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Students and residents of the town of Mansfield attended the 2010 Mansfield Candidates’ Night presented by the League of Women Voters last night at E.O. Smith High School. The forum allowed members of the community the opportunity to ask questions of candidates running for various state offices. Jason Ortiz, one of the two UConn students running for the 54th District State House seat as an unaffiliated candidate, made it known that his major platform is education. Ortiz said his major motivation for running is disappointment with past leadership on the issue of education. “We must fight for education on a regular basis,” Ortiz said in his opening statement. “Over my dead body will we cut another aspect of education [from state spending].” Students from UConn were impressed by what Ortiz had to say. “Ortiz was impressive,” said Kyle Abercrombie, a 5th-semester political science major. “I believe in what he is about, especially the importance of Connecticut’s access to renewable energy, and the importance of a shift to a peacetime economy.” Other students were less than impressed with Chris Paulhus, the Republican candidate for the 54th District who left the debate early citing “prior engagements” after disregarding a question posed to him about Connecticutspecific state funding of the war in Iraq. “Paulhus was arrogant in disregarding the two students running as being underqualified for the job, when it was evident that the students gave the best opinions,” said Undergraduate Student Government Vice President Clive Richards. “Our taxes as residents of Mansfield fund this war and he is giving up power. If you can collect taxes from us, then you better address where the money is going.” One major topic of debate
The Health Education Office held a stress ball making program yesterday in the Women’s Center as part of their Stop Over Stressing (S.O.S) program. The S.O.S program offers different relaxation methods to help students cope with the stress of midterms. On Oct. 5, the Health Education Office hosted an event where students made their own herbal pillows and spritzed them with essential oils such as spearmint and peppermint. On Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. they will have free massages in the Women’s Center. Then they will finish off the semester with Stress Down Day on Dec. 9 in the Student Union. Alison Beaty, a 5th-semester student in the ACES program, attended last night because she thought it might be fun. “Not only do the stress balls relieve stress, but it was relieving to make them because you’re hanging out and talking,” said Beaty. “I think it’s great because it applies really well, we just had midterms so it’s nice to de-stress,” said Lindsey Russo, a 7th-semester communications major. Russo was one of nine girls from the co-educational national honors fraternity Phi Sigma Pi who attended yesterday’s event. The fraternity used this as an initiate scholarship event because they feel it helps students deal with stress from school work and thereby enhances their studies. “It’s great because at UConn there is so much going on, everyone is involved in many different things…but with classes it can also be stressful. So it’s great for UConn to provide the students with ways to de-stress,” said Victoria Costello, a 7th-semester biology major who works in the Health Education Office. The Health Education Office has been running the S.O.S program for over five years in the middle of October and February, typically seen as very stressful times because of midterms.
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Jason Ortiz, a UConn student and candidate for the 54th District State House seat, answers a question on Tuesday night.
was the issue of job creation in Connecticut. Each of the candidates agreed that if Connecticut wants to create jobs, the state legislature needs to work hard to retain graduates from UConn and other state universities. “If we can leverage the funds from research into the creation of a research park to open up jobs, then we can also create opportunities for local business,” said Greg
Haddad, a UConn alumnus and the Democratic candidate for the 54th District. Brien Buckman, a UConn student and unaffiliated candidate for the 54th District, agreed with Ortiz and Haddad on the need for job creation and the importance of education, but stressed his lack of political affiliation as necessary to help UConn students work together with residents of Mansfield to
solve the budget crisis. “I am running independently because there are community rather than political solutions that we need to be thinking about,” Buckman said in his closing argument. “As a committee it’s about coming together as a community and doing what is best for us, not just any one particular party.”
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Conference focuses on female leadership By Garrett Gianneschi Campus Correspondent Irom Sharmila, a 38-yearold woman of Manipur, India, hasn’t eaten since she was 28, according to Dr. Deepti Priya Mehrotra, a human rights writer, activist and teacher. Mehrotra was a speaker at the UNESCO Chair 11 Annual International Human Rights Conference held yesterday at the Student Union Theater, which focused this year on women leadership and human rights. She presented Sharmila’s case as an example of both. Sharmila is on an indefinite hunger strike in protest to the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act of 1958, also known as AFSPA, which allows armed forces in certain “disturbed areas” to “fire upon or otherwise use force, even to the causing of death, against any person who is acting in contravention of any law,” according to The Gazette of India, a national newspaper. Manipur is one of eight regions declared as such. But Mehrotra says this act
has led to “[Indian] armed forces killing at sight…murder, rape, torture and disappearances of Manipur citizens.” Ten years ago marked a watershed moment in terror for AFSPA and spurred Sharmila into protest. “In November of 2000, 10 people were waiting at a bus stop; men, women, children,” Mehrotra said, “When an armed forces jeep pulled up to their stop. The 10 people were then shot dead by the people in that armed forces jeep.” Sharmila declared her hunger strike after that incident. But days after her hunger strike began, Sharmila was declared to be suicidal, an offense which warrants an arrest by the Indian government. She was then incarcerated and force fed nutrients through a tube connected to her nose. She is still forcefed today. Outrage over the continued exploitation of the AFSPA was not confined to Sharmila. Events such as the November, 2000 massacre spurred the formation of Manipur militia groups into guerilla war-
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Dr. Deepti Priya, a speaker at the UNESCO Chair 11 Annual International Human Rights Conference held on Tuesday night.
fare against the government, which has answered the guerilla attacks with more violence. “It is a spiraling action;
the more the state imposes the more reaction by citizens. It is a type of civil war and ordinary young men are joining groups to fight,”
Mehrotra said. Mehrotra critiques her own government, the Indian gov-
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Conn. jury hears words of home invasion defendant
NEW HAVEN (AP) – Lawyers for a Connecticut man trying to avoid the death penalty for a fatal home invasion cited the writings of his co-defendant who described how his “dark shadow was let loose” as he beat a doctor and the pleasure he got from terrorizing the man’s wife and two daughters. Steven Hayes’ attorneys on Tuesday introduced the words of Joshua Komisarjevsky, who is still awaiting trial, in an attempt to show Komisarjevsky masterminded the 2007 break-in and escalated the violence that led to the killings of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, 17-year-old Hayley and 11-year-old Michaela, at their Cheshire home.
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Behind Cablevision, Fox tiff, a broader strategy
McMahon gives $41.5M to Conn. Senate campaign
HARTFORD (AP) – Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon has so far spent more than $41.5 million of her own money on her U.S. Senate campaign, inching closer to a pledge to spend as much as $50 million on the nationally watched race in Connecticut. McMahon’s campaign on Tuesday released a portion of the Republican’s filing with the Federal Election Commission. The entire filing has not yet been posted to the FEC website. The four pages provided by the campaign show McMahon lent her campaign $20 million between July 22 and Sept. 30, for a total of $41.5 million since she began her campaign last fall. She is not expected to be reimbursed for the loans. The report shows her campaign has spent more than $39.5 million to date. That figure includes money she spent to garner the state Republican Party’s endorsement at the convention and later the nomination following the August primary.
Ed group says Conn. should close performance gap
HARTFORD (AP) – Improved early childhood education, student curricula, and accountability among educators are among a list of recommendations put forth by a state-appointed education committee Tuesday to help reduce the academic performance gap between Connecticut’s low-income students and their peers. The Connecticut Commission on Educational Achievement said the state has the highest achievement gap in the nation but maintained that if the group’s proposals were implemented the state would close the gap within ten years. “Connecticut students on a whole do quite well nationally, but if you dig below the numbers and look at how the low-income group does versus the non-low income group, there’s where the most work needs to be done,” said Steven Simmons, the commission chairman. The group, whose 11 members were appointed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell in March, said the state has a nation-leading 34-point gap between the state’s poorest and more affluent students. Also, lowincome fourth and eighth grade students are about three grade levels behind their peers in reading and math, it said.
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Police: Pa. woman makes threat with gun on bus
UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman pulled out a handgun and threatened a fellow passenger during an argument aboard a public bus, but a third passenger is being hailed as a hero for breaking up the confrontation before it escalated further, police said. The altercation onboard the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority bus in Upper Darby, just outside Philadelphia, was captured on video. The woman was arrested after getting off the bus and a gun was found in her purse, police said. Cordelia Chisholm, 58, of Yeadon, was being held on charges of aggravated assault and other counts. It could not immediately be determined if Chisholm had an attorney, and a telephone number for her could not be located.
Nevada feline becomes world’s longest domestic cat
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A cat in Reno has broken the Guinness world record for world’s longest domestic cat. The Reno GazetteJournal reported that a 5-year-old Maine Coon named Stewie was certified as the new record holder after measuring 48½ inches from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail bone. That’s a little more than 4 feet long. The record was previously held by another Maine Coon that measured 48 inches. Stewie’s owners, Robin Hendrickson and Erik Brandsness, said they decided to try for the record after hearing countless people say they were amazed by Stewie’s length. Hendrickson said Maine Coons are known as “the gentle giants” of the cat world.
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A Philadelphia Phillies player practices in front of an advertisement for postseason baseball on Fox in San Francisco Oct. 18. The dispute between Fox and Cablevision that left 3 million cable subscribers in the New York area without Fox programming over the weekend has stretched into its third day.
NEW YORK (AP) – The contract dispute that has left 3 million Cablevision subscribers without Fox programming since the weekend may be just one move in a broader chess match between broadcast TV companies and subscription TV providers. Industry experts say one reason Cablevision Systems Corp. is playing tough in negotiations is to draw action by federal regulators. Proposed rules backed by cable providers and some lawmakers could stop the broadcast companies that run Fox, NBC, ABC and CBS stations from pulling their channels during negotiations over the monthly fees a provider pays broadcasters to carry their channels on cable lineups. A ban on pulling channels would deprive networks and local station owners of their most powerful bargaining chip in their push for higher rates. The stakes are growing for TV viewers, who have had to put up with an escalating number of blackouts over the past few years as broadcasters look to
win a bigger source of income outside of advertising. Fox, owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., earlier threatened to pull signals in a similar dispute with Time Warner Cable Inc., a provider with almost 13 million customers in 28 states. That dispute ended without any blackout, but fees are typically renegotiated every few years. Fox and satellite provider Dish Network Corp. face a similar showdown this month as their current fee deal expires. Fox and Cablevision said Tuesday they had not yet reached a deal, leaving customers without the stations for a fourth day. The dispute with Cablevision began at midnight Friday when the company’s contract with Fox expired. Channels including Fox 5 and My9 in New York and Fox29 in Philadelphia have gone dark for Cablevision customers since then. Viewers had to make alternative arrangements to watch the National
League playoffs, the New York Giants football game and the hit show “House.” If the dispute continues to drag on, there’s even an outside possibility Cablevision subscribers could miss the World Series games that Fox will begin broadcasting later this month. Analysts don’t believe the dispute will get that far, however, in part because Cablevision already knows that it will have to eventually bow out. That’s because what News Corp. risks by pulling its signal – the advertising dollars it earns at its local stations in the New York area – is just a fraction of the media empire’s $30 billion or so in annual revenue. (Analysts say broadcasters don’t typically guarantee a certain size audience to advertisers, but they do often end up compensating for lost viewers by discounting future commercial time.) Cablevision, based in Bethpage, N.Y., is risking the ire of customers who pay their cable bill every month and expect the full lineup of channels. The company’s share-
‘We really need to look at them as a people’ from CONFERENCE, page 1 ernment, for not opening up dialogue with citizens over this issue. “[Human rights activists] are attempting to deepen democracy. These democratic regimes are not fully democratic. Let us help strengthen democracy by expressing ourselves in disagreement.” In this sense Mehrotra commended Sharmila in her method of attracting attention to an issue. “This method has drawn attention to her cause. Those who take up arms do not draw the same type of sympathies. Building up solidarity is the way to go for any movement. That is the power of the powerless. She doesn’t have any political or financial power; only her body.” But it is not only the government’s fault for the inac-
tion in addressing Manipur’s grievances with the Indian government, according to Mehrotra. The problem of Manipur is also caused by the regular Indian citizenry. “We are not yet free of too many prejudices,” Mehrotra said. “The northeastern states are a different ethnic and religious group [compared to the majority of India].” Manipur and other northeastern states in India are more Mongolian in appearance, or Chinese-Japanese and often hold animistic, Christian, or a type of Hindu belief system that is different from the majority of India, according to Mehrotra. “It is as if that portion of the [country] is not recognized by the rest of the country…And as long as we [the Indian people outside of Manipur] are secure and satisfied we don’t care to look
holders keep a close eye on customer turnover as it competes with satellite TV providers and phone company video services such as FiOS TV from Verizon Communications Inc. “On the surface, small Cablevision is no match for big Fox,” Sanford Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett wrote in a recent report for investors. But government intervention could level the playing field, “and that may be what Cablevision is playing for,” he said. In other words, if broadcast companies can’t pull their signals, then Cablevision can negotiate without having to worry about angry customers. Moffett suspects the same idea may have been behind a similar dispute Cablevision had with The Walt Disney’s Co.’s ABC network in March, when a 20-hour blackout cut 15 minutes into the Oscars for New York area viewers.
