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Robbery suspect charged Monday One victim with arm lacerations By Hayley Johnson Collegian Staff
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which one victim suffered lacerations to the arm has been identified as a hatchet, according to Amherst Fire Chief, Tim Nelson. He is expected to be arraigned in Eastern Hampshire District Court on one charge of armed robbery in connection with the suspected home invasion, said an article written by MassLive. It still stands that this incident was targeted, and the public is not at risk.
Twenty-f ive-yearold Patrick Bemben has been identified by the Northwestern District Attorney’s office as the suspect in the Amherst home invasion and armed robbery early Sunday morning, October 30. The p r e v i o u s l y Hayley Johnson can be reached at unknown weapon with hkjohnson@umass.edu.
Students race to polls before Nov. 8 SGA organized pilot program B y H annah D epin Collegian Staff
For the first time ever, University of Massachusetts students registered in Amherst have the option to fill out their ballots ahead of Election Day at early voting polls in the Student Union Building. The new early voting operation is a “pilot” program organized by the Student Government Association, the town of Amherst, and the University, according to SGA Secretary of Finance Derek Dunlea. Students can vote on both Nov.1 and Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Union. According to Dunlea, more than 300 students participated on the first day on Oct. 25, while early voting was also held Oct. 27. The SGA initially sought to establish an Election Day voting location on campus, but found the process too lengthy and expensive to achieve this year. Dunlea and others in the SGA view the early voting project as a stepping stone to establishing a permanent polling location at UMass. “We give the town credit for proposing the early voting idea,” said SGA President Anthony Vitale. “This is a great win for students.” The SGA began planning the operation with Paul Bockelman, the Town Manager, and Amherst officials last month. Tthe work has been “heavily supported” by the University, Vitale said. The polls are staffed each day by student employees and volunteers, along with a representative from the town government and a police officer. The ballots filled out during this early period will not be cast until Election Day on Nov. 8 in a process that functions
much like absentee voting. According to Dunlea, the SGA has set a goal for 1,200 students to vote in the Student Union, which would be roughly 10 percent of the on-campus population. “We’ve been trying to make it as easy as possible to vote,” said Tyler O’Day, the SGA secretary of public relations and recruitment. Voting has not been held on campus since 2004, he added. Rachel Crowe, a junior sociology and legal studies major, has previously voted in the town of Amherst but decided to partake in early voting this year. “It’s on campus so it’s much more convenient,” Crowe said. “It’s a lot easier not having to go out of my way.” In addition to the SGA, members of the UMass Votes Coalition, which includes the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MASSPIRG), the Center for Education Policy and Advocacy and other groups, have been pushing to get out the student vote. The coalition registered more than 3,000 UMass students this fall on campus and online, according to MASSPIRG Chair Julia Seremba. She explained that although the deadline for voter registration has passed, she and others in UMass Votes are now focused on advertising where and when students can vote. “We want to get all the people that we registered to actually vote,” added Phil Duarte, MASSPIRG vice chair. Students who do not vote early will vote among several locations in town on Election Day. Those who plan to vote in Amherst on Nov. 8 can look up their specific polling locations on the Massachusetts Secretary of State website, according to Amherst Town Clerk Sandra Burgess. see
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Abraham Kang, senior biochem and philosophy major, holds up his lobster at Worcester Dining Common on Halloween afternoon.
Economist endorses Clinton’s policies By Don Lee Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — When it comes to influencing the speed and direction of the economy, few things will matter more than how the next president deals with the millions of immigrants in the country illegally, and just as crucially, how many new legal immigrants are allowed in each year. “In terms of where the economy would be four years and 10 years from now, the real difference, the game changer between the two (presidential candidates) is immigration,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. By Moody’s calculations, Hillary Clinton’s more opendoor position on immigration - including a pathway to citizenship for those already in the country illegally and increasing legal immigration - would add about a quarter of a percentage point to gross domestic product growth annually, on average, over the next decade. That translates to an additional $489 billion to the economy by 2026. Donald Trump’s plan to stem immigration and deport people who are in the U.S. illegally would have the opposite effect, the firm concluded. Moody’s estimates that his immigration policies would reduce inflation-adjusted GDP by nearly half a percentage point, or about $880 billion, by 2026. The Trump campaign has sharply criticized Moody’s economic projections as biased, noting that Zandi has contributed to Clinton’s campaign. Peter Navarro, a UC Irvine professor and Trump economic adviser, argued that Trump’s immigration plan would also have a positive effect on both economic and wage growth. Removing immigrants here illegally and toughening penalties and jail terms for unlawful entry would translate into more jobs for American citizens, he said. “With secure borders,
labor participation rates will increase and offset any negative impacts of addressing illegal immigration,” Navarro said in an email response to questions. But economic research groups, on the left, right and center, have generally come to similar conclusions as Moody’s. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated recently that Clinton’s immigration plans would boost economic output from the projected long-run growth rate of 2 percent to 2.3 percent a year on average, while Trump’s more restrictive policies would trim GDP growth from 2 percent to 1.7 percent over the next decade. By comparison, the committee said, the sizable difference between Clinton’s and Trump’s tax policies Trump is proposing a $6-trillion tax cut compared with Clinton’s $1.4-trillion tax increase over 10 years - was almost negligible as far as average annual GDP growth in the next decade, after taking into account factors such as spending and the long-term effects of deficits. The committee’s estimates on the economic impact from immigration were based on an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office of the 2013 immigration bill that passed the Senate but died in the House. Clinton’s immigration proposals lack specifics, but they are in line with that bill, which would have expanded the overall number of immigrants legally entering the U.S. by as much as 50 percent. The economic cost of immigration has often been misunderstood in the rancorous, often emotional debate on the campaign trail. Generally speaking, immigration is a boon to the economy. That’s because the nation’s economic output, or gross domestic product, depends heavily on the number of workers and how productive they are. The more workers a country
has, the more that economy is likely to produce. Also, immigrants in the U.S. start businesses at a higher rate than native-born Americans. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum, a rightleaning think tank, said it’s simple arithmetic that GDP would take a hit from a curtailing of foreign arrivals. “In the absence of immigration, we will be (like) Japan, progressively older and smaller in population,” he said. Moreover, Holtz-Eakin noted that Trump’s plans to round up and deport the estimated 11 million immigrants here illegally would cost the U.S. $100 billion to $300 billion over two years when additional enforcement salaries, detention expenses, charter buses and other things are tallied. Neither Clinton nor Trump have specified what they see as acceptable levels of legal immigration into the U.S. But Trump, who has made immigration his signature issue and promised to build a wall across the southern U.S. border, has said the country needs to “control future immigration” to “ensure assimilation.” In a major speech on immigration in Phoenix in August, Trump said he wanted to “keep immigration levels, measured by population share, within historic norms.” Diana FurchtgottRoth, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and adviser to the Trump campaign, said she did not know precisely what he meant by “historical norms,” which Trump has repeated on numerous occasions. But citing Trump’s statements in his book, “Great Again: How to Fix our Crippled America,” the economist said that the GOP presidential candidate “wants more legal immigration,” especially those who will contribute to the U.S. economy. Trump’s book doesn’t address overall immigration levels beyond saying that he
“would like to reform and increase immigration in some important ways.” But some have interpreted his remarks to signal a dramatic tightening of legal immigration. Over the last 15 years the U.S. has been admitting on average almost 1 million legal immigrants a year, twothirds based on family relations and the rest mostly for employment purposes or as refugees. The last quarter of a century has marked the largest wave of immigrants, mostly from Asia and Latin America, since the mass migration from Europe in the mid-1800s to 1920. Census figures show that the 43.3 million immigrants last year made up 13.5 percent of the nation’s total population, the highest since 1910 when the foreign-born share was 14.7 percent. The share dropped to 13.2 percent in 1920 - around the time when literacy tests and strict immigration quotas took effect, leading to a continuous decline in the percentage of immigrants, to a low of 4.7 percent in 1970. Trump has gained attention mostly for his controversial remarks on halting illegal immigration, talking about rapists and criminals crossing the border and banning or restricting Muslim immigrants. But Trump also is “clearly saying we should reduce legal immigration and that it (the number) should be linked to the population,” said Muzaffar Chishti, director of the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute’s office at the New York University School of Law. Clinton has been less transparent on her legal-immigration plans than Trump. “In Clinton’s website, there is no mention of any aspect of legal immigration,” Chishti said. Instead, it speaks about how Clinton “will introduce comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to full and equal citizenship within her first 100 days in office.”
