Hiassen uses his immense knowledge of Florida from his days as a Miami journalist and dry, biting wit to absolutely demolish modern celebrity culture. Its disgusting yet truthful characters and winding developments are so well-written that it’d be criminal for me not to recommend it.

And now for something completely different....

By Purbita Saha Staff Writer There’s more to the world of fashion than Forever21 and Urban Outfitters. Online shopping is an enjoyable enterprise that allows you to skip the fluorescent malls and browse in the comfort of your own home. The best online retailers are the ones that have the biggest selections, the more unique and diverse offerings and advice on how to put together the most glorious outfit. Many web sites present look books, which are fun to click through even if you’re not shopping, and some of the newer ones have extensive blogs about street fashion and trends. Either way, customer service is key, and it is important to delve into the different features that retailers offer. Shopping is not just about what you buy - it’s also about the experience.

Asos.com is the perfect example of an accommodating online store. The web site caters to both men and women and has an inventory of about 35,000 products. While some of the designer items on Asos can be pricey, their sale products are affordable even on a college student’s tight budget. Furthermore, the company offers free shipping and free returns to its U.S. customers, even though it is based in the UK. This is significant, considering that most retailers charge $10 to $15 for shipping and handling. Threadsence.com has a more relaxed and casual inventory. The site has an abundance of cardigans, minidresses and tunics. If you’re looking to layer up for the winter you will find plenty of adorable options in the store. Outerwear and shoes are expensive, but most of the other Threadsence products cost between $20 and $50. Alloy.com has been a personal favorite of mine for many years. It is a more collegeappropriate version of Delias and it refreshes its inventories every few months. The company sends out a free catalog to its customers that lets them preview the newest seasonal products. Alloy specializes in

bohemian pieces, such as dropwaist dresses and chiffon blouses, and casual wear basics. The clothes are affordable and customer reviews will help you to pick out the size that is just right for you. As an added bonus, the web site offers coupon codes from time to time to allow you to get everything you need for a reasonable price. Urban1972.com may have to take responsibility for bringing the grunge back. Think printed leggings and oversized rebel t-shirts, combat boots and motorcycle jackets. This online store is refreshingly vintage and incredibly fun to look at. Urban 1972 items usually are costly, but if you’re looking for that one statement piece that you’re willing to wear all the time, it’s well worth the splurge. The one major problem with online retail, however, is that there seems to be no limit to expenditures. It’s easy to overspend on a credit or debit card when there are no items in hand to represent the weight of costs. Plus, cyber stores offer much larger and more easily accessible inventories. More choices equals more money spent. Try and use a little discretion to keep from buying unneces-

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This look was on sale at Urban1972.com.

sary items. An effective system by which to be selective is to fill hypothetical shopping carts with apparel that you absolutely love. Save the cart and sleep on your picks for a night or two. If you’re still thinking about the items when you revisit the site, then they are probably worth the money. If not, dump the cart and save your cash or spend it on something more deserving.

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» OBITUARY

Rock promoter Kirshner dies in Florida at age 76 LAS VEGAS (AP) – Don Kirshner, a rock promoter and music publisher who helped garner hits for the make-believe groups The Monkees and The Archies and boosted the careers of Billy Joel, Neil Diamond and the Police, has died. He was 76. Promoter Jack Wishna, a close friend and business associate, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Kirshner, whom Time magazine once dubbed “The Man with the Golden Ear,” was in a hospital in Boca Raton being treated for an infection when he died on Monday. “Donny Kirshner would take a kid off the street ... and turn him into Neil Diamond, Carole King, James Taylor, on and on,” Wishna said. “I haven’t spoken to anyone in the music business that Donny hasn’t either discovered, promoted, or touched in some way. “I’ve never seen anybody like this in my life,” he said. The Bronx-born Kirshner started off in the business as a songwriter, penning “My First Love” for Bobby Darin. But he had more success in tapping songwriting talents like Diamond, King and Neil Sedaka. Kirshner’s songwriters were tapped in the 1960s to create music for a group manufac-

Don Kirshner.

tured for TV – The Monkees. They became a huge sensation in both the TV and the rock world and had hits including “I’m a Believer,” which Diamond wrote. “I’m saddened to learn of the loss of Don Kirshner. He was the king of Tin Pan Alley – there never was a better song plugger,” Diamond said in a statement to the AP. “ll always be grateful to him for pairing ‘I’m A Believer’ and other songs of mine with the Monkees. The music business never had a better supporter.” The Monkees’ Mickey

Dolenz said: “I remember Donnie as one of the ‘suits’ that originally came out the to West Coast from New York and would appear at some of the studio sessions. At first, I really didn’t know what he did. It wasn’t until years later that I realized what a profound influence he had had on the the choice of material that The Monkees produced. And for that, I am eternally grateful.” Kirshner also was behind the music that made magic for The Archies, based off the comic strip characters, including the classic “Sugar Sugar.” “Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert,” which premiered in 1972 and ran a decade, gave national exposure to musicians including Joel and the Police. Kirshner also helped launch the careers of Prince, The Eagles, Lionel Richie and Ozzy Osborne. The show also boosted careers of comics including Billy Crystal, Arsenio Hall and David Letterman. “Don Kirshner gave new, young musicians the opportunity to showcase their performances for a huge audience during the ‘golden age’ of the popular music business,” Joel said in a statement. “At the time, his ‘hands-off ’ approach to how rock and roll

Like most other gamers, I wasn’t sure what to think of Super Mario Galaxy 2 before its release. The very idea of a Mario game being a direct sequel to the previous game hasn’t been done since the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2, so it was hard to imagine it standing toe-to-toe with the original masterpiece. And yet, Galaxy 2 was a complete surprise to everyone. It wasn’t a total misfire; it did what a video game sequel is supposed to do: keep the spirit, but make it better than the original. It begins brilliantly with a superior tutorial level where Mario begins in 2D, then gradually, bit by bit, goes into the third-person perspective seamlessly. And it doesn’t end there. The interface was greatly improved where Mario can choose any

music was presented made television a viable medium for many now-iconic recording artists.” Paul Shaffer, Letterman’s musical director, used to give a deadpan performance during his imitation of Kirshner on Saturday Night Live. Shaffer and Kirshner worked together on the short-lived sitcom, A Year at the Top, according to Shaffer’s manager. Pop singer Tony Orlando, whom Kirshner hired for $50 a week to record demos, said his mentor was like the Thomas Edison of music. “Every dream I ever had as a kid, he was my genie,” Orlando told AP. Orlando said Kirshner was responsible for so many careers, “it would make your head spin.” “This was not just a song guy, this was a man who created the cornerstones of American pop music as we know it today,” Orlando said. “Without Donny Kirshner, the music we know of today would not be the same. He was a game-changer, and I tell you that me and my family feel this tremendous loss for this man.” Wishna said Kirshner was a mentor who knew the art of discovering talent and cared about the artists he worked with.

