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ConnPIRG is working towards a commitment to waste-free equipment and practices from university officials this semester with their Zero Waste Campaign. The campaign has focused its efforts on events and meetings that will ideally result in a promise from UConn administrators to take steps to ensure all waste on campus is recycled, reused or composted. Early reactions from the university have been positive,
according to campaign coordinator Mike DiMaio. “The administration seems like they’ve been moving in a lot of green directions, so I think it would be great to work with them. I think they’re really open to the ideas that we’re going for,” DeMaio, a 4th-semester political science and economics double major, said. To gain support for the campaign, the group has held several events and established partnerships with various environmentally conscious groups on campus. Campaign representatives tabled in the Union and distributed about 400 fliers informing
students about electronic waste, according to DiMaio. The fliers told students which items constitute electronic waste and informed them where such items can be appropriately discarded. The information can be found on the “Go Zero Waste UConn” Facebook page. In addition, the campaign held a screening of “The Story of Stuff,” the animated video that explains where waste goes after being thrown out and how to improve sustainability. Dennis Pierce, the director of Dining Services, also spoke at the event. Campaign representatives
have also spoken with Pierce about the environmentallyfriendly initiatives already in place at the dining facilities. The eight dining halls send recyclables to a facility with a “single stream” system, which allows all recyclables to be placed in one container. The system then sorts and recycles the different materials correctly. The university has been using this system for about four months. “I think it’s a good thing because it means that if people make mistakes on this end it gets corrected later on,” DiMaio said. South dining hall also com-
posts using an eCorrect Waste Reducer, which dehydrates waste material and produces a soil-type material. The compost will be used as a sewage supplement in the summer and in landscaping around campus, according to DiMaio. UConn owns one of 12 or 13 of such machines in the country and Dining Services hopes to purchase two more before May, he said. In an effort to increase awareness about recycling and sustainability, the campaign wants to make one Late Night event “zero waste” by modifying the
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Coupon users furious over proposed tax Trustee
HARTFORD (AP) — Devotees of coupons and discounts are angry at Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposal to slap a new sales tax on the original price of a good or service rather than the discounted price. Ending the sales tax exemptions for coupons, discounts and automobile trade-ins are among tax exemptions Malloy has proposed ending to help close the state’s projected $3.5 billion deficit. For example, the tax would be imposed on the $30 price of a blouse, not the $15 sales price. Gina Juliano learned firsthand after she lost her job in 2009 as a vice principal in the Hartford Public Schools that coupons and sales can help a family make ends meet. She cut her budget for food, toiletries, pet supplies and paper goods from between $200 and $300 a week to $50. “I turned to coupons because I would have had to lose my house and everything. I wouldn’t have been able to survive,” said Juliano, who now writes a blog in Connecticut called Gina’s Kokopelli that tracks coupons, sales and bargains for other shoppers.
Like many avid couponers, Juliano pays little or nothing for items after matching coupons with sales. For example, she recently used a $3 coupon to buy a bottle of Gain fabric softener that was on sale for $2.99 at Rite Aid. “Under his proposal, I would have to pay tax on that, which is not right because I didn’t pay for the item,” said Juliano, who runs classes on couponing. “Everybody who does this, it’s not like they’re rich. They’re doing this to survive.” Benjamin Barnes, Malloy’s budget chief, isn’t a particular fan of the proposal. But because of the state’s deficit woes, the administration is forced to examine the numerous tax exemptions currently on the books. “It’s true, it’s a new tax. It sucks,” he said. “Every single one of those, however many, 20-odd taxes is a new tax and it sucks. I don’t know how to hide it. These are new taxes.” Food items under Malloy’s budget would continue to be exempt from the sales tax and therefore not affected by the proposed coupon and discount exemption rollback which is pro-
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Connecticut House Majority Leader J. Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, left, looks over a copy of the state budget he received as State Rep. Lonnie Reed, D-Branford, right, looks on in his office at the Capitol.
jected to bring in $92 million in revenue over the two-year, nearly $40 billion budget. The coupon exemption is among many sales tax exemptions the new governor has proposed ending. Malloy has also proposed raising the sales tax rate from 6 percent to 6.35 percent for retail purchases and ending
the $50 exemption for clothing and footwear. Kristen Ellis, a Connecticut blogger who writes “Funbeingfrugal.com” about ways to live inexpensively, said she and her husband are on unemployment compensation and have to count pennies and carefully plan their shopping.
UCHC to begin egg-freezing program
By Courtney Robishaw Campus Correspondent
Women now have more options when it comes to preserving their fertility, thanks to recent developments at the UConn Health Center. Starting this summer, women will have the option of freezing their eggs at the Center for Advanced Reproductive Services. While freezing embryos has been possible for a while, freezing unfertilized eggs is a recent option. According to Linda Siano, chief embryologist at UCHC, freezing individual eggs instead of embryos has many benefits. “It would allow infertility patients to store excess oocytes instead of embryos, eliminating some of the ethical and religious concerns that accompany embryo storage,” Siano said. Freezing eggs also enables individuals to avoid hard decisions when it comes to the fate of individual embryos when using in vitro fertilization, according to Theodore Taigen, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UConn. A second benefit to egg freezing is the ability to create egg banks, similar to the already existing sperm banks. Egg freezing will “impact a market in which payment for donor eggs (often contributed by college students) may be as high as $50,000 per donation,” Taigen said.
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The Center for Advanced Reproductive Services at the UConn Health Center, shown above, will begin an egg-freezing program this summer. Egg freezing is an alternative to embryo freezing and is a useful option for women undergoing chemotherapy who want to preserve their eggs.
Egg freezing will also be beneficial for women suffering from cancer and other medical conditions who want to preserve their fertility before undergoing chemotherapy or radiation, Siano said. Recent advances of this process have led to higher survival
and pregnancy rates. Nine hundred babies have recently been born after oocyte cryopreservation, according to Siano. This is done through the process of vitrification used at UConn, which is similar to flash freezing. Siano hand-freezes each egg,
which involves surrounding the egg in a glass bubble for freezing. But not all centers where egg freezing takes place have been able to prove the eggs can survive the thawing process like the UCHC has.
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Summer Registration Begins All Day Students who want to register for classes during the summer semester can beginning today,
Rainbow Center Film 6:30 to 9 p.m Student Union 403 The Rainbow Center presents “Gia,” a movie about the tragic life of 70s supermodel Gia Carangi.
Among Men 7 to 8 p.m. Student Union 319 This group is for men who love other men or think they might.
Welcome back for another exciting week of Trustee Talk. Today we want to give you a quick update on the university budget, as well as the discussion regarding tuition and fees that was supposed to take place last week. On Tuesday we had a meeting of the Board of Trustees, and a motion was passed to table the vote on next year’s tuition and fees until the university administration and board could receive more detailed information from the governor’s office regarding his proposed state budget. We would like to take the rest of our time to discuss a presentation we saw at the Board of Trustee’s Student Life Committee meeting regarding a proposed new Recreational and Wellness Facility that has been in the introductory planning stage for quite some time at UConn. The presentation was given by Alexandria Roe, director of planning and program development for UConn architectural and engineering services. Roe started on a positive note, first describing the history of the project that began in April 2007 at the annual meeting of the Trustees, Administration, Faculty and Students Committee (TAFS). Roe discussed details of the initial planning phase of the project and the efforts to develop the project with everyone at UConn from the students to the police and facilities. Ultimately the facility would include 286,000 sq. ft. of indoor space and, depending on the decided final location of the building, would include a number of adjacent outdoor fields as well. Several locations were discussed; however, one of the more promising options seemed to be in North Campus. Even this site would include a number of challenges such as avoiding or replacing wetlands and agricultural fields. The facility sounded like a very exciting project and something the students at UConn really need given that the current recreational space is deteriorating and is simply way too small for its occupants. There are often waiting lines for much of the equipment and the space if often shared with varsity athletics leading to the general student population not being able to use parts of the building for extended periods of time. The major problem for the
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Project Brainwash 7 to 9 p.m. Student Union Theater This documntary examines how reality TV is brainwashing people into believing false and demeaning stereotypes regarding women.
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UConn and state business mentors to visit Kenya STORRS (AP) — Mentors from UConn and several businesses in the state are heading to Kenya next month for two weeks as part of an exchange program with the east African country. The exchange is the final part of UConn’s Young Entrepreneurs Program, in which Connecticut residents are linked with 14 budding business leaders from Kenya. Those Kenyan citizens are about 25 to 35 years old. They have visited Connecticut businesses for workshops, job shadowing and other training from their U.S. mentors to help them start and expand small businesses in Kenya. The exchange program is supported by a $373,000 grant by the U.S. Department of State.
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EAST HAMPTON (AP) — Authorities have confirmed the identity of a woman found inside her home in East Hampton and say her death was a homicide. East Hampton Police Chief Matt Reimondo said Sunday that Jaclyn Fitzgerald, a 24-year-old exotic dancer who was reported missing Friday, was found dead inside her home. Police say the circumstances surrounding her death indicate it is not a random crime that her death may have been the result of foul play. A spokesman says the medical examiner’s office is conducting an autopsy.
Committee to review education gap proposals HARTFORD (AP) — A Connecticut legislative committee is set to review several education proposals intended to help narrow the achievement gap between the state’s wealthy and low-income students. The General Assembly’s education committee plans a public hearing on a bill including more than a dozen proposals. They include letting certain school districts lengthen the school day and academic year to offer more instruction time, making it easier for out-of-state teachers to get Connecticut certification and phasing in all-day kindergarten in struggling districts. A state-appointed commission says that on average, Connecticut’s poorest students are about three grade levels behind their peers in reading and math. It also says 60 percent of low-income students graduated from high school in 2009, compared with 86 percent of more affluent students.
Restaurant owner faces sentencing for taxes
HARTFORD (AP) — A restaurant owner from North Haven faces sentencing for filing a false federal tax return. Virginia Mazzaro is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in Hartford. She pleaded guilty in September to filing a false tax return. Prosecutors say the 62-year-old Mazzaro failed to deposit all cash receipts generated by the restaurant into the bank account of the business. Instead, she deposited the receipts into her personal bank account and then invested most of the money in certificate of deposit accounts. Authorities say she has paid $1.4 million in back taxes, penalties and interest.
Task force to unveil domestic violence plan
HARTFORD (AP) — A legislative task force is unveiling its final recommendations for reforming Connecticut’s domestic violence laws. The group has scheduled a news conference Monday to discuss its proposals to the General Assembly. The task force was created by House Speaker Christopher Donovan in the wake of several high-profile incidents. It also plans to vote on the recommendations. The suggested reforms stem from meetings and public hearings that involved advocacy groups, domestic violence survivors and law enforcement officials. Last year, lawmakers passed another package of reforms that thenGov. M. Jodi Rell signed into law. They included an electronic monitoring program for high-risk domestic violence offenders, improved enforcement of protective orders, funding for around-the-clock staffing at domestic violence shelters and better information sharing in family violence cases.
