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A screening of “10 Rules for Dealing with Police” followed by a question-and-answer session was held by the American Civil Liberties Union, Students for a Sensible Drug Policy and UConn Students for Liberty in the Student Union Theater Tuesday night.

The film outlines 10 important rules to keep in mind when in contact with police officers, as well as important general tips and guidelines. Billy Murphy Jr., a former judge and criminal defense lawyer, gave advice on how to interact with cops to a courtroom full of civilians frustrated with the police.

“I know how the law works and I know that for many people the law sometimes doesn’t work. I’m going to show how to make the law work for you,” Murphy said.

With tips ranging from “being hostile with police is stupid and dangerous” to explaining the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth amendments, Murphy clearly accomplished his goal of explaining the civilians’ and the police officers’ rights.

“It’s a really pertinent issue for students because I think the vast majority of students have had a confrontation with the police,” said Nellie Stagg, a 3rd-semester sociology and women’s studies double major and president of the UConn ACLU. “Just because

you’re young doesn’t mean you don’t have rights.”

“It’s all about really protecting your rights,” said Sam Tracy, a 3rd-semester political science major and president of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy. “This video isn’t specifically about drug policy, but it is about how the police interact with people.”

The film presented three scenarios in which each character did not assert their rights effectively.

In a personable, and sometimes corny way, Murphy showed what each civilian could have done to improve his or her situation.

In one situation, a college student was pulled over for “excessive swerving.” The student talked back to the officer with

a bad attitude. But the cop over stepped his boundaries and treated the young man “like a dog.”

Students in the audience identified with this example, as many of them had been in or witnessed similar situations.

At this point Murphy presented rule number one: “Always be calm and cool,” rule number two, “you have the right to remain silent” and rule number three, “you have the right to refuse searches.” His advice is to clearly and calmly say to the officer, “I don’t consent to searches.”

The audience learned in the question-and-answer segment of the event that with probable cause and reasonable suspicion, an officer has the right to search. Guest

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Lt. Chris Casa from the UConn Police Department spoke at the training program, “Active Shootings: Survival Mindset & Courses of Action” on Tuesday. The seminar and video presentation was designed to show students and faculty how to respond to an active shooter in the workplace.

Peace Corps seeks more volunteers

By Jaimi Welch Campus Correspondent The International Center sponsored a Return Peace Corps Volunteer panel discussion Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the Student Union to celebrate the Corps’ upcoming 50th anniversary.

The presentation is one of the last events of UConn Global Celebration 2010.

Ryan Lesley, administrative clerk and one of two recruiters in Connecticut, spoke about the organizations efforts to reach 12,000 volunteers by 2012.

“Last year we had 7,600 volunteers, this year we have 8,600,” said Lesley, who served as a volunteer in Cameroon from September 2006 to December 2008.

Lesley said the Peace Corps is just as important today as it was in 1961 when it started under the United States’ 35th President, John F. Kennedy.

All who spoke at the panel agreed with Lesley, including Carl and Beth Salsedo.

The Salsedos met at the beginning of their freshman year in college and joined the Peace Corps together in 1968. They were married while serving in Palau Micronesia said Beth Salsedo, who recently retired from her job at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UConn.

Beth Salsedo gave birth while in Palau. Salsedo said that she went through the same delivery a traditional Palauan woman would.

The slideshow presented by Carl Salsedo, extension educator for

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Ryan Lesley, administrative clerk and Peace Corps recruiter for Connecticut, speaks at the Peace Corps’ 50th anniversary celebration on Tuesday. Lesley noted the importance of the Peace Corps and spoke of the organization’s efforts to recruit 12,000 volunteers by 2012.

What’s on at UConn today...

CPPAC Meeting 2 – 3:30 p.m.

Bishop Center, 7 The Capital Projects Planning and Advisory Committee will meet to discuss ongoing and upcoming projects for the university.

Straight from the Source 4 – 5:30 p.m.

Student Union North Lobby The USG sponsored event will allow students to get answers to their questions from administrators and put rumors to rest.

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With divided Congress, tough road for ed. reform

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speaker Andrew Schneider, executive director of the Connecticut ACLU explained, “If there is probable cause that there has been misconduct, then they have the lawful right to search your car.”

But Schneider also explained that a police officer may overstep his rights and search without a justification. His advice is to assert your rights, but if your rights are ignored, cooperate with the officer. “[A search without proper justification] means that search can be ruled unconstitutional in court… because they violated the laws themselves,” said Schneider.

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Homelessness Sleep-out 5 p.m. – 7 a.m.

Student Union Quad Students can participate in contests, win prizes, and enjoy the company of other students as they raise awareness about homelessness. Admission is one non-perishable food item.

(AP) ­— The Obama administration has pushed an ambitious education agenda in the last two years, sending $100 billion to states thorough the stimulus package and spurring reform in many locations through the Race to the Top competition.

But none of the major initiatives pushed by President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have been bipartisan. Most were approved through large spending bills that Republicans opposed.

Politicians and experts say the big Republican gains in Congress will serve as a roadblock to further Democratled education reform efforts, including a likely decrease in big-ticket spending as the GOP seeks greater fiscal restraint.

Another round of the $4.35 billion Race to the Top competition or a cash infusion like the $10 billion aid package Democrats passed earlier this fall to save thousands of teacher jobs would almost certainly be blocked. Efforts to save Pell Grants for low- and middleincome students and revamp the No Child Left Behind Act will be complicated with Congress so divided.

“Obama and Duncan were very lucky that they had two years of relatively little interference from the Congress, and the Congress gave them a lot of money in education,” Jack Jennings, director of the Center for Education Policy.

The GOP takeover of the House means that Rep. John Kline of Minnesota will become the chair of the Education and Labor Committee, giving the Minnesota Republican huge clout in shaping education spending.

Kline is a deficit hawk and retired Marine pilot who said it’s time to pull Washington out of the nation’s classrooms and stop using billions in federal dollars to bail out state education budgets.

“Washington does not have the money and the states have got to face their own issues,” said Kline.

In an interview this week in Paris, Duncan said he was optimistic the Republican election victories wouldn’t derail the administration’s plans, but conceded “There’s no guarantee our agenda will continue to move.”

Both parties have agreed on the need to revamp No Child Left Behind, the nation’s most important – and controversial – education law. The law was passed on a bipartisan vote in 2001 when Congress was similarly divided between a Republican House and Democratic Senate.

Safety Walk 6:30 – 8 p.m.

Student Union Theater Students will take a walk around campus to identity safety hazards in need of attention.

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DAILY BRIEFING Georgia-Pacific sets plan to protect forests » STATE

Discount bus carrier returns to Hartford

HARTFORD (AP) — Megabus is returning to the Hartford market.

The discount carrier says it will begin daily service next month from Hartford to New York City and Amherst, Mass.

Megabus is promising fares as low as $1 and also plans to give out 1,000 free tickets as a promotion between Dec. 15 and Jan. 15.

The carrier withdrew from the Hartford market last year, citing disappointing sales.

Several hurt as truck careens through Conn. city

STAMFORD (AP) — Police say at least a dozen Connecticut high school students are hurt after a man got into a fight with his girlfriend, took a box truck from work then crashed into at least 12 cars and a school bus in Stamford.

The Stamford Advocate reports that the students and their bus driver were taken to Stamford Hospital for minor injuries. The suspect and a woman whose car he hit were also in critical condition in hospital Tuesday.

Police identified the truck driver only as a 30-year-old Stamford resident.

Stamford police Capt. Brian McElligott said the driver “hit everything that could be hit,” including parked cars, signs and parking meters.

Dominick Colandro, a local deli owner, says the driver had “a cigarette in his mouth and two hands on the wheel. He was in a rage.”

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Ohio lawmaker pushes ban on synthetic marijuana

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A state lawmaker is pushing legislation to make the sale or possession of a synthetic marijuana illegal in Ohio.

State Rep. Margaret Ruhl is one of the lead sponsors of House Bill 544. It would classify the synthetic substance sold in convenience stores and other businesses under names such as “Spice” or “K2” as a Schedule I controlled substance.

The Dayton Daily News reports that New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania are considering similar legislation and at least 10 other states already outlaw the synthetic blend of chemically treated, smokable leaves.

The Republican from Mount Vernon says Spice is dangerous and has made some students from her area and many others ill.

Bush breaks ground on presidential center in Texas

DALLAS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush, joined by former administration officials including a noticeably thinner former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, broke ground Tuesday on his presidential center.

More than 3,000 people, including friends, supporters and former administration officials attended the event under a giant white tent at Dallas’ Southern Methodist University. Outside, there were around 100 protesters joined by a handful of counter-protesters.

“It is hard to believe there is this much excitement about shoveling dirt,” quipped Bush.

The George W. Bush Presidential Center, located on the campus of former first lady Laura Bush’s alma mater, will include a library and a policy institute and is expected to open in February 2013.

“Today’s groundbreaking marks the beginning of a journey,” Bush said. “We take the first step toward the construction of the presidential center, which will be a dynamic hub of ideas and actions, based upon timeless principles.”

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France: Diabetes drug may be linked to 500 deaths

PARIS (AP) — French health officials said Tuesday the nowbanned diabetes and weight loss drug Mediator may have been linked to the deaths of about 500 people in the 33 years it was on the market.

France’s health products safety agency has advised those who used the drug from 2006 to 2009 to see their doctor to check for possible heart valve problems.

The agency said Tuesday that about 5 million people used Mediator – the brand name for benfluorex in France – from 1976 until it was pulled off the market in 2009.

The European Medicines Agency said last year that it decided to remove benfluorex from the market because it had little effect on diabetes and might lead to a dangerous thickening of heart valves.

In September, European regulators pulled blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia off the market because of alleged links to heart attacks.

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ATLANTA (AP) — The nation’s largest manufacturer of plywood, Georgia-Pacific LLC, will not buy timber from environmentally sensitive areas and will discourage landowners from clearing hardwood forests under a new policy, it said Tuesday.

Georgia-Pacific, which makes wood and fiber products, announced the plan with three environmental groups.

Activists said the company’s new policy goes a step beyond conservation policies set by other firms by using a scoring system backed by satellite and other mapping technologies to identify protected forests.

The policy is a product of seven years of discussions started when the Rainforest Action Network pressured major Georgia-Pacific customers including Home Depot and Lowe’s over their wood supply.

Georgia-Pacific opened talks that eventually involved a trio of environmental organizations.

“We continue to believe it is possible to operate in a way that is environmentally responsible and also economically sound,” said Jim Hannan, Georgia-Pacific’s CEO and president. “This policy also gives us the opportunity to address issues of increasing

interest to our customers and to consumers.”

The policy is nonbinding, so Georgia-Pacific faces no penalties other than possible embarrassment should it fail to meet its goals. Company executives will not call the policy an agreement, and they are still deciding how it will be enforced.

Still, the environmental

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University reopened two labs Tuesday night that were targeted in a bomb threat that prompted the school to close four buildings, including the main library, and three streets, disrupting campus life for hundreds of students, staff and faculty.

The library and a third lab were scheduled to reopen later Tuesday. No bombs were found in the two buildings that were reopened, and an earlier search of all four turned up nothing out of the ordinary, officials said.

The threat was in a message received Tuesday at FBI headquarters in Washington, said Paul Bresson, a spokesman based there. The bureau had several leads and was continuing to investigate, its Cincinnati spokesman, Michael Brooks, said late Tuesday.

Ohio State is one of the nation’s largest universities, with more than 56,000 students at its main Columbus campus.

Campus police said they were alerted at 8:19 a.m. Tuesday that the threats involved the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library and three laboratory buildings.

Authorities did not identify the source of the bomb threats.

Bresson declined to provide information about where the e-mail appeared to come from or whether the FBI believed the threat was real.

University officials did not give details on the nature of the threats and declined to speculate on why the four buildings were targeted.

“It’s a little worrisome.

Maybe there won’t be a warning next time,” said Todd Elder, 21, a psychology major from Columbus.

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In this file photo, Bryan Poovey, a forester for the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, points to an area where Atlantic white cedar seedlings are growing in Camden County, N.C.

groups involved in the negotiations consider it a step forward and have been promised annual updates from the company.

The policy sets two primary principles. First, GeorgiaPacific will not buy pine fiber from lands that were formerly natural hardwood forests and were cleared after July 2008 to plant pine plantations,

a process called conversion.

Conservationists put a high priority on stopping conversion since it destroys habitats that plants and wildlife depend on.

“The conversion of hardwood forests to pine plantations means that you lose a significant portion of the natural biodiversity found in those forests,” said Debbie Hammel, a senior resource specialist for the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the groups that helped negotiate the policy.

Georgia-Pacific estimates there are 90 million acres of hardwood forests in the area it operates, primarily from Texas and Mississippi to Virginia, although the company does not necessarily buy lumber from all that land.

Before-and-after satellite imagery will be used to help detect changes in forest composition.

The second principle was to label some areas “endangered forests” and “special areas” that Georgia-Pacific has agreed will be off-limits.

Georgia-Pacific will identify these lands using a scoring system that takes into account concentrations of rare and endangered species, rare forest types, roadless areas and places already afforded government protection.

Ohio State reopens 2 labs after bomb threat

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Ohio State students walk past the main library while it is closed because of a bomb threat at Ohio State University Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio.

Former volunteers share photos and Students think knowing rights and stories of their experiences cooperation with officers are important from PEACE CORPS, page 1 UConn’s Greater Hartford Campus, was a medley of photos depicting life in the Peace Corps.

Carl Salsedo wasn’t the only one who brought visual aid to the discussion. Robert Chudy, Director for the Office of International Affairs, passed around a photo album depicting his time spent serving in Korea in 1972.

Chudy said his parents were not pleased with his decision to join the Peace Corps after earning a master’s degree.

But Chudy said joining changed his life.

“You find yourself,” Chudy said.

This is true in the case of Ailton Coleman, who went to Kiribati in 2001 and planned to become a lawyer after returning home. But his experience overseas made him realize that he wanted to go into the field of public health.

Coleman said there were no doctors on his island, and many of the medical problems the islanders faced could have been easily prevented had there been a trained professional.

Though the volunteers’ stories showed how much they were influenced by their time spent helping another country, it was Eric Donkor’s story of being on the other end of that relationship that showed the true impact of Peace Corps.

