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Tibetan monks to visit UM

By AvivA LuttreLL Collegian Staff

A group of visiting Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery will be welcomed to the University of Massachusetts campus by Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy and his wife on Wednesday, Sept. 25, according to a University press release.

For two days, the monks will create a sand mandala in the Fine Arts Center lobby using millions of grains of colored sand poured from traditional metal funnels called chak-purs, according to the release. The mandala

is a traditional Buddhist symbol of the universe, and is made up of different geometric shapes and ancient spiritual symbols.

As part of the welcoming ceremony, which is set to take place at 8:30 a.m. in the Fine Arts Center Lobby, Chancellor Subbaswamy will greet the leader of the visiting monks, Geshe Dhondup, and present him with khatas, a type of traditional ceremonial scarf, according to the release.

“The monks will then consecrate the mandala area with prayers and multiphonic chants, Tibetan long horn trumpets and cymbals. They will then begin

the geometric drawing symbolizing the universe that will house the Buddha,” the release said.

The process of creating the mandala involves each monk holding a chak-pur while simultaneously running a metal rod along its surface, causing the sand to flow.

The closing ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. Sept.

27 in the FAC Concert Hall.

Senator Stan Rosenberg will be a featured speaker at the event.

According to the release, “most sand mandalas are deconstructed shortly after their completion” as a metaphor for how temporary life

is. During the process, sand will be swept up and placed into an urn. Following tradition, half will then be distributed to the audience at the closing ceremony as a blessing for health and healing, according to the release.

The rest will be deposited in a nearby body of water to carry the healing blessing to the ocean, where it can spread throughout the world.

This event is presented by the UMass Fine Art Center’s Asian Arts & Culture program as part of its 20th anniversary.

Aviva Luttrell can be reached at aluttrel@umass.edu.

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Are all-nighters really worth it?

Students voice their opinions By veronicA StrAcquALurSi Collegian Correspondent

College students are all too familiar with the concept of an “all-nighter.”

UrbanDictionary.com defines an “all-nighter” as “ditching sleep to spend several more hours cramming for tests, only to notice that you’ve drooled on your desk in front of the class the next day.”

Whether it’s cramming for tomorrow’s test or busting out that final paper that’s been assigned for weeks, it may be tempting to witness the sunrise through tired eyes, fatigued hands reaching for another caffeinated beverage— all in the name of last-minute preparation.

At the University of Massachusetts, there are those who sleep, and then there are those who sleep after the deadlines are over.

UMass resource economics major Tyler Besse said he pulls all-nighters often just for good measure. Besse and his friend David Joy, whom Besse calls the “king of allnighters,” have a tradition they call “Morrill Monster Mayhem.”

Besse and Joy stock up on Monster energy drinks, head to the Morrill Science Center and study there all night.

“If I’m going to stay up all night, I’m going to make the most of it,” Besse said.

Jeff Mitchell, a UMass marketing and English double major, doesn’t often use this strategy.“While it can be helpful, I find myself more productive going to bed early

“I’ve never done one before because I like to sleep. I don’t usually put myself in a position where I would have to.”

Samantha Gillis, senior journalism major and waking up early,” Mitchell said.Although it is only three weeks into the semester, some have already started the allnight study sessions.“Last night I did one. I stayed up doing economic homework,” said junior economics major Lan Jiang.

Some use all-nighters to get a head start on their work. Nick Pietila, a senior at the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, recently stayed up to do his math homework that isn’t due until October.

For some students, however, pulling an all-nighter has never been in the agenda, In all four years of college, senior journalism major Samantha Gillis has never pulled an all-nighter.

“I’ve never done one before because I like to sleep. I don’t usually put myself in a position where I would have to,” said Gillis.

When Janelle Bourgeois was an undergraduate, it was always writing papers that kept her up late. Now that Bourgeois is a graduate student at UMass, she’s changed her habits.

“You can try doing [allnighters], but you won’t get as far as you need to,” see

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Kenya’s president declares end of seige By nichoLAS Soi And roByn dixon Los Angeles Times

NAIROBI, Kenya — President Uhuru Kenyatta declared an end to the Nairobi shopping mall siege after a final day of shooting and explosions Tuesday, but many key questions about the terrorist attack remained unanswered.

In a somber speech to the nation, Kenya’s leader spelled out the toll at least 72 people dead, including six soldiers and five of the attackers.

But he offered no details on what happened in the final dramatic confrontation between security forces and attackers, in which repeated explosions toppled several floors of the mall and sent a thick plume of smoke into the air.

Nor did he explain what happened to hostages reportedly held by members of the al-Qaeda-linked Somali militant group al-Shabab, which claimed responsibility for the attack.

Persistent reports that foreigners, including several Americans, were among the attackers also remained unconfirmed. Kenyan

authorities said 11 suspects were arrested, but the president did not say whether they were detained at the Westgate mall or at other sites.

Kenyatta said several bodies, including those of some of the attackers, remained buried under the collapsed floors. His comments appeared to suggest that civilians, possibly hostages, might also be buried in the mess.

The Kenya Red Cross Society said 51 people were missing.

Kenyatta declared three days of mourning and praised Kenyan spirit and national unity. Many people stood in line to give blood or donate cash in an outpouring of support after the attack began around noon Saturday.

Extraordinary stories of survival and courage emerged along with the thousand people who escaped.

British news reports said an offduty British special forces officer went repeatedly into the building to rescue people. An uncle told reporters that 4-year-old Elliot Prior told one of the gunmen: “You are a bad man,” and was let go. Kenyan news reports cited closed-circuit TV foot-

age that showed a pregnant woman arguing with attackers, who shot and killed her.

The incident has also raised fears that al-Shabab’s new leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, may increasingly focus on high-impact terrorist attacks outside Somalia. Godane took over the movement in July after rivals were killed in a violent grab for power.

Al-Shabab’s media office said Tuesday on Twitter that Godane was planning to make a statement soon on the mall attack.

The group has suffered setbacks in Somalia at the hands of African forces, including Kenyans, who are assisting the weak central government. Al-Shabab is increasingly unpopular in Somalia because of its violent attacks there. It has said it attacked the Nairobi mall to punish Kenya for sending its forces across the border.

Kenyatta, elected in March, faces International Criminal Court charges for crimes against humanity stemming from postelection violence in 2007 and 2008. The crisis was his first major test as leader.

The nation’s security forces won praise from many Kenyans for the full assault that eventually ended the drama.

But critics faulted the frequent contradictions between government ministers, the self-congratulatory tone of messages by government officials on social media, and the paucity of information on what really happened. Authorities said over the weekend they were making a final assault, then declared victory early Tuesday. But explosions and shooting continued throughout much of the day.

“Kenyan government Twitter accounts would be better used for valuable, timely info updates than for self-congratulation,” said prominent Kenyan tech guru Erik Hersman.

Kenyatta said intelligence reports suggested that three Americans and a British woman may have been involved in the attack, but that it was too early to confirm this. Forensic experts were working to establish the attackers’ identities, he added. U.S. officials have said they are checking those

reports, but also could not confirm them.

His comments fuelled speculation that Samantha Lewthwaite, widow of one of those involved in the 2005 suicide bombing of London’s Underground, might be involved. Lewthwaite narrowly escaped arrest in Kenya last year and was reported to be in Somalia.

Al-Shabab denied any women were involved.

“We have an adequate number of young men who are fully committed and we do not employ our sisters in such military operations,” the group said. It also accused the Kenyan government of understating the casualties.

“The incoherent ramblings of Kenyan officials and the blatant discrepancies with regards to the mujahedeen at Westgate betrays their fears,” a spokesman for the group said on Twitter.

Kenyan authorities dismissed the comments as propaganda.

“We have shamed and defeated our attackers,” Kenyatta said.

“These cowards will meet justice, as will their accomplices.”

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Former pope denies covering up child abuse VATICAN CITY – Former Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned in February, insisted in a letter published Tuesday that he never tried to cover up cases of child abuse.

“As far as what you say about priests morally abusing minors, I can only - as you know - acknowledge it with profound consternation. I never tried to hide these things,” he wrote to Piergiorgio Odifreddi, an Italian mathematician and columnist.

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, a U.S.-based group, challenged Benedict’s remarks.

“Over a clerical career that lasted more than six decades, we can’t think of a single child-molesting bishop, priest, nun, brother or seminarian that Benedict ever exposed,” SNAP’s Barbara Dorris said in a statement.

Extracts of the expope’s letter were published by the center-left La Repubblica newspaper, where Odifreddi, a staunch atheist, is a columnist. It was a reply to a book that the scientist published in 2011 and sent to Benedict after he stepped down.