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beyond the margins of our own lives. We really need to look at them as a people or else the whole country could be in trouble.” Other speakers of the sixhour event were former governor of Vermont, Madeleine May Kunin; Angie Le Mar, one of Britain’s top comediennes; Jeanne D’Arc Mujawamariya, Minister of Education for the Rwanda government; Lucrecia Ramirez Restrepo, Associate Professor in the Psychiatry Department at the University of Antioquia in Colombia; and Ms. Maytte RestrepoRuiz, an independent scholar who presently works at the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence as Prevention and Education program coordinator.
Costello explained that the Health Education Office also has a relaxation station for students to use of whenever they need it. The station has many different massagers, including two shiatsu massagers, comfy chairs and pillows to lounge on, relaxation books, foot massagers, aromatherapy and relaxation packs. Costello has been receiving positive feedback about the S.O.S programs from students who have taken advantage of them. “Especially the [programs] that are interactive. I think people enjoy things they can get their hands on,” Costello said. “The only drawback to this program is that it’s a little messy…but it’s fun anyway.” For more information about the S.O.S. program and any other resources offered by the Health Education Office, you can go to the first floor of Rome Commons in South Campus building D, or find them online.
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Lawyer: Octuplets’ mom knew dangers
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Fertility specialist Dr. Michael Kamrava prepares for a hearing before the California Board of Medical Examiners on possible suspension or revocation of his medical license, in Los Angeles Monday. He is accused of “grossly negligent’’ treatment of `”Octomom’’ Nadya Suleman and another patient.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A lawyer for Nadya Suleman’s fertility doctor said Tuesday that the doctor consulted the octuplets’ mother about the dangers of bearing multiple babies, and he didn’t refute allegations that she was implanted with 12 embryos, far in excess of national guidelines. Dr. Michael Kamrava’s lawyer Henry Fenton said at the doctor’s licensing hearing in Los Angeles that Suleman’s medical records show she was consulted about the dangers on several occasions. Kamrava’s hard-to-understand records frequently came up during the cross-examination of the state’s fertility expert in the case, Dr. Victor Fujimoto,
who heads the fertility program at the University of California San Francisco. Kamrava used uncommon abbreviations and his “scribbles” were indecipherable, making it unclear what consultations transpired before Suleman went on to have octuplets in 2009, Fujimoto said. “I do not recall any documentation in the record referring to her children and the risks to her children,” Fujimoto said, adding that mentions of the risks of multiple gestation and fetal reduction were limited to a few lines. Fenton didn’t refute allegations made Monday that Kamrava had implanted Suleman with 12 embryos, resulting in octuplets.
Kamrava “knew that a 12-embryo transfer was unsafe,” said Deputy Attorney General Judith Alvarado, representing the medical board in its effort to revoke or suspend Kamrava’s medical license. There are health risks associated with crowding in a mother’s uterus that could endanger the mother and result in premature birth or other ailments for the babies. In a span of less than eight years, Suleman underwent repeated in vitro fertilization treatments resulting in 14 children, including her octuplets born in January 2009. In all, Suleman was implanted with 60 fresh embryos, Alvarado said. The medical board has also
alleged Kamrava was negligent in failing to refer Suleman for a mental health evaluation prior to continued treatments. Fenton argued Tuesday that there is no mandate or guidelines from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine for doctors to refer fertility patients to mental health consultations. Fujimoto agreed that there isn’t a rule, but a doctor’s good judgment requires them to ask questions when there are “many red flags along the way,” including Suleman’s “incessant persistence to get pregnant within months of delivery in every single case.” One of those red flags was how unusual it is for a single
woman to repeatedly attempt in vitro after successfully having two children, Fujimoto said. Kamrava’s lawyer said Suleman had a partner early on, but Fujimoto said there was no documentation of that partner existing or ever visiting Kamrava’s office with her. The sperm donor listed in her records is anonymous, which is unusual when a consenting couple seeks in vitro, he added. “It’s one thing to use somebody’s sperm,” Fujimoto said. “When you say ‘partner’ that to me means someone that is going to actively take part in raising those children.” The board also accuses Kamrava of negligence in his treatment of two other patients.
Big fans put 2 houses to hurricane-force wind
RICHBURG, S.C. (AP) – Researchers used more than 100 giant fans to create hurricaneforce winds in an experiment Tuesday that crumpled an ordinary home within minutes but left a better-built home standing at its side. Authorities said the experiment conducted in the cavernous Insurance Center for Building Safety illustrated the superiority of fortified building materials against materials and methods used in conventional home-building.
“This is an opportunity to create demand for better construction,” said Tim Reinhold, the center’s chief engineer. The Richburg facility was built by insurance companies in a bid to find ways to reduce damages and losses from natural disasters. The conventional home took minutes to collapse in 96-mph winds similar to those of a Category 2 hurricane; once the house began to shake, the end came seconds later. Reinhold said the stronger house cost
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Fiorina notes life struggles in appeal to women
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – With two weeks left to go in a close contest, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina on Tuesday opened up about her own life struggles in her attempt to reach out to women. Fiorina stopped at an Italian restaurant in the capital city to address about 50 female supporters, most whom were white and several of whom identified themselves as mothers and small-business owners. Fiorina is challenging Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, who has cast Fiorina as a threat to women’s rights because of her opposition to abortion. One woman expressed anxiety about her children’s future, prompting Fiorina to say she shared those concerns. In explaining why she is running for office for the first time, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO opened up briefly about her own challenges as a candidate. “This is not, you know this, this isn’t easy to run for office,” she said. “We’ve had a tough couple of years in our family. We lost a daughter. I battled cancer. I lost hair.” Fiorina’s 35-year-old stepdaughter, Lori Ann, died about a year ago. The cause of death was not given. Before that, Fiorina had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Her campaign said she has been treated and doctors have given her a clean bill of health. “If this election is of incredible consequence, we have ... to send new kinds of people to Washington,” Fiorina said. Boxer campaign manager Rose Kapolczynski said the contrast between the two women remain clear. “Sen. Boxer is fighting to create jobs,” Kapolczynski said in a statement. “Carly Fiorina was personally responsible for laying off 30,000 workers and shipping California jobs overseas-all while collecting $100 million in pay and perks.” Fiorina is polling well among men. But according to the most recent Public Policy Institute of California survey, Boxer has 45 percent support among women, compared to 31 percent for Fiorina.
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Aim for healthy, not for societal norms
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ver the course of our lives, we’ve all heard them: general statements about the shape and composition of a person’s body. Whether they’ve tumbled off our tongues or crept into our ears – aimed at us or others – these utterances do nothing but further the growing problem our society has with body image. In recognition of this, this week been designated “Fat Talk Free Week” by Delta Delta Delta, a nationally recognized sorority. The international event, which will also occur on the Storrs campus, aims to free society from “fat talk” and focus on the “healthy ideal,” according to endfattalk.org. Both men and women suffer from negative body image. Women are pressured to be thin – men are pressured to be definitively muscular. Both genders are bombarded with media that screams “Look like this and you’ll be accepted!” or “Look like this and you won’t!” With such an assault coming from all sides, it’s no surprise that negative body image is such a problem. The average woman is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 144 pounds. The average man stands at 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs in at 175 pounds. Models and those we are told by the media to aspire to look like, are above the average height and below the average weight of both men and women. Fat talk is not relegated to “I’m so fat,” “I need to lose some weight,” “Do I look fat in this?” and “Why don’t you go exercise?” Even the most innocuous comments can be defined as such. “You look good, have you lost weight?” and “That dress takes off 10 pounds!” both qualify as statements that perpetuate poor body image among the population. Instead of focusing on getting skinny and losing as much weight as possible, we should focus on the healthy ideal. This, of course, varies from person to person. What is healthy for one person may not be healthy for another. This ideal is based on health, not size. From tabling in the Student Union, to movies about beauty and body image the UConn Women’s Center is bringing this event to Storrs this week. As this is a societal problem that is plaguing men and women alike – not just the 100 people currently listed as “attending” on Facebook – everyone should take notice of the events. Once the week has passed, the idea should remain in our minds. Make a conscious decision to avoid fat talk. Find out what is healthy for you and strive to achieve it. Your body is yours and decisions pertaining to it belong to you as well – nobody else. 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.
When can I start playing as Carlos Alvarez in FIFA? Birthday reminders on Facebook just make it easier for me to find all the random people I need to delete. Hearing the soccer game announcer’s cheerful voice through my window makes me wish he could narrate my life. I’m not sure what is sadder, the fact that this is the third day I’ve been studying late in the Bio Physics building or that this is the third day in a row the janitors have combined the trash with the recycleables. Someone just walked into my 8 a.m. lecture wearing jorts and a sweatshirt with just “AMERICA” on it. The rent is too damn high. To the guy who stole my bike and rode away laughing...you dropped your ID. UConn could’ve given at least three underprivileged kids free tuition for the amount of money Hillel spends watering the sidewalks. I was going to the go to the gym... then my roommate mentioned drinks and pizza. After my experiences this weekend, I’m starting to think Prohibition was a good idea. I have a good memory, but only for pointless things. In other news, I just aced my art history exam.
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One-party rule an alarming likelihood for Conn.
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s Election Day approaches, Connecticut faces the real, dangerous possibility of one-party rule. Democrats currently hold veto-proof majorities in both chambers of the general assembly and do not expect to lose many seats. Polling shows Democrat Dan Malloy ahead of Republican Tom Foley in the gubernatorial race. If nothing profound changes in the “Land of Steady Habits” before November, Connecticut citizens will have made themselves beholden to a single political By Arragon Perrone ideology. Such a scenario is danWeekly Columnist gerous to free discussion, the political process and the structure of state government itself. When a single party controls both the executive and legislative branches of state government by small margins, it dominates policy making, but it has to make deals with opposing platforms. But when a single party controls the governorship and overwhelmingly controls the legislature, it can effectively control debate, stifle dissent and ignore critics. If there is an alternate viewpoint offered, the ruling party can easily dismiss it and ram through its desired legislation without debate. This is the problem in Connecticut. At the present time, Democrats overwhelmingly dominate the second-largest political party – the Republican Party – in the House, 114 to 37. In the Senate, the ratio is 2:1. This situation undermines the system of checks and balances between the legislature and the governor. While it appears that Republican Governor M. Jodi Rell can counterbalance an excessive policy of the Democratic legislature, she is effectively powerless. Any bill that she proposes can and has been easily defeated, and any bill she vetoes can be overturned – even if a significant number of Democrats dissent. During her time in office, Rell has had 17 vetoes overridden, tying her in first for the highest number in 70 years.
This problem will worsen if Democrats take control of the governorship while maintaining a veto-proof legislative majority. The U.S. Congress over the past decade is a perfect example of this what-if scenario. After 2002, Republicans held the presidency and both houses of Congress. Debate with opposition Democrats was muzzled, alternate viewpoints were ignored and the dominating party became more arrogant, corrupt and unresponsive to the American people. Then, in 2008, Democrats seized power of the presidency and veto-proof power (however fleeting) in the Senate. Consequently, arrogance, corruption and unresponsiveness occurred once again.
