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Members of the current UMass softball team wear the visors given out at Sunday’s ceremony in tribute to their late coach Elaine Sortino.

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Sortino was also a member of the George “Trigger” Burke UMass Athletic Hall of Fame Selection Committee, where she was responsible for helping select nominees into each respective class, for years.

Two weeks ago, Burke said the committee gathered for a special meeting at Gillette Stadium, where it voted unanimously to make Sortino the newest member of the UMass Athletic Hall of Fame.

Burke, who was joined

by McCutcheon to make the announcement, urged him to find a suitable replacement on the Hall of Fame committee for Sortino, who was the only female member.

“Believe me, Elaine was my confidante,” Burke said. “She would tell me who was good, who was real good, who was the best. I’m going to miss her so much on that committee. And John (McCutcheon), I’m assigning you a responsibility to find a woman of Elaine’s capacity to serve on that Hall of Fame com-

“Elaine was my confidante. She would tell me who was good, who was real good, who was the best.

I’m going to miss her so much.”

uring their weekly staff meetings behind cl o s e d doors in University of Massachusetts conference rooms, Elaine Sortino would typically sit to Athletic Director John McCutcheon’s right, silent yet attentive to the topic being discussed.

Sortino, the longtime UMass softball coach who also served as the Senior Women’s Administrator, would listen to McCutcheon, but that didn’t mean she was agreeing with what he was saying. And McCutcheon, who admitted that he often “was about to make some kind of ill-advised decision on how we should handle” the topic at hand, could sense it.

“I would feel this burning sensation just about on my right temple,” McCutcheon joked.

“There would be no words spoken. Maybe just a little shifting around in her chair, but I knew I was getting ‘the look’ that so many umpires have received.

“I slowly turned and asked our master of non-verbal communication where I was going

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astray,” McCutcheon continued.

“Elaine would calmly point out how we might be looking at the situation differently, and thus the good shape of UMass Athletics remained on a true course.

“I will truly miss those learning moments,” he said.

Those learning moments were the theme of the day on Sunday afternoon at the Mullins Center, where about 300 people, including family, friends, fans and UMass softball alumni, gathered to celebrate the life of Sortino, who died on Aug. 18 after a nearly two-year battle with cancer, bringing Alumni Weekend festivities to a conclusion.

During her 34-year career at UMass, Sortino took on many positions and roles. In addition to being softball coach and Senior Women’s Administrator, she was also the head volleyball coach from 1979 to 1986 and

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Aid groups short on money for Syrian refugees Hard winter expected for displaced survivors By hannah allaM McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON– Only weeks ahead of what forecasters say could be a brutal winter, humanitarian aid agencies working on the Syrian conflict are sounding the alarm that little is being done to provide assistance to a refugee population that’s expected to reach 3 million by the end of the year.

The United Nations has collected only half the $5 billion it needs to provide assistance, and humanitarian aid groups say they’re resigned that they’ll be able help only some of the 2 million refu-

Budget solution nearing Reid: Congress is ‘getting closer’

Students reflect nation: deadlock “immature” The United States government is approaching the second week of shutdown and so far, signs of progress are start-and-stop towards a deal to reopen federal services.

The government shut down on Oct. 1 after the House of Representatives and Senate failed to agree on a budget proposal to send to President Barack Obama. Republicans in the House refused to vote for a budget that included complete funding for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

Speaker of the House John Boehner had agreed in principle to a budget with Democrats, but backed off from the deal after Tea Party members and interest groups persuaded House Republicans to shut down the government, rather than to fund it with the Affordable Care Act included.

Many immediate effects of the shutdown began on Oct. 1, with some social services and government regulations bearing the immediate brunt of the deadline.

“Non-essential” government workers have been furloughed, resulting in the closings of offices, national parks, government websites and public programs funded by the congressional budget.

The public has become increasingly disenfranchised towards the government for its inability to agree on a budget, especially in light of the significant choices the people will demand Congress and the president to tackle in upcoming weeks. Public opinion has favored the president, but Congress’ approval rating has fallen below 10 percent, with more than half of the nation putting the blame on House Republicans as the shutdown wears on, according to recent Gallup polling and many news surveys.

Critics of the Republican Party are frustrated at the lack of negotiation or compromise regarding their opposition to the Affordable Care Act, as well as their willingness to halt the government to pass their legislation. Their supporters see them as minority supporting their rights against a President

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gees outside Syria and the millions more who have fled their homes but remain in Syria.

“The reality is, a huge amount of aid is needed and as long as countries are sending guns and ammunition rather than food or blankets, the crisis is only going to worsen,” said Noah Gottschalk, senior humanitarian policy adviser for Oxfam America, an international aid group that focuses on poverty and hunger.

“It’s not too late, but it’s getting closer and closer. The clock is ticking,” Gottschalk said, referring to the narrow window of opportunity to mobilize winter aid before communities begin to suffer and roads to some areas become impassable.

There’s no sign of an urgent aid mobilization on the scale that

would be needed to help hundreds of thousands of refugees, particularly the so-called invisible Syrians who are living, unregistered, in urban areas in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. While there are stepped-up efforts to get families winter kits with items such as plastic sheeting, heating stoves and blankets, the need greatly outpaces the resources.

Winters are always hard on vulnerable populations, humanitarian workers say. But this year, Syrians are expected to face even more miserable conditions for several reasons.

In Lebanon, the huge flow of refugees has forced tens of thousands of families to sleep under flimsy shelter in areas with high altitudes and heavy snowfall. The conflict

has gone on so long that families’ savings are depleted, just as rents go up because of the high demand.

The already slim prospects for finding work - both in Syria and in neighboring countries - become even slimmer in winter, when construction and agricultural jobs dry up. Fearful of not having sturdy shelter when the cold sets in, some refugees already are selling some of their aid on the black market, to avoid eviction.

“It is sort of a perfect storm of negative market forces combined with a bigger and bigger influx of refugees with a total lack of means,” said Erin Weir, the protection and advocacy adviser for the Middle East at Norwegian Refugee Council, an Oslo-based humanitarian nonprofit organization.

WASHINGTON – Senators edged closer to a budget deal Monday as the top four congressional leaders were called to an afternoon meeting at the White House.

“We’re getting closer. We’re working on it,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said after leaving a nearly half-hour meeting with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. With the government expected to hit its borrowing limit on Thursday, President Obama invited Reid, McConnell, House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to meet. But aides said Obama would repeat his past demands: that the congressional leaders raise the debt ceiling, pay the nation’s bills and reopen the government.

Obama intends to reiterate that he “will not pay a ransom” in exchange for those things, White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement.

But after Senate talks suffered a setback over the weekend, Reid suggested that Senate Republicans and Democrats may be starting to work something out.

Over the weekend, with Republicans in some disarray on the subject, Democrats pressed their advantage.

Democrats rejected a bipartisan proposal led by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in part because it would have kept the harsh budget cuts known as the sequester in place through March.

Collins kept working Monday to keep her compromise alive, meeting with McConnell and reaching out to Democratic colleagues. “We continue to discuss the parameters of an agreement,” she said.

The Collins proposal would raise the debt limit through January and extend funding to run the government through March.

The latter provision would lock in a new round of sequester spending cuts coming early next year.

Collins also sought changes to the president’s health-care law, including a two-year delay of a tax on medical-device makers. The 2.3 percent excise tax is opposed by Republicans and some Democrats.

For his part, Obama has sent signals that he might be willing to delay the medical-device tax, though he has also warned that such a move would slow the current pace of deficit reduction.

Otherwise, he hasn’t publicly budged much from the lines he has already drawn in the budget and debt talks.

Obama, in a visit to a food kitchen in the capital, said the afternoon meeting would show whether the progress on a deal is real. There’s a “good chance of default” if no compromise is reached, he said.

In announcing the meeting, Carney said the president would “reiterate our principles to the leaders” and “make clear the need for Congress to act to pay our bills and reopen the government.”

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Finance Committee, took the long view Monday. “It’s not over until it’s over,” he said. “I’m quite confident it all be put together before the debt limit’s reached.”

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No African leader found worthy of $5 million prize Most Africans are now better governed than in 2000, but the pace of improvement has slowed, and many countries are experiencing setbacks in public safety and the rule of law, a group dedicated to improving leadership on the continent reported Monday.