Earlier this month, the same paper published another letter by the current pope - the Argentineborn Jorge Mario Bergoglio - to former La Repubblica editor Eugenio Scalfari, whom Francis assured that God’s mercy also applied to non-believers.

The publication of both letters was an unusual event. Reigning popes seldom write to newspapers, while Benedict, after the shock announcement of his retirement, had vowed to “remain hidden to the world.”

The former pontiff, born Joseph Ratzinger in Germany, now carries the title of pope emeritus.

In addition to revelations of child abuse by clergy, his 2005-2013 papacy was marred by the VatiLeaks scandal, which exposed alleged Vatican cronyism and infighting.

In a 11-page letter dated Sept. 3, Benedict told Odifreddi that finding out about pedophile priests caused “suffering” in the Catholic Church and pushed it “to do all that is possible to avoid a repetition of such cases.”

However, stressing that it was “not a source of comfort,” Benedict noted that “according to studies by sociologists,” child abuse was not more common among priests than in “other comparable professions,” and thus should not be presented as a “specific” Catholic crime.

He also took Odifreddi to task for claiming there was no historical evidence of the existence of Jesus: “What you say on the figure of Jesus is not worthy of your scientific status. ... I can only firmly invite you to become a bit more historically qualified.”

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Senate moves toward critical Obamacare vote Vote expected on Wednesday

By DaviD Lightman

McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — The Senate is expected to take a key vote Wednesday that would smooth the path for an eventual showdown over President Barack Obama’s health care plan, but the midday vote is likely to inflame a raging war within the Republican Party.

A group of Republican senators tried to launch an old-fashioned filibuster Tuesday, despite pleas from party leadership to back off.

“I intend to speak in support of defunding Obamacare until I am no longer able to stand,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, as he kicked off the effort.

Behind him was an army of Senate allies and grassroots conservatives, defying Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other top Republicans who want to limit debate. They figure the Democratic-run Senate will never agree to strip the health care money.

Fight anyway, said conservative interest groups. “This is the ultimate betrayal,” the Senate Conservatives Fund said of the Senate’s top two Republicans, McConnell and John Cornyn of Texas.

The Club for Growth said it would include the debate vote on its 2014 congressional scorecard.

The Senate is considering legislation that the Republican-led House of Representatives passed Friday. It would keep the government running through Dec. 15 while defunding Obamacare.

McConnell countered that the bill is what he and other Republicans want, so why delay? “We’d all be

hard-pressed to explain why we were opposed to a bill we were in favor of,” he said.

Cruz’s backers argued that Democrats will put the funding back in eventually, a point reiterated

by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. “I want to be very, very clear again: The Senate will not pass any bill that defunds or delays Obamacare,” he said Tuesday after a meeting with Senate Democrats.

If some agreement on funding isn’t reached by Oct. 1, when the new fiscal year begins, parts of the government will begin shutting down. Essential services and operations, such as national security, would continue.

Few on either side of the debate say they want a shutdown, aware that it’s highly unpopular with the public.

“I just don’t happen to think filibustering a bill that defunds Obamacare is the best route to defunding Obamacare,” McConnell said. “All it does is shut down the government and keep Obamacare funded.

And none of us want that.”

But he’s unable to quell an influential chunk of his caucus. Senate Republicans met privately Tuesday, and many urged Cruz to drop his delaying tactics. Cruz, a potential 2016 presidential contender, would not.

“I told my wife I now pick up the newspapers each day to learn what a scoundrel I am, and just what attack will come,” he said. It’s time, Cruz said, that lawmakers listen to their constituents, and they don’t like the new health care law and feel increasingly alienated.

“We just had a six-week recess during August, where a substantial percentage of members of Congress chose not to hold town halls,” Cruz said. “Not even to give constituents a

chance to say their views.”

Republicans pressured by the staunch conservatives are fighting back. Let vulnerable Democratic senators oppose defunding, they say, and then “the question ought to be why can’t red state Democrats listen to their own constituents,” Cornyn said.

McConnell, like many incumbent Republicans likely to vote to cut off debate, faces enormous pressure as he seeks re-election next year. Businessman Matt Bevin, who’s challenging McConnell for the Republican Senate nomination in Kentucky, was quick to side with Cruz.

“There is really no difference between Mitch McConnell and Alison Grimes: Both would vote on the side of Harry Reid,” Bevin said, referring to Democratic Senate candidate Grimes. “I am proud to support conservatives like Sen. Ted Cruz in his fight to defund Obamacare, and I promise the people of Kentucky: I will never cave to Harry Reid.”

Wednesday’s vote is likely to be the first in a series that could last for days. Sixty Senate votes are needed to limit debate, and supporters of a cutoff are expected to have far more than that.

Assuming they succeed, other procedural maneuvers might require more such votes later this week, and if the conservatives use all their weapons, a final vote on legislation is unlikely until Sunday.

The measure, without the Obamacare defunding, is expected to pass.

It would then go to the House, where Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, would have to decide whether to allow a vote on that bill or try to change it so that it strips out the Obamacare money. Boehner hasn’t said what he might do.

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Earthquake rocks western Pakistan, killing at least 33

Dozens more left injured By mark magnier Los Angeles Times

ISLAMABAD — A powerful earthquake rocked a remote part of western Pakistan on Tuesday, killing more than 30 people, injuring dozens and destroying rudimentary houses in the sparsely populated area, according to officials and local media.

Given the remote terrain, officials were bracing for a higher death toll. The United States Geological Survey issued a “red” alert, which means that fatalities could exceed 1,000 and damages cost more than $1 billion.

USGS said the magnitude 7.8 quake struck 145 miles southeast of Dalbandin, in Pakistan’s earthquakeprone Baluchistan province bordering Iran.

The temblor hit about 4:30 p.m. and was followed by at least three aftershocks, said Zahid Rafi, director of Pakistan’s National Seismic Monitoring Center.

Local television networks reported that helicopters were dispatched to the disaster area with emergency supplies. The army said it had deployed 200 troops, rescue and medical teams to provide assistance in the emerging crisis.

Tremors lasting as long as a minute caused panic, with reports of people rushing out of their offices and homes in Karachi, the country’s largest city, which is several hundred miles from the epicenter, as well as in other parts of Sindh and Baluchistan provinces. Shaking was also felt as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi, several hundred

US appeals court confirms gay judge

First ever in his position

By DaviD g. Savage Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - By a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Senate confirmed the first openly gay judge to sit on a U.S. court of appeals.

Todd M. Hughes, 46, a veteran Justice Department lawyer, will serve on the Court of

Appeals for the Federal Circuit, a Washingtonbased court that decides appeals and claims involving patents, trademarks, veterans benefits and international trade disputes.

Although his sexual orientation was noted when President Barack Obama made the nomination, it did not figure in his confirmation, and he won approval on a 98-0 vote.

“I am proud that today

the Senate is finally taking this critical step to break down another barrier and increase diversity on our federal bench,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. The White House hailed the confirmation and said it was in line with Obama’s drive to bring greater diversity to the federal courts.

“Like all of the president’s nominees, Hughes

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has the intellect, experience, integrity and temperament to be a successful judge. He is also gay,” said White House Counsel Kathleen Ruemmler.

She noted that the president’s “judicial firsts” included naming the first Latina to the Supreme Court in Justice Sonia Sotomayor and appointing the first female federal judges of Chinese, Filipino, Korean, South Asian and Vietnamese descent.

miles to the east.

Brigadier Kamran Zia of Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority told the media that at least 33 people were dead and 24 injured.

Television footage showed collapsed houses, caved-in roofs and people sitting in the open air outside their homes, with mud and bricks scattered nearby. Other video showed furniture and other items moving inside homes during the quake.

Among the worst-hit regions was Baluchistan’s Awaran area, near the epicenter. An official with Awaran’s home affairs department, who requested anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the media, said he was receiving reports of at least 30 to 40 people dead, 100 to 50 injured, and 75 percent to 85 percent of homes partially or totally destroyed in his area alone.

“People couldn’t leave their houses,” he said. “We fear there could be huge casualties. The population is scattered, and most of the houses are made of mud and bricks, so the damage is extensive.”

Baluchistan Chief Minister Abdul Malik declared an emergency in Awaran, approximately eight hours’ drive from Quetta, the provincial capital. Awaran has an estimated population of 300,000 people.

Unconfirmed television reports also said a small “island” appeared in the sea, a few hundred feet from the Gwadar coast, after the earthquake. Images taken at some distance showed the apparently new geological formation.

