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UM/WBZ poll gives Trump sweeping victory Likely voters predict Clinton edges Sanders

The sample, done in conjunction with WBZ, included 891 registered voters in Massachusetts, 400 of them Likely Democratic Primary Voters and 292 Likely

By Marie Maccune Republican Primary Voters.

Collegian Staff Likely Democratic Primary The U n ive r s i t y o f Voters were nearly split on Massachusetts recently released Clinton and Standers in advance a poll of likely Massachusetts of Tuesday, as Clinton edged primary voting results one day Sanders 44-43. Likely Republican before “Super Tuesday.”

Primary Voters were much more

set on Donald Trump, who won with 46 points while Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz were tied for second at 14 points each.

The poll also projected who would ultimately garner each party’s presidential nominee in November.

According to the results, 64 percent of Likely Republican Primary Voters (54 points) believed Trump would earn the

By Patricia LeBoeuf Collegian Staff

The University of Massachusetts’s plans for this year’s “Blarney Blowout” will remain much the same as last year, said University officials at a conference held Monday.

Town of Amherst officials corroborated that strategy.

Blarney Blowout, traditionally held the first weekend of March, featured 55 arrests in 2014 in an event that made national news.

However, last year saw a much quieter celebration.

This year, Blarney weekend is March 4 to March 6.

UMass will again host Mullins Live, a concert in the Mullins Center Saturday afternoon. This year’s artists include Migos and Capital Cities. The third headlining artist will

Bernie Sanders trailed behind at 17.

This group of voters also cited immigration and homeland security as the most important issues to their vote while likely Democratic primary voters chose the economy.

Both parties of voters felt that Sanders was a much more honsee

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Bust a move

Blarney plans to follow ‘rubric’ APD, University want 2015 repeat

Republican nomination. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz came in second and third with 10 and seven points respectively.

While likely voters were split on Clinton and Sanders tomorrow, they sent a strong message when choosing the Democratic nominee. Likely Democratic Primary Voters chose Hillary Clinton as most likely to win the nomination with 62 points.

be released Tuesday, said Sïonan Barrett, Student Government Association president.

University officials have also implemented parking, dining hall and guest restrictions for this weekend.

Only students, faculty, and staff will be able to access the dining commons between 5 p.m. on March 4 and 5 p.m. on March 6.

During the same time period, all parking lots on campus will be considered 24-hour restricted lots.

Vehicles parked on campus without a valid UMass parking permit will be subject to ticketing and towing.

Guest restrictions in residence halls will begin Thursday, March 3 at 8 p.m. and continue to Sunday, March 6 at 5 p.m. During this period, only UMass students will be allowed as see

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Members of the UMass Hip-Hop Culture Organization practice break-dancing in the Integrated Learning Center on Monday night.

Simulator shows dangers Pentagon mobilizes military hackers against Islamic State of texting and driving Students participate in safety training

Carter calls strikes weapon of war

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By W.J. hennigan Tribune Washington Bureau

It’s a clear, sunny day as a young woman drives along the lakefront. She obeys the posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour, trailing an SUV along a curvy road.

Then, she takes out her phone and begins to type out a text message, her eyes darting between road and screen.

While her attention is divided, the SUV in front of her comes to an abrupt halt. There’s no time to stop, nowhere to turn as she desperately slams on the breaks.

But it is too late; the two cars collide and the young woman’s windshield shatters.

Flustered, she steps out of the simulator.

This scenario replayed over and over again on Monday as University of Massachusetts students tried out the Distractology program, a simulation intended to educate drivers on the dangers of distracted driving. From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., two simulators were set up within a 36-foot-long mobile trailer parked outside the Student Union.

WASHINGTON — Military commanders have mounted a cyberoffensive against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in recent weeks by deploying hackers to penetrate the extremist group’s computer and cellphone networks, according to the Pentagon.

The cyberassault, which Defense Secretary Ashton Carter authorized last month, marks the first time teams from U.S. Cyber Command have been integrated into an active battlefield since the command was established in 2009.

“These are strikes that are conducted in the war zone using cyber, essentially as a weapon of war,” Carter said in a National Public Radio interview. “Just as we drop bombs, we’re dropping cyberbombs.”

Carter did not reveal details of the effort, which U.S. officials say is in its early stages.

But they said U.S. cyberattacks, as well as U.S. airstrikes, proved decisive in last week’s battle by U.S. backed

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Students experience the risks of distracted driving in simulator.

The simulation is based on years of research conducted

by Professor Don Fisher of the department of mechanical and industrial engineering at UMass with funding from the Arbella Insurance Foundation. The simulation has proven to have a significant effect on drivers, as those who complete the 45-minute Distractology training are 19 percent less likely to have an accident and 25 percent less likely to get traffic violations, according to a UMass press release.

Fisher’s research on distracted driving first began back in 1995, when the National Science Foundation

gave the University a $500,000 driving simulator.

“We used that driving simulator to evaluate training programs that are designed to reduce distraction and increase the likelihood that novice drivers would anticipate hazards,” Fisher explained.

Subjects received training using a computer program before moving up to the simulator, which tracks their eye movements “to determine whether or not their hazard anticipation skills and their attention maintenance skills are as good as they need to see

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Kurdish militias to retake the northeastern Syrian town of Shadadi from Islamic State fighters.

The officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the operation, said teams operating from Fort Meade, which is between Baltimore and Washington, identified and jammed Islamic State online-communication networks during the battle.

The victory severed a critical route that the militants used to funnel fighters and supplies from the Iraqi border to Raqqah, their stronghold and self-declared capital in Syria.

Pentagon officials describe the amplified role of Cyber Command as part of a “strategic shift” from cyberdefense to cyberoffense as the military relies on the operations as another tool for national security.

Cyberoffense doctrine remains secret, but Carter has spoken about the need to mobilize Cyber Command against Islamic State because the group has grown increasingly sophisticated at using social media and other Internet platforms to recruit and radicalize followers around the world.

The effort was set in

motion in December when the White House directed senior Pentagon officials to prepare options to defeat the militants online.

The directive followed terrorist attacks organized by Islamic State in Paris on Nov. 13 that killed 130 people, as well as a Dec. 2 attack in San Bernardino, Calif., that left 14 dead. The couple in the California attack had pledged allegiance to the group, but had no known contact with it.

Carter then ordered Adm. Michael Rogers, head of both Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, to develop a cyberstrategy to go after the militants.

Rogers presented a plan last month that called for a new authorization in how Cyber Command can support military operations and national security, officials said. He recommended that teams be allocated to missions based on demand.

“The capacity and capability is starting to come online,” Rogers said in a Jan. 21 speech at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington. The military will rely on cyberattacks “in a broader and broader way.”

Cyber Command see

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AROUND THE WORLD

French Polynesia During a seven–month outbreak of Zika virus infection that ended in April 2014, health officials in French Polynesia noticed an uptick in the number of patients showing up at hospitals with a rare but dangerous constellation of symptoms known as Guillain–Barre syndrome.

Typically in the wake of a viral or bacterial infection, patients stricken with Guillain– Barre syndrome suffer a sudden onset of weakness, pain and paralysis in their legs and arms.

Occasionally, paralysis progresses to the chest, impairing a patient’s ability to breathe. Even with access to a respirator and intensive care, some 5 percent of those stricken

by Guillain–Barre die.

The mini–outbreak in that Pacific paradise offered the first ominous hint that the Zika virus is a pathogen capable of causing something more than just red eyes and a brief bout of muscle aches and fever. Just a year later, as it began to circulate across Brazil, came evidence that Zika virus is also linked to microcephaly in newborns exposed while in utero to the virus.

In French Polynesia, the numbers of those affected by Guillain– Barre syndrome have remained a matter of debate, as has the role of Zika–virus infection in causing the rare autoimmune reaction.

Until now.

A study published Monday in the journal Lancet has found substantial evidence that Zika virus infection and Guillain–Barre syndrome are causally linked.

