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According to their website, Living Routes was a study abroad provider focused on giving students an environmental experience where By Marie Maccune they could work with the Collegian Staff land they lived on. Students Study abroad provider lived around the world in Living Routes has shut what the non-profit organizadown after suspension of tion called “eco-villages.” Their website also said its Affiliation Agreement with the University of that the organization is Massachusetts following expecting to legally dissolve an incident that occurred by March 31st.In an open last semester involving a letter, the student involved student participating in a in the incident talked about
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UMass students can show off their comedic talent at the club’s bi-weekly stand up events in the UPub. Anyone interested is welcome to perform.
New RSO brings stand up to campus By Patrick Hoff Collegian Staff
When you think of stand up comedy, certain names come to mind. Maybe it’s George Carlin’s and his “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” or perhaps Bill Cosby’s “Chocolate Cake for Breakfast.” There’s also Aziz Ansari, Ellen DeGeneres, Bo Burnham, Wanda Sykes—the list is
endless. In an effort to bring a sliver of this stand up talent to the University of Massachusetts, senior Thomas Bachman, communications major and economics and Portuguese minor, has started a Registered Student Organization. Holding bi-weekly events in the UPub, the RSO invites any student interested in doing a five-minute stand up act to try it out. “There’s no barrier to entry, so anyone who wants to try (can),” said Bachman.
The RSO is yet unnamed, but is working with the title “Slamherst Comedy” on their Twitter page. Bachman said that another possibility is “Comedy Zoo.” Previously, the group was called UMass Comedy Night, but they were told that they had to remove the word “UMass” from their name upon becoming an RSO. “I wanted to make it an RSO so that it would survive after I left, because it’s so fun,” Bachman said. “If there’s not someone carrying the torch, it’s just going
Southern states paralyzed by continuous winter storms Flights cancelled, six deaths reported By MicHael Muskal Los Angeles Times
Much of the South on Wednesday again awoke again to the nastiness of a winter storm, needle-like freezing rain, growing piles of snow and biting temperatures that turned roads into a deadly, slippery mess and cut off power to tens of thousands of people. The storm, which spread from Texas to the Carolinas, was described in nearapocalyptic terms by the National Weather Service, which in a morning memorandum labeled the weather “an event of historical proportions.” The service went on to use phrases such as “catastrophic ... crippling ... paralyzing” in describing the potential dangers. At least six deaths have
been reported in Texas and Mississippi. The storm will head north throughout the day, bringing from between six inches to more than a foot of snow as it moves through Washington, D.C., squeezing the New York metropolitan area and into New England. “A major winter storm is affecting parts of the Southeast with dangerous ice and snow and is expected to intensify Wednesday evening as it moves up the Eastern Seaboard, affecting locations across the midAtlantic and Northeast. More than one inch of ice accumulation is possible from central Georgia into South Carolina through Thursday morning,” the weather service warned. By Wednesday morning, Georgia Power reported more than 85,000 customers were without electricity in 471 separate outages. Outages in other states
brought the tally to more than 175,000 customers without power. Just two weeks ago, a storm stunned Atlanta, stranding thousands in vehicles in a region generally not accustomed to dealing with such adversity. This time, officials positioned equipment and spread salt on roads as a precaution. Roads were generally empty Wednesday morning as most people heeded the advice of their elected officials to stay off of the roads and out of the muck. This season has already been the winter of discontent and it appears likely to get worse before spring breaks through the frozen ground. The Northeast has had a series of major storms, including two just days apart. But the current storm see
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to die.” Bachman said that the idea to start the group began sophomore year when a student in his public speaking class was doing similar types of events. But when the student graduated, the events died out. “I wanted to do something similar—a place where people could have the environment of a stand up club where it’s like in a bar, people can talk but there’s an hour and a half where you see
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Living Routes program at the Monteverde Institute in Monteverde, Costa Rica. On Dec. 27, UMass suspended the agreement, which had enabled students to receive academic credit while abroad with a Living Routes program. The office, located in Amherst, shut down late last month, according to an article by the Associated Press. Twenty-eight students have been affected by this suspension, according to an article published by Inside Higher Ed. Living Routes is responsible for finding these students alternative programs to participate in.
being raped while abroad. According to her letter, the director of the Monteverde Institute, Deborah Hamilton, forced the student to sign legal waivers and report the assault, telling the victim that it was her “legal obligation” to do so. In Costa Rica, only the victim of a crime has the right to report that crime, but he or she is under no legal obligation to do so, according to a document released by the Pan American Health Organization. According to a letter sent by Jack Ahern, Vice Provost for International Programs see
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Low ratings for gov’t Recent poll reveals lack of approval B y D aviD l igHtMan McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and Congress get dismal approval ratings from the American public, as most people see little hope Washington can improve the economy or their lives, a new McClatchy-Marist Poll finds. Obama’s approval rating remains stuck at 42 percent, with 52 percent disapproving. The latest approval figure is down from 43 percent in December. His low point came in September 2011 at 39 percent. The mild economic rebound has barely helped Obama. Fifty-four percent disliked his handling of the economy. Forty-one percent approved, up from 40 percent in December and 37 percent in July. The president got similar
low marks this month on foreign policy - half disapproved, 43 percent approved. The approval number was down from December’s 46 percent. Overall, voters were nearly split on their overall impression of Obama, with half seeing him unfavorably and 47 percent favorably. Congress fared worse. Seventytwo percent registered disapproval of the job congressional Republicans were doing, while 22 percent were pleased. Sixty control 55 of the 100 Senate percent disapproved of congressional seats. “People around the counDemocrats’ performance. Republicans have a 232- try just have a miserable view 200 majority in the House of Representatives. Democrats see POLL on page 2
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Syria HOMS, Syria — Relief workers entered the Old City of Homs on Wednesday in the latest United Nationsbacked effort to bring aid to civilians trapped inside and evacuate those who wish to leave the besieged ancient quarter. The U.N. has brokered a cease-fire between government forces who surround the war-battered district and armed rebels bunkered down inside the ruins of the Old City. Hundreds of military-age men evacuated from the Old City are undergoing questioning to ensure they were not involved in armed rebellion, authorities said. U.N. officials have voiced concern about the plight of the men. Los Angeles Times
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get to see people, a whole range of diversity telling jokes,” he said. Bachman added, “There’s a bunch of improv groups, but there’s none just for stand up so I was kind of curious to see if I could find the people that would be interested. So I kind of just started there, tried to find people that maybe had experience or would want to see comedy or maybe participate at some level.” In addition to the biweekly events at the UPub, Bachman hopes that in the off-weeks, the group can host training workshops to give new comedians tips on stand up. He is also looking into hosting nights for members to watch stand up specials together, and perhaps also taking field trips to Northampton or Springfield to see live comedians. So far, there have been six shows at the UPub,
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which are held every other Tuesday from 8 to 9:30 p.m.. The most comedians that they have hosted on any given night is 12, but Bachman estimated that upwards of 20 people are interested in getting involved. “It’s picking up pretty quick,” he said. “I want to get some more underclassmen involved, some more females involved, because it’s really good to have some diversity. It also inspires people to hopefully give it a shot.” While Bachman handled the paperwork of making the group into an RSO by himself, he had assistance from fellow students Alex Giampapa and Jordan Liff, who helped him secure comedians on a regular basis. “Without (Giampapa and Liff), I couldn’t have done it,” Bachman said. Bachman said that students interested in perform-
ing at one of the events should email the group at umasscomedynight@gmail. com, or attend a show and sign up with the organizers. “The whole point, in my mind, was to be as low risk, low stakes as possible because with stand up comedy, (you’re) putting yourself out there, so I want to get as many people the environment where that would be something they’d be willing to try,” he said. “Maybe they’re just a funny person and they think they could tell a five-minute story or two two-minute stories. It’s just getting as many people into it, and that’s really what I wanted to start.” Bachman said that the group is also considering hosting “unplugged” music sets to mix up the acts.