In October 2005, a magnitude 7.6 quake killed about 75,000 people and caused massive destruction in the Kashmir region.

Chicago park shooting result of gang conflict

Shooter was seeking revenge

By Jeremy Gorner and LoLLy Bowean Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — Bryon Champ decided to seek quick revenge last week after he had been grazed in the leg in a gang-related shooting, authorities say.

The convicted felon reached out to Kewane Gatewood, who had been hiding an AK-47-style rifle under his bed a few months for Champ, according to authorities.

Just hours after he had been injured, Champ and Tabari Young, one armed with the assault rifle and the other toting a .22-caliber handgun, indiscriminately opened fire Thursday night at a crowded South Side park that they considered the turf of the rival gang, police and prosecutors alleged.

In one of Chicago’s most chilling mass shootings in recent history, a 3-yearold boy and a dozen others enjoying a warm evening in the waning days of summer lay wounded in Cornell Square Park in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Five days after the bloodshed, police and prosecutors on Tuesday laid out their narrative for how a seemingly petty gang dispute again painted the city as gripped by gun violence.

What stood out about the attack as well was the use of a military-grade weapon, highly unusual for gang warfare in impoverished pockets of the city.

Champ, 21; Young, 22; Gatewood, 20; and Brad Jett, 22, an alleged lookout at the shooting scene, were all ordered held without bond on three counts each of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm.

At a press conference announcing the overnight charges against the two gunmen, Superintendent Garry McCarthy decried a boot camp sentence given to Champ last year for a weapons offense, saying if he had been properly punished, the mass shooting likely would not have happened.

“Illegal guns drive violence,” said McCarthy, driving home a point he has been making for months. “ ... And if we don’t provide real punishment for the criminals who carry them, what message is it that we’re sending? Where are the priorities of the criminal justice system?”

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Later, at the bond hearing in the Leighton Criminal Court Building, a Cook County prosecutor sought no bail for the four suspects, all South Side residents, saying they had no regard for human life.

“Thirteen people were shot. By the grace of God, none of them died,” Assistant State’s Attorney John Dillon told the judge.

Dillon identified Champ as a Black P Stone gang member who had sustained a graze wound to his leg in a shooting involving rival Gangster Disciples hours before the mayhem in the park.

After hearing from Champ, Gatewood delivered the AK-47 to a “stash house” where Champ hung out, according to Dillon.

The prosecutor alleged that Gatewood knew Champ planned to use the highpowered weapon in retaliation for his earlier shooting.

Jett and another offender who hasn’t been charged went looking for rival GDs and found them at Cornell Square Park, Dillon said.

As Jett acted as a lookout by a gangway near the park, Champ and Young opened fire at about 10:15 p.m., according to Dillon, as many of the victims played on a basketball court.

All four defendants admitted to their roles in the shooting, Dillon said.

But there appeared to be some confusion over who wielded the AK-47.

McCarthy said Young fired the weapon, but prosecutors later said Champ had used the rifle. Later, police and prosecutor sources said the two suspects had fingered each other as the one who fired the powerful weapon.

Assistant public defender Anand Sundaram, who represented all four defendants at the bond hearing, later attacked the strength of the prosecution evidence and noted that police had not recovered any of the weapons used in the shooting. He also pointed to the confusion over who used the AK-47 and questioned the accounts of eyewitnesses given the chaotic scene in the park.

“When shots are fired, people run around so it would be hard to imagine a good ID in that case,” Sundaram told reporters.

Relatives of Champ and Jett who attended the bond hearing declined to comment to reporters.

Court and police records show Champ pleaded guilty in February 2010 to felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle and was

sentenced to 18 months of probation. After he was arrested in May 2011 on a felony drug charge, he was charged with violating probation and held in jail for 22 days. The drug charge was later dropped.

Then in June 2012, police heard gun shots near 53rd Street and Marshfield Avenue and saw a man wielding a handgun run into an apartment building.

They arrested Champ and found a loaded 40-caliber Smith and Wesson, records show. He pleaded guilty the next month to felony aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and was sentenced to boot camp.

Young has more than a dozen arrests for mostly minor marijuana possession charges that were later dropped. His only conviction appears to be a misdemeanor criminal trespass to a vehicle; he was sentenced to four days he had already served in jail.

Young’s brother, Devon, was fatally shot by Chicago police in June 2008, according to his family and records.

Jett was arrested in March 2010 on a felony drug possession charge and then while out on bond picked up a crack-cocaine possession charge the following October, records show. He pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced to 24 months’ probation. Last September he was arrested on a probation violation and jailed until November.

Gatewood, who has no criminal background, is currently enrolled as a culinary student at KennedyKing College, the school confirmed.

The arrest stunned his mother, who held back tears during an interview Tuesday outside her home.

“Half of me is gone,” said Jacqueline Irvin, who indicated her son has been cooking the family Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners since elementary school.

She described him as determined, not rebellious and “a great kid with a bright future.” But she acknowledged being concerned about some of his friends.

She said he was home with her Thursday night playing video games. The two had talked briefly Tuesday, she said. “(He’s) very scared because it’s something new for him,” she said.

Sikh professor attacked in NYC By matt Pearce

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A Columbia University professor who is Sikh was beaten and injured by a pack of men on bicycles near New York City’s Central Park over the weekend, raising concerns once again about Sikhs’ and Muslims’ vulnerability to hate crimes in the United States.

Dr. Prabhjot Singh, 31, told reporters Monday that he heard his attackers say, “Get him!” in addition to calling him “Osama” and “terrorist,” apparently mistaking him for a Muslim.

Sikhism is a separate religion.

“I felt somebody grab my beard while on a bike, hit my chin,” said Singh, who is an

assistant professor of international and public affairs as well as a practicing physician in East Harlem. “What ensued was punching until I hit the ground.”

Singh’s jaw was fractured in the attack. Bystanders came to his aid, he said.

Last year, Singh co-wrote an op-ed in the New York Times that criticized the FBI for not keeping separate tallies for hate crimes against Muslims and Sikhs.

The op-ed came not long after white supremacist Wade Page attacked a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., killing six Sikhs. The piece detailed other attacks and hate speech directed at Sikhs in the United States.

“Whatever the roots of Mr. Page’s hatred, it is wrong to assume that every attack against a Sikh is really meant for a Muslim,” Singh and Simran Jeet

Singh wrote then. “That assumption overlooks the long history of discrimination and hatred directed at Sikhs in America.”

New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters that police were examining surveillance footage to identify “as many as 30” men on bicycles who attacked Singh on the north edge of Central Park, at 110th Street and Lenox Avenue, on Saturday evening.

The Associated Press reported that the NYPD’s hate-crimes task force was investigating.

Singh, who is married and has a 1-year-old son, tried to have a stiff upper lip about the attack.

“It’s not the Harlem I know,” he told reporters.

“It’s certainly not going to change how I move around the neighborhood.”

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she said.

UMass psychology professor Rebecca Spencer studies cognitive neuroscience, specifically,how sleep affects memory and cognition. She argues that allnighters are not the best option.

What Spencer said she sees is a lot of students over-sleeping and missing their exams because they are so sleep-deprived.

“That time that you’re cramming in information, your brain is already at capacity, so you’re cramming it in very inefficiently,” Spencer said. “Sleep is actually helping you, especially if you want to learn

the information, particularly for the long-run.”

Spencer recommends a minimum of three to five hours of sleep if you are crunched for time, so you can cycle through all of the different sleep stages.

Spencer said that pulling all-nighters has several consequences for your health and mental state.

Problems include trouble focusing, trouble paying attention and fatigue. Those who are sleep-deprived are more susceptible to catching a cold or the flu. When this happens, your body has difficulty adjusting your body temperature, which would explain the shivers

you may experience during the day. Also, you start craving fatty foods, making you more likely to reach for a bag of Doritos rather than an apple.

“The all-nighter might have some benefits in the short run when you get to class the next day and you’re going to know the answers in that short time,” said Spencer.

But, Spencer stressed, if you have that cumulative final, you are going to truly benefit from getting your sleep.

Veronica Stracqualursi can be reached at vstracqu@umass.edu.

Syria discloses dozens of chemical weapons sites

By ShaShank BenGaLi Tribune Washington Bureau

UNITED NATIONS — Signaling that he may be serious about giving up his chemical weapons, Syrian President Bashar Assad has disclosed the locations of dozens of poison gas production and storage sites to international inspectors, according to Western officials.

