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Hundreds lobby legislators for more funding Lawmakers take in personal testimony

By Joseph Carstairs Collegian Staff

BOSTON — Approximately 300 students and advocates flocked to the Massachusetts State House Great Hall of Flags Monday afternoon to lobby for increased funding for higher education as part of an event organized by the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts.

The 5th Annual Public Higher Education Advocacy Day, which took place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., gave students the opportunity to share personal stories with their state representatives in hopes to receive pledges for increased funding.

Phillip Duarte, a 19-yearold sophomore and BDIC major in public health and advocacy at the University of Massachusetts, made the trip to Boston to participate.

Duarte stressed the importance of the influence that legislators have on public higher education which he believes “a lot of students don’t realize.”

“There are so many other issues that the state legislators make decisions on, (but) I think public higher education is the most important considering it is affecting myself and everyone at UMass,” Duarte said.

Duarte gathered with other students from his state district and spoke with Sen. Marc Pacheco’s legislative aide. Pacheco’s aide explained that the senator has always been a strong supporter of higher education aid.

The event was aimed to connect students with the legislators who would be deciding whether or not to approve Gov. Charlie

Baker’s proposed budget in the coming months. Baker’s proposal includes a one percent increase in funding in the UMass system’s budget.

For the fiscal year 2017, Baker proposed a budget of $508.2 million. After factoring in tuition payments, the UMass system is eying a budget of roughly $539 million, despite requesting a budget of just over $570 million, according to MassLive.

Leading up to the event, UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy sent out a campus-wide email encouraging students to participate in Advocacy Day. In the email, Subbaswamy stated that while administration is grateful for the increase, it is not sufficient to cover mandated costs for the upcoming year.

The event then kicked off with a program led by Natalie Higgins, executive director of PHENOM. Students with education levels ranging from community college to graduate then spoke about the tribulations experienced in relation to student debt.

Juhi Dasi, a student of Springfield Technical Community College and a speaker at the opening program, said, “Public Higher Education’s Advocacy Day gives us the chance to provide the chance to pave the way for future college students.”

After the program, advocates prepared for their visits with legislators and received role assignments within lobbying groups. Some roles included speaker and recorder.

Once preparations were made, groups individually headed to their legislator’s office to be welcomed by an aide or the legislators themselves.

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Students from colleges across Massachusetts filled the State House to lobby legislators for more higher education funding on Monday.

Student Trustees hope to make ‘Impact’

By Joseph Carstairs Collegian Staff

BOSTON — Following the conclusion of Advocacy Day Monday, members of PHENOM and the University of Massachusetts Student Board of Trustees hosted an “Impact meeting,” in the UMass club on the 32nd floor of 1 Beacon St., Boston.

The event was organized as a logical follow-up to the lobbying event, aimed to connect student lobbyists even further with State House legislators, according to Emily O’Neil.

UMass president Marty Meehan opened the Impact event with information on how public higher education is becoming more expensive.

“When factoring in inflation throughout the years, the price of admission has not changed, the payer has,” Meehan said.

Meehan said, originally, the state covered most of the tuition or public higher education, now the student is becoming more and more invested in the payment.

Emily O’Neil, UMass Amherst student trustee, explained how “Impact” started and what it was made for.

“The makeup of the board of trustees includes five student trustees, one from each of the five UMass campuses, only two of them have the vote.

Only two of them having the vote has had a serious impact on how we’ve been able to contribute to the conversation around UMass,” O’Neil said.

She explained that this year, all five trustees of UMass collaborated to make the Impact day happen in a way that would incor porate advocating for UMass. One goal of the event was to stress

“For three years we have seen a decline in success of Advocacy Day, so I wanted to follow up Advocacy Day with a thing that takes legislators out of their element.”

Emily O’Neil, UMass student trustee the importance that the UMass system has in the Commonwealth.

O’Neil went on to explain what she hoped Impact Day would accomplish.

“For three years we have seen a decline in success of Advocacy Day, so I wanted to follow up advocacy day with a thing that takes legislators out of their element,” O’Neil said.

She said she hoped orchestrating the face-toface interaction between students and legislators would drive in the effect that student debt has on constituents.

Chairman of the UMass

Board of Trustees Victor Woolridge also attended the event to hear the speakers. Woolridge supported the call for increased funding for the UMass system because of widespread economic benefits.

“The University is an extremely valuable asset.

We educate the citizens of the commonwealth, and as a result of that, and the quality that we put out, I think that the state, hopefully, sees that value and will want to invest in that value,” Woolridge told the Daily Collegian. see

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UM alum offers moving tips Larry Carpman eyes blurred Hill preps students line between journalism, PR for move to NYC UM Trustee visits campus Monday

B y JessiCa Valeriani Collegian Correspondent

Sarah Hill, an alumna from the University of Massachusetts, offered tips for moving to New York City to approximately 80 students in Memorial Hall Monday night.

Hill graduated from UMass in 2010 as a BDIC major with a degree in real estate and entrepreneurship. Six years later, she is now the CEO and founder of a company called Perfect Strangers of NYC, a matchmaking program for roommates looking to move to the city.

Hill delivered an enthusiastic and informative presentation on a topic that can be stressful to college students unfamiliar with New York City. She started off her presenta-

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Sarah Hill (right) takes questions Monday night at Memorial Hall. tion by asking the audience who was planning to move to the city, either this summer after graduation or in the future, and a sea of hands shot up in response.

“People find moving to New York City really exhausting and stressful because it happens so fast,” Hill said. However, she said there are things

you can do to reduce this stress and prepare to move there.

Hill said that budgeting is an important thing to consider when it comes to moving. Having a monthly budget and living in the cheapest areas of the city can make the transition easier. see

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U n iv e r s i t y of Massachusetts alumnus and current Trustee Larry Carpman spoke to roughly 25 students and faculty of the journalism department Monday during his talk, “Journalism and Public Relations: Where’s the Line These Days?”

The roundtable discussion, which began at 4 p.m. and required students to reserve their seats in advance, allowed Carpman to discuss his extensive experience working in the fields of journalism and public relations, and to what extent the work overlaps – a line he says is “very thin these days.”

Growing up in the Boston neighborhood of Mattapan, Carpman’s interest in journalism was sparked by working at his high school newspaper, according to the UMass journalism website.

He continued this passion by writing for the Daily Collegian during his time at UMass, also serving as news editor before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science in 1975.

After g raduating, Carpman had every intention to pursue journalism as a career, but received an unexpected offer to become the press secretary for the Massachusetts Office of Energy Resources in the early 1980s.

“I said, ‘No way, no how, I’m a journalist,’” Carpman told the group.

He was concerned that, if he were to take the job, editors wouldn’t consider

him for any positions in the future. But, after seeking reassurance from the late UMass journalism professor Howard Ziff, Carpman accepted the job.

Since then, Carpman has held numerous positions, including positions on high profile political campaigns. He served as Sen. John Kerry’s Washington D.C. press secretary for 12 years and as a media relations advisor to the Kerry family during the presidential campaign; a communications advisor to Gov. Deval Patrick in his 2006 campaign as well as his senior communications strategist in the 2010 re-election campaign.

More recently, Carpman has become an adjunct professor at Boston University’s School of Communications and a member of the UMass Board of Trustees. see

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US airstrikes kill scores of Al-Shabab terrorists WASHINGTON – A major U.S. airstrike in Somalia has killed more than 150 fighters belonging to al-Shabab, the al-Qaida-affiliated group that has carried out lethal bombings and attacks across the Horn of Africa, the Pentagon said Monday.

The Saturday night air attack appears the deadliest the U.S. has conducted in North Africa in several years.

U.S. military and intelligence agencies also are focused on threats from Islamic State in Libya, Boko Haram in Nigeria and other extremist groups.

Multiple U.S. warplanes and drones bombed al-Shabab’s Raso training camp after weeks of aerial surveillance detected a large gathering of fighters, officials said.

The site is about 120 miles north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

Officials said it appeared the training was ending and the operational phase of a major attack was about to start.

