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‘United’ against inequality Ashcroft speaks, faces backlash Students protest Republican’s visit

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Over 2,000 people from UMass, Northampton, Amherst and surrounding colleges gathered on UMass campus to show LGBTQ community support.

UMass students rally for gay rights

By Catherine Ferris Collegian Staff

After Derrick Gordon came out publicly last week, the Westboro Baptist Church made it known they would be picketing the University of Massachusetts. When students caught wind that this was happening, a rally was planned to support Gordon and the LGBTQ community on Wednesday.

“After Derrick Gordon came out publicly, there was some backlash from different communities,

specifically the Westboro Baptist Church,” said Charlotte Kelly, a sophomore.

Kelly said that Ellie Miske, a junior, and Sïonan Barrett, a sophomore, were involved in organizing this event, but noted there was help from organizations as well. She said a lot of messaging was run by the Stonewall Center and spoke with people from the Pride Alliance and the Student Government Association.

Zac Broughton, a senior and SGA President, was also in attendance.

“I’m here today to stand solidarity with my fellow students and show my support for the LGBTQ com-

munity,” he said.

Broughton also recognized the possibility of the Westboro Baptist Church protesting, and said that although it is their constitutional right to say what they want to say, “We’re going to exercise our constitutional right to talk about something better.”

The Facebook event, #UMassUnited, was created and had over 2,000 people saying they were attending.

The page outlined what exactly the event was, as well as reminded students to be respectful of everyone’s beliefs and rights.

When the time to begin marching from the Fine Arts Center to the Student

Union came, there were an estimated 3,000 people in attendance including students from the Five Colleges and residents of Amherst and Northampton.

“I am queer and a Christian, training to be a pastor. I really care about showing both the queer community and the Westboro Baptist Church that being queer and a Christian does not have to be in conflict with each other,” said Lizzie McManus, a senior from Mount Holyoke.

She heard about the event through a friend who saw it posted on Tumblr, see

Former Republican Attorney General and former Governor of Missouri John Ashcroft came to talk about liberty on campus on Wednesday in the Student Union Ballroom.

His speech was titled “The Future of America and the GOP: Insights from an Esteemed Political F i g u r e. ” H oweve r, Ashcroft’s time at UMass soon turned from a talk of liberty to rapid word-fire from the crowd protestors, who had previously stood outside with signs that read “War Criminal,” which was later shouted on several occasions during the speech.

David Kaufman, president of the Republican Club on campus, introduced Ashcroft. Before

the speech, in regards to the Republican Club, Kaufman said “My group has never and will never impede on someone’s right to free speech.”

Ashcroft said, “Thank you for standing up and thank you for sitting down” when people did not leave when he began his speech, Ashcroft was involved in controversial matters during his career in the Bush administration. According to Kaufman, Ashcroft is also the “only person in an election to lose his seat to a deceased opponent,” who was Mel Carnahan in the Missouri Senate election in 2000.

Ashcroft’s number-one priority is preventing terrorism, he said. He also spoke a lot about liberty and freedom, using quotes from important places and documents in history including the Declaration see

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Ashcroft answered questions about his views on current world problems.

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‘It really made me appreciative’ UMass student to research UM doctor reflects on 2013 marathon By stephen hewitt Collegian Staff

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wo weeks ago, Pierre Rouzier was putting something in his car at his home in Amherst when he heard a truck hit a bump in the road, causing a loud clatter of metal to startle him.

The sudden, alarming sound forced Rouzier to immediately turn and crouch. “Where is it?” he impulsively thought to himself. “Where do I have to go?”

Last June, every time his wife dragged him out shopping to a department store, Rouzier would venture off to the men’s belt section. He’d look for a webbed belt with a tworing buckle that he could stitch across.

In his own words, he was looking for a belt that could be used as the perfect tourniquet.

“I was on a mission,” Rouzier said. “I was like, ‘I’m going to find the right belt.’”

A lot has changed in the year that’s passed since last April’s Boston Marathon bombings. One thing that hasn’t changed, though, is Rouzier’s passion to help others.

That’s why he immediately jumped to attention when that truck made a loud sound near his home as he instinctively wondered how he could help.

That’s why he shopped for that belt and why he even bought a pair of cargo pants with bigger pockets so he can stash more things.

And that’s why he’ll return to the Boston Marathon this Monday, to the very location where just over a year ago, thousands of lives were impacted and a city was shaken as a result of two bombs that exploded near the finish line, which killed three people and injured more than 200 others.

Rouzier, a University of Massachusetts staff physician, was at ground zero of the attack, where for the fifth year in a row he was stationed at a medical tent less than 100 yards away from the race’s finish line

to work as one of many volunteer triage doctors.

Most racegoers who arrive to the tent come experiencing dehydration or related symptoms as a result of running 26.2 miles in the heat. But at 2:49 p.m. on that fateful day, a bomb exploded in the middle of a crowd of spectators watching the race on Boylston Street.

Moments later, another bomb went off.

As much of the crowd hurriedly dispersed in fear of their lives, Rouzier, as if COURTESY DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE

Pierre Rouzier, UMass physician it was a reflex, rushed into the chaos – facing pools of blood, torn-off limbs and sheer panic – as he tried to save as many lives as he could.

Rouzier’s brave response didn’t surprise many, especially his son Anthony.

Anthony was giving an accounting presentation for his MBA class in Florida when he received a text from his dad: “Bombs going off at the finish line. see

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cyber suicide with award Soros Fellowship supplying funds

By Marie MaCCune Collegian Staff

Mike Alvarez, a communications Ph.D. candidate, was recently one of 30 finalists awarded the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Alvarez, originally from the Philippines, was the only fellow studying communications.

According to the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans website, the award is for “New Americans” pursuing at least two years of graduate work. Each fellow can receive up to $90,000 in tuition and stipend assistance for graduate education received in the U.S. According to Alvarez, his work focuses on cyber suicide and the stigma surrounding mental illness.

“I want to raise awareness,” he said. “From my

own experiences, I know it is difficult to talk about suicide. A lot of times it touches on a previous loss for people or on their fear of death. I want to open a dialogue.”

Alvare z explained, “Cyber suicide is suicide that is mediated by the Internet. It can take many different forms. One form is through live feeds, when someone broadcasts their suicide live. Another is making suicide pacts online. Complete strangers, when they feel that life is unbearable, decide on a time and place to meet – or at least a common time if they cannot meet – and commit suicide together,” Alvarez explained.

According to Alvarez, this has made people wary of the Internet.

“Cyber suicide is a phenomenon with two halves,” he said. “The Internet is either seen as something dangerous and a cause of suicide, or as something that can be used as a tool to prevent it.”

When asked about how he became interested in the topic, he said, “Before I became a Ph.D. student, I was a psychology undergrad at Rutgers University.

But I like to call myself a psychiatric survivor. I was in and out of the revolving door of mental illness.

I even contemplated and attempted suicide.”

In terms of his research method, Alvarez said his “work transgressed many different disciplines.”

“I don’t rely on one method,” he said. “At UMass, my work is two things: One is looking at online memorials created by parents of those who have committed suicide and analyzing the posts and comments on the sites; the second is that I’m also analyzing the depiction of suicide through film.”

“I’m trying to bring to light the subject of suicide, which is something people really don’t touch,” Alvarez said. “There is see

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Rouzier will be volunteering again at the Boston Marathon this Monday, and looks forward to seeing familiar faces.

Say your prayers!” the text read.

Moments later, Anthony went online to find out what was going on and stepped outside of class to try to get in touch with his dad. But it wasn’t until two hours later – several texts having gone unanswered – that Anthony finally heard back.

