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The reliability of voting technology may be improved in future years because of a group of professors, students and engineers at the UConn Voting Technology Research Center. The VoTeR Center, which receives funding from the Secretary of State’s Office, opened in 2006 – the same year that Connecticut switched from using polling machines with levers to electronic ballot-
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counting systems, according to UConn Today. Headed by Alexander Shvartsman, professor of computer science and engineering, the VoTeR Center conducts audits on past elections to find numeric differences between electronically counted ballots and hand-counted ballots. “A small number of discrepancies is inevitable,” Shvartsman told UConn Today. “People sometimes mark the bubbles incorrectly, making it impossible for the machines to read them,” he said of the AccuVote
Optical Scanners. At the VoTeR Center, other faculty members, including professors Aggelos Kiyas, Laurent Michel and Alexander Russell and an engineer, Tigran Antonyan, assist Shvartsman. Graduate students Seda Davtyan, Derrick Lawrence, Nicholas Nicolaou and Therese Smith are also part of the team. Attempts to reach the graduate assistants for comment were unsuccessful. The VoTeR Center is also responsible for examining the voting machines and their
memory cards before and after elections to be sure there are no glitches within the technology. They are currently performing an audit on the November 2010 elections and hope to eventually upgrade electronic voting machines. In light of the ballot shortage at some Bridgeport polling centers in the 2010 gubernatorial election, voters are hopeful that future technology will allow casting ballots to become easier and less stressful. “My mom was actually at one of the schools trying to
vote when they ran out of ballots,” Sam Peterson, a 6thsemester English major said. “If the VoTeR Center can prevent nightmares like that in the future, I think people would be more likely to go to the polls.” Shvartsman shares that goal for the VoTeR Center. “The process is quite challenging, but with the help of my colleagues and students, we are able to help Connecticut move forward,” he told UConn Today.
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For emergency personnel, snow days are work days While class cancellations mean a day off for students, for many UConn personnel, it’s still business as usual. When class cancellations are announced, students are informed via an e-mail sent by Jay Hickey, head of the Department of Labor Relations. In the case of Thursday’s snow day, Hickey stated in his e-mail that “emergency” personnel were required to arrive at work while “nonemergency personnel” were not. These two terms, unclear to most students, apply only to UConn faculty. The official terminology was changed from “essential” and “non-essential” according to the advice of former Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Fred Maryanski. “Each department defines its own emergency personnel,” Hickey said. These definitions can vary greatly from department to department and depend mainly on the services they provide to students. “All dining services personnel are emergency, because students have to eat,” Hickey said. Other examples of emergency personnel include workers at the waste treatment plant and the
landscaping workers responsible for maintaining the roads. All employees are told when they begin working for the university whether or not they are considered emergency personnel. Some workers’ statuses fluctuate, which requires university staff to keep their workers informed. Payroll is one example of a fluctuating position; if it is payroll week, every worker responsible for payroll is considered emergency personnel. The route of information that informs those at the university responsible for declaring snow days begins in the State Police barracks. State Police monitor roads and weather conditions, in addition to local weather forecasts, so that they can issue informed warnings across the state. The UConn Police Department consults the State Police about potential closings and considers all the related weather information before the final decision is made. UCPD Major Ronald Blicher conveys the information to UConn Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer Barry Feldman, who delivers the final decision to Hickey. UConn’s vast array of communications technology is used by Hickey to warn the UConn community long before commuters and professors must leave to arrive on campus in time for classes. “We try and get word out as fast as possible,” said Hickey. This cycle of shared infor-
HARTFORD (AP) — A winter storm that blanketed Connecticut with up to a foot and a half of snow was blamed for several building collapses Thursday, including a cave-in at a barn in Somers that forced the euthanization of a horse. A foot of snow fell at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, pushing the January total to an all-time monthly record of 54.9 inches, said National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Simpson. The previous monthly record was 45.3 inches in December 1945. Forty-five flights were canceled at Bradley, representing about 20 percent of all flights. The Metro-North rail service, meanwhile, was running a limited Sunday schedule on the New Haven line and it suspended service on the New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury branches. A Metro-North commuter train ran off the tracks in New Canaan, but no passengers or crew members were hurt. Firefighters in Somers, in the north-central part of the state along the Massachusetts border, were called to the barn at Lindy Farms shortly after 7 a.m. Fire Chief Gary Schiessl said there
were seven horses in the barn at the time, and three were trapped after the collapse. No people were injured. Schiessl said authorities had to cut away the damaged part of the barn to get to the horses, which took more than two hours. “We utilized saws, cribbing material and other stabilization tools,” Schiessl said. One of the three horses had to be put down, one was being treated by a veterinarian and the other was not seriously injured, he said. The barn’s website says it specializes in harness racing horses and has a 42-stall main barn and 16 horse sheds. A phone message was left at the farm Thursday. In Portland, a building housing a waste transfer station collapsed and a vacant building partially collapsed due to the weight of snow, First Selectwoman Susan Bransfield said. There were no injuries. Wallingford officials say part of a restaurant collapsed and authorities responded to a gas leak there. A daycare center was evacuated because
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Students frolic in the snow outside of South after classes were cancelled on Thursday.
mation flows constantly before potential storms. Cancellations will be swiftly made for afternoon classes if there is an ominous forecast – or if snow has already begun to fall.
UConn’s administration works while students sleep to determine whether or not to declare a snow day. The chain of communication provides those in charge of mak-
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The inside of a collapsed horse barn on Lindy Farms is seen in Somers Thursday. Firefighters rescued three trapped horses from the barn that collapsed from heavy snow conditions.
of concerns of a potential collapse that never happened, and there was a report of a house roof collapse. No injuries were reported. The National Weather Service reported that the
storm dumped 19 inches of snow in Stafford, 18.5 inches in North Haven, 18 inches in New Canaan and 15 inches in Middletown. Connecticut Light & Power reported only about 200 power
outages out of 1.2 million customers Thursday afternoon, down from a high of about 13,000 in the early morning. United Illuminating said it had about 50 outages in the New Haven and Bridgeport areas. Schools were closed across the state. State Police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said troopers had responded to more than 1,700 calls and nearly 160 accidents, including seven with minor injuries, since snow began falling Wednesday morning. Vance said cars were stranded for several hours overnight on a section of the Merritt Parkway in southwestern Connecticut after a tree fell onto the highway. Troopers checked on the motorists until the road was cleared. Connecticut banned tractortrailers from the highways until 10 a.m. Thursday to ease plowing efforts, and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told nonessential state workers not to report to work until noon. He said state highways were cleared by early Thursday afternoon. “It was messy out there, but I think people responded well,” he said.
What’s on at UConn this weekend.... Friday Geography Lecture 12 – 1 p.m. CLAS 434
Mark Ellis, a geography professor at the University of Washington presents “Geographies of Racial Mixing in households and neighborhoods.”
Friday Hula Hoop Society Meeting 2:30 – 4 p.m. Rome Ballroom Board members will discuss current university issues and hold an open public session.
Saturday Movie 8 – 10:30 p.m. Student Union Theater Come watch “Due Date,” a hilarious comedy featuring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.
Sunday “If You Give a Cat a Cupcake” 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Jorgensen Theater This classic children’s tale has been adapted for the stage. Admission starts at $11. - JOE ADINOLFI
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Hartford mayor declares state of emergency
HARTFORD (AP) — Mayor Pedro Segarra has declared a state of emergency in Hartford because of record snowfall this month, and he’s asking the state for help in clearing snow and ice from city streets. Segarra issued the declaration Thursday after the city got another foot of snow. He said the city has limited options for where to put large amounts of snow. The city has struggled to keep streets clear this winter. Snow piles have reduced lanes on many streets and caused traffic problems. Crews have been hauling snow to available parking lots. A spokeswoman for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says state plow crews have been clearing areas around state buildings and highway ramps, and the governor will continue to work with Segarra.
New monthly snowfall record set in state
WINDSOR LOCKS (AP) — The National Weather Service says this month’s snowfall in Connecticut is now higher than any other monthly total since recordkeeping began more than a century ago. Meteorologist Bill Simpson of the Weather Service says 54.9 inches of snow has fallen at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks this month, breaking the old record of 45.3 inches in December 1945. Recordkeeping began in 1905. Bradley got a foot of snow from the storm that hit Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Other parts of the state got a foot and a half. Simpson says seven storms have dropped at least 6 inches of snow this season.
Man remains who killed girl remains confined
HARTFORD (AP) — A Connecticut man who was found not guilty of killing a 16-year-old girl in 1976 by reason of insanity has been ordered to remain at a psychiatric facility after he was found too mentally ill to be released. Gregory Gillespie, now 58, was twice acquitted of gun crimes by reason of insanity. He was tried for shooting another man after they were involved in a car crash. After four months at a state hospital, he was permitted off hospital grounds. The Hartford Courant reports that during one of those leaves, Gillespie shot and killed 16-year-old named Shereese Weatherley. He was sent to a hospital after being found not guilty by reason of insanity. The Psychiatric Security Review Board last month found that Gillespie remains incompetent and a danger to society.
New senator named to Armed Services panel
HARTFORD (AP) — Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s freshman U.S. senator, has been named to Senate committees that oversee issues affecting the armed services, the Department of Justice and judicial nominations, health and drug regulation and senior citizens. The Democrat said Thursday that his appointments will help the state create jobs and protect the U.S. Submarine Base in Groton, which has been pegged for closure in the past. Blumenthal announced he will sit on the Senate’s Armed Services, Judiciary, and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committees. He was also appointed to the Senate’s Special Committee on Aging. Blumenthal was elected in November, replacing former Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd, who retired in January. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., also sits on the Armed Services Committee.
High court to hear overturned murder case
NEW HAVEN (AP) — Connecticut’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of two men whose murder convictions were overturned by a lower court judge. Ronald Taylor and George Gould were freed by a Superior Court judge in April after the state’s star witness, a drug addicted prostitute, in the 1993 murder of a New Haven store owner recanted her testimony. The men spent 16 years behind bars before they were freed. The state Attorney General’s Office challenged the judge’s ruling and the case was scheduled to be heard by an appeals court before the Supreme Court stepped in. The case is scheduled for Feb. 7. An attorney for Gould tells The New Haven Register that the decision by the Supreme Court to hear the case gets his client one step closer to “finality.”
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Teach For America gets $100M ATLANTA (AP) — Teach For America, the education organization that places recent college graduates in low-income public schools, is getting $100 million to launch its first-ever endowment in hopes of making the grass-roots organization a permanent fixture in education. The program — which is now in communities from Atlanta to rural New Mexico to Los Angeles — announced Thursday that four philanthropists are joining to create a stable, long-term source of money. It’s welcome news for an organization that had more than 46,000 applications for just 4,400 teaching slots this academic year. “A few years ago we embraced the priority of making Teach For America an enduring American institution that can thrive as long as the problem we’re working to address persists,” said founder Wendy Kopp, who dreamed up Teach For America for her undergraduate thesis and launched it in 1990. “I think it’s only appropriate in our country — which aspires to be a place of equal opportunity — that we have an institution which is about our future leaders making good on that promise.” It’s also likely to be unwelcome news for teachers’ unions and other opponents, who say Teach For America puts inexperienced 20-somethings with just five weeks of training in classrooms and most of don’t stay after their two years of service. Some have criticized it as an organization that lets top graduates experiment in public education for a couple of years before moving on to something else. “I don’t want anyone to practice or test out whether teaching is their profession on children,” said Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, a teachers’ union with 3 million members. “We need to find out if teaching is your profession before you get in the classroom.” Teach for America says onethird of its alumni keep teaching after two years, and two out of three remain in the field, some as public-policy analysts or school administrators. It points
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to studies that show its teachers are at least as effective as those who enter the teaching profession in more traditional ways. The idea of an endowment started with philanthropist Eli Broad, who pledged $25 million from his Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and encouraged others to commit to the project. Three more groups stepped up with matching funds: the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the
Robertson Foundation and philanthropists Steve and Sue Mandel. The endowment will only produce about 2 percent of Teach For America’s $200 million budget at first, but Kopp said that will grow over time. The organization gets its budget from nonprofits, corporations and federal grants, but those aren’t always dependable. Kopp said she hopes that steady stream of revenue means
the organization can double the number of active corps members serving two-year terms to 15,000 and increase the communities they reach from 39 to 60. Broad, whose foundation gives out the nation’s top prize in public education each year, has donated $41 million total to Teach For America since its inception. He said he wanted to form an endowment to ensure the program persists.
State to take another run at energy policy HARTFORD (AP) — State lawmakers are reviving an effort to overhaul energy policy in Connecticut, where a bill designed to bring down the state’s high cost of electricity was vetoed last year by Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell. Democrats who control the legislature believe the new Democratic governor, Dannel P. Malloy, will help push through changes to the state’s deregulated electricity system. The 2010 legislation would have made numerous changes, including reorganizing the Department of Public Utility Control, provided incentives for renewable energy, required rate reductions and set new efficiency standards for appliances. Lawmakers are only now beginning to write a new version of the legislation, but Rep. Vicki Nardello, co-chairwoman of the Energy and Technology Committee, said major components of the bill will remain the same. Asked if she expects Malloy to sign the legislation into law, Nardello said she believes the bill will “have the support of the
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legislature and the governor.” Last year, critics questioned whether the bill’s financial incentives to help the state’s budding solar industry would have increased costs for ratepayers and whether the complicated legislation would hinder ratepayers’ ability to choose alternative electric suppliers.
