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12th business to join Storrs Center

By Nicholas Rhondinone Campus Correspondent

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Storrs Center announced the addition of Select Physical Therapy to the list of businesses who have signed letters of intent in a press release on Monday.

The addition of Select Physical Therapy marks the 12th company to sign a letter of intent to join in the first phase of Storrs Center.

Select Physical Therapy is one of several existing

area businesses to join Moe’s Southwestern Grill, Insomnia Cookies, Cosimo’s Restaurant and the café The Vanilla in the Storrs Center project, according to the release.

“We are happy to have Select Physical Therapy added to the diverse list of businesses that will be in Storrs Center,” said Mansfield Downtown Partnership executive director Cynthia van Zelm.

An active part of the community, Select Physical Therapy, currently located on 13 B Dog Lane, has

offered outpatient physical therapy and sports medicine to the area since 1998.

Select Physical Therapy has also provided E.O. Smith High School with athletic training services for almost 10 years, according to the press release.

“We are excited to move into Storrs Center and look forward to continuing our strong presence in the community as the premier provider of sports medicine and physical therapy,” said Scott Cross, a member of the Storrs facility for 10 years.

There have been a number of local companies to sign letters of intent to join the Storrs Center, including Wings Over Storrs, Storrs Automotive and Body Language.

In the release, Macon Toledano, vice president of Planning and Development for master developer Leyland Alliance, said, “Adding Select Physical Therapy to that mix makes perfect sense, as they provide key services to the community and work closely with other nearby organizations.”

Burton asks for $3M refund

By Matt McDonough Associate Sports Editor

SILENCE BY LAMB Freshman leads Huskies to road win at Marquette.

SPORTS/ page 14 EDITORIAL: INVOLVEMENT FAIR OFFERS LIMITLESS CHOICES There are more than 400 student organizations on campus.

COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: MAN ACCUSED IN GIFFORDS SHOOTING PLEADS NOT GUILTY Loughner’s federal murder charges carry a potential death pentalty.

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The “Today’s Public Health” guest lecture series kicked off yesterday with an appearance

by Dr. Jeffrey Fisher, a Board of Trustees distinguished professor of psychology on campus and founder of the Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention (CHIP). The lecture took place in the secondfloor lecture hall in Babbidge Library at 4 p.m. Fisher’s work revolves around the spread of information regarding HIV, which affected 33 million people in 2009.

According to Fisher’s data, HIV is most prevalent in southern Africa, where the number of people who died from the disease was 1.3 million in 2009, while the worldwide number of deaths was 1.8 million. After a recent visit to Zimbabwe, Fisher spoke of

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Parking changes aim to reduce campus traffic

By Keelan Freitag Campus Correspondent

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The Burton Family Football Complex will have to be renamed since Robert G. Burton asked for a retun on his donation. Burton is unhappy that he was not included in the decision to hire new football coach Paul Pasqualoni.

add value and comments on any prospective candidates,” Burton said in the letter. “This is the same process that [former assistant director] Lew Perkins had with me when Randy Edsall was hired in December of 1998. You did not call me and ask for information on Pasqualoni or talk to my son Joe, who started as an offensive lineman at Syracuse

from 1997-2001. Instead you listened to others.”

Burton also stated he will take “eight actions” immediately, including canceling his “$50,000-a-year suite at Rentschler Field,” according to the Hartford Courant.

He will also not pay for the $8,000 ad on the inside of the program, and will move his $1.5 million scholarship to the

Business School.

Burton’s son, Mike, was a captain for the UConn football team during the 1999 season.

The UConn athletic department responded to Burton’s letter.

“The UConn Division of Athletics followed a very thoughtful and thorough process in its search for the

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Public Health lecture addresses HIV

By Ben Fechter Campus Correspondent

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January has not been a good month for the UConn football program.

The Huskies lost the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1 to Oklahoma and then lost coach Randy Edsall to Maryland the next day. Add a prominent benefactor to the list of January losses.

Robert G. Burton, one of the program’s main donors, wrote a letter to athletic director Jeff Hathaway asking for the athletic department to return his donation and take his name off the Burton Family Football Complex. Burton doesn’t want a dime back, he wants a refund of $3 million.

The 70-year-old Greenwich businessman was upset with Hathaway over the lack of inclusion in new football coach Paul Pasqualoni’s hiring. Burton was involved with Edsall’s hire 12 years ago.

“I am fed up with you as a manager because you did not let the hiring process take place in an open manner,” Burton wrote in his six-page letter. “You and your committee of three talked to some coaches and made a critical decision about who you were going to hire without input from knowledgeable people who care about the program.”

Burton did not support the Pasqualoni hiring, preferring new Temple coach and former Connecticut native Steve Addazio for the position.

“To be crystal clear, I was not looking for veto power over the next hire; I just wanted to be kept in the loop and

During a special meeting held on Tuesday, Jan. 4, the Mansfield Town Council authorized the town manager, Matthew Hart, to sign a development agreement on Phases 1A and 1B. Storrs Center will be a mixeduse town center located along Storrs Road adjacent to UConn, E.O. Smith High School and Mansfield Town Hall.

the chaos that results from the spread of HIV through unsafe sexual behavior. He described the lack of space to bury victims of the disease, saying, “There are graves as far as the eye can see.”

But one of the main reasons why HIV prevention has been relatively unsuccessful is because of the strategies that researchers are using.

Fisher argued that many HIV prevention interventions “are designed with a one-size-fitsall-dynamic.” He explained how scientists are placing heterosexuals, minorities and people of different ages all in the same category. He also said that most interventions are based on theories rather than on hard evidence.

Fisher described three aspects that influence a person’s ability to practice safe behavior: motivation, information and behavioral skills. Fisher emphasized that people need to know how

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Dr. Jeffrey Fisher, professor of psychology and founder of the CHIP, speaks about HIV and HIV prevention at Homer Babbidge on Tuesday.

HIV is transmitted and how it is prevented. Fisher also spoke of the sensitivity of sexually transmitted diseases and how different people view the subject.

One specific experiment that Fisher referred to was a study done by the University of

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Students can expect small changes to the parking system next semester.

William Wendt, the new director of Parking and Transportation Services, is attempting to relieve pedestrians and traffic on campus of congestion.

Wendt became the director in September after 32 years of service at Cornell as director of transportation.

“He has some great background and insight,” said parking ombudsman Nancy Beland.

Wendt has already approved a plan to create separate parking permits for Hilltop Apartments, Busby Suites, Charter Oak, Mansfield and Northwood Apartments. This would guarantee students who choose to live in these locations next semester a place to park within designated specific areas.

This plan will start in September 2011. Beland hopes this will pull students away from the center of campus and create less density at the Co-op intersection.

Another idea, proposed in October and discussed at last night’s Parking Advisory Committee meeting, would offer students the option of paying a reduced parking permit fee to park at C Lot. The normal yearly student permit cost of $110 would be reduced to $50 for a C Lot permit only.

“[C Lot] would be available to any resident, any commuter.”

Martha Funderburk Parking Manager

“And that would be available to any resident, any commuter. If it does not fill, then it would possibly be available to residents with less than 54 credits,” said parking manager Martha Funderburk. “If you’re a resident and you only use your car once a week, this might be convenient.”

Funderburk predicted the decision would be made by “Aprilish.”

C Lot would still be available for students who had normal parking passes.

“We have excess inventory,” said Funderburk, noting that there are, on average, only 50 cars per day in C Lot, leaving the other 500 spaces useless.

“Our new director of transportation and Parking Services came in and saw that this was a place where maybe we could try something different,” Funderburk said.

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What’s on at UConn today...

Art Exhibit 10 to 4:30 p.m.

Benton Museum The exhibit “Views and Re-Views” will display comics and real posters of Soviet propaganda from 1919 to the 1980s.

Board of Trustees Meeting 1 to 3 p.m.

Rome Ballroom Board members will discuss current university issues and hold an open public session.

Involvement Fair 2 to 7 p.m.

Student Union Check out what clubs and organizations UConn has to offer. Find your niche and get involved this spring.

Guest Speaker 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Student Union Theatre Howard Baldwin, founder of the Hartfold Whalers, will speak about his experience in the sports industry and the future of Connecticut hockey.

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Report says Conn. court transcript system flawed

HARTFORD (AP) — A report Tuesday says major overhauls are needed to make information about Connecticut court proceedings more accessible to the public, attorneys and state agencies.

The report, issued by an advisory committee to the state Judicial Branch, recommends using digital technology to record all court proceedings so people can listen on compact discs if they don’t want to order paper transcripts.

A spokeswoman for the court system, Rhonda Stearley Hebert, said Supreme Court Chief Justice Chase Rogers agrees with the recommendations and they will be adopted, though it will take a few years.

“We have an implementation team working on phasing it in,” she said, adding they recognize that more people are representing themselves in court and that the branch wants to ensure access and accountability.

Conn. man sues town over drug test requirements

NORTH BRANFORD (AP) — A former North Branford public works employee has sued the town, alleging he was fired after he was unable to take drug tests due to a medical condition that prevents him from being able to “urinate on demand.”

Daniel Pond, who worked for the town from 2002 until he was fired in 2009, filed the suit this month in New Haven Superior Court.

The New Haven Register reports that Pond’s suit says he was asked to take a drug test in February 2008. The suit says he asked for a blood test instead of a urine test because of a medical condition, but was refused.

Because he couldn’t take the test, he was required to participate in a drug treatment program.

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Sunday sales bill filed in Ga. Senate

ATLANTA (AP) — The push to allow Sunday alcohol sales in Georgia’s grocery and convenience stores is being revived with new legislation filed in the state Senate.

And new Republican Gov. Nathan Deal reiterated Tuesday that if the measure ends up on his desk he’ll sign it, so long as it allows local communities to ask voters to decide.

“I believe that’s what democracy is all about,” Deal said following a legislative breakfast hosted by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.

“I would not veto it if the legislature passes it in a fashion that meets that criteria.”

Georgia is one of just three states that ban the Sunday sale of alcohol at stores. The other two are Connecticut and Indiana.

Taco Bell defends its mixture of seasoned meat

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Taco Bell officials on Tuesday rejected claims made in a lawsuit that the meat in their tacos, burritos and other products is not all beef.

Taco Bell President Greg Creed said in a statement that the lawyers who filed the lawsuit got their facts wrong and that Taco Bell plans to take legal action against those making the allegations. He did not explain specifically what type of legal action Taco Bell might take.

“At Taco Bell, we buy our beef from the same trusted brands you find in the supermarket,” Creed said. “We start with 100 percent USDA-inspected beef. Then we simmer it in our proprietary blend of seasonings and spices to give our seasoned beef its signature Taco Bell taste and texture.”

The class action lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in California by the Montgomery law firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles claims the Taco Bell meat mixture contains binders and fillers.

Chicago car salesman fired for wearing Packers tie OAK LAWN, Ill. (AP) — A car salesman in suburban Chicago has been fired for refusing to remove a Green Bay Packers tie that he wore to work the day after the Packers beat the Chicago Bears to advance to the Super Bowl.

John Stone says he wore the Packers tie to work Monday at Webb Chevrolet in Oak Lawn to honor his late grandmother, who was a big Green Bay fan.

The sentimental gesture did not impress his boss, Jerry Roberts.

Roberts says the dealership has done promotions involving the Bears and he was afraid the tie could alienate the team’s fans and make it harder to sell cars.

Roberts adds that Stone was offered five chances to take off the tie but he refused.

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Representatives of La Rouche PAC (Political Action Committee) stood outside the Homer Babbidge Library Tuesday afternoon, singing against President Barack Obama. They also handed out flyers and had posters describing the North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWAPA), a program devised but never implemented by former President John F. Kennedy.

Man accused in Giffords shooting pleads not guilty PHOENIX (AP) — The 22-year-old man accused in a deadly Arizona rampage that critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has made his first public statement regarding his role in the shooting: He’s not guilty.

Jared Loughner smiled and nodded but said nothing as his attorney entered the plea Monday to federal charges of trying to assassinate Giffords and kill two of her aides. He also faces murder charges in the deaths of a federal judge and another Giffords aide killed in the Tucson shootings, and more charges were expected.

The Tucson man had his wrists cuffed to a chain around his waist; eight U.S. marshals kept watch in the packed Phoenix courtroom and gallery above. Investigators have said Loughner was mentally disturbed and acting increasingly erratic in the weeks leading up to the attack on Jan. 8 that killed six and wounded 13.

Giffords, a three-term Democratic congresswoman,

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In this artist rendering, Jared Lee Loughner, right, makes a court appearance with his lawyer, Judy Clarke, at the Sandra Day O’Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix, Ariz., Monday.

was shot in the forehead and spent two weeks in a Tucson hospital before she was flown to Houston to begin her rehabilitation. Among the six who died in the attack at a constituent event was a 9-year-old girl who was

No other university donors withdrawing funds from BURTON, page 1 University’s next football coach, which was the subject of great interest on the part of the UConn community, including our fans, donors and alumni,” the university said in a statement. “Many people, including Mr. Burton, shared their ideas about potential candidates with us.”

Arthur Sorrentino, communications director for the University of Connecticut Foundations, was not aware of any other donors withdrawing their funds, according to the Courant.

“The UConn Foundation was notified that Robert Burton had sent a letter to Athletic Director Jeff Hathaway requesting the return of his donation to name the Burton Family Football

Complex,” the UConn Foundation said in a statement. “We take seriously the concerns of all donors to the University of Connecticut.

At this time we are reviewing the pertinent documentation and facts related to this situation.”

“We take seriously the concerns of all donors.”

