The Massachusetts Daily Collegian: September 13th, 2016

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By Danny Cordova Collegian Staff

Author, journalist and National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates will discuss race relations in America at Amherst College Tuesday evening.

The talk titled “Race in America” will take place at the LeFrak Gymnasium at 6:30 pm on Sept. 13. The event is free and open to the public, however, as of Sept. 9, tickets for general admission have been sold out. A question and answer segment will follow afterward.

The talk will be mainly focusing on the issues affecting Blacks living in the United States, a topic that Coates has previously written about.

“As a national correspondent of The Atlantic, Mr. Coates writes about culture, politics, and social issues,” stated in a press release by Amherst College. “He has also received the Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism and a MacArthur Fellowship, and this April was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People.”

The event is made possible by the Victor S. Johnson Lectureship Fund and the Croxton Lecture Fund.

Coates’ latest book, “Between the World and Me,” was published in 2015 and went on to become a New York Times

bestseller. The book drew inspiration from the 1963 book “The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin, an African-American essayist and social critic.

The book focuses on the Coates’ life as he grew up in Baltimore, living in constant fear of the police and the streets.

“I am writing to you because this was the year you saw Eric Garner choked to death for selling cigarettes; because you know now that Renisha McBride was shot for seeking help, that John Crawford was shot down for browsing in a department store,” Coates wrote.

“The destroyers will rarely be accountable. Mostly they will receive pensions.

And destruction is merely the superlative form of a dominion whose prerogatives include frisking, detaining, beatings and humiliations.”

The book won the National Book Award for nonfiction. The National Book Foundation praised the book as “a brutally honest portrayal of the plight of the AfricanAmerican male in this country … Incorporating history and personal memoir, Coates has succeeded in creating an essential text for any thinking American today.”

Similarly to Baldwin, Coates does not share the optimistic rhetoric of hope and progress from black Christians and believes that no major change in racial justice see

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The brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity held a car smashing fundraiser in front of the Student Union on Monday afternoon to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

UMPD offers active shooter training Event arranged by journalism dept.

By Lia Gips Collegian Staff A new batch of students were given active shooter training by University of Massachusetts police officer Brian Kellogg Monday night in the Integrative Learning Center. Kellogg has been giving these trainings to a mix of UMass employees and students for the last eight years.

“There’s a thin line between educating and scar-

ing students, and I think that’s what administration is wrestling with,” Kellogg said.

This training was arranged by the journalism department, but like most of Kellogg’s trainings, it was open to the general UMass community. Kellogg said that there has been an uptick in interest in his presentations since the armed assault in Pierpont Hall last February, and that administration has been rethinking many safety policies since the incident.

One upcoming change that UMass will see is that campus alerts will now give more specific directions through text

and email. Many students last semester were at a loss for how to react to the advice that they should “shelter in place.”

Some students in attendance were surprised that more had not attended, while others came because they could receive extra credit.

“This is really necessary to learn,” said Maria Manning, a sophomore journalism major.

“You never know what situation you might be in.”

Kellogg believes that an active shooter is the most dangerous situation a student can be in, and emphasizes on the importance of making sure people know what kind of

safety measures can be taken.

“It shouldn’t have been optional,” said Sabrina Negron, also a sophomore journalism student. “[Resident assistants] should know this.”

Kellogg estimates that he does 60 of these trainings each year, usually to groups of 30 students, with Monday’s session being roughly that size.

His lesson uses video and lecture to emphasize on four main points: a survival mindset, how to get out of any situation that they might be in, how to have safe interactions see

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Clinton’s health emerges as vulnerability in campaign

By Margaret Talev and Jennifer Epstein Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton's health threatens to mushroom into political crisis for her in the closing stretch of the presidential race because of her campaign's handling of an undisclosed bout with pneumonia as much as the diagnosis itself.

The Democratic nominee's aides moved late Sunday to contain the damage after an eight-hour delay in releasing basic details about her status revived scrutiny of any lingering effects from a 2012 concussion and longstanding criticism about her lack of transparency.

That risked eroding voter confidence in her as she seeks to preserve a narrow lead in the presidential race over Donald Trump, whose allies have raised questions and stoked rumors about whether Clinton is healthy enough to serve.

Clinton, 68, was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday, according to her doctor, Lisa R. Bardack. But the campaign did not go public with that until after 5 p.m. EDT Sunday, hours after she made an abrupt early departure from a Sept. 11 commemoration at ground zero in Manhattan.

While her campaign remained silent for almost 90 minutes - the report-

ers who travel with the candidate weren't even notified that Clinton was leaving - an amateur video showing her appearing to stumble as she was helped into a black van by aides and Secret Service shot across social media.

The episode, and the delayed disclosure, feed into Trump's line of attack and may reinforce voter mistrust of Clinton stemming from her penchant for secrecy as well as revelations about her use of private email while secretary of state and ties with donors to her family's foundation. She also still is dealing with the fallout from her remarks at a fundraiser Friday that “you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables.”

Trump's spokesman, Jason Miller, said Clinton “revealed her true contempt for everyday Americans.”

“Now for 24-48 hours she's going to have to suffer through an issue that's not good for her campaign,” said Ari Fleischer, who was press secretary under Republican President George W. Bush. “It involves her honestly and her health, which politically is a deadly combination. Then she'll have millions of eyeballs on her for what previously people didn't take seriously as an issue.”

Clinton got at least a temporary reprieve from attacks based on her

health from Trump, who committed to a political cease-fire of sorts in observation of a national day of remembrance. Trump will continue to stay away from capitalizing on the incident, according to people familiar with the campaign's plans. That may not extend to allies, such as Roger Stone, who on Sunday said, “the hide and seek game Hillary is playing with her health must end” and that “the woman is not well - it's time for her to admit it.”

Bardack, who examined Clinton at the candidate's home in Chappaqua, N.Y., on Sunday, disclosed for the first time that Clinton was being treated for pneumonia, discovered Friday after she was evaluated for several public coughing fits brought on by allergies. Clinton was taking antibiotics and had become overheated and dehydrated while at the Sept. 11 ceremony. “She is now rehydrated and recovering nicely,” Bardack said in a statement released by the campaign.

She was initially taken to her daughter Chelsea's apartment in Manhattan and emerged later to tell reporters, “I'm feeling great.”

Clinton's campaign later scrapped her schedule for Monday and Tuesday, which included fundraisers and appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in California. The

rest of the week's schedule was still being considered.

Given existing unease about her emails and the Clinton Foundation, Clinton needs to be open about what happened Sunday, said presidential historian Douglas Brinkley, a professor at Rice University.

“The single most important thing for Hillary Clinton is to be transparent,” he said. “Any kind of defensive crouch, I think it could cost her.”

Aides to Franklin Delano Roosevelt took great pains to conceal that he used a wheelchair, John F. Kennedy hid his Addison's disease and reliance on steroids to treat the illness, and Ronald Reagan was secretive about his onset of Alzheimer's. But, Brinkley said, in an era of social media and cable news - where the cellphone video shot by someone who happens to be in the right place at the right time can be seen by millions within hours - little can stay under wraps for long.

“I don't think you can get away with hiding your health the way a previous generation did,” he said.

Fleischer said Clinton can likely get past the issue, “unless she has another serious health incident.”

Average life expectancy for women in the U.S. is just over 81, five years longer than for men. Yet Trump, who is 70, has been able

to effectively make Clinton's health into a political issue while there's been far less scrutiny of his physical condition.

Questioning Clinton's health feeds into gender stereotypes, said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, an expert on political communication at the University of Pennsylvania. “The stereotypes of older women are active and Donald Trump is playing into them –– unstable, fragile.

They're stereotypes so we don't realize when they act on us,” she said.

Trump would be the oldest person to assume the presidency if he gets elected. Clinton would be the second oldest, after Ronald Reagan.

