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Students protest police response to Blarney

By AvivA LuttreLL, KAtrinA BorofsKi, CAtherine ferris And stephen seLLner Collegian Staff

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Students rallied in front of the Student Union and marched to Whitmore in protest of the police response to the 2014 “Blarney Blowout” celebration on Tuesday afternoon.

A group of more than 100 University of Massachusetts students rallied in front of the Student Union Tuesday afternoon in protest of what they see as excessive police force used during the “Blarney Blowout.”

Students speakers, among them Student Government Association President Zac Broughton, outlined several demands of the Amherst Police Department and the University, and passed around a petition before marching to the Whitmore Administration Building to call for a public meeting with Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy and Vice Chancellor John Kennedy.

“All of the videos that I saw showed police shooting into third story windows with rubber bullets, dispersing crowds, tear gassing people in the face, using what seemed like unnecessary force,” said Andrew Clinton, a senior political science and history major protesting at the event.

“I think that police should have focused on deescalating and managing the conflict instead of trying to forcibly disperse the crowds, which only sort of escalated the situation, broke down trust between the students and the police and also created lots of animosity,” Clinton added.

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University creates UMass, WMUA celebrate Athlete Ally chapter Frances Crowe’s birthday Students look to make it an RSO

By CAtherine ferris Collegian Staff

For athletics, a sense of support, balance and friendship are different aspects that make up a functioning and unified team. These pieces are important for any athlete, including gay athletes, and to aid this, the University of Massachusetts has recently created a chapter of Athlete Ally on campus.

Athlete Ally is a nonprofit organization that is focused on ending anti-LGBTQ bias in sports. They recruit ambassadors in youth, collegiate, professional and international sports to spread awareness, and work to foster “allyship” in their athletic environments. It is a partner with the MLB, the NFL and the NBA, with professional and international

athletes speaking out to support respect and inclusion on sports teams.

Allies include competitive and recreational athletes as well as coaches, parents, teachers, fans and other advocates around the world.

On a college campus, the Athlete Ally Campus Ambassador program gets student athletes from all over the world to challenge homophobia in sports.

According to statistics from Athlete Ally, “approximately 85 percent of youth hear the term ‘gay’ used as a slur on a regular basis, LGBT teens are five times more likely than their straight peers to attempt suicide and LGBT teens make up over 40 percent of the homeless youth across the country.”

UMass Athletics officially sponsors the Athlete Ally on campus, which is student run. Hillary Montague-Asp, a graduate assistant director of the group said one of

her main goals is to create a safe space for queer athletes and create a space for education for athletes and those on sports teams.

Her co-director of Athlete Ally, Monica Rochon said, “If anything it’s important to note that this group isn’t just to include LGBTQ student athletes but it’s for them. My hope in the future is that queer students of color feel comfortable joining and are the ones who sustain this group because their perspective across race, gender and sexuality will then be brought to the forefront of the conversation.”

Because Sunday night was only the second meeting for the group, there were only five people present at the meeting, who found out about the meeting because of Facebook and word of mouth.

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By MArLeigh feLsenstein Collegian Staff

Frances Crowe, a peace activist from the Pioneer Valley, celebrated her 95th birthday on the University of Massachusetts campus on Tuesday night in an event hosted by WMUA and the UMass Journalism Department.

The evening began with Kyle Sullivan, the programming director of the radio station WMUA 91.1 FM, talking about the different speakers and what they have done to impact society. He said that these people, who are Amy Goodman of “Democracy Now,” Mike Burke, a UMass journalism alumnus and Frances Crowe, a peace activist, are “grassroots activists.”

An original song about Crowe was played called “Peaceful Woman Fighting Hard.” Sullivan said that “an activist’s work is never done,” and that the success of protesting is “due in part to people like Frances.”

“Protesting is an act of love,” Sullivan said.

Crowe was born in Missouri where she said that, “life was very simple, very easy.” She attended Syracuse University and graduated in 1941 after spending her first two years at Stephens College.

Goodman interviewed Crowe about her life and her work. Crowe was born in Missouri where she said that, “life was very simple, very easy.” She attended Syracuse University and graduated in 1941 after spending her first two years at Stephens College.

She made the switch because Syracuse had a good psychology program that she wanted to attend. She later received a degree from Columbia University.

Crowe said that she “became a war activist overnight,” which stemmed mostly from the events of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.

Crowe’s first arrested occurred in 1973 on International Women’s Day. When asked if she was afraid

to get arrested, Crowe said: “I don’t think I’ve ever been nervous about getting arrested.”

She believes that “nuclear power is used to sell the idea of nuclear weapons” and she is not in support of that at all.

She has also had many runins with Vermont Yankee.

Crowe listened to “Democracy Now” before she was a part of it, and she was determined to get on the radio so she set up her own pirated radio station. She eventually succeeded in getting her own branch of “Democracy Now” on the radio in Northampton and on WMUA. She also formed the Northampton Chapter of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and she see

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Acclaimed black female artists visit UMass Morrison, Reagon and Sanchez hold discussion

was still fitting for March, which is Women’s History Month.

The event was held at Mullins Center and was presented by the W.E.B. Du Bois Afro-American

By JuLiA MCLAughLin Studies Department. It was also Collegian Correspondent sponsored by several organiToni Morrison, Bernice Johnson zations including the College Reagon and Sonia Sanchez came to of Humanities and Fine Arts, the University of Massachusetts the Center for Multicultural on Monday evening to discuss the Advancement and Student Success, black female artist and her role in Student Activities and Involvement and the Black Student Union. the 21st century.

Morrison, the author of 10 This event was initially scheduled for February in recognition of novels, has won multiple awards Black History Month, but was post- including the Nobel Prize for litponed due to weather conditions. erature, the Pulitzer Prize and the However, the artists’ conversation National Book Award for her novel

“Beloved.” Most recently, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Reagon is a singer, composer, scholar, social activist and founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock, an all-female, African American a cappella group.

Sanchez, a poet, playwright, professor and activist, is a major leader in the Black Arts and Black Studies movements. She is the author of 17 books of poetry and short stories and taught at Amherst College from 1972-75, where she helped establish the major in Black Studies.

The Voices of New Africa began the event by singing spiri-

tual pieces, including “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is considered The Black National Anthem.

Afterwards, the New Africa House Ensemble performed, followed

by UMass Professor Emeritus Frederick Tillis on the saxophone.

Sanchez served as the mediator during the conversation, posing questions to both Morrison and Reagon. She introduced the two women to the crowd, commending them for their achievements in the arts, and then delved into the talk by asking Reagon to comment on her role as a musical artist.

Reagon began to sing to the audience, “We who believe in free-

dom cannot rest.” She then began to explain that despite a world filled with “racism, homophobia and greed,” she has found solace in the music she creates. The words she sang spoke of triumph; “Over my head, I see freedom in the air.”

After these songs, Reagon reflected on the march that she led in 1961 in Albany, GA. It was her first march as a part of the Albany Movement, a desegregation coalition led by local activists. During it, she said she sang the same spiritual words in fight for a better future. see

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THE RUNDOWN ON THIS DAY...

In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt adressed the nation for the first time as president of the United States. This was the first of his “fireside chats,” which he continued throughout his presidency.

AROUND THE WORLD

Asia BEIJING — The passengers traveling on stolen passports on the vanished Malaysia Airlines flight 370 were Iranians who authorities believe were trying to migrate to Europe.

Malaysian Police Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar on Tuesday told reporters that one of the men was Pouria Nour Mohammed Mehrdad, a 19-year-old, whose mother was waiting for him in Frankfurt. She contacted authorities after the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing was reported missing.”

