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Nursing program expands to Avery Point campus

By Kim Wilson Campus Correspondent

FACTS ABOUT BEING FLUFFY Gabriel Iglesias brings entourage of comedians and jokes to a sold-out Jorgensen.

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The beginning of the spring semester also marked the start of UConn Avery Point’s new Master’s Entry Into Nursing Program. With the addition of the program to Avery Point, the MEIN program is now offered at every UConn campus.

Avery Point formally opened a state-of-the-art simulation lab, where nursing students can diagnose simulated patients Thursday.

The lab is designed to give students access to advanced clinical nursing simulation, allowing students to practice their nursing skills in a non-critical environment.

The simulation lab and MEIN program are the first to be offered by UConn in Eastern Connecticut. Previously, UConn nursing students in Eastern Connecticut had to travel to the campuses in Waterbury, Stamford or Storrs to take part in the MEIN program or important simulated clinical activities.

“The school of nursing used both monetary and faculty resources to provide a high-level accelerated program for the students,” Sudan Furlong, MEIN Program Administrator of the UConn School of Nursing.

MEIN is designed for students with a bachelor’s degree in a nonnursing field. The program takes one year to complete for a certificate in basic nursing and eligibility

to take the RN licensure exam.

“The program situates you so that you can continue on to a graduate nursing program,” Furlong said.

The MEIN program was created with three main goals.

“First, the program was created to alleviate the nursing shortage. Second, it is designed to build upon the education students already have, allowing them to take their education in a new direction. And third, the program is in place to allow students to become registered nurses quickly, while giving them the knowledge they need,” Furlong said.

The MEIN program was started at the Storrs campus in 2003, and was followed

by Waterbury in 2007. The

Aerial view of the Avery Point campus taken from the branch’s website. Photo courtesy of the Avery Point campus.

Stamford simulation lab opened exactly one year ago from the opening of Avery Point’s. The rapid expansion of the nursing program to the Avery Point campus has been announced as a key strategy in curtailing the nursing shortage. By increas-

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ing the staff and resources available in UConn’s nursing department, more applicants can be accepted into the program, producing more nurses in the workforce.

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Trustee Talk

By Corey Schmitt Undergraduate Student Trustee

By Adam Scianna Graduate Student Trustee

HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER Team effort gives UConn 72-61 win over Tennessee.

SPORTS/ page 14 EDITORIAL: NASTY FUTURE FOR ALL SIGNS IF ZODIAC FUSS OUTSTS NEWS Zodiac controversy reveals sad truth about what we deem important.

COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: Herbst to have open office hours.

Page will reclaim the role he held three years ago.

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Lomax convicted of Howard slaying

By Abigail Ferrucci Campus Correspondent The man accused of the murder of UConn football player Jasper Howard was convicted Friday Jan. 14 in Rockville superior court.

John W. Lomax, 22, originally charged of murder, is now convicted of 1st degree manslaughter. Lomax pleaded ‘no contest’ to the conviction, which carries a sentence of a maximum of twenty years in prison.

Lomax’s ‘no contest’ plea

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John William Lomax III at his arraignment.

means that he does not admit guilt, but also will not challenge the current charges against him.

Howard was pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center from a stab wound that occurred in a fight outside the UConn Student Union on Oct. 18, 2009.

“It doesn’t seem fair that Lomax might only have to serve one year in jail for every year Jasper was alive,” said Colleen Dunion, a 6th-semester actuarial science major. “The community lost a great individual and no prison sentence will be able

to compensate for that.”

According to a report by the Hartford Courant, after Lomax pled no contest he turned and tearfully apologized to Jasper’s family.

“I would like to extend my condolences to the Howard family,” Lomax said. “I understand how it hurts to lose a loved one. … I wouldn’t want this to happen to anybody.”

Lomax is to be sentenced March 25.

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early this week. Temperatures are expected to rise somewhat Tuesday before reaching seasonable levels Wednesday.

Though a high of 24 was forecast for New York’s Central Park on Sunday, wind chills made daytime temperatures feel more like 3 to 7.

The National Weather Service predicted a high of 19 on Monday, meteorologist Joe Pollina said.

That’s the coldest it’s been in New York City since Jan. 16, 2009, when the high was 16.

In Philadelphia, the city extended an alert issued Thursday that gives officials the power to go out onto the streets and bring in homeless people to shelters because the weather conditions pose a threat of seri-

ous harm or death.

About 90 miles northwest of Philadelphia, a man died after spending the night in his car in frigid temperatures in Lansford, and his wife found him Saturday morning.

Temperatures had dropped into the single digits overnight, Lansford police Detective Jack Soberick said, but it’s unclear why 49-year-old Alan Kurtz had slept in his car.

In North Haven, a woman’s frozen body was found in a home’s driveway Sunday morning after a neighbor called police. Denise O’Hara apparently fell in a driveway and froze to death Saturday night, when temperatures were close to zero, police said.

Bitter cold hits Northeast, woman dies in driveway NEW YORK (AP) — An arctic blast from Canada is responsible for some of the frigid temperatures in the northern U.S. and some of the coldest air to hit the Northeast in two years.

The cold was linked to at least two deaths in the Northeast, including that of a woman whose frozen body was found in a driveway.

Temperatures were projected to fall well below zero across New England on Sunday night as a high-pressure area builds over the region. The coldest spots will dip to less than 30 degrees below zero, with the wind chill expected to drop to 51 below zero in some places, the National Weather Service said.

“This is the coldest air we’ve had in about two years,” said

Michael Hill, a weather service meteorologist in Caribou, Maine.

Emergency management agencies were urging residents to bundle up and heat their homes safely. Shelters were preparing for an increase in the number of people wanting to get out of the cold, and authorities in Maine and Pennsylvania waived restrictions on heating oil delivery.

Northern New England is used to cold winters; a remote site in northern Maine recorded a minus 50 reading on Jan. 16, 2009, that tied a 1933 record set in Vermont for the coldest temperature recorded in New England.

But last year’s relatively warm winter provided a respite from the dangerously cold temperatures that are being forecast for

Welcome back! We hope you all had a good winter break and are ready for a lot of developing issues this semester. Since our last installment, the Board of Trustees voted to appoint Susan Herbst as UConn’s 15 president, following a sixmonth search. USG President Tom Haggerty and GSS President Rich Colon were both part of the search committee that made its recommendation to the Board. Both Haggerty and Colon spoke very highly of Herbst. We had the opportunity to meet with her before the Board’s vote and were clearly able to see why she was the top candidate. We are both looking forward to working closely with Herbst in the future.

Another major topic of conversation this semester is going to be the state budget as well as the university budget. Richard Gray, UConn’s Chief Financial Officer, has been diligently holding Town Hall meetings to start the conversation early about fiscal issues. He held two meetings during the Fall semester and has also met with members of USG to discuss the many factors that go into the university’s budget. Gray showed in his presentation that approximately one-thirdof the university’s budget in fiscal year (FY) 2011 came from state support.

Another approximate onethird came from tuition and fees. State support as a percentage of total revenue at the university has dropped from 50 percent 1991 to an estimated 32.1 percent in 2011.

Although an exact amount of state support for 2012 is not yet known, Mr. Gray showed what a 1 percent change would be in terms of millions of dollars for several financial variables. A one percent change in state support equals $3.3 million dollars for the university budget. A one percent change in tuition (net of aid), room and board equals $3.1 million. Although tuition increases at these Town Hall meetings have not yet been discussed nor have they been discussed at any Board of Trustees meeting, it is clear from this information how a 1 percent change in state sup-

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DAILY BRIEFING New president promises open office hours » UCONN

STORRS (AP) — UConn’s new president says she plans to schedule open office hours for visitors at least once every two weeks.

Susan Herbst told UConn students, employees, alumni and supporters in an open letter that she welcomes “your bold ideas, your critical assessments and your perspectives about our past and future.”

Herbst was appointed last month as UConn’s 15th president and starts the job in July. She is currently executive vice chancellor of the University System of Georgia, overseeing academic programs for Georgia’s 35 public colleges and universities.

Interim President Philip Austin has led UConn since Michael Hogan left last spring to become president of the University of Illinois.

» CONNECTICUT

Public hearings scheduled for Malloy nominees

HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers will hear from more of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s nominees for top state positions, the first step in the confirmation process.

The Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee has scheduled two public hearings on Tuesday and Thursday.

Former East Hartford Mayor Melody Currey, nominee for motor vehicles commissioner, and Steven Reviczky (reh-VIHT’-skee), the agriculture commissioner nominee, will appear before the panel Tuesday.

Thursday’s agenda includes testimony from Dr. Jewel Mullen, nominee for public health commissioner; Jeffrey Parker, nominee for transportation commissioner; and former state Senate President Kevin Sullivan, nominee for commissioner of the Department of Revenue Services.

candidates up for public campaign funds

HARTFORD, (AP) — Five of the candidates running in next month’s special election will soon learn if they’ve qualified to receive a state grant for their campaigns.

The State Elections Enforcement Commission has scheduled a special meeting Monday.

The candidates include Republican New Britain Mayor Timothy Stewart, who is running for the 6th senatorial district; Democrat Joan Walker and Republican Noreen Kokoruda, both of Madison and candidates for the 101st House district; and Stamford Republican Robert Kolenberg, a 27th senatorial district candidate.

Also, Republican Janet Peckinpaugh (PEHK’-ihn-paw) of Essex, former TV anchor and GOP congressional candidate, is seeking public funds for her 36th House district campaign.

Eight Democratic lawmakers resigned before taking the oath of office this session.

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LA mayoral staffer accused of attacking officer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A staff member in the Los Angeles mayor’s gang-reduction office has been arrested on suspicion of attacking police officers during a scuffle at a downtown nightclub.

Police Lt. Jim Gavin says Blanca Martinez-Navarro, a program manager for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, was booked Sunday for battery on a peace officer along with her husband.

Gavin says police received a call about a domestic disturbance at the Conga Room. He says the husband attacked officers when they arrived, and Martinez-Navarro jumped on the back of one of the officers and began hitting him as they took her husband into custody.

SC inmate in trouble after Facebooking from prison

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina prison officials say they have seized a cell phone from an inmate who was updating his Facebook page from prison.

Corrections officials told The Post and Courier of Charleston that 22-year-old Quincy Howard is in disciplinary detention and can’t make collect calls or have visitors after the contraband mobile phone was taken from his cell earlier this month.

Howard is serving a 30-year sentence for manslaughter from Marion County.

The newspaper reports Howard spent most of his time on Facebook last year playing the Mafia Wars and Cafe World games. But he occasionally gave status updates like: “RAILROADED BY THIS CROOKED A JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN SOUTH CAROLINA.”

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Human rights group decries soft response to abuse

BRUSSELS (AP) — An international human rights group believes that many governments and global institutions, including the European Union and the United Nations, are not pressing abusive nations hard enough to respect human rights.

Human Rights Watch, in its World Report 2011 for release on Monday, decried the increasing use of dialogue and cooperation to urge reforms — but without any teeth to ensure that change occurs.

“Dialogue and cooperation have their place, but the burden should be on the abusive government to show a genuine willingness to improve,” Kenneth Roth, executive director of the group, said in a statement accompanying the report. “In the absence of the demonstrated political will by abusive governments to make change, governments of good will need to apply pressure to end repression.”

Human Rights Watch said that recent examples of governments’ failures to exert pressure on abusive nations included “the near-universal cowardice in confronting China’s deepening crackdown on basic liberties.”

Many countries seeking economic cooperation with China fear offending the emerging superpower on rights issues.

It praised the Norwegian Nobel committee for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo despite China’s displeasure.

Other examples cited by the group of failure to act included: — The EU’s “obsequious approach toward Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.”

— The West’s “soft reaction to certain favored African autocrats, such as Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia.”

The report was especially critical of the EU and the UN for “soft-talking” human rights abusers.

“The ritualistic support of dialogue and cooperation with repressive governments is too often an excuse for doing nothing about human rights,” Roth said. “The EU’s ‘constructive dialogues’ are among the most egregious examples of this global trend.”

Human Rights Watch said the EU’s “record of discrimination and rising intolerance against

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In this May 14, 2008 photo released by the Chin Human Rights Organization, villagers work as they are forced to pave the road between Matupi and Mindat townships in western Myanmar.

migrants, Muslims, Roma, and others” along with other abusive practices suggest the EU and its member states “need to show greater political commitment to ensure that respect for human rights at home matches the EU’s rhetoric abroad.”

“The use of dialogue and cooperation in lieu of pressure

has emerged with a vengeance at the United Nations, from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to many members of the Human Rights Council,” the group said.

It criticized as an example “the United Nations’ deferential attitude toward Sri Lankan wartime atrocities.”

U.S. President Barack Obama

also came in for disapproval, with Human Rights Watch saying that “his eloquent statements have not always been followed by concrete actions.”

It said U.S. government agencies, including the Defense Department and U.S. embassies, “often deliver divergent messages” about human rights.

Spring Weekend report also a hot topic from SPRING, page 1 port could affect students. There should be a better idea of the level of state support sometime in February.

Jumping from one major topic of conversation this Spring semester to another, the report about Spring Weekend to President Phillip Austin from the Task Force established by former President Hogan was released on Jan. 20.

The committee consisted of many high ranking UConn administrators like Provost & Executive Vice President Peter Nicholls, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Barry Feldman, Mansfield Town Manager Matthew Hart,

Associate Vice President & Chief of Police Robert Hudd, Mansfield Mayor Betsy Paterson, and John Saddlemire, Vice President for Student Affairs. A summary of the history of Spring Weekend at the university, as well as previous initiatives to maintain a safe environment were discussed in the report before recommendations were presented. Recommendations of the committee include to (1) prohibit guests in the dormitories during the entirety of Spring Weekend, (2) aggressively work to prevent non-students from gaining access to the campus or nearby areas to participate in Spring Weekend, (3) cancel remaining university-sponsored

events associated with Spring Weekend including all events at Jorgensen and the Student Union, (4) propose a voluntary moratorium on Spring Weekend in 2011 in light of the recent death associate with Spring Weekend, and (5) to have the university more aggressively engage local landlords to address issues associate with Spring Weekend.

USG has also been actively doing research in determining what Spring Weekend means to the student body. There have been a series of town hall meetings to discuss Spring Weekend with any student wanting to speak on the matter as well as from anyone else who may have

an interest in the events of the weekend. The official findings of this research will be shared on Wednesday Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bishop Center Room 7.

There will be a final opportunity to share comments on Spring Weekend before the official USG statement is presented.