“In a small state like Connecticut, one-party rule is even more dangerous.” In a small state like Connecticut, this oneparty rule is even more dangerous. A single party has less space over which to blanket political propaganda and contends with fewer newspapers and critics. As a result, one party has a much easier time of dominating political discussion and controlling the marketplace of ideas. Whichever party gets the endorsement of The Hartford Courant effectively wins support of the media, since the Courant is directly tied to FoxCT, one of the state’s major news sources. Whichever party wins over the hearts and minds of UConn can swing an entire district for itself. Whoever wins over the major unions has de facto support of the entire manufacturing industry. And whoever wins over the Connecticut Education Association (CEA) has won every public school in the state. One-party rule may make the law-making process more unified and efficient, but it allows bad decisions to be implemented without adequate discussion, during which problems in the proposals could have been
discovered and fixed. Instead, those bad decisions sail right on through the legislature. For example, overzealous spending by Democrats has left the state in a dire financial situation that may have been avoided if more conservative voices had been allowed into the public debate. The Department of Social Services reports that Connecticut’s Medicaid costs might increase by $956.9 million during the next fiscal year beginning July 2011. Meanwhile, the budget deficit stands at $734,200,000 while Connecticut taxpayers are paying $7,007 per capita in state and local taxes – the third highest tax burden in the nation. For every $1 Connecticut gives the federal government, it gets only $0.69 back – the third lowest return in the nation. Spending is just one of the areas in which one-party domination can have a negative impact. Education is another. From the time a Connecticut student has a politician visit his or her elementary school until he or she encounters a politician at a college event, that student has probably heard only one version of political, social and economic policy. Connecticut students are fed the same political narrative from the time they are very young. As a result, there is no room for dissent, no appreciation for disagreement and no respect for an “I object.” The only hope for the state lies in its huge number of unaffiliated voters. Out of all active voters, the unaffiliated are at the top with a whopping 832,994 (about 40 percent). This large base can prevent one party from assuming nearly complete power over the political process, whether that power belongs to the Democrats, Republicans, Greens or Working Families. No matter who is in power, the unaffiliated have the real power to tilt the government away from a veto-proof majority towards a fairer, more open democratic process.
Weekly columnist Arragon Perrone is a 5th-semester political science and English double major. He can be reached at Arragon.Perrone@UConn.edu.
Religion should not be a political platform
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here is an ongoing fusion of religion and politics that is threatening the First Amendment. The notion of “separation of church and state” describes the constitutional restriction placed on Congress, By Tim Brogan w h i c h states that it Staff Columnist “shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” The terms dictated by the Founding Fathers promote free will and lay the foundation for religious tolerance, but they are unfortunately going by the wayside in modern politics. In the minds of many voters, a candidate’s religious beliefs indicate their moral aptitude and political legitimacy. Outspoken atheists and agnostics seldom complete a serious run for office due to the attached stigma. The “cozy” relationship between faith and politics has mainstreamed social issues that boil down to religious beliefs. When candidates with extreme views are elected, they threaten democracy as the Founders intended it to exist. Five Tea Party-backed Republican Senate nominees in the midterm election want to restrict abortion rights, even in cases of rape or incest: Delaware’s Christine O’Donnell, Colorado’s Ken Buck, Nevada’s Sharron Angle, Alaska’s Joe Miller and Kentucky’s Rand Paul. They all
advocate small government, yet insist the government has the right to meddle in women’s reproductive affairs. Unless death is imminent, these candidates believe a woman, by law, must bear the child of her rapist. It’s disconcerting that such an extreme take on a social issue could garner support in Congress should these individuals get elected. In a Daily Beast editorial entitled “The Tea Party Doctrine,” Jon Avalon explains how these extreme views on abortion contradict the “national consensus around safe, legal, and rare.” Voters must be weary of sensationalist candidates that stray from even the furthest definition of moderation. Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell is virtually a protégé of Sarah Palin. They both espouse fundamentalist Christian views on sexuality and science. While their morality – like yours and mine – is a product of free will, it becomes our business when they run for office. Palin, who many believe will pursue a presidential run in 2012, has expressed her desire to incorporate Genesis Creationism, as dictated in the Bible, into publicly funded education. She supports using taxpayer money to teach children that God created earth in six days about 5,000 years ago. Palin also thinks that the government and the people should acknowledge the U.S. as a Christian nation, despite the fact that the Constitution is
purposefully devoid of any specific mention of God – much less Christianity.
“As a nation, we’re much more spiritually diverse than the politicians we elect.” New York’s Republican candidate for governor, Carl Paladino, also holds some religious beliefs that could influence his policy decisions. He was quoted in Monday’s issue of The New York Times as saying homosexuality is “not how God created us.” It seems his religious beliefs are a conflict of interest in his bid for governor, and he says he will block any legislation that legalizes same-sex marriage. Former President George W. Bush made influential decisions based on his faith. A New York Times Magazine article, “Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush,” quotes Bush as saying, “I’m driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, ‘George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.’ And I did.” The President used the same reasoning for the invasion of Iraq and for the pursuit of a free Palestinian state. As a nation, we’re much more
spiritually diverse than the subset of politicians who we elect to public office. The scope of religious and non-religious beliefs is limited in the political world; some groups are undoubtedly underrepresented. With the midterm elections nearing, it is important for the educated voter base at UConn to critically analyze the candidates, whether they are voting locally or by absentee ballot. Votes should be directed toward candidates who separate their religious beliefs from their platforms. Allowing religious morality to mingle with government issues will restrict the reproductive rights of women and the civil rights of gays. It will hinder life-saving medical advancements by blocking the study of stem cells, and it threatens to incorporate religion into our secular education system. Decisions in government must be based on pragmatic reasoning rather than faith-based certainty. If politicians bring their personal religious beliefs into the chambers of legislature or into executive office, legislation may be enacted that prioritizes one belief system over another. In short, extreme views based on religious morality may further blur the line that separates church and state.
Staff Columnist Tim Brogan is a 5th-semester natural resources major. He can be reached at Timothy.Brogan@UConn.edu.
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Carin Goes to College by Carin Powell
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name 55 __-drive 57 Fluctuate wildly 58 Combustible pile 59 New Mexico resort 62 Gun, in slang
Super Glitch by John Lawson
Down 1 Official with a list 2 Attempt to persuade 3 Outlet connection 4 Online IRS document submission system, literally? 5 Educ. guess 6 Island cookout 7 ‘60s sitcom set at Fort Courage, literally? 8 Skimpy bikini part, literally? 9 Studio warning light 10 Wood for model fliers 11 Deals with, as a fly 14 “__, Sing America” (Langston Hughes poem) 18 Arrived at a base, in a way
Classic JELLY! by Elise Domyan
Across 1 Use chicanery on 5 Pole worker? 8 Lots 12 Author __ Stanley Gardner 13 Islamic mystic 15 Work on, as a bone 16 Fit of fever 17 Roosevelts’ successors as first family 19 Festive event 20 Desert with a view of Beersheba 22 One studying saucers 24 Awfully long time 26 Popular pâté 27 He’s not always a beast 31 Cat chaser 32 Take the stand again 34 Mass unit 38 Gen. Robt. __ 39 Gather 41 Arizona river 42 It has a floor on Wall St. 43 Good feeling that lingers 45 Common Mkt. 48 Achieves via trickery 49 Lets up 53 Metric energy unit 54 Working hours for night owls 56 Libya neighbor 60 Creamy cheese 61 Volunteer 63 “La maja desnuda” painter 64 Stare at impolitely 65 Words before then 66 Pita sandwich 67 Playground shout 68 Co. whose logo features Mercury carrying a bouquet 69 “What __ around ...”
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Poop by Michael Badulak
Aries - You must devise a creative plan that includes your partner and other important individuals. You won’t satisfy everyone, but will provide basic needs. Taurus - Your need for independence may lead to travel away from home. A friend suggests an unexpected destination that suits your mood beautifully.
Cancer - If you want the spotlight today, you can have it, but only if you overcome an objection from a close associate. You can share, if you’re willing.
Dissmiss the Cynics by Victor Preato
Gemini - Rapidly developing circumstances force you to adapt to social demands. In the process, an idea transforms and you discover opportunities.
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Nothing Extraordinary by Thomas Feldtmose
Leo - What you think you want in the morning changes dramatically halfway through the day. Others offer alternatives that seem more appealing. Now you have choice. Virgo - You want change, and you’re willing to run right out and make it. Younger people may seem inflexible on at least one point. Be patient. Libra - The course of love doesn’t run smooth for someone in your family. You can soothe ruffled feathers by telling jokes and being utterly silly.
Bucephalus by K.X. Ellia
Scorpio - Apply your creativity to concrete problems with a sibling or neighbor. It’s better to have a great plan than to rush forward without one. Sagittarius - You may need to spend money today on others. Listen to demands, and then figure out what can be done to accommodate them without breaking the budget. Capricorn - Creative requirements at home put you on notice that you’re skills are in high demand. Shop carefully for the best bargain and quality. Aquarius - You want to shout your news from the rooftops. Call the essential parties first. They deserve to know in advance. Then issue a press release. Pisces - You don’t have to take the spotlight today. In fact, others benefit when you allow them to have their say and reserve your response for another day.
Pundles and Droodles by Brian Ingmanson
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Why the long Face by Jackson Lautier
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DOD: Military recruiters to accept gay applicants
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The military is accepting openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation’s history, even as it tries in the courts to slow the movement to abolish its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. At least two service members discharged for being gay began the process to re-enlist after the Pentagon’s Tuesday announcement. Meanwhile, a federal judge in California who overturned the 17-year policy last week was likely to reject the government’s latest effort to halt her order telling the military to stop enforcing the law. The Justice Department will likely appeal if she does not suspend her order. The Defense Department has said it would comply with U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips’ order and had frozen any discharge cases. Pentagon spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said recruiters had been given toplevel guidance to accept applicants who say they are gay. Recruiters also have been told to inform potential recruits that the moratorium on enforcement of the policy could be reversed at any time, if the ruling is appealed or the court grants a stay, she said. Gay rights groups were continuing to tell service members to avoid revealing that they are gay, fearing they could find themselves in trouble should the law be reinstated. “What people aren’t really getting is that the discretion and caution that gay troops are showing now is exactly the same standard of conduct that they will adhere to when the ban is lifted permanently,” said Aaron Belkin, executive director of the Palm Center, a think tank on gays and the military
at the University of California Santa Barbara. “Yes, a few will try to become celebrities.” An Air Force officer and cofounder of a gay service member support group called OutServe said financial considerations are playing a big role in gay service members staying quiet. “The military has financially trapped us,” he said, noting that he could owe the military about $200,000 if he were to be dismissed. The officer, who asked not to be identified for fear of being discharged, said he’s hearing increasingly about heterosexual service members approaching gay colleagues and telling them they can come out now. He also said more gay service members are coming out to their peers who are friends, while keeping their orientation secret from leadership. He said he has come out to two peers in the last few days. “People are coming out informally in their units,” the officer said. “Discussions are happening right now.” An opponent of the judge’s ruling said confusion that has come up is exactly what Pentagon officials feared and shows the need for her to immediately freeze her order while the government appeals. “It’s only logical that a stay should be granted to avoid the confusion that is already occurring with reports that the Pentagon is telling recruiters to begin accepting homosexual applicants,” said Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, a conservative advocacy group based in Washington that supports the policy. The uncertain status of the law has caused much confusion within an institution that has historically discriminated
against gays. Before the 1993 law, the military banned gays entirely and declared them incompatible with military service. There have been instances in which gays have served, with the knowledge of their colleagues. Twenty-nine nations, including Israel, Canada, Germany and Sweden, allow openly gay troops, according to the Log Cabin Republicans, a gay rights group and plaintiff in the lawsuit before Phillips. The Pentagon guidance to recruiters comes after Dan Woods, the group’s attorney, sent a letter last week warning the Justice Department that
Army recruiters who turned away Omar Lopez in Austin, Texas may have caused the government to violate Phillips’ injunction. Woods wrote that the government could be subject to a citation for contempt. The White House has insisted their actions in court do not diminish President Barack Obama’s efforts to repeal the ban. In their stay request, government lawyers argue Phillips’ order would be disruptive to troops serving at a time of war. They say the military needs time to prepare new regulations and train and educate service members about the change. Phillips has said her order does
not prohibit the Pentagon from implementing those measures. Douglas Smith, spokesman for U.S. Army Recruiting Command based at Fort Knox in Kentucky said even before the ruling recruiters did not ask applicants about their sexual orientation. The difference now is that recruiters will process those who say they are gay. “If they were to self-admit that they are gay and want to enlist, we will process them for enlistment, but will tell them that the legal situation could change,” Smith said. He said the enlistment process takes time and recruiters have
been told to inform those who are openly gay that they could be declared ineligible if the law is upheld on appeal. “U.S. Army Recruiting Command is going to follow the law, whatever the law is,” he said. The message, however, had not reached some recruiting stations. In Pensacola, Marine Sgt. Timothy Chandler said he had been given no direction. “As far as we are concerned everything is the same. The policy hasn’t changed,” he said, as others in the office nodded. Chandler said no one had come to the small office questioning the policy or asking about being
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Back to the classics Can we still believe in love at first sight? By Alessandra Petrino Campus Correspondent
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David L. Mills, conducts the UConn Symphonic Band at its performance in von der Mehden Recital Hall Tuesday. Mills is also in charge of the UConn Marching Band (UCMB), also known as ‘The Pride of Connecticut.’
