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LET’S MAKE IT FIVE Patriots complete largest comeback in Super Bowl history

B y D. O rlando L edbetter The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Tom Brady hoists the Lombardi Trophy, winning his fifth Super Bowl title, as the New England Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in Super Bowl LI.

HOUSTON— The Falcons blew a perfect opportunity to win the franchise’s first Super Bowl.

New England quarterback Tom Brady led a furious rally from a 25-point deficit to pull out a 34-28 victory over the Falcons on Sunday in overtime before 70,807 fans at NRG Stadium.

It was the biggest collapse in Super Bowl history.

It was the Patriots’ fifth NFL championship.

Under the guidance of second-year head coach Dan Quinn the Falcons fell apart after holding a 28-3 lead with 8:31 to play in the third quarter.

Brady completed 43 of 62 passes for 466 yards, and was named Super Bowl MVP. The Patriots rally was capped when running back James White slammed into

the end zone on 2-yard in the first overtime game in Super Bowl history.

Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, who had a key fumble on sack by Dont’a Hightower, completed 17 of 23 passes for 284 yards and two touchdowns.

The Falcons, on just the franchise’s second time in the league’s grandest game, had a rash of miscues, penalties and bad coaching calls that led to their demise.

“We just made some mistakes that put us behind the chains,” Ryan said. “This is a tough loss.”

--Here are the 5 things that changed the outcome of the game: 1. Stripping the ball. With the Falcons ahead 28-12, Ryan dropped back to pass on third-and-1 from their 36. see

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Students celebrate Pat’s win

Patriots beat the Falcons 34 to 28

By Jackson Cotes Collegian Staff

At 10 p.m. on Feb. 5, only six UMass students were walking outside Southwest Residential Area. In less than an hour, approximately 1,000 students gathered in the same area, waving American flags, climbing trees and singing the song “Seven Nation Army,” celebrating the New England Patriots’ historic win in the 51st annual Super Bowl.

At halftime, the score was 28 to 3 in favor of the Falcons, but by 10 p.m. New England fans were beginning to see a glimmer of hope, as the Patriots began a steady comeback.

“My heart is literally racing,” said sophomore economics major Natalie Downey. “I thought they wouldn’t come back, but now I have hope.”

Sophomore political sci-

ence major Will Hayes thought the same thing. “If I had a nickel for every ‘Oh my God’ moment in this game…” Hayes said.

Their prayers were answered. With 11 minutes and two seconds left on the clock, and in a surprising overtime win—the first in the history of the Super Bowl—the Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons 34 to 28. Approximately 20 minutes after their win, hundreds of UMass students rushed outside of their dorms, flocking the area between the Berkshire Dining Commons and Washington Hall in Southwest.

The crowd grew over the course of 30 minutes, stretching from Washington Hall back to Hampden Market.

Most students stayed on the ground, many gathered on the sidelines too, watching from the elevation of John Adams Hall. One student flew a drone over the heads of those celebrating from the location.

Clad in jerseys with the numbers of Tom Brady and Julian Edelman—as well as a few with the number 11 to honor former Patriots quarter back Drew Bledsoe—students threw jugs of water, tossed beer cans, threw snowballs and even scaled some light posts, all in a whirl of what one might consider typical Patriots fan-fever.

Students chanted the name of Tom Brady throughout this time, as well as USA. Many also stood on each other’s shoulders.

“Magical, absolutely magical,” said sophomore Sam Silverman in describing the spectacle.

John Chambers, a sophomore marketing major, shared a similar amazement, “As crazy as this is, it unites everybody. Everybody wants the patriots to win. And we did.”

Jackson Cote can be reached at jkcote@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @jackson_k_cote.

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Patriots fans celebrate in Southwest following miracle comeback in Super Bowl 51 before police break up the scene.

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Students celebrate the Patriots winning the Super Bowl after defeating the Falcons in Southwest Sunday night. Approximately 1,000 UMass students flood the Southwest Residential Area after the Patriots’ historic Super Bowl win.

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Romania’s decree sparks protests

By Andra Timu and Roxana Zega Bloomberg News

BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s government scrapped a decree that sparked the biggest protests in decades by appearing to undermine the country’s fight against corruption.

The month-old Cabinet repealed the changes to criminal legislation that opponents saw as a risk to the crackdown, it said in an emailed statement Sunday.

The decision didn’t convince all, with a few thousand people gathering in central Bucharest for a sixth consecutive day to urge the Cabinet to resign.

Hundreds of thousands of people protested around Romania Saturday.

“I’ve listened to my colleagues in the party and in the opposition and I heard the voice of the street and I don’t want to split the country in two,” Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu said. “I will start a debate shortly with all the parties on ways to change the criminal codes so that they meet the most recent rulings of the Constitutional Court.”

The Social Democrats face the largest backlash since the 1989 uprising that ousted dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

Romania’s third government in two years incurred the wrath of the public and President Klaus Iohannis by easing punishments for officials who abuse their positions and by seeking to free others from prison. The protesters back the anti-graft drive that has ensnared top officials in nation, including a former Social Democrat prime minister.

The government had planned to decriminalize abuse-of-office offenses for sums of less than $48,000, and sent a draft law to Parliament to pardon prisoners serving sentences shorter than five years, excluding rapists and repeat offenders. Grindeanu said that threshold may be dropped in talks with parties.

While the government said the measures were meant to ease prison overcrowding, its actions would have freed hundreds former officials and potentially stopped the investigations of others.

They include an investigation into Liviu Dragnea, the party leader who is seeking a retrial after receiving a suspended sentence for electoral fraud. He denies wrongdoing and Thursday blamed the protests on a misinformation campaign and encouragement from the president.

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Students gather for Rally fights for UMass immigration vigil to be sanctuary campus

Organizers shared their stories on ban

By Hayley Johnson Collegian Staff

this executive order, we could not go home and see our families. Even our families couldn’t come to the United States. And you know, being here for five or six years without seeing your family, you’d be homesick,” said Sepahi. “The other reason I am here is my friend, he is my housemate, he is in Iran. He went back to Iran to get married with his girlfriend.”

Ghadiri’s speech went on to address the fact that the immigration ban executive order is not the first setback international students have been faced with.

Ghadiri said, “…that’s why I haven’t seen my sisters and any member of my family for four years, and I know there are people here who haven’t seen any members of their families for seven years.”

Nima Oranzani, a psychology Ph.D. student at UMass said, “It’s about an uncertain future that can’t be ignored,” to the crowd.

“I come from a town where a large portion of our population is immigrants from the Dominican Republic,” said Niamh Quinn Tierney, a freshman at UMass majoring in psychology. “I actually had a really good friend who had to [take] a year off school because he was illegal and couldn’t get any financial aid from the government… And I’m also the daughter of an illegal alien. He was just Irish so he never really got any persecution because he was white. So this is something that’s kind of always been in my life and something that I do feel very passionate about…”

Following the planned speakers, members of the crowd were encouraged to speak and tell their stories and asked to sign a petition to make Amherst a sanctuary city.

Around 200 people gathered outside the University of Massachusetts’ Student Union Thursday evening for a solidarity candlelight vigil for immigrants and refugees.

The event was organized by the Graduate Employee Organization at UMass.

The crowd received plastic candles to have glowing during the vigil. Planned speakers talked about the executive order immigration ban on seven countries has affected each of them.

Sumera Ahsan, an education Ph.D. student, began the vigil with a moment of silence “to protest the executive order…and to show our solidary towards all who have been affected…”

“Peace, tolerance…to all of you who are affected, for all of you who fear to be affected in the future, and to all of you who are not directly affected,” said Ahsan.

Mohammed Ghadiri, an electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student spoke next. He called to attention that Mohsen Hosseini, also an electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student, is currently in Iran and was not allowed admittance back into the U.S. due to the immigration ban. “…I was talking to him Saturday night at 12 a.m., Sunday, the whole day…I just want to give you good news.

About an hour ago I talked to Mohsen. He was finally able to purchase a ticket, and he is going to fly…to Boston,” said Ghadiri to a cheering crowd.

Hosseini’s friend and housemate, Ahmed Sepahi was present in the crowd for Hayley Johnson can be reached at the vigil. hkjohnson@umass.edu and followed “I’m Iranian…because of on Twitter @hayleyk_johnson.

Activists plan for action on Feb. 17

By Jackson Cote Collegian Staff

On Feb. 3, a group of ap proximately 90 activists rallied in room 106 of Thompson Hall at the University of Massachusetts, mobilizing in their efforts to make UMass a sanctuary campus for undocumented immigrants.

The meeting was held in preparation for a general strike that the organizers and supporters of the sanctuary movement will be holding on Feb. 17.

Organizers of the rally stated that they expect thousands to participate in the strike.

“We need and we want to shut sh*t down,” stated organizer Ghazah Abbasi, who is a doctoral student in the UMass department of sociology.

The meeting came in the wake of a statement released by UMass Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy on Feb. 2, where he established something known as an “angel fund.”

The fund, Subbaswamy described, would be funded “in part by charitable contributions,” to assist UMass students who are affected by “changes in federal immigration policy,” in their “legal, academic, housing, living and counseling needs.”

