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Professor receives int’l award Late UM student

Tomaskovic-Devey 1 of 8 recipients

By Catherine Ferris Collegian Staff

Universityof Massachusetts sociology professor Donald Tomaskovic-Devey is one of eight international recipients of the Anneliese Maier Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation this year.

The Anneliese Maier Research Award is a collaboration award to promote the internationalism of the humanities and social sciences in Germany. Nominations for

researchers are made for those whose scientific achievements were internationally recognized in their research area.

Recipients are given the opportunity to collaborate with specialist colleagues in Germany to create a sustainable contribution toward internationalism of the humanities and social sciences in Germany.

The money comes from the Humboldt Foundation, but the award will be administered by the UMass at the Institute for Social Science Research. Some of the money covers traveling expenses, some supports UMass students and some will support the researchers in Germany Tomaskovic-Devey

will be working with.

The researchers that Tomaskovic-Devey will be working with are pending, and the area of study is still under construction, but TomaskovicDevey said he sees three core areas, including, “the development of models of relational inequality in workplaces, gender and ethnic bias in wage setting, and empirical studies of labor markets as social networks.”

Tomaskovic-Devey earned his Bachelor of Arts in sociology at Fordham University in the late 1970s, and went on to Boston University to work on a Ph.D. Although he considered psychology for a short

period during his undergraduate years, Tomaskovic-Devey pursued sociology. He focuses on issues of inequality.

“The explosion of interest and outrage in the high levels of US inequality that we see around us today have certainly made my work more relevant to a wider audience,” Tomaskovic-Devey said.

He is currently working on projects on how the increased power of big banks has increased inequality and weakened the power of regular people, long term trends in racial and gender employment segregation, and basic theosee

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A pedestrian makes his way along Park Heights Avenue during a snow storm in Baltimore on Tuesday.

remembered as creative, caring

Sociology major Meghan Beebe died after hit-and-run in late December

By Mary reines Collegian Staff

Meghan Beebe liked learning. She was always eager to take classes, signing up for almost 20 credits each semester. The senior sociology major even finished a semester early, graduating from the University of Massachusetts in December.

But on Dec. 28 her life was cut short after she was struck by a car in a parking lot in Greenwich, Conn., around 2 a.m. The driver stopped briefly before dragging Beebe under his car for four blocks, ignoring her friend’s pleas to stop the vehicle, according to the Greenwich Patch.

She was pronounced dead at Stamford Hospital hours later, according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette.

Po l i c e ar rested Vyacheslav Cherepov, 26, of Ridgefield, Conn., on multiple charges, including second-degree manslaughter. He is being held on a $500,000 bond, according to the Greenwich Patch.

Beebe is survived by her father, Richard Beebe, who said that she was a lot like her mother, Eileen Beebe, who died of breast cancer in 2007. Eileen Beebe was a social worker, and her daughter wanted to become one too.

“Meghan would reach out and help people,” Richard Beebe said.

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“Meghan would reach out and help people.”

Richard Beebe, Meghan’s father friend Keith Sacenti, Beebe came to UMass for the sociology program and she didn’t want to go anywhere urban. She liked nature.

At UMass, Beebe was an active member in the sociology club, where she was a founder and vice president. She was a dedicated volunteer at the sexual assault crisis hotline through the Center for Women, working shifts from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. Beebe also completed an internship at the Hampshire Jail and House of Correction in Northampton, where she shadowed social workers and ran group sessions.

Beebe’s life was filled with possibilities. Her summer job at a YMCA camp reinforced her love for kids. She considered getting a degree in education to teach middle school. She also wanted to dedicate her life to social work and attain a master’s degree in sociology, and perhaps a doctorate too.

“She wanted to work for a year or two and find out what she liked,” her father said.

Beebe grew up in Middlebury, Conn., and see

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UMass flag football goes Winter storm expected to nat’l championship to bring heaps of snow Intramural team traveled to Florida By taylor GilMore Collegian Correspondent The field lights are on and against a sea of teams dressed in sweatpants and mismatched t-shirts, one intramural flag football team stands out. Dressed in neon green uniforms emblazoned with their logo and individual nicknames, PickSix huddles on the sideline to prepare for another game.

After an undefeated season, PickSix competed in the UMass men’s flag football championship on Nov. 14 at McGuirk Stadium, beating Zeta Beta Tau 39-0 toand wining for the second consecutive year. The team scored 359 points overall this season, but didn’t allow a single point.

PickSix was recognized for their accomplishments in intramural sports by the National IntramuralRecreational Sports

Association (NIRSA). NIRSA offers a variety of resources, promoting leadership, fitness and teamwork in intramural and recreational sports throughout the country.

Leaders in campus recreation from colleges and universities around the country are invited to compete in a national championship series of flag football and other intramural sports every year.

PickSix represented UMass in the regional portion of NIRSA’s national championship series in Springfield during the first weekend of November. Winning the first round of regional games in Springfield qualified PickSix for round two of regional competition, playing with over 40 other universities for the Regional Flag Football Championship title in College Park, Md. in the middle of November.

“When we pulled in that day I didn’t even think we were going to make it to playoffs, but we dominated, which is

kind of crazy,” junior Sean Heaney said.

The highlight of the trip for senior Ricky Silva, was “being at a different university seven hours away, hanging out, with no where really to stay, having a blast.”

“The whole weekend was exciting,” added Cody Sloniecki added.

“It was a ball,”Alex Porter said. “My favorite part was surprising everyone, because nobody there thought we were going to win.”

The team wonteam ended up ining all seven of their games, although they were finally scored on. They returned to UMass with a regional championship trophy, a ticket to the national championship Jan. 3-5 in Pensacola, Fla., and even a few medals. Joe Johnson, Kevin Pomerleau and Matthew Schell won All Tournament Awards, and Schell was named Most Valuable Player.

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By MiChael Muskal Los Angeles Times

Snow began falling in parts of the Northeast on Tuesday, the vanguard of a major storm that has already led to the cancellation of thousands of flights, an unexpected closure of some federal offices and even prompted New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to drop plans for his inauguration party.

The storm could bring eight to 12 inches of snow to Philadelphia and the New York metropolitan area and perhaps more than a foot in Boston as it works its way through New England. The storm - an unwelcome sequel to the polar vortex whose icy grip choked the Midwest and East earlier this month - also is expected to bring wind chills as nasty as 10 degrees below zero.

