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EPA cites companies for law violation By Matt Sasso Campus Correspondent
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Six New England companies that store, produce or use chemicals have been cited by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for violating the federal right-to-know law. The right-to-know law is in place in order to protect the health and safety of citizens in the environment. It requires companies to file reports regarding the chemicals they use so residents and emergency service responders
have the information necessary to respond to an accident. It would give them the means to protect themselves and the environment. “When companies that store chemicals fail to file these required forms, the community’s first responders do not have adequate information about chemicals present on a site that could be released into the neighborhood in the event of an accident,” said Curt Spalding, regional administrator of EPA’s New England office. “Without this information, the local and state responders cannot properly plan for an emergency,
and the community is deprived of information relevant to the health and safety of its residents.” Out of the six companies cited, four are in Connecticut, one is in Massachusetts and one is in New Hampshire. The companies are being faced with fines ranging from about $8,000 to almost $139,000. The chemicals related to the violation of this federal law consisted of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, anhydrous ammonia, styrene, methyl methacrylate, propylene, diesel fuel, lead, quench oil and zinc compounds. One company involved is
Cascades Boxboard Group in Versailles. The EPA has fined them $138,866 for the six violations. Reportedly, the company didn’t file a chemical inventory form in 2007 for sulfuric acid at its plant. They also stored 57 times the minimum threshold level of 500 pounds required for notification. In addition, the company didn’t file mandatory toxic release inventory forms for chlorine dioxide in 2007, vinyl acetate in 2008 and nitrate compounds in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
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Board of Trustee members Peter S. Drotch (left) and Lawrence McHugh (right), and Interim President Phillip Austin (center) discuss budget reform and the search for a new president at their monthly meeting.
In an effort to reduce costs in a near billion-dollar budget, UConn’s Board of Trustees approved the hiring of a consulting firm at its November meeting. “It could very well be a transformative outcome for us,” said Peter S. Drotch, the finance board’s vice-chair, at the meeting held Tuesday afternoon in the Rome Commons
Ballroom. Washington, D.C.-based McKinsey & Company will examine savings and revenueenhancements, according to a press release. The firm will have a team to see how the university’s operations compare with other institutions. It will then develop action plans, according to the release. The contract is worth $3.9 million, but measures resulting from the firm’s study could
WASHINGTON (AP) — BP too often operated on the fly in the closing days of work on its doomed Gulf of Mexico oil well, adding needless risk of a blowout, investigators, experts and panel members said at the presidential oil spill commission Tuesday. They said the company was hurried and made confusing, last-minute changes to plans that were unusual in the complex environment of deep water. They said BP could have operated more safely if the company took the time to get the necessary equipment and materials. “We are aware of what appeared to be a rush to completion,” commission co-chairman William K. Reilly said. What is unclear, he said, is what drove people to determine they could not wait for equipment and materials to perform operations more safely. Lawyers investigating the April 20 disaster have said they found no
evidence that anyone aboard the rig or on shore made a conscious decision to sacrifice safety for money. But the panel’s leaders made clear Tuesday that the findings in sum exposed a lack of safety culture on the rig, with Reilly blasting all three companies – BP, Halliburton Co., and Transocean – as “laggards” in the industry and in “need of top-to-bottom reform.” Much of the scrutiny focused on the company’s plan to temporarily plug the well, which investigators with the presidential commission say added to the risk of a blowout. Plugging the well is a procedure used to seal it off until the company comes back to produce oil and gas. Experts questioned BP’s use of a single plug in the process. Charlie Williams, a chief scientist with Shell Energy Resources Inc., said the company used a minimum of three plugs in its deepwater wells.
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save the university $50 million, the release said. Currently, the university is slightly behind its budget for the Storrs and regional campuses, said Drotch. “I’m very optimistic that we’ll be able to see substantial savings in the future,” said Lawrence McHugh, the board’s chairman. While increased student enrollment has increased university revenues in areas such as dining services, Drotch
said expenses have increased slightly as well. In a subsequent interview, Drotch said that the university’s reputation, which has grown “remarkably” over the past 15 years, should be considered with potential cost cuts. “We got to be careful that we don’t hurt ourselves by hurting academic or student services,” Drotch said. But one trustee offered a
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Sex, drugs more common in hyper-texting teens
ATLANTA (AP) — Teens who text 120 times a day or more – and there seems to be a lot of them – are more likely to have had sex or used alcohol and drugs than kids who don’t send as many messages, according to provocative new research. The study’s authors aren’t suggesting that “hyper-texting” leads to sex, drinking or drugs, but say it’s startling to see an apparent link between excessive messaging and that kind of risky behavior. The study concludes that a significant number of teens are very susceptible to peer pressure and also have permissive or absent parents, said Dr. Scott Frank, the study’s lead author. “If parents are monitoring their kids’ texting and social networking, they’re probably monitoring other activities as well,” said Frank, an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Frank was scheduled to present the study Tuesday at a meeting of the American Public Health Association in Denver. The study was done at 20 public high schools in the Cleveland area last year, and is based on confidential paper surveys of more than 4,200 students. It found that about one in five students were hyper-texters and about one in nine are hypernetworkers – those who spend three or more hours a day on Facebook and other social networking websites. About one in 25 fall into both categories. Hyper-texting and hyper-networking were more common among girls, minorities, kids whose parents have less education and students from a single-mother household, the study found. Frank’s study is billed as one of the first studies to look at texting and social networking and whether they are linked to actual sexual intercourse or to other risky behaviors. “This study demonstrates that it’s a legitimate question to explore,” said Douglas Gentile, who runs the Media Research Lab at Iowa State University. The study found those who text at least 120 times a day are nearly three-and-a-half times more likely to have had sex than their peers who don’t text that much. Hyper-texters were also more likely to have been in a physical fight, binge drink, use illegal drugs or take medication without a prescription. Compared to the heavy texters, the hyper-networkers were not as likely to have had sex, but more likely to have been involved in other risky behaviors like drinking or fighting. A Kaiser Family Foundation study found that about half of children ages 8 to 18 send text messages on a cell phone in a typical day. The texters estimated they average 118 texts per day. That study also found that only 14 percent of kids said their parents set rules limiting texting. Other studies have tied teen texting to risky or lewd behavior. A Pew Research Center study found that about onethird of 16- and 17-year-olds send texts while driving. And an Associated Press-MTV poll found that about one-quarter of teenagers have “sexted” – shared sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online.
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Jurors had photo of victims in home invasion trial
NEW HAVEN (AP) — A juror on the panel that condemned a Connecticut man to death for a home invasion triple slaying said Tuesday they kept a picture of the victims in plain view during the deliberations. Jurors also said they had an emotional meeting in the courthouse basement with the husband and father of the victims after announcing their verdict. On Monday, the panel unanimously condemned Steven Hayes to death for a night of terror in 2007 inside a suburban home where a woman was strangled and her two daughters were tied to their beds and left to die in a gasoline-fueled fire. Juror Diane Keim told ABC’s “Good Morning America” the picture of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, 11-year-old Michaela and 17-year-old Hayley, functioned as a reminder for the panel.
UHart to create Rell Center in governor’s name
WEST HARTFORD (AP) — The University of Hartford is establishing the Gov. M. Jodi Rell Center for Public Service to honor the outgoing governor. University President Walter Harrison says the Rell Center will offer lectures, panel discussions, internships and forums on public service and important issues. Rell became governor when John Rowland resigned in 2004, and she was lieutenant governor and a state representative before that. She decided not to run for re-election this year. Rell received an honorary doctor of laws degree from UHart in 2001. She said Tuesday she was honored by the creation of the center in her name and will play an active role there.
Yale, New Haven team for college funding program
NEW HAVEN (AP) — New Haven and Yale University have launched a scholarship program to help eligible city school graduates attend Connecticut colleges and universities. Officials on Tuesday announced the New Haven Promise, in which Yale will pay certain students’ full tuition to any Connecticut public college or university. It also will give up to $2,500 yearly toward tuition at any private university in Connecticut, including Yale. Students would need at least a 3.0 grade-point average, a 90 percent attendance rate, a good behavior record and 40 hours of community service. The program will be phased in over the next four years, with the Class of 2014 being the first class eligible for free tuition.
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Low on food, passengers wait on cruise ship
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The nearly 4,500 passengers and crew of the Carnival Splendor have no air conditioning or hot water. They are low on food. And for at least another 24 hours, they have no way out. What began as a seven-day cruise to the picturesque Mexican Riviera stopped around sunrise when an engine room fire cut power to the 952foot vessel and set it adrift off Mexico’s Pacific coast. No one was hurt and, by Tuesday, U.S. Navy helicopters were ferrying 70,000 pounds of supplies, including boxes of crab meat, croissants and Spam, to the stricken ship. Mexican tugboats, meanwhile, were rushing out to the vessel to begin towing it 150 miles to the port of Ensenada, about 50 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border. The Splendor could reach the port as early as late Wednesday. Accidents like the engine room fire are rare, said Monty Mathisen, of the New York-based publication Cruise Industry News.
Knife found under seats on Delta flight to Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Police are investigating a Delta Air Lines flight from South Korea to Japan after a small knife was found under passenger seats, an official said Tuesday. The Delta flight with 86 passengers and eight crew members arrived at Narita, Japan from Pusan, South Korea. Afterward, cleaners found a folding knife with a blade about 2.8 inches (7 centimeters) long under seats, a Narita airport police official said. The police official declined to be named as he was not authorized to talk to the media. “We are cooperating with law enforcement authorities as they work to determine the origin of this object,” said Delta spokeswoman Susan Chana Elliott from the company’s Atlanta headquarters. The airline had a similar incident last week. Its flight from Tokyo to Oregon was searched upon landing after its crew found box cutter blades aboard. The blades were found in the plane’s cabin while en route to Oregon.
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Straight British couple seeks ‘gay’ partnership LONDON (AP) — Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle are in love and want to tie the knot – but they don’t want to get married. The 26-year-old Londoners think they should be allowed to have a civil partnership, a form of legal union available in Britain only to same-sex couples. On Tuesday, after having their application to form a civil partnership rejected by officials at their local town hall in Islington, north London, they said they will go to court to win the right. They are being backed by gay rights activists, who hope a ruling that allows straight couples the right to a civil partnership would mean, in turn, that gay couples have the right to wed. “The titles of husband and wife and all the things that pop into people’s heads when you say you’re getting married don’t appeal to us,” said Doyle, a student. “In our day-to-day life we feel like civil partners – we don’t feel like husband and wife, and we want the government to recognize that.” Marriage and civil partnership are virtually identical in law, and activists argue both should be open to all couples. “We think it’s time there was one law for everyone,” said activist Peter Tatchell, who is organizing the “Equal Love” campaign and has lined up eight couples – four gay, four straight – willing to take their cases to court. “Denying heterosexual couples the right to have a civil partnership is heterophobic,” he said. Some legal experts think there is a strong case, because discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation infringes Britain’s human rights law. “How can the government justify this, when the legal rights attached to each legal institution are identical?” said law professor Robert Wintemute, who is
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Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle, a heterosexual couple, outside Islington Register Office, in London after failing to get a civil partnership Tuesday.
advising the campaign. “For most purposes, the two institutions are identical – except for the name.” Britain introduced civil partnerships in 2005, giving gay couples the same legal protection, adoption and inheritance rights as heterosexual married partners – but not the label of marriage. The Netherlands, Canada, Belgium, Portugal and Spain
have legalized same-sex marriage, while Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland have laws similar to Britain’s. The British compromise was welcomed by many. Thousands of couples have tied the civil partnership knot since then, in venues ranging from city halls to the Houses of Parliament. But for some, the distinction
still rankles. “We really appreciate the civil partnerships,” said Sharon Ferguson, a pastor in the Metropolitan Community Church who hopes to wed partner Franka Strietzel but has been turned down for a marriage license. “But particularly because of my Christian faith, it’s marriage that I want.”
