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Malloy declares ‘Husky Weekend’

By Abigail Ferrucci Staff Writer

Connecticut Gov. Dannell Malloy declared April 1 to April 3 “Husky Weekend” in honor of both the men and women’s teams making it to the Final Four, according to a press release.

ROCK UNTIL THE BREAK OF DAY Bayside headlines music festival, UConn’s best artists on display FOCUS/ page 7

DIGGINS TOO MUCH FOR HUSKIES No. 2 Notre Dame hands UConn its second loss in 115 games, advances SPORTS/ page 14

EDITORIAL: LOMAX SENTENCE IS TOO LENIENT FOR CRIME Jasper Howard’s killer only sentenced to 18 years.

COMMENTARY/page 4

INSIDE NEWS: CRACKS FOUND IN TWO PLANES Inspectors have found small cracks in two more Southwest Airlines planes.

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Malloy extended it to tonight in honor of the men making it to the championship game.

He also encouraged residents of the entire state to show their Husky spirit.

“I ask all citizens to show your Husky Pride and wish our teams well by wearing

your favorite UConn Huskies gear, flying a UConn flag outside your home, displaying a sign in your windows or front yard and wearing blue and white,” Malloy said in the statement.

UConn students appreciate the spirit shown by people off campus.

“It’s a great idea to show the players how much support they have, not just by students but the whole state,” said Laine Selander, an 8th-semester political science major.

Students have been expressing their excited around campus in anticipation of tonight’s championship games.

Speaker melds ‘God and Science’

By Russell O’Brien Staff Writer Dr. John Oaks, the president of the Apologetics Research Society and a UConn alumni, spoke in Arjona Friday about evidence for design present in all scales of life – evidence supporting the existence of a divine creator.

Oaks, who is currently a chemistry professor at Grossmont College, became a Christian in graduate school after seeing what he viewed as evidence of design in the world. During the first part of the lecture, Oaks discussed this evidence. For example, Oaks argued that many elements in the periodic table have properties that support life. Without elements such as iron, carbon or uranium, for example, life could not exist.

He also discussed how perfectly suited water is for the existence of life, how DNA contains information and how DNA could not have created itself.

“Nature creates order not information,” he said. “I see evidence of design there.”

In addition, Oaks discussed how the physics of the universe indicated design.

“It seems that the universe is fascinatingly fined tuned,” he said. For example, if the laws of gravity or electromagnetism were

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Dr. John Oaks, the president of the Apologetics Research Society and a UConn alum, discusses scientific evidence for design during a Friday lecture in Arjona. Oaks became a Christian in graduate school after finding ‘evidence of design in the world.’

even slightly different, planets or stars could not form. The chances of the universe being capable of supporting life are, as he said, vanishingly small.

Finally, Oaks explained why he feels science shows that Christianity was true.

He showed that the Old Testament of the Bible contains laws on health practices, such as the disposal of dead bodies and pregnancy rituals, that greatly reduced disease among the ancient Israelites.

He also claimed that it would have been impossible for the Israelites to have developed these practices on their own

or absorbed these practices from surrounding nations.

However, Oaks’ perspective on God is not the only one.

In an email, the president of the Freethinkers Society, Erin Hall, an 8th-semester religion classics and Mediterranean studies and History major, responded to the claim that there was evidence for God from science. “It must be acknowledged that science provides absolutely no evidence for the existence of the Judeo-Christian God,” Hall said. “If God is supernatural, that means that he does not interact with the natural world

because he has no physical properties with which to interact. To assume that something that has no physical properties could affect the physical world is nonsensical.”

It is only when the scientific process is rejected in favor of belief does a conflict between God and science arise,” Hall said. “Science deals with evidence, not assumptions. If no evidence can be presented, judgment must be withheld.”

“Science is the best means we have created so far to answer certain questions,”

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Claims filed in USG presidential race

By Liz Crowley Staff Writer Vijay Sekhara has filed two cases contesting the results of the USG presidential and vice presidential election, alleging multiple cases of misconduct and illegal activity by both of his rivals.

Sekhara brought charges against Sam Tracy, Lindsay Chiappa, Brian Ingmanson and Ali Albini the day the preliminary results were revealed. Tracy and Chiappa won by 36.67 percent, followed by the Ingmanson and Albini ticket’s 35.74 percent. Sekhara and Lauren Reinmann came in third with 27.59 percent. The USG judiciary is reviewing the cases and will hold a hearing to determine the outcome. The details will be announced soon, according to the USG website.

“A lot of people think I’m doing this because I’m a sore loser, and I don’t blame them…I believe in the organization [USG] and its governing documents…I believe the students deserve an election where candidates run a fair and honest campaign,” Sekhara, a 6thsemester chemical engineering major, said.

Tracy, a 4th-semester political science major, said he was disappointed that Sekhara filed these cases, especially since it was after the primary results were disclosed.

“It’s intended that you file them [the violations] when you see them, not after you lose,” Tracy said. “The problem lies with the Sekhara campaign and

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CLAS Senator Sam Tracy’s narrow victory is being challenged by one of his opponents.

them doing this to try to win by disqualification.”

“These complaints came nearly 24 hours after voting ended. It is this aspect that is particularly troubling,” said Jason Ortiz, a member of the national board of directors for the Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, in an email on Sunday. “The campaign of Sehkara/Reinman waited to file their complaint until after the results of the election were made public… these complaints are an obvious attempt to win the election via disqualification. If the Sekhara campaign legitimately felt there was a violation of campaign conduct, these complaints

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would have been filed at the time the incident occurred,” Ortiz said the violations should be invalidated because, had the judiciary officiated the results earlier, these cases would not be heard.

“In addition, the campaign conduct policies as written by USG violate a number of rights outlined in the student bill of rights, including the right to free expression and free association,” Ortiz said.

Sekhara said he began considering filing these cases on March 21, but was worried it would hurt the candidates’ reputations, USG and the students.

“I felt it was my duty to fol-

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low through on these charges,” Sekhara said. “I need to be able to tell myself that I upheld the principles the student government stands for.”

Sekhara also said he would not accept a presidential appointment if the other two candidates were disqualified. He said he would ask the USG for a second election.

Tracy said he does not think his campaign violated any policies.

“I wouldn’t have changed a single thing because everything that happened was not caused by our campaign,” he said.

Tracy also said he was disappointed in Sekhara for filing these charges after he and Chiappa wrote to the judiciary on Sekhara’s behalf when he was disqualified earlier in the campaign for not having enough signatures.

“I’m just disappointed that after trying to keep him from being wrongfully disqualified, he is trying to wrongfully disqualify us,” Tracy said.

Ingmanson, a 6th-semester biology education major, said he understands Sekhara’s motivation, and that he isn’t simply doing this because he lost.

“I think what he said was true… they [the violations] did happen.

However, I don’t think they are breaking policy,” he said.

Sekhara claimed that Tracy demonstrated improper candidate conduct and violated Section IV-A of the USG Government Election and Campaign Policies, which

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“It’s great that Governor Malloy is celebrating both teams and how far they both made it,” said Meaghan Mahoney, a 6th-semester nursing major. “If they win, the campus is going to go nuts.”

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Latvian president reassures on nuke power

CHICAGO (AP) — A reassuring word about the dangers posed to the U.S. and Europe by radiation from Japan came from an unlikely source Sunday — the president of a Baltic Sea nation who, as a young Red Army medic, witnessed firsthand the horrors of the world’s worst nuclear accident.

Latvian President Valdis Zatlers spent months near Chernobyl after a nuclear reactor there exploded 25 years ago this month. Japan’s response to its nuclear crisis, Zatlers said, has been a sharp contrast to the instinctive secrecy, paranoia and public denial of Soviet leaders in Moscow.

“I can say that the lessons of Chernobyl were taken into account in rescue procedures in Japan,” Zatlers told The Associated Press while visiting Chicago during an official visit to the U.S. Latvia, which regained independence in 1991 after 50 years of Soviet occupation, is among many nations that had been looking to nuclear power. But in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that severely damaged the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in Japan, Zatlers said his people may need more reassurance before leaders pursue plans further.

“We haven’t changed our minds (about nuclear power), but the situation has changed,” Zatlers said. “We have to take into account reactions of populations to what happened at Fukushima.”

His is a unique perspective.

After the devastating blast at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986, the Soviet military dispatched him and eventually some 6,000 other Latvians to the region around the Belarussian-Ukrainian border against their will, usually with little to no protective gear, he said.

“We had no choice,” said Zatlers, who would later become a leading Latvian physician.

“That was my experience and I will never forget it.”

On his first day at a camp less than 20 miles from Chernobyl, Zatlers and his fellow soldiers had to sleep on exposed, contaminated ground. He remembers how difficult it was to convince some perplexed conscripts about the risks of radiation.

“You can’t see it, you can’t smell it — it’s a danger you don’t understand,” he said.

“Either you are too scared or you say, ‘This is nothing.”

Zatlers has closely followed developments at the Fukushima plant, which has been leaking radioactivity since a March 11 tsunami carved a path of destruction along Japan’s northeastern coast. It’s considered the worst nuclear crisis since the meltdown at Chernobyl.

The Japanese response, Zatlers said, is far different from Soviet leaders in the days after Chernobyl exploded, as well to the often crude, shoddy Soviet cleanup. He also said there is “close to a zero possibility” that contamination from the damaged Japanese nuclear

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CSUS science majors increase 43 pct since 2005

HARTFORD (AP) — Education officials say the number of students majoring in science fields in the Connecticut State University System has jumped 43 percent since 2005.

The largest growth has been at Eastern Connecticut State University, which saw a 62 percent increase and which opened a new science classroom building in 2008.

The growth was almost as swift at Western Connecticut State, where the number of science majors has increased 60 percent since a new science building opened in 2005. The increases during the same time were 42 percent and 24 percent at Central and Southern, respectively.

CSUS administrators say they are pleased that more students are pursuing science fields, and that they are launching a collaborative graduate program in nanotechnology later this year.

Connecticut College reaches centennial mark

NEW LONDON (AP) — Connecticut College is marking its centennial by kicking off a year of events on the New London campus and at receptions for alumni and supporters throughout the region.

Tuesday has been designated Founders Day, marking the 100th anniversary of the signing of the college’s charter.

It’ll be recognized by ringing the Harkness Chapel bells 100 times, followed by a historical lecture by 1975 graduate Linda Eisenmann, provost at Wheaton College. The college also is planning a campuswide celebration Tuesday, the debut performance of a new centennial song and other events.

Connecticut College was founded on April 5, 1911 and currently has about 1,900 students.

It was established by Wesleyan College alumnae and others.

Trinity mock trial team wins spot in US finals

HARTFORD (AP) — Trinity College’s mock trial team is heading to the national competition, four years after it was launched at the Hartford-based school.

American Mock Trial Association teams argue court cases in competitions against other schools’ teams to develop skills in critical thinking, public speaking and legal practices.

Trinity’s eight-member team was among 642 that entered competition this year for the national crown. It recently won one of 48 spots for the national finals from April 15-17 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Team members say reaching the finals is particularly satisfying because many competitors they’ve already defeated had more resources and full-time coaching. Trinity is the only Connecticut team to win a finalist spot.

Nonprofits use videos to influence lawmakers

HARTFORD (AP) — Nonprofit social service agencies are releasing video messages intended to remind Connecticut legislators about the need to protect services for vulnerable residents as lawmakers consider the state budget.

The Connecticut Community Providers Association is releasing the videos over the next several weeks.

The first video, which is being sent to lawmakers and policymakers, highlights services the nonprofit agencies provide to more than 500,000 residents, including those with mental illness, substance abuse issues, developmental and physical disabilities.

The providers association says it hopes lawmakers consider the savings the nonprofit agencies provide the state of Connecticut. For example, they say providing services in the community can keep people out of costly emergency rooms, off the streets and out of jail.

Purported white supremacist faces sentencing BRIDGEPORT (AP) — A purported white supremacist faces sentencing for what authorities say was a plan to sell a rifle to the Ku Klux Klan.

William Bolton of Milford is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Bridgeport for robbery, conspiracy and sale of a firearm to a felon.

Prosecutors say Bolton joined Connecticut’s largest white supremacist group, Battalion 14, formerly known as the White Wolves, and participated in a plan to sell a sawed-off rifle to the KKK. The buyer was a cooperating government witness.

Authorities said in court papers supplying a gun to the KKK “is like putting a match to the dry kindling of one of this country’s most well-known, long-term and destructive reigns of hate motivated violence.”

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Southwest Airlines: Cracks found in 2 more planes

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Inspectors have found small, subsurface cracks in two more Southwest Airlines planes that are similar to the cracks that caused a jetliner to lose pressure and make a harrowing emergency landing in Arizona, the airline said Sunday.