Peter Cook, a Pentagon spokesman, said the air attack targeted militants “who were scheduled to depart the camp” and who posed “an imminent threat” to U.S. and allied African Union forces in Somalia.

He said the bombing degrades al-Shabab’s ability to recruit new members, establish bases and carry out attacks.

Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, another Pentagon spokesman, said the camp was destroyed. He said analysts estimated up to 200 fighters and trainers had gathered at the site. No civilians were known to be among the casualties, he said.

Al-Shabab rebels have lost much of the territory they once controlled in Somalia, as well as the ports that provided revenue to the group.

However, the militants have launched regular attacks, including mass shootings and suicide bombings, and still control many rural areas.

On Jan. 22, suicide bombers and gunmen killed 25 people when they stormed an oceanfront restaurant in Mogadishu. Al-Shabab also was blamed when a bomb exploded aboard a commercial jet last month, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Mogadishu.

Al-Shabab first took control of Mogadishu in 2006 after its fighters ousted local warlords. The Sunni Muslim group quickly enforced strict Islamic law. Religious police patrolled the streets, and it was illegal to play soccer or listen to music.

Troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia, a rotating force of about 22,000 troops from Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Ethiopia and Djibouti, retook Mogadishu in 2011 and drove the militants from many towns in the south.

The U.S. military’s Africa Command, which oversees military operations on the continent, has provided intelligence, training and other logistical support to the Somali army and to African Union troops based there.

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APD officers clear 400 ‘Blarney-goers’ Police Log: March, 4 to March 6

By Brendan deady Collegian Staff

Police Log: Friday, March 4 to Sunday, March 6: Friday, March 4: 2:42 p.m.: Police arrested eight men for charges ranging from underage possession of alcohol, unlawful noise and violation of the town noise bylaw after responding to noise complaints at 104 Belchertown Road.

ger’s sister refused to provide her credit card information over the phone to pay for the fare. The driver and young male came to an agreement that he would pay the fare at a later date.

9:37 a.m.: A man called police concerned that another male was on his way to 81 Belchertown Road to punch the caller in the face. The caller had another man’s phone and refused to return it. An officer mediated the confrontation and the cell phone was returned.

9:40 a.m.: A group of llamas got loose from their pen at 500 Sunderland Road.

The owner of the property wrangled the llamas 4:28 p.m.: Police escorted a back into their pen with man from the Starbucks at the assistance of police.

71 North Pleasant St. who refused to leave the prem- 10:39 a.m.: Police issued a ise. An employee reported warning to a young man that an intoxicated man urinating on the side of a had fallen asleep and was house near 227 Main St. unresponsive. The man refused medical attention 11:26 a.m.: Multiple police and made his way to a local units responded to calls near shelter.

42 Shumway St. Officers cleared a group of approximately 400 “Blarney-goers” Saturday, March 5: from the area and issued two court summons for 1:20 a.m.: An employee for possession of open alcothe Funky Cab driving ser- hol containers in public. vice called police to Spirit Haus liquors at 338 College 11:57 a.m.: Police cleared out St. to settle a dispute with a gathering of more than a customer. The driver 150 people at 11 Phillips St. transported the customer to Hadley and then back 11:58 a.m. : Police issued to Amherst. When the pas- two men court summons senger attempted to pay the around 640 Main St. for pos$152 charge, his debit card session of an open container was denied. The passen- of alcohol on a public way.

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Hill talked about the most affordable places to live, such as Upper East Side, East Village, Lower East Side and Chinatown – with an average rent for a two-bedroom apartment at $3,200 a month. Her presentation also included video tours of apartments that are currently available, providing the audience with a better idea of what to expect upon moving.

Lauren Whitehead, a senior hospitality and tourism management major who is planning on moving to the city after graduation, said she found the information very helpful.

“There were a lot of things I hadn’t considered, such as all of the different neighborhoods and the prices that vary with them,” Whitehead said.

Allie Bush, a senior communications major, added that she found the presentation to be straightforward and accommodating.

“I think she presented it very realistically,” said Bush. “She didn’t try to sugarcoat things.”

Following the presentation, Hill made herself available to field individual ques-

tions from the attendees.

When asked about what people do for storage, Hill discussed the advantage of downsizing.

“What I love about living in the city is that you become very minimalistic. You really learn to downsize and value what is actually important,” Hill said.

Hill also revealed that some time periods are better suited for moving than others, saying, “Try and think about moving in any other season besides summer.”

She clarified by explaining that the summer is when college students are beginning to move into apartments for the new school year and people are preparing to start new jobs, which can superficially inflate the costs of living.

Hill said the slowest and cheapest months to move are March, April, October and November.

She added that the best date to move is Jan. 1.

Jessica Valeriani can be reached at jvaleriani@umass.edu.

12:33 p.m.: Police arrested Patrick Alviti, 22, of Peabody, for disorderly conduct while officers cleared out a large gathering at 140 Sunset Ave. 12:59 p.m.: Police arrested Cameron Adams, 20, of Mendon and Christopher Palmerino, 20, of Wilmington for underage possession of alcohol and possession of an open container on a public way as they cleared out a party of over 200 people at 200 College St. 1:14 p.m.: Police responded to reports of a “drunken brawl” involving 20 to 30 college aged males near the VFW at 457 Main St. They found no parties matching that description.

1:20 p.m.: Police responded to another report of a fistfight near the entrance of Salem Place condos. The parties were also gone upon arrival.

1:31 p.m.: Officers arrested Danilo Milevsky, 22, of Uxbridge at 5 Salem Place for an unlawful noise violation related to a large gathering at that address.

3:05 p.m.: Matthew Larson, 21, of Sandwich was arrested on the Amherst College campus for disorderly conduct, possession of an open container, and resisting arrest. Officers approached Larson when they witnessed him drinking a beer.

CARPMAN When Carpman first launched his career, the media environment was quite different than it is today, he said.

“The gulf used to be much wider,” he said.

“Things were more defined.”

He added there were fewer news organizations competing for readers, as the focus was on covering newsworthy events.

“Because of the Internet, we have more of what I like to call an alphabet soup situation,” he said.

“I believe that these days, because the media is so segmented … they have to persuade.” Websites could easily vanish “if they don’t get clicks” and thus must engage in their own public relations, in a way, by persuading people to read.

Carefully crafted headlines are one method.

“Word choice is persuasion in and of itself,” Carpman said.

In addition, advertising has come heavily into the mix, with sponsored

Larson attempted to flee on foot but was apprehended.

Officers noted that Larson was intoxicated, covered in injuries from falling in the road, and could not say where he was or where he intended to go.

3:07 p.m.: Officers arrested Daniel Mahoney, 19, of Worcester near the Townehouse apartment complex for underage possession of alcohol.

Mahoney is a staff member of the Massachusetts Daily Collegian.

own, which is located at 535 Main St. Officers escorted the man home.

Sunday, March 6: 1:28 a.m.: Police assisted the Amherst Fire Department in clearing out Apt. No. 3 at 124 Amity St. while heavy smoke poured from one of the windows. Firefighters supervised while residents extinguished a fire started by unattended candles left on a desk. Firefighters also discovered that the smoke detectors inside had been covered up by plastic bags.

3:50 p.m.: Three men walking near 446 Main St. received court summonses for pos- 2:49 a.m.: Officers assisted session of open containers. Amherst Fire Department in extinguishing a burning 5:08 p.m.: Officers respond- couch in the quad behind ed to reports of a fistfight apt. 48 in the Townehouses. in front of 140 Sunset Ave. Police found one male 8:21 a.m.: An employee at involved in the scuffle but the Amherst Intermediate the other party had fled. The Care Facility located at 903 male was sent on his way. North Pleasant St. called to report an act of vandal6:21 p.m.: A resident of ism that occurred during the Townehouses called the night. The employee police to assist with an informed police that someattempted break-in to her one had broken a window by car. Upon arrival, officers firing a BB gun at the glass. learned that an intoxicated male mistook the reporting party’s vehicle for an Uber 5:20 p.m.: A woman called driver and had attempt- from 81 Belchertown Road ed to enter the vehicle. seeking assistance to help locate her purse in a near7:33 p.m.: A woman called by dumpster. When police police to help remove a arrived, the woman stated young man who refused she had found her purse and to leave her porch at 525 refused to open the door.