Clinton released a two-page letter from Bardack in July 2015 giving some details about her medications and treatment for a concussion in 2012 and blood clots. It addressed Clinton's head injury, which occurred after the then-secretary of state “suffered a stomach virus after traveling, became dehydrated, fainted and sustained a concussion,” according to a Bardack's letter. She stated that overall Clinton “is in excellent physical condition and fit to serve as President of the United States.”

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No spending deal yet as leaders leave White House meeting WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and congressional leaders appeared confident they soon will ink a deal to avoid a government shutdown, but neither side announced a final agreement on Monday.

Republican and Democratic leaders from both chambers met with Obama for about an hour in the Oval Office in a discussion that covered a wide range of issues.

Senior lawmakers and White House aides are signaling that a stopgap funding bill lasting until Dec. 9 could hit the Senate floor later this week.

Obama told reporters he has “modest” hopes that congressional leaders can find enough common ground to pass a continuing resolution before government funding expires, as well tack on a section addressing federal efforts to curb the Zika virus outbreak.

“Even though I know that we’re in the midst of a political season and everybody is thinking about elections, there’s still business to be done, and I was encouraged by some of the constructive work that’s being done right now,” Obama told reporters in the Oval Office, flanked by House and Senate leaders.

The meeting came as senior lawmakers and the White House try to agree on a stopgap measure to fund government programs and agencies into the new fiscal year and avert a shutdown, which would otherwise occur on Oct. 1.

Details about the size and shape of the stopgap measure began to emerge shortly before the leaders arrived.

The White House made clear that the measure “should be short and not freighted with the kinds of ideological riders” that have triggered standoffs in the past.

In addition, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he expects lawmakers to be able to move this week on a continuing resolution through Dec. 9 at last year’s enacted levels that includes funds for a Zika virus response and veterans programs. He also teed up for a procedural vote the legislative vehicle on which the continuing resolution would ride.

The possibility of Congress fleeing Washington a few weeks early to campaign didn’t stop the partisan blame game surrounding the need for another stopgap measure.

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“I refuse to accept other people’s ideas of happiness for me.

As if there’s a ‘one size fits all’ standard for happiness.”

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will likely come. In the book, Coates emphasized the dangers of “the Dream,” a fantasy that New York Times literary critic Michiko Kakutani stated as “an exclusionary white dream rooted in a history subjugation and privilege.”

“Historians conjured the Dream,” Coates wrote.

“Hollywood fortified the

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Dream. The Dream was gilded by novels and adventure stories.”

While the book was received positive review, some critics attacked Coates’ assertions on race relations in America and the recent progress.

“Such assertions skate over the very real - and still dismally insufficient - progress that has

been made. After all, America has twice elected a black president,” wrote Kakutani. “At other moments in this powerful and passionate book, Mr. Coates acknowledges such changes. In fact, his book often reads like an internal dialogue or debate.”

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UMPD Officer Brian Kellogg gives active threat training to students in the Integrative Learning Center on Monday. with law enforcement and signing up for campus alerts.

“Safe interaction with law enforcement” means that in many situations, students need to be aware that police could potentially see them as a threat. Kellogg’s instruction emphasize they should behave as calmly as possible and not expect help from law enforcement beyond securing the active shooter.

The training also emphasized student initiative. “Most people have a fight, flight or freeze response to shooters,” Kellogg said. Using the example of Kent State, he said that classrooms led by teachers who took any kind of action

were able to save more students than those who simply froze.

Kellogg’s recommended response to hearing gunshots is to “get out” of the building if one fears the shooter is in the same building, to “hide out” at a distance and to either “take out” and/or “call out,” meaning to immobilize the shooter as a group with a plan and to contact police enforcement.

According to Kellogg, 69 percent of active shooter incidents are ended by law enforcement within five minutes of reporting, while 48 percent are ended within two minutes.

Kellogg recommended that if students have concerns regarding a friend, classmate or hallmate who might become violent as a result of stress, that person can be taken to the Center for Counseling and Psychological Health on campus. Kellogg also suggested contacting UMPD to request a “wellness check” by a plainclothes police detective.

UMass students should call UMPD at (413) 545-3111 in case of an emergent gun scare.

Lia Gips can be reached at lgips@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @liagips.

Leading French presidential candidate imitates Clinton

By Helene Fouquet and Gregory Viscusi Bloomberg News

French presidential hopefuls used to be able to keep their private lives just that private. No more.

As the candidates in the 2017 presidential elections rev up their campaigns, they’re having to bare their souls a bit and give the French a peek into their personal lives. So much so that the front-runner in the polls, 71-year-old former Prime Minister Alain Juppe - long seen as aloof, standoffish, arrogant and cold - felt compelled to pen a pamphlet titled “Between You and Me,” which was released Friday.

While far from a tell-all leaflet, the 44-page tract lays out the influences that have made Juppe the man he is: from his “happy” childhood in southwestern France to his modest railway employee grandfather. The effort to create a narrative is not unlike what U.S. Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton did in her July acceptance speech when she talked about her father’s work values and her mother’s challenges.

For French candidates, that approach is new and their challenge is to strike a balance between showing their human side while still maintaining some presidential mystique, political analysts say.

“Politicians don’t want to look like robots, but at the same time, voters really don’t like them to overexpose

themselves,” Carine Marce, a pollster at TNS-Sofres in Paris, said.

As an increasing number of candidates - more than 25 at last count - join the fray, contenders from both the ruling Socialist Party and the opposition Republicans are striving to reach a broad range of the French electorate that is both disillusioned with the country’s politicians and struggling with an economy that’s limping along with unemployment at close to 10 percent.

Juppe, the Republicans’ leading candidate, has an edge in the polls over his nearest party rival, former President Nicolas Sarkozy.

With Sarkozy, 61, officially declaring his candidacy last month for the party’s primaries in November, Juppe - currently the mayor of France’s wine capital, Bordeaux, and a grandfather of three - is seeking to hang on to his lead by seeking to debunk his elitist image.

“Everyone knows I don’t like to talk about myself,” Juppe said in an email Friday to supporters with a link to a free download of the pamphlet. “I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t love to be loved. What matters to me isn’t popularity at all cost, but to create a special bond based on esteem and trust.”

Sarkozy was among the few French politicians to use his personal life to create a narrative, regaling his audience during the 2007 campaign with tales about his Greek-born Jewish

grandfather who converted to Catholicism and asked for the French citizenship. Since then, the French media which kept former President Francois Mitterrand’s lovechild and former President Jacques Chirac’s sick daughter out of the public eye - has made the personal lives of presidents fair game.

Sarkozy’s very public divorce with his wife, Cecilia, in 2007 and his marriage to model-turned singer Carla Bruni soon after provided fodder for magazines. In 2014, President Francois Hollande’s affair with an actress was splashed all over the celebrity press. He then separated from his journalist partner, Valerie Trierweiler, who published a bitter kissand-tell bestseller.

In a speech on Thursday, Hollande, who most likely will seek re-election, tried to squeeze in a personal touch by alluding to his role as a father when he sought to empathize with the hard lives of parents. His actress girlfriend Julie Gayet has been on the cover recently of two of France’s biggest circulation magazines.

Hollande’s former Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron, an ambitious 38-year-old who has hinted at his possible candidacy, has been on the cover of celebrity magazine Paris Match with his wife - who is about 25 years older than he is - twice over the past year, with the articles touching on their routine and their life together.

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S. Sudan leaders profited off war

By Robyn Dixon Los Angeles Times

JOHANNESBURG — It pays to commit war crimes, according to a report by an investigative group co-founded by actor George Clooney that spent two years scrutinizing the world's newest country, South Sudan.

On the surface, the country's brutal 2013 civil war was fought over ethnic divides. It grew out of a conflict between the president, Salva Kiir, a member of the Dinka ethnic group, and his then-deputy, Riek Machar, a member of the Nuer who was angling to succeed him.

But the Sentry, the group co-founded last year by Clooney and activist John Prendergast, contends that the conflict was really a struggle for power and control of state assets, such as oil. The authors of the report accuse the rivals of drumming up ethnic hatred to fuel the conflict, transforming the country into a violent kleptocracy.