The two planes will be evaluated further and more repairs will be undertaken before they are returned to service, Southwest said in a statement.

Nineteen other Boeing 737300 planes inspected using a special test developed by the manufacturer showed no problems and will be returned to service. Checks on the remaining 58 jets will take several more days, the airline said.

That means flight cancelations will likely continue until the planes are back in the air.

About 600 flights in all were canceled over the weekend.

Friday’s flight carrying 118 people rapidly lost cabin pressure after the Boeing 737-300’s fuselage ruptured — causing a 5-foot-long tear — just after takeoff from Phoenix.

Passengers recalled tense minutes after the hole ruptured overhead with a blast and they fumbled frantically for oxygen masks. Pilots made a controlled descent from 34,400 feet into a southwestern Arizona military base. No one was seriously injured.

The tear along a riveted “lap joint” near the roof of the plane above the midsection shows evidence of extensive cracking that hadn’t been discovered during routine maintenance before Friday’s flight — and probably wouldn’t have been unless mechanics had specifically looked for it, officials said.

“What we saw with Flight 812 was a new and unknown issue,” Mike Van de Ven, Southwest executive vice president and chief operating officer, said. “Prior to the event regarding Flight 812, we were in compliance with the FAA-mandated and Boeingrecommended structural inspection requirements for that aircraft.”

Boeing did not immediately return messages left Sunday.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators were in Yuma to oversee the removal of the top section of the jetliner’s roof around the tear. The structure will be sent to Washington, D.C., for analysis.

NTSB board member Robert Sumwalt said that the rip was a foot wide, and that it started along a joint where two sections of the 737’s skin are riveted together. An examination showed extensive pre-existing damage along the entire tear.

But Sumwalt noted that the extensive cracking, known in the industry as “multi-site damage,” could not have been spotted dur-

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candidates cannot campaign at the USG office or within 100 feet of an official USG event.

“I did know we weren’t allowed to campaign within 100 feet, but I didn’t think it mattered to chalk there,” Ingmanson said.

He also said he thought most students who went to Student Appreciation Day already had their minds made up and that the chalking probably had little effect on them.

The fourth charge Sekhara brought against the Tracy ticket was illegal campaigning at a polling station. Christine McGrath told Sekhara that the homepage of the internet browsers at the CUE polling station were changed to promote the Tracy and Chiappa campaign, violating section VI-a-ii of USG election policy which states that candidates cannot campaign within 100 feet of a voting station, according to Sekhara’s complaint.

Tracy said his campaign did not alter the homepage at the voting station. He said they were not allowed in the CUE during the election, and had only heard the homepage was changed at about midnight on Monday.

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National Transportation Safety Board Aerospace Engineer Chris Babcock carries the flight recorders from Southwest flight 812 that experienced a rapid decompression and made an emergency landing in Yuma, Ariz., Friday, as he walks to the National Transportation Safety Board headquarters in Washington, Saturday.

ing routine maintenance.

The NTSB could issue urgent recommendations for inspections on other 737s if investigators decide there is

a problem that has been overlooked. The type of riveted joint involved is not normally subjected to extensive checks for wear or fatigue.

“When I found out about it I was furious and didn’t know who did it. It was not from someone in our campaign,” Tracy said.

He also said that he doesn’t think it could’ve affected the election results because most students probably didn’t see it when they casted their votes.

Sekhara brought other charges against the Ingmanson and Albini campaign. Sekhara said in one of his complaints that Ingmanson encouraged him to violate USG election and campaigning policies during a phone call on March 21.

Sekhara said he called Ingmanson to inform him of violations committed by both his campaign and the Tracy campaign.

“Mr. Ingmanson said he was well aware of the violation, and stated that if the Sam Tracy and Lindsay Chiappa Presidential and Vice Presidential Campaign are going to violate election policies, that Mr. Ingmanson will as well,” according to the complaint.

Ingmanson said he did not try to encourage Sekhara to violate policy: he called as a friend to tell Sekhara what the others were doing so Sekhara’s campaign did

not get left behind.

Sekahara also accused Albini of violating USG election policies on Facebook, alleging that Albini promoted Student Appreciation Day on her Facebook profile page, which also tagged links to a page for the USG-hosted event and to a page supporting the Ingmanson and Albini ticket.

According to Sekhara’s charges Albini wrote, “Feel free to vote for Brian and Ali for USG president and vice president,” at the end of her Facebook post about Student Appreciation Day. “This is a kind of blemish… students just want to see the winter and want to see the president start working,” Ingmanson said.

Ingmanson said the students already spoke their mind and voted for Tracy. He said he is worried this will make students lose the little respect and understanding they have of USG. “I don’t think it’s the magnitude of votes that matters. It’s that it happened,” Sekhara said.

Tracy denies claim that his campaign altered desktops at polling station

states that candidates must follow Residential Life canvassing policies.

In the complaint, Sekhara said that student Emily Trodson overheard Tracy encourage a student to slip flyers under residence hall doors if students didn’t answer – a violation of ResLife canvassing policy.

Tracy said he did not put the flyers under doors, and suspects his supporters who were not officially working for his campaign may have. He said the flyers were not found under all the doors of the building, which shows it was not intentional canvassing.

There were four additional reports of illegal canvassing and postings from Ingmanson, Jeffrey Brown, Aaron Dick and USG Comptroller Brien Buckman.

Sekhara also claimed that both the Tracy and Ingmanson campaigns wrote campaign advertisements in chalk on Fairfield Way on March 21 within 100 feet of Student Appreciation Day, an official USG event. Section II-a of the USG election policy states that

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Alpha Omega hosted event to ‘grow the faith’ from STUDENTS, page 1 Oaks said on the relationship between religion and science.

However, he pointed out that science cannot answer questions of value, such as how much is a person worth. In addition, he emphasized that observations from science provided evidence for God. “It’s the most natural inference,” he said.

Oaks was invited to speak by the Alpha Omega Christian Club. “It’s to grow the faith,” said Shanell Sharpe, a 6th-

semester English major and the president of Alpha Omega, on why the club held the lecture. Although members of the club have gone to other lectures at universities in the region, this is the first lecture they have held here.

The audience, which filled the lecture room, consisted of members of the Alpha Omega Club, people from Christian groups from other universities and other UConn students.

Rogelio Zavala, a UConn alumni, heard about the lecture at his church. “It was good,” he

said. “It answered the questions that I had.” There are a lot of correlations,” Zavala said on the topic of intelligent design.

Not everyone in the audience agreed with the lecture. “I don’t think the lecture was productive,” said Victoria Gasca, an 8th-semester anthropology major. Gasca said she was not persuaded by the evidence Oats presented. “I thought his point is to convince people that there is a God,” she said.

Paul Wildenhain, a 2ndsemester economics major and member of Alpha Omega, approved of the lecture. “He

is a guy who has actually done his research,” Wildenhain said. “Each element has so many properties that are essential to life.”

“We’re addressing the questions that really matter,” Oaks said, explaining why UConn students should care about the issue. “Keep investigating the issue with an open mind and heart. If you find something true, go with it. A campus is a great place to discuss the issue.”

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China blocks well-known artist from boarding plane

BEIJING (AP) — One of China’s most famous contemporary artists has been missing for more than a day after he was blocked from taking a flight out of the country, an assistant said Monday.

The disappearance of artist Ai Weiwei comes as China carries out a massive crackdown on lawyers, writers and activists, arresting and detaining dozens since February when online calls for protests similar to those in the Middle East and North Africa began to circulate. No public protests have emerged.

Ai, an outspoken government critic, has been keeping an informal tally of those detentions on Twitter, where he has more than 70,000 followers. Ai, who has been barred from going abroad before, was stopped while preparing to board a flight to Hong Kong on Sunday. Police later raided his Beijing studio.

An assistant, who did not want to be identified by name because of the sensitivity of the incident, said Ai was going through customs at the Beijing Capital International Airport early Sunday when two officials escorted him away, leaving a traveling companion to board the flight alone.

The assistant said Monday

that there had been no word from Ai since. A faxed question to police was not immediately answered.

It was not clear why the 53-year-old artist and architectural designer was barred from taking the flight or who was now holding him.

Police later arrived at Ai’s studio with a search warrant and took several staff members to a police station for questioning, said the assistant, who was among the group taken by police.

Around two dozen uniformed and plainclothes police could be seen in and around Ai’s studio Sunday afternoon. An Associated Press videographer was told by police to stop filming and leave the area.

Ai, an avant-garde artist who recently exhibited at the Tate Modern gallery in London, was stopped from boarding a flight to Seoul in December.

That incident came shortly after he had been invited to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway, honoring jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. Liu is serving an 11-year sentence for subversion.

Ai said at the time that police had blocked him at the boarding gate and showed

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The son of one of China’s most famous modern poets, Ai was courted by the Communist government as a cultural ambassador before his advocacy on behalf of social activists apparently made him a target of Chinese authorities.

Known for his distinctive scraggly beard and stocky frame, Ai was a consultant for the futuristic Bird’s Nest stadium at the Beijing Olympics before souring on the event.

He was later beaten and detained while attempting to attend the trial of an advocate for victims of the devastating 2008 earthquake in the southwestern city of Chengdu.

Alison Klayman, an American filmmaker who has been working on a documentary about Ai for more than two years, said Beijing police visited Ai’s studio three times in the past week, checking the passports and identification of Chinese and foreign assistants working there and some visiting architecture students from Europe.

Klayman said by telephone from New York that she had not heard of any word from Ai since he was stopped from boarding his flight.

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Artist Ai Weiwei arrives at the Wenyuhe court to support fellow artist Wu Yuren during his trial in Beijing. China blocked Ai Weiwei, one of its most famous contemporary artists from taking a flight to Hong Kong on Sunday and police later raided his Beijing studio, the man’s assistant said.

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Lomax sentence is too lenient for crime

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n 2009, John Lomax III stabbed UConn football player Jasper Howard to death, and last week Lomax learned his fate. He was sentenced to 18 years for the murder, two years short of the maximum sentence for first-degree manslaughter.

Lomax should have received at least the full 20 years for Howard’s murder. Lomax has shown barely any remorse for the crime. Only within the past two months has he even admitted his guilt. For the previous 15 months, he denied the evidence that police had gathered from several eyewitnesses. According to these witnesses, Lomax became involved in a fight that had nothing to do with him, went to his car to get his knife and decided to come back instead of driving away. Upon returning, he fatally stabbed Howard, who was only trying to get his friend out of the fight.

Because of Lomax’s cowardice and brutality, a young man with great potential is dead and his family’s dreams are forever shattered. Howard was a rising star who survived a tough childhood in Miami and joined the UConn football team with the hope of giving his family a better life. Lomax took all that away with one knife thrust into Jazz’s chest. As Howard’s stepfather told Lomax during sentencing, Lomax will get to see his child again when his time is up. But Howard’s daughter, born after his death, will never know her father.

It should not have taken 15 months for Lomax to take responsibility, or to even admit that he had done something wrong. That he waited so long to admit his guilt reveals how heartless he really is and makes the shortened sentence even more puzzling. Lomax has not shown the appropriate repentance to merit a lessened sentence. His only public displays of remorse occurred at the sentencing when he had nothing else to lose. Lomax deserves neither sympathy nor clemency, but he certainly deserves a longer sentence.

Even though he got a light sentence, Lomax will likely bear the burden of his crime for the rest of his life. In this case, that will be the most just sentence he gets.

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They are still absolutely phenomenal.

The propaganda I got from the impeach-Obama protesters on Fairfield way uses an en dash where it needs an em dash. Who will take them seriously with copy editing like that!?

Anyone else get ready to burn their copy of The Daily Scampus after Kemba went down clutching his right ankle?

Behold the Lamb of UConn who taketh away the wins of the world.

First rule of marketing: Free T-shirts = big turnouts.

So when I mentioned Kryptonite at dinner tonight, my friend thought it was either part of the periodic table or a Pokemon. What’s up with that?!

There are no words to thank you enough, Maya! We love you!!

When UConn wins tonight, forget Spring Weekend.

It’s going to be Spring Month.

How am I going to study for my exam on Tuesday??

You know you go to UConn when the last two minutes of a men’s basketball game is the most stressful event of the semester.

Did I really go to the co-op more than once this weekend to play Angry Birds on the iPads they have on display? Maybe.

Please stop screaming and having fun. Some of us are pharmacy majors. :( Maya Moore can still be my amor any day.