Donkor, who is now a faculty member in UConn’s School of Engineering, said that before the Peace Corps arrived in his home of Ghana he dreamed of being Michael Jackson, however, their presence gave him an opportunity to find his true passion.

“The impact goes on forever and ever,” Donkor said.

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Benjamin Adams, a 7thsemester computer science major, attended the event because he knew some friends that were going and thought it might be interesting.

“I was just curious about a person’s rights in a certain situation or lack thereof,” Adams said.

After the screening, Schneider was asked many questions about the rights of the civilian and the rights of the officer. Students asked about past circumstances, situations their friends had been in and general questions about the law. For the majority of questions, Schneider advised that students assert their rights but cooperate with the officers. If there is a situation of police misconduct, the civilian should file an official complaint with the police department, Schneider said.

semester economics major and CFO of UConn Students for Liberty, felt that students should watch this video so they are aware of their rights and when to use them.

“I personally had dealings with the police that have been both positive and negative that could’ve been prevented if I knew my rights,” MacWilliams said. “This transcends whatever you believe in. You can benefit from this.”

MacWilliams explained that the student groups that organized the screening spent a lot of time and energy to put it on, but he felt it was worth it if students could gain a better understanding of their rights. He even went as far as to let the UConn Police Department know of the event and ask if they would like to attend or contribute Elizabeth.Crowley@UConn.edu to it – an offer they declined.

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Obama’s hopes for Russia nuclear pact fade

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a blow to President Barack Obama, chances faded Tuesday for Senate approval of a major nuclear arms treaty with Russia this year, tripping up one of the administration’s top foreign policy goals: improving relations with Moscow.

Obama has been pushing to get enough Republican support for a vote before the Democratic majority shrinks by six in January, and was optimistic just over the weekend about sealing perhaps his most significant foreign policy achievement.

Part of the task included winning over Sen. Jon Kyl, the leading Republican senator on the New START agreement, who has demanded more funds for the U.S. nuclear arsenal as a condition for approving the treaty. The White House proposed adding $4.1 billion to modernize the arsenal and officials traveled to Kyl’s home state to sell the pact, according to a congressional aide. But the senator wasn’t sufficiently impressed.

In a statement Tuesday, Kyl said he didn’t think the issue should be considered this year, citing a busy Senate agenda and the complexity of the treaty.

Democrats are unlikely to be able to move forward without his support.

“When Majority Leader Harry Reid asked me if I thought the treaty could be considered in the lame duck session, I replied I did not think so given the combination of other work Congress must do and the complex and unresolved issues related to START and modernization,” Kyl said.

The administration reacted swiftly with Vice President Joe Biden warning that Senate failure to ratify the treaty would endanger the national security of the United States. Without ratification, Americans will have no way to verify Russia’s strategic nuclear arsenal and cooperation would weaken between two nations that hold 90 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons, he said.

The administration is worried that ratification could slip out of reach if the vote is delayed until next year. Even with their current large majority in the Senate, Democrats have struggled to win enough support from Republicans, many of whom have opposed the treaty or raised concerns.

Sixty-seven votes are needed for ratification.

Kyl’s rejection of fast action will likely set the treaty back at least for months because Republicans will probably demand new hearings in the Senate Foreign Relations

Committee so that newly elected lawmakers are briefed.

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said that the administration believes it has already addressed the concerns of Kyl and other Republicans on the treaty and funding for the U.S. nuclear stockpile.

“The New START treaty is in our national interest and we believe it should be voted upon in this lame duck session,” Crowley said.

Kyl said that he had spoken with Reid Monday night. The Republican senator’s support is crucial because a number of his Republican colleagues have said they will follow his lead on the treaty.

Kyl has maintained that boosting funding for the stockpile would ease Republican concerns about the treaty by demonstrating that the administration is serious about maintaining a robust U.S. nuclear deterrent. The treaty would reduce U.S. and Russian limits on strategic warheads to 1,550 for each country from the current ceiling of 2,200. It also would set up new procedures to allow both countries to inspect each other’s arsenals to verify compliance.

Some Republicans have argued that the treaty would limit U.S. missile defense options and does not provide adequate pro-

BEIJING (AP) — Two of Asia’s most dynamic and fast-growing cities were struck within hours by disasters that devastated a pair of apartment blocks and underscored the challenges faced by both China and India as they try to enforce safety and building codes amid

torrid economic growth.

In Shanghai, welders apparently ignited a blaze that engulfed a high-rise, while in New Delhi it might have been monsoon rains or an illegal new floor that caused the building’s collapse Monday. The two tragedies, thousands of miles

(kilometers) apart, killed at least 119 people.

Indian and Chinese cities have expanded at breakneck speed over the last few decades, buoyed by growth that has swelled the middle class and brought waves of rural migrants seeking better

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In this file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. John Kyl., R-Ariz., questions Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, on Capitol Hill in Washington during her confirmation hearing before the committee.

cedures to ensure that Russia is living up to its terms. Advocates dispute both charges.

Failure to win passage could trip up one of the administration’s top foreign policy goals:

improving relations with Russia. The treaty, signed in April by Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, has been the most tangible sign of success, and failure to

get it ratified could be viewed as a rebuke in Moscow. It also would leave Obama’s push for even greater restrictions on the world’s nuclear arsenal in doubt.

opportunities. The pace and scale of the building boom has been head-spinning, and is not expected to slow soon.

Investigators looking into Monday’s blaze in Shanghai say unlicensed welders misused their equipment, accidentally starting the fire that quickly engulfed the 28-story apartment building. Police detained eight people Tuesday as they investigated the blaze that killed 53 and sent 70 to hospitals.

In New Delhi, the five-story building pancaked, killing 66 people and injuring scores.

Neighborhood residents said the landlord was adding an unauthorized floor to the 15-year-old building to pack in more migrant workers and their families. An official said monsoon rains may have weakened the structure.

Maria Chen, China representative for ICF International – a management and technology consulting company based in Fairfax, Virginia, that helps companies in China become more energy efficient – said the rapid pace of construction inevitably leads to disasters such as the fire in Shanghai.

“Part of the problem is just the scale of magnitude,” said Chen.

“Every year China is putting up 2 billion square meters (2.4 billion sq. yards) of new building space ... That’s 50 times Manhattan’s office stock. So China is putting

that many buildings on the ground, quickly, and with minimal (safety) enforcement. That’s really one of the overarching problems – and also developers desire to make quick money.”

India and China have produced high growth in sharply different ways. China’s more government-directed capitalism excels at topdown directives and mammoth infrastructure projects. India’s urbanization has been more chaotic with greater scope for private entrepreneurship. But they are both running up against basic problems in their race to modernize: shoddy construction, lax enforcement of building codes, and rampant corruption.

In India, the result has been glass and steel high-rises and thickets of crowded low-rise buildings and shanty towns.

Callous building contractors flout existing laws while unscrupulous government officials ignore illegal constructions of poor quality that meet the soaring demand for cheap housing.

With land prices spiraling out of control in New Delhi, builders stack additional floors onto their buildings without getting the required clearances or by paying bribes to get officials to turn a blind eye – which residents alleged is what happened in Monday eve-

ning’s disaster.

The building, housing hundreds of people, was located in the city’s congested Lalita Park area.

Emergency efforts were hampered because vehicles had difficulty navigating the neighborhood’s narrow alleyways.

Officials ordered the evacuation of at least one other nearby building with a flooded basement that they feared could collapse.

In China too, real estate prices in mega-cities such as Beijing and Shanghai have spiraled, yet residents often worry about the integrity of new gleaming buildings that are built fast and with little apparent attention to quality.

Last year, a nearly finished 13-story apartment building in Shanghai collapsed. Excavations for an underground parking garage may have undermined the structure, causing it to topple.

Ambitious government plans to renovate old buildings to make them more energy efficient – and reduce China’s greenhouse gas emissions, the world’s largest – are also adding to the construction frenzy.

Shanghai’s fire chief told reporters during Monday’s fire the flames raced along a scaffolding of bamboo and flammable nylon nets – erected to retrofit the 1990sera building with more energyefficient insulation.

Building tragedies hit China, India; 119 killed

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A boy carries another and walks down stairs as residents of an adjacent building are evacuated by police after a four-story apartment building collapsed in New Delhi, India on Tuesday.

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Colleges have right to ban Four Loko

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our Loko is a drink containing both caffeine and alcohol, with up to 12 percent alcohol by volume.

The drink, which has become increasingly popular on college campuses around the country, has been demonstrated to cause many negative side effects. These problems have become so great that several colleges have begun banning the beverage.

In October, Ramapo College in New Jersey became the first institution to ban Four Loko after 17 students and six visitors required medical attention after consuming the drink at a party.

Other schools have also banned the drink from their campuses, including Temple University, Niagara University and the University of Rhode Island.

Some have claimed that an outright ban is going too far, but we disagree. Private institutions have the right to set whatever rules they choose on their campuses. And when it is a matter of public safety, colleges should certainly take such proactive measures to protect the health and safety of the students.

States are following a similar course of action, including Connecticut. On Monday, Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced that Connecticut liquor wholesalers have agreed to voluntarily suspend their shipment and deliveries of Four Loko. Many other states have taken similar actions, including New York, Utah, Michigan, Washington and Oklahoma.

However, the best way to decrease the problem is for students to voluntarily abstain from the drink. With such a high alcoholby-volume content, and with so many reports of life-threatening side effects, people should realize that the harm this drink poses is far greater than any potential positive effects.

The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.

I think Baylor just turned the ball over again Baylor thought they were going to win, but then they remembered they didn’t have Maya Moore.

Watching UConn sports takes years off of my life.

Griner is from “Avatar.”

There was a basketball game tonight?

Brittany Griner has the wing span of a pterodactyl and a voice like Morgan Freeman. Shouldn’t the NCAA be doing hormone testing or something?

I want to be Maya Moore when I grow up...even if I am three years older than her.

Hey Geno, you still sweatin’?

Wait...what do you mean the women were actually losing at one point?

Reality check: We have Maya, no one else does.

I was expecting a 10-point blowout, UConn women!

Come on!

Tonight we learned the Huskies have Hart(ley)!

Lauren Engeln replaced Meghan Gardler as the hottest player.

I bet Griner wishes she got one ‘Moore’ block... ha!

If the womens baskebtall team wins a game but there’s no one there to see it happen. Does it really happen?

There’s a women’s game?

I can’t believe we almost lost to Juwanna Mann.

ALL WE DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN, NO MATTER WHAT! I know I should say something funny about the women’s game, but there is really nothing funny about cutting it that close.

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Rangel deserves censure for violating House rules

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ighty-year-old Democrat Charles Rangel, who has represented New York’s Harlem neighborhood for a half-century, has been found guilty on 11 of 13 counts of violating House rules. These violations include failing to pay income taxes on a villa in the Dominican Republic, failure to report $600,000

By Arragon Perrone worth of assets to Congress, solicWeekly Columnist iting charitable donations from Verizon and, as CNN reports, “misuse of a rent-controlled apartment for political purposes [and] improper use of government mail service and letterhead.” Rangel, despite his five-decade history in the House, should be severely punished. His actions do not warrant expulsion, but he at least deserves censure. Such a penalty will send a signal to the American people that Congress takes its rules and regulations very seriously, and will be a warning to any representative – regardless of how long they have served – that no one is above the rule of law.

There is obvious precedence that permits the punishment of a congressional official for inappropriate behavior. Article I, Section 5, clause 2 of the Constitution gives Congress the right to “determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two-thirds, expel a Member.” In Rangel’s case, expulsion, the most severe penalty, is unwarranted. Expulsion is largely reserved for the most egregious violations. It requires a two-thirds vote of the House of Representatives and has occurred only five times in Congressional history. Three members were expelled in 1861 for disloyalty to the Union, a fourth, Michael “Ozzy” Myers of Pennyslvania, for receiving a bribe in exchange for a vote. James Traficant, Jr., of Ohio, was expelled after he was convicted on 10 federal counts, including conspiracy to commit bribery and fraud, obstruction of justice, filing false tax returns and racketeering.

Censure is a more appropriate punishment for Rangel. In legal terms, his crimes do not

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amount to corruption. The committee’s chief counsel, R. Blake Chisam, said Rangel “quite frankly was overzealous” and “sloppy in his personal finances,” but did not seek “to personally enrich himself.” Censure requires a majority vote and involves a majority vote on a resolution that officially disapproves of a member’s conduct. The member is then required to stand at the chamber’s “well” (the area directly in front of the rostrum, where the speaker presides), where he receives a verbal rebuke and the speaker of the House reads the censure resolution. Often avoided by resignation, censure has been used 22 times, most recently in the 1983 cases involving Gerry Studds of Massachusetts and Daniel Crane of Illinois, who committed sexual misconduct with a page.

“Rangel has failed at an apalling level to do what is right...”

A reprimand consists of a less severe condemnation. The speaker of the House simply reads a majority-approved resolution to the member, who stands in his usual place. Recent reprimands have been given to Democrat Barney Frank of Massachusetts and former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.

Rangel’s misbehavior deserves more than a reprimand. Eleven of 13 violations is no laughing matter. And in a time when cross-party support is rare, there is bipartisan agreement concerning Rangel’s guilt. House Republicans and some House Democrats are unified in their recommendation that Rangel step down. Prior to the guilty ruling, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat and chairwoman of the ethics committee, said there was “clear and convincing” evidence of Rangel’s guilt. Committee members agreed, ruling that the facts of the cases were “uncontested.” The list of evidence, according to Tuesday’s New York Times, is vast: “549

exhibits, dozens of witnesses and thousands of pages of financial documents.”

Though he may not deserve expulsion, Rangel should be given the serious rebuke that censure will provide. His behavior during the trial speaks volumes about his arrogance and feeling of self-entitlement. On Monday, Rangel showed an appalling lack of respect for the judicial process and for his colleagues when he walked out of his own trial. Instead of taking responsibility for such unprofessional behavior, Rangel argued that his actions were justified because the committee did not give him enough time to hire a new legal team after his original team quit in September. In a statement released to the press, Rangel accused the committee of “depriving me of my rights,” specifically “the fundamental right to counsel.”

