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UMass cancels electronic music concert

‘Fantazia Returns’ called off for drug concerns

By Patrick Hoff Collegian Staff

Less than two weeks before the highly anticipated Return to Fantazia electronic dance party was set to come to the Mullins Center, University of Massachusetts officials cancelled the concert in an announcement on Wednesday, citing the recent tragic deaths related to the drug MDMA. “To better understand and respond to these current instances, UMass Amherst is joining with a number of venues in the area and universities in the region to cancel these events and proactively educate our communities about

the dangers of Molly,” Interim Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students Enku Gelaye said in an email to students on Wednesday.

Added Gelaye: “We don’t make these decisions lightly and do so with a clear focus.”

“We, along with the University, felt that, at this particular time, in light of recent incidents, that it would be in everyone’s best interest to cancel this particular show,” Ike Richman, who is the vice president for public relations at Comcast-Spectacor, which manages the Mullins Center, said in a press release. “It’s unfortunate as we know a lot of people have been looking forward to it, but we all felt it was what needed to be done at this time.”

Electronic music and drugs, especially MDMA, are quite fre-

quently paired together by concertgoers in a belief that doing drugs at EDM concerts will enhance the experience.

“How much of that type of music really necessitates drug use in the first place (though)?” said Jim Lyons, treasurer of the UMass Association for Musical Performance and journalism major.

“I understand enjoying yourself but … it’s too much,” added Mitch Bordage, president of UMass AMA and an English major.

Other students similarly were not heartbroken over the cancellation of Fantazia.

“I think that the concerts are just UMass sponsored raves anyway,” said Chris Hicks, a sophomore at Holyoke Community College. Hicks grew up in Amherst

and said that the concerts “have been going on for years.”

Added Hicks: “I’m all for people having their fun but ignorance is not safe.”

Some students, however, were not pleased that UMass is revoking certain privileges on campus.

“Personally I don’t go to these kinds of things,” said Paul Merriman, a senior management major. “But I think it’s ridiculous that they ban that kind of thing, along with tobacco and soda.”

Junior Reed Fox was just confused by the cancellation of the concert, wondering if UMass was just following a trend or whether its fears were legitimate.

“They’re the ones who switched our concerts to electronic,” Reed said, citing the fact that there were a variety of concert performances

of other types of music available to him when he was a freshman.

MDMA, also known by its slang names of Molly, E, X, clarity and beans, comes in a variety of forms and colors but is a dangerous and illegal stimulant. The drug can lead to hypothermia, kidney or heart problems or even death, despite the myth that it is a “safe” drug.

It is prohibited on campus, according to the Student Code of Conduct.

Throughout the United States, and particularly in the Northeast region, MDMA has been in the news for being responsible for the death of several college-aged students, most recently at the Electric Zoo music festival in New York on see

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RemembeRing, twelve yeaRs lateR Amherst Planning Board reviewing Olympia Place

New apartments in planning stages By allison ludtke Collegian Staff

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Police officers and firefighters gather around the American flag in front of Center Fire Station during the Amherst 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony.

A proposal for a 75-unit apartment complex on Olympia Drive, called Olympia Place, is undergoing approval from the Amherst Planning Board.

On Aug. 21, Dave Williams and Kyle Wilson of Archipelago Investments presented the proposal for the five-story complex.

According to documents from the meeting, Williams explained how Archipelago Investments developed Boltwood Place, a new multi-use building in downtown Amherst, for which they had received over 700 inquiries for 12 apartments.

Williams stated this shows a

desire in Amherst for more urban living in the downtown area.

Located off East Pleasant Street near the UMass Police Station and Amherst’s North Fire Station, Olympia Drive was once referred to as Fraternity-Sorority Park.

The lot is currently home to the Sigma Epsilon house.

Project plans propose to tear down the building to create space for Olympia Place. Utilities including power, water, sewer and a pump station are on site and are available for use by the new development.

Each unit would have one small kitchen and two small bathrooms. There would be singles, doubles and four bedroom units. There would be a ground floor with common areas, library space, see

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$3.8b capital project proposed Recreation Center victim of missing towels, locks

A Board of Trustees made a preliminary approval for a capital plan of $3.8 billion for ongoing construction and renovations at the five University of Massachusetts campuses on Wednesday.

“Over the past decade, more than $2 billion has been invested in academic, research, student housing and student life buildings across the UMass system, and the creation of these important new facilities has helped to fuel our enrollment and reputational surges,” UMass President Robert Caret said in a press release.

The capital plan, which includes 184 UMass projects, will be reviewed by the full Board of Trustees on Sept.

18. The plan has four components, including student life and housing, teaching and learning, basic infrastructure and research.

The plan would be implemented from the fiscal year 2014 to the fiscal year 2018, and would build on the $2.4 billion that have been invest-

ed in construction at the five campuses over the past 10 years.

“These facilities are critical to our ability to attract and retain outstanding students and faculty and will assist in keeping Massachusetts competitive in the global economy,” Henry M. Thomas III, chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees, said in the release.

The plan, which has 27 new projects, estimates that UMass will pay for 72 percent of the funds and the state will pay for the rest.

“We are very appreciative of the support we have received from Governor (Deval) Patrick and the Legislature and also thank the UMass Building Authority for making a critical contribution to the University and the Commonwealth,’’ said Trustee Victor Woolridge of Springfield, who chairs the Administration and Finance Committee said in the release.

Some of the proposed projects include $12.6 million to repair Machmer Hall at the flagship campus, $12.5 million for renovations to Healey Library at UMass Boston, $11.4 million for the purchase of the Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center in Fall River at UMass Dartmouth, $10 million for improvements to campus athletics and recreation facilities at UMass Lowell and $15.5 million to upgrade research and lab facilities at UMass Medical School.

Some projects that were already completed include the $13.7 million renovation of Goessmann Laboratory at UMass Amherst, the $46 million expansion and renovation of the Claire T. Carney Library at UMass Dartmouth and the $350 million Albert L. Sherman Center at UMass Medical School in Worcester, according to the press release.

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Lending system changes pending

By Paul Bagnall Collegian Staff

The University of Massachusetts’ Recreation Center has always been willing to lend students shower and locker room equipment. But with equipment increasingly going missing last semester, that luxury has come under threat.

Stolen shower towels are nothing new for the Recreation Center, but more recently the locks for the lockers have also been going missing and there has been an increase in missing towels.

Due to the amount of towels that are stolen, the Recreation Center runs out every two weeks.