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The importance of social activism

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ctivism is a strength, not a weakness. If you are brave enough to go against the grain, you’re often attacked by the mainstream, even by those who profess to support the same goals as you. I think it’s fair to say that if you have at least one belief on which you won’t compromise, at least someone out there will question your mental state. Consequently, strong beliefs have often been derided as useless and hindering progress.

I disagree.

It’s foolish to pretend that we don’t all have biases and opinions. You can’t call me biased without calling yourself that too. Just because I don’t keep my opinion to myself doesn’t mean that I’m incapable of rendering judgments without

By Cindy Luo my opinion getting Associate Commentary Editor in the way.

It’s hypocritical to decry outspoken advocates in this manner.

Some of us are better at expressing ourselves than others. But I’d say that at least half of us – maybe more – are afraid to fully let people know how we feel. That leads to my question: Why? Well, I think it’s because society has become stagnated. Society is also afraid. It’s afraid of change. It’s afraid of honesty. It’s afraid of accepting a lot of problems because that means admitting that these problems exist. It’s far easier to pretend that those who care about these problems are “radicals” referred to as “them,” rather than to admit that maybe, just maybe, we’ve all been too complacent.

Why is it that if you express strong beliefs

about something, that that becomes the only thing other people see about you?

It’s possible to care about more than one issue at the same time. Multiple issues, even.

I care about sexism, but I also care about classism, racism, ageism, ableism. I am capable of being a fully developed, threedimensional person.

I don’t think people should be afraid to speak their minds for fear of judgment from others. Obviously, this isn’t to say that we shouldn’t listen to other people’s opinions and remain respectful of them. And I don’t agree with the spreading of lies or deliberate misinformation; I believe in learning for yourself.

I believe in finding out what you agree with and what you don’t independent of pundits and propaganda. It can be frightening to boldly state that you support an ideal, especially if it’s

“It makes me sad that equal rights is seen as a ‘special interest.’” a controversial one.

For example, I espouse plenty of perspectives in my columns, and consequently I’ve been the recipient of a lot of doubt and disdain, and oftentimes outright hate and vitriol. Want further proof of how we still live in a patriarchal society? Well, suffice to say that it’s one where my support of women’s equality and dedication to reproductive rights is seen as a liability, rather than an asset. Apparently being an activist – a feminist activist, no less – makes me unpredictable instead of a dedicated, passionate individual.

It makes me sad that equal rights is seen as a “special interest” and makes me appear to be beholden to others, when honestly, all it does is make me beholden to the essential idea of equality: that everyone deserves to live freely

with bodily autonomy and integrity.

But sometimes you need to speak up and be heard, no matter the consequences.

How can we as a society expect to make progress if social activism is disparaged? If being a social activist labels us as loose cannons or unpredictable, or as being concerned with single issues and not capable of bringing about holistic change? If we’re afraid of openly identifying a certain way – liberal, anarchist, Marxist, socialist, feminist – because we’re afraid of how people will judge us? If we’re afraid how society may perceive us, we’re going to be a society mired in the status quo.

The only way that I can feasibly see a change in this stigmatizing is a change of attitude. Everyone, and I mean everyone, needs to stop wavering and being ambivalent. Believe in something. Do it.

Find out what events are happening. Go to them. Make your voice loud and make it heard. It doesn’t matter what it is, but until we make social activism the norm, those of us who genuinely care about society and its people will be afraid to actively enact change.

I can think of a dozen events right now that I’d love to go to. There’s a Planned Parenthood Rally in D.C. on Thursday. An anti-war effort in New York on April 9. I could go on and on, but I think I’ve made my point.

I’m sure that if you look around, you’ll find the same is true for you. Why aren’t you going, or at least supporting these efforts? Ask yourself: what are you afraid of?

Well, I’ve decided. I’m not going to be afraid anymore. I’m not going to be ashamed.

And I encourage you not to be either. Just remember this: if you don’t stand up for your beliefs, who will?

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.

We need a third party that makes fun of politics

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uch has been said about America’s tendency to exclude alternative political viewpoints from our elections and from our public offices. People say the two major political parties monopolize the political debate, third-party candidates are ignored by the press and that the Republicans and Democrats are ideologically similar. While each of these

By Christopher complaints are prevalent Kempf in American Staff Columnist politics and detrimental to our discourse, I think that we are deprived of something more important that many other democracies enjoy – a political party devoted exclusively to making a mockery of the whole system.

America has never truly had a satirical political party. Sure, last year we had the privilege of witnessing Jimmy McMillan complain about how New York’s rent is too damn high and tea-party priestess Sharron Angle advocating the barter system for medical payments. But America’s political nutjobs take themselves seriously. We need a party that is not only fully convinced of its own ineptitude,

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but one that campaigns proudly on for loonies who will work for legislation steeped in insanity.

“Voting for...any satirical party is the ultimate protest vote.”

Parties like the one I just described do exist - but only overseas. The best known is the Official Monster Raving Loony Party (OMRLP) of Britain, which won around ten thousand votes in their 2010 general election. The party’s candidates are known for their flamboyant, tacky attire, oversized top hats and rosettes and their fanciful names: the OMRLP’s top candidates are “R.U. Seerius,” “Baron von Thunderclap” and “Mad CowGirl,” For a short period of time, in the power vacuum created by the death of party founder “Screaming Lord” Sutch, the leadership of the party was shared between Alan “Howling Laud” Hope and his ginger tabby cat, “Cat Mandu.”

For all of their antics, the Loonies do serve a meaningful role in British politics, and for that reason, a similar organization is needed on this side of the Atlantic. Voting for the

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OMRLP, or any satirical party, is the ultimate protest vote – a decision to choose insanity when one feels that all of the mainstream political parties on the ballot are not responsive to one’s concerns.

In constituencies where a Loony candidate is running, constructive participation is encouraged, since there is no excuse for not voting when such a clear choice is offered.

Indeed, some of the biggest political embarrassments in British history have occurred when major party candidates fell so far out of favor that they were beaten for third or fourth place by a Loony. With turnout in American elections trending lower over the past half-century, such a creative way of encouraging meaningful participation and pressuring major parties to engage with voters’ concerns (lest they vote for the nutcase) is needed.

This introduction of constructive humor in politics would also work to ease tensions in our antagonistic “them or us” political culture.

To this end, a British Member of Parliament (MP) said the following about perennial candidate and OMRLP leader Sutch upon his death, “He brought a sense of fun and ridicule to what for the rest of the main candidates was cut-throat.

In bringing MPs down a peg or

two he served a useful purpose.

He was the original and clearly the best.” Why can’t Americans laugh across the partisan aisle at our political system? Maybe if we do this, we’ll be more inclined to see political opponents as fallible, earnest human beings than mere vehicles for some hated ideology.

But these points bring up a more interesting question: what happens when the Loonies win? What happens when the people give a candidate a popular mandate to, for example, install air conditioners on the outsides of buildings (“to help ease global warming”) or allow motorists to drive straight over traffic circles (“to make driving more fun”) or introduce a 99-cent coin (“to save on change”)? America as it stands today would be reticent to elect Loonies, but certainly if we have a satirical party of our own, it will prove a more and more enticing option as it calms down our politics and makes fools of the major party figureheads. If all that is achieved, maybe we’ll just have to be more careful when driving near traffic circles.

Staff Columnist Christopher Kempf is a 2ndsemester political science major. He can be reached at Christopher.Kempf@UConn.edu

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US extends airstrike role in Libya through Monday

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. agreed to NATO’s request for a 48-hour extension of American participation in coalition airstrikes against targets in Libya and U.S. lawmakers cautioned Sunday the allies need to know more about the rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi’s forces before providing them with weapons.

Two weeks into the assault on Gadhafi, Republican lawmakers expressed concern that a stalemate could leave him in control of portions of Libya and with access to stockpiles of chemical weapons.

The U.S. is shifting the combat role to Britain, France and other NATO allies, but American air power is still in demand.

Air Force AC-130 gunships and A-10 Thunderbolts and Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers will continue to attack Gadhafi’s troops and other sites through Monday evening. These aircraft are among the most precise in the American arsenal.

After Saturday, no U.S. combat aircraft were to fly strike missions over Libya unless NATO officials specifically asked and authorities in Washington gave their approval. NATO assumed full control last week from the U.S.-led international force for all aspects of the operation in Libya as authorized by U.N. resolutions that include an arms embargo, enforcing the no-fly zone, and protecting civilians from Gadhafi’s forces.

In an emailed statement, NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said Sunday that “poor weather conditions over the last few days” were the reason the alliance made the request. She would not elaborate. “This is a short-term extension which expires on Monday,” she said.

A senior U.S. military official said heavy cloud cover over Libya late last week curtailed allied airstrikes. Gadhafi took advantage of the lull, pushing east into the port cities of Ras Lanouf and Brega,

to crack is to go after them directly.”

Like Rogers, Graham said he’s concerned over the prospect of a stalemate in Libya. A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, he faulted President Barack Obama for putting the U.S. into a supporting role and shifting the main combat burden to Britain, France and other NATO allies.

“To take the best air force in the world and park it during this fight is outrageous,” Graham said. “When we called for a no-fly zone, we didn’t mean our planes.”

Allied military operations

against Gadhafi’s forces began March 19 with missiles and bombs targeting Libya’s air defenses, communications networks, and ground forces.

Obama has ruled out the use of U.S. ground troops in Libya.

But the opposition lacks the proper organization and equipment to push back Gadhafi’s army on its own.

Sen. John McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said failing to arm the rebels could allow Gadhafi to maintain control over large swaths of Libya.

“We are concerned that regional support will waver if Western forces are perceived as presiding over a military deadlock,” McCain and Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, wrote Friday in The Wall Street Journal. “We cannot allow Gadhafi to consolidate his grip over part of the country and settle in for the long haul.”

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in congressional testimony on Thursday that as few as 1,000 among the rebels are former members of Gadhafi’s military.

The rest are simply “guys with guns,” said James Dubik, a retired Army three-star general who says they need American or NATO advisers and trainers to be effective. “They need help,” Dubik wrote in an assessment for the Institute for the Study of War, a think tank in Washington.

In an interview taped Sunday for ABC’s “Good Morning America,” former President Bill Clinton said he “wouldn’t shut the door” to arming the Libyan rebels. But Clinton, husband of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was quick to emphasize that he was not speaking for the Obama administration.

Rogers appeared Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Reid and Graham appeared on CBS’s “Face The Nation.”

ATLANTA (AP) — The Justice Department has appealed a judge’s ruling that struck down the federal overhaul of the health care system, the Obama administration’s signature legislation.

In its appeal, the Justice Department said the federal health care overhaul’s core requirement to make virtually all citizens buy health insurance or face tax penalties is constitutional because Congress has the authority to regulate interstate business.

The government’s 62-page motion filed Friday to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals argued that Congress had the power to enact the overhaul’s minimum coverage requirements because it is a “rational means of regulating the way participants in the health care market pay for their services.”

The motion also warned that other pieces of the overhaul, including a law that blocks insurers from denying coverage to people because of preexisting conditions, would be “unworkable” without a minimum coverage provision.

Twenty-six states filed a lawsuit that said Congress had exceeded its authority by mandating that all citizens buy health insurance or face tax penalties. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson of Floridaagreed in a Jan. 31 ruling that said President Barack Obama’s entire health care overhaul is unconstitutional. It is considered the most sweeping ruling against the health care law.

Vinson ruled against the overhaul on grounds that Congress exceeded its authority by requiring nearly all Americans to carry health insurance, an idea dating back to Republican proposals from the 1990s but now almost universally rejected by conservatives.

His ruling followed the same reasoning as one last year from a federal judge in Virginia who struck down the insurance

requirement. But while the first judge left the rest of the law intact, Vinson invalidated provisions that range from Medicare discounts for seniors with high prescription drug costs to a change that allows adult children up to age 26 to remain on their parents’ coverage. Medicare is the government program that provides health care coverage to the elderly.

So far, three federal judges, all Democratic appointees, have upheld the law, while Vinson and the Virginia judge, both Republicans appointees, ruled against it. It now seems certain that the broad health care challenge will be resolved only by the Supreme Court.

At the center of Vinson’s ruling and the government’s challenge is the legality of the requirement that Americans carry health insurance except in cases of financial hardship.

Those who cannot show they are covered by an employer, government program or their own policy would face fines from the Internal Revenue Service when the program takes effect in 2014.

Vinson ruled that lawmakers do not have the power to penalize citizens for not doing something, but the Justice Department said he overreached.

The government disputed Vinson’s claim that Congress can’t penalize someone for not buying health care coverage, saying the requirement was a “quintessential exercise” of the legislative branch’s powers. It said the judge “impermissibly substituted its own judgment for that of the elected branches” by declaring an insurance requirement can’t be imposed until people actually seek medical care.

