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Tree planted to remember violence victims Cherry blossom tree is symbolic

By CeCilia PraDo Collegian Correspondent Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages 15 to 44 and every nine seconds, a woman in the United States is beaten. In an attempt to raise awareness about domestic violence, members of the Northampton-area community planted a flowering cherry tree outside of the Hampshire County Courthouse to honor victims of domestic violence in Hampshire County.Yoko Kato, board member of the Massachusetts Office of Victims Assistance, provided the tree, choosing a cherry tree to remember victims because of what it symbolizes in Japanese culture.

During the ceremony, Kato described the cherry blossom as a symbol of the temporary and fragile nature of life, due to its short but beautiful season of blossom. Kato has dedicated her life to fighting for this cause since her 23-yearold daughter Sherry Morton and her eight-month-old grandson Cedric Seabrooks were brutally murdered

by Cedric’s father during a domestic dispute in 1993.

Kato spoke about the consequences of domestic violence and the damage it causes to its victims. She described the problem as a life-changing factor for its survivors.

Marianne Winters, the executive director of Safe Passage, a Northampton organization whose mission is ending domestic violence and female oppression, emphasized the importance creating a sense of community plays in the battle against domestic violence.

The organizers of the ceremony intended to create public awareness of the problem of domestic abuse and what it means for the community.

In Massachusetts alone, there were 256 domestic homicides from 2003 to 2012.

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“I didn’t want to get him in trouble, which is why I never said anything. I didn’t want people to know what I was going through,because they would probably assume I was weak of had low self-esteem.”

Deliah Rahn, psychology student at Holyoke Community College domestic violence involve conflicts between intimate partners.

“I never imagined it would happen to me. I always thought of myself as a smart, strong-minded woman,” said Caitlin Conway, a UMass alumni who was recently a victim of domestic violence.

“The more I was abused, the more I was in denial of the gravity of my situation.”

She recalled a time when her partner violently attacked her and caused her to lose hearing in one of her ears for two weeks.

“It was frustrating,” she said. “I found myself struggling to listen to what my teachers were saying. I just never thought I would even let someone do this to me.”For many of domestic violence cases, the problem is not addressed until it is too late. Victims find it hard to inform their loved ones about their situation, and they often feel embarrassed about their problem.“I didn’t want to get him in trouble, which is why I never said anything,” said Deliah Rahn, a psychology student at Holyoke Community College who was in an abusive relationship for two years. “I didn’t want people to know what I was going through, because they would probably assume I was weak or had low self-esteem.”

Cecilia Prado can be reached at sprado@umass.edu.

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Public relations coordinator Michael Medeiros reciting a poem by Emily Dickinson for the “Doughnuts and Death” poetry reading in Amherst.

Antonio’s plans to expand New locations added since 2001 By niKoleta niKova Collegian Correspondent Since opening its doors in 1991, Antonio’s Pizza, located in downtown Amherst, has become a focal point in town and a favorite of many University of Massachusetts students. But according to Jay Carreiro, manager of the Antonio’s Pizza in Amherst, since 2001 the company has been expanding significantly. Antonio’s Pizza opened its first non-Amherst location in Providence, RI in 2001. Today, there are five Antonio’s stores in four states.The five current stores are located in Easthampton, Amherst, Providence, R.I., College Station, Texas and Champaign, Ill. Carreiro added that even though Antonio’s has become quite the sizable company over the past

Antonio’s Pizza opened its first non-Amherst location in Providence, RI in 2001. Today, there are five Antonio’s stores in four states.The five current stores are located in Easthampton, Amherst, Providence, R.I., College Station, Texas and Champaign, Ill. 12 years, it has plans to continue to open new restaurants. In the next several years, Antonio’s customers can expect to see new locations opening up in Worcester and in the greater Boston area. All of the current Antonio’s Pizza locations are either on or near college campuses, said Carreiro. Therefore, he added, it is likely that the company will continue this trend and that the new restaurants will be in areas heavily populated by students.

“The company is trying to move forward, it’s just a natural progression,”

said Carreiro when asked why the company has been undergoing such a large expansion recently.

“It is important for the company to try to obtain more of the market” he added.

Carreiro also believes that “the owners want to help out the people that have helped them run their stores for so long.” He says that with the additional revenue from the new stores, the company will be much more able to help out.

Furthermore, Carreiro assured that there would be no changes to the Amherst location as a result of the

expansion.

“I don’t think the quality will suffer at all,” added Rob Walter. Walter has been an employee at Antonio’s for the past four years and is very excited about the upcoming expansions.

“We [are] expanding east towards UMass alums and Amherst alums,” said Walter. “It’s cool that we can finally have a place out there that they can go to and not have to drive two hours.”

Walter’s sentiments seem to be shared by many of the current customers of the Amherst location of Antonio’s Pizza.

Nathalie Sczublewski, a senior at UMass, and a frequent customer of Antonio’s Pizza is glad that “kids in those areas can [now] experience the awesomeness that is Antonio’s.”

She added that the expansion would be “very good for business.” see

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Library unveils new Digital Media Lab New tools include green screen lab

By Kathleen Donegan Collegian Correspondent

The Digital Media Lab includes new technology which students are welcome to use.

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After a year of planning and construction, rows of books, VCRs, files and CDs of the Reserves Department of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library have been replaced by state-of-the-art audio and video recording and editing equipment, facilities and software.

Located on the third floor of the Library, the up-andcoming Digital Media Lab

(DML) is celebrating its grand opening this semester.

The project started out as a campaign to give all UMass students, regardless of major, access to media technology and equipment.

Lab coordinator Jeanne Antill said that the lab “is designed to support undergraduate and graduate students working on course related multimedia presentations, projects and portfolios.”

The 4,000 square foot lab shares a space with a quiet study lounge, but if the program continues to be a suc-

cess, it may expand into the remainder of the third floor, she said. Antill added that students of the university can use the lab “to develop creative concepts, borrow equipment, shoot video, record audio, create images and animation and do postproduction editing and compositing.”

Organization of the Digital Media Lab was complete after a year-long research process, as well as another year spent renovating the space, collecting equipment inventory see

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Germans elect Merkel as third term chancellor BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel emerged the clear winner of Sunday’s election after her conservative political bloc surged to its best result in 20 years, giving her a strong hand in likely talks on forming a new grand coalition of the nation’s biggest parties.

Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian-based Christian Social Union (CSU) associate party won about 42 per cent of the vote.

“It’s a super result,” Merkel told supporters at CDU headquarters in Berlin to loud applause and chants of “Angie, Angie.”

Pilloried in nations at the center of the eurozone debt crisis, Merkel is at the peak of her power as she heads into a third term as head of Europe’s biggest economy.

In addition to overseeing a rebound in Germany’s economy, Merkel has won praise from German voters for what they see as her deft handling of the financial crisis, with Sunday’s result placing her party within reach of an absolute majority for the first time in about five decades.

But her triumph came at a cost for her current coalition partner, the pro-business Free Democrat Party (FDP), which suffered a major political debacle with a 9.9-percentage-point swing, which is likely to result in the party being bundled out of Parliament for the first time in its 65-year history.

“That is the worst result we have had ever,” said Rainer Bruederle, the party’s prime candidate. “It’s not the end of the party.

It will be harder, but the work will go on.”

The FDP managed to win just 4.7 per cent of the vote, below the 5 per cent that parties need to gain representation in the lower house of Parliament, the Bundestag.

The likely end of Merkel’s current CDUFDP coalition had sparked speculation about the shape of her new government. Sunday’s results indicate Merkel will turn to the opposition Social Democrats (SDP) to form a new grand coalition.

But Merkel refused to be drawn on her plans for a new government following the collapse of the FDP, which has already crashed out of eight state parliaments since it joined Merkel’s coalition in 2009.

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and supplying productions rooms which according to Antill, “was made possible by the generosity of donors.”

