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UConn graduate enjoys success from new website By Darryl Blain Campus Correspondent UConn graduate and creator of the rapidly-growing universityrated.com, Jared Rada, is seeing his creation become increasingly popular. Since its launch date on Feb. 24, the site has seen over 2,800,000 page views, according to Rada. The website is built around a

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voting system, allowing viewers to select which of two pictures (men or women) they find more attractive. The site then compiles a win percentage for each picture and ranks the pictures accordingly, along with a vote tally. Viewers can also choose to vote only within their school as well as view the rankings. Universityrated has nearly 160,000 votes casted on 163 dif-

ferent girls to date from UConn alone, according to site statistics. “I thought of the idea when I wanted to create something catchy for college kids,” said Rada, who graduated in May and created the site entirely on his own as a side project. Universityrated.com is run completely on advertisement revenues from ads located along the top and on the side of the home

page and all subsequent pages. While it is still only a side project for Rada, he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of it becoming a fulltime gig, should the popularity continue to increase. Rada also plans on expanding the current site overseas. “Right now I’m focusing on U.S. schools, but I have a bunch of requests from Italy, Spain and the U.K. It’s just a matter of expanding the

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EDITORIAL: COLLEGE SEXUAL ASSAULTS MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY University has responsibility to protect students.

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INSIDE NEWS: KAINE DEFENDS REQUEST TO SEND KILLER TO GERMANY Gov. Kaine said his decision was fiscally based.

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Students peruse bins of national championship t-shirts at the Co-op two days after the men’s basketball team victory in Houston. The Co-op will be getting in more paraphernalia for the game later this week.

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Graduate student loans increased

By Abigail Ferrucci Campus Correspondent

UConn graduate students can borrow up to $1000 interestfree for short-term emergencies, according to a press release from the Graduate Student Senate. These short-term loans have risen from last semester’s maximum of $500, and increased the payback period from 60 to 90 days. According the the press release, any graduate student at the UConn campus who pays the per-semester graduate activity fee is eligible for the loans. Of eligible students, only about 2 percent per year use the loans. The process is confidential and it usually takes a maximum of five business days for requests to be filled. Loans are administered by the Bursar’s offfice, which handles the promissory notes. The loan goes on the borrower’s statement from the bursar, so students who fail to repay the money back in the allotted time are unable to register. “There is a need for such funds when emergencies such as death in the family and subsequent need to travel occur,” said Jean Main, director of student financial aid services. The changes came has a result of the Senate’s recognition that the old loan amount and repayment process no longer met the immediate needs of students. According to William Waite, the Chief Financial Officer of the Graduate Student Senate, there are no restrictions on what graduate students use their loan for, although the loans are designed to cover students’ short-term financial gaps. Students can take one loan per semester, including the summer, for a total of three per year. Applications must be made to the Graduate Student Senate.

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database.” The site is currently in the process of gathering European school information and hopes to launch the full Euro version in two weeks along with full language support. Rada is also considering adding the ability to view the top-rated people from each country, and perhaps have face-offs between those individuals.

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By Courtney Robishaw Campus Correspondent Colin Carlson, a 13-yearold student at UConn, has recently been named a Harry S. Truman scholar. Carlson is a 6th-semester ecology and evolutionary biology and IMJR-environmental studies double major. He is a University Scholar and a Leadership Legacy Student. Last year he was named a National Udall Scholar, a scholarship program designed for students in environmental fields. This year, Carlson was also named a Goldwater Scholar, an award for students in the sciences. Carlson is very involved on

campus. He is the secretary of ECOalition, a delegate to the Honors Board of Directors and a member of EcoHouse, EcoHusky and the Honors Council. He also runs a climate change campaign off campus, The Cool Coventry Club and is a member of the Sierra Club. For his future plans, Carlson would like to “bridge the gap between environmental science and policy, working at an environmental non-governmental organization, like the Climate Institute or the National Resource Defense Council,” he said. Truman scholarships are designed to “recognize college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the

nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service” and to “provide them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through public service,” according to the Truman Scholarship Foundation’s web site. Carlson is excited to attend the Truman Leadership week this summer and plans on applying for the 2012 Truman Summer Institute in Washington, D.C., through which he hopes to intern with the Climate Institute. He plans on attending graduate school for ecology and

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By Abigail Ferrucci Campus Correspondent Mansfield Fire Department has been granted $52,212 in funding from the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA, according to a press release from Rep. Joe Courtney. The announcement came Friday morning, and also mentioned $45,957 for the Sterling Fire Department as well. “These grants are absolutely essential in ensuring that our first responders are well-prepared to keep the community safe,” Courtney said in the release. According to the release, the funding can be used for many purposes in the department, including acquiring equipment,

modifying stations or training firefighters. Rep. Courtney is a Democrat and has consistently supported additional funding for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant, which is where the money came from. In February, Courtney led the fight in the House of Representatives to protect the program from Republicansupported cuts. “The Sterling and Mansfield departments’ ability to secure these competetive grants is a testament to the work these men and women put in each day,” Courtney said. Courtney has been the U.S. Representative for Connecticut’s

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UConn championship parade set for Hartford

HARTFORD (AP) — A parade to honor the national champion Connecticut men’s basketball team has been scheduled for Sunday, April 17. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says the Hartford Business Improvement District will host the victory parade and rally in Connecticut’s capital city. The route of the parade will be similar to UConn victory parades in years past, starting and ending at the state Capitol. The governor’s office says organizers are relying on private money to pay for the parade and rally. UConn, which was picked to finish 10th in the Big East in the preseason, completed a remarkable 11-0 run through the postseason on Monday with a 53-41 win over Butler in the national championship game.

Developer gets 6 months for lying to feds

NEW HAVEN (AP) — A Shelton developer has been sentenced to six months in prison for making a false statement to FBI agents related to cash payments he made to officials. Robert Scinto, who lives in Fairfield, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in New Haven. The 64-year-old Scinto pleaded guilty to making a false statement to FBI agents during a public corruption investigation in Shelton. Authorities say Scinto provided cash and other items of value to officials, including a building official issuing a certificate of occupancy to Scinto’s development projects. But they said Scinto told agents he never provided anything beyond Christmas presents and certain other items of value.

Malloy defends budget to Realtors, home builders

HARTFORD (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy defended his budget in speeches Wednesday to Connecticut real estate agents unhappy with his proposals to increase taxes on their business and home builders still reeling from the worst recession in decades. Hundreds of agents and brokers, bused to Hartford from around the state, listened to Malloy as he pitched his spending plan to the Connecticut Association of Realtors Inc. His proposal would plug a $3.3 billion deficit in the budget year beginning July 1 and includes a provision to increase the municipal portion of the real estate conveyance tax from 0.25 percent to 0.50 percent of a home’s selling price. The real estate industry has only recently begun to emerge from the recession and opposes efforts it sees as threatening home sales. “We want to make sure homeownership does not take the brunt of budgetary issues,” said Bob Fiorito, a past president of the Realtors’ group. Malloy, a Democrat, told both groups that in his more than one dozen community meetings, he has found that many Connecticut residents are unwilling to make sacrifices to fix the budget.

Man found shot to death in car on Hartford street

HARTFORD (AP) — A man has been found shot to death inside a car near Hartford’s Keney Park. Police chief Daryl Roberts tells the Hartford Courant the victim was found inside a white car in a driveway on Thomaston Street just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Police had responded to a report of shots being fired in the area, which is near the western edge of the park. The victim, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead a short time later at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center. No arrests had been made Wednesday afternoon.

Attorney general bill to be aired next week

HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers say a public hearing on changing the qualifications to run for state attorney general is being rescheduled. The legislature’s judiciary committee plans to hold the hearing Tuesday on the bill, which would require candidates to be licensed Connecticut lawyers for at least 10 years to qualify. The hearing was originally set for Friday. The bill stems from last year’s state Supreme Court decision that interpreted the state law’s language to require litigation experience. That ruling disqualified Democratic candidate and Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz from running for attorney general. Some lawmakers say it also prevents other skilled corporate lawyers from running, and that they think having a wider range of qualified candidates benefits voters. Connecticut is among 43 states in which the attorney general is elected.

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Kaine defends request to send killer home

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine on Wednesday defended his request to send a convicted killer and former German diplomat’s son back to his homeland, saying his rationale was a fiscal one. “I basically said, ‘Look, Virginia taxpayers have borne the cost of this German citizen’s incarceration for 20-plus years.’ I thought it was time for German citizens to bear the cost of his incarceration,” Kaine told reporters in his first public remarks about the decision, a day after he entered the 2012 U.S. Senate race in Virginia. Kaine, the former Democratic National Committee chairman, decided to enter the race after Democratic Sen. Jim Webb announced he would not seek re-election. In January, four days before Kaine left the governor’s office, he asked the U.S. attorney to transfer Jens Soering to Germany, where he could be freed after two years. Soering was convicted of killing his then-girlfriend’s parents, Derek and Nancy Haysom, who were stabbed and nearly decapitated in 1985. Soering and Elizabeth Haysom fled the United States as police closed in and traveled Europe until they were captured in London. Both confessed to the killing. Soering later said he did so only because he wanted to spare his sweetheart the death penalty, wrongly believing his father’s diplomatic immunity shielded him. Since then, Soering has penned books pro-

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claiming his innocence and picked up international support for his release. Kaine said he rejected Germany’s first request to transfer Soering, but agreed a year later. “I didn’t believe it would be popular, but I thought it would be the right thing to do,” Kaine said at a news conference. The Roanoke Times first

reported the story about Kaine’s request, hours before his Republican successor, Gov. Bob McDonnell, was inaugurated. McDonnell quickly rescinded Kaine’s request, and ultimately, the U.S. government refused to transfer Soering, who is serving two life terms. “I don’t think the issue is going away,” said University of Richmond political science

professor Dan Pallazollo. “One thing that could keep it alive is if he can’t answer the question to people’s satisfaction.” Kaine is the only announced Democrat in the race so far. Republican George Allen is also running for the seat he lost to Webb in 2006, and faces a nomination fight from Richmond tea party activist Jamie Radtke.