“Common sense, experience, and economic analysis confirm the testimony to Congress that a ‘health insurance market could never survive or even form if people could buy their insurance on the way to the hospital.’”

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Libyan rebels pray before shelling pro Gadhafi positions just outside Brega, Libya, Sunday. Libyan rebels want to install a parliamentary democracy in place of longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi, one of their top leaders said Sunday, dismissing Western fears that their movement could be hijacked by Islamic extremists.

the official said on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military planning. The 48-hour extension is intended to roll back the progress made

by Gadhafi’s army, the official said.

A decision yet to be made by the Obama administration is whether to arm the rebels with the firepower they need to take and hold ground against Gadhafi’s forces.

Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said there may be strains of alQaida within the rebel ranks and that the coalition should proceed with caution before

arming them.

“We know they’re against Moammar Gadhafi remaining in power, but we don’t know what they are for,” Rogers said.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid advocated a “wait and see” approach to giving the opposition forces weapons.

“I think at this stage we really don’t know who the leaders of this rebel group are,” said Reid, D-Nev. But Rogers also warned that if there were a stalemate in Libya, a cornered Gadhafi might resort to extreme measures against the opposition

forces, such as the use of chemical weapons. Rogers said he has been to Libya and seen Gadhafi’s chemical weapons.

“I think you have to worry that he’s a terrorist threat,” Rogers said.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the coalition needs to take the air war to Libya’s capital where Gadhafi and his inner circle are located.

Striking targets in Tripoli will further fracture Gadhafi’s government and push the Libyan leader from power, he said.

“The way to end this war is to have Gadhafi’s inner circle to crack,” Graham said. “The way to get his inner circle

Justice Dept Tea party, labor spend big in appeals judge’s Wis. high court race health care ruling

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Justice David Prosser, left, and Asst. Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg, before a debate at Wisconsin Public Television studio in Madison, Wis. Pro-labor organizations and one of the country’s largest tea party groups are pouring money into Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election in an effort to turn the normally sleepy race into a referendum on the national fight over labor rights.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pro-labor organizations and one of the country’s largest tea party groups are pouring money into Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election in an effort to turn the normally sleepy race into a referendum on the national fight over labor rights.

The attention from conservative and liberal groups has energized voters and set the election on pace to be the most expensive high court race in Wisconsin’s history.

Sarah Palin even weighed in via Twitter on Friday, throwing her support behind the incumbent conservative justice.

The candidates, Justice David Prosser and Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg, say the race is about their qualifications. But the unusual level of interest has put the union issue front and center and shows passions remain inflamed over Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining law, which sparked weeks of angry protests at the Capitol and made Wisconsin the center of the ideological debate over union rights.

Four conservative groups, including the Tea Party Express, have combined to spend $1.2 million so far on pro-Prosser ads, according to a media-tracking group. A liberal heavyweight had spent

$993,000, as of Thursday. And spending on both sides was expected to hit a furious pace in the campaign’s final days.

The seven-member court is officially nonpartisan. But Prosser is seen as part of a conservative four-justice majority, while a win by Kloppenburg would tilt the court’s ideological balance to the left.

That could make a difference if a current challenge to Walker’s law eventually makes its way to the state Supreme Court. The law is on hold after a judge ruled Friday that a temporary restraining order blocking it would remain in place for at least two months.

Regardless of who wins, the governor says he won’t interpret the results as an endorsement or indictment of his policies. Walker said voters who have a position on certain legislation should vote for lawmakers who support their views and use the Supreme Court race to choose who’s more qualified to interpret the Constitution.

But the electorate, along with lawmakers, is certain to find deeper meaning in the outcome, said Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“If the Democrats win it sends a strong message to the Republican lawmak-

ers about how aroused the Democratic constituency is,” he said. “Conversely, if Prosser is re-elected it’s a huge win for the Republicans. It shows they can weather the current controversy. It should actually strengthen their resolve.”

Wisconsin has a recent history of costly Supreme Court races, with outside groups spending a record $3.4 million in 2008, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, a New York University program that tracks media spending on judicial races. After a quiet race in 2009, spending this year reached about $2.2 million by Thursday, and a frenzied burst of last-minute ads had spending on pace to top $3.5 million.

One conservative group, the Californiabased Tea Party Express, is aiming to spend up to $200,000 on an ad that paints Kloppenburg as unqualified for a judgeship and a puppet of union bosses. The group says its Wisconsin members asked it to get involved after labor unions went on the offensive against Prosser.

On the other side is the liberal Greater Wisconsin Committee. The group has spent nearly $1 million since Thursday, including on a TV ad that calls Prosser a Walker clone who would be a rubber stamp for the governor’s policies.

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Rock until the break of day Bayside headlines music festival, UConn’s best artists on display

By John Tcyczkowski Staff Writer This past Saturday saw the first annual UConnaroo music festival, sponsored by Husky Records, UCTV, WHUS and the South Area Council. The ninehour event began at noon and was held on the South Quad. A main stage was set up, as well as a smaller “rave tent” run

by Team’d Up Entertainment, for techno and other dance music. Also organized about the quad were a number of other attractions, including a rock climbing wall, a mechanical bull and a bouncy boxing ring. Different organizations set up tables as well, such as Husky Records and WHUS, and food was available from tents by Sergeant Pepperoni’s and DP Dough. Other groups such as Maia’s Every Body Hoops, Shizzlr and GYTnow. org were present, too.

A wide range of music was scheduled for the day. There were more laid-back, classic rock sounds such as the Ray and Jeff Experience, the first group of the day. Campus celebrity and musician Joey Homza had a slot later in the day, along with fellow musician Mike Falzone.

Homza also unveiled some new songs at that performance.

A number of alternative rock

bands played that day, including Damopes and Colorz, fresh off of their performances at the recent SUBOG Battle of the Bands, as well as other experienced bands such as Quicklip and Offhand. Damopes had an infectious, Devo-like ‘80s dance rock sound, and Colorz’ maintained a contemporary radio rock sound. Others, such as Quicklip, incorporated electronica, pop punk and rock into their music.

Offhand’s songs ranged from straight-up rock to dub/reggae, with a bit of blues as well.

A standout band of the festival was Poor Old Shine, a trio comprised of guitar, banjo/drums and organ. They stood out from the rest of the bands of the day by focusing their style on folk and bluegrass. Poor Old Shine’s songs were characterized by heavy use of vocal harmonies, as well as call and response on the verses, both expertly done.

On songs when both the banjo and the drums were needed, the banjo player controlled the bass drum and hi-hat with his feet while he played and sang.

A number of hip-hop and rap acts also played over the several-hour festival, such as Greg Knight, the Blend and Blacastan. Each was characterized by their own signature style, such as the one-man show of Greg Knight, who had previously had experience

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Bayside performed at UConnaroo, which was help at the South quad Saturday. The band, which is from Queens and has been performing since 2000, has released five full-length albums.

working with famous figures within his genre of music, and the three-person trio of Blacastan, whose socially conscious and aggressive lyrics caught and held the audience’s attention despite the nearfreezing temperatures when they took to the stage just before 7 p.m.

Between each act, DJ Manni spun the beats, playing lots of

Communities from all across Connecticut come to witness Latin entertainment at Jorgensen

techno music, as well as a large array of house, electronica and dubstep remixes that kept the crowd pleased in between acts on the main stage.

Around 7:30 p.m., Kevin Yuliawan treated the crowd of nearly 100 to his original Kemba Walker remix, with a backing track based off of Kemba’s name and rapped verses extolling the achieve-

The audience takes to the dance floor as a band plays cha cha and salsa music at Latin Fest Saturday. The event, which was held at Jorgensen, had a wide variety of performances and food.

By Elmira Fifo Campus Correspondent Latin Fest offered a sensational, fiery celebration of Latin American cultures Saturday night. The yearly event was successful yet again, with vibrant lights and energetic music complementing the beautifully dressed audience. The event was even more enticing with the featured headliners, Melina Leon and Kevin Cebello, and a performance by BAILE, UConn’s Latin Dance Club. They spiced up the dance floor and made the evening a memorable one.

Latin Fest brings people from the Latin community together for one night to share their enjoyment and appreciation of not only, the music but also the beauty and enthusiasm of the culture. Leon, a Puerto Rican singer, performed a variety of Latin musical styles, with a focus on meregue. Representing her fellow Puerto Rican fans, the singer had everyone dancing.

The audience was as varied, with representatives from seemingly every Latin country. Lisa Rodriguez, a UConn WHUS alumni, was there supporting the Latin American community at UConn.

“This fest connects the Latin American community from Willimantic and Hartford. It’s

good because people from somewhere are exposed to the culture, to something they might not have been exposed to otherwise,” Rodriguez said.

There were others from Panama, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Peru and many others. This fusion of cultures also brought together people of all ages. There were students, teachers and business owners who all identified with one thing: their Latin heritage.

While Leon offered her blend of merengue music, Cebello added a little Latin flavor with his R&B salsa music. The audience enjoyed dancing not just to salsa but also other dances urged by the fast paced, engaging music.

Dance teacher Oswaldo Tirano said he enjoys the festival because of how the music is so crucial to the culture.

“The music and the dance are part of the family connection and the culture,” he said, adding, “I come to support people to dance and because I like the division of dance.”

Tirano owns the Grass Hopper Arts Dance Studio, where he teaches Latin dances, believing that music and dance are an incredible way to connect with others.

Aida Torres, his wife, resides in Willimantic but is from Colombia.

She said she was there for the

music too.

“I love dance, I did it since I was little and I love it, so that’s why I’m happy I get to do it here,” Torres said.

The dance team BAILE also showed their appreciation for dance with their explosive routine that included a variety of styles and movements.

An enthralling night where the music took control, Latin Fest was a great place to enjoy excellent ethnic food – arroz con gandules (rice with beans) and fried plantains – as well as music and dance. Antonio Espinoza, a 4th-semester mathematics major at Eastern, was a student of Tirano’s, and came to support him. He described the different dances, citing merengue as his favorite because “it’s easy and it’s a fun, friendly dance.”

He also explained the difference between dances.

“Cha cha is more intimate, whereas salsa I dance when I just want to get to know someone well and also show off a little,” he explained.

As most people gave the dances a try, they also enjoyed a wonderful night in the company of other Latin Americans exploring their culture.

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World Fest full of performances from all over the globe

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ments of the UConn men’s basketball team in anticipation of that night’s upcoming game. Soon after, Bayside, the headliner of the event, took to the stage. Bayside’s energetic hour-long set consisted of many of their classic songs that led to lots of audience participation and singing along,

UConn’s 41st annual World Fest was held in the Student Union Ballroom Saturday.

The four-hour event was used to display cultures from around the world through performances and informational booths.

In the opening ceremonies, Bindu Prabhakar expressed welcome to all those in attendance, and stated that the event is an important “platform to perform our countries, culture and music.” It set the tone of inquisition and receptiveness that characterized the evening. Prabhakar also asked for a moment of silence to remember those lost in recent events in Japan, and to pray for Japan to rise again.

Different cultural and ethnic student associations on campus organized the booths, where representatives talked to the curious passersby. Countries represented through these displays include Italy, Ireland, Russia, Nepal, Haiti, Bangladesh and Poland. They showcased interesting historic facts about each nation. At the Russian station, attendees were encouraged to try a national culinary favorite, which resembled a thick pretzel ring.

Gina Yost, an 8th-semester allied health major, was helping to staff the Italian Club’s booth. She talked about the importance of hosting a night such as World Fest, saying that, “UConn has such a large population, and it’s important that we learn about other cultures and show them our own.”

The Study Abroad Office also had a booth for students who are interested in other

cultures. Studying abroad offers students a way to further explore the cultures presented during the evening by actually being immersed in them.

Throughout the event, a new culture was constantly being represented on stage by the performance of a national tradition. Beginning with the UConn Taiko drummers, the show traveled through all regions of the world to create a diverse program. UConn’s Capoeira club performed their unique Brazilian fighting dance and a Ukrainian student performed a graceful and acrobatic dance to a Ukrainian pop song.

All of the organizations that had a booth set up performed at one point during the evening. There also was a fashion show to expose attendees to the traditional styles of dress from different countries that they might not have known about.

Judging by the outbreaks of applause at the conclusion of each the performances were extremely well received and appreciated,. At the end of the evening, guests were encouraged to share their opinions on the evening by voting for the best performance, exhibit and cultural attire.

Beginning at 5 p.m., guests were also given the opportunity to discover appetizers from around the world. For a small fee, they could be transported to other countries through the unique tastes and textures of ethnic dishes.