“We believe he does not have any links to terrorism and we believe he was just trying to migrate to Germany,” Abu Bakar said at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.

Interpol identified the second man as 29-year-old Delavar Seyed Mohammad Reza. Although the two appeared to be friends and boarded the plane together, Reza’s ticket showed him flying to Copenhagen.

Despite an expanded search from the South China Sea to the Andaman Sea, no trace has yet been found four days on from the flight.

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Ukraine MOSCOW — Ukraine is on the verge of civil war, warned ousted President Viktor Yanukovich, who re-emerged in the Russian southern city of Rostov-on-the-Don to make a statement more than a week after his first news conference in Russia.

His statement came as Moscow reportedly reinforced its forces in the Ukrainian region of Crimea and held new military exercises. In Crimea, the regional parliament declared independence ahead of a referendum planned for Sunday, when the peninsula’s voters are to decide whether they want to join Russia.

“They want to put the (Ukrainian) army under a flag of (nationalism) and unleash a civil war,” Yanukovich said of the interim government of Ukraine that took power after he fled Kiev, the capital, late last month.

“I remain the only legitimate president of Ukraine, as I also remain the commander in chief” of its armed forces, he said. “I am alive, I have not been impeached in the order provided for by the constitution.”

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Health care enrollments reach 4.2 million

By Tony Pugh McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — More than 4.2 million people have signed up for coverage on the nation’s health insurance marketplaces through February, but low participation from young adults and early technical problems with the website have jeopardized the government’s goal of enrolling 6 million people by March 31.

In the five-month period from October through February, 2.6 million Americans bought coverage through the federal HealthCare.gov website, while 1.6 million signed up through state-run insurance exchanges.

Experts had predicted that enrollments would increase as the six-month enrollment period neared its conclusion. But total monthly signups fell from more than 1.1 million in January to 942,000 in February.

And the proportion of

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young adults ages 18 to 34 who bought coverage remained at 27 percent in January and February, far from the 35 percent to 40 percent level that experts suggest is needed to keep premium costs in check next year.

This group of younger, typically healthy plan members is cheaper to insure and would offset the coverage costs for older plan members who are generally sicker and more costly to cover.

About 4.7 million people would have to have been enrolled in coverage in February in order to reach 6 million new enrollees by March 31, according to a new analysis by Avalere Health, a Washington consulting firm.

With just 4.2 million signups, that 500,000-customer shortfall will be tough to overcome in just one month - even with a national enrollment drive that’s currently underway.

“Right now, I think it’s a

stretch to reach 6 million, but it’s not impossible,” said Caroline Pearson, Avalere vice president. “The real challenge is that so many of the folks who enrolled in 2013 had previous coverage or high health care needs, so they were motivated to enroll. They were engaged with the health care system.

Reaching young uninsured people is a lot harder. And I think that’s what we’re seeing. So it’s going to take some time.”

In a telephone press briefing, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services wouldn’t discuss their chances of hitting the 6 million mark, saying only that they expected “millions” more people to enroll by the end of March.

Nancy Delew, an HHS acting deputy assistant secretary, said last month’s enrollment slowdown was because of the shorter reporting period of just 28 days in February compared with 31 in January.

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turned into a really dangerous and chaotic situation,” said UMass student Katie Connell, megaphone in hand, to the crowd in front of the Student Union. She added that the administration must rethink how they handle these types of situations, and students should be involved in the decision.

Preston Davis, secretary of diversity for the SGA, said that although he does not condone violence on the part of students, the police action at the event was unwarranted and unnecessary. He said that students were not given enough time to disperse before police began using pepper spray and the event became dangerous.

“Nobody comes out in these situations on top,” he said. “We don’t condone violence on either side.”

Broughton, who also spoke to the crowd, outlined three demands he called “non-negotiable.”

These include a formal and direct apology from the APD, an immediate investigation into the actions of its officers and for the town of Amherst to sit down with student leaders to come up with solutions for the future.

“With “Blarney Blowout,” it’s something that happens every year, but it seems like the only thing anyone in the town or Amherst Police is interested in is blaming students and telling UMass students to stay on campus and get away from it all,” Broughton told the Collegian before the rally.

“To handle it different, we need to all sit down and figure out a community-wide solution with everybody, rather than just blaming everybody,” he said, adding, “I think we need to start talking about the story that isn’t being told, that students were treated like animals by police officers and that it’s unacceptable just because they’re students. They’re adults, they’re members of this community – they’re supposed to be protected by those police officers and they were not.”

SGA Senator Charlotte Kelly, who spoke last, said, “Events like this can be prevented … if and when we are involved in the conversation.” She added that the administration should be protecting UMass students in the media, not disgracing them.

Several students walked

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Protesters march to Whitmore to demand a meeting with the Chancellor.

Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was encouraged that young adults accounted for onethird of February enrollments. And even though more than a million young adults have enrolled so far, she said past enrollment patterns show “that young adults tend to sign up later in the process.”

“We expect that as Americans continue to learn just how affordable coverage can be, they’ll use the next three weeks to get signed up and get covered,” Sebelius said.

Unlike other Affordable Care Act timetables and deadlines that the Obama administration has extended, HHS doesn’t have the statutory authority to extend the March 31 enrollment deadline, officials said.

Government officials were still unable to say how many people signing up for coverage were previously uninsured. Nor do they have reliable numbers on how

around the crowd asking for signatures on a petition calling for the University, police and students to work together to create safe and organized spaces for students to celebrate in a peaceful manner.

Following the rally, protesters marched to Whitmore shouting chants such as, “Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Police brutality’s got to go!” and “We will never be defeated, the students, united.”

Students gathered on the ramp in front of the entrance for 15 minutes before shifting to the door closest to the stairwell leading up to the Chancellor’s office, continuing to chant the entire time.

At approximately 1:11 p.m., Associate Chancellor Susan Pearson and Senior Associate Dean of Students David Vaillancourt came out of the building. Jenna Grady, a leader of the protest, informed the crowd that Subbaswamy and Kennedy were out of town. This announcement was met with boos.

Grady outlined the students’ demands to Pearson and then a delegation of six people, including Grady, met in Pearson’s office to schedule a meeting with the Chancellor.

After 10-15 minutes, Grady returned and announced that the meeting will be either March, 26, 27 or April 1 in a public space. She said that if it does not happen within two weeks of spring break, students are “ready to escalate” with more demonstrations.

Aviva Luttrell can be reached at aluttrel@umass.edu. Katrina Borofski can be reached at kborofski@umass.edu.

Catherine Ferris can be reached at caferris@umass.edu. Stephen Sellner can be reached at ssellner@umass. edu.

MIAMI — Cuba violated the U.N. arms embargo on North Korea, refused to identify the Cuban entities involved in the violation and clearly intended that at least some of the weapons intercepted in Panama would be sold to the Asian country, said a United Nations report made public Tuesday.

Some of the “obsolete” Cuban weapons were still in their packing crates or had been calibrated just before they were put aboard the North Korean freighter Chong Chon Gang last summer, according to the report, and Cuban insignias on two MiG21s had been painted over.

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Associate Chancellor Susan Pearson is escorted by students outside of the Whitmore Administration Building to speak to protesters about the police response of the “Blarney Blowout.”

many new enrollees actually have made payments on their new coverage. But a recent survey by the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. found that 75 percent of new enrollees had made their first payment, while the uninsured made up 27 percent of new enrollees.

Avalere’s Pearson said that reaching 6 million enrollees is an “arbitrary” figure that won’t really impact the cost of coverage. More important is the health status of those who enroll. Most plans set their 2014 rates assuming their enrollees would be older and sicker, Pearson said.

