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AMHERST — For many students commuting to the University of Massachusetts, the construction of a solar canopy in the Green 25 parking lot has interrupted their commutes.

Students with parking passes for Lots 12 and 25 reported varying difficulties in adjusting their daily schedule to the obstructions in parking.

“It’s super frustrating,” said Bridget Burke, a senior nutrition major.

“The first day of school the lot was full and I had no idea. I was late to class and that kind of set the tone.”

“I had no idea it was closed until I got there, and no idea where the overflow lot was.”

Burke, who paid $255 for a Lot 12 parking pass, said that overflow from people unable to park in the lots undergoing construction has made her payment seem pointless.

Instead, she has been paying more money to park at meter locations

around campus.

“It’s f r u s t r at i n g because I bought a parking pass for this lot and they knew construction was going on,” she said.

Burke said she appreciates that UMass has begun sending out emails updating her about the parking situation.

“I was frustrated the first week of school when I had no idea what was going on,” she said.

“I wish they handled it better the first week of school, but they’re getting there.”

Jeff Martelli, a senior studying political science and economics, has a permit for Lot 25, and said his commute has not been seriously impacted by the construction.

“They’ve been closing a lot of it off for construction,” he said. “They gave me a permit for Lot 67.”

The lot Martelli is now parking at is located behind the Mullins Center, a short distance from Lot 25 on Governor’s Drive.

“It’s pretty easy to find,” Martelli said. “67’s a good location for me.”

Zach O’Donnell, a senior studying resource see

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Students filled the Campus Center auditorium on Wednesday to attend the University of Massachusetts Ski and Board club meeting on Sept. 14.

Greenspan worries ‘crazies’ will hurt US

By Rich Miller Bloomberg News

WA S H I N G T O N — Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan voiced concern that the U.S. economic and political system could be undermined by what he called “crazies.”

“It is the worst economic and political environment that I’ve ever been remotely related to,” Greenspan, 90, told a conference in Washington Tuesday evening sponsored by Stanford University and the University of Chicago.

On the economic front, the U.S. is headed toward stagflation - a combination of weak demand and ele-

vated inflation, according to Greenspan. “Politically, I haven’t a clue how this comes out.”

“We’re not in a stable equilibrium,” he said. “I hope we can all find a way out because this is too great a country to be undermined, by how should I say it, crazies.”

Greenspan, who served from 1974-1977 in the Republican presidential administration of the late Gerald Ford, declined to comment on Wednesday when asked whom he was referring to.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is leading Republican Donald Trump in opinion polls, though her edge

over the billionaire has narrowed. In winning his party’s nod, Trump ran a populist campaign, pledging to build a wall to keep out illegal immigrants coming from Mexico and threatening to slap tariffs on imports from China.

In his comments on Tuesday, Greenspan traced the rise of populism in the U.S. all the way back to 1896, when William Jennings Bryan gave his “Cross of Gold” speech at the Democratic Party national convention opposing the gold standard.

Greenspan repeated his concern on Tuesday that increased government spending on Social Security and health care

are crowding out private investment and leading to slower economic growth.

He bemoaned the fact that neither presidential candidate was talking about reining in those expenditures.

“Nobody wants to discuss it” for fear of a political backlash, he said.

In the past, Republican administrations on average countenanced bigger expansions in these entitlement outlays than Democrats, Greenspan said. In that regard, former Democratic President Bill Clinton - Hillary’s husband - “turned out to be the best Republican,” he said.

Wisconsin Legislature eased lead paint Navy commander regulations after $750,000 in donations arrested for assault

By Jason Stein, Patrick Marley and Daniel Bice

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and the GOP-controlled Legislature approved a measure aimed at retroactively shielding paint makers from liability after a billionaire owner of a lead producer contributed $750,000 to a political group that provided crucial support to Walker and Republicans in recall elections, according to a report released Wednesday.

Citing leaked documents gathered during a now-shuttered investigation into the governor's campaign, the Guardian U.S., an arm of the British newspaper, reported that Harold Simmons, owner of NL Industries, a producer of the lead formerly used in paint, made three donations totaling $750,000 to the Wisconsin Club for Growth between April 2011 and

January 2012.

Simmons' donations were made before and after Republicans approved two laws helpful to the industry - one in January 2011 and the other in June 2013. The 2013 measure was inserted in a budget bill in the middle of the night despite warnings about its constitutionality.

The documents confirm earlier reports that Walker solicited millions of dollars for Wisconsin Club for Growth, a group then run

by R.J. Johnson, one of his top campaign advisers. The Guardian story says Walker was warned in an email about potential “red flags” with Simmons, who died in 2013, including a magazine story that described him as “Dallas' most evil genius.”

Simmons' contributions mirror a $700,000 donation from mining firm Gogebic Taconite to Wisconsin Club for Growth around the same time, a donation that was earlier disclosed in court

records. After that contribution, the GOP-controlled Legislature and Walker approved legislation aimed at streamlining regulations for an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin.

The 1,500 pages of leaked John Doe records provide a window into the case that prosecutors were putting together in arguing that Walker's campaign and conservative groups such as Wisconsin Club for Group were illegally coordinating campaign activity. The Wisconsin Supreme Court shut down the probe, finding it “unconstitutionally overbroad and vague.”

Responding to the Guardian story, Walker's campaign said Wednesday that there was no sign the Republican governor had done anything wrong but did not directly address the donations from Simmons or the legislation touching on lead paint lawsuits.

“As widely reported two

years ago, the prosecutor's attorney stated that Gov. Walker was not a target.

Several courts shut down the baseless investigation on multiple occasions, and there is absolutely no evidence of any wrongdoing,” campaign spokesman Joe Fadness said.

This massive leak of John Doe documents comes just weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court is to meet in closed session on a petition to revive the investigation.

Prosecutors argue that former state Supreme Court Justice David Prosser and current Justice Michael Gableman should not have been allowed to hear the case because their campaigns benefited from work by some of the groups being investigated.

The Guardian story quotes a Walker email to Karl Rove, a former top aide to President George W. Bush who oversaw a major political action see

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By Lyndsay Winkley and Pauline Repard The San Diego Union-Tribune

SAN DIEGO — A U.S. Navy commander was arrested Monday on suspicion of trying to rape a woman in San Diego after her screams prompted a neighbor to call 911, San Diego police said.

Officers spotted John Michael Neuhart II running from the woman's residence and chased him into a nearby canyon, said San Diego Police Lt. Paul Phillips. He was taken into custody about 3 a.m.

The 39-year-old naval aviator was booked into jail on suspicion of attempted rape by force and sexual assault with the intent to rape. He later posted bail, which was set at $100,000, and has a Superior Court arraignment set for Monday, a district attorney's office spokeswoman said.

The victim, a Navy woman in her late 20s, was with friends at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel when they spotted Neuhart, who was an acquaintance, Phillips said. The two talked for a time, and when she went to go home, he went with her. When they got to the residence, he followed her inside.

"The suspect immediately became forceful with her and attempted to sexually assault her," Phillips said. "She was able to fight him off and began screaming very loudly."

