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The average college student spends $900 on textbooks each year according to research done by ConnPIRG, a student organization which advocates for the rights of students and public interests on campus. That cost is tantamount to a shocking 20 percent of an average university’s tuition, and about half the tuition of some community colleges. As Rachel Watkins, ConnPIRG’s campus organizer, said , “For some stu-
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dents, textbook cost makes the difference between going to college and not going to college.” In recent years, the price of college textbooks has skyrocketed, making each new semester a struggle for many students pursuing a college education, continues to become more financially inaccessible. Publishers are using many creative methods to keep elevating the prices of textbooks. By constantly creating new editions of books, adding on packages and bundles that may not be necessary, and even withholding the book
Students react to home invasion case verdict By Keriana Kachmar Staff Writer
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With a guilty conviction for at least one of the two men involved in the 2007 Cheshire home invasion case, controversy over the death penalty has arisen in Connecticut. While there is little doubt that Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky committed the crimes, one question remains: will they be put to death? While Gov. Jodi Rell cited the case when she vetoed legislation that would ban the death penalty in Connecticut, and while most find the murders horrific, many people are still against the death penalty. “It was a terrible occurrence, but I don’t necessarily agree with the death penalty,” said Dante Gonzales, a 9th-semester English major. “Maybe he should just serve life in prison. I don’t know, it varies, but I don’t think anyone has the right to take another’s life.” Ryan O’Connell, a 7th-semester elementary education major, is also against the death penalty. “It’s a tough call to make. I’m a man of religion, so I think that a person’s crimes are God’s to judge,” O’Connell said. “I see it fit for the guys to be locked up for life. In a way, it’s a more just punishment because they have to think about it for the rest of their lives.” According to Kenneth Dautrich, an associate professor of public policy at UConn, it is more costly to implement the death penalty than to put someone in jail for life without parole. “I think that as a matter of policy, the death penalty doesn’t work,” said Dautrich. “Study after study shows that it does not provide a disincentive for people to com-
mit felony murders.” There is not a majority support for or against the death penalty in Connecticut, Dautrich said. “The support for the death penalty changes when heinous, highly publicized crimes are committed,” Dautrich said. “They evoke emotional responses from people and they become more likely to support the death penalty. Whenever there is a heinous crime, the natural reaction is to remove that person from society through death.” The sole survivor of the Cheshire home invasion, Dr. William Petit, supports the death penalty for the men who killed his wife and two daughters. His advocation for this punishment has provoked a shift in opinion for some, says Dautrich. “Real world events affect public opinion,” Dautrich said. “People support things under different circumstances. But society standards have changed. Most civil societies do not agree with the death penalty as a form of punishment anymore.” Amanda Tunucci, a 7thsemester communications major, supports the death penalty in certain situations. “I believe they deserve the worst punishment possible,” said Tunucci. “If people want to die, then they should be locked up for life in solitary confinement forever. But if they want to keep their lives, they should be taken away from them so they can have a better understanding of the value of life.” The death penalty has not been enacted in Connecticut since the execution of serial killer Michael Ross in 2005.
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to students for free online and affordable in print. The difference in price is remarkable–one Introduction to Economic Analysis book can be printed off of introecon. com for $11.10. Similar versions of the book are sold for up to $169.95. Last spring, ConnPIRG recruited over 1,000 professors to switch to open textbooks when possible in order to ease the financial strain placed on students. Open textbooks are customizable by professors, and could cut the average amount that students spend on textbooks by 80 percentThough
ConnPIRG’s website features a catalog of the open textbooks offered by UConn professors, the selection is still limited. A large part of making open textbooks a mainstream tool is spreading the word. As Watkins said, “The more professors make the switch to open textbooks, the more they will become available.” ConnPIRG plans on organizing a “Day of Action” within the next few weeks in which student members will travel through halls and talk to pro-
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‘Breaking the Silence’
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T-shirts bearing awareness-raising phrases hang on a closeline during last year’s “Breaking the Silence” event. This year’s event will commence at 11 a.m. on Monday at the Women’s Center and Husky Village.
Women’s Center raises domestic violence awareness By Sabrina Herrera Campus Correspondent “Break the Silence” will start at 11 a.m. on Monday at Women’s Center in the Student Union and Husky Village, when students plan to display t-shirts made by survivors and secondary survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. Until Friday, October 22, the Union and Husky Village will be making quite the fashion statement. Paper t-shirts decorated
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costs from professors, publishers are able to sell their books to students at inflated prices. Recently, ConnPIRG was able to get legislation passed that required publishers to inform professors of the cost that will be placed upon their students. Though it is a step in the right direction, there is still a long way to go to make textbooks affordable. One role that ConnPIRG plays in this dilemma is advocating for the widespread use of “Open Textbooks,” books published by Flat World Knowledge that are available
with women’s hopeful messages will be hung in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month for all to see. Throughout the week, students will be able to come together to learn about how violence has affected not just the survivors, but also their friends and family. Devan Cody, a Violence Against Women Prevention Program teacher’s assistant, said, “It’s a support system for those who are not ready to tell their story. Survivors are able to share, raise awareness about this issue on our campus and support their peers
who may not be ready to talk about their own experience.” The Violence Against Women Prevention Program (VAWPP), a group from the Women’s Center, has adapted the Clothesline Project at UConn to provide healing for survivors and to educate the community on the seriousness of issues such as sexual harassment, dating/ domestic violence and images of women in the media. They will provide paper shirts for students to create their own
War costs, increasing tuitions and unsatisfactory district representation were particular areas of his concern. “The largest problem in America is a communication problem,” he said. As it stands right now, regardless of the issues and the need for new concepts, “new ideas are not welcome in this country.” DeRosa complained thatthird party options, such as the Green Party and the Independent Party, are unwelcome in the U.S. He said the parties are so unwelcome that their constitutional rights have, in some cases, been revoked. “It’s called the Campaign Finance law,” he said while addressing the technicality requiring minority party candidates to obtain a certain number
of signatures before being issued a campaigning grant. “And its flawed. I have to get 208,000 signatures to get a grant, but Republicans and Democrats don’t have to get anything,” DeRosa said. He suggested renaming the law to the “No Democrat and Republican Behind Law.” Deshefy, a Green Party candidate for congress representing the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut, had similar concerns, and proposed that neither Republicans nor Democrats – both of whom are “interchangeable parts on the political issues” – are not the candidates who will put an end to any concern. “Americans are looking for a viable third party option and
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From left, Aaron Aguirre, an 8th-semester civil engineering major and Kenneth Dortche, a 5th-semester business major pose in front of one of Warren Mosler’s cars on Fairfield Way Thursday during a Green Party rally. Mosler, the Independent Party candidate for U.S. Senate, visited campus.
Four men, two of whom were dressed appropriately in green, took a stance against conventional politics on the third floor of the Student Union Thursday night. With Democrats and Republicans lumped together as a stagnant, ineffective bunch, Green Party candidates spoke enthusiastically about change. G. Scott Deshefy, Mike De Rosa, Jeff Russell and Jason Ortiz informed students about the problems that popular party candidates continuously bring to the table before suggesting their “green” solutions. De Rosa, who is running for Secreary of the State, clearly warned, “Americans are not spending money on the right things.”
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What’s on at UConn this weekend... Friday Falling For Grace Film Screening 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. SU Theatre
Saturday Women’s Volleyball vs. St. John’s 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Gampel Pavilion
Sunday Historical Flu Lecture noon to 1 p.m. Bio/Physics Building 130
Sunday Othello 2 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Nafe Katter Theatre
Watch the romantic comedy flick and then participate with the film’s writer/producer/director Fay Ann Lee.
Watch the Huskies take on St. John’s in a Saturday afternoon match and wear pink to support “UConn Dig for a Cure.”
Dr. Ralph Arcari is scheduled talk about the disease in the Connecticut and its epidemological lessons which apply to modern-day society.
Watch the CT Repertory Theatre put on this Shakespearean romantic/psychological theatre play for the last time. - JAY POLANSKY
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Michelle Obama to stump for Blumenthal in Conn.
STAMFORD (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to stop in Connecticut Monday to campaign and raise money for Democrat Richard Blumenthal’s U.S. Senate bid. Blumenthal campaign spokeswoman Maura Downes said the fundraiser will be held at the Palace Theatre in Stamford. An invitation posted on the website of ActBlue.com, a Democrats’ fundraising group, says attendees can donate $1,000 to $10,000, with the higher amount including a photo with the first lady. It says guests should arrive by 9:45 a.m.
McMahon remains optimistic in Senate race GUILFORD (AP) — A new statewide poll released Thursday gives Democrat Richard Blumenthal his largest lead in the Connecticut Senate race since the fall campaign began, but Republican Linda McMahon dismisses suggestions that voters may be tiring of her candidacy. “I feel so much momentum and support that I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing,” said McMahon, as she toured local businesses in Guilford, an upscale suburb of New Haven. The Quinnipiac University Poll shows Blumenthal, the state attorney general, leading McMahon, the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, 54 percent to 43 percent. That represents an increase from a Sept. 28 Quinnipiac survey, when Blumenthal’s lead was three percentage points.
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2 men convicted in Pa. hate-crime beating death
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A jury convicted two Pennsylvania men Thursday of a federal hate crime in the fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant, finding they attacked the man primarily out of hatred for Hispanics. An all-white jury in Scranton convicted Derrick Donchak and Brandon Piekarsky of violating the civil rights of 25-year-old Luis Ramirez, who died in July 2008 following a confrontation with a group of white high school football players in the former mining town of Shenandoah. The jury also convicted Donchak of two other counts related to a plot to cover up the beating.
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US military says 77,000 Iraqis killed over 5 years
BAGHDAD (AP) — A new U.S. military tally puts the death toll of Iraqi civilians and security forces in the bloodiest years of the war thousands below Iraqi government figures. The little-noticed body count is the most extensive data on Iraqi war casualties ever released by the American military. It tallied deaths of almost 77,000 Iraqis between January 2004 and August 2008 – the darkest chapter of Iraq’s sectarian warfare and the U.S. troop surge to quell it. But the tally falls short of the estimated 85,694 deaths of civilians and security officials between January 2004 to Oct. 31, 2008, as counted last year by the Iraqi Human Rights Ministry. Casualty figures in the U.S.-led war in Iraq have been hotly disputed because of the high political stakes in a conflict opposed by many countries and a large portion of the American public. Critics on each side of the divide accuse the other of manipulating the death toll to sway opinion.
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OXFORD, Mississippi (AP) — It has been more than a decade since the University of Mississippi began stripping away its images of the Old South. Confederate battle flags were first to go. Next was mascot “Colonel Reb,” the goateed Southern planter who cheered on the Rebels from the sidelines since 1979. The new mascot is part of an effort to remove past racial tensions that date back to 1962, when a deadly riot followed James Meredith’s attempt to become the university’s first black student. The university, known as Ole Miss, has struggled for more than a decade with how to retain tradition while shedding symbols of the Old South, stretching back to slavery though the Civil War, racial segregation and the modern civil rights struggles. So, after seven years and plenty of bickering, his successor was named Thursday: “Rebel Black Bear” won 62 percent of the vote in a final poll and will become the new face of the school’s athletic programs. Tradition dies hard in Oxford, where tens of thousands of fans turn out in ties and sundresses on fall Saturdays for elaborate pre-game parties. An unofficial motto is: “We may lose a game, but we never lose a party.” Picking a replacement became a matter of statewide import and the subject of online pranks, like the suggestion of a “rebel” from the Star Wars movies, Admiral Ackbar.
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This artists rendering released by the University of Mississippi shows the Rebel Black Bear. The school announced Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, that students at the school have picked the Rebel Black Bear as their new mascot.
In the end, the smiling black bear inspired in part by longtime Oxford resident William Faulkner won out, defeating two other nominees: the “Rebel Land Shark,” based on the “fins up” hand motion started by late Rebel football player Tony Fein; and the “Hotty Toddy,” a gray human-like character that aimed to personify a school cheer.
“I know there was a lot of people emotionally invested in Colonel Reb and everybody might not completely agree with the bear, but I think everyone can be proud of how our students went about the process,” said Sparky Reardon, the university’s dean of students. Margaret Ann Morgan, a cochairman of the student mascot selection committee, said
Clothesline Project: Tee shirts are a vehicle for women DeRosa plans to affected by violence to express emotions return to UConn from BREAKING, page 1 empowering messages to hang on a clothesline. Shirts can be made in designated “safe spaces” – the Kappa Alpha Theta office in Husky Village and the VAWPP office in the Union Room 419. “Some of the shirts reference specific incidents and sites on campus,” said Cody, “which personally was very eye opening to the domestic violence and sexual assault that occurs on this campus.” The Clothesline Project was started in Cape Cod in 1990 by the Cape Cod Women’s Agenda. The project’s official website describes it as “a vehicle for women affected by violence to express their
“Some of the shirts reference specific incidents and sites on campus which personally was very eye-opening...” --Devan Cody
emotions by decorating a shirt.” The shirts are then hung as “testimony” to be seen by others in hopes of raising awareness about this issue. Community and university groups around the world have taken on the Project in their own areas. There are more than 128 projects accounted for throughout the United States and overseas in Lebanon, New Zealand and the Cayman Islands. “Since this is such a visual campaign, I am hoping it will help students to become more aware that these issues are happening on their campus,” Cody said.