The London-based Mo Ibrahim Foundation released its 2013 Index of Good Governance, finding advances in security and justice in only 20 of the continent’s 52 countries.

Also lacking, in the judgment of the foundation’s prize committee, was any leadership role model for young Africans. For the second year in a row, the foundation decided against awarding its prestigious and lucrative $5 million prize, saying no former African head of state or government deserved it.

To be worthy of the prize which pays out the $5 million over 10 years, then provides an annual $200,000 stipend for life - a recipient must have been democratically elected, have left office within the previous three years after fulfilling his or her elected term and have demonstrated excellence in office and progress in fostering sustainable and equitable prosperity.

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Family: Morsi won’t renounce presidency A senior figure in the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party was arrested Monday on the eve of a major Muslim holiday, while the family of the organization’s jailed leader issued a defiant statement saying he wouldn’t renounce his claim to Egypt’s presidency.

As Egyptians prepared to celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, which begins Tuesday, neither the Brotherhood nor the militarybacked interim government showed any sign of moving toward a political compromise.

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Hundreds in Moscow antimigrant riots arrested Over 20 people including 6 policemen were injured in ethnic riots in a southern Moscow suburb that began Sunday and continued overnight, authorities said.

Thousands of young people took to the streets in the southern Moscow suburb of Biryulyovo on Sunday demanding the eviction of migrant workers from the Northern Caucuses and outside Russia. The protests came in the wake of the killing last week of a 25-yearold local resident, Yegor Shcherbakov, reportedly by an attacker with an appearance of Caucasus or Central Asian origin.

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By ShelBy AShline Collegian Correspondent The Monkey Bar and Grill, a local restaurant and bar located on North Pleasant Street, regained its liquor license on Oct. 1 after a month-long suspension.

The suspension was the result of a “license violation,” according to general manager Rasif Rafiq, who declined to say more on the violation.

During the 30-day suspension, which was effective throughout the whole month of September, the location did not close.

Instead, business focused around Bistro 63, the restaurant portion of the establishment.

“Most … places usually close when they lose their liquor license,” said Rafiq, who has worked at The Monkey Bar for five years in various positions. “We did not close because we have a restaurant, a very successful restaurant, and that is the basis of this business.

“While the month of September was difficult for us, (because) we didn’t have the club nights … we did stay open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day, serving dinner to our loyal customers,” Rafiq continued. “We had a lot of support during this time.”

Rafiq also said that it’s not an uncommon occurrence for a bar to temporar-

ily lose its liquor license, especially being in a college town.

The Monkey Bar has had four “prior incidents” since its opening in October 1999, according to the Alcoholic Bevera g es Control Commission. Records indicate the bar has previously experienced liquor license suspensions, each for varying periods of time.

Prior to the most recent incident, the last suspension on record that was issued by the Commission began Oct. 5, 2011, and lasted for 12 days. This occurred after two 20-year-old women gained access to the bar using fake identification on April 7, 2011.

Another suspension, which began April 20, 2011, held for nine days and was the result of a similar incident on Dec. 3, 2010, when three 20-year-old women gained access to the bar using fake IDs. According to Rafiq, The Monkey Bar has been implementing changes that will improve its security during club nights, which begin after 10 p.m.

According to Rafiq, there is a new ID detection machine which has the ability to detect fake IDs. New infrared camera systems have also been installed.

“We’ve really invested in equipment,” Rafiq said.

“We try to have eyes and ears everywhere.”

Rafiq has also employed “double the amount of security,” which equates to seven or eight people watching the

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The Monkey Bar and Grill on Main St. in Amherst recently regained its liquor license after a 30-day suspension. numerous entrances.

“Usually we’d have a bouncer checking IDs, (but) now myself or the owner (Mauro Aniello) … are at the door every single night,” he said.

On Oct. 1, when the bar was reopened, The Monkey Bar employed a “Booze for Boobs” theme as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The bar donated a portion of its revenue from the night to the DanaFarber Cancer Institute.

The bar is planning another themed night, called the First Annual Midnight Masquerade, for the evening of Nov. 7. Customers will receive masks at the door to wear

until midnight.

The Monkey Bar and Grill also “really (tries) to engage the (University of Massachusetts) community,” Rafiq said. The bar uses student promoters to spread the word about upcoming club events and sponsors some of the UMass sports teams. The bar also accepts UCard Debit.

Rafiq estimates that approximately 80 percent of The Monkey Bar’s total business is made up of UMass students and faculty.

UMass students and faculty also occasionally hold private events at The Monkey Bar, where a 131inch screen television is available for use in pre-

sentations, according to the business’s website. A large banquet room is also used for a variety of events, including small weddings and birthday and holiday parties.

Rafiq hopes that the business will continue to grow now that both the bar and restaurant portions are operating again.

“We’re going to be bigger than ever, not only in terms of the restaurant, but in terms of the club as well,” he said. “In the future …

I would like (The Monkey Bar) to be open until 1 a.m. seven nights a week.”

Shelby Ashline can be reached at sashline@umass.edu.

Quick breakthrough looks Three Americans unlikely in talks with Iran share Nobel Prize US skeptical of The official was seeking to lower expecta- in economics quick arms deal tions at a time when developments have

By PAul RichteR And RAmin moStAghim Los Angeles Times

GENEVA – A senior Obama administration official cautioned Monday that “no one should expect a breakthrough overnight” in international talks that begin here Tuesday on Iran’s disputed nuclear program, despite rising hopes of a diplomatic solution.

As negotiators from six world powers and Iran gathered for two days of talks, the official said that while Iran has given encouraging signs that it is ready compromise, any search for a solution will be “very, very difficult. ... We know that the road will have bumps in it.”

The chances of an agreement being reached in two days are quite low,” the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks.

“This is complicated work.”

The official was seeking to lower expectations at a time when developments have suggested that Iran and the West may be on the verge of a compromise after 10 years of stalled negotiations. After two months of overtures, President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke on the telephone Sept. 27 about their desire to resolve the long nuclear impasse, and possibly to improve relations.

The official acknowledged that in the past three weeks the Iranians have not provided any further details of the diplomatic plan that they broadly outlined at the United Nations meetings in New York in September. U.S. officials asked the Iranians then to provide more details so the United States and the other participants could bet-

suggested that Iran and the West may be on the verge of a compromise after 10 years of stalled negotiations.

ter respond at this week’s meetings.

The six world powers the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany - are seeking a compromise that will assure that Iran’s nuclear program is not aimed at developing the ability to build a nuclear weapon, as many countries fear. Iran wants a deal to ease economic sanctions that global powers have imposed as punishment, but Iran is seeking to retain as much of its nuclear complex as it can.

Iranians have given signs in recent days that they are ready for a new effort to reach a deal, but that they remain unwilling to put tough limits on a nuclear program that many Iranians consider a national treasure.

Officials quoted in Iran’s state-controlled press are saying they are ready to stop production of mediumenriched uranium, a material that can be relatively easily converted for use as bomb fuel. But they are also insisting that Iran won’t stop production of low-enriched uranium, and that the country won’t close its underground enrichment facility at Fordo, or the Arak heavywater plant that critics fear is intended to open the way to a plutonium-based nuclear weapon.

Abbas Araghchi, the deputy foreign minister and a key nuclear negotiator, was quoted by the Iran Student News Agency as saying the negotiating team will offer a three-part program that lays out a “road map” for resolving the dispute. Araghchi said the long-term plan was intended to gradually build

trust on both sides, and would require the West to ease the economic sanctions.

The news agency quoted officials as saying Iran would not insist on upfront guarantees of what it considers its right to enrich uranium.

But the six other nations involved in the talks would have to acknowledge that they would support Iranian low-level enrichment at the end of talks if all went well, officials were quoted as saying.

Although Iran continues to refuse to send any enriched uranium outside the country, it is willing to grant the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency more access to its nuclear facilities, news agencies reported. The Iranians also signaled that they are willing to deal directly with the United States.

Also Monday, a bipartisan Senate group urged Obama in a letter not to prematurely ease sanctions on the Iranian regime, and to make a “convincing threat of the use of force” as negotiations continue.

The group included Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Democratic liberals such as Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.,, as well as conservative Republicans.