“It’s been ongoing since

The Recreation Center’s inventory system is based on sight, so there’s no clear amount of how many towels and locks have been taken over the past year. It’s an “old school” system of keeping the equipment in check. opening,” facility manager Roger Heimerman said.

John Blihar, who has been the Director of Campus Recreation for the past two years, hopes that making students aware of the problem will prevent the staff from having to make any unnecessary changes to their system of free equipment rentals.

Replacements for the towels cost upwards of $9,000 per year, and around 40 dozen towels were estimated to have been taken since last semester, averaging to about 10 towels per

week. Each missing towel is replaced with a colored one to distinguish the old towels from the new.

Some believe the loss is not accidental.

“It’s not that hard to lose them,” said Stephanie Kwon, a biochemistry and molecular biology major.

This year, about 600 locks were replaced in order to meet the demand for this semester.

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In 1990, UMass struggled to combat misusers of the emergency 911 line installed as part of the new phone system. Students would call to check if parking lots were open or even to order pizzas.

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Ring owned by Hitler sells for $66,000 in Md. BALTIMORE – A ring once owned by Adolf Hitler fetched $65,725 at an auction in Maryland this week.

Alexander Historical Auctions sold the silver ring, which is plated in gold and features a rubyencrusted swastika on its base. The business has previously sold Nazi memorabilia, including a desk belonging to Hitler.

“We are very happy with the result,” Andreas Kornfeld, vice president of international client relations for the Cecil County auction house, said in an email. “It is very difficult to estimate objects and relics such as the ring, since there are, or have been, no comparisons on the market.”

Alexander Historical Auctions holds live auctions at its Chesapeake City base, and also accommodates bidders from all over the world via phone and Internet. The ring was purchased Tuesday by an American collector whom Kornfeld would not identify.

“It’s a handcrafted ring from a well-known goldsmith that was commissioned by the Nazis,” Kornfeld said in a Wednesday phone interview.

Though he couldn’t recall the specific number of bidders, Kornfeld said the piece generated a great deal of interest.

“We got many - hundreds of thousands - of page views on the item,” he said.

Kornfeld said the auction house did not receive any complaints about the controversial background of the item.

It is unknown who specifically commissioned the ring for Hitler, or if he ever wore the showy item.

“It’s a presentation piece,” Kornfeld said.

“There aren’t photos of him wearing it.”

However, the ring came with documents that include testimony verifying its authenticity.

“The existence of it has been well-known in collectors’ circles,” Kornfeld said.

The ring was created by Karl Berthold and discovered in Bavaria, Germany, by an American soldier in 1945. It has been owned by several collectors over the years.

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QUOTE OF T H E D AY “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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UN: War crimes on both Syrian sides

By Carol J. Williams Los Angeles Times

Summary executions, torture, hostage-taking and indiscriminate shelling of civilian homes are among the war crimes committed by both sides in the Syrian conflict, a special investigative panel of the United Nations Human Rights Council reported Wednesday.

The report, based on 258 interviews with survivors of the violence and refugees from Syria, warned of a frightening escalation in recent months of acts in defiance of international law.

Eight of nine investigated massacres in which the perpetrators could be reliably identified were blamed on government forces under Syrian President Bashar Assad, the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry said.

“Government and progovernment forces have continued to conduct widespread attacks on the civilian population, committing murder, torture, rape and enforced disappearance as crimes against humanity,” the report to the Geneva-based rights council said. “Government forces have committed gross violations of human rights and the war crimes of torture, hostage-taking, murder, execution without due process, rape, attacking protected objects and pillage.”

But probes still under way in nine other reported massacres this year and the atrocities found to have been committed by rebels in Dair Alzour in June reflect the radicalization of anti-government factions with the influx of militant jihadist groups, the panel reported. It named

the al-Qaida-aligned al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as foreign militants that have developed their own strongholds in northern Syria.

The report was based on interviews conducted between May 15 and July 15, prior to the chemical weapons attacks in Damascus suburbs on Aug. 21. The United States and other countries contend there is incontrovertible evidence that the poison gas that killed hundreds was deployed by Assad’s forces, for which the Western allies have been urging punitive airstrikes against Syrian government bases.

The investigators took note of intensified fighting around Damascus and Aleppo as Assad’s forces seek to recover territory lost to the rebels early in the 2 {-yearold civil war in addition to the rising incidence of atrocities. But the report warned that both sides were deluding themselves about the prospect of defeating the other.

“There is no military solution to this conflict,” it said of the fighting that has taken more than 100,000 lives.

“Those who supply arms create but an illusion of victory.”

In Geneva on Monday, the Human Rights Council was told by one of the commission members that a list of suspected war criminals was being compiled as a result of the investigations.

The confidential list of suspects, kept by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, may be used after the war is over to bring war crimes charges against those who committed atrocities.

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NSA shares unfiltered intelligence with Israel Latest leak from Edward Snowden

By Ken dilanian Tribune Washington Bureau

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observe a moment of silence with White House staff to mark the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Wednesday at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

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President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden observe a moment of silence with White House staff to mark the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Wednesdayat the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

REC CENTER amount of how many towels and locks have been taken over the past year. It’s an ”old school” system of keeping the equipment in check, according to Heimerman.

Part of the problem with the stolen equipment is the long line that can form at the check-in desk. Last week alone, 29,000 people visited the Recreation Center, according to Blihar.

“We’re the ‘fun people’ on campus, we want people to enjoy themselves when they come here,” Blihar said.

If the Recreation Center were to start charging stu-

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dents for equipment rentals, staff would research schools that charge for such services and base their costs on that. Blihar recalled that at Florida State, where he previously worked, the fee for towels was $16 per semester.

One of the Recreation Center’s goals when it opened in December 2009 was to be customer oriented. Blihar and the other staff members hope that this warning will make students less likely to steal an extra towel for their dorm room.

Paul Bagnall can be reached at pbagnall@student.umass.edu.

WASHINGTON – The National Security Agency routinely shares “raw” intelligence data with Israel that can include sensitive information about Americans, according to the latest top-secret document leaked by former contractor Edward Snowden.

The 2009 document, a memorandum of understanding between the NSA and its Israeli counterpart, says the U.S. government regularly hands over intercepted communications that have not first been reviewed by U.S. analysts and are likely to contain phone calls and emails of U.S. citizens.

The agreement even allows for the possibility that intercepts given to Israel might include the communications of U.S. government officials, in which case Israel is supposed to destroy them immediately. Data on U.S. citizens who aren’t in the government, however, can be kept

by Israel for up to a year, according to the document, first published Wednesday

by Britain’s Guardian newspaper.

