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Design Building breaks ground

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Building creation to cost $52 million by colby SearS Collegian Staff

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Tom Ricardi shows off the first of several birds at the Birds of Prey event in the Lower Level of the W.E.B Du Bois Library on Friday. Ricardi, a wildlife rehabilitator, gave a presentation about the behaviors of different species of birds.

The University of Massachusetts celebrated the planned construction of the $52 million Design Building on Friday at a ceremonial groundbreaking. The ceremony honored the state-ofthe-art academic facility and the innovative wood construction technologies it will incorporate.

About 100 people celebrated at the event, which featured remarks from UMass President Marty Meehan.

Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Katherine Newman and State Rep. Ellen Story also spoke.

“It’s bold, beautiful, and brilliant,” said Subbaswamy of the building, which he said will be “the most advanced wood structure in the United States” once completed, yielding zero carbon emissions.

Construction of the Design Building began in the spring and is expected to be finished in 2017.

The structure, which will be 87,200 square feet, will house three areas of academic study from three separate colleges. These include Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Department of Architecture in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts and the Building Construction Technology program in the College of Natural Sciences.

It will occupy parts of parking lot 62, which is next to the Studio Arts Building.

“It’s going to be a very exciting new building,” UMass Project Manager Burt Ewart told the Daily Collegian in the spring. “It’s being designed as a modern showcase of timber technology.”

The “super sustainable” four-story structure will feature wood frame construcsee

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Nearly Naked Mile As Iranian nuclear deal goes into donates clothes force, some questions still remain Hundreds run in philanthropic event by

Stuart FoSter Collegian Staff

In the brightness of Friday’s late afternoon, hundreds of students huddled together behind a starting line in the Northeast Residential Area Quad. Some were decorated in body paint, while some wore elaborately designed costumes, but most wore the bare minimum: underwear.

As the students stretched out and warmed up, a voice counted down the number of minutes remaining until they could start running. The Nearly Naked Mile, a fundraiser designed to donate extra clothing for the needy during Homecoming Weekend, was about to begin.

The Nearly Naked Mile was established at the University of Massachusetts by the Student Alumni Association and is in its fourth year. Students who register are required to donate at least one article of cloth-

ing, which is then given to the Amherst Survival Center, before running a mile from the Northeast Quad to the Southwest Residential Area.

“We wanted to start a homecoming tradition that had a philanthropic component,” said Dianna Bronchuk, a senior communication and sociology major who is the vice president for traditions in the Student Alumni Association.

The Nearly Naked Mile is part of an ongoing relationship between the ASC and UMass, which also consists of people involved with the University volunteering at the Survival Center, donating items such as food and holding a similar event to the Nearly Naked Mile, the Dash and Dine 5K race, in the spring.

The organizers of the Nearly Naked Mile contact the Amherst Survival Center in advance to confirm that they can accept the clothes as donations, which the ASC is happy to do.

“All the good quality items that get donated are usually on see

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by Paul richter Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - The international nuclear agreement with Iran comes into force Sunday with some key questions about implementation still unanswered.

The U.S. and five other world powers will begin taking steps that, over the next half a year or so, will remove economic sanctions on Iran as it rolls back nuclear activities to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear bomb.

Both the Iranian and U.S. governments appear strongly committed to following through on the deal, reached July 14 in Vienna after a dozen years of negotiations.

Yet they still haven’t sorted out all the tricky questions on how Iran’s nuclear program will be monitored, how fully sanctions will be eased, and how harshly violations of the rules will be dealt with by world powers, among

other issues.

Disagreements on these could lead to continuing battles and delays in implementation, though they’re not expected to sink the agreement, diplomats and outside experts say.

“There are potentially contentious issues in there,” said Gary Samore, a former arms control adviser to President Barack Obama who is now executive director for research at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

The two sides may disagree over:

MONITORING Iran and the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency, have yet to sort out all details of how inspectors will keep an eye on nuclear activities, such as uranium enrichment.

The agreement is specific on many points, but some

important details can be settled only as the new restrictions are put in place, experts say.

The nuclear agency is likely to push for strict oversight, and Iran may object to some steps as infringement of its sovereignty.

Iran is expected to provide a complete inventory of its key nuclear hardware; the world powers may react strongly if they believe Iran is hiding something.

SANCTIONS The United States and the European Union are committed to lifting punishing sanctions on trade, investment and energy after Iran takes steps such as storing its centrifuges and redesigning a heavywater nuclear reactor. But how much sanctions relief is in store remains uncertain.

The United States and the European Union are going to maintain sanctions that were imposed

on Iran for human rights and terrorism infractions.

It’s not entirely clear how closely they will enforce the rules, experts say.

And they may add more sanctions if, for instance, they see Iran using armed proxies aggressively in its region.

The two sides are already at odds over sanctions that the agreement continues on Iran’s trade in conventional arms and ballistic missiles systems.

Iran is insisting that it will not heed those rules, and last weekend fired an intercontinental ballistic missile to test its technology. The Obama administration said the test was a sanctions violation because the missile was capable of carrying a nuclear weapon, and appealed to the United Nations to enforce the rules.

Obama, at a news conference Friday, stopped short of threatening Iran see

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Small donors playing a major role in 2016 campaigns

by Zachary Mider Bloomberg News

NEW YORK — Thanks to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United, this was supposed to be the era of big money in politics. It’s proving to be the era of small money, too.

Establishment candidates for the presidency like Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton, who rely on the traditional dinner-party fundraising circuit to collect stacks of $2,700 checks, are

being upstaged in the money race. Ben Carson, Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz are turning their popularity with their parties’ grass roots into cash, piled up in smaller increments, often over the Internet.

Carson, a retired brain surgeon who has never held public office, led the Republican field in campaign fundraising for the quarter that ended in September. His $21 million take included $12 million in contributions of less than $200. Sanders’ $26

million haul, gathered mostly from under-$200 donors, almost equaled Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton’s total.

“There are just more small donors in the action, because they think this time they’re in control,” said Kellyanne Conway, a Republican pollster in New York who runs a super PAC supporting Cruz.

“It’s a contest between electability and electricity, and electricity is winning.”

Technology is transforming the election, allowing

candidates to turn an attention-grabbing debate performance or a viral sound-bite into millions of dollars in a matter of hours with the help of social media and smartphones. Carson said he raised $1 million within 24 hours of his appearance at a Republican debate in September, and that donations poured in at a similar rate later in the month when he declared that a Muslim shouldn’t be president.

Sanders’ campaign said he raised $1.3 million in four

hours after his first debate appearance.

To be sure, the avalanche of super PAC money unleashed by Citizens United and subsequent court decisions in 2010 remains a critical factor in the race.

Bush, who has gathered only $25 million for his campaign since declaring his candidacy in June, spent much of the first half of the year assembling a $102 million super PAC. These vehicles can raise unlimited sums from individuals and cor-

porations - some individual Bush donors wrote checks of $1 million or more - as long as they don’t coordinate certain types of spending with a campaign.

The limitations of unlimited money were brought into focus in September, when the campaigns of Republicans Rick Perry and Scott Walker collapsed. Both had the backing of super PACs with millions of dollars still in the bank, but a see

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AROUND THE WORLD

Low turnout reported for Egypt’s parliamentary elections CAIRO — Egyptians voted in low numbers on Sunday to elect the country’s first Parliament since the army overthrew President Mohammed Morsi more than two years ago.

By midday, turnout was weak in several polling stations in the 14 governorates where the first round of the election is being held over two consecutive days.

“The government considers announcing tomorrow an official holdiay to boost turnout for voting,” the officials said, according to the online edition of the state-run newspaper al-Ahram.

Sunday is a work day in Egypt.

Official and private progovernment TV stations have interrupted their coverage of the voting with patriotic songs urging potential voters to “get down” and go to polls.

Under a 2014 constitution, the Parliament has vast powers, including the right to impeach the president and call for early presidential elections.

However, the coming assembly is unlikely to pose a serious challenge to President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, whose supporters among the candidates are expected to do well in the elections.

Many contenders were former members in the nowdefunct party of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in the 2011 revolt.

The Salafist al-Nour Party is the only Islamist force contesting the current elections.

Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood is outlawed and other Islamist parties are boycotting the polls. dpa

Candidate wins mayoral race in Germany after being stabbed COLOGNE, Germany Henriette Reker is set to become the new mayor of Cologne, Germany, a day after she was injured in a stabbing attack.