The UConn Foundation The Day of New London first reported the news.

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interested in politics and was taken there by a neighbor to meet Giffords.

Christina Taylor Green’s family, as well as a Giffords intern who cared for the congresswoman after she was

shot, are expected to attend President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. Daniel Hernandez was hailed as a hero for rushing to Giffords’ side and applying pressure to her wounds before paramedics arrived.

Also expected to attend the address is the four-member Arizona medical team that treated Giffords, her office said Monday. Her new medical team in Houston said the next update on her condition would come when they are ready to move Giffords to the rehab hospital.

Loughner’s hearing Monday did not offer any indication of a defense strategy. His attorney, Judy Clarke, said she wasn’t raising issues of competency “at this time” after the judge asked whether there was any question about her client’s ability to understand the case against him.

If Clarke uses mental competency questions as a defense and is successful, Loughner could be sent to a mental health facility instead of being sentenced to prison or death.

Fisher: Change of attitude needed toward HIV and STDs from PUBLIC, page 1 Connecticut on students, using an undergraduate female as the variable. The study placed the female in a local bar on two separate occasions, once while she was wearing tight, revealing clothes and once while she was wearing less flattering attire. The researchers then asked a number of men in the location what they thought of the woman. More men said that the woman most likely had an STD while she was wearing the “sexy” outfit, while far fewer men said the same thing while she was wearing average clothing. Ultimately, Jeffrey Fisher stated that people need a change of attitude when it comes to HIV and sexually transmitted diseases.

“My mother always asked

me if I wanted to take the garbage out. No one wants to take the garbage out. I didn’t get it. On the other hand, you have to want to practice safe sex,” Fisher said.

“You have to want to practice safe sex.”

Dr. Jeffrey Fisher CHIP Founder CHIP is located on Hillside Road next to the Alumni Residence Hall.

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In the Jan. 25 story “Storrs center zoning permit up for discussion” the date of the public hearing was incorrect.

The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 1. The hearing will be held by the Mansfield Downtown Partnership, not by the town of Mansfield, as reported in the article.

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Gitmo detainee gets life sentence in embassy plot

NEW YORK (AP) — The first, and possibly the last, Guantanamo detainee to have a U.S. civilian trial was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for his role in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa, a case that nearly unraveled when the defendant was convicted on just one of more than 280 counts.

Ahmed Ghailani, who served as Osama bin Laden’s cook and bodyguard after the bombings in Tanzania and Kenya, sought leniency, claiming he was tortured at a secret CIA camp after his arrest in Pakistan seven years ago. But U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan imposed the maximum sentence, saying that whatever Ghailani suffered “pales in comparison to the suffering and the horror” caused by the nearly simultaneous attacks, which killed 224 people and injured thousands more.

Ghailani, 36, was convicted last month of conspiring to destroy government buildings.

Prosecutors said he bought a truck used in the Tanzanian attack, stored and concealed detonators, sheltered an al-Qaida fugitive and delivered hundreds of pounds of TNT to the African terror cell.

His trial at a lower Manhattan courthouse had been viewed as a test for President Barack Obama’s aim of putting other terror detainees – including self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed

– on trial on U.S. soil. His hands are tied, however – at least in the short term – because lawmakers have prohibited the Pentagon from transferring detainees to the U.S. The prosecution of Ghailani is considered a success by supporters of civilian trials for detainees at the prison on the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Critics, however, say it showed that such trials are too risky.

Attorney General Eric Holder said the sentencing “shows yet again the strength of the American justice system in holding terrorists accountable for their actions.”

But House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, called the case “a near disaster” because Ghailani was only convicted of one of 285 counts.

Guantanamo once held nearly 800 detainees, mostly suspected militants captured in and around Afghanistan. Most have been released to other countries but about 170 remain. Five detainees have been convicted at Guantanamo through military tribunals.

Ghailani, wearing a blue dress shirt and showing no emotion, chose not to speak in the packed courtroom Tuesday.

Before sentencing he bowed his head, closed his eyes and gripped the edge of the defense table with both hands as survivors and victims’ loved ones

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Daniel Ramon is living the dream of countless young Peruvians of humble means, learning his way around a kitchen from celebrity chefs who think Peru’s immensely popular cuisine can be a vital democratizing force in a land of deep inequities.

The son of a maid and a tire repairmen “who have broken their backs working” so their children might do better, Ramon travels 3 to 4 hours by bus each way to a unique culinary institute in the sands of the poor, coastal north Lima district of Pachacutec, which lacks even running water and sewers.

The 3-year-old cooking school at the Pachacutec vocational institute was founded for poor students by culinary maestro Gaston Acurio, who has spurred excitement globally for Peruvian cuisine, opening more than a dozen restaurants from San Francisco to Madrid.

Acurio says cooks like himself who cater to wealthy palates have a moral duty to help raise living standards in this country where nearly two in five live on less than $2 a day.

To make it work, Acurio enlisted top-flight chefs including Ferran Adria, the Catalan famed for elBulli restaurant on Spain’s Costa Brava.

Chefs from Acurio’s restaurants also volunteer their time, Lima’s municipal water company donates the water, trucking it in and filling the school’s five 185-gallon (700-liter) wells.

Cooking ingredients are donated by restaurant suppliers. The Roman Catholic church also

kicks in funding.

While Peruvians of more favorable provenance pay upward of $700 per month to attend such renowned culinary schools as a Cordon Bleu affiliate or San Ignacio University, Ramon pays $30 a month for a gastronomic education every bit as demanding.

“As a cook I’ll have more of a chance to get a good job, better recognition, treatment and pay,” Ramon, 22, says between classes. He dreams of travel – a near impossibility if not for this opportunity – “so I can sample new flavors and create dishes of my own.”

Efforts to leverage Peru’s gastronomical wealth to produce a more equitable society have a long way to go, however.

A study by the Peruvian Gastronomy Society found that most of the country’s chefs earn about $500 a month. It’s the fate that awaits all but a fraction of the 50,000 students that the society’s president, Mariano Valderrama, says are currently enrolled in cooking schools.

An anthropology professor at Lima’s Catholic University, Carlos Aramburu, says culinary work alone won’t eliminate poverty, “but it is helping to create small, integrated economies, for example, between restaurants, potato growers, fishermen, taxis and hotels.”

“This is something that mining, the country’s most important export industry, doesn’t achieve,” he says.

Peru’s cuisine fuses native traditions with European, African and Asian influences, distin-

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An undated file photo provided by the U.S. District Attorney’s office shows Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani.

spoke behind him — some in tears, many asking the judge to show no mercy.

“The pain is with me every day,” said Sue Bartley, who lost her husband, Julian Leotis Bartley Sr., then U.S. consul general to Kenya, and her son, Julian “Jay” Bartley Jr. They were among 12 Americans killed in the bombings.

James Ndeda, a Kenyan who suffered a skull fracture and chronic eye and back problems in that country’s bombing, said he “would sentence Ghailani to hell.” As an alternative, he told Kaplan, “I believe one year for each death is a fair sentence.”

In seeking a life sentence, prosecutors cited confessions – none heard by jurors – that

Ghailani gave following his arrest in Pakistan in 2004 as proof he was a fixer for the alQaida cell that hatched the plot.

The defense said a harsh sentence would be unfair because Ghailani had been traumatized by the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation techniques.” They wrote, “Regardless of what euphemism is used, Ahmed Ghailani was tortured at the hands of the United States government.”

Defense attorneys argued that Ghailani was a dupe for al-Qaida operatives. They admitted that Ghailani did chores for the plotters, but claimed he deserved leniency because he didn’t learn about the goal of the al-Qaida conspiracy until after it succeeded – and was horrified by the results.

His lawyers cited his remarks at a military tribunal in 2007, when he said he was “sorry for what happened to those families who lost ... their friends and their beloved ones.”

Defense attorney Peter Quijano argued that Ghailani also deserved credit for his cooperation, saying he had provided U.S. authorities with “intelligence and information that arguably saved lives, and I submit that is not hyperbole.”

Prosecutors countered that Ghailani was aware of the plan well in advance, chose not to warn authorities and was worried most that one of the men would perish in the suicide attack.

According to an FBI summary of his confession, Ghailani said “all he could think about was that Ahmed the driver was going to die and the American embassy was the target.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Farbiarz called Ghailani “a man who cannot muster a moment of contrition.”

He said the attacks were “an act of horror and brutality and terror on a scale that is unfathomable, that words don’t reach. ... In response to that, you should take away his freedom and take it away forever.”

Prosecutors said Ghailani fled to Pakistan shortly before the 1998 bombings. After his capture, he was interrogated overseas at a secret CIA-run camp.

He was moved to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2006 before being transferred to New York for prosecution in 2009.

His trial demonstrated some of the challenges of civilian law and rules of evidence: Prosecutors chose not to use any statements Ghailani made to authorities after his arrest because his captors failed to advise him of his rights beforehand and denied him access to an attorney.

Before trial, the judge also barred prosecutors from calling as a witness the man who sold Ghailani explosives because the government had learned about him as a result of Ghailani’s

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In this photo taken Dec. 18, 2010, students prepare food at the cooking school at Pachacutec vocational institute in Lima, Peru. The school is a 3-year-old cooking school founded for poor students by culinary maestro Gaston Acurio.

guishing itself chiefly through an abundance of fresh, unique ingredients, including a wealth of seafood from the Pacific’s chilly Humboldt Current.

Acurio, 43, has been its chief evangelist since graduating from Cordon Bleu in Paris and returning in 1994 to open his first restaurant, “Astrid & Gaston.” He’s now got nearly 30 eateries at home and abroad.

They include “La Mar” seafood locales in Brazil, Colombia and

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The son of a former prime minister, Acurio’s celebrity is unmatched at home. Passionate about promoting Peruvian cuisine, he constantly talks up Pachacutec as well as a new project he wants to launch: a university of gastronomic sciences in southern Lima open to all social classes.

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denly become so desired by young Peruvians. Rather than aspiring to be soccer stars, he says, they want to be chefs.

As part of their schooling, second-year students at Pachacutec are given part-time work at Acurio’s restaurants around Lima.

Ramon, 22, does prep work once a week at Acurio’s T’anta at the edge of an olive treelaced park in Lima’s upscale San Isidro district, routinely

chopping up 140 pounds (65 kilos) of onions per shift. The tears he sheds doing so are of appreciation, he says.

So popular is the two-year Pachacutec program that it gets 500 applications a year, accepting only 40 students. Its first class graduated nine in 2009 – and all have jobs.

“Here we don’t just learn how to cook but we also take care of the water, which is scarce, and the plants. Each student is responsible for two plants,” said Yovani Palomino, a 21-year-old now in her final semester. The olive bushes are cultivated for their fruit, much of which is pressed into oil.

The surrounding desert sands of Pachacutec, home to more than 100,000 people, constantly invade the school’s simple cement buildings. The district is so poor that a 2008 World Food Program study deemed a fifth of its children anemic.

Yet the institute is one of the very few in Peru where renowned chefs come to hold seminars. The school’s library, housed in a metal shipping container, boasts more than 2,500 cookbooks that were sent from Spain by chefs including Adria and Andoni Aduriz.

There are certainly no slackers among the students, whose chores at school include cleaning its classrooms and bathrooms, washing the windows and mopping the floors. And then they’re off to their various internships.

Palomino, who lives in Pachacutec in a cramped home with seven siblings, embraces the hard work.

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Involvement Fair offers limitless choices

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oday from 2 to 7 p.m., the Student Union will host the Spring 2011 Involvement Fair. This is an excellent opportunity to discover any of the more than 400 officially-recognized student organizations on campus.

From fraternities and sororities to music and other performance groups, from special interest organizations to the Society for Medieval Arts and Combat, many groups will be represented at the fair (not to mention The Daily Campus itself).

With so many options available, surely something will catch your eye. In fact, the Department of Student Activities lists 17 categories under which activities may fall. These include academic, club sports, cultural, environmental, exercise/fitness, Greek fraternities/sororities, media, military, performing/visual arts, political, programming, religious, residence hall councils, service, social justice and technology.

Still, many students do not feel the need to attend such an event, believing it is not worth their while since they are already “set in their ways” midway through the academic year. However, far from being an exemplary attitude, this mindset only serves to hinder enjoyment, growth and social opportunities.

The time is always right to join a new club or organization. It is never too late in the year to discover something new. In fact, many people find that halfway through the school year is the optimal time to register, coming without the traditional chaos that is associated with the first few weeks in September.

Perhaps a more glaring problem is students who do not belong to any extra-curricular activities. Unfortunately, there does seem to be an unfortunately high number who fall into this category. These people fail to recognize how many extraordinary opportunities UConn offers through its student organizations. Seemingly, there are almost no interests or activities that are not accommodated through some such organization. However, if all else fails, it is a relatively easy process to create a new club yourself and obtain funding from the USG. For all these reasons and more, the twice-a-year Involvement Fair remains the best way to uncover opportunities on campus that have previously remained unknown. The student body here is active and engaged, and that will surely be on display.

So even if you have classes or other commitments scheduled for that day, take a few minutes to stop by on Wednesday. You may be surprised at what you find.

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Whenever a guy holds a door for me, I fall in love for a few seconds. It’s the greatest feeling in the world. Keep it up guys at UConn, this girl loves it.

Didn’t get the delay I hoped for, but I got my early dismissal when the ceiling started leaking and the tiles started falling down on us in math. My only good memory of MSB since I decided to be an actuarial science major.

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Conn. politicians should look to bring back tolls

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onnecticut is in grim financial shape.