A neighbor heard the screams, called police and then shouted into the home that the police were on the way, Phillips said.

When officers arrived, the neighbor pointed them to a man bolting out the back door.

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Russian scientists trapped by polar bears escape BERLIN — Five Russian scientists trapped by more than a dozen polar bears for two weeks used a shipment of flares and air horns to free themselves this week, according to Russian and European news reports.

Because of the endangered status of polar bears, the scientists were willing to use only non-lethal methods to scare the bears away.

The researchers were on Troynoy Island, north of eastern Russia and inside the Arctic Circle, when on Aug. 31, one of the many bears known to live on the island killed a dog at a meteorological station. After that, the bear apparently decided to stick around, and was joined by nine other adult polar bears, and as many as four cubs.

The scientists, who had run out of any means to scare off the bears, were advised to “stay inside” unless absolutely necessary and that new supplies were on the way.

They were, at first, advised that the new supplies would take a month to reach them, but a passing research vessel was able to reach them within two weeks.

During the siege TASS quoted one of the scientists, Vadim Plotnikov, about the ordeal.

“A female bear has been sleeping under the station’s windows since Saturday night. It’s dangerous to go out as we have run short of any means to scare off the predators,” Plotnikov said. In addition to being in danger of being eaten if they left the research hut, he noted that: “We had to stop some of the meteorological observations.”

Troynoy Island is a 16-milelong island in the Kara Sea, part of the Russian Arctic that is thought to be home to as many as 7,000 polar bears.

TASS reported that initial pleas for help sent back to the Arkhangelsk-based Northern Meteorological Department, advised the scientists to stay calm, stay inside and figure it out for themselves.

They were also told new supplies would be sent as soon as possible.

“Things like this have happened before on Troynoy Island,” TASS quoted Vassily Shevchenko, the head of the state monitoring network that owns the station, as saying.

A spokesperson for the group told TASS that climate change was in part to blame for the siege.

“The bears usually go to other islands, but this year they didn’t. The ice receded quickly and the bears didn’t have time to swim to other islands,” she said. “There’s no food ... so they came up to the station.”

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economics, has a permit to park in Lot 12 and is on a wait list to park in Lot 25.

O’Donnell has not been able to park in Lot 12 since the beginning of school.

He said he heard all of the people parking in Lot 25 were relocated to Lot 12, and that Lot 25 would not reopen until Oct. “It’s f r u s t r at i n g because they keep making me park all the way by Mullins,” said O’Donnell.

However, he said that there had always been a bus at the Mullins Center he took into campus after parking, and the adjustment was not very difficult.

Brandon Dunham, a graduate student studying chemical engineering, has a parking pass for Lot 25 but has been parking in Lot 45 because of the construction.

Dunham was still commuting to the University

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during the summer when construction began and used the yellow lot at Lot 12, which has been filling up since the fall semester began.

“45 gets me right next to my building,” Dunham said, noting he was pleased with his parking situation. “I find a spot every day.”

Dunham added that the people he knows at UMass do not have a problem getting spots.

Ed Blaguszewski, the executive director of strategic communications at UMass, said last week that during the first week of school the University is much more lenient about who parks in the campus lots.

“All yellow lots are pretty much open to everyone,” Blaguszewski said, adding that it is a measure to prevent parents from being ticketed.

Amanda Hall, a senior

studying English and history, no longer has a parking pass but used one last year when she had a halfhour commute.

Hall was parking in Lot 25, and complained that although she paid hundreds of dollars for a parking pass, other people were given priority to park there when the Mullins

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events.

The parking pass system in general was criticized by Hall as classist.

“UMass insists on giving commuter students this big fee when they’re

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committee, in which the Republican governor credits Johnson and Wisconsin for Growth in the election of Gableman and Prosser. Both justices voted to shut down the John Doe investigation.

“RJ was the chief adviser to my campaign,” Walker wrote on May 4, 2011. “He put together the team to flip the Senate three times and the Assembly two times.

“He ran the effort that defeated the first incumbent Supreme Court justice in decades back in 2008, and Club for Growth-Wisconsin was the key to retaining Justice Prosser.”

Since the recalls, Walker and Republicans in the state have sought to shield paint makers from liability in law-

ing the first governor in U.S. history to do so, and GOP senators faced recalls in both 2011 and 2012.

Three GOP senators faced recalls and then voted on the Joint Finance Committee budget motion in June 2013 that sought to retroactively shield the lead paint industry from lawsuits. Those senators were Alberta Darling of River Hills, the panel's co-chairwoman, Luther Olsen of Ripon, and Sheila Harsdorf of River Falls none responded immediately to requests for comment.

That controversial motion came at the end of the panel's budget-writing work and, as is common, came in the middle of the night and included a grab bag of spe-

already taking out loans to go to classes,” she said.

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

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Phillips declined to say if either the victim or the suspect was injured.

Neuhart is based in Guam but was in San Diego for a Helicopter Sea Combat Commanders Warfighter Symposium, said Navy public affairs Lt. Leslie Hubbell. Police didn't know if the victim was attending the same conference.

Hubbell said Naval Criminal Investigative Service has been notified of the arrest.

Neuhart's Navy biography says he took command of HSC Squadron 25 in Guam in December.

Cmdr. William Eastham was given temporary command of Neuhart's squadron, Hubbell said.

Neuhart received his commission in 2000 after graduating from Ohio State University. His biography said he flew 36 combat missions in Iraq, is credited with numerous individual rescues, and has logged more than 2,100

hours in the air, including on Seahawk helicopters.

He served as a weapons and tactics instructor in Fallon, Nev. He also served on the aircraft carriers George H.W. Bush, Harry S Truman and George Washington. His bio also notes he had courses at the Navy Leadership and Ethics Center in Newport, R.I., last year.

He has been awarded a number of commendations and achievement medals.

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 during the third day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. suits involving lead paint, though federal courts have in turn blocked some of those actions from standing.

For instance, in an overnight meeting in June 2013, Republicans on the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee inserted a provision into the budget long sought by the lead paint industry that was meant to block lawsuits pending against them by 171 children sickened by lead paint.

But in July 2014 a federal appeals court ruled that a lawsuit by one of those children could continue despite the 2013 state law. The boy who suffered lead poisoning can sue a half dozen major manufacturers of paint used on the Milwaukee house where he lived, based on a theory approved in a controversial 2005 Wisconsin Supreme Court decision, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled.

In an interview Wednesday, the boy's attorney, Peter Earle, said he was “trembling with rage” at the news of the contributions by the industry, saying that they were meant to block claims by “the most vulnerable among us.” He said Republican leaders in Wisconsin had benefited from industry money and then acted to try to retroactively block lawsuits by children harmed by lead paint.

“What I see is a corrupt morass of government in Wisconsin that has been fueled by corporate money,” Earle said. “How can people have faith in a system like that?”

Democratic state Sen. Jon Erpenbach said he was shocked by the lead paint company's donations.

“He answers first and foremost to large donors and that's kind of underscored in the lead paint (example),” Erpenbach said of Walker.

He said it was frustrating the state Supreme Court had concluded prosecutors weren't allowed to look into whether there was a connection between the money from the lead paint industry and legislation helping it.