First of all, it is Rangel’s responsibility to assemble a legal team; Lofgren agrees.

Furthermore, the committee advised him to form a legal defense fund to pay for trial costs as early as 2008. Lastly, it was Rangel’s fault that the original team left in the first place, because he informed them that he might be unable to pay them for the hearing.

In his testimony Rangel complained that “fifty years of public service is on the line.”

Rangel should have remembered this before he violated House rules. After 20 terms, some served in high-ranking leadership positions, Rangel had to be familiar with the House’s ethic laws. After all, he was the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee until a few months ago, where he was, ironically, the main writer of tax legislation. The American people would like to think that the people they elect to represent them understand right and wrong, before they even begin their first term. Rangel has failed at an appalling level to do what is right, and so has failed his colleagues, his constituents and his nation.

Weekly columnist Arragon Perrone is a 5th-semester political science and English double major. He can be reached at Arragon.Perrone@UConn.edu.

Political gridlock is good for America

n the aftermath of the recent midterm elections, in which the Republican Party took control of the House of Representatives and made significant

By Sergio Goncalves gains in the Senate, Staff Columnist m a n y concerns have been raised in the media about the prospect of a Congress that is unwilling to compromise with President Barack Obama on major issues. For weeks, countless individuals have insisted that the United States is on the verge of gridlock, which they argue would be disastrous, as nothing would get done while the nation continues to struggle through a severe economic downturn. For instance, syndicated columnist Paul Krugman recently wrote, “Right now we very much need active policies on the part of the federal government to get us out of our economic trap. But we won’t get those policies if Republicans control the House […] They’ll refuse to do anything to boost the economy.” This thinking, however, is extremely flawed. Allow me to present a different view.

Contrary to Krugman’s views, the more the government intervenes in the economy, the more damage it does. As columnist Anthony Gregory notes, between 1920 and 1922, after President Woodrow Wilson had intervened in the free market for several years

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during World War I, the nation was in the midst of a horrid depression.

Indeed, this depression, which historian Thomas Woods has called the “Forgotten Depression,” was just as painful as the Great Depression of 1929. In response, Woods notes, President Warren Harding cut taxes, cut the federal budget in half, and reduced the national debt by one-third. There were no public works projects, no stimulus packages and no financial regulation bills. As a result, the economy recovered rapidly and dramatically, with the unemployment rate falling from 12 percent in 1920 to 6.7 percent in 1922 and just 2.4 percent in 1923. The famed

“For instance, the initial postwar gridlock betweenTruman and Congress ended the Depression.”

“Roaring Twenties” had begun.

Sadly, while Americans were enjoying unprecedented prosperity, the Federal Reserve System was expanding the money supply, resulting in a credit bubble in which stock and bond prices increased.

According to economists Lionel Robbins and Murray Rothbard, this boom was unsustainable, and the inevitable consequence was a

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bust, which came in the form of the stock market crash of 1929. Thus, not only did laissez-faire capitalism rescue the nation from the Depression of 1920, but it did not cause the Depression of 1929. On the contrary, the Great Depression was the result of the unnatural credit boom created by the “active policies” of the Federal Reserve.

Furthermore, the interventions of presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt, which included public works projects, a complex web of financial regulations and paying farmers not to farm while millions of Americans were starving, only served to prolong the Depression for more than a decade. Contrary to popular belief, massive government spending during World War II did not finally end the Depression. Although the war did reduce unemployment dramatically, Hillsdale College history professor Burton Folsom observes that “We merely traded debt for unemployment. The expense of funding World War II hiked the national debt from $49 billion in 1941 to almost $260 billion in 1945. In other words, the war had only postponed the issue of recovery.” Thus, Krugman’s argument for “active policies” has no creditability whatsoever.

If the Republican takeover of the House means that there will be more gridlock and fewer “active policies” by the federal government, it should be celebrated, not

lamented. Without a doubt, there is absolutely nothing to fear from gridlock. Rather, we the people would be wise to hope for gridlock. For, as Ronald Reagan said, and the above examples clearly prove, “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”

In fact, there are concrete examples that illustrate the blessings of gridlock and the perils of one-party rule. For instance, the initial postwar gridlock between Truman and Congress ended the Depression.

Truman had wanted yet another expansion of government called the “Fair Deal,” but Congress largely rejected his proposals. Instead, it repealed the excess-profits tax, cut the corporate and income taxes, and passed balanced budgets. All of this gave the private sector the incentives it needed to expand. In contrast, from 2001 to 2007, the GOP controlled both the legislative and executive branches. The result was fiscal insanity. For example, “No Child Left Behind” has been extremely costly for both the federal and state governments, costing Connecticut over $17 million alone. Furthermore, to date, the undeclared wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost $1.09 trillion.

Clearly, then, gridlock is more beneficial than one-party rule.

Staff Columnist Sergio Goncalves is a 3rdsemester political science major. He can be reached at Sergio.Goncalves@UConn.edu

has a new show. She takes viewers all around Alaska, and shows them where she water-boarded Levi Johnston.” – David Letterman

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Comics

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

I Hate Everything

by Carin Powell

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27 Praiseful poet 28 Gp. in a 1955 labor merger 29 “How’m I Doing?” mayor/author 30 “This is awful!”

32 Pianist Rubinstein 33 Ida Morgenstern’s daughter 34 Office machine supply 37 “Bone Dance” sci-fi author Bull 40 One may be thrown at a pothole 41 Drop a brick, so to speak 43 It’s often two, in mini golf 46 Hotfoot it 49 Give grief to 51 Burroughs swinger 52 Have a hunch 54 Softened, in a way

56 Blown away 57 Heavyweights’ ring contest 58 “Topaz” author 59 Moon goddess 61 Shiites, e.g.

62 French pop 63 NASA “walks” 64 Euro fraction 65 Long basket, in basketball lingo 67 Path to enlightenment

Super Glitch

by John Lawson

Down 1 Ill temper 2 Jump over 3 All-night bash 4 Stress, so they say 5 Bird that migrates from the Arctic to Antarctica 6 H.S. experiment site 7 New pedometer reading 8 Pilot’s alphabet ender 9 Reduced to bits 10 Like bill payments?

11 Wroclaw’s river 12 Sunroof feature 13 Adam’s third 18 Bearded Smurf 19 “Peer Gynt Suite” dancer 23 Romance 25 Barbecue fare 26 Sip

JELLY!

by Elise Domyan

Across 1 Baron Cohen’s Kazakh journalist 6 Dickens alias 9 National Guard challenges 14 Publicist’s concern 15 Bettor’s note 16 Art film, often 17 Lennon had one 20 Undying 21 Bring to light 22 Handle clumsily 24 Wallet items, briefly 25 Go from pillar to post 31 Rodgers’s partner 35 Part of a TV feed 36 Nasty boss 38 Sigma preceder 39 Eggy bun 42 Vibraphone virtuoso Lionel 44 CIA forerunner 45 Chuck 47 “All in the Family” spinoff 48 One of Alcott’s women 50 Josephine Tey title orphan 53 Old Gremlin maker 55 Fannie follower?

56 Not surprisingly 60 Esteem 66 Based on the starts of 17-, 25- and 50-Across, what this crossword might be?

68 “South Pacific” hero 69 Museum-funding org.

70 Origami bird 71 Gave a shot, say 72 “How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)” author Coulter 73 Ready to snap

Happy Dance

by Sarah Parsons

The Daily Crossword

Horoscopes

Poop

by Michael Badulak

Aries - You get all sorts of ideas today about how things can be accomplished. Getting others on the same page may be more challenging. Patience is your friend.

Taurus - Envision ancient archeological sites. Rituals and ceremonies can influence people, bringing subtle feelings to the surface. Sharing your dreams reduces tension.

Cancer - You’d like to be off on an independent adventure, but feel tied to family or household responsibilities. Take care of necessities first, and then go play.

Classic Dissmiss the Cynics

by Victor Preato

Gemini - Others benefit from obvious demonstrations of your love. No idea is too corny.

Let your imagination run wild.

Expect interesting responses.

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Nothing Extraordinary

by Thomas Feldtmose

Leo - An older individual believes they have the only right idea. You know that’s not true, but you get more done if you go along with it, while making subtle changes.

Virgo - Undercurrents at work could create a darker mood.

Shake it loose by suggesting music and movement. Stand for what you’re committed to and be flexible on the rest.

Libra - To make the most of interpersonal connections, pay attention to subtle clues in body language. That way, you tune in to the unspoken. Give hugs freely.

Bucephalus

by K.X. Ellia

Scorpio - You perceive the ebb and flow of energy between work and home. Maintain an open mind, as you resolve issues behind the scenes.

Agreement flows.

Sagittarius - For the first time in a while, you perceive the love others send your way. You want to reciprocate. Give gifts that you’d like to receive.

Capricorn - At first, you’re nervous. Upon closer inspection you find that all the elements are coming into balance, if you just allow them to. Be patient.

Aquarius - Let go of imagined slights. Instead, ask for more information to confirm doubts.

Maybe you were missing something. Open dialogue resolves most difficulties.

Pisces - Old habits die hard sometimes. You know you need to make some changes, but secretly resist it. Gain leverage by paying attention to your reluctance.

Classic Pundles and Droodles

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Why The Long Face

by Jackson Lautier

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Airport body scans, patVows of EU support but no bailout yet for Ireland downs draw more complaints

BRUSSELS (AP) — An anxiously awaited meeting of European finance ministers ended Tuesday without an agreement to bail out Ireland’s debt-stricken government, though both Irish and EU officials vowed to stabilize the banks at the center of the crisis and keep it from spreading to other fragile economies connected by the euro.

Ireland has taken over three banks and is expected to take over more in a bailout that has already reached euro45 billion ($61 billion) and likely will push the nation’s 2010 deficit to a staggering 32 percent of GDP. The government in Dublin insists that it doesn’t need a bailout from Europe, but growing doubts about Ireland’s ability to pay its bills have sent interest rates soaring on Irish bonds.

Representatives of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund will travel to Ireland this week to determine what to do about the banks, Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said.

“Ireland is now engaging in an intensive, and disclosed, engagement in relation to the problems in the banking sector,” said Lenihan. “We will take whatever decisive measures that are required to stabilize our banking system as part of the stability of the wider eurozone.”

EU monetary affairs chief Olli Rehn said Irish authorities “are committed to working” with the EU, ECB and IMF to “to determine the best way to provide any necessary support to address market risks, especially as regards the troubled banking sector.”

“This can be regarded an intensification of preparations of a potential program in case it is requested and deemed necessary,” Rehn said.

It remained to be seen whether Tuesday’s statements would help calm bond market turmoil when trading resumes Wednesday.

Concerns that Ireland will be unable to pay the cost of rescuing its banks – which ran into

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John Tyner is photographed Monday in San Diego. At San Diego International Airport, Tyner, a software engineer posted an Internet blog item saying he had been ejected after being threatened with a fine and lawsuit for refusing a groin check after turning down a full-body scan.

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An empty building site were the remaining apartments of the Belmayne development were to have been built on the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland on Monday.

trouble when the country’s real estate boom collapsed – have worsened Europe’s government debt crisis. Markets have pushed up borrowing costs for other vulnerable nations and threatened to destabilize the common euro currency.

The priority for European leaders is containing contagion – a market panic that jumps from one weak country to the next.

Behind Ireland stands Portugal, one of the eurozone’s smaller members with 1.8 percent of its economy but one that is considered by some to have done less than the Irish to bring debt and deficits back under control. Next comes Spain, with a proportionally smaller debt burden but a dead-in-the-water economy that is so big – 11.7 percent of eurozone output – that it could present a much

larger challenge if it needs help.

Stock prices fell worldwide and gold and other commodities plunged in value as investors awaited word from the talks in Brussels. The euro fell 0.7 percent against the dollar to $1.35.

The interest rate on Irish debt rose again Tuesday as hopes faded that the country would seek a bailout like the one that saved Greece from defaulting on its bonds in May. A euro750 billion ($1 trillion) backstop stands ready from other countries that use the euro.

Governments struggling with debt – built up during the recession and in some cases over years of living beyond their means – have slashed spending and raised taxes. But such austerity measures threaten to undermine desperately needed economic growth, in turn making it harder for nations to repay their debts.

CHICAGO (AP) — An airport traveler who famously resisted a full-body scan and groin check with the words “If you touch my junk, I’ll have you arrested” has become an Internet sensation, tapping into rising frustration over increasingly invasive searches.

John Tyner’s online account – complete with cell-phone video of the encounter – has helped fuel a campaign urging travelers to decline the body scans next week during the busiest travel day of the year.

It also raised questions about the complaints: Are Americans standing up to government overreach or simply whining about the inconvenience of air travel while insisting on full protection from terrorists?

“I think Americans, in their hearts, still feel airport security is just a big show – form over substance,” said Joseph Schwieterman, a Chicagobased transportation expert. “So they’re impatient with strategies they feel are just there to placate political demands rather the genuine security threats.”

Many of the people who have little tolerance for airport security are the same ones who want the government to work aggressively to prevent terrorist attacks, Schwieterman said.

Long-simmering annoyance among passengers and even plane crews has recently risen to new heights with wider use of full-body scanners, which show a traveler’s physical contours on a computer in a private room removed from security checkpoints. Faces are never shown, and the person’s identity is supposedly not known to the screener reviewing the images.

About 300 of the scanners are in use at 60 U.S. airports.

The Transportation Security Administration is on track to deploy approximately 500 units by the end of the year.

The TSA requires people who decline to use the scanners to

submit to pat-downs that include checks of the inside of travelers’ thighs and buttocks.

Top federal officials insist the procedures are safe and necessary sacrifices to ward off terror attacks.

“It’s all about security,” Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said. “It’s all about everybody recognizing their role.”

Tyner, a 31-year-old software engineer from Oceanside, Calif., insisted he was not looking for notoriety when he confronted TSA agents last weekend at the San Diego airport.

“I don’t think I did anything heroic,” he said in a telephone interview Tuesday. “I stood up for what I thought was right.”

After Tyner declined to go through the full-body scanner, he refused to submit to a groin check as part of a pat-down. He was thrown out of the airport Saturday after being threatened with a fine and lawsuit.

