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Group focuses on cancer prevention Arrest made Protect Our Breasts

spreads awareness

By ElEanor HartE Collegian Correspondent

Protect Our Breasts, a communications and awareness initiative based at the University of Massachusetts, launched its “Don’t Pink About It, Think About It” campaign last week. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the group is using this month to further spread its message of breast cancer prevention.

“It’s the perfect place and the perfect time to spread our message, so we thought, ‘Let’s share it,’” said senior marketing major Riki Adams, the group’s public relations coordinator.

The group recently released a two-minute video about their “Don’t Pink About

It” campaign, which provides details about their current social media contest encouraging people to share pictures of the things or people they want to protect from toxins that contribute to breast cancer.

Sharing these images through social media with “#ProtectOurBreasts” enters people into a contest to win a basket of safe products.

The group will also be engaging with the UMass community by giving out stickers around campus and will also be featured at an upcoming hockey game.

Cynthia Barstow, the group’s executive director, was motivated to start the group after her breast cancer diagnosis came at the same time as the President’s Cancer Panel released a report that the role of the environment in cancer had been “grossly underestimated.” She was

already involved in the world of natural and organic products and started thinking of ways that people could reduce their own breast cancer risk.

Then she found that the two were connected.

Barstow, a UMass marketing professor, was approached by some of her students who wanted to get involved with the project. She initially planned on writing a book, but the students wanted to focus on strongly impacting their age group.

In October 2011, Protect Our Breasts was launched.

Barstow decided to focus solely on millennials in December 2011, after a report was released that breast cancer is a life stage disease, meaning that the cancer ranges from stage zero (earliest detection of breast cancer development) to stage four (severe progression of the breast cancer to other parts of the body).

“Women age 18 up to their first pregnancy are most vulnerable to toxins in the environment that can cause breast cancer because their bodies are constantly changing,” said Barstow. “So this age group is the most critical to reach.”

“Our focus on this age group is unique,” Delaney said. “It’s peer-to peer.”

Seventy percent of cancers are attributed to environmental causes, according to the presidential report. Protect Our Breasts wants to reduce that number by raising awareness about the everyday toxins that exist and how students can reduce their risk.

This includes using beauty products with safer chemicals, eating organic food that has not been sprayed with damaging pesticides and eliminating unhealthy cleansee

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UMass celebrates no iMpact week

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Hannah McDonald feels heat emitted from various types of lightbulbs in the Campus Center on Oct. 10 as part of No Impact Week’s “reduce your use” day.

at gunpoint Result of student’s noncompliance A University of Massachusetts student was arrested at gunpoint outside the W.E.B. Du Bois library Oct. 8 after he was observed running around campus dressed in costume and making obscene gestures at bystanders and buildings, according to Patrick Archibald, UMPD deputy chief.

The student, Hejian “Rick” Liu, of Newton, was reportedly dressed as the character Rorschach from the graphic novel “Watchmen,” garb that includes a long trench coat and face mask.

Liu was first spotted around the Campus Center but moved toward the library, where he was ordered by responding officers to show his hands, which he had put in his pockets. According to Archibald, officers initially believed that Liu, who had his back to the police, was ignoring the officers’ commands, leading one officer to draw a weapon and point it at Liu. The suspect was in fact wearing headphones, and could not see or hear the officers shouting. Archibald could not say exactly when Liu assented to the officers’ orders, but it did not occur until after the firearm was drawn.

Liu was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace. He was bailed from custody and will be arraigned at the Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown on an undisclosed date.

Liu, a mechanical engineering major, intended to cause a disturbance in an attempt to ensure his expulsion from UMass, according to Archibald.

Liu’s Facebook profile contains a large number of long, introspective posts dating back several months, many of which discuss a

“mental illness” that Liu claims is paranoid schizophrenia, and that he said began in high school.

In a post created on the day of the incident, Liu says that he “finally realize[d] where this ends,” and that he had “played this game before.” He ends the post with the definitive, “F*** fate and the gods who toy with our world and existence. I’m out.”

Because of the “odd behavior” Liu displayed in this situation, it appeared to the officers on the scene as though Liu could have been concealing a weapon, Archibald said. His repeated non-compliance with police commands to reveal his hands reportedly gave officers greater belief that there was appropriate reason to draw firearms.

“Whenever (an officer) is dealing with a suspect who keeps their hands in their pockets or behind their back (despite police commands), that person could potentially be concealing a weapon,” Archibald said. “Each ignored request by the suspect to reveal their hands gives police greater reason to believe there could indeed be a weapon.

“If (the officer) feels like they or the public is at risk, it is up to that officer’s discretion as to when a weapon should be drawn,” he added.

According to Archibald, UMPD reviews each instance in which a weapon is drawn by a UMPD officer, a process that is currently underway regarding this incident.

“Any time there is a use of force by one of our officers, including the drawing of firearms, we take it very seriously,” Archibald said. “We are in the process of reviewing this incident currently, at which time our command staff will determine whether appropriate action was taken by the officer.”

Archibald would not disclose the name of the arresting officer involved in Liu’s arrest.

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Debt talks stall, bond firm UHS begins offering same-day appointments warns of rating downgrade Part of an effort to reduce wait times

By HalEy ScHilling

Collegian Correspondent

On Tuesday, University Health Services at the University of Massachusetts began offering patients sameday appointments as part of a plan to reduce wait times at its walk-in clinic Patients can now call or visit UHS to schedule an appointment with a doctor or nurse practitioner for later in the day or the following morning. All of the health care practitioners at UHS will be available for same-day appointments.

According to Dr. George

Corey, executive director of UHS, the institution’s concerted effort to improve walk-in clinic care partly results from a survey that UHS conducted to guide its new mission statement last semester. The study surveyed thousands of UMass students, faculty and staff, and found that walk-in care is one of the most valued services that UHS offers.

He explained that wait times are long because there are not always enough physicians and nurse practitioners available to accommodate the large patient volume. This can be frustrating for patients and may result in many not being able to receive medical attention.

“When waiting times are

excessive, a person might not receive care. That person may choose not to stay, they may come to the door and look at the long wait and turn around and go. And so people may choose to not get care for things that they might otherwise want care for, and some of those may be things that need to be addressed soon,” Corey said.

Freshman Victoria Reis once waited to be seen at the walk-in clinic for three hours before being seen by a doctor for a broken toe.

“It really was a waste of time,” she said. “I literally could have driven to an actual hospital and back before I see

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By William DouglaS, DaviD ligHtman anD lESlEy clark

McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Congressional efforts to raise the nation’s debt limit and reopen the shuttered federal government stalled Tuesday when the House of Representatives delayed a vote on its latest proposal as the threat of possible default loomed larger and a top bond rating agency warned of a possible downgrade for U.S. bonds.

What had appeared to be progress in budget talks stopped as House Republicans insisted anew on their own plan, a plan that might again prove unac-

ceptable to Senate Democrats or the White House. Then the House delayed any action.

In a shot from Wall Street at the dysfunction in the capital, the bond rating agency Fitch Ratings said late Tuesday that it would consider downgrading the AAA rating for U.S. government bonds. Fitch said it would look at the question as the debt fight was all but certain to extend into next year even with a short-term settlement now.

Senate leaders from both parties had worked since Saturday to craft a path that would end the stalemate that has gripped Washington and the nation since Oct. 1.

They, and apparently the

Republicans who control the House, appear to agree on some key points. They have the same spending levels through Jan. 15 and want to increase the debt limit until Feb. 7. The House also would require a budget conference, or negotiation, on a bigger budget compromise by Dec. 15. The Senate has a deadline two days earlier.

They differed on health care. Republicans floated the idea of delaying a 2.3 percent medical device tax that would help pay for the Affordable Care Act. The Senate would end a reinsurance tax paid by unions and other major self-insurers. see

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In 1967, 2,000 tickets for the Homecoming concert were stolen from the car of the Homecoming Comittee chairman while parked in North Amherst. The tickets were valued at a total of $5,500.

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Iran unveils plan to end conflict Iran’s foreign minister Tuesday unveiled a widely anticipated plan for ending the conflict over his country’s nuclear program in an hour-long English-language Powerpoint presentation, as two days of talks between Iran and six world powers got underway at a United Nations palace.

Mohammad Javad Zarif’s presentation, which he promised would take a new approach to resolving world anxieties about Iran’s nuclear program, was titled “Closing an unnecessary crisis - Opening new horizons.”

Neither Iranian nor Western officials commented immediately on the contents of the plan. But officials said it was likely that the Iranians would provide some details on their offer later in the day, and the United States and other Western governments would say if it met their demands.

The U.S. and European allies have been eagerly waiting for Iran’s new, relatively moderate government to show whether it is more willing than its predecessor to accept curbs on a fastgrowing nuclear program that many governments fear is aimed at acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.