New England companies forced to BOT: Presidential search going well pay hefty fines for violations from BOARD, page 1 positive report of the university’s fundraising activities. Institutional Advancement Committee member Andrea Dennis-Lavigne said funding of the UConn general fund has moved from 11 percent to 22
“We have a number of promising candidates.” Lawrence McHugh Trustee Chairman
percent of the goal. “October was a pretty good month for fundraising,” Dennis-Lavigne said. “It’s one of the best Octobers.” Interim President Austin focused his report to the senate on athletics; he mentioned changes to the Big East football program. A proposed change would
increase the number of participating schools from eight to ten. “I don’t think it would be appropriate to go beyond that,” he said of discussing the changes at the meeting. McHugh gave a brief update on the search for a new permanent UConn president to take the helm from Interim President Austin, who is covering for President Hogan who resigned to lead the University of Illinois. “We have a number of promising candidates,” McHugh said. McHugh said the board has more than 100 nominations. While McHugh said he hopes to interview them in December, he did not elaborate on a concrete timeline for the appointment of a new president. Student trustee Corey Schmitt, a 7th-semester political science major, said he’s optimistic about the search. “It’s going really well,” Schmitt said. “I’m really excited about it.” Schmitt stated he could not discuss the search further as it is a matter of closed discussion, but added, “I’ll put it this way: I’m really optimistic. The university will hopefully see a great new president soon.”
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from EPA, page 1 BJ’s Wholesale Club in Uxbridge, Mass. agreed to pay a $27,000 fine for failing to file the right forms to local and state emergency officials in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Through an inspection by the EPA in March 2009, it was also discovered that BJ’s possessed amounts of sulfuric acid, lead and diesel fuel at levels that required documentation, but were not reported in its chemical inventory form. Another Connecticut company fined is Scott Metal Finishing located in Bristol. This company agreed to pay their fine for a total of $11,115. Out of an inspection in July 2007, it was found that the company neglected to file an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form for 2006 with local and state responders. The chemical involved was nitric acid, in which the company had more than the minimum threshold level, which required them to file a report for it. The Kalwall Corporation was penalized for $25,100. This company is in Bow, N.H., and manufactures fiberglass flat sheets. They were cited for failing to file toxic release inventory forms
in 2008 for methyl methacrylate, propylene and styrene. The third Connecticut company involved is the Sousa Corporation in West Hartford. According to the EPA, the Sousa Corporation neglected to file a chemical inventory report on anhydrous ammonia and quench oil to local and state emergency officials in 2007. In March 2007, the company agreed to pay its $8,014 fine for its actions. Highway Safety Corporation in Glastonbury. is the final company noted to have received a fine in New England. They paid $42,700 for not filing toxic release inventory forms for zinc compounds they manufactured in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Even though the zinc compounds are recycled, they still must be documented. There are various negative health effects as a result of these chemicals which also pose a threat to the environment, which is why it is important that such chemicals are documented and reported. It is vital for the community and proper officials to be notified what they are dealing with in case of an emergency in order to take the proper course of action.
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Obama voices concerns about Mideast peace talks
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — President Barack Obama, visiting the world’s most populous Muslim nation, expressed deep concern Tuesday that Israelis and Palestinians aren’t making the “extra effort” to secure a breakthrough for achieving Middle East peace. Obama said he hasn’t seen the kind of progress in negotiations that “could finally create a framework for a secure Israel living side by side in peace with a sovereign Palestine.” Asked at a news conference with Indonesia’s President Suslilo Bambang Yudhoyono about Israeli settlement construction in East Jerusalem, Obama said, “Each of these incremental steps can end up breaking that trust between these parties.” Obama raised his Mideast concerns while appearing with Yudhoyono during his first visit to Indonesia as president to the country where he lived for four years as a child. He marveled over “sights and sounds” that evoked memories of the past and said that Indonesia’s landscape of today barely resembles the land where he went to live at age 6 in 1967 after his mother married an Indonesian man. The U.S. sees Indonesia as a counterweight to China’s growing strength, though Obama said Tuesday he’s not seeking
to stop China’s growth. “We think China being prosperous and secure is a positive,” Obama said. “We’re not interested in containing that process.” Still, with the controversy over how China values its currency looming as Obama heads to the G-20 economic summit in South Korea later this week, Obama said all countries must operate within, “an international framework and sets of rules in which countries recognize their responsibilities to each other.” Without mentioning China by name, he pointedly noted that the global economy hasn’t achieved balanced growth. “We have seen some countries run up very big surpluses and intervening significantly in the currency markets to maintain their advantage,” Obama said. Obama will meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday, but officials say they don’t expect the currency issue to be resolved. The president said he believes the administration has improved relations with the Muslim world but called it an “incomplete project,” saying much more work needs to be done. Obama said policy differences with Muslim countries will linger, but that building better ties between the people of the United States and the Muslim world will foster
improved overall relations. He voiced support for Yudhoyono’s efforts to nurture a rapidly growing society even in a time when Indonesia has been hit by earthquakes, a tsunami, and now a volcanic eruption. Concerns about volcanic ash caused the White House to shorten Obama’s stay here and expedite his takeoff Wednesday for the G-20 summit in Seoul. Mount Merapi, Indonesia’s most volatile volcano, began erupting two weeks ago, unleashing a flood of volcanic gas, rock and debris that smothered whole villages and cut down people who tried to fleeing. More than 150 people have died. As scheduled, the trip was less than 24 hours, with Obama arriving late afternoon Tuesday and leaving midday Wednesday. The trip was shoehorned into a jam-packed 10-day Asia trip, between three days spent in India and economic meetings in South Korea and Japan that start Thursday. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrived on a gray, humid day in Indonesia’s capital, and were greeted by dozens of dignitaries at Istana Merdeka, a white columned presidential palace reminiscent of the White House. Obama greeted some of the officials in Indonesian as he shook their hands.
Indonesians all over this country of more than 17,000 islands gathered around television sets in their houses, coffee shops and office buildings as Obama’s plane touched down. Notwithstanding the likely change in schedule for his time here, Obama’s quick stop to
WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember “The Little Old Lady from Pasadena”? Baby boomers who first danced to that 1964 pop hit about a granny burning up the road in her hot rod will begin turning 65 in January. Experts say keeping those drivers safe and mobile is a challenge with profound implications. Miles driven by older drivers are going up and fatal crashes involving seniors coming down, but too often they are forced to choose between safety and being
able to get around, experts told a National Transportation Safety Board forum on transportation and aging Tuesday. Within 15 years more than one in five licensed drivers will be 65 or older, the safety board said. Their number will nearly double, from 30 million today to about 57 million in 2030, according to the Government Accountability Office. Smarter cars and better designed roads may help keep them stay behind the wheel longer.
But eventually most people will outlive their driving ability – men by an average of six years and women by an average of 10 years. And since fewer Americans relocate when they retire, many of them probably will continue to live in suburban homes. The result is a “mobility gap,” Joseph Coughlin, head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s AgeLab, which develops technologies aimed at keeping older people active, said in an interview.
“For many, our homes will not be just a place to age, it will also be house arrest,” said Coughlin. Older drivers who are healthy aren’t necessarily any less safe than younger drivers. But many older drivers are likely to have age-related medical conditions that can affect their driving. A 40-year-old needs 20 times more light to see at night to see than a 20-year-old, Coughlin said. Older drivers generally are less able to judge speed and distances, their reflexes are slower, they may be more easily confused and they’re less flexible, which affects their ability to turn so that they can look to the side or behind them. Fatal crash rates for older drivers compared with other age groups begin to increase starting at about age 75, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Drivers over age 85 have a worse fatality rate than teenagers and drivers in their early 20s. The main reason is that older drivers are more frail and less likely to survive an accident or recover from injuries, according to the institute. Older drivers primarily kill themselves in crashes, with these accounting for 61 percent of deaths in accidents involving drivers 70 and older. Sixteen percent of the deaths were their passengers. Nevertheless, the fatal crash rate for older drivers has declined over the past decade, and at a faster rate than for other drivers. Researcher Anne McCartt of the insurance institute told the board the reason for the trend isn’t clear, but it may be that older drivers are in better
visit a country that is increasingly important player in Asia allowed him to speak to the values of democracy and religious tolerance and reflect on his time here as a boy. The U.S. has increasingly embraced Indonesia as a moderate Muslim nation and part-
ner in counter-terror efforts in the wake of attacks in Bali, Jakarta and elsewhere in the region between 2002 and 2005. The nation of 250 million people is made up of a string of islands stretched through the Indian Ocean between Australia and Malaysia.
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Marcia Savarese, 73, left, and her mother Harriet Butler, 99, are photographed at their home in Vienna, Va., Monday. Keeping aging drivers both safe and mobile is a challenge with profound societal implications, said experts on transportation and aging.
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physical condition. Many older drivers compensate for the erosion of their driving abilities by changing their driving habits. “I’m never in a rush,” said Grace M. Sanders, 87, a retired secretary in Atlanta. She takes care to map out a route in her mind before she leaves the house. She avoids driving near construction sites. If it’s raining, she stays home. But even though she could take the bus, it’s important to Sanders that she keep her car. “I always wanted to be an independent person and I maintained that independence throughout my life,” she said in an interview. New technologies, some of them borrowed from the military and commercial aviation, may help older drivers stay behind the wheel longer, and more safely. Crash warning systems using sensors embedded in the car can alert drivers to an impending accident. They can even override the driver and apply the brake. Similar technology can parallel park the car. Night vision systems can help with one of the most frustrating problems for older drivers. Not every remedy involves new technology. Sometimes it’s just a matter of making dials larger so they’re easier for drivers to find. A strap can be added to hold onto when getting in and out of a car. An extended mirror can help drivers avoid turning around as much. “They may extend the driving careers of some seniors, but they are certainly not a panacea,” cautioned Bonnie Dobbs,
a gerontology professor at the University of Alberta. She notes that many technologies could distract or confuse older drivers, which could lead to accidents. Better designed roads may also help. For example, traffic “roundabouts” that gently ease drivers into turn circles with no traffic lights could help reduce left turnrelated crashes, which make up a disproportionate share of the accidents that kill older drivers. What’s not being addressed is how to keep older Americans mobile after they lose their driving skills, said University of Arizona professor Sandra Rosenbloom, an authority on transportation and aging. “As people get older and lose the ability to drive, they narrow and narrow their circle of friends and their circle of activities until it gets to the point where they are housebound and they don’t move at all,” Rosenbloom said in an interview. Seventy-five percent of older drivers live in suburban or rural areas where there are few alternatives to driving, she said. Public transportation isn’t a realistic option, Rosenbloom said. For people who have lost the ability to drive, the physical and mental conditions that made driving untenable are also likely preclude hiking to a bus stop, especially if there’s no bench. The act of getting on and off a bus can be prohibitive. Many older people – especially those over 80 – also worry about losing their balance on a bus and fear being victimized.
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Voting for students needs clarification
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s students on a college campus, we face unique challenges when it comes to access to certain rights others may take for granted, such as the right to vote. Although organizations across UConn urged students to register to vote here, the student voter turnout was quite low. There were several areas of confusion that resulted in the voter turnout being lower than it should have been. In one instance, students who once lived on campus and registered to vote at their on-campus address but have since moved off campus, would not be able to provide letters verifying their identities as UConn students if they don’t have their UConn Student IDs on hand. Additionally, some students may have thought that since they were registered on-campus, they wouldn’t need to re-register off-campus. In reality, any UConn student who lives off-campus must register as a Mansfield resident with his or her off-campus address if they want to vote in local elections. With this in mind, the university and the voter coalitions should not forget that UConn students don’t necessarily live on campus, and that these off-campus students should still receive the same amount of outreach and have the same amount of access as on-campus students. Even students who live on campus faced some problems when trying to vote. Several students had their identities challenged and were unaware that a letter addressed to them at their campus address would be an acceptable form of identification. Obviously, if they only learned that the day of voting, there is nothing they can do about getting a letter mailed to them. Making this information more public beforehand could have remedied this issue. Even if it was later resolved, it still inconvenienced everyone involved and further convoluted the voting process. Additionally, college students have classes at all times of the day, not to mention other extracurricular activities and work. They may not know at what time the polls close. Publicizing transportation to the polls was done well and most likely helped, but there’s still more to facilitating the voting process that the university and groups should consider. Ultimately, the voting coalitions were perhaps successful in encouraging more voter registration, they should not forget to encourage students to actually vote – and they should ensure a system that educates students on their rights to vote.
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I just tripped walking up the stairs as girls walked down, which was ideal because I look cutest when falling. Even if I haven’t learned anything else in organic chem, I can now perfectly draw stop signs and hexagons I just friended the Queen of England. I’m sure that Jerry Jones can still get the Cowboys to the Super Bowl, he will just have to buy them all tickets. I have a friend named Ye (pronounced like “yay”). She is very sassy. I call her my sassy Ye friend. Has anyone noticed that the Native American Cultural Center is hidden away in a closet? I wonder if it feels like Harry Potter at the Dursleys. The library stapler gets stolen every night. So my question is: is there a new thief every night? or is there one thief with a stapler fetish who has 50? No shave November = not getting laid November. Taking a math midterm is almost as much fun as going to the dentist. But they don’t give you a free toothbrush at the end. I have never been more addicted to HuskyCT than facebook until tonight. After eating three McMahon double cheeseburgers, it is safe to say food has replaced sex in my life. Now I can’t even get into my own pants!