According to Antill, as professors start to adopt more hands-on teaching methods, students should have access to more resources.

“As instructors continue to innovate with active teaching methods such as team-based learning and technology-enhanced classrooms, students are required to shift from being passive consumers of information to active creators of content,” she said. “This shift is reflected in class assignments as well; instead of a traditional research or term paper, a student may be given the opportunity to participate in multi-disciplinary

teams to produce an interactive presentation, video or podcast.”

According to the Digital Media Lab website, beginning Sept. 29, workshops will be available for students interested in learning how to navigate the green screen room, how to operate video and audio recording equipment or how to manage media files onlineAdditionally, the website states that Mac and PC computers are available, complete with media making software including iMovie ‘11, Final Cut Pro X, Finale 2012 and Maya 2014, a three-dimensional animation software.

Other equipment available, according to the website, is tripods, microphones, projectors and portable camcorders. Cords, memory

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cards, lights and more are also on hand so students can have access to everything they need for all video, audio and studio recording needs. Each item is available for check out for up to three days. Miranda Woods, a freshman communications major, expressed interest in using the lab as a tool to help her with class assignments.

“I am not the best with technology so I was glad to hear that there is a workshop to learn how to use the equipment in the green screen room,” she said.

“Once I learn how to actually use the equipment it would be awesome to be able to make some videos for projects.”

Kathleen Donegan can be reached at kdonegan@umass.edu.

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Antonio’s Pizza is looking to expand outside the Amherst area.

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While most people, customers and employees alike, seem excited about the prospect of new Antonio’s Pizza restaurants, others did not seem particularly concerned or interested in the upcoming stores.

“Why should [the expansion] matter to me?” asked Ken Bernstein, a

former New Yorker.

Despite the fact that Bernstein has unenthusiastic views about the imminent expansion, he remains a loyal customer of Antonio’s Pizza at Amherst, and claims that they have the best pizza.

Nikoleta Nikova can be reached at nnikova@umass.edu.

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Richard Cuoco, a freshman music major, works with the green screen in the Library’s new Digital Media Lab.

Meet the SGA Trustee

This article is part four the SGA benefits students in a series on top SGA by giving them an opporofficials. tunity to have their voices heard with more authority

By Marleigh felsenstein and validity. By serving in Collegian Correspondent the SGA, members also have Student Government many more connections and Association Trustee Megan more access to resources.

Though Kingston is a Kingston went through her senior, her favorite memory entire campaign without coffee -- and loved every minute of the time that she has spent at UMass is her campaign of it.

“I’m the worst campaign- this past spring. She said the work was a “rewarding proer in history,” she said.

Along with serving cess.”

Although she has enjoyed as trustee for the SGA, her time at UMass and does Kingston, a senior accounting major, has spent her not think that she could have time at the University of fit anything more into her Massachusetts working as a time schedule as a student, resident assistant and peer Kingston wishes that she mentor in Washington in had been more involved in clubs and activities outside Southwest.

Elected by students in of her “comfort zone.” As a April, she said that her cam- business student, she spent paign was intense, with the a lot of time doing things idea to, “reach as many peo- for the Isenberg School of Management, and she feels ple as quickly as possible.”

Prior to campaigning for that this prevented her from trustee, Kingston was not doing other things that she involved in the SGA. She may have really enjoyed.

When not devoting time to is what she refers to as an SGA, Kingston enjoys being “SGA outsider.”

According to Kingston, an RA and hiking.

After graduating from UMass, Kingston wants to continue living in New England because she enjoys watching the seasons change. She has already accepted a full time job at PricewaterhouseCoopers, which she will start once she receives her diploma. PwC is an accounting firm for risk assurance in Boston.

Kingston wants to advocate for the voice of the students during her time as trustee. She wants to open the communication lines with graduate students, get more decision making power and improve the Student Union by creating more space while increasing affordability.

Looking back, Kingston said that she would have wanted to get involved with SGA sooner than she did because she now realizes just how important the SGA is and what a huge difference they can make for others on campus.

Marleigh Felsenstein can be reached at mfelsenstein@umass.edu.

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By Zulfiqar ali and Mark Magnier Los Angeles Times PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Two explosions outside a crowded church in northwest Pakistan just as Sunday services ended killed at least 75 people and wounded more than 100, authorities said, one of Pakistan’s worst attacks against Christians in years.

The dead and injured, including children and police officers, overwhelmed the emergency ward of Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital, the city’s largest hospital, where television showed hallways filled with corpses, badly wounded patients and women and children crying over the charred bodies of relatives.

Many bodies were in such bad shape they could not be easily identified, doctors said.

The government said 75 people had died. By midafternoon, the Al-Kidmat Foundation charity had packed 78 corpses into coffins, said Hameed Ullah, the group’s senior coordinator, as it scrambled to collect more coffins from around the city. “The death toll may rise,” said Zaheerul Islam, Peshawar’s deputy commissioner.

No group claimed immediate responsibility for Sunday’s attack, but militant Islamist groups active in the area came under suspicion. Muhammad Ali, Peshawar’s chief of police, said the attack was carried out by two suicide bombers. Generally at the end of Sunday services, he said, the 400 to 500 worshipers usually in attendance at All Saints Church of Pakistan, one of Peshawar’s oldest, are advised to break up into groups for their safety as they head out into the street.

“As they were dispersing in groups, a young male tried to attack one of the groups,” he said. “A police official on duty attempted to stop him but he blew himself up. The second one was also a suicide blast. We have recovered the head of one of the bombers.”

Within hours of the attack in Peshawar, the capital of restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, protests by Christian groups erupted in major cities across Pakistan Sunday afternoon, including Karachi,

Peshawar, Islamabad and Quetta. Christians make up less than 3 percent of the country’s 193 million population.

While Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Sufi Muslims and other minorities have come under attack from Islamist militants throughout the country in recent years, Christians haven’t generally been targeted in Peshawar or other parts of the insurgent wracked province.

Worshipers outside the church described an almost instantaneous transition from calm to carnage. “I was in the corridor of the church compound when the first explosion occurred, causing panic,” said Kamran Sadiq, a worshiper who suffered shrapnel injuries, wearing a white, blood-stained shalwar kameez. He estimated that 350 people were in attendance at the time of the attack, although some placed it closer to 500.

Other worshipers, including church coordinator Hayat Bhati, criticized poor government security and the official policy of appeasing militants. Islamabad has released nearly three dozen Taliban from prisons in recent weeks in a bid to bolster Afghan peace talks.

“The government is responsible for this bloodshed,” said John William, a priest with the Church of Pakistan helping wounded in the hospital. “Instead of punishing militants, they are released from jails.”

Catholic groups and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government announced a threeday mourning period. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the attack in Peshawar’s densely packed Kohati Gate district, a mixed residential and shopping neighborhood. “Terrorists have no religion, and targeting innocent people is against the teachings of Islam and all religions,” he said in a written statement.

“Such cruel acts of terrorism reflect the brutality and inhumane mind-set of the terrorists.”

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the site of numerous clashes between militants and Pakistani security forces, is a stronghold for Islamic extremists. A roadside bomb in the province this month killed a top Pakistani brigadier general just hours after officials announced plans to withdraw troops from the region and pursue peace talks with Taliban militants.

WASHINGTON – For years, federal and state governments have struggled to build a background check system that can keep guns out of the hands of mentally troubled people.

Last week’s shootings at the Navy Yard shows that goal remains elusive.

The National Instant Criminal Backg round Check System, or NICS, run by the FBI, is supposed to prevent gun sales to people with serious mental illness, as well as to convicted criminals, fugitives and domestic violence offenders. (Despite the system’s name, not all the people it flags have been accused of wrongdoing.) President Barack Obama, lawmakers and gun-control advocates have pushed hard to persuade states to turn over more of their mental health records to the federal system.

But the fix isn’t that simple. Because of problems in the mental health system and NICS’ definition of mental illness, the national background check system has proved to be a haphazard way of trying to identify who might be too dangerous to own a gun.