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Colombia Is a U.S. website causing the collapse of the Venezuelan economy?

That’s what Venezuela’s Central Bank seems to want to prove as it pursues legal action to shutdown www.dolartoday.com. The bank blames the website for runaway inflation and a plummeting currency.

On Monday, Adam Fox, a Squire Patton Boggs attorney who is representing the bank, said his firm plans to submit an amended complaint against the website after the U.S. District Court of Delaware dismissed the initial claim on Friday.

Started in 2010 by three Venezuelan exiles, DolarToday has drawn a huge following and the ire of the government by publishing the black–market bolivar–dollar exchange rate.

In a country where there are tight currency controls but also a thriving black market for greenbacks, the website has been a frequent government target.

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Man leaves daughter behind in Goodwill Police Log: Feb. 26 to Feb. 28

By Brendan deady Collegian Staff

Friday, Feb. 26: 9:52 a.m.: A man left his five-year-old daughter behind at the Goodwill store at 183 University Dr. After repeated attempts to reach the man, he was finally located. He told police he had forgotten that he brought the child with him.

11:05 a.m.: Devin Reade, 35, of Colrain, was arrested for breaking and entering in the daytime at 55 Pokeberry Rdg. A real estate agent entered the vacant address earlier in the day for a showing.

Upon entry, the agent discovered Reade sleeping on the couch and called police.

2:59 p.m.: A caller at 1040 North Pleasant St. reported hearing a single gunshot coming from the field in the back of the location.

The reporting party did es of resisting arrest. not witness anyone with a Smith and Gauthier were gun. Police found nothing. charged with assault and battery on a police officer 6:26 p.m. : A man living after each tried to interon the streets of Amherst fere when officers attemptreceived a court sum- ed to arrest their friend. mons for failing to register as a sex offender. 1:33 a.m. : Police cleared out a large party at 35 Tamarack 6:49 p.m. : A man called Dr. after a neighbor reportpolice claiming an intrud- ed a group of college age er named Carlito was pres- individuals ringing doorent in his mother’s home. bells and knocking over When police arrived at 33 mailboxes along the street.

Kellogg Ave., the woman informed officers Carlito 3:56 p.m .: Police issued a was a guest. Carlito accom- no trespass order to two panied her to the door juveniles after they were draped in a sheet, as he did caught shoplifting ice not have any clothes on. cream, honey buns and potato chips. Police also found and disposed of a Saturday, Feb. 27: small amount of marijuana found on each person.

12:20 a.m.: Officers arrested three people at 24 Summer Sunday, Feb. 28: St. for resisting arrest, two received assault and battery charges on a police 3:49 a.m.: A man heard a officer and a fourth person loud bang outside after was arrested for unlawful entering his residence at noise.

985 North Pleasant St. He Dennis Trujillo, 22, Jensen walked outside to discover Gauthier, 21, and Bailey that someone had thrown Smith, 21, received charg- a potted plant at his car,

smashing its windshield.

11:31 a.m.: A clerk at the CVS at 165 University Dr. reported that a black male in his early 20s used a counterfeit $100 bill. The employee stated the same man has used counterfeit bills in the past and informed police which vehicle the party left in.

12:55 p.m. : Police arrested Justin Lewis, 21, of Brooklyn, New York, and Abdoulaye Sanogo, 19, of Jamaica, New York.

Sanogo, an Amherst College student, has been reportedly exchanging counterfeit bills at various stores in the area and was the male reported earlier in the day.

A clerk at the CVS at 165 University Dr. previously reported a male in his early 20s used a counterfeit $100 bill at 11:31 a.m., and had used counterfeit bills in the past.

Police noticed the vehicle described by the CVS clerk, followed the driver and staked out the car near Amherst College’s

campus. Police eventually arrested the two men and confiscated over a $1000 in real cash believed to have been obtained by swapping counterfeit bills.

8:14 p.m.: A black cow ran into the side of a motor vehicle at 1581 South East St. The operator of the vehicle, and the cow, did not have any injuries.

The owner of the cow and the motor vehicle exchanged insurance information.

10:04 p.m. : A man called police to the Boulder Apartments on East Hadley Road for a possible vandalism incident. Police discovered that someone had thrown feces into his laundry while the machine ran.

Officers contacted maintenance and suggested they replace the machine. Police have no suspects.

Brendan Deady can be reached at bdeady@umass.edu.

Justice Thomas asks first question in 10 years Mon. Domestic violence, gun rights a focus By david G. SavaGe Tribune Washington Bureau WA S H I N G T O N — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas broke his decade–long silence Monday and asked several questions during an oral argument about whether people should lose their right to carry a gun because of a domestic violence conviction.

Thomas took the side of a Maine man who lost his right to own a gun after he pleaded guilty to a domestic violence charge and paid a $200 fine.

Speaking near the end of an hour–long argument, Thomas pressed a government lawyer to cite another example of where the law permanently “suspends” a citizen’s constitutional right based on a misdemeanor conviction.

He was referring to the 2nd Amendment right to have a gun. No one would lose their 1st Amendment to right to speak or publish a book because of a misdemeanor conviction, he said.

“Can you think of another constitutional right that can be suspended based upon a misdemeanor violation of a state law,” Thomas asked, suggesting that the government might have a better case if the underlying crime had involved the use of a gun.

Federal law forbids felons from possessing a gun, and in 1996, Congress went further and outlawed gun possession for anyone who “has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.”

The high court unanimously upheld that provision three years ago as long as the defendant had used “physical force.”

The justices on Monday heard an appeal from a Maine man who pleaded guilty in 2004 for having “knowingly or recklessly” caused or engaged in “offensive physical contact” with his girlfriend.

The man, Stephen Voisine, was arrested five years later for having shot a protected bald eagle.

When federal investigators discovered his earlier conviction for domestic violence, they charged him with unlawful possession of a firearm.

The court agreed to hear his appeal to decide whether “reckless” conduct was enough to trigger the ban on gun possession.

Thomas’ courtroom silence is rare. Though in earlier decades it was common for justices to sit silently for weeks at a time, today the other eight justices typically ask at least one question during every argument.

Thomas has given several explanations for his silence. He told law school audiences that his colleagues asked too many questions and did not permit lawyers to make their arguments.

Prior to joining the court in 1991, Thomas served one year on the U.S. court of appeals, where he was one of three judges asking questions during arguments.

Thomas also said that from his days at the Yale Law School, he preferred to listen rather than ask questions in class.

Before Monday, the last time Thomas asked a question during oral arguments was in February 2006.

On occasion in court, he leans over to speak privately to Justice Stephen Breyer. At times, Breyer has said that Thomas had raised an interesting point and tried, without success, to encourage Thomas to raise it with the lawyer.

Some speculated that the recent death of Justice Antonin Scalia may have prodded Thomas to break his silence.

A fellow conservative, Thomas joined Scalia in 5–4 rulings that had upheld individual gun rights under the 2nd Amendment.

Without Scalia, Thomas may believe the court lacks a strong voice in favor of the 2nd Amendment.

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est candidate than Clinton.

However, they both also said Clinton was more qualified to be president.

“Given the demographics, Massachusetts is a bellwether state for determining whether Sanders has staying power in this race,” said Brian Schaffner, director of the UMass Amherst / WBZ Poll and professor of political science at UMass Amherst, in a release.

“If he can’t succeed here, then there aren’t too many other states he can count on winning.”

Ray La Raja, associate director of the poll and associate professor of political science at UMass, said in the release that Massachusetts GOP voters don’t necessarily reflect the views of the entire nation.

“But the popularity of Trump’s positions are in such contrast to conventional GOP doctrine that Ray La Raja, associate direc-

tor of the poll and associate professor of political science at UMass, said in the release that Massachusetts GOP voters don’t necessarily reflect the views of the entire nation. the party leaders must be thinking ‘counter-reformation’ at this point, even if Trump does not get the nomination,” he said.