East Pleasant St. The male was attempting to take a Brendan Deady can be reached at nap on the porch and had bdeady@umass.edu and followed on mistaken the house for his twitter @bdeady26.

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content appearing in close proximity to news stories.

He also offered tips for practicing effective public relations which are all based off of what Carpman calls “persuasion elements.” The five elements are emotion, credibility, repetition, control and risk.

“Whatever you write, you’re going to find some emotional piece to it,” Carpman said, referring to both journalism and public relations. “You don’t have to make it up.”

Emotional or even amusing anecdotes are complemented by third party validators or data, which then add credibility to a piece, he said. The repetition element comes into play frequently in speech writing and advertising, so frequently that Carpman cited a roughly 10-yearold study which stated that someone is trying to persuade each individual of something at least 500 times per day.

“A lot of times you need to repeat yourself to get

through the 500,” he said, using television ads that repeat themselves so much that they frustrate the viewer, as an example.

Meanwhile, public relations advisors and newspapers alike seek to control the message in order to attract readers.

“In order for the New York Times to convince you to click, click, click, they need to control the message,” Carpman said.

That message is conveyed through the stories they choose and new features that are added to their website.

However, Carpman emphasizes the importance of taking risks too, perhaps straying from the usual message.

“If you’re just content to go through the motions without any risk, you’re going to fail to persuade at some point,” he said.

Shelby Ashline can be reached at sashline@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Shelby_Ashline.

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Trump’s deep pockets could leave GOP empty handed Republican leader turns off donors

By Bill Allison Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — As Donald Trump moves closer to securing the Republican presidential nomination, strategists are questioning whether his candidacy could leave the party’s finances in tatters.

Trump has been funding his campaign mainly with his own money, claiming to have spent about $25 million so far. The general election, however, promises to be far more expensive with some different ground rules.

A total of $2.1 billion was spent by candidates, their super PACs and parties in the 2012 election.

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton signaled last year that she intended to raise $2 billion for her campaign and party. That’s far more than Trump’s readily available cash, and perhaps also more than the Republican establishment donors with whom he’s clashed are willing to contribute to his candidacy.

That could pose a major problem for the party, which will need hundreds of millions of dollars to be competitive in November, not

just to support the would-be presidential nominee, but also the national Republican brand and candidates in races for the Senate, House and state legislatures.

“It’s a real dilemma he’s created,” said Vin Weber, a former member of Congress who advised the presidential campaigns of Bob Dole, George W. Bush and Mitt Romney.

“A lot of the people who would raise money for the party are not big Trump fans,” Weber said.

Under campaign finance laws, there are no legal limits on how much Trump can give or loan his White House bid, and, according to his campaign, he has about $600 million in liquid assets.

“The real concern is that he might not write the check,” said Weber, leaving the party short of funds.

John Feehery, a Republican strategist, said that Trump may be able to rally smaller donors if he wins the nomination but that many traditional donors will stay away.

“There’s an element of the wealthy donor class that finds Trump unacceptable.

Those people may even give to Hillary,” Feehery said.

“Will the party be able to unify or will it splinter?

That’s not clear yet.”

In 2012, Barack Obama’s

re-election effort cost $934 million; more than $540 million came from the campaign itself and about $292 million came from the Democratic National Committee. Indeed, party committees need to tap tens of thousands of donors for checks of up to $33,400.

Those donors, as well as the ones who have written up to eight-figure checks to super PACs, have been repeatedly derided by Trump.

After winning the Republican nomination in April 2012, Romney and his surrogates raised $142 million for the RNC in a seven-month stretch, all from donors giving no more than $30,800, then the maximum contribution an individual could give to a political party committee. Romney’s failed bid for the White House cost a total of $1.14 billion.

The RNC ended up spending $386 million to help Romney in 2012, about $50 million more than the former Massachusetts governor’s own campaign spent.

That included more than $65 million on television advertising, and tens of millions more developing and maintaining voter lists, get-outthe-vote campaigns, direct mail operations and other expenditures. The party also supported Republican candidates for federal office

and distributed money to its state affiliates. This year, as of Jan. 31, the RNC had $18 million in the bank.

CNN reported Thursday that the Trump campaign is in talks with the Republican National Committee to develop robust fundraising plans for the general election should he secure the nomination. Hope Hicks, a spokeswoman for the campaign, said in an email that the campaign has not discussed any plans for the general election. “Mr. Trump is self-funding his campaign and remains focused on the primaries,” she said.

Hicks also pointed out that their campaign has been less expensive than their rivals’. “I think it’s fair to say we are already running a much leaner, more cost-efficient campaign than any other candidate in either party,” Hicks said.

“Mr. Trump is a world-class businessman and is operating the campaign like one of his countless successful ventures.”

In part, that’s because the campaign hasn’t had to spend as much on advertising thanks to the generous amount of media coverage the Trump campaign has received. In 2015, Trump was on the ABC, NBC or CBS evening news programs for a total of 327 minutes,

according to the Tyndall Report, which studies the content of the shows. That was more airtime than all his Republican rivals combined. By one rough calculus, it costs as much as $50,000 a minute to broadcast an ad on those news shows, meaning Trump gained “free air time” worth as much as $32.7 million on those programs.

“He is capturing one aspect of where politics has moved, that intense entertainment aspect where you develop your own brand,” said David Schultz, a professor of political science at Hamline University in Minnesota. “He’s translated media presence into turning out the vote.”

However that could fundamentally change in a general election, when broadcast and cable outlets are required to give equal time to the two candidates.

That’s a rule that Timothy Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, vowed to enforce after NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” invited Trump to host the program in October.

Trump has stressed his financial independence as a selling point of his candidacy since he announced his White House run. “I don’t need anybody’s money. I’m

using my own money,” he said when he announced his run on June 16. “I’m not using the donors. I don’t care. I’m really rich.”

Trump has claimed that his entire net worth is more than $10 billion, but others have given lower estimates for his wealth. Bloomberg’s Billionaire’s Index assesses it at $2.9 billion. On his personal financial disclosure form, which he was required to be filed when he became a candidate for president, Trump lists the maximum value of his assets as $1.9 billion. That figure, though, can be misleading: the maximum value for an asset on the form is $50 million, so holdings worth more than that would appear undervalued. Twenty of Trump’s properties, including his Trump Tower headquarters, fell into that category.

Trump has claimed that donors have offered to contribute upwards of $200 million to his campaign, but he’s refused them.

Larry Field, a real estate developer in southern California and a longtime Republican donor, said that while he’s shocked that Trump might end up as his party’s nominee, he’d still contribute.

“As long as he’s running against Hillary, I would support him,” Field said.

Supreme Court rules states must honor same-sex adoptions Justices reverse Alabama decision

By DAviD G. sAvAGe Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court in a victory for gay rights ruled Monday that states must honor adoptions by same—sex parents who move across state lines.

Citing the Constitution’s “full faith and credit” clause, the justices in a unanimous opinion rebuked the Alabama Supreme Court for denying a lesbian’s right to visit the three children she had adopted and

ADVOCACY more political science and economics major at UMass, spoke with Sen. Brian A. Joyce’s aide regarding steep academic book prices.

“I know people who have spent over $900 to $1,000 for books in one semester and for similar online access codes.

For an economics class that I’m in right now, I only got the book online for $5, but the online access code in order to

raised with her former partner in Georgia.

Last year, a divided Supreme Court said same— sex couples had a constitutional right to marry in every state. But to the surprise of gay—rights advocates, the Alabama Supreme Court led

by Chief Justice Roy Moore said in September that the woman’s adoption decree from Georgia was “void” and would not be honored.

Without bothering to hear arguments, the justices reversed the Alabama Supreme Court in an opinion that spoke for the full court.

The Alabama ruling “com-

ports neither with Georgia law nor with common sense,” the justices said. “States may not disregard the judgment of a sister state because it disagrees with the reasoning ... or deems it to be wrong.”

Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the Human Rights Campaign, said the decision resolves one of the key outstanding issues in the wake of last year’s marriage ruling.

“Everyone was waiting and watching for this case,” she said. “This should be the end of it now that the Supreme Court has weighed in.”

While the court’s conservatives dissented last year and

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do quizzes was $120,” Dunlea said.

Dunlea mentioned how most of the books students end up buying will have less academic credibility in future, rendering them obsolete.

He added that most professors who want to write an open source textbook, a more cost-effective alternative for students, only receive a $1,000 stipend, which he said was

not enough compensation for all their hard work.

Joyce’s aide offered a personal anecdote about higher education, saying, “I, personally, am very in favor of funding for higher education in decreasing debt for people who want to pursue higher education.”

Joseph Carstairs can be reached at jcarstairs@umass.edu.

Sanders, Cruz least bipartisan Ranking reflects polarizing results

By Alex GAnGitAno CQ-Roll Call

WASHINGTON — Two of the least bipartisan senators in 2015 are running for president in 2016, a reflection of the polarized race playing out across the country.

Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernard J. Sanders, I-Vt., placed last in bipartisanship, followed by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, according to the Bipartisan Index rankings released Monday for the first session of the 114th Congress.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, came in first place for bipartisanship, followed

by Sens. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., and Mark S. Kirk, R-Ill, in the index released by The Lugar Center, led by former Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind.,

and Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy The rankings are based on how often members work across party lines, including bill sponsorship and co-sponsorship. A total of 38 senators received a positive score in bipartisanship for 2015, up from 36 in the 113th Congress.

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is the last of the positive scores in 2015, and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., starts the negative ratings.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., ranked number 28 with a positive score and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., ranked number 51 with a negative score. In the lifetime scores of data complied between 1993 and 2014, President Barack Obama had a negative score as senator and placed 165 out of 227 for bipartisanship. Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton also had a negative score as sena-

said states should decide the marriage laws, they agreed Monday that the Constitution requires states to recognize legal judgments from other states.

As the court noted, two women denoted only as V.L. and E.L. were in a committed relationship from 1995 until 2011. With the help of a sperm donor, E.L. gave birth to a child in 2002 and to twins in 2004. V.L. formally adopted the children, and the two women raised them as parents.

But in 2011, the two women ended their relationship, and E.L., who moved to Alabama, denied the other woman’s

tor and placed 156.

This year’s rankings do not include Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., or Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. In the House, Peter T. King, R-N.Y., was the most bipartisan member in 2015, followed

by Reps. Chris Gibson, R-N.Y., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.

The least bipartisan member was Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md, with Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., coming in third-tolast.

Speakers John A. Boehner and Paul D. Ryan were excluded from the index, as well as Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and former Reps. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., Aaron Schock, R-Ill., and the late Alan Nunnelee, R-Miss.

right to visit the children.

When the Alabama Supreme Court denied V.L. parental rights to visit the children, the National Center for Lesbian Rights appealed to the Supreme Court.

Monday’s ruling restores V.L.’s full rights as an adoptive parent.

“I am overjoyed that the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Alabama court decision,” said the adoptive mother, V.L. “I have been my children’s mother in every way for their whole lives. I thought that adopting them meant that we would be able to be together always. When the Alabama

court said my adoption was invalid and I wasn’t their mother, I didn’t think I could go on. The Supreme Court has done what’s right for my family.”

Cathy Sakimura, the family law director for the NCLR, called the court’s ruling “a victory not only for our client but for thousands of adopted families. No adoptive parent or child should have to face the uncertainty and loss of being separated years after their adoption just because another state’s court disagrees with the law that was applied in their adoption.”

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“And if we look at that return on investment that we provide for the state … we are far exceeding any other kind of investment you can make, and get the kind of return we get.”

Woolridge went on to say, “If it’s a positive value, then that’s something you invest in, you don’t let it wither under the vine.”

But as far as free higher education goes, Woolridge thinks that it is a nice and noble idea, “but in real life and practicality, I don’t think that is a functional idea.”

Woolridge went on to talk about Vermont Sen. and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, acknowledging he is popular for saying

that we should have free education and that we are going to tax the wealthy.

“I don’t think that’s realistic. I mean we are constantly saying that everything is the fault of the wealthy, nothing is that simplistic,” Woolridge said.

Joseph Carstairs can be reached at jcarstairs@umass.edu.

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I feel a bit ashamed in Voting is all well and good, contributing yet another col- but voting in a presidential umn on the current presi- primary does not make you some paragon of civic virLucas Coughlin tue. By posting your filledin ballot on Facebook or by dential election, which has tagging yourself in a tweet choked off all other news like located at your polling place, Hamlet’s unweeded garden – or any such obnoxiousness, candidates “rank and gross you are simply posturing, in nature possess it merely.” declaring yourself the memBut last Tuesday, on the ber of a certain tribe and day of the Massachusetts expecting to be hailed wise primary in addition to sev- and righteous for this.

To the Editor, In 1950, the Tibetan People’s Liberation Army attacked across the line separating parts of the Tibetan Plateau under the jurisdiction of the Dalai Lama’s government and the Tibetan territories that were under Chinese control as provinces or parts of provinces. The 1913 Declaration of Tibet’s Independence by the 13th Dalai Lama suggests Tibet’s de facto independent status at the time. Under what we can now safely categorize as an invasion, the People’s Republic of China set into motion the gradual suppression and assimilation of Tibetans. Growing unrest and conflict between the two parties eventually paved the way for the Tibetan uprising of 1959.

Over the course of several months, there was a gradual influx of Tibetans seeking refuge from Chinese repression into Lhasa (the Tibetan capital) from different towns and villages. On March 10, 1959, thousands of Tibetans flooded the streets of the Tibetan capital and gathered around the Dalai Lama’s summer palace.

The congregation voiced its desire to protect the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader, and also demanded for the immediate evacuation of Chinese troops from Tibet. As the protests intensified and it appeared that the crowd could not be controlled, the Chinese troops resorted to violent means. This escalated into a full blown uprising of the Tibetan people, which in the end was brutally squashed by Chinese military power. Soon, it was deemed no longer safe for the Dalai Lama to remain in Tibet, which led to his escape to India on horseback under the protection of Tibetan resistance fighters.

With each passing year, conditions inside Tibet have worsened and countless protests have been met with brutal suppression. Since 2009, 151 Tibetans have lit themselves on fire in protest against the torture, imprisonment, killings and cultural genocide in Tibet.

Among the self immolators were two young Tibetans Kalsang Wangdu and Dorjee Tsering who set themselves ablaze just this past month on Feb. 29th. To Tibetans around the world, March 10 serves as a reminder of the constant struggle for the preservation of Tibetan dignity and justice, and to protest for Tibetan independence with renewed vigor each year.

On this day, Tibetan communities all over the world take part in protest rallies which aim to bring attention to the Tibetan Freedom movement and the gross violation of human rights that continues to pervade through occupied Tibet today. Students for a Free Tibet is an international organization that aims to keep this tradition alive and strive for the eventual freedom of the Tibetan nation through its various chapters in educational institutions all over the world.

This year on March 10, the University of Massachusetts chapter of SFT will be organizing a protest vigil outside the University’s Student Union from 2 to 3:30 p.m. and volunteers from the Tibetan community of Western Massachusetts will also be holding a day long (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) hunger strike at the center of Northampton.

Amherst and Northampton have both proclaimed March 10 as “Tibet Day” and will each raise the Tibetan National flag in solidarity with the people of Tibet who continue to stand strong even in the face of overwhelming odds.

“...no one has the right to tell anyone to vote at all.” eral others, I recognized what I thought to be a disturbing phenomenon. All across the country United States citizens cast their votes in record numbers for an authoritarian candidate, one who preaches an ideology that is so outdated and wrongheaded that it ought to be an abomination in the 21st century. On my own social media accounts, I saw people who I know and respect post longwinded, poorly reasoned complaints demanding that I vote for this candidate, while insulting those who lack the temerity to join his revolutionary movement. This is a candidate who is willing to circumvent our legislative and judicial branches to get his way and who has capitalized on national anger to advance his radical agenda.