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Students react to Amazon @ UMass one year later
Complaints about no free shipping B y R achal Perry -G ore Collegian Correspondent
Last J a n u a r y, the University of Massachusetts announced that Amazon would take over sales from the Textbook Annex. Students were promised savings of 31 percent on textbooks, or about $380 per year, based on estimates by College Board. UMass is the first university on the east coast to have Amazon on campus, and the third school nationally after the University of
California Davis in 2013 and Purdue University in 2014. “I stopped using the (Amazon @ UMass) on campus almost immediately when I realized the lines were just way too long, and it felt like I wasted more time waiting to pick up my book,” said Sabrina Negron, a sophomore journalism major. “It was more convenient to use the Prime membership to have my items shipped directly to my Residential Service Desk rather than campus center.” According to Ed Blaguszewski, executive director of strategic communications and special assistant to the vice chan-
cellor, a selection committee representing campus constituents including the Faculty Senate, the Student Government Association and UMass Administration and Finance agreed to the agreement between Amazon and the University to provide textbooks and other course materials. “The primary objective for moving to a virtual textbook model was to reduce costs of textbooks to students and offer students the best customer service,” Blaguszewski said. Students have explained they save anywhere from $10 to $100. UMass agreed to have Amazon on campus for five years with part of the agreement stipulating
that UMass gets a 2.5 percent commission on most sales through Amazon @ UMass. One complaint students have about Amazon @ UMass is the free shipping does not extend to used books. “These new copies are usually much more money than the used version,” said Rebecca Wiesman, a junior communication and journalism major.” No one wants to spend $50 on a textbook that they use for one semester and will never use it again.” Students also complained about a lack of shipping destination options. Amanda Keohane, a senior majoring in English, com-
munication and journalism, said living off campus made getting packages difficult. “I wish that we could have them delivered to other places besides UMass with the overnight (shipping option)” Keohane said. “Because last semester I was living off campus and getting to the campus center when the Amazon store was open was annoying.” Some students have not received the promised benefits, like free shipping on used textbooks. “Amazon is not my only option for this. It has a lot of competition now, especially with Chegg, Barnes & Noble and peer-to-peer
book selling,” Negron said. “So, while I know Amazon is saving me money, I do not think it was the only way to do so.” Negron said she wishes that Amazon would be clearer when it comes to the terms of Amazon Prime. “I was under the impression that the Prime membership was going to be free. You can imagine my surprise, then, when I was charged over the summer nearly $60 or so for a Prime membership,” Negron said. “I cancelled it right away. I wish I had received a clearer message about that.” Rachel Perry-Gore can be reached at rperrygore@umass.edu.
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Seventeen killed over weekend in Chicago By Jeremy Gorner and Megan Crepeau Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson repeated his call for a crackdown on repeat gun offenders after weekend violence marked the deadliest so far in what has been the city’s most violent year in decades, according to police and data compiled by the Chicago Tribune. Seventeen people were fatally shot in the city between Friday afternoon and early Monday, an extraordinary toll for this late in 2016 even in a year that is far outpacing last year in shootings and homicides. The victims included an eighth-grade honors student and twin 17-year-old boys. In discussing the violence Monday after addressing the latest class of about 200 rookie cops to graduate from the police academy, Johnson turned to familiar themes. “It was a tough weekend, but that just goes back to what I’ve been saying all the time,” he told reporters. “Listen, until we start holding repeat gun offenders accountable for these crimes, we’re going to keep seeing cycles of gun violence like this.” Johnson denied that the department was caught off guard by the mostly gang violence on the South and West sides while deploying hundreds of extra officers for crowd control outside
Wrigley Field for the Cubs’ three World Series games over the weekend. “We had canceled days off as well as (required) 12-hour shifts over the entire weekend, so I’m confident that we had the resources out there” in the most dangerous neighborhoods, he said. Up until now, Father’s Day weekend had been the most violent with 59 people shot, 13 fatally. The same number of people were shot this past weekend, but more of the shootings were fatal, according to Tribune data. The weekend toll also was deadlier than the three long summer holiday weekends when violence typically spikes because of the warm weather. Six people were fatally shot over the Memorial Day weekend, five over the Fourth of July weekend and 13 people over Labor Day weekend, according to Tribune data. There have been at least 638 homicides so far this year, 217 more than this time last year, the data show. At least 3,662 people have been shot in the city, 1,106 more than during the same period last year. This past weekend there were shootings in every area of the city but the Far North and Northwest sides, according to police. Of the 17 people who were killed, seven were younger than 20. The youngest was 14-year-old Demarco Webster Jr., described by his grade school principal as one of her best students. Demarco had planned to run for student council and
try out for basketball, and he was being recruited for an NAACP leadership program. Demarco was shot early Saturday while helping his father move out of a building in the 500 block of South Central Avenue, according to police and relatives. A little more than 24 hours later, 17-year-old twins Edward and Edwin Bryant were killed in an apparent drive-by shooting in Old Town. Police responding to calls about gunfire found one of the boys lying on the sidewalk in the 400 block of West Evergreen Avenue and another around the corner in the 1300 block of North Hudson Avenue. Both had been shot several times and were pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. “The two brothers, as far as we can tell, they didn’t have any documented gang affiliation,” said Johnson, who noted police recovered video of the shooting. “But the individuals they were with did.” A shooting late Friday killed Bryant Fields and Chiquita Ford, both 30. Fields had achieved some notoriety in March after he was shot while broadcasting video of himself live on Facebook. He survived that attack and was with Ford in a car at a Back of the Yards gas station Friday when he was shot in the chest. Ford was shot in the side. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
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“When you look at the (precinct) boundaries created every 10 years, campus is sprawled throughout them,” Burgess said. She encouraged students to check their polling locations and voter statuses on the website in advance of the election, and stressed that first-
time voters should plan to bring identification with proof of their Amherst address, such as a bill or paycheck. “This is good stuff to plan for before Election Day,” said Burgess saidshe added. Additional transportation from campus to poll-
ing places is not certain yet, though members of SGA hope to help organize transportation from Haigis Mall to the polls and back, according to Vitale. Hannah Depin can be reached at hdepin@umass.edu.