“I’m OK, I’m going to go find more people,” his dad said. “Hopefully another bomb doesn’t go off.”

“It was no surprise to me that he would do that because that’s just the way he is,” Anthony said. “He doesn’t think twice about helping people because that’s just what he knows.

“At a time like that, my natural reaction was really just how appreciative I was to have him in my life and if the worst thing were to happen that he did it because he cared about people, and that’s just the way he is.”

One year later, nothing has changed.

Rouzier will be back on Boylston Street on Monday for his sixth consecutive Boston Marathon as a volunteer triage doctor, doing what he loves most: helping others.

It’s a state of mind that has fueled him for over three decades of medical work, 17 years of which he’s been at UMass for. Facing such a traumatic experience such as last year’s bombings may deter some from coming back, but not Rouzier.

“It’s been on my calendar of something that’s important to do for the whole time (since the bombings),” Rouzier said.

There’s almost never a day that goes by when Rouzier doesn’t think about what happened a year ago.

Especially, recently, he’s given countless interviews recalling the day that he

– and everyone associated with it – will remember forever.

He said he cries often as he comes to grips with the emotional toll of that day and the aftermath.

He’s also gained a stronger appreciation of life – one that no doubt existed before last year’s tragedy, but one that also grew as a result of it.

“I’ve always been an optimist,” Rouzier said.

“I say prayers and thanks every day I’m alive. When I see somebody who’s an amputee, I’m just kind of drawn to them, just to wonder what their story is.

Wondering how they got hurt and what their challenges are. It’s really made me appreciative of life.

“I was always that kind of person, but it made me even more (like that).”

Most of all, though, what keeps driving Rouzier back – and ultimately back to this

year’s Boston Marathon – is his love for people.

It’s why one of the main things he’s looking forward to on Monday is reconnecting with people he hasn’t seen since last year’s marathon, a connection that has become stronger this year more than any other year in light of last year’s events.

“The emotional charge of it all will make it a little different,” Rouzier said.

“You always like to see people you haven’t seen in a long time. I’ll see a lot of people I haven’t seen in a year. So that will be a big emotional incentive, just seeing people. A special thing happened. You shared that special bond of being there.”

More than that, though, his love for people will drive him to do what he does best on Monday: help people when they need it.

Belt-turned-tourniquet in tow – just in case – Rouzier will be more prepared for what’s to come than ever before, and he wouldn’t have it any other way.

As his son Anthony said, it’s just what he does.

“He loves doing it,” Anthony said. “He’s there at the triage tent and he loves to be in the thick of that. So for him to go back, that’s a type of closure to make a statement to himself that ‘this is something that I’ve done forever and I will continue to do it because I love doing it. And I’m not going to be deterred from what I love to do by some kind of cowardly act.’

He’s one of the people that embodies that more than anyone.”

Stephen Hewitt can be reached at shewitt@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @steve_hewitt.

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Labyrinth in the library new way to target stress Addition on ninth floor of DuBois

By Daniel MalDonaDo Collegian Correspondent

The W.E.B. Du Bois Library at the University of Massachusetts has installed a stress-relieving meditation labyrinth called the Sparq Labyrinth.

Installed over spring break, the labyrinth is a small setup on the ninth floor of the library, which consists of a projector, an iPad and a series of descriptions and instructions on how to use the device.

There are also posters indicating the benefits of meditation and the history of labyrinths.

Donna Zucker, associate professor at the College of Nursing, has been conducting research on how labyrinths relieve stress and work as a form of meditation. Previously, Zucker worked at a prison in Northampton, studying prisoners’ reactions to labyrinth therapy.

The Sparq Labyrinth was created by University of Oklahoma student Matt Cooke. Cooke had noticed that doing work on computers for an extended period of time causes stress, so he decided to design these projected labyrinths for students in libraries to be able to take breaks and relieve stress.

According to Zucker, “(Cooke) read an article I wrote on labyrinths in

prison and he thought that he would contact me.” The labyrinth was then brought to UMass and installed in the library.

A small, circular labyrinth is projected onto the floor, where one is supposed to walk through to the center, meditate, do yoga, dance or whatever one does to relax, then exit.

“There are no dead ends; it’s just one continuous circuit to the middle. And then once you get to the middle, you can pause and do some relaxation,” Zucker said.

“We ask people to take a minute and think about it. To take a couple deep breaths and focus your attention like you would do before you begin yoga. And then walk or do the pattern that’s on the floor. And just think about nothing.”

Zucker is planning on using the labyrinths for a study on stress and blood pressure.

“My study is actually going to be enrolling students who will elect to be in a control or to be in an experimental group, and I’m going to measure their blood pressure before and after and see if it makes a difference. It did in the jail study, so I’d like to see if it works with normal subjects.”

“I spend a lot of time in the library, even more now towards the end of the year. It’s good to know that there is something to help me get through finals stress see

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According to Alvarez, he chose UMass because of the diverse set of opportunities it offered.

“What really attracted me was that the faculty and students are doing interdisciplinary work. Of course we work within the field of communications, but it is such a diverse field and we pull in information and skills from so many other focuses. I really saw a lot of potential

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“I’m trying to bring to light the subject of suicide. here is such a veil, such a curtain, of silence. And I can use my experiential understanding to give back to society, to breach that gap between what is happening and what is being talked about.”

Mike Alvarez, Ph.D. student in that. I don’t want to be limited by one field,” he said. “And the faculty here at UMass have such amazing backgrounds and a lot to offer to their students.”

About his time in the program so far, Alvarez said, “It’s been great. The faculty, the students – it’s

funny, but those are the only words I have. It’s been cool, it’s been really great.”

Marie MacCune can be reached at mmaccune@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @MarieMacCune.

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and was looking forward to attending the protest.

McManus continued, “My absolute goal personally is to bear witness through nonviolent protest, show that they are not the absolute voice of Christianity or the absolute voice of religious people in this country.”

Joseph Homsi, a senior, said that he was excited for the Westboro Baptist Church to come to campus.

“For me, this was coming out to say that Christianity is accepting of all kinds of people, no matter the sexual orientation, color, race or gender. And I just wanted people to know that and get that message out there because for me, it was a struggle to understand that and I feel like now I have come to understand it, it is my responsibility to help spread that teaching.”

Homsi went to a Catholic school for 13 years, and said it was difficult for him to come out. However, he talked to priests and different support groups, and came to putting his faith and sexual orientation together.

Nate Budinton and Cindy Stahler, residents of Northampton and Amherst, heard of the event from a newspaper article.

“I’m here in support of (Derrick Gordon) and of a safe and loving environment at UMass and in the town of Amherst,” Budington said.

He recognized the Westboro Baptist Church as having a right to speak, but sees them as a group that has completely missed the meaning of Christianity.

Stahler, a resident of Northampton, said she heard about the event and began to e-mail people to attend in support.

“I’m a Christian and I think God loves everybody. People who adopt the name of Christian and don’t believe that God loves everybody needs someone to stand up and say what their truth is. It’s great to stand up and show support for the LGBTQ community. Even though it’s cold and windy, it’s a good day.”

Students flooded in front of the Student Union, chanting things like “Black, white, gay, straight, love does not discriminate,” and “Hey hey ho ho, inequality’s got to go.”

There were several speakers who

Cites time period as pivotal, historic

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Students made their own signs to bring to the rally, which began outside the Fine Arts Center. stepped up to give speeches and tell their own personal stories.

Alex Russell, a junior and food science major, spoke of her struggles and feeling as though she was stuck in the closet at one point.

“A lot of stuff gets put into that.