The polls open Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. for the 2016 presidential primary in Massachusetts. Those registered to vote can do so until 8 p.m. that evening. The Town of Amherst hosts eight polling locations.

According to MassLive, Democratic candidates must compete for 116 delegates, 59 of which will be proportional to candidates’ success in each of the state’s congressional districts.

Six Democratic delegates will be determined based on votes in the first congressional district, which spans from the Berkshires to just

south of Worcester, while six Democratic delegates will also be up for grabs in the second congressional district, which runs from Northfield to Blackstone.

The article also explained that 20 at-large delegates and a dozen party leaders and elected officials also make up the 116 count. Massachusetts Democrats will send 25 unpledged, or “super delegates,” to the July nominating convention as well.

For the GOP, 27 delegates in Massachusetts will be elected at nine separate congressional district caucuses, three per district, on April 30, MassLive also reported.

A dozen other delegates will later be elected by the state committee on May 25.

Marie MacCune can be reached at mmaccune@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @MarieMacCune.

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UMass worked in collaboration with dining services, residential life, campus police and the Town of Amherst to plan for Blarney, said Gelaye. guests in residence halls, with up to a maximum of four. Guests are defined as anyone who is not a resident of the hall.

The financial costs of the Blarney plans are similar to last year, said Enku Gelaye, vice chancellor for student affairs and campus life. UMass spent roughly $500,000 on Blarney weekend preparations last year, according to a statement from spokesperson Ed Blaguszewski provided to the Daily Hampshire Gazette.

“We’re pretty much using the rubric we used last year,” she said.

“We’re coming off what we believe is a very successful 2015 event,” said David Ziomek, assistant town manager for Amherst. “We learned from last year and previous years.”

UMass worked in collaboration with dining services, residential life, campus police and the town of Amherst to plan for Blarney, said Gelaye. “(Students) are really our lead partners in this,” she said. “I think what was a success last year was the one-on-one engagement with students.”

Student input came from SGA, the Residence Hall Association and resident assistants in residence halls, said Gelaye. She said students also contacted her directly.

Staff from Student Affairs will be walking around campus the day of Blarney, talking to students about what to avoid and what to expect, said Gelaye.

SGA has been in consul-

tation with Student Affairs about Blarney preparations concerning the various restrictions being implemented over the weekend, said Barrett.

After the success of last year’s efforts, Amherst Police Officers will focus on conversation and discussion with students, said Scott Livingstone, chief of the Amherst Police Department.

Livingstone said he is aware that guest restrictions may not be popular with students.

“We don’t want the Town of Amherst to become a nofun zone,” he said.

Since September, arrest numbers are down for quality-of-life issues in the town, said Livingstone.

“The students understand that what happened in 2014 was a black eye on the university and the Town of Amherst,” said Livingstone.

“It was something that we took to heart within our agency. We knew we had to change some things too,” he said.

Livingstone said that the fewer arrests have been intentional. Officers have been attempting to educate students instead of immediately arresting them, he said.

“I know that making a lot of alcohol arrests wasn’t really getting us anywhere,” he said, adding that arrests were causing animosity between students and police.

Complaints are down as well, which Livingstone attributes to outreach to students.

According to UMass

Police Chief Tyrone Parham, UMPD plans to have officers stationed at the Mullins Center, residence halls and dining commons. Officers will have a lot of “fruitful discussions” with students, he said. They will be there for enforcement purposes if needed, but Parham said he is optimistic.

Livingstone said his officers will be present “mostly just to engage the students.”

Parham said the “negative aspects” of Blarney seemed to come from non-students.

“What we don’t want is to have a large number of (outside) students coming into Amherst and thinking it’s game on,” said Livingstone.

The Amherst Police Department has a mutual aid agreement with most police departments in Western Massachusetts, and can call on the state police if needed, said Livingstone. “(I) really don’t think it’s going to come to that,” he said.

The Amherst Fire Department will fully staff its ambulances, paramedics and fire trucks, said Amherst Fire Chief Tim Nelson.

Gelaye said that the measures are intended to help change the culture of Blarney.

“We’re trying to change the culture, so ultimately, do I think this is what we’ll do for the next 10, 15 years? No,” she said.

Patricia LeBoeuf can be reached at patricialebo@umass.edu.

teams were instructed to work with U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East, and told to focus on “disrupting (Islamic State’s) ability to command and control, to communicate, and to run the so-called state,” according to a Defense Department official.

Martin Libicki, a cyber and national security analyst at the nonpartisan RAND Corp. think tank in Arlington, Va., said Cyber Command has far greater resources than Islamic State and should be able to overwhelm the group, which is also known as ISIS.

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“They probably couldn’t do this so easily with a sophisticated enemy, but ISIS is not a sophisticated enemy,” he said. “Let’s face it, ISIS is not going to re-engineer its computer systems after they realize they’ve been breached.”

But too large an effort to choke Islamic State communications on social media and cellphones in Syria and Iraq could shut access to the militants’ locations, messages and intentions.

The Pentagon aims to build 133 teams by 2018 to mount cyberattacks on foreign adversaries and defend critical U.S. networks.

The president’s budget request to Congress for the next fiscal year includes $6.8 billion for Cyber Command and other Pentagon cybersecurity operations, a more than 15 percent increase over the $5.9 billion this year.

“There’s a monumental shift in global security happening right now, from simply protecting systems and equipment to having the capability to attack and control them,” said Alan Paller, research director at SANS Institute, a cybertraining center in Bethesda, Md. “No military campaign in the future will be fought without a cyber component.”

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be,” Fisher said.

Arbella’s involvement in the Distractology program began about seven years ago, according to Arbella President Beverly Tangvik. The company noticed that “a lot of the accidents that were coming in were caused by distracted driving and specifically texting,” she said.

Sending or receiving a text takes a driver’s eyes off of the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, according to the press release.

Driving at 55 miles per hour, this is the equivalent of driving the length of an entire football field while blindfolded.

Texting and other distractions have been factors in 58 percent of moderate to severe teen crashes, according to a 2015 study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

In hopes of getting “in front of this new issue before it gets out of control” and because of Arbella’s commitment to making young drivers safer, according to Tangvik, Arbella reached out to Fisher and offered to sponsor the program.

“It was their idea to put it in a trailer, to have two simulators there and actually to bring that around to the various different high schools in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,” Fisher said.

Tangvik and Fisher said that the simulators travel to a different city or town high school each week, as they have been for the past five years and will continue to do for at least another five years to come. To date, more than 11,000 new drivers – meaning those that have been

licensed less than three years or have a learner’s permit – have completed the training.

According to Fisher, the simulators have also come to the University before, when the touring first began.

By noon on Monday, four hours after the simulation opened in front of the Student Union, operators in charge of the mobile unit estimated that at least 40 students had tried out the simulation.

“Everyone is surprised,” said Tangvik describing student reactions. “They think they can text, they can look down and up, and up and down, but it doesn’t work.”

Shelby Ashline can be reached at sashline@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Shelby_Ashline.

Judge rules Apple doesn’t have to open iPhone Decision will impact pending FBI lawsuit

By Sean CoCkerham McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Brooklyn ruled Monday that the government cannot force Apple to unlock an iPhone — a decision that could be a blow against the FBI in its legal battle to get Apple to open the phone of San Bernardino, Calif., shooter Syed Farook.

In both the New York and the California cases, the federal government argued that Apple is required to cooperate with law enforcement under the All Writs Act, a vague 1789 law granting courts power to issue orders not covered by other laws.

But unlike the magistrate in the San Bernardino case, U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein of the Eastern District of New York sided with Apple, signaling that the legal

outcome in the San Bernardino case is anything but certain.

“After reviewing the facts in the record and the parties’ arguments, I conclude that none of those factors justifies imposing on Apple the obligation to assist the government’s investigation against its will,” Ornstein found in a case in which the Drug Enforcement Administration wanted Apple to unlock an iPhone owned by a methamphetamine dealer.