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LONDON (AP) — Tentative links are developing between supporters of the Tea Party movement in the United States and rightwing fringe groups in Britain that are opposed to what they call the “Islamification” of Europe. The movements are not formally aligned, but the relatively new English Defense League — which warns that Islamic fundamentalism will soon engulf Britain — is seeking guidance and inspiration from some U.S. figures taking a similar stance. The British activists are less drawn to the anti-tax, anti-big-government Tea Party message and more attracted to elements taking an active stance against the spread of Islam, like Rabbi Nachum Shifren, a long-shot Republican candidate for the California state legislature who plans to visit England next week in a trip sponsored in part by the English Defense League.
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the bear was recommended because it had a Mississippi connection, would appeal to children and would be unique to the Southeastern Conference. Some of the colonel’s faithful staged protests earlier this year and attempted to derail the search for a new mascot in the last few weeks by gathering signatures to make Colonel Reb one of the choices.
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fessors about their options, hopefully getting even more UConn professors to commit to an open textbook policy. There are other ways in which changes are being made to halt the overpricing of textbooks on college campuses. Online forums have sprung up among students as a way to soften the blow of textbook prices each semester. Websites such as Campusbookswap.org allow college students to cut out the middle man by trad-
ing textbooks directly from student to student. “A Cover to Cover Solution: How Open Textbooks are the Path to Textbook Affordability” is a report issued by ConnPIRG that discusses alternatives to buying pricey textbooks such as E-books, E-readers and rental books that have been becoming more and more available on a widespread basis. ConnPIRG has done extensive research that explores the specific needs of individual students and how alternative
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from GREEN, page 1 we are more than just idealists,” Deshefy said, hoping to inject more “green” thought into American politics. Deshefy recognized that a victory is not expected, but he said that his involvement in the race is still important. “If I can pass the torch, we can make advances based on that,” he added. According to recent polls, Deshefy is expected to get upwards of 11 percent of the vote for Congress. The Green Party representatives made a plea that they were the third party sought after by the Americans. De Rosa seemed especially confident that he was the man to fix the problems. The candidate came to the roundtable meeting equipped with a “Tool Box of Democracy” complete with plastics tools that contained political solutions. The candidates said that the meeting was the first of the “UConn Green Chapter” – an initiative they are trying to get off the ground in order to provoke unconventional political thought in America’s youth. DeRosa concluded the meeting not as if he was a political mentor as opposed to a campaigner. Without any formal meeting scheduled, and without the UConn Green Chapter even in existence, DeRosa smiled, shook hands, and said “See you in a month.”
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In this Tuesday, April 16 picture, from left, Petty Officer Autumn Sandeen, Lt. Dan Choi, Cpl. Evelyn Thomas, Capt. Jim Pietrangelo II, Cadet Mara Boyd and Petty Officer Larry Whitt, stand together after they handcuffed themselves to the fence outside the White House in Washington during a protest for gay rights.
WASHINGTON (AP) — After two days of silence, the Obama administration urged a federal judge on Thursday to let the military press on with its “don’t ask, don’t tell” ban on gays serving openly in the military. Still, President Barack Obama insisted the policy that has divided the nation for two decades “will end on my watch.” The Pentagon said the military “will of course obey the law” and halt enforcement while the case is still in question. But gay rights advocates cautioned gay service members to avoid revealing their sexuality in the meantime. A federal judge abruptly threw out the Clinton-era ban on Tuesday, setting in motion a legal, political and humanrights back-and-forth that put the administration on the spot just two weeks before crucial midterm elections. Obama has consistently argued against the ban, approved by Congress in 1993. But he says it is up to Congress to repeal it. The policy, summed up as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” refers to guidance that gay or lesbian Americans can serve in the military but not openly. Their superiors are forbidden to ask about sexual orientation, but service members can be thrown out or denied enlistment if they talk about being gay or let it be known that they engage in
homosexual acts. Obama’s Justice Department asked U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips to stay her ruling that overturned the ban while the government prepares a formal appeal. Asking the judge for a response by Monday – “given the urgency and gravity of the issues” – the government said that suddenly ending the ban would be disruptive and “irreparably harm the public interest in a strong and effective military.” Obama, challenged Thursday at a town hall meeting by a Howard University faculty member who questioned his “alleged commitment to equality for all Americans, gay and straight,” said his stance has not wavered. He can’t end the ban with the stroke of a pen, he said, but “we’re going to end this policy.” Even as the administration was arguing to keep “don’t ask, don’t tell” in place for now, the Pentagon’s top lawyers were telling troops that the military intends to comply with the court order lifting the ban. Col. Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters that the Defense Department “will of course obey the law.” He said any changes were effective Tuesday when the ruling was first issued. The Pentagon would not say what would happen if the judge grants the government’s request
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for a temporary stay. But it is assumed the military would comply with that as well, reinstating the ban In its filing with the California judge, the Justice Department argued that repeated and sudden changes in policy regarding “don’t ask, don’t tell” would be “enormously disruptive and time-consuming, particularly at a time when this nation is involved in combat operations overseas.” The Obama administration also filed a one-page court notice that it is appealing the case to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. If Phillips agrees to suspend her ruling, “justice will be delayed, but it will not be denied,” said Christian Berle, deputy executive director of Log Cabin Republicans, the group that sued and won her ruling overturning the government’s policy. Berle urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid “to do what it takes in the lame duck session (after the Nov. 2 election) to end ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ legislatively.” Obama agreed. Speaking at an event sponsored by entertainment networks MTV, BET and CMT, he said, “Congress explicitly passed a law that took away the power of the executive branch to end this policy.” He called on the Senate to join the House in
passing legislation that would let him end the ban. “We have, I believe, enough votes in the Senate to go ahead and remove this constraint on me,” he said. He added, “Anybody should be able to serve ¬ and they shouldn’t have to lie about who they are in order to serve.” The president did not discuss his administration’s response to the judge’s order. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president had been “very involved” in discussions about the judge’s ruling, including holding meetings with the White House counsel’s office to discuss the implications. “I don’t think we’re deferring to Congress,” Gibbs said. “The president has been active in encouraging and imploring Congress to do the right thing and end a harmful, discriminatory, unjust law.” A person in the government familiar with the case said the White House involvement in the Justice Department’s handling of the case figured in the delay in responding to the judge’s order. This person, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the administration’s internal deliberations, said a couple of White House lawyers did not want to seek a court order that would temporarily suspend the judge’s ruling. The source
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said the process was now back on track. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has warned of “enormous consequences” for troops if the court order is allowed to stand, saying the decision on whether to repeal the law should be made by Congress and not the courts. Gates has said he wants more time to prepare for a circumstance in which, for the first time, gay members of the military could declare their sexual orientation without fear of dismissal. An Air Force officer and cofounder of a gay service member support group called OutServe said he will continue using a pseudonym out of concern that he still could be discharged. “Can I come out right now and be OK? And if I made a statement would it be held against me?” asked the officer, who calls himself JD Smith and said he is an Air Force Academy graduate. He said service members are hoping the Pentagon will clarify things. The uncertainty extended overseas. When asked by a reporter whether the ruling had had any impact, a twostar U.S. Army commander in eastern Afghanistan suggested he was unsure anything would change and said it was unlikely that his soldiers even knew about the court order.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House will vote in November on a bill to provide $250 payments to Social Security recipients to make up for the lack of a cost-ofliving increase for next year, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. The Social Security Administration is expected to announce Friday that more than 58 million retirees and disabled Americans will go a second consecutive year without an increase in benefits. Pelosi said she will schedule a vote on a bill to provide the $250 payments when Congress returns for a lame duck session after the Nov. 2 congressional elections. The payments would be similar to those provided by the government’s massive economic recovery package last year. But even if Pelosi can get the House to approve a second payment, the proposal faces opposition in the Senate. “All members of Congress should join us in supporting this legislation which will be fiscally responsible and upholds our bedrock promise of economic security for our nation’s seniors,” Pelosi said in a statement. Cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, are set automatically each year by an inflation measure that was adopted by Congress in the 1970s. Because consumer prices are still lower than they were two years ago, the last time a COLA was awarded, the trustees who oversee Social Security project there will be no benefit increase for 2011. The projection will be made official Friday, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases inflation estimates for September. The timing couldn’t be worse for Democrats as they approach an election in which they are in danger of losing their House majority, and possibly their Senate majority as well. Pelosi’s statement comes as Democrats try to make Social Security an election-year issue, accusing Republicans of planning to privatize the national retirement program. provide the $250 payments. Pomeroy, who chairs the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Social Security, said lawmakers this time may be more supportive after hearing from voters in November.
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s the house once occupied by Michael Hogan is put on the market, the UConn community should take time to reexamine the amount spent on its former president’s accommodations to ensure that such wasteful spending on a single individual never happens again. His former Mansfield mansion, located at 88 Gurleyville Road, was the university’s most blatant misuse of state money during Hogan’s three-year administration. The university spent $62,310 on renovations before Hogan moved in: $40,000 to paint the porch, hallways, ceilings and seven rooms, $2,400 for ceiling fans, $1,500 for the installation of chandeliers and $4,600 to replace the gutters. In addition, Hogan requested – and the university agreed – to pay approximately $32,000 a year for a full-time housekeeper. This was in spite of the fact that Hogan earned $615,000 annually from UConn – a $577,500 base salary, plus retention bonuses. After Hogan left, the university continued to pay the owner of the property, Phillip Lodewick, $4,160 a month in rent through September. But the house wasn’t the first time university spending on Hogan was questioned. His inauguration ceremony cost a whopping $170,000. His handling of the Gulley Hall renovations cost $475,000, twice the anticipated amount. Before the university selects a new president, it needs to set some new guidelines for how the office of the president is viewed and treated. The president should be treated with respect, warmly welcomed into the university community and given a salary that reflects the quality and quantity of the work performed. With this in mind, the president is not a monarch; he or she does not deserve anything other than payment for a job well done. If the president does not like the private living facilities that the university provides, he or she can make the necessary renovations out of his or her own income just like everybody else. Oftentimes, the logic of colleges is to treat presidents better than other public officials. But as the experience with Hogan has taught the university, even if the president is granted his or her requests, is accepted into the community and beloved and treated like a friend, he or she can still leave on a moment’s notice. Regarding the permanent replacement for Hogan, the Board of Trustees has stated that it will make housing arrangements after the choice is made. The Board of Trustees must stand up for itself, the students and the financial well-being of the university – not cater to the president’s unreasonable demands. The Board needs to establish a clear policy that it will not pay for additional accommodations if the president deems his or her university-owned home insufficient. UConn needs a president who wants to be here, not someone who must be paid excessively to stay. 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.
Today is First Night, or as I call it, “Let’s all stampede over each other as soon as the doors open to get free T-shirts” Night. I used the bathroom in Monteith today and happened to pick the stall with the door from the InstantDaily. I felt like I was meeting a celebrity... in my underwear. I just got asked for the InstantDaily’s screen name. Classic! I told myself that I would workout everyday, does sex count as a substitute for going to the gym? Most people blame American obesity on fast food. I blame it on taking the Blue Line from Shippee to East. WHOA. Even I need a drink after listening to the hourlong break-up outside my window last night. Today I witnessed a girl climb four flights of stairs in MSB, then take the elevator back down. Now I’ve procrastinated before, but i’ve never taken it to THAT LEVEL. Group study rooms should be called activity rooms. I have been listening to girls play duck-duck-goose for a half hour now. Am I the only one who thought that financial aid e-mail was telling me I got caught during drugs? Does anyone else think that the caution tape on the door of the Student Union is really just a Halloween decoration?
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Media ready to profit from miners’ stories
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his past Wednesday, the last of the 33 miners stuck half a mile below the surface of Chile were rescued. After being trapped for two months, nine days and eight hours, not only was there relief reached for the miners and their families, but a historical triumph was reached for a nation. But with the sudden spotlight on the survivors, what is an important and poignant victory is already being molded into a sensationalist Hollywood story plot by the media. The story By Taylor Trudon of the trapped Commentary Editor miners in Chile has dominated newspaper headlines for weeks, accompanied by emotional photos, and has managed to capture the hearts and support of millions around the world. A country that has in the past received more coverage for its natural disasters than anything else, is rightfully being brought to light as a shining example of inspiration and patriotism. Thirty-three men have beaten the odds and in one of the most remarkable survival tales in recent memory, have proven the power of perseverance. The miners are international heroes. This is an incredible story and one that will be recounted for years to come. It will only be a matter of time before journalists, authors, television and movie producers will want to tell the story too.
Already, reports have been circulating with dramatic details concerning the rescue of the miners. The U.K.’s Telegraph reports “at least five wives have been forced to come face to face with mistresses whose existence was kept from them by their husbands.” A wife, who arrives at the San Jose mine to see her husband be rescued only to find his mistress waiting for him as well, is practically a “Lifetime” movie waiting to happen.