The event was successful in fulfilling its tag line “How do you see the world?” The amount of family, faculty and even middle school groups that came are a testament to the importance of bringing together the worlds culture into one supportive environment.

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Anheuser Busch-InBev made the purchase of Goose Island Beer Co. (Chicago) for $38.8 million last week, marking the most monumental acquisition of a craft brewer to date.

Goose Island, possibly most widely known for their flagships such as 312 Urban Ale, Honkers Ale and Matilda, has been recently publicized for their Bourbon County Stout.

BCS, their massive 13 percent ABV imperial stout, is generally regarded as one of the first bourbon barrel-aged beers, has been in production since 1992 and bottled since 2005. More recently, Goose Island has released variations of this beer geek classic infusing ingredients, such as coffee beans, vanilla beans, cherries, raspberries or even ancho chilies. This type of bold creativity and openness to experimentation is what made Goose Island the 20thlargest brewery in the country in 2009.

But what will this acquisition mean for the Goose Island beers? Initial reports suggest that AB will not produce their beers in St. Louis, and that the current Goose Island production facility in Chicago will undergo renovations to increase capacity and meet the growing demand for the Goose brands.

This good news is twofold.

First, the immense amount of capital and resources that AB-InBev provides will allow for purchase of new equipment and additional employees, while seemingly enabling the procurement of raw ingredients for cheaper unit prices, thus increasing profits. Additionally, the ability to stay in their current facility enables Goose Island to solidify their home market while maintaining the “terroir” of their known system and local customer base. One can surmise from the incredible interconnectedness of the craft beer community that if the Goose Island beers were to be produced elsewhere and quality did begin to drop, that there would be an immediate backlash.

Along with this purchase, the former Brewmaster, Greg Hall, has stepped down to let former Deschutes employee Brett Porter step in (insert beery last name joke here).

Though Porter has been with Goose since 2010, his previous five years were spent as head brewer at Deschutes, where he gained valuable experience with their diverse portfolio as well as respect throughout the industry.

Brett’s role as Brewmaster at Goose will be a sure-fire hit to maintain the quality and creativity that they are known for within the craft community.

Financially, this move by AB-InBev was really quite brilliant. They had been distributing Goose Island since 2005, and the decision for full purchase truly indicates the power of the craft beer movement and the strength of Goose Island’s portfolio.

The truth of the matter is that

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a murder mystery when his recruits start turning up dead.

Eventually, it is discovered that the murderer was sent to eliminate Chuck, and was paid to do so by none other than Vivian Volkoff, effectively making her Chuck’s nemesis. Meanwhile the Buy More and Large Mart staffs engage in mascot battle. The end of the episode shows Ellie’s father’s laptop scanning her, allocating her files and displaying the words “Agent X-Files.”

The next few episodes of “Chuck” look to be promising – perhaps a new Intersect may join the team soon.

For zealous “Grey’s Anatomy” fans, there is a new show to tune into every Wednesday night at 10 p.m.

“Off the Map” is a medical drama, created by “Grey’s Anatomy” producer Jenna Bans, that follows the lives of seven doctors “somewhere in South America” as they discover what exactly got each of them into medicine.

The show takes place at the “Clinica,” which is located in a remote South American village. The “Clinica” began as the dream of Dr. Ben Keeton (Martin Henderson) and his wife, Abby. Ben, who is described by others as “one of the greatest humanitarians of our time,” soon learns that life is filled with obstacles and disappointments. It is revealed in one of the later episodes that Ben’s wife and daughter were in a serious accident in which his daughter died and Abby was forced to go on life support. Because Abby’s trust money is what funds the clinic, Ben must make a difficult choice about what is morally right and wrong.

The season begins with Ben and two other doctors (Cole and Zee) as the main physicians at the “Clinica.” Cole (Jason Winston George) is a hard, focused worker when onduty but can be goofy outside of work. It is revealed in one of the episodes that Cole had a serious drug addiction but has since become sober. It is clear from the first episode that Cole is soft for Dr. Zita Alareina Toledo Alvarez (Valerie Cruz), also known as Zee. Although Ben is the director of the clinic, Zee plays the role of the mom who makes sure that everyone is happy. Zee and Cole develop a friendship with benefits, but call it quits after Zee wants something more meaningful out of their relationship.

Since this show was created by the producers of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Private Practice,” we should not be surprised that romance is a big part of the show.

Ben develops an on-and-off relationship with another doctor at the clinic, Ryan Clark (Rachelle Lefevre), the daughter of missionaries. It is revealed in an episode that Ryan was bit by an assassin bug when she was younger and developed Chagas Disease, which has led to heart failure. Ben becomes worried, scared of losing another person that he loves.

Ben, Cole, Zee and Ryan are already doctors at the clinic when season one begins. They are soon joined by the “new shipment” of docs: Mina Minard (Mamie Gummer), Lily Brenner (Caroline Dhavernas) and Tommy Fuller (Zach Gilford from “Friday Night Lights”). Minard is described as a socially awkward person who has a difficult time with relaxing. She came to the jungle to find where she fits in. Lily is the pretty, over-enthusiastic character that believes in the impossible. She comes to the jungle to overcome the death of her fiancé. Fuller, also known as “Plastics” because he is a plastic surgeon, has not spoken to his parents in over a year and hopes that the jungle will help him to find himself.

Join these passionate individuals as they find joy and satisfaction in healing every Wednesday night at 10 p.m. on ABC.

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‘Song Beneath the Song’ is the first ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ episode to ever have a musical theme. For an hour the cast members perform popular songs, such as ‘Chasing Cars’ and ‘How to Save a Life.’

By Elmira Fifo Campus Correspondent The latest episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” was its first ever musical. Because music has always been key to “Grey’s Anatomy,” the concept actually worked really well. Additionally, it maintained interest and made the show innovative, once again proving its worth. Titled “Song Beneath the Song,” the drama circulates around Callie and Arizona’s car crash from the previous episode. Arizona had asked Callie to marry her when a truck came out of nowhere, destroying the happy news and creating a powerful premise for the musical episode. The first number is performed by Callie as she stands outside her body, singing “Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol as she is transported to the hospital. This song is powerfully utilized, particularly with the lyrics, “If I lay here, if I just

lay here, would you lie with me and just forget the world.”

The performance is brilliantly sung by Sara Ramirez, known for her role in “Spamalot” on Broadway before taking on the role of Callie Torres.

A touching moment in the beginning sequence is Dr. Bailey, who joins in on the song holding Callie’s hand, while Arizona and Mark watch on the sidelines. The next song, sung by Chyler Leigh who plays Lexie, is “Breathe (2 A.M.)” by Anna Nalick. This song occurs as Lexie comforts Mark. Although the song plays partially on Lexie’s previous relationship with Mark, and her is voice not as strong as Callie’s, it is a beautiful transition into the aftermath of the tragedy.

As Callie fights for her and her baby’s lives, Mark and Arizona take out their frustrations on each other. Arizona argues that the baby should be the focus because it was what Callie wanted more than any-

thing, but Mark wants Callie to live because she is his best friend. At the same time, Dr. Addison Montgomery is called back to take care of Callie’s baby, which is a lovely addition to the episode for dedicated “Grey’s” fans who remember her as Dr. Shepherd’s ex-wife.

The tension from the accident is relieved by Jesus Jackson’s song “Running on Sunshine,” performed by several couples on the show. Owen and Cristina sing to each other as they remove clothes, as do Lucy and Alex, while Dr. Aldman and Henry and Bailey and Eli flirtatiously dance with each other. The song is a sexy, upbeat, flirty song that showcases many talented voices, such as Owen’s and Bailey’s.

The music continues to illustrate the sadness and suspense of the episode with the song “Grace” by Kate Havnevik, sung beautifully again by Callie. As she is taken to the O.R., Cristina

presents a solution to Teddy and Owen to save Callie – a procedure that she performed with Burke many seasons ago. They ignore the suggestion, claiming that it is too risky, but they end up using it to successfully save Callie.

Meredith and Derek fear that her brain activity might be affected, and Addison and Arizona become concerned for the unstable premature baby.

A few beautiful moments end this fantastic episode. First is a welcomed elevator scene between Derek and Meredith, who breaks down while he promises her a baby.

The episode ends with Callie singing “The Story” by Brandi Carlile as Arizona emotionally tells her that she needs to live for the baby. Callie rouses from her coma and whispers to Arizona, “Yes, I’ll marry you.”

More drama is to come as the baby struggles to survive and Callie fights to keep it safe. Keep watching to find out.

Elmira.Fifo@UConn.edu

‘Chuck’ still witty and thrilling

What I’m watching “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” 10 p.m. FX When “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” first aired in 2005 it was one of the funniest shows on television. The sixth season, which ended in December, was dissapointing however.

The gang’s raucous and belligerent deeds seemed lame and irrelevant.

Moreover, while the show has always been ridiculous, the last season just didn’t make any sort of sense.

“Always Sunny” still has its moments though. The episode in which Frank, Dennis, Mac and Charlie decide to make “Lethal Weapon 5” is one of the --best so far. And it’ll be interesting to see how Dee spends the money that she made from being a surrogate mother. The most important thing is that the gang needs to regain its vulgarity. The characters need to be less human and more unethical. Their obscene actions are what make the show absolutely hilarious and legendary.

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Isaiah Mustafa guest stars in the episode ‘Chuck vs. the A-Team’ as a CIA operative who tries to prevent Chuck from finding out about their private missions.

By Jason Wong Campus Correspondent In America’s favorite Converse-wearing, computerhacking nerd-of-a-spy’s most recent slew of escapades, all the metaphorical stops have been pulled out.

In “Chuck vs. the Masquerade,” Valentine’s Day is ruined when Chuck and the team are sent to protect the unknowing heiress of Volkoff Industries, Vivian McArthur, from harm. Vivian is at first skeptical of her estate. But after an attempt is made on her life, she quickly falls in with the team. In the end, Vivian kills her attacker in self-defense, and

neglects to tell the team about the key to Volkoff Industries she has. In the meantime, Ellie and Devon deal with the trials of having a newborn, and Casey is offered a secret assignment in Burbank.

Next, in “Chuck vs. the First Bank of Evil,” Chuck, Sarah and Vivian infiltrate a notorious bank to try and recover Volkoff ’s secrets.

With Vivian’s help they are successful, but Chuck is forced to renege on his promise to Vivian to allow her to see her father. In so doing, she becomes upset and seeks out an associate of her father.

Meanwhile, Sarah is turned into a bridezilla by Ellie, and Morgan moves in with Casey.

In “Chuck vs. the A-team,” Chuck and Sarah investigate when they suspect that Casey is carrying out private missions. Meanwhile, Chuck fears that the CIA’s seemingly perfect new operatives render him obsolete. However, the new operatives inadvertently arm a nuclear bomb on their next mission, and it is only through Chuck’s intervention (and a box of apple juice) that a massive explosion is averted. Meanwhile, Ellie receives her father’s laptop and begins research on it.

Finally, in “Chuck vs. the Muuurder,” Chuck is made the team leader and tasked with finding new Intersect candidates. But he must solve

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A look back at ‘Dragon Ball Z’ Sheen bombs on opening night

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The older episodes of ‘Dragon Ball Z’ are now neatly packaged in a 52-episode DVD series called ‘Dragon Ball Z Kai.’

By Jason Bogdan Staff Writer When it comes to shows watched during my middle school days, “Dragon Ball Z” was a far different beast than the others, with hundreds of episodes that always ended on cliffhangers. I’d be willing to bet money that I wasn’t the only teen back then who would tape this anime daily. But now, from the newly cynical eyes of my 20-something self, I wasn’t sure if a show like DBZ was worth watching all over again.

Unlike other decade-old programs that are still great – like “Invader Zim” or “Freakazoid,” whose jokes are more hilarious when seen with a more mature mind – the current appeal of DBZ is just the same as it was before high school. It could just

be me, but watching the goodguys-defeating-bad-guys shtick with ever-changing power forms continues to be addicting and satisfying. No matter how many upgraded Super Saiyan modes or upgraded kamehamehas, watching Goku and the rest of Z Warriors thwart the baddies with power-upped punches is always a great deal of fun.

But actually getting to that timeless enjoyment can be a bit of a drag when watching the original DVD box sets. Because the original comic book was being released weekly like the show, the producers had to soak up as much time as possible so the two wouldn’t catch up with each other. It led to countless long stares and story exposition, so that each episode had a level of filler to deal with.

But in late 2009, Toei Animation finally answered

the fan’s pleas and touched up the old episodes to match the pace that creator Akira Toriyama created in his graphic novels. The end result was “Dragon Ball Z Kai,” the DBZ experience that kept all the good parts and trimmed all those time-wasters out. How cut-down is it? The 52 episodes, now out on DVD, cover the events that originally took 104 episodes to tell. It comes off as seamless, never feeling like a clip show.

