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UMass faculty rallys for equal rights AG Martha Staff members Coakley meets gather with petition with Amherst

By Marie Maccune Collegian Staff

Faculty from the University of Massachusetts rallied for equal rights to unionize in a demonstration that took place in front of the Whitmore Administration Building last Friday. Both Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) faculty and members of the Massachusetts Society of Professors (MSP) were there.

According to a press release from the CPE faculty, members of the staff submitted a petition to the state’s Department of Labor Relations that would “require the University to recognize CPE faculty with the same legal status as all other University campus faculty.” Members of the staff also provided a copy for the University administration.

At the rally, various organization leaders spoke on the group’s mission.

Randy Phillips, MSP pres-

ident, talked about equity and fairness, specifically in light of the upcoming bargaining.

Brian Pickett, an organizer for MSP, touched on faculty fears of speaking out, especially without the job security that unions provide to members.

Jon Weissman, a Jobs with Justice organizer, spoke about the issue in a national context.

A data report released by CPE faculty shows that there are three categories of faculty who teach in Continuing and Professional Education: UMass faculty who are represented by the MSP and Massachusetts Teachers Association, graduate students who are represented by the Graduate Student Employee Organization, and “other instructors” who are not formally represented.

The report also shows there are three different pay groups of faculty at the University; UMass lecturers (on non-tenure track) teaching on campus who make $6,485 per three credit course, UMass lectures teaching through CPE who

Coakley talks with community

By Marie Maccune Collegian Staff

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Randy Phillis talks to the rally supporters during a faculty rally in front of the Whitmore Building. make $4,000 per three credit course and “other instructors” who make $3,260 per three credit course (these numbers are at minimum).

Ferd Wulkan, a staffer for MSP, said that the entire UMass faculty will be going into bargaining soon. CPE faculty hopes to join their fellow educators, said Wulkan.

One of the major frustra-

tions, Wulkan commented, is the inequality of pay.

He recalled a faculty member shouting, “Half pay for equal work!”

“Classes taught through CPE are all for credit classes that are very similar to those taught on campus, though one difference being CPE see

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Jazzing it up

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The New England Jazz Ensemble performed at the Fine Arts Center last Thursday.

UM mathematician receives two international awards Professor honored for math research

By Katrina BorofsKi Collegian Staff

U n ive r s i t y of Massachusetts professor Panayotis Kevrekidis recently received two international awards for his contributions to mathematics, specifically in his work involving nonlinear waves. `The first award Kevrekidis received was the J.D. Crawford Prize of the Activity Group on Dynamical Systems of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

(SIAM).

According to Kevrekidis, “The citation for this award reads, ‘for his contributions to our understanding of localized solutions of nonlinear wave equations and for developing these for a variety of applications in nonlinear optics and condensed matter physics including BoseEinstein condensates and granular crystals.’”

Kevrekidis also received the Aristides F. Pallas Award of the Academy of Athens, Greece. This prize is presented by researchers from Greece, and is awarded to the author of one paper in the areas of mathematical analysis who is presently in

Greece or abroad, according to Kevrekidis.

Kevrekidis is originally from Greece and came to Massachusetts for “the status of the University and the culture and quality of life of the area.”

“It’s a really exciting and fun experience,” noted Kevrekidis. “This is my 12th year here and both I and my family have been delighted to have the opportunity to live and work in the Pioneer Valley for this period of time.”

“It’s a wonderful place to live and work at and I hope to continue doing that for a while here.” see

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Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley met with members of the Amherst community on Sunday at the Amherst Brewing Company, one of her first stops as she begins her bid for Democratic gubernatorial candidate.

The meet and greet was open to the public, offering voters the opportunity to get to know Coakley and her platform as well as voice their own concerns for the state.

According to a campaign schedule sent out to members of the press, she had spent all day at house parties in the area.

Coakley is a native of western Massachusetts, originally from Pittsfield and graduating from Drury High School in North Adams.

U n ive r s i t y of Massachusetts sophomore Kevin Osorio, a legal studies student, helped run the event as an intern for the campaign. When asked why he joined Coakley for Governor he said it was because of “her focus on pre-K for all public schools, which is an issue that is close to me personally.”

“It’s been a very interesting experience. So much to do, not that much time to do it,” he added.

Coakley spent the first half of the event meeting with people individually, answering questions and discussing campaign plans.

Later she was introduced as the “confident, passionate, governor we need” and spoke to the crowd for almost thirty minutes, opening her speech with congratulato-

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ry remarks for the crowd.

“Having folks who care about their communities is what will make government better,” Coakley commented.

Coakley focused her speech on the economy, public education and health care, all topics that she feels passionate about. She spoke on the possibility of improvement in those areas, focusing particularly on their impact in western Massachusetts.

“The economy needs to turn around for the whole state, not just Boston and Middlesex County,” she said.

Coakley has experience taking on big banks as attorney general for the state, “(making) sure we held big business and Wall Street accountable.”

“We do this for people who work hard and play by the rules,” she added, referencing the work her office has done in helping families fight the foreclosure of their homes.

Coakley said that Massachusetts needs more innovative industries to be based within the state, especially in places like the Pioneer Valley, listing technology and renewable energy as areas that may bring more jobs to the state.

On the topic of education, Coakely committed see

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Phillip Hoffman found dead Cause of death apparent overdose By chris Lee Los Angeles Times Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead, apparently from a drug overdose, in his New York apartment on Sunday, New York police said.

Two glassine envelopes containing what was suspected to be heroin were found near the body, and five empty envelopes were found in the trash, police said.

The actor, 46, was found by a business associate at 11:30 a.m. EST in his Greenwich Village apart-

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Actor Philip Hoffman, posing with his Oscar for Best Actor in the film “Capote.” ment. Hoffman was found in his bathroom with a hypodermic needle stuck in his arm, police said.

Hoffman won a leadactor Oscar in 2005 for portraying Truman Capote in

“Capote.” He had admitted undergoing treatment for substance abuse problems but got sober in rehab. “It was anything I could get my see

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THE MASSACHUSETTS DAILY COLLEGIAN

Monday, February 3, 2014

THE RUNDOWN ON THIS DAY...

In 1959, musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Ia. It later became known as “the day the music died.”

AROUND THE WORLD

Journalist acquitted by Egyptian court

By Laura King Los AngeLes Times

CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Sunday acquitted an Al-Jazeera journalist and 61 other people who had been charged with a variety of offenses after being arrested in July during clashes with security forces.

Egypt came under strong criticism from press freedom and human rights groups last week when it brought charges against 20 Al-Jazeera journalists for allegedly aiding a terrorist group.

It was not clear whether the man acquitted Sunday, Mohamed Badr, was part of the group charged last week.

Three of the 20 referred for prosecution last week have been in jail since Dec. 29. They include Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Australian Peter Greste.

Egyptian authorities have accused Al-Jazeera of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been designated a terrorist organization.

Badr, who had been jailed since July, had been working for Al-Jazeera’s Egyptian affiliate, which has since been banned.