level on the fly, Super Mario World map style, and also have a fun hub world to find extra lives in. But of course, the levels themselves are what stole my heart. It wasn’t so much of a revolution from Galaxy 1, as it was a refinement. It took those fun short zones and added things like the cloud suit, drill, and Yoshi to make them feel new all over again. More importantly, they were just a blast to play. I’ve had many great gaming memories this year, but no game reminded me why I got into video games in the first game as much as this one. It’s the most fun video game I’ve played in my young adulthood, unquestionably the best game available on the Wii and my favorite game of 2010. - Jason Bogdan

Alan Wake

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Super Mario Galaxy 2

I’ll admit it; once “Lost” ended in late May, I had a gigantic hole in my life. I’m a sucker for episodic yet overarching storylines, which is why I’m a fan of “Arrested Development” and “The Walking Dead,” but I’m also a fan of moody, unsettling entertainment, and nothing could cover both of those holes well enough for me. In late July, I rented “Alan Wake” on a lark. I didn’t know much about it; all I was aware of was its title, that it was a survival-horror thriller, and that “Red Dead Redemption” had overshadowed it on its release date in May. Little did I know, the game was stellar. Its twisted, disturbing tale followed a horror writer who became sucked into his own book, and had to fight through

his own storyline to survive. The controls were good, not great, but easily overlookable in the face of the best narrative I’ve seen in a game in years. “Wake” doesn’t use levels, it uses hour-long “episodes.” By the time I had finished it, I felt like I had watched a stellar TV miniseries on DVD instead of a game, a feeling that doesn’t come around often in the gaming world. Oh, and the game is well aware you’re controlling Alan behind the scenes, too; in some of the coolest tricks a game’s pulled off since “Eternal Darkness,” characters break the fourth wall, advertisements slyly and jokingly shine in your face, and the darkness lunges at YOU. -Joe O’Leary

» TV

‘Modern Family’ Let’s be serious, “Modern Family” has been the best TV show on the air of 2010. Not only is it a hilarious example of the mockumentary style, but it also looks at different aspects of family, and how the “modern family” is not the standard mom, dad, and two kids, but can be and is varied. I find it both impressive and heartwarming that “Modern Family” depicts a gay couple as nothing to be remarked upon, unlike so many heteronormative shows that are watched. The cast of the show have been masterful in their portrayal of the modern American family. Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen, the parents of perhaps the most stereotypically American family, nevertheless are refreshingly convincing parents; occasionally setting bad examples, but always coming through for their kids

in the end. And their kids, played by Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, and Nolan Gould, are equally convincing; not just the kids always getting into trouble, but real characters who have their own desires and motivations. Ed O’Neill and Sofia Vergara complement each other so nicely, and Sofia especially brings Hispanic culture to the scene in a positive light. Plus, let’s be serious; she’s fierce! Finally, Jesse Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet play a gay couple in the best possible way; without reinforcing gay stereotypes, but still remaining funny. “Modern Family” has received a "universal acclaimed" Metacritic score of 100 out of 100, and USA Today has given the new season four out of four stars. - Jason Wong

‘Glee’ Glee, now in its second season on Fox, has once again captivated students’ TV’s every Tuesday night at 8. The show focuses around the Glee club “New Directions” as they fight to survive some of the toughest issues of high school and try to make it to the national Glee event. Along the way Glee has addressed issues of popularity, teen pregnancy, marital problems and sexuality. It also follows the students through their various relationships and how the dynamics of the club change from it. The main cast comes from a variety of social groups within the school by drawing from the stereotypes of jocks, perfectionist girls, cheerleaders, international and disabled

students. It’s normally easy to find someone or thing to relate to in each episode. There’s also plenty of musical numbers in each episode coming from a variety of genres and performed with some Hollywood guest stars. In the second season many celebrities including, Brittney Spears, Carol Burnett, John Stamos, and Gwyneth Paltrow have appeared in episodes. While some say that Glee has become wrapped up in celebrity guest stars, the music that they are producing is still extremely popular. Fans are now able to purchase nearly every song that the cast performs on the show from iTunes, along with the individual episodes. - Kim Halpin

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» LITERATURE

Tell-tale letdown: Poe visitor again a no-show BALTIMORE (AP) – Telltale hearts beat with anticipation during a rainy, midnight dreary and beyond, hoping the mysterious visitor to Edgar Allan Poe’s grave would return after a oneyear absence. Four impostors came and went. The real one never showed. Around 5 a.m., the dozen Poe fans who were left began to wonder if the eerie ritual is indeed nevermore, so they walked to Poe’s tombstone and performed their own tribute by leaving roses and drinking a cognac toast. A fascinating tradition that ran for some 60 years and was never fully explained appears to have ended. An unknown person who left three roses and a half-empty bottle of cognac at Poe’s grave on the anniversary of the writer’s birth failed to appear Wednesday, the second straight year he’s disappointed those who stake out the downtown Westminster Hall and Burying Ground. “I think we can safely say it’s not car trouble, and he’s not sick,” said Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum. “This doesn’t look good.” It would be an ending befitting of the legacy of Poe, the American literary master of the macabre who was known for haunting poems such as “The Raven” and grisly short stories including “The TellTale Heart,” ‘’The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Pit and the Pendulum.” He is also credited with writing the first modern detective story, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” He died in 1849 in Baltimore at age 40 after collapsing in a tavern. Sometime in the 1940s, it seems, an anonymous man began the annual tribute at Poe’s grave. It was first referenced in print in 1949 by The Evening Sun of Baltimore. Those who have glimpsed the “Poe toaster” always saw him dressed in black, wearing a white scarf with a wide-brimmed hat. Jerome has kept watch over the vigil since 1978, watching from

inside the Presbyterian church while Poe fans peered through the locked gates of the cemetery. After last year’s no-show, Jerome this year was expecting Poe toaster wannabes imitating the real thing, and they showed up in brazen style. One emerged from a white stretch limo shortly after midnight. Two others appeared to be women. The fourth was an older man. All walked in clear sight of the Poe fans, contrary to the secretive nature of the real Poe toaster. All wore black hats and left roses and cognac, and two left notes, but none of the four gave the secret signal that only Jerome knows, and none of the four arranged the roses in the unique pattern established by the Poe toaster over the decades. The “faux Toasters” provided excitement for the Poe fans who braved rain and near-freezing temperatures through the night. One couple traveled from France, another from Chicago. Two friends came from New York. A mother from Cleveland brought her 19-year-old son because it’s on his bucket list. Raven See, who was named after the Poe poem, took time off from her studies at Elmira College in New York to make her sixth appearance at the vigil. Some sang “Happy Birthday” at midnight and read aloud from Poe’s writings. “There’s so many conspiracy theories,” See said. “Like it ended in ‘98 and now the church does it. Or maybe in ‘09 they wanted to end it because it was the bicentennial. It just adds to the mystery. The best part of it is meeting people.” In 1993, the visitor began leaving notes, starting with one that read: “The torch will be passed.” A note in 1998 indicated the originator of the tradition had died and passed it on to his two sons. The sons didn’t seem to take the duty as seriously as the father. One left a note in 2001 referencing the Super Bowl and another in

Edgar Allan Poe.