The agreement requires Israel to consult an NSA liaison officer when it finds data on Americans and to adhere to U.S. rules designed to protect the privacy of U.S. citizens, a process known as “minimization.” But it’s unclear how that requirement is monitored or enforced, since the agreement expressly says that it is not legally binding.

It’s no secret that the U.S. and Israel cooperate closely against intelligence targets of mutual interest, such as Syria and Iran. But the sharing of unprocessed electronic intercepts raises the specter that Israel could have used U.S. intelligence to carry out operations of which the United States disapproves. The Obama administration has condemned, for example, the assassinations of several

“One of the biggest concerns in all intelligence-sharing relationships is that the partner would use the data to take action that would result in killing somebody or doing something outside the scope of what our government might consider appropriate. The worry is they might go off and bomb somebody and assassinate somebody.”

Former senior NSA official Iranian nuclear scientists that many analysts believe Israel had a hand in.

“One of the biggest concerns in all intelligencesharing relationships is that the partner would use the data to take action that would result in killing somebody or doing something outside the scope of what our government might consider appropriate,” said a former senior NSA official who would not be named discussing classified information. “The worry is they might go off and bomb somebody and assassinate somebody.”

The U.S. decision to provide Israel unfiltered electronic intelligence feeds - feeds that almost inevitably sweep in American communications, given the way modern telecommunications traverse fiber-optic wires - raises questions about why American officials would trust Israel to respect the privacy of U.S. citizens.

Unlike the allies who are part of a long-standing agreement to share signals intelligence with the United States - Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - U.S. officials say Israel aggressively seeks to spy on the U.S. government.

Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. naval intelligence analyst, is serving a life sentence in prison after being caught spying for Israel in the late 1980s. Secret U.S. intelligence budget documents revealed last month

by Snowden list Israel as one of the most aggressive countries seeking to spy on the U.S., alongside China, Russia, Iran and Cuba.

The Guardian quoted from other NSA documents

APARTMENTS vending machines, mail facilities, classrooms and an entrepreneurial space providing laptop outlets and serving as an office.

Providing parking on site will not be possible, but the University of Massachusetts owns 625 parking spaces that are located within an 800-foot radius of the proposed area. There will be access to three PVTA bus routes on site and at least 100 bike racks are being proposed in order to promote alternative transportation.

Wilson referenced UMass’ North Apartments and the UMass Commonwealth Honors College Residential Community as examples of apartment-style dorms developers aim to build.

But the possibility of students’ noisy, destructive gatherings is a main concern. The building is proposed to have a live-in onsite manager, as well as a 24-hour manned security desk. Outdoor spaces will ideally be created in limited size, limiting opportunities for large gatherings.

According to Williams, the units will be designed to attract serious students.

Security will be high, with an electronic key required to get into the building and to use the elevators. Overall, the aim is a “substance free” environment.

it did not publish in which U.S. officials expressed concerns about the intelligencesharing arrangement.

“One of NSA’s biggest threats is actually from friendly intelligence services, like Israel,” an NSA official is quoted as writing. “There are parameters on what NSA shares with them, but the exchange is so robust, we sometimes share more than we intended.”

The former senior NSA official who spoke to the Los Angeles Times acknowledged that in some cases there is no way to police what another country does with intelligence it gets from the U.S. electronic spying agency.

“Sometimes, if you have people on site, then you can to a greater extent assert some oversight,” the official said. “But that doesn’t mean that they’re not going to segregate it and do what they have to do in their national interest. It’s a risk that somebody very senior in the agency decides to take.”

The reason that risk is taken with Israel, the former official said, is because Israel and the U.S. have so many shared foreign policy interests, and Israel in some cases has greater expertise in Middle Eastern languages and cultures.

“Managing the intelsharing relationship is always kind of a quid pro quo,” the official said. “One country may have access to certain communications that we can’t otherwise get, so there are decisions made at fairly high levels whether or not it’s worth it to share.”

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Ex-TSA official charged with threatening LAX Conviction could bring 15 years in jail

By RichaRd Winton Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES – Federal prosecutors Wednesday charged an ex-TSA worker and former National Guardsman with being responsible for hoaxes and making false threats against Los Angeles International Airport.

Nna Alpha Onuoha, 29, was arrested Tuesday night at a church in Riverside, Calif., after a daylong search by multiple federal and local agencies. He allegedly made a series of threats that began when he resigned that day from the Transportation Security Administration and later turned in a package.

Prior to his resignation, Onuoha had been suspended after he chastised a teenage girl in June about her attire.

Onuoha made an initial appearance Wednesday at U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, but at the request of his deputy federal public defender, the detention hearing was continued to Monday.

He remains in custody.

If convicted of the federal charges, Onuoha faces up to 15 years in prison.

According to an affidavit in the case, Onuoha resigned about 9 a.m. PDT Tuesday.

About four hours later, he returned to TSA headquarters at LAX and left a sealed express mail envelope addressed to a TSA manager.

He then allegedly called the TSA checkpoint at Terminal 3 a few minutes later. According to an affi-

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davit, he cautioned that the manager should open the “package.”

During the same call he advised “that LAX should be evacuated immediately starting with Terminal 2” and then in a second call indicated Terminals 2, 3 and 6 “needed to be evacuated immediately and the TSA was running out of time.”

He then allegedly called LAX police and said “they should evacuate the entire airport.”

Onuoah, an employee since 2006, had been suspended from July 21 to July 27 for telling the 15-year-old girl to “cover up,” according to the court filing.

During one of the calls to the TSA, a screener asked the Nigerian-born Onuoha, who has a thick accent, to repeat his statement.

Onuoha told the screener “that he would be watching to see if TSA was evacuating the terminals as directed,” according to the affidavit

by FBI Special Agent David Gates.

Gates wrote the screener believed Onuoha was conveying “a bomb threat or another threat to violence to the airport.”

“The TSA manger told me he believed the most credible scenario was an ‘active shooter’ situation at the airport,” Gates wrote.

At Onuoha’s home in Inglewood, which was empty, agents found a handwritten message in the closet: “09/1{013 THERE WILL BE FIRE FEAR! FEAR! FEAR!,” Gates wrote.

When Onuoha was eventually arrested near midnight Tuesday at the Harvest Christian Fellowship Church in Riverside, he waived his Miranda rights and said this meant he intended to start

ect is to take a relatively small parcel of land, about one acre, and create a building that can house a large amount of students.

