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Study: Agriculture is a $3.5B business
By Russell O’Brien Campus Correspondent
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In spite of being the fourth most densely populated state in the country, Connecticut’s agriculture industry is still going strong. According to a UConn study, Economic Impacts of Connecticut’s Agricultural Industry, agriculture is a $3.5 billion industry in Connecticut, contributing to the state’s $212 billion gross domestic product in 2007. It also provides over
20,000 jobs and takes up 13 percent of the land in the state. Two-thirds of the jobs generated are from farming. The study was led by Rigoberto A. Lopez, professor and department head of Agricultural and Resource Economics. The study used direct sales numbers for the agricultural industry in 2007, the most complete set of information available. It defined agriculture as crops and livestock production, forest production, and the processing of the state’s agricultural pro-
duction. Landscaping, veterinary services, and food processing involving products from outside the state were not included. Professors and research assistants at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UConn authored the report with help form the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis. The study was coauthored by a graduate student, Chen Zhu. “Students play a critical role in research at our department and college,” Lopez said. “Our
graduate students are integrally engaged in research projects, particularly funded ones.” According to Lopez, without students, especially graduate students, it would be harder to conduct extramurally funded research programs. Also, with more research, doctoral programs are ranked higher. Several doctoral programs at UConn are in the top 25 percent in the nation. According to Gregory Weidemann, dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, UConn is the only
college in Connecticut that conducts serious agricultural research. The only other group in the state that conducts agricultural research is the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, which is a separate state agency. Research at UConn can play an important role in shaping policy in Connecticut. A 2008 University study on the dairy industry in Connecticut, which valued the industry at $1 billion, resulted in legislation in
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» ELECTION 2010: CANDIDATE Q&As
Martha Dean (R), John Mertens (CFL), US Senate Attorney General
By Russell Blair Managing Editor
In the weeks leading up to the November elections, The Daily Campus will be periodically interviewing candidates running for state and local office. The following is the transcript from an interview with John Mertens, the Connecticut for Leiberman Party candidate for U.S. Senate. DC: It’s fair to say that the current relationship between the university and the Connecticut legislature is strained. You have a unique view on this issue as a professor yourself. What do you think the ideal relationship between a public university and the state legislature should be, and if elected, what would you do to achieve that relationship? Mertens: Well obviously, a complementary one. The problem is that the state of Connecticut is facing a $3 to $4 billion shortfall, so that’s straining every relationship in the state, not just public,
but in the private sector as well. The federal government has a particular role they can play in that through direct aid to states. The stimulus package, which was $800 billion, had direct aid to states and infrastructure repair in it. The rest of it I thought was bad bang for the buck. … We need to do that again, we need another package of direct aid to states to help them bridge the gap the next year or two. States are required to balance the budget, by law; the federal government doesn’t have that requirement. They can run a deficit when times are bad. The state is going to have to make cuts, make things more efficient, but we shouldn’t lay off police, firemen and teachers in a recession. That only makes things worse. DC: The rising costs of a college education are leading many to ask, “Is the price of a degree worth it?” As someone who is an educator and has received numerous higher education degrees, do you think a college education is worth the cost today? What
would you say to a student who is trying to pursue a college degree, but struggling to make ends meet? Mertens: I volunteer with Hartford schools, I’ve been doing it for 20 years. I target middle school kids – graduation rates in Hartford high schools are very low … I swear to them, if you work hard in high school, you show up, do the work and get decent grades, if you graduate from high school, you will go to college for free. You might have some loans at the end of it, but you will get financial aid and you will get to go to college. It might be a two-year college at first, a community college … a state university, UConn or a private school. We need to make sure that stays true. Without an educated workforce, we will not be competitive in the global economy. … The way we’re going to continue to have a dominant economy is through innovation, invention and entrepreneurism. And if
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By Joseph Adinolfi News Editor In the weeks leading up to the November elections, The Daily Campus will be periodically interviewing candidates running for state and local office. The following is the transcript from an interview with Martha Dean, the Republican Party candidate for Attorney General. DC: Why did you choose a career in law? Dean: I chose a career in law because I care about public policy and a I care about our country and about preserving our freedom and our form of self government which is the same reason I decided to run in 2002. In 2002, I ran for the office of attorney general because I had worked closely with the attorney general’s office because I worked closely with the office on a consumer case that I litigated all the way up to the supreme court and I was very disappointed with the way the office was run. I felt that no republican candidate had articulated clearly to the public
why the attorney general’s office needed to be run very differently to protect Connecticut’s long term interest. DC: What do you think needs to be changed? Dean: I think the culture of initiating frivolous lawsuits must be brought to an end. These lawsuits are initiated for political and personal gain for the attorney general and that’s an improper use of the attorney general’s office. Most of Connecticut’s attorney generals have not done that and Lieberman did to some extent and Blumenthal did to a much greater and more concerning extent. DC: Can you tell the readers about the Supreme Court case you litigated against Blumenthal? Dean: Richard Blumenthal took the opportunity without any legal authority to write into state contracts that lawyers and their spouses and staff at the law firms that do business with the state cannot contribute to his Republican opponents – to candidates for attorney general. He simply took
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Conn. prison inmates have choice of violent books
HARTFORD (AP) — A review of book lists from state prison libraries shows Connecticut inmates have access to true crime books and works of fiction that depict murder and graphic violence, with no apparent restrictions based on a reader’s criminal history. “In Cold Blood,” about a 1959 killing in Kansas, is available in at least two Connecticut prisons, including one where a man on trial for a similar 2007 home invasion in Cheshire had served time. Prisons spokesman Brian Garnett said talking about book policies would violate a gag order in the case. The Associated Press obtained the information under the state’s Freedom of Information Act. Connecticut state Senator John Kissel says he will ask that all books with violent themes be removed from the prisons, and may propose legislation to ensure that happens.
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Colleges use car-sharing to cut down congestion
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — On a campus where students outnumber parking spaces nearly three to one, Boise State University has finally convinced 23-year-old Wayel Alwayel he no longer needs the car he brought to campus with him as a freshman. The new hybrid car parked near the student union building this fall, available for $8 an hour, sealed the deal. Behind the wheel of the rental, Alwayel realized just how tired he was of paying for his own gas, paying for his own insurance. “Everybody was like, ‘How did you get this car?” said Alwayel, a senior who plans to sell his nine-year-old Mitsubishi sedan and rent one of the four Zipcars on campus if he needs to go to the mall or run an errand. “It’s cheaper,” he said. “You don’t have to pay the gas, you don’t have to have insurance, which is really cool.”
Police: NYC mosque’s imam, wife get death threats NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of an imam planning an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero said Sunday that she and her husband have received death threats. “For the record, my life is under threat,” Daisy Khan said during a town hall debate on Islam broadcast on ABC’s “This Week” news program. Khan, who’s married to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, said her husband’s life also is under threat but, “We do not walk around with bodyguards because we love this country.” Chief police spokesman Paul Browne confirmed that Khan had told authorities about the telephone threats she’d received. “There were telephone threats made,” Browne said, adding the police department was investigating.
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US warns Americans to be vigilant in Europe WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Sunday warned Americans of potential terrorist threats in Europe and urged them to be vigilant in public places, including tourist spots and transportation hubs. A State Department travel alert advises U.S. citizens living or traveling in Europe to take more precautions about their personal security. The alert is one step below a formal travel warning advising Americans not to visit Europe. “Current information suggests that al-Qaida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks,” it said. “European governments have taken action to guard against a terrorist attack and some have spoken publicly about the heightened threat conditions.”
Chavez: Civilian militia should be armed full-time CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that members of the country’s civilian militia should be issued weapons to be armed and ready at all times. The Bolivarian Militia is a force of volunteers ranging from students to retirees formed in recent years by Chavez, who says it is a crucial component of the nation’s defenses. Until now, members of the militia have regularly trained at weekend boot camps, but their guns have usually been locked away in military depots when not in use.
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Dean: economic growth, protecting the state as A.G. campaign issues from MARTHA, page 2 the opportunity because he could that silenced tens of thousands of lawyers and their families and staff that could’ve contributed to Republican opponents over the years. There’s no more egregious violation to the first amendment protection of free speech than violating political free speech because that’s the very core of our freedom and our constitutional democracy. DC: Can you tell me a little about the outcome of that case? Dean: The district court sat on it for four years, so there were two different republic attorney general candidates that were caught up in the sui. The 2006 Robert Farr joined my lawsuit when Mr. Blumenthal’s self-styled secret ban ended up depriving Mr. Farr’s wife the right to contribute to her own husband’s campaign. It even deprived Mr. Farr of the ability, because he’s the spouse of a partner at one of these firms, the ability to assist his own campaign, the district courts sat on it for four years and there were never any depositions no rulings on preliminary motions, the case was simply buried so that it couldn’t move forward. When we finally got a very cursory ruling from a district court it said that I had no standing to bring the case, it said a candidate could not bring the case, only a central contributer could bring it. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals took another two or three years before they ruled on the case. The 2nd Circuit Court said that because public finance had passed that the issue was moot but that the damages issue was not moot that I still had a right to damages against Mr. Blumenthal. The 2nd Circuit all on its own without Mr. Blumenthal making the argument crafted a new argument for him saying he was immune because it wasn’t clear in 2002 whether or not a candidate had a right to raise campaign funds. Then the court said I had standing but I didn’t have a right to damages, so we appealed to the Supreme Court. They get thousands of cases a year petitioning for review, and they generally choose cases where states are in conflict over the meaning of a federal law, but in this case this is just purely illegal activity by an attorney general this is something that should be reigned in in the most direct and aggressive way by state government but if the attorney general is supposed to be the official who investigates other officials, who is supposed to investigate the attorney general? This is very, very discouraging. DC: Do you think the subject of this case was exemplary of Connecticut politicians? Dean: Absolutely. They’re actively orchestrating rules that favor them and their friends and do not benefit the public. They do not help the people of Connecticut, they hurt the people of Connecticut and that’s how we’ve gotten to where we are now. My Democratic opponent stood up at the debate and said that he wanted to protect the consumers, and I will say what I can do in the office, much of it is required by law, but what I’m not going to do is I’m not going to bring frivolous lawsuits, I’m going to bring important lawsuits and pursue them vigorously. DC: Are there any particular issues that, if you are elected, will be your first priority in office? Dean: Absolutely. I have pledged to join the 19 to 20 states that are challenging not all of Obama care, but are challenging
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the requirement that individuals purchase health insurance or be penalized. To be required to buy health insurance just by virtue of being alive - it’s not like a driver’s license, this is a mandate that is so outside the bounds of the guidelines conferred on our federal government under our constitution I think it’s worth it to protect the rights of the people of Connecticut to be free from a repressive action by the federal government. I’m looking at unconstitutional actions by the state government as well to see what actions, if any, can be taken to restrain the state government as well to keep the state from infringing on citizens’ most basic constitutional rights DC: Can you think of any examples of state issues that you would challenge? Dean: Yes, imminent domain abuse. We ned to reform Connecticut’s imminent domain laws so that never again is private property taken form private individuals and given to private developers. The Kelo case in New London is one example but there are many other examples. I will certainly us my prosecutorial discretion as attorney general o advocate against agencies bringing improper actions. Just because something is legal doesn’t mean it’s right. In the attorney general’s office you have a choice, you can’t bring them all. My focus is going to be on timely, swift vigorous enforcement against those who knowingly violate clear cut law and cause actual harm to the state or to the citizens or to the environment. DC: What are your campaign’s major platform issues? Dean: First of all, my campaign is about restoring common sense to the attorney general’s office in a way that allows law abiding businesses in Connecticut to flourish again. Specifically, I want to help Connecticut create a strong and competitive economy by eliminating the culture at the attorney general’s office that makes Connecticut radioactive to business. The current attorney genera has truly made Connecticut radioactive to law-abiding businesses - they don’t come here, they go elsewhere. We’re the only New England state with a net outflow of population. All the others have high energy costs and high other costs and we’re the only New England state with a net outflow we have been voted a couple years in a row by business groups nation wide as the most anti-business state. We lost 15,000 businesses last year that left or shut down. DC: Any other major issues? Dean: One of the important functions of the attorney general’s
office in addition to backing up agencies is protecting citizens, the environment and the state. I will vigorously defend taxpayers lawsuits by defending lawsuits brought against the state. For example, trying to force particular expenditures in public schools. There is a movement now by certain students at Yale in a lawsuits to try and force the state to spend more money on inner city schools. The state has to meet its constitutional standard and that standard does not necessarily make inner city schools equal schools. There are big issues that we need to address in inner city education that has nothing to do with funding. I am going to protect taxpayers against poorly-conceived plans of throwing money at inner city schools. I’ve pledge to cut waste at the attorney general’s office. The auditors report showed massive waste and misuse of resources at that office. That’s a pledge to cut the cost there. I have not said that it is appropriate to cut staff at this point. DC: Where do you stand in relation to the tea party movement? Dean: Five tea party groups in Fairfield County have endorsed me. The other tea party groups in Connecticut are 501(c)-3 and they have been actively working to get out the message of my campaign. I’m not coordinating with them, but certainly they are very active in helping out my campaign. They hold rallies, they have speakers on these issues. They are a very effective grassroots organization that is spreading the word about what we need to change in America and in our state to get back on track again. DC: Is there anything you want to add? Dean: I am not taking public money or taxpayer money for my campaign, some people have said ‘take the money and then get rid of the law,’ but we need to do this the right way. The legislature approved three-quarters of a millions dollars of taxpayer money for me to use and I said no. I think that’s wrong. By running my campaign on a limited budget I won more votes than any other state-wide Republican at the primary in August. There were candidate who spent millions of dollars and we spent $10,000. I was the top vote-getter by 10,000 votes. Everybody did a great job, but people get so discouraged and disillusioned by the candidates with millions of dollars of their own money, but you can go out there and run a great campaign with a great message and win. I want tot encourage people to do more with less because it is possible. People shouldn’t get discouraged or cynical.
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Key NATO supply route hit again in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Suspected militants attacked and set fire to at least 20 tankers carrying oil for NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan on Monday, the third such strike inside Pakistan in as many days, police said. The attack not far from the capital Islamabad took place on a supply line that has been stalled because of a temporary border closing imposed by Pakistani authorities to protest a NATO helicopter attack that killed three Pakistan troops last week. It will raise the stakes in the closure, which has exacerbated tensions between Washington and Islamabad but has been welcomed by Islamist groups opposed to Pakistan’s support of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. Police officer Umer Hayat said three people were killed and blamed Monday’s attack on “terrorists.” The attackers opened fire on trucks that were parked at a poorly guarded terminal before setting them afire, he and other officers said. The trucks were en route or watroops in Afghanistan. Pakistan’s other main route into landlocked Afghanistan, in Chaman in the southwest, has remained open.
