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Quidditch Club taking off at the start of new fall season Team hopes for World Cup return By Carri Bresnahan Collegian Correspondent
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The University of Massachusetts Quidditch Club practices in the field behind Boyden Gymnasium.
Obama tells House to ‘just vote’ President pushes shutdown solution By Kathleen hennessey Tribune Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON – After a taking the weekend off, President Barack Obama resumed his public pounding of House Republicans on Monday even as a top aide laid out a possible avenue for defusing the fiscal fight that has frozen parts of the government and threatens a federal default. Speaking during a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Obama disputed Speaker John A. Boehner’s claim that there are not enough votes in the House to pass legislation reopening the government unless Republicans first win concessions from the White House. “The truth of matter is, there are enough Republican and Democratic votes in the House of Representatives right now to end this shutdown immediately with no partisan strings attached. The House should hold that vote today,” Obama said.
“Just vote. Let every member of Congress vote their conscience, and they can determine whether or not they want to shut the government down.” Obama’s visit was part of a strategy to have the president keep publicly discussing the shutdown, although there appear to be no talks, public or private, on ending it. Obama and his aides put the onus on Boehner, saying he needs first reopen the government and address the crisis around the corner - lifting the debt ceiling - before negotiations can begin. The federal government is due to hit the ceiling around Oct. 17, risking the first federal default in modern history. National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling said Monday that Obama was open to broad negotiations, if Republican leaders would first agree to remove the threat of default. “He is willing to negotiate on sequester replacement, on a small, medium or large agreement. He has said he is willing to negotiate on how to strengthen the Affordable Care Act,” Sperling said at a breakfast sponsored by
Politico. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday that the comment was not a new posture, but stressed that the White House would not try to dictate the size of a debt-limit increase. Carney endorsed a Senate Democratic plan that would cover federal borrowing for the next year, but said the president has never ruled out a shorter time frame. The president’s position “has not been raise the debt ceiling for a certain amount of time,” Carney said. “It has been raise the debt ceiling without drama or delay.” A short-term increase might be an easier sell for Boehner as he tries to bring the most conservative faction of House members to vote in favor a debt limit increase. Boehner says he wants to attempt to extract budget concessions in return for the increase. “I’m not going to raise the debt limit without a serious conversation about dealing with problems that are driving the debt up. It would be irresponsible of me to do this,” he told ABC News “This Week” on Sunday.
On Monday, Obama said he would not “negotiate under the threat of economic catastrophe.” Speaking from a conference room at FEMA, Obama said 86 percent of the agency’s staff had been furloughed and others are on the job without pay for the time being. Obama said the U.S. “dodged a bullet” so far this hurricane season, but pointed to a tornado warning in the mid-Atlantic region as evidence of the dangers of hobbling FEMA. As Obama spoke, House Republicans noted that the president has threatened to veto legislation that would fully reopen FEMA. The legislation passed the GOP-led House last week, as part of Republicans’ push to reopen pieces of the government. Senate Democrats and the White House have blocked what they dubbed a “piecemeal” approach to funding the government, saying the bills the House passed are only meant to provide political cover. “All of this piecemeal stuff begs the question: Why not just open the government?” Carney said.
Quidditch, the fictional wizarding game created by J.K. Rowling in her Harry Potter book series, is not a sport, according to veteran players. Sport or not, however, the University of Massachusetts Quidditch Club hopes to succeed in qualifying for the Quidditch World Cup again this year and looks forward to scrimmaging with teams across the region, such as Wellesley College. The UMass Quidditch Club has had a successful start this year, gaining quick popularity among incoming freshmen. According to Quidditch Club President Thomas Walsh, about half of the three-dozen players this year are either freshmen or are new to the game. This stream of incoming players has continued to build up the team from year to year since its founding in spring of 2008. UMass Quidditch is currently a member of the Southern New England Quidditch Conference (SNEQC), which has gotten more and more competitive as Quidditch has become more popular at universities and colleges across the country and around the world. The most important features of the game are the six hoops, three at either end of the field, and the four balls. One of these four balls, the Quaffle, is used to score goals and the other three, the Bludgers, are used to symbolically knock people off their brooms. The team does practice with actual brooms and, if hit by a Bludger, must run back to their team’s hoops before resuming play. This is to simulate a player actually falling off of their broom. There are seven players on the field at a time. Positions consist of Chaser, Beater, Keeper and Seeker, just as in the Harry Potter novels. There is also a play-
er who plays the golden Snitch, the only independently moving ball in the game. The Snitch however, whose capture determines the end of the game, is always a neutral party to maintain fairness. Michael Ferro, a freshman, says that the hardest part about learning how to play Quidditch this year was getting used to being attacked while trying to score. “I had to learn to pay attention to the other Chasers, but also to the Beaters,” Ferro said. According to Ferro, his first practice was “a little intimidating and confusing.” He says he simply found Quidditch at the activities fair and thought it would be a cool thing to do. Walsh, a sophomore, took over the presidency from his older brother Graham, who managed the team last year. Since then he has made it his mission to make practices as fun as possible. Implementing mostly fun games and scrimmages, Walsh and the other players readily admit their relaxed approach to Quidditch. Steven Linscott, a fifthyear senior going into his fourth year on the team, said that the team is very inclusive, saying that they try to play everyone they can, even the newer players, in tournaments and scrimmages. Linscott says, from his years on the team that, “as the league got more competitive, the team reacted by taking an even more relaxed attitude.” However, this relaxed attitude appears to be having a positive effect on UMass Quidditch. Last year, the team qualified for the Quidditch World Cup and placed 78th in the International Quidditch Association. To qualify for the World Cup, teams must compete in tournaments through the fall. Last weekend, UMass Quidditch traveled to Boston to participate in an invitational tournament and began their climb to this year’s World Cup. The invitational, between the SNEQC and the Massachusetts see
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UMass planning to open satellite campus in Springfield Newest branch could be just a year away By shelBy ashline Collegian Correspondent The University of Massachusetts is currently exploring the possibility of opening a satellite center in downtown Springfield, which could be open as soon as the fall of 2014. The satellite would be used as a way to supplement the UMass experience, said Ann Scales, director of communications at UMass, in a phone interview. “Many residents [of Springfield] wanted the opportunity to attend classes that were offered by UMass and to get a UMass degree,” Scales said. “[But] Amherst is the closest campus and there’s no [mode of
transportation that would] get you there quickly.” According to an Aug. 6 UMass press release, “the UMass system has more than 75 staffed locations across the Commonwealth that house academic and training and research programs … in addition to the system’s five main campuses.” UMass-Amherst faculty and staff are involved in over 120 programs from various fields of study in Springfield. They also conduct research, teach and work in administrative capacities in the area. Springfield, however, was identified in a study conducted by the UMass Donahue Institute as an area with “unmet need.” The study, conducted at the request of UMass President Robert L. Caret, “identified Springfield as a prime site for a satellite center in part because
UMass-Amherst … already has a significant presence there,” according to the press release. Because of its prominence in Springfield, UMassAmherst would take the lead in overseeing the satellite center. “One possibility is that [UMassAmherst] would offer the ‘lion’s share’ … of the programs … and [would provide] lots of administrative support,” Scales said. However, classes could potentially be provided by several, if not all five, of the UMass campuses, the press release said. Scales further explained that the University hopes to involve other community colleges and institutions in the Springfield area as well. “UMass-Amherst will be intimately involved in helping run the satellite center and it will be offering particular degrees, programs [and]
classes there … [But] I think that the goal and the hope is that we would work with other colleges in the area who may also be part of offering various classes,” Scales said. The satellite would likely offer onsite classes as well as classes through UMassOnline, according to the press release. The center may offer two-year associate’s degrees that could lead to bachelor degrees. At this stage in planning, however, there is still much that is not known about the satellite center, including its probable location. In the initial request for proposed locations for the satellite issued in early August, UMass said it was looking for “25,000 square feet of space suitable for classrooms, faculty offices and other uses, with the option of doubling the amount of space at a later date,” according to the press
release. Though proposals were due Sept. 3, it is not yet clear where the proposed locations for the satellite are or which locations are the most promising. “There’s a committee that’s been set up to review the proposals,” Scales said. “They’re working with UMass Building Authorities and a realtor with knowledge of Springfield to figure out … if any of the [potential] places are suitable.” It is also not clear yet where the funds to create and operate the satellite center will come from, or whether new staff will be hired to operate the facility or pulled from other campuses and locations in the UMass system. These are some of many aspects of the satellite center that, according to Scales, are still see
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THE RU N D OW N ON THIS DAY... In 2001, a fire in the Delta Upsilon house left 23 members of the fraternity homeless. Nobody, including the house dog, was injured. Officials reported that the Amherst Fire Department was slow to respond due to plastic bags over the fire detectors.
