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SGA proposes student/admin dialogue policy

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President Barrett aims to fix process

By Stuart FoSter Collegian Staff

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Anand Giridharadas, far right, author of the 2015 Common Read, talks with Raisuddin Bhuiyan, middle, and UMass Professor Sut Jhally on Monday night.

A proposal to establish a clear administration-student consultation policy was presented Monday to students

by Student Government Association President Sïonan Barrett in an effort to better define the process.

The presentation, which was held in the Student Union and attended by roughly 25 students, went over the attempts by Barrett and Vice President Chantal Lima Barbosa to define how the student body should be consulted when major policy changes are proposed. Changes would be enacted if Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy agrees to support the new definition

of consultation, according to the proposal.

Barrett described how the Wellman Document, which requires that students be given the ability to recommend policy changes after being consulted, allows for the student body to vocalize their views on proposed University changes that affect them.

“The Wellman Document helps to ensure that student governance has the priority in consulting anything related to student affairs,” Barrett said.

However, the language of the Wellman Document is not specific in terms of how students must be consulted when major policy changes are proposed. As a result, there are sometimes varying ideas of what consultation see

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GOP candidate Scott Walker ends presidential campaign Second Republican to drop out of race

By DaviD Lauter anD Seema mehta Tribune Washington Bureau WA S H I N G T O N — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who as recently as midsummer was seen as one of the leading candidates for the Republican nomination for president, quit the race Monday, calling on other GOP hopefuls to exit the contest as well to allow a head-on challenge to front-runner Donald Trump.

“I believe that I am being called to lead by helping to clear the field,” Walker said to reporters in Madison, the state capital. “I encourage other Republican presidential

candidates to consider doing the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative alternative to the current front-runner.”

The GOP campaign has “drifted into personal attacks,” he said, without ever naming Trump.

Changing that is “fundamentally important to the future of the party and, more importantly, to the future of the country.”

Walker’s statement – and his remarkably rapid plunge in the polls – vividly illustrated how Trump has upended the GOP contest.

Walker is the second high-profile dropout this month in a campaign reshaped by voter demand for candidates outside the ranks of traditional politi-

cians. His departure follows that of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who had also warned that Trump was damaging GOP chances of winning the presidential race.

Both men quit after rapidly fading support in polls led to dwindling campaign donations. In recent days, Walker began canceling events as aides held urgent talks with fundraising firms in an effort to raise cash, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Although the super-PAC allied with Walker had raised millions of dollars, those funds could not be used to pay his staff or campaign expenses in key primary states.

Walker’s decline was remarkably steep – he was in second place in some

polls early this summer, but lost nearly all his support in recent weeks. A CNN/ORC poll released Sunday had him at zero.

“This is one of the more spectacular collapses of a campaign over a 2 {-month period in polling history,” said Charles Franklin, director of Wisconsin’s best-known statewide poll, who has followed Walker’s career closely.

The collapse was particularly surprising because it happened without either a scandal or sustained attacks from his rivals, Franklin noted. Instead, Walker damaged himself, initially by stumbling on key questions – taking multiple positions on immigration issues, for example – and then by appearing the epitome of a scripted, traditional politi-

cian in an election where voters seem to put a premium on spontaneity and authenticity.

“Walker is caught up in a year of the anti-politician, the non-politician,” Franklin said.

When Walker began preparing for the race last year, he expected to campaign on the theme that he was a conservative who had proved he could “fight and win” as an elected official.

He had risen to stardom in Republican ranks shortly after he was elected governor in 2010, when he successfully pushed to repeal most collective bargaining rights for government workers. He then defeated a labor-sponsored recall campaign, building a national following among conservative activ-

ists.

In Iowa, where the campaign’s first nominating contest takes place, he quickly took the lead in polls, with strong support from evangelical voters as well as fiscal conservatives.

Iowa voters “liked him because here’s a true conservative who stood firmly on principle, took all the slings and arrows and was still standing to talk about it,” said Craig Robinson, a prominent conservative activist and former Iowa GOP official. “They thought he was vetted and he had all the makings of a good national candidate.”

But Walker’s campaign suffered several initial stumbles, raising doubts about whether he was see

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UMass receives $1 million Senate to debate abortion Graham pushes bill grant for energy research ahead of U.S. budget

UM to track power usage in Holyoke

By Stuart FoSter Collegian Staff

The University of Massachusetts has received a three year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to research energy efficiency with the Holyoke Gas and Electric Company.

The research will focus on using Information Technologies to track the use of heating, air conditioning and solar panels in Holyoke, and is a continuation of research done by UMass in a 2014 pilot program.

Prashant Shenoy, a professor in the College of Information and Computer Sciences, will work as the project’s principal investigator. David Irwin,

an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Simi Hoque, an assistant professor in the Department of Energy Conservation, will work as co-principal investigators.

“We look forward to doing this work,” Shenoy said. “It is exciting to see our work tried out in the real world.”

UMass, which has been involved in energy issues in Holyoke for a number of years, used data from the city’s electric and gas meters to develop the technologies that will be improved over the next three years.

This included using data from the energy meters to determine whether unnecessary use of air conditioning and heating occurs, particularly when people have left

their homes.

The investigators were also able to use thermostat scheduling services to detect the occupancy of houses through energy data to determine if heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems were being overused.

UMass researchers also created Solarcast, a service which is able to use weather forecasts to tell users how efficient their solar panels will be that day.

“We built a web-based tool, where you could create an account and specify where your solar panels are,” Shenoy explained.

Over the next three years, researchers will work on creating mobile tools, such as smartphone apps to notify see

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By nieLS LeSniewSki CQ-Roll Call

WASHINGTON — The Senate will start its week debating abortion, but it’s far from certain Tuesday’s symbolic vote will diffuse the tension over Planned Parenthood funding enough to avert a government shutdown.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is following through on a promise made to social conservatives to line up a vote on a bill to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks, a measure that’s spearheaded in the Senate by presidential candidate Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

“This vote will mark the first time the Senate has been put on record about this important issue,” Graham said in a statement. “I view

this vote as the start of a journey, much like the one we used to pass the Unborn Victims of Violence Act and the Partial Birth Abortion Ban. We will take a vote, see where every Senator stands, and then go to work bringing more supporters to our cause. The sooner this legislation becomes law, the better.”

It’s a measure that has passed the House with 242 votes, but the Senate vote is expected to fall short of the 60 votes needed to limit debate on taking up the measure. Once that happens on Tuesday, McConnell will quickly need to start the procedural gears turning on a continuing resolution to keep government operations going past Sept. 30, if he faces procedural objections from Republicans not satisfied with the anti-abortion vote.

Graham is among the members vehemently opposed

to the strategy of tying the Planned Parenthood debate up with the must-pass appropriations bill.

The schedule for the week is complicated by Yom Kippur – which falls on Wednesday – and the historic joint meeting Thursday for the first papal address in the history of Congress. Beyond that, leadership aides are advising that weekend schedules should be kept flexible.

Emerging from a meeting at the White House on Thursday with President Barack Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid warned that, in his view, time had run out for extraneous votes.

“I hope statements Sen. McConnell (has made) over the last few days will continue.

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South Africa JOHANNESBURG — The message to Burkina Faso’s coup leaders on Monday could not have been clearer: Protesters burned tires and set up roadblocks as they rejected a deal that would give amnesty to those who had ousted a transitional government just weeks before an election.

Opposition to last week’s coup was conveyed in one extraordinary scene, posted on Facebook, in which hundreds of young men on motorcycles with their horns blaring ushered one of several army convoys heading to the capital, Ouagadougou.

The military threatened to confront the more powerful presidential security regiment that carried out the uprising.

Soon after, the coup leader, Gen. Gilbert Diendere, appeared to give ground. He apologized to the nation and the international community in a statement late Monday and said he was willing to relinquish power once there was an agreement reached to end the crisis.