South Sudan is one of the world's least developed countries, heavily dependent on the international community for aid. But top officials got rich on war, the group alleges _ and had little incentive to usher in peace as a result.

"The key catalyst of South Sudan's civil war has been competition for the grand prize," the report says, "control over state assets and the country's abundant natural resources _ between rival kleptocratic networks led by President Kiir and (former) Vice President Machar."

"South Sudan's top officials have benefited both financially and politically from the continuing war and atrocities committed within their country."

South Sudanese officials have not yet responded to the report's claims.

The group found

in two dozen companies operating in oil, mining, construction, gambling, banking, telecommunications, aviation, and government and military procurement in South Sudan.

Both Kiir and his rival, Machar, own luxurious homes outside South Sudan. Gen. Paul Malong, the military chief of staff, owns two houses in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, and a $2 million mansion in Nairobi, Kenya's capital, despite a government salary of $45,000 a year, the group found.

Another military official, Gen. Gabriel Jok Riak, has a Kampala property next door to Malong's, while Gen. Malek Reuben Riak has a house a few miles away. Malong and Reuben Riak have held stakes in oil, mining and telecommunications companies.

The group also questioned payments made by foreign companies. One Kenyan bank processed payments to Gabriel Jok Riak after he was sanctioned by the United Nations in March 2015, and his assets were supposed to be frozen.

"Large financial transactions involving politically exposed persons, defined as senior government officials, judges, military officers, and senior executives of state-owned corporations, as well as their families, ought to raise red flags that those transactions, or the conduct that led to them, may have been unlawful or otherwise improper," the report says. "Unexplained wealth such as this should be enough to provide authorities with a reasonable basis for investigating the sources of that wealth and whether any wrongdoing occurred."

The report calls on the U.S. and other governments to take tougher steps to crack down on money laundering by

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Actors George Clooney and Don Cheadle participate in a news conference for the release of ‘The Sentry’ report on South Sudan.

that "top officials ultimately responsible for mass atrocities in South Sudan have at the same time managed to accumulate fortunes, despite modest government salaries." Researchers scrutinized the assets of South Sudanese officials, relying on published information, interviews, social media postings and Google Earth images of properties owned by the officials.

Top officials and their families also own stakes in companies doing business in South Sudan, have stashed fortunes overseas, drive luxury cars and have bought multimilliondollar mansions outside the country.

Kiir has a 12-year-old son who holds a 25 percent stake in a South Sudanese holding company formed in 2016, the researchers found. In all, seven of his children, his wife and his brother-in-law own stakes

South Sudanese officials.

The Sentry was launched last year to investigate how war is financed by state resources, including diamonds, minerals and oil. The South Sudan report is its first investigation.

After fighting started in the capital, Juba, in 2013, it swiftly spilled into brutal ethnic conflict in other parts of the country, particularly the north and east. Women and girls were gang-raped and forced into sex slavery. Men were shot on sight. Boys were castrated. Those who couldn't flee _ babies, old people, the weak and sick _ were burned alive in houses, according to reporting by the U.N. and human rights organizations.

Both sides were responsible for war crimes, according to the U.N. and human rights organizations that have reported on the atrocities.

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton attends a memorial service at the National 9/11 Memorial on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016 in New York. including highlighting her recent coughing spells, as a counter to the Democratic nominee's accusation that he's temperamentally unfit and unqualified to president.

Thus far, there's been scant evidence that the questions have resonated outside Trump's circle of fervent supporters. The way the Clinton team handled Sunday's event may provide an opening for Trump's argument to gain more purchase.

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his physician, Dr. Harold Bornstein, that gave few details and declared the Republican would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.”

Bornstein told NBC News last month that he wrote the four-paragraph assessment in five minutes. In another unconventional twist in a campaign that's been full of them, Trump is scheduled to appear in a pretaped interview Thursday with Mehmet C. Oz, also known as Dr. Oz, to discuss his “personal health regimen.”

Trump has used questions about Clinton's health,

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11 commemoration “lets everyone fill the holes themselves,” said Jennifer Loven, managing director of the strategic communications firm Glover Park Group in Washington and a former president of the White House Correspondents' Association. “That can be embarrassing at the very least, or it can be very damaging because it ends up reinforcing the very negative impressions you were afraid of in the first place - perceived problems about transparency and worries about her health.”

A fire that broke out early Monday at the Fort Pierce, Fla., mosque where Orlando massacre shooter Omar Mateen prayed and worshipped is considered arson, according to investigators.

"Evidence has revealed that this fire was set intentionally," St. Lucie County Sheriff's Major David Thompson told reporters.

A 911 call about 12:30 a.m. alerted authorities that flames were coming out of Islamic Center of Fort Pierce.

There were no injuries reported and the extent of the damage has not yet been determined.

According to Thompson, investigators were able to find surveillance video that shows someone approaching the east side of the Islamic Center.

"Immediately after the individual approached, a flash occurred and the individual fled the area," he said.

He said the sheriff's office is asking the FBI and the

Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms to join the investigation currently underway by local authorities and the State Fire Marshal's Office.

Additionally, technicians are working to enhance the surveillance video so it can be released to the public in order to turn up leads in the case.

Mateen, who lived in Fort Pierce, killed 49 people at Orlando's Pulse nightclub in June and was known to worship at the mosque. Mateen was killed in a shootout with police.

Leaders at the Islamic Center have said that since the nightclub shooting the facility has received threats and that security had been stepped up.

Thompson said he did not know if there was any connection between the blaze and the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

"It has been peaceful here," he said. "We have had open and clear communication with the folks at the Islamic Center, and we have received no recent threats.

"A fire at any place of wor-

ship is alarming," Thompson said, "regardless of the circumstances."

In a statement posted to its Facebook page about 8 a.m. Monday, the Fort Pierce Islamic Center said, "It is with a very heavy heart that we have to announce that last night around midnight, there was an arson attack on our Mosque."

The statement advised those planning to attend the Eid Prayer to go to another Fort Pierce mosque.

"Please keep us in your Du'as and prayers," the statement concluded. Du'as is defined as invocation or act of supplication.

Monday is the beginning of Eid al-Adha, the four-day Islamic festival of sacrifice.

Because of the extra traffic that was anticipated, Thompson said sheriff's deputies were scheduled to be on hand to assist with parking and traffic flow.

"This is a terrible tragedy, not only for the Islamic Center, but for our community," he said.

Obama to veto Nationwide cease-fire results in 9/11 lawsuit bill diminished violence through Syria

By Jordan Rudner The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will veto legislation that would allow families of American terror victims to sue foreign governments involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the White House said Monday.

“The president intends to veto this legislation ...

We'll see what Congress chooses to do from there,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters at his daily briefing. He lauded the resilience of the victims' families and said that despite the difference of views on the lawsuits, “there's no effort to diminish the sacrifice that they have made or the pain that they have endured or the heroism that they have displayed.”

The controversial bill, co-authored by Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., sailed through Congress with strong bipartisan support. A veto showdown opens the possibility of the first veto override of Obama's presidency.

The bill would allow families to sue the Saudi Arabian government. The administration has long argued that this would set a dangerous international precedent, inviting citizens of other countries to sue American service members and U.S. government officials in their own countries' courts.

Family members of those who died on Sept. 11 issued a letter on Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the deadliest attack on American soil, urging the president to sign the legislation, known as the

“Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Bill.”

The right to sue the Saudi government “is important for our nation,” they wrote, “because it will help to deter statesponsored terrorism.”

“Please, Mr. President, don't slam the door shut and abandon us,” the letter continued.

The White House has been adamant in its opposition to the bill, which would nullify the longstanding American policy of granting sovereign immunity to foreign government officials in cases where those governments are found to be involved in terrorist attacks. Administration officials say the bill would also endanger the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia.

In April, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters that it was “difficult to imagine a scenario where the president would sign it.” Earnest also warned about “the potential consequences of rolling back this core principle of international law.”