That’s why increasing the share of healthy young enrollees is important to ensure that rates remain affordable in 2015.

“That’s the million-dollar question,” Pearson said.

“Do premiums go up next year based on health status? Until we get a better sense of how these people actually use health services, it’s hard to know.”

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team, brought up the benefits of the group becoming a Residential Student Organization, but also mentioned some of the difficulties.

He noted that in order for the organization to become an official RSO, there would be several steps to go through, including a minimum of 10 members and a constitution for the club. Andrade said having Athlete Ally becoming an RSO would be a good thing because they “have a community here.”

Some of the difficulties that were mentioned included making sure Athlete Ally would continue running after the original members graduated and funding. However, if Athlete Ally becomes an official RSO, it could present at the activities expo and receive funding from SGA. The meeting also had the athletes share different stories about why being an athlete is important to them, their experiences as an LGBTQ student athlete, where they got their support from and why allyship is important.

Nate Abraham, a junior who runs track and field, said “being an athlete has taught me hard work,” while also being a stress reliever. He talked about having teammates and friends who were supportive and that “people will say things, but you have to push it back.”

Peter Farlow, another junior who runs track and field, said his challenges were “relatively small,” but remembered that people would categorize different actions into different boxes in terms of labeling a person as gay or straight.

Farlow also noticed that language is one of the big-

gest obstacles, and has heard several terms simply being thrown around.

Andrade loved the sense of community, but never felt totally accepted, and is trying to change that feeling with Athlete Ally.

For Maggie Curran, a sophomore on the rowing team, being an athlete “centers (her) life,” and is an outlet for stress and is a source of pride. Her experience at UMass as an LGBTQ student has been positive because of how many more opportunities there are here than at her high school.

Her teammate, Molly McCabe, a freshman, said the reason for her support of an allyship is because “everybody deserves to feel like a full human being.”

UMass football player, Ed Saint-Vil a red-shirt junior, talked about his team and its connection the Athlete Ally.

“As of now, many of my teammates are not judgmental toward individuals and their sexual orientation,” he said.

Saint-Vil said his coach respects the athletes for who they are, regardless of their sexual orientation.

“I am glad that our campus is taking greater steps toward building tolerance and ending homophobia.”

Saint-Vil said. “I hope that all individuals and athletes can feel safe being themselves and will not have to worry about their safety and acceptance if they choose to let people know about their sexual orientation.”

The third meeting for Athlete Ally will be held on Sunday, March 23 at 7 p.m. in Elm 210.

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

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Long-simmering dispute escalates

By Ken Dilanian Tribune Washington Bureau

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Toni Morrison, Sonia Sanchez and Bernice Johnson Reagon discuss the black female artist Monday evening.

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she said that she aims for what Reagon does all of the time – creating an artistic connection.

“You try to give the sound of a simple word, the ramifications, the echo, the frame, the inside, the outside – It’s not just typing – there is a music in it,” she said.

When asked who she writes for, Morrison emphasized the complexity of literature and described how she first encounters a situation and then must find out who is in it. She said that she begins to step inside of it and carefully select what to record.

Morrison continued by describing the role of language in the arts world today, its meaning and how a situation in a text can completely capture the attention of one person.

“The language has to be

theirs … it has to be for the readers,” she said.

Toward the end of the talk, Sanchez thanked the women and the audience for participating in the conversation. She then asked the two women what their legacies are, and Morrison responded by saying that she has only taken an individual approach, and noted that she hopes to be remembered as a trustworthy and generous person.

Reagon then reflected on her “business” as a scholar, a historian, a singer and a writer, all of which comprise her identity.

She then said, “The legacy part, for me, will be what people make of it. I don’t worry about it.”

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also headed the chapter of the American Friends Service Committee.

“Change is the mass movement,” said Crowe.

Burke, who is a 1997 UMass graduate who was once an Arts and Editorial Editor at the Massachusetts Daily Collegian and had his own show “Sound is Now” on WMUA during his time as a student, now works for “Democracy Now” as a producer and an editor. He has also worked for the “Greenfield Recorder” and the “Springfield Union News.”

He was interviewed by the two current news producers of WMUA, UMass senior John O’Neil and junior Despina Durand. Burke said that the “Collegian was an

incredible experience.” He was first interested in journalism because of his interest in music, and it all started with an essay about how much he did not enjoy the band Pearl Jam. He says that he is a “generalist” in the sense that he does not have one thing that he is interested in, he covers a broad spectrum of topics. He was asked about grassroots journalism, and says that the main focuses of it are the “distribution method and the focus of the show.”

Amy Goodman, a journalist who has hosted Democracy Now since 1996, has written five books, including her latest one, titled “The Silenced Majority,” which is about uprisings, occupations and hope. Goodman is the recipient of many awards, includ-

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Throughout the talk, Reagon described her childhood experiences of singing in church and school.

“I grew up in a church were there were no rehearsal. Someone started the song and someone joined in,” she said.

Reagon also asked the audience to join in with her and sing along several times throughout the conversation.

When asked about singing and what it meant to her, Reagon simply stated that music involves trusting and believing in other people, knowing when to begin and when to end.

“It is the thing that makes the most sense in my life,” she said.

For Morrison, literature is what makes the most sense. When describing the writing process, however,

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ing the Gandhi Peace Award in 2012.

She discussed the importance of bringing the media forward and making it more independent. She consistently stressed the idea of independent media and talked about how it would change media for the better. She wanted the audience to visualize how different everything would be if just for a week, there was a picture of a dead baby on the front page of a newspaper, and if the article below the picture discussed how that baby had died, who their family had been and how much that would change everything.

Marleigh Felsenstein can be reached at mfelsenstein@umass.edu.

WASHINGTON — A long-simmering dispute between the CIA and its Senate overseers erupted into public view Tuesday when the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee accused the agency of possible crimes and of attempting to intimidate committee staffers investigating the CIA’s former use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the committee chairwoman, said the CIA secretly searched computers used by Senate staffers and may have violated constitutional provisions on separation of powers and unreasonable searches, a federal law on computer fraud and abuse, and a presidential order that prohibits the CIA from domestic searches and surveillance.

“I am not taking it lightly,” the normally strong advocate for U.S. intelligence agencies warned on the Senate floor.

Several hours later, CIA Director John Brennan denied that the CIA had spied on the Senate oversight committee or had hacked its computers.

“Nothing could be further from the truth,” Brennan said in a previously scheduled event at the Council on Foreign Relations. “We wouldn’t do that. That’s just beyond the scope of reason.”

Brennan did not deny that the agency had audited activity logs of classified computers that Senate investigators used at a secure CIA facility to review 6.2 million pages of CIA operational cables, internal emails, memos and other documents relating to the agency’s now-closed detention and interrogation program.

The CIA data search in January sought to determine how the Senate staffers had obtained and copied a sensitive internal document in 2010 that the CIA insists the staffers were not entitled to see.

The CIA has referred its own conduct and that of the Senate staffers to the Justice Department for possible criminal investigation, officials said. It’s

unclear whether Justice Department lawyers have begun a review.

“Appropriate authorities right now ... are looking at what CIA officers as well as (Senate) staff members did,” Brennan said.

Feinstein said she has sought an apology and an official acknowledgment that the CIA search of Senate computers was inappropriate. “I have received neither,” she said.

She called the dispute a “defining moment” for congressional oversight of intelligence agencies, which already are under intense criticism for former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden’s leaks about domestic and foreign surveillance systems.

The exchanges widened a rift between the CIA and the Senate committee, which was created in the 1970s in the aftermath of widespread abuses by America’s spy services.