However, many of those who participated in the meeting seemed to believe that this was just a small step toward the greater process of making UMass

a sanctuary campus for “refugees, immigrants and Muslims,” according to Abbasi. “ C h a n c e l l o r S u b b a sw a m y and President Meehan have already decried and disavowed Trump basically, so why not?” Anna-Claire Simpson, who is a Ph.D. student in the English department, added. “We’re not the enemy. We’re actually helping to make this a better place, so why not listen to us, work with us?”

After a brief presentation from Abbasi and Simpson, who explained the different aspects of the sanctuary campus movement, attenders of the rally then broke off into 12 “task teams.”

Each task team is an attempt to help undocumented immigrants in different areas, as well as progress the sanctuary movement in different ways.

“Sanctuary means non-compliance with agencies such as I.C.E. [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]” and “actively creating the means for a sanctuary community,” Abbasi stated during the presentation.

Task teams included an “Email Administration Team,” who sent a constant stream of emails to UMass officials to draw their attention to the movement, and a “News Digest Team,” who sifted through the latest news and legalities regarding undocumented workers, as well as a “Rapid Response Team.”

Tonez Hall, a volun-

teer from the Pioneer Valley Workers center in Northampton, came to provide his expertise to the rapid response team on different trainings they can get at the workers center to help undocumented immigrants.

“How to legally document a raid” and “safely return people at the center of a raid to their families,” was on the list, as well as “[How to help] undocumented immigrant workers who are being discriminated against by their bosses.”

“The workers center is looking to get anyone involved in the rapid response network that wants to be,” Hall said.

UMass sophomore and environmental science major Sarah Zolondick, who has some experience in childcare, is hoping to bring her services to the rapid response team.

Zolondick is concerned about “undocumented workers who have children who are documented, [and] making sure that the lines of communication between the childcare services and the police are clear and making sure that these people don’t get in a system.”

“Where I would imagine myself helping with is immediately being like ‘Where are these kids?

Are they safe? How can we help with this?’” she said.

Jackson Cote can be reached at jkcote@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @jackson_k_cote.

Freelance Journalist Sunderland man speaks on Syrian War arrested Thursday

John Niemiec is second charged

conspiracy to commit armed robbery in connection with the Oct. 30, 2016 incident that occurred at 943 South East St. in Amherst.

By Danny Cordova Niemiec is expected to Collegian Staff be arraigned in Eastern Amherst Police arrested Hampshire District Court an individual Thursday in sometime Friday morning. connection to an incident Niemiec is the second perthat occurred on Oct. 30, son to be charged in con2016, according to informa- nection in the home invation released by spokes- sion. The first was Patrick person Mary Carey of the Bemben, 25, of Hadley who Northwestern District faced 11 indictments in Attorney’s Office.

Hampshire Superior court.

John Niemiec III of Sunderland, 29, was arrested Danny Cordova can be reached at on charges of conspiracy to dcordova@umass.edu and followed on commit home invasion and Twitter @DannyJCordova.

Student assaulted in Lot 22 Friday

The incident took place at 2:00 am

UMPD encourages any-

By Danny Cordova

officer Chris Stechmann at

one with information on the assault to contact UMPD

Collegian Staff

(413) 545-2121. Anonymous

A UMass student was assaulted on Friday at around 2:00 a.m. in Lot 22 by an unknown person, according to the University of Massachusetts Police Department.

The assailant approached the student from behind and punched her on the side of her head, knocking her down.

The victim was unable to obtain any description of her assailant.

information can be left at (413) 577-TIPS (8477) or by using the UMPD anonymous witness form from the UMPD website.

This story will be updat-

ed as new information is released.

Danny Cordova can be reached at dcordova@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @DannyJCordova.

Erlich discusses five-year coverage

By Jackson Cote Collegian Staff

On Thursday, Feb. 2, freelance reporter Reese Erlich recounted his coverage of the Syrian Civil War, analyzing the conflict’s clashing sides to tackle the question of how much the United States should intervene. The answer, according to Erlich, is that there should be “no intervention at all.”

Erlich gave his talk to a crowd of seemingly engaged college students and adults in the Communication Department Hub in the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Integrative Learning Center.

He began the discussion by presenting a slideshow of photographs he took during his time in the middle east. One young girl was pictured holding a sign and protesting in a crowd of Syrian citizens. “Stop killing people,” was written on it.

“My views are outside the mainstream,” said Erlich, “There’s a very narrow range of opinions [in Washington D.C.]. Either you want a lot of intervention, or you want a little.”

“It made me think more about the kind of media we take in every single day and the flaws that are inherently in it,” UMass senior and journalism major Bridget Higgens said after Erlich’s presentation. “You need to look to other sources to get

your info, and you need to look in as many places as possible.”

Erlich’s first visit to Syria was in 2002. He returned there in 2011 to cover the Arab Spring Uprising, also reporting from Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. It was during this time that Erlich began covering the Syrian civil war and the refugee crisis.

On a map of Syria that also included parts of Jordan, Erlich pointed to a few of the places he traveled to, including Zarqa, a city approximately an hour-long drive north from Amman, Jordan’s capital.

Erlich described how in 2015 he drove to Zarqa to interview Abu Qatada, a radical Islamic cleric and Jordanian national, who was once described as Osama bin Laden’s righthand man.

Erlich talked about the difficulties of getting Qatada to agree to the interview, noting how notorious Qatada is for pushing journalists away. After some badgering on the part of Erlich, Qatada submitted, according to Erlich.

“Never take no for an answer,” Erlich said amidst chuckles. “That’s a good journalism motto.”

Erlich shifted gears to discuss the geopolitics of the area, clarifying who is involved in the conflict and why. Among those mentioned were the more wellknown international actors and nations, including Russia, the United States, President Bashar al-Assad

of Syria, Syrian rebel groups and the Islamic State. He also explained the lesser-known involvement of Kurdish and Turkish forces.

Often asked why Russia is involved in the conflict, Erlich explained that while Russia’s official reason is to “protect the sovereignty in Syria,” the real reason is “geopolitics,” because of its key borders next to Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Turkey.

At the end of the event, Erlich opened up discussion to audience questioning. Among a variety of issues, people asked about what a “post-war Syria” would look like, as well as “how receptive [he finds] the people of Iraq, Syria and the middle-east” to him, “as an American journalist.”

It was at this time that Erlich also predicted what Donald Trump’s foreign policy would be in regard to Syria. His view was less than favorable, believing that Trump’s erratic actions and contradictory support for Russia—in conjunction with his harsh criticisms of Iran and claim that he would “bomb the sh*t” out of ISIS—goes along with an “ideological goal that doesn’t align with reality.”

“The takeaway is Trump is about to embark on an escalation of the situation in Syria that’ll be disastrous for Syria and America,” Erlich added.

“The war is far from over.”

Jackson Cote can be reached at jkcote@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @jackson_k_cote.

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Activists join together UC Berkeley blames ‘black

By Barbara Demick Los Angeles Times

NEW YORK — Donald Trump may not be able to forge peace in the Middle East, but he is doing wonders for relations between Jews and Muslims in the United States.

Jewish and Muslims activists in the United States are forging alliances like never before in reaction to the president’s rhetoric and action toward Muslim immigrants.

Many Jewish organizations have interpreted Trump’s executive order banning entry by citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries as a call to arms. Jewish delegations turned out in mass for a 10,000-strong demonstration Sunday night in New York. (“Granddaughter of Holocaust survivors standing with refugees, Muslims immigrants,” read one sign.)

Almost every day in New York this last week there was an interfaith conference or prayer service - involving Christian groups as well as Muslims and Jews - devoted to the current crisis over predominantly Muslim immigrants and refugees.

“We have common interests,” said Al Hadj Talib Abdur-Rashid, the imam of the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood in Harlem. He was one of several Muslim leaders who appeared at a rally in Brooklyn in November after a playground was defaced with pro-Trump graffiti and swastikas. “The same kind of people who bomb synagogues (also) bomb black churches and now mosques.”

A Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council, made up of business and cultural leaders of both communities, Democrats and Republicans, was formed days before the election and convened for its first regular meeting Wednesday in Washington to push the government for a coordinated response to hate crimes, up sharply against both Muslims and Jews.

The week after the election, Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the AntiDefamation League, raised eyebrows when he declared at a meeting in New York that if Trump imposed a Muslim registry, “this proud Jew will register as Muslim” - a dramatic statement for the head of an organization founded to fight anti-Semitism and protect Jewish identity.

To many Jews, Trump’s targeting of migrants from predominantly Muslim countries evokes painful memories of Jews who were forced to identify themselves with yellow stars before their extermination at the hands of Nazis - and of the countries that turned them away when they tried to flee.

“It speaks to a lot of people very personally because their own families have stories about being refugees. There is a communal resonance,” said Shuli Passow, a rabbi at New York’s congregation B’nai Jeshurun, who recalled how her grandparents were hidden in barns and basements in Poland during the Holocaust.