Acquittals of protesters supporting deposed President Mohamed Morsi are a rarity. Thousands of his followers have been arrested since his ouster July 3. Charges against this group of demonstrators had included the possession of unlicensed weapons, vandalism, and blocking roadways.

Since November, when a harsh anti-protest law took effect, it too has been used to charge antigovernment protesters.

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hands on,” Hoffman told “60 Minutes” in 2006. “I liked it all.”

Last year, the versatile actor _ who starred in such films as “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” “Charlie Wilson’s War” and “Boogie Nights” _ reportedly checked himself into rehab for 10 days after relapsing in 2012.

Last month, Hoffman traveled to the Sundance Film Festival in Utah to promote the drama “A Most Wanted Man,” set for release this year, in which he portrays a grizzled World War II counterterrorism operative. The actor served as an executive producer and was set to star in the upcoming Showtime comedy “Happyish.”

Hoffman appeared in a supporting role in last year’s “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” which grossed $860 million worldwide and stands out as the most commercially successful movie of the actor’s career. He had filmed scenes for two sequels in the “Hunger Games” series.

Hoffman’s work was “substantially complete” on “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I,” and he had seven shooting days remaining on “Mockingjay Part 2,” said a person close to the production but not authorized to

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speak to media. The actor’s death will not affect the films’ scheduled release dates in November 2014 and 2015, the person said.

Raised in a middle-class household in Rochester, N.Y., primarily by his mother, a civil rights activist turned judge, Hoffman showed promise in wrestling and baseball until an injury derailed his athletic career.

Hoffman began acting at age 15 and studied theater at New York University, graduating in 1989. Soon afterward, at 22, the actor checked himself into a rehabilitation program for alcohol and drug addiction.

“I had no interest in drinking in moderation. And I still don’t,” Hoffman told the Guardian in 2011. “Just because all that time’s passed doesn’t mean maybe it was just a phase. That’s, you know, who I am.”

A bearlike, perennially rumpled presence known as an actor’s actor, Hoffman displayed considerable range over a career that lasted 23 years and spanned nearly 60 films. He worked with a Who’s Who of A-list directors_including, repeatedly, the Coen brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson and Bennett Miller_appeared opposite a constellation of

Hollywood’s biggest stars.

The actor landed three other Academy Award nominations (for “The Master,” “Doubt” and “Charlie Wilson’s War”) as well as numerous critics association honors.

Indelibly, Hoffman portrayed a lisping narcissist in “Capote,” the messianic leader of a cult in 2012’s “The Master,” a creepy mouth-breathing sycophant in “Boogie Nights,” a Machiavellian political consigliere in “The Ides of March” and a maverick CIA operative in “Charlie Wilson’s War.” A journeyman stage actor, Hoffman also was co-artistic director of New York”s Labryinth Theater Company and was nominated for three Tony awards, including one for his 2012 portrayal of Willy Loman in the Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman.”

“He gave performances of sacred and terrifying intensity,” said Peter Sellars, who directed Hoffman in productions of Shakespeare’s “Othello” and “The Merchant of Venice.” “Phil burned so brightly and with such unrelenting love_it made him one of the great theater performers of his or any generation.”

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The paper in which Panayotis Kevrekidis received this award for is titled, “Nonlinear Waves in Lattices: Past, Present Future,” and was published in the IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics.

In addition to receiving international recognition, Kevrekidis is currently a graduate professor at the University.

“My role as a faculty member entails all aspects of teaching, research and service,” said Kevrekidis.

“This semester, I am teaching a graduate Master of Science in Applied Mathematics project course, which is a year-long course whereby nine Master of Science students in Applied Mathematics are concentrating on a series of researchlevel projects and present their efforts through a written report and an oral public presentation,” Kevrekidis said.

While Kevrekidis has done a remarkable job as a faculty member, his work extends far beyond the classroom.

“Additionally, I am conducting research both with researchers at UMass and at nearby institutions, as well as many colleagues nationally and internationally,” Kevrekidis said.

The research Kevrekidis is currently completing revolves primarily around the theme of nonlinear waves and their applications in physics and elsewhere, said Kevrekidis.

Panayotis Kev re k i d i s is also one of the two co-chairs for a major dynamical systems c onferenc e that will take place in COURTESY OF PANAYOTIS KEVREKIDIS Snowbird, UT in May, Professor Kevrekidis recognized for research in math.

2015. his research has extended to Despite having worked at the University other realms within the mathfor over a decade, Kevrekidis ematic world. has completed research at vari“I am quite broadly interous other locations in the past. ested in all sorts of different “I have spent a num- levels and aspects of matheber of extended stays at the matical modeling and its appliUniversities of Heidelberg and cations to chemical, biological Hamburg in Germany,” said and physical systems,” said Kevrekidis, who did so while Kevredikis. completing research as part of For example, Kevredikis has a Humboldt research fellow- worked on catalytical oxidaship from Germany. tion of surfaces within chemisKevrekidis has also done try, on angiogenic response of research at the University of cells to tumors within biology Minnesota as well as numerand on many different areas ous other countries and uniin physics. “My training is versities.

Pleased with his time generally at the interface of abroad, Kevrekidis noted, Mathematics and Physics,” he “These opportunities have said.

Panayotis Kevrekidis will been extremely precious continue researching these as they have diversified my research and opened up new themes and others at the directions not only for me University while collaborating but also directly or indirectly with colleagues from Amherst for many of my students and College, Western New England post-doctoral fellows here at University and the University UMass.” of Hartford.

While Kevredikis received his awards primarily for work Katrina Borofski can be reached at in the field of nonlinear waves, kborofski@umass.edu

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Obama holds wife’s initiatives as policy model

By Kathleen hennessey Tribune Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama looks to show off all he can do without Congress, he’s been pointing to a surprising place for guidance on the savvy use of power: the other side of the White House.

In public and private, the president has been holding up Michelle Obama’s initiatives in the East Wing as a template for how the West Wing could accomplish a policy agenda the non-legislative way.

He has called his wife’s team a model for what’s possible, and, in his State of the Union address last week, he said, “As usual, our first lady sets a good example.”

The first lady’s “Let’s Move” campaign has reduced childhood obesity for the first time in three decades, Obama asserted in his prime-time speech to Congress and the nation.

Her “Joining Forces” effort has led companies to hire or train nearly 400,000 veterans and their spouses, he said. And her successes have come without help from the lawmakers on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.

On college opportunities, long-term unemployment and other policy goals, Obama promised to take “a page from that playbook” as he described his plans for a “year of action” in the face of Capitol Hill’s inaction.

It’s easy to see why the president would want to link his new executive action push to his wife’s work. While Obama’s approval rating has plunged and his domestic agenda appears stuck, Michelle Obama has remained popular, powerful – and largely out of the squabbles that consume Washington. Her “Let’s Move” campaign to encourage children to exercise more and eat right is one of the administration’s best-known public policy efforts.

Still, the idea that the nation’s most powerful political office could start to look a bit more like an office with almost no prescribed power was a notable moment in the White House’s pursuit of influence. Obama has often struggled to wield soft power in Washington, where lawmakers have been largely immune to his persuasion and his attempts to use the bully pulpit have often failed.