Democrats rushed to support Feinstein, while most Republicans on the committee remained mute, with some saying privately that the case was more complicated than Feinstein portrayed it.

Two defense hawks, Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and John McCain, R-Ariz., slammed the CIA, however. “If true, this is Richard Nixon stuff,” Graham said, suggesting those responsible should be fired.

The clash put the White House in an awkward position, caught between an agency that reports to the president and a powerful veteran Democrat. White House spokesman Jay Carney said he could not comment on Feinstein’s charges because the Justice Department is considering the case.

If evidence of improper action is found, the White House “would support getting to the bottom of it,” he said. “The president has great confidence in John Brennan and confidence in our intelligence community and in our professionals at the CIA.” The dispute emerged from the committee’s investigation of the CIA’s use of mock drowning, sleep deprivation and other socalled enhanced techniques after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. After a five-year review, the committee approved a 6,300-

page report in December 2012, but it has not been declassified for release.

According to officials who have read the report, it concludes that the techniques produced little useful intelligence and were far more brutal than agency officials acknowledge. The CIA and some Republicans on the committee don’t agree.

Feinstein said Tuesday that the report contains “the horrible details of a CIA program that never, never, never should have existed.”

During the investigation, Feinstein said, Senate staffers using a CIA-issued data search tool had discovered drafts of an internal review, originally commissioned by then-CIA Director Leon E. Panetta, that acknowledged “significant CIA wrongdoing” and corroborated critical parts of the committee report rather than the CIA’s formal response.

She said staffers don’t know whether the Panetta documents were “provided intentionally by the CIA, unintentionally by the CIA or intentionally by a whistle-blower.”

Staffers printed copies of the drafts and took them to the Senate committee’s secure area in the Hart Senate Office Building.

That was legal and wise, Feinstein said. She noted that in 2005 senior CIA officers had destroyed videotapes of the waterboarding and other harsh interrogations over the objections of the Bush White House and the director of national intelligence. In 2010, she said, the CIA had repeatedly removed documents that committee investigators sought to examine.

“There was a need to preserve and protect” the Panetta review documents, she said.

She said the staffers had the appropriate security clearances, had handled the classified material properly and were provided access to the documents by the CIA itself.

The CIA viewed the removal as a security breach, insisting that the investigators had agreed not to take copies from the CIA facility. Republican committee aides, speaking on condition of anonymity, say staffers need to honor such agreements to maintain access to sensitive CIA documents.

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Tensions between US and Russia rise

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To the Editor: Back when the Occupy movement was gaining ground, a University of California Davis police officer pepper sprayed a group of nonviolent student protesters. The incident resulted in media and alumni backlash, and it also made meme history. The pepperspraying cop was cut and pasted onto famous pieces of art such as Archibald Willard’s “The Spirit of ‘76” and Salvador Dali’s “The

Persistence of Memory.”

At the other day’s Blarney Blowout fiasco, town and University police officers sported riot gear and fired nonlethal pellets into the crowd. I believe that a YouTube video titled “inthefaceumass” resembles the incident of abuse at UC Davis. In it, a police officer approaches and immediately releases a can of pepper spray onto a student. Prior to his being sprayed in the face at point blank, the unnamed stu-

dent faces the officer with open arms and nonviolent body language.

The officer faces the student and then raises his hand to the viewer’s right before spraying. Such a graceful pose could render Géricault’s “Raft of the Medusa” with newer, more profound meaning. Perhaps Delacroix’s famous “Liberty Leading the People” could welcome the addition of a University police officer. I, for one, would enjoy contemplating

the officer leading a group of farmers at the dawn of the French Revolution.

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The situation in Ukraine has stirred the tensions between Washington D.C. and Moscow like a flash-

ing cop can be featured in a new meme that rivals that of UC Davis. I encourage a

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talented, young University of Massachusetts student

back to the ’60s. Okay, not that intense. While the United States and Russia are not nearly as diametrically opposed as during the Cold War, relations between the two countries have been strained in recent years.

Syria and Iran, noncompliance with arms treaties, Edward Snowden’s asylum and now Ukraine, have pitted the United States and Russia against each other despite efforts to improve relations between the nations.

When President Barack Obama took office in 2009, relations between the United States and Russia were at their lowest point since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. President Obama began his first term with the goal of improving U.S.-Russian relations and agreements with thenpresident of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, were looking promising. Some highlights were when the two leaders signed the new START treaty aimed at reducing nuclear stockpiles, worked together toward addressing Iran’s nuclear program and collaborated to address the global financial crisis.

The warming relationship took a turn for the worst after the start of the Arab Spring and the return of Vladimir Putin to the Russian presidency. As revolutionary movements spread across the Middle East, the United States and Russia found their interests to be on opposing sides of the revolutions. In regards to Libya, Russia abstained from voting on military intervention, and later condemned the air strike campaign. After witnessing the intervention in Libya, Russia has refused to agree to any UN military intervention in Syria and has been supporting the Assad regime with both weapons and financing. Situations in the Middle East often place the United States and Russia at odds because of their differing alliances.

Russia’s allies are often America’s enemies.

Russia’s opposition to United States’ requests regarding Syria, Iran and now Ukraine, displays its confidence that ignoring these requests will not substantially harm its interests. International affairs is not the only area where Russia has disregarded demands from the United States. Russia has also violated a medium-range missile treaty and refused to Jason Roche is a Collegian columextradite Edward Snowden. nist and can be reached at jwroche@ Russia no longer fears umass.edu.

to take up my challenge.

Sincerely, Brandon Sides University of Massachusetts ‘16

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A final warning about Blarney Blowout I would like to thank Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life and Dean of Students

Adam Terry Enku Gelaye for being so kind as to send me an email last week to remind me of the highlight of the weekend’s events – Blarney Blowout.

This year’s event was particularly spectacular, with hordes of green clad students beginning their march as early as 8 a.m. in some places in town (the bars opened at their earliest legal time – 11:30 a.m.) By noon, dispersal orders, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness charges had been handed out like candy among the crowds as our local Amherst Police Department (APD) struggled to contain the mess. All in all, the collective drinking binge lasted for approximately 20 hours. And it was possibly the worst we’ve ever seen.

Each year, Blarney Blowout makes an enormous spectacle of why the University of Massachusetts is known as the “Zoo,” and each year the administration attempts to fight back. This year, its tactic was to email the entire student body a warning of the potential consequences of participating in the Blowout – increased police presence, ramifications under the student code of conduct and warnings of parental notifications.

At face value, this is an email sent with the good intention of curbing rowdiness with a warning – in practice, this allows the University to maintain to the public that they are fighting the problem, which is necessary because of the way that public opinion can turn on an organization that fails to act.

But while the University has managed to protect its own image by publicly denouncing the event, they

may have been the very cause of this year’s particularly bad Blarney Blowout.

By emailing the student body, the University simultaneously reminded every student about the event.

And by making it sound so grave, they imbued the students with the idea that this would be an event of epic proportions, incensing student participation rather than thwarting it. This

bus services near Puffton to control the crowd. What The Collegian did not report was the additional use of tear gas and rubber bullet rounds fired to contain the crowd.

These are intense measures used by police forces in cases of extreme crowd violence, and they are being used on students guilty of what could otherwise be labeled as an “uproar.” In

“Whenever the University decides to predict what the students will do, they generate a self-fulfilling prophecy: bad behavior is incited by the expectation of bad behavior.” year’s blowout was so big that several major news outlets reported on it, as well as social-media targeted news sources like BuzzFeed.

The concept of reverse psychology has been popularized enough by media to be universally known – if you advocate against a certain behavior, you can expect that behavior to be observed.