“A wave of low pressure is developing along a strong Arctic front currently sinking southward through the MidAtlantic, and this is expect-

ed to develop into a strong surface low off the coast of New England,” the National Weather Service said. “This will result in an expanding shield of moderate to locally heavy snow from the central Appalachians to southern New England, including all of the Mid-Atlantic region.

“Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are in effect for these areas, where snowfall amounts ranging from a couple of inches to nearly a foot are expected. The greatest totals are likely for southern New England, and gusty winds are likely in this area to accompany the snow,” the weather service forecast.

Heavy winds and precipitation are expected, especially in the power-centric nexus from the nation’s capital to New York and on to Boston.

Vehicle travel throughout the Boston-Washington corridor was expected to be hindered

by Polar Vortex II. Nearly 2,200 flights have

already been canceled, according to the flight-tracking site Flightaware.com and thousands more delayed Tuesday. An additional 450 flights for Wednesday were also canceled as airlines prepared for the worst.

Schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky stayed closed for an extra day after the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, or planned to send students home early.

Government offices in Washington were closed, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management said on its website.

Christie, whose inauguration for his second term after his landslide reelection has been marred by state Legislature and federal investigations of complaints that his administration tried to bully political opponents, was forced to modify his schedule of events by canceling an evening party on Ellis Island.

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Lebanon BEIRUT — A Syrian rebel group aligned with al-Qaida claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing Tuesday that killed four people in a Hezbollahcontrolled suburb of Beirut, just days after Hezbollah was accused of shelling a pro-rebel town in eastern Lebanon.

The Nusra Front claimed the apparent suicide bombing on a street in the predominately Shiite neighborhood of Haret Hreik, just steps from the scene of a similar bombing on Jan. 2 that killed five.

Nusra said the attack was revenge for Friday’s rocket attack on the Syrian rebel stronghold of Arsal, Lebanon.

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Russia MOSCOW — Russia will not allow the breakup of neighboring Ukraine and, if invited, is ready to mediate the violent conflict between street protesters and the leadership of the former Soviet republic, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.

“Russia will do its utmost to help prevent (the breakup of Ukraine) and to stabilize the situation,” Lavrov said at a news conference in Moscow, without elaborating on what actions Moscow might take. “Ukraine is our neighbor, partner, friend and brother and there can be no two opinions.”

The protests in Kiev began in November when President Viktor Yanukovich refrained from signing a trade and association agreement with the European Union. They had largely been peaceful in recent weeks but erupted into violence Sunday.

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Egypt CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Tuesday set a Feb. 16 date for deposed president Mohammed Morsi to go on trial on charges of colluding with foreign militant groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.

Morsi is facing a total of four separate trials on what his Muslim Brotherhood organization claims are trumped-up charges, several of which could carry the death penalty. This week, he was ordered to stand trial for insulting the judiciary.

The charges against Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, range from the extremely serious to the trivial; one charge sheet includes accusations of poultry thievery.

Human rights groups have expressed repeated concerns about politically motivated prosecutions by the military-backed interim government, which has worked assiduously to stifle political dissent.

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retical and empirical models of the generation of organizational inequalities.

Tomaskovic-Devey had parents who had strong commitments to social justice, which he believes was passed on to him, leading him to this area of study.

“Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s reinforced the recognition that we have social responsibilities for each other and to create a more just world,” he said.

Ultimately, TomaskovicDevey moved to the science of inequality as opposed to direct activism because he

believes sociology was the right science for those convictions.

For the past few years, Tomaskovic-Devey has worked with colleagues at Bielefeld University, located in Northwest Germany, on the problem of inequalities at work, using a data collection project in which both employees and employers were surveyed. Employees were asked about their experiences, while employers were asked about their human resource practices.

Tomaskovic-Devey said his research“has been central

to the development of their project and [he] was consulted on the development of their project.”

The Bielefeld group nominated Tomaskovic-Devey to the Humboldt Foundation for the award, describing his research interests, possible collaborations with their project and the contribution of his work to the internationalization of German science.

Tomaskovic-Devey will be teaching a sociological methods course this spring semester as well as a graduate course in economic sociology. He expects to teach the

Social Class and Inequality class and research methods routinely over the next few years, but he may only teach one class, or none at all if the award takes him to Europe over the next few years.

Tomaskovic-Devey is invited to lecture to Ph.D students in other universities, and lectured earlier in the month at Science PO, which is a social science university in Paris..

He has presented three lectures and consulted with a number of Ph.D. students.

He hopes to foster further international collaborations focusing on the causes and

consequences of workplace inequalities, with the goal of discovering and revealing organizational and institutional practices that lower inequality while producing settings where people are both respected and rewarded.

In his downtime, Tomaskovic-Devey said, “I make beer, run and walk for exercise, garden, go fishing in the spring and summer, but overall I work too much for my own good. But I do love it.”

Catherine Ferris can be reached at caferris@umass.edu.

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FOOTBALL do,” Johnson said.

Pomerleau added, “This is our time to shine, and we did.”

The members of PickSix have an impressive past in athletics – many of them were award winners and captains for various high school sports.

Their background as athletes has given PickSix a leg up on the competition, but they said their spirit and friendship off the field is what makes them such successful teammates on the field.

“Most teams we play are teammates [but] we consider each other brothers,” said Silva said. “We do everything together.”

“We just happen to have really athletic friends,” junior Ryan Imbriaco said.

When asked why they are so good, the unanimous response was “chemistry.”

“We just have fun,” Pomerleau said. “We went into every game looser than every other team.”

“All the other teams were on the field warming up and we were dancing on the sidelines,” Johnson added.

Tony Bolduc, a member of another UMass intramural flag football team had a different view of the team’s pregame routine.

“They do hurdles and formation stretching that that nobody else really does,” said Bolduc, a member of the Blackouts. “They have their headphones in, they’re getting into it. For intramurals that’s a little intense for me, but they seem like they’re ready to play. I know from playing them that they actually are good. They were fast.

They were quick to grab their flags. They seem like they know what they’re doing better than everyone else.”

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PickSix began with seven of the current team members four years ago. team grew.

“Now we have 14 guys and seven girls, but we have the PickSix family that all have t-shirts. So there’s about 20 plus of us,” Silva said.