Police focus on US polygamist sect in 2 killings DURHAM, North Carolina (AP) — Police are focused on a small polygamist sect in suburban North Carolina after two members — a 5-year-old boy and a 28-year-old woman — have gone missing and are presumed dead. Authorities believe they were killed by members of the group, but haven’t been able to find the bodies, nor have they been able to locate the suspects for weeks. Investigators have evidence the boy’s mother, Vania Sisk, and Peter Moses Jr. “were directly involved in the murder of a juvenile and an adult,” according to court documents. The pair haven’t been charged, however. The investigation began earlier this year when the family of Antoinetta McKoy, 28, reported her missing. They hadn’t seen her since early December. She had moved to North Carolina from Washington, D.C., to start a new life, a family member said, but soon lost touch. When she didn’t call on her mother’s birthday, the fam-

ily knew something was awry, said Kevin Shields, McKoy’s brother-in-law. “I’m just hoping they find the body so we can know where to go from there,” he told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Investigators believe McKoy had been living with Moses and Sisk in Durham with a religious sect known as the Black Hebrews. The group believes it descends directly from the ancient tribes of Israel, and some of the sects — like the one in Durham — practice polygamy. As police were investigating McKoy’s disappearance, they discovered a 5-year-old, Jadon Higganbothan, was missing, too. Investigators found a former sect member who told them McKoy and the boy had been killed and provided graphic details of the slayings, court documents said. Police also seized evidence from the sect’s homes in Durham and later in Teller County, Colorado. Court documents related to those searches

painted a grim snapshot of what happened to the victims. The former sect member, who was not identified in documents, said Moses became “extremely angry” at the boy in October, grabbed a gun and began pacing around the house. Then Moses called the boy to the basement, and the former member said he heard “loud music and the sound of a gunshot,” according to documents. The ex-member said he saw Moses wrap the body and put it in a suitcase in the attic. A few days later, when the “body began to stink,” Moses disposed of the suitcase, the documents said. The former member told police McKoy was killed in February after a heated argument over car keys. McKoy ran from the house, but she was eventually escorted back inside by two women, according to court documents. Once inside, the two women began beating her. Later, Moses handed Sisk a handgun and told her to shoot McKoy, “which

Vania Sisk did,” according to the documents. Moses and the two women then buried her at an undisclosed location. Police went to the house several times in February to inquire about McKoy. On one occasion, they found Moses hiding in a cabinet and arrested him on warrants charging him with carrying a concealed weapon, discharging a firearm within the city limits and writing a worthless check. He was released after posting $1,500 bond. A later search turned up a bullet, shell casing and possible human blood, but by that time, members of the group had fled to Colorado. Durham police contacted the Teller County sheriff’s department for help, and that agency executed its own search Feb. 29. Nine children and several adults were in the seven-bedroom house, unpacking boxes, Teller County sheriff’s Sgt. Nick Olmsted said. The children were turned over to local child welfare officials and returned to North Carolina.

Any student can upload photos onto ranking site from UCONN, page 1 “I think it’s a great idea for a site,” said D.J. McCarthy, a 6th-semester finance major. “It can be a fun way to waste time and see different girls from your school that you know from around campus. I don’t see a problem with it because everyone that is on it chose to be on it and nothing is said about the people on it.” Other students didn’t share the same sentiment about the website. “I think it’s a cheesy

website designed to rank college girls based on their attractiveness,” said Elizabeth Crowley, a 4th-semester biology and journalism double major. “I’ve seen websites like this before and they all seem the same to me. I don’t see anything innovative about it.” The photos used in the site can be uploaded by any student with a picture of themselves. According to the site’s privacy policy, students may also request to have images removed if they didn’t actually put their own picture on

the site. Rada also plans to add a few new features to the site, the main one being a profile view. This would allow users to review stats about their images such as overall ranking and how many times the image has been voted on. In addition, he is planning on adding a favorites section feature which would allow users to save or “favorite” an image that a user has voted on so that they may view it in the future. With the approval of Apple, universityrated is expecting to have

an iPhone app within one or two weeks, as well. “The app allows you to vote, see rankings, switch between males and females - basically everything you can do on the website, you’ll be able to do with the app,” said Rada. Along with the large number of page views, Universityrated has over 8,300 user registrations, 2,300 image uploads and ranks No. 57,547 in the Alexa U.S.A. ranking, which ranks sites according to traffic.

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State school board opposes reforms delay

HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut’s Board of Education wants to keep its slate of major high school curriculum reforms on schedule, hoping to convince lawmakers not to delay the changes because of budget concerns. Board members voted unanimously Wednesday to oppose the two-year delay, which a legislative committee has recommended to the full General Assembly. Lawmakers will have the final say, though, so the board’s vote is largely symbolic. The reforms would set tougher standards for the Class of 2018 and beyond, including requiring more credits and completing a senior year project as a graduation requirement. The delay would push them back to seniors graduating in the Class of 2020, today’s fourth-graders. Board members say launching the tougher requirements as soon as possible is critical to

keep Connecticut from falling behind other states, but lawmakers say there’s just not enough money right now. Connecticut adopted the reforms last year with the hope of winning up to $175 million from the federal “Race to the Top” education grants program, but its application was rejected. Some state school board members said Wednesday they think the first year’s cost of launching the reforms would be minimal, and that other state or federal money could be in hand once the more costly portions — particularly, hiring teachers in certain fields — go into effect in a few years. “I think as we get closer, people will come up with ways of doing what needs to be done that don’t cost nearly as much money as they’re now projecting,” school board Chairman

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Colorado police pepper-spray misbehaving 8-year-old boy

DENVER (AP) — Eightyear-old Aidan Elliott had thrown a TV and chairs at his Colorado elementary school and was trying to use a cart to bust through a door to an office where teachers and other students fled for safety. No one could calm the boy, not even the staff in a program for children with behavior problems like him. So they called police, who had intervened with Aidan twice before. Police found him with a foot-long piece of wood trim with a knife-like point in one hand and a cardboard box in the other. “Come get me, f-----,” he said. When they couldn’t calm him down, one squirted Aidan with pepper spray. He blocked it with the cardboard box. A second squirt hit the youngster in the side of the head, and down he went, according to an account of

the Feb. 22 standoff in a police report first obtained by KUSA-TV. Aidan and his mother went on national talk shows on Wednesday to say using pepper spray on an unruly 8-year-old was too much. Police and officials at Glennon Heights Elementary in Lakewood, Colo., say it could’ve been worse. “Had the officers chosen to be hands-on with him, the potential for him getting some type of injury and, maybe even officers, would have been much higher,” police spokesman Steve Davis said. “It was the best choice made,” he said. Aidan started acting up while on the bus to school, the police report said. He began screaming and then continued after breakfast while throwing chairs at his teachers. “He was being very aggressive, very violent,” said Melissa

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College sexual assaults must be taken seriously

n March 31, a group of 16 male and female Yale undergraduates and alumni announced that they had filed a Title IX suit against Yale, charging the university with creating a “hostile environment” by failing to respond properly to cases of sexual harassment and assault. The complainants believe that Yale’s decision to handle such cases within the university leads to more leniency for the perpetrators and that the university does not provide adequate resources to women who face sexual assault. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. Universities nationwide have always had issues dealing with sexual assault and harassment. According to the Department of Justice, 95 percent of sexual assaults that occur on campus are never reported. Additionally, a study by the Center for Public Integrity states that the punishments college rapists face are merely a “slap on the wrist,” so to speak; often, the punishment includes writing a letter of apology to the victim or a paper on rape. They are not suspended, or even expelled, which is dangerous, considering that a study has shown that a rapist could rape as many as six different people during a college career. Fortunately, according to Kathleen Holgerson, director of the UConn Women’s Center, the university encourages survivors of sexual assault to choose a path of action as they see fit. Survivors have the option to seek disciplinary action from the university, if the assault took place within university jurisdiction, pursue legal recourse, or both. Universities as a whole must become more responsive. On April 4, USC students staged a walk meant to cause students “to reflect on our cultural perceptions of women and men,” in response to an email allegedly sent from a Kappa Sigma member and the university’s response to the email. These students felt that adequate attention had not been given to the issue, and like the Yale students, they spoke up. But even after the attention Yale has received criticizing some aspects of campus culture, there are still students who do not take such issues seriously. While a “Good Morning America” reporter interviewed a female student, a male student off-camera shouted something that could not be aired, which GMA said was a sexually explicit remark “you wouldn’t want your mother to hear.” It’s clear that colleges still have a long way to go before campuses are free from harassment. Instead of trying to hide the issue of sexual harassment and hope that it goes away, schools should encourage discussion among its students and establish serious ways to deal with such problems. After all, sexual assault is prevalent partly because of its acceptance by society. During Spring Weekend, the risk of sexual assault and sexual harassment increases. The university has a responsibility to its students to preserve their safety and to remember that it must deal with any cases that follow from Spring Weekend carefully and thoroughly. Universities should seek, at all times, to make their campuses safe environments and remember that sexual assault is a serious crime and must be treated as such. 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 think Roman paramedics should refer to IV bags as 4 bags. Oh there’s a spider in my room...it’s under my covers... Kemba can you help me? Fun Fact: Did you know that the South Dining Hall had to mop the entire place on the night of the championship same? Thanks management! Last night I was so worried about my 9 a.m. exam that I had a dream that Communists took control of phone companies and shut off our cell alarms. So I set up Microsoft Word autocorrect to change “God” to “Kemba.” But then my history professor wondered why I was writing an essay on the constitutionality of “One nation under Kemba” in the Pledge of Allegiance. To the girls that just got stuck in the Busby elevator, thats what you get for taking the elevator to the second floor. Same place and time tomorrow? I wouldn’t mind getting stuck with you. After spending the weekend in Houston I’m confident Pink Hat Kid shows up outside Arjona at 4 a.m. in order to get the front row aisle seat in his 8 a.m. class. I just poked Kemba Walker on Facebook!

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Beware of Internet privacy, don’t have sex in public

on’t have sex in public. This is especially good advice to follow when there are other people around who can clearly see you. And they have cameras. At the University of Southern California last week, two people decided to have sex on the roof of the 12-story campus building Waite Phillips Hall. Yes, the roof. Sex happens at every college, even – as anybody who followed college basketball By Jesse Rifkin this year knows – Staff Columnist Brigham Young. What distinguishes this story from all the others? A student in a dorm across the street from the goings-on looked out the window, saw what was happening, texted friends who lived in her hall and within minutes they were gathered together, laughing and watching the hijinks ensue. One of the on-lookers took photos, which were posted online and have since gone viral, receiving millions of views. In the eloquent words of rapper Tupac Shakur, “California knows how to party.” There are a few morals to this story. You can never predict something’s popularity in advance, as the photographer reflected in an interview with the USC television station, Annenberg TV News. He claimed to have originally posted the pictures on a private account on photobucket. com, requiring a password for access so he could share them with friends only. However, one of those friends copied and saved the pic-

tures, uploading them on public websites. The original photographer said that the photos were just meant for people on the dorm floor, and were never intended to go viral.

“We live in an Internet world, and there is nothing you can do about that.” Your mere presence in public is fair game for photography. It is perfectly legal to photograph somebody else in public, even if the subject of the photograph is unaware that the picture was taken. In the 2006 case Nussenzweig v. DiCorcia, the court held that a photographer who took and later sold pictures of a random passerby in Times Square without that person’s knowledge or consent was legally protected. The court wrote in the decision: “The constitutional exceptions to privacy will be upheld, notwithstanding that the speech or art may have unintended devastating consequences on the subject, or may even be repugnant. They are… the price every person must be prepared to pay for in a society in which information and opinion flow freely.” So, if you want to photograph some random person in Times Square, the beach or anywhere public as they walk by, be my guest. Is it moral? That is questionable. But is it legal? Yes. An entire life can be brought down in one moment with a single lapse in judgment. The Daily News discovered the identity of the male USC student in the pictures, though they did not reveal his name in order “to protect him from the damaging repercussions of his own

foolishness.” According to the article, “The disgraced fraternity member’s wealthy parents live in a highly respectable beach community in Southern California. His parents sent him to a staunchly religious rural private school that costs up to $10,000 a year for tuition before funding his place at one of America’s top universities.” Now he has been suspended from the USC branch of Kappa Sigma. The female was not a USC student. Actions can have far-reaching consequences. These photos have caused embarrassment not only for the people involved, but for USC, as well. “To say that we are disappointed in this type of behavior does not begin to capture [the] seriousness with which we regard this type of activity,” USC Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Denzil Suite wrote. “While I cannot speak to specific actions which will be taken with any individual, suffice to say that this type of conduct cannot go unaddressed.” Of course, this type of conduct can only be addressed once they get dressed. We live in an Internet world, and there is nothing you can do about that. What you can do is take precautions to ensure that the most amazing technological invention in history is used to your advantage, not your disadvantage. For example, don’t have outdoor sex in public – not that any Connecticut resident would have done that in March. Snow was falling, and you would have needed to wear a jacket.