“Their emotional condition equally as sensitive. The focus needs to be on the miners’ victory and the recovery of their health – not the stories being sensationalized by the media.” In contrast, for the couples who made it through this ordeal, the Telegraph reports that at least two couples who were married in civil ceremonies, but have yet to plan wedding celebrations, are looking to sell their stories to “newspapers that might like to buy her dress and sponsor the event in return for OK!-style exclusive coverage.” It is disheartening that stories such as these have managed to rise to the surface, but not the ones that truly matter. It is equally as disappointing to read that endorsement deals are already in
their beginning stages such as beer, clothes and vitamins that serve as sexual stimulants. The Huffington Post reports that the miners were wearing two different sunglasses models made by Oakley, so as to protect their eyes from the harsh sunrays when they emerged from being in the darkness for 10 weeks. Different outlets report that the glasses cost up to $280 each. Points to Oakley for their incredibly smart use of product placement—or, I’m sorry, their charitable gifts. As the miners celebrate their survival, they will no doubt have to readjust to civilian life. They have endured a traumatic experience, and will likely need psychological expertise to cope for what they have been through. In addition to any physical ailments they may have as a result of being underground for over two months, their emotional condition is equally as sensitive. The focus needs to be on the miners’ victory and the recovery of their health—not the stories being sensationalized by the media. In the weeks to come, the individual stories of the miners and their survival will be sure to unravel. These are the stories that are worth telling and that are worth listening too—not the ones that involve mistresses and companies trying to make a buck off of victims. As we continue to watch with the rest of the world the aftermath that follows the rescue of the miners, we need to remember which stories are most important.
Commentary Editor Taylor Trudon is a 7thsemester journalism major and women’s studies minor. She can be reached at Taylor.Trudon@ UConn.edu.
Union should display calorie counts
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veryone loves food from the Student Union. Whether we’re in the mood for a fiery fajita steak burrito, a classic chicken parmesan grinder or even a chocolatedipped macaroon, the Union finds a way to make By Michelle Wax everything Staff Columnist absolutely delicious. But how do they do it? How does the Union Street Market satisfy UConn students day in and day out? Calories and fat. We all know that most Union food can’t possibly be stupendous for your health, but most students don’t realize just how bad it is. I’m not suggesting that the Union get rid of its tasty food. They simply need to inform students what they’re actually about to consume so that they can make informed decisions about what they’re eating. Restaurants such as Panera Bread and Au Bon Pain have recently put up calorie counters next to each menu item, informing customers of the
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calorie and fat content of the companies’ products. This not only allows customers to compare menu items and choose healthier items, but it is also the beginning of ending common misconceptions. Growing up, we were taught that vegetables are healthy. Green beans make us grow, carrots help our eyesight and spinach makes us strong like Popeye. Unfortunately, just because a salad contains spinach and a few shredded carrots, doesn’t mean it’s healthy. Add pecans, bacon and dressing to that very same salad, and you get the same amount of calories as a burger, or sometimes even more. Take, for instance, two classic Union Street Market selections: a house salad and a chicken parmesan grinder. Most would say the house salad would be a healthier selection with far fewer calories. It is, after all, a salad, and salads are healthy. Not so fast. The house salad rings in at 727 calories, 477 of those from fat. That’s 66 percent of the total calories deriving from fat alone. Add chicken
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to that salad, and your total count escalates to a whopping 887 calories. Then the chicken parmesan must have more calories, right? The delicious combination of breaded chicken cutlet, marinara sauce, gooey cheese and a fluffy sub roll must be higher in calories than airy lettuce, tangy mandarin oranges, crunchy pecans and dressing.
“I understand that the calorie and nutrition facts are available online. But what student checks out the nutrition facts online prior to heading to the Union?” Nope. The chickenpParmesan grinder rings in at 516 calories, with 260 from fat. This is significantly fewer
calories with a lower percentage of fat. If UConn students were aware of these types of facts, they would not only be able to choose healthier options, but also would avoid being tricked by preconceived notions of what is healthy. Then, even if they choose not to go the healthy route, they’ll at least realize it and can make adjustments to later meals. Considering that the menu items are on electronic screens, it’s really not too elaborate of a request. I understand that the calorie and nutrition facts are available online, but what student actually checks out the nutrition facts online prior to heading to the Union? No one that I know. If the Union simply added a column or two next to each menu item with basic nutrition information, it would help our student body decide if they want to consume an 887-calorie salad or opt for something with fewer calories.
Staff Columnist Michelle Wax is a 5th-semester management major. She can be reached at Michelle. Wax@UConn.edu.
threw a book at President Obama. If you’re trying to scare a president by throwing a book at him, you’re one president too late.” – David Letterman
Friday, October 15, 2010
» LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Response to 10/7 commentary
In response to Cassie Schmidt’s commentary “For some, wedding is a dream come true”, I just need to ask: Is this a joke? Because if so, I applaud Ms. Schmidt’s satirical skills. Unfortunately, I think the more likely case is that Ms. Schmidt was actually serious. If this is so, I, being the “average woman” she thinks she is speaking for, need to express my extreme discontent with how she portrays me in her commentary. I and the majority, if not all, of the women I know would never have sex with some one just because of being offered a ring, no matter how big or sparkly. In general, we do not agree with any thing said in that article. Ms. Schmidt is most certainly entitled to her own opinion that perhaps represents that of some peers, but normalizing her mindset as the “majority” or “average” is absurdly negligent. Please, Ms. Schmidt, think twice next time you want to call your opinion based off limited exposure the “average”; the blinded conception of this article is what makes it (similar to many DC articles) hurt me, the exact person you were supposed to represent. – Brenna Regan
Sexist comic strip “controversy”
After reading all of the brouhaha in the Daily Campus about the sexist comic strip about an engagement ring that ran a couple weeks ago, and then the reactions to the editorial on the subject by Cassie Schmidt, many of which used the word ?heteronormative? and one of which used the word ?hate crimes,? I have to say that the real problem with the comic strip is not that it is offensive, but that it is not really a good joke. We?ve all heard it before? and it?s not actually funny. I far more offended by the lack of humor than anything else on the comics page. – Steven Mullmann
Response to ‘cartoon-gate’
I have been following what one might call ‘Cartoon-gate’, and, though I was not surprised at the initial response - the cartoons were, after all, in poor taste - I was shocked at the level of intolerance shown by readers for two commentaries concerning the affair which were not filled with sufficient vitriol and condemnation. The first, an anonymous InstantDaily posting, and the second, Cassie Schmidt’s recent op-ed piece about weddings. I was bothered by the fact that readers found the need to condemn the op-ed as “sexist and heteronormative” and “hate speech”. Readers wrote in to tell Cassie that a) reading a proposal of marriage into the comic was wrong, and b) that if a man offers a woman something, and that causes sex to happen where it was not otherwise going to happen, it is rape. While I agree that using jewelry and nice dinners to get laid is little more than bribery, does not the side taking the bribe share a measure of responsibility? Women are not compelled to sleep with a man who has given them a sparkly ring or bought them dinner in a nice restaurant. The fact that they feel pressure to is unfortunate, and that so many men feel that they are
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Commentary owed sexual favors in return for a gift or a dinner is a discredit to my gender. As a man, I would not expect to be able to buy my way into a woman’s metaphorical pants with such tactics, however, if a girl wants to sleep with me after I have treated her to a nice dinner, then that is her choice to make. By that same token, if Cassie Schmidt, or the anonymous InstantDaily contributor, or any other person, feels that jewelry and/or the promise of marriage is a quick way to their heart (or their bed), then they should be able to express that feeling and should not be disparaged or subjected to the wrath of the masses for it. – Ariel Ben-Chitrit
Response to Russell Blair’s column – 10/8
I am writing in response to Blair’s 10/08/10 column “Give Vick a Hand,” which amounts to an effusive celebration of Michael Vick’s return to the NFL. In it, Blair admits Vick made “some mistakes,” but says that since Vick’s return, it “bothers” him when “anyone at all” criticizes Michael. Blair is obviously very sensitive regarding all the criticism Michael still receives for his “mistakes,” but many folks are also still uncomfortable with Michael’s past. Since Blair has had an opportunity to tell everyone what bothers him, here are a few things that bother me about Vick. It bothers me when journalists use words like “mistakes”, or “poor choices” as sanitized shorthand for how Vick personally tortured dogs to death using hanging, drowning, and blunt force trauma, simply because some dogs weren’t good at fighting.It bothers me to read that Vick and Quanis Phillips each grabbed a set of legs and swung a little red pit bull in the air “like a jump rope,” then released the dog’s legs and let their helpless victim smash into a concrete floor. The first time didn’t kill him, so Vick and Phillips repeated their “jump rope” game again and again until the little red dog finally gave up and stopped breathing. It bothers me to learn that Vick’s associate, Purnell Peace, testified during his post-sentencing interview that Vick was repeatedly reminded that dogs that couldn’t fight could be given away, but Vick refused, saying the dogs should be killed instead. It bothers me to read that on at least six occasions Vick paid one of his staff to dig a hole and bury the dog that he himself had just killed. Vick preferred to torture dogs himself, but always paid others to bury the bodies. It bothers me every time I hear anyone suggest that Vick deserves another shot superstardom simply because his prison sentence is up. I and many others believe that Michael Vick gave up the right to be a role model to America’s youth the moment he decided to torture his first dog to death for fun. Finally, it bothers me that Blair wants to gloss over the fact that Vick obviously derived pleasure from torturing dogs to death. To describe what Vick did as a “mistake” or a “poor choice” is absurd. Michael Vick is not a child. He did not track mud in the house, or put too much weed killer on the lawn. He tortured dogs to death for fun, and there simply is no “do-over” for that. All societies have boundaries of civilized behavior, and Vick did not just trespass against those boundaries, he trampled them. If Vick were a lawyer, an actor, a politician, an editor, a college pro-
fessor, a TV news anchor, or any other high profile professional, his career would now be over, and we would all say “Good riddance.” Why does Russell Blair think that having a strong arm or a great time in the forty should excuse an athlete from having to live by the same standards of decent, civilized behavior as the rest of us? – Douglas Vogel
to hide so they wont be ridiculed. I don’t even understand how you really thought that would be an acceptable comic to place in the paper anyways (as true as it may be shouldn’t the school support people and be accepting as they are and not support the constant ridicule of a “minority”). – Meagan Pike
10.11 InstantDaily
I’d like to commend your columnist, Arragon Perrone, for his insighftul piece entitled “Socialism still dangerous for US”. It is a bold call to arms, a timely warning against the creeping scourge of socialism and its various attempts to pollute our society with “justice” and “equality”. The points made within the editorial are incisive and thoughtprovoking, especially Mr Perrone’s assertion that “most of these [socialist] comments are made in private”. Yes, cowards! Cowards, indeed! I should like to see these grumbling Marxist fools organizing the workers to protect their rights and wages, or proposing a society to be run democratically by the working people! As Mr Perrone clearly sees from his “coffee table”, from where he undoubtedly wrote his article, the socialist contingent is like a naive group of children: full of wonder and hope for a brighter future. It is our duty, as defenders of capitalism, to show them that war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength. Mr Perrone’s greatest moment in his column is his condemnation of the socialist Obama bailouts and socialist health insurance reform. After all, what use is the government besides a tool for the propagation of Marxist doctrine? Doesn’t every policy involve “reform” and “government intervention?” Imagine what could have been: sifting and scavenging through the rubble of society, purified by the flames of the “market forces”, fighting a daily struggle against starvation and hopelessness. At least then we would have been completely freed from “universal healthcare”, “living wages”, “peace” and “human solidarity”. Wicked, wicked concepts! In closing, I wish to thank Mr Perrone once again for his writing and his message. Let us all take action against these dangerous rogues and ideas today. Let us fight to ensure that those espousing socialist ideas never come to infect our society. Above all, let us unite in our greed toward a more profitable future. – Christopher Kempf
A couple of weeks ago the Daily Campus ran two very inappropriate comics and I am sure received a ton of backlash from printing these two comics. In case some might have forgotten, these comics depicted women as inferior and disgusting, and outright called them ?viral?. It also depicted them as sex objects that men can just use whenever and however they wish. The fact they were published in the first place is appalling, but the fact that no public apology was made, such as an email or a front page article, makes the Campus Daily even more unprofessional and disreputable. And what makes the Campus Daily downright disgraceful is the October 11 Instant Daily where they published yet another statement that looks down upon women and treats them as they are nothing more than sex slaves here for the mere purpose of entertaining men. This Instant Daily reads: “To the dad who responded, “Will do!” when I shouted “Send us your virgins” at a high school tour group, I would gladly become your son-in-law” Whoever thinks this is funny and appropriate to publish in college newspaper is clearly immature and juvenile. Yet again the Campus Daily finds talking about women and their apparent sole duty of serving men to be tasteful, not to mention finding it perfectly reasonable to publish so the whole world can see how UConn treats its female population. This is starting to become ridiculous, and if someone does not take immediate action with this issue I assure you the consequences will not be pretty. I am certainly not the only one offended by this repulsive newspaper, a newspaper that should print the news and inform the student body about important issues but instead is wasting its time degrading the female population not only at UConn, but everywhere. I am disgusted by the fact I am paying for a newspaper to print words that tell me how gross, second-rate, and mediocre I am. I refuse to read the InstantDaily anymore and I refuse to even pick up a Campus Daily newspaper for the rest of my time at UConn. You should be banned from printing any material from here on out and your organization should be disbanded. You are a disgrace of a newspaper and you are a disgrace to this school. – Dessi McEntee
Herpes comic
In regaurds to the Facebook/ Herpes comic posted on 10-12-10 I hate to break it to you but its not funny. I have herpes and I know what its like to loose boyfriends or even good friends because of it. It is because of close minded people that make fun of people with stds or anything else that people get hurt. I have become comfortable with my herpes status but there are many people out there that aren’t and are afraid to admit it because they don’t want to be rejected or humiliated over Facebook. By continuing to support jokes like this more and more people feel te need
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Socialism vs. the Green Party
As a national co founder of the Green Party, I read with sadness the paper printed by Socialist candidate Chris Hutchinson?s remarks. First, Mr. Hutchinson was never offered the ballot line of the Green Party and we are quite proud of our candidate in the First Congressional District, recent U Conn Law grad Ken Krayeske and we look forward to debates with all the candidates. Secondly, to say the world wide Green Party is not for Iraqi self determinism and we are seeking a occupying army of any kind is a misstatement. Unlike many socialist governments, we think Iraqis should ALWAYS govern themselves and we in full democracy, with free and open elections. Thirdly, we do not believe in the old school, “workers” in a factory versus super rich dogma of the old Soviets, Red China, or Fidel
Castro. Lastly, the clearest difference between the shrinking politics of debating Marx versus Stalin versus Trotsky of the Socialist and the growing world wide Green Party is not only is the Green Party the fastest growing party in the world, but we don’t make you wear those drab grey “workers” uniforms and military caps! – Tim McKee
In response to “Paternalistic...”
