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He was blackmailed three times during his service. Other soldiers used the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy (DADT) for their own benefits, threatening suspected gay soldiers with being outed. “Mike” was a regular, enlisted man who served his country faithfully. He was deployed to Afghanistan to promote democracy, freedom and peace. Those same benefits were not allowed for him. As a gay soldier under the DADT policy he kept secrets, made up girlfriends and lived with the everyday
paranoia of being found out. After endless debate and political maneuvering, the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy came to life as a compromise between thenPresident Clinton and Congress. Blocked by Congress, Clinton’s campaign to allow members to serve openly was effectively sunk. Issued by the Clinton Administration in December 1993, Defense Directive 1304.26 was given the full name “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Pursue.” The policy prohibits any gay service member from disclosing their sexual orientation and requires credible evidence for any investigation. In the same year, a
very carefully worded National Defense Research Institute study concluded, “circumstances do exist under which the ban on homosexuals could be lifted with little or no adverse consequences for recruitment and retention.” A relatively unknown 1999 regulation allowed suspected homosexual reservists to transfer to active duty. Later, confirming the policy, the U.S. Armed Forces said it was intended to stop reservists from pretending to be gay to escape combat. A 2003 psychological study showed no negative effects from allowing gay soldiers to serve, and by 2005, a Boston Globe poll concluded 79 percent
of responders “don’t oppose” the idea. During a May 2010 CNN poll, 78 percent of respondents said that “people who are openly gay or homosexual” should be able to serve in the armed forces. Mike agreed to meet and discuss his experiences serving as a gay soldier in the U.S. Army. Due to the nature of the things he was sharing and his own personal situation he requested not to be named; he agreed to be identified as a local and a current UConn student. One could pass right by him on the way to class and not even have a second thought. A rigorous major and an active social life keep this mid20s student challenged and content.
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Simply put, he is a responsible former soldier who wanted his story to be told, a proud American veteran who worked on things so classified he could barely speak of them. Mike’s four-year Army career began when he enlisted in 2004. He wanted to do something better for his family and himself. “Actually, the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy wasn’t a big deal at the time,” he said. “At least I didn’t know about it.” His first permanent-duty assignment would change that. “I noticed that the gay community in the Fort Bragg area would utilize the DADT policy to
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Groups give advice about campus safety By Russell O’Brien Campus Correspondent
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX Redshirt freshman Box prepares for West Virginia. SPORTS/ page 14 EDITORIAL: FARMERS’ MARKETS HELP LAND, LOCALS Shopping at the Storrs’ Farmers’ Market is affordable and for a good cause. COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: CONFERENCE CALL PROVIDES FINANCIAL ADVICE Consumer Financial Protection Agency head discusses risks of taking out loans. NEWS/ page 2
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Students at the Women’s Center hang out and watch the documentary “Cropsey” by Coalition for Political Empowerment on Tuesday night.
The Student Safety Fair was held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom by the USG Student Affairs Committee. The fair introduced students to different organizations and their options related to safety on campus. “Our goals are really just to show students what is available,” said Connor Bergen, a 3rd-semester political science major and the chair of the USG Student Affairs Committee. Student groups and university departments were invited to the Safety Fair based on how much information they could give students on campus safety. A total of seven different groups participated in the fair. The groups included Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the Department of Reslife, the UConn Police Department, UConn Recreation and the Violence Against Women Prevention Program. Tables for cancer awareness and stress management were also featured at the fair. According to Bergen, because of administrative changes due to the departure of President Hogan, the Student Safety Fair was more low key than in past
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Computers for Education strives to provide facilities with technology By Elizabeth Crowley Campus Correspondent Computers for Education is a small Tier 1 group that meets Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in Arjona Room 211 with the goal of donating computers to educational facilities in need. The group was founded by Carlo Guerriero, a 5th-semester engineering and business major and president of the club, last semester but has gotten its footing this semester. “Anyone, even if they don’t know computers yet, are welcome to join us,” Guerriero said. “Our mission for this organization is to repurpose donated and otherwise unwanted computers for use in underprivileged educational facilities. This is done with the hopes that the technology will promote information literacy and improve opportunity for higher education. We also hope to foster creative thinking, technology and public service to better ourselves and the community,” reads the group’s mission statement. Its primary goal for this
semester is to achieve Tier 2 status as it will allow them to host events, set up a website, get USG funding, have a faculty advisor, obtain storage for materials and have a tax ID. Last week the club signed their constitution, which was approved on its first submission. Ari Girelli, a 1st-semester biomedical engineering major and treasurer of the organization, got involved after finding it on the student organization list online. He was in a similar club in high school and was excited to join here. Girelli said Tier 2 status would give them the muchneeded space to work on and store the computers. “It’s easier for us to access if it’s on campus,” Girelli said. At its most recent meeting, the club began nailing down a date and time for their first event, a computer and equipment drive. James Vinson, a 3rd-semester marketing major and the group’s secretary, said they are looking for “places that are in need of computers and don’t
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Carlo Guerriero looks onto James Vinson’s computer at the Computers for Education meeting on Tuesday. Computers for Education is a group dedicated to collecting old computers and donating them to schools and libraries in need.
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Hartford officials say boy not a bullying victim
HARTFORD (AP) — Hartford school officials say a 12-year-old boy caught with a BB gun and a folding knife in his backpack was not bullied in school. Initial reports said the boy’s mother told officials he needed the weapons because he was being bullied. But David Medina, a school system spokesman, says officials were told the boy was carrying the weapons last Friday as protection after an altercation in his neighborhood the night before. Medina said the incident involved adults and teens the boy knew, but who did not attend the same school. The boy’s mother, 38-year-old Sylvia Mojica (moe-HEE’-kuh) is accused of providing the boy with the weapons. She has been charged with risk of injury to a minor and is due in court Friday. Administrators say the boy faces a suspension or even expulsion.
Witness: Jail violence unlikely from convict
NEW HAVEN (AP) — Even though he threatened to kill a correction officer seven months ago, a Connecticut man convicted in a deadly home invasion is unlikely to commit serious violence if he spends his life in prison, a defense expert testified Tuesday. A New Haven jury heard more testimony Tuesday that it will use to decide whether Steven Hayes should he imprisoned for life or executed for killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, 17-year-old Hayley and 11-year-old Michaela, at their Cheshire home in 2007. Authorities said Hayes and another ex-convict, Joshua Komisarjevsky, broke into the Petit house, beat Hawke-Petit’s husband, William, with a baseball bat and forced her to withdraw money from a bank before Hayes sexually assaulted and strangled her. Michaela and Hayley were tied to their beds with pillowcases over their heads and doused with gasoline before the house was set ablaze, according to testimony. Michaela was allegedly sexually assaulted by Komisarjevsky. The girls died of smoke inhalation. Psychologist Mark Cunningham said Tuesday that Hayes would likely serve his sentence without seriously hurting an inmate or guard. He said the 47-year-old Hayes had already served 25 years in prison without committing serious violence and that prison violence is more likely with younger offenders.
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Publisher to fix Confederate error, print new book
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The publisher of a Virginia textbook is printing revised editions to correct a passage that wrongly claims thousands of black troops fought for the Confederacy. Five Ponds Press says it will begin printing the new edition for fourth-graders early next year. The new version of “Our Virginia: Past and Present” will correct a sentence that inaccurately claims that black troops fought under Stonewall Jackson, an assertion historians overwhelmingly say is unproven. It also will replace a photo of a brown bear that is not native to Virginia. Until the new version is printed, the Daily Press reports that the publisher is offering white stickers to cover the inaccurate sentence.
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Africa to launch mass polio vaccination campaign
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The World Health Organization on Tuesday announced a mass polio vaccination campaign in Africa, the same day Ugandan health officials announced an outbreak of the highly infectious disease. WHO officials in Geneva said the 15-country campaign would start as early as next week in Angola and Congo, neighboring central African nations that together have more than 50 cases. The bulk of the volunteer-staffed campaign will focus on West Africa, where Nigeria, the most populous nation in sub-Saharan Africa, has never managed to eradicate the disease. Ugandan Health Minister Stephen Malinga said Tuesday that a 2-year-old boy was first diagnosed last week and four other children from his neighborhood tested positive. Uganda, which was most recently declared polio-free in 2009, is not part of the mass vaccination campaign. Oral vaccines will also be given in Chad and Sudan, two neighboring nations that also struggle with polio. The $42.6 million, donor-financed vaccination campaign aims to reach 72 million children in 15 countries. The campaign is a joint effort between the WHO, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USAID, Rotary International, UNICEF and the governments of Germany and Japan. WHO African Regional Director Dr. Luis G. Sambo cited the success of a previous campaign in 2009 and earlier this year that slashed outbreaks in Nigeria by 98 percent and slowed them to a trickle elsewhere in West Africa.
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Conference call held to help students avoid debt By Russell O’Brien Campus Correspondent Elizabeth Warren, the new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, held a conference call with college reporters to talk about the agency’s role in protecting students from being taken advantage of by unscrupulous companies and promote transparency for people taking out loans. “Anyone who uses a financial product should be able to tell the risks and costs upfront,” Warren said about the agency’s purpose. Young adults are faced with increasing amounts of debt from student loans, mortgages and credit cards. Fifty-three percent of younger households have education loans and the average amount of debt held by graduating students has
increased from $16,990 in 2004 to $17,700 in 2008. How do all of these statistics affect UConn students and others around the country? When asked about one aspect of this issue that stood out to her, Warren talked about students who take on high-priced student loans and then run into hard times, such as a death in the family. Meanwhile, interest rates rise on the loans and the student can’t pay their bills. “I saw a student who could never get ahead because of one bump in the road,” Warren said in describing the story of one person in this situation. The person was in her mid-20s and still heavily burdened with debt from loans she took out when she was 18. According to Warren, one reason this happens is that financial companies often make
their rules difficult to understand. The CFPA would be able to help prevent these situations by ensuring that the rules for loans taken out by students at UConn and other colleges are readable. This way, students can make informed choices and not find themselves in a difficult financial situation. In addition, the CFPA has broad power to enforce regulations on the financial industry. For example, the CFPA will ensure that banks follow laws about overdraft fees for checking accounts. For people already in debt, the CFPA can look at the procedures for the calculation of debt to ensure that debtors are being treated fairly. Finally, a branch of this new agency will attempt to promote financial literacy. During the conference, Warren was asked if the CFPA
would take away the responsibility of college students and young adults to understanding their financial affairs. “In order for personal responsibility, you need to be able to read the contract,” Warren said. A similar response was given when asked whether the CFPA will lower tuition for college students. Warren said that it was up to the markets to determine tuition. “Markets generally work well if there is adequate transparency,” she said. Finally, on the importance of financial education for students to make responsible choices, Warren said that more financial education was needed, but said banks and companies also need to help.
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ResLife representative: Safety is Student group hopes to make a a shared responsibility local donation this semester from GROUPS, page 1 years. But, Bergen feels that the fair does make a measurable impact on campus safety. “I think everyone who walks in here will leave educated.” While USG does plan other events related to safety through the year, the safety fair is one of the most consistent safety education events USG holds. So what did the organizations at the Student Safety Fair say about safety? “Safety is a shared responsibility,” said Nora McGee, hall director of Alumni and one of the hosts of the ResLife table. “It’s not just the responsibility of the RA or hall director.” One example McGee gave of how students can actively participate in their safety in residence halls is by reporting suspicious activity. “Don’t get overly stressed out as that may just hurt your performance,” Josh Fienman, a 3rd-semester allied health science major, said on how to handle stress during midterms. “Sleep is just as valuable.” Fienman helped host the table on stress management and
emphasized the need for common sense solutions to stress. “This is just another aspect of our attempt to reach out to the community,” said Lieutenant Christopher Casa at the UConn Police Department table. Some of the goals of the police department table at the fair included making students aware of the different services offered to the community and answering questions about the department. Casa also detailed other ways the police department tries to educate the community on safety, such as a first year experience class seminar and orientations for new students, faculty and staff. The students who went to the safety fair all appeared to approve of the event. Bradley Hunt, a 5th-semester junior allied health science major, appreciated the quality of information provided at the Student Safety Fair. “People would get something out of it if they had the chance to attend,” Hunt said.
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from COMPUTERS, page 1 have access to technology.” Guerriero said their goal is to make a donation this semester. “Our first donation we were thinking of a library or a community center. It’s probably going to be a smaller donation of 10 – 15 computers and they are not going to be the same computer so it’s not ideal for a computer lab.”
“We’re the kind of group that can easily pair up with a fraternity or sorority.” Carlo Guerriero Computers for Education founder The group plans to have four events per year. First, they need to have a drive devoted to collecting equipment. Then,
they will need to check and fix hardware to make sure it is usable. After that they test the software to see if it is up to date and works correctly. Finally, they want to have a large donation day. The Call to SeRVe, a nonprofit organization dedicated to public service, partnered with Alpha Phi Omega to host an event with the group. They were able to donate some computers to the group. “We were their cause of the night,” Guerriero said. Guerriero hopes to partner with many different organizations. “We’re the kind of group that can easily pair up with a fraternity or sorority that is looking to do some community service,” said Guerriero. The group has a green initiative as well. They want to dispose of equipment in a “green way” and educate others how to deal with technology in an environmentally safe manner.