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Pakistan ISLAMABAD — Pakistan was scheduled to hang a disabled, wheelchair— bound prisoner on Tuesday in the latest case to focus attention on the country’s controversial use of capital punishment.

The nation’s president had not responded to mercy pleas from the prisoner’s family as of late Monday. A court in the Pakistani city of Lahore cleared the way for the execution last week after rejecting a last—ditch argument by his lawyers that hanging a paraplegic man would constitute cruel and unusual punishment.

The case of Abdul Basit, 43, has drawn particular scrutiny because he is paralyzed from the waist down, the result of an illness he contracted while in prison. His disability poses a grim set of logistical complications in his possible execution.

Pakistani prison rules specify that the length of the rope used in a hanging be measured according to the prisoner’s height while standing – too long and the prisoner could suffer severe injuries, too short and he could be decapitated.

Basit, who has two sons and hails from the textile—producing city of Faisalabad, was convicted and sentenced to death in 2009 for killing a man who was an uncle of a woman with whom he was reportedly in a relationship. He has always maintained his innocence.

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should consist of.

Barrett and Lima Barbosa’s proposed document would require an administrator to meet with the SGA leadership a week before presenting the proposed policy change to the undergraduate senate. At the proposal, the administrator would have to provide a link to a website with the proposed document listed online, as well as a section for student feedback.

Next, a mass email would be sent out informing students of an open forum to be held two weeks after the email is sent regarding the proposed policy change and containing a student survey about the document. On the day of the forum, the SGA leadership would reveal the

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results of the student survey, before the senate votes to support or oppose the policy change. Senators would not be required to attend the forum before the senate vote, although they would be strongly encouraged to.

“We’ve been trying to work on what we feel is a baseline for the administration,” Barrett said.

Barrett was careful to point out that the powers of the senate are limited.

The body can only vote to approve of or oppose the proposed policy changes and that the Board of Trustees makes the final decision.

“According to the Wellman Document, the SGA and students do not have the final say on policy changes,” she said.

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SGA President Sïonan Barrett and Vice President Chantal Lima Barbosa.

Overall, Barrett was optimistic about the document, claiming there virtually zero chance Subbaswamy would not support it. She said her eventual goal is for consultation to be defined this way on all UMass campuses.

Students who attended Monday’s forum were also generally pleased with the document.

“It makes sense for sure, and it seems practical,” said Sean Peters, a freshman political science major. “It seems reasonable to ask for something like this.”

Other students, while still supportive of the document, questioned how effective it could actually be at influencing University policy.

“It’s pretty straightforward and increases transparency to students, but it is also very limited still,” said Alisina Saee-Nazari, a sophomore social thought and political economy major who is a columnist for the Daily Collegian. “It represents a system that allows students to voice their opinion, but doesn’t show that the University is taking action to hear what they have to say.”

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tion caps, he’s talked about having a clean CR, I appreciate that very much,” Reid said “Because this is a serious time for our country and we’ve got to get past 20-week abortion ban show votes because the pope’s coming.”

McConnell has been insistent that there will not be a shutdown on his watch, though his assurances are complicated by the underlying tension in the House and with his own right flank.

Sen. Ted Cruz, another presidential hopeful, has been circulating a letter to Republican offices this month seeking signatories to a letter to McConnell with a promise to oppose any continuing resolu-

tions that don’t bar funds from flowing to Planned Parenthood.

“The American people should no longer be forced to fund the abortion industry; therefore we will oppose any government funding legislation that would authorize or provide federal funds for Planned Parenthood,” a draft of the Texas Republican’s letter says.

That has drawn the ire of Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., who sent a letter back to Cruz on Thursday asking for his strategy for actually getting not only 60 votes on defunding the organization but also the 67 votes needed to overcome a certain Obama veto.

Stuart Foster can be reached at stuartfoster@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Stuart_C_Foster.

Pope Francis to bring his fresh vision and down-to-earth demeanor to United States First visit to U.S. for the 78-year-old

By Henry CHu Los Angeles Times

climate change, of the evils of unfettered capitalism and materialism.

History’s first Latin American pope also will speak of mercy, of the need to extend God’s compassion to the poor and oppressed through a church that tends to people’s wounds like a “field hospital,” as he described it in one of his most striking images.

Previous pontiffs, including his two most recent predecessors, John Paul II and Benedict XVI, sounded similar themes. Yet Francis has fired up an energy and enthusiasm not seen in the scandal-fatigued church in years with his homespun style, his humor and bonhomie.

His appeal extends to nonCatholics, non-Christians

who have never been interested in that.

“He is the right man at the right time.”

But Jesus wasn’t the CEO of a multibillion-dollar organization dogged by accusations of arrogance, corruption and the criminal abuse of children and adults. Or the boss of a dysfunctional institution with layers of management, including powerful underlings and ordinary followers who disagree with or actively oppose his agenda.

Some of those dissenters can be found in the U.S., home to 72 million Catholics, not all of whom appreciate Francis’ approach to those two perennially hot-button topics: sex and money.

Conservative bishops in the U.S. and elsewhere grum-

pointing some liberal reformers.

“In style and gestures, Francis is surprising and sometimes shocking, but this doesn’t have to do with the core teachings of the church,” says Robert Gahl, an American priest who teaches at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. “He has said he will not change those.”

What’s indisputable is the shift in tone.

The teachings may be immutable, but for Francis, how they’re applied and preached needs to change – from judgment to mercy, from rigidity to a sympathetic understanding that life is messy.

This month, he announced that, during a special holy

VATICAN CITY — There was a flash of white, then the flash of numerous cameras held aloft by startled onlookers.

Before them on a bustling street in Rome was Pope Francis, who had popped out of the Vatican to run a quick errand. Clad in his usual white cassock and accompanied by his security detail, the pope swept into the optician’s to have new lenses fit into his old eyeglass frames.

People quickly gathered outside and gaped as the pontiff tried on the glasses, seemed pleased with the result and insisted on paying for his purchase. He emerged a short while later, hopping back into his Ford Focus and smiling and waving at the delighted crowd.

It was a mundane outing earlier this month, but also an apt metaphor for what has been a remarkable papacy so far. Since he was elected by his fellow cardinals in 2013 to head the Roman Catholic Church, Francis has captivated the public imagination the world over with his downto-earth demeanor even as he tries to fit a new vision onto the ancient institution he leads.

He’s bringing that vision to the United States on a visit this week that embraces the lofty – addresses to Congress AL DIAZ/MIAMI HERALD/TNS and the United Nations – as well as the lowly – meetings Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Sunday Mass at the Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana, Cuba on Sunday. with homeless people and migrant families. It will be the first time that the 78-year- and even nonbelievers who bled when Francis appeared year starting in December, old pontiff has set foot in the admire his emphasis on rec- to take a softer line on the all priests, not just senior onciliation, love and environ- vexed issues of abortion, clergy, would be allowed to U.S. His very lack of flam- mental protection. His ability homosexuality and divorce absolve repentant women boyance has, paradoxically, to strike a nerve with such a and remarriage. Officially, who have had abortions. He turned him into a spiritual diverse audience makes him the church frowns on all of underscored the “tragedy of abortion,” but acknowledged rock star and newsmaker not unlike the man whose those.

Statements such as “Who that it was an “agonizing and who has graced the cov- emissary he’s supposed to be, am I to judge?” regarding painful decision.” ers of Rolling Stone, Time supporters say.

“If you think about Jesus ... gays, which instantly went He has exhorted priests and National Geographic.

Rapturous crowds greet he was very popular, because viral, or his warning to cler- and bishops to be more carFrancis worldwide; a million his message attracted many gy not to obsess over conten- ing pastors, to draw closer or more people are expected people, including people who tious social issues like abor- to their flocks so that they become “shepherds with the to attend his outdoor Mass in were very far from religion tion alarmed Francis’ critics. at the time,” says Antonio But many commentators smell of sheep.”