We want to encourage people to contact us with any comments Corey Schmitt and Adam Scianna are the student members of the UConn Board of Trustees.

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Woman who raised stolen NY baby held in Conn.

HARTFORD (AP) — A North Carolina woman who raised a child stolen 23 years ago from a New York hospital surrendered to authorities on a probation violation charge Sunday, and she was to appear in federal court to face kidnapping charges, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

Ann Pettway surrendered Sunday morning to the FBI and Bridgeport police on a warrant from North Carolina, where she’s on probation because of a conviction for attempted embezzlement, FBI supervisory special agent William Reiner said. She turned herself in days after a widely publicized reunion between the child she raised, now an adult, and her biological mother.

Pettway received two years of probation last June after she took items from a store where she worked, which is considered embezzlement under North Carolina law, state correction spokeswoman Pamela Walker said. Under terms of her probation, she wasn’t allowed to leave the state.

Department of Correction officials there tried repeatedly

to contact her after finding out investigators wanted to question her in the 1987 abduction of Carlina White.

North Carolina officials said Friday they believed Pettway was on the run from authorities.

They said Sunday they would seek her extradition.

Carlina was just 19 days old when her parents took her to Harlem Hospital in the middle of the night with a high fever.

Joy White and Carl Tyson said a woman who looked like a nurse had comforted them.

The couple left the hospital to rest, but their baby was missing when they went back. No suspects were identified.

Carlina is now 23 and has been living under the name Nejdra Nance in Connecticut and in the Atlanta area. She said she had long suspected Pettway wasn’t her biological mother because she could never provide her with a birth certificate and because she didn’t look like anyone else in Pettway’s family.

She periodically checked the website of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and while looking

through New York photos early this month found one that looked nearly identical to her own baby picture. She contacted Joy White through the center.

White and Nance met in New York before DNA tests were complete, confident they were mother and daughter.

After the test results confirmed it Wednesday, Nance returned from Atlanta to be with White again.

Pettway remained in custody Sunday and couldn’t be reached for comment. She was to appear in federal court in New York on Monday to face kidnapping charges, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said.

Nobody answered when a reporter on Friday knocked on the door of a house where Pettway lived in Raleigh, N.C. A woman who answered the phone at a Pettway relative’s home in Bridgeport on Sunday refused to comment on her surrender.

Nance told the New York Post in an interview posted Thursday that reuniting with her family was like a dream.

“I’m so happy,” she said. “At

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Ann Pettway, who raised a child kidnapped from a New York hospital two decades ago, surrendered to authorities on a parole violation charge Sunday.

the same time, it’s a funny feeling because everything’s brand new. It’s like being born again.”

Members of her biological family didn’t return telephone messages seeking comment Sunday.

Authorities had been considering whether federal investigators would take the case because the statute of limitations may have expired in New York, New York Police Department chief spokesman Paul Browne said earlier in the week. There is no limitation in federal missing-children cases.

A woman who lives near Pettway in North Carolina, Sonova Smith, said Pettway mentioned that she had a daughter in Connecticut but had moved to Raleigh with her son. Smith and Pettway both had teenage sons who would often play together, and Smith said her neighbor seemed to be a good mother.

“She was friendly. She was kind. She loved her son,” Smith said. “We talked about our boys often. She talked about family. So, it’s just really been surprising.”

Economic indicator: companies buying iPads Sentencing due in China military secrets case NEW YORK (AP) — The news last week that Apple’s Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence was a big story. But something else about the company got far less attention and could be even more important to investors this year.

Corporations “are adding iPads to their approved device list at an amazing rate,” Peter Oppenheimer, Apple Inc.’s chief financial officer, told analysts Tuesday. Apple’s products, more known for their consumer appeal, are now used in by employees of Wells Fargo, Archer Daniels Midland, DuPont and others.

Splurging on $500 iPads is a sign that the business cycle is starting to turn and that companies are starting to spend a record amount of cash they’ve accumulated. If the trend is real, companies will do what consumers haven’t -- spark a strong economic recovery.

That could push the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to its third straight year of double-digit percentage gains. The last time that happened: the tech-boom days of the late 1990s.

“You’re going to see a bigger commitment to growth this year because companies have underspent for quite some time,” says Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Asset Management.

Financial, technology and energy companies are the most likely to benefit from business spending, says David Bianco,

Apple CEO Steve Jobs with iPad at the iPad announcement in San Francisco.

a market strategist at Bank of America. Each group is up about 3 percent this year, nearly one percentage point ahead of the overall S&P 500. Those three groups account for nearly half of index’s value.

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HONOLULU (AP) — A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer convicted of selling military secrets to China is due to be sentenced in federal court on Monday.

Noshir Gowadia, 66, faces up to life in prison for his conviction on 14 counts, including conspiracy, communicating national defense information to aid a foreign nation, and violating the arms export control act.

Chief U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway is due to issue her sentence after listening to arguments from the prosecution and defense.

Gowadia, who has been in custody without bail since his 2005 arrest, is also expected to have an opportunity to make a statement.

A federal jury in August found Gowadia guilty after deliberating for six days.

They had heard 39 days of evidence over nearly four months. The jury acquitted him on three counts.

Prosecutors said Gowadia helped China design a stealth cruise missile to get money to pay the $15,000-a-month mortgage on his multimillion dollar home overlooking the ocean in Haiku on Maui.

They said he pocketed at least $110,000 from the sale of military secrets.

They said Gowadia showed his Chinese contacts how his

stealth cruise missile design would be effective against U.S. air-to-air missiles.

Gowadia’s defense attorneys said it’s true the engineer gave China the design for a stealth cruise missile exhaust nozzle but he based his work on unclassified, publicly available information. Gowadia’s son has said his father plans to appeal.

The sentencing comes just weeks after China conducted a flight test of its new J-20 stealth fighter during a visit to Beijing

by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

The Jan. 11 flight was held at an airfield in Chengdu, where prosecutors say Gowadia delivered an oral presentation on classified stealth technology in 2003.

The city is home to the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute and is a center for Chinese fighter aircraft and cruise missile reseach and development.

Gowadia helped design the propulsion system for the B-2 bomber when he worked at Northrop Corp., now known as Northrop Grumman Corp., between 1968 and 1986.

Born in India, he moved to the U.S. for postgraduate work in the 1960s and became a U.S. citizen about a decade later. He retired from Northrop for health reasons in 1986, two years before the B-2 made its public debut.

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Nasty future for all signs if zodiac fuss ousts news

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t would be safe to say that the tragic Tucson shootings have dominated news headlines this month. From experts attempting to unravel the psyche of Jared Lee Loughner to the rising tensions over gun control, it would be difficult to pick up a newspaper today and not find a story relating to the event. But in the midst of tragedy, a new controversy exploded on the Internet when millions learned that their zodiac signs may not be accurate, perhaps revealing what our country is truly concerned about.

When the Star Tribune in Minneapolis ran an article nearly three weeks ago confirming from a Minneapolis astronomer that the “Earth’s wobble” caused a change in our zodiac signs, the news spread like wildfire on the web.

Confused Facebook statuses emerged expressing outrage, while others were more upset because their Pisces tattoos really should have been an Aquarius. People panicked, tattoo artists laughed and identity crises proliferated within a few hours after the story tore through social networking web sites like wildfire.

But luckily for the world, it was then proved that the panic was unnecessary. According to an ABC News article, about 3,000 years ago, astronomers had already taken the Earth’s shift into account when doing their calculations, affirming that the “Zodiac we are all familiar with is perfectly valid.”

Everyone could breathe a collective sigh of relief because all was right in the world.

While most people have now come to this realization ,and this is old news for many, the zodiac sign controversy has taught us an important lesson: You should not believe every “news” story that is published (or those that you read on Facebook). We also saw what we deem important and newsworthy in our culture. It seems that more people were griefstricken over their zodiac signs potentially changing rather than actual news that was happening, which is troubling.

Whether or not one actually believes in astrology, zodiac signs are fun. It’s fun to read your daily horoscope in the newspaper every morning, just as it’s fun to see if you and your new boyfriend or girlfriend are compatible. It’s also easy to get caught up in the hype that these kinds of stories generate, which can be put into perspective when something as unfortunate as the Tucson tragedy has occurred at the same time.

The media continuously makes it challenging for the public to interpret what is news and what is merely entertainment. Nevertheless, how we choose to handle this kind of trivial news such as the zodiac story is in our control.

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.

To the BME junior who I had to show step by step how to get his schedule printed from Peoplesoft. I’m a freshman and I am not an engineering student.

Negative 13 degrees? Good thing fingers and toes are overrated.

To the girls who aren’t afraid to use the weight room and actually lift something: respect. To the girl who was talking on her phone while doing lat pulldowns: really???

Even though you had three days off this week, it still sucks that you arent studying abroad in Italy like me.

I wish I could hire Leonardo DiCaprio to perform inception on Jay Hickey and get him to cancel class tomorrow.

To the man in South Dining Hall yesterday: The hat with a mustache is brilliant. We wish we all had hats like yours.

I missed the end of the game. Who caught the Snitch?

I hugged Geno Auriemma and high-fived Maya Moore.

Either I’m really good at basketball now or I’ve accomplished everything important in life. Maybe both.

I bet Rex Ryan doesn’t like it now that the shoe’s on the other foot.

Jay Hickey, you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind, Jay Hickey!

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As patron of inequality, chivalry should die

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ost people know what overt sexism looks like: in the form of discrimination, misogyny and violence.

But what about sexism that is less obvious, sexism that appears innocuous, but nonetheless is still as dangerous and pervasive? The type of sexism in which men base their interactions with women on the notion that women, being helpless, require protection and special care?

This is known as “benevolent” sexism, which is a bit of a misnomer, because there is nothing benevolent about it. Sexism of any and all varieties

By Cindy Luo is harmful, and Associate Commentary Editor this is why: Researchers at the University of Granada discovered that these sexist attitudes, usually dismissed by society as harmless, or even beneficial, in fact enable the man to justify sexual violence toward his partner. Men who held these beliefs were more likely to excuse marital rape, saying that it was their wives’ fault. They believe that since women need protection, sex is just the payment that they expect for this protection. “Benevolent” sexism is just as harmful as overt sexism, and this “kinder”sexism can lead to the harmful in some instances.

Although this study was conducted abroad, there are certainly takeaway messages that are applicable here. The sub-

jects involved were between the ages of 18 and 24. The experiment indicated that these sexist attitudes harm both men and women by adhering to imbalance in their relationships. It is founded upon inherent inequality and leads to a learned helplessness that actually makes women more vulnerable, setting them back to a time when independence did not exist.

“I don’t want to be on a pedestal. I want to be equal.”

The whole idea of needing to “protect” women stems from the idea that women need and want such “protection” – because they are unable to do so for themselves. Setting women on preconceived pedestals further stratifies them from achieving equality.

I don’t want to be on a pedestal. I want to be equal.

It is one thing for both partners to cherish each other equally. It is another matter altogether when the male believes the female needs to be shielded and taken care of by virtue of being female. Should you treat your girlfriend well because that’s how you would want to be treated? Yes. Should you treat your girlfriend well because then you can make her owe you? No. Some men may justify their behavior by saying that it is “romantic” and what their partners desire. Yet I would counter that by saying that “romance” is something that should be imparted equally.

A friend recently asked me if I thought that opening a car door was romantic.

And I responded that while it’s certainly nice if my partner is walking out in front of me and, having arrived at the door before me, opens it up, I would probably be less amused if he insisted on running in front of me to open every single door in my way.

The important factor here is choice and reciprocation. The purpose of romance is not to satisfy your own needs (a la “benevolent” sexism) but to do something for your partner. “Benevolent” sexism is dependent on the idea that the relationship is unequal, that there are expectations from each partner that are strictly within a traditional, masculine and feminine binary. If you do things for your partner, it should be out of respect and should be something she appreciates. We are bombarded by so many images of romance that sometimes it is difficult to discern what is actually beneficial for both parties involved, and what simply appears to be one party controlling the other.

Much of the issue I take with door opening and such is that they rely on the aforementioned “benevolent” sexism. It relies on the idea that women need this assistance from men. And as long as this idea persists, sexism will continue to cause harm.

Ultimately, I think that there are so many other, better ways to show that you care – ways that don’t involve any assumptions of incompetency, such as opening doors, ways that are not reliant on outdated stereotypes.

Associate Commentary Editor Cindy Luo is a 6thsemester linguistics/philosophy, classics and ancient Mediterranean studies and English triple major. She can be reached at Shuyang.Luo@UConn.edu.

By trivializing foreign ideas, US shows cultural naivete

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’m a British student on exchange here in the U.S., and I’ve got to say I’m a big fan. America has every right to look at itself and be proud of its achievements and aspirations, its ethnic variety, its democracy, its idealism

By Dom Tromans and the Boston Staff Columnist Red Sox (bite me).

But there’s something that has been bugging me recently regarding its outlook. I know there are a lot of people here at UConn who are urbane and cosmopolitan, but humor me for a minute.

My very personal bone to pick is the American assumption that ‘England’ is a name synonymous with the entirety of Great Britain. I dare you to call a Scotsman an Englishman.

Do you remember Braveheart?

That was Mel Gibson attempting to put onto film (well, at least sort of) the Scottish way of saying “actually, we’re not English.” (The Welsh have always been saying the same thing, although if you’ve ever heard someone speak Welsh you can probably guess why it’s not coming through so strongly.) Suffice to say, hearing the term used incorrectly at UConn, even from academics

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who should know better, utterly grates on my soul.

Well, actually I admit this English-British thing might be a wee bit of a minor personal annoyance. But I still think it’s a symptom of something deeper. Though the U.S. has never really been an outwardfacing country, it’s clear that Americans are still quite interested in the rest of us. More than any other country, the U.S. has an inclination toward imagining foreign cultures as novelty and skin deep. I’m familiar with cultural novelty: my home town of Stratford-upon-Avon is known to most as William Shakespeare’s birthplace, and there are plenty of souvenir shops selling fridge magnets bearing Hamlet quotations, postcards of the Queen’s face, Foot Guards (those guys with the big furry hats) with a pencil sharpener in the rear, little plaster models of the Tower of London and so on. But while it’s often more a passing bit of stick-on-googly-eyes selfaware silliness there – and I suppose in Vegas and Disneyland too – a lot of America at times seems to have missed the joke and gone off on a tangent, and in far more subtle and internalized ways.