Reker, an independent, won an absolute majority of 51.7 per cent of the vote, according to returns, beating six other candidates. Her outright majority ensures that she can take the job and become Cologne’s first mayor.

Police investigating the attack in Germany’s fourthbiggest city said her assailant was motivated by anger at Reker’s pro-refugee stance.

Reker, 58, who is responsible for organizing refugee accommodation, had been seen as having good chances as voting started, according to polls conducted by the centerright Christian Democratic Union, the Greens and the liberal Free Democratic Party, all of whom backed her as their mayoral candidate.

A local CDU politician, an FDP member of city government and two members of the public were also injured in Saturday’s attack at a weekly market in the city.

Reker’s condition was improving after surgery Saturday evening. dpa Distributed by MCT Information Services

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Runners at the Nearly Naked Mile prepared themselves for the race. our racks within days and go home with people who need them,” said Tracey Levy, the program director at the center.

Although the mile run began at about 5 p.m. on Friday, runners were showing up an hour beforehand to have their bodies painted and talk with other people participating in the event.

Different organizations on campus were present at the event, including the fraternity Alpha Phi Omega and the UMass Beautiful club, which promotes body positivity.

“We just want to make everyone confident about the way they look,” said Adrienne Gagne, a junior psychology and philosophy major who is the president of UMass Beautiful.

Gagne explained how running throughout campus with minimal clothing could cause some people to feel anxious and how the UMass Beautiful club had a presence at the Nearly Naked Mile to inspire body confi-

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Students who ran in the Nearly Naked Mile said they were attracted to the idea of getting rid of old, unused clothing in a way that helped the community.

“The run is to give clothes to people who don’t have any,” said Christina Kazalis, a senior who is majoring in communication disorders.

“It’s just something fun that gets everyone out there.”

In past years the Nearly Naked Mile has raised over thousands of articles of clothing for the Amherst Survival Center. Elena Montagne, the director for alumni communications at the SAA, said that every article donated would be necessary.

“They’re forecasting a pretty cold winter this year,” said Montagne. “So these donations are really going to be needed.”

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

tion rather than common steel and concrete construction types. It will be built with recyclable and renewable materials and will utilize high-tech wood technologies made possible by the Environmental Bond Bill passed by the Massachusetts state legislature in 2014.

“We have old timber buildings but they’re ancient,” said Ewart. “Technology has changed a lot,” Proposed designs show the wooden superstructure will include a two-story central courtyard, classrooms, studios, lounges, materials testing labs, offices, meeting rooms, research spaces and a café.

A “green roof” outdoor courtyard and garden on the third floor will help maintain moisture and prevent stormwater runoff, keeping the

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raising heap early in a campaign.

Online fundraising will continue to expand dramatically, driven by the growth in the pool of people who are comfortable making payments online, said Joe Trippi, who managed the Dean campaign. Given how big it is already, he said he’s surprised Sanders didn’t raise even more this summer. “He’s now just scraping the surface of the huge network that has been established,” Trippi said.

Why haven’t establishment candidates like Clinton and Bush been able to capitalize more on the technology? Partly, said Bill Smith, a political consultant at Civitas Public Affairs in Washington, it’s because such candidates are loath to make the kind of inflammatory statements that would ignite donors’ passion and risk alienating independents in a general election. “Ben, Ted, Bernie - they’re saying some pretty out-there things,” he said.

“They’re able to use that to big effect to fire people up.”

Clinton has outpaced Bush when it comes to attracting small donations.

She raised $5.2 million from under-$200 donors in the third quarter, or 18 percent of her total. Bush’s fundraising included only

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building cooler and reducing the need for air-conditioning.

Other sustainable features include low-flow water fixtures, light sensors and energy-efficient heating and ventilation systems. Space will be left on the roof for the possible installation of solar panels.

It is intended that the finished building will reveal different components of the building’s mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems for teaching purposes.

The groundbreaking ceremony included a wooden structural beam to be used in the Design Building that was available for attendees to sign their names on.

Story praised former Congressman John Olver, who attended the event but did not speak. She said in her speech that he insisted the

building use a wooden rather than steel structure, which he was able to support by securing $3 million in funding.

Meehan also praised Olver for his collaboration involved with the building, pointing out that the building requires borrowing money that must be repaid.

“Excellence costs money.

I will never compromise when it comes to excellence,” he said.

The project is being financed through the UMass Building Authority, which hired Boston-based Leers Weinzapfel Associates to design the building.

Colby Sears can be reached at csears@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @colbysears.

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with new U.S. sanctions over the missile test, but said U.S. officials would try to “build pressure on them” to convince them to halt “bad behavior.”

With this uncertainty, many major international businesses are hanging back from doing business in Iran, for fear they will run afoul of U.S. and European re gulators, with potential damage to their reputations.

“Who is going to go into Iran, and how much, is still very much up in the air,” said Adam M. Smith, a former U.S. sanc-

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drought of traditional campaign cash left them unable to fund the basic necessities of running for office, such as airline tickets and payroll.

Under campaign finance law, an individual can contribute no more than $2,700 per election directly to a campaign. In the past, candidates have often used networks of “bundlers” to overcome this limitation.

Bundlers are well-connected supporters who can raise hundreds of thousands of dollars by persuading friends and business associates to contribute the maximum amount. Of the bundlers from 2012 who have signed on to a campaign so far, most have gravitated to Clinton, Bush and Rubio.

Howard Dean pioneered online political fundraising in his unsuccessful 2004 campaign for the Democratic nomination, raising about $20 million online, according to Larry Biddle, who served as Dean’s finance director.

President Barack Obama raised even more in 2008 when he defeated the onetime front-runner Clinton for the Democratic nomination. But this year marks the first time that small donations were able to propel outsider candidates to near the top of the fund-

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$877,000 of these small donations, or 7 percent of what he raised.

Overall, candidates running for president this year have raised about $96 million, or about 36 percent, of their funds in under-$200 increments, split evenly between the two major parties. That compares with $57 million, or 39 percent, for the entire field as of September 2011, when incumbent Obama dominated small-donor fundraising. The figure was $67 million, or 18 percent, in September 2007.

Eric Anton, a commercial real-estate broker at HFF Inc. in New York, said the surge in small-dollar fundraising hasn’t affected his ability to bundle donations for his favorite candidates. Anton backed Walker until his withdrawal from the race and is now considering who to support next.

He said the ardor fueling the small-donor surge may burn itself out.

“It’s the year of revolt.

There’s real anger,” he said.

“But it will settle down when fewer issues and more important issues are the focus. And there will be less anger at traditional politicians.”

tions official who is now of counsel at the Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher law firm.

PENALTIES The world powers and Iran haven’t yet worked out how tough the penalties will be for various infractions of the agreement. That will be sorted out over time, as allegations of violations are sent to a body called the Joint Commission, consisting of Iran, the six world powers and the European Union.

Some U.S. allies, such

as Israel, are worried that the six powers - the U.S., Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia - will be too reluctant to impose tough penalties because it could risk sinking the agreement. But Richard Nephew, a former member of the U.S negotiating team now at Columbia University, says that for deterrence reasons, it is preferable for the government not to precisely spell out what penalties they will impose.

“Ambiguity has some deterrence value,” he said.

Sanders to explain views on socialism

By LesLey CLark McClatchy Washington Bureau IOWA CITY, Iowa — Acknowledging the political liability of the word “socialist,” Bernie Sanders said Sunday that he plans a “major speech” to detail what it means when he calls himself a ‘democratic socialist.’

Responding to a woman at a house party who asked him how he’d counter Republican attacks about calling himself a socialist, the Vermont senator seeking the Democratic presidential nomination said he plans a speech in “not too distant future” to define what he means.

“I think we have some explaining and work to do, but I think at the end of the day you’re going to find more and more people agreeing,” he said.

Sanders, whose summer surge in popularity has him leading Hillary Clinton in the early voting state, said later that “a lot of people ... when they hear the word ‘socialist’ get very, very nervous.”

“They may not know that there are countries all over the world, whether its Norway, Sweden, Denmark,

Germany, the U,K,, who on and off have had democratic socialist governments and they may not be familiar with some of the very positive policies those governments have developed for the middle class and working families,” he said.

Sanders argued that the U.S. already has some socialist policies, including Social Security and Medicare.