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Bridgeport voting debacle shows poor training
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hough the chaotic governor’s race is over, and Democrat Dan Malloy has legitimately won, Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz and Bridgeport officials should be held accountable for the voting fiasco. Bridgeport registrars failed to secure enough ballots and neglected to satisfactorily explain the voting irregularities that occurred. As a result, a clear victory for Malloy dragged out for days, allowing unsubstantiated concerns about fraud to undermine voter confidence. Bysiewicz failed to prevent the ballot shortage and worsened the By Arragon Perrone situation by making a premature Weekly Columnist announcement on Wednesday that was based on unofficial election results. Such incompetence needs to be investigated, identified and corrected so that this preventable scenario does not happen again. Bridgeport drastically underestimated the number of ballots that it required. For 69,000 registered voters, the city only requested 21,000, even though it had ordered 28,000 for the low-profile 2009 municipal elections. Furthermore, the number of ballots was meant to cover 30 percent of registered voters, even though the smallest turnout recorded in the last 14 years was 39 percent. The Hartford Courant reports that Bridgeport’s Republican Registrar of Voters, Joseph Borges, took cost into consideration when ordering the ballots. Though Democratic Registrar Sandi Ayala did not address the shortage issue, Borges apologized on his behalf, saying “we are taking responsibility; it’s our fault.” Borges and Ayala are right in accepting responsibility for their negligence. As registrars, they should have reported any cost concern to the Secretary of the State’s office, instead of shrugging their shoulders and hoping for the best. Because of their laziness, citizens were turned away from the polls. Those who remained had to wait in long lines while officials quickly printed out more ballots.The mis-
take created discrepancies in the total voting tally for the gubernatorial race, which caused the dilemma to drag on for days. But Borges and Ayala are not the only one’s responsible for the shortage; the Secretary of the State’s Office should have caught the problem. Bysiewicz defended herself, saying that in “2008, when a high turnout was predicted, my office advised registrars to order enough ballots to cover 110 percent of the voter rolls,” suggesting that she had provided guidelines to prevent just this situation, and any failure is on the part of city officials. Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch, also a Democrat, sees things differently. “I will also say, the Secretary of the State’s office should have caught this mistake.” Bysiewicz failed to enforce her own recommendations. This oversight did not occur in a small town, which would have minimized the issue. It occurred in Connecticut’s largest city. There is no excuse for missing a 48,000 ballot shortage.
“Because of their laziness citizens were turned away...” In addition to the ballot shortage in Bridgeport, Bysiewicz is also responsible for post-election mistakes. On Wednesday, she announced to the media that Dan Malloy was the winner-apparent, even though Bridgeport had not yet released its official vote count. The public announcement should not have been made based on unofficial results. Bysiewicz’s decision was premature and unprofessional, especially since the numbers released to the public at the time showed Foley as the winner. Additionally, the Associated Press had not finalized the total with Bysiewicz’s own office, and would go so far as to withdraw Malloy as the official winner before the final count showed him the victor. Bysiewicz’s actions suggested political favoritism at worst, lack of tact at best.
Her mistakes have undermined her personal credibility and the state’s ability to regulate the basic electoral process. Further responsibility lies with individual errors of election workers. Vernon Mayor Jason McCoy, a Republican poll watcher, witnessed several irregularities, such as voters who were checked off without showing an ID and exposed ballots, which should have been secured in the regular steel cages. To make matters worse, a bag full of 300 uncounted ballots was found two days after the election. Ayala brushed aside concerns about tampering, arguing that the bags had been sealed since Tuesday. Nevertheless, officials did not notify vote counters of the bag, and the ballots remained untouched and unprotected until their discovery. Even though these irregularities are not illegal and do not suggest fraud, they reveal an inadequate training process for poll workers. Conducting a safe, legal election is not easy, but it is essential to the democratic process. Therefore, the individuals who staff the polling places need to clearly understand protocol and be able to respond to any situation, within reason, that may develop. The mistakes and miscounts do not change the outcome of the governor’s race, but they severely undermine the credibility of the state’s electoral system. They damage the reputation of Secretary of the State Bysiewicz and the two Bridgeport registrars, while pointing to the communication breakdown that should not have happened between overstressed election officials and poll workers. An investigation into the secretary of the state and registrars’ handling of the affair is necessary to explain exactly what happened and to call to task the people who failed to perform their duty.
Weekly columnist Arragon Perrone is a 5th-semester political science and English double major. He can be reached at Arragon.Perrone@UConn.edu.
Conn. stays blue despite urgent financial concerns
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ast Tuesday, Americans voted overwhelmingly against the liberal political agenda that has ravaged our nation since January of 2009. With an aim to extend much-needed tax relief, repeal the disastrous ObamaCare omnibus and reduce By Joseph Gasser our crushing federal Staff Columnist deficit, the Republican Party earned a commanding majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and gained enough seats to put the Democratic Party on edge in the Senate. With a net gain of 64 House seats and five Senate seats, the Republicans are reveling in a victory of a scale not seen since the 1948 mid-term elections. One state in particular bucked this trend dramatically: Connecticut. In our great state, there isn’t a single Republican in any of the five available Congressional seats, despite a slate of strong candidates. The national conservative sweep has not affected Connecticut, meaning that our residents either do not understand the scale of the fiscal problems facing our state and our nation or are unwilling to address them. Perhaps Connecticut voters
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are just late comers in realizing how dire our current fiscal situation is. Republican candidates for Congress won overwhelmingly this week because most American voters believe that the Democrats do not have either the will or the means to resurrect the stagnant economy. Those voters have good reason to think so. After nearly two years of an unchallenged liberal mandate in Washington, the unemployment rate is still higher than it ever was during the Bush administration. Trillions of dollars in new federal debt and the threat of hyper inflation threaten the financial security of our children and grandchildren. Tax cuts for job creators are set to expire soon, yet Connecticut still sent five fiscally liberal Democrats back to Washington and added job-killer Dick Blumenthal to their ranks. What will it take for Connecticut to exercise the same common sense as the rest of the nation? Would 12 percent unemployment do the trick? What about 15 percent? Connecticut residents have certainly felt the damaging impact of Washington’s liberalstatist economic policies, given the nearly 9 percent unemployment rate here, but it does not seem to have hit home that we are in the same grim financial hole as
the rest of the country. Another equally probable explanation for Connecticut’s remaining 100 percent blue representation is a lack of willingness to make the tough decisions necessary to get our nation back on track. All five Republican House candidates and senate candidate Linda McMahon ran on platforms of spending cuts of varying degrees. Vowing to slash bureaucracy in Washington, cut federal health care spending and reform entitlements and earmarks, the Republicans offered clear plans to reduce federal expenditures and the borrowing that they necessitate.
“Connecticut residents have felt the damaging impact of Washington’s liberal-statist economic policies.” While not quite calling for austerity, the Republicans implied that Connecticut would see its share of pork from the federal trough become leaner, at least temporarily. Sadly, making sacrifices to shore up the fiscal future
of our nation seems to have been a third rail in Connecticut this season. As long as nutmeg state residents are addicted to kickbacks from the federal government, our state will remain under Democrat representation. And at least five chances every election year to send fiscal sanity to Washington will be wasted. Connecticut residents are neither inherently uninformed nor disproportionately greedy, which makes the perpetual blueness of this state so peculiar. This year, conservative candidates made gains all across the nation, from conservative New Mexico to swing-state Florida to often-liberal New Hampshire. But in defiance of logic, Connecticut handed victory after victory to business-as-usual liberal politicians. It seems the best that moderates and conservatives in this state can do is hope that our current slate of representatives and senators are finally recognized two Novembers from now as contributing to the problems of this nation, not the solutions. Joseph Gasser is the president of the UConn College Republican’s Club.
Staff Columnist Joseph Gasser is a 3rdsemester political science major. He can be reached at Joseph.Gasser@UConn.edu.
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San Fran. bans toys in some fastfood kids meals
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It’s a happy moment for people who see the Happy Meal as anything but. San Francisco has become the first major American city to prohibit fast-food restaurants from including toys with children’s meals that do not meet nutritional guidelines. The city’s Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 in favor of the measure Tuesday after giving it preliminary approval last week. That’s enough votes to survive a likely veto by Mayor Gavin Newsom. The ordinance, which would go into effect in December of next year, prohibits toy giveaways in fast-food children’s meals that have more than 640 milligrams of sodium, 600 calories or 35 percent of their calories from fat. The law also would limit saturated fats and trans fats and require fruits or vegetables to be served with each meal with a toy. “Our effort is really to work with the restaurants and the fastfood industry to create healthier choices,” said Supervisor Eric Mar, the measure’s chief sponsor. “What our kids are eating is making them sick, and a lot of it is fast food.” The legislation is a big victory for activists and public health advocates who have charged food marketers with being complicit in the country’s growing childhood obesity rates. They hope other cities and counties nationwide will follow their lead. “This will be a sign to the fast-food industry that it’s time to phase out its predatory marketing to children at large,” said Deborah Lapidus, a senior organizer with Boston-based Corporate Accountability International, a watchdog group that supported the legislation. A similar ordinance has already been approved in California’s Santa Clara County, where it affected about a dozen restaurants. The industry, which favors self-regulation, says there is no evidence that San Francisco’s law will halt the expanse of children’s waistlines and the diseases associated with obesity, such as hypertension, diabetes and heart disease. McDonald’s and Burger King Corp. are among 17 major food and beverage marketers who have signed on to the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative, a self-regulation effort run by the Council of Better Business Bureaus. McDonald’s says its meals advertised to children meet government nutritional standards, limiting total calories to 600 per meal and capping fats and sugars. The company also agreed to curtail advertising in schools and promote healthy lifestyles in all marketing efforts directed at children. “McDonald’s remains committed to responsible marketing practices, including advertising and promotional campaigns for our youngest customers,” McDonald’s senior vice president for marketing, Neil Golden, said in a statement to The Associated Press. McDonald’s sent several senior executives and others to San Francisco to oppose the measure in person. As it was being drafted, amended and discussed over several months, Corporate Accountability ran a local newspaper advertisement signed by physicians, community activists and small restaurants that called on Board of Supervisors swing voter Bevan Dufty to support the measure. Dufty eventually did so, saying San Francisco should not wait for the federal government to act and should serve as an example to other cities. “I don’t care how much they say, ‘It’s San Francisco, they’re whacked out there, it doesn’t matter,’ the reality is they’re taking notice,” Dufty said. Fast-food restaurants spent $161 million advertising to children under 12 and an estimated $360 million on toys distributed with their meals in 2006, according to a 2008 Federal Trade Commission report. Marlene Schwartz, deputy director of Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, said fast-food advertising aimed at children has increased since self-regulation efforts began.
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US takes on violent Afghan valley that bled Brits
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Lance Cpl. Andreas Padilla of Los Angeles, right, and Sgt. Freddia Cavasos of Visalia, Calif., both with India Company, 3rd Battalion 5th Marines, First Marine Division, return fire during a patrol on Sunday.
SANGIN, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Marines who recently inherited this lush river valley in southern Helmand province from British forces have tossed aside their predecessor’s playbook in favor of a more aggressive strategy to tame one of the most violent places in Afghanistan. U.S. commanders say success is critical in Sangin district – where British forces suffered nearly onethird of their deaths in the war – because it is the last remaining sanctuary in Helmand where the Taliban can freely process the opium and heroin that largely fund the insurgency. The district also serves as a key crossroads to funnel drugs, weapons and fighters throughout Helmand and into neighboring Kandahar province, the spiritual heartland of the Taliban and the most important battleground for coalition forces. The U.S.-led coalition hopes its offensive in the south will kill or capture key Taliban commanders, rout mili-
tants from their strongholds and break the insurgency’s back. That will allow the coalition and the Afghans to improve government services, bring new development and a sense of security. “Sangin has been an area where drug lords, Taliban and people who don’t want the government to come in and legitimize things have holed up,” said Lt. Col. Jason Morris, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. The unit took over responsibility for Sangin in mid-October nearly a month after the British withdrew. That withdrawal – after more than 100 deaths over four years of combat – has raised concerns among some in Britain about the perception of U.S. Marines finishing a job the British couldn’t handle. Many claimed that happened in the Iraqi city of Basra in 2007. U.S. commanders denied that’s the case in Sangin and said the withdrawal was just the final step in consolidating British forces in central Helmand and
leaving the north and south to the Americans. Sangin is located in the north of the province. But one of the first things the Marines did when they took over Sangin was close roughly half the 22 patrol bases the British set up throughout the district – a clear rejection of the main pillar of Britain’s strategy, which was based on neighborhood policing tactics used in Northern Ireland. The bases were meant to improve security in Sangin, but the British ended up allocating a large percentage of their soldiers to protect them from being overrun by the Taliban. That gave the insurgents almost total freedom of movement in the district. “The fact that a lot of those patrol bases were closed down frees up maneuver forces so that you can go out and take the fight to the enemy,” Morris said during an interview at the battalion’s main base in the district center, Forward Operating Base Jackson.