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Study says conservation slowing animal extinctions
NEW YORK (AP) — On average, 52 species of mammals, birds and amphibians are taking a significant step toward extinction each year, a huge new analysis says. But if not for conservation efforts, the march would be even faster, researchers reported Tuesday. Efforts to save endangered animals are making a difference, even as about 1 in 5 of the world’s backboned species - mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish - are threatened with extinction, according to a study published online in the journal Science. The report was released as delegates from more than 190 nations meet at a United Nations conference in Nagoya, Japan, to set 20 measurable targets to combat the loss of many diverse species. “Our results should be a timely wake-up call to governments in Nagoya,” said Stuart Butchart, a study author and global research coordinator at BirdLife International. “Biodiversity is in a desperate state. Its situation is getting worse . but our results show we can turn the situation around. We just need greater
political will and resources.” The study considered almost 26,000 species of vertebrates - animals with a backbone - whose conservation status is on the “Red List” of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It found that about one-fifth of vertebrate species are “threatened,” meaning they are close to going extinct in the near future. That ranges from 13 percent of birds to 41 percent of amphibians. The one-fifth number isn’t much of a surprise, but the new study is the first global audit of vertebrates, said Craig Hilton-Taylor of the IUCN, a study author. To look for trends, the authors used a statistical measure that tracks how particular species have moved among the eight categories of the Red List - an indication of improvement or worsening of their conservation status. Because of data limitations, they focused on birds, mammals and amphibians. Their results translate to an average of 52 species moving one category closer to extinction each year. Amphibians, which include frogs and salamanders, showed
the fastest decline, with mammals second. The trend was less severe for birds, but still included creatures like the greencolored Hose’s broadbill of Malaysia and Indonesia, which has suffered declines in its forest habitat. About 1 in 6 declines in conservation status in the study resulted in extinction, the authors said. The extinctions include the golden toad of Costa Rica and a Hawaiian forest bird called the Kamao. To study whether conservation efforts like protecting habitat or controlling predators were helping, the authors examined cases where a species’ status improved, moving away from extinction. That was the case in 68 of the 928 reclassifications they found, almost entirely due to conservation action, the authors said. Nearly all involved mammals or birds, because they have a longer and better-funded history of conservation efforts, the authors said. Humpback whales, for example, moved from “vulnerable” to being at low risk for extinction because of protections against commercial whaling, the authors said. In all, the researchers cal-
French strikes lose steam, garbage workers return
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Garbage collectors began tackling Marseille’s reeking mounds of trash in the center of Marseille, southern France on Tuesday. Striking garbage collectors in Marseille faced 9,000 tons of garbage that have piled up in the streets in the last two weeks.
PARIS (AP) — French garbage collectors waded through mounds of reeking trash as they headed back to work Tuesday and some oil workers deserted their picket lines - signs of fading momentum in the battle against raising the retirement age. France’s finance minister declared that the massive protest movement had finally reached a “turning point,” and the Senate gave its final 177-151 vote approval to President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plan to increase the retirement age from 60 to 62. The bill now goes before the lower house Wednesday, where it is almost certain to pass. It then will face challenges by the opposition Socialists before the country’s Constitutional Court. Sarkozy is not expected to sign it until midNovember at the earliest.
For two weeks, nationwide protests and strikes over the pension reform have disrupted French life and the country’s economy, canceling trains, closing schools and shutting gas stations. On Tuesday, students with megaphones chanted outside the 17th-century Senate building on the edge of Paris’ Luxembourg Gardens as riot police stood by. Unions have called for another nationwide day of protests Thursday, even if all Parliament action on the bill is over. Some of the youth demonstrations have had a violent edge, and the Interior Minister said 2,554 protesters were detained in the past two weeks. French unions see retirement at 60 as a cherished social benefit. But President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservative government says
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raising the retirement age is the only way to save the money-losing pension system because French people are living longer. It also notes 62 is still among the lowest retirement ages in Europe. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, who has estimated losses from the strikes at up to euro400 million ($557 million) a day, said the momentum has shifted. “What’s very important is taking responsibility - it’s realizing that the economy needs to function,” she told Radio Classique. In Marseille, workers tackled some 9,000 tons of garbage that has piled up in the streets over the last two weeks of strikes. Authorities said it would take up to five days before France’s second-largest city starts smelling like itself again.
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A trio of humpback whales break the surface of the water as they work together in a group behavior known as “bubble feeding” off the coast of Cape Cod near Provincetown, Mass. Efforts to save endangered animals are making a measureable difference.
culated that the overall march toward extinction would have been some 20 percent faster if no conservation steps had been taken. But they also said the true impact is much greater than
their calculations could show. “Conservation is working, it’s just not enough” at current levels, said Ana Rodrigues of the Center for Evolutionary and Functional Ecology in Montpellier, France,
a study author. Stuart Pimm, a conservation expert at Duke University who didn’t participate in the study, agreed that the results contain good news.
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performance of a fellow gay soldier suffer due to a double-life and everyday anxieties, he agreed something needed to change. “You want people to know who you are, Mike said. “You want to find someone to settle down with… and that’s what this policy deprives you of.” “It’s hard,” Mike said, referring to the double life with a twinge of sadness in his eye. “The functionality only lasts for a while. During my last year in the military I couldn’t take it anymore.” Not surprisingly, other countries have different views on homosexuality and military service. All members of the EU except for Greece as well as a majority of NATO members allow gay soldiers to serve openly and without discrimination. United Nations Security Council permanent members Britain, France and Russia permit service, however, the U.S. and China do not. During his deployment, a friend from Mike’s unit accidentally walked in on “two members of the local [Afghanistan] National Army ‘messing around.’” According to him, homosexual behavior is common within Afghan culture. Homosexuals serving in the military are far more common than most think. An estimated 66,000 active-duty servicemen and women, along with more than one million veterans, have served our country, according to The Washington Post. Carrying the additional burden of secrets, shame and fear, gay service members have more to worry about than just incoming fire. Due to the diversity of the Armed Forces, each unit handles DADT and associated issues differently. While there are good units and bad units to be part of, the consensus is that DADT causes more problems than it solves. Costs from DADTrelated discharges have risen to more than $363 million, according
to USAToday.com. In excess of 14,000 discharges have occurred under DADT including Arabic language specialists vital to the efforts in the Middle East. An overwhelming majority of Americans favor abolishing DADT. Professional opinion from medical, psychological and sociological experts concludes that the U.S. Armed Forces can do better for our soldiers. The recent gay-related civilian suicides are very sad, but their pain can be used to shine light towards LGBT issues. Especially important for children, teachings of acceptance and zero-tolerance for discrimination mitigate crime and violence whilst making society function better as a whole. To the optimist, the current debate and legal situation regarding DADT is showing noticeable progress. The U.S. District Court declared the policy unconstitutional on Sept. 9 and last week recruiters were told to accept openly gay recruits, but with a disclaimer that the policy can change at any time. The next day, notable LGBT activist and Army Lieutenant Daniel Choi, re-enlisted after an honorable discharge under DADT in June. These may seem to be great signs, but last Thursday a John McCain-led filibuster ended discussion of a bill that would end DADT. More political debate and maneuvering are certainly on the horizon, especially with election season quickly approaching. Speaking of how he would change policy and integrate the Armed Forces, Mike stressed the need for awareness and education; the army is full of myths and stereotypes that perpetuate problems. He agrees that integration is both possible and necessary, but sees a rough path ahead. “What they [soldiers] believe isn’t always true,” he said with a smile.
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their benefit… if they didn’t like something about the gay soldier, and they knew they were gay, they would try to out them.” “I was blackmailed at least three times while in the military, all three were really bad experiences,” Mike said, not wanting to go into further detail. He said they were looking for “money, love and consolation.” All of this was for personal gains. Unknown to many, DADT can be used as a tool of discrimination and harassment. Just negligible suspicion of being gay can lead to different treatment. An officer in his chain of command suspected Mike was gay. During the time he harbored suspicions, treatment Mike received was different; what was once a friendly and caring officer became rude and punishing. When word reached the officer that Mike had a girlfriend, things returned to normal without any explanation. Deployment to Afghanistan was an entirely different experience. In his tight-knit specialty unit soldiers were “nosy” and “liked to know each other’s business,” but shared an all-encompassing combat trust. The majority of soldiers who suspected another soldier of being gay were interested and somewhat approving. Some looked down on soldiers whom they suspected, and a small minority showed anger. “If they found out something about you it wasn’t long before the whole section knew”, Mike said, emphasizing how close units can become during deployment. During his military career Mike met other gay service members. Their shared group philosophy was that DADT should be changed; yet all felt utterly powerless to do anything about it. Toward the end of his Army career he began to question the current policy. After seeing the
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n Saturday afternoons, students who take a quick walk past E.O. Smith High School will discover a convenient opportunity to support and enjoy locally-grown agriculture: the Storrs’ Farmers’ Market. At the market, customers can shop for healthier food choices without breaking the bank. For students who live off campus, the market is an affordable option with a wide selection to choose from – fruits, vegetables and more. Fresh flowers are also sold, perhaps a nice surprise for one’s significant other after a busy day. Those who shop at the Storrs’ Farmers’ Market are helping a good cause. The market is sponsored by CT NOFA, the Connecticut chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association. Through its markets, CT NOFA promotes responsible land-use in order to preserve farmland for future generations. The association also seeks to establish a food system that is both regional and sustainable. Going to these markets and buying their products increases the local and organic supplies so that regional farms can preserve their legacy of providing healthy, clean and safe products to Connecticut residents. In this way, students who purchase products from the Storrs’ Farmers’ Market are directly helping the local economy, including individual families, all while promoting a healthier lifestyle. The farmers’ market is also a great place to hang out in a laid-back setting after a hectic week of classes. Food is on sale and music is played. Students can interact with local residents in a rare chance to be part of the larger StorrsMansfield community. Environmental scientists in the student body will be glad to know that the farmers’ market promotes environmentally-friendly policies. The market offers its fair share of organic food, and by promoting sustainable, earthconscious policies, provides alternatives to the processed foods sold in the big-box grocery stores. The Storrs’ Farmers’ Market is held every Saturday through Nov. 20 from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Mansfield Town Hall parking lot, just south of E.O. Smith. Tolland also hosts a Farmers’ Market, Saturdays through Nov. 20, 9 a.m. to noon on the Tolland Green. For additional information and for locations of other Connecticut farmers’ markets, visit www.ctnofa.org. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.
I thought the guy above me was getting a lot of sex, but it turns out he just does p90x. Either way its still a workout. On Oct. 16, 2009 there was snow on the ground in CT, on Oct. 26, 2010 I have my fan on in my room. WHY? I don’t have any evidence, but I’m gonna go ahead and say Snookie just scored again. Guess what! Putnam and the Student Union teamed up and found those 25 lbs I lost over the summer and gave them right back! Sorry “Glee,” recreating “Rocky Horror” doesn’t make you any less pathetic. This Sunday I will be hiding around campus dressed as Waldo...first person to find me wins a prize. What if I can’t whip my hair back and forth? Does anyone else think the ambulance horn sounds like Chewbacca? Over the course of his 18 NBA seasons, nobody worked with Shaq on his free throws? I put more effort into planning my Halloween costume than I did for my midterms. 3.14 percent of sailors are Pi-rates. Not getting into the InstantDaily is like getting a bad Christmas gift. You are so excited the night before, but when you don’t get what you want in the mornig you hate your life.
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Blumenthal’s popularity based on misconceptions
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emocrat Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s state attorney general for the past 20 years, is currently running for U.S. Senate, and according to recent polls, will probably win. For much of his long political life, Blumenthal has depicted himself as the state’s top consumer advocate, fiercely fighting those businesses who seek to rip off customers, destroy the environment and take advantage of taxpayer money. For years, this story has been fed to the media without question. But in truth, his many attempts to punish bad business practices have effectively destroyed businesses before they had the chance to defend themselves. Whether inadvertent or deliberately vengeful, Blumenthal’s inappropriate actions reveal an attitude that would not help our state bridge the partisan divide in the U.S. Senate. During his time as attorney genBy Arragon Perrone eral, Blumenthal Weekly Columnist completed 380,963 cases and released 2,427 press releases. Meanwhile, his office budget increased from $13.4 million to $29.4 million, as reported by TheDay.com. Blumenthal’s biggest self-proclaimed victory was in 1998, when he joined many other state attorney generals in the fight against “Big Tobacco.” Blumenthal also sued Smith & Wesson, demanding that gun manufacturers be held responsible for crimes committed by individual gun owners. He even sued Microsoft for anti-trust violations over the marketing of Windows 98. Blumenthal received widespread publicity for his lawsuits targeting “Big Business,” but he has targeted small businesses as well, showing little discretion before suing them. He sued Computers Plus Center of Waterbury for $1.75 million and publicly accused its owner, Gina Malapanis, of fraud. Malapanis was later arrested in her own home. In 2008, a Waterbury jury dismissed the charges and awarded Malapanis $18 million, not as a reward for the crimes that she allegedly committed, but for the blatantly inappropriate and vicious way in which the case was handled. In the limited space of this article, it is impossible for me to go over all the legal paperwork regarding the cases of Malapanis and others. I
am not concerned with Blumenthal’s prosecution of businesses that deserved to be punished, but rather his practice of disproportionate retaliation and his “guilty before innocent” attitude toward business lawsuits. During this campaign season, Blumenthal claims to support small businesses that do not break the law. But over the course of his career, he has shown little discretion before suing them. There are many examples of this rash behavior. For instance, he targeted Stamford eye doctor Richard Weber for Medicaid fraud even though Blumenthal had not reviewed a single document related to the case. In the end, the state got nothing and Dr. Weber was paid $725,000. Brookfield Quarry, which Blumenthal sued in an eminent-domain case, received $28 million as a result of “unprofessional” behavior by the state, according to Superior Court Judge Barbara Sheedy.