Many of you American readers have immigrant roots, to

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which I’m sure some of you associate quite strongly. Yet even amongst these absorbed ethnic groups, understanding of the culture from which they sprang can sometimes be heavily trivialized, stereotyped and romanticized, and as an outsider looking in I sometimes wonder whether for some there’s a basic discomfort with simply being identified as Americanwithout-prefix.

“More than any other country, the U.S. has the inclination toward imagining foreign cultures as novelty and skin deep.”

Though completely generalizing the Irish-American population would be wrong (I know quite a few who know exactly where they stand), as an extreme example you only need to look at the sheer number of Irish pubs around America where ‘Irish’ to the owner equates to ‘lots of shamrocks, a leprechaun and plenty of Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day’; and when meeting a born

Irishman tends to say, “I’m Irish too!” without any qualification of his “Americanness.”

Pride in your heritage isn’t a bad thing at all, nor is a strong association with the country of your forebears, but my own roots in Scotland and Ireland don’t change the fact that I am English and always have seen everything from an English point of view. Maybe these and other cultures – dynamically evolving, hundreds or even thousands of years thick, and whoever you are or claim to be as an American, ultimately foreign cultures – should be approached a tad more carefully and probably warrant a more thorough investigation.

So if you’re curious about foreign countries, the best thing to do here is talk to a citizen of one. There are quite a large number of foreign exchange students (and staff!) from around the world here at UConn, and not only in Global House on Storrs campus.

Find us. Talk to us. Please.

I still have absolutely no idea who “Chucky Cheese” is and it’s driving me crazy.

Staff Columnist Dom Tromans is a 6thsemester political science major in his second semester as an exchange student. He can be reached at Dom@Tromans.eu.

was one really awkward moment when Hu found out that Obama was a Nobel Peace Prize winner and, out of force of habit, tried to have him arrested.” – Jay Leno

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71 Past or present Down 1 Adam’s second son 2 Refrain syllables 3 Mouse catcher 4 Golfer Palmer 5 Showing shame 6 Brand over spaghetti 7 Brand under the sink 8 Spanish toast 9 Part of USA 10 4.0, for one: Abbr.

11 Minnesota-based dairy cooperative 12 Pulitzer author Sinclair 13 Relaxed 21 Angle iron 22 NBA’s __ Ming 26 Glittery mineral

27 Breaker at the shore 28 People magazine focus 29 “Like that’s going to work!”

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Horoscopes Aries - There may be bumps along the romance road. Focus on your work, where you’ll succeed easily. Things will open up in your love life later.

Dismiss the Cynics

by Victor Preato

Taurus - To get everyone on the same page, reveal your reasoning. Otherwise, they miss the point. Take extra time to develop deeper understanding.

Then actions flow.

Gemini - You want it all to be effortless, but more work is required than you imagined.

Still, you get where you need to go. Persistence pays off.

Cancer - At home or away, your thoughts focus on responsibility.

Act independently, but don’t lose sight of career goals. Make notes to follow up on later.

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Leo - Contact a distant resource for new information. Original thinking emerges from the conversation.Partner up with someone to put those ideas into action.

Classic

Jason and Rhedosaurus

Virgo - You’ve been saving up for a special treat, and today’s the day. You know where to get it, so enjoy the process. Don’t worry about what others might think.

Libra - Consider your next moves carefully. Put aside the wilder ideas, and follow a steady path. You can go it alone if you want. Gather later to share stories.

Scorpio - Everyone loves your suggestions for final touches that improve a project. Make any changes in a logical order to preserve work already done.

Sagittarius - Take creative inspiration from something in your home -- something old and full of memories. Tell its story to someone who doesn’t know it yet.

Capricorn - Remain true to personal convictions as you share your desires with others.

Logic only goes so far. Express strongly held values, which may be unreasonable.

Aquarius - Conversations and communications abound. The news is mixed: some sadness and some joy. Take a walk in nature to think about it a bit and refocus.

Pisces - Consider developing a new habit, independent of what you were taught in the past. Old rules give way to new possibilities.

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Attorney wants shooting suspect tried in Tucson

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Investigators have been poring over surveillance video, interviewing witnesses and analyzing items seized from Jared Loughner’s home as they build a case in the assassination attempt against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

It’s a case that likely will take years to play out as it goes through the many phases of the criminal justice system: prosecutions by both federal and state authorities, proceedings over whether to move the case to a different venue, a possible insanity defense by Loughner and prosecutors’ likely push for the death penalty.

The next step is an arraignment scheduled Monday afternoon in Phoenix for Loughner, who is accused of opening fire on a Giffords political event two weeks ago in a rampage that wounded 13 people and killed six others, including a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl born on Sept. 11, 2001.

Investigators have said Loughner was mentally disturbed and acting increasingly erratic in the weeks leading up to the shooting. If he pleads not guilty by reason of insanity and is successful, he could avoid the death penalty and be sent to a mental health facility instead of prison.

Paul Charlton, who worked as Arizona’s U.S. attorney from 2001 to 2007 and isn’t involved in the Loughner case, believes Loughner will likely mount an insanity defense. “Given what we know, that’s going to be a defense,” Charlton said.

“I don’t see a lot of other viable defenses,” said Michael Piccarreta, a Tucson lawyer who has practiced criminal defense in federal court for 30 years. “It appears the actual guilt or innocent of the shooting will not be difficult to prove, and his pre-shooting behavior seems to be a history of erratic behavior — issues of pre-existing mental illness.”

Before the case even gets to trial, the court would have to decide whether Loughner is mentally competent to stand trial. If he isn’t, he would be sent to a federal facility for a minimum of four months to see if they can restore his competency. It could be up to a twomonth wait just to get him into one of those facilities.

“It could take a year, it could take a year and a half. It could take longer,” Heather Williams, the first assistant federal public defender in Arizona, said of the time it will take to bring the case to trial. Her office didn’t take the Loughner case because it had conflicts of interest.

One area that will help the pace of the case is the fact that it’s a relatively simple investigation. While other highprofile cases have required a lengthy investigation to chase down leads and co-conspirators, authorities have said Loughner acted alone. Dozens of people witnessed the shooting and surveillance cameras captured it on tape.

Investigators say they have also seized writings from Loughner in which he used words like “I planned ahead,” ‘’My assassination” and “Giffords.”

Loughner will face two cases — federal and state. The federal charges will cover the killing and attempted killings of U.S. government employees such as the judge and Giffords, while the state case will deal with the other victims, including the 9-year-old girl. Federal prosecutors are going first, as charges have yet to be filed in the state case.

Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall has the discretion to decide whether to seek the death penalty against Loughner in the state case, while the federal decision on whether to seek the death penalty rests with Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke and Attorney General Eric Holder, Charlton said. Prosecutors

haven’t signaled whether they would pursue the death penalty, but experts say all signs point toward that.

Federal law gives prosecutors a reasonable amount of time before trial to inform a defendant that they are seeking the death penalty, but there is no hard deadline for doing so.

Whether the case plays out in Arizona is up in the air.

First, the case was moved to Phoenix from Tucson after all federal judges there recused themselves because their colleague was slain. Next, defense lawyers could ask that the case be moved out of Arizona by arguing that extensive negative publicity would make it impossible for Loughner to get a fair trial.

There was so much speculation that San Diego would ultimately be the home for the trial that federal authorities were prompted to issue a statement last week denying the reports and saying it’s way too early in the case to discuss. The judge presiding over the case works out of San Diego, and Loughner’s court-appointed lawyer, Judy Clarke, is based there as well.

Clarke has not responded to requests seeking comment. She is one of the top lawyers in the country for defendants facing prominent death penalty cases, having represented clients such as “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski and Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph. She has a reputation for working out plea deals that spare defendants the death penalty, as was the case for Rudolph and Kaczynski.

Piccarreta expects the trial to eventually be moved out ofArizona, because of people’s connections to U.S. District Judge John Roll and Giffords.

“My personal view is that Arizona is still too close. Why risk a potentially unfair trial when you can move the matter outside of the state,” Piccarreta said.

He later said, “They have moved cases out of the state

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In this Jan. 8, 2011 file photo, people gather for a vigil at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and others injured in a shooting at a Giffords event where she was meeting with voters in Tucson, Ariz.

with far less (media) exposure than this,” noting that a 1981 trial into the killing of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles was moved from Phoenix to San Diego.

Another dramatic scenario

that could arise in a criminal case: Giffords testifying against Loughner. It’s too early to know if that will happen, and Charlton said prosecutors have many other options for witnesses given that so many

people were there when the shooting occurred.

“I suspect that there is sufficient evidence relating to who did what here. Not every witness would have to be called,” Charlton said.

Gunman shoots 4 officers inside Detroit precinct

DETROIT (AP) — A gunman opened fire inside a Detroit police precinct on Sunday, wounding four officers including a commander before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said.

The gunman walked in through the precinct’s revolving door shortly after 4 p.m. and opened fire indescriminantly at officers, police said.

The officers fired back, killing the gunman.

“Utter chaos and pandemonium took place,” Police Chief Ralph Godbee said at a news conference. “We have a number of officers who are shaken up.”

Godbee said the gunman has been identified but it was “too early to characterize” him while the investigation was ongoing.

The chief said along with the commander, two sergeants and an officer were wounded, but none appeared to have life

threatening injuries.

The commander, who was shot in the back, appeared to be the most seriously wounded. Godbee said he underwent surgery Sunday evening and his prognosis was “very good.” A sergeant and an officer who each suffered graze gunshot wounds to the head were both talking and alert, Godbee said.

A female sergeant also was treated and released after her bullet-resistant vest deflected a bullet to the chest, Godbee said.

Police also did not immediately release the names of the wounded officers, saying families had not been notified in all cases.

While the department was “very sobered” by the shootings, Godbee said he was “just very relieved that it appears all of our officers are going to be OK.” The one-story brick building

Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee, center, address the media at Sinai Grace hospital where Detroit police officers were taken after being shot by a gunman who walked into their precinct and opened fire.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican George Allen will announce Monday that he will seek to reclaim the U.S. Senate seat from Virginia that he lost five years ago to Democrat Jim Webb.

A person close to the 58-yearold Allen told The Associated Press that he will make his plans official in a video to be e-mailed Monday afternoon to longtime supporters.

The person was not authorized to pre-empt Allen's announcement and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Allen, a former governor and congressman who was once considered a potential Republican presidential contender, lost to Webb by about 9,000 votes after a series of gaffes in a year when his party lost control of Congress to Democrats.

During an interview leading up to the 2006 campaign, Allen complained about the Senate's slow rhythms, likening its pace to that of "a wounded sea slug."

What was considered an easy re-election bid against Webb, a first-time candidate, began its collapse at a campaign rally in August 2006 after Allen referred to a Webb aide of Indian descent as "macaca." The term is considered an ethnic slur in some cultures.

The videotaped comment was posted on the Internet, made headlines worldwide and was fodder for television talk shows and comedians for days.

Allen's misfortunes worsened a few weeks later after he fumbled a question during a debate about his mother's Jewish ancestry. She grew up in German-occupied Tunisia where her father was a member of the anti-Nazi resistance during World War II. Webb, a decorated Marine veteran of the Vietnam War who was a Republican when he served as President Ronald Reagan's navy secretary, surged as public dissatisfac-

tion over the war in Iraq and then-President George W. Bush's handling of it intensified, hurting Republicans in the 2006 midterm elections.

Since losing the seat, Allen has worked for the American Energy Freedom Center, subsidized by the nation's energy industry.

Allen — the son of the late George Allen, the Hall of Fame coach of the Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins — led the Virginia GOP's resurgence beginning with his 1993 election as governor.

By the time the cowboy boot-wearing, tobacco-chewing former college quarterback unseated two-term Democratic Sen. Chuck Robb in 2000, the GOP controlled both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the offices of governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, both U.S. Senate seats and a majority of Virginia's 11 U.S. House seats.

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is located along the main street in what is a predominantly business district on the city’s northwest side. After the shooting, city and state police squad cars converged on the scene, and an ambulance was seen taking away at least one victim.

Like other precincts in the city, there are no metal detectors at the entrance and visitors are permitted to come in and talk face-to-face with police sitting behind a large, rounded desk.

“We have to take a step back and look at security at each of our facilities . . . as far as we screen our public when they come in,” Godbee said.

Retired police Sgt. David Malhalab told The Associated Press that after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the precincts added hand-held metal detectors at the public entrances. He worked at the 6th precinct for years and says the desks are open once you walk in the door.

Allen to announce ‘12 bid to win old Senate seat House leader Cantor believes Obama is a US citizen WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Republican House majority leader says he doesn’t think questions about President Barack Obama’s citizenship should play a role in the discussion of policy matters.

Two years into the Obama administration, so-called birthers continue to argue that Obama isn’t a natural-born citizen and that he hasn’t proved he’s constitutionally qualified to be president. Birth records in Hawaii haven’t dissuaded them.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says he believes Obama is a citizen and that most Americans are beyond that question.

“I don’t think it’s an issue that we need to address at all. . It is not an issue that even needs to be on the policymaking table right now whatsoever,” he said.

Appearing Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Cantor refused to call people who question Obama’s citi-

zenship “crazy.”

“I don’t think it’s nice to call anyone crazy,” Cantor said Cantor says he believes that Obama wants what’s best for the country and that there are honest disagreements over how to achieve that.

Birthers say there’s no proof he was born in the United States; many of these skeptics question whether he was actually born in Kenya, his father’s home country.

Hawaii’s health director said in 2008 and 2009 that she had seen and verified Obama’s original vital records, and birth notices in two Honolulu newspapers were published within days of Obama’s birth at Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu.

Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo again confirmed on Friday that Obama’s name is found in its alphabetical list of names of people born in Hawaii, main-

tained in bound copies available for public view.

Hawaii’s Democratic governor, Neil Abercrombie, who was a friend of Obama’s parents and knew him as a child, began an effort last month to find a way to dispel conspiracy theories that the president was born elsewhere. The governor said he was bothered by people who questioned Obama’s birthplace for political reasons.

But Abercrombie’s office said Friday that he was ending his quest because it’s against state law to release private documents. The state’s attorney general told the governor he can’t disclose an individual’s birth documentation without a person’s consent.

The Obama campaign issued a certificate of live birth in 2008, an official document from the state showing the president’s birth date, city and name, along with his parents’ names and races.

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Facts about being fluffy

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Comedian Gabriel Iglesias took to the stage at a PRLACC-sponsored event at Jorgenson on Friday.