“To me, democratic socialism means democracy, it means creating a government that represents all of us, not just the wealthiest,” he said.

“When you go to your public library or you call your police or fire department ... these are socialist institutions,” he said.

Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Senate Democrats, has aligned his brand of what he calls “democratic socialism” with center-left countries such as Denmark, Finland and Norway.

“What democratic socialism means to me is having a government which represents all people, rather than just the wealthiest people,” he said at a recent campaign event in New Hampshire.

Netanyahu rejects outside monitors in Israel

By Ofira kOOpmans dpa

TEL AVIV, Israel — A man fatally attacked a group of Israelis with a knife and a gun at a bus terminal in southern Israel after dark Sunday, shattering a 24-hour lull in Palestinian attacks.

The attacker was shot dead. At least seven people were reported injured, including several Israeli police and civilians.

The assailant managed to enter the Central Bus Station of the southern

Israeli city of Beersheba, despite security guards at its entrances.

A security guard shot a man whom he believed was a second attacker, but that person was in fact a foreign worker from Eritrea who was not involved, police said. The man was reported to be in serious condition.

A wave of Palestinian attacks building since Oct. 6 has stunned Israel, with nerves on edge as no end seems in sight.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on

Sunday rejected a French call to station international observers at a disputed holy site in Jerusalem central to a wave of violence flooding the region.

Israel will not accept any “internationalization of the Temple Mount,” Netanyahu told his Cabinet, referring to the site, which is known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.

It houses the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock shrine and is the third-holiest in Islam. It also houses the ruins of

the Biblical Jewish Temple and is the most sacred site in Judaism. Under longstanding agreements, Jews may visit the site, but must limit prayer to the nearby Western Wall.

More than 40 Palestinians have died in the attacks, in which seven Israelis also were killed. More than half of the Palestinians were suspected assailants who were shot dead while or after stabbing Israelis. The rest were killed in clashes with Israeli security forces, who

have used tear gas, rubber bullets andlive ammunition against masked Palestinians who threw gasoline bombs and rocks at them and at Israeli civilians.

Some Palestinians have said the protests are a third intifada, a decade after the second Palestinian uprising died down.

The last round of IsraeliPalestinian peace talks, pushed by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, collapsed in April 2014.

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Slovenian troops sent to Croatian Mudflows shut border as Hungary restricts refugees down LA roads

By Boris BaBic

Meanwhile, Hungary imposed more controls on its borders, Foreign TOVARNIK, Croatia Minister Peter Szijjarto —Slovenia deployed its said, this time on the border military to its border with with Slovenia to prevent Croatia on Saturday to help refugees from entering. police handle an influx of Hungary closed its refugees who changed their border with Croatia to route across the Balkans migrants and refugees after Hungary refused to let early Saturday, sending out them through. a large police contingent to Prime Minister Miro guard the 185-mile border Cerar’s announcement and prompting Croatia to came after a meeting of his redirect migrants toward national security council.

Slovenia.

Slovenia can take in a Several hundred of the maximum of 2,500 refugees migrants made it across a day, Interior Ministry Slovenia on Saturday to the Secretary Bostjan Sefic Spielfeld border crossing in said.

Austria, with many hoping

By Saturday afternoon, to travel on to Germany.

Croatia’s Interior Ministry With thousands of counted 5,220 migrants who refugees pouring in from had arrived in Croatia and Serbia after traveling were due to be shuttled to across Turkey, Greece Slovenia. and Macedonia, Croatian dpa

Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic had said that Zagreb would send them to Slovenia by trains and buses.

At the Opatovo reception center on Croatia’s eastern border with Serbia, buses took around 1,300 registered migrants to Croatia’s nearby Tovarnik station, where migrants seemed to be in good spirits as they slowly filed into a train with 15 cars, each with around 150 seats.

“I fled because of the war in Syria,” said Abdullah, a 25-year-old pharmacist from Hamas. “I tried to stay in Turkey first, but I was paid half or less of what they paid local people.”

After leaving Turkey only a week ago, he said the worst part of his journey so far has been across the sea.

“We were in a boat, not

even a boat, something out of thin plastic, and it was turning and spinning in the waves,” Abdullah said.

“Two pregnant women were with us, screaming and vomiting all the time.”

“I only hope they will let me stay in Germany, it is a good country,” he adds.

Croatia’s Interior Ministry has said that some 140,000 people were brought to the border with Hungary in September alone. With the change, crossing the border into Hungary is illegal and punishable under law.

Hungary’s Croatian border closure applied only to migrants - mostly refugees from the Middle East.

Regular traffic continued unhindered, witnesses from the Beremend crossing said.

Pentagon says al-Qaida operative killed by American-led airstrike

By W.J. Hennigan Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The airstrike that killed Sanafi al-Nasr, leader of an al-Qaida offshoot, in northwest Syria, was carried out by the U.S.led coalition, the Pentagon said Sunday.

Al-Nasr was in charge of the Khorasan Group and was a primary coordinator for moving money and fighters to militant strongholds in Syria, the Pentagon said.

The 30-year-old Saudiborn fighter, also known as Abdul Mohsen Abdallah Ibrahim al-Charekh, was killed Thursday, according to Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook.

Al-Nasr organized routes for new recruits to travel from Pakistan to Syria and helped manage the group’s finances by moving funds from donors into Iraq and then to al-Qaida leaders.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group based in London, said al-Nasr was killed near the northern town of Dana, along with another Saudi and a Moroccan member of al-Qaida’s local affiliate, known as the Nusra Front.

Al-Nasr is the fifth senior Khorasan Group leader killed in the last four months.

The Pentagon framed his death as a major loss for al-Qaida - even though the group has a proven ability to replace leaders quickly.

“The United States will not relent in its mission to degrade, disrupt and destroy al-Qaida and its remnants,” Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in a statement.

“This operation deals a significant blow to the Khorasan Group’s plans to attack the United States and our allies.”

Al-Nasr was born in

Shaqra in Riyadh province in Saudi Arabia in 1985. His father fought in Afghanistan in the 1980s against the Soviet Union and later encouraged his seven sons to engage in militancy. Two of them later ended up in the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, according to the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. The United Nations Security Council named alNasr to its al-Qaida sanctions list last year, calling him a “leading terrorist Internet propagandist since 2006.”

In late 2008 or early 2009, he traveled to Iran, where he was appointed the Iranbased representative of alQaida, funneling money and fighters for the group.

He was arrested by Iranian authorities in 2009 and was released in May 201. He then

traveled to North Waziristan, Pakistan, to develop a new militant network.

A year later, he took charge of al-Qaida’s core finances before relocating to Syria in 2013 with other al-Qaida fighters, becoming a top strategist in the Khorasan Group.

The Khorasan Group is said to be made up of a shadowy cell of veteran al-Qaida members with cutting-edge bomb-making abilities who moved to Syria to work undetected by government authorities preoccupied with the civil war there. Their capabilities and the group’s Western recruits, who potentially could cross borders with little scrutiny, are a particularly worrisome combination for U.S. officials.

In July, a U.S. military drone strike in northwest Syria killed Muhsin Fadhli, then head of the Khorasan

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Bill Beaury of Golden Empire Towing works to remove vehicles on Highway 58, east of Tehachapi, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 17.

By Jason song Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A nearly eight-mile section of Highway 58 east of Tehachapi remained closed Saturday as crews worked to clear debris and remove stranded vehicles after a storm turned the roadway into a river of mud this week, officials said.

At one point, nearly 200 vehicles, including two tour buses filled with passengers, were trapped on the highway after the massive mudflows began Thursday. In some cases, motorists were stranded overnight.

“At this point, every person is out of their vehicle,” said Darlene Doston, a public information officer for the California Highway Patrol.

The storm that produced the flows was described as a 1,000-year event by meteorologists and was the product of a slow-moving low-pressure system. It brought as much as 1.81 inches of rain in 30 minutes to part of the Antelope Valley.

Some roads in the Lake Elizabeth area remained closed, according to Los Angeles County sheriff ’s

officials. Vehicles and homes in that area were also affected by the storm and resulting mudslides.

Wendy Deberge, a retired nurse who lives on Ellstree Drive in Lake Hughes, said she tried to scoop up mud when it started to approach her front door Thursday afternoon.

“But there was nothing we could do,” she said.

On Saturday, her house and backyard were covered by about 3 feet of wet earth. “Thank God I’m alive,” she said.