Orenstein wrote that Congress must decide if tech companies should be required to open their devices to law enforcement. The government can’t use a nearly 220–year–old law to force Apple’s cooperation, he ruled.

The ruling likely will give impetus to legislators like Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California to push for tougher legislation than the current favored course of a commission to study the issue.

“That debate must happen today,

and it must take place among legislators who are equipped to consider the technological and cultural realities of a world their predecessors could not begin to conceive,” Orenstein wrote. “It would betray our constitutional heritage and our people’s claim to democratic governance for a judge to pretend that our Founders already had that debate, and ended it, in 1789.”

The New York ruling is not binding on Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym in California as she considers Apple’s challenge of her court order telling the company to unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone.

But it is the first time that a judge has ruled that current law cannot be used to force a tech company to retrieve encrypted data for a law enforcement investigation.

Apple expressed a belief that the ruling “is going to have some persuasive effect for the magistrate in California.”

The California case is far more high profile, involving a terrorist who, along with his wife, killed 14 people in December. Legal analysts said it could go to the U.S. Supreme Court and will draw far more legal interest than the matter of a Brooklyn drug dealer’s phone.

The legal issues are largely the same, though. Orenstein noted in his ruling that Congress considered forcing tech company cooperation when it passed the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, which in 1994 set the rules for electronic eavesdropping. But Congress declined to do so, Orenstein wrote in his 50–page ruling siding with Apple.

Justice Department spokeswoman Emily Pierce said the department was disappointed by the ruling and would appeal.

Apple said the government is asking more of the company in the California case than the New York case. The New York case involved an

earlier operating system, iOS 7, and Apple could access the data.

The iPhone used by the California shooter has an iOS 9 system. The company says it cannot bypass the security features the newer system without creating new software and essentially hacking its own device.

The judge’s ruling came a day before Apple general counsel and senior vice president Bruce Sewell was to testify on encryption before the House Judiciary Committee.

According to Sewell’s prepared testimony, he will argue that Congress needs to decide the encryption issue and not leave it to judicial interpretation of the 1789 law.

“The decisions should be made by you and your colleagues as representatives of the people, rather than through a warrant request based on a 220–year–old statute,” according to Sewell’s prepared testimony.

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The FBI is wrong to harass Apple Among the many tech- stated in an interview with nological achievements by ABC. If the password were Apple, the company’s secu- left untouched, the phone would automatically backup Michael Agnello its data to the iCloud, providing a way for Apple to access rity and encryption software the data without compromisrank near the top. Each new ing their encryption softversion of the iPhone fea- ware. tures strong encryption, Cook also noted that he allowing users to have their offered investigators instrucinformation secure from tions for recovering the data, potential hackers. but the advice was not used.

The FBI, in order to conSo, in essence, the FBI tinue its investigation of the proceeded without caution San Bernardino terrorist and then ordered, by way of attacks, wants Apple to crethe 1789 All Writs Act, Apple ate new software that would to bail them out. But without be able to counteract the iCloud records, most of the intense security and unlock major information on the one of the killer’s iPhone. phone is already lost, which Although the software could means creating hazardous potentially help the FBI software could be in vain. track down whom the killer I understand that for the was in contact with, thereFBI to complete a thorough fore helping to combat terrorism, it remains evident investigation it is necessary that creation of the software to leave no stone unturned, would be more hazardous but the consequences in this instance far outweigh the than productive.

A critical reason the potential benefits.

Supporters of the FBI situation has escaladed is claim that once created, the because the FBI handled the software would only be used initial investigation poorly.

A San Bernardino County in this specific case. Though, employee, instructed by the such a viewpoint ignores the FBI, reset the killer’s iCloud complexity of cyber security password, thus preventing because once the software the phone from being able to exists, hackers will undoubtbackup its data to the cloud edly attempt to access it.

Which raises a key issue; as “when that is done, the phone will no longer back- following the June 2015 up to the Cloud,” Tim Cook breach of the U.S Office of

Personnel Management’s system, where four million government employees record’s were stolen, the FBI released a statement saying, “we take all potential threats to public and private sector systems seriously.”

If that is the true, then the bureau should drop the case with Apple. The creation of the software poses a threat to the information of Apple users by making them more vulnerable to data theft and because of the mobility and interconnectedness of iPhones to both public and private systems, requesting the software would contradict the previously released statement.

Proceeding with the lawsuit would demonstrate that the FBI has a lack of observance to its own values. As Tim Cook stated, “this case is bad for America” because not only could it lead to the creation of software which would allow access to the data of any iPhone, but it also sets a standard that the government can exert influence into what the private sector creates. In essence, to weaken the security systems Apple worked so hard to create would lead to a weakening of American ideals.

Michael Agnello is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at magnello@umass.edu.

Textbook broke College students spend would take to print. a staggering amount of With students already money on textbooks each struggling with the burden of rising higher education Michael Dudek costs, this is a tangible way to save students’ money. If undergraduate students in year. The College Board the United States used just currently recommends that one open source textbook in the average undergraduate place of a traditional textstudent should spend up to book, the student PIRGs $1,200 to $1,300 for textbooks have estimated that it would annually. Since 1978, the price of textbooks has increased 812 percent, 3.2 times the rate of inflation.

With 90 percent of the $8.8 save students $1.418 billion billion market owned by just nationally.

As a student, I know five textbook publishers, there is no doubt that the that my peers support the textbook market has some idea of open textbooks and serious functionality prob- lower textbook costs. Not only could we individually lems.

To help save students save money that could be money, the student Public used for other higher educaInterest Research Group tion expenses, but we could has spent years working on fundamentally improve the the Affordable Textbooks textbook market.

For example; second campaign, promoting open source textbooks. The cam- semester of freshman year paign for open source text- I spent $220 on an introducbooks aims to get students, tory level Spanish textbook. faculty and administra- If I had an open textbook tors involved in the fight instead I could’ve bought against traditional text- all the rest of the books I books by switching over to needed that semester with Open Educational Resources the money saved from that (OER). Open source text- one textbook. The ridiculous books are faculty written, price of that one textbook peer-reviewed and published is what prompted me to get under an open license. They involved with MASSPIRG. The three main challengare available free online to download, and print copies es to achieving more wideare available at $10 to $40 spread open source textbook or approximately the cost it adoption are awareness,

access and availability. Not enough students and university staff are informed about open source textbooks. MASSPIRG is working to educate professors on how to use open source textbooks already in existence and how to create their own. And we need everyone’s help because we know it works. Since 2011, the OEI has saved UMass Amherst students approximately $1.3 million.

At its core, the Affordable Textbooks Campaign has a mission of ensuring that every student has access to the high quality learning materials they need at littleto-no cost. The rising costs of textbooks affect us all, and right now is a ripe for opportunity for change. If everyone joins together, we have the ability to make a significant difference for all students at UMass. The solution the problem has been presented to us in the form of open source textbooks, and now it is time to act and say enough is enough.

We can do something about the rising cost of textbooks, and we will. In the words of the student PIRGs, “We can’t afford to pass up a billiondollar solution.”

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Dear men: Women do not and should not dress for you From a young age, girls are taught to just for someone else’s benefit. It is my wear skirts and shorts at fingertip length. body. I can do what I want with it.

Girls are told to not to show off their shoul- Women are often criticized for their makeup or the length of their skirts. Women who Emilia Beuger wear lots of makeup and wear less clothing are seen as trying to get male attention. ders with tank tops, and more recently, to Most of the time, a woman dresses this way not wear low-cut tops or yoga pants. Why? because she is confident in herself.

