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UMass to celebrate World Series Festivities in Southwest aim to curb rowdy crowds

By Patrick Hoff Collegian Staff

In an attempt to prevent a repeat of disorderly gatherings in Southwest Residential Area that have occurred in past years, the University of Massachusetts is hosting a World Series celebration in the Southwest concourse over the next two nights, which will include food, inflatables and other activities.

“We’re sending a message to the community that this is how we want to celebrate,” said UMass spokesman Ed Blaguszewski.

The event is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. on both Wednesday and Thursday.

According to Student Government Association Speaker Sïonan Barrett, there will be five inflatable objects: a

mechanical bull, an obstacle course, a structure for “bouncy boxing,” a structure for gladiator jousting and a “Miley Cyrus wrecking ball.” Food from Late Night at Berk will be served and students will be able to tie-dye shirts. Twenty-one SGA senators have volunteered to assist with the celebration.

The memories of past gatherings at the University are ingrained in the minds of students, from “Big Robe”, an uncooperative UMass female who was wearing a bathrobe during the Super Bowl disturbance in 2012, to the student standing atop Berkshire Dining Commons during the same uproar.

“One of the things that has continued to happen is that a small group of students has been attracted to the Southwest concourse … and acted out and brought attention to themselves,” Blaguszewski said. Curiosity from other students then attracts larger crowds to Southwest and the gather-

ing grows.

Blaguszewski said that over the past few years, the number of people involved in these gatherings has decreased, but they still happen.

“Over many years we have employed a variety of strategies and learned lessons on how to contain specific events,” Blaguszewski said. One of the biggest lessons, he said, is to be consistent with the content and tone of the message that the University sends to students and the greater community.

“What if we tried something a little different by saying ‘this space is the community’s’?” He added, “This is a space that is welcoming to the community and not bad behavior.”

“The UMPD wanted to work with the administration to put on an event that would fill the space … in a fun way that wasn’t demeaning or belittling see

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Female assaulted over the weekend An 18-year-old female was indecently assaulted at the intersection of Berkshire Terrace and North Pleasant Street between 11:30 p.m. and midnight on Saturday.

According to a press release from the Amherst Police Department, the female was from New York. She is a student at the University of Massachusetts Yesterday, UMass students received an email from the UMass Police Department describing the unidentified suspect, asking students to report even “the smallest detail” to help in solving the case.

The UMPD described the suspect as a tall, darkhaired, “college-aged” white

By JonatHan s. Landay McClatchy Washington Bureau

A new exhibit recently opened in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library to celebrate the University of Massachusetts’ sesquicentennial anniversary. This exhibit focuses on post-World War II expansion at UMass.

Republican Club gives thoughts on shutdown GOP sees hit in popularity in polls By kristin Lafratta Collegian Correspondent

Though the government shutdown has ended and federal workers have returned to their jobs, recent reports show that Republicans are still suffering in its aftermath. David Kaufman, president of the University of Massachusetts Republican Club, believes that Republicans were right in their goals, but used poor political tactics.

The 16-day shutdown occurred when the GOPcontrolled House of Representatives refused to negotiate on a spending bill that derailed funding to the Affordable Care Act, bet-

ter known as “Obamacare.”

Recent polling results reveal drastic declines in public support of the Republican Party, which comes as no surprise to Kaufman.

“Because we used Obamacare as an ultimatum kind of thing, the American public just kind of saw us as the obstructionists and didn’t see what we were trying to accomplish,” Kaufman said.

“And I don’t blame them.”

Kaufman, a junior finance major at UMass, has worked on campaigns for Republicans such as Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and former Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts. In addition to leading the UMass Republican Club, Kaufman serves as the treasurer of the statewide Massachusetts Alliance of College

Republicans, which unites all of the college Republican Club chapters in the state.

According to a CNN poll conducted post-shutdown during Oct. 18-20, 56 percent of citizens opposed Obamacare, yet 54 percent of those polled still said the Republican-controlled House is bad for the United States. Nearly a year prior in December 2012, 51 percent of citizens believed the opposite, that a House controlled by Republicans was good for the country.

Kaufman said that he does not believe Republicans will win back the Senate in 2014 because they focused too heavily on the issue of funding Obamacare, when they should have promoted budsee

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male wearing a gray sweatshirt, jeans and a stud-style earring in his left ear. He was reportedly picked up at the scene by the unidentified driver of a silver or gray four-door sedan.

Police told the Massachusetts Daily Collegian that they are not disclosing any more information on the case at this time.

The Amherst Police Department and UMPD are turning to the public for any details regarding the assault.

Anyone with information may contact Amherst police at 259-3015 or UMass police at 545-2121.

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Speculation rises on foreign spying Bugging strains overseas relations

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WASHINGTON — Senior U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday staunchly defended the National Security Agency, all but confirming that the White House knew about the tapping of foreign leaders’ telephones, denying that millions of European citizens’ telephone data were swept up and asserting that the European allies assist the NSA even as they spy on U.S. officials.

“We only do what the policymakers writ large have asked us to do,” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said at a House Intelligence Committee hearing.

The hearing came amid a growing outcry at home and in Europe over disclosures of some of the NSA’s most secret communications collection

programs in documents leaked to news media by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. They included the tapping of telephones of 35 world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The revelations have strained trans-Atlantic relations, prompted lawmakers to introduce legislation in Congress to tighten restrictions on NSA operations and ignited a Senate Intelligence Committee review of all U.S. intelligence-gathering operations.

The leaks have created new headaches for President Barack Obama, who was expected to order a ban on the monitoring of allied leaders’ communications as part of an administration review aimed at balancing U.S. intelligencegathering programs with privacy and civil liberties protections. The administration also has acknowledged that additional restraints may be see

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AFD still struggling with small staff despite grant Weekends require more ambulances By saraH roBertson Collegian Correspondent

For more than three years, Chief Tim Nelson has been struggling to solve the issue of understaffing in the Amherst Fire Department. This issue is due largely to a lack of funding and a large student population.

“We’re not as big as we should be,” Nelson said.

“We don’t have as large a margin of safety as we would like to have.”

The University of Massachusetts established a deal with the Amherst Fire Department last spring to provide the department with a grant that would

help compensate for the understaffing issues during peak times.

The grant pays for an additional four firefighters to be on duty Friday and Saturday nights during what the department refers to as “party time.” Between the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., many students in the area require ambulances. The extra help allows the fire department to run their five ambulances all night.

“Our fire department is really a fire/EMS service,” said John Musante, Amherst town manager. He estimates that 75 to 80 percent of calls are related to EMS, not fire.

On busy nights, it is a frequent occurrence that every ambulance is in use and that every on-duty fire-

fighter is out of the station.

The station has even converted one of the fire trucks to function as a paramedic vehicle when all of the other ambulances are out on calls.Still, Nelson said that having good equipment is not the problem—the problem is having the staff to run it.

The Amherst Fire Department currently has 44 permanent staff members. In comparison, the Holyoke Fire Department, where Nelson previously worked for 28 years, has a permanent staff of 120 members, and a much smaller constituency.The Amherst Fire Department serves the 30,000 residents of Amherst and the 27,000 students in the town, as well see

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In 1985, a student vote rejected a referendum to raise the Student Activity Fee by $12. It would have raised the fee from $88 to $100. Students felt that the SGA already had enough money to work with.

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Malta rescues migrants in Mediterranean MALTA— Italy and Malta faced a new influx of migrant arrivals on Tuesday, with more than 450 people rescued from rickety boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea during the course of 24 hours.

In the latest operation, an Italian navy vessel deployed in the stepped-up sea patrol mission Rome authorities launched this month intercepted a rubber dinghy with about 60 people on board. It had been spotted by an air force drone and a helicopter.

Late on Monday, 41 migrants were picked up from another rubber dinghy around 75 miles south of the Italian island Lampedusa, a tiny Italian island that lies roughly halfway between Sicily and Tunisia.

An Italian navy vessel was taking them to Pozzallo, a small coastal town on Sicily’s southeastern tip, along with 205 people who were rescued in two more operations 80 miles south of Lampedusa.

Separately, an additional 41 migrants, thought to be Syrians and Palestinians, were intercepted by the Italian coast guard in Maltese waters south of Lampedusa and handed over to Maltese authorities.