Scientists: accepting friend requests linked to longer life By Amina Khan Los Angeles Times
Think online social networks have no bearing on your real life? Think again. Scientists who studied Facebook activity and mortality rates of registered California voters found that people who received many friend requests were far less likely to die over a twoyear period than those who did not. Initiating friend requests, however, seemed to have no effect on death rates whatsoever. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, hint at deeper complexities in the relationship between humans’ health and their social networks - whether those networks are online, or in person. Senior author James Fowler, a social scientist at the University of California, San Diego, has spent years studying the link between human wellbeing and real-world social networks, including how happiness and even obesity may spread through them. But he and his colleagues wondered if perhaps online networks could also be connected to health. “We’ve known for a long time, for decades now, that offline social networks, especially social integration, (were) related to longer life,” said lead author William Hobbs, a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University who performed the research while at UC San Diego. “But we didn’t know if that extended to online interactions too.”
To try to get at this question with a large and reliable sample, the team of scientists took 12 million Facebook users and matched them to California vital statistics as well as the voter registration database. The data was anonymized, and the scientists checked how many had passed away over two years of follow-up. (All individuals in the study were born between 1945 and 1989, and all comparisons were made between people of about the same age and same gender.) The scientists found, to their surprise, that there was no correlation between how many friend requests people sent and their longevity. But there was a clear link between the number of friend requests they accepted, and how long they lived. People who received and accepted the most friend requests (in the top tenth of the sample) were 34 percent less likely to die in the study period than those who received and accepted the least friend requests (in the bottom tenth). The scientists also found that those who posted a lot of photos indicating realworld interactions also had a lower risk of death - a sign that face-to-face interactions were linked to higher health. Other activities were more complicated: Writing wall posts and sending messages in moderation seemed to be linked to lower mortality, but writing very few or very many was not. For a long time, scientists have argued that encouraging people to expand their social networks might be one way to improve their health, because of the
long-established connection between the strength of social connections and well-being, Fowler said. But studies of real-world interactions can’t easily tell which of two people initiated the friendship, and this appears to be key, he added. The findings, then, seem to show that simply trying to make more friends (whether face-to-face or online) might not have much effect on your health. “I still think we’re going to be able to find ways to use this new online world to make us healthier; this is telling us that’s not the place to look,” he said. “You don’t start by telling people, go make more friends, or by doing things that help people to reach out to new people.” To be clear, both scientists pointed out, this study only shows a correlation there’s no way to tell, at the moment, what the cause may be. It could be that healthier people get stronger networks, not the other way around. There could also be another undetermined factor that happens to influence both health and social network strength. More study is needed to try to understand the forces at play in this relationship, Fowler said. But ultimately, he added, the key may be to focus on the quality of the closest social ties, not the quantity. “In some sense this reinforces what was already well known from these other studies,” he said, “which is that, if you’re going to start somewhere by making someone healthier, you want to start with their closest friends.”
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People climb a fence and look over at the scene of a double fatal shooting at a gas station on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2016.
Clinton aides attack Justice Department for double standard By Chris Strohm and Margaret Talev Bloomberg News
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s campaign accused FBI Director James Comey of applying a double standard by disclosing a renewed inquiry into her emails, an hour after the Justice Department offered a barebones promise to lawmakers that it would act “expeditiously” to settle the matter. Clinton campaign officials seized on a CNBC report, citing an unnamed former FBI official, that Comey balked at joining with U.S. intelligence agencies Oct. 7 when they blamed Russia for hacking the email systems of U.S. political figures and organizations - including the Democratic National Committee and Clinton’s campaign chairman because it was too close to Election Day. Democrats have excoriated the FBI chief for telling Congress about a new, vaguely defined probe of emails related to Clinton less than two weeks before the
end of the U.S. presidential campaign. “It’s impossible to view this as anything less than a blatant double standard,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said Monday on a conference call with reporters. The revelation by Comey that the agency was investigating emails found on a computer belonging to Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of close Clinton aide Huma Abedin, jolted the presidential race between Clinton and Republican Donald Trump as millions of Americans are casting early ballots and the two candidates are entering the final week of their campaigns. In addition to complaints from Clinton allies that Comey was influencing the election, he has come under fire from some Republicans as well as Democrats for providing few details about what his agents are investigating and whether it may change the outcome of the FBI’s earlier investigation
of Clinton’s emails while she was secretary of state. Comey announced in July that he was closing that inquiry after finding that Clinton and her aides were “extremely careless” in handling classified information but prosecution wasn’t warranted. “While I disagree with those who suggest you should have kept the FBI’s discovery secret until after the election, I agree that your disclosure did not go far enough,” Sen. Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican who is chairman of the Judiciary Committee, wrote in a letter Monday to Comey. “Without additional context, your disclosure is not fair to Congress, the American people, or Secretary Clinton.” As the din of complaints from Congress grew louder on Monday, the Justice Department sent a threeparagraph letter to lawmakers telling them that it will move quickly on the new probe and that it was working with the FBI. Comey made his announcement last
week over objections from Justice Department officials. “We assure you that the Department will continue to work closely with the FBI and together, dedicate all necessary resources and take appropriate steps as expeditiously as possible,” according to the letter from Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik. “We hope this information is helpful.” The White House stepped in to give a modest defense of Comey. Press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday that he will “neither defend nor criticize” Comey’s decision to disclose the review of newly discovered emails, but he said there’s no reason to believe Comey is “secretly strategizing to benefit one candidate or one political party. He’s in a tough spot.” The FBI is now using a computer program to winnow down the number of Abedin emails that may be pertinent to the Clinton investigation or whether they are duplicates of what investigators have already seen, according to a person
familiar with the matter. That process could conclude this week, the person said. It’s not yet possible to assess whether a complete review can be finished before Election Day on Nov. 8, the person said. If investigators find new emails with potentially significant or classified material, it will take more time to analyze them, possibly by sending them to other agencies for vetting, said the person, who asked for anonymity to discuss a pending investigation. Democrats are starting to fret openly that the outcome of the presidential and congressional races could be affected by Comey’s disclosure and have mounted a concerted effort to contain the political damage by questioning Comey’s motives and focusing on Russia’s interference in the political campaign. Mook said Clinton’s staff is “completely confident” that the current investigation won’t reveal anything new, echoing the message the Democratic nominee is
delivering as she campaigns through battleground states in the final stage of the race. Mook and Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon also picked up a line of attack being used by a few members of Congress, notably Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid and Rep. Elijah Cummings, suggesting that the FBI is looking into possible ties between Trump associates and Russia. “I do not know how Director Comey will justify his decision to withhold information relating to Trump while publicly announcing ongoing investigative steps against his opponent just days before the election,” Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said. Fallon said that if Trump or his allies are being investigated, Comey “should tell us that too.” Mook said Comey already has broken with protocol by disclosing the email review and said the “same treatment that has been applied” to Clinton should be given to Trump.