2004 implying criticism of France over its objections to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, upsetting many of the traditionalists. When the Poe toaster didn’t show last year, Jerome theorized that the 200th anniversary of Poe’s birth in 2009 might have been considered the appropriate stopping point. Or, it was thought at the time, perhaps the toaster just had a flat tire on the way to the cemetery. But that’s the sort of happenstance unlikely to happen two years in a row. Jerome says he’ll return one more year. If the visitor fails to show in 2012, he’ll considered the tradition over and done. “It’s sort of like a marriage that ends,” Jerome said. “Part of you still wants the warmth that was part of it, and you go looking for the same woman. No, it’s over with. And if it’s over with, it’s over with. If people want to continue the tradition, it’s going to be without me.” It appears at least some sort of Poe tradition will indeed continue every Jan. 19. Most who attended this year said they plan to return next year, and maybe beyond. Cynthia Pelayo, who traveled from

Top: Poe House and Museum curator Jeff Jerome opems a gate at Westminster Church and Cemetary in Baltimore, Poe’s final resting place. Bottom left: The original grave of Edgar Allan Poe, with a bottle of cognac left by a mysterious visitor circa 2008. Bottom right: Poe’s grave Wednesday, decorated with roses in the absence of the mysterious visitor’s usual bottle of cognac.

Chicago with her husband for the second straight year, handed out roses after the gates were open shortly before 5

“Dear, Edgar,” it said. “You are what all us macabre writers only hope to be. Thank you. ‘Til next year.”

» MOVIES

» POLITICS

A jazzy, all-American state dinner for Chinese president Jintao WASHINGTON (AP) – Michelle and Barack Obama welcomed a mix of Hollywood A-listers, big business types and prominent ChineseAmericans to the White House as they threw a “quintessentially American” state dinner Wednesday for the president of China, complete with apple pie and ice cream, and jazz music for the entertainment. The first lady was clad in an elegant orange-red shoulder-baring gown that swished around her in soft folds and the president sported a tuxedo as they welcomed Chinese President Hu Jintao on a red carpet on the White House portico. An honor guard stood at attention behind them. Celebrity star power arrived in the form of singer Barbra Streisand, her hubby-actor James Brolin and action film star Jackie Chan. Big business turned out in force, too, including Microsoft’s Steven Ballmer and JP Morgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon, among others. Among the big names: fashion’s Vera Wang, Vogue’s Anna Wintour, artist Maya Lin, Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan, and Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to add some gravitas. Former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter made the cut, too. Wang wore a floor-length, sleeveless design of her own. Wintour opted for a white, patterned Chanel skirt suit. The dinner’s all-star jazz lineup included trumpeter Chris Botti, two-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, jazz icon Herbie Hancock, rising pianist Lang Lang and four-time Grammy-winning vocalist Dianne Reeves. Jazz pianist Peter Martin, part of the entertainment lineup, prepped for his appearance by springing for a tux.

a.m., and those were the flowers that were presented – one by one – at Poe’s grave. Pelayo also left a note.

Hathaway to play Catwoman in new Batman movie LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Hathaway has clawed her way into the latest Batman movie, nabbing the role of Selina Kyle and her alter ego, Catwoman. Warner Bros. announced the casting Wednesday for Christopher Nolan’s latest film in the superhero saga, “The Dark Knight Rises.” Hathaway will appear opposite Christian Bale, who’s returning as Bruce Wayne and Batman. The studio also announced that Tom Hardy, whom Nolan directed in last year’s “Inception,” will play one of Batman’s enemies, Bane. “The Dark Knight Rises” is slated for release on July 20, 2012. Hathaway, an Oscar nominee for 2008’s “Rachel Getting Married,” will co-host the

Anne Hathaway.

Academy Awards with James Franco on Feb. 27.

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Grand Staircase as they arrive for a state dinner at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.

“I’m finally a grown-up, graduated from renting to owning,” Martin tweeted, adding that he was “super-excited” about the White House gig. Regular folks who find themselves in a last-minute frenzy before guests arrive can take comfort in knowing that it’s the same at the White House: Hours before the dinner, chair cushions were stacked in the front foyer and harried staff shuttled flower arrangements to and fro. New this state dinner: The 225 guests were spread out among three rooms: the State Dining Room, Blue Room and Red Room, then all shuttle to the East Room for the entertainment. Big video monitors were set up in the Blue and Red rooms for the outcasts to catch the dinner toasts. Also new: The Obamas opted against bringing in a high-profile guest chef, instead putting White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford in charge of preparing an all-American

themed dinner at the request of the Chinese delegation, the White House said. On the menu: d’anjou pear salad with farmstead goat cheese, poached Maine lobster, orange glazed carrots and black trumpet mushrooms, dry aged rib eye with buttermilk crisp onions, double-stuffed potatoes and creamed spinach. Dessert was to be old-fashioned apple pie with vanilla ice cream. Obama is known to be an avid eater of pastry chef Bill Yosses’ pies. Among those confirmed who attended: the newly inaugurated Chinese-American mayors of San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., Edwin Lee and Jean Quan, respectively, along with Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif. Members of Obama’s Cabinet with seats at the table included Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Education Secretary Arne Duncan. There were some high-profile

no-shows, including three of the top four leaders of Congress: House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who declined Obama’s past state dinner invitations; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; and Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader. With the Senate out of session, Reid was home in Nevada and McConnell just wrapped up a congressional trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan and had not planned to be in Washington this week, aides said. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was the only top congressional leader to accept an invitation. Many in Congress see China as an economic threat to the U.S. Pelosi also has been a longtime and outspoken critic of China’s human rights record. At a White House news conference with Obama, Hu punted when asked to comment on the congressional leaders’ absence.

