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Administration, SGA, GSS sign new agreement

farewell to a film star

Chancellor creates 3 advisory boards

By Marie Maccune Collegian Staff

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Cheryl Standard takes a picture of flowers that were put on the star of Mickey Rooney in Hollywood on Monday. Rooney, as a celebrated child actor in films of the 1930s and 40s era and one of the era’s top box-office draws, has died at 93.

Rethinking the ‘language gap’ Department holds open discussion

By Julia Mclaughlin Collegian Correspondent

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Massachusetts held an open discussion on the “language gap,” the linguistic separation between underprivileged children and wealthy children, Tuesday evening in Herter Hall.

Also known as the “word gap,” this disparity is often seen as the result of parents from lower socioeconomic backgrounds not speaking enough to their children during development.

After reading recent articles from The New York Times on the so-called “word

gap,” UMass Professor of Anthropology Jonathan Rosa said he found these works to be limiting and one-dimensional, and recognized that this controversial topic needs more analysis in order to be understood fairly and accurately.

With the help of Meghan Armstrong of the Hispanic Linguistics Department, and led by Rosa, this open discussion served as an opportunity for faculty and students to share their perspectives on, and stories of, the “language gap.”

Rosa initiated the discussion by referencing past research on the subject by linguists and anthropologists. Anne Fernald, an American psychologist and specialist in children’s language development, has conducted recent studies within

this field. Her research concluded that by 18 months, a language-gap can be recognized in children.

In the 1980s, Shirley Brice Heath, an American linguistic anthropologist, analyzed three communities in the Carolinas – one wealthy, middle-class white community, a working-class white community and a workingclass African American community – as part of a 10-year ethnography to study language and linguistic differences.

“She shows us how only particular home practices are picked up on in school so that the practices that kids are learning in the working class African American communities, the particular kind of verbal routines, are not viewed as valuable in school,” Rosa said.

In this way, family practices valued in the white, middle-class communities control the way that language is defined. The school that Heath observed, therefore, particularizes certain skills in mainstream society that some children have rooted in their family, which others do not share.

“What Shirley Brice Heath showed us is how systematically, over the course of the school year, the children’s responses that didn’t fit the presumed-upon normative routines that the teacher was seeking to enact in that situation positioned them as cognitively inferior and as incapable, or academically unsuccessful,” Rosa said.

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The Student Government Association, Graduate Student Senate and University of Massachusetts administration signed a shared governance agreement earlier this semester that establishes new advisory boards to the Chancellor and aims to improve communication with student government.

According to the agreement, which was signed on Jan. 22 by UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, SGA President Zac Broughton and GSS President Robin Anderson, the Chancellor is required to establish three new advisory boards. These boards include Academic Affairs, Administration and Finance and Student Affairs.

Six undergraduate students appointed by the SGA and two graduate students appointed by the GSS will sit on each of the boards.

The agreement also requires the Chancellor to meet with members of the SGA and GSS at least twice a semester to discuss relevant University policies and initiatives.

“I think this is reflective of the Chancellor’s commitment to being very studentfocused. He really wants to have the input of the students,” campus spokesperson Ed Blaguszewski said.

“He goes to many campus events in a variety of contexts, but this really formalizes the interactions. … We can all get busy, so unless we anchor our calendar to specific meetings, like the agreement does, we can fail to address certain issues. This is a way to say we are really getting the input that we want and need from students.”

Broughton, a senior studying political science and legal studies, said he was excited about the agreement.

“More student voice means a better future for the University,” he said.

According to Broughton, before the agreement, the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs would meet directly with only the SGA president multiple times a month.

Broughton said he sees the new advisory boards as a way of creating new opportunities for more student voices to be heard, including voices outside of the SGA. “The cancellation of EDM shows on campus really acted as a catalyst for getting the agreement into writing,” he said. “The SGA leadership had doubts about the administration’s authority to do so and wanted to be a bigger part of the decision process.”

When asked about reception by the administration, Broughton was positive.

“The great thing about this Chancellor and Vice Chancellor is that they really do care about student input,” he said.

“They have been really receptive to the new boards and student ideas.”

In terms of the future, Broughton hopes to see this agreement used as a model to create even more advisory boards, saying that “the best part about the language is that it doesn’t put limitations on what boards we can and can’t have.”

Robin Anderson, president of the GSS, was also a co-signer.

“The advisory boards, I believe, were a reaction to the ongoing voices of the student body who were calling for more participation in University governance over the past couple of see

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Nuclear deal brings Iran Democrats hope equal pay issue will boost voter turnout little economic relief Citizens say they see minimal change By raMin MostaghiM and Paul richter Los Angeles Times

TEHRAN, Iran — When Iran’s leaders signed a preliminary nuclear deal with world powers in November, they promised that the sixmonth agreement would quickly start “melting the iceberg” of Western sanctions, lead to new trade ties and improve the lives of ordinary Iranians.

Opponents of the deal in the United States and the Middle East said much the same thing, warning that

it would rapidly erode the international sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy.

It hasn’t worked out that way. More than four months into the deal, many Iranians think the interim accord has done little to help them.

“The deal has not brought any economic breakthrough for the common people,” said Mohammed Hydari, editor of Khandani, a political and economic journal. The “meager” funds released by world powers each month under the deal, he said, “are not helping the people, but the government.”

Dwindling popular support in Iran for the preliminary accord, coupled with

continuous resistance to any nuclear compromise from hard-liners, raises doubt about how long Iranian President Hassan Rouhani can push ahead with his effort to reach a final deal.

It also builds pressure on negotiators for Iran and six world powers to complete the complex diplomacy before the July 20 deadline.

Under the Nov. 24 agreement, which took effect Jan. 20, Iran and the six world powers - the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China - must all consent to a six-month extension of talks.

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The party aims to mobilize women By lindsay Wise and david lightMan McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — A Democratic blitz this week for new orders and laws promising equal pay for women is a key agenda item the party hopes will boost turnout this fall among its most loyal voters - a crucial strategy in a midterm election, when turnout tends to drop.

President Barack Obama signed two executive actions, which will bar federal contractors from retaliating against employ-

ees for comparing salaries and require contractors to report compensation data to the government by gender and race.

At the same time, Democratic lawmakers launched an assault on Republicans in Congress for opposing legislation that would expand measures to prevent gender-based pay discrimination nationwide.

That bill, the Paycheck Fairness Act, is expected to fail a procedural vote Wednesday in the Senate.

“Republicans in Congress have been gumming up the works,” Obama said Tuesday. “They’ve been blocking progress.”

By reviving a familiar line of attack from the 2012 cam-

paign - that Republicans are waging a “war on women” - the president and fellow Democrats aim to capitalize on the party’s longstanding edge among women voters in this fall’s elections for control of Congress.

They also hope to force Republicans to oppose popular measures and thus alienate women voters. One senior Obama administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal strategy, said it was unclear if the push for equal pay would help Democrats but said it was likely that “opposition will hurt the GOP.” Motivating women see

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THE RUNDOWN ON THIS DAY...

In 2003, Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, fell to American forces, resulting in Iraqis tearing down symbols of Saddam Hussein, leader of Iraq.

Famously, a statue of the leader was pulled down and torn apart.

AROUND THE WORLD BOGOTA, Colombia — Venezuela’s coalition of opposition parties on Tuesday said it had agreed to an “exploratory meeting” with the government that might lead to formal talks aimed at ending the country’s two-month-long political crisis.

In a statement, Ramon Guillermo Aveledo, the executive director of the coalition known as the MUD, said his group had been informed that the government was willing to discuss their agenda and had agreed to mediation by a third party.

The Miami Herald JERUSALEM — Tensions were high Tuesday following a clash between Jewish extremists and Israeli troops in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar that injured about a dozen people on both sides.

The violence erupted overnight when security personnel entered Yitzhar, an ideological stronghold of Jewish settlers, to demolish several homes that were declared illegal

by Israeli authorities.

Los Angeles Times LONDON — In a historic first, the president of Ireland began a state visit to Britain on Tuesday to mark the growing reconciliation between his nation and the one that long ruled it from afar through centuries of oppression and rebellion.

