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GOP offers to open more gov’t to end shutdown Democrats want all restored or nothing

By DaviD Lightman anD anita Kumar

McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and congressional leaders struggled Wednesday to find a path to ending the shutdown that closed much of the federal government for a second day and threatened to last far longer.

Obama and the four leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate met at the White House for nearly 90 minutes, their first meeting since before the government shutdown. Little progress was apparent and both sides emerged offering the pointed, partisan complaints they had been making through days of the standoff.

“The president reiterated one more time tonight that he will not negotiate,” said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in terse remarks to reporters after the session.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called the meeting “unproductive” and said he was “disappointed” that Obama did not encourage Democrats to appoint a small group of negotiators to hash out a compromise with Republicans, as they have requested.

Democrats were just as somber but more expansive.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., insisted Boehner only wants to negotiate keeping the government open for a few weeks, rather than talk about a longer term budget. “We’re through playing these little games. It’s all focused on Obamacare, that’s all it’s about,” said Reid, speaking about Republicans’ insis-

tence the Affordable Care Act be diluted or delayed.

The White House meeting also included Vice President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and featured a presentation about the dangers of default-the nation is expected to exhaust its borrowing authority in two weeks. “We should take the debt ceiling debate off the table,”’ insisted House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California.

Some Republicans are expected to craft a budget package that could reopen the government while increasing the debt limit.

Even before the leaders arrived at the White House, Obama’s aides made clear that the president would not negotiate until after Republicans agreed to reopen the government at current spending levels.

“He’s not going to engage in that kind of negotiation because he does not want to hold - or have held the openness of the government, the functioning of the government, or the world and American economy hostage to a series of demands,”’ said White House press secretary Jay Carney.

The impasse has caused the first government shutdown in 17 years, with no end in sight. With the debt limit needing an increase

by Oct. 17, Capitol lawmakers have suggested the budget and debt limit talks be merged. But Obama has said repeatedly Congress should raise the debt ceiling, and that he will not negotiate on the issue.

Reid offered one way forward, saying he was willing to engage in negotiations over a long-term budget plan if Boehner allowed the House of Representatives to vote on a government funding plan with no strings.

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Hope the cow was constructed to collect money for the homeless and to remind Amherst residents to think about the local issue.

By JacLyn Bryson Collegian Staff

There is a cow in Amherst Center, standing guard outside the Loose Goose Café, quietly watching the traffic make its way down North Pleasant Street.

But it isn’t real.

The life-sized cow statue, named “Hope,” was unveiled Sept. 7 and functions like a giant piggy bank, inviting local passersby to drop their spare change into its mouth in support of Craig’s Place, a homeless shelter in Amherst.

“People feed the cow, they feed Hope and there is hope for people who are homeless,” said Kevin Noonan, executive director of Craig’s Doors, the organization in charge of Craig’s Place.

The construction of Hope follows the creation of the Counterfeit Cow Production’s documentary, “Homeless in a College Town,” which profiles the local homeless population in Amherst.

According to Sari Gagnon, the director, she and her part-

ner, Matt Heron Duranti, the producer, were inspired to do this project after noticing the prevalence of the homeless community in the Amherst area.

“Every time I got off the highway, on exit 19 to Route 9, I would see someone panhandling there,” said Gagnon of the times she frequently travelled between Connecticut, where she’s from, and Amherst.

“What was unusual to me was that it was quite often new faces,” she added.

According to Noonan, both filmmakers knew there was more they could do in addition to producing their documentary.

“They wanted to do something that was more long-lasting, and something that would call attention to the people who are homeless,” he said.

“So the cow is doing just that.”

According to Gagnon, development of Hope began in Oct. 2012. The cow was constructed by local Amherst artist Kamil Peters who, accord-

ing to Noonan, created most of the statue from recycled metal such as propane tanks and a 275-gallon oil drum.

“It’s an eye grabber,” said Gagnon of the final product.

“But it’s not just something you can look at, it’s something that you interact with and can learn from, and that’s what’s going to draw the community in to helping with this sort of crisis.”

Even though the cow statue was modeled after the Counterfeit Cow Production’s logo, Noonan believes it symbolizes more.

“The cow is a nurturing thing,” he said. “In India, cows are sacred. They are allowed to walk down the center of the highway and no one would dare hit them or do anything to harm them. The cow is a symbol of life in many ways, and our philosophy is that everyone deserves a place to live.”

According to Noonan, the hard work that went into making Hope a reality has paid off. So far, the cow has

raised almost $900.

“It is something that would be set there in place, all year round, forever, really,” Heron Duranti said of why Hope will be a more successful tool for raising money than a typical, one-time fundraiser.

And they still have more plans for Hope.

Gagnon and Heron Duranti added that they would be interested in organizing a 5k run or a dance for Hope in order to keep increasing funds.

“There’s all kinds of things that we could do that really get the community involved in helping,” Gagnon said. “So I think the cow is a great fundraising tool for the future.”

Heron Duranti added that what he really wants to see is not only engagement from the community, but contribution from local students.

“What I really want to have happen is to get a lot of student involvement, from all the schools in the area, but mainsee

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Transfer students adjust Celebrated author Tom to UMass campus, culture Clancy dies at age 66 Freshmen not the only ones adapting By haLey schiLLing Collegian Correspondent This week, 1,152 new transfer students at the University of Massachusetts are finishing their first month on campus.

This year’s transfers form one of the most academically strong pools of transfer students that the University has enrolled in recent years. According to the Office of Institutional Research, the average GPA of incoming transfer students over the past six years has been on the rise. This year’s incoming transfer students have an average college GPA of 3.32.

Rachel Glod transferred from UMass Boston as a junior this semester. Glod plans on attending graduate school after finishing her undergraduate degree, so affordability was important to her when considering possible programs.

“I was looking at some other places, but I thought UMass would be a good alternative,” she said. “I didn’t see the importance of spending a lot now, especially because it’s a great option, academic-wise.”

Glod is taking advantage of the academic offerings at UMass. She is a student in the Commonwealth Honors College, pursuing an interdisciplinary major that draws from gender studies, sociology and philosophy in the Bachelor’s Degree with

Individual Concentration (BDIC) program. She is also taking classes at Smith College this semester.

For many new transfer students, especially for those living off campus, becoming part of campus life can be challenging, among other obstacles that come with adjusting to a new situation.

For Glod, “integrating into social life” is the most challenging aspect of being a transfer student.

She added that the distance from her Northampton residence makes commuting to campus for events outside of academics time-consuming.

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Known for ‘edgeof-your-seat’ books

By FreDericK n. rasmussen The Baltimore Sun

BALTIMORE – Tom Clancy, the author whose novels “The Hunt for Red October” and “Patriot Games” subsequently inspired blockbuster movies and action-packed video games, died Tuesday after a brief illness at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

He was 66. His lawyer, Thomas Webb, confirmed his death.

“When he published ‘The Hunt for Red October’ he redefined and expanded the genre and as a consequence of that, a lot of people were able to publish

such books who had previously been unable to do so,” said Stephen C. Hunter, an author and former Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for The Washington Post. “He valued technical precision and on-target writing that became the form of the modern thriller.”

Clancy was the author of numerous best-selling novels, most of which featured the character Jack Ryan.

“I’ve been lucky,” Clancy said in a 1992 interview with The Baltimore Sun, between sucks on an omnipresent Merit menthol.