The state currently faces a $7.6 billion budget deficit that, according to Governor Dan Malloy, is “probably…the largest, per capita, deficit of any of the 50 states.” Even worse, there is little political consensus over what options to choose. In the past, when deficits

By Arragon Perrone were manageable, state politicians Weekly Columnist would simply raise the cigarette tax and hope for the best. But only multiple, creative (and inconvenient) solutions will solve the budget crisis. In the words of Tom Hardy, “You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.” But instead of a grenade launcher, the state should consider another possibility: bringing back the tolls.

The state operated tolls prior to 1983, when a horrible accident at the Stratford toll plaza killed seven people. After the incident, and largely in response to the public outcry, all toll booths were removed. Unfortunately, getting rid of the tolls discarded a major revenue stream. In recent years, politicians have targeted cigarette smokers and property owners to periodically fill deficits. But with a budget deficit as large as the current one, such solutions are no longer feasible.

Transportation chairman Antonio Guerrera estimates that a $5 toll along the state’s borders would generate $600 million annually and $18 billion over 25 to 30 years. Border tolls would be enough. Prior to 1983, tolls existed in places such as the Putnam Bridge between Wethersfield and Glastonbury, which – if rebuilt – would cause massive traffic delays. But tolls along interstates 85, 91 and 84, as well as the Merritt Parkway and Route 6, would go a long way without disrupting already-crowded conditions within the state.

Unlike the 1980s, the state has the option of

using an electronic toll system. Before, drivers only had the option to use coins. Now, a completely electronic method is not only feasible but practical. Drivers can use an E-Z pass to go right on through. Drivers without an E-Z pass can simply be billed through the mail. Such technological developments greatly diminish the risk of an accident similar to the devastating one in Stratford.

“It is time for Connecticut’s politicians to consider other ways to raise revenue...”

Opponents of the toll argue that rebuilding them would be a costly endeavor that does not address the main cause of the state’s deficit – out-of-control spending – and would only hurt commuters. On the first count, constructing eight tolls – which the current legislation calls for – would cost money. However, once the initial investment is made, tolls would end the state’s perpetual and devastating reliance on federal funding to improve its highways.

Tolls would indeed inconvenience commuters in comparison to the current system, but the state was in between New York and Boston long before the tolls were removed. If commuters could survive then, when Hartford was the “insurance capital of the world” and Connecticut’s major cities were booming with industry, they can survive now.

Some opponents have argued that commuters and travelers would bypass the state altogether. Such a complaint is absurd. Connecticut is in the middle of New York and Boston.

Unless commuters decide to drive across the Long Island Sound on their way to work, there is little chance they would choose a different path. Also, tolls have been implemented successfully in other states, without turning away

visitors or workers. Vacationers have used the Massachusetts Turnpike to get to Cape Cod and points north for years. In Dallas, Highway 190 efficiently carries drivers through one of the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan areas.

Any tolls that are built should remain privately-owned and operated. In Chicago, Mayor Richard Daly brought the city $1.8 billion by selling off toll roads. Making tolls public would lead to increased state spending, which would only increase the deficit. Gov. Malloy has expressed the possibility of privatizing Bradley Airport. It would make little sense for him to argue for state-run tolls.

Tolls are only one solution to solving Connecticut’s economic problems. And there are many problems indeed. Over the past few decades, the vast majority of Connecticut citizens (those that do not live in Fairfield County) have suffered great economic loss. They have faced perennially higher taxes, skyrocketing energy and food prices, declining job opportunities and most strikingly, a dramatic loss of industry in almost every city – Waterbury (the “brass capital of the world”), Manchester (“the silk city”), New Britain (the “hardware city”), Willimantic (the “thread city”), New Haven, Bridgeport and Hartford. A politician who rejects reinstating tolls but applauds higher taxes is historically illiterate.

It is time for Connecticut’s politicians to consider other ways to raise revenue in this state. Citizens cannot afford to see their taxes increased once again. Tolls are a good solution, but they cannot be the only solution. Hopefully, over the next few months, state politicians will step up to the plate, tighten their fiscal belts and make the tough but necessary choices that will bring this state into a brighter future.

Weekly columnist Arragon Perrone is a 6th-semester political science and English double major. He can be reached at Arragon.Perrone@UConn.edu.

Age limits on salvia alternative to prohibition

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here is a new “Reefer Madness” sweeping the nation, and no, I’m not talking about Four Loko.

The new boogeyman is Salvia divinorum, usually just referred to as salvia. It is a psychoactive drug, meaning it produces hallucinatory effects, usually lasting about 30 minutes. Yet, unlike LSD or other hallucinogens, it is completely natural, as it is simBy Sam Tracy ply a plant Staff Columnist native to Mexico and does not require any chemical processes prior to smoking it (the most common method of consumption). You may be familiar with it from seeing it used on Tosh.0, in the countless videos on YouTube, or most notably, in the leaked video of Miley Cyrus doing it with her friends.

What may seem crazy to some people is that it is completely legal.

That’s right, you can grow as much salvia as you want without hiding it and you can consume it without fear of arrest–even in public.

Predictably, this has caused some people in Connecticut and the rest of the country to call for its prohibition, and many other states have already completely banned the plant. Of course, proponents of the ban say that they want salvia to be

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illegal in order to protect the children. It’s very true that most parents would not want their kids to be able to just go to a convenience store and buy a mind-altering substance.

However, the side-effects of an outright ban would be worse than the effects of the drug itself. A much more sensible drug policy would be to impose age limits and other regulations on the sale of salvia, rather than completely banning it.

“The most sensible solution to the issue is to impose age restrictions...”

First of all, salvia is not the dangerous drug that some claim it is. Overdosing is arguably the worst possible outcome of using any drug. However, in 2003, Dr. Mark Mowry of the University of Nebraska did a study in which he gave large amounts of salvinorin A (the psychoactive chemical in salvia) to lab rats to test its effects.

His conclusion? That, “the toxicity of salvinorin A is relatively low, even at doses many times that of what humans are exposed to.” Translation: you can’t over-

dose on salvia.

Addiction is probably the second-worst thing that can happen from the use of a drug. So, is salvia addictive? The short answer is no.

A 2005 study by Yong Zhang in the journal “Psychopharmacology” demonstrated that salvia use does not activate chemical reactions in the brain that typically lead to addiction, such as increasing dopamine levels. The researchers concluded that it was not a very addictive drug.

While salvia cannot cause overdose or addiction, it is still a psychoactive drug. Surely something must be done about it, as I am sure everyone can agree that it should not be sold to children.

However, banning the substance would just cause the well-known problems of prohibition. Its sale would be relegated to the black market, and drug dealers would take over its growth and distribution. It’s possible that salvia sold on the street could be laced with other drugs, and people buying salvia may be pressured by their dealers into trying harder drugs such as cocaine or heroin. Also, the state would lose out on the tax revenues from the sale of salvia, and would instead need to spend money enforcing its prohibition.

As we have seen with marijuana, making something illegal

does not necessarily make it go away. The 1996 study, “Trends in the Incidence of Drug Use in the United States” by R. Johnson, shows that only 0.4 percent of adolescents had tried marijuana in 1930, right before it was banned.

Today, about 42.3% of 12th graders have tried marijuana. While there are many factors involved, it is obvious that prohibition does not guarantee that use will stop, or even go down at all.

The most sensible solution to the issue is to impose age restrictions on the sale of salvia. In California and Maine, you must be 18 to purchase salvia, and in Maryland, you must be 21. This makes it much more difficult for young people to obtain the drug. For example, in a survey by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, a majority of high schoolers said it was easier to buy marijuana than beer or cigarettes. This is because drug dealers don’t card, while store owners do.

Imposing age limits, rather than banning salvia altogether, would cut down on adolescent use while not causing all of the problems associated with prohibition.

Staff Columnist Sam Tracy is a 4th-semester political science major. He can be reached at Samuel.Tracy@UConn.edu

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Obama’s State of the Union focus: the economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama delivers an assessment of the country’s well-being Tuesday, his first report to a divided Congress where newly empowered Republicans are deeply skeptical about his plans for creating jobs, cutting the U.S. debt and spurring economic recovery.

The nationally televised address at the halfway point of his term also effectively marks the opening of Obama’s 2012 re-election bid. It offers a chance to reset the political calculus after Republicans swept out the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives in the November elections and gained ground in the Senate where they remain in the minority.

A White House official said Obama will call for a five-year freeze in non-security, discretionary spending in a speech that focuses on jobs, the issue of most importance to the American public and to his hopes for a second term.

The official, who spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to outline details of the speech, said Obama will also call for lawmakers to back a five-year plan put forth

by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to save $78 billion in defense spending.

The president also will call for improving education, innovation and infrastructure of the United States as the way to provide a sounder economic base.

Obama will pair that with calls to reduce the government’s debt and reform government.

Those five areas will frame the speech, with sprinklings of

fresh proposals.

Obama will say that revitalizing the economy is “bigger than party, and bigger than politics.”

Obama will speak just hours after the House is to vote on setting spending for the rest of the year at 2008, pre-recession levels. That resolution, largely symbolic, would put Republican lawmakers on record in favor of cutting $100 billion from Obama’s budget for the current year, as promised in last year’s election campaign.

By addressing the economic concerns of voters who drove the Republican wave in the last election, Obama hopes to build on his newfound readiness to compromise with Republicans – as he did late last year on taxes – and the White House shake-up that brought in new advisers who are seen as far friendlier to the business community, a Republican bastion.

In turn, Democrat Obama has seen his approval rating climb sharply since the Republican election landslide. His overall approval rating in an Associated Press-GfK poll released last week stood at 53 percent, 6 points higher than after the November congressional election.

Obama will say that with their votes in November, the public determined that both parties will share the responsibility of governing. He says Americans want Republicans and Democrats to work together for them.

“We will move forward together,” he said, “or not at all.”

Obama has found help in a glimmer of better news about the economy. A survey released Monday by the National

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Association for Business Economics was more positive than at any time since the start of the Great Recession, the deepest economic decline in the United States since the 1930s. The survey showed that all major industry groups were seeing more demand for their products and services, a precursor to job growth.

While Obama was not expected to outline specifics, his message was likely to recommend targeted cuts in government spending and the federal budget.

Three areas consume the vast majority of government spending: defense and two programs for older Americans, Medicare health insurance and Social Security pension payments.

Cutting any of those is politically dangerous. Defense cuts hurt big businesses, have huge contracts to build weapons systems and are a major Republican constituency, and can produce even greater unemployment.

Cutting into benefits for older Americans has always produced a political backlash that has

quickly washed away changes in those programs.

There is some expectation Obama also will reprise a December speech he gave that declared the United States now faces a new “Sputnik moment” – and must respond with a new American vigor to global competition.

He was expected to return to that theme, recalling the Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of the first Earth-orbiting satellite, ahead of the United States. He intends to say the U.S. is again facing challenges from abroad, this time from fast-growing economies in China, India and throughout Southeast Asia.

In his travels to Asia and during Chinese President Hu Jintao’s recent trip to Washington, Obama has said he has been struck by the rapid rise of that region and the laserlike focus on competing in the global economy.

In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama also highlighted free trade as a way to increase U.S. exports and put Americans to work.

“That’s how we’ll create jobs today,” Obama said. “That’s how we’ll make America more competitive tomorrow. And that’s how we’ll win the future.”

But finding the money for programs to boost competitiveness is the problem. He set off alarms among Republicans when he spoke of investments in education, innovation and infrastructure as the way to provide a sounder economic base.

“Any time they want to spend, they call it investment, so I think you will hear the president talk

about investing a lot Tuesday night,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

“We’ll take a look at his recommendations. We always do. But this is not a time to be looking at pumping up government spending in very many areas.”

The second-ranking House Republican, Rep. Eric Cantor, closed ranks with McConnell, saying, “We want America to be competitive” but “the investment needs to occur in the private sector” rather than be the result of more government spending.

Obama’s speech comes less than three weeks after an assassination attempt on Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, who was shot in the head during a one-man rampage that left six dead and 13 wounded. Among those who will sit with first lady Michelle Obama during the president’s speech will be the family of a 9-year-old girl who was killed, an intern to Giffords who rushed to help her at the shooting, and trauma surgeons who have treated the wounded lawmaker.

In an attempt at unity and toning down the often vitriolic political rhetoric, some Democratic and Republican lawmakers will sit together at Obama’s speech, breaking with the tradition of sitting on opposite sides of the House chamber.

Republicans have chosen Rep. Paul Ryan, who as chairman of the House Budget Committee is an emerging voice for the party on behalf of spending cuts, to deliver the televised response to Obama’s address. He is planning to promote budget cuts as essential to responsible governing.

approaches will work. The company, which is based in Cupertino, Calif., not far from Apple’s headquarters, wouldn’t share specific financial projections.

For now, Ongo is available only as a website, but an iPad app is on the way.

A computer handles the bulk of Ongo’s story selection, as is the case with Google News and many other aggregators. But in Ongo’s case, five editors tweak the picks and look for hidden gems.

There’s a place for saving stories to read later and tools for sharing them on Facebook and Twitter.

And there are no ads of any kind – no paid search links, no banners, no video spots.

The whole experience is paid for by readers. For $6.99 per month, subscribers can get a basic selection of stories from the Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Associated Press and the Financial Times.

With The New York Times and the Financial Times, readers get a limited selection of items chosen by the outlet’s editors.

Think of that as a cable TV package.

If you want to add premium channels – in this case publications – you pay an extra monthly fee. The Miami Herald is available for $9.99 per month, for instance, while The Arizona Republic is 99 cents. For the most part, it’s all of the outlet’s content. The Boston Globe costs 99 cents for the editors’ selection and $14.99 for everything.