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

Calif. textbooks should recognize gay Americans

ust as textbooks dedicate chapters to the accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Betty Friedan and, most recently, Sonia Sotomayor, Democratic lawmakers in California have breathed new life into a plan to require state schools to teach about the contributions of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans. Lawmakers a c cepted By Ryan Gilbert the requireStaff Columnist ment five years ago, but the bill never made it off the desk of then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican. But now, with a Democrat in the governor’s office, Jerry Brown, lawmakers and gay rights activists are more optimistic that school programs will be modified. The California legislature should do the right thing and pass this bill. Especially since, according to Cal Coast News, “the new law would revise social science textbooks and could reach farther than just California.” In an interview with Youth Radio, a public station that highlights content produced by young people, California State Sen. Mark Leno, who is himself gay, introduced the bill. “Imagine how different the interaction among students would be if, in an age-appropriate fashion, this issue of homosexuality and

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this issue of the LGBT community is all a part of a civil rights movement. Not unlike other civil rights movements,” he said. Leno and other gay rights activists are absolutely right. Legislation like this is long overdue and would extend recognition in textbooks and classrooms to historical figures who are African American, Latino and Asian American. According to the Gay-Straight Alliance Network, the existing law in California requires that “men, women, black Americans, American Indians, Mexicans, Asians, Pacific Islanders and other ethnic groups to the economic, political and social development of California and the United States of America, be equally represented in curriculum.” Also, the current law “prohibits instruction or school-sponsored activities that reflect adversely upon persons because of their race, sex, color, creed, ability, national origin, or ancestry.” Harvey Milk, Walt Whitman, Bayard Rustin, Harry Hay and Larry Kramer – these are names that young people who are learning about expression, civil rights, the fundamentals of freedom and democracy should know. It’s inexcusable for us to deny their names from being printed in textbooks that are supposed to function as documentation of our country’s history. As a gay high school student,

I, and others like me, would have welcomed an effort like this one. Learning about historical contributions from gay, lesbian and transgender leaders would have made me feel less isolated. It would have shown me that non-heterosexuals have made significant social and political changes throughout the history of the United States.

“It’s inexcusable for us to deny their names from being printed in textbooks...” So far, Gov. Brown has not publicly taken a position on the proposal. But, the push has divided religious leaders, educators and lawmakers and prompted accusations from opponents that those behind the effort seek to impose their values on the state and on students and parents who find samesex relationships objectionable. California Republicans are fighting the proposal, including State Sen. Bob Huff who, according to the Los Angeles Times, said that the bill would “sexualize the training of our children at an early age.” Callous, narrow-minded and insulting arguments like Sen. Huff’s only further prove how devoid of integrity the Republican

Party has become on this issue. The Republican Party seems ardent in their pursuit of being on the wrong side of history and clearly has no desire to attempt to gain the support of non-heterosexuals in the near future. In his interview with Youth Radio, Sen. Leno drove home the point that dealing with this fear of the unknown could help eliminate peer violence in schools. “If we were to better educate our students so that there would be more familiarity with those who are different from the societal norm, children would grow up with a more understanding and accepting attitude, and there would be more respect from students on school campuses. I think we’ve all been horrified by this ongoing phenomenon, if not crisis, of bullying going on within our schools, leading to tragic suicides among our LGBT youth in the past couple of years,” Leno said. “And it seems to me that as human beings, it’s not uncommon that we fear and dislike that which is uncommon or unknown to us.” I believe education is the antidote to the discrimination sickness that continues to ail many Americans. If textbooks and classrooms were to better reflect the great diversity of our country, the results would be tremendous.

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

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Aries - Entering a two-day learning phase. Scratch out the things you can’t afford. A solution to an old problem is becoming obvious. Allow ideas to ferment. Get more done in less time. Check your facts. Taurus - Authorities need persuasion. Don’t believe everything you think or hear. Changes seem abrupt to others. Let the wind choose your direction. Shake, rattle and roll. Gemini - Unleash your creativity. An unexpected household expense could challenge you to a solution that repurposes something you already have. Take advantage of this inspired energy.

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Scorpio - Put up provisions for the future. Don’t lose what you’ve got to get more. Get plenty of rest for the next two days. You’ll be surprised by the results. Sagittarius - When you’re smiling, the world smiles with you. Your leadership skills are called for to resolve conflicts. Reject a far-fetched scheme in favor of a practical solution Capricorn - Work intensifies. Your intuition gets you out of a sticky situation. Logic is only one side of the question. Don’t get so absorbed in your work that you forget your health. Aquarius - You’re entering a two-day cuddly phase. It’s okay to launch if you must, but better to wait. Gratification may be delayed, but not for long. Enjoy your favorite people. Pisces - Take on a household project, and add color. Be bold and assertive. Surprise friends with a new idea. Be creative, and clean up after.

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Senate will vote on jobless bill JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Several Missouri state senators who have been blocking a vote on extending federally-funded jobless benefits said Wednesday that they will only relent if Gov. Jay Nixon agrees to the elimination of $300 million in federal stimulus spending. The conditional deal highlighted the political stakes involved in a showdown over federal spending that already has caused the loss of benefits for about 10,000 Missouri residents who have been without work for a year and a half. Earlier Wednesday, one of the Republican senators leading the filibuster said he would allow a vote on the unemployment bill and instead try to block up to $400 million of stimulus spending. But the senators later said at a news conference that they want the Democratic governor to share responsibility for rejecting federal money — even though they could do so on their own by cutting the stimulus money out of a state budget bill. “The idea is we want the governor to have ownership in this with us,” said Republican Sen. Jim Lembke, of St. Louis. Nixon did not directly respond to the offer from Republican senators. Instead, he issued a written statement saying he will continue to work with Senate leadership to reauthorize the jobless benefits and to approve the expenditure of $189 million of stimulus funds for schools, which also has been stalled in the Senate. “I support and stand with the thousands of Missourians who have lost a job through no fault of their own,” Nixon said. At issue is a federal program that provides 20 additional weeks of jobless benefits to people who already have been out of work for 79 weeks. About three dozen states are participating in the program. Seven other states with unemployment rates high enough to be eligible have not passed legislation allowing them to participate. But until Missouri’s eligibility ended Saturday because of the filibuster, no state that joined the federal program had later voluntarily quit it. While stalling Missouri’s legislation, some Republican senators have suggested that some people receiving long-term unemployment benefits may not be looking hard enough for jobs. But the senators’ primary beef has been with the federal government, which they contend should not continue to run up debt to fund various programs through states. “My battle on this issue has not been with Missourians that are unemployed, it’s with a federal government that continues to live beyond its means and send money to the states that it does not have — money that it’s borrowing from China,” Lembke said. Missouri’s unemployment rate has remained above 9 percent for nearly two years. Legislation reauthorizing the extended benefits program easily passed the Republican-led House two months ago before running into trouble in the Senate. Even now, Missouri could retroactively issue benefits to the 10,000 people who have been cut off, if the Senate passes the bill. The legislation also could allow benefits to flow to an additional 24,000 people who are projected to become eligible for the program. The state labor department has estimated that Missouri could receive $105 million for extended unemployment benefits from April until the program is scheduled to end nationwide next January. Lembke had said earlier Wednesday that he expected the unemployment legislation to come to a Senate vote this week. But that vote appeared less likely following the news conference detailing the conditional offer to the governor. One of bill’s opponents, Sen. Brian Nieves, told reporters that Nixon’s chief of staff “acted like a kindergartner” when senators met with him Monday and offered to relent on the unemployment bill in exchange for cuts to Missouri’s federal stimulus spending.

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Victim: Not enough Glenn Beck’s Fox show ending prison time for ex-dean

He was popular with Tea Party activists and drew thousands of people to the National Mall in Washington last August for a “restoring honor” rally. Yet some of his statements were getting him in trouble, and critics appealed to advertisers to boycott his show last summer after Beck said President Barack Obama had “a deep-seated hatred for white people.” Beck said that he went to Roger Ailes, Fox News chairman and CEO, in January to discuss ways they could continue to work together without the daily show. “Half of the headlines say he’s been canceled,” Ailes said. “The other half say he quit. We’re pretty happy with both of them.”

HARTFORD (AP) — A teenager who says he was sexually abused at an exclusive Connecticut boarding school by a former dean of students was stunned and upset when the educator took a plea deal this week calling for a 9½-year prison sentence, the teen’s lawyer said Wednesday. The ex-student’s lawyer, Robert Reardon, said his client had expected Robert Reinhardt to serve decades behind bars for abusing him and three other students at The Gunnery school in Washington, Conn. “We were shocked that the agreed sentence was so substantially less,” Reardon said. Reardon said his client was sexually assaulted by Reinhardt more than 70 times when he was 13 years old,

during the 2007-2008 school year. He said his client has dropped out of high school and is now living at home and getting counseling. “He was devastated by what happened to him and continues to suffer on a daily basis,” Reardon said. Reinhardt pleaded guilty Tuesday in Litchfield Superior Court to three counts of seconddegree sexual assault and one count of risk of injury to a minor. He pleaded under the Alford doctrine, meaning he doesn’t agree with all the allegations but acknowledges there is enough evidence for a conviction. Sentencing is set for June 17. After the prison time, Reinhardt would be placed on probation for 30 years and have to register as a sex offender, under the plea deal

that was offered by Judge Charles Gill. Gill didn’t immediately return a phone message Wednesday. Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Terri Sonnemann said the other three victims in the case were not thrilled with the plea bargain, but they have accepted it because it spares them from having to testify in public at a trial about the awful things that happened to them. She said she had proposed a longer prison sentence, but wouldn’t elaborate. “I think it serves the interests of justice when you consider all the facts and circumstances of this case,” Sonnemann said. “By Reinhardt entering a plea, it is a certain conviction. There is no possibility of a jury coming back with a not guilty verdict.”

