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UMass awarded grant for sustainable food system

By Katrina BorofsKi Collegian Staff

The Henry P. Kendall Foundation of Boston has awarded the University of Massachusetts a $485,000 grant to continue their efforts toward increasing the production and consumption of local, sustainable food. The grant will be distributed to the University over the next two years with the goal of transforming the sustainable food landscape across New England.

According to a news release, the Kendall Foundation’s long-term goal is “to create a resilient and healthy food system in New

England that increases the production and consumption of local, sustainablyproduced food.” The Kendall Foundation targeted UMass Amherst as a leader in the movement toward whole, local foods, which they hope will one day spread across New England.

Rachel Dutton, sustainability manager for UMass Auxiliary Enterprises and project manager for the Kendall Grant project, regarded UMass as the ideal recipient for this award for a number of reasons, including its “reputation for quality, innovation and sustainability and economies of

scale.” UMass dining is the second largest food service provider in the nation, said Dutton, and can therefore utilize this grant at a large scale.

“We have a comprehensive plan to use the financial resources responsibly,” Executive Director of Auxiliary Enterprises Ken Toong said. “We will be able to create several positions for staff support and research, transition food costs and provide marketing/scholarships for two conferences.”

Toong also provided an official breakdown of the grant: $200,000 will be spent

on food costs while UMass transitions to acquiring more local food; $185,000 will be for staff support and consultation; and the remaining $100,000 will be directed toward educational materials, speakers and scholarships for the Chef Culinary Conference and for a re-visioning of the Sustainability Conference.

Much of the grant money will be dedicated to transforming Hampshire Dining Commons into a “premier campus eatery dedicated to sustainability, health and wellness and to provide a see

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Journeying through the cold

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Students walk through Northeast Residential Area on a recent January night. Temperatures have been as low as negative 17 degrees with wind chill.

Pres. Obama prepares for State of the Union Address Last year’s ideas still unaccomplished

By Kathleen hennessey Tribune Washington Bureau

A year ago, when President Barack Obama delivered his State of Union speech before Congress and imagined providing preschool for all 4-yearolds, he followed his expansive vision with a bit of candor. “That’s something we should be able to do,” he said.

The president’s tonemore aspirational than expectant-was a nod to the reality of this annual Washington ritual. Little of what the president proposes in his most high-profile speech of the year is likely to get done, at least not any

time soon.

As Obama polishes a fresh list of ideas to tick off Tuesday night, many of last year’s proposals remain unfinished-stymied by politically divided Washington.

His gun-control push has petered out. His immigration overhaul is stuck in the Republican-led House. Congress has not heeded his call to raise the minimum wage. And, in the year since his speech, neither the House nor the Senate, where his party is in control, has even held a hearing on a bill to expand preschool.

White House spokesman Jay Carney conceded that progress on last year’s proposals was “modest,” but searched for a favorable benchmark: “It was

not modest compared to what we’d seen in previous years.”

Obama’s predicament is hardly unique.

Nearly all modern presidents have used the State of the Union address to showcase policy goals both real and still somewhat imagined. The proposals have been high-minded. But they have also been smallbore (President Bill Clinton famously endorsed school uniforms and watching less television). They have been dreamy (President George H.W. Bush wanted money “to plant a billion trees a year”). They have been catchy (Obama’s “Buffett rule” would have ensured that billionaires paid a higher tax rate).

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Tips to manage a stress-filled spring semester Students share tips to remaining calm By rose GottilieB Collegian Staff

As the spring semester begins, students at the University of Massachusetts are getting back into the swing of things after winter break. For many students, this means balancing classes, homework, extracurricular activities, jobs and other obligations. Getting back into this busy routine after almost a month of break can often be very stressful. Some students, however, have found different strategies to manage their stress Senior Meri LaitinenCarnevale knits or plays online chess. Sophomore Dylan McFadden plays his guitar, listens to music or watches TV. Alexa Fearing, a sophomore, sleeps when she is stressed out. Sophomore Sara Wagner does yoga to relax.

Peter Vaiknoras, a junior, said, “I tend to get away from whatever it is that’s stressing me out.” Vaiknoras will spend an hour watching comedian Louis C.K., browsing Netflix or going out to dinner with friends.

Sophomore Sarah Maunder said, “[I] will try to make a schedule for my week so I’m not doing everything the day before it’s due.”

Maunder also makes herbal teas and goes to bed early to relax.

Franz Buker, a doctoral intern at the Center for Counseling and Psychological Health, offered some tips to students dealing with stress. One of Buker’s tips was to practice diaphragmatic breathing, which is a form of deep breathing that comes from the belly rather than the chest.

Buker said that deep

breathing is a “great tool to de-stress.” To do it properly, you should “pay attention to your breath, slow it down, [and] breathe through your diaphragm instead of higher up in your chest,” Buker said. “Your belly will expand when you breathe in [and] deflate like a balloon when you exhale” Buker added. According to Buker, iPhone or Android owners can download an app called Breathe2Relax, which teaches users how to deep breathe properly.

Besides deep breathing, Buker offered many other helpful tips for students trying to manage stress. Buker suggested trying the following: -Stay organized: Write to-do lists, keep a planner, make yourself schedules or use any other method to record your responsibilities.

This will help you find the time to meet all of your obligations and will help make sure that you don’t forget anything important.

-Prioritize: We don’t always have the time to accomplish everything we set out to do. If you find yourself in this situation, first complete what is most important or urgent.

-Balance responsibilities: Make sure not to let any one activity consume the majority of your time. Although it may be important to you to do well in school, put in extra hours at work or attend every social activity, make sure that you leave room for other areas of your life as well.

-Make sure you have social support: Your social support system is any person or group of people you enjoy spending time with. Allow yourself to spend time with them. For new students, try see

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Republicans consider immigration reform By franco ordonez McClatchy Washington Bureau Republican leaders in the House of Representatives, mindful of the changing face of the U.S. electorate, are expected to introduce their guidelines this week for legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants.

And that’s reigniting another identity crisis over the future of the GOP. Some on the right have begun to mobilize against House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, with hopes of quashing plans to introduce a series of immigration-related bills.

Immigration is expected to be a key part of Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

President Barack Obama has pressed House mem-

bers to join the Senate by introducing legislation that would provide the nation’s 11 million undocumented residents with an opportunity to live and work legally in the United States.

House leaders are expected to release the principles at their annual retreat later this week in Cambridge, Md. Those principles are likely to include tighter border security, an expanded guestworker program, additional visas for high-tech workers and legalization for many of those people in the country illegally.

It’s the latest signal that the House leadership is taking immigration seriously.

Boehner also hired a new aide last month, Rebecca Tallent, who’s considered a proponent of legaliza-

tion. She was the director of immigration policy at the nonprofit Bipartisan Policy Center and also worked for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., one of the proponents of a comprehensive immigration proposal that included a path to citizenship.

Some supporters of an immigration overhaul have questioned Boehner’s strategy of introducing principles without a clear indication of when the bills would be released. It might backfire, as opponents surely will seek to use them as ammunition to pick apart the plan, said Alex Nowrasteh, an immigration policy analyst at the conservative Cato Institute who supports changes to immigration law. see

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THE RUNDOWN ON THIS DAY...