They arrived in Valletta in the afternoon.

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Peace talks to be focus of political race BOGOTA, Columbia — Ever since Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos announced last year his intention to pursue peace talks with the country’s largest guerrilla group, he’s been under attack from his predecessor and former boss Alvaro Uribe. Over the weekend, Uribe unveiled his latest weapon in the war: a candidate to face Santos in the April 25 presidential race.

Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, 54, a former mayor, senator and minister of finance, beat out two rivals to clench the nomination for Uribe’s Democratic Center party.

He called himself Uribe’s most loyal pupil and made it clear where he stands on the peace talks taking place in Cuba with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. -the Miami herald

President’s looming trial raises tension CAIRO — From staid legal chambers to the kung fu arena, political tensions are heightening as Egyptian authorities prepare to put the country’s first democratically elected president, Islamist Mohammed Morsi, on trial.

With court proceedings scheduled to begin Monday, backers of Morsi have declared that he does not recognize the legitimacy of the military-backed government that displaced him nearly four months ago and that he still considers himself the country’s rightful president.

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world series to students,” Barrett said.

She added that the SGA got involved in order to give a student perspective.

In the past, Blaguszewski said, the problem has been that there is an empty space in the Southwest concourse outside of Berkshire that creates a “vacuum” for students to fill. By putting food and activities in the space, “there’s this hope that there’s not this empty space that is this vacuum.”

Barrett said that the celebration is meant to change a culture at UMass, and this is the first step. She said that it may not be a perfect solution, but the University is changing the atmosphere to show the community that this is how UMass cel-

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ebrates, in a positive way.

Blaguszewski said that despite the push for positive celebrations, “the police will be ready should something occur.”

“We’re hoping they don’t have to be deployed in a major way, but we’ll be ready,” he said.

In an email to UMass students, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Enku Gelaye implored students, “Please remember to represent the campus well.”

Gelaye also thanked the SGA and the University Programming Council for “their tireless work in helping to plan these activities.”

“They epitomize excellent representation of the

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“We have to think what is the best possible use for the next available dollar.

The best use of money is to apply it to the peak demand.”

John Musante, Amherst town manager as the outskirts of Hadley, Shutesbury, Leverett and Pelham.

Meanwhile, the Holyoke Fire Department has a staff three times greater than that of Amherst’s and serves just the 50,000 residents of Holyoke. Ideally, Nelson said that he would like to add 10 more fulltime employees to the station. Musante said, however, that he believes that it is not the number of employees at the station that is important, but the allocation of their resources.

“We have to think what is the best possible use for the next available dollar,” Musante said when asked about Nelson’s proposal to boost staffing. “The best use of money is to apply it to the peak demand.”

Musante said simply increasing the number of firefighters would not be the most cost-effective way of ensuring proper EMS and fire safety. He said that when the cost of hiring more full-time firefighters falls upon the residents

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of Amherst in the form of property taxes, it is in the best interest of the fire station and Amherst residents to choose the most costeffective option.

The UMass grant has helped with the understaffing issue in the fire department, but it far from solves it.“It’s helping,” Musante said of the grant, adding, “It’s a hard issue. One of the objectives is to lower demand and find solutions.”

For the time being, Nelson and the Amherst Fire Department are trying to make the best of their situation. Every firefighter at the station has been trained in both emergency fire and EMS, so they are all able to respond to any call.“We’re doing the best we can. We juggle here, but we make it work,” Nelson said. “The problem is when you reach that breaking point, somebody dies. We can’t let that happen.”

Sarah Robertson can be reached at srobertson@umass.edu.

student body, and their leadership has established a positive tone and set of expectations for our community as we enjoy the games with enthusiasm,” Gelaye said.

In her email, Gelaye directs students who are unsure of appropriate celebratory behavior to a webpage devoted to guiding students through being a responsible fan.

Barrett said that although the celebration is taking place in Southwest, this is a campus-wide event and “anyone from any area is welcome to come.”

Patrick Hoff can be reached at pphoff@umass.edu.

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In 2012, students gathered after the New England Patriots lost the Super Bowl.

Town hires consultant to address town-gown issues Officials discuss common goals

By Jason Kotoch Collegian Correspondent A joint committee composed of officials from the town of Amherst and the University of Massachusetts has been named to address issues facing the University and surrounding neighborhoods. These are called “town-gown” issues because they address concerns common to both residents and students in college towns.

UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy and Amherst Town Manager John Musante made the announcement after the committee made the decision to hire a consultant to address town-gown issues that include housing plans, town and UMass economic development plans and future UMass expansion plans.

“We all recognize the importance of healthy town-gown relations, and this committee will focus on identifying common interests and goals that will strengthen and bind our

communities. Collaboration is essential to future prosperity and quality of life,” Subbaswamy said.

Subbaswamy proposed the plan to Amherst town officials in April and offered for the University to split the $60,000 consultant fee with the town.Town members voted to approve the proposal and the use of $30,000 for the consultant fee on May 15. The vote passed 122-46.Issues of concern to the committee range from the long-term development of campus facilities such as buildings, dorms and parking to immediate solutions for noise complaints and disturbances in the neighborhoods that border the UMass campus.

Musante said, “I’m enthusiastic about the make-up of this committee, and the energy and expertise they will bring to the challenges and opportunities that we face. Amherst has rightly been described as one of the best college towns in America, and … maintaining that success hinges on mutual understanding and partnerships.”

UMass spokesperson Ed Blaguszewski said that stu-

dents are vitally important to this process, which started in May and is expected to develop into a long-term conversation with the town.

“Although students are here for a limited amount of time, they really can make a great impact,” he said.

Blaguszewski pointed to the student input that influenced the development of the Honors College on campus, and said that while those students have come and gone, their influence remains.

The committee will hold its first public meeting on Oct. 30 at 4 p.m. in the Community Room of the UMass Police Department.

The committee, which includes two undergraduate student representatives, will start on Wednesday by approving the hiring of a consultant.

Students who want to get involved can attend public meetings or speak with Vice Chancellor Enku Gelaye or Savannah Van Leuvan-Smith, chairwoman of the Student Government Association’s state and federal organizing committee.

Jason Kotoch can be reached at jkotoch@umass.edu.

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required given the power of the technology now used by U.S. intelligence agencies.

The White House has cited the secrecy of intelligence operations in steadfastly refusing to answer in public questions about what Obama knew, especially whether he authorized the eavesdropping on Merkel and other leaders.

At the same time, a stream of news media reports have appeared this week in which anonymous administration officials insisted that the president wasn’t aware of the monitoring of Merkel.

As they defended the NSA’s operations as legal and authorized, however, Clapper as much as confirmed that members of Obama’s National Security Council staff knew about the tapping of the telephones of foreign leaders.

Responding to what appeared to be closely coordinated questioning

from sympathetic House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., Clapper described how the requirements for U.S. intelligence collections and analyses are set in an annual National Intelligence Priorities Framework.

“It’s a fairly rigorous process,” which collates intelligence requirements from State, Defense and other departments “as well as those of the national security staff, and, accordingly, the president’s requirements are embedded in that document,” he explained.

Clapper was asked whether as “part of that framework .... the plans and intentions of foreign leaders would be important to the United States?”

“That’s a hearty perennial,” Clapper answered.

“As long as I’ve been in the intelligence business, 50 years, leadership intentions ... is kind of a basic tenet

of what we’re to collect and analyze.”

Knowing the intentions of foreign leaders, Clapper said, helps U.S. officials understand policies and perspectives that impact the United States. He agreed with Rogers that “the best way” to obtain that information is to “actually get communications of a foreign leader.”

The hearing was briefly disrupted by protesters shouting, “What about spying on our allies? That’s just ridiculous!” and “Lies, lies and more lies.”

NSA Director Keith Alexander, an Army general, joined Clapper at the hearing in defending the workforce of the NSA, the agency’s court-approved collections of the data of tens of millions of Americans’ daily telephone calls, and monitoring of Americans suspected of links to terrorists.

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The data only is available to a small number of specially trained “selectors,” Alexander said, and the programs are subject to rigorous congressional oversight.

It’s not “by luck” that there have been no successful terrorist attacks on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001, Alexander said.