After a bloody war of independence and decades of mistrust, London and Dublin have become increasingly close partners linked by trade, history and culture. The rapprochement was made possible by the 1998 accord that ended armed sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, which remains part of Britain but enjoys a measure of self-rule.

Los Angeles Times BERLIN — German police on Tuesday raided the local offices of a support organization for the Lebanese Shiite militia movement Hezbollah, the Interior Ministry said.

The Lebanon Orphan Children Project, founded in 1997 and headquartered in the western city of Essen, was banned by Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, and their offices in six states were searched by police.

In an investigation dating to 2009, it is accused of collecting around $4.5 million for the socalled Shahid (Martyrs) Foundation, which authorities say provides support to families of suicide bombers and attempts to find “martyrs” for future attacks among the children of previous bombers. dpa Distributed by MCT Information Services

Ukraine cracks down on pro-Russia demonstrators Russian ministry issues warning

By Sergei L. Loiko Los Angeles Times

MOSCOW — Ukrainian riot police on Tuesday cleared a regional administration building and public square in the eastern city of Kharkiv of hundreds of pro-Russia protesters, detaining scores in the process, officials said.

“Seventy criminals were taken into custody during the operation,” Ukraine’s acting president, Oleksandr Turchynov, told the parliament in televised remarks Tuesday morning.

In response, Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a stern warning against the use of force on pro-Russia protesters in eastern Ukraine and alleged the direct involvement of private U.S. military experts.

“According to our information, Ukraine Interior Ministry and National Guard troops including militants of the illegal armed group the Right Sector are being brought to the southeast regions of Ukraine,” read a statement posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official website Tuesday. “A special concern is connected with the fact that about 150 U.S. experts from the private military organization Greystone dressed in the uniforms of (Ukraine) special unit Sokol are involved in the operation.”

“The organizers and participants in the operation are assuming huge responsibility for the creation of threats to rights, freedoms and lives of peaceful residents of Ukraine,” the statement said.

Acting Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, who coordinated the operation to clear the protesters, offered a more detailed picture of the events in Kharkiv on his Facebook page.

The administrative building changed hands twice on Tuesday morning as separatists stormed and captured it first at about 2 a.m. local time, Avakov said. About 200 separatists smashed windows and broke into the building, setting some areas of the ground floor on fire, he said.

Shortly after 6 a.m.,

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Anti-Euromaidan, pro-Russian protesters stand on guard outside the Donetsk Region Administration building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine on Tuesday. a special law enforcement unit and a Ukraine National Guard unit moved to the east from central Ukraine.

“The brutal and lavishly paid aggression of the proRussia ‘protesters’ knew no limits,” Avakov wrote.

“The attackers threw stun grenades at the National Guard soldiers, as the police units were shot at with traumatic weapons.”

Police did not open fire in return, according to his report, and three policemen were injured in the overnight events. There were no injuries or casualties among the separatist activists, Avakov said.

He accused local police of largely neglecting their duty to maintain law and order in the city.

“Much of what I saw looked more like a sabotage than (police) service,” he wrote. “Kharkiv police should undergo radical changes.”

Security and defense analyst Dmitry Tymchuk said Avakov’s account of Kharkhiv police abandoning their duties could explain why relatively small groups of pro-Russia protesters had managed to seize several administrative buildings in at least three major industrial centers in eastern Ukraine in the previous two days.

“As much as 70 percent of regular police in the eastern regions of Ukraine neglected their duty and allowed pro-Russia protesters to seize buildings, make absurd declarations of independence and demand the holding of an illegitimate regional referendum about joining Russia,” Tymchuk, head of the Kiev-based Center for Military and Political Research, said in a phone interview with the Los

Angeles Times.

“In the meantime, our army concentrated its combat-ready units on the border with Russia, and our border troops tightened the frontier protection, sending a clear message to the Kremlin that any attempt at invasion will result in a bloody military conflict between the two countries, which must have sobered up the hot heads in Moscow from repeating their Crimean scenario in eastern Ukraine,” Tymchuk said.

In Ukraine’s coal-mining capital of Donetsk, special law enforcement units were preparing Tuesday to try to take back a regional administration building held by separatists. Renat Akhmetov, a Ukrainian tycoon and former ally of ousted President Viktor Yanukovich, was said to be trying to negotiate a peaceful solution with the armed separatists who have barricaded themselves in the building.

Several people were reported injured in clashes in the eastern industrial port city of Mykolaiv as pro-Russia protesters tried to storm the regional administration building, an attempt repelled by the police, the UNIAN news agency reported.

Separatists continued to hold a National Security Service building in the industrial center of Lugansk, where pro-Russia protesters had captured several hundred weapons, according to media reports.

In reaction to the turmoil in eastern Ukraine, the nation’s parliament voted Tuesday to toughen penalties for crimes linked to separatism, including raising the maximum penalty to life in prison.

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skepticism in Iran and the West will make it tough to win an extension because both sides may demand a better deal than they got in the first round.

“There are strong pressures on both the Obama and Rouhani administrations to get this done in six months,” said Robert Einhorn, a member of President Barack Obama’s inner circle of Iran advisers until last May. “But this is going to be a daunting, daunting challenge.”

The interim deal gave Iran limited relief from some sanctions in exchange for freezing most uranium enrichment for six months.

The goal was to buy time while negotiators worked out a long-term agreement aimed at ensuring that Iran doesn’t gain the ability to produce nuclear weapons.

Rouhani portrayed the interim deal as a big win for Iran that would set off a “gold rush” of foreign investment. Many Iranians initially echoed his excitement. Big Iranian companies began discussions with Western corporations eager to return to the country, as smaller merchants tried to figure out how to cash in on any impending boom.

But while foreign business executives have streamed into Tehran,

they haven’t made many deals. Most of the sanctions remain in place, and international companies don’t want to risk U.S. and European penalties by moving too soon.

“Delegations have gone to Iran to explore deals, but you haven’t seen deals actually getting done,” said Daniel Waltz of the Patton Boggs law firm in Washington, who advises U.S. and foreign companies on sanctions.

Although the interim accord will release an estimated $7 billion into the Iranian economy, the benefits are “not enough to help the general population,” said Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, an expert on the Iranian economy at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. “The result is malaise.”

The energy-based economy, long mismanaged, is suffering from other ills.

Despite Rouhani’s economic reform efforts, prices are rising, the government is running out of cash, and hoped-for growth is nowhere in sight.

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Iranians must be prepared to stand up to the West with a “resistance economy” of self-reliance, a hint that more sacrifice is ahead.

AGREEMENT years,” Anderson said in an email. “Well, to be truthful, UMass has always had strong student advocacy but the administration has not always listened in the past. I think the advisory boards are one of many steps in the right direction and I do hope they are an effective means for students to advocate for policies and procedures that will benefit students both graduate and undergraduate.”

Anderson also voiced concerns about the University’s commitment.

“If they simply become boards that ‘add to the conversation’ and are used as a way for the University to ‘seek participation,’ then the boards will simply become a microphone for opinions but not a sounding board for change,” he said.

In terms of future University governance reforms, Anderson said, “Imagine the headlines if UMass were to become the first in the nation to accept a democratic governance structure that allowed students, faculty and staff to

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have decision making and veto power on all policies and procedures. Can UMass be brave enough to even explore this option?”

Stefan Herlitz, a junior studying classics and political science, is a member of SGA and sits on the newly created Administration and Finance advisory board.

“There’s only been one meeting, but it was very productive. A wide variety of students and administrators came, for example Ken Toong, who is head of dining services. The discussion was very informative and interesting,” he said.

Herlitz hopes the board will make both specific changes, like dinning plan reform, as well as oversee an overall improvement in administrative transparency.

“Students just don’t know what is going on, who is making what decisions or how those decisions are going to affect them. We need to change that,” he said.

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

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Pentagon to remove 50 nuclear missiles from silos Process will take place over 4 years

By DaviD S. ClouD Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to remove 50 nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles from their silos over the next four years but not eliminate them from the U.S. arsenal, a move aimed at complying with a 2010 treaty with Russia and avoiding a fight with members of Congress from states where the missiles are based.

Lawmakers had feared reductions in nuclear forces required under the New START treaty would eliminate an entire ICBM squadron at one of three Air Force bases in North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming where the U.S. keeps its 450 Minuteman III missiles - a potentially major economic blow.