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Ebène String Quartet performs Mozart’s ‘Dissonant’ Wednesday

By Stephanie Ratty Staff Writer

Last night, the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts opened its doors to France’s Ebène String Quartet, a young group that put a new twist on classical pieces to a modest audience. Guests filtered into the intimate setting of Jorgensen’s main auditorium, where the stage was adorned with little more than a white backdrop and cherry red chairs for the performers. The evening began with Mozart’s “Dissonant,” a traditional number rife with joyful, robust up-tempo bursts. The musicians, clad in crisp, black suits, bounced around in their seats, engrossed in the music. Viola player Mathieu Herzog appeared to lead the group with his animated movements, while cellist Raphaël Merlin provided consistency. The group continued with “Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10,” by Claude Debussy. The four men jumped right in with a thunderous introduction and several tense builds, comparable to the score of a tragic love story. Perspiration dripping from their foreheads failed to distract them from the music. After a blunt finish and quick bow, the crowd was released for a short intermission in the lobby. “I was impressed with the first half,” said Lea Schmerler of Manchester. “The beginning of the Mozart piece was very unexpected, it was a special treat.” Schmerler and her husband, who had never before seen a performance by Ebène, said they would definitely return for another performance. “They’re very

young, but at the same time, very sensitive.” The quartet then returned to the stage with “Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80,” composed by Felix Mendelssohn that rounded out the evening. The number contained several up-tempo scales, and though the group looked noticeably exhausted, they were able to keep up with a quick pace. The performance concluded in a harmonious key, and the musicians bowed to a standing ovation from the audience. Not to be forgotten, the young men returned to the stage for a short encore. They played an original piece created for French television that was much more modern than those in the program. The white backdrop suddenly transformed to fiery reds, and smirks spread across the musicians’ faces as they became more and more entertained with the contemporary number. They exited with a group bow to another extensive standing ovation. Massachusetts native and professor at Manchester Community College Stephen Campiglio said he enjoyed the night’s performance. “My favorite piece was Debussy,” he said, “It was excellent.” Jorgensen usher Amy Brown has seen similar performances, but none quite Ebène’s. “They had a lot of energy,” said the 6th-semester English major. “The last piece had a much higher tempo than the first few pieces, I thought it was great.” Jorgensen will next play host to a merging of cultural music with Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, & Edgar Meyer on April 8.

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Ebène Quartet, which performed Wednesday at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, is characterized by its young members. In 2009, the quartet was named BBC’s Music Magazine’s Newcomer of the Year.

The B.o.B. backgrounder: your Spring Concert headliner, revealed

By Tom Teixeira Campus Correspondent

I’ve heard a surprising number of UConn students complaining about the leading man in Saturday’s annual spring concert. Overheard remarks like, “I wish Cudi was coming back,” “We should of got Lupe, he just dropped an album,” and “Penn State got Wiz, why couldn’t he stop here, too” litter dining halls, study lounges and classrooms across campus. But before you pass judgment on B.o.B, whether good or bad, I urge you to consider his music. Though it’s true that B.o.B is a rapper, rapping is certainly not his only musical ability. He is also a singer, a producer and a multi-talented musician. In his elementary school days, B.o.B, then going by the name of Bobby Ray Simmons, was a band geek. Introduced to the trumpet by his father, he was promised lessons if he kept his grades up. As he reached middle school, “Little Bob” as he likes to refer to himself as a child, began rapping. In school notebooks, he would write notes to himself, talking about his life growing up in poverty, living in an unfinished shack on the outskirts of Atlanta. Soon, his notes began to rhyme. The young artist continued to write, driven by his brother’s encouragement and the therapeutic qualities often associated with writing and performing the blues. The healing power of music sparked a passion for rap in “Little Bob” that continues today. “Little Bob” continued to work hard in pursuit of a music career, studying classic albums by DMX and Eminem to improve his lyr-

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In just a few days. B.o.B. will be performing in front of a throng of UConn students in Gampel Pavilion.

ical skills, learning to use production software to mix, cut-up and sample music for recording, and learning to play the piano, acoustic guitar, french horn and most recently bass to establish himself as a musician without a genre. B.o.B’s list of favorite and most influential artists is about as diverse as it gets, including Michael Jackson, James Brown, The Roots, Coldplay, Eminem, MGMT and DMX. Though not included on this list, many critics and fans have drawn comparisons between B.o.B and Outkast’s Andre 3000, citing their energy and creativity as major similarities. B.o.B was discovered by producers from Rebel Rock, a division of Atlantic Records, after performing “Cloud 9” at an open-mic night at TI’s Atlanta club while still in high

school. He has since released seven mixtapes and one studio album, 2010’s “The Adventures of Bobby Ray,” which was certified gold in December. The album is representative of B.o.B’s range as an artist, encompassing a wide variety of genres and styles. “Nothin’ on You” and “Airplanes” give a pop- influenced hip-hop sound, whereas “Bet I” featuring TI is pure rap. “Don’t Let Me Fall” and “Ghost in the Machine” are much more R&B and showcase B.o.B’s ability on the piano. “Lovelier Than You” would fall into the alt-rock genre, with B.o.B both singing and playing guitar, and bongos providing the drum-line. “Magic” featuring Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo was the pop hit of last summer and is a fan favorite. I expect B.o.B to

perform these songs and more this weekend. B.o.B is well-spoken and high- energy in interviews. His enthusiasm for his music and for live performances, especially those featuring his band (as opposed to a DJ), is contagious. Based on the interview at the end of the digital copy of “The Adventures of Bobby Ray” and from what I’ve seen on YouTube, B.o.B is an exciting performer who will treat audiences to a wide range of songs, playing multiple instruments as well as rapping and singing. Despite the doubters, I fully expect B.o.B to bring his “magic” to Gampel with a high-energy performance this Saturday night.

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Most of my columns focus on the good side of sustainability: who’s doing it best, what new ideas are out there and general kudos to pioneers of the green world. However, some cities are just not getting the hint. For that, TIME gave them the honor of being known as the “The World’s Most Polluted Places,” with the top 10 getting their names in the magazine. Not only does the study shed light on the potential risk for over 10 million people living in these areas, but it should make you glad that you’re not living in constant fear that radioactive chemicals are in your drinking water. Topping the charts and winning the most polluted city award is Linfen, China, whose coal mines have stained the air with a heavy layer of soot. With 3 million people living there, its no wonder that their automobile pollution also plays a huge factor in the poor air quality. However, the main pollutant is coal, and their people breathe it in daily. Continuing its hot streak of most polluted areas, China took the No. 2 spot with Tianying, and – surprise! – its coal mines are the main source of its pollution. Supplying over half of China’s lead, these metals end up in the soil and water, which children drink and eat, and ends up in their bloodstream. This has been linked to lower IQs in Tianyang children. Sukinda and Vapi, two cities in India, took the No. 3 and No.

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Glenn Beck’s show ending

NEW YORK (AP) — Glenn Beck later this year will end his Fox News Channel talk show, which has sunk in the ratings and has suffered from an advertiser boycott. Fox and Beck’s company, Mercury Radio Arts, said Wednesday they will stay in business creating other projects for Fox television and digital, starting with some documentaries Beck is preparing. Beck was a quick burn on Fox News Channel. Almost immediately after joining the network in January 2009, he doubled the ratings at his afternoon time slot. Fans found his conservative populism entertaining, while Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert described Beck’s “crank up the crazy and rip off the knob” moments. He was popular with tea party activists and drew thousands of people to the National Mall in Washington last August for a “restoring honor” rally. Yet some of his statements were getting him in trouble, and critics appealed to advertisers to boycott his show last summer after he said President Barack Obama had “a deep-seated hatred for white people.” Beck said that he went to Roger Ailes, Fox News chairman and CEO, in January to discuss ways they could continue to work together without the daily show. “Half of the headlines say he’s been canceled,” Ailes said. “The other half say he quit. We’re pretty happy with both of them.” Beck said he noted on his show Tuesday “how many times can I tell the (George) Soros story,” referring to the liberal donor Beck has made a target of attacks.

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“We felt Glenn brought additional information, a unique perspective, a certain amount of passion and insight to the channel and he did,” Ailes said. “But that story of what’s going on and why America is in trouble today, I think he told that story as well as could be told. Whether you can just keep telling that story or not ... we’re not so sure.” Beck, who outlined on Wednesday’s show his reasons for believing that “we’re heading into deep and treacherous waters,” told his viewers at the end of the show that his Fox talk show would conclude. “I will continue to tell the story and I will be showing other ways for us to connect,” he said. More than 400 Fox advertisers told the company they did not want their commercials on Beck’s show. Beck’s advertisers were dominated by financial services firms, many touting gold as an investment. Ailes dismissed the financial impact of the boycott but expressed some frustration with it.

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The British are coming!

1. “F.A.M.E.,” Chris Brown 2. “I Remember Me,” Jennifer Hudson 3. “21,” Adele 4. “Angles,” The Strokes 5. “Hello Fear,”Kirk Franklin 6. “Songs for Japan,” Various Artists 7. “Vices & Virtues,” Panic! at the Disco 8. “Sigh No More,” Mumford & Sons 9. “Fly on the Wall,” Bobby V 10. “Lasers,” Lupe Fiasco

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of the Night/Destroyer,” featuring Billy Corgan: these tracks weren’t meant to be a Glee-style mashup, and they especially weren’t supposed to be associated with Smashing Pumpkins. There’s no need for this record. I doubt anyone in the world has ever said to themselves, “Man, I wish I owned a copy of Kinks covers, only made really poorly.” Buy “See My Friends” if you have incredible amounts of cash to burn. Otherwise, do yourself a favor and listen to “Kinks-Size” or “Face-toFace,” or literally any other album.

The British make the best music. And I’m not just talking about classic rock. England is a hub for the most advanced and trendy music. For example, the electronica-dance movement known as dubstep originated in London – and it is all the rage right now. Heavy synthesizers, half-step rhythms, minor keys and wobble bass: these are the most important features of dubstep music. Drums are the primary instrument for this style of music because it is dependent on a powerful, compact beat. The pattern in most dubstep songs is as follows: start with a lengthy buildup that leads into a frenetic drop. Then, after the most climatic part the synthesizer fizzles out and leaves behind the track’s vocal and the instrumental parts. This genre can be adapted to any type of music: reggae, rap and pop. Even slow tracks, such as Radiohead’s “Street Spirit (Fade Out)” and Ellie Goulding’s cover of “Your Song,” can be transformed into something danceable once the elements of dubstep are injected into them. Dubstep is not a new discovery. British artists started experimenting with it in the ‘90s and melded it with punk and garage styles. But in recent years the genre has emerged from the underground scene, thanks to the various DJs who introduced it to the most popular nightclubs in London. It has received a lot of publicity in music magazines and specialized radio stations as well. As dubstep has started to gain momentum, record companies have begun to sign artists who work specifically in the genre. Producers such as Skream, who helped La Roux with the song “Bulletproof,” and Cyrus came upon the music scene after 2000 and have released fulllength dubstep albums. Dubstep artists have banded together to create powerhouse labels, like DMX Records, in London. Now, dubstep has become one of the most popular variants in modern-day music. It is no longer restricted to house and rave music, as many independent artists use it to mix blockbuster songs. The band Dirty Noise Meets Dubstep recreated Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep,” by adding synthesizer elements and recently, Zkosta gave Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now” a bassbased makeover. Dubstep originals are also fan favorites, as they have routinely been dominating the UK charts during the past year. “I Need Air” by Magnetic Man was number 10 for a couple weeks. While this movement has its roots in Europe, it has begun to infiltrate the U.S. as well. Skrillex is the brainchild of one of the most aggressive dubstep stylists in the industry today, Sonny Moore. Moore started off mixing music at clubs. Then he released an EP and began to support other bands at their live performances. Moore started going on tour this year, and has played at major festivals and music conventions across the nation. Even American artists love the raucous sounds that dubstep produces. Britney Spears sampled the style in her single “Hold it Against Me” and Ke$ha uses it in her album “Animal.” But dubstep holds true to its traditional elements too. Internet radio stations, such as dubstep.fm and di.fm/dubstep allow listeners to hear heavy synthesizer mixes that are purely radical and jarring. And while dubstep music is hard to consume singularly, it’s a genre that is limitless and revolutionary when integrated with all other types of music.