But in Congress, the bill has strong support. It passed by unanimous voice votes in the Senate in May and the House on Friday. The Senate version boasts 24 co-sponsors, including such unlikely allies as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Cornyn is the deputy GOP leader and Schumer is expected to become the Democratic leader in January.

Obama has used his veto power sparingly, only rejecting 10 bills.

None of those vetoes were overridden.

By Weedah Hamzah dpa

BEIRUT — A nationwide cease-fire started at sunset Monday in Syria as part of an ambitious plan sealed by the United States and Russia to reduce violence in the wartorn country and relaunch a peace process.

More than an hour after the truce started at 7 p.m., calm prevailed in most parts of the country, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group, reported.

However, government forces continued shelling in rebel-held areas of the northwestern province of Idlib, the watchdog said.

It reported an exchange of shelling by the regime and opposition forces in Quneitra in southern Syria.

The Syrian Army said it would observe a seven-day cease-fire, according to Syria’s state news agency, SANA. Government troops said they still “reserve the right for a firm response to any violation from armed groups,” the agency reported, citing a statement by the army command.

Warplanes ceased flying over Aleppo, Abdel Mounein

Juneid, an activist based in the divided northern city, told dpa.

“I can say that since 7 p.m. we haven’t heard any plane or any artillery shelling,” said Ibrahim al-Hajj, a member of the White Helmets, a volunteer civil defense organization that works mainly in opposition areas.

In Washington, Secretary of State John Kerry said initial signs of the cease-fire were promising.

“The earliest reports are that there is some reduction in violence,” he said at the State Department.

The cessation of hostilities excludes only al-Qaida terrorist network-linked group the Nusra Front and the Islamic State movement.

It was still “far too early to draw any definitive conclusions, and I’m not drawing any conclusions,” Kerry said.

“There will undoubtedly be reports of a violation here or there.”

Russia, a major ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, said it would continue to conduct airstrikes against “terrorists in Syria,” referring to the Islamic State radical group and al-Qaida-affiliated militants.

Russia and the U.S. would coordinate the airstrikes via a joint center of operations that is currently being set up, Russian General Sergei Rudskoi said, according to comments carried by the Interfax news agency.

The opposition Syrian National coalition called the truce “a step in the right direction,” saying that its affiliated Free Syrian Army will “positively deal with it.”

However, the moderate opposition grouping demanded protection for Syrian civilians from attacks by the regime and its allies.

The U.S.-backed coalition called for a clear framework for monitoring the truce.

Syria’s main Kurdish group, the People’s Protection Units, welcomed the ceasefire.

“We are optimistic with this deal. We will be able to cooperate in the fight against the terror of Daash,” the U.S.backed group added in a statement, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State.

Hours before the start of the truce, at least 13 civilians were killed in airstrikes by unidentified warplanes attacking rebel-held areas in Idlib province, the

Observatory said.

The regime and opposition forces also were exchanging fire in Aleppo, a major battleground in Syria’s five-year conflict.

Shelling by government forces on rebel-held areas in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus left at least one civilian dead and 10 injured, the Observatory added.

Earlier on Monday, Assad vowed that his troops would regain territory from rebels “without hesitation or relenting,” fueling misgivings about the truce.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, meanwhile, said Iran would do everything it can to make peace possible in Syria.

The U.S. and Russia sealed an agreement Friday on Syria that also envisages unprecedented military coordination against militant groups there.

The truce is the second this year brokered by Washington and Moscow.

Syria’s conflict started with peaceful anti-government protests in March 2011.

It spiraled into a full-blown war that has claimed more than 250,000 lives, according to activists’ estimates.

Grand Jury to review McDonald death

By Steve Schmadeke Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — A grand jury will be impaneled to investigate a possible coverup by Chicago police in the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald at the request of a special prosecutor appointed in July to investigate the matter.

Patricia Brown Holmes, the special prosecutor, said Monday she has enough evidence to present to a grand jury as she made her request that one be convened.

Judge LeRoy Martin Jr., the presiding judge of Cook County’s criminal division who appointed Holmes, said he would convene a special grand jury to hear evidence.

Holmes, a former Cook County judge, later told reporters that a grand jury

investigation is the fairest way to handle the case rather than make a charging decision on her own.

Martin named Holmes to look into whether the officers lied to justify the October 2014 shooting of the 17-year-old.

Her investigation also could extend to police supervisors who were involved, said the lawyers who had asked the judge to appoint a special prosecutor.

The dashboard camera video of white police Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting the black teen 16 times has caused a firestorm of controversy and led to calls for major reforms and a U.S. Justice Department investigation of Chicago police practices. The accounts of several officers dramatically differed from the video. Holmes, who is African-American, had

been among four candidates proposed for the post by a coalition of about 25 community groups, prominent attorneys and a member of McDonald’s family who sought the appointment.

In February, the coalition filed a petition asking that a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate not only McDonald’s shooting but also the officers at the scene. State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez opposed a special prosecutor during her hardfought re-election effort earlier this year, but after her primary loss, she withdrew her opposition.

Judge Vincent Gaughan, who is overseeing the criminal case against Van Dyke, appointed Kane County State’s Attorney Joseph McMahon as a separate special prosecutor to handle Van

Dyke’s prosecution.

The video showed Van Dyke opening fire within seconds of exiting his police SUV as McDonald walked away from police with a knife in his hand, contradicting many of the officers’ written accounts that the teen had lunged with the knife.

Federal prosecutors also have been looking into possible charges against those officers for many months.

Citing sources, the Chicago Tribune has reported that the federal inquiry has branched into possible obstruction of justice by the officers at the scene. In addition, the city inspector general’s office, which has the power to investigate and make recommendations on employee matters and policies, is looking into the matter.

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“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.” - Frank Zappa

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Objectification of athletes crosses gender lines It may sound corny, but I am genuinely a huge fan

Tess Halpern of the summer Olympics.

Every four years, I find myself cheering for my country as athletes that I’ve never heard of compete in sports that I’ve never heard of, feeling satisfied after the 16 days of competition that I have watched enough synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics to tide me over for another four years.

These games showcase the best athletes in each nation as they achieve their lifelong goals and strive for greatness while also inspiring young athletes to dream big and uniting the world in healthy competition.

And yet, this year I felt that a lot of the positive feelings that I usually associate with the Olympics were diminished when I noticed a startling and divisive trend in the way these athletes were discussed and portrayed in the media.

An article published on Cosmopolitan.com entitled “14 of the Most Sexist Moments From the 2016 Olympics (So Far),” highlighted many of these instances, such as a BBC reporter referring to the women’s judo final as a “catfight” and a Fox News panelist discussing whether or not women athletes should wear makeup, saying “when you see an athlete, why should you have to look at some chick’s zits … why not a little blush on her lips and cover those zits.”

Although it’s almost redundant, I will note that the aforementioned comments were made by men, along with a majority of the comments that were covered in the Cosmopolitan article.

However, the instance that stood out as the most shockingly blatant display of objectification

of Olympic athletes was an article that was actually written by a woman and it was not included in Cosmopolitan’s list as one of the most sexist moments from the Olympics.

In fact, it was an article that was published on Cosmopolitan.com only 12 days prior to that list.

This article, entitled “36 of the Greatest Summer Olympic Bulges” included a secondary headline that eloquently stated “These

this Cosmopolitan article was and in fact, I’m sure that article would even be criticized by Cosmopolitan.

So why is it considered acceptable to blatantly objectify male athletes but not female athletes? The argument can be made that there is a long and involved history of sexism and objectification of women whereas men do not have that same history. Female athletes have had to work extremely hard to be considered equal to men, and even today they are still fighting for equal rights, pay and respect.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y, every time someone makes a sexist comment or undercuts the achievements of female athletes, that only hinders their progress.

However, that in no way justifies doing the same thing to male athletes. By criticizing those that sexualize female athletes without holding those that sexualize male athletes equally accountable, we are being hypocritical. Objectifying men does not somehow even the score of sexism and gender inequality. It only further divides the sexes and muddles the message of equality that feminists have fought for decades to spread.

