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By Brendan deady Collegian Correspondent The Orchard Hill Residential Area’s annual Bowl Weekend will proceed as planned on Friday and Saturday. In a partnership with the University of Massachusetts’ student-run radio station, WMUA, the Orchard Hill Area Government and the Bowl Weekend Planning Committee will be hosting their annual weekend carnival that includes free food, snacks, craft tables, inflatables, a movie, dance and live music.

Damien Cranshaw, the new OHAG governor, expects this year’s event to be one of the biggest in recent memory, a testa-

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Bowl Weekend underway despite minor setbacks OHAG prepares for annual event

ment to the organization skills of all those involved, given the recent drama.

In the past two months, the former Orchard Hill government resigned and a temporary freeze was placed on OHAG’s funds by the Student Government Association due to an alleged misuse of funds.

Some concerns surfaced over the fate of event the event during last month’s financial freeze, which prevented OHAG from making any financial transactions in preparation for Bowl Weekend. The freeze was lifted at the end of March and money was freed for Bowl Weekend, but the hold on the account had prevented any rentals to be made for a number of weeks and Orchard Hill was in need of a new govsee

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Massachusetts Treasurer and gubernatorial candidate Steve Grossman spoke to the campus community in the Student Union on Wednesday.

SELF Magazine hosts American Soldier faces Workout on the Quad hearing for killing Iraqi teens Excercise classes at UM this Saturday

By Kate Leddy Collegian Staff

The University of Massachusetts has won a contest that will have its students feeling the burn.

SELF Magazine’s Workout on the Quad Challenge will be coming to UMass this Saturday starting at 11 a.m. on the Northeast quad for a memorable day filled with exercise classes, freebies and nutritious treats.

SELF is a magazine dedicated to improving the health of women with fun, easy fitness and diet tips. According to Robyn Hayley, media consultant for SELF Magazine, the magazine has hosted multiple Workout in the Park events across the country in parks such as Central Park in New York. Last year, it introduced the first Workout on

the Quad event at American University in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Workout in the Park series.

“We had an amazing turnout,” Hayley said.

“Thousands of students as well as faculty, staff and alumni enjoyed the exhilarating event. As a matter of fact, over 11,500 fitness enthusiasts participated in the Workout in the Park series last year including the inaugural Workout on the Quad event.”

The Workout on the Quad event will feature a day of workouts from yoga to Crossfit. Students may attend exercise classes from the Main Stage, which includes toning workouts, Zumba and dynamic flexibility workouts; the Quiet Zone, which includes an array of yoga routines; or the Reebok Fit Zone, which includes eight classes of the CrossFit Workout of the Day. Each class is 20 minutes long.

Students may attend any number of classes, but space is limited for all Quiet Zone and Reebok Fit Zone classes, which will be accepting participants on a first-come, first-serve basis.

“There’s really something for everyone,” Hayley said.

“Workout on the Quad will offer an incredible lineup of all the latest classes in one convenient place just in time to find your favorite workout for the summer season.”

The event will be powered by HerCampus, an online community for college women. UMass won the Workout on the Quad Challenge this year by having the highest level of participation when competing via the SELF Workout in the Park Social Game on Facebook.

According to a press release, the event will also feature giveaways and a free one-year subscription to see

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By MichaeL MusKaL Los Angeles Times

A U.S. soldier faces a preliminary hearing Wednesday on charges he unlawfully killed two unarmed teenagers in an Iraqi battle zone.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Barbera has been charged with several counts, including premeditated murder, and faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted of the killings.

The preliminary hearing, known in military parlance as an Article 32 proceeding, is being held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.

The Army has been reluctant to comment on the case, which was pushed into the limelight in 2012 by an investigative report by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in which soldiers who served with Barbera said they were troubled that no legal action had been taken after the shootings.

Barbera was an Army

paratrooper in March 2007, leading a Small Kill team on a reconnaissance mission outside the village of Asada in rural Iraq, 50 miles from the capital, Baghdad.

Barbera and his team established a camp in a palm grove overlooking what they thought was a safe house used by insurgents who had been known to use boys as combatants.

The next day two boys were driving cattle toward the unseen soldiers, according to the reports of the incident. Barbera stood up and allegedly opened fire on the boys, who were later found to be deaf. They were identified as Ahmed Khalid Timmimi, 15, and his brother, Abbas, 14.

Some soldiers complained about the shootings, but no action was taken in the field.

Even after Army criminal investigators at Fort Bragg, N.C., recommended that Barbera be charged with

murder and lying to officials about what happened, generals at the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg chose not to put him on trial. Instead, they gave Barbera a reprimand, promoted him to sergeant 1st class and placed him in charge of a larger unit at Alaska’s Fort Richardson.

The Tribune-Review published its investigative report, “Rules of Engagement,” about the killings and the aftermath in December 2012. The Department of Defense reopened the case in response to demands from members of Congress who read the report, which won multiple journalism awards.

Barbera is also charged with falsely telling superiors the Small Kill team came under insurgent attack and for allegedly making a threatening cellphone call to the wife of Tribune-Review investigative reporter Carl Prine.

USDA grants awarded to two assistant professors Research in food science, nutrition

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ment, and Goddard, of the Food Science department, have recently received United States Department trina of Agriculture (USDA) grants in the amount of $499,000 and $489,100, respectively. What Liu and Goddard BorofsKi plan to investigate with these funds Collegian Staff are two very distinct projects.

Liu, in collaboration with With a campus as diverse as the University of Massachusetts, the Richard J. Wood in the departwork completed by its students, fac- ment of Nutrition at UMass as well ulty and staff ranges from topics far as Joel B. Mason from the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center and few between. on Aging at Tufts University, is Even for assistant professors completing research on the funcZhenhua Liu and Julie Goddard, tion and efficacy of nutrients and whose departments even share the its relation to cancer. same building, their goals and iniMore specifically, Liu and his tiatives at the University are both correspondents intend to idendiverse and highly unique. tify the attributes of obesity that Liu, of the Nutrition depart- contribute to cancer. According

to the Project Summary for Liu’s research, “We expect to delineate an innovative mechanism that is responsible for obesity-associated tumorigenesis. Such insights will be translated to dietary approaches that can be used to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer.”