Most mentally ill people never get treatment or aren’t recognized as being in crisis. Aaron Alexis, the Navy Yard shooter, said he had heard voices and expressed fears about a microwave-type machine

take away someone’s gun rights. It’s hard to imagine we are going to lower the bar on that.”

Mark Glaze, director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns

penetrating his body.

Police reported these complaints to the U.S. Navy last month, but officials decided Alexis did not pose a threat.

Only a small fraction of people with mental illness meet the federal standard for inclusion in the gun database: an involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital. And most people who do get involuntarily committed - under a typical 72-hour hold for observation - aren’t included, because their case never had a hearing.

The result is a system that misses many people who are at risk of harming themselves or others, while it sweeps in thousands of others who are no longer dangerous or never were in the first place.

“We set the bar pretty high before we take away someone’s gun rights,” said Mark Glaze, director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which is fighting for an improved background check system.

The pro-gun lobby and many mental health advocates would oppose more expansive rules, he noted, saying, “It’s hard to imagine we are going to lower

the bar on that.”

Some states use tougher standards than the federal rules to try to keep guns out of the hands of people with mental illness.

California bans someone from buying a gun for five years after a 72-hour commitment. Even people who check themselves into a hospital can lose their ability to buy a gun.

But California doesn’t send those names to the federal system; state officials decided their mental health records didn’t meet the federal guidelines.

Of the 1.3 million such records in its state database, California has sent only 400,000 to NICS. That means someone with a recent 72-hour hospitalization would be banned from buying a gun in California but could clear a background check in another state.

In 2006, former postal worker Jennifer Sanmarco returned to her old post office in Goleta and shot six people, then killed herself.

Sanmarco had spent three days in a Ventura hospital after a history of bizarre and paranoid behavior and couldn’t legally buy a gun in California.

But she had no trouble passing a background check when she bought her gun at a New Mexico pawn shop. At the time, California had not submitted any records to NICS. The Navy Yard shooting points to another problem: Most people like Alexis, who suffer from apparent mental illness, are never treated.

Even though police who encountered Alexis

in Rhode Island worried about his delusions, there are no reports that he was hospitalized. He twice went for treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals, complaining of insomnia. Doctors asked him if he was depressed or had thoughts of harming himself or others; he said no.

Even if those doctors had thought he might be dangerous, it’s not clear they would have told anyone. VA rules prohibit the disclosure of medical records for employee background checks. And the VA also doesn’t disclose most records to NICS, unless someone in law enforcement asks for a specific record. The exception is when a veteran is found incompetent to handle his or her affairs.

In falling outside the bounds of background check standards, Alexis had something in common with perpetrators of other mass slayings.

James Holmes, the gunman in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shootings in 2012, passed a background check. So did Jared Loughner, who in 2011 killed six people in Tucson, Ariz., and wounded 13 others, including Gabrielle Giffords, who was then a congresswoman.

Adam Lanza, the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooter, got his guns at home, but he would not have had trouble passing a check either.

In fact, in 43 mass shootings over the last four years, none of the shooters was prohibited for mental health reasons from possessing a gun under feder-

al law, according to a survey published by Mayors Against Illegal Guns. None had been involuntarily committed.

Only about 1 percent of background check denials are for mental health reasons. By far, most people flagged by NICS are felons. Although Alexis had arrests for gun incidents, they never resulted in convictions.

Mental health experts also say the focus on old commitment records is a flawed way of figuring out who shouldn’t have a gun in large part because most people with mental illness aren’t violent or are at risk mostly of hurting themselves.

Jeffrey Swanson, a professor of psychiatry at Duke University, has found that mental health restrictions have a modest but measurable effect on reducing violence. At the same time, he says, the current system will never make a big dent.

“Basing this whole thing on whether you’re committed or not doesn’t make a lot of sense,” he said. “It’s only going to nibble at the margins.”

Some states have begun to explore other ways, beyond background checks, but have struggled to balance the need to keep the public safe with the rights of people who have mental illness.

New York recently passed a law that requires mental health professionals to report patients they believe are potentially dangerous. But it has spawned objections from the gun rights lobby, which says

it’s overly broad, and from doctors and mental health advocates, who say it’s an intrusion on patient privacy and could scare people away from seeking help.

In California, law enforcement authorities not only try to prevent new gun sales to felons and people with mental illnesses, they also seize guns already owned by criminals and people who are declared mentally ill.

Indiana allows police, without a warrant, to seize guns from people who are threatening to harm themselves or others regardless of whether they’ve been found to have mental illness.

The law was passed after Jake Laird, an Indianapolis police officer, was killed by a man in a shootout. Police had taken the man’s guns away - but had to give them back because no law authorized them to take guns from people with mental problems.

Michael Daley, a friend of Laird’s and a legal adviser to the Indianapolis Police Department, said the law has been an effective tool to defuse volatile situations, most often to prevent suicides.

And because a judge reviews the seizures within 14 days, the law has proved relatively uncontroversial, he said, even in a conservative state where nearly 2 in 5 adults own guns.

“Had the law been in effect when Jake Laird was alive, Jake would still be alive,” he said.

E. coli found in water in flooded Colorado

Kenya seeks end to shopping center crisis

Date for restoration of water is unknown

Rescue remains a Many Kenyans were alarmed at the likely effect the attack would have on tourism, and domestic issue

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The residents of the foothill town of Lyons, Colo., hit hard by flooding, have another misery piled on their already destroyed and damaged homes, businesses and roads: the potentially deadly E. coli bacteria has been found in the town’s water system.

“We don’t want you using any of the water,” Lyons’ town administrator, Victoria Simonsen, said during a town hall meeting, which was broadcast online because the town is all but evacuated.

There’s no timeline for when the water and sewer systems will be restored, Simonsen said.

Many of Lyons’ residents were evacuated by a convoy of National Guard troops last week. If they want to return to a town that also lacks electricity and gas, officials said, they do so at their own risk.

“It is critical we get (the water system) back up, and get it disinfected before we would ... want any of you to be back,” Simonsen said.

E. coli is potentially deadly and can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration and kidney failure.

The finding is among the many problems compounding rescue and recovery efforts in the state, where floods across 4,500 square miles wiped out thousands of homes, torn through bridges and damaged oilstorage tanks. Seven people were killed, and three others are presumed dead.

On Saturday, the num-

ber of people still unaccounted for stood at 60 down from 80 on Friday.

Officials hope the number of missing persons will continue to drop as more rescue missions and house checks are performed, phone lines are restored and registrations at evacuation centers and online databases become more up to date. At the peaks of the flooding last week, about 1,200 people were unaccounted for.

“As we get into the middle or latter part of next week, we’ll have a list of people who truly are missing or unaccounted for.

And a certain number of them will be dead,” said Larimer County sheriff ’s office spokesman John Schulz.

Larimer County-a largely mountainous county north of Boulder along the Wyoming border-has become the focus of rescue and recovery efforts.

County investigators are zeroing in on Big Thompson Canyon, where the Big Thompson River meets the plain, forming a natural collection area for the debris of washedout homes and businesses, Shulz said.

Investigators are conducting a “meticulous” search of the debris, he said.

Elsewhere in Larimer County, rescue crews are checking in on the 327 people who chose to stay home. Some are now deciding to evacuate their homes, Schulz said. Many roads are still impassable, and the sheriff is putting up roadblocks. Officials are investigating whether inaccessible areas can be reached via hiking trails or

on all-terrain vehicles.

As of Saturday, 1,196 have been rescued in Larimer County. Relief efforts are benefiting from favorable weather. The county saw partly cloudy skies Saturday.

Statewide, oil and gas spills remain a chief concern as officials assess the damage. The state’s Oil and Gas Conservation Commission said Saturday that more than 25,000 gallons of oil are known to have been released across the state, an amount equal to two 300-barrel storage tanks.