Because these will distract boys. Girls are As I am very interested in fashion, I taught at a young age to cover themselves notice fashion trends. Not only are women because their bodies are deemed as inap- subjected to criticism for how they dress, propriate. but women have also been made to dress Women are perceived as extensions of “modestly” for years if they want to be men. This is not to say that all men believe taken seriously. Nothing too tight, no heels this, but this is something that has been that are too high or too flashy. They cannot instilled through the culture and media. show off certain parts of their body. We This is especially seen in terms of wom- as women are made to cover up our boden’s fashion. For example, when a female ies and not show off our curves or chests. celebrity becomes single, one may see a One could argue that, when dressing propicture of her wearing a fashionable outfit, fessionally, women should not show off with a headtheir bodies line such as as they want “Selena shows to be taken Justin what seriously.

I he’s missing.” would like to As if a female unpack that. cannot dress The way I see well for herit, the profesself. She can only dress for a man. One may sional wear that is imposed on women argue that women do dress to impress men, disallows them from being feminine. and that could be true, but I as a woman Professionals can only be seen as unfemidress the way I dress because I feel confi- nine. dent and comfortable in those clothes.

The impact of all of this is the sense Expanding on that, the traditional belief of entitlement that men think they have is that a woman can only show herself off over women’s bodies. Women are told over for her husband. Now in the United States, and over again that their bodies must be this belief is not law, but it is contested controlled and covered for men. One of the often. One example is the recent tweet by many questions people think after a women Ayesha Curry, wife of basketball player is raped is “what were they wearing?” This Steph Curry. The tweet from December speaks to the pervading rape culture in caused an uproar on Twitter. “I like to keep the United States. Of course, that is a comthe good stuff covered up for the one who pletely different issue, but we are not somematters,” Curry wrote, followed by the thing to be consumed or controlled. We are laughing emojis. The tweet insinuated that unfairly punished for our femininity. women should only show their bodies off Something as simple as dress can make to their husbands, claiming that it was not a huge impact, not only on a woman’s life, classy to show off one’s body. but also on her reputation. This is a huge To that, I respond that there are many issue that exists in the United States. A instances where one’s body can be shown woman should be able to dress how she off in a classy way, such as the new open- wants, and not have to worry about what backed Sherri Hill two piece prom dresses. men think, because a woman does not dress By saying that a woman can only show for men; she dresses for herself. her body off to her husband perpetuates the belief that women are only for men’s Emiia Beuger is a Collegian columnist and can be consumption. I for one do not hide my body reached at ebeuger@umass.edu.

“Women are perceived as extensions of men.

This is not to say that all men believe this, but this is something that has been instilled through the culture and media.”

“... [open-sourced textbooks are a] tangible way to save students’ money”

Michael Dudek is a Collegian columnist and MASSPIRG member and can be reached at mdudek@umass.edu.

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ALBUM REVIEW

Santigold criticizes commercialized world with ‘99 cents’ Record exposes the self-obsessed

By Troy KowalchuK Collegian Correspondent Everything is commercialized – including people.

In her third album, “99¢,” Santigold navigates and exposes the superficiality of the world around her.

We’ve let ourselves fall victim to consumerism, with apps like “Tinder,” and Santi White expressed how we have turned into products. We swipe left or right if someone is a worthy product and we spend hours making subtle changes to our own profiles to convince others we are a product worth talking to.

All aspects of social media have us trying to create a character that isn’t us, but who we think others want us to be. “99¢” exposes this and shows how ridiculous and harmful this mentality is.

On the cover of her album she packaged herself with a number of trinkets, appearing like an action figure, declaring her worth as “99¢.”By making fun of the superficial world around her, the reality surfaces.

She begins to break out of the package she laminated herself into.

The 12-song LP is a Santigold album, in that it contains her unique vocal arrangement and Africanbubblegum bop sampled beats. White becomes a liberating force against consumerism through her music.

The album starts off with her debut single from previous album, “Can’t Get Enough of Myself.” On a topical level it seems that Santigold is the packaged product. She is this selfobsessed individual who only cares about their own achievements. She represents the epitome of what everyone wants when they post online about themselves: to be liked.

Everyone around her is as obsessed with her, and it becomes comical. With lines like “to my neighbors I’m the best thing around” and “who now could it be, calling the paparazzi” all sung in an almost sarcastic tone, being liked by everyone around her and obsessed is almost creepy.

The character she created isn’t human, it’s an egocentric creature with no emotional depth. Yet this

is the person everyone is trying to be. Once this character’s reality is put into perspective and seen as a facade, Santigold continues the album revealing emotions that make the album what it strives to be: genuine.

As the album continues we see this character actively trying to break out of the package. The child-like chants in “Banshee” are all about breaking out of society’s mold. Its upbeat, tantalizing delivery brings the listener to become a part of White’s vision and to leave the fake character behind.

Letting the “Banshee” go is not letting other people judge and mold you; it’s getting over the binds that a society can constrict one to.

The album shortly becomes a positive anthem and ultimately inspiring.

“Walking in a Circle” becomes one of the darker pieces. The majority of the tracks are very upbeat and energized, yet this is a slow, haunting part of the album. Here, she addresses the evils of the industry and that money becomes more important than the people themselves; we have sold ourselves to the system. While White may be

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Santigold examines the negative effects of consumerism in her new album released on Saturday. walking in a circle, she is drastically trying to evolve and never stop walking, she grows and continues to grow.

Whether it be the bubbly, groovy “Rendezvous Girl” or the empty, solemn “Before the Fire,” each track is distinctly its own.

The way it’s produced, the way the sounds are made, the messages pleasantly

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sung across in a number of styles all work in different ways. The album is a gumball dispenser where each color works brilliantly together as a visual delight and on their own they remain just as vibrant and sweet as the last.

With what had started to seem like a satire of the world around us, “99¢” soon becomes a genuine, posi-

tive anthem for any person struggling to navigate this money obsessed world.

Through its catchy tunes and diverse styles, “99¢” shows the importance of breaking out of the packages we put ourselves in.

Only there can we find our true selves.

Troy Kowalchuk can be reached at tkowalchuk@umass.edu.

CONCERT REVIEW

Future is indestructible on ‘EVOL’ Masla revitalizes hip Rapper’s second release hop as live art on stage of the year impresses Opening act raises the bar for entire genre

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I am absolutely convinced that Future is unstoppable.

When will this man stop releasing great musical projects in quick succession? Less than a month after his most recent mixtape “Purple Reign,” Future released his fourth studio album “EVOL” exclusively on Apple Music, as a result of him signing a deal with the up and coming streaming service. The biggest question has been whether after the slightly underwhelming “Purple Reign,” can Future effectively pick up where he left off in 2015 and dominate another year?

I am happy to say that the answer is a resounding yes.

Not only is this the most confident Future has ever been, but it also finds him breaking new ground with more unique sounds while also perfecting his formula of making trap-themed bangers.

Before I really delve into this album, it should be noted what a historic run we are witnessing in hip-hop right now. Ten years from now, we will be talking about this on the same level as Lil’ Wayne’s legendary run of mixtapes back in the mid-2000s.

Until Future releases a project that is truly mediocre, his legendary status will only serve to increase over time. The fact that he was able to save his career after “Honest” flopped and is now becoming one of the most relevant rappers on the planet, is nothing short of extraordinary.

The closest project that you can compare to his album would be his “56 Nights” mixtape. Future, like many of his fellow rappers, seems to take no interest in chasing down popular trends and radio hits. Instead, he focuses on his demons and how his drug addiction (mainly to lean) defines the direction and narrative of his life. In one of the standout tracks “Lil Haiti Baby,” Future raps the haunting line, “Dumping down pills/I feel my head exploding.” One gets the impression that Future needs

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Future focuses his lyrics on his struggles with drug addiction and downplays achievements.

It is a very solid offering by arguably the most prolific and consistent rapper in music today. Even so, Future should take some time off in between his releases and try to delve into different songs and try to keep things fresh. rehab more than he does new listeners when a majority of his lyrics deal with his overly excessive hedonistic lifestyle. The darkness of Future’s soul is more palatable than any of his previous releases; you can almost hear the pain and depression in his voice.

