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BIG EAST TOURNAMENT: First Round UConn vs. DePaul Tonight, 7:30 p.m.

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A BRIEF LOOK AT THE HUSKIES’ SEASON

By John Shevchuk Staff Writer The regular season is a thing of the past. The No. 9 Huskies must win to survive. Over the 2010 regular season, UConn achieved an overall record of 11-2-4, and finished third in the Blue division of the Big East with a conference record of 5-1-3.

The Huskies opened the year by winning seven of the first nine games and tying the remaining two. From the get-go, UConn demonstrated tremendous offense and defense. They allowed just five goals and scored an astonishing 36.

Freshman Mamadou Doudou Diouf was a highlight during the first part of the season. The Senegalese forward scored five goals in the first three games before getting injured in the South Carolina tournament.

Following Diouf’s injury, a slew of other UConn players began to enter the spotlight. Junior Tony Cascio and sophomore Carlos Alvarez had tremendous performances against then-ranked USF. Cascio collected three goals, while Alvarez had an amazing four assists.

SNY covered the match, the first televised game of the season.

By the later part of the season, UConn had picked up their first loss of the year. On Oct. 5, the Huskies traveled to College Park, MD, where the University of Maryland won 1-0. UConn was ranked second in the country, their highest ranking of the season, before this loss. Maryland is now ranked third in the country.

In most preseason polls UConn was ranked No. 22. However, the Huskies were in the top five throughout much of the season.

Commenting on UConn’s high rankings, coach Ray Reid said, “I’m proud of it, but we need to stay focused here as we go forward.”

The final stretch of the season was mostly composed of Big East conference games. Down the stretch the Huskies defeated Seton Hall, Providence and West Virginia. Notre

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It’s time to buck the trend

Dame tied the Huskies in the final home game of the year making for a tight race for the top spots of the Blue division. UConn then traveled to Georgetown, where they lost both their second game of the season as well as the possibility of claiming first place in the league.

“I’m proud of it, but we need to stay focused here as we go forward.”

Ray Reid Men’s Soccer Coach Defenders Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Greg King, Nickardo Blake, and captain Robert Brickley were the core defenders for the Huskies. The final line and goalkeeper Josh Ford earned a goals-against average of just .29. Ford made 52 saves on the season and earned a save percentage of .912. Ford’s victory over Pittsburgh in the last game of the season allowed him to tie the alltime wins record of 53.

Tony Cascio finished the season as the points leader for the Huskies. Cascio collected a team-high nine goals and collected four assists. Alvarez finished second with 20 points, the majority of which came from a team-high 12 assists. Fellow Senegalese teammate Stephane Diop scored seven goals on the season, giving him the second highest goal total.

The No. 9 Huskies now prepare for DePaul University, the sixth place team in the Red division.

Associate head coach John Deeley said he would watch film of DePaul for three days in preparation. “[Film] is a big factor because DePaul is a good team,” Reid said.

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The Huskies defeated West Virginia by a score of 2-0 at Morrone Stadium on Oct. 29.

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Stephane Diop winds up to kick the ball during the Huskies’ scoreless tie against Harvard on Sept. 11. The Huskies’ tie broke a three game winning streak that the team maintained from the start of the season. The team wouldn’t lose their first game, however, until Oct. 5 when they lost 1-0 to Maryland.

Men’s soccer looks for first win in quarterfinals since 2007 But he added that the extra motivation will be good for UConn and may set them up for a deeper run.

The Huskies are seeded third in the conThe UConn men’s soccer team con- ference tournament, based on the team’s trolled its own destiny the last week of place in the Blue Division. UConn goes the regular season. Two wins would give into the first round contest with a 11-2-4 the Huskies back-to-back Big East Blue overall record and are 5-1-3 record in conference play. The Blue Demons Division crowns. UConn, snuck into the tournament as however, fell at Georgetown the No. 6 seed out of the Red Oct. 28. As the Hoyas celDivision. DePaul, 4-9-5, finebrated the division chamished the regular season Big pionship, the Huskies were forced to shift focus to the vs. DePaul East slate with a 1-5-3 record, are led by senior forward conference tournament.

7:30 p.m. They Alex Mangan, who leads the UConn takes on DePaul squad in points, with 14, and tonight at Morrone Stadium in Morrone goals with six.

Storrs. The Big East championStadium The winner advances to ship opening round matchup WHUS Sunday’s quarterfinals at No. will be the first time the two 2 Cincinnati. UConn did not schools play each other this seaplay the Bearcats this season, and the Blue son. Kick-off is set for 7:30 p.m.

“It’s one of the goals of the season, to Devils tied Cincy 1-1 last week.

Louisville, who went 14-0-2 on the seawin the league,” said associate head coach John Deeley. “We have won it a number son and earned the top ranking in nationof times. I would say we are disappointed al polls, is on the oppositie side of the we didn’t win this year. We are more bracket. The semifinals and championship concerned with getting ourselves in good games are Nov. 12 and 14, respectively, at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ. position for the NCAA tournament.”

After the loss at Georgetown, the Deeley said that, due to not winning the league, the tournament now has a bigger Huskies responded nicely by keeping their bearing on the Huskies’ NCAA seeding. heads up and winning at Pittsburgh 2-0

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over the weekend. Freshman midfielder Juho Karppinen notched his first two collegiate goals.

“It was a good response at Pitt,” Deeley said. “We came back from the low point in the season, in a short period of time on the road.”

Deeley said it was tough that the team came away with no hardware after being so close to the top of the league standings and having only one league loss.

“At this point, the league regular season is all behind us,” Deeley said. “Clearly we need to do well in the Big East tournament.

We are going to make the NCAA.” Deeley said a strong showing in the league tournament would solidify the Huskies’ NCAA résumé.

Due to the women’s basketball exhibition game in Gampel Pavilion tonight, a travel advisory is in effect for Morrone Stadium spectators. A UConn press release asks the crowd to enter and exit the stadium heading towards Separatist Road. Fans will be unable to drive past Gampel on Stadium Road going to the match, and will be allowed to take a right onto Stadium Road and left onto Alumni Road, near Memorial Stadium, when leaving the game.

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EDITORIAL: WE NEED MIDDLE GROUND FOR VIDEO GAME VIOLENCE Violent games should not be readily available to children but shouldn’t compromise rights COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: ‘CHOICES’ DISCUSSES NEGATIVE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL

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UConn receives ‘B+’ for sustainability Students invited to celebrate

By Matt Nanci state’s 375th anniversary at Campus Correspondent football game UConn has received a ‘B+’ overall grade from the Sustainable Endowments Institute for its efforts in going green and increasing its sustainability.

Overall, UConn received mostly As in the categories of administration, climate change and energy, food and recycling, green building and investment priorities.

This grade is a part of the College Sustainability Report Card. The purpose of this report is to see which colleges and universities are leading the way in sustainability. The goal of this program is to show other schools what they can do to improve their sustainability by learning from other schools. The College Sustainability Report Card can be found at greenreportcard. org, which contains the profiles of hundreds of colleges in the United States and Canada. This report is the only evaluation of campus and endowment sustainability that compares schools.

The information for these profiles is discovered through independent research and voluntary feedback from school administrators via surveys.

By John Sherman Campus Correspondent

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Students eating at Towers Dining Hall. UConn’s dining halls received an ‘A’ sustainability rating from the Sustainable Endowments Institute.

This report card said that the administration makes use of sustainable office liaisons that work to make other departments greener. They also cited the purchase of Energy Star appliances, Green Seal-certified cleaning supplies, ultra-low sulfur fuel and 30 percent-recycled office paper as reasons why UConn received the ‘A.’ In the climate change and

energy category the university is promoting its sustainability through the goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. Also, most campus heating and cooling is from a natural gas powered cogeneration plant. UConn has also saved energy through the use of steam system repairs and temperature setbacks. There are also automated electric,

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Fans who attended UConn’s historic defeat of West Virgina last Friday night received commemorative T-shirts along with other keepsakes as part of the state’s 375th Anniversary celebration. Gov. Rell included the Huskies in the year-long event, incidentally picking the proper venue for a Connecticut celebration.

Though the fans at Rentschler Field may have been cheering more for Dave Teggart’s overtime dramatics than for Thomas Hooker’s formalization of the Connecticut valley, moments of Friday night were designed for Huskies to appreciate their home state.

Connecticut, founded in 1635 by a small group of Puritans whose first governor was John Winthrop Jr., turned 375 years old in 2010.

Despite the rich history, the State had been without a football win over West Virginia.

Gov. Rell sent an invitation to UConn students prior to the game.

“We’re inviting Husky fans to join in the celebration of our state’s

375th Anniversary” Rell said. “We hope you turn out Friday night to root for the team, root for the state and be proud to be a part of it all.”

Fans did indeed show up.

Thousands of Huskies came prepared to inform the uninformed that Connecticut is better than (and older than) West Virginia.

The event was the last celebratory one of October, but more efforts of reflection and remembrance are planned until the very last day of the anniversary year.

The Kinsella Magnet School of the Performing Arts concludes a two-day showing of the original production, “CT 375!” this afternoon at the Black Box Theater in Hartford with all proceeds going to Greater Hartford Special Olympics.

In December there will be a Governor’s Residence Open House, furnished with several musical guests enthused about the history of Connecticut. As well as the Connecticut Historical Society’s opening of the “Making Connecticut” exhibition. The exhibition is expected to have over 500 items from early Connecticut life.

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Students show support for bullied LGBTQ youths

By Jennifer Silber Campus Correspondent Among the crowd of students walking across Fairfield Way on Wednesday afternoon, a line of people stood outside the Student Union with black duct tape over their mouths and determination in their eyes.

From 2 to 5 p.m., representatives from Planned Parenthood stood in Fairfield Way in a “silent rally” to promote The Trevor Project, a national organization to prevent suicides among gay and lesbian youths, and to honor the young people who have lost their lives recently due to bullying regarding sexual orientation.

The Trevor Project was founded in 1998 as a help hotline for gay or questioning teens that may be facing challenges with bullying or considering suicide. The goal of the Trevor Project is to end suicide among LGBTQ youths by providing a 24-hour hotline, as well as digital communities and support systems to help teens through what may be a very difficult time in their lives.

For the volunteers stand-

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Students line up on Fairfield Way show support for bullied LGBTQ youths.

now they have little rights and almost no support system, and it’s our job to give it to them.”

The rally was planned in response to recent incidents of suicide among gay teens in response to bullying and harassment by their peers.

By holding a silent rally, the representatives from Planned Parenthood are hoping to highlight the inability to speak out that characterizes the experience of many gay teens, and to encourage other to refrain from insensitive behavior.

“All we are asking is that people be aware of the things they say,” said Jackie Martone, another Planned Parenthood intern.

Planned Parenthood has sponsored other events on campus similar to the silent rally, such as a voter registration drive, a signature drive petitioning for the availability of no-cost birth control and an information table about the Hyde Amendment, which in 1976 banned public funds for abortion. The table provided passersby with information and safe sex supplies handed out by Planned Parenthood.

ing out in the cold yesterday afternoon, the goal was to promote awareness about the Trevor Project throughout the

UConn community.

“What we are doing is giving a voice to [gay and lesbian youths] because they are

not able to speak out on their own,” said Devan Cody, a Planned Parenthood Campus Action intern. “As of right

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mer state Rep. Brian Flaherty, R-Watertown.

“We need to begin the process today of re-creating Connecticut,” Malloy said during a late afternoon press conference in the Capitol, naming his running mate, Comptroller Nancy Wyman, to co-chair the transition effort with Bannon.

“The people of Connecticut expect an administration to take office on Jan. 5 and deal with the massive issues facing Connecticut.”

A 1977 graduate of Yale Law School, Bannon, 63, joined the O’Neill administration in February 1985, serving two-and-a-half years as a speechwriter and administrative aid before becoming commissioner of the Department

of Revenue Services and then special counsel.

When O’Neill left office in 1991, Bannon began one of two prolonged stints in the private sector, serving seven years at Aetna working in corporate planning and legal affairs.

After two years as assistant deputy state treasurer in 1999 and 2000, Bannon returned to the private sector, working in public affairs and the legal department for Perdue Pharma of Stamford, where he first met Malloy.

For the last two years Bannon has served as executive director and president of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, a quasi-public agency created by the state legislature four decades ago to help housing develop-

ment to serve low- and moderate-income families.

Malloy said Bannon “shares a passion for housing that I have” and predicted their administration would significantly expand affordable housing. “I have great respect for Tim. ... He has a body of experience which I am very attracted to.”

Bannon, who will help Malloy select a budget director who must close the $3.3 billion state budget deficit projected for next fiscal year, is married to Lorraine M. Aronson, another veteran of state government who has the unique distinction of serving on the budget staff for Democratic, Republican and third-party governors.

Aronson was the University of Connecticut’s chief financial

officer when she retired from state service two years ago.

Bannon and Wyman did not answer questions following the announcement.

Given the size of the projected deficit he stands to inherit, Malloy said that while he respects Foley’s right to challenge the results, he cannot wait to launch the transition. The successor to Gov. M. Jodi Rell must submit a plan by Feb. 15 to close a fiscal shortfall equal to one-sixth of current spending and one-half of the annual revenue raised by the state income tax.

This story originally appeared at CTMirror.org, the website of the Connecticut Miror, an independent, non-profit news organization covering government, politics and public policy in the state.

Malloy, Foley both announce transition teams

By Keith M. Phaneuf Connecticut Mirror

Within hours of being declared the likely winner of Connecticut’s gubernatorial election by the state’s chief elections official, Democrat Dan Malloy tapped a key figure from Gov. William A. O’Neill’s administration and an expert in housing finance, Timothy F. Bannon of Manchester, to be his chief of staff and help lead his transition effort.

Not to be outdone, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley - who insisted Wednesday that he ultimately would be certified winner of the election - unveiled his own transition group, led by Northeast Utilities executive Greg Butler and for-

What’s on at UConn today...

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Drama/Music Building Studio Admission: $11-$29

This off-Broadway drama delves into the thought processes behind Judas’ betrayal of Jesus Christ.

CHIP Lecture Series 12 to 1 p.m.

Hawley Armory 102 Jennifer J. Harman, PH.D., Assistant Professor of Pschology at Colorado State University will give this week’s lecture.

Dinner for Schmucks 6 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Student Union Theater Admission: $2

Steve Carell and Paul Rudd star in this hilarious screwball comedy.

The End of Poverty?

7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Watson Ground Floor Lounge A screening of the film ‘The End of Poverty?’ will be followed by a discussion.

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DAILY BRIEFING ‘Choices’ discusses negative impact of alcohol

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Kirk, Giannoulias meet for beer at Billy Goat bar

CHICAGO (AP) — After a nasty campaign packed with bickering, ugly ads and name-calling, two adversaries over President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat met again Wednesday, not for a debate but a beer.