In addition, Passow said there is a religious imperative to take in refugees. “One of the core tenets of the Jewish religion is welcoming the stranger. That is a phrase that is repeated 36 times in the Torah,” she said.

When a mosque in Texas was destroyed by fire on the

same weekend that the immigration ban was announced, members of a nearby Jewish congregation offered the keys to their synagogue so their Muslim neighbors would have a place to pray.

Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, vice president for community engagement of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, was on the Greek island of Lesbos working with refugees when the news broke last week about Trump’s executive order suspending immigration from seven majorityMuslim countries and halting all refugee admissions.

“We are all heartbroken,” said Rosenn. “It is a betrayal of what America stands for, what we as Jews stand for, and is a terrible recollection of our own history.”

The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society’s work with Muslims predates Trump’s presidency, although the organization is feeling added urgency now.

Formed in 1881 to resettle Jews fleeing pogroms in Europe, it has in recent years devoted itself to helping non-Jewish refugees. In the last year, it helped resettle more than 4,000 in the United States, about half of them Muslim. Rosenn said that 270 synagogues and thousands of congregants nationwide have volunteered their time to find housing and furniture for refugees, to teach them English and enroll their children in school.

“There has been an incredible coming together of synagogues around the country to welcome Muslim refugees.

Jews really understand what it is to be ‘the other’ and to arrive in a strange country,” said Rosenn.

One of the beneficiaries of their hospitality here is Ahed Festuk, who fled Syria in 2015 after being targeted by Islamic militants for driving a car and for her activism.

Growing up in Aleppo, Festuk never met a Jew and never hoped to. Everything she had read in the public school textbooks was about the violence of the state of Israel.

Once in New York, she started to meet Syrian Jews, who in turn introduced her to American Jews who were eager to help her get settled in her new life.

“They told me that their families were refugees too.

People helped them and that they would help me,” said Festuk, 29, a bookkeeper who has flowing blond curls and wears skinny jeans.

Festuk has been studying English in a free program that is now housed in the basement of the B’nai Jeshurun synagogue, located on New York’s Upper West Side. Her English is now good enough that she volunteers as a translator - and speaks out against the Trump travel ban.

“Syrian people are victims, not criminals,” she said.

Trump’s executive order prompted almost universal condemnation from the leading American Jewish organizations, which often squabble among themselves on issues relating to Israel and gay rights. This time, it was not just from the predictable liberal groups, but also from more traditional groups such as the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America. Even the conservative synagogue in Washington, D.C., where President Trump’s daughter Ivanka is sending one of her three children to school, spoke up against the ban.

It didn’t help that the ban was issued on Holocaust Remembrance Day, timing which the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society called “incredibly offensive” and the AntiDefamation League called “tone deaf.”

Trump also managed to offend some of his Jewish supporters by issuing a statement for the remembrance day that omitted mention of Jewish victims. Even Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, which has been staunchly pro-Trump, wrote that he felt “compelled to express our chagrin and deep pain” at the omission of any mention of the 6 million Jews who died at the hands of Nazi Germany.

On the Trump presidency so far, there is divergence on the question (posed so often that it is a cliche) of whether he is good or bad for the Jews.

Roughly 71 percent of Jewish voters opted for Hillary Clinton, but Trump has strong support from hardliners on Israel. (He also has two children who are married to Jews, including Ivanka, who converted to Judaism when she married Jared Kushner, now a senior White House aide.)

Trump has called for the U.S. embassy in Israel to be moved to Jerusalem, satisfying a long-standing demand of the Israeli government to recognize the disputed city as its capital, and his nominee to be ambassador, David M. Friedman, is an unabashed supporter of Jewish settlement in the West Bank.

“Within the Jewish community, differences come up about many issues, like how to bring peace and security to Israel, but almost universally we support religious pluralism and share the same concerns about religious prejudice,” said Steven A. Fox, chief executive of the Central Conference of American Rabbis.

Despite New York City’s image as a melting pot, relations between Jews and Muslims are not always as harmonious as the city’s boosters like to claim.

Fighting in the Gaza Strip in 2014 led to sporadic incidents in Brooklyn, including one in which Orthodox Jewish teenagers waved Israeli flags outside a mosque where worshipers were observing Ramadan.

Jewish groups have occasionally complained about anti-Semitic slurs linked to Palestinian activities at the City University of New York.

But over the last year, the strains between Jews and Muslims in the city have been dwarfed by the perception that both communities are under threat.

Khalid Latif, an imam and head of the Islamic Center at New York University, said that just after the election, pro-Trump graffiti was scrawled in a Muslim student prayer room, while Jewish students found their dorm room door covered with Post-it notes bearing swastikas, Trump slogans and messages such as “Make America White Again.”

“In Social Justice 101, the fundamental concept is you don’t put struggle in competition with each other. You are able to come together and collaborate and build solidarity to take on inequity in all of its forms,” said Latif.

bloc’protesters for ‘invasion’

By Veronica Rocha and Peter H. King Los Angeles Times

BERKELEY, Calif. — They dressed “like ninjas” and marched onto UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza like a paramilitary force armed with bats, steel rods, fireworks and Molotov cocktails, officials say.

The scheduled appearance Wednesday of conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was still two hours away, but it was precisely the time that most local television stations were beginning their live 6 p.m. broadcasts.

Within minutes, the group of 100 to 150 protesters had smashed half a dozen windows with barricades, launched fireworks at police and toppled a diesel-powered klieg light, which caused it to burst into flames.

“They didn’t come to lock arms and sing ‘Kumbaya,’” said Dan Mogulof, assistant vice chancellor and spokesman for the University of California, Berkeley.

While so-called black bloc agitators have become

a fixture of Bay Area demonstrations in the past decade, their appearance at Berkeley Wednesday and otherwise peaceful demonstrations threatens to inflame tensions in an already polarized nation.

Moving officers into Wednesday night’s melee, would have created “a lethal, horror situation,” said campus Police Chief Margo Bennett.

“We have to do exactly what we did ...: to show tremendous restraint,” she said.

UC Berkeley officials are talking with federal and local law enforcement agencies about how to address black bloc tactics, which first appeared in Europe in the 1980s but have become increasingly common in the United States in recent years.

The University of California system has had larger disruptions by students. Window-breaking and barricade tossing were common during regents’ meetings when tuition was being raised significantly in the last decade, and protesters at the University of

California, Los Angeles, trapped the regents and other university officials in a building and garage.

But even though there was only one arrest Wednesday night, Berkeley officials say the incident was something altogether new.

“We have never seen this on the Berkeley campus,” Mogulof said. “This was an unprecedented invasion.”

Mogulof said Berkeley administrators are dedicated to protecting the First Amendment and free speech, but some events might need a closer look, especially if there is potential for major disruption and destruction on campus. School officials, he said, are reviewing their policing tactics, policies and protocols for future events featuring controversial speakers.

The agitators, who keep their faces covered with bandannas, attach themselves to peaceful protests and then break out and start shattering windows and attacking cars, authorities say.

Colorado-born Neil Gorsuch brings western touch to court

By Michael Doyle McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Judge Neil Gorsuch could bring some Western swing to the Supreme Court that it hasn’t had for years.

As a Denver-based appellate judge, Gorsuch has dealt with distinctly regional disputes, like snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park, motorized vehicles in a Colorado national forest and a magnesium mine cleanup in Utah.

In his spare time, the 49-year-old Gorsuch hits the ski slopes and fly-fishes Western streams. Last February, he was skiing when he learned of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death.

And though the conservative Republican appointee has made it harder for environmental groups to sue, and may in fact rarely be their ally, his public-lands perspective is firsthand and complex.

“Everyone enjoys a trip to the mountains in the summertime,” Gorsuch wrote in a 2011 decision upholding a Forest Service recreation fee, adding, evidently from his own experience, that “when the snow melts and the road thaws, the national forest around Mount Evans teems with hikers and sightseers eager to take in the breathtaking views.”

Serving since 2006 on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Gorsuch has overseen cases from Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, as well as the parts of Yellowstone National Park that extend into Montana and Idaho. The geography, in some ways, has defined the fourth-generation Colorado native.

Public-land management conflicts are rife in states like Utah and Wyoming, where the federal government owns 65 and 48 percent of the land, respectively.

Several of the 10th Circuit’s states rely on the federal Bureau of Reclamation for irrigation-water deliveries, potentially exposing Gorsuch to perennial Western haggling over the precious resource.

When confronting some of these characteristically Western conflicts, Gorsuch has regularly raised a high

bar for environmentalists or others. In a 2015 decision, for instance, he denied an effort by the Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers to challenge a San Juan National Forest trail management plan they considered too tolerant of motorized vehicles.

In a somewhat similar vein, Gorsuch in 2009 dismissed a challenge to Yellowstone National Park’s much-litigated rule governing snowmobiles. Although the disputes had important differences, a key point in both was the procedural dismissal without reaching the merits.

“He has taken positions in several prior cases that suggest that he might set the standing bar that environmental groups would have to clear at a level that’s higher than the current standard,” noted Denise A. Grab, senior attorney with the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law. In a 2013 dissent, for instance, Gorsuch objected to a court panel’s decision allowing the Sierra Club and others to intervene in a case concerning motorized vehicles in New Mexico’s Santa Fe National Forest.