“His many attempts to punish bad business practices has effectively destroyed businesses.” Then there is the case of New England Pellet LLC. In the winter of 2008, Blumenthal sued the company, which was having trouble supplying its customers with wood pellets, even though the company had already begun to refund its customers. On television, Blumenthal accused the company of engaging in “consumer harm” and demanded “civic penalties and restitution.” As a result, the company collapsed. One of the co-owners attempted suicide. Only later did the lead investigator admit that he had no evidence to support the major accusations levied against New England Pellet. The Middletown Press’s Donald Pesci quotes NEP lawyer Jim Oliver as saying this about the case: “if [Blumenthal] sues you for $70,000, and wants $1 million in penalties, life as you know it is over. Your bank accounts are seized. Liens are placed on property and assets. Even if you win, the state will appeal and you will wait another year. You are out of business. You are dead.” In these crucial days before the election,
Blumenthal wants voters to see him as the state’s white knight, the ultimate father-figure who protects the helpless population from evil business. In the past, maintaining this heroic image required a villain – AT&T, the Atlantic Coast Conference, Atlantic Wire, “Big Tobacco,” Broadwater, Brookfield Quarry, Computers Plus Center, Countrywide Financial, Microsoft, the Phoenix Products Company of Plymouth, United Technologies Corporation, Smith and Wesson and the Thames Shipyard & Repair Company, among others. Unfortunately, it is impossible to provide an exhaustive analysis of each and every case in a single article. Some of the businesses that Blumenthal sued probably did engage in an illegal or unethical practice at one point in their many years of operation. For those actions, they have paid. But what is disturbing is Blumenthal’s practice of publicly condemning businesses before the facts have even been presented in court. When Blumenthal finds a target, he passes judgment and executes that target in a barrage of fees, lawsuits and threats. In his eyes, the businesses – and the individuals who run them – are guilty until proven innocent. Their day in court is a mere formality. This is a troubling attitude to have towardsa business or to anyone at all, and Blumenthal shows no sign of changing his attitude. A couple weeks ago, I attended a rally for Blumenthal in the Student Union. After he gave his speech, Blumenthal went around shaking hands with college students. A friend of mine approached him and asked him about the mischaracterization of his Vietnam War record, which The New York Times covered in May. Immediately, Blumenthal became rude, refused to answer and accused my friend of being a stooge for Linda McMahon – which she is not. If this is the way Blumenthal treats someone whom he considers a threat, whether it is a business or politically-interested college student, the people of Connecticut should be very concerned about the man they are about to elect to the U.S. Senate.
Weekly Columnist Arragon Perrone is a 5th-semester political science and English double major. He can be reached at Arragon.Perrone@UConn.edu.
Candidates’ personal lives irrelevant
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ith Election Day less than a week away, the standard political mudslinging has intensified. Although negative ads can raise important questions about political candidates, Unless a candidate has done anything illegal, aspects of a canBy Sergio Goncalves didate’s personStaff Columnist al life are not appropriate for discussion on the campaign trail. My view regarding one’s personal life is very libertarian: one should have the freedom to do whatever one pleases, as long one does not harm anyone else. The government should not run people’s lives. Thus, what candidates who are seeking to run the government choose to do with their personal lives should not be a campaign issue. The practice of turning candidates’ collegiate misadventures into campaign issues is particularly repugnant. Let’s be candid: everyone makes mistakes, especially during youth. Suppose you have too many drinks at a party one weekend and your roommate films you. Years later, you run for public office, and your opponent’s campaign discovers the footage
and uses it in an ad. How would you feel? What does this have to do with any campaign issues? Revealing disturbing facts about an opponent’s private life is a disgraceful, shameless campaign tactic, particularly given the tough economic times our nation faces. Yet it is a tactic employed all too often this year. For example, in the Virginia first congressional district house of representatives race, Democrat Krystal Ball has been attacked due to sexually explicit photos of her and her thenhusband at a party “right after college.” I am deeply disturbed by the fact that Ball’s right-wing foes would sink so low as to use an incident from Ball’s youth to attempt to sink her campaign. To her credit, Ball courageously challenged her opponent to “debate on the issues.” She noted, “The fact that they’ve dug up these old pictures of me in a Halloween costume…it’s sexist and it’s wrong.” Ball’s foes should be ashamed. More recently, Kentucky Democratic Senatorial candidate Jack Conway released a campaign ad that viciously attacks his Republican rival Rand Paul. The ad questions the ophthalmologist’s religious beliefs and implies that Paul forcibly tied
up a woman and forced her to worship “Aqua Buddha.” This ad is based on an article in GQ magazine last August, according to which Paul and a friend blindfolded one of Paul’s female teammates on the Baylor University swim team, took her to a creek, tied her up and had her bow down to Aqua Buddha. The article created a media firestorm, with many in the media suggesting that Paul was guilty of kidnapping.
“Turning candidates’ collegiate misadventures into campaign issues is particularly repugnant.” The truth, however, is that the woman was blindfolded, taken to the creek and tied up voluntarily. She was told she would be tied up, and, as she later told The Washington Post, “The whole thing has been blown out of proportion. They didn’t force me […] I went along because they were my friends. There was an implicit degree of cooperation in the whole thing.”
Paul did nothing illegal, and he did not harm the woman. Most importantly, he tied her up with her consent, and she did not feel threatened at any point. It was clearly, as the woman noted, “some kind of joke.” Without a doubt, what Paul did as a college student 30 years ago is not a legitimate campaign issue, and Jack Conway should be ashamed of himself. This ad is simply a losing candidate’s desperate effort to win an election. Paul has been leading Conway in the polls ever since he defeated his establishment GOP primary opponent in May, and so Conway is now resorting to gutter politics, and Paul valiantly told Conway so in a debate, declaring, “I believe that those who choose the politics of personal destruction disqualify themselves from consideration. [Jack,] have you no decency? Have you no shame?” A candidate’s personal life, such as mistakes made in college, should not be discussed on the campaign trail. To resort to such is an insult to the American people, especially when people seek solutions to a prolonged economic crisis.
Staff Columnist Sergio Goncalves is a 3rdsemester political science major. He can be reached at Sergio.Goncalves@UConn.edu.
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Cancer - Seek emotional balance by first demonstrating your own feelings, and then allowing others to do the same. You create a safe space for expression that way.
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Virgo - Combine resources with one or more females. The changes you want to make respond to gentle but persistent effort. Resist empty chatter. Libra - You want everything perfect when you make your big announcement. Write your speech, and prepare to revise right before the microphone. Then just express.
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Scorpio - Your personal energy is on track at the desired pace to achieve a major goal. Give yourself time in the morning to get rolling, then don’t stop. Sagittarius - Share sorrow with others in private. Others appreciate your restraint, and you’re grateful for the intimacy. The mood passes. Capricorn - Complete understanding of a partner’s issue is just around the corner. Meanwhile, gather information. It’s all grist for the mill. Aquarius - Get design ideas on the table. This isn’t the time for finished work. Everyone needs to remain flexible as changes develop. Thought now goes a long way. Pisces - Finish your housework before you take on a creative project. One mess at a time is more than enough. Enlist help from your associates.
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RI to vote on dropping ‘Plantations’ from its name
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The seal of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is seen on the floor of the Statehouse rotunda in Providence, R.I.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — This state's official name – The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations – is more than just a mouthful. To many, it evokes stinging reminders of Rhode Island's prime role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Voters next Tuesday will decide whether to change the name by dropping the words “and Providence Plantations.” The issue has been debated for years, but lawmakers last year authorized a ballot question for the first time following an impassioned debate over race relations, ancestry and history. “You go anywhere and you mention plantations and what automatically comes to a person's mind is slavery,” said Nick Figueroa, 41, a member of a legislative minority advisory coalition that backs changing the name. Supporters of the referendum see the ballot question as
Soros gives $1M to US pot legalization measure
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Billionaire financier George Soros has thrown his weight behind California's marijuana legalization measure with a $1 million donation a week before the vote. The contribution reported Tuesday by The Sacramento Bee is the single biggest donation from an individual other than Proposition 19's main sponsor, Oakland medical marijuana entrepreneur Richard Lee. Soros, a high-profile liberal and philanthropist, has long backed drug law reform. He was one of the top financial backers of California's first-inthe-nation measure that legalized medical marijuana in the state in 1996. But Soros held off on openly endorsing the current measure until writing an op-ed published Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal. In the piece, Soros said legalizing and taxing marijuana would save taxpayers the costs of incarceration and law enforcement while raising revenue for the state. “Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws,” Soros wrote. The $1 million donation comes a day after the Yes on 19 campaign launched its first television ad. The opposition's campaign also recently took to the airwaves for the first time with a radio ad sponsored by the California Chamber of Commerce, claiming the law would threaten workplace safety and harm the state's economy. Soros' money went to a campaign committee overseen by the Drug Policy Alliance, a drug legalization advocacy group. Soros sits on the group's board and is a major donor. The money will be spent on get-out-the-vote efforts, onthe-ground campaigning and television advertising, said Ethan Nadelmann, the alliance's executive director and a longtime adviser to Soros on drug policy issues. Soros has long supported medical marijuana and decriminalizing the drug for personal use but has in fact been ambivalent about broader legalization, Nadelmann said. The 80-year-old investor finally decided to support Proposition 19 after seeing how the ballot measure had “elevated the discourse” around drug law reform, he said. “For him, it's not been about legalization per se, but about rolling back the drug war,” said Nadelmann. Until now, neither side in the ballot measure contest has seen a huge outpouring of cash, though supporters have significantly out-raised opponents. Supporters of the measure have raised about $3.8 million, including the Soros donation. The No campaign has raised about $300,000. Other high-profile donations to Proposition 19 in recent days include $50,000 from Men's Wearhouse chief
a chance to erase the state's links to slavery and remove a word they associate with human bondage and suffering. But opponents, including Gov. Don Carcieri, note that the state name actually has nothing to do with slavery and that, in any case, changing it will do nothing to alter history. Michael Vorenberg, a Brown University history professor, said he understands the contemporary connotation of the word “plantations” but favors keeping the name because it provokes questions. “People might naturally say, 'What does that word mean and why is it in the state name?' And that may lead to a discussion of the role of slavery in the history of Rhode Island, in the history of New England,” Vorenberg said. The referendum's prospects are unclear. The issue has been overshadowed by a competitive gubernatorial race and
congressional elections, and advocates of the name change haven't run advertisements. The four leading gubernatorial candidates all oppose it. “The overall concerns right now are jobs and the economy, and I think that's foremost in people's minds, as opposed to altering the name,” Figueroa said. Many Rhode Islanders might not even know its formal name. It isn't listed on modern-day maps, though it is on the state seal, is found in many official state documents and can be heard in the courtroom when the judge is announced. The phrase “Providence Plantations” appeared in the royal charter granted in 1663 by King Charles II to the colony of Rhode Island. At the time, “Plantation” was a general term for settlement or colony. In this case, it referred to the merger of the Providence settlement, which was founded by minister Roger
Williams following his banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and nearby towns into a single colony. Keith Stokes, who is multiracial and can trace his family's arrival to Newport back centuries, said the debate over the state name ignores Rhode Island's legacy as a colony founded on religious tolerance, where Jews, Quakers and other minorities settled in large numbers after being rejected elsewhere. The principle of separation of church and state is laid out in the colony's charter long before being formalized in the Bill of Rights. “It has all these people who have been cast out because they worship differently and they all land in Rhode Island,” said Stokes, who is also executive director of the state's economic development corporation. “We have so many stories to share, we have such rich histories.”