The group said that if Iran halted enrichment in a verifiable way, the United States should agree not to impose additional sanctions.

But the group didn’t favor easing the existing sanctions, which have battered the Iranian economy.

Mostaghim, a special correspondent, reported from Tehran, Iran.

Trio’s research

wins $1.2 million By don lee Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – A trio of U.S. scholars on Monday won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their research on the predictability of the price of stocks, bonds and other assets.

Eugene F. Fama and Lars Peter Hansen, both of the University of Chicago, and Robert J. Shiller, of Yale University, will share the $1.2-million prize.

“Disbelief, that’s the only way to put it,” Shiller, cofounder of the Case-Shiller housing price index, said by telephone from New Haven, Conn., describing his reaction to the news in an interview with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which announced the prize.

The academy said the three professors, who worked independently of each other, “laid the foundation for the current understanding of asset prices.”

Their work showed that though there is no way to predict prices of stocks and bonds in the short term, it is possible to foresee price trends in the long run, the Nobel committee said in a statement. “These findings, which might seem surprising and contradictory, were made and analyzed by this year’s laureates.”

The statement said their

research has had important practical applications, influencing market practices in many ways, such as giving rise to the index funds, which collect all stocks in passively managed portfolios.

One key aspect of their work is the relationship between asset prices and the broader economy. Changes in asset prices can give important signals to firms and individuals regarding investment and savings, but, as academy officials pointed out, their mispricing can lead to asset bubbles and cause problems for the overall economy, as was the case in the recent financial crisis.

Of the three new economics laureates, Shiller may be the best known to the public, for his housing price index and writings about the housing bubble and the economy. The Nobel committee said he “suggested early on that important risks facing investors are sometimes hard to measure and thus are non-insurable by existing market instruments.”

In the telephone interview, Shiller said although the field of finance has controversial elements, he believed it provides a useful body of knowledge with important implications.

“I would say finance drives modern civilization,” he said, noting society’s best activities have to be financed. “I want to see finance developed further to serve humankind.”

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China upset over Medal of Honor recipient contradicted account US financial crisis ofVideos, attack differ

By Jim Puzzanghera Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON – Upset that the fiscal stalemate in Washington is threatening the global economy, China called for the U.S. dollar to be replaced as the international reserve currency as well as for broader steps to create a “de-Americanized world.”

China also called for an end to the “pernicious impasse” in the U.S. over the raising the debt limit and ending the partial government shutdown, saying the world needed another reserve currency so nations could protect themselves “from the spillover of the intensifying domestic political turmoil in the United States.”

Most countries hold their foreign exchange reserves in U.S. dollars because the currency is viewed as the world’s most stable. China is the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt, with about $1.3 trillion in Treasury bonds, and is concerned about the impact of a U.S. failure to raise the debt limit on those holdings.

With Washington politicians still far from a deal as the Thursday deadline for raising the $16.7-trillion debt limit looms, China’s official state-run news agency published a sharply worded editorial Sunday criticizing U.S. leadership.

“As U.S. politicians of both political parties are still shuffling back and forth between the White House and the Capitol Hill without striking a viable deal to bring normality to the body politic they brag about, it is perhaps a good time for the befuddled world to start considering building a deAmericanized world,” the Xinhua news agency said in an English-language commentary.

China’s concerns echo those of economic officials

SHUTDOWN who will not adjust his health care law.

House Republicans have begun to reconsider their position in the debate as public opinion has shifted. A growing majority of Americans are more frustrated with the shutdown than any other government program and feel the house is putting special interests and campaign topics ahead of the national interest.

Student opinion is divided on the issue like the rest of the nation, but many students view the government’s inaction negatively.

Sara McCarthy, a sophomore biology major at the University of Massachusetts, is disappointed in Congress for the shutdown.

“It is pretty immature, and I know a lot of people who have had negative effects, whether it’s people out of work or a friend who

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couldn’t write a paper,” McCarthy said.

Other students echoed complaints that a shutdown was an ineffective and improper method for the House to press its agenda.

Sarah Addi, a UMass sophomore architecture major, agreed the shutdown was “immature”, and said, “a law is a law, and shutting down the government is the easy way out,” citing regular citizens who need government programs as innocent victims of the shutdown.

Sharon Amuguni, a sophomore communications and psychology major said, “It is pretty selfish of Congress to keep the shutdown going as long as it is … I know Congress’ approval rating is five percent. When it’s that low you know there is a problem.”

Brian Bevilacqua can be reached at bbevilac@umass.edu.

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By Jonathan S. Landay McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – In his memoir of the 2009 battle in Afghanistan that brought him the Medal of Honor, Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer describes how he reflexively switched from his machine gun to his rifle and back to his machine gun as he mowed down a swarm of charging Taliban from the vehicle’s turret.

“My mind was completely blank. I fired so many thousands of rounds I didn’t think what I was doing,” Meyer, then a corporal, wrote in his 2012 book, “Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War.” But videos shot by Army medevac helicopter crewmen show no Taliban in that vicinity or anywhere else on the floor of the Ganjgal Valley at the time and location of the “swarm.” The videos also conflict with the version of the incident in Marine Corps and White House accounts of how Meyer, now 25, of Columbia, Ky., came to be awarded the nation’s highest military decoration for gallantry.

The videos add to the findings of an ongoing McClatchy investigation that determined that crucial parts of Meyer’s memoir were untrue, unsubstantiated or exaggerated, as were the Marine Corps and White House accounts of how he helped extract casualties from the valley under fire. The White House and Marine Corps have defended the accuracy of their accounts of Meyer’s actions.

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Bing West, who coauthored the book, didn’t address the videos in an email, saying only that a McClatchy reporter who survived the ambush “has annually dredged up baseless innuendoes to attack the Medal of Honor process and to denigrate the valor of Meyer.”

The videos aren’t the only new evidence that’s surfaced that disputes crucial events described in the official accounts and in Meyer’s book.

The Army narrative of how Swenson was nominated for the Medal of Honor and Swenson’s comments in the interview undermine the book’s claim that Meyer killed an insurgent with a rock after he’d joined the then-Army captain in an unarmored pickup to recover casualties.

It was Marine Capt.

Ademola Fabayo, not Meyer, who rode in the truck with Swenson, according to Swenson and the account posted Thursday on an Army Web page devoted to Swenson’s Medal of Honor.

Fabayo was a lieutenant at the time.

“Fabayo and I fought side by side for the entire battle,” Swenson said. “When Fabayo and I returned into that valley in that unarmored truck, he was shooting out of his passenger side window and I was on the radio, driving.”

It wasn’t until the pickup broke down and Fabayo and he switched to an armored Humvee for a final run that Meyer joined Marine Sgt. Juan Rodriguez-Chavez, an Afghan translator and them, Swenson said.

The Army narrative and Swenson’s account are corroborated by sworn statements included in Meyer’s Medal of Honor file or given

to military investigators after the battle by RodriguezChavez, Fabayo and thenMaj. Kevin Williams, the Marine commander who nominated Meyer for his Medal of Honor.

The videos, Swenson’s comments and the Army account of Swenson’s actions add to the controversy that’s embroiled the battle from the minute it erupted. Tipped off in advance, scores of insurgents trapped Afghan forces and their American trainers in the U-shaped valley, firing storms of bullets and shells from a fortresslike village and the surrounding slopes.

A nearby U.S. base failed to provide air support or adequate artillery cover to the Afghan and U.S. forces for 90 minutes. Two Army officers later received career-ending reprimands, while Swenson - in an interview with military investigators - accused senior U.S. commanders of imposing politically driven rules of engagement that were getting U.S. troops killed.

The battle, which lasted six hours, cost the lives of five American servicemen, nine Afghan troops and an Afghan translator, and 17 others - including Swenson and Meyer - were wounded.

Swenson, who was training Afghan Border Police on his second tour of Afghanistan, and Meyer, who was training Afghan troops, were recommended separately for the Medal of Honor for repeatedly returning to the battlefield to retrieve casualties, including the bodies of three Marines and a Navy corpsman. Swenson also was recommended for his role in extracting U.S. troops from the ambush.

wouldn’t doubt it.”

Even as she battled cancer for the last year and a half, Sortino was providing lessons of strength and resiliency.