This fresh focus on convening interest groups to tackle an issue – part of a host of planned executive actions – was for some an example of an ethos that pervades a White House run by a former community organizer. Others saw it as a reminder of the diminished powers of the presidency.

“In order to lead, he’s bringing all the tools he has to try to effect change,” said James Thurber, a presidential historian at American University. But whatever change can be accomplished through voluntary initiatives, he continued, “It’s usually not permanent. It’s more symbolic than real. And that is a problem for a modernday president.”

The West Wing’s elevation of the East Wing strategy was on display Friday as the president gathered 21 corporate executives at the White House to discuss

long-term unemployment.

The president has failed for months to persuade Congress to pass an extension of jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, which expired at the end of last year for more than a million people.

The meeting of influential stakeholders was at a venue few could refuse.

The price of entry was a pledge not to discriminate against job seekers long out of work and to review hiring practices that might unfairly weed out such applicants.

Gene Sperling, Obama’s chief economic adviser, led the long-term unemployment initiative. He said he’d consulted for months with executives.

He e-mailed and called many – including News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch, an Obama critic – to ask them to sign the pledge.

The tactic, Sperling said, was to take a “positive approach,” focusing on what businesses could do better. “It is not an admission in doing anything wrong in the past,” he said.

More than 300 companies have signed on, including Apple, Bank of America, Deloitte, Morgan Stanley, McDonald’s and News Corp.

Working with companies, nonprofit groups and advocates is hardly a new approach for a president, but the willingness to reward companies with high-profile praise and the emphasis on voluntary commitments struck some as a new twist.

President Bill Clinton’s White House turned to similar “micro-strategies” to advance ideas and goose Congress, particularly after his party lost the House in 1994, but they didn’t include an “ask” from the White House, said Mark Gearan, a former Clinton deputy chief of staff.

Gearan, now president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y., was on the receiving end of such a request last year when he participated in a White House effort to address inequality in higher education.

More than 100 colleges and universities pledged to find ways to make college more accessible to low-income students.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges vowed to work with local public schools to get students ready for college, among other efforts.

Other institutions committed to increase financial aid, partner with foundations to work on college readiness and expand scholarship programs for first-generation college students.

Top administration officials, including Valerie Jarrett, one of Obama’s closest advisers, asked colleges what was possible and offered suggestions and guidelines for pledges, but generally left the options open. The White House reviewed the pledges and presented them to the media and other college officials.

“I think it was a rather savvy blending of the convening authority, the bully pulpit and the opportunity to gain something concrete,” Gearan said.

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classes are taught online.

All CPE faculty are hired through their respective departments like other faculty members and the level of qualifications are the same,” he explained.

Wulkan also cited benefits as a motivation for unionizing.

He said, “This will be more difficult. Only some of the people who teach through CPE get credit per every course they teach that goes towards their retirement, namely those members of faculty who teach both oncampus courses and CPE courses. The remaining faculty members do not receive any of the benefits like health care, protected intellectual property rights or credit towards retirement.”

When asked about how the UMass administration has responded, Wulkan replied, “The University administration could circumvent the whole thing (with the MA Department of Labor Relations) by voluntarily allowing the CPE faculty to join the MSP and bargain collectively.”

Upon their request to unionize however, the administration denied the request, saying they did not believe there was a “community of interest,” according to Wulkan.

“The reason we want to join together,” Wulkan said, “is because we truly believe that there is.”

Marie MacCune can be reached at mmaccune@umass.edu

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herself to “transforming our schools.” She said, “Every child should have an education (and) every student who wants to study at a four year college ought to have the ability to do so,” she said Coakley added, “As an education state, especially out here (with the Five College consortium), our students provide the foundation for the knowledge economy. We need to find a way to make college affordable; if we don’t, we’re cutting off our future.”

She cited lowering fees, cutting costs and making student loans forgivable as goals for making college more affordable to

“As an education state, especially out here (with the Five College consortium), our students provide the foundation for the knowledge economy. We need to find a way to make college affordable; if we don’t, we’re cutting off our future.”

Martha Coakley, Massachusetts attorney general students.

Coakley also mentioned her plans for early education, an extended school day and computer science curriculums, as well as retraining programs for adults wanting to reenter the work force.

Coakley also outlined her goals for improving health care, saying that she wants to move away from the fee-for-service system.

She spoke at length about the need to destigmatize behavioral and mental health, including sharing her own personal experience with behavioral and mental health while discussing her brother’s depression and suicide.

“We should treat depression in Massachusetts the way we treat diabetes and asthma,” she said, adding, “We are about enlarg-

ing everyone’s rights.”

Coakley ended her speech with a story about her father. Upon her graduation from law school he gave her a plaque with an inscription that inspires her to run for office today: “Sometimes the best man for the job is a woman.”

Marie MacCune can be reached at mmaccune@umass.edu.

Federal regulators consider Egyptian comic plans return proposing slower train speeds

By Laura King

Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — As federal regulators wrestle over how to improve the safety of crude-oil shipments by rail, they could dust off a solution first proposed during in the Nixon administration: slow the trains.

The Federal Railroad Administration proposed in October 1970 that trains carrying flammable cargo in tank cars slow to 25 mph through incorporated communities. The proposal was never adopted as a rule, but it could provide a partial answer to the safety problems that have plagued shipments of crude oil and ethanol in recent years.

After a meeting last month between regulators and railroad industry officials, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said the speed of such trains would be considered as part of “comprehensive” approach to improving their safety.

After a series of derailments since last summer, federal officials have concluded that crude oil from North Dakota’s Bakken shale region poses special transportation risks because of its increased

The Federal Railroad Administration proposed in October 1970 that trains carrying flammable cargo in tank cars slow to 25 mph through incorporated communities. flammability. One such derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, killed 47 people in July. Subsequent accidents in Alabama, North Dakota and elsewhere have raised the stakes.

But regulators have seen it happen before.

In the 1970s, the shipment of large volumes of flammable compressed gases such as propane in large, thin-walled tank cars became a major safety issue when such cargo exploded violently in derailments and other accidents. Dozens of people were killed, including railroad workers and firefighters, and entire towns were destroyed.

Some proposed banning the shipments altogether, but concern over economic impact and a desire to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign energy sources made that impractical.

Carl Lyon, who was the acting federal rail administrator when the agency

made the speed proposal, said he sees a parallel between the rail safety concerns of the 1970s and today.

“I remember we were having serious problems,” Lyon said in a telephone interview Sunday. “It’s interesting to see it coming around again.”

Many railroads were not in good financial condition in the 1970s, and derailments became common as tracks deteriorated. The design of the tank cars also came under scrutiny.

“Jumbo” tank cars that could carry three times the cargo of their predecessors were built with economics more than safety in mind.

Eventually, better track, safer tank cars and a renewed focus on inspections helped improve the situation.

“The problem didn’t go away,” Lyon said, “but it greatly diminished.”

CAIRO — One of Egypt’s edgier comics is again dancing close to the precipice.