The state described six of the spills as “notable,” with 12 other sites showing signs of a spill. But investigators have not been able to survey the damage in some areas because of mud and high water.

The National Guard reported Saturday rescues of 3,233 people and 1,047 pets.

Statewide, nearly 6,000 remained under evacuation orders. About 200 are staying in nine shelters.

The flood zone has been reduced by more than half, but it still measures almost 2,000 square miles, according to state figures.

State officials have estimated that as of Saturday, the flooding has damaged or destroyed 17,983 homes and 968 commercial properties.

More than 12,000 state residents have applied for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and more than $12.3 million in aid has been approved, according to an official statement.

Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, will visit the state Monday, the White House said.

By nicHolas soi and RoByn dixon Los Angeles Times

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s security forces were reported to be closing in on al-Qaidalinked linked gunmen holding hostages in an upscale shopping mall late Sunday, as a major explosion rocked the building around nightfall.

Earlier Sunday, Israeli advisers were reported to be helping Kenya’s government try to free the hostages said to be held by 10 to 15 militants after an attack that killed at least 59 people and wounded 175.

There were fears the death toll could mount sharply after the Kenyan Red Cross Society announced Sunday that 49 people were unaccounted for.

It was not clear whether all of those were being held hostage, or if some were hiding or dead, or had fled.

The Kenya National Disaster Operation Center said on Twitter on Sunday evening a major operation had begun, while Kenyan media reported that military forces and elite police units were mounting a final assault to free the hostages. Sporadic gunfire could be heard from the building most of the day.

Al-Shabab, the al-Qaidalinked Somali militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday, saying it was revenge for Kenya’s push into Somalia in 2011.

Many Kenyans were alarmed at the likely effect the attack would have on tourism, and feared more terrorist attacks. Some expressed frustration as the siege dragged on without a result.

feared more terrorist attacks. Some expressed frustration as the siege dragged on without a result.

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday urged Western governments not to advise travelers to avoid Kenya because it would damage tourism and the Kenyan economy. He said terrorist attacks occurred in Western countries without anyone issuing travel warnings to avoid them.

One onlooker outside the mall, James Mwangi, 19, a student, was holding vigil until the operation was over, saying he was desperately waiting for news of relatives stuck inside.

“This terrorism attack is going to have a very bad impact on the tourism industry. Tourists will think security is not up to standard. The tourism industry will face losses from that,” Mwangi said.

Joel Mbugwa, a porter, also part of the crowd watching the building from a distance, was angered by how long the police and military operation was taking.

“Why can’t the police and army just go in and shoot these people? There are hostages in there and they [the terrorists] will just kill them,” he said.

Mbugwa said the Kenyan government made a big mistake in 2001 by sending its army against al-Shabab.

“Al-Shabab are not an army. They don’t follow orders. They’ll just decide to go and attack certain places, shops, markets, bus-stops.

But if they can come up to a place like Westgate mall I believe they can explode

a bomb anywhere, even at State House,” Mbugwa said, referring to the president’s residence.

On Sunday, al-Shabab said on Twitter that security forces had landed on the roof of the Westgate mall and were endangering the lives of hostages.

It said the “Kenyan forces who’ve just attempted a roof landing must know that they are jeopardising the lives of hostages.”

Kenyatta acknowledged Kenyan frustration at how long it was taking security forces to resolve the crisis but urged people to be patient and give the police and army time.

“With professionals on site, I assure Kenyans that we have as good a chance to successfully neutralize the terrorists as we can hope for,” he said.

Despite the reports of Israeli involvement in the rescue attempt, Kenyatta said Sunday the rescue attempt remained a domestic operation.

“For the time being, this remains an operation of the Kenyan security agencies. I thank all our international friends who have reached out to us and stood with us,” Kenyatta said.

Israeli officials declined to comment on reports its commandos were participating in the siege. Several Israeli entrepreneurs own businesses at the Westgate mall, including a popular cafe and bakery.

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How to choose a roommate The semester has just guests may be required to begun, but it’s never too soon wear a Hazmat suit to your to start planning for next room by mid-September.

While you’re creeping, Emily Merlino have a friend or two look over the prospective roomyear’s housing. Whether mate’s profile. They might you’re moving off campus or find something totally unacinto another dorm, picking ceptable that you may have a roommate is one of the missed. most exciting – and stressTwo: Make sure your ful – things about college. morals roughly line up. I’m Before the advent of online not saying you two have habit surveys and the all- to attend the same church important Facebook, people together on Sundays and could only roll the dice and hold joint Bible study classhope not to get stuck with a horribly mismatched partner.

In today’s high-tech world, you can find almost anything you need or want to know about your new roommate with a click of a es; I’m just insinuating that button. Because there is the if you are strongly against option to find and request marijuana use, then you your roommate without ever should be careful not to pick meeting them in person, a a roommate with the Twitter little strategic Facebook name “Crazy4Cannibus.” stalking is in order. Listed More importantly, if your below are a few key things roommate holds firm beliefs to look for when selecting a against alcohol or cigarette roommate. use, but you do not, it is best One: Facebook stalk to stay clear of them. They them, obviously! Students are unlikely to be amused almost always post a general when you stumble into your description of what they’re room with a trash bin on looking for in a roommate on your head every Saturday their class year’s Facebook night. page. If someone catches Likewise, if you are firmly your eye, creep them on against drinking or smoking, Facebook. Creep extensively. do not pick a chain smoking This obviously isn’t someroommate.

Your room might thing that I would normally encourage, but if you just develop a smoky odor, and scan their interests and pro- neither you nor your roomfile pictures, then you might mate wants to be judged by miss their photo album titled others.

Three: Attempt to identify “The Year I Didn’t Shower.”

Extensive creeping is very what kind of friends your important since you will be prospective roommate tends sharing less than 200 square to have. Your roommate and feet of living space with their friends do not have to be your best friends forevthem.

If, for example, your er, but they will most likely roommate attended a confer- make frequent appearances ence in Vermont on the joys your room. If your roomof not bathing and decides to mate’s friends seem to be ‘Gossip practice his or her newfound drama-addicted wisdom in the dorm, then Girls,’ you might be dealing

Like many times in life, you’ll be glad you Facebook creeped.

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with Serena and Blair-esque drama every Friday night.

On the other hand, if their friends appear to be similar to your friends in tastes and habits, you might have a good core group of friends without having to join the live action role-playing club.

Four: This may sound superficial, but decoration tastes play a fairly important role in creating a positive living environment for both of you. You two don’t need to come up with a matching Laura Ashley color scheme, but if you plan to decorate your side of the room with floral pastels, it might be best to avoid a roommate who enjoys satanic paraphernalia or posters of weird horror films. It just makes for a more comfortable home for both of you.

That being said, if your music or movie tastes are radically different from theirs, it isn’t a huge deal – just make sure to mention that headphones are a must, should you decide to room with them.

Of course, discussing sleep and cleaning habits is vital. However, two people cannot live peacefully with each other if the only things they agree upon are a mutual love of Clorox wipes and sleeping until two in the afternoon.

Finding a roommate that will provide a relaxed, pleasurable dorm experience is more important than finding someone that won’t dissolve into hysterics when a piece of lint is spotted on the linoleum floor. It takes some serious dedication to stalking potential roommates on online social networks, but, like many times in life, you’ll be glad you Facebook creeped.

On Saturday, nine stuFrom the struggle for dents from South Africa marriage equality to the arrived at the University aftermath of the latest economic recession, our counMakai McClintock try faces several obstacles to prosperity and equality. of Massachusetts Amherst We are not so unlike for a leadership training South Africa. In fact, our designed to promote cross- struggles with institutionalracial unity and interna- ized racism and prejudice tional networking. The two- parallel theirs to a signifiweek program will immerse cant degree. Although the South African students in causality of statistical corUMass culture by exposing relations pertaining to them to the academic, cul- alleged instances of institutural and residential lives of tional racism and inequalthe university’s students. ity can be difficult to prove, The students will gain a the numbers still paint a skill set that will help them troubling picture of racial confront the various diffi- injustice in America. culties South African sociCurrently, more African ety faces in general, as well Americans are serving time, as those challenges young on probation or on parole people in particular encounter while dealing with racialized thinking.