I am writing in response to the article, “Paternalistic positions toward poor unacceptable,” by Cindy Luo, which ran October 14. Ms. Luo’s article attacked Mayor Bloomberg’s request to the USDA to ban use of food stamps for “beverages with more than 10 calories per eight ounces, with the exception of sugar-free juices, milk products and substitutes.” Her attack was based the conviction that this constitutes humiliating paternalism, through monitoring the types of foods available to buy with food stamps. I do not disagree that this ban request is paternalistic in nature. However, I am completely in support of this choice of paternalism. I do not argue that the impoverished are any less adept in deciding, based on nutritional facts, what foods to put in their stomachs. Though I consider myself extremely supportive of social assistance programs, food stamps included, I do not support the use of public money toward foods and beverages that are devoid of nutrition. Ms. Luo quotes, in the context of the supposed blame the ban places on the impoverished, “Because obviously, if you’re poor, it’s your own fault for being uneducated and lazy“ not because society has failed you in some way.? Less sarcastically I ask: has society failed the poor for paying for the food that enables survival and liberty of life? Is this a failure of the system to use money from the majority and freely give it to the needy? I do not believe society has failed the impoverished. The United States has an admirable array of assistance programs for those in need. I am proud of the way America defends the right to live decently, no matter the socioeconomic status of its citizenry. Paternalism is inherently necessary in this case, as individuals receiving state benefits are on the grace of the government, and the government and its taxpayers have the right to decide how tax dollars are spent. It can be argued that a walk to the sink to fill up a free cup of water will provide a greater level of hydration than buying a one dollar soda from 7-11. Food stamps pay for sugar-free juices and milk products over nutritionally blank soda to ensure healthy decisions are made with funds from social assistance programs. Let me be blunt: I will not pay for Shasta when I could pay for a glass of nutritionally rich orange juice. – Valerie Colins
Concerns regarding misinformation
As a 5th semester dietetics major, I must say I am truly offended and disturbed by Cindy Luo’s article “Paternalistic positions towards poor unacceptable” (10/14/10). Her lack of understanding and blatant assertion of unfounded facts could easily mislead the general public. Although a two-liter of soda may only cost 99 cents at a convenience store where a bottle of water may cost $1.25, this does not actually
mean that soda overall costs less than water. Tap water costs about 5 cents per 8 oz glass, making it 40 cents for the same two-liter amount. Also, to maintain the same nutritional status the person must increase their water intake as well as vitamin D, calcium, and phosphorus to compensate for losses caused by the soda. Water will hydrate the individual and positively affect their overall health. Soda consumption increases the risk of obesity, osteoporosis, bone fractures, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular disease. As a taxpayer, I would rather not pay for substances known to cause costly medical conditions, which down the road will require more of my tax dollars to treat. I fully support taxpayers? dollars going towards meeting the needs of the poor; I do not find it necessary to fund their wants. I am not ?forbidding access?, I am simply saying I will not fund it. Am I also forbidding them access to alcohol or cigarettes? No, if they want to purchase these items they may do so with their own money. They are absolutely entitled to eat or drink whatever they want so long as they pay for it themselves. While everyone may deserve to eat and drink whatever he or she wants, that may not be a realistic option. While I would love to dine in the finest restaurants and taste the Golden Opulence Sundae from Serendipity, I do not have $1,000 to spend on food desires. Are taxpayers also responsible to buy this for me? No, as this is not a need. I do not expect taxpayers to pay for nonessential items. – Tim McKee
Article Demonstrates Ignorance
I am writing in response to “Socialism Still Dangerous for U.S.” While I had hoped that Glenn Beck-styled journalism would never make its way into Uconn dining halls, terrorizing the student population with bad inferences from simplistic definitions as they eat their Wheaties. Those of us who have a view of U.S. capitalism that is a shade of red more bloody than rosy understand that the history books will not look upon the post-World War II American state with the same idealism found among privileged white kids mostly immune to the horrors of global capitalism. We recognize that there are reasonable alternatives to corporate privilege, wage slavery, imperialist neo-liberal wars of aggression, and widespread poverty. We know that many of the world’s problems are due to an inhumane concentration of power among bosses and bureaucrats who, through a complex system of control and domination, have successfully robbed ordinary people of their basic freedoms. We furthermore understand that weed and white boys strumming on their guitars do little to ameliorate the worldwide damages that state-capitalism has wrought. As an anarchist (libertarian socialist), I too am troubled by the authoritarian political tendencies within many strains of Marxism, but I recognize that the problem there lies with authoritarianism, not with a reorganization of the workplace along egalitarian lines. While my comrades and I are celebrating this profound historical ignorance with laughs, we still expect better from the Daily Campus than rape comics and Glenn Beck word association games, even if history has, for once, demonstrated our naivety. – Matthew Ignal
Who do you want as the musical guest for first night?
“The Jabberwocky.” Haley Dorne, 5th-semester marketing major.
“Well I already know who’s coming but.... Kanye West.”
“Trey Songz so that I can kidnap him and bring him back to West dorms.”
Ethan Waite, 4th-semester undecided major.
Jackie Vissat, 1st-semester business major.
“I want Eminem and Jay-Z to show up because I bought a fake ticket to their concert last month.” Greg Palumbo, 5th-semester finance major.
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Neb. senator seeks talks on fetal pain OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Bolstered by the passage of unique abortion restrictions in his home state of Nebraska, U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns is pushing for a new federal discussion of the notion of fetal pain. Although doctors are at odds about when during development a fetus can feel pain, it’s an issue that could change the way abortions are regulated in the United States. The Nebraska law that takes effect Friday bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the idea of fetal pain, a departure from the standard of viability – when the fetus could survive outside the womb, generally considered to be between 22 and 24 weeks – established by the 1973 landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade. Legislation recently reintroduced by Johanns doesn’t go that far. It would require women seeking abortions after 20 weeks to be told the fetus could feel pain and allow them to request anesthesia for the fetus. The measure was first proposed by Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback in 2004 and has been reintroduced every year since. How does anybody — pro-life or pro-choice – oppose this?” asked Johanns, a Republican. “If the baby feels pain ... then it is an issue of human compassion.” Critics say the proposal is based on false science. Vicki Saporta, president of the National Abortion Federation, a group representing North American abortion providers, said such legislation “keeps resurfacing but it has not moved forward – and should not move forward – since there is no credible scientific evidence to support the bill.” Testimony at a 2005 congressional hearing – with some doctors saying fetuses could feel pain and others saying they could not – suggests the medical community hasn’t reached consensus on
when during development a fetus can feel fetal pain. That testimony was cited in the Nebraska Legislature as it debated the bill. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says it knows of no legitimate evidence showing a fetus can ever experience pain. It says a fetus’ brain begins its final stage of development between the 20th and 40th weeks of pregnancy, and that certain hormones that develop in the final trimester also must be present for it to feel pain. It’s not known exactly when those hormones form.
“If the baby feels pain ... then it is an issue of human compassion.” – Sen. Mike Johanns Abortion opponents are preparing to introduce laws similar to Nebraska’s in other states. Julie Schmit-Albin, executive director of Nebraska Right to Life, which worked with state lawmakers on the new law, gave a presentation to her counterparts from other states during the National Right to Life convention in June. Mary Spaulding Balch, the legislative director for National Right to Life, said there’s interest from several states about introducing similar legislation next session. She declined to name those states. Ten states – Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Utah – address the idea of fetal pain in counseling information provided to women seeking abor-
tions, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. In some states, that information only goes to women who are at least 20 weeks pregnant. Johanns said he stopped short of a federal bill mirroring Nebraska’s new law because “I don’t think the U.S. Senate is as pro-life as the Nebraska unicameral (Legislature). I think we saw that with the health care debate.” In Nebraska, threats of a legal challenge to the new law have not materialized so far. Dr. LeRoy Carhart, whose Bellevue, Neb., clinic offers late-term abortions, is considered to be the most likely to file a lawsuit. He has challenged other abortion laws before the U.S. Supreme Court, and his backer, the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, hinted in an April letter to Gov. Dave Heineman that it would be involved in a challenge. Carhart and the center have neither committed to taking action nor ruled it out. A challenge wouldn’t need to be filed before the law takes effect. But it’s a delicate decision. If Carhart challenges the law and loses, the court could redefine the measure for abortion restrictions, throwing out the viability standard in favor of the pain threshold. And if future medical advances were to show a fetus can feel pain sooner, abortions could be restricted earlier. “They know we’re going to have a debate in this country on fetal pain,” said Schmit-Albin. She said she doesn’t expect a challenge because abortion-rights supporters haven’t decided how to attack the issue. Saporta said she doesn’t think Nebraska’s passage of a fetal pain ban will pave the way for Johanns’ measure. “Nebraska’s law was aimed at the practice of Dr. Carhart,” she said. “Credible scientific evidence was introduced but not really considered. They had a political agenda in Nebraska.”
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And I ran, I ran so far away
By Amy Schellenbaum Associate Managing Editor
I’m not a runner. I run, but usually only for an hour or so. After that point it devolves into a jog and then quickly deteriorates into sort of hobble. Actually, I’m less of a runner and more of a stumbler. It’s pretty pathetic-looking, really. But I do it. I run around Horsebarn Hill, or, when I’m at home, around my neighborhood or down by the beach. For me, it’s an exercise in self-discipline. Plus, I got it in my head somehow that fit people run: so I started to run. A few weeks ago, I went to see Hayley Macdonald, a physical activity counselor at Student Health Services, and we talked a bit about running. She mentioned that running is great cardiovascular exercise, but that it is very hard on the body – especially for beginners who haven’t developed the muscles to support the body’s movements. That made so much sense to me. The first time I went for a run, I ran for a little over a mile before I came back, not because I was particularly tired, but because my heel bones were throbbing horribly. My suitemate loves running but had to stop because, despite physical therapy and special shoes, it caused excruciating shin splints. Inspired by this little tidbit of information Macdonald gave me, I decided to research and compose my “Unofficial Guide for Runners Who Aren’t” (OK, so the title needs some work). Rule number one: don’t get caught up in a number. I imagine it would be very satisfying to mention casually in conversation that you ran ten miles over the weekend. For a long, long time, I really wanted to be the girl who could say that with a nonchalant shrug. But it’s not necessary. It’s not about how far you run, especially in the beginning. It’s about working out and listening to your body so you know when to stop. If your joints or bones feel abused, stop. There are plenty of other ways to get in a workout. If you start out with just a mile, or even less, that’s a mile closer to developing the muscles necessary to support the activity. If you keep at it, it will get easier and you will be able to run farther. You’re probably not going to be able to run a half-marathon your first time out, and many people (like my friend) probably won’t ever run that much. And that’s okay. I repeat: it’s not about the number. Another issue I face as a nonrunner is boredom and anxiety, which stem from feeling like I’m wasting time. A chronic multitasker, I like doing homework or watching TV or reading a magazine while I work out. I always try and bring my iPod with me, like most runners these days, because it helps me run faster and longer. A study at Brunel University in London showed that music boosts endurance by an average of 15 percent. Another suggestion: run for a short amount of time, but pack in a lot of punch. If I don’t want to be out for an hour, I’ll go out and run up a hill or stairs until I am exhausted. Or do sprints. There’s a section of one of my campus routes that I always sprint. It makes my run less monotonous and switches my aerobic activity into overdrive. Once I went for a run with weights, which felt great. But afterward, having collapsed on the couch, I decided that I was never running ever again ever... ever. I obviously got over it.
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Comedian Rich Vos performed Thursday night at the Student Union thanks to the SUBOG Comedy Committee. Audience members in attendance received free playing cards and white boards. Comedian Thomas Dale opened the show with numerous “straight jokes,” explaining his dilemma of being a “gay Guido.” Once Dale finished, Rich Vos took the stage. Vos has appeared on “Comedy Central Presents...” four times and placed third in Last Comic Standing. Vos’ show included a fair amount of offensive jokes, and was certainly not for the faint of heart. He started the show off with a warning about the politically incorrect jokes to come. The first round of jokes mocked his opener, Dale. The audience burst into laughter when he wiped down the microphone as soon as Dale had finished. But audience members weren’t safe either. “I’m not going to pick on you because you look crazy like the ones who start rocking on the bus, and you know you need to get off fast once that starts,” Vos said to one audience member. Vos continued in his offensive style by making racial jokes, jabs at a couple in matching tiedye, smokers and the recently rescued Chilean miners. He even said to one student, “If you see an old lady fall, you laugh...”
