The Daily Campus Feb. 7

Volume CXVII No. 86

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Cultural centers offer scholarship opportunities

By Samantha Ruggiero Campus Correspondent

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Pursuing a higher education is certainly an expensive endeavor, but UConn’s cultural centers offer a diverse selection of scholarships for exceptional students.

“We want to close the financial gaps to encourage students to succeed,” said Dr. Price, director of the H Fred Simons African American Cultural Center. “For some students, just a small amount of money

can go a long way.”

The AACC, in conjunction with the African American Alumni Council will present their annual scholarship under the name of H. Fred Simons for the first time this year. In his honor, the AACC is looking for applicants that embody Simons’ legacy.

“Simons is well-remembered as a leader who brought a small community together during a time of great unrest,” Price said. “Applicants should have a great character and have worked to enlarge and enrich

our community.”

The application also requires a copy of the students’ official transcript, recommendation form and a 500-word essay. Students can download the application at aacc.uconn.edu. The deadline is March 8.

The Asian American Studies Institute’s Hira Jain Scholarship awards a minimum of $500 to “academically outstanding” UConn students.

Application requirements include a 300-word essay and two letters of recommendation. For further information,

including a link to download the application, visit www. asianamerican.uconn.edu. The deadline for applications is Feb. 16.

The Women’s Center wishes to celebrate students who have tackled challenges concerning the welfare of women. The Women’s Center’s annual scholarship, 100 Years of Women, is open to UConn incoming freshmen, undergraduates and graduates.

“Basically, we’re looking for students with a commitment to women’s issues as well as those who demonstrate

Writing Center wins award

merit and financial need,” said Kathy Fischer, associate director of the Women’s Center.

Students interested should e-mail Stacey Musulin for the application packet and prepare two letters of recommendation. Completed applications must be sent by Feb. 25.

Questions about financial aid and scholarships should contact the Office of Student Financial Aid Services or visit the office’s website.

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Trustee Talk

By Corey Schmitt Undergraduate Student Trustee

By Adam Scianna Graduate Student Trustee

mitted a 30-page application to CCCC. “I just hoped for the best,” Deans said.

The news came in the form of a press release from the National Council of Teachers of English. The certificate was awarded to two other programs, one at SUNY Binghamton and the other at Wheaton College.

The CCCC wrote in the press release that “the Writing Center is running a rich, complex and ambitious program touching multiple aspects of students’ lives,” and the center is, “very busy, very diverse and very pro-active.”

Between tutoring, grad

work, community outreach and partnerships with the library and the First Year Experience program, the Writing Center has exploded in recent years into an educational safety net that extends across the state.

In the last three years, the Writing Center has helped publish over 60 articles of undergraduate, graduate and faculty research.

“It’s a lot about working behind the scenes with departments and faculty,” Deans said.

“Anywhere writing is concerned on campus we try to forge a true partnership.”

The award represents a culmination of the program’s

achievements.

“I think we’ve probably reached the capacity of what we can do; we’ve gotten busier and busier with tutoring,” Deans said.

Tutoring is available at Homer Babbadge Library every day except Saturday, and at CLAS Monday through Thursday. The center also works with middle and high school students.

“To get an external validation is one of the most rewarding things about this; in the field of writing study, it’s not political, its about merits,” Dean said.

group,” Jackson said.

On why he chose to display his art at UConn, Jackson explained that his experience at UConn helped shape the way he viewed his identity.

“It really gave me the passion to portray my history,” Jackson said.

“I had so many great professors that challenged me.” Jackson was a former psychology major.

“Black history is everyone’s history,” Jackson said.

He pointed out that the traffic light and artificial heart were black inventions. These two particular contributions were portrayed in one of his pieces. The art will be displayed for the next week.

The main ceremony for the kickoff of Black History Month was held in the Student Union Ballroom. It featured an introduction by Dr. Willena Kimpson Price, the director of the African American Cultural Center, and

several personal presentations on black history remembrance by student speakers “Black History is about the struggle, about where we have come today and what our hopes are for the future,” said Brian Burns, a 2nd-semester history major and one of the student speakers. “I learn not about some other war in a foreign land.”

He also emphasized that even with a black president, there is still work to be done and it is up to the students to carry it out.

“I was flattered when Dr. Price asked me to be a part of Black History Month,” Burns said. “I knew this is a very important event.”

Lhens Vilson, another speaker, talked about how after all African Americans as a group have been through, it is only right that a month be set aside to remember black history. “It’s a celebration

because Martin Luther King’s dream came true,” Vilson said.

“They really are our strength,” Price said about why studentled activities were the central events. “The students really have so much to say.”

Entertainment was provided by student performers who sang and danced. The UConn Steel Pan Ensemble also performed. A dinner was held after the ceremony. Several student organizations, such as the Black Student Association, Brothers Reaching out to Society and Greek organizations tabled in the back.

“We played for them at Quanza and it was such a great show and audience,” said Kathleen Fox, an 8th-semester communications and sociology double major.

“Hopefully they’ll have us back as

Hey Huskies! Welcome back to another week here in beautiful Storrs. Well… at least what’s left of Storrs that can be seen after being ravaged by multiple snowstorms. I know both of us have not seen the inside of too many classrooms this week, and everyone at UConn (including the branch campus students) can relate to the sentiment of having probably watched several snow day movies and procrastinated doing our homework to the point where we all need yet another snow day to do it.

This brings us to this week’s “Trustee Talk.” Did you know that every day on the Storrs campus alone there are about 1,200 class sections, according to information provided by President Austin’s Chief of Staff, Ron Schurin? This includes lectures, discussions, seminars, labs and practicums. On Jan. 18 (which was supposed to be our first day of classes for the semester), Jan. 27, Feb. 1 and 2, all classes were cancelled because of inclement weather.

On Jan. 21, all morning classes were canceled and on Jan. 26 all evening classes were canceled. This means a grand total of about 5,600 class sections have been cancelled already this semester, and it’s only Feb. 7.

As fun as snow days are, they have raised a lot of questions not only on an administrative level but also on the faculty and student levels as well.

How are our classes affected?

Is our syllabus just shortened?

Do we need to catch up on what we missed on our own? What information am I responsible for when the exam comes around?

These questions should be posed to your professors who should be able to answer them.

Though university officials have thought about snow days in advance, we never really anticipated this of them would be necessary. We already have one “make-up day” worked in to the academic calendar on Saturday, March 26. It is on a weekend, but its use is at the discretion of the professor and department.

After speaking with Chad Jens, an 8th-semester engineering student and the USG academic affairs chairman, he has informed us that he will be meeting with Vice President for Undergraduate Education Doug Cooper to discuss this issue and what the administration plans on doing to make sure that every student affected by the closings will get the most out of each of their classes.

Chad also said there may

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The Writing Center, located on the first floor of Homer Babbidge Library, is open every day except for Saturday. Tutors are also available in CLAS Monday through Thursday.

Universities pressured to keep grades high to help grads get jobs.

By Keelan Freitag Campus Correspondent

COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: UCONN’S INMATE CONTRACT EYED FOR SAVINGS $100 million contract for health center to care for prisoners in danger.

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The Conference of College Composition and Communication (CCCC) announced in November that UConn’s Writing Center had won a Certificate of Excellence.

English professor and Writing Center Director Tom Deans can barely wait to receive this award in Atlanta this April.

UConn’s Writing Center began six years ago in an attempt to help students revise and edit their writing Deans said.

In August, he and Associate Director Kathleen Tonry sub-

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AACC kicks off Black History Month

By Russell O’Brien Staff Writer The African American Cultural Center held the opening ceremonies for Black History Month in the Student Union Ballroom Friday. Events included tabling by black student organizations, an art show and a ceremony and dinner.

The art show featured art

by Davis C. Jackson, a former UConn student. The show, titled “Elegant Identities,” featured artistic portrayals of prominent African American figures such as Alicia Keys, Jay Z and Marcus Garvey. Many paintings portrayed the African American community, its history and its contributions to society.

Jackson focused on the life stories and personalities of the people he painted.

“We are always evolving as a

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DAILY BRIEFING UConn’s inmate contract eyed for possible savings HARTFORD (AP) — A $100 million contract for the UConn Health Center to provide care for prisoners faces new scrutiny, with some legislators suggesting the cash-strapped government could reduce the cost by opening it to bids from private entities.

The exclusive contract with the state teaching hospital, which dates to 1997, covers care for more than 19,000 offenders incarcerated at state prisons or assigned to halfway houses.

“Although I’m sure UConn does a great job, why not take a look at this because there could be private nonprofit providers or whoever that can possibly do it at a more effective result and a lower cost as well,” said Sen. Rob Kane, R-Watertown, the ranking Republican senator on the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee.

Facebook firing case scheduled for hearing HARTFORD (AP) — The case of a Connecticut woman who was fired from her job after she bashed her boss on Facebook is set to go before a federal labor judge for a hearing that could set a national precedent for employers.

The National Labor Relations Board says Dawnmarie Souza of East Haven was illegally fired from her job as an emergency medical technician at American Medical Response of Connecticut Inc. in December 2009, after she criticized her supervisor on her personal Facebook page.

American Medical Response officials have said Souza was fired for violating company policies against rude behavior and making disparaging remarks about co-workers on the Internet.

Unless the case is settled, a hearing before an administrative law judge is scheduled to begin Tuesday at the Hartford federal court building.

Hartford considers trans fat ban in food HARTFORD (AP) — Hartford is considering joining other cities banning trans fats served in food establishments.

Councilman Larry Deutsch, who introduced the resolution with Councilman Luis Cotto, compares trans fats to salt in diets or smoke. He says his proposal is intended to improve health and reduce health care costs.

Trans fats are more solid than oil, which helps keep foods stay fresh longer. But many doctors say trans fat raises cholesterol levels.

Deutsch is a pediatrician and says foods with trans fats can lead to heart disease, certain types of cancer and obesity.

Nicole Griffin is executive director of the Connecticut Restaurant Association, which represents more than 600 restaurants and businesses in the state. She says most restaurants don’t cook with trans fats anymore.

Snow weight on roofs causing concerns around state

HARTFORD (AP) — The weight of snow and ice stacked on roofs has caused concerns, and even evacuations, around Connecticut.

In Cromwell, about 140 residents were evacuated Friday from a building at the Cromwell Gardens Condo Complex and weren’t being allowed back in Saturday. Bob Shufer, the condo association’s president, told The Hartford Courant there’s minor structural damage to the roofs that might have happened before winter. A shelter has been set up at the town hall.

The firehouse in Meriden was evacuated Saturday after part of the roof started to come down. The fire chief tells WFSB-TV that fire crews hear loud popping noises as they were sitting down to dinner.

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Shooting at Ohio frat kills 1, hurts 11 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Two men angry over a dispute at an Ohio fraternity house party left the gathering and returned early Sunday, spraying bullets into a crowd and killing a Youngstown State University student, authorities said. Eleven other people were injured, including a 17-year-old with a critical head wound.

The men were arrested and charged later Sunday with aggravated murder, shooting into a house and 11 counts of felonious assault, Youngstown police Chief Jimmy Hughes said. The suspects are in their early 20s and from the Youngstown area, but Hughes withheld their names pending further investigation.

“These guys were in the location for a little while before the shooting occurred,” he said.

“Something happened that they became unhappy. They had some type of altercation.”

The shooting occurred at a two-story brick house in a neighborhood of once-elegant homes, many of which are now boarded up. The house party had been bustling with 50 or more people early Sunday, Hughes said.

The Mahoning County coroner’s office identified the dead student as 25-year-old Jamail E. Johnson. He was shot once in the head and multiple times on his hips and legs, and an autopsy is planned Monday, said Dr. Joseph Ohr, a forensic pathologist with the coroner’s office. “(Johnson) was just an excellent, excellent young man, and our loss runs deep,” said Christopher Cooper, a legal officer for Omega Psi Phi fraternity. The senior had recently traveled to North Carolina for a fraternity program emphasizing manhood and scholarship, Cooper said.

Johnson’s fraternity brothers were trying to decide whether to return to the house, he said.

They were “very solemn, very alarmed, very hurt,” Cooper said.

The 11 people who were hurt ranged in age from 17 to 31, and about half of them

The university said six of the injured were students.