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Lebanon BEIRUT — In another sign that al-Qaida-linked groups are moving from Syria into Lebanon, the Lebanese army announced Wednesday that it had intercepted two cars loaded with hundreds of pounds of explosives for suicide attacks, one of which was being driven to Beirut from the Syrian city of Yabroud. Security officials said the arrest of Naim Abbas, who was described as the mastermind behind several car bombings that have targeted Shiite Muslim neighborhoods in Beirut, also helped uncover a cache of rockets that the group planned to launch to disrupt a memorial service that the militant group Hezbollah had scheduled for this Sunday to commemorate fighters who died in Syria and in conflicts with Israel. A Lebanese army statement said it had learned of the plots from Abbas after his arrest. McClatchy Foreign Staff
Egypt CAIRO — An Egyptian employee of the U.S. Embassy has been detained by police since Jan. 25, an embassy spokesman said Wednesday. The jailed staffer was identified as Ahmed Eleiba. Associates said his work involved monitoring developments concerning political Islam in Egypt - a sensitive subject in the wake of the popularly supported military coup that deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July. The incident reflected an increasingly aggressive stance by the Egyptian police and judiciary toward anyone suspected of even a tangential connection with the Muslim Brotherhood or any other Islamist group. The Brotherhood has been formally designated a terrorist organization by the interim government. Los Angeles Times Distributed by MCT Information Services
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right now about what’s going on in Washington,” said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion in New York. Thirty-one percent of registered voters gave Washington’s elected officials an F, and an equal number gave them a D. Twenty-seven percent offered Cs, while 10 percent gave out Bs. One percent were willing to say A. The latest numbers are little changed from December, shortly after a 16-day partial government shutdown helped sustain already low approval numbers. But in the last two months, Obama and Republicans have worked together to enact major budget, agriculture and defense legislation. Doesn’t matter, said Miringoff. Opinions about Washington have been tumbling since the 2009-10 fight over Obama’s health care plan and continued as the two sides engaged in a war over spending and the debt limit from 2011 until last fall. “The ill will has been formed over an extended period of time,” Miringoff said. “The recent developments are too little too late.” Americans remain unusually pessimistic about the future. Sixty-six percent thought things were going in the wrong direction, while 31 percent were optimistic. Democrats were more inclined to see events moving in the right direction - by 57 percent to 39 percent - but Republicans gave wrong direction a 91 percent to 8 percent bulge. People often didn’t even like how their own political parties were acting. Overall, 53 percent had an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party, including 16 percent of Democrats. Republicans did worse, as 62 percent of all voters disapproved, including 29 percent of Republicans. Nor were people confident that Obama or Republicans can make headway on key issues this year. One-third of all voters were not confident at all about the president, and another third were simply not confident about him. About one-fourth did express confidence, and 7 percent were very confident. Republicans garnered somewhat less optimism. Twenty-nine percent were not confident at all about Republicans, while 45 percent were not confident. Twenty-three percent were either confident or very confident. Republicans again had little faith in their own party - about one-third were not very confident at all about the party’s ability to get things done, and 43 percent were not confident. The party continues to be rocked by a battle between tea party conservatives, who are reluctant to work with or compromise with Democrats, and more establishment, center-right Republicans. The latest numbers, said Miringoff, give few clues as to what could happen either in upcoming primaries or the general election. “There’s no positive movement for any group,” he said. If the election were held today, 46 percent said they vote for a Democrat while 44 percent preferred a Republican. Independents split 43 percent to 40 percent for Democrats.
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Two men help another naviagate his car up W. Hargett St. after getting stranded in the snow in Raleigh, N.C. is slightly different for the South. It has brought sleet, freezing rain and an ice storm, defined by the weather service as “damaging accumulations of ice ... expected during freezing rain situations. Significant accumulations of ice pull down trees and utility lines resulting in loss of power and communication.” The difference between the two is of size and impact: Sleet is like a cold, but an ice storm is like the flu. The usual rule is that when more than a quarter of an inch of ice accumulates, it is an ice storm. It is often made worse by strong winds such as the gusts of more than 30 miles an hour recorded in parts of Georgia on Wednesday. As the storm continued through the day, officials
were bracing for results as bad as in 2000 when more than 500,000 homes and businesses were without power. Damage estimates were as high as $35 million. The storms this year have already taken a bite out of the economy, hindering sales and probably preventing some people from finding jobs. January was the worst month on years for airline delays and cancellations. By late morning on the East Coast more than 3,000 flights had been canceled Wednesday, according to Flightaware.com. Feeling the pain most was Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, which had more than 65 percent of its flights canceled. The Charlotte, N.C., airport had half of its flights can-
celed. As the storm moves north, so will the airline delays. Airports in Washington, Philadelphia, New York and Boston already have canceled more than 1,000 flights for Thursday. The weather brought slick roads to North Texas where at least four people died in traffic accidents. An accident involving about 20 vehicles was reported Tuesday along an icy highway overpass in Round Rock, just north of Austin. In Mississippi, officials announced two weatherrelated traffic deaths. In northeastern Alabama, two National Guard wreckers were dispatched to help clear 18-wheelers on Interstate 65.