Growing up in Baltimore’s middle-class Northwood neighborhood, he spent fall afternoons as a youth rooting for the Baltimore Colts, a team whose in-your-mud-

dy-face style helped make football a national passion.

“I was a little nerdy but a completely normal kid.

Mom and Dad loved each other. It was like ‘Leave it to Beaver,’“ he said in the 1992 interview.

His education was allCatholic, beginning with St. Matthew’s grade school.

He went on to Loyola High School in Towson, Md., an all-boys school with an allmale faculty and a rigorous, Jesuit curriculum.

Students took four years of Latin, wore jackets and ties and began each class with a prayer.

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In 2000, Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader spoke at the Fine Arts Center to denounce corporate power and the coporatization of the democratic process in the United States.

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5 activists charged with piracy in Russia MOSCOW – Five Greenpeace activists were charged Wednesday with piracy in connection with a protest at a Russian oil platform, an official of the environmental group said.

Roman Dolgov of Russia, Sini Saarela of Finland, Anna Paula Maciel of Brazil, Kieron Bryan of Britain and Dima Litvinov, who has U.S. and Swedish citizenship, were charged with organized group piracy in the northern Russian city of Murmansk, according to Vladimir Chuprov, head of Greenpeace Arctic.

The charge can carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $15,000.

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US expels three Venezuelans BOGOTA, Colombia – Venezuela is protesting Washington’s decision to expel three of its diplomats in a tit-for-tat purge of embassy officials that has brought relations between the countries to a standstill.

Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry said its top diplomat, Calixto Ortega; Second Secretary Monica Sanchez; and an official in Venezuela’s Houston consulate, Marisol Gutierrez, have been ordered to leave.

The move comes after Venezuela on Monday ordered the expulsion of three U.S. officials - including the embassy’s charge d’affaires - amid accusations that they met with opposition leaders and were plotting “sabotage” of the economy and the electrical grid. The U.S. has denied the accusations.

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tRanSfeRS class,” she said of the added commitment.

New transfer student Tristan Snow Cobb shares a similar sentiment with Glod about commuting to campus, saying “For me, the largest challenge is commuting, living 50 minutes away by bus and car.”

Snow Cobb enrolled at UMass this semester after completing an associate’s degree at Greenfield Community College five years ago. He chose to enroll at UMass because he enjoys math and helping his co-workers with their taxes, and UMass offers a consumer and family economics track within the resource economics major.

While some transfer students opt to live off campus, others live in oncampus residence halls.

This semester, McNamara Hall in Sylvan became reserved exclusively for incoming transfer students, according to the UMass housing website.

Steven Bradshaw, a junior sports management major and new transfer student from Bristol Community College, is living in McNamara Hall.

He says the dorm is “like a library” due to its general quietness throughout the week, save for a few select weekend hours.

McNamara Hall has suite-style living arrangements, with single and double rooms clustered around a shared bathroom and living space. Bradshaw sees

ly the colleges,” he said. “We are currently actively seeking involvement from student groups at UMass .”

Yet despite their impact on the community, Gagnon added that anyone could have done the same.

“We’re just filmmakers, she said. “We just identified a problem, and wanted to know more about it and wanted to do something to help. Whatever it is that you are good at, you can put towards helping your community.”

“Living on campus is the hard part. Doing weekly laundry and needing to walk far for food for the first time is hard whether you are a freshman or transfer student.”

Steven bradshaw, junior sports management major benefits and drawbacks of placing transfer students in suites. He sees living in a deluxe single room as a benefit, but the social aspect of suite living is a drawback, as residents are more closed-off to each other.

“There are kids on my floor who don’t know a single person on the floor,” he said. “And that’s a big issue for socializing.”

For Bradshaw, the academic adjustment to UMass has been relatively easy, but the transition to campus living has been less smooth.

“Living on campus is the hard part,” he said. “Doing weekly laundry and needing to walk far for food for the first time is hard whether you are a freshman or transfer student.”

Sam Weinstein, a senior kinesiology major and premedical student, transferred to UMass after completing her freshman year at the University of New Hampshire. She lived in Sylvan her first year, which she found to be a positive experience.

“It’s not such a bad place and my roommates ended up being my best friends,”

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she said of Sylvan. “Having to walk to Thompson at 9 a.m. sucks, but it helps with the ‘sophomore 15’,” she said jokingly.

She pointed out the oncampus resources that new transfer students may not know about, such as the Off-Campus Student Center, located in room 314 of the Student Union.

In addition, McNamara Hall houses a living and learning community for community college transfer students and provides regular programming for its transfer residents.

Weinstein had some advice for new transfer students: “Get involved, step outside your comfort zone.” She also stressed the importance of keeping a sunny outlook while adjusting to the newness of UMass.

“Go in with a positive attitude,” she said. “A negative attitude will give you a negative experience. So don’t focus on the negative, focus on the positive.

Remember that you transferred in for a reason.”

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Al-Qaida fighters resume attack on rebels in Syria BEIRUT – Fighters loyal to al-Qaida have opened up a new offensive against a U.S.-backed rebel group that once escorted U.S. Sen. John McCain into northern Syria, according to Internet postings and news accounts.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Sham launched attacks on the Northern Storm Brigade late Tuesday night, hitting Northern Storm positions in a string of villages along Syria’s border with Turkey.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks in statements posted on the Internet in which it accused Northern Storm of not keeping the terms of a cease-fire that halted fighting between the two groups last week in the Syrian city of Azaz.

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earlier Wednesday, and Reid described the conversation as “cordial.” Boehner, though, was unenthusiastic about Reid’s idea, and hours later, House Republicans gathered on the Capitol steps to protest the closing of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall.

House Republicans, who control that chamber, also continued their futile effort to open parts of the government.

They spent the day debating bills to fund the National Park Service, the National Guard, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the District of Columbia, knowing they would go nowhere in the Democratic-led Senate.

At the White House, Obama remained opposed to the House’s piecemeal approach to funding the government, even though the president signed a bill into law earlier this week that would pay U.S. troops around the globe during the shutdown.

While the rhetoric sizzled, leaders were making behind-the-scenes bids to find common ground. Reid sent Boehner a one-page letter recalling how he backed President George W. Bush 11 years ago when Bush sought authority to invade Iraq.

“I could have taken the steps that you are taking now to block government funding in order to gain leverage to end the war,” Reid told Boehner. “But I did not do that. I felt it would have been devastating to America.”

Put the “clean” budget, funding the federal government temporarily, to a House vote, Reid said, and “I commit to name conferees to a budget conference as soon as the government reopens.”

Such a conference, or negotiation, would include top congressional budgetwriters, who would try to work out a longer-term spending and tax plan.

Boehner’s camp had an icy response. “Offering to negotiate only after Democrats get everything they want is not much of an offer,” said spokesman Michael Steel.

Carney said Obama remains willing to negotiate on the budget and the health care law but not until Republicans agree to reopen the government and

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Earlier in the day, Obama canceled two of four stops on an upcoming trip to Asia to return to Washington because of the government shutdown. pay its bills with the higher debt ceiling.

“Today’s meeting is about the need to open the government, and the need to ensure that we do not default,” he said.

“And the president’s made clear that he will that he is happy and willing, as he has been all year round, all year long, to engage in serious conversations and negotiations with Republican lawmakers who want to find common ground on our budget challenges - absolutely willing to,” Carney said. “What he is not willing to do is negotiate under the threat of default or under the threat of continuing to shut down the government.”