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“I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.” - Paul Simon
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
If you like Bernie Sanders, then listen to him In October, House ful following the election has Speaker Paul Ryan haunting- been. If the Constitution protects us and Trump is unable James Mazarakis to endanger the country, his presidency would consist of this: Wild headlines and scanly warned fellow Republicans dals, social media arguments, that a Hillary Clinton vic- blatant prejudice spreading tory on Nov. 8 would lead like wildfire every hour of to a disaster appointment every day, buzzing beneath of Bernie Sanders into the the droning narratives of Senate Budget Committee. Wolf Blitzer and re-enacted Beneath the giggles of by SNL skits making humor young people is an underly- by un-ironically replicating ing irony, the Republican fear recent events. is perhaps a dream come true Even to the progressives for the Democratic Socialists who believe Clinton is an – aside from Sanders being unredeemable corporatist president. Interestingly who will do nothing but halfenough, young people have measures and pay lip service, seemingly started to follow there is a silver lining. It’s a Sanders’ lead in supporting silver lining that we built. Democratic candidate Hillary The Washington Post Clinton, who is winning by a 28-point margin among voters between 18 to 29-years-old. Perhaps it had nothing to do with the remark, but the growing message behind it. Many voters supported Sanders because they felt he reports Sanders is planning has never been wrong for 40 on holding Clinton to the years. Why doubt him now? Democratic Party platform He’s not a “sellout” by a long his delegates helped create shot – Sanders knows the at the Democratic National leverage he has in Congress Convention in July. This platis null and void if Trump form includes “a $15 federal minimum wage, tuition-free wins the election on Nov. 8. I’ve heard progressives public college, an end to ‘mass claim a Clinton presidency incarceration’ ... aggressive will quell the political revolu- steps to fight climate change” tion Sanders started. While and the “breakup of ‘too big there are a few menial ways to fail’ banks.” this could be true, I ardent- That’s not all. Sanders also ly disagree with those who plans to oppose the appointthink she is not the path of ment of “same old, same old least resistance. In a Trump Wall Street guys” to imporadministration, the middle tant Cabinet positions in the class will disperse into two Department of the Treasury, sides; either follow the anti- which allows members to establishment but authori- extrapolate the financial sectarian administration, or join tor’s influence on policy. the opposition, which will He isn’t alone. Remember likely be some disheveled when Senator Elizabeth moderate Republicans and Warren single-handedly took the establishment Democrats, down Wells Fargo CEO John bitter from a shocking loss. Stumpf with the three words The middle class will lose all “You should resign”? Warren leverage and policy will con- isn’t going anywhere. Do you tinue sliding away from their think she and Sanders would interests. Progressivism will be supporting Clinton right fade out of relevance as poli- now if they thought their tics continue to be a circus careers were over? void of real policy and sub- Her silence about a second term could even mean stance. Think about how stress- something bigger. If you ask
Robert Reich, leading progressive voice and soothsayer about the risks of income inequality, Warren would be in a great spot to challenge the incumbent “if Hillary isn’t sufficiently progressive and bold during her first term.” The mistake I see fellow young people make is imagining their vote as a direct endorsement or even a reward for the candidate. Break free from this fallacy. WikiLeaks can show us how Sanders was unfairly treated by the DNC in the primaries, and progressives can be bitter the issues they care about were sparsely debated in the general election. These are valid feelings. But we voters do not vote on behalf of our feelings. We vote on behalf of our interests. Imagine what will be on the news in 2017. I see Sanders pulling another 10-hour filibuster in the Senate to stop the appointment of a former Goldman Sachs banker from becoming the secretary of treasury. I see Elizabeth Warren demanding the expulsion of pharmaceutical lobbyists on the committee to improve drug price negotiation laws. Most importantly, I see Clinton evolving. I see bills, crafted in part by new and old progressives like Zephyr Teachout and Russ Feingold, arriving at Clinton’s desk and receiving a hearty endorsement from the first woman president of the United States. I have oft been called optimistic for this belief, but when have progressives not been optimistic? Progressives fought for women’s suffrage, the minimum wage, civil rights and the expansion of education and health care for a century, often at great odds with the status quo. Progressives always win, so let us make the choice that will put us in the best place to get to work.
“The mistake I see fellow young people make is imagining their vote as a direct endorsement or even a reward for the candidate. Break free from this fallacy.”
James Mazarakis is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at jmazarakis@umass.edu.
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There is more at stake than the presidency There’s an important election one week away and
on Capitol Hill depending on who is elected. With the exception of executive Joe Frank orders, it is Congress, not the president, who passes laws at the level of the fedI’m guessing you’ve heard eral government. For real about it. The results on Nov. change to occur on a nation8 will decide our next presi- wide scale in the United dent and there of course has States, it is beneficial to been plenty of talk as the elect politicians to Congress public has endured a year- who are likely to bring about and-a-half-long process to change. Voting next week choose the top candidate. will allow voters a chance to We have chiseled down the field to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Throw in Gary Johnson and Jill Stein if you count the third-party candidates, or even Evan McMullin, who might have a chance in Utah. Even with these options, many people feel disillusioned. Trump elect those people. is a bigoted liar, Hillary is a Besides the presidential corrupt liar and third-par- race, there are down-ballot ty votes don’t count. While elections that are just as Down-ballot many people staunchly back important. their candidate, many oth- elections are the elections ers do not know where to that are smaller and more turn. For those who do not local than the federal races. wish to vote at all this elec- While local and state govtion, I implore you to still ernments do not receive turn out to vote, despite the the same attention of the disheartening presidential national government, they election. There is more at still make crucial decisions. stake than just the presiden- The elections for state and local governments are ways cy. This year there are 469 for voters to express their seats in the United States political opinions, even if House of Representatives those voters do not want and Senate that are up for to go near the presidential grabs.. Election Day could election. lead to immense changes In addition to the elec-
tions themselves, there are the ballot questions. In Massachusetts, there are four questions for citizens to vote on. The first three proposals concern gambling, education and animal confinement, respectively, but the question that is likely the most exciting to college students is Question 4, which if passed will legalize the recreational use of marijuana for people over 21 years of age. It will also allow marijuana to be taxed and regulated. This would take effect Dec. 15 of this year. There is only one way to have a voice in any of these elections or on any of these issues, and that is to vote. There are early voting opportunities around campus and around town in the following days, and you can also vote by absentee ballot depending on where you are registered. Of course, you can always head to your polling place on Election Day. Make sure you know where you are registered and have read up on the issues. Even if the presidential race is unappealing, there are still reasons to vote and there are still important decisions to be made.