He said conservatives on the state court benefited from their own decision to shut down the investigation into these contributions.

“A majority of the Supreme Court benefitted directly from the dark money that flowed into this state,” he said.

Walker won his recall election in June 2012, becom-

cial interest moves, including a failed attempt to allow bounty hunters to start work in Wisconsin. The lead paint provision was added to the bill despite a memo from the nonpartisan Legislative Council that warned the retroactive change would “raise significant constitutional concerns.”

Erpenbach said he didn't know if Republicans in the state Senate were aware of the donations to the Wisconsin Club for Growth that helped them in their recall elections, but he expects them to face tough questions about it now.

“Republicans bent over backward to get this (lead paint) legislation through,” Erpenbach said.

A spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, a Republican, had no immediate comment.

A controversial 2005 Wisconsin Supreme Court decision intensified legal and political fight in this state over who is responsible for paying for those sickened by lead paint in cities like Milwaukee.

The decision in the case Thomas vs. Mallett was written by then-Justice Louis Butler, who was later defeated for re-election, based partly on a backlash by business interests against the ruling.

In 2010, then U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa in Milwaukee threw out a young plaintiff’s lawsuit on the grounds that the “risk contribution theory” advanced in the 2005 state Supreme Court decision violated the substantive due process rights of the defendants - the makers of lead carbonate pigment. In its 2014 ruling, the 7th U.S. Circuit reversed Randa and let the lawsuit continue.

The leaked documents published by the Guardian were gathered during a secret probe launched in 2012 by Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, a Democrat.

The investigation focused on whether Walker’s campaign had illegally coordinated with the Wisconsin Club for Growth and other conservative groups. The documents released Wednesday once again made clear the GOP governor was active in raising money for the group.

One donor gave the group $10,000 in 2011, writing on the check’s memo line that he made the contribution “because Scott Walker

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Trump has five point lead LGBT group embraces in Bloomberg Ohio Poll guns after Pulse Shooting

By John McCormick and Mark Niquette Bloomberg News

Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 5 percentage points in a Bloomberg Politics poll of Ohio, a gap that underscores the Democrat’s challenges in critical Rust Belt states after one of the roughest stretches of her campaign.

The Republican nominee leads Clinton 48 percent to 43 percent among likely voters in a two-way contest and 44 percent to 39 percent when third-party candidates are included.

The poll was taken Friday through Monday, as Clinton faced backlash for saying half of Trump supporters were a “basket of deplorables” and amid renewed concerns about her health after a video showed her stumbling as she left a Sept.

11 ceremony with what her campaign later said was a bout of pneumonia.

Trump’s performance in the poll _ including strength among men, independents and union households _ is better than in other recent surveys of the state.

It deals a blow to Clinton after she enjoyed polling advantages nationally and in most battleground states in August before the race tightened in September as more Republican voters unified around Trump.

“I’m tired of career politicians being in office and nothing’s ever changed,” said Darren Roberts, 45, a facilities maintenance and home improvement retail worker who lives in Columbus and considers himself an independent. “I don’t like all of his policies, but I really don’t like Hillary Clinton’s.”

Trump’s strength in Ohio, a state critical to his path to the White House, comes even as seven in 10 say they view one of his signature campaign pledges _ to build a wall along the southern U.S. border funded

by Mexico _ as unrealistic.

The survey shows a strong majority of likely Ohio voters, 57 percent, are skeptical of trade deals such as the North American Free Trade Agreement that was backed by Clinton’s husband when he was president and that Trump has used to his political advantage.

One in five say such deals help increase exports and employment, and 23 percent aren’t sure.

More than four in 10 Clinton supporters see NAFTA as a bad deal, compared to seven in 10 Trump loyalists.

Another Republican, Sen. Rob Portman, holds a commanding lead of 53 percent to 36 percent over former Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in the state’s U.S. Senate contest. The incumbent leads with a ratio of more than 2-to-1 among independents and is even getting 14 percent from Democrats and those who lean that way.

A sizable share of Ohio’s likely voters seem ready to vote a split ticket, the poll shows, with 20 percent of Clinton’s supporters also backing Portman.

Just 9 percent of Trump supporters are backing Strickland.

When asked whom likely voters support for the U.S. House in their district without the interviewers naming any specific candidates, 51 percent picked Republican or leaned that way, while 38 percent picked Democratic or leaned that way.

Some of the Ohio demographic groups where Trump has the biggest edge over Clinton are white men without a college degree (+43 percentage points), white men overall (+27 percentage points) and white women without a college degree (+23 percentage points).

More than a third of poll participants, 38 percent, say either they or someone in their household has been unemployed because of layoffs or company closings during the past decade or looked for work but been unable to find a job. Within that group, Trump outperforms Clinton 51 percent to 38 percent.

“Our party breakdown differs from other polls, but resembles what happened in Ohio in

2004,” said pollster J. Ann Selzer, whose Iowa-based firm Selzer & Co. oversaw the survey. “It is very difficult to say today who will and who will not show up to vote on Election Day. Our poll suggests more Republicans than Democrats would do that in an Ohio election held today, as they did in 2004 when George W. Bush carried the state by a narrow margin. In 2012, more Democrats showed up.”

A higher proportion of men and older voters _ groups that tilt Republican _ passed the survey’s likely-voter screen than typical in past election cycles, Selzer said, boosting Trump’s numbers.

Party breakdown for the poll was 33 percent Republican, 29 percent Democrats and 34 percent independents. Exit polling shows that Ohio’s electorate in the 2012 presidential election was 38 percent Democratic, 31 percent Republican, and 31 percent independent, while in 2004 it was 40 percent Republican, 35 percent Democratic, and 25 percent independent.

In the two-way race, Trump is backed by 85 percent of Republicans and those who lean that way, compared to 92 percent of Democrats and those who lean that way for Clinton.

The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points and included interviews with 802 likely Ohio voters. For subgroups, such as just Trump or just Clinton voters, the margin of error is higher.

In the four-way race, Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson gets 10 percent and Green Party nominee Jill Stein receives 3 percent. Each is struggling to reach the 15-percent average needed in national polls recognized by the presidential debate commission be included in the first debate on Sept. 26.

The poll suggests Johnson may be taking some support from younger voters that might traditionally go to a Democrat.

Among those under 35 years old, Johnson is getting support from 22 percent in a four-way race, with the remainder splitting fairly evenly between Clinton and Trump, 36 percent to 33 percent.

Trump is winning three of five Ohio regions the poll carved out to weigh geographic strength. His strongest is southeast Ohio, which includes Appalachian counties he carried in the state’s Republican primary in March _ a contest he lost overall to Governor John Kasich. Trump is getting 61 percent of the vote there, compared to 31 percent for Clinton.

The best area for Clinton is in the northeast, which includes the Democratic strongholds of Cleveland and Youngstown where Trump is trying to sway working-class voters and Clinton is pushing for a high turnout of base supporters, including African-Americans.

Jane Tucker of Canton, 57, a retired line cook and chef, said she finds Trump “a loose cannon” and his lack of experience “downright scary.”