Mandisa loses 90 lbs, plans to release 3rd album NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The 10th season of “American Idol” kicks off Wednesday night, and some people’s lives will be changed forever. Former “Idol” finalist Mandisa (man-DEE’-sah) Hundley knows the feeling. The two-time Grammy nominee finished in the top 10 the year Taylor Hicks won and is now planning to release her third gospel album April 5, called “What If We Were Real.” But as it turns out, her biggest life change came after the show. She embarked on an emotional weight loss journey two years ago and has since lost 90 pounds. Mandisa’s struggles fueled her new music. “Where I was at the beginning of this album and where I ended up are two very different places,” she told The Associated Press in an e-mail. “It’s been a process. I will always struggle with my weight. It’s the thorn in my flesh.” Standing on a scale one morning and seeing a disappointing

number prompted Mandisa to finally get real with herself and her fans. “I had gained weight and was so frustrated at that moment that I said so on Twitter.” She tweeted: “I’m fed-up and over it.” “I was feeling embarrassed and ashamed. I realized that I had only talked about how great things were. I never let people in when they were not. It was then that I decided I’d talk about the bad things too,” she said. The result is what Mandisa calls her most honest record to date. She began recording “in a very dark place.” The title track and the song “Just Cry” came out of those early sessions. However, by the end of the process, she said she was back to a place of peace and joy, with the song “Lifeline,” about unwavering trust in God, the last track she recorded. Mandisa is on her way to losing 100 pounds but said she doesn’t have a goal weight.

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Gaborik has 4 goals in Rangers’ 7-0 rout of Leafs

NEW YORK (AP)—The New York Rangers took the ice hoping to avoid their worst losing streak of the season. The task was daunting enough without factoring in the struggles of top scoring threat Marian Gaborik and the latest key injury that will sideline scoring leader Brandon Dubinsky for maybe a month. Whether it was a benching three nights earlier or the realization that his team needed him to raise his game, Gaborik heeded the call and had a night to remember. Gaborik busted out with four goals and an assist, and the Rangers scored four times in the first period en route to a 7-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night. New York, which had lost two straight, finished a stretch of five games in nine days before a three-game trip. Just a few hours after the Rangers said Dubinsky would be out three to four weeks because of a stress fracture in his left leg, Gaborik picked up the slack as coach John Tortorella had been begging him to do. “It feels good,” said Gaborik, who went eight games without a goal. “It has been a battle lately. I need to get going. It is always a big relief to get the first one. It just took off from there.” Gaborik, who has scored five goals in a game, had two goals in the first period and two more in the second as the Rangers picked on goalies Jonas Gustavsson and JeanSebastien Giguere. New York scored a season-high seven for the third time. Gaborik and Brian Boyle connected for three goals in a 2:26 span in the first frame to chase Gustavsson. Giguere came on and allowed Ruslan Fedotenko’s ninth. Giguere finished the period, but resumed his seat on the bench at

New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30) makes a save in the third period of the Rangers’ 7-0 shutout of the Toronto Maple Leafs at Madison Square Garden in New York, Wednesday.

the start of the second. Gustavsson was touched for Gaborik’s final two goals that gave him 15 overall and three hat tricks this season. He has 13 in the NHL. Toronto had two fruitless power plays before the Rangers took over. “We started well, but there was a giveaway and our defense got overwhelmed in the first period,” Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson said. “Basically, the game was over at 4-0. They

made us look silly.” Gaborik’s new linemates, Artem Anisimov and Sean Avery, also enjoyed big production. Anisimov had four assists to give him a career high in points for a game, and Avery chipped in with three assists. Mats Zuccarello closed the scoring 53 seconds into the third. Henrik Lundqvist had a quiet night, facing only 22 shots to earn his seventh shutout of the season and likely the easiest of

his 31 career NHL blankings. Boyle and Gaborik scored on the power play, a unit that produced twice in 32 chances before the Leafs came to town. Lundqvist has five shutouts in 20 outings. Gustavsson allowed six goals on 25 shots—three on 11 shots in the first period. Toronto is 0-2-1 since a four-game winning streak and has given up at least five goals three times in seven contests.

“We started OK and then we gave up the first one and they just poured it on us,” Toronto forward Phil Kessel said. “It was just not a good game for us and we’ve got to be better.” Gaborik had only three goals and six assists in 19 games since his previous hat trick Dec. 2 against the New York Islanders. That led to Tortorella sitting him out for most of the second period of a 3-2 loss to Philadelphia on Sunday.

The Rangers had scored two goals or fewer in eight of the previous nine games, going 4-4-1—including a 1-3 rut before Wednesday. Gaborik got things going with 9:05 left in the first when he deftly maneuvered at the right post around Gustavsson, who had lost his stick. Boyle made it 2-0 1:50 later, tipping in Marc Staal’s shot for his career-best 16th goal. Gaborik finished the first scoring burst only 36 seconds after that when Anisimov fed a brilliant backhand pass from behind the net to him alone at the right post. Giguere came on and immediately turned aside a 2-on-1. Fedotenko stretched the lead to 4-0 with 4:20 left in the first. Gaborik then scored from a tough, low angle by squeezing a shot between Gustavsson’s pads at 11:16 of the second. Gaborik made it 6-0 at 14:44 during a power play. Toronto nearly got on the board 1:35 into the third, but Clarke MacArthur’s goal was waved off because he hit the puck with a high stick. “They got a couple of chances,” Lundqvist said. “I wanted to get a shutout.” NOTES: Gaborik’s three hat tricks are the most for the Rangers since Jaromir Jagr had three in the 2005-06 season. … Radek Dvorak was the last New York player with four goals in a game, March 29, 2001, against the Islanders. … Fedotenko sprained his left shoulder in the second period when he took an open-ice hit from D Mike Komisarek and will be out two to four weeks. … New York recalled forwards Chad Kolarik and Brodie Dupont from Connecticut (AHL). … Giguere stopped two of three shots in 6:39 of action in the first. … Gustavsson hadn’t played since giving up five goals on 44 shots in 6-5 overtime win over St. Louis on Jan. 6.

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UConn club skydivers competed in Arizona

By Aaron Kasmanoff-Dick Staff Writer

Classes may have taken a break for the winter, but UConn Club Skydiving certainly didn’t. Eight members of the highly competitive UConn squad made the flight to Eloy, Ariz. - the only plane that week they weren’t jumping out of - for a chance to compete on behalf of UConn in aerial acrobatic events that most people would be too terrified to imagine, much less do for fun. The United States Parachute Associations’ National Collegiate Parachuting Championships took place this year from Dec. 28 to Jan. 1, and UConn did not leave empty-handed. The team came away with two medals this year, not an uncommon occurrence for the Connecticut squad. Team member William Harris won

the gold medal in Accuracy Landing, an event in which the competitor aims to land as close as possible to a target the size of a quarter. Team President Cameron Haley won silver in Vertical Formation, as part of a two-man team, his partner being RIT’s Dan Schiermeyer. In Vertical Formation, the team attempts to arrange themselves in as many of the prescribed formations as possible, along both a horizontal and vertical axis. It’s an event that requires great acrobatic skill, fearlessness, and, of course, a mastery of the art of skydiving. The team also competed in twoman,four-man and six-man Formation Skydiving. Each member competed in the accuracy competition. “Except for one year a while ago when we didn’t place in any event, our club is always very competitive,” said Cameron Haley. “We’re consistently pretty good.”