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executive George Zimmer and $70,000 from hedge fund president and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel, according to campaign finance records. Roger Salazar, spokesman for the No on Prop 19 campaign, called the big-ticket donations to the other side a sign of panic as polls show support for the measure dropping. “We've always known that they would outspend us. In fact, they've outspent us from Day One,” Salazar said. “It seems
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Aetna writer-in-residence Connie Voisine gives interactive reading for crowd in Konover By Kimberly Halpin Campus Correspondent
Poet Connie Voisine gave a reading at the Dodd Center Tuesday night to an audience of around thirty people. The reading was the culmination to her time as UConn’s “Poet in Residence.” It allowed students to grasp a better understanding of her work and her methods. Voisine was also able to read from her new book entitled, “Rare High Meadows of Which I Might Dream”. “She didn’t say too much about her new book, but it was great to understand what it is about from listening to poems from it. It was very coherent,” said another poet in residence and Professor Darcie Dennigan. A Yale graduate, she has also received degrees from the universities of California and Utah, and now is a professor at the University of New Mexico. Voisine’s poems have been featured in renowned publications such as Ploughshares, and have received various
accolades such as the AWP Award in Poetry. As Voisine began her animated reading, she addressed viewers by name and made a few jokes throughout to keep the mood light and interactive rather than a strict lecture format. She briefly explained the inspiration and background before she read each poem. Voisine opened the reading with poems focusing on the area around New Mexico and Texas, where she currently resides. The politically charged region by the Mexican border where she lives has significant influence on her work. Voisine talked extensively on issues surround the people in the area, referencing politics from as far back as Guadeloupe Hidalgo. The hottest dessert in America is near Voisine’s home. “The violent beauty of the dessert required a new way to speak,” Voisine said. Voisine connects dessert in New Mexico and what she believes is the primi-
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Connie Voisine, a professor at the University of New Mexico, is staying at UConn for the semeseter as the Aetna writer-in-residence to work with students and faculty.
Play your way into Halloween this week By Joe O’Leary Staff Writer
Slaying zombies in games like the ‘Resident Evil’ series (top) and ‘Redemption’ (bottom) - especially the ‘Undead Nightmare’ pack - will get you into the Halloween spirit. Also, check out ‘Alan Wake’ and the ‘Silent Hill’ series.
Since Halloween is all of five days away, you might be wondering how you can prepare for the thrills and scares of the most terrifying night of the year (well, outside of finals week). There have been a lot of spooktacular games released recently; these are some of the best. Turn out the light, close the blinds and pop these in, and you might be in for one hell of a night. One of the best sleeper games released this year has to be Alan Wake, published by Microsoft and exclusive to the 360. The thriller takes place in a small Washington town, where the title character, a Stephen Kinglike horror writer, becomes trapped in one of his own stories. Unfairly pushed aside due to sharing its release date with Red Dead Redemption in May, Wake’s tale plays out like a cross between King’s writing, Twin Peaks and Lost; presented in episodes, each level ups the ante with a more ambitious development in Wake’s fight to escape his own demented subconscious. Speaking of Redemption, a zombie-themed DLC expansion for it just released yesterday on PS3 and 360. The Undead Nightmare pack, which is downloadable right now for $10, throws the game’s cast into a zombie apocalypse. With a brand-new story branch with zombie-killing galore, not to mention some new perks, like a feature where undead
able have been made. Early Star Wars games in the ‘80s, though limited by the hardware, began the tradition of carrying the magic from the screen to the arcade or the home. Games from this period tended to focus on the flying sequences, such as the Battle of Hoth from The Empire Strikes Back, or the runs against the Death Stars from the fourth and sixth movies. Perhaps the most famous game of the decade was the first Star Wars arcade game, according to Rusel DeMaria in The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, which allowed gamers to play as Luke Skywalker, flying down the trench to destroy
rial. The PC gaming front exploded on to the scene with the introduction of X-Wing, the first Star Wars combat flight simulator, in 1993. First-person shooters were added to the lineup with 1995’s Dark Forces. Other popular series that would run into the 2000s, such as Jedi Knight and Rogue Squadron, got their start near the end of the decade. Star Wars games underwent a massive revival with the launch of the prequel films. Movie tie-ins quickly appeared on all systems. The real time strategy genre on the PC appeared during this time, also. The Star Wars presence in role-playing games during this
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horse players can lasso and train, Rockstar is getting into the spirit of All Hallow’s Eve just in time. Of course, the king in survival horror has to be Capcom’s Resident Evil series. And there are many choices across every console for those looking to Jill, Chris and Leon for their holiday fix. Those with PS2s and Wiis have the pinnacle of survival thrillers in the revolutionary 2005 instant-classic Resident Evil 4, while those with the high-def 360 and PS3 get its sequel, early-2009 hit Resident Evil 5. Both games utilize a new control system for the series in a behind-the-back third-person view. Both also has a perk for its console; the PS2 version of RE4 gets exclusive content, Wii players get motion control for their version of the game and those with RE5 are allowed to play co-op and death matches against one another over Xbox Live and Playstation Network. Finally, if you’re looking for a nostalgic trip to middle school, try the Silent Hill series. The best of the series is easily number 3, available for cheap on the PS2. Others in the psychological horror franchise are playable on everything from the original Xbox to the newer-gen systems. Not all of them are perfect, but each one will hold enough thematic scares to elicit a shriek or two. Check them out, but good luck having a good night’s sleep afterward.
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Commemorating 30 years of ‘Star Wars’ gaming
By John Tyczkowski Staff Writer
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, out this week, is the latest link in a long chain of Star Wars video games stretching back almost 30 years. The movies were a natural choice to turn into games. High adventure, lightsabers, space battles and an epic story involving a rebellion’s struggle against an evil empire lent themselves perfectly to video games. And ever since the first Star Wars game appeared back in 1982, hundreds of games for almost every system imagin-
the Death Star from the climax of A New Hope. After the 1983 video game crash, new games based on the franchise didn’t appear until 1991, with the release of three games, each based on one of the movies, for the Nintendo. All three games were re-released with updated graphics and gameplay in the early nineties on the Super Nintendo. Both generations of games were simple platformers and sidescrollers with little resemblance to the movie plots, and soon new generations of Star Wars gamers were wanting more. Starting in the mid-’90s, the games began to fan out both in terms of gameplay and story mate-
decade emerged with multipleaward winning games, such as Knights of the Old Republic and its sequels. Other notable games from this period included the Battlefront series, the Lego Star Wars series and the Force Unleashed series. Though the movies have all been released, new novels continue to be written and new games continue to be produced. The wide open Star Wars universe continues to enthral new generations of gamers, and it seems that as long as there are video games, there will be Star Wars video games.
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Going through a break up is tough, there’s no question about that. But what makes a break up harder for some and easier for others are the rules from the invisible break up handbook, which we all should keep in our back pockets. These rules answer questions such as: When is it okay to start dating again? Can you ask your ex about who they’re currently dating? If you had friends in common, does one person have to step away? If so, who should it be? And the most famous question of all, can you date a friend of your ex? For men and women, these break-up rules have few similarities and many differences. Though I obviously cannot give insight into the man-code of break up rules, a male friend of mine, who will remain anonymous, has been kind enough to answer some questions. For men, what are the break up rules? Men can start dating again whenever they want. “After my three-year relationship ended, I started dating again five days later,” he said. It’s always okay to ask about whom your ex is dating. “You can absolutely ask about who they’re dating. You don’t have a right, but it’s common courtesy.” Friends will come and go naturally. “Me and my ex-girlfriend had two best friends who were dating each other. After we broke up, they broke up too. We fought over who would see who and when, but it sort of happens naturally.” And finally, once the grace period is over, it’s okay for your boy to try to get with your ex. “For guys, it depends on how long the relationship was, but usually there’s a six-month grace period before your boy can move in on your ex-girlfriend. And generally, he has to ask your permission and see if it’s cool with you first and hopefully it will be,” he said. Now, from my own perspective and knowledge obtained from friends, it’s clear that the female break up rules differ dramatically from the man code. Men, do not ask your ex-girlfriend questions about whom she is currently dating. Don’t ask about what he looks like. Don’t ask what he has that you didn’t. It’s awkward and no matter what, you will not like the answers. Ladies, don’t put yourself through that heartbreak and leave alone the mystery of who he may be dating now. Move on. Men, we aren’t going to make you stop talking to the friends we shared. But if you were the one to hurt us, more than likely, those friends are going to drop you without hesitation. Ladies, don’t tell stories to make your friends choose you over him. If you’re worth keeping as a friend, they’ll want you to stick around. If not, so be it – make new friends. And, most importantly, there is no time, place, excuse or reason for hooking up with an ex’s close friend. Men, hooking up with your ex’s friend is disrespectful to her. If you care about her, don’t ever put her through that. Ladies, the same goes for you hooking up with his friends. You wouldn’t want him doing it to you, so don’t do it to him. And ladies, you know girl code – never hook up with your friends’ ex, either. We don’t cross that line; remember the saying “chicks before d***s.” Keep it in the back of your head. I’m not saying don’t hook up with an acquaintance’s ex. This rule only applies to your true girlfriends – the ones that
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1. Super Meat Boy (X360) 9.5/10 2. DJ Hero 2(X360) 8.5/10 3. Fallout: New Vegas (PC) 8.5/10 4. EA Sports MMA (X360, PS3) 7.5/10 5. Lionheart: King’s Crusade (PC) 7.5/10 6. The Sims 3 (X360, PS3) 7/10 7. Just Dance 2 (Wii) 7/10 8. Costume Quest (X360, PS3) 7/10 9. Time Crisis: Razing Storm (PS3) 6/10 10. John Daly’s ProStroke Golf (PS3) 6/10
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Super Meat Boy, star of the game of the same name, looks on as trouble unfolds around him.
It’s Super Meat Boy, the game to challenge even the most experienced players By Jason Bogdan Staff Writer At some point while playing Super Meat Boy, I actually wished that the whole thing wasn’t so awesome. It’s a platformer with sadistically hard levels from beginning to end, but is just too fun and too well presented to quit. It’s one of those games that I hate, but just can’t help loving even more. Super Meat Boy comprises hundreds of the most difficult 2-D platforming levels you’ll ever see this side of N+. It starts innocently enough with some cakewalk challenges, but by the time you reach the first zone’s boss it all becomes clear – this game is out to drive you crazy. The protagonist, Meat Boy, is just a few pixels of raw meat, though with all the hazards you’ll come across, he needs to be virtually tiny. The game is hard, but the
whole thing is just so…brilliant. It takes a while to get used to Meat Boy’s speed and floaty jumps, but even before I got comfortable with the pace, he controls like a dream with incredible precision. And even though SMB makes me physically angry for hours on
end, only rarely does a level make me think it’s just trying to piss me off. Each level is short and simple with endless lives to retry over and over. Once you do get over the difficulty, it’s hard to ignore that most of these challenges are incredibly designed. In other
Super Meat Boy X360
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The Good - It’s one of the hardest games around, but also a rare
gem that is so brilliantly designed that you can only blame yourself if you suck at it. - The presentation (especially the music) is superb
The Bad
- If you don’t insanely like hard video games, run far away from this one. - Some of the levels aren’t fun enough to justify the difficulty.
words, I had no choice but to blame myself for all the Meat Boys I’ve destroyed. The presentation is also too great to find a reason to quit this hateful game. The music is nothing short of phenomenal; I never got annoyed with it despite all the hours I’ve heard it in loops. The graphics are also full of charm and polish with the mandatory smooth framerate to boot. The cutscenes are also as hilariously ridiculous as you’d expect from a game about Meat Boy trying to save his girlfriend, Bandage Girl, from the evil Dr. Fetus. There are definitely points that are unfair, like the Dark World and Warp Zone levels, but if you’re looking for a soul-crushingly hard game that’s well worth $15 ($10 if you get it by Nov. 1), Super Meat Boy is worth the inevitable thrown controllers.
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‘Costume Quest’ relives the charm of Halloween
By Jason Bogdan Staff Writer
Resident Evil 4 (PS2) In honor of this Halloween edition, I figured it’d be best to discuss my favorite horror game of all-time. Not only is “RE4” my favorite horror game, it’s easily one of my all time top three video games. The gameplay at the time was revolutionary, the bosses are amazing and the pacing is perfect. From the moment I first got the game until about the fourth time I beat the story mode, I don’t think I’ve ever been so completely enamored with a video game. The religion essays I wrote in high school with “RE4” references are definitely proof of that. - Jason Bogdan
Why wasn’t there a game like Costume Quest when I was a kid who cared for the trickor-treating fun of Halloween? This charming little RPG from Double Fine, the developers of Psychonauts and Brutal Legend, is great for the youngins come All Hallows’ Eve. Even though all us UConn students are in the crowd that can no longer go to strangers’ houses for Snickers bars, this Halloween game is a fun time for all ages. You play as either a boy or girl who, like most other
kids, want to go to all available houses for sweet cavity-causers. Unfortunately, your character’s twin sibling instantly gets kidnapped by a candy-stealing monster and needs to be saved, lest you have to explain it all to your parents. You battle the goons in the way we all dreamed when we were kids: with our crazy Halloween costumes. Whether it’s a knight, ninja or even a unicorn, once you trick-or-treat at a house that has a monster instead of a candy-giving adult (which is a really cute way to have random battles), you transform and simplistic fights ensue. The battles take a nod from the Mario RPG games,
Costume Quest PS3/X360
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The Good - Has all the charm of Halloween that we had as children
- It’s perfect if you want an RPG that isn’t too timeconsuming or complicated.