“I was at Tufts doing some research on nutrition and different types of prevention, looking at epidemiological studies,” Liu said of how he became involved in this type of research connecting obesity and cancer. “Obesity is a really critical factor for many types of cancer, such as colon cancer.”

According to Liu, there are a number of anesthetic mechanisms that contribute to how this obesity may affect cancer, and Liu is hop-

ing to demonstrate that mechanism through his research.

In addition to completing this research, Liu teaches a number of courses here at UMass, covering topics such as nutrition, genomics and minerals. In the future, Liu said he would like to create a course that incorporates food nutrition and physical activity in collaboration with cancer prevention.

Liu has been at the University for three years, prior to which he completed work and studied at both Tufts University and the University of Alabama.

Goddard, on the other hand, received a USDA grant to complete research intended to improve the efficiency and environmental sustainability of certain enzymes per-

taining to food production.

According to Goddard, “The goal of the work is to stabilize enzymes that can be used more effectively for what is called ‘value-added products.’”

In explaining the purpose and significance of such research, Goddard said, “Enzymes are these proteins that catalyze very specific chemical reactions. Unfortunately, they’re not always stable for commercial use.”

Thus, the root of Goddard’s research lies in stabilizing these enzymes “so they can be better for using in a bioprocessing application.”

Dr. Vince Rotello of the see

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

THE RUNDOWN ON THIS DAY...

In 1967, cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov became the first human to die during a space mission when the parachute of Soyuz 1 failed to deploy during the ship’s reentry to Earth.

AROUND THE WORLD DONETSK, Ukraine — Ukraine government forces on Wednesday recaptured a southeastern town that had been held by separatist rebels, the Interior Ministry said.

There were no casualties in the operation in the town of Svyatogorsk, according to an statement posted on the ministry’s website.

The ouster of the rebels was a welcome strategic gain by the Kiev government in the troubled Donetsk region, close to Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia.

Los Angeles Times BEIRUT — Syrian regime tanks and artillery shelled rebel positions Thursday in the central old city district of Homs, according to rebels and anti-government activists, who said they believe that the last rebel bastion will be overwhelmed by government forces in the coming days.

One of the first Syrian cities to rise up against the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Homs often has been described by the rebels as the symbolic capital of the 3-yearold civil war, which has killed more than 150,000.

McClatchy Foreign Staff Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday accused the United States of orchestrating the Ukraine crisis for geopolitical gain and warned that Russia will “certainly respond” if its interests in Ukraine are attacked.

In an interview with staterun Russia Today television, Lavrov linked Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Kiev on Tuesday to the Ukrainian government’s resumption of efforts to oust pro-Russia gunmen holding police stations and government buildings in a dozen towns and cities in eastern Ukraine.

The “anti-terrorist operation” launched by the interim government in Kiev last week was suspended over the Easter holiday weekend to allow the armed factions occupying key government facilities to consider an offer of amnesty to those who lay down their arms and surrender the seized buildings.

None of the occupations has ceased despite an agreement reached in Geneva last week obliging Russia to use its influence with the armed factions.

Los Angeles Times GAZA CITY — The two main rival factions of Palestinian politics and society announced a reconciliation deal Wednesday that would mend a seven-year rift by forming a unity government and holding new elections.

Following two days of discussions between delegations of Fatah and Hamas, leaders of the groups announced the agreement at a joint news conference.

“This is the good news to tell our people: The era of division is over,” Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh declared. Fatah leader Azzam al-Ahmad said the sides aimed at forming a national unity government within five weeks.

The transitional government is planned to be based on professionals and independent political figures, with no members of either political group.

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USDA GRANTS Chemistry department is an expert in nanoparticles and magnetic nanomaterials, and will be working alongside Goddard to complete this research.

Together, the two are looking to extend the research they have already completed regarding biology and food production materials. While the grant was received in January, research relating to this topic and others such as biofunctional materials and nano-sized complexes has been a primary initiative for Goddard and Rotello since before the major progress that has taken place in the

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past few months.

“This project gives us some funds to answer specific questions and really move the project forward,” Goddard said.

“My research program is on, I call it the interface of materials and food and biology,” she added. “Our food touches a lot of surfaces, all the way from the farm to the fork, and these can have a huge impact.”

Goddard researches ways to modify the surface chemistry of these materials. An example of part of this longterm research goal is active packaging, where “the packaging material will perform

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some function other than just contain the food – for example enable removal of some food additives,” Goddard said. “If we can take additives out of foods, this is great for consumers, but it kills the shelf life.”

As an assistant professor, Goddard teaches Survey of Food Science and also teaches a senior/graduate level course on food product analysis. Prior to coming to UMass, Goddard studied chemical engineering as well as food science.

Katrina Borofski can be reached at kborofski@umass.edu.

SELF magazine with each ticket.

Health-promoting companies such as Athleta, Bai, CRUNCH and Garnier will sponsor the event. These companies will be offering free items such as yoga mats, beverage samples and skin products throughout the day.

The event is free and open to all students, faculty, staff and alumni in the UMass community. To attend, one can visit SELF Magazine’s Workout on the Quad website and use the code “QUAD” at checkout. Valid UMass identification will be required to be admitted to the event.

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@SELFmagazine, @HerCampusUMass and @ H e r C a m p u s with the hashtags #WorkoutOnTheQuad and #UMassAmherst.

“SELF Workout on the Quad is the embodiment of the SELF brand’s commitment to create a vivid experience for women around personal wellness,” Hayley said. “[It is] an initiative that delivers on SELF Magazine’s mission to motivate and inspire women to be their best selves.”

The event will be ending around 3 p.m.

Kate Leddy can be reached at kleddy@ umass.edu.

N.C. water pollution case before high court

By Michael Doyle McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Raw emotions bubbled just below the surface Wednesday as the Supreme Court considered a crucial North Carolina groundwater pollution case.

For experts, the case called CTS Corp. v.

Waldburger centers on the relationship between state and federal laws and the ticking of the courthouse clock. Simply put, it’s about how long people have to sue polluters when they’ve been harmed. Being the law, though, it’s rarely that simple.

“This is angels on the head of a pin, isn’t it?”

Justice Antonin Scalia asked Wednesday, after one abstract exchange in an argument that periodically seemed to favor CTS. For a host of North Carolina residents and former Camp Lejeune Marines, the technical argument Wednesday rarely touched the personal depths that carried them to court in the first place. It comes down to this: If CTS Corp. and its Obama administration allies win, as they well might, a number of North Carolina-related environmental lawsuits and health claims will fail.