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Police won’t boot protesters from Wisconsin Capitol
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An occupation of the Wisconsin Capitol by protesters fighting efforts to strip public workers of union bargaining rights carried on Sunday after police decided not to forcibly remove demonstrators and end a nearly two-week-long sit-in. The state agency that oversees the Capitol asked the throngs of demonstrators who have camped out inside the building since Feb. 15 to leave by 4 p.m., saying the building was in dire need of a cleaning. But in the hours before the deadline came and after it passed, it was clear most protesters did not intend to leave voluntarily and police had no immediate intention of forcing them to go. Late Sunday night, Wisconsin Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs said no demonstrators would be arrested as long as they continue to obey the law. “People here have acted lawfully and responsibly,” Tubbs said. “There’s no reason to consider arrests.” Tubbs said demonstrators who have occupied all three floors of the Capitol will have to relocate to the ground floor. He added that anyone who leaves the building will not be allowed back in, although police will allow union officials to bring food into the building for the protesters. Demonstrators began camping out inside the normally immaculate Capitol two weeks ago in an effort to fight legislation proposed by Wisconsin’s new Republican governor, Scott Walker, that would strip most of the state’s public employees of the right to collectively bargain. Labor leaders and Democratic lawmakers say the bill is intended to undermine the unions and weaken a key base of Democratic Party voters.
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Teacher Kristen Henningfeld, center, of Elk Mound, Wis., protests on the steps of the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. Protests to the governor’s bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are in their 12th day.
Walker argues the Republicanbacked measure would help close a projected $3.6 billion deficit in the 2011-13 budget, and that freeing local governments from having to collectively bargain with public employee unions would give them the flexibility needed to deal with forthcoming budget cuts. The proposal stalled in the state Senate when its 14 Democratic lawmakers fled the state for
Illinois, leaving the legislative body one vote short of a quorum. The Democratic senators have vowed to stay away from Wisconsin for as long as it takes. One of the Democrats, Sen. Lena Taylor, tweeted her support to the protesters who remained: “Thank you for exercising your 1st amend right - I’m glad my actions give you opportunity to stand/sit/express yourself!” Authorities had planned to
reopen the Capitol on Monday at 8 a.m. after Sunday’s closure. But David Vines, a 19-year-old freshman at the nearby University of Wisconsin-Madison, worried that any lost momentum would be difficult to recapture. “It’s so difficult to organize something like this. Any break to the momentum could be a cut to morale,” Vines said. “I hope I’m wrong but I think the occupation will die.”
Alum prepping for third tour in Afghanistan By Ben Fechter Campus Correspondent U.S. Infantry Major Ben Zweibelson, a 1998 UConn graduate, is preparing for his third deployment to Afghanistan in June. Major Zweibelson currently lives at Fort Leavenworth, Ka., with his wife and three sons while attending the U.S. Army School for Advanced Military Studies (SAMs). Zweibelson is from Newington. He enrolled at UConn in 1993. After struggling to afford his education, he received financial assistance by enrolling in the Connecticut Army National Guard. During his junior year, Zweibelson joined UConn’s ROTC program, became a commissioned officer and graduated in 1998. His first deployment was in 2003 and his second came in the surge of
2007. When talking about his upcoming deployment this summer Zweibelson said, “The first deployment was the hardest. My wife and I have a routine now.” He also described how the one-year deployment will affect his children who are older this time around. “I’ve been deployed with a six month old, but we don’t know how my 8-year-old is going to be,” Zweibelson said. On his first deployment, Zweibelson was sent to Italy where he lived with his wife and baby son right before the United States military deployed troops to Iraq in 2003. “It was a unique opportunity that the military provided,” Zweibelson said. After being sent to the Middle East during the Iraqi conflict, his infantry’s mission involved liberating the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. While with the 173rd infantry brigade, his efforts were
aided by the Kurdish people. He described common misconceptions associated with Iraqi’s views of Americans, and called the Kurds “very supportive.” His infantry’s cooperation with the Kurdish people was unlike anything he had experienced before. The lack of modernity “looked like something out of Beverly Hillbillies.” “There were about 20 guys piled up in each vehicle,” Zweibelson said. Zweibelson described the struggles that many Iraqi’s faced under Saddam Hussein’s reign. The soldier was also able to witness the marvels of life inside Hussein’s regime, while simultaneously seeing the living conditions of the ordinary citizen. When describing a visit to one of Hussein’s palaces, Zweibelson said the property was filled with “expensive, beautiful, opulent mega-mansions and filled an
area the size of the UConn campus.” The palace property was completely surrounded by “huge walls” that separated the estate from slums and poverty. Zweibelson said that the economic structure “was extremely bad when Saddam was running the show.” Zweibelson is currently advancing his education at a one-year program nicknamed SAMs, which allows for soldiers to gain further knowledge on the operational levels of war, as opposed to the tactical, or physical combat, levels. Zweibelson is less concerned about his upcoming deployment this time around because of the increased presence of “phones, internet, skype and facebook.” When referring to twitter, Zweibelson said, “soldiers are using it like crazy.”
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from ZERO, page 1 materials used in the different activities to be recyclable and informing participants what they could recycle as they dispose of any waste. They are also working with EcoHusky to cre-
ate what DiMaio called “waste artwork.” A sculpture made of trash likely to take the shape of a dinosaur will illustrate the extent of the problems surrounding waste accumulation. The campaign hopes to obtain a zero-waste commit-
ment from the university before the end of the semester. Once that goal has been met, the group will look to work with legislators and other schools to ensure sustainability efforts elsewhere, DiMaio said. “If it’s something that we can
accomplish here, it’s something that other schools in the state can accomplish also,” DiMaio said. “The ultimate goal is to improve sustainability statewide.”
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Past medical testing on humans in US revealed
ATLANTA (AP) — Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, squirting a pandemic flu virus up the noses of prisoners in Maryland, and injecting cancer cells into chronically ill people at a New York hospital. Much of this horrific history is 40 to 80 years old, but it is the backdrop for a meeting in Washington this week by a presidential bioethics commission. The meeting was triggered by the government’s apology last fall for federal doctors infecting prisoners and mental patients in Guatemala with syphilis 65 years ago. U.S. officials also acknowledged there had been dozens of similar experiments in the United States — studies that often involved making healthy people sick. An exhaustive review by The Associated Press of medical journal reports and decadesold press clippings found more than 40 such studies. At best, these were a search for lifesaving treatments; at worst, some amounted to curiositysatisfying experiments that hurt people but provided no useful results. Inevitably, they will be compared to the well-known Tuskegee syphilis study. In that episode, U.S. health officials tracked 600 black men in Alabama who already had syphilis but didn’t give them adequate treatment even after penicillin became available. These studies were worse
in at least one respect — they violated the concept of “first do no harm,” a fundamental medical principle that stretches back centuries. “When you give somebody a disease — even by the standards of their time — you really cross the key ethical norm of the profession,” said Arthur Caplan, director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Bioethics. Some of these studies, mostly from the 1940s to the ‘60s, apparently were never covered by news media. Others were reported at the time, but the focus was on the promise of enduring new cures, while glossing over how test subjects were treated. Attitudes about medical research were different then. Infectious diseases killed many more people years ago, and doctors worked urgently to invent and test cures. Many prominent researchers felt it was legitimate to experiment on people who did not have full rights in society — people like prisoners, mental patients, poor blacks. It was an attitude in some ways similar to that of Nazi doctors experimenting on Jews. “There was definitely a sense – that we don’t have today – that sacrifice for the nation was important,” said Laura Stark, a Wesleyan University assistant professor of science in society, who is writing a book about past federal medical experiments. The AP review of past research found: – A federally funded study begun in 1942 injected experimental flu vaccine in male
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more effective way to spread the disease, the researchers concluded. The study doesn’t explain if the men were rewarded for this awful task. – A University of Minnesota study in the late 1940s injected 11 public service employee volunteers with malaria, then starved them for five days. Some were also subjected to
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Facebook changes: good, but not enough
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ast week, Facebook added two new choices to their relationship status options: “in a domestic partnership” and “in a civil union.” The original relationship statuses included single, in a relationship, it’s complicated, married, engaged, in an open relationship, widowed, divorced and separated. This change has been lauded by many people and organizations, including Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) President Jarrett Barrios. “By acknowledging the relationships of countless loving and committed same-sex couples in the U.S. and abroad, Facebook has set a new standard of inclusion for social media,” Barrios said. And indeed, Facebook’s recent decision is certainly commendable, but there is more that it could do to promote an atmosphere of acceptance for people outside of a heterosexual gender binary. For instance, one must elect a sex when registering for Facebook, and currently, the only two options are male or female. While one can unmark a box that says, “Show my sex in my profile,” it still unnecessarily forces people to make a choice when they may not identify with either term. Biological sex should not be made a necessary prerequisite, especially because it does not take gender identity into consideration. This is a required identification in order to create an account, and it will always be associated with the account. Hiding one’s sex only prevents it from being shown in the profile – it still appears in other instances, such as when another person asks for a friend request. Ironically, strangers will be able to judge people as “him” or “her,” even though those people choose to hide that same information from his or her Facebook friends. In addition, when it comes to selecting what one is “interested in,” one can only pick between men or women, albeit both if one so chooses. This limits the amount of sexuality that can be expressed, and as social networking sites are all about self-expression, there is no reason for this to be the case. Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites at this moment, and it has the potential to lay the groundwork for a more inclusive attitude toward gender identity expression. This change would be minor to implement, but would have major beneficial results in terms of setting a standard for social networks to allow people of all gender identities to have a status and profile that reflects how they feel about themselves. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.
To the people who pull the “stop requested” cord on the buses: WTF are you doing? The worst part about weekends is promising your friends that you’re going to put embarrassing stories about them in the InstantDaily, and then not being able to remember what it was Sunday night. My Charmeleon evolved during philosophy. The professor thought I was just really excited about Descartes. Excuse me, professor, you dropped your...condom? I overheard a girl in North Dining Hall describe a love seat as a “one-person couch.” Come on, really? Someone complained on Facebook about losing her phone at Harry Potter World...I would trade my phone, my soul and seven babies to be there right now. When my girlfriend texts, all I have to type is: “I” and it suggests “love you too” or “miss you too.” I just saw a guy wearing Ash Ketchum’s hat from Pokemon. There was some big yellow thing sticking out of his backpack...oh my God...PIKACHU! Just found a completely morbid poem I wrote in 6th grade about Valentine’s Day. How come nobody reported me?! To the guy at breakfast who complimented me on finishing my apple: Sorry, but I’m not interested. To the person at Buckley who keeps eating all the Cinnamon Toast Crunch, me and you have a problem.
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My story: Standing together to take a stand
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nstead of my usual column condemning societal ills, I’m going to take a moment today to do something new. Don’t worry – it’s not that new; I’ll still be talking about the issues of inequality that are plaguing our society, and for now it’ll still be partly about women’s rights. Today, I’ll be sharing my own experience in getting involved in protest – and why you need to do it too. A couple weeks ago, I wrote about Planned Parenthood and the dangers of H.R. 614, Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act, which seeks to revoke all federal fundBy Cindy Luo ing for Planned Associate Commentary Editor Parenthood. Since that day, the House of Representatives has passed this bill, and I cannot stress enough what a devastating blow that was to not only women’s health, but on the public sector, on class equality and on privacy and the right to bodily autonomy and choice. So I decided to put my money where my mouth is, so to speak. On Saturday, I tagged along with members of two UConn organizations, Students United for Reproductive Justice (SURJ), and our local branch of the National Organization of Women (NOW) to attend a rally for Planned Parenthood at Wesleyan. While I love to write, and believe strongly in the power of words, I also believe in the power of unity in protest. And when I listened to the speakers at Saturday’s demonstration, which included Sen. Richard Blumenthal and the president
of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, I realized what it was that made this issue so important. Right now, the legislators who support H.R. 614 want you to believe it’s about abortion, but it’s not. It’s about the 63,000 Connecticut residents who use Planned Parenthood for a myriad of other purposes, about one third of whom use Medicaid for these services. It’s about 2.5 million women nationwide who receive low-cost birth control, one million who receive pap smears and 1.2 million teenagers who receive comprehensive sex education. H.R. 614 would take all of this away. There are absolutely no organizations across the country that provide these same low-cost services to low-income people. H.R. 614 seeks to create a world where the poor are denied access to basic health care needs.