Intervenors, Gorsuch warned, “add new issues and complexity and delay to the litigation” and potentially thwart “the public’s interest in husbanding limited judicial resources.”

Subsequently, the Sierra Club declared that “Gorsuch has proven himself hostile to environmental protection,” and the organization opposed his nomination within an hour after it became public. The League of Conservation Voters agreed, calling Gorsuch “both radical and dangerous.” Earthjustice, which bills itself as “the nation’s largest environmental law organization, called him “extreme and unacceptable.”

All of which may not quite do justice to a judge who one former 10th Circuit colleague, Stanford law professor Michael McConnell, said “works well with people across the aisle.” Rather, while undeniably conservative, Gorsuch’s Western track record is seen by neu-

tral analysts as both subtle and sophisticated.

“He does have a number of cases involving public lands and the complex web of management and ownership, involving states, the federal government and private parties,” said Grab, who has closely studied Gorsuch’s rulings. “He exhibits an understanding of these complex issues, and the value of the outdoor experience, in his descriptions of the facts at play in each case.”

Some complications can arise in assessing the significance of Gorsuch’s willingness to support the actions of federal resource and land management agencies. Sometimes, agencies take positions that Western environmentalists like, and sometimes they don’t.

In a 2010 decision, for instance, Gorsuch sided with the Environmental Protection Agency in a cleanup dispute with a company called U.S. Magnesium.

Now a resident of the deeply liberal university town of Boulder, Colo., about 27 miles from the Byron White U.S. Courthouse, where he works, Gorsuch was born in Denver to a politically active mother.

While he attended an East Coast prep school and shares the Ivy League credentials of every other current Supreme Court justice, four of whom are fellow Harvard Law School graduates, Gorsuch’s Western credentials stand out. Justice Anthony Kennedy is a Sacramento, Calif., native, but he left an appellate court seat in California behind 29 years ago. Justice Stephen Breyer is a San Francisco native, but he essentially transplanted himself to the East Coast in the 1960s.

Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who held to her Western ways after being raised on an Arizona ranch, retired from the court in 2006. Gorsuch, moreover, would be the first 10th Circuit judge to ascend to the Supreme Court since the multi-state circuit was carved out in 1929.

“Neil Gorsuch is a genuine Westerner,” McConnell said, and “the West has its own culture.”

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My family has some exces- that she wasn’t happy although sively passionate New England she was trying her hardest not to send the Patriots “bad enerTess Halpern gy.”

The three leaders of the Patriots fans in it and although polarizing Patriots organizathat might not be surprising to tion—Belichick, quarterback read in the Massachusetts Daily Tom Brady and owner Robert Collegian, as New Yorkers, we Kraft—all have strong personal are rather unique. ties to America’s most polar Being a New England fan in izing man, President Donald New York is never easy; the Patriots are a polarizing team and those that don’t love them usually hate them.

I’m sure you can imagine what it was like going to school the Monday after the Patriots Trump. Given Trump’s actions lost Super Bowl XLII in 2007 during his first few weeks in because the New York Giants office, my mom was having a scored a last-minute touchdown hard time respecting some of to end what could’ve been the her favorite Patriots. record-breaking “perfect sea- How could Kraft, the man son.” The Monday after the who coined the trademark Patriot’s loss to the Giants in phrase, “We are all Patriots,” Super Bowl XLVI hurt just as and Brady, the quarterback badly, and my friends who are who competes every Sunday Giants fans still taunt me about while wearing a jersey with those two lost rings. the same color scheme as our But being an outspoken fan nation’s flag, both support the often means you have to be more man who had signed an execudevoted than those who root for tive order that was essentially a their home teams, remaining Muslim ban? passionate and knowledgeable Patriots fans throughout in order to defend your team New England and beyond at a moment’s notice. No one have struggled with the politiembraces that mindset better cal silence of Brady, Belichick than my mom, who watches and Kraft. Although they every minute of head coach Bill have not outwardly endorsed Belichick mumbling through our President and have pubpost-game press conferences licly claimed to disagree with with rapt attention and asks me some of his policies, they have weekly if I watched the new- remained friendly with him and est “Inside the Locker Room” have not denounced him or his video from the Patriot’s website. actions as President thus far. In I wish I was exaggerating, but the eyes of some fans, my mom we even to this day still have included, that is just as harmful. a photo of Malcom Butler’s Like my mom, I too have game-winning interception struggled to come to terms with against Seattle in Super Bowl the fact that some of my favorXLIX hanging on our refrigera- ite Patriots remain friendly tor. with the man whose election So when I spoke to my mom inspired me to join hundreds of last Tuesday, five days before thousands of people in protest the Patriots would take on the just a few weeks ago. I found Falcons in Super Bowl LI, I myself thinking, “But Brady expected her excitement to be seems like such a nice guy and palpable as we discussed the seems to have such a down-tolatest interview with Martellus Earth life outside of football, Bennett and debated Julian and Kraft is known for being Edelman’s playoff beard. exceedingly kind and talking to But instead my mom was his players as if they are famsomewhat reserved, admitting ily! How could these two, along

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with Belichick (who I admit is a little bit more of a wild-card), support Trump?”

For fans, it has become increasingly difficult to separate the players we idolize from who they are outside of the game.

We want to know every detail of their personal lives but once we find something we don’t like or something that doesn’t fit into our preconceived notion of who they “really” are, it becomes difficult to see them in the same idealized way that we once did.

But we don’t know who they really are. All we know is how they perform.

Brady’s political views don’t change the way he can control a snap-count or throw a football, just as Belichick’s views don’t change the way he runs a practice or calls a play. We love and admire these figures for their abilities on the field, and knowing who they voted for shouldn’t change that.

If you have a family member who has a different political view than yourself, do you love them any less for it? You might look at them a little differently, or ponder how someone so close to you could be so different, but family is family and love is love. Politics don’t change that.

Tom Brady is still New England’s cool older brother, Belichick is still our surly but somewhat endearing uncle and I don’t think I’m alone in viewing Kraft as my very own grandpa. Do their political views slightly mar the idealized image that I had of them in my head? Maybe, but I still hope that by the time this is published on Monday, Belichick will have led the Patriots to another Super Bowl victory and Brady will have shook hands with Roger Goodell as he was presented with his fourth Super Bowl MVP trophy.

After all, Sundays aren’t for politics, they’re for football.

Many liberals are still recovering from the shellacking that Democrats received in the November elections,

sistently brought up a policy proposal, talked about another country or group of countries that have this policy and how well it works for them, and then said it was time for America to be like that country or group of countries.

Liberals need to drastically improve their marketing strategy, and it’s not very hard. Americans enjoy hearing about how America is better than the rest. So, instead of telling

Matt Heffler resulting in a fierce debate over what went wrong, who should run the Democratic National Committee and how to fix the Democratic Party.

Regardless of where you stand on these debates, all liberals should realize that there a few key things holding them back from winning elections.

First, “it’s the economy, stupid,” a slogan James Carville and the Clinton campaign hit on the head in 1992 and helped lead Clinton’s campaign to two landslide electoral victories.

While many liberals enjoy living in a bubble where the biggest problems facing the country are things like global warming and college debt, it simply isn’t the case for the swing state voters that decide presidential and legislative elections.

Think about the states that carried Trump to victory (aside from the votes Hillary lost by people just not showing up to polls). They are stereotypical “Middle America”, white, workingclass families. According to FiveThirtyEight, Trump excelled the most in areas where economic anxiety is high.

As notable as the causes like global warming and college debt are, these people have to first worry about putting food on the table and holding on to their way of life.

The Democratic Party needs to recognize this. The second point is marketing.

Despite being an avid Bernie Sanders supporter, one thing I always hated about him was how he presented many of his ideas. He con-

“For fans, it has become increasingly difficult to separate the players we idolize from who they are outside of the game.”

their political correctness onto others. Liberals have an odd fetish of fighting intolerance by being intolerant of anyone who doesn’t think like them. Remember Hillary’s whole “basket of deplorables” comment during the election? That was the epitome of liberal self-righteousness, which is something many in the country can’t stand.

The political correctness problem that liberals generate for themselves manifests itself in a host of topics. For example, former President Barack Obama, representative of the Democratic Party, wouldn’t say the term “Radical Islamic Terrorism”.

While I completely understand that Islam is a religion of peace for the vast majority of those who practice, and that not all terrorism is based in any kind of Islamic teaching, you can’t just pretend that Radical Islamic Terrorism isn’t a thing. I personally could not care less what it’s called, but the fact that some Democrats won’t say it really ticks off some key swing voters. Why are liberals shooting themselves in the foot on this?

It’s a noble cause to do your best to avoid offending people and sending the wrong message about your beliefs. However, when you’re trying to win an election, it might be prudent to allow for offending a couple of people instead of angering thousands of swing voters. Try fixing problems after you win the election, not during.

It’s time for liberals to get out of the bubble and start thinking a little more like the rest of our country during election seasons.