Republican Sen.-elect Mark Kirk and Democrat Alexi Giannoulias chatted privately in hushed tones — but surrounded by reporters — at the Billy Goat Tavern, a Chicago institution known nationally after its Greek cooks and waiters were parodied on “Saturday Night Live” during the 1970s. (Think John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd chanting “cheezborger, cheezborger,” and “no fries, cheeps.”)

During his victory speech, Kirk said he and Giannoulias had talked about having a beer once the campaign was over, and he extended the invitation for Wednesday night.

Kirk said after their talk, which he jokingly dubbed the “Billy Goat Summit,” that he hopes the two have started a new postelection tradition in which “the day after the election, we respect the decision of the people of Illinois, and we come together as a country.

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Dad charged with killing daughter, ex-girlfriend

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man has been charged with murder after authorities say he deliberately ran his truck into a Los Angeles home in a crash that killed his ex-girlfriend and their newborn daughter.

The district attorney said in a statement that 21-year-old Eduardo Villareal was charged Wednesday with two counts of murder and six of attempted murder.

Villareal appeared in court, and a judge postponed arraignment until Nov. 24.

Prosecutors say Villareal crashed his Cadillac Escalade into the bedroom of the Boyle Heights home Sunday after an argument with his girlfriend over their 10-day-old baby.

Six months prison for 2 Nev. man in mustang killings

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two Nevada men who admitted they were drunk when they fatally shot five wild horses on federal land have been sentenced to six months in prison each.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert McQuaid said Wednesday that the two Lovelock men need time alone to think about their senseless killing of the mustangs last November.

Their attorneys argued for probation. They said the act was senseless, calling it “boneheaded, drunken behavior,” but argued that it lacked criminal intent.

The judge said, “drunken and boneheaded is not an excuse.”

Prosecutor Sue Fahami had sought a year in prison for each man. She says the cold-hearted killers left the wounded animals behind to suffer a long, painful death.

The animals’ bodies were found about 150 miles northwest of Reno.

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Calif. man charged with assault in priest attack

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California man faces a charge of beating a Jesuit priest who allegedly molested him and his brother more than 30 years ago.

Amy Cornell, a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara County district attorney, said Wednesday that William Lynch faces one count of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury.

His attorney says his 44-year-old client will plead not guilty.

Authorities allege Lynch beat the Rev. Jerold Lindner severely on May 10 after tracking him to his retirement home and confronting him.

Lynch and his younger brother reached a $625,000 settlement in 1998 over the alleged abuse, which the brothers say occurred in 1975 while on camping trips.

The 65-year-old Lindner has denied abusing anyone and has not been charged.

ND man reports uninvited couple in his hot tub

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Police say a North Dakota man was surprised to find two people sitting in his hot tub when he went to check on a noise at 4 a.m. Officer Ron Van Doorne told The Dickinson Press that the man asked them what they were doing. They said, “We’re sorry,” then left. The incident occurred Monday.

Van Doorne said there was no disorderly conduct or damage, “other than the fact that they were sitting in his hot tub at 4 o’clock in the morning.”

Said Van Doorne: “You can’t make this kind of stuff up.”

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By Garrett Gianneschi Staff Writer The effects and the presence of alcohol both at UConn and later in life were discussed at a “Choices” Program discussion held by Arthor Plitt, a Reiki Master Teacher and Sigma Chi alumni. Sigma Chi sponsored the event.

The event had about 35 audience members, mostly Sigma Chi UConn students, who discussed the positive and negative effects of alcohol.

The negative effects seemed to be elaborated on the most.

“Our chapter of Sigma Chi has had problems this semester from fighting due to alcohol,” said Robert Stack, a UConn and Sigma Chi alumni. “One of my

pledge brother’s marriage went to hell because of drinking, as well as my own brother, who has problems with drinking.”

In addition to Stack’s examples of the long-term effects of alcohol another discussion member shared a story from high school concerning the more immediate dangers of alcohol consumption.

“One of my good friends had an older brother who liked to drink in the morning before school,” said the UConn student. “And while he was driving to school with his sister in the passenger seat he flipped the car. He didn’t have a seat belt on and he was flung from the car.

His sister did have a seat belt, but she had to go through seeing that happen.”

The economic aspect of alco-

hol consumption was brought up by Plitt. He said that since a person was not spending as much money on “tipping back a few drinks,” that person could spend it on a new guitar or a concert.

The positive effects of alcohol mostly revolved around the fact that it is a social lubricant.

“It makes you feel good and helps you loosen up,” the discussion group said. “It is fun to play games and get drunk with your friends.”

No consensus among the group was reached in regards to whether UConn has more binge drinkers or casual drinkers. A female student said that it is mostly binge drinking, while a male student said that it varies with the situation.

Sigma Chi is interested in

promoting alcohol moderation because the fraternity is one of the few that allows alcohol to be served at fraternity events.

“The fraternity believes that its members can appeal to higher standards in order to avoid dangerous levels of alcohol consumption,” Plitt said.

The event was dedicated to Blake Hammontree, a Sigma Chi pledge who died in 2004 when he was put to bed after consuming too much alcohol and was later found dead when brothers came to his room in the morning.

“Choices” is a self-evaluation program which has student fill out a survey every couple of weeks to measure their growth as an individual.

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New reality: Obama, GOP talk compromise, conflict WASHINGTON (AP) — A chastened President Barack Obama signaled a new willingness to yield to Republican demands on tax cuts and jettisoned a key energy priority on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he and fellow Democrats absorbed election losses so severe he called them a shellacking.

But he bluntly swept aside any talk of repeal of his signature health care law — right after the House Speaker-inwaiting, Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, vowed Republicans would do everything they could to wipe the legislation off the books.

Boehner, a 60-year-old veteran of two decades in Congress, spoke at what amounted to his national debut as head of an incoming conservative majority that will include long-experienced lawmakers and tea party-backed political newcomers alike. He declared, “Our new majority will be the voice of the American people as they expressed it so clearly yesterday.”

Separately, the Federal Reserve announced new steps designed to further lower interest rates on loans and lead to more job creation, using powers denied mere politicians.

Taken together, the fastpaced series of events confirmed the primacy of the economy as an issue in a country with 9.6 percent unemployment, record home foreclosures and disappointingly slow growth.

In purely political terms, they also underscored a dramatic overnight power realign-

ment after two years of grinding partisanship in Congress followed by a coarse and cost-

campaign. Tea party favorites were elected to Senate seats in Florida, Kentucky and Utah, but

Obama struck similar themes at his own news conference a few hours later, saying he was

AP

House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio takes questions on the sweeping GOP victory in the 2010 midterm elections, Wednesday during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

ly campaign.

For all the uncertainty they loosed, there was little that was ambiguous about the election results. House Republicans picked up 60 seats to capture a majority and led for five more, ending a four-year span in which Nancy Pelosi served as the first female speaker in history.

The GOP picked up at least six seats in the Senate in races reflecting both the peril and the potential of a tea party movement that emerged during the

they lost in Nevada, Delaware and Colorado — at a time when Republican victories in all three would have created a 50-50 tie.

Speaking to reporters in the Capitol, Boehner said he and fellow Republicans hope the president “will continue to be willing to work with us” on the priorities of creating jobs and cutting spending.

But, he added, “We’re going to continue to renew our efforts for a smaller, less costly and more accountable government here in Washington, D.C.”

eager to sit down with the leaders of both political parties “and figure out how we can move forward together.”

He added, “It won’t be easy,” noting the parties differ profoundly in key areas.

Sounding more conciliatory than in the past, the president said he was open to compromise with Republicans on their demand for an extension of all of the Bush-era tax cuts due to expire on Jan. 1, including those that apply to upper-income earners.

UConn receives ‘B’ rating for student involvement from BUILDINGS, page 1 steam and water submeters in most of the buildings on campus, with several buildings under renovation to save energy.

In food and recycling, UConn received its “A” because all of the milk in the dining halls is hormone and antibiotic free and 30 percent of eggs used are cagefree. Some food waste gets composted and most dining halls do not use trays, which saves water.

In the category of green building, the report card references how all new construction is up to LEED Silver standards, with almost all construction waste being disposed of by non-tradi-

tional means. UConn has also reduced per capita water use by 15 percent since 2005. Part of this success is due to the installation of efficient laundry machines, dual-flush toilets, low-flow fixtures and weather-informed irrigation.

The last category the university received an ‘A’ in is investment priorities. The university is invested in renewable energy funds and uses investment managers to look at environment and sustainability factors.

The categories the university received “Bs”, the first one being student involvement. The student group EcoHusky is cited in for its effort ot reach out

to the campus and educate it about being more environmentally friendly. Students are also involved in water conservation, the endorsement of local and organic food, an organic garden on campus and promoting climate change legislation.

The report cites the bus system here on campus and ridematching for employees and students to organize carpools.

There is also a pilot program that offers bikes on campus for use.

UConn’s worst grade was in the category of endowment transparency, in which the university received a “D.” The report references how the list of

all holdings and a list of votes cast on proxy resolutions on a company-specific level are only available to trustees and senior administrators. The public is only allowed to view information regarding asset allocation.

The Sustainable Endowments Institute was founded in 2005, which is also the year it released its first report card. It is based in Cambridge and are a nonprofit organization. New this year to the report card is a new tool called “Get Answers” that will allow people to find out the programs and initiatives that

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Three charged in US with aiding Somali terror group

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal grand jury has charged three men, including one from St. Louis and one from Minneapolis, with conspiring to funnel money to a terrorist group in Somalia that the U.S. says has ties to al-Qaida.

In an indictment returned Oct. 21 and unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, prosecutors charged St. Louis taxi driver Mohamud Abdi Yusuf, a Somali national who immigrated to the U.S. as a refugee, with one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and three counts of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization — the radical Islamist group al-Shabab.

The government contends that Yusuf and Abdi Mahdi Hussein sent money through a Minneapolis wire-transfer business where Hussein worked to al-Shabab supporters in Somalia between 2008 and at least July 2009. Hussein, who is also of Somali descent, is charged with one count of conspiracy to structure monetary transactions.

Yusuf also faces that count.

Duane Mohamed Diriye, who prosecutors contend was on the receiving end of some transactions, is charged with conspiracy and terrorist-funding counts and is believed to be in Somalia or Kenya.

The government says that Yusuf used aliases to wire the funds to al-Shabab supporters in Somalia through Qaran Financial Express, where authorities say Hussein worked. It was one of three Minneapolis money transfer businesses searched by FBI agents in April 2009.

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The Associated Press he doesn’t know Hussein and the information from the government is incorrect.

“I don’t know this person.

This person never worked for me,” Darman said.

According to the indictment, Yusuf, Hussein and other unspecified alleged schemers tried to mask thousands of dollars worth of wire transfers by breaking them up into small, independent transactions. They spoke in code and used bogus names, all to skirt laws governing wire transactions and to avoid detection,

authorities said.

Federal agents arrested Yusuf on Monday in St. Louis and arrested Hussein on Tuesday in Minneapolis.

Both men made court appearances Tuesday. Yusuf’s federal defender declined to comment Wednesday. A message left with Hussein’s federal defender was not immediately returned, but authorities say he was released on bond. A phone listing for him was not available.

On Tuesday, a similar indictment was unsealed in California alleging that three San Diego residents coordinated fundrais-

Pot activists vow to push legalization in 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It seemed an easy sell in California: The state that gave us medical marijuana would allow pot for recreation.

Then came the ads, newspaper editorials and politicians, warning of a world where stoned drivers would crash school buses, nurses would show up at work high and employers would be helpless to fire drug-addled workers.

A day after voters rejected Proposition 19, marijuana advocates wondered how they failed in trendsetting, liberal California.

Was it the fear of the unknown?

An older electorate more likely to oppose pot? Voters reluctant to go any further than they already had with the nation’s most lax pot laws?

Whatever the reason, activists vowed Wednesday to push on in California, as well as in states that rejected other pot measures Tuesday.

“Social change doesn’t happen overnight,” said Paul Armentano, deputy director of the National Organization for Repeal of Marijuana Laws.

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ed for the second time a medical marijuana measure — a step first taken by California in 1996 and by 13 other states since. Oregon voters refused to expand their medical marijuana program to create a network of state-licensed nonprofit dispensaries.

A medical marijuana measure on Arizona’s ballot remained too close to call Wednesday.

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Blacks and Latinos, for example, opposed the measure at about the same rate as whites.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will sink $600 billion into government bonds in a bold plan that it hopes will drive interest rates even lower than they already are and start the chain reaction that finally creates jobs and invigorates the economy.

The Fed said Wednesday that it would buy the bonds at a rate of about $75 billion a month through the middle of next year.

The idea is to encourage people to spend more money and stimulate hiring, both ways of accelerating economic growth.

The announcement helped push stocks, which have been rising for weeks in anticipation of such a move, to their highest close of the year. But the program was immediately met with worries that it would not help enough and could backfire by causing inflation, creating asset bubbles and further weakening the dollar.

Even some analysts who were not concerned about such a backlash said the plan was unlikely to do much good.

“Bottom line: The plan provides a boost to the economy’s growth, but it is not going to solve our problems,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “Even with the Fed’s action, we’re going to feel uncomfortable

By Jaimi Welch Campus Correspondent The International Center held an “All About Greece” coffee hour Wednesday afternoon to celebrate and enrich the campus about Greek culture.

The first coffee hour of the UConn Global Celebration 2010 went off without a hitch.

The Hellenic Student Association Paideia on campus came to the International Center in Room 307 at 2 p.m. to discuss Greek music, food, culture and dance.

Leftover cupcakes and cookies, shaped like pumpkins and decorated in typical Halloween fashion, may have lured students in, but it was the aroma of baklava and frappes thatkept them there.

For just a dollar, students and faculty could purchase authentic Greek cuisine including baklava, cheese pie and spinach pie.

Kalliope Damalas, a 5thsemester pre-pharmacy major at UConn and the vice president of Hellenic Student Association Paideia, said the organization’s main goals are to bring people together who love Greek customs, and allow those who want to keep up with the culture to do so.

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about the economy in the next six to 12 months.”

The announcement came a day after voters frustrated by persistent unemployment and the limp housing market handed control of the House to Republicans and gave the GOP a bigger voice in the Senate.

The split will probably make it harder for President Barack Obama to enact any major economic initiatives and could put more pressure on the Fed to get the economy back on firmer footing.

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called their “shock and awe” approach to fighting the 2008 financial crisis. At that time, the Fed bought $1.7 trillion worth of securities.

This new program, including money that the Fed plans to reinvest from the portfolio of mortgages it has bought, should ultimately total $850 billion to $900 billion.

The Fed’s balance sheet, a measure of all its total holdings and investments, has ballooned to $2.3 trillion, nearly triple what it was at the end of 2007, when the economy slid into recession.