The Bad
- No voice work with any of the great dialogue is a bummer - It’s a bit too shart and holiday-specific to be worth $15
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‘Costume Quest’ brings the fun of dressing up for Halloween through your console and onto your TV.
which incorporate timed button presses with the menu selections that are easy, but fun. It’s essentially an RPG built for kids, but there are plenty of fun side missions, like finding components for new costumes and an enjoyable bobbing for apples minigame. The game is a bit short at about five to six hours, but it seems appropriate for a game geared toward elementary school kids. It also ends just as the battles get annoying. Considering that this game isn’t primarily meant for the highly literate crowd, it’s surprising that there is no voice work at all, but at least the script is chock full of the humorous wit that Double Fine is known for. Also,
the art style and music has that Psychonauts charm with plenty of Halloween flavor. If you’re in the crowd that still loves Halloween, with all the gummy treats and fake vampire teeth, then Costume Quest will definitely bring out some of that trick-or-treat joy. I feel like Double Fine was meant to make downloadable games after the longerthan-it-should’ve-been Brutal Legend with their signature style added into a nicely-paced short game. And if Costume Quest is any indication, I can’t wait to see what’s next from them.
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Re-runs of the “Treehouse of Horror” episodes of The Simpsons? The SyFy channel running marathons of the “Saw” movies? Yup, it’s Halloween week all right. Even though I’ll likely be spending the 31st watching very un-scary anime DVDs of “Eden of the East” and “Hetalia,” I’m a sucker for all things zombie and ghoul related, with video games certainly being no exception. That said, are scare-your-pantsoff video games still prominent these days? Compared to the PS2 days, not really. Oh sure, you’ll see a genuinely spooky game once in a full moon like the F.E.A.R. games and, to a lesser extent, Alan Wake. But compared to all the Silent Hill, Fatal Frame and terrible-controlling Resident Evil games, the actual notion of an all-out scary game today is a rarity. Survival horror games with pure terror are currently not so popular, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find a treasure trove of horror titles. Because everyone still loves zombies, there are tons of games available, from Dead Rising, to Left 4 Dead to Plants vs. Zombies. And if you aren’t in the mood to chop zombies’ heads off, there’s Dead Space if you want a good sci-fi horror. I admit it sounds a bit cheesy, but game developers always like to add a little surprise scare here and there to keep gamers on the edge of their seats. I definitely had more shock trying to fight a witch or a tank at low health in Left 4 Dead 2 than during any “Saw” movie after the second one. I can talk for hours about the fear I’ve experienced, starting with the “Tom & Jerry” Game Boy game (those long jumps were not meant for a kid my age back then!) and recently with the for the sake of my sanity, please let this be the time I beat this ‘Super Meat Boy’ level! I love to harp on the new wonderful age of DLC content with all the neat horror-themed downloadables being a good example. I never thought Red Dead Redemption would have zombies, but for $10 you can get a meaty download pack this week with plenty to shoot with old-fashioned guns. Because games can now be cheap, there’s also Costume Quest, which I reviewed this week, as well as a 99-cent Halloween version of the always-awesome Angry Birds. And any reason to play more Doodle Jump, like a free Halloween-themed level, is OK in my book. Horror fans might be a bit sour that there’s no new Silent Hill to play this Halloween for some good nightmare-level scares, but people need to understand that those games were scary because they played terribly! Of course, the first Resident Evil was scary, mostly because of the bad tanklike controls, limited ammo and awful combat. But even though there’s no “Paranormal Activity” video game, you can still get some really awesome games with oodles of the “things-thatgo-bump-in-the-night” and some cute Halloween-themed download updates, as well.
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‘Twisted Sisterhood’ tackles female friendships
“The Twisted Sisterhood: Unraveling the Dark Legacy of Female Friendships,” by Kelly Valen (Ballantine, $25): “This book is an invitation to every girl and woman to pay more attention to what’s going on within the gender, to reflect, and, ultimately, to behave.” So writes Kelly Valen in the introduction to “The Twisted Sisterhood,” a book that tackles a recognized but oft-unspoken truth about female friendships: that while women cherish their friendships, there is also frequently an undercurrent of destructiveness. “Twisted Sisterhood” is a thorough, well-researched, earnest look at how women might stop turning away from one another. Valen covers motherdaughter relationships, friendships and work relationships, offering evenhanded advice bolstered by psychological and academic texts. Of particular concern to Valen are mother-daughter bonds, posited as a crucial part of healingand avoiding either inflicting or suffering from the emotional scars that women are especially capable of causing. The book elaborates on an issue Valen first wrote about in a 2007 New York Times’ Modern Love column, in which she described her inability to feel close to other women, which she dated back to college, when her sorority sisters failed to support her after she’d been raped at a fraternity function. While she received a number of harsh criticisms and critiques from female readers, other women wrote to share their own emotionally damaging experiences at the hands of other women. “It seems we’ve conditioned ourselves to deny, discount, and just plain swallow our intrafemale hurts as something we shouldn’t indulge or whine about,” Valen writes, and the fact that airing legitimate grievances or concerns would be seen as whining is telling in itself. Valen surveyed over 3,000 women – the questionnaire is in an appendix – gathering as much data from as wide a cross-section as possible. The questions range from whether one finds their
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Abbey Tedesco, a 5th-semester economics major, buys a Halloween candy gram from Emily Doll, a 3rd-semester accounting major (left) and Biz Puglia, a 5th-semester accounting major at the Delta Sigma Pi Halloween Gram table in the Student Union. Students can buy the candy grams today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. They will be handdelivered to recipients.
‘Phantom of the Fox’ fights to stay in apartment
ATLANTA (AP) – Behind the faux Moorish splendor of Atlanta’s historic Fox Theatre lives the “Phantom of the Fox” – a beloved local figure who twice helped save the landmark from destruction and now is battling to stay in the place where he has lived for more than 30 years. Joe Patten, 83, occupies a spacious dwelling nestled beneath the theater’s onion-shaped dome. His original lease, drawn up in the 1970s after he helped save the Fox from the wrecking ball, said he could live there for life. Earlier this month his lawyer sued the nonprofit organization that runs the Fox, saying the trustees of Atlanta Landmarks are trying to unfairly evict Patten. The conflict has struck a nerve in Atlanta, where Patten has long been treasured by supporters of the Fox. “This is my home,” Patten said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “I would love to live here until my dying day and that’s it.” There are websites devoted to his cause. His supporters can frequently be seen parading in front of the Fox, urging people to boycott the venue until the trustees agree to reinstate Patten’s original lease “He just evokes the spirit of the past that you can’t find,” said Gordon Dyker, who waved a sign and urged passers-by to support Patten before a recent show. “He’s priceless and there’s so many people that love what he’s done for the city, and he’s actually become our friend, and we want to take care of him as best we can.” The board of trustees voted to end Patten’s lease Aug. 30, just over two weeks after he returned home from a short stint in the hospital and a rehabilitation facility following a stroke in mid-July. The lawsuit claims that before the vote, while Patten was still recuperating, members of the board repeatedly visited and told him he couldn’t return. The Fox said in a statement that the board has tried for nearly two months “to engage Mr. Patten and his attorney in an effort to negotiate a new agreement which would permit him to continue to live at the Fox Theatre. Unfortunately neither Mr. Patten nor his attorney has accepted any of our efforts in this regard.” Patten has declined to sign the new agreement – which can be terminated at any time without cause on 60 days notice – saying he wants to be allowed to stay in his apartment under the original conditions.
Built in the late 1920s as a Shriners mosque, the Fox is lavishly decorated with minarets, arched doorways and terrazzo flooring. The auditorium, which has hosted countless movies, concerts and plays over the years, evokes the feel of an ancient Arabian courtyard, the ceiling painted a deep blue with small twinkling lights that mimic stars. When the Fox was threatened with demolition in the 1970s, Patten sprang to its defense. He is a founding trustee of Atlanta Landmarks, created to raise money to save the Fox. Patten and his fellow activists succeeded and, in 1979, the board of trustees asked Patten to convert some unused office space into an apartment and live there as a caretaker, the lawsuit says. Under the terms of the 1979 lease, Patten agreed to spend at least $50,000 to renovate and convert a rundown office space in the theater into an apartment where he would live. The renovation costs would be considered his rent for the term of the lease, which was set to expire after his death. Shortly after he moved in, Patten became the theater’s technical director, a position he held until he retired in 2001. Patten became interested in theaters and pipe organs as a child in Lakeland, Fla., and a pipe organ turned out to be his entry into the Fox. Enchanted by the theater when he first visited in 1946, he was disappointed its great pipe organ, known as “Mighty Mo,” wasn’t working. In 1963, after Patten had moved to Atlanta, he and a small group of friends persuaded the theater’s general manager to let them restore it. “From that point on, I’ve had a very, very close relationship to the Fox Theatre here in Atlanta,” Patten said. “It was my intent to get everything in this theater working as it was originally designed to.” He came to know the place so well that it sometimes seemed to people he would exit one door only to reappear right away in an entirely different location – earning him the affectionate nickname “Phantom of the Fox.” From a door in his bedroom, Patten can enter a passageway and go up some stairs to a former spotlight platform that has served as his own personal box to see shows over the years. He couldn’t name a particular show that stood out as his favorite, but has many fond memories. He tells stories of spending time with a young Angela Lansbury, helping Mick Jagger and the rest of the Rolling Stones
female friendships “authentic” and “reliable” to whether one had ever experienced “any type of lasting distress, pain, trauma, or emotional scarring” stemming from a negative experience with a woman or group of women. While these questions may be leading, many respondents answered yes, and Valen reproduces a number of stories that sound heartbreakingly familiar. “Twisted Sister” is worth reading, with one caveat: Valen seems uncomfortable with feminist politics, which she raises in a later section of the book that argues women should stop blaming men for their own infighting.
“It seems we’ve continued to deny, discount, and just plain swallow our intrafemale hurts...” - Kelly Valen, Author
Feminism is defined as simply “blaming the patriarchy,” which Valen tends to conflate with “blaming men,” when pointing the finger at individuals isn’t at all the same thing as pointing to an ideological framework that systematically and institutionally values men over women – an idea that is then curiously absent from her discussion of work-related intrafemale fighting and the negative stereotypes of female relationships perpetrated by TV programs and movies. Valen goes so far as to question whether 21st-century women even need the “feminist” label, and for those women who would answer such a question with a resounding “yes,” the ideas in this section will not at all jibe with the rest of her book, in which Valen is clearly making a feminist argument: that the sisterhood is powerful and can be more powerful still if all women everywhere took more care with each other.
Writer reacts to works of others in her poetry from READING, page 7
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Top: Joe Patten, 83, known as the ‘Phantom of the Fox, who has lived above the historic Fox Theatre in Atlanta for the past 31 years, stands in his living room on Oct. 12. Bottom: Patten outside the Fox Theatre.
sneak out a side door and escape to the airport in an ambulance after a concert, and giving then little-known Jay Leno a ride in some of the old cars Patten collects, including a 1937 Rolls Royce that he still owns. Patten’s knowledge of the theater helped him save it a second time when a fire started in the early morning hours of April 15, 1996. “One of the reasons he was so valuable to the saving of the Fox is because he knows this building better than any human being,” said Bob Foreman, a longtime Fox supporter and a friend of Patten. Foreman said Patten helped firefighters pinpoint the fire’s location and get there quickly. Atlanta Landmarks has said the Fox is not an appropriate setting for round-the-clock care or assisted living. Patten now hunches over when he walks but he still manages to climb the 70-plus stairs in his three-story apartment, decorated with family heirlooms and other pieces he has acquired. With his original lease terminated, Patten is required to leave by Dec. 1 unless he reaches a new agreement with Atlanta Landmarks. The lawsuit seeks an injunction to keep
Patten from having to vacate, plus punitive and compensatory damages and a jury trial. Patten’s lawyer, Emmet Bondurant, claims in the lawsuit that Atlanta Landmarks is discriminating against Patten based on physical limitations, a violation of the Georgia Fair Housing Act. Under the 1979 agreement, Atlanta Landmarks retained the right to terminate the lease if Patten became “totally and permanently disabled” and if a panel of three doctors determined that it would be in his best interest to be hospitalized or placed in a nursing home. The original lease also says the board of trustees may terminate it if two-thirds of its members voted that it would be in Atlanta Landmarks’ best interest. On Sept. 2, Atlanta Landmarks proposed a new agreement that would allow Patten to continue to live in his apartment “only on the condition that he agree to a series of restrictions tailored to make it impossible for a disabled person to live in the Residence,” the lawsuit says. Bondurant filed the lawsuit on Oct. 4. A hearing is set for Wednesday.
tive poetry from the Old Testament. Even though she expressed that she is a nonbeliever, she finds believers fascinating because they use “the language of desire,” which she also feeds from for inspiration. Another common theme in Voisine’s poetry that was easily detectable was her reaction to other poets. She even prefaced one of her own poems by reading a poem by Ben Johnson from which she derived her work. The influence of other poets such as Dean Young was also clear and Voisine expressed that she wanted to write about others writing. She said poets write about so many other aspects of life, and so she wanted to write about her own favorite literature. Following the reading of her work, Voisine offered the floor up to questions from audience members about her work. The session was informative and students and professors alike
were able to see a different vantage point to issues that they face as well. As part of her stay at UConn, Voisine held a workshop where six previously selected students were chosen to work with her on their own pieces and to get her opinions on them. One of workshop students attended the reading and expressed her appreciation for having the opportunity to work with Voisine. “It was very informative and influential in that I got a different perspective on my strengths and areas to improve on,” said Krisela Karaja, a 1st semester English and Spanish major. “She’s just a wonderful person to have a conversation with.” Voisine expressed that she didn’t have the bravery to really start writing until later in life. “By working with others, I gained the confidence to start myself,” Voisine said, emphasizing the fact that it is crucial to interact and respond to other writers.