In her veto, Rell said the legislation was “well-intentioned” but she could not approve sweeping changes without fully knowing how they would affect the energy market, the state’s economy and consumers’ electricity bills. Colleen Flanagan, a spokeswoman for Malloy, said he
supports “substantial revisions” in Connecticut’s electricity system, but she did not provide specifics. Malloy will establish an advisory group to work with the legislature on the issue, she said. The extent of regulation of electricity in Connecticut has vexed lawmakers for years. The General Assembly deregulated the industry more than a decade ago, but when prices rose steeply as in 2007 and 2008, lawmakers were inundated with demands for change. Even as prices declined from their peak, electricity by kilowatt hour still costs more in Connecticut than nearly anywhere else in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. It’s blamed for robbing consumers of disposable income and forcing businesses to flee to lower-cost states. “For years we have been fighting to fix deregulation,” said Sen. Donald Williams, president pro tem of the state Senate. Supporters sold deregulation as a cure-all that would increase competition and lead to lower rates, he said.
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Teen put piano on Miami sandbar; gone now Friday, January 28, 2011
MIAMI (AP) — The rumors can stop swirling: The baby grand piano that turned up on a Miami sandbar was burned to tatters by New Year’s revelers, then brought to its new home by a television designer’s teenage son who said Thursday he hoped the idea might help him get into a prestigious art school. And now, it has been removed. Captain John Nicholson with Biscayne Towing and Salvage said the piano was taken away, but couldn’t give other details. Florida wildlife officials had wanted it gone within 24 hours — or else the teen and his parents could have faced face felony dumping charges. Theories of the instrument’s origin had abounded, with some saying they saw helicopters and television crews hovering around the piano. Others tried to claim responsibility, but Nicholas Harrington, 16, had his endeavor on videotape. Harrington said he wanted to leave his artistic mark on Miami’s seascape as the artist Christo did in the early 1980s when he draped 11 small islands in Biscayne Bay with hot pink fabric. And if it helped the high school junior
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get into Manhattan’s Cooper Union college, that would be OK, too. “I wanted to create a whimsical, surreal experience. It’s out of the everyday for the boater,” Harrington told The Associated Press. “I don’t like it be considered as a prank,” he said. “It’s more of a movement.” On Jan. 2, Harrington, his older brother Andrew and two neighbors lifted the instrument, which had been trashed during a holiday party, onto the family’s 22-foot boat and took it out on Biscayne Bay. There, they left it on the highest spot along a sandbar. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer told the teen and his parents Thursday that they had to remove the piano in 24 hours or face felony dumping charges, said FWC spokesman Jorge Pino. “We know his intent was not to go out there and dump the piano,” Pino said. “His intent was to express his artistic side.” But Harrington did not have the proper permits to do that, Pino said. Harrington is the son of “Burn
Notice” production designer J. Mark Harrington. The piano is an old movie prop that sat for four years in Harrington’s grandmother’s garage. The teen had talked about hoisting the instrument from a tree or using it in a music video, among other projects, his mother said, but nothing happened until the winter break from school. The teen said he grew up in a family that appreciated art and architecture, and he had his parents’ support for his scheme. “The weirdness of it all just comes easily,” he said. The piano sat undisturbed in the bay until last week, when Suzanne Beard, a local resident, took her boat over to the sandbar to take a look. Her picture of pelicans roosting on the instrument ended up on the National Geographic website. From there, the story went viral, much to Harrington’s surprise. “We pretty much forgot about it until it became super popular,” the teen said. He said he had planned to remain anonymous — except for including photos of the installation in his college application — until others began claiming responsibility. “I think it was much more
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Freelance photographer Karla Murray of New York photographs a grand piano that recently appeared on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, Miami, Wednesday. Whoever put the piano there placed it at the highest point of the sandbar so that it’s not underwater during high tide.
powerful as a mystery,” said the teen’s mother, Annabel Harrington. “It put Miami on the map in a good way.” Harrington’s school counselor, Ariel Diaz-Escanaverino, said they had discussed the idea as a unique subject for a college application essay.
“It was time to say and let the world know that it was a 16-yearold who really did this without any intrinsic feeling for notoriety or money or any of the things that started to happen,” DiazEscanaverino said. It’s not clear what will happen to the piano. The Florida
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission isn’t responsible for moving such items and the U.S. Coast Guard won’t get involved unless it becomes a hazard to navigation. Harrington and his mother said they are prepared to retrieve the piano.
salon, and she was happily anticipating a visit from her little sister the weekend after she vanished. “I mean, thank God this didn’t happen when (Amanda) got there — I mean, I could have lost both of my daughters,” their mother said. “We want to get justice,” she added. “And we’d like to get it out there to these girls that are working in that type of profession, don’t think you can’t go home to your parents because there’s something called unconditional love. You can go home no matter what happens.’” Barthelemy had a very loving family who were in c o n s t a n t c o n t a c t w i t h h e r, and she was working as an escort “to supplement her income from hairstyling to pay her rent,” said the f a m i l y ’s a t t o r n e y, S t e v e n C o h e n . “ S h e w a s n ’t i n i t for very long. She was not heavily entrenched in this lifestyle.” Barthelemy’s family faulted the police for delaying the initial search for her. But New York City police said they had begun to track her cell phone signal within a week of her being reported missing. “Missing persons launched an intensive investigation as soon as they received the case,” chief NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Thursday.
Police tracked the signal to midtown Manhattan and searched areas near Pennsylvania Station and the Port Authority bus terminal, but the signal went dead, according to an official who had direct knowledge of the case but was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. L a t e r, c e l l p h o n e r e c o r d s obtained through a court order showed a call to her voicemail was made in Massapequa, a hamlet not far from where her body was found, on the day she went missing, the official said. Investigators canvassed nearby hotels, restaurants and the beachfront. Later, detectives gave Barthelemy’s toothbrush to the Suffolk County police in the hope of identifying her, and eventually turned the thick case file over to the police department there. They also discovered another phone once belonging to Barthelemy and tracked it to a convict who said he picked up the phone after she dropped it in a fight with another woman. Authorities in New York also located Barthelemy’s pimp, who corroborated the man’s story, saying he had ordered the other woman to fight Barthelemy because he was upset she had been seeking clients on her own, the official said.
Sister called from missing NY prostitute’s phone AMHERST, N.Y. (AP) — The teenage sister of one of four prostitutes found slain on Long Island received a half-dozen calls from the victim’s cell phone in the six weeks after she disappeared in 2009, her family said Thursday. Melissa Barthelemy’s sister, Amanda, who was then 15, got the first call from an unidentified man a few days after Barthelemy was last seen in New York City on July 12, 2009, said their mother, Lynn, and her fiance, Jeff Martina. They said the last call came on Aug. 26, soon after they told a Buffalo TV station about the calls. The pair said police advised them not to reveal the contents of the calls, which they described as crude. “It’s nothing that we can say on the air,” said Lynn Barthelemy, whose youngest daughter stood in a corner crying at the family’s lawyer’s office in suburban Buffalo. “It wasn’t nice, it wasn’t nice.” “You can see her (Amanda’s) condition right now in the room, it just had a devastating effect,” added Martina as he glanced back at the 16-year-old. “The content of the calls were horrible.” A law enforcement official has told The Associated Press the caller referred to Barthelemy in the first call as a “whore.”
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Family members Jeffrey Martina, front right, Lynn Barthelemy, front right center, Mark Szpila, front left center, Elmer Barthelemy, front left, Dawn Barthelemy, back left, and Susan Szpila, back center, speak about Melissa Barthelemy, pictured in family photographs on the desk, during a news conference in Amherst, N.Y., Thursday. Four women whose bodies were dumped along a desolate beachfront strip on Long Island were prostitutes who booked their clients online and were probably slain by a serial killer, authorities said Monday.
The bodies of Barthelemy and three other prostitutes were found dumped on a desolate stretch of beachfront on Long Island i n D e c e m b e r. P o l i c e o ff i cials suspect the slayings were the work of a s e r i a l k i l l e r. T h e y h a v e not specified yet how the women were killed. On Monday, Suffolk County officials identified Barthelemy’s body and
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Spring Weekend guests need supervision, not omission
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rohibition of overnight guests in the dorms during Spring Weekend is only going to result in student resentment. It is not some magical elixir that will solve all of the issues with the weekend. The chaos associated with UConn during Spring Weekend is not due to the majority of students and their guests, but rather, a small percentage. Granted, this small percentage is inexcusable, but curtailing guest visitation during Spring Weekend only serves to punish everyone, without even the benefit of any tangible gain. Of the 84 arrests last year, only 14 of them were UConn students. Although we have no way of determining whether or not the other 70 were staying with UConn students, it is likely that most of these people had absolutely no connection whatsoever to the university. If they were staying with friends on campus, they would have been with those friends, UConn students, when they were arrested. In this case, it would be likely that the UConn students would be engaging in similar behavior, and thus the percentage of arrests for UConn students would likely have been higher. For this reason, guests who are affiliated with a student at the university have more accountability. Someone who is visiting a friend is much less likely to cause destruction on his or her own, as he or she is less likely to remain unattended by the aforementioned friend. Even if students are prohibited from having their friends visit them, there is no doubt that the core of the troublemakers, which consists of unaffiliated non-UConn students, will still find their way onto this open campus. What the university ought to do is to implement more stringent standards on visitors. Guests should always have their guest passes, with their names and another form of identification to verify this, on hand. It should be made clear that anyone on university grounds during the Spring Weekend nights should have some form of identification, otherwise they will immediately be asked to leave or be escorted off the premises. This will encourage students to register their guests, and encourage the guests to be more responsible. As long as students know that they will be responsible for their guests and their guests’ actions, they will be extra vigilant to ensure that their guests do not go astray. The administration should try to take Spring Weekend matters into its own hands by listening to the students and facilitating their needs. Few students are satisfied with the way Spring Weekend has been for the past several years, but banning overnight guests is not the answer. If the university works toward taking responsibility for Spring Weekend, it can ensure a fun, safe, final weekend for all students. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.
Randy had the right idea, after this snow, I would leave for Maryland too... Looks like the ducks on mirror lake know how to clear snow better than UConn does. Let’s hire them. Well, I owe Jay Hickey my first born...but I think it’s a fair trade. In Soviet Russia, InstantDaily message you! It very unfortunate, however, since this not Soviet Russia, comrade. The closest thing is the Benton exhibit. I’ve decided to pretend I’m fighting in the snow fortress scene from “Inception” every time I walk outside. I hear the cafeteria trays make decent sleds... Can all this snow just go somewhere that I don’t like? Like MSB! I’m pretty sure the evil White Witch from Narnia has come to Storrs and cast a curse of snowfall and eternal winter. I realize that there aren’t a lot of parking spaces on campus, but parking snow plows on the sidewalk is just ridiculous. No matter how many times you reject me, InstantDaily, I’ll still keep coming back to you. Where do the dump trucks bring the snow? OMG the weather is trying to kill us all. Don’t leave your windows open, it will attack!
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Though generous, Burton a ‘sore sport’
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et me preface this by saying that I know nothing about football. I didn’t grow up with a favorite team, I’ve probably been to two UConn football games during my entire college career and I likely will not be watching the Super Bowl this year. I appreciate the sport for what it is (and the hotness that is Tom Brady), but when it comes down to what I think about football, I’m apathetic (now go ahead and shake your head in disgust). But despite the lack of knowledge and interest I have in football, it would be difficult to ignore the controversy that By Taylor Trudon has unfolded conCommentary Editor cerning a UConn donor who is demanding the return of his $3 million donation in addition to having his family name removed from the football complex because he is unhappy with the way the new football coach was chosen. In a Jan. 19 letter addressed to UConn Athletic Director Jeff Hathaway, Robert Burton expressed his disappointment regarding how his opinions were ignored in determining the new football coach, Paul Pasqualoni. According to the Hartford Courant, Burton called the lack of recognition a “slap in the face and embarrassment to my family.” Angry that as the “number one football donor” he was not consulted, Burton demanded the money back. Furthermore, Burton said that his family and friends will no longer fund
scholarships and coaching clinics. Instead, they will stop advertising within the football program and will take current scholarships away from football and put them into the business school. It’s clear that Burton is passionate about the UConn football program and has held close ties to our school. He and his family have donated over $7 million toward football scholarships and programs. His son, Joe, played under Pasqualoni while a student at Syracuse. Burton also said he was involved in the hiring process of Randy Edsall back in 1998. He stated in the letter, “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 add value and comments on any prospective candidates… You did not call me and ask for information on Pasqualoni or talk to my son Joe… Instead you listened to others.”
“It would have been nice of UConn to give...consideration to their donors, but they don’t have to.” I understand why Burton is upset. He has invested a lot in the UConn program and therefore wants a say. He feels blindsided. But here’s the thing: UConn does not owe Burton – or any donors for that matter – a say in the hiring process. If you donate a large amount of money you are extremely generous, but not necessarily in a position of authority. Sure, it would have been nice of UConn to perhaps give a little bit more weight of consideration to their donors like Burton, but they don’t have to. UConn is not obligated by any
means to hear anyone out other than the people who are specifically involved in the hiring process. That’s their job – not the job of donors. Burton wasn’t just this one-time donor that gave a couple thousand dollars. He has continuously given away millions that have no doubt helped to build up the program. For that, he is appreciated. What Burton is doing now, however, is akin to my grandmother giving me a $1,000 check for my graduation and telling me that I have to invest 90 percent of it. No matter how good the intentions are, a gift is a gift. It shouldn’t come with strings attached, ultimatums or any other special requirements. While it would certainly be nice of me to acknowledge Grandma’s request of what she would like me to do with the money, it’s ultimately up to me with what I want to do with her gift. Regardless of whether I invest all of it or buy a plane ticket to Hawaii, it doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate it any less. Burton isn’t appreciated any less either, despite what he may think. Like I said, I don’t know anything about football, but what I do know is that Burton is being what we call “a sore sport.” While this isn’t about winning or losing, the real individuals who are being punished are those in the program who rely on the scholarships and donations that will now cease to exist. Burton can be angry with Hathaway, Pasqualoni or whomever else he wants, but he shouldn’t forget that the people he’s hurting the most had no say at all – just like him.