What is also great about “Kai” is that anime dub studio FUNimation has made a whole new English version that far exceeds the previous DBZ. Comparing their two versions, it really does show how their voice-over talent has improved over the years, with less corny dialogue and better emotional

impact from the cast. You can find the newly-dubbed “Kai” airing on kid’s networks like Nicktoons, but the “uncut” TV-PG version is the way to go on the well-presented DVD and Blu-ray box sets.

Although Dragon Ball Z’s method of storytelling has been improved by anime like “Naruto” and “One Piece,” which have more content than the main gist of “strong guy gets stronger to beat up the latest bad guy,” the show is still great for any age. But if you watched DBZ on a daily basis on Cartoon Network like I did in middle school, you’re better off watching it again in the new “Kai” version. It takes out all the filler of the original, while keeping the good stuff, and your nostalgia, intact.

Jason.Bogdan@UConn.edu

DETROIT (AP) – Charlie Sheen and his “goddesses” took the stage to thunderous applause Saturday night for the first leg of his “Torpedo of Truth” tour.

The 70-minute show hadn’t even ended when the first reviews were in, and they were brutal.

The former “Two and a Half Men” star showed that comedic success on the screen doesn’t necessarily translate to the stage, and the capacity crowd at Detroit’s 5,100-seat Fox Theatre rebelled before the show ended, chanting “refund!” and walking out in droves.

Linda Fugate, 47, of the Detroit suburb of Lincoln Park, left the theater and walked up the street yelling, “I want my money back!”

She said she paid $150 for two seats.

“I was hoping for something. I didn’t think it would be this bad.”

Sheen’s publicist Larry Solters declined to comment after the show, but Sheen reappeared after the house lights went up to thank those who remained.

Fans who arrived at the theater – some who had to fly in for the show – said they were hoping to see the increasingly eccentric actor deliver some of the colorful rants that have made him an Internet star since his ugly falling out with CBS and the producers of “Two and a Half Men.” They got the ranting. It just wasn’t funny.

“I expected him to at least entertain a little bit. It was just a bunch of ranting,” said Rodney Gagnon, 34, of Windsor, Ontario.

On Twitter, where Sheen has amassed some 3.4 million followers, some fans were already predicting a premature end for

the planned 20-city tour, which was scheduled to resume Sunday in Chicago.

“Charlie Sheen thanks for saying goodbye! Piece of advice cancel the rest of your tour,” someone tweeted under the name ChrstosMo. The show started well for the 45-year-old Sheen, with the audience standing and cheering as he and the women he calls his “goddesses” took the stage. The women, a former porn star and an actress who live with him, carried placards with the words “War” and “Lock,” a reference to Sheen’s recent description of himself as a warlock.

“I don’t see a single empty seat,” he said.

Not long into the show, though, an audience member booed, prompting Sheen to sanguinely reply, “I’ve already got your money, dude.”

Things only got worse.

Among the low points was when Sheen screened a short film he wrote, directed and produced years ago called “RPG.” He sat in the front row to watch the film, which starred a much younger Johnny Depp. Boos were heard throughout.

“Tonight’s an experiment,” he said.

Sheen had said rapper Snoop Dogg would perform at the show, but he didn’t. Instead, the show ended with a video for a new Snoop Dogg song. By then, many fans had left.

Toronto-area resident Ronnie Prentice, 37, was one of several fans who arrived at the theater before it opened Saturday saying they hoped to see Sheen rant.

“It’s kind of like a NASCAR race. You’re just tuning in because you’re just waiting for the accident to happen,” said Prentice.

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new songs for the first time ever live.

Near the end of the festival, Matt Trivigno, the president of Husky Records – the main organizing force behind this event – announced from the stage how he felt the day had gone wonderfully and how he hoped that UConnaroo could become an annual campus fixture.

John.Tyczkowski@UConn.edu

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the growth of big breweries has stalled, and has been flatlining since 2008. The only substantially growing markets of the beer industry have been the craft and microbrewing segments. Not surprisingly, AB-InBev has recognized this and wisely adapted for the future of the industry.

There will always be the Great American Lager. But this purchase may the first of many in an effort for large breweries to diversify their portfolios and invest in the growing craft market. Though I don’t think we will see Goose Island Ads on TV any time soon, we may see their products in new markets or in bars competing against longtime mainstays like Boston Lager and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. If this is a sign of things to come, grab your popcorn now because the next few years could mean some major changes for the beer industry as well as intense discussion into the often-neglected ethics, business practices and politics of beer. Cheers!

Joseph.Pentecost@UConn.edu

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Latin speakers discuss Prince Harry emerges as immigration policies at cool, fun face of monarchy the Golden Festival The Rome Ballroom was filled with Latin beats on Friday night for Noche Dorada, or Golden Night, an event put on by La Unidad Latina, the Lambda Upsilon Lambda fraternity. The purpose of the night was to recognize the success of the organization and to inform audience members about the current issues with immigration rights.

This fraternity’s chapter was founded in April 2009.

Despite its small numbers – just seven members and one alum – the fraternity has made an impact on their community by helping out with many social services and educating the public on Latino culture. The event included a slideshow that showed pictures of the fraternity and its many accomplishments.

This event provided a celebration of culture, and educated students on the current issues of immigration by bringing in speakers who started the Trail of Dream walk.

The Dream walkers are four Lainos – Juan Rodriguez, Gaby Pacheco, Carlos Roa and Felipe Matos, who are not documented citizens of the United States. They risked deportation by walking from Miami to Washington D.C. to educate

people about the Dream Act. After a four-month journey that included about a thousand people, they reached D.C. They had hoped this example would help support the bill, but the bill was ultimately not passed.

Despite this letdown, the four continue to tour the United States educating students and the public on the Immigration Rights Movement. They also informed the audience that their home state of Florida is planning to create a bill similar to Arizona’s immigration laws.

“This is a very beautiful place, and it was very inspiring to see so many Latinos come together to celebrate our culture,” said Juan Rodriguez, one of the Dream walkers from Bogota, Colombia. “I am very proud of the community here at UConn.”

The night continued with three of the four walkers speaking on experiences they have had living under the fear of deportation.

Pacheco was unable to attend the event due to previous obligations.

However, the other three had plenty to say. A video showed the struggles they have had to face.

A lot of violence directed toward them goes undocumented by the police, including threats from the Ku Klux Klan, among others.

Despite these threats, the Dream walkers continue to spread their message in hopes that one day they will be able to attend school without fear of deportation.

Carlos Villa, 6th-semester

computer science and engineering major, is the chief financial officer of the fraternity and main coordinator of the event.

“We have been planning since November and seeing it come to life is surreal,” Villa said. “And having the Dream Walkers here and speak about their struggles when it just recently happened, having people of that stature here at UConn, and at our event, is surreal.”

Throughout the night, there was much celebration of Latino culture. A live band playing salsa music near an open dance floor and a lot of typical Spanish food was served, including rice with gandules, plantains and pork.

Several speakers from the fraternity explained how they plan to expand and hope to gain a few more members in the future.

“We feel honored to have such a diverse audience ranging from UConn students, state commissioners, and even out of state supporters,” said Aaron A. Aguirre, a 9thsemester civil engineering major and the chapter president of the fraternity.

Chastity Flores, a 4th-semester psychology and communications major, said, “It was a great event, from their speakers to the set-up to the guys hosting the event. You definitely did not want to miss it. It was great that they brought awareness to the UConn campus.”

LAS VEGAS (AP) – The young women of country ruled The Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night with Taylor Swift winning the prestigious entertainer of the year award and the night's top nominee, Miranda Lambert, taking home a leading four trophies.

Swift covered her mouth with her hands, did a little dance and hugged Brad Paisley and Lambert on the way to the stage after winning the fan-voted award, the only major ACM award determined by popular vote; peers and industry insiders determine the other awards.

"This is the first time that I've ever won this and I'm just losing my mind," said the 21-year-old, whose album "Speak Now" sold 1 million copies in its first week alone when it was released last fall.

"The fact that this is from the fans makes it so special."

Lambert was also up for

entertainer of the year. While she lost that award, she was the night's big winner. Lambert's "The House That Built Me," written by Allen Shamblin and Tom Douglas, won song, single record and video of the year; Lambert shared in all of those wins. It mirrors a difficult time in Lambert's life, but those times are over and the song has helped Lambert's star rise to new heights. She also won her to her second straight ACM for top female vocalist.

Lady Antebellum continued it's scorching run behind its breakthrough album "Need You Now," finishing the night with three trophies. The trio of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, who won five Grammys earlier this year, won album of the year as artist and producer, and also won top vocal group for the second straight year.

Lambert and Lady A, who are the best of friends, celebrated on stage after

Lambert, winner of last year's album of the year award for "Revolution," announced the album winner.

"Thank you, Miranda Lambert, for winning this last year and not being in the category this year," Lady A's Charles Kelley quipped.

Brad Paisley claimed his fifth straight top male vocalist of the year award, a win he said felt as good as his first.

"This is way too many for me," Paisley told the audience before thanking fans and joking, "I don't know who got paid what. No, I'm kidding, kidding.

It's all very fair."

Sugarland won vocal duo of the year for the second time.

The Band Perry claimed the best new artist award moments after singing their hit "If I Die Young."

It was the trio of two brothers and one sister's second win after taking home top new vocal duo or group before the awards. They were competing with Eric Church for top new artist.

By Loumarie Rodriguez Campus Correspondent

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Britain’s Prince Harry gestures during training for the ‘Walking with the Wounded’ expedition on the island of Spitsbergen, situated between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole, Thursday.

LONDON (AP) – He’s been filmed trekking through the Arctic, gives a smoldering look from the cover of a men’s magazine and is being targeted by legions of young women who only a few years ago would have been lusting after his older brother.

With all the attention being paid to Prince Harry, you might forget that Prince William’s the one getting married.

“He’s a cool guy, he’s an action man, and he obviously enjoys quite a good time,” said Robert Johnston, associate editor at GQ magazine, which featured a front page, black-and-white photo of the 26-year-old royal. “It’s quite a potent mix.”

This week’s magazine shows a pensive prince, square-jawed and tousle-haired, his lips curling into a smile. GQ’s story covers Harry’s high-profile polar expedition with Walking With The Wounded, a U.K. charity devoted to helping injured veterans.

It’s work that has commanded a fair amount of television

time given the dramatic crises gripping the Middle East, North Africa, the Ivory Coast and Japan.

Camera crews have tracked the prince as he goes through his punishing Arctic training, plunging into ice-cold water and struggling across the fields of blinding snow on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. Clips of Harry, sporting stylish sunglasses and a wisp of stubble, have played better than those of his balding older brother, who was last pictured in faded green overalls showing his grandmother around a Welsh helicopter bay.

The British monarchy’s female fans have noticed.

“Will’s a bit more like Charles, more serious. Harry’s a bit more like Di,” his popular and glamorous mother, said Katie Steward, a 44-year-old bartender who planned to watch the royal wedding procession on April 29.

She put Harry’s charm down to his rebelliousness, but her

friend, Emma Dunthorne, a 42-year-old teaching assistant, put it more succinctly.

“Everybody likes a bad boy,” she said.

Even those with little interest in the royalty, like 19-year-old student Sasha O’Connor, who was sitting with friends at nearby cafe, said they’d prefer Harry.

“William looks more and more like his father every day,” O’Connor said.

It isn’t unusual for the younger siblings of royalty to get sexier coverage than their thronebound relatives. Prince Andrew was always seen as much more of a party-happy playboy than older brother Prince Charles, so much so that he once labored under the nickname “Randy Andy.” Queen Elizabeth II’s younger sister, the late Princess Margaret, was a 1950s fashion icon, her easy glamour contrasting with the queen’s tastefulbut-conservative style.

Johnston said younger siblings often had it easier because they aren’t as completely captive to their royal roles.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Moore loses final game as Husky from DIGGINS, page 14 don’t. We spent an entire year not fouling. But in the beginning of the second half we just, I guess, started fouling and that’s when things fell apart.”

Pushing momentum further in the direction of their team, Diggins and shooting guard Natalie Novesel reeled off 13 of Notre Dame’s next 16 points to extend the lead to 10. Hartley, Moore and Kelly Faris answered sporadically with jumpshots, but they had no collective response to the Diggins-Novosel tandem.

“She [Diggins] is a great player, a very smart player, and tonight she was hitting everything,” Faris said postgame. “She came out with the mentality that it wasn’t going to be her last game. She knew when to get in the lane and when to pull up…I’m disappointed with the way I

guarded her.”