In 1985, the supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) recorded the single “We Are the World” to help raise money for Ethiopian famine relief.

AROUND THE WORLD

Peru LIMA, Peru — A territorial dispute between Chile and Peru ended Monday with an international court awarding Peru a triangle of Pacific Ocean territory covering thousands of square miles rich in fishing and other natural resources.

Peru filed the claim at the International Court of Justice in The Hague in 2008, alleging that marine boundaries had never formally been set by the two countries. Chile’s position was that the line had been defined in agreements signed in 1952 and 1954, which Peru argued were strictly fishing accords.

500 by Adriana Leon and Chris Kraul in Lima, Peru.

Los Angeles Times

Germany BERLIN — Ceremonies are being held Monday in Germany and Poland to commemorate victims of the Third Reich with a survivor of the Nazi siege of Leningrad telling the German Parliament of the horrors that unfolded in the city during the blockade.

The commemorations for International Holocaust Remembrance Day come 69 years after Soviet soldiers swept into former death camp Auschwitz in Nazioccupied Poland to liberate about 7,000 surviving inmates.

They also coincided with the 70th anniversary of the end of the almost 900-day blockade of Leningrad, which is thought to have led to the deaths of 1.5 million people. Leningrad reverted to its historic name of St Petersburg in 1991. dpa

Poland WARSAW, Poland — A deep freeze bringing winds and snow to Eastern Europe claimed at least two lives in Bulgaria on Monday while leaving thousands without power, disrupting services and snarling traffic throughout the region.

Polish authorities announced that 17 people froze to death across the country over the weekend. Six of the deaths were since Sunday, Polish police said. That brings the weather-related death toll this winter to 47 in the country.

Police urged the elderly and children to remain inside and called for people to be aware of the elderly and the inebriated during the cold, as they are the groups of people who most frequently fall victim to it. dpa Distributed by MCT Information Services

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fixtures, such as health care reform, that have featured in nearly every address for decades. For Obama, the revolving cast has also included mortgage assistance, infrastructure spending, tax reform and college affordability. Despite the prime-time spotlight, many proposals seem to fade quickly.

“I think what you’re going to hear from the president on Tuesday night is a series of concrete, practical, specific proposals on how we restore opportunity through a wide set of means: job training, education, manufacturing, energy. And these will be some legislative proposals, but also a number of actions he can take on his own,” White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer said on “Fox News Sunday.”

The president wants to work with Congress, Pfeiffer wrote over the weekend in an email to supporters, but “will not wait for Congress.”

Obama made similar pledges to flex his executive muscle in last year’s speech and spent the last few weeks making good on some. He named five “promise zones,” impoverished areas that received top priority for federal money. He awarded a research project in North Carolina millions of dollars, as part of his goal of creating a network of manufacturing innovation centers. He accepted a report on voting reform

from a commission he had touted.

On Tuesday, he will announce new initiatives, which the White House has declined to discuss.

“He’ll certainly aim high,” Carney said. “Presidents ought to aim high. I don’t think any president has ever gone before Congress and said, ‘I hope to do this, this, this and this with you that year’ and, at the end of the year, discovered that his list was too short, that everything got done.”

Still, the status of past proposals offers a glimpse of the prospects for success.

Most initiatives Obama can push on his own are incremental, while most large-scale proposals move at glacial pace, or not at all.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are no more likely this year than last to endorse expensive programs - even in the name of job creation.

They have shown little interest in minimum-wage legislation; bills that would raise it to more than $10 per hour have drawn no Republican co-sponsors.

Immigration reform stands as the notable exception, not because Obama has prioritized it, but because some Republicans see it as a necessary step for the party to win over Latino voters.

The first year in the life of Obama’s preschool plan illustrates the nature of the hurdles ahead. Although GOP governors have moved

Motor vehicles cause trouble over weekend

APD log weekend of Jan. 24-Jan. 26

By Marleigh Felsenstein Collegian Staff

Friday, Jan. 24

11:43 a.m. A motor vehicle crash on South Prospect St./ Northampton Rd. resulted in no injuries. Police arrived on the scene to assist with traffic.

However, assistance was not needed as both vehicles were on South Pleasant St. 5:58 p.m. A male wearing a black jacket tried to break into a house through a window on Chestnut St. The police arrived but did not arrest anyone. They advised the caller to call 911 if the man was seen again.

Moore, 19, of Syracuse, N.Y., was arrested and charged for disturbing the peace. He was thought to be attempting to get into a residence that was not his own.

11:16 a.m.: A person was arrested for breaking and entering at Ernie’s Towing. Someone took back their car that had been previously towed and did not pay the towing fee.

11:45 a.m. Someone was arrested for larceny on Sunset Ave. A person put their coat down at a residence and had their wallet stolen from the pocket.

1:18 a.m. A disturbance occurred between two broth9:10 p.m. A motor vehicle stop ers. One of the brothers was resulted in the arrest of two arrested for disorderly conadults, Lilian Borison and duct and the other was sumAlexander O’Hearn. moned to court.

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Marleigh Felsenstein can be reached 1:31 a.m. Maxwell Edward at mfelsenstein@umass.edu.

to expand public preschool and polls show such efforts are popular, the launch of the federal effort was slow and sputtering.

The White House proposed paying to make preschool available to 4-yearolds in nearly all low- and moderate-income families with a 94-cent tobacco tax, an idea spurned by lawmakers from both parties.

“I was happy to see they at least had some sort of plan for paying for this. It was in itself a bold statement,” said Lisa Guernsey, director of the early education initiative at the New America Foundation. “But in reality the idea of raising a tax to pay for this was

met with a lot of silence.”

The bill took months to draft and, even then, did not include a way to pay for it. In November, it was unveiled by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Democratic lawmakers and its one Republican co-author in the House.

Two months later, only one other Republican has signed on.

But the budget bill passed earlier this month included $250 million to help states expand preschool programs. The White House and its allies view that money as a “down payment” on the president’s plan. House Republicans deny it had anything to do

with Obama’s proposal.

Still, the White House takes credit for creating momentum on a major policy issue.

“I think that what you will see over the course of this year, and moving into the next couple of years, is preschool and access to high-quality preschool for our kids prior to kindergarten emerge as a national priority and a national imperative,” said Roberto Rodriguez, the White House education adviser. “I think you’ll see it emerge from states. You’ll see it emerge from cities. It will take some time to reach Congress, but it will reach Congress.”

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GOP taps Wash.

Rep. Rodgers to oppose SOTU Congresswoman a Republican star

By RoB Hotakainen McClatchy Washington Bureau On Tuesday night, Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers will join a long list of big names who have given the opposition response to the president’s State of the Union speech since the tradition began 48 years ago.

Among them: Republican Rep. Gerald Ford of Michigan in 1966, Democratic Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota in 1975, Democratic Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas in 1985 and Republican Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas in 1996. Women have been tapped 12 percent of the time.

On Friday, McMorris Rodgers posted a photograph of herself on Instagram holding her speech in one hand as she practiced and her 2-month-old daughter, Brynn, in the other.

“It really doesn’t get much better than this!” she said in her post.