For all of the grandeur of our psychology department, the administration seems to be failing in taking lessons from their past mistakes.

When the Patriots were in the Super Bowl, we received an email asking us to enjoy the game responsibly. Ten minutes after, the student body was abuzz with chatter over the possibility of a post-game riot, which then happened. Whenever the University decides to predict what the students will do, they generate a self-fulfilling prophecy – bad behavior is incited by the expectation of bad behavior.

So after the administration incites massive disturbances of the peace, the police are left to clean up the mess. The Massachusetts Daily Collegian reported use of pepper spray, dispersal orders and shutdown

the West, suggests Ben Judah of Politico. He writes, “Russia sees an America vulnerable: in Afghanistan, in Syria and on Iran – a United States that desperately needs Russian support to continue shipping its supplies, host any peace conference or enforce its sanctions.”

Putin has made it a clear goal to restore the power of the Soviet Union and to prevent Western gains in postSoviet spaces. Part of this vision involves the expansion of Russia’s military.

Russia Today reports that “Russia’s defense expenditure has more than doubled since 2007, and will be triple by 2016.” Russia has surpassed the United Kingdom as the third largest military spender in the world, and it is a clear sign of Russia’s attempts to project its strength.

In addition to increasing its military, Russia is also looking to expand its borders and not just in Ukraine.

Russia has also made moves to claim the North Pole and has responded to competing Canadian claims by increasing Russia’s military presence in the region. This is in line with a series of Russian expansions including ushering Transnistria under Russian influence in the 1990s and Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2008.

Each time Russia sends in its troops to claim new territory, the United States stands in opposition and issues warnings, but fails to prevent the Russian agenda. As Russia continues its occupation of the Crimean peninsula, there is little that the United States can do to address the situation.

As Brookings Institution Scholar Fiona Hill points out, “What can we do?

We’ll talk about sanctions.

We’ll talk about red lines.

We’ll basically drive ourselves into a frenzy. And he’ll stand back and just watch it. He just knows that none of the rest of us want a war.” Putin has already responded to the threat of sanctions and remains committed to keeping troops in Crimea regardless of economic consequences.

The situation in Ukraine has highlighted the tense relationship between the United States and Russia and has shown that the interests of the two countries are often at odds with one another. Putin knows that the United States, along with the rest of Europe, does not want to go to war over Ukraine. It would not be a surprising result if the Crimean peninsula effectively becomes a part of the Russian Federation.

whole year in between incidents just became too much.

Through all of this, the administration of our school remains more focused on maintaining their own image than taking real, positive steps toward reform.

As a business, they refuse to accept the reality that, as they increase the student population size, they increase the student behavioral issues and that the town of Amherst does not get larger simply because the University wants to believe it can. Either the administration has failed to recognize this and is seriously wanting for better personnel, or they refuse to admit it and are exacerbating a problem under full awareness, an act tantamount to criminal neglect.

The chancellor of this “Zoo” has promised that his administration will “redouble … its efforts to avert future episodes.” I grow extremely wary of the efforts Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy means to take, as I have spent four years witnessing punitive measures being held in priority over real reform.

As this is my final semester with the campus community, I leave the student readers, the administration and the townspeople with a final warning – if the University continues to expand its student body to 30,000 and beyond and if the University continues to be more liable to fight the students than work with them, we will begin to see events that make Saturdays look tame, and we will have tragedies that far outweigh mere disturbances.

It’s just a matter of time.

the riots that occurred in Southwest following the Osama bin Laden assassination, students were similarly drunk, lighting fire and fireworks off into the sky.

That night, the University of Massachusetts Police Department (UMPD) decided that this uproar did not require tear gas, but simply a dispersal order. The day following that riot, the administration released an email to the student body commending us on our respectable conduct. Evidently, it’s all about the reason that the students get drunk and disorderly that begs both the administration and the police to react differently.

Blarney Blowout is a travesty that occurs year after year. I have, for four years, witnessed vomit in the streets, extreme interpersonal abuse and violence.

I have heard tales so horrifying, so indescribably harrowing, that sharing them in a Collegian op-ed would be beyond inappropriate and possibly violate a few Federal Communications Commision regulations.

Even worse, the bars and the students have embraced Adam Terry is a Collegian contribu“Halfway to Blarney tor and can be reached at apterry@ Blowout,” because waiting a umass.edu.

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FILM CASTING

Fans frenzy over not-so-fantastic casting announcement Fox finds its new ‘Fantastic Four’

By Jeremy Paskoff Collegian Staff

When the cast for the new “Fantastic Four” reboot was announced recently, it was met with extreme disdain, and rightfully so, as it’s abysmal.

For those who don’t know the history of the Fantastic Four, they are a group of four friends who make a voyage into outer space. After being exposed to cosmic energy, the crew comes back with fantastic powers (pardon the pun, but not really). The group consists of Reed Richards/ Mr. Fantastic, Susan Storm/Invisible Woman, Ben Grimm/The Thing and Johnny Storm/Human Torch.

The first gripe, and one of the lesser of the problems going around, is the youthfulness of the leads.

It’s understandable that the cast is entirely composed of younger actors, since the intergalactic voyage of the Fantastic Four

happened shortly after Ben and Reed’s college graduation. This doesn’t necessarily mean that they have to pick every young, attractive rising star as the leads.

Jamie Bell is far too pretty to be The Thing – can’t we get Michael Chiklis back?

One of the other main issues is the casting of rising star Michael B. Jordan as the Human Torch and on-screen sister Kate Mara as Invisible Woman. As mentioned prior, Sue and Johnny are siblings by blood, making it more accurate if the two characters were the same race. Jordan was supposedly a choice by the director – an absolutely fine decision – but then what’s the harm in making Sue the same race? The other logical possibility is that the brother and sister came from biracial parents, but it’s a bit far-fetched since Mara and Jordan bear little to no resemblance at all to one another. Casting a biracial actress instead of Mara is another option that the casting director ignored during the decision process.

Marvel has always had

teams that rebooted their characters with different ethnicities, most notably Mark Millar’s “The Ultimates” comic incarnation of Nick Fury (portrayed by an awesome and memorable Samuel L. Jackson in the cinematic universe). So even though Jordan could be the new face of the Human Torch, he couldn’t be more out of place – blame it on his costar or director, your pick.

It will take a lot of convincing and a hearty infilm explanation to legitimize his familial ties to Sue Storm.

Now avert your gaze from this train wreck and look at another recently announced Marvel movie – “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

A James Gunn (“Slither,” “Super”) production, the cast is equally as diverse as “Fantastic Four,” but the trailer seems to do it justice. The casting of Chris Pratt as Star-Lord and Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket Raccoon is questionable, but they seem to mesh well. Maybe that’s because one of them will be a CGI talking raccoon,

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The casting of Michale B. Jordan as the Human Torch has sparked the most controversy amongst fans. but that’s beside the point.

They all fit, clearly demonstrated by the film’s debut trailer. Even with a sampling of well-written dialogue similar to “Avengers” and the “Iron Man” series, the trailer fleshes out these smorgasbord actors into these characters, so the

acting choices don’t seem as ridiculous as “Fantastic Four.”

Clearly, “Fantastic Four” can rebound from these blunders, even if fans of the series won’t be pleased.

Apologies and explanations are in order, but there might still be hope for this.

Otherwise, we might be looking for a new reboot soon.

Let’s just hope Stan Lee makes an awesome cameo to make up for this.

Jeremy Paskoff can be reached at jpaskoff@umass.edu.