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Connecticut to support dairy farms. One of the important impacts of the Economic Impacts of Connecticut’s Agricultural Industry study is that it will raise awareness for the importance of agriculture in the state, thus shaping future state government policy, such as tax breaks or subsidies, toward the agricultural industry. UConn, which was founded as an agricultural school, devotes 14 percent of its research budget to agricultural research. Much of the research at UConn is focused on high value added agriculture, nurseries, biotechnology, food distribution and manufacturing instead of field crops such as in universities in the Midwest. Much of the agricultural research in the U.S. is conducted by the public universities so UConn is also part of a bigger picture of agricultural research by universities in the country. “At some point UConn has either directly conducted research for nearly every entity engaged in agriculture or related enterprises or our research has benefited them in some way,” Weidemann said. So how do you benefit from agricultural research done by students and professors at UConn? Dean Weidemann has an answer: “Every student benefits from our research every time they eat!”
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In Thursday’s edition, the article “DC talks with George Jepsen” incorrectly stated the number of students at UConn that voted in the Nov. 4, 2008 election. The correct number was less than 2,000.
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we don’t have an educated workforce, it’s not going to happen. A college education is what a student puts into it. I know students that have gotten phenomenal educations at very inexpensive schools, and I know students who have gone to extremely expensive schools and frittered it away. … We need to make sure there are always options available for every income level. DC: Here in the 54th Connecticut General Assembly District, there are two students, Brien Buckman and Jason Ortiz, running for state representative. What would you say to young people interested in getting involved in politics? Do you think running for office is a productive way for a young person to get involved in politics? Mertens: First off, I’ve endorsed Jason Ortiz, I think he’s a great candidate and I hope he wins. Secondly, it’s imperative that we get young people running for office and I would advise them to run as independents. The two party system is broken, it’s not working … Studies have shown that younger people between the ages of 18 and 25 do not self identify as Republicans or Democrats these days. … We need people who think independently and care about problem solving rather than playing games of “gotcha,” or building their parties’ power. What Jason is doing is phenomenal and I would love to see more people doing that. DC: As a professor at Trinity College in Hartford, what’s the biggest concern, issue or interest in the political process you’ve seen your students bring forward? Mertens: That’s a very hard question to answer. I’ve been disappointed with the lack of activism in students these days. I don’t have an answer for that, because they don’t seem to talk about it. And it’s not just students. I’ve talked to tens of thousands of people while campaigning this year, and I’d say that 50 percent have given up on the political process. They don’t vote. They don’t even know who’s running. They say, “I’ll sign your petition, but I don’t vote anymore. My vote doesn’t matter,” and I blame the major parties for this. There are so many solutions out there that very smart people have figured out that we should be doing ... problems that politicians don’t even talk about. … They didn’t know they had an alternative. Now they do, at least in this race. This is part of a longterm plan to build a major
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John Mertens, the Connecticut for Lieberman Party candidate for U.S. Senate, right, speaks with Daily Campus Managing Editor Russell Blair in a recent interview. Mertens is a professor at Trinity College in Hartford.
third party in Connecticut and offer a real alternative. DC: In 2006, Joe Courtney defeated Rob Simmons in the 2nd House District by 83 votes, a victory a lot of people attributed to students at UConn. In 2008, the amount of students voting in Mansfield rose once again, but many attributed this to Barack Obama being on the ticket. Midterm elections traditionally have lower turnouts, but why is it important for students, many who feel detached from the political process, to vote in these 2010 elections? Mertens: Well, if they care about things like women’s reproductive rights. Or if they care about funding for education, or health care reform, they need to vote. They also need to educate themselves about the issues and the candidates. It’s not just voting, they need to educate themselves and get into the habit of learning about the candidates before they vote. … It’s our responsibility as citizens to never vote for someone if they don’t tell you, in detail, what they’re going to do when elected. And I don’t hear any major party candidate doing that these days. Their strategy is to say as little as possible. We’re getting the government we deserve as an electorate,
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because we’re allowing them to get away with it. DC: You’ve never held political office before, and we’re seeing more and more people not involved in the political process going out, campaigning and running for office. Do you think your lack of political experience is a bonus, a detraction or a nonissue? Mertens: It is good that I don’t have any ties to anybody or owe anybody anything. On the other hand, political experience, particularly committee experience, is very valuable. As a U.S. Senator, you work in committees, and you need to learn how to build a consensus and move people to intelligent solutions. I’ve spent 20 years serving on faculty committees at Trinity. I’ve had a lot of that kind of experience. A huge advantage of being an independent – my first 100 days in office, if I were to win, I would have dinner or lunch or coffee, one-on-one with each of the other 99 senators. I would talk to them about solutions to problems, as human beings and as Americans … Many of them are very straightforward and nonpartisan, and I guarantee you, one-on-one, as a human being, they would agree with me … I think an independent would have a
unique opportunity to do that. Republicans and Democrats are afraid to give each other any credit. DC: In the Internet age, do you think that third party candidates are no longer at such a disadvantage when it comes to advertising and getting their name and campaign message out to voters? Mertens: Absolutely. The Internet has been wonderful for democracy. We need to make sure it remains open and free. Facebook’s been phenomenal for me, I’ve run more than 30 million ads on Facebook to people in Connecticut over the age of 18. I got a late start on Twitter, but it’s going quite well. It’s gotten me a lot of connections and access to traditional media that I would not have had otherwise. … I’ve been invited to radio shows, to interview with the editorial boards of major newspapers, which you can watch on my website. Without the internet, I don’t think a lot of it would have happened. DC: What first made you get involved in politics by stepping outside of just being political active and actually running for U.S. Senate in 2006 as the Independent Party candidate? Mertens: My very good friend Mike Telesca, essential-
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time incorporating social media and building a social web. If I had met them in January, we’d be in a different place right now. We’re going to continue on. I’ve committed to running in 2012, so we’re going to keep the infrastructure that we have in place and just continue to build it over the next few years. What I’ve also learned, and what I never expected: when I first decided to run this term, in May of 2009, I met with my family, and talked about it. I knew it would be a lot of work, and that I would certainly be a long shot to win. If I get 8 percent of the vote, it will be a phenomenal achievement this time around. I thought, “Why am I going to do this? Why am I going to commit this amazing amount of work if getting 8 percent is a home run?” I told myself I would only do it if it was fun. If I’m doing all this work and I don’t like it, I’m really going to be unhappy. What has surprised me is all the incredible relationships I’ve built as a result. I’ve met so many amazing people out there. It has restored my faith in human nature. And a lot of really great things have happened, kind of unrelated to politics, as a direct result of me running for office. So I’m going to continue to do this, to build a major third party, and an alternative to the broken two party system.
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Idealized college events aren’t needed
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hroughout our high school careers, we eagerly anticipate the next phase of young adulthood commonly referred to as the “best four years of your life.” It is at college where we envision meeting our best friends, partying every night only to wake up the next day and do it again and pulling those infamous allnighters with our newfound friends at the library. But for some students, this fantasy can only be seen depicted in classic college movies and does not represent the reality of every college experience —and that’s okay. With a month behind us already in the new semester, many UConn freshmen have probably realized that college life isn’t quite like an “Animal House” scene. Sure, you can drink and party every night, but that will become exhausting very quickly. You’re told that you’re going to meet your best friend on the first day of class (she’ll lend you a pen when yours runs out of ink) and falsely believe that you’ll spend nights staying up past 2 a.m. having conversations with your roommate reminiscent of fifth grade slumber parties. You might not get into that sorority you rushed, and pulling an all-nighter is overrated — everyone knows that staying up for 24 consecutive hours is totally doable if you just chug a couple of Red Bulls. The reality of college is that not everyone is going to have the same experience, and not everyone is going to love every minute. You might find yourself going home on the weekends because your dorm transforms into a Playboy mansion party. Your roommate (who looked totally normal on Facebook) might steal your favorite granola bars, not know how to do laundry and stumble back into your room on Saturday nights, waking you up every time. You didn’t think pulling an all-nighter was going to be that bad, but were so tired the next day that you slept through your first class. Welcome to college. College is no doubt supposed to be a great four years, but you don’t need to worry if they’re not the best. These years are just a snapshot, and college just wouldn’t be college unless you embraced both the good and the sloppy, noisy and exhausting experience that is it. Rest assured that there is no “perfect” experience and despite its bumps, these four years what we make of them. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.
I can’t wait for “The Social Network 2: Farmville Never Sleeps.” Woke up with titles of classic Disney movies written all over my face and my hand in a bag full of whip cream and Doritos. Another classic UConn homecoming... Feels about time to retrieve my fuzzy crocs from home! Before we had phone lines, Europe and North America communicated by having Josh Scobee kick a message in a bottle across the Atlantic. I’ve been having this problem where I catch myself mouthing the words to the songs on my iPod as I walk across campus. I forget that no one else can hear the music. Do bicyclists realize the muddy terrain of UConn ends up streaking their butts? Can the weekend shuttle bring me back to Friday? I caught a free T-shirt and had my photo taken by the AP at Saturday’s game...Good things happen to those who paint their faces. Am I the only one who uses a webcam to check out how I look? Please stop rejecting me, InstantDaily. It’s not good for my self-esteem. To the guy in the convertible: When you have to wear a ski hat and parka to drive with the top down...summer’s over, champ. o}(|){ <- awkward turtle.
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We must stop stigmatizing sex workers
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e’re fortunate enough to have anti-discriminatory hiring laws, such as ones prohibiting sexism, racism, ageism and ableism. But when it comes to our personal lives and our private affairs, we no longer have that same protection. Melissa Petro, 30, a former elementary school art teacher in the Bronx, N.Y., was recently reassigned from her post due to her history as a sex worker. She had worked there for three years By Cindy Luo without complaint. Associate Commentary Editor Petro has written about her life in the sex industry in the past, but it was not until she posted a piece on The Huffington Post that an uproar ensued. She had expressed her displeasure over Craigslist’s decision to remove its adult services section, while disclosing that she herself had utilized it in the past. Critics might wonder why she chose to publicize her past experiences as a sex worker. Why shouldn’t she? What makes sex work so much more shameful than if she had publicized her past history of being, say, a janitor? Or a doctor? The real question that should be asked is why our society has so many conflicting views about sex. On the one hand, children are taught at a
very young age their expected sex roles. Girls, as passive objects for men’s desire – somehow both the Madonna and the whore; boys, as aggressive sex fiends with insatiable appetites. But on the other hand, once they try to explore their sexual identities, they are chastised and uneducated about the consequences of sex. If these children found out about Petro’s history of being a sex worker, it would seem more likely to open up a conversation about sex, and about educating these children about it.
“It’s time to reconsider the taboo that’s been placed on workers in the sex industry.” Why does it matter that Petro dabbled as a sex worker? Why does this make her a poor role model? What, exactly, is wrong with sex? Children who are taught by her would not be any more likely to become sex workers than to become teachers. Grace Ventura, whose son is a third grader at the school Petro taught at, said, “I don’t want nobody that used to do that be around my kid. People like that should not be allowed to be anywhere near children.” So what, should we forbid sex workers from having children because their kids will be sex workers too? Because kids always follow the same occupation as their parents. And even if they were, I want to reiterate the point that sex work can be as legitimate a job as any other – as long as the workers are willing.
Does having once exchanged sex for money have any impact on Petro’s ability to teach? In a time when schools could use all the educated teachers they can find (Petro has an MFA in creative nonfiction from The New School), why has P.S. 70 chosen to put Petro on administrative duties? Until society is willing to reexamine its attitudes toward sex, women will continue to be slut-shamed, and women like Petro will be kept from doing their jobs in a way that would benefit society. As long as sex workers are seen as second-class citizens, women like Petro will continue to be stigmatized. It’s time to reconsider the taboo that’s been placed on workers in the sex industry. We’ve moved forward when it comes to separating someone’s private life from his or her ability to perform a job. Just a few years ago, being openly gay could have jeopardized one’s job. But as we have come to know, being gay is not going to affect someone’s job performance any more than being straight would. We should apply this same logic to sex work. There is no correlation that having worked as a stripper or having received payment for sex would cause someone to be unable to work a new job. We should stop treating it in that manner, and start having a more open and accepting society.
Associate Commentary Editor Cindy Luo is a 5th-semester linguistics/philosophy and classics and ancient Mediterranean studies double major. She can be contacted at Shuyang. Luo@UConn.edu
Remembering veterans’ sacrifices
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his summer, as I traveled to the Bronx to see the Yankees play, I had an interesting encounter on the way to the stadium. I noticed a homeless man sitting near the entrance w i t h By Alex Welch a sign Staff Columnist that read “Vietnam vet, 101st Airborne Division.” It was a sobering experience and one that will not soon leave me. As much as the sight itself upset me, I was just as struck by what I saw afterward. After giving the man the money I had on me, I noticed with disgust that not one person even made an inclination to donate. Not one person. Such inaction is unacceptable. Generation after generation of American soldiers have put their lives on the line in service of this country, and, unfortunately, their sacrifices have not always been fully appreciated. When the U.S. became involved in World War II, millions of young American men enlisted in the armed forces to help the war effort. Instead of chasing girls, going to prom or preparing for college, millions of young men were locked in a deadly, heartbreaking struggle
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against other young men. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the hellish fight for Okinawa, these men displayed extraordinary courage under the most trying of circumstances, helping to end Japanese and Nazi oppression. Thirty years later, American veterans of the Vietnam War did not receive the same welcome World War II veterans did upon arriving back to the U.S. The controversial nature of the conflict, as well as the brutal way in which combat manifested itself, left the American public scornful towards veterans. The term “baby-killer” was a common epithet. Vietnam veterans, after experiencing unimaginable horror and sorrow in the cauldron of Southeast Asia, came home to find themselves humiliated by the public that had sent them there. While World War II veterans could find some solace in the unanimous praise they had received, Vietnam vets had very little to find comfort in. Not only did they have to deal with the traumatic effects of combat, they failed to find a public willing to help them deal with those effects. It took years for the public to acknowledge the hardships faced by veterans of that war. In 2010, as American soldiers
return home after their tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, we must gratefully accept them. The current conflicts mirror Vietnam in their controversy, but let us not make the same mistake and denounce combat veterans returning stateside. Instead, we must aid them in
“Their willingness to put their lives on the line, their commitment...and their unwavering courage...deserves the heighest praise.” their post-war experience. UConn helps student veterans in a number of ways. The university offers counseling for soldiers who have returned from overseas as well as financial aid. In addition, UConn has the Veterans House, a sanctuary for student veterans open 24 hour a day, seven days a week. Here, there are quiet study areas, a kitchen and a furnished living room, making veterans’ stays at UConn much more comfortable. As college students, our most
pressing concerns are how we did on that last test or waking for an 8 a.m. class. It’s easy to forget that halfway across the world, many young people our age are preparing to go into deadly combat against those who wish to harm us. Regardless if one is liberal or conservative, pacifist or interventionist, all should display reverence towards these men and women. Their willingness to put their lives on the line, their commitment to their comrades and their unwavering courage under abominable circumstances deserves the highest praise. Perhaps World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle articulates it best in his book “Brave Men,” a moving homage to those in uniform: “Thousands of our men will soon be returning to you. They have been gone a long time and they seen and done and felt things you cannot know. They will be changed. They will have to learn how to adjust themselves to peace.” Let us receive them with open arms and aid them in this transition in any way we can.