This past spring, as the UMass softball team got ready for early-season games at tournaments in Florida, Sortino and Stefanoni would typically wake up two to three hours before the team did, eat breakfast and start strategizing for that day’s game.

“She would constantly check in with me, asking if I was OK, asking if I was tired,” Stefanoni recalled.

In her earlier coaching days, Stefanoni might admit being a little tired, but this changed after watching her mentor battle with her illness every

day.

“That’s when I realized, she’s still teaching me. She’s still helping me grow as a human being,” Stefanoni said. “She was physically showing me the fighter vs. victim mentality. Coach was never going to let cancer get in the way of coaching the team and winning. She was never going to let it make excuses for her.”

Through it all, Stefanoni said she gained important life lessons that she hopes will carry on.

“That is what I hope our team can take away from all this now,” she said. “What she truly meant when she asked them to fight, and to never give up.”

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mittee, because we don’t have any female representatives now. Elaine was such a great person. She loved this school, and she dedicated herself to this school.”

Planet Fastpitch owner Denise Davis, interim UMass softball coach Kristi Stefanoni, former UMass men’s basketball coach John Calipari, UMass Class of 1983 member Susie McCrea and UMass Class of 1987 member Emily Bietsch each gave tributes to Sortino during the celebration.

Through each tribute, one theme was apparent: Sortino provided life lessons and teaching moments to seemingly anyone she encountered.

“She was the original

players-first coach,” said Calipari, now the men’s basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, in a video message. “She wasn’t afraid to be aggressive, wasn’t afraid to tell the truth, wasn’t afraid to drive ‘em. And for me, I was able to watch that as a young coach.”

“She was always there when you needed her most for advice and support,” McCutcheon said. “When my wife Sue and I lost our son, Elaine was at our door in a minute, with a hug and a caring heart.

“And also lasagna,” he added. “And it wasn’t frozen. How she could cook lasagna that fast, I have no idea. I think maybe she just had one on hand for all occasions, I don’t know. I

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around the world about the effects of a failure to raise the U.S. debt limit, which could trigger the federal government’s first-ever widespread default.

Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that global finance ministers are worried the uncertainty surrounding a U.S. default “would mean massive disruption the world over, and we would be at risk of tipping yet again into a recession.”

The Xinhua editorial took swipes at the U.S. for claiming “the moral high ground” while “covertly doing things that are as audacious as torturing prisoners of war, slaying civilians in drone attacks, and spying on world leaders.”

While slamming the U.S. for the Iraq war and military activity around the world, the article focused much of its fire on the U.S. role in the global economy, saying “the world is still crawling its way out of an economic disaster thanks to the voracious Wall Street elites.”

“Most recently, the cyclical stagnation in Washington for a viable bipartisan solution over a federal budget and an approval for raising debt ceiling has again left many nations’ tremendous dollar assets in jeopardy and the international community highly agonized,” Xinhua said.

Xinhua called for a “a new world order” in which “all nations, big or small, poor or rich, can have their key interests respected and protected on an equal footing.”

That new order should start with respect for the sovereignty of other nations, the editorial said. It also should include major financial reforms, such as allowing developing and emerging economies to have more say in the operations of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, it said.

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The Marine Corps declined to comment on the videos.

Army National Guard Sgt. Kevin Duerst, the helicopter crew chief whose helmet camera recorded one of the videos, confirmed the absence of insurgents on the valley floor as the aircraft flew in on a first run to retrieve casualties.

“We totally flew over everything. ... There was nothing going on down there,” Duerst said in a telephone interview Friday.

“There was no serious gunfight going on.”

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William Swenson, who’s to receive a Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama on Tuesday for gallantry in the same battle, declined in an interview Sunday to directly address questions about the purported swarming of Meyer’s vehicle.

But, he said, the videos showed the reality of what happened in the Ganjgal Valley on Sept. 8, 2009.

“Those videos allowed me to relive the reality of that battlefield: what I saw, what other people saw, where people were, the valley, the terraces, the trees, the friendlies,” meaning Afghan and U.S. forces, said Swenson, 34, of Seattle. “It shows the truth of that battle, a truth I never expected to see again.”

In a telephone interview Friday, Meyer said, “I wrote my book to the best of my recollection of what happened. And if that’s not it, then that’s not it.”

After reviewing the videos, Meyer said his vehicle was charged after the helicopter had departed with Swenson’s wounded sergeant and an injured Afghan soldier. His book, however, puts the “swarm” before the aircraft landed for the pair.

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“The Internet is a great way to get on the net.”- Bob Dole

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

‘Boston Strong’ six months after Marathon bombings I was 7 years old when I came home from school one afternoon to see the indelible images of black smoke bil-

Steven Gillard lowing from the World Trade Center flashing across my television. That was the first time I ever heard the word “terrorism,” the first time I ever witnessed evil. But I didn’t understand. I didn’t understand the logic behind killing innocent civilians, and over 12 years later, I still don’t.

On Sunday, April 14, I visited New York City for the first time. As I joined the crowd of tourists at Times Square and marveled at the towering skyscrapers, I couldn’t help but wonder why someone would want to knock one of those buildings out of the sky. A tragedy that had always felt distant suddenly became real to me as I stood there on the streets of New York.

The next day, I turned on the television to see news of explosions at the Boston Marathon.

Although 9/11 was vastly larger in terms of number of casualties and scope, the attacks in Boston hit home to me more than 9/11 ever had. My friends went to school in Boston. My parents had grown up there.

Standing in New York a day before, 9/11 had seemed a vague memory, a tragedy that had occurred 12 years ago in a city hours away.

But on April 15, a city that I had been to countless times, a city just 40 minutes away and one I had always assumed was immune to terror, was attacked.

Later that week on Thursday night, I sat in my dorm at UMass Dartmouth listening to news coverage. An MIT police officer had been shot and killed. A vehicle had been stolen and there was a shootout in Watertown. The suspects involved in the hijacking and the murder were the Marathon bombers. I stayed up late listening to the coverage, praying that the suspects would be killed and this saga would end, but I eventually had to go to bed. I had class in four hours.

On Friday morning I woke up and began to walk to class.

As I stepped outside, I noticed that the fire alarm was going off in Pine Dale hall, a sophomore dorm next to the freshmen quad, a few hundred yards away. I thought nothing of it; fire alarms were always going off in college dorms.

As I approached the library, there seemed to be far more students heading away from it than toward it.

A student stopped me.

“Classes are cancelled,” he told me, “The bomber goes here. He lives in Pine Dale.”

I didn’t believe it. It must have been a mistake. Terrorists didn’t go to Massachusetts state schools. But a few minutes later, I received a call from the school confirming that the bomber was in fact a student at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and that students should leave the school immediately if they could. As I drove away from Dartmouth, Blackhawks landed on the quad and armored trucks pulled into the

It was frightening to realize that a terrorist could be a normal college student; that the same extremist ideology that had brought down the World Trade Centers had manifested in the mind of a student who lived a few dorms over from me, Today marks six months since the Boston Marathon was senselessly bombed. For those injured, the wounds are only beginning to heal, and the road to recovery remains a long one. For the families of Krystle Marie Campbell, Lu Lingzi, Martin Richard and Officer Sean Collier, life will never be the same. Not much can be said to ease the pain of those suffering from the tragedy, but let this be known: the terrorists have failed.

Look at the people injured: runners, men and women pushing themselves to the limit of human spirit and endurance, unbreakable people who, six months later, have still not broken. The One Fund has raised over $60 million to help those injured by the bombings, and those affected are making slow but sure progress toward normal lives. The Red Sox, who were predicted to have another horrible year at the start of the 2013 season, are now in the ALCS, a metaphorical sign of Boston’s strength and perseverance.

The bomber was a peer of mine but I will never comprehend what drove him to attack the Boston Marathon or what he thought he would accomplish. He needed only to look at the New York City skyline and see One World Trade Center, now the tallest building in New York, to realize that any terrorist attack, no matter how big or small, is a fruitless endeavor from the start.

The Boston Marathon will continue to take place annually as it has since 1897, and like its runners, like the people of New York, like every American, the people of Boston will endure.