It’s our only path toward progress.

“Try fixing problems after you win the election, not during.”

Tess Halpern is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at tjhalpern@umass.edu.

voters we want to be more like Denmark, explain how these policies will make us even stronger and better than every other country.

The third point is Global Warming. To be honest, I’m taking this idea from the late, great comedian George Carlin, so I’ll just quote him: “the environmentalist doesn’t care about the planet, not in the abstract they don’t. You know what they’re interested in? A clean place to live. Their own habitat…The planet isn’t going anywhere. We are …The planet will shake us off like a bad case of fleas, a surface nuisance.”

While this is a very crude assessment of global warming, it provides a good roadmap of how to shape the fight against global warming. Average people are sick of hearing about the liberal self-righteous crusade to save the planet. Tell it like it is: we need to fix this situation for our own good and our own survival, plain and simple.

The fourth issue is political correctness. Here’s where all the liberals start to get mad at me. Let me preface this with saying there is nothing wrong with political correctness.

Matt Heffler is a Collegian However, people get upset columnist and can be reached at when liberals try to push mheffler@umass.edu.

Liberty is detained and interrogated This past week, the Washington Post obtained a draft of an executive order

Josh Raposa regarding the reinstatement of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Black Sites and “advanced interrogation techniques.” Both measures have been discredited by domestic scholars because they are ineffective and immoral. It seems that the Trump administration does not adhere to these notions of morality or even utility.

While the majority of orders enacted by the Trump administration are worthy of comment due to their tyrannical implications, the content of this specific draft reveals a certain perception of national and international security policy that is of grave concern to internationally-recognized principles of human dignity.

The document, titled “Executive Order—Detention and Interrogation of Enemy

Combatants,” introduces the role of “critical intelligence” within a discourse of a “global war on terrorism.” It states that protecting our interests “depends upon the ability of the United States, acting in accordance with our Constitution, our laws, and our international commitments, to obtain critical intelligence information about developing threats.”

The order proceeds in arguing that the Obama administration has failed in its efforts to enact defensive measures, “refrain[ing] from exercising certain authorities critical to its defense.”

The first is the Obama administration’s attempt to close Guantanamo Bay. Guantanamo has been seen by the international community as a scathing manifestation of American hypocrisy.

The “liberties and freedoms” of the U.S., inalienable and universal to the human condition, starkly contrast the policies of Guantanamo.

The Patriot Act, under the pretext of national security, states that any man deemed to be an “enemy combatant” engaging in “acts of terrorism” can be denied crucial legal protections (i.e. right to trial and formidable living conditions).

Contrary to the proposals set forth in the executive order,

Civil and Political Rights.

The rights of man are not contingent upon circumstance of security; they are as stated in our Constitution to be inalienable in every sense of the word.

It is in times of political instability, real or contrived, that we require the fullest implementation of these rights and a vow

“...this executive order demonstrates a type of cruel and sadistic mentality regarding human security policy.” increased use of Guantanamo is not compatible with any aspects of our Constitution or international commitments.

The Geneva Convention shows that these are not “consistent with international conventions...”

Furthermore, Guantanamo invalidates our ratified policy to uphold the rights to fair trial and rights to be free from arbitrary detention as stated in the 1992 International Covenant on

from our government to uphold these rights.

These are not rights endowed to American citizens, but to people. In pursuing a more cohesive vision of humanity and peace, we must recognize that the rights of human beings are not reserved to specific attributes—they wield a timeless quality to them that transcends geography, political affiliation, sex, gender, etc.

Unfortunately the administra-

tion, as they have demonstrated again, does not share this same vision.

A proposed reintroduction of advanced interrogation techniques is demonstrative of the type of human rights conscience latent within the Trump polity.

Consider Section 1 of the executive order which states that Executive Orders 13491 of Jan. 22, 2009 are to be revoked, and Executive Order 13440 is to be reinstated to the extent permitted by Law. The prospect of removing Executive Order 13491 is as daunting as it is morally repellent. Executive Order 13491 stipulates that during the conduct of intelligence extraction, the United States will comply with those minimum standards of human dignity as stated in the Geneva Convention.

Revocation of 13491 would imply that the U.S. is no longer obligated to refrain from “subjections to violence on life (including murder of all kinds,

mutilation, cruel treatment, and torture) nor to outrages upon personal dignity (including humiliation and degrading treatment).” The implication of such an abhorrent policy seems to be beyond comment and cannot be reasonably justified under any condition.

While only a draft, this executive order demonstrates a type of cruel and sadistic mentality regarding human security policy. Under the auspice of defense, the Trump regime continues to invalidate fundamental notions of dignity that are universal to not only the American experience, but to the human experience as well.

In a time of fear and paranoia, we must be vigilant to protect our rights and those of our neighbors, foreign and domestic, for they are endowed with that same characteristic of friend and family: human.

Josh Raposa is a Collegian contributor and can be reached at jraposa@umass.edu.

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Cloud Nothings keep rock alive on ‘Life Without Sound’ Band’s fourth album is upbeat and fresh

By William Plotnick Collegian Staff

Cloud Nothings never look to call any attention to themselves. Lead singer Dylan Baldi seems at this point to feel comfortable with the contrast of his band’s lofty reputation amongst music critics and their relative commercial obscurity, something that has come from rock music’s diminishing overall popularity.

Hailing from Cleveland, a city whose Rock and Roll Hall of Fame pales in popularity in comparison to its sports franchises and its star athletes, like LeBron James, Cloud Nothings doesn’t seek to bask in the limelight or concern themselves with their commercial status in comparison to other bands. Instead, they simply focus on the music, a formula which has allowed them to become the most consistent rock band out there today.

Some may feel that indie rock had its heyday in the 90s, when bands such as Dinosaur Jr., Built to Spill, Modest Mouse and Radiohead were re-defining the ways we heard and were moved by rock music. Cloud Nothings serve as an example that rock music has not, in fact, seen its better days. If there is anything that Cloud Nothings has taken from these bands, it’s a willingness to take risks with their music and not worry about what critical listeners

ily a bad thing. It could be that Nathan Williams—lead singer of fellow punkers Wavves and a good friend of lead singer Dylan Baldi (they collaborated on the 2015 LP “No Life for Me”)—has pushed Baldi toward a brighter, more tuneful and accessible approach.

Certainly, Williams has found success in moving away from his earlier, lo-fi sound, and now Baldi has too.

“Do you know what it’s like / To be out and alive? / To say you’re doing alright / Yeah, you’re doing just fine” Baldi sings on “Modern Act,” sticking to the newfound hopefulness that can be found throughout “Life Without Sound.” “Modern Act” is another immensely catchy song that quickly pulls in the listener, leaving us head bopping and singing along to the lyrics. Baldi’s voice is immensely polished, even pretty at times, making it one of the band’s most pleasant DIGBOSTON/FLICKR songs to date.

Though Baldi is only 25, Though not as aggressive as past efforts, ‘Life Without Sound’ proves Cloud Nothings’ consistency as one of America’s best rock bands. his band is developing musiNothings’ new album takes song. “I came up to the sur- which are best listened to in cally in a way no one could may think.

The band’s new album, on. The track opens with a face/released the air,” Baldi their entirety. In that sense, have predicted. The music “Life Without Sound,” is a pretty piano pattern, and sings, and indeed “Up to the “Life Without Sound” is per- of Cloud Nothings continues perfect example of the kind slowly moves into a relaxing Surface” feels like a breath haps Cloud Nothings’ most to speak for itself, and “Life of experiments that Cloud progression of chords that, of fresh air in the context of accessible record, a distinc- Without Sound” is another tion it achieves without fore- incredible effort for a band Nothings are willing to take unlike the angry, adrenaline- Cloud Nothings’ catalog. in order to put out another fueling jams of previous Cloud The catchy “Internal going anything in the way of that only came into existence seven years ago. “Life Without wonderful record that both Nothings records, leaves the World,” and some of “Life quality.

Act,” “Life Sound” proves above all that compliments and stands out listener feeling at ease. This Without Sound”’s other “Modern doesn’t change when Baldi upbeat tracks, mark the Without Sound”’s first sin- rock is not dead, you just have in their discography.

Look no further than the begins to sing, as his voice album more as a collection of gle, is another great example to go find it. album’s opening track, “Up has never been so crisp, nor individual songs that can be of the why Cloud Nothings’ to the Surface,” to find the have the band’s lyrics been so enjoyed time and again, unlike move away from its previous, William Plotnick can be reached at lighter rock style that Cloud relevant to the shape of the past Cloud Nothings records, angrier style is not necessar- wplotnick@umass.edu.

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Migos erupts on ‘Culture’ Sinai Vessel’s ‘Brokenlegged’ Trio solidifies its shows why emo has endured place in hip-hop

By Steven Turner-Parker Collegian Correspondent

Superstar hip-hop trio Migos, a group that consists of Offset, Takeoff and Quavo are back with a bang on their second album, “Culture.” The choice of “Culture” as a name is clever, as a way of nodding toward the fact that the trio has contributed to a substantial amount of trends in hip-hop and pop culture in general.