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Rich Vos, a veteran of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” performs his stand-up comedy routine at the Student Union theater on Thursday night for a crowd of students.
Vos couldn’t leave without being sure to leave what appeared to be a seemingly serious message for all UConn students: “Remember, no means no.” The warning was immediately followed by Vos recalling an awkward encounter where he
attempted to use his own advice of “no means no” but failed. “It was an amazing show,” said Jerrol Mitchell, a 1st-semester nursing major. “He was hilarious and I’m glad that he talked to me during the show”. “It was an awesome show,”
said Rey Diaz, a 5th-semester biology major. “He was very funny. I like the fact that he managed to make fun of a lot of audience members.” Before leaving, Vos sold many CDs to students at a special price of only $5 since he knew
“college students are broke.” “I thought it was great. It was a good time, I always have a good time. Usually colleges are serious, but this one was fun-good sense of humor,” Vos said.
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Co-op guest reads passage from book, educates about writing process
By Jason Wong Campus Correspondent The UConn Co-op hosted a book reading by author and editor Michelle Wildgen Thursday evening. Widgen began by reading a section from her book, “But Not For Long.” The book is about a man named Hal who lives in a co-op, and meets a woman named Greta there. One night, a drunken man stumbles onto their front porch and reveals himself to be Greta’s husband, Will. The passage read was of a meeting between Hal, Will and an elderly woman named Mrs. Bryant. Mrs. Bryant proved to be quite the feisty character by calling Will out on his alcoholism, manipulating Hal and regaling the both of them with a story about how she stole more than $7,000 from her husband at one point in their marriage. Wildgen described this character as “pure evil.” She stated that she enjoyed reading this passage at her
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Michelle Wildgen reads a chapter from her book “But Not For Long” at the Co-op on Thursday before giving writing advice.
visits because it does not require much base knowledge to understand and is fun to read. After Wildgen read her
passage, she began to talk about the process she went through to become an editor and writer, as well as what such jobs entail. Around 10
years ago, Wildgen began an internship at Tin House magazine with the guidance of a professor. As an intern, she developed ties with the
Food & Drink section and took responsibilities there. Eventually, her hard work led to her becoming an editor and a writer. In order to be successful, Wildgen recommended being concise and being confident – the type of employee that does not need constant guidance. “Basic editing is simple,” Wildgen said. “You read the material, talk to the writer and get it to the best that it can be.” Wildgen also spoke about what rookie mistakes editors hate to see in writers’ submissions. “The ‘nothing really happens in the first 20 pages, but my beautiful writing makes up for it’ rationalization is a big one,” Wildgen said. She also warned against beating around the bush, bombarding editors with material, sending material to every publisher in the world (that is, sending your material to the wrong publisher for your work) and
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UConn Wind Ensemble plays von der Mehden By Stephanie Ratty Campus Correspondent Von Der Mehden Recital Hall played host to a packed house for the UConn Wind Ensemble performance Thursday night. The showcase started promptly at 8 p.m. with Cartoon, a lively piece guided by conductor Jeffrey Renshaw that incorporated several categories of instruments to formulate a quirky, animated sound. The arrangement maintained an upbeat tempo with a youthful character. Assistant conductor Matthew Smith led the ensemble in “Sasparilla,” an energetic Western piece to complement the overall atmosphere of the recital. A saxophone solo contributed fluidity and style to the sound of the composition.
Smith, after closing out the performance, bowed energetically and smiled as the audience gave an extended applause. The first half was rounded out with a series of shorts, conducted by Renshaw. The house lights of Von Der Mehden, though fickle at times, picked up the rapid movement of fingers on instruments as musicians triumphed through each piece. Renshaw, the head of the UConn Wind Ensemble, described his methods in creating a backbone for the performance. “I wanted to create a first half that set up the second half,” Renshaw said, which is exactly how the rest of the night played out. After a brief intermission and some minor technical difficulties, the musi-
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The UConn Wind Ensemble follows the directions of their director, Jeffrey Renshaw, with precision.
Live at the Beanery impresses
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Raymond Johnson, a 7th-semester finance major, plays the guitar like a riot at The Benton’s “Live at the Beanery.”
By Loumarie Rodriguez Campus Correspondent The Benton is not your typical coffee house. With “Live at the Beanery,” the museum offers students the opportunity to listen to live music while enjoying a coffee or an Italian soda. Every other week, multiple students entertain visitors during the lunch hour with live music. This week featured 7th-semester finance major Raymond Johnson. Without having a particular playlist of songs, he
Proper shoes can inhibit injuries from AND I RAN, page 7 Making your run short but brutal helps to switch on your muscle-building processes, which speeds up your metabolism (buzzwords!) for several hours afterward, burning more calories even when doing nothing for the rest of the day. Which is, you know, excellent. Get a good pair of running shoes. Fitness Magazine is always telling me how important that is. In the magazine’s article about running for beginners, they also stress a wellfitting sports bra. Stitches were an abhorrent staple in my middle school fitness testing days. To get rid of them, lean to the opposite side of the cramp and breathe deeply, according to Fitness Magazine. If you get one every time you go out, avoid eating solid food right before exercising. A final word of advice: if you can, avoid running on streets. But if you have to, run against traffic so you can see cars coming, especially if Beyoncè is blocking out any outside-world noises. And if you’re running at night (which is not ideal for many reasons), stay close to campus and wear light-colored clothes or some sort of reflector accessory.
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jammed for an hour straight without stopping. Johnson played numerous songs that seemed to flow into one long piece on his guitar. The audience members appeared to like his style of music. “I mostly play original pieces with some riffs of Radiohead,” Johnson said. “I also love alternative rock and I enjoy playing this genre for audience members.” There was an even flow of students and staff coming in and out during the performance. With the galleries
closed for the time being, the Benton still provides entertainment with simple musicial acts that create a relaxing atmosphere for students. According to the staff, they try to get a wide variety of acoustic musicians to create a mellow, coffee-house vibe. Eric Njuki, a 2nd-semester graduate, said, “It’s my first time at the Live at the Beanery, and it’s a welcome relief to my very tiny cubicle back at the office.” “A lot of coffee shops play generic music,” said Billy
Lambert, a 1st-semester English major. “But to have an actual musician, to have someone do their own thing, it’s very refreshing.” “Live at the Beanery” will have more shows throughout the fall. The next one will be on Oct. 28 from noon to 1 p.m. Be sure to look for more programs and events at the Benton in the coming fall, with many workshops, art walks and Friday Night Films,.
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Friday, October 15, 2010
Jumping on story of Chilean miners NEW YORK (AP) – The Chilean mine rescue was an “uplifting and exciting” story in contrast to accounts of tragedy and woe that dominate the news, a top television executive said Thursday, explaining a rush to tell the tale in many formats. Already, there’s a book deal about the rescue, a reality show about mining and a Discovery Channel special on the saga. Wednesday’s quickie ABC News special on the rescue of the 33 miners, who were trapped underground for 69 days, drew the biggest audience the network has gotten in the time slot in 10 months. “I can imagine agents and other folks are already swirling around this, looking to get those stories locked up,” said Clark Bunting, president and general manager of Discovery. That network’s Latin American affiliate is making “Rescued: The Chilean Mine Story” and an Oct. 28 air date is already scheduled. He called it uplifting how the miners created their own society underground and ran it smoothly. The Spike TV network said it has ordered a 10-episode series, “Coal,” set to premiere next spring. “Coal” is based in a West Virginia town and explores mining through the eyes of the mine owners and miners. Thom Beers, the producer behind “Deadliest Catch” and “Ice Road Truckers,” is making the new series. Transworld Publishers announced that it would publish “The 33,” by British journalist Jonathan Franklin, who has lived in Chile for 16 years and covered the rescue story. A U.S. publisher is still being sought. Writer-producer Lionel Chetwynd, an Oscar nominee for the screenplay “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” and maker of the TV films “Kissinger and Nixon” and “Ike: Countdown to D-Day,” said he expects projects are already being pitched around Hollywood. “Television is a quick-response medium,” Chetwynd said. “In fact, I think I’ll call my agent when we get off the phone.” With the movie of the week business essentially evaporating, reality show producers might be better suited to the story, Chetwynd said. It would keep the story fresh; the Hallmark Channel said its representatives found the story interesting, but the cable network is already locked in to movies that it is pro-
ducing through the end of 2011. Veteran television writer Jeffrey Stepakoff said if someone approached him to do the story, “I would think about it for a few seconds and say ‘yeah.’” The miners alone weren’t enough for the story, he said. Stepakoff, a drama instructor at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, said he’d also focus on their families aboveground and the technological race to extract them. “I would want to re-create the tension that I felt when I first heard about the story,” he said. Measurements of TV and online traffic showed the pull of the story. At the time the first miner was pulled to the surface on Tuesday night, the viewing audience for CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC was 10.6 million people – more than quadruple the audience these networks usually get collectively at that hour, the Nielsen Co. said. Facebook, the world’s largest online social hub, saw a peak in the number of people discussing the story at the time of the first miner’s emergence. The site’s internal statistics show that U.S. users posted about the rescue at a maximum of 1,265 times per minute in the U.S. and 478 times per minute in Chile. Twitter users were also excited about it. “Bigtears wellup in my eyes everytime one of the miners gets to hug his family!” wrote singer and actress Hilary Duff. “Miracles do happen,” singer Justin Bieber said. Actor Michael Caine called it “the happiest moment I’ve ever seen on TV.” Miners themselves could expect to cash in on their stories, even from journalists: Although television networks in the United States have restrictions against paying for interviews, they frequently bypass them by paying for travel or the rights to family pictures. “Right now it’s a real scramble on the ground down there with literally thousands of media all looking for interviews,” said Jim Bell, executive producer of NBC’s “Today” show. The biggest interview target is undoubtedly miner Yonni Barrios, whose mistress showed up to greet him when he came up from the mine while his wife stayed home. Both the New York Daily News and Post gave Barrios their front pages on Thursday. “He’s All Mine,” the Post wrote.
Writer Classical music is alive and well at UConn dispenses advice at reading from WIND ENSEMBLE, page 7
from CO-OP, page 7 especially being too familiar with characters. “I don’t want to see something I’ve seen before,” Wildgen said. “People want to be surprised by characters, and by that I mean they want to see actual people in characters. Not predictability.” Wildgen also said that budding writers should not be discouraged if their writing is rejected by a single publisher. Pieces are often rejected because they don’t fit a publisher’s “theme;” it does not necessarily mean that the writing is poor. “Get your connections going by asking a publisher if it needs readers,” she said. “She was really informative,” said Kashawn Taylor, a 1st-semester English and psychology double major. Michelle Wildgen is the senior editor of the literary magazine “Tin House” and the author of two novels, “You’re Not You” and “But Not For Long.”
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cians performed a piece that complemented scenes from classic silent films. With Renshaw conducting a silhouette against a black and white screen, the ensemble gave life to suites from “Metropolis” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” “It’s adventurous for them and I love it,” said 7th-semester English major Amanda Fairbanks. “I like the use of all of the different instruments, it makes it exciting.” The night included contributions from percussion and strings, as well as the featured group, wind ensemble. Daniel Allie, a 1st-semester English major, was similarly pleased with the recital. “The second half was well worth the wait through the technical difficulties,” he said. His brother, 9th-semester art major John Allie, said, “it was an interesting experience,” and he was surprised that the silent film segments weren’t longer, since the movies were such distinct choices. After the performance, musicians and guests were invited to the music building to socialize and discuss the night’s events. When asked how this performance differs from other Wind Ensemble recitals at UConn, a grin lit up Renshaw’s face. “Every performance we do
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Jeffrey Renshaw conducts the UConn Wind Ensemble as they played to a crowd in von der Mehden on Thursday night.
is unlike any other,” he said. Renshaw added that students should continue to attend the diverse ensemble performances, as “they will never be disappointed.”
The wind ensemble will present its next recital in December, but Von Der Mehden welcomes several musical groups over the next few days, starting with a
performance by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Stephanie.Ratty@UConn.edu
Friday, October 15, 2010
Focus
Obama goes after youth vote, gets a grilling
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President Barack Obama stands with MTV’s Sway Calloway as he participates in a youth town hall event broadcast live on BET, CMT and MTV networks,Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, in Washington.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Going after the youth vote, President Barack Obama got a grilling Thursday from a mostly under30 crowd of adults, who sternly challenged him across his economic and social agenda and showed little hesitation to press him for greater results. The tone at the president’s latest town hall was set from the start when a woman identifying herself as a Republican asked Obama about his inability to foster his promised bipartisanship, and then a man disaffected with the state of the economy asked Obama: “Why should we still support you?” What emerged was a sharp, genuine question-and-answer session, not the easy conversation Obama had with supporters just two days earlier when even he acknowledged that one question was a softball. The latest event was sponsored by MTV, BET and CMT, three entertainment networks. Yet there was hardly a moment of levity, let alone an easy question and nothing close to the time President Bill Clinton was asked at an MTV town hall about his underwear preference. Obama got pressed about race relations, unemployment
and taxes, illegal drugs and immigration, racism, Social Security, discrimination and bullying, Cuba, Sudan, education and the environment. The tone and scope of the questions seemed to dominate more than Obama’s answers. Still, for Obama, it gave him a broad pre-election forum to explain his record of the last 20 months and, at times, testily defend it. His goal is to engage voters and try to rally them behind Democrats in the Nov. 2 midterm elections, in which his party is up against huge head winds and control of Congress is at stake. The newsiest moment came when Obama defended his commitment to ending the ban on openly gay military service known as ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.” A Howard University faculty member who said she voted for Obama in 2008 wondered about his “alleged commitment to equality for all Americans, gay and straight.” She asked why Obama didn’t just wipe away the controversial military policy himself instead of waiting for Congress. He responded that he had not just mentioned his stand on the issue, as the questioner had put it, but declared
it, including in a State of the Union address. “That’s point No. 1,” Obama insisted. The president said his administration is working to end the ban but Congress must act, too, because the current policy is the law of the land. “This policy will end, and it will end on my watch,” Obama said. “But I do have an obligation to make sure that I’m following some of the rules. I can’t simply ignore laws that are out there.” He spoke even as his Justice Department asked a federal judge Thursday to allow the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy to continue while it appeals her order to end the ban on gays serving openly. Obama wants an orderly ending to the ban, and his government argues the court ruling would be disruptive in a time of war. Most of the exchanges at the town hall were not contentious, but serious throughout. Moderators asked young people on the social networking site Twitter to send in their greatest hopes and greatest fears for the country. Among the ones relayed to Obama: that the U.S. is turning into a communist country – and that Obama will be re-elected.