Julie.Bartoli@UConn.edu

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The Pigeon Detectives, a British pop band, formed in 2004. The name ‘Pigeon Detectives’ is derived from an inside joke that arose at the Leeds Fesitval in Britain.

UK pop band showcases lyrical talent in latest album By Aaron Burstein Campus Correspondent Brit pop band The Pigeon Detectives latest album “Up, Guards And At ‘Em!” is an energetic, synth-heavy rock album. It doesn’t offer anything particularly new to the genre, but it showcases the band’s ability for fun, catchy songwriting. The Pigeon Detectives are essentially a guitar rock band disguised as synth-pop. On

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the surface, it seems like their most distinct influences are 80s New Wave groups, and electronic elements are extensively incorporated. But, their real strength lies in the driving guitar lines. The synths add a little bit of character to the music, but they’re mostly for show. The vocal melodies are typically nothing special, but work when they are complemented by tasteful guitar counter-melodies, best displayed in tracks

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This Day in Music 1994 Courtney Love was arrested on charges of drugs and theft. At the time, the singer still did not know about her husband Kurt Cobain’s suicide. His body remained undiscovered until the next day, when an electrician came to install a security system and found Nirvana frontman dead in he and Love’s Seattle home. Love claimed to have taken drugs because she couldn’t handle the stress of her husband’s heroin habits. Two days prior to this statement, Cobain was ending his own life via heroin and a shotgun. The irony of the situation really only makes way for tragedy. Cobain, a husband and father, was gone, and Courtney was left to kick her drug habits or walk a line that could have ended in a fate much like her husband’s. – Julie Bartoli

like “Done in Secret” and “Turn Out the Lights.” They provide a strong sense of motion to the music, even on some of the slower ballad-style tracks like “What Can I Say.” Coupled with a quality drum groove, The Pigeon Detectives are a force to be reckoned with. Additionally, there is a subtle, but definitely perceptible element of grit within the album, despite the band being a relatively non-abrasive pop-rock group. The vocal performances are fairly mild, but singer Matt Bowman can provide a bit of a snarl when needed. Smoothed-out synth parts are also offset nicely by crunchy guitar riffs and hammer-like drumming. On the downside, “Up, Guards And At ‘Em” suffers from two major flaws. The first is that only about half the album is actually worth listen-

ing to. There isn’t a straightup bad track on the album, but too many songs simply fail to distinguish themselves. The other problem is that The Pigeon Detectives are less than the sum of their influences. The album is heavily indebted to earlier Brit pop groups like Blur and Oasis that undoubtedly exceed The Pigeon Detectives in swagger and general charisma. At the end of the day, the band seems to have not yet fully refined their sound. “Up, Guards And At ‘Em” is certainly an album worth checking out for those interested in a more modern succession of classic Brit pop, but there are still some kinks to be ironed out. However, the positive aspects of the music make it enjoyable overall to listen to.

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Age does not become Davies – or his covers By Julie Bartoli Staff Writer Once upon a time, 10 months ago, rumors circulated that the Davies brothers were working on a project together – and said rumors went so far as to insinuate that other Kinks members might have been involved as well. Unfortunately, Kinks’ bassist Pete Quaife passed away in June last

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summer, putting a damper on their supposed plans. In the midst of this, Ray Davies decided to release a covers album. Stop right there. I know you’re thinking of ways this endeavor could be redeemable, but nearly none of the following 14 tracks are as such, because this isn’t just any covers album. It’s a covers album of Kinks songs. Wait. That’s not all. Not only did Davies create an entire LP of his own songs and release it April 5, 2011, less than a year after his bandmate passed, but he also took it upon himself to enlist help. And I don’t mean Dave Davies or Mick Avory. Think Metallica. Think Springsteen. Think Bon Jovi. Just picture any artist who has absolutely nothing in common with the Kinks. There’s a good chance they were featured on “See My Friends.” Track 1: “Better Things,” featuring Bruce Springsteen: mediocre. The song was Springsteenesque already, but somehow Bruce doesn’t fit on the single. Track 3: “Days/This Time Tomorrow,” featuring Mumford and Sons: the pace is lagging, and both the originals sparkle in comparison. Track 5: “You Really Got Me,” featuring Metallica: makes me want to listen to the

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Ray Davies, former lead singer/songwriter of the Kinks, released a dud of a covers album.

Van Halen version. Track 6: “Lola,” featuring Paloma Faith: doesn’t make sense hearing a woman say, “I’m not the world’s most passionate guy.” Track 8: “’Til the End of the Day,” featuring Alex Chilton & the 88: Chilton’s last recorded piece before his death. It’s too polished, losing the raw energy of the 1965 track. Track 10: “See My Friends,” featuring Spoon: the only cover on this album that overpowers the original, Britt Daniels knew how to trippy-up the Kink’s most psychedelic song. Track 14: “All Day and All

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Within Temptation’s new album is ‘unforgiveably’ bad

By Aaron Burstein Campus Correspondent

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American singer Alison Mossheart (right), also known as ‘VV,’ and British guitarist Jamie Hince, or ‘Hotel,’ make up the Kills.

The Kills raise ‘blood pressure’ By Julie Bartoli Staff Writer Midway through a streaming session of the Kills’ fourth studio album, “Blood Pressures,” my roommate had the audacity to point out, “This doesn’t sound like the White Stripes.” “Uh, that’s ‘cause it’s a different band.” “I know,” she snapped. “I just figured they would.” I can see why one would think that. Stripes-Kills comparisons have been circulating since 2003, when Meg White look-a-like Alison “VV” Mosshart teamed up with guitar god Jamie “Hotel” Hince and created a blues-punk outfit similar to that of the White family. Then came a direct link, Alison’s

career stint as lead singer of Jack’s band, “The Dead Weather.” And now, an album titled “Blood Pressures,” which sounds dangerously close to the White Stripe’s commercial breakthrough, “White Blood Cells.” Oh, and it’s barely been two months since the Stripes permanently called it quits. Yes, the whole thing reeks conspiratorial, but luckily it sounds like the exact opposite. “Blood Pressures,” released April 6, doesn’t pick up where the Stripes left off. The Kills are an entity all their own, with 11 tracks of loose, dirty-sweet blues goodness. “Blood Pressures” opens full force with “Future Starts Slow,” a thumping lineup of swapping guitar and drum lines, adding synth for flavor. “Heart is a Beating Drum” is pure chemistry, show-

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casing Mosshart as she steps in and out of Hince’s sonic loops and eventually relents long enough to sing, “If you feel like you’ve been here so many times before/It’s not the door you’re using/But the way you’re walking through it.” The intro to “DNA” is raunchy garage grit, all bass drops and stops followed by tight plucking. In track eight, “The Last Goodbye,” Mosshart is backed by piano, allowing her to belt out a number far beyond her years. “Pots and Pans,” a minimalist rock cool-down, wraps the album up, allowing Mosshart and Hince to take an acoustic breather and end on a light note. The closest thing to the Stripes is “Satellite,” and besides the guitar line, even that’s a stretch. The Kills are far too old for Jack White’s playground narratives and intermittent guitar cuts. They take a darker, more melodic route, and in the end it pays off. Where “White Blood Cells” is all attitude, “Blood Pressures” is midnight half-romantic, halfyearning conversational backdrop. The Kills don’t want you to sing along. They want you to bite your lip and listen.

Julie.Bartoli@UConn.edu

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Dutch symphonic and gothic metal band, Within Temptation, has released a new album, “The Unforgiving.” It’s a comic book-based concept album that is self-aware in its melodrama. After all, Within Temptation is a band that parodies genre clichés just as much as they embody them. It’s even apparent in the cheesy album cover. Unfortunately, while this characteristic implies at least some degree of entertainment value, “The Unforgiving” is nothing short of insufferable. One of the main issues with “The Unforgiving” is that it’s not really a metal album. Within Temptation eschews the typical complexity and grandiosity associated

with their genre in favor of a more straightforward rock approach. “The Unforgiving” ends up feeling more like Pat Benatar than a gothic metal album. The tracks are mostly just attempted rock anthems (strong emphasis on the word “attempted”). While a rock approach shouldn’t be an inherently bad thing, at the end of the day, the songwriting is incredibly bland and the shout-along choruses lack the charisma to provide a decent hook. If the failures of “The Unforgiving” could boil down to one core issue, it would be lack of ambition. There’s no energy, depth or creativity. The album is utterly toothless. Even the dramatic nature of their sound feels forced. It’s typically assumed that a concept album by a symphonic metal band

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would at least make an attempt at a more epic sound, but it’s all colorless and devoid of any elegance or class. That’s not to say that “The Unforgiving” is a dirty, trashy album; that would leave too much of an impression. The tone of the album is aimless, and is thus stripped of any real character. As far as the individual songs are concerned, the musical- ideas- to- tracklength ratio is vastly out of proportion. By the time the album is a quarter of the way through, “The Unforgiving” is already an absolute chore. Most of the songs range around four or five minutes long but get redundant pretty quickly. 53 minutes doesn’t seem like a particularly excessive length of time, but considering the quality of Within Temptation’s output, it should have been shorter. Ultimately, “The Unforgiving” is a lazy, poorly- executed album that is not worth the time it took to read this review. Within Temptation has never been the greatest band on the scene, but they are capable of much better. If you want some decent gothic metal, just stick to Funeral and Virgin Black.

Aaron.Burstein@UConn.edu

US doesn’t make TIMES’ list of worst-polluted cities, but we still must be careful, eco-friendly from THE WORLD’S, page 7 4 spots, but La Oroya in Peru crept onto the list to claim the No. 5 spot. With lead, copper, zinc and sulfur dioxide creeping into this mining town’s soil, the TIME study discovered that 99 percent of La Oroya children have blood levels higher than acceptable limits for lead, up to triple the acceptable level. The worst part: these mining and processing plants are American-owned. While cities in third-world

countries comprise a majority of the list, two cities in Russia claimed the No. 6 and No. 7 spots, the former being Dzerzhinsk. Its 300,000 people suffer from the “legacy of Cold War weapons programs,” according to TIME. The environmental agency of Dzerzhinsk estimates that 300,000 tons of chemical waste and dangerous neurotoxins were dumped in the city between 1930 and 1998, and the water is estimated to be infected with dioxins and phe-

nol levels 17 million times the safe limit. Yes, 17 million. Luckily, not one American city made the TIME list, but that doesn’t mean we’re off the hook. While we should be glad that we live in a country where we don’t need to be constantly concerned with our drinking water or air pollution levels, keeping our eco-friendly habits in good shape will ensure a city of ours never creeps onto this list.