These Olympic athletes are in peak physical condition, not so you or I can ogle and objectify them, but so they can compete to the best of their abilities on the largest stage in the world. It goes without saying that in this day and age it is not okay to objectify women and sexist remarks in the media or anywhere else should not be tolerated, and it is sad that the same is not said about the objectification of men.

“Objectifying men does not somehow even the score of sexism and gender inequality.”

peens deserve the gold,” and didn’t improve much from there. The online photo gallery featured images of male athletes in various stages of competition, some even while they were receiving their Olympic medals, but did not focus on their achievements or, to be quite frank, anything about them other than how their uniforms emphasized their physiques and genitalia.

Cosmopolitan is a magazine that targets young women and features, among other things, articles about relationships and sex, so I could see how the writers and editors involved may have felt that this article included content that was appropriate and geared toward their target audience. The author may have even felt that by objectifying male athletes, it would, in a way, counteract the sexism that is so often focused on women, but this article took objectification to a new level.

While scrolling through the images, I couldn’t help but imagine how I would feel if I saw an article in a magazine targeted to men that objectified female athletes’ bodies in the same way. I know with near certainty that an article like Tess Halpern is a Collegian columnist that would be criticized and can be reached at much more widely than tjhalpern@umass.edu.

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The newspaper industry: What’s really dying?

Before you read any erage leads me to believe further, I understand the that people are in fact only irony of this piece given getting more interested in the news.

Charlie Giordano Our culture is seemingly one that finds it difficult its location is in fact in to let go of traditions, even a newspaper, one that is if all the evidence points very much alive. to its irrelevance already Though newspaper having been met. This is sales are plummeting and certainly true in the case have been, newsrooms of newspapers. that previously buzzed Print newspapers are with activity have been on the way out. However, downsized and as a result, almost completely muted.

Perhaps even more vexing, many of our nation’s most famous newspapers are being sold by their owners. This includes the New York Daily News, which in addition to being it is wrong to say they the fourth most circulated are “dying,” not because newspaper in the United the industry will be led States, has been up for to revitalize the press but sale since the spring of because the things were never alive in the first 2015.

Print newspapers place. Newspapers are dropped seven percent in paper, a substance once weekday circulation in organic now wholly dead 2015, the worst since 2010. and made unnatural.

Simultaneously, advertis- As a society, we often ing revenues fell nearly attach the word death or eight percent, the worst dying with technologies, innovations, corporations on record since 2009.

Despite all this, I feel and even relationships. the only real problem of This is not a critique but the newspaper’s supposed as a means for one to pon“death” is in the question der the peculiarity with which we as Americans itself.

Certainly, printed word greet changing circumhas seen better days in stances. terms of popularity but it At the outset of the seems that for the most internet, I doubt many part people simply do not assumed it would precede care to purchase physi- the rapid and reflexive cal papers any longer. But shift of an industry that journalism online sources for news dominated are as viable as they have since its dawn.

But now, in the latever been.

Though 2015 was a bad ter half of its second year financially for the decade, it has. The internewspaper industry, this net has changed the way was in no part due to the we receive, perceive, and internet version of most often times regurgitate papers. While print circu- information, forcing the lation dropped nine per- news industry to seek new cent, digital circulation avenues to more quickly and concisely find inforincreased two percent.

This coupled with the mation and inform the adaptations of prominent public. former “social” media This is indeed a powapps to allow for news cov- erful avenue. Man has

walked on the moon and now they have created a wormhole through which information can be created in one hemisphere and just as quickly be found and interpreted in another.

How on earth could a piece of paper that need be printed and physically distributed compete with such a grossly captivating innovation?

“Newspapers are paper, a substance once organic now wholly dead and made unnatural.”

Is it really the feel of paper and the bold black print that some find comfortable, or is it the ability to hold onto the past in one’s hands without the everchanging reality getting in the way?

We are slow to react in many ways to the technological innovations that are being initiated and completed in this very moment, as they’ve been for decades. This is a completely understandable phenomenon, though when it comes to newspapers, I think we should not bother with the question of their imminent demise.

News will always be relevant. Though its content is seemingly growing less factual and more opinion based, news as an institution is here to stay as long as the current society is upheld.

The question that journalists and everyday citizens alike should ask their peers is not whether or not this industry is going to “die,” but if what is being spread in its place is acceptable and truly for the good of the public.

Charlie Giordano is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at crgiordano@umass.edu.

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Apple jacks consumer enthusiasm in iPhone 7 release

Lukewarm response to company event

By Gina Lopez Collegian Staff

Don’t blink.

That was the phrase Apple chose to begin last week’s iPhone 7 release video, and since then it has received an unending stream of criticism on the devices’ new features.

Apple’s official launch video can be described as nothing short of sensory overload. In fact, selecting the phrase “don’t blink” made it clear that Apple’s main objective in announcing the release of its new phone was bewilderment in the name of an iPhone montage.

Some of the more aesthetic improvements that the iPhone 7 promises are an improved retina display guaranteeing a 25 percent brighter screen, an optical image stabilization aperture that keeps images steadier, stereo speakers (speakers at the top and bottom of the phone), and finally a new “glossy jet black” color option that promises to be a black “so black its black to the core,” according to Apple.

“I think it looks better,” Shaila Abbott, a junior public health and economics major said. “They made it sleeker … I think the features they put in the phone are what everyone wanted in the 6, better sound and picture quality.”

Some internal improvements on the iPhone 7 include an A10 Fusion chip with a 64-bit quad-core pro-

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After months of media speculation, Apple revealed the updated standard and Plus versions of its signature smartphone at a San Francisco launch last week. cessor that will allow the phone to conserve battery during usage, more storage options in the 32GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities, better front facing camera quality with five megapixels, a second 56mm telephoto lens on the back of the iPhone 7 plus, and a faster processor.

But the feature that has everyone up in arms is the absence of a headphone jack and the introduction of its accomplice: air pods.

Vincent Panuccio, a

sophomore pre-medical and kinesiology major, said, “I thought it looked very sleek and I like the water resistant feature, but I’m weary of there not being a headphone jack.”

“I know that there’s no headphone jack and I feel like I’m going to lose the wireless ones … not being connected to your phone they’ll be hard to find,” senior math major Shwetha Sundar said.

Phil Schiller, Apple’s

marketing chief said “It really comes down to one word: courage. The courage to move on to do something new that betters all of us.”

Schiller added that Apple removed the headphone jack partly to make the new iPhone sleeker and free up space for additional features: a decision that has met much backlash from consumers and media outlets alike.

A prime example of an

everyone is going to look stupid,” Jasmin Del Rosario, a junior nutrition and biology major, said, There was no point in removing the AUX.” Matt Rasmuson, junior chemical engineering major, kept it short and sweet saying, “I want a headphone jack. I wouldn’t buy a phone without a headphone jack because wireless headphones are expensive, the same reason I don’t have them now.” His opinion was shared by the majority of the students asked on campus.

Less than half of the students interviewed plan to upgrade to an iPhone 7 in the near future.

Inadvertently adding fuel to the fire, Apple decided not to release its first weekend sales figure of the iPhone 7 for the first time in history, putting into question their definition of “courage.”

According to TIME Magazine, the increase that Apple’s stock saw after the initial release of the iPhone 7 has dropped three-percent below the stock’s starting value, reducing the company’s market value by $15.4 billion in a single day.

Apple responded to the growing speculation by saying, “As we have expanded our distribution through carriers and resellers to hundreds of thousands of locations around the world, we are now at a point where we know before taking the first customer pre-order that we will sell out of the

angered media outlet is “Cosmopolitan” as Michael Sebastian compared the new iPhone and the movie, “The Titanic”, which focuses on the comical similarities between the demise of famous Jack Dawson in the “Titanic” and “Jack” the headphone port – a personification of Apple’s recent upgrades that examines the average consumer’s iPhone 7.” response to the wrenching loss.

Gina Lopez can be reached at “I think it’s ridiculous, gmlopez@umass.edu.