Members of the universitysanctioned Omega Psi Phi fraternity lived at the house, YSU spokesman Ron Cole said.

university has about 15,000 students with alumni including former Kansas Jayhawks football coach Mark Mangino and fashion designer Nanette Lepore.

AP

What appears to be blood stains the street near the scene of an early morning shooting at a house just north of the Youngstown State University campus that left student Jamail E. Johnson, 25 of Youngstown, dead and 11 injured, In Youngstown, Ohio Sunday.

were shot in the foot, police said. Two were hit in the abdomen, and the most seriously hurt was a 17-year-old who had a critical wound near one ear.

They were taken to nearby St. Elizabeth Health Center, and eight of them had been treated and released by afternoon, hospital spokeswoman Tina Creighton said. She said she could not release the conditions of the other three.

Omega Psi Phi doesn’t own the house, Cooper said.

“This is one of those days that every university president across the country, as well as many other officials, always dread,” university president Cynthia Anderson said at a news conference on campus.

Anderson said she had been assured by police that there was no threat to the urban campus in northeast Ohio near the Pennsylvania border. The

A neighbor, Rodger Brown, 54, said the house and an adjacent home with Greek lettering indicating a fraternity often have parties on Friday and Saturday nights but had caused no problems in the neighborhood.

“It’s a nice, quiet neighborhood,” he said. Brown said men living in the house were friendly to him and once offered him a beer and a ride as he walked home last fall.

Art show first event in a month-long celebration from AACC, page 1 soon as possible.”

Because of the snow on Tuesday and Wednesday, some performance groups were unable to attend the ceremony because they couldn’t practice.

“We were seriously concerned that we weren’t going to be open on Thursday,” Price said. “But when they did open we made it work.”

This event is the kickoff for Black History Month and several other smaller events are planned. According to Price, the goal of these events is to

raise awareness of African American history and culture and the related issues.

Those attending the event approved of the ceremonies and the art show.

Sean Kennedy, an 8thsemester individualized major, enjoyed the diversity of styles, and expressions displayed in the art show.

“I think everyone can find a piece that they like.”

Kennedy said.

He said the art showed that many people in the AfricanAmerican community have

contributed to society on multiple levels.

“I think it was a great event to honor the Reverend Martin Luther King,” said Emmanuel Omokaro, an 8th-semester sports management major, on the opening ceremony for Black History Month. “We remember where we came from. You don’t really have a lot of stuff that says it’s Black History Month on campus.”

Black History Month is a reminder of African American history, said Shannon Ferguson. “Everyone tends to

forget it.” she said.

According to Price, in part due to the weather, there was less attendance at this year’s ceremony than in the past.

In previous years when the ceremony was held, there was standing room only.

“It was a great way to celebrate Black History Month,” said Ozzie Goding, a 6thsemester undecided major.

“It’s good to know about your past so you know where you came from.”

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Grocery bag fee bill up for Saturday classes may be implemented to lessen snow day impact a separate website. cerns that students may have budget issues. In the mean from TRUSTEE, page 1 debate in Hartford Right now it is too early to regarding this or any other time, stay warm and stay safe.

HARTFORD (AP) — A bill that would impose a nickel fee for plastic grocery bags is up for debate at the State Capitol.

The General Assembly’s Environment Committee is scheduled Wednesday to hold a public hearing on the legislation and other bills that deal with everything from raw milk to outdoor wood-burning furnaces.

The proposed grocery bag fee has been an issue in recent years. The bill now requires proceeds to be collected for municipal recycling efforts.

Disposable bags affected by the legislation include paper or plastic sacks provided when goods are purchased. Reusable bags, bags used to cover dry cleaning and those used to protect delivered newspapers are exempted.

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be more optional Saturday classes planned and that the administrators he has spoken with are taking into consideration the overall well-being of each student. He also said that the administration is planning on working with departments to ensure that, if professors decide not to take advantage of these optional Saturday classes, information will be easily provided to students online – whether through HuskyCT or

tell what the administration’s final decision about additional weekend classes will be.

We know Provost Peter Nicholls is working hard with the deans of all the colleges and that more information regarding any make up days will be made available soon.

But we are interested in hearing what you have to say about this issue.

We are always willing to address any questions or con-

issue. Please do not hesitate to e-mail either of us. We will make it a point to get back to you in 24 hours.

That’s all for Trustee Talk this week. We hope we will get a more definitive answer on how this snow will be affecting our academics here at UConn now and in the future because let’s face it, there is a lot more snow to come.

Next week we will be looking to chat with you all about

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A story in Friday’s edition incorrectly identified Chris Lariviere’s employer as WFSB news station and featured a direct quote from him, when it was, in fact, a second-hand quote. Anonymous was also described as an organization that hacks into websites, when it does not.

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ONE gathering brings Christian groups together

By Garrett Gianneschi Staff Writer The lights dimmed over the von der Mahden Recital Hall audience as the 10-piece band got ready to play.

“Tonight we are going to sing a lot of songs, pray a whole lot and hear some testimonies,” the singer said excitedly into the microphone as scattered hoots and hollers from the audience of over 200 people.

At 7 p.m. on Friday the last wave of people straggle in for “ONE Night.” “[It is] the first time in a long time all the Christian groups on campus join together for a united evening,” said Caitlin Leffingwell, a 6th-semester urban studies major who help organize the event.

“Stand up, clap your hands and praise the Lord however you feel,” the singer said as sounds of guitar, violin and drums bring together a fast, upbeat, foot-thumping melody and the crowd starts clapping.

Interspersed between the total of 14 songs played that night

were five testimonies – stories of how each speaker became closer to God. “I came to have a hatred for friendship,” said Bryce Adamson, a 8th-semester English major.

“During the summer I tested myself, seeing how long I could go without meaningful human interaction and still remain sane. By the time fall semester came around I was...completely inhuman.”

“After I was confirmed I stopped going to church for a year,” said Evan Burgess, a 2ndsemester experiemental major.

“My freshman year in high school...I had a worldly relationship with a girl, got involved in drinking alcohol and smoking pot, and cared more about being popular than anything else.”

But each story ended well.

“I told myself, ‘Stop being such a tough guy,’ and I said ‘[God,] for these next five days, you do with me what you want,” said Sam Kelley, a 6th-semester business major. During the five days Kelley said, “I was kneeling for prayer and there was a procession

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Members of various Christian groups perform onstage at von der Medhen during “ONE Night,” a gathering of UConn’s Christian groups.

Students prayed and shared stories about how faith has improved the quality of their lives.

Train fire contained after explosion ARCADIA, Ohio (AP) — Several tanker cars carrying volatile chemicals continued to burn Sunday evening after a freight train derailed and caused

62-car train derailed in a rural area about 50 miles south of Toledo, said Capt. Jim Breyman of the Arcadia Fire Department.

He estimated about 8 cars —

and loaded with ethanol, said Norfolk Southern spokesman Rudy Husband. He said he had no information on what caused the derailment.

AP

A fire burns at the scene of a freight train derailment near Arcadia, Ohio, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011. A freight train carrying volatile chemicals has derailed about 50 miles south of Toledo, Ohio, causing a tanker fire and forcing evacuations of nearby residents.

an explosion in northwest Ohio, a fire official said.

Some residents who earlier had been forced to evacuate have returned to their homes.

No injuries were reported after about half the cars on the

each carrying more than 30,000 gallons of ethanol — exploded and caught fire early Sunday morning. In all, 28 cars were burned in the fire, he said.

The train was headed from Chicago to North Carolina

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The fire was subsiding, and most of the ethanol was expected to be burned off. Breyman said three or four cars were still burning, but those were expected to be out as soon as early Monday morning.

Breyman initially said he thought the fire would take longer to go out, but he said the railroad company’s crews are hoping to get the burned cars off the track so they can work to get trains moving through there again.

The railroad company has started removing some of the burned cars from the track, he said. The cars not involved in the derailment have already been taken away from the area.

“I feel pretty safe that things are getting a lot better,” Breyman said.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is monitoring the air quality in the area.

Some ethanol got into the mouth of a nearby creek, but was being contained, Breyman said. He said he did not know how much had gotten into the water.

Carol Hester, a spokeswoman for the Ohio EPA, said absorbent materials have been placed into the water to keep the ethanol from moving in the stream. She said the agency was monitoring the waterway.

Authorities were called to an intense and dramatic scene at about 2:15 a.m.

“We’re talking fireballs,” Breyman said of the explosion. “When they went thousands of feet in the air, they could be seen from 20-plus miles away.”

About 20 homes had been evacuated in the area about two miles west of the village of Arcadia. At least six houses were still evacuated by mid-afternoon Sunday, Breyman said.

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coming from behind me. And I began to shake as it got closer.

Then I started to cry and for the first time I realized I was crying because I was happy.”

“I made a decision that I was going to live a life worthy of the calling I had received and forget the mistakes and regrets that held me back from truly serving the God that had been pursuing me my entire life,” said another student.

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Will there be another ONE Night? “We are certainly hoping so,” Leffingwell said. “It wont be too soon because of all the work that was put into this last one, but we are definitely in the works for more things to happen.”

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UConn and Yale scientists make breakthrough in stem cell research

By Ben Fechter Campus Correspondent A team of researchers from UConn and Yale University recently made a key discovery regarding stem cells and their connection to a group of genes that regulate the production of vital proteins.

The team announced Monday that state funding has enabled them to better understand the behavior of the genes, collectively called Lin28, and the relationship that it has with stem cell function.

Simply put, stem cells are cells that will ultimately divide and give rise to other types such as blood or skin cells. Lin28 activates messenger RNAs – nucleic acids that transport information – in order to create proteins that are necessary for stem cells to survive.

“This is a fine example of how our state’s funding can bring researchers from institutions in the state together to create synergy,” said Haifan Lin, a cell biology professor at Yale.

The breakthrough was due, in large part, to the $100 million grant given by the Connecticut legislature in 2005 to fund stem cell research. The research was overseen by senior author Yingqun Huang of the Yale School of Medicine, and also included Gordon Carmichael and Ling-Ling Chen, professors of genetics and developmental biology at UConn.

By using sophisticated gene sequencing technology at

UConn’s Stem Cell Institute and Translational Genomics Core Facility in Farmington, the team found something that it didn’t already know about Lin28.

“We knew that Lin28 affects the expression of some important microRNAs…but we were surprised to find that it… [makes] all these stem cells work better. It’s improving cell metabolism, helping those cells that are weaker survive,” Carmichael said.

The team found that the Lin28 gene possesses the ability to enhance the growth and production of embryonic stem cells – arguably the most valuable type of stem cell. Embryonic stem cells are at the center of the current stem cell controversy because. Since they can specialize and become any type of body cell, which may be useful in healing damaged tissues and treating diseases, through the current means of creating an embryonic stem cell line, a human embryo must be manipulated and ultimately destroyed.

The researchers did not comment on the role that this discovery might play in the raging stem cell debate, but they were not hesitant to express the excitement of such a finding. The team will publish their work in the March issue of the Journal of Stem Cells.

As one reviewer of the paper described it, the data is a “treasure trove” of information.

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Grade inflation stems from job competition

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he Columbia Spectator created quite the commotion late last month when it published information acquired from a leaked faculty spreadsheet, which revealed that 8 percent of Columbia’s undergraduates are earning either A-pluses or straight As during the fall semester. From the perspective of the editorial board and some Columbia University students, the findings suggested widespread grade inflation. While this may be true, the statistics pose more questions than answers. Still, the story – and the mixed student feedback – sheds light on the troublesome trend of grade inflation, particularly among undergraduates.

In today’s colleges, not everyone who gets an A deserves an A. Many students know someone who got a grade he or she did not deserve, either because the professor was “nice” or because the student made a fuss and got his or her parents involved. Students do not complain (why would they when they’re getting higher grades), but they do recognize this ethically dubious practice when they see it.

Grade inflation is the dirty little secret of undergraduate education.

Drastically curved and miraculously boosted grades may pad transcripts, but they also give a false impression of students’ academic achievements. Unfortunately, that is the point. To get a well-paying job nowadays, a person cannot be average; he or she must be exceptional. As the Columbia Spectator reports, “Whereas in the past a degree from a well-regarded university was enough to secure a job, students now must have stellar grades, demonstrate extracurricular leadership, exude personal flair, and communicate a sense of style, too.” The Spectator hits the nail on the head. The demands that firms now place on undergraduate students are absurdly high. Employers no longer want consistently hard-working people who are humbly dedicated to their jobs. Employers want Mother Teresa in a shirt and tie, a person who somehow got straight As while juggling shifts at work, the orphanage and mission trips to Haiti.