Everyone in PickSix has a nickname that is written on the back of his or her shirt, including members that don’t play on a team but are part of the “family.”

“They are all pretty random,” Porter said. “They were said once and sort of just stuck.”

Nicknames range from variations of last names to inside jokes, like “Imbri” for Ryan Imbriaco, to “Ya Boi” for Alex Porter.

PickSix is a name that “just stuck,” too. In football, an interception is often called a “pick” and a touchdown is six points. When a player on the defense intercepts the ball and returns it for a touchdown, it is considered a pick six.

“We have no personal ties to the name,” said Sloniecki said, “but because our defense is our strongest part of the team, we often force opponents to throw pick sixes.”

The team has also had an impressive intramural record in soccer and basketball, and with their co-rec teams. The PickSix co-rec flag football team also won the UMass intramural championship this year, and the men’s basketball team made it all the way to the championship game last season. The boys who started PickSix are still students at UMass, but this fall was their final season playing men’s flag football altogether. Competing in the national championship would be an impressive lega-

cy to leave behind.

PickSix sought help from friends and family to compete in nationals and continue their winning streak. NIRSA waived the tournament entry fee since PickSix won the regional championship, but travel expenses, including hotels and airfare, were still a large burden on the group.

On Facebook and Twitter they advertised their cause, posting messages with a link to their donation page, hoping to receive some funding from their supporters. They also reached out to media organizations in the area to help spread the word.

“We are all hard-working college students who are looking to accomplish something amazing and represent our school in the meantime,” the team wrote on their GoFundMe page. “Every cent matters and we thank you in advance for your support.”

Though the team never made their goal of $5,000, they still managed to raise $3,518, enough for them to make the trip to the national championship. On the GoFundMe page, they thanked all their supporters for their generosity.

“We would personally like to thank everyone who donated their money towards our trip to the National Championships for flag football,” wrote Sloniecki. “We would also like to thank everyone who contributed their time to spreading the word about our fundraising.”

He added, “We will make sure to keep this page updated throughout the tournament and provide a summary of the tournament when we return. Thank you very much and go PickSix!” Taylor Gilmore can be reached at tgilmore@umass.edu.

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COURTESY OF MARY SIMMS

Late UMass student Meghan Beebe is remembered by friends as, among other things, a prolific cook. attended the Westover School where her dad works. She started playing soccer in the first grade and became the co-captain of her varsity high school team. She joined a program called Outdoor and participated in camping, canoeing and rock climbing.

She was musical, too.

Beebe could play the piano and the saxophone, but she really loved to sing.

She was the vice president of her school’s glee club and a member of the chamber choir that was made up of faculty and students. She also sang in the church choir at St. John of the Cross with her friends Mary Simms and Lauren Buckley, both of Middlebury.

Simms met Beebe in preschool and they went to church together.

“In the back she pretended to be a cat and I pretended to be a dog,” Simms said.

In the choir, Simms was a soprano and Beebe was an alto, so the two enjoyed harmonizing together and singing church songs or

songs on the radio. Buckley also enjoyed singing in church with Beebe. They were both altos so they always sat next to each other.

Both Buckley and Simms said Beebe always made car rides fun. Beebe never got her license so Buckley would drive them around.

They had many adventures together in the car.

“There was never a dull moment,” Buckley said.

And everyone admired Beebe’s cooking. She was a creative and prolific chef, and she never followed a recipe. One time Beebe made a giant blue cake with a crown on it. Another time she made pancakes with Easter candy. Buckley said Beebe’s projects were “never generic.”

“Always homemade, no box creations, always her own … she made everything her own,” Buckley said.

Beebe and Buckley made a piñata for Simms, who was the first to leave for college. The women had many fun times together.

Michelle Shabo, Beebe’s

roommate at UMass, remembered Beebe’s creativity too.

“She was an amazing cook. She taught me a lot,” Shabo said. “Her dad left me her KitchenAid stand mixer.”

Beebe also started decorating their living room ceiling with paper snowflakes hung from ribbons, and got friends to help too.

Whether it was cake or snowflakes, Beebe loved to share her creations with the people around her.

Shabo usually came home late, so Beebe left her kind notes around the apartment with thoughtful messages. One night Shabo had a big test the next morning and she came home to a platter of different kinds of cookies and a note saying, “Good luck.”

“She made me a more compassionate person,” Shabo said. “She always put everyone else first.”

Shabo and Beebe were different. Beebe loved Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings, which Shabo would never read. But the two had similar personalities and supported each other.

“She lived a short but purposeful life,” Shabo said.

Beebe’s friends agreed th at she was passionate about equality and female empowerment.

Simms remembered Beebe as a role model and a beautiful, strong woman.

“She always made the best of what was in front of her,” Simms said. “She always believed the best in everyone.”

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

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Wednesday, January 22, 2013

Twelve years later, America still fighting the war in Afghanistan In the autumn of 2001, the United States entered a war with Afghanistan.

Twelve, almost 13 years

mantle the main al Qaeda safe harbor and find and capture Osama bin Laden.

But shortly after, the war in Iraq became the No. 1 priority for Washington and the American public.

Resources and manpower were diverted from the war in Afghanistan to Iraq, and America transfixed on the new conflict. Once the war in Iraq ended in 2010, so did America’s interest in the Afghan war.

The apathy continues, as does the violence overseas.

According to The New York Times, the Department

Jillian Correira later, it’s still not over. A recent CNN poll shows that the Afghanistan war, the country’s longest military conflict, is arguably the most unpopular in U.S. history, with support for the war now below 20 percent.

The Afghanistan war has a deadline of December 2014, when U.S. troops are expected to withdraw and leave security in the hands of Afghan soldiers. The CNN poll also shows that a majority of Americans want to see U.S. soldiers pull out of Afghanistan before the deadline.

In November 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the “United States and Afghanistan had finalized the wording of a bilateral security agreement that would allow for a lasting troop presence through 2024,” according to The New York Times. However, President Hamid Karzai is unlikely to sign this agreement before presidential elections in Afghanistan are held in April, leading to a rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops.

If and when American soldiers leave Afghanistan in late 2014, it will mark the end of U.S. intervention, though it does not mark the end of the ongoing conflict between Afghan forces and the Taliban.