“It’s my problem. It’s your problem. It’s the nation’s problem. You can’t sit idly by and let someone make these decisions for you.” As Richards said so succinctly at the rally, “Congress is literally playing with women’s health.” And we are done playing. We are done letting anti-choice legislators encroach more and more upon our health and happiness. We are done letting them define the terms of life and liberty. We are done letting them pretend to have the best interest of the American people in mind, ignoring the real issues at hand and seeking to only advance their own selfish agenda. We are done with the lies, and done with
having our rights restricted. H.R. 614’s supporters have done their best to try and persuade America that this bill is what you should support if you are “prolife,” but this couldn’t be more wrong. In regards to these anti-choice, anti-women people who would claim the title of “pro-life,” Michelle Farber, an 8th-semester anthropology and women’s studies double major and chair of SURJ says, “When you finally wake up, look at the needs of women and the needs of this society and battle for preventative healthcare, increased funding for child care, WIC, comprehensive sex education, and programs that would actually support women who choose to have children, then, and only then, have you earned the title ‘Pro-Life.’” This bill is not, by any stretch of the imagination, pro-life, and don’t let the rhetoric over it fool you. After the speeches, I had the honor to talk to Richards herself, asking her what we (students, society, etc.) should do to take a stance about this issue and others like it. She said, “There are many great campaigns online, such as fighting for no-cost birth control…Don’t wait for someone else.” Ultimately, what I learned from this, and what you should learn too, is that we need to take a stand. Together. Planned Parenthood isn’t somebody else’s problem. It’s my problem. It’s your problem. It’s the nation’s problem. You can’t sit idly by and let someone else make these decisions for you. Planned Parenthood has stood with us, and now we must stand with Planned Parenthood.
Associate Commentary Editor Cindy Luo is a 6thsemester linguistics/philosophy, classics and ancient Mediterranean studies and English triple major. She can be reached at Shuyang.Luo@UConn.edu.
As we near Social Security insolvency, we need backup plan
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hroughout President Barack Obama’s push for health care reform, the common portrayal was that health care reform was the equivalent of entitlement reform. All Congress would need to do is pass the Affordable Care Act to see long term solvency for all of America’s entitlement needs. Obama’s budget director, Peter Orzag, By Tom Dilling very bluntly propagated this Staff Columnist falsehood in the Washington Post, in which he is quoted as saying, “Let me be very clear: Healthcare reform is entitlement reform.” While medical inflation is problematic, at double the rate of overall inflation, it is not the primary driver in the expected expenditure growth – population aging is. While the budget director was factually incorrect in implying that the Affordable Care Act would curb entitlement spending, the bigger misrepresentation is the implication that Social Security expenditures are not a problem that must be addressed. This is simply incorrect, insofar as every year that goes by without Social Security reform, reforms will hurt more in their implementation. Both the 2009 and 2010 Social Security Trustees Reports mark 2037 as the date for insolvency.
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The date is very simple to decipher when looking at the projections for revenue and expenditures. It is based on there being very high cash flow surpluses from the mid 1980s until the mid 2000s, averaged with the projected cash flow deficits from 2015 onward. Clearly, this is not sustainable.
“Students...will be forced to pay a greater portion of their wages to Social Security.” But the true fiscal problem is even worse. In determining the solvency of Social Security, the trustees count the surpluses as if the government is holding the physical assets in an account, even though this is not the case. The surpluses are used to buy bonds from the Treasury, and the bonds pay off other government spending. The assets in what is commonly called a “trust fund” are simultaneously liabilities. So long as there isn’t a surplus on the general budget, there isn’t a true surplus being saved for Social Security. Quite the opposite, America is currently facing the largest budget deficits and highest public debt in history. If America was amassing
national debt all those years, while also having surpluses from Social Security, imagine the fiscal scenario in the upcoming years as Social Security becomes purely an addition to that deficit rather than a mitigator. The bond-rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, projected that by 2017 rising debt levels could cause Treasury bonds to lose their triple-A rating, falling to junk status by the late 2020s. Now, factor in that our Social Security deficit only begins as our bond rating is expected to be lowered. Furthermore, Social Security is not an individual retirement account that workers pay into, and never was intended as one. Rather, it is a program intended as a transfer of wealth from the currently working to the currently retired, with the government promising the “investors” that future generations will do the same for them when they retire. This should sound awfully suspect. After all, if there is a decrease in the growth of the working population or an increase in the retired population, people will get a bad deal. In fact, according to Social Security’s trustee, the only difference between Social Security and a ponzi scheme is “one of intent” with no difference in the financing. If Social Security benefits remain at the same levels, students will inherit a bad deal. They will be forced to pay a greater
portion of their wages to Social Security for current beneficiaries. Those wages could otherwise have been saved in private investment for retirement. In this way, keeping current benefits at current levels detracts from current students’ retirement. If reforms took the opposite course and limited benefits, current and upcoming beneficiaries would get a worse deal. Either way, reform will have to be made because the current path is unsustainable. Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew,recently tried to dismiss this reality in an interview with The Christian Science Monitor, saying, “Social Security does not contribute to the deficit in the median term...20152020, so there is no need to deal with Social Security.” Factual error aside, this is an admission by Obama’s administration that they will not touch the benefits of the entrenched interests currently receiving Social Security, or those who will receive Social Security in the near term. Rather, the administration will put further jeopardy on the retirement of our generation of students. To this, students ought to be opposed.
Staff Columnist Tom Dilling is a 6thsemester biological sciences major. He can be reached at TRDilling@gmail.com.
“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he wants to outlaw prostitution in his home state of Nevada. He said he wants to keep prostitution where it belongs – in Washington, D.C.” – Jimmy Fallon
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The Daily Crossword
Horoscopes Aries - It’s funny how confidence can turn so quickly into selfdoubt. Accept your thoughts, learn from them and love yourself. Trust your intuition.
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Taurus - You’re yearning for adventure but are afraid of dangers ahead. Don’t let negative thoughts block your imagination. Follow your dreams anyway. Gemini - Negative thoughts come into your head. Just thank them for their opinion, and move on with your day. There’s plenty of work to do. Reframe with new language. Cancer - You’re right to be suspicious and trust your intuition. Not everybody is who they say they are. Choose your friends by their actions, not who they say they know.
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Leo - Negativity looms and threatens your health. Make sure to get plenty of rest, and don’t take yourself too seriously today. Tell those fears you’ll get back to them later. Virgo - When you strive for perfection, you can be too harsh on yourself. Notice your successes, rather than lingering on failures (that gave you lessons to win). Libra - Your family will always have an opinion. Don’t take it personally. They love you and want the best for you, even if it doesn’t seem so. Look from a new angle.
Why The Long Face by Jackson Lautier
Scorpio - It’s difficult to believe your creative productivity over the last few days. Take time to acknowledge your accomplishments with a special celebration. Sagittarius - Don’t worry. Just get busy. Economic distress is temporary, and you still have the juice. Besides, money can’t buy health or love. Enjoy what you have. Capricorn - Don’t get intimidated by the ideas of others. Get support from someone with more experience to keep you on the right track. Postpone travel until later. Aquarius - Work schedule is full. Bring your top game as you’re going to need it. Leave aside all complaints and negative thoughts, and narrow your focus to win. Pisces - You have many work and social responsibilities. Figure out how you can combine them both, to save time. Get plenty of rest when you can or you’ll wear down.
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Company making diesel with sun, water, CO2
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow. Joule Unlimited has invented a genetically-engineered organism that it says simply secretes diesel fuel or ethanol wherever it finds sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company says it can manipulate the organism to produce the renewable fuels on demand at unprecedented rates, and can do it in facilities large and small at costs comparable to the cheapest fossil fuels. What can it mean? No less than “energy independence,” Joule’s web site tells the world, even if the world’s not quite convinced. “We make some lofty claims, all of which we believe, all which we’ve validated, all of which we’ve shown to investors,” said Joule chief executive Bill Sims. “If we’re half right, this revolutionizes the world’s largest industry, which is the oil and gas industry,” he said. “And if we’re right, there’s no reason why this technology can’t change the world.” The doing, though, isn’t quite done, and there’s skepticism Joule can live up to its promises. National Renewable Energy Laboratory scientist Philip Pienkos said Joule’s technology is exciting but unproven, and their claims of efficiency are undercut by difficulties they could have just collecting the fuel their organism is produc-
Cost is a major obstacle for new rec. facility from TRUSTEE, page 1
not being able to use parts of the building for extended periods of time. The major problem for the proposed new facility would be its cost and source of funding. Roe said that most new facilities like this one are funded through student fees. Roe went on to say the total cost of the project would be about $170 million and it would represent an $878 annual fee for students to be paid for the next 30 years. Roe said this would represent a 4.2 percent increase in the overall in-state undergraduate student cost to attend the university each year. At this point in the presentation we raised a couple of concerns to the Student Life Committee on this issue. First, we were concerned with the dollar amount that students would have to incur for this new facility. Although it is something we think students desperately need, we wanted to know what other sources of funding could the students share the cost of facility. Since we seem to share facilities with varsity sports, could Athletics help with the cost of the project? Or what naming opportunities could this new building represent for donors? Our second concern was the timeliness of this current discussion. We did not feel it was appropriate to have talks of such great increases in student fees for a new recreational facility when we still have not had discussion on tuition and fees for next year in general. We voted not to take this issue any further until after we have determined the level tuition and fees for next year and after we could have more discussions on shared funding sources for the project. We would really like to hear all of your thoughts on this issue. Where would you like to see a new facility located? Do you use the recreational center and find it overcrowded or outdated? Or do you not use it for those same reasons? How much does a new recreational facility mean to you in our current economic situation? Let us know your thoughts.