Officials familiar with Assad’s disclosure - the first step in complying with an ambitious U.S.-Russian plan to seize, remove or destroy his arsenal of chemical weapons by mid-2014 - described it Tuesday as “a serious document” that comprises scores of pages and is surprisingly thorough.

Information in the closely guarded document roughly tracks with U.S. intelligence estimates that Syria has about 45 sites used to produce or store illicit blister agents or neurotoxins. Nearly half those sites are believed to contain chemical agents that could be used in artillery rockets and other munitions.

Syria submitted the declaration last weekend to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the implementation and compliance arm of the Chemical Weapons Convention. Until two weeks ago, Assad had refused to acknowledge that his military possessed chemical warfare agents.

U.S. officials have said Syria’s disclosure would be the first test of its willingness to comply with a Sept.

14 agreement in Geneva between the United States and Russia, Assad’s most powerful ally, that shelved the threat of U.S. airstrikes if he agreed to relinquish the toxic weapons program.

Officials said that for now it

appeared Assad had met the test.

“It’s not necessarily 100 percent accurate, and we aren’t naive - we don’t know what we don’t know,” said one Western official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the document hasn’t been released publicly. “We are still looking at it, but it seems interesting.”

The disclosure may buy Assad some breathing room as the United States, Britain and France negotiate with Russia over a U.N. Security Council resolution to enforce the agreement. Russia has rebuffed U.S. efforts to invoke Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which can be used to authorize military force in case of noncompliance.

Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov continued tough talks on the language of the resolution, haggling for 90 minutes Tuesday afternoon on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York. Although an agreement still appeared far off, a senior State Department official said afterward, “We made progress today.”

Earlier, in his address to the General Assembly, President Barack Obama called Syria’s accounting of its chemical stockpiles “a first step.” But he pressed the diplomats and world leaders to hold Assad accountable for a poison gas attack in the Ghouta area of Damascus last month that Obama said had killed more than 1,000 people.

“There must be a strong Security Council resolution to verify that the Assad regime is keeping its commitments, and there must be consequences if they fail to do so,” Obama said. “If we

cannot agree even on this, then it will show that the U.N. is incapable of enforcing the most basic of international laws.”

Assad’s government says the attack on the pro-rebel Ghouta area was a “provocation” by opposition forces to persuade the international community to intervene in a civil war that has raged since early 2011.

U.N. inspectors who visited three Ghouta neighborhoods concluded that chemical weapons were used against civilians, including children, on a large scale on Aug. 21. They said environmental, chemical and medical samples provided “clear and convincing evidence” that surface-to-surface missiles containing the lethal nerve agent sarin were fired into Muadhamiya in West Ghouta and Ein Tarma and Zamalka in East Ghouta.

After Obama threatened to launch missile strikes against Syrian government targets in retaliation for the chemical attacks, Assad agreed on Sept. 14 to sign the Chemical Weapons Convention - the international treaty that bans the production, storage and use of chemical weapons and to declare all his toxic agents, production and storage sites and related facilities within a week. U.S. officials believe he possesses about 1,100 tons of mustard, sarin and VX gases, as well as other chemicals.

In his U.N. speech, Obama praised the inspectors who braved sniper fire as they drove through Damascus to investigate the Aug. 21 attack.

“They uncovered the truth, and they have the thanks of the world,” Obama said during a luncheon hosted by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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“The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.” - H.G. Wells

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

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Here we are

We are back to square one.

Current funding for the federal government runs through Sept.

In absence of a Zac Bears 30. continuing resolution (which would extend current funding for three months) or a 2014 fiscal year budget agreement, the federal government will shut down on Oct. 1, millions of federal employees will stop going to work and the essential services provided to Americans by the government will cease. In mid-October, our national debt will reach the federal debt limit (the total amount of debt allowed

by Congress in the name of the United States Government). The U.S. Treasury has used extraordinary measures to keep services running without hitting the debt limit for months.

This is the third procrastination-induced fiscal crisis in the past two years. In 2011, the Budget Control Act resolved the debt limit crisis by instituting the $900 billion sequester if the Congressional “super-committee” did not act. (It didn’t.) The resolution to the 2013 fiscal cliff crisis included some tax increases and delayed sequestration by two months, but sequestration began this spring, and continues to be an $85 billion drag on our economy this year alone. With no change, sequestration cuts will increase each year through 2022.

Republicans in the House and the Senate have also threatened to de-fund the Affordable Care Act in these budget negotiations. The “de-funding” concept is not a legal recourse to a legitimate loss of a vote in Congress, and is akin to nullification at a federal level.

On ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich said, “The Constitution of the United States does not allow a majority of the House of Representatives to repeal the law of the land by de-funding it.” He also said, “The constitutional process for repealing a law … is for both houses to enact a new bill that repeals the old, which must then be signed by the President.”

Steve Benen of The Maddow Blog compiled a list of the House GOP’s demands in exchange for raising the debt limit. The content of this list was taken from a Washington Examiner article outlining a GOP leadership budget package that the House may vote on as early as Friday. The list includes: Delayed Obamacare implementation, Keystone XL pipeline, tax reform commitment, Zac Bears is a Collegian columnist. He can be pension reform, changes to Dodd- reached at ibears@umass.edu.

Mill around in Montague The Bookmill has books and more

By ElisE Martorano Collegian Staff

Nestled deep in the Pioneer Valley is the Montague Bookmill, a gem for anyone wishing to experience what western Mass. is all about.

Originally built in 1832, the mill was a source for local families to acquire grain. In 1987, the mill began its conversion into a used bookstore.

Today, it is filled from floor to ceiling with books, and also sports an organic café, record store and art studio.

And only a 20-minute drive from the University of Massachusetts campus, it’s a great location to scope out before you leave Amherst.

The books

Are there justifiable unpaid internships?

Internships are beneficial seem to be a lot of hassle for not because they help students get much payoff, internships are still a good learning opportuKaren Podorefsky nity because students are being taught the necessary skills in a jobs in the future. They pro- particular line of work. During vide great experience and can my internship at a newspaper boost your resume, but they this summer, the editor that also come at a price.

I worked under took time out Many internships that col- of her day to teach me, but lege students participate in are at the same time, I produced unpaid or for college credit. many articles for her to publish This is because most compa- in her newspaper at no fiscal nies cannot afford to pay more cost. Maybe in the future, I employees; in the case of internships that offer college credit, they do so because of labor law and liability issues.

During a semester, doing an internship for credit is a winwin situation at schools like the University of Massachusetts, where students can easily get a credit override at no cost.

At other universities, however, where students are only allowed to take a certain amount of credits per semester, it can set them back in earning their degree or cause them to have to pay for the internship, according to Madeleine Overturf ’s article, “Unpaid Internships Aren’t the problem—Working For Credit Is” on PolicyMic.com. Between a loaded class schedule and the pressures of an internship, the work overload could be overwhelming because most internships require a signifi- could get a job at a newspaper cant amount of hours worked because a potential employer per week— hours that could be will know what I am capable of going towards studying or paid and know that I learned from someone who knows what they work.

Taking part in an intern- are doing. Although I now have ship during winter or summer an advantage over other applibreaks could solve this prob- cants, I took a financial step lem, although students would backwards.

NBC News contributor Nona have to pay to do so.

A friend of mine said that her Willis Aronowitz chronicles grandmother questioned why in her article “‘No one should some internships are unpaid, have to work for free’: Is this considering the fact that stu- the end of the unpaid interndents are working for someone ship?” the job-searching strugor a company. Although that gles of Mikey Franklin, 24. was a comment coming from What Franklin observed was someone of a couple genera- that employers do not want tions past, it is a valid point. Is full-time employees; instead, that justified? Although they they want unpaid interns.

The Fair Labor Standards Act would make internships in which the intern solely performs busy work illegal.

At my unpaid internship, I learned a lot, set my own hours and got published, so I would consider it to be beneficial to me.

I did not do busy work, so it would not be illegal.

Does this make unpaid internships a type of volunteer work? The word “internship” makes the concept seem more official, but based on the general lack of compensation, they are essentially the same thing.

According to Aronowitz, within the past couple of years, law suits have been filed against major companies who offer unpaid interns because they go against the Fair Labor Standards Act, which “establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments.”

Aronowitz quotes attorney Juno Turner, who says “some companies may decide to pay interns because they’re afraid of the law … And some may do it because the public demands it.”