Dozens of newspaper and magazine publishers have signed up, and they are providing articles, photos and video in return for an undisclosed share of the subscription revenue.

Kazim believes there’s a large base of news hounds willing to pay for Ongo, even if much of the same content is free elsewhere. Still, the site would benefit from a Web with fewer free sources of reading material. Kazim won’t say the site is counting on it, but more publishers are moving away from giving away all their material for nothing.

Putin vows revenge for News site counts on readers Moscow airport bombing to pay for experience

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A man lights a candle at the Moskovsky railway station in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, to commemorate the victims of a suicide bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport. The sign on a poster reads “Jan. 24 terrorist act at Domodedovo airport.”

MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed revenge Tuesday for the suicide bombing that killed 35 people at a Moscow airport – a familiar tough-on-terrorism stance that has underpinned his power but also led to a rising number of deadly attacks in Russia.

Lax security also was blamed for Monday’s explosion in the international arrivals area of Domodedovo Airport that also injured 180 people, with President Dmitry Medvedev criticizing police and managers at the airport, the largest of three that serve the capital.

NTV television showed a photograph of what it said was the detached head of the suspected bomber. Investigators have said that DNA testing will be necessary before the man, who appears to be in his 30s, can be identified.

A two-second video of the blast itself, broadcast on state television and said to be from a closed-circuit TV camera, showed a burst of flames and passengers falling and fleeing as smoke filled the hall.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion has fallen on Islamist separatists from Chechnya or elsewhere in the restive Caucasus region who have been battling Russian authority for over 15 years.

Chechen insurgents have claimed responsibility for

an array of attacks, including a double suicide bombing on Moscow’s subway system last year that killed 40 people. They also have used Domodedovo Airport before, with two suicide bombers slipping through its security in 2004 to kill 90 people aboard flights that took off from there.

Putin rose to power in 2000 on a now-famous vow that Chechen rebels would be hunted down and killed “in the outhouse.” But despite a second devastating war that brought Chechnya back under Moscow’s control and sanctioning the violent rule of his chosen Chechen leader, Putin has been unable to wipe out the Islamic insurgency that has spread across much of the Caucasus.

A brutal crackdown on the insurgency has produced a backlash that has led to almost daily attacks on police and security forces in the Caucasus and brought the terror to Moscow.

Muscovites have also seen a sharp rise in ethnic tensions between Slavic Russians and Muslims from the Caucasus, many of whom come to the capital in search of work.

In an effort to address the poverty and high unemployment that feed the insurgency, the government has made ambitious plans to promote economic development in the Caucasus, including the building of five ski resorts across the mountain-

ous region.

Putin said last week the government would allocate 60 billion rubles ($2 billion) this year toward the construction, but the bulk of the $15 billion needed is to come from private investors.

Medvedev has been given the task of attracting badly needed foreign investment to Russia, a mission he will take Wednesday to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he is to be the main speaker at the opening session.

The airport bombing undermined his mission and delayed his departure for a day. Instead of schmoozing with CEOs of major global corporations, Medvedev on Tuesday gave a tough speech to officials at the Federal Security Service, the main KGB successor. He suggested that some of them could have been at fault and told them to do everything possible to find those responsible.

“The nest of these bandits, however they are called, should be eliminated,” he said.

Medvedev also blamed the transport police, ordering the interior minister to identify officials who should be dismissed or face other sanctions. Airport officials also did not escape blame.

“What happened shows that obviously there were violations in guaranteeing security. And it should be answered for by those who make decisions there

NEW YORK (AP) — A new website called Ongo wants to charge people $7 per month to look at news that is for the most part free elsewhere.

Yet the people behind it – former eBay Inc. executives – believe there’s a large audience of heavy news consumers who will pay for a site that pulls together quality stories in one place and lays them out in a clean, ad-free format.

“Are they willing to pay for content? Doubtful,” Ongo Inc. CEO Alex Kazim says. “But they would pay for a better experience. Someone is willing to pay $2 for a cup of coffee at Starbucks when they could go to McDonald’s and get it for $1.”

The site, which launched Tuesday, has financial backing from some of the country’s biggest publishers. The New York Times Co., The Washington Post Co. and USA Today publisher Gannett Co. have invested $4 million each.

Online advertising has not generated enough revenue for newspapers to offset declines in print, so charging on the Web has surfaced as a potential solution. But that’s difficult when readers have scores of free options elsewhere.

So if a free aggregator of news and opinion, such as the Huffington Post or Google News, is McDonald’s coffee, what makes Ongo believe it’s got a better brew?

For starters, Ongo is going for a smoother reading experience.

Subscribers won’t have to jump from site to site for a broad take on the news.

While free sites will often run a headline that links readers to, say, a New York Times story at NYTimes.com, Ongo is hosting stories from the Times and other publishers on its own site. Stories at Ongo are laid out in multiple columns like a newspaper, so readers won’t be forced to scroll down the Web page as is typical elsewhere.

Ongo is one of many efforts in the news industry to charge for online news. The Wall Street Journal, for instance, charges $3.99 per week for news delivered on Apple Inc.’s iPad. The Journal’s parent company, News Corp., has hired journalists for an upcoming iPad newspaper, The Daily, though it has yet to provide details on any fees.

It’s too early to tell whether Ongo or any of these other

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By Alessandra Petrino Campus Correspondent

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Many people are beginning to recognize the Nintendo Wii as a legitimate way to get up, get moving and get in shape. UConn students and suitemates (from left to right) Christine Barbieri, a 6th-semester applied math major, Sheena Patel, an 8th-semester management major, and Alyssa Griffo, a 6th-semester allied health sciences major, play Just Dance 2 on Griffo’s Wii to have fun and to stay fit.

Using the Nintendo Wii to get up, get moving and get in shape

By Melanie Deziel Associate Focus Editor Between the subzero temperatures and a large amount of still-fresh New Year’s resolutions, the gym is hardly a fun place to head to these days. But a growing number of people have found another way to stay fit that doesn’t require waiting for equipment or even leaving your room.

The Nintendo Wii has redefined the view of video gaming as a sedentary activity with its innovative motion sensor technology, and spending an hour with the Wii is quickly becoming an acceptable and more exciting alternative to a jog or a trip to the gym.

As the number and variety of games increase, gamers and non-gamers alike can get moving with Wii bowling, tennis, dancing, stretches, yoga, zumba and more. Throw in points, challenges and multi-player

capability and you’ll be competing your way to fitness in no time.

The Wii is also great for students. With limited time for fitness, the Wii emerges as a great means of staying fit, because it requires no travel and the frequency and length of exercise is entirely up to you. If you’ve already got the Wii, investing in a fitness game costs less than many gym memberships – a fact most broke students also appreciate. Something else everyone can appreciate is that it’s just plain fun.

“I love using the Wii because you get the best of both worlds: fun and a decent cardio exercise,” Christine Barbieri, a 6thsemester applied math major.

Barbieri enjoys playing Wii Sports and Just Dance.

“I always use the Wii with my friends and suitemates. It makes the workout so much more enjoyable when everyone is joining in,” Barbieri said.

Barbieri’s suitemate, Alyssa Griffo, a 6th-semester allied health sciences major, brought her Wii to school for the whole room to enjoy.

“I exercise with the Wii three to four hours a week,” Griffo said. “The Wii is right in my room and whenever I get bored or need to procrastinate, it’s right there! It’s a lot of fun and very hard to resisit, especially when you see roommates playing.”

A third resident in the suite, Katelyn Guerrera, a 6th-semester communication disorders major, said exercise and convenience are just nice bonuses of using the Wii. “I only love using the Wii because it is a ton of fun when many friends are playing,” Guerrera said.

The girls spend most of their time playing Just Dance, a cardio intensive dance game that can be played alone, or with multiple players.

“Even though Just Dance is mainly a cardio workout, you would be surprised how sore your arms and legs get after just an hour. My improved coordination and newly attained dance skills are also a bonus,” Barbieri said.

They say this game is fun to play and to watch.

“It’s always a good time to watching somebody new play Just Dance. Each song has its own funny or ridiculous dance move. When somebody doesn’t know what to expect, it’s hilarious,” Griffo said.

“It was a load of fun getting the guys across the hall to play the Just Dance game,” Guerrera agreed. “Watching them go through the motions and try to mimic the dancing figure on the screen was priceless.”

Fear not, boy across the hall: games now come in so many varieties that there is bound to be a game for everyone.

Games specializing in cardio,

Pilates, cheerleading, gymnastics, hockey, soccer, skiing and more are now commonly available at most electronics and game stores. Try some of these on for size: Wii Fit is the quintessential fitness game for the console, and one of the best selling. It has nearly 50 different activities, from aerobic and strength exercises to balance challenges and yoga. This game requires the Wii Balance Board, however.

The software and the Balance Board come in a bundle that runs around $100.

Wii Fit Plus is an upgrade from the original. You can set up long-term fitness goals, build a month-long plan, target specific areas, track progress and get advice as you go. It also includes kung fu and skateboarding, two activities its predecessor did not. The software is around $20 and the bundle

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Speaker gives advice for landing a DCF internship

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John Layjak spoke in the Student Union Tuesday evening to give information to students who expressed interest in being interns for the Deptartment of Children and Families, or DCF. Layjak gave tips and strategies for writing the best letter of intent.

“Do unto others as you would have done unto you.” “What comes around goes around.”

“Whatever you send out comes back threefold.”

All these sayings define a simple term of which we have all undoubtedly heard of, seen or experienced ourselves.

Karma is the idea of cause and effect or, rather, one’s actions and reactions – not the nightclub on the Jersey Shore.

As children, we are told to treat others as we would like to be treated. Our parents drill in our heads that we should share our toys with other kids and be nice to our classmates so others in turn will share their toys with us and be nice to us in class. Without knowing, our parents were drilling the idea of karma into our heads.

Now, as adults ourselves, we instinctively share our toys (once Barbies and remote control cars, now televisions, ipods and computers) with our friends without hesitation. We stop our cars to allow pedestrians to cross the street and we hold doors for those who have their hands full. We are doing exactly what our parents told us to do: treating others how we, too, would like to be treated.

And for those of us who don’t share with our friends, stop our cars for those in the crosswalk or hold doors open, there is sometimes instantaneous karma. Your computer may break, your car may not start up or you may get locked out of your house in the freezing cold. There it is again: the karma our parents warned us about. What goes around comes around.

So, when it comes to relationships, is there such a thing as relationship karma?

“I don’t think there’s relationship karma, but there are bad relationship habits,” said 7th-semester journalism and philosophy double major Alexander Villegas. “And someone who keeps those up, eventually gets those to come back and bite them in the ass.”

“Like a cheater. They might or might not eventually get cheated on, but their bad habit of cheating will become so commonplace that when they finally get a relationship they really appreciate, they’ll ruin it because of their cheating,” Villegas said.

“Not necessarily karma, but reaping what you sow.”

But some people disagree.

After a friend of mine suffered a terrible heartbreak when his girlfriend cheated on him, he couldn’t blame her for it. He believed it was karma for having done the same thing to an ex-girlfriend in the past.

No matter how much people told him that he didn’t deserve what she did to him, he believed it was relationship karma.

But, just because you made a bad choice in past relationships, does that mean in your future relationships you are doomed to be on the karma train for life?

“I don’t necessarily believe in relationship karma, but it’s definitely a good concept to keep in mind,” said Danielle Czudak, a 4th-semester English major.

“It’s all about the process, not the end result. The amount of effort you put into your relationships should be based on the amount you’d like to get back.”

So perhaps relationships do have something to do with karma, but not in the idea that “what you do to others comes back threefold.”

In a 2006 article for Yahoo about dating, writer KC Morgan said, “There’s nothing karmatic

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Mass Effect 2, formerly only available for PC and the X360, is now available on the PS3. The graphics work well with the PS3’s 720p resolution, with the exception of a few “graphical hiccups.”

Mass Effect 2 proves a worthy purchase

By Jason Bogdan Staff Writer PS3-exclusive owners really got the short end of the stick when Mass Effect 2 came out early last year only on the Xbox 360 and PC. And who can really blame their despair?

It turned out to be one of the highlight games of this generation with dozens of hours of incredible RPG storytelling wrapped around a great thirdperson shooter. Bioware finally decided to give PS3 their masterpiece and included the great DLC for free, an animated comic book to explain the first game, and even have the game running on their Mass Effect 3 engine to boot as a noteworthy apology.

For people like me who actually never played the first Mass Effect, Bioware generously provided an animated comic book

by Dark Horse Comics (because they never got around to porting the first game) that gives a quick 15-minute summary before the new players start Shepard’s new adventure in pursuing the nefarious “Collectors” with the mys-

Just as I finished putting in plenty of hours of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood during my winter break, I jumped into my other new game during my winter break: this quirky DS title that almost fell off my radar if not for all the great reactions on the internet. One two-day shipping on Amazon.com later and I fell right into that cult following. It’s a brilliantly written adventure game that messes with your mind with all its many plot twists in such a way that it made me never want to stop playing until the end. I can’t recommend it enough for people who want a compelling and mature visual novel game.

- Jason Bogdan

tainly beats just reading the plot on Wikipedia.

Bioware ported the entire game that was two discs on the 360, the three big DLC missions, and the new Mass Effect 3 engine all onto one Blu-ray disc with mostly good results.