Staring the imminent end of her college career right in the face, Moore went off and produced a personal highlight reel at the five-minute mark.

Sinking free throws, jumpers and three-point shots, Moore battled to cut the 12-point margin to four at three minutes left. She fought ferociously on the defensive end for rebounds and steals, forcing the Irish to tread carefully.

However, as noted by her coach in his post-game press conference, one great player was not going to deny a team playing as great as Notre Dame did that night.

Novosel, Diggins and senior forward Becca Bruszewski kept the Irish ball rolling, scoring on each of the next three possessions following Moore’s run. Failing to miss from the free throw line, Notre Dame staved off Moore

and company, who couldn’t get a field goal to fall in the last 2:20.

“I thought we all did a pretty good job of trying to score and try to find a way to win,“ Moore said. “I was just trying to attack, and the ball went in.

It was my teammates who did a good job of trying to screen for me.”

Notre Dame finished the game shooting 52 percent from the floor, the first opponent to do that against UConn since 2004. The Irish knocked in just four three-pointers, but dominated the Huskies inside the paint during the final 20 minutes with a 20-6.

“I said it earlier, they’re an impossible team to play defense against,” Auriemma said. “We held them to 26 in the first half, but then things went awry.”

Andrew.J.Callahan@UConn.edu

Huskies playing for third title from UCONN, page 14 who had a double-double with 11 points and 15 rebounds, was a wretched 0-for-5 from the line.

Conversely, UConn was 9-for-11 from the line, and shot 46.9 percent for the game. The team’s 3-point shooting was non-existent, however, as Walker’s three at the 10:34 mark in the first half was the only three the team hit all game, going 1-for-12.

Fatigue became an issue for both teams late in the game, as the frenetic pace and lack of timeouts clearly began to wear down the players. In a rare admission, Walker confessed after the game that he was exhausted.

“Fatigue was definitely a factor,” Walker said. “I usually won’t tell you guys I was tired, but I actually was.”

With seven minutes to play,

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the score was tied at 48-48, and over the course of the next five minutes, both teams combined to miss nine shots.

But during that time, UConn converted two key baskets – a layup by Alex Oriakhi, and a fast break layup by Walker.

Napier’s fancy reverse layup with two minutes to go stretched UConn’s lead to six and ended his scoring drought (he was 0-for-6 from the field prior to that play.) The Huskies’ six-point lead would ultimately be all they would need, but DeAndre Liggins’ three-pointer with 1:37 to go helped set up the game’s heart-stopping finish.

Walker finished the game with a team-leading 18 points to go with his six rebounds and seven assists. Jeremy Lamb and Oriakhi nearly had double-doubles, with Lamb scoring 12 points and nine rebounds and Oriakhi scoring

eight points and 10 rebounds.

Roscoe Smith had six points and eight rebounds.

With the win, UConn advances to the program’s third national championship game. Their opponent, Butler, lost to Duke in the national championship last year, and most of this year’s team played in that game as well.

“They are a great team,” Napier said. “The crazy thing about that team is they know how to win. When you have a team that knows how to win, there’s no telling what they’ve got.”

When asked if it would be good one year for a mid-major team to win the national championship, Calhoun smiled.

“You know, I think starting in 2012, ’13, it would be a wonderful idea.”

Michael.Cerullo@UConn.edu

» WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

UConn can't recover against Irish

By Colin McDonough Senior Staff Writer

“I loved my whole time here, I can’t really pinpoint a moment,” Moore said. “A lot of people would think the National INDIANAPOLIS - Maya Championships, but there’s so Moore came to the press confer- much that goes into a National ence with tissues in hand and Championship. It’s just the tears in her eyes. Arguably the whole journey. The fact that I greatest player in the history of have a new family that I didn’t women’s college basketball just have four years ago is probably ended her career – the highlight.” with a defeat.

Auriemma said Moore’s incredhe wanted Moore’s ible career as a and Dixon’s careers Husky ended at to be looked upon the hands of Notre as a whole, espeDame after a 72-63 cially Moore. loss in the Final “I’m going to Four Sunday night. think more about Moore shot 14 of 30 Notebook the best player in from the field, and the history of the led UConn on a late rally that Big East and maybe the best fell short. She had 36 points, student-athlete in the hisbut they were not enough. tory of college basketball,” “There’s always positives Auriemma said. “I’m not and negatives out of every- going to let her be defined by thing,” Moore said. “So like what happened tonight.”

Coach said, I’m going to have to choose to remember the April Madness great things and really how UConn was not the only No. 1 fortunate I was to be able to seed upset in the National semibe a part of so many record- finals at Conseco Fieldhouse. breaking seasons, games, The first semifinal of the whatever it may be.” night pitted No. 1 seed Stanford Moore finished her career as against No. 2 Texas A&M, where a two-time national champion, the Aggies upset the Cardinal in three-time Wade trophy winner dramatic fashion. Texas A&M and part of a record-breaking made its first national champi90-game winning streak. She onship after a thrilling 63-62 said that there were so many win over the favored Cardinal. great times during her time in They will face the Irish for the Storrs both on and off the court. title Tuesday night.

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“I’m anxious to see how it plays out,” Auriemma said.

“But I’ll be rooting for Notre Dame, obviously, because they play in our league and I know them. And I like a lot of their kids and their coaching staff.”

Quick Hits Notre Dame shot 51.9 percent from the field during Sunday’s contest. The Fighting Irish were the first team since 2004 to shoot over 50 percent against UConn. The last team was Boston College in the Big East tournament semifinals.

Baylor shot exactly 50 percent earlier this season against the Huskies.

Moore was honored with the Wade trophy for the third straight season, the first player in NCAA history to accomplish that feat. Moore was also distinguished as one of the best student-athletes in the country with the Lowes Senior Class Award. On Sunday, she was also named the Elite 88 award winner.

Even with all the accolades, UConn and Moore’s goal of a third straight National Championship was not accomplished.

“One great player can’t beat a really good team, not this time of the year,” Auriemma said.

Colin.McDonough@UConn.edu

Ferraro: NFL draft in April

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first weekend the Phillies are 3-0, although they did play the Astros.

The Mets and Braves are both 2-1. The Phillies probably have one of the best pitching staffs in baseball on paper, but they still lost the NLCS and Lee was roughed up by the San Francisco Giants in the World Series, so don’t be surprised to see the Giants playing Boston in World Series instead of

the Phillies.

In the NFL, the clock keeps ticking and nothing positive has been done in the labor talks lately – not a good sign for NFL fans.

The next big thing in the NFL will be the draft in New York City. Hopefully by that time we might have some answers to the labor issue, but I wouldn’t count on it. Hall-of-Famer Lawrence Taylor was given six years probation after he pleaded guilty on two

lesser counts of sexual misconduct in order to prevent himself from serving any jail time. Giants fans will remember him as maybe the greatest defensive player of all time – maybe even the greatest ever. Taylor has had drug and legal problems since his retirement and has been in jail before, but hopefully this will finally be a wake up call. Only time will tell.

Michael.Ferraro@UConn.edu

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Men’s Basketball (31-9) (9-9)

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“Man, it’s crazy. We’ve got one more game left, and hopefully we can cut down the nets and bring them back to Storrs.“ Kemba Walker

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Defeated

Softball (13-15) (3-2) April 9 Hartford 1 p.m.

April 13 Louisville 12 p.m.

April 23 Louisville Noon

April 29 Villanova 6 p.m.

Lacrosse (6-4) (0-2) April 8 Syracuse 4 p.m.

April 16 Notre Dame Noon

April 21 Cincinatti 4 p.m.

Men’s Track and Field April 9 April 6 April 7 April 8 April 9 UConn Texas Relays Texas Relays Texas Relays Texas Relays Invitational All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day

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Women’s Track and Field April 9 UConn Invitational All Day

April 16 Mt. Sac Relays All Day

Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma reacts late in the game during UConn’s 72-63 loss to Notre Dame in a women’s NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game in Indianapolis Sunday.

April 23 April 28 April 29 UTech Penn Relays Penn Relays Invitational All Day All Day All Day

Golf April 9 New England’s All Day

April 10 New England’s All Day

Men’s Tennis April 12 April 16 April 10 St. Francis Boston Coll. Villanova 3 p.m.

Noon 10 a.m.

April 22 Syracuse 10 a.m.

April 28 Big East Invitational TBA

April 13 Rutgers 1 p.m.

April 15 Seton Hall 2 p.m.

Women’s Tennis April 6 St. John’s 2:30 p.m.

April 8 Marquette Noon

April 10 West Virginia 10 a.m.

The UConn baseball team swept St. John’s this weekend, winning 9-1, 6-5 and 8-2, respectively.

After Friday’s game was snowed out, the teams played a double-header on Saturday and finished play on Sunday afternoon.

In the first game, Matt Barnes got the start and dominated the game. Barnes went 8.2 innings giving up just three hits and one earned run, while striking out seven in his performance.

Barnes was locating pitches well, keeping batters at bay, and his fastball was clocked at 96 m.p.h. at one point. But what was most impressive about Barnes’ start was his slider.

Coach Jim Penders knew it was going to be a good day when someone commented that Barnes was doing an incredible job throwing his slider.

“I think Barnes has a new toy,” a player told the coach with a big grin on his face.

During Saturday’s second game, the Huskies had to work a bit harder for the win.

St. John’s carried a 5-2 lead going into the bottom of the sixth, when the lead was cut to 5-3 after Nick Ahmed scored on a Red Storm error.

In the second half of the eighth, Billy Ferriter scored on a fielder’s choice to make the game 5-4.

After St. John’s was unable to capitalize on two hits in the top of the ninth, UConn entered the bottom of the inning down just one run.

With two outs and UConn still trailing by a run, Tim Martin hit a single up the middle, bringing in Ryan Moore and tying the game at 5. The gamewinning run was scored when Martin capitalized on a St. John’s error. UConn won the game 6-5.

Martin went four for five on Saturday.

“Martin gave us some great stuff this weekend,” Penders said. “He’s such an eager beaver, always out ready to go.”

Sunday, the bats stayed hot during UConn’s 8-2 win to complete the sweep. The Huskies scored four runs with two outs.

For Penders, it was great to see hitters coming through with two outs this weekend. It was a staple of the team’s success last season but has been missing so far this year.

“It’s good to see us getting it done now,” Penders said. “We looked good and we have some nice things to build on.”

The wins bring the Huskies’ Big East record to 5-1, and sweeping a conference opponent is always an excellent boost to a team’s confidence.

“The sweep was huge for us,” LJ Mazzilli said.

“The sweep puts us in first place for now, and any time you can go out and sweep a good team like St. John’s, it makes us feel a lot better about our team.”

Daniel.Agabiti@UConn.edu

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We’re going to the ’ship: UConn advances to play Butler

Major League Baseball season opens with interesting storylines

By Carmine Colangelo Campus Correspondent

April 17 April 18 April 19 Big East Big East Big East Invitational Invitational Invitational All Day All Day All Day

UConn sweeps St. John’s with three victories

By Dan Agabiti Staff Writer

April 8 April 9 April 10 Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame 5:35 p.m. 2 p.m. 1:05 p.m.

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– Kemba Walker on tonight’s national championship game against Butler.

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UConn men’s basketball vs.

University of Kentucky. The Huskies were able to win again, as they grinded out a tough game against the Wildcats, winning 56-55 on Saturday for their 10th straight victory. The Huskies were led by junior Kemba Walker, who had a game-high 18 points as well as six rebounds. The AllAmerican also added seven assists and two steals. The Huskies also had strong performances from freshman Jeremy Lamb, who had 12 points and nine rebounds, and sophomore Alex Oriakhi, who had eight points and 10 rebounds.

Freshman Shabazz Napier added four points, four assists and two rebounds in 27 minutes of play.

Senior Charles Okwandu added four points, two steals and a block.

In the Huskies’ historic playoff run, they continue to win big games against strong opponents.

This victory marks the Huskies’ third victory in the Final Four semifinal in their four appearances. With the win, the Huskies will advance to play Butler today for the National Championship.

The Huskies will hope they can keep this momentum going as they look to take home their third National Championship title.

Get The Brooms Out UConn baseball and softball.

Both the Huskies baseball and softball teams combined for a pair of sweeps this weekend. On Saturday, both teams played in doubleheaders. The baseball team faced off against St. John’s and the softball squad squared off against Rutgers. The baseball team won the double header 9-1 in the first game and 6-5 in the second game.

The Huskies were led by junior Tim Martin, who went four for five throughout both games. On the softball side, the Huskies won their first game 8-0 and the second game 8-5. The Huskies saw a strong performance from senior Julianne Towers, who had a pair of homeruns in the first game.