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Kerry offers rare praise of Syria’s Assad BEIRUT – U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry offered qualified praise Monday for the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, crediting Syrian authorities for cooperating with a United Nations mandate to destroy the nation’s chemical stockpiles. In comments in Bali, where he is attending an international economic summit, Kerry said U.S. authorities were “very pleased” at progress in the chemical weapons disarmament plan, calling it “a terrific example of global cooperation,” according to a State Department transcript of Kerry’s remarks. The top U.S. diplomat singled out Assad’s government for its collaboration with international inspectors now on the ground in Syria and working to carry out the ambitious disarmament blueprint. -Los Angeles Times
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Two drunk drivers arrested over the weekend Saturday, Oct. 5 to Monday, Oct. 7 By Mary reines Collegian Staff
Saturday, Oct. 5
12:12 a.m. Mary L. Quinn, 21, of Westfield, was arrested at 911 North Pleasant St. on charges of disorderly conduct. She was “causing a commotion” as she walked down the street.
12:49 a.m. After reporting for a noise complaint, police took about 30 minutes to clear out a party of approxi-
QUIDDITCH Quidditch Conference, included 15 teams and took place at Joe Moakley Field in Boston. The weekend, which was the start of the season for most teams, ended in an overall win for Boston University, the reigning regional champion. UMass finished modestly at the invitational, suffering a loss to Clark but beating Rhode Island. If UMass Quidditch continues to do well throughout the fall, they will be asked back to the World Cup, taking place this spring in Myrtle Beach, S.C. UMass modifies the game somewhat to make it last through the winter season as well. Linscott says that they do play snow
mately 150 people at 2 Shays hearing a male in menSt. Three people received a tal distress on the path summons for unlawful noise. behind the baseball fields at 95 Montague Rd. Police 12:55 a.m. Police made three reported college-age males arrests at 17 Salem Pl. with conducting mock survivor charges of unlawful noise scenarios. and nuisance house. Another person received a summons 11:06 a.m. A backpack and on charges of underage con- piggy bank were taken from 950 North Pleasant St. Apt. sumption of alcohol. 61. None of the electronics 2:20 a.m. After a three- were disturbed. Perpetrator vehicle crash at 486 North likely entered through the Pleasant St., Gjergji N. back window. Progi, 21, of Worcester was arrested on charges of oper- Sunday, Oct. 6 ating under the influence, operating to endanger and 12:16 a.m. Police cleared out a large party of about negligence. 150 people on 1008 North 9:41 a.m. Caller reported Pleasant St. Five people
were arrested on charges of unlawful noise. 1:39 a.m. Cars crammed the driveway at 35 Northampton Rd. where no one initially answered the door. Guests were uncooperative in leaving. When two residents were arrested on charges of unlawful noise and nuisance house, about 75 guests finally left the area.
because her headlights were out.
10:11 p.m. A wallet, laptop and backpack were stolen from a vehicle parked at Puffton Village, 1040 North Pleasant St. The driver’s side door was unlocked. Totals: Liquor law violation arrests:
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Luchetti, 19, of Wayland, was arrested at 35 Northampton Rd. on charges of operating under the influence, motor vehicle lights violation, license not in possession and operation to endanger. She was initially stopped
Liquor law violation summons: 8 Noise complaints: 19 Vehicle stops: 7 Vehicle crashes: 6 Mary Reines can be reached at mreines@umass.edu.
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Quidditch, though he notes that practices are not as structured. To get ready for upcoming match-ups, the players have mostly been scrimmaging in practice to get new players used to the rules of the game. UMass Quidditch practices on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays to work on their skills for tournaments. Despite the fact that there is quite a bit of running around involved in Quidditch, Walsh is insistent that Quidditch is not a sport. “It’s based off something that’s not real,” said Walsh. “How can it be a sport?” Carri Bresnahan can be reached at cbresnahan@umass.edu.
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Nine killed by attacks in Egypt CAIRO – A trio of attacks against military, security and government-linked targets rattled Egypt on Monday, a day after violent street clashes on a military holiday left more than 50 people dead and at least 250 hurt. Monday’s strikes, which killed nine people, prompted emergency precautions to be taken at Cairo’s international airport, the semi-official Ahram website reported. It said security was stepped up at airport entrances and exits, at the arrival and departure terminals, and on roads leading to the airport. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for any of the assaults, but the interim government remains locked in conflict with Islamist groups, three months after the military stepped in amid a wave of popular protests and toppled Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. -Los Angeles Times
Young Taliban victim up for Nobel Prize PAKISTAN – In one short year, Malala Yousafzai has transformed herself from obscure Taliban victim to an internationally celebrated model of courage in defense of human rights. Founder of the nonprofit Malala Fund that advocates for girls’ education and raises money for schools and tuition in her native Pakistan, Malala has used her place on the world stage to declare personal victory over terrorism and to call for peace talks with the Islamic extremists who attacked her. Her activism in defiance of renewed death threats has, in the estimation of prominent media and human rights organizations, put her in the running for the Nobel Peace Prize that is to be awarded Friday. If the prestigious award is bestowed on 16-yearold Malala, she would be the youngest peace laureate in Nobel history. -Los Angeles Times Distributed by MCT Information Services
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Above: Members of the UMass Quidditch team defend the goal. Top right: The Chaser runs with the Quaffle. Bottom right: The Chaser tosses the ball to a teammate.
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SGA talks campus safety, riots and Molly Sports celebrations well discussed By Katrina BorofsKi Collegian Correspondent
At the Student Government Association meeting on Monday night a number of significant topics were brought up by the University’s Student Senate. This week the SGA brought in two guest speakers to discuss campus safety at the University, specifically regarding celebratory events that may take place at UMass in the coming weeks and months. John Horvath, the police chief of the University of Massachusetts Police Department was the first to speak. He came to the meeting to receive feedback from student government regarding ways to resolve the increase in student celebrations that take place as a result of New England sports events. “In past years serious celebrations that have taken place as a result of the Patriots winning the Super Bowl, the Bruins in the Stanley Cup and the Red Sox in the World
Series,” said Horvath. The issue here, according to Horvath, lies in the University’s responses to these sporting events and how these responses are perceived by outside sources. “Something really affecting the university as a whole is how it is portrayed to the media,” he said. In the past years, though more prevalent in the early 2000s than now, sporting events were a frequent cause of large celebrations on campus, according to Horvath. Such celebrations have been most prevalent in the Southwest Residential Area, and while most celebrations were containable, the media often labeled such events as “riots.” These celebrations are an issue primarily due to the resulting negative media coverage at UMass, as well as an overall negative effect on students’ time here on campus. “That type of action affects the value of your education,” Horvath said. “We need to identify an area for celebration or refrain from this celebration following such sporting events.” Thus, Horvath came to this
week’s Student Government meeting in order to discuss and perhaps configure possible resolutions to these issues, which may arise again in the near future. Possible resolutions, proposed by Horvath and revised by members of the Student Senate, included holding a formalized celebration on campus at places such as the Mullins Center and the Haigis Mall. The idea of holding multiple celebrations on campus in different residential areas was also proposed. “You’re going to have to think of something very brand [new],” said one member of the Student Senate who currently resides in Southwest and has experienced firsthand the celebrations following New England sporting events. “Students aren’t going to go somewhere far like the Mullins Center to celebrate.” Through the various responses that were collected on the topic, John Horvath was still open to finding a safe alternative solution for the coming weeks. Executive Director of the University Emergency Medical Services Jon Shecter
was the second guest speaker. He discussed the issue of party drugs and alcohol at planned events by the University, and explained the procedure put forth by the UMass EMS at concerts and events held at the Mullins Center, as well as how they react to alcohol and drug related issues. “The vast majority of what we deal with is alcohol-related,” Shecter said. “For the most part we haven’t dealt with large amounts of Molly.” Regardless of facts and specifics, Shecter highlights that the most important factor regarding these events is the safety of the students. “Cancelling a show here won’t help or hinder these activities,” said Shecter, who recognizes the prevalence of drugs used by college-aged students. Nonetheless, Shecter came to promote the significance of initiating action to help fix this issue at UMass. “Education by any means necessary is a huge help,” explained Shecter. While speaking at this week’s meeting, Vice President Emily Hajjar mentioned a meeting she attended
with the manager of a project taking place outside the Student Union and discussed the fencing in of the area. Hajjar said the project will be done on Nov. 15, but “there’s still more work to be done and they don’t know how many fences can be taken down.” Hajjar was aware of the students’ negative feedback to the fences serving as a disruption on campus, and ensured student senators that this issue was voiced. In addition, a cabinet member reminded students that this week is No Impact Week, held by the Campus Sustainability Initiative with specific initiatives for each day for students to focus on decreasing their carbon impact. Also at this week’s meeting, Senate seats were formally sworn in by the newly appointed Chief of Justice to cover positions representing Southwest, Northeast and other residential areas. Special assistant positions for the SGA were also formally sworn in at this week’s meeting. Katrina Borofski can be reached at kborofski@umass.edu.