On the one hand, even on the PS3’s stubborn 720p status does the game look really good with upscaled character

Mass Effect 2

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The Good

- Mass Effect 2, with the three major DLC and the game in the Mass Effect 3 engine all on one Blu-ray disc - The animated comic book lets people who did not play the first game fully enjoy this one

The Bad

- If you already played Mass Effect 2, then you don’t need to worry about buying it again - The shady business with the downloadable Cerberus Network is underhanded and the game could certainly use a patch to smooth out the graphical edges

designs and some slightly better framerate. But on the other hand, the game still has some notable graphical hiccups here and there that thankfully never broke the game on me.

You can buy the game either in disc form or just download the whole thing on the Playstation Network for the same price, but honestly I would recommend taking the former route. Not only will it prevent quite a timely download of all those gigabytes, but it also comes with a code for the Cerberus Network that’s $15 if you choose the download—or used game purchase.

It basically includes all the free content that was released on the Cerberus Network on the other systems, but it also has the animated comic book that only plays when you start a new game.

But regardless of any faults I’ve mentioned so far, the treatment on the PS3 is easily the best version of a game that’s already one of the hallmark titles of the decade.

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Dead Space appeases anxiously waiting fans by expanding into animated movies, other platforms

By John Tyczkowski Staff Writer

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terious Cerberus organization.

They even included some choices to be made in the extra that’ll actually impact some things when you play Mass Effect 2.

Although some choices involve letting characters live without really getting to know them, and this whole thing proves that Shepard should never play the narrator role, it was a neat piece of exposition that cer-

Tuesday marked the release of the long-awaited Dead Space 2 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Fans had to wait over two years for the sequel to what was, according to ign. com, the best new game/intellectual property of 2008. A substantial presence of various Dead Space based objects in other media has emerged to help fan survive the long wait.

For those unfamiliar with the series, the original Dead Space game followed the adventures of systems engineer Isaac Clarke. Clarke attempted to both repair his ship and stay alive aboard the mining starship USG Ishimura, while he was pursued by necromorphs, undead humans mutated by an alien artifact.

The game was most notable for forcing players to “unlearn the headshot,” according to www.gametrailers.com, instead focusing on taking out each limb of the necromorph to kill it, a process referred to as “strategic dismemberment.”

In addition to the two main Dead Space games, the video game section of the Dead Space franchise has also included a game for the Wii, released in September 2009, called Dead Space: Extraction. This game

follows the plight of the crew of the USG Ishimura while the necromorph infestation initially breaks out aboard the starship.

More recently, Dead Space: Ignition, called an “interactive comic-style story with... hacking minigames,” in the Electronic Arts press release, was released in October 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. Set between the two main games, it helped to directly set up the story for Dead Space 2 by introducing the necromorph infestation to the Sprawl, the giant space station setting of the second game.

In addition, an animated movie, Dead Space: Downfall, was released direct-to-DVD in October 2008 as a prequel to Dead Space to further elaborate upon the gameís backstory. The movie explored the role that human Hubris played in releasing the necromorphs on the galaxy, as well as including lots of action and the game’s trademark strategic dismemberment and horror elements.

Another direct-to-DVD animated movie, Dead Space: Aftermath, was released on the same day as Dead Space 2, detailing the Earth government’s efforts to harness the necromorphs for their own gain. Dead Space has been extended to the print media as well. A Dead Space comic tiein was released in March 2008,

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Gamers who want to conquer Dead Space 2 should be prepared to go beyond the heashot and aim to master “strategic dismemberment” to knock out these undead enemies called necromorphs.

introducing the layer of political and religious intrigue central to the video games. A full-length novel followed in July 2010, exploring the origins of both the necromorphs and the Church of Unitology, and their connection, a central theme in the game mythology.

Most recently, a new comic book sequel to the first game came out in November 2010, anticipating the new game in January. This one-shot chronicled the physical and psychological terror of a salvage team unlucky enough to encounter the necromorph-infested USG Ishimura.

The broad-spectrum use of

media in building anticipation for Dead Space 2 was wellplayed as the original game was the winner of several Editor’s Choice and Reader’s Choice Awards from gamespot.com, as well as numerous other awards from organizations as diverse as Game Informer magazine and the Academy for Interactive Arts & Sciences.

Be sure to check out the review of the long-awaited Dead Space 2 in next Wednesday’s Focus on Games page.

John.Tyczkowski@UConn.edu

By Jason Bogdan Staff Writer

With a new year comes a whole new series of speculations and rumors about how 2011 will be for video games. It’s these constant, not-confirmed facts that make the industry so compelling after all, so it’s no surprise that the internet is already flowing with gossip. But between these rumors and what actually has been announced by main game companies, it seems that 2011 is already looking to be quite an interesting year indeed.

On the Nintendo front, 2011 already looks to be a year all about their brand new handheld, the 3DS that’ll be released in the U.S. on March 27th. There was actually an event last week in New York where the company confirmed the price for the system being $250.

Some interesting launch titles like the new Nintendogs (but this time with cats!) and classics like Street Fighter IV and Super Monkey Ball with the new stereoscopic flair could be great for day-one buyers like yours truly. There were also some announcements for the online capabilities like Nintendo’s safe version of the online friend’s list and the alternative to the achievement/trophy system in the form of “coins” that could actually unlock content. As for the Wii, the thing will keep chugging along with some great games (like hopefully Zelda) respectively.

If rumors are to be trusted, it’ll actually be mere days before Sony officially announces the PSP 2 from their own mouths. Apparently it’ll have a very large touch screen, 3G support and some incredible graphics, but will it stand toe-totoe with the 3DS? Only time (and the software being released) will answer that question. There’s also talks of a Playstation Phone that’s currently more heavy in the speculation world, but that also seems like it could be brought to reality this year. And the PS3? With games like Uncharted 3, Infamous 2, and Killzone 3 on their banister, it already looks to be a steady improvement over the admittedly tame line-up that was in 2010.

But as for Microsoft, it seems like nobody can even muster any rumors on what they’ll bring in 2011. They already released the Kinect that’s doing well saleswise, though there has been a drought on those purple-boxed games since the numerous launch lineup. Sadly, Gears of War 3 moved from this spring to the fall so there doesn’t seem like much system-exclusive greatness from the start. However, it wouldn’t be Microsoft if they didn’t blow our minds at E3, so I guess we’ll just have to wait and see until more press events come up.

The great thing about how the gamers perceive how the year will turn out though is that it seems to always exceed initial expectations.

So it really says something that even with all the intriguing leaked info on the 3DS and PSP 2 that we can all be rest assured that Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, and even Apple with all the iPhone/iPad business that will make an already standout looking year even better.

Jason.Bogdan@UConn.edu

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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The right games and accessories European royals making plans can turn your Wii console into a for William’s wedding customized fitness center » ROYALTY

from USING, page 7 with the Balance Board runs around $95.

Looking for more fun than fitness? Try Griffo, Barbieri and Guerrera’s favorite, The Just Dance series, including the original Just Dance, Just Dance Kids and the new Just Dance 2. Follow along with the on-screen instructors as you dance to some of the most popular and catchy songs of the past few years, solo or with friends. Prices vary by version, but usually run around $35.

Once you’ve got your game of choice, use the money you would have spent on a gym membership to pick up some of these sweet Wii accessories that will maximize your Wii fitness experience.

The easiest upgrade is the addition of wrist straps, grips and protective skins to your controllers or Balance Board.

For under $10, you can give your controller or Balance Board a protective coating that will also prevent damage to the Wii or its sometimes too-enthusiastic users. Covers and skins come in a variety of colors, patterns and surfaces that allow you to make your Wii accessories fit your style or decor.

For around $15, you can turn your Wii controller into almost any kind of sporting equipment, including a bat, a racket, a steering wheel or hockey stick. It doesn’t make the con-

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Games like Just Dance 2, Wii Play, EA Active and Wii Sports Resort can help students stay in shape without having to face the frigid outdoor temperatures or busy recreation facility.

troller perform any better or improve your scores, but the attachments may enhance your enjoyment of sports games.

If you decide on Wii Fit or Wii Fit Plus, you have even more accessory options.

You can invest in some Wii dumbbells for under $30. Wii controllers slip right inside the dumbbells, which come weighted or non-weighted, to give your workout an extra boost or simply give lifting a familiar feel.

For around $20 you can buy an aerobic step to intensify your workout. The platform goes under the Wii Fit Balance Board to increase the workout for your calves, thighs and butt.

You can also purchase a push up bar for around $20. This bar goes on top of your Balance Board. Using this will increase the effectiveness of your pushups by dipping a greater distance.

Search the Internet for sales and promotional bundles that might include exactly what you want at a price that fits your budget.

With the right game, the right accessories and friends to motivate you, you could be on your way to reaching your fitness goals with a workout that is personalized, convenient and, most of all, a whole lot of fun.

Melanie.Deziel@UConn.edu

LONDON (AP) — The invites for the royal event of the year aren’t even in the mail, but some among the European blue-blood set say they have already been given a quiet tap on the shoulder.

Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia and the Romanian royals say they’re among the hundreds of privileged guests expected at the wedding of Britain’s Prince William and his fiance Kate Middleton in London on April 29.

Formal invitations to the widely anticipated event are not expected to go out until February. But the Romanian royal family will be among those attending, its office told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia said in a statement posted to his website that he and his wife, Crown Princess Katherine, had also been invited.

“Their Royal Highnesses are delighted to attend the marriage and are very happy for the young couple,” the statement said.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether any other European royalty had already received an informal save-the-date for the wedding at historic Westminster Abbey. A British royal spokeswoman declined to comment on the guest list, which is still being finalized.

Neither Alexander nor exKing Michael, who heads the

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A tourist looks at a postcard to mark the engagement of Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton outside a shop near Buckingham Palace in London, Monday

Romanian royal family, are current heads of state.

Alexander’s family fled the Balkans when the Nazis invaded in World War II, while Michael was forced to abdicate in 1947 as the communists tightened their grip on Romania.

But their announcements underscores the strong relationships still maintained among European royals, many of whom have been linked by decades of intermarriage.

They also highlight the links between Britain — whose monarchist tradition still runs strong — and ex-ruling families from countries whose relationship with their royals have been a bit more tangled.

Michael, for example, is a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria, a third cousin

of Britain’s current monarch Elizabeth II, and a first cousin of Elizabeth’s husband Philip, with whom he spent childhood summer vacations on the Black Sea coast.

Michael was also a guest at Queen Elizabeth’s wedding to Philip in November 1947.

Alexander, whose family eventually settled in Britain during World War II, was born at a suite at London’s exclusive Claridge’s Hotel.

He studied at British schools, joined the British army, and even married his current wife in London, in 1985. His best man was former King Constantine of Greece — a distant relation of Philip’s.

Elizabeth II, who attended Alexander’s baptism at Westminster Abbey in 1945, is the Serbian prince’s godmother.

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Young South Africans proud of roles in Oscar nominated AIDS film JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Two young South African actresses said Tuesday they’re proud to have been part of a film about the harsh realities of AIDS in their country even though the movie missed the final cut for an Academy Award nomination.

“Life, above all” had been among nine possible best foreign language film nominees, but was not one of the final five chosen.

The film based on Canadian writer Allan Stratton’s 2004 novel “Chanda’s Secrets,” is set in impoverished, rural South Africa, a world of prejudice and superstition surrounding AIDS. Twelveyear-old Chanda shows maturity and courage beyond

her years when the disease strikes her family.

Khomotso Manyaka, 15, who played the lead character, said she hopes young viewers will leave her movie with the message that “they don’t have to keep secrets.”

“HIV is not something that you can hide,” said her costar, 14-year-old Keaoboka Makanyane. “You have to talk about it so that you can get help.”

Both teens come from the same small town in rural northeastern South Africa and are in their first year as boarders at South Africa’s equivalent of New York’s “Fame” school. They earned full scholarships to the prestigious National School of the

Arts in Johannesburg on the strength of their performances in the film.

The two teens, who had never before been out of the country, also have had a chance to see the world since the movie’s release, going to film festivals in Europe and the Middle East.

On Tuesday, they gathered with fellow students to watch an Internet feed of the Academy Award nominations announced from the United States.

The movie’s director, Oliver Schmitz, praised both young, first-time actresses.

“I’m proud to have gotten this far,” Schmitz said in a telephone interview from his base in Germany. “I’m proud

of the movie.”

Years of South African government inaction have been reversed recently, but the legacy of official denial and the disease’s continuing fierce stigma have helped leave the country with more people living with HIV than anywhere else in the world.

Some 5.7 million of 50 million people are infected with the virus that causes AIDS, and South Africa has more than 1 million children orphaned by AIDS, many left to take responsibility for younger siblings.

Another South African movie with an AIDS theme, director Darrell James Roodt’s “Yesterday,” was a best foreign film nominee in 2005.

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Actresses Khomotso Manyaka, front fourth from left, and Keaoboka Makanyane, third from left, watch the Oscar nominations on a laptop with fellow pupils at the School of the Arts in Johannesburg, Tuesday.

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‘Biutiful,’ ‘Dogtooth’ up for foreign-film Oscar LONDON (AP) — A disturbing modern Greek myth, an Algerian independence tale, a sibling journey from Canada and a Danish study of friendship and fate are up against gritty Mexican drama “Biutiful” for the Academy Award for best foreign language film.

The nominees, announced Tuesday, are “Dogtooth,” by Greece’s Yorgos Lanthimos; “Algeria’s “Outside the Law,” directed by Rachid Bouchareb; “Incendies,” from Canada’s Denis Villeneuve; “In a Better World,” by Denmark’s Susanne Bier; and “Biutiful,” by Mexico’s Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.