TELEVISION REVIEW

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Netflix series ‘House of Cards’ ‘Bates Motel’ checks back in is a ‘Psycho’ continues to be binge-worthy There in White Pine Bay

Frank Underwood seems unstoppable By alex frail Collegian Staff

It’s rather fitting that Frank Underwood’s initials are “F.U.” The Cong ressman, played by Kevin Spacey with a Southern drawl, destroys anyone who tries to hinder his ascent to the Oval Office. In the second season of Netflix’s “House of Cards,” Underwood finds himself a heartbeat away from his goal as he meticulously plots to bring down the President of the United States. It’s rarely been so fun to watch people be so bad.

Season 2 picks up as Underwood prepares to become the Vice President, and Zoe Barnes and Lucas Goodwin try to gather dirt on him. Zoe, played with the perfect mix of paranoia and persistence by Kate Mara, struggles to pin down evidence on Underwood.

Lucas, played by Sebastian Arcelus, enjoys an expanded role this season as Zoe’s lover and partner.

This season’s strongest improvement over last season is how the writers mold plots with timely issues. The show revolves around topics like Chinese cyber spying, the government shutdown and the Deep Web. Additionally, we get to see more inner workings of legislative process. While still more a show about people in politics than about politics, “House of Cards” proves it has done its homework.

Molly Parker joins the cast as Congresswoman Jackie Sharp, who gets the nod for House Majority Whip as Underwood vacates the office. Parker plays Sharp as a layered war veteran. She wears unassuming expressions that hide her political savvy and violent history.

You may have to suspend

some disbelief every once in a while, like during last year’s freak vetting blunder of Underwood after he killed Peter Russo (the dearly missed Corey Stoll). The enjoyment of watching each shot’s beauty makes up for these detours around realism. The writers deserve praise for the near-Dickensian complexity of their plot. Watching these stories play out elevates “House of Cards” to some of the most enjoyable television around.

Each episode improves on the last. After a game changing season debut, the second season never loses steam as Underwood wars with Raymond Tusk (Gerald McRaney) over the President’s soul. Tusk, the President’s long time friend and confidante, acts as the first true rival of Underwood.

Never before has the charming Congressman had to face someone who isn’t easily brushed under the carpet.

Perhaps the best episode focuses on Freddy, played

by Reg E. Cathey with his ocean-deep voice. He gets a far larger role this year as Underwood’s only true friend and owner of the restaurant the Vice President frequents. Cathey’s performance is rich with laughs and tears. As his proximity to Underwood catapults him to national attention, he struggles with his newfound fame and with his changing relationship with Underwood. Freddy’s expanded role marks another huge improvement over Season 1.

The strongest element of “House of Cards” remains its unparalleled protagonist, Underwood. He draws the setting and the characters toward him like a magnet sucks in filings. No one escapes his grasp. Back in Season 1, we first catch a glimpse of Underwood as he snaps the neck of a dog hit by a car, calmly quipping, “Moments like this require

someone who will act.” As we watch the heights he climbs to exact his revenge, we learn that Underwood is the definition of action.

Throughout the show, animalistic ideas define Underwood’s ideology. He considers Russo as a wild dog in need of euthanasia, likens his love of his wife (Robin Wright) to a shark’s love for blood and turns the phrase, “every kitten becomes a cat,” into a sinister, twisted joke. This ideology perverts his quest for vengeance into an ascent up the food chain. Underwood reigns over D.C.’s animal kingdom, and he views any casualty as weak, deserving prey.

Only someone as vicious as Mr. Underwood could marry him. Wright plays Claire Underwood, a Lady Macbeth with as much power as Macbeth himself, as a cunning lobbyist who’s just as smart and ruthless as her husband. Together, the team seems safe from defeat. Wright’s performance is just as indelible as Spacey’s. Coupled together, they make the show unforgettable.

“House of Cards’” second season cements its place in television’s golden age.

With acting this engaging and plots this entertaining, “House of Cards” will remain a binge favorite for several seasons to come. In the meantime, the writers need to create a legitimate enemy for Underwood. So far, he’s gotten away with murder.

Perhaps Sharp will be the chosen one to take down the corrupt Vice President – as she develops this season, she appears to be what a younger Frank Underwood must have looked like. But as Underwood builds his empire, it’s hard to see how this house of cards could ever come crashing down.

Alex Frail can be reached at afrail@ umass.edu.

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By NathaN froNtiero spring. The indie rock Collegian Staff soundtrack def initely There’s trouble in becomes too noticeable White Pine Bay. A&E’s within the first 20 minmodern day prequel to utes of the premiere the Alfred Hitchcock clas- – oh TV royalties – but sic “Psycho,” which in thankfully Chris Bacon’s turn is based on the novel tense, twisted score takes

by Robert Bloch, is back the reigns as the larger for its second season. The season premiere, which aired last Monday night at 9 p.m., picks up after the shocking events of last season’s finale.

After a quick recap moments play out.

The broader plot of the of the major events of the first season, as nar- first two new episodes is rated by executive pro- engaging and satisfyingly ducer Carlton Cuse, the complex, but the expandpremiere finds Norman ed plate this season is not Bates (Freddie Highmore) without some excess fat. asleep in bed. He’s trou- The drug business subbled with thoughts about plot is dragging, and most Ms. Watson, the young of the characters withEnglish teacher mur- in that, save Norman’s Dylan (Max dered at the end of sea- brother, son one. Norma Bates Thieriot), have become (Vera Farmiga) is intense- annoying to listen to ly concerned about her week after week. As more son and seems to start to sinister events unfurl, the piece together the gaps in show will hopefully lean Norman’s account of that out and refocus on its mysterious night at Ms. more compelling pieces.

If there’s one real Watson’s house, but she doesn’t quite figure it out. draw to “Bates Motel,” The greatest part of it’s the dynamite chemiswatching “Bates Motel” try between the costars. remains its persistent Highmore and Farmiga elusiveness. Not since are fantastically off as and Norma.

“Lost” have I seen such a Norman multilayered, thrillingly As the smothered son, and mysterious show (you Highmore plays Norman have to credit Cuse, who with consistently eerie also served as executive restraint. He’s usually too producer for “Lost”). In chipper, too polite and too just the first two episodes much of a pushover, but of this season, “Bates when he gets upset, oh Motel” has already craft- boy. It’s thrilling to see ed an incredibly knot- him and Norma square ted web of connections off since Farmiga plays between the colorful Norma with an equally smattering of characters incredible range. She’s a in the quaint White Pine total loose cannon, ready Bay and has laid the fuses to explode in the face of for some potentially dev- anyone who dares threaten her business, or her astating consequences.

Where the first season son. Farmiga is commitof the show was marked ted to every outburst, by its chilling intimacy, every scream and every this season is already plea that Norma doles shooting for bigger, heavi- out. It’s more than fair er conflict. The motel is to deem her performance

Emmy-worthy. She completely inhabits a character that is her son’s (and her own) worst problem.

Norman and Norma’s relationship is the true heart of this show, and the showrunners have maintained the focus on that relationship and its bizarre nature. The Oedipal tension is constant and often adds a

“If there’s one real draw to “Bates Motel,”it’s the dynamite dynamic between the costars.”

heightened sense of danger to every on-screen interaction between mother and son. The weirdness factor makes scenes that would otherwise be dead weight something worth watching, or at least bearable. For example, in episode two, Norma drags Norman into auditioning for a community theater production of “South Pacific,” and after a large fight that nearly derails the whole idea, the two come to terms for the moment. Then Norma sings, and somehow, despite the absurd juxtaposition of her incredible talent (who knew?) with everything else we’ve come to know about the character, it’s completely believable.

“Bates Motel” is off to a promising start this season. The show is in good creative hands, and the core cast is more than delivering week to week.