According to Brestrup, the last meeting garnered positive reception but left board members with several questions, including inquiries on whether the building is an apartment building or dorm buildings and whether or not the Planning Board can permit a parking waiver if developers do not provide on-site parking: is this building an apartment building or a dorm building? If developers do not provide on-site parking, can the Planning Board permit a waiver? There are also questions about landscaping and lighting.

The board has several concerns requiring special permits. They are discussing a special permit to build past the maximum height of 40 feet to 67 feet, as well as adding more stories than the allotted three. Building and paving a larger area of the lot will also require a permit, dealing with the specific coverage of the area.

Allison Ludtke can be reached at aludtke@umass.edu.

“preaching in the streets.”

He denied his statements were intended as threats and he “had no intent to engage in any violent conduct.”

Onuoha had been living in Inglewood at a home for U.S. Veterans and served for eight years as an infantryman in the National Guard.

U.S. Army records show Onuoha was deployed to Kosovo from 2005 to 2006 where he earned the rank of specialist and a handful of medals. He participated in the U.S. Vets initiative in Los Angeles, which offers services to service members adjusting to civilian life.

Law enforcement sources said he “fully cooperated” after being stopped near the church, where a security guard noticed him sleeping in a van.

The church security guard asked him to leave about 11 p.m., which he did, only to come back, Riverside Police Lt. Guy Toussaint said.

When Onuoha returned, the guard wrote down the New York license plate of the van and called Riverside police, who rushed to the church about 11:40 p.m.

The Joint Terrorism Task force - including FBI agents who had been tracking Onuoha - also headed to the location. Once there, a Riverside police SWAT team approached the parking lot, Toussaint said.

A subsequent search recovered several packages and a large red cross near the church, but no weapons or explosives. A similar cross appeared in photos that were on a website where several rambling letters signed by Onuoha include references to 9/11 and the “end of the world.”

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Another development, which is in the Cushman section of Amherst, had similar controversy. Cinda Jones, president of W.D. Cowls Inc., reached an agreement to sell the land about six months ago for $6.6 million to Landmark Properties of Athens, Ga. “I empathize with Amherst residents who are concerned about bad student behavior, noise, red cups littering front lawns … who are aggravated by disrupted sleep,” she said.

“Projects like Olympia Place are prescriptions to cure these problems. It’s nearly impossible to manage single family rental houses in neighborhoods, but it’s easy to build a new facility with 24/7 management and security and have no neighbors bothered by gatherings.”

“It’s an interesting project,” Amherst Senior Planner Christine Brestrup said of Olympia Place, “It’s taking specific advantage of changes made in zoning laws.”

Brestrup said there are fairly strict requirements for height and the coverage of the lot. Dimensional requirements were loosened a bit, according to Brestrup, so the Planning Board can allow changes to be made.

The idea behind this proj-

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Last year’s performance of ‘Fantazia 360’ at the Mullins Center.

Aug. 31 and during a concert at the House of Blues in Boston on Aug. 27.

Lyons and Bordage both said they were “not disap-

pointed in the cancellation.”

“It’s one less night with kids running around on bath salts,” Lyons said.

“The event cancellation gives our community the opportunity to better understand Molly-related dangers by using campus resources and by talking to each other about the realities of this illegal substance,” Gelaye said in her email. “While we can’t cancel and ward off every potential issue, we can get better informed, support each other with good clear information and encourage better decision making in our respective communities.”

Patrick Hoff can be reached at pphoff@umass.edu.

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“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.” - Orson Welles

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Detroit: A lesson in economics US should avoid During the 2012 presidential election, candidate Mitt Romney caught a lot of flak

Rane McDonough for saying in a 2008 Op-Ed for the New York Times that he would let the city of Detroit go bankrupt. And today, under President Barack Obama, it basically is.

While admittedly Romney was talking about the car companies based in Detroit, and not the entire city, I still find it funny. Apparently I’m not the only one who sees the connection: Ingham County Circuit Court judge Rosemarie Aquilina ordered that the city withdraw its federal bankruptcy filing in part because it was “not honoring the (United

many of us in the under-30year-old crowd, there once was a time when Detroit was not a decaying mess and was the pride of 1960s America.

In 1960, Detroit was the fourth-largest city in the United States and had the highest per capita income in the country. It was culturally vibrant as well, famous as the birthplace of Motown music.

The median income was approximately $40,000 a year, unemployment was at around 10 percent and the homicide rate was 10.3 people per 100,000 residents. It was the closest you could get to a suburban-style city.

Fast forward to 2013. Now it is America’s 18th largest city, and a third of its land is vacant. Approximately

The same principal that drove Detroit to bankruptcy holds for the country as well.

You can’t spend money you don’t have.

States) president, who took (Detroit’s auto companies) out of bankruptcy.”

The other reason she ruled against the city is a clause in the Michigan state constitution saying that pensions are inviolable, and bankruptcy would diminish or endanger them.

Aquilina then ordered that a copy of her judgment be sent to President Obama.

I guess that’s how you ask for a raise when you work for the Feds.

As crazy as it may seem to

60 percent of all children in Detroit live in poverty.

Detroit’s greatest cultural export is pictures of the decay, referred to derogatively by some as “ruin porn.” Nearly half of the population (47 percent) is functionally illiterate.

In 2010 it had a median income of $27,808 a year, 23.4 percent unemployment, and a homicide rate of 43.4 victims per 100,000 residents. It is facing $20 billion in debt and total unfunded liabilities (basically, potential debts),

or more than $25,000 per resident.

In order to cut costs, the police department has been grossly underfunded. The security situation in Detroit is so bad that bus drivers stopped driving their routes in 2011 out of fear for their lives. They did so after one of their own was beaten to a pulp in downtown Detroit and it took the police a half an hour to respond. That is actually faster than the average Detroit police response time, which stands at 58 minutes.

So now we look at what has happened in Detroit between 1960 and now. Detroit has been run by Democratic mayors every year since 1962 and by African-American mayors since 1974.

Detroit reached its peak median income, $59,439, in 1970, after which it began its decline. By 1982, it had shed nearly 80,000 of its 180,000 manufacturing jobs and the median income had fallen to around $39,000. Although the decline has not been constant in every category, it has never recovered. Detroit is relatively unique in that it has been run by black Democrats for 39 years, but the problems of Detroit are not unique.