“What we do not do is spy unlawfully on Americans, or for that matter, spy indiscriminately on the citizens of any country,” said Alexander. “We only spy for valid foreign intelligence purposes as authorized by law.”

Alexander and Rogers engaged in a verbal pas de deux in pushing back against outrage in Europe over news reports citing documents leaked by Snowden that the NSA collected the data of telephone calls made by tens of millions of people in France, Spain and Italy.

Alexander rejected the

reports as “completely false,” saying that the journalists who published them misinterpreted screen shots from an unidentified “web tool used for data management purposes.”

“Both they and the person who stole the classified data did not understand what they were looking at,” said Alexander.

International communications data amassed by the NSA included material provided by European allies and “represents information ... collected in defense of our countries and in support of military operations,” he said without elaborating.

Alexander agreed with Rogers when asked if the European allies are spying on the United States and that U.S. officials and lawmakers should take steps to protect themselves from being spied on while traveling in European Union countries.

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China leaders were nearby during attack Vehicle exploded close to president

By BarBara Demick Los Angeles Times

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping and the six other top officials reportedly were at Tiananmen Square on Monday when a vehicle crashed and exploded nearby, leaving five dead.

Although there is no indication that the physical safety of the leaders, who were attending meetings inside the Great Hall of the People, was jeopardized, the apparent suicide attack so close to the epicenter of power rattled the Chinese government and has raised doubts about the effectiveness of its oftenstifling security apparatus.

The three occupants of the car, suspected of being members of the Uighur ethnic minority, were killed along with two tourists, one a Filipina and the other a Chinese man. Thirty-eight people were injured.

“It is clear that China does not have a counter-terrorism capability. Their capabilities

are very rudimentary, and they need to develop them,” said Rohan Gunaratna, a Singapore-based terrorism expert who has written widely on Uighur separatism.

He attributed the attack to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a shadowy group based in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region.

Witnesses said that police were unable to stop the car, which traveled nearly 500 yards from an intersection before exploding.

Besides Xi, Premier Li Keqiang and the five other members of the Politburo Standing Committee - the innermost circle - were in the Great Hall of the People, on the west side of the square, about 200 yards away. In the morning, they were attending a meeting with the China Women’s Federation and in the afternoon, a South African government delegation.

“The incident happened at Tiananmen Square while an important government conference was taking place.

The suddenness of the incident alarmed the central government,” wrote a commentator on Duowei, an

overseas Chinese news service with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

The report said the investigation was assigned at the highest level to Fu Zhenghua, deputy public security minister, and that “many arrests are expected.”

The Chinese government has not called the incident a terror attack, although witness statements suggest that it was deliberate.

The car entered a pedestrian area, drove for about 500 yards along the north side of the square, hitting tourists and police on the sidewalk, before crashing against a guardrail protecting a stone pedestrian bridge.

It then exploded underneath the square’s enormous portrait of Mao Tse-tung, the spiritual heart of China.

Francesca Bunyi, a 23-year-old Filipina injured in the incident, told friends who visited her in a Beijing hospital on Tuesday that driver of the car was honking the horn to chase pedestrians out of the way, trying to reach the Mao portrait while avoiding obstacles. She said she did not hear gunshots.

“All we heard was honking, honking from far away,” a friend quoted her as saying.

“The police tried to stop the vehicle, but no one had guns,” said a young man from Shandong province who was interviewed over an instant messaging service. “The vehicle was not going very fast because two people got stuck under its wheels. The armed police were shouting at the vehicle, asking it to stop.”

“The vehicle slammed into the bridge and stopped.

And then there was an explosion. ... I was about three meters away from the explosion, but I wasn’t hurt because it wasn’t very strong,’“ said the man, who did not wish to be named.

He also said that he saw hanging from the passenger side of the car a dark-colored flag with Arabic script, which is used in the Uighur language. A report carried by the Reuters news agency referred to a white banner.

On Monday evening, Beijing police sent out a notice to hotels saying that people should keep an eye out for two men, one 25-years-

Law questioned after shooting Trayvon Martin’s mother speaks out

By Sarah Sexton McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Trayvon Martin’s mother testified before a Senate panel Tuesday, urging states to amend their “stand-yourground” laws.

Sybrina Fulton described how her son was walking home unarmed in Sanford, Fla., when he was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman just three weeks after the family had celebrated Martin’s 17th birthday.

Zimmerman’s July trial captured the nation’s attention and sparked heated debate over stand-yourground laws after a jury found him not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter.

A stand-your-ground law allows a potential crime victim in fear of grave harm to use deadly force in public places; it also eliminates the duty to retreat. Between 2000 and 2010, at least 22 states enacted some form of a stand-your-ground law.

Although the Zimmerman defense did not mention such laws at his trial, one

A stand-your-ground law allows a potential crime victim in fear of grave harm to use deadly force in public places; it also eliminates the duty to retreat. of the six jurors in the trial - known only as juror B-37 - told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that Florida’s standyour-ground law was key in the jury’s verdict.

Fulton said she attended the hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee “to let you know how important it is that we amend this stand-your-ground because it did not work in my case.

The person that shot and killed my son is walking the streets today, and this law does not work.”

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who presided over the hearing, cited Texas A&M University research suggesting about 600 homicides a year could be linked to stand-your-ground laws; the research found no indication that the laws deter crime.

Durbin said the laws encourage a “shoot first” mentality, increase the likelihood that confrontations will escalate to deadly violence, and make prosecuting crimes more difficult.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas,

however, questioned the purpose of the hearing, saying the federal government has no authority over state self-defense laws - and that states should make their own judgments. Cruz also said self-defense is a bedrock liberty and the standyour-ground laws apply only to cases in which there is an imminent attack that could cause death or serious injury, not to violent aggressors.

Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, testified to the Senate committee that stand-your-ground laws promote a “wild West environment in our communities where individuals play the roles of judge, jury and executioner.”

Fudge, who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, also argued that the laws disproportionately harm African-Americans.

She said studies show a white person shooting an African-American is more often found justified in stand-your-ground states than an African-American shooting a white person.

John R. Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, urged the senators to consider that the vast majority of cases in which the defendant invokes stand-your-ground protection involve crimes between people of the same race; he cited a Tampa Bay Tribune study of 112 Florida cases that found 90 percent of African-American victims were killed by another African-American.

“The people who are most likely to be victims of crimes are poor blacks who benefit from the option of being able to protect themselves,” Lott said.

Stand-your-ground laws changed the defendant’s burden of proving that he or she reasonably perceived a threat to presuming the defendant’s perception was reasonable, said David LaBahn, the president and CEO of the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.

And given the prejudices that many Americans hold, laws that hinge on an individual’s subjective belief are likely to produce prejudiced results, he said.

“Because it’s subjective, it allows them to go ahead and believe they’re in danger and do the dramatic thing and take a life,” LaBahn said.

old and the other 42-yearsold, from a part of Xinjiang that has been racked by violence since the spring. It was unclear whether the men were among those killed in the car, but the notice said that police feared further incidents because the men had additional license plates, and possibly additional cars.

The men named come from the outskirts of the desert oasis of Turpan, where dozens have been killed this year following the killing in March of a 7-yearold Uighur boy. In June, at least 35 people were killed in Pichan county, also known as Shanshan, where the suspects named Monday came from.

About 9 million Uighurs live in China’s northwestern most Xinjiang region, often bristling at restrictions on their employment, freedom of movement and the practice of religion.

Between Chinese security sources and human rights advocates, there is a gaping divide over whether episodes of Uighur violence are spontaneous reactions to oppression or organized terror attacks.

Over the past decade, Western security sources have linked the East Turkestan (the name refers to Xinjiang) movement to alQaida, although the group has been weakened by the U.S. effort in Afghanistan.

“It continues to maintain a small but capable presence on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border,” said Gunaratna, the Singapore academic. “They pose a continuous threat to China. They have attempted other attacks before outside Xinjiang, but this attack (at Tiananmen Square) is the first time they succeeded.”

In the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, Chinese authorities said they foiled several attempted attacks, including an airplane hijacking.

The Chinese government appears to be embarrassed

by Monday’s attack. The story was given little coverage in state media, and foreign broadcasts on cable television were blacked out.