The war in Afghanistan began on Oct. 7, 2001. The initial mission was to dis-

“Since it’s highly unlikely that American troops will remain in Afghanistan forever, there needs to be a more sustainable solution if we truly want to help Afghan forces build a better country.” of Defense has confirmed 2,285 American service members “have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations” as of Dec. 26, 2013. The number of Afghan civilians killed or wounded as a result of the war rose 23 percent in the first six months of 2013, with women and children being killed by roadside bombs almost daily, according to The New York Times.

More than 19,000 soldiers have been wounded in the Afghan war since 2001, not including those suffering from various psychological traumas (estimates of troops with PTSD who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan are as high as 336,000).

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ble when the war started in 2001. Twelve years later, it’s far from the ideal situation. U.S. presence hasn’t intimidated the Taliban, and when American troops leave, whether it’s 2014 or 2024, Afghan forces will inherit a huge task in trying to stabilize the country and keep the Taliban from gaining ground.

It’s clear what’s happened up until this point hasn’t been working for any parties. It’s important to recognize that if continued U.S. military presence hasn’t worked so far, it might not work in the future. And since it’s highly unlikely that American troops will remain in Afghanistan forever, there needs to be a more sustainable solution if we truly want to help Afghan forces build a better country.

It’s also important to recognize that we’re still at war. In the 12 years it’s taken the United States to get to this point, media and public attention has waned.

But people are still dying in Afghanistan. The fighting is not over and it won’t be over once U.S. troops leave.

Afghan forces will still be up against the Taliban, but they would be in a much more advantageous position if the U.S. worked to set up institutions through which the country is able to sustain itself, not just in the immediate aftermath of troop withdrawal, but well into the future.

that the effects of war are devastating. Troops are sent overseas to fight and protect, thousands are killed or physically and mentally wounded and not properly cared for when they come home. Thousands of innocent Afghan civilians and allies suffer similar fates.

The United States’ goals in the war in Afghanistan as a result of the 9/11 attacks mainly focused on eliminating al Qaeda presence and releasing Afghanistan of Taliban control. While the former has been realized, in Afghanistan at least,

the Taliban insists that its movement is strong and are “determined to expel foreign forces,” according to the Washington Post.

So how does the United States fully succeed in what was labeled operation Enduring Freedom 12 years ago? It is clear the U.S. administration doesn’t think Afghan forces can hold off the Taliban on its own, thus the push for Karzai to sign the bilateral security agreement that would extend the U.S. troops’ stay. But when they do leave, whenever that might be, what happens if the Taliban regains control? Does that mean we haven’t succeeded in what Jillian Correira is a Collegian columwe set out to try to do? nist and can be reached at jcorreir@ Afghanistan was in trou- umass.edu.

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Julian Del Prado of leaving passive-aggressive sticky notes, showing an escalation in competition between Japan and China.

Beginning with an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) placed by China in the East China Sea, the United States and Japan have sought to end China’s expansionist policies without causing any actual confrontation. The ADIZ, which encompasses territory claimed by both Japan and South Korea, was the first in a series of power plays that would eventually encompass several countries in South Asia and even some as far as Africa. Meanwhile,

an official Chinese fishing zone, which includes waters claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan, placing the United States in a very uncomfortable position. The Hainan province has called the zone a mere “technical revision” to existing laws, which has infuriated the affected countries.

For its part, the United States has only been able to call the act “provocative and potentially dangerous,” highlighting U.S. ambitions to both have good relations with Southeast Asia and stay away from direct confrontation with China.

This game of chicken might be humorous if the powers involved were not so formidable. Luckily, there is some humor to be found in Japan and China’s handling of African relations.

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“This game of chicken might be humorous if the powers involved were not so formidable.” the United States finds itself mediating an increasingly expansionist China, Japan’s aggressive rebuttals and the various developing countries which have found themselves in the crossfire.

At first, China’s ADIZ was merely a speed bump for the United States, which unabashedly flew aircraft through the zone with Japan as per military and civilian schedules. However, China responded to this move with outrage, and Japan took it to heart. In response, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the highly controversial Yasukuni war shrine, which honors deceased members of the Japanese military including war criminals from World War II. Invoking the rage of both China and South Korea, whose dislike of each other is no match for their dislike of 1930s-era Japan, Abe’s move proved to be confrontational.

In addition to the ADIZ, China has made its neighbors uncomfortable in other ways through the recent expansion of its power in both Southeast Asia and in Africa. Most recently, China’s southern Hainan province has instituted

turn of events for the continent of Africa, Japan and China have engaged in a competition to see which country can bolster the strongest economies in the most selfless way. Accusing the Chinese of “buying off African leaders with lavish gifts” in response to heavy Chinese investment in infrastructure there, Japan itself has been accused of aiding Ethiopia, the Ivory Coast and Mozambique for a spot on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

As the BBC reports, Japan has offered $14 billion “in aid and trade deals” to the aforementioned countries in addition to sending industrial professionals to train workers. As a result, various ministerial, industrial and transportation related infrastructure is on the way and the recipients are not complaining.

We can only hope that these two rivals continue bolstering the economies of these developing countries in the most passive-aggressive manner possible without harming their neighbors.

Julian del Prado is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at jdelprado@umass.edu.

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Super sleuth’s spectacular returns to U.S. screens American viewers Sher-lucked out

By Cory J. Willey Collegian Staff

Editor’s note: The following story contains spoilers from the first episode of Season 3 of “Sherlock.”

A lot has been expected of “Sherlock” fans during the show’s recent hiatus.

Not only did they have to endure a massive cliffhanger and one of the most emotionally taxing series finales on TV in recent memory, they were also left with nothing but their own speculation and theories on what would become of Sherlock and Watson for nearly two years.

Finally, the third season of “Sherlock” premiered on PBS this past Sunday, so “Holmesians” may finally breathe easy.

All joking aside, the return of “Sherlock” to American TV screens proved to be a successful one, as the premiere drew in an average of around 4 million viewers, a 25 percent increase from the Season 2 premiere. Clearly the long hiatus didn’t hurt the show’s dedicated fan base. If anything it helped it grow.