Staff Columnist Alex Welch is a 5thsemester political science. He can be contacted at Alexander.Welch@ UConn.edu.
“Republican Senator Tom Coburn said yesterday that Christine O’Donnell, if elected, will be able to combat the stupidity in Washington. So I guess they’re going to fight fire with fire.” –Jay Leno
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Aries - Your favorite person suggests a plan to test your excitement level. Handle responsibilities first, then devote yourself to private time later. Taurus - You need personal attention today. Others recognize this and contribute, but possibly not how you imagined. Clarify your needs to get them met.
Cancer - What would you really want, if you could have anything, be anything or do anything? Imagine that this is all accomplished. Then what would you create for others?
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Gemini - You need to express your views concerning core values. Associates may see things quite differently and could suggest viable new solutions.
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Leo - An outsider raises questions concerning your goals. A creative plan goes on hold while you sort out the implications. Family members provide key information. Virgo - A problem could arise if you become overly anxious about tomorrow’s business. Stick to tasks that must be completed today and use your talents. Libra - You question the group’s mindset. Clarify your reservations with visual aids. Then see if you can connect the dots. If so, then move forward.
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Scorpio - Finalize one more question before you present your ideas to the group. Consider the feelings of others as you add the finishing touch. Sagittarius - Time gets away from you as you’re having fun. Everyone wants to share ideas and stir things up. Don’t plan on finalizing anything just yet. Capricorn - You want everything to be perfect. You get more done if you relax a bit and accept excellence. Very little is lost in the process. Aquarius - Find out what delights your partner. Then adapt today’s plan to accomplish as much of that as possible. You make stunning progress. Pisces - Your need for recognition can wait until you’ve completed the project. There’s still plenty to do to make this the wonderful piece you envisioned.
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After 2 NY jumps, aiming to prevent public suicide
NEW YORK (AP) — Eighteen-year-old Tyler Clementi typed his intention to millions on the Internet: “Jumping off the gw bridge sorry.” His body was found days later floating in the Hudson River beneath the George Washington Bridge. Chef Joseph Cerniglia, a contestant on the reality cooking show “Kitchen Nightmares,” also jumped from the iconic bridge in the past two weeks. His restaurant was mired in debt, though beginning to make a comeback. In March, Yale University student Cameron Dabaghi jumped from the Empire State Building’s 86th-floor observation deck. He had written a note beforehand saying he was sorry and would be jumping from either the George Washington Bridge or the totemic skyscraper. Those who choose to end their lives in public, dramatic fashion often pick landmarks — from the George Washington Bridge overlooking Manhattan and the Palisades, to the Golden Gate Bridge, with its sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay. Authorities are looking at how to prevent the public deaths with everything from concrete barriers, suicide hot line phones or safety nets hanging from bridges. The measures would have made a difference for Kevin Hines, who survived a leap from the 746-foot Golden Gate Bridge in 2000. “I would never have jumped off that bridge” if he found obstructions in the way, he said. In New York, few city landmarks with the potential to become suicide hot spots are as accessible as the George Washington Bridge, which has a pedestrian path and a low railing. The Empire State Building has a 10-foot-high safety fence
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In this April 14, 2010, file photo, the George Washington Bridge in New York. So far, ten people have chosen the bridge as the spot to commit suicide in 2010.
and an abundance of security guards, but more than 30 people have leaped from it to their deaths since it opened in 1931. The Brooklyn Bridge, which also has seen fatal jumps this year, has an easy-to-getto pedestrian walkway, but it hangs over lanes of vehicle traffic rather than water. New York City police responded to over 640 reports of people either jumping or threatening to jump from buildings or bridges
as of Aug. 31, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said — a 27 percent increase over the same period last year. The police have officers trained to talk down and grab would-be jumpers and deploy air bags in the streets to catch people threatening to jump from buildings. A dozen telephones are installed along the pedestrian walkways on the George Washington Bridge that patch potential jumpers through to
suicide hot lines. The phones are near signs that say, “Need help?” in both English and Spanish. Dr. John Draper, project director of the National Suicide Prevention Hot Line in New York, says a simple concrete barrier is a much better suicide deterrent on a bridge than a telephone. “We’ve seen on bridges that people don’t really call hot lines in high numbers,” he said. The Port Authority of New York
Pa. men face 2nd trial in immigrant beating ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — One night two summers ago, an illegal immigrant from Mexico brawled with a gang of white teens from Shenandoah, an old mining town in the coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania. The fight’s outcome is not in dispute: 25-year-old Luis Ramirez wound up dead. The question for a jury is did two former high school football stars commit a federal hate crime. Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak are charged in connection with the attack — a case brought by the U.S. Justice Department’s civil rights division after an allwhite jury acquitted the defendants of state charges last year. Jury selection begins Monday at the courthouse in Scranton. A guilty verdict in the highprofile trial could send Piekarsky, now 18, and Donchak, now 20, to prison for life, as well as soothe the anger felt by Ramirez’s supporters after the May 2009 verdict in Schuylkill County Court. Piekarsky was cleared of third-degree murder and ethnic intimidation; Donchak beat aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation charges. Both were convicted of simple assault. A separate indictment charges Shenandoah’s former police chief and two officers with sabotaging the investigation into Ramirez’s
death by altering evidence and lying to the FBI. They are scheduled to go on trial early next year. Gladys Limon, an attorney with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, said the trial this week represents a new chance to hold the perpetrators accountable. “More than two years after this brutal beating, the family and the public will for the first time have the opportunity for justice,” said Limon, who has followed the case closely and accompanied the American mother of Ramirez’s children to the first trial. “We know the state prosecution resulted in a complete miscarriage of justice.” Prosecutors are expected to portray Ramirez as the victim of drunken thugs motivated by their dislike of the town’s growing Hispanic population. They say Piekarsky and Donchak shouted obscenity-laced ethnic slurs at Ramirez during the brawl, telling him to “Go back to Mexico” and “Tell your (expletive) Mexican friends to get the (expletive) out of Shenandoah.” The defendants claim that Ramirez’s ethnicity had nothing to do with the melee, that he was the aggressor, and that the federal prosecution is politically motivated. Both defendants are charged under criminal provisions of the
Supreme Court to hear NASA privacy case
PASADENA, California (AP) — For the past three years, Robert Nelson has been juggling two lives. He’s a senior research scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory by day, attempting to determine whether Saturn’s giant moon Titan is volcanically active. When he’s not exploring the cosmos, he’s leading a legal fight to prevent his employer from asking private details about his life. “It’s almost like having a second job,” Nelson said. “It takes you away from something you’d rather be doing.” Since Nelson and two dozen other JPL scientists and engineers sued the government in
2007, the case has crawled through the court system. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday. At issue is whether the government has the right to probe the personal lives of low-risk contractors with access to federal facilities. The lab employees objected to the background checks, saying they were intrusive and violated their privacy. A federal judge who allowed the security checks to go forward was overturned by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which said the investigations threaten the constitutional rights of workers. NASA appealed to the Supreme Court, which agreed to referee the dispute.
Fair Housing Act. The government’s theory — that Piekarsky and Donchak attacked Ramirez because of his ethnicity, and wanted him and other Latinos to leave Shenandoah — is “just completely not only false, but ridiculous,” said William Fetterhoff, Donchak’s lawyer. “These kids, none of them, had any intention to target a person of Mexican background that night.” Fetterhoff said the fact that ethnic slurs were hurled at Ramirez during the melee proves only that “when a fight begins among teenage boys, the sky is the limit for name-calling and crass language.” The confrontation began late on July 12, 2008, when a half-dozen teens were headed home from a block party in Shenandoah and began arguing with Ramirez, who was with his 15-year-old girlfriend in a park. The verbal altercation escalated into a brawl, with punches thrown on both sides. Piekarsky was accused of delivering a fatal kick to Ramirez’s head after he’d already been knocked unconscious by another teen, Colin Walsh, who pleaded guilty in federal court last year to violating Ramirez’s civil rights and testified against his one-time friends at the state trial.
Donchak also took part in the fight and then conspired with Shenandoah police to cover up the crime, federal prosecutors said. Ramirez’s death exposed simmering ethnic tensions in Shenandoah, a blue-collar town of 5,000 about 80 miles northwest of Philadelphia that attracted Hispanics drawn by jobs in factories and farm fields. Some Latinos say they continue to feel unwelcome in the town. “We talk about this in the restaurant every weekend,” said Fermin Bermejo, who runs a restaurant called Boricua House that draws a mix of whites and Hispanics. “Most of the people in the town are great, wonderful people. The problem starts with anybody who has some kind of power: law enforcement, borough council, our mayor, our school board,” said Bermejo, a Puerto Rican born in the United States. “There’s a pattern, not only for myself but for many Latino people who come in here and say, ‘I don’t think it’s fair. I don’t like what’s happening.’ It’s been like that a long time. But I believe it’s going to continue to change for the better.” Court documents filed in advance of the hate-crimes trial provide a glimpse into the hot-button issues surrounding the case.
and New Jersey, which owns the bridge, would not release information on the number of people who have jumped from the span, saying it’s impossible to determine the exact count. But Port Authority spokesman Steve Sigmund said the agency is “continuing to partner with mental health experts to further strengthen” it prevention efforts. Psychologists who study suicide say the landmarks can become attractive ways out for emotionally
disturbed people wanting to die. “When they think about dying in this way, they may have some degree of magical thinking, knowing that it is very likely their death will get publicity and media attention,” said Dr. Alan L. Berman, executive director of the Washington-based American Association of Suicidology. Hines, now 29, who suffers from bipolar disorder, told The Associated Press that he had believed the jump would be less painful than other forms of death, and less frightening than taking pills. He decided after doing research on the Internet that “the only option was a bridge.” By conservative estimates, 1,300 people have jumped to their deaths from the Golden Gate Bridge since it opened in 1937. At least 29 people leaped last year, and eight have committed suicide there through July this year, according to bridge officials. Transportation authorities voted two years ago to hang stainless steel nets from the bridge to deter suicides, although funding for the $50 million project remains elusive. Most jumpers suffer a grisly death, with massive internal injuries, broken bones and skull fractures. Some die from internal bleeding. Others asphyxiate from drowning. Hines said his leap was anything but painless. “This image that you just free-fall into an abyss is just a joke,” he said. Draper, of the suicide hot line network, said that popular opinion aside, research shows that barriers making the jumps from high places impossible will prevent the public suicides. “Many people are under the impression that if you just put up a barrier they will find another way to kill themselves. It’s an argument that people will make against putting up a barrier,” Draper says. “And it’s myth.”