“This year there are 469 seats in the United States House of Representatives and Senate that are up for grabs. Election Day could lead to immense changes on Capitol Hill depending on who is elected.”
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To the Editor: As a year-round Amherst resident, I love having all the colleges and students in town. I think it gives us an energy and open-mindedness missing in most communities, and a strong economic foundation to build around is an added bonus. And despite the splashy headlines around party time, I find the vast majority of students to be exceptionally wellmannered and friendly. So, thanks for being here. Now the reason why I so blatantly curry your favor like this is that when you saddle up to the polls in the coming days, you’re going to see several other ballot questions beyond the top of the ticket. Anyway, I want to draw your attention to Question 5, which approves a property tax override to fund a new Amherst public school building. I’m asking you to vote “Yes” on this. The reason is simple; if it passes, then the state will chip in $34-million dollars for the new building, covering more than half the cost. Ridiculous, right? Well, not so easy to come by. There was a wicked slow, highly-competitive approval process we had to get through first, which started way back in 2007. This is now the final step, and you can help us cross the finish line. The reason we need a new school now is because we currently have two old school buildings in bad disrepair, and both have a poor design to boot (built in the 1970s during the “open classroom” fad that everyone hates now). So we just had this endless year of town meetings about what to do, and we realized we could save a boatload of money by combining both schools into one – since the state’s offer covers half the cost of one building only. Our school committee, select board, new building committee and state representative are all in unanimous agreement that we should do this now. If we fail, then we go all the way back to the beginning of the free state money line, waiting an unknown number of additional years, hoping to get approved again. So a free $34-million dollars from the state; it’s just way too good of a deal to pass up. If you would, please consider helping us out by voting Yes on 5. Peter Demling Peter Demling is not affliated with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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and Refinery29.com, you can vote for your favorite polos, hoodies, bombers and jeans from four options in each category. The polos By Sophia Liao include “the red cropped,” Collegian Correspondent “the white cropped,” “the red polo dress” and “the Back in September durwhite polo dress.” Each ing New York Fashion item features striped colWeek, Tommy Hilfiger lars and playful applirevealed his clothing collaboration with superques to mix a bit of fun model Gigi Hadid. The with formal silhouettes. carnival-themed show The four featured hoodtook place at Pier 16 at ies include “the colorthe South Street Seaport. block cropped,” “the navy The setting is said to have oversized,” “the gray perfectly highlighted the oversized” and “the gray nautical-themed collection. cropped,” which all share Hadid showcased her similar appliques and line by opening the show aesthetics to the polos. in a sailor jacket, tank top The bomber jackets with anchor detail, fringe are called “the Young neck scarf and leather America,” “the Gotham,” pants all from her line. The “the white oversized” and supermodel is known for “The navy oversized.” her street style and the colAll of the bomber jackets lection’s statement jackets are slightly oversized to and slim trousers embodencourage layered looks for ied her aesthetic perfectly. the cooler coming seasons. Hadid takes on many Last but not least are personalities with her outCOURTESY OF GIGI HADID’S OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE the jeans. Ditching skinfit choices and those nuances were apparent during Hadid in her element in nautical themed clothing – while arm wrestling a model for the Tommy x Gigi line that is set to continue its reign in the spring. ny jeans, “the cropped flare” and “vintage fit” the show. Sheer-printed options are all about new dresses accessorized with even faster than predicted. account. The winning People who were unable suits, continued to make silhouettes and style. fringed bandanas screamed festival girl. Studded biker appearances on the runway. In this process, Hilfiger pieces will be produced to attend the show could At the end of the day, jackets and distressed jeans Marketing to Hadid’s experienced double-dig- for the Tommy Hilfiger also buy the items as they a fashion powerhouse like screamed rock ‘n’ roll while large fan base proved to it growth in both retail spring fashion show (Feb. live-streamed the show Tommy Hilfiger and worlde-commerce per- 2017) and all looks will be on tommy.com. To extend renown supermodel like oversized sweaters served be a good sales technique. and as dresses for Hadid’s According to both WWD formance after the col- available and attainable their democratization of Hadid joining forces leaves bombshell side. Perhaps and Bazaar Magazine, just laboration was launched. once they hit the runway. fashion into the second sea- little room for doubt the new the most recognizable per- 48 hours after the fashion Taking advantage of the The Tommy x Gigi col- son, Hilfiger and Hadid are season will sell out just as sonality was the sporty and show, there was a report- collaboration’s popular- lection consistently involve making use of online voting quickly as the first one did. cool one. Hilfiger’s work ed 900-percent increase in ity, Hilfiger has prepared a customers in an interac- to get a sense of what their was not lost as his classics, traffic to tommy.com. Items new installment of Tommy tive shopping experience. customers want to buy next. Sophia Liao can be reached at such as logo tees and track- from the new line sold out x Gigi for spring 2017. The fall runway debut of By going on tommy.com yiruiliao@umass.edu. Hadid’s global ambassa- their collaboration feador position will also con- tured Hilfiger’s first fultinue into the next season. ly-shoppable selection The spring collaboration that allowed customers will include apparel, acces- to “see now, buy now.” sories, footwear and a fra- To involve a larger porgrance. For the new season, tion of the general poputhe duo is allowing fans to lation in high fashion, vote for which pieces they Hilfiger made the runway want to see on the runway. show public. Half of the The new initiative, called show’s 2,000 guests were “<3 to be Part,” will show- shoppers selected through case 14 options for fans to an analysis of the brand’s vote for based on styles and “Hilfiger Club” loyalty pieces they think belong in program, the NYC Go webthe fashion world. Voting site which handed out free can be done on social media tickets and email outreach COURTESY OF TOMMY HILFIGERS’S OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE COURTESY OF TOMMY HILFIGER’S OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE platforms including Hadid’s programs via a few of the The circus scene at Pier 16 where the Tommy x Gigi line made its first debut. wildly-popular Instagram brand’s media partners. Hadid poses with some of her body guards during the release of her fall line.