As long as the show stays focused on the compelling development of one of horror’s most notorious characters, there will always be time for another stay.

Nathan Frontiero can be reached at nfrontiero@umass.edu.

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Connor Mooney and Matt Whippen celebrate after a UMass goal on Tuesday.

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excited,” Mooney said. “He was putting his shots on goal – he was shooting the ball really well. Seven goals is fantastic. He puts in a lot of work in the offseason and in practice and it’s great to see that.”

Mooney finished with a hat trick of his own, totaling three goals on four shot attempts to go along with his four assists. Two of Mooney’s assists came on Whiteway goals.

Arguably, Mooney’s biggest goal came with one second remaining

DAYTON

in the first quarter when he beat the horn to give the Minutemen a four-goal lead.

Although both Mooney and Whiteway led the charge for UMass offensively, Cannella preached how important it was to get off to an early lead following the Minutemen’s 25-10 loss to Albany on Saturday.

“We were lucky we had a Tuesday game after Saturday, the massacre,” Cannella said.

“Watching Grant (Whiteway) he looked like he was running around with a lot of energy. These Tuesday games are really hard, mentally and physically.”

Whiteway’s seventh goal stopped a streak of three consecutive goals for Providence, as Nick Mariano ran around from behind the cage and found an open Whiteway. Mariano, UMass’ leading scorer, finished without any goals and had only one assist,

ing 13.8 points per game.

That number spiked to 17 points per game in conference play. He was also third in assists (4.7 per game) and sixth in steals (1.5 per game).

Jett’s all-around performance carried the No. 18 Billikens to a programrecord 19 consecutive victories. He was the primary contributor to his squad, which earned the top seed in the conference tournament.

Teammate and senior forward Dwayne Evans joined Jett on the All A-10

First Team, along with UMass senior point guard Chaz Williams, Saint Joseph’s senior guard Langston Galloway and VCU junior guard Treveon Graham.

Saint Louis’ Jim Crews was named Coach of the Year.

The awards were selected by the league’s 13 coaches following the regular season, which concluded on Sunday.

Yoni Monat can be reached at jmonat@umass.edu.

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GMU continues streak, SJU and GW both fall George Mason’s won four straight

behind two goals in the last 10 minutes of the game, but the Patriots held on for the one-point win.

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The Patriots play Monday.

Senior Katie Mascolo led Presbyterian on Friday the Patriots with three to wrap up their road before hosting goals, while junior Kirstin trip on Monday.

Russell finished with two. Marist With the score tied at 1-1 early in the first half, Manhattan tops St. George Mason (4-2) fol- Joe’s Behind three goals lowed with two straight from sophomore Kaitlyn goals by Russell.

Following a 2-1 Coastal Cunningham, Manhattan Carolina (2-4) run over the picked up its first win of following seven minutes, the season with a 13-6 victhe Chanticleers then tory over Saint Joseph’s scored three straight goals on Saturday.

Following a game-opento close out the first half ing score by Hawks’ sophto take a 6-4 lead.

After Coastal Carolina omore Kelly Phelan, the opened the second half Jaspers responded with with another goal, the three consecutive goals.

St. Joe’s (2-3) scored Patriots then permanently took the lead with six the next two goals behind senior Val Paolucci and straight scores.

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Jordair Jett received the 2014 Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year award on Tuesday.

A two-time former member of the A-10 AllDefensive Team, Jett’s superb defense has been acclaimed throughout his Billikens career. Jett increased his offensive production in his final season for the regularseason conference champions.

Jett finished the 201314 regular season in the top-20 in the conference in scoring, averag-

which came on the final goal from Whiteway.

“My teammates were just finding me when I was open,” Whiteway said.

“Everyone was moving together off ball. If you look at it a lot of our goals came off of assists, that’s how you can tell you’re playing good offense.”

go,” UMass coach Greg Cannella said. “He’s been a little frustrated over the last few weeks here. It’s great to see a guy like that who works so hard really play well and get the opportunities and finish.”

The matchup was special for Cannella, in his 20th season, because he faced off against a former player in Providence coach Chris Gabrielli (UMass ’01), who is in his second season.

Cannella attributed sharing the ball – a common trend for his team as of late – and taking advantage of man-up opportunities to the win against Gabrielli’s squad.

“I hate playing a friend, especially someone like Gabs, because you don’t want to see him lose,” Cannella said.

He took a moment to reminisce as he pointed to an image of a younger Gabrielli wearing a No. 10 jersey on the Garber Field fence.

“You want to go undefeated, he wants to go undefeated, but we talked about it. We both needed a game at the time and it’s great to see him doing so well,” Cannella said.

Mooney was also competing against familiar faces. Senior defenseman Jak Wawrzyniak was his teammate at Avon Old Farms in Avon, Conn., and junior goaltender James Jurgens is a hometown friend from Wilbraham.

“They’re not too much friends when you’re playing against them,” Mooney affirmed.

UMass’ next game is against Penn State on Saturday at 12 p.m.

way through the first half.

Manhattan scored the next six points and extended the lead to 9-4 with eight minutes, 31 seconds left in the second half.

St. Joe’s will next play on Tuesday against Stetson.

George Washington falls to No. 14 Johns Hopkins

No. 14 Johns Hopkins scored the first nine goals of the game en route to a 17-3 blowout victory over George Washington on Saturday.

The loss was the Colonials’ second-straight defeat at the hands of a nationally-ranked team, as they also lost to No. 20 Navy last Wednesday.

Michaela Lynch, Allie Rash and Olivia Boudreau each tallied a goal for the Colonials (3-3), who will host Mount St. Mary’s on Wednesday.

Lauren McArdle can be reached at lmcardle@umass.edu.

Martin dealt to San Francisco By andrew aBraMson Palm Beach Post

The Miami Dolphins were able to peacefully part ways with tackle Jonathan Martin, trading him late Tuesday night to San Francisco for a late-round draft pick.

Martin, who left the team in October and accused teammates Richie Incogntio and others of harassing him, was not expected to return to the team.

But it was unclear whether Martin, a second-round draft choice in 2012, would have any trade value.

The trade ends the possibility of a messy separation had the Dolphins been forced to cut Martin or try to bring him back to the locker room.

Martin will be reunited with San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh, who was the head coach at Stanford when Martin played there.

“We feel that this move is in the best interests of

all parties involved,” Miami Dolphins General Manager Dennis Hickey said in a statement. “We wish Jonathan well.”

Miami will reportedly receive a 7th round draft choice from the 49ers if Martin makes this year’s opening day roster.

Martin said Tuesday night on Twitter that he was “beyond blessed” by the trade.

Martin set off a firestorm when he left the Dolphins, leading owner Stephen Ross to call for a NFL investigation of his own team.

The independent investigation, led by attorney Ted Wells, found that Dolphins guards Richie Incognito, John Jerry and center Mike Pouncey harassed and bullied Martin, offensive linemen Nate Garner, Andrew McDonald, Josh Samuda and assistant trainer Naohisa Inoue.

Martin said teammates verbally attacked him with

racial slurs and regularly made sexual comments about his mother and sister. Incognito, labeled as the ringleader, said he was only joking with Martin, who he considered a close friend.

The investigation also found that Martin contemplated suicide in May and team officials knew about it, sending him to a psychiatrist.

But coaches gave Martin a key role on the team last year, making him the starting left tackle. After the offensive line struggled, Martin was moved to right tackle halfway into the season. He left the team a week after the demotion, and the Dolphins are now rebuilding the offensive line.

The fallout from the investigation, however, continues. Offensive line coach Jim Turner and head trainer Kevin O’Neill were fired last month.