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Throw out those dancing shoes Indian Student Association hosts annual Garba By Purbita Saha Staff Writer
No need for dancing shoes, bare feet do just fine at Garba. Exhilarating, flashy, dizzy, giddy and festive—that is what garba feels like. The Indian Students Association of UConn (ISA for short) held its annual Garba on Saturday night. The Student Union Ballroom was teaming with bare-footed people in brightly-colored, sequined outfits, eager to learn how to join in the festivities. Many girls wore ghagra cholis, which are midriff tops that are paired with a hand-sewn skirt, or salwar kamizes, tunics over tailored pants. The outfits were decorated with tiny shells, sparkly thread or beads, and were paired with gold jewelry. The males wore kurta tunics and long scarves draped over their shoulders. Non-UConn students were welcome at the event, including families and other members of the community. Students of all backgrounds came for the dance. The atmosphere was relaxed and enthused. Individuals who were already adept at dancing would stop and teach others the steps. But not all of the steps were methodical. Many of the dancers improvised to stay in harmony with the fast-changing music. The first part of the six-hour event was dedicated to garba. Garba has no formal structure
Stop, collaborate and listen By Joe Pentecost Campus Correspondent
In the world of brewing, there’s a “war” that’s often perceived as David vs. Goliath. It’s the big brewers, Anheuser Busch/In-Bev and Miller-Coors (dubbed BMC), pitted against the little guys, the micro and nano breweries across the nation. Though the percentage of Craft Brewing sales has grown to just under 5 percent of the market volume in the last five years, BMC still dominates with over two-thirds of the market, with imports accounting for the rest. In recent years, this battle has seen some craft brewers make alliances of sorts, in the KELLY GANLEY/ The Daily Campus creation of collaboration beers to promote the craft beer scene. Members of the Indian Student Association show the crowd how dance in traditional style at this semester’s Garba on Saturday in the Student Union Ballroom. Collaboration beers come in many shapes and sizes, but the other than the fact that the of sticks that they tap to keep culture. We also wanted them to UConn Garba,” said Colleen general gist of the idea is that dancers form rings and move the beat. Sticks were sold at have a good time through dance Hickey, a 5th-semester-biology brewers who are friends, from the in a circular motion. In the the event, but many of those and art entertainment. I think major. It was Hickey’s first time same region or promote the same center of the circles is a table attending brought their own, that we achieved that goal and at the event. “I had so much ideologies, will collaborate on a holding an idol of the Hindu personalized props. that the night was very success- fun learning the different Indian beer idea and brew it together at goddess, Amba, and a lit lamp. Both garba and raas are tra- ful,” she said. traditional dances. My favorite one of the brewery’s systems. Usually, women will be in the ditional Indian dances that are A five-minute break was part of the night was when we In what other industry would this inner circle while men dance often performed at religious taken for prayer. Then the did raas.” occur? I don’t think that we will in a bigger ring facing the festivals, such as Navaratri. DJs of the event got into the Vishal Rana, a 5th-demester ever see McDonalds and Burger women. Following garba was Gina Shah, the secretary of more modern entertainment. molecular cell biology major, King collaborate on the next raas. Raas has a fast-paced ISA and a 5th-semester phar- The crowd jammed out to said, “It’s great to have these innovative fast food idea. Yes, of format as dancers make two macy major, said that the ISA hip-hop and bhangra mixes kind of events of campus. course there is competition between parallel lines. board members had a specific until midnight when the ball- They allow us to remember regional breweries vying for the Individuals then move along goal in mind when organizing room floors finally received a who we are and where we are draft lines at the most popular local the lines and weave between the event. respite from the hundreds of from.” bars, but in essence, the success of the dancers in front of them. “We just wanted people come dancing feet. craft brewers is contagious. Each dancer also has a pair to celebrate and learn about our “I can’t wait for the next Purbita.Saha@UConn.edu In this day and age when there are so many options for quality beer, the purchase of one brewery’s pale ale or stout will likely spark an interest and lead the consumer to other local breweries’ offerings of similar style. It is an amazing The fact that late night cul- occurrence, but makes sense when By Kimberly Halpin ture hadn’t changed in 40 years you look at the consumer base that Campus Correspondent made Sasseville passionate is constantly seeking the next new about changing perspectives. and exciting concoction. Jake Sasseville, 24, is the “Who’s up to watch late night Inspirations for collaboration youngest host in late night TV shows – us, young people,” beers vary from the use of ingredi– but he’s doing more than Sasseville said. “And look who’s ents that are regional to the brewerjust satirizing current events. hosting them – 50 year olds!” ies’ location to innovative mixing Deemed late night’s “underdog,” He wants Generation Y to grow of classic beer styles and brewSasseville said in an interview out of the “stupid” stereotype ing methods. Usually the bigger with The Daily Campus that and show that they are becom- brewery will take the reins for the he “doesn’t pretend to be the ing more innovative, he said. production and distribution of the funniest, but he gets it” and has While living in Lewiston, beer, but the inspiration and recipe created an interactive “repub- Maine, Sasseville had his own design are always a joint effort. lic” for viewers to become a public access show, produced For Stone Brewery in Escondido, part of every show. By becom- by an entirely teenaged crew. Calif., collaboration beers are an ing his friend on Facebook or He later moved to New York to ongoing theme. They believe that texting 41411, fans can join his make a brand, Jake Inc., out of the production and popularity of republic and submit topics they his show and continued to hire these beers only help to further think should be on late night young producers. By matching the thriving craft beer scene and TV. Viewers can even submit fresh up-and-comers with sea- spread the good word of more videos and photos to appear on soned veterans from “The Daily flavorful beer. For one of their the Republic. Show” and MTV, he’s created an earlier collaborations (they have “It’s so interesting. It sounds interesting dynamic and what he now done seven), they worked like a type of show I’d like to believes is improved content. with Kona Brewing Co. to reproPhoto courtesy of LateNigthRepublic.com be involved in,” said Chelsea Sasseville said he is also duce the winning beer from San Jake Sasseville’s production crew is busy at work producing an episode of ‘Late Night Republic.’ Sasseville hired an entirely teenaged McCallum, a 3rd-semester Diego Homebrew contest winner, crew to work on his show. business management major. » SASSEVILLE, page 9 Ken Schmidt, a porter brewed with Kona coffee, toasted coconut and macadamia nuts. Short’s Brewing Co. from Bellaire, MI, is known for their creation of unique beer experiences mimicking foods and desserts such as their key lime pie or strawberry “Shorts’” cake. By Matt Yost blogging. sites, specifically MySpace, and When the guys from Shorts got MySpace became a cultural built upon them. Originally only Campus Correspondent together with Half Acre Brewing revolution around 2005-2006, developed for colleges, Facebook from Chicago, IL, their collaboraI check my Facebook every spurring controversy, creating new has since expanded to be open to tion resulted in “Freedom of ‘78”, seven to 12 minutes each day, with trends and redefining how music anyone with an email. To this date, an American-style IPA brewed with the exception of the hours that I was acquired and marketed. What over 500 million users are regisover 1,000 pounds of guava from am sleeping. I have tweeted 722 made MySpace so special was the tered for Facebook. Ecuador, producing a huge burst times, scrobbled 22,606 songs on ease of access and individuality There’s a reason such a strong of guava, apricot and mango-like last.fm and have dabbled in Four of the social networking page, it draw to Facebook. It’s essentially flavors to complement the citrusy Square, Tumblr and MySpace. I truly revolutionized concepts of a personalized tabloid constantly hop notes. am a walking example of how networking. at one’s fingers. Photographs, conThese types of collaboration social networking is an addicting Despite the overwhelming versations, and information about beers are undoubtedly a great and overwhelming force that has and rapid success of MySpace, peers, colleagues, and fellow stuand exciting way to explore new infiltrated this generation’s day-to- it wasn’t without flaws. Major dents are stored in a massive databrewing methods and the use of day schedules. security issues, sexual predators, base and accessible at all times. non-traditional ingredients. The I suppose the collective addic- lack of unified design and spam Facebook has completely redeextreme amount of respect and Photo courtesy of MovieWeb.com tion to social networking began caused the power of MySpace fined social interactions, making camaraderie between craft brewwith the introduction of MySpace. to fall swiftly. With its collapse, learning about people and commu- Jesse Eisenberg stars as Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg in ‘The Social Network.’ ers is refreshing and is a dynamiAfter creators Chris DeWolf and Facebook quickly became the king nicating with them easier than ever. cally inventive relationship that Tom Anderson saw the potentials of the social networking universe. While the benefits and detrimental ing from an addict, is its detach- nity, is slowly replacing the actual the consumer will only continue of social networking with the webMark Zuckerberg was a sopho- effects of Facebook have been a ment from the real world. This social interaction and becoming to benefit from. Besides, the only site Friendster.com, they created more at Harvard University when constant debate among the general leads to immersion in a social net- the social interaction itself. thing better than one brewer is an open website, meant to mix the early stages of Facebook public, its impact on society as a work that should only serve to be Since then, many social net- three! Cheers! traditional social networking with began. Facebook addressed issues whole remains undisputed. representative of reality. Facebook, working sites have sprung up individual expression enabled by of competing social networking The issue with Facebook, com- especially in the college commu» FACEBOOK, page 9 Joseph.Pentecost@UConn.edu
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Family.” The things that the family members do and say are cringeworthy. But at the end of each episode the households will come together and laugh at the fact that they are simply not perfect. All that matters is that they are happy and this message feels realistic. The second season of “Modern Family” has only been two episodes, but if it continues to stay witty for the rest of the year it will most definitely establish itself as the darling of family sitcoms.
“Gossip Girl,” which airs Monday nights at 9 p.m. on CW, is a show that makes everyone wish that they were living in the Upper East Side. The show is about the lives of Manhattan’s privileged young adults, narrated by an unknown individual known as “Gossip Girl” (Kristen Bell). “Gossip Girl,” based on the same-titled series of books, was first introduced in 2007 and has been popular among pre-teens and college students ever since. Season 1 started off with the return of Serena van der Woodson (Blake Lively) from a mysterious boarding school located in Connecticut. Serena a rich and classy young woman who trouble constantly follows. Other characters in the show include: Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), the queen bee and best friend to Serena; Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), the beauty and brains who has been on and off with Serena; Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), Dan’s baby sister, who, as the show goes on, proves that she is neither a baby nor innocent; Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr), an aspiring filmmaker who eventually ends up in a relationship with Humphrey, her best friend. Charles Bartholomew Bass (Ed Westwick), aka Chuck Bass, is another character in the show. He is portrayed as a witty businessman and ex-boyfriend of Blair Waldorf. Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) is the “Golden Boy” of Manhattan’s elite who, along with being Chuck’s best friend, has also been intimately involved with four of the female characters in the show: Serena, Blair, Vanessa and Jenny. Lily van der Woodson (Kelly Rutherford) and Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle) are the meddling adults in the show who have been brought together by fate. Season 4 started off in Paris as Blair tried to forget about her recent breakup with Chuck Bass. Chuck is also alive and well. In the previous episode titled “The Undergraduates,” the show begins with Blair Waldorf’s first day at Columbia University. Blair wants to reach the top of Columbia’s social elite. It all starts with getting inducted into the secret club known as “The Hamiltons.” Only Blair ends up getting a “key” to join the clandestine society and poor Serena is denied by key-master Juliet, Nate’s new attempt to forget about Serena. It is revealed later on in the show that Juliet’s jealousy of Serena resulted in her removal from the society, and once again Serena van der Woodson wins. “Gossip Girl” seems to have disappeared at the beginning of the episode, but later comes on with a grand debut and dishes out dirt on Chuck Bass and his new foreign girlfriend, Eva. Eva seems to be a sweet and charming girl, but can she handle Chuck, or is Blair Waldorf the only girl for him? Blair also shows that she disapproves of Eva, and one of the best lines in the show occurs when she says in reference to Eva, “Once men have tasted caviar it baffles me how they settle for catfish.” By the end of the episode, it is revealed that Dan is not the father of Georgina’s baby and that Juliet has something up her sleeve. Blair and Serena end up as roommates and so do Dan and Vanessa. As Gossip Girl said, “Friends or lovers, moving in is risky business” and “Any time the rules change, you don’t know how they will change you.”
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Jim and Dwight, shown above, look at the computer in season seven of ‘The Office.’
NBC favorite gets more ridiculous and less witty
1. NFL Regular Season L (Saints/49ers) (ESPN) - 15,120 viewers 2. Jersey Shore 2 (MTV) - 5,954 By Steve Crighton viewers 3. iCarly (NICK) - 5,201 view- Campus Correspondent ers The seventh season of “The 4. Spongebob (NICK) - 4,738 Office” opens with a highly choreographed musical rouviewers tine in which the cast lip syncs 5. Pawn Stars (HIST) - 4,670 to the Human Beinz song, “Nobody But Me.” The camviewers 6. Spongebob (NICK) - 4,596 era zips around the office as each member of the cast does viewers something zany on camera for 7. Spongebob (NICK) - 4,502 a few seconds. This cold opening sums up viewers pretty much all my frustra8. Spongebob (NICK) - 4,495 tions with the latest few seaviewers sons of “The Office.” Rather 9. Spongebob (NICK) - 4,340 than using the sharply diverse personalities they’ve develviewers oped for the cast over the 10. Pawn Stars (HIST) - 4,281 last few years to drive the viewrs jokes of the show, they’ve just
What I’m watching Grey’s Anatomy ABC, Thursdays at 9 p.m. Ever since Meredith technically died and came back to life in Season Three, “Grey’s Anatomy” has been the epitome of a show that “jumped the shark.” But I love it. I own all the season DVDs and I keep watching it week after week. Why? The plot’s been disappointing since about the same time the show jumped the shark, nearly four seasons ago. Favorite characters have either died off or been forced off the show. But, I still tune in Thursday nights, because I still love the characters that remain. To be a fan of “Grey’s” is to be a fan of the characters and their stories. Every week, the outlines of their lives become stronger and I feel like I’m getting together with old friends to catch up. I couldn’t trade my Thursday night plans for anything else. - Caitlin Mazzola
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cranked the insanity up to 10 and called it a day. The show has been having a hard time finding a sweet spot for character growth. This is understandable, as it’s a comedy show and not “Days
of Our Lives,” but you can still see where the writers are hurting after seven seasons. Characters are either firmly planted in their niches to the point that all you can expect from them are the same old things, or they experience so much character growth that you have absolutely no idea how the personality shift happened so drastically. I actually had to go back to previous seasons and make sure there wasn’t some plot I missed that established what the hell was going on. Pam is the best example of the latter – she has transformed herself from a timid receptionist riddled with selfdoubt to a wacky mom with a go get ‘em attitude, a character who previously considered walking over hot coals to be her biggest accomplishment but now shamelessly commits fraud two episodes into the season.
I can’t believe how much crying I’m doing over proper character development in a comedy show. I only mind for two reasons. The first is that the lively, happy tone the show and all of its characters has adapted is a complete 180 from the office filled with lackadaisical workers suffering under the ineptitude of their zany boss from the first few seasons. It’s even more of a takeaway from the Office’s British origins. For those unfamiliar, British humor is pretty much driven by characters being put in the most awkward and miserably unfunny situations as possible. I prefer the happy medium between zaniness and misery that the first few seasons of the American “Office” had. The second reason I mind is because it’s pretty obvious that they’re going to try and distribute Michael’s wackiness, which has been the
driving point for most of the show’s humor, amongst the other characters. This season will be the last season with Steve Carrell, so the writers are probably trying to prepare for the transition. But they failed miserably, in both episodes I found myself not caring about what crap the other characters got themselves into and wished they’d go back to the Carrell plots, which were way funnier. This review is more negative than it deserves to be. The first two episodes were funny, especially the second, which focused on my favorite character dynamic, Michael and Toby. I just worry that, without Carrell, this show will be awful, and so far they’ve done nothing to majorly dissuade my suspicions. Also, why is Kathy Bates on this show?
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‘Modern Family’ lives up to the hype
By Purbita Saha Staff Writer Which show is going to live up to modern expectations this TV season? “Modern Family” will. “Modern Family” won over its audience with just 24 episodes in its last season. The finale left off with the extended family ending their Hawaiian vacation on a sweet note as Phil surprises his wife Claire with an ocean-side ceremony to renew their vows. But after the summer hiatus, the family was back to its dysfunctional self. The first episode of season two, titled “The Old Wagon,” starts off with Claire challenging Phil to sell their decades-old station wagon. To defend his honor, Phil accepts the dare but stumbles when he forgets the buyer’s name and has to use a “menemonic device” to help remember it. Meanwhile, Claire’s father Jay goes over to his son Mitchell’s house to help him to build a princess castle for Mitchell’s Vietnamese baby. Mitchell’s partner Cameron is afraid that Mitchell will end up with a severe injury, as he is not much of a handyman. Ultimately, Mitchell
locks himself into the constructed castle. Much to his dismay, a bird follows him in there. This misery is enhance by his phobia with feathered creatures. Jay’s Colombian wife Gloria finds herself in a bind as well. Her son Manny has a homework date with a girl who she feels is threatening her close relationship with Manny. When the girl has Manny sprinkle salt in Gloria’s chocolate milk all hell breaks loose. Phil and Claire meanwhile, decide to have a final family outing in the station wagon to celebrate the memories. But just like a set of dominoes, one bad event leads to another. Phil, Claire and their kids end up walking home. But all is well as the family has a good time reenacting the day’s events and making fun of Phil. Episode two, “The Kiss,” is centered on a Colombian-style dinner party that Jay and Gloria host for the entire family. While Gloria is busy cooking pig intestines, Phil tries to impress his father-in-law by fixing up Jay’s wireless printer. Manny starts to ghost-proof his house and Claire tries to help her daughter with her middle-
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A screen shot of the cast of ‘Modern Family.’
school crush. Secrets come out later during the night. Claire’s children realize that their mother was a wild teenager who often got a ride home in a cop car. Cameron finds out that Mitchell hates PDA because his father never showed him any affection (but only after he flips over the coffee table and falls into a bowl of tortilla chips). But “Modern Family” fans are in for another emotional moment as Jay embraces his grown-up son and gives him an awkward, but sincere peck on the cheek. That is the beauty of “Modern
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‘Law and Order: LA’ ‘Dexter’ shines with a succeeds with new cast complex character By Steve Crighton Campus Correspondent
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The cast of ‘Law and Order: Los Angeles.’