Obama met with more than a dozen Wall Street bankers, who warned of the consequences of the shutdown and the potential failure to raise the debt ceiling next month.

“There’s a consensus that we shouldn’t do anything that hurts this recovery that’s a little bit shallow, not very well established and is quite vulnerable,” Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, said after the meeting. “The shutdown of the government and particularly a failure to raise the debt ceiling would accomplish that.”

Earlier in the day, Obama canceled two of four stops on an upcoming trip to Asia to return to Washington because of the government shutdown.

The White House announced that Obama called Malaysia Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Philippines President Benigno Aquino on Tuesday night to deliver the news.

The White House hasn’t yet canceled the rest of the trip, with Obama scheduled to leave Washington Saturday night for Asia summits in Indonesia and Brunei.

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Father Thomas McDonnell, a Loyola faculty member who taught Clancy religion, Latin and history in his sophomore year, once recalled in an interview.

He described Clancy as a straight-A student from the standout class of 1965, but unremarkable as a leader or athlete.

“I knew he was in class, but if you had told me he would be where he is today I would have said, ‘No way,’“ McDonnell said.

One former classmate, Towson dentist John Aumiller, said, “He had a vocabulary and skill with the language of an older person. He didn’t speak with high school slang.”

While some of Clancy’s classmates went on to spend the late 1960s on campuses rife with anti-war activism, he moved a few miles south to Baltimore’s Loyola College, where the ruling Jesuits had little tolerance for demonstrations. Clancy took ROTC classes.

“Loyola was a workingclass college. You had to be rich to be radical,” Clancy

said. “I was more of a Peter, Paul and Mary kind of guy.”

He graduated in 1969 with an English degree and moved to Connecticut to work for an insurance company. Two years later he returned to Maryland, joining his in-law’s insurance agency in the Calvert County community of Owings.

Despite his fascination with the military, Clancy never served in uniform.

His ROTC classes were the sort that prepared students for military careers, but a serious case of near-sightedness kept him out of the service. (It also was the reason for his trademark dark glasses; the tinting kept the thick lenses from making him “look like a chipmunk,” he once said).

But his insurance office had a number of military clients, which kept him around epaulets and brass buttons. He wrote an article in 1982 on the MX missile system for Proceedings, a publication of the Naval Institute in Annapolis.

His first publisher, Jim Barber, a retired Navy captain and executive director of the Naval Institute, once remembered Clancy as “a very bright guy who knows clearly what he thinks and doesn’t hesitate to let you know what he thinks.”

“He’s very direct. You don’t have any problem understanding where you stand with him,” he said.

Bored with the insurance business, Clancy began working on a novel in his spare time, basing it loosely on a real-life, 1975 mutiny aboard a Soviet frigate. The result, published in 1984, was “The Hunt Red October,” a tale of superpower conflict centered on a renegade Soviet nuclear submarine.

The rest, as they say, is history. The book took off like a heat-seeking, surface-to-air missile, selling 300,000 hardbacks and 2 million paperbacks in the first two years. The hardcover version spent 31 weeks on Publishers Weekly’s bestseller list; the paperback, 37 weeks.

Jury finds AEG not liable in Michael Jackson death

By Jeff GottlieB Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found that concert promoter AEG Live was not liable for the death of Michael Jackson, capping a marathon civil trial that laid bare the troubled singer’s health problems, struggles with drugs and fateful attempt at a comeback tour.

The verdict came four years after Jackson received a fatal dose of an anesthetic from his doctor as he was about to launch a concert series produced by AEG aimed at reviving his stalled career.

Jackson’s mother and three children filed the lawsuit, alleging that AEG was to blame for the King of Pop’s death because it was negligent in the hiring and supervision of the doctor, Conrad Murray.

AEG argued that Jackson had a history of abusing drugs, including the anesthetic, and was responsible for his own death.

The outcome marked a decisive victory for AEG. The jury was left with five questions that it had to answer affirmatively to find AEG liable. The jury agreed with the first question, that AEG hired Murray. But it rejected the second question, which asked whether Murray was unfit or incompetent. That finding made the rest of the questionnaire moot.

The jury foreman, Gregg Barden, said that the fivemonth trial was “exhausting” and that the three days of deliberations were “extremely stressful.”

“We reached a verdict we understand that not everybody is going to agree with,” he said. “There are really no winners in this. Somebody had to die for us to be here ... it was really a tragic situation.”

Barden said the jury was somewhat confused by the question about Murray’s competence but understood its ramifications. “We felt he was competent,” he said.

“That doesn’t mean we felt he was ethical. If ethical was in the question, it might have been a different outcome.”

Another juror, Kevin Smith, said he didn’t believe AEG could have done anything about Jackson’s problems.

The stakes for the Jackson family and AEG were high.

The Jackson family’s financial expert testified that Jackson would have earned at least $1.2 billion from merchandise, new music, tours,

endorsements and a Las Vegas show had he lived.

The Jacksons wanted AEG to pay his children, Prince, Paris and Blanket, $85 million each and his mother, Katherine, at least $35 million.

Katherine Jackson stared ahead stoically as the verdict was read. She was quickly whisked into another courtroom. She then left from the back of the downtown L.A. courthouse. Several Jackson fans, who had been a constant presence during the trial, responded to the verdict with their own coordinated protest.

They took off their T-shirts to reveal other shirts underneath bearing slogans such as “AEG bullies Michael.”

Jackson family attorney Kevin Boyle said the family was still considering its next move. “We were able to provoke some things that are important for the Jacksons and for the concert industry and the sports industry,” he said. “We are of course not happy with the verdict as it stands.”

AEG released a statement expressing vindication. “We lost one of the world’s greatest musical geniuses, but I am relieved and deeply grateful that the jury recognized that neither I, nor anyone else at AEG Live, played any part in Michael’s tragic death,” said Randy Phillips, an AEG executive who was named in the lawsuit.

The jury rejected the idea that Murray was unfit even though the Las Vegas physician was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson’s death and sentenced to jail time.

Valerie Wass, Murray’s appellate attorney, said a civil jury’s conclusions won’t change the doctor’s criminal case but could help him in “the court of public opinion.”

“Hopefully it will vindicate him in a small way,” said Wass, adding that Murray is scheduled to be released from the county’s Men’s Central Jail in 26 days.

The family’s attorney painted a picture of a cold, calculating entertainment company pushing the physician to get Jackson ready to tour even though his health was frail and he was crippled by fear.

“They’re going to kill me, they’re going to kill me,’“ Jackson’s eldest son testified, recalling one of his final conversations with his father.

AEG tried turning the tables, all but putting Michael Jackson on trial. They presented witnesses who claimed

Jackson had been drug addict for years, including repeatedly using the powerful anesthetic that would eventually kill him. They also said it was Jackson. not AEG, who hired Murray.

During the trial, jurors got a peek into the private life of one of the world’s most famous celebrities. They heard of the chronic pain Jackson suffered as a result of burns he received during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in 1984, which led to his addiction to pain medication. They learned about his vitiligo, a disease in which portions of the skin lose pigment, and how he suffered from painful discoid lupus and keloids.

They were also told about Jackson the doting father and shown home movies he made with his children. Debbie Rowe, Jackson’s ex-wife, testified about the singer’s joy when she told him she was pregnant as they rode her motorcycle at Van Nuys Airport.