But a senior defense official, who briefed reporters Tuesday on the plan, said a total of 50 missiles would be removed from silos at the three missile bases. That will keep all nine ICBM squadrons operational.

The decommissioned missiles will no longer be counted as operational under the treaty, but would continue to be maintained and guarded.

The silos also will be kept operational, the official said,

EQUAL PAY to come to the polls in November could be pivotal in Senate races in the South, where embattled female incumbents Kay Hagan, D-N.C., and Mary Landrieu, D-La., face tough re-elections.

A strong women’s turnout also would help Democratic candidates Michelle Nunn in Georgia and Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky, both seeking Senate seats now held by Republicans.

“Several of those states are going to come down to a few percentage points, so anything that would shift one or two percent in your column could be the difference between winning and losing,” said Darrell West, vice president of governance studies at the Brookings Institution.

“Pay equity is a great issue (for Democrats) because women now are a majority of voters and they’re politically active,” West said.

Nathan Gonzales, deputy editor of the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report, noted that Democrats tend to attract single and minority women, while married women tend to trend Republican.

But he was skeptical that it would make the difference in close races, whether or not a woman was running.

“The election is not going to be about this one issue,” he said.

The push for pay equity is part of an overall effort to position the Democrats as champions of the middle class.

Earlier this week, Senate Democrats won passage of extended jobless benefits, a bill that has no chance in its current form in the Republican-led House of Representatives.

Later this spring, Democrats are expected to renew their call for a vote on raising the minimum wage to $10.10. Another proposal would make child care more affordable.

Republicans dismiss this “fair shot for everyone” agenda as little more than posturing. “Political show votes,” said Senate Minority

describing them as “warm but empty.”

Lawmakers from the three states applauded the plan, which avoids the need to lay off hundreds of Air Force personnel and cut millions of dollars that the bases pump into the local economies.

“Today’s announcement is a big win for our nation’s security and for Malmstrom Air Force Base and northcentral Montana,” Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said in a statement. “Keeping silos on warm status ensures that they remain under the watch of Malmstrom’s security and maintenance personnel.”

Malmstrom, near Great Falls, has been rocked in recent months by the discovery of widespread cheating on proficiency tests by Air Force officers serving on Minuteman III launch teams.

Last month, the commander of three squadrons retired and nine other officers were removed after an Air Force investigation found cheating had gone on for two years.

ICBM squadrons also are located at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming and Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota.

To comply with treaty limits on warheads and launchers, the Pentagon also will convert 30 B-52 bombers configured for nuclear weapons to carry conventional weapons.

The Navy will disable four launch tubes on each of its 14 missile-carrying submarines. The subs thus will carry up to 56 fewer missiles, each with four nuclear warheads.

The treaty calls for the United States and Russia to each cut their deployed nuclear weapons to 1,550 by 2018, down from a previous ceiling of 2,200. It also set a limit of 700 deployed missiles and bombers.

The decision to largely spare land-based missiles is at odds with the recommendations of some outside experts, who have called for eliminating or deeply cutting the Minuteman III and relying instead on submarines and bombers to carry nuclear weapons.

Bruce Blair, a former ICBM launch officer and founder of Global Zero, a group that seeks elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide, said it would have been more cost effective and “strategically sensible” to eliminate an ICBM squadron.

Because it is in a fixed location, a Minuteman III missile is more vulnerable to a surprise nuclear attack and therefore would have to be fired quickly in a crisis, making it more destabilizing, Blair said.

“It is designed strictly to fight a large-scale nuclear war with Russia,” he said.

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WORD GAP differences among the communities, Rosa pointed out that often times, it’s not so much about language as it is about race. In regards to academic language, Rosa said, “…we really want to think critically about the ideologies that position particular families’ language use … as academically-oriented or deficient.”

In this way, he questioned what exactly constitutes an academic language. A solution for this problem, Rosa said, is to “reduce these issues of inequality and educational achievement to be straightforward linguistic matters.”

Providence Talks, a program designed to boost early education among underprivileged children, serves as a leading effort to end the so-called “word gap.” In this intervention program, participating families receive a free “word-pedometer,” which tracks a child’s daily speaking routine and verbal interactions. The families then receive feedback on the child’s progress, as well as targeted coaching to improve language use in the household.

However, often times with Providence Talks, “there’s this idea of benevolence,” Rosa said, because the program regards under-

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Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. But Republicans were careful Tuesday to stress they are all for equal pay for equal work. After a meeting of the House Republican Caucus, Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia said that rather than support the Democrats’ legislation, “it’s probably better for us to sit down and see how we can make sure that the law is being properly implemented rather than play politics with this.”

Democrats want voters to believe that Republicans don’t support women, said Rep. Lynn Jenkins, a Republican up for re-election in Kansas.

“Many ladies I know feel like they are being used as pawns and find it condescending that Democrats are trying to use this issue as a political distraction from the failures of their economic policies,” she said at a press conference Tuesday on Capitol Hill featuring Republican women.

Jenkins’ Democratic challenger, attorney Margie Wakefield, recently attacked the congresswoman in an ad over her past votes against the Paycheck Fairness Act. Jenkins said Tuesday that she supports equal pay for equal work, but she argued that further government regulations aren’t necessary because it’s already illegal to discriminate against women in the workplace.

Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., is leading an effort to get votes on a Republican alter-

native.

Her plan would allow employees to discuss their salaries without fearing retaliation from employers.

“We want to equip not just women but also men with the tools that they would need, with the information that they would need, to determine if they are being discriminated against,” she told reporters.

Democrats drove their campaign in a coordinated campaign of speeches, emails, press conferences and written statements.

Charly Norton, spokeswoman for Kentucky Democrat Grimes, slammed McConnell for insulting women, for example.

Hagan’s campaign accused her likely Republican opponent, Thom Tillis, of killing a pay equity bill in the North Carolina legislature. Tillis is speaker of the state’s House of Representatives.

Republicans shot back with the accusation that Democrats are hypocrites for ignoring their own gender gap.

A McClatchy analysis in January found that women employees at the White House make 91 cents for every dollar men make, or an average salary of $76,516 for women, compared with $84,082 for men.

The female share of the federal workforce also has declined under Obama, while 63 percent of the civilian government workers who earned a salary of $100,000 or more last year were men.

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privileged people as “ignorant families” who “do not know how to use language.”

Additionally, the word gap often serves as “an explanation for education underachievement,” Rosa said.

Carmelo Chiello, a UMass doctoral student studying education in the Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department, commented on the language system, saying that English is “a language of institutional power in the United States,” which encourages the educational system to promote the learning and teaching of English even more.

Luiz Amaral, professor of Hispanic Linguistics in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, said he has been personally impacted by those who believe in the “language gap.” As the father of a bilingual daughter, Amaral has seen how bilingualism can play out in the education system.

When his daughter was only 4 years old, he said that there was “complete ignorance” of the Spanish language – it was not valued in her school at that time. However, by the time his daughter was 10 years old, her bilingualism had come to be appreciated.

Rosa noted that often

times education “positions certain forms of bilingualism as a gap,” especially Spanish bilingualism, which he said can be seen as “a handicap to overcome.”

Jessica Filion, a UMass doctoral student in the Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department, spoke about the discrepancy between race and language. She said that often times, a person’s race can impact the way his or her language is interpreted and viewed by others. Even though English may be this person’s native language, racialization has an influence in how discrimination comes into play.

When looking at language as a part of the process, it often seems that race is a controlling factor, because observers can racialize language. Most of the time, Rosa said, it is about the context that frames how these situations unfold.

“We can make the linguistic case all we want, but it seems that people are using language to talk about something else,” he said.

Julia McLaughlin can be reached at jmmclaughlin@umass.edu.

Irish pres. welcomed

by Queen Elizabeth II during historic visit

By Henry CHu Los Angeles Times

President Barack Obama signs executive orders on equal pay on Tuesday, as women including Lilly Ledbetter, left, looks on at the White House in Washington.

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LONDON — In a historic first, the president of Ireland began a state visit to Britain on Tuesday to mark the growing reconciliation between his nation and the one that long ruled it from afar through centuries of oppression and rebellion.