In addition to the Fed’s move, financial markets had anticipated the Republican takeover of the House for weeks and did not move much after the announcement. The Dow Jones industrial average finished up 26 points, about a quarter of a percentage point and good enough for a new high for the year.

Bond prices mostly rose. The huge demand from the Fed will make bonds more expensive and bring down the yields they pay out, which are connected to interest rates. The 30-year Treasury bond fell in price because the Fed is not expected to buy as many of those as other types of bonds.

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President of Hellenic Student Association Paideia Efrosini Arvanitis, a 7thsemester biology and pre-med major at the university, had the same view of the group, also referring to it as a home away from home.

Arvanitis has been a member of the club since her days at E. O. Smith High School, when she was enrolled in a Greek class, and upon her entrance into the university she quickly became an active member.

The coffee hour yesterday was yet another step in helping the organization in its effort to raise money for the current construction on the Greek theater being built at 28 Dog Lane.

“The theater is a scaled down version of Epidaurus, a famous theater in Greece,” said Arvanitis.

She added that the theater, including the seats, are made of marble and would give the Greek theater class a proper place to perform in.

Giving different clubs the ability to raise money is actually one of the reasons for the switch from a general discussion at coffee hour to themed ones, said Laurie Tompkins, Program Assistant for the Office of International Affairs.

Though coffee hour has

been running on campus since the early 1970s, according to Robert Chudy, director for the Office of International Affairs, the addition of themes is.

Tompkins said that since the office decided to change coffee hour from one without a theme to one focused on something particular, the attendance rate has tripled in size.

Tompkins added that in her eyes the most successful coffee hour thus far was the recent “All About Greece” coffee hour in which students from all countries were mingling and dancing.

“They were dancing in a circle and I could count eight or nine different countries in that one circle,” said Tompkins.

It demonstrates that the point of the weekly coffee hours is for students to learn about cultures besides their own, Chudy said.

This event has given international students the chance to mingle with other students from countries similar to their own, said Tompkins.

For those who wish to further their knowledge about Greek culture or who have a desire to reconnect with their Greek heritage they are encouraged to attend the club’s weekly meetings on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at 28 Dog Lane.

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We need middle ground for videogame violence

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he Supreme Court is currently debating Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Assn., a case regarding a California law that would ban the sale or rental of violent video games to those under 18. We believe that this regulation is a necessary means to protect American children, but the Court should create a specific test, as they do for obscenity and other First Amendment issues, to determine the appropriateness of the violence. Such a test would send a clear signal to the lower courts and rating boards to enforce the regulation along precise, constitutionally-valid guidelines that eliminate conflicting specifications. Additionally, the Court should ensure that this test restricts only the most excessively violent video games. Otherwise, violence could be restricted to the detriment of children’s First Amendment rights, an unacceptable consequence.

Opponents argue that restricting video games would violate the First Amendment rights of the companies and gamers. But there are certain categories of speech that the First Amendment does not protect under specific circumstances: fighting words, lewdness, libel and obscenity. The First Amendment has limits.

The Court should treat violence like obscenity. For its new violence test, the Court can look to the three-pronged test it established for obscene material in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, (1973): “‘the average person, applying contemporary community standards,’ would find the whole work appealing to the ‘prurient interest;’ the work depicts ‘sexual conduct’ in a ‘patently offensive way;’ and ‘taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.’”

For further guidance, the Court can consider New York v.

Ferber, 458 U.S. 747 (1982), which slammed an adult bookstore that sold a film depicting two boys masturbating. In its ruling, the Court stated that “a State’s interest in ‘safeguarding the physical and psychological well-being of a minor’ is ‘compelling.’” Going further, the Court ruled, “The distribution of photographs and films depicting sexual activity by juveniles is intrinsically related to the sexual abuse of children…” In other words, a state has the right and responsibility to establish necessary regulations in order to protect the well-being of minors.

Current regulations are not strict enough. According to the State of California, the Federal Trade Commission’s voluntary rating system allows minors to slip pass the regulations and purchase M-rated games. Additionally, some publishers do not need to follow a rating system. Furthermore, research by the California legislature concluded that such videogames promote “feelings of aggression” and “violent, antisocial or aggressive behavior.”

Excessive video game violence threatens the well-being of American children. As a result, states should have the ability to protect them from the worst perpetrators. The Court should uphold the California law and create a test that can be applied to videogames for years to come.

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President was naïve to believe in post-partisanship

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ast weekend, I did a few things. I studied for my upcoming biology exam. I watched Game 3 of the World Series. I spent some time talking with friends. Oh, and I saw the President of the United States of America.

On Saturday, Oct. 30, Barack Obama spoke at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, at a rally for Congressman Jim Himes.

Over 9,000 people attended.

Regardless of your political affiliation, there is no denying that Obama is one of the most magnificent speakers of our generation. There was

By Jesse Rifkin another noteworWeekly Columnist thy element: the sharp change in rhetoric since his presidential campaign.

2007 Obama: “I don’t want to pit Red America against Blue America. I want to be President of the United States of America… We can make this election not about fear, but about the future. And that won’t just be a Democratic victory. That will be an American victory.”

2010 Obama: “They [Republicans] want to go back to the days when credit card companies can jack up your rates without reason and insurance companies can deny you coverage just because you got sick.

They want to stand by and do nothing while states are forced to lay off teachers and firefighters and cops…They want to give more tax breaks to companies that

ship jobs overseas instead of giving them to companies that are investing here in the United States. They want to borrow $700 billion to give a tax break worth an average of $100,000 to every millionaire and billionaire in America.”

Whatever happened to Obama, the unifier? Whatever happened to Obama, the post-partisan leader? Whatever happened to Obama, the man who would transcend the politics of the past and lead the politics of the future?

He had no choice.

“It can take a lifetime to achieve success. It can take one second to throw it all away.”

When zero of 217 Congressional Republicans vote for your health care bill, you have no choice. When zero of 41 Senate Republicans vote for your jobs bill, you have no choice. When Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says, “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president,” you have no choice.

I am not saying that I agree with Obama on all issues here. Just off the top of my head, I oppose his policies on mandatory health care purchasing, the troop surge in Afghanistan, drug enforcement, the “Race to the Top” initiative to improve public

schools and humongous stimulus spending. What I am saying is that Obama was naïve to believe that he could go four years without attacking Republicans.

Democrats, over the last two years, had control in Washington D.C. they had not held since the mid-1960s under Lyndon Johnson. Usually, the president in power controls the story, and, since 2008, Democrats have had their chance to control the story. They failed. During the first three years Obama’s presidency, the Republicans not in the White House, did not control the Senate, did not control the House of Representatives and made up less than half of state governors. Yet they controlled the public’s impression of Obama, in a way the Democrats were never able to do with George W. Bush.

It seems like you can’t go anywhere these days without hearing about how Obama is spending too much of our money. Bush also spent too much of our money. In fact, he turned a budget surplus, our nation’s first since the 1950s under Dwight Eisenhower, into a budget deficit. How come you didn’t hear about that? Because Bush was a Republican. He never tried to play nice with Democrats.

Instead, he plowed over them like a steamroller.

Obama should aim for bipartisanship, just as every president should. But by taking so long to criticize his opponents, he let them win. Tuesday’s election results proved this.

Weekly Columnist Jesse Rifkin is a 1st-semester political science and communications double major.

He can be reached at Jesse.Rifkin@UConn.edu.

Making the case for special interest groups

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f there is one thing that the political left and right can agree on, it is that influential organizations called special interest groups are bad.

Connecticut’s junior Senator, Richard Blumenthal, successfully characterized himself as a fighter against special interests throughout his campaign. His defeated opponent, Linda

By Thomas Dilling McMahon, contended Staff Columnist that she was self-financing her campaign so special interests would not have any influence over her decision-making. It is clear that Americans do not like special interests influencing elections. But is this belief justified?

Some may associate special interests with large corporations who seek to deregulate industries and become the beneficiaries of corporate welfare. Others may associate special interests with public sector labor unions who seek to maintain governmentsponsored monopolies to garner grandiose taxpayer-financed benefits. Certainly, both of these are special interests. But nothing about the term “special interest” implies anything negative. In fact, any political view can be seen as a special interest.

Take the topic of abortion as an example. Whether you consider yourself pro-life or pro-choice,

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Simply put, special interest groups create a voice for people who have beliefs, but would otherwise have little ability to effectively communicate or advance that belief. Thus, because of special interests, regular people are able to have a more active role in promoting ideas and creating dialogue.

It is a common belief that politicians are bribed by special interests to take on a certain legislative agenda. While this is possible, it would make more sense that special interest groups promote candidates who genuinely agree with the group’s beliefs, instead of promoting candidates who disagree with hopes that they will return a favor when voting on legislation.

For example, Blumenthal received special interest donations from several steel-worker’s unions whose priority it was to promote “buy-American” laws that keep steel production in America. Should we believe that Blumenthal deliberately adopted his “buy-American” platform for the purpose of appeasing certain unions? I think it is more plausible that Mr. Blumenthal genuinely thinks “buy-American” is good policy for maintaining jobs in America.

Furthermore, the opposite would

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also apply. If a “free-trade” special interest group supported a candidate, it does not mean the candidate formulated their trade policy to appease businessmen who want to ship jobs overseas. It is more plausible that the candidate genuinely believes that “free-trade” allows Americans to obtain the goods to meet our demands at the most affordable prices, and as a result, received the group’s support.

“People are able to have a more active role in promoting ideas.”

This past election cycle, even President Obama was on the offensive against special interest groups. While trying to rally his base of support in time for elections, Obama provoked a fear response in voters by telling them that special interests with anonymous donors were seeking to influence elections. On the contrary, if a group’s donors are anonymous, there is no way for the candidate’s legislative agenda to be affected since special favors cannot be given to people who do not identify themselves.

Finally, there is often a belief held that “public financing,”

whereby the government designates taxpayer funds for political campaigns, is needed to keep special interests out of elections.

However, this belief comes with the false premise that public campaign financing programs are not inherently special interests. After all, a candidate who receives campaign money through taxation may have a conflict of interest when deciding if campaign money should be provided through taxation. It would also be false that special interest groups cannot still indirectly promote publicly financed campaigns. For example, a union of teachers or a union of business-owners would still be able to collectively promote candidates or ideas without being directly associated with a candidate. To not allow special interest to directly promote campaigns, associations with candidates are forced to be more discrete, not more open.

While special interest groups are often the subject of demagoguery by the electorate as well as politicians, it is important to realize the benefits that special interests offer in helping to organize people and funds to better promote a political belief. Greater availability of ideas is not a bad thing.

Staff Columnist Thomas Dilling is a 5thsemester biology major. He can be reached at TRDilling@gmail.com.

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Florida Sen.-elect Republican Marco Rubio holds a press conference at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Fla. Wednesday. Rubio defeated Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek to retain the seat for the GOP.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fervent tea party Republicans are headed to Congress carrying ambitious promises to overhaul taxes, spending and health care, with activists pressuring them to buck their own party if necessary to achieve their goals. “They are not in a mood for compromise,” said Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler.

The activists promised to keep up the pressure on their favored lawmakers to fight a Washington establishment they say is broken and doesn’t work for the best interests of the American people. That could make trouble for congressional leaders who need compromise and dealmaking to get any work done.

Several tea party winners said in interviews that they were reaching out to one another in the wake of the election to form a coalition for their conservative principles. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., formed a tea party caucus this

summer with a couple dozen members, and the freshmen said it’s unclear if they would join her group or start one of their own.

Rep.-elect Renee Ellmers in North Carolina said a tea party caucus will serve as sort of a watchdog on Capitol Hill and change the Republican Party for the better. She expects to agree mostly with Republican leaders on the issues but wants to ensure that they follow the core principles of the movement: limited government, reduced spending and a focus on the Constitution.

“What the job will be now is to keep those in Washington in line,” Ellmers said.

More than 30 tea party candidates won election to Congress on Tuesday, according to an analysis by The Associated Press, enough to make their voices heard by Capitol Hill leaders if not numbers large enough to pass their conservative agenda.

“You can’t necessarily set the

positive agenda that we want across the board, but you can stop a lot of bad things from happening, and that’s a step forward,” said Colin Hanna, president of tea party support group Let Freedom Ring.

Tim Scott, elected to the House from South Carolina, said he’s not looking for a fight with Republicans but to help push the party toward the right.

“There’s no question the tea party has helped the Republican Party remember its conservative roots. And if we are going to govern well, we will govern from a conservative perspective,” Scott said.

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Thanksgiving break is coming up quickly, Christmas break is not far off and Spring break plans are probably starting to pop into your head.

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For example, both Greyhound and Amtrack offer 15 percent off their ticket prices to Student Advantage cardholders. You can also get Student Advantage savings from Cheaptickets.com, American Airlines and Orbitz.

And if you’re heading somewhere without a couch to crash on, a Student Advantage Card will get you a discount through Hotels. com and ChoiceHotels.com.

If the travel deals alone aren’t enough, you’ll also save on everything you need for the holidays with discounts from the online stores of Apple, Barnes and Noble, Target, 1800Flowers, Champs Sports, Timberland, Hanes, Dicks Sporting Goods, Kohl’s, Sears and more.

Wednesday afternoon, poet and editor Andy Croft gave a reading at the Co-Op, sponsored by the creative writing department to interested students and friends.

Even though he is labeled as a contemporary British poet, Croft says that his style of writing does not fit into this typical mold. Regardless, he has still been featured at London’s Poetry International and has given readings in various prominent cities around the globe. He is the author of over 45 nonfiction and fiction novels but at the reading, he read selections from several of his nine books poetry.

The topics of the poems ranged from friends and other poets to political strife and travel. Yet the direct messages are assuaged by the rhymes and rhythms in which the poetry is written.

One of the first poems read was a narrative about elephant statues on a neighboring house.

At first these elephants were praised, but later they were criticized for being “too different”.

Croft used wit and humor to mask the deeper issue at play, which was the unwilling nature of the community to accept the

heritage of the family.

“It makes you think about the deeper meanings in a lighthearted way, but still give it importance,” says 1st-semester business major Megan Pielli.

Croft has previously been criticized for his use of rhymes because it is thought to be and old-fashioned technique and used only in children’s literature. Students in attendance at the reading, however, had differing opinions of the rhymes.

5th-semester journalism major Matt McDonough expressed that, “the flow is great, it’s almost like a melody.”

Croft was exceedingly animated in the reading of his poems as he moved with the rhythms of his work. Many of his poems can also be read as songs, which he did with a couple of his poems- most evidently in “Crash, Bang, Wallop”, a poem about the atrocity of Jean-Marie Le pen saying that onomatopoeias were unacceptable.

Many of his poems were inspired by his traveling adventures to places outside of his hometown in the United Kingdom. Croft said that giving readings around the world is what led him to travel, which then created a cyclical relationship to his poetry.