UConn Symphonic Band performs a night of classical pieces in von der Mehden By Loumarie Rodriguez Campus Correspondent
The UConn Symphonic Band filled the von der Mehden Recital Hall with refined classical music Tuesday. The event packed a surprising number of UConn students as well as locals from surrounding areas. The band itself consists of many marching band members that made up most of the musical group. With many classical pieces, the band played extraordinary music that left the hall vibrating all the way
to the end of the show. The night started off with all the musicians filing onto the lit up stage. The main conductor, David L. Mills, who is also in charge of the UConn Marching Band (UCMB) – also known as “The Pride of Connecticut” – then took center stage once the band had warmed up a bit and led the group into long but classy musical numbers. After three main songs the musicians switched up positions as they prepared for another set of songs that converted the band into a deeper sound.
“I think it’s fantastic. I was in marching band and this is a completely different level,” said audience member Eric Samford, a 5th-semester molecular cell biology major. Soon after the first few pieces, the conductors swapped in with other conductors who took control of the band and led them into other unique classical pieces. A brief intermission followed, during which many of the band members conversed with audience members. All audience members were invited to Room 102 of the
recital building to meet up with the band and its conductors, sponsored by the Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma groups. The program ended abruptly with the band playing a classical piece that earned a long applause from audience members. Many then proceeded to 102 to catch up with the band members. “I really like it you can tell that they have been working hard at it,” said Molly Callahan, a 3rd-semester English major. “It’s pretty moving.”
Another patron, 3rd-semester history major Joe Williamson said, “It was an excellent show the band was fantastic. As always Dr. Mill made some great selections. The clarinets were wonderful.” If you’re interested in learning about more shows at the von der Mehden Recital Hall, be sure to check out upcoming events such as the Symphony Orchestra on Oct 21. and Jazz Combos concert on Oct. 25; both shows starting at 8 p.m.
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Console wars: a never-ending conflict
By Lucas Ma Campus Correspondent It’s one thing if someone is actually willing to listen to the pros and cons of both consoles, but unfortunately this is rarely the case, since fans on both sides are so closeminded. Not that it matters, since they all recycle the same weak arguments for both consoles. In fact, I’ve noticed that those who are most adamant in their views are the ones who know the least about the systems. Being someone who has been a part of this great debate many times, I’ve asked many fans of the Xbox why it is a superior system, and the answer never changes: Xbox has “Halo.” It will then be followed up by “facts,” such as how the Xbox 360 has better graphics. I honestly do not see how having one franchise can warrant
the purchase and unconditional love of a console. Furthermore, from a technical standpoint, the 360 does not have better graphics; 360 games only require a native resolution of 720p, whereas there is a growing number of games in the PS3 library that support 1080p. Combine that with an HD television, and there is a noticeable difference in dynamics. The website IGN did a hardware comparison between the two systems (which I urge you to read), and the outcome was PS3 winning in almost all of the categories. So let’s get one thing straight: the 360 does not, by any means, have superior graphics to the PS3. That leaves the argument of Xbox being the better system because of “Halo.” It’s probably apparent that I prefer the PS3, but
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Sony’s Playstation 3 (left) and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 (right) are two highly popular gaming consoles. But, the debates for and against each console are relatively weak.
Become a Best Buddy, make an impact
By Hima Mamillapalli Staff Writer Best Buddies is an international non-profit organization founded to establish a global volunteer movement while promoting leadership development, friendships and employment for those that are intellectually and developmentally disabled. Founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver in 1989, chapters of the organization have spread to over 1,500 colleges, universities and high schools across the United States. Best Buddies
has also seen significant growth abroad. “Our objective is to establish and maintain friendships with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities in order to make a positive difference in their lives,” said Brittany Histing, a 3rd-semester nursing major and president of Best Buddies. Even though the organization has grown rapidly since 1989, much more has to be done to help disabled individuals not only in developing countries, but also right here in our own backyards. Members in the club are
matched to a “buddy,” and together they participate in activities. This organization is different from other mentoring programs in that it is aimed at teaching the buddies life lessons through activities, as opposed to tutoring and doing homework. “My buddy’s name is Matt, and we often go skateboarding with another member of the club, Brendan Innes,” said Histing. “It’s honestly the simple and fun things that are the most rewarding and beneficial to both the buddies and the college students.” The Best Buddies chapter at UConn has seen a lot of
growth in the number of participants since last year. With more events and even a spring prom planned for the buddies this year, the organization has taken on the saying “go big or go home.” The benefits of joining the club are that members can make a positive impact on another person’s life. This organization is also a great experience for people interested in teaching or working with the disabled later on in their lives. The buddies also end up impacting the lives of their mentors. With a simple friendship, two different lives are affected and it is a
learning experience for both individuals. “Best Buddies is an organization that stands for friendship and acceptance,” said Lauren Castaldi, a 3rd-semester physiology and neurobiology major. “By offering the simple gift of friendship, you can make a huge difference in the lives of people with disabilities.” The time committed for Best Buddies includes one to two chapter meetings a month and a chapter event with the buddies. Once matched, members are expected to maintain a friendship with their buddy
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According to a February 2010 report by Psychology Today, approximately 60 percent of Americans say they believe in this, while 50 percent say they’ve experienced it at some point in their lifetime. Is it ghosts? Not even close. UFO’s? Wrong again. Miracles? Getting closer. Female ejaculation? That’s probably a bit too far. Take a step back (though according to Wikipedia, 35 to 50 percent of women surveyed say they have experienced this type of magic). Then what could this statistic possible be referring to? Why, it’s the belief in love at first sight, of course. We are constantly bombarded with this idea of love at first sight while watching movies and television, listening to the radio and our ipods, and reading magazines and literature. However, during a time when multiple reports illustrate that, in 2010, 41 percent of couples with children and a whopping 66 percent of childless couples fall under the divorcee category, a concept like love at first sight is hard to grasp. Not to mention that divorce rates for second and third marriages tend to be higher, at 60 percent for second marriages and 73 percent for third marriages. So, can we still believe in love at first sight? Or is all hope lost? Should we just continue watching movies and reading novels, wishing we were the main character while knowing that will never be reality? When asked if he believed in love at first sight, 21-yearold Michael Maher said, “No, and if there is, I haven’t seen it yet,” adding, “I feel like physical attraction is always going to be the first thing, and to be enamored with someone is much different than loving someone. To be ‘in love,’ you have to know the person from the biggest detail to the tiniest secret and those things only come with time and understanding. To love someone is to love what they are and what they aren’t no matter the day, time, month or year.” But, what about the 60 percent of Americans that do believe in love at first sight? Are they living in a fantasy world or has society put this false belief in their heads? “I think those people haven’t experienced love yet and haven’t seen that it takes time to build, but I’m not going to knock them for it. The only way to understand is to experience the heartache that can come along with love,” Maher said. Perhaps the 50 percent of Americans that claim they have experienced it just want to believe that something so apparently wonderful being possible. Lauren Dudziak, a 3rdsemester geoscience, major said, “I’m not sure if I believe in love at first sight. Maybe I do. I don’t know. I do think it is possible, though I’ve never been in love. But when I see this one guy on campus I always get butterflies around him, but I don’t think he knows I exist.” Whether love at first sight is possible or not, and whether those that believe in it have experienced it or not or are just wishful thinkers, one thing is apparent: everyone has a different definition of what love is. And perhaps love at first sight doesn’t depend upon if you believe in it or not, but rather upon how you define
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Nostalgia in gaming enhances appreciation By Jason Bogdan Campus Correspondent
a rope or a ladder to solve most of the puzzles; you will actually need to be creative in order to get all the Starites. In that respect, my advice would be just get rid of the first Scribblenauts if you own it and just get Super Scribblenauts. It has the cool summon just about everything you type in functions, but this time with great controls, brilliantly creative challenges and the infinitely fun use of adjectives. So long as you have a respectable amount of imagination, you’ll have an absolute blast with Super Scribblenauts.
Being nostalgic for something can be a great advantage. Take my experience with Sonic 4, for example. The game itself is a finely-crafted, old-school-styled platformer, but playing the long-awaited sequel seems to summon my inner 8-year old, who had endless fun playing through the Genesis Sonic games. By itself, the game is great, but lifelong love for the fast blue hedgehog is what made me download and play it on day one, all the while with blissful appreciation. Being nostalgic for the 2D Sonic games has made the old school revival a positive thing, but nostalgia is a finicky thing. There are plenty of DVDs I bought and TV shows I enjoyed as a kid that weren’t so enjoyable once I entered my 20s. As I head into adulthood, there are plenty of nostalgic things that were good, but some are just plain painful to revisit. My video game experiences until around middle school were a mixed bag of the still popular titles like Mario and Sonic, and the other games where I figured Bugs Bunny or Bart Simpson would make them a blast to play. Long story short, back then I was a kid who was more than willing to own a terrible platformer featuring a Looney Tunes character instead of the latest Final Fantasy or Metroid games. But nostalgia can even ruin the good old games that, back then, were actually a fun time. Play the original Goldeneye 007 for N64 and you’ll realize right away why Activision is making plenty of changes for the upcoming remake for the Wii. And as scary as it sounds, at some point, future generations are going to look at games that we treasure now, like Halo or Modern Warfare, and consider it as dated as we think Perfect Dark is now. Even though I have no problems saying Bart vs. the Space Mutants is one of the most torturous experiences available, it breaks my heart when I look at Mario Party now as something better left for 10 years ago. As video games continue to evolve throughout the years, there will definitely be experiences worth going back to, like Pikmin. Just be sure not to have so much invested in your nostalgia, otherwise you’ll end up like I did when I recently replayed Conker’s Bad Fur Day, a masterful game back then that today is an utter wreck of poor pacing when compared to Ratchet & Clank.
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Everyone’s favorite blue hedgehog is back in ‘Sonic 4: Episode 1,’ the downloadable game equipped with a new storyline, exciting climax and great graphics.