In a sweeping crackdown on freedom of expression in Egypt, Bassem Youssef, a political satirist whose brand of humor is often likened to that of Jon Stewart, is bringing his “Daily Show”-style program back to the airwaves this week.

Youssef ’s new season, which was to have begun airing last fall, was yanked from the air after only one show because of editorial differences with the private satellite channel CBC. The show is to resume Friday

Islamist Mohamed Morsi.

Morsi was toppled seven months ago by the army, and a military-backed interim gover nment assumed power. Political opponents of the current administration – including journalists, academics, activists and filmmakers – have been prosecuted or jailed, sometimes on charges involving terrorism.

Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood has been branded a terrorist group, and the interim government often equates criticism of itself with support for the Brotherhood.

Youssef has already expressed opposition to a presidential run by elSissi, saying the military should stay out of politics.

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night on a different outlet, MBC Egypt.

The comic is making his comeback at a sensitive time. The program – which Youssef calls “The Program,” or “El Bernameg” in Arabic – had poked fun at the cult of personality surrounding Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah elSissi, the defense chief and de facto ruler who is widely expected to run for president. A formal announcement could come this week.

Youssef ’s previous gibes about the fervor surrounding el-Sissi drew an angry response from some viewers, and the satirist was the target of a legal complaint.

The popular comedian had also run afoul of the previous government, headed by

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In a highly surprising move, Google announced last Wednesday that it would be selling Motorola

Pro-life and death in Texas This month’s install- incubator. ment of, “Am I living in ‘The Munoz’s family sued Handmaid’s Tale’ or is this John Peter Smith Hospital real life?” has finally come to in Fort Worth earlier this month in an effort to have Hannah Sparks Marlise removed from the machines. Their lawyers, an end. For now. Now begins Heather King and Jessica the debate over whether the Janicek, affirmed the legaldebacle should have even ity of Marlise’s death and happened in the first place. said that to “conduct surgiSpoiler alert: the answer is cal procedures on a deceased no. body is nothing short of outMore than two dozen U.S. rageous.” states have laws that proAs reported by the Fort hibit pregnant women from Worth Star-Telegram, court being removed from life sup- documents filed by the port or otherwise being denied life-sustaining treatment.

Texas has some of the strictest laws on the subject: hospitals in that state can even violate Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) hospital say, “To interpret orders previously signed by the statute so that life-susthe woman if she is preg- taining treatment is withnant when hospitalized with drawn, causing the death a condition requiring such of the unborn child,” would measures. The age of the be “contrary to this state’s fetus has no bearing on the expressed commitment to law, either, meaning that the the life and health of unborn woman may be kept on life children.” King and Janicek support for months before allege that the hospital was doctors can even evaluate actually misconstruing the law and applying sections of the viability of the fetus.

The words look strange it out of context.

Lawmakers hadn’t even on the page, but when the hypothetical becomes real, considered the law applying it gets even stranger. See the to someone who was dead. case of Marlise Munoz, a The law is meant to apply Texas woman declared brain to living women who are dead in November after in comas or other vegetaapparently suffering from a tive states from which they pulmonary embolism dur- might eventually recover. ing the 14th week of preg- It appears that the hospital nancy. She was placed on a kept her on machines just in respirator and ventilator for case taking her off of them two months despite her ear- would break the law or kill lier wishes and those of her the fetus, which was already, grieving family that she not for all intents and purposes, dead as well. be.

A judge finally ordered Controversy sprung up around the case not only that Munoz be removed from because it was a scene the machines last week, folstraight out of a feminist lowing the family’s legal dystopia, but also because, action and after doctors legally, Munoz was dead determined that her fetus the entire time. According was severely deformed and to Texas state law and the unviable – that is, unable to Uniform Determination survive outside the womb. of Death Act, which states Though Munoz’s family the criteria for death in all can now finally make peace 50 U.S. states, brain death with her death, the controconstitutes actual death, versy isn’t over. Her mother meaning that Munoz has wants to see the law rewritten been legally deceased since or repealed so that no other November 28. family has to go through the Doctors were keeping her ordeal they faced. Not only organs and blood running did they have to cope with with machines in order to a tragic death of a pregnant provide an environment in loved one, but they were also which the fetus may have forced to watch her body possibly survived. In other desecrated and turned into words, she was kept in this a science experiment in the artificial state to serve as an name of the sanctity of life.

Completely absent from the equation is the sanctity of death, which demands equal respect.

End-of-life issues aside, the mere existence of this kind of law has serious implications for women’s reproductive rights, which are already in dire straits in Texas. When taken in context of the state’s recent strict abortion legislation, it appears that a pregnant woman’s thoughts and desires are worth next to nothing in that state.

This case illustrates a fundamental hypocrisy in the prolife movement, and Texan law. It advocates so hard for the sanctity of fetal life and then contradicts itself, devaluing the lives (and deaths) of humans outside of the womb. It has shown a far less carefully-curated, altruistically-motivated side of the pro-life argument that uses sympathetic rhetoric to advocate something that is actually very repressive and does more harm than good.

Pro-life ideologues would have you believe that, regardless of the circumstances of the pregnancy, when a woman becomes pregnant, she must bear that child no matter what. No matter if she doesn’t want to.

No matter if delivering the baby would kill her. No matter if she became pregnant through rape.

No matter what, that baby will be delivered, or given every single possibility to survive, even if it means the destruction of female autonomy, the death of the mother or the desecration of the bodies of deceased pregnant women. Life is sacred, y’all.

But what if God intended the mother to die?

Apparently God’s wills are ranked in order of political utility. Marlise Munoz’s story is a shining example of the intrusive, unnecessary suffering restrictive governmental meddling in reproductive rights causes.

Using women’s bodies as political battlegrounds is something Texas has gotten good at – too good. How much longer will, or can, moderate and liberal Texans, especially women, stand for it?

“Using women’s bodies as political battlegrounds is something Texas has gotten good at – too good.”

entire industry, like Wi-Fi and the GSM network standard. The tech industry as a whole has a long and storied history of lengthy, complex Johnny McCabe and staggeringly expensive patent wars over the rights Mobility to Chinese PC to shared technologies, and manufacturer Lenovo for one of the most obvious $2.91 billion. This maneuver forces driving the initial was completely unexpected, Motorola acquisition was seeing as the tech and soft- the patent leverage Google ware juggernaut acquired would receive. Despite failMotorola only two short ing to gain much ground in years ago. When that story broke, it seemed as though the ailing and battered phone company, after a tumbling series of failures and questionable handsets, was being lifted out of the cesspool U.S courts with such cases, of mediocrity and taken Motorola provided someunder the supportive and thing that Google needed: protective wing of Google, an inroad into its own hardwho had up until that point ware market.