But enough about Bernie Sanders.

What concerns me more than Sanders’ socialist platform is the way so many people on social media discussed our most recent primary. I don’t know how many status updates I saw from people who I had imagined to be apolitical exhorting me to go to the polls, usually implying the necessity of supporting the senator from Vermont. This, I find tremendously annoying.

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No one has any right to tell anyone else how to vote. In fact, no one has the right to tell anyone to vote at all.

These demands of “using your voice” come around most loudly every four years, as though the country only has a single elected representative. In fact, the elections that most directly affect our lives are not presidential primaries, or even necessarily general elections.

Schoolboard members, municipal officials and state senators or representatives have much more power over important community issues, and yet most of us cannot name a single official in or near our home district. If citizens cared a little more about local politics, maybe they would be less apt to seek a messiah on the national level.

You’re not going to get anyone to support your favorite candidate through a Facebook post. It doesn’t make you seem informed and doesn’t make you a warrior for democracy. It’s simply obnoxious.

But it might also be the kick I need to get off of social media, so hey, keep at it.

Namkha Norsang , Secretary of the UMass Society for a Free Tibet

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Don’t ignore the dangers of binge drinking Research has found that drinking alcohol aldehyde. This chemical can cause cancer by throughout one’s life can lead to an increased damaging our DNA and stopping our cells chance of developing certain types of can- from repairing the damage it has caused.

The International Agency for Research on Devyn Giannetti Cancer has classified acetaldehyde formed as a result of drinking alcohol as being a cers later in life, according to the National cause of cancer, Cancer Institute. along with alcoAlcoholic beverages are known carcino- hol itself. gens, which are substances and exposures Drinking that can lead to cancer, according to cancer. and smoking org. Therefore, the more alcohol a person can multiply a drinks – especially if it is consumed reguperson’s chances for developing cancer in larly over time – the higher his or her risk of one’s lifetime, since alcohol makes it easier developing an alcohol-associated cancer is.

This affects an estimated 3.5 percent of for the mouth and throat to absorb the canpeople in the United States (about 19,500), cer-causing chemicals in tobacco, according who die from alcohol-related cancer each to Cancer Research UK. UMatter at UMass states that 74 percent of year, according to the National Cancer students at the University of Massachusetts Institute. have had alcohol in the past month. Most stuAccording to Cancer Research UK, alcohol can cause seven types of cancer – mouth dents average four drinks when they party and upper throat, larynx, esophagus, breast, and drink two days per week. The average number of drinks consumed per week among liver and bowel.

Scientifically, alcohol in our bodies gets UMass students is eight, as males average 11 converted into a toxic chemical called acet- drinks per week and females average seven.

To put these numbers into perspective, if a female could have seven drinks over the course of a week and the school year lasts about 36 weeks, she could have consumed about 252 drinks during the school year. For men, the presumptuous total would be 396 drinks.

That is a lot of alcohol.

I think it’s safe to say the majority of people know alcohol isn’t healthy for them, especially not at the pace college students are drinking.

The real question is, if students knew that drinking so much alcohol just in their four or five years of college could give them a much higher risk of getting cancer later in life, would this change how much they actually drank?

My thoughts? Probably not. It’s hard for anyone to put into perspective the harms of things they’re doing right now if they’re not going to see the effects of them until much later in life.

The stigma behind alcohol is very real. As UMatter at UMass tells us, only 13 percent of UMass students do not drink.

The stigma behind alcohol is very real. As UMatter at UMass tells us, only 13 percent of UMass students do not drink. Alcohol has become the core around which many people socialize, have fun and meet new people. If you walk into any class on a Monday, you are bound to hear someone around you talking about how drunk they got the past weekend, the stupid things they Snapchatted or updates they have gotten from others after blacking out.

It seems to be a never-ending competition of who can drink the most and, basically, come out alive.

Cancer caused by alcohol is completely preventable. No, I don’t think if people know these statistics it’s going to stop them from drinking. And no, I don’t think everyone in college drinks until they pass out. But my hope is that being informed may help some take a step back and look at what they’re putting into their bodies, and whether or not it will be worth the risk in the long run.

Devyn Giannetti is a Collegian contributor and can be reached at dgianetti@umass.edu

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ALBUM REVIEW

Kendrick Lamar shines yet again on ‘untitled unmastered.’

Throwaway tracks make up new album

By Kunal Khunger Collegian Staff

How Kendrick Lamar manages to make a project of offcuts into a cohesive record jam-packed with highlights is beyond my comprehension. But, after all, this is King Lamar we’re talking about here.

Lamar is in the midst of a hugely creative period in his musical career and we are all lucky to listen to him in his prime. Having already released last year’s “To Pimp a Butterfly,” Billboard’s best album of 2015, it’s obvious that Lamar has no shortage of ideas and ambition in his musical scope. “untitled unmastered.” picks up where its predecessor left off, showing an even more experimental side to his music.

The eight untitled tracks were all recorded during sessions devoted to “To Pimp A Butterfly” in 2013 and 2014, which range from slightly unfinished demos to beautiful epics that are better than most rap artists’ centerpieces. And they still managed to be cut from “To Pimp a Butterfly,” which is absolutely incredible.

A major theme of Lamar’s work has been Christianity and how it affects his view

“To Pimp a Butterfly,” the minimalistic sound found in most of these tracks lend to a greater understanding and appreciation of the sheer musical complexity that Lamar condenses in order to make his album listenable.

While most of these songs being unfinished, Lamar manages to showcase more fully fleshed-out ideas than almost any other artist. “untitled 07” is an eight minute, 16 second track that splits Lamar’s success into three parts, starting with him being greedy and hungry for success to him realizing that it’s more important to know himself than to prove that his worth. This level of ambition is rarely found in most records, let alone a throwaway track.

Lamar continues to amaze and release high-quality music and hard work. “untitled unmastered.” is a fitting epilogue to “To Pimp A Butterfly,” filled ROBERT GAUTHIER/MCT DIRECT with more insights to our world and Lamar himself.

Kendrick Lamar released his new record on Friday after hinting that a collection of tracks recorded for a previous album existed.

This release only serves to of himself and the world at around us the town is cov- playing an incredible self- vate prisons gave me a date/ lend credibility to his title of large. “untitled 01” is focused ered in fishes/Ocean water awareness that is carried Professional dream killers “the greatest rapper alive” on the end of our world, or dried out, fire burning more throughout the project. He reason why I’m awake” and and will leave listeners satis“Judgment Day,” filled with tires out,” only serve to fur- brags in “untitled 02,” that proudly announces his indi- fied until his next magnum incredibly detailed descrip- ther exemplify Lamar’s mes- “I can put a rapper on life vidualism by saying, “I rec- opus. It seems like Kendrick tions of falling buildings, merizing wordplay and tal- support/Guarantee that’s ommend every inch of your Lamar’s biggest competition something that none of you lunatic ways/Praise the lord, in today’s rap landscape is wars and racism destroy- ent.

But Lamar doesn’t claim want,” gives social critiques you teach the kids how to be himself. ing the world as we know it. Lines like, “Backpedaling to be above all this destruc- with “Genocism and capi- themself and plenty more.”

While not as developed Kunal Khunger can be reached at Christians settling for for- tion. He considers himself talism just made me hate/ giveness/Evidence all a part of the judgment, dis- Correctionals and these pri- and lush as the sounds of kkhunger@umass.edu.

RETROSPECTIVE

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Twenty years later, ‘The Porches dives into refined indie Score’ still stands alone dance for new release ‘Pool’ Fugees’ album has had a lasting impact on genre

By Steven turner-ParKer Collegian Correspondent

became a classic.

What’s so special and evident in “The Score” is the versatility of each member, who each have their own flow. The famed Hill, perhaps one of the greatest rappers of all times, is a lyrical genius.

She is witty, imaginative, inspirational and versatile while Jean acts as more of the story-telling artist of the group, providing great adlibs throughout the album. Then there’s Michel, who stands out as the grittiest voice of the three and appears last on most tracks.