Much of the Jacksons’ case was based on e-mails from AEG executives concerning the singer’s apparent downward slide physically and mentally before the concert series was to begin.

In one e-mail, AEG Live executive Paul Gongaware talked about having a meeting with Murray. “We want to remind him it is AEG, not MJ who is paying his salary,” Gongaware wrote. “We want him to understand what is expected of him.”

In another, written five days before Jackson died, Kenny Ortega, director of the “This Is It” tour, wrote Phillips that the singer was showing “strong signs of paranoia, anxiety and obsessive-like behavior” and should be evaluated by a psychiatrist.

Phillips wrote back, “I had a lengthy conversation with Dr. Murray, who I am gaining immense respect for as I get to deal with him more...This doctor is extremely successful (we check everyone out) and does not need this gig so he [is] totally unbiased and ethical.”

Testimony showed AEG did little to investigate Murray, who had closed his practice in 10 days to take on Jackson as his only patient for $150,000 a month. Murray was deeply in debt, with a house in foreclosure and behind on his child support payments.

The book got a significant boost when thenPresident Ronald Reagan declared it a “perfect yarn” and other officials hinted playfully that it may contain classified information.

One version of that story has a publicist working feverishly to get the book to the presidential bedside table; but Clancy insisted it was simply a reviewer with a friend with connections who passed it along.

Numerous edge-of-yourseat books later, he was one of the best-read authors of all time.

Though he was a poor athlete as a youth, Clancy was a major financial player in Baltimore’s sporting renaissance in the 1990s, when the Orioles moved to Camden Yards and the NFL returned to Baltimore.

He was the biggest minority investor in the group that Peter Angelos assembled to buy the Orioles for $173 million in 1993. Before that he applied, but dropped out of the bidding, for an NFL expansion team for Baltimore.

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Tom Clancy was most well-known for his book ‘The Hunt for Red October.’

The 1993 expansion effort was a flop, but Baltimore’s application left a strong impression on at least one NFL team owner: Art Modell moved his Browns to Baltimore in 1996 and renamed them the Ravens.

Clancy’s tough-guy countenance turned to mush when the subject was Kyle, a boy from Long Island who shared Clancy’s fascination with fighting men and their weaponry. In 1990, Kyle, then 6 and wag-

ing war with cancer, wrote a fan letter to Clancy.

Clancy responded first with a squadron of surplus airplane-posters.

Then, as Kyle’s condition deteriorated, Clancy leaned on Pentagon pals to arrange visits for Kyle on warships and planes.

As Kyle neared death, Clancy served as tour guide for a visit to Disney World and went on to found the Kyle Foundation to help similarly ill children.

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Illegal corporate activity cannot go unpunished In 2010, an explosion on of Justice has already agreed the BP-leased Transocean not to pursue further criminal Deepwater Horizon oil rig charges against the company.

Halliburton is just one Jillian Correira example of the many companies that have engaged in killed 11 workers and spilled criminal activity and have an estimated 4.9 million bar- not paid, or most likely will rels, or 208.5 million gallons, not pay, the appropriate price. of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. For example, the Department According to a recent report of Justice recently decided by a researcher at Texas A&M- to bring civil charges against Corpus Christi, the explosion Bank of America for allegdamaged small creatures edly making false statements residing on the sea floor “for about the quality of home about 57 square miles around loans it sold to investors in the blown-out BP oil well, with 2008. According to an NPR severe damage in about nine report, Bank of America supsquare miles of that area,” posedly told investors the CBS News reported. Because loans were of prime quality the ice-cold, mile-deep sea- when in fact, “more than 40 water makes it difficult for percent of the mortgages did oil to decay, recovery could not comply with the bank’s take a generation or longer. own quality control standards Unsurprisingly, the BP oil spill and had, quote, ‘glaring probhas been deemed the worst lems’ - overstated income, fake environmental disaster in U.S. employments, [and] inflated history. home value appraisals.”

Halliburton, the company Subsequently, investors lost employed to provide cement- millions of dollars when homeing services for BP at the oil owners defaulted on these rig, recently pled guilty to loans in the midst of what charges that it destroyed evi- the International Monetary dence regarding the explosion. Fund (IMF) called “the largest Halliburton allegedly instruct- financial shock since the Great ed BP to use 21 “centralizers,” Depression.” or plugs, on the metal casings Bank of America commitof the oil rig, a suggestion ted fraud on an inordinate BP chose to ignore in favor scale, a crime usually punishof only using six. Halliburton able by jail time. Except no conducted two computer simu- one from Bank of America will lated tests of the plugs, and be going to jail. Maybe they’ll both showed that the explosion settle, strike some sort of plea would have occurred even if deal, pay a chump change fine BP had used the recommended and, when it’s all over, conamount of plugs. These simu- tinue to commit mortgage and lations were then destroyed foreclosure abuses.

Let’s not kid ourselves: If by employees at the command of then-Halliburton man- I could, as one person, wreak ager Anthony Badalamenti. as much illegal havoc as BP or The guilty charge requires Bank of America has, I would Halliburton to endure a three- be going to prison for a long year probation term, and time. So why then, does it seem – wait for it – pay a measly as though big banks, like Bank $200,000 fine, the agreed-upon of America, are above the law, maximum amount for the even rewarded with backdoor bailouts long after the financharge.

The lesson? Large corpora- cial crisis has ended? Why do tions like Halliburton can have corporations like Halliburton a hand in creating the larg- get, at worst, a slap on the est environmental catastrophe wrist, when far more extreme in U.S. history and walk away sentences are warranted?

According to Attorney with misdemeanor charges. In this case, the resulting fine is General Eric Holder, they’re equivalent to what Halliburton just too darn big. In comments makes in 23 seconds, and no one he attempted to backtrack in goes to jail. The Department May, Holder said he was “con-

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Cruz filibusters in vain Viewers of C-SPAN (all 25 stood in favor of the filibusof them) were privy to some ter. uncharacteristically comArguing intransigently in pelling television last week favor of a hopeless bill that divides his party seems like Lucas Coughlin a confusing route for Cruz to pursue. Even hardline oppowhen Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex) nents of Obamacare like Paul stood before the Senate and Ryan have spoken against the the nation to filibuster a con- threat of a government shuttinuing resolution to fund the down. The threat of a govfederal government past Oct. ernment shutdown in 2011 17, the deadline for Congress sparked a historic decrease to pass a new budget. in the U.S. credit rating, causCruz, an emerging ing national embarrassment Republican leader despite and economic repercussions. his political inexperience, So why would Cruz seemhas been at the vanguard of ingly risk party unity, his the recent fight to pass a bud- own reputation and the full get resolution that defunds faith and credit of the United the Patient Protection and States for a strategy without Affordable Care Act, aka a prayer of success? It is a Obamacare. His filibuster matter of policy and politics.

cerned that the size of some of these institutions becomes so large that it does become difficult to prosecute them. …

When we are hit with indications that if you do prosecute, if you do bring a criminal charge it will have a negative impact on the national economy.”

Apparently, once a company grows to a certain size, it’s immune to criminal charges.

And, if criminal charges are brought against a company, as in Halliburton’s case, they result in sentences that grossly undermine the seriousness of the crime. This is evidence of a criminal justice system that will send actual, living human beings to jail for their criminal offenses, but will allow illegal, fraudulent and corrupt corporate behavior to go unpunished.