Reports of grade inflation should not come as a surprise. Because employment standards are so high, professors want to help students out. Twenty years ago, 75 percent was average. But now, students – especially CLAS majors (economics, political science, English, history, etc.) – must get B-pluses if they even want to have a chance at a reputable job. Strangely enough, in Columbia’s case, the greatest number of 4.0s came from these exact majors. Decrying the unethical practice of grade inflation is not enough. Colleges must examine the root causes of this practice. In 21st-century America, students can no longer rely on blue-collar jobs for a living. Instead, they have no choice but to shoot for white-collar positions. Such shrinking diversity within the job market traps undergraduates within a narrow list of choices. If they want to write, teach or study history, students ought to get used to high competition – and look to professors to “give them some slack” with the grades. With increased globalization putting even greater pressure and opportunity barriers on American workers, the math and sciences will eventually follow suit.

Columbia’s administration and faculty need to take a close, hard look at what these numbers mean. Other universities should also scrutinize their own grade distribution procedures. In the meantime, the Columbia Spectator deserves praise for bringing this important issue to the surface.

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‘Protect Life Act’ a malevolent misnomer

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lthough the repugnant attempt at redefining rape in H.R. 3 has been removed, anti-choice legislators are still pressing to curtail women’s bodily autonomy.

H.R. 358, the “Protect Life Act,” seeks to redefine the nature of emergency care. It intends to override the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA), which established that all Medicare-participating hospitals must perform life-saving treatment first to a patient, or to transfer them to another facility regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. Instead, this so-called act seeks to inject a political

By Cindy Luo agenda, allowing Associate Commentary Editor doctors to not only refuse to perform a life-saving act – in this case, an abortion – on a woman, but also to refuse to send her to someone who can and will save her life.

Let’s take a moment to restate this. Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), along with 100 other co-sponsors, believes that hospitals should have the right to deny a woman life-saving care if there is risk to her fetus. He believes that these hospitals should have the right to let these women die.

Well count me flabbergasted. What makes them think the fetus will have a chance of survival if the mother is dead? And even if the fetus survives and develops into a baby, what happens to it? What happens to any children or family that the woman leaves

behind? Why is the unborn fetus suddenly valued more than the living woman? Oh wait, I forgot – the mother’s individual life isn’t important to these “anti-choicers.” Her sole role is as an incubator, so when it comes down to her life versus the potential one of the fetus, there’s no contention.

Who’s “pro-life” now? Unless women’s lives no longer count, in which case I am astounded that there are female representatives supporting this act.

“What makes them think the fetus will have a chance of survival if the mother is dead?”

There is no other way for me to state my opinion on this matter without saying that I find it, and anyone who supports it, abhorrent and anti-women. Religion, political parties and all other divisive factions aside, the language of this amendment allows one person the active ability to allow another person, almost certainly a woman, to die.

Certainly, I know that my comments (on this and other matters) can be visceral and scathing, but sometimes that is the only way that they can be heard. I will not mince words because I do not think my accusations are unfounded. I don’t think that anyone who would refuse to save a living woman’s life is someone with any moral code or someone deserving of my sensitivity.

Unless you unequivocally oppose what these representatives want, you implicitly agree with them. Unless you speak up, you are allowing them to make decisions that

value a fetus over a living woman. And if that’s the case, then I don’t think you’re worthy of my pleasantry, let alone my respect.

Indeed the outpouring of outrage over the attempted redefinition of rape resulted in its elimination. I only hope that this similarly heinous act will face the same outrage and the same fate. I’d be happy if I didn’t have to angrily lambast certain people on a weekly basis, but I don’t anticipate stopping until they have ceased making decisions that undermine equality.

I will add the caveat that I wish we lived in a society in which abortions were no longer necessary (though that wish is made more difficult because certain anti-choice politicians are also anti-welfare, anti-universal health care and anti-disadvantaged families), but until then, they are going to happen whether we like it or not. Why does the government continually insist on trying to narrow its scope and force women to seek underground and unsafe treatments that are likely to cause them harm?

I thought we lived in the 21st century, an era where women’s lives are seen as having an equal value to men’s. But after reading about this act, I have my doubts. Saving a woman’s life should never be up for debate.

Yet instead of working to curtail unemployment, certain members of the House of Representatives choose to curtail women’s rights instead. I only hope that come reelection time, we as voters do not forget this blatant attempt at violating equal rights.

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.

An integral part of ed: learning to collaborate

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very year, teams of researchers around the world make groundbreaking discoveries in fields from medicine, to engineering, to physics. These are exactly the kinds of discoveries that many UConn students are being trained to make: discoveries

By John C. Giardina that contribute to Staff Columnist society in a deep and meaningful way. Yet there seems to be one vital ingredient missing from an undergraduate’s training at UConn: the training to think and work as a team.

If one thinks of great discoveries, both past and present, it is hard to think of one that was not made, at least in some part, by a team of collaborators. The scope of the world is so large that one cannot possibly hope to understand and change it by his or herself. Recent discoveries, such as the structure of DNA or the invention of the microchip, were not made based on the ingenuity of one person, but based on the contributions of many individuals. If those individuals had guarded their own ideas and tried to go it alone, it is almost certain that the discoveries would have

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UConn provides excellent resources to aspiring researchers and leaders. Classes, on the whole, are engaging and enriching, academic support is provided at every stage in an undergraduate’s career and there are countless opportunities for research and study abroad – all funded in large part by the university. This whole academic experience, however, tends to be highly individual. Test-based lecture classes are not normally conducive to group projects.

Undergraduate research grants do allow an opportunity for students to work with faculty advisers, but generally do not include the kind of peer collaboration that would be found in the professional world.

“The skills required for building successful teams cannot be taught in a book. Instead they must be practiced.”

It is true that students must learn to not rely on others constantly, but to say that students should never rely on others for

help is ignoring the realities of an increasingly complex world. A cancer researcher cannot possibly understand completely all the complexities of the disease and the human body. An economist studying the United States economy cannot know the intricacies of all the economies around the world that affect it. Instead, those researchers rely on colleagues and collaborators to help uncover patterns that they would not have been able to do on their own, if they were relying on their own inherently limited knowledge base.

To work in that world of collaboration, however, skills are required that are far beyond anything that can be taught in a classroom. The skills required for building successful teams cannot be taught in a book. Instead, they must be practiced. And the best place to start that practice would be in a university setting, where students are just beginning to explore their interests in a deeper and more critical way. This practice does not just entail study groups, as helpful as they are for learning in classes. It must also entail working on projects that require critical thinking, projects which could not possibly be completed by one

person, where every person must contribute to the task at hand to achieve a common goal. The practice must entail situations that force groups to trust each other, understanding that one person cannot control the whole process.

Often, classes are focused on the individual students, testing how they achieve relying exclusively on their own intellect. But it must also be realized that, in order to create successful professionals that will be the leaders of tomorrow, students must also learn to achieve in groups. It is not automatic that a successful individual will be a successful team member. That is why it is important for UConn and universities around the country to add an additional focus beyond individual success.

Solving the world’s problems is not a game. It is not always a competition to see who can reach solutions first all on their own. Instead, it is a process that must be tackled by everyone, together. Only then will the keys to a better future be found.

Staff Columnist John Giardina is a 2ndsemester economics and MCB double major. He can be reached at John.

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You may get disappointed in love. Let go of Valentine’s Day expectations. Love the people around you, and things open up.

Libra - Relationships are especially important today. You may discover new romance, even in an existing relationship.

Take time out to really appreciate this.

Scorpio - Don’t let all this activity cause you to lose your focus at work. Eat healthy fresh food, move the kinks out of your body and settle back to it.

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Capricorn - Work smarter at home. Use ideas from family members, both younger and older. Take a deep breath and think it through. Dexterity handles the problem.

Aquarius - Keep exploring.

Writing a diary can be very helpful. Don’t waste your time with gossip. Your ideas deserve better. Look into publishing your words.

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Iran opens trial of 3 Americans on spy charges

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Two Americans accused of spying appeared in a closeddoor Iranian court session Sunday to begin trial after an 18-month detention that has brought impassioned family appeals, a stunning bail deal to free their companion and backdoor diplomatic outreach

by Washington through an Arab ally in the Gulf.

All three — two in person and one in absentia — entered not guilty pleas during the five-hour hearing, said their lawyer, Masoud Shafiei.

He added that he was barred

by Iranian law from giving any further details of the proceedings. But he noted that the judge decided for at least one more session in Tehran Revolutionary Court, which deals with state security cases including some of the highprofile opposition figures arrested in the violent aftermath of Iran’s disputed election in 2009.

He described the jailed Americans — Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal — as appearing in good health and said they sat next to him during the trial session.

“I hoped the case would have ended today,” Shafiei told The Associated Press. “I now hope they fix the next session for the near future.”

Samantha Topping, a spokeswoman for Bauer’s and Fattal’s families in the U.S., said Sunday afternoon that they had no comment on the trial.

The case highlights the power of Iran’s judiciary, which is controlled directly by the nation’s ruling clerics and has rejected apparent appeals by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to

show some leniency.

But Ahmadinejad has also tried to draw attention to Iranians in U.S. jails, raising the possibility the detainees have been viewed as potential bargaining chips with Washington at a time of highstakes showdowns over Iran’s nuclear program.

Court authorities imposed a blanket ban on observers, including Swiss Ambassador Livia Leu Agosti, who represents U.S. interests in Iran in the absence of direct diplomatic relations.

The third American, Bauer’s fiancee, Sarah Shourd, was released in September on $500,000 bail arranged through the Gulf nation of Oman, which maintains close ties to the West and Iran. She was ordered back to Tehran for the trial by Iranian officials and the bail will likely be forfeited because of her absence.

The Americans were detained in July 2009 along the Iraqi border. They claim they were hiking in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and that if they crossed into Iran it was inadvertent.

Iran, however, pressed forward with spy charges that could bring a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted.

Shourd and Bauer had been living together in Damascus, Syria, where Bauer was working as a freelance journalist and Shourd as an English teacher.

Fattal, an environmental activist, went to visit them in July 2009 shortly before their trip to northern Iraq.

The families of the detainees have made high-profile appeals for their release, including during a visit by

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In this May 20, 2010 file photo, American hikers Shane Bauer, left, Sarah Shourd, center, and Josh Fattal, sit at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran. An Iranian court is holding a closed-door session Sunday to begin proceedings against three Americans who were detained 18 months ago and accused of spying. It was unclear whether the two men were present Sunday in the Tehran Revolutionary Court, which deals with security-related charges. Authorities imposed a blanket ban for observers, including Swiss Ambassador Livia Leu Agosti who represents U.S. interests in Iran.

the three mothers to Tehran in May. The trip, however, was carefully orchestrated

by Iranian authorities and included a meeting between the mothers and relatives of

five Iranians held for more than two years by the U.S. military in Iraq.

Just days after her release, Shourd met Ahmadinejad while he was in New York to attend

the U.N. General Assembly and asked for his intervention to free Bauer and Fattal.

In an interview with The Associated Press at the time, Ahmadinejad noted that while

the Americans had broken the law by crossing into Iran, he would ask the judiciary to expedite the process and to “look at the case with maximum leniency.”

Yet Ahmadinejad also has used the case to draw attention to Iranians held in the United States.

In particular, he drew a link to the trial in the U.S. of Amir Hossein Ardebili, an Iranian who was sentenced to five years in prison last year after pleading guilty to plotting to ship sensitive U.S. military technology to Iran.

According to court papers, Ardebili worked as a procurement agent for the Iranian government and acquired thousands of components, including military aircraft parts, night vision devices, communications equipment and Kevlar body armor. U.S. authorities targeted him in 2004 after he contacted an undercover storefront set up in Philadelphia to investigate illegal arms trafficking.

The current case in Tehran recalls that of AmericanIranian journalist Roxanna Saberi, who was arrested in Iran in January 2009 and convicted of espionage and sentenced to eight years in prison. She was freed on appeal in May 2009.