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One-week kindness journal challenge brings new light By Cynthia Ntinunu Collegian Correspondent You hear it all the time: “Be nice to everyone,” “It takes a lot more energy to be mean than it does to be nice,” etc. Yet, sometimes we don’t hold the door for the person behind us when we’re in a rush, or we’re rude to the customer service person on the phone because we forget they’re human too. Most of us want to be considered nice people, and we want to put our best foot forward, but we often get caught up in our own lives. We forget to ask our neighbor or postman how they’re doing and actually care, we cancel lunch plans with our friends out of laziness. As Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season approaches, I think it would be beneficial if we all made a special effort to be kind to ourselves and the people and environment around us with no expectation of receiving something in return. How does one be nice, you ask? It would be a lie to say it can’t be a little awkward. We live both in a society where people are selfishly preoccupied with their own needs to the point of disregarding others and in
a world where nice deeds are thought of as creepy or malicious in some way. First, we must move away from that mentality. It is crippling to those who want to do good and have a positive mindset. Second – a little selfishness that might appeal to all those self-sufficient millennials out there – doing good not only helps another person, but also helps you by making you feel like you stepped outside of your comfort zone to bring some happiness and generosity into someone’s day. In an effort to be more kind myself, I participated in a one week kindness challenge – and let me tell you, it was definitely a challenge. To be honest, I found it hard to think of ways to be nice without the cliché “buy someone lunch or coffee” option hanging over my head. Luckily a friend of mine showed me a website appropriately named “Random Acts of Kindness” where I found some inspiration. Thus for the next five days I tried to do a random act of kindness everyday, whether it be something like talking to someone new or simply helping my roommate.
me, but I talked to a new person in one of my communication classes. We got to chatting about our love for photography and it was so nice to be around someone who was as passionate about their hobbies as I am. I also texted my old roommate out of the blue. I wanted to see how she was doing and was glad to learn she was great. It made me feel good to rekindle that relationship after a long absence. CHRISTINA YACONO/COLLEGIAN
I was really struggling to think of ways to be make someone’s day better. I’m naturally an introvert, so putting myself out there was daunting. But I knew I had to get over that if I wanted to spread some good. To take it easy and start small, I held the door for people moving things into a truck. That same day I complimented a girl on her speech for my public speaking class. She was the first one to go and she did such a great job. She was really happy when I complimented her speech
Conclusion Overall, I think the challenge was worth it. I realized I already do nice things for people but it doesn’t hurt to put in a little extra effort and be intentional about it. I definitely want to try the challenge again and work toward more impactful acts of kindness. Though at times it was annoying to be nice, it’s important to realize being nice is impacting someone’s life in a positive way and everyone needs a little more positivity. I challenge all of you to intentionally do random acts of kindness and see how it helps someone and changes your frame of mind.
I was not in my kindness mood this day. My roommate texted me that I “locked her and it made me feel good to out” of our room. I was congratulate her. annoyed because I didn’t want to walk all the way Day 2 from Maple to Coolidge, On the second day, I but I knew I wouldn’t forwanted to make a big- give myself if I made my ger impact. I have this job roommate get a spare key. where I tutor kids from So, I grudgingly opened the Holyoke school district our door for her. Hey, on Wednesdays. That par- I didn’t say being nice ticular Wednesday, I tried felt good all the time. teaching the kids some basic Day 5 French. Though they didn’t learn much, but they seemed For my last day, I picked to love every second of it. up chopsticks for a person who dropped them in the Day 3 dining hall. Their hands Like I said, talking to were clearly full and I Cynthia Ntinunu can be reached at new people can be scary for didn’t want them to drop cntinunu@umass.edu.
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any more stuff or cause a mishap because I personally know how embarrassing that can be. Though it was something simple, it felt good helping that person. On that same day, I stopped two girls from sitting on a bench that had water on it. I know I would be upset if no one told me. Besides, who wants wet pants?
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MacLean (left) finished second in the Minuteman XC Invitational on Sept. 10. respectively, as Dayton took the title with just 57 points. Meanwhile, Duquesne finished with 77 points. In third was the St. Louis Billikens, led by sophomore Manuel De Backer’s fourth place at 24:47.3. The Billikens finished with 85 points. The next race for UMass will be Nov. 11 in Bronx,
New York at the NCAA East Regionals. The teams will be concentrating on speed work as the 2016 season comes to a close. This will be the first of two races at Van Cortlandt Park, the final venue for UMass this season. Tyler Movsessian can be reached at tmovsessian@umass.edu.
Collins traded Injured Steelers by New England practice Monday Linebacker sent to Browns Monday By Nate Ulrich Akron Beacon Journal The Browns have traded a third- or fourthround draft pick to the New England Patriots for Pro Bowl linebacker Jamie Collins, a source familiar with the deal confirmed Monday for the Beacon Journal. The Browns later announced the deal. If the Browns receive a compensatory selection in the third round next year, it’ll go to the Patriots. If not, they’ll surrender a fourth-round choice to New England. Collins, 27, is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent after the 2016 season. The Boston Globe cited a source who said the Patriots were “having a lot of trouble” negotiating a long-term contract with Collins, who turned down $11 million per year from New England. If the Browns can’t reach a longterm contract with Collins, he would be a candidate for their franchise tag, which is projected to be worth about $15 million for a linebacker. “We are always looking for ways to improve our roster by acquiring talent and the trade deadline sometimes grants you that opportunity,” Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown said in a news release. “Jamie Collins is a talented-tough-young-playmaker that our coaches and personnel staff think he can
Indians confident coming home for game Tuesday By Marla Ridenour Akron Beacon Journal
CHICAGO — Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor admitted there was no way he could hit any of the three 100 mph-plus pitches from Aroldis Chapman he looked at in the eighth inning. Right-hander Trevor Bauer had a few brief words for a Cubs fan taunting him in the background of his postgame interview. The fan yelled, “One more game, Bauer, one more game,” figuring it meant another Chicago victory. Facing elimination, the Cubs scored all their runs in the fourth inning off Bauer and made some standout plays in the field, especially in foul ground. But despite the Cubs’ 3-2 victory in Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night at Wrigley Field, the Indians headed home confident and upbeat. They still lead the series 3-2 and have two chances at Progressive Field to capture their first World Series championship since 1948. Some of the Indians sounded satisfied to have taken two of the three games on the road from the Cubs, who won 103 games in the regular season. After an optional workout day Monday, Game 6 will be at 8:08 p.m. EDT Tuesday, with the Indians’ Josh Tomlin facing the Cubs’ Jake Arrieta. “I think we’re very confident,” Indians pitching coach Mickey Callaway