A lot has changed for the major players of the show since the ending of Season 2.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, Sherlock and Watson respectively, have rocketed to enormous levels of fame due to a couple of starring roles in major

Hollywood productions and show runner Steven Moffat has been busy running another wildly popular BBC series in “Doctor Who.’ Thankfully all that time away from the series seems to have had no effect on any of them as the episode itself was a return to form and, aside from a few minor missteps, a wonderful hour and a half of television.

Bookmarking the beginning, middle and end of the episode are a few possible ways in which Sherlock could’ve faked his death. A couple of these are put forth by a Sherlock fan club dedicated to proving its theory that the detective is still alive. The club and the theories themselves act as a hilarious mirror held up to the audience, the creators’ way of saying, “Yes, we know how weird, wonderful and dedicated our fans are.”

The third theory, given to us by the sleuth himself, seems to be what truly happened and, while I won’t go into exact details, it seems a bit intricate and convenient.

This over-the-top approach is understandable in the context of his fake death, but it is a running theme that plagues the rest of the episode as well.

We are told Sherlock has been away for so long because he has been single handedly dismantling Moriarty’s terrorist network following his nemesis’ death. On top of that, he is called back to London by his high ranking government official brother

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The BBC’s international hit “Sherlock” returned to U.S. screens for its third season Sunday with “The Empty Hearse.”

Mycroft, to, you guessed it, help dismantle another terrorist cell. This and the scene of Sherlock being tortured in a Russian military base feel out of place in the series.

At times I half expected Holmes to take off his mask and reveal that we were all tricked into watching some bizarre, made-for-TV James Bond film.

These delusions of grandeur aside, the rest of the

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premiere was a delightful balance of humor and mystery. Rather than go the route of an emotional return, Sherlock remains as self-centered and oblivious to human nature as ever, but in the charming way we’ve come to expect from Cumberbatch’s take on the character. He makes quite the spectacle of himself when revealing to Watson that he is indeed alive, making for one of the

more comedic moments of the episode. His treatment of Watson at times feels a little too insensitive, but this is countered with Freeman’s excellent conveyance of Watson’s mixed feelings of anger, relief and loyalty toward Sherlock, so it almost goes unnoticed.

Just as London is better off with the return of the world’s most intelligent and insufferable detective, so too

is the television landscape.

With two episodes left in the season and the promise of at least two more seasons to come, it seems fans have a bright, “Sherlock”-filled future ahead of them. Let’s just hope the creators can keep the show from becoming too grandiose for its own good.

Cory Willey can be reached at cjwilley@umass.edu.

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Golden Globes failed to Young Kaitlyn Dever’s outshine last year’s show impressive endeavours

A disappointing decline in quality By raChel arlin Collegian Staff

The Golden Globes have, as of recently, been made out to be the younger sibling of the Oscars and the Emmys. It gives fans of television and film an indication of who may be nominated for the bigger awards. While the event has lived up to its reputation in past years, the 71st Golden Globes failed to deliver.

One thing to consider is the quality of movies that were nominated for both the 70th and 71st Golden Globes. In comparison, the movies were much better in 2012. Some of these films included “Argo,” “Les Misérables,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Django Unchained” and several more. A few highly regarded films nominated this year were “American Hustle,” Captain Phillips” and “Gravity.” This lack of interesting nominees made for a lackluster best picture race.

Another disappointment about this year was that the show itself just wasn’t very exciting. A tribute to Woody Allen kept viewers entertained for a bit, but something was still missing. The hosts were certainly not the problem; Amy Poehler and Tina Fey displayed the same charm and wit that made them such a hit at last year’s show. It’s no surprise that

they were asked to come back for another year as the audience enjoyed seeing their quirky personalities throughout the threehour event. However, even Fey and Poehler’s excellent repeat performance could not keep the ceremony from feeling dragged out.

This year also lacked the controversy surrounding last year’s show. The Oscar nominations had been released before the Golden Globes and fans were outraged that Argo’s Ben Affleck had not been nominated for Best Director.

But Affleck was nominated and won Best Director at the Golden Globes. Either way, it sparked controversy, and it was a major talking point throughout the awards season. This year, the Oscars decided to release nominations on Jan. 16, four days after the Golden Globes, which kept this sort of situation from coming up again.

The most talked about event at the Golden Globes was before the show even started on the red carpet.

America’s sweetheart, Jennifer Lawrence, who normally wears beautiful dresses, did not follow through this year. She still managed to steal the spotlight with her hilarious photo bomb of Taylor Swift, which quickly went viral. Sandra Bullock and “Girls” star Lena Dunham, who was the most ridiculed, were among the worst dressed as well.

Among the best dressed were Emma Watson, Amy

Adams and Sofia Vergara.

Then there are the awards itself, which were spread across the board this year. No single film or TV show could seem to break away from the rest.

Leonardo DiCaprio won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his performance in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Amy Adams won Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. “American Hustle” won Best Movie in a Musical or Comedy while “12 Years A Slave” won Best Movie in a Drama.

“Breaking Bad” won Best Television Drama, surprising no one, and Andy Samberg’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” won Best Television Comedy.

The best actor and actress in a drama were Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett.

There were not many special moments in the Golden Globes this year.

There were good speeches by some actors and actresses, but not very memorable ones. It has award show watchers split: Will the Oscars/Emmys be better or is this year’s awards season just a bust?

Ultimately, that choice is left to the viewers.

At this point, the winners hardly even matter.

Audiences tune in to these shows to be entertained, and this year’s Golden Globes simply failed to do so.

Rachel Arlin can be reached at rarlin@umass.edu.

An actress with a promising career

By DaviD hiltBranD The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — For Kaitlyn Dever, time is passing too quickly. She turned 17 last month, for Pete’s sake.

“I’m the opposite of all my friends,” says the little scene stealer from Tim Allen’s comedy “Last Man Standing” (8 p.m. EST Friday on ABC).

“They can’t wait to be 18 and driving and heading off to college. I’m kind of panicking. I wanted to be 16 a little longer.”

If your career were booming like hers, you might want to stop and smell the residuals, too.

In addition to “Last Man Standing,” on which she plays flinty youngest daughter Eve, she reprised her role last week as the dangerously resourceful Kentucky teen Loretta McCready on “Justified.”

Loretta is the firecracker who dared shoot Mags Bennet (Margo Martindale), the kid who keeps drawing the protective instinct out of Raylan (Timothy Olyphant).