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Trio recognized for “The computing power of a human or work in Medicine animal brain is much, much higher than that By Lisa M. Krieger San Jose Mercury News
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Scientists Dr. Thomas Sudhof of Stanford and Randy Schekman of the University of California Berkeley have won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine, shared with James Rothman from Yale University. The three scientists, working independently, solved the mystery of how a cell organizes its internal transportation system, controlling the creation and release of important hormones and enzymes. They discovered the principals that govern how this cellular cargo is delivered to right place at the right time. This trafficking system is so critical that errors in the machinery lead to neurological diseases, diabetes, immunological disorders and ultimately death. Their insights have led directly to the success of the biotechnology industry, which enlists yeast to release useful protein drugs, such as insulin and human growth hormone. In a Monday morning statement, the 50-member Nobel Assembly lauded Rothman, Schekman and Sudhof for making known “the exquisitely precise control system for the transport and delivery of cellular cargo.” They will share the $1.25 million prize. Awakened at his El Cerrito, Calif., home with the good news at 1:30 a.m., “My first reaction was, “Oh, my god!” Schekman told UC Berkeley spokesman Robert Sanders. “That was also my second reaction.” Sudhof heard the news while traveling in Spain for a
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conference. Sudhof, 57, is molecular and cellular physiology professor at Stanford. Schekman, 64, is professor of molecular and cell biology at UC-Berkeley. Rothman, 62, is professor of biomedical sciences at Yale University. Each scientist contributed a key part to the discoveries, according to the Nobel committee. Schekman decoded a set of genes that were required for the traffic of this cargo in tiny bubbles of fluid called vesicles, which ferry molecules around the cell interior. Rothman unraveled protein machinery that allows the vesicles to fuse with their targets to permit transfer of cargo. The two men worked “collaboratively and competitively” over the years, using different approaches to uncover the same pathway with the same molecules, Schekman told UC Berkeley Media Center. Sudhof revealed how cellular signals instruct vesicles to release their cargo with precision. In what some thought was a foolish decision, Schekman decided in 1976, when he first joined the College of Letters & Science at UC Berkeley, to explore this cellular traffic system in yeast, according UC Berkeley Media Center. In the ensuing years, Schekman mapped out the machinery by which yeast cells sort, package and deliver proteins via membrane
bubbles to the cell surface, secreting proteins important in yeast communication and in mating. Yeast also use the process to deliver receptors to the surface, the cells’ main way of controlling activities such as the intake of nutrients like glucose. Today, diabetics worldwide use insulin produced and secreted by yeast, and most of the hepatitis B vaccine used around the world is secreted by yeast. Both systems were developed by Chiron Corp. of Emeryville, Calif., now part of Novartis International AG, during the two decades Schekman consulted for the company. Sudhof has spent the past 30 years prying loose the secrets of the synapse, the junction where nerve cells communicate with one another in the brain, according to Stanford News Service. The signaling molecules, called neurotransmitters, are released from vesicles that fuse with the outer membrane of nerve cells by using the machinery discovered by Rothman and Schekman. The firing patterns of our synapses underwrite our consciousness, emotions and behavior. “The computing power of a human or animal brain is much, much higher than that of any computer,” Sudhof told the Stanford News Service. “A synapse is not just a relay station. It is not even like a computer chip...Every synapse is like a nanocomput-
er all by itself. The amount of neurotransmitter released, or even whether that release occurs at all, depends on that particular synapse’s previous experience.” Now his laboratory at Stanford studies how malfunctioning signals in the brain may contribute to disease such as Alzheimer’s and autism. The Nobel prizes, which award achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, peace and literature, were established in the will of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who died in 1896. An economics prize was created almost seven decades later in memory of Nobel by the Swedish central bank. The Nobel Prize in Physics will be announced Tuesday.
Two Pakistani polio workers killed Attack wounds at least 12 others By ZuLfiqar aLi and MarK Magnier Los Angeles Times
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A bomb exploded near a government health center Monday in northwestern Pakistan as anti-polio kits were being distributed, killing two people and wounding at least 12, Pakistani officials said. The explosion in a suburb of Peshawar, the capital of restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border, was apparently detonated by remote control. It was the latest in a series of attacks on polio workers in Pakistan. A policeman and a volunteer peace committee member were killed in the blast, which appeared to target police assigned to protect vaccinators shortly before they headed into nearby neighborhoods to administer the antipolio vaccine, authorities said. The wounded, including seven policemen and five civilians, were taken to Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar’s largest. “The police were the target,” said Najeeb-ur-Rehman Bagvi, a senior police officer. Dr. Kalim Ullah Khan, assistant director of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s immunization program, said Monday was
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under consideration. “We’re sort of taking it one step at a time … We have to find out whether or not we have a suitable location,” Scales said. She added, “We’re [also] looking at what programs we might potentially offer there and what staffing might be available or what … staffing might be required.” Although there is still much
the final day of a three-day vaccination campaign involving some 10,000 children. That day’s immunizations were put on hold temporarily because of the killings. “There’s a lot of fear everywhere,” Khan said. Pakistan is one of only three countries worldwide, along with Afghanistan and Nigeria, where polio is still considered endemic. Eight new cases of the wild polio virus were reported here last week, one from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and seven from the neighboring Federally Administered Tribal Areas, bringing the total number of cases this year to 36, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a public-private health program. No one took immediate responsibility for the attack, although the Taliban is suspected. Efforts to stem the disease - long eradicated in the Americas - have been hampered by attacks on health care workers after the Taliban condemned vaccination as a Western plot to sterilize Muslims. Distrust of the West stems in part from the CIA’s use of a fake hepatitis vaccination campaign in 2011 as part of an effort to locate and confirm the identity of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, who was then killed in a raid mounted by U.S. Navy SEALs. More than 90 percent of
new reported polio cases are from the country’s most restive areas, as many vaccinators lost enthusiasm in the face of rising danger and low pay. In March, the World Health Organization reported that approximately 240,000 children in tribal areas have missed their polio vaccinations because of security concerns. Attacks like Monday’s dispirit vaccination workers. “These are hard-working people who put their lives at stake,” said Dr. Syed Asad Ali, a pediatrics and child health professor with Karachi’s Aga Khan University. “But the other side is, the effort hasn’t been derailed as much as people expected.” In response to rising attacks against health workers, for instance, the central government has stopped wellpublicized national immunization days in favor of targeted local campaigns carried out without much publicity, giving militants less time to mobilize. At least 11 polio vaccinators were killed in Pakistan in 2012, according to the United Nations. “I’m sure the CIA (hepatitis) operation set things back,” Ali said. “But I also feel the real target isn’t so much polio as the international press the militants get when they attack polio workers. They’ve realized, if you want to be in the news, it’s a good way to do it.”
Monday’s bomb reportedly was planted near the main gate of the health center compound in the Peshawar suburb of Suleman Khel and detonated when police assembled to protect the vaccinators. Most health workers reportedly were spared since they were inside a building at the time. Hameed Ullah, a Suleman Khel resident who witnessed the attack, said a second bomb was found and defused outside the medical center before it exploded. Local media said the second bomb contained approximately 17 pounds of explosive material, compared with 12 pounds for the first, and both were fitted with remote-controlled detonators. Islamist-linked militant violence has increased in Pakistan recently, especially Peshawar, despite efforts by the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to initiate talks with the Taliban. The frontier city has seen at least four attacks in the past month that have killed more than 150 people. Pakistan started its first immunization program in 1994 under Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the same year the Americas were declared polio-free, and initially made significant progress. By 2007, the number of new wild polio cases had fallen to 32 from 1,147 in 1997 before rising in recent years as security deteriorated.
presence.” “We very much want to open a satellite center in Springfield because an essential aspect of our mission of service to the Commonwealth is working to build better lives and futures for people and communities, which is what this would represent,” Caret said in the release. Henry M. Thomas III,
chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees and a Springfield resident and civic leader, also said that the project “would enhance the University’s ability to apply its many strengths in ways that help spark the revitalization of this region. It would be a win-win for the University and for the city.”