“This is a sad day,” said retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger, who came up from his home in Elizabethtown, N.C., for the argument. “Basically, what the Department of Justice is trying to do here is take away the very rights that we fought for.”

Ensminger served 24 years in the Marine Corps.

He did multiple stints at Camp Lejeune, where he and his family members were unknowingly exposed to contaminated water. His daughter Janey was subsequently diagnosed with leukemia when she was 6; she died when she was 9, in 1985.

Along with many others who served at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Ensminger is pursuing a claim against the federal government. The government’s defense relies, in part, on the same position CTS Corp. took in the separate case heard Wednesday. Consequently, the court’s eventual ruling in CTS Corp. v. Waldburger will also affect the Camp Lejeune cases.

CTS owned, until 1987, a manufacturing facility in Asheville, N.C. The land was subsequently sold and developed as a residential subdivision. More than

a decade after CTS sold the land, residents began learning that their well water contained carcinogenic chemicals, including trichloroethylene, one of the chemicals also found in Camp Lejeune water.

The ensuing litigation crashes into a North Carolina “statute of repose,” which requires that certain lawsuits be filed within 10 years of the last allegedly harmful act.

This is supposed to protect corporations or other property owners from an endless threat of litigation.

“The statute of repose is intended to provide certainty at the back end to a defendant so it can order its affairs, have insurance policies that make sense,” Joseph R. Palmore, assistant to the solicitor general, told the justices Wednesday.

Brian J. Murray, the Chicago-based attorney for CTS Corp., added Wednesday that the time limits help “avoid vexatious litigation designed to shake down settlements 40, 50 and 60 years after you’ve abandoned a site.”

The time limits pushed

by CTS Corp. and the Obama administration seemed to appeal to Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. in particular. All eight of his

questions Wednesday Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger, were aimed at the other Retired Marine Corps side, which is often a “Congress wanted pollutreliable sign of which way ers to be on the hook as a justice is leaning. long as it took to clean up.”

The time limits imposed Students at the Wake in North Carolina and a Forest law clinic had repfew other states also mean, resented the Ashevillethough, that the 10-year area residents suing CTS limit may slam the courtCorp. at an earlier appelhouse doors shut before an late hearing, and 10 or individual even discovers so clinic alumni traveled he’s been exposed. This to the Supreme Court for happened at Camp Lejeune the argument Wednesday. and at the former CTS They heard, throughout Corp. site.

The legal question the give-and-take, Justices pressed Wednesday Elena Kagan and, in particwas whether Congress, ular, Ruth Bader Ginsburg through a law called reveal themselves as potenth e Compre h e n sive tially sympathetic votes.

“If you were to prevail,” Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Ginsburg told the CTS Corp.

Act, pre-empted the state’s attorney, “then the parties 10-year limit. A provision of concerned might well go the federal environmental to their state legislatures law starts the hazardous- and say, ‘Enact a statute of waste litigation clock tick- repose. That would get us ing only after someone dis- off the hook, even before covers harm, rather than the injured party is aware the longer-ago moment that of the injury and of the cause of it.’” the harmful acts ended.

Ju s t i c e C l a re n c e “Congress was concerned about people not Thomas, as is his custom, having their day in court,” did not speak or ask quesJohn J. Korzen, the direc- tions during the hourlong tor of the Appellate argument. Justice Stephen Advocacy Clinic at Wake Breyer, uncharacteristiForest University School cally, also stayed silent. A of Law, told the justices court decision is expected Wednesday, adding that by the end of June.

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WEEKEND ernment. Normal procedure requires 30 days for a new person to be appointed to a vacant position. However, an exception was made by the SGA to ensure that the Bowl Weekend tradition continued. Cranshaw, also a member of the Bowl Weekend Planning Committee, was appointed as the new OHAG governor by the SGA. “Our biggest setback for the organization of this year’s Bowl Weekend was definitely the freeze placed on our funds,” Cranshaw said. “It set us back about two weeks.”

Planning for Bowl Weekend, however, had been in process prior to the SGA freeze and the resigna-

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tion of OHAG. Despite the setback, Cranshaw says he expects good things for this year’s spring carnival.

“Through the dedication of the OHAG, the Bowl Weekend Planning Committee, House Council Members, Orchard Hill residents and everyone else involved in the planning process we were able to organize a very successful Bowl Weekend this year.”

Cranshaw said Organizers have posted fliers across campus and have had tables set up in the dining commons in the past weeks in order to advertise the event. This year’s partner in the event, WMUA, also has a promotion adver-

tising their participation on Saturday featured on their website’s sidebar.

This year’s event, in tradition with Bowl Weekend carnivals in years past, will be centered around its own distinct theme: “Bowlchella”, a play on the name of the popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival that takes place annually at the Polo Empire Club in Indio, Calif.

The weekend’s events kick off on Friday night with a dance and live DJ hosted in Grayson Hall beginning at 7 p.m. The carnival continues the following day with events commencing at 1 p.m. A cookout catered by UMass Dining will be taking

place, which is set to end at 5 p.m. Popcorn and cotton candy machines will also be available for picking by carnival goers.

This year’s event also features some new additions for its free entertainment – most notably a stage, which was made possible through the partnership with WMUA. The stage will be set up around Orchard Hill’s quad and will feature a lineup of local bands performing live music throughout the day.

Along with live music, the carnival offers a number of inflatable obstacle courses, numerous craft booths, a free movie showing and a tie-dye station. The weekend

will come to a conclusion with a camp fire that begins at 8 p.m.

Saturday Damien Cranshaw, and is set Orchard Hill Area Governor to end at 10 p.m.

Ingredients prevent them and their for making s’mores will be collaborators from ensurprovided.

Despite only having a few ing the tradition of Bowl short weeks to make most Weekend would continue.

“This year’s Bowl of the preparations for this Weekend is going to be a year’s event Cranshaw and his fellow organizers have great event – just as good put together a fun and relax- if not better than (in) years ing weekend just in time past,” Cranshaw said. for the incoming stress of finals. The temporary freeze Brendan Deady can be reached at on OHAG’s account did not bdeady@umass.edu.

“This year’s Bowl Weekend is going to be a great event – just as good if not better than (in) years past.”