Rebecca.Radolf@UConn.edu

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Be my dream girl

‘Cruel’ film shows prison horrors

By Jason Wong Campus Correspondent

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Two members of the fraternity Pi Kappa perfrom in the Pi Kappa Dream Girl contest, a beauty pageant done to benefit Soldier’s Angels, an organization that sends care packages to soldiers overseas, in the Student Union Theater on Wednesday.

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Malcolm X’s daughters unhappy with new book

NEW YORK (AP) – Two of Malcolm X’s daughters are unhappy that a new biography alleges their parents’ marriage was strained and that their mother – and possibly their father – was unfaithful. “It (the marriage) was definitely faithful and devoted because my father was a man of impeccable integrity, and I think that most people, if they’re not clear on anything, they’re clear that he was moral and ethical and had impeccable character,” Ilyasah Shabazz said Wednesday. Ilyasah and Malaak Shabazz spoke to The Associated Press about “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.” Author Manning Marable, a highly respected scholar who worked for more

than 20 years on the book, died last week of complications of pneumonia just before the book’s publication. The book has been in the top 10 on Amazon.com’s best-seller list, and the print run has been increased from 46,000 to 70,000, according to Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA). While both sisters acknowledged they have yet to read the book, they questioned reports about the contents. Manning had intended “Malcolm X” as a tribute to the slain activist’s life and influence, but he also wanted to avoid portraying him as “a saint, without the normal contradictions and blemishes that all human beings have,” as the historian wrote in the introduction. Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965. His wife,

Betty Shabazz, died in 1997 after one of her grandchildren set fire to her apartment. The book alleges that parts of “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” a million-selling classic released after Malcolm X’s death, were inaccurate. For instance, Manning questions details of Malcolm X’s early life as a criminal, writing that Malcolm likely exaggerated his wrongdoings. He also looks into Malcolm X’s more controversial words and actions, including a meeting Malcolm X had with members of the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1960s. At the time,

he was a high-ranking member of the Nation of Islam and had discussed with the Klan the possibility of the nation purchasing land for blacks to live on. Malcolm X would later express regret, although Manning still called the meeting “despicable.” Malcolm X married Betty Shabazz in 1958. They had six children, two of them, Malikah and Malaak, born after his death. According to the book, the marriage was often tense, in part because of Malcolm’s wish to have a traditional, subservient Muslim wife and because he was away so often and his life was often threatened.

As part of their “Combating the Prison Industrial Complex: Testimonial, Truth & Action” series, the Rainbow Center screened the documentary “Cruel & Unusual” Wednesday night. “Cruel & Unusual” is an award-winning documentary that examines the realities faced by transgender women in men’s prisons produced by Janet Baus, Dan Hunt and Reid Williams. The documentary opens with an assertion that “a civilized society does not give cruel and unusual punishments,” implying throughout that the national policy of putting people into prison based on the biological genitalia they have, and not their gender identity, is just that – a cruel and unusual punishment. According to the documentary, 30 percent of the transgender population is incarcerated – well above the national average. The documentary implies that the reason for this is not because transgender people are predisposed toward crime, but because it is still legal in this country for people to discriminate against people based on gender identity. A transgender person can be turned away from a job for no other reason than his or her transsexuality. Unfortunately, this leaves them no other option but crime. “Cruel & Unusual” specifically calls attention to the plight of transgender women in prisons. In the words of one of the women featured, “It’s cruel to force people who’ve lived their lives as women on

the outside and make them live with men who are highly likely to abuse them.” In fact, all of the transgender women interviewed relate stories of how they were sexually harassed, both physically and verbally, while in prison – not just by fellow inmates, but by guards as well. In addition to that, most prisons deny transgender inmates hormone treatment, even if they had doctor’s prescriptions before being incarcerated. Stopping treatment not only results in regression back to former appearance, it also can result in discomfort similar to hot flashes, headaches, vomiting, depression and breast pain. Oftentimes, transgender inmates are put in solitary confinement for long periods of time to protect them from other inmates – however, studies show longterm solitary is psychologically detrimental. In an effort to obtain their hormone treatments, two of the trans women interviewed talk about how they attempted to castrate themselves without anesthesia. One of them succeeded, and even shows the camera her groin area. She describes the feeling afterward as having a weight lifted from her, and she wondered why she hadn’t done it earlier. Ultimately, the documentary is superb; it calls attention to the fact that prison policy toward transgender people needs to be altered. It makes the point that being transsexual is how a person is born. And most important, it allows the to marginalize people.

Jason.Wong@UConn.edu

Thursday, April 7, 2011

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Frozen Four may be chance for a Cinderella By Matt Stypulkoski NHL Columnist Despite the fact that this column is normally reserved for the happenings around the National Hockey League, with the end of the regular season approaching and the playoff situation still in shambles, not much has changed since the last column two weeks ago. So, for a change, a collegiate sport other than football or basketball is going to get a little notoriety. This weekend in St. Paul, Minn., one of the nation’s best collegiate tournaments will be wrapping up, beginning with the Frozen Four and ending with the crowning of a national championship. And although this tournament may not get nearly the same hype as both the men’s and

women’s basketball tournaments this time of the year, that does not mean it lacks excitement, drama and – a crowd favorite – upsets. This year’s NCAA hockey tournament followed in the footsteps of both basketball tournaments when it comes to ridiculous and shocking upsets. Unlike basketball, the hockey tournament has not been expanded to a very large field, so only 16 teams nationwide – five automatic, and 11 at-large bids – make it into the postseason, making pretty much every team in the field a strong and capable team. But despite the small and ultracompetitive field, the Hockey East – likely the strongest collegiate hockey conference in the country – has been incredibly successful in dominating the tournament over the past several seasons. In fact, the last three titles

have all been won by Hockey East teams (Boston College in 2010 and 2008 and Boston University in 2009), and since 2005, the conference has had a team in the national title game every single year. But this year has been remarkably different. This year, for the first time since that ’05 tournament, the Hockey East failed to even place a team in the Frozen Four – let alone the title game. Perhaps even more surprisingly, only one team from the powerhouse conference made its way to the second round this season. Instead, possibly the most disappointing performance of any team in the tournament managed to make its way out of the Hockey East – courtesy of usual-juggernaut BC. For years, Boston College has been one of the ultimate pow-

batter, and then coach Karen Mullins made the switch to Ali Adelman who then gave up a grand slam to Tory Speer. Trailing 7-4, the Huskies were able to get RBI singles from Amy Vaughan and Jennifer Ward, but were unable to retake the lead. The Eagles got some insurance in top of the seventh when they scored twice more. Coach Mullins is still seeing the same problems that have plagued the Huskies all season: inconsistencey. “We need to finish things and I look out there and we outplayed them for five innings but that’s not enough, you have to play seven innings and you have to win every inning and were just not finishing things right now,” Mullins said. The Huskies had a chance to stop the Eagles rally before it started in the top of the fifth, but the Huskies weren’t aggressive enough. “I think the big thing is, were not playing aggressively, especially on defensively, not going to the ball and we’re

not going after them, we’re not challenging them and were backing off and it’s showing off,” Mullins said. Mullins emphasized that the Huskies need to be aggressive and come up with the big defensive play in order to finish off teams after they have a lead. “It’s a situation where we are opening up strong, playing hard and we need to start finishing things and I think that’s a little bit aggressiveness and competitiveness and finish things out,” Mullins said. Late in the game Towers fouled two consecutive balls off her shin, which has been injured all year, it was so painful in fact that Towers was down for a few minutes. “She’s a tough kid and when she breaks down, it hurts. When you see tears in her eyes, you know it hurts,” Mullins said. The Huskies won’t have much time to regroup as they play at URI tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.

ers in college hockey, and their dominance throughout most of this season seemed to show that they once again were destined for a solid postseason run on the heels of their title last season. After winning the prestigious Beanpot Tournament – which features the four big Bostonarea hockey schools (BC, BU, Harvard and Northeastern) – with back-to-back overtime wins against BU and Northeastern, the Eagles then ran through the Hockey East, capturing both the regular season and tournament crowns, earning themselves a No. 1 seed in the process. But in the first round of the tournament, the Eagles faltered miserably as they were downed by fourthseeded Colorado College in St. Louis. And while CC has several remarkable young players that were expected to give the Eagles

all they could handle and possibly more, the fact of the matter is that BC not only lost the game, they were blown out of the arena. After taking the lead just 19 seconds into the game, the Eagles went on to allow four unanswered goals before eventually falling 8-4 to the CC Tigers, and just like that the field was wide open without the defending champs to challenge for the title. Joining the Eagles in early defeat, the Miami (OH) Red Hawks were knocked off by the Wildcats of UNH 3-1 in the first round, and the Yale Bulldogs fell to the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs 5-3 in the second round, leaving just one top seed – North Dakota – in the tournament. Making the voyage to St. Paul along with the Fighting Sioux are two-seed Michigan, Notre Dame

and UMD, with the last two both being three-seeds. And just like we saw in the men’s basketball tournament, the semifinal round comes down to a matchup of two Cinderellas in Notre Dame in UMD, fighting for the right to play the more dominant programs of either North Dakota or Michigan in the national title game. And if this tournament continues to follow suit with basketball, these games should provide an exciting weekend of games, with the semifinals beginning Thursday evening at 5 p.m. on ESPN2, and the champion being decided Saturday night at 7 p.m. Be sure to tune in: maybe this time Cinderella might actually find her glass slipper.

Matthew.Stypulkoski@UConn.edu

Inconsistency plagues Huskies in loss Big East or NCAAs, which was a bigger feat? from WHICH, page 14

from UCONN, page 14 fourth, the Huskies manufactured a run after a pitch hit Audrey Grinnell to lead off the inning. Maddy Schiappa then grounded into a fielder’s choice, and then she stole second base. After being moved over to third on another fielding error by BC, Schiappa scored on a double steal attempt, which resulted in Julianne Towers being thrown out at second. At the top of the fifth inning, the Huskies were cruising with a 4-0 lead, and it looked like Saveriano might throw another complete game shut out. Things started to go south for the Huskies after a sharp line out to start the inning. The Eagles then got two infield hits on back-toback plays before a walk loaded the bases. BC right fielder Carolyn Jones singled to center to make it 4-2. After another fly out, BC cut the lead to one after Ali LynetteKrech singled Jones home. Saveriano walked the next

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isn’t a picnic either. The Aztecs and Wildcats had home-court advantage in the West regionals. In the Final Four, UConn didn’t have fans travel well to Texas. Kentucky and the Bulldogs had most of the crowd cheering for them in the Final Four. The Huskies final exam wasn’t the Big East championship game, it was the national championship where they passed with flying defensive colors. Matt: Following the title game win over Louisville, I asked Kemba Walker which was tougher, winning the Big East championship as a nine seed or making the Final Four as a top seed? At the time he had been part of both runs and told me that it is much harder to win the Big East. Although the Huskies had to win as a three seed, six games spanned over three weekends gives you rest and relaxation. Travel aside, it is easier than a pressure-filled week under the bright lights of the Big Apple. I’d take games against Arizona, Kentucky and Butler over Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Louisville. Colin: Although Madison Square Garden is the “World’s Most Famous Arena,” the Final Four is college basketball’s biggest stage. Reliant Stadium held 70,000 fans in an NFL stadium. And as far as rest and relaxation, the time in between

weekends could’ve killed UConn’s momentum. When a young team is on a roll, like the Huskies were, they could’ve gotten caught up in between the first rounds, regionals and the Final Four. It wasn’t necessarily a needed respite, but a dangerous rest during UConn’s national title run. Matt: I’m not trying to overshadow the NCAA championship – but five games in five days on any stage is tougher than six in three weeks. To top it off, the opponents they faced during the Big East tournament were as hard as any. There was DePaul, but there was no Bucknell. The road as a three seed in any tournament is easier than one as a No. 9 seed. Connecticut will always remember the 2010-11 Huskies as NCAA champions. But the most impressive stretch of the season was a week in New York. Colin: The Big East championship may have paved the way for the road to the national championship. It gave UConn the confidence that carried them to winning the title that matters the most. But it wasn’t as impressive. If you told me at the beginning at the season that the Huskies would win the Big East tournament in five days, I might’ve believed you. But to think that UConn is the national champion and No. 1 in the nation, that’s unfathomable.