It was through close established a considerable reputation for high pro- cooperation with Google file buyouts and incredible that Motorola’s Moto X was turnarounds of well-known born. The phone seemed brands. However, only a the perfect storm to many short two years and one industry analysts; never staggering investment from before had a hardware manGoogle later, Motorola is in ufacturer worked so closely no less of a ruinous state; with Google itself to ensure its two headline feature the perfect fusion between phones, while well received physical hardware and by critics and tech aficio- Android software. Google nados, flopped with the would have the opportunity average consumer. The fail- to realize its vision for its ures threw Motorola into operating system without a $1 billion free fall, even the cloying and indignant as Google’s stocks reached influence of OEMs or cellrecord highs last year. If phone carriers, with the everything else Google added improvement that touches turns to gold, what each and every phone would went wrong with Motorola? be assembled on American And as Motorola’s new soil by American citizens, foreign owners move in in a brand-new super-factoto claim their prize, what ry in Texas. Google’s agenwill become of Motorola’s da to promote American American factories, con- industry was obvious from sumer-friendly branding, the start; the very first and emphasis on home- promotional materials for the Moto X highlighted the grown industry?

Contrary to initial fact that it was “made in assumption, Lenovo’s America,” even before conacquisition of one of sumers knew what they Google’s most recognizable were getting. The opening brands is not a complete of the Motorola plant in wash for the search giant. Texas was a hurricane of Specified in the agreement publicity, with Governor with Lenovo, Motorola will Rick Perry making an keep a staggering 24,000 of appearance. However, the Motorola’s patents, which phone itself has failed to range in nature and scope capture the eye of the pubfrom smartphone compo- lic in the way that Google’s nents to critical develop- massive rebranding would ments in technologies that suggest, with less than a have become crucial to the million units sold before

the end of last year. Now, as Google extends offers of cooperation to Samsung and other hardware makers, Motorola seems to have been dropped like a wet blanket: after being used to create Google’s idea of a smartphone and force this idea on competitors, its patents have been ripped away and the remnants are being thrown to the highest bidder.

The bidder in question, Chinese company Lenovo, has quietly been building a name for itself ever since its acquisition of IBM’s ThinkPad brand in 2005. By all accounts, it seems to be pursuing the same tactics here, focusing mostly on establishing a “global reach” in the Android ecosystem, and prioritizing Motorola’s brand recognition over any potential hardware advancements that would be lost along with its patents to Google.

The benefits of the massive deal are clear to each participant; Google will further consolidate its hardware patent portfolio, giving it far greater influence over what will grace the Android canvas, while Lenovo will gain an enormous foothold in the U.S electronics market to expand its vision of becoming a global competitor. For Motorola, however, the future remains murky.

The Moto X was a great phone, and a step in the right direction away from Motorola’s old practices, and it seems bizarre and unnerving for Google to take such a drastic step directly in contrast to the American brand it was trying to create in Motorola.

No word has yet been given about the fate of the Texas factory, or Lenovo’s plans for its newly-acquired personnel and resources in the States. Only time will tell who will truly benefit, but it is undeniable that this is the largest shake-up the Android market has seen in a while.

“If everything else Google touches turns to gold, what went wrong with Motorola?”

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

Hannah Sparks is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at hsparks@ umass.edu.

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Jam band moe. prepares to rock Calvin Theater moe. takes their live show to NoHo ryAn KAplAn Collegian Correspondent Inject some jams into your life. Buffalo, New York jam rock band moe. will be performing at the Calvin Theatre in Northampton Sunday, Feb. 9. at 8 p.m.

Made up of guitarists and vocalists Al Schnier and Chuck Garvey, bassist and vocalist Rob Derhak, percussionist Jim Loughlin and drummer Vinnie Amico, moe. has been very active since they got their start in 1989. The group achieved their status as one of the premier jam bands in America by touring relentlessly, releasing a new album nearly every year they’ve been together, hosting their own music festivals, and sharing the stage with acts like Dave Matthews, the Allman Brothers and The Who. Though moe. is often grouped into the jam band genre, they are, for all intents and purposes, just a rock band with progressive elements. Guitarist Chuck Garvey cites progressiverock legends Frank Zappa, The Grateful Dead, Jeff Beck and King Crimson as major influences on both

him and the band. moe.’s intricate, sophisticated playing and passion for lengthy, improvisational passages differentiates them with otherwise like-minded jam bands such as Gov’t Mule and Widespread Panic, who stick to a more rock oriented style. Like all jam bands, moe. never plays the same show twice, constantly switching up their set lists and improvising a large part of the music they play on stage every night.

In typical jam band fashion, moe. puts soundboard quality recordings of their shows online for purchase through their website, moe. org. They also allow fans to tape the shows themselves.

Thousands of shows that span moe.’s entire career can be found for download on the Live Music Archive at archive.org.

The band has also become a staple at many annual music festivals. They have headlined the Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, IL every year since its inception in 2001 and have played Bonnaroo five times. Their own summer festival moe.down, now in its 15th iteration, began in 2000, and it is held on Labor Day weekend at the Snow Ridge Ski area in Turin, New York. snoe.down, the selfproclaimed “premier winter

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This current tour, following a successful New Year’s Eve run at the Palace Theater in Albany, New York, spans the entire

east coast, from Atlanta to Syracuse. In March, the band will take their tunes overseas for a European tour before coming home just in time for the start of festival season. Tickets for Sunday’s

show are $26.50 and can be purchased online or at the Calvin. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m.

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ALBUM REVIEW

Out of the Chicago streets: Kid Ink develops new introducing singer Vic Mensa sound on ‘My Own Lane’ Fresh-faced R&B singer gains acclaim elenA lopez Collegian Staff

The streets of Chicago seem to have produced yet another rising star. A newcomer to R&B and contemporary hip-hop, Chicago native Vic Mensa has begun to make a name for himself with his mixtape, “INNANETAPE,” released on Sept. 30. Mensa is the second Chicago- born 20 year-old to make waves in the world of hip-hop recently, following in the footsteps of his close friend, Chance the Rapper.

In 2010, he released his debut album, “Straight Up.” While the album met with very little critical acclaim, the overwhelmingly positive response to the album throughout the internet inspired Mensa to continue his career.

Around this same time, Mensa was a member of the band Kids These Days. Kids These Days were popular in the Chicago area, while notable performances on Conan and South by Southwest served to boost the band’s nationwide profile. Unfortunately, almost immediately after their most high-profile performance at Coachella this April, the group split up. It was after the break-up that Mensa quickly released “INNANETAPE” to wide acclaim from both critics and fellow rappers alike.

“INNANETAPE” attempts

to represent the internet’s influence on the mixtape format. Using the more accessible format to his advantage, “INNANETAPE” proved to be far more commercially successful for Mensa, and landed him an opening slot on J. Cole and Wale’s tour, “What Dreams May Come.”

Each track on “INNANETAPE” flows so effortlessly together that it is nearly impossible to tell when one song ends and the next begins. Mensa may not yet have reached the musical and lyrical power of hip-hop’s top echelon, but he has definitely created a unique sound whose originality is matched by few.

The lyrical and musical skill Mensa consistently displays on “INNANETAPE” is unique and unparalleled in many ways.

Tracks like “Orange Soda” and “Hollywood” show the influences of contemporary R&B artists like Frank Ocean.

With a soft, up-tempo and melodic beat coupled with rap and meaningful lyrics woven together in cohesion with each other, Mensa’s sound stands out against the rest in it creativity, and through the lyrical insight he offers on different levels throughout the mixtape.