A political analyst at the independent Mardomsalari newspaper in Tehran, Hamid Reza Shokouhi, said the secretive nature of the court proceedings is “not necessarily a negative point” for the jailed Americans. He said that past experiences, such as Saberi’s case, showed that the judiciary can eventually show a “positive attitude.”

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WikiLeaks’ Assange faces extradition hearing in UK

LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his entourage of lawyers, supporters, protesters and journalists are headed back to a London court for a showdown between the secret-spilling computer hacker and Swedish authorities who want him extradited to face sex crimes allegations.

A two-day hearing that begins Monday will decide Assange’s legal fate. It will also keep the spotlight away from WikiLeaks’ revelations and on its opiniondividing frontman.

Assange is accused of sexual misconduct by two women he met during a visit to Stockholm last year. At Belmarsh Magistrates’ Court, a high-security judicial outpost beside a prison, defense lawyers will argue that he should not be extradited because he has not been charged with a crime, because of flaws in Swedish prosecutors’ case — and because a ticket to Sweden could land him in Guantanamo Bay or on U.S. death row.

American officials are trying to build a criminal case against WikiLeaks, which has angered Washington by publishing a trove of leaked diplomatic cables and secret U.S. military files. Assange’s lawyers claim the Swedish prosecution is linked to the leaks and politically motivated.

Preliminary defense arguments released by Assange’s legal team claim “there is a real risk that, if extradited to Sweden, the U.S. will seek his extradition and/or illegal rendition to the USA, where there will be a real risk of him being detained at Guantanamo Bay or elsewhere.”

The document adds that “there is a real risk that he could be made subject to the death penalty” if sent to the United States. Under European law, suspects cannot be extradited to jurisdictions where they may face execution.

Many legal experts say the Guantanamo claims are fanciful, and Sweden strongly denies coming under American pressure.

Nils Rekke, head of the legal department at the Swedish prosecutor’s office in Stockholm, said Assange would be protected from transfer to the U.S. by

strict European rules.

“If Assange was handed over to Sweden in accordance with the European Arrest Warrant, Sweden cannot do as Sweden likes after that,” he said. “If there were any questions of an extradition approach from the U.S., then Sweden would have to get an approval from the United Kingdom.”

Assange’s lawyers will also battle extradition on the ground that he has not been charged with a crime in Sweden and is only wanted for questioning.

They argue that “it is a wellestablished principle of extradition law ... that mere suspicion should not found a request for extradition.”

Lawyers for Sweden have yet to disclose their legal arguments.

WikiLeaks sparked an international uproar last year when it published a secret helicopter video showing a U.S. attack that killed two Reuters journalists in Baghdad. It went on to release hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. military files on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it later began publishing classified U.S. diplomatic cables whose revelations angered and embarrassed the U.S. and its allies.

The furor made Assange, 39, a global celebrity. The nomadic Australian was arrested in London in December after

Sweden issued a warrant on rape and molestation accusations.

Released on bail on condition he live — under curfew and electronically tagged — at a supporter’s country mansion in eastern England, Assange has managed to conduct multiple media interviews, sign a reported $1.5 million deal for a memoir, and pose for a magazine Christmas photo shoot dressed as Santa Claus.

He drew a large media scrum at a brief court appearance in London last month, where he vowed to step up the leak of a quarter million classified U.S. diplomatic cables.

The full extradition hearing should shed light on the contested events of Assange’s trip to Sweden, where WikiLeaks’ data are stored on servers at a secure center tunneled into a rocky Stockholm hillside. Two Swedish women say they met Assange when he visited the country and separately had sex with him, initially by consent.

In police documents leaked on the Internet, one of the women told officers she woke up as Assange was having sex with her, but let him continue even though she knew he wasn’t wearing a condom. Having sex with a sleeping person can be considered rape in Sweden.

Assange is also accused of sexual molestation and unlaw-

ful coercion against the second woman. The leaked documents show she accuses him of deliberately damaging a condom during consensual sex, which he denies.

The picture is more confused by the fact that one Stockholm prosecutor threw out the rape case, before a more senior prosecutor later reinstated it and asked for Assange’s extradition from Britain so she could question him.

Assange’s lawyers argue that amid the confusion, the European arrest warrant was improperly

issued. They allege Assange “has been the victim of a pattern of illegal and/or corrupt behavior by the Swedish prosecuting authorities,” who leaked his name to the media, rejected his requests to be interviewed from London, and failed to make the evidence against him available in English.

They also say the accusations against Assange would not constitute a crime in Britain, and complain they have not been given access to text messages and tweets by the two women which alleged-

ly undermine their claims. They say text messages exchanged by the claimants “speak of revenge and of the opportunity to make lots of money.”

Whatever happens in court this week, Assange’s long legal saga — and his stay in the tranquil Norfolk countryside — is far from over. The extradition hearing is due to end Tuesday, but Judge Howard Riddle is likely to take several weeks to consider his ruling — which can be appealed by either side.

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There’s feast, there’s famine Campus-wide event focuses on world hunger

By Ariel Brand Campus Correspondent When the media snubs Homer Simpson’s claims that the owner of the Springfield Isotopes secretly plans to move the baseball team to Albuquerque, he stages a hunger strike.

While chained to a lawn chair near Duff Stadium to draw attention to the situation and nearly tipping the brink of insanity, Simpson wobbles and sings, “Dancing away my hunger pangs. Moving my feet so my stomach won’t hurt. I’m kind of like Jesus, but not in the sacrilegious way.”

Buried beneath this shroud of absurdity, however, lies a not-so-laughing matter. In this day and age, there are still too many hurting stomachs, too many empty bellies. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization, there were approximately 925 million hungry people in 2010.

Just as this Simpson episode illuminates the issue of hunger, several organizations, including the Public Health Learning Community, the Center for Public Health and Health Policy, Community Outreach, the Human Rights Institute, Asian American Cultural Center, the College of Agriculture, Honors Council and Global HEED, have rallied together to advocate social change, educate the community and raise awareness about global poverty and hunger. Under the direction of

Ailton Colement, a PhD student in public health, they have been diligently fundraising and working to coordinate the upcoming hunger banquet, which welcomes students share a meal in the Student Union on Feb. 24 at 6 p.m.

“The goal of the banquet is to get students to take home with them more knowledge on the issues of world hunger, but most importantly, what they can do to help,” said James Koch, a 6thsemester PNB major and the community relations director for Global HEED. He encourages everyone to stay educated and to stay engaged.

“Even by simply supporting organizations that fight world hunger, it is easy to make a difference,” Koch said.

Upon entering the room, guests will be handed a ticket at random that designates each of them to one of three principal income levels: upper, middle and lower. They will receive their meal based on their economic status. The well-heeled high-income group will be served a wholesome meal of chicken, pasta, salad and desert/ punch or tea; whereas, half of the participants relegated to the less-fortunate low-income group will have to wait in line for rice and beans/water. The banquet thus becomes a metaphor for the disparate distribution of food around the world and for the gulf that stands between the haves and the have-nots.

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Beer of all shapes and sizes

By Joe Pentecost Campus Correspondent

son include head warmers, collar scarves and even fashion turbans. Head warmers are a particular favorite of mine as they give the wearer a cutesy, schoolgirl appearance. Plus, a flower pin or a jewel can be placed on the side of the band to keep the piece from being too plain or bland.

Long socks can be useful for lining rain boots or other non-insulated footwear. The new trend is to have kneehigh socks on over tights and, while this fad is fashion-motivated it can add an extra layer of warmth for those who venture to wear short skirts during the winter.

When looking for suitable long socks, pick out solid colors with a light pattern, such as herringbone or cableknit. Also, shorter styles can be bunched around the ankles for a more urban look.

A blazer is a good piece to have during springtime but

Last week I ended the column with the seemingly innocent comment that “your favorite six-pack won’t be going anywhere soon.” With a little more thought, it looks as if I should have clarified this sentence. With so many new startup microbreweries in the recent years, many of them look for the fastest, easiest way to get their product to customers. Aside from kegs, this is most often in the form of 22 oz. bottles, or “bombers,” a single bottle displayed prominently on the shelf that holds many advantages for the brewer. But what are the effects on the consumer?

From the brewer’s perspective, the bomber is great. It’s a much more efficient package from a production standpoint–it requires fewer bottles, fewer caps, fewer labels, and fewer manpower to bottle when compared to sixpacks. This correlates to less labor hours required to package the beer as well as lower unit packaging cost. Most 22oz beers come 12 bottles to a case, as opposed to four six-packs per case–because of this, the bomber format results in more units of product per case, theoretically enabling the brewer to reach more potential customers with their brew. Additionally, bombers (and all larger bottle formats) tend to have longer shelf lives and aging capability due to a higher ratio of beer-to-air inside the bottle, resulting in a lower oxidation rate.

The effect on the consumer is much different, however. For the average beer-drinker, their go-to six-pack may be between $8 and $10. While most bombers are priced under $10, many specialty brands and limited offerings can reach above $20.

Some brewers, like local favorite Berkshire, offer their beers in the 22oz format at $3.99 for most styles. Sure, this may seem like a bargain in comparison to the $10 bottles it sits next to on the shelf, but if you break it down and compare it to your favorite $10 six-pack, even these $4 bombers correlate to a $13 six-pack price. If this rubs you the wrong way, don’t even think about those 22 oz. bottles with a $10 or $15 price tag, converting to the equivalent of buying a $32 or $49 six-pack, respectively. I think it’s safe to say that these production cost savings aren’t always passed onto the customer.

While local brewer Berkshire and California brewer Lagunitas keep their 22 oz. prices around $4-6, the cost is still substantial for the buyer.

These single bottles have a lower “try” cost (for those just wanting to sample the beer) in comparison to the six pack, but the unit cost is still substantially higher than most six-packs.

Much of the mentality behind these special single bottlings is that they are meant to be shared and are brewed (and consumed) for special occasions. But, many breweries break this mind set by bottling all of their offerings in the 22oz format.

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In the picture above, Angela Rola, director of the Asian American Cultural Center, speaks at an event. ASACC will be joining forces with the Public Health Learning Community, Honors Council and other UConn groups to host the hunger banquet at the Student Union on Fe. 24.

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This ‘Last Laugh Bootie’ is $47.99 on ModCloth’s online catalog. The store’s inventory also includes high socks, tunic sweaters and cowl neck scarves.

By Rahul Darwar Campus Correspondent When you visit Amazon.com the first thing you see is a big ad for its Kindle, which they call the, “#1 Bestselling, #1 MostGifted, #1 Most-Wished-ForProduct on Amazon.” When you walk into a Barnes & Noble, the first thing you see is not the newest hardcovers, but the Barnes & Noble Nook. The New York Times Best Seller List, which is currently broken down into categories like “Hardcover Fiction” and “Paperback Trade Fiction,” will soon add an “e-book” category that shows the way the e-books and e-readers are becoming more and more prevalent everyday.

Over the holidays, the Kindle was one of the most popular gifts of the season. The Kindle uses a display technology known as E Ink, which means that you can use the Kindle in sunlight and not have to worry about a glare, or straining your

eyes. The Kindle has a 6-inc screen, and weighs only 8.7 ounces (lighter than a paperback) and can hold up to 3,500 books. There are over 810,000 books available for download from Amazon.com with more being added every day.

Another well-known device that also functions as an e-reader is the Apple iPad, which has a 9.7-inch backlit LED screen. The display is extremely high -quality and very clear, although looking it for extended periods of time might strain your eyes.

The iPad has a battery life of roughly 10 hours, but the exact longevity depends on what features you are using. The iPad weighs 1.5 pounds and has a slight curve that makes it easy to hold. Currently Apple has 150,000 books available for download from its iBookstore.

The iPad is obviously more than just an e-reader; you can use it for a multitude of activities, from listening to music to surfing the web which sets it

apart from the others.

The lesser known e-reader is the Barnes & Noble Nook.