Throughout “Culture,” you can tell how confident Migos are about their music, confidence that likely stems from the whirlwind of success they have accrued from setting trends like the “Dab.” Released on Jan. 27, “Culture” is an album that displays that classic Migos sound, one that has had a huge influence on hip-hop, and that showcases the unique flows

of all three members.

At its core, “Culture” displays many of the reasons why Migos’ sound appeals to so many. With their polyrhythmic rhyme schemes, energetic instrumentals and flows coupled with contagious ad-libs, Migos have brought the Atlanta style of hip-hop back to the forefront. As so often happens with a sound as unique as theirs, top-tier artists like Drake and Kanye West have sought to emulate Migos in their own music, but have been unable to fully recreate the ingredients that make the trio’s music so irresistible.

Migos used two of the hottest producers in hiphop—Metro Boomin and Zaytoven—to take their songs to the next level.

Most notable among these songs is the group’s number one hit, “Bad and Boujee.” Spiced up by Metro Boomin, this single is what began the buzz for “Culture,” and it stands as one of the album’s best

tracks. When it’s on, you can really feel the group’s presence, personality and flow, something the group spreads through the entire album.

“Culture”’s finest moment however, is “Big on Big.” Produced by Zaytoven, “Big on Big” demonstrates the remarkable connection the trio shares with the producer, and the Atlanta sound that continues to have an undying influence on the genre.

The energy Migos presents on “Culture,” is infectious, and transfers effortlessly over to the listener.

“Culture,” considering Migos’ pre-eminence in the pop culture landscape, couldn’t have been timed any better. It stands as confident, uncompromising in sound and steadfast for the fans who have come to love Migos’ style so much.

Steven Turner-Parker can be reached at sturnerparke@umass.edu.com and @Trureligionman on Twitter.

Evocative LP shows the best of the genre

By Jackson Maxwell Collegian Staff

For those of us whose adolescence arrived during the commercial heyday of “emo,” there are inevitably certain associations with the genre that must be contended with.

For some, it will provoke memories of scribbling dramatic poetry in notebooks, or staring out of a car window thinking about how these faraway punk bands understood you better than anyone in This Town. Some people may remember their fashion choices and/or haircuts, or which songs soundtracked those many treacherous trips through middle school hallways.

On one level, it’s hard to comprehend how anyone would want to relive any of those memories. And yet one can find wildly popular “emo nights” in venues all across the country. Even in the offices of The Massachusetts Daily Collegian itself, on some nights, you may find groups of editors shouting along to deep cuts in their middle school playlists to power themselves through another long night of production.

Emo is a big-tent genre, incorporating everything from the histrionics of My Chemical Romance, to the blunt sincerity of Jimmy Eat World, to the cartoonish Sum 41. What binds the genre together though, is a sense of occasion, and a deep sense of self-importance. That self-importance can be suf-

focating if done wrong, but there’s a great satisfaction to be derived from listening to music that makes every mole hill into a mountain.

It’s called “emo”—short for “emotive hardcore”—for a reason. The one thing every one of its practitioners have in common is that they can take even the most mundane incident or interaction and present it as a life-changing experience. “Brokenlegged,” the second full-length from North Carolina natives Sinai Vessel, does this in spades, in the process demonstrating why emo has proven to be so resilient.

The first thing that stands out about “Brokenlegged,” released Jan. 27, is how unorthodox the production is. Everything from the richly layered arrangements to Caleb Cordes’ note-perfect vocals seems to have been frozen and then re-heated in a microwave, as if you’re not getting the full picture. Listen to it on a bad set of speakers (without headphones on a smartphone for instance) and you’ll really hear how compressed the sound is.

Though irritating at first, this production does actually serve a purpose. The resulting effect is the same as putting a heavy filter on a photograph. Just as seeing an image in black and white, or with its colors altered, would alter your perception of the contents of an image, this listen-throughglass production shifts the way “Brokenlegged” plays.

In most instances, this sort of heavy-handed production would likely come off as ridiculous or artificial. But, since

this is emo, a genre obsessed with the framing of memories and thoughts, it works beautifully.

Its success hinges on the stirring imagery Cordes packs these songs with. What good would that production do if Cordes—on the standout track “Dogs”—didn’t mention how if his “petty thief” brother “had stuck close to the law/ he’d not be lying prostrate in the street”?

On the gorgeous “Died On My Birthday,” Cordes sets the scene at a “cruel, cruel lunch after the funeral,” where “Every missive and dispatch rolls of the tongue/And lands heavy on the table.” Keeping it up, Cordes continues “It rattles our lentil bowls/A whole fortnight of meals left cold in your honor/In your absence/In our confusion.” #Deep enough for you?

Jokes aside, one has to tip their hat to Sinai Vessel, whose brilliantly fleshed-out arrangements and remarkable chemistry as an ensemble are the perfect vehicles for Cordes’ cinematic lyrics.

“Brokenlegged” took over five years to create, and the exhaustive perfectionism that went into it is on full display.

Each one of its many layers is vital to the end product, an album that’ll give you that same comfort and satisfaction that your favorite emo band of yore gave you all those years ago.

Jackson Maxwell can be reached at jlmaxwell@umass.edu and followed on Twitter at @JMaxwell82.

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Defensive tackle Alan Branch recovered the fumble to ignite New England’s rally. The Patriots added two touchdowns and two twopoint conversions to force overtime. The Patriots won the toss and scored on their first possession to earn the Vince Lombardi trophy.

They used two turnovers to build their lead.

With the Patriots on the move and at the Falcons’ 33 yard line, linebacker Deion Jones pulled the ball out from New England running back LeGarrette Blount and cornerback Robert Alford recovered.

That was the play that “set things off” as Quinn likes the say.

The Patriots and the Falcon had only 11 turnover this season.

The offense knew what to do with the ball and promptly marched in for the first score.

After the Falcons built a 14-0 lead on a 19-yard touchdown pass to tight end Austin Hooper, Alford stepped in front on a pass intended for New England wide receiver Danny Amendola and returned it 82 yards for a touchdown.

It was the second-longest interception return for a touchdown in Super Bowl history.

Alford waltzed in from about 30 yards out.

The Patriots had scored in the first quarter of 16 of 18 games this season, 14 were touchdowns. The Falcons shut them out in the first quarter.

2. Offense picked up the tempo. After scoring touchdowns on the opening possession in eight straight games, the Falcons were thwarted in the Super Bowl and held scoreless in the first quarter.

Left tackle Jake Matthews playing in front of family and friends in his hometown struggled early in the game as Ryan was sacked two times in the first quarter.

The Falcons got their third possession after Jones’ forced fumble.

The Falcons came out running tempo and Ryan completed passes to Julio Jones of 19 and 23 yards.

Freeman then broke loose for runs for 15 and 9 yards to move to New England’s 6-yard line. On the next play, Freeman started up the middle and then bounce outside and drove into the end zone untouched for a touchdown.

With the game on the line, the offense sputtered. There was big sack by Hightower and a penalty by right tackle Tom Compton that kept the Falcons out of field goal range.

Ryan was sacked five times.

3. Who had White? The Falcons knew they had a speed advantage against New England’s slow linebackers. They attacked Shea McClellin and Rob Ninkovich laterally with tosses and other outside runs.

Then in the third quarter, Ryan found Coleman out of the backfield in the flat. He caught the ball and out-ran Ninkovich to the corner of the end zone. The play-action fake force the other linebacker to the left side of the field and that left Ninkovich iso-

lated on Coleman in a speed mismatch.

Coleman’s score in the third quarter put the Falcons 28-3 and cheers of “ATL, ATL” rang throughout the stadium.

It was the last highlight for the Falcons, who had trouble with White, who caught 14 passes for 110 yards and couldn’t stop the Patriots from scoring 31 unanswered points.

4. Pressure on Brady.

After an exchange of punts, the Falcons were able to mount a pass rush against Brady on their second possession of the game.

Defensive tackle Courtney Upshaw steamrolled Shaq Mason for the franchise’s first Super Bowl sack. Grady Jarrett added the second and force the Patriots to punt.

Jarrett added two more sacks, including a key one in the fourth quarter that stop a Patriots threat and forced them to kick a field goal.

During the Patriots’ rally, the pass rush was not a factor.

5. Goodwin the secret weapon.

Conver ted Cornerback C.J. Goodwin, a former wide receiver was one of the Falcons’ secret weapons against the Patriots.

They used him as the sixth defensive back and had him cover running backs Dion Lewis and White out of the backfield.

Goodwin was solid in cover-

age, but eventually the Patriots attacked nickel back Brian Poole and got a spectacular catch by Julian Edelman after Alford tipped the ball up in the air.

Quinn challenged the play and lost the teams third and final time out.

UMass wins out the weekend

By Zander Manning Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts club hockey team entered this weekend’s games against Vermont and Connecticut still uncertain about its spot in the playoffs, which are fast approaching.

“It’s definitely a win we needed, I think we locked up our playoff spot, it’s always good to come out and get a win on senior night,” coach Mike DeFazio said.