He needed only to look at the New York City skyline and see One World Trade Center, now the tallest building in New York, to realize that any terrorist attack, no matter how big or small, is a fruitless endeavor from the start.

entrance. A tragedy I thought could not strike much closer than it already had suddenly did, and it was surreal.

The revelation that the bomber was a fellow student was something I could not wrap my head around. Terrorists were evil. Terrorists were monsters. Terrorists came from countries thousands of miles away. They were crazy, twisted, bent on some warped ideology I could never understand. In my mind, I had dehumanized them.

But Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was all too human.

He played intramural soccer. He went to parties. He ate in the same dining hall I did.

On Wednesday, April 17, while the FBI struggled to identify the bombers, he came back to UMD and worked out in the gym I had been to dozens Steven Gillard is a Collegian columnist of times. My peers knew him; and can be reached at sgillard@umass. professors knew him. edu.

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The digitalized drug bust themselves. Tor, an acronym for “The Onion Router,” was originally designed by the Navy as a method of preserving Johnny McCabe Internet confidentiality by scrambling every particikingpin of AMC’s hit show pant’s IP address through“Breaking Bad,” the name out a distributed cloud of Ross Ulbricht would never nodes all over the globe, come up in conversation, but has since become a even to people who knew bastion of both free speech him. and illegal activities.

The 29-year-old San Bitcoins are a form of Franciscan seemed to his completely digital curfriends and roommates a rency that is prized both normal guy, an enterpris- for its independence from ing but otherwise innocu- conventional forms of ecoous young man who stud- nomic dependence, like ied physics in college and banks, and for its funsought to strike gold through a curious online currency named Bitcoin.

No one could have known until his recent arrest that their unassuming acquaintance was the infamous Dread Pirate Roberts, the enigmatic mastermind behind Silk damentally anonymous Road, the largest narcotics nature as a method of distribution service on the conducting illegal activities. One can easily see Internet.

But with Ulbricht in how both would admirably FBI custody and his Silk serve the Silk Road’s purRoad empire in ruins, poses.

The capture of Ross larger questions are raised about the nature of ano- Ulbricht, however, has nymity and privacy on the cast a shadow over legitimate advocates of both Internet.

At the time of its offi- services. The FBI maincial seizure under an offi- tains that it connected cial FBI complaint, the Ulbricht to Dread Pirate Silk Road is expected to Roberts through a convenhave processed $1.2 bil- tional, if highly elaborate lion in anonymous Bitcoin sting operation in which transactions since its an undercover agent posed birth at the beginning of as a would-be hit man con2011, offering narcotics tracted to dispose of a forranging from prescrip- mer Silk Road employee, tion drugs to LSD. The site thus implying the Tor netalso offered contacts that work remains unbroken.

Bitcoin (a frequent vicadvertised illegal weapons and services such tim of the Silk Road’s infaas hacking, forgery and mous influence yet also malicious software, which largely dependent on the were eventually prohibit- illegal service as a signified under direct order from cant presence in its online market) has taken a crushDread Pirate Roberts.

All transactions by Silk ing blow with the FBI’s Road users were filtered seizure of the site, which through a double layer of included confiscation of anonymity: the Tor net- almost $3 million worth of work and the Bitcoins Bitcoins.

If people were to find a real-life equivalent to Walter White, the family man turned crystal meth

The effects of the Silk Road’s closure on the Bitcoin market, as well as the role of anonymity and electronic commerce on the Internet, remain to be seen. It is certainly sobering to consider the possibility of a real-world Heisenberg, the name of Walter White’s ruthless alter-ego.

Ulbricht’s flair for the dramatic is conveyed through his own moniker, but his social media presence on sites like Google+ and LinkedIn, and charismatic endorsement of libertarian ideals, must have certainly impacted his decisions as the commanding influence of the Silk Road.

“I want to use economic theory as a means to abolish the use of coercion and aggression amongst mankind,” Ulbricht asserts on his LinkedIn page.

For all his charisma and bravado, if the crimes alleged of him are true, Ulbricht is truly a heinous individual, but his sentiments about the changing role of the Internet in human society and culture must not be denied.

The FBI did not fail to infiltrate the Tor network for lack of trying. In a rapidly evolving technological landscape, the digitization of commerce, and by extension crime, is all but inevitable. Recent revelations regarding the NSA and drone surveillance have shocked the world, and the collapse of the Silk Road has only steepened the slope. In the words of Heisenberg himself, maybe our best course would be to tread lightly.

For all his charisma and bravado, if the crimes alleged of him are true, Ulbricht is truly a heinous individual, but his sentiments about the changing role of the Internet in human society and culture must not be denied.

Johnny McCabe is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at rjmccabe@umass.edu.

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‘Rush’ is wild, fuel-efficient

Personalities clash in Howard’s latest

‘Runner Runner’ a mess of a film

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By yoshi MakishiMa CollegianCorrespondent

“Rush.” A short title.

Onomatopoetic, monosyllabic. It doesn’t suggest a specific time, place or personality. It simply evokes a feeling. And at its strongest, Ron Howard’s latest film is just that: an uncomplicated expression of raw emotion.

That’s not to say Howard doesn’t do a good job with the rest of the storytelling.

Howard and screenwriter Peter Morgan have skillfully transformed the true story of the 1970’s rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda into a classic sports rivalry film. They’re following an old recipe, but it’s an effective one. Racers James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth, impressively Thor-ish with his shaggy blonde hair and crisp English accent) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl), two completely disparate personalities, vie to become the Formula 1 World Champion.

Hunt is a fiendishly handsome playboy, perpetually floating through life in a cloud of drugs, booze and women. Lauda is a selfdescribed “businessman,” whose rigid self-discipline wins him the irritated respect of his peers. Hunt is all talent, while Lauda manufactures his success though skill and technical knowhow. The friction between personalities increases the ferocity of the competition as they careen towards their inevitable showdown.

There are no new ideas here. It’s the unpredictable hotshot versus the controlling tight-ass. We’ve seen this formula in movies a thousand times before: Mozart and Salieri, Maverick and Iceman, Ricky Bobby and Jean Girard. However, the central pairing in “Rush” is set apart by the keen, philosophical self-awareness of both characters.

Yes, James Hunt is sort of a dumb jock, but it’s a conscious choice on his part.

He is proudly, determinedly hedonistic in his approach to racing and life. Meanwhile, Lauda knows his restraint

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Chris Hemsworth (left) squares off against Daniel Brühl (right) in Ron Howard’s “Rush.” isn’t as attractive as Hunt’s rockstar wildness, but Lauda knows his own strengths and obstinately sticks to them.

The characterizations of Hunt and Lauda are strengthened by the performances of the lead actors; Hemsworth brings out the tension humming beneath Hunt’s cavalier façade, while Daniel Brühl (whose last major American role was that of the all-too charming Nazi Captain Zoller in Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds”) lends an appealing vulnerability to the surly, often sanctimonious Lauda.

But while the film makes the differences between the two men very clear, it also brings out their similarities.

Both are extremely arrogant, entirely certain that their own approach is best. And both are also acutely aware of the danger in which they willingly place themselves.

Early on in the film, racers huddle around televisions, watching coverage of a fiery crash on the racetrack. In “Rush” the threat of mortality is introduced early, and its presence lingers. In any scene that takes place in or near a vehicle, engines growl like a dangerous animal poised to attack. Adding to the menace of the machines themselves, Hans Zimmer’s score insinuates tension through the low ominous rumble of bass in almost every scene.

There are also constant images of fire. When ner-

The squeal of brakes and slapping of rubber on pavement are right next to your ear, and you can practically smell the gasoline burning. vous, James plays with a Zippo lighter, and the Lauda honeymoon suite is decorated with torches. This destructive force flickers on the periphery, until it blazes onto the screen when Lauda is horribly burned in a car crash while racing in the rain.

“Rush” is at its strongest when it’s channeling that danger and excitement at the heart of F1 racing. During the actual driving sequences, you’re not just in the cars with Hunt and Lauda – Howard actually places you inside their helmets. The squeal of brakes and slapping of rubber on pavement are right next to your ear, and you can practically smell the gasoline burning. Occasionally the shot takes you out of the cars, offering a view of the action from a distance, but then you’re right back inside the vehicles, darkness creeping in on the edge of the frame. Howard uses this technique to effectively recreate the tunnel vision of a racer who can’t see anything but the finish line.