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Sports

Husky bullpen blows second straight game

By Peter Logue Campus Correspondent

Saveriano with two outs and the bases loaded. Ultimately, déjà vu would strike, but unfortunately for the Huskies it would A year ago, Kiki Saveriano be not be a repeat of last year’s pitched a complete game, seven- victory over BC – it would be strikeout masterpiece against BC to Sunday’s bullpen meltdown as the Huskies cruised to a 7-0 against Rutgers. victory in Chapel For the second Hill. It looked as straight game, the if it was going to Huskies bullpen be déjà vu for her was in a difficult Wednesday aftersituation, but with noon as she cruised the lead intact. For through the first four the second straight innings. But after game, they were Notebook pitching 11 straight unable to get the job shutout innings done. On Sunday against BC dating back to last against Rutgers, the Huskies season, the Eagles finally figured allowed nine runs in the top her out in the top of the fifth. of the seventh inning, four of After a ball dropped between which came after Saveriano Saveriano and catcher Andrea was pulled from the game and Huelsenbeck for a one out single, reliever Katelyn Callahan could BC would use a combination not stop the bleeding. of patience and timely hits to A similar story unfolded on score three runs before chasing Wednesday.

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After Saveriano was touched up for three runs and chased from the game with two outs and the bases loaded, only the second pitch thrown by reliever Ali Adelman was launched well over the left field fence for a grand slam to cap off a seven run inning and give BC a 7-4 advantage. “It’s not just the bullpen,” said coach Karen Mullins. “We need to finish things. I look out there and say, ‘you know, we outplayed them for five innings but it’s not enough.’ You have to play seven innings and win every inning. We’re just not finishing things right now.” The Huskies were able to muster up their six runs with relatively little production from their dynamic leadoff hitter, Julianne Towers. The senior leads the team in virtually every offensive category, and has played especially well as of late. Last week, she was named to the Big

East Weekly Honor Roll for a tremendous five game stretch in which she batted .438 with three home runs and seven runs batted in. However, she would struggle from the plate on Wednesday, going 1-4 with a double in her final at bat. Towers had an off game, but Jennifer Ward’s stellar performance helped the team compensate. The junior centerfielder went 2-for-3 with three runs batting in and a stolen base on the afternoon. “Jen had a couple key hits for us and did some good things,” Mullins said. “We’re really pleased, we’ve moved her up in the order and she’s really answering so we are happy to see that.” The Huskies will return to action Thursday night at Rhode Island.

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UConn pitcher Ali Adelman pitches in relief during the Huskies’ 9-6 loss to BC yesterday.

Nemeth: I really think Field hockey optimistic about future we’ve caught on as a team

» CLUB SPORTS

By Aaron Kasmanoff-Dick Campus Correspondent

“This is not high school field hockey,” said senior Erin Earley, president of the UConn club field hockey team. “It’s faster and more complex. The skills necessary to play at such a high level of competition can be grueling, and hard work is necessary in order to succeed, but it can be incredibly rewarding.” “It’s a physical and emotional commitment that can become the best part of your college life at UConn,” added. The UConn club field hockey team works hard each week, and the payoffs have been evident this season. The club, which is widely considered very competitive, has done very well this semester. “We were a young team this year but still played a lot of tough games well. We went back to the building blocks to show our new players each offensive and defensive formations, penalty corners so everyone was able to play in sync,” Earley said. Such hard work paid off in the long run. This past Saturday, the team won a round robin tournament against Harvard, Brandeis and Boston College at Harvard’s Jordan Field. Next Saturday the team will be traveling to Delaware to compete against JMU and Loyola. This semester the team also participated in the Star Hill Adult Field Hockey League at the Star Hill Athletic Center in Tolland. The team played seven league games this spring, tied one and lost six in a very competitive division that included Eastern Connecticut State University. Despite this disappointing spring

from UMASS, page 14 David Fischer, Dan Feehan and Kevin Vance pitched in relief of Van Woert. The three combined for 3.2 innings, giving up five hits and just one run.

“As long as everybody stays hot, I think we’re going to roll.” – Mike Nemeth UConn first baseman COURTESY OF ERIN EARLEY

The UConn club field hockey team poses for a team photo on April 2 when the team was on the road playing Harvard. The team is led by club presidents Erin Earley and Kate Mainelli, and it was coached by Darren Smallhorn.

performance, there is no lack of optimism about the future of the program from senior Erin Earley. “Our junior/senior numbers were low this year supported by many young, hopeful players. We have been working hard with the potential future leaders and skill level of the players to make transition into next season a pleasant and successful experience. The compassion and friendships that are building amongst next year’s returning players is an inspirational thing to watch,” Earley said. Club members are grouped into three teams: the Blue team, Blue Reserve and the White team. The Blue team is the “varsity;” these are the most experienced players that compete at a very high level. The team travels to major tour-

naments as well as games with highly-prepared programs around the country. The Blue Reserve is composed of players who have potential, but not yet enough experience or skills to start on the Blue team. Blue Reserve team members travel to most of the away games with the Blue team in order to gain experience by watching the more skilled club members compete. While playing time is not guaranteed for these athletes, it is not out of the question. These players also participate in the White team scrimmages. The White team is the “junior varsity” of the UConn club field hockey program. These members lack the experience, conditioning or skills to start on either the Blue or Blue Reserve teams. The White team partici-

pates in scrimmages against local high school teams, and the home tournament hosted each year. The White team participates in competitive league play in the spring alongside the Blue team. White team members are expected to move up to Blue Reserve after hard work and practice. The team plays about 15 games a year, and tries to schedule as many as they can. “Home games are the most fun because we get home field advantage and our friends are able to see what we’re all about,” Earley said. The team is sponsored by Dita Field Hockey Equipment and Apparel. Look for them at next year’s Fall Involvement Fair.

Aaron.Dick@UConn.edu

Cerullo: Kemba Walker is the best player in UConn history

from THE CASE, page 14 But to call Walker the best player in UConn history is a big statement. That means he would have to be better than Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton, Okafor, Marshall, Gordon and even older players like Chris Smith and Wes Bialosuknia who might be more historically significant.

Ray Allen has had undoubtedly the best pro career out of anyone, and he shot the lights out in college too, but he didn’t elevate the collective ability of his teammates like Walker has. Marshall didn’t either, and neither made a Final Four. Okafor, Gordon and Hamilton each won championships, but they collectively

played on much better teams throughout their careers. Okafor and Gordon had each other, along with players like Caron Butler and Charlie Villaneuva, to feed off of during their careers. Walker had Jerome Dyson. It’s a tough case to make and I don’t expect everyone to agree with me. Time will tell

whether I’m right or wrong. Either way, I don’t think anyone will dispute Walker’s place in the Huskies of Honor, or his place in the hearts of the UConn faithful everywhere. Follow Mac Cerullo on Twitter at @MacCerullo.

Michael.Cerullo@UConn.edu

A few times yesterday, the Huskies were thrown out on the base path trying to extend a hit or steal a base. But coach Jim Penders thinks that’s just a byproduct of how his team plays. “We’re going to run into some outs that way,” Penders said. “That’s just our style of play. We try to extend hits and push the action, so those things have to happen to us.”

While on-base outs were an issue, the biggest problem the Huskies faced yesterday was strikeouts. They struck out eight times, a number which coach Jim Penders thinks is too many. UConn has won seven of their last eight games and it seems like they are in a rhythm as of late. “I really think we’ve caught on as a team,” Nemeth said. “As we all start to get more comfortable behind the plate, we’re starting to get the bats going...I really think we’re coming around these last few weeks.” Wins in the middle of the week against non-conference opponents are always important for a team’s confidence and overall success. If UConn continues to win such games, they are going to have a strong finish to the season. “As long as everybody stays hot, I think we’re going to roll,” Nemeth said. UConn next takes the field this weekend when they travel to South Bend to take on Notre Dame in a three-game series against its conference foe.

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Home game

Away game Gampel Pavilion, XL Center

The Daily Question did you do after the men’s basketball team won the Q : “What national championship?” A : “I attempted to storm the court... and failed miserably.” – Jesse de Boer, 6th-semester sports management major.

» That’s what he said

Tomorrow April 9 April 10 April 13 Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Brown 5:35 p.m. 2 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 3:30 p.m.

April 15 Villanova 3:15 p.m.

April 9 Hartford 1 p.m.

April 13 Louisville 12 p.m.

April 13 Louisville 2 p.m.

April 16 Pittsburgh Noon

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April 23 Louisville Noon

April 29 Villanova 6 p.m.

Lacrosse (6-4) (0-2) Tomorrow April 16 Syracuse Notre Dame Noon 4 p.m.

April 21 Cincinatti 4 p.m.

Men’s Track and Field April 9 UConn Invitational All Day

April 6-9 Texas Relays All Day

Women’s Track and Field April 9 UConn Invitational All Day

April 16 Mt. Sac Relays All Day

April 23 April 28 April 29 UTech Penn Relays Penn Relays Invitational All Day All Day All Day AP

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant battles for a rebound against Los Angeles Clippers’ center Chris Kaman during last night’s 112-108 division-clinching win.

Golf April 9 New England’s All Day

April 10 New England’s All Day

April 17 April 18 April 19 Big East Big East Big East Invitational Invitational Invitational All Day All Day All Day

Men’s Tennis April 12 April 16 April 10 St. Francis Boston Coll. Villanova 3 p.m. Noon 10 a.m.

April 22 Syracuse 10 a.m.

April 28 Big East Invitational TBA

Women’s Tennis Tomorrow St. John’s 2:30 p.m.

April 8 Marquette Noon

April 10 West Virginia 10 a.m.

April 13 Rutgers 1 p.m.

April 15 Seton Hall 2 p.m.