“Biutiful” must be considered the front-runner. The story of a dying Barcelona hustler preparing for his final reckoning, it boasts an intense central performance that has gained Javier Bardem a best actor Oscar nomination and seen Hollywood stars lining up to praise him.

Gonzalez Inarritu, whose 2006 film “Babel” received seven Oscar nominations, said he was delighted by the nominations for the film and for Bardem, who won a supporting actor Oscar for 2007’s “No Country For Old Men.” “After spending four years fighting for this movie ... this is a smile on the lips,” he told The Associated Press. “We feel rewarded with the recognition, a beautiful love letter.”

Tough and wrenching “Biutiful” has been championed by Hollywood heavyweights including Sean Penn and Julia Roberts, who hosted an industry screening to lobby for Bardem, her “Eat Pray Love” co-star.

Gonzalez Inarritu said that given the film’s “tough nature ... this recognition has double value for me.”

Another uncompromising

nominee is the disturbing, dystopian “Dogtooth.” Described by some as a darker version of “The Truman Show,” it is set within a villa where a domineering father and his acquiescent wife raise three children in an artificial universe in which the outside world takes on sinister dimensions.

Actor Christos Stergioglou, who plays the father, said he was “in a state of shock” at the nomination.

He said the film “shows what stupidity can lead to — when you want to control everything, even under the pretext of love and protection.”

“It is both a very serious and ridiculous subject.”

The story of three Algerian brothers swept up in the North African country’s fight for independence, “Outside the Law” has already sparked controversy in France, where some objected to its depiction of the brutal war that led to Algeria’s independence in 1962.

A conservative French lawmaker called the film antiFrench, and its Cannes Film Festival screening in May was held amid tight security.

Bouchareb has said he was surprised by the strong reaction and insisted he did not make the film to divide.

“The film is not a battleground and was not made to trigger a standoff,” Bouchareb, a Frenchman of Algerian origin, said at Cannes.

Danish director Bier is Oscarnominated for a second time for “In a Better World,” the story of two families in gray, rural Denmark that become fatefully intertwined as their sons develop a risky friendship. Her 2006 movie “After the Wedding” also received a foreign language Oscar nomination.

Bier said the nomination “means a lot for a small Danish film because now it will get a

AP

Actress Mo’Nique and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announce the Best Foreign Language Film nominations for The 83rd Annual Academy Awards on Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

whole lot of attention and will be seen by a lot more people.”

She said being Oscar nominated is “being part of a very exclusive club.”

“The fact that one gets nominated several times means that there’s some kind of solidity in what one does,” Bier told the AP by phone from the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. “It is like being knighted.”

That sentiment was echoed by Quebecois director Villeneuve, whose “Incendies” follows adult twins as they travel to the

Middle East to uncover their mother’s war-ravaged past and a brother they never knew they had. The movie was named best Canadian film by critics in Toronto and Vancouver, but has been little seen outside its home country.

Speaking from Sundance, Villeneuve said he was “exhausted, overwhelmed and happier than ever” at the nomination.

“You just go back when you are 10-years old watching the Academy Awards and you see all the directors that

you admire,” he said. “I don’t believe actually that I’m talking about that.”

Villeneuve said the film, based on a play by Lebaneseborn Wajdi Mouawad, aims to show that “everything is linked.

We are victims and everybody is responsible.”

“I think we have to build bridges with other cultures. It’s a tiny small bridge and I think it’s important for filmmakers to build bridges,” he said.

The foreign language film nominating process has been criticized in recent years as

many critically acclaimed films and festival award winners have failed to be nominated.

Part of the problem stems from a rule that limits each country to submitting only one film for consideration.

This year’s list, chosen by panels of Academy members, omits some of the most heralded foreign language films of the year. Snubbed movies include Cannes Film Festival prizewinners “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” from Thailand, and France’s “Of Gods and Men.”

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» MUSIC

Jackson’s doc pleads not guilty in star’s

Chopin’s hallucinations may have been epilepsy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson’s doctor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop superstar’s death as the case moved rapidly toward a trial that will likely be televised.

“Your honor, I am an innocent man,” Dr. Conrad Murray told Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor in a soft voice.

“I definitely plead not guilty.”

Lawyers for Murray, who is accused of giving Jackson a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol and other sedatives, said they would be ready to go to trial within the 60-day statutory time limit, which would make for an unusually speedy trial.

Deputy District Attorney David Walgren said the prosecution would be ready to go as well for the trial he estimated would last six weeks.

The judge scheduled the trial to begin March 28 and set a pretrial hearing for Feb. 7.

“Dr. Murray is looking forward to finally telling his side of the story,” defense attorney Ed Chernoff said outside court.

Asked why the defense wants to begin the trial so quickly, Chernoff said, “Dr. Murray has been waiting 22 months for his opportunity to do this. It’s the first chance we have to force the issue.”

Pastor said he was inclined to allow television coverage of the trial and will hear attorneys’ views on that and other issues at a Feb. 7 hearing.

District attorney’s spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said outside court that her office has a policy of not opposing cameras in court. Cameras were allowed at the hearing Tuesday for the first time, marking a shift in Pastor’s previous ban.

One of Murray’s lawyers said earlier he would not seek a plea bargain, and the defense had no qualms about going to trial in spite of strong prosecution evidence at a preliminary hearing aiming to prove the doctor’s gross negligence killed Jackson.

“We’re going to go to trial,” defense attorney J. Michael Flanagan said in an interview.

“I think our case is really solid.

We were very pleased with the way the evidence went at the preliminary hearing... This should result in an acquittal.”

Gibbons declined to comment on whether a plea bargain had been discussed saying it would be unethical to address such a matter.

Defense attorneys not connected to the case said Murray would be well advised to plea bargain.

“If I were advising him, I would be talking to the district attorney to see what they would be willing to accept,” said criminal defense attorney Steve Cron. An offer of probation with community service and temporary suspension of Murray’s medical license would be worth considering if it were proposed, he said.

Pastor has suspended Murray’s license to practice in California pending trial.

Legal experts said several defenses are available to Murray. Among them is the suggestion by his lawyers that Jackson, desperate for sleep, self-administered a fatal dose of propofol while Murray was out of the room. That theory would mean Jackson either injected propofol into an IV line or swallowed the drug, which is meant to be administered intravenously during surgery.

Prosecution experts are likely to challenge that scenario.

They also could say Murray was negligent in leaving the drug on a night stand where Jackson could reach it.

“They’ve got to explain why Dr. Murray was giving him propofol in the first place, in a setting where it is not normally given,” said Cron, who has been watching the case.

Murray may have to testify in his own defense to provide the answers, Cron said.

Chernoff said the defense has not yet made a decision on that possibility.

“My guess is he will have to

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Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal physician, right, confers with his attorney Edward M. Chernoff, in Los Angeles Superior Court, Tuesday. Murray pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s death.

explain some of these things and present his persona to the jury as a reasonable, competent doctor,” Cron said.

If convicted, Murray could face a maximum of four years in prison.

In a six-day preliminary hearing, a portrait emerged of a doctor trying to help his famous client overcome debilitating insomnia with propofol, which is not intended for home use. Jackson had used it before and demanded it, calling it his “milk.”

A coroner testified that Jackson, 50, died of a propofol overdose in combination with other drugs on June 25, 2009. His death was classified as a homicide.

Murray’s behavior before and after Jackson stopped breathing was detailed by household staff and paramedics. It was backed up with phone records, e-mails and, most importantly, a transcript of Murray’s nearly threehour interview with police.

Murray said he gave Jackson a low dose of propofol after spending 10 hours trying to get him to sleep using other drugs. When the star appeared to doze off, Murray said he left the room for two minutes to go to the bathroom then returned to find Jackson not breathing.

He delayed calling 911 for between 25 minutes and an hour while he tried to revive him, testimony showed.

LONDON (AP) — Frederic Chopin’s habit of drifting off and hallucinating at the piano may have been caused by epilepsy, according to a new study of the 19th-century romantic composer.

Chopin’s tendency to lapse out of consciousness was interpreted by his partner George Sand, pseudonym of the French novelist Aurore Dudevant, as “the manifestation of a genius full of sentiment and expression.” But in the analysis published this week, Spanish doctors say Chopin’s hallucinations may have been due to a temporal lobe epilepsy rather than the result of any sweeping artistic tendencies.

Manuel Vazquez Caruncho and Francisco Branas Fernandez of the Complexo Hospitalario Xeral-Calde in Spain analyzed descriptions of Chopin’s hallucinations from those close to him.

They propose the French-Polish composer suffered from a type of epilepsy that produces conscious hallucinations that last from seconds to minutes. The research was published in the journal Medical Humanities, a specialist publication of the BMJ. Caruncho and Fernandez cite an extract from Sand’s memoir, where she recalls returning to the home she shared with Chopin, along with her son, after a long journey delayed by flooding. The composer had been playing one of his preludes and told Sand he was lulled to sleep while at the piano and saw himself drowned

at the bottom of a lake.

Hallucinations are typically seen in patients with severe psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Other romantic composers such as Robert Schumann, who was committed to an asylum, experienced auditory and visual hallucinations which some believed were the product of his musical genius.

Caruncho and Fernandez say Chopin’s hallucinations occurred mostly in the evening or coincided with fever, unlike those linked to psychotic disorders.

While Chopin was plagued by health ailments, like severe headaches and insomnia, there is no record he was diagnosed with any neurological problems. Experts are split on what ultimately killed him; his death certificate lists tuberculosis as the cause, but others suspect it may have been cystic fibrosis. A request to the Polish government to perform genetic tests on Chopin’s heart was denied.

Caruncho and Fernandez suggest that because Chopin was able to recall his complex hallucinations in detail, they could have been caused by a temporal lobe epilepsy. They acknowledge that without brain imaging or other tests, proving it will be nearly impossible.

“We doubt that another diagnosis – will help us understand the artistic world of Frederic Chopin,” Caruncho and Fernandez wrote.

Does karma affect relationships? from RELATIONSHIP, page 7 about it. Men and women seek out each other’s company and eventually you’ll find one that just does it for you. Mostly you’ll get hurt. That is the risk of trying to fall madly in love...

The only time dating karma can really exist is when you cannot completely let go of a former relationship.”

Therefore, maybe the notion of “relationship karma” only exists in a person’s own head.

Maybe it’s time to let go of our childhood superstitions and place blame where blame is really deserved and finally see the whole picture. Don’t let the past dictate your future.

Alessandra.Petrino@UConn.edu

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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Hornung thinks Favre will be forgiven LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Paul Hornung believes Brett Favre will one day be welcomed back with open arms by the Green Bay faithful. The Hall of Famer just thinks it will take time.

Having the Packers win a Super Bowl with another quarterback while Favre limps into retirement — perhaps for real this time — would help speed up the healing process.

“Then everybody will be over it,” Hornung said with a laugh.

The former Green Bay star says Favre’s departure from the team three seasons ago was difficult for all involved, but added those days seem like a distant memory now that the Packers are soaring under budding superstar Aaron Rodgers.

“He’s getting better every game and he’s the best quarterback in the league right now,” Hornung said.

Rodgers will get a chance to prove it on the game’s biggest stage when he leads Green Bay into the Super Bowl against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Feb. 6.

The 75-year-old Hornung is picking his old team — naturally — to beat the Steelers

by a field goal and thinks this could be the start of a dynasty similar to the one he helped the team build in the 1960s, when coach Vince Lombardi led Green Bay to five NFL titles and victories in the first two Super Bowls.

Hornung pointed to the large number of injuries Green Bay had this season as proof even better days are ahead. The Packers placed 16 players on injured reserve during the season. When those players are healthy, watch out.

“Next year when everybody’s back, they’re going to have the best football team in America, they’re really going to be special,” Hornung said.

Some of the Packers already are in Hornung’s mind, namely Rodgers, who has deftly guided the team to its fifth Super Bowl appearance while stepping out of Favre’s considerable shadow.

“This quarterback has had a special year, he’s been absolutely double-sensational,” Hornung said. “He’s the best passer I’ve ever seen running to his left. I’ve never seen somebody come out of the pocket and control the ball like he does. He is very, very accurate.”

Hornung would know. He

played alongside fellow Hall of Famer Bart Starr in Green Bay and was a pretty decent passer in his own right during his career Notre Dame, where he won the 1956 Heisman Trophy and earned the nickname “The Golden Boy” for his flowing locks and his playmaking ability on both sides of the ball.

That kind of versatility is hard to find these days, one of the reasons he thought it was important to find a way to honor players who serve as throwbacks to a bygone era. Hornung, working with the Louisville Sports Commission, created the Paul Hornung Award to salute the most versatile players in college football.

Stanford fullback/linebacker Owen Marecic beat out Kentucky’s Randall Cobb and TCU’s Jeremy Kerley to become the inaugural winner.

Hornung and Marecic celebrated Tuesday at a banquet in the player’s honor.

“It’s the only award left out there,” Hornung said. “There are awards for just about everything in college football, but not for players with unique talents like Owen.”

Those are talents Marecic

hopes to take to the NFL, where he sees himself playing fullback. Hornung thinks Marecic would have fit right in on the Packers teams of the 60s.

“He’s a tough kid, Lombardi would have liked that,” Hornung said.

Hornung shakes his head at how big the game has become and remembers all the empty seats at the old L.A. Coliseum when the Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first Super Bowl.

He watched Green Bay pound its way to a 35-10 win from the sideline, hampered by a neck injury that would ultimately end his career.

Hornung said Lombardi asked him at one point if he’d like to go in the game.

Hornung declined, saying the risk outweighed the reward.

Still, the $15,000 winner’s check proved to be pretty sweet, even though today’s players will earn more than six times that much for capturing the Lombardi Trophy.