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Time to reconsider ‘war on terror’ Last week, the United States launched the largest offensive it has taken

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against al-Qaida in the last four years. The offensive was carried out in a series of drone strikes in Yemen, which has secretly become one of the primary fronts of the war on terror. The recent escalation of drone strikes in Yemen brings attention to the shadowy war that the United States has been waging around the world.

The United States has been engaged in a “Global War on Terror” since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. While Iraq and Afghanistan have been the primary focus of this war on terror, this global conflict extends to more

ing down al-Qaida leaders. Further investigation uncovered the Joint Special Operations Command, a branch of the military devoted to eliminating highvalue targets and compiled of the most highly-trained forces America has to offer.

JSOC directed the operation which killed Bin Laden, and has been expanded significantly under the Obama Administration.

This shadowy group of elite assassins conducts operations in over 75 countries, demonstrating the truly global nature of the war on terror. While President Barack Obama has denounced the war on terror in speeches, Special Operations forces have been deployed in 15 more countries than under President Bush. These mili-

[The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq] have been the primary focus of the war on terror, but they do not even scratch the surface of the global war currently waged. than 75 countries around the world and has no end in sight.

On Sept. 20, 2001, President George W. Bush made a statement before Congress in which he said that the United States would wage a “war on terror” in response to the terrorist attacks. In his speech, the president stated who this war would be fought against.

He said, “Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists, and every government that supports them.”

On Oct. 7, 2001, after the Taliban failed to extradite Osama Bin Laden and expel the al-Qaida network from Afghanistan, the United States began Operation Enduring Freedom. On March 20, 2003, after Saddam Hussein failed to reveal his alleged stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, the United States began Operation Iraqi Freedom.

These military operations are commonly referred to as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, although war was never officially declared.

As of 2012, more than 2.4 million American soldiers had been deployed to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan.

These two conflicts have been the primary focus of the war on terror but they do not even scratch the surface of the global war currently waged by the United States.

As President Bush said, this is “a war against all those who seek to export terror.”

The massive military operations conducted in Iraq and Afghanistan certainly draw a lot of attention, but the heart of the battle goes on behind the scenes and is conducted by special forces from organizations which most Americans do not even know exist.

In his reporting on Afghanistan, Jeremy Scahill of The Nation magazine found that the conventional forces occupying the country were not the ones hunt-

tary operations are focused on finding and eliminating individuals on the CIA’s “kill list.”

While the Bush Administration made significant efforts to capture suspected terrorists, their detention at military bases such as Guantanamo Bay sparked significant political backlash.

The Obama Administration has seemingly favors killing suspects rather than capturing them, and thus conveniently avoids having to deal with prisoners.

Today, while conventional operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are winding down, the global war on terror rages on. This is a war fought all across the world, using special forces and robotics, with “no requirement for explicit Congressional authorization or budgetary oversight,” as highlighted in research published by Harvard University.

This global war is far from over. Washington Post reporter Greg Miller writes, “Among senior Obama administration officials, there is a broad consensus that such operations are likely to be extended at least another decade.”

As a nation, we should reconsider our commitment to this form of warfare and determine if we truly want to wage a long-term global war against a concept. These secretive military operations usually go unreported and the war on terror is hardly headline news anymore.

However, the body count of suspected terrorists continues to grow while the threat of al-Qaida remains. Perhaps exterminating people based on who they network with is not the best way to discourage individuals from wanting to take violent action against the United States.

Jason Roche is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at jwroche@ umass.edu.

Never forget: Remembering the Armenian genocide William Saroyan, an ed the Young Turks durArmenian-American writ- ing a confrontation in the Caucasus.

Maral Margossian As a result, the Young Turks launched a campaign er, wrote in his short story against Armenians, there“The Armenian and the by initiating the 1915-1923 Armenian,” “I should like Armenian genocide. In 1914, to see any power of the about 2 million Armenians world destroy this race, this lived in the empire. By 1922, small tribe of unimportant less than 400,000 remained. people whose wars have all After the murders of been fought and lost, whose Armenian intellectuals, structures have crumbled, the Ottomans next targeted literature is unread, music is Armenian men who were unheard, and prayers are not rounded up and forced more answered. Go ahead, to join the Ottoman army. destroy Armenia. See if you Soon after, their arms were can do it.” seized and those who had The timeline of the 20th not already died from brutal century bears the scars of labor were slaughtered. some of the ugliest and most Without any Armenian brutal events in human his- intellectuals and leaders tory. World War I, the “war to plant seeds of revolt in to end all wars,” proved any- the minds of Armenians, thing but, as brilliant minds devised brilliant means of murder and discrimination-fueled crimes against humanity were committed indiscriminately, beginning with the Armenian genocide. and without the men to try On April 24, 1915, hun- and fight back, they were dreds of Armenian intel- left weak and helpless. lectuals were arrested and Accordingly, the Ottomans killed in Istanbul by Ottoman then turned to their last officials, marking the begin- target: women and chilning of the first genocide of dren. Women and girls were the 20th century. An esti- raped, beaten and some were mated 1.5 million Armenians forced into slavery to work in were killed by the Ottomans, harems. Armenian children if not straight away, then were kidnapped, forced into converting to Islam, and then during mass deportations.

Hostility toward given to Turkish families Armenians began to mount with new, Turkish names.

In an article from The increasingly toward the end of the Ottoman Empire. Independent, Robert Frisk In the late 19th century, describes the methods Turks Sultan Abdul Hamid II undertook to “Islamize” grew increasingly wary of Christian Armenian chilArmenians’ demands for dren, writing that, “some of civil rights and instituted the small, starving inmates pogroms to quell their pro- stayed alive only by grindtests. In 1908, a group called ing up and eating the bones Young Turks overthrew of other children who had Hamid and re-instituted a died.”

The largest number constitution, instilling hope in the Armenians for reform. of deaths resulted from However, the Young Turks the mass deportations of had a vision to “Turkify” Armenians out of Western the empire. In 1914, they Armenia (Eastern Anatolia). sided with Germany and Ottoman officials ordered the Austro-Hungarian Armenians out of their Empire during World War homes under the guise that I. Perceiving Armenians as they were being resettled a threat to the empire, the in non-military zones for Young Turks were already their safety. In reality, they skeptical of them. These were sent on death marches suspicions were confirmed across the Syrian Desert to after Russian forces with concentration camps. Once Armenian soldiers defeat- food supplies finished, the

Ottomans refused to provide more. They were not permitted to stop for a rest, and those too weak to continue were shot on the spot.