TELEVISION

‘BoJack’ brings laughs, tears ‘Black Market’ examines humanity in illicit trade

By Nate Taskin Collegian Staff

A horse walks into a bar.

Bartender asks, “Why the long face?”

The titular character of “BoJack Horseman” is a washed up actor who, back in the 1990s, starred in a famous TV show called “Horsin’ Around” (think “Full House” meets “Family Ties” meets every cheesy sitcom trope out there). Those days are long behind him.

Now BoJack (Will Arnett), a depressed, narcissistic substance abuser, longs to recapture his past, “make people love (him)” and seek true happiness, even if his fundamental personality flaws forever impede him from ever reaching these goals.

Also, BoJack Horseman is literally a horse-man and lives in a world populated by both humans and anthropomorphic animals like cats, dogs, penguins and electric eels.

Incidentally, I really want to know how creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg made this pitch to Netflix.

Now in its third season, “BoJack Horseman” continues to prove that adult animation can constitute more than just dirty language and poop jokes. As a character study, the show has approached the level of “The Sopranos” and “Mad Men” in psychological depth and nuance.

This complexity doesn’t only extend to our hero – and that term might too charitable a designation. BoJack’s agent, Princess Carolyn (a pink Persian cat played by Amy Sedaris), must grapple with a surprisingly layered portrait

of a midlife crisis as she tries to balance career and romantic life.

Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins), another fading D-list celebrity who acts as BoJack’s rival and best friend (at least Mr. Peanutbutter will insist so; the friendship is a touch one-sided), has a caninelike exuberance (because he is literally a yellow Labrador with a cool V-neck shirt) and optimism that acts as a cover for deep-seated insecurities and passive-aggressive behavior.

Then there’s Sarah Lynn (Kristen Schaal), a former child star on “Horsin’ Around” who grew into a famous teenage popstar and then grew into a washed-up drug addict who downs a hefty cocktail of drugs. If you’re not at least a little misty-eyed by the conclusion of her central episode, then you have a harder heart than I. Production designer Lisa Hanawalt’s art has always pushed the boundaries of animation, yet her art style shines through in particular this season. The number of background gags hidden throughout every frame makes “BoJack Horseman” a uniquely-Netflix show, as it guarantees frequent pausing so that you can catch every joke, and even then you’ll probably miss a few.

Furthermore, the amount of creativity that goes into the various drug hallucinations and training montages creates a surreal, unique, irreverent vision of Los Angeles.

Nowhere does this style prove more exemplary than in “Fish Out of Water,” one of

the best episodes of television in recent memory. As part of BoJack’s press tour for his pet project “Secretariat,” BoJack must go underwater to the Pacific Ocean Film Festival.

Since he is unable to speak the fish language, nearly the entire episode is without dialogue and the meat of the story consists of physical gags and the gorgeous deep blue scenery of Hanawalt’s portraits.

It’s an absolute marvel, and the fact that BoJack Horseman can distill the essence of “Lost in Translation,” “The Simpsons,” and Charlie Chaplin in only 20-odd minutes proves the miraculousness of this show.

Of course it’s not as if the rapid-fire delivery is lacking either. There’s a bit this season involving Jimmy Fallon and a Halloween store that had me in stitches. You’ll know once you see it. It certainly helps that numerous talents lend their voices to the various side characters that populate this universe like Angela Bassett, the “Broad City” duo, Alan Arkin and Character Actress Margo Martindale (it’s important you say her full title).

Amidst the sentient cartoon animals, there’s a fundamental humanity to the show that carries the emotional force of a freight train. Humor acts as pain’s greatest anesthetic, and it contextualizes that pain so we have better tools to confront it when it rears its ugly head again. A black comedy at heart, “BoJack Horseman” provokes laughter as much as it cuts to the bone.

Nate Taskin can be reached at ntaskin@umass.edu.

By Michael Agnello Collegian Staff

“Black Market with Michael K. Williams,” featured on Viceland, offers viewers a critical perspective into the world of illicit trade as a means of outlining the roots of destructive behavior within society. It excels at providing more scope to topics in comparison to shows of similar style like “Drugs, Inc.” or “Gangland” because the host asks the all-important question: Why do certain people engage in criminal activity, even if they know their behavior could negatively affect others?

To answer the question, Williams focuses on understanding people’s interactions with their environment, local laws or culture to track issues more deeply.

And to do this, he relies on verbal testimonies from people involved in illicit trade rather than statistics.

Some may be skeptical of Williams’ approach to gaining information, suggesting that the credibility of the interviews cannot be verified. But such an outlook ignores Williams’ efforts to humanize the people involved in illicit trade, who resort to it because of many interacting sociological factors. So even if the interviewees were actors, “Black Market” could still accomplish its goal by lending a new way to approach the conversation in regard

to criminal activity.

Take for example the episode “New Jersey Drive,” which depicts Newark’s rise in carjacking incidents.

Williams interviewed a middle-aged community member who admitted to stealing cars when he was younger. According to him, a lack of recreational opportunities for the city’s youth created boredom and to supply a thrill, he and his friends learned how to hotwire a car so they could joyride the vehicle before abandoning it. Now that certainly seems like an extreme way to fill spare time, but without youth sports programs, which were cut from the city’s budget, it seems logical that children could fall into destructive habits.

The interviewee proceeded, saying that he and many of his friends’ behavior later intensified into carjacking, which involves forcefully removing drivers out of cars (often at gunpoint) then selling the stolen good.

Can we be sure the individual from “New Jersey Drive” got involved with violent crime because he didn’t play Little League baseball? No. But by personalizing the account and introducing the sociological element to the equation, through the suggestion that the development of society is not always perfect and people often resort to desperate means as a result of

the imperfections, “Black Market” successfully encourages viewers to recognize that human behavior is shaped in response to a myriad of influences.

From government decisions or indecisions to physical environment to financial stability, each decision we make is the result of a lifetime of influences. Simply pointing to statistics, which have the unfortunate consequence of removing an individual’s history from the equation, is ineffective when discussing a topic like illicit trade.

Thinking with the intention to understand why rather than by what means can help form real solutions toward reducing destructive behavior.

When there is a forest fire, no sensible firefighter concludes the incident was the fault of the trees. He or she would investigate recent weather patterns or look for signs of human activity. “Black Market” is worth watching because it reinforces the need to broaden our understanding of cause and effect.

Michael K. Williams noted in a reflection that none of the folks he’d spoken to about breaking the law felt happy about their behavior. Most, he says, act against the law because they feel it is a way to a better life.

Michael Agnello can be reached at magnello@umass.edu.

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Robert Griffin III placed on IR Browns quarterback injured left shoulder

By Nate Ulrich Akron Beacon Journal Browns starting quarterback Robert Griffin III suffered a fractured coracoid bone in his left shoulder Sunday late during a 29-10 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the regular-season opener and will miss at least eight games this season, the team announced Monday afternoon.

Griffin has been placed on injured reserve. Each NFL team may designate one player to return from IR under new rules adopted for the 2016 season. Designation does not need to be made until the player is able to return to practice.

A player placed on injured reserve is eligible to return to practice in six weeks and must miss a minimum of eight games.

The team announced surgery is not required at this time, but Griffin’s left shoulder will be reevaluated in three to four weeks.

“It’s very unfortunate, Robert came in and has worked extremely hard to learn our offense and earn the respect of his teammates,” Browns coach Hue Jackson said in a statement. “This is a tough loss because everyone has seen how invested he has been in this

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Griffin III signed a two-year conract with the Browns before the 2016 season. team and his dedication to the work needed to improve his craft.

We all know these are the realities of the NFL, injuries occur and you have to find ways to overcome them so they don’t impede your progress. Robert will do everything in his power to rehab and get healthy but Josh McCown is on this roster for a reason and we have great confidence in him.

He is more than capable. His veteran presence has been an asset to our team throughout our process of preparing for the season. We look forward to him assuming the role of the starter and leading our offensive unit.”

McCown will start Sunday

in the home opener against the Baltimore Ravens. Rookie thirdround draft pick Cody Kessler is expected to be the backup.