One challenge is that students born after apartheid still carry attitudes reminiscent of that era. However, those than were enslaved in 1850, attitudes could be changed a decade before the beginthrough the leadership of ning of the Civil War. And as of 2004, more African future generations.

In this sense, the theme American men were unable of “leadership for change” to vote due to felon disenis not uniquely applicable franchisement laws than to our South African visi- were denied the right to tors, but to the campus com- vote in 1870, when the 15th munity, and to the United Amendment, which prohibStates, as a whole. It should its voting discrimination on be taken as a beacon of the basis of race, was ratiempowerment, a challenge fied.

At the level of individual to the community to confront any and all injustices cases and verdicts, provthat we may face over the ing racial inequality in the criminal justice system is course of our lives. statistically As Nelson Mandela once essentially said, “Education is the most impossible; individual cases powerful weapon which are unique and therefore you can use to change the make “apples to apples” world.” As students, we comparisons of case outshould commit ourselves comes invalid. However, a not only to our studies, but macroscopic view of the also to sharing our knowl- overall system alludes to deep-seated and troubling edge and future goals.

trends of institutionalized oppression and injustice.

In the Chicago area, the proportion of African American men who have been convicted of felonies stands at nearly 80 percent.

Felons are unjustly denied the right to vote or participate on juries and are legally discriminated against in employment, housing and access to education.

In the context of the South Africa’s history of racism and segregation, the “Leadership for Change” program may seem to solely be geared to t South African students. But, given similar struggles in the United States, the students also benefit our community.

In fact, the arrival of the South Africans marks a long-overdue opportunity for UMass community members to become agents of change by promoting unity and understanding between the variety of people and cultures that collectively constitute the UMass community.

Given the range of challenges facing our country and the similarities between the respective struggles of United States and South Africa with racism and institutional oppression, there is much we can learn from each other.

Over the course of the next two weeks, should you see a group of South African students traveling between classes or about the dorms in Northeast, make a point to introduce yourself and welcome them to campus.

You’ll be glad you did!

The theme of “leadership for change” … should be taken as a beacon of empowerment, a challenge to the community to confront any and all injustices that we may face over the course of our lives.

Emily Merlino is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at eamerlin@ umass.edu.

Makai McClintock is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at mmcclint@umass.edu.

The misguided war for gun control Our country again finds itself in the midst of a debate on gun-control. Common threads in

Michael Ball recent mass-shootings are both the poor treatment of mental health patients and the failure to properly integrate mental health into the National Instant Checks System (NICS).

Politicians and the media fixate on the guns themselves (often incorrectly referring to them as assault weapons) and standard capacity magazines instead of the motivation behind these shootings.

The recent Washington, D.C. Navy Yard shooting highlights the recent obsession with so-called assault weapons. As the tragic event occurred, Piers Morgan was advocating for a ban of the AR-15 rifle.

When the media discov-

ered that the shooter used possibly the most common hunting shotgun in the United States, however, the New York Times kept their story romantic by referring to the Remington 870 as a “ l aw - e n f o r c e m e n t - s t y l e shotgun.”

Americans can’t collectively fix the root of the problem because gun control advocates crusade to impose ineffective bans. The Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994, which expired in 2004, was ineffective for two primary reasons. First, the so-called assault weapons were in reality common pistols, rifles, and shotguns that the uneducated found scary. Too many people can’t even differentiate an assault weapon from any other gun.

Second, despite the false claims of firearms such as the AR-15 being so dangerous, the FBI reported

that only marginally more than 300 murders in 2011 involved all classified rifles, of which so-called assault rifles are only a subset. An additional 1,587 murders were committed with unspecified firearms.

So the supposedly most dangerous of these guns were only used in slightly more than two percent of 2011 U.S. murders. Compare the 300-plus deaths to more than 6,000 handgun deaths,

in as many homicides as knives?

The second point that the gun-control advocates can’t seem to let go of is magazine capacity. These are people that know so little about firearms, some of the strongest proponents of these bills weren’t even aware that magazines are re-usable. Lawenforcement, military, firearms instructors and avid shooters all know that a

of street violence and mass shootings. Only one quarter of the shots fired by the Columbine shooters resulted from a firearm designed to use magazines with more than 10 rounds. The deadliest shooter in the United States used two handguns, one of which exclusively had 10 round magazines, the other of which had a mix of 10 and 15 round magazines.

The State of Virginia’s official report concluded that a magazine capacity ban would not have had an effect on the outcome of the shooting at Virginia Tech. The Navy Yard shooter used a pump action shotgun, which doesn’t accept detachable magazines and takes a considerable amount of time to reload.

A 2004 U.S. Department of Justice study determined the 1994-2004 assault weapon ban to only result in

Politicians and the media fixate on the guns themselves … and standard capacity magazines instead of the motivation behind these shootings.

1,700 cutting instrument (e.g. knife) deaths, and 1,200 deaths due to blunt objects and brute force So as a country, we must dump all our effort into banning a firearm that is no more dangerous than any other firearm, and isn’t even used

standard magazine saves effort and lives. Practicality demands gun users to carry only one or two magazines.

This reality is backed up by cold, hard facts related to both the low-hit percentages of rounds used in self defense, and the instances

mixed success in reducing criminal use of the banned guns and magazines.

I hope that someday the gun-control crowd can work with those of us who want true common-sense steps towards reducing violence taken, instead of waging a war plastic, aluminum, and springs.

As the chief of training of the UMass Gun Club, one of the fastest growing and most popular registered student organizations on campus, I encourage and invite anyone who wants to know more about firearms to contact our club so they can learn about these firearms and how to use them. Only with education and understanding will both sides be able to come together to move toward everyone’s best interests.

Michael Ball is a Collegian contributor and can be reached at mjball@umass.edu.

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‘Stacy’s Mom’ still has it going on Fountains of Wayne begin tour in Noho

By Jackson Maxwell Collegian Correspondent

This Thursday night, Sept. 26, legendary New York power-pop band Fountains of Wayne will kick off their three week, 18-show tour that spans from the East Coast to the Midwest at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton. As one of only two gigs on their tour that do not include Soul Asylum and Evan Dando, their touring openers, this show serves as a warm-up for the band before they hit the road with a stacked bill.

Fountains of Wayne take a unique approach to guitar-pop, as many of their songs deal with topics such as travel, transportation and suburban life. Their lyrics are often somewhat tongue-in-cheek and are served with a dose of irony or humor, allowing them to stand out within their genre. With that being said, the band has proven itself to be equally great at making serious, beautiful ballads. The band is on the road again to promote “Sky Full of Holes,” their fifth album, released in July 2011.

The band’s two singer-songwriters, Chris Collingwood and Adam

Schlesinger, first played together in various bands during their four years at Williams College. After going their separate ways for a few years, the two regrouped in New York City in 1996.

Naming themselves Fountains of Wayne after a local lawn ornament store, the duo recruited guitarist Jody Porter and drummer Brian Young and quickly signed with Atlantic Records, until late 1999.

Their self-titled debut, a treasure trove of fantastic, high-energy, hook-filled songs, brought the band some brief commercial success. The group gained some more critical acclaim with Schlesinger’s Academy Award nomination for writing the hit title track for the film “That Thing You Do!” in 1996 and eventually for their 2003 record “Welcome Interstate Managers.”

The album’s first single was “Stacy’s Mom,” a hit song the band wrote as a tribute to classic powerpop band the Cars. With its retro sound, gigantic hooks and unforgettable chorus, “Stacy’s Mom” was a massive success. Critically lauded yet again, the album was a major commercial break for the band, thanks to the runaway success of its massively popular single.