Ottoman officials oftentimes forced Armenians into caravans to strip, then walk naked under the blistering sun, thereby hastening their deaths.

About 75 percent of Armenians on these marches died, and countless unburied bodies scattered the Syrian Desert. In fact, there were so many bodies that even today, in the Syrian town Deir ez Zor, the bones of Armenians can still be found by merely scratching at the surface of the desert sands.

The Armenians were also gassed. Crude gas chambers were created by herding them

“genocide” in speeches, the United States has yet to officially pass a bill recognizing the massacres as genocide.

However, earlier this month, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a resolution that called to classify the events in 1915 as genocide.

The resolution currently awaits a 100-member floor vote.

With nearly 100 years passed since the genocide, some ask why it matters if the genocide is recognized, and why we can’t just move on. We learn about history in order to not repeat the mistakes of the past. But what happens when a people are denied their past? When our history is denied from us, how can we move forward?

How can we learn? How can

What happens when a people are denied their past? When our history is denied from us, how can we move forward? into caves and asphyxiating them by lighting bonfires at the entrances. Other atrocities that took place include burning Armenians alive, crucifying them, drowning them and throwing them off cliffs.

Every year, on April 24, the Armenian Diaspora and Armenians living in Armenia commemorate the genocide. They gather together and rally for international recognition of the events as a genocide because, shamefully, some countries have yet to identify the massacres as genocide, despite overwhelming evidence.

Since the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish government has denied these events as genocide, attributing the deaths to byproduct casualties of WWI. They argue that genocide involves the systemic and premeditated massacre of a group of people and that the deaths of Armenians during the early 1900s were not premeditated but a consequence of war. However, more and more Turkish historians and scholars are beginning to accept the reality of the events of 1915.

Though American leaders have used the word

we make sure these horrendous crimes never happen again?

Adolf Hitler understood the importance of wide recognition of the past when he asked, in a speech impending the invasion of Poland, “Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?” The crimes of our past serve as warnings for our future. Well, just about a century later, we are speaking today of the genocide of Armenians. No matter how hard one tries to edit history or censor truth, the ghosts of our past will haunt us until they are resolved.

The current population of the Armenian Diaspora is estimated to be around 10 million people, forming Armenian communities all around the world.

Saroyan concludes his poem, “Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.”

Maral Margossian is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at mmargossian@umass.edu.

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Brewed of the Gods: Dogfish Head Theobroma

“Ancient Ale” style brewed with cocoa

By Emily A. BrightmAn Beer Goddess

The only thing I love more than good beer is good beer that comes equipped with a history lesson. The art and science of brewing beer is steeped in centuries of worldwide experimentation and stylization, and the trend among craft breweries to harken back to more antiquated ingredients and brewing processes has burgeoned considerably over the last decade.

One of the old-world ingredients that is making a strong comeback is the cocoa bean, flavor base of one of the world’s most beloved sweets: chocolate.

Few, if any, foods are as widely praised as chocolate: everything from good health to increased libido has been attributed to this relatively simplistic sweet, and it remains in the upper echelon of favored flavors across a global spectrum. The cocoa tree is native to the Central American region, but can be found growing wild as far south as Colombia, and the history of the cocoa bean itself is heavily intertwined with that of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations.

Theobroma cacao, the scientific name for the cocoa bean, translates to “food of the gods,” and the Aztecs and Mayans believed that the cocoa bean itself had been discovered by and was intended strictly for consumption by the gods themselves. In modern times, the “food of the gods” has taken root with the Dogfish Head Brewery in its Theobroma Ale, a celebration of both the flavor of chocolate and its proverbially mystical qualities from the folklore of bygone eras.

Since 1999, the Dogfish Head Brewery has intermittently released new additions to its “Ancient Ales” series, a collection of beers derived from olden brewing practices and ingredients.

Over the years, Dogfish Head brewers have worked closely with molecular archaeologist Dr. Patrick McGovern,

an expert on the history of ancient beverages, to ensure the artistry and legitimacy of their Ancient Ale brewing. The series includes such concoctions as Sah’Tea – an ale brewed with juniper and black chai tea that pays homage to ninth century Finnish beer – and Chateau Jiahu, based on a recipe exhumed from an ancient tomb in China and brewed with hawthorn fruit, sake rice and honey. Theobroma Ale is a key component of this series and has been brewed periodically since its first release in 2008.

According to the Dogfish Head website, the recipe for Theobroma was born from ancient pottery fragments discovered in Honduras.

Chemical analysis of these pottery shards gave rise to the unearthing of the first chocolate-infused alcoholic beverage employed by ancient civilizations for celebratory and/or ritual purposes. Cocoa was a crucial element, culturally and historically, to both the ancient Aztec and Mayan empires.

Mayan mythology describes how the “Plumed Serpent” god Kukulkan bestowed the gift of cocoa upon man after he was created from maize (corn), and it has been rumored throughout history that the Aztec ruler Montezuma drank copious amounts of liquid cocoa to fuel his libido and served an old world form of hot cocoa to his soldiers after battle.

Both of these ancient cultures held the cocoa bean in highest esteem for its properties as both food and ritual element.

Chocolate-infused beer is by no means a new sensation. There are a plethora of chocolate-y dark beers currently available on the market, like the Imperial Choklat Stout from Southern Tier Brewing Co. or Rogue’s Double Chocolate Stout. A chocolate-laced ale, however, is a bit more unique because the flavor composition of the average ale, which tends to focus more on releasing the flavor of hops, is not always conducive to the addition of chocolate because of the potential clash on the palette.

As per the label, Theobroma is brewed with Aztec cocoa

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Dogfish Head’s “Ancient Ales” series, featuring the Theobroma Ale, pays homage to historic ingredients and brewing processes with a modern edge. powder and cocoa nibs (bits of unrefined, raw chocolate) from Askinosie Chocolate in Springfield, Mo., as well as honey, annatto (spicy, aromatic tree seeds popular in Mexican cooking) and chile peppers. Cocoa is not the defining characteristic of Theobroma, though it is crucial to the beer’s uniqueness.