Developed by Barnes & Noble with 2GB of memory, Nook stores up to 1,500 books, magazines and newspapers. If you need even more space, you can slip in a memory card. The Nook also allows you to surf the web and check your e-mail but it can be a little slow and buggy. At 11.6 ounces, the Nook is heavier than the Kindle but lighter than the iPad. E-readers are no longer just for pleasure reading, they can also be used for educational purposes. Many people now buy e-textbooks rather than conventional textbooks, because e-textbooks usually cost less than print textbooks, and buying e-textbooks means that you do not have to lug around huge textbooks. Many students like Lyubina Yankova, a 2nd-semester pre-pharmacy

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By Purbita Saha Staff Writer It’s tough to find inspiration to dress up during the winter. The slushy roads don’t do well with expensive boots and the UConn wind tunnel is bound to blow away any beret, no matter how well pinned it is. But having to bundle up doesn’t mean resorting to turtlenecks and duck boots every day of the week. Fashion has its warm designs and vintage clothing is especially cozy. Back in the day, function was equally as important as form; hence, clothes were made to be compatible with the seasons and their elements.

For example, crochet is seen to be an outdated mode.

Not many people like to knit anymore and yarn has been displaced by leaner materials, such as cotton and polyester.

But crocheted materials are warm and perfect for a coldbitten look.

Some of the most popular crochet accessories this sea-

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Australia is amazing with Merchant’s great narration and Gervais’ chuckles.

It’s true that I think this should be called “The Karl Pilkington Show,” since the bread-and-butter of the material is all Pilkington, but it’s hard to imagine the show being as charming as it is without Merchant’s straightman charisma and Gervais laughing with the occasional tongue-in-cheek insult. It’s the rapport between these three individual personalities that helps make the show so entertaining like any other great podcast. Entertaining enough to compel HBO to have it animated into one of their greater comedy series in some time? Absolutely.

Asia is the largest and most populous continent in the world and is home to some gifted actors, directors, and some great television. To be more specific, Asia produces some of the best animated TV programs.

First on our list is “Pokémon,” the show that made all of us at one point wish that we could travel to mysterious places and battle eccentric creatures. The anime series began in 1997, and is still running on TV today. With over 678 episodes, “Pokémon” has become popular in not only its birthplace, Japan, but also in places such as Europe, South America and the United States.

“Pokémon” follows the adventures of Ash Ketchum and his pokémon, Pikachu, as they travel around the world battling other trainers, capturing Pokémon and winning Gym Badges to enter tournaments.

Ketchum and Pikachu also end up making new friends in addition to the friends (Misty and Brock) that they meet in the first episode. Of course no show would be complete without notorious rivals and in “Pokémon”, Team Rocket is the group of bad guys that try to constantly steal Pikachu and raise havoc. However, most of their evil plans fall through almost as quickly as Blair Waldorf’s schemes fail in “Gossip Girl”.

“Pokémon” became so very popular as a TV show that video games, toys and trading card games based on the different Pokémons soon came out. I remember growing up that almost all of the children in my neighborhood were constantly battling using Pokémon cards. Trading the cards was also a popular activity. In fact, there were actually mini-tournaments in the United States and people got really into the the trading card game.

Another popular Asian TV program that soon followed after “Pokémon” was “Yu-GiOh”-which means “King of Games.” The show is about an average teenager, Yugi, who comes across a puzzle that, upon completion, possesses him with an ancient pharaoh (Atem) who seems to suffer from memory loss. The series consists of the journey that Yugi and Atem go on to find out more about the pharaoh’s life while dueling in the popular game known as Duel Monsters.

“Yu-Gi-Oh” was originally a series of manga novels written by Kazuki Takahashi that were later adapted to fit both the small and big screens.

There have been various spinoff’s of the show that include “Yu-Gi-Oh! Gx”, “Yu-Gi-Oh! R”, and “Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal.”

Just like “Pokémon,” the show “Yu-Gi-Oh” has a card game that viewers can play and duel with each other. Although “Yu-Gi-Oh” was and is still not as popular as “Pokémon,” the show still influenced numerous children to buy the card games and to duel with their friends. It will be interesting to see if there will be another show in the future that will create as much of a crazy frenzy through card games as “Pokémon” and “Yu-Gi-Oh” have done.

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Last week on “Outsourced,” an Indian version of “The Office,” the American boss, Todd, finds himself in the middle of another complicated mess in India.

As his workers tirelessly recall all of the ghost costumes they sold that resemble Ku Klux Klan outfits, Todd looks for a way to boost morale and thinks of a retreat option. Just a train ride away, they can have some quality bonding time.

As the train approaches the platform, a mad throng of people approaches and Todd cannot make it into the compartment even though the rest of his team boards. Rajiv

explains to him that Indian trains “are not Disney Land Sky Rails” and that there are “pick-pocketers, gropers and gropers-in-training.” All of his workers pass along tips saying that people will respect him for pushing, and he should try making squawking bird noises and carrying sharp objects.

As the last train of the day approaches, Todd finally manages to shove his way into the car, but hits a pregnant woman in the process. Thankfully she isn’t hurt and respects him for it.

To throw off their plans, which are already being cut short, the train breaks down.

Todd suggests that they attempt the human knot team building exercise. But everyone’s hot from the stale, cramped train

car, and soon Asha has let go of the hands and it comes undone. Madhuri calls Asha out on it. Soon the whole team is throwing jabs at each other’s annoying habits, specifically Asha, and she leaves to the Ladies Only car.

Todd goes in after her to settle why the added stress of planning her wedding is affecting her work, but security soon kicks him out. And when he goes to get the others to settle down, Rajiv once again steps in to offer his knowledgeable advice by saying that in Indian culture, “we accommodate, we move on.” He says all they need is a common enemy.

Therefore, Todd takes all of their wallets as another exercise and leaves them at a stop and makes them try to get

home with no money. In the worst neighborhood, now with a common enemy, the workers have to ride back on the top of the train car. To make matters worse, someone stole the wallets Todd was holding.

In Todd’s absence, Tonya helps Charlie work on his techniques of talking to women. By giving him a new haircut and explaining dating in terms of hunting, Charlie starts to have more confidence. She sets him up with Veena, but unfortunately Veena was really interested in Aussie, not Charlie.

Charlie’s now full of confidence, though, and isn’t afraid to ask everyone in the street to go out with him. Naturally, they all turn him down.

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Gervais shows sharp wit on animated podcast

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What I’m watching “Smallville” Friday, 8 p.m.

CW Ten seasons, ten years.

“Smallville” has been a decade, it has been an era..

Unfortunately, the show has been struggling in the past couple seasons.

With the departure of the majority of the cast there has been a lack of substantial characters. Furthermore, the plot has been mired with holes and jaded conclusions.

Season 10 has been looking up however. Despite budgeting issues and contract disputes the show has held its own. “Smallville’s” writers and devoted fan base have been its saving grace.

The evolution of Superman has reached its pinnacle as the show nears its finale. While many of us have gotten used to seeing Tom Welling’s chiseled face on the silver screen, there will be some relief to having “Smallville” end.

The show will be sorely missed.

But then again, that’s what season dvds are for.

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Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington team up for Season 2 of ‘The Ricky Gervais Show,’ which is being broadcast on HBO.

By Jason Bogdan Staff Writer Everybody’s favorite animated series adaption of the famous UK podcast “The Ricky Gervais Show” finally got their prayers answered. Not only is the first season now on DVD, but the second season is also up and running on HBO with four incredible episodes already released.

For people not in the know of how the podcast played out a few years back, it worked like this, the creators of the UK version of “The Office,” Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, discovered Karl Pilkington.

Even in the presence of such renowned comedians, Pilkington’s bizarre logic and ridiculous reasoning brought together this pod-

cast, in which Gervais and Merchant just tell Pilkington questions and facts just to witness the nonsense that comes out of his mouth.

It sounds cruel (to a point where I completely understand anybody who hates the show for it), but if you’ve ever seen any of the Ricky Gervais interviews, the three really are the truest of friends, with Gervais having the highest amount of respect for Pilkington’s comedic goldmine that is his mind. It’s been argued that this is all a ruse, and Karl is probably solving complex math problems between acting like a buffoon. But honestly, I was too busy laughing to care about the philosophy behind it all.

And from great moments like

Karl’s logic on dopplegangers or his solution to a famous riddle within this season, it really is amazing how his monotone words can be so funny. It seems odd that HBO would want to take the audio from the podcasts and let Karl’s imagination be conveyed by Hanna Barbera-esque animation, but it surprisingly works. Pilkington’s movie idea is already a riot to listen to, but actually seeing the insanity (with the trio’s commentary, no less) makes it even more hilarious.

The second season also evened the material out, replacing the not-as-funny sequences like Monkey News from the first season and had more of Karl’s Diary, which is easily my personal favorite part of the show. The way he thinks about subtitled films and the geography of

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Carell and cast delight on latest Blazers, boots and sweaters New beer packaging episodes of ‘The Office’ are winter essentials in the future from STAY, page 7 it can also be useful when temperatures get low. A blazer can make any outfit look polished, especially if it is well tailored and bold.

A navy one with gold buttons and a gray one with a boyfriend cut are both viable options. Also, military is very chic right now, so a khaki green blazer would look great if dressed down with riding boots and a boat neck shirt.

Winter footwear is always a struggle, as everything that is functional is either too bulky or drab. For nighttime activities, I like to don heeled ankle boots. It’s a good way to keep the toes warm without sacrificing style and poise. But flat

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boots are definitely a better option for when the pavement is slick with black ice.

Even sweaters can be made fun for everyday use in the cold weather. Longer lengths are preferred nowadays and therefore tunic sweaters are very popular. Off the shoulder is a classy way to show a little collarbone and vintage styles such as dolman and poet sleeves make wool more attractive and more enjoyable to wear.

Don’t let the cold get in the way of fashion. Throwbacks and old trends are practical at all times of the year, so be style conscious, even if the weather outside is very frightful.

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Ultimately, the craft beer industry will always have Sierra Nevada and Sam Adams, but the next tier of microbrewers emerging may lead into some different packaging options that will have a lasting effect on the market and the customer.

Is the single bottle format the next wave of the future? It’s definitely more profitable for the brewers, but the impending backlash from the customer may leave them questioning their packaging decisions.

There will always be room for different packaging formats, but supporting your favorite six-pack now is more important than ever. Cheers!

e-Reader prices range from affordable to expensive

Ricky Gervais makes a guest appearance in the episode ‘The Search.’ Gervais plays the part of David Brent in the UK version of ‘The Office.’

By Jason Wong Campus Correspondent After a lengthy winter hiatus, “The Office” is still delivering their unique and hilarious brand of humor to the average American viewer.

The first episode after the break was “Ultimatum,” which focused on Michael eagerly awaiting news regarding the status of Holly and A.J.’s relationship, after Holly’s ultimatum for A.J. to propose to her

by New Year’s. When he sees her without a ring, Michael is initially overjoyed, but later learns that she simply gave up on her ultimatum and that she and A.J are still in a relationship. This leads Michael to accost the employees of the office about not fulfilling their resolutions, culminating in him force-feeding Kevin lettuce.

from ELECTRONIC, page 7 Ultimately, Michael apologizes for his behavior, and Holly is seen calling A.J and telling him she wants to take a break on their relationship. Meanwhile, Dwight, Andy and Daryl go to a roller rink.

The next episode was “The Seminar,” in which Andy hosts a seminar on starting a small business in order to boost his sales numbers. He originally enlists Jim, Dwight, Phyllis and Stanley to help him, but after Jim opts out, the rest follow and Andy is forced to appeal to Kevin, Kelly and Creed for help. Kevin ends up vomiting in front of the audience, and while Kelly makes things a little better as the “business bitch,” Creed ruins the seminar by giving a speech about the Loch Ness monster.

Michael confesses his love for Holly, and Erin demonstrates how abysmally bad she is at

Scrabble. In the end, Andy is able to sell three packages.

The most recent episode was “The Search,” in which Michael, after becoming irritable due to Holly’s continuing rejection, ends up wandering around Scranton. This prompts a search for him by Dwight, Erin and Holly. At first, they have limited success, until Dwight realizes that Holly makes the exact same subconscious choices as Michael does. She eventually finds him atop a building, and they kiss while Erin looks on and smiles. In the office, Pam holds a caption contest for one of the doodles she draws. After Gabe imposes a ridiculous set of rules on the contest, all the captions either insult Sabre or Gabe personally, a fact which he gets visibly upset about.

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major, are looking forward to the day when it possible to have “all my textbooks on the Kindle or something so I won’t have to carry around a ridiculously heavy backpack

anymore.”

Pricing of e-readers varies a great deal with the WiFi Kindle costing $139, the WiFi Nook costing $149 and the 16GB WiFi iPad coming in at $499. 3G+WiFi versions of all the all the devices

(which allows them to use the same wireless signals as cell phones, thereby allowing you connect to the internet almost anywhere) cost more than the basic WiFi versions.