The combined debt and unfunded liabilities of the United States Government stands at roughly $100 trillion. That is a conservative estimate, by the way: other people have stated much higher numbers. Others

have given artificially low numbers by saying that the money the U.S. government has pledged through entitlements such as Medicaid, Social Security and Medicare does not count as an unfunded liability.

But anyone who thinks any politician would dare cut entitlements is living in a fantasy world. The federal government has been able to sustain a debt over 10 times per person greater than Detroit mostly because it prints its own money.

However, the same principal that drove Detroit to bankruptcy holds for the country as well. You can’t spend money you don’t have.

It’s that simple.

It’s high time to abandon the economic fantasy that spending money creates value. While favored corporations may be able to get the government to wipe away their debts with taxpayer money, we don’t all have that luxury. The key to a financially stable individual, household, city, state and country is a stockpile of saved money for hard times.

What we have instead, at every level, are larger and larger piles of debt. Detroit is our ghost of Christmasyet-to-come, here to warn us of the perils of continuing along our chosen path. We would be foolish to ignore it.

Rane McDonough is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at rmcdonou.umass.edu.

United States and Russia: Provocative diplomacy Even in the post-Cold War period, Syria, human rights or any kind of relations between the United States social unrest in Russia.

Moreover, the despotic nature of his and Russia have been uneasy. Since government has unnerved the United Suyash Tibrawalla States even more. Growing human rights violations under Putin, like the Vladimir Putin’s return as president of passing of anti-gay laws or the prosecuthe Russian Federation in 2012, foreign tion and imprisonment of two members policy tensions have risen within the of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot for Obama administration. Under Putin, singing a religiously offensive prayer at anti-American rhetoric has gained a church, are despicable deeds in the ground in the country, human rights eyes of a country that firmly believes in violations have increased and no prog- the fundamental values of liberty and ress in national security matters like justice for all. missile defense and nuclear reduction Obama’s first term Russian compahas been made. triot, then-President and now-Prime In addition, the most recent point of tension in the two nations’ bilateral relationship that has left Washington in a fury ever since, was Putin’s decision Minister Dmitry Medvedev was relato grant temporary asylum to Edward tively progressive and softer toward Snowden. Snowden is, of course, the Russian-American relations than Putin. man who dared to expose the NSA’s dig- Medvedev and Obama enjoyed great ital surveillance program designed to diplomatic progress on issues like arms encroach on the privacy of practically control and supplying NATO troops in any American who has a cell phone or Afghanistan through Russia.

Since Putin’s return to the presidenan email account.

For Obama, Putin has always been a cy, anti-American rhetoric and provocatough character to deal with. His atti- tive diplomacy has picked up in Russia. tude toward proposed U.S.-Russia policy Putin’s decision to grant Snowden temdealing with national and regional secu- porary asylum left Congress furious, rity concerns has been like the “bored with some members even suggesting a kid at the back of the classroom.” As complete rethinking of the U.S.-Russia a hardcore realist, Putin believes that relations or a dangerous return to U.S. confronting U.S. power is the path to Cold War policy.

Russia’s national security and developThe Kremlin, however, bluntly ment. announced that this was too insignifiHe has slyly taken advantage of any cant an event to undermine bilateral and all instances he found in order to relations between the two states. So hurt the United States, be it Snowden, what could be the reason behind Obama

cancelling his private meeting with Putin? He expressed that disappointment over certain issues that Russia had not responded to as the reason for the cancellation, but it would just be naive to ignore Snowden as the immediate cause.

Syria has been another pressing issue that Putin has watered down every time the West made efforts to bring the war to an end. And with the recent escalation of the war with the use of chemical weapons, which Obama condemned, Putin has instead warned the U.S. to not intervene militarily in Syria without United Nations approval.

What sort of man supports a regime that is hell-bent on staying in power by annihilating its own population?

It is quite clear from Putin’s antagonistic attitude toward the United States and Obama’s recent actions intending to punish Russia have created a Cold Warlike relationship once again between the two world powers.

Twenty-two years since the end of the Cold War, this new relationship that exists between the two countries can be described as a controlled but confrontational one, containing a mix of cooperation and competition. And as Washington continues its quest toward hegemony by strengthening its power and influence over the world, Moscow believes in multipolarity and is concerned about its own security and geopolitical interests.

It is quite clear ... that a Cold War–like relationship has emerged once again between the two world powers.

military action in Syria

Syria may become the enlisted to protect their 26th country to be bombed country just as the brave by the United States since men and women who serve in our armed forces.

Jason Roche When the dust settles and there are a few more the end of World War II. desolate ruins in Syria, The United States has been there will still be a civil the world’s primary inter- war raging in the counvening force for the last 70 try. The stated plan is to years, and it’s time for the walk away saying ‘mission international community to accomplished,’ despite a guaranteed continuation take the reins.

The United States has of fighting and a continbeen engaged in military ued increase in casualties. conflict for 215 of its 237 Apparently, the appropriate years as an independent American response in the nation. Keeping up tradi- face of war crimes is to kill tion is great and all, but more people and blow up when it involves the loss some buildings, then call it of countless lives and a day.

The United States needs untold fortunes (except for those made by war profi- to move its finger away teers like Halliburton and from the trigger. There Blackwater) it may be time are two massive oceans on either side of us, and we are to consider a new hobby.

On Tuesday, President hanging out with Mexico Barack Obama announced to the nation that he was delaying a military strike against Syria in favor of a diplomatic approach.

The chemical attacks President Bashar alAssad’s carried out on Aug. 21 were atrocious, and the international community agrees. Even Assad’s close ally, Russia, has suggested that he hand over his stockpiles of chemical weapons.

Russia seems to offer a more pragmatic approach, and Canada. No country on taking away the chemical Earth seriously threatens weapons rather than reactthe United States military. ing with dropping bombs.

It is time for us to stop getIt is important to conting involved in conflicts on sider what a military strike the other side of the globe. against Syria may entail.

The United Nations was The United States currentcreated for a reason, and, ly has a significant naval inefficient as it is, it needs fleet off the coast of Syria to start serving its purpose. armed to the teeth with The United States has Tomahawk cruise missiles. military personnel staEach cruise missile alone tioned in 38 foreign councosts about $1.41 million, tries and 662 military bases and as President Obama located around the world, stated Tuesday, “Let me according to a report “Base make something clear: Structure Report, Fiscal The United States military 2010 Baseline.” The 2012 doesn’t do pinpricks.” military budget was $668 In other words, there’s billion. There may be some going to be a lot of explo- more constructive uses for sions. It will be like the that money, than investFourth of July, only each ing it in the capability to pretty light could have paid destroy. for more than 15 full-priced Syria is just a small college degrees. chapter in the United And who exactly will it States’ long history of forbe who finds themselves in eign intervention. There the middle of one of those are enough problems here big explosions? It is high- at home, and it would be ly unlikely that it will be a pleasant change of pace President Assad or other to see them receive more high-profile individuals attention than yet another responsible for the deci- foreign conflict. sion to use chemical weapons. Rather, the victims Jason Roche is a Collegian columof this strike will be aver- nist and can be reached at jwroche@ age Syrian military forces, umass.edu.