After a bloody war of independence and decades of mistrust, London and Dublin have become increasingly close partners linked by trade, history and culture. The rapprochement was made possible by the 1998 accord that ended armed sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, which remains part of Britain but enjoys a measure of selfrule.

The four-day visit to Britain this week by Irish President Michael D. Higgins will witness the 16th anniversary of that landmark pact, known as the Good Friday Agreement.

On Tuesday, Higgins was given a warm ceremonial welcome - unimaginable only a generation ago - at Windsor Castle by Queen Elizabeth II, whose grandfather was the last king of Ireland before it gained independence in 1922.

In an address later to both houses of Parliament in London, Higgins said that the Anglo-Irish relationship had “achieved a closeness and a warmth that once seemed unachievable.”

“We acknowledge (the) past, but ... even more, we wholeheartedly welcome the considerable achievement of today’s reality: the mutual respect, friendship and cooperation which exists between our two countries, our two peoples,” Higgins said to a standing ovation.

He paid tribute to the queen, who made history three years ago by becoming the first British monarch to set foot in the Irish republic as a foreign head of state rather than as the reigning sovereign. Despite

fears that it could go badly wrong, Elizabeth’s visit turned out to be a widely praised diplomatic success that paved the way for Higgins’ own trip.

The heady symbolism of various events of that first visit is being repeated here in Britain. Just as the queen laid a wreath at a garden in Dublin dedicated to the Irish who died trying to throw off the yoke of her own ancestors, Higgins paid tribute at the grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, an icon of British military sacrifice during World War I. Tens of thousands of Irish fought as British soldiers in that conflict.

In an even more startling move, a one-time commander of the Irish Republican Army - the largely Roman Catholic militant group that killed the queen’s cousin Louis Mountbatten with a bomb on his yacht in 1979 - was expected to attend a banquet in Higgins’ honor at Windsor Castle. The former IRA man and sworn enemy of Britain, Martin McGuinness, is now deputy leader of Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government, which includes republicans like McGuinness and loyalists to the British crown, who are mostly Protestants.

“We could find all sorts of reasons why we should not accept an invitation from Queen Elizabeth to go to her house, and, no doubt, she has any number of reasons as to why she should not invite us,” McGuinness said. “But the reality is that we’ve agreed that this is an important thing to do.”

The state visit is being followed closely by media in Ireland, where many see the pomp and circumstance being accorded Higgins as a seal on Britain’s acknowledgment of their country as a nation on equal footing rather than a recalcitrant former vassal.

“There’s often been a sort of paternalistic attitude from the British gov-

ernment, the establishment, the press,” said Ivan Gibbons, director of the Irish Cultural Center in London. “The head of state of the Republic of Ireland, with a population of 4 million, is being treated as an equal for the first time as the head of state of a former colonizing, occupying power. The symbolism of that is very, very important.”

Higgins was elected to the largely ceremonial post of president in 2011 after a distinguished career as an academic, lawmaker and poet. During his stay in Britain, he is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson. Traveling with him is Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny. ( The thawing of relations across the Irish Sea has led to fuller cooperation in combating terrorism and greater mutual economic investment. Hit hard by the euro debt crisis - Dublin was forced to seek an international bailout in 2010 to stay afloat - many Irish have moved to Britain to find jobs.

Higgins, 72, came to England himself as a young man and worked as a waiter. Some of his siblings also settled here.

“Generations of Irish immigrants have made their mark on the development of this country. ... I’m very proud of the large Irish community that is represented in every walk of life in the United Kingdom,” he told members of Parliament.

“What we now enjoy between Ireland and Britain is a friendly, cooperative partnership based on mutual respect, reciprocal benefit and deep and indelible personal links,” Higgins said. “Long may our two peoples and their parliaments walk together in peace, prosperity and ever-closer friendship.”

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Does legality even matter anymore?

Coming up this weekend oppose and prosecute those is the Extravaganja event involved with a celebration in downtown Amherst, centered around a legally sold substance while also Ian Hagerty turning a blind eye to the law – for a day – to allow adjacent to the University the mass public consumpof Massachusetts campus. tion of an illegal substance.

For those who don’t know Something doesn’t sit quite about Extravaganja, it is a right about this whole situtown-supported event that ation.

What is law enforceallows marijuana, trees, bud, weed, what have you, ment without the enforceto be smoked without pros- ment of laws? One could ecution from law enforce- argue that it is necessary ment on the Amherst Town for a police officer to have a Common. There is also live strong moral compass and music and vendors selling to make decisions based on food and marijuana cul- situation and circumstance.

One could also say that ture-related items.

The event draws pro- with marijuana steadily marijuana supporters far being legalized around the and wide, as well as a very country, the police are sim-

Learn to learn, not to remember

What do you think about educator who opened her when you look at your grade own school in Chicago point average? “I should because she was unsatisfied with the education her Karen Podorefsky children were receiving, believes that a good educahave done better on those tion includes learning the tests” or “I really did learn basics and the classics, and a lot?” I have experienced a is fostered through positive little bit of both, but whatev- reinforcement. At the coler the outcome of the classes legiate level, we don’t have you’ve taken so far, the deed grade school teachers pushis done. During these reflec- ing us to succeed. tions, it is important to look From my experience, at the bigger picture and consider what you’ve learned, rather than dwell on certain grades you earned.

Writer and educator Jeannie Fulbright once said, “If the purpose of learning is to score well on a test, most professors want what we’ve lost sight of the real is best for their students and reason for learning.” I agree. are willing to help them do The purpose of a test is to well, but their help is limassess your knowledge, not ited. Their job is to teach, not memory. However, when stu- to motivate. A bit of positive dents cram information into reinforcement helps us feel their heads, it ends up doing encouraged, which is where the latter, and soon after, the grades come in. If I receive a good grade, I feel motivated information is forgotten.

Sometimes we are taught to work for another. On the too quickly or have too many flip side, if I receive a poor things on our plate, which grade, I have the drive to do prevents us from devoting better.

We’ve been taught that time to learning information that we don’t find interesting in order to succeed in life, or useful. In these cases, it is your GPA means everything. important to perform as best That has been nailed into as possible, while still put- my head for years and puts ting in the effort to under- a lot of pressure on me when stand the information, not it comes to graded assignto merely memorize facts. ments. However, when applyThe purpose of learning is ing for jobs, some businessto learn – es don’t even look at GPA. to enhance and add to the Experience is what matters knowledge we already have. most. A resume consists of Marva Collins, a famous your GPA and also lots of

words. These words convey more information about you than any number could. It is important to invest time in internships and classes that interest you. These demonstrate to your employers that you really want to learn and aren’t in it for the grades.

It isn’t worth it to study something that you don’t want to learn. Sometimes it is inevitable due to general education requirements,

“The purpose of learning is to learn – to enhance and add to the knowledge we already have.”

sounds like a lot of jobs, but over the span of adulthood, it allows for a nice change of pace every so often in our employed lives. Employees continue to learn at each job.

The motivation to do well at a job is encouraged by the salary, by the desire to impress those around you, by the desire to make an impact, and most importantly, to learn about yourself and all that you are capable of achieving.

As college students, it is our choice whether or not we want to learn or glide past.

College is not a life requirement like grade school is in the U.S. I pay for my education and want to put in all the effort I can, to get as much out of these four years as possible, while still having fun. Going to class, doing homework and studying for exams are all part of the deal and the learning process.

I’ve had semesters where I’ve overloaded myself and semesters where the balance was just right. For my senior year, I am lucky enough to have the time to take classes that interest me both in and out of my major so I can find a specialization of what I really want to do. Just because I’m heading into my senior year, doesn’t mean that I am confident in my career path. It takes trial and error. I don’t think we ever stop learning.

“What is law enforcement without the enforcement of laws?

but in terms of choosing major and minor courses, it is imperative that students pick courses that they know will interest them.

Otherwise, you are wasting not only your time but even the time of those around you who actually want to be in that class.

That being said, if you are heading toward a profession that you won’t enjoy, don’t do it. What’s the point?

There is time now, even if it may take a little longer, to get on the right track for you. Professors teach and guide students in their area of study, but they can’t make life changing decisions for the student.