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ing. Timothy Donohue, director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says Joule must demonstrate its technology on a broad scale. Perhaps it can work, but “the four letter word that’s the biggest stumbling block is whether it ‘will’ work,” Donohue said. “There are really good ideas that fail during scale up.” Sims said he knows “there’s always skeptics for breakthrough technologies.” “And they can ride home on their horse and use their abacus to calculate their checkbook balance,” he said. Joule was founded in 2007. In the last year, it’s roughly doubled its employees to 70, closed a $30 million second round of private funding in April and added John Podesta, former White House chief of staff under President Bill Clinton, to its board of directors. The company worked in “stealth mode” for a couple years before it recently began revealing more about what it was doing, including with a patent last year for its production of diesel molecules from its cyanobacterium. This month, it released a peer-reviewed paper it says backs its claims. Work to create fuel from solar energy has been done for decades, such as by making ethanol from corn or extracting fuel from algae. But Joule says they’ve eliminated the middleman that’s makes producing biofuels on a large scale so costly That middleman is the “biomass,” such as the untold tons of corn or algae that must be
grown, harvested and destroyed to extract a fuel that still must be treated and refined to be used. Joule says its organisms secrete a completed product, already identical to ethanol and the components of diesel fuel, then live on to keep producing it at remarkable rates. Joule claims, for instance, that its cyanobacterium can produce 15,000 gallons of diesel full per acre annually, over four times more than the most efficient algal process for making fuel. And they say they can do it at $30 a barrel. A key for Joule is the cyanobacterium it chose, which is found everywhere and is less complex than algae, so it’s easier to genetically manipulate, said biologist Dan Robertson, Joule’s top scientist. The organisms are engineered to take in sunlight and carbon dioxide, then produce and secrete ethanol or hydrocarbons — the basis of various fuels, such as diesel — as a byproduct of photosynthesis. The company envisions building facilities near power plants and consuming their waste carbon dioxide, so their cyanobacteria can reduce carbon emissions while they’re at it. The flat, solar-panel style “bioreactors” that house the cyanobacterium are modules, meaning they can build arrays at facilities as large or small as land allows, the company says. The thin, grooved panels are designed for maximum light absorption, and also so Joule can efficiently collect the fuel the bacteria secrete. Recovering the fuel is where Joule could find significant prob-
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Joule Unlimited’s ethanol and diesel production testing facility in Leander, Texas, where arrays of bacteria gather sunlight and carbon dioxide and convert them to fuel.
lems, said Pienkos, the NREL scientist, who is also principal investigator on a Department of Energy-funded project with Algenol, a Joule competitor that makes ethanol and is one of the handful of companies that also bypass biomass. Pienkos said his calculations, based on information in Joule’s recent paper, indicate that though they eliminate biomass problems, their technology leaves relatively small amounts of fuel in relatively large amounts of water, producing a
sort of “sheen.” They may not be dealing with biomass, but the company is facing complicated “engineering issues” in order to recover large amounts of its fuel efficiently, he said. “I think they’re trading one set of problems for another,” Pienkos said. Success or failure for Joule comes soon enough. The company plans to break ground on a 10-acre demonstration facility this year, and Sims says they could be operating commercially in less than two years.
Robertson talks wistfully about the day he’ll hop into the Ferrari he doesn’t have, fill it with Joule fuel and gun the engine in an undeniable demonstration of the power and reality of Joule’s ideas. Later, after leading a visitor on a tour of the labs, Robertson comes upon a poster of a sports car on an office wall, and it reminds him of the success he’s convinced is coming. He motions to the picture. “I wasn’t kidding about the Ferrari,” he said.
AP sources: Gingrich closer to presidential run WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich intends to take a formal step toward entering the 2012 presidential race within the next two weeks, Republican officials said Sunday, after months spent traveling to important primary and caucus states. These officials declined to say precisely what type of announcement the 67-yearold former Georgia lawmaker would make, but added they expect him to make clear his determination to run. If so, he would be the first Republican to do so in a slowto-develop field of potential challengers to President Barack Obama. Gingrich became the first Republican speaker in 40 years after he led his party to control of the House in the 1994 elections. He left Congress two turbulent terms later, intensely
controversial and under pressure from disillusioned one-time supporters in the rank and file. In the years since, he has developed something akin to a one-man political brand, speaking out on health care and other issues, building a fundraising operation, traveling widely and offering advice privately and publicly to Republicans in office. Among the other potential Republican presidential contenders are former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who worked closely with Gingrich in the mid-1990s as party chairman. Also considering candidacies are Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and
the party’s 2008 vice presidential nominee, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Once the epitome of the Republican establishment, Gingrich in recent months has worked to align himself with tea party adherents who challenged the GOP hierarchy and provided much of the political energy behind the party’s 2010 electoral gains. “Two years ago today, Americans from all across the nation and from all walks of life began a movement on a national scale,” he wrote Sunday on his Facebook page. “Fed up with a Republican Party that forgot its reformer roots and a Democratic Party where every solution involved more government, tea party rallies began brewing in over 50 cities with an estimated 30,000 people attending.” Gingrich also has sought close ties to Christian conserva-
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House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. Republican officials say Gingrich intends to take a formal step in the next two weeks toward a run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. The officials say an announcement is likely in the first half of March.
tives who are particularly influential in Iowa and in Southern states that often prove pivotal
in Republican presidential primary campaigns. He has been divorced twice.
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Jonanna Burns, from Hazlet, N.J., sings and works the keyboard at Live at the U! Talent Nite on Saturday at the Union.
Students perform comedy and covers at Live at the U! By John Tyczkowski Staff Writer This past Saturday night saw the semester’s first Live at the U! Talent Nite. Beginning
around 9 p.m. in the Student Union lobby, six performers lined up to show off their skills, ranging from playing music, to performing comedy, to rapping. New Jersey musician Joanna Burns served as the host for the evening.
Between acts she would pop up on stage and showcase her brand of blues, soul and R&B combined skillful, lively piano playing with powerful, expressive and well-written vocals. She played songs off of her EP and her upcoming album, as
well as covers such as Michael Jackson’s “Bad.” The first contender of the evening was Jesse Rifkin, who also is a commentary writer for The Daily Campus. Rifkin got things rolling with a stand up comedy routine that focused on weird facts about UConn, such as the fact that 100 percent of students admitted to UConn graduated in the top 100 percent of their class. Following Rifkin were Dan Prindle and Brendan, a bass and keyboard duo. Their set consisted of covers of the White Stripes’ “Jolene” and “Grenade” by Bruno Mars, especially popular with the audience, which had grown to over 40 by this time. Charlie Crowel switched things up next, pulling out his acoustic guitar and serenading the audience with a series of popular song covers, all done in an exceptionally laid-back, yet effective style. These included Oasis’ “Wonderwall,” “Kids” by MGMT and “Semi-Charmed Life” by Third Eye Blind. Dan Murphy brought the folk to the evening, with both his acoustic guitar and harmonica. Murphy excelled through a series of Springsteen and Dylan covers, doing an especially laudable imitation of Springsteen’s signature rough and emotive vocal style. The evening saw a return to stand up comedy with Jonathan Singngam, whose routine brought immediate loud laughter from the audience. Singngam’s jokes first focused on how wonderful it is to be a little kid taking a detour into how different it is to experience an Asian childhood, before finally recounting some awkward
Catholic elementary school stories. Alex Tsuji, a guitarist who signed with Husky Records, was on next, playing a set consisting of covers like Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” alongside originals like “Impossible Possible” and his signature song, “Take it Slow.” Finally, Stephanie Blasnik, otherwise known as S.Blaze, closed the evening by bringing her brand of rap to the stage, starting off with an original beat for her song “Positive,” and following up with two beats based off of the Dead Presidents and Jay-Z. Burns ended the evening on a high note with two elaborate performances. First, she sang to a backing track for “You’re Gonna Love Me” from “Dreamgirls,” which she told the audience tongue-in-cheek that she hadn’t performed lately due to the fact that she was “of the Caucasian persuasion”.. Since many in the audience were grooving along and a few had joined in singing, Burns invited two lucky audience members, Connor Sullivan, a 2nd-semester music education major, and Kaela Crystal, a 4th-semester music education major, up to the stage to all sing Queen’s “Somebody to Love” as a grand finale. “It was awesome to be up there singing,” Crystal said. “I really didn’t expect it at all and it was a great way to end the show!” Live at the U! occurs every Saturday evening from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Check latenight.uconn.edu for the latest details for every weekend.
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Leo takes supporting-actress Oscar for ‘Fighter’ LOS ANGELES (AP) – Melissa Leo has won the supporting-actress Academy Award for her role as the domineering matriarch of a boxing family in “The Fighter.” The win Sunday capped an unusual career surge in middle age for the 50-year-old Leo, who had moderate success on TV’s “Homicide: Life on the Street” in her 30s but leaped to big-screen stardom in her late 40s, a time when most actresses find good roles hard to come by. Some in Hollywood had speculated that Leo might have undermined her Oscar chances with self-promoting ads she ran in film trade papers. Such self-hype is considered tacky by some awards voters. Whether it cost her votes or not, Leo still came out on top. The Lewis Carroll update “Alice in Wonderland” won the first prize at the Academy Awards on Sunday, claiming the art direction Oscar over a field including best-picture favorite “The King’s Speech.” “The King’s Speech,” dramatizing British monarch George VI’s struggle to vanquish a crippling stammer, leads the 83rd annual Oscars with 12 nominations and is favored to win best picture. Yet “The Social Network,” chronicling Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s fierce legal battles over the spoils of his creation, remains a serious candidate for the Oscar crown. The two films have led a strong and varied field of bestpicture contenders since they debuted nearly six months ago. “The Social Network” was the early leader, grabbing key critics’ honors and winning best drama at the Golden Globes. Momentum shifted to “The King’s Speech” as the film dominated on Oscar
nominations morning and swept top awards from influential actors, directors and producers guilds. The show opened with cohosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco inserted into a montage of scenes from bestpicture nominees, built as a series of dream sequences reminiscent of Oscar contender “Inception.” The footage included such guests as Morgan Freeman and last year’s Oscar co-host Alec Baldwin. Franco started off telling Hathaway how beautiful she looked. Hathaway shot back, “You look very appealing to a younger demographic, as well.” “Alice in Wonderland” production designer Robert Stromberg had warm words for the film’s director, Tim Burton. “Meet me with a saw, because half of this is yours,” Stromberg told Burton, holding up his Oscar. Also up for best picture: the psychosexual thriller “Black Swan”; the boxing drama “The Fighter”; the sci-fi blockbuster “Inception”; the lesbian-family tale “The Kids Are All Right”; the survival chronicle “127 Hours”; the animated comedy “Toy Story 3”; the Western “True Grit”; and the Ozarks crime story “Winter’s Bone.” “Inception” took the night’s second prize, for cinematography, leaving “The King’s Speech” zero-for-two on its first nominations. With TV ratings on a general decline over the last few decades, Oscar organizers doubled the best-picture category from five to 10 films last year, hoping to spice up the show and bring in a broader range of films. Academy overseers also have tried to liven up the show with fresh hosts, new routines and different ways of
presenting awards. It paid off last year, when the low-budget Iraq War drama “The Hurt Locker” beat sci-fi behemoth “Avatar” for best picture. TV viewers totaled 41.7 million, up 15 percent from the previous year and the biggest Oscar audience in five years. This time, Oscar planners cast youthful hosts Hathaway and Franco (also a best-actor nominee for “127 Hours”) and promised exotic visuals as backdrops to the ceremony. They also stepped up pressure for winners to keep speeches short and sharp, rather than intone long thank-you lists. To hear Franco describe it, this year’s nearly four hour show should prove a mix of old and new. The Oscars have “been going on for 83 years. I’m kind of joining a bigger apparatus, so it’s going to be pretty familiar in some ways, but I think it’ll be fun,” Franco said backstage Saturday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film, where he won best actor for “127 Hours.” ‘’They’re allowing us to be relaxed. They’re not stretching us into some mold that we don’t fit.” There are front-runners in most major categories and a few near-certain winners, including Colin Firth for best actor in the title role of “The King’s Speech” and Christian Bale for supporting-actor as real-life boxerturned-drug abuser Dicky Eklund in “The Fighter.” Natalie Portman is expected to win best actress as a ballerina lost in dangerous delusion in “Black Swan,” while Leo is the supporting-actress favorite as a boxing clan’s domineering matriarch in “The Fighter.” But both actresses face
potential upsets. Bening, a Hollywood favorite nominated three times previously without a win, is a strong best-actress contender as a stern but loving lesbian mom in “The Kids Are All Right.” Portman won best actress over a field that included Bening at the Spirit Awards, where “Black Swan” led with four prizes, including best picture and director for Darren Aronofsky. The supporting-actress ranks offer really strong competitors, among them Leo’s “The Fighter” co-star Adams as boxer Micky Ward’s scrappy girlfriend. Momentum for “The King’s Speech” also could propel Helena Bonham Carter to an Oscar win as George’s devoted wife, Queen
Elizabeth, while 14-year-old newcomer Steinfeld has good prospects as a dauntless teen pursuing her father’s killer in “True Grit.” The best-director Oscar comes down to Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech” and David Fincher for “The Social Network.” Hollywood veteran Fincher, a previous Oscar nominee for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” won best director at the Globes. Firsttime nominee Hooper, bestknown previously for classy television productions, won the filmmaking prize from the Directors Guild of America, whose recipient has gone on to take the directing Oscar 56 times in the past 62 years of the guild’s awards.