He believes that team will be Green Bay again, with the Packers making the tiny Wisconsin town Titletown again.

“They have that look,” he said. “I remember being on teams that had that look.”

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In this Jan. 26, 1997, file photo, Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre celebrates a touchdown against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl XXXI in New Orleans.

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In the Student Union 2-7 p.m. has the passion to continue this team towards excellence and continue to grow,” Nebrich said.

Nebrich’s excitement about joining the Huskies was evident. “Well, watching the team playing in the Fiesta Bowl as a recruit really gets you fired up to start and try and help the team continue success,” Nebrich said. “Then, after hearing of Coach Edsall’s departure it brings you down a little. But after talking with the coaching staff and the players, I couldn’t be more excited to start up and get to work for next year.”

The Huskies’ non-conference

schedule is considerably easier than last season’s, with the season opener against Fordham at home. The Huskies will then travel to Vanderbilt for the second half of the homeand-home series between the two universities. The Huskies will then face Iowa State at home, then travel to Buffalo.

They will finish their nonconference schedule at home against Western Michigan.

The Huskies’ Big East schedule will be considerably harder than last season because they have to travel to their own houses of horror when they play at Pittsburgh, West Virginia and Cincinnati. Their

conference home games will be against Syracuse, Louisville, Rutgers and USF. The seven other three-star rated recruits are defensive end Kenton Adeyemi, linebacker Jefferson Ashiru, offensive line Dalton Gifford, offensive line Xavier Hemingway, versatile Sean McQuillan, defensive back David Stevenson and linebacker Marquise Vann.

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After the Pitt game, Auriemma said it’s not a bad thing that the team has struggles.

“Missed shots, struggling to make free throws and making mistakes, those are all part of playing basketball,” Auriemma said. “The effort part, that’s non-negotiable.”

Auriemma also said he expects more out of Tiffany Hayes in future games.

“The other part, you miss shots and some people think `I’m not supposed to miss any shots because I play at Connecticut,’” Auriemma said.

“I think Tiffany (Hayes) struggles the most with that. She misses a couple of shots and it

really affects her. That has to change or it’s going to be hard for us to be a really good team.

She needs to grow out of that, or maybe she won’t.”

Hayes is still second on the team in scoring with 15.4 points per game, but gave Husky fans several scares Saturday with falls to Gampel Pavilion’s hardwood. Hayes suffered a concussion in the first minute of the game Jan. 15 against Louisville but has managed to average 19 points per game since the injury.

Colin.McDonough@UConn.edu

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State lawmaker tries to bring back old Ole Miss mascot JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A state lawmaker says he’s trying to protect a unique part of southern culture with a bill that would require the University of Mississippi to bring back Colonel Rebel as its mascot.

The bill by Rep. Mark DuVall, D-Mantachie, also would require the Ole Miss band to play “Dixie” and a similar song, “From Dixie With Love,” during football and basketball games.

“To me, a colonel is a leader,” DuVall told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

“The same as Colonel Sanders is the leader of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Colonel Rebel is a leader of the Rebel nation.”

The proposal is generating plenty of talk around the state Capitol in Jackson and the Ole Miss campus in Oxford, but it has little chance of becoming law.

House Universities and Colleges Committee

Chairman Kelvin Buck said the bill will die because he won’t send it to a subcommittee for debate. DuVall said he might try to add it to a budget bill later, but legislative rules prohibit policy changes in spending bills.

Buck, D-Holly Springs, said lawmakers shouldn’t try to micromanage schools’ decisions about mascots or songs.

“We’ve got too many important issues to deal with in higher education,” Buck said.

Ole Miss has struggled for years to distance itself from Old South imagery, which administrators have said hurt the school’s academic and athletic recruiting.

The musical mandate in DuVall’s bill would overrule Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones’ 2009 decision to stop the band from playing “From Dixie With Love” because some fans were chanting “The South will rise again” at the end of the song, which blends

the Confederate anthem, “Dixie,” with the Union Army’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

Ole Miss teams are still called Rebels, but the university retired Colonel Reb as sideline mascot several years ago because critics said the goateed old gentleman looks too much like a plantation owner.

Supporters of Colonel Reb say he represents school spirit, not a desire to return to slavery.

“I don’t understand how he got this racial stereotype,” DuVall said.

The university conducted an online vote last year for students, alumni and seasonticket holders to choose a new mascot, and Colonel Reb was not on the ballot. The winner was a black bear named Rebel, which is supposed to debut on the sidelines sometime this year.

The bear has been widely mocked by fans who don’t want a change in mascots.

This artist’s rendering, released by the University of Mississippi, shows the Rebel Black Bear. The school announced Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, that students at the school have picked the Rebel Black Bear as their new mascot.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jeremy Hazell led a long-range Seton Hall barrage with 28 points and the suddenly hotshooting Pirates stunned No. 9 Syracuse 90-68 on Tuesday night, the Orange’s third straight loss.

Syracuse (18-3, 5-3 Big East) had lost two straight to top 10 conference foes, on the road at Pittsburgh a week ago and on Saturday at home to Villanova before a crowd of 33,736. In both games the Orange fell behind early — Pittsburgh scored the first 19 points of the game and Villanova hit eight 3-pointers in the first half.

That trend continued against Seton Hall (9-12, 3-6), which had lost three straight. The

Pirates torched Syracuse’s zone defense for seven 3s in the first half, four by Hazell, and built a 13-point halftime lead.

Seton Hall, the worst shooting team in the Big East, finished 10 of 17 from beyond the arc and shot 54.1 percent for the game while holding Syracuse to 5 of 21 from long range and a season-low 36.1 percent from the field.

Jordan Theodore had 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting for the Pirates while Fuquan Edwin had 13 points, Jeff Robinson 12 and Herb Pope 10.

Kris Joseph led Syracuse with 17 points, all but one coming long after the game was decided, and Rick Jackson had 12 points and 11 rebounds,

his 14th double-double of the season. Scoop Jardine and Brandon Triche each had 11 points.

After their first meeting 17 days ago, a sloppy 61-56 Syracuse victory, Orange coach Jim Boeheim winced at the stat sheet. The Pirates missed all 17 3-point attempts in the first half.

It was a much different story on Tuesday, and Boeheim was wincing again.

Seton Hall hit its first three from beyond the arc, two

by Hazell, and led 26-15 on Theodore’s 3 from the right wing with 12:07 left.

And they weren’t through. In the final 6 minutes of the half, Seton Hall slowed the pace to a

crawl and the strategy paid big dividends. Hazell drained two 3s from the wing, the second at the shot clock buzzer, and Theodore followed with another — all three in a span of less than 2 minutes — to put the Pirates up 37-23 with 3:49 left.

The Orange missed their first six 3s, three by James Southerland, before Mookie Jones, playing for the first time since last month, hit from the wing with 2:02 left.

The Pirates extended the lead to 50-30 on Hazell’s steal and layup early in the second half as Syracuse missed its first six shots before Jardine finally hit a 3 from the wing at 15:31, the Orange’s second in 11 tries from beyond the arc.

AP

Hall beats No. 9 Syracuse 90-68

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Seton Hall’s Jordan Theodore dribbles between Syracuse defenders Scoop Jardine and Brandon Triche, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse.

Penfield: Werth signing the most shocking, will only hurt Nationals from HOT, page 14

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Philadelphia Phillies’ Jason Werth hits a third-inning RBI single that allowed Jimmy Rollins to score the Phillies only run in their 5-1 loss to the New York Yankees in a spring training baseball game in Tampa.

Perhaps the biggest splash made this offseason was by the second winter winner, the Philadelphia Phillies, by signing Cliff Lee. The Phillies shocked baseball by swooping in at the last minute and signing Lee when it was believed to be between the New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers. Signing Lee eases the pain of losing Jayson Werth, overrated in my mind, to the Washington Nationals. Lee gives the Phillies the best rotation in baseball. They now have four pitchers who could be an ace on 75 percent of teams, and possibly one of the best rotations of all time.

This offseason had multiple losers. Three of the biggest losers are the New York Yankees, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Los Angeles Angels.

The Yankees’ big splash was signing a reliever for a ridiculous amount of money, 3-years and $35million, to be a set-up man. Sure, Rafael Soriano was a stud closer last year. But now he will be serving as a set-up man behind one of the greatest

closers of all time, Mariano Rivera. Soriano is nowhere near worth $35-million over three years. In addition, the Yankees have watched the Red Sox get much better, signing Crawford and Jenks and trading for Gonzalez. To make matters worse, the Yankees flirted with the idea of signing Carl Pavano again, who spent more time in the trainers’ room than on the field in his last stint with the Yankees.

Tampa Bay’s horrible offseason will more than likely semd them back to irrelevancy in the American League East. They lost Carl Crawford, Carlos Pena and Rafael Soriano, three key pieces to their success– two of their best hitters and statistically one of the best closers in baseball last season. They also traded their No. 2 starter, Matt Garza to the Chicago Cubs.

In an attempt to fill in some of the void left by Crawford and Pena’s departures, they signed 38-year-old Manny Ramirez and 37-year-old Johnny Damon, both in the twilight of their career. Simply put, the Rays are a mess.

The Angels are losers this offseason simply because

McDonough: Walker plays harder schedule than Fredette from CASE, page 14 UConn’s undefeated run as a team also came to an end when Big East play began. Walker shot 10 of 27, including 3 of 11 from downtown in the Huskies’ first loss of the year. After a dismal team win against USF, UConn lost again on the road to Notre Dame where Walker’s campaign took a hit after an eight for 23 performance. But Kemba and his 14 campaign managers turned Texas into a blue state after a thrilling overtime win. Walker hit a Taliek Brown-esque 3-point heave as the shot clock expired and drained the game-winner with five ticks left.

Shabazz Napier made a strong defensive play to finish off the Longhorns and Kemba showed why he is the frontrunner to win Player of the Year.

On his 3-point prayer Walker said, “I threw it up and God was on my side.”

Fredette may also have God

on his side going to BYU. But he doesn’t have the competition Kemba has. It’s kind of like the BCS. Not that anything is remotely right with the BCS, but when the sports writers sit down to vote for the best player in college basketball, they have to look at the Big East competition, making Walker’s stats go down. His clutch shots came against Michigan State, Texas and Villanova, instead of the Cougars’ Mountain West opponents. The Big East is the SEC of college basketball and Kemba is its “Cam Newton.”

Speaking of Villanova, Walker treated students and fans at Gampel to a classic coming off of winter break.

He took matters into his own hands, hitting a 3-pointer to go up 57-54 with over a minute left. After Walker gave the Wildcats a second chance by himself, he took it back and

won it for the Huskies with a teardrop over two defenders with two seconds left. A Corey Fisher miss at the buzzer sent Gampel into delirium and ended another nationally televised campaign rally.

Walker is averaging 25 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.

Although he trails Fredette by 1.7 points per game, that should not be the defining stat in the POTY. race. No. 1 Ohio State is led by freshman Jared Sullinger, who is averaging a double-double. The Young Buck is another viable vote, but Walker means more to the young husky pups than any other player does to his team in America.

Walker has led the preseason pick for 10th in the Big East, to the top ten in the nation. UConn now sits at No. 5 in both polls. And instead of looking like a team destined for another NIT year,

the Huskies seem primed for a Final Four run.

After the win against the Volunteers, Walker told reporters, “I’m willing to sacrifice points. I don’t care, I just want to win.”

That sounds like a promise to supporters of his campaign that, whether or not he wins Player of the Year, he is more concerned with winning a national championship in his final collegiate season.

While he was held to 16 points and the XL Center staff removed an innocent college student’s attempt to get on national television, UConn found that they have more than the best college basketball player in the country. They have a pretty good team around Kemba. And that deadly combination can’t be stopped.

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they have done nothing. Their big signing was Scott Downs to a 3-year, $15-million contract. They missed out on Crawford and Beltre. To make matters worse, Beltre signed with division rival Texas. The Angels will need to acquire a bat by trade if they want to compete this season.

Now for some of the best, worst and most shocking signings of the winter.

Best: Cliff Lee, Philadelphia Phillies, 5 years, $120million.

The signing of Cliff Lee by the Phillies is the best signing this winter. It looked to be a gloomy winter for the Phillies when Jayson Werth signed with the Nationals, but the Phillies came out of nowhere and signed Lee giving them the best rotation in baseball.

Phillies fans may want to thank those lovely Yankee fans who heckled Lee’s wife in New York for this one.

Worst: Rafael Soriano, New York Yankees, 3 years, $35 million.

This signing has “panic mode” written all over it.

The Red Sox are out there improving every aspect of their team and the Yankees

were shut out, so they went and overpaid a guy who will be their set-up man. It would be one thing to pay Soriano $35-million if he was going to close, but that won’t happen because the Yankees have Mariano Rivera.

Most Shocking: Jayson We r t h , Wa s h i n g t o n Nationals, 7 years, $126 million.

This signing literally made my jaw drop. What in the world are the Nationals doing dishing out this kind of contract?

Not only that, Werth only has three seasons in his career with over 20 home runs. These are the types of contracts that ruin franchises. The odds of the Nationals seeing the playoffs even once in that seven-year period are slim to none. Just when you think the Nationals are going in the right direction, building from the draft with Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper, they go and do this. This signing will hurt the Nationals more than help them.

With that being said, only 20 days until pitchers and catchers report.

William.Penfield@UConn.edu

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“Clay Matthews had a great year and proved his doubters dating back to A: college wrong.”

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Michael Vick has signed his first endorsement contract since his release from prison.