According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, most adults aged Karen Podorefsky is a Collegian 18 to 26 have had about 11 columnist and can be reached at jobs in their lifetime. That kpodoref@umass.edu.

large number of students from UMass and other surrounding colleges. I have nothing negative to say about human consumption of marijuana and I am not going to play into the alcohol versus marijuana argument. What I am here to argue however, is whether or not our local lawenforcement has a moral or legal center.

Not to be a broken record, but we probably all remember the “Blarney Blowout” from several weeks ago.

The drinking themed community party caused over 70 arrests, as well as some staunch criticism over how well the police handled the situation. Even before the event, students at UMass received emails from the school administration advising not to attend “Blarney Blowout,” with threats of school related punishment and/or arrest.

In the midst of all this drama, it can be easy to forget the fact that drinking alcohol is completely legal. Bear in mind that you have to be 21 to drink and you can’t be drinking outside in public – two issues surely present at “Blarney Blowout” – yet all in all alcohol is still a legal substance.

Marijuana, on the other hand, is not a legal substance. Now weed, in Massachusetts, at least is at the decriminalization level.

Possession of an ounce or less without intent to sell, if you are at least 21 years old, is a simple infraction much like a traffic violation in a car. Several years ago, this was not the case.

Marijuana was very much illegal in any amount. In fact, Extravaganja was started over 20 years ago when weed was still completely illegal. So, every year the Town of Amherst, along with the police force, knowingly allows people to commit a crime if they so chose.

As far as I can tell, the town and school openly

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ply falling in line with the inevitable.

All I can think of, though, is what rules exactly are our police officers following? If our community strives to break up an event based around something we can buy in businesses all across town yet allows us to toke right in front of cops just because it is the right day, how can our officers have a clear idea what their job is? It seems to me, that this hypocritical concern and lack of involvement opens an ugly door that could allow police officers to perceive the law much more subjectively at their own whim. Furthermore, are Amherst police even allowed to arrest or ticket students at Extravaganja, or is it simply agreed upon within the community that they cannot? Who exactly is responsible for adherence to the law?

All of those who participate on Saturday will be breaking state and federal law without repercussions.

Like I said, I have nothing negative to say about marijuana at all, but I believe that if we are going to have rules, they need to be clearcut. Laws cannot be left up to the interpretation of the police, the prosecutor, the town, the judge or anyone else. Laws need to be set in stone so that we can make an unbiased decision one way or another.

Whether we don’t provide the proper outlet for college students to drink, or provide an entirely different outlet to get stoned, either way we are handling the situation wrong. You cannot build a system of control only to follow it sometimes – we might as well take away the right to a speedy trial and legal representation as well. Pulling even this single rock from the foundation of this wall could cause a speedy collapse.

Ian Hagerty is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at ihagerty@ umass.edu.

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‘Game of Thrones’ Season ‘Divergent’ is too derivative another teen 4 plots and expectations Just survival drama

The many goings on in Westeros

By Alex FrAil Collegian Staff

Editor’s note: Spoilers for Season 3 of “Game of Thrones” are contained in this article.

After last year, I don’t think any of us are going to look at weddings quite the same.

When “Game of Thrones” hosted the Red Wedding, it instantly became a fixture in pop culture lore, and not only because it murdered a slew of the show’s main good guys. Robb and Catelyn Stark’s demise sent unprecedented shockwaves through social media as fans grieved the downfall of Winterfell’s family.

The new season will have a lot to live up to. This season will focus upon roughly the second half of the third book in “A Song of Ice and Fire,” “A Storm of Swords,” which covers author George R.R. Martin’s finest writing in the series so far.

Because of the show’s sprawling ensemble and labyrinthine plot, here are just some of the plots brewing this year in Westeros and beyond.

In the North: Traitor Theon Greyjoy continues to suffer at the hands of Ramsay Snow, Roose Bolton’s sadistic bastard. Jon Snow returns to the Night’s Watch after jilting his wildling girlfriend, Ygritte. Jon’s half-brother Bran continues toward the Wall with Jojen and Meera in search of the three-eyed raven, while a massive army of White Walkers and their undead mercenaries inch closer to the Seven Kingdoms.

At King’s Landing: King Joffrey and Lady Margaery prepare to unite Houses Lannister and Tyrell with their marriage, while Ser Jaime returns to his beloved

sister, Queen Cersei, sans sword hand. Their brother Tyrion takes on his new position as Master of Coin and faces a dwindling number of friendly faces at the capital.

A new face arrives in Oberyn Martell, also known as the Red Viper. One of the books’ best characters, he comes ostensibly to fill his sick brother’s seat on the King’s council, but has plans of his own.

Across the Narrow Sea: Daenerys Targaryen struggles to consolidate her rule over Astapor and Yunkai as she turns her gaze upon Meereen, the grandest of the slave cities. Meanwhile, countless assassins dog her trail. Ser Jorah and Ser Barristan continue to bicker for the Queen’s approval.

In the Riverlands: Arya and The Hound travel through a land unhinged by the War of the Five Kings. Most recently they turned away from the Twins, tragically too late to save her brother and mother.

Ironically, The Hound is the greatest bodyguard she could ask for, despite her hatred for the burned knight.

This season’s most exciting addition has to be Oberyn Martell (Pedro Pascal). One of the Princes of Dorne, the hot-headed Red Viper holds the Lannisters in contempt for events during Robert’s Rebellion. In a world where you can never guess where allegiances lie, Oberyn’s plans will tie your brain in a pretzel before you can decipher his motivations or intentions.

Intrigue will boil over in King’s Landing as a fragile alliance emerges between the Lannisters and Tyrells.

Last year revealed a few schisms between the Houses, most easily exploited by the hilarious Lady Olenna Tyrell (Dame Diana Rigg), who often blurts out what everyone’s thinking.

Amid these changing circumstances, Tyrion (the

dependably amazing Peter Dinklage) finds himself lost in the shuffle, still demoralized from the Blackwater and his removal as Hand of the King.

Producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have promised that it’s Dinklage’s finest acting yet. Considering his work these past three years, that’s quite a vote of confidence.

Not to be forgotten is Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane), the grumpy Lord of Dragonstone who’s still reeling from his embarrassment at the Blackwater. His faithful comrades, Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham) and the Red Lady Melisandre (Carice van Houten) engineer a new plan for the would-be King that will take the three to interesting (and freezing) places.

“Games of Thrones” was an audacious idea from the first shot of three rangers beyond the Wall. The hype never daunted Benioff and Weiss, who have handled Martin’s opus with the expertise and care of true fan boys.

As frequent writers, they’ve produced a faithful adaptation that stands on its own as a crowning achievement in pop culture.

This season will have more action and intrigue throughout rather than reserving it all for later. Multiple major battles are slotted for Season 4, one of which the producers claim will dwarf the Blackwater sequence. And keep an eye out for Maisie Williams as Arya. She’s a young actress who gets better with each season and stands out in the main cast of nearly 30 names.

Still reeling from the Red Wedding? Don’t worry. Just because Robb fell doesn’t mean the Seven Kingdoms are at peace. The nuptials in Westeros aren’t over just yet.

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

By yoshi MAkishiMA Collegian Staff

While watching “Divergent,” the movie adaptation of Veronica Roth’s bestselling novel, it’s easy to see where “Divergent” borrowed from other young adult franchises, especially that juggernaut teen survival romance, “The Hunger Games.”

Going down the list, “Divergent” can check all the same boxes as “The Hunger Games.”

Sharp-shooting female protagonist – check.

Dystopian North American Fascist regime – check.

Culture of ritualized childon-child violence – check.

A Kravitz (Zoë, following her father Lenny’s footsteps after his role in “The Hunger Games”) – check.

“The Hunger Games” comparisons are unavoidable, and frankly, “Divergent” doesn’t seem to be making much effort to avoid them.

“Divergent,” like “The Hunger Games,” opens on our teenage protagonist living in a world of muted colors and shaky cam. Beatrice Prior lives in “Abnegation” – the community service clique, in a post-apocalyptic Chicago restructured into five high school-like groups. We also have the geeks (Erudite), the jocks (Dauntless), the happy hippies (Amity) and the oversharing smartasses (Candor.)