No country on Earth seriously threatens the United States military. It is time for us to stop getting involved in conflicts on the other side of the globe.

Suyash Tibrawalla is a Collegian contributor and can be reached at stibrawa@umass.edu.

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Without face-to-face contact, facial expressions or vocal cues, emotions can be difficult to read through text. Yet, there seems to be a universal unspoken etiquette that most people can read through context. If you’re a novice in this new age of social interaction or a little rusty, here are some of the most common topics to help you brush up on your texting manners.

Length of sentences The length of the sentence often says far more than the content. A oneword answer can usually be construed as mad, upset, annoyed or uninterested. If you don’t have much to say, just add a few extra words to convey your point to ensure that you aren’t sending the wrong message. Long, thoughtful responses show genuine interest or friendly adoration toward the topic or person with whom you are conversing.

Punctuation Punctuation can tell you a lot about the emotional state of the person who

you are speaking with. An exclamation point shows enthusiasm, although multiple exclamation points can demonstrate overeagerness or extreme excitement. One question mark turns a phrase into an inquiry, but several can be impatiently inquisitive.

The use of a period can either mean you are conversing with someone to whom proper grammar is important or that the person is upset with you. The period can signify a blunt, annoyed end to their statement if the context clues hint to this.

Timing Depending on your relationship with the person in question, a quick response can mean several things.

It can make you look overzealous, as if you never put down your phone or are just engaged in the conversation. The perfect balance is a minute or so after you have received a text to respond. Choose your timing wisely.

Capitalization Although some may believe that capitalization can convey excitement, universally, it commonly means shouting. If this is what you are trying to demonstrate, then by all means, use all capitals.

But if not, watch that acci-

dental caps lock if you want to keep a solid relationship with that person you’ve been putting in so much electronic time with.

Emojis Depending on your use of emojis (a unique set of emoticons for iPhone users) or smiley faces, there are lots of different things you can be nonverbally communicating. Normally these are an optional additive, emphasizing the emotions you want to come across in your message. While smiley faces are cute and enthusiastic, wink faces signify flirting. Emojis are when you are too lazy for words and should for the most part, be reserved for use solely with friends.

With emojis it seems that one is never enough, and people can get easily carried away.

Silence If you are receiving silence after sending a text, it could mean two things. One of which is that the person is busy doing other things. If this isn’t the case, then the person does not want to have anything more to do with you. In some rare situations the silence can be due to an accident to the person’s phone (broken, lost, stolen).

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The healthy benefits of being a ‘bedhead’ Go ahead, hit the snooze button By eMily a. BRightMan Collegian Staff

College students by nature are always on the go. It can feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day between classes, work, homework and extracurricular activities. Demanding schedules sometimes require sacrifice, and unfortunately more and more students are sacrificing valuable sleep time in order to keep up. A lack of sleep can take a heavy toll

on students, physically and mentally, and can severely affect mood, attention span and appetite. A full night’s sleep is essential for good health, so if you ever feel guilty about sleeping through your alarm, just remind yourself of all the benefits of a good night’s sleep.

Improved memory When you’re sleep deprived, your focus and attention suffer because your brain hasn’t had adequate time to “recharge.”

During waking hours your brain is constantly firing off neurons that help trans-

mit information, but when those neurons are overworked, your brain won’t function to its necessary capacity to receive new information. You can also have difficulty remembering already learned information, which has a direct effect on academic performance. Getting a full night’s sleep revitalizes your brain and makes the process of learning and memorization much easier, which in turn makes for more effective learning.

Lower stress Stress is a fact of life, but college comes equipped

with its own special set of stressors. Sleep deprivation can magnify the pressures of academia and social lives, which can lead to all sorts of long-term health problems like tension headaches, high blood pressure, depression and anxiety.

Instead of getting frazzled over your overload of academic and social commitments, save yourself from the despair of hectic college life and hit the sack earlier. Sleeping for at least eight hours a night revitalizes your nervous system and allows your muscles to relax, which in turn will help you wake up feeling

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refreshed and more energized. Also, people who regularly get an adequate amount of sleep are at a lower risk of developing high blood pressure, and tend to be in better cardiovascular health than people who don’t get a good night’s sleep regularly.

protein while you sleep, which aids in healthy cell function and can improve your body’s ability to fight off infection. A strong immune system is imperative to overall health, and consistent sleep patterns help to keep your immunity stable.

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Sleep is a necessary component of a healthy lifestyle, both physically and mentally. Sleep affects many chemicals in the human body, including serotonin, the chemical neurotransmitter produced in the brain that helps to regulate appetite, mood, memory and temperature regulation. Inconsistent sleep schedules can interrupt the production of serotonin, and depression has been directly linked to a lack of serotonin in the brain. Regularly sleeping for a full eight hours can assure regular serotonin production, which significantly lowers your risk of developing depression.

Healthy sleep habits have been linked to greater weight loss. The hormones that regulate appetite require balance to keep the body healthy, and a lack of sleep impacts the regulation of these hormones. Sleeping through the night on a regular basis helps to keep these hormones in equilibrium so that your appetite doesn’t go haywire. And since appetite regulation and weight loss are closely linked, a healthy sleep schedule can greatly improve weight management.

Sleep is a necessary element for overall health, and this is especially true for students. In the frenetic rush that is everyday college life, it can be difficult to get enough sleep, but in order to be happy, healthy and academically successful, it is imperative to get a good night’s sleep as often as possible. So go ahead, hit the snooze button a few more times. Your body and your brain will thank you.

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The Massachusetts men’s soccer team stepped between the lines of Rudd Field for the first time Wednesday, returning home after starting the season with four consecutive road contests.

Despite familiar and friendly confines, UMass dealt with yet another unusual detractor, the weather.

The Minutemen kicked off against Hartford at 3:30 p.m. under a beautiful, cloudless sky, a perfect backdrop for a home opener. Unfortunately, both teams were forced to deal with a potent combination of heat and humidity which resulted in a 94-degree temperature at kickoff.