Even when Future raps about his accomplishments, they seem like more statements of facts rather than feelings of victory and triumph.

There are really no standout tracks like “March Madness” or “Lay Up” found on “EVOL,” but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Instead of becoming more grandiose with every release like he is expected to, Future decides to look inward, further embracing the darkness of his life. “Low Life,” featuring The Weeknd (who is similarly destructive), revels in debauchery as popular culture’s most famous hedonists describe their daily lives on a pulsating Metro Boomin beat.

“Lie To Me,” which is the best track on the album, plays out like an extended therapy session, with him airing out his feelings about fake friends and women

who are not worth trusting. “Fly S**t Only,” the most inventive track on the album, finds Future crooning, “Why you looking at me shawty/Recognizing I’m the only, only, only one that’s ballin” over electric guitar riffs. Future goes out of his comfort zone and achieves fantastic results. On the inevitable Future projects, if he can harness this experimentation on a grander level, he could really delve into a whole new sound.

“EVOL,” as a whole, is not as game changing at “DS2” or “56 Nights.” It is a very solid offering by arguably the most prolific and consistent rapper in music today. Even so, Future should take some time off in between his releases and try to delve into different songs and try to keep things fresh. Many rappers today are trying to copy Future’s style, but as he’s shown with this release and all the others, it’s hard to top the master at his own game.

Kunal Khunger can be reached at kkhunger@umass.edu.

over the course of those few short songs they showed surprising versatility and sound.

Their performance was fueled by restless physical interaction with the audience as Edgerly constantly incited movement in the crowd at every opportunity that he had.

Like the rest of the band members, the rapper was very young and beamed with energy and projected what seemed like a punk rock-inspired stage presence as he threw his fists in the air and continuously leaped around the stage to the beat while still rapping in sync.

The entire set was performed solely using live instrumentation, and while the rarity of having live drum beats during a hip hop concert – as opposed to synthesized ones created with a drum machine or computer – went a long way in making Masla’s music sound raw and organic, each song Masla played seemed to concentrate on a different dimension of their sound that would stylistically contrast with the songs that came before it.

Despite only being the supporting act, Masla stole the show with the sheer potency of their liveliness and overall boundarypushing inventiveness of their genre-crossing music.

This night at Pearl Street came across as a celebration of the advantages of live instrumentation in hip hop, and although they were quite young, Masla showed a level of competency, maturity and refined skill that was nearly on par with the main act, The Soul Rebels, who are highly experienced veterans of the stage. That is unquestionably the sign of a truly flourishing new talent.

NORTHAMPTON — Last Sunday, New Orleans brass band The Soul Rebels and New York underground rap icon Talib Kweli headlined a concert at the Pearl Street in Northampton, MA as part of a nationwide collaborative tour between the two artists.

The show was held in the upper level of the venue, also known as the “Clubroom,” a very intimate setting for the evening with a moderately large crowd of fans huddled up near the stage. While Talib Kweli and The Soul Rebels put on a highly entertaining show that was all-around good-spirited, what became the most surprising aspect of the concert was the outstanding performance from the local group that opened the show.

Masla, a We s t e r n Massachusetts-based band, began playing the exact moment the concert was scheduled to begin. And while it’s common to review the headlining performances from a typical concert, this supporting act proved itself worthy of a full-fledged review.

Masla consists of male rapper Cody Edgerly, female rapper Deja Carr (who also provided sung vocals), drummer Brahm Masla, bassist Eli Heath and saxophonist Mtali Banda.

The intensely original sound Masla crafted for itself came on vigorous display in the live setting as an incredibly unique fusion of jazz, blues, funk and soul influences.

This sound served as a foundation to be further built upon with an impressive hybridized rapping style from both Edgerly and Carr that equally took after the golden age flow of boom bap, the surrealistic and poetic lyricism of abstract hip hop and the relentless pacing of trap rap.

Masla performed five songs Alexander Beebe can be reached at before exiting the stage, and asbeebe@umass.edu.

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Groleau also ran the fourth leg of the Minuteman 4x800-meter relay that took 10th place at the meet with a time of 7:42.95 seconds.

Other scoring contributions at the meet came from senior Kevin Rooke, who placed second in the 5000-meter at 14:40.59, John Chuma with sixth place in the pole vault (4.7

meters) and Paolo Tavares with his fifth place run in the 3000-meter race (8:18.43).

Coaches from the menfifth place run in the 3 from senior Kevin Rooke, who placed second in the The Minutemen wrap up their winter season at the IC4A’s next weekend in Boston.

Chris Marino can be reached at cmarino@umass.edu.

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Tanaka preps for Opening Day start in ‘16 By david lennon Newsday

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Steve Kerr looks on from the sidelines during Golden State’s 130-114 win against the Orlando Magic on Feb. 25.

By Carl Steward San Jose Mercury News OAKLAND, Calif. — Looking to put out the fire of an incident that has received significant national attention, Warriors forward Draymond Green issued a detailed public apology Monday for a profanity-laced halftime outburst that was overheard outside the team’s locker room during Saturday’s overtime victory over Oklahoma City.

“I know everybody has questions about it,” Green said. “But I admit my mistakes, and I made a mistake. I made a mistake with my teammates and coaching staff. I apologize to my teammates and my coaching staff and this organization. That wasn’t the right way to handle what needed to be handled.”

Green’s outburst was reported immediately by ABC sideline reporter Lisa Salter during Saturday night’s game, and various reports have surfaced since, most notably a blowby-blow account of the forward’s actions relayed by ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith on “First Take” Monday morning. Green didn’t get into what exactly happened between himself and coach

Steve Kerr, but maintained he didn’t say he wouldn’t play the second half.

“As a leader of this team, I can’t do that because it sets a bad precedent for how everything is run around here, how everything should be run and how everything has been run, how everything will be run going forward,” he said. “It won’t happen again. It’s something where my emotions kind of got ahead of me, and I let my emotions get the best of me.

“However, I will never quit on my teammates as some have reported. I will never quit on my coaching staff, I will never quit on this organization. This organization has given me everything I could ask for, so I support and represent this organization to the best of my ability, and that’s not who I am, that’s not who I have been and that’s not who I will become. But I’m human, I’m not perfect, nobody on this earth is perfect. If we were, there’s no reason for us being here.”

Green said he would not talk about the incident again, but added when someone tried to ask him a follow-up question, “I know when you’re in the midst of

a great season, people are going to latch onto stuff to try and tear it down. We’re moving forward.”

Green did respond to a question about his secondhalf mood following his outburst.

“I was pissed off, and I felt like I owed it to my team to give everything I had,” he said. “I knew we needed a spark and mainly on the defensive end.”

Warriors guard Stephen Curry said Green apologized to the team after the game.

Coach Steve Kerr said the Warriors have to expect these kinds of dissections in today’s media climate.

“This is the way life is these days,” Kerr said.

“There are 24-hour sports talk shows on radio and TV and we’re in the spotlight because of our record, so it doesn’t bother us that everybody’s talking about it. It was handled internally, we all love each other, and we’re good.

“It’s the NBA. Every team I’ve ever been on has had stuff like this. Every team. Championship teams or not, it happens. It’s 15 Alpha males in a room trying to compete, money on the line and prestige and trophies and competition. This is being so over-

blown.”

Kerr said in a “strange way,” the Warriors were motivated to play a great second half and overtime against the Thunder in the wake of Green’s tirade.

“You guys all know how emotional he is,” the coach said. “It’s one of the things that makes him great, his passion and his intensity.

So, I think we’re doing OK. We won the championship and what’s our record now - 53-5? I think everything’s OK. I think his emotion is good for us and at times it bubbles over, but for anybody to say, ‘Oh no, we should look out, what’s coming next?’ ... c’mon.”