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by Jack Ahern, Vice Provost for International Programs at UMass, Living Routes became aware of the “serious, and potentially life threatening, health/safety issue” on Dec. 2, but failed to notify the University. Ahern states that the University remained unaware of the incident until Dec. 18, when a resident of Monteverde emailed UMass faculty about his concern regarding “the handling and treatment of the victim.” Living Routes continued to withhold information from the University until Ahern received an email on Dec. 22, which confirmed the incident and released the name of the
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victim. Ahern wrote, “(UMass Amherst) has grave concerns regarding Living Routes’ ability to fulfill its contractual obligations to be responsible for all health, risk and safety issues that may arise during a program’s term, to communicate with (UMass Amherst), and to provide equal access to the Program’s resources.” UMass has requested the return of all payments made for the spring 2014 semester, which is estimated to be over $200,000. Both Amherst College and Mount Holyoke College, neither of which were ever affili-
ated with Living Routes, continue to send students to the Monteverde Institute, according to school officials. This is not the first time Living Routes has been involved in a health and safety issue with the University. According to an article published by MassLive, UMass student Katherine Sherman died in 2008 while participating in a Living Routes program in India. Officials in India ruled her death a suicide; however, an independent autopsy performed in the U.S. ruled the results inconclusive. Marie MacCune can be reached at mmaccune@umass.edu.
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Universal basic income could lower poverty In a Jan. 2014 report, this might incentivize some the Center for American to leave the work force for Progress found that 86 per- good. However, a minimum basic income would provide Jillian Correira just enough to live on and not enough for most to live cent of Americans think the the way they’d like. So a government should use its universal basic income proresources to fight poverty, gram would be implemented and 7 out of 10 Americans to help end poverty while support the goal of reducing preventing the creation of a poverty by 50 percent over nation of non-workers. the next 10 years. And the number of peoWith numbers like those, ple who could decide not to it’s safe to say that poverty in work is insignificant in comthe United States is univer- parison to the benefits given sally accepted as one of the to the majority who would most urgent issues facing continue. Those receiving a Americans today. And a uni- steady—and maybe increasversally accepted problem ing—paycheck wouldn’t have requires a universal solu- to worry about losing their tion: universal basic income. UBI check. Having another A universal basic income source of income as a cushrequires very little. It sim- ion allows workers more ply means that each month, wage-bargaining power and the government would send a greater ability to demand every American between better working conditions. ages 21 and 65 a check in Additionally, unlike with the mail just for being alive. welfare, housing vouchers That’s it. The individual’s and food stamps, how these presence in American soci- federal dollars are spent is
A universally accepted problem requires a universal solution: universal basic income. ety gives worth to the country both economically and socially, and a universal basic income proves that value. But in actuality, it would do many more important things. First, it’s important to reiterate that a check would be sent to each and every American, rich or poor, working or non-working. Second, the universal basic income movement has already been sweeping through Europe: The initiative will be put before Swiss voters in an upcoming election, so this idea is not new. Providing a basic income would not only reduce poverty, but it would also provide Americans with a stable standard of living. If a citizen is out of work, they’ll still be able to support themselves while looking for employment. And sure,
ity and eliminating poverty. The right likes the idea because a high enough basic income would eliminate the need for government benefits like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and unemployment insurance. Obviously, the cost for implementing a basic income would be tremendous. Providing just the 179 million working-age Americans in 2012 with a basic income that is equivalent to the poverty line would add up to over $2 trillion. But eliminating government benefits— which add up to approximately $750 billion, or $1 trillion after factoring in state programs—would provide some of the money necessary to pay for it. Automatic taxes on the basic income would provide revenue as well. But, the government doesn’t have to go as far as providing an income equivalent to the poverty line. Matt Bruenig, a blogger for Demos.org, used Census data to calculate that a $2,920 annual check to every American (not just workingage) would cut official poverty in half and cost significantly less—about $907 billion in 2012. There are different ways to implement a universal basic income. But the point is, though it might be costly and require some planning, it’s a realistic program. It might sound new, unorthodox or over simplistic, but that doesn’t qualify it for critical dismissal. And because it draws praise from the left and right, it might end up being easier agreed upon than other alreadyimplemented nationwide programs like Obamacare. It is possible to fix poverty in this country and it really could be as easy as mailing everyone a check.
completely up to the recipient; they are not federally controlled. This means the money becomes more valuable to the purchasing-powerful recipient and the economy as a whole. Maybe the strongest argument in favor of a basic income is the stagnation of wages and high unemployment rate in the United States. People are struggling to find jobs, and many of those who are employed are finding that the market isn’t providing them with a proper standard of living. A universal basic income would help alleviate the burden on the working poor as well as low-income families. The idea of a universal basic income attracts appeal from the left and right. The left likes the idea because it Jillian Correira is a Collegian columworks toward an egalitarian nist and can be reached at jcorreir@ society by reducing inequal- umass.edu.