The Fair Labor Standards Act would make internships in which the intern solely performs busy work illegal. At my unpaid internship, I learned a lot, set my own hours and got published, so I would consider it to be beneficial to me. I did not do busy work, so it would not be illegal. Many internship descriptions can be misleading, however. Yes, you may be working at a hospital, but what are you really doing? Answering phones and delivering things, or actually interacting with patients and learning from nurses?

Employers frequently look to see that their applicants have completed and, and many colleges require their students to complete at least one before graduation. And since many companies can get away with calling their interns “volunteers,” it will likely be a long time before interns are required to be paid.

Karen Podorefsky is a Collegian columnist.

She can be reached at kpodoref@umass.edu.

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Frank and EPA rules, restrictions on regulation and more oil drilling.

So, in return for raising the debt limit (a.k.a. pay the bills with owe to U.S. citizens), the GOP wants a slew of severely conservative policy changes moving even farther right than the Republican Party was even just eight years ago.

From waiting to sign citizens up for private health insurance (Obamacare started as a conservative idea), to shredding the financial protections instituted after the 2008 crash and eliminating nonenvironmentally friendly rules that have only recently begun to reshape the U.S. economy (which is good for business and the government’s bottom line), GOP decisionmaking defies reason.

In order to pay the government’s bills, the conservative movement deserves a political windfall: an embrace of conservatism by Barack Obama and the Democrats in order to save America from the towering menace of big government. Well, it’s not 1995 and this is not Bill Clinton’s America.

The era of big government is not over, but the era of good government is just beginning.

The Democrats have realized that using market-based economic solutions can help solve policy problems that have plagued the federal government for decades. Market-based proposals have been in nearly every act proposed by the left over the past few years.

The Affordable Care Act’s private insurance exchanges are an example of market-based reforms that have been enacted. The failed MarkeyWaxman environmental protection and climate change bill focused on a market-based carbon cap-andtrade system, not a carbon tax imposed by the federal government.

There is no moral argument here. Non-market-based systems may work better and be administered more efficiently, but the conservative movement has won the overarching argument regarding issue framing. They controlled the agenda for the past 30 years, and Democrats now work within a system most recently shaped

by Reagan and the two Bushes.

Clinton was forced to work within that frame as well.

The only way to change the conversation and rewrite the agenda is to make Americans realize that the GOP’s radicalization will be bad for the economy and an American future. The best way to do that is to let them shut down the government. Democrats will work to the last hour trying to compromise with Republicans because they work to keep government open and working for the people.

Republicans will wait for the democrats to blink.

Congressional Democrats must keep working with Republicans to avert a shutdown, but they cannot blink. If the Democrats don’t give in, the GOP will have shut down the government to enact a hyperconservative agenda, and voters may finally realize that Tea-Partybig-business-puppets do not have the common interest of the common citizen at heart.

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The Bookmill is home to thousands of used books.

Marked down to half-price or less, they range in topic from photography to literature to astrology to gender studies. Any bibliophile can find something that suits their interests for a price that’s easy on their wallet. Overlooking a babbling brook, the mill’s hardwood floors creak underfoot as one finds the perfect reading spot throughout its many rooms. Perusing the shelves, you’ll find yourself

immersed in an atmosphere of intellect and curiosity.

The food

In a tiny extension of the Bookmill resides Turn It Up!, a branch of the New England chain where music connoisseurs can peruse rare vinyls, hundreds of CDs and even a few cassette tapes. The sales associates are laid back and always willing to talk music.

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The Bookmill is home to the Lady Killigrew Cafe, a small restaurant that sports the tagline: “Food that is intrinsically delicious.” The products used to prepare meals are almost always local, and patrons can peruse an extensive wine and beer list. Some great dishes include a warm brown rice salad; a grilled sandwich with brie, apricot jam and apples; and toasted bagels with scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese and tomatoes.

The Montague Bookmill houses music, books and lots of reading nooks.

While most of the pieces are quite pricey, they are all professionally made and worth the cost to anyone looking to spruce up their home (and has a little money to spare).

The nature

If you are looking for a location that perfectly represents the heart of the Pioneer Valley, look no further than the Montague Bookmill.

From the newspapers, art and lines of poetry plastered on the bathroom walls; to the philosophical conversations you can hear in passing; to the unbeatable prices of lovingly used books and music; to the environment of local pride and beneficence, the Bookmill is the perfect place to spend a relaxing, enlightening day.

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Apple released the latest update to its mobile operating system, iOS 7, on Sept. 18. Packaged with the iPhone 5S and 5C upon release, owners of the iPhone 4 and later iPhone models; iPad 2 and later models; iPad mini and iPod touch fifth generation are also able to update to iOS 7 free of charge. IOS updates have always been free, but iOS 7 feels like an entirely new experience compared to its predecessors. While most of the updates in the new operating system are

hitting a specific button on the screen was the only way to return to a previously seen page or section in most applications. Now, Apple apps like Messages, Safari, Weather, Photos and Camera can be explored mostly through swipes. It doesn’t sound very revolutionary (and it really isn’t), but this addition creates a flowing, easy experience when navigating through your device’s various apps.

In order to change settings such as WiFi or Bluetooth connectivity in previous versions of iOS, users had to open the Settings app separately and meander through the list of mostly unused settings to find the one they wanted to tinker with.

Now, users need only to

Of course, the Montague Bookmill straddles the stunning Sawmill River. Several The Montague Bookmill is small walking paths can home to Sawmill River Arts, take explorers to the bank, an artists’ collective where where they can dip their feet craftspeople can display into the rushing current and and sell their creations. The observe the activity at the gallery is home to jewelry, mill. The environment is lush scarves, paintings, sculptures and makes the location cozy Elise Martorano can be reached at and everything in between. and intimate. emartora@umass.edu.

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Make the most of UMass Apps Synch personal and student emails

By KEvin HollErBacH Collegian Staff

Over the summer, the Office of Information Technologies released Apps at UMass Amherst, a new email system for students, faculty and staff.

This Google-based suite replaced the outdated UMail system, but also created headaches for many students that were unfamiliar with Google Mail (Gmail). For many, the problem isn’t in learning how to use the new system, but in making it easier to use in addition to their existing email programs.

Most student on campus are likely to have their own personal email address, which can make having a separate UMass email bothersome. It is much more convenient for students to gather all incoming and outgoing email in one central location and eliminate the need to log into Apps at UMass Amherst. Unfortunately, the forwarding services that students may have set up with the old UMail system did not carry over to the new Google system.

Rest assured that setting them up in the new system is just as easy.

a series of tabs. Select the “Forwarding and POP/ IMAP” tab, and then select “Add a forwarding address.”

Next, type in the address that you would like your @umass.edu emails to be forwarded to. Google will then send a confirmation code to that email, which you must copy and paste into the verification box.

Once you have entered the code, click “Verify.” Your UMass emails will now be forwarded to the email that you have chosen. You can also designate what to do with the emails once they are forwarded. For the greatest convenience, select “Delete UMass Amherst Mail’s Copy.”

For optimal organization, you can set up filters in your personal email to apply a label to all messages that are forwarded from your student email. This allows you to easily pick out which emails are personal and which are school-related.

In addition to forwarding your UMass email to your personal email, it is also possible to send outgoing messages from your UMass account through your personal email program. Here are the steps for each of the most popular programs.

Gmail

To send messages from your UMass email while Forwarding your UMass using your personal Gmail account, first sign into your email personal Gmail account.

To forward email from Once logged in, click on the Apps at UMass Amherst to gear on the top right of the any other email, first log screen, and then click on into the new email system “Settings.” Next, click on at oit.umass.edu/email. the “Accounts” tab at the Once logged in, click the top of the screen. Once in gear icon on the top right of that tab, click “Add another the screen and then select email address you own.” A “Settings.” At the top are new window will open.

Now, enter your name and UMass email address.

Uncheck the box that says “Treat as an alias” and click “Next Step.” On the next screen, select “Send mail through umass.edu SMTP servers.” Make sure the “SMTP Server:” field contains “mail-auth.oit.umass. edu” and that the port reads “465.” Enter your NetID and password then click “Add Account.”

A verification email will be sent to your UMass email address (or any account that it is forwarded to), which may take a few minutes.

Once you receive the email, enter the code in the box and click “Verify.” You will now have a “From:” box whenever you are composing a new email, which will contain your UMass email as an option for you to send from.

Yahoo

a new message.

iOS While it is beneficial to set up your student email alongside your personal email, you still will not be able to send outgoing mail from your student email while you’re on the go, unless you set it up on your iOS device as well.

First, open the “Settings” application. Next, tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars.”