Commentary Editor Taylor Trudon is a 8th-semester journalism major. She can be reached at Taylor. Trudon@UConn.edu.
The business of sports is overriding passion
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hile still sporting long hair and a beard, Red Sox outfielder Johnny Damon professed in a May 2005 statement, “There’s no way I can go play for the Yankees, but I know they’re going to come after me hard. It’s defiBy Grace Malloy nitely not the most Staff Columnist important thing to go out there for the top dollar, which the Yankees are going to offer me. It’s not what I need.” A mere seven months later, Damon cut his hair, shaved his beard, and signed a fouryear, $52-million deal with the Yankees – a whopping $21 million more than he made with the Red Sox for the same period of time. Red Sox Nation was furious. How could a man who was an integral part of the famous 2004 World Series victory – the one that ended the 86-year curse – shortly after don the hideous pinstripes of an ageold rival? Only Damon could answer that question for sure, but I have the feeling that the $52 million seemed pretty enticing. Can you blame him?
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Well yes, I can and do, because I feel that loyalty to a team with which you accomplished a major feat is much more important than making money, especially when you’re already making millions in the first place. Money is becoming an increasing factor in the behavior of sports professionals. This is not just with players, but with coaches and others involved in the world of sports as well. Let’s bring this issue closer to home. This past December, UConn’s football team went to the Fiesta Bowl – our first BCS bowl in history. While the team lost, it was nonetheless a proud accomplishment. But after the game, head coach Randy Edsall didn’t fly back with the team. Why? Because he was planning to take a new position as head coach for the University of Maryland football team. For all UConn football fans and for the team itself, the news was both sad and demoralizing. According to Athletic Director Jeff Hathaway, “UConn made the quickest transition of any school which left the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision and then played in a Bowl Championship Series game” under Randy Edsall’s
leadership. There is no doubt that Edsall helped the team athletically. But he played an important role in team members’ lives in another way: he helped the team emotionally when cornerback Jasper Howard was killed during the 2009 season.
“If those involved continue to only focus on money and fame, [the passion] will slowly disappear.” In light of his integral leadership role, the fact that he suddenly took another job without telling the players first, is blatantly disrespectful. Why did he do it? Well, not only will he make more money, but by coaching at Maryland it will boost his career. Wide Receiver Kashif Moore told the Hartford Courant that while he was disappointed by Edsall’s decision, he understands that “this is a business”. But this is not an acceptable attitude for coaches and players.
Sports have a positive impact on so many lives. As fans, we fall in love with teams, root for our favorite players and admire sheer talent, hard work and loyalty. As players ourselves, we learn about teamwork, determination, loyalty, fulfilling goals and so much more. All that should not be over-ridden by a desire to make more money and to gain fame. Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has made it known several times that he plans to stay with the Sox until he retires. “This is home to me,” he has said. Whether he is saving the day with walk-off homeruns or battling through a slump, whether the Red Sox get to the World Series or fall short of making it to the playoffs, he plans to remain loyal to his team. This is the type of attitude that we should expect in sports. The world of sports is filled with passion. But if those involved continue to only focus on money and fame, it will slowly disappear. And in this day and age, passion is priceless.
Staff Columnist Grace Malloy is a 6thsemester political science and journalism double major. She can be reached at Grace.Malloy@UConn.edu.
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Take back the tap, no more UConn water bottles Y
ou see them every day and chances are, you’ve purchased one recently. UConn-endorsed water bottles line the shelves of the Union Street Market and UC Cafes. On my first stroll through the Student By Tim Brogan Union as a new student Staff Columnist and transfer last fall, I was surprised – if not shocked – to see disposable water bottles sporting the logo of my unfamiliar school. While the new school jitters have long since left me and I consider myself fully assimilated into the community, apprehension over the strange phenomenon remains with me. In a fantasy world where students can buy their food and drinks with the swipe of a card, diminishing not money, but intangible “points” – my mistake, that’s the world we live in – easyaccess to plastic water bottles becomes dangerously seductive. It only serves to enhance the enticement when those students are made to feel that their institution encourages the consumption of an unnecessary product. I’ve visited several universities throughout New England and I’ve never seen schoolsponsored bottled water. It serves to legitimize a product that a university that prides itself on
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Response to Cindy Luo’s “As patron of inequality, chivalry should die”
I would like to start by stating that I am a 21-year-old, intelligent female who advocates gender equality. I do understand that “benevolent sexism is harmful” my goal is not to disprove its existence or importance. Rather, I’d like to address the poorly written article in which Ms. Luo abandons reason and instead relies on assumptions and generalizations. I feel it is necessary to send in a letter to prove that there are still a few rational ladies out there. My first objection is that Ms. Luo bashes chivalry, romance and “benevolent sexism” all in one breath, as if they are all the same thing. She uses empirical evidence to supports her argument that “benevolent” sexism is harmful and wrong. That’s fine. She then tries to use this “evidence” to support her position that romantic and chivalrous gestures, such as a man opening a door for a woman, are sexist and wrong as well. Before you go lumping chivalry and sexism together, go Google the meaning of “chivalry.” The first definition that pops up: “courtesy towards women.” Interesting. This brings me to my next issue: Ms. Luo’s claim that a man opening a door for a woman is a sexist gesture. It isn’t fair to assume that every man who opens a door for you is a sexist pig. Furthermore, she implies that after performing such a gesture, a man will expect “payment” from the woman later, usually in the form of a sexual favor. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the majority of boys who run ahead to open the door for their girlfriends probably don’t expect a BJ out of
sustainability should be phasing out. Students actively pursue and pay astronomically high prices for commodities garnished with their school’s label. I know I flocked to the Co-op to buy a sweatshirt and T-shirt – albeit with a discount after UConn football mercilessly defeated Texas Southern. I can attest that the school label sells and the university should be weary of selling environmentally grievous products. Not only does it cast the university in a bad light for current students, faculty and staff but also for prospective students. You must also consider parents, who in some cases will ultimately be paying tuition fees and exert influence in their daughter’s or son’s college decision. In a brilliantly simplistic cartoon called “The Story of Bottled Water,” Annie Leonard from the Story of Stuff Project explains how Americans sip through enough bottled water each week to encircle the earth five times. Where did all this demand for a product that was virtually nonexistent before the mid-1970s come from? The demand was manufactured by soft drink companies who were experiencing declining profit margins. In a state of desperation to impliment their next big scam, they put water that is just as easily obtained for pennies a day from the tap into plastic bottles, using scenic images of snow-capped peaks and pristine springs to
it. A more likely possibility is that they just want to show their affection through a kind gesture. BUT for the sake of argument, let’s just say Jonny Sexist DOES expect some physical reimbursement for his door opening. If this happens to be the case, I imagine anyone with a brain would recognize that he’s a d-bag and end the relationship. It’s a bit of a stretch to say that all boys who open doors for girls are perpetuating “benevolent” sexism. But for your sake, Ms. Luo, next time a male opens a door for me I’ll ask him if he’s hatching an elaborate scheme to later extort sexual favors or just respects me as an equal. She then argues that these “sexist” behaviors lead to women becoming more vulnerable because of a “learned helplessness.” Alright, it’s not as if his benevolent gesture of opening the door will brainwash us into thinking we’re helpless and can no longer open doors for ourselves. In fact, that claim is actually pretty insulting to women as a whole. Give your gender some credit, please. Don’t assume we’ll all lie down and open our legs if we allow a door to be opened for us every once and a while. My last little request, Ms. Luo, is that you give some examples of the “better ways to show that you care,” ways that don’t involve any assumptions of incompetence. I just don’t know what kind of gestures you’re hoping for. You’ve already bashed romance and made it clear that you don’t want to be put on a pedestal. You don’t want him opening doors for you, and I assume you don’t want him paying for you on dates or carrying heavy things or doing anything nice, ever. So that leaves? – Allie Zinski
Rethinking mental illness in wake of Tucson tragedy
In his Wednesday, Jan. 19 op-ed piece “Deflecting blame for Tucson attack nonsensical,” Arragon Perrone’s condemnation of recent claims coming from critics and talking heads that the bizarre, tragic events that transpired in Tuscon earlier this month were the direct consequence of increasingly aggressive political debate is well founded, though not groundbreaking. Despite Loughner’s radical anti-government allegations exhibited on YouTube and Myspace prior to the shooting, the young man’s rhetoric was not grounded in any definitive philosophy, libertarian or otherwise; rather, as Perrone points out, Loughner exhibited the unsubstantiated, yet incontrovertible paranoid fantasies consistent with clinical schizophrenia. After making a strong case for the apolitical nature of the crime by underlining the wholly irrational nature of the unspeakable act, Perrone moves to contradict himself in the same breath: “The facts of the case,” he affirms, “point the blame solely on [Loughner] and a possible neurological disorder, no one else.” Perrone then graciously introduces us to a new side of the shooter hidden apparently behind the maniacal grin seen in the shooter’s Jan. 8 mugshot; here we meet a sharp, conniving man possessing the mental agility to step back into reality just long enough to appreciate the media uproar “because it does what [he] would want people to do: draw criticism away from him” and “[enjoy] society wondering what it could have done to stop him.” This sort of baseless, defamatory caricature runs contrary to Perrone’s ultimate conclusion that “there is nothing wrong with a society trying to explain the unexplainable questions.” The writer apparently sees no distinction between severe psychosis and a cultural weakness for archaic notions of innate sin,
deceive consumers. They initiated a ruthless marketing campaign, praising bottled water as “healthy” and “pure” and vilifying tap water, as if it had miraculously and suddenly become unsuitable for human consumption. At first, people saw through the strategy, but eventually the companies succeeded in putting the veil irrationality over consumers. Bottled water consumption boomed in the 1990s and has since become an embedded behavior in our culture, making it exceedingly difficult to dispose.
“I can attest that the school label sells and the university should be weary of selling environmentally grievous products.” The companies want you to forget that you can easily (and for no additional charge) get water from the tap at the Union, dining halls, and Grab-N-Go’s, avoiding plastic bottles and disposable cups. Yes, it takes a little foresight to remember to bring a reusable bottle when
you go out, but after a while you’ll impulsively grab it along with your cell phone and keys. Plus, if you’ve got a bad case of the financial woes, you might find the extra bulge in your wallet and extra points to be all the justification you need to make the switch. From an economic standpoint, if you have two products, one that is expensive, wasteful, needs to be shipped and is harmful to the environment at every step of its life, and another that is readily available with small extraction costs, cheap and benign on the environment, which would you choose? The university should seriously evaluate whether they’re making the most economical and environmentally friendly choice. Needless to say, when you consider the true cost of the product, endorsing bottled water is at best, a questionable decision. Piles of evidence against the consumption of bottled water are beginning the slow and inevitable burial of this multi-billion dollar industry. We, the students of UConn, can help the university make the right decision by standing together for the cause. Let’s take back the tap.
Staff columnist Tim Brogan is a 5th-semester natural resources major. He can be contacted at Timothy. Brogan@UConn.edu.
labeling Loughner a “sick, twisted, psychotic individual” and “a brutal monster,” before asking finally, “why does evil exist?” It is tragic that the acceptance of mental illness as the true offender in a horrific incident like this would be considered to be “letting Loughner off the hook,” when it is obvious that the young man’s only chance for sanctuary from his lifelong sickness would be in intensive treatment. But no matter: Arizona law only allows an insanity defense under a guilty plea (another gold star for that state), and before long Loughner will meet his fate as a needle in the arm or a small cement cell for life. Either way, the glaring problem he represents will be out of Perrone’s hair, for the time being at least. – J. Morganti
Goncalvez mentions, the Libertarian Party does not believe in force except when absolutely necessary. However, they go a step further by believing the government should not intervene, forcefully or otherwise, unless, in the Libertarian Party’s words “one person attempts to use force or fraud against another person’s life, liberty, or property”. Hence, in direct contradiction to the Tea Party’s views, the Libertarians wholeheartedly support these freedoms. Overall, Goncalvez does an excellent job refuting myths about the shooting in Tuscon. However, he recreates a separate myth – that the Tea Party is representative of the Libertarian philosophy. – Gregory Koch
Sergio Goncalvez’s article “Loughner’s actions unrelated to Libertarian ideas” does an excellent job of refuting the common viewpoint of Tea Party influence in the Tuscon shooting. However, he also implies that the Tea Party philosophy is synonymous with the Libertarian Philosophy. This is not the case. In terms of economic issues such as taxes and government spending, the principles are similar. Both groups believe the government should cut spending and taxes significantly. Even here, however, they disagree on how to implement this. But this is not the primary difference between the two groups. The Tea Party takes on extreme right-wing views on many social issues such as abortion and gay marriage. They are predominantly pro-life and oppose same-sex marriage and civil unions. This is the exact opposite of the Libertarian belief. As
government feels it needs to try and control our decisions. I personally feel that UConn definitely needs a local hookah lounge for some more entertainment around here. If one doesn’t go the “enticing” bars nearby then the only options are visiting friends, checking the off-campus apartments, or the Student Union. Last semester, I had even thought through of a plan to open a hookah lounge near campus but I realized the the laws were complicated for smoking. I was excited to learn that someone realized the potential market for hookah smokers and wanted to open a lounge in Tolland. It was a bit farther from campus that I had hoped if someone was on foot, but it was good enough. When I picked up the paper and noticed the headline, “Tolland says no hookah lounge”, I wasn’t surprised but I was more angry then anything.