Tsarnaev should be executed On Jan. 30, federal pros- was killed during a subseecutors announced that quent police shootout, allegthey would seek the death edly placed the bombs at the finish line to amass the largSteven Gillard est number of casualties. The bombings injured 264 penalty for the alleged people—16 of whom were Boston Marathon bomb- left as amputees—and killed er, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. three, including an eightFederal prosecutors cited year-old boy. The Tsarnaev his “betrayal of the United brothers also allegedly shot States” and his targeting of and killed MIT police officer an event as “iconic” as the Sean Collier, and led police Boston Marathon to carry on a manhunt that paraout an act of terrorism as lyzed the city for days. Tsarnaev forfeited his reasons for their pursuit of rights as a human being the capital punishment. A Boston Globe poll from moment he chose to commit September revealed that 57 an act of terror. He deprived four people percent of Massachusetts residents polled wanted of their lives, and irrevoTsarnaev to receive a life cably altered the lives of sentence, while 33 percent hundreds of others, yet he should be allowed to live? supported his execution. Arguments against the He should be allowed to
die a hero. Death is what he wants. His actions in the aftermath of the bombing beg to differ. Tsarnaev did not strap a bomb to his chest and blow himself into oblivion; he dropped a backpack in a crowd and ran away. He did not die in a shootout with the police; he ran over his brother with a car in an attempt to save his own skin. He did not die fighting the enemy; he hid in a boat and surrendered when he was found. Despite his professed beliefs, Tsarnaev fears death, and is a coward. He wants to live. He would not have led the police on a massive manhunt if he welcomed death that came with it. Some have pointed out
Tsarnaev forfeited his rights as a human being the moment he chose to commit an act of terror. death penalty vary in this case. Some say that capital punishment is morally wrong, and that it constitutes “cruel and unusual punishment.” Others claim that death is “too easy”— better the bomber rot in prison for years to come than be granted a quick and painless end. Given Tsarnaev’s extremist views, many believe that by giving him death, we are giving him what he wants—martyrdom. In his eyes and in the eyes of his fellow radicals, his death would be a victory for the militant Islamist cause, and a promotion of its ideology. But this is not a matter of morality, or of maximizing suffering or of inadvertently furthering an extremist agenda. It is a matter of justice. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev deserves to die for his alleged crimes. To start, there is nothing cruel or unusual about lethal injection. Even if the method of execution were something far less civilized, it would not matter. A lethal injection seems quite tame compared to the pressure cooker bombs filled with ball bearings that were used to maim and kill a crowd of innocent civilians. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan, who
walk and stretch and exercise while those he ruthlessly marred struggle to adapt to life without their limbs? He should be allowed to eat and sleep and think and breathe while those he killed cannot? There is nothing more precious than life, and Tsarnaev took it upon himself to take that away from innocent people attending the Boston Marathon to cheer for their friends and family, as well as those participating. A life spent in prison, however miserable, is still better than no life at all—it is still more of a life than eight-year-old Martin Richard ever got to live. Life in prison will show him nothing. It will not teach him a lesson. It will not force him to brood on the atrocities he committed until they eat him alive. He does not care. He is a terrorist. He has demonstrated no remorse. His view of the world is so radicalized and warped that he believed bombing a marathon was a necessary measure in the fight against the United States, an act of “collateral damage” for U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. What is the purpose of keeping such a person alive? What is accomplished? He wants to die a martyr, some argue. He wants to
that putting Tsarnaev to death would be perceived as a victory by Islamists, a completion of jihad. Tsarnaev died fighting the enemy—he died a martyr— and thus furthered the fundamentalist cause. If militant Islamists want to think that Tsarnaev achieved a great victory in bombing the Boston Marathon, let them. If they want to find inspiration in his actions, let them. Not putting Tsarnaev to death in order to deny extremists the satisfaction and propaganda value of his execution would be detrimental to U.S. policy, as doing so would lend credence to their distorted beliefs and demonstrate fear of their futile cause. The United States must demonstrate tenacity and zero tolerance: If you carry out a terrorist attack on the United States, you will die and you will accomplish nothing. So long as Tsarnaev eats our food, drinks our water and breathes our air, he is doing too much. He murdered in cold blood, and should be executed for it. Deprive him of his life as he deprived others, and let us move on with our own. Steven Gillard is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at sgillard@ umass.edu.
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Ryan Hill heats up UPub comedy night Student comedian discusses background, major influences By Tommy Verdone Collegian Staff
For a good laugh on campus, one doesn’t have to look too far anymore. The Slamherst Comedy Club, a relatively new RSO on campus, now hosts open mic nights every other Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the UPub in the Campus Center. Each week, aspiring comedians from all corners of campus come out and show their colors, and among them is senior Ryan Hill. Hill, who says he first started doing stand up comedy for fun in high school, drew hearty laughs from the crowd of jokesters in the UPub last Tuesday. He approached the microphone with a timid air of confidence about him and addressed the crowd with, “Hi, my name is Ryan Hill. What is your name?” While the audience chuckled at his leading one-liner, he went on to say, “Please let me know if I’m shaking, also.” “I’m a big fan of self-deprecating humor. I think it’s really important for comedians to be able to laugh at themselves,” Hill said to the room, “I’m just … really bad at it. I’m really bad at a lot of things.” Hill took the microphone that night without any hint of the debilitating self-consciousness that one might expect from a young comedian. “I hadn’t done (stand up) for probably over a year, until before winter break, when I found out about the whole comedy night thing,” he said. “I did it a bit
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A crowd of students and aspiring comedians gathered in the UPub on Tuesday night for the weekly comedy open mic. freshman year, though. My friends and I used to go to Van Meter open mics and just do weird funny stuff, and it was a lot of fun.” His set contained an onslaught of oneliners such as, “My car won’t run, mostly because it doesn’t have legs,” and, “Sometimes I get really lonely. Other times I get really thirsty. Either way, I get to eat Danimals.” Stand-up comedians come in all forms— some spend weeks working on material,
while others come up with it on the spot. “The first time I performed at the UPub was a strange exception,” said Hill. “I didn’t know I was going up until just a couple hours before, so I wrote my entire set that I did that night over the course of two hours.” As he is a double major in theater and English, coming up with creative content is nothing new to Hill. “I’m really into playwriting, at least recently,” he said, “I’m interested in taking the principles of what
makes the timing of a stand up piece work, and how you can translate it into an actual scripted stage play that you’re working on with a group of people and not just yourself.” Last semester, Hill wrote and directed the play “Black Friday” that presented on campus. Hill cites a number of sources as his biggest influences, among them television programs and comedians alike. “As far as comedians that I like, I grew up with Bill Cosby. He’s number one in the pantheon for me, but we’re not very similar. The way he can just sit down and tell a story and have it be absolutely hilarious is something I’ve always tried to be able to do.” He added, “In high school I was introduced to Mitch Hedberg, and that was a big deal. I was like, ‘Man, I didn’t know people did stuff like this and got paid for it.’” As for television programs, Hill said, “Since the age of ten, I really haven’t missed an episode of ‘Saturday Night Live.’” He also went on to say that “Louie” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” are some of his favorite shows. “Before that, the comedies I watched were like, ‘The Office.’ You know, funny stuff, but I didn’t know you could get away with the stuff ‘Sunny’ got away with on television, which I though was pretty cool.” About the weekly open mic night, Hill said, “The people who come here on comedy nights are really just willing to laugh. Nobody is malicious; you don’t see people in the front row staring at you, waiting for you to make them laugh.” Tommy Verdone can be reached at tverdone@umass.edu.