Hedgehog’s new game is the answer fans have been waiting for By Jason Bogdan Campus Correspondent Sonic 4: Episode 1 is, essentially, a compromise from Sega. After more than a decade of less-than-satisfying 3-D console games and only a few 2-D gems like the old days for the GBA and DS, it seems the only way rabid Sonic fans can get their satisfying console entry is in 15 dollar downloadable chunks. It’s an odd idea to satisfy the longtime fans, for sure, but after playing through the first episode of Sonic the Hedgehog 4, the title couldn’t be more justified. It truly is the Sonic console game I’ve been waiting 16 long years for. The first episode in Sonic 4 gives you four area zones and one final boss battle for your $15 download. There is no exposition or excess of characters here. You play as everyone’s favorite blue rodent and go about the levels in nostalgic
bliss until Dr. Robotnik finally calls it quits. It’s a bit different, however, since you can pick the levels you want to play, though you should have little trouble making it through the game. But be warned: the final boss battle level presents a level of difficulty that’ll quickly deplete all those precious lives you saved up.
I played the game on the PS3, and the graphics themselves look pretty good. It takes the more simplistic design of the classic Sonic games and gives them the HD polish expected of modern games. The only real issue is the animation of Sonic himself. Half the time he looks like he’s running under water, and the Sonic design from 1 and
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The Good - The Sonic game that the hardcore fans have been waiting
for, and it’s still very fun. - It has enough references from the old games, mixed with a cool homing attack for some neat new level pathways.
The Bad
- It’s a pretty short expereince until the credits roll. - Sonic’s slow and goofy animations make me wish they just ripped the character design from Sonic CD and called it a day.
2 would’ve been preferred. The graphics are debatable amongst hardcore fans, but thankfully the music has the wonderfully catchy 16-bit flavor like the games of old. Even though I’ve gone through the old-school Sonic games more times than I’d like to admit, I still had just as much of a blast as I did in elementary school. It’s arguably based around running to the right spot while occasionally jumping, but it’s more than that. The strategy put into using the spin dash and figuring out pacing that won’t end in tons of lost rings is the bulk of what makes Sonic so much fun and difficult to master in the time trials. The levels themselves have numerous cues from the Genesis classics, but the addition of the homing attack from the recent titles makes this classic-style sequel feel more fresh than other classic
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New ‘Scribblenauts’: far superior than predecessor
By Jason Bogdan Campus Correspondent
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3) Borderlands isn’t the only great game from last year to get a Game of the Year edition last week. The highly praised Uncharted 2 is also getting the re-release treatment, if you want the game with plenty of the downloadable content for free. For me, Uncharted 2 was definitely one of the reasons why I finally caved in and got a PS3. When I decided to try it out at my cousin’s house, I ended up sitting in one position for hours until I realized I was already near the end. - Jason Bogdan
With Super Scribblenauts, I feel like the developers at 5th Cell finally understood what to do with the series’ premise. The first game’s idea of having any written item appear to solve puzzles was ambitiously unique, but unfortunately the poor touch screen controls and mundane tasks made it all feel like an unfulfilled gimmick in the end. Thankfully, 5th Cell has listened to the complaints and has not only provided slick D-pad controls and far more creative puzzles, but
has also implemented the use of adjectives for an uproariously fun time. Adding adjectives is such a fun and necessary addition that it’s simply impossible to go back to the first game. Why summon a Sword to defeat a dragon when you call up a big glowing red fiery sword to make it look all the more epic? Being able to have a robotic vegetarian zombie fight a Giant cold polkadot cthulhu definitely provides many hours of non-copyright and non-vulgar creative fun, but 5th Cell has also been able to create plenty of great puzzles to go through as well. Need to design a man that has the qualities of a dragon? Then why not
Super Scribblenauts DS
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/10
The Good - 5th Cell has fixed all the problems of the first game,
making it a great puzzle game. - The addition of adjectives can create a Giant Radioactive Freindly Vampire - need I say more?
The Bad
- Considering I’m writing this for college students, I should point out that anything vulgar or copyrighted cannot be summoned.
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In Super Scribblenauts, players can summon words to help them advance. In this case, a player summoned a machine part.
type in a green winged scaley potion to make it all happen. All the levels of Super Scribblenauts go in that kind of style where you’ll need to summon something that’s the cross between two different things, make a suit where you can please all members of a crazily different audience and even create the right types of weaponry to defeat a certain kind of enemy. Compared to the first game, where you were merely asked to go from point A to point B, it seems like 5th Cell finally achieved what it was going for with its tagline of Create Anything. Solve Everything. No longer will you just have to summon
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Arquette joins fight to preserve Calif. climate law SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Actor David Arquette is lending his quirky star power to the campaign against a November ballot measure that would suspend California’s greenhouse gas emissions law. Wearing an American flagprint karate uniform, Arquette appeared in Sacramento on Tuesday to promote a series of online videos opposing Proposition 23. The spots will run on YouTube and other websites and are aimed at young voters who might not be won over by traditional campaign advertising, said Jared Ficker, head of the Green Technology Leadership
Group, the Sacramento-based political action committee producing the films. In a one-minute video titled “Don’t Mess With California,” Arquette portrays California and proceeds to knock out a group of thugs representing Texas oil interests. Oil companies have donated the bulk of the money to support Proposition 23. It would indefinitely suspend a 2006 California law that seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions statewide to 1990 levels over the next decade. Opponents of the law, set to take effect in 2012, say it will eliminate jobs and hurt
small businesses. Supporters call it a long-term investment in environmental protection and green technology. Arquette is part of a wellknown Hollywood family and is best known for his recurring role in the “Scream” films. This is the first time he’s been actively involved in a political campaign, he said. “It seemed like a great way to get the message across in a very intriguing way that young voters could tune into, start talking about, send to their friends,” the 39-year-old said. “It’s all about getting people to the polls to vote for the future.”
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David Arquette, right, listens to a question regarding a series of online videos opposing Proposition 23, during a news conference Tuesday.
Club fundraiser runs through Tommy Hilfiger embraces the buzz of pop culture Oct. 21 in the Student Union
» FASHION
NEW YORK (AP) – He’s rocked and he’s rolled – and Tommy Hilfiger has done it for more than 25 years. Hilfiger is marking 25 years of his namesake brand this fall, celebrating with a splashy show during Fashion Week, tailgate parties and anniversary products, but his career is, in fact, longer than that: He’s had a fashion gig since high school when he decided Elmira, N.Y., needed a denim store to keep up with the 1960s rock-star trends. He opened People’s Place catering to the local college crowd and everyone headed to Woodstock, and took out ads in the local newspaper boasting the best bell-bottoms and red fox jackets for “foxy” ladies. He’d promote sales as “savings for swingers.” “I wanted to build a business around all this pop culture,” says Hilfiger, who ticks off music, movies, celebrity and art as the long-term common threads in his signature look that has evolved through phases of hippie, preppy, Americana and glitzy influences. Moving with the times doesn’t make him or his brand inconsistent, says Hilfiger. On the contrary, he explains, it gives his collection and its customers an interesting, vibrant lifestyle that adopts more than just one aesthetic. The style icons he admires – for their personal looks as well as their ability to tap the zeitgeist – range from Norman Rockwell to the Beatles, from Marilyn Monroe to Beyonce. He shows off just what a fan he is of the big picture around him in a new ultra-luxe $550 book published by Assouline that is, essentially, Hilfiger’s scrapbook. (It’s not the sort of thing that would fit on most coffee tables but you could imagine a copy on Hilfiger’s table in his apartment at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan or his estate in Greenwich, Conn.) Scribbles in Hilfiger’s handwriting explain his affinity for Steve McQueen, tartan plaid and tongue-in-cheek advertising. He’s created collages that
pay tribute to people, places and things that move the needle and generate buzz, but there also are personal moments – a family portrait of Hilfiger and his eight siblings, and a very Grace Kelly-esque photo of his wife Dee, for example – that do give the sense of a man with the full plate that he likes to describe. “One of the most important things to me is to make things real, not have models who are perfectly groomed or clothes that are too perfect. It all has to have a twist because that’s how people live.” Despite the success and fame he enjoys now, Hilfiger comes across as a very normal guy – and that’s a compliment. He is approachable, affable and, on the early Saturday morning of this interview, punctual, even though he did a quick turnaround from a late-night store appearance. Hilfiger, 59, certainly hasn’t been immune to ups and downs. The brand has been bought and sold by investors with PhillipsVan Heusen Corp. as its current owner while Hilfiger has creative control. He has been criticized – alternately – for dabbling in too-fancy, high-price pieces and for going too casual with logo-covered looks. But that seems to have tempered since Hilfiger recommitted himself to clean, modern classics a few years ago. With a booming business overseas – one that never really stopped even when the brand waned in the U.S. in the mid-2000s – Hilfiger is now exclusive in the U.S. to Hilfiger stand-alone stores, including a huge flagship on Fifth Avenue, and Macy’s. “There have been a few incarnations of Tommy himself and his brand, but what’s interesting now is he’s firing on all cylinders,” says Durand Guion, Macy’s men’s fashion director. “He’s come into his own. The brand has its own appeal, particularly that it’s an American brand with an American sensibility. . It’s not a ‘me-too’ brand or a copycat of another brand.”
from BECOME, page 7 which involves doing activities with them monthly and also calling them frequently. The club will be having a fundraiser called “Win a Trip for Friendship!” where people can try to predict how many pieces of candy are in a pumpkin. The winner will receive a spring break trip worth about $760 from Student City, an organization that specializes in college leisure travel to
many tropical destinations such as Cancun, the Bahamas and Punta Cana. Best Buddies will be in the Student Union with the fundraiser Oct. 14, 15, 18, 20 and 21. They will also be in front of South dining hall through today. In order to get involved or for any questions regarding Best Buddies contact bestbuddiesuconn1@gmail.com.
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This photo shows sketches by designer Tommy Hilfiger for his fall 2007 collection. Hilfiger is marking 25 commemorating his namesake brand this fall.
There’s a market out there for rugby shirts, navy blazers, chinos and cotton sundresses, and Hilfiger embraces his leading place in it. To describe the spring 2011 collection that previewed last month on the runway, Hilfiger used the shorthand “rockabilly meets the country club set.” The idea, he says, was to catch up to the larger Hilfiger family – “who is quirky, modern and slightly dysfunctional” – since 1985. Among those in the front row were Jennifer Lopez, Bradley Cooper, Lenny Kravitz and Christina Hendricks, and they all attended a big, lavish party afterward at the Metropolitan Opera House – complete with
seemingly endless chandeliers and champagne. It’s not news that celebrities have become key ambassadors in the fashion world, but Hilfiger courts them a little differently than most of his peers. Because the emphasis in his company is on more relatable clothes, there isn’t the opportunity for as many red-carpet moments. But stars, like his customers, have all those other things to dress for: weekends, vacations, sports. It’s really all the good stuff, Hilfiger says. “I’ve learned not to take things so seriously around here. I’m using the ‘f-word’ a lot lately: fun – and that’s what fashion is. Clothes are meant to be fun.”
even I will admit that “Halo” is a decent franchise that can provide endless hours of entertainment. But, it simply cannot be the core argument for Xbox fans, as it depends too much on personal preference. If someone did not like first-person shooter games, would you be able to convince him or her that the 360 is still the best nextgeneration system? Of course, I’ve heard the main arguments for why a Playstation 3 is better, and, although it pains me to say it, they aren’t the strongest reasons either. Again, this is because such die-hards know so little about the system.
If I were to ask a Sony fan why the PS3 is superior to the Xbox, I would get this: Blu-ray and free online play. Though not as opinion-based as the 360 reasons, they are certainly still weak. It can be easily argued that Blu-ray is not a must-have in today’s society, and that it is worth paying a small fee for a better online service. The record, the console war is a waste of time, because all that matters in the end is which one you enjoy playing more. If you must argue one side, then I ask you do the research first. If you think you can make a good argument, then I’m all ears.
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Love is different for everyone; love at first sight is, too from CAN WE, page 7 such an ambiguous emotion like love. How can one believe in love at first sight when the definition of love is different to every person? To some, love can mean knowing every little thing about a person and accepting every bit of them, and caring for them day in and day out. To others, love is that feeling of butterflies you get when
you see them walking down the street or the flutter in your stomach when they are speaking to you. Love is many different things to many different people and therefore the concept of love at first sight cannot be as concrete as “yes, it is possible” or “no, it is not.” To some, love at first sight could happen to them everyday. To others, it could be once in a lifetime.