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Baroque orchestra plays the classics
By Loumarie Rodriguez Campus Correspondent
The Jorgensen Theater presented The Seasons Project: Venice Baroque Orchestra with a main focus on Robert McDuffie, an extremely skilled violinist who was the main performer throughout the event. The ensemble opened the concert by bursting straight into a classical number. The orchestra, which was comprised mostly of string instruments ranging from violins, violas, cellos and one piano made the walls of the Jorgensen vibrate with excellent seasonal pieces. The orchestra formed in 1997. Its stop in Storrs marks the beginning of a 28-day tour that will end with a performance at Carnegie Hall. McDuffie, a Grammynominated violinist, is the centerpiece of the tour. Most of the music they played that night was written specifically for him. Not only was it uniquely composed for his style. The playbills did not list the songs in order, allowing the audience to interpret which piece represented which season. The night began with a very energetic selection that had the musicians bouncing in their seats along with the music. As
the performance continued, the music took a turn to the soft side. Throughout the concert, McDuffie did not hold back his excitement and great emotion as he moved along to the music, drifting deeper and deeper into the music. At one point in the night he even gestured to his fellow players a few smiles and nods that would lead to another burst of great music. By intermission, the orchestra had already earned a standing ovation that lasted until each musician exited the stage. By the end of the night, the audience gave their last standing ovation and an extended applause as the musicians took their final bows for the evening. A group of students from the local Manchester Community College even came to the UConn campus to see the performance for their music class. “It was very interesting. It’s the most beautiful music I’ve ever heard and it’s really intense. One song seemed sad while the other sounded like it was from a chase scene in a movie,” said Rob Morris, a 3rd-semester business management major at MCC. Jules Lefevre, a 1st-semmester French and international studies major praised the orchestra’s eclectic use of instruments. “It was such an amazing experience,” said Katie Fiore, a 1stsemester animal science major.
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The Venice Baroque Orchestra featuring violin soloist Robert McDuffie (front left) played Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” at Jorgensen on Tuesday.
Jazz ensemble plays wide spread of music By Keelan Freitag Campus Correspondent
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(From left to right): Jon Shelly on trombone, Matt Baum on tenor sax and Mark LaRosa on alto sax performed at the jazz repertoire in Von der Mehden recital hall on Tuesday.
UConn’s Jazz Director Earl McDonald introduced the UConn Jazz Ensemble to an audience of around 30 people last night in Von der Mehden Recital Hall, donning his trademark glasses and a smile. The musicians created a mellow ambiance that contrasted with some of the more brisk tunes. The ensemble performed eight pieces; six of which were written by Oliver Nelson and arranged by Bill Cunliffe and two of which were composed and arranged by Cunliffe. The first tune, “Stolen Moments,” featured trombone player Jon Shelly, a 7th-semester music performance major, whose playing was moving and heartfelt. Mark LaRosa, a 7th-semester music performance major, then added a romantically smooth solo on his tenor sax. The second tune picked up the pace and the energy level. “Hoe Down” was first premiered by the ensemble at a Jazz Showcase earlier in the semester. “‘Hoe Down’ is just fun,” said Mike Verselli, 7th-semester music ed. major and the ensemble’s pianist. “It’s in C so it’s easy and it’s just a really unusual rhythm change.”
Tom Lee’s solo was remarkably busy - yet clear, even in the upper register. He left little space between each note, yet paused thoughtfully in between phrases. Shelly then introduced Matt Baum, a 3rd-semester music performance major, who started the next tune Cascades by busily soloing over the drummer Mike Allegue, before he was joined by the entire ensemble as they blew through the main theme. “Cascades is a C minor blues,” said Shelly. “The piano and tenor [sax] melody are ridiculously fast and technically intricate.” Alex Eckhardt, a 9thsemester music major, laid down a dark and simple bass line for the next piece: Yearning. Verselli seemed to sing through his piano as he gently let each chord ring. Before the next piece, Lee asked the audience if they liked “fast tunes.” After crowd murmured approvingly, the ensemble launched into a piece called “Butch and Butch.” He later described the piece somewhat satirically as a “whirlwind of excitement.” Eckhardt described the piece as having “a lot of [drum] hits the whole band had to hit, and we did it. It was k-e-w-l.”
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Michael J. Fox to give lecture at Jorgensen tonight By Nicole Green Campus Correspondent
Before SUBOG’s fall concert this weekend, a different kind of celebrity will be hitting Jorgensen. Michael J. Fox, actor, self proclaimed “incurable optimist” and sufferer of youngonset Parkinson’s disease, will be giving a free lecture at the theater tonight, at 7 p.m. The lecture, entitled “Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist,” is named after his latest book about his struggle with the disease between 1999 and 2009.
Fox became a household name in the early 1980s when he landed the role of Alex P. Keaton in the hit sitcom “Family Ties.” Since then, Fox also starred in the timeless “Back to the Future” trilogy, ABC’s “Spin City,” “Stuart Little” and a healthy dose of other popular ‘90s shows and movies. In 1998, Fox announced that he suffered from Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative central nervous system disorder that usually doesn’t appear until after age 60. He’d received his diagnosis seven years prior, just three years after marrying his “Family Ties” co-star Tracy Pollan. In 2000, Fox created The
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research in an effort to raise awareness of the disease and funding for research. The Foundation’s mission states its dedication to finding a cure for Parkinson’s in this lifetime and to improving life for those suffering from the disease. Fox has been a strong voice for Parkinson’s since his public announcement after his diagnosis, and, despite the disorder, has continued acting and now has four children with Pollan. The event it set to be one hour long.
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“Sex and the City”’s Carrie Bradshaw once described how she viewed the lives of those around her by stating, “Some people are settling, some people are settling down and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.” If you ask me, she’s genius. Or at least the writers of the show are geniuses. She hit the nail on the head with this one. Several weeks ago my brother, Michael, married the love of his life. After thirteen years of being separated, he and his now-wife, Stephanie, found each other again and knew right away it was meant to be. When brought back into each other’s lives, neither had any doubt that they were meant to be together for the long haul. She was the first girl he ever loved when he met her in middle school. He was the one guy she always wondered about seeing again. “A part of me always wanted to be with her. And I always said if she ever gave me another chance it would be all I needed,” Michael said. He never stopped loving her. She never stopped loving him. They are soulmates. “The day of the wedding was simply magical, and butterflies filled my belly,” Stephanie said. (There’s that talk of butterflies again.) These two people were clearly destined to be together. They chose not to settle for anything less than butterflies; they chose not to settle for anything less than their soul mates. But is that something we all are destined for or are my brother and new sister-in-law an exception? For those of us who are surrounded by people who have found their perfect counterparts, but we ourselves haven’t had such luck, soulmates may feel like a cruel joke. Nineteen-year-old RIT student, Lauren Cuoco-Mallet believes differently. “I do not believe in soulmates. I believe there are only a certain amount of people in this world that a person is compatible with. Or maybe it is only a certain type of person that you are compatible with. But I definitely do not believe there is only one person in this world that is supposed to be your soulmate,” Cuoco-Mallet said. Perhaps there isn’t always one soulmate for every person. Or perhaps sometimes people don’t have soul mates or never get the chance to find them. “I believe that there isn’t one person specifically that you are destined to be with. It’s more of the perfect mixture of personalities than soul mates,” 20-year-old Kasey McCarthy of SUNY Buffalo said. “There are so many people in this world, and I think that everyone has a few people they are completely compatible with,” McCarthy added. Soulmates: reality? Maybe for some people it is, but different people may define the term differently. While some people believe a soulmate is one single person you are meant to marry and spend the rest of your life with, others believe a person can have multiple soulmates, some being romantic relationships while others are merely friendships. So, should we dwell on finding those butterflies? Or
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Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, the lastest Naruto creation, has dazzling graphics and quick-time action that makes the game both engaging and realistic.
Newest game in Naruto Ninja series is a visual masterpiece By Jason Bogdan Campus Correpondent In retrospect, saying that this is the best Naruto game I’ve played probably isn’t saying much. The popular anime series has been rife with plenty of licensed games, but there have been many clunkers. There have been exceptions in the form of the Clash of Ninja and Ubisoftdeveloped games, but this latest form of the Ultimate Ninja series is the finest example of a licensed game with something for both the fans and all the non-fans they want to play multiplayer with. What surprised me immediately was the quality of the campaign mode. Based on the non-filler of 175 episodes of the Shippuden series, it took me more than thirteen hours to beat. For all the half-hearted retellings of the Naruto story I’ve seen, this was one of the few done right with just enough
exposition and fine pacing, with plenty of voice work as well (Japanese language preferred). It’s a shame that the story mode was given so much care that it took away the usual arcade and time trial modes of the actual fighting, since this
is easily the best anime-based fighting game available for any console. CyberConnect2 has moved the 2-D format of the PS2 Ultimate Ninja games to 3-D seamlessly with the PS3 games. The camera is hardly an issue. The combat is precise
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
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The Good -Even without all the Naruto fan service, this is a fun third-
person fighting game to play. -The graphics are some of the most fluid and eye-pleasing available right now.
The Bad
--There should be more fighting-game modes to add replay value. -If you want all the characters, you’ll need to play the many hours of that story-mode whether you want to or not.
and fluid, and each character is well-balanced and fun to play in their own way. This gameplay is also unbelievably beautiful to play. The character designs are fantastic cel-shaded representations of the anime characters. Each attack (whether it’s based around water, fire or even paper) looks great and there are some mesmerizing backgrounds. The choreography of the fights is also unbelievably good, and I think the story-mode specific ones are better than most of the ones in the actual show. I purchase Naruto games becaue I love the manga/anime, but it puts my mind at ease that when I put the fan service aside, it can still be a fun video game in its own right. The title for this game may be awkward and convoluted, but the game itself is nothing of the sort. Even those who don’t get excited over playing as an Amaterasu-using Sasuke can enjoy it.
Jason.Bogdan@UConn.edu
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Call of Duty: Black Ops, which has gamers go on special ops missions, was released on Moday for the XBox 360. It is the newest in the wildly popular Call of Duty series.
CoD franchise shows no signs of winding down
Jak II (PS2) I can’t wait to start digging into The Sly Collection being released this week with the Sly Cooper trilogy of games that I missed out on during the PS2 days (unlike Jak & Daxter and Ratchet & Clank). As I look back at that golden age of action platformers, Jak II sticks out in my mind as my favorite in the Jak series with the best story and most challenging and fun gameplay. The decision to turn a charming Mario 64 clone into a darker platformer with Grand Theft Auto elements was odd, but Naughty Dog managed to make it work in the end with an all-around fantastic action platformer. - Jason Bogdan
By John Tyczkowski Staff Writer Call of Duty has become one of the most well-known video game franchises of this generation, as famous as Gears of War and Halo, and outstripping both in terms of sheer number of games produced. Over the past seven years, there have been 15 games on systems ranging from the PC to the Xbox360 to the Nintendo DS, and the series is still continuing. The series began in October 2003, with the original Call of Duty set in the European theatre from D-Day to the Battle of Berlin. Appearing alongside the then-king of World War II games, Medal of Honor, CoD had to work hard to establish itself as different. One area that immediately stood out was CoD’s three campaigns from American, British and Russian perspectives. The gameplay was quite different from contemporary games as well, according PC Gamer’s review, featuring AI
teammates that helped you accomplish your objectives, as well as placing an emphasis on the use of cover, suppressing fire and flanking. The series began to branch out in 2004 with the release of Finest Hour and Big Red One in 2005 on consoles, the start of an expanding fan base that would be solidified in late 2005. Call of Duty 2 was released as a launch game for the Xbox 360, becoming that system’s killer app, according to gamepro.com, easily outselling expected competition, such as Perfect Dark: Zero. It was also the first Call of Duty to use a regenerating health system. Call of Duty 3 was released in 2006, notable for adding two extra viewpoints to the campaign, Canadian and Polish, as well as being the first Call of Duty to feature vehicles in offline and online multiplayer. Call of Duty: World At War, released in 2008, depicted the Pacific Front and a Soviet campaign and included the popular multiplayer mode, Die Nacht Der Untoten (Nazi Zombies).