T he gover nment announced Tuesday that a major Communist Party plenum to discuss possible economic reforms will take place Nov. 9-12.

shutdown get cuts to welfare programs such as food stamps.

“I think if they discussed something like entitlement reform, they would have gotten a lot more support rather from the American public,” he said.

“I don’t think the average American is going to understand the correlation between Obamacare and what was going on in terms of the budget crisis.”

While many, including Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, have blamed the GOP for the shutdown, some argue that President Obama is at fault for refusing to compromise.

Kaufman argues that both parties are at fault.

“Our congressmen are pretty inept at the moment in terms of compromising on a single thing, on both sides,” Kaufman said. “No side is not guilty of this.”

The issue of Obamacare is hotly contested across the country. According to the Obamacare Facts website, the act is intended to create a marketplace for citizens to purchase “regulated, subsidized private insurance,” and cost assistance is determined by income.

“I think it’s a waste of money,” Kaufman said. He believes that Obamacare will negatively affect both

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small businesses and the employment rate, because businesses will cut fulltime employees in order to avoid providing health insurance.

Kaufman said that, if he were in the Senate, he would start earlier instead of waiting to make eleventh-hour deals. “They know these dates are coming up for weeks and yet they make it into this big soap opera and do it an hour before.”

While Kaufman said that he felt 16 days was too long, he also thought the shutdown was needed to make a statement.

“When we’re forced to live within our means, the government can do it and just needs someone to push it,” he said.

The real push for resolution came from a deadline that threatened the Congress’ means to borrow money. A reluctant group of Republicans helped pass a solution to reopen the government and lift the debt limit through February, where the ordeal could possibly recur.“I think the government shutdown was somewhat necessary,” Kaufman said. He added that, when it comes to the polarization in Congress, “it is definitely frustrating.”

Kristin LaFratta can be reached at klafratt@umass.edu.

Opinion Editorial The MassachuseTTs Daily collegian

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 “But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is ... to tell the truth.” -Howard Zinn

Dare to be moderate

Statistically speaking, you in Chicago, was specifically probably support gay mar- designed to artificially create a riage, the right to an abor- majority-Hispanic congressional district by encompassing Stefan Herlitz Chicago’s two major Hispanic neighborhoods. There is, howtion in the first trimester, ever, a catch: the neighborpaid sick and maternity leave hoods are on opposite sides of and a higher national mini- the city. The solution to this mum wage—all socially lib- problem was to connect the eral positions. But you also two areas via a thin strip of are likely to support offshore land to the west of the city, drilling, the death penalty which is nothing more than a and getting rid of affirmative highway median. The resultaction. You may prefer one ing district looks like a giganparty over the other, but don’t tic pair of earmuffs. Chicago agree entirely with either on as a whole is about 30 percent any issue, and the odds are Hispanic. The fourth congresincreasingly likely that you sional district is 70 percent. aren’t registered as a member This makes the Illinois fourth of either. In a political climate one of the safest Democratic so widely recognized as partisan, you don’t fit. You probably disapprove of the job that Congress is doing and believe that the government is broken in some capacity. You don’t believe that the government districts in the country, virturepresents your interests, and ally eliminating any possibilyou’re right—it doesn’t. As a ity of a Republican challenge, result of gerrymandered con- meaning that the real election gressional districts, primary is the Democratic primary.

Primary elections are elections and the way our voting system works, politi- unlike normal elections. To cal representation is skewed begin with, each state addresstoward the fringes of society, es who is allowed to vote in shutting the centrist majority primaries differently. In some states, one must be a regisout.

Congressional districts are tered member of a party in drawn by state legislatures, order to vote in its primary— and are often specially tai- in others, you can pick one lored to heavily favor a certain each time, or even vote in all party—there is no other expla- of them. Primary elections nation for the bizarre district consistently have significantly shapes that exist today. For low voter turnout, and those instance, the Illinois fourth who do end up voting are congressional district, located the hard-line, more extreme

servative, their votes will be split between the Republican and Libertarian candidates, meaning the Democrat wins the election despite the fact that most voters didn’t vote for him, and disagree with all of his political positions. In order to avoid this, both the Republican and Democratic parties are “big tent” parties, seeking to unify their respective halves of the political spectrum in order to avoid vote splitting. This process all but guarantees that every single election will be between a liberal Democrat and a conservative Republican, despite the fact that a more moderate candidate would better represent the political positions of everyone.

Dare to be moderate.

Hold on to your beliefs, and refuse to enroll in a party that doesn’t represent you. While it may seem futile to vote for parties, each representing a third-party candidate, do opposing ends of the political it anyway if you agree with spectrum. While most other their stances—as fewer and democratic countries around fewer Americans identify as the world have more than two Republicans or Democrats, significant political parties, the opportunity for centrist America has only two, for one candidates to win on a nationreason and one reason alone: al level only increases. Take our voting system. initiative, and vote in every Our voting system strongly primary election you can for enforces a two-party system, candidates that represent you. as a result of the “spoiler After all, you are not alone— effect.” Say there are three you are part of the growing candidates running for majority of Americans that Congressman in a certain don’t fit into a traditional district: one Republican, one political mold.

Democrat and one slightly conservative Libertarian. Stefan Herlitz is a Collegian columnist Even if the majority of the and can be reached at sherlitz@umass. voting population leans con- edu. members of their respective parties. Together, these factors mean that candidates for office need to pander not to the general public, but to the more extreme members of their party in order to even make it to the general election.

Primary elections consistently produce candidates that represent the political fringes, not the general populace, and so the average voter is often left to pick between the “lesser of two evils” when the election comes around, as neither candidate represents their views. What makes the primary system particularly devastating, however, is that there are only two political

“Hold on to your beliefs, and refuse to enroll in a party that doesn’t represent you.”

The government shutdown: A retrospective Now that the govern- with Harry Reid proclaiming ment has reopened, we can that “any bill that defunds all rest easier knowing that Obamacare is dead. Dead.”

House Republicans, many Julian del Prado of whom were voted in to replace the Congresspersons the Affordable Care Act will who passed the bill, provided only be scrutinized once it has increasingly meager provibeen put into effect. Looking sions to the bill. back on the actions taken by These provisions included the Senate and by the House the removal of insurance of Representatives, two things subsidies for lawmakers were made clear. Calls by the and a medical device tax.

House of Representatives Additionally, the individual for negotiation meant nothing, and calls for compromise within the Democratic Party can be tossed aside by a majority. Although Republicans have taken the brunt of blame for the shutdown in a majority of polls, looking at the process step by step paints a very different picture.

A stubborn Republican party allowed the government to shut down when mandate that requires most their demands weren’t citizens to be insured would met. The initial debate over be delayed for one year. The defunding portions of the shutdown immediately folAffordable Care Act, howevlowed the Senate’s rejecer, ended after one week of tion of the House’s proposed debate, when the Republicans spending bill. changed their demands sigThe House voted to call a nificantly. The new proposed conference with the Senate legislation delayed implean hour after the deadline mentation of the health care for the shutdown, but was law for a year, and allowed rejected immediately the folemployers to opt out of prolowing morning.

This shutviding contraception coverage. The Senate immediately down had a devastating effect, shut this legislation down and it is reasonable to think in the face of the shutdown, that Republicans were trying

to use this slowdown of the government as political leverage. The record shows, however, that the House unanimously passed several necessary spending bills financing back pay to federal workers, and funding national parks and government agencies.

Amazingly, the Senate and President chose not to act on any of these proposed spending bills, tabling the proposals until House Republicans

“This shutdown had a devastating effect, and it is reasonable to think that Republicans were trying to use this slowdown of the government as political leverage. The record shows, however, that the House unanimously passed several necessary spending bills.”

families or for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Democrats showed further “leadership” when they told House Republicans that they wouldn’t extend the debt ceiling temporarily if it meant negotiation with the House.

Furthermore, the only legislation that received bipartisan support was created by Susan Collins, a Republican. Her bill would have ended the shutdown, lifted the debt ceiling and delayed taxes on medical devices. Unfortunately, the bipartisan bill maintained sequestration cuts, opting to give more flexibility on their administration instead of reducing them. Harry Reid rejected the proposal, and the rest is history.