His confrontation spawned online sales of T-shirts, bumper stickers, hats and even underwear emblazoned with the words, “Don’t Touch My Junk!”

But he does not advocate travelers following his lead, saying he appreciates that most people cannot afford to put expensive trips at risk.

“But people ought to do what their consciences say they should do,” he said. “If civil disobedience is a way they think would work, I think they should do it.”

Tyner’s one-man protest has inspired other efforts, including an online campaign urging air travelers to refuse body scans in a “National Opt-Out Day” the day before Thanksgiving, one of the year’s busiest travel days.

Site organizer Brian Sodergren, 33, of Ashburn, Va., said he put up the site a week ago. Interest spiked after Tyner’s video went viral.

“This issue has picked up steam more than I ever would have imagined,” said Sodergren,

who works in the health care industry. “The outpouring has been huge.”

Sodergren stops short of urging people to refuse both the scanner and pat-down.

“The proper reaction isn’t walking away and subjecting yourself to penalties,” he said Tuesday. “The proper response is to write to your lawmakers and get the law changed.”

But compared to security in some other countries, Schwieterman argued, procedures in the U.S. are far from intrusive.

In Israel, where Palestinians attacked planes in the 1970s, passengers face tough questioning and multiple inspections. Single women who are not Israeli citizens are sometimes inspected more intensely because militants have tried to use them as couriers.

“Americans have yet to make any really major sacrifices for their security,” said Schwieterman, a professor at DePaul University in Chicago.

“Pat-downs and scanners are minimally evasive – and there’s even resistance to this, just 15 seconds of awkwardness.”

But it’s not just passengers putting up resistance. Some airline pilots are pushing back, too.

“I would say that pilots are beyond fed up,” said Tom Walsh, a pilot and sometime aviation security consultant. “The TSA is wasting valuable time and money searching the crew, who are not a threat.”

One of the nation’s most celebrated pilots, Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, has also detected the growing unease.

“The fundamental reason is that airline pilots are already the last line of defense for anyone who poses a threat to the airplane,” said the softspoken Sullenberger, who successfully ditched his US Airways plane in the Hudson River last year after it struck birds during takeoff.

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The actor and former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger is sworn in as the 38th governor of California at the State Capitol in Sacramento.

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A ‘Law & Order’ safety lesson

By Caitlin Mazzola Focus Editor By the time the Class of 2011 graduates, one out of four class members will have been the victim of a sexual assault.

Those statistics, brought to the attention of Neal Baer, the executive producer of “Law & Order: SVU,” are the reason a special episode concerning alcohol abuse and date rape is airing tonight at 9 p.m. on NBC. In a conference call with representatives from university newspapers across the nation, Baer and actor Christopher Meloni, who plays Detective Elliot Stabler on “SVU,” talked about the alarming rate of sexual assault on college campuses and why it was time to air this episode.

“We touch on subjects relevant to what’s happening,” Meloni said. “Sexual assault is happening all over the country.”

Meloni shared a statistic he learned from researching for the episode and talking to victims of sexual abuse.

Women age 16 to 24 are four times more likely to be raped.

Seventy percent of rape victims know their attacker, and most incidents go unreported.

“These general statistics, behavior stirred our head writers’ reactions to create the episode,” Meloni said.

He added that assault is an especially gray area on college campuses, especially when alcohol and drugs are involved. It becomes a he said, she said situation, and the details of whether consent had been given are murky.

“I’ve heard prosecutors say that if there’s alcohol involved… it’s going to be difficult to proceed,” Meloni said.

Meloni and Baer both said they hope the episode will influ-

Honestly, who wants the truth?

By Alessandra Petrino Campus Correspondent

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A publicity still from Season 11 of ‘Law & Order: SVU.’ Actor Christopher Meloni, who plays one of the lead detectives on the show, and executive producer Neal Baer held a conference call for college journalists to spread the word about violence and rape on campuses.

ence the way campuses handle reports of sexual assault “Each college must have in place a way to deal with this, without sweeping it under the

rug,” Baer said.

Baer, who has a son at Williams College, said the episode will focus on the rate of reporting assaults. If an

assault happens off campus, Baer said, the victim must take it to the state, city or town’s police. If it happens on campus, victims have the

choice of reporting to state, city or town police, or to the

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Small ensembles showcase individual talent

By Steph Ratty Staff Writer

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Elaine Steele (left) on the horn and Mary Bartolotta (right) on the trombone played ‘Brass Quintet no. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 5’

by Victor Ewald at Von der Mehden on Tuesday.

Brass and wind came together in perfect harmony last night as ensemble groups gathered in Von Der Mehden Recital Hall to showcase a variety of pieces.

The recital began with a trio of flutists performing “Trois Pastorales,” a delicate number that sounded straight out of a Disney fairytale. The ladies rounded out the whimsical song with an upbeat jaunt that led to the conclusion of the composition.

Next up was “Trio for 2 Oboes and English Horn,” from Ludwig van Beethoven. The piece produced a very cordial sound, and was impeccably precise in the trio’s delivery.

A clarinet quartet took the stage afterwards, playing two compositions with ample energy. The clarinets added a velvety and festive element to the night’s performances, along with the animated facial expressions from each of the ladies in the troupe. Their second piece in particular, “Perpetuum Mobile (A Musical Joke),” was a youthful song that gained body once one of the performers traded over to a bass clarinet. The number ended with a comically blunt note from the whole quartet.

After a brief intermission, the show continued with a brass quintet composition, originally written by Victor Ewald. The full-bodied instruments, especially the tuba and trombone, created sounds that vibrated all throughout the recital hall.

The piece was loaded with alternating sequences of fluidity and suspense, which was complemented by the sounds of the trombone.

Another brass quintet took the stage with “Colchester

Fantasy.” Eric Ewazen wrote the composition after observing several happenings at pubs in the English city. “He’s kind of a nerd…he took detailed notes on what occurred and went home to write it,” said one of the quintet’s performers.

Ewazen’s piece was full of personality and strength.

The trombone again added a lot of energy to the song, which could easily be used in a score for a suspenseful movie scene.

The show concluded with “Laudes,” a piece by Jan Bach that has been cited as “one of the four most influential pieces in brass quartet repertoire.”

The most interesting part of the piece was when the performers adding mutes to the instruments, giving the song an animated feel.

“I think they had wonderful technique,” said 7th-semester English major Amanda Fairbanks. “I really enjoyed the chromaticism of ‘Scherzo.’”

Katie Doyle, a 5th-semester communication science major, preferred the smaller group performances to whole orchestras.

“It made it easier for the audience to pay attention to the strengths and individual sounds of each instrument, which is more difficult with a much larger group,” she said.

Doyle credited the clarinet quartet’s “Perpetuum Mobile” as her favorite performance of the evening.”

Trombonist Mary Bartolotta said she was excited to finally be able to perform her piece for family and friends. “We really put our hearts into it,” Bartolotta said. “We put our best musicality forward.”

Von Der Mehden will next play host to a full recital with saxophonist Greg Case this Thursday at 8 p.m.

Stephanie.Ratty@UConn.edu

Relationships are fragile.

They aren’t made of concrete.

They are more like a house made of playing cards, with each card being an important aspect holding the relationship together. As the relationship grows, so does the foundation of the house of cards.

Without the foundation, the house would collapse.

The foundation of a relationship is mutual trust. Without trust, a relationship can never expand and grow. Ergo, without trust, the house of cards will never be built.

But how can a couple build trust and keep the foundation strong?

Trust is built with honesty, understanding and appreciation of another person.

However, honesty and understanding sometimes pull in opposite directions.

Where does this leave us in our construction of a healthy relationship? In a relationship, when is honesty the best policy?

“Some things are better off just being left less than truthful about. Minor things like appearance are OK, but lying about cheating is not cool,” said PJ Ambrozaitis, a 5th-semester communications major.

A person should always be honest to the person they are with when they have cheated on them. Whether it ends the relationship or not, there is always a better chance that the relationship will stay intact when one person confesses to such a mistake. And it’s important to be honest about it as soon as possible, not days, weeks or months later. The longer it takes you to confess, the worse off the outcome of the relationship will be. Plus, believe me, your significant other will always find out, whether you tell them or not. It will be better coming from you than from somewhere else.

Is there a time when honesty is not the best policy?

When your girlfriend asks if she looks fat in an outfit, no matter what, never say yes. Even if she does look bad, don’t tell her the truth.

She will likely ask one of her girlfriends for a second opinion anyway. Save yourself the headache and tell the lie.

Unlike the scenario where you were honest about cheating on your boy/girlfriend, this little white lie about how she looks won’t harm the relationship. In fact, by telling your girlfriend she looks good instead of the truth, you are saving you both from an ugly argument and an awful night to come.

There are times when it is necessary to be honest in a relationship. When you realize you’ve fallen out of love with someone, or when you’ve been talking to your ex, the person you are with now has a right to know. If you don’t tell them, they will figure it out another way and think there is a bigger reason for you not telling them.

For little thing like when your girlfriend puts on too much makeup and/or goes tanning too much, tell her you like when she looks more natural. She’ll be flattered and you won’t have to go out with a clown in public.

There are also times when you shouldn’t be honest in a relationship. Never be honest when your boyfriend asks if he’s short. When your boyfriend annoys you by playing Call of Duty for hours on end, just let it go. He’s a guy.

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By Jason Bogdan Staff Writer

all of them are so embarrassingly bad you’ll likely never play them again after you get the cakewalk trophies.

Admittingly you can get all three of the original games at a cheaper price at Amazon. com, but I still think you should get this re-release on the PS3. The higher definition is always welcome, tons of trophies add higher play value and the ease of having the whole trilogy on one PS3 disc make for the best way to replay this beloved series.

It’s a question that I’ve asked myself many times: how many times will I invest in a new yearly sequel to a game that I love, before I just get bored with it? On paper, it certainly isn’t a bad idea for the game developers who need to make money to strive in this economy: if a new game is released with popular critical and sales reception, then a new sequel released 12 months later will also sell like hotcakes.

It’s pretty much how Activision has become the latest behemoth of game publishers, but is it a fool-proof system?

The answer: absolutely not.

There was a time, long ago, when a game series like Tony Hawk and Mario Party could get a new sequel and most of the general gaming audience would actually look forward to it. But today? It’s like a celebrity story that turns into a drug-fueled binge of humiliation. Tony Hawk used to be one of the highestrated extreme sports games of all time, but not anymore. Last year brought Tony Hawk: Ride, a skateboarding game with a mediocre peripheral and Tony Hawk: Shred was released this season, but at that point, no one even cared. And despite all the fond memories we all have of Mario Party, by the time the eighthiteration was released in 2007 the series had fallen into a comatose state that still hasn’t found any console return.

In short, the art of the yearly sequel doesn’t always work as smoothly as it does for a game like Madden, where an updated roster and minimal tweaks can fill the quota. But you know what does work?

A sequel every two years.

As crazy as it sounds, that one extra year can do great things to a beloved franchise.

There aren’t as many Rock Band games as Guitar Hero, but the former most definitely has higher respect at this point than the latter will ever have again. I got this impression while playing The Sly Collection. Many significant good changes happened in the two years between Sly 1 to Sly 2, but when Sly 3 came out one year later, it was, just a fresh coat of paint.

Most people might not realize this, but Call of Duty also uses the two-year system. Developer Infinity Ward makes the Modern Warfare games while Treyarch has made the World at War and Spec Ops at a pattern that arguably hasn’t gotten stale yet. So if you’re wondering why this year’s CoD has a zombie mode after two years, there you go.

But who can say how much longer the Call of Duty love will last once people start to realize the dread that comes from leveling up from square one in the online mode year after year? My CoD junkie cousins certainly don’t think so, but hopefully if that time does come, the developer will have enough time to come up with improvements that will have us enthralled all over again.

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Black Ops will help the COD franchise to make a comeback this year. Backed by a new developer, Black Ops provides perfect recreations of war zones from all around the world, including Russia and Cuba.

Lastest Call of Duty game has many improvements

By Joe O’Leary Staff Writer Only one year after Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released to widespread acclaim, Activision has sent millions of gamers back to the Cold War with the latest installment in the franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops. After a debacle which led to the disintegration of Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward the company turned to World at War developer Treyarch for their next big hit.

Is Black Ops on the level of Modern Warfare 2? Well… kind of. Obviously, the game’s not terrible by any means. It’s definitely one of the better shooters released in the last year. But to comparing it to the juggernaut its predecessor became makes the game a bit harder to judge.

The campaign mode is definitely interesting, you play as Alex Mason (voiced by “Avatar” star Sam Worthington), a Black Ops operative. The game begins in an interrogation room as Mason is tortured by his

trainers to stop an attack on American soil. The game’s story then jumps from 1945 to 1968, from an opening where you’re sent to Cuba to assassinate Fidel Castro to Vietnam, and even post-World War II Russia. The story line is fairly bombastic, and has dozens of scenes that seem to be straight out of war blockbusters (a personal favorite was one where Mason drives a gunboat up

a Vietnamese river while the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” plays), though some levels drag and the difficulty has random spikes. Overall, though, it’s a fun experience.

The ever-popular zombies mode returns as well, with a special unlockable level hidden for after the campaign’s credits roll. (I don’t want to, er ah, spoil it.) It’s a bit harder this time around, but remains as fun

Call od Duty: Black Ops

X360, PC, PS3, WII, DS

8.5

/10

The Good

-Exciting campaign mode.

-Realistic and historical backdrops.

-Troubleshooting through daily live updates.

The Bad

--Shoddy map designs.

-New multiplayer system that suffers from glitches.

as ever, especially with four friends playing together.

The biggest selling point of every Call of Duty, the multiplayer, is back as well, though it’s different. Black Ops has a much lighter, more arcade-like multiplayer experience. The entire multiplayer system has been overhauled, and it’s definitely a wellcrafted experience, but it suffers from time to time with major glitches and design errors, including some poorly-designed maps. The jury’s out on its staying power and the game fixes its problems with live updates daily, so I can’t make any definitive statements, though I’d expect it’ll be just as popular as its predecessors into 2011.

Overall, the newest Call of Duty is one of the better installments in the series, though it may not be the best. Of course, most of this campus already owns the game, so I’m preaching to the choir here. You can’t go wrong with Black Ops, though your experience may change depending on how you prefer to play the game.