Things changed for the Call of Duty series with the release of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in 2007. This was the first move away from the WWII setting and was largely successfully received by fans. It was the first CoD game to be set in a completely fictitious conflict, an unnamed Middle East country and in Russia. Modern tactics such as airstrikes, guided missiles and even a level controlling the guns on an AC-130 gunship brought a new angle to the series. Also, its biggest innovation, according to giantbomb.com’s article, was its levelling-up system in multiplayer, which allowed players to rise in rank, as well as earn new weapons, attachments and camoflauge. Modern Warfare 2 followed in 2009, picking up the same storyline as its predecessor. This game also added the Spec Ops mode, which features a series of missions increasing in difficulty, done solo or with a partner, in order to unlock stars for completing each mission and
achievements for completing mission sets. Call of Duty: Black Ops is the latest release in the series, and heads in a new direction unrelated to Modern Warfare. This time the game is set during the Cold War in the 1960s, in locales ranging from the Ural Mountains, to Cuba and Vietnam. True to its name, the game features special operations missions quite different from the conventional warfare engagements that characterised earlier releases. Perhaps most interestingly, the game features optional complete 3-D TV support, according to gamespot.com. The Call of Duty series has become one of the most iconic franchises of the decade, its games featured on every major console. With the release of Black Ops Monday, plus with Modern Warfare 3 and many other CoD games planned for 2011, the series shows no signs of slowing down.
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By Jason Bogdan Campus Correspondent Last week, something interesting caught my ear when I heard the first “Brought to you by…” message during the new episode of South Park. It was for the Playstation Move, where the announcer referred to it as a “system” rather than a “peripheral,” and it isn’t alone. The new Kinect motion-based device for the Xbox 360 is also being called a “system,” not just a mere addition to the console. It raises the question of whether Sony and Microsoft are going to use their new motionbased software to add longer years than previous console generations. After all, the Xbox 360 is now five years old, the maximum lifespan of most other game systems. But instead of people investing in a Xbox 720, they’re buying the new Kinect add-on. It brings up the speculation when the systems were first released that they were going to last 10 years before moving on. The fact that I bought a PS3 system just months ago, and am currently making financial plans to trade in my current 360 for a 250 GB with Kinect system, won’t make me complain if that does turn out to be true. As much as I like the Playstation Move, it doesn’t give me such high hopes. The Microsoft Kinect is entirely different. With a sleek, new Kinect-friendly dashboard update, a new version of the Xbox system released earlier this year with easier Kinect support and all Kinect games in a purple box instead of a green one (!), the Kinect seems to be what the Sega CD add-on was for the Sega Genesis: a system upgrade that makes the whole thing look new again. That example is what causes some worry among gamers. The Sega CD added more technological prowess to the Genesis hardware, but that thing was a complete failure in sales that hardly added any years to the system. At the same time though, it is believable the PS3 and 360 specifically will last up to another five years. As the years have gone by, PC games haven’t really had an upshift in graphic quality that would demand a new console generation to follow. Also, with the amount of dependability on downloadable content that makes us all treat our gigabytes of hard drive like royalty, it would be hard to move on to a whole new piece of hardware. Ultimately though, the true test of how long this console generation will continue to last all relies on the software. There’s already plenty of Kinect games to buy, but the longevity of the incredible motion-capture device will depend on multiple good games over the next few years instead of the variety of launch titles. Even if the Move and the Kinect do have the dismal success as the Sega CD, so long as there continue to be reasons to turn on your video game system, people won’t need to worry about investing in a new, expensive console for quite some time.
Jason.Bogdan@UConn.edu
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Can you hit all of these virtual notes?
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The sequel to DJ Hero has a revamped music menu and a more simple format for gameplay.
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Cymbal expansions are available for drummers in Rock Band 3. New song options include tracks by Them Crooked Vultures and Pheonix.
Soundtrack to DJ Hero 2 is excellent to spin on More options and more music on Rock Band 3 By Jason Bogdan Campus Correspondent Although last year had Activision continually shoving Guitar Hero games down consumers’ throats, there was a brilliant moment of salvation in the form of DJ Hero. Just as plastic guitars began losing their luster, the game brought the pure fun that came from a music game with a crazy simulation DJ turntable. The DJ-style music game is still strong with the release of DJ Hero 2, with tons of new song mash-ups, some great gameplay and presentation improvements. One of the aspects of the first DJ Hero that needed the most improvement was the menu system that was thrown together and cumbersome. Not only does DJ Hero 2 have a more slick and sexy presentation of the menus and stats, but it’s also far easier to pick a song than it ever was in the first game. Generally, tweaking the gameplay in any music genre game gives ample reason for complaints, but the changes made to DJ Hero 2 feel just right. Adding in simple things like holding down buttons or adding freestyle to crossfaders and recordscratching doesn’t sound like much, but the whole DJ experience now feels more involved
than ever. The freestyle system in particular is greatly improved with both a grading system and the sound bits used from the actual songs instead of predetermined dub sirens or Flavor Flav quotes. The cumbersome,
modern ; Top 20 list territory than DJ Hero 1. The mashups by actual DJs are just as clever, with one of the greatest music lineups in a rhythm game. It can vary depending on your own musical taste, but even I got into the remixes
DJ Hero 2
X360
9.0
/10
The Good
-DJ Hero is still a unique and fun rhythm game to play, with plenty gameplay improvements. -Differences in opinion may apply, but I think the more modern DJ Hero 2 soundtrack is as marvelous as the first DJ Hero’s.
The Bad
--The pointless guitar support of the first DJ Hero has been replaced with microphone support…that is incredibly stupid. optional use of the guitar for a few songs has been replaced with singing support for most of the songs. But, unfortunately, having to sing cut-up song mixes is just as awkward and stupid as it sounds. The real test of a new music game is the variety of music to play. Thankfully, DJ Hero 2 provides hours of great tunes to play through. It’s more
of songs that I hated in their original format. Even though the music genre is now focusing more on dancing instead of a band setup, it’s great to see that there is still value in pressing colored buttons to songs with DJ Hero 2’s brilliant soundtrack and proper sequel improvements.
Jason.Bogdan@UConn.edu
Conan returns to late-night TV with ease
In a genre flooded with plastic instruments, ridiculous quest modes and metalheavy tracklists, Harmonix has brought out the answer to any and all music game fans’ prayers. Yes, Rock Band 3 is now on store shelves, and it is pretty freakin’ stellar. The game itself is stuffed with 83 new songs, from classics like The Doors’ “Break On Through” to brand new alternative bands, including Them Crooked Vultures, Phoenix and Metric. With a copy of the game, players can play basic plastic guitar, bass, drums or vocals in a brand new interface, streamlined and excellently designed. That’s just the start of what the game offers, though; more than 2,000 songs are available for purchase from Harmonix’s music store system, and owners of previous Rock Band games can pay a small fee to export songs onto their hard drive, where the files will be readable by the newest
game. On top of what’s available musically, extra peripherals can be purchased to expand the game even further. Keyboards have been introduced in this version. Any MIDI-capable keyboard can be plugged in with a $30 adapter, set for release around Thanksgiving; for $80, though, a wireless miniMIDI keyboard is available now. After a few weeks with the keyboard, I’ve personally gone from flailing around and missing half the notes on easy to rocking out on a few hard and expert songs easily thanks to the new “Learn A Song” option. It’s very difficult and very, very fun. Drummers can also jump up to the next level with cymbal expansions. The addons are retroactive to every song released in the game. But the real coup-de-grace to its competitors has to be Pro Guitar mode. Yes, for the first time it’s possible to plug in a real guitar (not available until Christmas, though a guitar with 102 fret buttons instead
of strings is available for $150 now) and learn to play the classics. I didn’t get to check it out, unfortunately, but early reports have only been complimentary. If you’re in the market for a new music game, Rock Band 3 needs to be your first, last and only stop. While it’s riddled with a few dud songs, a few notable glitches and a few poor menu choices, the good far outweighs the bad. Remember that first time you picked up Guitar Hero 1, and you played “I Love Rock and Roll” on Easy, and you had that stupid grin on your face? Get ready for it to come back.
DJ Hero 2
X360, PS3, WII
9.0
/10
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Paltrow talks about ‘Country Strong’ NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Actress Gwyneth Paltrow learned to play guitar and immersed herself in country music to pull off her latest role. At the world premiere of “Country Strong” on Monday night in Nashville, Tenn., Paltrow said it was important to get her character right.
“I think any time you do any role you want to be as authentic as possible, but obviously in this case with it being around the world of country music, you have a whole culture to really respect and portray properly. So, it was some pressure,” she said. To prepare for the role of troubled country star Kelly
Canter, Paltrow watched a lot of concert DVDs and YouTube clips of country stars. She said she relied on advice from girlfriends who are singers more than from husband Chris Martin, lead singer of Coldplay. “It was a lot of work, but it was really fun. It was worth it, very challenging,” she said.
Music students mix blues and improv during recital from JAZZ, page 7
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In this photo provided by TBS, Conan O’Brien performs during the debut of his new TBS show “Conan” on Monday.
NEW YORK (AP) – Conan O’Brien relaunched his TV career on Monday night with a stylishly back-to-basics hour that radiated hard-won lessons from his brief stay hosting “The Tonight Show.” With his new TBS show titled simply “Conan,” O’Brien seemed appealingly stoked yet comfortable in his new home at 11 p.m. ET and on basic cable, originating from a sleek, cozy
By Joe O’Leary Staff Writer
set with a full moon poised on a seaside backdrop. If there were very few surprises on the premiere, well, how could there have been after the incessant online hype and all the press attention showered on his much-anticipated return? Besides, O’Brien was back with his longtime sidekick Andy Richter and most of his trusty house band members, now led by Jimmy
Vivino (and renamed The Basic Cable Band). Even O’Brien’s post”Tonight Show” beard seems familiar by now. But what’s important is, the show lived up to its promises. As promised, it was looser, quirkier, more like “Late Night,” where O’Brien thrived for nearly 16 years, than the mainstream “Tonight Show,” where he didn’t.
After “Butch and Butch,” Lee took the opportunity to address the audience again. “This next tune is Teenie’s Blues. The head is very dissonant. I don’t know a lot about Teenie but maybe he was loaded all the time,” Lee said. Shelly then counted the ensemble in and took the first solo, which sounded abstract and heart-wrenching. The rest of the night consisted of two Cunliffe originals: “Port Authority,” which Shelly described as
a “brisk drum feature” with “lively horn hits during the drum solo;” and Mary Lou’s Blues, which Allegue described as “a good grooving blues at a slower tempo” that felt “in the pocket.” The night was extremely impressive. LaRosa wailed all night on his sax in ways only a shredder could, while Shelly’s bluesy solos leaked out of his lungs. Verselli’s spine danced on the piano bench as Lee scrunched his eyebrows and filled his horn with sound. Allegue’s solos were out of time and rhyth-
mically diverse, yet he never lost sight of the beat. “Alex tried experimenting by turning her amp up, and people liked that they could hear her this time,” said Dani Kaplan, a 3rd-semester environmental science major. “I think they sounded the best on ‘Butch and Butch’,” she said. This extraordinary ensemble will open for the Curtis Brothers at their Nov. 19 performance at Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum Theater.
Keelan.Freitag@UConn.edu
Sex doesn’t have to be about lifetime companionship from SOUL MATE, page 7 should we accept the fact that sometimes a soul mate isn’t what we need all the time? I’m not telling you to settle and I’m definitely not telling you to settle down. And
honestly, I don’t believe you should settle for anything less than butterflies. What I am saying is, perhaps you shouldn’t pass up sex with a really good-looking guy or girl because they aren’t your soul mate. In fact, perhaps
having sex that is just that will lead you to find that “butterfly feeling” elsewhere. Soulmates: torture device? Only when it’s standing in the way of you having an orgasm.