Philadelphia on Saturday.

Such folksy pronounceAt his other U.S. stops, Spadaro, who edits the Jesuit note that the pope has given Washington and New York, journal La Civilta Cattolica no indication of intending, ments have endeared the he’ll carry a message of in Rome. “The message that or even wanting, to change pope to many Catholics. warning, Vatican watchers Francis is spreading, which is church doctrine. In fact, he’s Experts talk of the “Francis say, of the threats posed by the Gospel, is reaching people consistently upheld it, disap- effect,” the anecdotal evi-

dence of disaffected or indifferent Catholics renewing their interest in the faith because of the pope.

Even among Americans with no religious affiliation, a recent survey by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 60 percent held a positive view of Francis, an attitude that has trickled down to benefit some of those who serve below him.

“I can be in the street or a supermarket or an airport, and I can tell that the way (people) see me is different because of what they think of Pope Francis,” says Gahl, who normally wears his clerical collar. “It used to be that people who were distant to church practice would see me as a threat; they were probably thinking of (priestly) sexual abuse or condemnation of their way of life. But it’s really shifted.”

Besides comforting the afflicted, Francis happily afflicts the comforted.

On his visit to the U.S., the pope probably won’t stint on his criticism of heedless consumerism and exploitation of natural resources. “A Christian who is too attached to riches has lost his way,” Francis recently admonished the 7 million followers of his official English-language Twitter account, @Pontifex.

He has called on the Catholic Church to be a “poor church for the poor.”

Rush Limbaugh has denounced the pope as a Marxist. Others dismiss Francis, who picked his papal name partly in homage to the nature-loving St. Francis of Assisi, as a tree-hugger.

More liberals than conservatives look favorably on him, though still a majority of both, according to the Public Religion Research Institute poll.

Matthew Bunson, editor of the Catholic Almanac, says the pope’s views are rooted in “his own lived experiences of capitalism and globalization” in his native Latin America, where poverty is common. So is suspicion of U.S. political and economic might.

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users when they should turn off their heating.

Shenoy mentioned that the mobile tools created through this research could also be broadened and applied to work in different contexts.

Making the research done

by UMass more accessible will also be a major goal over the next three years.

“I’m mostly focusing on the piece between the analytic techniques and user-

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applications,” said Irwin.

For him, presenting the data in a way average people can understand is an important part of this research.

When the researchers create new tools, UMass may also be able to use volunteers from Holyoke to test them out and determine their effectiveness through actual field trials.

While the $1 million funding from the National Science

Foundation will only last three years, the research relationship UMass has with the Holyoke Gas and Electric Company will outlast the grant.

“The relationship is ongoing,” said Shenoy. “We are working with them on a lot of projects.”

Stuart Foster can be reached at stuartfoster@umass.edu or followed on Twitter @Stuart_C_Foster.

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ready for the national spotlight. Then Trump’s entry into the race sent Walker’s hopes into rapid decline.

Trump galvanized an antiestablishment mood among a large swath of Republican voters that appears to have tarred all candidates who have held elected office.

More than half of GOP voters in recent polls have said their preferred candidate is someone outside traditional politics.

“In January, Walker was viewed as being the alternative to Jeb Bush. Well, that’s not a priority of conservatives anymore,” Robinson said. “They’re not out there looking for an alternative to Bush. They’re probably out there looking for an alternative to Trump. Walker doesn’t fit the bill.”

The immigration issues Trump pushed to the forefront of the campaign only

made Walker’s problems worse. For a time, he seemed to be trying to outbid Trump in seeking the support of Republicans who want to limit immigration – arguing for restricting legal as well as illegal entry to the U.S. But Walker reversed field several times, taking conflicting positions, for example, on the question of whether children born in the U.S. to mothers in the country illegally should be denied citizenship.

A comment that seemed to suggest that he favored building a wall along the U.S. border with Canada drew ridicule. Prominent donors talked openly about concerns that Walker had moved too far to the right in trying to outflank Trump.

“I feel badly for him,” Trump said Monday on Fox News.

In both of the campaign’s

two debates so far, Walker faded. In the most recent debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., he spoke less than any of the other 10 candidates.

Walker’s abrupt departure set off a scramble by other candidates to win backing of his major donors and key operatives. Already, one major donor, Stanley Hubbard, a billionaire from Minnesota who built a fortune owning TV and radio stations, had begun giving money to Carly Fiorina.

For the moment, at least, none of the other candidates seemed ready to take up Walker’s suggestion that they join him in dropping out.

“I don’t think that’s realistically going to happen,” said Rick Tyler, a spokesman for Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

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Scott Walker, left, and Carly Fiorina take the stage at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Wednesday.

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One in four undergraduate females report sexual abuse Survey cites data from 27 colleges

By Teresa WaTanaBe Los Angeles Times

More than one in four female undergraduate students reported they were victimized by nonconsensual sexual contact in a national survey of 27 universities released Monday.

But the survey for the Association of American Universities, one of the most comprehensive ever conducted on college sexual misconduct, found wide variation in the cases depending on campus, gender, age and type of offense.

Among undergraduate females, for instance, between 13 percent and 30 percent had been victimized by the most serious types of misconduct – sexual penetration or touching involving force, threats of force or incapacitation by alcohol or drugs across the campuses surveyed.

The risk was highest for freshman women, whose rate was 16.9 percent, compared with 11.1 percent for seniors in 2014-15. But over the course of their college life, 26.1 percent of senior females reported being victimized.

The online survey of 150,000 students also found low rates of reporting sexual misconduct and a mixed response over whether respondents believed their university would conduct a fair investigation. But the vast majority of those who actually reported their cases gave high marks to officials for showing them respect and helping them understand their options.

The survey was aimed at helping campuses address the problem of sexual misconduct, according to Hunter Rawlings, the association’s president.

“The leaders of our universities are deeply concerned about the impact of these issues on their students,” Rawlings said in a statement. “Their participation in this and other climate surveys is an important part of their efforts to combat sexual assault.”

Many universities have moved to improve their response to campus sexual misconduct since the federal government began cracking down in 2011 with a record number of policy directives, fines and more than 100 investigations.

Rawlings said the data can also be used to assist policymakers in crafting additional responses.

Estimates of the problem have varied widely. One frequently cited study of two large public universities found a rate of nearly 20 percent among female college seniors. The University of California’s 2014 survey of 104,000 students, faculty and staff members, however, asked its questions differently and found only 6 percent of undergraduates had experienced “unwanted sexual contact.”

The university association released only the aggregate results of the survey, which was conducted by the Westat research firm in April. Each of the campus participants, which included USC and Caltech in California, was expected to release its own findings separately. Other participants included Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Purdue and the University of Arizona.

In a unique design, the survey asked students whether the nonconsensual sexual contact occurred by force, incapacitation, non-physical coercion or the absence of “affirmative consent,” an emerging standard that requires both partners to explicitly agree to the encounter. Physical force was the most prevalent tactic and coercion the least.

Overall, 28 percent of female undergraduates reported they were victimized by any of the four tactics. About 23 percent of female undergraduates and 11.7 percent of all students surveyed reported the most serious – physical force and incapacitation – had been used against them. The relatively low response rate of 19.3 percent could have produced a slight upward bias

in the results, researchers said.

David Cantor, one of the lead survey investigators and a University of Maryland research professor, said one of the most striking findings was the wide disparity in campus experiences with sexual misconduct.

“This sends a very strong message that each institution faces really unique circumstances and challenges when trying to change campus climates and prevent and respond to sexual assault and misconduct,” he said.

The survey also found: – Rates of assault were highest among students who identified as transgender, genderqueer (a term the survey uses but does not define), non-conforming, questioning or a category not listed on the survey.