McCown, 37, faced the Ravens twice last season and went 1-1.

On Oct. 11, he completed 36-of-51 passes (70.6 percent) for 457 yards and two touchdowns with a passer rating of 111.3 in a 33-30 overtime win in Baltimore.

McCown set a single-game franchise record for passing yards in the regular season.

On Nov. 30, he went 21-of38 passing (55.3 percent) for 212 yards and a touchdown with a rating of 80.2 before he suffered a season-ending broken collarbone

in the fourth quarter of a 33-27 loss at home.

Griffin said Sunday his nonthrowing shoulder was sprained when he collided with Eagles rookie cornerback Jalen Mills as he ran out of bounds on thirdand-14 from the Browns’ 4-yard line with 3:41 left in the fourth quarter. Mills hit Griffin in the chest and shoulder area, then Griffin landed on his left arm as he fell.

“I can move my left arm,” Griffin said. “I’m in pain, but it will be OK. Just have to monitor it. We’ll see more tomorrow and see how my shoulder is feeling and just move on from there.”

The Browns signed Griffin to a two-year, $15 million contract in March with the belief that Jackson could revive the 2012 NFL offensive rookie of the year’s career. Yet Griffin, who arrived in Cleveland with a long history of injuries, was hurt in his first real game with his new team.

Griffin, 26, had a rough regular-season debut with the Browns even before the injury. He struggled with accuracy and finished 12-of-26 passing for 190 yards with an interception and a passer rating of 55.

After the injury occurred, Griffin returned to the game for the offense’s final series and handed off three times.

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Victor Cruz (80) returned Sunday after missing all of the 2015 season. don’t get this opportunity to get back and reclaim what they once were and what they once had.”

Cruz finished the game with four receptions for 34 yards.

A look ahead Much like last year, UMass hosts Florida International in search of the Minutemen’s first win of the season in their return to campus and McGuirk Stadium.

In 2015, UMass defeated the Golden Panthers 24-14 for its first win of the season behind a record-breaking performance from

Sharpe. Sharpe set a new program record with 15 receptions, finishing the afternoon with 159 receiving yards and a touchdown.

FIU (0-2) enters Saturday’s coming off back-to-back losses against Big 10 opponents Indiana and Maryland by a combined scored of 75-27.

Kickoff from McGuirk is set for 3:30 p.m.

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

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ingness to get open a priority in order to transition a bit from the physical play style of constantly putting the ball in the air and then competing for possession.

“Again going back to BU,” O’Leary said. “We were much better at knitting passes together and trying to play between the lines, but sometimes when you’re under pressure, you just need to clear it.”

The second point of

emphasis for the Minutemen offense pertains to set pieces. In its previous game against the Terriers, UMass scored its lone goal off of a throw-in, and one of the two goals BU scored came from a free kick.

“Some say that set pieces count for 60 percent of goals scored,” O’Leary said. “A big emphasis this week will be on making sure that we are plus-one on those set pieces, because that can be

the difference between winning and losing.”

The Minutemen should have plenty of opportunities to work on set piece play both offensively as well as defensively with Albany already accumulating 19 corner kicks this season.

The game is set to kickoff on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Rudd Field in Amherst.

Nicholas Souza can be reached at njsouza@umass.edu.

Having warned the state of North Carolina at the Final Four that it risked losing NCAA events over House Bill 2, the NCAA showed Monday night just how serious it was.

Instead of skipping North Carolina in the future, the NCAA pulled seven different championships from North Carolina immediately, including the men’s basketball tournament first and second rounds in Greensboro, N.C., in March, where both Duke and North Carolina stood a very good

chance of staying home.

Cary, N.C., lost four different events, including the Women’s College Cup in December, its first Division I women’s lacrosse championship in May, the Division II baseball tournament it has hosted since 2009 in May and June and the Division III men’s and women’s championships in May. Greensboro, N.C., also lost the Division III men’s and women’s soccer championships in December, while Greenville, N.C., lost a Division I women’s golf regional in May. In June, the NBA moved the 2017 NBA All-Star Game from Charlotte over HB2, which requires transgender people to use public restrooms that match the gen-

der on their birth certificate and removes other protections against LGBT discrimination.

“Fairness is about more than the opportunity to participate in college sports, or even compete for championships,” NCAA president Mark Emmert said. “We believe in providing a safe and respectful environment at our events and are committed to providing the best experience possible for college athletes, fans and everyone taking part in our championships.”

The NCAA is currently selecting sites for championships from 2019-22, although Emmert said those decisions, expected in December, would be pushed back indefinitely.

MLB

Price allows two hits in Sox win

David Ortiz hits 536th home run

By Eduardo A. Encina The Baltimore Sun

BOSTON — The Orioles arrived at Fenway Park on Monday having taken two of three games from the Detroit Tigers on the road this past weekend, but any momentum they brought into their pivotal division series with the Boston Red Sox quickly died with the slew of hits left-hander Wade Miley allowed.

Miley, the non-waiver trade deadline acquisition who was supposed to bolster the Orioles’ starting rotation, lasted just 1 1/3 innings – his shortest outing of the season – and allowed 10 of the 12 batters he faced to reach base in an ugly 12-2 loss to the Red Sox in front of an announced sellout crowd

of 37,551.

Given the magnitude of this three-game series _ the Orioles entered trailing the division-leading Red Sox by two games _ the result offered one of the team’s worst losses of the season.

The 10-run margin of defeat marked the Orioles’ most lopsided loss since they lost 14-4 on Aug. 26 at Yankee Stadium.

The Orioles (78-65) not only fell three games back of the Red Sox, but also moved out of a tie with the Toronto Blue Jays for the first AL wild-card spot.

As for Miley, he’s struggled remarkably, posting an 8.41 ERA in eight starts with the Orioles. He has also failed to get out of the second inning in two of his last five outings. Miley was shelled for six runs on six hits over 1 2/3 innings against Houston on Aug. 19, after his offense spotted him with four hom-

The Orioles not only fell three games back of the Red Sox, but also moved out of a tie with the Toronto Blue Jays for the first AL wild-card spot . ers in the first inning.

On Monday, Miley _ who pitched for the Red Sox in 2014 but never faced them _ allowed hits to the first five hitters, loading the bases on three straight singles to open the game before Orioles killer Mookie Betts laced a two-run double into left field.

One batter later, Hanley Ramirez’s RBI single plated another run, and Betts sped home from third when the Orioles slowly got the ball into the infield.

Trailing 5-1, Miley was pulled from the game after loading the bases with one out in the second.

The Orioles had just two hits off Boston left-hander

David Price, both of them solo homers.

Chris Davis hit his 37th home run of the season with two outs in the second inning, and Manny Machado tied his career high with his 35th homer of the season with one out in the fourth.

That was the Orioles’ entire offense.

The Red Sox’s 16-hit attack included three homers off Orioles relievers, all solo shots. Ramirez homered in the fourth and Chris Young in the fifth, both blasts coming off right-hander Vance Worley. And David Ortiz hit his 33rd homer of the seaRICHARD W. RODRIGUEZ/FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM/TNS son off right-hander Oliver David Price pitched eight innings Monday for his 16th win of the season.

Drake in the sixth.

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MENS SOCCER

BREAKING THROUGH

Minutemen look to improve offense UM held to three goals in five games

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Defenseman Brandon Merklin (center) goes up for a header during UMass’ 1-1 tie against St. Peters Sept. 3. Merklin has one goal scored in 2016.

UMass prepares for Great Danes

Albany scoreless in last two games

By Philip Sanzo Collegian Staff

Most sport proverbs will define winning as the only thing that matters. However for the Massachusetts men’s soccer team, that is not always the case.

UMass will be in its sixth game of the season Tuesday when they take the pitch against Albany (1-2-1) at 4 p.m. If UMass does receive the loss, the Minutemen could still be walking away feeling good about themselves.