County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich has said he will ask county leaders to declare a state of emergency around the Lake Elizabeth area.

A flash-flood warning is still in effect in areas of the high desert and around Lake Elizabeth, but there is enough wind to make it unlikely that much rainfall would be concentrated in one spot.

“If a storm develops, it won’t stay over the area long,” said John Dumas, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Tiny pigs from China could assist scientists and pet sellers

By Julie Makinen Los Angeles Times

BEIJING — Have you been pining for a “teacup” pig but worried that the supposedly petite porcine pet might grow as big as your bathtub?

A Chinese biotech firm says it now has the answer: a genetically modified swine that tops out around 33 pounds.

BGI, a company based in the southern city of Shenzhen that is known for its work sequencing human, plant and animal DNA, recently announced that it intends to start selling $1,600 miniature pigs that it initially created as laboratory models for studying human ailments.

The pigs created a splash late last month when BGI showed them at the Shenzhen International Biotech Leaders Summit. The pintsize porkers were created through a process known as gene editing. Rather than introduce another organism’s DNA into the pigs, scientists “edit” the swine’s own genetic material, disabling a copy of the growth hormone receptor gene so that cells don’t get a signal to grow.

Swine-loving celebrities will have to wait for further innovation for truly purseportable pigs (Miley Cyrus’ Bubba Sue and Paris Hilton’s Princess Piglette are more than a handful, while George Clooney’s 18-year companion, Max, grew to 250 pounds before he died in 2006).

But animal breeders and advocates say the prospect of even a 33-pound pig could reduce the problem of people abandoning pet swine that pack on the pounds beyond their owners’ expectations.

Curt Mills, a board member of the Southern California Association for Miniature Pot-Bellied Pigs, says four regional shelters for the animals are all at capacity, with about 150 oinkers looking for homes.

“Pigs are good pets, but a lot of issue is the size,” said Patty Morrisroe, a pig breeder in Dallas, Ore., who says she has spent 30 years selectively breeding swine to produce pigs she calls “Royal Dandies” and “Dandie Extremes” that can be around 39 pounds full grown. But with just four breeding sows, her litters are limited - about 20 piglets per year - and she charges $2,500 to $5,500 per animal.

“If you could immediately make a small pig, it would be very cool, but there are still a lot of questions,” she said.

Kenneth Bondioli, a professor of animal sciences at Louisiana State University, said BGI’s gene-edited micro pigs would need to be evaluated to see if they develop healthily and to determine whether they could harm the environment or other livestock if they were released or escaped. It is unclear whether BGI intends to offer its pigs for sale outside China, but if Americans wanted them, U.S. regulators would have to determine whether they could be imported.

“If these and other questions are addressed, the fact that they are gene-edited is irrelevant,” Bondioli said.

Researchers say the creation of micro pigs could be a boon for scientists, cutting down on the cost of raising them as laboratory animals and making their care more manageable. “Their utility for research will depend on whether they are otherwise normal like a regular pig and unaffected by the edited gene other than their diminutive size,” said Willard Eyestone, an associate professor of biotechnology at Virginia Tech.

These micro pigs could be useful “especially for longterm studies, during which even currently available ‘mini pigs’ grow to substantial size.”

But Alison Van Eenennaam, a biotechnology specialist at the University of California, Davis who visited BGI about three months ago and saw their micro pigs, said the fact that the company has resorted to marketing them as pets reflects the “global regulatory gridlock” around gene-edited animals for food production and other more serious purposes.

“Genome editing is a powerful technology that can be used for many beneficial applications ... such as producing disease-resistant animals and other things that would have real benefits for the sustainability of food production,” she said.

But worldwide, she said, no genetically engineered animal for food production has been able to be brought to

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A BGI gene-edited “micro” pig, left standsnext to some Bama mini pigs that are used for scientific research. market, and only a few genetically engineered animal therapeutic products have been approved for humans.

That, she believes, is making companies hesitant to invest in the technology.

Bioengineered pets, though, have found easier acceptance. A transgenic florescent fish, marketed under the brand GloFish, has been popular for a number of years in the United States. The fish were created

by Singaporean researchers who inserted jellyfish and sea anemone genes into zebrafish eggs.

“People are happy to have them in their aquarium, but it’s when it’s on their din-

ner plate that they have a different attitude,” said Van Eenennaam.

A company called AquaBounty has been seeking for more than 20 years to win FDA approval to bring a genetically modified fast-growing salmon to supermarkets. While the AquAdvantage salmon and the GloFish have been engineered to incorporate genes from other fish, the technique used by BGI to create its micro pigs is different and presents a new question for regulatory agencies like the FDA if they were to be imported to the United States.

Pigs are technically food

animals, said Max Rothschild, an agriculture professor at Iowa State University, and the FDA reserves the right to regulate any genetic modification introduced into such organisms. But in sharp contrast to genetically modified organisms with DNA added into their genomes, he said, the micro pig was made by removing just a few, highly targeted letters of DNA from its own genome.

“The FDA should be grappling with this major difference right now as to how it will affect regulatory policy,” he said, “and whether geneedited organisms should be regulated in the same way as more traditional GMOs.”

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“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” - Peter Drucker

Monday, October 19, 2015

Construction should be a source of pride The University of Massachusetts proud of ourselves, because in rethas greatly shifted from its prior rospect we helped bring about the affiliation as a party school or “safe- positive change with our improved test scores and GPA’s coming from Michael Agnello high school. The outdated buildings undermine the success and ty option” for applicants. In recent the campus should be a reflection years the University has become a of the accomplishments made by landmark for innovative research researchers and students during and highly capable graduates, pro- their time here. gressive methods of education and A major point of frustration with commitment sustainability. Its title the construction is the inability to for the philanthropy campaign, witness the completion if you are a “UMass Rising,” is certainly fitting. senior or junior. Why couldn’t this Despite its internal success have been done before I left? But though, the campus has lagged in if one analyzes the current trajecreceiving complete improvements, tory the University is on, we will which is certainly something the benefit in the long run as a result of administration has acknowledged the situation because our degrees considering the seemingly inces- will be strengthened in conjunction sant construction on campus. with UMass’ progress.

Yes, it’s inconvenient – ugly, too.

During the recent Faculty

“The outdated buildings undermine the success and the campus should be a reflection of the accomplishments made by researchers and students during their time here.”

And for upperclassmen the results won’t materialize until after graduation. But the means to better facilitate the reputation require renovating current buildings and creating new ones that better embody the modern values the University has undertaken. It has to be completed at some point and unfortunately we as current students are forced to witness the transformation.

I heard a good joke the other day from a student that accurately summarizes our time on campus: “There are only two seasons at UMass, construction and winter.”

Notwithstanding the truth underneath the pessimism, I think one can cite the construction as a tangible representation of UMass’ positively changing identity and ergo look at it with satisfaction, rather than disdain.

That’s probably strange to read, but yes, the construction on campus should be viewed as a source of pride. It proves that the University is swiftly progressing toward elite status and as students we should acknowledge this pivotal moment in the University’s history and feel

Convocation Oct. 2, Chancellor Subbaswamy noted, “The flagship campus has reached heights that few could have imagined just a few short years ago. But while we should all be proud of what we’ve accomplished together, we are not done.”

The future holds promise for our school and as a result, though we won’t feel the immediate impacts like students on campus, we will still absorb the reputation. With a more aesthetically appealing campus and continued emphasis on research and academics, the school will achieve the prestige it set out to garner.

Believe me, by no means am I wholly content with the inconveniences caused by the construction, but instead of complaining about an inevitable issue, why not find the positive out of it? When all is completed, UMass will be a top-notch University and we will all be able to look back at our alma-matter with pride.

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To the editor: My name is Meghan Healey. I’m an undeclared freshman. Being on this exploratory track, most of my textbooks were relatively cheap, but they were still more expensive than they should be. If all textbooks were as “cheap” as my American Politics class, students would still have to pay at least $150 in order to have a proper education. This $150 could have been spent toward my tuition, my meal plan, or a plentiful amount of other academic expenses. Geology Textbook: $50. Environmental Science Packet: $30. Sustainability Book: $10. Freshman Seminar: $20. iClicker 2 for American Politics: $60. American Politics Textbook: $90 My total? $260. What should it be? Priceless.