“Hillary knows that it’s going to take work, and it’s going to take commitment by both Republicans and Democrats to work together to get anything done,” said Tucker, who calls herself an independent who leans Democratic.

Clinton’s voters are more positive about her candidacy than those backing Trump are about his, with 56 percent saying their alignment with her is more an act of support than to stop Trump. His fans, meanwhile, are more closely divided, with 49 percent saying their vote is more to support him and 45 percent more related to their disdain for her.

Trump is viewed slightly more favorably than Clinton among Ohio voters, 45 percent to 40 percent. President Barack Obama records a higher number than both of them, with 46 percent viewing him positively. Clinton’s husband, former President Bill Clinton, is also viewed positively in the state by

46 percent.

Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence, the governor of neighboring Indiana, is viewed more favorably than Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, the Democratic No. 2, 48 percent to 37 percent.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom Trump praised as a stronger leader than Obama as recently as last week, drawing criticism, is viewed favorably by just 9 percent in Ohio while 73 percent see him negatively.

The poll suggests Trump could have benefited in Ohio from a better relationship with Kasich. The two-term governor and former presidential primary rival scored the highest favorability rating, 59 percent, among 13 people tested in the poll.

Kasich has said that despite a pledge during his presidential campaign to support the Republican nominee, he can’t back Trump because he’s too divisive. That led former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to say in July during the Republican National Convention that Kasich was being “petulant” and “embarrassing his party” in Ohio.

The governor’s role in the fight for Ohio is mixed. While 45 percent of Trump’s supporters said they were more likely to back him because of Kasich’s lack of support, 31 percent of all likely voters said it made them less likely to back Trump, while almost a third said it made no difference.

Reflecting Kasich’s strong favorability rating, 57 percent of likely voters say the state is headed in the right direction.

The poll found that unemployment and jobs are the top issue for Ohio’s likely voters, with 36 percent picking it from a list of eight options.

Trump has made a strong pitch for working-class voters in Ohio by hammering Clinton on her previous support for trade deals and promising to return companies and jobs that have left. Ohio lost 111,400 manufacturing jobs during the past decade, third most in the U.S., federal data show.

More than half of likely voters, 57 percent, say they are bothered a lot by Trump’s mocking of reporter’s physical disability, the highest level of displeasure among three issues challenging Trump that were tested. Almost four in 10 say they are bothered a lot that Trump has not released his tax returns, while 40 percent say that about his charitable foundation’s illegal contribution to the Florida attorney general’s political group as she was deciding not to investigate fraud claims against Trump University.

Trump has paid an IRS penalty and reimbursed the foundation, his company said.

For Clinton, three controversies, all from her days as secretary of state, each triggered more than half of likely voters to say they were bothered a lot: her handling of the Benghazi attacks where four Americans were killed (59 percent), her use of a private email server that was criticized by the FBI director as “extremely careless” (57 percent), and her family foundation’s acceptance of money from foreign governments (53 percent).

Likely Ohio voters are split on the best approach for the Clinton Foundation going forward. A plurality of 39 percent say Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton should all sever ties with the foundation immediately. The next most popular option, at 29 percent, is for the Clintons to sever ties only if Hillary Clinton is elected president, followed by 24 percent who say the foundation should continue with Bill and Chelsea Clinton’s involvement even if Hillary Clinton is elected.

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Elizabeth Southern trains at the ISI gun range on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 in Piru, Calif. Southern is a member of the WeHo chapter of The Pink Pistols.

By Hailey Branson-Potts Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Fischer is never sure who's going to be more surprised when he, as he likes to put it, comes out of the gun closet _ the gun aficionados who find out he's gay or the gay friends who find out he likes shooting guns.

When the 38-year-old television editor showed up last month to a defensive handgun class near Piru with a Glock 27 pistol on his hip, he wore a T-shirt sporting a rainbow-colored AK-47. His "gay-K-47," he said.

In the days after 49 people were fatally shot at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., this summer, Fischer wanted to do something to make his community safer. So he started the West Hollywood chapter of the Pink Pistols _ a loosely organized, national LGBT gun group.

"If someone was to try and break into my home, and especially if someone were armed, I don't want to fight back with a kitchen knife," Fischer said. "And I don't think that's extremist or crazy."

It's a stark contrast to how the overwhelming majority of LGBT activists and organizations responded to the Orlando massacre, which has sparked calls within the community for gun control.

In the wake of the shooting, some gay bars like the Abbey in West Hollywood beefed up security. The same day as the Orlando mass shooting, L.A.'s annual gay pride parade was rattled after a heavily armed man en route to the event was arrested.

For all the anxiety Orlando has caused, many gay activists say becoming armed is not the answer.

"Some people say you need a gun to protect yourself from the bad guys. We just fundamentally disagree with that," said Rick Zbur, executive director of Equality California. "We don't want to live in a world where you have to be packing heat to live your daily life."

But for a small subset of the community, Orlando has become a call to arms.

When the firearms instructor at the range near Piru asked each person in the class why he or she was there, Fischer ticked off several reasons and mentioned the Pink Pistols.

"What is the Pink Pistols group?" a man asked.

There was a pause.

"We're _ a gay gun group," Fischer said hesitantly. He tried quickly to explain.

"No, that's awesome," the man said, nodding

reassuringly.

Interest in the Pink Pistols has increased since the Orlando attack, with new chapters springing up across the country, including the West Hollywood chapter and another one in North Hollywood. There was such an outpouring of support from firearms trainers, many of them straight, that the Pink Pistols' website now has a map listing LGBT-friendly firearms instructors in every state.

Gwendolyn Patton, the national spokeswoman for the Pink Pistols, has spent the summer trying to keep up with the all inquiries about the group and how to start new chapters.

"People don't like to feel helpless," said Patton, a lesbian who lives outside Philadelphia.

The Pink Pistols has received a mostly negative response from the broader LGBT community, she said. Some LGBT centers, she said, have even specifically banned the Pink Pistols from using their facilities.

The group dates to 2000 when gay author and journalist Jonathan Rauch wrote an article for Salon. com calling for gay people to "set up Pink Pistols task forces, get licensed to carry guns and arm themselves to protect their community."

"Not all that many gay people would need to carry guns, as long as gay-bashers couldn't tell which ones did," Rauch wrote.

The first Pink Pistols chapter, taking its name directly from Rauch's article, was started in Boston just after its publication, Patton said. Today, there are 50 chapters in the U.S. and Canada.

The Pink Pistols and LGBT groups that have pushed for more gun control cite violence against LGBT people as a reason for their disparate views.

A fifth of the 5,462 single-bias hate crimes reported to the FBI in 2014, the most recent year for which data are available, were because of the victim's sexual orientation or identity as a transgender or gender non-conforming person. That was higher than the number of religiously motivated hate crimes and surpassed only by racially motivated hate crimes. And, experts say, the number is disproportionate because of the relatively small size of the LGBT community.

Since the Pulse shootings, more than 100 LGBT organizations have signed a pledge backing gun control legislation. The Los Angeles LGBT Center now includes gun safety in weekly policy discussions.

And a growing new group

called Gays Against Guns has staged protests across the country.