By Kaleigh Ferguson Campus Correspondent For more than 20 years, the “Law & Order” franchise has graced America’s television screens with hundreds of crime-solving episodes. Last week, a new edition to the “Law & Order” family was introduced: “Law & Order: Los Angeles.” With the immense success of previous “Law & Order” series, “L&O: LA” has a lot to live up to. Many were quite skeptical on how people would accept the series moving across the coast, but they have nothing to worry about. Judging by the first episode, “L&O:LA” will definitely be around for a while. The opening scene of the episode began with dozens of paparazzi camera flashes indi-
rectly making it clear that the crimes weren’t in New York anymore. Within the first several minutes, the new cast was introduced. Playing the crime-fighting cops are Rex Winters (Skeet Ulrich) and T.J. Jaruszalski (Corey Stoll). The deputy district attorneys are Ricardo Morales (Alfred Molino) and Jonah “Joe” Dekker (Terrence Howard). The first episode involves a Hollywood situation that is quite Lindsay and Dina Lohan-esque. A teenage starlet and her partying partner/ mother are apparently robbed by a “bling-ring,” except the mother was in on the scheme. This being a “Law & Order” episode, nothing is really what it seems to be until the last second. It’s revealed that the mother’s boyfriend is the leader of the burglar crew, and during the process of the
robbery, he is murdered. The episode proves how fame and money can cause so much greed that a person is willing to sacrifice a life and exploit his or her daughter’s fame. “Law & Order: Los Angeles” may be set in a different area, but several things without a doubt hint back to its original roots, such as the famous “chungchung” played throughout the episode, a similar theme song, and the same intelligent stories. That is not saying “Law & Order: Los Angeles” is perfect. Being a new show on the air, there is definitely room for improvement. It is missing a little something that differentiates it from good to addicting. But, it has the potential to make the transition. Be sure to watch this week’s episode on Wednesday, 10 p.m. on NBC.
Shaw’s ‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’ made relevant
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Quinn to pursue the theory that Dexter is responsible for Rita’s murder. This looks like it’s going to be the theme of the season, and it’s a really interesting one– Dexter is being accused of the one murder he did not commit. For any of you who, like me, were absolutely beside themselves for weeks after the season four finale, housing forty-ouncers and rolls of cookie dough in an attempt to drown the pain, I have awful news. That feeling you’ve managed to suppress is going to come rushing back as you see the fallout of Rita’s demise. The season five premier focused heavily on the grieving process and how an inhuman monster like Dexter might express his grief.
The best example of this is also the hardest to watch. When Dexter has to tell Rita’s two children that their mother is dead, he does so without a tear on his face and with Mickey Mouse ears on his head. He coldly and confusingly finishes the news with “I’m sorry for your loss.” It’s a really awkward scene to watch, and that just about sums up the first episode. It was awkward, both intentionally and unintentionally. Dexter stumbles through funeral arrangements and requests for interviews in a haze. He is so devastated that he is unable to put up the “mask” that makes people confuse him for a human being.
Steven.Crighton@UConn.edu
‘Eastbound and Down’ brings laughs in new season
By Joseph O’Leary Campus Correspondent Kenny Powers was last seen nearly 18 months ago abandoning his family and girlfriend to avoid admitting he wasn’t actually going to pitch for the Tampa Bay Rays. Finally, though, it can be said: You’re effing out, and Kenny Powers is effing back in! HBO’s series “Eastbound & Down” returned for its second season last Sunday, picking up where its first left off. Lead character Kenny Powers, a violent, offensive, and lewd former professional baseball pitcher, hasn’t taken his latest rejection from baseball well. He’s secluded himself in Mexico, where he’s stolen his assistant and quasi-friend Stevie’s identity and become a professional cockfighter. Of course, his prized rooster kicks the bucket about halfway through the episode, and
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NEW YORK (AP) – George Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” hasn’t had a happy life. An early work by the playwright, it was banned virtually as soon as it was written and has never been considered among his best. Even Shaw labeled it one of his “plays unpleasant.” A new revival by the Roundabout Theatre Company, then, comes as a happy surprise. Helmed by Doug Hughes and starring Cherry Jones and Sally Hawkins, the work is made urgent and subversive. The profession of the title – not to mince words – is sex. Shaw has used the topic of prostitution to expose hypocrisy in “respectable” Victorian England, assail capitalism and explore motherdaughter relationships. Written in 1894, the play traces the gradual horrible realization that Vivie Warren, a welleducated young lady with a head for business, has been enjoying her comfortable, modern life because her mother has quietly built a fortune running brothels. Not only is her mother, Kitty Warren (Jones), not sorry about her career, she defends prostitution as a way for women to avoid starvation wages and argues that it is essentially the same as marriage. That’s a pretty radical conviction even now, but Shaw does not try to provoke with deed or language that would make some in the audience squirm. That doesn’t mean, however, that there aren’t fireworks inside the American Airlines Theatre: Jones and Broadway newcomer Hawkins (Mike Leigh’s “HappyGo-Lucky”) are first-rate as they circle each other in scene after scene, parrying and thrusting. Hawkins downplays the daughter’s sensuality. She clumps about the stage with little femininity or sentimentality, fancying herself a whiskeydrinking, cigarette-smoking, independent woman. She is a smartypants who abhors tears and weakness and, thus, is on a collision course with both. Jones offers us simply every-
My fascination with Dexter disturbs me. It says something about me as a person that I looked forward to Dexter’s Season 5 premiere more than my birthday, Christmas and Spring Weekend combined. It also might be saying something about how awesome this show is. For those unfamiliar with the premise, Dexter is about a blood splatter analyst from Miami who moonlights as a serial killer. One catch, though – he only kills other killers. Have I sold you? If so, great. Stop reading this article and catch yourself up, because the rest of this article will contain spoilers that will ruin one of the most amazing and devastating reveals I’ve ever seen on TV. Time for full-on spoiler mode. You’ve been warned. The season five premiere episode, “My Bad,” starts where season four leaves off. The police arrive at the scene the Trinity Killer’s final murder victim – Dexter’s beloved Rita. All an emotionally distraught Dexter can manage to say to police is “Rita’s inside. It was me.” Dexter’s admission of guilt, along with Dexter’s marital problems and several inconsistencies with the Trinity Killer’s modus operandi, convince Detective
Kenny’s forced to join the local Mexican minor-league team. “Eastbound” remains as offensive and hilarious as its first season was. Star Danny McBride plays the newly-cornrowed Kenny with depression, attempting (poorly) to avoid his past. He is sadly hilarious in his poorlyspoken replies to the local coach interested in him as a pitcher. Kenny’s also found himself a posse, an intelligent midget and a larger, duller man, specifically for the “Of Mice and Men” parallel. The smallest of the three men is played by actor Deep Roy, who is unrecognizable from his earlier turns in “Star Trek” and the Oompa Loompas in the 2005 “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” remake. Thirty seconds of the episode is devoted to everyone Kenny ditched last season. Everyone’s doing great except for Stevie, who’s been fired as a teacher, working at a Starbucks for minimum wage and seems to
be shortly on his way to pay Powers back for all the harm he has done. A new love interest also appears: a lounge singer has an interesting talk with Powers, which leads to one of the best jokes of the night. Whether Kenny is shooting off rounds in a bar parking lot, burying his prized rooster Big Red, or driving his moped onto the baseball team’s field, the show makes laughs happen despite the apparent impossibility of humor. Kenny Powers is a monster: he’s egotistical, flighty, and irredeemable. “Eastbound” manages a minor miracle by swaying the audience over to his side. Somehow, people end up wanting to cheer for a man who ruins the lives of anyone who even gets close to him. You can keep rooting for KP every Sunday night at 10:30 p.m. on HBO.
Joseph.OLeary@UConn.edu
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Sally Hawkins, left, and Cherry Jones are shown in a scene from ‘Mrs. Warren’s Profession.’
thing: smooth sensuality, maternal sweetness, haughtiness, despair, cool humor and, when provoked, a sudden, horrible viciousness. Her British accent grows ever more guttural when she and her daughter have climactic standoffs at the ends of Acts 2 and 4. “I was a good mother; and because I made my daughter a good woman, she turns me out as if I were a leper. Oh, if only I had my life to live over again,” Mrs. Warren tells her daughter at one point. “My work is not your work, and my way not your way. We must part,” her daughter responds, in dialogue that easily could be heard between parent and child today. “What have we two in common that could make either of us happy together?” The men in the play are none too nice: Adam Driver portrays a smooth, young operator angling for Vivie’s hand; Mark Harelik plays a sleazy businessman; Michael Siberry bumbles along as a clueless reverend; and Edward Hibbert (TV’s “Fraiser”) is at his fussy best as an old friend of Mrs. Warren. All turn in wonderful performances, but none of the characters will come as much comfort
to men in the audience hoping for a hero. Particular note must be made of Kenneth Posner’s lighting and Scott Pask’s scenic design. They combine to create stunningly realized locations – elaborate houses and interiors that look lifelike, lush and tall garden hedges that act like barriers to the outside, and an art deco city office, all glowing with sensuous light. The play, which marks the first time “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” has been on Broadway since 1976, has been criticized for turning its characters into little more than mouthpieces for Shaw’s politics. And sometimes the monologues seem clunky and forced as Shaw first lands a punch here that makes you sympathize with the mother and then an uppercut blow there that leaves you on her daughter’s side. But Jones and Hawkins have fleshed out these paper tigers and made them roar. And Hughes has turned a 100-yearold play relevant. It naturally has a message for anyone who makes her or his business in the oldest profession.
with more specific objectives than Facebook. Still, no matter how many of these sites spring up, they only serve like methadone to heroin users. None will ever compete with the universe already set up within Facebook. One of the most up-and-coming popular sites is Twitter, which is most beneficial for creating new relationships between celebrities and their fans. Twitter allows for 140 character “tweets” to be typed, a short, concise space to deliver whatever messages the user pleases. While following celebrities and musicians on Twitter may be fun, unless one has an extremely large
network of Twitter friends, the site isn’t so entertaining. I tried my hand at Twitter for about a year, with moderately successful results. Still, I couldn’t help but feel what I was doing was a glorified page of Facebook statuses. Later freshman year, I tried my luck with Four Square, which enables users to “check in” to locations to be rewarded “points” or “badges.” Being somewhere secluded like Storrs, however, renders Four Square a virtually useless application. The only other success I’ve had with social networking is last.fm, which allows users to chart their iTunes listens and use them to discover new artists and network with
other music fans. It also creates radio stations, similar to Pandora (but more personal) based on one’s music habits. At this point, Facebook is still the leader of the networking world. I’m dying to find out what trend could trump the powerhouse site, but am also fearful about the impact that social networking could potentially have on the generation in the long run. Hopefully, the addiction will run its course. Until then, it’s been 11 minutes since I last checked my Facebook, so I suppose I’m due to see what everyone is up to again.
Matthew.Yost@UConn.edu
Sasseville gives back with his performances
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ambitious in his drive to give back. After buying the We The Kings X-treme Pringles tour, he decided to combat poverty. He figured that throwing money at the problem wouldn’t help, but by increasing education he could give people tools to help themselves. For every college campus he visits on his tour, he will build one school for children in South East Asia. Pringles donated $20,000 to the cause and Sasseville hopes that different campus organizations will be generous in giving too. Sasseville will then match these donations; development of the schools is set to begin in 2011.
According to Caitlin Engel, Sasseville’s publicist, the project will be able to touch the lives of nearly a million children by its end. Engel also said that the school that could raise the most money would have one of the South East Asian schools named in their honor. The We The Kings concert was canceled on Friday, along with a Guinness World Record attempt to have the most people drum with Pringle cans, an event Sasseville was scheduled to host. Also known as the “Concert for Causes,” the event was supposed to help raise awareness and support for the school initiative. Participants
would have been given a free can of X-treme Pringles to break the record. Sasseville said his favorite flavor is the “Screamin’ Dill Pickle,” but that’s only one of four of the new varieties. For now, students can get involved in Sasseville’s Republic and help shape the face of late night TV. The model that Sasseville used to achieve what he has is also an inspiration for students to change thing they deem need changing, because, as Sasseville said, this is the generation that “gets it.”