According to BeerAdvocate, Theobroma is billed as a “chile beer,” meaning it has been infused with hot chile peppers in the brewing process. This style is also not a new innovation, but it has been gaining a larger foothold of popularity in craft brew culture in recent years. Regular readers of this column may remember my review of Rogue’s Chipotle Ale from a few months back, and a few other popular pepper beers worthy of mention are the Punishment Ale from Stone Brewing Co. and Lips of Faith Cocoa Molé from New

Belgium Brewing. Classic ale style lends itself well to the addition of smoke and heat from hot peppers, and the brewers at Dogfish Head have taken their legacy of “off-centered” beers to a new complexity by combining the spiciness of a chile beer with an infusion of cocoa powder.

To say the least, Theobroma boasts a heavy-hitting combination of piquancy belied by the simplicity of its categorization as a mere ale.

Truth be told, I bought Theobroma several months ago while visiting my sister in New Hampshire and it sat unattended in my basement for a time before I finally had the good sense to break into it. While most folks might cringe with revulsion at the notion of drinking a beer that has been sitting in storage for a time, the truth of the matter is that many craft-brewed beers age in a manner somewhat similar to wine and can be opened

and enjoyed long after their bottling date. In fact, there is a process known as “bottle conditioning” wherein the beer is bottled with live yeast that continues to ferment after the seal is made, leading to a richly flavorful beer once it is opened. While Theobroma is not a bottleconditioned ale, letting it sit for a solid few months allowed the exotic flavors to further be steeped and led to a strikingly flavorful drinking experience as a consequence.

Popping the top off the 750mL champagne-style bottle, my senses were immediately flooded with the sweetness of cocoa layered over a strong alcoholic subtext somewhat reminiscent of cognac. Beneath the initial sweetness come aromas of smoky chile peppers and honey-like yeast, a robust wave of fundamentally different flavors. When poured into a pint glass the hazy dark golden hue of Theobroma gives way to a frothy off-white head, a surprisingly color presentation given the darker elements of its ingredients. The mild carbonation of the body continues to release the array of flavors comprising the nose of this beer. The first sip heralds a surprising sugary quality contradicted by the beer’s ingredients. I was fully expecting a thick, smoky flavor rounded out by the sweetness of cocoa and the heat of chile peppers, but the taste falls more along the lines of a forward honey-like sweetness mellowed out by the smoke of peppers with distinct hints of cocoa. The manner in which this beer is marketed suggests that chocolate is the main flavor component, but in truth the notes of cocoa are more of an added sensation rather than a star character. This is not to belittle the presence of the cocoa, for it is easily evident, but it is certainly not the foremost zest in the beer itself. For an ale, Theobroma has a hearty mouth feel not unlike some imperial ales and IPA’s and the sensation on the tongue is equal parts effervescent and robust. I can’t say in honesty that I wasn’t slightly disappointed at the relative lightness of

Theobroma, but regardless of my expectations this is a distinctly unique beer in terms of flavor and presentation. While the finish is somewhat oily and leaves the stinging sensation of hot pepper juice on the tongue, Theobroma is overall an enjoyably mild beer that both conveys a reverence to ancient culture and the artistry of brewing exotic ales.

Dogfish Head has built its reputation on brewing strange and exotic beers, and Theobroma is no exception to this legacy. Its widespread presence in the craft beer realm has afforded it a kind of brewing celebrity that lends itself well to the ability to experiment with more oddball styles and recipes. The Ancient Ales series offers a taste of the old world of alcoholic beverages that has gone underground in the wake of more modern technology and the subsequent brewing practices it heralds. From a personal perspective, Dogfish Head is one of my favorite brewing companies and I say with confidence that very few, if any, of its beers are ever disappointing. Theobroma may not have been my favorite from Dogfish Head, but the boldness required to brew such a complexly flavorful ale is worthy of praise, so I tip my proverbial beer-drinking hat to the brewers there.

Selections from the Ancient Ales series are available at Liquors 44 and Spirit Haus in Amherst, but their obtainability is sporadic due to the intermittent brewing schedule of the series.

If you’re lucky enough to snag a bottle of Theobroma, I highly recommend it as a means of indulging in the artful flavors of Dogfish Head’s brewing. This “food of the gods” beer lives up to its name with a 10 percent alcohol ratio, so just bear this in mind when the urge to consume becomes overwhelming. Here’s a welldeserved toast to the bold brewing antics of Dogfish Head; may your strange and exotic brews never be in short supply.

Emily A. Brightman can be reached at ebrightman@umass.edu.

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Indie duo The Both bound for Pearl Street tonight Ted Leo and Aimee Mann perform in Noho

By JAckson mAxwEll Collegian Staff

Ted Leo and Aimee Mann, two critically acclaimed songwriters, will perform at the Pearl Street Ballroom on Thursday night.

Teaming up as The Both, Mann and Leo will play the opening show of their first major East Coast tour together in Northampton.

Both Leo and Mann are industry veterans, with decades of experience in various projects under their belt. Mann first gained prominence as the lead singer of Boston new wave band ‘Til Tuesday. ‘Til Tuesday had a top 10 hit in 1985 with “Voices

Carry,” an achingly personal but incredibly catchy synth-rock song.

Uninterested in duplicating the polished, commercial sound of “Voices Carry,” Mann took ‘Til Tuesday in a more personal direction that won critical raves but left the band commercially desolate until their break up in 1990.

Starting with “Whatever” in 1993, Mann began a string of critically lauded, but modest-selling solo albums. On each passing album, Mann’s wry, plaintive lyrical style grew more assured and strong.

Larger recognition finally came in 1999 when Mann’s song “Save Me,” written for Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic film “Magnolia,” was nominated for both a Grammy and an Academy Award. “Save Me” showcases all of Mann’s strengths as a songwriter. She packs a great deal

of tension into the song’s seemingly relaxed pace and tempo, and makes every last word of her quiet delivery count.

Along with her solo material and The Both, Mann has collaborated with and sung on tracks by artists such as Steve Vai, Ben Gibbard and Rush. She also acts, making cameo appearances on television shows like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Portlandia.”

Although he has not been around for quite as long, Leo is no slouch either. Having spent his formative musical years in New York City’s hardcore punk scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Leo’s music has grown over the years from aggressive punk to a varied, fascinating mix. With his band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Leo has acquired a reputation as one of the most hard-

working musicians in indie rock. He has released six diverse, hard-rocking albums with the Pharmacists, each containing Leo’s idiosyncratic songwriting style, intuitive lyrics and great vocals.