An obvious influence on Mensa is fellow Chicago native and best friend Chance the Rapper. He appears on the track “Tweakin,” referencing their recreational use of acid to help them write some of their more creative lyrics.

Both of their verses are absurd

and full of ridiculous lines, but their flow is impeccable and somehow the eclectic sonic effects are pleasing, taking the listener on a little acid trip of their own. Mensa explores a plethora of sounds, anything from rock inspired tracks like “Magic” to synth-filled tracks like “Yap Yap.” His wide range of musical taste and influences makes him likable to a variety of listeners.

Vic Mensa has some other big up-and-coming rappers featured on the tape, including Ab-Soul and Chicago based artists Rockie Fresh and BJ the Chicago Kid. And while he currently isn’t signed to a record label, the internet has helped Mensa reach unexpected audiences who have quickly given Mensa a large, supportive fan base.

Vic Mensa has taken notes from Chance the Rapper, Childish Gambino, Frank Ocean and plenty of others to create a truly unique contemporary hip-hop and R&B sound. Fans of those artists will flock to Mensa after listening to tracks like “Holy Holy,” “Magic” and “Orange Soda.”

They will surely get sucked into his melodic voice and his witty ability to bend words and create infectious tracks.

After listening to Mensa’s work, any listener will want to tune into his frequency and keep him in mind when they think about the ever changing face of hip-hop. elena lopez can be reached at lopez@ umass.edu.

Hip-hop artist changes his sound Andrew KrAtochwil Collegian Correspondent

Kid Ink has recently become one of hip-hop’s most exciting new artists. With a great repertoire of albums and mixtapes behind him, it’s no wonder that his fans are always excited to hear new releases. His most recent album, “My Own Lane,” is no exception. Kid Ink stays loyal to the traditional formula he’s stuck with throughout the years. He combines upbeat production with catchy, clever lyrics that never cease to get the listener’s adrenaline rushing.

“My Own Lane,” released on Jan. 7, has some of Ink’s best work to date. The whole album is perfectly structured to allow each song to shine individually and doesn’t overwhelm the listener with popular singles. It was a great move on Kid Ink’s part to only release two singles and to not include previously released tracks like “Sunset.” It allows the listener to appreciate the album in its entirety instead of its previously released tracks.

The album starts off strong with a more pop inspired song titled “Hello World,” but immediately changes direction with a more rap oriented track titled “The Movement.” One of the strongest tracks on the album is “Murda,” which features Pusha T. Kid Ink really shows diversity with clever lines throughout his two verses. That, coupled with his ability to rap a verse,

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Kid Ink, 27, has already released two albums since his first LP “Up & Away” in 2012. include a hook and work into the chorus is astonishing. Ink’s ability to hold his own with one of rap’s most legendary artists, Pusha T, is amazing. Other gems include “Rollin’,” which in traditional Kid Ink fashion is a track explaining his indulgence in the fruits of his labor. “No Miracles” combines great chorus vocals by Elle Varner and a tremendous verse by MGK that really compliment the theme of the song; overcoming odds and never giving up in order to make it big one day.

The production is strong and diverse throughout “My Own Lane.” Whether it utilizes upbeat piano and guitar samples such as in “Hello World,” an orchestra of horn samples in “The Movement” or is heavily bass influenced like “No Option.” The album’s producers made a plethora of beats and samples that really compliment Ink’s style of rapping and allow him to continuously shine throughout the album.

Kid Ink is shows consistent growth as an artist, and demonstrates that growth in his music.

In his previous work, Ink emphasized a punchline style of rapping to the fullest, and is evident throughout “Crash Landing” and “Daydreamer,” two of Ink’s earlier mixtapes.

The style is rarely shown on “My Own Lane.” Instead, Ink utilizes consistent flow and solidly delivers rhyme after rhyme. Combined with hidden references in every song, Ink is becoming stronger with each album or mixtape he releases.

Kid Ink isn’t an innovator, but that’s not a problem as the music he creates is always a fun listen. But with more releases like “My Own Lane,” it is a strong possibility that Kid Ink will soon become one of the most recognized rappers coming out of California.

Andrew Kratochwil can be reached at akratochwil@umass.edu.

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UMass sweeps Fordham Saturday UM successful on Senior Day

were Luong, Michael Glenn, Wiktor Karpinski and John Conway in the 200-yard medley relay; Alex Mesisca in the 100-yard breaststroke; Ben

By Jason Kates Sloan in the 200-yard butterfly; Collegian Staff Karpinski in the 50-yard freeSenior Day was a major style and Ryan Bobianski in success for the Massachusetts the 200-yard breaststroke. The men’s swimming and diving sole winner for the Minutemen team, winning 12 events en in the diving portion was route to a 176-103 victory over sophomore Josh Koppel in the 1-meter competition.

Fordham on Saturday.

Next up for UMass will be The Minutemen scored the the Atlantic 10 Championships, maximum amount of points in which are set to begin on Feb. six of their 12 victories. Senior 19 in Geneva, Ohio.

Chris Inglis was victorious in the 100- and 200-yard free- Women get easy victory style races, including a time of The Minutewomen also 1:38.40 in the 200, the best time had a triumphant Senior Day, in the Atlantic 10 this year. defeating Fordham 164-136 Inglis, sophomore just one week after finishAlessandro Bomprezzi and ing third in the Dartmouth junior Hao Luong all won mul- Invitational. tiple events. All of Bomprezzi’s UMass coach Bob first-place finishes came in Newcomb was extremely freestyle races, winning in the pleased with the way his 500-yard and 1000-yard race, team performed at this meet, setting a conference high time especially since the Atlantic of 9:19.38 in the 1000.

10 Championships are only a Luong came away with two couple weeks away. victories in the 100- and 200“I’m very excited with the yard backstroke, also record- way we’ve been swimming, ing the fastest time in the A-10 especially at this time of in the 200 with a time of 1:48.31. year,” Newcomb said. “I think Other winners for UMass they are too, and are begin-

SEAHAWKS give Seattle, which entered the game as 2.5-point underdogs in most sports books, a 29-0 lead.

Harvin’s touchdown, as did a safety on the first play of the game, came 12 seconds into the half – a symmetry that Seattle’s fans, the self-named 12’s, surely found fitting on a day when everything went the Seahawks’ way.

The Super Bowl title is the first championship for a Seattle team in one of the four major professional sports leagues since the now-departed Sonics captured the NBA title in 1979.

And it came in the Seahawks’ second Super Bowl appearance, Seattle having lost to Pittsburgh 21-10 in Detroit following the 2005 season.

The game turned Seattle’s way from the start, as a mistimed snap on Denver’s first offensive play led to a Seahawks safety, credited to Cliff Avril, just 12 seconds into the game – the fastest score in Super Bowl history.

Seattle turned the ensuing possession into a field goal, and then after forcing a three-and-out, drove for another field goal.

Then came a pair of back-breakers forced by the Seattle defense.

Late in the first quarter, Manning threw a wobbly pass over the middle under heavy pressure into the hands of Seattle safety Kam Chancellor.