Gabriel Iglesias brings entourage of comedians and jokes to a sold out Jorgensen

By Loumarie Rodriguez Campus Correspondent

The big and fluffy comedian Gabriel Iglesias graced the stage at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing

Arts Friday night. His catch phrase “I’m not fat, I’m fluffy,” a talent for creating great voice effects brought in a large crowd that sold- out the theater.

The whole venue was

packed with anticipating fans of Iglesias and boomed with excitement as the show kicked off. And with Comedy Central sponsoring Iglesias the stage was set up with two projector screens on each

corner of the mezzanine to give all audience members a better look of all the comedians. This also included several stage props that held large lighting pieces displaying Iglesias’ name.

Presented by SUBOG and the Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center Iglesias put on a show with five other new rising comedians. The show began with Martin Moreno, a comedian and the host of the night. Moreno started off the show with a few jokes and stories about getting older and trying to figure how to delete his Myspace. He then entertained the crowd with more comedic spins on how Facebook is a tattle tale.

Once he finished his routine, he quickly introduced Shawn Latham, another friend and fellow comedian on tour with Iglesias. He told stories of interesting encounters with the police and other unusual situations.

At the end of Latham’s act Moreno introduced Rick Gutierrez. Gutierrez ranted on about how he is a bit paranoid to be Mexican because of all the recent changes in immigration issues. He then changed the topic and explained why women made liars out of men in a very serious tone that had most of the audience laughing. The next comedian, Alfred Robles, talked about how he tends to give more money to homeless guys that hold up interesting hand written signs.

As his stand up came to a close the last opener comedian took stage. Noe Gonzalez made fun of his 5-foor-2 height and made the audience laugh by talking about the up’s and down’s of being short. After much great anticipation and an awkward quick contest of who can fit a shirt Moreno finally introduced Iglesias, most audience mem-

bers on their feet applauding as he ran on stage, “I have no business running,” he said to an audience roar.

He quickly got into the show by explaining he does not prepare any of his material ahead of time and instead just thinks of stories and manages to make it sound funny as he goes. He then began to ask how people in the Northeast manage to survive this frigid cold because he had a hard time adjusting to it. He said that some of us from UConn don’t respect the weather because he had seen joggers earlier that day. “There are treadmills,” he said.

Throughout the night he continued into many little stories however most of the material was fairly new because he didn’t want to stick to the old routine.

But toward the middle of the show he did ask if the audience was interested in hearing some older stories that could be found in earlier routines.

He started off with his infamous “Gift Basket” story, which had audience members rolling in their chairs with laughter as he got to the punch line of his story.

Whether it was how he started receiving chocolate cakes after telling one small fact to a past show or his battle with Type 2 diabetes, his vignettes were hits. As the night drew to a close he received another standing ovation from the audience that shook Jorgensen as he proceeded off stage.

“It was awesome. I’m so glad we came and it was so good,” said Amanda Price, a 4th-semester communications major.

“The best thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life,” said

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Step contest is more than a display of talent

By Kim Halpin Campus Correspondent

The Jorgenson Center for the Performing Arts hosted the fourth annual “Story Telling Through Step Dancing” show on Saturday night. SUBOG, the Jorgenson and the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) sponsored the show.

The NPHC has historically been an organization for nine African-American fraternities and sororities, and the “divine-nine” were well represented at the event with all organizations present. Those consisted of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Zeta Phi Beta

Sorority, Inc., Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. There was unorganized chaos outside the theater before the show as hundreds of students and alumni waited to buy tickets. By the time the show started, the floor sections were completely filled, as well as most of the balcony.

Hosting the show was Terrance J from BET’s 106 & Park and DJ Buck as known as Mr. March 3.

Together they entertained the crowd before the show started and in between acts.

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On Saturday night, groups from the National Pan-Hellenic Council showcased their step moves on the Jorgensen stage. The event was called “Story Telling Through Step Dancing.”

Verizon is the new home to the Apple iPhone

By Nicole Green Campus Correspondent

AP

Dan Mead, left, CEO of Verizon Wireless, and Tim Cook, COO of Apple, announce that Verizon Wireless will carry Apple’s iPhone, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011 in New York.

The moment we’ve been waiting for is here: Verizon has taken on Apple’s iPhone. Naturally, debate and controversy already surround the release, set for Feb. 11. Verizon’s first commercial spot for the iPhone announced, “To our millions of customers who never stopped believing this day would come, thank you.” Clearly, Verizon probably didn’t believe this day would come, either.

Ironically, Verizon’s tagline when the Droid came out was “iDon’t, Droid Does;” they were criticizing a phone that they later planned on making millions of off.

The main problem already surrounding the new iPhones is the lack of certain capabilities in the Verizon network; data trans-

missions and phone calls cannot take place at the same time (i.e no surfing the web while on a call, which is one of the AT&T iPhone’s most successful and sought-out qualities). While AT&T has slightly faster service, Verizon’s 3G coverage is much greater than that of AT&T. Another probable issue will be the pre-ordering stages. AT&T’s server crashed during their primary iPhone pre-orders, so Verizon has just a few hours to prove their superiority from the beginning.

The Verizon iPhones will sell for the same price as the AT&T ones; 199 dollars for the 16 GB and 299 dollars for 32 GB, although off contract Verizon’s iPhone is 50 dollars more than the AT&T one.

Verizon customers have mixed feelings about the new iPhone.

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Just add beer

By Joe Pentecost Campus Correspondent

With beer gaining so much popularity in recent years, it isn’t surprising that customers have begun to find their favorite brews popping up in some odd places. Bars that previously offered a small selection of suds have begun to expand their tap towers and accommodate the diversifying palates of their customer base. But with this expansion, many bartenders have begun inventing new mixed drinks that call for beer as one of the ingredients–this can’t be what the brewers intended, is it?

Like it or not, the recent innovations in the Craft Beer Industry have caused many historic style guidelines to be broken, prompting breweries to experiment with herbs, spices, fruits and vegetables that would never have been previously found in beer. Brewers may add various ingredients to lend a certain spiciness or floral note to complement a yeast character or simply create an entire beer based around the flavor profile of an aromatic herb or fresh fruit.

Unlike many distillers, brewers make their product with the intent that the consumer will decant and enjoy their product fresh and unaltered as it was envisioned.

But a recent movement has seen many mixologists using beers in mixed drinks to entice new customers at bars.

The vast majority of these types of beer mixed drinks include fruit juices or sodas and are aimed at the non-beer drinker, attempting to sweeten their beverage such as in the “Shandy,” a popular libation in Europe mixing beer and 7UP or lemonade. Ssome beer mixed drinks may even pique the interest of the beer purist. Worldrenowned beer bar, The Blind Tiger (New York) has over 20 taps flowing–but if you’re not in the mood for a fresh brew, they offer their famous Beer Bloody Mary. Utilizing a selection of the beers they have on tap, most often a malty doppelbock and a hearty imperial stout, they mix up the drink with tomato juice and the usual spices before a barrage of garnish including olives, pickle, celery, peppers and a lemon wedge for good measure.

For traditionalists, the Black and Tan is a classic mixed drink composed of equal proportions of a pale ale (such as Bass) and a porter or stout (such as Guinness), though there are many interpretations of this famous drink.

Crate and Barrel takes it a step further with their trio of “Beer Rimming” spices including pumpkin pie, cinnamon and chili lime flavors that are intended to be applied to the rim of your pint glass and complement the flavor of your favorite brew. One can’t help but think that if the brewer intended for these types of flavors to be present in their beer, they could have brewed with them in the first place. Besides, I don’t think your pumpkin beer needs any additional cinnamon flavor.

Regardless of your beer of choice, at least give it a chance as it was intended before you experiment with any additions to your glass. Take a moment and savor the brew in its pure form, and appreciate the labor of the brewer that made that refreshment possible. He will thank you later. Cheers!

Joseph.Pentecost@UConn.edu

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New show on FX focuses on the hardships in the profession of boxing

By Jason Bogdan Staff Writer

1. Auburn/Oregon (ESPN) - 27.3 2. BCS Bowl Showcase L (ESPN) - 16.9 3. BCS Bowl Studio L (ESPN) - 12.3 4. Jersey Shore (ESPN) - 8.5 5. The Game (BET) - 7.6 6. Suite Life on Deck (DCNY) - 7.1 7. Good Luck Charlie (DSNY) - 6.6 8. Hannah Montana Forever (DSNY) - 6.2 9. Sports Center Late (ESPN) - 4.2 10. SpongeBob (NICK) - 4.7

I’m actually glad that these first two episodes of the new FX series “Lights Out,” turned out to not be exactly what the ad campaign made it out to be.

The commercials were mostly comprised of scenes of boxing fights along with usual training montage, topped off with the tagline: “this country loves a comeback.” I thought I was about to delve into “Rocky: The MA-Rated TV Show.”

Thankfully for those wanting more originality in our comeback storylines, “Lights Out” makes the wise deci-

sion of using the TV season format to make a story that heads to the darker realism areas that are par for the course of an FX series than where the Rocky films went.

The former champion boxer Patrick “Lights Out” Leary, eventually sets out to regain his title not for honor or respect than it is about absolute financial desperation.

The pilot starts off innocently enough with Lights spending his post boxing days playing the role of a loving father with a training gym to give up-and-coming boxers advice. But it doesn’t take long before we see the harsh reality of Lights’ situation.

Those five years in luxury

with his daughters in highpaying schools while his wife is still not an official paid doctor finally catch up to him with both the IRS and his shady loan sharks starting to show their fangs.

What follows is Lights milking whatever status he has left to make money in hosting bingo and beer commercials, as well as doing thrifty odd jobs for his loaner, to make ends meet.

Within the first two hours of this “comeback” do we get the clear message that Lights will do anything to keep his family safe. The unplanned rematch probably the only method that won’t end him in poverty or jail.

From the previews after the second episode, it seems that the wheels will finally meet the road with Lights starting to train for the big match that’ll likely end the first season. I didn’t expect much at the start, but if these first two episodes, which took more cues from the bitter behind-the-scenes taste of “The Wrestler” than the sports-film melodrama in “Million Dollar Baby,” were any indication, then this “comeback” tale might go down in ways unimaginable for the usual two-hour boxing film.

Jason.Bogdan@UConn.edu

Cliff hangers galore in “Pretty Little Liars”

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What I’m watching “Southland” Tuesdays, 10 p.m.

TNT There a lot of cop shows out there. But none of them accurately depict the life of an officer as “Southland” does. The show is beautifully shot with shaky scenes on the shadowy streets of Los Angeles. Each episode opens with a dead opener that is almost like a cliffhanger that is solved in a mere hour of TV time.

Furthermore, the cast of characters is stellar. All of the subjects are from the same precinct.

However, they only interact with each other minimally and spend more time with their partners.

Each pair has a wildly different relationship and this is where the real meat of the show is found.

The police profession has become a jaded topic thanks to shows like “Law and Order” and “N.Y.P.D. Blue.” But “Southland” offers a new approach to things.

Although it is rough and dirty it is the freshest of them all.

-Purbita Saha

Addicted to reality

By Hima Mamillapalli Staff Writer

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(From left to right) Fledgling actresses Troian Avery Bellisario, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell and Ashley Benson are the stars of ABC Family’s new serial ‘Pretty Little Liars.’

By Loumarie Rodriguez Campus Correspondent It’s only midseason but ABC Family’s “Pretty Little Liars” continues its addicting mystery of who is the devious “A” that is causing so much trouble within the circle of friends. Episode 2 begins with Spencer secretly listening to her older sister’s conversation with her brand new husband Ian (also Spencer’s ex-fling in the past) speaking very quietly. There is already some suspicion surrounding Ian and why would he suddenly married Spencer’s uptight and rigid older sister.

Then there was the mysterious text from “A” that says “Married for love or an alibi?” Spencer suspects that Ian could have been with

Ally when she died.

As the episode continues we see Hanna’s stolen money (that her mom had originally stolen from thebank where she works) slowly appears in mysterious spots but only after receiving more random texts from “A”. Not to mention every time “A” sends a deviant text, accompanied by Noel, the former boyfriend of Aria, just happens to appear on the scene. And the fact that Aria has found out that he has been blackmailing the English teacher, Ezra, on the relationship he had with her, the mess just continues to grow as the hour-long episode proceeds.

Toby the suspected killer of Ally has been released and is now back at the school but other students sure have not made it easy for him and

at one point he does break down. To make matters worse his bizarre step sister Jenna makes his situation worse by hitting on him but is angered when he refuses her.

As for Emily we see her relationship with Maya blossom and she grows more comfortable with the fact she is gay. But her mom is still disapproving and manages to find a way to separate the two. She finds marijuana after going through Maya’s backpack and calls her parents who send her off to a camp for juvenile delinquents. “A” somehow manages to frame Noel of stealing a test before midterms, which saves Ezra’s job and his relationship with Aria.

In the end, the girls are hanging out at Spencer’s house when they all receive

a text message from “A” to look at their emails, where they find Ally’s last video . However there is more to it. It turns out Spencer was right : Ian was the last one to see her alive as seen on the footage with scenes implying that he did kill her and it ends there until the next episode.

What will happen next?

Will this mystery “A” finally reveal his or her self?

Will the girls confront Ian about their new found knowledge? And if Ian is the killer why did he do it? It would seem that disaster is bound to strike sooner or later with all this chaos happening all at once. The new episode of “Pretty Little Liars” will premiere today at 8 p.m. on ABC Family.

Loumarie Rodriguez@UConn.edu

We can make fun of the shows, the characters and the absurdness of the plots, but we cannot deny that we have at one point in our lives been addicted to reality TV. The booming entertainment industry can be traced as far back as 1948 with the program “Candid Camera.” Originally intended as a radio show called “Candid Microphone,” “Candid Camera” used hidden cameras to film people encountering unusual situations. After the joke was revealed, the catch phrase of the show, “Smile, you’re on “Candid Camera,” was said by the announcers.

Does the show “Candid Camera” sound very familiar? It may be because the show has a total of 38 seasons and ran on TV from 1948 to 2004. You may have come across an episode or two without realizing that you were watching the show that marked the beginning of reality TV. There are other television programs similar to “Candid Camera”. For example, the popular MTV show “Punk’d” placed hidden cameras that observe pranks being played on celebrities. (Remember the episode when Justin Timberlake believes that he owes money to the government and then bursts out in tears?) “Howie Do It” is another program that is about jokes played on innocent individuals. But “Howie Do It” is different from “Candid Camera” and “Punk’d” because the cameras are not hidden. (“Howie Do It” also did not become as popular as “Candid Camera” or “Punk’d.”)