Playing its third game in six days, UMass used a variety of combinations to combat fatigue and cramping. In total, 21 players logged minutes for the Minutemen, but no player played more than 72 minutes.

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darn good. So not only do you have to figure out how you want to play coverage against them, but also you have to keep your eyes on the quarterback if they decide to tuck the ball and run.”

And when the two quarterbacks aren’t running, they have deep threat options in Tyler Lockett, Curry Sexton and Tramaine Thompson to throw to.

“No. 1 (thing to watch for) is how fast their wide receivers are,” Molnar said.

“They’ve got great speed. It’s like a 4-by-1 relay team when they put their wide receivers out there. And that will be the fastest group of receivers that we’ll play this year.

So we’ll certainly have our hands full with them.”

The Minutemen have had success against Kansas State in the past, nearly pulling off an upset in 2009 before eventually losing 21-17. The Wildcats hold the 2-0 series advantage.

UMass will try to make things interesting once again in Manhattan, Kan., this Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game can be heard on 105.5 WEEI in the Springfield area.

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Citing the proximity of games this week, UMass coach Sam Koch knew this would be a test for his team.

“You could tell we didn’t have a lot left in the tank,” he said. “It was a grueling, grueling game for us. You could tell our legs were very tired.”

Both Koch and junior defender Matt Keys noted the heat wave was not an excuse though, as both teams were forced to deal with the conditions.

Still, multiple cramping issues flared for both squads.

At one point, Hartford forward David Bernhardsson complained of nausea and asked to be removed from the game.

Constant substitutions placed an added emphasis on the role of reserves. For the Minutemen, that meant counting on a stable of young players.

“We’re young, we’ve got a lot of freshmen out there,” Koch said. “I’m proud of them.

I’m not proud of the result, but I’m proud that they battled. As a coaching staff we put them in a tough situation playing

possession longer and manufacturing multiple scoring chances in the second half. The Minutemen registered seven shots in the second, noticeably outshooting the Hawks, who managed only three.

Koch thought his team was primed to break through.

“It’s one of those things, we created chances and that’s the best thing to create chances,” Koch said. “Then you got to finish your chances. You got to do one before you do the other, so we did the first part but we couldn’t do the second part.”

A sweat-soaked Keys also saw much improvement, a welcoming sign for a squad trying to get over the final hurdle.

NICOLE EVANGELISTA/COLLEGIAN “If you look at the shots Goalie Nick Ruiz makes the save while defender Matt Pease wipes the sweat off of his face. they were pretty equal so we were hoping for that goal,” three games in six days.” fresh legs,” Keys said. “But in, some people are confused Keys said. “But again it’s just Keys also acknowledged the on the other side, when we so that definitely can hurt, finishing, but we’re getting constant change created a bit go over our set pieces and the but I think it was good we got better at it. If you compare of confusion at times on the spots we want to be it’s kind of the subs in because it gave us that game to our earlier games field. UMass attempted six tough with the new faces.” some fresh legs up top,” Keys this season we’re definitely getting more chances so that’s corner kicks but converted on Keys, who played 70 min- said. definitely a bright spot.” none, a frustrating aspect of utes and recorded two shots, Those fresh legs seemed the loss. still showed appreciation for to prevail in the second half. Mark Chiarelli can be reached at “It was good to get the subs the time to regroup.

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FIELD HOCKEY

Minutewomen thriving under national pressure

By Jason kates Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts field hockey team made a habit of overcoming ranked opponents in recent years.

UMass knocked off six teams ranked in the Top 25 last season on its way to the NCAA Tournament and have already beaten two ranked opponents just five games into 2013.

The seventh-ranked

Minutewomen (5-0) will have a shot at win number three over ranked teams when they take on No. 6 Syracuse – a team they played twice last season, winning one at home and losing the other in the Tournament – on Friday at 3 p.m.

Why so many nationallyranked opponents?

According to UMass coach Carla Tagliente, it’s a perfect measuring stick for her team early in the season.

“It’s good because it gives us the chance to play against some of the best teams in the country and allows us to measure where we are at and what we’ll need to improve on,” she said.

UMass started the season ranked No. 14 in the nation, but gathered big wins over Michigan and in-state rival Boston College, who were ranked No. 9 and No. 19, respectively, to propel the Minutewomen into the Top 10

for the first time this season.

While games versus ranked opponents certainly appear to be important contests, Tagliente treats them as any ordinary game..

“It’s just another game for us to go out and win. The rankings give us a reference about how strong our team is compared to others,” Tagliente said. “It doesn’t matter if we are playing the (No. 1) team or the (No. 79) team, it’s an opportunity for

us to work on what we need to work on and get better.”

As for this Friday’s battle with Syracuse, Tagliente sees a major test for her team.

“I don’t think we view them as a rival, but it’s a really exciting opportunity to play against a top team and improve on our performances from the last two times we faced them,” Tagliente said.

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Sophomore gets first start of ‘13 By nick canelaS Collegian Staff

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A.J. Doyle drops back to pass in the second half against Maine. Doyle will make his first start of the season on Saturday at Kansas State.

Minutemen move on to Kansas State By cameron mcDonough Collegian Staff

There are tough losses and then there are really tough losses.

The Massachusetts football team is coming off of one of those really tough losses after Football Championship Subdivision member Maine came into Gillette Stadium and knocked off the Minutemen on Saturday.

But UMass (0-2) couldn’t afford to dwell on the disappointing defeat. Instead it needed to move on and focus on its next opponent, which is sure to be no easy walk through the park, as it travels to the Big 12’s Kansas State this Saturday.

Moving on from a game like Maine can be tough, but Minuteman coach Charley Molnar is happy with the mood at practice.

“We had a good practice,” he said. “I think the guys are mad. I know that we’ve regrouped pretty quickly.

We had a pretty spirited

Monday practice and we’re ready to move on.”

While the mood of the team may be good, Molnar still realizes how disappointing the loss was, not only for his players, but also for the fans.

“Every loss is tough,” he said. “I think the one thing is that our fans really expected a win. I think that was the biggest disappointment.

They came out to the game, the fans were into it from the very, very beginning, and believe me I really wanted to win not only for the football team but for the people who came out to support us.”

Those who came out to support UMass on Saturday saw quarterback Mike Wegzyn struggle against the Black Bears, ultimately leading to him being pulled at halftime in favor of A.J. Doyle. Molnar announced on Wednesday after practice that he will turn to Doyle on Saturday.