For a long time, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), one of the United States’ federal law enforcement agencies, had practiced a ridiculously forgiving “neither admit-nor-deny” policy with criminal corporations, allowing them to settle cases without admitting or refuting guilt. Companies would then agree to obey the law in the future, and sometimes pay multi-million dollar fines, mere pocket change for the big banks. More recently, however, SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White said defendants would no longer be allowed to employ this method and would be forced to either claim or deny any wrongdoing.

This is a start. But it’s a slow start and certainly not enough to incentivize corporate criminals away from what they’ve done for years: lie, cheat and break the law, all to make a quick buck— even if it comes at the cost of American’s tax dollars. Corporate crime must be handled with equal review, investigation and punishment as civilian crime, or the legitimacy of the Justice Department will be at further risk.

erage of Cruz’s antics have likely noticed something that goes beyond questions of policy. Self-described “movement conservatives” within the political and journalistic spheres have largely coalesced around Cruz, just as many did around Paul when he filibustered the nomination of CIA head John Brennan.

Filibustering, although previously considered a puerile parliamentary maneuver, has become an act of ideological martyrdom and tacit acknowledgement of the filibusterers’ own ambition.

Sen. Wendy Davis of Texas not only became a folk hero for the left when she filibus-

Why would Cruz seemingly risk party unity, his own reputation and the full faith and credit of the United States for a strategy without a prayer of success? It is a matter of policy and politics. sought to delay the inevitable defeat in the Senate of a House resolution doing just that.

Cruz’s stated ambition, to defund and thereby repeal President Barack Obama’s only major legislative achievement, was doomed from the start. A Democratcontrolled Senate obsequious to the president would never vote to defund the Affordable Care Act despite its increasing unpopularity.

Even if Cruz were able to stall a budget until past the deadline, the backlash would be overwhelmingly negative toward the Republican Party and force capitulation to the president’s will.

During the last government shutdown in 1995, popular sentiment reversed on the then-surging Republicans and propelled Bill Clinton to re-election. The defund tactic also aggravated an already palpable rift between Senate Republicans, whose longtime stalwarts John McCain, Lindsey Graham and John Cornyn have denounced Cruz’s strategy. Younger conservative Senators like Marco Rubio, Mike Lee and Rand Paul, who have repeatedly drawn the ire of the Republican “establishment,”

Jillian Correira is a Collegian columnist and can be reached a jcorreir@ umass.edu.

Cruz’s opposition to the new healthcare law is hardly baseless. Opposition to the law sparked the massive congressional gains of the Republicans in the midterm elections of 2010, and Gallup polls show that more than half of all Americans want to see the bill partially or entirely repealed. The individual mandate, integral in the new law, works essentially by subsidizing the sick at the expense of the healthy.

The young people, being the healthiest demographic, are going to see their premiums rise by an average of 99 percent for men and 62 percent for women (per the Manhattan Institute). Many will feel the effect of the new taxes and care-rationing imposed by the Independent Payment Advisory Board, which the American Medical Association has vocally opposed.

Cruz’s battle is not against an overwhelmingly popular or effective piece of legislation, and his longstanding philosophical opposition to such a fundamental reconstruction of the relationship between government and citizen is a major reason for his popularity with the right.

But those following cov-

tered a bill to restrict abortion in Texas, but the murmurs of her as a candidate for the soon-to-be-vacant governor’s seat began conspicuously soon after. There is no question that both Cruz and Paul are actively seeking the White House, and both increased their bona-fides among their respective bases with their acts of filibuster.

But while Paul’s libertarian, anti-drone filibuster angered Conservatives who seek a strong hand on foreign policy, Cruz stood against a law that virtually all Republicans, and in fact many Democrats, oppose.

With his “defund” effort, Cruz has built around himself the basic infrastructure of an upstart presidential campaign, accruing all the right friends and all the right enemies. And he has positioned himself as an ideological purist ready to stand up to the left as well as the “old guard” within his own party.

Getting the media to depict him as quixotic and naive is his most shrewd move of all.

Lucas Coughlin is a Collegian contributor and can be reached at lmcoughl@umass.edu.

Give country music a chance If you look at iTunes, you will see a variety of artists in the top charts, from Katy

Steven Gillard Perry to Drake to Luke Bryan.

Hit radio stations play almost everything: hip-hop, rap, pop and rock, with one noticeable exception: country. Country music remains off the hit radio stations, save the rare crossover hits that find their way into the mainstream.

Although it can be said that artists like Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan have achieved fame comparable to many big rock, pop and hip-hop names, the genre as a whole still remains in the background of the American music landscape.

I’ve been listening to country music – Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Brooks & Dunn and many more – since I was a little kid; the music always resonated with me more than the typical pop hits of the time. When I was younger, my friends told me that I liked “old people music.” A friend who refused to listen to country once told me all country songs covered one of four topics: girls, beer, trucks and God. Admittedly, many country songs do have such themes, but in my experience, many people dismiss the genre as “redneck” music, and that is the end of that.

Country music, however, goes beyond this stereotype.

Country songs cover everything from broken hearts,

burning love and lost loved ones to American pride, the insufferable nine-to-five workday and the excitement of learning to drive a car.

And for those looking for more upbeat music, there is no shortage of songs about drinking beer and letting loose on a Friday night.

You could say that many of the aforementioned topics are covered in other genres of music, and that would be true. But other genres of music do not cover topics in the same manner that country does. When you hear a country song, you don’t listen to a song, you listen to a story. Alan Jackson’s nostalgic song “Remember When” depicts the thrill of first love, the miracle of having chil-

dren and the wistfulness of growing—all in four-and-ahalf minutes.

Jackson’s “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” captures the shock and anguish that so many Americans felt after the Sept.

11 attacks. In Eric Church’s “Springsteen,” the narrator thinks back on an old flame whenever he hears a song by “The Boss.” The Zac Brown Band’s “Highway 20 Ride” reflects on the difficulties of being divorced with a son who doesn’t understand why his parents aren’t together.

Country artists sing about all areas of life. The appreciation of home, family and friends found in country music is unparalleled in other genres. While I can appreci-

ate Drake’s beats and clever wordplay, I can’t relate to his lyrics about spending thousands of dollars at the club and falling in love with strippers.

But I can relate to songs about finally coming home after being away for a long time. I can relate to songs about regrets, losing your best friend and losing your grandma. And the songs that I can’t immediately relate to are like reading a book – I step into the narrator’s shoes and can understand. I listen to Kenny Chesney and I’m a high school football player playing under the lights on a Friday night. I listen to Tim McGraw and I’m a dad watching my daughter grow up too fast. I listen to George Strait

and I’m a man drowning in my sorrows at the bar. I listen to Luke Bryan and I’m a college student ogling the sorority girls.

Country music captures the beauty and pain of life; the fun times and the sad; the triumphs and the failures; and does so with the same overarching message: life is difficult, but life is good. So the next time you turn on the radio, instead of going straight to the hit stations, see what’s playing on the country ones. You might be surprised to find yourself viewing the world a little differently.

And no, Taylor Swift doesn’t count.

Steven Gillard is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at sgillard@ umass.edu.