Commentators like Jon Stewart can rant that “It’s a law” is a good enough explanation for shutting down debate over the Affordable Care Act. The fact of the matter, however, is that the House of Representatives has shown the most capacity for restraint and compromise this time around. Hopefully, there will be meaningful debate among the branches of government in the future, but current leadership in the White House and Senate will not be the ones to start it.

approved the original spending bill. These leaders were then brazen enough to go out in a public forum and call their fellows stubborn.

In an inspiring move, President Obama threatened to veto continued payment of essential federal workers. These workers continued unpaid and secure that they would get Housebacked back pay. President Obama, however, chose Julian del Prado is a Collegian columnot to veto a bill restoring nist and can be reached at jdelprad@ death benefits to military umass.edu.

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Thank you, Ms. Frizzle At last Friday’s complexes of six stories Hampshire Halloween, a unevenly circumscribed man dressed in a ninja suit a gazebo adorned with spider webs. Students Brandon Sides lounged and smoked on the fire escapes, which attempted to dance in a overlooked the courtstyle that incorporated both yard. We climbed up a mixed martial arts and carfew flights of these metal dio kickboxing. Onlookers stairways, since in this barely took note, though, neighborhood the backfor at Hampshire College’s doors served as front annual Halloween gathering, such bizarre activi- entrances.

After I stepped over the ties constitute the norm.

Pirates juggled neon pins, welcome mat and into the someone climbed the DJ dorm, I realized that, after tent’s support pole and this night, I would never spooky campus decora- again see Ms. Frizzle and tions abounded. When her friends. This greatly I met Ms. Frizzle at this frustrated me, for I felt year’s event, Hampshire that this eclectic group of Halloween introduced me strangers had successfulto the uncanny. ly bypassed small talk and After several hours of had reached a level of conspooky dancing, students versation familiar only made their way to the caf- between close friends. eteria for a generous mid- The situation is rare, but night brunch. Armed with I’m sure that other stueggs and hash browns, dents have enjoyed simimy friend and I glanced

“Hampshire Halloween introduced me to the uncanny … My discussion with Ms. Frizzle hit realms unfamiliar to a typical conversation among strangers.” around the room for an empty spot to relax. We decided to join a table of strangers. Members of this group of Hampshire students dressed as a wizard, Sirius Black from Harry Potter, Velma from Scooby Doo and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Each invited us to the table and eagerly integrated us into the discussion.

To my immediate right sat another student, dressed as the teacher from Scholastic’s Magic School Bus series, Ms. Frizzle.

The student’s hair lacked the familiar ginger ferocity of the series’ character.

The stars and rainbows once glued to her dress had at that point fallen off.

But Ms. Frizzle’s engaging personality made up for these trivial costume defects. She fit the role.

My discussion with Ms. Frizzle hit realms unfamiliar to a typical conversation among strangers.

We shared frustration at our ignorance and inability to study more than just a few fields within our lifetimes. She discussed her thoughts on the format of campus debates and then dove into feminist academia of the 1990s.

After half of an hour, we turned to join the rest of the table’s conversation, which involved at that moment each table member identifying an aspect of life that made them feel the most human.

Ms. Frizzle and her roommates then invited us to their dorm to meet their kitten, smuggled in despite campus policy.

The campus neighborhood suited Ms. Frizzle’s personality.

Housing

lar ephemeral encounters at parties or concerts. For those students, a similar feeling of frustration likely followed.

To permanently befriend Ms. Frizzle and company would result in even more enjoyable moments, but one-time encounters such as Friday night’s, holds a special place in the spectrum of interpersonal connections. A person typically only knows such in-depth conversation within the context of close friendships. To experience that very same type of conversation within seconds of encountering a stranger is uncanny. The Ms. Frizzle conversation thus takes on an uncanny feeling, which is unlike any other, as the unfamiliar invades an otherwise commonplace experience. Yes, there exists the disappointment of a lost connection, but the uniqueness of speaking with Ms. Frizzle remains valuable through the virtue of its uncanny nature.

The student dressed as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch reminded us not to stir the kitten, which had fallen asleep by then. My friend and I stood up to depart, for our bus would soon arrive. Ms. Frizzle and Sirius again led us to the fire escape. We thanked the two for their company and gave our goodbyes. They wished me a good life, as I did the same.

Brandon Sides is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at bsides@umass.edu.

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Warm up your style with a trendy hat The best headwear to wear in the cold

tile and can be paired with any style of outfit, from casual to polished. You can go for neutral colors, like blacks and grays, or opt for

By Lauren Tom a pop of color with neons.

Collegian Correspondent Stores like H&M, Topshop With the year’s first and ASOS have great beansnowfall close on the hori- ie selections. zon, it’s time to pull those winter clothes out from the Bomber back of your closet. Hats are one cold-weather essenOn the other hand, a tial that can add warmth bomber hat (also known as a and easy style to a brisk trapper hat) is the ultimate day. Thanks to the variety source of warmth. These of trendy hats available, furry, plush hats are ultraadding one can easily pull stylish and cozy, covering your whole look together your whole head, cheeks and turn that bundled up, and ears with its handy layered look into a fashion side flaps. The bomber hat statement. is a cute but bold statement piece that you can buy in stores like Macy’s and L.L. Cozy Beanie Bean.

The beanie has a classic, casual look, hugging Floppy the front of your head and slouching slightly in the While floppy hats are back. It produces a look that usually associated with is both put-together and the summer season, they relaxed. Beanies are versa- can also work in the colder

months as well. Materials such as felt or suede can easily make a beach-ready hat into a more subdued autumn accessory. This wide-brimmed hat works well with bohemian-chic outfits and looks great in fall tones such as browns, reds, burgundies and deep purples. To find this kind of hat, check out Kohl’s, Free People or Nasty Gal.

Pom-pom knit To rock a festive and adorable look, the pom-pom knit hat is an awesome style to try out. This cozy hat adds a touch of goofiness.

It’s a look to sport while cheering at a hockey game or getting coffee in between classes. Popular stores such as Target and Forever 21 sell a variety of knitted pom-pom hats.

Knitted turban A knitted turban is a chic

accessory for the extreme fashionista. This wrap will be sure to turn heads everywhere, whether you are walking to class or out for a night on the town.

This hat will keep you warm and also keep your hair in place. Celebrities such as Vanessa Hudgens, Kourtney Kardashian and Nicole Richie have been seen rocking this trend, and it can be found at stores like Urban Outfitters, American Apparel and Anthropologie.

Headbands If you’re afraid of hat hair and static, knitted headbands are a stylish alternative. This knitted accessory has a touch of feminine flair, perfect for a walk through town or an ice skating date, and some are even accessorized with a bow or knot. While wearing a headband, leave your hair down and loose to create a soft, effortless look.

music

Boston rocks for a ‘Weeknd’ canadian crooner comes to orpheum By ana Lopez Collegian Correspondent Fans packed into the smoke-filled Orpheum Theatre on Oct. 11 to listen to The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) perform songs from his latest album, “Kiss Land.” The band positioned itself behind Tesfaye while he remained isolated on center stage, representative of the emotional solidarity he often sings about.

Upon entering the theater, listeners were greeted by people dressed as green, anime-style mascots ready to pose for pictures. The cover of the “Kiss Land” single features Japanese characters on it, so it appears that Tesfaye’s fascination with Japanese culture has carried over into his live shows.

Taking the stage at 9:30 p.m, Tesfaye immedi-

ately enchanted the audience with a crowd favorite, “Adaptation.” After the opening song, he joked with the audience that the fire marshal had already come to the building to determine where all the smoke had come from. The persistent smoke in the room didn’t come as a surprise to him, considering how much of his music focuses on drugs.

Throughout the night, Tesfaye stopped the concert several times to express his love and appreciation for his fans for making his a top-selling album. (“Kiss Land” hit number one on the Billboard R&B/hiphop albums chart upon its release). The theater later erupted when he announced that it was time for some “motherf ***ing classics,” referring to songs from his first three EPs, which were later compiled on the album “Trilogy.” He kicked off with “House of Balloons,” the namesake song of his first EP. The raw emotions of the song were palatable

and haunting, entrancing the Orpheum as he sang, “This is a happy house.

We’re happy here.”