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Lots of minigames equals lots of fun with Sly

By Jason Bogdan Staff Writer

Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES) Donkey Kong Country Returns, the long-awaited new Donkey Kong platformer, will finally be released this Sunday.

You know what that means?

An opportunity for me to talk about my favorite of the SNES DK Country games in this column! For my money, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest is my favorite of the Rare-developed Kong games.

The level designs were much better – and more challenging – than the first game, and the pair of the faster Diddy Kong with the awesome hoverjumping Dixie Kong made for the best team of banana fanatics in the series.

-Jason Bogdan

It really says something that, after about five years during which many new game play innovations and old fundamentals have become obsolete, the Sly Cooper trilogy of PS2 platformers is still fun in 2010. Maybe it’s because the stealth-based platformer hasn’t really been updated in years, but even so, the Sly Cooper name easily has enough polish to deserve the title of a classic game. And for $40, you too can understand why.

I never played any of the Sly

games in their original form, and I was surprised how much I enjoyed these games without any nostalgia. I especially enjoyed the second and third installments in the series. The first game is certainly a fine series of obstacle courses, but developer Sucker Punch discovered afterwards the secret to making a stealthy platform game beginning at No. 2 with mini-fun challenges that prepare for a satisfying big heist, as well as multiple unique characters to ward off stagnation.

Developer Sanzaru Games handled the conversion of these three games to one shiny BluRay disc with fine results. The high-definition uplift makes those

The Sly Collection

PS3

8

/10

The Good

-Three classic PS2 games that are still fun more than half a decade later and are reasonably priced at only $40.

-The new HD quality and trophy support adds greater value than just playing the originals.

The Bad

--Some things in these games (like the dumb-as-dirt bad guys) show how old these games are.

-Those extras for the Playstation Move are laughably abysmal.

Photo courtesy of Gamespot.com

Sly Cooper is the foxy character that users can play with in the third installment of the Sly Collection trilogy.

jagged edges look more jagged, but the art design was undoubtedly the bigger focus with a great amount of visual style and timeless cel-shading effects. The sound quality actually had some ups and downs with the voice acting, but fans can rest assured that those great guitar plucks that symbolize Sly going in stealth mode sound awesome here.

As far as extras go, Sanzaru added plenty of trophies for each game if you’re into that kind of thing. The developer also included four new minigames that incorporate the Playstation Move controller, but

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A new princess for the British throne

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Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton leave the wedding of their friends Harry Mead and Rosie Bradford in the village of Northleach, England.

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Britain’s Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton pose for the media at St. James’s Palace in London on Tuesday after they announced their engagement. The couple are to wed in 2011.

Prince William engaged to longtime girlfriend LONDON (AP) – The college romance that seemed to wilt under the pressure of adulthood and the glare of the paparazzi has blossomed at last. Prince William is finally engaged to his longtime girlfriend and will give Britain its biggest royal wedding since Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer almost 30 years ago.

Royal officials announced Tuesday that William will marry Kate Middleton next spring or summer in London, ending years of rumored splits, reconciliations and will-they, won’t-they speculation.

William is second in line to the British throne after Charles, his father. Kate and William’s first child would move ahead of his younger brother Prince Harry to become third in line to the throne.

William proposed during a vacation in Kenya last month, and gave Middleton the engagement ring once worn by his late mother Diana, an oval blue sapphire surrounded by diamonds from the jeweler Garrard.

“This was my way of making sure that my mother didn’t miss out on today,” William said as the couple posed for photographers in the state apartments at St. James’ Palace.

William wore a navy suit, Middleton a simple blue dress.

“Blimey,” he said as the couple faced a torrent of camera flashes.

Middleton acknowledged that being queen was “a daunting prospect,” and declined to say whether the prince had proposed on bended knee.

Clarence House said that while William’s bride-to-be is commonly known as Kate, her official name is Catherine Elizabeth – the style used by her close family. She will be named Queen Catherine if William, as expected, eventually takes the British throne.

Many in Britain welcomed the royal engagement as a rare piece of good news in a time of economic uncertainty and cutbacks – a time much like 1981, when millions watched Charles and Diana’s fairy-tale wedding. Their marriage eventually ended in divorce – but no one was dwelling on that detail Tuesday.

William’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and her husband Prince Philip “are absolutely delighted for them both,”

Buckingham Palace said. Prince Charles said he was “absolutely thrilled,” and his wife, Camilla, duchess of Cornwall, said her stepson’s engagement was “the most brilliant news.”

“It’s wicked,” said the duchess, who had just attended an event at the theater where the musical “Wicked” is playing.

Middleton’s parents, Carole and Michael, welcomed the prince to their family.

“We all think he’s wonderful, we’re extremely fond of him,” Michael Middleton said. “They make a lovely couple.”

Prime Minister David Cameron wished the couple “great joy in their life together,” and said when he announced the news during a Cabinet meeting it was greeted by cheers and “a great banging of the table.”

Cameron, who said he had camped out on the street the night before Charles and Diana’s wedding procession, predicted this royal wedding would be a “great moment for national celebration” that would unite Britain.

Charles’ Clarence House office said he was “delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton.” It used Twitter as well as a news release.

Few were surprised. Their engagement was the safest bet in Britain, an event so certain that bookies had stopped taking bets on a 2011 wedding. The date avoids London’s Summer Olympics and the queen’s Diamond Jubilee, both being held in 2012.

“Kate has been waiting for so long, I expected her to find someone else,” said London tour guide Gabrielle Sullo, 53. “The media had called her ‘Waitey Katie,’ so it’s about time that she stopping waiting.”

No venue has been announced yet. For pomp, the ceremony is likely to fall between the extraordinary spectacle of the wedding of Charles and Diana in St. Paul’s Cathedral and Charles’ subdued second marriage to Camilla at Windsor Guildhall in 2005.

Patrick Jephson, Diana’s former secretary, said her son’s nuptials would be “a master class” in wedding planning.

The formal engagement is likely to turn the poised, brunette

Middleton – already depicted approvingly in the fashion pages – into a global icon. With her confident good looks and long brown hair, Middleton has already become one of the most photographed women in Britain.

The palace will be hoping that she combines Diana’s glamour and charm with a more commonsense approach to life. At 28, Middleton is considerably older than Diana was when she wed at 20 and has had greater life experiences and longer training in dealing with the media.

“She seems quite competent,” said approving 22-year-old student Sarah Madden, “and seems to be just as wonderful as Diana.”

William and Harry have spent a lifetime in the spotlight, with their drunken nights out and female friends the subject of constant tabloid gossip. William, who turned 28 in June, once told an interviewer he wouldn’t marry “until I’m at least 28 or maybe 30.” But since joining the military, both have kept a lower profile.

Middleton met William at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. They shared a house along with other students in the seaside university town, where William initially studied art history before switching to geography.

In 2002, William paid 200 pounds to sit in the front row at a charity fashion show where Middleton was modeling in a daring outfit. They are thought to have started dating the next year.

St. Andrews congratulated the couple Tuesday, pointing out that the school has a reputation as “Britain’s top matchmaking university.”

A wealthy commoner rather than an aristocrat, Middleton is the daughter of self-made millionaires. Her father worked for an airline and her mother was a flight attendant before they started a mail-order business specializing in children’s parties, run from their house in southern England.

She attended Marlborough College, an elite private school, where she played tennis and field hockey, before studying art history at St. Andrews. After graduating in 2005, Middleton worked as a buyer for the fashion chain Jigsaw. She is now employed by her family’s partyplanning business.

Classic and cool, the Kate Middleton style emerges LONDON (AP) – Kate Middleton’s style is natural, unforced and unpretentious. She never seems to be trying too hard or worried about currying favor with the glittery world of fashion.

That’s going to help – a lot – when the naturally beautiful young woman blessed with poise, dimples, long legs and perfect posture marries Prince William next year.

Middleton is already one of the most photographed women in Britain – and with Tuesday’s engagement announcement, she immediately leaps to the top of the fashion world. That position was once occupied by Princess Diana, William’s mother, who was killed in a 1997 car crash in Paris.

Like Diana, whose graceful style was widely imitated until her shockingly early death, Middleton’s choices will be scrutinized by fashion editors worldwide and copied by retailers in the world’s fashion capitals.

Middleton, 28, already has a distinctive look, one that emphasizes her long brown hair, pale skin and charismatic smile. She favors white and black over splashes of color and has shied away from London’s radical street fashion in favor of mainstream looks.

“She has a feminine streak, and she dresses very much for herself, she’s not a slaving fashionista,” said Hilary Alexander, fashion direc-

tor of The Telegraph newspaper.

“She’s never obvious. But there will be massive pressure on her now. I don’t think we’ve had a royal wedding on this scale for nearly 30 years.”

Middleton wears many classic outfits, and favors full length, solidcolored coats. Her look has not changed dramatically season to season or from year to year.

There are already fashion blogs devoted to Middleton and her fashion choices. She has not formed any strong allegiances to specific designers yet, though she does favor the work of Daniella Issa Helayel, among others.

Middleton could have been conjured up by central casting: She looks right in almost any setting, from a formal evening gown (plunging neckline, fuchsia) to jeans and a sweater. She has been photographed on a boat, at polo matches, graduations and shooting weekends – with only the occasional misstep.

She’s only had two unfortunate outfits so far: The sheer dress she wore over black lingerie at a charity fashion show in 2002 – before the royal romance began – and a yellow, turquoise and pink rollerblading outfit at a charity event.

Middleton took a bad spill in the disco outfit and was photographed in a rather undignified position.

Still, she was able to laugh it off,

winning the day with her smile and sense of fun.

Despite the fact that her parents are self-made millionaires, she does not dress like a wealthy woman, often shopping at mid-level stores on British main streets. When she was photographed wearing a lowpriced dress from Topshop on her 25th birthday, the item became an overnight national sensation, selling out in 24 hours.

In recent months, she has shifted more toward custom-made clothes, and she will undoubtedly adopt a more showcasy style once she formally joins the royal family.

The biggest fashion decision Middleton faces right now is what wedding dress she will choose.

Deborah Joseph, editor of Brides Magazine, said Middleton will face substantial pressure to choose an English designer, while Alexander said she expects the princess-to-be to come up with a surprising choice for a wedding dress.

“It’s a British royal wedding, there’s no need to look abroad,” said Joseph. “Obviously there will be lots of speculation on the designer now, it depends which route Kate takes. She may give a nod to Princess Diana, and use one of her designers, like Bruce Oldfield or Amanda Wakeley, or she may make a statement of her own.”

‘SVU’ producer and actor discuss abuse from LAW, page 7 university’s police.

Baer said he found out from students he’d spoken with to prepare for writing the episode that many don’t feel encouraged to get help, whether its from on or off-campus police.

Why? Baer said students blamed peer pressure, and the fact that alcohol is usually

involved. Other students have said they don’t want to feel as if they’re “narcing out” a friend, or a friend of a friend, by reporting an assault.

“That’s why students need to change the norm, peer pressure be damned,” Baer said. “We have to change that norm.”

He added that, in the past, episodes of “SVU” have influenced change in other norms. For exam-

ple, an episode of “SVU” influenced the elimination of the statute of elimination in sex abuse cases in New York, Baer said.

“This is what we [the creators of the show] do,” Meloni added. “We confront issues that people sweep under the rug, don’t confront.

We give them a voice.”

Caitlin.Mazzola@UConn.edu

Stay away from lying to keep a relationship strong from HONESTLY, page 7 That’s what they do, and you can’t change a man.

If you really hate chick flicks but your girlfriend loves them you can watch some chick flicks for her, if she has to deal with you playing COD all the time.

Finally, never ever tell your significant other, “I’ve had better.” Even if it’s true,

don’t say it. If the sex is that bad, politely teach them ways to make it better, but never say you’ve had better.

The list of when honesty is and isn’t the best policy in a relationship can go on and on, but I think you get the point.

“Honesty is so, so important. If it’s something you and your significant other would need to have a serious

talk about than it’s not a good idea to lie about it,” Victoria Bjorklund, a 5th-semester exploratory major, said.

Sometimes, honesty is clearly the best policy while other times in order to keep the house of cards from collapsing, keeping the foundation strong means lying to keep the peace.

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Mystery surrounds killing of Hollywood publicist BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.

(AP) – It was a scene befitting a Hollywood true crime drama: A prominent Beverly Hills publicist was gunned down in her Mercedes-Benz after attending a movie premiere, sending the luxury car careening into a light post near Sunset Boulevard.

Police said Ronni Chasen was shot in the chest several times and killed early Tuesday in an attack that stunned Hollywood, where she was a revered figure after promoting the Oscar-winning film “Driving Miss Daisy” and other major movies and stars over the years.

Police had no motive or suspects and said no threats had been reported against the 64-year-old Chasen. The mystery deepened later in the day when police seized computers from her firm, Chasen and Co. Fellow publicist Howard Bragman called the killing bizarre.

“She wasn’t a shady character,” he said. “It’s a small community and she was one of the fixtures in it.”

Witnesses said they heard gunshots in the serene Beverly Hills neighborhood and called 911 before going outside to help.

“I heard the ‘Boom! Boom!

Boom!’ of gunshots, ran up to the window, and there was the back of the car,” Nahid Schekarchian, who lives in an apartment above the crash site, told The Associated Press.

She said her daughter-inlaw called 911 and her son and a neighbor ran down to the car and found Chasen, who was struggling to breathe and bleeding from her nose and chest.

The front passenger’s window was shattered.

The killing took place after Chasen attended the premiere of the movie “Burlesque,” which the trade publication Variety said she was promot-

ing for Screen Gems to position the soundtrack for an Oscar nomination.

Chasen “was at our premiere last night and so full of her trademark energy and love of life,” said Amy Pascal, co-chair of Screen Gems owner Sony Pictures.

“We are heartbroken, shocked and completely devastated.”

Chasen was struck down in the midst of her busiest time of year – Hollywood’s award season, when the movie studios mount expensive campaigns to promote their better films for awards consideration using spin-specialists like Chasen.

She also was working with 20th Century Fox on a supporting actor Oscar campaign for Michael Douglas in “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps,” according to Allen Berry, a publicist for the actor.