“Rush” is a serviceable narrative, but the true strength of the movie is its

ability to recreate the emotional and corporeal experience of F1 racing for the audience. For this reason, the true soul of “Rush” is not Lauda (though his is the voice we are left with at the end), but Hunt. “Rush,” like Hunt himself, is pretty to look at, not terribly intelligent and deeply physical.

Even the visual quality of the film itself adds to the visceral experience of “Rush.”

The movie is shot in the high-saturation of 1970’s cinema. When watching “Rush”, we’re not in the age of digital video, in which “film” is an abstraction and where images are transmitted through an invisible, intangible current of data. We’re in a time where film is still a material combination of chemicals, plastic and light, in which even the act of watching a movie is a sandpapery sensory experience.

Ultimately, “Rush” may be more about feeling than thought, but what a feeling it is.

Yoshi Makishima can be reached at emakishi@smith.edu.

around her. I’m not sure if she’s Ivan’s partner in crime, or his former girlfriend; in the overall scheme of the film, it really doesn’t matter. I got the impression the only reason she is given higher billing than Ben Affleck on the poster is that the length of her surname fits aesthetically between “Timberlake” and “Affleck.”

Speaking of, Timberlake isn’t terrible, but he isn’t terribly convincing, either. His Richie Furst has none of the presence of his turn as Sean Parker in 2010’s “The Social Network.” When he’s not half-heartedly adopting Ivan’s aggressive do-what-you-needto-do attitude, Richie looks almost bored. You can’t blame him, since the muddled plot makes everything look too easy, but his underwhelming performance is still a drag.

If JT is the reason you’re thinking about seeing this film, save your money. The man is certainly very talented, but “Runner Runner” is not the place to look for a good example of his acting chops. On a brighter note, he just dropped a new album, so if Timberlake the actor isn’t doing it for you, maybe Timberlake the musician can pick up the slack.

Cast and characters aside, the real problem with this movie is that it lacks any sense of urgency. The online poker focus could have been substituted cleanly for, say, drug trafficking, and the change probably wouldn’t draw attention to itself. You’re not made to truly care about what you’re seeing, because the film flies by without anchoring itself in real stakes or logical sense.

The lack in coherence doesn’t serve the film well, even as it reflects Ivan Block’s carefree abandon. It’s not supposed to be confusing, but the wild storytelling sticks out more than anything else.

When the final scene transitioned to the credits, I found myself unmoved, almost apathetic to what had transpired.

“Runner Runner” wants to be a kinetic, sexy and shady cinematic game, but there are no winners here, just a convoluted, misguided mess.

The pitch for “Runner Runner” actually sounds pretty good. It suggests a fastpaced crime thriller featuring Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck set against an exotic tropical backdrop.

But the final product, unfortunately, is a jumbled, confusing film that leaves a lot to be desired. It seems co-writers Brian Koppelman and David Levien weren’t too concerned with the plot, which skips around as needed and sports holes big enough to swallow a Hummer limousine.

Timberlake plays Richie Furst, a Princeton University student paying for his master’s degree with winnings from online gambling. After losing everything in an attempt to get rid of his overdue tuition bill, Richie discovers he was cheated, and flies to Costa Rica to confront the man in charge of the gambling site, Ivan Block (Affleck). One of Richie’s Princeton friends gets a moment to shine as “Mr. Exposition,” explaining the ludicrousness of such a mission. But Richie remains as undeterred as the filmmaker; director Brad Furman cuts right from this sequence to Costa Rica, placing Richie directly in the center of shots intercut with glimpses of colorful glitz, dancing and deadmau5 (seriously).

Affleck is totally at ease as Ivan, wonderfully hamming it up as the resident kingpin.

He takes Timberlake’s Richie into his exciting, dangerous world, and he looks committed and amused in his role.

Affleck makes Ivan a legitimately intimidating character, mixing head honcho self-assuredness and put-thefoot-down scenery chewing while never once lacking in charisma.

Gemma Arterton also stars, but doesn’t have much to do besides walk around at night in pretty dresses, the ambient lighting catching her voluminous chestnut hair and golden skin. Her character, Rebecca, is the physical embodiment of the film’s arbitrary writing: she literally shows up whenever the plot needs her and displays neither responsibility Nathan Frontiero can be reached at nor care for what transpires nfrontiero@umass.edu.

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‘Enough Said’ is an honest look at middle-aged love Gandolfini nails penultimate role By søreN hough Collegian Staff

It is sobering to know that this is one of the last times we’ll see James Gandolfini’s big, friendly face in theaters. From meteoric rise in the public consciousness with the HBO series “The Sopranos” to smaller roles in films like “Zero Dark Thirty” and “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,” he never missed a beat, bringing even the silliest films a sense of measured endearment and charisma. And so, paired with the indomitable Julia Louis-Dreyfus, it is no surprise that Gandolfini is the key ingredient in his penultimate film, “Enough Said.”

Writer/director Nicole Holofcener delivers a charming, well-written romantic comedy that sticks to its

strengths. Dialogue is tight and the chemistry between the cast is beautiful. In particular, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is astoundingly good as Eva, a divorcee mother of one who’s looking for something to change up her life as a door-to-door masseuse. The actor has been such a comedic force in television that it’s easy to forget what an incredible entertainer she can be, but “Enough Said” wastes no time correcting that thought.

Louis-Dreyfus has compelling scenes with absolutely every cast member, not only doing well for herself, but sometimes picking up slack in what would otherwise be lesser performances.

But of course, her co-star needs no help garnering investment from the audience. Gandolfini is immediately likable as Albert, a round, middle-aged single father who first encounters Eva at a party. In developing his character, Holofcener

I think it’s safe to say that Gandolfini will be remembered most for his turn as Tony Soprano, but his quieter role as Albert might stick out to me even more. crafts a realistic portrait of a white middle-class bachelor.

He’s unclean, but not excessively, and his general contentedness with his lot in life just feels honest. Gandolfini strikes an everyman note with this role, and with that comes the audience’s sympathy.

This candor carries through palpably to the rest of the characters. Toni Collette and Ben Falcone are believable as Eva’s married friends working through a lull in their relationship.

Likewise, Tracy Fairaway, Tavi Gevenson and Eve Hewson all avoid the “bratty kid” stereotype as the teenage counterparts to the veteran half of the cast.

Holofcener takes the time to

carefully evolve them into three-dimensional young women with fleshed-out personalities, and the result is an emotionally involving depiction of modern adolescence.

“Enough Said” does, unfortunately, adhere to a rigid three-act formula, ultimately to the detriment of the film. However, Holofcener makes every effort to eschew that conceit. She knows her leads have enough raw talent for 10 films, and lets them breathe with her intensely clever script.

Even the shots in Holofcener’s film are carefully chosen, composed thoughtfully so that character motivations and values are immediately conveyed

through visual cues. For example, the very first scene in the movie shows Eva struggling with her equipment next to her Prius. From that frame alone, we know that she’s doing well for herself, but that she might care more about what others think than she should. It isn’t often that so much thought is put into cinematography in a comedy, but giving the audience so much so quickly without saying a word is a boon to the film.

Indeed, what sets “Enough Said” above the pack is just that: thought.

Holofcener offers ponderous commentary on the power of suggestion; she asks interesting questions about personal values and how friends and family can change them dramatically. The characters also openly probe the problem of balancing family with personal introspection.

They interrogate one another meaningfully, and

the result is a film that doesn’t just offer some wistful tale of love, but a thoughtprovoking one, as well.

I think it’s safe to say that Gandolfini will be remembered most for his turn as Tony Soprano, but his quieter role as Albert might stick out to me even more; it’s hard to ignore how easily he could convey gentle sincerity with just a few words and a smile.

For me, the actor couldn’t have done better for himself performing alongside a fellow television legend in Louis-Dreyfus in the secondto-last film of his career. Few in Hollywood can say they left behind a legacy like his, and it’s clear that the man certainly went out on a high note. So without belaboring the point, I’ll use the titular cliché on his behalf.

You will be missed, Mr. Gandolfini. Enough said.

Søren Hough can be reached at shhough@umass.edu.