Although they have known each other since 2001, Leo and Mann only in the last few years began to throw around the idea of collaborating on a project. The first indication to the larger public of what Mann and Leo would possibly sound like together came when Leo and Mann backed Ben Gibbard during his performance of the superb GibbardMann duet “Bigger Than Love” on the Colbert Report in late 2012.

Although the emphasis was obviously more on Gibbard and Mann, it was obvious even from that brief example that Leo and Mann’s musical styling gelled well together, and

made for an enticing combination.

Their self-titled debut album, released on April 15, reveals a pleasing, easy chemistry between the two.

Mann and Leo’s voices accompany each other confidently, augmenting each other’s songs in a quietly dignified way. Even though the songs never stray too much from basic rock/singer-songwriter structure, both Mann and Leo are so adept at their craft that little joys can be found everywhere in The Both.

Watching these two great musicians play off of one another is not something you will want to miss.

They will be joined by opener Nick Diamonds, from the band Islands.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

Jackson Maxwell can be reached at jlmaxwell@umass.edu.

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DELAWARE already lost.”

The Blue Hens dropped their most recent game, 10-6, against Penn State on April 19 for their third straight loss. Although Delaware is winless in conference play, it put up fights against strong opponents Hofstra and Towson, losing by two and three goals respectively.

Senior attack Dan Keane, the Blue Hens’ leading scorer with 29 points (23 goals), and junior midfielder Brian Kormondy, 26 points (16 goals), front an athletic group that excels in the transition game.

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believes shouldn’t be underestimated.

Freshman midfielder Jeff George echoed his coach and added that center Tyler Barbarich, a local rival for George from his high school days in Warren, N.J., is another player to contain.

“I don’t really know about other teams, but we go into every game playing like it’s the No. 1 team in the country,” George said. “In Division I, anyone can beat anyone on any given day.”

Cannella said that positives of this year’s team, especially surrounding younger players, would be determined in the season’s finale. It’s a way to set the

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tone for next year.

He considers his freshman to be sophomores, based on game experience, and that trend applies to the sophomores and juniors too.

But labels alone don’t equal results.

“If anyone’s gonna sit here and tell me, ‘hey, you guys are gonna be better next year because we’re so young,’ I would say to you, if we’re not any good this year, how are we going to be good next year?”

The question will be answered on the field.

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The 6-foot-1-inch 225 pound attackman has scored two goals in nine appearances.

“It’s really hard to tell at the beginning of the year how good a freshmen class is going to be,” said Hegarty.

“We’ve got a great group of guys but when we are out there, it’s all about making the most of our opportunities and we’ve seemed to do that.”

If scoring twice in his freshmen debut wasn’t enough, Mariano once against showed he was capable of playing on the big stage as he scored the game winner in overtime against No.14 Ohio State at the time in the Moe’s Southwest Grill Classic on Feb. 16.

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seconds against Towson on April 5, the Minutemen called upon Mariano to send the game into overtime, only to come up short on a shot that was saved by the goalkeeper.

Following the game Mariano said that he wanted the ball in his stick with the game on the line and wanted to be the one to take the final shot.

A lot has changed since the first game of the season and now, with the regular season coming to a close, the freshmen no longer feel like first-year players. They’ve been here long enough to know what is expected of them and what to expect both on and off the field.

But with the final game against Delaware approach-

ing on Friday night, UMass isn’t ready to wrap up its season just yet.

“With this being possibly the last game of the season we are really focused on playing as a senior (would) and playing for the seniors,” Spencer said. “We don’t want this to be our last game. We want to make a run in the NCAA tournament.”

Although there have been plenty of growing pains for the freshmen and for Cannella, one this is certain: this freshmen class has definitely exceeded expectations and can only help the program moving forward.

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UMass prepares for Freshman still ‘win-and-in’ game strong for UM

By Peter CaPPiello Collegian Staff

Senior Connor Mooney chuckled at the mention of the phrase “win-andin,” when used in reference to the Massachusetts men’s lacrosse team’s next matchup.

“It’s a pretty literal term,” Mooney said with an understanding that it could be the last time he suits up wearing maroon and white. “Win, we get to keep playing, lose, we go home early. There’s a little extra motivation, obviously.”

UMass enters Friday’s 7 p.m. game at Delaware in the No. 5 spot in the Colonial Athletic Association standings. With Penn State’s ineligibility for conference playoffs (due to its move to the Big Ten for the 2015 season), the fourth and final CAA seed is up for grabs.

Win-and-in also applies for the Blue Hens (6-8, 0-4 CAA), who could qualify for the postseason by owning the tiebreaker with the Minutemen (7-5, 1-3 CAA).

“From what we’ve

watched on film this past week, Delaware’s a great team,” Mooney said.

“They’ve lost a lot of close games in the CAA, which – as we found out – is not hard to do.”

UMass hasn’t won a game since a 12-6 decision over Hartford on March 22. Minutemen coach Greg Cannella, in his 20th season, said an inability to score consistently has been the biggest difference between the first and second half of the season.

UMass began the year with a 6-1 start.

He also said that his club hasn’t been able to play both good offense and defense at the same time.

Cannella took responsibility for the team’s shortcomings and said the Minutemen will be tested in their regular-season finale.

“You have to focus on the now,” Cannella said.

“If you think and you visualize what’s going to happen after the game before the game starts, you’ve see

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By andrew Cyr Collegian Staff

When you look at the Massachusetts men’s lacrosse team, it’s nearly impossible to overlook the production the freshmen class has brought to the table this year.

Whether it’s been Nick Mariano and his team high 26 goals, good for second amongst freshmen in the NCAA, Grant Consoletti, who’s started in all 11 games he’s played in, or Aaron Madaisky, the 6 feet 7 inch long stick midfielder that is tied for the tallest player in the country, the freshmen always seem to make big plays when the game is on the line.

“They’ve all been pretty solid,” said coach Greg Cannella. “I think we are in the situation we are in because we might have relied on them a little too much. As a coach you never really want to count on five or six freshmen on your team.”

Cannella added that while it’s great to have two or three complimentary fresh-

men, it’s a hard transition not only with the games, but with school as well.