– Rates of reporting ranged between 5 percent and 28 percent, depending on the behavior. More than half of those surveyed said they did not believe it was serious enough, while others said they were too embarrassed or ashamed, among other reasons.

– Six of 10 female undergraduates said they had been sexually harassed.

Gays and lesbians reported harassment rates of 60.4 percent compared with 45.9 percent of heterosexuals.

– The rate of nonconsensual sexual contact at private universities was 25.3 percent, compared with 22.8 percent for public universities. But researchers did not find a clear explanation for the disparity in campus results.

– Most students did nothing while witnessing a drunk person headed for a sexual encounter or cases of sexual violence or harassment.

– Nearly 9 of 10 students who reported misconduct said the respect shown to them by investigating officials was excellent or good.

– Only about a quarter of students surveyed said they were very or extremely knowledgeable about where to get help for sexual assault or misconduct.

‘Significant progress’ in Iran nuclear investigation Nation gives access to IAEA officials By alexandra Zavis Los Angeles Times

T he Inter national Atomic Energy Agency has made “significant progress” in its investigation of Iran’s nuclear activities, the head of the organization said Monday after a weekend visit during which United Nations officials were granted access to the controversial Parchin military site for the first time in nearly a decade.

The visit was important to clarify issues related to a possible military dimension to Iran’s nuclear program, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano told reporters after briefing the U.N. agency’s board of governors in Vienna.

Amano said he and the agency’s deputy director, Tero Varjoranta, visited a building in Parchin on Sunday that international experts had previously only observed via satellite.

Environmental samples were collected from the site before their visit and have been submitted to the IAEA for laboratory analysis, he said.

Amano also held talks with President Hassan

Rouhani and other senior Iranian officials, along with members of parliament.

IAEA officials have long sought access to Parchin, a top-secret base east of Tehran where Iran is believed to have tested components that could be used to build an atomic weapon.

The weekend visit was the result of a confidential agreement between the IAEA and Iran in July to answer outstanding questions about the country’s nuclear program.

The IAEA inquiry, which is due in December, will help determine whether international sanctions against Iran are lifted under a broader agreement with six world powers intended to curtail the country’s ability to develop atomic weapons for the next decade or longer.

Iranian officials maintain that their nuclear program was always intended for peaceful purposes, such as electricity generation and the production of medical isotopes.

“Yesterday was an important day in the process of the settlement of Iran’s nuclear issue and, thanks God, the fictions made by ill-wishers against our country about Parchin military site were revealed,” Hamid Baeidinejad, an offi-

cial at the Iranian Foreign Ministry and one of the country’s nuclear negotiators, was quoted as saying by the semiofficial Fars News Agency.

However, Amano has noted in reports to the IAEA board that extensive construction work carried out at Parchin since early 2012 may have compromised the agency’s ability to conduct effective verification there.

He reiterated the point Monday, saying he and Varjoranta saw indications of recent renovation work at the location they visited Sunday. He did not specify where in the vast military complex that was.

Critics of the deal reached with Iran contend that the IAEA has not been given sufficient access at Parchin to fully investigate the claims of illicit nuclear work being conducted there.

According to some members of Congress, IAEA inspectors are relying on Iranian officials to collect environmental samples at the site, a concession that Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., has likened to “the fox guarding the chicken coop.”

Iran’s envoy to the IAEA, Reza Najafi, said Monday that Tehran has not allowed

any of the agency’s inspectors to visit and take samples at Parchin, or even to supervise their collection

by Iranian experts. He characterized Amano’s visit as “ceremonial,” according to Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency.

That would be in keeping with a draft of the IAEA’s agreement with Iran viewed by The Associated Press.

The document speaks of a visit by Amano not as a part of any IAEA inquiry but as a “courtesy” granted by Iran after the suspect site was investigated for evidence of weapons research, the AP said.

According to the draft, Iranian experts monitored via video and photo cameras would collect their own samples, which they would give to IAEA officials for analysis.

The U.N. agency has declined to release details of its agreements with Iran, in keeping with long-standing procedures intended to encourage countries that are under investigation to cooperate.

Amano conf ir med Monday that the Iranians “played a part in the sample-taking process by swiping samples.”

“Authentication by the agency of the samples was achieved through use of

an established verification process,” he said without elaborating. “The agency can confirm the integrity of the sampling process and the authenticity of the samples, which were taken at places of interest to the agency at the particular location in Parchin.”

Asked whether the

Obama administration was comfortable with the process, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the goal of the international negotiations with Iran was to compel the country to cooperate with the IAEA and its inspections.

“That’s exactly what we’ve seen here,” he said.

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Why Android fails to compete It’s that special time of year the world. Each of these manuagain: the temperature begins facturers has its own individual to drop, leaves begin to swirl interests for what it thinks is best suited to its phone, and Johnny McCabe as such manufacturers modify their own skinned version of in the wind across the streets the software. In such cases, the and walkways of Amherst, the manufacturer would need to scent of pumpkin spice every- review Google’s official update thing fills the air. Among these for compatibility before pushseasonal pleasantries, the most ing it to its users. Regardless of recent iteration of Apple’s iOS the level of manufacturer intermobile software is launched to iPhone users. Indeed, ference on the software level, September is a time of renewal cell service carriers (looking for iPhone users all across the at you, Verizon) almost always world as Apple maintains an add yet another layer of comintensely regular schedule, with plexity to the upgrade, delayiOS updates emerging only a ing official Android updates couple of weeks after they are for no real reason whatsoever. announced at the company’s The result is that my 2013 Moto annual keynote address.

This year, for iOS 9, as my X, a phone carefully designed iPhone-toting friends and under the direct purview of acquaintances all powered Google during its brief ownerdown their devices to update ship of Motorola, only received to better multitasking, faster Android 5.0 Lollipop a week performance and a smarter before the launch of Android 6.0 Siri, I too was able to update Marshmallow. my Android phone to Android These parallel versions of 5.0, “Lollipop.” It’s a wonderAndroid can have an extreme ful update that brings many of the same efficiency boosts and impact on the way people use quality of life improvements to and interact with the technolthe user experience as does iOS ogy that influences our day9. But unlike iOS 9, I have been to-day life. There is no better waiting for it for almost a year. example than the recent difficulAs the two biggest competitors ties iPhone-using students have in the consumer electronics market grow ever closer to each been having with the University other, the smallest differences of Massachusetts campus wireare magnified to great impor- less network after the iOS 9 tance, and if Google intends for update went live. I have had Android to keep pace with iOS, conversations with friends, then it needs – quite literally – to overheard complaints above get all of its phones on the same the chatter of the dining compage.

Admittedly, the point that mons and witnessed grimaces I’m making feels like a ridic- of frustration between classes ulous one. Whining about the as passersby struggle in vain

“Just by continuing to do business the same way it always has, Apple can brand itself as fresh, fast and forward-thinking, capitalizing on one of Google’s most persistent failures.” slowness of software updates is one of the timeless tropes of fan boys and brand warriors everywhere. However, it’s hard to dismiss these quibbles when Apple spends a great deal of time and energy rubbing the fact in Android’s face. At each of its keynotes in recent memory, Apple’s executives gloat about how quickly even the oldest iPhones and iPads receive the newest and best version of iOS, while sadly pointing out that a modest contingent of Android devices still run the same version of the operating system that they did years ago.

Just by continuing to do business the same way it always has, Apple can brand itself as fresh, fast and forward-thinking, capitalizing on one of Google’s most persistent failures.

It’s worth mentioning that this isn’t the easiest problem for Google to fix. Unlike iOS, Android is not married to a single hardware platform: whereas Apple has unilateral control over the hardware for which its software is built, Android exists in a constellation of different shapes and sizes, each made by one of dozens, if not hundreds, of different manufacturers around

to connect. The Daily Collegian ran a letter to the editor on the failings of campus wireless.