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to figure out, UMass and Springfield officials have been talking about creating a satellite for nearly two years, following Caret’s statewide bus tour in October 2011. Caret found that “business and civic groups in various regions across the state that are somewhat distant from UMass campuses expressed interest in seeing UMass expand its
Shelby Ashline can be reached at sashline@umass.edu.
A Massachusetts court on Monday issued a default arrest warrant for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev so he can be arraigned on state charges in connection with the killing of an MIT police officer. Tsarnaev, 20, is in federal custody and has pleaded not guilty to numerous charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction. He faces a potential death sentence if convicted. He is accused of helping plant two pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line of the marathon that killed three people and injured more than 260 others. Monday’s action was a procedural step needed so that Tsarnaev will eventually appear in state court to face charges in connection with the flight and shootings that officials say were part of the aftermath of the bombings. Tsarnaev will likely not appear in state court until the federal case is resolved. “It is the intention of the Middlesex District Attorney that the defendant stand trial for these charges in Middlesex County,” District Attorney Marian T. Ryan’s
office said in a statement emailed to reporters. Tsarnaev is accused of acting with his brother, Tamerlan, 26, to plant the bombs. After the explosions, the brothers were identified by authorities based on video evidence from the scene and a massive manhunt took place through the Boston metropolitan area. On April 18, authorities said, the two shot and killed Officer Sean Collier in Cambridge, then fled again. Tamerlan was shot in a subsequent confrontation with police and run over by his fleeing brother. He was pronounced dead on April 19. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured in a boat in the backyard of a Watertown home on the evening of April 19. On June 27, he was indicted by a Middlesex grand jury on charges of murder, attempted armed robbery, armed assault with intent to murder (four counts), assault with a dangerous weapon (four counts), kidnapping, armed robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a large capacity feeding device, and possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number. Monday’s default warrant was issued after a brief hearing in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn. Tsarnaev was not present in court.
Charges dropped against Sarkozy Former French president cleared dpa
PARIS - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy emerged triumphant on Monday from a legal battle that had clouded his comeback ambitions, after investigating magistrates decided to drop charges against him in a campaign funding scandal. Le Monde and Sud Ouest newspapers reported that the magistrates, who six months ago charged Sarkozy with exploiting elderly L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt to obtain secret campaign donations, had abruptly dropped the case after deciding it was unwinnable. “In deciding to dismiss the charges, the justice system has declared me innocent in the Bettencourt dossier,” Sarkozy declared in a Facebook statement. He hit back at unnamed “political leaders” who had “used” the affair, saying Monday’s decision was a lesson that “innocent until proven guilty is a basic principle.” The prosecutor’s office in Bordeaux refused to comment, saying it would release a statement on Tuesday. The prosecutors had recommended scrapping the case. Sarkozy was accused of taking advantage of the billionaire Bettencourt’s failing mental health to secure 150,000 euros ($204,000) in illegal donations towards his successful 2007 presidential campaign. In France, individual campaign contributions are capped at 7,500 euros (about $10,000). The case revolved around allegations that Bettencourt’s wealth manager handed over cashstuffed envelopes to the then treasurer of Sarkozy’s UMP party, Eric Woerth,
and that Sarkozy himself made several visits to the Bettencourt home in the run-up to the vote. Sarkozy said he only visited once. Ten others charged in the affair, including Woerth and the wealth manager, still face trial, Le Monde and Sud Ouest reported. Bettencourt is ranked by Forbes magazine as the world’s richest woman, with a fortune estimated at about $30 billion. She was placed under legal guardianship in 2011 after doctors said she was suffering from dementia. Sarkozy was immune from prosecution while he was president. The charges of “exploiting weakness” came 10 months after he lost his re-election bid. If convicted, he would have faced up to three years imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros ($509,000). Members of the UMP, who had protested loudly at his prosecution, accusing magistrate Jean-Michel Gentil of “hounding” Sarkozy, welcomed the decision to drop the case. “Dismissal of the charges in the Bettencourt affair: I never doubted it,” former education minister Valerie Pecresse tweeted. The end of the affair smooths the way for 58-year-old Sarkozy to prepare his comeback. While his name has been linked to other scandals, including a controversial 1990s submarine deal with Pakistan and a colossal state payment to businessman Bernard Tapie - he has not been charged in any other case. The conservative exleader has made no secret of the fact that he is eager to set up a rematch against leftist President Francois Hollande in 2017. Polls show Sarkozy, who has enjoyed a surge in popularity since his ouster, would easily defeat the incumbent.
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‘Pussy Riot’ shakes up Putin’s Russia Russia is having a moment, partially because its highly visible leader, President Vladimir Putin,
Hannah Sparks has become an increasingly formidable character in international politics. Putin has had a hand in many of the foreign policy negotiations that the United States has also been involved in, and not always a helping one (Case in point: Edward Snowden). President Obama has described his relationship with Putin as “blunt” and “candid.” The deal Putin recently brokered with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, which would protect Syria from U.S. airstrikes as long as Assad agreed to relinquish any chemical weapons, does not help the situation. This deal kept the United States from getting involved in another lose-lose situation in the Middle East, but also allowed Russia to keep Syria as an ally and made the United States look pretty dumb in the process. Putin outlined his position (and kind of thumbed his nose at the United States) in a Sept. 11 Op-Ed for the New York Times. He has also recently been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for the compromise. If you had to read that twice in order to believe it, don’t worry: basically anyone can be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Adolf Hitler was in 1939. Most alarmingly, Putin has partnered the Russian Orthodox Church in order to return to the outdated, oppressive ideal of the traditional Russian heartland, untainted by Western ideology. What, exactly, this “heartland” entails is unclear, but it would appear that members of the LGBTI community, as well as women and dissenters of any stripe, aren’t allowed in. The recent anti-gay law, which bans the spread of “homosexual propaganda,” has received quite a bit of attention in the media,
and for good reason. Not only is it in flagrant violation of human rights, but it also has ramifications for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games which will be held in the Russian city of Sochi. Though the anti-gay law is sickening, there are yet further examples of more covert repression happening in all corners of Russia’s vast terrain. There’s more to Putin’s patriotic heartland reclamation than ignorant legislation. It begins with the fact that GULAG-style prisons (the Russian acronym for Chief Administration of
like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International believe that the charges and ensuing punishment – two years in prison – doesn’t fit the crime. At the heart of the debate is the question of whether an offensive political statement is the same as a hate crime. It isn’t, according to Human Rights Watch, “To correctly balance the rights of free speech and political opinion with protection of the rights of others, only conduct likely to incite imminent violence, discrimination, or hostility against an individual or clearly defined group
complaints, Tolokonnikova has condemned the inadequate rations, filthy sanitary facilities, lack of hot water and staff abuse towards inmates, including randomly stripping and beating inmates who do not meet their quotas and using favored inmates to police the rest. Tolokonnikova was moved into solitary confinement during her hunger strike and is currently in the hospital due to an infection. Despite her condition, Tolokonnikova has threatened to resume her hunger strike unless the rights violations in Penal Colony 14 are investigated and she is transferred to another facility. Both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have urged authorities to seriously investigate the accusations, and have advocated for the release of Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina. The brutal Russian prison system and its history of slave-labor conditions has faced scrutiny in the past, but not enough to affect change. Tolokonnikova’s high-profile, controversial stature, magnified by her open letter and bolstered by the support of humanitarian organizations, may help engender real change in the prison system and how political dissidents are still treated in Russia. So what have we learned? There’s a lot more to Putin’s patriotic agenda than riding around shirtless on horseback and calling for a return to a “simpler” time. As the anti-gay law and the mistreatment of political dissidents in Stalin-style prisons shows, the sinister nature of Putin’s regime spreads far and wide, and we’d do well to pay attention to how it plays out.