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its opponents 69-54 for the weekend and got more than they could ask for from goaltender Steve Mastalerz, who bailed them out when s I exited the press necessary with a combined box and took a walk 54 saves in two games, but through the Agganis the scoreboard will tell you Arena concourse after they didn’t even come close the second to victory. period of the UMass is winless, but it Massachusetts certainly isn’t due to a lack hockey team’s of effort.

3-1 loss to “I like our team,” UMass No. 19 Boston coach John Micheletto said University on after Saturday’s loss to Friday night, UML. “I hate saying that I ran into a when I’m 0-2, but I like our Nick fellow media team. I’d love to tell you, Canelas member who ‘Jeez, we’ve gotta blow has covered things up,’ but we scrap, we Hockey East create opportunities and we since before I was in high defend pretty well.” school.

The Minutemen can play The first thing he said as well as they want, but to me: “That was the most the only thing that matters UMass period ever.” when the horn sounds is What he meant was the who wins and who loses.

Minutemen had just outAnd for UMass, it looks like shot the Terriers 16-12, con- wins may be hard to come trolled the pace of play and by this season. had a majority of the scorAnnual Hockey East ing chances, yet somehow powers such as Boston allowed three goals in a six- College, BU and the River minute, 30-second span and Hawks will continue to get found themselves down 3-0 the Minutemen’s best in entering the third period. each meeting this season.

That was the story of UMass always plays the top the weekend – and maybe teams in Hockey East well, the last two years – for but often finds a way to UMass, which came up lose. empty-handed in its first The reason? two games after falling to Well, through just two UMass Lowell 5-2 in a nongames this season the conference matchup on Minutemen have already Saturday at Tsongas Center. racked up 57 penalty minThe Minutemen outshot utes, have faced three 5-on-3

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team, the University and all the loyal fans that have been with us through the ups and downs,” Blanchflower said.

Blanchflower made a highlight-reel grab for the Minutemen in the third quarter after Miami defensive back Dayonne Nunley tipped quarterback A.J. Doyle’s pass. It fell right into Blanchflower’s hands and he ran it 47 yards into the end zone.

“I wanted it back right away,” Doyle said with a grin on his face. “I’m thinking, ‘I’m going to get chewed out on the sidelines for throwing another pick,’ but when I saw it fall right into (Blanchflower’s) hands and saw him running down the field I was ecstatic.”

The senior tight end had 98 receiving yards and a touchdown on five receptions. The 47-yard reception marked the seventh touchdown of Blanchflower’s career, and it was the longest of his UMass tenure.

Jamal Wilson recorded his second-consecutive performance of over 100 yards, this time doing it both on the ground and in the air. The

redshirt sophomore ran for 82 yards on 23 carries to go along with his 64 receiving yards.

“Jamal had another very solid day,” Molnar said. “He does whatever we ask for, totally a team-first guy. Even if he ran for only 10 yards, I would say the same glowing things about Jamal Wilson.”

The Minuteman offense, which averaged just seven points a game entering the contest, slowly made strides throughout. Gaining an impressive 23 first downs on 376 yards of total offense, UMass moved the ball more effectively under the guidance of Doyle.

“He threw two interceptions, but (Doyle) is gaining more confidence and moving around much better,” Molnar said. “He wasn’t 100 percent but he’s definitely getting more and more healthy on a weekly basis.”

UMass will use this momentum into next weekend’s contest as it travels to Buffalo for another tough MAC game.

Andrew Cyr can be reached at arcyr@ umass.edu, and can be followed on Twitter @Andrew_Cyr.

situations and have two game misconducts, and allowed numerous odd-man rushes off turnovers in the neutral zone.

But the problem isn’t the fact that UMass is making mistakes. That’s going to happen to teams in most hockey games. It’s the fact that the Minutemen can’t afford to make any mistakes in such games.

The talent gap is simply too wide. UMass needs to be perfect in order to beat just about any Hockey East opponent and, unlike over the weekend, needs to capitalize on more of its quality scoring chances.

“I thought it would’ve been nice for us to convert on an early opportunity and play with the lead for one point this weekend,” Micheletto said. “We weren’t able to do that. …

But when you get down two (goals) in this league, it requires you to commit to the rush a little bit more than maybe you’d like.”

The Minutemen are currently in talent purgatory.

They are still victims of the Toot Cahoon era.

It’s not that UMass doesn’t have talented players. It simply doesn’t have enough players built for Micheletto’s fast, physical system.

It’s no coincidence that two of the Minutemen’s most active players so far this season have been

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Conor Sheary (above) prepares totake a shot on Friday against Boston University.

Steven Iacobellis and Ray Pigozzi – a pair of freshmen who are part of Micheletto’s first recruiting class – on the second line alongside Troy Power.

Iacobellis and Power both scored power play goals over the weekend while Pigozzi moved noticeably well with them on the ice.

Those are the kind of players Micheletto wants in his system. Although he liked the way his team transitioned last year, the sooner he has an entire crop of recruits in his lineup, the better.

OPPORTUNITY “We need a lot more bounces over the next several games to begin to level things out,” Molnar said. “But I know this: if you play hard and you believe, good things will happen for a football team.”

Those good things came in fortuitous ways for the Minutemen on Saturday.

After starting safety Antoine Tharpe was ejected for targeting a defenseless receiver with 4:59 left in the second quarter, Khary Bailey-Smith took his place. Bailey-Smith promptly intercepted a pass on the same drive, leaping to snare an underthrown pass with his right hand in his own end zone.

Bailey-Smith, who made 10 tackles in the game, recorded his second interception in the fourth quarter, reeling in a timely deflection and returning it 25 yards to the Miami 25-yard line. The play set up an eventual Blake Lucas field goal to push the UMass lead to 17-10.

“It was just well coached,” Bailey-Smith said after the game. “Coach called the right play, I was in the right spot and the ball just happened to come my way.”

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The No. 11 Massachusetts field hockey team opened its Atlantic 10 Conference schedule by putting on an offensive show, recording the program’s highest single-game goal total in over 30 year in an 11-0 win over Saint Louis on Saturday.

The last time the Minutewomen (10-4, 1-0 A-10) scored at least 11 goals in a game came on Oct. 25, 1979, when they defeated Smith College 11-1.

UMass produced a seasonhigh 31 shots and tied its season-high with 22 shots on goal, the kind of pace that coach

the ball and the execution and finishing.”

Renee Suter and Lauren Allymohamed led the offense with two goals each. Hannah Prince added one goal and three assists and Alexa Sikalis tallied four assists of her own.

The team’s other goals came from Hallie Cockrum, Izzie Delario, Alyssa Ineson, Molly MacDonnell, Nicole Miller and Mel Sutherland.

While the team was missing twin sisters Allie and Brooke Sabia, who were suspended for two games for violating a team rule, Tagliente said she was pleased the team showed depth without two of their more productive players.

“I think anytime you lose dominant players that have the production that both of those two have, to see the team rally and step up and

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Rob Blanchflower (left) caught five passes for 98 yards and a touchdown while leading UMass in receiving.

Those types of beneficial bounces coupled with sustained pressure defensively allowed UMass to hang around despite a shaky start.

The first time the Minutemen touched the ball – on a Trey Dudley-Giles punt return – a penalty flag negated a 77-yard touchdown run back. On UMass’ first drive into the red zone, Doyle

Minutewomen overpower Saint Louis Carla Tagliente hopes sets the tone for the Minutewomen’s entire conference slate.

“We’re obviously going to face stronger competition week by week as we go along,” Tagliente said. “But I do think it’s a big confidence booster, and I do think we have a lot of positive things to take away from that game.”

Tagleinte said the key to putting together such a strong offensive performance against the Billikens (1-12, 0-1 A-10) was good execution and shot production. “Our efficiency inside the (the attack zone) to get that many shots, I mean just the law of averages helps you,” she said. “It was just really a positive for us to get to that point where we could have 30 plus shots in the game. And then from there, you obviously work out

for that not to be the case.

However, based on one quick look, the Minutemen are still not ready to be considered among the best Hockey East has to offer.

Give it two years. By then, we’re looking at a UMass team built for a system that has given opponents fits.

Not only will the Minutemen compete with the best. They will finally start to beat the best.