“Candid Camera” started it all, but Reality TV would of course not be as successful without its diligent viewers. For some reason, people love to see other human beings make fools of themselves. Let’s take the show “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” for example. I have been watching this show for as long as I can remember and if you ask me what I like about the show, I would have to say that watching other people do stupid things is highly entertaining. I’m sure that there are other people out there who feel this way.

Reality TV has come a long way from hidden cameras.

There are a wide range of reality shows that involve finding a spouse through a contest (“The Bachelor/ Bachelorette”) landing a job as a chef for a highly acclaimed restaurant (“Hell’s Kitchen”) and surviving a summer with a house full of guidos/guidettes (“Jersey Shore”), and the list goes on and on.

Another appealing trait of reality TV is that it’s…real?

How realistic is Reality TV? You have to wonder if whether somethings are staged to appeal to a wider audience.

Reality shows are supposed to portray real people doing things that they would normally do in everyday life.

But take the show “Fear Factor” for example. Who in real life would eat cow intestines or endure intense pain if money was not up for grabs? Whether it’s real or fake, one thing is for sure: reality TV is not going anywhere for a long time.

Hima.Mamillapalli@UConn.edu

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The marriage between jokes and sports “Onion SportsDome” presents sports news with a sarcastic twist

By Joe O’Leary Staff Writer Let’s face it; at this point, sports journalism is easy to parody. With continuing storylines that suck up all the attention that should be going to stories that matter, ESPN is regularly assaulted with all-day news about Brett Favre’s choice of lunch, LeBron’s latest villainous declaration or upcoming games that won’t be held for days, if not weeks.

With this in mind, the new Comedy Central show “Onion SportsDome” couldn’t have come at a better time. The first of two spinoffs from online parody newspaper “The Onion” debuting this year (the other is on IFC, which isn’t on campus, unfortunately), the “SportsDome” trounces “SportsCenter,” whom it is primed to satire.

Dark, disturbing and hilarious, “SportsDome” sends up

dozens of sports personalities, teams and even entire sports themselves. Each episode is packed with one-liners tearing down specific subjects, such as “J.J. Redick traded to cast of HBO’s “Entourage,” and features. For instance, Lebron James, Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade forcibly create new rules for basketball such as forcing every player to shoot backward because it “looks cool,” or Bill Belichick throws acid in Tom Brady’s face out of jealousy.

But the parody digs deeper than simply sports. The show is a well-designed satire of SportsCenter, with an identical set and personable sportscasters.

“Mark Shepherd” and “Alex Reiser” behave exactly how many “SportsCenter” announcers act on the show, with friendly banter that turns weird and personality quirks that lead to disturbing places. Even better are short segments parodying indepth shows on ESPN, includ-

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Genre lampoon ‘Onion SportsDome’ is a spin off from the magazine ‘The Onion.’ In the image above sportscasters Reggie Greengrass and Alex Reiser (played by Beau Baxter and Matt Walton) start off the evening news with a few jokes.

ing “Who Would You Kill?” instead of NFL Countdown’s “Come On, Man!” Best of all are the segments parodying SportsCenter’s heartwarming stories about people overcoming adversity.

“SportsDome” has devoted time to stories about an Iraq War veteran who lost both hands in

battle and decided to become an MMA fighter with metal-alloy hands (which kill his opponents in one hit) and a young cancerstruck Phillies fan who wants nothing more than to heckle her least favorite player, David Wright, at an actual game.

“SportsDome” is offensive and hilarious, and perfect for

any sports fan. But if you’re still on the fence, one more thing you should know- the show has a weekly segment covering highlights from the “Crystal Meth Hallucination League.” If that doesn’t put you over the edge, nothing will.

Joseph.O’Leary@UConn.edu

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The midseason premiere of “Parks and Recreation,” Amy Poehler’s loving format-rip of “The Office,” picks up with the central conflicts that last season ended with.

Principally, the Pawnee government was actually shut down due to lack of funds, and Leslie Knope must retrieve her band

of disgruntled former coworkers to return to their post at the Parks department, after a three-month hiatus. The two “suits” who arrived last season to deliver the news of the department’s closing are also now regulars on the show, one played by an over-energetic Rob Lowe. These government higher-ups actually reinstate the Parks department, but with serious cutbacks in funding and

ability. Leslie’s team is put in “maintenance mode,” only able to continue the most basic duties of the department and put in charge of organizing a two-team youth basketball league.

Meanwhile, Andy and April’s near-relationship is still reeling from Andy’s accidental hospital bed kiss with Rashida Jones’ Ann Perkins. Andy has left at least “200” messages for April, who has ignored all of them and

found instead, a Venezuelan boyfriend to replace the thick-head.

Andy’s persistence is funny, but the buildup to the breakup of his and April’s under the surface relationship is frustrating. If they haven’t already, audiences will soon tire of this subplot unless it is resolved within the next few episodes.

Desperate to restore the Parks department’s former “glory,” Leslie convinces Ann to go on

Last week, MTV premiered its newest controversial series “Skins,” an adaptation of the British teen drama that follows angst-ridden teenagers through daily battles with drugs, sex and school.

“Skins” initially began in 2007 in the U.K. as a raunchy show depicting the lives of youths in Bristol, England.

The characters face instances of abuse and mental illness,

and the story continues when they turn to alcohol and drugs to cope.

MTV has translated the show with an American cast, but maintain the same grunge and defiance as the original.

The first episode aired last Monday and highlighted Tony, the witty ringleader with all the connections and mystique that allures both sexes. His first quest of the show, after helping his little sister sneak in from a rough night of partying, was to secure a girl to fix his friend Stanley’s “virgin thing.”

He calls in favors with each of the show’s ladies, from cheerleaders to druggies and even his own girlfriend.

The 40-minute show quickly transitions from Stanley’s virginity and dives into some outlandish situations. The audience strolls through a raging unsupervised house party while Stanley nearly reaches his goal with Cadie.

Instead of going all the way, Cadie admits to swallowing a fistful of pills before passing out in Stanley’s arms. A whirlwind ride and minor pit

stop later land the group of eight friends treading water after Tony accidentally drives his car into a river. The episode concludes with Tony and Stanley casually lying next to each other, staring up at an open ceiling.

While MTV managed to get the angst level to an alltime high, it took “Skins” a bit too far. The network completely ignored the boundaries of reality that exists for high school students everywhere, especially as the cast nonchalantly walks away

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from Tony’s submerged SUV. The episode bounces around from one improbable scenario to another, and has characters that wouldn’t even exist in the darkest depths of city slums.

If MTV dilutes the drama and focuses on one issue at a time, “Skins” could very well be the new “Jersey Shore.”

The next episode airs tonight at 10 p.m. on MTV and will focus on sexual identities between characters.

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a date with Lowe’s unflappable Chris Traeger to romantically convince him to increase their budget. Not confident in Ann’s coquette ability, Leslie joins the two on their date. After succeeding in securing the desired money for a Pawnee Harvest Festival revival, Leslie immediately lets slip that the date was plotted, hurting Chris’s feelings. Eventually, however, Ann fixes her blunder with Chris, and he and his partner agree to grant the department the needed money.

Most notable in this episode was the running joke of Rob Lowe’s character, who is positive 100 percent of everyday, and has “never had a bad date,” ever. Fans of the show were likely surprised that Lowe joined the ensemble cast after having worked in dramatic roles (like on ABC’s “Brothers and Sisters”) in the past few years. His delivery is sharp and his comedic timing is on point with the rest of the goofy cast, though his shtick as the perfect guy could grow tired quickly if intentional development does not occur.

In the coming season, viewers should expect the department to work blunderingly to restore their budget, while the Andy/April and Chris/Ann romances iron themselves out.

With the premiere, “Parks and Recreation” has continued to hit it out of the comedy park, further establishing its niche in the NBC Thursday comedy lineup which has never been better.

Harrison.Paup@UConn.edu

MTV’s “Skins” is ridiculous and unrealistic

By Steph Ratty Staff Writer

Christian Tuesta, a secondsemester nursing major.

“If I die tonight, I die happy, I die fluffy,” said Karl Stevens a second-semester engineering major.

Iglesias also announced that he will be starting his own show on Comedy Central where he will be introducing new comedians who don’t have many opportunities, and even pulling a couple of pranks as well.

tive with the audience and even danced with some individuals. Audience members were dancing in the aisles, many with their own choreographed dances, and got throw back hits from the 1980s and 90s to reminisce with. It set the upbeat tone for the show.

Before all of the organizations had their turn on stage, a member from NPHC gave the back story on each sorority and fraternity and how they were created. A member of each group represented them on stage to exemplify their characteristics.

J.J. Conlon, a secondsemester biology major, commented by saying that he was “very intrigued after the introductions,” and that “the show was an experience. It was amazing to see how they took stepping and made it into such an art form.”

The sororities were the first groups to perform their choreographed step routines.

Some parts included background music from the DJ while other portions were used to showcase the groups’ ability to move and hit the right sounds together in unison.

The performances were definitely well rehearsed, as it was difficult to find anyone making a mistake. They also were able to display what their organizations stood for and what were important parts of their personalities.

Second-semester computer science major Arjun Mohan said, “One of my favorites was when the first performers, Delta Sigma Theta, used a girl as a jump rope and when they blindfolded themselves. That must have taken months of practice.”

At the end of the night, a team of judges determined the rankings for both fraternities and sororities. Coming in first were Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Then in second place were Omega psi phi fraternity and Sigma gamma rho sorority.

Sixth-semester political science major Lhens Vilson said, “I think this was the best show hosted by NPHC because of how great the performances were and how energetic the audience was. The best part, though, was hanging out with my brothers of Iota Phi Theta.

It was just a great time.”

“Park and Recreation” returns with pompadour

By Harrison Paup Campus Correspondent

Comedy Central personality offers opportunities

Plea deals reached in actress sham marriage case

Verizon services now compatible with the iPhone

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Mexican actress has agreed to plead guilty to lying in an immigration proceeding and will avoid a retrial on charges that she engaged in a sham marriage to remain in the United States.

Fernanda Romero will acknowledge she made a false statement on an immigration form in December 2007, according to court records filed in Los Angeles.

Her husband, Kent Stuart Ross, also agreed to plead guilty to falsely stating on immigra-

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tion forms that he and Romero were living together in 2005 and 2006.

Romero had small roles in several films, including “Drag Me to Hell,” but is best known for her role in the Mexican soap opera “Eternamente Tuya.”

Prosecutors are not seeking jail time for the couple, although it will be up to a judge to determine any punishment.

The pair was charged with entering a sham marriage in April, and a mistrial was

declared in September after jurors reported deliberations had grown hostile.

A retrial was scheduled for February. The pair faced five years each in federal prison if convicted.

The actress had been living in the United States for 10 years, occasionally working as a model, before she and Ross married in 2005. Prosecutors contend the pair married so Romero could obtain permanent residency, although they were living in separate homes and were dating

feelings about the new iPhone. Kristen Manuzzi, a second semester bio-medical engineering major, believe that the Verizon iPhone will never be as good as the original, because “AT&T will always be a step ahead of Verizon,” Manuzzi said.

Alternatively, Political Science major Matea Batarilo, also in her second semester believes that

the release of the Verizon iPhone will be a major blow to AT&T. “I think that Verizon will make back all of the money it lost when AT&T had a monopoly over the iPhone,” Batarilo said. “If people were willing to switch services for a phone, they will be willing to switch back to Verizon who consistently shows they are ahead of their competition when it comes to service.”

Amid the disputes, the Verizon iPhone’s release is heavily anticipated. Sales are predicted to surpass nine million phones, while AT&T sales will be significantly lower because of Verizon’s release.

“I’ve already spoken to a few friends and they’re planning on making the purchase,” Batarilo said. “We will clearly see a rise in the Verizon service in the coming months.”

Nicole.Green@UConn.edu

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Hilarity ensues on 'Modern Family' 'Greek' is back with new love triangles

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ABC's 'Modern Family' is back after the holidays with three new episodes. In the still above, Phil Dunphy and his wife Claire have an undesirable rendezvous with one of Phil's ex-girlfriends.

The actresses of 'Greek' return to the silver screen for another season after a long hiatus. Relationships have changed in the show as the sororities continue to compete for power at Cyprus Rhodes University.

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and Cameron to find a baseball glove with “L’il Slugger” written on the side.

“Caught in the Act” starts with the Dunphy kids walking in on their parents having sex.

Claire is horrified, remembering her mental anguish when she walked in on her parents having sex when she was younger.

Gloria accidentally sends a brutally honest e-mail to Claire about her bossy behavior, and she and Jay rush over to apologize. Claire thinks Gloria’s references to the e-mail are about the sex, resulting in much hilarity. Jay and Gloria end up lying and telling Phil and Claire that the e-mail in question contains a naked picture of Gloria, so it gets deleted unread. Mitchell and Cameron attempt to find an “in” at a hot new restaurant, but fail miserably.

In the weeks following its winter hiatus, “Modern Family” has continued to deliver its wonderful combination of character-driven humor and semirelatable family drama.

In “Slow Down Your Neighbors,” Claire takes considerable steps to catch and stop a frequent speeder on his street.

At the same time, Phil tries to land an important listing with a difficult client, who turns out to be the speeder. Meanwhile, Jay teaches Gloria and Manny to ride a bike with hilarious results, as Manny is a natural but Gloria finds the task difficult. Finally, Mitchell and Cameron meet a new neighbor, who turns out to be a drifter who is living in their daughter Lily’s princess castle.

The following episode, “Our Children, Ourselves,” Phil

and Claire become concerned with Alex’s study habits, and force her to take a break. Alex expresses her belief that she is being held back by her parents. Claire begins to wonder if she and Phil are holding their kids back, and so they go see a French movie in an effort to encourage their kids.

Meanwhile, a couple that Jay and Gloria met on vacation comes to visit them, much to Jay’s annoyance. He tells them his true feelings, but Gloria convinces them to stay by telling them that Jay’s “mind is going away.”

Finally, Mitchell runs into his ex-girlfriend, and he sees her with a redheaded 8-year-old boy whose age matches the last time they had sex. He and Cameron go and confront her about it, but at her house realize the child is in fact a dwarf man and her husband. The situation becomes hilariously awkward when he opens his gift from Mitchell

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Sir Elton John is "fed up" with being a treated like a "secondclass citizen" in the U.S. That's why the 63-year-old gay singer said he took a stand last week during a performance at a private Beverly Hills fundraiser for the ongoing legal challenge to California's gay marriage ban. The outspoken British piano man, who became a parent to a baby boy on Christmas Day with partner David Furnish, added that "as I get older, I get more angry about it."