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Carin Goes to College by Carin Powell
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32 Knock over 34 “Sands of Iwo __”: 1949 film 35 Med school subj. 36 “Mayor” author 38 Doctor’s orders, often 40 Stump 41 Plaque holder? 44 James’s “Westworld” costar 46 Time slice 49 Aristotle’s first element of tragedy 50 Home to many Berbers 52 Annapolis newbies 53 Two-time Venezuelan president Carlos 54 Turn on __ 55 Intolerant 56 “__ Rae” 60 Early animal handler 61 Bit of force
62 Ret. fliers 65 Sumac from Peru
Super Glitch by John Lawson
1 Mr. Olympia contestants’ obsessions 2 Risqué 3 Thin ornamental layer 4 Black light, briefly 5 Marshal under Napoleon 6 Good, except on the links 7 Eggbeater feature 8 Tip of Massachusetts 9 Beatnik’s address 10 Gilligan’s shipwrecked ship 11 Savanna grazer 12 River through Tours 13 Fly-by-night co.? 18 “It’ll never wash!” 24 Little cut-up 25 Bug like a 24-Down 26 Went off the deep end 27 God wounded by Diomedes in the “Iliad” 28 Wheels of Fortune?
Classic JELLY! by Elise Domyan
Across 1 A popular one is modeled after the Winchester rifle 6 Three-time A.L. MVP 10 Narcissist’s obsession 14 Oil source 15 __ fide 16 Gin flavoring 17 Mentioned with a yawn? 19 Inn group member 20 __ trap 21 Like jellybeans 22 Memo header 23 Tightfistedness scale? 26 Swiffer WetJet, e.g. 29 Bereft 30 Jupiter, for one 31 Allen contemporary 33 Lollipop-licking cop 37 Ristorante staple 39 Explore deeply 42 Derelict, perhaps 43 Contest entry 45 Factor opening 47 Bucko 48 Goofs (around) 51 Battle preparation place, in metaphor 53 Like a centaur? 57 Actress Falco 58 Oarlock pin 59 Vanishing points 63 Outfits 64 Old enough to know better? 66 Send out 67 End of a lover’s ultimatum 68 Designated 69 Aussie sleep sounds? 70 European coal region 71 Fire proof?
Happy Dance by Sarah Parsons
The Daily Crossword
Horoscopes
Poop by Michael Badulak
Aries - Focus your conscious attention on significant others, and manage scheduling any work issues. You might indulge a hidden desire to break loose. Taurus - A dramatic argument requires all your creativity to resolve. The fireworks don’t hurt anyone. Put out lingering sparks with ice cream and soft words.
Cancer - Introduce a new idea carefully, if you want cooperation from everyone on your team. Include enough details to ensure understanding. Add spice.
Dissmiss the Cynics by Victor Preato
Gemini - As you put the pieces of a project together, your imagination transforms the goal as well as the results. Take the path less traveled.
By Michael Mepham
Nothing Extraordinary by Thomas Feldtmose
Leo - Someone wants to run away and join the circus. Encourage them to think it through carefully: It may not be as much fun as it seems. Create something exciting at home instead. Virgo - What seemed impossible last month suddenly comes together with ease. Your hard work pays off. You sought independence, and now you have it. Libra - Your individual interest and family demands require careful planning, if everyone is to get what they want. No detail’s too small to consider.
Bucephalus by K.X. Ellia
Scorpio - You get more done today working from home. Use the travel time you save to create harmony and to complete artistic family projects. Sagittarius - Send flowers. Be sure to include everyone’s name on the gift card. Bigger is better, to make a powerful impression. It pays off later. Capricorn - Positive feedback makes you feel better about a project that’s just started. Associates volunteer to help get things rolling. Accept their aid. Aquarius - A dream gets confirmed by a long-distance call. Because the answer is yes, you’re able to move forward confidently. All systems go. Pisces - A male wants to take the show on the road before the rest of you are ready. To slow down the process, ask for an extended break in the action.
Pundles and Droodles by Brian Ingmanson www.cupcakecomics.com.
Why the long Face by Jackson Lautier
Friday, October 15, 2010
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» NCAA FOOTBALL
No. 25 West Virginia beats South Florida 20-6 in Morgantown
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West Virginia's Geno Smith drops back to pass to Noel Devine during an NCAA college football game against South Florida on Thursday in Morgantown, W.Va.
Men's XC looks to bounce back
By Mike McCurry Campus Correspondent After a somewhat substandard 10th-place finish at the New England Championship last weekend, the UConn men’s cross-country team looks to bounce back Saturday at the Connecticut College Invitational in Waterford. The meet will begin at 11 a.m. and will consist of one 5-mile race. Coach Rich Miller continues to stress the importance of his team running as one unit, although he was thrilled with the performances of sophomores Jordan Magath and Nick Aguila and freshman Daniel Francoeur. “We did not get a good enough finish from the rest of the pack," Miller said. "It’s all about how strongly the last two guys do, as we need the whole group running well. It takes all of us to do this, and I feel like we could have been in the top five last weekend.” Miller said he was happy with the squad’s overall effort at practice this week. He noted that the Connecticut College Invitational is a big test for UConn since it is the last event before the Big East Championship on Oct. 30. Miller is not one to
predict a first-place victory, however, but instead focuses solely on what he can control. “I am only concerned with my team internally, and how the group performs collectively week-toweek," Miller said. "To have the top five runners finish within 30 seconds of each other is still our main goal. However, to do that, the back end needs to close the gap. We have a nice opportunity to rebound from last week, and I want to see how our players respond.” As previously mentioned, Francoeur ran a great race at the New England Championship. Francoeur said he and his teammates live for big races like this when the stakes are high. “This weekend’s meet should be a really good tune-up event for us,” Francoeur said. “We will see how well the team will run as a group, because that is what cross-country is all about.” The Connecticut College Invitational features about 20 schools, mostly from Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts. UConn will be looking to avenge its early-season loss to nearby Fairfield University.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP)— Generating few yards on drive after drive, West Virginia went to some trickery from normally conservative coach Bill Stewart and seized control of its Big East opener. Geno Smith, Jock Sanders and Noel Devine combined to execute a hook-and-lateral for a short touchdown just before halftime, a play that stuck out in an otherwise dull offensive showing in No. 25 West Virginia’s 20-6 win over the South Florida on Thursday night. “That’s a play that we carry in a lot of game plans, but we never get it called because it’s so hit and miss,” Smith said. “We felt good about it down there and it turned out it worked for us.” Stewart’s prediction of a defense-dominated game by both sides came true. The Mountaineers (5-1, 1-0) made the most out of their limited scoring opportunities while the nation’s seventh-best defense held South Florida (3-3, 0-2) without an offensive touchdown for the second straight game. Quarterback B.J. Daniels found no room to roam and the Bulls were outgained 298-202. Daniels was sacked four times and his three interceptions gave him 10 this season, surpassing his total for all of 2009. “We’re putting the ball in danger way too many times,” South Florida coach Skip Holtz said. “We have got to put up more points. Our defense is playing way too well and they deserve better.” South Florida’s previous low for offense this season was 219 yards in a 13-9 loss to Syracuse last week. Robert Sands set the stage for the Mountaineers just before halftime, stepping in front of Daniels’
pass to Evan Landi and returning the interception 27 yards to the South Florida 7. West Virginia called the hook-and-lateral on the short side of the field. Smith threw a screen pass behind the line of scrimmage to Sanders. He immediately flipped the ball behind him to Devine, who went around right end from 11 yards out for the score and a 17-3 halftime lead. “I know I don’t try to show much emotion on the sideline,” Stewart said. “That was a big-time play and it did turn around the momentum in the football game.” West Virginia ate up clock time in the second half to post its 12th straight home win. Both teams crossed midfield twice in the second half and managed only a field goal apiece. Last year Daniels went through the Mountaineers for 336 yards of offense in a 30-19 win, but West Virginia had a better plan for him this time. Daniels ran 14 times for just 4 yards and completed 20 of 30 passes for 119 yards before being replaced late in the game. “The defense did a very good job at containing us, and we’ve just got to get back to the drawing board,” he said. “We’re not going to throw in the towel and make excuses.” South Florida was successful in slowing down Devine for the second straight year. Devine led the Mountaineers with 13 carries for 29 yards. His longest run was 13 yards. Instead, the Mountaineers relied on Smith for an arsenal of mostly short, controlled passes. He completed 13 straight passes spanning both halves and finished 24 of 31 for 219 yards and two scores.
» NBA
Arenas leaves game with groin injury
WASHINGTON (AP)—In his first game at the Verizon Center in more than nine months, Gilbert Arenaswas gone in a flash. Two nights after he admitted faking a left knee injury, Arenas played just three minutes before exiting the Washington Wizards’ 96-88 preseason loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night with a strained right groin. Arenas didn’t start, but made the most of his brief return. He didn’t attempt a shot, but had three steals, a rebound, an assist and a blocked shot. Arenas teamed with John Wall on some neat passes in his first home game since being suspended for bringing guns to the locker room. “He was good while he was in there,” Washington coach Flip Saunders said. Arenas was gone by the time the locker room was open, and Saunders wasn’t terribly vocal in defending him. Saunders fined Arenas for the fake injury Tuesday. Before Thursday’s game, he wasn’t eager to revisit the incident.
“That’s over with. I’m not going to get into it,” Saunders said. “I’ve done enough.” Saunders contended that Arenas had been a loyal player during training camp. “He’s been with us. Whatever we’ve asked him to do, he’s basically done,” Saunders said. After the game, Saunders said he had no clue how much time Arenas might miss, nor did he any express any reaction when asked about the abrupt exit. Arenas, who hadn’t played a home game since Jan. 2, before his 50-game suspension and felony conviction, entered with 7:05 to play in the first quarter to tepid applause from the sparse home crowd and seemed to savor playing with Wall before asking out of the game three minutes later. Saunders decided to team Nick Young— who played well Tuesday in Arenas’ place—with Wall, the overall No. 1 draft choice. Saunders said he wasn’t penalizing Arenas. “Nick played really good and I wanted to reward him for how he played,” Saunders said.
» NHL
Sentencing postponed for former Oilers owner RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge postponed a sentencing hearing Thursday for former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington after she said Pocklington's attorney filed presentencing paperwork too late for her to properly evaluate it. U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips reset the hearing for Oct. 27 after admonishing attorney Brent Romney for filing the 78-page document two days ago, instead of three weeks before sentencing as is required. Pocklington, who lives in Palm Desert, has pleaded guilty to a single perjury count for making false statements and oaths in his bankruptcy case. Prosecutors have recommended that Pocklington be sentenced to two years of probation that includes six months of home detention with an electronic monitoring device, as well as 100 hours of community service. Phillips, however, can use her discretion in sentencing. Pocklington, 68, declined to comment outside court. Phillips admonished Romney for his tardy court filing, saying that he was attempting to jump the line ahead of other attorneys who had filed their papers on time. She said it also put an undue burden on her to review everything in just a few days. "Let me say this as politely as I can: This is not my only case," Phillips said. Pocklington's attorney said he realized he had filed late, but wanted to give the court the most up-to-date information showing how his client is working with the U.S. Trustee to resolve his bankruptcy case. "We want the judge to consider everything we put in our response," he said outside court.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Lokey declined to comment. Pocklington was arrested at his Palm Desert home in March 2009 for concealing assets during bankruptcy proceedings in which he claimed to have debts of more than $19 million and assets of only about $2,900. That includes nearly $13 million in loan money and interest that the Alberta provincial government claims it loaned to Pocklington's meatpacking company in 1988. He failed to note that he controlled two bank accounts and two storage facilities in California, according to court documents. Although prosecutors aren't seeking prison time for Pocklington, they point out in a court filing that the former sports team owner has said in recent media interviews that he hasn't done anything wrong, despite pleading guilty. Pocklington acquired the Oilers in the late 1970s and sold the team in 1998. The team won five titles during that span. He stunned fans when he traded star Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988. Fans burned him in effigy. As he left the courthouse Thursday, Pocklington was served with a subpoena to appear at a Nov. 19 deposition for creditors in the bankruptcy case. Pocklington refused to take the papers, so the server tossed them into an open car window. Someone in Pocklington's vehicle tossed the subpoena out of the car as Pocklington was driven away. The subpoena orders Pocklington to appear and provide documents and information about his financial dealings with two companies, Dempsey Investments Corp. and Quincy Investments Corp., and any Bahamian bank or trust accounts held by those firms.