UMass rides momentum of Litwack’s hattrick in 6-2 win over Vermont During senior night on Saturday, it was back and forth all night until senior forward Casey Litwack scored his third goal of the game with five minutes left in the second period to spark a run of four unanswered goals by the Minutemen (1510-2) to give them a 6-2 victory over UVM (10-7-1), sweeping the weekend series.

“It’s definitely a win we needed, I think we locked up our playoff spot, it’s always good to come out and get a win on senior night,” UMass coach Mike DeFazio said.

For Litwick, this marks his first career hat trick.

“What else could you ask for? It’s the perfect ending to a great career here with all my friends,” Litwack said.

With two minutes left in the second period, fellow senior forward Adam Kmetz scored, giving the Minutemen a 4-2 lead. Three minutes into the third period, junior forward Terrence

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Doonan scored to put UMass ahead 5-2.

Then with six minutes left, the Minutemen put the Catamounts away with their sixth goal of the game when Rob Tirea beat UVM goalie Ethan Loo blocker side.

UMass freshman goalie Ryan LaCroix shined for the Minutemen with 30 saves on 32 shots.

“When we went up 4-2 I felt so much weight lift off my shoulders,” goalie Ryan LaCroix said.

The game was back and forth in the beginning with Vermont going up seven minutes in as Dylan Burns scored. Two minutes into the second period Casey Litwack scored his first goal.

After Artie Potter was called for tripping with 11 minutes left in the second period, Litwack took a turnover from the Catamount defense and scored a shorthanded goal on the breakaway.

UVM’s Nick Levinsky tied it 2-2 just two minutes later.

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game back,” DeFazio said.

“He looked good, gave us a chance to win.”

UMass went up two minutes into the first period and never looked back after Kmetz’s initial score. With two minutes left in the period, sophomore forward Cam Fisher scored making it 2-0.

The Huskies came back and scored their first goal of the game with six minutes left in the second period, junior defenseman Connor Todd scored while falling down to cut the score from 2-1.

With five minutes left in the second period, junior defenseman Dennis Medeiros was called for elbowing, and Anthony Lespasio scored a shorthanded goal 30 seconds into the penalty, his first goal since the fall semester, to give the Minutemen a 3-1 lead.

Four minutes into the third period, sophomore defenseman Artie Potter put UMass up 4-1. UConn’s defenseman Josh Back scored with six minutes left to make it 4-2, but with 1:40 left in the game UMass sophomore forward Robert Tiera scored to put the Huskies away and make it 5-2.

Next weekend, the Minutemen play their final regular season games before the playoffs when they take on Florida Gulf-Coast for two games on the road during their final series of the regular season.

Going into the playoffs, DeFazio isn’t sure who he will start in goal, but next weekend should tell him what he needs to know to make that decision.

On Friday night, the Mintuemen jumped out to an early 1-0 on UConn lead on a goal by senior forward Adam Kmetz and never looked back, ending up with a 5-2 victory over the Huskies.

On Friday night, junior goalie Connor Walker got the start in net after taking not playing the previous weekend (illness).

Walker said it felt good to get back on the ice and DeFazio said he played him to keep him fresh in case he needs him in the playoffs.

“He’s been playing well. Zander Manning can be reached Towards the end of first at alexanderman@umass.edu and semester, (Walker) got his followed on Twitter @ZMSportsReport.

TENNIS

Minutewomen lose to Brown UM struggles in doubles matches

By Jacob Mackey Collegain Staff

The Massachusetts women’s tennis team suffered their first-dual match loss of the season on Friday at the hands of Brown University 6-1 at the Pizzitola Sports Center.

UMass (2-1) coach Judy Dixon said last week just how difficult the road match would be.

“Brown has always been a problem for us particularly because we always play them at their home courts which are quite fast,” Dixon said. “In order to beat them we have to be firing on all cylinders and deal with more pressure.”

The Bears (2-1) took the first and third double matches of the day with the 45th ranked doubles team in the nation of senior Dayna Lord and junior Alyza Benotto defeating sophomore Ruth Crawford and senior Anna Woosley of the

Minutewomen in the first match, 6-2. Minutewomen junior Ana Yrazusta and freshmen Janja Kovacevic earned a second match victory by a decisive score of 6-1.

However, Brittany Collens and Ashley Avery would go on to lose the third doubles match 6-4 to Brown players Devon Jack and Juliana Simon.

In single’s play, UMass struggled to finish the job and get victories. Kovacevic and Woosley were defeated in straight sets in matches two and four. Woosley competed well, losing 6-1, 6-4.

However, Kovacevic had a tough go-around against Brown’s Benotto losing 6-0, 6-1.

Minutewomen senior Collens and freshmen Martina Bocchi forced three set matches in singles five and six but fell in the end, which was the story of the afternoon for UMass.

Yrazusta was the only player to earn a singles victory for the Minutewomen, fighting back to win two straight matches after dropping the first.

BASKETBALL the country, whatever we can do to help awareness and help the cause we’re definitely going to do. I appreciate everyone coming out and supporting that for us.”

The Mullins Center was covered in pink, as the Minutewomen suited up in special pink uniforms and sneakers in honor of Yow and breast cancer aware-

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“This was a tough loss for us as the match was very close and definitely within our reach,” Dixon said. “We competed well in most spots and as this was our first tough test I thought that we were on the right track against a top 75 team. I told the team that sometimes coaches accept defeats that were done right more than victories that were sloppy. This was one of those defeats.”

UMass has a quick turnaround as its schedule begins to ramp up. Their next match was held on Feb. 5 with Amherst against Farleigh Dickinson.

“Sunday I am playing two of my players who are not usual starters,” Dixon said. “I am doing this in order to keep all players competitively ready. I know that they are up to the challenge.”

The Minutewomen only have two opponents left on the schedule before Atlantic 10 play begins against George Washington.

Jacob Mackey can be reached at jacobmackey@umass.edu.

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ness.

“For me personally, I’ve lost a few people to cancer,” Stiff says, “and my grandma actually has cancer now, so it definitely means a lot to me and the whole team. Not every person has a personal experience with it, but it all means so much to them because it shows how much people fight.”

“Kay Yow was such an

inspiration,” she added. “If you want something, go get it, and don’t let anything stop you.”

UMass heads to Fordham on Saturday and Richmond on Feb. 15, before returning to the Mullins Center to face La Salle for Senior Day on Feb. 19.

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see many similarities between soccer and basketball, she feels there is a universal connection between her mentality in the two sports.

“I think work ethic is the biggest similarity,” Burke said. “Working hard. If you work hard, something is going to go your way.”

Burke, who played 13 minutes on Saturday, has been able to give UMass a

defensive boost. Her court awareness was evident early in the game, as she stole an inbound pass and raced down and converted the layup. When asked about what her biggest improvement has been over the season, Burke said that her knowledge of the sport is near the top.

“I think understanding the game more and being more aware of where I am

on the court and what position I’m in and my role in general,” she said.

The Minutewomen will look to end their losing streak next Saturday when they take on Fordham in the Bronx. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.

Thomas Johnston can be reached at tjohnston@umass.edu and followed on twitter @TJ__Johnston.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

UMass loses sixth straight game Minutewomen pay tribute to Kay Yow

UM stuggles in the paint in 63-59 loss

Players wear pink at Mullins Center

By Amin Touri Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts women’s basketball team has dropped more than its fair share of winnable games this season, and Saturday afternoon was no different.

Turnovers, missed opportunities and foul trouble plagued the Minutewomen (9-16, 3-9 Atlantic 10) in their penultimate home game, playing catch-up all afternoon in a frustrating 63-59 loss to Davidson.

Led by 34 points from guard Justine Lyon, the Wildcats (4-19, 2-9 A-10) capitalized on a sloppy UMass performance. The Minutewomen were outrebounded 39-31, and turned the ball over 17 times as Davidson doubled UMass’ point total off of turnovers.

“I thought that we played hard, and did a good job of fighting to the end,” said junior guard Leah McDerment, “but we came out slow, and that’s been the issue the last couple of games. We let teams get off on a good foot, and we’ve not been able to bounce back and we end up having to fight the entire game and never get into our groove, really.”

Twenty-two points from senior guard Alyx Stiff— including a few clutch baskets in the final minute— weren’t enough to save the Minutewomen, with leading scorers Hailey Leidel and Maggie Mulligan struggling all afternoon.

“I thought our inability to score hurt us today,” said head coach Tory Verdi, “and

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UMass senior forward Alyx Stiff scores a career high 22 points in loss to Davidson on Saturday. foul trouble with Maggie hurt us today. Had to be something that we weren’t, and we’re fighting fatigue right now, but we can’t allow that to be our excuse. We’ve been playing all year with a lack of depth, and we have to figure out a way to fight adversity.”

Mulligan, who ranks second nationally in doubledoubles this season, was roughed up underneath by a physical Davidson team, finishing with 10 points and five rebounds after fouling out midway through the fourth quarter.

Meanwhile, Leidel had one of her roughest shooting performances of the season, as the usually sharpshooting freshman was just 2-11 from the field and 1-8 from threepoint land.