The fact that everyone is on the same platform means that when a problem arises, a chorus of voices rises up and developers are forced to troubleshoot. A unified platform means unified change.

If, however, my Moto X refuses the Herculean effort of connecting to eduroam, all I can do is send a bug report and hope for the best. The fragmentation of Google’s software platform not only makes Apple look better for doing nothing out of the ordinary, but can actually be a major detriment to users in the long run. If Google wants to keep pace with Apple in the battle of the operating systems they have both worked so hard to create, it needs to start pushing manufacturers and carriers harder on getting their updates out – preferably before next fall.

Sanders and Trump: Heirs to FDR’s New Deal Coalition President Franklin Delano the modern political spectrum.

Roosevelt and his New Deal coali- Roosevelt is gone and Republicans tion are dead, but the heirs to its and Democrats each have an heir to a segment of the egalitarian coaliFrank Schulze tion that spurns “organized money.”

The left has produced Bernie traditional demographic are making Sanders, whose campaign espouses big splashes in 2015. many progressive causes, but arguThe New Deal coalition was ably the most underscored of these the voting bloc responsible for the is the need for comprehensive camDemocratic presidential victories paign finance reform that reversfrom 1930s until the mid-1960s and es the effects of the 2010 Supreme was one of the most powerful politi- Court case, Citizens United v. FEC. cal coalitions in history.

Sanders believes that as a nation, The secret weapon of the New “we are moving toward an oligarDeal coalition was inclusivity. It chic form of society, where the bilwas a proletariat movement that lionaires will control the economy favored a laboring majority over a and the political life of this counspecial interest minority and includ- try.” ed groups like disparaged ethnic Sanders hates being compared groups, poor white Southerners, to Republican frontrunner Donald academics, welfare recipients and urban bluecollar workers. Prior to the Roosevelt presidency, bankers, class antagonists and war profiteers were benefiting from gross levels of income inequality and Trump, whom he feels is “appealing had “begun to consider the govern- to the baser instincts among us,” but ment of the United States as a mere there are valid points of comparison. appendage of their own affairs,” as Both agree that an election is rigged when the candidates are beholden to Roosevelt said in a 1936 address.

Roosevelt famously denounced bankers, but Trump’s appeal seems these actors as “organized money” to come not from legislating billionin the address and was able to rouse aires out of the political process, but his devoted audience by reassuring by being a billionaire.

During the Sept. 16 GOP debate, them: “I welcome their hatred.”

America in 2015 is disturbingly Trump was met with applause when similar to America in 1928. Income he claimed to have turned down inequality has reached comparable massive donations to his 2016 camlevels, banks and their respective paign because he did not need them. lobbies are more powerful than ever, He does not believe the current and the political climate is charged system is fair, but his supporters with a disaffecting sentiment that believe his ability to self-fund makes the wealthy are taking advantage of him beholden to his interests and the masses through exorbitant cam- not those of donors.

The reason for this split is the paign contributions.

But where is the New Deal coali- tumultuous social issues that have tion? It has been split in half by defined the century since the foundthe divisive social issues that define ing of the New Deal Coalition, par-

ticularly race. The South voted primarily Democratic since the inception of the Democratic Party, but switched affiliation in the 1970s due to a political movement called the “Southern Strategy.”

It works like this: court the disaffected white voter who feels alienated by the Democratic Party and its embrace of the Civil Rights Movement. Roosevelt was always slow to endorse this cause, but later Democratic presidents, culminating with Lyndon Johnson’s signing of the Voting Rights Act, integrated it into the party platform. The racial bias, covert or overt, that has permeated America’s psyche since its birth allowed the Republican Party to capture the white, rural workers once loyal to Roosevelt’s Democratic Party. Ken Mehlman, former chair of the Republic National Convention, made a public apology to the black community in 2005 for the party’s deliberate exploitation of racial tensions.

It is not surprising, then, that the populist segment of Roosevelt’s coalition lost to this strategy has flocked to the xenophobic rhetoric of the antiestablishment candidate, Donald Trump.

The progressive college students who form Sanders’ base and the white rural workers who form Trump’s have things in common that both sides take for granted.

Most of them do not have a Swiss bank account, most of them are lucky to own one house, most of them cannot afford to spend a fortune to influence an election, and as a result, most of them are angry.

The solution to taking big money out of American politics lies in these similarities, not the stark differences.

“Both (Sanders and Trump) agree that an election is rigged when the candidates are beholden to bankers, but Trump’s appeal seems to come not from legislating billionaires out of the political process, but by being a billionaire.”

Frank Schulze is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at fschulze@umass.edu.

Johnny McCabe is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at rjmccabe@umass. edu.

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People’s Market: arguably the best coffee on campus Friendly staff makes café a pleasant place B y S arah G amard Collegian Staff

students where to get the best coffee beyond the dining halls, the overwhelming response was People’s Market.

For those that don’t know, People’s Market is a hole-in-the-wall café across the hall from Earthfoods Cafe in the Student Union.

Founded in 1973 as a collective of women, but now comprised of undergraduate workers of all types, it is one of the oldest studentrun businesses on campus.

According to their website, they are known not just for their coffee but also for “herbal teas, fresh bagels, gourmet cheeses, healthy snacks, chilled beverages, yogurt, chocolate and women’s health products.”

If you like a good cup of coffee, you’ll like People’s Market. Justine McAllister, one of the roughly dozen current co-managers currently working at the co-op, said that People’s Market buys all of their coffee from Dean’s Beans, a company located in Orange, about a half-hour car ride from Amherst, because they handle only organic, fair trade coffee beans.

According to the People’s Market website (where they pride themselves on being “the original and best source on campus for 100 percent organic and fairtrade coffee”), the company was recently invited by the United Nations Social and Economic Counsel to “give advice on issues regarding the Millennium Development Goals and barriers to sustainable development.” Jay Newman, a psychology and sociology major who has worked at People’s Market for three semesters, said “practically every customer (is) telling us it’s the

On an early Friday afternoon mission, I rushed into People’s Market just before it closed at 2 p.m.

The atmosphere gave a mixed vibe of a modernist artist’s studio and a local farmer’s market: the walls and floor were a plain gray, the large windows let in the entirety of the daylight outside, exotic candies and health food products were scattered in glass coolers and jars, and tasteful, classic rock blared through the stereo. The workers, moving slowly and sleepily after a long first week of classes, were getting ready to close up shop. I walked up to the cashier and asked, “What kind of brews do you have?”

The cashier, probably more than ready to finish his shift and start his weekend, was excited to show me their coffee.

After paying my surprisingly small fee, he left the counter to show me the coffee station. It was simple enough: stacks of white paper cups with the People’s Market logo, cream, sugar, and three coffee dispensers of different brews. My options that day were French Vanilla Kiss, Italian Espresso Roast and Aztec Two Step Decaf. He pulled out the bags of beans that they brewed the coffee with and guided me through the process of choosing a flavor. I met a friend there for coffee and catching up, and we each got a different flavor, so I technically only missed out on one flavor – French Vanilla Kiss. My friend got the decaf while I got the espresso roast, and both were, needless to say, fabulous.

It’s not a secret that, despite University of Massachusetts Dining being second best in the country, according to the Princeton Review, our coffee could use some improvement.

Luckily, there are scores of coffee best coffee on campus.”

There are always three venues in the area, both on and off campus. When different types of coffee I asked friends and fellow at a time: a regular brew

Newman calls being the only food-based student business co-op that doesn’t accept YCMP and Dining Dollars “ostracizing.”