His work has been influ-

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Andy Croft, a contemporary British poet, read excerpts from some of his poetry books at the Co-op Wednesday. Croft’s a-typical style has earned him many awards and much recognition.

enced by trips to East Berlin, before and after the fall of the Berlin wall. Also, an entire book of poetry he’s written was in response to a trip to Russia and included portraits of the Moscow Metro and the spas, which were related to larger issues.

Croft is the sole editor of Smokestacks Books, a publishing house that he founded and works in his spare time.

He issues around ten books a year and likes to publish works that would not get published in any other venue. “I like to keep the door open, so to

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Living the eco-friendly college life

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Among the race to make it to classes, a bustling social life, and the impending doom of exams, living as sustainable as possible doesn’t top the priority list of most college students.

But what is the mantra that this column tries to hammer home every single week? Little changes – simple baby steps that could help you make changes in your daily college lifestyle. That way, you’re not even aware you’re helping the planet.

First, e-mail papers to your teachers whenever you can. Some don’t allow it and many require a hard copy, but if it comes to that, try printing double-sided. Doublesiding is easier than you think; all you have to do is print out all the odd pages of your paper, flip them around and put them back in your printer, then print out all the even ones. Yes, it’s slightly more work than simply printing out each paper on a new piece, but this may be some of the only exercise you get all day anyway.

Now look around your dorm or apartment after a long week of partying. Beer cans, solo cups and empty pizza boxes probably litter the floors. Instead of pulling out a big garbage bag and collecting everything into a giant heap, grab a few bags and separate the cans from the boxes and recycle everything.

speak,” says Croft.

He is also the poet in residence for correctional facilities in England, where he helps both educated and uneducated men work on writing projects.

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Members of the Alima dance group perform in the Student Union Theatre at Wednesday’s charity event, Beats for the Bayou, to help alleviate the environmental devastation from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Despite the cap on the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the trouble isn’t over yet, according to the Alima International Dance Association. Alima put on a unique show at the Student Union Theater Nov. 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. The show’s main purpose was to continue spreading awareness about the oil spill, due to the many negative factors that are still having a widespread impact on the area.

The show was free, but many made donations to the cause at the door. To garner more attention for the event, Alima gave away a free raffle ticket at the door for gift cards to local restaurants. There was also a raffle for Lake Compounce tickets and Mohawk lift passes.

The show began with a fiveminute slideshow containing powerful images of all those effected by the oil spill. Alima also provided facts and statistics on how much of an impact the spill may have on us in the future. They discussed how “Many fishing ports today

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Stacy Clark, ‘The X Factor’ judge, brings her British synth-pop to the States with ‘Messy Little Raindrops’

By Abby Larkin Campus Correspondent

Cheryl Cole, more commonly known for her role as a judge on the hit show “The X Factor” than for her singing career, released her second solo album, “Messy Little Raindrops,” Monday. Cole had a lot to live up to for her sophomore effort – her first album, “Fight for this Love,” went platinum in 2009 and generated three best-selling singles across Europe.

“Messy Little Raindrops” does not fail to deliver. The album’s first single, “Promise

This,” has already topped the charts in the UK and is still climbing up the rankings in other European Countries.

Her second album takes listeners in a different direction.

“Fight for this Love” was more stylistically spare, with simple instrumentation that showcased her voice. Cole has since asserted herself as a serious pop singer, some of her songs have gotten more experimental.

They feature more synth-pop sound than her previous works, exemplified in the tracks “Let’s Get Down,” and “Yeah Yeah,” which sound like they could

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have been pulled off of Lady Gaga’s “The Fame.”

“Messy Little Raindrops” also has more collaborations than in her previous album. Featuring guest artists like Will.I.Am, August Rigo, Dizzee Rascal and Travie McCoy, “Messy Little Raindrops” offers a variety of sounds and styles on each track.

If you liked Vanessa Carleton’s “1,000 Miles” from way back in 2002, you might get nostalgic listening to “Waiting,” which samples the song and then integrates it into a trendier synth-pop beat.

There were other notable tracks that more resembled her earlier musical efforts. “Live Tonight” has an I-wannacelebrate-and-live-my-life feel to it that has a huge appeal to today’s musical consumers.

Another notable song of the album was “Hummingbird,” my personal favorite of “Messy Little Raindrops,” a catchy, upbeat track with a resemblance to Beyonce’s “Halo,”

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British singer Cheryl Cole, left, stands alongside her waxwork at Madame Tussauds in London, Wednesday, Oct. 20.

according to Lisa Wright of Yahoo’s “dotmusic.”

It is surprising that Cole’s music hasn’t reached the same height of popularity in the U.S. as it has in Europe. Her music would fit right into American mainstream music and would add some much needed variety in iTunes Top 40, which has remained largely stagnant for

the past couple weeks.

All in all, Cole has delivered a solid pop album that could easily provide danceable upbeat tracks suitable for any club or party, as well as all-around enjoyable songs that would appeal to a wide audience.

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A very merry hip hop Christmas

By Steph Ratty Staff Writer

1. “The Incredible Machine,” Sugarland 2. “Come Around Sundown,” Kings of Leon 3. “The Union,” Elton John/ Leon Russell 4. “Fly Me To The Moon: The Great American Songbook, Vol. 5,” Rod Stewart 5. “I Am Not A Human Being,“ Lil Wayne 6. “Glee: The Rocky Horror Glee Soundtrack,” Glee 7. “Sale El Sol,” Shakira 8. “Recovery,” Eminem 9. “Move,” Third Fay 10. “Charleston, SC 1966,” Darius Rucker

If any contemporary musical artist could inject hip hop and R&B into a Christmas album, it is Mariah Carey. In her second holiday release, “Merry Christmas II You,” Carey fuses timeless classics with the musical styles that have made her famous.

Thirteen tracks, including a festive rendition of her wildly popular “All I Want for Christmas is You,” round out the CD, which was released Tuesday.

“Oh Santa” is the first song on the list and calls for Santa to bring Carey her dream man for Christmas. The song is packed with pop-style beats, and while the content is merry, it does not sound like anything resembling holiday music.

“Here Comes Santa Claus” is strikingly similar, and starts with an R&B-inspired introduction. Carey also steered away from the song’s original melody, which gives it a refreshing feel.

Carey, whose five-tiered voice is instantly recognizable, does not disappoint in giving listeners a buffet of song styles. “Oh Holy Night” and “Oh Come All Ye Faithful/ Hallelujah” each include excerpts of her powerhouse belt and notorious runs.

She even adds a personal touch by revamping the American classic, “Charlie Brown Christmas.” The track

starts with the original introduction, and has an element of childhood nostalgia.

This album was a chance for Carey to be adventurous, having already experienced great success with her first Christmas CD. She definitely took risks with the track list, creating several medleys of classic holiday songs.

Many, including “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem/Little Drummer Boy,” and “The First Noel/Born is the King,” do not immediately sound like tracks that would be combined into a mash up. At times the songs worked well together, but at others, the medleys fell short of expectations.

The album was rounded out with an upbeat rendition of the traditional New Year’s Eve song, “Auld Lang Syne.”

Carey turns the ballad into a hip-hop dance number that is unrecognizable from the smooth original.

Mariah Carey has had her fair share of hits and misses in the music world. While her first holiday album was released over 15 years ago, it will stand as the better of the two. “Merry Christmas II You” daringly combines tracks and song styles, but even with Carey’s infamously strong voice, some elements don’t fit the mold of a holiday album.

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By Nicole Green Campus Correspondent

When their first album was released in 2000, Good Charlotte saw the beginning of what has now been 10 years of fame.

Their second album, The Young and the Hopeless, topped charts and make the band a household name. The third and fourth albums disappointed fans. Now, a decade later, Good Charlotte

has released their fifth album, Cardiology.

The album features 16 tracks, and the band has said that the songs are less dance partyinfluenced than their previous album (a good thing, too, since “Good Morning Revival” was a synthesizer-induced flop), and inspired by Blink-182. A handful of the songs are reminiscent of “The Young and the Hopeless,” which was perhaps Good Charlotte’s best album.

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“National Ransom” is a necessary addition to every Costello fan’s collection.

Elvis isn’t looking to be inducted into the rotation of classic rock radio. He’s in it for the music – and he always has been. What makes him unique is the fact that the music is good. Really good.

Pump it up.

Songs and sex appeal: two mutually exclusive things? I think not.

In the wake of the John Legend concert that I went to last year, I couldn’t help but reflect on why screaming girls throughout the concert hall surrounded the singer while he was taking his bows. Of course, my two friends and I were in the midst of that shrieking crowd, waving our arms as we tried to touch the Legend himself.

I am not trying to deprecate Legend. The man has an enormous amount of talent and has one of the most soulful voices that I have ever heard. But his good looks give him a definite advantage in the music industry. Legend’s dapper and well-tailored style adds a desirable element to his singing.

Members of the audience, especially the women, invest an additional amount of interest in his performances because they are so enamored by his appearance. Trust me, I’ve been there. It was hard to tear my eyes away.

Many celebrities are popular based on their attractiveness. But it’s hard to believe that such visual indulgences would be a factor in music since it is an auditory experience.

Yet, for many years, both women and men have admired musicians who are blessed with beautiful visages.

How did Beatlemania begin?

On one hand, the Beatles made extremely catchy music. On the other hand, the Fab Four was a good-looking crew. Each Beatle was attractive in his own way: John Lennon with his exquisite facial structure, George Harrison with his brooding eyes, Ringo Starr with his generous smile and Paul McCartney with his boyish prettiness. Girls weren’t swooning at concerts and making their boyfriends get mop top haircuts because they adored “Octopus’s Garden” so much. It’s because they loved how the Beatles looked, maybe even more than how they sang.

Once rock-and-roll entered the grungier era of the ‘70s and ‘80s, the rugged look became all the rage.

Bruce Springsteen was the epitome of a deep-country American with his unruly hair, muttonchops, red bandana and cut-off vests. Jon Bon Jovi and Anthony Kiedis also proved to be a feast for the eyes with their feathery, layered hair and razor sharp jaw-lines. Women wanted them, men coveted them.

They were cultural icons. Life was good for “The Boss,” “Captain Kidd” and “The Swan.”

Nowadays you can’t define pop culture without sex appeal. Usher and his washboard abs and John Mayer with his noncommittal sultriness are commonly pictured in the media. The Jonas Brothers have become teenage sensations and even Justin Bieber has made an impression on younger audiences with his side-swept locks.

Women are subjected to popularity based on their physical features, too. I have heard many guys admit to being fans of Taylor Swift, Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus.

Their excuse? “Well she’s a good singer and she’s really hot.” Lady Gaga, they say, is “too weird looking,” despite her genuine talent.

Yup, sex appeal is everywhere and music is no exception. Is this a bad thing? Probably not. This philosophy is deeply ingrained in our culture. We simply expect society to be shallow. Now that I’ve shared my thoughts, I’m going back to watching OK Go’s music videos on YouTube because they are unlike anything that I’ve ever seen before and the lead singer Damian Kulash is nothing short of a smoke show.

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its inductees for its seventh annual induction ceremony, including The Yardbirds, Johnny Cash, Booker T. and the MGs, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Elmore James, the Isley Brothers and promoter Bill Graham.

The inductees were all welcomed to the Hall of Fame during the 1992 Induction Ceremony, which was the lengthiest and one of the most heartfelt events in music history.

Both John Fogerty and Carlos Santana dedicated speeches to Bill Graham, who served as their promoter throughout their early years. Johnny Cash gave a short speech thanking fans and family, which ended with his voice cracking and his eyes tearing up. Most inductees followed the suit.

Neil Young presented the award to the Jimi Hendrix experience. Though Hendrix could obviously not attend, his drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Noel Redding accepted the award with Hendrix’s father, Al, weeping by their side. The display was simple yet emotional, undoubtedly how Hendrix would have taken the stage had he been able to make it to the ceremony, 22 years past his time.

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Some of the lyrics are reflections of the band 10 years ago, while others are shout-outs to the members’ families and children, like “Harlow’s Song,” written for lead singer Joel Madden’s daughter with Nicole Richie.

“Sex on the Radio” is a slightly mainstream pop song about a girl who “sounds like sex on the radio/and when I push play she’s screaming in stereo.” The track is extremely catchy, but also a song we’d expect more from a band fresh out of college, not a couple of (somewhat) tieddown 30-somethings.

As expected by a band that has written as many songs as Good Charlotte, some of the new songs sound very similar to their older tracks.

The chorus in “Last Night” is highly reminiscent of “I Don’t Wanna Be In Love (Dance Floor Anthem)” from their fourth album, “Good

Morning Revival.” “There She Goes” could easily have been released on “The Young and The Hopeless,” but the title track “Cardiology” sounds as different from their usual songs as possible.

Good Charlotte is a band most of us grew up with, a band we can easily name by the first lines of an early song or by simply hearing the Madden brothers’ voices. After two less-than-successful albums and a three-year hiatus, Good Charlotte’s fifth studio album definitely has its roots in the band’s early popularity, with a few tracks that are unlike their usual sound, but are still catchy, or at least bearable anyway.

For long-time fans of the band and those saying, “Wait, Good Charlotte is still around?” the album is a must-listen.

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Elvis Costello showcases continued talent on new album

By Julie Bartoli Campus Correspondent Elvis Costello is a man of many faces. Gaining success as a punk act in the mid-70s, Costello joined Oliver’s Army and made the immediate transition into New Wave only a few years later. The pattern continued, with Costello experimenting in every style of music he could get his hands on.

But in the midst of all this genre-hopping, one thing remains the same for Costello: his talent is undeniable.

In fact, Costello has never released a bad album in his entire music career. Some of his works surpassed expectations, others remained relatively lowkey, but nothing he released was ever poorly done. His lat-

est record, “National Ransom,” is no exception.

Released Nov. 2, the 17-track album integrates elements of blues, jazz, punk, bluegrass and folk that would otherwise be incompatible.

The first (and title) track is vintage Costello – a pubrock beat dripping with his infamous, bitterly brilliant lyrics. Taking a stab at Wall Street and reverting back to his working-class roots, Costello questions, “Did you find out just how to cheat?/The elite bleat, their obsolete/But what are your prospects?”

During the song, “Church Underground,” the borderline-punk Costello makes a guest appearance, and the bass trumpet on “Stations of the Cross” makes the piece

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impossible to ignore. “You Hung the Moon” and “All These Strangers” are poignant ballads that reflect genuine thought and investment, and are not just simple fillers.

On “My Lovely Jezebel,” Costello takes an Elmore James-esque turn, intermingling his own thick bluesy vocals with Leon Russell’s honky-tonk piano playing.

The fusion of opposing genres meshes together rather effortlessly, showcasing Costello’s wide vocal range combined with Russell’s talent for brilliant piano playing.