The committee rejected the proposal since they believed it would contradict their efforts to curb smoking but the last time I checked smoking was still a very legal act. A hookah lounge doesn’t invite customers for any other reason except to smoke hookah. The act of smoking is well understood to be dangerous but it is still our choice to smoke or not. The government does not need to step in and try to tell me what not to do. They can sit back and keep feeding information on why it is bad, but the decision is still mine. It is a shame that the hookah lounge could not open but I see this as another bit of proof that the government is acting more like a “nanny state.” – Bryan Rodrigues
Hookah lounge Spring Weekend good for UConn Tea Party not moritorium wrong students synonymous with While it is a shame that the idea hookah lounge won’t open, I read about the potential moriLibertarians it is a bigger shame how the torium of Spring Weekend at
UConn. It is unfortunate that there were deaths last year, but there is potential risk everyday of life and we still take risks. I do not know the details of the problems but I remember the days at UConn when the drinking age was 18 years old. I value the experiences I had at the open parties and increasing the drinking age to 21 did not solve the drinking problems, it probably made them worse by pushing alot of it off campus where people would drive to party. Pushing this underground will not solve the problem. Unfortunately institutions often over react to cover potential liability. I graduated after seven years of engineering education and spent most of my time studying but the experience would have been much less rich if I did not experience Spring Weekend and Thursday night parties. I also made quite at bit of money collecting cans from the quads after the parties which help pay the fees for the next semesters. – Brian Blum
What’s your favorite dining hall on campus? – By Wynne Hammerman
“Towers because pasta bar is where it’s at.”
“Teds.”
“I like going down to South on taco night.”
“I like to go to North Dining Hall because the swipers are all babes.”
James Barbuto, 6th-semester real estate and urban economics major.
Lauren Tewskbury, 8th-semester marketing major.
Josh Klecan, 6th-semester communications major.
Katie Fiumara, 5th-semester communications major.
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Arizona legislation targets automatic citizenship
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawmakers are again diving into the national debate over illegal immigration by proposing a bill that challenges automatic U.S. citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. The proposal Thursday comes after Arizona last year enacted one of the nation’s toughest local laws targeting illegal immigration. Rep. John Kavanagh, who filed the latest proposal, said the goal isn’t to get every state in the nation to enact such a law, but rather to bring the dispute to the courts in hopes of reducing the costs associated with granting automatic citizenship. “The result of that is they immediately acquire the right to full benefits, everything from welfare to cheese, which increases the costs to the states,” Kavanagh said. “And beyond that, it’s irresponsible and foolish to bestow citizenship based upon one’s GPS location at birth.” This is the second time this year that lawmakers in a state have targeted the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. A similar proposal was filed last week in the Indiana General Assembly by Republican Rep. Eric Koch. Pennsylvania state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, who is leading the effort to get the measure considered across the country, said he hopes that lawmakers in 10 to 15 states will file similar proposals this year. Supporters of the proposal argue that the wording of the
14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to people born in the U.S. who are “subject to the jurisdiction” of this country, doesn’t apply to the children of illegal immigrants because such families don’t owe sole allegiance to the U.S. Opponents say the proposal is mean-spirited toward immigrants, won’t make a dent in the state’s immigration woes, and will be declared unconstitutional by the courts. The proposal aims to get a court to rule that a child born in the U.S. is a citizen only if either parent is a U.S. citizen or a legal immigrant. An accompanying proposal is an interstate compact that defines who is a U.S. citizen and asks states to issue separate birth certificates for those who are U.S. citizens and those who are not. Such a compact would have to be approved by Congress, but they do not require the president’s signature. Democratic Rep. Daniel Patterson of Tucson, an opponent of the bill, said the measure will result in lawsuits and distract the state from focusing on improvements to its hard-hit economy. And, Patterson said, it won’t do anything to repair Arizona’s image. “Bills like this that really aren’t going to go anywhere,” Patterson said, “they are really only going to end up in court and drive up litigation costs and give us more of a bad reputation as kind of a crazy state that I don’t think that most of the people in this state agree with. It’s just a waste of time.”
Sen. Ron Gould, who proposed a similar bill in the Senate, rejected criticism that the measure is mean-spirited or racist, as some opponents have charged. “You can call me a racist all day. It’s not a racist issue, it’s a legal issue,” Gould said. “I don’t care whether they are from Scotland and they are here illegally or whether they are from Mexico and are here illegally. If they are illegal, they don’t deserve to be here.” Gov. Jan Brewer, who rose to national prominence after signing Arizona’s new immigration law last spring, hasn’t taken a position on the 14th Amendment legislation. “It’s certainly an issue that we are following and something that deserves to be studied, but she is not offering a position yet,” said Matt Benson, a spokesman for the Republican governor. Some legal scholars have predicted that the proposal will be struck down by the courts. Kevin Johnson, a law professor at the University of California at Davis who specializes in immigration law, said the 14th Amendment is a settled area of law. “I don’t see how a state can curtail something guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. It’s very unlikely that any effort to curtail birthright citizenship can prevail in the courts,” Johnson said. Republican Sen. John McComish of Phoenix voiced reservations about the bill, saying Arizona has spent enough time and energy trying to confront its immigration woes.
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Prior to filing his Senate Bill challenging the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, Sen. Ron Gould, R-Lake Havasu City, top, shows the bill to Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, left, and Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert, on the floor of the Senate at the Arizona Capitol Thursday.
Last year, lawmakers passed a bill to draw local police deeper into the fight against illegal immigration. The most controversial parts of that law were put on hold by a federal judge.
In previous years, the state has passed laws denying government benefits to illegal immigrants, denying bail to immigrants arrested for serious crimes, and creating the state crime of immi-
gration smuggling. “There is some evidence that our preoccupation with these issues has hurt our tourism industry in particular,” McComish said.
President Barack Obama greets Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Capitol Hill in Washington
M A N H AT TA N , Kan. (AP) — Count U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor among the fans of bipartisan seating at the State of the Union address. Sotomayor said Thursday she found Republicans sitting alongside Democrats to be refreshing at this week’s address, compared to the first State of the Union she attended last year when members of the two parties sat separately. For at least one night, lawmakers abandoned the tradition of divided seating in the wake of shootings in Tucson, Ariz., that left six dead and U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wounded. Sotomayor, who answered questions during an appearance at Kansas State University, said she loved seeing Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the 2008 GOP presidential nominee, sitting next to Sen. John Kerry
of Massachusetts, the 2004 Democratic nominee, sitting side by side. “I was there at the State of the Union last year. I was there this year,” she said. “And I saw people who I saw on different sides of the aisle during my (confirmation) hearings sitting next to each other, and it was much more pleasant for me.” S o t o m a y o r ’s c o m m e n t s came in response to a question that touched on remarks Chief Justice John Roberts made last year in an Alabama speech suggesting the annual State of the Union address had “degenerated into a political pep rally.” Roberts made his comments last year after President Barack Obama, a Democrat who appointed Sotomayor to the court in 2009, criticized a ruling o f t h e c o u r t ’s c o n s e r v a tive majority that allowed corporations and labor
unions to spend freely ing that several unnamed in federal campaigns. justices haven’t mastered Justice Samuel Alito, e-mail. And she said she who mouthed “not true” w a s n ’t q u i t e p r e p a r e d in response to the critifor the burden of particicism, was in Hawaii durpating in decisions that ing this year ’s speech; can’t be appealed. Justice Antonin Scalia One question asked the hasn’t attended for years, court’s first Hispanic justice and Justice Clarence about affirmative action. Thomas also regularly Sotomayor said she skips the addresses, havv i e w s t r u e a ff i r m a t i v e ing called them partisan. action not as quotas in Sotomayor initially hiring but as making sidestepped the quesdecision-makers sensition to tell how one of tive of institutional views her best friends is a that narrow their choices defense lawyer that she of whom to hire or admit faced in court when she to elite schools. was a county prosecu“I think we’ve made t o r, e a r l y i n h e r c a r e e r. a huge amount of gains S h e s a i d t h e y s t i l l a rg u e in that area, but I do AP about issues. think we have strucBarack Obama greets Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday t u r a l p r o b l e m s i n t h e “There is not a conflict President prior to delivering his State of the Union address. Justices, from left are, Anthony Kennedy, Ruth i n d i s a g r e e i n g a g r e e - Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sotomayor. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) society that have to be ably. I think people can addressed before we do it,” she said. “I think r e a c h f u l l e q u a l i t y, ” member and Kansas resi- d i s p e n s e d c a r e e r a d v i c e . it helps us reach better s h e s a i d . “ We c a n ’ t d e n t s , S o t o m a y o r t a l k e d She acknowledged being a l i v e i n a s o c i e t y w h e r e solutions that way.” In her s peech t o hun - about how judges general- “dinosaur” when it comes t h e p o o r e s t c h i l d r e n a r e dreds of students, faculty ly approach cases and even to social networking, not- t h e p o o r e s t e d u c a t e d . ”
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There will be snow Bundle up for winter runs
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By Amy Schellenbaum Associate Managing Editor I have always enjoyed the idea of running in winter. I pictured myself running between hills of sparkling snow, watching my breath as it appeared half a second before I ran through the little cloud. In these romantic visions I wore an adorable pair of earmuffs and waved to ice skaters and snowmen as I huffed by. When a streak of gray, snowy days was broken by a bright and clear February morning my freshman year, I decided to make that fantasy come true. I had no earmuffs, but I wore leggings, shorts and a long-sleeve shirt, knowing once I started running I would become my own heater. It was the worst exercising experience I have ever had, which is a big deal considering I once skied off a cliff. I left from Buckley. By the time I got to Whitney, cold tears made icy tracks down my wind-chafed cheeks and I couldn’t stretch my numbed fingers from their clenched position. The air felt like rocks in my lungs and, with my hands completely useless, there was no way to know whether or not I still had a nose. I went to Wilbur Cross and waited for my breathing to get back to normal, then got a chai latte to distract myself from the giant blinking “FAILURE” sign that hung above me as I walked home. I feel it’s safe to assume that the vast majority of people reading this are smarter about cold weather than I am. And looking back, I can fully relish my own stupidity. I didn’t even wear gloves? A jacket? A hat? It was the first wintery winter of my life and this was just one of the ways I proved to be entirely ignorant about how cold winter actually is. This time I did research. You can work out when it’s cold, you just have to be smart about it. There are a few ground rules: Don’t go for a run if the road isn’t plowed. Don’t run if there’s ice. Don’t run if it’s below zero degrees. Don’t run when visibility is poor. These rules mean you may not be able to run outside for a few weeks, but you should figure out what you need now, so you can be prepared when the snowpocalypse is over. The most blaringly discounted rule: Avoid cotton. When you sweat, cotton absorbs it all, meaning that you get much colder, much faster. I would be warmer in the cold wearing my bathing suit than I would be if I was wrapped in a wet towel. Choose fabrics made of synthetic materials that “wick away” moisture, keeping it away from your skin. Tight Under Armour-style clothing is what you’re looking for. That’s the base layer. The next layer should be heavier. An article on MayoClinic.com, recommends using wool or fleece for this layer. To avoid hypothermia, the key is to keep your core temperature warm, so thick layers are especially important over the upper body. The third layer should be the loosest layer, and also the most waterproof – think windbreaker material. The article recommends you wear two pairs of hand coverings, one thin pair and one thick, waterproof pair. If your hands get too warm, you can take off the waterproof pair and still be protected. Hands, toes
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Chad Jens, an 8th-semester chemical engineering major, Alex Dellin, an 8th-semester mechanical engineering major and Dan Ratner, an 8th-semester international business major build an igloo on South campus.
Promiscuity and pregnancy in television: Does something need to change? By Nicole Green Campus Correspondent Even if you don’t frequent cliché teenage TV shows, chances are you have seen “90210,” “Gossip Girl” or MTV’s new “Skins.” The characters party, pop pills and sleep around like it isn’t dangerous. Aside from its portrayal in reality shows, pregnancy is glamorized. According to the raw picture of motherhood we get from shows like "Teen Mom” and “16 and Pregnant,” having a baby in high school is easy, painless and even normal. Early last year, The New York Times and The Washington Post published two articles describing the increasing trends in pregnancy among 15 to 19-year-olds. Rates jumped 3 percent in 2006, the first increase since 1990. According to one study by StayTeen.org, 20 percent of teen girls say modern TV and movies make motherhood seem normal. Most TV shows that are guilty of glamorizing promiscuity and
teen pregnancy are aimed at the 15 to 19 age group, and according to StayTeen.org, 30 percent teen girls in the U.S. will get pregnant at least once before the age of 20. While this information may not seem correlated, a study by The Candie’s Foundation found that 31 percent of teen girls say that TV and movies make them want to have sex, while 55 percent say they are encouraged to have sex by the media. The Candie’s Foundation study also found that 48 percent of teenage girls surveyed get their information about sex from TV shows. Turn on any popular TV show today and chances are, one or more of the characters is pregnant, has had a baby or is sleeping around, and they all turn out skinny, educated and financially successful in the end. Chances are also high that not one of the shows discusses contraception or abortion. The Times stated that abortion rates dropped 56 percent in the last 20 years. Couples having sex without condoms have an 85 percent chance of getting pregnant within
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The cast of the American version of Skins poses for a promotional photograph.
a year, according to StayTeen.org. Furthermore, about three million teens get a sexually transmitted infection each year, and yet fictional characters rarely contract diseases from sex. Although many networks provide public service announcements about pregnancy and parenting, sex, pregnancy and motherhood is still glamorized on their shows. For every teen mom whose hard-
ships are displayed for the whole country, there are several other 18-year-old girls who get their thin bodies back immediately after childbirth and magically receive trust fund money to help them stay on their feet. If it looks as good as it does on TV, then why shouldn’t it be that easy in real life?