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FIELD HOCKEY

Offense explodes in conference debut

“We’re gonna continue to recruit to that,” Micheletto said before the season. “I think every year as you go by you’re gonna continue to get those types of players that not only you’re attracted to, but now become attracted to your program because of the style of play and guys that they see going to your program in years before.”

There’s no question UMass will continue to compete the rest of the season. There are too many upperclassmen and this team is too well-coached

see goal production come out of different people is really outstanding,” Tagliente said.

The game against Saint Louis was the second game of the Sabias’ suspension, and the pair will return to play for UMass’ next game on Friday against La Salle.

Tagliente said she expects the team to continue to show the depth it displayed during their absence.

“In particular, Renee (Suter) has to feel a lot more confident from her performance,” she said. “I know that individuals in particular, like Renee, that have had strong performances, they’re stronger, which is collectively going to make the group stronger down the stretch.”

Jessie Mayfield-Sheehan can be reached jmayfiel@umass.edu.

threw an interception at the 1-yard line. The Minutemen trailed 10-7 at one point in the third quarter, and the offense missed several chances to put the game away late.

But UMass, led by BaileySmith, held on defensively and bailed out the offense en route to its first victory ever at Gillette Stadium. For a young team with a long

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way to go, Saturday’s victory offered yet another building block as the Minutemen look to sustain success.

For one day at least, UMass avoided disaster. And it finally got a few bounces along the way.

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

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But when you get down two in this league, it requires you to commit to the rush a little bit maybe more than you’d like.”

And while the Minutemen got on the scoreboard in the third period, so did the River Hawks.

Right after UMass looked like it had seized momentum back after Gracel’s goal, UML struck when Scott Wilson put one on goalie Steve Mastalerz (29 saves).

His shot produced a juicy rebound and went right to the stick of Joe Houk in front of the net. Houk wouldn’t miss from there less than a minute after a potential River Hawks tally was ruled no goal due to a high stick.

UML then added two late goals, one of which was an own goal by UMass and the other was an empty netter, putting the game out of

reach for the Minutemen.

UMass had its fair share of opportunities to score early on, and it was in fact controlling the pace of play in the first period, but the Minutemen couldn’t come through with a goal. The River Hawks did, though, when Chris Maniccia sent a cross-ice pass to Ryan McGrath, who tipped the puck past Mastalerz 16 minutes, 28 seconds into the game.

UML also struck in the second period on a wrist shot

by Joseph Pendenza on the power play, which made it 2-0 at the time.

UMass will next be in action next weekend when it plays two home games against Michigan State of the Big Ten. Cameron McDonough can be reached at cameronm@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Cam_McDonough.

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Kassan Messiah (above) celebrates in the closing moments of UMass football’s victory Saturday over Miami (Ohio). UMass won 17-10, marking its first victory of the season and first ever victory at Gillette Stadium.

Minutemen earn first victory UMass makes the most of Second half rally its opportunities in win gives UMass win

the importance of the role of “next man up.” On Saturday, that motto stood true.

Khary Bailey-Smith entered the game late in the

By Andrew Cyr second quarter after startCollegian Staff ing safety Antoine Tharpe FOXBORO — For the was ejected for targeting a first time this season, the defenseless receiver, and Massachusetts football team made his presence felt immediately. Shortly had reason to celafter coming into ebrate.

UMass 17 the game, BaileyOn a dismal Smith made an and dreary day at Gillette Stadium Miami 10 impressive onehanded intercepboth weathertion in the Miami wise and with the (0-6, 0-2 MAC) end zone to on-field play of both teams, the Minutemen overcame end a promising Redhawks Mid-American Conference drive.

However, that wasn’t the foe Miami (Ohio) 17-10, earning their first win of the sea- only big play Bailey-Smith son and their first all-time made.

Bailey-Smith once again in Foxboro in front of 21,707 stopped a Redhawks drive fans on Band Day. All season long, UMass dead in its tracks in the (1-5, 1-1 MAC) coach Charlie fourth quarter with another Molnar preached to his team interception off of Miami

quarterback Austin Boucher, returning it 25 yards.

“Coached called the right play,” Bailey-Smith said when asked about both interceptions. “I was in the right spot and the ball just happened to come my way.”

Bailey-Smith’s two interceptions, along with 10 tackles, earned one of the game balls from Molnar.

“Khary really exemplifies what we are trying to instill in our young men, and that’s the next man in approach,” Molnar said. “You need to have a guy that steps up and is ready to go, and obviously Khary stepped up with two big football plays today.”

Not only was this win big for the UMass football program, but it meant even more to senior captain Rob Blanchflower.

“I’m so happy for the see

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By MArk ChiArelli Collegian Staff

FOXBORO — When the pass left A.J. Doyle’s right hand and spiraled across the middle of the field, disaster lurked.

Doyle’s pass from the shotgun to Rob Blanchflower looked like a microcosm of the Massachusetts football team’s season, a potential drive-killing throw which shouldn’t be made in a game ripe for the picking.

Only it wasn’t.

“I wanted it back right away,” Doyle responded when asked about his 47-yard touchdown pass to Blanchflower in the third quarter, which proved to be the game-winning score in UMass’ first victory of the

season on Saturday, a 17-10 win over Miami (Ohio) at Gillette Stadium.

“All of a sudden I see (Blanchflower) catch it and running down the field with no one on him and I was just ecstatic.”

What transpired most likely won’t ever be replicated.

Doyle’s pass into double coverage ricocheted off Redhawks defender Dayonne Nunley’s outstretched arm and carelessly popped directly up into the air. The ball, suspended in mid-air for what felt like three hours instead of three seconds, came back down. Another Miami defender was a splitsecond late. Blanchflower was still standing there.

“I think I just gotta thank the man upstairs for that one,

it landed right in my bread basket,” Blanchflower said. “I think it was more luck than skill, but luckily I was able to track it.”

It’s undoubtedly been a trying season for a Minuteman football team that’s seen lackluster results on the field and controversy off it.

“I’m just so happy for the team and the University and all our loyal fans who have been here with us for the last few years where we’ve been going up and down,” Blanchflower said.

Blanchflower’s catch-andrun touchdown was one of the first notable bounces which went in the direction of UMass, something coach Charley Molnar acknowledged after the game. see

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HOCKEY

Penalties cost UM against Lowell Minutemen can’t overcome deficit

Hockey East foe in a nonconference matchup in front of 4,898 at Tsongas Center on Saturday night.

Four of the Minutemen’s

By CAMeron MCdonough (0-2) penalties came in the Collegian Staff second period, including LOWELL – For the sec- a five-minute major and ond straight game, the game misconduct on Oleg Massachusetts hockey Yevenko for hitting from team was assessed over 25 behind, creating UML’s second 5-on-3 minutes of penopportunity of alties – 27 minUML 5 the game. utes on Saturday This was – which did not UMass 2 the secondequal a winning straight night formula for the a UMass player Minutemen.

While UMass was exert- was ejected for a hit from ing energy trying to kill behind – Friday it was penalties, No. 1 UMass Shane Walsh. And since the Lowell (1-1), fresh off an Minutemen were spending upset loss against Sacred most of their time on the Heart the night before, sat kill, they couldn’t mount a in waiting and came away counter during the frame, with a 5-2 win against its finishing with just four

shots. But the positive for UMass was that it killed all but one power play out of seven on the night.

“The second period was just all penalty kills,” UMass coach John Micheletto said.

“It’s tough to mount any sort of attack there other than just trying to counter punch. I thought we managed our energy well and were able to, despite playing with five defensemen for that long, to continue to push the pace and continue to create opportunities.”

UMass created multiple opportunities in the third period after entering the frame down 2-0. The Minutemen’s first tally came on a power play goal

by Branden Gracel four minutes, 53 seconds into

the third. The score was reviewed for a possible kick in, but it was upheld as a good goal.

Troy Power, who missed most of last season due to injury, also scored a goal on the power play for UMass, which made it 3-2 at the 13:40 mark. He scored on a backhand shot, which rebounded off of Doug Carr (27 saves) right to him off of Colin Shea’s original shot.

But the early two-goal deficit proved too much to handle.

“I though it would’ve been nice for us to convert on an early opportunity and play with the lead for one point this weekend,” Micheletto said. “We weren’t able to do that. … see

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Troy Power (above) carries the puck into the opposing zone in Friday’s season opener against No. 19 Boston University.