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UConn looks to get on track in N.Y.
and catch us in transition,” Linstad said. Syracuse features a potent offense that has scored ten goals in their first three games, resulting in a 1-1-1 record and The UConn women’s ice hockey team what has been called the “best start in prostarted the season with high expectations gram history” by the Syracuse University after they returned 14 letter winners from a Athletic Department. “Syracuse is a physical team and 2009-2010 squad that reached the Hockey East Championship team and finished they are doing very well around the net. They’ve done very well recentthe season ranked in the top ly in scoring. Obviously we 10 nationally. However, they have to get more offense than have started this year’s camwe’ve had recently,” Linstad paign with a 1-2-0 record. said, referring to the fact that They will look to get on the Huskies are averaging only at Colgate track this weekend when they travel to New York to take on at Syracuse two goals per game. On top of the lack of offensive Colgate on Friday night and Syracuse Saturday afternoon. Friday, 7 p.m. production, the Huskies have yet play a complete game with Last year, the Huskies were Sunday, 4 to the energy level that resulted in a thrashed by Colgate at home p.m. memorable season a year ago. by a score of 5-2. The Raiders “I don’t think that we’ve actuwere defeated 4-0 in their seaally gone out and played a full 60 minutes son opener this year by No. 9 Boston College, but they are sitting at 1-1 on the and actually skated and had that intensity season after defeating No. 8 UNH 1-0 in that we should be playing with and winovertime last weekend, a team that dealt ning battles. We’ve kind of sat back and UConn its season-opening loss. Colgate waited to see what the other team is going is an up-tempo team, according to head to do,” Linstad said. coach Heather Linstad. “They are going to try to run and gun Peter.Logue@UConn.edu
By Peter Logue Campus Correspondent
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
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Defenseman Jody Sydor clears the puck during the Huskies’ 3-1 over Clarkson on Oct. 9.
Volleyball looks to snap losing streak at home
UConn Golf heads to inaugural Northeast Invitational
By Matt Stypulkoski Campus Correspondent
By Tommy Cassell Campus Correspondent
The UConn volleyball team will begin its latest threegame homestand on Sunday against St. John’s at 5:30 p.m. in Gampel Pavilion. Despite riding a lengthy l o s i n g streak, the VOLLEYBA Huskies r e t u r n vs. St. John’s home after a hard5 p.m. fought Sunday two-game road trip Gampel last weekPavilion end in w h i c h they fell to Syracuse and Marquette, both by a score of 3-1. The Huskies continued their trend of gritty play and closely contested sets in both of these games, as four of the six dropped sets were decided by four points or less. The team will look to use that grit and determination to finally break through against St. John’s this weekend as the Red Storm come in on a sixgame skid during which they have only managed to win one set. The Huskies will look to senior leader Rebecca Murray to lead the attack. Murray, who reached the 1,000 kills milestone last Friday night at
After placing a second-place and third-place finish, respectively, in the Connecticut Cup earlier this week, the UConn golf team heads to Westerly, R.I. to take part in the Northeast Invitational, hosted by the University of Rhode Island. In the inaugural Northeast Invitational, the Huskies hope to take advantage of a wideopen Shelter Harbor Golf course, where players can use their drivers without worrying about setting up an impossible second shot. “You can be a little more aggressive on this golf course, but it doesn’t mean you can be stupid,” said head coach David Pezzino. “But our guys do a pretty good job of managing the golf course and keeping their focus.” UConn was able to test out the Shelter Harbor Golf Course earlier in the fall with a practice round on their way to the Adams Cup of Newport. This provided an advantage that Pezzino and the Huskies believe will help them in their preparation for this weekend’s event. “It’s a good field with a bunch of good teams, including some Ivy League schools,” Pezzino said. “The golf course is in really good shape, as we were able to practice it in early September.” Looking to use some of
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Libero Kelsey Maving bumps the ball during UConn’s 3-0 loss to Cincinatti on Oct. 3. The Huskies will look to snap its 14-game losing streak this weekend.
Syracuse, comes into Sunday evening’s matchup leading the Big East in service aces per set. The team will also lean on sophomore libero Kelsey Maving to lead the defense, while sophomore set-
The Huskies will look to stifle Notre Dame’s potent offense from OPPORTUNITY, page 14 A victory over the fourthranked Irish would bring immense confidence and a nationally felt ripple effect. “They’re a very good team,” Tsantiris said. “It’s no coincidence that they’re in the top four of the country, and they’ve shown why. We can’t afford to come out flat against them.” Perhaps the biggest reason UConn cannot come out flat is the dynamite Notre Dame offense led by strikers Melissa Henderson and Rose Augustin. The pair has combined for 20 of the team’s 34 goals this season, in addition to accounting for nearly 90 shots. In fact, since Big East play began for the Irish, Henderson and Augustin have propelled their team to outscore opponents by an astounding margin of 23-4. While the offense has stolen the show and the public attention, it’s the stellar Irish defense that has kept Notre Dame near the top of the national polls. Allowing just one goal every two games, the back line of the Irish rarely allows an opponent to get near their goal box, let alone get off a quality shot. Goalie Nikki Weiss has had to make just 11 saves through 14 games. The duty of putting pressure on the Notre Dame net will fall to the likes of recent scoring machine Angelika Johansson.
Johansson has worked her way into the starting lineup, earning four starts after playing just a handful of minutes in early September. Jess Shufelt, Erin Clark and Melissa Busque will join her on the UConn attack. On Sunday, the Blue Demons of DePaul will present an entirely different challenge. Led by center back Michelle Scandora, the Blue Demons are coming off back-to-back shutouts of Rutgers and Seton Hall. Scandora was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts, marking the second time she’s won the award this year. As has been the case all season, the Huskies’ success will depend largely on the quality of their own play. A squad loaded in talent, UConn can only hope that lady luck is on their side when they take the field against the Fighting Irish and Blue Demons this weekend. But while uncertainty remains, one thing is assured: this team can play with anyone and they’re intent on proving it. “When we play, we really play,” Tsantiris said. “We can beat anybody in the country. It’s just a matter of playing the game. It’s not going to be easy, but hopefully we play like we know we can.”
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ter Angela Roidt will aim to spread the ball around and organize the offense. On top of being an important conference game, the contest is also the UConn “Dig for the Cure” match. Fans are
asked to come out to support the team and wear pink as the Huskies work to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
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Coach Stevens says balance of team is key to success on Sunday from TOP-5, page 14 The Princeton offense is led by dynamic forward Kathleen Sharkley, who leads the NCAA with 20 goals and a 4.09 points per game average. Junior midfielder Katie Reinprecht and sophomore forward Michelle Cesan are tied for second on the team with 21 points. Sharkley and Cesan scored a goal apiece last Sunday in the Tigers’ 3-0 win over No. 8 Louisville. Sophomore midfielder Julie Reinprecht, the sister of Katie, tallied her first goal of the season in the win. Reinprecht currently leads the Tigers in assists with eight.
“If you can generate a good number of shots, you have a greater probability.” Nancy Stevens Field Hockey coach On Wednesday, freshman goalkeeper Christine Maida was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the second time this season.
Maida made nine saves in a 1-1 week for the Tigers, which included a 2-1 loss at No. 3 Virginia in addition to the win over Louisville. The rookie has posted three shutouts and owns a .69 goals against average, second best nationally to North Carolina’s Jackie Kintzer. Stevens said she thinks the balance of her team, which saw eight players score in last week’s 9-1 rout of Georgetown, could be key if the Huskies are to break through the Princeton defense. “A lot of it is probability,” Stevens said. “If you can generate a good number of shots, you have a greater probability of scoring. We always work hard to … limit our opponents’ opportunities and to maximize ours.” Following Sunday’s top-five showdown with Princeton, the Huskies will play their final non-conference game of the season Wednesday when they travel to Boston to take on No. 15 Boston University. The Terriers, out of the America East conference, are 9-4 this year.
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the lessons learned from the Connecticut Cup, UConn practiced some shots and simulated situations on Thursday. Pezzino didn’t want his team to wear out after three rounds of play on Monday and Tuesday since the Huskies are driving to Rhode Island today. Although the Huskies haven’t won a tournament yet this year, Pezzino maintains that his players don’t focus on the final outcome, but rather how well the played and how hard they competed. “We’re not going be concerned with how we finished in a previous tournament heading into the next [tournament],” Pezzino said. “We will be ready to go. I think when it comes time for the next tournament, it’s irrelevant what happened [in the last one].” Due to the strong presence of seniors and leadership on the team, Pezzino said he knows he has a mature group of players. He said that the best thing about college golf is that once a round is over, the players must move on to the next one. “I think [not winning so far this fall] is something we could use to motivate us for the spring,” Pezzino said. “Fall is for finding out who we are… and if the kids play their [butts] off, then I’m happy.”
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Blair: The Dove will make a triumphant return to court this season from TOP-5, page 14 Though German center Enosch Wolf is slated to join the team at the start of the second semester, we’ve seen international students have difficulty getting cleared by the NCAA before. Most notably we can all remember Ater Majok’s yearlong struggle with the NCAA Clearinghouse. Furthermore, Charles Okwandu hasn’t proven himself to be anything more than a rail-thin defensive presence in the post. Okwandu and Mandeldove are both seniors, and despite his rocky road through Storrs, I think Calhoun rewards Mandeldove with a spot on the bench before he graduates in May. 3. Kemba Walker leaves early for the NBA Draft. While I personally hope this doesn’t come true, if Kemba has a breakout season this year it will likely be his last in a UConn uniform. With a young team that is likely to have its fair share of struggles next season, if Kemba becomes the dominant scorer that many, including himself, think he can be, I wouldn’t be surprised if he leaves for the NBA Draft. Is this a smart decision? No. I’ll be honest, Walker doesn’t impress me. He has shown flashes of bril-
liance, but is nowhere near the point guard that A.J. Price was just a few years ago. Don’t get me wrong, I love watching Kemba play, and he’s an exciting player to watch, but he isn’t an NBA caliber point guard, at least not yet. Maybe if he has an outstanding junior campaign and showcases something we haven’t seen before, such as an ability to score from anywhere on the floor at will or a devastating 3-point shot, maybe then he’ll be a hot commodity come draft day. But don’t count on it. So head out to Gampel tonight, enjoy the festivities and the surprise musical guest, who I hope isn’t Lloyd, and cheer on the men’s and women’s teams as they prepare for the upcoming season. I only ask one more thing of you; keep this column with you for the remainder of the season. So next May when Mandeldove graduates without playing his senior season, UConn is coming off its sixth straight loss in the Big East Tournament and Kemba Walker is preparing for his senior year in Storrs, not the NBA Draft, you can burn this column and get a good laugh about how wrong I was.
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Oct. 23 Louisville TBA
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Nov. 27 Cincinatti TBA
Oct. 19 Oct. 22 Oct. 27 Oct. 30 West Notre Dame Georgetown Pittsburgh Virginia 8:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
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Union plans legal action over rise in techs
Cliff Lee
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA players association is planning legal action over the league’s decision to issue more technical fouls for complaining. Billy Hunter, the executive director of the union, said in a statement Thursday that the players weren’t consulted about the rules changes, which he called “an unnecessary and unwarranted overreaction” by the league. “We intend to file an appropriate legal challenge,” Hunter said. The NBA has told players they will be whistled for technicals for overt gestures, even if they aren’t directed at a referee, running up to an official to contest a call, or other actions that don’t show proper respect for the game. “I went to a private school growing up. We had a lot of crazy rules, rules that we didn’t agree with, rules that we necessarily didn’t think was good. But we just had to do them,” Orlando center Dwight Howard said. “So they want us to cut down on talking to the refs, as hard as that may be, because basketball is very emotional, we just have to try our best.”
Bracing for ALCS
Oct. 28 Oct. 24 Big East Pittsburgh Tournament 1:00 p.m. TBA
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Mexican TV reporter wants out of locker rooms
Nov. 6 Oct. 30 Big East Rutgers Tournament 1:00 p.m. TBA
Volleyball (2-14) Saturday St. John’s 2:00 p.m.
Oct. 22 Seton Hall 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 24 Oct. 30 Rutgers Depaul 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
Oct. 31 Notre Dame 2:00 p.m.
Women’s Hockey (0-2-0) Today Colgate 7:00 p.m.
Saturday Syracuse 4:00 p.m.
Oct. 23 MinnesotaDuluth 3:05 p.m.
Oct. 24 MinnesotaDuluth 3:05 p.m.
Oct. 30 Boston College 1:00 p.m.
Men’s Tennis Today Oct. 20 Regional Quinnipiac Championship 2:00 p.m. New Haven
Oct. 29-31 Conn. College Championships TBA
Women’s Tennis Oct. 21 Regional Championship Dartmouth
Oct. 20 Quinnipiac 2:00 p.m.
Men’s Cross Country Sunday Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Oct. 22 Oct. 30 Leopard Regional IC4A CCSU Meet Big East Invite Championship Championship 4:00 p.m. Championship 10:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m. All Day
Women’s Cross Country Today Rothenberg Race All Day
Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 20 Nov. 22 CCSU Mini Big East Regional NCAA Meet Championships Championship Championship All Day Syracuse, NY All Day All Day
Golf Sat.-Sun. Northeast Invite All Day
Oct. 18 NEIGA Champ. All Day
Oct. 19 NEIGA Champ. All Day
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Field Hockey (10-2) Sunday Princeton 2:00 p.m.