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Whiteway has career day vs. PC Whiteway nets seven as UM wins at home By andrew Cyr Collegian Staff

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Grant Whiteway scored seven goals to lead UMass to a 16-11 win over Providence on Tuesday at Garber Field.

UMass men’s lacrosse tops Providence Minutemen outpace Friars with 16 goals

“I thought we came out with a lot of aggression, a lot of focus. Which is what we needed.”

Connor Mooney, UMass senior

By Peter CaPPiello Collegian Staff

had five goals heading into the Massachusetts men’s lacrosse game. senior Connor Mooney flung a des“Oh, that was awesome,” peration shot through traffic from 15 Whiteway said of Mooney’s score. yards out in the dying seconds of the “It’s always good when first quarter. The buzzer you get one of those goals to end the frame provided UMass 16 right at the end of the a soundtrack to his goal celebration. No. 14 UMass Friars 11 quarter. It’s huge. It gives you momentum.”

(5-1) led Providence, 6-2.

Whiteway also The tone was set. said the win spoke to his team’s UMass junior attack Grant Whiteway took advantage of the resiliency because it came two energy tilt and totaled seven goals days after a 25-10 loss to Albany on in a 16-11 win over the Friars (3-3) on Saturday.

He had four goals in the third Tuesday at Garber Field. Whiteway

quarter and opened up the game with two consecutive scores.

Providence forced a 4-4 tie with a pair of goals 17 seconds apart, but Mooney took the lead at 10:29 in the first.

Friars midfielder Robert Sheehan and attack Sean Wright combined for two unanswered goals, which were the frame’s only scores.

Mooney stole momentum once again on an unassisted strike with 33 seconds left in the third quarter to put UMass ahead, 11-7. The goal completed his hat trick. PC

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posted four goals in an energized fourth quarter, but the Minutemen answered with five.

“I thought we came out with a lot of aggression, a lot of focus, which is what we needed,” Mooney said. “We were finishing our opportunities. Our defense played excellent, Joey (Calvello) was great at the faceoff X. Our fast start was great for us today.”

Calvello was 21-for-30 (70 percent) on faceoffs.

Cannella called Mooney a “team guy” who often has the instinct to pass first with intent to help a teammate score. He applauded his player’s awareness on the field.

The coach also touted the high energy level of Whiteway.

“He seemed like he was ready to see

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To say Grant Whiteway had a good game is an understatement.

The attackman finished with a career-high seven goals and an assist as the No. 14 Massachusetts men’s lacrosse team defeated Providence 16-11 on Tuesday at Garber Field.

“It feels good,” Whiteway said of his performance. “The offense was moving good today and I was on the receiving end of a lot of stuff. My teammates were finding me when I was open and everyone was moving off ball so it made it easy.”

Whiteway entered Tuesday’s game with just five goals on the season to go along with three assists. He was the Minutemen’s leading returning scorer this season after finishing his 2013 campaign with 26 goals.

Whiteway received a pass from Connor Mooney in front of the cage just two minutes, 27 seconds into the game. He snuck it past Friars goalkeeper Tyler Hines, who was pulled after the first quarter, and from that point forward the Minutemen never looked back.

“He seemed like he was ready to go,” UMass coach Greg Cannella said of Whiteway’s performance. “He’s been frustrated over the past few weeks, so it’s great to see a guy that works hard play well.”

Mooney was quick to talk about his teammate’s performance and was thrilled to see that all of Whiteway’s work was finally starting to pay off in games.

“It was great for (Whiteway) and we were all really pumped about it, especially since he was see

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ND holds on against BU in Dayton notches win Hockey East Tournament over Richmond Ouellette shuts out Merrimack to move on

By MarC Jean-louis Collegian Staff

Three goals and 25 saves from Notre Dame goaltender Steven Summerhays were enough to knock off Boston University 3-2 on Saturday night in the opening round of the Hockey East Tournament.

The Fighting Irish (21-12-2, 9-9-2 Hockey East) wasted no time getting after the Terriers. Notre Dame took a 1-0 lead at the end of the first when right winger Bryan Rust received the puck from T.J. Tynan on a 2-on-1 breakaway and put it past BU goaltender Matt O’Connor.

The two teams battled back and forth to start the second period. But nine minutes, 25 seconds into the second period, Irish senior captain Jeff Costello bested O’Connor on a wrist shot through a screen to give Notre Dame a 2-0 advantage.

The period didn’t close without a Terriers (10-21-4, 5-12-3 HEA) response, however. BU got its first

a pass from Steven Swavely and fired it past Merrimack (8-22-3, 3-152 HEA) goalie Rasmus Tirronen for his ninth goal of the season to give the Black Bears a 1-0 lead.

That would stand for the next 58 minutes of action.

The game became a goaltender showdown as both Tirronen and Ouellette stopped everything shot their way.

Heading into the final minute of the third period and still trailing by a goal, the Warriors pulled Tirronen in favor of an extra attacker. Ben Hutton of Maine (16-13-4, 9-8-3 HEA) fired the puck toward the empty net, but missed. Devin Shore, however, beat a Merrimack defender to the puck and put it in to ice the game.

Maine outshot the Warriors 35-to-29 Ouellette posts a shutout Maine goaltender Martin and both teams went 0-for-5 on the Ouellette stopped all 29 shots on power play.

With the win, the Black Bears goal from Merrimack, as the Black Bears defeated Merrimack 2-0 in the will take the road on Friday and face opening round of the Hockey East Providence in a best-of-three Hockey Tournament on Saturday night at East Quarterfinals series.

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Just two minutes into the open- Marc Jean-Louis can be reached at mjeaning period, Mark Anthoine received lou@umass.edu.

goal when Evan Rodrigues put one in the net off a rebound from Summerhays. The two teams went into the second intermission with Notre Dame holding a 23-14 shot advantage and a 2-1 lead.

The Irish again got off to a fast start in the third period, regaining their two-goal lead when Peter Schneider beat O’Connor for his 10th goal of the season. The Terriers answered back with a goal of their own, but Notre Dame’s defense tightened from there and the Terriers could not tie the score.

Summerhays got the win for the Irish. Next up for them will be No. 1 Boston College in a best-of-three series beginning on Friday. The Irish won against the Eagles at home on March 1, in overtime.

Jett takes home A-10 Player of the Year By yoni Monat Collegian Staff

The Dayton men’s basketball team defeated Richmond on Saturday, 60-48, on the Flyers’ Senior Night at UD Arena, aiding their prospects of a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Senior co-captains Devin Oliver and Vee Sanford led the charge for Dayton (22-9, 10-6 A-10) with Oliver pounding home 16 points and collecting 10 rebounds while Sanford posted 14 and five, respectively.

Without Spiders (18-13, 8-8 A-10) leading scorer Kendall Anthony, who was forced to sit with two fouls with nine minutes, one second remaining in the first half, the Flyers asserted themselves and never looked back.

Once Anthony was sidelined, Dayton sprinted to a 13-0 run, the final two points coming when freshman Kyle Davis finished a fast-break layup, push-

ing the Flyers’ advantage to 24-10 with 4:25 left in the half.

Anthony trimmed Dayton’s lead to 50-42 with a 3-pointer from the wing with 6:22 left in regulation. Sanford then scored seven of the game’s next nine points to seal the victory for the hosts.

With the victory, the Flyers secured the No. 5 seed in the upcoming A-10 Tournament.

Their Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) also jumped from 56 to 41, significantly benefiting a squad on the NCAA Tournament bubble.

Both Dayton and Richmond take the court on Thursday in the first round of the A-10 Tournament at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Flyers will face Wednesday’s George Mason-Fordham preliminary round winner, while the Spiders will take on No. 10 seed Duquesne.

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