Though the new anti-gay law is sickening, there are yet further examples of more covert repression happening in all cornerns of Russia’s vast terrain. There’s more to Putin’s patriotic heartland reclamation than ignorant legislation. Corrective Labor Camps and Colonies, a relic of the terrible Stalin regime) still exist, and house inmates are imprisoned for, at the heart of it, speaking out against Putin. Three members of the punk-rock feminist protest group Pussy Riot, known to pop up flash-mob-style, clad in balaclavas to sing/ scream protest songs, were imprisoned following a Feb. 2012 performance of “Virgin Mary, Put Putin Away,” on the altar of Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral. For their “punk prayer,” Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were charged with “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred,” which is technically a hate crime. Never mind the irony of it all, given the general and baseless hatred the Putin regime has shown itself to harbor. The band’s statement was not an affront to religion itself, but against the corrupt collaboration between the government and the church in pursuit of a conservative social agenda. Supporters of Pussy Riot as well as various humanitarian groups
of people should be classified as a hate crime.” The disproportionate charge, then, is more an attempt to police free expression than to quash so-called “hate.” S a m u t s ev i c h has already been released, but Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova still have a few months remaining in their two-year sentences. Tolokonnikova, who is set to be released in March, has made waves recently for embarking on a nineday hunger strike, which began on Sept. 23, to protest the conditions at Penal Colony 14, a women’s prison located in the bleak region of Mordovia in southwest Russia. She detailed the reasoning behind her hunger strike, as well as the various abuses, in an open letter. Some of the alleged abuses include forcing inmates to work 16 to 17 hours each day sewing uniforms that are then sold to an outside company for profit and imposing impossible quotas on that labor. Tolokonnikova allegedly received a thinly-veiled death threat after bringing up these concerns Hannah Sparks is a Collegian columwith the head warden. In nist and can be reached at hsparks@ addition to these specific umass.edu
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EDM a culture of aesthetic Electronic Dance Music is a culture of aesthetic. It is not a genre of music, it is a lifestyle. One can argue
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ourselves in the artifice of lights and sounds and dancing? Aren’t we owed this distraction? I guess the answer depends greatly on ones’ views about societal participation and moral or political obligations. I have no problem with engaging in the arts and recreational activities; I think that many laws and rules surrounding certain recreational activities are used as fear mongering tactics to keep society in line and that’s not right. That being said, what concerns me about EDM is the effect of creating a culture based on a fantasy world. Seemingly, it’s a world we imagined up ourselves and it’s a world we all contribute to, but when the music stops and the lights come on, it all disappears. This little dream world is a farce and it knows no loyalty. It’s a world of sensation with no legitimacy and no legality. It will not be there to fight for your rights or take care of you when you’re sick or help pay off your college loans. This world does not care about you nearly as much as you care about it and that is scary. Aesthetic is a lie we tell ourselves to distract us from reality. EDM provides us with aesthetic and relief, but when innocent civilians are being murdered by their state and our government has shut down, do we really want to be relieved and distracted? Are we just fighting for our right to aesthetic because we’re afraid of reality? Maybe I am looking too far into the politics of it all, but by ignoring the implications of our generation’s interests and not engaging in cultural selfreflection, we can get lost in the cult of aesthetic
that every genre concert is about the aesthetic. From Bob Dylan to Taylor Swift to Skrillex, there is a specific culture and atmosphere present for each. However, what makes EDM different is that it relies on the aesthetic and it’s this aesthetic that makes it so enticing and exciting. EDM found its roots in the disco movement of the 1970s but evolved through hip-hop and rhythm and blues in the 1980s. However, it was not until the 1990s when electronic dance music became synonymous with the rave/underground scene. Warehouse parties and outdoor festivals were havens for fans of EDM because they created an entire separate space – an entire separate world – from the non-EDM lifestyle. It was elusive and it was fun. However, modern EDM has become a part of the mainstream music culture and has created an influx in the population of this entire separate world. EDM was founded on aesthetic. It thrives off of its ability to create a new world full of lights, colors, bright clothes and dancing. These are more than just concerts, they are experiences. But because their success is so experiencedependent, attendees generally go to great lengths to ensure a fantastic experience. But what is the meaning behind it all? Is there a greater purpose to this world of aesthetic or does it just exist to remove us from reality? Was this industry created to distract us from the real world? I mean, hey, we work hard and we deserve to blow off Michaela Hughes is a Collegian some steam, right? Forget contributor and can be reached at our problems and surround mmhughes@umass.edu
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“You are a plague. And we... are the cure.” - Agent Smith from “The Matrix”
TELEVISION RETROSPECTIVE
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Broken bad: Walter’s journey ends Meth you can do all in your head
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It’s over. The five-yearlong crank binge that was AMC’s critically acclaimed drama “Breaking Bad” has reached its conclusion, and the withdrawal is setting in. As with most serious users of addictive substances, now that the supply has dried up, many fans have been left restless, depressed and craving more. Walter White came a long way since the pilot running around in the desert clad in tighty-whities and a gasmask. By the end of the final season, he had not only cooked meth, run a criminal empire, made and lost millions of dollars and murdered multiple people, but he had also destroyed the lives of those he held most dear. In the final stretch Walt truly showed himself to be the villain we were promised when series creator Vince Gilligan spoke of the show’s concept in early interviews. And yet, while he became a villain, Walt never fully became the antagonist; the show was always firmly his story. Though there were of course many subplots, Walt was always the focal point. While Walt broke bad, his business partner and fellow meth cook Jesse attempted to break good. Jesse gave the story some semblance of hope for morality, while Walt led the way into darkness. Walt is irrevocably a despicable character, but perhaps the most impressive feat “Breaking Bad” pulls off is in how it encourages the audience to question their own morality. It’s impossible not to root for Walt, even after any chance for his redemption slips away. “Felina,” the final episode of the series, tied up almost all of the loose ends and plot holes left over in a satisfying manner. Sprinkled in were a handful of “yell with satisfaction” moments, but in terms of sheer adrenaline and plot twists, it was no match for “Oxymandias,” the third to last episode of the season. “‘Breaking Bad” approached
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Bryan Cranston stars as the antihero of ‘Breaking Bad.’ its final arc differently than most shows. With some tweaks to conclude subplots, “Oxymandias” could have concluded the show. Walt’s main adversary of the season was in a ditch and his family was torn apart, a suitable fate for a man as villainous as Walter White had become; indeed, it could have all ended there. Walt would have no redemption and Jesse, to put it lightly, would have had no hope in sight. But the show didn’t go that route. Bucking expectations, the one-two punch of this episode and the one directly preceding it, “To’hajiilee,” was arguably the high point of the entire series. Most show runners close on the highest note possible, but not Vince Gilligan. Instead of ending with a bang, Gilligan and his writers’ room released the tension for an episode, the introspective “Granite State,” by sending Walt to New Hampshire. Walt lived for months under a new identity, on the run having lost everything he’d worked for. Then, with “Felina,” they allowed Walt some modicum of redemption before giving the viewers a whole lot more action and dead bodies than even “Oxymandias” did. “Breaking Bad’s” finale soars where lesser shows focused on anti-heroes have fallen flat – here’s looking at you, “Dexter” season eight – because Walt gets
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exactly what is coming to him. He faces the extreme consequences of his actions, and yet – again, looking at you, Dexter Morgan – kept Walt true to himself. He gets his sliver of redemption without ceasing mitigating his evil deeds. His redemption is in his embrace of his bad intentions, and Bryan Cranston plays this beautifully. While Walt accepts what he has become, Jesse attempts to be something better and it is equally satisfying to see Jesse struggle to overcome his circumstances. Jesse is not spared the consequences of his past, either. While his story ends on a hopeful note, he is also undoubtedly broken, and this is part of what makes “Breaking Bad” great. There are no firmly good or bad characters, save for maybe the “snorting meth off a bowie knife” first season villain Tuco Salamanca, and no one gets a happy ending. Breaking Bad has been one of the most critically acclaimed shows in recent history and there is not much to be gained from tallying off its awards, but it is worth noting that very few shows go five seasons with such a strong ensemble cast delivering such stellar performances. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul show increasingly robust range as actors as the series builds, and Giancarlo
Esposito’s brilliant portrayal of Gustavo Fring in seasons two through four will surely go down in history as one of the best performances in television history. Naming all the fantastic performances would take another entire article, but it is especially admirable that even late introductions remain strong additions to the story. Even the smallest characters deliver. What other shows have a supporting cast that include a wisecracking rent-a-lawyer, stoners discussing “Star Trek” and a sociopath dubbed by fans as “Meth Damon” who simultaneously manages to pull off being likeable and also utterly creepy and confusing. Books can and will be written about everything “Breaking Bad” did right, from story and character development to cinematography, but none of them will fully encapsulate how great it was to watch it all unfold. Whether you caught it week to week or binged entire seasons in one sitting on Netflix, “Breaking Bad” was undoubtedly an experience. And for those who haven’t gone along for the crazy ride that is Walter White’s rise and descent, I hate to hook someone on an addictive substance in short supply: but you definitely want to take a hit of this, man. Gabe Scarbrough can be reached at gscarbro@student.umass.edu.