In a major 2013 Pew Research Center survey of LGBT Americans, they were more supportive of gun control than the general public. A clear majority of LGBT adults, 64 percent, said it was more important to control gun ownership than to protect the right to own guns, versus 36 percent who said the opposite.

The general population was almost evenly split on the issue, with 50 percent saying it was more important to control ownership and 48 percent saying that gun rights mattered more.

At last month's defensive handgun class near Piru, the instructor, Jeffrey Bova, said he reached out to the West Hollywood Pink Pistols, offering to teach them himself. Bova, a truck driver in the movie industry, said many of his friends and colleagues are gay, and he respected what Fischer was doing.

During the class, on a triple-digit day, Bova stood next to Pink Pistols member Elizabeth Southern, trying to get her comfortable with the gun as she practiced drawing it from a holster on her hip. Her back rigid, her shoulders tense, she pulled out the model 1911 pistol and fired, striking a steel plate in the distance. She let out a deep breath, her hands shaking slightly.

"I'm not used to it being loaded and on me," she said.

"I get it, I get it!" Bova said. "Who walks around with a loaded gun in the holster? ... Relax."

Wearing a pink T-shirt and pink earplugs, with the word "Blessed" tattooed on her wrist, Southern was shooting only for the second time. The 25-year-old Downey resident is bisexual, African-American and a woman _ and likely to experience discrimination because of all three factors, she said.

Southern joined the Pink Pistols this summer because she was a recent victim of domestic violence and had to get a restraining order against a former boyfriend who threatened to kill her and her young son. She attended the West Hollywood Pink Pistols' first group shooting event in Sylmar in July. The first time she pulled the trigger, she broke down crying.

"It was the first moment in my life that I felt like I wouldn't have to live in fear anymore, that I'd be able to protect myself and my family," Southern said. "I felt an enormous sense of relief."

Last month, she bought her first gun.

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“The only man who makes no mistake is the man who does nothing.” - Theodore Roosevelt

Fall: a season of change While roasting in the work! Time for change!” heat and humidity of the And that’s what fall is first week of school, it is for us students – a time for change.

Becky Wandel Such change is a natural source of anxiety. The careeasy forget what season is free abundance of summer upon you. Despite being turns brown and dies and back at school, buying new we march to class crunchnotebooks and already see- ing it under our feet. With ing Halloween decorations the new school year we at the mall – all sure signs are reminded of our goals, of an impending autumn and how hard they are – when it is 90 degrees out- to achieve. We meet new side and you’re sweating in your room with a fan on full blast, it still feels like summer.

But summer holdouts such as the one we were all greeted with upon move-in this year can only last so long, people and try new things and with our first taste of and are thus reminded of true September chilliness our aspirations and, often, in the mornings and eve- our insufficiencies. With nings of the past few days, fall – with change – comes it seems that Amherst personal evaluation: What has finally started to cool am I doing? Why am I here again? Why am I getting down.

As class schedules solid- out of bed when it’s still ify and stores put away dark outside? their back-to-school dis- Of course you are the plays, it seems the unavoid- only one able to answer probing quesable autumn is here to stay. these And when seasons tions, but it is comforting change, everything chang- to remember that at the es. This is New England beginning of a school year after all – a home where we and at the advent of a seaare so regularly afforded son – particularly this seaour four distinct seasons, son – you are not alone in we can hardly be blamed experiencing these apprefor letting their transitions hensions, doubts and, conaffect us. Our seasons and versely, excitements. It is a the weather they bring are fundamental part of facing the way we literally feel the change. passage of time, and thus It is one of the many the changing of the sea- reasons I love being a sons is when we feel time New Englander as well as most sharply. Cold days being in college; weathassault our bare summer er and school are shared shoulders, somehow man- experiences. Despite the aging to surprise us every many differences that year. “Time for school!” we exist among our large and are reminded. “Time for diverse student body, we

all must reckon with the same temperatures and storms, along with the same academic calendars and exam weeks, as each other. An incredible level of comfort and gratitude can be reaped from being reminded of such unity in our extensive community.

I offer one bit of advice when it comes to dealing with the change and anxiety that is inherent in this season: Embrace it head on, and do so with your community.

Understand its inevitability and face it unafraid.

After all, it is only a little cold air.

One other thing. We all know what November is going to bring for our country, or rather what November is going to ask of our country, since we do not yet know what, or who, will be pulled out of the ground when we have finished partaking in our quadrennial fall harvest. As it approaches, I ask you to remember that change and all its anxieties and growing pains are natural at this time of year. Despite how it may feel when the wind starts blowing, the apocalypse is not upon us every time it starts getting darker out.

Embrace the change, stand in the wind and understand that your neighbors, like you, are just doing their best to weather the cold.

“I offer one bit of advice when it comes to dealing with the change and anxiety that is inherent in this season – embrace it head on, and do so with your community.”

Becky Wandel is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at rwandel@umass.edu.

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Reflecting on the 9/11 tragedy, 15 years later This past Sunday marked the fifteenth anniversary of the terrorist

Tess Halpern attacks that took place on September 11, 2001. These attacks, the largest to ever hit American soil, killed almost 3,000 innocent people, injured over 6,000 more, left innumerable people without loved ones and ultimately changed both our country and the world forever.

15 years later we are still experiencing the ramifications of this tragedy and are still reeling from its immediate aftermath.

I was only four years old in 2001 and, like most of my peers, I don’t truly remember a time before this devastating incident. For example, I have no memory of ever going into an airport and not feeling the presence of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) or not having to take off my shoes as part of a strange, tedious preflight security ritual that I was never able to quite understand until much later in life.

Additionally, due to the fact that the “war on terror” was declared less than a month after the attacks on Sept 11, my peers and I have never really experienced a time of peace. What began as a

global battle against terrorist organizations and those that were accused of supporting them, with a focus on Al-Qaeda and similar groups, has grown and evolved over the years to include new terrorist organizations that largely organize on social media and online, something that could not have even been conceived of in 2001.

In fact, although

in a unique way.

I live in a town that is only a 45-minute train ride from Manhattan and I know people who were directly impacted by the attacks, both through witnessing them and even through losing a loved one.

However, although the events and the aftermath of 9/11 were obviously heartbreaking, I have also been able to watch one of the most inspiring examples of resilience in history, as New York has recovered in the years since this tragedy: rebuilding, both literally and figuratively.

Today, the site of the World Trade Center is a place of remembrance but also the place where the Freedom Tower stands tall.

Likewise, the date of Sept.

11 is more than just a day of remembrance, but is also a day when the nation comes together to give back and volunteer, turning a day of sadness into a day of hope.

Sept. 11 is a day when it is easy to feel hopeless and pessimistic about the state of the world, but it is important that we, in addition to taking time to remember, also take time to focus on positive changes that have been made and those that are sure to come.

“Although the events and the aftermath of 9/11 were obviously heartbreaking, I have also been able to watch one of the most inspiring examples of resilience in history, as New York has recovered in the years since this tragedy: rebuilding, both literally and figuratively.”