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Police detain suspect in Russian riots killing Russian police said Tuesday that they had detained the suspect in a killing that caused xenophobic riots over the weekend in Moscow.

Orkhan Zeinalov, a native of Azerbaijan, was detained by special police forces in Kolomna, about 80 miles southeast of the capital, and flown to Moscow by helicopter, Russian news agencies reported.

The Russian Investigative Committee said that it will ask a court to sanction Zeinalov’s arrest Wednesday. The committee, a powerful agency that deals with high-profile cases, described the suspect as “aggressive and an abuser of spirits.”

Zeinalov is accused of stabbing Yegor Shcherbakov, an ethnic Russian, in a brawl involving the victim’s girlfriend.

The killing last week caused massive unrest among locals in Birlyuvyovo, a depressed industrialized neighborhood at the Russian capital’s southern rim.

On Sunday, an angry mob shouting anti-immigrant slogans plundered a local shopping center and attacked a wholesale market, which they blamed of flooding the area with foreign laborers.

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SGA discusses veteran Many break-ins benefit cuts at meeting over weekend

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Student internships also considered

By Katrina BorofsKi Collegian Correspondent

The Student Government Association discussed the repercussions of the government shutdown as well as updates on many other events taking place on the University of Massachusetts campus at their weekly meeting on Tuesday evening.

One of the most pressing issues that the SGA considered was the negative impact that the government shutdown is having on veterans at the University.

“Because of the government shutdown, veteran benefits are being cut.

That’s not alright with us,” Speaker Sionan Barrett said.

The SGA created a video expressing their support for the veterans and have also initiated a petition to protest the benefit cuts, which affect a number of UMass students.

Barrett also shared news with the Student Senate from a meeting with Enku Gelaye, vice chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life. At this meeting, Gelaye explained background reasoning behind cancelling school events, such as the electronic dance

music concerts, providing additional explanations as to why these cancellations were necessary.

Regarding schoolplanned events, Barrett also reported on a continued effort toward gaining permission to host events following large sports games.

Barrett and others are in the process of receiving approval to host a large campus event during other events such as the World Series.

Emily O’Neil, a Student Senate representative from Orchard Hill, also brought up an issue regarding student internships.

“For those who haven’t heard, it costs $200 for a onecredit student internship during the summer,” O’Neil said. Her goal is to reduce this cost in order to increase availability and opportunity for students, saying “We want to help students leave UMass more well-rounded.”

Renee Moss, president of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County, came to this week’s SGA meeting to advertise the Masquerade Bowl, a fundraiser for the program that will take place on Nov. 2 and 3 at Spare Time Northampton. Moss emphasized the invaluable significance of this program here at UMass.

“Hampshire County Big Brothers Big Sisters has a huge connection with UMass; having a college stu-

dent as a big brother or sister provides such a powerful influence for the younger kids,” Moss said.

The current UMass Graduate Student Senate president was also a guest at this week’s SGA meeting.

The SGA and GSS are currently collaborating to work together on many important issues regarding both undergraduate and graduate student government.

Vice President Emily Hajjar also reported a number of updates at this meeting. After attending an Athletic Faculty Senate meeting, Hajjar reported updates regarding the building of the Champion Center, noting that its construction will be completed by spring 2015. Hajjar said that this will be a great facility for all student athletes.

Hajjar also brought up SGA’s “WTF (What To Fix) Campaign.” This campaign provides students with the opportunity to bring issues within the campus community to the attention of the Senate. Students can share their issues at the SGA’s table in the Student Union every Thursday, or they connect with the WTF campaign on Twitter: @WTF_ Umass.

Katrina Borofski can be reached at kborofski@umass.edu

Default or not, US credit rating already endangered

By Kevin g. Hall McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Credit ratings agencies may not wait for a default to downgrade U.S. government creditworthiness.

Standard & Poor’s downgraded U.S. government bonds to AA from AAA amid the August 2011 debt ceiling debacle. The other two major ratings agencies - Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings - didn’t follow suit at the time, but Fitch said late Tuesday that it had put the United States on a watch list, meaning U.S. bonds might be downgraded.

Fitch promised to resolve the status before the end of March, depending on the outcome of the political squabbling, which could extend into next year even with a short-term resolution now. And S&P doesn’t rule out a downgrade.

For now, it’s a warning that politicians are showing just why U.S. bonds no longer are considered to be worthy of the gold-plated AAA status. The AA designation means that U.S. bonds are now considered a riskier investment than those issued by Canada or Germany.

S&P spokesman John Piecuch told McClatchy it was “worth reiterating that this level of discord, which is not consistent with a AAA rating, is a dominant reason the U.S. sovereign rating is no longer rated AAA.” Financial markets weren’t waiting for the downgrade, which reflects a greater risk of default and

whiplash for one or more of the drivers and one person was transported to Cooley A slew of break-ins Dickinson Hospital for furoccurred over the holiday ther evaluation. weekend. On Saturday, a man broke into two differAt 11:38 p.m., callers reportent apartments in the same ed revelers throwing bottles building at 36 South East at them at 39 Hobart Lane, St. around 4:37 a.m., and he where there was a large, was arrested. On Sunday, the aggressive group and a live police received a call at 2:22 band. A 20-year-old woman a.m. about a man knocking from Weymouth received on the door at 101 Cherry a summons on charges of Ln., trying to get inside the a liquor law violation and residence. He was arrested underage drinking. shortly thereafter. Then at 6:52 a.m., police received a On Saturday, a vehicle movcall from 272 Lincoln Ave. ing 57 mph in a 40 mph zone about a man knocking on the on South Pleasant Street was door. He broke into a nearby pulled over. Officers found car and was found passed three men in the car in posout under a blanket and was session of marijuana. Each later arrested. On Monday, man received a summons on residents at 237 Sunset Ave. charges of possession of less returned from the long week- than an ounce of marijuana. end to find cash and other items missing. Police suspect Totals entry through an unlocked Liquor law violation arrests: rear window. Residents at 1 44 McClure St. called at 2:50 Liquor law violation sump.m. to report missing clothes mons: 3 and jewelry. Police suspect Noise complaints: 12 that the perpetrator entered Motor vehicle stops: 18 through the basement.

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might push interest rates up.

Big money-market players such as Fidelity Investments and JPMorgan Chase have been dumping short-term U.S. bonds.

Citigroup spooked the markets Tuesday by telling its customers it was in good shape because it had unloaded U.S. bonds.

That’s hardly a vote of confidence, and investors buying bonds that mature in the next six weeks were demanding on Tuesday an interest rate equal to what they’d usually seek to hold a riskier six-month bond.

It all leads to the question: Why hasn’t there been another downgrade?

At Fitch, the signals in the current fight are warning signs that are worth watching closely.

“The U.S. risks being forced to incur widespread delays in payments to suppliers and employees, as well as Social Security payments to citizens - all of which would damage the perception of U.S. sovereign creditworthiness and the economy,” the Fitch statement said.

Fitch added that the U.S. standing in the world is at stake, too.

“The prolonged negotiations over raising the debt ceiling ... risk undermining confidence in the role of the U.S. dollar” as the world’s top currency, Fitch said, “by casting doubt over the full faith and credit of the U.S.” Moody’s Investors Service was more optimistic, citing a much lower deficit than was the case in 2011

and an improving economy.

“We believe the government would continue to pay interest and principal on its debt even in the event that the debt limit is not raised, leaving its creditworthiness intact,” Moody’s said in an Oct. 7 report. A spokesman declined further comment Tuesday.

A ratings downgrade means that some big institutional investors no longer can hold U.S. government bonds in their portfolios because they’re allowed to hold only those with the AAA rating. And the interest rate the government pays investors who buy 10-year bonds influences what it costs consumers to borrow for items that require longer payoffs, such as mortgages or car loans.

“The long-term outlook is still as unsustainable as ever. As we get closer to the debt limit (deadline), depending on what happens here you might find the ratings agencies taking another look at this and being more negative,” said Bob Bixby, the head of the budget watchdog group Concord Coalition.

The question of ratingsagency silence will only grow if Congress allows the Treasury Department to run out of the “extraordinary measures” it’s deployed since May to ensure that creditors are paid in full. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has said that’s Thursday, although the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office thinks it will happen sometime after next Tuesday.

A three-vehicle car crash on Friday at 5:05 p.m. caused

Mary Reines can be reached at mreines@umass.edu.

Afghanistan gov. killed in bombing

By HasHMat BaKtasH and MarK Magnier Los Angeles Times

KABUL, Afghanistan —A bomb placed in a mosque that detonated during morning prayers Tuesday killed the governor of eastern Logar province, Afghan officials said.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the assassination of the governor, Arsallah Jamal, but suspicion fell on the Taliban.