Chasen’s other clients included movie producers Irwin Winkler and Richard D. Zanuck.

Morgan Freeman said he had the “extreme pleasure” of working with Chasen on “Driving Miss Daisy.”

“We’ve been friends ever since,” the actor said. “She is someone I greatly admired, and she will be remembered.”

The crime scene was marked with yellow police tape stretched between two trees on a grassy parkway among stately homes south of Sunset.

An orange cone marked the spot where the light post had stood, and a small bouquet of yellow and red flowers was next to the curb.

Bradley Turell, a longtime colleague of Chasen, came to the site to mourn his friend.

“Ronni was a positive force of nature,” he said during an interview by The Associated Press and KNBC. “She was just great at what she did, a supreme sales person and a great lady.”

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Multiple Y sculptures have been installed in locations around campus, such as in front of the Student Union (as seen above) and outside of the Dodd Center. Artist Ralph Brancaccio said that he made the models to pose the question: “why do we live so comfortably with an imbalance of human equality and irresponsibility?” For more information, go to www.yproject.org.

Harry Potter’s grave draws tourists Obama out with illustrated kids book

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A tombstone bearing the name of a British Private Harry Potter is seen at the Commonwealth Cemetery in the central Israeli city of Ramle.

Potter, a soldier in the Worcestershire Regiment was killed in fighting with Arabs on July 22, 1939, during the Palestine Mandate.

RAMLE, Israel (AP) – Spoiler alert: Harry Potter is dead.

Not the bespectacled teenage wizard created by author J.K. Rowling. This deceased Potter was a British soldier killed in 1939, and his grave is helping draw tourists to the backwater Israeli town of Ramle.

Ramle does not keep numbers on how many tourists flock to the grave in the town’s British military cemetery, but tour guides and the municipality say the tombstone has become a popular attraction, largely for domestic travelers.

“There is no connection with the Harry Potter we know from literature, but the name sells, the name is marketable,” said Ron Peled, a tour guide who said he

has brought dozens of groups to the grave.

Pvt. Harry Potter was born near Birmingham, England, and joined the British military in 1938. According to his regiment’s website, he arrived to British mandate Palestine later that year, where he was killed in battle with an armed band in 1939. He was 18.

The tombstone says, incorrectly, that he died at 19 – a result of him having lied about his age so he could enlist.

The municipality said people began inquiring about the grave about five years ago, and the city listed it on its tourism website at the start of the year.

On a recent afternoon, a group of Israeli visitors, led by a microphone-wielding tour guide, scoured the mani-

cured cemetery, looking for Potter’s tombstone. Once they found it among the 4,500 graves, they huddled behind it and snapped photos.

“It’s a type of pilgrimage for some man whose name stands out. If you didn’t say that Harry Potter was buried here, no one would come here,” said Josef Peretz, 76, from Tel Aviv.

Thousands of tourists visit Ramle, a drab, working-class town in central Israel, every year, in large part because of its many archaeological ruins and convenient location, according to the municipality.

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1,” the secondto-last of the big-screen adventures about the young wizard, opens Friday.

NEW YORK (AP) – He’s the leader of the free world, and he’s won a Nobel Peace Prize. But only now, by one measure, is Barack Obama finally truly famous: He’s written a children’s book.

With “Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters,” a picture book for readers three and up that hit bookstores Tuesday (it was announced in September), the president joins a long list of famous folk who’ve penned children’s books: Madonna, John Travolta, Katie Couric, Will Smith. Paul McCartney, Whoopi Goldberg, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jay Leno. Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin, John Lithgow.

Even Obama’s current secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton, wrote one – when she was first lady, a book of children’s letters to White House pets. The late Ted Kennedy wrote about Washington as viewed by his dog. On the other side of the political spectrum, conservative commentator Glenn Beck published a Christmas picture book last year, and Lynne

Cheney has written several children’s books.

Obama, who is donating his proceeds to a scholarship fund for children of disabled and fallen soldiers, isn’t even the only president to pen a children’s book.

Theodore Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter wrote books for young people, and John F. Kennedy had a young readers edition of his “Profiles in Courage.”

Obama actually wrote “Of Thee I Sing” in 2008, after he was elected but before taking office, publishers said in September. It is illustrated by Loren Long, whose many credits include writing and illustrating the children’s stories “Otis” and “Drummer Boy.” The book, published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, was already selling well Tuesday – it was No. 3 on Amazon.com’s children’s best-seller list, and No. 15 on the site’s overall list.

But Obama, whose previous works are million sellers (“The Audacity of Hope” and

the memoir “Dreams From My Father”) wasn’t the top-ranked presidential author on the overall list: George W. Bush’s “Decision Points” was No. 1.

On the cover of “Of Thee I Sing” is a whimsical drawing of Malia and Sasha, skipping along with Bo, their beloved dog.

“Have I told you lately how wonderful you are?” the book begins. It proceeds to celebrate 13 American heroes and heroines.

“Have I told you that you are creative?” Obama asks, before describing painter Georgia O’Keeffe, who “helped us see big beauty in what was small.”

Albert Einstein, Obama writes, “turned pictures in his mind into great advances in science.” Jackie Robinson, the pioneering black major league baseball player, “showed us all how to turn fear to respect and respect to love.”

Sioux leader Sitting Bull, he writes, “healed broken hearts and broken promises.” Singer Billie Holiday “sang beautiful blues to the world.”

Hotel says Hard Rock lawsuit violates contract LAS VEGAS (AP) — Owners of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas say a federal lawsuit filed by the Hard Rock Cafe chain over their shared name is hurting their bottom line in Nevada and other states.

The counterclaim filed last week in federal court in New York alleges the restaurant chain’s lawsuit is a breach of contract that interferes with Morgans Hotel Group’s business dealings.

“The (Las Vegas) Hard Rock defendants have done nothing wrong and, in fact, are victims of systematic legal and business harassment by the cafe,” the court filing states.

Attorneys for the Las Vegas resort also claim the restaurant chain has tried to persuade potential partners not to do busi-

ness with Morgans Hotel Group, according to court documents.

Amanda Early, a spokeswoman for the Hard Rock Cafe, said the company will respond to the hotel-chain’s allegations in future court filings.

“We have reviewed the counterclaims asserted against our company and believe that they are without merit,” she said.

The hotel-casino that promotes a rock-and-roll lifestyle is entirely separate from the cafe chain known for its classic American cuisine and music memorabilia displays. Hard Rock Cafe agreed to let the hotel use its name under a 1996 agreement.

The legal tussle started in September when the restaurant chain filed its lawsuit seeking to end the 14-year-old licensing agreement.

The 110-page lawsuit focused on the cable reality show “Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel,” that showcases the festive and sometimes violent atmosphere at the hotel’s popular pool party. The restaurant chain claimed “Rehab” depicts unprofessional, abusive staff members who are incompetent and offensive to average Hard Rock Cafe customers.

Las Vegas police arrested eight people at the pool in 2009, accusing them of handling drugs or offering sex for money.

The restaurant chain’s lawsuit claims hotel officials promised to address objections to the show after the first two seasons aired, but the third season “continues to depict the same offensive and depraved conduct.”

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

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» NFL

Dynamic Vick playing like an MVP

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Michael Vick had just scored after another dazzling run against the Redskins when Eagles fans at a local sports bar began chanting: “M-V-P! M-VP! M-V-P!” It was a far cry from what Vick was being called a few years ago.

Once one of the NFL’s biggest and highest paid stars, his career was in ruins and his life in shambles. He was broke, reviled and relegated to being a situational No. 3 quarterback after serving 18 months in federal prison for running a dogfighting ring.

Now he’s on top again, playing maybe better than ever, and just in time to become perhaps the biggest free agent on the market next year.

Vick may have had the best all-around game by a quarterback in NFL history Monday night against Washington.

He threw for 333 yards and four touchdowns, and ran for 80 yards and two scores in Philadelphia’s 59-28 victory.

So much for everyone who protested his arrival in Philadelphia and threatened to boycott games.

“I thought what he did was disgusting, but the guy paid his dues and deserves a second chance,” said Shaun Young, an 18-year season ticket holder who was inducted into the Pro Football Ultimate Fan Association’s Hall of Fame last year in Canton, Ohio.

“He’s playing incredible.

I respect people’s opinions that don’t like him, but isn’t this world based on second chances?”

Since signing with the Eagles in August 2009, he’s been a model citizen off the field, working with the Humane Society of the United States and speaking to school and community groups about the cruelty of dogfighting.

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick (7) throws a pass against the Washington Redskins during the second half of an NFL football game Monday in Landover, Md. The Eagles defeated the Redskins 59-28.

On the field, Vick has been downright spectacular, even more so than when he was a superstar with the Atlanta Falcons.

“I feel like I’m playing the best football only because of the coaches that I have, the guys I’m playing with. The offensive line is playing great,” Vick said.

“I have a great group of guys around me. Just as I’m doing a great job, those guys are doing a great job as well.”

Fickle fans who were outraged when the Eagles signed him to a two-year deal are now

demanding the team give him a new contract. Vick, who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2008, could be a top free agent on the market next year if Philadelphia lets him get that far. Teams who weren’t willing to trade a high draft pick for him when the Eagles made him available last offseason just may be lining up to throw money at him.

“The other 31 teams out there need to save their money and vote for Michael Vick or try to get a bid for him because the way he was looking out there,

he was looking awesome,” Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth said.

Some would argue that if Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb can get a $78 million, five-year deal from the Redskins, the 30-yearold Vick certainly should be worth more right now. He’s younger and arguably playing better than McNabb did when he led the Eagles to the Super Bowl in 2004. McNabb was traded by the Eagles to Washington in April and the rest, well, is history.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Jaime Printy led five players in double figures with 21 points and No. 22 Iowa cruised past Bradley 91-53 Tuesday night in its home opener.

Kamille Wahlin 22Iowa added 17 points for the Hawkeyes (3-0), Bradley who improved to 5-0 against the Braves.

Iowa had little trouble disposing of Bradley (1-1), racing out to a 44-24 lead at halftime while holding the Braves to just 28 percent shooting.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Scoop Jardine scored a career-high 27 points, Rick Jackson had 10 points and a career-best 22 rebounds, and No. 10 Syracuse rallied past Detroit 66-55 in the Legends Classic on Tuesday night.

Syracuse (3-0) trailed for much of the first h a l f 10Syracuse 66 a n d finally 55 b r o k e Detroit open the game with two big runs in the second to foil the upset bid by Detroit (0-2).

Eli Holman had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Jason Calliste had 16 points and Chase Simon 11 for Detroit.

Jardine, who had eight assists and five steals, scored 12 points in the first six minutes of the second half to lead Syracuse on a 17-4 run that erased a 28-25 halftime deficit. He hit two 3-pointers to give him a career-high four in the game, converted a layup and then passed to Jackson underneath for a reverse layup that put Syracuse up 42-32 at 13:38.

The Titans used three straight Syracuse turnovers to start a rally. A 3-pointer from the right corner by Simon helped key a 10-2 run that Holman finished with a layin to cut the Orange lead to 44-42 midway through the second half.

Jardine put the brakes on an upset bid, though, converting a three-point play to start a 13-2 run. James Southerland followed with a 3 from the left corner off a feed from Jardine and Jardine passed to Brandon Triche for a fastbreak reverse layup. Fouled on the play, Triche made the free throw to put the Orange ahead 53-42 with 8:20 left.

Syracuse had struggled in the first half of its first two games, against Northern Iowa and Canisius, leading both by only three points at halftime. That prompted coach Jim Boeheim to call

“I could have never envisioned this,” Vick said.

“Signing here, I didn’t even think I’d be starting as the quarterback this year. So, all of this is paramount for me, but at the same time it’s somewhat surprising.”

Hard to believe that Vick’s No. 7 jersey, which was being sold at clearance prices last December, is a hot item nowadays.

“He’s my favorite player,” said Ashley Walton, one of many fans wearing a Vick jersey at a sports bar in South Philadelphia.

“I know what he did was wrong

and it’s something some people will never forgive him for, but he went to jail and he did his time. People can’t judge him for one mistake forever. Everyone makes mistakes.”

Indeed, Vick has made the Eagles (6-3) an instant contender in a season in what was to be a rebuilding season. They’re 4-0 in games that he’s started and finished, and are tied with the New York Giants for first place in the NFC East.

Check out his numbers, despite missing three games with a rib injury: He has passed for 1,350 yards and 11 TDs and rushed for 341 yards and four TDs. He hasn’t thrown an interception or lost a fumble and his passer rating of 115.1 leads the NFL. Vick’s sensational game against the Skins made his college coach, Frank Beamer at Virginia Tech, think about the 2000 Sugar Bowl. Back then, Vick put on quite a show against Florida State even though the Hokies lost 46-29.

“I remember the day after the national championship game, everybody was talking about the performance Michael Vick had last night ... ,” Beamer said Tuesday. “Today seems like that same day. Everybody in the country seems to be talking about what a performance he had last night, and he did.”

In general, he said, Vick doesn’t take anything for granted.

“The time away, I think he realized a lot of things and in talking with him, he’s very humble and just glad to be back in the NFL. And then I think he’s worked hard to get his body in condition. I think he’s worked hard to get mentally right out there and know where the ball needs to go and be good in that regard. I always thought he was good. I always thought he had unbelievable talent, different talent. I think he’s determined to get it back right.

Iowa thumps Bradley Jardine leads No. 10 Syracuse over Detroit The Hawkeyes pushed their lead to 25 early in the second half and coasted the rest of the way.

Iowa’s Kachine Alexander had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Kelly Krei and 91 Hannah Draxten 53 each scored 12 points.

Raisa Taylor had 18 points but six turnovers for Bradley (1-1), which returns three starters from a team that finished tied for third in the Missouri Valley last season.

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No. 6 Nova tops Marist VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — ulars under coach Jay Wright, Maalik Wayns scored 17 points and reached the Final Four two and Dominic Cheek had 15 to lead years ago. They have won 39 No. 6 Villanova to an 84-47 vic- straight games at The Pavilion. tory over Marist on Villanova used Tuesday night in the a 19-1 run to take NIT Season Tip-Off. a 24-9 lead in the Jay Bowie had first half, and never 14 points for Marist looked back. Marist 84 went 16 straight pos(0-1), which extend- 6Villanova ed Division I’s lon- Marist without a 47 sessions gest losing streak to field goal during that 19 games. stretch. Wayns and Villanova (2-0) had an easy Cheek each scored seven points time against the overmatched during the run.