You have those things that you need on a daily basis that go right on the shelf in the front. But there’s always that pile in the back, the stuff that gets pushed back and forgotten, stuff that’s hidden, the stuff that you can’t find unless you’re really searching for it. People aren’t meant to be in them. And yet a closet is a perfect analogy to where I was not too long ago. I felt buried, trapped by fear.”

Russell continued, and said that the UMass community has been welcoming and supportive, but noted that this is not the case in other places.

“I am looking forward to the time when holding hands with the person you love is not something to stare at. When announcing your sexuality is not media worthy. I am looking forward to the time when no one will need to come out of the closet because no one will feel that they are trapped in one.”

The Westboro Baptist Church tweeted multiple times of their plans to picket, but did not specify where they would be. However, they

said they would be picketing from 12:15 p.m. until 1 p.m.

There were five members of the church standing on the side of Massachusetts Avenue, holding signs and playing music. The lyrics of the songs were remixes of popular top 40, including the change of Bruno Mars’ “Grenade” to “God has a grenade for ya.”

A crowd of approximately 100 people gathered across the street, many of them yelling obscenities at the picketers. At one point, the crowd began to chant, “Fred Phelps is dead.”

Police were on the scene, keeping the crowd on the curb and out of the street, and preventing anyone from crossing the street and getting close to the Westboro Baptist Church.

Most students said that the event for Gordon and LGBTQ support was a good way to send a message about love. Kelly said, “Love wins.

Support wins. Solidarity wins. And (the WBC’s) movement doesn’t have any solidarity.”

Catherine Ferris can be reached at caferris@umass. edu and followed @Ca_Ferris2. Aviva Luttrell, Julia McLaughlin and Rose Gottlieb contributed to this report.

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ability to add diversity to the SEC, calling it one of his proudest achievements.

Slive – who became commissioner in 2002 – headed the conference in 2004 when Mississippi State hired Sylvester Croom, the first African-American head coach in the conference. Slive called it a “historic moment.”

Diversity has been a resounding topic at UMass this week, as basketball guard Derrick Gordon became the first male Division I basketball player to announce he was gay last Wednesday. Gordon cited former SEC football player Michael Sam, who also came out earlier this year, as a crucial inspiration to him.

“I issued a statement on Michael Sam in saying that it was a courageous thing to do in support of him as a student-athlete, and I think the same would apply for (Gordon),” Slive said.

Slive also oversaw the SEC’s expansion at a conference in 2011, when the conference announced Texas A&M would become a member the following season. Shortly thereafter, the conference also announced Missouri would enter as a member, pushing the total number of schools to 14.

He called the process “complex, intense, exhausting and fascinating.”

The expansion increased overall viewership of the conference, allowing the SEC to pursue avenues of exposure and financial security. The conference recently announced its own television network, the SEC Network, which will run in conjunction with ESPN and is scheduled to launch in August 2014.

Slive also gave advice on leadership and what students need to know about innovation as they prepare to enter the workforce. He detailed his job history, starting at how he began as a meat-cutter in a butcher shop before practicing law. Ultimately, following advice from his wife, he took a risk and moved to California to work for the Pacific-10 Conference.

“If you have a dream, follow your dream,” Slive said as he shared his wife’s advice.

The presentation centered around the idea that SEC entered its “Golden Age” because preparation met opportunity. Slive listed characteristics he felt all students should embody as being willing to take risks, make sacrifices, be willing to move, have patience, be open to the unknown and ultimately, be confident.

“Confidence is grounded in competence,” Slive said.

“Both are necessary to be a leader.”

Prospective University of Massachusetts students interested in jobs within the field of intercollegiate athletics are entering the job market during one of the field’s most pivotal time periods in history.

On Wednesday, the University hosted the man who leads one of its intercollegiate athletics’ most important entities.

The Mark H. McCormack School of Sport Management hosted Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive this week as its Executivein-Residence, marking the first time a commissioner or college athletics executive fulfilled that role.

The 73-year old spoke for over an hour in front of students at Mahar Auditorium, sharing stories from his career and answering Twitter questions tweeted in from fans watching the live-streamed event from home.

The SEC is the pinnacle of collegiate football success, as teams from within the conference have won seven of the last eight college football championships. During Slive’s tenure, the SEC won 62 national championships in 16-of21 league sponsored sports.

Slive discussed issues he faced in the past as well as issues he anticipates facing in the future.

“This is a very, very pivotal period in intercollegiate athletics,” Slive said just minutes into his address.

One of the pressing issues in college athletics is the treatment of players, specifically in terms of compensation and wellness. Recently, football players from Northwestern University began the process of unionizing in order to be treated as employees, not just student-athletes. Slive maintained that the NCAA can improve its treatment of players without necessarily paying them as employees, saying he’s committed to maintaining the collegiate model.

“I don’t think we should have (players as) employees,” Slive said. “To me, the focus is really on the substance. What do we need to do for these student-athletes to maintain the collegiate model, in light of the request to unionize?”

Slive noted that he hopes scholarships, which cover the full costs of college attendance, can be introduced to studentathletes. He also hopes to improve the time commitment required for studentathletes who must find balance between playing a sport and completing Mark Chiarelli can be reached at schoolwork. mchiarel@umass.edu and followed He also spoke on his on Twitter @Mark_Chiarelli.

LABYRINTH free,” said Bre Santospago, a sophomore majoring in psychology at the University.

So far, there has been very little publicity about Sparq.

“I have flyers that are going to be distributed to different professors on campus, and I asked the distributors to talk about it with the students. The students who are interested can contact me and then I can enroll them into the study,” Zucker said. “We are just taking it out of its silent phase and we are

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bringing it out into the public phase.”

“It’s like an art exhibit,” Zucker said. “This is version 1.0; (Cooke) is already working on 2.0.” Because of low ceilings at the library, the size of the labyrinth is limited, and there are still adjustments to be made.

The Sparq Labyrinth is in the library until the end of August. Anyone is free to use it, and it is open during all library hours.

Daniel Maldonado can be reached at dmaldona@student.umass.edu.

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Questions were asked about his opinions on the Patriot Act, the situation of possible nuclear weaponry in Iraq, torture (specifically water-boarding – a crowd member asked if they could water-board Ashcroft), prisoners in Guantanamo Bay and the death penalty. Ashcroft answered mostly all of the questions, which led to the cancellation of the planned questionand-answer session at the end of his speech.

When asked questions about the current Obama administration, Ashcroft said, “I can’t answer for the Obama administration,” and that he “doesn’t question the good faith of our president.”

“I am not privy to circumstances now,” he said.

In regards to the Patriot Act and roving wiretapping, Ashcroft said that he believes it was “very successful” and that it “was good enough to stop

welfare nursing home fraud and narcotics agents, so it was good enough to stop terrorism.” He said the Patriot Act, which was first introduced in 1988, was initially introduced to fight organized crime. However, he argued that it was “hotly debated,” and that it took years to pass.

“You can’t get 88 senators to agree that it’s Wednesday,” he said.

Ashcroft ended by saying, “I am not the future of the party – you’re the future of the party. The gulf that separates us is generation.”

Ashcroft, who often travels to give speeches, did not receive any money from the University to come and speak.

“I don’t get one red cent for being here,” he said. Only his transportation and hotel room are being paid for.

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of Independence and a quote written on the base of the Statue of Liberty. “(Americans) are perhaps the only people on the Earth who can’t claim to be better than other people because we are other people,” Ashcroft said. He also said that “liberty preceded government,” and that “rights do not come from governments; they transcend governments.”

“Liberty is the core value of humanity,” Ashcroft said. “My first point is this: Liberty is the numberone value, it’s what makes America a special place.”

In regards to religious freedom, Ashcroft said, “It is against my religion to impose my religion.”