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Wookey Jack: Not your average black IPA Not related to Star Wars, still a treat

By Emily A. BrightmAn Collegian Staff

When it comes to selecting beer at random, I’m a sucker for a distinctive name. I use this method mostly to indulge my penchant for impulsive decisions, but I’ve found over the years that this approach also has a reasonable success rate. I can admit that this is an entirely superficial decision making process, and even though my inner Shakespeare nerd keeps repeating the phrase “What’s in a name?” I still stick to this method because, at the very least, it keeps my drinking routine interesting. And it was through this exact process of arbitrary selection that led me to Firestone Walker Brewing Company’s Wookey Jack Black Rye IPA. Truth be told, I was initially drawn to this beer for the word “Wookey.” Being a deep, dark aficionado of all things Star Wars, my mind naturally wandered to images of the inimitable Han Solo and his trusty Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca, but as it stands, there is no connection between the two, much to my nerdy dismay. All the same, I decided to give the Wookey Jack a try and base my judgment on taste rather than pop culture relativity.

Even if the beer itself was atrocious, at least I would have a decent story to tell about why I chose it to begin with.

Poured from a 650mL bottle into my trusty snifter glass, this beer lives up to

its name – the color is absolute pitch black, even when held up to the light. The thin, foamy head dissipates almost immediately but leaves behind a fair amount of toffee-colored lacing.

Swirled around in the glass for observation, this beer appears to have a thicker consistency than the typical IPA, which can primarily be attributed to its title of black IPA. Black IPAs are labeled as such due to their distinct dark color and malt characteristics, of which the Cascadian dark ale style of brewing is arguably the most popular variety.

As far as aroma goes, this beer is a veritable cornucopia of roasted flavors.

Toasted malt is the most obvious scent, highlighted by notes of dark citrus and earthy hops. A certain piney aroma penetrates the fragrance of floral hops and subtle spices, and traces of burnt coffee are evident only in the aftermath of a strong malt scent. I don’t say this about many beers, but the first sip of Wookey Jack warrants an immediate second sip to experience the multitude of flavor.

The overall taste is smooth with a noticeable bitterness and definite charred elements. While the heavy malt flavor leaves the tongue feeling a bit thick, the complexity of the relationship between malt and hops is well-balanced by the mild carbonation and considerable thickness. Overall the taste is highly reminiscent of the composition of a classic porter, but with the undeniable zest of roasted hops that marks it as an IPA. The aftertaste is unmis-

takably woody. A seemingly flawless combination of cedar and pine floods the palate on the fringe of the obvious malty sourness and rounds out the bold taste of a beer that is equal parts thick and flavorful. While I have no shame in saying that this isn’t the best black IPA I’ve ever had, Wookey Jack is certainly commendable in terms of its bold flavor composition and the mere fact that it lives up to its “black” title. And as a die-hard beer geek, I can respect any brew that tastes as dark as it sounds.

The concept of pairing this brew with a meal is almost staggering, because the flavor of Wookey Jack alone has all the complexity of a three-course meal.

This delectable nectar could make an excellent complement to a dish heavy on spices or smoky flavors, or even with something as commonplace as barbecue, but be warned that the flavorful intensity of Wookey Jack may overpower the dish it is paired with. Thicker IPAs of this caliber tend to be better suited for consumption on their own due to the magnitude of their flavor, and Wookey Jack certainly packs a punch in that category.

While I am marginally disappointed on a pop culture level that Wookey Jack in no way relates to my childhood Star Wars hero, this is nonetheless a powerfully tasteful beer that defies its relatively mundane packaging. As the weather marches on into the season of dark beers, the liquid comfort of Wookey Jack is sure to warm even the chilliest

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Wookey Jack certainly lives up to its title of “black IPA” with its dark coloring, strong taste and thick consistency. gullet with its sheer boldness of flavor. The charm of the Wookey may not suit everyone’s taste preference, but to those of us willing to flirt with the dark side,

the benefits to be reaped are substantial. And yes, that was indeed an intentional closing Star Wars reference.

Since this “Wookey” has nothing to do with the hairy

creature of the Lucas universe, I have to get my kicks somehow.

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By John lACroix Collegian Correspondent The dynamic electronic group Conspirator will be coming to the Pearl Street Ballroom on Oct. 5, bringing thunderous drum beats and massive bass lines.

If you have never been privy to the Conspirator experience, you are in for a smashing time. With deep, bassy vibes and suspenseful build-ups, these four gentlemen will blow your mind. Melodic riffs combined with energetic and absurdly crafted drops will run the show.

Conspirator consists of Aron Magner and Marc Brownstein, the keyboardist and bassist for The Disco Biscuits, respectively. Their touring lineup consists of both Magner and Brownstein, as well as Chris Michetti of RAQ and KJ Sawka of Pendulum.

Each member contributes something unique and special to the mix. They have mastered the craft of electronic music, hollowing out their own niche in the electronic rock community.

Conspirator has some large festivals under its belt, including shows at the Ultra

maniacs as the precursory act to Rusko at the Mullins Center last semester.

Music, Nocturnal, Electric Forest, Starscape, Gathering of the Vibes and CounterPoint music festivals. Their unique blend of deep bass rooted in the rock genre allows them to spin out tracks for such audiences, ensuring the eclectic listener an addition to their favorites.

After the Jan. 29 release of their most recent EP, “Unleashed,” Conspirator rallied U.S. concert goers attending any various stop along their 28-city tour.

Many attending this upcoming show may remember these melodic maniacs as the precursory act to Rusko at the Mullins Center last semester.

The Cosmic Dust Bunnies and Eat Ur Aura open for Conspirator beginning 9 p.m. this Saturday. Tickets can be purchased at the Northampton Box Office $17 in advance, $20 at the door. The show is open to those aged 16 and older.

John LaCroix can be reached at jlacroix@umass.edu.

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By Matthew ZaCkMan Collegian Correspondent

After winning its Atlantic 10 conference opener and extending its win streak to three games, the Massachusetts women’s soccer team now shifts its focus to Saturday, when Virginia Commonwealth visits Rudd Field.

This is the first-ever meeting between UMass (5-5-1, 1-0 A-10) and the Rams (5-4-1), as VCU joined the A-10 conference in 2012.

In their first season as members of the conference last season, the Rams compiled a 6-2-1 record against A-10 opponents and made it all the way to the conference championship game before losing to La Salle.

Now, VCU is struggling to stay above .500, with many of its losses coming against top-25 teams. In a span of 10 days, it played against No. 8 Virginia, No. 1 North Carolina and No. 13 Georgetown. Despite losing all three games, the Rams have played better lately, going 4-1-1 in their last six games.

If the Minutewomen wish to extend their winning streak, they will need to watch out for VCU’s senior forward Courtney Conrad.

Conrad was named to the A-10 AllConference first team last season and is currently tied with junior Maren

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The Minutewomen look to extend their three-game winning streak against VCU.

If the Minutewomen wish to extend their winning streak, they will need to watch out for VCU’s senior forward Courtney Conrad.

Johansen for the team lead in goals, assists and points.

Last week, Johansen was named Atlantic 10 Women’s Soccer Co-Player of the Week, when she registered two goals and an assist in a 5-1 win over George Mason and a 1-1 draw against Elon over the weekend.

On the other side of the pitch, UMass sophomore Rebekka Sverrisdóttir and junior Becky Landers look to build off their first career goals that they scored last week in the win against Saint Joseph’s.