Costello’s gift is an innate harmonic sense, which allows him to create musical hybrids that only he could prospectively view through his Buddy Holly glasses. He fully embraces this gift on “Jezebel,” and the swing-era result may be the record’s finest track.

This most recent album isn’t Costello’s best – that would have to be 1977’s “My Aim is True” – but it isn’t his worst, either. He continues evolving and reinventing with each new release, and a year of hard work paid off with a solid and respectable collection of songs.

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Elvis Costello performs live during the Bridge School Benefit concert in Mountain View, Calif.

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‘Victims of the Modern Age,’ the newest album from Star One, brings out the nerdy side of metal

By Aaron Burnstein Campus Correspondent

Metal’s typical associations with aggression and machismo can make it easy for listerners to forget just how nerdy it can be. Star

One’s latest release, an album entitled “Victims of the Modern Age,” serves as a friendly reminder of metal’s often hidden dorky side. The songs are dramatic and conceptual, and they deal with classic topics such as space

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travel and saving the world.

Star One is the brainchild of Arjen Anthony Lucassen, probably better known for his other project, Ayreon. Both projects are similar in the sense that they are cerebral progressive metal epics with a variety of guest musicians.

Unfortunately, Star One’s sound is far less diverse than that of Ayreon. “Victims of the Modern Age” is heavily entrenched in the style of synth-driven power metal.

The band does it well at times, sure, but there are many moments in which Star One’s sound feels dull and somewhat played-out.

“Victims of the Modern

Age” illustrates a major issue plaguing progressive metal today. While the music isn’t necessarily bad, they simply do not bring anything new to the table. It’s funny how many progressive metal bands seem to have completely stagnated, considering the principles of the genre. Musicians are satisfied playing the same kind of material that has been around since the genre’s inception.

While Star One attempts to set themselves apart from other bands by incorporating some space-rock elements, the influence is not strong enough to make Star One noteworthy.

In terms of the album’s content, it’s not surprising to discover that there is an actual concept behind “Victims of the Modern Age.” A film inspires each song and all of them are science fiction, of course. The album contains nods to popular movies such as “Planet of the Apes” (“Human See, Human Do”), “The Matrix” (“Digital Rain”) and “A Clockwork Orange “ (“Victims of the Modern Age”). These references are kind of cool, but it is often difficult to take the album seriously considering Star One’s music could never possibly capture the brilliance of films like “Blade

Runner” (“It All Ends Here”) or “Children of Men” (“It’s Alive, She’s Alive, We’re Alive”).

For those expecting Lucassen to put out another “The Human Equation,” disappointment is inevitable. “Victims of the Modern Age” is a decent progressive/ power metal album, but it’s not likely to blow anyone’s hat off. It stands as a very underwhelming work within the context of its scene. Fans of science fiction will find it to be a fun novelty, but at the end of the day, that’s all it is.

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Rock duo Matt & Kim stick to what they do best on ‘Sidewalks’

By Joe O’Leary Staff Writer

Matt & Kim’s 2009 album “Grand” catapulted the the keyboard and drum duo to indie stardom. Riding their killer single “Daylight” into the public eye, as well as winning an MTV Video Music Award for the not-safe-for-work video for their second single, “Lessons Learned,” Matt & Kim have finally given fans the high they’ve been waiting for.

“Sidewalks” is a fitting name for the album. While it treads the same ground as the band’s previous efforts it also expands

and deepens their music into a better sound. No longer limited to just Kim Schifino’s drumming and the one synth line Matt Johnson could play at a time, the album grows upon “Grand,” though it doesn’t have a comparable “Daylight” on it.

Lead single “Cameras” keeps the Matt & Kim tone intact. In fact, throughout the album the two remain happy and energetic. With an off-beat xylophone rhythm backed with synth and a brass section, Matt sings about stereotypical “good times,” like pretty much every band ever has done before them.

The wistful chorus lifts the song above most its forerunners.

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Matt yelps, “No time for cameras, we’ll use our eyes as them.”

While the group’s homecoming implied in earlier lyrics will only happen once, their memories will live on. Other bands might lend a sense of melancholy to the situation; these two just figure there’s no time for bad thoughts during good times, and refuse to care.

Most of “Sidewalks” fits in with the general theme of enjoying life while one can.

“Good for Great” is about living while we can, as when Johnson sings, “leave good for great, leave sleep for late.”

“Northeast” is a slower, piano-driven tune about living in the middle of a Northeastern winter, but stays positive still, with lyrics like “I’ve got the Northeast on my side.”

This overbearing positivity means Matt & Kim absolutely perfect for early November, the time of the year where the days get shorter, the leaves finish falling and the air chills but doesn’t snow.

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Musicians Matt and Kim, who released their newest album “Sidewalks” on November 2, show off their offbeat style and goofy nature at this MTV file photo.

Jerry Bock, composer of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’and other Broadway hits, dies at age 81

NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Bock, who composed the music to some of the most memorable shows in Broadway history, including the melodies for “Fiorello!” and “Fiddler on the Roof,” has died. He was 81.

Richard M. Ticktin, Bock’s attorney and family friend, said the composer died Wednesday morning at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y., of heart failure.

Together with lyricist Sheldon Harnick, Bock wrote the powerful score to “Fiddler on the Roof,” one of the most successful productions in the history of the American musical theater, having an initial run of eight years. It earned the two men Tony Awards in 1965.

“He was wonderful to work with,” said Harnick, who collaborated with Bock for 13 years. “I think in all of the years that we worked together, I only remember one or two arguments — and those were at the beginning of the collaboration when we were still feeling each other out. Once we got past that, he was wonderful to work with.”

Bock had recently spoken at a memorial service for “Fiddler”

playwright Joseph Stein, who died Oct. 24. “So now two of the three creators of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ have passed away within three weeks of each other,” said Ticktin.

Bock and Harnick first hit success for the music and lyrics to “Fiorello!,” which earned them each Tonys and a rare Pulitzer Prize in 1960. In addition, Bock was nominated for Tonys in 1967 for “The Apple Tree” and in 1971 for “The Rothschilds.” He won an Emmy Award this year for helping pen a children’s song.

“The world will remember him as a gentle human being with great talent who was a collaborator in musical theater.

Jerry believed that the essence of musical theater was the collaboration — working with your colleagues, trying to make a unified whole out of disparate parts,” Ticktin said.

Born Jerrold Lewis Bock in New Haven, Conn., Bock was the son of a traveling salesman father and a mother who played the piano by ear. The young composer took up the piano at age 9, but admitted he was often impatient with formal lessons

and preferred to improvise.

At the University of Wisconsin he found his first collaborator, Larry Holofcener, a fellow student who became his lyricist. The two collaborated on the Broadway musical “Mr. Wonderful” in 1956, a vehicle for Sammy Davis Jr., who was making his Broadway debut. Bock’s second complete score for the Broadway theater was “The Body Beautiful” in 1958. The boxing-themed musical had a book by Stein and Will Glickman, but quickly failed at the box office.

Bock and Harnick were first introduced at a restaurant by actor Jack Cassidy after the opening-night performance of “Shangri-La,” a musical in which Harnick had helped with the lyrics.

They would form one of the most influential partnerships in Broadway history. Producers Robert E. Griffith and Hal Prince had liked the songs from “The Body Beautiful,” and they contracted Bock and Harnick to write the score for their next production, “Fiorello!,” a musical about the reformist mayor of New York City.

“He was a brilliant composer, and with Harnick, they made a great team. He could write music that was as real and redolent of Jewish shtetl life, and a year earlier, a perfect Viennese light, almost opera, with beautiful soaring melodies,” Prince said Wednesday. “He could get into the skin of all this very diverse music. He was enormously intelligent and perceptive and funny — a very, very funny fellow, both personally and creatively.”

Bock and Harnick then collaborated on “Tenderloin” in 1960 and “She Loves Me” three years later. Neither was a hit, but their next one was a monster that continues to be performed worldwide: “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Based on stories by Sholom Aleichem that were adapted into a libretto by Stein, “Fiddler”

dealt with the experience of Eastern European Orthodox Jews in the Russian village of Anatevka in the year 1905. It starred Zero Mostel as Teyve, had an almost eight year run and offered the world such stunning songs as “Sunrise, Sunset,” ‘’If I Were a Rich Man” and “Matchmaker, Matchmaker.”

Bock and Harnick next wrote the book as well as the score for “The Apple Tree,” in 1966, and the score for “The Rothschilds,” with a book by Sherman Yellen, in 1970. It was the last collaboration between the two: Bock decided that the time had come for him to be his own as a lyricist and he put out two experimental albums in the early 1970s.

“His career represents Broadway as good as it gets,” Prince said.

In 2004, Bock said his favorite moment in the creation of a song was playing it with his collaborator. “If it works, we say, ‘Wow!’” Bock said. “There’s no reward like it — to finish a song and celebrate it with your partner.”

Bock, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972, also wrote dozens of children’s songs and won an Emmy this year for “A Fiddler Crab Am I” from the show “The Wonder Pets!” Described by Ticktin as a “workaholic,” Bock had just finished writing music and lyrics for a new unproduced musical, “Counterpoint,” based on a script by Evan Hunter.

(Ticktin said the rest of the creators still want to stage the musical.)

Recalling his old friend, Harnick said Bock was someone filled with laughter: “He was a terribly funny man, a very witty man. And sometimes, the two of us would be just hysterical with laughter.”

Survivors include Bock’s wife, Patti, daughter Portia Bock, son George Bock and granddaughter Edie Mae Shipler. Funeral services will be private, his lawyer said.

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Underground pop princess proves nothing with sophomore album

By Purbita Saha Staff Writer Most people haven’t even heard of Stacy Clark, which is not surprising. The songs on her second LP are forgettable and bland, and her voice is uniform through most of the tracks.

“Connect the Dots” is tolerable. But tolerable shouldn’t be an acceptable review for a singer who’s trying to get her name out in the public forum. Many of the songs from Clark’s first album “Apples and Oranges” were featured on MTV shows such as “Engaged and Underaged” and

“The Hills.” This fact is reflected in her newest album. It seems to be directed towards teens who are looking for poppy, feelgood songs to fill their iPods with.

Out of the twelve songs of the album, only two or three succeed in making an impression on the listener. The artist relies heavily on plucky piano chords and a “bum, bum, budum” vocal back track. Occasionally, an electric or acoustic guitar makes an appearance, but they are largely ineffective in adding complexity to the music.

The opening track, “Not

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Enough,” is a decent song to start off the album. After that, however, “Connect the Dots” has only intense lows and moderate peaks. “All

Same-sex couple on Israeli Dance show JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is the first country to feature a same-sex duo on its version of the popular television competition "Dancing with the Stars," and the two women have already resolved the toughest question they face: Who will lead?

One, a gay television presenter, and the other, a straight professional dancer, are going to take turns.

"The leader and the follower — we change all the time," said Dorit Milman, the professional dance partner of TV sportscaster Gili Shem-Tov. "One time I lead her and one time she leads me.

But we continue to court."

The dance partners, who appear on the sixth season of the popular Israeli version of the dancing competition, bring attention to the surprising tolerance of gays in an otherwise homophobic region. Although activists cite dozens of laws that discriminate against them, gays serve openly in Israel's military and the buzzing seaside metropolis Tel Aviv is one of the gayfriendliest cities in the world.

Shem-Tov said she requested a female dance partner when she was invited onto the show, saying it felt more natural for her as a lesbian.

"I live with my girlfriend and we are raising my 1-year-old son together. It felt natural for me to dance with a woman.

That's my way of life," ShemTov told reporters Tuesday, the day she made her televised dancing debut.

Program producers said they were initially startled by the request, but then embraced it.

It's the first time that a same-sex couple appears on any of the local franchises of the dancing competition, said Cristina Dunn of BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British broadcaster, which distributes the program.

Milman said a same-sex coupling was very different from the strict gender division of roles for men and women in dance. Still she said the nature of the moves wouldn't change.

"We still show the emotions of love and hate, seducing and

rejecting. We still use the movements and language of movement in the same way," Milman said.

One of the promotional pictures for the couple shows Shem-Tov in a glittery black, partially transparent dress holding Milman. The professional dancer is wearing a scarlet dress, and with one leg raised in the air, she is clutching ShemTov's waist — a typical ballroom dancing pose.

Shem-Tov said she hoped her appearance in a same-sex couple might change people's attitudes toward gays.

"I heard that there are some people who are saying this is a show for the whole family and there are little children watching that and they don't want to see a same (sex) couple dancing," she said. "I have a little son and this is the way he lives with me and my girlfriend and I don't think it's a problem."

It is unlikely that ShemTov's appearance will create the same kind of controversy as Adam Lambert, the runner-up in last year's U.S. version of "American Idol.

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made their presence known by marching down the aisles, playing native instruments, and performed free hand capoeira while engaging the audience.

At one point the Agents of Improv came on stage for two quick acts, at the beginning of which they joked that they hadn’t realize it would be a dance show. They performed quick and witty games on stage, including one that required two audience members to provide the sound effects for the scene. The night ended with all the dancers featured during the evening performing in an animated final number, in which they ran through the audience and attempted to have audience members get up and dance.

Sarah Montanaro, a 1st-semester psychology, said that the show “was exciting and different, with all the unique dances.”

Arjun Malhotra, a 7thsemester political science major, said, “It was amazing.

They were very energetic, and it was very well put together and diverse as well.”

Leigha Kerwin, a 3rdsemester English major, said “I thought it was awesome. I felt like I traveled around the world and got some cultural experience. Even the last song had good energy.”

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remain closed because of the oil spill.” Once the slideshow ended, however, the first group of dancers, the Alimas, stormed the stage with an energetic number to a poppy Latin song called “Dance Bailalo” by singer Kat Deluna.

The following groups showcased many unique dances. The Polish Cultural Society danced the traditional “Polonaise” and the Alima Association URI danced to “Soukous.” The night was filled with a great variety of cultural dancing.

The Celtic American Cultural Society even had live music on stage to go along with their traditional Irish step dancing.

UConn Capoeira, meanwhile,

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Tips for student savings on travel arrangements from TRAVEL, page 7 Whether you choose to by the card or not, buying and arranging travel in advance is another good way to save money. Do a little research to see if any companies you’ll be buying from offer discounts when you buy in advance. Even if they don’t have an advertised deal, prices will continue to increase until the departure date, so purchasing your tickets sooner is still better. A last minute ticket could cost you twice what it normally would, reducing your budget for other fun things.

Another option to consider is buying package deals. If you plan to travel on more than one occasion, even just back and

forth, it may e worth buying some sort of multi-ticket pass.

A month-long bus or train pass will likely cost less than buying an individual ticket each time you board. Though you’ll have to plan your trips around pass dates, it might be worth the inconvenience.