"In this country, we need more dialogue," he said during an interview Friday. "We don't need any more stone throwing.

We don't need any more vitriol. We need people to say, 'OK.

I'm straight. You're gay. Let's get along. I'm Republican.

You're Democratic. Let's work together.' I'm sick and tired of people being hateful to each other in this country."

John disappointed some gay rights activists after California's Proposition 8 referendum measure banning gay marriage passed in 2008 when he said he had no desire to get married and was satisfied with his civil partnership in England. He sang a different tune Wednesday when he praised the effort to overturn Proposition 8 and promised to do everything he could to support it, even though he is British.

The couple's son, Zachary Jackson Levon FurnishJohn, was born in California

NEW YORK (AP) – Keith Olbermann's exit from MSNBC appeared abrupt to viewers of his show, but the talk-show host and his network were involved "in a relationship that's been failing for a long time," an NBC Universal executive said Saturday.

Olbermann's announcement at the end of Friday's "Countdown" that it would be his last show quiets, at least for the moment, the most dominant liberal voice in a cable-television world where opinionated talk has been the most bankable trend over the past several years.

As Olbermann read from a James Thurber short story during a three-minute exit statement Friday night, MSNBC simultaneously e-mailed a statement to reporters that the network and host "have ended their contract." Neither indicated a reason nor addressed whether Olbermann quit or was fired.

But the NBC Universal executive characterized it as a mutual parting of the ways, with Olbermann taking the first step. The executive spoke on condition of anonymity because settlement talks were kept confidential.

Olbermann was nearly fired in November but instead was suspended for two days without pay for violating an NBC News policy by donating to three political campaigns, including the congressional campaign of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

He returned and apologized to his fans, but not the network.

Last fall, Olbermann saw his role on NBC's 'Sunday Night Football" eliminated.

Olbermann, a former sports anchor, had willingly worked six days a week to be involved with the highly rated football telecast. NBC said he was removed so he could concentrate on his MSNBC job.

MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines insisted Olbermann's exit had nothing to do with the acquisition of parent company NBC Universal by Comcast, which received regulatory approval Tuesday. That deal marks the exit of NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker, who saw Olbermann's value in turning around a once-unprofitable network, despite headaches the mercurial personality sometimes caused his bosses.

Olbermann and his manager did not immediately respond to requests for com-

With a new semester upon us, the characters on ABC Family’s hit show “Greek” are back for another year at Cyprus Rhodes University.

The show’s last season aired Jan. 3, beginning with Casey investigating her rejection from CRU Law. She finds that a previous boss wrote her a bad recommendation after she refused his sexual advances.

When she is accepted, she chooses to stay at CRU and be ZBZ’s housemother with the hope that Cappie changes his ways so that they can be together. Ashleigh starts a job in New York City, and Rebecca takes over as Zeta Beta’s president.

The third episode begins when Rusty finds out that his

roommate Dale has pledged Kappa Tau’s rival fraternity, Omega Chi. The competition between the houses causes a riff between Dale and Rusty, and Rusty’s new girlfriend plans a murder mystery dinner to win Dale back to the “nerds.”

Casey is struggling through her classes at CRU Law, and she wonders if she made the right decision to stay.

Ashleigh returns to the Zeta Beta house after running away from her job in the city, fearing the real world.

The news of Casey’s rejection-turned-acceptance gets around campus, and the law students believe Casey to be a slut who slept her way into law school.

Casey’s four-year-long love triangle continues, although Evan is finally out of the picture aubxw gw ua dat-

ing Rebecca. Casey’s ultimatum to Cappie was that they couldn’t be together if he didn’t become ambitious and choose a life path, so Cappie starts taking early classes and doing his homework. His plan works until he and Calvin get high to work on a philosophical debate assignment and Casey catches them.

During this week’s new episode, Beaver teams up with Casey and Katherine for a term paper, during which Casey is forced to confront the fact that she is the reason Cappie and Evan are no longer friends. Rusty and Ashleigh share a heated moment of truth in their friendship. Tune in to the fourth episode tomorrow evening at 9 p.m.

through a surrogate mother.

John said he was disappointed that members of the Church of England questioned his parenthood in the days following his son's birth. He insisted that he's not against religion and that "Jesus was a wonderful, compassionate man, who forgave on the cross."

"Everyone is entitled to have their own beliefs and their own spirituality," said John.

"The big difference is that the dogma of the church can be so hateful and divisive. It's stuck in the Stone Age. We don't live in the Stone Age anymore. The church is losing people left, right and center because people are fed up with the rhetoric that they're giving them."

NEW YORK (AP) – Jonathan Franzen is back in the awards circle.

Franzen's "Freedom," among last year's most highly praised novels, is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle awards. Franzen had been bypassed for the National Book Awards, judged by fellow authors, but was an obvious choice for a prize voted on by reviewers, many of whom placed "Freedom" on their annual bestof lists. None of the fiction nominees for the National Book Award, including winner Jaimy Gordon's "Lord of Misrule," was chosen for the critics circle prize.

The 31 nominees in six competitive categories (autobiogra-

phy has six finalists) announced Saturday were an international blend of popular authors such as Franzen, Christopher Hitchens and Patti Smith and the kind of lesser-known picks critics pride themselves on, such as German-Dutch novelist Hans Keilson, 101 years old, and cited for the acclaimed "Comedy in a Key." Finalists were published by Random House Inc., Simon & Schuster and other major New York houses, and by McSweeney's, Graywolf Press and the Feminist Press.

Winners will be announced March 10. There are no cash prizes.

Nominees also included Jennifer Egan's novel "A Visit From the Goon Squad," Isabel Wilkerson's

history "The Warmth of Other Suns" and memoirs by Hitchens ("Hitch-22") and Smith, whose "Just Kids" won an NBA for nonfiction. Books written in foreign languages but available in English translation also are eligible, so fiction finalists besides Egan and Franzen included Keilson and Israel's David Grossman for "To the End of the Land." The fifth nominee was Irish novelist Paul Murray for "Skippy Dies."

The nonfiction choices were Wilkerson, S.C. Gwynne's "Empire of the Summer Moon," Jennifer Homans' ballet history "Apollo's Angels," Barbara Demick's "Nothing to Envy" and Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Emperor of All Maladies."

ment on Saturday.

One clue Olbermann offered in his goodbye statement was that he'd "been told" that Friday was his last show. But Olbermann also said that "there were many occasions, particularly in the last 2½ years, where all that surrounded the show – but never the show itself – was just too much for me. But your support and loyalty and, if I may use the word, insistence, ultimately required that I keep going. My gratitude to you is boundless."

"He did more than anybody to establish the credibility of progressive views through market-driven success," said David Brock, founder and CEO of the left-wing media watchdog Media Matters for America.

Olbermann's show was also an incubator for left-wing talent on the air, he said. Two-thirds of MSNBC's prime-time lineup, Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell, got their own shows after successfully subbing for Olbermann. His show also gave platforms to bloggers like Josh Marshall and Markos Moulitsas, as well as his own organization and the Center for American Progress, Brock said.

"Countdown" took off at a

time when there was a large imbalance toward conservatives in radio and television political talk, Brock said.

"Keith led the way in correcting that," he said. "Now we're back to some degree of the balance going the other way."

After Giffords was shot in the head on Jan. 8, Olbermann came into the studio and took to the air on his day off with an emotional editorial saying politicians and talk-show personalities – including himself – need to swear off any kind of violent imagery so as not to incite anybody into acts like the Giffords shooting. He said on Jan. 10 that he was ending his "Worst Person in the World" feature because some viewers took literally a feature that was "born in humor."

The aftermath of the Giffords shooting led to a discussion about the need for more civility in political talk, but Olbermann made no mention of that issue on Friday night. MSNBC is replacing him with O'Donnell and moving anchor Ed Schultz into the 10 p.m. time slot and, along with Maddow, all of them swing left politically.

Phil Griffin, MSNBC's chief executive, expressed confidence

in his new lineup Saturday while declining to talk about what happened with Olbermann.

"They're tested," he said. "We didn't have to bring anyone here who is new. We brought in people we know and who will succeed and that's why we're confident going forward."

Anyone who expects the volume of political rhetoric on MSNBC will go down will be "rudely surprised" in about a week, said Brent Bozell, founder of the conservative watchdog Media Research Center.

O'Donnell "is every bit as mean-spirited (as Olbermann), but not as creative," Bozell said. "I don't think the philosophy of MSNBC will change one iota."

While he disagreed with most everything Olbermann said, "he had probably the best-produced show on television," Bozell said.

That's the danger for MSNBC and liberals – Olbermann may be replaced by someone who has the same viewpoints, but not necessarily with a show people are as eager to watch.

"I'm not in the slightest bit surprised" by Olbermann's exit, Bozell said. "I've been expecting this to happen for a long time. But I was expecting a

more spectacular blow-up."

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Jonathan Franzen, Patti Smith Elton John puts up a fight nominees for critics awards

Olbermann's failed career at MSNBC a long-time coming

Olbermann's peripatetic career landed him at MSNBC eight years ago – his second prime-time stint on the network – with a humorous show counting down the day's top stories.

That changed on Aug. 30, 2006, when Olbermann aired the first of a series of densely worded and blistering "special comments," this time expressing anger at then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's criticism of opponents to the war in Iraq.

More anti-Bush administration commentary followed.

Olbermann dropped any pretense of journalistic objectivity, and he became a hero to liberals battered by the popularity of Fox News Channel and its conservative commentators. Olbermann openly feuded with Fox, often naming personalities like Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck "worst persons in the world" for some of their statements.

"Countdown" became MSNBC's most popular show.

Instantly, a network that had often floundered in seeking a direction molded itself after Olbermann.

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Steelers beat Jets 24-19 for AFC title

PITTSBURGH (AP)—The Pittsburgh Steelers found a fitting way to shut down the New York Jets’ season.

What started with “Hard Knocks,” ended with hard knocks.

For the third time in six seasons, Terrible Towels will twirl at the Super Bowl. The Steelers silenced Rex Ryan’s wild bunch with a fumble return for a touchdown and a goal-line stand in a 24-19 victory for the AFC championship Sunday.

They will face Green Bay in Dallas in two weeks.

Look out Big D, here comes another Big D—in black and gold, and with an unmatched history of carrying off the Lombardi Trophy.

You can bet that unit led by James Harrison, which shut down the Jets’ comeback in the fourth quarter, will test Aaron Rodgers. That overwhelming defense set the tone for most of a frigid night at Heinz Field to end the Jets’ stunning postseason run. Ryan slammed down his headset when Antonio Brown, also a hero last week, caught a pass for a first down that allowed Pittsburgh to hang on and run out the clock.

And the Steelers (14-4) will challenge the Packers’ defense with a versatile attack led by running back Rashard Mendenhall and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

The Steelers ended the Jets’ season with a dominant first half for a 24-3 edge.

Mendenhall had 95 of his 121 yards and a touchdown.

“We knew we were going to have a chance to run the ball well,” Mendenhall said. “The offensive line, they controlled the line of scrimmage all game.”

Roethlisberger has moved on from a four-game suspension at the beginning of the season to take Pittsburgh to its eighth Super Bowl; the Steelers own the most titles, six. He scrambled time and again for key gains, often against shoddy tackling.

At game’s end, he kneeled on the field, his face buried in an

AFC championship T-shirt.

The cocky Jets seemed to have left everything they had in New England last Sunday.

There was little trash talking all week and even less fire early in their biggest game since winning the championship 42 years ago. They haven’t been back to the Super Bowl.

The Steelers are regulars, including titles for the 2005 and 2008 teams, both led by Roethlisberger and a fierce defense sparked by playmaking safety Troy Polamalu.

Polamalu, his hair pouring from under his helmet as the black-and-gold signature towels flowed throughout Heinz Field, didn’t have to do a whole lot this time. Not with the way his teammates whipped the Jets at the line of scrimmage before a spirited New York surge in the second half.

And too often, New York’s defense was like a swinging gate that Roethlisberger and Mendenhall ran through with ease.

New York (13-6) failed for the fourth time in the AFC title game since 1969, when the Jets won perhaps the most significant of all Super Bowls. It was a devastating finish, particularly after the Jets beat Peyton Manning and the Colts, then Tom Brady and the Patriots on the road to get to Pittsburgh.

Asked if he would change anything about this season, Ryan said “I would change the outcome of this game and that’s the only thing I would change. We don’t need to apologize to anybody. We’ll be back, you’ll see.”

The Steelers snapped New York’s hopes of making the Super Bowl a sixth-seed spectacular; the Packers are the NFC’s No. 6 seed.

Coach Mike Tomlin had his Steelers eager for the fight from the outset, while Ryan’s guys were flat until it was too late. The Jets did get a 45-yard TD pass from Mark Sanchez to Santonio Holmes—the hero of Pittsburgh’s Super Bowl victory two years ago—and a safety

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Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley celebrates with fans after a 24-19 win over the New York Jets in the AFC Championship game in Pittsburgh.

after Pittsburgh’s goal-line stand.

But the early hole was too deep, even after a 4-yard TD pass to Jerricho Cotchery made it 24-19 with 3:06 remaining. The Jets never got the ball back.

Pittsburgh set the early tone with a 66-yard march that took up the first nine minutes, with Roethlisberger displaying his scrambling skills on several plays, including a key 12-yard run on third-and-12. Mendenhall reached the ball over the goal line from the 1, the final of a 15-play drive in which the Steelers pushed around Ryan’s pride and joy.

But Pittsburgh also lost outstanding rookie center Maurkice Pouncey with an ankle injury, leaving it with just one backup offensive lineman.

It was the Jets who were struggling to block, though. And catch, with the usually surehanded Cotchery making a key third-down drop.

Or tackle. Mendenhall found seams to the left, right or up the middle. His 35-yard sprint in the second quarter led to Shaun Suisham’s 20-yard field goal and a 10-0 lead that was insurmountable the way the Jets were whiffing.

It became 17-0 as Roethlisberger, who was not prosecuted after being accused in March of the sexual assault of a 20-year-old college student, scooted into the end zone from the 2. Just 47 seconds later, Ike Taylor sacked Sanchez, forcing a fumble that William Gay ran 22 yards for a 24-0 lead.