That led to a 1-yard-touch-

ning to see all of their hard work pay off, so I think we are in a good spot to get ourselves into the A-10’s.”

Out of all the swimmers for the Minutewomen, Newcomb says he was most impressed with senior Anna Cavanaugh. Cavanaugh came in first in the 200-yard freestyle, second in the 100-yard freestyle behind fellow teammate Jocelyn Yuen and was part of the 200-yard freestyle relay team that came in second place.

“She won that 200 free in pool record time, and set her best time ever in the 100-yard butterfly, even though she finished fourth,” he said. “Her 100 free was spectacular coming in second to Jocelyn.”

He also had high praise for his sophomore duo of Yuen and Rebecca Quirie. Quirie was a part of the 200-yard medley relay team that took home first place, won the 100yard backstroke and came in third in the 200-yard backstroke. Yuen won the 100-yard freestyle, 100- and 200-yard butterfly and was also on the 200-yard medley team.

“Jocelyn is just fun to watch right now, Rebecca

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Jermaine Kearse scores a touchdown in Seattle’s 43-8 rout of Denver. down run by Marshawn Lynch that put Seattle ahead 15-0 with exactly 12 minutes remaining in the second quarter.

At that point in the game, Seattle had a 165-11 edge in yards and 9-0 in first downs.

Denver finally got a couple first downs on its initial drive of the second quarter.

But on a third-and-13 from the 35, Manning was hit by Avril as he threw with the ball falling into the hands of linebacker Malcolm Smith, who had an easy path to a 69-yard touchdown that made it 22-0 with 3:21 left in the first half, and had the non-Seahawk fans in the crowd beginning to look to the Bruno Mars halftime show to make it interesting again.

Then came Harvin’s return, sparking a second

(Quirie) is in the zone and we’ve also got so many people that are performing at a very good level right now that this team is fun to watch,” Newcomb said.

Junior Katie Arnott won the 100-yard breaststroke, freshman Meriza Werenski won the 200-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley and senior Michaela Butler came away from the diving portion with victories in the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions.

With a brief rest period, UMass will also be back in action on Feb. 19 when the A-10 Championships begin.

Newcomb said there will be several keys to maintaining these winning ways heading into the A-10’s.

“We just gotta keep the team excited, and let them know that at this point, it is all about rest,” he said. “Just doing a little less will make the team feel better and get a little more energy to carry on going right into the conference meet.”

half that increasingly had the feel of a Seahawks home game as orange-clad Denver fans began to leave in droves.

Seattle scored again with 2:38 to play in the third quarter when Russell Wilson – on this day, a quiet star – to make it 36-0.

Denver averted the embarrassment of potentially suffering the first shutout in Super Bowl history when Demaryius Thomas scored on a 14-yard pass on the final play of the third quarter.

But it was a momentary intrusion into Seattle’s fun.

Wilson threw a 10-yard pass to Baldwin early in the fourth quarter to make it 43-8 as the party on the Seahawks sideline kicked into high gear in what might be the greatest moment in the history of Seattle sports.

into the third period.

Not only was BU the better team in terms of finishing on the offensive end, despite a 49-22 shots advantage for UMass, but it had a goaltender, Matt O’Connor, who was stopping anything that the Minutemen sent his way.

But UMass didn’t quit.

It scored twice on goals

by Conor Sheary and Ray Pigozzi to send the game into overtime, earning a much-needed point.

The Minutemen are tied with Notre Dame for the all important eighth seed in Hockey East as teams six through eight will host the first round of the conference tournament. The tie also keeps the Terriers from leapfrogging them in the standings.

If there is any team that could sympathize with BU, though, it would be UMass.

The Minutemen know plenty about letting a road game slip away that they were leading in the third period.

The trend started on Jan. 4 at Northeastern when UMass let a game that it led 3-2 heading into the third period slip away, main-

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ROAD WOES one thing is I know we can play UMass basketball for 40 minutes, and that’s what we gotta get to… So, we gotta regroup and play better.”

UMass held a 10-9 advantage five minutes into the game, but never saw the lead again. The Minutemen were plagued early by foul trouble to Sampson Carter, Cady Lalanne and Raphiael Putney, forcing Kellogg to juggle his lineup early and often.

To make matters worse, Maxie Esho took a hard fall late in the first half and did not return seen, holding a bag of ice wrapped in a towel above his right eye during halftime.

St. Joe’s played to the sold-out crowd and inconsistent officiating, dominating UMass in every facet of the game in the first half. The Hawks’ 39-22 lead with just over a minute left in the first half was the largest deficit the Minutemen faced all season.

“One of things was, we had crazy lineups,” he said.

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was just trying to hang on there in the first half.”

St. Joe’s was keyed by the presence of Ronald Roberts Jr. and Halil Kanacevic down low. The two combined for 35 points, while playing all but two minutes between them.

Saturday’s loss wraps up a treacherous stretch of games for UMass, which played five of its previous six games away from home, going 3-3 during that span.

The Minutemen have little time to get over the loss, as they host La Salle on Wednesday at 7 p.m. It’s a golden opportunity for UMass to snap its first losing streak of the season, playing at Mullins Center, where it’s 9-0 this season.

“Really it’s a mental thing with some of these guys that they need to bring it,” Kellogg said.

“We’re not deep enough to not have our top eight guys bring it every night out. …

It’s gotta be the whole unit.

It’s gotta be all the guys on the team, all the time. Not when it’s convenient, not when it’s desperation.”

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

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ly due to some untimely stick penalties. The loss wasn’t too costly since it was a nonconference game against a Hockey East foe.

Then, just as recent as last Saturday, the Minutemen lost a game that they were leading 2-1 heading into the third frame.

The positive for the Terriers is that they still came away with a point, unlike UMass last weekend, to stay well within reach of the Minutemen.

For UMass, it was just nice to be on the other side of the equation.

“For probably 58 minutes I was thrilled with everything we did – a couple of decisions that we would like to have back and they cost us,” UMass coach John Micheletto said. “That paints what is an overwhelmingly positive outing for us.”

Despite the positives, the Minutemen would have preferred to come away with even more.

“There’s not a lot of overflowing positive emotion that it was a win,” Micheletto said. “We were glad to get the point, certainly, because points are

valuable at this time.”

Officiating upsets Quinn A controversial no call didn’t help with the disappointment that the Terriers were feeling after the game.

BU looked like it may have scored a goal during the third period, but one of its players went into the UMass net along with the puck, causing it to unhinge.

The goal was immediately waved off on the ice and was upheld after review.

Quinn, however, saw it differently.

“That was right before a goal was waved off that everyone in the building thought was gonna get overturned,” he said.

“I got about 15 text messages after the game that it should have been a goal. So it’s disappointing and I got no explanation on why the goal was waved off.”

Quinn also said that he felt there should have been a penalty called on UMass before it scored its second goal.

Cameron McDonough can be reached at cameronm@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Cam_McDonough.