– either a dark roast, a medium roast or a medium/dark blend – a flavored brew and a decaf. Different flavors circulate as soon as each 5 pound bag they receive from Dean’s Beans is emptied, which is typically every two days or so. Flavors include Columbian, French Vanilla Kiss, Hazelnut Dream, Guatemalan French Roast, Italian Espresso Roast, Peruvian French Roast Decaf and Aztec Two Step Decaf. The dark Italian Espresso Roast is also used to make iced coffee. The beans are certified organic, fair trade and kosher.

According to Newman, the People’s Market currently has Colombian and Mexican Chiapas for medium roasts, Ethiopian Oromia, Ring of Fire and Roadhouse Blend for dark roasts, and a new medium/ dark blend called Thunder Mug, which is a combination of Asian and Central American beans.

Sustainable and affordable Matt Harbut, who has worked at the People’s Market since the fall 2014 semester, said that the proceeds from the coffee beans support development projects in remote regions “to protect people’s culture, support reforestation projects and provide essential medical services that are lacking in these places because they don’t have the infrastructure.”

Customers are rewarded for being sustainable, too.

If you bring in your own reusable bottle or mug, any hot coffee only costs $1.50 no matter how large the bottle is. That is compared to the already-cheap price of $1.50 for their small coffee. Likewise tea only costs $0.75 if you bring your own container.

Aside from coffee, the People’s Market is also known for their numerous vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free products.

Benson’s Bagels delivers fresh bagels every day, and the Henion Bakery provides pastries. Harbut said there are “like a dozen spreads and tons of veggies and different varieties of cheese” for the bagels.

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People’s Market, located across from Earthfoods in the Student Union, has yet to accept Dining Dollars and YCMP. tea and other health products.

According to Newman, the Market just began

When it comes to a hopeful future where the business may accept Dining Dollars, McAllister said, “It’s hard to say how close we are to this goal.” buying from the UMass Student Farm and is now able to sell “in-season produce like peppers, plums, apples, and flowers.”

Newman attests that the Katalyst Kombucha, which is a fermented traditional beverage, made from a culture and sweetened tea, is a “fan favorite” that “flies off the shelf whenever we get a delivery.” All three co-managers agreed that their iced chai is a favorite for customers as well.

The co-op makes cold brew daily and in small batches.

The student-run business, like many on campus, strives for social justice and ethical services. It is managed entirely by fulltime undergraduate students. All of its products support local and sustainable businesses.

People’s Market prides itself on only supporting socially and environmentally responsible companies. They are a student run co-operative and therefore have no form of hierarchy. There are no employees, only co-managers with equal individual responsibilities. Newman, for example, is on the Buying Committee, which is responsible for buying their coffee and other products they sell. They also have an Advertising Committee, which works through social media, flyers and campus events.

McAllister said that being a co-manager instead of an employee is a lot more work, but it is rewarding knowing that they are working toward a common mission.

Newman described the system as being “your

own boss” while everyone shares responsibility equally.

“Undergraduates are controlling everything you see when you come into the store – from making the coffee, studying the ethics of our products, to hiring the new peeps that are brought in the market,” he said.

“We all have equal say in decision made about the market from what products we carry to how long we’re open or what colors the walls are,” Harbut said. “We get advising help on things like loans and different business decisions from the Center for Student Business, but other than that, we’re completely student-run since day one.”

McAllister calls the market a “space for people to express themselves, eat good food, and listen to loud music.” Loud music is certainly a part of the People’s Market experience – when walking in and ordering, I could barely hear the soft-spoken cashier over the stereo. But I have to admit the struggle to have a conversation was part of the charm.

Plans to improve

significantly hurts business.

“Being able to receive (Dining Dollars) as payment would put us in a spot to actually be competitive with other on campus coffee shops,” she said.

Newman calls being the only food-based student business co-op that doesn’t accept YCMP and Dining Dollars “ostracizing.”

“There are so many customers who want to support us through the currencies that are accessible everywhere else on campus, except us, and we have to turn them down,” he said. “It’s really unclear where we actually stand regarding accepting them – I personally hope that the (Student Government Association) and other student businesses will not forget to continue fighting for and with us now that Sweets N’ More, Earthfoods, Sylvan Snackbar and Greeno Sub Shop have what we don’t.

If we were to accept YCMP and Dining Dollars it would release this giant cloud of anxiety that resides over us about how we perform financially.”

The decision for four student-run businesses on campus to accept Dining Dollars was certainly a long-awaited victory and blessing for students on meal plans. But People’s Market was left out of the deal because “through some sleight of hand, People’s Market was labeled a non-food business and left out of the deal,” Harbut explained.

For now, the business is doing what they can to provide affordable and delicious food to the campus community. And until the business accepts Dining Dollars, they still thrive on their good reputation to yield otherwise-profitable business from loyal students.

Newman said that the market is in the beginning stages of implementing some new ways to make the store more sustainable and working with some other co-ops. Harbut also said the business is going to offer samples of all new products so everyone can try them and decide how they feel about them.

Harbut also said there will be a new store layout.

“We call it ‘flo-pen,’” Harbut said. “The store flows a lot more and has open space.”

When it comes to a hopeful future where the business may accept Dining Dollars, McAllister said, “It’s hard to say how close we are to this goal. …

We’ve signed petitions and spoken with many Dining Services employees about this but ultimately it is up to the University to make the switch.”

A meal plan that makes it cheaper to get coffee Sarah Gamard can be reached at elsewhere, she admitted, sgamard@umass.edu.

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NIU falls short in upset bid Ball State rallies vs.

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By Tyler Movsessian Collegian Correspondent

After former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel got inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame, he almost watched the nation’s top team get upset, as the Buckeyes snuck by Northern Illinois in a tight game, winning 20-13. The Huskies, a favorite to win the MAC title this year, hung tough against the defending national champions.

While the Buckeyes have two very talented quarterbacks in Cardale Jones and J.T. Barrett, their offense, specifically the passing game, was rather stagnant against the Northern Illinois defense. Jones, who started the game, threw two interceptions and then was replaced by J.T Barrett.

Barrett finally got the Buckeyes offense cooking by throwing a touchdown pass to Michael Thomas to tie the game 10-10 going into halftime.

The play of the game came in the third quarter,

when Ohio State linebacker Darron Lee intercepted Huskies QB Drew Hare and returned it for a touchdown to give the Buckeyes a 20-10 lead. But despite a strong second half defensively (Northern Illinois ended the game with five forced turnovers), the Huskies offense couldn’t get anything going, and Ohio State held on to stay undefeated in its national title defense.

Northern Illinois will return to action Saturday at Boston College, with kickoff set for 1 p.m.

in almost a year - their last time doing so was Oct. 4, 2014 against Norfolk State.

As expected, the Zips had their way against this Savannah State defense.

Akron running back Cody Griece ran for three touchdowns on the day on just five carries. Also impressive was Zips quarterback Thomas Woodson, who was 12-20 passing with 207 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Running back Conor Hundley was another major contributor on offense, rushing for 120 yards on 11 carries with a score. The Akron Akron pummels winless defense held Savannah State Savannah State to just 202 yards of total offense.

After starting the seaAkron (1-2) will travel to son 0-2, a matchup with Louisiana-Lafayette for a Savannah State was just road matchup on Saturday. what Akron needed to get back on track. The Zips beat Ball State tops EMU in the Tigers in dominating MAC opener fashion, recording their first win of the season in a 52-9 Eastern Michigan looked blowout. like it was going to walk away Not only has Savannah victorious against the Ball State been outscored 117- State Cardinals in the first 22 this year, they have not MAC conference action of won a single football game the new season. But spurred since Sept. 14, 2013, against by backup quarterback Riley Fort Valley State. The Tigers Neal, Ball State came back also have not come within from a 17-0 deficit to defeat single digits of an opponent the Eagles 28-17.

After replacing starter Jack Milas, Neal was almost perfect from the pocket. He went 24-28 for 194 yards passing in addition to 86 yards on 11 rushes on the ground.