Alessandra.Petrino@UConn.edu
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Top comics gather in D.C. to honor Tina Fey
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
SO MANY MEMORIES, SO LITTLE TIME
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Bessy Reyna read from her newest collection of poetry, “Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover,” which was published in Mexico earlier this year. Reyna was born in Cuba, greu up in Panama and now live in the U.S. FILE PHOTO/The Daily Campus
Comedian Jimmy Fallon greets fans as he arrives at the Kennedy Center for the Mark Twain Prize for Humor in Washington, Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) – "Saturday Night Live" comics on Tuesday were celebrating the work of Tina Fey – best known for her Emmy Award-winning impression of Sarah Palin – as the comedienne and writer receives the nation's top humor prize at the Kennedy Center. At 40, Fey is the youngest to be honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor that was created in 1998. She's the third woman to receive it after Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg. SNL's Seth Meyers worked with Fey on her Palin sketch and always enjoys it when she comes back to work on the long-running show. "You can't learn talent," he said. "But you can learn work ethic. She's the hardest worker. She's an assassin." Fey said before the show that the award was humbling. "All of the other people who received this prize are heroes of mine," she said. The honor is special because it's not just from the entertainment world but the Kennedy Center and the larger performing arts world, she said. Earlier, when the prize was
announced, Fey hinted she didn't feel worthy, joking that she assumed Betty White was disqualified "for steroid use." Not to be outdone, on the red carpet, the 88-year-old White praised Fey's "intelligence and her sense of comedy." However, she deadpanned, "Too bad she's not good looking." White also will take the stage to honor Fey. They performed together on "SNL" in May for which White won rave reviews as host. The humor prize honors those who define contemporary comedy. Last year, it went to Bill Cosby. Organizers said Fey made her mark as the first female head writer on "SNL" as well as her Palin impression. Steve Martin, Jennifer Hudson, Steve Carell and Jon Hamm also will honor the comic. Martin, who also has taken home the award, said Fey's win means he's been demoted. He said he loves Fey's parody of Palin, but even more, he said he loves to read her writing. Fey got her start with Chicago's The Second City improv group. She worked on "SNL" for nine seasons and went on to create the NBC
comedy series "30 Rock," in which she stars with Alec Baldwin. On the big screen, Fey recently starred with Carell in "Date Night" and is a featured voice in "Megamind," which debuted at No. 1 at the box office last weekend. Amy Poehler, one of Fey's best buds from SNL, said she's not surprised at all that Fey is winning the top comedy prize. "Tina's work has been so incredible for so long, it certainly deserves many prizes," she said. SNL's Fred Armisen said one of his favorite things about Fey is her take on the world. "She makes fun of people really well – under her breath. It's so funny, so sharp." Steve Carell, who overlapped her time at Second City in Chicago, said Fey is "a pretty cool cucumber. She is a very funny person, but she is surprisingly down to earth as well," he said. Fey is working on her first book, a memoir due out next year. She lives in New York with her husband, Jeff Richmond, and their daughter. The show will be broadcast nationally Sunday on PBS.
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Cowboys want Garrett to change team's culture
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Jason Garrett stood behind a lectern for his first news conference as the interim coach of the Dallas Cowboys. That alone sent the message there's a new way of doing things around America's team. Wade Phillips, you see, always sat behind a table. Rearranging the furniture isn't going to revive the 1-7 Dallas Cowboys, but team owner Jerry Jones is hoping the switch in leaders will. He fired Phillips on Monday and promoted Garrett from offensive coordinator to "affect a culture change" for a team that's been playing worse each week. The swing from Phillips to Garrett isn't as drastic as when Jones went from Bill Parcells to Phillips. But it's still a big shift. Phillips is 63 and was reared on defense. Garrett is 44 and versed in offense. Phillips had been a head coach twice before, four times including interim stints. This is Garrett's first time in charge at any level. Phillips never played in the NFL and never was part of a Super Bowl champion. Garrett was a backup quarterback in the
NFL for 12 seasons, mostly to Troy Aikman in Dallas, and was part of two Super Bowl champions with the Cowboys. Then there's their personalities. Phillips is folksy and laidback. Garrett, a Princeton grad, comes across more like the Ivy League image. Take the lectern, for instance. Or this description of how he's going to run the team: "One of the things that we're going to focus on going forward is the process." "I believe you give yourself the best chance of winning by focusing on doing things the right way each and every day," Garrett continued. "We're going to emphasize that in meetings, in walkthroughs on the practice field and hopefully take that to the game field on Sunday." Phillips talked about that, too, using the pet phrase, "Not just right, exactly right." But sloppiness was the one constant thing for his Cowboys this season — well, that and losing. What drove fans bonkers was the lack of repercussions. Starters weren't demoted, backups weren't released. Phillips defended his guys at every opportunity, a player's coach to the bitter end.
Garrett declined Monday to discuss any lineup changes. But he made it clear that players will be held to a new standard. "I think it has to be very clear as to what you expect from everyone in your organization, then hold them accountable to those expectations," he said. "We will do that on a daily basis." Some of the people who know him best believe he will. "You need somebody to do that and he is more than happy to," said Cowboys radio analyst Babe Laufenberg, a former Dallas quarterback who has been friends with Garrett for nearly 20 years. "Just because he's nice to people and considerate, don't mistake that as not being demanding. You can do that without screaming and yelling." Garrett's father, Jim, said he's never seen Jason get angry. Ever. "And he went through some tough times as a player," said the elder Garrett, who worked for the Cowboys for 22 years. "Jason's been around enough to know what makes the players tick. If he retains his same philosophy of being a teacher, he's going to win." Garrett could be blamed for some of what's gone wrong this
season. In fact, he's had his critics every year he's been in charge, which is why his promotion surprised many observers. In 2008, Terrell Owens was no fan of the play-caller. In 2009, Garrett's unit gained the most yards in franchise history but scored fewer points than the year before, when Dallas missed the playoffs. The offense has been out of whack most of this season, even before Tony Romo broke his collarbone. The biggest problem has been the running game going from one of the NFL's best to one of the worst. Whether the blockers or the backs are to blame, Garrett could never straighten it out. Garrett also took the blame for calling the play that started this season in the wrong direction — an attempted pass on the final play of the first half of the opener in Washington, when Dallas was 70 yards from scoring and trailing only 3-0. Instead of taking a knee, Romo fumbled and the Redskins returned it for a touchdown. Jones has thought highly of Garrett since his playing days. When Jones was interviewing replacements for Parcells, he considered Garrett, even though his resume consisted of only
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Newly appointed interim head coach Jason Garrett responds to questions during a news conference on Nov. 8. Garrett replaces Wade Phillips who was fired earlier in the day.
two years as Miami's quarterbacks coach. Jones hired him days before he gave Phillips the top job. A year later, Jones made Garrett the assistant head coach — and among the highest-paid assistants in the league — to keep him from interviewing elsewhere. As the interim coach, Garrett has eight games to show whether he's got what it takes. "All I can do is be who I am," Garrett said. "I have things that I believe in. I have things that I'm
convicted about. Many of them have been on display over the last 3½ years and some of them will be new and different based on this new responsibility that I do have." He's actually already pulled off one noteworthy feat. Before Garrett stepped behind the lectern Monday, it was announced he would be there for 10 minutes. He finished talking after 9 minutes, 45 seconds. Now he'll try making the Cowboys as precise
Ichiro gets 10th Gold Glove in a row, Jeter wins 5th NEW YORK (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki won his 10th straight Gold Glove for a full season of fielding excellence. Mark Buehrle won again, perhaps clinching his spot with an acrobatic play on opening day. Derek Jeter, well, his selection is likely to set off another loud round of dispute over whether the award is relevant anymore. Rawlings announced the American League honors Tuesday. Managers and coaches vote for players in their leagues and can't pick players on their
own teams. Also chosen were first baseman Mark Teixeira and second baseman Robinson Cano of the New York Yankees; third baseman Evan Longoria and outfielder Carl Crawford of the Tampa Bay Rays; Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer and Seattle outfielder Franklin Gutierrez. The NL awards will be announced Wednesday. Suzuki tied the AL record for Gold Gloves by an outfielder shared by Ken Griffey Jr. and Al Kaline. The Seattle right fielder has won every year he's been in the big leagues. The overall record for outfielders is held by Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente with 12 each. The awards started in 1957, so there's no telling how many Mays, Clemente or others might have won before then. Angels outfielder Torii Hunter's streak of nine in a row ended this season. Jeter won for the fifth time at shortstop — at 36, the New York Yankees captain is the old-
est AL shortstop to win the Gold Glove since Luis Aparicio was the same age in 1970. Only Ozzie Smith, Omar Vizquel, Aparicio and Mark Belanger have won more total Gold Gloves at shortstop than Jeter. "It is a tremendous honor to receive the Gold Glove award, especially since this recognition comes from managers and coaches for whom I have a great deal of respect. It is particularly gratifying to be recognized for defense, as it is something I take a lot of pride in and am constantly working to improve," Jeter said in a statement. Jeter was charged with just six errors and had a career-high .989 fielding percentage, both best among full-time AL shortstops. But modern fielding charts and rankings consistently put Jeter in the bottom half of their ratings. Two websites that study glovework — www.fangraphs. com with its Ultimate Zone Rating and www.fieldingbible. com — listed Chicago's Alexei
Ramirez as the top-fielding AL shortstop with Jeter nowhere close to even middle-of-thepack status. Ramirez made 20 errors and had a .974 fielding percentage. "I think a lot of errors he got were plays that others wouldn't have gotten to," Buehrle said on a conference call. "I think he was deserving." "I don't see Derek play every day," he said. "I think there are a lot of guys who could've won it." Jeter's range seemed to noticeably decline — he's never been the best at getting to balls up the middle. This season, it seemed more grounders into the hole got through, too, with third baseman Alex Rodriguez ranging less and less to his left. For years, some fans have viewed the Gold Gloves as mostly a popularity contest, even suggesting that a player's performance at the plate helped draw extra attention to his glove. Jeter's wins have often served as a lightning rod for that debate.
Horntes stay unbeaten, beat Clippers
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Hornets' reserve guards gave Chris Paul an easy night and powered surging New Orleans to its most lopsided victory of the young season. Willie Green scored 19 points and Jarryd Bayless added 15, helping the Hornets remain unbeaten with a 101-82 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night. With Paul on the bench, Bayless and Green took over in the fourth quarter, combining to score the Hornets' first 19 points in the period to put New Orleans up 89-69. Paul added 13 points and eight assists for New Orleans, which is now off to a franchisebest 7-0 start. Emeka Okafor and Trevor Ariza each scored 12 for the Hornets, whose rookie coach, Monty Williams, still hasn't lost. Al-Farouq Aminu scored 20 for the Clippers, who played most of the game without starting center Chris Kaman after he sprained his left ankle. Los Angeles was as close as 63-60 late in the third quarter and trailed by only five when Bayless and Green started making plays. After Green hit a jumper behind David West's screen, Bayless set up Ariza's 3. Bayless, who was averaging 2.2 points coming into the game, then opened the fourth quarter with a jumper to cap a 9-0 run. Green had 15 points in the final period, surpassing 4,000 career points in the process. Bayless had 11 in the fourth. Their play allowed Paul to sit for the entire quarter after playing 28 minutes.
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No. 10 Syracuse tops Le Moyne SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Scoop Jardine, James Southerland and Dion Waiters each had 13 points and No. 10 Syracuse hit 11 of 16 from beyond the arc to beat Division II Le Moyne 91-48 in an exhibition game on Tuesday night. It was the second and final tuneup for the Orange, who open the season at home against Northern Iowa on Friday night, and it atoned for an embarrassing preseason loss a year ago to the Dolphins. Chris Johnson led Le Moyne with 23 points and Nate Champion had nine. Kris Joseph had 12 for Syracuse, and Brandon Triche and Mookie Jones each had nine. Johnson, Le Moyne’s leading returning scorer, hit the gamewinning 3 in the closing seconds that beat the Orange 82-79 a year ago. There was no chance of anything like that happening
again on this night. Despite a solid, disciplined performance by the Dolphins, who returned two starters from last season’s squad that went 18-10, Syracuse assumed control with a barrage of 3-pointers in the first half. Joseph, Southerland, and Jones each hit two from beyond the arc as Syracuse made 6 of 10. After Johnson’s 3 from the right corner moved Le Moyne within 27-21 with 6:57 left, Southerland swished a 3 from the left side and Jones hit another from the left corner to key a 10-0 run. Southerland’s second 3 made it 40-23 with 1:48 left as Syracuse gained a 41-25 halftime lead. The Orange opened the second half with a 14-0 spurt. Fab Melo’s block down low sent the Orange on a fast break that
Triche finished with a layup and Jardine set up Joseph for a twohanded slam dunk for a 55-25 lead at 16:36. Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim started the same five as he did a week ago in the Orange’s first preseason game: Jardine, Rick Jackson, Joseph, Triche, and the 7-foot Melo at center. It was the first and only exhibition game for the Dolphins, who host Queens in their regular-season opener on Saturday. Le Moyne was picked to finish 13th in the Northeast-10 Conference in the preseason coaches poll. Syracuse and Le Moyne have played six times during the regular season with the Orange winning all six at home. Following the loss, Syracuse opened the season with 13 straight victories and made it to No. 1 in the Top 25 by season’s end.