At the moment, Dever is backstage on the “Last Man” soundstage, waiting for a table read. She’s sitting in what serves as the classroom for her and Flynn Morrison, 8, who plays Boyd on the show.

“I’m a junior learning Algebra 2,” she says, “and I’m in with a third grader.”

Lately, she has been playing hooky a lot. But she has a note from her agent.

Dever has been splitting her time between the

sitcom and the set of “Men, Women & Children,” an Ivan Reitman comedy with Emma Thompson, Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner, now filming in Texas.

It’s one of five films she has done in the last two years, including the forthcoming “Laggies” with Keira Knightley.

It’s unusual for a network to give a series contract player so much latitude, but ABC realizes what they have in Dever and makes every effort to accommodate her.

“She’s a massively skilled actress,” says “Last Man’s” executive producer Tim Boyle.

“It may get to the point where she’s at a Jennifer Lawrence level, where we can’t hold onto her, but we want it to last as long as possible.”

The fact that “Last Man Standing” runs with clockwork efficiency affords Dever more away time. The lead, Allen, is a seasoned pro, and he brought over an old hand from “Home Improvement,” director John Pasquin, who stresses rehearsal. The result is quick tapings.

It would be easy to call Kaitlyn precocious, except she has had her eyes on this particular prize since she was a child in Dallas.

“I’ve always been good at doing impersonations,” she says. “When I see a person on TV, within three minutes, I can do all their mannerisms and their voice. Acting has always come naturally to me.

“I kept begging my parents to let me take acting classes,” she says. “I came home from the first day of classes and said, ‘Mom, that was the best day of my life!’”

Dever was spotted by a talent agent who was convinced the kid would take Hollywood by storm. Thus started another long siege campaign of her parents.

The Devers were ice skating coaches in Phoenix until Kaitlyn’s father, Tim, won a nationwide cattlecall to become the voice of Barney, the purple dinosaur. (He would later go on to voice another popular children’s character, Bob the Builder.)

Tim’s voice work took the Devers to Dallas.

But uprooting the whole family (Kaitlyn is the oldest of three sisters) for something as iffy as a child actor’s chances?

On the other hand, Kaitlyn was incredibly persistent.

So they compromised: Mom Kathy would take Kaitlyn out to Los Angeles so the 9-year-old could see what a discouraging job acting was.

Then duly chastened, Kaitlyn would buckle down in Dallas.

That was the idea anyway.

“I booked the first thing my agent sent me out on,” says Dever. “For a while, we’d go back to Dallas every summer.

But I kept booking more and more things, so three years ago, we all moved out.”

Before we lose you to the table read, Kaitlyn, what would you say is your best impersonation?

“I got it from ‘The Best of Will Ferrell’ collection. I put on a wig and giant glasses and act like Harry Caray.” OK, did not see that one coming.

“I want to host ‘Saturday Night Live.’ And I want to be on Jimmy Fallon’s show,” Dever gushes. “He was on ‘SNL,’ and he’s the funniest guy.”

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Indoor track kicks off season on high note Men, women show promising signs

By Arthur hAyden Collegian Staff

While the majority of the University of Massachusetts student body was enjoying the final days of its winter break, the Massachusetts men’s and women’s indoor track and field team was already back at work.

The month of January offered very little time for rest for both teams, as both the Minutemen and Minutewomen competed in two meets to kick off the indoor season.

The season opened up Jan. 11 at the Yale Invitational and the men’s team showed off some of its depth with quality relay finishes, something that’s been a staple of UMass track in recent years.

Head coach Ken O’Brien’s team showed few signs of rust and put together topeight finishes in each of the three relay events.

After a promising start to the season, the Minutemen were back at it the following week at the Sorlien Invitational in Kingston, R.I.. Noteworthy results included senior Zachary Hildenbrandt’s third place finish in the 500-meter dash (1 minute, 7.30 seconds), sophomore Michael McNaughton’s second place finish in the 1000-meter run (2 minutes,

32.37 seconds), and senior Stephen Bigelow’s second place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (8.23 seconds).

On the field side of the action, sophomore Isaiah Fariel posted 21 feet, 0.75 inches in the long jump, good for third place, while Brett Davies placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 45 feet, 1.75 inches.

Of UMass’ 25 top-eight performances during the first two meets, 14 included freshmen. O’Brien will look to his young group to build off these first two non-scoring performances, gaining as much competition experience as possible as the team moves closer to the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships.

Minutewomen all over leaderboard in first two meets

The Massachusetts women’s track and field team continued its momentum from a tremendous 2013 and started its indoor season strong in the first two meets of the year.

At the Yale Invitational, the Minutewomen showed off their depth with 16 top-eight performances. These performances were highlighted by a first-place finish in the 800-meter run for freshman Heather MacLean in her first collegiate indoor meet (2 minutes, 17.08 seconds). She was named the Atlantic 10 Arthur Hayden can be reached at Rookie of the Week for her awhayden@umass.edu.

CONSISTENCY ence, the energy level still needs to be at the same point that it is during the first half, especially going up against a tough Richmond squad on Wednesday.

All season long, Kellogg’s gone to reserve forward Maxie Esho when the team needed a spark. His role on the team is simple and he knows that as long as he goes out there and does his job, then everyone else will follow suit.

“I just focus on bringing energy every day,” Esho said. “I don’t really think about coming in the second half or when I come in giving energy, it’s just, I know my role and I think just me doing my role is what makes me play like that and makes (the team) play like that.”

Esho’s energy has turned around games for UMass, especially when the team gets off to slow starts in the second half. He isn’t just a simple role player, but also a key contributor to the team’s offense and defense.

He recorded 17 points and

outstanding performance.

Continuing her dominance from last season, junior Rebecca Stoyle also claimed first place in the triple jump with a jump of 40 feet.

At the Sorlien Invitational the following week, both MacLean and Stoyle repeated their winning performances, MacLean finishing in 2 minutes, 19.66 seconds while Stoyle bested her mark from the week before with a jump of 40 feet, 9.5 inches, both good for first place at the meet. Stoyle also won the long jump with a distance of 18 feet. 0.25 inches.

The UMass women dominated the jumping events in Rhode Island, taking the top four spots in the long jump, four of the five top spots in the triple jump and securing a first place tie in the high jump courtesy of sophomore Katharine Osborne (5 feet, 7 inches).