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The Canadian Tenors sang a repertoire that included Latin pieces and ‘Forever Young’ by Bob Dylan at Jorgensen on Friday and Saturday.
Sweet simplicity By Joe Pentecost Campus Correspondent
World-renowned New York Times columnist Eric Asimov recently penned an article entitled “Wine in Two Words.” He went on to discuss the ineffectiveness of the numerous descriptors commonly used by wine aficionados and sommeliers, and the subsequent impact on the average consumer’s perception of tasting notes and basis for winechoosing. He asserted that often the extensive, flowery descriptions of wines can bog down the drinker when they are trying to make their decision and that a few, more direct, simple words or phrases can be used to indicate an “overall impression” of the beverage. Much is the same in the growing world of Craft Beer; with popularity increasing, so is the complexity and variety of offerings, which has ushered in a whole new world of descriptors that often can confuse and deter the craft beer rookie from delving out of their comfort zone to try new styles. The solution is simple: keep it casual, and keep it simple. Consider two reviews for the same American-style IPA. The first states “vibrant lychee, ripe tangelo peel and bitter grapefruit oil round out the fruity hop aromatics,” while the second asserts “Holy smokes the aromas are just awesome! A mix of big citrus and tangerine just jump out at ya.” While both reviewers gave the IPA similar numerical scores, which description is more useful for the typical reader? Much like Asimov asserts, it seems to be the case that the more useful review is often the more direct, concise, simple one. Tasting notes that give an overall notion of what the brewer was going for and commenting on things like appearance, intensity of flavors, mouthfeel and perhaps one or two key characteristics prove to be very valuable. It is important to note, however, that much like wine, beer evolves over time–both in the bottle and in the glass– and can seemingly taste different depending on how it was stored, how it is served, what food it is consumed with, or even when, where and who you are drinking it with. Asimov notes this occurrence in wine, though even more interesting are the effects that can occur during a long tasting session. Trying many different styles of beer back-to-back can have an effect on ones palate to pick out some of the more delicate, subtle flavors–which is why it is even more valuable to gather more of a “big picture” representation of a certain brew instead of trying to pick apart minute flavors that may be solely impressions based on previous tastings, food pairings or environmental factors. Though these variables provide for a seemingly enormous amount of variation in taste perception, this is exactly what drinkers love. Two people may interpret the same beer completely differently, and neither one is necessarily right or wrong.
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Michael seems oblivious. In response, Dwight and Jim trick Packer into thinking he’s been offered a job in Tallahassee. Michael discovers their plan, and is about to warn Packer, but after Packer insults Holly. Michael allows Packer to pursue his “job.” Meanwhile, Pam uses her power as the office administrator to corruptly grant Andy a new computer, and Darryl three extra sick days. “The Office” continues to be a winning combination of awkward humor and unreality, and is on Thursday nights at 8 p.m. on NBC.
Remember some of your favorite childhood actors? Have you ever wondered what became of them? Some went on to continue acting in major roles while others seemed to have trouble escaping their childhood characters. First on our list is Rudy Huxtable (Keshia Knight Pulliam) from “The Cosby Show,” our favorite knowit-all. She was cute as button and her sassy attitude was always fun to watch. Pulliam’s acting in the show nominated her for an Emmy award. (In fact, she was the youngest actress to ever be nominated for an Emmy at the age of six in the best supporting actress category.) After “The Cosby Show,” Pulliam continued acting through films such as “Beauty Shop” and “Madea Goes to Jail” (in which she plays a prostitute). Although this actress might not receive as much attention for her new roles, no Cosby fan will ever forget her character of Rudy Huxtable. Next on the list of the best childhood TV actors has to be America’s favorite “You got it, Dude” actresses. For almost a decade, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen captivated viewers through their role of Michelle Tanner in “Full House.” The show was the Olsen sisters’ first acting role (which they began as toddlers). Even though the sisters are genetically fraternal twins, it was almost impossible to differentiate between the two Michelle Tanners. In fact, the producers of the show did not reveal until the final season that the character of Michelle was played by two actors. For the Olsen sisters, a major part of their childhood was filming “Full House.” After the show, the Olsens’ starred in a movie titled “It Takes Two” and had their own Nancy Drew mystery show “The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.” The Olsen sisters have come a long way from “Full House.” They are now considered to be fashion icons and are ranked as the 11th wealthiest women in entertainment. Before she married Canadian NHL player Mike Comrie, Hilary Duff starred in the popular Disney Channel series “Lizzie McGuire.” Even though the character of Lizzie was annoying in the show and her constant preteen battles with her parents were exhausting, Duff ’s acting was surprisingly good. After “Lizzie McGuire,” Duff went on to play bigger roles in motion films such as “Cheaper by the Dozen,” “According to Greta” and “Stay Cool.” She is also well known in the music industry with her platinum albums “Metamorphosis,” “Most Wanted,” and “Hilary Duff.” As if being an actress and singer were not enough, Duff also has her own fashion line, perfume collections, and is a model for IMG Models and he is only 23 years old. Pulliam, the Olsen’s, and Duff were all childhood TV stars who captivated audience’s episode after episode. It will be interesting to see the next generation of childhood stars.
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In Episode 6, ‘Abbud,’ Tony and the rest of the class ingest mushrooms and lick toads to get more in touch with nature during a field trip.
‘Skins’ sticks to topics like drugs and sex By Loumarie Rodriguez Campus Correspondent The Skins group is taking a class camping trip to Canada. Even at the border things go array, such as Abbud being pulled aside by the patrols when Chris tells them jokingly that he has a bomb up his butt. As a result, they give him a cavity search. Not to mention Stan manages to smuggle marijuana into the country by putting it in a rather uncomfortable area, his butt, and has issues retrieving it later. On their drive over to the camp site on a crappy old school bus, the teacher, Dave, hits a moose. Luckily it doesn’t die, but with the bus destroyed the gang is forced to walk to the camp. While walking to the camp grounds, Abbud is convinced he sees a mysterious figure in the woods, but nobody believes him. All the while, drama slowly starts to unfold because Abbud is crushing on Tea and she is not interested. Chris tries his best to hit on the
other teacher, Tina, by randomly showing up to her tent. In her tent they try talking, but Dave walks in and Tina hides Chris in her sleeping bag. It becomes a rather awkward situation because Dave isn’t leaving until Tina finally forces him out. Right after he leaves Tina suddenly kisses Chris. The drama continues when Tony can’t get over his crush on Tea and tries talking to her even though she has been avoiding him for some time - but he is unusually successful. Later on, Chris, Tony, Abbud and Stan walk around in the woods looking for mushrooms hoping to get high since Stan hasn’t delivered the marijuana. They find mushrooms and take a bite to test them. They feel nothing but they find a toad and Tony swears licking it will get you high. Tony licks it first, followed by the rest of the guys, but they only get severely sick a few minutes later from the mushrooms. Abbud swears he sees this mysterious figure in the woods again. Dave is overly enthusiastic about this nature adventure, which
really annoys the gang and Tina as well. Chris helps Tina avoid Dave which ends up getting Dave really hurt, although Tina doesn’t seem to mind. During all this, Betty is hitting on Tea who can’t get over her one night hook-up with Tea and hopes for a relationship with her. But Tea doesn’t do relationships, and has said this multiple times to Betty. After a group activity Abbud and Tea ditch the group to wander off by a river alone, except Abbud see’s this as a sign of something more and tries to kiss Tea, before she stops him. She tells him its not him, rather “she isn’t built that way” referring to her being a lesbian. Back at camp, Michelle is really suspicious of Tony after she realizes he has been acting odd for some time. She still hasn’t realized that he has been cheating on her. She talks to Daisy about this until the smell of weed is in the air and find that the Canadian camp counselors are smoking. Later, Abbud still thinks he sees the mysterious figure in the woods,
so he follows the person. He ends up in a truck belonging to this being and freaks out when he notices dead deer in the trunk before running off. He finds a random shack, and inside finds Tea and Tony who had just finished hooking up. Abbud, furious because she picked Tony over him, runs off and in the morning Tea finds him on top of a totem pole. Tea tries to talk with Abbud while keeping her balance, but Abbud is to angry he starts shouting at her, causing Abbud to fall several feet. Abbud wakes up to find Tina and Tea looking at him. They tell him he is alright, and Abbud tells her that he loves her and Tea actually tells him she loves him back. By the end of this episode, we find out that the medic who took care of Abbud was the mysterious figure in the woods. With all the chaos in this episode, there is a lot more to be expected in the coming episode as Michelle’s suspicions continue to grow towards Tony until she snaps.
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‘The Office’ sticks to classic, hilarious themes
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Growing pains By Hima Mamillapalli Staff Writer
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Is there anyone funnier than Chris Rock? And is there anything funnier than Rock narrating episodes about his deprived childhood? While “Everybody Hates Chris” only broadcasts reruns now, it is still as timeless and as epic as it was two years ago. Audiences get to see a young Rock as he grows up in Brooklyn, New York under the watchful eye of an overbearing mother, a stubborn father, a knowit-all sister and a bullying older brother. They get to witness his embarrassing moments as he tries to deal with being the only AfricanAmerican student at school. They also get to feel bad for him when he ends up with the short end of the stick, even when he tries to do the right thing. Sure it’s sad, but it’s really kind of hilarious.
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Michael Scott enlists the help of his coworkers in the making of his feature film ‘Threat Level Midnight.’ In this scene, the cast participates in a coordinated dance while at a bar.
By Jason Wong Campus Correspondent The past three weeks have brought the employees at “The Office” a variety of humorous scenarios, all dealt with in a suitably unorthodox and amusing way. In “PDA,” it’s Valentine’s Day in the office and everyone is getting sick and tired of Michael and Holly’s PDA despite being happy for them. This leads to Gabe holding a seminar about PDA, which eventually results in him forbidding them to continue their PDA. Meanwhile, Jim and
Pam, upon learning that they are one of the three couples in the office who have not had sex there, search for a place to do so. In addition, Andy helps Erin through a romantic treasure hunt put together for her by Gabe. At the end of the episode, Holly and Michael announce their decision to move in together. Next, in “Threat Level Midnight,” Michael finally screens his epic film masterpiece “Threat Level Midnight” after 11 years of writing, shooting, re-shooting and editing. The film is very James Bond-esque, but poorly made; Pam warns everyone not to
interpret it as a comedy, as Michael is very sensitive about his production. Unfortunately, Jim starts laughing uncontrollably halfway through the movie, and Michael stops the showing. He asks Holly her opinion of the movie, and she responds negatively. At first he is angry, but in the end, Michael admits the movie is bad and they go on to laugh at it with the rest of the office. Finally, in “Todd Packer,” Michael’s favorite Dunder Mifflin traveling salesman, Todd Packer, shows up at the office wanting a desk job. Packer’s “jokes” offend everyone at the office, though
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Detours and war paint make ‘Amazing Race’ exciting
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Two contestants of Season 17 of ‘The Amazing Race’ make a life-changing decision as they compete for prizes in the nation of Oman.