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Concert will honor UConn professor
By Focus Staff Students, especially those involved with the music program, will find a touch of familiarity in tonight’s production of “Parthenia: Les Amours de Mai.” The concert is a tribute to Dr. Bruce Bellingham, a former professor emeritus of music history at the School of Fine Arts and a pre-concert speaker at many Jorgensen events for 13 years, according to information from the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts. Bellingham died suddenly of a heart attack on Jan. 3 of last year at the age of 71. A month before, he gave his last pre-concert talk at Jorgensen. In addition to talks and career in the School of Fine Arts, Bellingham founded and directed the UConn Collegium Musicum in 1976, according to the Department of Music’s website. He also founded and conducted the Willimantic Orchestra and played in the Willimantic Amphibian Jazz
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The late Dr. Bruce Bellingham demonstrates his steadfast dedication to the arts.
ensemble, among many other musical accomplishments, according to the website. “He was a passionate artist who exuded the joy of making live music, be it an early music piece, a performance with a chamber ensemble or some great jazz standard with the Amphibians,” said Rodney Rock, director of Jorgensen, in a press release. The members of Parthenia, including violinist Robert Mealy and soprano soloist Julianne Baird, will perform “Les Amours de Mai,” love songs from 16th- and 17th-century France. The selection would appeal to Bellingham’s own interests in music from the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Baroque eras, according to the Department of Music’s website. The concert takes place tonight a 7:30 p.m. at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, preceded by a pre-concert at 6:45 p.m. Regular tickets range from $28 to $30.
Welcome to Part II of Husky Finance’s FAFSA: Demystified. Last week I gave an overview of what the FAFSA is, when it must be completed and what options are available for filing it. This basic overview was meant to dispel many of the misconceptions about the annual financial form and to encourage Huskies to take an active roll in making sure their FAFSA is taken care of properly. This week, learn about the type of information you will need in order to complete the form, what it means if your FAFSA must be verified and what resources are available to help you survive the entire FAFSA process. Completing the FAFSA is time consuming, no doubt, but it isn’t particularly difficult. The questions are basic; they just ask information you don’t know off the top of your head. Be prepared by collecting the documents below before you get started, and check for more comprehensive lists online as well. You’ll need your federal tax return and your W-2 forms from each of your jobs to show how much money you earned. You’ll also need a bank statement (or to sign into online banking) to find out how much you have to your name. If you own any stocks or bonds or if you have any other investments, you’ll also want documentation of that on hand. Make sure you also know your social security number and have your driver’s license handy to enter your ID number. And, if your parents claim you as a dependent, make sure they are in on the action and have their federal income tax returns and W-2 forms available too. If you are a veteran or collect welfare, be sure to look into what other documents you need. Regardless, you’ll need to know the Federal School code for UConn, which happens to
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Bret Michaels released from hospital
PHOENIX (AP) — Officials at a Phoenix hospital say rock star Bret Michaels has been released from their care following a successful heart procedure. St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center said Wednesday that Michaels left the hospital. The doctor who treated him reported the procedure to fix a hole in his heart produced excellent results. Dr. Mansour Assar says the singer is expected to be able to return to normal activities in a few weeks. Doctors discovered the hole in Michael’s heart in April while treating him for a brain hemorrhage. Surgeons Monday inserted a catheter into a vein in Michaels’ groin with a closure device attached. Doctors said the closure device will stay in Michaels’ heart permanently to stop abnormal blood flow between two chambers of his heart.
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Your body knows best, so listen to it from BUNDLE, page 7 and ears are the most vulnerable to frostbite. As your body gets colder, your blood gets sent to your core to warm up all the gooey, important bits. Less blood to your extremities means no internal source of warmth, thus frostbite. Little chemical heat packets may also be a good idea. I like Toastie Toes, mostly because the name is adorable. It’s also important to wear non-cotton socks and a hat. Our heads are traitorous because they let all of our precious warmth escape – the Julian Assange of our bodies. Wear shoes with traction, just in case you encounter some slush. The MayoClinic.com article mentioned that a scarf could warm the air before you inhale it, making the chest pain I felt go away. I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m hopeful. Finally, know when to stop. “Continually monitor how your body feels,” it says on MayoClinic.com. “Consider shortening your outdoor workout or skipping it altogether during weather extremes, and know when to head home and warm up. Also, be sure to let someone know your exercise route and your expected return time, in case something does go wrong.” Refer to my previous column about how to workout inside and without a gym if you need ideas.
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Ind. girl’s national anthem stirs flap BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana school district that told a black teenager to perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” in a “traditional way” after receiving complaints about her performance is drawing questions now about whether the complaints and directive were racially motivated. Shai Warfield-Cross, 16, has performed the national anthem at sports events at Bloomington High School North over the last year without incident. But school officials said they received complaints about her performance during a game in Martinsville. Principal Jeff Henderson told The Herald-Times in a statement that people had complained that while the words to the anthem were the same, the tune was unrecognizable. He declined to comment to The Associated Press. Some who complained after the game in Martinsville — a predominantly white community about 30 miles southwest of Indianapolis — also said they felt the rendition was disrespectful to current and former members of the military, Henderson said. Warfield-Cross’ family says athletics director Jen Hollars told the teen last Friday that she would not be allowed to sing the anthem unless she modified her version and sang in a more traditional way. Hollars declined to comment and referred questions to Henderson, who said school officials told WarfieldCross the performances should be more “traditional” to ensure the song’s tune is recognizable. “She was not told that she would no longer be allowed to perform,” he said. “She was given guidelines that we hoped she would follow. She performed the next night using those guidelines and she sang beautifully.” Aurora Marin, the teen’s stepmother, told The Herald-Times that the directive denies WarfieldCross her “rights of expression and individuality.” The family has written a letter to school officials seeking an apology. “The national anthem is a historical symbol for our country for independence. The irony is that Shai is being denied her right of artistic expression as a result of her natural voice and cultural heritage,” they wrote. “The situation really makes us question the staff and leadership there, and what their representation of diversity is,” Marin said.
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SAG Awards get greener with paperless ballots LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lots of Hollywood productions celebrate their eco-friendliness, but the Screen Actors Guild Awards has made one of the greenest moves yet: It has all but eliminated the paper ballot. The union’s annual show, which recognizes the best performances in TV and film, urged its 125,000 members to vote online for this year’s winners and only sent paper ballots to those who specifically requested them. The move saved three tons of paper, says SAG Awards producer Kathy Connell. But it wasn’t without risk. Though members were notified of the digital shift in the November issue of the union’s magazine, some still expected the traditional paper ballot to arrive in the mail. Pundits have speculated that online voting may alienate some of SAG’s older or less tech-savvy members. Connell contends that members handle all kinds of union business online, and SAG Awards staffers are on hand to answer any awardsrelated questions. The guild has offered online voting for the past five years,
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Craftsman Ricardo Godinez applies a green-black patina coating to a statuette being finished for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Calif.
but previously backed up that offer with a paper ballot. “We’ve been sending the printed ballot and each year, more and more people chose to vote online,” Connell says. “We thought there might be a possibility of a few people who weren’t as comfortable (with-
out) a printed ballot. When we get to the end, we’ll see what the results are.” She declined to reveal how many paper ballots were requested or how many votes are typically cast. SAG Awards voting closes Friday. The awards will be presented Sunday at the
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Shrine Exhibition Center. While Connell says the move to paperless voting is the show’s most dramatic green effort yet, the SAG Awards are always aiming to become more environmentally friendly. The Environmental Media Association, a nonprofit group that promotes sustainability in Hollywood, has recognized the show’s ecological efforts two years in a row. “SAG is a zero-waste event, which is incredible,” says EMA President Debbie Levin. “Eliminating those paper ballots is huge.” Connell says the show is close to a zero-waste event because of its ongoing eco-friendly practices. Besides digital voting, the show also handles its awards applications and credentials online. It embraces recycling: For bottles and cans and for stage sets and carpets. It serves locally grown food to guests and press, and provides hybrid cars for talent arrivals. This year, the show is using a biodiesel backup generator and will serve meals using eco-friendly plates, cups and utensils. “We make small steps every year,” Connell says.
UK police vow full new inquiry into phone hacking LONDON (AP) — The late journalist Nicholas Tomalin once summed up the skills needed for his job — a "rat-like cunning, a plausible manner and a little literary ability." Many British reporters regard that description with a touch of pride. Wiliness and subterfuge are important tricks of the trade in the Wild West world of Britain's raucous tabloid newspapers, which attract millions of readers with scoops — true or not — about the private lives of the rich, famous and powerful. Libel suits and settlement payouts are common, papers regularly pay for interviews with people in the spotlight and police have been known to get cash for tabloid tipoffs. But recent revelations about a tabloid's illegal phone hacking of celebrities are rattling Rupert Murdoch's powerful media empire as well as Prime Minister David Cameron's inner circle. Britain's biggest police force, which stands accused of botching the phone-hacking investigation, is also being dragged in. Police this week reopened an inquiry into whether British tabloids spied on royalty, politicians and celebrities, promising a thorough new investigation into claims that reporters from the News of the World hacked into cell phone voicemail messages of dozens of prominent people, including model Elle MacPherson, actress Sienna Miller and former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Metropolitan Police Acting Commissioner Tim Godwin on Thursday promised the force's pursuit of criminals would be "very robust."
"It will restore confidence in victims who feel they have not been given a service," Godwin told London's police scrutiny panel. "It will be with no stone unturned." A reporter and a private investigator working for the News of the World — Britain's biggest Sunday paper, with a circulation of more than 3 million — were jailed in early 2007 for eavesdropping on voicemail messages left for royal staff, including some by Princes William and Harry. For four years, the newspaper claimed the phone hacking was limited to royal editor Clive Goodwin and gumshoe Glenn Mulcaire, who used industry access codes to hack into voicemails. But on Wednesday, the paper said it had discovered new evidence and fired a senior editor, Ian Edmonson. The newspaper said it
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese pop king Jay Chou says his appearance in the action comedy "The Green Hornet" fulfilled a childhood dream to imitate Bruce Lee's kung fu genius and bring his musical talent to the silver screen. The film is a reprise of the 1966-67 television series in which Lee starred as the sidekick to masked Los Angeles crime fighter Britt Reid, a newspaper publisher who spends his nights fighting crime in a quest for vigilante justice. It opened this month to mixed reviews but an exceptionally strong box office. Chou's performance was praised by some, derided by others, with many commenting on his poor command of English. The Taiwan-born Chou and leading man Seth Rogen were in Taipei on Thursday to promote the film. "I tried hard to get this role,"
Chou told The Associated Press. "I worship heroes. I admit I'm pretty childlike in my inner side and I like Batman and Iron Man. When I got a chance to play a hero, I told myself I couldn't give up." This is the first Hollywood film for the 32-year-old Chou, whose fame as a rap and R&B artist is mostly confined to Asia. In recent years, he has appeared in a number of Chineselanguage films, one of which he also directed. Chou said his "Hornet" role as Reid's assistant Kato was not meant to mirror Lee's onedimensional kung fu approach, but to be "more normal and closer to reality" and to provide a showcase for his musical talent. "I hope to show Western audiences that Asians don't just do kung fu, but also sing, write songs and play the piano," he said. "So I put the musical element into my Kato." Chou said he initially wanted
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would cooperate with police and vowed to "take swift and decisive action" against wrongdoing. Yet many are skeptical of the paper's newfound zeal. The original police investigation found the names of hundreds of celebrities, sports figures and politicians, many of whom suspect their phones also were hacked. The Guardian newspaper, which has led coverage of the story in Britain, said there may be thousands of targets, most of whom have not been publicly identified. Several, including Miller, are taking legal action against the News of the World or have accepted outof-court settlements. Lawyers for Kelly Hoppen — an interior designer who is also Miller's stepmother — said Thursday that she had begun legal action against the paper over an allegation her cell phone was hacked as recently as last year. Media insiders also are skeptical the practice was confined to a single newspaper. "It's a circulation war," said celebrity publicist Max Clifford, who accepted a payout over the hacking of his phone by the News of the World. "If someone's getting results this way, it soon gets around." Some accuse police of failing to investigate properly for fear of upsetting their close relationship with newspapers. Official policy forbids officers from taking cash for tips, but The Sun's former editor admitted in 2003 that the paper had paid police for information. Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, believes the newspaper used phone hacking to get a story about his extra-
marital affair and has called for a judge-led review into the force's handling of the case. "I just don't trust the Metropolitan Police to conduct a proper inquiry," he said. The widening scandal is a headache for media mogul Murdoch, whose News International Ltd. owns four British national newspapers — the tabloids The Sun and News of the World as well as The Times and The Sunday Times. News International is a subsidiary of Murdoch's News Corp., whose U.S. media outlets include Fox Television, the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal. Already a powerful political player in Britain, Murdoch is hoping to expand his reach with a takeover of satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, in which he already owns a 40 percent stake. The British government is considering whether to order a full-scale inquiry by Britain's Competition Commission to examine whether it would give News Corp. too big a share of the media market. The widening phonehacking scandal won't make Murdoch's case any stronger. It has already claimed the prime minister's spin doctor, Andy Coulson, the former top editor at News of the World, who resigned from the paper when Goodwin and Mulcaire were convicted in 2007. Coulson has always claimed he knew nothing about the hacking but last week he quit as Cameron's communications chief, saying "when the spokesman needs a spokesman, it's time to move on."