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History lessons from the ‘end of the world’
La Fin du Monde Belgian-style Tripel By emily A. BrighTmAn Collegian Staff
Like many arts writers, I have a bit of a penchant for the dramatic (in case the weekly bombast of this column wasn’t enough of an indication). The aesthetic of melodrama permeates the crevices of pop culture with ubiquitous force, as evidenced by the increasingly bizarre antics and wardrobes of entertainers, and the daytime programming travesty known as “reality television.” While the culture continues to vacillate between farcical extremes of conservative and outlandish, the post-Cold War era has given rise to few tropes as exaggerated as notions of the “end of the world.” Though the much-frettedabout year of 2012 came and went without so much as a blip on the apocalyptic radar, our collective conscience remains haunted by phantom mushroom clouds and hyperbolic visions of natural disasters, seeping into our paranoid collective conscience with all the fury of George Orwell’s dystopian prophecies. Histrionics of my vocabulary aside, these were my thoughts upon discovering Unibroue’s La Fin du Monde Tripel on a recent boozing expedition. Given the ominous implications of the beer’s name, my inner literature nerd was all a-twitter with excitement to
pen a heated diatribe rife with apocalyptic metaphors and at least one reference to the 1931 Abel Gance film of the same name. Upon further investigation, however, I was slightly disheartened to learn that “La Fin du Monde,” as it relates to the beer, is not actually a theatrical ploy aimed at melodrama, but rather a proverbial tip of the hat to an ancient brewing tradition. Although augmenting my wealth of beer knowledge is always a welcome experience, my marginal disappointment at having to restrain my apocalyptic rhetoric is worth mentioning, if not just for comedic purposes. “La Fin du Monde,” literally translated from French as “the end of the world,” is one of Unibroue’s most popular year-round brews and, according to the brewery’s website, has won more domestic and international awards than any other Canadian beer. First introduced in 1994, La Fin du Monde’s name derives from the 15th century, when confused European explorers, who upon discovering North America, believed that they had reached the literal “end of the world.” Featuring a haloed map of Quebec, a nod to the brewery’s province of origin, the label on this brew conveys an almost sepulchral seriousness, as if to say “Consider your worthiness before you drink.” Perhaps this is merely just my overly-reverent interpretation of events, but then again, I have been known to hyperbolize every now and
then when it comes to beer. This historical gem of a brew is billed as a “Tripel,” based on the Belgian style of Trappist beer brewing and so named for its use of triple the amount of malt in a standard Trappist beer. While this specific brewing practice originated in Belgium, there are currently ten Trappist breweries perpetuating the style: six in Belgium, two in the Netherlands, one in Austria and the most recent one established at Saint Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer last year. Though Unibroue is not explicitly a Trappist brewery, many of its beers are brewed in traditional Belgian style, and their inspirations derive from Trappist brewing practices. According to Unibroue’s website, La Fin du Monde was specifically brewed to mimic the style of beer created by Trappist monks in the mid-15th century, making it the first Trappist-style ale to be brewed in North America at the time of its initial release. Poured from a 750mL bottle into a tulip beer glass, La Fin du Monde’s hazy golden hue begets an inch-thick white head that retains its creamy consistency in the lacing. A solid layer of sediment swirled up from the base of the bottle mix with champagnelike carbonation creates a hearty mouth feel belied by its medium body. Citrus notes in the nose are readily apparent, layered over a distinctly sweet malt component mixed with aromas
akin to floral scents. The most prominent flavor element in the first sip is a honey-like sweetness that is almost syrupy in consistency, but is subsequently balanced out by the marriage of bitterness and alcohol in the finish. Hints of banana and spice mingle in the aftertaste for an overall smooth drinking experience that, surprisingly enough, is not tainted by a higher percentage of alcohol. This seamless merging of tart citrus and sweet malt makes for a drinking experience that is equal parts delicious and unexpected. There is certainly something to be said for the delicacy of pairing craft beer and food, an art form I like to pretend I have some skill at, but, given the limits of my food budget as a student, can really only halfheartedly ham-fist my way through. Unibroue’s head brewer recommends pairing La Fin du Monde with salty cheeses or seafood dishes, but for those of us who subsist on a diet of Ramen Noodles and General Mills cereals, I recommend this ale as a complement to Mexican dishes or any meal that relies heavily on spice. Through exhaustive research, I’ve also found that La Fin du Monde is an excellent companion to Thai food, in that the sweetness of the beer meshes deliciously with the heat of exotic spices in typical Thai cuisine. Of course if all else fails, there is something to be said for the consistently happy marriage of pizza and beer, as
college students are well aware. La Fin du Monde may not exactly tickle your sardonic sensibilities of foreboding doom, but the kitsch of the beer’s history warrants praise on the merit of preserving an ancient brewing practice still held in highest regard. This is a beer for the history buff as well as the brewing geek, as it satisfies both obsessions with equal measure without
buckling under the weight of its own unique crafting. It may not come equipped with a Doomsday Survival Kit, but you can still have a hearty laugh at the expense of some long-deceased Europeans who lacked some critical map-reading skills. And if we can’t laugh at our own history, then we might as well drink to it. Emily A. Brightman can be reached at ebrightman@umass.edu.