President Barack Obama officially ended the war on terror in 2013, I’m sure many people would agree the fear of terrorist attacks has not ended with it, but has instead been reignited and, if anything, amplified in the past few years with the rise of the Islamic State group and the subsequent rise of terrorist attacks in Westernized nations.

My peers and I have grown up and matured in a time of serious mistrust of foreigners and the government, and that has definitely had a piece in shaping who we are as a generation. But, as a New Tess Halpern is a Collegian columnist Yorker, the events of Sept. and can be reached at 11 have also impacted me tjhalpern@umass.edu.

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An unofficial guide to beer for the confused beginner A brief introduction to ales and lagers

By Chad Stoughton Collegian Correspondent Lager, ale, stout, IPA, hops, head, pilsner, malt, lite, ice, wheat – the world of beer can seem daunting to the uninitiated.

It can be tempting to dismiss it as all pretty much the same, and all pretty bad. This guide exists for that reason: for those who think they might enjoy beer but don’t know where to start and for those who have never really given beer a chance but are now willing to give it the old college try. For you, we present this basic guide to beer.

Beer, along with wine and mead, is among the oldest alcoholic drinks that survive to the present day, dating back to the earliest human civilizations, and perhaps even earlier.

Today, after water and tea, beer is the third most consumed beverage on Earth.

As a result, beer has developed into a staggering variety of drinks, with a few common elements.

Nearly all beer is produced by fermenting a wort of water, grains, malt, hops and yeast in varying quantities. This appetizing mix is then left to its own devices for several weeks or months until the yeast has consumed enough sugar and produced enough alcohol to turn the wort into the beverage fans know and love.

The vast majority of modern beers can be roughly divided into one of two categories, lagers and ales. The difference between the two is in how they are brewed, but we’ll talk more about that later.

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The first origins of beer can be traced back to the start of human civilization, with some recipes likely even pre-dating the invention of bread.

By and large, lagers tend to be lighter and bubblier, while ales tend to be heavier and foamier, though there are exceptions to this rule.

Of the two types of beer, ales are far older. Ales have been around in more or less their current form since the Middle Ages.

They are brewed at room temperature with top-fermenting yeast that forms colonies at the top of cask.

Lagers, by contrast, are brewed or matured in colder conditions, usually with bottom-fermenting yeast. Lagers are relative newcomers to the stage of beer. First brewed in the 15th century, lagers have become a staple of American beers, and are

some of the most common and popular beers in the world.

All of this history is surely fascinating, but the question of which beer is best for you remains unanswered. We will dive into describing ales first. As a general rule for dealing with ales, the lighter the color, the more bitter the beer; the darker the color, the smoother and the heavier.

On the light end of that spectrum is the India Pale Ale, or IPA. IPAs contain far more hops than your average beer, making them much more bitter than other kinds of ale. The reason for this is that IPAs were originally brewed to survive on ships mak-

ing the long voyage from Britain, around the horn of Africa to India, which is where they get their name.

IPAs are light, bitter hoppy beers, good for hot summer days or simply for those who prefer a little bite to their drink.

At the opposite end of the spectrum are stouts and porters. These are heavy, dark beers almost black in color that often have a distinctly milky or chocolatey flavor. Smooth and rich, stouts and porters are ideal if you want a more filling beer or something to go along with a savory meal. Think Guinness for the prototypical stout.

In between IPAs and stouts are pale ales, light

Lagers from other parts of the world can be bitterer, like the Dutch Heineken, or more smooth and plain, like the Japanese Asahi. Derived from the American style of lagers, light lagers have become popular in recent years, and are known for their even paler color and lower calorie count.

This brings me to the final evolution of the American lager, the ice beer. Ice beer, exemplified in Natural Ice, is made by partially freezing the beer and filtering out the ice crystals. Because water has a lower freezing temperature than alcohol, the result is a relatively low flavor beer with a high alcohol content and low price point, making it a favorite amongst those looking for quantity on a budget.

There is still a lot more to the world of beer. Every beer is different and their categorization is imperfect, but that doesn’t necessarily matter. A person certainly does not need to know where in the family tree their favorite beer falls in order to enjoy it.

These labels and descriptions are meant to serve as a guideline to help people find the kinds of beers they like, and to explore similar beers they might not have considered otherwise.

I hope this guide has given you a starting point to do your own exploring, to find out what you do and don’t like and to start to enjoy the wide variety of beer out there.

and hoppy but less bitter than IPAs, ideal for people who like light beers, but for when an IPA might be a bit too much. Likewise, red and brown ales are a dark, clear, reddish-brown in color, and while still heavy and smooth, they are nowhere near as dense and creamy as a stout.

Among lagers there is still variety to be had, and some of the beers most people are most familiar with are lagers. Coors, Budweiser, Samuel Adams and Pabst Blue Ribbon are all American lagers that most people have probably heard of. American lagers are generally pale, hoppy beers that embody many of the main aspects of lagers Chad Stoughton can be reached at in general. cstoughton@umass.edu.

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Helpful mental health resources for incoming students Places on-campus for expert advice

By Charles Giordano Collegian Correspondent

Be gi nni n g c o lle g e is difficult for everyone. Each student who comes to The University of Massachusetts arrives with certain ideas about what life at school will be like, and in some cases, specific anxieties surrounding starting life’s next chapter.

For some, this adjustment is more pronounced than it is for others, and can lead to or bring up feelings of severe anxiety, depression and other forms of mental illness.

Even if this is not the case, college presents everyone with challenges and stressors that are difficult to deal with alone.

What is important to remember, in the midst of these situations, is that

you are not alone.

The University provides several resources for those struggling to maintain their equilibrium while at school. The Center for Counseling and Psychological Health, CCPH, houses their offices in Hills North and the New Africa House. Both are located in the Central Residential Area.

CCPH offers counseling from licensed medical professionals, including psychologists, psychiatrists and clinical social workers. Therapy is available for individuals, couples and in a group setting.

Additionally, treatment for ongoing mental health issues, as well as struggles with substance abuse and eating disorders, is provided individually with each patient’s needs taken into consideration. These can include evaluations by nutritionists, physicians or clinicians, all of whom are willing and able to help

This information is crucial, as some freshmen may be struggling with tasks like getting enough sleep, completing assignments, or perhaps dealing with an uncomfortableliving situation. students seeking aid outside of the University to meet their health needs.

CCPH also offers students the chance to meet in focused group settings to aid in dealing with the stressors of college. A great example of this is the relatively new Koru Mindfulness and Meditation Workshop.

Over four sessions students learn tools necessary for not only better

coping with stress but also for more generally gaining satisfaction in their daily lives. For those interested, signups take place online through CCPH’s website.

The Center is open five days a week, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. However, CCPH remains on call 24/7 to provide emergency services for those in need. On CCPH’s website, students can find crucial information to help deal with lifethreatening situations including suicide prevention. The website also provides the UMass Center for Women and Community’s 24-hour hotline to call for in the case of a sexual assault.

This information is crucial, as some freshmen may be struggling with tasks like getting enough sleep, completing assignments or perhaps dealing with an uncomfortable living situation.