Although they have not come close to land-

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Fountains of Wayne’s Chris Collingwood singing to the Pearl Street Night Club three years ago in 2010. ing another hit as big as “Stacy’s Mom,” the band’s two subsequent albums, 2007’s “Traffic and Weather” and “Sky Full of Holes,” have both given the band career-high chart positions.

This steady build in sales is indicative of a growing appreciation for the band’s perfectionist approach.

Fountains of Wayne are brilliantly adept at trimming all the fat they can off of songs, leaving behind only the basics of pop rock “Sky Full of Holes” is the band’s darkest album to date, portraying a raw and serious attitude, much different than their earlier and more playful records. Their

latest album has alienated some critics and fans who prefer their spunky powerpop to their more somber ballads. That being said, it also shows another talented side of the performers who are often thought of as onehit wonders.

Fountains of Wayne will bring 15 years and five

album’s worth of catchy pop-rock to the Iron Horse this Thursday. They will be joined by opening act School for the Dead. Tickets are available for $25 in advance, or $28 at the door.

Jackson Maxwell can be reached at jlmaxwell@umass.edu.

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Trip-hop visionary Naked and Famous to grace Pearl Street rolls out new album Emancipator bound for Mass.

By sarah roBertson Collegian Correspondent

As part of his fall tour spanning across the United States and Europe, Doug Appling, known to audiences as Emancipator, will be playing a show at the Pearl Street Ballroom in Northampton this Thursday, Sept. 26.

Gathering international attention since his 2006 debut, “Soon It Will Be Cold Enough,” Appling has reached fans as far as Japan with his style of symphonic electronic trip-hop music.

His style includes seamless buildups and breakdowns rich with chords and a dizzying variety of sounds including mandolin, choir music and sound effects.

Appling, whose sound has been described as organic, takes much of his inspiration from nature and life experiences. The theme of nature is prevalent in his 2010 album “Safe in the Steep Cliffs,” with standout tracks such as “Greenland” and “Black Lake.”

Emancipator’s latest album, “Dusk to Dawn,” was released in January of this year and has lived up to what fans have grown to expect from the young artist. The album breathes new life into the instrumental genre with innovative hip-hop beats and endless layers that refuse to compromise as background music. The top tracks

include “Minor Cause” and “Natural Cause,” both featuring collaborator Ilya Goldberg on the violin to create a warm, yet eerie tone. Goldberg is one of several composers featured in the album and will be on tour with Appling throughout his tour.

In a 2010 interview with Rolling Stone Japan, Appling discussed his inspiration and early successes in the music industry. Growing up in Virginia, Appling began playing the violin at age four and has since learned the mandolin, banjo and viola.

What really piqued his musical interests, however, was the discovery of the software Acid Pro, which allowed Appling to remix and loop music to fit his exact taste. Throughout college he dabbled in the software, creating his own mixes and playing small college venues at his school, William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. When asked about inspiration for his music, Appling responded, “I get inspired by musical ideas, like a melody or a beat that pops into my head, and then I build a song around it. My music is very cinematic. My songs have rising and falling action as if they accompany an imaginary story. But I’m only focused on the music. The plot is left up to the listener.”

He also stresses the organic qualities of his music, and says many of his track titles reflect these ideas.

When Appling was 19 years old, he released his first full-length album, which gained immediate international acclaim.

“Soon It Will Be Cold Enough” became incredibly popular in Japan, where it sold over 5,000 copies in less than six months. Riding off the success of his first album, Appling was able to secure a sponsorship with Puma, gain a powerful international fan base, and went as far as having a song from the album featured in the Beijing Olympics.

Not only is Appling a musical prodigy, but also a self-made producer. His latest LP “Dusk to Dawn” was released independently this year under his own label Loci Records, which he launched in 2012. Already, he has signed a fellow trip-hop artist, Tor, who released his first album “Drum Therapy” last year.

With his new label and powerful fan base, Emancipator has made significant contributions to this rising genre. The triphop genre originated in the early 90s in the UK as highly experimental electronic music with its roots in ambient, as well as hiphop music.

Thursday’s show will take place at the Pearl Street Ballroom at 9 p.m. in Northampton. Tickets are available for $15 in advance, or $18 at the door.

Sarah Robertson can be reached at srobertson@umass.edu.

Synth-pop group brings new sound

By nathalie sczuBlewski Collegian Correspondent

An ascending chord preceding the lyrics “Gallantly rise/Strike spears of light/ Inside my eyes/Over the fields/Where we believed/ Our love had died,” sung by singer Alisa Xayalith, is heard in the upbeat opening track to The Naked and Famous’ second studio album, “In Rolling Waves.”

The Naked and Famous is an electronic-rock quintet from New Zealand.

The band released their debut album, “Passive Me, Aggressive You” back in 2010. The album features key tracks like “Punching in a Dream” and the colorful “Young Blood,” which has been featured in Trident and Canon commercials and covered by artists like Jessie J. The band’s electronic-rock tone sounds like something of a hybrid mix of the groups The Joy Formidable and MGMT with a poppy twist.

“Passive Me, Aggressive You” debuted at number one in the band’s home country. After the album’s release, the group’s fame skyrocketed over the course of the next two years, as they have performed over 200 shows in 24 countries, sold 500,000 albums worldwide, released two EPs, and licensed their music to a slew of TV shows, films and commercials.

After touring, the band

settled in Los Angeles to begin recording their second LP, “In Rolling Waves.” The end result was an album that shied away from the bubblegum synth-rock sound of “Passive Me, Aggressive You” to a more alternative sound that utilizes more guitar tones.

“In Rolling Waves” dives into new terrestrial waters compared to “Passive Me, Aggressive You.” The band’s first album was defined by its pop flavor, danceable beats and the occasional use of heavy guitar riff-raff caused by lead guitarist, Thom Powers. “In Rolling Waves” explores much moodier territory with tracks like “Waltz” and “To Move with Purpose.”

“Waltz” is an ambient track with ghost-like guitar and tradeoff vocals between Xayalith and Powers that comes off as one of the band’s more mature tracks. The track “We Are Leaving,” opens powerfully enough to take the listener to outer space with Xayalith’s soft-spoken vocals, while celestial synthesizers escalate to a chaotic point of guitars and clashing drums. “Golden Girl” is a calm humdrum of synth drones blended smoothly with Xayalith’s soothing half-whispered lyrics. The album also features a number of heavier songs to rock out to, such as “What We Want” and “The Mess.’

“Hearts Like Ours” is the album’s first single, beginning slowly with quick electric guitar

strumming and a jingling tambourine.

Xayalith opens the track by singing “Orders in to rise and lines/We’re alone but side by side/We hate to dream we hate to dream/Nothing here is what it seems,” giving the song a Wonderland type of aesthetic. “Hearts Like Us” takes its time to build up, then releases its colorful dance beats in the band’s traditional sense.

The most distinguishable tune from “In Rolling Waves” is the aptly named “Rolling Waves.” Airy vocals, pulsating synth and chiming guitars swirl around to make the listener feel as if they are tumbling like the track’s namesake. The song’s chorus soars into a tumult of drums while Xayalith stretches out the lyrics “like rolling waves,” creating a sense of waves crashing. “Rolling Waves” is the album’s most rock-orientated track, with heavier drums and guitars than the rest of the album.

Due to its slow buildups and releases into beautiful organized chaos, The Naked and Famous’ “In Rolling Waves” is riddled with significant moments and flooring tracks. While this technique may come off as a bit repetitive to some, it is executed quite well by the group.

“In Rolling Waves” is a step up from their debut album with the band’s new mature and experimental turn which does not disappoint.

Nathalie Sczublewski can be reached at nsczuble@umass.edu.

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In a matchup of winless opponents, something had to give.

The Massachusetts men’s soccer team headed to Ohiri Field on Sunday to take on Harvard with both teams Harvard 2 poised and ready to UMass 1 break into the win column.