My name is Thi Bui. I’m a freshman Biochemistry major. I came to school never having experienced the nightmare called “overpriced textbooks.” Then came my French class. I added it on the last day of add/drop. On the first day of class, the teacher handed out the syllabus.

“Voila! + access code: $154” It hit me like a PVTA bus. I spent two hours that evening asking peer mentors and resident assistants for advice. Some told me to ask the teacher whether she could give me a free code. Some told me to quit the class since it didn’t fulfill any requirements. I even thought of sacrificing 10 percent of my score and changing the course to pass/ fail. However, my RA, who is taking a Spanish class, told me that without the homework, I wouldn’t learn anything. In the end, I had to drop the class. My education is not the only one that is jeopardized because of ridiculously expensive textbooks. We, the students, desperately need more affordable textbook options.

My name is Katie Doherty, and I’m a senior. Being a psychology major, I’m accustomed to large classes and buying many textbooks. During my time, I’ve tried to seek other ways to get textbooks without emptying my bank account. Alternatives to new books include used books, book sharing, or the reserves at the library. By the size of psychology classes alone I know the ratio of reserve books to students is not practical. Since we all are assigned the same homework, we constantly need textbooks at the same time. Students on this campus want to succeed and learn, but textbook prices are hindering their ability to do so.

How do we solve problems like this that all students have experienced? Is there a solution?

We might be able to find one in a textbook alternative called open source textbooks. These texts are written by professors, and tailored to their courses under an open license, and peerreviewed, so anyone can use them as resources. On top of that, they are free to download, and the only cost for them would be the cost to print. The open textbook program additionally rewards professors for pursuing this alternative textbook option with grant programs giving professor hundreds of dollars. Now, what we need is to make a name for open source textbooks.

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The mutualistic relationship of media and mass murderers I wasn’t shocked when I heard about the recent school shooting in Oregon--which is bad, because it should be shocking. I shouldn’t be desensitized to the fact that people

mass murderers and most of the mainstream media.

The fact is that large news corporations gain ratings of tragedy. Data collected from Bloomberg Business over a three-year period shows that CNN has had weekly ratings John Zawawi spike after the Sandy Hook shooting, Boston Marathon bombing, Japanese tsunami and missing Malaysia airlines flight. were killed while trying to learn and better themselves.

In return for the ratings cash cow that outlets can I shouldn’t be used to the fact that someone one day just milk for weeks upon end, news outlets shamelessly give walked into a building in Newtown, Connecticut and stole our nation’s killers and fiends a platform for their hate. children’s lives from their parents.

They plaster the smiling mug shots of murderers all over We have an abhorrent routine about mass shootings: a national airwaves, bring in experts to discuss how the disturbed individual kills mercilessly beyond reason, we post “thoughts and prayers” on Facebook and maybe throw in a retweet of our favorite celebrity’s “thoughts and prayers” tweet, consume every detail of the shooter’s life from our favorite news outlet, and then bicker about why it happens until it happens again. We put ourselves through a perpetual cycle of this, every single time.

It might be easier at this point to not talk about it at killer felt and display their last words at every step of the all, but we must address the issue. Senseless tragedy must event.

A perfect example, and there is no shortage of them, be addressed so we can figure out a way to eliminate it.

Usually, when addressing this issue, we focus our argu- is how CNN handled the shooting at Umpqua Community ments on the lack of attention and understanding to men- College. In a clip that has now been widely circulated on tal illness along with the need for more or less gun control, the Internet, Sheriff John Hanlin announces that he will but I would argue that an equally important contribution “not name the shooter” to rightfully avoid giving him “the to the issue is the mutually beneficial relationship between credit he probably sought prior to this horrific and cow-

ardly act” during the press conference.

Directly after cutting away from the video, a CNN anchor announces the shooter’s name, age and clothing habits. He then concludes with his online posts that say “the more people you kill, the more you’re in the limelight”.

But we, the audience, are complicit in this gross social contract between the fear mongers of the media and the vile breed of ill that mass murderers belong to. It is easy to blame others. Trust me, I just did it for the majority of this column. We love to call out “society” for our issues and refuse to accept that we as individuals comprise it.

The only reason that the media has ratings spike is because we flock to our televisions like motor homes to a Golden Corral at the first sign of tragedy. Media outlets milk stories because we will drink every last drop. We are the consumers of the information that news companies produce, and we love to consume.

We have terrific power as consumers to influence change. We have the power to change what we demand in our news. If we change our tastes and preferences in what news companies produce, they will stop producing it. It is a disciplined choice that we must make as individuals, but it is one that will have meaningful and positive impact, and for that reason it is worth it.

“Media outlets milk stories because we will drink every last drop. We are the consumers of the information that news companies produce, and we love to consume.”

John Zawawi is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at jzawawi@umass.edu.

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“Time passes. That’s for sure.” - Eileen Myles

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FILM REVIEW

‘Grandma’ a refreshing, feminist comedic odyssey Purposeful humor throughout film

By Conor Dennin Collegian Correspondent Writer-director Paul Weitz opens “Grandma” with an Eileen Myles quote that is both clever and dry, yet foreshadows the film’s major motif.

“Time passes, that’s for sure.”

The quote speaks to something more universal: time. Its wry quality sharply embodies the film’s overall tone.

“Grandma” makes audiences laugh, not in the sort of bellyaching manner elicited by comedies like “Superbad” or “Bridesmaids,” but in a way that makes you smile and nod at the painful reality of aging.

We meet Elle (Lily Tomlin) in the midst of a break-up with a much younger girlfriend, Olivia, an empathetic character played with honesty by Judy Greer. The break-up leaves Elle in tears in the shower, but by the time she towels off and brushes her teeth she is laughing.

Shortly after, we meet Elle’s granddaughter, Sage.

Julia Garner brilliantly occupies Sage as a delicate yet wise young woman. She comes to her grandmother

asking her for the money for an abortion. I didn’t jolt in my seat when I heard this, and Weitz didn’t want me to.

“Grandma” isn’t focused on abortion or sexuality, and I am relieved that finally a film can treat these topics as non-issues. This is a film about how wisdom and humor are important weapons to wield to combat life’s daily imperfections and frustrations.

The film follows one hectic day in the life of Elle. She brings Sage on a journey that takes strange turns, but the goal is simple: Sage needs an abortion, and Elle needs to help her granddaughter.

“Grandma” is told episodically. The abortion is just what the characters want and need in this movie; the movie is about how they get there.

In this way, the film references “The Odyssey.”

The content of the film is about the journey, not the destination. I was less worried about whether Elle was going to achieve her goal and more focused on how Elle confronted these seemingly endless obstacles. The answer is with her sense of humor.

“Grandma” isn’t a movie in which a woman battles for acceptance among men, but rather one in which a woman brilliantly walks

with her granddaughter through a world of clumsy and naïve misogynistic men.

I laughed with Elle at those who questioned her sexuality and at the men who challenged Sage’s decision to get an abortion.

I grew to understand that Tomlin’s use of callous sarcasm was not a choice to give her character more appeal, but an honest tactic

by Elle to combat a world full of misunderstanding and bigotry.

This is where the brilliance of Tomlin’s performance can be found. Her stillness and simplicity, her dry wit and sarcasm are perfect in this role.

“Grandma” is good comedy because Elle is using these qualities for a reason. The film’s humor is purposeful, not just there for its own sake.

Elle’s brutal sarcasm, directed at an annoying barista in one memorable scene, exemplifies her attempt to confront the daily annoyances that occur because the men in Elle’s life are too lazy or too inept to act in a way that is helpful or respectful of her. Through her clever genius, Tomlin transforms Elle into an Odysseusstyle warrior in suburban California.

“Grandma” reclaims the impulse to laugh in the face

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Lily Tomlin and Julia Garner deliver heartfelt performances as respective grandmother and granddaughter in ‘Grandma.’ of tragedy. Elle’s sharp sense of dry humor is not a quality that Tomlin chooses to warm her audience to her character. Rather, Tomlin realizes that Elle is a woman faced with the constant stupidity of others and the harsh ignorance of the world around her.

Her only way to cope is to laugh at her world. Her sarcasm protects her and her teasing keeps her sane.

In a world that appears idiotic to her, she has no choice but to treat every-

one like idiots. And that is hilarious.

In an era in which we readily consume comedy that is cheap and absurd, I felt refreshed that a film could remind us that humor is a psychological impulse with the ability to confront the harsh realities of time and life. She isn’t laugh out loud funny, but Elle is one of the strongest characters I have ever seen on the screen.