and storylines, but includes plenty of high-stress zombie action and just enough post-apocalyptic sentimental moments to keep it interesting. Then there is “The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct,” which could have been a good game, but wasn’t. “Survival Instinct” is a firstperson shooter and starring Daryl Dixon, arguably the best character in the show, but the potential stops there. With mediocre graphics and repetitive gameplay, not even the fact that Norman Reedus and Michael Rooker voice Daryl and Merle Dixon, respectively, can salvage the game. As the only silver lining in an otherwise very dark and boring mess of a game, “Survival Instinct” likely won’t quench your “Walking Dead” thirst. The comic “The Walking Dead,” upon which the television series was based, was created by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore. Though the show borrows major events from the comics, it doesn’t strictly adhere to the same storyline or character development of the graphic novel. Daryl and Merle Dixon aren’t even characters in the comic, and the Governor was much crazier in print. For this reason, reading the comics won’t entirely ruin the show, since both mediums follow separate paths and enjoy throwing disparate curveballs at their fans. Just because they are alive in the comics doesn’t mean that zombies have not got them in the show and vice versa. The wait for Season 4 is almost over and there is bound to be a “Walking Dead” marathon on AMC before the season premiere so that viewers can get their fix. But if that’s not enough, be sure to check out the extras on the official website or borrow a game or comic book if possible. It won’t be long before the show returns, but until then, take a deep breath and take some time to devise a zombie apocalypse survival plan to calm down. If Rick Grimes can do it, anyone can.
“The Walking Dead” returns to AMC on Oct. 13 for its fourth season. For the hordes of people – nine million, in fact – who saw the Season 3 finale, it has been a long wait. Even though the finale was the most watched episode of the series, the show ended on a weak tone with respect to previous episodes. It was high energy and stressful as expected, but also featured the strange decision-making and frustrating dialogue that predominated the latter half of the season. However, this hasn’t discouraged fans from tapping into the many “Walking Dead”-based material released in the interim. There are a ton of resources to keep “Walking Dead” devotees entertained, from online videos, video games, to the original graphic novels where it all began. AMC’s “Walking Dead” website also features webisodes that are just a few minutes long and focus on outside characters and storylines not explored in the main show. The details in these webisodes are fantastic and really make the short episodes work as supplements. They take place in similar areas that characters in the regular show have encountered, but remain accessible because they never assume the viewer has any prior knowledge about the show. But for longtime fans, of course, shout outs to the fans are still very rewarding. There have also been a few video games based on the series. “The Walking Dead” episodic series by Telltale Games is set in the same story universe as the comic books, but like the webisodes, features an entirely new set of characters. The cel-shaded art seems a bit goofy initially, but it ends up working exceptionally well as a callback to the graphic novels. Telltale’s “The Walking Dead” is a great choice-driven game Araz Havan can be reached at ahathat focuses on characters van@umass.edu.
FILM REVIEW
‘Don Jon’ is an energetic take on romantic comedy Jeremy PaSkoff Collegian Correspondent It is rare these days to see a film that truly stands out from the crowd. We almost never see a movie that takes a genre and approaches it with a never-before-seen twist, shattering the conventions of the classical Hollywood narrative. “Don Jon” does all of these things, and with style. Directed by and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the film follows Jon, a pornobsessed gym rat and ladykiller. Jon is notorious to his friends for having onenight stands with women, but breaks his mold when he meets Barbara, played by Scarlett Johansson. Barbara is less than charmed by Jon’s ploys, and demands that the two take their relationship slow, entirely contrary to what Jon is used to. After a few months, both parties’ opinions of each other start
to change, and Jon remains more content with his pornography than his girlfriend. What’s interesting about “Don Jon” is the fascinating spin Gordon-Levitt takes on the romantic comedy. The film is blatantly raunchy, dispersing clips of actual pornography throughout, accentuating its overt sexual tones. The insertion of pornography into a film and making it into a full-fledged aspect of the story is something I’ve never seen before. Also straying from the more straightforward rom-com tropes is the addition of another, older love-interest, played by Julianne Moore. Not many rom-coms address the age gap between relationships, which makes the tale feel all the more fresh. The writing stands out the most, with a blend of unpredictable punch lines, as well as common rom-com jokes. A lot of the dialogue is very
atypical of Hollywood film, which is refreshing, but often the extensive use of profanity becomes too excessive. This is perhaps symptomatic of comedy these days, but it doesn’t make it any less offputting. This is the first feature film from Gordon-Levitt’s production company, hitREcord. The company is known predominantly for its diversity in production, ranging from music to short films. The company also allows users who join to “REmix” the works of other users, enabling a wholly collaborative experience for its members. This raw creativity is clear throughout “Don Jon,” giving it a homegrown, grassroots feel. Gordon-Levitt truly brings his characters to life, creating an almost superlative ensemble. Each player is highly hyperbolized, from the ‘Jersey Boy’ ladies’ man
Jon to the delusional, shallow and hyper-beautiful Barbara. The only downfall in the acting is the Jersey stereotypes. Accents constantly teeter between being horrendously offensive and spot-on. Fortunately, most of the criticisms of the film come from crossing this line; a problem that Gordon-Levitt can easily remedy in his next work. The film’s runtime of 90 minutes gives the film a smooth pace, devoid of any unnecessary scenes. Although the sequences where Jon browses the web for porn, lifts weights at the gym and atones for his sins at church seem repetitive, it is reflective of his day-to-day life; every scene feels like it belongs exactly in its place. The shot selection and editing is stylish as well, and the return to familiar themes – like listening to the number of Hail Mary’s Jon has to say for in confession – often
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt next to Scarlett Johansson and his on-screen parents. provide laughs. It’s always interesting to see a well-known actor take a stab at directing and GordonLevitt proved himself nicely in this installment. The overall feel of “Don Jon” is incredibly enjoyable and I found myself consistently amused throughout.
Hopefully his next film will remedy the minor transgressions in “Don Jon.” For my part, I’m certainly looking forward to whatever GordonLevitt and hitREcord can do next. Jeremy Paskoff can be reached at jpaskoff@umass.edu.
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WALK-OFF went a long way toward assuring the Rays wouldn’t be swept. In a win-or-go-home game, and not too many innings left in it, Longoria provided the big hit mostly missing for the Rays in the first two games of the series, cracking a threerun homer with two outs in the fifth off Clay Buchholz to tie the score. The Rays pushed ahead the go-ahead run in the eighth on pinch hitter Delmon Young’s groundout to first with the bases loaded. It produced a brief 4-3 lead and thrilled a sellout crowd of 33,675 at Tropicana Field. The rally began when lefty Franklin Morales walked James Loney to lead off the inning. In came the swift Sam Fuld to pinch run. Desmond Jennings pushed a bunt that Morales came off the mound to field. First baseman Mike Napoli also pursued the ball, leaving the base uncovered. The single put two on for Matt Joyce, 0-for-3 to that point. The DH’s struggles continued as he fouled out to the catcher on a bunt. Red Sox manager John Farrell went to righthander Brandon Workman to face Yunel Escobar, who reached on an infield hit up the middle to
POSITIVES within the team’s top five despite battling injuries leading up to the race. Powers’ performance came at a much-needed time, since the team was without some elite runners. Both Natalie Mako and Heather MacLean, who have finished in the top five in each of the previous meets, did not race due to injury. “They’re definitely a big part of the team,” said Hilliard when asked about her missing teammates. “They’re really strong runners and when they get back our team is going to be much stronger and much faster”. After Powers’ strong performance came Christine Davis who finished fourth for the team and 207th overall, holding a time of 22:44. Senior Sarah Barrett
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Rays reliever Alex Torres celebrates after finishing the sixth inning. Tampa Bay is now 4-0 in elimination games. load the bases. Young pinch hit for Jose Molina and sliced a grounder to first, where Napoli made a diving stop to his left. Instead of trying for Fuld at home, he stepped on first and the Rays had the lead. A big moment came in the fifth when Farrell elected to have Buchholz pitch to Longoria with runners
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recorded her first top five team finish of the year, earning the spot with a time of 23:10. Barrett had finished sixth in each of this year’s previous two meets. Despite being pleased with the results this past weekend, the team seems to be in agreement that the end of the season is what it all really comes down to. After being asked about the importance of this meet and the overall performance, Rachel Hilliard reassured the team’s common goal by responding, “A-10’s are what matter.” Both the Minutemen and Minutewomen will compete in the New England Championship in Boston on Oct. 12 at 11 a.m. Frank Corona can be reached at fcorona@umass.edu.