Tap “Add Account” then “Other.” Under the “IMAP” tab, enter your name, UMass email address, password and a description such as “Student Email,” then tap “Next.” In the “Incoming Mail Server” section next to “Host Name” enter “mail-?. oit.umass.edu” (replace the “?” with the first letter of your NetID). For instance, if your NetID is JSmith, the Incoming Mail Server Host Name will be “mail-j. oit.umass.edu.” Enter your NetID and password in the fields below.

In the “Host Name” field under “Outgoing Mail Server,” enter “mailauth.oit.umass.edu” and enter your NetID and password once more. Once all the fields are filled out, tap “Next.” (There is no need to worry about the POP tab.) You will then be asked if you want to turn on Mail and Notes. If you have another account that backs up your notes, there is no need to turn on Notes for your UMass email.

Once you are finished, tap “Save.” When composing an email on your iPhone, you can now change the message’s “From:” field to your UMass email address.

In order to send outgoing UMass emails from your Yahoo account, first sign into your Yahoo email address on the web. Click the gear at the top right of the screen and then select “Mail Options.” On the left, under “Advanced Options,” you will see a section titled “Mail Accounts.” Click on that section and then click on the “+ Add” button.

Choose a name for the account, such as “Student Email,” then enter your UMass email address. Click “Continue,” and on the next screen, click “Skip this, setup to Send only.”

A confirmation email will then be sent to your student email. When you receive the email, follow the steps to verify your UMass email address. You will now have the ability to send from your Kevin Hollerbach can be reached at UMass email when creating khollerb@umass.edu.

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Several of the new apps found in iOS 7 are featured in an Apple keynote. warmly welcomed, some issues need resolving.

Here are some pros and one very big con.

Pro: The design IOS 7’s “flat” reimaging of the iPhone is gorgeous.

Users are now met with a palette of beautiful, warm colors in every Applebased application and setting. The lock screen is less bulky and shows off more of your background picture, and even the unlock keys have a slicker look, embedded within bright circles. The concept of the home screen, where rows of apps are displayed, remains the same, but Apple’s apps have new icons that tailor to the operating system’s concept of beautiful simplicity.

The most important changes, however, are seen when opening Apple’s apps. The once boring weather app has been replaced with stunning pictures that correspond with the day’s weather – not to mention that the hours or days of the week and their foreseen temperatures are put into a simple layout that looks very fitting atop these images of sunny weather or torrential downpours.

Each app has been given a visual makeover, similar to the one the weather app received, and none fail to please the eye.

Pro: Seamless transition Before the latest update,

swipe up from the bottom of the screen to access general settings or settings for music playback.

Again, it’s nothing genius, but it makes the iOS experience much more convenient.

Con: Inconvenient touch controls In iOS 7, sporadicallyplaced touch controls make some apps almost unbearable to use. The issue is most experienced within the Music and Safari apps.

When viewing the basic music settings on the “Now Playing” screen or lock screen, the rewind, pause/ play, fast forward, volume, shuffle, repeat and skim buttons are placed far too close together in order to accommodate for the prominent display of an album cover. When trying to adjust one setting, it’s easy to activate any of the others accidentally.

In addition, when using Safari, swiping just a smidge too much to the left or the right when browsing a page will take you to the previous page.

While this isn’t that big of a deal when hooked up to a decent Wi-Fi connection or 4G, Sprint’s subpar 3G can leave you waiting while a page loads. As seamless as iOS 7 is, this issue plagues some of the most important apps on an Apple mobile device.

Overall, iOS 7 is worth the upgrade. If Apple fixes its cluttered controls, it will only make its mobile experience that much better.

Stephen Marjelony-Lajoie can be reached at smargelo@umass.edu.

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It’s not as if the defense has simply fallen asleep on the field. UMass entered halftime tied with its opponent five times this season but failed to sustain momentum, getting outscored 8-2 in the second half. A conservative playing style coupled with an invisible offense provides little to get excited about.

Sitting at 0-7-1, the Minutemen are in a position to experiment. With an abundance of youth, it’s time for someone to remove themselves from the pack and display offensive ability. This season is quickly developing into a potential building block for years to come.

The 2013 season has reached a crossroads.

Desperate for a win, UMass must find a way to use its youth in a more effective

Pride edge Hawks

UMass’ offensive struggles are threatening the 2013 season. manner and restore the offensive power. If not, the possibility of ending 2013 in the same disappointing fashion as the previous two seasons grows more threatening by the

day.

And that’s something the Minutemen simply cannot afford.

Mark Chiarelli can be reached at mchiarel@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Mark_Chiarelli.

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No. 19 Dayton remained undefeated after defeating IUPUI at home on Sunday.

The Dayton Flyers (7-0) scored both of their goals in the second half to cap off an impressive 2-0 victory. Dayton’s Ryan Peterson scored the game winner in the 55th minute, his third goal of the season.

Just 14 minutes later, Rafael Gamboa headed in the second Flyers’ goal after receiving a pass off of an Abe Keller corner kick.

Despite being tied after the first half, the IUPUI Jaguars (0-7-2) registered 13 total shots, three of which were on goal.

The Flyers will enjoy a week of rest until their next match on Saturday when they host Loyola Chicago.

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Saint Louis falls to UConn The No. 21 Saint Louis men’s soccer team fell to No.

22 UConn this weekend in a battle of ranked opponents.

The Huskies (3-2-1) held off a late surge from the Billikens (4-2) in a 2-1 victory in Storrs, Conn., on Saturday.

Underclassmen stepped up big in the win as UConn freshman Cyle Larin scored in the 17th minute, while fellow freshmen Ethan Decker put home a 25-yard strike on a free kick.

Saint Louis capitalized on a critical Huskie mistake when Alex Sweetin was fouled inside the box and awarded a penalty kick.

UConn goalie Andre Blake guessed well on the shot, though his diving effort came up just short.

The Saint Louis Billikens were severely outplayed, as the Huskies registered 17 shots while the St. Louis was held to just four.

Saint Louis will get a week off before it hosts Central Arkansas next Saturday in their final non-conference game of the season.

No. 22 Coastal Carolina traveled to Richmond, Va. this past week with hopes of playing spoiler to No. 17 Virginia Commonwealth.

They were successful. In fact, this is the Chanticleers (5-2-0, 1-0-0 Big South) third upset win against a ranked opponent on the road this season.

Coastal Carolina’s Ricky Garbanzo scored the lone goal of the game just 56 seconds into the match. VCU goalie Andrew Wells got a piece of a shot from Pedro Ribeiro; however, Garbanzo was in the right place to score on the rebound.

The play of the game was made by Chanticleer goalie Devin Cook. In the 38th minute, VCU’s Dennis Castillo was fouled inside the box giving him a penalty shot. Cook read the shot perfectly, preventing the Rams from scoring Andrew Cyr can be reached at arcyr@ umass.edu.

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Planting cheerios does, in fact, actually lead You know you’ve reached pure contentedness to little doughnut sprouts. The “munchkins” moodwise when all you have left to do is play Dunkin Donuts try to sell you are the hard pit. solitaire.

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That red juice that just showed up in your lap Treat your life as seriously as you would treat is just beet juice. Where it came from doesn’t it if you were on a reality show. Your life is matter. tape 24 hours a day anyways.

La Salle falls to UConn La Salle faced Connecticut on Thursday, and there were almost 109 minutes of play before a goal was finally scored. It was UConn junior Stephanie Ribeiro who scored her first goal of the season with one minute and three seconds

left in double overtime to bring the Huskies to their sixth win of the season.

La Salle and UConn combined for 41 shots throughout the game. La Salle freshman Gabriella Carbone gave the Explorers their best chance at scoring.

In the first half she crossed a ball into the Huskies’ box, but the defense was able to clear it out. Jessica Wiggins played the whole game and made a season-high 10 saves before letting up the goal from Ribeiro.

La Salle went on to defeat Lehigh 1-0 on Monday.

Noelle Mattessich can be reached at nmattess@umass.edu.

VCU upset by Coastal Carolina

NCAA FOOTBALL

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Lauren Jancuska played the entire game, finishing with four saves.

Saint Joseph’s will head into its next game with a three-game losing streak. It will be against UMass and will be its first A-10 game of the season. The game will be played this Sunday at the Hawks’ Sweeney Field in Philadelphia at 1 p.m..

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HOROSCOPES

On Saturday, the Saint Joseph’s women’s soccer team fell 2-0 to Hofstra.