This was Haley’s third appearance at Nationals, but for the longtime skydiver, it never gets any less exciting: “When you’re good at something, there’s always something else you can learn at an event like this.” The event drew over 30 schools, including many military academies. The team is working next on preparing for “Tandem Day,” an event where experienced team members take UConn students skydiving for only $199, the lowest price available in New England. If the jump makes you want to become a competitive skydiver, work on your solo license can begin right away, helped by experienced instructors who are themselves members of the UConn team. They can help to reduce much of the expense necessary to get into such an involved sport as skydiving. For Haley, however, skydiving “never gets old.” The joy that he takes in doing what many

consider insane is evident in our brief phone conversation. The opportunity to do something really extraordinary, like jumping out of airplanes for fun, seems to be all the motivation he needs to keep on, but he’s grateful to many others here on campus for their support. “We want to thank the USG for funding our parachutes,” he said, laughing. “Without them we really couldn’t do much.” Haley also thanks UConn club sports for their support, and for the honor of representing UConn to the nation. “Hopefully we can bring many more medals home.” But the trip was more than just skydiving. Haley and the team didn’t miss the chance to see the UConn Football team play in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl after their own competition. “It was awesome,” said Haley.

Photo courtesy of David Gerstein

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UConn skydiving perform acrobats as they free fall thousands of feet from a plane.

Celtics beat Pistons 86-82 for 4th straight Rutt leads Huskies into indoor season

BOSTON (AP)—Paul Pierce scored 22 points, and Ray Allen hit a jumper with 25 seconds left to give the Boston Celtics their first lead of the second half and help them beat the Detroit Pistons 86-82 on Wednesday night. It was the fourth straight victory for the Celtics. The Pistons had their three-game winning streak snapped. Shaquille O’Neal had 12 points and 12 rebounds, and Kevin Garnett added 11 points and six boards in his second game back after missing nine with a leg injury. Rodney Stuckey scored 15 points and Greg Monroe had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Pistons, who led by eight with 8 minutes left but did not score over the game’s last 2:43. The Pistons had won three in a row after coach John Kuester shook up his lineup, benching

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Junior Sami Evelyn pushes the puck up the ice in the Huskies’ 2-1 win over UNH on Nov. 14.

Richard Hamilton and inserting rookie Monroe at center and Tracy McGrady at point guard. It was the longest winning streak of the season for Detroit, which opened with an 11-26 record. The Pistons led by eight on Ben Gordon’s 3-pointer, but the Celtics made three straight bas-

kets before Chris Wilcox hit one free throw to make it 76-73 with 5:23 left. Rajon Rondo took a jumper near the top of the key, and O’Neal tipped the rebound off the backboard before grabbing it and laying it in; McGrady swiped at him, and the free throw made it 76-all.

some of his brother’s records down the road. Noel James may already be the best high jumper in the program – jumping almost seven feet in his first collegiate meet. A late addition to the winter team, Sean Walsh, will no longer be redshirting and cannot wait to get on the track. The team will excel at multiand middle distance events. Mike Rutt, who recently ran a sensational 4:11 mile, and fellow senior Aaron King form a dynamic one-two punch that can challenge any duo in the East. King is the best long jumper and multi-athlete on the squad. Alex and Tim Bennatan are juniors that can be relied on in the 4x800-meter relays. Another pair of brothers, Ben

and Jake Waruch specialize in the multi-events and sprints, respectively. Both are coming off fantastic years that concluded in All-Big East selections, however Jake was placed on IR due to a bout of pneumonia. In the throws category, look no further than Mike Alleman, who will be a huge factor this season and is Coach Roy’s best shot thrower. Need proof? The burly junior won the shot-put event at Yale with a distance of 17.03 meters. The second place finisher was almost a full meter behind. Junior Kevin Steinberg just broke the school record in the 60-meter dash with a 6.73 mark. Sophomore Nick Aguila looks to stay hot in long-distance events after a great cross-country season in the fall.

This weekend has the track and field team competing in two different meets. The UConn Open Heptathlon is a two-day trial that starts today. The Great Dane Invitational will be the Huskies’ first scoring meet and starts at 5 p.m. today. According to Rutt, “we will be able to evaluate where we stack up against some of the top schools in the Northeast. We hope to use the Great Dane meet to really start getting the wheels in motion for our season.” If the Yale Invitational was any indication, this season is going to be one of pleasant surprises and a lot of success for UConn.

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Pasqualoni’s future as Edsall’s successor remains uncertain to usher in the worst era in SU football history. Now, workMike: Granted, Dallas’ ing back, I talked about the defense improved greatly over nine bowls that included two the last eight weeks of the Fiestas and an Orange, but season, but couldn’t some of did you know he also single that credit go to Jason Garret handedly brought in Dwight for changing the way the team Freeney, Donovan McNabb, was handled? In the first eight Marvin Harrison, Tebucky weeks Dallas’ defensive line Jones and Keith Bulluck? One was one of the worst in the of two gripes fans had with league a season after being Edsall was his so-so recruitone of the best. Some of that ing. Pasq now fills that void. blame has to go on their coach. How does three more BCS Also, in his last three seasons games sound? Mike: No, I wouldn’t totally at Syracuse his best record was 6-6, and they didn’t even make ignore his past successes in Syracuse. He led Syracuse a bowl in that season. Andrew: Oh, so just total- in 1992 to a Fiesta Bowl win ly ignore his 11 stellar years and recruited Dwight Freeney, prior? Listen, Pasq got fired Donovan McNabb, Marvin there because of a brash, new Harrison, Tebucky Jones and AD who afterward happened Keith Bulluck. But Syracuse

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had a long storied history beforehand with NFL Hall of Famers Jim Brown, Floyd Little and Ernie Davis, a Heisman winner. I hope he will be able to recruit as well as he did in Syracuse, but almost six years out of college football might affect his first years here. Andrew: If you’re worried about six years then I have no idea why you bring up three guys who played college ball forty-five years ago and had nothing to do with Pasq’s recruitment in the ‘90s. All the recruiting Pasq does now will be vastly easier with the recent BCS berth, state of the art facilities, multiple conference championships and pledged support from local high school coaches. He’s a proven win-

ner; NFL players swear by his coaching and he’s at his best in the college game. There’s no doubt success follows this man. Mike: I brought up those players just as an example of past Syracuse football successes. I hope he does a good job at UConn; I want him to succeed here and lead the Huskies to more BCS bowl games. I am just worried that some of his best seasons coaching have passed him by. I would like nothing more than to see Pasqualoni come and have instant success, but we won’t truly know if this is a good hire for the Huskies for at least a couple of seasons, by which time both us will have graduated.

New UConn football coach Paul Pasqualoni smiles as he enters a news conference on Friday.