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Wednesday, October 20. 2010
» OBITUARY
Tom Bosley, Mr. C on ‘Happy Days,’ dies at 83
LOS ANGELES (AP) – It was a constant in American television for more than a decade: Viewers could turn on their TVs and find Howard Cunningham in his armchair, reading the newspaper and providing a fatherly voice of reason to young Richie Cunningham and his friends on “Happy Days.” Tom Bosley made the role famous during the long-running sitcom, earning a place as one of the most memorable fathers in TV history. Bosley died Tuesday at the age of 83 after suffering heart failure at a hospital near his Palm Springs home. Bosley’s agent, Sheryl Abrams, said he was also battling lung cancer. His death brought fond remembrances of the nostalgic ABC show, which ran from 1974 to 1984. On Saturday, TV viewers lost another surrogate parent, Barbara Billingsley, who portrayed June Cleaver in “Leave It To Beaver.” Both shows showcased life in the 1950s – before Vietnam, Watergate and other tumultuous events of the ‘60s and ‘70s – when life was simpler. “Kids were watching their parents grow up, and parents were watching themselves grow up. And that was the key to success of that show,” Bosley said in a 2000 interview. Bosley initially turned down the offer for a costarring role in “Happy Days.” “After rereading the pilot script,” he recalled in a 1986 interview, “I changed my mind because of a scene between Howard Cunningham and Richie. The father/son situation was written so movingly, I fell in love with the project.” Viewers did too. “Happy Days,” which debuted in 1974, slowly built to hit status, becoming television’s toprated series by its third season. TV Guide ranked Bosley’s Howard Cunningham character at No. 9 on its list of the “50 Greatest TV Dads of All
Time” in 2004. The distinction puts “Mr. C,” as his character was affectionately known on the show, right alongside Ward Cleaver, Andy Taylor, Dr. Huxtable and Mike Brady as some of the best-ever TV dads. “Tom’s insight, talent, strength of character and comic timing made him a vital central figure in the ‘Happy Days’ experience. A great father and husband, and a wonderful artist, Tom led by example, and made us all laugh while he was doing it,” said a statement from Ron Howard, who played Richie Cunningham. “My last conversations with Tom reflected the love of life and peace of mind that he always maintained throughout his full and rewarding life. I miss him already,” Howard said. “He was my husband for 11 years and the father of the company in many ways,” said Marion Ross, who played Marion Cunningham on the show. “He was so smart he could fix the end of a joke or a scene on the spot. We made a perfect couple. I played piccolo to his tuba.” Angela Lansbury played Bosley’s unfaithful wife in the 1964 Peter Sellers film “The World of Henry Orient.” Then, from 1984 to 1988, Bosley played a recurring role in Lansbury’s long-running TV series, “Murder, She Wrote,” as folksy Sheriff Amos Tupper. “He was a wonderfully interesting actor, and very much a part of the early success of ‘Murder, She Wrote.’ Working with him in the early days of the show gave me tremendous confidence,” Lansbury said. Bosley also played the crime-solving priest in television’s “The Father Dowling Mysteries,” which ran from 1989 to 1991. “Happy Days” led to other television spinoffs such as “Laverne and Shirley” and “Joni Loves Chachi.” The show also made a star of Henry Winkler, who played hip-talking, motor-
cycle-riding hoodlum Arthur “Fonzi” Fonzarelli. “Tom was a family member, both on and off the sound stage. We acted together, traveled together and played charades together,” Winkler said in a statement. “He was a loving husband, a doting father and a fantastic grandfather. He will be so missed but never forgotten by the Winkler Family or the world.” Although “Happy Days” brought him his widest fame, Bosley had made his mark on Broadway 15 years before when he turned in a Tony Awardwinning performance in the title role in “Fiorello!” His Broadway triumph depicted the life of New York’s colorful reformist mayor of the 1930s and ‘40s, Fiorello La Guardia. For two years, Bosley stopped the show every night when he sang in several languages, depicting La Guardia during the years the future mayor worked at New York’s Ellis Island, aiding arriving immigrants. The play won a Pulitzer Prize and Bosley received the Tony for best actor in a musical. After failing to duplicate his success in “Fiorello!,” Bosley moved to Hollywood in 1968. He would not return to Broadway until 1994 when he originated the role of Belle’s father in Disney’s production of “Beauty and the Beast.” In Hollywood, the rotund character actor found steady work appearing in the occasional movie and as a regular on weekly TV shows starring Debbie Reynolds, Dean Martin, Sandy Duncan and others. During the 1990s, Bosley toured in “Beauty and the Beast” and “Show Boat,” playing Captain Andy in the latter. Bosley made only a handful of theatrical movies. Among them: “Love With the Proper Stranger,” ‘’Divorce American Style,” ‘’The Secret War of Henry Frigg,” ‘’Yours, Mine and Ours.”
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Top: This photo shows performers, from left, Milton Berle, Liza Minnelli and Tom Bosley at a Friars Club luncheon in Los Angeles in 1986. Middle (left): Bosley and wife Patricia Carr Bosley; (right): Bosley in 1990. Bottom: Bosley with cast of ‘Happy Days’ in 2001.
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No. 5 Huskies try to continue momentum at BU
named Big East defensive player of the week after a 2-0 week for the Huskies. Heistand also tallied two The No. 5 Huskies will be taking assists and led the Huskies to their on No. 15 Boston University on the sixth shutout of the season against Northeastern on Wednesday. This road Wednesday afternoon. The Huskies are looking to is Heistand’s fourth time receiving this honor in her career. carry the momentum UConn is now 5-2 from their win against against ranked oppoNo. 4 Princeton into nents and 12-3 overall. the matchup with the “Playing BU has Terriers, while the vs. BU always been a battle Terriers look to recoup for us. We need to confrom a loss to New 3 p.m. trol the game from the Hampshire. Jack Barry start and be aggressive “We had balance scorin every part of the Field ing against Princeton. Four different players Boston, Mass. field. If we focus on our game and not BU’s, scored the goals and we will be successful. two were from penalty corners and two from field play,” Controlling the tempo, and having hard presses and good outlets said Coach Nancy Stevens. “Princeton was exerting con- will help us to another win,” said siderable pressure on our defense. juinior Ali Blankmeyer. And that is exactly what they Our defense refused to give up any penalty late in the game," did in their top five show-down against Princeton on Sunday. Stevens said. “Being one of the top teams Junior back Rayell Heistand was
By Danielle Ennis Staff Writer
FIELD HOCKEY
in the nation, you’re always going to have a target on your back so we have to be mindful as a team that any team we play wants to challenge us. If we just work as a unit and play our game the way we know how to, then we will continue to be hard to beat,” said Blankmeyer. Boston University is 9-5 overall and 2-1 in American East play. Its loss to New Hampshire marked the first conference loss of the season. “BU has always been one of our biggest challenges each season. We have a great deal of respect for their depth of talent, tactical sophistication and energy. We will have to outwork them in all three aspects to win the game,” said Stevens. Game time is set for 3 p. m. at Jack Barry Field.
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The UConn field hockey team is coming off a 4-2 win over No. 4 Princeton last weekend.
» MEN'S TENNIS
Duo make Yale champs. By Greg Keiser Staff Writer
Andrew Marcus and junior Scott Warden competed in the regional championships at Yale this past weekend, but left empty handed. The tournament features automatic bids to the top singles player and doubles payers from each of the participating schools. Marcus was chosen as UConn’s top singles player and Warden was chosen to play in the qualifying round in addition to Marcus. Coincidentally, Marcus and Warden also are the Huskies’ top doubles pair. Marcus lost in a main draw match 6-4, 6-4. Warden lost in the qualifying draw. The two later lost 8-6 in their doubles match together against Stony Brook. “They didn’t win anything, but they were three close matches,” said Coach Glenn Marshall. “They competed well and fought hard.” “I got off to a good start, and then sort of lost a little bit of an edge throughout the rest of the match,” Warden said. Warden and Marcus had the opposite problem in their doubles match, starting off poorly by dropping five of seven games. They picked up their play, winning four of the last seven, but it was not enough for the win. “We came out a little slow again,” Marcus said. “When you go down early, it’s a lot tougher to get the win.” This weekend, the team will face Quinnipiac in its last headto-head matchup of the fall season. The Huskies have faced the Bobcats twice so far this season, at the UConn Invite and the Quinnipiac Invite. “We have a good shot at beating them,” Marcus said. “They’re a good team, but so are we.” But UConn will be short a couple of players. Juniors Dave Adams and Matt Burns are sidelined with injuries. Adams is done for the season with shoulder and elbow problems, and Burns twisted his ankle at the Quinnipiac Invite last weekend. “I think [junior Ricardo Cardona] and [sophomore Wei Lin] will step up Wednesday,” Marcus said. Freshmen Ryan Carr and Teddy Margules will play an even more significant role than they had been previously due to their teammates' injuries. “We’ve got two really good freshmen who are stepping up,” Marshall said. “I’m not surprised, but pleasantly happy that they’re progressing quicker than maybe I thought.” “I like pressure a lot,” Carr said. “I’m glad coach is giving us the opportunity to step in the spot and see how we perform. I’m going in with my head up.” Last year, Quinnipiac beat an injured UConn squad that was missing Marcus and Warden. The year before that, Marcus beat now-senior Brian Mikkelson to give UConn the 4-3 win. Marcus will likely face off against Mikkelson Wednesday. “It should be a battle against Quinnipiac,” Warden said. The match starts Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the UConn Tennis Courts.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Sports
» MEN’S GOLF
Huskies finish one stroke behind URI at NE Champs.
By Tommy Cassell Campus Correspondent The UConn golf team went into its final tournament of the year expecting to win. The Huskies felt confident they could do so after the first round of play on Monday, trailing the University of Rhode Island by only one stroke. After a pair of 68s in the final round from juniors Adam Vaccari and Jeb Buchanan, the Huskies looked to be in a great position to take home their first
title of the season. But the golfing gods at the Captains Golf Course in Brewster, Mass., didn’t have a victory in the works for the Huskies at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championship, as two scores of 75 put UConn at a total of 586 for the tournament, one behind URI, netting the Huskies a second-place finish. Despite not winning, head coach David Pezzino thought his team could be proud of the result. “We just missed it by a shot,” Pezzino said. “[We] played hard all day and we just lost it
by one shot.” But the one-shot margin between losing and having a chance to win in a playoff stings for Pezzino and the Huskies, especially since Pezzino’s squad adhered to his maxim of one shot at a time, right until each player’s final shot of the season. “This one stings,” Pezzino said. “We played hard both days. It stings but it’s not a negative. A total of 586 over two days is great but it stings a little because [the championship] came down to one shot.” Although the Huskies lost out on the team title, Vaccari’s final
round of 68 put him in a tie for first place for the individual title at the NEIGA Championship. The junior made a par on the second playoff hole to win the individual title by one shot. “In the first hole [of the playoff], the [player from Central Connecticut] had a six-footer to win and missed it,” Vaccari said, “We went on to the next hole, which was a par-three, and I was able to get up-and-down for a par to win.” Vaccari’s individual title is the silver lining to UConn’s secondplace finish. Vaccari, who leap-
frogged teammate Brian Hughes for the team’s best tournament score, felt good about finally winning an individual title after losing a chance at a title during a playoff last spring. But despite his great individual effort, Vaccari said he would surrender his award in return for a team championship. “I would of rather had it the other way around,” Vaccari said, “I would have rather had a team title than win by one shot.” The Huskies had three players named to the First-Team All New England Team on
Tuesday: Buchanan, Brian Hughes and Vaccari. With three players named to the First-Team All New England squad, Pezzino thinks the program is heading in the right direction and looks forward to the hard work his players will put forth in the winter in preparation for the spring. “We are going to be very specific for what we are going to do, individually, in the spring,” Pezzino said. “This golf program will be prepared to put it in play for the spring, I guarantee that.”