said. “We still have a lead. The pressure is still on them. We get to go home to our great ballpark and great fans and maybe do something special in front of them.” Of the previous 46 teams that held a 3-1 lead in the Series, 40 of them have won the title. That in mind or not, first baseman/designated hitter Mike Napoli had much less angst than the Northeast Ohioan posing the questions. “We’re in a good position still. We’re up 3-2 going home,” Napoli said. “We did what we had to do here. We put ourselves in position to try to win it in a crazy atmosphere, you know? We’re happy with what we did here, we’re going to get home and play in front of our home fans. “We’re going to get a good off day tomorrow, get back out there and try to do it in front of our fans.” Celebrating in front of the home crowd in Cleveland seemed to be on all the Indians’ minds. They’ve had beer and champagne celebrations in Detroit, Boston and Toronto, starting with clinching the American League Central Division. “It feels good,” Lindor said of going home ahead 3-2. “Our fans are unreal. The whole entire time they’ve been great. I’m looking forward to going home and hopefully getting the win over there.” Right fielder Brandon Guyer felt the same way, saying, “Hopefully now we can win at Cleveland and celebrate with our crowd.” Asked what he expects
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on Tuesday, Guyer said, “It will be electric. The playoff atmospheres there have been unbelievable. They take it to another level. Now that we have a chance to clinch at home, fans are going to be crazy. We look forward to playing in front of them.” Lindor said he was not disappointed not to finish it off. “We wanted to finish it here, but that’s part of the game. We know they’ve got a good team. We know we weren’t going to sweep the series,” Lindor said. “No one said it was going to be easy. We have to continue to play the game the right way and take care of business.” Asked the key for Tuesday, Lindor said, “Just continue to play the game right and try to outplay them. They played a lot better than us today, so they deserved to win.” The Indians didn’t fare well against Arrieta in Game 2. Arrieta picked up the victory in the Cubs’ 5-1 triumph, giving up one run on two hits and striking out six in 5 2/3 innings. Asked what the Indians must do Tuesday, Napoli said, “Hit him better. There’s nothing else to it. We just gotta do what we’ve been doing, get guys on, run the bases, and come through when we have a chance to. “We have J.T. [Tomlin] on the mound. We’re confident in what he can do. He’s been pitching well the last couple months. We’ll see what happens. We’re going to be excited to play in front of our Cleveland fans.”
be a great fit for our defense. We feel really good about being able to add him to our team and look forward to getting him into our building and having him work with our coaches.” Bus Cook, Collins’ agent, told NFL Network, “I spoke to him. He’s excited about getting over there [to the Browns]. The thinking is, ‘If [the Patriots] don’t want me, go someplace that does.’ “ In four seasons, Collins has started 41 of the 50 regular-season games in which he has appeared, compiling 291 tackles, 10.5 sacks, five interceptions, 10 forced fumbles and 16 passes defensed. He has started six of seven games this season and racked up 43 tackles and one sack to go along with two interceptions and a forced fumble. ProFootballFocus. com ranks Collins ninth among 87 linebackers this season. “Jamie Collins is a really good football player and we’re excited to be able to add a player like him to our team,” Browns coach Hue Jackson said in a release. “He’s played at an extremely high level with toughness and playmaking ability for his entire career. We look forward to him being an important piece of our defense. The plan is for him to come in and learn our system quickly so he can make an immediate impact.” Collins made his first Pro Bowl last season, when he had 89 tackles, 5.5 sacks, five forced fumbles and an interception.
Ben Roethlisberger back after surgery B y R ay F ittipaldo Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Steelers had their first practice Monday after a four-day break during their off week, and the news on the injury front is positive. Defensive end Cam Heyward went through a full practice and expects to play Sunday against the Ravens. Right tackle Marcus Gilbert practiced for the first time since injuring his ankle against the Chiefs one month ago and hopes to return this week as well. Quar terback Ben Roethlisberger practiced but did not speak to reporters afterward. There won’t be an official injury report until after practice Wednesday, but it appears Roethlisberger, who had surgery to repair the meniscus in his left knee two weeks ago, is on track to play in the game, too. “Whenever you have a leader like that, coming off surgery, to come out there and show the team you’re willing to do what it takes to play with your brothers, you can really respect that,” center Maurkice Pouncey said. “Everyone knows and can see why he’s a leader on this team.” Guard Ramon Foster confirmed Roethlisberger did some work with the first-team offense and the scout team offense during
the practice. “You have a $100 million quarterback doing scout team,” Foster said. “He was in the pocket. He was doing his thing. They know they can’t hit him, but it was good to put the pressure on him like that.” Gilbert has missed three games with a high ankle sprain and is itching to return to the lineup. “I was glad to be back out there with my guys, just to get the feel of football again,” Gilbert said. “Going through certain situations I felt really good, felt really comfortable.” Gilbert said he took the majority of reps with the first-team offense. “I started out slow, then progressed and finished out pretty strong,” Gilbert said. Gilbert said the plan is to return against the Ravens. “I plan on being out there,” he said. “I love this game so much. I miss being out there with my guys. Anything I can do to give my all, I’m going to get back out there and help this team.” Heyward, who missed the past two games with a hamstring injury, confirmed he took part in every drill in practice and would have been listed as a full participant if there was an injury report. “I guess I’m back,” he said. “It felt good. The main thing is try to continue to keep getting reps, work on conditioning and get the fatigue out of my hamstring.”
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Coleman embraces leadership role for UMass Forward to mentor UM underclassmen By Andrew Cyr Collegian Staff
Massachusetts forward Zach Coleman knows his job for the UMass basketball team won’t be to score every point, grab every rebound or even lead the team in any statistical categories this season. Coleman, a redshirt junior, was one of three members of the team to be a part of the Minutemen’s 2014 NCAA tournament run. Although he did not play after suffering a stress fracture in his left leg in the preseason prior to his freshman season, Coleman now enters his fourth year with the program. With a talented freshman class full of big men expected to play some serious minutes in UMass’ rotation, Coleman is well aware, and embracing, the role as a veteran presence both on the court and in the Minutemen’s locker room. “It’s very important for me to be a leader to those guys,” Coleman said after last Wednesday’s practice. “Especially because they’ve been coming for advice and things like that. I know the system. I know what’s going on – I know what (Kellogg) expects. I take that role pretty seriously, being able to tell everyone where they are supposing to be.” Freshman forwards Chris Baldwin and Tyrn Flowers have been impressive in their short time with UMass, while arguably the best of the group, Brison
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Berger and Holloway are the leading scorers among that group as both averaged 5.2 points per game last season, with Coleman following behind with 4.0, to go along with his 4.4 rebounds per game. For Coleman and the rest of the Minutemen, the blend of returning players in the frontcourt combined with the young talent has made practices feel much more intense and lively with UMass opening its season Nov. 11 against UMass Lowell. “I definitely love the competition,” Coleman said. “Everybody has had their day. Its fun for me – I just want our team to be successful. Whoever is supposed to play this position or that position, I’m down for whatever, as long as we’re winning.” Coleman added of the freshmen: “Sometimes I think that everyone collectively—the older guys and coaches at times – need to remember that (they are freshmen). They do so many good things at times; some days they seem like they have it all figured out, and the next day it seems like they don’t. You do have to pull back and remember that they are only freshman, and that there’s five of them.” “When guys like myself, Donte (Clark), C.J. (Andrerson) and Seth (Berger), when we’re all gone, the program is in really good hands.”