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It’s Ryan vs. Ryan this weekend
CLEVELAND (AP) — Born five minutes apart, Rex and Rob Ryan are inseparable. They’ve spent a lifetime together, playing, laughing, loving and fighting — sometimes with each other and often against anyone foolish enough to take them on. They never lost. “I don’t think there is any pair of brothers closer than we are,” Rob Ryan said. “We had our own language when we were kids growing up. If you fought one of us you had to be real tough because you had to fight both of us. We found a way to win.” The brothers Ryan, raised by their famous father Buddy to be honest, straightforward and to rush the heck out of the quarterback, will renew their sibling rivalry Sunday when Rex leads his New York Jets into Cleveland to take on a Browns defense coached by Rob. The days leading to the game will be filled with meetings, practices, and, of course, some serious trash talking over the phone. “It’s going to be brutal,” Rex Ryan said. “I’m sure we’ll talk about each other’s children, wives, whatever.” On Tuesday, Rob Ryan saw a photograph of himself, Browns coach Eric Mangini and rookie quarterback Colt McCoy that had blow darts sticking out of their images. “He drew first blood,” Rob said of his twin. “We are going to have some retaliatory reactions coming up later in the week.” But beyond the practical jokes and typical brother vs. brother shenanigans, the Ryan boys have an unbreakable bond. They talk daily, share a sweet tooth and sufficient stomachs, and are prone to drop an expletive or two into almost any conversation. Rex Ryan was criticized for his profanity during HBO’s “Hard Knocks” series this summer. While his mother threatened to wash his mouth with soap, his brother wasn’t offended. “Never even noticed the language but then I heard all the criticism,” Rob cracked. “I’m just glad they weren’t here in Cleveland.” Despite their dad’s wishes that they pursue another profession, the Ryans followed him into coaching. When Buddy Ryan, whose “46” scheme changed the way defense is played in the NFL, coached in Philadelphia, he urged his sons to accept jobs with a food service business at the airport. Buddy Ryan learned the hard way that the grueling hours and
constant travel would take a toll on his personal life. He and his wife, Doris, split when the boys were young. He wanted his sons to follow a different path. “They didn’t listen,” Buddy Ryan said over the phone from his horse farm in Kentucky. The Ryan brothers knew their calling. “We’re football coaches,” Rob said. “At one time, my whole goal was just to be able to have my own trailer, live in that and coach football. That was my life’s ambition. That’s how we look at things. We’ve always been destined to be football coaches.” After their parents divorced, Rob and Rex lived with their mother in Toronto, where the Ryans’ rough-around-the-edges reputations were developed during brutal backyard football games with their older brother, Jim, now an attorney in St. Louis. The Ryans played basketball, hockey and baseball — all with reckless abandon. Trouble was, they were not model students or citizens. They needed discipline. So, in seventh grade they were sent to Minnesota to live with their dad, then coaching the Vikings’ famed “Purple People Eaters” defense. “The Ryans were kind of running roughshod on Canada, so we had to move,” Rob said. “Our lives kind of changed when we moved in with my father, that’s for sure.” They began as ballboys, and after playing in college, they began a slow climb up the coaching ladder — from the bottom rung. Rob’s coaching stops included Western Kentucky, Tennessee State and Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College. Rex was at Eastern Kentucky, New Mexico Highlands and Morehead State. Sure, they had the advantage of a name known throughout coaching, but the Ryans worked hard, were handed nothing and are now regarded as two of the game’s best minds. When Rex Ryan was hired as the Jets’ coach after being passed over several teams, no one was prouder than Rob, who believes his brother’s success may help him land his dream job. “I hope it does,” he said. Rex Ryan doesn’t pull any punches, and his shoot-fromthe-hip style has endeared him to New York’s media, fans and players. Rob Ryan is no different, and it wasn’t surprising to see the Browns dump Gatorade after a recent upset of New
Orleans. They are alike and likable. But they’re also demanding. Step out of line, and there are consequences. That’s how the Ryans were taught. “We coach men’s football and the best thing to do is be yourself with all the flaws you have,” Rob said. “People can try to sugar coat things, but I believe what Rex does best is he is direct with his players. He tells them the truth, not necessarily what they want to hear but it’s the truth. My father always installed that in us, always be honest.” Sunday’s game will be at least the seventh with the Ryans on opposite sidelines, with Rob holding a 3-0 lead over Rex in their pro head-to-head matchups. However, this installment of the “Buddy Bowl” will be the first with one of the Ryans as an NFL head coach. Buddy will be there. “It’s going to be a great game,” the 76-year-old father said. “They’re both great coaches and I know they’re going to do everything they can to beat the other.” Amid the firings and hirings that come with life as a coach, Buddy Ryan never had to worry about uprooting Rex and Rob. “We had to move a lot,” the elder Ryan said. “The great thing is that every time we moved they knew their best friend was coming with them. Rex and Rob were always together.” Of all the wild stories about the Ryans — and there are dozens — Rob said one of Rex’s favorites happened on a baseball diamond. The Ryans were facing a top pitcher, who struck out Rex and then hit Rob in the middle of the back. “I hit his dad before with a fungo bat, so the kid paid me back,” Rob said matter-of-factly. The next time up, Rex fell behind 0-2 in the count and called timeout. “He was only playing with one contact lens,” Rob said. “So he goes, ‘Rob give me your left contact.’ I give it to him and he plucks it in his eye and goes up and smashes a home run. I think the thing is still going. They found it in Cuba somewhere. “He circles the bases and comes in with a big smile on his face and goes, ‘Do you want that contact back?’ I’m like, Nah, you can keep it. I think that was our best story right there.” It won’t be the last one.
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company you keep,” but its logo should be kept off the court. UConn is getting paid to put the overbearing blue stickers on Gampel’s and Hartford’s court, but they should be ripped off. The New York Life logos ruin the court. Sponsors have an opportunity to have their logo and slogan lit up on the scorer’s table. Schools like Ohio State and Texas Tech, among others, have had sponsors on their courts and it looks tacky. While pro teams use some of the money they make to sign big players, UConn doesn’t need more money from New York Life because its not going
into blue-chip recruits’ pockets. Let’s hope. With the men’s team picked to finish 10th in the Big East by the coaches this preseason, there should be ample opportunities for upsets that lead to court-stormings in Storrs and Hartford. While Jonathan the Husky is crowd surfing, hopefully a fan or two will run to the New York Life logos and rip them off the court. As long as it’s not my mom rushing the floor to steal a sticker, I don’t have a problem with it.
McDonough: Take N.Y. Life logo off courts
home is still pristine and pure; Harry A. Gampel Pavilion is free of a sponsorship title. Walking inside the white-topped dwelling to nine national championship banners, you see a 10,167-seat mecca for college basketball. And now, New York Life. The court at Gampel Pavilion and the XL Center are now adorned with New York Life logos, and they are here to stay. The insurance company that sells life insurance, long-term care and mutual funds (whatever those things are) has bought two spots on UConn’s home basketball courts. New York Life may be “the
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Zielinksi: New Orleans off to surprising start from UPSTART, page 14 performance has curbed his trade yearnings and echoed the old-age statement: “Winning Heals All.” Without question, Paul’s success is transitive to that of the Hornets, but he does not deserve sole credit. Instead, a solid supporting cast has rapidly formed around Paul. First, credit is due to Paul’s right-hand man, David West. The second leading scorer on the team, West is putting up a more than respectable tally of 18.3 points per game, along with 6.5 rebounds. Normally, one would figure West’s rebounding totals might be higher, but it is the surprising play of Emeka Okafor that is leading to his lowered rebounding numbers. Okafor, a sixth-year center out of UConn, has put up admirable numbers for a Western Conference center. He averaged 12.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.17 blocks per game in just over 28 minutes per contest. Trevor Ariza, who has started all six games, rounds out the Hornets’ supporting cast. Ariza has found his niche with the Hornets after his less than spectacular season with the Houston Rockets. All in all, one underlying theme is apparent: Paul may possess the ability to drive the Hornets to the postseason alone, but there is undoubtedly strength in numbers as illustrated by the emerging supporting cast. Yes, the season is early. Yes, the Hornets will eventually lose. And yes, it is even impossible to say that the Hornets will continue to play at such an extremely high level. But one thing is for sure: the Hornets are not to be counted out. Improving
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Chris Paul and the Hornets have risen to a an undefeated record in the 2010-2011 season.
their defensive efficiency from its atrocious levels of last season to third in the league this year, the Hornets are sound on both sides of the ball. Furthermore, playing the fifth-strongest schedule thus far, winning key games over not only the Miami Heat, but divisional foes such as Denver, Houston and
San Antonio, the Hornets have demonstrated their success is no fluke. With arguably the best point guard in the league at the helm, the Hornets are not merely “buzz” worthy– their “sting” is legitimate.
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UConn wraps up preseason play with IUP
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Kelly Farris dribbles the ball during the UConn women’s basketball teams 112-41 win over Franklin Pierce on Nov. 4. Farris and the Huskies finish their exhibition schedule tonight versus Indiana University (Pa.).
from GREATER, page 14 and junior guard Tiffany Hayes led the way, along with senior Lorin Dixon, for a combined 60 points. The trio also formed the Huskies’ first starting lineup of the year with sophomore Kelly Faris and freshman Stephanie Dolson. This particular group of five should see the court together for considerable minutes, though head coach Geno Auriemma will be substituting frequently to find which combinations he’s most comfortable with. On the opposite bench, IUP will look to stick with the three players that have brought them success in the Division II ranks, including a 17-10 record last year. Sarah Pastorek, Lacey Claar and Eryn Withers all return for the Crimson Hawks in 2010, after averaging more 10 points a game one year ago. Pastorek corralled a team-
high 10 points in her team’s last outing against American University, an exhibition loss. The team also fell earlier this season to James Madison, but tonight will be their first ever matchup with Connecticut. When taking the floor against IUP, the Huskies have two things above all others to focus on, outside of sharing the basketball. On the defensive end, the center of attention will be shoring up their perimeter defense after allowing eight 3-pointers last time out. Down on the other end, generating an offensive presence on the inside with the likes of Dolson and redshirt sophomore Heather Buck figures to be paramount. “We’re trying to get our inside guys to reach a certain intensity level,” Auriemma said. “It’s been spotty so far, good some times and other times nowhere to be found. But it’s got to get better and they know that.” UConn has ample oppor-
tunity to accomplish both these things while up their final division opponent of the year. The sharp-shooting Claar needs just 13 3-pointers to eclipse IUP’s school record for most threes in a career. In addition, the Hawks’ shortcomings lie inside the paint where they do not have a single player over 5-foot-11. The latter task will fall to Dolson, who finds that the Huskies do not have any shortcomings in the team chemistry department, despite having five freshmen. “The chemistry is great,” Dolson said. “I think we’re really good together off the court, and on the court we’re still working, but it’s getting better every day.”
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Football (4-4) Nov. 11 Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 20 Syracuse 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 27 Cincinnati TBA
Dec. 4 USF TBA
Men’s Basketball (0-0) Nov. 12 Stony Brook 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 23 Nov. 22 Michigan St./ Wichita State Chaminade 3:00 p.m. 2:00/7:00
Nov. 17 Vermont 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 30 UNH 7:30 p.m.