The 44-year-old cong r e s swo m a n from Spokane, Wash., begins the new year riding high on Capitol Hill as one of the Republicans’ hottest players. Since she joined Congress in 2005, McMorris Rodgers has become the highestranking woman in the House of Representatives leadership, fourth overall. She’s taking a lead role in helping to shape the message as the GOP tries again to overhaul the health care plan that Congress passed in 2010.

Earlier this month, The Washington Post included McMorris Rodgers on a list of nine women to watch in politics this year, putting her in the same group as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

It all builds on a resume that gained national attention in 2012, when McMorris Rodgers found herself mentioned as a potential vice presidential running mate for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

On Tuesday, she will become the 12th woman to give the opposition speech and only the second chosen from the House Republican ranks, joining the late Rep. Jennifer Dunn, also of Washington state, who got the nod in 1999. Two Washington state Democrats took the assignment, too: Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson in 1970 and then-Gov. Gary Locke in 2003.

Historically, the parties often have used the occasion to showcase rising politicians. Last year, Republicans featured Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, and in 2011, they chose Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan.

Wi t h McMorris Rodgers following Rubio, the GOP clearly is trying to appeal to Hispanics and women, two groups of voters the party had trouble reaching in recent elections, said Matt Barreto, an associate professor of political science at the University of Washington.

“Mostly this is a reflection of the Republican Party attempting to diversify their image,” he said Monday. “That’s the main

“Mostly this is a reflection of the Republican Party attempting to diversify their image. That’s the main reason they picked her, not because she’s from Washington state. ... [I]t’s a national platform and it gives them an opportunity.”

Matt Barreto, University of Washington associate professor of political science reason they picked her, not because she’s from Washington state. The Republican Party is never going to be able to be competitive in Washington state, but it’s a national platform and it gives them an opportunity.”

Overall, 102 people have been chosen for the job since 1966, according to data collected by the Senate Historical Office.

In the 1970s and 1980s, it was common for groups to do it: In 1972, for example, 11 Democratic senators and House members hosted a 53-minute program to respond to President Richard Nixon’s speech, even fielding phone calls from the public.

McMorris Rodgers is getting lots of star treatment from GOP leaders, who are touting her rural and family ties.

She grew up on a farm and worked at her family’s orchard in Kettle Falls, Wash. In November, she set the congressional record for motherhood, becoming the first member of Congress to give birth three times while in office. Her 6-year-old son has Down syndrome, which led her to co-found the Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus.

“Cathy McMor ris Rodgers is proof that with humility, hard work and dedication, you can overcome any obstacle a story to which many Americans can relate,” House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio said last week in announcing her selection, praising her “fierce belief in life and liberty.”

Back in Spokane, McMorris Rodgers took her share of heat in October when the federal government shut down.

And critics say her conservative approaches and close ties to Boehner have done little to help her district.

“McMorris Rodgers is portrayed as the caring mother of Congress, yet the policies she espouses ... hurt children and middle-class families. ...

Cathy does not represent us in Spokane, and she won’t tomorrow,” said Jim CastroLang, a pastor and chairman of the Spokane County Democrats.

Farm workers and supporters of an immigration overhaul planned to apply more pressure Tuesday to McMorris Rodgers.

They said they planned to stage a rally in front of her office in Walla Walla, Wash., encouraging her to use her speech to push for changes in immigration laws.

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attending clubs or getting to know the people around you. By making connections, you will begin building a social support system here at UMass.

-Exercise: Exercising releases endorphins, which are neurotransmitters that play a role in reducing stress. If you are feeling overwhelmed, taking some time to work out may help you relax.

-Take care of yourself: No matter how busy your schedule may be, make sure you leave some time for you.

Take this time to rest, relax and do things you enjoy.

-Seek help when it is needed: If the stress in your

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life becomes unmanageable, there are many resources available on campus that can help you out. At the Center for Counseling and Psychological Health or the Psychological Resources Center, you can meet with someone who will talk to you about what is stressing you out and help you learn to manage it.

The Center for Counseling and Psychological Health is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., and can be reached at (413) 545-2337.

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defensible and cost-effective example for all campuses to emulate,” Dutton said.

“We plan to use Hampshire Dining Commons as a kind of testing grounds for sourcing local food and developing healthy and sustainable menu items.”

In addition to this grant project, UMass Dining is working on a number of other projects directed toward improving sustainability. “Sustainable UMass” is one of the more recent projects with a goal of sourcing at least 20 percent of UMass Dining food with “Real Food” by 2020.

Support for sustainability is common across campus. Both Dutton and Toong noted enthusiastic students as a major contributor to the large sustainability movement at the university.

“I find that students are a huge catalyst for insti-

Staffers said McMorris Rodgers had been too busy to grant interviews, but the congresswoman did send an email and biographical video to her backers, saying she’s “humbled and honored” by the assignment.

“It’s been an amazing journey from Kettle Falls to Congress, and I’m excited to share my perspective - as a farm girl, legislator and a mom - with all of you,” McMorris Rodgers said.

On Monday, aides said they were preparing for a late night Tuesday. They want to make sure their boss is well-rested, staying hydrated and getting familiar with the teleprompter she will use at an undisclosed location inside the Capitol. They were trying to keep her on a normal schedule, working in rehearsals as time allowed.

“It’s exciting for her,” said Nate Hodson, the communications director for the House Republican Conference.

tution-wide sustainable change,” said Toong.

Toong also noted UMass’ dedication to supporting the environment, saying, “We know that our campus needs to do our part to build healthy communities and ecosystems in the world. It’s simply the right thing to do.”

Sustainability is also rooted in the academics here at the university as a core value.

“We have over 200 faculty conducting research within various sustainability categories, including food, climate change, energy, water, policy and built environment,” Rachel Dutton said.

“We’re always open to suggestions if students would like to propose further sustainability project ideas.”

Katrina Borofski can be reached at kborofski@umass.edu.

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IMMIGRATION Boehner has been among the Republican leaders who’ve argued - since Obama was re-elected in 2012 with more than 70 percent of the Hispanic vote - that it’s necessary to solve the immigration issue. But some efforts to appeal to Hispanics, the fastest-growing voter bloc, would mean reversing course on immigration policies. That hasn’t gone over well with some conservatives.

Not surprisingly, Boehner is experiencing pushback.

A group of House aides met last week in the office of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to discuss how to prevent such a reversal.

Participants said Republicans had a choice: Give Obama a major legislative victory with changes to immigration law or start to regain the trust of struggling Americans who’ve become disenchanted with the party’s direction, by adhering to the base’s concern about the rule of law.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., warned earlier this month that immigration might be a pitfall that could hurt the party’s message.

At the retreat, Republicans should focus on what helps working Americans, not hurts them, she said at a meeting with other conservatives.

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, added at a meeting this month with those opposed to proposed immigration changes that there’s a need to have equal opportunity at the upcoming Republicans’ retreat to voice their opinions.

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been an intense immigration discussion that has been presented in such a way that those who disagreed with those who presented it had to wait way in the back of the line to try and talk to an empty room,” King said.

White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday that it would be a “huge accomplishment” if the House followed the Senate and proceeded with legislation that the president could sign this year.

“We’ll absolutely be glad and the country will benefit if the House moves and follows the path the Senate laid by passing comprehensive immigration reform and the president signs it into law this year,” Carney said in his daily news briefing.

Boehner originally was supposed to introduce the principles before the State of the Union address.