Her strength is measured in the comments and wise cracks she lobs

at those who stand in her way. Comedy can be art, art that speaks to collective human experiences.

Tomlin’s performance in “Grandma” reminded me of this delightful reality.

That opening Eileen Myles quote implies a simple truth that “Grandma” conveys masterfully – life is short, it’s fleeting, and because of that, the only choice we have is to laugh it off.

Conor Dennin can be reached at cdennin@umass.edu.

FILM REVIEW

Ridley Scott displays a return to form with ‘The Martian’ Film bolstered by great writing, acting

By Griffin Lyons Collegian Staff

“The Martian” opens with the apparent death of astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) after he and his crewmates on the Ares III mission to Mars in 2030 desperately attempt to evacuate when a storm on the planet’s surface forces them to abort their planned stay.

What follows is an incredibly tight, beautifully shot, absolutely gripping adaptation of Andy Weir’s 2011 novel of the same name. The film, which is two hours and 20 minutes in length, provides a substantial amount of story to tell, but there is no slack in Ridley Scott’s direction.

Alive, but stranded without a way to contact NASA or his successfully evacuated crew, Watney must survive with only the tools and supplies left behind for the original, month-long mission. For posterity and to keep himself sane, Watney records himself in video diaries throughout his process.

Damon has fun with the role here, successfully embodying the goofy wit and gallows humor of lines that frequently come directly from Weir’s novel.

Back on Earth, Dr. Vincent Kapoor (Chiwetel Ejiofor) convinces the director of NASA, Teddy Sanders (Jeff Daniels) to give him a little satellite time to take reconnaissance photos of the aborted mission site and evaluate what supplies might remain for future missions.

When satellite communications officer Mindy Park (Mackenzie Davis) executes the request and notices evidence of movement around

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Matt Damon excels in his role as stranded astronaut Mark Watney, and the actors in the ensemble around him give powerful performances of their own. the mission site, a crisis erupts at NASA, which, per public records law, must release the photos within 24 hours.

Sanders decides to get in front of the news immediately, coordinating with Kapoor and public relations director Annie Montrose (Kristen Wiig) for the inevitable explosion of the media circus.

Meanwhile, the decision is made to withhold the news from Watney’s crewmates aboard the spacecraft returning them to Earth in order to keep them concentrated on their mission home. This is a less thoughtful or effective decision than intended.

We get various small moments showing us the

The film’s cast excels. Damon’s work in particular is a milestone for his career, no small accomplishment of soul and wit in a demanding role. crew grappling with grief and survivor’s guilt, most acutely Captain Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain), who gave the order to leave Watney behind as the storm threatened to topple their evacuation vehicle.

Back on Mars, Watney, a botanist and mechanical engineer, has figured out how to use vacuum sealed potatoes originally meant for the crew’s Thanksgiving dinner to start a crop in a section of the habitation unit.

Much comedy is derived

from Damon’s performance as he uses literal rocket fuel to kick-start the production of the volume of water he needs for the crop, and, more crudely, his own “evacuations” to provide the necessary ingredient to make Martian soil viable for farming.

Planning for an attempt to re-supply and then rescue Watney back on Earth are Sanders, Kapoor, Montrose, and Park, in addition to flight director Mitch Henderson (Sean Bean), Jet Propulsion Lab head Bruce

on their own, a canon founded in part by Scott’s direction of classics like “Alien” and “Blade Runner.”

The film generally benefits from a completely realized aesthetic concept in general: the equipment, suits, vehicles, and environments of NASA convincingly offer a vision of America’s space agency in 2030 (barring another funding cut, of course.) Adapting directly from the novel, the film’s soundtrack is rife with the hits of the ‘70s, the consequence of Watney keeping himself entertained with ‘70s-centric digital media collection of Lewis.

All of this would be moot, of course, without a good cast, and thankfully the cast of “The Martian” excels.

Damon’s work is a milestone for his career, no small accomplishment of soul and wit in a demanding role.

Ejiofor, Daniels, Davis, Wiig, Wong, and Glover constitute a phenomenal dynamic, each excelling at least once in a moment of their own, and offering us a vision of a team alternately at each other’s throats and behind each other’s backs.

Chastain leads a tremendous ensemble in the form of the Ares III crew, with Michael Peña, Aksel Hennie, Kate Mara, and Sebastian Stan giving us a moving picture of comrades reliant upon each other first and foremost.

“The Martian” is a standout for cinema in general, and especially in a science fiction field that has already been enjoying a several-year stretch of amazing narratives on film.

Ng (Benedict Wong) and the brilliant but eccentric astrodynamicist Rich Purnell (Donald Glover.)

Posing an obstacle to this goal are multiple issues: no way to communicate with Watney; the limited window of time to re-supply him before he starves; the fact that the Ares III equipment and habitation unit were meant for a 31-day mission, not a period of several years; and the general inhospitableness of life on Mars, a freezing desert planet.

The sheer beauty of Scott’s vision of Mars is a victory for the film, bolstered by tight shots and convincing, gorgeous effects that would together be sufficient to give this film a place in the Griffin Lyons can be reached at canon of science fiction film glyons@umass.edu.

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Eleven former UM “It was great to get back out there and see all players returned Sat. my old teammates and coach (Mike) Stone.

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UMass underclassmen beat Balanced offense drives UM alumni in annual matchup again in victory over Rams

By Matthew williaMs Collegian Correspondent

Some old faces returned to Earl Lorden Field Saturday, as former Massachusetts baseball players competed against the current team in UMass’ annual alumni game.

In a game where both teams battled back and forth, UMass baseball’s underclassmen defeated the returning alumni 10-7 in a competitive, yet friendly, matchup.

Following the 10th annual UMass Baseball Golf Tournament, the baseball game served as a conclusion to a weekend full of festivities for former and current athletes alike.

“It’s always great to see some of my former players,” UMass coach Mike Stone said.

After the team already had preseason contests against Fairfield and Dartmouth, Saturday’s third preseason game gave Stone the opportunity to see underclassmen perform. The alumni had a roster of only 11 players, and the game was played under brisk conditions.

The current UMass team raced out to an early 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first, fueled by a pair of two-out, two-RBI doubles from freshmen Cooper Mrowka and Matt Hosman.

Freshman Tyler Zuppa started the game on the

I haven’t gotten to play too often since leaving UMass and it’s always fun to be out on the diamond.”

Jim MacDonald, 2009 UMass graduate

mound for the Minutemen and impressed while showing a versatile repertoire, which included an effective fastball-curveball combination. He surrendered one hit over two scoreless innings.

UMass alumni erupted in the top of the fourth inning, registering five runs behind four hits, highlighted by a booming shot to the left-center gap by Chad Paronto that plated two. A member of the class of 1996, Paronto is a former MLB reliever, most famous for his time spent on the Atlanta Braves from 2006-07.

After UMass baseball tied the game back up after an error in the bottom of the fourth inning, freshman Evan Delaney threw a runner out at home on one bounce from left field in the top of the fifth to preserve the tie.

Following a two-run top of the sixth for UMass alumni, the underclassmen reclaimed the lead for the final time in the bottom half.

Delaney came up clutch again with a double to the left-center gap that ultimately plated the game-winning run.

Heading into the top of the seventh, leading 10-7,

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in the fourth quarter.

In the case of the drive starting at the one-yard line, Frohnapfel was pressured by Kent State’s front seven on the second play, and with no one open downfield Frohnapfel rolled backwards and to his right. Quickly running out of room, Frohnapfel attempted to throw the ball away but it was ruled he stepped on the back line of the end zone before the release.

The safety handed an already-struggling UMass offense with a five-point deficit at 15-10 with half a quarter to go.

“They basically ran the perfect coverage on the play we had called. So before the snap I was thinking ‘OK, this could be a problem.’ I probably should have stepped up,” he said. “It was one of those situations where you’re on the goal line so you’re scared of getting around too much pressure. And then I guess I lost track of where I was.

“It’s an unfortunate play and it’s embarrassing in a

Stone turned to freshman Logan Greene to close the game for the underclassmen.

Pitching a scoreless inning, the game came to an exciting conclusion when sophomore Hunter Carey made an acrobatic catch in right field, registering the final out.