Don’t be afraid of waiting, especially if it will save you money. Plane, bus or train tickets with long layovers or multiple stops generally cost less than direct trips. If you are willing to spend that extra hour or two reading, chatting, listening to music or hitting up the airport bar, you could save yourself some serious cash.

Go a little out of the way if it will save you money. Finding

tickets that begin and end in Storrs, or even Hartford, can be tough. Consider taking a flight into another nearby city and promise your roommate a stop at Wings Over Storrs on the way home if they pick you up.

And, while it seems small, pack snacks, drinks and reading material for the ride, regardless of how you travel. Rest areas, airport shops and bus stations sometimes charge more than normal prices for bottled water and soda, magazines and newspaper and other travel goodies.

Bringing your own could save you a few bucks to be better spent on other things.

Melanie.Deziel@UConn.edu

Time Low” is a dull mess, while “White Lies” is a rhythmic reprisal that sounds like it could belong on an Ingrid Michaelson CD. The album

doesn’t have another chance at redemption until “Misery,” which is a transparent but moody number. A hint of the blues allows Clark to momentarily gravitate away from her monotonous pop style.

The main issue is that the singer hasn’t taken her songwriting to the next level. Clark’s lyrics are one-dimensional and don’t add much to her songs.

For example, in “Fireworks” Clark repeats the phrase “where there are no fireworks, no electricity to make it work” multiple times. The instrumentals that accompany the song make

it sound like background music in an elevator. Additionally, Clark’s clichéd metaphors for a faltering relationship are not entertaining.

On the other hand, Clark has vocal talent. She has the potential to become the next Michelle Branch or Vanessa Carlton. Her strong voice is aesthetically pleasing to the ears and she hits all her notes perfectly. Unfortunately, she isn’t able to display her talent in “Connect the Dots,” due to its poor repertoire of songs.

Purbita.Saha@UConn.edu

Cirque to take Michael Jackson on tour LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cirque du Soleil is taking Neverland Ranch on the road.

The first of the acrobatic troupe's two planned Michael Jackson shows will be set in a stylized version of the singer's famed Southern California home, according to Jamie King, writer and director of what Cirque is billing as "Michael Jackson, THE IMMORTAL World Tour."

"It is really about a central character or characters who get transported into this world of Neverland where they learn everything there is to know about Michael," said King, who has directed concert tours for Madonna, Rihanna and Celine Dion.

The tour will kick off in Montreal next October and hit 30 cities including New York, Miami, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. John Branca, co-executor of Jackson's estate, said that depending on fan response, it could be extended beyond its planned end in the summer of 2012 and travel outside of North America.

Excerpts from Jackson's music videos and extended scenes from last year's "This Is

It" documentary will be part of the 90-minute show, but no performer will represent Jackson specifically.

"Michael Jackson is throughout the entire show, but in no way am I going to use a standin," King said, adding that songs would include hits from "Thriller" to "Smooth Criminal," as well as new remixes like those made for Cirque's Beatles show, "Love."

"Immortal" will also feature as-yet-unreleased songs that Jackson had finished before his death last year, including some from an album that the singer's estate hopes will go on sale by Christmas, Branca said.

Concept art for the set prominently features a massive tree, which represents a favorite oak that sat outside Jackson's Neverland bedroom, King said.

The singer nicknamed it the Giving Tree and had a perch built atop it where he wrote music and sometimes slept.

"It made sense that that would be the perfect environment for us to create this world of magic, fairy tale," King said. "Because Neverland for Michael Jackson

was his kind of his peace and his serenity. ... So after going to Neverland and really experiencing and feeling the beauty and the energy that was there, I had no choice but to create an environment that reflected that."

King said he would begin auditions for about 60 dancers next week. Producers are hoping to hire dancers and musicians for the live band who have worked with Jackson, Branca said.

Jackson admired the Canadian troupe's work and had attended Cirque shows in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. "He was always captivated and a fan of what Cirque does," Branca said.

Cirque and the estate are also collaborating on a separate permanent production in Las Vegas in 2012 at a property owned by MGM Mirage Inc. They will each own 50 percent of both projects and share equally in the cost of putting on the productions.

Cirque said "Immortal" would be its most expensive touring show ever, with a budget of $57 million. A select number of tickets are being sold to fan clubs of Michael Jackson and Cirque Du Soleil starting Wednesday

Little steps make a big difference when going green from LIVING, page 7 If you’re really that much of a rager, you can even take the cans to Grand Union to get money for them. If not, just make sure to put cardboard and aluminum into their designated receptacles, otherwise it all gets thrown into the landfill.

Once you’re done reveling at how disgusting your house is after the weekend, take a walk through the library or Student Union and see how many people are holding single-use coffee cups. It may be easy to quickly grab a coffee from

Bookworms, but it's even easier to get a discount for using your own mug at one of the cafe’s on campus. That’s right, you’ll save a few cents if you take the time to wash your own mug after you use it instead of simply throwing one away. That money will eventually add up if you drink enough coffee (long nights huddled in a corner in the library, perhaps?), so your wallet will be just as happy as the planet.

Finally, one of the best ways to save all of the paper that teachers hand out is to bring your own laptop to class instead of printing

out the slides. You can take notes on a PDF file, and you won’t have to worry about furiously writing to keep up with the teacher. You’ll be able to neatly organize everything you have into folders on your computer, and you won’t be scrambling to find the last page of slides two hours before the exam.

Basically, it all comes down to how willing you are to make tiny changes. If you give ideas like this a try, you’ll be able to get yourself into a new routine, and being a little more eco-friendly will become second nature.

Rebecca.Radolf@UConn.edu

Thursday, November 4, 2010

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Sports

New faces on display at Gampel Wednesday

By Matt McDonough Associate Sports Editor

first collegiate contest. He was a game-time decision prior to tip-off due to a tweaked ankle.

“It was day-to-day,” Smith said. “I woke up hoping I was going to play.”

Olander finished with four points and two boards in his homecoming.

“I took care of the ball and didn’t have many turnovers,” Olander said. “I shot the ball pretty well.

I need to work on my rebounds, going to the glass and getting rebounds.”

Giffey scored eight points.

The Gampel Pavilion crowd got to see the UConn men’s basketball team’s five new faces on the court early, as coach Jim Calhoun played a heavy dose of freshmen early and often in the Huskies 96-58 win over AIC. Two newcomers, Jeremy Lamb and Tyler Olander, got the nod in the starting lineup.

Olander, Lamb and the rest of the freshLamb is long men, Niels Giffey, Shabazz Napier Although Calhoun and Roscoe Smith, said Lamb still has some accounted for 50 Notebook things to work on, the minutes of playing freshman guard did well time in the first half.

Napier led all freshmen with 11 crashing the offensive boards.

Lamb, at 6-foot-5, has length. points; with two coming off a spin move bank shot in the first half. He snatched his first offensive Olander said Napier was the most rebound off a Walker missed shot mature freshman before the game, on the opening possession. With and the guard from the Boston area nine minutes left in the second half, Lamb followed his own missed is not short n confidence.

“You have to have confidence, 3-pointer, but got his put back I guess,” Napier said. “You don’t swatted into the stands. He finished want to go out there not feeling with six rebounds on the game, confident... If you play without four off the offensive glass, and confidence, then there is no reason eight points. to go out there. You might as well Beverly provides spark sit on the bench and talk plays with coach. Every time I step out there, Senior Donnell Beverly came off I play as hard as I can because it the bench and provided the Huskies could be my last time playing.”

Smith scored six points in his with a spark during a lackadaisi-

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cal stretch in the second. Beverly scored four points in six minutes during the second half, but Calhoun thought it was his pressure defense that made the most mark.

“I feel very good for Donnell to step up,” Calhoun said. “I told the team that he changed the tempo of the game.”

Calhoun said for Beverly there’s no tomorrow. The two have talked about Beverly’s future and Calhoun said that includes graduating in May and a future possibly in coaching. Calhoun also stressed that Beverly has played in big games in big places, including the Final Four, and said the senior will be a big leader this season.

Beverly finished with seven points, three rebounds, four assists and one steal.

Calhoun said the 2010-11 team motto is, “Hardest Working Team in America.”

“That’s what we’re trying to be,” Walker said.

The quotable Jim Calhoun “I think Niels has a high basketball IQ,” Calhoun said of the freshmen’s play. “Tyler has a high basketball IQ. Shabazz knows the game, but holds onto the ball too much. He wants to let everyone know he can dribble, but we know that.”

Matthew.McDonough@UConn.edu

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Alex Oriakhi scored 11 points in the Huskies 96-58 exhibition win over Division II American International.

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The Huskies got off to a fast start, with Walker scoring the game’s first five points. They quickly built a 15-6 lead, and they continued to stretch that lead as the half wore on thanks to stellar defensive play and impressive shooting.

The Huskies shot 50.8 percent from the field and 83.8 percent at the line.

The lead eventually grew as large as 23 points, but began to dwindle later in the half, as the Huskies struggled

to score for several minutes while allowing AIC to capitalize on the resulting fast breaks. Going into halftime, the UConn lead was down to 44-33.

"We had a pretty good start to the first half," Olander said.

"But then we kind of got a little lazy."

The lack of effort towards the end of the first half was not lost on coach Jim Calhoun, who said that the team, and especially the freshman, would need to elevate their level of effort going foward.

“Did they play hard? Yeah they played pretty hard,” Calhoun said. “Did they stop playing hard for a certain point

of time? 33-12… 44-33 halftime. We cannot afford that.”

The Yellow Jackets would never come any closer than 10, however, as the Huskies regrouped after halftime and quickly stretched their lead back over 20. After that point, the Yellow Jackets never threatened again, and the Huskies proceeded to run them out of the gym before the final buzzer sounded.

The Huskies will play their second exhibition game this Sunday at 1 p.m. against Bridgeport at the XL Center in Hartford.

Michael.Cerullo@UConn.edu

Auriemma to freshmen: You've got nothing to do with this streak from NATIONAL, page 14 In a statement to ESPN, the longtime coach said: “When that happens, that’s when you can say, ‘This is what it meant. This is what it was, and now you guys can start your own streak.

Because they’ve got nothing to do with this streak.”

While assumed to be ultimately inevitable, the Huskies’ first loss will surely not come tonight. Even if the result counted against their record, UConn will be taking on a Division II squad with a grand enrollment total of 1,500. But the Ravens of Franklin Pierce do welcome back seven letter winners, including four starters.

Senior captain Cynthia Gaudet leads the way for the visitors, averaging more than 11 points per game in the

2009-2010 season. However, it’s their formidable frontcourt, comprised of center Tori Ahrens and forwards Marielle Giroud and Tiffany Johnson, that will do the most damage. Each stand at 5-foot11 or taller and were the driving force behind the team’s 32-2 record a year ago.

The trio will be matched up with the Huskies’ new look frontcourt that for the first time in four years will be without the WNBA’s newest rookie of the year, Tina Charles. Returning for UConn will be center Heather Buck who will be joined by freshmen Stefanie Dolson and Michala Johnson. The duo figure to battle along with Buck for serious minutes in what appears to be the most uncertain part of the UConn starting lineup.

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Del Piero, Rooney and the spoils of loyalty

By Jon-Paul Roche Futbol Columnist Last month, media swarmed over the eminent story of Wayne Rooney’s impending departure from Manchester United. That story seems to be miles behind now. Just a couple of weeks later, after Rooney put the trade rumors to rest and signed a new five-year deal with the English giant.

Why was this story so popular, though? Was it nature of the way in which the story was broken? Was it the elite skill level of the player involved?

I don’t think it was either of these aspects that gained such publicity. I personally believe that it was simply the people enjoyed the possibility of a seemingly solid team like Manchester United losing what is arguably their most significant asset.

When stories like this break, the pundits and the commentators get talking and immediate-

ly start discussing possibilities of where the star player might end up. Then trade rumors begin to appear out of thin air.

We, as the casual observers, enjoy seeing a player with such talents as Rooney’s end up on a team with similarly skilled players. With the emersion of superstar-laden teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona, players are constantly being lured away from their vlub loyalties.

This is an occurrence with which we are all too familiar in today’s sports world. With teams in every sport that are seemingly always in a position to sign a premier talent, the days of a player remaining loyal to one team for the entirety of their career has become rare. There is at least one player in Europe, however, that has remained true to his loyalties, and it has paid him exponential dividends.

Alessandro Del Piero turns 36 years old next Tuesday. Of those 36 years, he’s spent 18 playing professionally for his

club, Juventus FC. Del Piero signed his first professional contract at the age of 13 with Italian side, Calcio Padova, where he played for two years.

In 1993, Del Piero was spotted by a Juventus scout and was acquired by the fabled Italian club via transfer. The rest is history. Del Piero’s career accolades read like a wish list for the professional footballer. The Italian legend has won five Serie A titles, the Coppa Italia twice, a UEFA Champions League title and, to top it off, a FIFA World Cup medal. Just recently however, Del Piero may have accomplished his most cherished feat to date.

This past Saturday, Del Piero’s Juventus had a showdown against another great Italian side, AC Milan. At the beginning of the day, Alessandro shared the Juventus career scoring record with Giampiero Boniparti, both having scored 178 goals each for their club. After Saturday’s

match, however, Alessandro Del Piero now stands alone atop the scoring list at Juventus, scoring his 179th league goal while leading his side to a narrow 2-1 victory. With what might end up being this Italian maestro’s final campaign well underway, Del Piero’s scoring record is good enough for 10th best on the all-time Serie A goal-scoring list, with only one active player, Francesco Totti, above him. Totti, like Del Piero, has also scored the breadth of his goals for his current club, AS Roma.

Alessandro Del Piero is a true testament to his club and the game as a whole. He has appeared for his club in nearly 650 official matches, and his name is one that will certainly never be forgotten. But, unlike other greats of his generation, there will be no confusion about where his loyalties lay.

They’re most certainly in the hands of Juventus.

Jon-Paul.Roche@UConn..edu

Wayne Rooney silenced the media, signing a five year extension with Manchester United.

Cerullo: UConn a very deep Big East looks to add football schools team with a lot of weapons

» NCAA FOOTBALL

By Eric Ploch Campus Correspondent Tuesday, Nov. 1 could go down in history for the Big East Conference and their continued progress to try and create a conference that will retain its automatic BCS Bowl Bid. Presidents representing the Big East Conference and its respective schools met to discuss the process of football expansion and a possible complete realignment for the conference in all Division I sports.

“Today, our Board of Directors affirmed a set of key strategic initiatives, including expansion, designed to enhance membership stability and maximize our value,” Big East commissioner John Marinatto said shortly after the meeting.

Let the madness ensue.

We all remember this past summer’s debacle when the Big Ten went after Rutgers and Nebraska and the Pac-10 went for Colorado and Utah. And how can anyone forget when the ACC invaded the Big East, ripping away our three best football teams: Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech.