Neal got a lot of contribution from his Cardinals teammates as well. Running back Darian Green rushed for 164 yards on 25 carries, and freshman James Gilbert continued an impressive start to his season by scoring his fourth and fifth touchdowns of the year.

Eastern Michigan was on fire early on, as Darius Jackson had two touchdowns in under six minutes during the second quarter to put the Eagles up 17-0. Despite the hot start, the Eagles cooled off as quarterback Brogan Roback threw two interceptions on Eastern Michigan’s final two possessions of the game.

Ball State will look to keep up its momentum on the road next week at undefeated Northwestern.

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level of its doubles play.

The Minutewomen’s top doubles duo from a season ago, sophomore Ana Yrazusta and senior Carol Benito, was recently ranked fourth in the final ITA Northeast Regional Rankings. This was the highest ranking in program history for UMass.

“There isn’t a position that I feel we can’t win at – we always play eight strong,” Dixon said.

The Minutewomen’s first competition of the year will see them travel to Providence for the Brown Invitational, where they will face off against the likes of Boston College, Boston University and St. Johns University.

Typically, during the fall season teams don’t compete at their highest level because national

rankings are not affected, even though losses are still reflected in a team’s record. In the fall, teams are scheduled for invitational tournaments that allow them to gauge their weaknesses while also getting young players valuable in-game experience.“While we are always looking to win, this competition will help serve as a measuring stick for the team, we’ll find out where we are, where we can build, and see who wants to step up their play,” Dixon said.

The Brown Invitational will take place Sept. 25 and will run until Sept.

27.

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Price, Blue Jays top NYY in AL East battle

Mets blank Atlanta

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Yankees fall three behind in division

By PeTe Caldera The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) TORONTO — More than a hint of autumn was in the air, with the roof open at Rogers Centre and a roaring, full house of Blue Jays fans pulling for David Price.

And the ace lefty didn’t disappoint, going seven scoreless innings and retiring the last 14 Yankees he faced in a 4-2 Blue Jays win before 47,648 fans starved for October baseball.

While the Yankees (8267) maintain a firm grip on the AL’s first wild card, this final three-game regular-season series against Toronto provided a golden chance to wrest away the division lead.

But in taking Monday’s opener, the Blue Jays (8664) opened a 3 {-game AL East lead – moving Toronto another step toward its first postseason since winning consecutive world championships in 1992-93.

Making his second start since transitioning back from a relief role, Adam Warren paid dearly for a shaky first inning.

Without hitting a home run, the Blue Jays still menaced Warren by scoring three times with three

hits, a walk, a hit batsman and a wild pitch. The first three Jays reached against the right-hander, who yielded an RBI single to Jose Bautista, an RBI groundout to Edwin Encarnacion and an RBI double Justin Smoak.

Warren (6-7) needed 82 pitches to navigate 3 1/3 innings and left trailing 3-0, starting a conga line of relievers.

Against Toronto’s bullpen in the eighth, Jacoby Ellsbury’s RBI single cut it to 4-1. But facing the tying run, lefty Brett Cecil struck out the side; Brett Gardner fumed at plate ump Greg Gibson over a called third strike, while Alex Rodriguez and Brian McCann went down swinging.

Greg Bird hit a ninthinning solo home run off Jays closer Roberto Osuna.

Price (17-5) yielded just two hits and one walk with seven strikeouts.

“We don’t have to look at the [out-of-town] scoreboard,” said Yankees general manager Brian Cashman before the game.

“Hopefully, we can close the distance here and take a run at the title.”

Reduced to a pinch-hitter during the weekend Subway Series, A-Rod’s impact was confined to three plate appearances – two walks

and a fly out – against the Mets at Citi Field.

“It’s nice to have your DH because of what he’s meant to our lineup,” manager Joe Girardi said of Rodriguez’s return to the lineup Monday. “The other thing is not being on pins and needles when the pitcher has the bat in his hands.”

That was Girardi’s reference to Masahiro Tanaka, who was scratched from starting Wednesday’s series finale against Toronto because of a mild right hamstring strain suffered during his first at-bat last Friday.

A-Rod gave the Yankees a significant scare during Monday’s first at-bat, dropping to the batter’s box in pain after fouling a pitch off the unprotected side of his left ankle.

After rolling on the ground, A-Rod was checked out by head athletic trainer Steve Donohue and eventually singled.

But his next time up was even more frustrating.

With the bases loaded and one out, Rodriguez battled Price through a lengthy at-bat, fouling off a few tough pitches until narrowly missing a bloop hit toward the right-field line – one that would have plated at least two runs.

Niese goes six scoreless in win

By MaTT ehalT The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) NEW YORK — As all the talk regarding the Mets has focused on Matt Harvey and the team’s plans to ready him for the playoffs with abbreviated starts, the underlying fact is the team has yet to clinch a postseason berth.

“Right now we’ve got to start winning some games,” manager Terry Collins said before the game.

The Mets took a step closer to the postseason Monday by defeating Atlanta, 4-0, at Citi Field.

Jon Niese (9-10) threw six scoreless innings to lower the magic number to seven, and New York increased its lead over Washington in the NL East to 6 games.

The Mets (85-65) were mired in a minislump entering Monday, losing four of five and dropping their previous two series.

Sunday’s 11-2 blowout loss was compounded by the Harvey situation, as the ace was pulled after five innings with a 1-0 lead.

Niese helped right the ship by providing one of his best starts of the season. He allowed just three hits and walked two while striking out two.

Niese retired the first eight batters, all on grounders, before walking opposing pitcher Shelby Miller on eight pitches.

Niese then surrendered his first hit to Michael Bourn, and a throwing error by Wilmer Flores loaded the bases for Mets killer Freddie Freeman.

Freeman, whom the Mets have contained this year, lined out to center on the first pitch.

The Braves put the first two men on in the fourth, but Niese induced a double-play grounder from Nick Swisher and retired Cameron Maybin to end the inning. He allowed just one of the final seven batters he faced to reach, and had an economic outing.

Niese threw only 88 pitches, but the regular late-inning relievers were fresh because they hadn’t pitched in the previous two games.

After a rough stretch that saw him yield 23 runs in 19 2/3 innings across four starts, Niese has cured his ills with solid outings against the lowly Braves. He held them to three runs (two earned) in six innings in a no-decision Sept. 13.

As Niese stymied Atlanta’s hitters, the Mets plated two runs off Miller before breaking it open against the Braves’ leaky bullpen. New York had an

opportunity to grab a big early lead, but it was 0-for7 with runners in scoring position against Miller.

The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the first on a bizarre play. A walk, single and a bloop to right loaded the bases with no outs, but Lucas Duda popped out for the first out of the inning.

Travis d’Arnaud then hit a ball to third base and the Braves recorded only one out as second baseman Daniel Castro dropped the double-play transfer.

A run scored on the play, but Daniel Murphy was caught between second and third and tagged out for the final out of the inning. D’Arnaud did not receive an RBI. The Mets expanded the lead in the second when Michael Conforto hit an opposite-field solo homer to left on a 3-1 pitch. He has eight homers this season.

Miller departed after six innings, and just like the series in Atlanta just over a week ago, the Mets had no problems against Atlanta relievers.

Just three batters after Miller departed, New York doubled its lead when Murphy laced a two-run double into the right corner.

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Running as one

RUGBY

UMass rugby continues its dominance Stifiling defense shuts down NU

By Brett HetNik Collegian Correspondent

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From left to right: Samuel Conway, Benjamin Thomas, Paolo Tavares and Michael Famigliette run during the Minuteman Invitational on Sept. 12.

Pack running helps XC teams succeed

By Nick Souza Collegian Staff

Last week the Massachusetts men’s and women’s cross country teams finished fourth in their respective races. While on paper the results may not be stellar, both coaches and athletes appeared happy with how their teams ran last Saturday. What stood out for both the Minutemen and Minutewomen was the pack time of the top group of runners.