The group has been targeting Afghan officials, police, military and NATO troops in the run up to late 2014, when foreign combat troops are scheduled to leave the country.

The bombing took place at around 9 a.m. as Jamal gave a speech to hundreds of people attending prayers for Eid alAdha - one of the year’s most important Islamic holidays marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage - said Hasibullah Stanikzai, Jamal’s secretary.

The explosives were placed under the lectern below the microphone and detonated by remote control as Jamal gave a speech, said Din Mohammad Darwish, the governor’s spokesman, killing Jamal and wounding 15 other people, including the mosque’s mullah.

The incident came a week after Jamal confirmed the arrest of Latifullah Mehsud, an alleged senior aide to Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, by Americans in Logar as he travelled in a vehicle. Mehsud is a common name and the two are not related.

The governor had recently initiated a major campaign against militants, drug traffickers, land grabbers and other mafia groups in Logar,

Darwish said. His assassins could have been from among these groups, he added.

Jamal, 47, was a close ally of President Hamid Karzai, working as his campaign manager during the 2009 presidential elections with expertise on rural development. He was previously the governor of eastern Khost province. Jamal was transferred to Logar about seven months ago. He had survived a number of previous assassination attempts.

The killing in the main mosque of Pul-i-Alam, the capital of eastern Logar province is the latest in a series of targeted killings designed to intimidate rivals and spread fear in advance of a general election on April 5 that the Taliban has condemned as a sham. A little more than a month ago, a district governor in northern Kunduz province was killed in a similar attack. And in mid-September, the election commission head from the same province was shot dead after warning that violence threatened the election’s legitimacy.

In an Eid message late Sunday, reclusive Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar urged militants to step up their fight against the government. “My advice to all mujahedeen is to stand up to the enemy firmer than before,” he said in his message, using a term denoting Muslim holy fighters. He also condemned as “documents of slavery” a proposed security pact between the United States and Afghanistan aimed at determining how many foreign troops remain in the country after 2014.

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Science and Standards Advisory board, which examines the packaging of the products.

“Pesticides can leach into the products through the packaging,” Barstow said. “We want to make sure the product is completely safe and organic, or at least comparable.

We don’t hand out a product without it being vetted by the board.”

The executive board is composed of Barstow and seven undergraduate students who meet three times a week to discuss strategies for spreading their message and sharing knowledge. Each of the women has a specific area that they research regarding breast cancer risks.

Yuliana Motyl researches fruits and vegetables. As a senior study-

ing sustainability and marketing through the Bachelor’s Degree with Individual Concentration (BDIC) program, she brings an understanding of pesticides and organic farming to the group.“Because we’re a multidisciplinary group, the perspectives are different among the group,” Delaney said. “There are people who know science and also people who know marketing.”

“This group is so eye-opening and really inspiring,” said Kelsie Mitchell, a junior public health major who researches water and plastics. “I’m so inspired by what we do here and by learning about what we can change.”

“I look at the world differently now,” Riki Adams said. “Once I learned about it I couldn’t stop

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the plug on taking the plan to a vote. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, the Rules Committee chairman, said the delay “allows us to take the night and make sure our members know what they’re voting on.”

“We’re making sure that we know what we’re going to pass,” Sessions added.

The failure to produce a House plan appeared to put a Senate plan being negotiated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell back in play.

“Given tonight’s events, the leaders have decided to work toward a solution that would reopen the government and prevent default,” said Michael Brumas, a McConnell spokesman.

“They are optimistic an agreement can be reached.”

Following a White House meeting with Obama, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., warned that Boehner, R-Ohio, had better be prepared to pass a plan with only Republican votes if it contains provisions unacceptable to Democrats.

“I believe the impact of not lifting the debt ceiling on top of shutting down

(the government) is (so) catastrophic that there will be those in the Republican Party who will see the light,” Pelosi said. “And we stand ready to supply votes. But if they do not, if they go on the path they’re on, they’ll need 100 percent Republican votes.”

Republican leaders spent much of Tuesday huddled privately with each other trying to put final touches on the plan.

The proposal, discussed at a morning caucus of House Republicans, drew criticism from the White House and Reid.

“The president has said repeatedly that members of Congress don’t get to demand ransom for fulfilling their basic responsibilities to pass a budget and pay the nation’s bills,” said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage. “Unfortunately, the latest proposal from House Republicans does just that, in a partisan attempt to appease a small group of tea party Republicans who forced the government shutdown in the first place.”

Two girls charged in connection to suicide By aRelis heRnandez and JeRRiann sullivan Orlando Sentinel

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — For more than a year, Rebecca Ann Sedwick’s bullies tormented the girl by calling her ugly and urging her drink bleach to die.

The harassment didn’t stop - even after Rebecca’s parents moved the 12-yearold Lakeland girl to a different middle school. The bullies reached her on her smartphone.

Rebecca brought it all to an end by jumping to her death from a silo at an abandoned concrete factory Sept.

10. But even after her suicide, the cruelty didn’t cease, family members and investigators say.

“Yes ik (I know) I bullied Rebecca nd she killed her self but IDGAF” (I don’t give a (expletive)).

That message - posted Saturday on Facebook by Rebecca’s 14-year-old persecutor - ended with a heart symbol. And resulted in an arrest.

On Monday, Polk County deputies charged the author of the post and another 12-year-old girl with aggravated stalking. The online remark goaded detectives into arresting the two girls earlier than they had anticipated.

“That post was the tipping point,” Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said during a Tuesday news conference. “She forced this arrest.”

The 14-year-old instigated the bullying after she

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ing supplies in favor of safer alternatives.

“People know that there are things that increase your cancer risk, but they don’t know what to focus on,” said senior marketing major Ariel Urban. “We make it easier for them to change their ways.”

The group does this by partnering with organic companies to see if they are interested in supporting Protect Our Breasts. These companies send the group product samples, which they can then pass out to people.

“This helps people make the connection to safer alternatives,” Urban said.

The products are tested not only by the companies themselves, but also by the Protect Our Breasts

The House also was eager to bar contributions for health insurance coverage for members of Congress and top executive branch officials, including President Barack Obama.

And they would beef up how the government verifies the incomes of people who qualify for subsidies to help pay for health care coverage.

But the House Republican proposal appeared to be unsatisfactory to some of the party’s conservative and moderate members.

Influential outside conservative groups such as FreedomWorks and Heritage Action were urging lawmakers to continue their efforts to derail the Affordable Care Act and to vote no if the plan reached the floor.

“Unfortunately, the proposed deal will do nothing to stop Obamacare’s massive new entitlements from taking root - radically changing the nature of American health care,” Heritage Action said in a statement.

Late Tuesday, the House Rules Committee was forced to postpone a hearing on the measure. By early evening, House Speaker John Boehner’s office pulled

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started dating Rebecca’s exboyfriend, Judd said. The 12-year-old girl was once Rebecca’s friend - but the other girl turned her against Rebecca.

The girls “repeatedly and maliciously” harassed Rebecca while all three attended Crystal Lake Middle School in Lakeland, investigators said.

“Several students corroborated stories of both girls bullying Sedwick on different occasions, through namecalling, intimidation, threats to beat her up, and at least one actual physical fight,” a Sheriff’s Office report said.

Judd said neither family cooperated with investigators, so the girls were placed under arrest Monday and charged with the thirddegree felony. The 12-yearold was released to her parents because she demonstrated remorse to the judge, but she can’t go back to school.

The 14-year-old is in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice until her next hearing.

After their arrests, Judd said, the girls admitted the abuse. They remain on house arrest, and the Orlando Sentinel is not naming them because of their ages.

Under Florida law, a range of options is available to punish juveniles convicted of felony aggravated stalking.

Brian Haas, State Attorney’s Office spokesman for the judicial circuit that includes Polk County, would not talk about the case

specifically. But he said the charge carries a maximum penalty of juvenile probation or placement in a residentialcommitment program for five years or until the 19th birthday - whichever comes first.

Judges have a variety of options for sentencing, including counseling and rehabilitation.

According to investigators, the 14-year-old had several arguments with Rebecca via Facebook, as well as verbal confrontations with her at school.

Witnesses said that the girl sent messages to Rebecca, calling her ugly, telling her to drink bleach and die, and saying Rebecca should kill herself.

Rebecca was jumped in school and later bombarded with such hateful messages via a cellphone application as “You’re ugly,” “Why are you still alive?” and “Go kill yourself.”

In February, the 12-yearold was suspended from school after allegedly attacking Rebecca physically, Judd said.

Rebecca’s mother decided to home-school her, and eventually Rebecca transferred to Lawton Chiles Middle Academy, but detectives found evidence that the bullying continued on her cellphone.

The morning Rebecca took her life, she posted a message to a North Carolina boy whom she reportedly met once at the airport: “I’m jumping and I can’t take it anymore,” the text read.

thinking about it. And the actual impact we have is motivation.”