Number of the Week: 100. Junior M.E. Lapham scored her 100th career goal against Georgetown on Friday; she had four goals in the game. The Huskies, unfortunately, could not hold on for the win as they fell 14-12 to the Hoyas.

Carmine.Colangelo@UConn.edu

By Aaron Kasmanoff-Dick Campus Correspondent Major League Baseball started off the 2011 season with opening weekend last Thursday.

There were too many highlights to point out all of them, but here are some of the bullet points you may have missed if you were too busy watching the Final Four.

Miracle for Minnesota Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan finally got back on his feet after missing all of the 2010 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Nathan, who had not had a win since Oct. 9, 2009, just barely hung on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Sunday. The victory came after lefty cleanup hitter Adam Lind inexplicably tapped the first pitch weakly toward first base.

The Twins lost their previous two games this weekend to the Blue Jays in Toronto, 13-3 and 6-1, respectively, and failed to hold a lead in either contest.

Reds crush Brewers The Cincinnati Reds blew out the Milwaukee Brewers 12-3

Sunday. The Reds piled up 19 hits in the game, and had a base hit in every inning except for the third, equaling last season’s high mark for the third time. Bronson Arroyo pitched a great seven innings, fighting off the effects of mononucleosis. He struck out five, and allowed three runs on six hits for the game.

Aroldis Chapman pitched the ninth inning for the Reds. The “Cuban Missile” threw 12 pitches, eight of which were over 100 miles per hour, with a maximum speed of 103. He struck out one and forced two weak grounders.

Teixeira starts hot New York Yankees first baseman is notorious for starting slowly at the plate each spring, but the Yankees’ three hitter has done just the opposite so far.

Teixeira is leading the major leagues with three home runs and seven RBIs. He is also batting .429. The Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers twice in their three game series.

Aaron.Dick@UConn.edu

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DIGGINS TOO MUCH FOR HUSKIES No. 2 Notre Dame hands UConn its second loss in 115 games, advances

By Michael Ferraro Tri-State Sports Columnist Usually I’d start this column about the New York/New Jersey sports teams and how they are doing, but this week will be a little different; I wanted to incorporate UConn men’s basketball into this column and remembered that Kemba Walker is from the Bronx. Walker has led the Huskies during this amazing run – something I thought would be nearly impossible the way the Huskies ended the season. But here we are, one win away from UConn’s third National Championship in 12 years, and Kemba Walker is the reason the team is in this position. At the beginning of the year, almost everyone thought the Huskies were going to be average team and just make the NCAA tournament but not Walker. Since the beginning of the season Walker has taken the Huskies on his back and along the way has made a star out of Jeremy Lamb and improved the team overall. While Jimmer Fredette won the AP Player of the Year Award, I hope that Walker gets the Naismith Player of the Year honors because he has truly been the best and most valuable player in all of college basketball this season. Tonight will likely be Walker’s last game as a Husky, and I have a feeling that the Bronx native will be celebrating in Houston.

The New York Knicks are one win away from clinching their first playoff berth since 2004. It’s been so long since the Knicks have been in the playoffs that it’s weird talking about them and the playoffs in the same sentence. All the Knicks have to do to clinch a playoff berth is beat the Cleveland Cavaliers at home and have the Charlotte Bobcats lose to Washington tonight. Even if that scenario doesn’t play, out the Bobcats would be at best five games behind the No. 7-seeded Knicks with six games to play. The new millennium has not been kind to the Knicks, as they have not won a playoff game since 2001 and a playoff series since 2000. The Nets are currently 23-52 on the season but the future in New Jersey might be bright if they can hold on to Deron Williams in the offseason.

In the NHL, the last three playoff spots in the Eastern Conference are still up for grabs. The Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres are separated by a total of three points. The Canadiens have 91 points, the Rangers are right behind them with 89 points and the Buffalo Sabres, who were down and out a few months ago, are in the No. 8 spot with 88 points. With only three games remaining for Montreal and New York, and four games left for Buffalo, the last week of the season should be interesting.

Finally, baseball season has returned, and everyone and their mothers have picked the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies to be in the World Series, with Boston winning it all. While Boston is loaded with talent after big off season moves, the Yankees only made some minor ones so I can understand why most people would pick Boston to win the American League East. I really believe that this division will come down to the final games of the season like it did last year. After the first weekend, the Orioles are in first place with a 3-0 record, and Boston is 0-3 after being swept by the Rangers. The Yankees took two out of three from the Detroit Tigers.

In the National League, the Phillies are everyone’s favorite choice to face the Red Sox in the 2011 World Series because they were able to sign Cliff Lee, the most valuable pitching free agent on the market this offseason.

I believe the Phillies will have a difficult time winning the NL East because the Braves will likely go wire-to-wire with them. The Mets probably won’t be a playoff team in 2011, but they will cause damage in the East. After the

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By Andrew Callahan Staff Writer INDIANAPOLIS – There is nothing like a dose of finality.

Ten years after Notre Dame defeated the Huskies in the Final Four en route to its first NCAA championship, the Fighting Irish topped Connecticut 72-63, once again ending UConn’s year.

Maya Moore’s 36-point performance was only outdone by the 28 points and six assists belonging to Irish point guard Skylar Diggins.

It was Notre Dame’s first victory over UConn since 2005.

“I thought Notre Dame’s team was really involved tonight,” said head coach Geno Auriemma. “And for us, I thought it happened just like in the Stanford game, some of our players got caught up in the bigness of the game.”

UConn held a six-point lead over the Fighting Irish at halftime, thanks in large part to Moore finding a flow and easy buckets off of turnovers. Diggins tore apart the Husky defense through the

first 14 minutes, but went scoreless in the final 6:17.

Freshman point guard Bria Hartley poked the ball away from Diggins on a drive as the final 20 minutes came to a close.

“In the first half you could see that there was going to be a problem guarding her the whole game,” Auriemma said.

“But we did a pretty decent job on everybody else.”

Yet in the second half, we allowed her to get everyone else involved, and then it wasn’t just having to guard Skylar, but the plays she made for other people.”

A three by Diggins closed a 15-4 Notre Dame run that kicked off the beginning of the second half and gave the Irish their first lead in 10 minutes. Bothered by foul trouble, the Huskies played tentative defense, and later lacked an inside presence on offense with center Stefanie Dolson on the bench. Dolson entered soon after the Irish run, but picked up her fourth almost immediately.

“We don’t foul and in the first half we proved that,” Auriemma said. “We just

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Freshman guard Bria Hartley and sophomore guard Kelly Farris jump for a rebound during their loss to Notre Dame in the Final Four semifinal Sunday in Indianapolis, Ind.

UConn downs Kentucky, earns title shot

By Mac Cerullo Sports Editor

HOUSTON — In a finish reminiscent of the 2004 National Semifinal game, Shabazz Napier played the part of Emeka Okafor as he drained the decisive free throws to put the game away for good.

Now, the Huskies will have a chance to end their magical postseason run the same way that team did – with a national championship. UConn will play Butler for the title tonight at 9:23 p.m.

“I’m just so proud of my kids,” said coach Jim Calhoun. “They were loading up to find Jeremy and obviously Kemba, who was sensational again.”

UConn’s 56-55 win over Kentucky in the national semifinal did not play out anything like the two team’s meeting in the Maui Invitational championship, when the Huskies blew out the Wildcats 84-67. Kentucky fought hard until the end and overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to make it a close

contest until the final minute.

“They’re a different team,” Walker said. “They grew up, you know, throughout the year. You know, Brandon [Knight] has just been a lights-out player ever since then, he’s been a great leader for his team. He’s been showing it throughout the whole tournament.”

The game was ultimately decided after Napier turned the ball over with 16 seconds left, giving Kentucky a chance to win the game at the buzzer. UConn led 54-52 at that point, but Kentucky’s DeAndre Liggins, who had just hit a seasonsaving 3-pointer a minute before, could not drain the game-winner.

“I thought it was going in,” Knight said. “But it didn’t.”

Napier came up with the rebound, got fouled and then put the game away at the line with two free throws, giving UConn a 56-52 lead with two seconds to play.

“I went up there with a lot of confidence,” Napier said. “I told myself that I had to go redeem myself.”

It was a roller coaster game for Napier, who locked down

Kentucky’s Brandon Knight on defense, but struggled mightily on offense until the game’s final minutes, when he scored his only four points of the game – arguably the four biggest points of the game.

“He played great, great defense,” Calhoun said. “Last time [Knight] shot 3-for-[15] against them, tonight we call those costly points. I think that Knight is an absolutely magnificent player, but 6-for-23 is expensive. That’s how we look at it.”

Napier’s defense on Knight was one of the most important, if overlooked, keys to the win. Knight scored 17 points, but did so on 6-for-23 shooting, including just 3-for-11 from behind the arc. As a team, Kentucky only shot 34 percent for the whole game, and 33 percent from behind the arc.

Most disturbing of all for Kentucky, however, was the team’s free throw shooting. As a team, the Wildcats were 4-for-12 for the game. Terrence Jones in particular,

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Sophomore forward Alex Oriakhi goes up for a lay up during UConn’s 56-55 Final Four semifinal win over Kentucky on Saturday in Houston, Texas. Oriakhi had eight points.

Huskies versus Bulldogs for championship

By Matt McDonough Associate Sports Editor HOUSTON – Kentucky coach John Calipari said prior to Saturday’s national semifinal between the Wildcats and the UConn men’s basketball team that what Kemba Walker has done for the Huskies is like what Danny Manning did for Kansas in 1988.

Like Manning, Walker has carried his team to the national championship. Walker couldn’t fathom the comparison.

“Um, no,” Walker said.

“Honestly, you know, maybe it will all hit me once it’s all said and done and we are cutting down the nets.”

UConn is only 40 minutes away from doing so. The Huskies defeated Kentucky 56-55 at Reliant Stadium to advance to the title bout with Butler. The Bulldogs

defeated Cinderella VCU 70-62 in the first semifinal. Tipoff will be Monday night at 9:23 p.m.

Kentucky freshmen Brandon Knight and Doron Lamb were highly coveted by UConn. But both chose Kentucky, giving way to guys like Niels Giffey and Shabazz Napier. Knight scored 7 points and grabbed eight rebounds, on 6-for-23 shooting. Lamb notched 13 points, but the Wildcat duo fell to the Huskies for the second time this season.

“The credit is to us and how much we’ve worked,” said Tyler Olander, who scored the game’s first basket over Terrence Jones.

“I wouldn’t trade anybody on this team for Brandon Knight or Doron Lamb...The guys we have are the guys who are supposed to be here.”

Right after Olander answered the question, Hilton Armstrong came over to some of the play-

ers and personally congratulated them. Armstrong, an NBA player who won the title in 2004, gave the players some advice.

“You’ve got to go get it and keep having heart,” Armstrong, who came late to the game because he had trouble finding parking, said.

“The Final Four is great, but the task is not finished yet. Another 40 minutes – they play 40 minutes in college, right? Butler is definitely not a walk in the park.”

It is UConn’s third national championship game in school history. The Huskies are 2-0 in such games with their most recent victory coming in 2004.

No Pizazz for Shabazz, until it counted Napier started the game shooting 0-for-6, scoring his first basket, a reverse lay-up, with 2:30 left in the game to put the UConn lead

at six. When DeAndre Liggins missed a potential game-winning three with six seconds left, Napier came up with the rebound. And with two seconds left, and a Final Four record of 75,421 watching at Relliant Stadium, Napier calmly knocked down the game-sealing free throws. It was eerily reminiscent of Emeka Okafor hitting 1-of2 free throws to clinch a win in the 2004 Final Four over Duke. And like Knight hitting a three at the buzzer, Duke’s Chris Duhon hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to make the final score 79-78.

Sloppy first half Knight shot 3-for-11 in the first half after missing his first four field goals, going scoreless until the eight-minute mark. Both teams had 20 rebounds apiece in the first half but Kentucky outrebounded UConn 9-to-4 on the offensive

glass. The Huskies also had seven turnovers to the Wildcats six.

UConn led 31-21 at the break, with no one on either team scoring in double figures.

The quotable Jim Calhoun “Beating Framingham South, beating Catholic Memorial, some of those teams, 23 straight my last year there,” Calhoun said. “Sharon with Dudley Davenport was too good to beat us. I’m going to tell you something...You know that game that I played in the Tech Tourney in Massachusetts, to win the Northeast Conference at Northeastern, to beat Holy Cross? Those games were incredibly important to me. I can’t tell you they’re as important as this because I’d be lying to you and I don’t want to lie. Very simply put, a coach is a coach.”

Matthew.McDonough@UConn.edu