at second and third, instead of intentionally walking the third baseman to get to struggling rookie Wil Myers. Longoria, who took a called third strike on a Buchholz changeup for the first out of the fourth with a runner aboard, saw the same pitch in the fifth and didn’t miss it, golfing the righthander’s 0-and-1 delivery into the
ver medal in 18:10.98 followed by Wilson in fourth (18:32.74), Mann in fifth (18:41.36) and St. Pierre in sixth (18:45.53). After the collegiate, all four rowers joined forces for the Women’s Open 4x where the quad lead seven race boats with a time of 15:28.16. “That shows the depth that we have,” Dietz said. “It was no surprise that by the end of the day when I put all the girls together, they won the four-man by 25 seconds.” Dietz, 64, performed alongside his team as he earned a silver medal in the Men’s Masters 1x J group, crossing in 18:06.07. After a weekend of nonstop racing, Dietz
seats in left to make it 3-3. Buchholz, 12-1 with a 1.74 ERA this season, did not allow a run in two regularseason starts against the Rays and came in with a 2.26 career ERA at Tropicana Field. Longoria, who turned 28 Monday, is only the second player to homer in a postseason game on his birthday.
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downs in the win. Miami (0-5, 0-1 MAC) had no answers to the running attack as the Chippewas (2-4, 1-1) rushed for 184 yards, accounting for all three touchdowns on the day. After the Red Hawks took their second lead of the game midway through the third quarter on a fumbled punt return, the Chippewas answered back on the next possession. They drove 84 yards on 16 plays, capped off by Lavallii’s second score of the day. Miami fired head coach Don Treadwell Sunday, just a day after the program’s fifth straight loss of the season. Treadwell’s tenure ended after just 29 games in which his team compiled a record of 8-21. Central Michigan will finish their three-game road trip next Saturday when it travels to face Ohio.
Ball State upsets Virginia Ball State stunned Atlantic Coast Conference foe Virginia, using a prolific offensive perfor-
mance en route to a 48-27 road victory. Trailing 17-7 in the second quarter, Ball State (5-1, 2-0 MAC) mounted its comeback by scoring 17 unanswered points to take a 24-17 lead. Quarterback Keith Wenning led the offense, throwing a 10-yard touchdown pass and running 1-yard for another within the run. The game was then tied 24-24 with 7:09 left in the third before Jahwan Edwards rushed for his second touchdown of the game to put the Cardinals back ahead by a touchdown. Edwards rushed for 161 yards on 24 carries. It was a lead they would not relinquish. Wenning found receiver Jordan Williams with 10:02 remaining in the fourth quarter for a 72-yard touchdown. It was Ball State’s longest passing play of the day and cemented its lead at 41-27, a lead it would not relinquish. Tyler Fiedler can be reached at tfiedler@umass.edu.
M L B P L AY O F F S
Wacha’s performance forces Game 5 Pirates silenced by Cardinals rookie By kevin Baxter Los Angeles Times
PITTSBURGH – Michael Wacha says the biggest game he had pitched before joining the St. Louis Cardinals was two years ago when he held Florida State to three hits, sending Texas A&M to the College World Series. “It was an elimination game,” he said. “So that was pretty nervous.” The right-hander improved on that Monday, holding the Pittsburgh Pirates to one hit in 7 1/3 innings of a 2-1 victory that sent the best-of-five
National League division series back to St. Louis tied, 2-2 . It was a masterful performance by a 22-yearold rookie who was in the minors two months ago. Yet, it was one that surprised no one on the Cardinals. “This sounds like hindsight here, but he’s just somebody that shows tremendous composure,” General Manager John Mozeliak said. “We had a lot of faith in him to do this.” Said manager Mike Matheny: “We did a lot of gushing about him before we even got him out there and I think everybody sees why. I don’t know if you can put a kid in a tougher spot. He came out and just made
pitches all day long.” All faith and gushing aside, a week ago the Cardinals weren’t sure Wacha would be in their playoff rotation. And less than 24 hours before Monday’s game, Matheny was ready to give the ball to 19-game winner Adam Wainwright. But once he got to the mound Wacha rewarded his manager’s confidence, retiring the first 15 Pirates and taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning before Pedro Alvarez hit a home run, his third in four games. No rookie had carried a no-hitter deeper into a postseason game. Yet, that wasn’t even the deepest Wacha had carried a no-hitter in
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ly in the Women’s Open Lightweight 1x. Wilson finished in 19:13.78 while Mann finished in 19:07.58. Saturday’s races came to a close with the eventful Women’s Open 2x 500m Grand Final. Rowers Wilson earned silver medals with a time of 1:51.99 while St. Pierre and Larco finished four seconds later for the bronze. “That’s a fun event in that a night the wind has died down, it’s under the lights and there are fireworks after it,” Deitz said. Sunday races continued with all four rowers competing in the Collegiate Singles and claiming spots within the top six times. Caballero Larco led the Minutewomen with a sil-
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expressed satisfaction in the way his rowers performed given the tough windy conditions of the Oklahoma plains. “They put in a really tough weekend of racing, but they came out of it feeling really good about themselves,” Dietz said “The training they’ve been putting in all summer has paid off.” The Minutewomen look forward to two regattas this upcoming weekend. First on Saturday will be the Head of the Housatonic in Derby, Conn., and second on Sunday will be the Seven Sisters Sculling Race in Northampton. Robert Acer can be reached at racer@umass.edu.
a 32-yard field goal at the beginning of the second half to bring the score to 23-13. Buckeye quarterback Braxton Miller did not throw any touchdowns as Ohio State relied on their defense and rush to win the game. Next week, in another pair of Big Ten showdowns, Northwestern will take on Wisconsin and Ohio State will face Iowa.
FSU embarrasses Maryland In a showdown between two of the top undefeated Atlantic Coast Conference teams, No. 8 Florida State routed No. 25 Maryland 63-0 on Saturday. Freshman phenom Jameis Winston had his
his last two starts. In his final regular-season game, he lost a no-hitter with one out to go on an infield single by Washington’s Ryan Zimmerman. “I just kind of took the confidence from the last start into this one,” said Wacha, who struck out a career-high nine batters in each game. “Whenever I went back and looked at the film, I was able to see some of the positives from the game and one of them was just getting ahead of the hitters and being able to make my pitch.” Pitches that include a fastball that touches 97 mph, a devastating changeup and just enough of a curveball to keep hitters guessing.
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The Terrapins only rushed for 33 yards on 25 attempts and couldn’t sustain much offensively throughout the game. most successful game of his career, throwing for 393 yards and five touchdowns. Winston solidified his performance with an impressive third quarter, throwing three separate touchdown passes to build on a 21-0 halftime lead. The Terrapins (4-1, 0-1 ACC) only rushed for 33 yards on 25 attempts and couldn’t sustain much offensively throughout the game. However, the Seminoles dominated the run game, scoring four touchdowns and running for 183 yards between seven players.
The victory was Florida State’s largest over another ranked school in program history and the second highest scoring game in FSU coach Jimbo Fisher’s tenure as head coach. The Terrapins were forced to punt 11 times over the span of the game. Maryland will look to regain its momentum next week as it takes on Virginia, while Florida State will challenge No. 3 Clemson in a battle of ACC powers. Matthew Zackman can be reached at mzackman@umass.edu.
CLUB RUGBY
Rugby suffers lopsided loss against AIC By Jackson Goddard Collegian Correspondent
The Massachusetts men’s club rugby team was stymied by the American International defensive line in Friday night’s 29-5 loss against the Yellow Jackets. Many penalties in the Minutemen’s (1-3) favor gave them a chance to gain yards, but the size of AIC’s big forwards put an end to attempted runs by UMass’ backs
AIC owned the second half, scoring two more tries, getting two conversions and adding a penalty kick to make the score Club President Ben Miller 29-0 in the 79th minute. UMass back throughout the game. Their The Yellow Jackets’ consisTim Harvey broke through defensive line stayed flat and tency allowed them to score 12 the defense in the final play of did not allow for gaps, which unanswered points in the first the game to put the final score rugby players look for and try half. at 29-5. to punch trough to gain yard“AIC was just a little betUMass travels to Boston age. ter and quicker to the break next week to face Boston “(AIC) really didn’t make downs, retaining the ball… too College next Saturday. any mistakes for us to capital- often for (UMass) to mount ize on,” UMass men’s rugby any offensive pressure,” ref- Jackson Goddard can be reached at president Ben Miller said. eree Norbert Deslauriers said. jgoddard@umass.edu.