The group has over 4,000 likes on Facebook, and the members view each of those likes as someone whose life can be changed by the content that they post.

“It’s nice to know you might potentially be saving a life,” Motyl said. “The exposure is awe-inspiring. And we also learn a lot from sharing the message. Every conversation I have with someone about it, I find I’m learning more about ways to spread awareness.”

Not only does Protect Our Breasts impact the people that they reach, but it’s impacting the executive board as well: “It’s a great intersection of my majors, and it’s helped me figure out what I want

to do,” said Natasha Merchant, a public health and economics double major.

The group is excited about their current campaign.

“We want to take Breast Cancer Awareness Month to show how different we are. We want pink to signal protection and prevention, not necessarily the cure,” Adams said.

“It’s my hope that by the time current college students have children, this group will be irrelevant because everyone will be using safe products,” Barstow said.

Protect Our Breasts (protectourbreasts.org) can be followed on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Eleanor Harte can be reached at eharte@ umass.edu.

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could have been seen. If there were an actual emergency, I would have been dead.”

Freshman Nate Fair similarly experienced a two-anda-half hour wait to be seen at the walk-in clinic so that a doctor could prescribe him an asthma inhaler.

“I waited for an hour and a half and I was seen by a nurse, and I waited for another hour in the waiting room to be seen again by a doctor,” he said.

“The entire time I was there, one person saw a doctor and she had been there since 10 a.m. and it was 12:30 (p.m.).”

Fair contemplated leaving UHS without receiving medical care to avoid sitting in the waiting room.

“I was struggling because it wasn’t like I was going to pass out or die or anything and I was in a crowded space with sick people, and in part because I would rather go home and take a nap than to sit in a waiting room,” he said.

“It all translates, for the most part, into having enough providers, doctors

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The outside of University Health Services, where the walk-in clinic is located. and nurse practitioners to see people,” Corey said, adding of the wait times: “We are very aware that they are not optimal.”Between now and January, UHS will increase the number of health care practitioners who are available to see patients by five.

UHS is also hiring an evening physician at the walk-in clinic.

Corey, aware of the deterring effect that long wait

times can have, reaffirmed UHS’s commitment to providing quality health care to students.

“We are eager to see students when they have health concerns, small or large, and we’re very open about any input,” he said.

Haley Schilling can be reached at hschilling@umass.edu.

Iran, US diplomats talk about nuclear program

By Paul RichteR and Ramin mostaghim Tribune Washington Bureau

GENEVA — Iranian diplomats Tuesday laid out a plan to address international concerns about their nation’s nuclear program and held a rare private meeting with their U.S. counterparts as two days of talks between Iran and six world powers got underway at a United Nations palace.

In another sign of easing tensions between their nations, Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman and other Americans met for an hour with Iranians led by Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the U.N.’s Palais des Nations. It was only the second such U.S.Iranian bilateral meeting in seven years of diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program.

The meeting capped a day that began with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif laying out, in an hourlong English-language PowerPoint presentation, a plan to resolve the 2-decadeold dispute. Zarif’s title for the presentation suggested his goal: “Closing an Unnecessary Crisis: Opening New Horizons.”

U.S. officials said in a statement that the evening meeting was “useful” though “expected,” in light of Secretary of State John F. Kerry’s private meeting with Zarif on the sidelines of the U.N.’s annual meeting last month in New York.

The diplomacy began amid high expectations after of two months of overtures between the United States and Iran, which have stirred speculation that the two countries may be ready to

solve the nuclear conflict and repair their relationship. On Sept. 27, President Barack Obama broke three decades’ precedent by speaking to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani by telephone.

Yet though U.S. officials praised the Iranians for their willingness to delve into technical details, it was not clear that the Iranian delegation had given the Americans what they wanted to hear about curbing the nuclear program. Zarif and Araghchi spoke mostly in broad terms about their goals, diplomats said.

In the past decade of international meetings on the nuclear program, the Iranians have often not shown their hand until the final hours, analysts noted.

Iranian officials, who are eager to ease sanctions on their economy, have in recent days promised to present a broad “road map” that would chart the path to a resolution of the dispute over its program, which many nations fear is aimed at developing a nuclear weapons capability. Iranian officials have said in private meetings in recent weeks that they would agree to stop production of medium-enriched uranium, which is of special concern to the West because it is easily converted into nuclear bomb fuel, and to allow for international inspection of their sites.

Iranian officials made no public comment Tuesday about the contents of their plan. But in interviews with his nation’s state-controlled media, Araghchi emphasized that Iran intends to maintain the vast nuclear complex, which is a source of national pride.

He said Iran will cooper-

ate with the United Nations on the nuclear program and other issues. But he didn’t mention a halt in the production of medium-enriched uranium, or a decision to send the existing stockpile of the material out of the country, as the West has urged.

He said that the Iranian religious directive, or fatwa, against the use of nuclear weapons would be sufficient to build the world’s confidence that Iran intended its nuclear activities to be peaceful.

Ray Takeyh, an Iran specialist at Council on Foreign Relations, said that in the accounts, “I don’t see anything shutting or being shipped out - if that’s still our red line, then presumably this falls below it.” But he acknowledged that it was not possible to draw conclusions about Iran’s intentions based on the sketchy information available so far on the talks.

U.S. officials have sought to play down expectations for the meetings, saying that a breakthrough was unlikely to come quickly on such a complicated issue. In comments to reporters, Araghchi also was unwilling to say that progress had yet been made.

Negotiators from the seven countries - Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China, in addition to the U.S. and Iran - will meet again Wednesday. Iranian officials have suggested that they might meet several additional times at a more senior level in the weeks ahead.

Catherine Ashton, who is the European Union’s foreign policy chief and point person for the six major powers, met privately Tuesday evening with Zarif.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” -Dorothy Parker

Case for UMass Gun Club

The University of and both experienced gun Massachusetts does not enthusiasts as well as seem like a likely place for beginners. With over 20,000 students from all over the Michael Ball world at UMass, and half of American households a gun club to thrive, but having firearms, many thriving we are. I am sure students grew up around that if you talked to stu- guns. Of course, many students and faculty about the dents at UMass are from prospect of UMass having Massachusetts, where guns a club that promoted train- are taboo, but they are curiing and recreational fire- ous and want to learn more. arms, you would be laughed For some international stuat. Indeed, at every activi- dents, the Gun Club may ties expo, “We have a gun club?” is a common exclamation from those walking by. In our third year now, the UMass Gun Club has a strong membership and more people than ever are attending our events and safety classes.

UMass is not new to firearms-related activities, end up being the only way as it had the Agricultural they will have any expoCollege rifle team in the sure to firearms without early 20th century. In fact, serving in their home counUMass still owns the over- try’s armed forces. I was grown property that was told by one student that he the school rifle range, with was here “to experience firing points, target carriers America,” and “what is and pits now intact despite that without guns?” I am not being used in more than also proud that our student 30 years. It is a long-term interest has included more goal of the Gun Club to women every year, which bring back scholastic shoot- reflects national trends in ing sports to UMass, which female firearms owneris made possible by student ship as people continue to understand that they are support.

The reason for our suc- responsible for their own cess as a club and our abili- safety.

Over the years since my ty to generate great interest is simple: guns are a cor- friend and fellow student nerstone of the foundation Sergey founded the club, we of American culture. Our have advanced our mission club attracts people from from non-partisan but proall political backgrounds, civil-rights political action

to safety and marksmanship instruction. We have proven to the school that we can safely and responsibly teach students about gun safety and how to shoot, and even facilitate proper licensure. The UMass police department has been invaluable in helping us to teach safety classes by providing officers and a classroom. Club training is conducted by club members who are certified firearms

We have proven to the school that we can safely and responsibly teach students about gun safety and how to shoot, and even facilitate proper licensure.

nition and targets. These range events provide a safe and comfortable environment for students who have never fired a gun before to have the opportunity, allowing beginners to shoot multiple different types of firearms and start building their own shooting ability. We rely on club officers to bring their own firearms, so students have an opportunity to shoot all of today’s most popular guns. Unsurprisingly, the two favorites are the classic Smith and Wesson revolver and the popular AR-15 rifle.

This year, we were fortunate that Troy Industries, a local manufacturer, donated 1,000 rounds of ammunition, valued at almost $400.

Moving forward, our plans include more basic safety courses and a class exclusively about the AR15. The club will continue instructing students in safe firearms handling and basic marksmanship, as well as educating students about preserving a right that I consider inherent to not only the culture, but to the freedom of the United States of America.

As chief of training for the Gun Club, I would hope that any of those who are interested or have questions will attend one of our classes or range events. I hope to see you there.

instructors by the NRA as well as the Massachusetts State Police. Currently, I am proud to say that all of the club instructors are also veterans, and we have instructed hundreds of students and helped dozens obtain their licenses.