from FINISHING, page 7 be 001417. (You can confirm this on the FAFSA site or on UConn’s financial aid website). The process can be lengthy if you aren’t prepared, but having documents handy and being able to save your progress online will make it more bearable. And, as I mentioned last week, online applicants can transfer their tax information from the IRS straight to the FAFSA form after Jan. 30. After you have filed your form, you wait to hear if you need to be verified. Every year, 30 percent of those who file are chosen to be verified. This is similar to being audited when you file taxes, though not as scary. Sometimes it means something was left blank or that two answers did not match up. More often, however, verification is the result of random selection. Be sure to check your email to see if you are one of the lucky ones chosen. If so, just be sure to read all correspondence carefully and provide any additional information or documentation as quickly as possible. Delays in sending in your information could be delays in awarding aid, which is never good when you are after a first-come, firstserved commodity. Overall, the process should be relatively painless, and there are lots of resources available to help make the experience easier and clearer. First, utilize the FAFSA website, www.fafsa.ed.gov, which was recently redesigned to make it more straight forward and user friendly. It walks you through each step of the process. Hint: Any time you click in a new field of the application, check the right hand side of the page for an explanation of what they want. You can also check the website for UConn’s Financial Aid Services (www.financialaid. uconn.edu.) This site offers information about UConn’s specific requirements and what types of aid require the FAFSA. It also explains the various types of aid that are available and has a Financial Aid Checklist to help keep you on track. Sallie Mae offers a variety of help pages, guides, tips and even instructional videos on its website, at www.SallieMae. com/fafsa. These pages include an FAQ page and many have links to other reliable sources that can be of some assistance. You can find countless other resources on the Internet but there are plenty of real people who can help too. Stop in to Financial Aid Services in the Wilbur Cross Building, where a trained staff is ready to answer any of your financial aid questions, FAFSA related or otherwise.
Melanie.Deziel@UConn.edu
Ship captain charged in death had role Taiwan’s Jay Chou spices up ‘The Green Hornet’ on TV show
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Taiwanese singer/actor Jay Chou attends a media conference a day before the opening of his new film “The Green Hornet” in Taipei, Taiwan.
to make his first appearance in the film playing the bongo drums, but eventually yielded to director Michel Gondry's suggestion that he come in riding a motorcycle instead. Still, Chou did get a chance to play the piano in the film and said he was pleased that it ended with the "The Nunchucks," a Mandarin
language song he wrote 10 years ago about the martial arts weapon made famous by Lee. Chou said Sony Pictures has decided to make a sequel to "The Green Hornet" and that he will reappear in the same role. However, that appearance will mark the end of his Hollywood career — at least for a time.
KENAI, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man charged with manslaughter once captained a ship on the pilot that spawned the cable TV show “Deadliest Catch.” The Peninsula Clarion reports 59-year-old Clarence “Ole” Helgevold was the captain of the Arctic Dawn. That was the vessel featured in a 2004 threepart miniseries titled “America’s Deadliest Season.” The Clarion reports the show, effectively a pilot for “Deadliest Catch,” followed Helgevold and his crew during the 2003-2004 opilio crab season. Helgevold was charged last week with driving under the influence and manslaughter after his car struck a snowmachine and killed 47-year-old George Larion. The Arctic Dawn was substantially damaged in September when it caught fire while moored in Seattle.
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In awards season, movie leakers are ‘Enemy Within’ LOS ANGELES (AP) – Every year around now, tens of thousands of DVDs of movies still playing in theaters are sent by Hollywood studios to Oscar, Golden Globe and other awards voters. Every year, some of these discs are copied, and the movies end up being shared online, where they can cut into theaterticket and DVD sales. This time, studios are taking a new approach to prevent this kind of piracy, and technology is playing a big part. Ahead of the Screen Actors Guild awards on Sunday, Fox Searchlight this month became the first studio to have nearly 100,000 SAG voters view new movies such as “Black Swan” through a free download from Apple Inc.’s iTunes store. Paramount Pictures, Focus Features and other studios did the same later with movies such as “The Fighter” and “The Kids Are All Right.” In all cases, downloads are set to expire 24 hours after being viewed and are not available to the public. As an anti-piracy tool, virtual screenings are cheaper and simpler
than past efforts. For one thing, they remove the risk of discs going missing or being stolen. In cases where discs get pirated, the actual uploading is typically done by someone several steps removed from the recipient, often without that person’s knowledge, according to studio executives and law enforcement officials. But digital screeners won’t necessarily be a savior either. People determined to break the law will find a way, even if it comes down to recording a digital movie by pointing a standard video camera at the computer screen. “Copying a stream is even easier than duplicating a DVD,” Ernesto Van Der Sar, the founder of piracy news site TorrentFreak, said in an e-mail interview. “Moving to streaming might get the leak rate down but I can also see scenarios where it will lead to more leaks.” Nonetheless, studios believe they must try new approaches to combat piracy. The Motion Picture Association of America estimates that $25 billion globally is lost to it every
year, and it is partly responsible for U.S. DVD sales falling from a peak in 2006 at $20.2 billion to about $14 billion in 2010. Although the industry group says most of the damage comes from handheld video camera recordings in theaters around the world, awards screeners are still a problem. In the past, studios went as far as sending voters specialized players equipped with stronger copy protections than regular DVDs, but that system was abandoned years ago as being too troublesome. So most studios continue to send discs to voters by mail – as many as 20,000 per movie. And the risk of leaks remains. Oscar screeners sent out in late 2008 were the source of online bootlegs of “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Australia,” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” Investigators followed the trail of unique disc identifiers called watermarks and convicted two men of felony copyright infringement. In October, a screener of
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British actor Colin Firth, star of “The King’s Speech.”
Summit Entertainment’s “Red” was copied and posted online a day before the movie hit theaters. Investigators traced the leak to a
copy sent to the show “LIVE! With Regis & Kelly,” the second time in four months the show was responsible for a leak of a
movie that was in theaters. The Walt Disney Co., which produces the “Regis” show, has since tightened procedures, and now only a few key employees can receive screeners under tight restrictions. The penalty for uploading movies to websites can reach up to three years in prison and a fine for first-time offenders, but the penalties get stiffer for repeat offenders or those with a profit motive. The Justice Department convicted 207 people for intellectual property theft crimes in fiscal 2010, which ended Sept. 30, down from 287 in 2007. Cases involving awards screeners amount to “a handful every year,” according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Wesley Hsu in Los Angeles. Kaye Cooper-Mead, an executive vice president at Summit Entertainment, aims to instill a sense of caution among recipients of awards screeners so they don’t let the discs get pirated by others. They need to understand “how many millions of dollars that one DVD is worth,” she said.
Sean Connery immortalized with Estonian bust
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — He’s been honored with an Oscar and British knighthood. As of Thursday, Sean Connery can count a bronze sculpture in the Estonian capital among his tributes. The bust of Scotland’s most famous actor was unveiled by British Ambassador Peter Carter outside Tallinn’s Scottish Club, whose members include Estonians enamored with Scotland and a handful of expatriate Scots. “Sir Sean Connery is, without a doubt, an icon,” Carter
told dozens of invited guests. “He is variously known as James Bond or the sexiest man of the century. He’s a great British actor, a great Scot actor and a great symbol for Scotland.” The Scottish Club, which started as a whiskey sampling society in the early 1990s, got the idea of honoring “Scots who have made a difference” a few years back, said president Mart Haamer. It already has a bust of 18th century Scottish poet Robert Burns.
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British Ambassador Peter Cater looks at a bronze bust of Oscar-winning actor Sean Connery, a prominent Scottish nationalist, after unveiling it at the Scottish Club in Tallin, Estonia.
Haamer read a brief statement from the 80-year-old actor, who won an Academy Award for a supporting role in “The Untouchables.” “One cannot help but be flattered by the Scottish Club’s gesture. My best wishes to the members of the club and to all the people who made this possible,” the statement said. A vocal supporter of the proindependence Scottish National Party, Connery lives in the Bahamas and has said he will not live in Scotland again until
it gains independence from the United Kingdom. However, Carter noted that “the fact that he has accepted knighthood, suggests that he is also a great supporter of the queen.” Connery was knighted in 2000. The euro10,000 ($14,000) bust by Estonian sculptor Tiiu Kirsipuu was financed through private donations and depicts a bearded Connery at a mature age. “I think the older he gets, the more charming he becomes,” Kirsipuu said.
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Knicks contain James, beat Heat 93-88
NEW YORK (AP) — Danilo Gallinari and Landry Fields made consecutive 3-pointers in the final 1:18, and the New York Knicks took advantage of LeBron James's miserable shooting night to beat the Miami Heat 93-88 on Thursday night. Amare Stoudemire scored 24 points for the Knicks, when he was often the only one in a white jersey to make a shot for three quarters. But Gallinari was huge in the fourth, when New York finally contained Dwyane Wade after he was nearly perfect through 36 minutes. Gallinari finished with 20 points and Fields added 19 points and 13 rebounds to help the Knicks win their second straight after a six-game skid. Wade, fighting migraines that forced him to wear goggles, had 34 points and 16 rebounds, but missed all seven shots in the fourth quarter after he was 14 of 15 through three. James was just 7 of 24 for his 24 points. The Heat, playing without Chris Bosh because of a sprained left ankle, lost for the fifth time in six games. They managed only 15 points in the
fourth quarter as their sevengame winning streak against the Knicks was snapped. James tried to pull it out for the Heat, scoring four straight points to put them up 84-83 with 1:32 to go. Gallinari answered with his 3-pointer 14 seconds later, and Fields knocked down another with 49 seconds left, making it 89-84. James had consecutive driving layups to cut it to one with 17.5 seconds left, but Raymond Felton sank a pair of free throws for a 91-88 advantage. Mario Chalmers missed a tying 3-pointer, Felton hit another pair from the line, and the Knicks had their biggest victory of their season. James came in as the active scoring leader at Madison Square Garden at 30.5 points per game. But forced to play as the power forward with Bosh out, James looked uncomfortable until the closing minutes, when it was too late. It was another chance for the Knicks to validate what's been their best season in a decade by beating an NBA power, coming in the first time TNT televised a game at Madison Square
Garden in five years and in front of a celebrity-filled crowd that included Howard Stern, Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Donald Trump, Magic Johnson, Carrie Underwood and Tracy Morgan. The more electric the Garden, the better James usually is. Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni said before the game that sometimes "you just have to weather the storm" when the league's MVP rolls into New York, but he was off right from the start in this one. James' preference has always been to play facing the basket, and his struggles from close range were similar to a golfer who can drive it a mile but struggles on the greens. James missed 14 of 18 shots through three quarters, ruining Miami's chance to build a big lead while New York was struggling to get anything besides Stoudemire. It wouldn't have mattered if Wade stayed as hot as he was through three quarters. Wade's original choice in goggles to wear to deal with the light was rejected by the NBA, which ruled that they were too
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UConn hits road to Bucknell By James Huang Campus Correspondent The UConn men’s swim team will take on Bucknell at Lewisburg, Penn. this Friday at 1 p.m. The team is coming off a strong victory against Big East opponent Seton Hall and are looking to add another victory to its current record of 5-1. With excellent performances from both the swimmers and divers, coach Goldberg looks forward to his men picking up another victory in the second half of
this season as they steadily approach the Big East and NCAA championships. “I expect that we will swim very well. Bucknell has a few strong swimmers also, but I feel we may be a better team overall. If we swim up to our capabilities I feel we will be OK. I expect us to do that,” Goldberg said. The men have been carried to victory multiple times by performances from sophomore Jeremy Ramshaw, sophomore Karim Zayed and Kyungsoo Yoon. The Bucknell Bison men are going into this meet with a current record of 6-4. They
have had a shaky season so far, winning four meets consecutively and losing three meets in a row as well. Despite this, it is a fairly balanced team and will pose some threats to UConn. Junior Thomas Brown currently has the second-best time in Bucknell history in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:49.13. Sophomore David Magaro ranks second in the one-meter and third in the 3-meter in Bucknell history.
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New York Knicks guard Raymond Felton defends against a shot by Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade.
dark and gave him an unfair advantage. The Heat were told after the morning shootaround, so Wade was forced to switch to one with less tinting, similar
to the ones he had been wearing at practice after missing a game with the migraines. They seemed to work, and he appeared troubled by them
only once, when he stopped his dribble to adjust them during a third-quarter possession, wasting time that led to a shot clock violation.