One reason was to show the American public that Republicans also were serious about fixing an immigration problem.

Now that his unveiling is delayed, supporters worry whether it’s still the right strategy. Nowrasteh, who’s advised Republican members on immigration, said Boehner should just introduce the bills without talking about the principles first.

Releasing the principles, he said, gives opponents something concrete to criticize, as well as something to use to mobilize supporters.

“I don’t get why we arm our opposition without giving ourselves enough ammunition to fight back,” Nowrasteh said.

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“Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky

The importance of a ‘rest day’ After wrestling with classes, homework, jobs and extracurricular activities all week, it is impor-

Karen Podorefsky tant for college students to take a day to rest. Without a day to clear your mind, it is much harder to focus for the rest of the week because at some point, the constant workload burns you out.

Emily Thomsen of sabbathtruth.com urges everyone to take the opportunity to rest. She says, “God knew that in our human tendency to further our own interests, we would need opportunities for spiritual growth, to refocus on things of eternal importance. The Sabbath is an opportunity to break away from the pressures of everyday living.”

The Hebrew word Sabbath means “to cease,”

Happiness is key to collegiate success

But on Saturdays, I realize that I can take a break from thinking about things that I can deal with the next day.

I have friends who follow this routine religiously (no pun intended). They admit that they are much happier when they know they have one carefree day in which they have nothing to worry about besides spending time with friends.

The weekly day off keeps you going. Fox News found that in one survey, 82 percent of employees have taken mental health days just to relax. As author Laurie Tarkan writes, “It may seem counterproductive to play hooky when you have more work than you can handle, but when you’re feeling super stressed, your work and creativity are likely suffering. Taking a day off can rejuvenate you so

No one should get to the point where they are so overwhelmed that they need to take a “mental health day,” since relaxation should be built into your week and lifestyle. and symbolizes the day that God rested after creating the world, according to the book of Genesis. It’s also the day that Jews are supposed to rest from work and focus on what is really important in life – relationships, friends, family and even yourself – and give thanks.

Regardless of your spiritual beliefs, taking a day off for rest and reflection is a practice many people can relate to. Whether you take Saturdays off for Shabbat, use Sundays for Christian religious observance or even spend a weekday that you don’t have class to simply hang out, it’s important to catch up with friends or do anything non-work related that you find relaxing.

You will feel rejuvenated and uplifted for the rest of the week until you have the chance to experience the relaxation again.

Schoolwork, email and even social media consume my life and I never have the ability to get away from it because everything is online. And if everything is online, I can access it from my phone, which is always with me. This means that I can never get away. When I feel or hear my phone vibrate, I instinctually attend to whatever notification it sent me.

During the week, these might be important messages from a professor or friend about plans for that day.

you come back as a more effective employee.”

Why make yourself unhappy when you can take one day a week (that’s four days a month!) to yourself to rejuvenate instead? It can be done. It is important not to overwork yourself or else you might feel buried. You might even find that you don’t have as much work to do as you first thought. No one should get to the point where they are so overwhelmed that they need to take a “mental health day,” since relaxation should be built into your week and lifestyle.

Cutting stressful aspects out of your life for a day isn’t an all or nothing deal.

Some people are strict about completely removing themselves from work, but others just cut out one thing like their phone, Facebook or even homework. It doesn’t have to be for a full day, either – just enough time for you to enjoy yourself.

My habits are inconsistent, but I want to make new goals for myself in order to have a happier Saturday result in a happier, more productive week. No matter how far you are along in your college path, it’s never too late to start. You’ll begin a consistent habit that will last you many more years.

Karen Podorefsky is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at kpodoref@umass.edu.

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As I become more firmly entrenched in my second year at UMass, a disturbing trend has revealed itself to

Elise Martorano me: the refusal of students to acknowledge that they matter. In high school, this trend was apparent and almost expected. Students felt pressured to take serious, upperlevel classes and throw themselves headfirst into extracurriculars and community service, whether or not they were interested in what they were doing. We did all of this so that we could appease our parents, impress good colleges and fit in with our friends (who were probably doing the same thing). But now that we’ve entered college, life should be different.

College provides a fresh start after high school – the opportunity to choose majors and classes that interest and excite us, the fun and unique clubs and organizations to find a home in and, ideally, the total freedom from unwanted parental expectations or institutional pressures.

Or at least that’s what I thought. But as it turns out, we are still unable to mentally free ourselves from the terror of making ourselves happy.

because we want to be. Our passion for the work we’re doing should make us want to do it.

That is why I encourage every student to sit down and think honestly about what it is they actually want to be doing – what would make them truly happy – and confront their desire to pursue their dreams not with fear, but with determination and excitement. We are in college for a reason: not to get a job that pays the bills, but to work in careers we love and care about. If we allow

We still feel pressured to dedicate ourselves to majors that we don’t feel passionate about and we stay in classes that we hate because we’re afraid of what will happen if we drop them. We spend countless hours cramming information (that we don’t care to know) into our already-fried brains for tests the next morning.

When do we start living our lives for ourselves? When do we stop thinking about what will impress or please other people and start thinking about what will make us

But as it turns out, we are still unable to mentally free ourselves from the terror of making ourselves happy.

confront it.

We have spent too long being told and telling ourselves that our opinions, our thoughts and our feelings don’t matter. We’ve been told not to rock the boat, not to put all our eggs in one basket, not to look a gift horse in the mouth and that it’s possible to have too much of a good thing. We’ve been conducting our lives based on these tired old clichés, never bothering to consider what would happen if we actually questioned them.

College is not a place for entrapment, but for expansion and exploration. We’ve been told that college will be the place where we spend the best four years of our lives, but we’ve also been told that college is where we go to get an impressive degree to get an impressive job. So which is it? Maybe it’s both, but it also must be the place where we begin our lives of independence and assertiveness, of self-gratification, selfconfidence and acceptance of self-worth. We, not all of the warnings and limitations that we’ve been subjected to up until now, should be running the show.

our devotion to the former to make all of our decisions, we will never be content with our lives. We will always wonder what would happen if we had taken a chance.

That’s why, in my own life, I have instituted a policy: A policy that says that I matter. My life is my own and nobody else’s. If I’m taking a class that I don’t care about or don’t like, I’ll drop it. If something bothers me, I’ll speak up. If I have questions, I’ll ask. If I have passions, I’ll Elise Martorano is a Collegian columpursue them. If the concept nist and can be reached at emartora@ of taking a risk scares me, I’ll umass.edu.

contented and stimulated?

Nothing depresses me more than listening to my friends and acquaintances talk forlornly about their need to apply themselves to a “practical” major so that they can get a decent job and pay off their student loans. If this is how we continue to live and think, then we will never be able to truly get what we want.

We should be in college because we want to be. We should be in our majors because we want to be. We should be in our classes

Life gets better yet pessimism persists On Dec. 26, President a few passing mentions durBarack Obama signed into ing news segments, and then it law a bipartisan budget agree- was promptly forgotten. ment which eases the threat The National Defense Authorization Act experienced Stefan Herlitz an even more interesting press treatment: not only did media of automatic spending cuts give lip service to the proviwhile simultaneously prevent- sions that reformed the way ing a government shutdown military sexual assaults are for at least two years. He also signed a defense authorization bill which alters how sexual assaults are handled in the military and makes it easier to transfer detainees out of Guantanamo Bay. In short, quite a lot of things happened on the 26th, but one in particular stands out: nobody really handled and made it easier to cared. finally close Guantanamo Bay, The budget deal was a but they focused for several media surprise. I was watchdays over a single, specific pasing CNN one day when all of sage in the bill, challenged by a sudden Anderson Cooper the ACLU, which allows the said that Rep. Paul Ryan and military to indefinitely detain Sen. Patty Murray had forged a bipartisan budget deal which terrorists.