Gender separates “The Score” from other rap albums of the ‘90s and today. If you look at hip hop from its introduction to the 2010s, you’ll see few co-ed groups and even fewer with a female lead artist. Throughout “The Score,” Hill’s influence is evident on every track she touches, exuding her soulful vibes.

I always found it refreshing to hear Hill’s narrative as a woman in hip hop, absolutely destroying each track she’s present in. The Fugees’ hit record also began the end of commercial success for gangster rap, challenging the perceived ideology that many have attached to hip hop.

Every true hip hop fan should revisit “The Score” for its profound effect on hip hop culture.

The record reinvented the genre’s previous gangster rap narrative and is a masterpiece in itself.

Released during a time when the hip hop community was shrouded with negative attitudes, “The Score” is an album that is inspiring, revolutionary and different, producing nothing but positive vibes, while most of the community was stuck on the East vs. West coast rivalry. The record should never be forgotten and should always be praised for what it brought to hip hop culture.

This February marked the 20th anniversary of the Fugees’ best rap album win at the 1996 Grammy Awards with their second and final album, “The Score.” Comprised of Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel and Lauryn Hill, this dynamic trio delivered fans one of the greatest hip hop albums of all times.

With their first album “Blunted On Reality” being highly underrated, the Fugees hit the right mark with “The Score” and became one of the most celebrated hip hop groups of the 1990s.

Twenty years later, it should still be revered.

From my first listen, I was amazed at how soulful and genuine the music felt. The Fugees are masters of descriptions, painting scenarios inside the listeners’ heads. A good example of their illustrative lyrics is the hook in “Killing Me Softly,” when Lauryn Hill sings, “Strumming my pain with his fingers/Singing my life with his words/Killing me softly with his song.” Hill takes the listener to a place where she feels pain, both physically and mentally.

The song is beautifully crafted by each member of the group with the touch of producer Jerry “Wonder” Duplessis.

While revisiting the Fugees, I was shocked to learn that the members were mostly in their early 20s when “The Score” was released.

Lauryn Hill was only 21 years old when she sang the lyrics that continue to echo 20 years later. It’s remarkable that a group as young as the Fugees could make a masterpiece so early on in its lives and careers. The group described its recording process for the record as relaxed and organic. That atmo- Steven Turner can be reached at sphere is evident in the music sturnerparke@umass.edu also at and a reason why I feel the album @Trureligionman on Twitter.

Record is Maine’s most focused, catchiest yet B y W ill D oolittle Collegian Staff

Aaron Maine’s Porches project possesses the unique ability to transform everyday life into penetrable fantasy with a simple turn of phrase or well-placed synth line. His last album “Slow Dance in the Cosmos” felt like 10 distinct character studies, but its title and content seemed to be based solely on Maine’s relationship with longtime girlfriend Frankie Cosmos (real name Greta Kline), who provides backing vocals for Porches.

On his new album “Pool,” Maine strips his sound down to indie electronic essentials.

It’s not quite as decluttering, but “Pool” succeeds in giving Maine’s melodies and refined lyrical style the breathing space they deserve.

Much like Passion Pit’s “Chunk of Change” EP, “Pool” is an isolated project helmed by a singer disguised as a band. Also similar to that project, any misgivings the listener might have about this brand of straightforward indie-electronica are quickly offset by the singer’s charm and talent.

Sonically, little in these songs should jump out at anyone who’s heard anything from M83 or How to Dress Well, but Maine’s ear for a satisfying hook or potently minimalist lyric is more than enough to hold attention.

In fact, the understated nature of the music comes off as fittingly unobtrusive framework for Maine’s melodic ideas, something that’s clear by the first minute of the opening track, “Underwater.” Where “Slow Dance” opens with lazy, rock riffing and a blunt line about oral sex, “Pool” kicks off

with dripping synthesizers and spaced percussion underscoring the comparatively unembellished “Sometimes I see the vision, sometimes you know I don’t.” “Pool’s” complementary instrumentation continues on the dancefloor-ready “Braid,” which punctuates each chorus with a weary line of bells, a sort of call-and-response between “Pool’s” equally spare elements.

“Pool’s” lead singles succeed through simple but effective songwriting trickery. The pristine “Hour” makes smart use of a hemiola, letting its percussion form a dance-ready beat while Maine and Kline’s voices soar through a gorgeous waltz-time harmony, upping the ante of “Slow Dance” highlight “Jesus Universe” in terms of just how well the couple can harmonize.

Even without its morose synthesizers, follow-up single “Be Apart,” perfectly encapsulates the conflicting feelings of social anxiety through double meaning. “I wanna be apart,” Maine initially sighs on the chorus, letting a few repetitions pass before completing the line with “A part…of it all.”

In a conversation with Interview Magazine, Maine defined meditative states and out-of-body experiences as central themes for “Pool.” Despite this seemingly inward-focused approach, the longing for outside reaffirmation established in “Be Apart” quickly becomes the record’s prevailing concept.

“Do you like the things I do? Oh, I hope so” he muses coyly on “Shaver.”

Maine’s relationship with Kline seems an obvious theme in many songs, but so is finding a guiding sense of emotion in the world. “I dig both my heels deep into the field, it tells me just how I should really feel” he sings on “Car.” Other recent interviews with Maine imply he’s more secure

than he’s ever been, but that’s not evident in the emotions that dominate on this album. Still, it’s a testament to Maine’s craft that such isolation reads clear when the tracks’ verses average three lines and never seem to explicitly reference any event.

As “Pool” progresses, however, the good will earned by the record’s strong opening set starts to be tested by a few formless tracks, in which the hooks aren’t strong enough to distract from the simplicity of the instrumentals.

“Shape” offers an interesting metaphor for sexual loyalty, but the instrumentals give the impression that someone just discovered how to use the wobbler effect in Logic. And while the unnecessary auto tune on “Pool’s” title track works well with its surroundings, it’s worn out its welcome by the time you get to “Security.” “Shaver” starts in similarly bland territory, but is ultimately rescued by a surprise saxophone solo, significant in that it’s perhaps the only moment on “Pool” that indicates anyone other than Kline was able to contribute to Maine’s vision.

The major label debut can be tough to navigate; should you stay with the formula that got you where you are, or go for something more audacious?

“Pool” does neither, yet manages to be the better for it, yielding some of the catchiest, most focused material the project has seen. Although “Pool’s” sonic switch-up may not be the bold transition one might have expected, it’s the one that suits Maine’s style the best and the most rewarding for the listener to dive into.

Will Doolittle can be reached at wdoolitt@umass.edu.

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Minutewomen earn 5-2 win Albany victory snaps short skid

By Chris Marino Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts tennis team bounced back from two straight losses to defeat Albany 5-2 in Albany, New York Saturday afternoon.

The victory was keyed by dominant singles play that saw the Minutewomen (6-6) take four of six possible points. None of the four wins for UMass went beyond the second set.

“This was really, really important. Like playing St. Johns, Albany is very much the same as us,” Minutewomen coach Judy Dixon said. “And I want to separate us from that group.”

With the level of competition against teams like Albany, Dixon hopes to elevate the program to a more elite standing.

“As I have told (the players), I would rather be at the low end of the best then the top end of the mid-major.”

Dixon said.

A significant turning point for each and every match is the outcome of doubles play, said Dixon, and Saturday was no different for UMass, which won two of three double matches to set the stage for success in singles matches.

“The third doubles was the key absolutely to the match,” she said. “Had we gone into the singles play down a point as opposed to up a point we may have struggled a bit more … we had a little bit of cushion.”

Dixon added: “For us, historically when we win the doubles point, 85 percent of the time we win the match.”

The third and deciding doubles match was won by the pair of Laura Moreno and Arielle Griffin, who took the match 6-4 against what Dixon considered to be

Albany’s top doubles pairing of Chassidy King and Jovana Kenic. UMass’ Ana Yrazusta and Carol Benito cruised in the first doubles match, winning 6-0.

After two tough losses in Connecticut at the hands of Yale and No. 41 Dartmouth, the Minutewomen had two weeks to prepare for the matchup and hoped for improved results.