Kimberly.Halpin@UConn.edu
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Lanvin gets world-weary fashion crowd worked up
PARIS (AP) – Love was in the air at Paris’ spring-summer 2011 ready-to-wear shows on Friday, as Lanvin’s sumptuous confections worked the world weary crowd of fashion insiders into a covetous lather. The Paris-based fashion house has quietly built a cult following by deciphering women’s desires and churning out collection after collection that’s exactly what they want. Friday’s lineup was no exception. Designer Alber Elbaz’s parade of dresses – fluttering kaftans, sheaths in liquid silk and second-skin columns – had something for everyone. “I’m one fat designer who spends all his time thinging about the body...I’m trying to understand the needs of women, but different women,” the affable Elbaz told a scrum of journalists. “There are some women that are a size 34 (U.S. size 0) and that’s OK, and there are other women who are a size 44 (U.S. size 10) and that’s also OK.” The well-rounded show worked through lots of different ideas, churning out potential offerings for women of all shapes and sizes. The same could not be said, however, for Maison Martin Margiela, the conceptual label whose mysterious Belgian founder decamped earlier this year. The label’s design studio sent out a one-note collection that hammered its (single) point through with the subtly of a sledgehammer: It was all about twodimensionality, with sweater dresses, trench coats and pantsuits that sprouted a flat, starched rectangle on the front side. Luxury supernova Christian Dior raised that quintessentially tacky garment, the Hawaiian shirt, to the pinnacle of chic with a featherlight collection of sundresses in eye popping palm leaf prints. Rising Brazilian talent Pedro Lourenco combined his signature material – leather – with transparent tulle to create bold, futuristic looks that appeared to defy gravity. His column dresses and slick pantsuits were a patchwork of lozenge-shaped leather appliques that seemed to be clinging directly to the models. (Closer inspection revealed they were in fact stitched to nude tulle bodysuits.) Another rising star, France’s Isabel Marant, showed why she’s earned an A-list roster of fans in the U.S. with a collection steeped in easy, Paris chic. Japan’s Issey Miyake delivered a solid lineup of wearable summer separates that showcased the house’s expertise in technical fabrics. Paris’ nine-day-long ready-towear displays hit the halfway mark on Saturday with shows by homegrown talent Jean Paul Gaultier and Sonia Rykiel. CHRISTIAN DIOR
The king of kitsch, the Hawaiian shirt, got a classy upgrade, paired with featherweight chiffon in eyepopping orange, yellow and purple. The prints bubbled on the frothy layered skirts of drop-waisted minidresses or breezed lazily on the vaporous trains of see-through evening gowns. Another Hawaiian touch – the flower lei – was worked into the collection, with fuchsia petals exploding off the hemlines of kicky sundresses and worked into the dresses’ halter straps. Dior designer John Galliano, decked out as a French sailor for his final strut, worked in masculine elements borrowed from the mariner’s uniform, topping the sheer looks off with oversized parkas in white and navy. Silk halter tops were worn with button-front sailors’ trousers, with jaunty white sailors’ caps topping off the looks. It was hardly a groundbreaking collection, but its easy, flirty prettiness was appealing. You could definitely see jet setters snapping up the flower print sundresses for their holi-
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days on the French Riviera. One such jet-setter, Kate Moss – who took the show in from a front-row perch – appeared to be making a mental shopping list as the looks strutted by. LANVIN Normally hard-pressed to muster a decent round of applause even after strong shows, the normally blase fashion crown broke once and again into spontaneous cheers in the middle of the Lanvin show. It was like they couldn’t help themselves. The parade of dresses – second-skin columns, fluttering kaftans, liquid silk sheathes – was simply too ravishing, too desirable. Asked to explain the effusive reaction, designer Alber Elbaz responded “love brings love.” People are responding to the “the fact that (they) see the emotion and the time and the work that I’ve been putting in this collection, in (trying to) understand women’s lifestyles and lives and dreams and fantasy,” Elbaz said after the obligatory photo-ops with A-list guests Janet Jackson and Lenny Kravitz. “I almost have no private life, I don’t go out much, you don’t see me in parties. I’m just working, doing things to make you all beautiful. That’s my mission.” The women of the world – at least those with deep enough pockets to handle the label’s hefty price tags – can only be grateful to Elbaz for his monastic work ethic. Each look the Israeli designer turned out was more gorgeous than the last. There was a vaguely tribal feel about the collection, but the beauty of the clothes – more than any particular “inspiration” – was its decisive narrative. Sandy colored goddess gowns had long skirts that blew like desert dunes, and tank dresses clung to the body like liquid silver. ISABEL MARANT Never has a rugby shirt looked as sexy. Marant mixed sportswear staples with ultra-feminine pieces in layers of frothy lace for easy, breezy Paris chic. With their tousled hair and makeup-free faces, her models looked like they’d just rolled out of bed and thrown on whatever they found strewn across the floor – cuffed shorts, a mesh tanktop, a lumberjack shirt or a multitiered miniskirt. And by some miracle of nature – let’s chalk it up to French genes – their thrown-together looks just happen to work. Pieces borrowed from boyfriends, like the rugby shirts or the mesh basketball tanks, were paired with lacy skirts or morphed into dresses, with a belt knotted saucily at the hips. Sequin-covered cropped vests added a touch of seventies glamour to some of the looks. Not that they needed it. MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA When you say the Margiela collection was two-dimensional, it sounds like a value judgment, but it’s not. With all the looks fitted out with a flat, starched rectangular flaps on the front, calling it twodimensional was just to state a simple fact. The show began with menswear looks that morphed into ladies’ outfits, a button-down shirt worn as a sexy dress, with trompe l’oeil paneling that made it look as if the skeletal models had been sewn into garments that had once belonged to a corpulent man. One idea led to another, as ideas tend to at this conceptual label, and next thing we knew, the design team fixated onto the notion of men’s shirts folded up in the plastic envelopes they’re sold in: The shirt-dresses then sprouted the flat flaps, which highlighted the contrast between the garment’s cardbard-like front and its body-hugging backside. A red sweaterdress with
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A model presents a creation by Israeli fashion designer Alber Elbaz.
its obligatory flap on front conjured up the Queen of Hearts in a community theater production of “Alice in Wonderland.” A minidress made of two squares of black vinyl with the model vacuum packed in between was reminiscent of fruit at a Japanese supermarket, where everything is sold in plastic. Flatness is interesting idea, perhaps, but one that was plenty clear after the first few looks, making much of the show seem redundant. ISSEY MIYAKE The Tokyo-based label was spot on trend with this collection woven around pretty straw prints. Featherlight sundresses in sunny yellow fabric printed with the woven straw seats of traditional wooden chairs from Provence had all the charm of a summer in the south of France. The prints, also served up in black-andwhite, recalled the tree-print collection by California label Rodarte, which showed in New York last month to considerable praise. Miyake, known for its innovative fabrics, also sent out less flashy summer basics in sober black and white prints and solids. A white shift dress had the bumpy texture of a tortoise shell woven into the hightech fabric, and a pair of harem pants was knit with cobweb cutouts. A cropped pantsuit in tiny vertical pleats had the texture of a sheet of crisp white paper and crumpled at the hips as the model walked, while horizontally pleated A-line dress printed with black and white rings jiggled like Jell-O. The collection didn’t break any new ground for the label but was still light, lovely and appealing.
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Vocal toil and trouble beset Lyric’s ‘Macbeth’
CHICAGO (AP) – Verdi’s “Macbeth” is one of the composer’s most thrilling youthful accomplishments, brimming with a dark vitality perfectly suited to the tale of the murderous Scottish king and his bloodthirsty wife. The new production that opened the Lyric Opera season Friday night captures much of this brooding quality, especially in its stark and sleek metallic sets designed by James Noone. But to a frustrating extent it’s undermined by problematic performances from the two lead singers, Thomas Hampson and Nadja Michael. Hampson, a veteran American baritone renowned for his burnished tone and interpretive powers, has a voice that’s one size too small for the histri-
onic demands of Verdi’s title character. In moments when the natural beauty of his sound can shine through he is effective, but too often he is forced into a kind of blustery shouting. Michael, a German soprano making her Lyric debut, evokes visceral thrills with her penetrating top notes, of which Verdi gave Lady Macbeth more than her share. But the part also calls for a powerful lower register, something Michael lacks. Worse, she has a tendency to sing flat in her middle register. Still, she’s a fascinating performer to watch, her tall, willowy figure and long blond hair set off effectively by Virgil C. Johnson’s slinky, low-cut dresses. Director Barbara Gaines, founder of the Chicago
Shakespeare Theater but new to opera, rightly tries to take advantage of her leading lady’s natural assets by emphasizing the sexual bond between the couple. It’s a perversely dysfunctional relationship: Their most passionate embrace comes right after they have plotted yet another murder. In a dream sequence, the childless Macbeth imagines his wife has brought him their two sons to play with. This has some poignancy because it comes moments after the witches have told him it will be Banquo’s sons who inherit the throne. Finally, in Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene, she approaches a sleeping Macbeth, who rejects her advances – as if to suggest this is what has brought on her madness.
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McNabb wins return to Philly, 17-12
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Donovan McNabb heard cheers and the home team got all the boos. McNabb threw for 125 yards and one touchdown, leading the Washington Redskins to a 17-12 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday in his first game against his former team. Michael Vick was forced out in the first quarter with chest and rib injuries in his first start in front of the hometown crowd. Kevin Kolb, who was supposed to be McNabb's successor all along, replaced Vick after losing his starting job because he got hurt in Week 1. So, the McNabb-Vick showdown turned into the McNabbKolb matchup everyone originally anticipated. But this one didn't live up to the hype. McNabb, a six-time Pro Bowl pick in 11 seasons with the Eagles, didn't get much of a chance to showcase his skills. Redskins coach Mike Shanahan stuck with a conservative approach and relied on the ground attack. Washington had 169 yards rushing, including 55 by Clinton Portis before he left with a groin injury. Ryan Torain had 70 yards rushing and one TD. McNabb threw just 19 passes, completing eight and getting intercepted once. The Redskins (2-2) snapped a two-game losing skid, improving to 2-0 in the NFC East. The Eagles (2-2) are winless at home. Wearing an unfamiliar burgundy and gold No. 5 jersey, McNabb ran onto the field with the rest of his team during pregame introductions. When his name was announced, he got a standing ovation. McNabb patted his heart and raised his right hand up to salute the crowd. He then hugged Vick, who signed with the Eagles last year after
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Washington Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb drags Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Darryl Tapp with him as he scrambles for yardage during the first half of an NFL football game in Philadelphia, Sunday.
McNabb lobbied for him. McNabb had a love-hate relationship with Philly fans, so many wondered what type of reception he would receive. While some outside the stadium booed and carried signs that read "McChoke," it was an overwhelmingly positive response inside the Linc. McNabb led the Eagles to five NFC championship games and one Super Bowl — a 24-21 loss to New England in Feb. 2005. He was traded to Washington in April, paving the way for Kolb to be the starter. But Kolb sustained a concussion in Week 1, and Vick played so well he forced coach
Andy Reid to make a flip-flop decision and keep him in. Now Vick's status is uncertain and it's unknown what Reid will do when he's healthy. Kolb threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Brent Celek to get the Eagles within 17-12 with 4:10 left. The 2-point conversion failed when Kolb's pass fell incomplete. On Washington's next possession, McNabb scrambled 18 yards on third-and-4 to keep the drive going and allow the Redskins to run the clock down a little more. The Eagles got the ball back at their own 26 with 1:07 left and no timeouts. Kolb's first throw should've
been intercepted, but it was dropped by Carlos Rogers. Kolb then drove Philadelphia to the Redskins 32, a doublelateral after a short pass got the Eagles there. But Kolb's desperation heave into the end zone on the final play bounced out of Jason Avant's hands. On a field where he made so many dynamic plays throughout his career, McNabb looked more like a gamemanager than an elite player. He handed off five straight times before attempting his first pass, a deep one to Fred Davis. The ball was slightly behind a wide-open Davis, who let it go through his
hands. On his next pass later in that drive, McNabb made a perfect throw over the middle to Chris Cooley for a 31-yard touchdown and a 14-0 lead. Vick got hurt on a 23-yard run to the Redskins 1 that was negated by a holding penalty on Max Jean-Gilles. Vick dodged and darted through the defense, eluding several tackles along the way. He took two hard hits, getting sandwiched between Kareem Moore and former teammate DeAngelo Hall. After a short completion by Kolb, David Akers kicked a 49-yard field goal to cut it to 14-3. The Eagles also lost Pro Bowl
cornerback Asante Samuel and wide receiver Riley Cooper to concussions. McNabb's best throw was a 57-yard completion — the ball was traveled 56 yards in the air — to Anthony Armstrong on a third-and-15 in the second quarter. It set up Graham Gano's 26-yard field goal that made it 17-3. Kolb drove the Eagles inside Washington's 1 in the final minute of the first half. After calling a timeout to set up a play on fourth down, the Eagles somehow got called for a delay of game penalty and had to settle for Akers kicking a 23-yarder to cut it to 17-6. The sellout crowd gave them an earful as they headed into the tunnel. Brandon Banks, an undrafted rookie, set up a touchdown on Washington's first possession with a 53-yard punt return on the first play of his career. Torain ran in from the 12, knocking over safety Quintin Mikell on his way into the end zone to give the Redskins a 7-0 lead. The Eagles wasted a long drive in the third quarter when LeSean McCoy fumbled after a catch-and-run and the Redskins recovered at their own 21. A three-time Pro Bowl pick during six seasons in Atlanta, Vick got a second chance to revive his career in Philadelphia after spending 18 months in federal prison for his role in a dogfighting operation. He played sparingly last year behind McNabb and Kolb, seeing most of his action in a variation of the wildcat formation. Vick made the most of his opportunity after Kolb went down, and was the NFC offensive player of the month in September. He had 750 yards passing, six touchdowns and no interceptions, and also ran for 170 yards and one score in 10 quarters.
Foster’s 2 TDs lead Texans past Raiders Scobee’s 59-yarder
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Arian Foster made up for lost time after an early game benching. Foster scored on a 74-yard run and a 10-yard catch in the second half before Troy Nolan’s second interception sealed the Houston Houston 31 T e x a n s ’ vicOakland 24 31-24 tory over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. Foster, a former practice squad player, has emerged as one of the biggest surprises of the NFL so far this season. Despite entering the game as the league’s leading rusher, Foster was held out until midway through the second quarter in what the Texans (3-1) said was a “coach’s decision.” Foster took the game over in the second half. On the second play from scrimmage, he burst through a big hole and raced to the 74-yard score, breaking a tackle by Michael Huff on the way to the end zone. Then on the first play of the fourth quarter, Foster caught a short pass from Matt Schaub for the score that gave Houston a 31-14 lead. Nolan’s second interception iced the game after the Raiders (1-3) had cut the lead to seven. Schaub also threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Joel Dreessen and Derrick Ward scored on a 33-yard run for the Texans, who are off to their best start in franchise history despite playing this game without injured leading receiver Andre Johnson (sprained right ankle). They still had too much for the Raiders to handle. Oakland lost for the second straight week but this time didn’t have a missed field goal at the end from Sebastian Janikowski to blame. Bruce Gradkowski turned the ball over three times, losing a fumble to thwart a drive in Houston territory late in the first half with the game tied, and throwing the two second-half interceptions. The first came one play after Neil
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Coming off consecutive lopsided losses, the Jacksonville Jaguars talked all week about needing a spark. Josh Scobee provided it. Scobee’s 59-yard field goal on the final play gave the Jaguars a 31-28 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. Scobee watched it clear the crossbar, then ripped off his helmet and started running toward the opposite end zone. His teammates finally caught Jacksonville 31 up with near Indianapolis 28 him the sideline, setting off a raucous celebration for a team desperate for a victory against its biggest rival. It was the longest field goal in franchise history. Maybe the biggest, too. The Jaguars (2-2) rebounded from back-to-back, 25-point losses — the worst consecutive setbacks in team history — and handed the six-time defending AFC South champion Colts (2-2) their second division loss. Peyton Manning was solid at usual, throwing for 352 yards and two touchdowns, but his receivers let the team down in this one. Tight end Brody Eldridge dropped a pass near the goal line in the third quarter. Anthony Smith made a shoelace grab on the ball and returned it near midfield. David Garrard found Marcedes Lewis over the middle for a 15-yard TD pass a few plays later, putting Jacksonville ahead 21-14. Reggie Wayne, who finished with a career-high 15 receptions for 196 yards, fumbled inside the 10-yard line on the ensuing drive. Those turnovers were the difference, even though Manning tied the game at 28 with 48 seconds remaining. He hooked up with Dallas Clark on a fourthand-10 play, then found Wayne streaking down the sideline for 42 yards. A few inches from the goal line, Manning hit Austin
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Oakland Raiders running back Darren McFadden (20) breaks up the middle past Houston Texans defensive tackle Amobi Okoye (91) and linebacker DeMeco Ryans during the first quarter of an NFL football game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday.