While the Indefinite would successfully pass both Detention provision certainly the House and the Senate.

After months of cliffs, ceilings, does warrant increased scruconflicts, filibusters and a tiny, this circumstance reveals government shutdown, some- a rather disturbing quirk of thing actually went right – we the American political enviwere saved! The world wasn’t ronment: we’re raging pessigoing to end; we weren’t head- mists. We absolutely love to ed toward a financial apoca- get really, really angry about things. We rarely celebrate trilypse!

Then it was over. One story, umphs, but often cry foul. We

as a society continue to be very pessimistic about the direction the country is heading in, despite evidence that life as a whole is, and consistently has been, getting better. People live longer, eat healthier, have better access to basic necessities, are more likely to own cars and houses, enjoy vastly

We as a society continue to be very pessimistic about the direction the country is heading in, despite evidence that life as a whole is, and consistently has been, getting better.

that we forget to acknowledge how much we really have.

It takes only a short look into the past to notice how far we have come in our nearly two and a half centuries of being a nation. The problems of today are miniscule in comparison to the gigantic issues of the past; modern America has no true analogue to slavery, Jim Crow, the denial of the vote to women or the existential threat of war. Our predecessors fought to better life in the United States, and took momentous strides in this pursuit. They built the mighty foundation upon which modern society stands, yet they were no different than you or I. No matter what problems America faces, I am confident that we will be able to overcome them, because we have no shortage of everyday heroes. The next time you see a news story about an issue, a social injustice, or yet another looming “disaster,” look back and appreciate what we already have, then stand up and lead the charge to make it better, just as our mothers and fathers did before us.

increased workplace safety, are more likely to get a college education and enjoy a much higher standard of living than half a century ago.

To some degree, our journalistic focus on the negative is warranted – after all, our republic is always seeking to better itself, so it only follows that we need to know what needs fixing. However, this focus has spilled over into personal political opinion, to the point where people actually believe that things are taking a turn for the worse. We spend Stefan Herlitz is a Collegian columnist so much time fixating on the and can be reached at sherlitz@ negative aspects of our society umass.edu.

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2014 Grammys: Best and worst dressed Night’s biggest star is ... a hat

By Jake Reed Collegian Staff

With awards show season in full swing, Sunday night ushered in the first major music awards show of the year. The Grammys give musicians and others involved in the music business the chance to steal the fashion spotlight from movie and TV stars, and this year, music’s biggest names didn’t disappoint. While there were no big shockers like J. Lo’s infamous belly-bearing neckline or 2 Chainz’s cape at last year’s event, last night’s red carpet was certainly a high-fashion affair.

Best non-tacky use of musical notation: Katy Perry When thinking of tacky uses of musical notation, a lot of bad tattoos come to mind. Musical notation is one of the most cliché ways to show off a pas-

sion for music, but Perry’s reserved off-white dress hit every note. She paired the sheer sheet music ensemble with a huge, high bun for a look that should keep her far from this week’s worst dressed lists.

Best random duo: Paris Hilton and Birdman At 32, Hilton is finally almost dressing her age.

Sporting a dress with a turtleneck cut, the most shocking part of her look was her date: Cash Money Records co-founder Birdman. Of course, the pairing of the heiress and the 44-year-old rapper makes more sense than you might think: Hilton is planning to release her long-overdue second album with Cash Money this year (Hurray).

Most meh: Taylor Swift

she’s perfected the classic Hollywood beauty look.

The advantage is that she never finds herself on the worst dressed list, but her fear of taking fashion risks takes away from the excitement of seeing country’s biggest star on the red carpet.

at my internship asked the same question: is that Bono?

His short hair and blue-tinted glasses made the rock legend look just like the U2 front man. Even the stars on his shirt collar weren’t enough to help his identity shine through at first glance.

Most dapper: Daft Punk

Best pregnancy: Ciara

The electronic duo took home the night’s top prize – and they looked great doing it. Daft Punk seems to go for the same style at each award show, but while their tuxedos and bowties might be the most quintessential men’s formal look, their robotic hands and helmets give the look a twist that no other artist could pull off. And compared to Deadmau5’s helmet, jeans and a t-shirt at the 2012 ceremony, it’s a valiant effort.

Ciara makes pregnancy look real good. Her blonde locks, gold-accented dress and gleaming smile might have even topped Beyoncé’s pregnancy reveal on the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards red carpet. Talk about a pregnancy glow.

At this point, Taylor Swift is almost always Best Bono impression: guaranteed to attend the Ringo Starr Grammys – because she’s When Starr took to the almost always guaranteed to be nominated for stage at Sunday’s ceremony, something. Over the years, every person in the office

made an appearance on the red carpet, but the Best Urban Contemporary Album winner stunned at Clive Davis’s pre-Grammy gala the night before. The singer showed a lot of skin – and Best hat: Pharrell tattoo – in a robe-like yellow Pharrell’s red carpet look gown. No one can pull off a told us one thing: he was bared leg, ornate hand tattoo and stomach tattoo quite like thinkin’ Arby’s.

Rihanna.

Sexiest: Beyoncé

One of the simplest performances of the night will be one of its most memorable thanks to Beyoncé’s bootybaring black leotard. When she and Jay-Z performed “Drunk in Love” to open the show, B kept it simple with choreography on a chair at Worst mom trying to center stage and wet hair reclaim her youth: that suggested that she and Madonna Jay-Z had just ridden a wave or two on his “surfboart.”

When Nelly and Paul Her white cutout red carWall released the song pet dress wasn’t too shabby, “Grillz” in 2005, featuring either. the line “Let me see your grill,” they weren’t talking Best-dressed winner to Madonna. A 55-year-old woman wearing a grill is not in attendance: intrinsically questionable, Rihanna but her choice in grill is even more so: a diamondRihanna might not have

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Ryan Lewis’s dapper look outshone his musical partner Macklemore.

studded mouthpiece would certainly be more flattering than the did-she-forget-tobrush-her-teeth-today gold frames she picked.

Best-dressed: Ryan Lewis Macklemore’s partner in musical crime joined him in being one of the night’s biggest stars. The pair swept the rap categories and took home the coveted Best New Artist gramophone, and Lewis looked suave doing so. His houndstooth suit, paired with a black shirt and tie, was a daring move in a night where men take few fashion risks. To his advantage, it looked even better next to Macklemore’s goofy teal velour suit and bowtie.

Jake Reed can be reached at jaker@ umass.edu.

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TECHNOLOGY

Deconstructing the Consumer Electronics Show Exciting event returns in Vegas

By Johnny MccaBe Collegian Staff

At the beginning of every year since 1967, the biggest and most recognizable names in technology and media descend upon Las Vegas for one of the most bombastic and incredible trade expos of the nascent year: the Consumer Electronics Show, or CES. Closed off from the general public, CES is nonetheless an international stage for electronics manufacturers and companies to showcase the bleeding edge of what is technically possible. After last year’s CES, however, the usual exciting exuberance was all but absent from speculation surrounding the event.