It’s not crazy for the casual fan to think that the winless Minutemen (0-4-1) should be preparing to enter panic mode. UMass has only managed three goals in five games while allowing 12 and have been outshot 102-42.

Panicking certainly seems appropriate.

What gets lost in the sea of terrible stats though are the out of conference opponents that UMass has played.

“We were talking about

this; the team’s we’ve played so far with the exception of St. Peter’s have only lost three games all season,” Minutemen coach Fran O’Leary said. “They have like 14 wins, top top teams.

Albany fits that.”

As a Division I program, UMass’ schedule often features high-caliber opponents who are playing at a level UMass hasn’t matched yet. That’s why, according to O’Leary, what the Minutemen show in the game is more valuable than the result.

Against Albany – who finished last season 10-8-1 – O’Leary says it is all about his squad’s mentality.

“What we’re looking for is what’s our mentality,” O’Leary said. “So are we able to bear down. We know right now, playing these top teams, they are going to have more of the ball than we have. So can we have a strong mentality, do we keep our shape, are we brave enough to pass it?”

Last season, UMass fell to the Great Danes 4-0 in a match where it only managed four total shots.

O’Leary was impressed with his team’s passing performance in their 2-1 loss to Boston University last Saturday. Compared to their previous match against New Hampshire, O’Leary believed the Minutemen’s passing was much improved.

In the past, O’Leary has said the youth of the team and overall inexperience of the players has contributed to some in-game mishaps. However, competing against top-tier teams such as Albany has helped underclassmen grow.

“We’re young and with youth comes sometimes that a little naivety a little lack of concentration,” O’Leary said. “But we’re now six games in and some of these young lad’s have good valuable experience under them.

So the goal is come conference play off time, the concentration levels will improve the naivety will get stripped off and we’ll become a much hardened team come the conference time.”

UMass, still searching for its first win, may be catching Albany at the

right time. The Danes have been blanked 3-0 in back-toback games by DePaul and Loyola-Chicago, respectively.

While winning does not seem to be O’Leary’s top priority just yet, he offered key points that the Minutemen will have to follow through on in order to earn a favorable decision.

“We’re going to have to, from a defensive point of view, win the set piece battle,” O’Leary said. “We’re going to have to defend our box well on set pieces.”

“I think, number two, we have to keep our zones tight, they’re an explosive team so we’ve got to work for each other opposed to individual one-on-one defending, we’ve got to work as a collective.”

“And number three, when we win the ball we have to be brave in our pass and in our movement, we have to get ahead of the ball, we’ve got to look to pass the ball and then we have to get numbers in the box.”

Philip Sanzo can be reached at psanzo@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Philip_Sanzo.

son.”

“Their record doesn’t show it, but they’re an incredibly dynamic team.

We’ve watched the tape

By Nick Souza from last season, and they Collegian staff can open teams up. You’ll It’s no secret that the find anomalies like this Massachusetts men’s soc- early in the season, and cer team has struggled on sometimes it’s just bad the offensive end of the luck or lack of finishing,” field so far this season.

O’Leary added.

The Minutemen (0-4-1) This air of caution have mustered just three comes from the experigoals in the first five games ence of last season when in 2016; meanwhile oppo- the same dynamic Albany nents have scored 12, aver- team held UMass to just aging over two goals per four shot attempts, includgame. ing zero in the first half as While these statistics the Great Danes mounted a look bleak early in the three-goal lead that ended season, UMass coach Fran in a 4-0 victory.

O’Leary understands that this is part of the rebuildThe offensive end ing process of a young team.

The end goal for every He has spent the early game is to win, but for a part of the season measur- team in the rebuilding proing the success of the team cess, both the coach and through their incremental players understand they improvements on the field are building toward the and keeping the team’s long-term future. morale positive.

A major reason UMass This Tuesday, the has struggled to produce Minutemen will face a offensively has been its team that has also endured inability to maintain posa slow start to the season in session of the ball long Albany (1-2-1). Statistically, enough to create scoring the two teams have faced chances. However, O’Leary similar hardships in both feels his team is beginning scoring and being outscored to improve on that. with the Great Danes only “I think against (Boston scoring three goals in four University) we created sevgames, compared to their eral chances and our ball opponents eight. movement was a lot better,” Despite what they might O’Leary said. “The first suggest, O’Leary knows thing we need to do is make better than to read too sure that when we win the much into in the numbers. ball that we’re confident “They’re off to a slow enough to pass the ball, start,” O’Leary said. pass it forward, and then “Though with the excepget bodies into the box.” tion of Syracuse, they’re O’Leary plans to make probably one of the most ball circulation and a willtalented teams we’re facing during this part of the sea- see OFFENSE on page 7

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Alex DeSantis (7) is one of three Minutemen to score a goal this season.

FOOTBALL

Sharpe, Cruz shine in week one of NFL season Whipple, players react after BC loss

By Andrew Cyr Collegian Staff

Massachusetts football coach Mark Whipple did not appear on his weekly coach’s conferences call Monday morning following UMass football’s 26-7 loss against Boston College Saturday afternoon at Gillette Stadium.

Whipple and other members of the Minutemen (0-2) will speak to the media for this first time since the Eagle’s game Tuesday afternoon.

Leftover quotes from Boston College Here’s a series of leftover quotes from the postgame press conference that didn’t

appear in stories: Whipple on quarterback Ross Comis and his growing pains: “Yeah, he’s a sophomore. He’s the best guy we’ve got. He competes. The other guys to help him around (him). We have to run the ball better. Marquis (Young) – he has a couple things but he has (to go up against) the quality of Florida and BC’s defense. Their second level runs really well. I’m hoping these next couple weeks they don’t run quite as well.”

Through the first two weeks of the season, UMass ranks 128th in the Football Bowl Subdivision in points per game (7.0) and total yards per game (155). During that span, Comis has completed 20-of-45 pass attempts (44.4 percent), thrown for 286 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

Whipple on Comis’ overall performance: “He lost the

game. As a quarterback, you don’t want to lose. He only got one or two touchdowns in two games. A lot has to do with the people we’re playing. Their numbers speak for themselves. They got better as the game went on. That’s what was disappointing.

Before the half gave them a lot more confidence. We lost some one-on-one matchups up front. I’m disappointed in today, but I’m not disappointed in what we have for the rest of the year.”

Fullback John RobinsonWoodgett on UMass’ running issues: “BC, they’re a good and disciplined defense.

That’s why they were one of the top defenses in the country last year. They always had a man in. They would roll the safety down and bring an extra corner into the box so there was a free hitter. They were just making plays.”

Much of the Minutemen’s struggles on offense this year have been a result of their inability to run the football. UMass again ranks last in college football with only 23 total rushing yards through two games. Oregon State (89) and Kansas State (92) are the only other teams with less than 100 rushing yards in 2016, however both the Beavers and Wildcats have only played one game this year.

Former UMass receivers make statements The day one former Minutemen was making his debut in the NFL, another made his triumphant return.

Tajae Sharpe (2012-2015) backed up his stellar preseason with an impressive performance against the Minnesota Vikings, as the

“He lost the game. As a quarterback, you don’t wamt to lose. He only got one or two touchdwons in two games. A lot has to do do with the people we’re playing.

Their numbers speak for themselves.”

Mark Whipple, UMass coach fifth-round draft selection led the Titans in receptions (7), receiving yards (76) and targets (11). Sharpe also led all skill players in snaps, playing 64 of Tennessee’s 67 total offensive plays (95.5 percent).

After missing 26 consecutive games spanning over 700 days over the past two seasons, Victor Cruz (2007-2009) made his return to the New York Giants after undergoing a series of injuries that put his NFL career in jeopardy.

Cruz, who missed the final

10 games of 2014 with a torn patellar tendon and all of 2015 with a torn calf he suffered during training camp, caught the game-winning touchdown pass from Eli Manning to give the Giants a 20-19 win over the Dallas Cowboys Sunday afternoon.

“Just to overcome so much, just to be able to get this moment – a lot of people go through injuries and they don’t get this moment,” Cruz told the New York Daily News following the game. “They see

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