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» WOMEN’S TENNIS
Bobcats are coming to town
By William Penfield Campus Correspondent The UConn women’s tennis team hosts their first match of the season today against Quinnipiac University. The match will also be the teams’ last before the regional championships tomorrow at Dartmouth. After last week’s 4-3 loss, the Huskies will look to get back on track with a victory today. The Huskies will play with the comfort of their home courts for the first time all season today, giving them a welcome advantage as they look to rebound from last week. “The team is pretty excited to have our last match of the season at home,” junior Alexa Gregory
said. “Quinnipiac is always a good, tough match so it is nice to be at our home courts.” The team is expecting a tough match tomorrow with their crossstate opponent. “We are all going into this m a t c h knowing vs. Quinnipiac that it is going to be 2 p.m. a battle,” UConn Tennis G r e g o r y said. “We Courts are all going to have to play our best and toughest tennis to have good results at the end of the day.” In order to prepare for today’s match, the Huskies have been
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working extra hard in practice this past week. “As far as practice goes, we have been working a lot on doubles and singles play in the last few weeks,” Gregory said. “Coach added a Fairfield tournament [the New England Invitational] to our schedule last weekend which got us in some extra match play as well.” Freshman Lucy Nutting and sophomore Abby McKeon led the Huskies with wins in their respective singles flights. Nutting also joined sophomore Lauren Wilmarth to win their doubles flight over teammates Marie Gargiulo and Sarah Griffin. Today’s match is set to begin at 2 p.m. at the UConn Tennis Courts on North Hillside Road.
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The UConn women’s tennis team hosts Quinnipiac today in their first home match of the season.
Alvarez and Diop score in second half McDonough: Celtics should consider playing regular season games in Hartford to fuel No. 5 Huskies from TAKE, page 14
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“We didn’t come out with the same urgency and controlling of play,” Ford said. “Then we came out and dominated the second half. We talked about playing their game and we do not play long ball.” After a halftime speech described by Reid as “loud,” UConn gained confidence and took control. “The beginning of the second half allowed us to gather ourselves and build our confidence. We began to attack,” Ford said. “The turning point was when Mamadou had a header and the goalie made a great save.” In the 75th minute of play, Carlos Alvarez scored a tremendous goal outside the corner of the box. Alvarez struck the ball with an incredible right to left bend, placing it the top right corner of the net. “Once I kicked it I knew it was going in,” Alvarez said. “One out of 10 of those shots is going to go in.” The goal created so much excitement that Mamadou Doudou Diouf received his second yellow card of the game following the celebration. “My role is to play the ball to other players, but it was nice to get one for myself,” Alvarez said. Five minutes later, Stephan Diop buried a goal past Zach Johnson off passes from Tony Cascio and Alan Ponce.
Kevin Garnett and Danilo Gallinari each dropped 20 points, Ray Allen made another return to his old college stomping grounds and Paul Pierce led a Celtic comeback to start a winning streak in Connecticut. Rajon Rondo even threw in an unbelievable pass for the crowd. The game was perfect because while most of the state seems to root for the Celtics, Knicks fans in Connecticut also got a chance to see their team play close to home. The Bruins own the TD Garden in Boston, just like they owned the old Boston Garden; that’s why the seats are yellow instead of green. So although the Celtics have 11 more banners hanging from the famed Garden rafters, the Bruins own the building that houses them. To bring this back would be
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Jossimar Sanchez kicks the ball in the Huskies’ 2-0 win over West Virginia.
Callahan: NFL is trying to protect players from TRADE DEADLINE, page 14 But why deal Vick in the first place? Well, Kevin Kolb is the future of the Eagles, and Vick’s two stellar starts came against the NFL’s worst pass defenses. Andy Reid should’ve let the kid spread his wings and dealt his highlight reel of a back-up. Baltimore Ravens trade RB Willis McGahee and 2011 3rd and 6th round picks to Carolina Panthers for RB Jonathan Stewart Come this off-season the Panthers are going to look a lot like the construction we walk through every day to class here in Storrs. After a 0-5 start, head coach John Fox will inevitably be fired, and the team is already in obvious need of some serious re-building. To do so, they’ll need to pounce on the opportunity to stockpile draftpicks, which they could’ve done by dealing one of their two Pro Bowl-caliber backs. Stewart has thus far played second fiddle to the more dangerous DeAngelo Williams, and would give the Ravens a near unstoppable duo behind their powerful offensive line. McGahee would serve as an adequate replacement for Stewart and play more of a straight back-up role as opposed to his spotty 3rd stringer/goal line
back position in Baltimore. Buffalo Bills trade WR Lee Evans to Arizona Cardinals for WR Early Doucet, DT Alan Branch and conditional 2011 draft pick The Cardinals are grounded on offense and will continue to be until they can get teams to stop stalking Larry Fitzgerald with half their defense. Lee Evans provides just the distraction, as a No. 1 receiver himself who’s got blazing speed. Evans has been buried in the Buffalo snow, and has been losing atmosphere for too long. The desert would do him some good. Doucet, Branch and the draft pick would add to the Bills’ young core of players as they try to work towards future seasons. Mired in their 357th rebuilding project of the last decade, Buffalo is transitioning to a 3-4 defense and has been thoroughly dominated by opponent’s running games, good for 31st in run defense. Branch, a back-up defensive end in Arizona’s 3-4, stands at a massive 6’ 3”, 340 lbs and should help slow the stampede. Minnesota Vikings deal QB Brett Favre to UFL’s Sacramento Cougars for QB Daunte Culpepper Why? Because I hate Favre. Because I used to love Culpepper. Because Culpepper
to Moss needs to happen in purple just one more time. Side-note: Protecting the players The recent uproar concerning helmet-to-helmet and otherwise exceedingly dangerous hits is, to me, a simple issue. The NFL is purely trying to protect its players, which is a good thing. The league is not banning physical play, like you might have heard from crying ESPN analysts this week, and nothing is going to change within the rulebook. Hitting your helmet against another’s, slamming defenseless receivers and blocking in the back is already disallowed. So what’s the problem? The way the NFL now goes about defining hits that are not helmetto-helmet, yet will still be prohibited, is very much up for debate. Now first off, the argument that “players destroying each other until the point of serious physical harm” is at the core of football is flat-out wrong. Ok, I agree; part of the reason we love this game is the physicality and gladiatorial aspect to it. But go watch mixed martial arts if you just want to see people demolish one another other. This game is played for sixty minutes, not to the death or anything close to it. Below-neck paralysis, severe brain damage and potential shortening of one’s
lifetime should not be the price paid just to gasp at highlights on Mondays. The cause for these injuries has many variables and is largely dependent on each specific play. Nowadays it is undeniable that players are faster, stronger and more powerful than ever before, creating greater force on the field, but what do you think people did when they wore leather helmets? Well, they tackled better. Since the days of 49ers safety Ronnie Lott in the early ‘80s, defensive football players have grown up trying to emulate people who once emulated Lott with big hits. Lott’s incredible strength at safety made it so that all he had to do was lay into a receiver to get him down instead of playing good technique. Nowadays players can still do this but if they hit with their head or if the receiver’s not looking, they might kill them. The NFL exists because of these great players, and the sole purpose of implementing a rule or to limiting the way they attack one another is for their protection. If they have to forfeit a chunk of their millionaire salaries or sit in time-out for a game, so be it. They say there’s no crying in football, but if you ask me, there shouldn’t be any chance for death either.
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great for all basketball fans in Connecticut. The Celtics could play host to the Knicks and Nets in their Hartford contests. Hopefully, the NBA would play along and schedule the two other basketball teams that are close to the state. Fans of Boston, New York and New Jersey would have a chance to watch pro basketball in Hartford. And imagine a prospective CelticsHeat or Celtics-Lakers game in the Capital City. It would be the biggest professional sports setting since the NHL, but, like the Whalers, one that may stay in our dreams. Although it seems unlikely that the Celtics will play regular season home games in Hartford ever again, it may not be a bad idea, especially with the XL Center’s future about as certain as the Big Three’s health. (In 2013, the lease goes back to the city and God knows what’ll happen to
“To bring this back would be great for all basketball fans in Connecticut.”
UConn’s second home.) If the Celtics do somehow play a few regular season home games in Hartford instead of exhibition games, lets hope they conflict with the UConn men’s basketball games at the XL Center. We all want more home games at Gampel anyway.
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Huskies return from bye week to prepare for Louisville from FOOTBALL, page 14 Edsall and the players also alluded to where the team is mentally with six regular season games left. “I thought we had the right mindset in the first half,” Petrus said. “Some games slipped away from us. We’re not going to let some things happen that we did in the first half of the season.” Edsall said that some players had a sense of entitlement coming into the season. “The power of team is more powerful than the power of me,” Edsall said. “It’s all about the team, not me or I. I think some of the guys haven’t gotten that yet. You got some guys that might be as strong mentally.” UConn entered the season with aspirations of a Big East title, and with good reason. The Huskies returned many key players from last year’s 8-5 team, and were picked to finish fourth in the preseason Big East poll. Edsall said the goals were no different coming into this year. “None of that stuff bothers me,” Edsall said. “What I’m going do, is I’m going coach and try to win every game. My coaching is no different this year, last year or the year we tied for the Big East championship. My expectations are the same every year and I don’t care what other people’s expectations are.” Although the team needs to turn it around, Edsall said that certain
individuals already have. Running back D.J. Shoemate is back at No. 2 on the depth chart. Shoemate has two touchdowns and 117 yards on 28 carries this season. “DJ’s practicing hard,” Edsall said. “There’s a guy I can use as an example…all he’s done is gone out and worked extremely hard. Those are the things you want to see as a coach.” With Jordan Todman the most productive offensive player on the roster, Edsall said that others have contributed, but will need more output in the second half. “I think Kashif Moore has been productive,” Edsall said. “We’ve gotten the balls to Mike Smith, he’s been productive. I think there’s guys that have been productive, it’s just we have to get better consistency.” Edsall also said the bye week was emotional for his team. Monday marked the one-year anniversary of the stabbing death of cornerback Jasper Howard. “I made mention to the team on Sunday on Jazz, the year anniversary of his death,” Edsall said. “The kids went down there and painted the rock themselves. The guys just handled that themselves.” The team painted the rock near North Garage in honor of Howard to mark the anniversary of his tragic death.
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“You can’t forget, I wish we could.”
- Celtics coach Doc Rivers on his team’s loss in Game 7 of the NBA Finals to the Lakers.
Favre, NFL meet about alleged impropriety
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Brett Favre has spoken with an NFL security official about text messages and lewd photos he allegedly sent to a New York Jets employee two years ago when he played for the team, ESPN reported. The network, citing unidentified sources and without providing further details, said Tuesday afternoon that Favre and NFL vice president for security Milt Ahlerich finished their meeting. Commissioner Roger Goodell said previously the Vikings quarterback would meet this week with a league official about the below-the-waist photos he allegedly sent to Jenn Sterger, now a TV personality with the Versus network. The Deadspin website reported the story about the married quarterback’s alleged behavior toward Sterger, who has not commented on the report. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello declined to confirm the meeting took place. Favre’s agent Bus Cook did not return messages. Favre arrived at Vikings headquarters in the morning, and reporters across the street saw Cook drive out of the parking lot in Favre’s vehicle in the afternoon about 6½ hours later. Vikings players have Tuesdays off, but many of them show up for treatment or film study.
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Men’s Hockey (0-1-1) Oct. 23 Army 7:05 p.m.
Oct. 28 Union 7:05 p.m.
Nov. 5 Canisius 7:05 p.m.
Nov. 6 Canisius 7:05 p.m.
Nov. 12 RIT 7:05 p.m.
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Oct. 24 MinnesotaDuluth 3:05 p.m.
Oct. 30 Boston College 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 31 Boston College 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 6 Maine 1:00 p.m.