UMass will also turn to redshirt freshman goalkee per Danielle Kriscenski to take control and stop a powerful Rams offense from scoring. Despite being a firstyear starter, Kriscenski

has already been honored as the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week and has been steady in net all season, with many of her statistics ranking her among the top goalies in the A-10.

However, following UMass’ 2-1 victory over the Hawks, Minutewomen coach Ed Matz said that the team is not being propelled by a select group of players, saying that his players are putting the team first and each contribute in the best way that they can.

Kickoff for Saturday’s game is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Rudd Field.

Matthew Zackman can be reached at mzackman@umass.edu.

Minutemen boast strong core of incoming freshmen players seniors challenged “The competition’s by newcomers pretty good right now, Collegian Staff

Official practices began last Friday for the Massachusetts men’s basketball team, setting in motion a 30-practices-in40-days schedule building up to the season opener against Boston College on Nov. 10.

For anyone alarmed that the return of basketball season snuck up this season – take a deep breath— there’s still plenty of time before it actually tips off.

UMass is simply complying with a new NCAA rule that expanded practice schedules. Instead of jamming 30 practices into a fourweek window, teams are now allowed 40 days to practice.

Coach Derek Kellogg thinks positively of the added practice time.

“It’s three days where I didn’t go as long as we maybe could’ve or should’ve,” he said when asked about the start of the new schedule. “I thought it was a good pace, we went a couple hours three straight days and the guys performed well.”

The official start of practices offered the first glimpse at some of the new talent displayed on the current roster. The Minutemen added four freshmen – Zach Coleman, Demetrius Dyson, Clyde Santee and Seth Berger – in addition to redshirt sophomore Derrick Gordon, who was sidelined last season after transferring from Western Kentucky.

For the four freshmen, continued adjustment to the speed of college play will come with

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The Terriers (6-3) will travel to Holy Cross on Friday before hosting the Minutewomen. They head into the weekend having won three of their last four matchups.

BU boasts one of the best defenses in the nation, allowing only 1.22 goals per game.

The defense is led by goalkeeper Valentina Cerda, who has a .804 save percentage, good for ninth best in the nation.

However, the team’s offense

has not been as strong this season, scoring just 1.78 goals per game and tallying more than two goals twice so far this season.

The two teams have met 34 times, with the Terriers holding a slight 18-14-2 advantage, including a 3-2 win in double overtime last year.

MacDonnell believes that when taking on a good defense like BU’s, the key is to attack as a unit.

“Typically, BU has very

strong tacklers, and they’re very tall, and they have long reaches,” she said. “So, I think definitely just being able to eliminate them and trying not to do too much as an individual, really just keep strong and play as a unit.”

Sunday’s game is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at New Balance Field.

Jesse Mayfield-Sheehan can be reached at jmayfiel@umass.edu and can be followed on Twitter @jgms88.

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(the freshmen) are pushing the older guys. It’ll be interesting as things play out.”

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the team.

“I think it’s good we have a lot of freshmen,” he said. “Having a lot of freshmen really motivates me to do everything the correct way, the right way, just to be a leader and show them how everything’s supposed to be done … they push me to go harder every day.”

Carter’s familiarity with the system also creates an easy avenue of leadership for younger players to visit.

“I’ve been here a while now and I climbed the steps so I know the steps by now,” Carter said, adding that leadership “comes natural” to him now.

Entering the season, the Minutemen will need significant contributions from veterans such as Carter or Raphiael Putney. But Kellogg notes that success can come in a variety of different ways.

“Don’t worry so much about things that don’t really matter, like scoring or making shots,” Kellogg said. “If (the veterans) do the little things of defending and rebounding and playing within the team, we’ll be a good basketball team and if we’re a good team, those guys will look good.”

With over a month of practice time remaining, Kellogg still has plenty of evaluation to do, especially with the younger players.

But he also has a message to returning players in regards to the competition.

“I wouldn’t stay out too long if I was the older guys,” he said.

additional practice time. So far, Kellogg’s satisfied with what he’s seen.

“What I’ve been impressed with thus far with them is they kind of have a good basketball IQ,” he said of their sense for the game.

While UMass enters the season with an established group of players in place, the young players will have an opportunity to make an impact as the Minutemen look to replace the production of both Terrell Vinson and Freddie Riley. Vinson, one of two players to start every game for UMass last year, averaged 12.3 points per game a season ago, while Riley was often regarded as the team’s strongest perimeter defender.

Remaining competitive throughout practice will go a long way in filling some of those minutes, especially for the younger players.

“The competition’s pretty good right now, (the freshmen) are pushing the older guys,” Kellogg said. “It’ll be interesting as things start to play out.”

Sampson Carter, one of three seniors on the roster, is embrac- Mark Chiarelli can be reached at ing the style of competition in mchiarel@umass.edu and followed addition to his leadership role on on Twitter @Mark_Chiarelli.

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By Mike Dawson Centre Daily Times

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky’s request for a retrial has been shot down by the state’s Superior Court.

The judges issued a 19-page opinion Wednesday that held up Sandusky’s 30-year sentence and rejected the arguments his lawyer made during an appeal hearing last month in the hope of reversing the verdict and getting his client a new trial.

Among the claims, defense attorney Norris Gelman had said a prosecutor’s comments about Sandusky giving an interview to NBC’s Bob Costas shortly after allegations were announced but not taking the stand at his own trial would make the jury think he was guilty.

But the Superior Court justices said the trial defense lawyers didn’t object to the comments by prosecutor Joseph E. McGettigan III, and as a result, they did not properly preserve the right to include the claim in their appeal.

The justices also concluded that trial Judge John Cleland did not make any errors, as the defense had said in their

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Jerry Sandusky was denied a retrial by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Wednesday. appeals, when he denied the defense’s multiple requests to continue the trial. Defense lawyer Joe Amendola has said he was besieged by thousands of pages of documents and did not have time to analyze everything before trial.

Amendola testified during an appeal before Cleland that, after reviewing the documents after the trial, he did not find anything that would have changed his strategy during the trial.

The appeal also claimed that Cleland mishandled giving instructions to the 12 jurors who deliberated, and the Superior Court did agree that the trial judge did not follow case law when he told the jury they could not consider that it took most of the vic-

tims years to come forward about being abused. One of Sandusky’s defenses at trial was that the victims only claimed they were abused so they could seek financial gain.

The justices concluded, though, that the absence of that instruction did not prejudice the jury against Sandusky.

“The vigorous cross-examination of the victims and arguments by defense counsel, when combined with the trial court’s instructions on credibility, clearly defined the issues for the jury,” Justice Jack Panella wrote in the opinion.

Sandusky is serving his sentence in solitary confinement in the state prison in Greene County.

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A-10 play is a fresh start for Minutemen team secures season’s first win

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Fresh off the bye week, the Minutemen begin conference play by heading on the road to take on Bowling Green.

UM set to take on Bowling Green

By Cameron mCDonough Collegian Staff

With a winless non-conference slate in the rearview mirror, it’s time for the Massachusetts football team to focus on its next test: the Mid-American Conference.

But that doesn’t mean things will get easier for the Minutemen.

UMass (0-4) opens up MAC play with a stiff test in Bowling Green (4-1, 2-0 MAC), which boasts one of the best offenses and defenses in the conference.

The Minutemen do have one thing working in their favor, though, as they had the benefit of a bye week to rest their more experienced players.