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Metaphorical banquet will focus on the relationship between famine and economic factors from CAMPUS-WIDE, page 7 The evening will also include speakers from the Peace Corps, who will discuss their perceptions of global hunger from an American perspective, a PowerPoint presentation that will provide information on this rather austere and all-encompassing problem, and time for all the

participants to share their thoughts after the meal.

As college students with meal plans and food-filled dining halls, we too often forget what it feels like to be hungry.

“The whole point is to show students what it is like to live on a daily basis without an abundance of food,” Koch said. “Students should participate in the Hunger

Banquet because they really will learn a lot about World Hunger from a lot of knowledgeable sources. It’s an exciting way to learn something. People don’t realize how so much of the world doesn’t have enough to eat, while we often take having food for granted.”

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Mystery turns into fear ‘King’s Speech’ earns praise on ‘Pretty Little Liars’ from kids who stutter

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(From left to right) Troian Bellisario, Shay Mitchell, Ashley Benson and Lucy Hale play four best friends who are trying to discover who murdered their best friend.

By Loumarie Rodriguez Campus Correspondent The plot continues to thicken for the “Pretty Little Liars” and this mysterious “A.” “A” causes trouble by leaving the girls a photo of Alison taken from a distance the night she died. With this photo, the girls ponder who could have taken it and whose shadow is behind Alison.

As the episode continues we see Alison’s older brother, Jason, return to town, and Spencer has a few questions for him about the photo. But he claims that after her death, the family received many photos of Allison that were confirmed as fakes according to their private investigator. He also tells how Ian had spent that whole summer hanging out with Jason, leading to even more suspicion of Ian. The drama is only beginning to unfold as Hanna’s mom receives a phone call that may cost her job because of the unauthorized loan she took from her elderly client. This client, who typically comes only once a year to check on her safety box, decides to randomly check on it before a year has passed.

This leaves Hanna and her mom in a panic, as they are unable to return the stolen money so quickly.

All the while, “A” sends a message to Hanna explaining how to save her mom. To get this money, Hanna must reveal Aria’s relationship with their high school English teacher, Ezra. “A” sends Hanna a ticket for an art exhibit to give to Aria’s mom on the same night as Aria’s big date with Ezra to the same event.

Emily decides to return to the swim team, and this time she has more edge, which creates some trouble between her and another teammate, Paige who would do anything to become team captain. While Paige speaks with the team about team spirit, she tries to bribe them with bracelets that look exactly like the one Alison used to have, leaving Emily suspicious.

As Aria’s date grows closer Hanna starts to panic, feeling guilty about selling out her friend. Desperate to stop Aria from going, she tries convincing her to break it off with Ezra but this leads to an argument between the two girls. In the end, Aria still proceeds with the date and Hanna ends up in detention for skipping out on gym with no way of stopping Aria’s mom. But with a stroke of luck Aria’s mom’s car breaks down half way to the exhibit, leaving her stranded until her ex-husband comes to help.

This soon leads to them talking and finally kissing after many months apart. Later we find out that it was the rebellious Caleb that messed with her car in order to help Hanna.

Also her mom’s job is saved when the elderly client dies of natural causes.

Towards the end, Spencer investigates where Paige and Alison got their bracelets. This leads her to a bead lady who made the bracelets and claims the transaction of Alison’s bracelet came from someone who was posing as Spencer. Spencer later reveals to the rest of the girls what she has found out and admits that the shadow in the photo they receive was actually her, because she was running after Alison right after they had an argument. As the credits roll we see the bead lady talking to “A,” saying that she did exactly what she was told to say to Spencer.

Where does this leave the girls now? Will they discover who really took this photo and what’s with the transaction made under Spencer’s name? What was Ian’s relation with Alison? And will Aria’s parents get back together? To find out some of the answers tune in tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC Family.

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THAT IS ONE SLIPPERY SLOPE

CHICAGO (AP) – A movie about a stuttering monarch, without sex, car chases or sinewy super heroes, hardly sounds like blockbuster box-office fare.

But in a less flashy way, “The King’s Speech” is about a hero, one who battles an invisible enemy that torments nearly 70 million people around the world. In demystifying the little-understood speech impediment, the award-winning film reveals myths and fascinating truths about stuttering, and has won praise from stutterers of all ages.

For Erik Yehl, an 11-yearold Chicago boy who began stuttering in preschool, the movie’s powerful message is, “I’m not stupid.”

It’s a stigma all people who stutter contend with – the notion that because their words sometimes sputter or fail to come out at all, their minds must be somehow mixed up.

“People who stutter – their minds are perfectly good, and they’re not deaf, and they don’t need to be told to breathe. They know how to breathe. What they need ... is to be listened to,” said Susan Hardy, who saw the film with her son Aidan, a 14-yearold Chicago eighth-grader who also stutters.

Aidan’s mini-review? “It was great!” he said.

The film depicts King George VI, father of England’s Queen Elizabeth II, as a reluctant leader tortured by his stuttering. But with a sense of duty as England confronts a second world war, he musters the courage to seek speech therapy so he can address and calm an anxious nation.

The movie and its actors have already won Golden Globes and other honors, including 12 Oscar nominations. The Academy Awards ceremony is Feb. 27.

The focus on George’s relationship with his eccentric speech therapist who insists on treating him as an equal makes the king a sort of everyman for people who stutter.

TV commentator Clarence Page, a nationally syndicated Chicago Tribune columnist, said in an interview that the film heroically depicts a condition he has battled most of his

63 years.

Like the king, Page had a strong advocate: a coach who helped him as a teen win second-place in a speech contest after a humiliatingly bad performance the previous year.

“Every stuttering kid needs optimistic support like that,” Page wrote in a recent column praising the movie.

Jane Fraser, president of the Stuttering Foundation of America, said the movie mirrors her experience growing up with a father who stuttered. Malcolm Fraser formed the advocacy group in 1947 to raise awareness and provide resources for people who stutter. Watching the movie, Jane Fraser said she relived the mortification she used to feel on her father’s behalf.

“The impact for me was just bringing home 64 years of trying to get across to people how devastating this disorder is. Just in one fell swoop, this film really got that across,” she said.

Stuttering affects almost 1 percent of the global population, including 3 million in the United States. It typically begins in early childhood as kids are learning to speak and is more common in boys. About 5 percent of children stutter, but most outgrow it. The condition tends to run in families and genes are thought to be involved in at least some cases.

For Erik Yehl, a fair-haired, soft-spoken boy who loves basketball and video games, the film was sometimes tough to watch, because it hit so close to home. A scene showing George failing miserably while trying to give a speech to a packed stadium was particularly difficult.

British actor Colin Firth’s portrayal makes the shame George feels uncomfortably palpable even for non-stutterers.

“It was hard to hear the speech because he stuttered and I hate to hear that,” Erik said haltingly.

Erik’s stuttering becomes most noticeable when he’s nervous. Curiously, his speech flows fluently when he calls out to teammates while playing basketball or soccer.

The film reveals another surprising truth – singing often frees stutterers of their prob-

lem. And experts say that for some people, stuttering disappears when they speak to infants or animals, imitate a foreign dialect, or perform a role onstage.

British actress Emily Blunt has been quoted as saying she chose her career after discovering in a school play that her own stuttering stopped while she was acting.

The scant brain imaging research done on the impediment has suggested that different kinds of brain activity occur when people stutter than when they speak fluently. Scientists aren’t sure why, and also don’t know why different activities induce fluency among some but not all stutterers, said Ehud Yairi, a prominent University of Illinois expert on stuttering.

Research published last year identified mutations in three genes that likely contribute to some cases of stuttering.

But it’s unclear what function those genes have and much about the condition remains a mystery, Yairi said. A researcher and professor emeritus, Yairi is also a stutterer, who speaks at a measured, slow pace.

It used to be thought that stuttering was a psychological problem caused by anxiety or nervousness, and “The King’s Speech” seems to suggest that George’s mistreatment as a child may have contributed to his condition. But experts have largely dismissed that idea, Yairi said.

When children begin to stutter, they’re usually too young to be aware of it and rarely seem anxious about their speech. It’s only as they mature and perceive the negative reactions that they become anxious and ashamed, Yairi said.

Scientists also used to believe stuttering developed in some children in reaction to parents reprimanding them if they repeated words or sounds while learning to speak.

“We have shown that this is quite likely not the case,” he said.

Still, Yairi said, it’s true that “whatever the cause, negative reactions can make a big difference in how the disorder develops.”

Stars fill seats, not just the field, in Texas ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – The football field wasn’t the only place fans could get a glimpse of stars at the Super Bowl – there were plenty of famous faces watching the game as well.

Celebrities streamed into Cowboys Stadium Sunday afternoon to watch the matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers.

Hugh Jackman, John Travolta, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Micheal Douglas are among the attendees. Owen Wilson and Jamie Foxx – who both grew up in North Texas – were also there.

As the Lea Michele of

“Glee” sang “America the Beautiful,” the gigantic screen in the middle of the stadium flashed to former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush, who made their home in Dallas after he left office.

As the game began, New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez and Cameron Diaz were also flashed onto the screen. Ron Howard was also spotted by the cameras at the game. NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick also made it to the game.

Sports Illustrated model Brooklyn Decker, who is married to tennis star Andy Roddick and stars in the upcoming film “Just Go With It” with Sandler and Aniston, said she was excit-

ed to be there.

“I’m a big football fan,” said Decker, who added that her husband had brought his father to the game.

Celebrities arrived at the stadium under clear blue skies and a bright sun. North Texas endured an unusual week of ice and snow leading up to the game before the sun finally came out and temperatures went up for the weekend.

Rom Perlman, star of the television show “Sons of Anarchy,” marveled at the difference in the weather between Sunday and his arrival earlier in the week, which featured a treacherous trip from the airport.

“Now it’s gorgeous,” he said.

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Packers wins Super Bowl over Steelers ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —Absolutely no need to bring up Ol' What's His Name ever again. Aaron Rodgers is a Super Bowl championship quarterback in his own right.

And the game's MVP, too, an honor Brett favre, his Green Bay Packers predecessor, never earned.

With precise passes and cool under pressure, Rodgers completed 24 of 39 passes for 304 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions Sunday night to lead the Packers to a 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers for Green Bay's first NFL title since Favre's in the January 1997 Super Bowl.

Rodgers is 27 years old, just as Favre was then. And after biding his time as a backup until the Packers split with Favre, Rodgers has quickly taken over. This was his third full season as a starting QB, and he was particularly good throughout the playoffs, leading the No. 6 seed Packers to a championship.

"Got to give credit to our defense. This is a great group of men that we put together here, a lot of character, been through a lot together," said Rodgers, who threw two TD passes to Greg Jennings and one to Jordy Nelson. "It's just great to be able to share it with them."

Don't forget, Rodgers' strong performance came against Pittsburgh's vaunted defense, the one featuring NFL Defensive Player of the Year Troy Polamalu and linebacker James Harrison. The Steelers limited opponents to an NFL-low 14.5 points per game this season, but the Packers topped that by the second quarter.

Rodgers was hardly perfect all game. But perhaps he could be forgiven if he was experiencing some jitters at the start. After all, the guy only played in one playoff game in his career before this season.

A Super Bowl debut certainly

must jangle the nerves, especially for a quarterback.

And so Rodgers began the game by overthrowing receivers and generally being offkilter, completing only one of his first five passes. Then he righted himself and showed precisely why the Packers drafted Rodgers in the first round in 2005 and set upon on a course to let Favre leave so they could count on the kid.

Green Bay's second drive began with Rodgers overthrowing Jennings. And then?

Rodgers couldn't miss. He went 5 for 5 for 63 yards the rest of that possession, finishing it with a 29-yard touchdown toss to Nelson with a little more than 3½ minutes left in the first quarter.

Rodgers simply raised both arms in the familiar "Touchdown!" signal used by the officials, then briefly embraced guard Daryn Colledge. Rodgers is a generally laid-back guy, and he does not engage in any of that wild running around and helmet-slapping Favre was so famous for when he starred at Lambeau Field.