Kerr chuckled when told that ESPN’s Smith had provided so many details of the incident, notably that Green refused to go out and play the second half.

“Stephen A said that?” he said. “My mistake, I didn’t see him in the locker room. If he was there, then my fault.

“With the media the way it is now and the beast that needs to eat every day, this is a story that’s going to linger for awhile,” Kerr added. “Everybody’s going to talk about it. But internally, it’s over.”

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Weekend of upsets in men’s top 25 By leo Stern Collegian Correspondent

Seton Hall has not made an appearance in the NCAA tournament since 2006, but its odds are looking much better to be chosen on selection Sunday this year after a 90-81 win over No. 5 Xavier at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey Sunday.

Sophomore forward Desi Rodriguez posted a careerhigh 27 points and 12 rebounds for the Pirates (21-7, 11-5 Big East), while teammate Isaiah Whitehead scored 22 of his own in what was the highest scoring game of the season for Seton Hall.

Meanwhile, Xavier (254, 13-4 Big East) played from behind the entire game, as they were outshot and locked down defensively in the first half. While the Musketeers outscored Seton Hall by 10 in the second half, their efforts came up short after they scored just 26 points in the opening 20 minutes.

James Farr and Trevon Bluiett each scored 17 points for Xavier. The Seton Hall defense kept the score out of reach, as the Pirates won the

rebounding battle and secured Xavier’s inside shots.

The Pirates shot 50 percent from the floor to clinch their eighth win in nine games.

Xavier will finish its regular season on Saturday against Creighton, while Seton Hall will visit Butler on Wednesday evening.

block on Iowa’s Mike Gesell with five seconds remaining to keep Ohio State ahead by two.

With an even-powered offense and must-win mentality to keep their tournament hopes somewhat alive, Ohio State’s late-game surge overpowered the Hawkeye defense.

The Buckeyes have now come out victorious in five of their Ohio State stuns No. 8 last six as they continue to Iowa heat up heading into the final stretch of the regular season.

In a Big Ten thriller Iowa will visit No. 12 on Sunday that shook up Indiana on Tuesday night, the standings once again, while Ohio State will visit No. unranked Ohio State narrowly 2 Michigan State Saturday in held on to beat No. 8 Iowa 68-64 its regular season finale. at home.

The Buckeyes (19-11, 11-6 Pitt Routs No. 15 Duke Big Ten) trailed by six with After losing to Louisville just over four minutes to play, but ended the game on a 12-2 on Wednesday in what was run to hand the Hawkeyes its fourth loss in the month (20-8, 11-5 Big Ten) their third of February, Pittsburgh had something to prove Sunday straight loss.

Junior forward Marc against No. 15 Duke (21-8, 10-6 Loving came up clutch ACC) team at home.

The Panthers stepped up to throughout the contest for the Buckeyes and led the team in deliver a signature victory and scoring with 25 points. Keita coasted to a 76-62 win against Bates-Diop contributed with the Blue Devils at Peterson 19 points, six rebounds and Events Center in Pittsburgh, four blocks as well, which Pennsylvania. included the game-saving Junior forward Jamel

Artis led the charge for Pittsburgh (20-8, 9-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) with 17 points, while senior guard James Robinson contributed 14 points and seven assists.

Robinson, starting his schoolrecord 130th game and shined on both offense and defense, tallying a team-high 36 minutes played.

Pittsburgh’s defense was the main reason for their success against Duke’s highpowered offense, as they kept Duke’s shooting to a mere 37 percent. While Grayson Allen played efficiently as usual with 22 points, he was unable to lead a charge for Duke without an immediate offensive response from the Panthers.

After Luke Kennard’s 3-pointer to bring Duke within 10 points with just over 10 minutes left, the Panthers responded with an 11-0 run to all but seal the victory.

The Blue Devils will regroup and host Wake Forest on Tuesday night, and Pittsburgh will visit Virginia Tech on Wednesday.

Leo Stern can be reached at lsstern@umass.edu.

TAMPA, Fla. — With the Astros coming to Yankee Stadium for a wild-card rematch on Opening Day, what would be more fitting than another showdown between Dallas Keuchel and Masahiro Tanaka to kick things off in the Bronx?

The signs are pointing to it happening again. Tanaka said Monday he feels better now than when he first arrived in the States, the revival probably related to him averaging only 22 starts and 145 innings his first two seasons in the majors. The fact that Tanaka began his Yankees career with a bone spur in his right elbow – the one eventually removed last October – may have been a problem he didn’t even realize until noticing the difference now that it’s gone.

“Conditioning-wise, total body-wise, as far as strength, this might be the best I’ve been compared to the two previous years,” Tanaka said through his interpreter. “I’ve prepared myself well heading into the season.”

As for the partially torn UCL suffered during his rookie season, that’s retreated to the back of his mind – but the Yankees haven’t forgotten about it. Brian Cashman said Monday that Tanaka’s post-op MRI indicated the condition of the UCL had “definitely improved” since he first suffered the injury, so that was encouraging news.

Since the ligament has stayed intact for this long, and the most recent tests sounded optimistic, we asked Cashman on Monday if he was ready to nudge the needle out of the danger zone for Tanaka. Maybe from red to yellow. What he did in response was toss an imaginary quarter in the air, slapping it down on the back of his hand.

“It’s a coin flip,” Cashman

said. “He could never have a problem. Or he could have a problem today. It’s just a guessing game. None of the greatest orthopedics can tell you anything on that.”

Despite his string of elbow, forearm and wrist problems, Tanaka’s average fastball velocity stayed in the 91-92 mph range during both seasons, according to PITCHf/x, and he threw his signature splitter between 24-27 percent of the time. Tanaka also had a WHIP of 1.06 and 0.99 in his first two seasons.

Where Tanaka thrives, in every area of his game, is making adjustments, which he’s been forced to do since he first jumped from the Rakuten Golden Eagles. Not only from a cultural standpoint, but learning to pitch more frequently in a fiveman rotation rather than six, and then coping with his elbow and forearm issues.

“Competitors like him handle opposing teams and injuries the same way – they find a strategy and attack it,” Cashman said. “He’s been that every step of the way, in whatever has come up.”

The Yankees pledged to take it slow with Tanaka in his return from the elbow cleanup, but he was up to 61 pitches in Saturday’s bullpen session. Despite Joe Girardi saying he’d like his rotation members to get six starts in during spring training, Tanaka needed only four last March to get the Opening Day assignment. And pitching coach Larry Rothschild believes Tanaka should be ready to repeat this year, as well.

The Yankees won’t push Tanaka for that particular date, obviously. But in talking to him, you get the sense Tanaka wants to be out there.

For the honor, if not revenge.

“I look at it as a special game,” Tanaka said. “There’s only 30 pitchers in the league that get to pitch on that very first day of the season.”

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UMass lacrosse ready for quick turnaround Minutemen face Hartford at 3 p.m.

By Jason Kates Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts men’s lacrosse team will not have much time to dwell on Saturday’s 10-9 defeat to No. 12 Harvard, as the Minutemen are set to take on Hartford Tuesday at Garber Field.

UMass (1-2) coach Greg Cannella said it’s all on the players to use the quick turnaround to their advantage and get themselves ready to play, both physically and mentally.

“They have a lot to do with it in terms of their preparation for the game,” he said. “Mentally it’s probably tougher on UMass and Hartford than it is physically. These guys are 18 to 23 years old, so recovery time’s got to be quick for that age.”

On the mental challenge,

Cannella added: “You kind of learn your opponent a little bit, both teams will cram a few things in and then come out and play in the game. You can’t change a lot, so you gotta go out there and play the game.”

Coming off a 16-11 loss to Bryant this past weekend, the Hawks (1-1) have scored 27 goals in their first two games of the season and are averaging 36 shots a game.

Cannella is aware of the style Hartford plays offensively, and knows it will be tough to limit its chances.