Stypulkoski: Winter classic fell short Check out our new blog! DCSportsOnline.wordpress.com Cerullo: UConn fans should be proud

from HUSKIES’, page 14 again this year and then lost an early game next year without Maya Moore, but when you’re talking about a team that hadn’t lost in almost 1,000 days, that’s just being greedy. In the end, the streak may be over, but in terms of this season, and the future, nothing changes. The Huskies are still 17-1, still perfect in Big East conference play and still look set to run the same road to a third straight title, as they would have if they had gone undefeated. And let’s not forget that that’s the ultimate goal here; to win the national championship. Think of what is at stake this year. If UConn wins again, it would not only be the program’s second three-peat, but it would also be the 8th national title for Geno, tying Pat Summitt. I’m sure everyone at UConn could get behind that. Even though it would be

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the third straight win, winning this year would be an amazing accomplishment all on it’s own, because of how it would be won: Maya Moore. At this point I think her legacy speaks for itself, whether the Huskies win it all this year or not. But unlike the past two years, where Moore also had Renee Montgomery and Tina Charles, this year she is largely carrying the bulk of the load. As for the rest of the team, obviously 17-1 speaks for itself. However, there are five freshmen on the roster, for whom being the two-time defending champions doesn’t carry the same meaning, since they weren’t around for them. Then you have to factor in that one of the veteran leaders on the team who was around for those two titles, Caroline Doty, has basically been limited to a coaching role due to her knee injury. What I’m trying to get at is that

this year isn’t going to be a slam dunk like the last two were, and it never was. Coach Auriemma said from the start that he expected his team to lose this season, and now they have. But that’s okay, because the Huskies’ ultimate goal is still within reach, which is all that really matters. Even still, the team’s 90-game winning streak was an amazing accomplishment that they and everyone at UConn should be proud of. I only hope that the Huskies learned something from their loss to Stanford and their near loss to Baylor, because if history has taught us anything, it’s that we likely haven’t seen the last of them. Hopefully the next time we do, they’ll get to stand to the side and watch as Geno and the Huskies cut down the nets for the third year in a row. Follow Mac Cerullo on Twitter at @MacCerullo.

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was surely a little surprising to everyone watching to see NHL stars skating in it. Obviously, all NHL games are played indoors in carefully controlled environments, and therefore are never affected by the elements. But for just one day, like so many other “weekend warriors” across the country do on a weekly basis, the NHL played pond hockey. And seeing the game’s absolute best players put on the same level, even if it was for just a day, as little kids just learning to skate and middle aged men reliving their glory days on the pond made the game a resounding success. Of course, a Sidney Crosby shootout goal to end the game didn’t hurt either, but for the most part it was the thought of playing in the cold, the wind, and even the snow that excited fans. The idea was a hit with the players as well, as immediately in the wake of the game, players around the league expressed interest in someday playing in an outdoor game. Plans for the next year’s Classic began getting kicked around shortly thereafter. Just three years and two more Winter Classics later, the now

traditional NHL game was set to pit the league’s two biggest stars, Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby against each other at Heinz Field on New Year’s Day 2011. Originally slated to start at 1 p.m., a forecast for light rain and unusual warmth for a Pittsburgh wintera high of 52 degrees- threatened and eventually managed to postpone the start time to 8 p.m., in order to avoid some of the imperfect conditions expected during the afternoon. And while the time change did manage to limit the effect of weather on the game that night, the damage had in some ways already been done. For a game that is supposed to be an ode to the most basic form of hockey, the NHL managed to completely strip the 2011 Classic of that purpose. In effect, this years’ game became just another game in a controlled, or at least partially controlled, environment. Ironically enough, during the original 1 o’clock broadcast window, NBC aired the original installment of the Winter Classic, complete with the sloppy ice conditions caused by a buildup of snow on the surface throughout the game. That game proved

that NHLers are capable of playing on imperfect ice in imperfect conditions; they did do it as kids, after all. However this year the NHL decided to change the formula. Instead of letting players battle the elements and allow for the possibility of another instantclassic type of game, the league decided to minimize the weather’s potential damage to provide the closest thing possible to any other standard NHL regular season game. The problem with that decision is the fundamental idea behind the Winter Classic. It is a game that was designed to be anything but standard, and entirely out of the ordinary. And I can think of no more unordinary a sight than watching the league’s top two superstars battling it out in a January drizzle. The weather was set up for the NHL to have another potentially magical moment, but instead they decided to shelter its players from the uncomfortable weather and strip this year’s game of what it’s all about: boys being boys, and playing hockey for the love of the game – in any weather.

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The Daily Question Q: “Was Paul Pasqualoni a good hire?” A: “Yes, because of his experience and consistent performance at Syracuse.”

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– Dave Epstein, 4th-semester political science and philosophy major

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Senior keeper Ford drafted by Sounders

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After four years of hard work and dedication to the UConn men’s soccer program, senior Josh Ford was rewarded for his hard work by getting drafted into the MLS. On Tuesday, Ford was the 11th overall pick of the MLS Supplement Draft, going to the Seattle Sounders. While at UConn, Ford set school records for wins, shutouts and consecutive starts. Ford was a threetime All-Big East player and finished the previous season as an All-American. Sigi Schmid will coach Ford as he heads to training camp looking for a roster spot come early spring. Ford joins a long list of UConn alum in the MLS, currently joining O’Brian White, Toni Stahl and Julius James in the league, among others. – Eric Ploch

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Women’s Hockey (10-13-1) Tomorrow Maine 5:00 p.m.

Jan. 22 Maine Noon

Jan. 29 Jan. 28 Boston Boston University University 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.

Feb. 4 Boston College 2:00 p.m.

Men’s Track and Field Today Jan. 29 Feb. 4 Tomorrow Feb. 5 UConn Great Dane Saturday Night Collegiate Giegengack Heptathalon Invite Invite at the Armory Invite TBA 5:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

Women’s Track and Field Jan. 22 URI Invite 10:30 a.m.

Feb. 5 Feb. 19/20 Jan. 28/29 Feb. 4/5 Penn St. New Balance Giegengack Big East Champ. Invite Invite Invite All Day 2:00 p.m. All Day All Day

Men’s Swimming and Diving Jan. 22 Seton Hall 1:00 p.m.

Jan. 29 Feb. 11 Feb. 5 Jan. 28 Bucknell Big East Yale Bucknell Invitational Championship 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Noon All Day

Columbus Blue Jackets’ Matt Calvert, bottom, slides into the goal as Florida Panthers goalie Tomas Vokoun (29) looks on in the first period during an NHL hockey game in Sunrise, Fla., Wednesday. Columbus won 3–2 in overtime.

Former Husky Gavin Edwards playing in NBA D–League

Women’s Swimming and Diving Jan. 22 Seton Hall 1:00 p.m.