Prior to the season, Cannella along with the other coaches knew that the freshmen class had plenty of talent. However, their skills were quickly put on display as Consoletti (1) and Mariano (2) each scored in the first quarter of their first collegiate game.

“I didn’t know a lot of the other guys coming into the season, but we’ve done has been incredible,” Austin Spencer said. “The freshmen class as a whole is a really close, tight knit group. We all get along really well and seeing them do well really helps us grow together both on and off the field.”

Spencer earned his first start of the season this past weekend against Hofstra.

Spencer’s 10 caused groundballs are second on the team behind starting defensemen James Fahey.

Another freshman that earned his first career start against the Pride was see

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draw controls and shooting efficiency.

In particular, improvement in the draw control battle was something that McMahon stressed prior to the game against Richmond.

The Minutewomen finished Saturday’s matchup with a 13-7 advantage in faceoffs, including a 9-3 edge in the second half. This spark was led by freshman Hannah Murphy, who finished with a team-leading seven draws for the day. “(Murphy) really kind of put the team on her back in that aspect of play,” McGovern said. “She definitely did not play like a freshman.”

McMahon said that it will be important for Murphy, as well as McGovern, to continue their success on face-offs against the Bonnies.

“When you have success on (the draw), it helps build confidence,” McMahon said.

“Having success on the draw on Friday is only going to help us moving forward in being able to do well on it.”

On Sunday, UMass will face a Dukes team that sits one game behind the Minutewomen in the A-10 standings.

Unlike the struggling offense of St. Bonaventure, Duquesne (13-2, 4-1) currently sits atop the conference rankings in scoring, averaging nearly one goal more than UMass.

“We can only go one game at a time,” McMahon said. “We just need to focus on the little things that we have to improve on.”

Friday will be the Minutewomen’s final home game of the regular season. It will also mark the last time that UMass’s eight seniors will play at McGuirk Stadium.

Although Senior Day took place last Sunday, Kelsey McGovern said that this upcoming game also has a significant meaning to her.

“It’s going to be a sentimental game,” McGovern said. “We have such a home field advantage here and it’s a special place where I love playing.”

Friday’s game will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday’s season finale at Duquesne will begin at noon.

Heading into its final weekend of the regular season, the No. 11 Massachusetts women’s lacrosse team will put their undefeated Atlantic 10 record on the line twice in preparation for the conference playoffs.

Coming off of a 9-8 comeback win on the road against Richmond in its toughest A-10 test to date, the Minutewomen (14-1, 5-0 A-10) will return home to face winless St. Bonaventure on Friday before heading to Pittsburgh, Pa. on Sunday to take on second-place Duquesne.

In addition to owning the worst record within the conference, the Bonnies rank last per game in goals, shots, turnovers, draw control wins and goals allowed.

However, senior attacker Sam Rush said that UMass cannot afford to overlook St. Bonaventure (0-12, 0-5).

“Regardless of how many wins a team has, we have two big games this weekend and we want a clean sweep,” Rush said. “Starting Friday, we need to make sure we are executing our game plan.”

Rush said that the intensity in Saturday’s game against the Spiders showed that this “one-game at a time” attitude is needed to maintain focus for the rest of the season.

“We’ve been playing well so far, but our game over the weekend proved that it’s not always going to be easy and that we have to be at the top of our game at all times,” Rush said.

Senior defender Kelsey McGovern added that Saturday’s game proved that the Minutewomen have the ability to win in close games. This was something that UMass did not need to worry about before this past weekend, as the team’s first four conference games were won by an average of nearly 15 goals.

“I think that a big takeaway was that we, as a team, have the ability to grind through and pull out a win coming back from a deficit,” McGovern said.

Looking ahead to Friday’s game, UMass coach Angela McMahon said that the matchup can be used to Anthony Chiusano can be reached at focus on improving on “all achiusano@umass.edu and can be the little things,” such as followed on Twitter @a_chiusano24.

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Minutemen look to gain ground in A-10 over weekend By ross GienieCzko Collegian Staff

Time is running out for the Massachusetts baseball team in its 2014 campaign.

With its record currently standing at 8-24 (6-9 Atlantic 10), the Minutemen currently find themselves tied for eighth place with Richmond and George Washington within the conference.

The top six teams in the conference qualify for the A-10 tournament at the end of the season.

UMass will look to start the process of making up ground when they travel to Fordham this weekend for a critical three-game series against the Rams.

Fordham (17-21, 7-8 A-10) is starting to play its best baseball at the right time of the

season. The Rams have won four consecutive games heading into the weekend and have exploded offensively for 42 runs during that span. They sit in sixth place in the A-10 at just one game ahead of the Minutemen in the loss column.

Fordham is led by senior Tim Swatek, who leads the Rams in hitting with a .367 average and 21 RBIs. He’s stolen 14 bases for the season and has also started nine games on the mound for Fordham, going 4-2 with a 3.96 ERA. UMass enters the series trending in the opposite direction. After a promising stretch where they won five of six games – including two victories over A-10 leading Saint Louis – the Minutemen have now dropped four straight,

with the most recent loss coming against Connecticut on Tuesday afternoon.

UMass is led by senior third baseman Nik Campero, who leads the team with 36 hits and is tied for the team lead in doubles (9) and RBIs (19).

On the mound, junior lefthander Conor LeBlanc has been the most effective pitcher for the Minutemen, starting a team-high nine games and leading UMass with a 3.49 ERA. Despite the missed opportunities that have plagued the Minutemen all season, junior outfielder Adam Picard insists the team is not getting frustrated.

“Baseball’s a game of mistakes and frustration, we’ve been playing it all our lives

and we’re used to that,” Picard said after Tuesday’s loss to the Huskies. “It doesn’t get us down, it doesn’t make us play worse. It’s part of the game and we just need to take it for what it is and move on to the next pitch.”

As they enter the last third of their schedule, the Minutemen will need to move on quickly. 12 of their last 15 games are in conference play and UMass cannot afford any prolonged slump if they hope to qualify for the A-10 playoffs.

The three-game series with the Rams kicks off Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. in Bronx, N.Y. Ross Gienieczko can be reached at rossgienieczko@gmail.com and followed on Twitter @RossGien.

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Senior Nik Campero leads UMass’ offense with 36 hits and 19 RBIs this season.