Over the past two semesters, we have been able to organize large group trips to local shooting ranges for the first time. I am also happy to say the UMass administration, which was understandably apprehensive about having a Gun Club, has come around and is working with us to be able to help fund future shooting range events. Currently, we Michael Ball is Collegian corresponrely on student dues and dent and can be reached at mjball@ donations to fund ammu- umass.edu

Even celebrities deserve privacy

Kanye West has been one let him be with his family of the most controversial and to respect his privacy. celebrities over the past few Regardless of how we feel about Kanye, can we really Dennis Topakov condemn him for pleading to be left alone? Many will years. He’s cocky, talented argue that because indiand outspoken. Whenever viduals such as Kanye are it gets a chance, the media jumps all over him.

Numerous viral videos have surfaced showing Kanye fighting with paparazzi. If we examined exactly what Kanye is yelling at the famous, they chose to forpaparazzi for, however, we feit their right to privacy. would see a whole different But privacy is an intrinstory. Maybe he has a point sic social value that is the about respecting everyone’s right of every human being.

Therefore, why should the right to privacy.

Throughout most of paparazzi and media keep Kanye’s rants, he focuses pushing the envelope when on lack of privacy when it it comes to upholding this comes to media attention. value?

This week, Adrian In interviews and on-thestreet confrontations, his Peterson, the running back main message has always for the Minnesota Vikings, been to leave him alone, to lost his son. News of the

tragedy quickly spread, and as the week progressed, many people posted false accounts of what had happened on social media.

Peterson, a very private individual, asked for all of the pictures and false sto-

Privacy is an intrinsic social value that is the right of every human being.

celebrity status.

Both West and Peterson understand that the paparazzi, the media and major publicity are aspects of their everyday lives. But is it not one step too far when the media ask about one’s family issues and disrupts one’s daily life? I feel that regardless of social class or esteem, an individual must always be treated with respect. Next time you read a controversial story such as Peterson’s on social media, consider whether you would like the world to know about your hardships or losses before you decide to share it further.

ries to be taken down.

During Sunday’s postgame interview, Peterson was not asked about the game, but was instead grilled about the details of his tragedy. Peterson did not ask to become famous; he simply excelled at the game that he loved to play as a child. His privacy should not be taken away, Dennis Topakov is a Collegian corespecially about such a sen- respondent and can be reached at sitive subject, even with his dtopakov@umass.edu.

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US Army develops ‘Iron Man’ suit

Just days ago, the United neering would combine the States Army called on works of several industries industry, technology and to combine smart communication technology with Julian del Prado mechanical enhancements.

With this new system, solgovernment alike to aid in diers will be able to monitor the creation of a new weapon: the “Iron Man” suit. The each others’ health, status Army wants to get their and position. In addition to hands on exoskeleton tech- being outfitted with weapnology in order to fashion a onry, the TALOS will use new breed of super soldier. liquid body armor develAlthough the modern sol- oped at MIT that turns solid dier is still bound by limita- when exposed to an electritions such as fatigue and cal current. human strength, the battleWhat do these advancfield of tomorrow is increases mean for the future of ingly becoming more techwar? Through the addition nologically impressive.

Based on technologies of nuclear weapons, drones currently being developed, and robots, we will be introthe super soldiers of our ducing the Terminator to future could well be an the battlefield. Enemies of unstoppable force, capable such an army would face of feats reserved for movies almost invincible super soland nightmares. Telescopic diers and an endless arsecontact lenses currently in nal of mindless self-guidtesting allow the user to see ed weaponry. Once again nearly three times farther than would normally be pos- we will look to see if the sible. A new device called weapon to end all wars has the Eidos mask allows the been created, because in a wearer to isolate specific world where your opponent sounds while simultane- has these weapons at their ously improving vision and disposal, one must wonder hearing. Another invention, what countries without this albeit a few years down the capacity will be willing to road, allows the wearer to do to assert their authority. “feel” a short radius around

Although the modern soldier is still bound by limitations such as fatigue and human strength, the battlefield of tomorrow is increasingly becoming more technologically impressive. the body. The SpiderSense suit enables wearers to maneuver by touch alone, detecting incoming threats and stopping them even while blindfolded.

These technologies aren’t even the most advanced in terms of military feasibility. Bionic exoskeleton technology is continuously progressing, with the Lockheed Martin HULC suit currently taking the lead. With it, soldiers can carry an additional 200 pounds and run up to 10 mph with equipment in hand. The suit carries its own weight, can be fixed in the field and will assist in moving a load 12.4 miles before running out of charge. These features are only the beginning, as the suit is currently in line to become a battle-tested reality.

More recently, the U.S. Army has announced the development of the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit. This marvel of engi-

Overall, I wish that the invention of super-soldier technology would spell the end of manned conflict, ushering in an era of proxy warfare where only fully mechanical soldiers are sent into battle. I think, however, that any transitional period where the United States holds a monopoly on super-soldiers is going to set a precedent for one-sided warfare. During this period, countries without this capability will surely attempt to procure it. Alternatively, nuclear weapons use could be justified as a deterrent against the creation of super-soldiers, or as a defense against them.

Regardless of how this transitional period will play out, it’s going to be one hell of a ride.

Julian del Prado is a Collegian correspondent and can be reached at dtopakov@umass.edu.

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Umphrey’s McGee returns to NoHo ‘Grand Theft Chicago jam band Auto V’ hijacks to play at Calvin expectations By ryan Kaplan Collegian Correspondent

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portions) are left to Trevor.

Although the heavy dialogue scenes intended to move the plot along often bog down the game, the large-scale heists and humorous side objectives make it continuously enjoyable. The alternation between characters really comes in handy during missions and heists, when a character’s avatar will flash red if they are in danger and need assistance, or white if that character has a strategic advantage that can aid your success.

Multi-character heists always offer a heart-pounding thrill.

The setting of the game itself is like another character that you can interact with. Los Santos is a city of fool’s gold, full of fading D-list stars, wannabes and self-help gurus.

Throughout the game, you can ride jet skis through the city river, get a tattoo, play tennis or visit the Vanilla Unicorn strip club.

You can also climb mountains, dive into the game’s ocean and lakes and take to the seemingly endless sky.

No one in Los Santos lifts a finger without calculating their financial loss or gain, exemplifying the city as the epitome of corporate greed and reckless abandon of morals. It is a city of narcissists, liars, losers, lunatics and criminals – and it’s yours to conquer.

GTA V has achieved universal acclaim in the gaming world, earning a 97/100 on Metacritic based on reviews by 54 critics. Rated M for mature audiences, it ranks not only among Rockstar’s best products, but also among some of the best games ever released.

The fifteenth installment of the Grand Theft Auto series surpasses all that came before it. “Grand Theft Auto V” is a culmination of perfection for Rockstar Games, combining superb graphics, an intense storyline and witty, irreverent satire of contemporary America.

Set in Los Santos, a fictional version of Los Angeles previously visited in “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas,” the game focuses on three criminals: Franklin, a street gangster looking for opportunities and lots of cash; Michael, a professional ex-con who views the world through delusions of grandeur; and Trevor, a hilariously volatile maniac fixed on finding a cheap high and the next big score. The three men work together to pull off daring, dangerous heists that will keep them financially set for life.

What makes GTA V stand out is the ability to switch between these three protagonists freely, although loading times between characters are often too long.

Missions are usually categorized by the skills of the game’s characters. Motor vehicle theft missions are typically left to Franklin, who we learn is a repo man for a scamming car salesman. Michael’s missions usually involve his family, such as one in which he tries to chase down his yacht after his son tries to sell it, or another in which he seeks vengeance on a tennis instructor for sleeping with his wife. Some missions also involve his past, and include striking a deal with an FBI agent to fake his death and allow him to go into retirement.

The game’s murderous Emma Sandler can be reached at rampages (of various pro- ehsandle@umass.edu.

Have you ever wanted to hear the upbeat, headbobbing aspects of electronic music combined with brain-melting guitar leads? How about jazzy rock tinged with heavy metal breakdowns, or extremely technical prog that fuses with the jamheavy tendencies of Phish?

This Friday, Umphrey’s McGee will bring all of that to the Calvin Theatre in Northampton.

Umphrey’s McGee is a Chicago jam band formed in 1997 at the University of Notre Dame by Brendan Bayliss (guitar/vocals), Ryan Stasik (bass), Joel Cummins (keyboards) and Mike Mirro (drums). The band started by playing Phish and Grateful Dead covers, and soon after began crafting their own experimental jam rock, releasing their debut album “Greatest Hits Vol. !!!” in 1998.