The Philadelphia Eagles’ Pro Bowl quarterback inked a two-year contract with Unequal Technologies, a provider of the football pads Vick wore last season.

The deal will be announced on Thursday.

Chief executive officer Rob Vito says Vick is the company’s first corporate spokesman. Vick was once the NFL’s highest-paid player and he endorsed many products during his six seasons with the Atlanta Falcons. But Vick lost everything following his 2007 arrest on dogfighting charges, for which he served 18 months in federal prison.

He returned to the NFL in 2009 with the Eagles, and worked his way from a seldomused third-string quarterback to the key cog on a division-winning team. He will start for the NFC in the Pro Bowl this weekend.

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What's On TV NBA: San Antonio Spurs at Utah Jazz 9:00 P.M., ESPN The Jazz return home after dropping the last two games of its roadtrip to Boston and Philadelphia, respectively.

Deron Williams leads Utah in scoring with 21 points per game and assists with nine. Al Jefferson leads the team in rebounding.

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NCAA BASKETBALL: North Carolina at Miami, FL 7:30 p.m.

This mid-week ACC matchup, broadcasted by ESPN2 features two underachieving teams. The Hurricanes enter the game on a two-game losing streak, and a 1-4 conference record. Miami is 12-7 overall.

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The Tar Heels have not fared much better, going 13-5 this season, however, UNC is 3-1 in the ACC.

(AP) — The Texas Rangers traded former closer Frank Francisco and cash to Toronto for catcherfirst baseman Mike Napoli on Tuesday, giving the AL champions a much-needed versatile bat off the bench and the Blue Jays more bullpen depth.

It was the second time in five days Napoli was traded, quickly returning to the AL West.

Toronto acquired Napoli and outfielder Juan Rivera from the Los Angeles Angels on Friday for outfielder Vernon Wells.

“It’s been a crazy couple of days,” Napoli said. “I know the division well and the lineup they have, the type of players they have. “ Napoli was on a cruise last week when he found out he had been traded the first time. He didn’t even talk to Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos until Tuesday, then found out he was going to Texas.

“It was kind of weird to me. Obviously there was something going on,” Napoli said.

“It’s great. I’m excited. I can’t wait to get to spring training and try to win a job and help these guys win.”

Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said Napoli “brings a lot to the table” in his ability to catch, play first base or designated hitter.

Anthopoulos said he had inquired previously about Francisco, and a deal came together when Texas was among several teams who had already asked him about Napoli. The deal involves arbitration-eligible players that have not settled their 2011 contracts.

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After home wins against Villanova and Tennessee, the UConn men’s basketball team has climbed back into the ranks of the top five teams in the country.

Kemba Walker’s floater through the lane gave the Huskies a 61-59 win against the Wildcats on Martin Luther King Day at Gampel Pavilion. This past Saturday, UConn used a complete team effort to beat the Volunteers, as Walker and Jeremy Lamb scored 16 points each. The Huskies improved their conference record to 4-2, as well as their overall record to 16-2. They jump ahead of Syracuse and Kansas to make it to No. 5 in both polls.

UConn now seems like a legitimate contender for a Big East championship, No. 1 seed and possible run to the Final Four or national championship. And this was a team picked to finish tenth in the Big East conference.

The freshmen have meshed

together well and have given Walker and Alex Oriakhi other options for scoring. Lamb, Roscoe Smith and Shabazz Napier have confidence to score from anywhere on the court. And Charles Okwandu has become an option in the low post.

The rest of the best Jared Sullinger and Ohio State remained No. 1 after an impressive road win at Illinois. Pittsburgh moved up to No. 2, but was upset Monday night at home against Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish were the first team other than the Panthers to win a game at the Peterson Events Center in over a year. Duke is No. 3 and unbeaten San Diego State is ahead of the Huskies at No. 4. But there is still time for UConn to move even further in the rankings – up or down.

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By Dan Agabiti Staff Writer Alert Bob Swerski and the rest of the super fans, the Chicago Bulls are for real this season. Under Tom Thibodeau and with the help of a talented squad of young players, this could be the year the Bulls make a serious run in the playoffs.

The Bulls have not won 50 games since the Michael Jordan era. This season, with three weeks until the All-Star Break, Chicago is sitting at 31 wins and the chance of winning 60 or more games this year looks good.

Chicago ranks in the Top-5 in team defense and assists, while four players in their starting lineup are averaging double digit points per game.

Bulls’ starting point guard Derrick Rose is a large reason that Chicago is sitting atop their division by 13 games. Rose is averaging about 25 points and eight rebounds per game and has not shied away from the big games. Rose has put up 30 or more points against the Heat, Lakers, Spurs and Celtics this season—four out of the top six teams according to espn.com’s power rankings.

But before talking about their chances at winning a title this season, they have to prove themselves

by playing at a high level on their upcoming Western Conference road trip. Six out of their nine games remaining before the break are against teams from the West, five of those games are played on the road.

While they still need a couple of big wins against the elite teams, and not just the lousy competition in their division, this year’s Bulls team is one to be reckoned with. A good chance for Chicago to do that comes this Friday, against the Orlando Magic.

Show him some Love Perhaps it’s because Blake Griffin is stealing the show, or maybe it is the fact he plays on a dismal 10-win team, but Kevin Love is having himself a very good year.

Love leads the league in rebounds with close to 16 and on top of that, he has just over 21 points per game.

What is most remarkable is that Love has almost no supporting cast around him. When a shot goes up, the only real threat teams against Minnesota have to focus on stopping is Love and yet he continues to come down with the ball. In seven games this season, Love has finished with 20 or more rebounds and he shows no signs of slowing down.

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Case for Kemba

Colin McDonough During UConn’s 72-61 win over Tennessee Saturday in Hartford, a student held up a sign that read “Can’t Be Stopped.” A cut out of Kemba Walker’s head was glued onto the poster that was taken away

by XL Center security guards. Not only did the V.I.Ps in yellow jackets stop the sign from being shown regularly by CBS cameras, but the Vols also shut down Walker’s scoring as much as any team has this season.

While most political races end with an election in November, Kemba’s campaign for National Player of the Year began in November. Although it was the second game of the season against Vermont, Walker announced his plans to run for Player of the Year with a 42-point performance in the win over the Catamounts.

In the Maui Invitational, Walker found a running mate in doubledouble machine Alex Oriakhi. Not only that, but Walker went off in stunning fashion. He singlehandedly got by Wichita State. Then the Huskies upset Michigan State and Kentucky to win the tournament.

Walker was awarded the easiest MVP choice in Maui history and racked up 90 points in the three wins. The three-day coming-out party was broadcasted on ESPN. When “King Kemba” came back to the mainland, citizens of Connecticut had enormous expectations. He met those with a triple-double in a win over UMBC. Walker stayed the nation’s leading scorer until BYU’s Jimmer Fredette went ahead of the junior.

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Huskies look to hand Rutgers first home loss

Moore also alluded to the Rutgers Athletic Center, affectionately known as the “RAC,” as one of the tougher places New Haven Register to play. Coming off a struggle reporter Jim Fuller suggest- against the lowly Panthers, ed to coach Geno and entering its Auriemma and third game since Maya Moore that the departure of Saturday night’s Samarie Walker, grind-it-out win it won’t be an over Pittsburgh easy task. vs. Rutgers felt like a battle “We’re going 7:30 p.m. between UConn and to have to really Rutgers. Both veterLouis Brown learn and grow ans in the Big East from this game rivalry agreed with Athletic Center and make sure this Fuller, and now the Piscataway, N.J. doesn’t become a Huskies get to face habit,” Moore said the Scarlet Knights in a battle after the win over Pitt. “We’re for conference supremacy, definitely going to have a good tonight in New Jersey. test on Wednesday.”

“It did feel like a Rutgers Rutgers, like UConn, is game,” Auriemma said. “The unbeaten in Big East play. The noises emanating from the Huskies come into the game 7-0 stands will be quite different on in conference, while the Scarlet Wednesday night.”

Knights are 5-0. Rutgers is rid-

By Colin McDonough Senior Staff Writer

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ing a five-game winning streak capped off with a home win against Cincinnati. Although Rutgers is 12-6 overall, they have yet to lose at the RAC. Monique Oliver leads the Scarlet Knights in conference play this season with 19.2 points per game and she has a lot of help. All five starters average double figures in the five Big East games this year.

UConn’s starters scored all 66 points last game and will need more output from their bench. But Moore and Bria Hartley have been carrying most of the load thus far.

For the second straight week, Moore and Hartley received Big East honors. Moore won Conference Player of the Week, while Hartley took home Big East Freshman of the week for the fifth time this year.

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Bria Hartley drives to the basket in the Huskies win over Pittsburgh on Saturday.

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By William Penfield MLB Columnist Major League Baseball’s Hot Stove winter is begging to cool down after a sizzling start at the annual winter meetings.

We saw a team from Boston take the bull by the horns and make two huge moves, a team from New York overpay a set-up man, a team from Philadelphia shock the league and an up-andcoming team from Tampa slip back into irrelevancy.

At this point in the offseason we are able to judge which teams are the winners and losers.

The clear winners of the 201011 Hot are the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Red Sox addressed a pressing need, a middle of the order power bat, by trading for Adrian Gonzalez. The Red Sox had to trade three top prospects in Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo and Reymond Fuentes, but the Red Sox are a win-now organization and need to trade young guns when necessary. As long as the Red Sox can get Gonzalez signed to a long-term extension, which they should be able to do, the deal will be a slam-dunk.

They addressed another pressing need by signing Bobby Jenks to a 2-year, $12-million deal to help bridge the gap between the starters and closer Jonathan Papelbon. Other than Daniel Bard, the Red Sox had no reliable bullpen arms. Jenks becomes a second guy who can shut down hitters in the eighth inning. Oh, yeah, the Red Sox also signed Carl Crawford.

Between Jacoby Ellisbury and Crawford, they have the fastest outfield in baseball.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Freshman Jeremy Lamb had a career-best 24 points and No. 5 Connecticut overcame a tough shooting game from Kemba Walker with a 13-0 run late in the second half to beat Marquette 76-68 on Tuesday night.

Connecticut (17-2, 5-2 Big East) won its third road game in five tries this season after going 2-10 away from home last season. The Huskies proved to be too tough down the stretch, holding Marquette (13-8, 4-4) without a field goal for nearly 10 minutes.

Walker finished with a season-low 14 points on 5-of-16 shooting. The dynamic junior guard came in averaging 25 points per game, second in the nation, but still had a big impact with nine assists and six rebounds.

Jimmy Butler scored 21 points for Marquette.

Butler’s effort couldn’t overcome the Huskies’ freshmen — Lamb, Shabazz Napier and Roscoe Smith — who helped put Connecticut over the top in a back-and-forth second half.

Trailing 60-55, Lamb, Napier and Walker took control.

Lamb hit two jumpers, Napier made a 3-pointer and Walker added two tough baskets that made it 68-60 with 2:26 left and the Golden Eagles never got closer than six points the rest of the way. Smith and Napier finished with 11 points apiece.

Marquette took a five-point lead with a 13-3 spurt capped when Butler grabbed an offensive rebound, scored and was fouled to make it 56-51 with 11:24 left. But that was Marquette’s last field goal until Darius Johnson-Odom’s layup cut Connecticut’s lead to 70-63 with 1:47 to play.

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Connecticut’s Roscoe Smith (22) dunks the ball in front of Marquette’s Jae Crowder, right, in the first half in Milwaukee.

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UConn will have different look for 2011 season

By Mike Ferraro Campus Correspondent

The 2011 edition of UConn Huskies will look completely different from the team we saw in the Fiesta Bowl.

First off, Randy Edsall, the face of UConn football, will no longer be on the sidelines. Next year he will be the head coach at Maryland. The 2011 Huskies will feature Paul Pasqualoni as their new head coach.

The Huskies will have a lot of new faces. But first, let’s acknowledge who is leaving. Star running back Jordan Todman will forego his senior season and head to the NFL, where he looks to match the success of former UConn running back Donald Brown. Also leaving will be senior quarterback Zach Frazer, senior linebacker Lawerence Wilson, and senior offensive guard Zach Hurd.

Other seniors leaving Storrs are Greg Lloyd, Scott Lutrus and Anthony Sherman.

The recruiting class for this year will look to fill the voids of these departing seniors. Out of the eight teams in the Big East football, Rivals.com ranked UConn seventh. Out of the 15 commitments, Rivals.com ranks eight of them as three-star recruits. One of the recruits is Michael Nebrich, who will look to replace Zach Frazer. In his senior season at Lake Braddock, VA, Nebrich had 3,290 passing yards and 22 passing touchdowns. He can run the football as well, posting 1,231 rushing yards and 24 rushing touchdowns. Altogether, Nebrich had over 4,400 yards of total offense and 46 all-purpose touchdowns.

Nebrich’s reaction to Edsall’s departure was that of many UConn players. “I was completely shocked and in awe when I heard that Coach Edsall was

officially moving to Maryland.

As a recruit, you go to a school for certain things and the head coach is always high on that list. So when I heard about it, it kind of set me back, especially the way things happened so quickly and since I was all set to be starting up on the 15th.”

However, Nebrich won’t be changing his plans on coming to UConn. “No, coach Edsall’s departure doesn’t change my plans to get up there on the 15th,” Nebrich said. “I’ll still be up there and ready to work for whomever the new head coach is.”

Nebrich is optimistic about the future of UConn football. “With how the program has done over the past several years and with the future looking bright for our football team, I would expect UConn to sit down and hire the right man for the job that

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Dwayne Difton, the highest rated UConn recruit in history, is seen here against Cincinnati.