Tough defense kept talented Vol's threats in check from TEAM, page 14 Melvin Goins led the Vols with 15 points and Tobias Harris added 10. Brian Williams snatched seven rebounds. Hopson finished with 13 points and five turnovers in the loss that made Tennessee’s season record 12-7.

“Scotty is at times just very special,” said coach Bruce Pearl. “He’s a terrific talent, great kid and a hard worker but he has been inconsistent.

Sometimes he lets his offense dictate his game.”

“We wanted to keep Hopson, who's a future pro in check,” Calhoun said.

Pearl stomped and yelled at Hopson and company throughout game. His frustrated sideline demeanor will be put on hold as Pearl will serve the last four games of his eight-game SEC suspension.

Jamal Coombs-McDaniel hit two straight 3-pointers five minutes into the game to cut the Vols lead to one.

The baskets were CoombsMcDaniel’s only points of the game.

Walker went scoreless until 5:23 remaining in the first half. Walker drew a foul and made 1-of-2 free throws for his first points of the game.

Walker went 3-for-8 shooting in the half and still finished with a team-high eight points going into the break.

The junior guard hit a 3-pointer at the first half buzzer to send the Huskies to the locker room up 32-31. Pearl said

it gave UConn much-needed momentum and changed the game.

Goins led all scorers with 10 points at the half.

Charles Okwandu finished with six points and five rebounds.

“I always told him ‘You a beast Charles if you want to be,’” Oriakhi said.

“I love working out, I’m a hard working player,” Okwandu said of his improvement in the post this season. “Sometimes when I’m relaxed... the game comes to me.”

With 4:30 left in the first half, Okwandu made a layin and on Tennessee’s next possession the senior center blocked a shot, pinning it up against the backboard. The Huskies went on the break and Walker hit a shot while falling to the floor to make the score 24-22 in favor of the Volunteers. Coming out of the timeout, UConn made a defensive stop and Oriakhi’s tip-in on the other end tied the game.

With two minutes left in the half, Smith hit a 3-pointer, half of his six points in the first, to give the Huskies a 27-25 lead. Hopson answered with a 3-pointer to swing the lead back in Tennessee’s favor. Walker’s jumper on the next possession gave UConn a 28-27 lead. The Volunteers added a bucket prior to Walker’s buzzer beater.

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Knicks and Nets struggle and the deal to acquire 'Melo finally falls through from JETS, page 14 In the NBA, the New York Knicks are on a six-game losing streak and are a game over .500 with a 22-21 record, good enough for the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference. It also looks like Denver Nuggets superstar Carmelo Anthony will be joining the Knicks either this season or next, as he said New York was his desired destination. The New Jersey Nets for the longest time had been the front-runner to land Anthony, but the deal finally fell through this past week. The Nets are at the bottom of the league with a 12-32, record but it is a visible improvement from last year.

It is pathetic that possibly two or three teams could have a losing record and still make the playoffs.

In the NHL, the New York Rangers are currently the sixth seed in the playoffs with 59 points,

10 behind the Flyers for the division lead. The New Jersey Devils are tied for a league-worst 35 points with the Edmonton Oilers.

The Islanders are not much better with only 37 points, while the Buffalo Sabres have 49 points.

The New York Yankees signed Rafael Soriano, who was the closer for division-rival Tampa Bay last season. Soriano will be used as a setup man for closer Marino Rivera. The real story with the signing is that general manager Brian Cashman had publicly said that the team had no plans to sign the reliever, but Hank Steinbrenner signed him anyway. The New York Mets have named Mike Pelfrey the opening day starter, as Johan Santana is scheduled to miss the first half of the season recovering from offseason surgery.

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UConn remains undefeated in conference play

By Colin McDonough Staff Writer Basketball was played at its purest at Gampel Pavilion on Saturday night. The No. 2 UConn women’s basketball team’s five starters were the only ones who scored for the Huskies in a 66-46 win over Pittsburgh, who only received one point from the bench.

In UConn’s first game since the departure of Samarie Walker, it became evident that the starter’s will have to carry even more of the load but only getting contributions from five players did not stop the Huskies from getting their 18th win.

“Our short bench was a little different than our short bench,” said coach Agnus Berenato. “He really plays like seven people anyway. The tricky part is your practices but I know they have a full squad of men’s players. You only need five to win. I don’t see any negative in that at all with his (Geno’s) players.”

Maya Moore scored 28 points,

20 of which came in the first aggressive in the second half,” half and Stefanie Dolson added 12 Auriemma said. “I thought yespoints and six rebounds. terday was her best practice since “It’s always important, no mat- she’s been at Connecticut.” ter what the situation is, for her to Auriemma was also happy come and do the things we work with Lorin Dixon’s play off the so hard on in practice,” Moore bench, but he doesn’t want the said of Dolson. “I think the more Huskies to turn into a one-womshe plays that way, the more con- an team. fidence you’re going to get and “She(Maya) played the type that’s what we need.” of game I’d like to see her play Dolson said that every night, but conditioning has no one else helped helped her contribher,” Auriemma ute more and every said.

Husky will get While UConn increased minutes practices against because of Walker men’s players, the leaving. team does not expect “That’s someAuriemma to take it thing that I try any easier on them Notebook to work on each now that the rotation and every day,” is down to a consisDolson said. “Just doing the tent seven. little things as hard as you “We don’t want that, we don’t can in practice has helped me want to do anything different,” tremendously on my condi- Moore said. tioning.”

Dolson played 26 minutes Big East update and hit 6 of 9 shots.

The Huskies improved to 7-0 “I thought she was really really in the Big East conference, but

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Sloppy play doesn’t keep UConn from winning

from MOORE’S, page 14

“There wasn’t a whole lot of flow to the game,” said head coach Geno Auriemma. “It seemed to be a chore, a struggle to get anything done for whatever reason,” Standing roughly 12 minutes from the final buzzer, the secondranked team in the nation ratcheted up their staunch defense and got down to business.

Racing down the court after forcing a missed lay-up, Dolson set up on the low block and collected a lob pass that she put home for two. One minute later ,another piece of nifty defense—this time a block— set up a second consecutive lay-up for the freshman center.

Dolson’s back-to-back scores keyed a 17-3 Connecticut run that would finish the game.

“I think anytime you win and don’t play well, I think it’s good for your team,” Auriemma said.

“It’s easy when every shot is going in and every bounce is going your way … It’s just

The quotable Agnus Berenato Free throw differential was the most eye-popping stat from UConn’s win. The Huskies shot 20 free throws, while the Panthers only had four tries from the line. While Berenato could be seen screaming for the officials attention during the game, after the game she indirectly commented on the differential.

“It’s amazing to me, it’s amazing to me,” Berenato said. “It was a pretty fun game for everyone to watch and I guess they didn’t want to stop the clock.”

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A UConn player drives to the basket, attempting a layup against the Pittsburgh defense.

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» NCAA BASKETBALL

West Virginia upends South Florida 56-46

another reminder you don’t just dial it up and plug it in and it happens.”

After disposing of the Panthers, the Huskies now look forward to the most difficult part of their schedule. With the Big East’s best ready to come after them, UConn will kick things off Wednesday down in Piscataway, NJ with Rutgers.

The Scarlet Knights were one of two teams to dish out defeat three years ago in Moore’s freshman season. The current senior captain is now well aware of the challenge that lies ahead for her young team.

“Hopefully we can get a better start. If we go into the RAC that way we might not come out with a favorable finish,” Moore said.

The women’s basketball team returns home one week from today for a top-five showdown with the Duke Blue Devils beginning at 7:30 inside

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there is little room for error at the top of the standings. DePaul is 5-0 in Big East play and is breathing down UConn’s neck.

Rutgers is also undefeated and the Huskies will pay the Scarlet Knights a visit on Wednesday.

Pitt fell to 1-4 in conference with the loss.

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West Virginia’s Casey Mitchell, shoots over South Florida’s Shaun Noriega during the first half of the game.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP)—West Virginia coach Bob Huggins joked that Casey Mitchell has suddenly become good at rebounding because he senses where his errant shots will end up.

Mitchell got his first career double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 21 West Virginia to a 56-46 win over South Florida on Sunday.

The Mountaineers (13-5, 4-2 Big East) overcame a poor shooting performance by grabbing 21 offensive boards and outrebounding South Florida 45-41.

Mitchell, West Virginia’s leading scorer, entered the game averaging 3.6 rebounds. His previous high was eight against Mississippi last season.

“I told (South Florida coach Stan Heath) that he misses so many that he knows where they are going,” Huggins said. “We’ve been on him to rebound the ball.

“We need him to rebound the ball at both ends. We don’t have real explosive guys in there so we need him to go to the boards.”

Augustus Gilchrist had his

third straight double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds for South Florida (7-14, 1-7). The Bulls lost for the 11th time in 13 games and remain winless in nine road games.

“To say it was an ugly game would be an understatement,” Heath said. “It was brutal for both teams offensively. We couldn’t throw it in the ocean.”

John Flowers and Kevin Jones added 13 points apiece for West Virginia, which bounced back from a 75-71 loss to Marshall on Wednesday after entering the Top 25 for the first time this season.

“I was just trying to be more aggressive today,” Mitchell said.

“The last game, I waited too late to be more aggressive and I wanted to come out from the jump whether it was defending or scoring to just do something. Tonight it was rebounding.

“I was just trying to go play and play my hardest. I’ve been thinking about the game too much lately instead of just being aggressive. I just want to go out there and do whatever it takes to help my team win.”

» MEN’S HOCKEY

Air Force brings too much fire for UConn

By Jon Shevchuk Staff Writer

from the slot, earning his seventh goal of the season.

Coach Marshall pulled Bartus with one minute left The Huskies finished this for the extra attacker. There year’s two-game series in the were multiple shots on AFA same fashion as last year’s, goalie Jason Torf, but the with one loss and one tie. Huskies were unable to capiOn Friday night, UConn lost talize. Bartus ended up with a low-scoring game 2-1 to 30 saves on the night, while the Falcons from Torf had 24.

Colorado Springs.

The final game of Nearly 1,100 fans the two-game series were in attendance was similar in comfor the Atlantic petition but much difHockey match up.

UConn 1 ferent on the scoredThe teams board. Ten goals were 2 scored between the appeared to be even Air Force in the first periods, two teams. UConn Friday as both had close was the first on the 5 board, thanks to a to an equal amount UConn of opportunities. Air Air Force 5 fastbreak goal from Force had a breakMarcell Ranallo, Saturday away late in the first catching Torf off that was broken up guard. After killing by defender Stevie Bergin to a penalty, Brant Harris, the force a weak shot. Earlier in freshman from Saskatchewan, the period, Jason Krispel put scored UConn’s second goal a shot behind the goalie, but it of the night in front of a went wide. crowded net.

The Falcons came out Cole Schneider later led a strong in the second peri- breakaway while the Huskies od, outshooting the Huskies were shorthanded but was 17-5, and scoring the game’s denied by Torf. Just as the first goal. Freshman Billy Huskies appeared to be taking Latta was robbed of a goal control of the game, the Falcons after nailing the left post, scored a power play goal off of and the Falcons put their a rebound went untouched by first goal past goaltender the Husky defense.

Garrett Bartus. Five minutes Rui Encarnacao added to into the third period, Jazques the goal total, putting a shot Lamourex scored the game- past a poorly positioned Torf. winning goal. Just two min- Torf was then replaced by utes later, Billy Latta was able backup goaltender Stephen to capitalize on a slapshot Cale. Later in the period,

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while the score was tied 3-3, UConn failed to produce any results on a 5-on-3 powerplay.

By the third period, Air Force Academy had established themselves as a quick and physical team, and UConn attempted to match their physical play. The scoring continued as the Falcons sniped a goal past Bartus.

Three minutes later the Huskies rebounded with a goal from Andrew Olson, his 10th on the year. AFA then carried the puck up the ice and put an incredible backhanded low angle shot over Bartus’ shoulder. Then, less than a minute later, UConn was back on the board, tying the game 5-5. Air Force then made yet another goalie change, putting Torf back in to finish the game.

With 26 seconds left in the game, UConn scored what they thought was going to be the game-winning goal.

After much debate among the officials, the goal was called off and play was forced into overtime. Neither team was able to capitalize, as the game ended in a 5-5 tie.

The Huskies are now 7-133 overall and 7-8-2 in the Atlantic Hockey Conference.

The Huskies will play in another two-game conference series against Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. this weekend.

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Junior defenseman Brad Cooper handles the puck up the ice during a men’s hockey game against Air Force this weekend. The Huskies dropped one match and tied another.

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The Daily Question Q: “Who will win the Super Bowl?”

Bay fans will be rewarded for putting up with Brett Favre for so A: “Green long.”

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Asomugha, Idonije, Williams up for Man of Year

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NEW YORK (AP)—Oakland cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, Chicago defensive lineman Israel Idonije, and Minnesota safety Madieu Williams are the nominees for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award.

It is the only league honor that recognizes a player’s community service along with his play.

The winning player will have $20,000 donated to a charity in his name. The award will be announced at the Super Bowl.

The most recent winners were Brian Waters, Kurt Warner and Jason Taylor.

The 32 teams each nominated a player. A panel, including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, pared the field to three.

Asomugha is a four-time Pro Bowl cornerback for the Raiders. His foundation works with Orphans and Widows in Need, which supports women and children in Nigeria and provides food, shelter, medicine, vocational training, literacy efforts and scholarships.

Idonije is in his seventh season with the NFC North champion Chicago Bears. His First Down Attendance Program serves more than 600 economically disadvantaged students in five schools in Chicago and Manitoba, Canada.

Williams is scheduled to be in the Persian Gulf visiting with U.S. service members during Super Bowl week. He made a $2 million donation to create the Madieu Williams Center for Global Health at the University of Maryland, where he attended college. The center will address public health issues in Prince George’s County and Sierra Leone, where Williams was born.

The award is named for the longtime Chicago Bears running back, who died in 1999.

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Women’s Basketball (18-1) (7-0) Feb. 8 West Virginia 7:00 p.m.

Men’s Hockey (8-13-4) Jan. 28 Jan. 29 Holy Cross Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m.

Feb. 4 Army 7:05 p.m.

Feb. 5 Army p.m.

Feb. 11 Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m.

Women’s Hockey (12-13-1) Jan. 29 Feb. 4 Jan. 28 Feb. 12 Feb. 6 Boston Boston Boston Northeastern Providence College University University 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

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Men’s Track and Field Jan. 29 Feb. 5 Feb. 11 Feb. 19/20 Feb. 4 Saturday Night Collegiate Giegengack Lafayette-Rider Big East at the Armory Invite Invitational Championship Invite 5:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

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Strong Blackburn debut for Jermaine Jones of US

Women’s Track and Field Feb. Jan. 28/29 Feb. 4/5 Feb. 5 Feb. 19/20 25/26 Penn St. New Balance Giegengack Big East Invite Invite Champ. New England Invite All Day All Day All Day Championship 2:00 p.m.