With the addition of guitarist Jake Cinninger and Kris Myers to replace Mirro on the drums in the early 2000s, Umphrey’s 2004 “Anchor Drops” earned the band a latenight slot at that year’s Bonnaroo music festival, one of the largest music

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Umphrey’s McGee perform at the Calvin Theatre in 2011. festivals in the U.S. As most fans of the band (and the jam genre in general) will tell you, the only real way to hear Umphrey’s is to see them live. The group has been on the road since its inception and only ever stops for a few weeks to rest before taking on another long set of tour dates.

From the set lists to the jams, no live show is the same, so recordings of their live shows have become highly valued items for fans. Much like the taping scene that is so inherent to the communities surrounding the

Grateful Dead and Phish, Umphrey’s fans swap audience recordings in the Live Music Archive at archive. org. In addition, the band offers soundboard-quality recordings of all of their shows for purchase on their website.

The summer music festival scene has been very generous to Umphrey’s.

For the past six years, the band has headlined the Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, IL, and has played at almost every major U.S. music festival, from Bonnaroo and Hangout to Mountain Jam, Wakarusa and Gathering

of the Vibes. They are known for blowing right past their scheduled set time and raging into the wee hours of the morning, culminating in epic three to four-hour performances.

New York City rock trio The London Souls will be opening for Umphrey’s McGee this Friday, Oct. 18.

Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m..

Tickets are still available for $23.50.

Ryan Kaplan can be reached at rtkaplan@umass.edu.

BOOK REVIEW

Book delves into dog neuroscience Science proves that pets love us back

By Kathy antoniotti Akron Beacon Journal

Let me start by saying I almost never review books about animals. Everyone who has ever written one has an opinion and normally, its just that _ his or her opinion.

And there are as many of those as there are people.

Today’s column is no different, even though it is about a book about dogs.

Last week, I received Dr. Gregory Berns’ book “How Dogs Love Us, A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain,” and I couldn’t wait to have a few minutes to sit down with a good read.

What I discovered was so much more. Although it was filled with unfamiliar scientific terms, it was also surprisingly easy to read.

Every book ever written about what dogs are thinking is what someone thinks dogs are thinking.

This was something completely different.

Berns took a premise all dog lovers have always known and proved it through the science of brain mapping.

Over two years, Berns, a neuroscientist at Emory University in Atlanta taught his dog, Callie, a shelter-rescued rat terrier, to enthusiastically walk into a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine and sit, sphinx-like and without moving, until scientists could get thousands of images of her brain in order to map it.

McKenzie, a team member’s border collie and an agility champion, was also in the first round of tests to find

out how dogs relate to their humans.

At first, the pair worked for hot dogs and peas. But as research continued, Berns realized something else was afoot.

To start with, both dogs were chosen because each had the demeanor and the drive to learn to sit inside a tube while testing required them to do so in a calm state so the test would record activity in an awake, nonstressed brain.

Berns’ quest began after losing his 14-year-old pug, Newton. After a long period of mourning, he began wondering if Newton felt the same attachment to him.

“Do dogs have some concept of humans as something more than food dispensers? Simply knowing that human feelings toward dogs are reciprocated in some way, even if only partially, changes everything. It would mean that dog-human relationships belong on the same plan as human-human relationships,” Berns writes.

Just thinking about the logistics of accomplishing the training necessary to do the study is mind boggling to anyone who has ever trained an animal. Most people hate MRIs. How do you make a dog be amenable to the test?

The project started with the premise that the dogs would be treated as if they were human children. If it was too stressful or painful in any way, the testing would be stopped immediately. Participants were never forced. Everything they did was voluntary.

Berns was accustomed to studying human brains, but this would be something very different. He and his team wanted to compare dogs’ brains with those of

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A dog possibly taking time to comprehend his owner’s feelings. humans. Employing a technique used on humans for the past 20 years, the team used functional MRI (fMRI) to study active neurons in the animal’s brain.

Berns discounts the theory that we can rely on wolf behavior to interpret dog behavior. While they share a common ancestor, it doesn’t mean dogs are descended from wolves. This is an important distinction.

“The evolutionary trajectories of wolves and dogs diverged when some of the “wolf-dogs” started hanging out with protohumans (hypothetical primitive ancestors of modern humans). Those that stuck around became dogs and those that stayed away became modern wolves,” he writes.

This means wolves behave differently from dogs and have very different social structures. Wolf analogies have led to the flawed training strategies based on the idea that the human must be a “pack leader,” according to Bern.

The team was able to deduce through the study that although a dog can’t

talk, his social interaction with his humans is remarkably advanced. It is humans who are not paying attention.

In a dog’s eyes, we are his partners, not his leader.

The journey Berns and his team embarked on, and are continuing, is as remarkable as the study’s conclusions to date.

Suffice to say, Berns proves what most pet lovers have always known. Our dogs are much like us. They are sentient beings. Quite simply, they think about what we are thinking.

It is the journey it took to get there that is so fascinating.

“How Dogs Love Us” from New Harvest will be available Oct. 22. Diminishing discounts on the $25 retail price are available on preordered copies at Amazon. com for hardback and Kindle editions.

Kathy Antoniotti writes about pets for the Akron Beacon Journal. She is unable to help locate, place or provide medical attention for an individual animal. If you have an idea or question about pets, write her at the Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309-0640; call 330-996-3565; or send an email to kantoniotti@ thebeaconjournal.com.

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Minutemen’s A squad falls to Eagles in Boston B squad remains first in standings

By Jackson Goddard Collegian Correspondent

While the Massachusetts men’s club rugby B squad remained undefeated over the weekend, the A side fell 24-14 to Boston College.

The Minutemen went into the game with a plan that involved kicking so that their fast wingers could avoid the Eagles’ big players on defense. , The Eagles proved their own fitness in the fourth minute. After a short stand at the UMass (1-4) try line, BC plugged in a try and added a conversion to create a 7-0 lead.

Backed up in their own try zone, Minutemen back Tim Harvey punted the ball, but it was immediately

caught by the Eagles and returned for another try and five more points.

The M i nu t e m e n advanced the ball slowly into the Eagles’ side of the field until Dean Nemeroff broke through BC’s defense and scored. The added conversion put UMass on the board.

Another try after a breakaway run by the Eagles put the halftime score at 17-7.

“They came out real hard in the second half,” Joseph said.

In the first half, the Minutemen were slow to rucks and were losing the ball in breakdowns, but showed improvement in the second half.

“We weren’t expecting UMass to be so strong at the breakdowns,” Eagles coach Rob Conway said after the game.

UMass improved its game, but consistent tackles

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Riley Carroll scores for the UMass rugby B squad. and scrums from the Eagles stopped offensive plays.

Most of the second half was spent with both teams struggling to maintain possession of the ball.

In the 76th minute, BC broke through another UMass try line defense and converted a kick to put

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seven more points on the board.

A final try by UMass’ Tim Harvey and a conversion by Nemeroff put the final score at 24-14.

Joseph was impressed by the team’s improved play in the second half, but realized that “little mistakes can be

costly.”

Minutes after the A side game, the B squad took the field to face the Eagles.

The UMass rugby B side (5-0) is first in the standings among B side teams and has not lost a game since 2011. It went into Saturday’s game having scored 145 points in its previous four wins, and only allowed 17 points on Saturday.

The B side, which goes by the name “The Killer B’s,” started the game with a try at the one-minute mark.

Three minutes later, Riley Carroll had a breakaway and scored in the corner of the try zone.

The Eagles had a quick pace and advanced the ball to the UMass try line. Up 10-0, the Minutemen let an Eagle slip by, allowing them to put up five points.

The first half ended with UMass only up by five, the closest score the team has

seen this season.

The Minutemen allowed another try at the start of the second half.

“The forwards played a little sloppy, but towards the end we tried to tighten up,” said team president and B side player Ben Miller.

The defense tightened up and did not allow a BC try or kick for the last 30 minutes.

The final score was 23-10.

Multiple runs by BC backs were put to a stop

by UMass forward Jason Potash, who was a consistent tackler throughout the game.

“We come out, we want to have fun, and we like to tackle,” Potash said.

UMass has its final match of the season against Connecticut on Saturday, Oct. 26, behind McGuirk Stadium.

Jackson Goddard can be reached at jgoddard@umass.edu.

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UM XC participates in New UMass posts mixed results England Championship By anthony chiusano

Minutemen finish with 767 points By arthur hayden Collegian Correspondent The Massachusetts cross-country team finished in 28th place with 767 points in the New England Championship on Saturday afternoon in Boston.

Leading the charge for the Minutemen was sophomore Miles Hodge, who finished in 85th place out of a field of 279 runners with a time of 25:52.

John Burns posted the second best time for UMass at 26:29 and was followed

by Morgan Marlow two seconds later. Burns also set a personal course record by 22 seconds.