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time.” Beyond his here-and-there temper tantrums, Chaney was one of the best coaches college basketball has ever seen. From 1983 to 2001, Chaney guided the Owls to 17 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 12 straight from 1990 to 2001. He also set a standard of triumph in the Atlantic 10 that seemed impossible to replicate. By the time Calipari stepped in as UMass coach in 1988, Chaney had already led Temple to two 18-0 conference seasons, one 17-1 season, an Elite Eight appearance and back-to-back 30-win seasons. With Chaney and Calipari – at first – it was very much a tale of the wily, proven veteran versus the inexperienced rookie who was hell-bent on making a name for himself. That disparity in coaching skill and experience showed in the first years of the Chaney-Calipari series, as Calipari lost his first nine meetings against Chaney. Little by little, year by year, however, that disparity narrowed. The Minutemen’s aforementioned 1990 tripleovertime loss was a sign that Calipari’s program had arrived, but it wasn’t until 1992 that UMass finally broke through with a 67-52 win at the Cage in which the paint fell from the ceiling because the crowd was so loud. By the time Roe arrived in 1991, the rivalry had already become one to pay attention to. And it was his dominating presence, along with the arrival of Marcus Camby in 1993, which began to spark a changing of the guard in a rivalry that was quickly becoming intense and regularly nationally-televised. “It was one of those things where the rivalry started getting a little heated,” Flint said. “We were coming up and knocking them off their pedestal a little bit. “They were really heated battles,” he continued. “John Calipari, the up-and-coming youngster, and John Chaney, the established old guy, Hallof-Famer. No one really challenged Temple like we did in those days.” And there was no confrontation quite as big as the one that followed in those days.
The confrontation Sunday, Feb. 13, 1994. Mullins Center. 2 p.m.. No. 8 Temple at No. 13 UMass. It was even nationally-
televised on ABC, a network that didn’t often air college basketball showcase games. Nothing else mattered. No game was bigger. “There was a lot of hype,” said Art Stapleton, who was one of the Massachusetts Daily Collegian’s men’s basketball beat reporters at the time. It lived up to the hype, too. With seconds left in a highly competitive, highly physical game, UMass junior guard Mike Williams’ game-winner – in his first game back after collapsing on the court two weeks prior at Cincinnati – lifted the Minutemen to a thrilling 56-55 win over the Owls in front of a jam-packed crowd. But the biggest headline came after the game. As Calipari answered questions during his postgame press conference, Chaney barreled through the doors of the Mullins Center press room and started yelling at the UMass coach standing at the podium. Legend has it that after the game was over, after the students had rushed the floor, Calipari went to the back and waited for the game’s officials in the hallway outside the press room. He didn’t like some of the calls they had made against his team, and he wanted to let them know. “(He) starts berating them for calls that they missed in the game,” Stapleton said. “An AP reporter overheard him say, ‘You’ll never work in this gym again.’” Somehow, Chaney, who conducted his press conference before Calipari and went back to the Temple locker room, caught wind of what the UMass coach was saying to the refs and stormed back to the press room. He opened the doors and started screaming. “Can I please say something, Coach?” Chaney barked from the back of the room. “We all just looked around and said, ‘What’s Chaney doing here?’” recalled Joe Burris, then a UMass reporter for the Boston Globe. “Coach, you don’t say (expletive) to officials without me being involved in it. I’m not going to be a party to that,” Chaney continued. “Against George Washington you won with three (expletive) calls down the stretch. You had the best (referees) out there today. Three class guys.”
RIVER HAWKS Now he’ll probably be paying even closer attention. “I watch the standings from the beginning of the season, so it’s gonna be no different now,” he said. “As soon as you get done doing what you do with the team postgame and media, the first thing you’re doing is seeing how scores are around the league. “So you know how that stands, you know games that affect you, so you’re certainly keying on those.” The challenge will be even greater for the Minutemen, who will once again be without co-captain Troy Power, after he hurt his knee last Friday at Northeastern. Power missed Saturday’s game against UML and was replaced by Adam Phillips
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“You weren’t out there, Coach,” Calipari responded. “You don’t know a thing about it.” “You send your kids out there pushing and shoving,” Chaney blasted back. “I get my (expletive) blasted at West Virginia and…” “Coach, let me tell you something,” Calipari said as he pointed his finger at Chaney. “Shut up,” Chaney said, at which point he charged the podium. Williams and UMass point guard Derek Kellogg, who were both in the press conference, stood up and restrained the two from each other. “I didn’t know what to expect,” recalled Kellogg, now the head coach at UMass. “Obviously it’s a little strange seeing a coach going after another coach, but I didn’t think he was ever going to take it to the next level to be honest. “I don’t think he was going to throw any blows or punches or anything. Maybe a little wrestling or jostling, but he’s an emotional guy, emotional coach. He’s always been, and he’s going to stick up for his team and program when things aren’t going the way they’re supposed to.” The shouting match wasn’t over. “I’ll kill you!” Chaney yelled, being restrained. “You remember that. When I see you, I’m going to kick your ass. “You’ve got a good team. You don’t need that kind of edge. That’s why I told my kid to knock your kid in the (expletive) mouth.” Chaney then left, and the press conference continued. Afterwards, down the hall, those who weren’t in the press room started catching wind of what happened. Flint was waiting for Calipari in the locker room when he walked in. “(Calipari) was like, ‘Chaney went after me,’” Flint recalled. “And actually, I busted out laughing and then I realized, he’s dead serious. I was like, ‘Oh man, he’s serious, what happened?’ So he told me what happened. “And actually at that point I talked to him about Gimelstob. And I was like, ‘Cal this isn’t the first time he went after you in the Cage,’ and he said, ‘But not like this though.’”
The aftermath Eventually, the frenzy that
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Adam Phillips replaced Troy Power on Umass’ second line on Saturday. on UMass’ unofficial second line with Ray Pigozzi and Michael Pereira. Power’s absence is indefinite. Puck drop for Friday’s contest is set for 7:30 p.m.
UMass returns to Mullins on Saturday to host the Huskies at 7 p.m. Nick Canelas can be reached at ncanelas@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @NickCanelas.