In a meeting that took place through heavy rain, it was the Pride’s (6-3-0) Leah Galton who shined. Galton registered an assist in the 42nd minute on a goal by Sam Scolarici inside the Hawks’ box. She later registered a goal of her own on a breakaway one minute and 33 seconds into the second half. The goal was her fifth of the year.

There weren’t many highlights for Saint Joseph’s in this matchup. It fell to 4-4-2 after the loss on their home field. All three of the Hawks’ shot attempts came in the second half, with only one on goal by Emily Gingrich.

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“In a meeting that took place through heavy rain, it was the Pride’s (6-3-0) Leah Galton who shined.”

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

ORLANDO, Fla. – Blake Bortles was labeled as “that other” quarterback from Oviedo, Fla. You know, the one nobody wanted.

The college scouts flocked to Seminole County to recruit Hagerty High’s Jeff Driskel, whom, according to most of the national analysts, was the No. 1-ranked high school quarterback in the country.

Meanwhile, Bortles, from nearby Oviedo High, recalls looking up the online recruiting rankings, shaking his head and saying to himself, “Damn, man, I ain’t even on the list.”

Now, four years later, UCF’s Bortles is one of the top quarterbacks in the country, the fifth-rated passer in the land and a legitimate NFL prospect who is preparing for arguably the biggest game in school history Saturday against SEC powerhouse South Carolina.

Driskel, the University of Florida’s much-maligned quarterback, is scheduled

to have season-ending surgery Wednesday to repair a broken leg suffered early in last week’s game against Tennessee. His future as Florida’s starting quarterback could be in jeopardy.

Sadly, Driskel was injured Saturday in the worst way imaginable – tackled after a throwing an interception that Tennessee returned for a touchdown.

This came in the aftermath of a nightmarish upset loss to Miami two weeks ago during which Driskel committed three costly turnovers.

Bortles, feeling Driskel’s pain, contacted his former high school rival on Sunday just to tell him to keep fighting. “It’s very unfortunate what happened to Jeff,” Bortles says. “It was a tough break. I just wanted to tell Jeff I’m sorry about what happened, keep his head up and get back as soon as possible.”

In an in-direct, roundabout way, Driskel is at least partly responsible for Bortles becoming the player he has become; a quarterback whom NFL draft analyst Matt Miller says is a better pro prospect than two-time national champion A.J. McCarron of Alabama and Georgia’s SEC record-breaking pass-

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er Aaron Murray. Bortles says Driskel deserved all the recruiting attention he got in high school, but he admits he was driven to prove the scouting services wrong.

Driskel was ranked No. 1 in the country as a high school quarterback by Scout.com, which described the future UF quarterback as a player with “excellent size, an NFL arm (and) can throw the ball through a wall and run by most linemen.”

Bortles, a year older than Driskel, was not even listed among the 137 quarterbacks rated by Scout. com when he was a senior at Oviedo High.

“I definitely had a chip on shoulder,” Bortles says.

“All these guys I was competing with were getting all this hype, and I thought I was just as good as they were. Clearly, I wasn’t in the eyes of those who mattered.”

Bortles is about the nine millionth example of why the recruiting rankings are ridiculous. Even though, at 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, he has a prototype NFL body and bazooka arm, UCF was one of the few schools that recruited him as a quarterback. Everybody else wanted him to be a tight end.

There was an error in a Sept. 19 UMass men’s soccer story from last Wednesday’s game against Fairfield.

The story had originally stated that the father of Luke Pavone had died of cancer, which was incorrect.

The Collegian was never specifically told the cause of death.

By Mike dAwson Centre Daily Times

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The NCAA will restore the scholarships Penn State lost in the crushing sanctions imposed after the Jerry Sandusky scandal, as the organization recognizes that that university has pushed ahead with “significant momentum” to make sweeping changes to the way it runs.

Penn State’s football team will see five scholarships added back each year starting in 2014-15, with the full complement of 85 scholarships set for 2016-17, NCAA officials said Tuesday in announcing the modification to the sanctions. As unprecedented as the crippling sanctions were when they were imposed on Penn State, the easing up is perhaps just as unprecedented, as the NCAA has never reduced a penalty.

The NCAA’s executive committee approved giving back the scholarships after a recommendation from former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, who was appointed by the NCAA to oversee Penn State’s progress in adopting a number of reforms to enhance its security, ethics, governance and compliance structure. Mitchell, who said he’d been given unfettered access to documentation and employees, praised Penn State’s efforts in the first yearly progress report, which was issued earlier this month, and many in the Penn State community were hopeful that Mitchell’s positive progress report would pave the way for the NCAA to have a change of heart.

Under the terms of the NCAA’s consent decree, Penn State was required to adopt all of the 119 recommendations in former FBI director Louis Freeh’s report, and the university put in place all but a few.

The Freeh recommendations include requiring background checks on new employees, restricting access to athletics facilities and the hiring of a staff member to ensure the university complies with federal crime-reporting requirements.

The university also had followed the terms of an athletics integrity agreement, which lays out specific requirements for the athletics department.

Mitchell said Penn State had made a “goodfaith effort to embrace and adopt the changes needed to enhance its future.”

“While there is more

work to be done, Penn State has clearly demonstrated its commitment to restoring integrity in its athletics program,” Mitchell said Tuesday. “The university has substantially completed the initial implementation of all the Freeh report recommendations and its obligations to the athletics integrity agreement, so relief from the scholarship reductions is warranted and deserved.”

NCAA President Mark Emmert said the move to ease up on the scholarship reduction was an “important recognition of the university’s progress.”

The NCAA will also consider rescinding the postseason bowl ban if Penn State continues to show progress, officials said.

That would be an incentive for Penn State to continue its work, said Lou Anna Simon, the chairwoman of the NCAA’s executive committee and the president of Michigan State University.

There was no word about whether the other sanctions could be included, such as the $60 million fine and the erasing of 112 victories from the history books.

Penn State leaders were thankful for the NCAA’s decision.

“This news is certainly welcome to our university community, particularly the student-athletes who may want to attend Penn State and will now have the means to do so,” Penn State President Rodney Erickson said in a statement. “As we promised throughout this process, we are committed to continuing to improve all of our policies, procedures and actions.”

Board of trustees Chairman Keith Masser commended Erickson and university employees for their work to implement the reforms that led to NCAA’s retreat.

Coach Bill O’Brien, who briefed trustees in July about a possible request to the NCAA to modify the sanctions, was equally as gratified.

“As a staff, we are especially pleased for our players, who have proven themselves to be a resilient group of young men who are able to look ahead, focus and overcome adversity,” O’Brien said. “Penn State has long been known for graduating its studentathletes and providing them with a world-class education. The scholarship additions will allow us to provide more student-athletes with a tremendous opportunity to earn that

degree and play football for Penn State.”

Erickson applauded the football coach and his program on Tuesday.

“The resiliency displayed by those young men, as well as our entire student body, is something of which we are proud,” Erickson said.

“I would also like to thank the literally hundreds of university administrators, faculty, staff and students whose hard work over the past 15 months helped lay the groundwork not only for this action by the NCAA but, even more importantly, for a better Penn State.”

The NCAA moved to lessen the sanctions before Penn State could follow through on O’Brien’s proposal. Mitchell said the decision to recommend the modification was his alone and was based on “observable changes and attitudes” from a year of monitoring the university.

Wake Forest University President Nathan Hatch, also the chairman of the NCAA’s Division I board, said he would support lifting the bowl ban on Penn State if the university continues to make progress.

“I think what has to happen is for Penn State to continue the terrific progress it has made to date,” Hatch said. “And Sen. Mitchell will continue to monitor that.”

The sanctions on Penn State were based on the findings of the Freeh report, which blamed Penn State leaders for covering up child abuse allegations against Sandusky more than a decade ago. The NCAA used the findings in lieu of its own investigation, and Erickson signed a consent decree last summer that authorized the sanctions.

Penn State alumni and fans have been critical of university leadership for not standing up against the NCAA when the sanctions came down, but Erickson has said his hands were tied. He has said Penn State would have faced the socalled death penalty, or no football, if the university didn’t accept the sanctions.

Mitchell commended Erickson for pushing through with the reforms in the face of alumni anger and even opposition from within the board of trustees.

One of the most vocal critics, trustee Anthony Lubrano, has railed against the leadership for signing the consent decree and called the reforms “baby steps” that don’t go far enough.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

MEN’S SOCCER

UMass’ offensive struggles threaten the 2013 season

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he Massachusetts men’s soccer team entered this season with tempered expectations.