Being at college as

a freshman is often an extremely exciting and fun experience; however, it is very rarely a completely seamless transition. The majority of freshmen enter campus for the first time having never lived completely on their own.

Taking care of one’s own psychological, mental, emotional and physical needs, all while maintaining a sufficient GPA is difficult, and doing all this while grappling with the task of being independent for the first time can be a bit daunting.

For these and many other issues, it is paramount one feels able and willing to seek help first and foremost from their Resident Assistant. RAs are trained to help deal with the various issues incoming freshman face as they enter campus, and can provide tips for time management, stress reduction and, most importantly, can help to mediate any

potential squabbles one may have with their roommates or neighbors.

College is a wonderful time. It’s a new beginning for many, and often times is the first step many of us take in becoming independent. With change, however, comes great responsibility. With that responsibility often comes large volumes of stress, and in some cases, anxiety. For some, this is, or becomes part of a larger issue that requires professional help.

For others, some simple guidance is all that is needed, though is not always easy to ask for.

What’s most important to remember if you’re struggling to find your way in this new, large environment is that you’re by no means alone.

Charles Giordano can be reached at crgiordano@umass.edu.

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where. This is home. This is McGuirk, everyone is out tailgating and having a good time. It’s our home, it’s nice.

It gives you a sense of pride.”

The Golden Panthers (0-2) find themselves in a similar position as UMass, dropping their first two games of 2016 against a pair of Big Ten teams in Indiana and Maryland, by a combined score of 75-27.

FIU quarterback Alex McGough has completed just 50-percent of his passes (28-of-56) for 302 yards, with four interceptions and zero touchdowns. Defensively, the Golden Panthers allow over 240 rushing yards per game to its opponents, a prime window for UMass, FBS’s worst running team, to turn the page on what’s been a bad start to the season.

A year ago, the Minutemen topped FIU 24-14 in their return to McGuirk for their first win of the season. Since joining FBS, UMass is 2-4 in games played on campus.

Although the record might not back it up, playing in their own backyard means one thing to the Minutemen: pride.

“Sometimes it doesn’t really feel like a home game, even though it is a home game,” Hoeller said of playing at Gillette. “(Playing games on campus) I don’t have to hustle right down here, get on the bus and get ready, and then drive two hours to Gillette or the hotel, and then after the game drive two hours back.”

“I can’t wait for this Saturday,” Casali added.

“I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. I know we’re going to get this win and I know it’s doing to be a good

SOCCER Da’Sean Downey has 10 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble and 1.5 tackles for loss thus far for the Minutemen this season. time. I can’t wait.”

The Minutemen have been tested at the hands of two of the nation’s top three defenses in terms of yards per game. They’ve played in one of the nation’s loudest stadiums, and after a poor showing at Gillette, UMass is hungry.

FIU is still finding its own identity, the Minutemen are at home. And Saturday, against one of their most favorable matchup’s of the

season, we’ll see just how talented this young team really is.

So, what’s going to be the vibe if UMass’ loses?

Don’t ask Casali – or anyone else on the Minutemen.

“We are going to win this game,” Casali answered with a straight face. “We will.”

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

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season when they have been aggressively attacking the net. UMass has 42 shots on goal and average 15 shots per game, while Saint Louis has 17 shots on goal, averaging eight shots per game.

But Robertson is not ready to write off the Billiken.

“We are playing a team that is really hungry right now,” said Robertson. “We just need to play our game and take it to the next level.”

During its last game, penalty corners hurt UMass even though it has the edge 30-28 over their opponents in that category this season. The Billiken defense has struggled stopping the opposing team from getting penalty corners. They do, however, do a good job preventing

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teams from scoring off their corners. Saint Louis has allowed 48 penalty corners, but only allowed five goals.

Melanie Kreusch is a crucial part of the Minutewomen penalty corner attack. The defenseman has three goals on the year, all off of corners.

Nicole Kuerzi is tied with Kreusch for the team lead in goals. It will be important for UMass to get ahead early. “(Our offense) needs to attack space, get good scoring opportunities and be in good goal-scoring positions,” Robertson said. “We need be in positions to get a rebound.”

Carly Kissinger and Molly Feid lead Saint Louis in scoring, as Kissinger has a pair of goals and assists on the season while Feid

has two goals and an assist of her own. Jessie Bryan has been in net for the majority of the season for the Billikens, owning a 1-3 record while allowing 5.75 goals a game with a .589 save percentage.

For the Minutewomen, Emily Hazard has been solid in net. As the only goalkeeper on the roster, it is up to Hazard to lead UMass back to the NCAA tournament.

She has allowed 2.19 goals a game with a .656 save percentage.

“Emily’s one of those players who’s always looking to get better,” Robertson said. “We really rely on her.

She has been phenomenal this season.”

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our game film, and I don’t think we spared anyone with some things we saw that need improving or they did well. We need to keep building on the positives and try to take care of some things that we didn’t do so well.

“We’re looking for our offense to start clicking and hopefully everything will be a bit improved,” Matz added.

Although conference play has yet to begin, the Minutewomen are ranked KATHERINE MAYO/COLLEGIAN among the bottom-half Rebeca Frisk (6) makes a pass in UMass’ 3-1 loss against CMU Sunday. of the A-10 with their 2-3 record. La Salle and Dayton are the only two Providence both have as we use some of those teams that have worse being an extra factor to things to prepare for next help them prepare for weekend, because every non-conference records. single game counts.”

Matz also admitted that their A-10 foes. this year’s schedule didn’t “Hopefully we fixed come about by accident, some things that cropped Ryan Ames can be reached at against Central rames@umass.edu, and followed on and pointed to turf play- up ing fields that Brown and Michigan and Maine, and Twitter @RyanAmes.

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NFL to donate $100m toward brain health

By Bob Glauber Newsday

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced Wednesday that the league will commit $100 million toward brain health, and stressed in an interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer that the league is deeply concerned about the health and wellbeing of its players.

“I’ve been in this game for 35 years,” Goodell told Lauer. “I’ve known players.

I care about our players. I respect what they do on and off the field. I know our players. I care about our players.

Some of them, I’ve known for 30 years.”

Goodell said $60 million would be devoted to technological development, including the improvement of helmets, and $40 million toward funding medical research into the effects of head injuries, according to the Washington Post.

Goodell wrote a letter announcing the new funding plan, called “Play Safe, Play Smart,” on the program’s website. He said the goal of the program is to “drive progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of head injuries, enhance medical protocols and further improve the way the game is taught and played by all who love it.”

The league recently settled a lawsuit brought by more than 5,000 former players, agreeing to a $1 billion

plan. That settlement is currently being appealed to the Supreme Court after it was previously upheld on appeal.

The Supreme Court has not yet announced whether it will hear the case.

Goodell told the Washington Post that the new initiative “builds on what we’ve done the last few years, but it takes it to another level in a variety of areas. It’s all about protecting our players. We’ve seen some very positive things.

But we’re not satisfied. We’re not comfortable. There are still things for us to do to make our game safer for our players and make it better for our players.”

The league has taken several steps to address concussions, with the latest an enhancement of concussion protocol during games.