After a previous year filled with a deluge of smartphones and tablets, it seemed like CES 2014, held from Jan. 6-9, could only be a disappointing affair.

Against the odds, it only took four short days for CES to blow everyone out of the water and show the world that technology is about more than the newest smartphone or the fastest processor. It’s about innovation, the ability to take the things we already know and put them together in a way that tests the

wildest fringes of imagination.

Looking at CES from an “iterative improvement” standpoint, several big industry players were notably absent from this year’s proceedings. Apple and Microsoft were nowhere to be found, which is somewhat surprising for the latter, considering Redmond’s recent all-out media campaign pushing Windows 8.1, Windows Phones and Surface 2 and Surface Pro tablets. In fact, surprising attendees were the order of the week, with big brands like WWE and Audi showing off a next-generation wrestling media subscription service and self-driving cars, respectively. BMW was not to be outshone, however, presenting its own driverless car, spearheading developments like advanced ultrasonic sensors that allowed the automated vehicle to compete against professional drivers on a closed track.

That’s not to say that every name at CES 2014 was a surprise. Mainstays like Samsung and Sony were present to trumpet the values of new curved screen LCDs and ultra-pixel dense 4K TVs, joined by Netflix to demonstrate the industry’s commitment toward the “next generation” of media and content development.

The gap in the smartphone theme due to the absence of some more recognizable

tech giants was just large enough, however, to allow smaller developers to get a share of the limelight.

If one considers smartphones a theme in past years at CES, it cannot be denied that “wearables” were a resounding trend at this year’s event. With the runaway success of the trailblazing Pebble smartwatch, which was crowdfunded on Kickstarter, manufacturers ranging from Samsung to Nike eagerly sought to capitalize on the growing popular demand for Bluetoothenabled jewelry and fitness tracking accessories.

Pebble itself announced the full metal-bodied Pebble Steel, a sleeker and more expensive version of last year’s smartwatch.

Korean cellphone manufacturer LG also revealed its own Lifeband Touch, a wrist-mounted fitness tracker with a full suite of smartphone companion apps, while one of the most shocking developments came from a completely unrelated contender: Razer. Originally known as a manufacturer of highend PC gaming hardware, Razer was at CES to present the Razer Nabu, a “smartband” that Razer hopes will perfectly fuse the features of productivity-minded smartwatches and exercise-minded fitness bands.

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Smartphones and tablets took a backseat to newer innovations like wearable technology, seen above. ty granting the descriptor “mainstream” to wearables and smartwatches – technology which would have been deemed fantastic and unrealistic only a few years ago – there still remained a body of bizarre innovations at CES 2014 that defied popular convention. There was the OneWheel, which could best be described as a cross between an electric skateboard and a Segway.

It used a single solitary gokart wheel for propulsion and relied on the user’s balance and a suite of accelerometers for steering. Then there was the

Robothespian, an animatronic impressionist who captured the attention of convention-goers with his quirky brand of robotic humor. Finally there was the Crystal Cove, a successor to the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset that debuted at last year’s CES. With the Crystal Cove sitting at the edge of prototype and mass production, Oculus continues to tease the revolutionary impact of virtual reality on video games and media.

With self-driving cars, smartwatches, and virtual reality on display at CES,

2014 is quite simply going to be the year that inventions of the future become a reality. As smartphone improvements become less focused on incredible upheaval and more focused on nuanced refinement, a new realm of possibilities is opening up for popular technology to make headway into as of yet unforeseen territory. With so many amazing things in store for technology, who needs a smartphone to be optimistic?

Johnny McCabe can be reached at rjmccabe@umass.edu.

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Challenged to lead Sheary has faced a number of challenges since his arrival to Amherst in fall 2010. He’s had an increasing responsibility to produce offensively each season, has faced some of the nation’s toughest competition in Hockey East and has gone through more coaching changes than imaginable.

In fact, all the coaches on staff when he was recruited – Toot Cahoon, Red Gendron and Len Quesnelle – are all gone. He’s never had the same three coaches on staff for consecutive seasons.

Sheary’s also one of the smallest players in Hockey East at 5-foot-9, 175 pounds, but is only three points away from 100 for his career.

Whether it be adjusting to a new system each season or fighting through a 6-foot defenseman, Sheary has been forced to overcome adversity, and he’s embraced it fully.

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“He’s learned how to be an exceptional vocal leader,” Power said. “It’s a great attribute for him.”

“He’s come a long way and it’s good to see,” Shea said. “As a friend and a roommate you can really tell he’s improved.”

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Conor Sheary has 97 career points in his nearly four years at UMass.

“Anything that they say I just use as motivation, and proving people wrong is a big thing of mine, and I love doing that,” Sheary said.

His biggest challenge to date, however, has been to lead the Minutemen as their captain.

Sheary is naturally a quiet person, so asking him to lead a team of 26 other players is a unique responsibility. At first, he wouldn’t speak much, choosing to lead by example and only speaking up when he found it necessary.

The job got harder with each UMass loss. The Minutemen endured an eight-game winless stretch from early November into December, and it was Sheary, as captain, who was forced to bear the burden. As UMass kept losing, the weight only got heavier.

“It’s hard. It’s had its ups and downs,” he said. “You feel like it’s put on you a lot more so than other players or than coaches just because you’re wearing the C. “Guys will talk to me, but it’s more so what happens on the ice,” he added. “When you’re not winning it’s hard to come to the rink and work as hard as you were the week before when you know you’re

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Paul Pierce spent the first 15 years of his career in Celtics green and white. will have bright days ahead of them when Pierce is out of the game in the near future.

For now, root for No. 34 while you still can, even if you’re not used to the uniform. Wait for the next great Celtic to come around that your kids can idolize and emulate on the

Statistically, Sheary’s career has been a success. He’s always been one of UMass’ top scorers the last four years, including holding the team lead in points so far this season (20), and hasn’t been penalized in all 26 games played this year.

But the individual achievements aren’t important for him. He shies away from questions about his personal accomplishments with the program, instead shifting the focus on the importance of this final chance for his senior class.

Sheary is aware of outside opinions. It’s easy to call his class a disappointment when looking at the win-loss column. But that’s what makes this last stretch so crucial.

Ahead of him is one last chance to create a winning hockey culture in Amherst.

And it’s his mission as captain to make that happen.

“For our whole senior class, we want to leave a legacy,” Sheary said. “We talk in the locker room about leaving a legacy all the time. We want people to remember our team.

With the (seven) games left in Hockey East we want to be remembered for making a run.

“I don’t have any personal goals that I want to be remembered for; it’s just more of a team motivation.”

not getting results, and keeping all the players together and keeping everyone straight forward and even-keeled throughout the hard times is probably the hardest part.”

Despite the hard times, he’s always had the faith of the locker room, especially UMass coach John Micheletto, who cited Sheary’s work ethic and the respect his teammates have for him as clear signs that he was the right choice as captain.