Red Foxes, who were 1-29 Marist pulled within 38-30 on last season. The Wildcats have a 3-pointer by Menelik Watson become NCAA tournament reg- four minutes into the second half.

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Sullinger lifts Ohio State GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — sending fans to the exits with With Jared Sullinger dominating about 5 minutes remaining. inside and David Lighty breakWilliam Buford added 16 ing guys down outside, No. 4 points for the Buckeyes (2-0), Ohio State was too much for who hit 24 of 34 shots in the secNo. 9 Florida. ond half and broke Sullinger and down Florida’s Lighty scored 26 press with relative points apiece and ease. Jon Diebler the Buckeyes beat 4Ohio State 93 added 14. the Gators 93-75 The Gators (1-1) 75 shot 61 percent on Tuesday night 9Florida in an early season from the field and matchup of teams with national led by seven points in the first championship hopes. half. But they had no answer Ohio State used a nearly flaw- for Sullinger in the paint and less second half to turn a small had even more trouble slowdeficit into a double-digit lead, ing down Lighty.

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Syracuse’s James Southerland battles Detroit’s LaMarcus Lowe for a rebound during the first half of the Legends Classic NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Tuesday.

the Orange the most overrated team he’s had in his 35 years as head coach, even though Syracuse’s margin of victory in the two games was 20.5 points.

Despite vows to change that, the Orange faltered again in an ugly first half.

Ray McCallum’s 3 at the shot-clock buzzer and a follow slam by Holman gave Detroit a 17-14 lead at 10:43, and the Titans held it for the rest of the period.

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moved the Orange within 22-20 with just over four minutes remaining, but they never found their shooting touch.

Kris Joseph, one of the main keys for the Orange, struggled again, too. He was called for his third foul with just over eight minutes left in the first half and hit the court hard with his left elbow. He took just two shots and had three points at halftime and did not score again before fouling out in the closing minutes of the game.

Before the season, Boeheim was concerned about the Orange’s capabilities from long range, and in this game that concern was warranted.

Syracuse was 2 of 17 on 3s in the first half and 7 of 32 from the field as the pesky Titans challenged every shot under the basket, committing 14 fouls. The Orange failed to take advantage of that, too, going 9 of 18 from foul line.

Syracuse finished 7 of 30 on 3s and shot 24 of 66 (36.4 percent) for the game.

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

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» FOOTBALL

Wilson earns defensive accolades, Kinnard done for year

By Mac Cerullo Sports Editor

Todman was not named Big East Offensive Player of the Week.

The honor instead went to West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith.

Smith threw four touchdown passes, all in the first half, in the Mountaineers’ 37-10 win over Cincinnati. He was 15 for 25 on the day with 174 yards passing.

Todman wound up being named to the Big East’s weekly honor roll instead.

Leon Kinnard out for the year

Linebacker Lawrence Wilson earned some hardware over the weekend, earning Big East Defensive Player of the Week for his contribution towards the Huskies’ 30-28 win over Pittsburgh last Thursday.

Wilson recorded 11 tackles on the day, including a sack of Pittsburgh quarterback Tino Sunseri. Wilson Notebook is currently the Coach Randy Big East’s leadEdsall announced yesterday ing tackler with 95, and has recorded double-digit tackles in that freshman quarterback/ receiver Leon Kinnard will five games this year.

Jordan Todman, despite his undergo season ending foot heroics, did not get his props surgery today. Sophomore Nick Williams has been slated in from the Big East.

Despite a dominating per- Kinnard’s spot as one of the formance against Pittsburgh in backups at wide receiver.

Edsall also announced that which he rushed for a career high 222 yards on 37 carries, backup running back Robbie Frey should be back to full strength by

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the start of this Saturday’s game against Syracuse, and that he anticipates Frey to get more carries, resulting in a lighter workload for Todman.

“This is the first week where we have Robbie Frey where he feels the way that he’s felt before,” Edsall said. “So we have him available more this week than we did the week before.”

Edsall on D.J. Hernandez scandal D.J. Hernandez, a former UConn player who is now the head football coach at nearby Southington High School, has fallen under scrutiny for using an opponent’s armband with plays on it to intercept play calls.

Hernandez has been suspended one game as a result.

When asked about the situation with Hernandez, Edsall wouldn’t elaborate in much detail, but he did say that he thought the whole situation had been blown out of proportion.

“There are better ways to handle it than that,” Edsall said of the coverage the story has received. “End of story.”

Edsall silent on Campbell arrest Edsall offered no further comment on last week’s arrest of defensive end Marcus Campbell, who was already out for the season with a knee injury and suspended for the season, which reportedly was due the team’s knowledge of his pending legal trouble.

“There will be no further comment on that, as we made that statement last week,” Edsall said.

Campbell was arrested last Monday on charges of fifth degree larceny. He had a warrant out for his arrest stemming from the theft of a backpack containing a laptop and other goods valued at $825. He is due in court today.

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Junior running back Jordan Todman runs downfield in UConn’s win over 30-18 win over the Panthers Thursday night.

Callahan: Statistics show Hail McDonough: Heat need time to mesh, ESPN needs to reconsider coverage Mary play no longer a miracle from HEAT, page 14

from HAIL MARY, page 14 later that the term moved to basketball.

Here’s how Staubach did it.

Down 14-10 in a divisional playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings, the ‘Boys had one minute and fifty-one seconds to go the length of the field. The Vikings had hounded their visitors all game, and showed no intention of seeing their own spectacular season go down in the final minutes.

The crowd was loud and the air was freezing. Remember, 35 years ago the Vikings still played outside.

Starting at their own 9-yardline, the Dallas QB began to move his team upfield. After stalling just behind their own 30, America’s Team was not deterred on a long fourth down when Staubach found receiver Drew Pearson at midfield for a 22-yard gain. A dropped pass on first down then left them with 36 seconds left and half a football field to go.

Setting up with a receiver split out to either side, the hall of famer took the shotgun snap and looked left. Staring down the safety, Staubach jerked back right and tossed up a bomb to Pearson along the opposite sideline. Matched up with Vikings corner Nate Wright, Pearson made a controversial comeback for the ball, snatched it and strolled into the endzone. Mary had come through, and the Cowboys were on their way to a 17-14 victory.

It was only after the game

that Staubach revealed he had muttered the prayer shortly before the play, forever cementing his spot in NFL lore. The media of course took the tidbit and ran with it.

Now the Staubach-Pearson connection in ‘75 was not the first time the wife of Joseph had been called upon to bail out a football team. However, it was the starting point for associating the prayer with 30-yard-plus desperation passes made in the last seconds of a football game.

“Once you’re in that spot, you pretty much should pack up and head home. But the play has become less and less of a miracle...”

The description of something being a “Hail Mary attempt” has also expanded beyond sports. It is now used in business and many other environments. The two-fold reason for this is not only a side effect of the exponential growth of interest in professional football, but also the number of times a Hail Mary has been attempted since its’ inception.

Check this out. From 19751993 there were just thirteen

notable Hail Marys completed in the college and pro ranks.

But from 1993 to present day, there have been 25. This means that we’ve seen twice as many in a shorter amount of time -almost two per season. How can this be? Well, I can tell you that its’ not because teams nowadays just like to play closer games.

It’s actually due to the sharp increase in pass-first offenses used since Staubach’s time up until now. This shift has given way to many ramifications in the in the NFL. But the biggest is that teams now place greater importance on having top-tier receivers and quarterbacks as opposed to bruising running backs.

Turn on the TV and you’ll see the biggest, strongest and fastest wideouts on the field in the history of football.

Some of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history go to work at their craft now every Sunday, setting records before they hit the age of thirty. The Hail Mary pass is no longer seen as an utterly desperate last resort.

Now does any team ever want to see 0:01 on the clock with 50 yards ahead of them like Staubach and Garrard faced nearly 35 years apart.? Simply put, no. Once, you’re in that spot, you pretty much should pack up and head home. But the play has become less and less of a miracle with each passing year, with Mary’s help or not.

champion Siena 80-76 in the team’s opener. Last season, Vermont went 25-10, winning the America East conference tournament before falling to Syracuse in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Huskies will travel to Hawaii following the contest for the Maui Invitational over Thanksgiving break. UConn will play Wichita State in the first round, followed by either Michigan State or NIAA host Chaminade.

The Huskies are 1-0 on the season after the win over Stony Brook. Beverly had five rebounds in 20 minutes of playing time.

Beverly has had an up and down career for UConn. The Los Angeles native has never started a game in his career and has never gone a whole season without missing a game, either due to injury or due to a stay in coach Jim Calhoun’s dog house. He’s scored 94 career points, averaging 1.6 per game as a junior.

This year, however, Beverly is expected to be a leader, on and off the court. Walker said he and Beverly worked on leadership over the summer. So far the two

co-captains have received nothing but praise from the coaching staff.

For Beverly, his impact is not as evident as Walker’s though, as the junior point guard has a much bigger role with the team.

“I want to win more than anything,” Beverly said. “I’d love to be a part of it, but I just want to win.”

Beverly said as a co-captain, and one of two seniors (the other being Charles Okwandu), a lot of young guys listen to what he has to say. Beverly said he can lead by example.

“If guys see me playing hard,” Beverly said. “Then they are going to do the same.”

Beverly handles his role well and can answer questions about tough subjects, like the program’s NCAA violations, calmly.

“No one really mentions it,” Beverly said. “It truly has nothing to do with us... I don’t really worry about what other people say.”

Beverly looks to be fully recovered after hip surgery this offseason. In the exhibition win over AIC, he came off the bench and was a sparkplug, totaling seven points. Calhoun said he changed

had 46 points. Paul Millsap.

Don’t be surprised when Erik Spoelstra has a tough time getting tickets to watch Pat Riley coach the Heat if the he doesn’t turn this team into one of the best in the NBA. I wouldn’t be shocked either if LeBron and D-Wade picked up the slack and led Miami to its second NBA championship, and James’ first.

The Heat are mathematically eliminated from beating the 1986 Celtics’ 40-1 home mark and don’t look like they will win 72 games like the 1996 Bulls. And if the Superfriends and Co. don’t create a spark soon, the Miami Heat Index’s temperature could drop so low that ESPN decides to cover first-place teams.

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Huskies will rely on senior co-captain Beverly’s experience this season, play Catamounts tonight from BEVERLY, page 14

season opener in NBA history, Miami Thrice met the Boston Three Party at the Garden and the Celtics won 88-80. This past Thursday, Boston took their talents to South Beach and used a 35-point effort from Ray Allen to extinguish the Heat in Miami 112-107.

Miami was picked by many to beat the Lakers for the NBA title. Los Angeles started the season 8-0, and although they’ve lost their last two games, the Lakers are prime to make their fourth consecutive Finals. The Hornets have surprisingly started 8-0 and the old guard of the Spurs are 8-1. None of these Western powerhouses have their own ESPN page.

After the much-maligned

“Decision” by James and the backlash he received, the “King without a Ring” has averaged 22.3 points and 8.9 assists per game. Dwayne Wade is leading the team in scoring with 24.7 points per game and Bosh has dropped 14.5 points per game. The “Big Three” has not played poorly, but the have not come through in any big games either.

Besides the two losses to Boston, Eddie House missed a three-pointer at the buzzer to lose at New Orleans. I guess the question of whether James or Wade will take the last shot still hasn’t been answered.

And the Heat blew a 22-point lead at home to lose to the Jazz in overtime. Questions about the Heat defense are still alive and well. In Utah’s comeback win, Paul Millsap

the tempo of the game and was happy for him. The coach said there’s no tomorrow for the senior, and that the two have had discussions regarding Beverly’s future.

Calhoun even suggested there may be a spot in the coaching ranks for Beverly. But for now, he’s still a player, and an important one, too.

Calhoun expects Beverly’s experience and leadership to help the team this season.

“He’s been in the Final Four,” Calhoun said. “He’s played in big games in pretty big places.”

Beverly did a good job in the 2009 NCAA tournament run, logging time in every game and scoring 11 points , including seven against first round opponent Chattanooga. But for Beverly, it is about the present and future, not the past.

“This will be my last year,” Beverly said. “I’m going to cherish it and take the memories with me.”

Beverly, the team’s consistent shoulder to lean on, has one more year of opportunity. It’s one last chance to make more memories to take with him.

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Freshman guard Bria Hartley receives an inbounds pass against Baylor. Hartley finished the contest with nine points.

Baylor, up eight, can’t put Huskies away in the second half, Hartley hits game tying 3-pointer from STREAK, page 14 goes on a run, we start doing crazy ridiculous things.”

The senior leader Moore had her doubts as well, but she was pleased with the way UConn responded.

“I was speechless,” Moore said. “I was just proud of the way my teammates responded, that was a really big moment for us. I thought we responded to the test and we did just enough to get it.”

The Huskies erased an eightpoint deficit with more than seven minutes left in the second half. Hartley tied the game with a 3-pointer with less than four minutes remaining.

Although Hartley was playing in her second regular season game, she was confident she’d help the team come back.

“It was definitely nervewracking but I knew we’d come

through,” Hartley said. “I was just playing.”

After Griner made it a 60-58 Baylor lead, Hartley tied the game again with a put back off a Moore miss. With two minutes remaining, Hartley made another big 3-pointer to take the lead for good 63-60. Kimetria Hayden answered to make it a one-point game with 1:30 left.

Moore hit a jump shot to extend the lead to 65-62. Melissa Jones cut the lead back to one with 36 seconds left to set up the final sequence of stops.

“She had eight of the biggest points of her life, up to this point,” Auriemma said.

“Bria reacted exactly the way I thought she’d react, it just took a little longer. I don’t know if there’s been a bigger shot in her life than the three she had on the wing to tie the game.”

“I compliment Connecticut,” Mulkey said. “They were

down eight and we couldn’t put them away.”

Samarie Walker fouled out with 9:44 left in the second half and Stefanie Dolson fouled out with 7:24 remaining. The two freshmen had the challenge to guard Griner. After Dolson exited, Heather Buck played the final seven minutes.