Kimberly.Halpin@UConn.edu
No time limit before hitting the dating scene post break-up from DEFINING, page 7 you think of as your sisters. All other man-meat is up for grabs, just not any of your girlfriends exes. There is one similarity between the breakup rules of men and women, and that is that there is no time limit before you can start dating again. Every person is different and knows when they are ready to date again; it could
be a day after the break up or it could be a year. There’s no guideline to tell a person when they can date again, and an ex should accept whenever that moment comes. Break up rules are sacred and should never be broken. Therefore, perhaps to be safe, you may want to cut this out and keep it in your back pocket as a reference.
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Jerry Springer celebrates 20 years of mayhem
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Jerry Springer appears in Times Square on Oct. 11, 2010 to tape segments for his 20th anniversary episode of ‘The Jerry Springer Show,’ scheduled to air today.
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NEW YORK (AP) – Thanks to Jerry Springer, the idea of a midget standing on a table to start a food fight or passionately kissing her sister on a daytime TV show doesn’t seem so shocking anymore. Springer’s theater of the absurd is like video wallpaper now, as he celebrates his 20th season on the air Wednesday with an episode filmed in New York’s Times Square that plays back some of the memorable wig-pulling, chin-smacking and turkey-tossing moments of the past. “It’s become an institution,” Bill Carroll, an analyst of television’s syndication market for Katz Television, said. Springer’s show doesn’t get high ratings, not like in the early 1990s when he briefly challenged “The Oprah Winfrey Show” for supremacy. But it is a dependable performer, Carroll said, and owner NBC Universal said this week it had already sold the show to stations in key markets such as New York and Los Angeles through mid-2014. “I don’t watch the show, but it’s not aimed at 66-year-old men,” Springer said. “If I were
plaints from the hotel about any possible damage. A message left with the historic hotel at the foot of Central Park wasn’t returned. Sheen, the star of CBS’ “Two and a Half Men,” has had past problems with alcohol and drugs that have landed him in legal trouble. In August, he pleaded guilty in Aspen, Colo., to misdemeanor third-degree assault after a Christmas Day altercation with his wife, Brooke Mueller Sheen. Prosecutors dropped more serious charges and he avoided jail time, instead sentenced to 30 days in a rehabilitation center, 30 days of probation and 36 hours of anger management. Mueller Sheen, who is the mother of twins with Sheen, told police that the actor threatened to kill her and brandished a knife after she told him she wanted a divorce. Charlie Sheen said they argued but he denied threatening her, and he told police that he was upset by the divorce threat. He previously went through a bitter divorce and custody battle with Richards. Her publicist said Tuesday she had no comment on
TORONTO (AP) — Actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, remain in a Canadian jail despite being granted a release from custody last week after they were arrested on outstanding warrants in California, a Canadian border official said Tuesday. The Quaids were arrested last Thursday in a shopping area of a posh Vancouver, British Columbia, neighborhood and were jailed on outstanding U.S. warrants related to vandalism charges. The Quaids are wanted in Santa Barbara, where they missed a court hearing Monday on felony vandalism charges. The pair were ordered released from custody the next day during a detention review hearing on $9,750 bail and a promise to appear for their next hearing Thursday. However, Canada Border Services Agency spokeswoman Shakila Manzoor told The Associated Press the Quaids remain in detention but would not disclose further details. The Quaids’ lawyer, Brian Tsuji, declined to comment on why they remain in custody, abruptly ending the phone interview. During their hearing last week, the couple told Canada’s immigration board they are being persecuted in the United States. Randy Quaid said he and his wife plan to apply for refugee status in Canada because the couple are seeking asylum from “the murderers of Hollywood.” Evi Quaid begged a Canadian immigration adjudicator not to force them to return, saying their friends, such as actors David
Carradine and Heath Ledger, have been “murdered” under mysterious circumstances and she worried something would happen to her husband next. Ledger died in January 2008 from an accidental overdose. Carradine was found dead, hanging from a rope, in a suite at a luxury Bangkok hotel. Neither actor’s death was ruled suspicious. During a break in the proceedings, Tsuji approached the media to read a single-sentence statement from the Quaids. “We are requesting asylum from Hollywood star whackers,” he read, and declined further comment on the mental state of his clients. During last Friday’s hearing mandatory detention review, Evi Quaid also worried aloud about the fate of the couple’s dog during the hearing. “When something like this happens and people have pets with them, any pets that accompany persons that are detained, are placed in the care of an animal shelter,” said Manzoor, who added that the pet was under the care of a Vancouver animal shelter. Evi Quaid also said she’d be willing to wear an ankle bracelet while staying at a posh Vancouver hotel upon release from custody. Randy Quaid said the couple came to Canada because he was being given an award by a film critics group. He said they were considering moving to Vancouver, where Randy planned to jump-start his career.
Randy Quaid, wife remain in a Canadian jail
show, they’ve all grown up with the show. They know what their role is. The more outrageous, the more memorable. For some folks, it’s reality television and for some folks, it’s comedic. It has developed its own genre.” Many of the stations that air Springer pair his show with others hosted by Steve Wilkos, a former Springer security guard, and the colorful Maury Povich, he said. Springer, a former mayor of Cincinnati, was a local news anchor in the same city when his station’s parent company assigned him to host a new talk show. The first episode aired in September 1991. At first, it was conventional, chasing after the same audience of middle-aged women that Oprah Winfrey owned. Springer said he made his only substantive decision on the show’s future: go young. “We decided to have young people on the stage, young people in the audience and young subject matter,” he said. “Well, young people are much more open about their lives. They’re much wilder, and that’s when the show started to go crazy.”
For the first fight – an audience member rushing the stage to confront a Ku Klux Klan member – Springer didn’t even have security guards. He worried the show would be in trouble. It wasn’t. When the show’s rights were first bought out, “they said from now on we’re only allowed to do crazy,” Springer said. “The culture of television changed,” he said. “The world didn’t change. There’s nothing that’s ever been on any of our shows that a grownup didn’t know existed. There’s nothing shocking in the show. What was shocking was that we had never seen it on television before.” Some of the show’s participants have had legal issues: A German man was convicted of beating his ex-wife to death shortly after appearing on a show titled “Secret Mistresses.” Another man was arrested in 2007 for violating a restraining order against his ex-wife after he proposed to her on Springer’s show. A teenager accused of sexually abusing his 8-year-old sister in 1998 claimed he got the idea from watching a Springer show about incest.
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Official: Sheen in psych care after hotel call
NEW YORK (AP) – Charlie Sheen was hospitalized Tuesday for a psychiatric evaluation after a woman told police he was throwing furniture and yelling in his hotel room, a law enforcement official said. His publicist blamed an allergic reaction to medication. Police were called to The Plaza by hotel security at about 2 a.m. and Sheen appeared highly intoxicated, the official said. The actor was not arrested and went voluntarily. The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the encounter and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. Sheen’s publicist Stan Rosenfield said the 45-year-old was expected to be released Wednesday. “Charlie had an adverse allergic reaction to some medication and was taken to the hospital,” he said. It’s not clear who the woman in the hotel room was. Sheen was in New York on a family vacation. His ex-wife, actress Denise Richards, and their two children, Sam, 6, and Lola, 5, also were staying at the hotel in a different room, the official said. Police haven’t received any com-
in college, I would watch. I enjoy doing it. It’s a lot of fun.” Springer infrequently stands on his show’s stage, usually prowling with a microphone among audience members and acting like a ringmaster for themed programs such as “Wives Battle Mistresses,” ‘’Midget Holiday Hell” and “Guess What? I’m a Man!” Transsexuals revealing their “secret” to dating partners, love triangles and romantic betrayals are frequent topics, designed to deliver an onstage moment of shock. Former U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett called talk show hosts like Springer “perpetrators of cultural rot,” in a 1995 news conference aimed at cleaning up daytime TV where he was joined by U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn. Now Springer films his episodes in a production facility in Lieberman’s hometown of Stamford, Conn. Politicians have largely moved on from Springer. (Representatives for Bennett and Lieberman did not immediately return calls for comment.) “They don’t have to say to their guests, ‘Be outrageous,’” Katz said. “They all come to the
Creator of ‘Rocky and Bullwinkle’ dies
CARMEL, Calif. (AP) – Pioneering TV cartoon artist Alexander Anderson Jr. – who created Rocky the flying squirrel, Bullwinkle the moose and Dudley Do-Right the Canadian mountie – has died at age 90. Anderson’s wife, Patricia, told The Associated Press that
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Charlie Sheen.
Tuesday’s hotel encounter. In December 1996, Sheen was charged with attacking a girlfriend at his Southern California home. He later pleaded no contest and was placed on two years of probation. In 1998, his father, actor Martin Sheen, turned him in for violating parole after a cocaine overdose sent him to the hospital. He was ordered to undergo a rehabilitation program.
her husband, a longtime resident of Pebble Beach, Calif., died Friday at an assisted living facility in Carmel. He was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. With the goggle-wearing Rocky leading his somewhat slow but good-natured friend, Bullwinkle, the duo battled villains Boris and
Natasha, agents of the nation of Pottsylvania, in the fictional town of Frostbite Falls, Minn. The show spawned movies and memorable phrases, such as Rocky’s “Hokey smoke” and Bullwinkle’s “Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of a hat.”
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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LeBron back where it ended, for same old result
BOSTON (AP) — LeBron James’ Miami Heat looked an awful lot like LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers. The Heat fizzled in the debut of their superstar threesome on Tuesday night, scoring just nine points in their first quarter of the season and falling behind the Celtics by 15 points at halftime. Then, James took over — just like he was forced to so many times in Cleveland — but his 21 second-half points weren’t enough to prevent Boston from winning 88-80. “This is one of 82,” said Dwyane Wade, the Heat’s incumbent star. “I’m sorry if everybody thought we were going to go 82-0. It just ain’t happening.” The Celtics knocked the Heat out of the playoffs last season, and one round later eliminated James and the Cavaliers for the second time in three years. Thus began one of the most tumultuous summers in NBA history, culminating in James’ decision to leave Cleveland and join Chris Bosh and Wade in Miami. But even with their three-star lineup, the Heat were unable to win their much-anticipated debut against the defending Eastern Conference champions. More disturbing: They couldn’t do much of anything until James, who was supposed to have more help in Miami than he did in Cleveland, simply took 4340-1010-025_B 3731-0107-142 10/21/10 3:13 PM Page 7 over the game. James scored 15 points in the third quarter, making 2 of 3 from 3-point range as an outside threat and 5 of 6 from the line after picking up fouls on drives to the basket. He took seven of the team’s 13 shots in the quarter, and Miami cut a 19-point deficit to 63-57. “We knew we wouldn’t nec-
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Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce pumps his fist as Miami Heat forward LeBron James walks past during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Boston, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. The Celtics won 88-80.
essarily hit on all cylinders right away,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “When we got close and started grinding, that was more of his competitive nature the second half.” But James missed three 3-point tries in the fourth as the Heat failed to claw their way back and the sold-out TD Garden crowd began serenading the alleged superteam with chants of “Overrated!” Wade finished with 13 points on 4-for-16 shooting, and Bosh had eight points, mak-
ing 3-of-11 shots. “It’s going to take time, and we understand that,” James said. “I think right now it’s a feel-out process. It almost felt like we were being too unselfish, trying to get each other into the game.” In what might have been the most anticipated regular-season game in NBA history, Miami scored just nine first-quarter points — fewer than its much less-talented roster scored in any quarter last season; same with James and the Cavaliers,
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cation of that,” Spoelstra said. “It’s not a reason to panic right now. ... I already imagine we’ll be much better tomorrow.” Celtics coach Doc Rivers fears that Spoelstra is right. “They’re going to be great,” he said. “They’ll be much better. Hopefully, we will, too.” The sold-out crowd — a single ticket in the luxury suites was listed at $18,824 a few hours before the game — booed James virtually every time he touched the ball and delighted in Miami’s early struggles.
Penfield: Rangers will win Series
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for that matter. True, it’s only one game. But it’s an early reminder that paper talent doesn’t always translate into a winning team, especially when superstars and their egos are involved. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen were able to do it in Boston from the start, winning their first eight games in 200708 and 29 of their first 32 en route to the franchise’s 17th NBA title. “We know it isn’t going to be easy. The first half was an indi-
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from FALL, page 1 What does Texas need to do to win the series? Keep hitting. If the Rangers’ offense stays hot, they may not even have to worry about a couple bad starts from the back end of the rotation. They averaged 6.33 runs per game in the ALCS and only gave up 3.2 a game. If you score more runs than the other team, you win. Tough concept, I know. If their offense does falter a bit, two wins out of CJ Wilson, Tommy Hunter and Colby Lewis pretty much guarantee the Rangers a World Series title. The way Cliff Lee has been pitching, no one can beat him. Lee gets two starts in the series, therefore you can chalk up two wins for the Rangers. Lee is pitching like a freak, 3-0 with a 0.75 ERA in the postseason, throwing 71.4 percent of his pitches for strikes and has a 34-1 strike-out to walk ration. Those numbers are unheard of. Lee is immortal and cannot be beaten. It’s crazy to think that this is the same guy who was demoted to AAA in 2007 by Cleveland.