If you can’t keep track, don’t worry – each faction is colorcoded for your convenience, outfitted in different monochromatic uniforms.

In this society, every 16-year-old must take an entrance exam involving what appear to be hallucinogenic Jello shots to determine which group they belong to. But when Beatrice is tested, she fits into too many categories.

She is Divergent and her test proctor (an imposing Maggie Q) tells her she must hide her

condition – or else.

Or else what, you may well ask. And why? We are repeatedly told that “Divergents threaten the system” – but the movie never tells us why (perhaps because the book didn’t supply any answers, either), so we’re left with a conflict sans any sense of immediate danger.

Which is why, following the test, we have an ostentatious choosing ceremony, where the teens pick the faction they will belong to. This ceremony should be totally unnecessary, as most of them should already know where they’ll end up from the test they just took. But, as in the “The Hunger Games,” this ceremony mostly exists to force the heroine to become an ass-kicking action girl.

Accordingly, Beatrice signs up for Dauntless, the tattooed, pierced, leather-clad military faction. (Frankly, it’s surprising that more of these 16-yearolds aren’t running to join this glamorous crew.)

Beatrice, rechristening herself “Tris,” undergoes the brutal Dauntless initiation training – the violence of which has actually been toned down from the book. In Roth’s novel, a peripheral character takes a knife to the eye, the heroine is nearly sexually assaulted and most of the trainees regularly beat each other into bloody unconsciousness. It’s actually a pity they took it out. The random, shocking violence in the novel created an atmosphere of peril and urgency that the nearly nonexistent conflict couldn’t supply. In “The Hunger Games” film, the constant threat of death and bodily harm (retained from the novel) kept things interesting, even during the more banal moments. The world of “Divergent” feels safer, so we have less reason to care.

“Divergent” continues to tell us about some vague danger without showing us the threat. The movie tries to give us a good scare with a violent inter-faction coup-d’état in the fifth act, which kills off half a

dozen supporting characters.

But it’s too little, too late. The movie spends plenty of time letting the characters train for a fight, without giving them an occasion. The slowness of “Divergent” invites this unfavorable comparison with “The Hunger Games.” “The Hunger Games” jumped into the midst of battle early on, while “Divergent” stays stuck in the training stage for far too long.

Both “The Hunger Games” and “Divergent” started out as novels that told more than they showed. Both were narrated in the present tense by their teenage protagonists.

Their voices are humorless, ponderous and sometimes irritatingly petulant.

However, when “The Hunger Games” author Suzanne Collins adapted her own novel for the screen, with input from Billy Ray and Director Gary Ross, she made the smart decision to leave Katniss’ narrative voice out of the screenplay. In the film version of the “The Hunger Games,” Katniss becomes all wordless action.

The character’s silence, combined with the quiet strength of her portrayer, Jennifer Lawrence, made Katniss all the more compelling.

Shailene Woodley is just as strong an actress as Lawrence, but the screenplay of “Divergent” does its best to undermine her. She’s forced to speak the plodding voiceover, all but kept intact from the book. (A sample, the very first line of the movie: “They say the war was terrible.”) Her dialogue is just as stilted. Her unconvincing language is a reflection of the character’s lack of motivation. Tris just doesn’t seem to have much to fight for. In any movie, especially an action movie, actions matter more than words. Tris, the titular “Divergent” as well as the film itself, are all bark and not enough bite.

Yoshi Makishima can be reached at emakishima11@gmail.com.

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‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ is Marvel’s best An exhilirating and topical super-sequel

By Cory J. Willey Collegian Staff

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is the most topically relevant superhero film I’ve ever seen. With a plot that is as much influenced by classic American political thrillers as it is by the anti-terrorism, paranoia-filled times we live in, it is a much more mature and thoughtful superhero movie than anyone in the audience will expect when buying their ticket. Yet it never takes itself too seriously, nor does it forget who its audience is, making it the best solo-hero addition to the franchise since the first “Iron Man.” Following the Avengers’ victory over the Chitauri and Loki in New York, we find Captain America (Chris Evans), always the soldier, now working deep within S.H.I.E.L.D. still trying to find his footing in this new and unfamiliar world. After a covert mission, which Cap believes is to rescue hostages but actually has much larger implications, it is clear that he has very different priorities and ide-

als than the ultra-secretive security organization. This prompts a discussion about truth and control between Cap and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). Fury reveals the “Insight Program” being carried out by S.H.I.E.L.D. to gain Cap’s trust.

In response to the events in New York, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been given the go ahead to produce airships capable of picking out potential threats to homeland security and eliminating them

one of Cap’s biogenetically engineered blows.

Each character, whether it is Cap, Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) or The Winter Soldier, has his or her own unique fighting style. When they clash, the sense of danger feels very real, even for our seemingly immortal protagonist. This combined with stunning action set-pieces taking place all over our nation’s capital in the third act provide for an experi-

In fact the entire supporting cast delivers fantastic performances giving the film a depth that was missing from its predecessor. before they do any harm.

Cap is wholeheartedly against this, stating, “This isn’t freedom this is fear.”

On top of this, Cap must also deal with ghost assassin, The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan).

Directors Joe and Anthony Russo (of TV’s “Community” fame) handle this heavy amount of plot with ease, balancing intrigue with action, which is certainly not missing from this film in anyway. The choreography of the hand-tohand combat sequences is incredibly engaging, ensuring that you’ll feel every

ence as exhilarating as “The Avengers” that still fits the scale of a Marvel solo-hero films.

Recently, Evans has revealed that after his contract with Marvel runs out, he’ll retire from acting to pursue a career in directing. You wouldn’t know it by his work here however, as he still perfectly embodies Captain Steve Rogers through and through. He is heroic incarnate as the straight-shooting, soft spoken patriot and it’ll be a shame to see him hang up the red, white and blue shield when the day comes.

Much of the political drama feel comes from Robert Redford’s character Alexander Pierce. Redford is as welcome and delightful as you’d expect. It’s obvious he took this character just as seriously as any of his previous roles, creating a sense of mystery around the character that forces Captain America to question who he can and cannot trust.

In fact, the entire supporting cast delivers fantastic performances, giving the film a depth that was missing from its predecessor.

The Winter Soldier provides both a physical and emotional threat to Cap. Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/ Falcon and Johansson in particular stand out providing not only the bulk of the comic relief but legitimate support for Captain America as the stakes rise higher and higher. They feel necessary and evade the uselessness of Hawkeye in “The Avengers.” Johansson still finds new ways to represent the shady Black Widow, who we still don’t fully know even after seeing her in the other Marvel movies. Mackie fits right in alongside Evans and Johansson, a team-up we’ll hopefully see again soon in

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Black Widow is one of the few people Cap can trust in “The Winter Soldier.”

“Avengers: Age of Ultron.”

Not everything in this sequel meshes as well as this trio however. Much of what has plagued previous Marvel movies, such as weak dialogue at times as well as the overuse of certain recurring jokes wear a little thin, just enough to distract from some scenes.

A running gag with Black Widow trying to find Cap a date starts out funny enough, but by the third or fourth time around, it feels about as old as the 93-yearold super soldier. Overall these are just a few bumps in a road filled with welltimed comedic beats and breathtaking action.

With talk of an attack on New York, the debate of fear versus control and the questionable actions of a secretive government organization paired with engaging action sequences, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is one of the most relevant and gripping superhero movies of all time. It has all the makings of a political drama and spy thriller while still managing to stay true to its superhero roots, delivering the best Marvel movie to date.

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

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and running,” Masella said of last year’s defense in comparison to his. “So they’ve had to break some habits that are a little different from zone principles in the back end.

And up front we’re moving a lot more. We have to based on the personnel we have.

“That’s a little different than last year where they were in a 4-3 and pretty much a static front and they had some kids up front that could stay in there and take a beating and deliver a beating,” Masella added. “Now, we’re a little smaller than we’ve been up front. We have to move them and come from different angles.”

Andre said the biggest difference between Masella’s 3-4 defense and last year’s has been its simplicity. He said Masella knows how to balance being aggressive and conservative with his calls, and the players “know what their assignments are,” something he said is a result of better communication amongst teammates.

“Just the communication on all fronts,” Andre said.