“It was great to get back out there and see all my old teammates and coach Stone,” said Jim MacDonald, former UMass outfielder from the class of 2009. “I haven’t gotten to play too often since leaving UMass and it’s always fun to be out on the diamond.”

After going 3-for-4 on the day, when asked about any possible advice he’d give to the current players, Macdonald said early preseason training pays dividends when the start of the spring season approaches.

“Work hard in the winter and it will pay off in the summer. There are always ways to improve on your game,” he said.

UMass baseball closed its preseason schedule with a matchup at Dartmouth on Sunday.

Matthew Williams can be reached at matthewwilli@umass.edu.

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way.”

Whipple credited the Golden Flashes’ defense in forcing mistakes from the Minutemen’s offense and giving them little room to work with in the second half.

“We never had the field position,” Whipple said. “We tried to make a couple of plays and they did a good job of mugging us.”

With the passing game struggling and an upward battle in gaining field position, UMass’ running game also stalled once again.

Minutemen ball carriers combined for 110 yards with an average of 3.2 yards per carry.

It seemed early on that the running game would be a bigger part of UMass’ offense than in previous games.

Numerous off tackle runs from senior Jamal Wilson (19 yards) and Marquis Young (68) set up the Minutemen’s only touchdown of the day when Wilson punched in a five-yard run to take a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter.

But UMass only ran the

ball nine times in the second half.

“We probably should have (run the ball more) but then we get backed up, you try to make a play,” Whipple said.

“We had a couple there and we probably have to be a little more balanced. Our best guy is Froh and we put a lot of pressure on him but it wasn’t like we had anything going in the second half.”

The Minutemen will continue MAC play against No. 22 Toledo next Saturday.

According to Whipple, the focus will be on getting both the offensive and defensive units in-sync at the same time.

“We’ve played one good game together and that’s when we won (against Florida International),” Whipple said.

“The offense did alright last week, defense didn’t. The offense wasn’t very good this week. We just have to play better.”

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

By JaMie CushMan Collegian Staff

Not even the semester’s first snowfall could cool down the red-hot Massachusetts women’s soccer’s offense Sunday afternoon at Rudd Field.

After four different players scored goals Thursday against Davidson, the Minutewomen (6-5-3, 3-2-1 Atlantic 10) repeated the same feat Sunday against Rhode Island (3-11-1, 0-6 A-10) in a 4-2 victory.

“Our offense the last two games has been pretty good,” UMass coach Ed Matz said. “It’s just a lot of production from a lot of different people. A lot of kids making good committed runs, a lot of good crosses and some pretty good finishing.”

After tallying just one goal in two games last week, freshman Erin Doster said the team used its two poor performances as motivation for this week’s games.

“We were really disappointed with how we played last week at GW and George Mason,” Doster said. “So we had a lot of pent up frustration and I think we just used that to have a really good week of practice coming into these games and that lead to us playing really well this week.”

Doster scored one of UMass’ four goals along with Julia Weithofer, Laura Johns and Jackie Bruno.

One area the Minutewomen really succeeded in Sunday was with their set piece play, where UMass chipped in two goals off corner kicks. In addition to good finishes, Matz highlighted the role of the cross for the two goals.

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Jackie Bruno (16) is hugged by Alyssa Fratarcangelli after the senior scored her second goal of the season in UMass’ win Sunday.

“The services were good today by the kids taking the corners, especially in the first half when we were hitting into the wind a little bit,” Matz said.

The team’s first set piece goal came off a corner in the 37th minute. The cross deflected outside of the box to wide-open Johns, who took advantage and secured her first goal of the season.

A corner kick produced a goal again in the 61st minute when Bruno headed home a cross from junior Megan Burke for her second goal of the year.

The most impressive aspect of the team’s offense is the extreme balance and its lack of a reliance on one star player. The Minutewomen got a single goal from eight different players in the team’s two wins this week.

This balanced offensive attack is something that Matz said he envisioned before the season even started.

“The very first day of preseason when I met with the girls in the classroom, I told them that I don’t foresee this being a team where someone’s going to get seven, eight goals,” Matz

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kneel with no timeouts.

The Minutemen’s only points came in the first half after Jamal Wilson opened the game with a five-yard touchdown run on a runheavy drive to put them ahead 7-0 with 14:13 remaining in the first half. Logan Laurent then converted on a 28-yard field goal to give UMass a 10-3 lead.

On that drive, Frohnapfel found Sharpe (seven receptions, 46 yards) for a 25-yard competition that made him its program’s leading receiver, passing Adrian Zullo’s previous mark (2,982 yards).

Whipple credited Frohnapfel’s first half interception as the turning point.

“When that intercep-

said. “I just see it has a team that a lot of people can score on a lot of different days and I see a lot of kids having three, four, five goals.”

He added: “And to me, it’s more important to have a lot of kids with a lot of goals than just one person that we got to rely on every game. To coach against us, you don’t know who’s going to score, you can’t key on one person.”

Doster echoed many of her coach’s sentiments about the balance of the Minutewomen’s offensive scheme.

“I think it just means that anyone on this team can score,” Doster said.

“What coach likes to pride us on is that we don’t have that one player that people on the other team will just mark, and then that’s it, we’re toast.”

Doster later added with a smile that the team-based attack rather than individual-based attack fits well in the game of soccer.

“That is a good thing to have in a team. It is a team sport.”

Jamie Cushman can be reached at jrcushman@umass.edu.

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Tajae Sharpe (1) became UMass’ program leader in receiving yards. tion hit, their guys seemed to get like half a step faster.

I thought we had them on the hopes and then that just looked like they played a little bit faster than us. We needed

to make a play and we just didn’t get it,” Whipple said.

Andrew Cyr can be reached at arcyr@ umass.edu, and followed on Twitter @Andrew_Cyr.

MEN’S SOCCER

Boino’s pair of goals leads Minutemen over St. Bonaventure

By Jason Kates Collegian Staff

After an abysmal start to the season, the Massachusetts men’s soccer team seems to be hitting its stride.

The Minutemen (3-101, 2-1-1 Atlantic 10) defeated Saint Bonaventure 2-1 Saturday night in Olean, New York, earning a vital three points on the road thanks to a two-goal performance from freshman Kevin Boino.

UMass coach Fran O’Leary said he was thrilled with the outcome, which saw the Minutemen jump to fifth in the conference with seven points and only three behind A-10 leader Dayton.

“I’m delighted with the win, it’s another three points in the conference,” O’Leary said a

day after his team’s latest victory. “But particularly to win on the road is so important.

If we’re going to end up continuing into conference postseason we’re going to need to take points on the road, and they were three very valuable points last night.”

Boino got his first goal in the 41st minute after he redirected a free kick from senior captain Will Ellis past Bonnies (1-13-1, 0-4 A-10) goalkeeper Luke Iacobellis for the 1-0 lead.

Fourteen minutes into the second half, the lead for the Minutemen was doubled when Boino finished off a twoon-one breakaway with senior Mark Morris.

O’Leary praised the play of his first-year forward.

“Kevin gave us a big boost,”

“If we’re going to end up continuing into the conference postseason we’re going to need to take points on the road, and they were three very valuable points (Saturday).”

Fran O’Leary, UMass coach he said. “He finished really well, a set piece from Will he got in front of the keeper and had a one-touch finish in the box before halftime. The second goal was just a break from our own half, a little link-up play with Mark (Morris) and he finished it excellently.”

Despite allowing a late goal in the 78th minute by St. Bonaventure freshman Kosi Nwafornso to cut the lead to one, the Minutemen hung on over the final minutes.

Although his team pulled out the victory, O’Leary recognized the fact that the Minutemen were unlucky to not score a couple more.

“It’s obviously a lot nicer than falling behind,” O’Leary said. “We went up 2-0 and were a bit unfortunate. Will (Ellis) had a terrific shot from 30 yards that hit the underside of the crossbar that could have put the game out of the reach. Alex (DeSantis) then hit the post, so with a little bit

of luck we could have been three or four up and sailing.

We gave up one late, but the guys responded with great resilience.”

With conference play in full swing, O’Leary said it’s exciting to see UMass perform the way it has over its last three contests.

“It’s very pleasing, I’m really pleased for the guys, they’ve hung in and are a tough bunch of guys,” he said. “We’re getting better, but that’s all we angle for and promised at the beginning of the year that we’d get better as we go.