“(AIC) really didn’t make any mistakes for us to capitalize on.”
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UM opens season on high note
NIU, Cards remain at top of MAC
Regatta brings promising results for Minutewomen
Conference play expands on offensive prowess
By roBerT Acer Collegian Correspondent
By Tyler Fiedler Collegian Correspondent
The Massachusetts rowing program began the 2013 season at the Head of the Oklahoma Regatta this past weekend under coach Jim Dietz. The Minutewomen, along with coach Dietz, displayed strong performances that leave hope for a promising season. Four current team members selfselected themselves prior to making the trip to Oklahoma City by winning the top four seeds in a 5K race-off between 30 Minutewomen rowers. The four fastest finishers were senior Lauren St. Pierre, junior Claudia Caballero Larco, senior captain Taryn Wilson and incoming freshman Emily Mann. “That was really exciting that we got those four people, two of them were open weights and two of them were light weights,” Deitz said. Mann and Wilson secured a pair of gold medal finishes on Saturday to highlight some of the best results of the weekend. The two finished 17 seconds ahead of second place finishers from Tulsa, posting a time of 16:58.98. In the Women’s Open 2x, Caballero Larco and St. Pierre earned silver medals with a time of 17:22.10 and beat Southern Methodist by 11 seconds. Dietz was extremely proud of the effort he saw, noting, “the women that beat us in the open weight double actually rode to the United States World Championship this past summer.” Larco and St. Pierre commenced the weekend’s events with the Women’s Open 1x, where Larco took fourth in 18:20.26 and St. Pierre earned fifth in 18:48.75. At the same time, Wilson and Mann claimed third and fourth place, respective-
The No. 23 Northern Illinois football team improved to 5-0 on the season with a 38-24 victory over Kent State, continuing its run as the Mid-American Conference’s most dominant program. Huskies junior running back Cameron Stringily ran wild against the Golden Flashes (2-4, 1-2 MAC), rushing for 266 yards on 37 carries with two touchdowns. Northern Illinois tallied a total of 698 yards of offense, 454 of which came on the ground to win its first conference game. Stringily amassed the most yards on the ground by a Huskies running back in almost seven years, coming short of a record held by running back Garrett Wolfe. The dominance on the ground set the tone for starting quarterback Jordan Lynch, who chipped in 94 rushing yards of his own. Kent State proved troublesome for the Huskies, taking a lead when Tyshon Goode caught a 28-yard pass from Colin Reardon to take a 21-17 lead in the third quarter. But Lynch led scoring drives of 10, 15 and 10 plays in the second half, securing the victory and spoiling the Golden Flashes homecoming weekend. Northern Illinois will host Akron this Saturday at Huskie Stadium with the opportunity to extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 22 games.
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Jose Lobaton (middle) is surrounded by teammates following his ninth inning walk-off home run off Red Sox closer Koji Uehara.
Uehara gives up walk-off to extend ALDS By erik BolAnd
Uehara. Newsday Game 4 is Tuesday night with ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Thanks to Jose the Red Sox leading two Lobaton, the Rays are games to one. The Red Sox tied it alive. in the top of the ninth T h e off the erratcatcher Fernando smashed a Rays 5 ic Rodney, who drive over walked No. the rightRed Sox 4 9 hitter Will centerfield Middlebrooks. wall with X a n d e r one out in the ninth, giving the Rays a 5-4 walk- Bogaerts pinch ran off win over the Red and went to second Soxon Monday night in when Jacoby Ellsbury Game 3 of the ALDS. improved to 8-for-14 The switch hitter was in the series when he batting lefty when he chipped a single into connected off closer Koji short left. After Shane
“I’m definitely not done playing baseball this year.” Evan Longoria Tampa Bay Rays third basemen Victorino’s sacrifice bunt moved the runners ahead, Dustin Pedroia’s groundout to short, with the infield playing deep, brought in Bogaerts to tie it at 4. It was the fourth consecutive elimination game the Rays survived, having beaten the Blue Jays in the regular-season finale, the Rangers in the play-in game and the Indians in the wild-
card game. Evan Longoria didn’t guarantee a victory but certainly toed the line of doing so. “I’m definitely not done playing baseball this year,” the Rays’ third baseman said Sunday with his team down two games to none to the Red Sox. A swing of his bat see
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CMU downs Miami Central Michigan got its first victory in MAC play Saturday, defeating Miami (Ohio) 21-9. Sophomore running back Saylor Lavallii rushed for a career-high 151 yards and added two touchsee
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C RO S S C O U N T RY
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Both teams strong as A-10s near
unbeaten in 2013
Momentum continues for UMass Tide, ‘Noles stay National powers win convincingly
By FrAnk coronA Collegian Staff
With 47 teams competing in the Paul Short Invite over the weekend, the Massachusetts men’s cross country finished strong, placing 23rd overall and taking home 686 points. Out of almost 400 runners, redshirt junior Antony Taylor finished 75th with a time of 25:08 and averaged a 5:04 mile in the process. Although much of the attention this year has been on the performance of various underclassmen, Taylor’s efforts highlighted the well-roundedness of the team. He backed it up with an impressive finish and the team’s top spot for the second week in a row. The next four spots to finalize the top five consisted of underclassmen, including reigning Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week Blake Croteau, who has yet to fall outside the top three in his first three collegiate meets. Croteau finished with a time of 25:37 and took home the 128th spot in the process. Sophomores Benjamin Thomas, Daniel Sheldon and Benjamin Groleau fin-
will take on Southeastern Conference foe Kentucky, while Georgia State will look for its first win against Troy.
OSU handles Northwestern
By MATThew ZAckMAn Collegian Correspondent
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UMass men’s cross country finished 23rd overall at the Paul Short Invite. ished third, fourth and fifth, respectively, on the team. Thomas, who has yet to fall out of UMass’ top three this year, held a time of 25:38 . Sheldon ended with a time of 25:48 while Groleau finished in the the fifth spot for the second week in a row and clocked in at 26:07. The consistency is something that has really stood out for this team, and the impact the young runners have had has proven to be a driving force as the team has produced impressive finishes in the first three
meets.
Hilliard leads Minutewomen With 48 teams, over 400 runners and without some of its top athletes, the Massachusetts women’s cross country team left Bethlehem, Pa., with strong performances and positive momentum as preparation for the Atlantic 10 championships continues. Rachel Hilliard led the team a time of 21:40, good for 84th overall as the Minutewomen took home 928 points. UMass was
forced to battle the heat as well as a longer distance, 6K course, but the junior was happy with the way everyone pushed through it. “This is the first 6K a lot of these girls have run, especially the freshmen,” Hilliard said, “I think we did much better than we did last week.” Following Hilliard was Alexandra Purdue-Smithe who finished 181st overall with a time of 22:29. The next runner to cross was Katie Powers, who finished see
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The No.1 Alabama football handled Georgia State with ease Saturday, rolling over the newest addition to the Football Bowl Subdivision, 45-3. Crimson Tide quarterback A.J. McCarron threw just a single incompletion in the first half, going 15-of-16 for 166 yards and four touchdowns. McCarron, who led the Crimson Tide to a touchdown in each of his five possessions, only needed to play the first half, as Alabama (5-0) entered halftime with a 38-0 lead . The Crimson Tide defense was relentless as it forced the Panthers (0-5) to punt seven times over the course of the game. Georgia State quarterback Ronnie Bell went 11-for-20 for 146 yards. His 34-yard pass set up the Panthers’ only score of the game. Blake Sims replaced McCarron and played the entire second half. Together, the pair threw for 296 yards and five interceptions. Next week Alabama
No. 4 Ohio State remained undefeated Saturday, defeating No. 16 Northwestern in a high-scoring affair by a 40-30 final. Both teams entered the conference battle undefeated, but a Buckeyes (6-0) fourth quarter rally silenced a boisterous primetime Wildcats crowd. The Buckeyes scored four touchdowns in the last 17 minutes of the game, including three by senior running back Carlos Hyde, who also racked up 168 yards in the contest. Those were Hyde’s first three touchdowns of the 2013 campaign. With 2:33 to go in the first quarter, Ohio State special teams player Bradley Roby recovered a blocked punt in the Buckeye end zone. However, Ohio State would not score another touchdown until almost two quarters later. Northwestern (4-1) took a 20-13 lead into halftime. Wildcat kicker Jeff Budzien immediately converted see
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