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What's On TV NBA: Los Angeles Clippers at Portland Trail Blazers, 9 p.m., TNT The 15-25 Clippers are far from playoff contention, but they’re worth seeing for the first time in years with 2009 No. 1 pick Blake Griffin easily being the Rookie of the Year frontrunner midway through the season. Portland, 22-20, is battling for a playoff berth, currently in position for the No. 8 seed. Forward LaMarcus Aldridge is leading the team in scoring with 21.1 per game.

NBA: Wake Forest at Georgia Tech, 7:00 p.m., ESPNU At 8-8 (1-2) and 7-11 (0-3), Georgia Tech and Wake Forest, are at the bottom of the pile in the ACC, respectively. These two traditionally good teams will battle it out tonight at Alexander Memorial Coliseum.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP)—The megadeal to bring Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets is dead. Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov told the team to end trade talks with the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, saying he was unhappy with how it played out in public, that it took too long, got too expensive and cost the team games. The Russian billionaire also canceled a planned meeting with Anthony on Thursday and said there was no chance—that’s a big nyet—that the trade would be resurrected. “There comes a time when the price is simply too expensive,” Prokhorov said in a news conference before the Nets’ game against Utah. “I have instructed our team to walk away from the deal.” Previously, New Jersey had offered to ship six players and at least two first-round draft picks to Denver in a three-team deal that would have sent Anthony to the Nets along with former Pistons teammates Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton. Prokhorov decided Tuesday to end talks with the Nuggets, and general manager Billy King said he informed them via a text message as Prokhorov was speaking on Wednesday. “Really I am not happy with the way this deal has gone until now,” Prokhorov said. “It has taken too long … and I believe it has cost us several games.” The Nets have lost six straight, including all four on a just-completed West Coast road trip that ended in Oakland on Monday. Prokhorov said the Nets received permission from Denver to talk with Anthony on Monday night, but he never spoke to the All-Star forward.

Georgia Tech guard Iman Shumpert is sixth in scoring in the ACC with 16.1 points per game.

Son of former NFL player Earl Edwards, Gavin Edwards, attended UConn from 2006-2010. The forward enjoyed two NCAA tournament berths and a trip to the 2009 Final Four as a member of the Huskies. The Gilbert, Ariz. native found himself on the bench more often than the court during his first three seasons in Storrs, as coach Jim Calhoun kept him on a short leash. Edwards averaged 2.0, 2.9 and 3.8 points per game during his first three years in college. As a junior he averaged three rebounds a game. Edwards dropped 10 points in a NCAA tournament second round win over Texas A&M and had 10 rebounds in the six-overtime loss to Syracuse in the Big East championship quarterfinals. Edwards averaged 10.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game in his final season in a Husky uniform, starting his first game in the season opener against William & Mary. Edwards posted two double-doubles last season, a 10-point, 11-rebound performance in a loss at Notre Dame, and a 17-point, 13-rebound showing on Senior Day, a loss to Louisville at Gampel Pavilion. The 17 points tied his career high, previously set in a loss at Providence. Edwards was a senior leader on an 18-16 team that

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Former UConn forward Gavin Edwards defends against Pitt during his tenure with the Huskies.

was largely a disappointment. In his final collegiate game, a loss in the NIT’s second round at Virginia Tech, Edwards missed a potential game-winning shot. He finished his college career averaging 5.1 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. After going undrafted in June, Edwards latched on to his hometown Phoenix Suns in the Las Vegas Summer League. In five games, he averaged 3.6 points. Later in the summer, he was drafted by the Korean Basketball League’s Anyang KT&G Kites. Edwards played seven games for the Kites, averaging 5.1 points

and 2.4 rebounds. Edwards then went to Europe, specifically Yuzhny, Ukraine. As a member of the Khimik-OPZ Yuzny of the Ukrainian Basketball Super League, he averaged five points in three games. Edwards could not refuse a chance to come home to the U.S., agreeing to a contract with the Springfield Armor in December. In 12 games, two as a starter, Edwards is averaging 8.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. Springfield, an affiliate of the Knicks, Nets and 76ers, is coached by former Celtic Dee Brown. Edwards’ team-

mates include Oklahoma State’s Jameson Curry and Villanova’s Scottie Reynolds. Edwards was in Storrs, attending UConn’s 61-59 win over Villanova on Martin Luther King Day. The Daily Campus had an opportunity to catch up with him. DC: How do you like life in the NBA D-League so far? Edwards: “It’s cool. It’s definitely a big opportunity for me to be playing on that level. It’s a great experience.” DC: Two of your former teammates, Jerome Dyson (Tulsa) and Jeff Adrien (Rio Grande Valley) are currently competing in the D-League. Have you been able to touch base with them? Edwards: “I talked to Jeff and Jerome at the D-League showcase in Texas last week. They are both doing good.” DC: What happened overseas and what made you return to the United States? Edwards: “I left those teams because it was the best move for me. Playing in the D-League, I now have to make the most of the opportunity and get to the next level.” DC: What’s it like returning to UConn and watching your old team? Edwards: “It’s great. There is nothing like coming back to UConn.”

Matthew.McDonough@UConn.edu

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P.13: Former Husky Ford drafted to MLS. / P.13: The DC catches up with Gavin Edwards. / P.12: UConn skydiving competed over break.

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Running Huskies ready

Huskies’ 90 straight a marvel

Men’s indoor track and field looks to take Big East

By Mike McCurry Campus Correspondent

Mac Cerullo

It’s over. The longest winning streak in NCAA history, men’s or women’s, came to an end over the break. The Huskies got all the way to win 90 games before finally running into a great team on a bad day. And as much as it sucks, I can’t think of a better way it could have ended. Obviously it would have been nice if the streak had lasted forever, but the women’s basketball team had to lose to someone eventually. So why not lose to the last team that beat them, on the road and over break, with the streak at a nice round number like 90? After all, they had already broken both their own women’s record and UCLA’s men’s record. Honestly, how else could it have ended that would have been any easier? I guess it would have been cool if they got to 100, or if they ran the table

» CERULLO, page 12

Winter classic brings back roots

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After a middle-of-the-road showing last year, the UConn men’s track and field team is looking to bounce back in a big way in 2011. Under the leadership of head coach Greg Roy, the Huskies have just one thing on their minds: winning titles. “The goal for the team this year is to win a Big East Championship, plain and simple,” said twotime All American runner Mike Rutt. Rutt knows it will be a challenge because of the new faces in the program but says UConn will “use each meet as a stepping stone to get them, as well as the veterans, ready for the championship.” The captain clearly still has that bitter taste in his mouth from the fifth– and fourth–place finishes during last year’s conference finals. It will be up to star seniors and captains Rutt and Kyle Duggan to welcome the eye-opening 21 first-year Huskies and make them feel comfortable right away. Not all of these new players are freshmen, however. Jesse Chapman, a sophomore from Vermont who excels in the multi-events, joined Roy’s group from Division III Bates College in Maine. In last week’s Yale Invitational, Chapman placed third in the shotput (14.94 meters) and eighth in the 60-meter hurdles. He is a great addition to an already stacked multi-event squad. The freshmen recruiting class is already shaping up to be pretty solid. Darnell Cummings (Millbrook, N.Y.) and Chris McConnell (Andover, Mass.) both have the potential to be dominating sprinters. Cummings posted a 6.94 in the 60-meter dash at Yale, the fourth fastest time of the day. Cory Duggan, the younger brother of polevault sensation Kyle Duggan, made opponents look downright silly at Monsignor Farrell High School in New York and is very likely to break

» RUTT, page 12

A UConn discus thrower practices in the fall. The men’s team now transitions to indoor track and field, hoping to win a Big East title.