Other notable performances included junior cross country standout Rachel Hilliard’s second-place finish in the mile run (5 minutes, 6 seconds) and sophomore Kelsey Crawford’s victory in the shot put (43 feet, 7.25 inches).

UMass will be in action again on Jan. 24 as both the men and women will take part in the Northeastern Invitational.

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Wednesday, January 22, 2013

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Tensions high in AFC, NFC

By SAm FArmer Los Angeles Times

RENTON, Wash. — No San Francisco? Check.

No New England? Check.

No hard feelings? Well ...

There were ruffled feathers and bruised feelings from coast to coast Monday in the aftermath of the NFL’s conference title games.

In Seattle, the Seahawks were both celebrating their victory over the 49ers and dealing with the fallout in the wake of cornerback Richard Sherman’s unseemly, chest-thumping outburst on national TV, moments after he made the game-saving play.

In Foxborough, Mass., Patriots Coach Bill Belichick leveled a serious accusation against one of his former stars, Denver receiver Wes Welker, accusing him of dirty play in a hit that took out cornerback Aqib Talib in the Broncos’ big win.

Outside of New England, Sherman was all the talk.

A quick rewind: Sherman was interviewed within minutes of deflecting a would-be touchdown pass

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to San Francisco’s Michael Crabtree, a tipped ball that the Seahawks intercepted.

Sherman was flagged for putting his hands to his throat to make a choke sign. Minutes later, in an interview with Fox’s Erin Andrews, Sherman screamed: “I’m the best corner in the game! When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that’s the result you’re going to get!”

The reaction was swift and visceral, with fans and even players from other NFL teams ripping Sherman, a Stanford graduate who’s typically good-natured and happy-go-lucky, and whose bombastic comments usually border on comically endearing. But not this time.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said he had a talk with Sherman on Monday and reminded him how important it is that one outspoken player not steal the spotlight from one of the greatest team accomplishments in franchise history.

“He was really clear that the last thing he wanted to do was take something away

Maxie Esho (above) has provided an ample amount of energy off the bench. seven rebounds in only 21 minutes of play against Elon.

The Minutemen prevented any letdown from happening in the second half against Elon, never once letting their lead shrink to less than seven points. It was a step in the right direction for UMass, which must now look to have that performance carry over into its game on Wednesday against

Richmond.

“Even though (Elon) kept making the runs, we kind of held serve and never really let them get back in the game,” Kellogg said. “(It’s) a sign of our team that’s matured and kind of a team that has a chance to be pretty good.”

Patrick Strohecker can be reached at pstrohec@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @P_Strohecker.

rience gained abroad. The ice time was invaluable for her personally since she was away from the Minutewomen on domestic exchange at Cal State Northridge.

“You obviously have to get faster when you’re playing against girls who are elite,” LaBossiere said.

“You end up getting harder passes and seeing things quicker. I think everyone is a little bit more confident.”

That assurance hasn’t waned despite losing Abromson, a junior, to an ankle injury in her second game back (Adrian College on Jan. 11). The winger

game this season while chipping in 4.2 assists per game. His running mate, junior guard Kendall Anthony, is averaging 13.3 points per game.

Minuteman guard Chaz Williams echoed his coach’s sentiments, saying that getting defensive stops opens up the rest of the game for the team. If the team can string together stops, especially in the second half, it has a good chance of finding success.

“Our offense feeds off our defense a lot,” Williams said.

“Sometimes our defense creates turnovers that lead to easy offense.”

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from our team and what we had accomplished,” Carroll said. “He got caught right in the throes of the battle and all that, and there’s a little bit of leeway there, particularly for guys who play on such an edge emotionally, like Richard. ... It’s something that came out in the heat of the game and all the emotion.”

Across the country, on his weekly radio show, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady scolded Sherman for his on-air eruption. Brady and Sherman have a history, as Sherman got in Brady’s face last season after the Seahawks beat New England in Seattle.

“I don’t know (Sherman) at all,” Brady said on Boston’s WEEI. “I’ve watched him play. He’s that kind of guy.

So, you know, I approach the game _ and I have respect for my opponents. That’s the way our team always plays.

We win with graciousness, and when we lose, we could do better. Some teams don’t always do that, or that’s not their program.

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from Braintree has taken on an assistant coach-type role, opening doors from the bench and giving advice during games.

She’s also brought back drills from Team USA, like a playmaking exercise that ends when one team scores a 3-on-0 goal. Rushes start from 1-on-0 and gradually increase until the race is won.

“Trust me, I’d much rather be out there with them,” said Abromson, who originally suffered an ankle injury in October and returned before it was fully healed. “It makes me more determined to come back

stronger.” She predicts a return in three weeks.

Wright said the next stepping stone in his team’s long-term success is to win the Eastern Collegiate Women’s Hockey League conference finals. UMass will host the event Feb. 21-23 as defending champions.

“It’s a big year for us,” Wright said. “We want to possess the puck, be aggressive and we want to attack.

It’s something we need to take advantage of now.”

Peter Cappiello can be reached at pcappiel@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @petecapps.

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tionally fared well at home against ranked opponents – they have beaten four of their last five ranked foes. UMass jumped ahead to 13th in the Associated Press Top 25 this week, the first time the team has been ranked within the Top 15 since 1995-96.

“You know, the guys are playing pretty hard and I’m enjoying being around them if that’s worth anything,” Kellogg said despite adding he wasn’t sold on the ranking. “I’m not sure that makes us 13 or not, there’s a lot of good teams out there.

Williams knows that other teams are taking stock of

the Minutemen’s rise in the national spotlight.

“We feel like every game is going to be a huge test for us because the name’s that on the front of our jersey,” Williams said. “We just have to come prepared every day, we feel like if we come prepared and play UMass basketball nobody can compete with us in the country.”

Wednesday’s game at Robins Center will take place at 7 p.m. and can be watched online on ESPN3 and the Atlantic 10 Digital Network.

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

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No. 13 UMass finishes road stretch UM seeks

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By Patrick Strohecker Collegian Staff

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The No. 13 Massachusetts men’s basketball team completes a three-game road stretch at Richmond on Wednesday against a 12-6 Spiders squad.