Rackers gave the Texans a 24-14 lead with a 35-yard field goal in the third quarter. Five plays later, Foster beat rookie linebacker Rolando McClain in the flat for the score that put the Texans in control. Foster finished with 131 yards on 16 carries and added 56 yards receiving despite not getting into the game until midway through the second quarter. Schaub completed 16 of 29 passes for 192 yards and two touchdowns, breaking David Carr’s Houston franchise record with his 60th TD pass on the throw to Foster. Gradkowski, who was sent to the locker room briefly in the
second half after a hard hit by Bernard Pollard, tried to lead the Raiders back with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Zach Miller early in the fourth. Gradkowski drove the Raiders to a 39-yard field goal by Janikowski that made it 31-24 with 6:13 remaining. After the Raiders’ defense came up with a second straight stop, Gradkowski got one last chance at his 25 with 3:04 to play. But his fourth down pass went through Louis Murphy’s hands and was intercepted by Nolan with 1:40 remaining. Gradkowski was 24 for 39 for 278 yards, throwing a 13-yard TD pass to Marcel
Reece in the second quarter. Miller had 11 catches for 122 yards. The game was tied at 14 at the half after both teams missed prime scoring chances in the closing minute of the second quarter. The Raiders had the ball at the Houston 29 before Mario Williams beat Langston Walker around the edge and sacked Gradkowski, forcing a fumble that the Texans recovered at their 40 with 32 seconds left. Schaub moved Houston into scoring range with passes to Dreessen and Foster, but Rackers hit the upright on his 46-yard field goal on the final play of the half.
Collie for a 1-yard pass, and the extra point tied it up. The Jaguars appeared content to run out the clock and go to overtime, but when the Colts called timeout, coach Jack Del Rio changed his mind and took some shots through the air. Garrrd, booed last week and benched the week before, found Tiquan Underwood on a 22-yard pattern that put Jacksonville in range for a long field goal. Underwood may have played as important a role as Scobee, and not because of that reception. Garrard dropped back on the next play, and under heavy pressure, floated a ball to the far sideline. Kelvin Hayden broke on it and had nothing but green grass in front of him, but Underwood made a nice play to swat it out of his hands at the last second. Del Rio then sent Scobee on for the long one. After a timeout to ice him, Scobee drilled it. He has three game-winning kicks against the Colts. He also had a 51-yarder with 4 seconds left in 2008 and a 53-yarder with 38 ticks remaining in 2004. Garrard completed 17 of 22 passes for 163 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for a 25-yard score on an option play in the first quarter, scoring not too far from where there had been a sign saying, “Trade for Tebow.” The Jaguars clearly revamped their offensive attack following back-to-back drubbings against San Diego and Philadelphia. Garrard threw five interceptions and was sacked nine times in consecutive 25-point losses that were the worst in franchise history. In hopes of preventing more costly errors, Garrard used a lot of two- and three-step drops against Indianapolis — getting the ball out quickly and not even trying to throw deep. Jacksonville also lined up offensive tackle Jordan Black as a tight end, using him to help on defensive ends Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis. Garrard rarely got touched and didn’t get sacked for the first time this season.
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Giants beat Padres 3-0, clinch NL West
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP)— ry lap along the outfield warnJonathan Sanchez pitched the ing track, slapping hands with San Francisco Giants back into fans leaning over the fence. the playoffs after a six-year Manager Bruce Bochy brought absence, beating the San Diego up the rear of the lap, tipping Padres 3-0 Sunday to wrap up his cap and waving it over and the NL West title. over again. Buster Posey homered and the Padres players stayed put Giants finally got it done—on at the railing of their dugout their third try against the Padres watching the celebration in disthis weekend—to capture their appointment. first division crown and playoff The Giants were in fourth berth since 2003. place and 7 1/2 games out of the “It’s been seven years lead on July 4. since we’ve seen some“We were in fourth thing like this,” closer place but we said, Brian Wilson said. “It’s San Francisco 3 ‘We’re a team that been a rollercoaster the can win it,”’ Sandoval San Diego 0 said. “We can get to entire season.” San Francisco will the World Series.” host the wild-card Atlanta Braves The pitching-rich Padres head starting Thursday at AT&T Park, home for a longer winter than with ace Tim Lincecum well rest- they wanted knowing they blew ed to go in Game 1. The Braves quite an opportunity. San Diego beat the Phillies 8-7 earlier in the led the division by 6 1/2 games day, extending manager Bobby before a 10-game losing streak Cox’s farewell season. from Aug. 26 to Sept. 5. Two NL playoff races came But manager Bud Black’s down to Game 162. team had trouble scoring all San Diego missed a chance season, and that was its undoing to force a Monday playoff with at the end. The Padres managed the Giants at Petco Park to only four hits Sunday and were decide the NL West winner. shut out for the 12th time. The loser of that would have “Anyone who goes through flown to Atlanta to determine this has a good sense of what’s the wild card had there been a going on,” Black said. “Reality three-way tie. sets in and you know we didn’t Pablo Sandoval and other make it. But we still had a Giants players waved orange great season.” towels atop the Giants’ dugout Sanchez (13-9) pitched into steps after closer Wilson’s first the sixth inning and gave up two pitches were strikes to three hits while walking five. Will Venable with two outs in He contributed with his bat, the ninth. too, hitting a triple off rookie When Venable struck out Mat Latos (14-10) and scorswinging, Posey ran out to ing the game’s first run in the Wilson and they jumped togeth- third inning. er at the mound. The rest of the The Giants head back into the Giants joined them and gray postseason a decidedly different NL West champion shirts were team than when they last made quickly handed out. it. Led by Barry Bonds, they The Giants then took a victo- lost in four games to Florida in
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The San Francisco Giants celebrate and surround closing pitcher Brian Wilson, front, center right, after beating the San Diego Padres 3-0 to clinch the NL West on Sunday. The Giants will advance to the playoffs for the first time since 2003, where they will face the NL Wild Card winning Atlanta Braves in the first round.
the 2003 NL division series, a year after falling six outs shy of a World Series title and losing to the wild-card Angels in seven games. In fact, San Francisco is back in the playoffs with a roster that looks nothing like the group that took the field on opening day. Posey was called up in late May and hit 18 homers to make a strong case for NL Rookie of the Year honors, and Pat Burrell revived his career after signing
a minor league deal May 29 following his release by Tampa Bay. The bullpen features new faces, too. Jose Guillen, Mike Fontenot and Cody Ross also are newcomers. “Versus the past when we lived and died with one superstar player, there aren’t any superstars on this team. There might be a couple rising stars,” general manager Brian Sabean said. “Our organization is built on pitching. It’s
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old-school baseball. We’ve been marching toward this for a while, including holding onto (Jonathan) Sanchez.” Sanchez tripled and scored on a single by Freddy Sanchez, then Aubrey Huff followed with an RBI double. Posey homered in the eighth for insurance. Nearly two months after he guaranteed a three-game sweep of the Padres only to see San Francisco drop two of three,
the left-handed Sanchez was the Giants’ most reliable pitcher down the stretch. He went 4-1 with a 1.03 ERA over his last seven outings—in July 2009, he threw a no-hitter against the visiting Padres. Sanchez gave way to Santiago Casilla with none out in the sixth after allowing Adrian Gonzalez’s leadoff single and a walk to Ryan Ludwick. Casilla induced a double play and got an inning-ending groundout.
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Braves hold off Phillies, win NL Wild Card Rays outlast Royals 3-2 in 12 innings, clinch AL East
ATLANTA (AP)—Bobby and Kris Medlen. Cox was drenched with beer and “I know there’s not a team in champagne and hoisted onto the this league that’s got more heart shoulders of his players after the than us,” Hudson said. Atlanta Braves gave their manHudson, Matt Diaz, Derrek ager a final trip to the playoffs. Lee, Peter Moylan and others Atlanta reached the postseason lifted Cox onto their shoulders as as the NL wild-card team, a first fans chanted “Bobby! Bobby!” for Cox, as Tim Hudson and the Rookie Jason Heyward and Braves took a six-run other players had lead, then held on for high-fives for fans. an 8-7 victory over the “This is what it’s Philadelphia Phillies Atlanta 8 all about,” said closon Sunday. er Billy Wagner, who “This being Bobby’s Philadelphia 7 struck out the side in last year, losing today the ninth. “You play was not an option,” Hudson said. all year long and it comes down After the win, the Braves to the last game and you get the watched on TV as San Francisco champagne shower.” beat San Diego 3-0, giving the Atlanta will start the playoffs Braves the NL wild card by one Thursday at NL West champion game over the Padres. San Francisco in the opener of a The players sprayed cham- best-of-five series. pagne in the clubhouse and then The Braves won 14 straight took the celebration outside. division titles with Cox but had “We fought and we fought missed the playoffs since 2005. and we fought,” Hudson said of There was a postgame REO the 91-win season that included Speedwagon concert at Turner a nine-game losing streak in Field, and a few hundred fans April and season-ending injuries remained after the concert to to Chipper Jones, Martin Prado watch the Giants’ win on the
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Braves manager Bobby Cox is carried by his team after clinching the NL Wild Card.
video board. They chanted and cheered after the final out as bubbly was sprayed in the Braves’ clubhouse. Cox had compliments for his team. “We try hard,” Cox said. “This team is the hardest-working, hardest-trying team we’ve ever
had here.” Cox’s final regular-season record was 2,504-2,001. He ranks fourth in wins, trailing only Connie Mack (3,776), John McGraw (2,840) and Tony La Russa (2,638). This is Cox’s 15th season with 90 or more wins, second to only McGraw.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)— Rays are 2-5 and have scored Nobody can say the Tampa Bay only nine runs. In their last Rays backed into the AL East seven games, they were shut out title Sunday. three times. Knowing that New York’s loss “This team is number one. about an hour earlier That’s why we have had already assured this chemistry,” Pena them of the champisaid. “We have a lot onship, the Rays ral- Tampa Bay 3 of heart. Everybody lied for a 3-2 victory Kansas City 2 cares about each over Kansas City in 12 other. I think that is innings, sending them extremely powerful. into the postseason on a win- That’s the intangible that goes a ning note. long way.” “Winning in extra innings on As the Royals kept shutting the road is a great measure of down the slumping Rays throughyour team and the character of out a cool and breezy afternoon, your group,” Tampa Bay man- Tampa Bay players kept one ager Joe Maddon. “Under these eye on the scoreboard and were circumstances that really dem- heartened to see Boston slowly onstrates that.” pulling away from the Yankees Tampa Bay will start the play- for an 8-4 victory. offs at home Wednesday against Alex Gordon’s two-run homer AL West champion Texas and off Wade Davis gave the Royals have home-field advantage a 2-0 lead in the fourth and throughout the AL playoffs. The Soria came on to try for his 44th Yankees are the wild card and save in 46 opportunities. open Wednesday at AL Central But the right-hander gave up a champion Minnesota. leadoff single to Carl Crawford The Yankees and Tampa Bay and a one-out single to Matt began the day tied at 95-66, Joyce before Pena’s double with both teams already assured into the left-field corner. It was of postseason spots. To win the Soria’s first blown save since division, New York needed to May 6 and the first runs he had finish ahead of the Rays, who allowed in 24 straight innings. held the tiebreaker after winning “To rally against their All-Star the season series 10-8. closer shows how much fight Carlos Pena hit a tying, two- this team has,” said Rays outrun double in the ninth for fielder B.J. Upton, drenched just Tampa Bay off All-Star closer like the rest of his teammates Joakim Soria. in sweet-smelling champagne. Pinch-hitter Rocco Baldelli “That shows how much heart singled with one out in the this team has.” 12th off rookie Dusty Hughes When they saw the Red Sox (1-3) and stole second. Baldelli had beaten the Yankees, the scored when Kelly Shoppach hit Rays high-fived in the dugout, a grounder through the legs of but did not go into any demonthird baseman Wilson Betemit, strative celebration. who was charged with an error. “We wanted to win this When closer Rafael Soriano game,” pitcher Joaquin Benoit finished off the Royals for his said. “We still had work to do.” AL-leading 45th save in 48 Jeff Niemann (12-8) struck chances, the Rays streamed onto out all three batters he faced in the field to celebrate. the 11th to earn up the victory. “We knew the Yankees had not Davis went seven innings won,” Maddon said. “This game and was charged with two runs at that point didn’t mean a whole on three hits, while striking lot except it meant a lot to us to out six. win it and to do it this way. Just The Rays loaded the bases to validate the whole thing.” in the second, but failed to The Rays are not exactly bar- score as Sean O’Sullivan struck reling into postseason on a hot out Dioner Navarro to end the streak. Since clinching a post- inning. O’Sullivan held the season berth Tuesday with a Rays to two hits in six score5-0 victory over Baltimore, the less innings.
Moore with about a minute remaining at the half. “It was really important, we wanted to end the half the right way,” Endres said. “We knew we were getting the ball after halftime and we did what we had to do and the game turned out well for us.” Edsall said that, unlike against Buffalo, when he had to rip the team apart at halftime for their poor effort, this time he only had to remind his team to do their jobs and to do them well. “He told us to all play like individuals,” said receiver Dwayne Difton. “Go against the matchups we have, like say for instance there’s a corner and a receiver going at it, he told everyone to play as an individual against the other players, the other team. We took what coach Edsall said and just played great.” The team’s second-half adjustments proved to be effective. UConn was able to keep the Vanderbilt offense from getting any more big plays, while the
offense kept advancing down the field. The dagger came midway through the fourth quarter, when cornerback Blidi Wreh-Wilson picked off Smith and returned the interception 44 yards for a touchdown to give the Huskies a 38-21 lead. A safety with 2:26 left to play pushed that score to 40-21, which ended up being the final tally. “That was a very good win for us,” Edsall said. “I was very proud of the young men in terms of how they came out and played in the second half.” In his return, Todman finished the game with 37 carries for 190 yards and two touchdowns. UConn did suffer a crucial loss when sophomore offensive tackle Jimmy Bennett came out of the game with an injury. His status going forward will be announced today. UConn ends their non-conference schedule with a 3-2 record going into Big East play. The Huskies’ next contest comes at Rutgers, who they face Friday at 7:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN.
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Oct. 23 Louisville TBA
Oct. 29 Nov. 11 West Pittsburgh Virginia 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer (7-0-2) Tomorrow Oct. 9 Maryland Seton Hall 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 13 Providence 3:00 p.m.