Rodgers' perfect pass to Nelson made it 7-0. Then, suddenly, the Packers were ahead 14-0 all of 24 seconds later, when Nick Collins returned an interception of Ben Roethlisberger 37 yards for a TD. Roethlisberger, with his two previous Super Bowl championships, was supposed to be the one who wouldn't be bothered by the grand stage.

But while he was throwing two first-half picks, it was Rodgers who shined.

He changed plays at the line of scrimmage, reading the defense and adjusting. And he did it all without the benefit of any help from a Packers running game that was limited to 50 yards.

Rodgers zipped a 21-yard pass down the middle to Jennings, just past leaping

safety Ryan Clark, to put the Packers ahead 21-3 with 2½ minutes left in the first half.

At that point, Rodgers was 11 for 16 for 137 yards and two TDs — making him 10 for 11 in the stretch that followed his rough start.

In second half, Rodgers went through another rough stretch, throwing five consecutive incompletions and leaving the field quickly over and over as the Steelers kept forcing the Packers to punt But Rodgers was back in top form when he needed to be in the fourth quarter, leading a 55-yard touchdown drive after Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall fumbled and Desmond Bishop recovered.

On a key third-and-10, Rodgers connected with Nelson on a 38-yard catchand-run, with the receiver cutting across the field, eluding would-be tacklers left and right. That set up Green Bay at Pittsburgh's 3, and on first down, Rodgers showed good judgment, holding onto the ball as he leaped and appeared to be looking to throw a jumppass. Instead of forcing matters, Rodgers clutched the ball carefully and took the sack.

On second-and-goal from the 8, Rodgers spun a spiral to a wide-open Jennings in the far corner of the end zone to put the Packers ahead 28-17 with about 12 minutes left in the fourth quarter.

When he led Green Bay to its final points, a field goal right before the 2-minute warning, Rodgers' work was done.

After the Packers stopped the Steelers' last drive, all he had to was walk on the field and kneel down to run out the clock. A short while later, Rodgers was clutching the Vince Lombardi Trophy, having joined Favre and Bart Starr as QBs who brought Super Bowl championships to the place they like to call Titletown USA.

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Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Packers' 31-25 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl last night.

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Men’s hockey splits weekend against Army

By John Shevchuck Staff Writer

This weekend the Huskies split their two-game series against conference opponent Army. The series began in West Point, N.Y. on Friday night. UConn defeated Army 4-2, with major contributions from freshman Billy Latta and goaltender Garrett Bartus.

Latta scored his seventh and eighth goals of the season, one of which was the game winner.

Going into the second period, the Huskies had a lead of 2-0 after goals from Stevie Bergin and Rui Encarnacao. Army’s Mike Hull cut the lead in half just two minutes into the second peiod. Latta buried his first goal of the night to regain the lead of two, then netted his second goal with one minute left in the game.

Bartus stopped 37 of 39 shots on the night, increasing his save total and maintaining his spot as the nation’s leader. Bartus’ performance was crucial to the victory, as UConn had 12 less shots than Army.

Saturday’s game was scheduled to take place at the Freitas Ice Forum, but the whether diverted the location. Due to the weight of snow and ice on the building’s roof, the UConn staff determined it was unsafe. The game was then moved to XL Center in Hartford, home of several men’s and women’s basketball games.

Since the admission to the game was free, the XL Center had a respectable crowd on hand.

Heading into the third period the Huskies had a one goal lead. Four minutes into the first period, Sean Ambrosie sent a pass to Alex Gerke and Gerke netted one back

door to take the early lead.

The Black Knights were soon on the board in the third, taking a 2-1 lead. Cole Schneider then evened the score at 6:29 in the third period. Army’s Cody Omilusik continued to put goals on the board, scoring two more to complete his hat trick.

Sean Ambrosie contributed to yet another scoring opportunity, this time scoring a goal of his own to decrease the deficit. With a 4-3 deficit, Bruce Marshall pulled Bartus from the net to take a 6-on-5 advantage. The Huskies, however, were unable to produce and allowed an empty net goal to seal the deal for Army.

UConn is now 8-15-4 overall with a 7-10-4 record in the Atlantic Hockey conference.

This week, the Huskies will prepare for the historic game

this weekend. UConn will compete against in-state rival Sacred Heart University in a two-game series, one at the Freitas Ice Forum and the other at the home of the UConn football team, Rentschler Field.

The snow-covered Rentschler Field has accepted volunteers throughout the week to shovel snow from the bleachers. The aisles of the stadium have been turned into chutes where shoveled snow would be guided to trucks below. Volunteers can “work” for $12 an hour to be donated to the charity of their choice. Rentschler is still accepting help from volunteers in order to prepare for the Hockey Fest that will take over East Hartford.

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Huskies’ senior forward Jason Krispel handles the puck, attempting to make a pass in this file photo.

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High shooting percentage leads the Huskies to a sound victory over DePaul from HUSKIES, page 14 “I was telling the players earlier that it’s not often that we get to play a team that’s undefeated in our league and comes in here expecting to win,” said coach Geno Auriemma. “I think that it probably brings out the best in us, like Duke on Monday or North Carolina.”

Dolson finished the first half scoring with an old-fashioned 3-point play, and the Huskies locked down on defense in the subsequent 20 seconds to limit DePaul’s Sam Quigley to a misfired 3-pointer. The freshman center combined with Moore to go 25-29 from the floor, as her team shot an astounding 68 percent overall.

“You know my confidence has definitely risen a lot lately,” Dolson said. “We’ve had a lot better practices. I’ve just been trying to work as hard as I can in practice. And you know we’ve gotten to this point and yet there’s still so much room to improve.”

And improve they did. In the

Harris gets franchise tag from FAREWELL, page 14 In New York football news, the Jets plan to place the franchise tag on linebacker David Harris according to an ESPN report. Also, Jets strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi resigned from his position this week after the infamous tripgate game against the Miami Dolphins. New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress will play in the NFL in 2011 if there is a season. Many Giants players would like to see Burress play for the Giants again. I think Burress will be another story of redemption similar to Michael Vick’s success this season. I would not be surprised if Burress is in contention to NFL comeback player of the season next year if both owners and players union can work out a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Baseball season is right around the corner as pitchers and catchers will report to spring training for the Yankees on Feb. 15 and Mets on Feb. 17. Also there is a trustee for the victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme that wants $1 billion from the New York Mets owner. One thing is for sure: there is never a boring week in New York sports.

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first six minutes of the second half, UConn extended its lead to 20 points. After shooting better than 70 percent in the first half, the Huskies maintained the impressive mark by getting close looks at the basket. The No. 2 ranked team in the nation outscored their latest opponent in the second half 22-8 inside the paint.

“You know what you don’t realize during the game is what your shooting percentage is,” Auriemma said. “So later you see 70 and 65 and you’re just amazed because you don’t see that during the game, and can’t appreciate it until maybe afterwards.”

On the opposite bench, DePaul coach Doug Bruno found himself in awe of something different as the game wound down: Maya Moore.

An assistant to Auriemma on the U.S. national team, Bruno has seen the three-time AllAmerican up close in person on numerous occasions dating back to high school. In his post-game press confer-

ence, the 38-year coaching veteran offered some extravagant praise.

“There’s just a drive in her that is just matched by few in the history of basketball,” Bruno said.

Next up for the Huskies is a date with the West Virginia Mountaineers. Slotted at No. 8 last week in both the AP and Coaches’ polls, the Mountaineers are known for their staunch defense. The team that met UConn in last year’s Big East Championship fell to DePaul handedly one week ago and will need a victory to avoid falling behind in the conference.

Yet, even as they stand all alone atop the Big East, Auriemma reminded his team that their own urgency is just as strong as anyone’s.

“If something happens Tuesday, then we’re in a three-way tie for first,” Auriemma said.

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Sophomore guard Kelly Faris pushes the ball up the court for UConn during the Huskies’ victory over DePaul Saturday.

Daniels functional » WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UConn’s young players starting to improve after injury BOSTON (AP)—Boston Celtics guard Marquis Daniels bruised his spinal cord in a collision Sunday and is expected to be sidelined at least a month.

“He’s full function now.

He’s fine,” said Danny Ainge, Boston’s president of basketball operations. “We’re going to keep him (in the hospital) overnight just to go through some tests, but he’s fine.”

Asked how long Daniels would be out, Ainge said, “A month, two months. It’ll be a month, anyway.”

Daniels was hurt with 11:01 left in the second quarter of the Celtics’ 91-80 win over the Orlando Magic after he began driving to the basket from the right side of the lane and collided with Gilbert Arenas, who was covering him. Daniels fell to the court and lay motionless for a few minutes with his head facing down while surrounded by coaches and teammates near his bench.

Medical personnel put a neck brace on Daniels and strapped him onto a stretcher before he left to the cheers of the crowd, which had remained very quiet until then. He gave a thumbs-up sign as he was taken off the court before going to New

England Baptist Hospital.

Dr. Brian McKeon, the Celtics’ team physician, said Daniels bruised his spine and has had spine issues that were addressed by his previous teams. He spent three seasons with Dallas and three with Indiana before joining Boston last season.

“This is the same type of neck injury that he had so it’s just a little bit worse,” McKeon said. “We’ll just have to see how it plays out in the next few days.”

On Sunday, the Celtics were worried about their fallen teammate.

“We got some good results, or some good news, opposed to what we were looking at,” Celtics forward Kevin Garnett said, “because it looked really bad.”

The Magic players also were concerned “It was scary, man, scary,” guard Jameer Nelson said. “I was praying for him. It could happen to anybody. You never want to see a guy get injured and taken off on a stretcher.”

Before the injury, Daniels had played 3 minutes, 43 seconds off the bench with one rebound and no points. In 49 games this season, he’s averaging 5.5 points and 19 minutes, 8 seconds.

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“Dolson’s gotten a lot better, they’ve done a great job with her,” Bruno said. “We didn’t want her to have a ‘get off’ game and she certainly did.”

With 20 seconds left in the first half, Moore was blocked, Dolson got the loose ball and scored an and-one. After she made the free throw her firshalf total was 15 points. at.

In the second half, Dolson scored six points, and by the under 16 minute timeout the Huskies stomped out all hope for DePaul.

Big East Update With the pivotal win over DePaul, UConn now is the only team undefeated in Big East play and is in the

driver’s seat to win its fifth straight regular season championship and 19th overall.

Auriemma said that the team knew it was going to face a stiff conference challenge.

“There was no surprise in our kids that they were undefeated,” Auriemma said.

“It probably brings out the best in us. The more respect you have for those teams, the more the really good players get up to play in tonight’s game.”

The Huskies improved to 10-0 in the Big East while handing the Blue Demons its first conference loss of the year. DePaul is now tied with Notre Dame with an 8-1 record in the conference. Both teams only conference loss came against UConn.

Huskies sign top recruit

Breanna Stewart, a junior from North Syracuse orally committed to UConn this past week. Stewart is ranked by many as the No. 1 recruit in the high school class of 2012.

Stewart plays for the U.S. Under-17 squad and chose the Huskies over Duke and Penn State.

Blood Pressure Screenings

Although the blowout victory over DePaul shouldn’t have raised the blood pressure of too many UConn fans, the Student Nurses Association provided free blood pressure screenings prior to tip off and at halftime of the game. The group is a part of UConn’s School of Nursing.

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“I don’t think it’s really going to hit me until Sunday when I walk out that tunnel, knowing that this is the biggest stage that I’m going to play on in my career .”

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BOSTON (AP)—Rajon Rondo scored 11 of his 26 points in the third quarter as the Boston Celtics beat the Orlando Magic 91-80 on Sunday.

Boston led 46-43 at halftime and stretched that to 70-55 with 3:36 left in the third quarter. At that point, the Celtics had made 9 of their 10 shots in the period while the Magic had hit just 4 of 18.

Paul Pierce added 18 points and Kevin Garnett had 16 for the Celtics, who improved to 23-4 at home. Dwight Howard had 28 points and 13 rebounds for the Magic, who lost for the fifth time in eight games.

Celtics guard Ray Allen made two 3-pointers to move within three of the NBA record of 2,560 held by Reggie Miller. Boston is at Charlotte on Monday night.

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Mar. 17 NCAA Championships All Day

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By Carmine Colangelo Campus Correspondent

What's On TV NCAA Basketball: Missouri at Kansas, 9 p.m., ESPN No. 15 Missouri travels to the Allen Fieldhouse to take on the No. 2 Kansas Jayhawks in a clash of Big 12 basketball titans.