By Matt Stypulkoski NHL Columnist

Women’s indoor track and field aims to be Big East champions

The images from the inaugural Winter Classic about three years ago still linger in the memories of NHL fans across the country, frozen in their minds by the bitter and snowy conditions that fateful Jan. 1 at the Buffalo Bills’ – and for a day the Buffalo Sabres’ – home, Ralph Wilson Stadium. The players wearing turtleneck Under Armour under their pads, Ryan Miller wearing a winter hat over his goalie helmet, the nifty throwback jerseys and the coaches’ throwback jackets are memorable, but just a small part of what made that game special. The true excitement of the game for hockey fans everywhere was the sheer fact that it was played outside, an effort made by the NHL to return the game, at its highest level, to its roots. But what added to the already brilliant idea of playing an outdoor NHL game on New Year’s Day was something that no one could have planned – the weather. While I’m sure no one was particularly surprised by the snowy and cold conditions – the game was in Buffalo after all – it

By Cory LeBihan Campus Correspondent

With the start of the spring semester, the 2011 UConn women’s indoor track and field team begins its season with high hopes and a focus on becoming the Big East Champions. After graduating a core of senior leaders that led UConn to 13 conference championships over their storied careers, the Huskies will look for new leadership to emerge in their title pursuit. The 2011 women’s track and field team will be led by senior captains Tynisha McMillian and Trisha-Ann Hawthorne, in addition to vocal leader and junior captain, Cornieta Anderson. One of UConn’s strengths this upcoming season will be in the mid-distance events. All four runners from last year’s ninth nationally ranked 4x800 relay team return and hope to improve upon their second place finishes at both the indoor and outdoor Big East Championships. Seniors Leah Andrianos and Meghan Cunningham, two members of

» STYPULKOSKI, page 12

the ranked 4x800 relay squad, lead a veteran group of middle- distance runners that figure to compete with the best in the nation. The 2011 UConn women’s cross country team wrapped up one of the best seasons in school history this past semester, finishing seventh in the Big East. The distance runners will attempt to duplicate their success for the cross country team, only this time on the track. Cross country standouts and freshmen Lauren Sara and Allison Lasnicki head an impressive bunch of young runners that hope to give UConn a foothold on distance events. Student-athletes to watch this year include senior captain Trisha-Ann Hawthorne and junior thrower Victoria Flowers. Trisha-Ann Hawthorne is an All-American sprinter from Elmsford, N.Y. who became the most decorated track and field athlete in school history last year. During this past summer, Hawthorne competed in the NACAC Under-23 Championships and ran the anchor leg for Jamaica in the 4x100 meter relay, power-

ing them to a silver medal. In her final year at UConn, Hawthorne will look to add to her hardware and her eight school records while also developing as a leader for the young Husky sprinters. Junior two-time All-American thrower Victoria Flowers is another star of the women’s indoor track and field team that looks to build on last year’s phenomenal performance. Flowers placed second at the NCAA Championships a season ago in the weight throw, and aims to excel at the shot put this year as well. After beginning last season ranked 14th in the country by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), the Huskies will aim to capitalize on the momentum provided by last season’s results. Behind the leadership of an accomplished senior class and plenty of talented underclassmen, the 2011 women’s indoor track and field team is primed to make a run toward becoming Big East champions.

Cory.LeBihan@UConn.edu

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A hurdler competes in the fall. Next for the women’s team is indoor track and field.

Is Paul Pasqualoni a good hire for UConn football? Yes!

By Andrew Callahan Staff Writer I’ll be honest—the first time I heard about the Pasqualoni hire, I was as excited for his arrival as I am for my next haircut. But after taking the time to look beyond his career bullet points, it is overwhelmingly clear that Coach Pasq will bring success to Storrs. He’s won in high school, college and the NFL, while leaving his mark as an excellent teacher, an outstanding recruiter and a well-respected leader. Past players, coaches and bosses have all remarked how much they learned from him. Now it’s our turn. AP

Pasqualoni has found success at every level...

Andrew.J.Callahan@UConn.edu

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Andrew: You know, it’s funny hearing people combat the Pasqualoni hire for many reasons, but perhaps the greatest is his undoubted track record for winning. Over his 14 years as the head man at Syracuse, Coach Pasq had only one losing season, went to nine bowl games and finished every other year in the top 25. With his recent NFL experience and greater recruiting tools, he’ll be an even better head coach this time around. Mike: While his college track record is impressive, Pasqualoni has been out of the college game since 2004. NFL experience isn’t always the best thing. The reason why the Huskies were able to hire Pasqualoni as head coach so quickly is because the Dallas Cowboys weren’t going to keep him after their collapse this season. Granted, he has had some

success in the NFL with developing players like Jason Witten and DeMarcus Ware, but the Huskies need someone that can be the face of the university for many years to come. Andrew: Frankly, anytime you can boast about having knowledge of the NFL’s inner workings to young high school recruits, it’s a plus. Also, it’s interesting that you bring up the Cowboys’ collapse this year. In his eight weeks as their defensive coordinator, Dallas actually forced the most turnovers of any NFL team, similar to what the Dolphins did under him in 2008 with the fourth most! He was actually still a strong candidate for head coach in Dallas before being hired here, where he’ll bring the Husky defense to its highest level yet.

» PASQUALONI’S, page 12

By Mike Ferraro Campus Correspondent

No...

Paul Pasqualoni is not a good hire by the Huskies because let’s face it: I don’t see him being the coach for more than a few seasons. Let’s get something straight from the beginning, I want to see Paul Pasqualoni do well as the head coach of the Huskies and bring the program to even greater heights. But, he will turn 62 years old this year, and if the Huskies don’t perform well in his first few seasons, then fans will want a new head coach. Only time will tell if this is good hire by the Huskies.

Michael.Ferraro@UConn.edu

... but he may be past his best coaching days.