Harvard was the successful team.

With the game tied at 1-1 in the 80th minute, Kevin Harrington headed in a Ross Friedman corner kick to put the Crimson (1-4-1) on top 2-1. It was a lead that UMass couldn’t overcome.

The 2-1 loss is the seventh in a row for the Minutemen (0-7-1) and with each defeat the frustration continues to mount.

“The last goal, our defender was pushed down while their player went up and headed the ball in that could have easily been called a foul that wasn’t called and unfortunately cost us a goal and cost us the game,” UMass coach Sam Koch said.

“The bottom line is, referees don’t win or lose games, we do. But, let’s just say he didn’t help us.”

The first half played out evenly, with both sides generating a few good scoring opportunities. After the first 45 minutes, Harvard held a 5-4 shot advantage, but UMass went into the break still tied 0-0.

It took the Crimson only four minutes into the second half to open up the scoring when Phillip Fleischman headed in a Michael Klain throw-in for his first goal of the season.

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Ed Saint-Vil, Stacey Bedell and Lorenzo Woodley all suffered injuries in the contest and didn’t return.

The UMass defense played arguably its best game of the season through the first three quarters. The Minutemen ran a 4-3 base this week and it resulted in two takeaways and a turnover on downs.

But UMass’ inability to sustain offensive drives in the second half and injuries eventually wore down the defense.

With his team clinging to a 10-7 advantage, Vanderbilt quarterback Austyn CartaSamuels led an 11-play, 80-yard drive that spanned over the end of the third quarter and into the fourth and was capped off by an 11-yard screen pass to Jordan Matthews just before being brought down. The receiver made multiple Minutemen miss before leaping his way into the end zone to extend the Commodores advantage to 17-7.

The ensuing UMass drive stalled again and Vanderbilt responded by torching the Minutemen defense for 14 plays and 89 yards in 7 minutes, 3 seconds that ended with a 1-yard run by Jerron Seymour to make it 24-7.

Doyle completed 17 of his 21 passes in the first half, but only scored on a 4-yard touchdown to sophomore Tajae Sharpe, who finished the game with seven catches for 45 yards and surpassed his 2012 season totals in both receptions and receiving yards.

Doyle suffered what he called a twisted ankle early

UMass scores three on corners

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UMass men’s soccer is still struggling to find its first win of the season. gin during the game, the first time since the loss to Vermont that it has failed to crack double-digits in shots.

The Minutemen have a short time to put this loss behind them as they take on their toughest test yet on Wednesday when they travel to Syracuse.

“It doesn’t get any easier,” Koch said. “But, I feel good that these guys are

going to be able to compete… But, I think we’re going to be a much tougher opponent for them than what they think and I think this could be a perfect time for an upset.”

The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at the Orange’s SU Soccer Stadium.

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

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A.J. Doyle made his second start of the season for UMass on Saturday. on UMass’ second offensive series of the third quarter on a 9-yard run. The sophomore returned the following series after being replaced by Mike Wegzyn and said after the game that he feels fine. Doyle will have a chance to let it heal with the bye week next week shouldn’t miss any time because of it.

The bye week should be especially beneficial for the depleted Minutemen, who will next shift their focus to Mid-American Conference

play, starting with Bowling Green on Oct. 5.

“These first four games were important. The MAC East is where it’s at,” Molnar said. “Of all the teams out there, we can least afford to lose certain guys at certain positions. This bye week allows us to regroup and recover and get our focus on MAC opponents.”

Nick Canelas can be reached at ncanelas@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @NickCanelas.

mark, you could say,” Sabia said. “Having the push-outs be good, the traps be good, everything just has to fall into place.”

The Minutewomen have found other players stepping up in other roles on penalty corner plays as well, such as freshman midfielder Charlotte Verelst, who has been a solid inserter and has gotten all four of her assists on penalty corner plays, and senior midfielder Alexa Sikalis, who has been a good stopper and has gotten six of her teamleading seven assists on penalty corner plays this season.

“I think everyone’s kind of stepping into the role and executing the role that they’ve been given, just as I’ve been executing the role as the main hitter,” Sabia said.

“It’s just, honestly, teamwork I think.”

However, while the team has done well executing its penalty corner plays, it has struggled in drawing penalty corners in the offensive end.

UMass currently ranks 38th in the nation in penalty corners per game (6.56) behind past opponents Boston College, Syracuse, Connecticut and upcoming opponent New Hampshire.

Sabia said in a game like the one against Hofstra, when the Minutewomen outshot their opponents 28-5, they should have drawn more than just the nine penalty corners that they had on Sunday.

“For how long we’ve had it in our offensive end this game, we should be having a lot more corners,” she said. “That’ll come with time, though, and practice.”

The No. 7 Massachusetts field hockey team’s offense looked strong again in its 5-1 win over Hofstra on Sunday, and there was one important aspect that has been a recurring key to the Minutewomen’s play throughout the season: penalty corners.

UMass (7-2) scored three of their five goals on penalty corner plays against the Pride (3-6) and 16 of its 26 goals on penalty corners, according to UMassAthletics.com.

UMass coach Carla Tagliente said she has been very pleased with the team’s execution on penalty corner plays this season.

“It’s been outstanding,” Tagliente said. “It’s not a stat that’s charted. It’s not charted in the NCAA, but I would venture to guess that ours is pretty much in the top five in the country.”

After Thando Zono and Kim Young, the team’s main hitters on penalty corners last year and two of the team’s leading scorers, graduated, somebody on the team had to step up and become the team’s new main hitter.

Sophomore midfielder Brooke Sabia stepped into that role, and has scored seven of her team-leading 11 goals on penalty corner plays so far this season, including the opening goal of the game against Hofstra.

Sabia said the key to good penalty corner play is having everyone involved execute their roles properly.

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said. “It’s not a stat that we chart, but I would venture to guess that our execution rate is one of the top in the country.”

Sabia credits the team’s success on penalty corners to the efforts of everyone on the field and being able to fill their roles correctly.

“I think everyone is stepping in and executing the role they’ve been given, just as I’ve been executing my role as the main hitter,” Sabia said.

“The key to executing these set pieces is definitely having everyone on the right mark, and just hoping everything falls into place.”

The second half was much of the same for UMass, with Allie Sabia, the twin sister of Brooke, scoring her first goal of

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“The tough thing is, is that you miss those good opportunities.

And as it continues to go, the way we’ve been going, then everyone tenses up that much more .”

opportunities,” Koch said.

“And as it continues to go, the way we’ve been going, then everyone tenses up that much more.”

But, unlike in its previous losses, UMass evened the score.

In the 62nd minute junior Josh Schwartz found himself in space, took a deflected shot and placed it past the Harvard keeper, tying the game at 1-1.

The goal was Schwartz’s second of the season and only the third of the entire year for the Minutemen.

It snapped a 335-minute goalless drought that dated back to a Sept. 8 loss at Vermont and spanned nearly four complete games.

“I thought we had great chances after [Schwartz’s goal],” Koch said. “We had a great chance that we missed in the first half.

Again, we’ve done some good things and it’s just one of those things, we’re having a little tough luck.”

The goal was a positive sign for UMass, but with the game still tied, both teams pressed forward.

Like much of the game, both sides responded to the other’s offensive attacks with a counter attack of its own. But it was the Crimson who capitalized on the next opportunity and that proved to be the difference in the game.

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“I think everyone is stepping in and executing the role they’ve been given, just as I’ve been executing my role as the main hitter.”

Brooke Sabia the season four minutes into the half to make it 3-0.

The Minutewomen put it out of reach four minutes later when Brooke Sabia tallied her second of the day, with senior Molly MacDonnell getting the assist.

Hofstra ended the shutout to make it 4-1 with a little less than five minutes to go in the game, but freshman Charlotte Verelest got the goal back for UMass, scoring her first of the season with five seconds left to end it at 5-1.