“The safeties are communicating, the linebackers are communicating, the defensive linemen are communicating. I’d definitely say communication has made things a lot simpler and easier for the whole defense as a unit.”

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Stanley Andre (35) leads a UMass defense which is transitioning into a 3-4 base defense under Tom Masella.

The run defense should also get some reinforcements from the defensive backs when necessary. Masella, who is also the defensive backs coach, added the Cover 3 to the standard man and Cover 2 coverage schemes to have an extra safety roll down inside to make up for the lack of run supporters, as well as align the corners in a better position to read the play before and after the snap.

“We used to shuffle, but

ONSLAUGHT is a lynchpin in the batting order.

“Lindsey is a big power hitter for us – she’s a huge leader in the lineup,” Stefanoni said. “Smackdab in the middle, she usually comes up with people on base. When she hits, it becomes contagious and everyone else starts to hit.”

UMass batted around in the first inning en route to those seven runs on seven hits.

“That was the most hits and runs we scored in the first inning this year, maybe even from last year, too,” Webster said. “It was so great. It just put us in just a good place to, really, just finish out the game.”

Stefanoni noted that UConn (7-26) is a regional rival and frequent foe of UMass, and she reminded her Minutewomen of the mindset needed to defeat the

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now we backpedal more so we can see the receiver better and the backfield, whereas we couldn’t see it (last year) because we could only play a certain way,” cornerback Trey Dudley-Giles said. “(Masella’s) giving us more freedom to play so now we feel more comfortable in the backfield in the secondary.”

Dudley-Giles called Masella a “player’s coach” and said the changes to scheme and technique was

something the team needed.

Masella has been equally pleased with what he’s seen from his players so far.

“It’s a process,” he said.

“We’ve got a ways to go, but they’re working hard and each day they become more familiar with me and what we’re trying to do.”

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the importance of taking care of business at home these past five games, especially with the team set to play its next eight games on the road.

“If anything, this past week has built momentum and given this team confidence moving forward,” she said. “They know that we’re gonna be on the road for two weeks and every place that we play at it’s gonna be tough. Coming off five wins, especially at home, is only gonna help boost our confidence.”

L i ke Stefanoni, Webster believes that this five-game stretch at home was a major confidence builder, and knows how important it is to make their home field one in which opponents fear playing at.

“It’s so nice to be at home on our field in front of our crowds,” she said. “It’s such a comfort being on Sortino Field, and we are blessed every single time we are here. Hopefully this stretch is just the beginning as we look to keep going and increase our winning streak.”

Besides exploding for 34 runs during the streak,

“It’s so nice to be at home on our field in front of our crowds.

It’s such a comfort being on Sortino Field and we are blsesed every single time we are here.”

UMass outfielder Lindsey Webster the pitching duo of senior Caroline Raymond and freshman Tara Klee has stepped up. Raymond has won her past three outings, most recently pitching three flawless innings versus UConn while striking out five of the nine batters she faced. On the other hand, Klee won her first two games of the season, recording victories over Yale and Dayton.

With this five-game home stretch in the books, the Minutewomen will look to continue their streak, starting with a road contest versus Boston College on Wednesday.

Jason Kates can be reached at jkates@umass.edu.

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Huskies.

“I know they always come ready to play us, and we come ready to play them,” she said. “It’s extremely important to be able to jump on a team like that right away. For us to get on the board, and very early that way – that was huge for us.”

Raymond more than contributed her share in the circle, scattering three hits over three innings of work while fanning six.

Freshman Dakota SmithPorter took over for the fourth inning, and closed out the game with a pair of scoreless frames.

“Caroline threw gas today,” Webster said. “They just couldn’t even touch her – she was phenomenal. And Dakota is really coming into her own. She’s a great asset to this team.”

UMass’ defense was

also a bright spot for the Minutewomen in support of pitchers Raymond and Smith-Porter. UMass second baseman Jena Cozza marveled with a twisting, overthe-shoulder grab on a flare into short right field to end the third inning.

“Another day, another game where we went error free. We allowed five hits, and to have zero runs and zero errors shows a lot for our defense and pitching staff,” Stefanoni said, After sweeping the rainshortened five-game homestand, the Minutewomen hit the road for an eight-game stretch away from Sortino Field, beginning at Boston College on Wednesday.

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Caroline Raymond (3) pitched three scoreless innings en route to her fifth victory of the season against UConn.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

UConn beats ND 79-58, wins ninth NCAA title

Huskies finish year undefeated at 40-0

By John AltAvillA The Hartford Courant

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Shortly after defeating Tennessee for its first national championship in 1995, Chris Dailey saw Tennessee assistant Mickie DeMoss at an AAU tournament. They had an enlightening chat.

“She was very gracious,” said Dailey, UConn’s associate head coach. “And then she said, ‘We need to change the way we play to beat you.

“I remember calling Geno (Auriemma) saying, “Oh my god, Tennessee is going to change the way they play because of us!

Can you believe it? It was disbelief and awe that little old Connecticut would have that kind of impact on Tennessee.’”

Imagine that.

Well, on Tuesday night at the Bridgestone Arena, smack in the middle of Tennessee, the program that currently defines sustained greatness in collegiate athletics surpassed the one it aspired to emulate.

UConn (40-0) put the punctuation on its fifth undefeated season by blast-

ing Notre Dame, 79-58.

The national championship is the second straight for UConn. For Auriemma and Dailey, the game’s first couple, it is their ninth, eclipsing the mark set by Pat Summitt’s mighty program.

The victory extended UConn’s winning streak to 46, ended Notre Dame’s at 37. But more importantly, most historically, it secured, for just the second time in NCAA history, a dual national championship for the men’s and women’s programs operating out of the castle in the Storrs cornfield.

Senior Stefanie Dolson, whose zest for life and seriousness for the game turned her into one of the program’s most beloved players, said goodbye with 17 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists.

Kaleena MosquedaLewis, whose regular season was wrecked by injury and illness, completed a star run through the regionals and Final Four with 18 points and seven rebounds.

Breanna Stewart, the sensational sophomore, the national player of the year, the game’s new prodigy, added 21 points and nine rebounds.

And All-American Bria

Hartley ended her career with 13 points, finishing six shy of 2,000.

The Irish was led by Kayla McBride, its AllAmerican guard, who ended her fabulous career with 21 points.

This wasn’t the game everyone hoped for; you know, a scrum between two essentially level powerhouses with their own strengths and few perceptible weaknesses.

Nope, with the exception of the first four minutes, when the Irish took an 8-6 lead, this game went to the dogs.

Consider the second half: Down 45-38 at the half, Notre Dame scored just nine points in the first 16 minutes of the second half.

The word stifled comes to mind.

UConn rolled over Notre Dame’s post, which has played so well against Maryland in the semifinals.

It shut down Notre Dame’s guards who had made five threes in the first half.

UConn was everywhere Notre Dame was and everywhere Notre Dame couldn’t get to. And that is why UConn still has never lost a national championship game.

The Irish came in having defeated UConn in seven

of their last nine meetings, although one of the losses was last year’s national semifinal in New Orleans.

Times change, rosters along with it. But it all contributed to an added sense of urgency for programs with everything to lose with just one loss.

And as if the game needed any more edge, the byplay on Tuesday between Auriemma and Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw, so reminiscent of past forays between he and Summitt had, added the spurs to the fence that now separates the programs.

The Huskies took a quick 4-0 lead just 45 seconds into the game, but soon found themselves down 8-6 on a McBride basket.

Then game had the transforming moment of the half.

The Huskies attacked Notre Dame’s backline, now without senior Natalie Achonwa.

They used Dolson and Stewart primarily to go on a 16-0 run that lasted for 4:48 and pushed the Huskies into a 22-8 lead with 11:02 to play.

But the Irish refused to relent and used their backcourt strength to cut into the lead. Jewell Loyd, their WBCA All-American, and Michaela Mabrey, one of the best pure shooters in the

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Stephanie Dolson (right) celebrates as UConn completed its undefeated season and became national champions. nation, shot the Irish back into the game.

With two three-pointers from each, and another from McBride (13 firsthalf points), they slowly moved back, cutting the lead to 29-23 before baskets

by Stewart and Moriah Jefferson re-established a 10-point lead for UConn (3323) with 5:09 to play in the half.