With a roster compiled of 14 freshmen, growing pains were expected despite the optimism that 2013 would offer a fresh start. The overall sense, espeMark cially from Chiarelli coach Sam Koch, indicated that the overhauled roster would eventually mesh together to form a group of exciting and devoted players, a far cry from the teams in each of the last two seasons.

Evidently, the learning curve is much more drawnout than originally presumed.

Through eight games this season, UMass’ offense has found the back of its opponents net three times.

That’s 742 minutes of soccer with only three goals to show, a level of production that equates to 0.38 goals per game, making UMass 194th in the nation.

Opposing defenses have shut out the Minutemen six times.

Only three players have registered a point.

UMass’ offensive production has incurred an early power outage, a frustrating development for a team in a pivotal season for the program.

“We’re young, energetic and a hard working group,” Koch said in a preseason interview detailing his crop of new players. “[The freshmen] have a lot of pride and passion. As we go we’re only gonna get better.”

There have certainly been glimpses of this improvement. Freshman Matt Bolduc flashes signs of dominance each game, effectively moving the ball

down the sideline and sending crosses into the box.

Bolduc and fellow freshman Luke Pavone currently have 18 shots combined, making them far and away the two most effective freshmen.

But this effort hasn’t translated into success.

Josh Schwartz, leading scorer last year, has recorded two goals on 17 shots.

Peter Alvarenga, Matt Keys and Bolduc each have 10 shots with nothing to show for them.

It’s a disappointing turn of events for players and coaches alike.

“We just got to find a way to find the back of the net because getting a lot of opportunities and still not producing goals is just frustrating,” Keys said following a 2-0 loss to Fairfield.

If UMass isn’t careful, frustration will spill over into conference play, something this team simply cannot afford if it wants to turn around the fortunes of a program currently treading water. While a less-than-stellar out-ofconference start halted any momentum made throughout the preseason, preparing for Atlantic 10 play is the ultimate goal for the Minutemen.

With just two out-ofconference games before conference play begins, the Minutemen are running out of time to find a reliable offensive source. Now is the time for one of the younger players to step up.

There are only 10 games left to salvage a season hurtling toward catastrophe. A repeat finish of the previous two seasons will negate any positive energy created by a roster overhaul. Now more than ever, UMass needs a player to shoulder an offensive attack desperate for scoring and create reasons for opposing defenses to respect the Minutemen attack. see

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The UMass men’s soccer team will try for its first win of the season against Syracuse on Wednesday.

Minutemen looking for first win

By Patrick Strohecker Collegian Staff

It hasn’t been the type of start to the 2013 season that the Massachusetts men’s soccer team hoped for.

After a season-opening tie against Evansville, UMass (0-7-1) has lost its last seven matches, including a 2-1 loss Sunday against Harvard, a team that was also winless before defeating the Minutemen.

Wednesday’s game at Syracuse poses one of UMass’ toughest challenges to date, but that hasn’t hindered Minuteman coach Sam Koch from thinking positively.

“It doesn’t get any easier, but I feel good that these guys are going to be able to compete,” Koch said following Sunday’s game. “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.”

An upset by UMass may seem like a long shot, considering that the two sides are at complete opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of wins and losses.

The Orange (5-2) are coming off a victory over Duke, giving them three wins out of their last four games, while the Minutemen are struggling to score goals, let alone win games.

The goal against Harvard on Sunday was only the team’s third all season in eight games. But, if last year’s first-ever meeting between Syracuse and UMass was any indication, Wednesday could be a competitive match.

Last season, the Minutemen dropped a 2-0 decision against the Orange at home at a time when they were ranked inside the top 25.

This season, Koch believes that Syracuse is a better team

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than last year, but thinks that his team has what it takes to make the Orange struggle.

“We’re excited to play against them,” he said, “and excited to make it as difficult for them to play as we can.

And the more we can disrupt their rhythm and get them out of their comfort zone, the better chance we have to win.”

Putting the Orange’s talent aside, the quick turnaround from Sunday’s game to Wednesday’s match provides a challenge of its own.

The task is a tall one, but it is all in Koch’s plan to get the team prepared for conference play.

“We’ve stressed this whole time that these games are getting us ready for the Atlantic 10,” Koch said. “And you look at Syracuse as a great opportunity to play against a team that … There’s no team in the Atlantic 10 that’s going to be better than Syracuse,

so here’s a great test for us to see if we’re getting better in the areas that we’ve been focusing on.”

If it is all about preparing for conference play, then Wednesday starts a tough stretch of games for UMass.

Even though Syracuse isn’t currently ranked, the team did start the season nationally ranked and is making a strong case to get back into the top 25 after its win against Duke.

Following Wednesday’s game, the Minutemen have one non-conference game remaining at home against Siena, before starting A-10 play.

Wednesday’s game against the Orange is scheduled for kickoff at 7 p.m. at the SU Soccer Stadium.

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

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Minutewomen continue homestand VCU tops George UM set to face “I think in any sport anywhere, it’s always Mason, ties Elon easier to play at home. Every field plays difNo. 2 Maryland

By JaSon kateS Collegian Staff

With two games remaining in a three-game homestand, the seventh-ranked Massachusetts field hockey team continues to find success at Garber Field, as it has started out the season 4-0 at home.

The Minutewomen (7-2), coming off of a 5-1 win over Hoftra on Sunday, hope to make Garber Field a place where opponents dread going into conference play.

UMass coach Carla Tagliente believes that the level of familiarity a home field brings to a team is one of the main reasons for her team’s great start.

“I think in any sport anywhere, it’s always easier to play at home,” Tagliente said.

“Every field plays differently, and just knowing your field’s

son on the road this year, picking up its first two wins after traveling to Maine.

Last year, the Minutewomen traveled to New Hampshire, where they also began the season with a 2-0 record.

UMass coach Carla Tagliente With the homestand concluding this weekend, UMass surface helps a great deal on the road and at neutral down the stretch. It helps not sites, with both losses com- faces arguably its toughest having to get on a bus for ing against Connecticut and opponent yet when No. 2 ranked Maryland comes to three hours and travel the Syracuse, teams that are Amherst for a highly anticiwhole day, but overall I think both ranked in the top 10. pated non-conference conour performances at home Tagliente mentioned sevtest on Sunday at 1 p.m.. have been significantly bet- eral challenges that her Tagliente believes that this team faces when having ter, as well as on the road.” game will present a very In the four games UMass to hit the road for games. tough challenge for her team “Whether it’s during has played at home so far regardless of the fact that it this season, there has been a weeknight or weekend, will be at Garber Field. no shortage of offensive pro- there are always obstacles “I don’t think that being duction, outscoring oppo- to overcome before playing on our home field gives us nents 18-3 and recording in a game,” Tagliente said. that much of an advantage in two shutouts on the defen- “I think weeknights on the a game like this, but it elimisive side. This production road are extremely chal- nates many of the unknowns shows significant improve- lenging for the team because of not knowing the surface ment since last year when some of the players are going and also takes away a numthe Minutewomen started through a full day of class ber of uncontrollables that off the season 1-4 at home, and immediately get on the traveling creates, especially with the lone win being a 10-1 road, so it just makes for a fatigue,” Tagliente said. rout over Vermont.Although really long day.”

UMass continued the tra- Jason Kates can be reached at UMass is undefeated at home, it holds a 3-2 record dition of starting out the sea- jkates@umass.edu.

ferently, and just your field’s surface helps a great deal down the stretch.”

Saint Joseph’s edged by Pride

By noelle MatteSSich Collegian Correspondent

This weekend, the Virginia Commonwealth Rams defeated the George Mason Patriots 5-1 on Friday and tied Elon 1-1 on Sunday.

Brenna Connell gave the Patriots the lead early on a shot that bounced off the left post and into the net in the 16th minute of play.

That lead, however, would be short lived. VCU fought back quickly, scoring three goals in the next 12 minutes. Taryn Cressy scored first for VCU on a penalty kick in the 21st minute. Seven minutes later, Maren Johansen racked up her fifth goal

of the season with a shot from about five yards out, assisted by Courtney Conrad.

Five minutes later Conrad was at it again, assisting Natalie Moik, who finished from there for her fourth goal in the past two games. Last week, Moik was named Atlantic 10 Women’s Soccer Co-Player of the Week.

VCU would find the back of the net two more times in the 75th and 80th minutes, on a pair of goals

by Conrad.

With the loss, George Mason falls to 3-4-1.

They will take on James Madison on Wednesday.

After the win, VCU went on to tie Elon on Sunday 1-1, making them 5-4-1 overall. The Rams will travel to Massachusetts on Oct. 5th to kick off Atlantic see

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