It is still unclear if Doyle

will have Rob Blanchflower as a weapon at tight end, as he is designated as day-today heading into Saturday.

Running back Jordan Broadnax’s status is even murkier, as he was not given an injury designation by the team and was not at practice on Monday. Wide receiver Shakur Nesmith’s status is also in doubt after he missed practice on Monday, but tight end Ricardo Miller looks like he will return after he made his way back to the practice field on Monday.

The Minutemen are in for one tall task this Saturday against the Wildcats, though.

Kansas State is coming off of a dream season in 2012 led by former quarterback Collin Klein. The Wildcats won the Big 12 and went on to play in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, where they lost to Oregon.

But this year’s team is not the 2012 version of Kansas State. Klein has since graduated and moved on to try and

make his way into the NFL. This year’s team is 1-1 with a loss against FCS North Dakota State in the season opener before rebounding against Louisiana-Lafayette last weekend.

Klein was known as a quarterback who could also run and so are his replacements. Junior Jake Waters has gotten the majority of the playing time in the Wildcats’ first two games, completing 71.7 percent of his passes, throwing for two touchdowns and four interceptions. He has only run for a net of 14 yards, but he has the ability to make opponents pay with his legs. His backup is sophomore Daniel Sams, who has only thrown two balls, completing one, but he has run for 80 yards from under center.

“Both their quarterbacks are very good runners,” Molnar said. “Neither one is necessarily Collin Klein, but they’re both pretty see

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It’s officially Doyle time on the Massachusetts football team.

UMass coach Charley Molnar said Wednesday after practice that A.J. Doyle will start at quarterback for the Minutemen instead of Mike Wegzyn on Saturday night at Kansas State, according to MassLive.com.

“We just felt like maybe a change would energize our offense,” Molnar said, according to MassLive.com. “(Doyle) brings a totally different mood to the team (and) a totally different personality, which is awesome.

“We’ve got two distinctly different guys. Right now, we just felt like, based on some of the things we saw in the video, even though it wasn’t by any stretch a winning performance by him, that he put himself in a position to play.”

Doyle came in for Wegzyn for the entire second half of UMass’ 24-14 loss to Maine on Saturday and completed 7-of17 passes for 62 yards and a touchdown.

Doyle dealt with an injury during the bulk of spring practice and training camp, according to MassLive.com, which Molnar said put him at a disadvantage in the quarterback competition with Wegzyn.

Now that Doyle’s healthy, Molnar said his performance has improved.

“We’ve got two distinctly different guys. Right now, we just felt like, based on some of the things we saw in the video, even though it wasn’t by any stretch a winning performance by him, that he put himself in a position to play.””

Charley Molnar, UMass coach “It’s not that Mike’s has gone down, it’s just that A.J. has improved,” Molnar said.

Doyle’s lone collegiate start came in last year’s season finale in the Minutemen’s 42-21 loss to Central Michigan.

Molnar said that Wegzyn was a little “excitable” and simply wasn’t a right fit at the moment, according to MassLive.com. His numbers so far this season certainly back that up.

Wegzyn has completed just 45.8 percent of his passes and has thrown two interceptions to one touchdown in his two starts.

Doyle, on the other hand, brings more of a calming presence to the offense, Molnar said.

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UMass loses home opener against Hartford

Minutemen still winless in 2013

By Patrick Strohecker Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts men’s soccer team can look back at each of its last three games and key in on one play that has turned a draw or a win into a loss.

Wednesday was no different for UMass in a 1-0 home-opening loss to Hartford at Rudd Field.

The Minutemen (0-4-1) and the Hawks (3-0-1) were locked in a scoreless tie until the 71st minute.

That’s when UMass turned the ball over deep in Hartford’s end on a questionable no foul call and were slow getting back on defense. Jeff Tryon then took a nice pass from Javoni Simms and slid it under a diving Nick Ruiz for the only goal of the game. “(A) missed foul, it’s not like that’s the first time there’s been a missed foul,” UMass coach Sam Koch said. “You know, we got to be able to react to that. I don’t think you can blame it on that. The bottom line is that we got stretched and when we get stretched we’re not as good defensively.”

The Minutemen were unable to

“He’s a big part of our back four. He’s the one that pulls us all together back there, but he’s also playing with some good players.”

Sam Koch, UMass coach respond to the goal despite generating quality scoring chances throughout the second half. The loss is the fourth in a row for UMass.

“We created chances and that’s the best thing is create chances and then you got to finish your chances,” Koch said. “So, you got to do one before you can do the other. So we did the first part, we just didn’t do the second part.”

Much of the game was played with tempers flaring, as both teams received yellow cards during the match. Junior defender Matt Keys found himself in the middle of the chippy play, something that he attributes to the growing rivalry between the two sides.

“We’ve played the past three years in the spring and fall, so we’re definitely a bit of a rival,”

Keys said. “But, I think the ref was a little bit whistle happy, which kind of makes both teams a little bit irritated, but it was definitely getting physical.”

Aside from the aggressive play, Keys was a major factor in holding Hartford to only a goal, while also making plays on the offensive end as well.

“He’s a big part of our back four,” Koch said. “He’s the one that pulls us all together back there, but he’s also playing with some good players. … You’re going to see more out of him, which will free Matt (Keys) to maybe make a few more runs and help our offense a little bit more.”

In the first half, both teams had good opportunities to score but were unable to strike.

Before Ruiz entered partway through the first half after being evaluated for an injury prior to the game, Minuteman freshman Ryan Buckingham made his first career college start and was the first keeper to come up with a big stop.

In the 17th minute, after the Hawks played a ball over the top of the UMass defense, Buckingham came off his line and won a 50-50 ball to keep the game scoreless.

The best chance of the half for

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Defender Matt Keys dribbles the ball up the field against Hartford. either team came in the 26th minute, when Luke Alvaro received a nice ball through the midfield, but Hartford keeper David MacKinnon stopped his shot to the near post.

Despite dropping their fourth straight game, the Minutemen are showing signs of improvement offensively.

Coming off a two-goal game against Vermont, UMass fired off a season-high 15 shots against Hartford, putting five on goal.

“If you compare that game to our earlier games this season, we’re definitely getting more chances, so that’s definitely a bright spot,” Keys said.

The Minutemen will go for their first win of the season on Sunday, when they take on Dartmouth on the road at 2 p.m.

Patrick Strohecker can be reached at pstrohec@umass.edu and followed on Twitter at @ MDC_Strohecker.