“It’s not an easy job and I think he’s done the job mostly because he leads by example,” Micheletto said. “Guys respect him out of the gate because of that. He’s not a guy that’s gonna talk all the time, so when he talks people listen.

That’s been really valuable to us.”

Sheary got some relief in late November when Troy Power was named co-captain along with him. Both Sheary and Power agreed that the duel captaincy has made the job a little easier, and the two work cohesively to keep the team motivated.

What has also occurred in that time is an evolution in Sheary’s leadership ability. He has become more vocal and Nick Canelas can be reached at has adjusted to his responsibil- ncanelas@umassedu and followed on Twitter @NickCanelas. ity throughout the season.

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You’re not a bad fan if you were pulling for Nets Sunday night. I think deep down everyone was hoping Pierce, Garnett and Co. would pull it out as the fourth quarter wound down. And that’s not because of the Celtics fans’ hope of tanking; it’s because they appreciate Pierce and what he did in his time in Boston.

Fans always fall in love with athletes, but it’s special to see players fall in love with the fans and an organization, something you’ll never see from a guy like Dwight Howard. Pierce was clearly touched and overwhelmed by the tribute the crowd and organization gave him in his return.

So, pull for the Nets this year. Don’t waste your time hoping Brooklyn implodes to help out your draft choices in the future. Your Celtics

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rooted for as a kid.

He had little interest in playing for the Eagles, however. He probably would’ve had to spend a couple years in the USHL before he could join the team, and seemed to have had enough with maroon and gold.

“Believe it or not I think he was BC’d out by the time he was in high school because he didn’t really have an interest in going there at all,” Kevin Sheary said.

Conor Sheary committed to the Minutemen his junior year of high school. His oldest sister, Caitlin, was a UMass graduate and was influential in his decision. Most importantly, he could play right out of high school on a full scholarship.

“I couldn’t have decided to come to a better place than UMass,” Sheary said.

“Hockey-wise it fit me well. In that sense I’m really glad I did it.”

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driveway. And when they come back inside, have your tales of The Truth ready for them about what a privilege it was to watch him play.

I know I will.

Stephen Sellner can be reached at ssellner@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Stephen_Sellner.

UMass shines at Dartmouth Invite

Minutewomen earn third place

Those two underclassmen have made a difference on the team together, but the entire underclassmen group as a whole has made a significant Tom mulherin impact on the team, accordCollegian Staff ing to Newcomb.

“I think our underclassThe Massachusetts wommen have really come in and en’s swimming and diving tried to help change the face team continued its impressive performance through- of the program,” he said. out the weekend by finishing “[They’re] really geared third out of six teams, fall- toward doing things at the ing behind host Dartmouth top level of the Atlantic 10 and Northeastern in the and beyond.”

Dartmouth Invitational.

Minutemen take Despite the third-place finsecond ish, the Minutewomen are With the women’s team using these meets as prepataking third, the men’s team ration for the most imporfound higher success, placing tant part of their season: the second out of six schools in Atlantic 10 championships. the Dartmouth Invitational.

“The thing with the While most of the events Dartmouth Invitational is it in these swimming meets call allowed everyone to swim,” for individual performances, UMass coach Bob Newcomb the Minutemen found their said. “[After] all the events, success in team relays. In I was very pleased with the four events, the UMass relay overall team performance on teams combined for seven top the weekend.” five finishes, with three of Freshman Meriza those seven coming in second Werenski and sophomore place.

Jocelyn Yuen led the charge The Minutemen excelled on the women’s side, as the in their individual events. two underclassmen repre- Senior Chris Inglis and sophsented the team’s only four omore Josh Koppel both took first-place finishes over the first place in the 200-yard weekend. Yuen’s performanc- freestyle and one-meter dives over the season has caught ing, respectively, as the team Newcomb’s eye many times. as a whole combined for 10 “(She’s) swimming total top-five finishes in 34 extremely well right now,” events.

Newcomb said. “She won the On the diving side for the 200 butterfly [event], and I men, Koppel has performed think she’s swimming very well all season long. Through well at this point.” nine meets this season, he’s Newcomb also admired taken first place in at least sophomore Rebecca Quirie’s nine events, with Sunday “high-level performances,” being his latest victory. eventually saying that the two sophomores “really stick Tom Mulherin can be reached at out in my mind.” tmulheri@umass.edu.

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olin Shea holds no reservations when speaking on his experiences playing against Conor Sheary as a kid.

“I used to hate it,” Shea said.

Quiet, undersized and often the youngest player on the ice, Sheary would sneak up on his youth hockey opponents with a remarkable combination of skill and speed that would give young defensemen like Shea fits.

Shea started dealing with this nuisance at about 8 years old, when he played for the Minuteman Flames and Sheary was on the Boston Junior Eagles. It was an unenviable challenge that didn’t go away until Shea joined the Junior Eagles in ninth grade.

There, he got a chance to know what made Sheary such a menacing figure despite his small stature. He had an unrivaled work ethic that won praise from teammates and a competitive edge that was apparent on game day, at practice and off the ice.

That hasn’t changed to this day.

On the ice, Sheary is Shea’s teammate on the Massachusetts hockey team.

Off the ice, he is Shea’s friend and roommate along with Anthony Raiola and Patrick Kiley.

No matter the setting, he’s

as cutthroat as ever.

“He’s always a big competitor, whether it’s golf, hockey, video games, anything we do. He always wants to win,” Shea said. “He always wants to put a good effort in. He usually does. He’s one of those kids who’s good at everything.”

Most importantly, however, Sheary is a leader. He’s co-captain of a Minuteman team with nine seniors, and the face of a class that has spent nearly four years overwhelmed by criticism, change and disappointing outcomes.

Now he has seven regular season games and at least one Hockey East Tournament game to leave his imprint on a program desperate to create a winning culture.

“For someone to see about our class that we haven’t won a game in the playoffs, or that we didn’t even make the playoffs last year, it hit home with a lot of us,” Sheary said.

“A lot of us seniors take that to heart, so we wanna leave a legacy here. We wanna be that team to break through a little bit.”

It would make for a satisfying end to a career that began at the youngest of ages.

Starting young Kevin Sheary’s winter sport of choice as a kid was basketball. But he bred a hockey family with his own children.

Two of his three kids

went on to play in Hockey East – Conor, the youngest, at UMass and his middle child, Courtney, at New Hampshire – learning to skate shortly after learning how to walk.

Conor started skating before he was 2 years old. And once he got his skates on, it was hard to get him to take them off.

“He walked in skates,” Kevin Sheary said.

Kevin, a Boston College graduate, took Conor to Eagles games regularly. Those weekend nights at Conte Forum watching Brian Gionta lead BC in the early 2000s is where Conor Sheary’s passion for hockey truly accelerated.

“I actually rooted for them, which kinda stinks now,” he said. “My favorite player back then was Brian Gionta. I used to wear number 12. He was the reason for that. He was probably the reason I wanted to play college hockey.”

Sheary’s first real taste of organized hockey came with the Junior Eagles. Not only was he the smallest player, he was also the youngest.

Sheary, born in 1992, played on the Eagles’ 1991 birth-year squad. He was involved with the team a year above him because the person who ran the program, John McNamara, a former BC hockey player, was friends with his father and gave him his start.