Ashcroft’s speech then turned into a game of words between him and his audience. People began to shout questions from the crowd about things he had allegedly done in his past.

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Sexual violence is not ‘normal’ There is nothing We have known for a expected “rite of passage” long time now that girls and and tried to give boys an out women often don’t report by placing their behavior in context. For example, one Jillian Correira boy told a girl repeatedly that he was going to come incidents of any type of sex- to her house and rape her ual assault for a variety of because she refused to let reasons. Perhaps one of the him touch her. The girl jussaddest reasons, though, has tified this by saying, “I guess been documented in a new he feels rejected,” and as study, “Normalizing Sexual the study points out, trivialViolence: Young Women ized his threats by saying, “I Account for Harassment know he’s just joking.” and Abuse,” to be published And this is just the very

der” with women, “race” with African Americans and “sexual orientation” with gays and lesbians. To force the “hidden population” of males into the light, we need to acknowledge that their sexual violence toward women is their own problem to fix.

It starts with accepting the fact that the phrase “boys will be boys” is not an excuse for violent behavior.

Not only is this insulting to

to debate about global warming

men, according to the study, and they felt it was their responsibility to protect themselves from it. Some would try to ignore it; others would walk with a friend in the hallways and to the bathroom, responding to the harassment with a “barrage of maneuvers, like avoidance and diverting attention.”

Female self-protection is a result of focusing on how women can change their

Why is there still a debate some time. Lutz is perhaps over climate change? It seems best known for saying that global warming is a “total Isaac Simon crock of s***.” Lutz has said that abnormal weather patlike an utterly wasted discus- terns are essentially nothing sion. Skeptics (many of which new, and one natural disaster subscribe to a conservative cannot be definitively linked way of thinking) have disput- to climate change or global ed the evidence because there warming. is not 100 percent agreement That’s well and good, but amongst the scientific comsingling out one hurricane munity. But when did that or a couple months of global become the bar for consentemperatures in the hot sumsus?

The notion that we must mer months and failing to apply the “100 percent” stan- connect that one event with dard is utterly ridiculous, in climate change is like trypart because it is a standard ing to attribute one pack of that we do not apply to any- cigarettes to the lung cancer thing else. Even if there was a smoker gets. It cannot be full agreement on the issue, done. The consensus comes something tells me that there from years and years of scienwould still be climate change tific analysis. deniers. Here are the facts: Even if we continue to According to NASA, 97 per- entertain the idea that the cent of climate scientists agree studies that have been conthat climate change is not only ducted are not clear cut, then going on, but is also caused by why can’t we all come togethhumans. Nearly 200 major sci- er and do our part to save the entific institutions – including planet and assume that global the American Meteorological warming is real? Assumptions Society, the American do not stop people from fightMedical Association and the ing what they believe in, but it American Association with seems that whenever we take the Advancement of Science – have concluded that climate one step forward on this issue, change is not only real, but is it is then another two steps also an ongoing problem that back.

As it stands now, the cards must be tended to.

The global warming trend are stacked against the facts that has been discussed large- of the issue. There is no ly attributed its results to what amount of scientific consenis known as the “greenhouse sus or papers that will change effect,” which occurs when the minds of current climate earth’s atmosphere traps heat change deniers. These people that would normally going who are insistent that the sciout into space. Water vapor, entific community is wrong carbon dioxide and methane are immune to facts and good are three major factors that advice. It is also extremely contribute to this effect. convenient for them. As they It should come as no sur- see it, they will probably die prise that humans have con- before things get to be really tributed to what is a global bad, so they do not think they problem. According to the have a part to play in fighting Nature Conservancy, the off what seems inevitable at United States alone is responthis point. sible for 22 percent of global Another part of this equacarbon emissions, which is tion is money. Oil, natural gas staggering considering we only have five percent of the and coal companies have so much money that has transglobal population.

The way in which the lated into such an immense United States and the rest of amount of power that they the world uses its land also have successfully been able contributes to the problem. to buy Congress as well as Deforestation is a major fac- the airwaves. While such tor. Changes in land use and commercials do not directly deforestation alone account speak to climate change or for 15 percent of total carbon global warming per se, they emissions. And the average talk amount what it calls U.S. household uses half of “safe alternatives” like clean its electricity to power the air coal (no such thing), natural conditioning and heating that gas and nuclear energy as Americans so desperately ways of powering the future. cling to in the summer and (I recommend you research winter months. the Fukushima Power Plant But perhaps the biggest disaster if you are seriously disagreement is the fact that considering nuclear energy as climate change is linked to a safe alternative.) increasingly severe weather.

According the Yale School Such weather patterns as the of Forestry & Environmental ones we have seen in recent Studies, only 12 percent of months and years are no longer abnormal. Hurricanes Americans believe global Katrina, Wilma and Sandy all warming does not exist, have to do with the climate which dropped by nearly half patterns of the earth. This is from 20 percent in 2010. I canno mystery and it is certainly not wait until that number goes down to zero. no coincidence.

Climate change deniers such as former General Motors executive Bob Lutz Isaac Simon is a Collegian contributor have been publicly deny- and can be reached at isimon@umass. ing climate change for quite edu.

Society lets girls and women believe that no matter the circumstances, men have a right to their bodies regardless of what women think, feel or say. But it’s up to men to change their behavior, to change the parameters of masculinity so it doesn’t include claiming ownership over women’s bodies in an attempt to be a ‘real man.’ in an upcoming issue of “Gender & Society.”

The study found that girls and young women often don’t report instances of sexual violence because they see these incidents as “normal.” And after analyzing forensic interviews with 100 youths between the ages of three and 17 who may have been sexually assaulted, the study came to some pretty dismal conclusions.

It found that girls had “few available safe spaces,” as they were harassed anywhere, from parties to school buses and even on the playground (yes, the playground). They viewed boys’ sexually aggressive tendencies as “natural”: “It just happens,” one girl said; “They’re boys – that’s what they do,” said another.

One 13-year-old girl told an interviewer that boys will grab at girls and try to touch them, but she doesn’t see it as a “big thing because they do it to everyone.”

Participants saw boys’ inappropriate behavior as an

tip of the iceberg. These scenarios point out really scary and disturbing patterns in the way girls think about sexual assault. It is not a boy’s rite of passage to tell a girl he’s going to rape her or to coerce her into the basement of a school and force her to kiss him.

Too often, girls and young women feel pressured to put up with this behavior precisely because of how normalized it has become. To fix this, the focus must be put on what boys and men can do differently.

Obviously, most men and boys are not rapists or abusers, and this isn’t about making sweeping generalizations that all males are sexually violent.

That, of course, isn’t true.

But if you’ve ever taken a Sut Jhally course at UMass, you’ll know that groups who have power often get it and maintain it by keeping themselves hidden in the shadows.

This is why we most often associate the words “gen-

women, but it’s insulting to men who have to live in a society made up of people who believe men are unable to control themselves. Men are animals, they say, naturally predatory, inherently sexually violent and out of control; they just can’t help it.

That’s patently wrong and offensive, but it’s such a common way to rationalize male behavior that girls and women start to believe it themselves. So if a woman is ever put in a situation where a boy or man is forcibly touching her inappropriately, she won’t even realize she is, in fact, being sexually assaulted, even though she knows it makes her uncomfortable.

This also has to do with the fact that, according to the study, these young girls were narrowly defining what constitutes “real” assault as things like forcible stranger rapes or rape as “intercourse only.”

Girls expected this behavior from boys and

behavior in order to avoid assault, although really we should be telling men that there is no excuse for sexual violence.