“They push transition, and are very athletic, particularly in the midfield,” he said. They have a potent attack, with (Jaedon) Henderson and this young kid (Dylan) Jinks, a freshman, is really doing a good job. They’re lethal so you can’t jump up field, you’ve got to make smart plays and limit unforced turnovers in the middle of the field or else

they’ll cram it down your throat.”

Sophomore Griffin Feiner and Jinks lead the way offensively for the Hawks, who have each recorded eight points. Henderson is right behind them with seven, while sophomore Will Dulin, another name Cannella mentioned, has six.

While Hartford produces offensively at a high rate, it also gives its opponent the chance to find the back of the cage. The Hawks have allowed 40.5 shots per game, and have given up 26 goals to their opposition.

If the Minutemen, averaging 10 goals a game, wish to generate chances, Cannella knows it will come down to the pace of play.

“Times we played fast Saturday and times we did not and I think if we’re going to be a productive group we have to play fast all the time,” he said.

It has been balanced scor-

ing for UMass thus far, with sophomores Buddy Carr and Peter Lindley leading the Minutemen with eight and seven points respectively.

Carr leads the team with seven goals and Lindley is right behind him with five.

Juniors Gianni Bianchin and Grant Consoletti follow, each with five points.

In net, the time will continue to be split between junior D.J. Smith and sophomore Dan Dolan, who have both played in all three contests. So far, Smith has started in the cage for the Minutemen, playing the first half before being replaced by Dolan. The sophomore had made 19 saves, compared to 14 made by Smith.

Through three games, UMass has committed 15 penalties, with Hartford being penalized 11 times.

For the Minutemen, the magic number for penalties in a game is four.

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The Minutemen huddle during their loss against Harvard on Sunday. alties down to about four or in that range,” Cannella said. “I think we did that (Saturday), or at least had five but we’d like to keep it to four.

“You’re going to foul people if you’re going to play aggressively or physical the way Hartford does or the way we do,” he added.

“You’re going to foul, but

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Heather MacLean takes the baton from a teammate during a race at the Atlantic 10 Championship meet on Feb. 21. The Minutewomen won the meet.

Women take 3rd at New England’s B y C hris Marino Collegian Staff

After winning the Atlantic 10 Conference meet, the Massachusetts women’s track and field team reaffirmed that it is one of the best in the region over the weekend at the New England Championship meet in Boston.

The Minutewomen took third place with 71.75 points scored, finishing behind only Northeastern (157) and Rhode Island (82.75) out of 32 teams in competition.

UMass was once again backed by record-setting performances from top athletes. Junior Heather MacLean broke a 28-yearold meet record and improved on her own program record in the 800meter with a time of two minutes, five seconds.

Kelsey Crawford returned from injury with a performance in shot put that

improved on her own school record, and freshman Emilie Cowan broke the UMass program record in the 400-meter that had been standing since being set by Lee Ann Ambrose in 1990.

MacLean won the 800meter and grabbed the New England win in dominant fashion, finishing more than six seconds before the next closest competitor and beating her previous personal record of 2:07.7 that was set last year at the very same meet. Freshman Mary Lavery finished seventh in the same event with a time of 2:13.8.

After beating the program record in the preliminary race the previous day in 54.41 seconds, Cowan improved on that performance and earned silver in the 400-meter with a time of 54.24 seconds. Merrimack’s Carly Muscaro won the race with a time of 52.43.

Cowan would also go on to anchor to the 4x400 meter relay that finished seventh with a time of 3:52.34 and contributed two more points to the third

place effort.

Crawford earned a gold medal in the shot put with a 46-foot, 6.75-inch throw that beat her own program record by half an inch. Junior Margaret Riseborough scored in the event as well, finishing in seventh place.

Freshman Olivia Weir also captured a New England Championship win as she managed to edge out Holy Cross’ Zoe Matherne by less than half a second to win the 1000-meter race with a time of 2:53.32.

Also contributing to the effort was Gabrielle Bennett with a sixth place finish in the high jump and seventh place effort in the 60-meter hurdles. Jada Lofgren-Anderson was another point getter for the Minutewomen, finishing third in the 200-meter at 25.04 seconds.

Additionally, Colleen Sands (9:48.81) and Alexa Livingstone (9:57.87) both scored in the 3000-meter with third and sixth place finishes respectively.

The UMass women’s indoor track and field sea-

son concludes next weekend at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship in Boston.

Minutemen finish sixth The Massachusetts men’s track and field team finished sixth at the New England Championship meet with 31.5 points scored, just half a point behind Vermont at 32 points.

Top scorer on the day was senior Benjamin Groleau who earned 10 points and the New England Championship with his first place finish in the mile with a time of 4:01.87. Junior Cory Thomas scored in the event as well, taking home five points with a time of 4:07.78 that was good enough for a fourth place finish.

The performance of Groleau was also good enough to top the 10-yearold UMass program record, formally owned by Jon Korhonen, by nearly three see

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you can’t go to seven like we did in the game against Army or else you’re in a lot of trouble.”

Opening faceoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Garber Field.

scoreboard quick, and looking back, that prevented us from getting two huge wins.”

Although UMass didn’t see their postseason aspirations come to fruition, DeFazio was quick to mention junior Casey Litwack as a constant threat, out of many for the Minutemen, throughout the entire season.

“He [Litwack] pulled it all together for us this year,” DeFazio said. “He scored some big goals, logged some key minutes on both the penalty kill and power-play, so if I had to say, Casey was our most improved player and our MVP this season.”

“Obviously our captains (Ryan Daigle, Brian Collins, Mark Fidler, and Peter Kelly) played a huge role down the stretch as well since we relied on them for leadership, and for the most part, they did just that,” DeFazio added.

Looking ahead to next year’s team, UMass will graduate nine seniors, including all four captains. Adam Haidari, Stephen Metayer, Alex Rojas, Luke Lepine and Kyle Wakefield will also be departing for the Minutemen.

DeFazio is looking forward to the future of the team.

“I’m excited for next year,” DeFazio said. “I think this loss will give the guys who are returning some motivation for next year and I’m definitely hungry to get back at it and build upon what we started this season.”

Next weekend the Minutemen officially wrapup their season with the second annual University Cup tournament. Held at the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, this end of the season, friendly tournament is between Westfield State, Bridgewater State, UMass Lowell, and the Minutemen. The consolation game is set for 11:30 a.m. and the championship game will start at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Losing in the playoffs is tough to swallow for any team, but when the loss comes after such a successful regular season as the Massachusetts club hockey team had, it’s all the more heart-wrenching.

UMass (22-7-2) lost to Boston University 4-1 Saturday night in the ACHA Division II Northeast Regional tournament held in Danbury, Connecticut.

“Extremely disappointing,” coach Mike DeFazio said regarding his team’s early exit. “It certainly wasn’t what we expected or prepared for, but I got say to hats off to BU for coming out to play and earning a spot to nationals.”

The Terriers (14-8-0) opened the scoring one minute, 48 seconds into the first period with a power play goal to put the Minutemen behind early.

BU scored the next goal, this time 3:30 into the second period, to give the Terriers a two-goal lead and force UMass to play catch-up hockey once again.

“When we got down I think we held our sticks a little too tight and got a little antsy once we realized the clock was now our enemy,” DeFazio said after BU’s second goal.

The Minutemen got on the board at the start of the third period after sophomore Jake Mercier beat the Terrier goaltender on the power play with a hard shot from the point.

Even though this goal gave UMass a spark, it ultimately wouldn’t be enough as BU would add a late tally to put the game away and end the Minutemen’s season on a sour note.

When asked about his team’s unforeseen postseason struggles, DeFazio couldn’t pinpoint a specific reason for the unexpected exit.

“It’s hard to say. I think we may have overlooked our opponents these past two games and were looking ahead to nationals,” DeFazio said. “We came out flat in both games and that allowed Ryan Ames can be reached at our opponents to jump on the rames@umass.edu.