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Sports

Red Sox fall to 0-5 with 8-4 loss to Indians

CLEVELAND (AP)—They don’t have Boston’s bankroll, lineup or lofty expectations. The Cleveland Indians, though, have something the Red Sox don’t—wins. Asdrubal Cabrera had four RBIs, Shin-Soo Choo hit a two-run homer, Matt LaPorta added a solo shot and the Indians kept the built-to-win Red Sox winless on Wednesday night with their third straight victory, 8-4 over one of baseball’s big spenders, who are now 0-5. From Cambridge to Cape Cod, the panic buttons are glowing. In Cleveland, fans may be starting to notice they have a pretty good team— at least one that’s better than the Red Sox right now. “We can’t get caught up with all their potential Hall of Famers and payroll,” said outfielder Travis Buck, who scored on a bizarre play in the Indians’ four-run sixth. “We just go out and play the game. You’re playing against the baseball anyway. “We’re very scrappy. We’re getting timely hitting. We’re doing the little things,” Buck added. The Red Sox are off to their worst start in 15 years and look nothing like the team many forecast to be the last one standing in October. Boston hasn’t started this poorly since 1996, and after finishing this series Thursday, the Sox head home to face the rival New York Yankees on Friday and what could be angry fans in Fenway Park. Reliever Rafael Perez (1-0) worked 1 1-3 perfect innings for the Indians, who have won three straight and are over .500 for the first time since Sept. 27, 2008. “The bullpen was fantastic,” Indians manager Manny Acta said. “It was a good team effort, but you are never satisfied.” Cabrera hit a three-run homer off reliever Dan Wheeler to cap a strange sixth inning, when mistakes on the mound and in the field cost the Red Sox four runs. In the sixth, Boston relievers Dennys Reyes, on for Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1), hit the first two batters and walked the third, forcing manager Terry Francona to make another switch. Wheeler got Michael Brantley to line to third, where Kevin Youkilis dropped the ball. Youkilis quickly recovered, stepped on the bag and threw home. Veteran catcher Jason Varitek, assuming a force was still in effect, caught the ball with his foot on the plate. However, because Youkilis had already gotten one out, Varitek had to tag the runner, but Buck scored without being touched. Buck didn’t no why fans were cheering. “I had no idea,” he said. “When I saw the umpire say, ‘Safe,’ I was like, ‘Me? The guy on third?’ I got back to the bench and they yelled good baserunning. I don’t even know what I did. I thought I would be out by 30 feet.”

» NBA

» DC TOURNEY PICK’EM

Thunder clinch division title with 112-108 win over Clippers

Congratulations to Brian Tamburello, winner of this year’s DC bracket pool

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)— The blue T-shirt marking the first division title in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s brief history sat folded up on a chair near Kevin Durant’s locker. Russell Westbrook left the locker room and was halfway down a hallway before stopping to run back, grab his and throw it over his shoulder. The Northwest Division title, clinched with a 112-108 victory against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night, hardly merited a celebration for the Thunder. “We’ve got goals at hand. When you have bigger goals, you tend to reach smaller goals,” Kendrick Perkins said after grabbing a season-high 17 rebounds. “I guess that was a good thing to see the guys not comfortable. Our guys want to go a little further than just being division champs.” Durant scored 29 points, Westbrook added 26 and the Thunder fended off a late charge from the Clippers to win the first division crown for the franchise since 2005, when it was known as the Seattle SuperSonics. “Of course the first one means a lot, especially after

a few seasons I’ve been through since I’ve been in this league,” said Durant, who was on teams that won 20 and 23 games his first two seasons in the NBA. “It’s a big turnaround for us, but we’ve just got to move past it. It’s a great accomplishment, but we’re trying to get to something bigger.” Blake Griffin had 35 points and 11 rebounds in the second visit to his hometown in his NBA career, but he missed a key foul shot that helped put the game away for Oklahoma City. Durant hit two free throws at the other end to put the Thunder up 110-106 with 12 seconds left and ice the game, just moments after he’d missed a foul shot to give the Clippers a chance for the tie. When Mo Williams couldn’t get open, Griffin attacked the basket for a powerful slam but couldn’t connect and got fouled by Serge Ibaka. He missed the first of his foul shots before hitting the second. “I should have made that dunk,” said Griffin, who had eight dunks in the game. “I should have had a chance to tie the game. I am disappointed that I missed it.”

Courtesy of Brian Tamburello

Brian picked UConn to go all the way, and the Huskies didn’t let him down, carrying him to victory.

First Place: Loudog - 118 Second Place: WINNING - 116 Third Place: Huskies 2011 - 115

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» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY

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The case for Kemba

UConn falls to 13-16 with loss to BC

By Michael Ferraro Campus Correspondent

The Huskies dropped to 13-16 on the season after a seven-run fifth inning did them in against Boston College, as UConn lost 9-6. Through the first four innings of the BC game, it looked like Kiki Saveriano (7-11) UConn would have a repeat performance of her outing last season against the Boston College Eagles. Saveriano was able to get an easy first inning from the

Eagles, only allowing one hit. It would be the Eagles’ only hit until the top of fifth inning. In the bottom half of the first, the Huskies threatened with runners on first and second but were unable to get any runs on the board. In the second, the Eagles went in 9 order with Saveriano 6 recording two strikeouts in the process. In the bottom of the second, the Huskies got on the board first when Amy Vaughan scored from third on a fielding error by the Eagles’ second base-

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Mac Cerullo Kemba Walker is the best player in UConn history. There, I said it. I’m not a fan of hyperbole, and to be honest, I generally make fun of people that overuse it – but in this case, I feel like it’s justified. What Walker did this year was unheard of. He rewrote the UConn record books, played nearly every minute of every game and not only dominated individually, but also elevated the game of everyone around him. And that’s before you even consider the fact that he carried a team composed almost entirely of underclassmen to a national championship. Take a step back and look at his resume – particularly from this past season. Walker scored 965 points this season, which is over 100 more than Donyell Marshall’s previous school record of 855 in 1993-94. He also broke the school’s single season records for field goals made (316), field goals attempted (736), free throws made (258), free throws attempted (315), minutes played (1543) and minutes per game (37.6). Outside of this season, Walker also now owns the school record for free throws made with 501, and he is No. 7 on the UConn career scoring list with 1,783 points, just behind Ben Gordon and ahead of players such as Cliff Robinson, Marshall and Emeka Okafor. Obviously statistics don’t tell the whole story, but I think anyone who watched UConn this season would agree that Walker has all the intangibles, too. He was a leader, he was passionate and he had an infectious desire to improve and to win. Why do you think UConn won the national championship this year? Was it because Kemba Walker was the best player in the country and carried the team on his back? No. UConn won because Walker was not only the best player in the country, but also the best role model. Without Walker, no one else on the team would be as good as they are today. Lamb, Napier – I guarantee you they wouldn’t be as highly regarded if not for Walker. That takes a truly special player.

» CERULLO, page 12

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men. With runners on second and third and two outs, Jennifer Ward hit a two-run double to make it 3-0 Huskies. In the top of the third inning, Saveriano continued cruising along, again retiring the Eagles in order. In the bottom of the third inning, Kim Silva got on with a single and proceeded to steal second base, but that was all the offense the Huskies had in the inning. In the top of the fourth inning, the Eagles were again retired in order. In the bottom of the

» INCONSISTENCY, page 11

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UConn pitcher Kiki Saveriano winds up for a pitch during yesterday’s 9-6 loss to the Boston College Eagles. The Huskies dropped to 13-16 with the loss, and Saveriano fell to 7-11.

UMASS FINISHED IN A MINUTE

Fifth-inning rally blows game wide open for Huskies By Dan Agabiti Staff Writer

The UConn baseball team extended its winning streak to five games yesterday with a 7-1 home win over UMass. The Huskies struck first in the second inning when third baseman Ryan Fuller led off the inning with a triple off the wall. Catcher Doug Elliot later singled up the middle, scoring Fuller. Poor Minutemen fielding in the fifth blew the game open for the Huskies. Center fielder George Springer started off the inning getting hit by a pitch. After first baseman Mike Nemeth walked, UConn had men on first and second with no outs. Right fielder John Andreoli drove in Springer and Nemeth, giving UConn a 3-0 lead. After two UMass wild pitches brought home Andreoli and Fuller, the Huskies had a comfortable 5-0 lead. In the seventh, Kevin Vance (who later pitched in the game) grounded into a fielder’s choice, scoring catcher Doug Elliot. Then in the eighth inning, the Huskies’ scoring ended when Nemeth singled up the middle to bring home Springer, who had doubled with two outs. Going into the ninth inning, it looked like UMass was going to be handed their first shutout of the season. The Minutemen were determined not to leave J.O. Christian Field with a blank runs sheet and UMass catcher Tom Conley drove in the team’s lone run. The right-hander Robert Van Woert took the mound to start the game for UConn. Van Woert went 5.1 innings, giving up just three hits and earning the win. Van Woert seemed to have some control issues, though. He walked five batters in his start.

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Robert Van Woert throws a pitch during yesterday’s game against UMass. Van Woert pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits to improve to 3-0 on the year. The Huskies won the game 7-1 and have now won seven of their last eight games.

» NEMETH, page 12

Which was the more impressive postseason run?

The Big East Tournament

By Matt McDonough Associate Sports Editor It had never been done before and it probably won’t be seen again for a long time. The national title aside, the UConn men’s basketball team’s five wins in five days in the Big East championship in New York City was the more impressive run. The Huskies were the No. 9 seed and had to play five consecutive games, four against ranked opponents. UConn’s seventh Big East tournament title, and 17th overall, will be remembered as the title that got the ball rolling, kick starting the Huskies’ NCAA championship run. ED RYAN/The Daily Campus

Five wins in five days at the Big East Tourney? ...

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» POINT/COUNTERPOINT

Matt: A three seed has tasted the sweet taste of a national championship before. But a No. 9-seed winning five games in five days? Come on. That’s unbelievable. UConn’s mid-March march in the conference tournament was more impressive than anything this college basketball season. Like Mike DiMauro, a columnist for The Day, said, the 2011 Big East champions are like the 2004 Boston Red Sox. Any time a team faces five straight games for a championship, they can look at the Huskies as proof that it is possible. Colin: Every year the NCAA will crown a national champion. And it seems unlikely that we will ever see a run like the Huskies had in New York City. But UConn’s Big East run wasn’t inconceivable. In Maui, the Huskies won three games in three days, and showed

in a tournament atmosphere they could get hot and beat anybody. To win six games in three weekends was more impressive. The adrenaline of the previous weekend could have worn off, but it didn’t. UConn could’ve been fatigued after its conference run, but wasn’t. Matt: A team wins six games in three weekends every year to be crowned the NCAA champion. What’s impressive about that? UConn had to beat Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Louisville consecutively. That’s like taking four hard final exams in a row. The trip for the Big East trophy was harder than the terrain the Huskies had to trek for the national championship. Colin: Beating San Diego State, Arizona, Kentucky and Butler

» BIG EAST, page 11

The NCAA Tournament

By Colin McDonough Senior Staff Writer On First Night, coach Geno Auriemma said that if the UConn basketball programs played with the heart of new men’s assistant coach Kevin Ollie that come April, there would be two national championships in Storrs. Auriemma was half-right. Unfortunately, it was only the men who won the title. And going back to that October night, it seems unexplainable that the UConn men’s basketball team would win the national championship and be the last one standing in Houston.

Colin.McDonough@UConn.edu

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... or a third national championship run?