With Mulligan sitting, UMass was without a postpresence in the final min-

utes. The Wildcats managed to stifle any comeback attempt, while hitting their free throws to seal the contest.

Another loss makes six consecutive defeats for the Minutewomen, who are now left reeling from their turnover-laden losing streak.

“I think our downfall continues to be boxing out and rebounding,” said Stiff, “giving them second-chance points. Our turnovers are messing us up, but I think we all really try hard and do what we can.”

The box score was reflective of the rebounding shortfall, as Davidson outscored UMass by a massive 20-3 margin on second-chance points. The Minutewomen also only shot 25 percent from three on Saturday.

“Well, we’ve gone three weeks without a win now,” said Verdi. “But I truly

believe that when we’re on and we’re playing our best basketball, and we can knock down shots from the perimeter, we’re pretty good.

We haven’t done that in a while, therefore everyone’s clogging up the interior on us and it’s hard to score. It’s hard to score when you can’t score on the perimeter.”

UMass was hosting the annual Play4Kay cancer awareness day, in honor of the late Kay Yow, the legendary long-time head coach of the women’s basketball team at North Carolina State. Yow, a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, lost her extended battle with breast cancer in 2009.

“It means a lot,” said Verdi. “Number one, it’s a great cause, brings awareness to an ugly disease that has taken people from across see

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There are games where the exterior circumstances going on at a sporting event are far more important than the game itself.

The Massachusetts women’s basketball team hosting their annual Play4Kay event to raise awareness for the Kay Yow Cancer Foundation qualifies as one of those games. Pink was scattered around the Mullins Center, most notably on the players who were wearing pink uniforms and shoes.

“It means a lot,” UMass coach Tory Verdi said.

“Number one it’s a great cause. It brings awareness to an ugly disease that has taken people from across the country. Whatever we can do to help the awareness and cause we’re definitely going to do it. I appreciate everyone coming out and supporting that for us and hopefully they’ll come back and see another game.”

For senior Alyx Stiff, playing in the annual pink game was particularly special.

“Me personally, I’ve lost a few people to cancer and my grandma actually has cancer now, so it definitely means a lot to me,” Stiff said. “I know the whole team, not every single person has a personal experience, but it all means so much to them because it shows how much people fight.”

Stiff finished the game with a career high 22 points, going 7-14 from the field in 38 minutes of playing time.

For senior Megan Burke, this was her second cancer awareness game of the year. She was proud to be able to be a part of one again.

“It means a lot,” Burke said. “We do a pink game in soccer. Every pink game is a big deal, but this was very important to us with so many people affected by it. You try your best, you try your best every game but this game especially. You try to come out and work hard for those who can’t.”

Burke made her second start of the year on Saturday. She walked onto the team this season after a standout soccer career for the Minutewomen. She finished the game with two points and a pair of steals.

“It’s about playing those who come to practice and work hard everyday,” Verdi said when asked about giving Burke the start. “You get rewarded. It’s on our players to show up, be consistent and give a good effort and that’s the culture here. And if you don’t, you won’t play.”

Verdi was complimentary of Burke’s work ethic and how she has improved throughout the season.

“She comes in and works hard. She gives great effort and does everything we ask her to do. It doesn’t take much but she’s consistent in what she does,” Verdi said.

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HOCKEY

Ryan Wischow’s 42 saves not UM starts slow in 3-1 loss can’t enough to lift Minutemen Minutemen recover against the Freshman faces 22 shots in first period

By Kyle DaLuz Collegian Staff

BOSTON – Boston University improved its record to 8-2-0 in its last ten games while the Massachusetts hockey team dropped its 10th consecutive contest and 14th game in its last 15 as the No. 3-ranked Terriers bested the Minutemen 3-1 at Agganis Arena Friday night.

Despite falling to BU (187-2, 11-4-2 Hockey East) for the second time this season and trailing 2-0 after the first period, UMass (5-21-2, 2-13-2 HEA) competed hard throughout and had its chances to pull close to the heavily-favored Terriers but fell short.

BU tallied 22 shots in the first period alone, while the Minutemen put just eight shots on goal in the first 20 minutes as the Terriers dominated time of possession.

If it weren’t for the play of UMass goaltender Ryan Wischow, who stopped 42 of BU’s 45 shot attempts and made 19 critical saves during the Terriers’ seven power play opportunities, the score was bound to balloon out of control against a team loaded with NHL prospects.

BU forward Clayton Keller (goal, two assists) scored an even-strength goal at 3:37 of the first. Dante Fabbro (goal, assist) added another at 14:40 to put UMass in what would prove to be an inescapable 2-0 hole.

“I thought we had a poor first period,” UMass coach Greg Carvel said. “We allowed them to get a 2-0 lead which is difficult to overcome. I thought our second and third periods were better. Ultimately I thought we had the puck in good areas and weren’t able to execute as much as we could have tonight. As of late, this was not one of our better games because we needed to have a really good game against a really good team.”

“I really liked our first period,” BU coach David Quinn said. “We came out with a lot of pace and a lot of jump. We got the 2-0 lead and we felt like maybe it could have been a little bit more.”

The Minutemen picked up momentum midway through the second period when senior Ray Pigozzi deflected a shot from the point by defensemen Shane Bear that ricocheted into the back of the net past Terrier goaltender Jake Oettinger (28 saves) for UMass’ second power play goal in as many games.

The Minutemen were on the man advantage four

times in the period, totaling seven shots for the game on six opportunities on the power play.

“We dug ourselves a little bit of a hole with the penalties and we scrambled,” Quinn said of the second.

UMass sustained offensive pressure through the remainder of the second and for moments in the third but failed to pull even with the Terriers, who regained their legs in the final period and pulled away when Bobo Carpenter pushed the BU lead to 3-1 at 10:24.

“The third period started a little bit shaky for us and then I thought we started playing smarter hockey,” Quinn added. “I thought our [penalty] killing was pretty good and if you look at our power play, although statistically we were 0-for-7, but we had 19 shots and lots of chances.”

UMass totaled 29 shots for the game and outshot the Terriers 10-7 in the second period. “[It] was a good two points. It was a hard fought game – there’s no easy games in this league,” Quinn said.

“People can look at records and make assumptions but this is a hard league.”

Kyle DaLuz can be reached at kdaluz@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Kyle_DaLuz.

Terriers in defeat

By Nicholas Souza Collegian Staff

BOSTONWatching the Massachusetts hockey team in the first period of its 3-1 loss to No. 3 Boston University was a lot like watching a boxer fighting two weights above his class.

No matter how hard UMass (5-21-2, 2-13-1 Hockey East Association) fought back, BU (18-7-2, 11-4-2 HEA) had an answer.

Every punch thrown by the Minutemen was returned by the Terriers with double the force, as UMass was lucky to reach the first intermission down by just two goals. “ I can’t put my finger on it,” Minutemen coach Gregg Carvel admitted. “I thought we were in a good place coming into tonight.

We played really hard for 60 minutes these past three games and I expected that to carry over into tonight.”

UMass freshmen forward Niko Hildenbrand taking a slashing penalty just four seconds into the game could’ve been a microcosm of what the rest of the period was going to by like for the Minutemen as they appeared to be playing as if they were a man down for

the majority of the first 20 minutes.

A big reason for the score only being 2-0 after the first was the play of freshman goaltender Ryan Wischow (42 saves), who stopped 20 of 22 shots in the period.

Wischow spent most of the first period on constant alert as UMass was out shot 22-8. while having to fight through screens on most of those shots.

“I thought he was really strong for us tonight, and we needed it,” Carvel said.

“There were a lot of shots on net, especially in that first period, and kind of stabilized us tonight.”

The first goal scored by BU’s Clayton Keller from the slot was helped in part by one of those screens obscuring Wischow’s view.

Like the lighter fighter in boxing match, the few shots that the Minutemen managed to take against the Terriers was to no avail as they were turned away by goaltender Jake Oettinger (28 saves).

The Minutemen capitalized midway through the third period with a power play goal from senior Ray Pigozzi (his sixth of the season). Pigozzi managed to deflect a shot from the point by freshman Shane Bear.

“For sure after that (goal) we were (playing) better than we did all game,” Pigozzi said. “But at times we slipped back into old habits and that’s what I think ultimately hurt us in the end.”

Like the seemingly overmatched boxer who finally managed to land a blow on a more powerful opponent, UMass began to play like it believed it could compete with one of the nation’s best teams.

Now skating with more energy, speed and purpose the Minutemen flipped the ice in their favor giving Wischow a much need break. UMass actually managed to win the shot battle in the second period 10-7.

Given this game turned out to be a loss, the Turning the tide Minutemen might be left The second period saw to do some soul searcha complete 180 in almost ing in order to figure out every aspect of the game which team they really are. for UMass.

The team that looked over The Minutemen were whelmed in the first period, aided in the second with or confident in the second. four penalties on the part of BU, giving UMass multiple Nicholas Souza can be reached at chances to get back into the njsouza@umass.edu and followed on game.

Twitter @nicksouza27.