As a result the Big East traveled westward and southward to pick up DePaul, Marquette, Cincinnati, Louisville and the University of South Florida. Many thought this would help football. But after years of the current alignment, the NCAA has debated taking away the Big East’s BCS automatic bowl bid. The Big East’s response to this: reload.

The current plan calls for an expansion of eight to ten teams.

Villanova has already been asked to join the conference for football. They are currently playing in the Football Championship Series (1AA), but it’s possibly this invite could be taken away. If not ‘Nova, who else could the Big East possibly lure?

Current reports say the list includes Central Florida, East Carolina, Memphis and Temple.

However, we all know how Temple played out the last time they were in the Big East. They were in last place year after year,

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The Big East Conference is expanding from eight to ten teams. Villanova and other possibles Central Florida, East Carolina, Memphis, and Temple are set to perhaps join the conference.

until they transfered to the MAC, where they have enjoyed moderate success. With Al Golden possibly leaving for a higher program, the chances of Temple getting invited back are slim.

East Carolina could create an even larger market in the MidAtlantic region and would create a regional rivalry with West Virginia, an opponent the Pirates have repeatedly shown they can run with up and down the field.

The problem here entails a completely different sport: basketball.

Even in the Conference USA, one of the weaker conferences, ECU basketball is a constant bottom dweller, which could be a turn off for Big East representatives.

Memphis and UCF both seem like the logical choices if only two teams are selected. UCF would create an inter-conference rivalry with South Florida, and the prospect of these teams playing each other

year in and year out seems like a no-brainer. Memphis brings both a proud football tradition as well as one of the best basketball programs in the nation, which would create weekly matches between them, UConn, Pitt, Syracuse and West Virginia.

The New York Post also reported that the conference might be looking into western expansion.

TCU and Houston were both mentioned as possibilities. TCU is currently a top-five team and made a BCS bowl in a sub-par conference last year. This addition would give the Big East a team of a caliber they haven’t had since the Pat White and Steve Slaton days at West Virginia.

It may be that the Big East will take these two teams solely for football, and not for to the schools’ other sports. It is also possible that they might add four teams, to ensure that the league has two

divisions and a conference championship. This would mean more money, which is what the conference executives really care about.

But who knows what could happen? As Pittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt said, “If we’re going to expand we can’t just add teams to add teams. It has to be for the right reasons.”

And with another summer comes another season of conference expansion, one in which the Big Ten hopes to snag Pitt, Syracuse and Rutgers from the Big East. This would cancel out any hard work the conference does in the upcoming months.

And the Big East, with teams in Wisconsin, Florida and now possibly Texas, may want to spend these upcoming years thinking of a new conference name.

Eric.Ploch@UConn.edu

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Defensive end Campbell suspended for season

STORRS, Conn. (AP) Connecticut defensive end Marcus Campbell, already sidelined for the season with a knee injury, has been suspended from the team for an unspecified violation of team policies.

The junior, who missed the 2009 season because of academic issues, has played in 23 games for UConn. He had been expected to start this season.

He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during practice in August and had season-ending surgery.

The school said the suspension is for an indefinite period of time, and would not comment further.

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Campbell, who has only played in 23 total games for the Huskies, will have to watch the rest of the season from the stands.

Needless to say, a big win over Pitt to start Big East play would be a great late Christmas present for UConn fans everywhere.

Jan. 8, 2011 – UConn at Texas, 3:30 p.m.

The Huskies’ matchup against Texas last year was undoubtedly the high point of the year.

Coming into the game ranked No. 1 in the country, Texas was unable to hold off Jerome Dyson and the Huskies, who played arguably their best game of the year. Coming at a time where the team wasn’t performing well, this was the pick-me-up the Huskies needed. The fans acknowledged the big win by rushing the court to celebrate with the team.

Now a year later, the Huskies’ are going to be heading down to Texas to take on the Longhorns in their own house. Texas will undoubtedly be looking for revenge, and with a talented roster that is now older and more experienced, they will pose that much more of a threat to UConn.

Jan. 22, 2011 – Tennessee at UConn, XL Center, 2:00 p.m.

Tennessee may be dealing with their own set of NCAA vio-

lations, but don’t be mistaken, they can still play, and they will most likely be one of the biggest challenges the Huskies will face all season.

The Vols start the year as the No. 23 team in the country, and they could easily climb in the polls quickly. Despite losing standout Wayne Chism to graduation, the Vols will still have returning verterans Scotty Hopson, Melvin Goins and Cameron Tatum, along with incoming five-star recruit Tobias Harris and four-star recruits Trae Golden and Jordan McRae. This is a very deep team with a lot of weapons, and after falling just short of the Final Four last year, they promise to be a dangerous opponent this year, just like Pitt, Texas and a good portion of the rest of the Huskies’ schedule. Villanova, Syracuse and Georgetown are also ranked, and there’s a chance that UConn might face No. 2 Michigan State at the Maui Invitational, too.

Will the Huskies be ready? We’ll find out soon enough.

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Ploch: Boise state has a better offense, tougher schedule from WHO, page 14 Eric: This is true, except for the ruling that states that a non-BCS qualifier can override an automatic qualifier if the conference has no teams in the top 25 and there are at least three ranked teams that aren’t in a BCS Conference. So if Virginia Tech gets in, they are still a quality opponent.

The best way to compare the teams, due to the fact that they haven’t played head to head, is to look at common opponents.

Boise State beat Oregon State by 13 while TCU only won by nine. Not to mention Boise averages over nine more points per game where during most second halves Kellen Moore is on the bench.

Cory: Boise State may average nine more points a game than TCU, but the Horned Frogs are still averaging more than 40 points a game. In addition to a prolific offense, TCU statistically has the best defense in the nation and gives up an average of less than nine points per game. Earlier you made the argument that four of Boise State’s opponents were either ranked or have the potential to be ranked by the end of the season. At one point in the season, five of TCU’s opponents, Oregon State, Baylor, Air Force, Utah and San Diego State have been ranked or received votes in the AP and USA Today Polls.

Eric: You can only go by current rankings, because if you

want to go by past rankings, Boise State has played No. 6 Virginia Tech, No. 22 Oregon State, No. 19 Nevada and teams that simply received votes at one point-including Hawaii and Fresno State. Not to mention the fact that at one point, James Madison even received votes in the AP poll. Boise State plays who their schedule gives them, and they shouldn’t be punished for that. No one wants to play them because if they win, the media says they should have beaten Boise.

And if Boise wins, the team will never recover that season.

Beating them doesn’t help a good team - losing to them kills a good team. That’s why they don’t get as tough a schedule as everyone else.

Cory: As a non-automatic qualifier, TCU experiences the same problems in regards to scheduling. With the best defense in college football, a balanced offensive attack and a tougher conference schedule, the TCU Horned Frogs deserve the No. 3 BCS ranking.

Eric: Boise has proved time and time again to the nation that they deserve a chance at a National Championship, as well as the No. 3 ranking.

They proved it when they beat Oklahoma years back, and when they beat TCU last year. TCU had their chance to prove that they belonged in the BCS, and Boise beating them proves that they don’t deserve that shot again this season.

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What's Next Home game

Away game

Football (4-4) Nov. 11 Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 20 Syracuse TBA

Nov. 27 Cincinnati TBA

Dec. 4 USF TBA

Men’s Basketball (1-0) * denotes Exhibition Nov. 7* Nov. 12 Bridgeport Stony Brook 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

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

2:00/7:00

Nov. 17 Vermont 7:00 p.m.

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Sports

The Daily Question Q: Will the Giants repeat as World Series champions?

A: “No doubt in my mind. SF all the way.”

Tomorrow’s Question:

Where will Cliff Lee end up?

Hank Ng, 5th-semester biology major

» That’s what he said

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“I’m the one that’s responsible and I’m going to get this team going better,” - Cowboys coach Wade Phillips on his team getting back to the basics of football in order to succeed.

» MLB

Beltre declines $10 million option

Wade Phillips

» Pic of the day

BOSTON (AP)—Adrian Beltre(notes) has declined a $10 million player option that would have kept him with the Boston Red Sox next year.

The third baseman will get a $1 million buyout and becomes a free agent after just one season with the Red Sox. The 31-year-old Beltre led the team with a .321 batting average and a career-high 49 doubles in 154 games. He hit 28 homers and tied David Ortiz(notes) for the team lead with 102 RBIs. The option increased from $5 million to $10 million in his last game because he passed the 640 plate appearances.

Boston signed him as a free agent after he hit .265 with eight homers and 44 RBIs with Seattle in 2009.

The Red Sox must decide by Thursday whether to exercise Ortiz’s $12.5 million club option.

Tastes kind of funny

Women’s Basketball (0-0) Tomorrow* Nov. 13* Franklin Pierce Indiana (PA) 7:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

Nov. 14 Holy Cross 2:00 p.m.

Nov. 16 Baylor 6:00 p.m.

Nov. 21 Georgia Tech 2:00 p.m.

Men’s Soccer (10-2-4)

» NFL

Nov. 4 Big East Tournament First Round vs. DePaul 7:30 p.m.

Titans pick up Randy Moss of waivers

Women’s Soccer (10-8-3) Nov. 5 Big East Tournament Semifinals at West Virginia 1 p.m.

Field Hockey (14-4) Nov. 6 Big East Tournament vs. Louisville 1:30 p.m.

Volleyball (4-17) Nov. 7 Nov. 5 USF Georgetown 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

Nov. 14 Nov. 19 West Big East Virginia Championship 2:00 p.m.

Nov. 13 Pittsburgh 2:00 p.m.

Men’s Hockey (1-1-2) AP

Nov. 5 Canisius 7:05 p.m.

Nov. 6 Canisius 7:05 p.m.

Nov. 13 RIT 7:05 p.m.

Nov. 12 RIT 7:05 p.m.

Nov. 19 Bentley 7:05 p.m.

Women’s Hockey (1-7-1) Nov. 6 Maine 1:00 p.m.

Nov. 13 UNH 2:00 p.m.

Nov. 26 Nov. 20 Nutmeg Classic Vermont 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 14 UNH 1:00 p.m.

Men’s Cross Country Nov. 13 Regional Championship 11:45 a.m.

Nov. 20 IC4A Championship TBA

Nov. 22 NCAA Championship TBA

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

Nov. 22 NCAA Championship All Day

Men’s Swimming and Diving Nov. 6 Army 1:00 p.m.

Nov. 13 Penn 1:00 p.m.

Nov. 18-20 Maryland Terrapin Cup All Day

Women’s Swimming and Diving Nov. 6 Army 1:00 p.m.

Nov. 13 Penn 1:00 p.m.

E-mail your answers, along with your name, semester standing and major, to sports@dailycampus.com. The best answer will appear in tomorrow’s paper.

Nov. 18-20 Maryland Terrapin Cup All Day

Mircea Lucescu coach of Shakhtar Donetsk reacts during a Champions League group H soccer match against Arsenal yesterday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—The Tennessee Titans passed on wide receiver Randy Moss once before, back in the 1998 draft.

Not again.

The Titans claimed Moss off the waiver wire Wednesday, choosing not to take any risks with receiver Kenny Britt missing at least one game with an injured right hamstring.

Tennessee, then the Oilers, drafted Kevin Dyson with the 16th pick overall in 1998. They passed on Moss and said then it was because of concerns about his character. Coach Jeff Fisher, speaking three hours before Wednesday’s waiver deadline, said the personnel department decided Dyson was a better fit.

“Randy has had a terrific career. He’s a Hall of Fame receiver. You don’t always make the right decision,” Fisher said. “The draft is an imperfect science. We’ve had No. 1’s that haven’t panned out for us before.”

Now the Titans are 5-3, a half-game back in the AFC South with five divisional games remaining down the stretch. They were the only team to put in a claim on Moss, even though they ranked 23rd among NFL teams in the waiver system. Fisher said in a statement after the Titans were awarded Moss that the receiver offered an opportunity to upgrade their offense.

“Randy has been a tremendous threat where ever he has been,” Fisher said. “We will bring him up to speed as quickly as possible.”

Charles Nagy now a major league coach ly called Fairfield Ludlowe) in Fairfield, Connecticut.

As an 18-year-old, Nagy had the difficult choice of pickLast week, former UConn stu- ing what school he wanted to dent-athlete Charles Nagy was attend to continue his pursuit promoted from the minor leagues of baseball excellence. While to the big time. No, he wasn’t in Storrs, Nagy was an Allbrought up as the Diamondbacks’ American and was picked as a No. 5 starter for next year’s team; pitcher for the 1988 Olympic he was hired as the team’s pitch- team, where he won a Gold ing coach on Wednesday.

Medal. He set the Last season record for strikeNagy was the outs in a single seaIndians’ triple-A son at UConn with pitching coach. He 11, a record that must have made still stands today. an impression on His record-setting someone in the UConn career helped Diamondbacks syshim pursue his tem, as he was one major league career, of the few lucky where he was draftenough to have a ed in 1988 by the chance to coach at Cleveland Indians in A multi-part series the MLB level. the first round, No. “In the end, 17 overall.

I was just very Nagy made his impressed with him. I think MLB debut in Cleveland in he’s got huge upside and feel 1990 and played in Cleveland very comfortable with where until 2002. His final season he is going to take our staff,” was 2003, where he played Diamondbacks general manag- with the San Diego Padres. He er Kevin Towers told the media finished his career with 129 last week. wins, 105 losses and an earned The UConn alum was born run average of 4.51. In 1996, in 1967 in Bridgeport, but arguably his best MLB season, moved to St. Petersburg, Fla. Nagy started for the American very early in his life. In high League in the All-Star Game school, Nagy attended Roger and then proceeded to finish Ludlowe High School (current- fourth in Cy Young voting.

By Eric Ploch Campus Correspondent

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

AP

Charles Nagy on the bench as a coach for the Columbus Clippers in the AAA league of Minor League Baseball.

Nagy was a key member of the Indians’ World Series berths in 1995 and 1997.

In 2004, just a year after retiring, he was inducted into the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame, a hall of fame for players associated with the minor league teams in Kinston, North Carolina. Then, in 2007, Nagy was inducted into the Cleveland Indians team Hall of Fame.

Last season, Nagy worked with the Indians’ triple-A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers.

Towers knew instantly that he had a special coach coming under his program.

“Frankly, he surprised me. I asked him my first question and

he answered my first three with his first [answer]. We had similar thoughts on things.” Towers told reporters. “He was very comfortable. There are times in interviews I try to maybe challenge people a little bit. He was very calm, very collected.”

After a disappointing finish last season for the Diamondbacks in the NL West, there is hope in the front office that the hiring of Nagy and three other new coaches can turn the team around. Who knows, maybe this could even vault them past the World Series champions, the San Francisco Giants.