Men’s Swimming and Diving Feb. 11 Jan. 29 Feb. 16 Jan. 28 Feb. 5 Big East Bucknell Big East Bucknell Yale Championship Championship Invitational 1:00 p.m.

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Jose Nunes pushes Real Madrid’s Lassana Diarra during a Spanish La Liga match.

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LONDON (AP)—American midfielder Jermaine Jones made a strong debut at Blackburn on Sunday, helping his English Premier League team to a 2-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion.

Jones, on a six-month loan from the German club Schalke, slipped a pass to David Dunn.

Dunn’s angled cross was headed into his own net by defender Gabriel Tamas in the 41st minute. Canada’s David Hoilett sealed victory in the league’s only match with a 25-yard shot in the 47th.

Blackburn temporarily moved into seventh place.

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Packers beat the Bears and Basketball beats Tennessee and women’s track dominates Blake Griffin is still amazing

Feb. 16 Feb. 11 Jan. 29 Jan. 28 Feb. 5 Big East Big East Bucknell Bucknell Yale Champi onship Championships Invitational 6:00 p.m.

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By Carmine Colangelo Campus Correspondent

What's On TV NCAA BASKETBALL: Notre Dame at Pitt 7:00 P.M., ESPN Fresh off their recent win over Syracuse, the Pittsburgh Panthers take on the Fighting Irish in a Top-25 clash.

Pitt stars Ashton Gibbs and Brad Wanamaker look to topple a talented Irish team. The Irish come to the fight with stars Ben Hansborough and Tim Abromatis in what looks to be a very exciting matchup.

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NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder at New Orleans Hornets 8:00 P.M. While this game is not televised nationally, it is going to be one to watch for on Tuesday morning’s highlight reels.

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E-mail your answers, along with your name, semester standing and major, to sports@dailycampus.com. The best answer will appear in Monday’s paper.

“I kind of wish we had Jay in there the whole game the way things were going.”

Feb. 2 Feb. 10 Feb. 5 Syracuse Seton Hall St. John’s 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Jan. 26 Feb. 5 Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Rutgers DePaul Cincinnati Duke 7:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

“How long before Blake Griffin scores his first triple-double?”

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Men’s Basketball (16-2) (4-2) Jan. 25 Marquette 9:00 p.m.

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– Justin Burke, 6th-semester business major

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New Orleans and the league’s stingiest defense takes on a Thunder team that features Kevin Durant. It’s the classic matchup of an excellent defense looking to stop a prolific scorer.

Game of the Week: Men’s Basketball against Tennessee.

The Huskies improved their record to 16-2 on Saturday after topping the Volunteers 72-61. The Huskies also improved to an undefeated 12-0 in non-conference play this season, with impressive wins over Kentucky, Michigan State, Texas and now the Volunteers.

Kemba Walker, the nation’s second-leading scorer, had his lowest scoring game of the season, recording 16 points and seven assists as well as a clutch threepointer in the first half as time expired. Walker also got a lot of help from his supporting cast, as Jeremy Lamb dropped 16 points, Roscoe Smith hit four 3-pointers for 12 points, and Alex Oriahki recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Their next game is Tuesday Jan 25 at Marquette, where the Huskies will continue the remainder of the regular season against Big East opponents.

So Close: Men’s Ice Hockey against Air Force.

The Huskies now stand at 8-13-

4 on the season after tying the Black Knights 5-5 on Saturday in overtime. The Huskies were looking for vengeance after Friday’s 2-1 loss against the Falcons, but they could not quite hold on for the victory. The Huskies held a first period lead of 2-1, but Army came back in the second period, tying the game up at 3-3. In the third period Air Force and the Huskies exchanged goals, until UConn scored their fifth and final goal late in the third period to tie the game at five, the last goal in the contest as neither team scored in the overtime period.

Five separate Huskies scored in the game, while sophomore goaltender Garrett Bartus recorded 31 saves. The Huskies’ next game is Friday, Jan 28, at Holy Cross.

Number of the Week: 11.

The women’s track and field team recorded 11 first-place finishes this weekend at the URI invitational. The Huskies won a plethora of events ranging from the shot put, weight toss and long jump all the way to distance runs like the 50m, 200m and 1000m events.

Carmine.Colangelo@UConn.edu

By Aaron Kasmanoff-Dick Staff Writer Game of the Week: Packers at Bears The Green Bay Packers have assured themselves a berth in Super Bowl Forty Five in Arlington, Texas on Feb. 6 with a 21-14 victory over the ailing Chicago Bears at Soldier Field in Chicago this Sunday.

Quarterback Jay Cutler left late in the second quarter with an ailing knee and an unidentified additional injury and did not return. Backup quarterback Todd Collins went 0 for 4 passing, nearly throwing two picks against a strong Packer defense that ably picked up the slack for quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ off day. Rodgers completed 17 of 30 passes for 244 yards and two interceptions, ran for a 1-yard score and had a touchdown saving tackle of Bears’ linebacker Brian Urlacher.

Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji scored his first career touchdown on his first career interception in the fourth quarter. The 338-pound second-year pro also

performed his first touchdown dance of his career, something he had been practicing for his entire tenure in the league.

Bears third-string quarterback Caleb Hanie, a third-year pro out of Colorado State playing in just his sixth NFL game, performed better than starter Jay Cutler. Hanie went 13 for 20 for 153 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Hanie failed to lead a last-minute comeback, throwing an interception to cornerback Sam Shields to end the game.

Wish we were there: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Golden State Warriors

Two words: Blake Griffin. The Clippers’ phenom scored another double-double in the Clippers’ 113-109 over the Warriors.

Griffin scored 30 points and grabbed 18 rebounds. His 8 assists brought him close to his first carreer triple-double, but it will have to wait.

The Clippers have won 12 out of their last 17 games, and Griffin has a lot to do with that.

Aaron.Dick@UConn.edu

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Team effort gives UConn 72-61 win over Tennessee

By Mike Ferraro Tri-State Columnist

The New York Jets beat Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, but they couldn’t repeat the success against Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the end, the 24-point deficit was simply too much for the Jets to come back from.

For the second straight season, the New York Jets were eliminated in the AFC Championship.

This time it was by the Pittsburgh Steelers, who will be heading to their record-tying eighth Super Bowl appearance. The Dallas Cowboys were the first team with eight Super Bowl appearances, and Steelers will be looking for seventh Super Bowl title and third in six years. The Steelers fought off a furious second half comeback by the Jets, who made the game interesting after being completely dominated in the first half.

Halfway through the fourth quarter the Steelers made a goal-line stand to stop the Jets from cutting the lead down to one touchdown. On the next play, however, Roethlisberger mishandled the snap, which allowed the Jets to get a safety. On the next possession the Jets scored a touchdown to cut the lead to 24-19, but in the end they could not overcome their massive first-half deficit. Had the Jets played better in the first half they might have been able to beat the Steelers but it was just not meant to be. The Jets are a good, young football team and one day they will get back to the Super Bowl, but the Steelers were simply too much.

At halftime the Jets were down 24-3 after they were totally dominated on both sides of the ball.

They were totally outplayed, outcoached and altogether looked terrible. After beating New England in last week’s Divisional game most, analysts predicted a close gamem, but that was not the case in the first half. With a little over 29 minutes of football played, the Jets had a horrendous 12 total yards of offense. The largest deficit the Jets have come from behind in the playoffs was 11 points in 1983 against the Cincinnati Bengals. The stout Jets defense that prides itself on stopping the run looked tried and exhausted. Rashard Mendenhall shredded the Jets’ tacklers, making it look like he was playing easy mode on. At halftime the Jets had given up 135 yards on the ground, and only had the ball for nine minutes. The Steelers scored more points than the number of plays the Jets ran (22). The Jets also had only one yard rushing in the first half, and it took the Jets until the third quarter to get an offense play longer than 20 yards. The Jet defense was not as disciplined as I thought, as they gave the Steelers multiple first downs due to penalties.

» KNICKS, page 11

By Matt McDonough Associate Sports Editor

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The UConn men’s basketball team showed the nation that it doesn’t need junior captain Kemba Walker to carry them to victory every game. It was a total team effort by the Huskies in a 72-61 win over Tennessee before a capacity crowd of 16, 294 at the XL Center in Hartford.

The Saturday afternoon contest was broadcasted nationally on CBS. Four players scored in double-figures for the Huskies, who finished the non-conference schedule 12-0.

“The early season stuff is kind of funny because you don’t know if it’s fool’s gold or real gold,” said coach Jim Calhoun, whose 8thranked team improved to 16-2.

“We could even be better next year and not even do what we did,” Calhoun later said of his team’s unblemished non-conference record.

Walker and Jeremy Lamb tied for the team lead with 16 points. Roscoe Smith and Alex Oriakhi added 12 points each, and Oriakhi grabbed 10 rebounds as well. Oriakhi’s biggest basket came with 4:27 remaining in the game.

Following a Lamb 3-pointer, UConn stole the ball and the sophomore center dunked it in the open court to make the score 64-54 and ultimately seal the win.

“I’m willing to sacrifice points,” Walker said. “I don’t care I just want to win.”

Tennessee’s Scotty Hopson tied the score at 39 with 16:44 to play, but UConn would open the game up from there. With 15:30 left in the second half, Smith hit a 3-pointer to give the Huskies a 44-41 lead. With 13:33 remaining, Walker missed a 3-pointer, but in a Larry Bird-esque play, got his own rebound and finished to push the lead to five.

Point guard Kemba Walker drives to the basket during the Huskies’ 72-61 win over the Tennessee Volunteers Saturday afternoon.

» TOUGH, page 11

Moore’s 28 points help Huskies pounce Panthers 66-46

By Andrew Callahan Staff Writer

If the No. 2 UConn women’s basketball team’s first performance without former forward Samarie Walker was any indication of things to come, the Huskies were going to run the tables rather smoothly. As it turns out, their ride has already been much bumpier than that.

Saturday night, Pittsburgh handed Maya Moore and company almost everything they could handle through 30 minutes of an eventual 66 - 46 UConn win. Sloppy play on both sides proved to be the story, as Moore led all scorers with 28 points. Overall, the Huskies shot under 44 percent from the floor but were reminded after that struggle doesn’t have to always stand in the way of success.

“The coaching staff said it well in the locker room,” Moore said. “They told us it is OK to struggle and that sometimes you are going to struggle. We aren’t machines, and we will have off nights, as far as our shooting goes.”

In an ominous beginning, Pittsburgh took the opening tip and landed a quick jab with an easy lay-up as the Huskies stood motionless.

The Panthers then continued to keep up with their heav-

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66 46 ily favored hosts, leading 6-2 in the early going. Moore knocked in the first six Husky points, the buckets by freshmen Stephanie Dolson and Bria Hartley proved to be the

spark for a 14-0 UConn run.

“I really felt we came in here to compete,” said Pittsburgh coach Agnes Berenato. “We came in saying we were going to shock the world and upset UConn. I think Connecticut is a tremendous team, and I was really proud of my team tonight.”

Berenato’s club answered her call during a timeout and slowed the Huskies progress for the rest of the half.

Focused on hammering the ball inside, the Panthers cut their deficit to four before settling for a six-point Husky halftime lead. Moore had 20 points at intermission but was held to just eight in the second half.

Following a hot UConn start to the second half, the game slowed down to a boxing match with each squad doing their best to stay on their feet and deliver knockout blows. The Huskies stretched their lead to 10 but couldn’t move much further from the Panthers, who clawed back to within a pair of three-pointers.

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Sophomore guard Kelley Faris handles the ball and searches out an open teammate.

Four players finish game with double-figures

By Mac Cerullo Sports Editor

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Freshman guard Shabazz Napier attempts a fade-away jump shot during the Huskies’ win over Tennessee.

The Huskies had their best team performance of the season on Saturday, with four players finishing in double-figures in the No. 8 UConn men’s basketball team’s 72-61 win over Tennessee on Saturday.

Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lamb tied for the team lead with 16 points each, and Roscoe Smith and Alex Oriakhi each contributed 12 points of their own. Oriakhi also had 10 rebounds and three blocks, recording his fourth double-double in five games.

It was the kind of team performance that UConn hasn’t been able to achieve consistently this season until recently. Coach Jim Calhoun called Saturday’s performance the best team effort of the season.

“Out of the 18 games played,

it was far and away the best team control of the game. effort against a quality oppoEarly on, Tennessee took a 12-5 nent,” Calhoun lead before Coombssaid. “I don’t think McDaniel hit two conit’s even close.” secutive 3-pointers to Tennessee cut the deficit to 12-11. coach Bruce Pearl, Okwandu made his who coached the impact with a couple of game after servwell timed put-backs ing the first four and rebounds, finishgames of his ing with six points and eight-game SEC five boards. His bigNotebook suspension, had a gest basket came with similar assessment about seven minutes of UConn’s performance. left to play, when he tipped in a “UConn’s playing better when Walker missed 3-pointer, sending those other guys play like this,” the Hartford crowd into a frenPearl said. “It makes them a harder zy and helping spark a run that cover. It will open up the lane a ultimately gave UConn a 64-54 little bit more on the inside.” lead that Tennessee could never In addition to the four big scor- recover from. ers, the Huskies also got sev“I always tell him he can be eral big stretches out of Charles a beast,” Oriakhi said about Okwandu and Jamal Coombs- Okwandu. “It’s about time he McDaniel, who came up huge started believing. He did a lot of on a number of occasions when little things that don’t show up on Tennessee was beginning to assert the stat sheet to help us win.”

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UConn perfect in nonconference play With the win Saturday, UConn finished their non-conference schedule with a perfect 12-0 mark.

“First thing, I want to congratulate my team,” Calhoun said.

“They took care of the out-ofleague schedule.”

The Huskies non-conference resume includes wins against Michigan State and Kentucky at the Maui Invitational, Texas on the road and now Tennessee at home. UConn now has 12 games remaining on it’s regular season schedule, all against Big East opponents.

“12-0, given the competition we face,” Calhoun said. “I couldn’t be prouder of them.”

The Huskies will continue their season in the Big East on Tuesday, when they face Marquette on the road.

Michael.Cerullo@UConn.edu