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help their cause offensively, shooting just 37.5 percent. Chaz Williams played 31 minutes, but sat for stretches in the second half with an apparent injury. He scored just eight points on 3-of-15 shooting. Davis led UMass with 20 points off the bench. Sampson Carter chipped in
16 points in 32 minutes. Kellogg was blunt in his assessment of the performance, deeming it a game his team “should’ve won.” The Minutemen have lost three of its last five games and dropped their first game of the year at home. “The problem is that we didn’t make free throws,”
Kellogg said. “So you can pile missing 1-footers, missing 3’s and missing free throws with not coming up with enough 50-50 balls. That’s a recipe we’ve had when we’ve lost games this year.” Mark Chiarelli can be reached at mchiarel@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Mark_Chiarelli.
night at Mullins Center died down. But the media firestorm was just getting started. The Minutemen’s next game was two days later at Saint Joseph’s, in Philadelphia of all places, and said firestorm awaited. “It was absolutely nuts,” Flint said. “They had cameras waiting for us when we got off the plane. I mean, going to St. Joe’s and playing that next game, it was absolutely crazy. The media was absolutely nuts.” It got even nuttier a week later. On Feb. 24, UMass visited McGonigle Hall in Philadelphia to face none other than the Owls. The media couldn’t wait to feast on it,” Burris said. Stapleton said there were rumors that UMass wouldn’t go to Temple unless Chaney came out and apologized, and in a tear-filled news conference, he did just that. Still, naturally, there was escalated media presence for the game. Roe said the team needed police escorts from the hotel to the arena and anywhere else they went. “It was really hard to focus on each and every game,” Roe said. “Every time we went to Philadelphia we had a police escort at the hotel or on the bus or even to escort us into the arena, because that’s just how big that rivalry had become at that time. It was almost like soccer overseas or something. Somebody could have gotten really killed, that’s how bad the blood was.” Naturally, McGonigle Hall’s small gym filled out. It was standing-room only attendance, and Spike Lee even made an appearance. Calipari and Chaney
even hugged before the game started. The Minutemen ended up winning the game 51-50, naturally, as Williams banked in a 3-pointer to win it. Calipari 2, Chaney 0
Looking back Those involved and those who were there for the famous confrontation can’t believe it’s been 20 years. “I thought it was about 18 or 19, not 20,” Roe joked. Twenty years later, a lot has changed, but people’s memories of the incident haven’t. Calipari, who now coaches at Kentucky, and Chaney have become good friends. In 1994, after the confrontation, the two got together for a fundraising event for diabetes, Flint said. Calipari was asked to roast Chaney at it. Roe said the rivalry between Calipari and Chaney was simply natural. “It’s just like any player, like Karl Malone and David Robinson, those heated rivalries: Sometimes there is bad blood because both sides want to win so bad,” Roe said. “I think that’s what had taken place with Chaney. He’s a hell of a competitor and he chose Cal. Any time when you have two bulls knocking heads, there’s going to be some kind of explosion from the impact.” Stapleton, two decades later, said as the years have passed, he’s grown to understand where Chaney was coming from when he decided to barge through the Mullins Center press room doors and create a scene that would live on forever in memories.
“Chaney’s point was that you just won a huge game at home on national television and you’re already setting it up the next time you see the referees, that they’re maybe going to give you a call that can help you win,” Stapleton said. “And that was always Calipari’s mindset at UMass. It was always, ‘What’s my next move?’ He never took appreciation for the move he just made; he was always looking one step ahead, and I think that’s where Chaney was trying to cut it off right at the point of attack. “Now you kind of understand where he was coming from.” And it was all born out of an unrivaled, passionate and competitive drive that both coaches used to fuel their collective fire. It was the classic matchup of the veteran versus the prodigy and old school meets new school, one of the best rivalries college basketball has seen and will ever see. “You get that all together with the right mix,” Burris said. “Intense game, national TV, a lot at stake. It was just a perfect recipe for that.” Last year, Flint said that Chaney came to visit him at Drexel. They sat around and chatted, and at one point joked about the incident. “It’s still funny,” Flint said, “because (Chaney) said, ‘I would have kicked Cal’s butt.’” Some things just never change. Stephen Hewitt can be reached at shewitt@student.umass.edu and followed on Twitter @steve_hewitt.
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Memories of Chaney-Calipari feud live on 20 years later By stepheN hewitt
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he story of the historic coaching feud between John Calipari and John Chaney – one of the most talked about in college basketball history – starts well before their famous confrontation in the Mullins Center press room 20 years ago on this date. It started before Chaney’s Temple teams set a standard for dominance that seemingly couldn’t be matched or topped. Before Calipari’s UMass squads, unfazed by the challenge, matched and then topped it. Even before the Owls and Minutemen regularly battled in one instant classic after another and morphed into not only the Atlantic 10’s, but the country’s fiercest rivalry. It starts in Philadelphia, where a young UMass assistant coach by the name of Bruiser Flint constantly traded barbs with Temple assistant Dean Demopoulos on Philly’s summer league circuit, the two exchanging back-and-forths whenever they ran into each other. The
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Former UMass coach John Calipari on the sideline during the 1994 season. fiery assistants – one with the team that had already staked its claim as a national powerhouse versus the other with the team just beginning to search for its identity – were setting the table for what was to come between their bosses. “Dean always had something to say,” said Flint, who is now the head coach at Drexel. “We would go at it a little bit with trash talk. So I think in a way that started it a little bit.” It started before Lou Roe, who would become one of UMass’ all-time greats, even
put on the Maroon and White for the first time, when the power forward from Atlantic City, N.J. developed his own mini-rivalry growing up and playing with guys like Aaron McKie, a shooting guard from Philadelphia who went on to play for Temple. “Any of those guys from the Philadelphia area that went to those schools, they were like my brothers,” Roe said. “I saw them all the time. It was always a special matchup playing those guys, because I didn’t want to hear their
After playing, Flint sat down to watch the OwlsColonials game, and witnessed Chaney attack and grab the throat of GW coach Gerry Gimelstob. It wasn’t the first time – Chaney actually tried choking former Stanford coach Tom Davis in 1982 – nor would it be the last. The 1994 episode wasn’t even the first time he went after Calipari. In February 1990, Temple beat UMass 83-82 in triple overtime at Curry Hicks Cage, ARAM COMJEAN/COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO but it was what happened late Former Temple coach John Chaney sits on the bench during the ‘94 season. in regulation that grabbed headlines. Chaney was meets*** during the summertime. over the years that few real- ing with officials about a shot “So for me, it was big to ize it wasn’t the first time the clock error that negated the beat them so I could walk former Temple coach, who Owls a basket, and Calipari around with my shoulders retired in 2006, had gone after tried stepping in to be part of pumped out and feeling good an opposing coach. the discussion. Chaney then Flint was a player at Saint shoved Calipari and the two during the summer.” Little did they know that Joseph’s in 1984 when he had to be separated by their they were laying the founda- recalled the first time seeing assistants. tion, putting the puzzle pieces Chaney lose his cool. In those “You’re talking about two together for something that days, it was common for col- fiery guys,” Flint said. “And blew up bigger than they ever lege basketball double-head- with Coach Chaney, it wasn’t ers to take place at the Palestra his first could have imagined. in Philadelphia, and on Jan. time going after somebody. … The build-up 14, the historic arena hosted “He was known for doing Chaney’s famous charge games between St. Joe’s and that kind of stuff from time to at Calipari in February 1994 Penn followed by Temple and has received so much play George Washington. see FEUD on page 7
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UM visits UML for crucial HEA game By Nick caNelas Collegian Staff
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Chaz Williams brings the ball up the court during the Minutemen’s 91-80 loss to GMU on Wednesday night.