The men’s team’s first runner, Sam Conway, finished with a time of 19:51 and the sixth runner, Ben Thomas, finished at 20:32, separating the pack by 41 seconds.

Coach Ken O’Brien expects the team to become faster as the season progresses, and was encouraged that the pack was as close as it was, especially considering that the finishing times were not indicative of how closely the team was grouped for most of the race.

“Rather than going out in front and hanging on, runners will go out conservatively and build their speed up throughout the

race,” O’Brien explained.

“Our team is tailored more towards strength with runners that do better with longer races, which is why we are focusing on the other six runners rather than the top guy.”

The women’s team had a similar result with their top five runners finishing within 42 seconds of each other: Alexa Livingstone at 18:39 and Dierdre Martyn at 19:21. The pack is expected to be even faster, as UMass ran without Heather MacLean and Natalie Mako, who were both held out of the first meet and will return this week for the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown invitational at Franklin Park, in Boston.

Minutewomen coach Julie LaFreniere was just as adamant about pack running for her team as O’Brien was.

“We will not have the same number one runner from week to week, and our top ten will continue to interchange as well. I think it will help our runners race better,” she said.

to maximize scoring potential in one of two ways.

Teams either have a couple of elite runners who can lead most races and provide low scoring finishes for their team, or teams will focus on pack running and try to lower the placement of the fourth through seventh runners.

It makes sense from a scoring standpoint since the lowest score wins in cross country. However, O’Brien highlighted the psychological effect of running with teammates in a race, an aspect he believes is often underplayed by coaches and runners alike in the sport. It can make up for a physical talent gap between a team and its competition, especially when they are an underdog on paper.

“If you’re out there by yourself in a high pressure race, in the rain, or the cold, or sleet, your mind will play tricks on you,” O’Brien said. “But if you see three or four of your teammates around you, you won’t want to be the person that breaks.”

The Minutemen and Minutewomen believe in the The Vitality of Pack same mantra that’s being Running pushed by their coaches, In the sport of cross and because both teams country, teams typically try have been focusing on it

throughout their training, the effects are starting to show. Seniors Ben Groleau and Carly Zinner – leaders on their respective teams – spoke of their goals in relation to pack running and why it was important to execute.

“I typically like to run a little more aggressively, but where I’m at in my training it just wasn’t in the cards, and we wanted to focus on the pack today and would’ve liked to have seen us keep together more towards the end, but it wasn’t that big of a deal,” Groleau said after he finished as the second runner for the UMass men last Saturday.

“Pack running can be a huge mental boost, because when you’re by yourself and you can’t see your teammates it’s really easy to loose motivation,” Zinner said after she too finished second for UMass in the women’s race.

The pack running strategy should provide a psychological backbone for both teams moving forward, and both packs will look to put up faster times this coming Saturday in Boston.

Nick Souza can be reached at njsouza@umass.edu

As the first half marched on, so did UMass.

Only three minutes later, Thekaekara scored the Minutemen’s third try of the contest, and UMass led 20-7 in the 28th minute. Six minutes later Thekaekara scored again, and by halftime what had been a fivepoint game was suddenly a 30-7 rout.

The second half was more of the same for both teams: sloppy play for the Huskies, impressive, efficient offense and stifling defense for the Minutemen.

The maroon and white would score five more tries – two from Derek Wegener and one each from Tom Ross, Timothy O’Connor and Jonathan Rossini.

After struggling in the first half, Jenkins managed to go 5-5 on conversions in the second half, giving him a point total of 20 for the afternoon.

UMass captain Matt Crush had high praise for his team after the victory.

“We came out really aggressive and I think that really helped us. Our entire defense was up together, we flew up in their face,” Crush said. “On offense, we maintained possession of (the ball), moved it out when we needed to, our forwards played really well, and everyone broke tackles when they needed to.”

As they try to maintain their hot start to the season, the Minutemen will embark on a three-game road trip, and it will be over a month until UMass hosts another match. The Minutemen will take on Fairfield and New England College on respective Saturdays, before a bye week gives them time to recover before a matchup against Boston College on Oct. 17. UMass finally returns home on Oct. 24, when it will host Albany.

After steamrolling the University of Connecticut 54-10 in its season opener, the Massachusetts rugby club team continued to play in dominating and physical fashion, as the Minutemen beat visiting Northeastern 65-7 Saturday afternoon in Amherst.

The game was controlled by UMass (2-0) from the get-go, on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. The scoring got underway in the third minute, with a try scored by senior fullback Jay Emmott. The opportunity was created by forward captain Thomas Thekaekara off a turnover by the Huskies. Freshman star and East Coast Rugby Conference point leader Joe Jenkins subsequently converted the kick to give the Minutemen a 7-0 lead in the early-going.

Turnovers and sloppy play plagued Northeastern for the majority of the game, and UMass took advantage. Three minutes after the first try, Jenkins scored once again.

He received a weak side pass, was tackled (but not held), then stood up and cashed in another try for the Minutemen. The score left a difficult conversion attempt for Jenkins in the corner, which he failed to convert, but the score was still 12-0 UMass in just the sixth minute.

A Minutemen penalty led to a penalty try for Northeastern in the 19th minute of the game, and the subsequent conversion cut the UMass lead to 12-7. It was the only points the Huskies would put on the board all day, and the Minutemen extended their lead just six minutes later after a penalty kick

by Jenkins – bringing his point total to 10 early in the Brett Hetnik can be reached at day. bhetnik@umass.edu.

TENNIS

Minutewomen reload for 2015-16 season Young talent to replenish deep team By cHriStopHer MartiNez Collegian Staff

When the Massachusetts women’s tennis team last took the court, they left as runner ups in the Atlantic 10 Championship game after squaring off against Virginia Commonwealth U n ive r s i t y.

Under Coach Judy Dixon, the Minutewomen finished their campaign with a 17-5 overall record.

Now the question is: how does UMass build upon one of the strongest seasons in program history?

First, the Minutewomen will have to account for the loss of senior captain Chanel Glasper, who man-

aged to set a UMass record for career victories in singles competitions. The loss of leadership is no small blow, but this year’s squad is loaded with young talent eager to step up.

“Losing Chanel won’t be easy right off the bat, but we’ve made some notable additions to our squad.

We approach every new season together, and the main aspect I’m looking to impart onto this year’s team is resiliency,” Dixon said.

UMass has always been a competitor within the A-10, usually going to the wire against the higher seeded teams within the conference.

Last year, Dixon’s squad appeared on its way to a conference championship

before they lost in heartbreaking fashion to VCU. Entering the championship match, UMass needed to win its final four matches in order to prevail.

“We were winning all four of those matches, convincingly I might add, until we faced the worst luck we’ve ever had,” Dixon said, That misfortune fell upon Glasper in the midst of the team’s fourth match, when she tore her Achilles tendon and was forced to give up. VCU needed only one win in the matchup in order to claim the title, so the Minutewomen were left in disbelief at just how close they came.

With last year fading into memory, this year’s squad looks ahead with

determination towards the conference championships.

As part of its offseason, UMass has added transfers Laura Moreno and Ruth Crawford, both skilled players expected to make an immediate impact.

Every year the squad goes through intensive preseason preparations, but this year Dixon implemented a new focus on conditioning.

“The girls practice six days a week, getting used to rhythm and timing while also gaining back their chemistry,” she said.

“Conditioning takes place three days out of the week, because we are really looking for our goals to be physical this year.”

UMass is always one of the more talented teams

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Carol Benito serves the ball in a match against Albany in March. in the division, but after going toe-to-toe with VCU, the Minutewomen believe they can be great this year.

The team’s strength comes from its depth, as all the members of their ros-

ter compete at a high level and are ready to fill in and impress.

Another key attribute of this year’s squad is the see

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