The study described many girls who felt like they had to acquiesce to boys’ sexually aggressive behavior “at the expense of their own feelings.” Society lets girls and women believe that no matter the circumstances, men have a right to their bodies regardless of what women think, feel or say. But it’s up to men to change their behavior, to change the parameters of masculinity so it doesn’t include claiming ownership over women’s bodies in an attempt to be a “real man.” The “inevitable reality” of sexual assault against women is exactly what makes it so dangerous, and it’s up to men to take a greater role in fighting it.

Jillian Correira is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at jcorreir@ umass.edu.

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To the Editor: April is Get Yourself Tested Month, an annual campaign to remind us to make healthy decisions for ourselves and to help keep the people around us safe from sexually transmitted diseases and infections.

Why is testing for STIs and STDs so important? Well for starters, of the millions of HIV positive people, one in five don’t know that they are infected, which could lead to the widespread

transmission of HIV on college campuses. By simply taking a few minutes out of your day to get yourself tested, you could help combat the potential transmission of HIV, as well as other STDs and STIs. If that’s not reason enough to get tested, almost half of the 20 million new STDs diagnosed annually are among young people ages 15-24.

There are many statistics and facts out there to read and learn, but it all comes down to your health. There

are many locations surrounding the University of Massachusetts that offer confidential HIV and STI testing: University Health Services, Stonewall’s monthly testing in the Campus Center or Tapestry Health in Amherst.

As part of Get Yourself Tested Month, VOX UMASS: Students for Reproductive Justice will be hosting a free event called SEX on the Lawn, on April 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the lawn between

the Campus Center and the Student Union. At this event, you can learn about STIs, STI prevention, campus resources and sex-positive organizations, and of course enjoy free food.

Make the right decision, for you and your partners.

Sincerely, Diabrina Kozichuk Communication Directors VOX UMASS: Students for Reproductive Justice

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No. 11 UMass takes on streaking Spiders By anthony Chiusano Collegian Staff

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A.J. Doyle finished 18-33 with a touchdown pass for the day as his Team UMass lost to Team Minutemen 21-6 in Wednesday’s Spring Game.

Whipple era sees positive steps forward

By Cameron mCDonough Collegian Staff

Wednesday night’s annual Spring Game for the Massachusetts football team wasn’t about wins and losses or stats.

A.J. Doyle completed 18-of-33 passes for one touchdown and one interception. But it wasn’t about that.

Jalen Williams caught eight passes for 68 yards and a touchdown. But it wasn’t about that.

Da’Sean Downey had five tackles, including a sack, one interception, and a pass break up. But it

wasn’t about that.

Team Minutemen, consisting of the first team defense and second team offense, won the game 21-6 over Team UMass. But it wasn’t even about that.

Wednesday night, under the lights at a McGuirk Stadium undergoing renovations, was about another step forward, no matter the size of the step, for a program heading in a new direction under head coach Mark Whipple.

The team went in this new direction roughly three months ago when it hired Whipple after the program won a total of

two games in the first two seasons of playing in the Football Bowl Subdivision and the Mid-American Conference under former coach Charley Molnar. And Whipple is already seeing those steps forward for the team.

“This group, whatever we’ve asked of them to do they’ve done and that’s probably the most important thing,” Whipple said.

“Whether it’s raining yesterday or it’s snow in winter conditioning and it’s five degrees or whatever it was, they just came to play and we are looking to get better.

“I’m not saying all of them trust us. I’m not saying I trust all of them, but we’re a lot closer now than we were at the beginning that’s for sure.”

Not everything is new with Whipple, as he was the head coach of the Minutemen when they played in the Football Championship Subdivision from 1998-2003. The team won its only NCAA I-AA National Championship under Whipple in 1998 as well.

But the schemes the team ran on Wednesday see

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Since Atlantic 10 play began on April 4, the No. 11 Massachusetts women’s lacrosse team has outscored its five conference opponents by a combined total of 79-20, putting the Minutewomen in a favorable position to capture their sixth straight A-10 title.

However, on Saturday UMass will travel to Richmond for its toughest conference game of the season so far.

Winners of their last five games, the Spiders (9-4, 4-0 A-10) will enter Saturday’s matchup as the only other undefeated team in conference play alongside the Minutewomen (13-1, 4-0 A-10).

“We’re definitely really excited to have some tougher competition, because we’ve been waiting for that,” Ferris said.

“Richmond is a huge rival so we’re definitely getting pumped for it and trying to stay really competitive in practice to get ready for the

tory last season.

“They’re tough and gritty and we know that we have a target on our backs as usual,” McMahon said.

“Playing down there at Richmond, we’re definitely going to have to bring it and have our best game of the year.”

McMahon said that the Spiders’ high-tempo offense does a good job of ceasing momentum which may lead to a game of runs in Saturday’s matchup between two high scoring teams.

“Any time you’re able to go up, even if it’s only by one goal or two goals, the ball is in your hands in terms of being able to control the pace of the game,” McMahon said.

McMahon added that the presence of new threats for the Minutewomen on offense may be the deciding factor in which team can establish this momentum.

In particular, she pointed out the recent play of seniors Melissa Carelli and Courtney McGrath, and junior Amy Tiernan.

Carelli ranks fourth in

“They’re tough and gritty and we know that we have a target on our backs as usual.

Playing down there at Richmond, we’re definitely going to have to bring it and have our best game of the year.”

Angela McMahon, UMass coach game.”

UMass coach Angela McMahon noted that despite the Minutewomen’s recent success, they cannot overlook the Spiders based on the intensity of the teams’ previous two headto-head matchups. Both games ended in overtime wins for UMass, including a 12-11 double overtime vic-

scoring for UMass with 21 goals for the season while McGrath is coming off of a three-goal performance on Sunday against George Mason. Tiernan has seen extended minutes off the bench and has contributed three goals in the past two games. see

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Minutewomen travel to Philadelphia to take on the Explorers

Lemire leading UMass offense By marC Jean-Louis Collegian Staff

Rain once again kept the Massachusetts softball team from taking the field against Boston University on Tuesday, but as winners of seven of their last eight games, UMass will now turn its attention to the a four-game road trip beginning on Thursday.

The trip begins with conference rival LaSalle on Thursday and Friday.

Over their last eight games, the Minutewomen (10-15, 4-2 Atlantic 10) have taken a jump in the conference standings from a tie for last place to sole possession of fourth place.

Junior Bridget Lemire has served as an offensive threat during this span. In UMass’s last four games, Lemire has collected seven hits in 12 plate appearances, including four home runs, ten runs batted in, and six runs scored as the Minutewomen posted a 3-1 record.

In a doubleheader against St. Bonaventure

Led by junior pitcher Alicia Aughton and sophomore pitcher Mary Cate Scott, LaSalle ranks second in the conference with a 3.13 ERA. on Saturday, she recorded three home runs, eight RBIs, and four runs scored.

This success at the plate has resonated throughout the team, as the Minutewomen’s batting average has risen almost 50 points from a .235 mark on March 23 to their current mark of .283.

In the pitching circle, Caroline Raymond has regained her form in recent outings. After losing seven of her first nine decisions, she has gone 5-1 and lowered her ERA to a respectable 3.11, which is good for seventh best in the A-10. In addition, her opponents’ batting average of .245 ranks her sixth.

On Thursday, UMass will face anExplorers team (14-14, 6-2 A-10)who, aside from a rainout against crosstown non-conference rival Drexel, are coming off back-to-back shutouts against George Mason.

Led by junior pitcher Alicia Aughton and sophomore pitcher Mary Cate

Scott, LaSalle ranks second in the conference with a 3.13 ERA. The duo each hurled complete games against the Patriots, combining to walkjust one and strike out six. Aughton currently leads the conference in ERA with a miniscule 1.85.