Men’s track heads to Big Apple By Mike McCurry Campus Correspondent The UConn men’s track and field team, fresh off of a firstplace showing, looks to stay hot this weekend in New York City. The Saturday Night at the Armory meet, which takes place at the New Balance Track & Field Center, is set to begin at 5 p.m. Senior captain Mike Rutt, one of the best mid-distance runners in the nation, sees this Saturday as just another stepping-stone. “A lot of us will be looking to improve upon what we did last week. As a team, we are hoping to continue our streak by winning another title.”
Rutt is referring to UConn’s victory last Friday at the Great Dane Invitational. The Huskies dominated the meet as they combined to win six individual events. Rutt helped the cause by finishing first in both the 800 and 1000-meter sprints. The Saturday Night at the Armory meet consists of 11 schools from across the country, many of whom will give UConn a run for their money. Big East rival Villanova is scheduled to compete, as are Ivy League powers Princeton and Cornell. The others are Albany, Army, Columbia, Delaware State, Morgan State, Puerto Rico Rio Piedras and Virginia. Rutt, Alex Bennatan, Tim
Bennatan and Dan Holst have been preparing for the 4x800meter relay at the Millrose Games. The meet, which will be broadcast tonight on ESPN2, is an all-star event for track athletes throughout the nation. “The Millrose Games is going to be a great experience. We want to have fun and put our best efforts on the track. If we do that, we should easily be in contention to bring home the 4x800 title,” Rutt said. Even better, it takes place at the prestigious Madison Square Garden.
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Titans, Fisher part ways
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a surprising move, the Tennessee Titans have parted ways with Jeff Fisher, who was the NFL’s longest-tenured coach. The team said in a release Thursday night that “Fisher will no longer be the head coach of the team.” The Titans announced the move within an hour of a report by SI.com that they were negotiating Fisher’s departure and released a longer statement a couple hours later saying they will always appreciate his leadership through some of their “greatest heights” during 16 full seasons as coach. “It became evident that consensus was increasingly hard to find and reality wasn’t matching the vision we discussed. It is unfortunate that this decision is coming at this juncture, but we believe that we have reached the point where change is in the best interest of both parties,” according to the statement. Though the 52-year-old Fisher had been derided locally as “Coach .500” or “Coacho Ocho,” he seemingly had just survived a battle with quarterback Vince Young. Adams decided to either release Young or trade him on Jan. 5. The owner announced two days later that he would be keeping Fisher. Fisher and Young never really jelled in five seasons together after the Titans drafted the former Texas standout with the third overall pick in 2006 under
orders from Adams. The relationship frayed even as Fisher publicly defended Young until Nov. 21 when the situation boiled over. Young tossed his shoulder pads and other equipment into the stands after an overtime loss in which the quarterback suffered a season-ending injury. Running back Chris Johnson said Wednesday while practicing in Hawaii for the Pro Bowl he didn’t think Fisher or Young could work together after “it hit the fan.” In the end, neither Fisher nor Young survived with the Titans. Even though Adams announced he was sticking with Fisher for the final year of his contract the move meant Fisher would be coaching for his future in 2011. Fisher has repeatedly said he wanted to finish his career with the franchise, but the coach known for never losing his cool in public while hiding behind his sunglasses may have decided Adams’ decision wasn’t good enough. Fisher thanked Adams and the franchise for “a special 17 years” in a statement released by the team. “It has been a tremendous experience. We all did our very best and I think I can look back with fond memories and be very proud of what we accomplished. I want to wish the organization, the current players and the fans nothing but the best in the future.”
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Huskies set to battle BU in title rematch
By Peter Logue Campus Correspondent
After a dismal 1-7-1 start to the season, it appeared that momentum from last year’s storybook run all the way to the Women’s Hockey East Championship game had not carried over to the 2010-2011 campaign for the UConn women’s hockey team. But, the resilient Huskies have ridden a five-game win streak into a tie for third place in the Hockey East. The streak will be put to a challenging test this weekend when they play a homeand-home with the No. 3 team
in the nation and in-conference around over the past two months. rival, Boston University. “I think we need to come out The Terriers not only shut out and establish out game plan, the Huskies 4-0 in which is to play hard Storrs on Dec. 4, but every shift, play great they are the team who team defense and crecrushed Cinderella’s ate scoring opportunislipper last year in ties and take advanthe conference cham- vs. Boston U. tage of them,” coach pionship, ousting the Heather Linstad said. Saturday Huskies in overtime But, the Huskies are by a score of 2-1. ready to avenge both 4 p.m. In order to knock of these losses and Frietas Ice perhaps have a weekoff the conferenceleading Terriers, the end that could alter the Forum Huskies (12-13-1) are entire season. Entering planning on riding the the game, the Huskies aspects of their game that have are only one point behind Boston completely turned their season College for second place in the
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conference and only four behind BU for the lead. With the possibility of moving into a tie for first place on the line, the Huskies are planning on sticking to the core elements of their game. Instrumental to the Huskies hot streak has been the rock-solid performance of goalie Alexandra Garcia. The junior has allowed only three goals over past five games and has accumulated two consecutive WHEA Defensive Player of the Week awards. “I will need to say that the key points of our success streak is out fore-checking, our penalty killing, and our defensive zone coverage,” Garcia said. “First of all, our fore-
checking has been creating a lot of offensive plays and scoring opportunities, which builds up good momentum. We have had perfect execution on penalty killing during the past few games, which is an important factor in our winning streak. Lastly our defensive zone coverage has been improving and we communicate a lot better.” The Huskies enter the weekend tied for thir place with Providence College with 17 points. They only trail Boston College by a single point and BU by four. Although a sweep could potentially vault the Huskies into a tie for first place, that is not the most important aspect of the weekend. On Saturday at 4
p.m., at the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum, the fifth-annual Skating Strides Against Breast Cancer will take place. “Skating Strides is a Hockey East initiative,” Linstad said. “Our goal is to raise money to help support the Friends of Mel Foundation and also bring attention to our program. Our student-athletes are very passionate about the cause and have done a fantastic job of fundraising. I hope the UConn community will be present at our game on Saturday and dress in pink.”
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Women’s track heads to Penn State for National Invitational By Cory LeBihan Campus Correspondent After two convincing early season victories, the UConn women’s track and field team is gearing up for a critical and telling meet at this weekend’s Penn State National Invitational. The UConn women won their opening meet, the Armory Invitational, by 52 points and followed that up with a strong effort in Rhode Island at a non-scoring meet. So far in the season, UConn, the No. 1 ranked team in the Northeast region by the
USATFCCCA, has seen production from athletes in just about every event. Senior Captain Tynisha McMillian and All-American Victoria Flowers consistently dominate throwing events. UConn has also received a boost from strong performances in the jumping events from sophomores Whitney Holder and Kristen Brown. The distance runners and sprinters have been the final piece to a balanced Husky team. Grove-McDonough said that for the first time in school history, UConn is garnering points from all different areas of the team. She added that
balance is necessary to compete for a Big East title. The Huskies ride into this week’s invitational with both the Big East Track and Field Athletes of the Week. On the heels of her school record setting 1000-meter race, junior Heather Wilson was selected as the Big East Track Athlete of the Week. Thrower Victoria Flowers won the conference’s field athlete of the week for the second time this season. Senior runner Trisha-Ann Hawthorne was chosen to compete in the USA vs. Jamaica Challenge at the 104th Millrose Games this weekend in New York and will miss the Penn
State National Invitational. Hawthorne is the only collegiate athlete to appear in the games this year and will run the 60-meter for Jamaica. “[After this meet] we will really see what we have,” Grove-McDonough said. The Penn State National Invitational will take place in University Park, Penn. on Jan. 28 and 29.
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The women’s track team heads to the Penn State Invite this weekend.
Women’s swimming face Patriot League opponent Bison By Carmine Colangelo Campus Correspondent After defeating Seton Hall last weekend, the UConn women’s swimming and diving team looks ahead to today’s event against Bucknell. Coming off of a 187-108 domination of the Pirates, the 4-2 Huskies will look to the Bison with hopes of making it a two-game win streak. “They are more of a challenge than the Seton Hall women,” said coach Bob Goldberg, “but I think we can still beat them.” This was a very confident statement from the head coach, but Goldberg had plenty of reason to be confident in his squad after the last meet,
which had four different players as double winners. The match will not be an easy one, however, as the Bisons hold a solid 7-3 record this season, including a 4-2 record in the Patriot League. The Bisons, just like the Huskies, are also coming off of a win last weekend. The Bisons defeated Lehigh 189106 last Saturday, a score very similar to that of the Huskies. Not only are the Huskies looking forward to the challenge ahead, but they are also looking forward to swimming in Kenneth G. Langone Athletics & Recreation Center. According to Goldberg, each pool swims differently and the Huskies are very excited about using such a new facility.
The meet is a two- day event. Today, the Huskies will compete exclusively against the Bisons at 6:00 pm, but tomorrow will start the Bucknell Invitational. The Bucknell Invitational is an all day event that will pit the Huskies against the Bisons, American College and Lafayette. “It will be good practice for the conference event. We need to get used to swimming like that again,” Goldberg said. The Huskies are hoping this will be just the tune up they need before the Big East Tournament in a few weeks, but until then they will just have to swim their best today, as they try to extend their win streak. ED RYAN/The Daily Campus
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UConn is coming off a win against Seton Hall and will try to continue its winning ways against Bucknell.
Blair: Donor should be kept in loop of hiring UConn tries to stay unbeaten in Big East at Bearcats from HATHAWAY, page 14 mentioned how Hathaway was a great guy and once cut brief a meeting to talk with Cullen and write him a letter of recommendation, which was mailed out the next day, according to a report on the Courant’s football blog. So Hathaway has no problem taking time out of his day to help out a former student-athlete, but can’t find the time to make
a call to the program’s biggest donor? Part of Hathaway and the athletic department’s job is to make Burton feel important. Donors have big money, and with big money comes big egos. Is Burton’s opinion important or even well-founded? Perhaps not. But he should still be given the time to talk. In a tight economy, UConn can’t end relationships with donors on terms such as these. Even worse, while Burton
spoke up, what of all the other donors who will see the way he was treated and silently close their checkbooks or taper off their annual donations to the university. I’m sure that when the university chose a new president, those who have made big contributions to the endowment were kept in the loop by the Board of Trustees.
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from NO. 2, page 14 In their own right, UConn has been forced to deal with similar issues after the departure of freshman forward Samarie Walker. But they’ve done well moving forward thanks to their short bench that has helped produce three consecutive blowout victories. The current concern of fans is the health of forward Tiffany Hayes, who was most recently poked in the eye down in Rutgers. Hayes left the court to go to the locker room for a brief period of Wednesday night before making her eventual return. After receiving a numbing solution, the junior finished her 18-point effort in the UConn win.
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from ANOTHER, page 14 Lamb showed his versatility in Milwaukee, hitting three 3-pointers, showing off his outside game. With help from Walker and Shabazz Napier, who finished with 11 points, UConn overcame a five-point second-half deficit. Lamb’s drove baseline twice in the second half and sank two teardrops. Late in regulation, the Huskies had a comfortable lead and staved off the Golden Eagles the rest of the way. “We were only down five points and [Coach] let us know the game wasn’t over yet,” Lamb told the AP. “We grew up a little bit. We were able to run some plays. We hit some big shots. After that, we kept going.”
UConn is tied for second place in the conference. The Cardinals, led by coach Rick Pitino also have a 5-2 Big East record and are 16-4 overall. Pitino and Calhoun have history dating back to the 1980s when Pitino coached Providence. Pitino said the Huskies were underrated and underestimated prior to the start of the season. “Being that they were picked 10th I am a little surprised,” Pitino said in the coaches’ weekly conference call. “A lot of the times one player [Walker], will get a lot of credit and it’s much deserved, he’s one of the best players in the country. But they have other good players that aren’t just playing up to their potential but beyond what some people thought. Connecticut is a really good basketball team.
They go on the road and they’ve had some great wins at Texas and in Maui. They’ve played great basketball all year.” UConn last defeated Louisville Feb. 2, 2009 at Freedom Hall 68-51. Last season, the Huskies were 0-2 against the Cardinals. UConn lost in Kentucky 82-69 Feb. 1, 2010. Later that month on Senior Day, Edgar Sosa’s running lay-up with seven seconds remaining gave Louisville a 78-76 win at sold-out Gampel Pavilion. This year, the Huskies won’t have to worry about Sosa, but it will take another teameffort, like the one at Marquette, to send the Cardinals home with a different result than last year. Louisville started the season with a win over national runnerup Butler, starting a streak of eight-straight to open the year.
The Cardinals have defeated in-conference foes St. John’s and West Virginia while losing to Villanova and in-state rival Kentucky. The team’s marquee victory was a 71-70 win against Marquette at home. The Golden Eagles blew a 65-47 lead with six minutes remaining, and Lousiville never quit, shocking Marquette in the one-point win. Senior Preston Knowles leads the Cardinals in scoring, with 15 points per game. Peyton Silva and Chris Smith also average double figures. The two schools will meet for a second time later this season when UConn travels to the brand new KFC Yum! Center in Louisville.
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Men’s Basketball (17-2) (5-2) Tomorrow Louisville Noon
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — While the NFL and NBA are facing labor uncertainty, the NHL is taking a moment to puff out its chest as it heads into an All-Star weekend unlike any other. Six years after a full season was lost, the NHL finds itself in a unique position of negotiated calm and unprecedented success. Hockey will never enjoy the revenue streams the NFL produces, but the little brother league can relate to the uncertainty that threatens upcoming football and basketball games. The NHL certainly likes its current view, far away from the storm. As it takes the midseason spectacle to Raleigh for the first time, the NHL said it is on pace to break revenue records. The league expects total revenue to rise for the fifth straight year to nearly $2.9 billion. League generated revenue is believed to be going up by 14 percent — an 85 percent jump over the past four years.