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Minutemen’s comeback falls short at St. Joe’s Run in Top 25 likely over B y Patrick Strohecker Collegian Staff

PHILADELPHIA — The No. 21 Massachusetts men’s basketball team found lf UMass 73 iint s ean too St. Joe’s 68 all famili a r position at the end of its game at Saint Joseph’s on Saturday.

Only this time, the script was written differently.

Trailing by as many as

17 points in the first half, UMass fought all the way back to tie the game at 68-68, but failed to score after that, falling to St. Joe’s 73-68 in front of 4,200 fans at Hagan Arena for their third straight road loss.

“I thought we played great basketball for 20 minutes of a 40 minute game and probably the worst half of basketball I think we could play in the first half,” UMass coach Derek Kellogg said. “From missed layups, to just not a lot of energy, to different things that you just can’t win on the road.”

Down 16 points at halftime, the Minutemen (174, 4-3 Atlantic 10) opened

“I thought we played great basketball for 20 minutes of a 40 minute game and probably the worst half of basketball I think we could play in the first half.”

Derek Kellogg, UMass coach

the second half on an 11-5 run to cut the deficit to single digits. Sophomore Derrick Gordon led the UMass rally, scoring 16 of his game-high 21 points in the second half.

Gordon’s performance was just enough to give Chaz Williams a chance to get going offensively, and he responded. Williams scored nine straight points for the Minutemen late in the second half and it was

his assist to Gordon that led to the game-tying layup at 67-67.

But that was the final high point of the game for UMass. The Hawks (15-6, 5-2 A-10) ended the contest on a 6-1 run that was aided by a pair of missed go-ahead tip-ins by the Minutemen.

“We’ll have to right the ship,” Kellogg said. “The see

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UMass basketball has lost its last three games away from Mullins Center.

HOCKEY

SUPER BOWL XLVIII

tie fighters

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The UMass hockey team celebrates Ray Pigozzi’s goal with 50.9 seconds left in regulation to earn a 3-3 tie Friday night at Mullins Center.

UM steals point from BU with rally in third

By Nick caNelaS

regulation to complete a twoCollegian Staff goal comeback in the third period and earn an improbIf the Massachusetts hockable 3-3 tie in front of 6,018 at ey team was to make a film Mullins Center. documenting its 2013-14 seaUMass (7-16-4, 3-8-3 son, the first 59 minutes, nine Hockey East) seconds of Friday’s outshot BU game versus Boston 49-22 and UMass 3 University would’ve had numermade for a perfect ous grade-A BU 3 script. chances that The Minutemen were robbed came out with by Terriers unmatched energy, heavily goaltender Matt O’Connor (46 outshot its opponent and got saves), but still needed thirda majority of the chances, period goals from Conor but costly turnovers and an Sheary and Pigozzi to rally inability to finish had UMass from a 3-1 deficit and pick up on its way to yet another dis- a much-needed Hockey East appointing loss. point.

But there’s a reason Ray “It’s definitely frustratPigozzi was on the ice. ing going through the game The forward is an essen- when you think you should be tial piece to UMass coach up, or you had more chances John Micheletto’s first fresh- than the other team,” Pigozzi man class, one the team said. “So to come back with hopes will finally change the a minute left and put it in culture of the program from the net – it’s a good feeling to likable losers to regular win- know you’re not leaving the ners. barn with nothing.

Pigozzi couldn’t get the “It was nice to send it into Minutemen a win, but he overtime,” he continued. “I snatched victory right out of thought we could’ve won it the paws of the Terriers when in the last 50 seconds, but he tipped in an Adam Phillips it was exciting for the team shot with 50.9 seconds left in and we’re just happy to get a

“To come back with a minute left and put it in the net — it’s a good feeling to know you’re not leaving the barn with nothing.”

Ray Pigozzi, UMass forward point out of it.”

Goals by BU’s Cason Hohmann and UMass’ Branden Gracel made it a 1-1 game after the first period despite a 22-8 Minutemen shot advantage.

BU regained the lead 7:44 into the second period when Ahti Oksanen rifled a shot past UMass goaltender Steve Mastalerz (19 saves) from the slot on a one-timer.

Hohmann led a 2-on-1 break off a defensive zone turnover.

With Mike Busillo occupying the forwards, Hohmann fed the puck to a trailing Oksanen, who stepped into it at a highway speed to put the Terriers up 2-1.

BU (8-14-3, 3-8-2 HEA) doubled its advantage 4:02 into the third period when Mike Moran beat Mastalerz with a point-blank snap shot that found the top right corner of the net.

But that’s when UMass

it to beat O’Connor, leaping into the arms of his teammates in celebration.

“It’s a disappointing way to lose,” BU coach David Quinn said before having to correct himself and call it a tie.

UMass was happy with the point, but in a contest that had 15 combined penalties and constant swings in momentum, the Minutemen still felt it was a missed opportunity for a win given their 82 total launches to the Terriers’ 46.

“There’s not a lot of overflowing positive emotion that it was a win,” Micheletto said. “We were glad to get the point, certainly, because points are valuable at this time. … We feel great about the process, but we wanna make sure that the product and the process match up.”

But for the fans who stayed, it was jubilation, and maybe eve a coming out party for an important part of UMass’ future.

turned to its leaders.

Co-captains Sheary and Troy Power thought the Minutemen had more energy despite what the scoreboard read, and let it be known to their teammates.

“Me and Troy I thought did a good job of not letting anybody get down,” Sheary said. “We had the momentum even though they were up 3-1 and we were playing in their zone most of the game.

“The message was, ‘Keep going, and our opportunities are gonna keep coming and we’re just gonna have to bear down and bury one.’”

Sheary held true to his message at 12:55 when he scored his fifth goal of the season and 98th career point to cut the deficit in half.

That set up Pigozzi for his heroics with the extra-attacker. Phillips carried the puck Nick Canelas can be reached at up by the left point, fired and ncanelas@umass.edu and followed the freshman got enough of on Twitter @NickCanelas.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Believe it, Seattle – after 38 years, the Seahawks are finally Super Bowl champions.

In fact, by the time it ended, the only thing unbelievable about this one was how easy it was, as the Seahawks cruised to a 43-8 win over the Denver Broncos to take Super Bowl XLVIII in front of 82,529 at MetLife Stadium on Sunday night.

A young and brash Seattle defense made Peyton Manning and Denver’s record-setting offense merely look old and slow, dominating the action from the start and forcing two firsthalf turnovers as the Seahawks jumped out to a 22-0 halftime lead, the third-largest in Super Bowl history.

Percy Harvin then ended any thoughts of a Denver comeback as quickly as possible, returning the opening kickoff of the second half 87 yards for a touchdown to see

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HOCKEY

UMass reverses fortunes Minutemen erase 3-1 deficit in tie By cameroN mcdoNough Collegian Staff

When the final horn sounded on Friday night, the scoreboard said that the Massachusetts hockey team and Boston University had skated to a 3-3 tie.

But don’t tell the Terriers that.

“It was a disappointing way to lose,” BU coach David Quinn said before correcting himself to call it a tie.

The Terriers never trailed during the game and they held what seemed like an insurmountable 3-1 advantage after Mike Moran scored four minutes, two seconds see

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