Michael Giardina, a junior and the only upperclassman to finish in the top seven for the Minutemen on Saturday, placed 194th overall with a time of 27:01. Sam Burke improved his previous best time by 1:43 with a time of

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27:13 on Saturday.

Eric Gironda and Jacob Holscher wrapped up UMass’s top seven.

On Saturday, the Minutemen were without recent Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week winner Blake Croteau and redshirt junior Antony Taylor.

UMass will be back in action this Saturday when they travel to the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational.

Hilliard continues to lead UMass

for UMass, coming in 38th overall.

Alexandra PurdueSmithe, Katie Powers and Carly Zinner also improved their times, finishing in 18:53, 19:03 and 19:16, respectively. Sarah Barrett (one of four seniors on the team) and Molly McMahon wrapped up the top seven for the Minutewomen.

Barrett crossed the finish line with a time of 19:29, followed by McMahon 11 seconds later.

UMass was without Natalie Mako and Heather MacLean once again due to injury.

“When they get back, our team is going to be much stronger and much faster”, Hilliard said last week.

The Minutewomen will next be in action on Oct. 25 when they will compete at the CCSU Mini Meet, the last meet before the Atlantic 10 Championship on Nov. 2.

The Massachusetts women’s cross country team also raced in the New England Championship on Saturday, finishing 11th out of 43 teams with 283 total points.

Rachel Hilliard continued to lead the UMass squad, finishing first on the team with a time of 18:15, coming in 26th place overall. Hilliard has led the Minutewomen in each of their first four meets this year.

Christine Davis had the Arthur Hayden can be reached at second best time of 18:28 awhayden@umass.edu.

The Massachusetts men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams finished with mixed outcomes in each of their season openers against Boston University on Saturday.

The men’s team fell 186105, while the Minutewomen prevailed, 155-145, behind 10 first-place performances.

For the men, Alessandro Bomprezzi,Wiktor Karpinski and Josh Koppel provided the four first-place finishes for UMass.

Bomprezzi finished first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:48.06.

He also finished in third place in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:59.27.

Karpinski participated in two individual races, coming in first in the 50-yard freestyle (21.52) and second in the 100-yard freestyle (47.53). In total, Karpinski helped the Minutemen gain 17 points.

On the diving board, Koppel, a sophomore, won the 1-meter and 3-meter dives and earned a teamleading 18 points for UMass.

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Close games in MAC over weekend

By Matthew ZackMan Collegian Correspondent

On Saturday, the Bowling Green football team almost upset Mississippi State, but could not reach field goal range in the final four minutes, giving the Bulldogs (3-3, 0-2 SEC) a 21-20 victory.

Mississippi State running back Dak Prescott led the Bulldogs with 139 rushing yards and scored two touchdowns. He and LaDarius Perkins made up for quarterback Tyler Russell’s lack of touchdowns as they rushed for three combined. Russell threw for only 102 yards and was aided by Prescott as he took 11 snaps and threw for 75 yards.

The Falcons (5-2, 3-0 MAC) prevented the Bulldogs from converting on a fourth and 1 at the Bowling Green sixyard line. With 4:21 left in the game, they had the opportunity to win but were unsuccessful in putting together a game-winning drive.

The Falcons were led by quarterback Matt Johnson, who threw for 224 yards and completed 20 of 34 passes.

Toward the end of the second quarter, Johnson put togeth-

touchdowns and two interceptions. Snead snagged 10 of Wenning’s passes for 152 yards and also scored two touchdowns.

Despite losing the game in the final minutes of the fourth quarter, Kent State quarterbacks Colin Reardon and David Fisher threw for 184 combined yards and two touchdowns. The Golden Flash corps of running backs posted over 100 yards more Ball State becomes than the Cardinals did, as bowl eligible they rushed for a combined Ball State is now bowl eli- 223 yards. gible for the third year in a The Cardinals will face row after narrowly defeating winless Western Michigan Kent State 27-24 on Saturday. next Saturday, and the With 3:46 left in the Golden Flash will travel to game, the Cardinals (6-1, 3-0 Southern Alabama to take on MAC) trailed by four points. the Jaguars.

Quarterback Keith Wenning CMU scores in the final connected with wide receiver minute to beat Ohio Willie Snead for a 45-yard gain, advancing the ball from In another come-fromthe Ball State 43 to the Golden behind game, Central Flash (2-5, 1-3 MAC) 12. Michigan rallied to beat Ohio After running back Jahwan 26-23.

Edwards advanced the ball Down 23-19 with 4:40 to to the Kent State seven-yard go, the Chippewas (3-4, 2-1 line on two rushes, Wenning MAC) took control of the found Snead in the end zone ball at their own 25-yard line. to take the lead with 1:39 left The Bobcats’ (4-2, 1-1 MAC) in the game. defense, however, prevented Wenning ended the day Central Michigan from gainthrowing for 305 yards on ing enough yards for a first 23-of-46 passing, with four down.

er a 96-yard drive, which ended on a 7-yard touchdown run by running back Andre Givens. Mississippi State immediately answered, however, as they drove for 75 yards and scored on a 10-yard Prescott run.

Next week, Bowling Green will take on Mid-American Conference opponent Toledo, and Mississippi State will play SEC rival Kentucky.

The Chippewas proceeded to punt and recovered the ball after Ohio cornerback Travis Carrie fumbled on the Ohio 39. Central Michigan quarterback Cooper Rush immediately connected with wide receiver Andrew Flory for a 21-yard gain, which brought the ball to the Ohio 16.

After advancing the ball to the Ohio seven-yard line on a pass and two rushes, both teams proceeded to call timeouts. With 42 seconds left, the Bobcats’ defense forced the Chippewas to a third down.

Rush, however, then connected with wide receiver Courtney Williams for a fiveyard score. The touchdown, followed by a made field goal, put Central Michigan up 26-23.

Rush ended the game throwing for 224 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. Despite not scoring, Chippewa running back Saylor Lavallii rushed for a game-high 184 yards.

Next week, Central Michigan faces undefeated MAC rival Northern Illinois, while Ohio takes on Eastern Michigan.

Matthew Zackman can be reached at mzackman@umass.edu

Minutewomen come out on top

the 200-yard individual medley. The freshman was also the runner-up in the 500-yard freestyle.

Butler, a senior, broke the school record with a first place score of 336.23 for the 1-meter diving event. She would later also win the 3-meter diving event with a score of 339.23. After the meet, Newcomb said that “she looked great for this time of year.”

“They got together as a team, and to beat BU, you have to do it as a team.”

Newcomb said. “You can’t just do it as the individuals who win the events.”

Despite the victory, the coach said that there is always room for improvement.

“We are in a decent place right now, but it’s decent for October,” he said. “It’s not decent for February, so we have to keep building towards that.”

The next test for UMass will be on Oct. 19 when the men’s and women’s teams return to face Army.

The Minutewomen fared much better against their in-state rival on Saturday as they put an end to a streak of seven consecutive defeats at the hands of the Terriers dating back to 2005.

“Being able to come out with a victory was definitely a sign that this team is coming together very nicely,” UMass coach Bob Newcomb said. “It’s early in the year, but (the team) looked strong.”

Zoe Judd, Katie Arnott, Meriza Werenski and Michaela Butler all led the charge for the Minutewomen.

Participating in three individual races and one relay race, Judd contributed a team-leading 33 points for the day. The junior finished in first place in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle and second place in the 200yard freestyle.

Arnott, a junior, finished first in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststrokes, and helped lead the 200-yard medley relay team to a firstplace finish, along with Judd, Jenna Diamond and Jocelyn Anthony Chiusano can be reached at Yuen.Werenski finished first achiusano@umass.edu and can be in the 1000-yard freestyle and followed on Twitter @a_chiusano24

FRESHMEN right up to Troy,” Iacobellis said. “‘Hey Troy, what are we doing? What are we doing here? What’s this?’

He’s quick on the rebound to help us out so it definitely makes it more enjoyable and makes it easier. I think that helps with the nerves as well. He’s helped us. He’s helped me tremendously in that sense.”

Pigozzi echoed Iacobellis’ sentiment, saying, “He’s been here a while, he knows how the game goes, he knows what the coaches want. He gives us little reminders on the bench, telling us what to do, so it helps watching the way he plays.”

Micheletto said that the line’s biggest strength is its ability to communicate.

With a pair of freshmen on the line, Micheletto said that it can be rare for players to have such strong communication skills.

But that’s also what has set this group apart in the early-goings.

“At practice and on the bench in games they’re constantly problem-solving and talking,” Micheletto said. “That’s just natural to them. Some guys can be more quiet than others, but they’re developing a good

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chemistry in terms of their communication and problem-solving ability, which makes them a pretty effective line.”

Before the season, the Minutemen were hoping to find scoring depth outside the first line of Conor Sheary, Branden Gracel and Michael Pereira. Based on the opening weekend, there’s reason to believe that the second line could add to the attack both on even strength and the power play despite UMass still being winless.