Oct. 16 St. John’s 7:00 p.m.
The Daily Question Q: What was the most exciting NFL game from Week 4? A: “The Steelers - Ravens game.”
Oct. 19 West Virginia 7:30 p.m.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Eagles quarterback Michael Vick left Sunday’s game against the Redskins with rib and chest injuries and will not return. Vick needed X-rays in the locker room after he was hit in the first quarter, and did not return to the bench for the second half. Vick scrambled 23 yards, but was sandwiched on a hard hit by Kareem Moore and DeAngelo Hall and was slow to get up late in the first quarter. Kevin Kolb, the No. 1 QB when the season started, quickly warmed up and was in on the next play. Vick’s run was wiped out on a holding penalty by guard Max Jean-Gilles. Kolb suffered a concussion in the season opener, allowing Vick to take over the job. Vick was sensational as the starter. He had 750 yards passing, six touchdowns and no interceptions, and had also run for 170 yards and one score in 10 quarters. For his efforts, Vick earned NFC offensive player of the month honors. He was 5 for 7 for 49 yards passing and rushed three times for 17 yards against the Redskins. He was a three-time Pro Bowl quarterback during six seasons in Atlanta. Vick missed the next two seasons while serving an 18-month sentence in federal prison for his role in a dogfighting operation. His dazzling play and reformed personal image—he tours schools speaking out against dogfighting— has made him a fan favorite in Philadelphia. Fans bring signs touting “Vickadelphia!”
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Women’s Soccer (6-4-2) Oct. 22 Oct. 17 Oct. 15 Oct. 10 Oct. 8 West Notre Dame Depaul USF Marquette Virginia 5:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Field Hockey (8-2) Oct. 6 Oct. 9 Yale Georgetown 7:00 p.m. Noon
Oct. 10 North Carolina Noon
Oct. 13 Oct. 17 Northeastern Princeton Noon 2:00 p.m.
Volleyball (2-12) Oct. 8 Syracuse 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 10 Marquette 2:00 p.m.
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Red Sox win, Yankees settle for Wild Card
Oct. 24 Oct. 16 Oct. 22 St. John’s Seton Hall Rutgers 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
Women’s Hockey (0-0-1) Oct. 10 Oct. 9 Oct. 15 Clarkson St. Lawrence Colgate 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 16 Syracuse 4:00 p.m.
Oct. 23 MinnesotaDuluth 3:05 p.m.
Oct. 12 Oct. 14 Oct. 29 Oct. 20 Sacred Regional Conn. College Quinnipiac Heart Championship Championships 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. New Haven TBA
Women’s Tennis Oct. 6 Oct. 12 Oct. 20 UMass Sacred Heart Quinnipiac 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
Oct. 21 Regional Championship Dartmouth
Men’s Cross Country Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Nov. 13 Oct. 22 Oct. 30 N.E. Leopard Regional CCSU Meet Big East Championship Invite Championship 4:00 p.m. Championship Noon 10:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m.
Women’s Cross Country Oct. 9 Oct. 15 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 13 N.E. Rothenberg CCSU Mini Big East Regional Championships Race Meet Championships Championship All Day All Day All Day Syracuse, NY All Day
Golf Oct. 11-12 Oct. 16-17 Connecticut Northeast Cup Invite All Day All Day
Oct. 18 NEIGA Champ. All Day
Rowing Oct. 23 Head of the Charles All Day
Oct. 31 Head of the Fish All Day
Oct. 19 NEIGA Champ. All Day
BOSTON (AP)—No hats, no T-shirts, no celebratory champagne. Just a 49th postseason appearance for the New York Yankees and a chance at an unprecedented 28th World Series title. The defending World Series champions missed out on their second straight AL East title on Sunday, losing 8-4 to the Boston Boston 8 Red Sox to complete a rare fade and finish New York 4 late-season with a wild-card berth. The Yankees open the postseason at Minnesota on Wednesday. “In New York, you’re expected to make the playoffs, but it’s only Step 1. We all know what the goal is,” manager Joe Girardi said. The goal is not to win the division. The goal is to win the whole thing.”
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Tampa Bay Rays’ B.J. Upton, left, and Randy Choate, right, celebrate in the clubhouse after winning the American League East championship following a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.
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Rowing team’s season opener cancelled due to flooding
Ravens move to 3-1 after beating Steelers on last minute touchdown
By Carmine Colangelo Campus Correspondent Game of the Week: Men’s football vs. Vanderbilt The Huskies beat the Commodores 40-21 on Saturday, improving to 3-2 on the season, while Vanderbilt fell to 1-3. Tailback Jordan Todman led the offensive attack with 190 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns, only two yards short of his career high. Quarterback Cody Endres also went 21 for 30 adding 179 yards in the air and two touchdowns in his first start of the season. A sold-out crowd of 40,000 people watched the Huskies win their second game in a row and improve to a perfect 3-0 at home. Big Letdown: Women’s field hockey at Louisville The No. 5 Huskies fell to the No. 10 Cardinals on Saturday in a 3-2 overtime thriller. Forwards Anne Jeute and Ali Blankmeyer scored back-toback goals in the 55th and 58th minute to put the Huskies up 2-1, but it wasn’t enough
to stop the Cardinals as the Huskies gave up a season-high three goals, snapping their fivegame winning streak. With the loss, the Huskies are now 8-2 and 2-1 in Big East play. So close: Men’s soccer at Marquette. The No. 3 Huskies tied the Golden Eagles 1-1 on Friday, as they remain undefeated on the season with a 7-0-2 record and a 1-0-1 mark in Big East play. Midfielder Tony Cascio netted his team-leading sixth goal of the season in the 28th minute. The Huskies outshot the Golden Eagles 17-14, but only managed to reach the back of the net once. We missed out: Women’s rowing event cancelled The Huskies season opener at the Head of the Riverfront in Hartford was cancelled on Sunday due to flooding on the Connecticut River. They will open their season Oct. 23 in Boston at the Head of the Charles Regatta.
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By Colin McDonough Senior Staff Writer Game of the Week: Ravens vs. Steelers In one of the most heated rivalries in the NFL, T.J. Houshmandzadeh caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco with 32 seconds left to give the Ravens a 17-14 victory over the Steelers. Ray Lewis intercepted Charlie Batch to seal the win. The Steelers were trying to start 4-0 for the first time since 1979, and doing it without suspended quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Baltimore moves to 3-1 on the season after the victory. Big Letdown: Florida vs. Alabama The last two national champions met in Tuscaloosa, as No. 1 Alabama destroyed No. 7 Florida 31-6. The anticipated matchup was a mismatch, as the Crimson Tide used two touchdowns from Heisman winner Mark Ingram and a C.J. Mosley interception returned for a touchdown to
roll over the Gators. The win extends Alabama’s streak to 19 games, the longest current winning streak in FBS, and the Tide stayed atop the polls. Performer of the Week: LaMichael James, Oregon The sophomore running back for the Ducks ran for a career-high 257 yards and two touchdowns in No. 4 Oregon’s 52-31 Pac-10 victory over No. 9 Stanford at Autzen Stadium in Eugene. James has seven touchdowns and 712 yards on the season for the Ducks who move to 5-0 on the season. Oregon also jumped Boise State in the AP Top-25 for the No. 3 ranking. Number of the Week: 1 The number of games the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres by to clinch the National League Wild Card.
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» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY P.12: Giants win NL West. / P.12: Braves clinch NL Wild Card with win over Phillies. / P.11: McNabb wins in return to Philly.
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HUSKY HOMECOMING HEROICS Todman runs for 190 yards on 37 carries as UConn upends Vanderbilt By Mac Cerullo Sports Editor For a time in the second quarter, it seemed that UConn was falling apart at the seams, but some quick adjustments and a strong drive to end the half helped get the Huskies back on track to a 40-21 win over Vanderbilt on Homecoming weekend. The game started off very similarly to the previous week’s game against Buffalo. UConn got off to a strong start, with safety Mike Lang forcing a Vanderbilt fumble on the first play from scrimmage, leading to a Jordan Todman rushing touchdown three plays later. Todman helped add to that lead early in the second quarter, when he scored his second touchdown of the game to give the Huskies a 14-0 first half lead. The next couple of minutes, however, could be summed up with one word: chaos. On the kickoff following the second UConn touchdown, Vanderbilt’s Warren Norman ran for a 72-yard return, giving the Vanderbilt offense excellent field position to start the drive. The Commodores took advantage, with quarterback Larry Smith finding tight end Brandon Barden in the endzone for an 8-yard touchdown reception, cutting the Huskies’ lead in half.
The UConn offense gave the ball right back on their next possession, going three and out on the ensuing drive. Vanderbilt wasted no time in tying the game up. On the first play of their next drive, Smith threw deep to receiver Udom Umoh, who was covered by Lang. But Lang turned the wrong way and couldn’t break up the play. Umoh made the catch and trotted into the endzone, and just like that, the game was tied at 14. Things didn’t get any better in the next sequence either. In UConn’s first play of the next possession, Endres threw a pick to Vanderbilt’s Casey Hayward. Four plays later, Vanderbilt hit the UConn defense with a perfectly executed reverse play. The defense bit on the fake so badly that Vanderbilt was able to block everyone downfield, allowing receiver Jonathan Krause to take the ball 44 yards into the endzone without ever being touched. In the span of only three minutes and 38 seconds, UConn went from being up 14 to being down seven. But the Huskies responded going into halftime, with Endres and Todman leading the Huskies down the field in a nine play, 73-yard drive, culminating with an Endres touchdown pass to Kashif
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Cody Endres looks down the field with the ball during the Huskies’ 40-21 win over Vanderbilt on Saturday. Endres was 21-30 on the day, throwing for 179 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.
Lutrus, Todman return to field
By Colin McDonough Senior Staff Writer Homecoming weekend marks the arrival of alumni to campus and to Rentschler Field to cheer on the UConn football team. For the Huskies on Saturday, it meant the return of Jordan Todman and Scott Lutrus back on the gridiron. Todman rushed for 190 yards and two touchdowns, while Lutrus had three tackles during UConn’s 40-21 win over Vanderbilt. “Jordan Todman is a warrior,” coach Randy Edsall said. “He’s unbelievable. I don’t know if there’s anyone better than him.” Edsall was happy to see senior captain Lutrus on the field. “I thought Scott played pretty well,” Edsall said. “He made some plays. There’s some things that he didn’t do as well as he would’ve liked to but having that leadership out there lifted our team a little bit.” Todman missed the last two
contests because of an elbow inju- back Cody Endres. ry, but Lutrus has not played since “Jordan’s a tremendous player, the opening game at Michigan. he does everything well,” Endres Lutrus missed four games last sea- said. “He’s a workhorse and a son with a stinger injury. He was tough and strong kid.” anxious to end his rehab and play with his teammates. Defense yields big “It’s been frustratplays ing. I went through For the second straight this last year,” Lutrus week, the Huskies grabbed said. “It’s good to be a 14-0 first half lead, only back. I rehabbed as to relinquish it before the much as I could and break. The Commodores I’m glad to be back.” Notebook used a 48-yard touchdown Lutrus said that he catch by Udom Umoh and can’t worry about geta 44-yard touchdown run ting hurt again, and the same goes off a reverse by Jonathan Krause for Todman. Todman carried the to take a 21-14 lead. They would ball 37 times in his first game in be the last Vanderbilt points of the two weeks. day, but were still a concern after “You have to do what you have the win. to do to win,” Edsall said. “We’ll “Defensively, just too many big rest him up as much as we can, plays,” Edsall said. “Mike Lang on and after next week we do get a the deep ball, he’s right there and bye. Jordan’s done a good job of has to make the play. There’s about making himself fit.” five or six plays that can make a The offense was happy to have difference in a ball game, and once Todman back, especially quarter- we eliminated those plays you saw
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what happened.” UConn’s offense continued to score points in the second half, and the defense tightened up after halftime, as it did last week against Buffalo. “That’s what we focus on, eliminating big plays,” Lutrus said. “We made some good adjustments at halftime, besides that we played solid defense.” Homecoming The win over Vanderbilt marks the fourth straight win on Homecoming weekend for the Huskies. UConn’s last Homecoming loss came on Nov. 4, 2006, when they lost 37-11 against West Virginia. “All wins are special wins, but Homecoming is a little more special,” Endres said. “The stands were a little more packed and it felt good. The SEC is a great conference, everyone did their part and we got a big win today.”
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UConn running back Jordan Todman carries the ball during the Huskies’ 40-21 win over Vanderbilt on Saturday. Todman scored two touchdowns on the day, rushing for 190 yards.
Volleyball swept over weekend By Matt Stypulkoski Campus Correspondent
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UConn setter Angela Roidt sets the ball during the Huskies’ 3-0 loss to Cincinnati on Sunday. The Huskies are now 0-3 in Big East play on the year.
The UConn volleyball team fell to No. 22 Cincinnati 3-0 on Sunday afternoon at Gampel Pavilion. The loss was the twelfth straight for the struggling Huskies, who are now 2-12 on the season and 0-3 in Big East play. Despite their recent struggles, the UConn women managed to put up a strong fight against the Bearcats, playing hard and hanging tough in each set, but eventually falling 25-23, 25-22, 25-20. According to head coach
Holly Strauss-O’Brien, the said. “But it’s discouraging strong effort was a step in the because it’s within our control. right direction. Volleyball is about errors and “I’m definitely proud of we had quite a few of them to the effort,” Straussgive them the edge O’Brien said. “We’re over us. But it’s one step closer to where encouraging because we need to be… we’re Louisville 3 it doesn’t mean they taking baby steps, and beat us.” 0 necessarily we’re hopefully turn- UConn Despite their ing a corner.” errors, the Huskies Friday Although she inspired vol3 played believed the tightly- Cincinnati leyball throughout contested match was a UConn 0 the match, forcing six step in the right direclead changes and 20 Sunday tion, Strauss-O’Brien tied scores throughwas also slightly frusout the course of the trated with the results. match. The attack was led by “It’s encouraging because senior hitter Rebecca Murray we’re hanging with a top (16 kills, 3 aces), junior out25 team,” Strauss-O’Brien side Jordan Kirk (14 kills, 2
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aces) and set up nicely by sophomore setter Angela Roidt (33 assists). On the other side of the ball, the defense was anchored by sophomore libero Kelsey Maving (13 digs). Now, according to Coach Strauss-O’Brien, it’s just a matter of eliminating some of the errors and closing out some sets. “That’s the next step,” StraussO’Brien said. The team will have a chance to take that next step Friday night, as the Huskies travel to Syracuse to take on the Orange in their fourth Big East matchup of the season.
Matthew.Stypulkoski@UConn.edu