By Kim Halpin Campus Correspondent Sunday was the second episode of the “second chance” season on the “Amazing Race.” With teams that have already run the race getting a second chance at glory, the “cowboys” Chet and Cord especially had a lot to redeem, as they were in last place from the previous episode. In Sydney, Australia, teams started out looking for “Sail to the Stop” and had to figure out that it was a sculpture of an anchor located outside of the town hall. The first six teams to find the anchor received spots on the first charted plane, and the final five teams were slightly behind as they were on the second flight to the outback. It was questionable
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whether or not Chet and Chord would make up serious time to get on a flight, but they arrived on the second flight. Here, they had to find the “Living Dessert” and faced the detour: Spirit World or Natural World. They either had to copy a ground mosaic with natural materials or make a natural paint and spray it from their mouths to stencil art. All teams decided to do spirit world and had to meticulously copy the art. Once finished, the teams had to make their way to the Central Football Club and put on kangaroo suits, complete with bouncy shoes that allowed them to hop. The teams then took to the streets, with only a periodic table with Mercury and Bismuth highlighted. Though they looked absurd and the shoes
took a while to get the hang of, the teams figured out they had to find the street crossing of Mercury and Bismuth. At the corner, they found the clue box leading them to the pit stop where a team would definitely be eliminated. They had to drive in their kangaroo suits to get to the mine. Friends Zev and Justin were the first to arrive, and received a trip for two to Cancun. Next came Flight time and Big Easy Lofton from the Harlem Globe Trotters, and Chet and Chord redeemed themselves finally by reaching the pit stop third. Coming in last were engaged couple Amanda and Kris, mainly due to the fact that they had a turn from episode one, forcing them to complete both detour activities.
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‘Last Airbender’ rules Razzies as worst picture LOS ANGELES (AP) – The action fantasy “The Last Airbender” – about people who can command fire, air, water and earth – now controls something else: the Razzie awards for Hollywood’s worst film achievements of 2010. “The Last Airbender” led Saturday’s Razzies with five awards, among them worst picture, worst director and worst screenplay for M. Night Shyamalan. The movie also received Razzies for worst supporting actor (Jackson Rathbone, who was cited for both “The Last Airbender” and “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”) and for a special award, worst eye-gouging misuse of 3-D. A spoof of the Academy Awards, the Razzies were announced the night before the Oscars, Hollywood’s biggest party. “Sex and the City 2” took three Razzies, including worst actress, a prize shared by costars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon, worst screen couple or ensemble for its entire cast, and worst prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel. Ashton Kutcher was picked as worst actor for “Killers” and
“Valentine’s Day,” while Jessica Alba took the Razzie as worst supporting actress for four 2010 releases, “The Killer Inside Me,” ‘’Little Fockers,” ‘’Machete” and “Valentine’s Day.” Shyamalan has been on a downward spiral since 1999 Oscar best-picture contender “The Sixth Sense,” which earned him directing and writing nominations at Hollywood’s highest honors. He won Razzies as worst director and worst supporting actor for his 2006 fantasy flop “Lady in the Water.” Despite terrible reviews, “The Last Airbender” managed to find a decent audience, pulling in $300 million worldwide at the box office. Shyamalan adapted the movie from the animated TV series “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” “He managed to take a cartoon property and make it even less lifelike by making it with real actors,” said Razzies founder John Wilson. “Most people who like the show, and this would include my 14-year-old son, hated the movie. It made no sense whatsoever.” “The Last Airbender” was among movies that critics knocked
for smudgy, blurry 3-D images. The movie was shot in 2-D and converted to digital 3-D to cash in on the extra few dollars theaters charge for 3-D screenings. “They call it converted. We call it perverted,” Wilson said. “The more times you trick the public and charge them that fee and don’t really deliver, eventually it’s going to be like Lucy and Charlie Brown with the football. Fool me ten times, I’m done.” Wilson said the characters of “Sex and the City 2” were getting too old to cavort the way they do, calling the movie “’The Expendables,’ but with estrogen,” referring to Sylvester Stallone’s tale about aging action heroes. “Sex and the City 2” also was offensive, Wilson said, showing Parker and her gal pal co-stars disrespecting Arab culture on a trip to Abu Dhabi and flaunting their privileged ways. “It was released in the middle of a period of American history when everyone’s scrounging not to lose their homes, and these women are riding around in Rolls-Royces, buying expensive shoes and just throwing money around like they’re drunk,” Wilson said.
‘Black Swan’ wins top honor Be concise when at indie Spirit Awards noting flavors SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) – The ballet thriller “Black Swan” won four prizes Saturday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film, including best picture, best actress for Natalie Portman and director for Darren Aronofsky. James Franco was picked as best actor for the survival story “127 hours,” while the Ozarks crime story “Winter’s Bone” earned both supporting-acting prizes, for John Hawkes and Dale Dickey.
All three films are up for best picture at Sunday’s Academy Awards, where Portman is considered the favorite to win the best-actress Oscar and Franco is a co-host alongside actress Anne Hathaway. With plenty of overlap among nominees at the Oscars, the Spirit Awards are a warm-up for Hollywood’s biggest party. The British monarchy saga “The King’s Speech,” the bestpicture front-runner at the Oscars, won the prize for best foreign film.
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While taste is largely subjective and you can’t trust anyones palate but your own, strive to read and write more concise, casual, simple notes– ones that will be valuable to both readers’ and your own beer selections in the future. Doing this will help maintain the approachability that beer is known for. Cheers!
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Olson scores his second game-winner of the year By John Shevchuk Staff Writer
down 3-0 just nine minutes into the game, they rallied to win the game 4-3. Olson scored halfway through the third period to give the team the onegoal lead. Justin Hernandez assisted Olson for the second time of the series.
Senior captain Andrew Olson buried his 13th goal of the season Friday night. Olson was the only senior to score on Senior Night, but senior Justin Hernandez also got into the Matt Grogan earns first stats with an assist. career victory Jeff Sapieha also got Head coach Bruce into the stat sheet Marshall pulled goalfor serving a fivetender Garret Bartus minute major penfrom the game alty and a 10-minute Saturday night after game misconduct. Bartus allowed three This season Olson goals on seven shots set a new UConn in nine minutes. record for most Redshirt freshman games played, » Notebook Matt Grogan replaced which currently Bartus, making his stands at 143 games. He is also sixth appearance of the seasecond all-time in the UConn son. The Arizonian made an record books with 47 goals. impressive 20 saves in the The goal was scored five min- remaining 49 minutes, allowutes into the third period and ing his team to overcome the increased UConn’s lead to 2-0. three-goal deficit. Grogan Olson’s goal would end up improved his goals against as the game winner, as AIC average to 3.73 and a save scored its only goal with just percentage of .877. three minutes left in the game. In Springfield Saturday Atlantic Hockey Standings night, the Huskies had a draWith the two wins over matic comeback. After being AIC, UConn improved its
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Freshman, Billy Latta fires a shot that was deflected by an AIC player during a game this weekend against AIC.
record to 13-12-2 to break the .500 mark. UConn is now fifth in the conference ahead of Mercyhurst and behind Robert Morris. Prior to the AIC series, UConn was tied with Mercyhurst. RIT leads the conference with just five conference losses and 10 overall. RIT has lost to four different Atlantic Hockey teams, one of which was the last place Yellow Jackets from AIC. The AHA postseason schedule will be available sometime this week.
The 2011 Hockey Class The class of 2011 has eight members on the team. Prior to the AIC series they combined for 924 games, 111 goals, 195 assists and 306 points. On a more intriguing not,e they have combined for more than 13 hours, or 13 full games, in the penalty box. UConn’s seniors include Stevie Bergin, Justin Hernandez, Jason Krispel, Matt Miller, Andrew Olson, Brian Reagan, Jeff Sapieha and Chris Spicer.
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Lacrosse off to Hall-of-famer, Duke perfect start Snider dies at 84 at American, Woods had 27 student-athletes earn all-league honors, shared the 2008 regular season Patriots League After their third game of the Championship and four of 2011 spring season, the UConn her student-athletes were Allwomen’s lacrosse team is a per- Patriot League players. Now as fect 3-0, marking a perfect start a head coach for the Huskies, as well for new head Woods currently coach Katie Woods, stands at a 3-0 record who is in her first seain her short career at son at UConn. UConn. Woods graduThe Huskies ated from Drew played two games University in 2001 over the weekend. where she played The first was on both lacrosse and Friday where they soccer. After graduhosted Binghamton » Notebook and held on to beat ation, Woods was an assistant coach the Bearcats 11-9. at Ithaca College for both Junior M.E. Lapham scored lacrosse and soccer, and an five goals in the contest for assistant coach at Davidson, the second-straight game. Four Cornell and Brown before other Huskies scored in the becoming a head coach at game to give the Huskies the American University. 11-9 advantage. The Huskies At American University, outshot the Bearcats 24-20 in where she coached the pre- that game, forced 29 turnovers vious four seasons, Woods and sophomore goaltender was the 2008 Patriot League Brittany Testa recorded four Coach of the Year. In her time saves in the game.
By Carmine Colangelo Campus Correspondent
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The Huskies played the second game at Quinnipiac yesterday. The Huskies put together a few strong runs to beat the Bobcats 17-12, giving them their third win of the season. In the game, four Huskies combined for 13 of the team’s 17 goals, including Lapham with three, senior Lauren Sparks with a team-high four goals, and freshmen Kacey Pippitt and Lauren Kahn had three goals each. The Huskies outshot the Bobcats 40-27, and Testa had 11 saves in the contest. In their three games the Huskies have scored 46 total goals while holding their opponents to 32 goals. They have also outshot their opponents 104-64. Riding their three-game winning streak, the Huskies will look to extend it to four games on March 7 against Boston College in Clermont, Fla. The Eagles are also 3-0.
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(AP)—To his mother, he was Ed. To everyone else, he was "The Duke of Flatbush" — revered by a borough of baseball fans and forever remembered in a song that romanticized a most golden era. Duke Snider, the Hall of Fame center fielder for the charmed "Boys of Summer" who helped the Dodgers bring their elusive and only World Series crown to Brooklyn, died Sunday. He was 84. Snider died at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, Calif., according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, which announced the death on behalf of the family. Snider had been ill for months. His family said he died of natural causes. Snider hit .295 with 407 career home runs, played in the World Series six times and won two titles. But the eight-time All-Star was defined by much more than his stats — he was, after all, part of the love affair between Brooklyn and "Dem Bums" who lived in the local neighborhoods. Ebbets Field was filled with stars such as Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella and Gil Hodges during that 1955 championship season. Yet it is Snider's name that refrains in the ballpark favorite "Talkin' Baseball." "Willie, Mickey, and the Duke," goes the popular ballpark song, which marks its 30th anniversary this year.