clubhouse you’d say to just be there for the young guys. He’s been good.” Kellogg and the Minutemen strive to replace the 43.1 combine frontcourt minutes Bergantino and Zach Coleman Space gave UMass last seaUMass forward son. The returning big men are headlined by Coleman always done.” when asked if he expects (27 games played, 11 starts, UMass coach Derek Coleman to take on a larg17.8 minutes per game), Kellogg also acknowledges er leadership role. “Zach’s Seth Berger (31-seven-19.5), Coleman’s veteran leader- been good in practice. His Rashaan Holloway (30ship presence, saying he’s knees and his injuries have 14-11.7) and Malik Hines been impressed with his been in and out. He has (16-0-9.9). Hines, however, off-court presence as the to be as much as a verbal suffered a season-ending Andrew Cyr can be reached at regular season approaches. leader and a guy who has to stress fracture in his foot in arcyr@umass.edu and followed on “I think so,” Kellogg said run the locker room or the January. Twitter @Andrew_Cyr.
“I’m vocal. I’ve always been pretty vocal, but I have to be more vocal now. Speaking and talking to my teammates, being there and stuff like that, that’s stuff I’ve always done.”
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MacLean wins A-10 Championship Vermont scores Grasso nets four in UNH victory
By Tyler Movsessian Collegian Staff
The Massachusetts men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Mechanicsville, Virginia to the annual Atlantic 10 championship on Saturday, where redshirt junior Heater MacLean put on a clinic, winning the women’s fivekilometer race in just 17:06.8, an astounding 13 seconds faster than the next athlete to finish. MacLean’s individual win led the Minutewomen to a fifth place finish out of 14 teams with 150 points. Following MacLean, junior Colleen Sands finished second for the UMass women in 18:04.5, which earned her 24th hoplace overall. Following Sands was the breakthrough redshirt freshman Mary Lavery, completing the course in 18:06 for 28th. Rounding off the scorers for the Minutewomen included senior Deidre Martyn (18:21.1, 41st place) and junior Christine Davis (18:32.4, 58th) Behind MacLean, the A-10 runner up was LaSalle sophomore Kaitlin Poiesz at 17:19.8, with Duquesne senior Valerie Palermo talking third less than a second behind Poiesz at 17:20.4. While MacLean took the individual championship, Richmond took the team championship. The Spiders had a consistent pack that saw the top five runners take
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Minutewomen’s Heather MacLean (right) runs finished first in the five kilometer race at Alantic 10 championships Saturday. 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, and 18th place overall. These five Richmond runners all finished in a span of 4.5 seconds (17:52.7 – 17:57.2). This pack gave Richmond only 77 points to take the win. Behind Richmond was the Dayton Flyers at 88 points and the Duquesne Dukes also with 88 points. The difference between Dayton and Duquesne was the sixth runner, where the sixth Flyer came in 37th place while the sixth Duke finished in 46th. The UMass men’s team finished in the middle of the pack, taking ninth out of 14 teams at Pole Green Park. Leading the way for the Minutemen was senior Paolo Tavares, enjoying a 21th place finish, running the
five-mile course in 25:27.9. Behind Tavares were seniors Morgan Marlow and Blake Croteau, taking 33rd (25:41.5) and 34th (25:42.2). Finalizing the scorers for UMass was sophomore Mike Famiglietti at 26:01.5 and senior John Burns at 26:08. Famiglietti and Burns finished in 52nd and 58th place, respectively. “I’m disappointed with the teams’ performance,” said Coach Ken O’Brien in an email to the Massachusetts Daily Collegian. “We’ve had six (or) seven runners who were 20 seconds apart from each other all season, but for some reason that strength didn’t hold up on Saturday.” With Ben Groleau, the 2015 A-10 runner up graduated, UMass missed that major
scoring advantage. There weren’t enough Minutemen near the top to compensate for the loss of Groleau, according to O’Brien. The individual champion was Duquesne’s Rico Galassi. The junior finished the race in a blazing 24:32.3, 10 seconds ahead of the next runner, Dayton’s Hunter Johnson, who finished in 24:42.4, who barely edged out senior John Mogen from Davidson who took bronze in 24:42.8. Thanks to Johnson and Galassi, Dayton and Duquesne continued their great showing in both races, as they helped lead their teams to first and second see
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saves on 26 shots in this game. Northeastern’s Ryan Ruck was serviceable, giving up the three goals on 29 shots. B y Samuel Shulman Vermont will head to Collegian Correspondent No. 5 UMass Lowell on Northeastern, Sophomore center Friday. which was ranked 16th Craig Puffer scored his second goal of the game coming into this game, with just under five min- have a home-and-home utes to play in regulation series against No. 4 to give Vermont a 3-2 win Boston University next over Northeastern Sunday weekend. afternoon. Grasso shines Huskies sophomore for UNH Adam Gaudette scored in the first 45 seconds and it seemed Northeastern On Saturday night at (3-2-2, 0-1-0 Hockey East the University of New Association) would cruise Hampshire’s Whittemore in this one. The Huskies Center, it was all about led 2-1 after the first freshman Patrick Grasso period, but Vermont (4-1- as the UNH men’s hockey 1, 1-0-0 HEA) erased the team defeated Merrimack deficit with 11 minutes 6-2 in conference play. remaining in the second After a quick goal from period. The Catamounts Wildcats right wing Tyler completed the comeback Kelleher, Grasso put on a with Puffer’s goal in the show. He scored the next four goals in the game third. Both teams had their and gave UNH (3-3, 2-0 HEA) an insurmountable chances on the power play five-goal lead. Grasso has but it was only Vermont eight goals in six games. that could capitalize. Merrimack (3-4-1, 0-1-1 Puffer scored his first HEA) actually outshot goal on the man-advanthe Wildcats 27-22 but the tage and the team ended difference came on the up going 1-for 5-overall. power play. The Warriors Northeastern did not have went 0-for-5 and allowed a the same success as they shorthanded goal on what went 0-for-4 on the power was a problematic manplay. up advantage. UNH, how Freshman Catamount ever, punished Merrimack goaltender Stefanos whenever they went to the Lekkas continued his hot box. UNH scored on threestart, moving to 3-0-1 on the season. He made 24 see HOCKEY EAST on page 7