Despite the lethargic tempo of his music, Tesfaye was a surprisingly energetic performer, jumping and clapping on stage. As he continued with popular songs that everyone sang along with, the sense of community in the theater was nearly overwhelming.

Before returning to songs from “Kiss Land,” Tesfaye talked about “Pretty,” which is his favorite song to perform. During that song, he turned his back to the audience to face several cameras on stage that projected his face onto screens facing the audience. The performance was as unique as it was intimate, and it set Tesfaye apart from other R&B artists.

Another unique moment was in the performance of the new album’s title song, “Kiss Land,” during which the screens behind him filled with erotic and sexual

images of Asian women, mimicking the song’s music video. Although this was unexpected, the audience was receptive to the imagery, as it is a common theme throughout his music. After he left the stage, the crowd chanted his name, seducing Tesfaye into coming back to perform one last song.

He rocked an encore performance of the fan favorite, “Wicked Games.” The audience nearly drowned the singer’s voice out, showing how much love they have for him and his music.

Tesfaye lived up to expectations and then surpassed them, delivering a beautiful performance and showcasing his talents to an audience that couldn’t have loved him more. While the singer’s fall tour has wrapped up and he has yet to announce a follow-up project to “Kiss Land,” it’s safe to assume this is not the end of The Weeknd.

Ana Lopez can be reached at aelopez.umass.edu.

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The Weeknd appeared during one of his first live performances at the Coachella music festival last year. He will tour with Drake in the UK in 2014.

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Pom-pom knit hats are a quirky, eye-catching alternative to a beanie.

This look can be scored at from fall to winter easier and more stylish.

Topshop and Zappos.

No matter your headwear style of choice, a warm Lauren Tom can be reached at lktom@ hat will make the transition umass.edu.

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Getting an interest in using Pinterest The site might just improve your life By racheL arLin Collegian Staff

interactive “boards” that you can create, give unique titles and add photos to.

For example, if you find a picture of a delicious cupcake, you could “pin” it and then add it to a board that you have created. This board could simply be titled “Food” or something more creative, such as “Yummy!”

Everything is completely in your hands.

If you like a post, but it is not worthy to be pinned to one of your boards, you can simply “like” a pin.

Your Pinterest page is set up in a way that allows you to view what you like separately from your boards. It is important to note that past “likes” are harder to locate than pins. While boards are organized to let you refer back to old pins, finding an old “like” requires you to scroll through your entire “like history” until it is located.

Like other social media sites, Pinterest encourages you to get more engaged by following other users and to gain followers yourself. On the site’s main page, you can see what users you follow have pinned as well as choose which pins you also like. Pinterest also allows you to send pins to your friends.

The best part of Pinterest?

It is absolutely free. This website is made to inspire people, and we can all use a little inspiration here and there. Happy pinning!

Pinterest has quickly become one of the most popular social media platforms in recent years. Many people don’t understand how Pinterest works, or even see a point to using it. Here, I will explain the purpose of Pinterest and how it can improve your life.

To start, Pinterest is slightly similar to Tumblr.

On the site, people post pictures of things that they make, many of which are decoration ideas or recipes.

Other posts contain pictures of dream homes with gorgeous bathrooms and fancy kitchens. While these inspire some only to to fantasizes of such dwellings, others try to make them a reality with the help of Pinterest categories like “Home Decor” or “Do It Yourself.” Pinterest can turn your spark of inspiration into a flame and show you new ways to make your house unique.

Pinterest is also similar to Tumblr in that it provides a way for people to express themselves through categories that pertain to quotes and humor. People do their best to make their pages representative of who they are, making Pinterest a very personal website.

So what do users do with all of these pictures? The Rachel Arlin can be reached at Pinterest interface includes rarlin@umass.edu.

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HOROSCOPES Jan. 20 - Feb. 18

Whatever you do, don’t let anyone tell you that those meatballs you are blindly handling are really eyeballs.

pisces

Feb. 19 - Mar. 20

leo

Jul. 23 - aug. 22

Take care of your friend dressed as Frankenstein. He is green from paint. He ate a bad apple and needs your care.

virgo

aug. 23 - Sept. 22

Be wary that when you go bobbing for apples, the apple might actually be bobbing for you.

All those crows are stalking you because that new moustache you got is eerily similar to Mr. Poe. You should probably shave.

aries

Mar. 21 - apr. 19

libra

Sept. 23 - Oct. 22

taurus

apr. 20 - May. 20

scorpio

Oct. 23 - nOv. 21

gemini

May. 21 - Jun. 21

Don’t eat anything from the witches couldron! You cannot be a good enough witch for She’s been brewing in the same pot for years Halloween unless you get yourself to weigh and it hasn’t been cleaned since! less than a duck. Get working kid.

CLASSIFIEDS

Tell your mummy friend that he should stop using the Brand X toilet paper and get Charmin so he stops leaving pieces behind.

Your ghost costume is very good and faithful, yes, but you would do so much better with a 1000 thread count egyptian cotton sheet.

sagittarius

nOv. 22 - Dec. 21

If you haven’t looked already, you’re going to be shaken with the crushing reality that they don’t sell adult-sized Power Ranger costumes.

Though they seem to have mostly disappeared, be aware that your banana costume is going to be a fruit fly haven.

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Jun. 22 - Jul. 22

Dec. 22 - Jan. 19

If your costume has a tank top and shorts, Halloween is one of only two times that it’s just go as an earthquake. It’ll be a lot more okay to dress as Spider-Man. convincing with all the shaking you’ll be doing.

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UMass rugby wins its final game of fall against UConn UM tops Huskies 40-17 on Saturday

By Jackson Goddard Collegian Correspondent

The Massachusetts men’s rugby team (2-4) defeated Connecticut 40-17 on Saturday in its final game of the season.

After two consecutive losses, the Minutemen were looking to dish out punishment to the Huskies this past Saturday.

“We’re gonna take it to them today. We’re going to come out banging,” said flanker Joe Hastry.

The Minutemen had two weeks to prepare for this game, as they did not play the previous Saturday.

“Some guys were banged up a bit and it gave them time to recover,” forwards captain Zachary Carl said.

It was important for departing seniors to get a win in their final game with UMass. They “left it all on the field,” prop Todd Theodat said.

Battling cold and stiff fingers, the Minutemen started with the ball. A stiff arm led to a scoring play by forward Max Pomeranz, who scored his first A-side try in the 5th minute, followed by a successful conversion by back Dean Nemeroff.

Still fueled by the momentum of the try, UMass stole the ball after a scrum. This change of possession led to a penalty kick opportunity, which Nemeroff converted.

The Huskies scored a try after executing a lineout play near the Minutemen’s try line, putting the score at 10-5.

A try by Thomas Thekaekara in the 38th minute and another conversion by Nemeroff put UMass up at the half.

“This game, we finally put in a full team effort, especially in the backs where everyone was unselfish, looking for opportunities to pass more than ever,” backs captain and scrum half Sam Grant said.

To start off the second

toward the end of the second half, with both teams giving up a try.

In the 78th minute, Grant put three more UMass points on the board, and the three whistles were blown shortly after.

Superior UMass runners led UMass to a convincing victory.

“It felt really good.

It’s bittersweet though, because the fall season is over and it’s tough when all the seniors are never going to play fifteens for UMass again,” Carl said.

The rugby team now turns its attention to rugby sevens, which is a different, but equally challenging game. Rugby sevens is played with seven players Jackson Goddard/colleGian on the field instead of 15.

UMass will host a sevens The UMass rugby team closed out its fall season with a win over UConn. tournament this spring.

Meanwhile, the men’s half, the backs swung the UMass try from Theodat said that it did not alter rugby B-side achieved a his play. “If anything, it 67-0 win over the Huskies. ball out past the UConn put the score at 22-10.

The 65th minute saw inspired me more,” he said. The “Killer Bs” ended their defense to junior Tim Driving through two season with an undefeated Harvey, who scored the back Zach St. Amand score Minutemen’s third try of his first A-side try. St. tacklers, St. Amand placed record.

Amand, who suffered a lac- the ball directly on the try the game.

A successful Huskies’ eration to his head after a line, scoring five.