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Grizzlies’ Mayo suspended for positive test
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Men’s Track and Field Tomorrow Feb. 5 Feb. 11 Feb. 19/20 Feb. 4 Saturday Night Collegiate Giegengack Lafayette-Rider Big East at the Armory Invite Invitational Championship Invite 5:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. All Day
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The NBA has suspended guard O.J. Mayo 10 games without pay for violating the league and union’s anti-drug program with a positive test. The league announced the suspension Thursday for Mayo’s positive test for dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). Mayo’s suspension will start Friday night when the Grizzlies visit Philadelphia, and he will be able to return Feb. 15 also against the 76ers in Memphis. Mayo said in a statement released by the team that he is extremely disappointed he will miss 10 games as the Grizzlies are making a push for the playoffs. He blamed an over the counter supplement that he didn’t know was banned by the NBA for the positive test, but a team spokesman said Mayo declined to say which supplement he used. “It was an honest mistake, but I take full responsibility for my actions,” Mayo said in the statement released by the team. I apologize to my fans, teammates and the Grizzlies organization for regrettably not doing the necessary research about what supplements I can put in my body.” Mayo’s agent did not immediately return a message left at his office Thursday. Mayo was the No. 3 pick overall in 2008 after only one season at USC, and Minnesota swapped him draft night deal to the Grizzlies for Kevin Love. Mayo was runner-up to Chicago’s Derrick Rose for rookie of the year.
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What's On TV NBA: Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers, Sunday 3:30 P.M., ABC In a rematch of two of the last three NBA Finals the Celtics will roll into L.A. with the second best record in basketball. The Lakers got the best of Boston in a seven-game classic last year, to trail the Celtics 17-16 in overall championships.
Team 2Pittsburgh 5UConn 8Villanova 25Louisville 15Notre Dame Cincinnati 9Syracuse West Virginia 21Georgetown Marquette St. John’s Rutgers Seton Hall Providence South Florida DePaul
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Tomorrow Jan. 31 Feb. 5 Cincinnati Duke DePaul 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
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Team 2UConn 12DePaul 8Notre Dame Rutgers 9West Virginia Marquette Louisville Georgetown Syracuse St. John’s Providence Pittsburgh Cincinnati South Florida Villanova Seton Hall
Overall
Record
19-2 17-2 17-3 16-4 17-4 18-3 18-3 13-6 15-5 13-8 11-8 12-8 9-12 13-8 7-14 6-13
Pct.
.905 .895 .850 .800 .810 .857 .857 .684 .750 .619 .579 .600 .429 .619 .333 .316
Overall
Record
19-1 20-2 17-4 12-7 19-2 16-4 13-8 16-5 15-4 14-6 9-9 9-10 8-11 10-11 8-11 7-13
Pct.
.950 .909 .810 .632 .905 .800 .619 .762 .789 .700 .500 .474 .421 .476 .421 .350
Conference
Record
7-1 5-2 5-2 5-2 6-3 5-3 5-3 4-3 4-4 4-4 4-5 3-5 3-6 2-6 1-7 0-7
Pct.
.875 .714 .714 .714 .667 .625 .625 .571 .500 .500 .444 .375 .333 .250 .125 .000
GB
– 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2 2 2.5 3 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 6 6.5
Conference
Record
8-0 7-0 6-1 5-1 5-2 4-3 4-3 4-3 3-3 3-4 2-4 1-5 1-6 1-6 0-6 0-7
Pct.
1.00 1.00 .857 .833 .714 .571 .571 .571 .500 .429 .333 .167 .143 .143 .000 .000
GB
– .5 1.5 2 2.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 4 4.5 5 6 6.5 6.5 7 7.5
Compiled by COLIN MCDONOUGH
UConn men and Celtics versus Lakers highlight weekend By Matt McDonough Associate Sports Editor Storrs Side The games to attend: Men’s basketball vs. Louisville, Saturday, noon Unfortunately, thanks to scheduling, most good Big East matchups are played in Hartford. This Saturday matinee will be the best Gampel Pavilion game until Senior Day vs. Notre Dame. The Cardinals and Huskies both enter with 5-2 Big East records, tied for second in the conference. UConn is riding a five-game win streak that puts them at 17-2, while Louisville is 16-4. Women’s hockey vs. Boston University, Sunday, 4 p.m. The Huskies and Terriers have a home-and-home this weekend, and fans should follow up on the men’s hockey team’s weekend series at Holy Cross. Also, follow up on the women’s basketball team’s
game Sunday at Cincinnati. Pro Side Sunday, NBA Basketball Luckily, there are enough NBA games to wash out any dull moment where fans would have to turn to the Pro Bowl. The Cavaliers try to snap their 18-game losing streak at Orlando. Denver, Utah, Golden State, New York, Phoenix and New Orleans all play Sunday. But the two best matchups come in the afternoon double-header on ABC. Miami travels to Oklahoma City at 1 p.m. Then, at 3:30 p.m., the Celtics and Lakers play for the first-time since Los Angeles’s Game 7 win over Boston in the NBA Finals. It will be Celtics center Kendrick Perkins’ third game since his knee injury in Game 6. The rivalry resumes Sunday in the City of Angels.
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Hathaway not blameless
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ANOTHER BIG EAST AFFAIR
No. 5 UConn looks to extend streak versus Cards By Matt McDonough Associate Sports Editor
Russell Blair
Pink Floyd once said, “Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today.” Perhaps truer words have never been spoken. Or perhaps, more likely, it’s easy to attack an ivory tower when you aren’t granted admittance. Take the recent controversy over UConn donor Robert Burton writing a letter to Jeff Hathaway asking for his name to be stripped from the football training complex and a refund of the roughly $3 million he donated to help build the complex. The national and local media came down on Burton, hard. The Hartford Courant’s Jeff Jacobs called Burton “…a bully. He is an egomaniac. He obviously is used to getting his own way.” Longtime Indiana men’s basketball coach Bob Knight said Wednesday on ESPN Radio that if Burton is looking to influence the Huskies’ football program in such a profound way he’d be better off founding his own university, Ego Tech, and fielding a team called the “Bigheads.” Former players have come out in droves supporting Hathaway. The university administration has taken his side on the issue, too. Nobody seems to have a problem with returning Burton’s $3 million and kicking him out of the UConn football family for good. But is the university really in a position where we can publicly ridicule and altogether cut ties with one of its most prominent benefactors? We’ve all heard Jim Calhoun’s quip, that the men’s basketball team brings in “over $12 million to the university,” but with a financial crisis and potential looming debt from unsold Fiesta Bowl tickets, UConn needs to work on repairing relationships with donors and forging relationships with potential donors, not show them the door. The Big East isn’t the SEC, and maybe, just maybe, UConn isn’t used to having to deal with donors who want a say in the running of the program. Should Burton be allowed to choose UConn’s head coach? Absolutely not. But should a man who has donated more than $7 million to the program be informed as the athletic director nears a decision? Yes. Burton claims in his letter that he was never seeking “veto power,” he simply wanted to be “kept in the loop.” From my estimation, a few phone calls here and there from UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway could have kept Burton happy, avoided the scathing letter and negative publicity the program has suffered and, most importantly, kept Burton on UConn’s rapidly-shrinking donor list. Donors want to feel important. What do you give the man who has everything? How about a stake in his state university’s upand-coming football program? And to those who say that the way Burton went about contacting Hathaway was unprofessional, or that he was just trying to bash Jeff in the media, consider this: under Connecticut’s liberal Freedom of Information Act laws, anyone could have obtained the letter to Hathaway, who is a public employee. I reckon that if Burton really wanted to make a stink to the media, he would have went about it in a much louder and much more obtrusive way. Burton said that he heard about the hire through others and from the media. Once again, I’m not saying Hathaway and the university need to bend over backward for donors, but a friendly call here and there isn’t a bad thing. Desi Cullen, a former UConn punter,
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The No. 5 UConn men’s basketball team, sporting a 17-2 record and riding a six-game win streak, takes on No. 23 Louisville Saturday at noon in Storrs. The Huskies are coming off a 76-68 win at Marquette Tuesday night. Freshman Jeremy Lamb scored a game-high 24 points. Lamb, 17-2, 5-2 who earned Big East accolades as a member of this week’s conference honor roll, was the main reason why UConn came away with the road victory. 16-4, 5-2 Junior guard Saturday, Noon Kemba Walker, nation’s secGampel Pavilion the ond leading scorer behind BYU’s Jimmer Fredette, had a season-low 14 points but added six rebounds and nine assists. The win gave the Huskies a 5-2 Big East record. “Kemba Walker will be national player of the year, but we can’t be foolish enough to think that he’s the exclusive reason why they’ve only lost two games,” Marquette coach Buzz Williams told the Associated Press Tuesday night.
Jeremy Lamb drives to the hoop in Saturday’s 72-61 UConn win over Tennessee at the XL Center. Lamb scored a career-high 24 points Tuesday night at Marquette and will try to help the Huskies continue their six-game winning streak tomorrow vs. Louisville at Gampel Pavilion.
» HUSKIES, page 12
MEN’S BASKETBALL
VS.
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No. 2 Huskies face last test before No. 3 Blue Devils By Andrew Callahan Staff Writer
Husky run. The early run was just a part of UConn’s offensive explosion in the final 20 minutes, which eventually took the Scarlet Wrapping up its two-game road Knights completely out of the trip, the No. 2 UConn women’s game. But, it was the Huskies’ basketball team (19-1, 8-0) will defense that caught the reflecbe in Cincinnati this Saturday for tive eye of head coach Geno a 2 p.m. battle with the Bearcats Auriemma. (8-11, 1-6). Fresh off a hardy “We played a really good 63-44 defeat of rival game defensively,” Rutgers, the Huskies Auriemma told the are proud of their Associated Press. recent performance “We stayed out of and look to continue foul trouble.” at Cincinnati their road success Looking ahead, 2 p.m. come tip-off. good defensive “The second half Fifth-Third Arena games have not been we didn’t have to hard to come by for CPTV depend on offensive most Cincinnati rebounding because opponents this seathe shots were fallson, especially since ing,” Maya Moore told the New Jan. 1. After opening their year Haven Register. “That is the way on a six-game win streak, the we need to start the game. Every Bearcats have suffered losing time when you are on the road, it stretches of four and now five is so important to get the crowd games. In fact their lone Big East out of it and that is the best way to win of 2011 was a one-point vicdo it, come out…. and make sure tory at home over South Florida, you dominated.” a team UConn put away by 26. Moore opened the second half While luck typically plays a in Piscataway, N.J. by knocking rather minimal role in the outin a 3-pointer that sparked a 13-0 come of games, Cincinnati has
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
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Tiffany Hayes dribbles the ball in UConn’s 66-46 win over Pittsburgh last Saturday. Hayes bounced back and scored 18 points in the Huskies’ win Wednesday at Rutgers.
been both literally and figuratively crippled by misfortune. Due to an obscene barrage of injuries, second-year head coach Jamelle Elliot has scrambled to put together an effective team together with only seven currently dressed players. As two veterans sit out with season-ending foot and knee injuries, Elliot must rely on three freshmen and hobbling forward Shelly Bellman to aid star guard Shareese Ulis. Ulis lead the Bearcats with 19 points in their last matchup against UConn while Moore countered with 25 in an 83-51 Husky victory. Elliot was both a former player and assistant under Auriemma for 15 years and had a helping hand in every championship brought back to Storrs, except the most recent one. Her success as a head coach has been limited, but her club did snatch a victory in the Big East tournament after a 12-18 record last season. Thus far, her injury-riddled squad averages just 55.4 points per game while allowing 61.
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Huskies travel to Worcester for weekend series team in the AHA. “I think it all comes down to who wants it more. We have all the tools to beat these teams, but The Huskies leave Storrs this if we don’t work out Holy Cross weekend for Worcester, Mass. to it will be a long game, “ said play a pair of games freshman Brant Harris. against Holy Cross. “We know what we Earlier in the season, have to and we are UConn beat Holy going to do it,” Cross by a goal at the With a record of Toyota UConn Classic. at Holy Cross 7-14-3, Holy Cross While the Dec. 29 is tied for 8th in the Tonight/ matchup was at home, AHA standings. Only Tomorrow one point separates the Huskies will have to play with the the Crusaders and the 7 p.m. same intensity away. Huskies (7-13-4). Although UConn Hart Ice Rink Cole Schneider came away with the leads all freshmen in victory, Holy Cross won four Atlantic Hockey with 22 points consecutive games against the (seven goals, 15 assists). The Huskies before this season and Huskies have multiple scoring are the third-leading power play threats heading into this game.
By Danielle Ennis Staff Writer
MEN’S HOCKEY
In their most recent game, resulting in a tie against Air Force, five different players netted the five goals scored. “Every conference game from here on out is going to be a tight battle that will be won by the team that works the hardest,” said Rui Encarnacao. “Holy Cross is an extremely hard working team and we need to be mentally prepared to come out even harder then them for the entire 60 minutes of the game.” With only four opponents left in the regular season, the Huskies need to gain points to advance in the standings.
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Jason Krispel carries the puck on Jan. 22 at home against Air Force.