At the plate, the Explorers feature a dynamic pair of freshman infielders in Suzanne Swanicke and Michelle Hagarty.

Hagarty is hitting .325 for the season and is ranked second on the team in home runs with five, including most recently a two home run performance against George Mason.

Swanicke ranks first on her team in batting average and sixth in the conference, hitting .363 on the season.

Both games are scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.

Marc Jean-Louis can be reached at mjeanlou@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @marc_jean93.

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Saturday’s matchup will be a battle between two undefeated teams in Atlantic 10 play.

“We just need a lot of different people stepping up,” McMahon said. “That’s how we’ve been successful the past few years, by having multiple threats all the time so you can’t just shut one person down.”

In addition, senior defender Kelsey McGovern said that winning the draw control battle will increase scoring opportunities and help dictate the pace on Saturday.

“We’ve really been focusing on that and getting back to trying to be dominant in that aspect of our game,” McGovern said.

“Because that’s something we really pride ourselves in.”

Ferris added that the continuation of the Minutewomen’s recent defensive success will be

crucial. On Sunday, UMass held the Patriots to a season-best two goals in its 22-2 victory.

“Just by looking at the stats, we both have pretty good offensive teams,” Ferris said. “So it’s just going to be a matter of which defense makes more stops.”

McGovern added that communication will help in limiting Richmond’s potent offense, which boasts four players with at least twenty goals. She said that understanding each other’s roles and whereabouts will allow the defensive unit to continue to be aggressive and take risks.

Saturday’s game is set to start at 4:30 p.m.

Anthony Chiusano can be reached at achiusano@umass.edu and can be followed on Twitter @a_chiusano24.

Florida State University responded a g g ressively Wednesday to a damaging New York Times article, questioning the newspaper’s fairness in reporting about the alleged rape case involving star quarterback and 2014 Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston and saying most of the university’s responses “were left out of the story.”

“The university expresses its deep disappointment in today’s New York Times story alleging FSU officials did not properly investigate a rape allegation against Winston ‘in apparent violation of federal law,’” the FSU statement began.

“It also vigorously objects to the newspaper’s characterization of the university as being uncooperative in explaining its actions.”

The 5,100-plus word story, written by Pulitzer Prizewinning investigative reporter Walt Bogdanich, identified a number of flaws in the rape investigation involving FSU’s star football player. The story also raised the possibility that the miscues were not accidental, but instead an example of a Tallahassee culture that prizes athletic accomplishments above all.

The Times story mentioned mistakes by both FSU administrators as well as Tallahassee Police. Among its most serious allegations: FSU appears to have violated federal law by not immediately investigating the charges against Winston. The rape is alleged to have happened Dec. 7, 2012 at Winston’s off-campus apartment.

“Records show that Florida State’s athletic department knew about the rape accusation early on, in January 2013, when the assistant athletic director called the police to inquire about the case,” the Times wrote.

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In its statement, FSU insisted that no university administrator other than the confidential Victim Advocate Program knew about the rape accusation until it became public in November 2013.

“Had there been a complaint, the university would have acted accordingly without regard to athletics or any other extracurricular activity,” FSU said.

State Attorney Willie Meggs announced last December he had closed the case, saying that the flaws in the accuser’s story made it virtually impossible to bring a conviction against Winston, who had asserted that the sex was consensual.

But prosecutors’ decision did not quite exonerate Winston,

comment on Wednesday.

Among the police errors identified in the Times story: Detectives failed to obtain the surveillance video from the bar where Winston met his accuser. The bar has more than 30 security cameras, and therefore could have provided key video evidence.

Police took the unusual step of contacting Winston by phone, instead of confronting him in person. Winston easily brushed off that phone call, and then his attorney told police he would not be answering any questions.

One of Winston’s friends actually recorded video on his phone of the sexual encounter, but police did not find out about that video quickly enough

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The New York Times reported flaws in the investigation of Heisman winner Jameis Winston. as it appeared that police wasted numerous opportunities to build a stronger case against him. Meggs is quoted in the Times story as saying police “just missed all the basic fundamental stuff that you are supposed to do.”

Tallahassee police declined

by the time its existence was known, the friend told police he’d erased it.

Earlier in the week, Tallahassee police gave a written statement to the New York Times, saying the department works “diligently” in investigating sex crimes.

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Heat lose in finale

By Joseph Goodman The Miami Herald

And now begins the second season.

The Heat limped and tripped and rested and yawned its way through a regular season that came to a thankful end on Wednesday night at AmericanAirlines Arena.

Dwyane Wade called it the most “grueling” schedule the Heat has faced since 2010, and that’s saying something, considering Wade sat out 28 of those games.

A throwaway 100-87 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers stood as the final measure of the final tune-up before the Heat begins preparations for its first-round opponent, the Charlotte Bobcats.

The last time the Heat traveled to Charlotte for a playoff game (2001), the Queen City was still on its first NBA franchise, the Charlotte Hornets.

That group moved to New Orleans, and now Charlotte’s latest professional basketball team is owned by Michael Jordan.

An odd rivalry has always simmered near the surface between Jordan and James, which might stand as the most interesting component of this first-round matchup.

After all, since James arrived in Miami, the Heat hasn’t lost to Jordan’s Bobcats. The first game of the series is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Sunday at AmericanAirlines Arena.

Awaiting the Heat in the second round is the winner of a first-round series between the third-seeded Toronto Raptors and sixthseeded Brooklyn Nets. For obvious reasons, a series between the Heat and either one of those teams would be appealing.

Heat forward Chris Bosh used to play for the Raptors, and he has already noted how “insane” Toronto’s Air Canada Centre would be for a series against the Heat.

A second-round matchup between the Heat and Brooklyn would create plenty of buzz.

The Heat, which finished the season with 54 wins and 28 losses, rested James, Bosh, Chris Andersen, Mario Chalmers and Rashard Lewis for game No. 82, and coach Erik Spoelstra started Wade with Toney Douglas, James Jones, Shane Battier and Udonis Haslem. Of that group, only Wade and Haslem are expected to contribute significant minutes to start the playoffs.

James and Bosh rested during the Heat’s final two games of the regular

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Fans got their first look at Mark Whipple’s pro-style offense in Wednesday’s Spring Game.

“And now we know over the summer that’s one of the things we’re gonna have to really work on.”

One of the leaders of the defensive attack also signaled a new direction as it came from Downey, who is a freshman. The outside linebacker made his presence known all over the field and capped off the night with an interception of Doyle, which he returned for 40 yards.

“It gave me a lot of confidence being a freshman,” Downey said. “It really boosted my confidence. A lot of the guys on the team said

they don’t look at me as a freshman anymore since I enrolled early. I was grinding with them all winter in the weight room and everything.”

Special teams also made a cameo in the turnover battle on Wednesday when Joe Colton picked up a loose ball after Team UMass botched a kickoff.

Some of the other impact players on offense consisted of Team Minutemen quarterback Todd Stafford, who completed a touchdown pass to Shakur Nesmith that was initially tipped by the

defender, Nesmith (57 receiving yards), and Shadrach Abrokwah (55 rushing yards and a touchdown). Lorenzo Woodley was kept at bay for most of the night with 10 carries for 28 yards.

But once UMass returns to McGuirk for summer practices, Woodley’s 28 rushing yards and Doyle’s interception will be an afterthought.

It will be all about continuing on a new direction for a reinvigorated program.

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

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season and will have a full week of down time before the playoffs.

“I can’t say I was necessarily thinking that or planning that 10 days ago with how the season was going ... but the way it turned out, sure, I feel good that they’re both able to get a couple days off,” Spoelstra said.