UConn pushed the lead to 15 out of the gate in the second half, but Baylor answered with a 24-4 run to take the lead.

Jordan Madden’s three gave the Lady Bears a 51-48 lead, which they extended to and eight-point lead with under eight minutes left.

Tiffany Hayes was the only other Husky scoring in double figures with 16 points on 5-for-20 shooting.

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Away game Gampel Pavilion, XL Center

Football (5-4) Nov. 20 Syracuse 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 27 Cincinnati TBA

Nov. 23 Nov. 22 Michigan St./ Wichita State Chaminade 3:00 p.m.

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Nov. 30 UNH 7:30 p.m.

Avita Ramdass, 5th-semester biomedical engineering and spanish major

Nov. 26 Howard 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 27 Lehigh 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 28 LSU 4:30 p.m.

“The pregame altercation got us going. It had us ready. We came back into the locker room pumped... We were like pit bulls, ready to get out of the cage.”

Browns make several moves

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CLEVELAND (AP)—The Cleveland Browns are no longer as deep at quarterback, releasing veteran backup Brett Ratliff.

The team waived Ratliff on Tuesday along with punter Dave Zastudil, who had been on injured reserve with a knee injury.

The Browns also placed starting offensive guard Billy Yates on injured reserve with a biceps injury and signed defensive back Eric King and kick returner Clifton Smith.

Ratliff returned to the Browns earlier this season after Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace suffered ankle injuries. He was waived by Cleveland after training camp and was signed to New England’s practice squad.

With Delhomme and Wallace back and rookie Colt McCoy playing well, Ratliff became expendable.

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Nov. 26 Rensselaer 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 27 TBD 4:00 p.m.

Dec. 3 Niagara 7:05 p.m.

Women’s Hockey (4-7-1) Nov. 20 Nov. 26/27 Vermont Nutmeg Classic 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Dec. 4 Boston University 1:00 p.m.

Dec. 5 Providence 1:00 p.m.

Dec. 8 Union 2:00 p.m.

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Women’s Cross-Country Nov. 20 Regional Championship All Day

Nov. 22 NCAA Championship All Day

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The UConn women’s basketball team put their 79-game winning streak on the line Tuesday night at the XL Center in Hartford against No. 2 Baylor. Brittany Griner and the Lady Bears traveled to Connecticut to face the Huskies in the most anticipated regular season game of the year.

UConn’s streak stretches back to November 2008 when the Huskies defeated Georgia Tech 82-71 at Gampel Pavilion. UConn capped off an undefeated 2008-09 season with a 76-54 win over Louisville in the 2009 national championship. Maya Moore and company didn’t miss a beat and went 39-0 last season. Out of the 78 straight wins, 77 of them were by double-digit margins. The only “close” contest was the 2010 national championship win over Stanford, which the Huskies won 53-47.

Griner and Baylor are coming off of a Final Four

appearance last season, which they lost to UConn. The Lady Bears came in 3-0 after blowing out Florida International, Montana State and Rice in the World Vision Invitational in Waco, Texas.

While UConn came in only 1-0 after crushing Holy Cross by 80 in its season opener in Storrs, Moore said that the Huskies weren’t worried that Baylor had played two more games. She said that UConn has come together in practice and preseason workouts and that two more games shouldn’t mean that much.

Coach Geno Auriemma also said that last night’s game doesn’t mean a lot.

Auriemma said it is not the national championship and the winner should not be crowned. Despite the national attention, UConn’s epic winning streak, now spanning into three seasons, is not on the minds of this year’s team.

Colin.McDonough@UConn.edu

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)—Power-hitting second baseman Dan Uggla was dealt from the Florida Marlins to the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday for infielder Omar Infante and left-hander Mike Dunn in the first trade of the general managers’ meetings.

A two-time All-Star, Uggla hit .287 with 33 homers and 105 RBIs last season and had been discussing a possible contract extension with Florida. He made $7.8 million this year, is eligible for salary arbitration and can become a free agent after the 2011 World Series.

Infante was a first-time All-Star who hit a career-high .321 with eight homers and 47 RBIs. Dunn was 2-0 with a 1.89 ERA in 25 games in his rookie season.

The trade reunites Uggla with former Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez, hired by the Braves to succeed Bobby Cox following the longtime Atlanta manager’s retirement.

Martin Prado split time between second and third this year for the Braves, and the trade could be a sign Atlanta is unsure whether third baseman Chipper Jones can return next year from surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left knee.

Jones turns 39 in April.

Florida also was close an agreement with free-agent catcher John Buck on an $18 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was not yet final. The person said the sides were working to wrap it up.

THE Pro Side Spurs continue tear, Falcons own NFL’s longest current streak

By Dan Agabiti Staff Writer Experienced Spurs on a tear The San Antonio Spurs head into tonight’s game against the Chicago Bulls with the longest win streak in the NBA. The 8-1 Spurs have won their last seven games and look to make it eight tonight when they take on the Bulls at 9:30 on ESPN. For the Spurs, the secret to their recent success has been simple: they are scoring points in bunches. They are second in the NBA with 109 points per game, and show no signs of slowing down.

San Antonio has no superstar to score the vast majority of their points. Four different players led the team in scoring during their last seven games.

With an average age of 32, the trio of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobli and Tony Parker are still going strong and playing at a high level. The three combine to average 53 points per game, and they continue to provide the backbone for this team.

Atlanta showing consistency in competitive season At this point in the NFL season, lengthy win streaks have been hard to come by.

The longest streak going in the league right now is three games, which three teams are tied for. The Atlanta Falcons are the best of those teams.

Sunday’s 26-21 win against a very good Baltimore Ravens team brought the Falcons to 7-2 on the season as they continue to stand atop the NFC South.

The reason for their success so far has been the traditional strategy of running the football well and stopping the opposing team. The Falcons rank on the top-10 in both rushing offense and defense.

Look for the Falcons to add to their win streak this Sunday as they head to St. Louis to face a Rams team that is not terrible, but certainly not at the level of the Falcons.

Daniel.Agabiti@UConn.edu

» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY P.13: The Storrs Side/The Pro Side. / P.12: Wilson wins Defensive Player of the Week. / P.11: Dynamic Vick playing like an MVP.

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STREAK CONTINUES, ‘BEAR’LY

No. 1 Huskies escape with one-point win

By Colin McDonough Senior Staff Writer

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40-1 at home? Are you kidding me? The Miami Heat already have two home losses and it’s November. 72-10?

Probably not after starting its first 10 games 6-4. NBA champions? The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers are both 8-2. The New Orleans Hornets are undefeated. Southeast Division champions at least?

Miami is in third place in their division and if the Eastern conference playoffs started today, they’d be the fifth seed.

Now, it’s only November, but thus far, the most hyped team in league history has been a disappointment in the season’s first month.

ESPN.com has links to specific city sites. For example, fans in the Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles or New York area have their own home page and Sportscenter telecast to follow. Miami doesn’t have its own ESPN site, but the ESPN does have “Your Daily Heat Check.” The “Miami Heat Index” is linked to the NBA page on ESPN.com. With the signings of LeBron James and Chris Bosh this offseason, preseason expectations went through the roof of American Airlines Arena and every media outlet in the country.

But a 6-4 team should not have its own ESPN page.

In the offseason, the Heat were deemed favorites to win the Eastern Conference. The defending East champs, the Celtics, have beat Miami twice already. In the most anticipated

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Hail Mary, full of... touchdowns?

By Andrew Callahan NFL Columnist They are the miracles of miracles: winning lottery tickets, four-leaf clovers and spotless bathrooms after Spring Weekend. In the world of the NFL, they’ve got one too – and it’s called the completed Hail Mary pass.

Last Sunday, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback David Garrard won the lottery- NFL style. Tied at 24 against the Houston Texans, Garrard heaved the football more than 150 feet and, by the grace of only Mary herself, saw it land in the hands of receiver Mike Thomas. I have only one question though. Why Mary?

Seriously. Wouldn’t it depend on the particular faith of the passer making the play?

Or did Moses, Mohammed, Vishnu and Buddha just fail to call dibs on having the most improbable play in football named after them?

Thankfully, I have a childish penchant for answering equally stupid questions, and the answer to this one has nothing to do with any divine being.

Although Cowboy fans would debate otherwise, the truth is that it all started with the very mortal former Dallas quarterback Roger Staubach.

The Catholic Staubach was the first to give Mary a place on the pro gridiron back in 1975, during one of the biggest moments of his career.

Incidentally, Staubach’s new moniker replaced the play’s original nickname – the “alleyoop,” It was only a few years

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The UConn women’s basketball team’s historic 79-game winning streak was put to its stiffest test in the last three seasons against Brittney Griner and Baylor. The Huskies passed, just barely.

No. 1 UConn beat the No. 2 Lady Bears 65-64 in the State Farm Tip Off Classic at the XL Center in Hartford to extended its winning streak to 80 games and improved to 2-0 on the season. Maya Moore scored 30 points and freshman Bria Hartley scored eight secondhalf points to lead the Huskies past Baylor.

Griner had 19 points, seven rebounds and nine blocks in the losing effort.

With eight seconds left and two on the shot clock, Moore took an inbounds pass from just beyond the elbow and missed the rim. Baylor had no timeouts remaining and Odyssey Sims had to dribble down the court and throw a last heave for the Lady Bears. The shot fell short and UConn celebrated at midcourt. Coach Geno Auriemma didn’t know that the Huskies could pull out the win to continue their streak.

“When we got up 15, we looked like and acted like and carried ourselves on the court like we’re Connecticut and we do this every night,” Auriemma said. “Then all of a sudden Baylor

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Senior forward Maya Moore passes the ball in the No. 1 Huskies’ 65-64 win over the No. 2 Lady Bears. The win stretched UConn’s winning streak to 80 games. Moore finished with 30 points.

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» THE STREAK GOES ON

UConn’s historic winning streak hits 80 was one of many who believed that chance would never come. Putting players out on the floor who were playing in They could see the light their first official game at the at the end of the tunnel. XL Center, and others who Down eight points to the had four fouls, things looked No. 2 ranked Baylor Bears, grim. Asked if he thought his team could come with none of their back, his answer offensive explowas a swift ‘no.’ siveness in sight, “No,” Auriemma the Huskies were said.

“Because done. Their histhey’ve never done toric seventyit. I don’t think nine game-winthey did either and ning streak was that’s why it was snapped.

Notebook such a great sceThen in the nario for them to final minutes, the shadows of Maya Moore and come back. They’d not been Briah Hartley blocked any in a situation like that before light from coming into full and they got it done.”

The Huskies previous view and the Huskies stormed back to victory. It was their matchup with the Lady Bears eightieth consecutive victory pushed their streak to sevenspanning over three seasons, ty-seven and was a 20 point leaving UConn just eight victory. Last night marked away from the college bas- only the second time during the streak that UConn finketball record.

Head coach Geno Auriemma ished with a final lead of less

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than 10 points.

The Huskies will continue their season on the road at Georgia Tech on Saturday, but their next ranked test will come on Dec. 19 against no.

7 Ohio State. That game will be at a neutral site inside Madison Square Garden and could potentially by their 88th victory. A win over the Buckeyes and Florida State following would break the UCLA men’s record of 88 consecutive wins.

Guarding Griner Heading into last night’s matchup, the biggest storyline was none other than the towering presence in the post for Baylor, 6-foot-8 Brittany Griner. In their Final Four matchup, the Huskies held her down to just fourteen points and six rebounds. But at the XL Center she did much more. Knocking in nineteen points, Griner also grabbed

seven rebounds and nine blocks. UConn was forced to essentially play musical chairs in the post due to foul trouble but the leader of the pack was freshman Samarie Walker.

“I was just thinking the whole time ‘Don’t let her score,’” Walker said. “Our scouting report said she liked to turn to her right shoulder so I tried to work on that. I’m not going to lie, I was nervous but that went away further into the game,” Walker managed to hold the Bears center to just six points in the first half, four of which came from the free throw line. Stephanie Dolson and Heather Buck came up with sound defensive stops in their minutes.

“I’ve never even seen a 6-foot-8 female before,” Walker said laughing. “It was just very exciting the opportunity of guarding her.”

Asked if she perhaps

annoyed Griner with her physical play on defense the freshman smiled and responded, “Yea I think so, she elbowed me a couple times. But it all worked out in the end.”

Next up: Georgia Tech

After heading into the Baylor game with just one day of rest, the Huskies will now enjoy a break before making their first road trip of the year. They’ll be heading down to Georgia Tech to tangle with the Yellow Jackets of the ACC. Though according to Auriemma, they’ll be doing so with a well-prepared team.

“They grew up a little bit tonight. When we go to Georgia Tech, our freshman aren’t going to be freshman anymore.”

Andrew.Callahan@UConn.edu

Beverly, UConn take on Vermont

By Matt McDonough Associate Sports Editor The UConn men’s basketball team led Stony Brook 39-31 at halftime of Friday night’s opener. The Seawolves’ Chris Martin opened the second half with a lay-up, cutting the lead to six. Freshman guard Shabazz Napier tried to answer but missed a jumper and committed a foul.

Napier was subbed out for guard Donnell Beverly, one of two seniors on the roster and the only senior that is a team captain. After a missed three-pointer from freshman Jeremy Lamb, junior captain

Kemba Walker tried to make nificant. In fact, Beverly only the Gampel Pavilion crowd finished with six points in sit down. The shot was off the the game. But the basket was mark and freshman forward symbolic of Beverly’s role.

Tyler Olander corAlthough he isn’t ralled the rebound a starter, or the and passed it back first option on to the three-point offense, he can be line. Beverly was the most imporvs. Vermont there waiting tant player on for the pass, and the court for the 7 p.m. with the crowd Huskies.

XL Center still standing and UConn takes on waiting for the Vermont tonight Hartford Huskies’ first basat 7 p.m. at the SNY ket of the half, XL Center in their the senior calmly Hartford home knocked down a three-point- opener. The Catamounts er, making the fans fall to won at defending MAAC their seats.

The shot pushed the lead to

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Senior guard Donnell Beverly shoots a jumper in UConn’s exhibition win over Bridgeport.