“They were really off their legs a lot last week,” UMass coach Charley Molnar said. “We had good, fresh legs, good tempo during practice.”

While the bye week served as time off for the veterans, it was also an opportunity for the younger players to make their mark.

“The older guys on the team were able to recover,” defensive end Justin

Anderson said. “We got the chance to get the younger guys in scrimmaging each other and practicing hard, just getting them ready. So I felt that was beneficial for the younger guys as well as the older guys to get the chance to get off their feet for a while, recover for this week. So I’m thankful we had that break.”

The bye week also gave the Minutemen extra time to prepare for the Falcons’ top-tier defense. Bowling Green has the top scoring defense and total defense statistically in the MAC, allowing only 18.4 points and 356.8 total yards per game. That defense was on display last season when it shut out UMass 24-0 at Gillette Stadium.

Molnar expects the Falcon defense to be a tougher test than Vanderbilt was two weeks ago for his young offense.

“They’re just good,” he said. “They’re big, they play very, very hard, very rarely have a mistake, out of their gaps, out of their alignments. They have seven returning seniors starters and four juniors. So I mean it’s a veteran group. It’s

what we aspire to be in two years to have that kind of experience and depth.”

But Bowling Green isn’t just strong on defense. It also has a two-headed attack on offense led by dual-threat quarterback Matt Johnson and running back Travis Greene.

Johnson has a 66.7 percent completion percentage for 1,229 yards and six touchdowns with his arm and has run for a net total of 99 yards and one touchdown. Greene is averaging 110.2 yards per game and has scored three rushing touchdowns. Both rank second in the MAC in their respective offensive categories.

So with a potent offense like this on tap, Molnar is expecting a difficult challenge for defense and especially his secondary.

“They’ve got an excellent quarterback, a dual-threat like so many quarterbacks are nowadays,” he said.

“This guy’s a cut above.

Also they have an excellent running back. I haven’t seen every RB in our league, but he’s got to be as good as the best in the league.”

The defense took a step

forward against Vanderbilt, especially against the run.

UMass gave up 166 yards on the ground after switching to a 4-3 defensive scheme.

Anderson believes that the change in scheme had a direct correlation with the success on defense.

“I believe the formation change really helped us out having four defensive linemen versus three, especially with Vanderbilt having a tight end all of the time,” he said. “To have a defensive end line up on the tight end really helped us a lot.”

The defense has been sticking with the 4-3 scheme so far in practice, according to Anderson. But ultimately, that decision is the hands of the coaching staff.

The Falcons and Minutemen will kickoff at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday at Doyt Perry Stadium. The game will be streamed online at ESPN3.com and over the radio in the Pioneer Valley on WEEI 105.5 FM. Cameron McDonough can be reached at cameronm@student. umass.edu and followed on Twitter @ Cam_McDonough.

the non-conference portion should’ve been the tune-up.

Plus, let’s not forget that this team isn’t the most experienced group.

This year’s installment for UMass has only five upperclassmen on the team surrounded by 14 freshmen.

That isn’t necessarily a recipe that spells success. While the team has shown signs of improvement, it’s evident that this team is still a year or two away from being a real contender to get back into the A-10 tournament.

But on the flip side, the Minutemen are coming off by far their best game of the season and can use that as momentum moving forward.

The five goals against the Saints more than doubled the team’s total for the season and provided some much needed confidence on the offensive side of the ball.

Led by junior Josh Schwartz, UMass is now averaging just under a goal per game— not good by any means, but a drastic improvement from where it was prior to the win.

And don’t look past the fact that the Minutemen have a substantial amount of time off before the VCU game.

“We have a good 10 days to train and make sure that we’re ready for the conference, so things are good,” Koch said following the Siena game.

In total, UMass has 13 days off between the game against the Saints and the trip to Richmond to take on the Rams, but with such a young, inexperienced team, that amount of time off to train and prepare is almost as valuable as actual game experience. It gives players time to heal any injuries, work on tactics for the VCU game and even clear their heads.

Koch has been a firm believer for weeks now that everything up to this point in the season is to get his team ready for conference play. The improvement in performance is noticeable, but it’s hard to believe that the results will be much different.

But, who knows, maybe all this team needs is a fresh start.

he non-conference schedule of the Massachusetts men’s soccer team can best be described like this: few highs and a lot of lows.

UMass started the season with a goalless draw against Evansville. Then came a treacherous eight-game losing streak mired by one-goal losses, which finally came to an end last Saturday with a 5-2 win over Siena.

Patrick There Strohecker were a lot of bumps and bruises early on, but now the Minutemen have a chance to heal from early season woes.

Atlantic 10 play couldn’t have come soon enough for UMass. For a couple weeks now, Minutemen coach Sam Koch has been prepping his team for conference play in the hopes of putting the rocky start behind them.

“We’ve stressed this whole time that these (nonconference) games are getting us ready for the Atlantic 10,” he said following a 2-1 loss to Harvard.

That’s the beauty of college sports: a team can break down its schedule into two parts— non-conference play and conference play— and realize that a bad start to the season does not mean the end of the year. Conference play acts as a new beginning for a team like UMass.

It isn’t definite, though, that A-10 play will be any different than the first 10 games of the season. After all, the Minutemen open up conference play on the road at No. 17 Virginia Commonwealth and then go to George Mason, who was in the top25 until last weekend.

On top of that, the A-10 is one of the strongest conferences in NCAA Division I soccer. Besides the Rams and the Patriots, the conference also boasts Saint Louis, currently No. 21 in the country, and Dayton, who always poses a tough challenge for UMass.

It’s realistic to believe that the Minutemen are just now Patrick Strohecker can be reached at heading into the tough part pstrohec@umass.edu and followed on of their schedule and that Twitter @MDC_Strohecker.

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Minutewomen shut out Northeastern on the road

Snap two-game losing streak

By Jesse mayfielD-sheehan Collegian Staff

The No. 13 Massachusetts field hockey team bounced back while on the road after two straight home losses, defeating Northeastern 2-0 on Wednesday.

After suffering back-toback losses, a win puts the team on the right track.

“I think it was just really important for us to have a good performance today,” UMass coach Carla Tagliente said. “It definitely is a boost, and helps us put more positive energy throughout the team.”

The Minutewomen (8-4) produced their fourth shutout of the season and held

the Huskies (3-7) to just one shot through the first half as the teams went scoreless into halftime.

One minute into the second half, senior forward Molly MacDonnell put a shot into the net from the middle of the attack zone to break the scoreless tie and got UMass on the board first.

MacDonnell said scoring the first goal was a huge momentum shift for the team.

“It was a huge battle. They were a very good team and had very good competition,” she said. “We didn’t want to put them in the game, we wanted to put them on their heels, so scoring right away just kind of dictated that and just kept us flowing into the rest of the half.”

In the 49th minute, Alexa Sikalis dribbled along the

right side of the zone and sent a reverse stick shot past Northeastern goalkeeper Becky Garner to extend the Minutewomen lead to 2-0.

After UMass gained the multi-goal advantage, Northeastern came out more aggressively, firing a total of six shots in the second half.

“I think that’s something we need to grow in is our game management, where they have to play down the stretch,” Tagliente said.

Terriers up next for UMass UMass will travel to Boston again on Sunday to take on No. 20 Boston University for its final nonconference game of the season. see

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The field hockey team snapped a two-game losing streak Wednesday, beating Northeastern on the road 2-0.