Wade played in his third game since returning from a hamstring injury sustained on March 26. He finished with a team-high 16 points in 23 minutes. All things considered, Wade said the Heat had a successful regular season.

“We’ve had a lot of different moving parts this year, and a lot of things that have been really different, obviously, with me missing games and other guys missing games ... and our schedule was a little more grueling than it was the last couple years, a little bit more challenging from that standpoint,” Wade said. “I wouldn’t look at it and say we were bored with the NBA season at all.

We did a pretty decent job with what we had.”

Michael Beasley, who played what could have been his final regular-season game with the Heat, left in the third quarter with an apparent ankle injury. He finished with eight points on 3-of-4 shooting.

And then there was the significance of Battier’s start. Battier has hinted that this will be the final season of his career. If so, he played in 977 games over a 13-year career with 705 starts. He needed 36 minutes on Wednesday to reach a milestone of 30,000 minutes for his career. He played nearly 40 minutes and finished with nine points, going 3 of 4 from three-point range.

Greg Oden returned from back spasms and a stomach illness to play in his first game since March 26. He logged 14 minutes and had two points and five rebounds. He hasn’t conditioned much since injuring his back.

“I haven’t been able to do too much crazy pounding just because we didn’t want to do anything to make sure it didn’t flare up anymore,” Oden said. “We did as much as we could to keep it at a good distance. We will see.

That’s all I can say.”

The Heat face the Charlotte Bobcats in the first round of the playoffs, with Game 1 at 3:30 p.m.

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and are expected to run going forward are completely different than the program’s previous two seasons. Whipple has a pro-style offense, which calls for the quarterback to be under center instead of the shotgun. The defense is also undergoing some changes as it switches back to a 3-4 base set.

The initial advantage for which side of the ball has embraced the new schemes quicker goes to the defense, as it had a total of three sacks, two interceptions – Downey and John Robinson-Woodgett – and a fumble recovery off of a botched snap.

The defense of Team Minutemen got to Doyle right out of the gate as he was under constant pressure. The first offensive drive for Team UMass ended when Peter Angeh made easy work of the offensive line and sacked Doyle right up the middle.

“We got a great pass rush so far the entire spring,” Doyle said. “I’m just looking forward to seeing what they can do this season.

But at the same time as an offense, we need to pick it up.

We shouldn’t of allowed that much pass rush tonight, but we did.

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Penguins take Game 1 vs. Jackets RB Chris Johnson joins crowded Jets backfield

By DAve molinAri Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Penguins came away from Game 1 of their playoff series with the Blue Jackets Wednesday night with not only a 4-3 victory at Consol Energy Center, but with a renewed appreciation of the challenges the Blue Jackets present.

“That’s pretty much who they are, what we saw (Wednesday night),” defenseman Matt Niskanen said. “They worked really hard, they forecheck hard. They finish checks, they play quick.”

The Penguins can do all of that, too, and did it well enough to overcome a two-goal deficit.

“That’s a good team,” goalie Sergei Bobrovsky said.” Good players. We can play with them.”

The Penguins actually had a couple of more good players than they have had lately as centers Evgeni Malkin, who had missed the previous 11 games because of a foot injury, and Joe Vitale, who had been out for 13 with an unspecified injury, returned to the lineup.

Pleased as the Penguins were with the victory _ this is the eighth consecutive series in which they’ve had Games 1 and 2 on home ice, but only the second time they’ll have a chance to start 2-0 _ there were facets of their game they will try to improve before Game 2 at 7:08 p.m. Saturday at Consol Energy Center, such as the defensivecoverage shortcomings cited by coach Dan Bylsma.

“We need to so some things better on Saturday,” forward

Jussi Jokinen said.

Columbus was making just the second playoff appearance in franchise history, but it was the Penguins who seemed out of sorts early.

“We seemed a little hesitant, a little shaky, in the first 30 minutes,” defenseman Matt Niskanen said.

That showed on the scoreboard.

Columbus grabbed its first postseason lead at 6:20 of the opening period as Brandon Dubinsky carried the puck down the left side, beat Penguins defenseman Paul Martin, then threw a backhand pass to Jack Johnson in the right circle.

Johnson took the puck to the net and pushed a backhander past goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.

The Penguins pulled even at 17:13, as Jokinen took a feed from Malkin and beat Bobrovsky.

The Penguins’ special teams ranked among the league’s best in the regular season and were a major factor in their success, but both the penalty-kill and power play betrayed them in a span of a few minutes.

Former Penguins forward Mark Letestu restored the Blue Jackets’ lead at 17:58 of the first, just 15 seconds after Penguins defenseman Rob Scuderi was penalized for interference, flipping in a loose puck from near the inner edge of the right circle.

The Penguins were awarded their first chance with the extra man when Blake Comeau of Columbus was sent off for cross-checking Brian Gibbons

at 19:44, and they capitalized on it early in the second.

But not before Columbus had taken a two-goal lead on a short-handed goal.

Derek MacKenzie put the Blue Jackets up, 3-1, with an excellent individual effort 43 seconds into the second. He stole the puck from Penguins defenseman Kris Letang in the neutral zone and broke down the right side before cutting to the net and beating Fleury on the stick side.

That goal deflated the crowd of 18,646, but Beau Bennett revived the fans _ and his teammates _ at 1:34, deflecting a Niskanen shot past Bobrovsky.

Just 35 seconds later, Johnson was called for interference, and he barely had taken his seat in the penalty box when the Penguins tied the score.

Niskanen got the goal when he threw a shot by Bobrovsky from just below the left dot at 2:19.

“Their power play is very good,” Columbus coach Todd Richards said. “They can steal momentum quick, and they were able to do that.”

The Penguins finally got a lead _ their first of the game and the only one they would need _ when Brandon Sutter scored on a two-on-one break at 8:18 of the third.

So the Penguins opened the series with a victory. And a reminder of what they’re facing in Round 1.

“They’re a good team,” Sutter said. “They play hard and they have a good goaltender. They’re a well-balanced team. And it’s going to be a tough series.”

By KimBerley A. mArtin Newsday

A day after he completed his visit to Florham Park, N. J., the New York Jets announced on Wednesday that they signed free agent running back Chris Johnson.

Johnson’s two-year deal reportedly has a base value of $8 million, but he can earn $1 million more in incentives.

“I have a fresh start. Now I am going to go out there with a chip on my shoulder,” Johnson told The Tennessean by phone, shortly after signing his multiyear deal.

He joins a crowded Jets backfield that features Chris Ivory and Bilal Powell. Running back Mike Goodson is still on the roster, but is facing weapons charg-

es stemming from a May 2013 arrest in Denville, N.J. Johnson rushed for more than 1,000 yards in each of his six seasons with the Titans, including 2,006 yards in 2009.

Last year, he rushed for 1,077 yards and six touchdowns on 279 carries (a career-low 3.9-yard average) and caught 42 passes for 345 yards and four touchdowns while playing with a torn meniscus.

“When I woke up this morning, I knew it was going to be the Jets,” Johnson told the team’s website.

“I’ve always been a big fan of the Jets. There was some thought into this, but just at the end of the day, I was comfortable here. I just felt like it was the right situation.”

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At Extravaganja, ‘everybody must get stoned’ UMass CRC festival draws large crowd, larger support

By Sarah roBertSon Collegian Staff

Marijuana activists and enthusiasts alike gathered in the center of Amherst on Saturday to celebrate the 23rd Annual Extravaganja Festival. The event, put on each year by the UMass Amherst Cannabis Reform Coalition, is a day of celebrating and rallying support for the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana. Over 2000 people from all over New England gathered under a smoky haze on the town green to listen to live music, browse various vendors and enjoy the beautiful weather in support of the cause.