Jackson Goddard can be reached at try followed quickly by a collision with a teammate, The play got sloppy jgoddard@umass.edu.

a-10 Men’S Soccer

Hockey eaSt

GMU, La Salle fight to a draw PC goes 1-0-1 against Miami

By EuGEnE kucinski

Collegian Correspondent

After fighting through regulation and two overtime periods, George Mason and La Salle settled for a 1-1 tie on Sunday.

The Explorers struck first on Rob Friskey’s goal in the 35th minute. Nick Becker was credited with the assist.

La Salle did not hold the lead for long, however, as Jannik Eckenrode tied the game for the Patriots with his 50th minute goal, which was his fourth of the season. Taylor Washington made the assist.

Explorers keeper John McCarthy tallied 11 saves, allowing La Salle to survive a 12-3 shots-on-goal disadvantage. Overall, George Mason outshot La Salle 23-7.

The Patriots now stand at 7-2-3, boasting a 2-0-2 Atlantic 10 record. They return to action on Friday, when they welcome Rhode Island.

seniors

The Explorers will play again on Sunday, when Dayton comes to town for an A-10 matchup.

win list for goalkeepers. The Billikens will face a tough task on Thursday, when they travel to Louisville.

saint Louis keeps A-10 lead

saint Joseph’s earns first A-10 win of season

The Saint Louis men’s soccer team remained atop the A-10 with their 2-0 defeat of Duquesne on Sunday.

The Billikens jumped out to an early lead on junior forward Raymond Lee’s 7th minute goal. Senior midfielder Alex Sweetin added to the lead with a goal in the 35th minute, which was his fifth of the year. Sweetin finished with a goal and an assist.

The Billikens improved to 3-0-3 in the A-10, and 9-3-2 overall. Duquesne dropped to 2-3 in the A-10, and 7-7 overall. The Dukes will travel to Rhode Island on Sunday to take on the Rams.

Saint Louis senior goalkeeper Nick Shackelford made four saves and moved to third all-time on the team’s

Saint Joseph’s ended a season-long A-10 losing streak by defeating Virginia Commonwealth on Sunday.

The game’s lone goal came in the 85th minute, when senior forward Ryan McFadden scored the first goal of his collegiate career with an assist from Tim Lazorko. The loss was the Rams’ first in the A-10.

The Hawks now stand at 1-4 in the A-10, and 3-7-5 overall. They will travel to Saint Louis on Sunday for their next game.

With the loss, the Rams fell to 3-1-1 in the A-10, and 8-5-2 overall. They return home Wednesday to face Old Dominion.

Eugene Kucinski can be reached at ekucinsk@umass.edu.

postseason play. As for what contributions Matz will miss the most from them, he believes that it changes with each player.

“With Lauren Skesavage, she plays with such a tremendous amount of emotion. (She plays) with such heart, such drive. She brings a definite amount of energy. Just … the way she carries herself,” he said.“Grace Coombs is just a leader on the field with her soccer ability and her knowledge of the game,” he continued. “With Brit Moore, it’s hard for me to remember a player that

developed as much as Brit, having come in as a defender and making the switch over to forward this year. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a big transformation as much as Brit has done.”

Even with all of the emotions that the team is bound to experience, Matz recognizes that it still has a job to do on Saturday by saying, “We certainly hope that we have a little bit more of some unfinished business with this group of seniors.”

Tom Mulherin can be reached at tmulheri@umass.edu.

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Patriots win on senior night By lindsEy lowE Collegian Correspondent The George Mason women’s soccer team defeated George Washington on Friday night 1-0, sending its seniors home with a victory on senior night.

Forward Liz Hodges scored the only goal of the night 3:06 into the game, which was assisted by senior Jazmin Cardoso.

George Mason (7-8-1, 4-2-0 Atlantic 10) will travel to Saint Joseph’s on Friday and La Salle on Sunday in its

final weekend of play. The goals of her own to give Colonials (5-5-4, 2-3-1 A-10) Dayton the win. will host Delaware State and Saint Louis wins on Richmond this weekend.

Dayton tops Forham Dayton topped Fordham 3-1 on Sunday to remain undefeated in A-10 play.

Despite the loss, the Rams (4-9-3, 2-4-1 A-10) took a 1-0 lead into halftime after Kate McDonnell scored late in the first half.

The Flyers’ (11-4-1, 6-0 A-10) Ashley Campbell tied the game and then Juliana Libertin struck with two

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Niko Rufo’s overtime goal against No. 3 Miami (Ohio) propelled the No. 8 Providence hockey team to a 3-2 victory on Friday.

Steven McParland gave the Friars the lead early in the first period, and Mark Jankowski added an unassisted goal early in the second period to give the Friars the 2-0 lead.

PC, however, surrendered two power-play goals in the third period, which sent the game into overtime. After Blake Coleman cut the deficit in half, Riley Barber evened the score for Miami with a shot that beat Friars goalie Jon Gillies.

The Friars tied Miami the next day to go 4-0-1 on the season. They play their first Hockey East matchup of the season next weekend against Boston University.

BC, Minnesota skate to a tie

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BC fell 6-1 to Minnesota on Sunday. They return home A big matchup between to open up Hockey East play some top-5 teams in the Friday night as they take on nation occurred on Friday No. 19 Northeastern (5-1-0). night when No. 5 Boston Chapie scores game College and No. 1 Minnesota winner for UM Lowell faced off in what turned out to be a 3-3 tie.

UMass Lowell handed The contest concluded in No. 4 Michigan (4-1-1) its an unofficial shootout win first loss of the season in for BC. a 2-1 victory for the River Minnesota native Michael Hawks (3-3-0).

Sit scored two goals in a UML struck first with a span of 11 seconds midway goal by Ryan McGrath . Its through the first period for lead was short lived though, the Eagles. as the Wolverines scored 24 BC found itself in a quick seconds later on a shot by 2-0 hole, thanks to Hudson Evan Allen.

Fasching’s goal 30 seconds The River Hawks had a into the contest. Travis Boyd power play opportunity in scored a power-play goal to the third, which they took give Minnesota the 2-0 lead. full advantage of when Johnny Gaudreau con- Adam Chapie scored at the tinued his scoring when he 11:58 mark in the third. triggered three Eagles’ goals UML will face New in the span of 1:11 in the first Hampshire in a home-andperiod. home series next weekend.

Taylor Cammarata buried a game-tying goal at the Tyler Fiedler can be reached at 15:33 mark in the second tfiedler@umass.edu.

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“I think each of the three seniors have different characteristics and leadership traits that will carry forward,” he said. “I believe the freshmen and the sophomores have taken a lot from this group of seniors and it will carry on.”

This season, the seniors have had a big part in the development of other players, and they have also contributed greatly to the team’s run at the Atlantic 10 tournament. Moore leads the team with eight goals this year.

As for leadership, the three of them have led their young team to a chance at

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senior night

Saint Louis defeated Rhode Island (5-12, 0-7 A-10) 1-0 on senior night this past Sunday.

The Billikens’ (5-10-2, 4-2-1 A-10) Jessie Jarrett scored the only goal of the day during the first half.

This win puts Saint Louis in position to qualify for the A-10 tournament.

Lindsey Lowe can be reached at llowe@umass.edu.

Red Sox return to Fenway

By Paul doylE The Hartford Courant BOSTON – They were dressing, packing and preparing for their flight to Boston after their Game 5 victory Monday night in St. Louis, but a few Red Sox players took a moment to stop and take stock.

Jon Lester, so brilliant in two victories over the Cardinals, commiserated with outfielder Jonny Gomes.

“I said, you know, you show up Feb. 1st, play 162 (games) ... we’re at probably like 180, I think now, total,” Lester said. “Comes down to one game. Pretty special time. We’ve just got to go out and keep playing baseball the way we’ve been doing it all year. “ It has come down to this: The Red Sox will win their third World Series championship in 10 years and eighth overall with a victory at Fenway Park in one of the next two games.

Veteran John Lackey takes the mound in Game 6 on Wednesday, with Jake Peavy the probable starter if Game 7 is needed Thursday.

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The Red Sox hold a 3-2 series lead over the Cardinals. two in a row at Fenway just once since May _ in mid-September, when they were on the brink of clinching a playoff slot. They lost multiple games in a row at home just five times during the season.