“We have been training the last two weeks better than we have the whole year.” Dixon said. “I said to them, ‘You are going to go to boot camp, because we need to toughen up.’”

The results of that boot camp was a singles performance which overwhelmed the Great Danes (4-4). Ruth Crawford started off with a 7-6, 6-2 win for UMass in the only match that contained a set contested within a single point. Yrazusta (6-1, 6-4), Anna Woosley (6-0, 6-3) and Benito (6-2, 6-3) also contributed victories.

“It puts us in a good position right now. If we can sustain this for the next week outdoors, then we come back and we are in a good position to sort of run the table. That’s what I am hoping for.” Dixon said.

Next week the Minutewomen head to South Carolina to begin the outdoor portion of the season with three matches over the spring break. Dixon looks at it as another important springboard into the remainder of the season.

“The matches after spring break are matches that we should do well in.

I suspect that we are going to end the season with 15 wins…that’s our goal and that’s well within reach for us right now.” Dixon said.

The Minutewomen will open their road trip at the College of Charleston next Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Chris Marino can be reached at cmarino@umass.edu.

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Peyton Manning officially retires

By BoB GlauBer Newsday

Choking back tears as he reminisced about his 18-year NFL career and the relationships he formed during his days with the Colts and Broncos, Peyton Manning bid farewell to the NFL on Monday during an emotionpacked news conference at the Broncos’ training facility outside Denver.

“I revere football. I love the game,” Manning said in prepared remarks before a question-and-answer session with reporters. “You don’t have to wonder if I’ll miss it. Absolutely. Absolutely, I will.”

Manning said that his relentless preparation for the game, which involved hours of watching game tapes, taking meticulous notes and exhausting practice habits all were “about one thing: reverence for the

game. When I look back on this game, I gave everything ... Because of that, I have no regrets.”

Manning, who turns 40 on March 24, told the Broncos over the weekend that he had decided to retire just a month after helping the Broncos win Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, Calif. It was Manning’s second Super Bowl win, as he became the first quarterback to win a Super Bowl for two teams.

“I fought a good fight,” Manning said. “I finished my football race, and after 18 years, it’s time. God bless all of you, and God bless football.”

Manning said he looked forward to the next chapter in his life, although he didn’t specify what he might do.

He will have opportunities in broadcasting, and some NFL teams will likely consider him for a front-office posi-

tion. He has already been mentioned as a potential executive for the Titans and Browns.

“Life is not shrinking for me,” he said. “It’s morphing into a whole new world of possibilities.”

Broncos general manager John Elway thanked Manning for his four years in Denver, and Elway, who also walked away from the game after winning a Super Bowl title, said of Manning: “There’s not a guy in the NFL that can walk away and say I have done everything that can possibly be done at the quarterback position.

Peyton Manning can say that.”

“He made my job easy,” Elway said. “I knew that if he was on our team, we would be able to win a world’s championship. It was a treat for an ex-quarterback to be able to watch Peyton

work, prepare and play.”

Coach Gary Kubiak, who won the Super Bowl in his first season with the Broncos, commended Manning for his diligent efforts through an injury-plagued 2015 season.

Manning was taken out of the lineup after nine games because of a foot injury, but eventually rehabbed to the point where he could return to the lineup.

Not long afterward, Manning replaced Brock Osweiler in the lineup during the Broncos’ final regular season game against the Chargers. Manning started and won all three playoff games, culminating with a 24-10 win over the Panthers in Super Bowl 50.

“I know it was tough, and you were special along the way,” Kubiak said. “It was only nine months (of working together) for me, but I’ll remember it for a lifetime.”

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“I thought that new leadership was something that we needed in those two sports relative to ... building that championship culture.”

Ryan Bamford, athletic director they will not be paid with taxpayer’s dollars.

But for argument’s sake, let’s throw all of the money and other administrative pieces aside. This is a move that needed to be done for the quality of each program.

Fans were growing impatient with the Minutemen’s lack of success and Mullins Center has become a ghost town on Friday and Saturday nights.

Aside from Merrimack (2,359 average attendance at home games) and Northeastern (2,459), UMass had the third worst home attendance in the Hockey East, averaging 2,868.

However, given the size of the Warriors’ Lawler Rink (2,549 seats), its home capacity was 92.5 percent, while the Huskies’ Matthews Arena received a 41 percent capacity rate.

Mullins Center holds 9,493, coming in with a league-worst 30.2 percent capacity rate for home games. Anyone who’s been to a game at Mullins this season instantly feels its cavernous environment from puck drop to the final whistle.

Bamford can’t mess this searching process up. The Minutemen play in the best conference in college hockey and it has been a while since there was legitimate buzz around the program. And while it isn’t the coach’s sole responsibility to put people in seats, the culture – a winning culture– starts with the head coach.

“Hockey is important to us. Hockey in this state is an important sport and there’s no reason why the flagship university of this state can’t be successful in hockey,” Bamford said. “I want to hire the best person for UMass hockey and the best person for our organization.

How they interact with our campus community and our external ticket holders, all

the way that a coach can be successful on this campus.”

Bamford had a tough decision to make and he pulled the trigger. While some might argue that cutting ties with both Micheletto and Dawley a year before their contracts were set to expire might not have been worth the athletic department’s time our resources, the move proves that Bamford isn’t wasting any time in rebuilding the UMass brand. He wants success and he isn’t willing to wait for it to come to him and the University.

He wants it now.

“I put a lot of thought into each of these and I think in my first 11 months, one of the things that I’ve really tried to articulate to people in our organization and externally is that we can build championship caliber programs at the University of Massachusetts,” Bamford said.

“I thought that new leadership was something that we needed in these two sports relative to that competitive success and building that championship culture.”

All that’s left to do now is sit back and wait as the internal searches for both a new hockey and women’s basketball coach begin. The easy part is over and now Bamford’s job gets a little bit tougher with a lot more pressure to find the right candidate for the job.

It might be a while until the UMass community finds out who’s running the ship for both jobs, but at least the fanbase can be excited about the upcoming opportunity for a much needed change of scenery at Mullins.

But for now, fans must wait.

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

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Bamford speaks out on firings

By Anthony ChiusAno Collegian Staff

In the wake of the firings of hockey coach John Micheletto and women’s basketball coach Sharon Dawley, University of Massachusetts athletic director Ryan Bamford held a conference call Monday afternoon to discuss the reasoning behind the moves as well as expectations for both active replacement searches.

Two brief press releases were sent out Sunday morning announcing the two coaches, both with one more year remaining on their contracts, were relieved of their duties and had their remaining salaries bought out.

“This is an opportunity for us in both sports, in women’s basketball and hockey, to make a change and take our program in each respective sport to the next level. These are decisions that I don’t take lightly. I put a lot of thought into each of these and I think in my first 11 months, one of the things that I’ve really tried to articulate to people in our organization and externally is that we can build championship caliber programs at the University of Massachusetts,” Bamford said in Monday’s conference call.

“I thought that new leadership was something that we needed in these two sports relative to that competitive success and building that championship culture,” he added. “We made the decision to make the change.”

According to Bamford, the payouts for Micheletto and Dawley’s contracts, including vacation accruals, were $259,715 and $226,415 respectively. Bamford stressed that no taxpayer money or additional University funding would be used in the buyouts.

“Not one dollar comes from the University or taxpayer dollars,” Bamford said. “These buyouts are coming from realized unbudgeted revenues from NCAA, A-10 and MAC conference distributions that have allowed us to cover these expenses. Basically we’ve seen that our budgeted revenues from those three conferences have come in at a higher amount than we antici-

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Ryan Bamford stands on the sidelines during an Oct. 2015 football game against FIU. UMass won the game 24-14. pated and that’s allowed us to buy out these coaches.”

Bamford said he will take charge on the search for UMass’ next hockey coach while Darrice Griffin, who was named senior associate athletic director for internal operations/senior woman administrator last June by Bamford, will handle the women’s basketball search.

Griffin is a former basketball player for Texas Tech and also serves the role as women’s basketball administrator at UMass.

Bamford added that there will be no search firm brought in to help with either process.