Eric.Ploch@UConn.edu

» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY P.13: Where are they now? Charles Nagy. / P.12: Futbol column: Del Piero. / P.11: Freshmen see many minutes in exhibition.

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National champs come back to Gampel

By Andrew Callahan Staff Writer

simply serve to prepare the team `Well, they’ve been No. 1 for so for its season, and will have no long that they’ve got to be No. impact on their record.

1 again this year.’ I mean that’s But, despite not playbetter than saying ing an official game `Hey, you lost an until Nov. 14, UConn is awful lot from last currently ranked No. 1 year… so we’re in both the AP and USA going to pick you Today/ESPN Top 25 15th.’ I guess it’s a vs. Franklin poll. It’s the third contestament to where Pierce secutive season they’ve we are, what we’ve started in the top spot, done.’’

7:30 p.m. but head coach Geno The losses the Auriemma can’t get Gampel Pavilion team has sushimself to agree with tained could prove the pollsters. to be substantial – not only do “It makes no sense,’’ Auriemma the Huskies enter 2010 without said. “But I guess that’s what the graduated seniors Tina Charles perception is around the country. and Kalena Greene, but also

Though the UConn women’s basketball team will be taking the court tonight against Franklin Pierce, their historic 78-game winning streak won’t be on the line.

But you better believe they’ll be playing like it’s, in their first action since taking the trophy in San Antonio last April.

Led by two-time pre-season All-American Maya Moore, the Huskies kick off their season with the first of two exhibitions at 7:30 p.m. Gampel Pavilion.

Tonight’s exhibition and their second next Wednesday will

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without point guard Caroline Doty. Doty is sitting out the year after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ACL in late August, her third in just over three years.

Her absence leaves UConn with only Moore and Tiffany Hayes as returning starters.

In fact, even coach Auriemma foresees the eventual snapping of their historic streak, due to such roster turnover. The incoming freshman class will have to shoulder a heavy load and when the loss comes, Auriemma intends on addressing it directly before moving onto the next game.

» AURIEMMA, page 11

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The defending National Champs are set to defend their title, beginning with their first contenst against Franklin Pierce

HUSKIES STING YELLOW JACKETS

Key games this season

Calhoun tops alma mater, Smith shines in debut

By Mac Cerullo Sports Editor

Mac Cerullo After a disappointing 200910 season and a turbulent offseason, the new men’s basketball season is finally set to begin. The team opens their regular season next Friday against Stony Brook.

Following that, a good four to five months of basketball.

Will the Huskies make an improvement over their effort last year? Hopefully, but only time will tell. One thing for sure, there are plenty of chances for the Huskies to prove themselves, as they have a great schedule packed with quality teams. Here are a few of the standout games on the schedule.

Dec. 27 – UConn at Pitt, 8:30 p.m.

UConn opens their Big East schedule in a big way this year, taking on No. 5 Pitt on the road right after Christmas. Pitt has proven to be a consistent thorn in UConn’s side over the past couple years, and it looks as if the Huskies will most likely have their hands full again.

Pitt returns four starters from last year, including the Big East’s most improved player, Ashton Gibbs, who averaged 15.7 points per game last year. Pitt might also be getting their starting forward Nasir Robinson back right around then, too. He’s expected to be fully recovered from knee surgery by midDecember, which would give Pitt another weapon to bring out against the Huskies.

The men’s basketball team tipped off their season last night by crushing American International College 96-58 in their first of two exhibition games.

The game proved to be a showcase for the Huskies’ numerous new freshman, who got their first in-game action of their collegiate careers. Jeremy Lamb and Tyler Olander were in the starting lineup, along with Kemba Walker, Jamal CoombsMcDaniel and Alex Oriakhi. Niels Giffey, Roscoe Smith and Shabazz Napier each got plenty of playing time as well.

But Walker was the clear leader of the team, leading the game in scoring with 25 points while continuously shouting out plays, advice and words of encouragement to his teammates, who seemed more than eager to respond.

“I’m just trying to bring a positive mentality to the team,” Walker said.

Napier led the freshman in scoring with 11 points, distinguishing himself with his impressive ball handling and dribble moves. He displayed his shooting ability as well, hitting one three pointer in the first half with a Yellow Jacket defender falling on top of him.

On the defensive side of the ball, Giffey and Lamb were major bright spots for the team. Giffey stuck to his man all night, tallying two steals and a block in the process. Lamb had a steal and a block of his own while grabbing six rebounds on the night, one off Charles Okwandu’s team lead of seven.

“The freshman, I’m really impressed,” Okwandu said. “Apart from the fact that everybody’s trying to score, we all played

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Kemba Walker drives to the hoop for a layup last night at Gampel Pavilion during the Huskies’ 96-58 exhibition win over AIC. Walker led the game in scoring with 25 points.

» CERULLO, page 12

» FRESHMEN, page 11

Who is more deserving of a shot at the BCS Championship?

Boise State

By Eric Ploch Campus Correspondent Boise State should not have been jumped in the BCS standings. Many strength of schedule predictors actually have Boise State with a stronger schedule than current BCS No. 3 TCU. Boise beat Oregon State by double digits, beat Virginia Tech and has games left against Nevada and Hawaii, giving them four teams by the end of the season that could be ranked. Granted, Hawaii has an outside shot at this, but the other three could definitely nab a spot.

Kellen Moore is a versatile quarterback ...

AP

Eric.Ploch@UConn.edu

» POINT/COUNTERPOINT Cory Lebihan: The week after their loss to Boise State, Virginia Tech dropped another game to James Madison, a .500 team in the FCS (formerly known as the I-AA). With that said, how can Virginia Tech be considered that high quality of a victory? TCU is ranked third in the computer rankings.

Where is Boise State? They sit at fifth, behind one-loss Missouri.

Eric Ploch: If you follow Virginia Tech’s current progress, they sit at 4-2 in the ACC, making them not only first in the Coastal Division but first in the ACC overall.

They finish the season with all winnable games so right now they are the most likely of any opponent either team has or will play that will make a BCS Bowl. If TCU beats Utah,

that knocks the Utes out of the BCS making Boise 1-0 against BCS teams and TCU not having played a game against one. That makes the Broncos’ schedule look a little harder than the TCU’s.

Cory: Just because a certain team makes it to a BCS bowl game doesn’t necessarily mean they are superior to a team that doesn’t make a BCS bowl from a non-automatic qualifier conference. Currently there isn’t a single Big East school ranked in the top 25. Yet the Big East champion has an automatic bid to a BCS bowl. A one-loss Utah team would be better than any team the Big East could send and better than Virginia Tech, yet it would lose the opportunity for an at-large bid with a

» PLOCH, page 12

By Cory Lebihan Campus Correspondent

TCU

This past Sunday, the BCS standings came out for the third time in the 2010 College Football season, and included a big surprise. Texas Christian University, more commonly known as TCU, leapfrogged the fellow undefeated Boise State Broncos for the No. 3 spot in the BCS rankings.

Although Boise State outplayed the Horned Frogs last year to earn a 17-10 victory in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, it’s a different season, and TCU deserves to be ranked ahead of Boise State.

The best argument for the TCU Horned Frogs is that they play a tougher schedule.

Cory.Lebihan@UConn.edu

AP

... but the Horned Frogs’ defense is untouchable.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

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Big East Tournament Special

» BIG EAST SOCCER TOURNAMENT SPECIAL

WVU stands between UConn and Big East final

By Dan Agabiti Staff Writer

Sunday’s 2-0 win over a Top-5 Notre Dame team in the Big East Championship quarterfinals means that the UConn women’s soccer team will take the field Friday night against West Virginia in the semifinals of the Big East tournament.

For UConn, handing Notre Dame its only conference loss of the season proves what coach Len Tsantiris has been saying of his squad all year: that the team is capable of playing well against any team they face.

“When we vs. West score, we win.

It doesn’t matter Virginia we’re playFriday, 5 p.m. who ing and somePiscataway, times we really have to work N.J. for our goals.

Last Sunday we worked for them, scored and got the win,” Tsantiris said.

Friday night at 5, the Huskies’ challenge will be defeating a West Virginia team that beat them 3-0 during their last face-off in Morgantown two weeks ago. While this game is at a neutral site in Piscataway, N.J., home of Rutgers University, it is going to be the same talented West Virginia team.

As an offensive unit, West Virginia is sound, and they can score goals in a few different ways, Tsantiris said.

“West Virginia is a really good team.

They’re very good on set plays and last time we played them, they scored twice on those type of plays. The last came when we had everyone up in the second half and were pressing, so they can score like that too,” Tsantiris said.

This West Virginia team is a very scrappy one, and it is those types of squads that have given the Huskies problems in the past.

“When the game is clean, we tend to do well. But it is when the game gets messy that our team is all messed up and cannot keep their focus. We just have not played well in scrappy games, which is something we need

A BRIEF LOOK AT THE HUSKIES’ SEASON

By Andrew Callahan Staff Writer It’s been a long ride for the Huskies and thankfully, it’s not over yet. With a historic win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish last Sunday in South Bend, the Huskies recorded two wins in the Big East tournament and a spot in the semifinals. With a spot in the NCAA tournament now nearly secured, it’s time to take a look back on how they got here:

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vs. Siena, L 3-2 (OT) In their home opener, the Huskies came back against the underdog Saints only to fall just minutes into overtime. Jess Shufelt struck home the second Husky goal, while new transfer Michelle Baj saw her old team leave Storrs with a victory.

(0-1) @ William & Mary, T 0-0 (0-1-1) @ Virginia, L 1-0 (OT)

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Senior midfielder Kacey Richards carries the ball up the field during the Huskies’ 1-0 loss to Marquette on Oct. 8 at Morrone Stadium. If the Huskies defeat West Virginia in the semifinals, they could potentially face the Golden Eagles in the Finals.

to fix,” Tsantiris said.

While West Virginia has a very talented squad, Tsantiris is quick to admit that the game against West Virginia was not one of the team’s better performances of the season.

During that match two weeks ago, the Huskies had a few good chances at scoring, but nothing ever came from them.

“We just had so many missed opportunities against them last time.

We missed a 1-on-1 with the keeper, hit the post, couldn’t make one inside the six-yard box and then their goalie made some really good saves,” Tsantiris said.

The most important part of this

game for UConn will be to stay focused and just play their game.

The fundamentals of UConn’s success have not changed, and the keys to victory remain the same.

If they play sound defense as a unit, attack the box early and convert their chances, Tsantiris is confident there is not a game the Huskies cannot win.

“The key will be to play our game and convert our opportunities. If we do that and defend better on set plays, we’ll be fine,” Tsantiris said.

Daniel.Agabiti@UConn.edu

A LOOK AT THE FIELD

The Huskies could not muster a score in almost 200 minutes of play, albeit against quality opponents in the Penn State Invitational. A dose of home cooking would do them well, however, in the following weekend.

(0-2-1) vs. Illinois, W 2-1 (2OT) Jess Shufelt once again brought the magic to Morrone, tallying both goals in the Huskies’ thrilling first victory of the season. Senior captain Elise Fugowski fed a through ball to the top of the box in overtime, where Shufelt sealed the deal.

(1-2-1) vs. Penn State, W 3-2 (OT) “Twice is nice” proved to be the theme of the day when UConn took down its second Big Ten opponent of the season. In addition, Shufelt notched yet another pair of scores, one good for her second gamewinner of the year.

(2-2-1) vs. Yale, W 2-0 (3-2-1) vs. CCSU, W 5-0 The rolling Huskies blasted a pair of in-state rivals in preparation for conference play as Melissa Busque stole the show. Busque put three balls in the back of the net while Jessica Frech and Angelika Johansson hit their first goals of the season.

(4-2-1) vs. Providence, T 0-0 (4-2-2) @ Boston Univ., L 3-0 Junior goalie Jess Dulski’s streak of over 300 shutout minutes is snapped in a bad loss to the Terriers. The Huskies were coming off a disappointing draw with the Friars of Providence in their first Big East action of the year.

(4-3-2) vs. St. John’s, L 2-1 The Red Storm of St. John’s stayed true to its name in the final eight minutes with a whirlwind of scoring to send the Huskies packing. The heartbreak did not last long, but at the time absolutely crushed the team’s spirits.

(4-4-2) @ Syracuse, W 3-0 (5-4-2) @ Rutgers, L 2-0 (5-5-2) @ Seton Hall, W 3-0 A weekend spent down in New

Jersey did nothing to alleviate the team’s inconsistency. After being thoroughly dominated by the pedestrian Scarlet Knights, the Huskies shut down Pirate freshman phenom Katie Ritter in a 3-0 drubbing.

(6-5-2) vs. Marquette, L 1-0 Despite a solid showing against one of the better teams in the Big East, the Huskies fell as a shot from captain Kacey Richards struck the crossbar in the final seconds. Marquette would go on to win the National Division.

(6-6-2) vs. USF, W 3-0 The running of the bulls was in full force on a beautiful day in Storrs as UConn had South Florida in retreat almost from the get-go. Linda Rutuu netted her first goal of the year and Johansson scored her sixth of the season in the second half.

(7-6-2) vs. Notre Dame, T 1-1 Rain and storm clouds fit the mood perfectly when the Fighting Irish took a late 1-0 in UConn’s biggest game of the season thus far. But Rutuu struck gold on a free kick with less than two minutes to go and tied the game at one, at the expense and shock of Notre Dame.

(7-6-3) vs. DePaul, W 3-1 Though the Top-5 team of the weekend had come and gone, a game with serious conference implications still remained. The Huskies were more aware of this fact and won one for their seniors against of the best defensive clubs in the Big East.

(8-6-3) @ West Virginia, L 3-0 (8-7-3) @ Pittsburgh, L 1-0 A pair of conference losses soured the end of the Huskies’ regular season, dropping their Big East record to below .500. But they remained fortunate by securing a home game in the first round of the Big East tournament against Louisville.

(8-8-3) vs. Louisville, W 3-0 Dulski secured her fourth shutout of the season as UConn took control with two first-half scores and ultimately outshot the Cardinals by a margin of 26-5.

Freshman Devin Prendergast grabbed her second goal of the year.

(9-8-3) @ Notre Dame, W 2-0 With a potential berth to the NCAA tournament on the line, the Huskies left nothing to fate or the luck of the Irish last Sunday. Fugowski nailed two goals in the game of her life while Dulski played out of her mind to protect her team’s lead.

(10-8-3) vs. West Virginia A trip to Yurack Field in Piscataway, N.J. is in order for the Big East semifinals. Revenge will be on the Huskies’ minds, but a shot at the conference championship and an automatic NCAA berth remains more important against the Mountaineers.

Andrew.J.Callahan@UConn.edu

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UConn soccer fans enjoy a game in the stands at Morrone Stadium.

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CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN

BIG EAST TOURNAMENT: Semifinals UConn vs. West Virginia Friday, 5 p.m.

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