Missouri guard Marcus Denmon looks to lead the Tigers against the Jayhawks in front of a hostile crowd in Kansas.

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NCAA Basketball: Pittsburgh at WVU, 7 p.m. ESPN Another matchup of the Backyard Brawl takes place Monday night at the West Virginia Coliseum in Morgantown, W.V.

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Pitt will be playing on the road against an arch rival, and while they may have the advantage on paper, this game is not going to be a stroll in the park for the Panthers.

Too Close for Comfort: UConn Men’s Basketball vs.

Seton Hall.

The No. 7 Huskies barely edged out the Pirates Saturday, winning by a score of 61-59. In a game in which the Huskies were down 37-32 at halftime, and were even down 10 points with eight minutes remaining in the second half, the Huskies found a way to erase the deficit and what would have been a third-straight loss.

A big part of this late run was junior Kemba Walker, now the Big East’s second-leading scorer, who hit a big 3-pointer with 2:32 left in the game to cap a 12-1 run by the Huskies. Walker finished with 19 points and five rebounds, while freshman Jeremy Lamb added 10 points and seven rebounds. The Huskies return to action this Thursday at Madison Square Garden when they take on St. Johns.

Heartbreaker: Women’s Hockey at Boston College.

The Huskies could not

quite top the No. 7 Eagles on Friday, falling by a score of 3-2 in overtime. The Huskies led for the first two periods of the game with a score of 2-0, after senior Brittany Murphy scored late in the first period and freshman Jocelyn Slattery scored in the second. After that, the rest of the game was all Eagles, who scored twice in the third period and put home the gamewinning goal in overtime.

Junior goaltender Alexandra Garcia recorded 41 saves in the game. The 12-16-2 Huskies will play next this Saturday at Providence.

Number of the Week: 842.

Sophomore goaltender Garrett Bartus has a total of 842 saves this season, and boasts a .902 save percentage this season for the Huskies. After dropping their last one to Army over the weekend, the 9-17-4 Huskies will return to action this Friday when they will take on Sacred Heart.

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LONDON (AP)—Fernando Torres endured a miserable debut for Chelsea on Sunday after losing 1-0 to former club Liverpool, which lost its star striker to the defending Premier League champions six days earlier.

Chelsea’s $80 million recruit managed only two meaningful shots before being substituted in the 65th minute at Stamford Bridge.

Within four minutes of the Spain striker leaving the pitch, Raul Meireles scored his fourth goal in five games to complete Liverpool’s double over Chelsea this season and give the club a fourth straight league win without giving up a goal.

Gerrard’s cross from the right was missed by goalkeeper Petr Cech and Branislav Ivanovic, who had an angry exchange after colliding in the first half, and the ball reached the far post where Meireles hooked it into the net.

The goal would have made Maxi Rodriguez particularly happy after he missed one of the easiest chances of the season in the 33rd minute. The Argentine winger was unmarked at the far post in meeting Steven Gerrard’s low cross in front of an unprotected net, but only managed to hit the ball against the bar.

Battling relegation a month ago, Liverpool is now six points behind Chelsea, which occupies the final Champions League spot.

THE Pro Side Celebrities go bowling, and Heat torch Clippers

By Aaron Kasmanoff-Dick Campus Correspondent Game of the Week: Chris Paul Celebrity Bowling

Lil’ Wayne, Nelly, Reggie Bush and a slew of professional bowlers hit Riverboat lanes at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base. The event, which took place Dec. 15, was for the benefit of soldiers and their families on the base. ESPN aired the event Sunday.

Game of the Week, Clippers vs. Heat

The Los Angeles Clippers took the court against the Miami Heat Sunday. Heat starters Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James all put up double-digit numbers. The trio scored 28, 16 and 12 respectively in the blowout. Miami and Los Angeles have alternated wins and loses in the last six meetings between the two teams.

LeBron may not have produced a huge game, racking up his lowest point total of the season, but he did provide his own type of high-

light. After a lengthy video review, the superstar shouted, “I’ve got a Super Bowl party! C’mon!” after teammate Eddie House was called for a flagrant foul on the Clipper’s Blake Griffin.

Celtics vs. Magic The Celtics clinched the season series again Eastern Conference foe Orlando Sunday afternoon, beating the Magic 91-80 in the teams’ final matchup of the season. Despite falling behind 18-9 early, the Celtics battled back and took a three-point lead into halftime before putting the clamps down in the second half.

Boston center Kendrick Perkins, who started his second game of the season after returning from an ACL tear, had the bulk of the duties defending AllStar Dwight Howard. After getting outscored 22-0 in the first half, Perkins held his counterpart to just six points after intermission. The Magic mustered just 37 points in the second half – seven of which came in the last 1:31 – and shot a horrific 34 percent for the game.

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By Mike Ferraro Tri-State Sports Columnist One of the last links to the New York Yankee dynasty that produced four World Series titles from 1996 to 2000 is gone as Andy Pettitte retired.

There are now only two Yankees from the championship teams: their captain Derek Jeter and closer Mariano Rivera. From 2000 to 2009, no one won more games as a starter. Even though a few those seasons were with Houston Astros, Pettitte will always be remembered as a Yankee. Pettitte is the alltime leader in postseason wins with 19 and second all time in World Series starts. Even with 240 wins as a starter in the regular season and so much playoff success Hall of Fame voters are going to have a hard time inducting Pettitte into the Hall of Fame because of the steroid controversy he has going with ex-teammate Roger Clemens.

In his career Pettitte went to World Series, seven times with the Yankees and once with the Astros, and he has five World Series rings to show for it.

While Pettitte might not get into Cooperstown, I think he deserves a place in Monument Park with the other Yankee greats of all time. In the end many Yankee fans wanted Pettitte to stay. His numbers were still All-Star caliber last year but in the end the link to steroids was probably the reason Pettitte wanted to end his career.

In the NBA it looks like the New York Knicks might get Carmelo Anthony this season after all, but it might not be until the 11th hour of the NBA trade deadline. In the proposed three-team trade that was reported by ESPN’s Chris Broussard, the Knicks would receive Carmelo Anthony from Denver, Anthony Randolph and Eddy Curry would be sent to the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Timberwolves would send Corey Brewer and a firstround pick to Denver. Denver would also receive Wilson Chandler from the Knicks to complete the deal.

If this deal does not go through, however, the Knicks are still the front-runner to land Anthony in free agency following this season. The Knicks are still hanging on to the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference with a record of 26-24, three games ahead of the 76ers. If the season ended today the Knicks would play the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the playoffs. The New Jersey Nets record is a horrid 15-37, and they will be looking to rebuild the team through the draft the next couple of seasons.

In the NHL, the New York Rangers are currently the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference with 62 points, three points behind Montreal. The Islanders and the Devils continue to be cellar dwellers in the East with 41 and 40 points respectively. Buffalo is currently five points from the eighth seed in the East behind Atlanta and Carolina. However, the real news in New York hockey is Islander goalie Rick DiPietro and Penguins goalie Brent Johnson getting into a fist fight with around 16 seconds left to go in Wednesday night’s game, which saw the Penguins win 3-0.

In the fight, DiPietro got absolutely leveled by Johnson, whose punch broke multiple bones in DiPietro’s face. The injury will sideline the Islanders goalie for 4-6 weeks. Maybe just enough time to for people to forget how he got destroyed in a fight.

» HARRIS, page 12

By Andrew Callahan Staff Writer

In a dominant effort, the No. 2 UConn women’s basketball team trounced DePaul 89-66 in front of a full house at Gampel Pavilion.

Maya Moore tallied 34 points and 11 rebounds in 35 minutes, while Stephanie Dolson scored a career-best 21. With the win, the Huskies claimed sole possession of first place in the Big East.

“This was huge,” Moore said. “This year we might have to go undefeated to win the regular season. There are a lot of talented teams, a lot of confident teams this year in the Big East, and we need to play well every time it’s a Big East game.”

After struggling with the Blue Demons over the first eight minutes, UConn faced its first deficit in three games. Despite knocking in eight of UConn’s first ten points, Dolson couldn’t contain her DePaul counterpart Felicia Chester, who sank multiple hook shots and kept her team on top.

At the 10-minute mark the Huskies took off on a 10-0 run to renew their lead and push it to 27-19. A Moore layup and a Kelly Faris three, sparked the scoring stretch, and long-range shots from Bria Hartley and Tiffany Hayes were soon to follow.

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Freshman center Stefanie Dolson drives to the basket against a DePaul defender during Saturday afternoon’s 89-66 win over the Blue Demons.

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Men’s basketball wins a close one over Pirates

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Jamal Coombs-McDaniel takes a shot past Seton Hall’s Jeff Robinson and Eniel Polynice during Saturday’s game.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Kemba Walker scored 19 points and No. 6 Connecticut stopped a two-game losing streak with a 61-59 victory over Seton Hall on Saturday night after trailing by 10 points with 8:17 to play.

Walker, the Big East’s leading scorer who has struggled recently, hit a 3-pointer with 2:32 to play that capped a 12-1 run and gave the Huskies (18-4, 6-4) their first lead of the second half.

Freshman Roscoe Smith made two free throws for Connecticut with 19 seconds left for a three-point lead, and after Alex Oriakhi blocked Jeremy Hazell’s 3-point attempt, Oriakhi added one of two free throws with 3.7 seconds left when he was intentionally fouled by Herb Pope.

Connecticut retained possession but the ball was thrown away and Fuquan Edwin laid it in at the buzzer for the Pirates (10-14, 4-8), their only field goal of the final 8 minutes.

Jeremy Lamb had 10 points

for the Huskies, who lost home games to No. 15 Louisville and No. 17 Syracuse and appeared to be on the way to their third straight loss until Seton Hall went cold at the end of this one.

Hazell had 20 points and 11 rebounds for the Pirates, while Jeff Robinson had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Seton Hall finished with a 42-33 rebound advantage.

Walker, who came in averaging 23.4 points, had another tough shooting game, going 7 for 19.

In the last three games, he was shooting just 28.3 percent, including 3 of 21 from 3-point range. He made three of five 3-point attempts against the Pirates, the biggest when he gave the Huskies the lead for good.

The rest of the Huskies were 0 of 5 on 3s.

Hazell was 7 of 22 from the field, including 3 of 10 on 3s.

The Pirates missed nine straight shots from Robinson’s rebound that made it 56-46 until Edwin’s layup at the buzzer.

Seton Hall led 32-27 at halftime and the Pirates opened the second half with a 7-2 run for their first double-digit lead of the game.

C o n n e c t i c u t ’s offensive woes got worse in the opening minutes of the second half. The Huskies managed six points in the first 7 minutes and the Pirates took advantage to go ahead 50-36 on a move down low by Hazell.

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Dolson scores career high in UConn win

By Colin McDonough Senior Staff Writer

Stefanie Dolson took her lumps in the first few months of her freshman season. But after a career-high 21-point performance in an 89-66 win over No. 9 DePaul, Dolson has become one of the main contributors to the No. 2 UConn women’s basketball team.

“I’ve just been trying to go hard during the games, cut harder, be stronger,” Dolson said.

“It’s good to know my teammates have confidence in me, which gives me confidence.”

Dolson, who came into the game averaging 7.7 points, scored 10 of the team’s first 16 points. The freshman shot 10 of 13 for the game, and also added

six rebounds and two assists for it just piles on and there’s no good measure. Immediately surprises there,” Auriemma said. following the game and before “Stefanie’s just been getting betthe postgame press conference ter and better everyday. I know coach Geno Auriemma was people that haven’t seen her already raving about in a while are just Dolson’s game. amazed at the change “Didn’t you in a short period like Stefanie?” of time. It’s by far Auriemma asked her best game at the to the student Connecticut.” section prior to DePaul coach the Fan Loyalty Doug Bruno said drawing. “She was he wasn’t shocked great. Maybe you that Dolson had a Notebook should ask Stefanie coming out game for a prize.” against the Blue Although Maya Moore Demons. But he also wantscored 34 points, Dolson’s ed to focus on stopping big surprising scoring output stole games from Tiffany Hayes the show. and Kelly Farris.

“Maya’s got the ability that once she gets it going like that

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Senior guard Lorin Dixon handles the basketball in search of options during Saturday’s game.