Their 53-28 record at Fenway was the best home record in the American League this season. In 13 regular season starts at Fenway, Lackey was 6-3, 2.47 ERA with a 1.033 WHIP, and opponents hit .232 against him.

So the evidence strongly suggests that the Red Sox will secure their first

World Series title at home since 1918, when Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth was used in the decisive Game 6 as a defensive replacement in left field. As the great pitching philosopher Pedro Martinez once said, “Wake up the damn Bambino.”

“I’m telling you, it’s going to get loud (at Fenway Park),” David Ortiz said. “Our fans are baseball fans. They love the game and they love how we’ve been going at it every day. And I’m pretty sure it’s going to be very loud out there.”

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Northern Illinois’ Jordan Lynch led his team to a MAC championship with a win over Kent State and then an appearance in the Orange Bowl last season.

Lynch leads NIU into national spotlight

By Nick caNelas Collegian Staff

Massachusetts football coach Charley Molnar remembers all too well what Jordan Lynch did to his team last season. The Northern Illinois quarterback passed for 191 yards, rushed for 157 yards and scored three touchdowns in less than three quarters of play as the Huskies handed the Minutemen their worst loss of their first Football Bowl Subdivision season, 63-0, on Nov. 3 in DeKalb, Ill. This was quite the low point for the UMass defense in 2012, and it further cemented Lynch as a Heisman Trophy candidate as he led the Huskies to the Mid-American Conference championship and a trip to the Orange Bowl.

“The thing I remember the most is when he ran by me and I thought, ‘Gosh, how thick he is,’” Molnar said. “Thick calves, thick legs, thick upper body,

arms, the whole thing. He looks like a fullback. Tim Tebow-type physique on him, maybe not quite as tall, but certainly that same build.”

As a junior last season, Lynch became the first player in FBS history to rush for at least 1,500 yards and pass for 3,000 yards, and he hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down through his first eight games as a senior.

On Oct. 19, he set the single-game rushing record for a quarterback with 316 yards on the ground in a 38-17 win at Central Michigan. Just a week later, he threw four passing touchdowns, rushed for another and caught a touchdown in a 59-20 rout of Eastern Michigan.

His success has translated into team success, as the undefeated Huskies are currently No. 17 in the Bowl Championship Subdivision standings and appear to be on their way to another con-

ference championship and major bowl bid.

“He’s just better,” Molnar said. “They have a better passing game this year because he’s more mature.”

NIU runs most of its offense out of the readoption with Lynch’s dualthreat ability, making him the center of attention. This will force the Minutemen to honor his ability to run as well as pass the ball, making them aware of his presence at all three levels.

“Everyone just has to read their own keys,” safety Joe Colton said. “Corners read the receivers, safeties read the tackle box, linemen need to read linemen, outside linebackers read the backs. Everybody just do their job and read their keys.”

Molnar said that the most important thing is “to stay disciplined with your eyes” to predict what Lynch is going to do with the ball.

He also said that each play-

er has to stay in their own gaps.

Defending the readoption often requires a slower read by outside linebackers at the line of scrimmage. But with Lynch’s size and speed, the UMass defense can’t afford to play too slow.

“They always say, ‘Play fast, but don’t play in a hurry,’” said linebacker Ed Saint-Vil. “Whatever you’re doing, you want to play the game at full speed because the game is moving fast.

And the moment you start trying to overthink things, that’s when the game is moving way too fast and the guy is running right by you.

“So you still want to play fast, but you want to make sure you know what you’re doing first. You can’t just run somewhere just to run somewhere.”

When asked about what it will take to slow Lynch down in the read-option, Saint-Vil said, “If I knew,

I’d be a defensive coordinator.”

This isn’t UMass’ first crack at a quarterback with running abilities this season. The last time it confronted a similar threat, the team came against Kansas State on Sept. 14 when the quarterback tandem of Jake Waters and Daniel Sams combined for 155 rushing yards and three touchdowns – two from Waters through the air and one from Sams on the ground – in a 37-7 win over the Minutemen.

Lynch, however, combines both facets into one player and creates a more difficult offense to defend than UMass has seen all season.

“Northern Illinois’ offense is really unique,” Molnar said. “It’s the only team that we’ll face that’s like that.”

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

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Minutewomen set for senior day and goodbyes uMass will close out home slate

By Tom mulheriN Collegian Staff

As the regular season comes to a close, the three seniors on the Massachusetts women’s soccer team will have to say their goodbyes to Rudd Field.

After four seasons, Grace Coombs (co-captain forward), Brittany Moore (defender/forward) and Lauren Skesavage (co-captain defender) will be honored on senior day, which will be held on Saturday at

2 p.m.Just like any other senior day, UMass coach Ed Matz thinks that the final farewell will be an emotional experience, but also something that he thinks the seniors are prepared for.

“Senior day does always have a lot of emotion for the players,” he said. “It is something these three seniors have talked about and anticipated. I can’t say they are looking forward Bryn rothschild-shea/collegian to it because they know Grace Coombs is one of three seniors for the UMass women’s soccer team. it’s the end of their college career, but it’s something certainly be some that he a coach, you’re proud of they have talked about.”

As for the emotions will experience on the side- what they accomplished,” he said. “I’ve been with that he will feel as a coach, line.

“It’s something that, as them for all four years, so Matz thinks that there will

it’s really the first time I’ve been with a group of players that long at UMass. It’s really a little bit more of emotion and sentiment for me as a coach.”

Once the seniors conclude their careers with the Minutewomen and the emotions begin to dwindle, the majority of the team will be returning next year without the talents and leadership that each of the three women have brought to the team for so long.

Matz feels, however, that the seniors definitely have left a lasting impression on the rest of the team. see

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The Massachusetts men’s crosscountry team is hoping that its long break going into the highly anticipated Atlantic-10 championships proves to be beneficial.

Having not raced since the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational on Oct. 19, the Minutemen have had plenty of time to prepare for the meet that everyone has been waiting for.

The team was predicted to place eighth in the preseason polls, but the surprising emergence of the underclassmen has turned heads this season.

Although the team is led by upperclassman Antony Taylor, the bulk of the team’s scoring this season has come from first- and second-year runners, including Ben Groleau, Miles Hodge, Daniel Sheldon and two-time A-10 Rookie of the Week winner Blake Croteau.

What started off as a rebuilding year for UMass coach Ken O’Brien has turned into a season with many high notes coming as early as the UMass Invitational that opened the season.

In the A-10 championships, the Minutemen will try to capture their first title in the 13-team event since 2008. That task was made a little easier when defending champion Butler left the conference in the recent offseason.

With their heap of talent led by veteran Taylor, and experience against some of the top teams in the conference and in the country, UMass looks to make some noise down in Richmond, Va. this Saturday.

Minutewomen gaining momentum Throughout the season, UMass women’s cross-country coach Julie LaFreniere has said that the focus of the team is to perform at their peak when it matters most. She was referring to the A-10 championships this upcoming Saturday.

The Minutewomen have come together at what seems to be the perfect time after they tied with Providence for first place this Friday at the CCSU mini-meet, even with an injured Rachel Hilliard (who is expected to return this weekend).

Freshman standout Christine Davis is coming off her best finish of the season and was named Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week and UMass Athlete of the Week as a result.

Although LaFreniere is enjoying the spotlight, she is looking out for the team’s cohesion on Saturday.

“There’s no one particular person for this team to do well,” LaFreniere said. “We need to have seven or eight people get out hard and maintain, and that’s what’ll make them successful, not one or two people. That’s not a team.”

LaFreniere pointed out that there was only a 22-second gap between their top five finishers on Friday, which has made her excited about the team’s ability to run together effectively.

With all the positive news, LaFreniere and the rest of the runners are excited to compete against the best in the A-10 after receiving a No. 8 seed in the preseason rankings.

“This is the best they’ve looked all season,” LaFreniere said. “They’ve worked really hard over the past three weeks and they’re feeling pretty excited.”

The highly anticipated race is one that the whole team has been focused on, and with a healthy Alexandra Purdue-Smithe, an emerging Davis and the consistency of Hillard, it seems that the team will continue its success against the conference’s best.

The men’s team will compete at 10 a.m. on Saturday, and the women will start at 10:50 a.m.

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