Snider wore No. 4 in Dodger blue and was often regarded as the third-best center fielder in New York — behind Willie Mays of the Giants and Mickey Mantle of the Yankees. "Duke was a fine man, a terrific hitter and a great friend, even though he was a Dodger," Mays said in a statement. "It was great playing centerfield in New York in the 1950s, along with Mickey and Duke." To Snider it was a made up rivalry. "The newspapers compared Willie, Mickey and I, and that was their thing," Snider said several years ago. "As a team, we competed with the Giants, and we faced the Yankees in the World Series. So we had a rivalry as a team, that was it. It was an honor to be compared to them, they were both great players." Mantle died in 1995 at age 63. Mays, now 79, threw out a ceremonial ball last fall before a playoff game in San Francisco. "Willie, Duke and Mickey. They were great players in one city, one town. Duke never got the credit of being the outfielder that Mays and Mantle were," former teammate Don Zimmer said Sunday. "But Duke was a great outfielder. He was a great player." Commissioner Bud Selig called Snider an "integral part of Dodger history" and part of an "unparalleled triumvirate of center fielders" in New York. "Then the Los Angeles
native went home and helped usher in a new part of baseball history with great class," Selig said in a statement. Said Giants manager Bruce Bochy: "There was even a song with Duke in it." "I remember the first time I met him. It's almost like you're meeting a god, a baseball hero for all of us," he said. Snider hit at least 40 homers in five straight seasons and led the NL in total bases three times. He never won an MVP award, although a voting error may have cost him the prize in 1955. He lost to Campanella by a very narrow margin — it later turned out an ill voter left Snider off the ballot, supposedly by mistake. Snider is the Dodgers' franchise leader in home runs (389) and RBIs (1,271). He led all major leaguers in the 1950s with 326 homers and 1,031 RBIs. Carl Erskine was Snider's roommate for 10 years and the two shared a house at spring training in Vero Beach, Fla., with their families. "Duke played so great when I pitched," he recalled. "He just made so many plays in the World Series for me, and he seemed to play his best when I pitched." Snider hit .309 with 42 homers and a career-high 136 RBIs in 1955. That October, he hit four homers, drove in seven runs and hit .320 as the Dodgers beat the Yankees in a sevengame Series.
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The Syracuse orange are coming to town ByAndrew Callahan Staff Writer
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UConn guard Bria Hartley moves the ball around the top of the key during a women's basketball game.
Two national championships and three Final Fours later, the superlatives have been thoroughly exhausted. The awards have been piled sky-high and the winning has become perfunctory.But tonight, Maya Moore and Lorin Dixon will enjoy a rare first: their longawaited and much deserved Senior night. Led by Moore and Dixon, the No. 1 UConn women’s basketball team (281, 15-0) will take on Syracuse tonight at Gampel Pavilion at 7:30. Beginning at 7:13 p.m., the two seniors will be honored in a ceremony planned to highlight their accomplishments over the last four years. But even after taking the Big East regular season crown down at Georgetown Saturday, the Huskies mood was less than favorable. Thanks to an offensive performance described only as dismal, the Huskies were forced to escape the nation’s capital by the score of 52-42. UConn shot under 38 percent
from the floor while commit- against UConn is far from ting a season-high 26 turn- fortunate. Moore dumped 38 overs. points and grabbed 20 boards “It’s unwatchable in their meetwhen [play] is like ing last season, that,” said Geno UConn’s 30th vicAuriemma. “But I tory in their last think Georgetown 33 matchups with had something to the Orange. The do with that,” Huskies left town With just eight with an 87-66 vicplayers suited up tory that evening, 28-1, 15-0 and six seeing but exiting Gampel playing time due to tomorrow night a hurting Heather will be far more Buck, UConn will difficult for the move into its final celebrated senior. regular season “I’ve been trying match with their not to think about thinnest bench yet. it because I don’t Syracuse, on the want to get sad,” 21-7, 9-6 other hand, will Moore told the employ a roster Sat., Noon, CPTV Hartford Courant. that boasts seven here, but I’m Hartford Civic “It’s players who avernot really preCenter age nearly a half pared for this. It’s or better of playa weird time, the ing time. The Orange are 9-6 season isn’t over and yet the in the Big East, with their lone emotions of the night will non-conference loss coming to make it seem like it is. I know No. 2 Baylor 77-43 back in I will be reflective and try to December. enjoy the moment.” But as with most teams, While it will be the final time Syracuse’s luck all-time the Huskies play a home game
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at Gampel Pavilion this season, it will not be their last time in front of the Husky faithful. With the win over Georgetown, UConn has officially earned the No. 1 seed in the Big East tournament held at the XL Center in Hartford. The team will make its first appearance in the quarterfinals on March 6 after a double-bye and continue on in a single elimination format. Then, at the conclusion of the conference tournament, the Huskies will enter the NCAA tournament almost assured of another No. 1 seed. Therefore, with Gampel Pavilion as one of many first and second round sites this year, the team will be back to play at least one more time in Storrs. Fans with tickets to tonight’s game have been asked to arrive at the arena earlier than usual, in efforts to be in their seats for the ceremony. A live broadcast beginning at 7:30 p.m. can be heard on UConn’s student radio 91.7 WHUS or streamed online on whus.org.
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Loss ends women's hockey's season
By Andrew Callahan Staff Writer Thanks to their efforts over the previous weekend, the UConn women’s hockey team enjoyed a first round home game in the Hockey East conference tournament. After suffering a 4-0 defeat to Northeastern Saturday, they may wish they had spared their hometown fans. Following 40 minutes of tight, back-and-forth action that resulted in a 1-0 Northeastern lead, UConn fell apart in a third period that saw four-and-a-half minutes without a goalie and three scores. Alyssa Wohfeiler’s goal just 15 seconds into the second period turned out to be the game winner, but the home team’s fate was sealed early on in the third. After killing off a checking penalty committed by Jocelyn Slattery, UConn found itself back at full strength, ready to tie the score at one. But minutes later, Casey Pickett of Northeastern broke free
into the neutral zone with no Boston College.” one near her. Matched oneAsked about what her young on-one with goalie Alexandra team lacked over the course of Garcia, Pickett had the puck the season, Linstad repeated on a string with a nifty deke her call for mental toughness that eventually lit the lamp and but acknowledged the conput Northeastern up 2-0. siderable talent in her locker “We started pressing to begin room. the period, our defense “Just grit and started to pinch and intensity,” Linstad then the breakaway said. “We never happened,” said coach established our Heather Linstad. forecheck, just UConn 0 kept looping away, Less than four minutes a f t e r Northeastern 4 losing battles and Pickett’s score, Katie not doing the little Macsorley netted her things. We’ve got 15th goal of the year after some kids coming in who can a mystifying sequence of score but there are kids in that events. With the puck slung locker room that can defidown to her end, Garcia left nitely score. We’ve just got to her net to send it back as control the puck in our offenboth teammates and oppo- sive zone.” nents converged. Unable to Despite registering their do so, Northeastern took first shot more than eight control and reeled off a minutes into the game, the series of quick passes before Huskies had a handful of Macsorley took hold and opportunities through the first fired at the 8:48 mark. two periods. Moving the puck “We didn’t buck up,” along the Northeastern blue Linstad said. “We didn’t learn line during its second powthe things we needed to or gain erplay, UConn ripped off a any grit after the losses and series of quick wristshots that especially that overtime loss to ended in a small scrum in
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front of the net. The scrum ended up costing the Huskies in black and red yet another player on the ice. However, their blue and white counterparts could not take advantage of the two-man advantage. Closing out the first period, Northeastern returned to full strength and then enjoyed a minute-and-a-half of 5-on-4 thanks to a Brittany Murphy penalty. Though they wouldn’t record a powerplay goal until next period, the first 20 minutes ended with a Picket shot rattling off the post as time expired. “You know, we had our top kids on the 5-on-3 and didn’t score,” Linstad said. “That really hurt us. We had plenty of opportunities but didn’t take advantage of any of them,” UConn finished with six penalties and eight fewer shots than the visitors. It was the team's sixth time being shutout in 2010-2011 season. JOHN LEVASSEUR/The Daily Campus
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Freshman Alexandra Vakos moves the puck up the ice during Saturday afternoon's game against Northeastern.
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Women's hockey doesn't score in final loss By Daniel Agabiti Staff Writer
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Freshman forward Stephanie Raithby moves the puck up the ice in search of options during Saturday afternoon's game against Northeastern.
UConn’s 4-0 loss to Northeastern in the opening round of the Women’s Hockey East Championship marked the sixth time this season they had been shutout by an opponent. Heading into the third period, Northeastern was only winning 1-0, but three goals in the final period—including one on an empty net—sealed the victory for Northeastern, ending UConn’s season. For the entire game the puck remained in UConn’s zone and it looked like they were always trying to play catch up. The Huskies were not able to develop a solid attack and keep the pressure on Northeastern. UConn showed small spurts of attack, but throughout the course of the game there was not a constant pressure applied. Coach Heather Linstad believes that a 4-0 shutout in
the playoffs is indicative of a lack of focus. “We had the opportunities to score goals,” Linstad said. “There were plenty of loose pucks near the net and a few shots went wide, but we were unable to capitalize on any of our chances. We overplayed and things were not as simple as they should have been.”
a constant attack on opponents is nothing new. They have had problems all season establishing a forecheck. Linstad thinks that they have had problems doing the little things all season and this time it showed. The players UConn has coming in this season are very talented, but Linstad knows that there has The end of the been potential in her road locker room for the The only way for entire season. UConn to advance “We have kids to the NCAA in that locker room Tournament would now that can score have been for the goals,” Linstad said. Huskies to win the problem is that » Notebook “The conference. With the they were always loss, their season is waiting for others to over and Linstad is disap- step up and none of them ever pointed with the outcome. really did.” “This season, I just didn’t see us developing daily like I thought No smirk for Linstad we should,” Linstad said. “We Earlier this week, when didn’t buck up all year and we Linstad was asked about what never gained that grit or devel- her plans were for Spring oped the want this season.” Break, she said that she hopes The Huskies’ problems with that her team will be win-
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ning games and playing more hockey. Her aspiration all season was for the Huskies to win the conference and she hoped they would be on their way to doing that over break. Linstad said she wanted her team to end up in a similar situation to the men’s basketball team. “Nobody expected them to do anything,” Linstad said. “Then, after their first five games when they proved they were really good, Calhoun had a smirk on his face like he knew they could play all along. I want to do that, I want to be able to smirk after we win the conference because I know that we can play at that level.” This year wasn’t Linstad’s year to smirk. The team is only losing three seniors, so maybe her chance will come next year.
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LONDON (AP)—Chelsea will take “appropriate action” after defender Ashley Cole reportedly shot an intern with an air gun by accident at the team’s training facility. The News of the World reported Sunday that the English player was playing around with a .22 air gun he had brought into the locker room seven days ago and hadn’t realized it was loaded. The Sunday tabloid said sports sciences student Tom Cowan, who is on a one-year work placement at Chelsea, was hit in the side by a lead pellet in the Surrey town of Cobham, south of London. “We have fully investigated the incident and we are taking appropriate action. We will not be commenting further as it is an internal matter,” Chelsea said in a statement. Chelsea’s medical staff reportedly treated the bleeding wound to the 21-year-old Cowan, who did not require hospital treatment. The type of air gun involved in the incident doesn’t require a license in Britain and Surrey Police weren’t involved. Police said Sunday they would study print editions of the newspaper before deciding whether to launch an investigation. The 30-year-old Cole is the England national team’s most-capped fullback, having made his 87th appearance in last month’s friendly against Denmark.