UMass falls to last-place George Mason By Mark chiarelli Collegian Staff
The Massachusetts men’s basketball team was stuck. It was stuck behind a seemingly insurmountable second-half lead by George Mason. It was stuck in neutral on defense, following every attempt to cut into the deficit with a defensive miscue or rebounding error. And eventually, UMass was stuck on the wrong side of a 91-80 loss to the worst team in the Atlantic 10 Conference. “I didn’t think that was one of our better games of the season, to say the least,” UMass coach Derek Kellogg said flatly after the game. Oh, the Minutemen (19-5, 6-4 A-10) had their chances, and the 5,233 fans in attendance at Mullins Center knew it too. The building
surged with energy in the second half as UMass whittled away at a Patriots lead, which ballooned to as high as 17 with 16 minutes, 54 seconds left in the game. The Minutemen were following a familiar script in which they’ve had slow starts that give way to frenetic comebacks in a matter of moments. Which is why, when a Trey Davis jumper brought UMass to 82-75 with 1 minute, 23 seconds remaining, a sense of deja vu arose. Just 28 days ago, the Minutemen erased a five-point deficit in 41 seconds to eek out an 88-87 victory over this very same George Mason (9-15, 2-8 A-10) squad. But UMass finally dug a hole it could not pull itself out of. There were mistakes. The Minutemen missed 11 free throws on a 19-of30 shooting night from
the charity stripe. They allowed 15 offensive rebounds and sent the Patriots to the free-throw line 29 times. UMass took 25 3-point attempts and made just seven of them. And then there was George Mason guard Sherrod Wright. He led all scorers with 22 points, 13 of which he scored in the second half. When Patriots coach Paul Hewitt was asked about the difference in the second half, he immediately pointed to Wright who was sitting next to him. “He took the game over,” Hewitt said. “They made a run at us and he took the game over. We didn’t call any plays or anything like that, he just made plays.” UMass attempted to make its patented secondhalf run, but struggled to cut the deficit below 11 points. When Cady Lalanne
cut the lead to 67-56 with 7:44 to go, there was a flash of life. But Wright followed with a jumper of his own. And when Lalanne answered with a layup, Wright was waiting yet again—this time burying a 3-pointer to make the score 72-58. It was that type of second half, with George Mason answering every haymaker the Minutemen had to offer. “Every time it seemed like we pressed and got them to take a quick shot, it was in,” Kellogg said. “They made 7-for-13 3’s, they only had 11 turnovers and we were the team spread out and running around. They counterpunched a lot of things we did tonight, they really did.” The Minutemen didn’t see
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The last time the Massachusetts hockey team defeated UMass Lowell, Carl Crawford was a newly acquired Red Sox outfielder, Miley Cyrus had long, brown hair and Paul Dainton was the UMass starting goaltender. The Minutemen haven’t beaten the River Hawks since Jan. 15, 2011, when the current seniors were freshmen. Since then, both teams have undergone a number of changes, most notably in terms of head coach, but only UML has seen immediate results. Since Norm Bazin took over as head coach before the 2011-12 season, the River Hawks have won a Hockey East championship, made two NCAA Tournament appearances and a trip to the Frozen Four. That success also includes an 8-0 record versus UMass. “The last three years, they’ve been a power not only in our league but in the country, and they’ve proven that,” senior cocaptain Conor Sheary said. “They’ve become a strong and deep team and it’s a hard battle every night we play them.” The Minutemen (8-174, 4-9-3 Hockey East) hope to end that drought when the two teams square off for the final time this season on Friday night at the Tsongas Center. No. 7 UML (19-7-3, 9-42) won Saturday’s matchup at Mullins Center 5-3 after jumping out to a 4-0 lead in the game’s first 23 minutes. River Hawks’ Ryan McGrath and Michael Fallon each contributed a goal and an assist, Joseph Pendenza and A.J. White each had a pair of helpers, and Connor Hellebuyck made 34 saves for his 11th win of the season. Junior goaltender Steve Mastalerz, who is winless in his career against the
River Hawks, was pulled from the ice after UML’s fourth goal. Now he and the rest of the Minutemen are looking to capitalize on another chance to finally beat the River Hawks. “Everyone knows. We’re all aware of it,” Mastalerz said of UMass’ struggles against UML. “But at the same time, it’s a new game. It’s a fresh start every time we get to play them, so going into Friday, anything can happen. “My chances are running down trying to beat them,” he added. “I’ve only got three or four more times to beat them, so I want this to be one of the times I get back at them.” Mastalerz also said it will be important for the Minutemen to get off to a fast start, because the River Hawks have proven to be a good first-period team. “If they get a lead early, it’s tough to come back on them,” he said. “They have a good understanding of what they can do to win games. That’s definitely tough to play against.” Of all nine matchups with UML, Friday’s may prove to be the most important for the Minutemen. UMass is tied with Norte Dame for eighth place in the Hockey East standings, but the Irish hold the tiebreaker due to an extra conference win, and also have a game in hand heading into their weekend series at Providence. UMass coach John Micheletto, who believes his team has played better with each meeting with the River Hawks since he’s taken over behind the Minutemen bench, is still holding out hope for a run at a first-round playoff bye. Realistically, he’d like to at least clinch a one-game playoff at Mullins Center. Micheletto says that he has been following the league standings since the beginning of the season. see
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