All that being said, I predict the Rangers will win the series
“I am fairly confident in this prediction, so feel free to bet your life savings on the Rangers..”
in six. Despite my shaky resume in predicting the playoffs (just a couple of weeks ago predicting that the Rays would sweep the Rangers and go on to win the World Series; I’m an idiot, I know), I am fairly confident in this prediction, so feel free to bet your life savings on the Rangers.
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But that was no different from when he with the Cavaliers. “I actually felt like I was in the playoffs. It had the same feeling, that same energy,” said Celtics guard Ray Allen, who scored 20 points. “That’s how it was coming into the building today.” And James left it feeling the same way. Returning to the building where his Cleveland career ended, James avoided questions about the controversial summer in which he became the NBA’s biggest villain except to say, “It was pretty long.” “I’m at a point where I’m looking forward to playing the games,” he said before the tip-off. “I’m excited about this new start. I’m excited about this season. I’m excited about this team and this franchise. I’m excited to get it going in a city where (I’ve) struggled.” Since signing with the Heat, James has become beloved in Miami. And he remains a respected rival in Boston. But he’s still hated back in Ohio. A radio host in Cleveland hired a witch doctor to try to jinx James and his attempt to win a title elsewhere. WMMSFM broadcast the ceremony on Tuesday morning, claiming to use bones, blood and a James jersey to cast a curse on the twotime MVP. Spoelstra said that the attention — neither good nor bad — wouldn’t affect his team. “We’re not running away from the attention, the expectations or the pressure,” he said. “We feel like we’re getting attacked on all sides, but once you step on the court, it all just goes away.”
» MLB
Giants ready for Lee
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Buster Posey, Pablo Sandoval and the rest of the San Francisco Giants can study the scouting reports and videotape all they want, trying to find the secret to getting a hit against Cliff Lee. Or, they can just ask Cody Ross. Because many years ago, before he blossomed into the MVP of the NL championship series, Ross was a struggling rookie with the Detroit Tigers. Who happened to hit his first major league home run off Lee. A grand slam, at that. Of course, Lee was early in his career, too. He hardly had become Mr. Perfect in the postseason, the left-hander who will pose a giant challenge for San Francisco when it faces the Texas Rangers in Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday night. “Cliff Lee, superhero,” summed up Sandoval. Watch Lee from the centerfield camera and it’s difficult to tell exactly what makes him so dominant. David Price brings more heat. Andy Pettitte brought more October experience. But Lee beat them in the playoffs. Maybe it’s the way he throws any of his pitches for strikes on any count. At any speed, too. A real-life version of a video game — try to duplicate that in “Major League Baseball 2K10.” “Confidence, relying on my routine,” Lee said Tuesday before the Rangers worked out. “Going out there and expecting to be successful.” Lee is 7-0 with a 1.26 ERA in eight lifetime postseason starts heading into his matchup with two-time NL Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum in the opener. Lee went 3-0 this year in the AL playoffs, striking out 34 and walking just one. Lincecum and Lee pose an intriguing matchup of opposite artisans. The Giants’ lanky ace’s pitches have dizzying movement, while Lee is able to adjust his pinpoint control for an umpire’s strike zone. Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux said Lee reminds him of someone he knows well — namely his brother, four-time Cy Young winner Greg Maddux. A lefthanded version, naturally.
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NBA season begins with contenders in primetime By Chris Zielinski NBA Columnist Breathe easy hoop fans; the long-awaited return of the NBA is finally here. With LeBron’s decision and Miami’s formation of a seemingly Herculean team creating drama that rivals any that can be found on MTV. This season is shaping up to be one of the most interesting and historic of all time. With all the freeagent activity, let’s not forget about the two-time defending champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, who have managed to remain quiet in this otherwise boisterous off-season. There is no better way to begin the season than by establishing the power rankings amongst the NBA elite. Miami Heat With a starting lineup containing potentially three starting all-stars, the Miami Heat have more firepower on paper than any other team in the NBA, and probably more than a few of them combined (no offense Golden State and Cleveland). Add to this the uber-motivation of a king fallen from grace looking to regain his throne,
and clearly a recipe for success exists. The “S” is vividly evident on the chest of the Heat and it is now up to them to perform. Supporting players like Mike Miller, Mario Chalmers and Udonis Haslem should mesh fluidly playing around so much talent. With anything but a championship being a guaranteed failure, the Heat’s greatness is concretely implied. Cliché’s aside, it seems only the Heat and injuries can defeat the Heat, and just maybe the… Los Angeles Lakers The two-time defending champs should take no shame in falling honorably in the silver medal location. With arguably the most clutch player in Kobe Bryant, and one of the league’s elite and smartest centers in Pau Gasol, the Lakers guarantee to make a deep run for the title. Expect success increased respect for Lamar Odom, who solidified his worth with a strong showing at FIBA. Likewise, with a combination of experience and athleticism among its point guards, the Lakers may have the most complete team in the NBA. A weaker Western Conference should help pave
the way for the Lakers’ trifecta. Regardless, everyone give a hand to Sasha Vujacic on his engagement to Maria Sharapova; if only it guaranteed more playing time. Regardless, it is not out of the question for a repeat final with… Boston Celtics Literally becoming the NBA’s history museum season by season, the Celtics are still a top contender. Three years removed from the “Big Three” unification, make no mistake of the face of this franchise: Rajon Rondo. Rondo has established himself as a household name due to his never-ending hustle and ability to put up a tripledouble. Add the leadership of Paul Pierce and KG to Ray Allen’s timeless jump-shot, and you have a good team. Add to this the presence of Shaquille O’ Neal, the bench energy of Shrek and Donkey, and a defensive stalwart in Kendrick Perkins then you have a great team. Don’t overlook the Celtics, they have experience and the know how to rest their players for the bigger picture, something many teams will try to replicate this year. Still, they will have great competition for the number two seed with the…
Orlando Magic The Magic are another team where success is expected. With the league’s most dominant (and possibly the most comedic) center in Dwight Howard, and a steady backup in Marcin Gortat, the Magic are guaranteed to dominate the paint, excluding injury and foul trouble. Jameer Nelson figures to be one of the league’s best point guards this year, and Jason Williams is a more than capable backup. Another huge strength of the Magic is their shooting; lead by Rashard Lewis, J.J. Redick, and Quentin Richardson they often live and die by the three pointer, and more often than not, come out on top. Don’t forget Vince Carter, who will be playing with a huge chip on his shoulder to prove his worth after his less than stellar first campaign with the team. With an emotional but nonetheless intelligent Coach at the helm, the Magic would sure make adjustments if a championship matchup forced them to face… Oklahoma City Thunder Led by this summer’s FIBA
hero and future league MVP Kevin Durant, the Thunder are the league’s youngest team. However, youth does not mean inexperience for the Thunder, as they arguably played the Lakers as tough as any other team in the playoffs. Let’s not forget the other core players of their developing “Big Three,” Russell Westbrook and Jeff Green. Westbrook demonstrated his worth along with Durant at FIBA, and his physical nature compared with his raw talent, will make him a premier point guard in the league for years to come (just ask Derek Fisher). Green, along the same lines, is a solid presence on the boards for the Thunder, and can score when needed. The Thunder also exercised contracts on notable players like James Harden, Eric Maynor, Serge Ibaka, DJ White, and B.J. Mullens, so ownership is confident these players can win. Honorable Mention Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz- No one would think twice if these teams were mentioned in the same breath as the league’s elite. Chicago, with the league’s best young
point guard in Derrick Rose, and a great offseason acquisition in Carlos Boozer, guarantees to contend in the East. Likewise, Joakim Noah, who can find something wrong with any city in the United States, provides another great body in the paint. Luol Deng, one of the most underrated players in the league, gives the Bulls another great constant. Utah, in similar fashion, has the league’s best point guard in Deron Williams. Williams, whose physical frame and nature set him apart, has shown the ability to take over games when Utah needs it most. Al Jefferson, Utah’s new acquisition, will fill the void left by Carlos Boozer and promises to put up a double-double on a regular basis. Whether you are a fan of a contender, a local Celtic supporter, a Heat bandwaggoner (we all know they’re out there, and secretly most of us are guilty of it), a Kobe lover, a Knick die-hard who would take out a second-mortgage to get Carmelo or just a fan of the NBA, one thing is for sure: it is good to have the NBA back as the season will be unlike any other.
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McDonough: October is the premier month for sports fans everywhere from WHY, page 14
The NFL is in full swing with plenty of storylines and division races to pay attention to until January. The Patriots and Jets are tied for first in the AFC East at 5-1. New York has the tiebreaker, however, both teams are undefeated in the month of October. The Giants are also in first place in the NFC East, and America’s favorite sport heats up when the weather turns cold. The NBA began last night with the two Big Threes squaring off in Boston as the Celtics brawled with the Heat, and the defending champion Lakers played the Rockets. The games were not over at press time. The NBA is becoming so popular that David Stern could broadcast a three-hour block of the Celtics, Heat and Lakers practicing and people would still tune in to TNT. Boston will look to make it back to the Finals and avenge a Game
7 loss to Los Angeles. Miami reloaded a little bit this offseason, signing Chris Bosh and LeBron James, and the opening night match up is probably a future Eastern Conference Finals series. The Lakers got their rings and unveiled their sixteenth banner (one behind the Celtics), and started their quest for a three-peat last night. After training camp and exhibition games, the start of the NBA season is a great way to end October. Oh, and I almost forgot, the NHL’s been playing for a few weeks, so Bruins, Devils and Rangers fans have probably been happy about that this month. It’s also a good month for college athletics. College football has released three sets of BCS standings so far, much to the chagrin of everyone involved in the sport. Men’s and women’s basketball teams have begun practice, with
» NFL
Giants enter bye week tied for NFC lead NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants are tied for the best record in the NFC entering their bye week and coach Tom Coughlin is confident their best football is still ahead. The Giants (5-2) added to the Dallas Cowboys woes on Monday night with a 41-35 victory, winning despite turning the ball over five times, allowing a 93-yard punt return for a touchdown and making a couple of late mistakes that gave Dallas a chance to win. While the mistakes stand out, Coughlin was quick to point out on Tuesday that this is not the same Giants’ team as a year ago. Forgotten? That team opened the season with five straight wins and then lost eight of the final 11 to finish 8-8, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2004. “I think this team is capable of playing outstanding football and being able to support ourselves with all three phases,” Coughlin said in a conference call. “Our return game is not what we want it to be, but I think that our defense has played very well and our offense has played very well. What we have to do is continue to play together and show the quality of team that we are.” After opening the season 1-2, the Giants have reeled off four straight wins, with two falling in the dominating category. Even the win over Dallas was impressive, considering Eli Manning threw interceptions deep in New York territory on the Giants’ first two possessions, handing Dallas a 10-0 lead. Down 20-7 after Dez Bryant’s
long punt return, the Giants reeled off 31 straight points to open a 38-20 lead and then held on after Manning’s third interception allowed the Cowboys to get within six points. The concern for Coughlin is the turnovers. While Manning is among the league leaders with 14 touchdown passes, he also is among the tops with 11 interceptions, with at least seven coming on tips by his receivers. New York also has lost 10 fumbles in seven games. “There is no question, whatever type of team you are, giving the ball to the opponent in scoring position and adding to the number of drives he could have in the game anyway, you’re only enhancing the percentages in favor of them scoring more than it should happen,” Coughlin said. “There isn’t any question in my mind that this is a critical factor and we were able to overcome it last night. We were most fortunate.” Coughlin refused to label his team the best in the NFC, saying all the 5-2 record does is tie it with Atlanta for the best mark with nine games to go. However, he said if the Giants can stay healthy their best football has yet to be played because this is a team that knows how to get ready for games. “If we maintain a good, solid attitude, a humbleness about ourselves and our recognition of the quality of work that we have to do to put ourselves in a position to win, then we can go forth and play our best football,” Coughlin said.
many memorable videos of hilarious and creative dances and impressive dunk contests online shown from other schools’ First Nights. None of the footage I’ve seen online was shot in Storrs. Perhaps next year we can have a more memorable First Night during the month of October. As this great month draws to a close, the leaves are turning brown and falling to the ground. As you slip on your Halloween costume, try to soak up the last few days of sports paradise, because although November isn’t a bad month, it’s no October.
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Deion Branch has returned to New England and rejuvenated the Patriots as they have started out the season 5-1, with no losses during the month of October.
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Edsall: Huskies need leaders
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Jordan Todman carries the ball during UConn’s win over Vanderbilt on Oct. 2. Todman and the Huskies will try to find vocal leaders and beat West Virginia Friday night.
from THINKING, page 1 thing is he moved around in the pocket, he did some things, he ran the ball, he added a dimension to our offense that we really didn’t have before. I think the only thing that’s going to happen with Mike is Mike’s going to continue to get better with more game time and more experience.” Will a leader step forward?