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THE Storrs Side Georgetown goes down and men’s basketball needed win By Carmine Colangelo Campus Correspondent Game of the Week: UConn women’s basketball at Georgetown. Despite having 26 turnovers, the No. 1 Huskies held on to beat the No. 18 Hoyas 52-42 Saturday. Academic All-American Maya Moore led the Huskies to the win with a team high 20 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Moore’s play was complemented by Tiffany Hayes, who had nine points in the contest as well as seven rebounds and five assists. Although the two combined for more than half of the Huskies’ points, their 11 combined turnovers were nearly half of the team total. Although it was not their cleanest looking game, the Huskies edged a stingy Hoya defense to clinch the No. 1 seed in the Big East Tournament. The 28-1 Huskies are 15-0 in the conference and will finish off their regular season today at home against Syracuse. Must Win Game of the Week: UConn men’s basketball at Cincinnati.
Coming off of a two game losing skid to Big East opponents Louisville and Marquette, the No. 14 Huskies beat the Bearcats 67-59. The Huskies were led by Jeremy Lamb, who scored a team-high 17 points yesterday with five rebounds and two steals. Kemba Walker scored 16 points, 11 of which came in the second half, along with four assists and three rebounds. With the win the Huskies improve to 21-7 on the season and 9-7 in the Big East. The Huskies still have two regular season games left before the season is over with their next game coming this Wednesday March 2 at West Virginia. Number of the Week: 7. The 2011 UConn football schedule was recently released, and it features seven home games at Rentschler Field. The Huskies will host three games against non-conference opponents Fordham, Iowa State and Western Michigan, as well as four conference games hosting Big East opponents USF, Syracuse, Louisville and Rutgers. Their first game next season will be Sept. 1 against the Rams at home.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP)—Philadelphia Phillies All-Star second baseman Chase Utley has patella tendinitis in his right knee and missed his second straight game Sunday. Utley had an MRI on Saturday. “It’s been bothering him enough and bothering me enough, frankly, to go ahead and precautionary do that,” general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said of the MRI. “Rather than really pushing him early, we’re going to kind of take it easy on him so there are residual effects throughout the year.” Utley has been taking regular batting practice. His knee becomes painful in explosive baseball movements, such as running and fielding. “It’s a little tendinitis in the knee,” Utley said. “I’ve had it in the past. It comes and goes. It’s not going (away) as fast as I wish it would, but I think at this point it’s better to be safe than sorry. I’d rather miss a few games here than in the season.” The Phillies do not have a definitive timetable for when they expect Utley to play in a spring training game.
THE Pro Side Spring training camps open in Florida and Arizona By Aaron Kasmanoff-Dick Staff Writer Wish We Were There: NFL Combine Highly touted Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton worked out Sunday before NFL talent scouts and evaluators at the annual NFL Scouting Combine, held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The quarterback drew average reviews despite the constant hyping of his appearance. NFL Network Analyst Charles Davis said, “I thought it was a good workout overall. Obviously, the athleticism came to the forefront in drills like the 40 and broad jump.” Newton’s strength in running the ball and his shaky mechanics remind NFL fans and professionals of former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. Tebow has had minor sucesses at the next level, but in order to raise his now questionable first-round draft status, Newton must perfect his mechanics and prove to scouts he can succeed in the pass-first world of the NFL. MVP Race LeBron vs. D-Rose The race for MVP was highlighted Thursday in Chicago as Derrick Rose and the Bulls defeated LeBron James
and the Heat 93-89. The committee members responsible for deciding the ‘RACE,’ which currently rates Rose and James as No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, were all in attendance, which helped narrow the decision. The MVP award itself is given to the player who, through a whole list of factors. Such as on-court performance and intangibles like leadership, helps his team win. In Thursday’s game, that player was Rose. The star helped himself with 26 points, 5 boards and 6 assists on 9 of 24 shooting. His bench produced 22 points in comparison to the Heat’s two.
Derrick Rose playing defense
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No. 14 Huskies beat Bearcats 67-59 on the road
CINCINNATI (AP) — Don’t get Kemba Walker riled. Walker scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half, after a courtside fan took to taunting him, and 14th-ranked Connecticut snapped out of its slump by beating Cincinnati 67-59 on Sunday. The Huskies (21-7, 9-7 Big East) were coming off back-to-back losses, including an overtime defeat at Marquette on Thursday without coach Jim Calhoun. The 68-year-old coach was with his family in New Hampshire after the death of his sisterin-law. UConn hadn’t dropped three in a row all season and came out with a little extra determination against Cincinnati (22-7, 9-7), which was on a hot streak. The Huskies led for all but 29 seconds. “We basically had to act like we had something to prove,” said Shabazz Napier, who had 11 points and six assists. “We got a lead and kept on going with it.” Walker, who leads the conference in scoring at 23 points per game, had only nine when a fan sitting courtside started taunting him. Walker made three consecutive baskets that built Connecticut’s lead to 11 points, then smiled at the fan as he went down the court. “I missed a shot and he said,
‘Chris Paul wouldn’t miss that shot,’” Walker said, referring to the New Orleans guard. “That’s all right. I came down and made the next one. It was fun.” Jeremy Lamb added 17 for the Huskies, who went 10 of 19 from behind the 3-point arc. Cincinnati set its defense to deny Walker, leaving openings on the perimeter. “They were so worried about me, the other guys were able to get shots and they took it to them,” Walker said. Yancy Gates had 14 points for Cincinnati, which has lost three of its last four home games. The Bearcats had won their last three overall, including victories over Louisville and Georgetown that put them in position to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since Bob Huggins was coach. Bearcats players spent an hour and 45 minutes in the locker room afterward, talking about their lost opportunity before meeting the media. “Everybody was kind of disappointed in our overall play,” Gates said. “It wasn’t how we’ve been playing lately. We’ve worked hard to put ourselves in this position. We’re not in bad position, but we should have been more focused on the opportunity we had.”
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Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun talks with forward Niels Giffey in the second half of the Huskies’ game on Sunday night against Cincinnati.
By George! UConn wins regular season title
WASHINGTON (AP) — Turnover No. 11 came when Lorin Dixon grabbed a rebound and tripped embarrassingly over her own feet, stumbling out of bounds with no one near her. Turnover No. 22 was a bad toss by Tiffany Hayes near midcourt that looked more like a screen pass in football gone haywire. It was that kind of day for the No. 1 team in the country. Facing a helter-skelter defense, top-ranked Connecticut had to overcome a season-high 26 turnovers against No. 18 Georgetown, holding on for a 52-42 win Saturday that clinched the top seed in the Big East tournament. The Huskies repeatedly found themselves unable to get the ball downcourt. They turned it over an incredible eight times in 10 possessions during a 6-minute stretch in the second half against a Hoyas
team that presses early, often and pretty much all the time. “It’s unwatchable when it’s like that,” coach Geno Auriemma said. “I think Georgetown has something to do with that. It’s a combination of Georgetown playing really hard and being really aggressive in their traps, and Connecticut players being kind of tentative and going back backwards instead of attacking it. ... It was a very frustrating period there.” Connecticut (281, 15-0) won by countering with some solid defense of its own, holding Georgetown to 26 percent
shooting. The Huskies, who returned this week to the top of The Associated Press poll, had their lowest point total in nearly four years but they won their 16th straight game — 15 of them by double digits. They also secured their 19th regular season conference title in 23 years, but they were in no mood to celebrate after such an ugly performance. “It made it less sweet for us,” said Maya Moore, who led the Huskies with 20 points, “because we’ve never been a team that’s solely focused on the win. It’s always been how we win, so when we don’t win the
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way we know we can, it’s not as sweet.” UConn has also won 65 straight against Big East opponents and 24 in a row against Georgetown, but this was the closest HuskiesHoyas game since 1994. Georgetown faltered because it turned the 26 turnovers into only 20 points. “If you look at some of the statistics, we gave that one away,” said Monica McNutt, Georgetown’s only senior and the special honoree during pregame Senior Day ceremonies. “I’m a little bit sour about that.” Sugar Rodgers went only 6 for 20 from the field to finish with 16 points for the Hoyas (21-8, 9-6). Rubylee Wright was 1 for 11 and scored only three points. McNutt added nine points on three 3-pointers, but the Hoyas made only 5 of 27 behind the arc overall.
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Connecticut guard Tiffany Hayes flies between Georgetown guards Monica McNutt and Sugar Rodger during the second quarter of Saturday’s game.
Men’s hockey regular season ends with sweep of AIC By Quenton Narcisse Campus Correspondent
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UConn defenseman Alex Gerke prepares to move the puck to a teammate this weekend during a men’s hockey game agains AIC.
The UConn men’s hockey team celebrated Senior Night with a bang, as senior captain Andrew Olson scored his 13th goal of the season to give the Huskies a 2-1 victory over AIC. The first period had flashes of great plays from both squads, but neither could convert these chances into scores. AIC earned a fiveminute power play early in the period, but the Huskies fought off the advantage, limiting the Yellow Jackets to just one shot. UConn responded quickly as sophomore Alex Gerke hit the left post from a face-off early in the period. But their best chance of the period came off the stick of Olson, who sent one off the cross bar during a
power play that began at the freshman Rui Encarnacao grabbed 17:16 mark. it in the crease and sent it to junior After a period full of penalties Marcello Ranallo, who was behind and power-plays, UConn held the net. Sims circled around and an 8-7 advantage in shots after tapped it in for an easy goal, and 20 minutes. Encarnacao and Ranallo picked Olson had another up their ninth and 10th scoring opportunity assists of the season, at 1:20 in the secrespectively. ond period off a pass Olson gave the from freshman Billy Huskies the game2 winning goal at 4:59 Latta. The Huskies UConn ‘captain stopped to AIC 1 on a pretty wrapthe left of AIC goalaround shot that Saturday tender Ryan Kerpan caught Kerpan comas Latta delivered a UConn 4 pletely off guard. spot-on pass from Latta, who earned 3 his 14th assist on the behind the net. Olson AIC attempted the oneseason on the play, Saturday timer but was denied made a move behind as Kerpan spun the net before feedaround and made a phenom- ing Olson, the school’s second enal save. all-time leading scorer. UConn capitalized later in Stevie Bergin, Justin the period with a rebound goal Hernandez, Jason Krispel, from freshman Jordan Sims. Matt Miller, Andrew Olson, Sophomore Brad Cooper fired a Brian Reagan, Jeff Sapieha shot that was saved by Kerpan, but and Chris Spicer were all
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honored before Friday’s game, in which the Huskies were looking to grab vital points in the standings. Goaltender Garrett Bartus, who came into the game with an NCAA-leading 964 saves, added 28 more as AIC struggled to find the net. Bartus lost his bid for his first career shutout after AIC’s Steve Mele put in a goal at 17:19. As a sophomore, Bartus is already fourth on UConn’s all-time Division I goaltenders with 1516. All in all, it was a great night at Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum. After Friday’s win, the Huskies improve to 12-17-4 (12-12-2 AHA), while AIC falls to 7-21-1 (7-18-1 AHA). If everything pans out, UConn could grab a first-round bye in the Atlantic Hockey Tournament.
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