Despite winning this

game with ease, Tagliente still believes her team can improve in some areas.

“We still have to get back to work on Tuesday, as there are still some things that stand out that we have to work on, but overall I thought our team did a great job today,” Tagliente said.

The Minutewomen hope to continue this homestand with another win when they take on New Hampshire on Friday afternoon.

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UMass outshoots Hofstra 28-5 B y Jason K ates Collegian Staff

In its two losses this season, the No. 7 Massachusetts field hockey team was UMass 5 done in by a lack Hofstra 1 of shot attempts offensively.

Brooke Sabia wouldn’t let it happen again on Sunday.

The sophomore scored two goals on 11 shots to lead the Minutewomen to a 5-1 win over Hofstra at

Garber Field in the first leg of a three-game homestand.

UMass (7-2) outshot the Pride 15-0 in the first half and 28-5 for the game and had seven penalty corners while Hofstra failed to get one.

The offensive production was refreshing Sabia and the Minutewomen, who had managed just five shots in their loss to Connecticut on Wednesday.

“I thought it was really great to have a game like this,” said Sabia, who leads the team with 11 goals.

“It’s hard going and losing to teams like Syracuse and UConn and not having many shots on goal, so just

bouncing back and executing the shots we took was a great feeling and boosts our confidence a lot.”

Sabia opened the scoring 10 minutes, 16 seconds into the game off of a penalty corner assisted by seniors Alexa Sikalis and Hannah Prince. The Minutewomen doubled their lead almost nine minutes later when junior Lauren Allymohamed scored her third of the season when she redirected a shot by Prince after a penalty corner.

UMass coach Carla Tagliente was pleased with her team’s fast start to the game.

“Before the game we

talked with the team about how the quickest way to erase our minds from the UConn game is to come out and have a strong performance and I thought we did,” Tagliente said.

“We’ve been struggling a bit getting shots and scoring goals so I thought we did a great job tallying five goals off 28 shots.”

Penalty corners continue to generate goals for the Minutewomen this season, as three of their five goals against the Pride (3-6) came off of the set piece.

“I think our penalty corners have been outstanding, we just have to draw more of them,” Tagliente see

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Brooke Sabia scored twice in UMass’ 5-1 win over Hofstra on Sunday.

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Vanderbilt receiver Jordan Matthews was tough to bring down for UMass in the Minutemen’s 24-7 loss on Saturday.

UM hurt by injuries, falls to Vandy By nicK canelas Collegian Staff

FOXBORO – With the return of Rob Blanchflower and a change in defensive alignment, the Massachusetts football team initially looked reloaded on both sides of the ball against Vanderbilt Vandy 24 o n Saturday.

UMass 7 But injuries to five different players, including a third quarter ankle injury by quarterback A.J. Doyle, who returned for the next series, and poor fourth quarter play ultimately did the Minutemen in.

UMass hung around with the Commodores for three quarters on Saturday, but was overcome by a Vanderbilt offensive surge in the game’s final 12 minutes for a 24-7 loss in front of 16,419 at Gillette Stadium in the first ever home game for the Minutemen against a Southeastern Conference opponent.

It was just two weeks ago that UMass (0-4) was embarrassed on its home field against Football Championship Subdivision foe Maine. In the two games since, the Minutemen have shown progress with promising efforts against a pair of power conference opponents.

Last weekend at Kansas State, UMass held a 7-6 lead after the first quarter before the Wildcats pulled away. On Saturday, the Minutemen trailed by a mere three points through three quarters before Vanderbilt dominated UMass’ injury-depleted group.

“At the end of the day we lost the football game, but our team played very hard,” UMass coach Charley Molnar said. “We played hard on offense, defense, and in the kicking game. We just ran into a string of injuries (Saturday) and it was almost mind boggling.

“We were losing guys with ankles and feet, nothing major. We were trying to mix and match our offense, defense and special teams.

Our play selection on offense became quite challenging at times.”

Doyle completed 20-of-28 passes for 133 yards and a touchdown in just his second start of the season and quickly targeted Blanchflower, who spent most of the year sidelined with a pair of undisclosed injuries, in his 2013 debut. The tight end made four catches in the first quarter and finished the game with seven grabs for 42 yards.

Blanchflower returned to practice for UMass on Monday and said after

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Saturday’s game that he felt healthy enough to play by Tuesday.

Molnar said that Blanchflower played “less than a perfect game,” but gave the offense “a sense of energy and confidence.”

Blanchflower, on the other hand, expects to be better with time.

“I would like to think that if I had been out there practicing healthy for the last six weeks I would have been bigger, faster and stronger,” he said. “I felt I could compete with Vanderbilt and it was good being out there running

around.”

Doyle was more than happy to have his biggest target back.

“It was great having him back,” Doyle said. “He has a presence that will be felt every game, whether he is catching the ball or if the defense just has to doublecover him because he is that kind of player and he has that kind of talent.”

Blanchflower’s return was the only positive for the Minutemen on the injury front, however. Joe Colton, see

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The Massachusetts women’s soccer team may be making a habit of overtime wins.

The Minutewomen picked up their third win in extra time in their last two contests with a 2-1 comeback victory over Northeastern at Rudd Field on Sunday.

The 1-1 match was broken just five minUMass 2 utes into NU 1 over time as forward M e g a n Brown 2 B u r k e an UMass 1 took ove r h e a d pass from Madison Smith and found the back of the net on a chip shot over the goalkeeper.

“Personally, I was just trying to get my body in front of [the ball],” Burke said on the play. “I was hoping to just get a touch, or anything. I got the touch and I guess the shot was perfect.”

UMass (3-5-1) trailed the Huskies (0-6-3) throughout most of the game after Shayna Blackwood gave Northeastern the lead on a goal in the first half. Despite getting off eight shots in the first half, the Minutewomen failed to execute on their opportunities, and went into halftime behind 1-0.

Once the second half came, the UMass offense brought a newly-found spark that was missing throughout the first half. This spark kept the ball on the Huskies’ side of the field, leading to a goal

by Brittany Moore off of a booming set kick from cocaptain Lauren Skesavage, tying the game in the 66th minute.

UMass coach Ed Matz tried to rally his team with a halftime speech and he was pleased with the way the players responded.

“I told them they were playing well,” Matz said. “I said it’s going to come, and Brit [Moore], who has been tremendous for us, just got to that ball.”

Skesavage, who also thought the team did well, had a few words of admiration for her team after the game.

“I was hoping to just get a touch, or anything. I got the touch and I guess the shot was perfect” UMass forward Megan Burke “[The defense] really stepped up,” Skesavage said when characterizing the team. “[Sunday] I think that we showed that we all have a lot of heart, and we are going to try to keep up the intensity for the rest of our games.”

UMass falls to Brown After finishing up a fourgame road trip that ended with a win at Lamar, UMass lost its momentum in a 2-1 loss on Thursday.

The Minutewomen were plagued by poor defense in the loss to the Bears (3-2-0), particularly when defending corner kicks. Both Brown goals were scored off of the set pieces, including the eventual game-clinching goal in which UMass recorded an own goal when the ball deflected off of one of its defenders.

“Defensively, we just don’t have enough determination and enough perseverance to get the ball off,” Matz said on corner kicks. “We are good from 18-to-18 but we lack a commitment to sacrifice and do whatever it takes to get the ball out.”

Despite the weaknesses the defense has on corner kicks, a more consistent issue that the team has is within the offense, as the squad has had troubles with taking advantage off of the lowscoring performances other teams have when facing the UMass defense.

As for the Brown game, the Minutewomen did find the back of the net on an Alyssa D’Arcy goal just before the half to tie the game. However, that was the only goal that UMass had, failing to tie the game at two before the final whistle.

“We needed to win the ball more,” Julia Weithofer said.

“We need to find our players offensively. We were getting [the ball] forward, but we just couldn’t finish in the final third.”

Tom Mulherin can be reached at tmulheri@umass.edu.