Now it’s just a matter of progressing into a consistently- producing unit with Michigan State at Mullins Center for a pair this weekend.

“I thought we had some good chemistry going for the two games,” Pigozzi said. “We haven’t had much time together, but working together throughout the week I think we’ve got some good stuff going on. I think we had some stuff going on the offensive attack most of the time and I thought it worked out pretty well.

Hopefully it’ll be even better leading into this weekend.”

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

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Red Sox top Tigers thanks to Napoli’s homer Sox lead ALCS 2-1 after Game 3

By Paul Sullivan Chicago Tribune

DETROIT – It only took one bad pitch from Justin Verlander to decide Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday at Comerica Park.

But one was enough for Red Sox first baseman Mike Napoli.

With Verlander continuing the Tigers’ dominant string of starting performances, Napoli cranked a home run in the seventh inning to give the Red Sox a 1-0 victory and a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

“The boy took care of me once again,” Red Sox starter John Lackey said. “He has hit some big dingers this year, and he hit one today.”

Lackey outdueled Verlander in the second 1-0 game in the series, throwing 62/3 shutout innings and watching his bullpen come through in the clutch.

Verlander pitched eight strong innings, with the Napoli homer on a 3-2 pitch his only mistake. He struck out 10 and allowed four hits, carrying a no-hitter into the fifth and throwing 120 pitches.

“It’s two heavyweights going at it,” Verlander said.

“If you can’t appreciate this, you can’t appreciate baseball.

It has been an amazing three games.”

The Tigers blew a prime scoring opportunity in the eighth when Torii Hunter’s single put runners on the corners with one out. But Junichi Tazawa struck out likely MVP Miguel Cabrera on a 1-2 fastball that Cabrera lunged at and missed badly.

Tazawa said he was surprised catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia called all fastballs, but the strategy paid off. “‘Salty’ put me in a really good spot, and I was able to get him out,” Tazawa said. “I was thinking worst-case scenario, and walking him was not the worst thing to do.”

Closer Koji Uehara came in after the Cabrera strikeout and fanned Prince Fielder

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Mike Napoli celebrates after hitting a home run in the seventh inning on Tuesday. on three pitches to strand the runners.

The Tigers had one last gasp when Victor Martinez led off the ninth with a single to center. But Jhonny Peralta grounded into a double play

and Uehara struck out Alex Avila to end it.

The Red Sox are hitting .133 in the series and have scored runs in only three of the 27 innings so far. The three Tigers starters, Verlander,

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Anibal Sanchez and Max Scherzer, have combined for an 0.86 ERA and allowed only six hits over 21 innings with 35 strikeouts.

There’s no confusing the Red Sox with the 1906 White

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The UMass women’s cross-country team’s Alexandra Purdue-Smithe is back after suffering injuries the past two seasons.

Purdue-Smithe battles back She competed against 34 other women to try out for Collegian Correspondent the 20 available spots on the team. o say that Alexandra And after spending the Purdue-Smithe has whole summer training, had some obstacles Purdue-Smithe earned a spot in the way of her success and walked on as a redshirt as a distance runner for the freshman.

Massachusetts women’s Her involvement on the cross-country team would be team was short-lived though, an understatement. Despite as she came down with a this, she has emerged as one severe case of Achilles tenof the Minutewomen’s strondonitis near the end of the gest runners this year.

A graduate of Sharon High year, promptly ending her School, Purdue-Smithe played season.

“It’s definitely hard when lacrosse while running track and cross-country on the side, you get injured. You feel like you’re so far from where you but she was not recruited to need to be,” Purdue-Smithe play on the collegiate level. said. “It’s like you’re in a dark After entering the hole.”

University of Massachusetts Due to her injury, she in 2011, she took it upon hercouldn’t perform during the self to try to get back into indoor portion of the season. running shape and started Lacking the same amount of training on her own. After practice time and workouts as impressive finishes in variher fellow runners, Purdueous marathons, and with the Smithe was fighting an uphill help of her former high battle to get back into shape school coach, she contacted for the outdoor running seaMinutewomen cross-country coach Julie LaFreniere to find son come the subsequent fall.

After missing the first few out how she could get on the team. meets during her sophomore

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year, Purdue-Smithe had returned and was looking to make up for lost time. This comeback attempt proved to be even briefer, as her injury returned two days before the National Collegiate Athletic Association regionals, prematurely ending her season for the second-straight year.

Purdue-Smithe continued to nurse her injury while training with the team in hopes of returning for the fall 2013 season.

“She’s the type of person who puts her nose to the grindstone and keeps on going,” LaFreniere said of Purdue-Smithe’s persistency.

The decision to keep training has paid off so far. She’s been one of the team’s best runners and most consistent finishers with a top-four team finish in every meet yet this year.

“Consistency contributes to confidence,” PurdueSmithe said. “So the more consistent I am, the more confident I am.”

Even with her success so far this year, Purdue-Smithe

still has other goals in mind.

“I’d hope I can make it through healthy,” she said.

“I hope I can be a good role model for training in a healthy way and in a smart way.”

It’s been a long road to get to where she’s at now, but her coach is itching with the anticipation of what PurdueSmithe can do this year.

“I believe her best races are coming up,” LaFreniere said. “Most people can run four years of high school and still not accomplish what Alex is doing. It’s payoff time and her training is working for her now.”

The future is bright as long as her health cooperates.

She said she has learned a lot from her experience and hopes her story can inspire others to work just as hard.

“I don’t even know where I would be if I stopped running,” she said. “It definitely shows that hard work pays off.”

Frank Corona can be reached at fcorona@umass.edu.

Sox team known as the “Hitless Wonders,” as they led the majors this year in runs scored, and ranked second with a .277 average. But they certainly are taking a page from their playbook. The Hitless Wonders won the AL pennant with a .230 average in 1906 and then beat a 116-victory Cubs team despite hitting only .198 in the World Series. “‘Lack’ finally figured out that we’re only going to give him one run,” second baseman Dustin Pedroia said. “He learned from the whole year.

Our pitching was unbelievable, and ‘Nap’s swing … it was a great win for us.”

The Red Sox pitchers have a combined 2.00 ERA in the series and have limited the Tigers to a .225 average in the first three games. Cabrera is hitting .182, and no one else is picking up their superstar.

“To give my team a chance to win I would have had to put up all zeros,” Verlander said.

But that didn’t happen, and Jake Peavy will have a chance to put the Red Sox up 3-1 on Wednesday.

It’s not too often that Steven Iacobellis and Ray Pigozzi aren’t together. They’re roommates, they’re both freshmen and in a matter of weeks they’ve already become good friends.

One thing that brings the pair together is a very common interest: hockey. When they’re in their dorm room, they’re usually talking about it.

When they’re not, they’re practicing and playing alongside one another on the same line for the Massachusetts hockey team.

In the Minutemen’s first two games this season, Iacobellis and Pigozzi were placed on the second line with redshirt junior forward Troy Power, and their immediate chemistry was already noticeable.

The trio accounted for two of UMass’ three goals this weekend in losses to Boston University and UMass Lowell.

On Friday at BU, Pigozzi moved well on the ice and made plays with the puck, while Iacobellis scored his first-career goal on the power play on a one-timer from the left circle.

On Saturday in Lowell, the trio struck on the power play again as both freshmen were on the ice for Power’s goal on a backhanded rebound bid after the initial shot by Colin Shea deflected off the pad of River Hawks goaltender Doug Carr and onto Power’s stick.

Iacobellis came close again on a power play in the first period, but his open attempt went just wide of the net.

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were certainly happy to be out there together to help create such opportunities, and Iacobellis thinks that their chemistry will be essential to their success this season.

“He’s hilarious,” Iacobellis said of his roommate. “I think being roommates goes into our chemistry on the ice. We understand each other, we understand the way we play and he’s got a lot of skill so it makes it so much easier. When we’re around each other in the dorms we talk about the game a lot. I think that also contributes to the onice chemistry.”

Iacobellis and Pigozzi may turn out to be a perfect match for the Minutemen, but their skill sets couldn’t be more different.

UMass coach John Micheletto described Iacobellis as a “high motor” player who can “make plays at the high end.” Pigozzi, on the other hand, plays at a slower pace and is more of a pass-first player who Micheletto said has “very good vision and good playmaking ability.”

“It winds up being a good balance where Steven is pushing Ray’s pace and Ray is finding when it’s appropriate to slow it down,” Micheletto said.

Then, of course, there’s the veteran presence that Power adds to the line.

The redshirt junior’s season ended on Nov. 30 of last year after suffering a season-ending knee injury, but now he’s serving not only as a key contributor to the UMass attack, particularly on the power play, but also as a mentor to his younger, less experienced linemates.

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