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Oct. 21 Regional Championship Dartmouth
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The opening game of any regular season is full of surprises, twists and turns. But most could not have predicted what the UConn men’s hockey team did Oct. 9 at the University of Maine. The Huskies, coming off a 7-23-3 season, traveled to No. 7 Maine for their opening contest. UConn came close to pulling off an upset, earning a very impressive 3-3 tie against the Black Bears. Garrett Bartus had 40 saves and the Huskies’ received goals from Miles Winter, Alex Gerke and Sean Ambrosie to tie Maine. Ambrosie’s goal with seven minutes remaining in the third period sent the game to overtime, where neither team would score. UConn could not duplicate its big performance last weekend, losing 7-1 at Merrimack. Jason Krispel scored the Huskies’ lone goal of the night. Freshman goalie Rob Behling stopped 21 shots, relieving Bartus after the Warriors knocked him out of the game in the second period. UConn will try to beat Army and Union
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on the road before finally starting their first home series of the year at Freitas Ice Forum against Canisius. The women’s hockey team’s season is also underway. Last season, the Huskies came within one goal of making the NCAA tournament. UConn defeated Northeastern, and host Providence in the women’s Hockey East tournament. They made it to the final, but fell to Boston University 2-1 in overtime. Although the Huskies are fresh off a 21-9-7 season and finished No. 9 in the final poll, this year UConn is not off to a fast start, to say the least. The Huskies are 1-4 to begin the season, coming off a 7-1 loss at Syracuse last weekend. Both the men’s and women’s hockey teams are off to puzzling starts this year. Hopefully for UConn fans, the women’s team turns the season around and the men play more games like Maine, rather than Merrimack. Either way, Freitas Ice Forum is open and ready for fans to pack the stands.
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MIAMI (AP) — Bill Parcells has again reduced his role with the Miami Dolphins: He stopped coming to work. Parcells cleared out his office and no longer works at the team complex, but the Dolphins said he’ll continue as a consultant to general manager Jeff Ireland and coach Tony Sparano. “Whether he is physically here or not is really immaterial to the contributions that he will make on an ongoing basis,” chief executive office Mike Dee said Tuesday. “From the football operations point of view, it really is business as usual. Nothing has really changed.” However, the 69-year-old Parcells’ role has become even more limited since he gave control of the football operation to Ireland shortly before the season. At that time, the Dolphins said Parcells would remain involved daily, but that may no longer be the case. “The role is fluid,” Dee said, “and how it shapes going forward is Bill’s decision.” Dee wouldn’t speculate about whether Parcells is likely to help with next year’s draft. Parcells was hired nearly three years ago by owner Wayne Huizenga, who subsequently sold the team to Stephen Ross. Ross hasn’t commented publicly since Parcells handed over control to Ireland.
THE Pro Side Blackhawks, Canucks face off; Fowler back after injury By Dan Agabiti Staff Writer Showdown in Chi-town According to ESPN.com, tonight’s game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Chicago Blackhawks at 9 p. m. is one to keep an eye on. While the game is not televised nationally, it is worth keeping tabs on with one of the plethora of mobile devices available these days. The Blackhawks have knocked out the Canucks in the past two postseasons. This time the Canucks are looking for some revenge, and for good reason. Experts have been saying that this year’s Canucks are as strong as they have ever been, and they have a good shot at doing some damage this postseason. The Canucks are off to a good start this season, while the Blackhawks showed some signs of rhythmic problems in their new offense after multiple changes this offseason. But the defending-champion Blackhawks’ early offensive struggles might be a thing of the
past. They have scored 12 goals in their past three games. This should make for one exciting matchup. Fowler expected to play According to the Associated Press, Anaheim Ducks rookie defenseman Cam Fowler is expected to play in Anaheim’s game tonight after breaking his nose in a collision with Phoenix’s Shane Doan. Fowler received the injury Sunday night during the Ducks’ 3-2 win at home against the Coyotes. It was announced the next morning that he had broken his nose. During the second period, he scored his first NHL goal, just prior to sliding hard into the boards behind Phoenix’s net only a few minutes later. Fowler, 19, should be traveling with the team on its upcoming road trip beginning tonight in Columbus. The Ducks have three more games to decide if they want to keep him for the season or return the first-round draft pick to his junior team.
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The Boston Celtics played host to the New York Knicks in Hartford last weekend. For the second straight preseason, the Celtics played a home exhibition game on UConn’s court at the XL Center. Celtic Pride has had a resurgence in Connecticut since Boston captivated all of New England with a 17th championship in 2008 and a Finals appearance last season. Although Connecticut hosting a Celtics game may seem a new publicity stunt for the Green, it is really reviving an old tradition. Boston has played home exhibition games at Mohegan Sun Arena as of late, but from 1975-1995, the Celts played occasional regular season home games at the Hartford Civic Center. The likes of John Havlicek, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Dennis Johnson and Larry Bird put on shows for fans in Hartford when New England’s basketball team traveled from Boston down to Connecticut for a few regular season games. While they clinched championships at the Boston Garden, the Hartford Civic Center was the Celtics’ second home. Last year, Boston beat the Toronto Raptors at the XL Center in front of 10,117 fans. Saturday, the Celtics and Knicks played in front of 15,318 people. The Celtics beat New York 97-84 in a contest that showcased Shaquille O’Neal’s first game in Hartford as a Celtic.
» MCDONOUGH, page 12
Trade dealine tricks and treats By Andrew Callahan NFL Columnist Halloween is almost here folks; you can just about taste it. Then again, let’s face the facts: things have been in the works for a while. Candy has been out and growing stale in stores since May, there have been people in cop costumes outside Carriage since school started and my Captain Condom uniform has been in the works long before either of those. Now, what does this mean in terms of football? Well, the NFL’s trade deadline comes every year around mid-October, and it predictably passed yesterday without any last-minute blockbuster deals. So here’s a look at some trades that I believe should’ve gone down, along with another note. You decide: trick or treat? Philadelphia Eagles trade QB Michael Vick to Oakland Raiders for 2012 second-round pick The Eagles had an excellent chance to take advantage of both a terrific roster predicament and a terrible franchise all in one. With Vick showing the league his capabilities as a dynamic player still exist, his stock has risen to the point where he can be considered a legitimate starting quarterback in the NFL. So who’s crazy enough to take him? The Raiders of course. Why only a second round pick? Well the Raiders already coughed up this year’s first rounder to New England, so they’ll pass on the chance to entirely void their opportunity to improve in 2011 (except, being the Raiders, it’s already nil).
» CALLAHAN, page 12
Fueled by two second-half goals, the UConn men’s soccer team defeated Big East rival West Virginia for the first time since 2005, moving into first place in the Blue Division of the Big East. The victory kept the No. 5 Huskies’ undefeated conference record alive and allowed them to gain a two-point lead on Georgetown in the Big East Blue Divison standings. Immediately following the opening kickoff,WestVirginia drove the ball up field a ripped a shot at Josh Ford just 20 seconds in, resulting in Ford’s first save of the night. The Huskies remained competitive with the Mountaineers for the next 20 minutes. Then came a television timeout for a SNY commercial break, resulting in a change in momentum. “I thought the first 22 [minutes] were good, then the TV timeout came,” said UConn coach Ray Reid. “We couldn’t play our own game and saw a lot of pressure but josh was phenomenal.” Ford made five saves on 10 shots in the first half, keeping the Huskies in the game. The senior goalie had a number of saves bound for the highlight reel. On one shot Ford kicked out a foot at the last minute to make the stop, leading to a stunned SNY commentator saying, “That save is sure to be mentioned in the student newspaper.”
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Robert Brickley carries the ball in UConn’s 4-0 win over Seton Hall on Oct. 9. The Huskies face Providence today as the team will try to improve its record to 3-0-1 in conference play.
» ALVAREZ, page 12
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Ford, second half offense key for UConn
the field, smiling as an important late-season conference win went into the books. “I think he was more happy UConn men’s soccer coach Ray Reid gave Stephane Diop with my performance [than a hug as the sophomore mid- usual],” Ford said. “I’ve been fielder left the field in the here four years and haven’t beatfinal minutes of last night’s en West Virginia in a while.” Ford notched his 2-0 win over West 52nd career victory, Virginia at Morrone good for top-five Stadium. in program history. With 30 seconds He owns the record remaining, Reid for most shutouts in walked over to the UConn history, earnWest Virginia coaching his 47th against ing staff to shake Notebook the Mountaineers. hands. As the clock As Ford etches his wound down, and name in the UConn record the rest of the UConn coachbooks, the humble goalie es went to congratulate West Virginia, Reid walked across keeps his focus on the task at the field to senior goalkeeper hand: team victories. “I don’t pay much attention Josh Ford. The veteran coach to the records,” Ford said. “I wanted to save the biggest show of emotion, for whom hear them from other people he called, “The man of the but don’t follow them myself. I want to focus on the team’s match.” Reid and Ford embraced performance more than indiand walked to the center of vidual performance. Records can be broken, but champion-
ships cannot be taken away.” Ford equaled his seasonhigh save total with seven against the Mountaineers. The senior accumulated the same amount in last Saturday’s scoreless tie at St. John’s. Ford made most of his saves in the first half. Eric Schoenle had an open look off a corner kick, but Ford made a leaping save at the near post. With 13 minutes left in the half, Moeryhan Doue was wide open in front of the net in transition, but Ford was there to stop the shot with a sliding save.
month with quarterback Cody Endres and won his starting job back Notebook before the Vanderbilt game. He was left off the depth chart this week, which prompted Edsall to begin his press conference by saying Kuraczea left the team. After not going any further into the issue, Edsall spoke about the UConn football team’s bye week. “It was good for us because we had a chance to study ourselves and take a look at what issues we
had,” Edsall said. “Also to take a look at here’s who we are after six games, and now what direction do we need to go in offensively, defensively and special teams.” The Huskies are 3-3 midway through the season, and 0-1 in the Big East. On Oct. 8, UConn lost 27-24 at Rutgers in their first conference game of the season. “Offensively we have to get better and third down and possessing the ball, and moving the chains,” Edsall said. “Defensively it comes down to, we can’t give up the big plays. If everybody does their job, usually you eliminate the big plays.” Edsall said.
By Matt McDonough Associate Sports Editor
SOCCER
Offense is stellar in second half Sophomore forward Carlos Alvarez, who leads the NCAA with 12 assists this season, was named Big East Rookie of the Year last year, a season in which he notched only 11 helpers. The Mountaineers were able to contain Alvarez and the Husky offense during
Kuraczea leaves UConn
By Colin McDonough Senior Staff Writer Coach Randy Edsall announced that Eric Kuraczea has withdrawn from UConn for personal reasons and he will transfer to another school in January. When asked further questions about Kuraczea, Edsall did not give any information. “I told the young man exactly what I would say at the press conference and I’ll keep true to the young man,” Edsall said. Kuraczea is a redshirt sophomore from Ansonia. He came back from suspension last
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the first half. A TV timeout put a stop to UConn’s earlygame momentum, and West Virginia outshot the Huskies by three in the first half. Alvarez said UConn was playing West Virginia’s style of game and tempo, but halftime adjustments from Reid turned the tide. “Loud ones,” Reid said of his speech to the team at halftime. “I used very simple adjectives to wake them up, along with a few other words. They needed to wake up and play like men.” Alvarez answered Reid’s call in the 75th minute with his fourth goal of the season. The offense was off and rolling, and Diop put the game away, fed by Tony Cascio and Alan Ponce. “We needed these points, especially at home,” Alvarez said. “You need to play big time in your house.” The win sends the Huskies to the top of the Big East Blue Divison with 14 points. West
Virginia dropped to fourth place. The Huskies remained ranked No. 5 in the country in the NSCAA, College Soccer News and Soccer Times polls. Diouf ejected
Mamadou Doudou Diouf played his second game since returning from injury, but it looks like he will have to sit out Friday’s game. The freshman received two yellow cards during Tuesday’s match, the second one coming during the celebration following Alvarez’s goal. Diouf sprinted down the sidelines, past the West Virginia bench to his teammates. The excessive celebration resulted in a red card and an ejection. Friday’s game against Notre Dame will be telecasted live on Fox Soccer Channel. The match begins at 8 p.m.
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Jordan Todman carries the ball against Vanderbilt on Oct. 2