Edsall said yesterday that, so far, nobody on the team has stepped forward to be the guy that holds the team accountable, and that the lack of a true leader has hurt the team so far this year. “We don’t have that one guy who’s going to go up to someone and grab them by the tail and is the enforcer, we don’t have that,” Edsall said. “It’s got to be natural; you can’t be somebody that you’re not, but I’ve
talked to a few guys this week and told them, and they’re not seniors, they’re underclassmen, but I do see some guys that have that ability but they’ve got to want to step out of that comfort zone and not worry about what other guys think.” Edsall cited Andre Dixon as the guy who stepped up last year and became a true leader for the team. “He was the guy who kept that team together,” Edsall said. “He was the leader, he was the big-
gest leader we had.” He went on to say that he thinks there are guys on the team who can step up and fill that role, but the problem is that some of them aren’t even playing this year. “It only takes one,” Edsall said.
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The Daily Question Q: Will Wade Phillips be coaching the Cowboys in September 2011? his incompetance makes winning much easier for the A: “Hopefully, Giants.” Chris Wall, 5th-semester history major
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After a narrow loss to bitter division rival Green Bay, Vikings coach Brad Childress seethed at what he called “the worst officiated game I’ve seen.” On Tuesday, he paid for it. The NFL fined Childress $35,000 for criticizing officials and disclosing confidential conversations with the officiating department. Childress sharply criticized the officiating crew after a 28-24 loss to the Packers on Sunday night. He was particularly upset with a replay reversal of a touchdown catch by Vikings tight end Visanthe Shiancoe. He also was upset by a facemask call against right tackle Phil Loadholt and not calling a hold on Jared Allen that allowed Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers to scramble for a first down. The biggest play was Shiancoe’s touchdown catch. He made a diving grab in the end zone and appeared to secure it as he rolled onto his back. Officials ruled it a touchdown, but upon review, overturned the call. The Vikings wound up settling for a field goal. Childress first rebuked the officials on the postgame radio show on KFAN. He continued his criticism in his postgame news conference, saying “50 drunks in a bar” would have made the correct call on Shiancoe’s catch. On Monday, Childress told the media that he spoke to Carl Johnson, the league’s vice president of officiating, about the missed call. “I was told this morning that that was a touchdown by Carl Johnson,” Childress said. “He was disappointed to see that reversed.”
Kings Wild
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Men’s Hockey (1-1-1) Oct. 28 Union 7:05 p.m.
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Women’s Hockey (1-6-0) Oct. 30 Boston College 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 31 Boston College 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 6 Maine 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 13 UNH 2:00 p.m.
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Los Angeles Kings’ Kyle Clifford, left, gets knocked down by Minnesota Wild’s Brad Staubitz during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, in St. Paul, Minn.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL capped last season with its best television rating for a game in 36 years. League officials think they can do even better. That conviction will help guide the NHL’s negotiations for its next TV contracts. Deals with NBC and Versus expire after this season. “A lot of it has to do with getting the exposure, getting the word out,” John Collins, the NHL’s chief operating officer, said before this season. “People can talk about how great the finals were — and they were — and how great it was to have Chicago and Philly. “While people really came to the Flyers’ story and it really began to resonate with them, they didn’t get to it until pretty late in the playoffs. We look at it and we’re saying, ‘How much bigger could this thing be?’”
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With a 26-0 loss Saturday at Louisville, the UConn football team dropped to 3-4 on the season and 0-2 in the Big East. The Huskies are the only team in the conference without a conference win and stand alone in eighth and last place in the league. After being picked to finish fourth in the Big East, and with some projections listing UConn as contenders for a BCS bid, this was not how the Huskies wanted their first seven games to go. UConn, 0-4 on the road, has had three different starting quarterbacks, and with two losses in the Big East, hopes of a conference title have all but gone by the wayside. Zach Frazer began the season as the No. 1 quarterback, only to have his duties stripped right before halftime Sept. 25 against Buffalo. Cody Endres, coming off a suspension for violating university policy, led the Huskies to a 45-21 win. Endres continued his hot streak with a 40-21 win Homecoming weekend versus Vanderbilt. UConn began Big East
play with a 3-2 record. The Huskies blew a seven point fourth-quarter lead to Rutgers and lost 27-24 on a San San Te field goal in the final seconds. After a bye week, coach Randy Edsall announced that Endres had been suspended for the rest of the season. Then Edsall added that Endres would not return for his senior season either. Freshman Mike Box got the call to replace him, and UConn turned in its worst performance of the season in the blowout loss to the Cardinals. Box was hurt during Saturday’s loss. Running back Jordan Todman is carrying the offense, but has been battling an elbow injury most of the season. The defense and special teams continued the trend of giving up big plays to start a two-game losing streak heading into Friday’s home contest against West Virginia. Although the rest of the season looks grim and UConn has not lived up to expectations thus far, there are still five games remaining and in Big East football, anything can happen.
Colin.McDonough@UConn.edu
By Dan Agabiti Staff Writer After Sunday night’s loss to the Giants, the Cowboys find themselves at 1-5 on the season and in a total state of disarray. Early in the season, team owner Jerry Jones was speculating that his team could have been the first to play a Super Bowl in their own stadium. At this point, there is now little to no chance of that happening. The Cowboys’ only hope for the rest of the season rested in their starting quarterback, Tony Romo. If he could play like the talented quarterback that he has at times proven that he is, they would have a chance. That in mind, the second quarter of the Giants game took the life out of the rest of the Cowboys’ season. With 12:07 remaining in the quarter, Giants linebacker Michael Boley came off of a blitz and delivered a hit to Romo that broke his left clavicle. Romo is expected to miss six to eight weeks of play. Now, with 10 weeks to go in the season, the Cowboys’ season is in ruins and shows no signs of improving. With a starting
running back that ranks 34th in the leauge in rushing yards and an injured starting quarterback, there is little hope in Dallas. At least Texas has the Rangers. The Chargers continued their trend of well played games plagued by costly foolish mistakes in their 23-20 loss to the Patriots. This year’s Chargers team is quite the enigma. As a team, the Chargers’ plus 28 point differential is in the top ten in the league. They lead a pass happy NFL in passing yards and also have the best pass defense in the league. Yet, in spite of these successes, their record is a dangerously low 2-5. A possible reason is turnovers. They continually fail to secure the ball on offense, and their special teams game is full of mishaps and lapses in focus. Although they are 2-5 now, they have hope for the rest of the season. They have not lost a game this year by more than eight points. If they can cut down on the turnovers, there is a good chance they can salvage their season.
Daniel.Agabiti@UConn.edu
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Why to love October
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THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
Redshirt freshman Box prepares for West Virginia By Mac Cerullo Sports Editor
Colin McDonough
October is by far my favorite month of the year. The leaves change from green to orange, red and yellow. Students put away their shorts and pull out jeans and hoodies, or, if you’re like me, your parents drive to Storrs with a trunk full of new clothes. It’s a wonderful time of year, not only if you’re someone in need of new sweatpants, but also for sports fans. October is the premier month for professional sports. The four major sports are all in action with regular season games during this month. Fans can tune in during this last week of October to watch games from all sports, with most of the contests meaningful. Baseball’s playoffs are coming to a close with a World Series that will bring a title to Texas or San Francisco for the first time ever, starting this week. The Rangers upset the Yankees in six games to earn their first trip to the World Series. The Giants took care of the favored Phillies in six games to make the Fall Classic for the first time since 2003. The franchise has never won the World Series since moving to the West Coast. Although there aren’t too many Texas or San Francisco fans walking around these parts, the series should still be interesting, with great pitching and starving fan bases that will try to win their first title when the season finishes in November.
» MCDONOUGH, page 12
Fall Classic gets underway By William Penfield MLB Columnist With the World Series set to begin tonight between the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants, I would find it very hard to bet against Cliff Lee and the Rangers to win this series. Cliff Lee can only pitch two games though, so it is not impossible for the Giants to win. What do the Giants have to do to win the series? Pitch well. Despite the Rangers having Cliff Lee, the Giants have the superior pitching staff. They have this guy named Tim Lincecum, “the freaky franchise” as he calls himself in the comical ESPN commercial, who has won the past two NL CY Young awards. His problem is that he will face off against Lee in both of his starts, most likely, which may not bode well for him, as Lee is pitching his way to becoming the most dominant postseason pitcher in baseball history. Matt Cain has yet to let up a run this postseason in two starts with a 1-0 record. Jonathan Sanchez has 2.93 ERA this postseason in three starts. We can’t forget about the best personality in sports and possibly the best closer in baseball, Brian Wilson, who is five-for-five in save opportunities. If the Giants’ pitching cannot tame the powerful offense of the Rangers, they have no chance of winning this series. Texas has been near dominant in most games they have played this postseason and will for sure be the favorites to win this series, but they do have flaws. Their bullpen has been shaky in key moments, and they have some question marks with their back end starters.
» PENFIELD, page 12
Despite being pulled in the third quarter of the Huskies’ 26-0 loss at Louisville Saturady after suffering a mild concussion, starting quarterback Mike Box has been practicing this week and is set to start this Friday against West Virginia. According to coach Randy Edsall, Box has been well enough to practice and should be fully recovered by gametime. Box did Notebook say, however, that he has “unfortunately” been wearing the red jersey during practice – indicating to the rest of the team that he is not to be touched. “I’ve never liked red, I don’t look good in red,” Box said. “I don’t like the color, and we’re already labeled enough as pansies as quarterbacks. I don’t like being thrown into a red jersey and be like ‘hey, here’s the pretty boy.’” Though there were no positives that came out of Saturday’s shutout loss, Edsall did say that he liked what he saw out of Box for the most part. “I liked his demeanor,” Edsall said. “He didn’t have any penalties, he didn’t have any delay of games, he didn’t have any situations where he wasn’t managing the game.” Edsall did add that Box’s performance wasn’t perfect, and that there were some improvements that he would have to make. In general, Box had a lot to add to the offense, and if the team played well, they wouldn’t have to rely on the redshirt freshman to win games for them anyway. “I thought he made the one bad throw on the interception where he didn’t set his feet,” Edsall said. “But again, I thought the other
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Quarterback Mike Box throws a pass in the second half of UConn’s 62-3 win over Texas Southern on Sept. 11. Box will make his second straight start Friday against West Virginia at Rentschler Field.
» BOX, page 12
Huskies travel to Georgetown By Matt McDonough Associate Sports Editor First place in the Big East Blue Division is on the line tonight when the secondplace UConn men’s soccer team travels to Washington, D.C. for a match against the division-leader, Georgetown. The Huskies would like nothing more than to defeat the Hoyas and claim a tie for first place. UConn has 15 points and sits three points behind Georgetown. A win, worth three points, would give the Huskies the tiebreaker. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. this afternoon at North Kehoe Field. “We are definitely looking forward to at the next two road Georgetown matches,” 2 p.m. said senior goalkeeper North Kehoe Josh Ford, Field who was named to TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Team of the Week on Oct. 18. “We go to Georgetown then Pittsburgh. We are definitely looking forward to Georgetown and getting points there. We control our own destiny.” The Huskies are coming off a 0-0 tie Friday against Notre Dame on Senior Night. Ford finished with six saves, but the UConn offense could not slip one past Fighting Irish goalie Philip Tuttle in 110 minutes of play. Senior defender Thomas Wharf said the team’s RPI would have been boosted from beating a team like Notre Dame. He hoped that Friday’s contest wouldn’t be the last at home. “The more you win, the more games you get at home,”
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Wharf said. “Everyone in the Big East is fighting for placing in the tournament.” Should the Huskies manage two wins this week, they are guaranteed home games in the Big East tournament up until the conference semifinal and final at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ. It would not guarantee a home match in the NCAA tournament, as last year after winning the regular season championship but losing in the conference tournament’s first round, UConn had to travel to Monmouth for the national tournament. The Huskies fell to the Hawks in penalty kicks. The fight tonight won’t be an easy one for UConn. The Huskies enter 10-1-4 overall and are 4-0-3 in Big East play. The Hoyas are 6-1-0 in the conference and 10-41 overall. Georgetown’s lone Big East loss came at the hands of Cincinnati, a school that the Huskies have not played this season. Freshman forward Steve Neumann is the team’s leading scorer with 25 points on nine goals and seven assists. Senior forward Jose Colchao and sophomore midfielder Ian Christianson are tied for second in points with 14 a piece. Senior goalkeeper Matthew Brutto is the anchor of the Hoya defense, going 10-3-1 with five shutouts. Playing at Georgetown’s North Kehoe Field is no cakewalk, as Georgetown is 7-1 at home this season. Coach Ray Reid knows in a conference like the Big East, the road doesn’t get any easier as the season moves along. “We played four critical games in eight days, and at the end of the day, we didn’t even give a goal up,” Reid said. “If we win the next two, we win the league. We control our own destiny.” Following this afternoon’s game, UConn wraps up the
KEVIN MASTRO/The Daily Campus
Stephane Diop dribbles the ball during UConn’s 0-0 tie against Notre Dame last Friday at Morrone Stadium. Diop and the Huskies travel to Washington, D.C. today to face Georgetown.
regular season Saturday at Pittsburgh. The two teams will play at North Allegheny High School. Ford and Nicklaw earned
Big East honors last week, and this week it was senior defender Robert Brickley who was named to the conference honor roll for stellar defense
in a week where the Huskies did not concede a goal.
Matthew.McDonough@UConn.edu