Minutemen look for 7th straight win at Richmond

By Mark chiarelli Collegian Staff

The No. 13 Massachusetts men’s basketball team can finally turn its full attention to conference play.

The Minutemen (16-1, 3-0 Atlantic 10 Conference) briefly opened their conference schedule earlier this month with victories over Saint Joseph’s, St. Bonaventure and George Mason.

But an out-of-conference road date and eventual 84-74 victory over Elon on Saturday interrupted UMass’ journey through the conference gauntlet.

With the non-conference aspect of their schedule finalized, the Minutemen return to the road for the third straight game Wednesday to face a familiar foe in Richmond.

The Spiders (12-6, 2-1 A-10) recently defeated Dayton 73-64 at home

“I’m sure they’re going to be up for our game and it will be a nice packed house like always. It’s going to be a tough one.”

Derek Kellogg, UMass coach and own a 7-2 home record on the season.

“I’m sure they’re going to be up for our game and it will be a nice packed house like always,” UMass coach Derek Kellogg said.

“It’s going to be a tough one.”

The Minutemen defeated the Spiders a year ago 70-65 in a game influenced heavily by defense.

Over the final six minutes of play, UMass allowed Richmond to score just two points while going on an 11-point offensive run late in the game to pull out the victory. And

while the rosters aren’t quite the same, defensive intensity will play a large part in deciding the outcome on Wednesday.

Through 18 games, the Spiders are allowing just 65.4 points per game to opponents on 40 percent shooting in addition to forcing 14.6 turnovers per game. They traditionally play a matchup zone.

“Their defense right now is what’s keeping them where they are,” Kellogg said. “I guess they lead the league in field goal percentage defense and that matchup

zone. So we have to be proficient on the offensive end and don’t let that lead to easy baskets for them. I think that’s where teams have gotten hurt by them.”

For UMass, the task will be to maintain consistent defensive pressure despite having the ability to change schemes. Kellogg noted that he’s experimented with multiple variations of zones and manto-man defenses, a commodity as league play continues.

“When league games come and these teams are scouting and doing some stuff, you gotta make sure you’ve got a whole arsenal of different ways to come at them,” Kellogg said.

Richmond is led by strong guard play. Senior point guard Cedrick Lindsay is scoring 19.1 points per see

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After the Massachusetts men’s basketball team wrapped up its 16th win of the season against Elon, it was easy to take away many positives from its 84-74 victory.

UMass never trailed and Cady Lalanne and Chaz Williams performed like the two best players on the floor. But, perhaps most importantly, the Minutemen came out with the same intensity to start the second half as they did to open the game.

Second half starts have been a struggle for UMass as of late, especially in Atlantic 10 Conference play. In each of the team’s first three conference games, the Minutemen seemed to have left their fire in the locker room, spotting opponents big leads, which forced them to mount sizable comebacks.

While the team has turned those deficits into wins, it’s been hard for UMass coach Derek Kellogg to pinpoint exactly what the problem has been for his team as of late.

“We’ve played so well in the second half up until (conference play) and I’m not sure,” he said.

“Maybe we just need to stay the course. I thought we had a good start the other night at Elon, so hopefully that’s prophetic of things to come.”

Even though Kellogg isn’t sure what his team needs to do to improve, Williams, UMass’ unquestionable leader, thinks it all starts on defense.

“Try to get an early spark on the defensive end,” he said. “We make our stands on defense, so if we come out and get an early stop on defense, it will show a lot to us as a team and as a group and we’ll feel that from right there we can keep moving forward.”

Once the defense is in order and playing up to the level that it needs to be, then the offense can take over, Williams said.

“Our offense feeds off our defense a lot because sometimes our defense creates turnovers that will lead to easy offense, or even make teams shoot quick shots, where we can get the rebound and get (the ball) out quick,” Williams said.

But in order for the Minutemen to step up their defensive pressee

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WOMEN’S CLUB HOCKEY

Minutewomen set sights on ACHA Harrington, four others return from Team USA

get,” Harrington said of the national team’s run. The hardware marked USA hockey’s first medal at the winter games. “It felt like gold to me.”

By Peter caPPiello UMass second-year coach Bill Collegian Staff Wright is counting on his returning Paige Harrington’s body was in core to lead by example through Trentino, Italy, but her mind drift- the rest of his team’s slate. The fifth-ranked Minutewomen went ed back home to Mansfield. She 13-3-1 before Christmas. They are recalled playing on the boys’ varsi5-0 since the national team memty hockey team for three years, the bers returned on Jan. 6. first of which was with her brother Wright added that there are Shane, then a senior. But when she high expectations for the squad looked across the European ice at a that finished fourth at the national lineup of tall Russian skaters, it hit tournament in each of the last two her: she was on Team USA. years.

The junior defenseman won “It’s a blessing to have them bronze alongside four of her coming back,” he said. “It’s nice Massachusetts women’s club to know that you’ve got that stabilhockey teammates at the World ity back for another year. We’ve University Games in late December. got eight seniors and eight juniors, Amanda Abromson, Chelsea we’re top-heavy.”

Corell, Caleigh LaBossiere, Sarah Oteri, a forward, and goaltender Oteri and Harrington have since Corell (9-1, four shutouts) are two shifted their sights to an American of the senior class’ biggest cruxes.

Collegiate Hockey Association The former, who was named cap(ACHA) Division 1 title. tain this season, has a team-high 29 “That’s a memory I won’t for- points (10 goals). Her on-ice leader-

ship extends to the locker room.

The English major has reinforced a culture of cohesiveness, which she said has existed throughout her college career. It starts with four practices a week – one to two hours a day at 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. – and continues with bonding away from the rink. As a club team, nothing is mandatory.

“I’ve played on so many teams growing up and in high school,” Oteri said. “Our team is unbelievably close. Just coming to practices, coming to games and being happy to be around everyone translates to the ice.”

The captain also feels that this year’s team is the most skilled she’s skated with. She said the club often reminds itself of March 13, the start of the national tournament, which hosted by Delaware.

Motivation grows with each victory.

LaBossiere, a junior defenseman, said the team’s recent winning streak was influenced by expesee

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COURTEST OF PAIGE HARRINGTON

Senior captain Sarah Oteri, Paige Harrington and Amanda Abromson (both juniors) sport their bronze medals at the World University Games in Trentino, Italy in late December.