He added: “Now we’ve got a little three-game streak going, we’re sitting tied for fifth in the league, and we’re going into the second half with all to play for. Our confidence is up but we’ve got some very tough

teams coming up in the next couple of weeks.”

UMass will have the chance to build on its recent success Wednesday when it welcomes La Salle to Rudd Field for another conference affair.

“I think we just keep doing what we’ve been doing. If we play with the same courage and character, we’ll pick up some more results,” O’Leary said. “The finishing was particularly good last night, but I think the key is our mentality coming into these games.

“We’re on the front foot and we’re taking games to opponents. If we keep that up, I’m confident we’ll get a couple more results.”

Jason Kates can be reached at jkates@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Jason_Kates.

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Monday, October 19, 2015

Frohnapfel struggles in loss to KSU

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FOOTBALL

a major setback

All-MAC quarterback held to 171 yards, INT

By Anthony ChiusAno Collegian Staff

Heading into Saturday’s homecoming game against Kent State, the last time the Massachusetts football team failed to score at least two touchdowns with Blake Frohnapfel under center was Sept.

20, 2014 against national powerhouse Penn State.

But that streak was broken by the Golden Flashes (3-4, 2-1 MidAmerican Conference), a muchinferior foe than the Nittany Lions and a team that lost to UMass 40-17 last year, in the Minutemen’s sloppy 15-10 loss Saturday at McGuirk Stadium.

A key safety with 10 minutes, 42 seconds left in the fourth quarter highlighted a day of struggles for the UMass offense and Frohnapfel, who finished 17-for-33 for 171 yards, an interception and no touchdowns.

After the loss, UMass coach Mark Whipple reiterated that Frohnapfel was 100 percent healthy. Frohnapfel added that Saturday was just “one of those days.”

“You have them sometimes,” Frohnapfel said. “You don’t want it on a game day but that’s what happened. I was kind of out of sync in some way or inaccurate and missed passes I normally don’t miss.”

After heading into the halftime break tied at 10-10, the Minutemen (1-5, 0-2 MAC) were outscored 5-0 over the final two quarters. UMass’ offense only had about 10 minutes of possession time over the final 30 minutes of play and held the ball almost 13 minutes less than Kent State over the course of the game.

These struggles were in part due to a series of drives starting deep in the Minutemen’s own territory. UMass started drives at its own one, nine and two-yard line all see

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Kent State quarterback George Bollas (2) finished 20-of-25 for 135 passing yards and 79 rushing yards in its victory over UMass Saturday.

UMass bested by Kent State on homecoming

UM posts season-low 257 yards on offense

yards of offense in the second half of a 15-10 loss against the Golden Flashes (3-4, 2-1 MAC) in front of 15,217 on UMass’ annual homecomBy Andrew Cyr ing weekend.

Collegian Staff “I’m the quarterback in a passThe Massachusetts football team happy offense. When we’re not doing as well, a lot of the has endured its fair share responsibility falls on of bad losses and disapKent St. 15 me. I’ll take responsibilpointments over the past ity for that,” Frohnapfel few years.

There have been missed UMass 10 said of the team’s offensive performance. late-game field goals and UMass totaled a questionable play calls among other things, but never season-low 257 yards on offense and has UMass (1-5, 0-2 Mid-American were forced to punt seven times with Conference) laid an egg as bad as it four of its own offensive drives starting from within its own 20-yard line. did Saturday against Kent State.

“I was trying everything. I just The Minutemen – known for their offensive play headed by coach couldn’t get it to fit at the right time Mark Whipple, quarterback Blake and with the right things,” Whipple Frohnapfel and wide receiver Tajae said. “It wasn’t like we didn’t know Sharpe – finished with just 120 total what they were doing. We just didn’t

execute.”

Whipple added: “(Frohnapfel) missed some throws but give them credit. I just don’t want to take anything away from Kent State. (Coach Paul Haynes) did a good job and they came in here hungry and did a good job on defense.”

The Golden Flashes took the lead for good with nine minutes, 14 seconds, when Shane Hynes hit a 39-yard field goal to put them ahead 13-10 after the Minutemen defense made one of eight third down stops.

The only other points in the second half came when Frohnapfel was called for a safety trying to escape Kent State’s pressure in UMass’ own end zone to give the Golden Flashes a 15-10 lead.

“They basically ran the perfect coverage on the play we had called.

I probably should have stepped up.

It was one of those situations where you’re on the goal line so you’re scared of getting around too much pressure,” Frohnapfel said.

“I guess I lost track of where I was. It’s an unfortunate play and it’s embarrassing in a way.”

After allowing a season-high 725 yards of offense and 62 points last weekend against Bowling Green, the Minutemen defense held Kent State to just 327 yards of offense, with its lone touchdown came via a one-yard play-action pass from George Bollas (20-for-25, 135 yards, one touchdown and one interception) to Charles Chandler with 3:14 remaining in the first half.

UMass’ defense forced the Golden Flashes into punts on six of its last seven offensive possessions, with the last one ending in a quarterback see

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Minutewomen win second straight at Rudd Field vs. URI UMass has not lost at home since ‘15 opener

play the same way, with a chip on our shoulder,” Matz said. “We come out with the mentality that we won’t back down and that we are going to defend our field.

By AdAm AuCoin That is just how we play.”

Collegian Staff URI scored its second goal of It didn’t take the Massachusetts the game off the foot of junior women’s soccer team much time midfielder Ellie Bailes in the 52nd to heat up Sunday afternoon, minute. The Rams’ loss is their despite playing amid falling flur10th in a row after starting the ries of snow and howling wind on season 3-1-1. a brisk 42-degree October day.

Sunday’s game was also The Minutewomen needed all the “Think Pink” game to of two minutes, to be exact. spread awareness for Breast After giving up a quick goal one Cancer Awareness Month. The minute, 53 seconds into its game Minutewomen wore pink socks against Rhode Island, UMass and the field lines were colored took total control en route to a pink in accordance with this 4-2 win at Rudd Field. Four difeffort. ferent Minutewomen scored goals With only four games left in for the second straight match as the regular season and in conUMass (6-5-3, 3-2-1 Atlantic 10) ference play, Matz has set some earned its second straight vicgoals for his team in the remaintory.

JUDITH GIBSON-OKUNIEFF/COLLEGIAN ing slate and is looking for the UMass coach Ed Matz saw the Minutewomen to impress on the UMass freshman Erin Doster (23) was one of four different Minutewomen to score in Sunday’s win. early goal by Rams freshman road as they enter a three-game Taylor Ross as a wake-up call for stretch away from Rudd Field.

The Minutewomen got on Laura Johns and Jackie Bruno 0-2. the team.

The first of the three is Thursday “We were really disappointed against Duquesne.

“I think we came out waiting the board for the first time in then added insurance goals in the 12th minute when the 37th and 61st minutes, respec- in how we played last week at for something to hap“I told the girls it’s great to be junior midf ielder tively.

George Washington and George known as a great home team but pen,” Matz said. “We Julia Weithofer beat The Minutewomen outshot the Mason,” she said. “We had a lot of we want to be a good team wherUMass 4 have some very comURI goalkeeper Katie Rams 27-to-7 in the game and pent up frustration and we used ever we play,” Matz said following petitive kids and we Nickles from 12 yards held the advantage in corner that to have a really good week of a huddle with the team after the URI 2 don’t like to get scored out. The goal was her kicks 9-to-0. In its last two games, practice this week and that led to game. “Our goal is to prove that on. The goal came off second of the season.

UMass has scored eight goals us playing well.” a bit of miscommuniand in order to do that we need UMass added its second score combined. In the other 12 games, A major factor that led to the to win in tough place to play in cation between our defense and goalkeeper, so I think that kind 20 minutes later to take the lead the Minutewomen have scored 11 UMass win was the physical- Pittsburgh Thursday.” ity the team played with. Matz of pissed them off and changed on a shot by freshman forward total goals.

Thursday’s game starts at 7 Erin Doster, who also had an Doster believes UMass needed believes this gritty play is some- p.m. their play.”

From that point on, UMass assist on the day and led the team this offensive resurgence after thing that is necessary to the scored three straight goals to with six shots in 62 minutes of its troubles on the road last week team’s success.

Adam Aucoin can be reached at take a 3-1 lead into halftime. play. where the Minutewomen went “Any team I ever coach, we aaucoin@umass.edu and followed on