“These things are obviously national searches, we hope to move quickly but most importantly we want to hire the best candidates, and that will influence timing more than anything,” Bamford said. “While we’re not going to hire

a search firm, we do have an idea of who we want the candidates to speak with on our campus.”

The UMass women’s basketball team finished 12-18 (6-12 A-10) this season and was eliminated in the second round of the conference tournament. This year marked the Minutewomen’s second-straight 12-win season after winning seven combined games the previous two seasons.

“Coach Dawley did a nice job and worked very hard for six years to try to build this program. She had, in the last two years, a greater level of success, than she had had in the first four,” Bamford said.

“That’s a sport where I think we’ve got some young women in our program that’ll allow us to be successful and allow the next coach to come in and evaluate.”

The hockey program, which fin-

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ished 8-24-4 in 2015-16, was bounced out of the Hockey East tournament in a two-game sweep at Boston University this past weekend.

Bamford said he doesn’t believe UMass is too far away from being competitive in the tough Hockey East conference. The Minutemen are only graduating two seniors and are expected to return a strong core group of contributors.

Bamford sees hockey as a “revenue-generating sport” that has fallen below expectations on the ice and in terms of financial benefits for the University.

“We’ve gone the last four or five years, I think we’ve lost about $150,000 in ticket revenue from 201112 to this past season. For a budget of $34 million, it doesn’t seem like a lot, but that’s $150,000 that we can see

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AD doesn’t plan to let UMass settle Less than a year into his position as athletic director at the University of Massachusetts, Ryan Bamford has made one thing clear during his short stint in Amherst.

He will not settle for mediocrity.

Sunday morning, two minutes apart from one another, UMass athletics announced that both hockey coach John Micheletto and women’s basketball coach Sharon Dawley were relieved of their coaching duties after both teams Andrew suffered underperCyr forming seasons in 2015-16.

“Quite honestly, the results just haven’t met our expectations,” Bamford said in a conference call with reporters Monday afternoon.

“I believe with the amount of energy and resources and time put into the programs, we just thought a new voice was needed in each of those sports to sort of reignite our fanbase, get our alumni excited and our ticket holders excited about where we’re going forward. These put us in the best position for future success.”

The Minutemen finished 8-224 (2-16-4 Hockey East) in 2015-16 while the Minutewomen finished 12-18 (6-12 Atlantic 10). Micheletto finished his four years at UMass with a 39-88-13 overall record, while Dawley ended her career with a 46-133 record in six years.

Both coaches had one year remaining on their contracts.

Micheletto’s buyout will cost the athletic department $259,715, while Dawley’s buyout is worth $226, 415.

Bamford said the University is not providing any additional funds for these buyouts and that see

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Kellogg’s job is secure UMass hosts Albany AD says eighthyear coach is safe

By Andrew Cyr Collegian Staff

It’s been an underachieving season for coach Derek Kellogg and the Massachusetts men’s basketball team.

Just two years removed from an at-large NCAA tournament bid – the program’s first appearance since the 1997-98 season – UMass (13-17, 6-12 Atlantic 10) is in danger of recording its first losing season since 2009-10, barring a surprise run at the Atlantic 10 tournament in Brooklyn.

After news broke that athletic director Ryan Bamford fired hockey coach John Micheletto and women’s basketball coach Sharon Dawley Sunday morning, Bamford reassured in a Monday conference call that Kellogg’s job is safe.

“There’s no reason to believe that. We are moving forward with Derek. Derek is our head coach. We’ve had a season that I think we are going to learn a lot from and Derek and I have talked.

Derek has done some good work here,” Bamford said.

“While this season I don’t know if it met everyone’s expectations, we are bringing in a good recruiting class moving forward, we are cer-

tainly hoping to make a nice run this year. We are always looking to win the A-10 championship, so this week is important to us. I’m not going to look ahead to next year until we get done with this year.”

The Minutemen clinched a No. 10 seed in this week’s A-10 tournament and avoided playing in Wednesday’s opening round after beating La Salle 69-52 Saturday night alongside St. Bonaventure’s win over Saint Louis.

UMass opens the conference tournament against No. 7 seed Rhode Island Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. The teams split the season series 1-1, with the home team winning each matchup.

Despite a sub-.500 record looming for the Minutemen, Bamford noted UMass’ recruiting class as one of the reasons he believes Kellogg is the right man for the job.

With the signing of ESPN top-100 recruit DeJon Jarreau (ranked the 61st best prospect in 2016) and fourstar recruit Chris Baldwin, the Minutemen have the 25th best upcoming recruiting class according to the worldwide leader, while 247sports. com lists UMass with the 20th best class for the 2016-17 season.

“I think Derek and his staff has proven that we can recruit high-level talent to this campus and now we have

to develop them,” Bamford said. “We’ve got aspirations in men’s basketball to be nationally competitive as well. I think that Derek is the right person to do that for us.

We are going to absolutely move forward with Derek as our head coach.”

In an interview with the Massachusetts Daily Collegian in February, Bamford said he evaluates different coaches and teams by more than just win-loss records. Instead, he looks at the entire body of work, using the phrase “life cycle” when referring to evaluation methods of different teams.

“I don’t write the story halfway through the year, or three-quarters throughout the year. I like to look at the whole body of work and evaluate. And honestly for where we are in the life cycles of our programs – I talk about this with our coaches – some programs are in a different life cycle than others,” Bamford said in an interview on Feb. 2.

He added: “Whether that be a new coach or a coach has been here for a period of time or what our talent is. We need to evaluate programs in different ways based on their life cycle.”

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

today at Garber Field UM continues to face tough foes

By JAmie CushmAn Collegian Staff

The story so far for the 2016 Massachusetts men’s lacrosse season is one of quick turnarounds and challenging opponents through the first three weeks. Another chapter will be added to this story Tuesday when UMass hosts No. 15 Albany at Garber Field.

The Minutemen (2-3) enter the game fresh off their worst defeat of the season in a 15-7 loss courtesy of No. 7 Brown Saturday. Across the field, the Great Danes (2-1) arrive in Amherst with a bit of momentum, having won their past two games against Drexel and Cornell.

UMass coach Greg Cannella believes slowing down Albany’s high-powered offense will be one of the keys Tuesday, and a big part of that will be stopping redshirt junior Seth Oakes.

Albany’s leading scorer finished sixth in the country in scoring last year, averaging 3.18 goals per game.

Oakes has picked off where he left off last year, tallying 10 goals through

three games. Cannella said he’s impressed with what Oakes has done so far in his collegiate career.

“Oakes is a very wellrounded player,” Cannella said. “He can score, he’s acrobatic in his stick protection and his ability to score behind the back. (He’s) just a great finisher, unselfish player, he’s well-rounded.”

Sophomores Connor Fields and Justin Reh complement Oakes in powering the Great Danes’ offense.

Both players have scored five goals this season, while Fields also leads Albany with six assists.

After scoring seven goals against Brown, marking the Minutemen’s lowest total since the opening game of the season against Army, UMass faces another challenge to find the back of the cage against the Great Danes.

Albany goalie Blaze Riorden was named a member of the America East All-Conference team and All-Tournament team each of his past two seasons and has 47 saves so far this season. “(Riorden) is a guy who made close to 20 saves this weekend against Cornell,” Cannella said. “He’s got a lot of experience. He’s start-

ed every game of his college career and he’s been outstanding for them.”

Riorden has seen his goals against average increase from 11.25 last season to 12.67 over the first three games of this year, but his save percentage has slightly increased, up to .553 this year from .449 in 2015.

Albany will be the fourth top-15 opponent UMass has faced in its nonconference schedule. The Minutemen are 1-2 against ranked opponents this season, beating No. 11 Ohio State and falling to No. 14 Harvard and No. 7 Brown.

This tough road to start the season has resulted in the Minutemen having the ninth-hardest strength of schedule in the country, according to laxpower.com.

“You try to play tough opponents, but you don’t know how it’s going to turn out from year to year in terms of how the team is going to be at that point because you schedule out a few years ahead,” Cannella said.

Opening faceoff is set for 3 p.m. at Garber Field Tuesday.

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