What was your favorite part of First Night?
The Daily Roundup
Women’s Soccer (7-5-2) Oct. 22 Sunday Today West Notre Dame Depaul Virginia 4:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Monday’s Question:
» That’s what he said - Rangers’ pitcher Cliff Lee on his upcoming free agency.
Men’s Soccer (9-1-2) Oct. 16 St. John’s 7:00 p.m.
The Daily Question Q: Will Brett Favre’s consecutive start streak end soon? “Yes, if his aging body doesn’t stop him from continuing the A: streak, his off-field issues will.”
“I’m a Texas Ranger right now and we’re in a good position. We’re going to try to win a World Series ring. That’s where my focus is.”
Football (3-3)
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Oct. 31 Head of the Fish All Day
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New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi answers questions during a news conference before practice for baseball’s AL championship series Thursday in Arlington, Texas.
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP)—A Mexican television reporter who was hooted at by some of the New York Jets and said she felt uncomfortable in their locker room is returning to work next week and plans to conduct her interviews anywhere but there. Ines Sainz of TV Azteca said she suggested to the NFL that she talk to players on the field or on the sideline. “I’m not going into the locker rooms anymore,” she said Thursday at a news conference near Universal Studios. “It’s not a good place right now for me. I don’t want to be in there.” Sainz said she is scheduled to do interviews with the Pittsburgh Steelers next week, followed by visits to the Jets and New England Patriots. Sainz said she took a break because of the fallout from her experience in the Jets locker room. “I need to wait one month to work again because I don’t want to be the focus,” she said. “I’m not looking for that kind of publicity. It affects my career and development in the States.” Sainz released a letter she wrote to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell dated Oct. 13 thanking him for his prompt response to the Jets’ behavior. League spokesman Greg Aiello confirmed Goodell received it.
THE Storrs Side
THE Pro Side
Women’s soccer and field hockey host ranked foes, basketball begins
MLB Championship series highlight weekend, Pats play without Moss
By Matt McDonough Associate Sports Editor The ones to attend: Women’s soccer, Fri. vs. Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m. UConn, the third-place team in the American Division with a 3-2 record in-conference, will take on the National Division’s firstplace squad, the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame enters the match with a 13-1 overall record, while the Huskies are 7-6-2. UConn will look to knock off the Big East’s top dog and climb in the American Division Standings. The Fighting Irish are ranked fourth in the country. First Night, Fri. 7 p.m., Gampel Pavilion Although this is not technically a game, the men’s and women’s basketball programs will tip-off their seasons on Friday evening. Saturday marks the first official practice, but Friday’s First Night is the culmination of an easier week of work for the programs. Expect a
fun, loose night at Gampel, before the teams’ official start of the season. Field hockey Sun. vs. Princeton, 2 p.m. It’s a matchup two teams in the top five of the coaches’ poll. The No. 4 Tigers and No. 5 Huskies will face off in Storrs to wrap up a busy weekend on campus. The one to follow up on: Men’s soccer, Sat. at St. John’s, 7:30 p.m. Fresh off a 2-0 win at Providence on Wednesday, the No. 5 Huskies travel to Jamaica Queens for a match with the Johnnies. The Red Storm has struggled mightily in Big East play, going 0-3-1 thus far. UConn is 3-0-1 inconference and 9-1-2 overall. St. John’s plays in a unique soccer venue that sits atop a platform with a parking garage underneath. Belson Stadium is a tough place for any team to visit.
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By Mac Cerullo Sports Editor MLB: ALCS Game 1, Texas Rangers vs. New York Yankees, Fri. 8:07 p.m., TBS After beating the Rays in the ALDS to win their first ever playoff series, the Rangers now face a familiar foe in the ALCS. In their three playoff appearances in the 1990s, the Rangers faced the Yankees, and each time could not advance. This time, however, the Rangers have the ace they never had before – Cliff Lee – to anchor the staff. But it will be C.J. Wilson getting the start in Game 1 going up against the well-rested CC Sabathia. The Yankees have had plenty of time to prepare for their second consecutive ALCS appearance, having handily swept the Minnesota Twins in the ALDS. MLB: NLCS Game 1, San FranciscoGiantsvs.Philadelphia Phillies, Sat. 7:57 p.m., FOX Game 1 of the NLCS will feature one of the best playoff pitching matchups in baseball. The Phillies will start Roy Halladay, who burst onto the playoff scene
in Game 1 of the NLDS by throwing the second no-hitter in playoff history. But Tim Lincecum nearly matched Halladay, striking out 14 Braves in his postseason debut in a two-hit, complete-game shutout. The Phillies are looking to advance to their third straight World Series appearance, while the Giants are hoping to advance to their first World Series since 2002. NFL: Baltimore Ravens vs. New England Patriots, Sun. 1:00 p.m., CBS Life after Randy Moss begins for the Patriots this weekend as they face the formidable Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens have gotten off to a fast start, starting the year at 4-1. In their last game, the Ravens easily defeated the Denver Broncos 31-17. The Patriots, despite facing questions about the potency of their offense without Moss, have started the year off 3-1, and are coming off of a 41-14 win over the Miami Dolphins – a game in which Randy Moss didn’t catch a pass.
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» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY
P.13: NBA union addresses rising technicals. / P.12: Volleyball looks to snap losing streak. / P.11: Men’s XC competes at Conn. College Invite.
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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
Not so bold predictions
First-place Irish visits UConn in Big East showdown By Andrew Callahan Staff Writer
Russell Blair
Tonight marks the official start of the UConn basketball season. Well, not officially – the team can’t practice until Saturday – but First Night thrusts basketball into the mind of UConn fans, and with a flagging 3-3 football team, it couldn’t come soon enough. So, in honor of our far too early kickoff to the basketball season – UConn’s first game isn’t until Nov. 12 against Stony Brook – here are three far too early predictions for the upcoming men’s basketball season.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
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1. UConn will win a Big East Tournament game.
It pains me to write this next sentence, but here goes. UConn hasn’t won a game in the Big East Tournament since March 10, 2005 against Georgetown. In that time we’ve had two presidents, 11 seasons of “Dancing with the Stars,” Blink 182 broke up and got back together and this humble author went from a sophomore in high school to a senior in college. And somehow, UConn has fallen short in five consecutive trips to Madison Square Garden. Mark my words; this year will be different. UConn should finish in the middle of the pack in the Big East and have a manageable first round game against an opponent that they’ve already seen that season. This year’s squad will be full of youth and vigor, and I can’t see them dogging it out on the court against an inferior opponent like last year’s team.
2. Jonathan Mandeldove will return to the team.
Mandeldove isn’t on the official men’s basketball roster on uconnhuskies.com, but I have a sneaking suspicion the seven-footer will return to the bench, if not the court, sometime next semester. Coach Jim Calhoun has said that Mandeldove returning midway through the season – as a walk on – is a possibility. Add to that the fact that Mandeldove is still a student here, (I should know, he’s in my Law and Popular Culture class) and I don’t see a way that The Dove doesn’t work his way back onto the team.
» BLAIR, page 12
They are rare in both life and in sports. They come in a flash, disappear like lightning and can be seized only by the poised and prepared. They are moments; moments presented as opportunities that can transcend a lifetime, or in this case an entire season. Come 4:30 this afternoon, the UConn women’s soccer team (7-6-2) will have one knocking on its door. No. 4 Notre Dame 7-6-2, 3-2 and Big East foe DePaul come to Storrs this weekend to do battle with the Huskies in some monumental conference games. Currently, the Irish are the lone team in the Big East whom the Huskies do not have 13-1, 7-0 an all-time winning record against. The two Friday, 4:30 p.m. women’s soccer powerMorrone houses are familiar with one another, and tonight Stadium they will continue their historic clash. “We know and understand what we have to do,” said coach Len Tsantiris. “Getting a good result would be big in many ways, and there’s no need for me to motivate them. The chance is there.” The reason this weekend could provide a potential boost for the Huskies is two-fold. First, the nationally ranked Irish are stomping on their competition, and their dominance is well documented in every single statistical category. Second, the Huskies have been wildly inconsistent and misfortunate this season.
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» THE HUSKIES, page 12
Top-5 teams do battle in Storrs
Defender Courtney Wilkinson-Maitland controls the ball in UConn’s 3-0 win over USF Sunday.
goals Wednesday – in the 13th minute and in the 24th minute – as the Huskies toppled Northeastern by a score of 4-0. Seniors Rayell The No. 5 Huskies will take on Heistand and Melissa Gonzalez their second top-five opponent assisted Silverman on her first in a week when they host the and second goals, respectively. No. 4 Princeton Tigers Junior reserve Sunday afternoon. The Bethany Semlear reggame begins at 2 p.m. at istered her first point the George J. Sherman of the season when Family Sports Complex. she assisted on junior UConn enters the vs. Princeton Ali Blankmeyer’s weekend at 11-3 on the ninth goal of the year 2 p.m. season – including a just seconds before spotless 6-0 home record the halftime buzzer Sunday – while Princeton, out of sounded. Semlear Sherman the Ivy League, sits at then scored in the 9-2. The matchup marks 45th minute after Complex UConn’s seventh game burying a shot from this year against a ranked oppo- long range. nent. The Huskies are 4-2 so far “Bethany really sparked the against top 25 teams. team,” head coach Nancy Stevens Junior midfielder Cara said of Semlear’s performance off Silverman, who owns team highs the bench against Northeastern. of 11 goals and 24 points, will “Bethany is really like a starter lead the UConn offense into for us, she’s started several games its matchup with the Tigers. and has been a great player.” Silverman scored two first-half In total, UConn outshot
By Ryan Tepperman Campus Correspondent
FIELD HOCKEY
Northeastern by a final count of 18-10. Freshman goalie Sarah Mansfield stopped five shots for her Big East-leading sixth shutout of the season, and her first since a 2-0 win over Providence on Sept. 24. Stevens said Mansfield was as good as she’s been all year in Wednesday’s victory. “She was under pressure initially in the game,” Stevens said. “That’s really when they had most of their chances. She really had one of her best games to date, which comes at a good time for the team with Princeton up next.” Mansfield, whose .89 goals against average is good for fifth in the country, will have to be on top of her game again in Sunday’s matchup with the No. 4 team. The Tigers are second in the nation with a scoring average of 4.55 goals a game, and are outscoring their opponents by 3.55 goals a contest.
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Sophomore back Vicky Arthur, seen here in action against Georgetown, and the rest of No. 5 Huskies play No. 4 Princeton in Storrs Sunday.
UConn faces struggling St. John’s in Jamaica Queens Conference, the second Red Division team the Huskies have played this year. St. John’s is one of four winless teams in the Red Division. The Red Storm had a five-game winning streak After picking up their third conference earlier in the season but are winless since Sept. win of the year against Providence, the No. 28. But the Johnnies have a favorable home 5 Huskies will take on Big East opponent St. record of 4-1-1, likely due to a unique playing surface and great fan support. John’s on Saturday. Belson Stadium, the home of the Alan Ponce helped UConn to its Red Storm, is a turf field, a surface 2-0 win over the Friars with three uncommon in the Big East. points on a goal and an assist. “This could be one of our tougher Ponce assisted Cascio for the first goal of the game, and scored in the at St. John’s games. Playing on turf is much different than grass,” Deeley said. 76th minute to double the lead. Tomorrow, Saturday will be the 30th meeting “We have always had difof two Big East teams. In the last ficult matches at Providence,” 7:30 p.m. 12the meetings at St. John’s, UConn said assistant coach John Deeley. Belson has won just once – 12 years ago. “They are a scrappy opponent, but Though they are 1-3-1 in their we took control of the game.” Stadium last five games, St. John’s has been The Friars outshot the Huskies WHUS competitive against all of its oppo11-9, but a solid performance from nents. The Red Storm took Big East Josh Ford resulted in his 45th leader Louisville to overtime before losing career shutout. St. John’s goes into the Saturday night 2-1. St. John’s also lost to conference oppomatchup with an overall record of 6-5-1, nent Cincinnati 2-0. But Deeley sees St. John’s past four games and a winless Big East record of 0-3-1. St. John’s is in the Red Division of the Big East as a good sign for the Huskies.
By John Shevchuk Staff Writer
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Sophomore Jossimar Sanchez passes the ball against Seton Hall on Oct. 9.
“[St. John’s] has been struggling lately; they have only scored one goal in the last four games,” Deeley said. Even with a record of 6-5-1, St. John’s has still achieved a goals against average of only 1.02. In the 12 games Red Storm goalkeeper Rafael Diaz has started, he has made 56 saves. Diaz has also earned a save percentage of .824. Tadue Terra leads the team offensively with team-highs in goals, assists and points. Forward Pablo Battuto Punyed, who has four goals this season, is currently scratched from the roster with an injury. UConn forward Mamadou Doudou Diouf participated in his first full-contact practice on Thursday, but is still listed as day-to-day with an ankle injury. “[Diouf] is making progress and getting back into the rhythm of things,” Deeley said. “Thursday is the most he practiced since his injury. We hope to use him in some capacity.” Saturday’s game begins at 7:30 p.m. in Queens, N.Y. at Belson Stadium. The game can be heard on 91.7 WHUS or online at whus.org.
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