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“It’s going to be brutal. I’m sure we’ll talk to each other’s children, wives, whatever.” -Jets’ coach Rex Ryan on the porspect of facing his brother Rob, this weekend.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chris Johnson isn’t close to being on pace for his stated goal of 2,500 yards rushing this season nor the 2,000 yards he had last season. The Tennessee running back, hampered by a sore thigh the past month, said he’s really not focused on that 2,500-yard goal right now. He’s still the NFL’s fifth-leading rusher with 721 yards, which hasn’t been easy with opponents worried about stopping him at all costs. “We’re 5-3 and winning,” Johnson said. “We’re not having a losing season. I can’t really come in here very frustrated. I know we could be way better than we are in the run game. I know we still have time to fix this. Hopefully, by the end of the year, we’ll be OK.” Now Johnson has had a bye week to rest up his sore thigh, and he also will have new addition Randy Moss on the field when the Titans visit Miami (4-4) on Sunday. Johnson believes Moss will help, seeing the receiver as the playmaker to help him find more room to run. “I know for a fact they can’t put all those guys in the box with that guy out there,” Johnson said. Coach Jeff Fisher is a bit more reserved on how much adding the receiver with 153 career touchdown receptions helps the run game.
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Women’s Basketball (0-0) Today Indiana (PA) 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 14 Holy Cross 2:00 p.m.
Nov. 21 Georgia Tech 2:00 p.m.
Nov. 16 Baylor 6:00 p.m.
Nov. 26 Howard 7:30 p.m.
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Nov. 12 NCAA Tournament Round 1 Hofstra (Chesnut Hill, Mass.) 7 p.m.
Field Hockey (15-5) Nov. 13 NCAA Tournament Round 1 American University (College Park, Md.) 2 p.m.
Volleyball (5-18) Nov. 13 Pittsburgh 2:00 p.m.
Nov. 14 West Virginia 2:00 p.m.
Nov. 19 Big East Championship
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Nov. 12 RIT 7:05 p.m.
Nov. 13 RIT 7:05 p.m.
Nov. 19 Bentley 7:05 p.m.
Nov. 20 American International 7:05 p.m.
Nov. 26 Rensselaer 7:00 p.m.
Women’s Hockey (2-7-1) Nov. 13 UNH 2:00 p.m.
Nov. 14 UNH 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 20 Nov. 26/27 Vermont Nutmeg Classic 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Dec. 4 Boston University 1:00 p.m.
Men’s Cross-Country Nov. 13 Regional Championship 11:45 a.m.
Nov. 20 IC4A Championship TBA
Nov. 22 NCAA Championship TBA
Women’s Cross-Country Nov. 20 Regional Championship All Day
Nov. 22 NCAA Championship All Day
Men’s Swimming and Diving Nov. 13 Penn 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 18-20 Maryland Terrapin Cup All Day
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THE Storrs Side UConn men open season Friday at Gampel with question marks By Colin McDonough Senior Staff Writer The UConn men’s basketball team is in unfamiliar territory. The Huskies are beginning the 2010-2011 season ranked No. 10–not in the Associated Press or coaches’ poll, but in the 16-team Big East conference. Coach Jim Calhoun and his team are coming off a disappointing 18-16 season that earned UConn a berth in the NIT. The Huskies were ranked No. 10 in the nation in late December last season, but fell off the map during Big East play. UConn finished a dismal 12th place in the regular season and were blown out by St. John’s in the opening round of the Big East tournament. After falling to Virginia Tech in the second round of the NIT, the Huskies endured off-thecourt problems. Calhoun met with NCAA officials to discuss recruiting violations and had to miss First Night last month. Although not much is expected out of UConn this regular sea-
son, the Huskies showed in their two exhibition games that new additions to the program can contribute this season. Freshman Jeremy Lamb made seven of nine field goals, scored 17 points and blocked three Bridgeport shot attempts in the Huskies 103-57 win over the Purple Knights. Shabazz Napier scored nine points in 27 minutes in his first game at the XL Center and Niels Giffey added eight points. Tyler Olander and Roscoe Smith each dropped four points to round out the freshman corps’ performance. This group of freshman may enter college basketball as picked No. 10 in the Big East, but if the group can mesh and contribute right away, then UConn may prove a lot of people wrong and help the Huskies get back into prominence.
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TORONTO (AP) — The Hockey Hall of Fame opened its doors to women for the first time on Monday. Angela James of Canada and Cammi Granato of the United States received their Hall of Fame rings. They were inducted with former NHL star Dino Ciccarelli, builder Jim Devellano and the late Daryl “Doc” Seaman, one of the founders of the Calgary Flames. The Hall of Fame established separate induction criteria for women this year, paving the way for James and Granato. “I think it’s a historic night and I think it’s great for hockey at all levels,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said. “Both Angela and Cammi are inspirational, they’re pioneers once again. What they’ve done in the game to this point has been terrific and I think they’re great role models for other girls and women looking to devote themselves to this game.” But the breakthrough moment comes at a time when female players are still defending their game.
THE Pro Side Top-25 teams Pitt and Illinois start college basketball’s first week By Dan Agabiti Staff Writer Pitt looks to start 2-0 Tonight, the No. 4 Pittsburgh Panthers take on Illinois-Chicago in another match of the 2K Sports Classic Monday night, Pittsburgh came dangerously close to an early-season upset against a very scrappy URI team, but ultimately won 83-75. In spite of being down by eight points late in the first half, the Panthers responded and eventually took over the game, wearing down the Rams with their size. The Panthers’ bright spots included forward Talib Zanna who scored 9 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in 20 minutes of play. Brad Wanamaker and Ashton Gibbs scored 24 and 22 points, respectively, in the win. The Rams matchup was not the typical “easy win against a low-level team” game; they reached the semi finals of the NIT last season. However, Illinois-
Chicago out of the Horizon Conference should prove to be a much easier opponent. Illinois begins season The 13th ranked Illinois Fighting Illini take on Toledo tonight. Last time out, Illinois made easy work out of UC Irvine, beating them 79-65. Guard, Brandon Paul scored 18 points and had 2 steals. It is going to be important for Illinois to get some early wins this season because over the next month, their schedule becomes much tougher. Their opponents include Texas, Gonzaga and a much improved North Carolina team. Not only is their out-ofconference schedule tough early on, but their Big 10 schedule does not make things any easier late in the season. Early momentum is going to be paramount.
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» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY P.13: Hockey hall opens door to women . / P.12: Syracuse wins exhibition versus Le Moyne. / P.11: Garrett takes over as Cowboys’ coach.
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Colin McDonough My mother does not know much about sports. She doesn’t really have many strong opinions about sports either. Except for this one. She believes that sponsor names should never be used for a stadium or arena title. My mom doesn’t understand how anyone in his or her right mind could ever name a playing field “Qualcomm Stadium.” She hates stadiums and arenas, that instead of named after the team or owner’s last name, has a neon sign with a beer or soft drink as its name. And you know what? I kind of agree with her. Sports are a business, and the money from sponsorship helps teams sign big-name free agents to make teams contenders and keep fans happy. In professional sports, many stadiums and arenas now have sponsors instead of traditional names. But, management can justify naming the new Boston Garden, the TD Garden, in order to make money and be able to pay superstars’ contracts. Citi Field, Minute Maid Park, U.S. Cellular Field, PetCo. Park and American Airlines Arena are just a few disgusting names for stadiums across the country. In the college game, some arenas have sponsor titles, too. Nearby Quinnipiac University in Hamden plays at the TD Bank Sportscenter. The UConn basketball teams play more than half of their games at the XL Center in Hartford, formerly known as the Hartford Civic Center. The Huskies’ on-campus
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Upstart Hornets creating buzz By Chris Zielinski NBA Columnist Entering its third week, this NBA season has provided a plethora of story lines. From the instant blossoming of rookies, marquee conference matchups, as well as both surprising and disappointing starts, nearly every avenue has been covered. Possibly the most predictable performance of all has been that of the Los Angeles Lakers, who to no one’s surprise are one of the two remaining undefeated teams. Essentially, the only surprising thing regarding the Lakers is how quiet they have remained with their spotless record. The league spotlight has shifted to New Orleans, where the Hornets find themselves quickly gaining respect and attention due to their remarkable 6-0 start. Attributing the success of a team requires careful analysis of countless characteristics. The Hornets’ success is no different, but one does not need to look far to realize why their success has been maximized this season. For the Hornets, everything starts and ends with Chris Paul. In a season where the MVP award has been basically already gift-wrapped for Fiba’s darling Kevin Durant, Paul has already made the MVP race more interesting, averaging 18.7 points per game, along with 10.2 assists and 2.3 steals. Most importantly, Paul’s eye-popping 5.55 assist-to-turnover ratio leads the league. With Miami’s unification creating a league with superstars hungry to team up with one another, Paul’s
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If last week’s look at the UConn women’s basketball team was any indicator of things to come, the 2010-2011 season appears promising. But just in case there are any doubters, the Huskies will play one more in their final exhibition tonight. The Crimson Hawks of Indiana University in Pennsylvania have come to do battle with the Huskies at the XL Center in Hartford starting at 7 p.m. The contest will be the last game for each squad before their season officially starts Sunday, when UConn takes on Holy Cross. The Huskies drubbed their last visitor, Franklin Pierce, by a score of 112-41. 7:00 p.m. But, the score will XL Center not be their top priority tonight. WTIC “The number one thing we’ve got to do is make sure everybody’s involved,” said senior forward Maya Moore. “If Coach Auriemma puts you out on the floor, you’ve got to be able to produce, and I think everyone is definitely capable of that,” There was no shortage of production last Thursday against Franklin Pierce, when UConn saw every team member put one through the basket at Gampel Pavilion. Moore
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Lorin Dixon and UConn play host to the Indianan University (Pa.) Crimson Hawks tonight at the XL Center in their second exhibition game. Dixon scored 11 points and had four assists in the Huskies win over Franklin Pierce on Nov. 4.
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Huskies gear up for Pittsburgh By Colin McDonough Senior Staff Writer After defeating West Virginia for the first time in school history, the UConn football team got a well-deserved rest. The Huskies had last weekend off, which helped them have more time to prepare for Notebook Pittsburgh t h i s Thursday at Rentschler Field. “I’d rather be a guy that plays every Saturday,” Edsall said. “We have longer periods of stretch because of playing the Friday night games and the Thursday night games. I think at this point in time, it did help us from an injury standpoint.” Starting quarterback Zach Frazer will remain the No. 1 quarterback. Back up quarterback Mike Box will stay in the No. 2 spot. “He’s still in a red jersey, but hopefully that’ll come out soon,” Edsall said. “I’m pretty certain he’ll be cleared for Thursday night, but that doesn’t change, Zach is the starting quarterback.” Edsall said that he has confidence in Frazer to finish his senior season under center. “During the season sometimes, things come up where as a player you don’t have a lot of control over them,” Edsall said. “He stayed into it from a mental standpoint and did the things a third quarterback should do and stayed mentally sharp and ready to go. I think he’s practiced well. He’s a guy that has experience, that has games under his belt. He’s won big games for us.”
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Depth chart changes Other changes to the depth
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Zach Frazer eludes a West Virginia defender during the Huskies’ 16-13 overtime win against the Mountaineers on Oct. 29. Frazer will remain the starting quarterback when UConn hosts Pitt Thursday night at Rentschler Field.
chart include Isiah Moore taking Dwayne Difton’s spot at wide receiver. “Just in terms of some things from a practice standpoint that Dwayne wasn’t doing. It was more from what Isiah was doing and Dwayne wasn’t getting done,” Edsall said. It was also announced that Nick Williams and Kashif Moore will return kickoffs together, barring another injury to Williams. Moore honored Last week, the Football Writers of America named Sio
Moore National Defensive Player of the Week. Moore had 17 tackles, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in the 16-13 overtime versus West Virginia. Despite his performance this seasonEdsall still will not give Moore the same credit as the media. “You’re never as good as you think you are and never as bad as you think you are,” Edsall said. “I think there’s guys you can say certain things to and handle situations a certain way and they can handle it. Other people you have to handle them differently.”
Edsall comments on Paterno Penn State coach Joe Paterno became the first FBS coach to win 400 games Saturday after beating Northwestern. Edsall, commented on his colleague’s accomplishment. “That’s a record that’ll never be broken,” Edsall said. “He is what college football is all about and what it stands for. Just to think a number of years ago they wanted to run him out of town, and here he’s won more games than anybody at an FBS and he’s done it the right way. At 84 years of age I will not be coaching. God bless him.”
Big East expansion It was also announced last week that the Big East conference will look to expand in football. Undefeated TCU has been mentioned as possibly joining the conference, among other schools. “I think TCU is a fine football team,” Edsall said. “I don’t really have any say because we don’t have any say. Whatever the athletic directors and presidents have to do, we as coaches have to live with that.”
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