The event featured live performances from local musicians starting at noon and running until the end of the festival at 6 p.m. Amherst-based beat-boxer Honeycomb, winner of last month’s UMass Battle of the Bands, kicked off the show, which also featured performances from local bands Bootystank, Elephant, Ballads and Softcore Porn, and The Frotations.

Vendors surrounded the perimeter of commons, selling food, clothing, jewelry and artwork. Smoking paraphernalia and cannabis-infused snacks were among the more popular items for sale.

Between bands, the organizers of Extravaganja preached the benefits of legalizing marijuana to an enthusiastic crowd. The only other occurrence that interrupted the steady stream of music was the announcement of the time at 4:20 p.m., upon which everyone stopped to cheer.

Not only is April 20 every marijuana smoker’s favorite holiday, but it is the original birthday of Extravaganja itself.

Established in 1991, the UMass CRC is the oldest student-run drug law reform organization in the United States. Each year, they host Extravaganja as a way to spread the word about their mission to legalize marijuana. Through music, food and friends, the CRC continues to win the hearts of college students and Amherst residents, keeping it one of the largest and most active student organizations at UMass.

The CRC works closely with Amherst CADE BELISLE/COLLEGIAN town officials and police to organize Extravaganja each year. In exchange for Hosted by the UMass Cannabis Reform Coalition, Saturday’s Extravaganja festival drew large crowds to Amherst Center.

the promise of a peaceful celebration, the Amherst police agree to turn a blind eye to the various activities happening on the commons for the duration of Extravaganja.

Participants in Extravaganja are technically breaking state and federal law by smoking in the commons, but in a liberal town like Amherst, even the higher-ups recognize the benefits of legalizing this much-celebrated plant.

The CRC and marijuana activists use the mellow atmosphere surrounding marijuana-smoking to their advantage when comparing it to the often more destructive effects of alcohol. President of the CRC Sebastian Vivas compared Extravaganja to the annual UMass drinking catastrophe that is the Blarney Blowout.

“It goes to show the difference between alcohol and marijuana,” Vivas said. “One substance can lead to people having a more positive experience in their community and the other can lead to chaos, but it is still legal. That doesn’t make sense.”

During this year’s Blarney Blowout, 58 arrests were made. Extravaganja has a reputation of being a much more respectful and mellow event, but that is not to say that the festival has always gone without incident. Police arrested six people at the festival in 2007 and two more the following year for the possession of marijuana, which was considered a Class D substance in Massachusetts at the time. The law changed in November of 2008 when Massachusetts voters approved Question 2 and decriminalized the possession of an ounce of less of marijuana, punishable instead with a $100 fine.

The road to legalization is still a long one for the perpetually patient residents of Amherst. As of this time, only Colorado and Washington have completely legalized the recreational use of marijuana in the United States. Massachusetts was the 12th state to decriminalize the possession of under an ounce of marijuana with Oregon, California, Nevada, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Alaska all supporting similar medical and decriminalization laws. Until the time that legalization becomes a tangible reality, Extravaganja will continue to provide the residents of Amherst and the surrounding areas with a respectful, mature environment in which they can celebrate and reap the benefits of cannabis in all its forms.

Sarah Robertson can be reached at srobertson@umass. edu.

FOOD & DRINIK

Beyond the potato: exploring classic Irish cuisine Digging in to more than just corned beef By adria Kelly-Sullenger Collegian Staff

People always give me strange looks when I tell them my favorite cuisine is Irish. When I traveled to Ireland a few years ago, I sampled some of the most delectable and unique food I have ever tasted, in a country that is steeped in tradition.

Contrary to popular stereotypes, Irish cuisine is not just potatoes and corned beef (although potatoes play a large part in traditional Irish food). Ireland’s rich history is complemented by its equally rich food, and the variety in customary dishes extends far beyond that of the trite “Irish breakfast.”

only four ingredients: Three cups of all-purpose flour, four teaspoons of baking powder, one egg and one and a half cups of milk.

When making soda bread, it is important not to over-knead the dough, which can make the loaf incredibly dense and hard. After kneading the dough lightly, brush the top of the loaf with a mixture of milk and egg, and bake it at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. The end result is a light, simple bread that can easily complement any dish or be enjoyed on its own.

Crab bake

Another popular Irish dish is a crab bake. This is a relatively simple dish to make, especially if the crabmeat you purchase is already cooked.

Mix the white crabmeat together with lemon juice and fresh herbs like fennel, chives and parsSoda bread ley, for a zing of flavor. After the In most Irish households, you crab is properly seasoned, it can will find a recipe for soda bread: be scooped into small dishes and a simple and tasty addition to any topped with a simple bechamel meal. Like the chocolate chip cook- sauce. A bechamel sauce consists ie or apple pie in America, there are of a yellow onion, cloves, bay a lot of variations of soda bread, leaves, milk, butter and flour, and but the classic recipe consists of the mixture can be cooked down

to infuse the flavor of the spices into it. After straining, the sauce is blended with Dijon mustard and poured on top of the crabmeat.

Throw the dishes into the oven for 20-25 minutes or until the sauce on top begins to bubble. This light seafood dish can be served as an appetizer, dip or even a main course.

Beef and stout pie Lamb, rabbit and beef are all popularly consumed in Ireland because of the country’s widespread farmlands. Beef and stout pie might be one of my favorite Irish dishes because it’s so rich and flavorful. Although it has a longer cook-time than other dishes, it is overall a pretty low-maintenance meal and is definitely worth the wait.

The pie filling includes round steak cut into cubes, meat stock, chopped white onion, sliced crimini mushrooms, tomato paste, thyme and thick stout beer. The flavor of the beer will define the entire dish, so choose carefully. I would suggest Guinness, Mackeson or any other Irish-style stout to complement the other flavors of traditional cuisine.

Pan-fry the beef and vegetables

until the beef is cooked mediumrare to medium while being careful not to overcook it, as the beef can become tough and inedible in minutes. Place all the filler ingredients into a crock pot with the stout and cook down for about an hour and a half. Once it’s thick and steaming, pour the filler mix into a pie pan and cover it with puff pastry. Brush the pastry with a blended mix of egg and milk, and cut a few small holes in the top to air out. Bake the whole thing for 20 minutes or until the crust is golden brown. Once it’s fully cooked, you have a delicious dish suitable for any major meal.

Colcannon

is a popular brand and is available at most specialty food stores. Once you’re ready to make colcannon, mix all the ingredients together in a frying pan. Once the mash is warm and the butter is integrated evenly, flatten out the mixture in the pan and fry until golden brown.

The final mash can be served as a side dish or a dip or even enjoyed on its own as a flavorful update to plain mashed potatoes.

The cuisine of Ireland is notorious for its adherence to tradition and the enjoyment to be had from combinations of simple ingredients in stylized ways. Stretching far beyond the banal “corned beef and cabbage” stereotype, the classic foods of Ireland are equal parts flavorful and time-honored, and they reflect the rich history of a country steeped in the importance of culture. If you’ve never expanded your Irish culinary horizons beyond that of Bailey’s and Guinness, hopefully these recipes have inspired you to explore the flavors to be experienced from a different homeland.

A traditional side dish in Ireland is called colcannon, which consists of mashed potatoes mixed with kale or cabbage. You really can’t go wrong with a recipe involving potatoes and butter, especially when the method of cooking is pan-frying.

For this recipe, you will need mashed russet potatoes, chopped kale or cabbage, a splash of milk, diced yellow onion and butter. As a side note, if you want a real taste of Adria Kelly-Sullenger can be reached at akelIreland, get Irish butter. Kerrygold lysu@umass.edu.

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