Being relatively young is something that hasn’t

changed for Sheary. He was the youngest player in his class at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, and at 21 years old is the Minutemen’s youngest senior and ninth-youngest player.

While that may have been an adjustment for Sheary at first, it has been beneficial to his development as a player and person, according to his father.

“One thing we’ve noticed about all our kids is they all hung around with an older crowd,” Kevin Sheary said. “I think he’s considered mature for his age.”

Easy decision Conor Sheary first realized his potential in hockey as a sophomore at Cushing. He didn’t make the varsity team as a freshman, due mostly in part to the fact that he barely eclipsed 5-feet tall and hadn’t started working out. But the next year he made the team and got words of encouragement from his coach.

“My coach used to take me aside and tell me, ‘You have so much more potential than you’re showing,’” Sheary said.

His junior year was highlighted by the recruiting process.

Sheary received interest from multiple schools, but the two that stood out were UMass and BC – the same team he see

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hen I was in elementary school, my neighbors and I would love to play pickup basketball. We’d sprint off the bus, drop our backpacks off in the front yard and head over to my house where we’d lower the hoop with the Stephen crooked Sellner rim to only 6 feet tall, so for a brief moment, we could feel what it was like to be in the NBA. But as a kid growing up in suburban Massachusetts, I didn’t emulate Celtic legends like Bill Russell, Larry Bird or Bob Cousy.

It was always No. 34. It was always The Truth.

For those in my generation, Paul Pierce was the Celtics. We heard the stories from our parents or grandparents or watched reruns of the clashes between Bird and Magic Johnson at the game’s highest stage, Russell’s seemingly endless supply of championships or the Red Auerbach days. But for me, there was always a disconnect between those Celtic greats and myself.

Pierce was ours.

And Sunday night at TD Garden, as Diddy’s “Coming Home” started during the team’s tribute video for their former star after the first quarter, it was hard not to get goosebumps.

The Truth’s signature step-back jumper from the elbow was emulated on courts and driveways across the Commonwealth. Anytime someone made a gamewinning shot in my neighborhood pickup games, there was always someone shouting, “Paul Pierce y’all! Play some b-ball!”

That’s what Pierce was to Celtics fans. Yes, Kevin Garnett should always be remembered and cherished by Boston fans for his help in resurrecting the Celtics back

to its championship ways.

But Pierce will always be the first guy Celtics fans of this generation mention when they relay the tale of how “The Three Amigos” helped bring a championship back to the Garden.

Pierce was a Celtic through it all. Drafted 10th overall by the Green in the 1998 NBA Draft, The Truth, alongside Antoine Walker, helped lead Boston to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2002, where they fell to the former conference powerhouse New Jersey Nets — let that sink in again in case you forgot — and the Big Three of … wait for it … Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin and Richard Jefferson.

He was a Celtic during the 2006-2007, 24-58 cellar days, when Boston fans got to watch the likes of Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair and a couple of young guys named Kendrick Perkins and Rajon Rondo.

That’s what made the 2008 championship so special to Celtics fans.

That’s what made Pierce so special to Boston. His 15 seasons with the team weren’t always fun to watch, and basketball in Boston was taking a backseat to the World Series winning Red Sox and near-perfect Patriots.

But when Garnett and Ray Allen helped provide Pierce with the worthy supporting cast he was lacking, fans around the league finally understood what Jack Nicholson was saying in “A Few Good Men.” You can’t handle The Truth.

Some fans might still find it hard to see Pierce don the black and white Brooklyn Nets uniform, and rightfully so. It’s a testament to the impression and impact Pierce made on the city and the legacy of the Boston Celtics. But in today’s NBA, turnover is paramount in order to avoid heading back to the cellar, and the Celtics know that as well as any other fransee

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HOCKEY EAST

B.C., Lowell and Maine all get key wins over weekend

By Ross GieNieczko Collegian Staff

No. 8 UMass Lowell capitalized on a rare off night from goaltender Jon Gilles and No. 7 Providence, as the Riverhawks won decisively, 6-1, Saturday night at Tsongas Center in Lowell.

Joseph Pendenza scored twice and added an assist to lead UMass Lowell in a rematch from last year’s Hockey East semifinal.

The Riverhawks (16-7-2, 6-4-1 Hockey East) scored early and often, opening the scoring at five minutes, 24 seconds into the firston a goal from Pendenza, who drove wide and stickhandled his way to the net to tuck one past Gilles.

Defenseman Christian

Frolin scored late in the period to make it 2-0, the first of his three points on the night. Evan Campbell scored in the second period to extend the lead to 3-0.

The Friars (15-6-5, 7-5-1 HEA) had a glimmer of hope early in the third after Ross Mauermann scored his 16th goal of the season in acrobatic fashion to make it a 3-1 game. But UML stopped any momentum that Providence gained, responding with goals from Pendenza, Frolin and Joe Gambardella to double its total and provide the 6-1 final.

It was a good response for the Riverhawks, as they rallied to split the weekend home-and-home after losing 5-4 in Providence on Friday night. Nick

Saracino had three points for the Friars in the win.

Top line leads BC The first line of Bill Arnold, Johnny Gaudreau and Kevin Hayes combined for seven points and all three of Boston College’s goals as the Eagles beat a scrappy Penn State team 3-2 at Pegula Arena on Saturday night.

Freshman goaltender Thatcher Demko recorded 33 saves for the win. It was the 10th win in 11 games for the Eagles (18-4-3, 11-11 HEA), who have not lost since November.

Kevin Hayes got the scoring started with a gritty effort in front of the net to give BC a 1-0 lead seven minutes, 40 seconds into the first period. Eric

Scheid evened the game for the Nittany Lions (4-15-1, 0-6 Big Ten) early in the second, fighting through a scrum to sneak the puck past Demko and make it 1-1. Ten minutes later, Gaudreau and Hayes capitalized off a neutral zone turnover and Gaudreau finished the play as the Eagles regained the lead.

Hayes struck again in the third on the power play, finishing a one-time pass from Arnold to give the Eagles the eventual game winner.

Gaudreau extended his point streak to 20 games with a goal and assist. He leads the nation in goals with 22 and total points with 50.

The Eagles have the Beanpot looming, but first

will travel to Providence tucked in a rebound to even for a top-10 matchup with the score. the Friars Friday night at 7 Nick Sorkin scored his p.m.

15th goal of the season and put the Wildcats (14-13-1, Maine beats UNH 6-6 HE) back on top, 2-1.

Sophomore Devin Shore Eric Schurhamer scored had four points and Maine early in the frame to tie tallied three goals in the the game and then Ryan third period to top New Lomberg scored the evenHampshire 4-2 Saturday tual game winner seven night at Alfond Arena.

Senior goaltender minutes later to give the Martin Ouellette had 23 Black Bears a 3-2 lead. saves to pick up the win Brian Morgan put home an in net, his 11th win of the empty net goal in the final minute to seal the game. season.

Shore had the primary The Black Bears (129-3, 6-4-2 HEA) trailed assist on three of the Maine early after UNH sopho- goals after coming off a more Brett Pesce put the Hockey East Player of the Wildcats on top 1-0, scoring Month honor in December. on the power play less than five minutes into the game. Ross Gienieczko can be reached at Maine responded just two rgieniec@umass.edu and followed on minutes later when Shore Twitter @RossCollegian.