The Huskies held Notre Dame to 15 of 35 shooting in the first half to build a 45-38 lead. Five of those field goals were the threes from their guards when all seemed lost.

But the bigger problem, the one that put this game in danger from the start, was the way UConn’s frontline was taking care of business.

Stewart and Dolson were a combined 12-for-16 in the first half and the Huskies outscored the Irish, 32-10, in the paint.

Mosqueda-Lewis (14), Stewart (14) and Dolson (10) all had double-figures by the end of half. The Huskies also assisted on 16 of their 21 field goals with five blocked shots.

Loyd (11 points) and Mabrey (10) were 7-for-16 from the field.

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SOFTBALL

LITTLE BARK, LESS BITE

FOOTBALL

UM gains familiarity with 3-4 D By nicK canelas Collegian Staff

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Lindsey Webster (above) went 2-for-3 and contributed three RBIs in UMass’ 11-0 rout over Connecticut on Tuesday at Sortino Field.

UMass routs Huskies

Minutewomen mercy UConn in five innings

It was such a fun game. Everyone’s spirits were really high.”

Added Stefanoni: “It’s a true testament to what we have been doing all year. They have been working By yoni Monat their tails off at practice – coming Collegian Staff early to hit, staying after, and it’s Massachusetts softball coach truly starting to show up here in Kristi Stefanoni said that her these games.”

The Minutewomen’s sevensquad always gets amped up to play run bottom of the first inning their non-league rival Connecticut.

Her squad transferred that mental- began with junior Quianna Diazity to offensive firepower Tuesday Patterson reaching base on a single. Freshman Cote Clark at Sortino Field. then followed with a bunt The Minutewomen UMass 11 single, and sophomore (8-14) unleashed a batTaylor Carbone plated ting onslaught against UConn 0 Diaz-Patterson with an Huskies pitcher Lauren RBI single.

Duggan, chasing her In the cleanup after just one out was spot, Webster continued the barrecorded en route to an 11-0 mercy rage by launching a double that rule victory in just five innings. rolled to the left-centerfield wall, UMass junior hurler Caroline scoring two more.

Raymond capitalized on that run “I’ve really been working a lot – support, as she cruised through we all have – on really hitting that three innings of scoreless work outside pitch and putting a good and picked up her fifth victory of swing on a good pitch. That’s just the season. what I tried to do today,” Webster “It was a really good win for said. us,” said senior Lindsey Webster, Stefanoni says that Webster, whose double drove home two in who is now batting .333 this season, the first inning. “It was our first mercy of the year – got to love it. see ONSLAUGHT on page 7

UM finishes off five straight home wins

By Jason Kates Collegian Staff

The term “home-field advantage” is often thrown around in sports to illustrate a team’s dominance on its own turf.

For the Massachusetts softball team, Sortino Field has proven to be a fortress this season, a trend which continued on Tuesday as the Minutewomen defeated Connecticut 11-0 to win their fifth game in a row and push their record to 8-14.

This time around, it was a seven-run first inning that propelled UMass to a dominant victory over the Huskies in just five innings. Minutewoman coach Kristi Stefanoni said it makes her extremely proud seeing her team perform so well, especially at Sortino Field.

“It makes me happy and helps me sleep at night,” she said. “I think it’s great for these guys.

They’ve been working their tails off and are still healing from the past year, so it’s nice to see

they come alive and have fun.”

Over the past week, the Minutewomen have certainly been having fun, as they outscored their opponents 34-8 during their five-game winning streak, which included doubleheader sweeps over Yale and Dayton. Senior outfielder Lindsey Webster, who has boosted her batting average to .333 for the season, is looking to continue this winning streak and carry it into conference play.

“It feels amazing,” Webster said after recording two hits and three RBIs in the win over the Huskies.

“We’re looking for 10 in a row, 15 in a row, and really carrying this momentum into (the Atlantic 10 Tournament),” she said.

Being away from Amherst has not been pleasant for UMass. It’s compiled an 0-4 record on the road and a 3-10 record at neutral sites. Stefanoni acknowledged see

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The Massachusetts football team’s recent memories of playing in a 3-4 base defense are as forgettable as they come.

The Minutemen started the 2013 season in the 3-4 and suffered heavily in the ground game, as they allowed an average of 323 rushing yards in a trio of lopsided defeats. One of those games was a 45-0 loss at Wisconsin in which three different Badgers rushed for over 100 yards on an easily exposed UMass defense.

The Minutemen switched to a 4-3 in Week 4 against Vanderbilt and the results were promising.

Opponents ran for about 180 yards per game over UMass’ last nine contests and the games became more competitive.

Just months later, the 3-4 appears to be making a comeback in Amherst. But with new personnel under defensive coordinator Tom Masella, who also led UMass coach Mark Whipple’s defense in 2002 and 2003, the Minutemen are seeking a better outcome this time.

“It’s definitely been an experience trying to learn the 3-4. It’s definitely different,” linebacker Stanley Andre said. “There’s a variation of things that are going on. We’re blitzing a lot more, moving the line a lot more, the safeties are incorporated a lot more and the linebackers are even moving around so it’s great for us as a team because we like to move.”

Masella’s defense promises to be more aggressive than the one coached by Phil Elmassian last season. Last year, the Minutemen were more of a “match team,” according to Masella, with a reliance on zone coverage and little movement up front with bigger defensive linemen in Galen Clemons and Kevin Byrne.

Midway through spring camp 2014, UMass is now learning to move around more at all three levels, blitz more frequently and use its athleticism to make plays. This style of play should be more suitable for a team lacking in size up front with Peter Angeh and Enock Asante taking over at the defensive ends outside Daniel Maynes this spring, and more agile and active linebackers in Trey Seals and Kassan Messiah.

“I think we’re doing different things coverage-wise. Not that what they were doing wasn’t good things, it’s just my comfort level, what I’m more comfortable calling see

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HOCKEY

Minutemen cut Mac Haight Freshman goalie gone after one year By nicK canelas Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts hockey team has begun the process of making room for its future.

The Collegian confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that goaltender Mac Haight was cut by the Minutemen on Monday in what appears to be a depth move.

Haight, who spent most of the season as the team’s third-string goalie behind Steve Mastalerz and Alex Wakaluk, appeared in four games for UMass in 2013-14, including a pair of starts against Boston College on Nov. 14 and 15. The freshman made his name known

around Amherst with two strong performances against the Eagles – who will appear in the Frozen Four on Thursday – as he made a combined 57 saves and allowed just four goals on consecutive nights while Mastalerz was sidelined with an injury.

Haight finished the season with a 3.43 goals against average and .892 save percentage.

The Sammamish, Wash., native is the second player to leave the program since season’s end after it circulated throughout Twitter a couple weeks ago that Brandon Wahlin is also no longer with the team. The moves are likely to prepare the Minutemen to welcome coach John Micheletto’s second recruiting class this coming season.

According to College Hockey

News, UMass has 11 recruits, including goalie Henry Dill, committed to the program for next season, six of which have already signed National Letters of Intent.

While Haight finished the season with much better numbers than Wakaluk – the freshman from Alberta, Canada, played in three games, including ugly starts against Maine and New Hampshire, and finished with a 7.38 goals against average and .769 save percentage – it’s pretty clear that Wakaluk – a scholarship player from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League – is part of the Minutemen’s future plans despite a rocky rookie season.

Richard Murray of The Boston Herald and Hockey’s Future first reported the news via Twitter.

Voity named goalie coach In other goaltending news, the Minutemen hired Matt Voity as its next goalie coach.

Voity was the American International College goalie coach for three seasons after multiple stints coaching netminders at the high school level. According to his website voitygoaltending.com, Voity has worked with names such as Cory Schneider, Jon Gillies and a shortlist of other professional players.

UMass fell victim to one of Voity’s products last season when AIC freshman Hunter Leisner made 57 saves in a 3-2 win over the Minutemen on Jan. 14.

Nick Canelas can be reached at ncanelas@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @NickCanelas.

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Mac Haight (31) makes one of his 31 saves against Boston College in a game on Nov. 14, 2013.