The NFL and NFL Players Association work jointly in addressing game incidents where players suffer head injuries.

Even so, the system has come under scrutiny. In last Thursday’s regular-season opener in a rematch of last season’s Super Bowl between the Broncos and Panthers, Carolina quarterback Cam Newton sustained several helmet-to-helmet hits, only one of which was penalized. At no point did Newton come out of the game, even though he stayed down on the field for several seconds after a hit by Broncos safety Darian Stewart late in the

fourth quarter. The league and players union are looking into whether concussion protocol was followed properly.

Goodell said in his letter to the NFL’s 32 teams that the new initiative is “important work. But we recognize it hasn’t always been clear how connected these initiatives are to player health and safety. Moving forward, we will do a better job explaining all of these changes and the reasons behind them to our players and our fans.”

Goodell told the Washington Post that he couldn’t say whether there is a definitive link between football and the degenerative neurological disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.

Jeff Miller, the NFL’s head of player safety, indicated to a congressional committee in March that there was a link.

“I’m not a medical expert or scientist,” Goodell said.

“We have for years been funding research on CTE. We think it’s an important aspect of the research and we want to continue that, and we have. We continued our obligations with NIH for $30 million that we committed to several years ago ...

So we’re going to continue to accelerate that as quickly as we can. But I think everyone would acknowledge that we’re still in the early stages of that research. We’re going to do our best to accelerate that.”

Orioles beat Red Sox for second consecutive night Porcello loses first start at Fenway

By Eduardo A. Encina The Baltimore Sun

BOSTON — Orioles righthander Kevin Gausman spent the first half of this season answering queries about receiving poor run support and his inexplicable road losing streak.

Now, Gausman has put all those questions behind him, having emerged as the Orioles’ top starting pitcher as his team grinds through a pennant race.

On Wednesday night, he was matched up against American League Cy Young Award candidate Rick Porcello, who won his 20th game of the season Friday and was 13-0 this year at Fenway Park.

But the 25-year-old righthander bested Porcello, tossing eight scoreless innings to lead the Orioles to a 1-0 victory over the divisionleading Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night in front of an announced sellout crowd of 37,973 at Fenway Park.

Gausman (8-10) allowed just five base runners on the night on four singles and a walk, while one batter also reached on a fielding error

by Matt Wieters in the first.

Four of Gausman’s past five starts have been scoreless outings of at least six innings. Over that span, Gausman’s ERA is 0.82, having allowed just three runs over 33 innings.

With the win, the Orioles (80-65) finished their pivotal three-city, nine-game road trip to face the Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers and Red Sox with a 6-3 record, winning all three series of a road trip for the first time this season.

The Orioles now trail the Red Sox by just one game in the American League East and have sole possession of the first of two AL wild cards, leading the Toronto Blue Jays by one game.

The only run the Orioles needed was Mark Trumbo’s solo home run to open the second inning, his major league-leading 42nd homer of the season off Porcello.

Gausman’s recent dominance has been mainly against fellow AL playoff contenders. He posted back-to-back scoreless outings against the New York Yankees, followed by a six-inning, three-run quality start against the Detroit Tigers before his latest gem, dominating a Boston lineup that leads baseball in most

offensive categories.

The Orioles are just 5-33 when scoring two runs or fewer this season. Three of those wins were started by Gausman.

Gausman didn’t allow a hit until Mookie Betts’ two-out single in the fourth inning, and didn’t let a runner reach scoring position until the seventh.

He was the beneficiary of some sparkling defense behind him. Third baseman Manny Machado made a sliding and spinning snag of Betts’ two-out one-hopper to end the first inning and shortstop J.J. Hardy made a nice running play on Xander Bogaerts’ grounder in the sixth, receiving a short-hop snag from Chris Davis at first to complete the play.

Boston’s best threat against Gausman came in the seventh, when the Red Sox put runners at the corners with two outs. But Gausman ended the inning by striking out catcher Sandy Leon on three pitches.

Gausman, who rarely shows emotion on the mound, emphatically pumped his fist after striking out Leon swinging on a splitter following two mid90s fastballs.

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FOOTBALL

Minutemen host Florida Int. at McGuirk Stadium

By Kyle DaLuz Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts football team has not gotten off to the start that it envisioned heading into the 2016 season.

The Minutemen have failed to score more than a touchdown in each of their first two games, and haven’t been able to keep teams out of the end zone either, allowing 25 points per game.

UMass is hoping that – given the circumstances – its season can follow the form of the year prior, when the Minutemen beat home opponent Florida International for their first win of the season, 24-14.

Faces and parts have changed since that meeting.

UMass is no longer a member of the Mid-American Conference and it’s lost a plethora of starters since last season. Gone are the days of Tajae Sharpe, Blake

Frohnapel and here are the times of new starters Ross Comis, Andy Isabella and Adam Breneman, along with a revamped defensive unit.

Minutemen coach Mark Whipple is looking for improvement out of his defense after the first two outings, but is also impressed with the advancements his unit has made from last season to present.

“Just squeeze the pocket a little more and obviously get some takeaways,” Whipple said following Wednesday’s practice. “They’re running to the ball hard, playing fast – we’re faster than we’ve been. Just kind of close those little seams. They’ve been good.”

Saturday would be an ideal time for the Minutemen to take the next step in front of their home crowd to secure their first victory of the season against the team they accomplished

that same feat in beating last season.

Linebacker Teddy Lowery is ready for his team to take the next step.

“Everybody right now is forming together as a group – like a family,” Lowery said.

“I like it. That would give us a lot of confidence. FIU is a pretty good team but for us, we really need this win right now to give us some confidence and boost (in) playing Mississippi State and South Carolina. This win is going to be an ultimate booster for us.”

The defensive unit has shown signs of improvement from past seasons.

Despite allowing 21 fourth quarter points this season, the most of any quarter, defensive end Ali Ali-Musa says he believes his team is coming together, with their confidence at a season’s high in hoping to best the Golden Panthers.

“It’s going good, we’ve just had a little struggle here and there,” he said. “We’re coming together stronger and stronger every day and every practice. This week should be an interesting week because we feel more prepared than we were the first two games.”

FIU comes into Amherst in a similar position to UMass, failing to beat its first two opponents. The Golden Panthers fell to Indiana and Maryland at home, averaging just 13.5 points per game on offense and allowing 37.5 points to opponents.

Those statistics and prior experience the previous season leave the Minutemen inclined to believe they can pick up their first victory of the season Saturday.

“I believe we should beat them,” Ali-Musa said.

“We’re going to beat them.

We played Florida – Florida’s a pretty good team – we

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Despite limited practice time this week, quarterback Ross Comis (center) is expected to start Saturday against the Golden Panthers. should’ve beat Florida too.

We should’ve beat Boston College; things just didn’t click at the time. I really feel like this week we’re going to beat (FIU).”

The road after here won’t get much easier for UMass.

The Minutemen next host Mississippi State at Gillette

Stadium with a road trip to South Carolina (Oct. 22) on the horizon, leaving this weekend as an ideal time for UMass to win its first contest.

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

UMass faces most revealing test Saturday vs. FIU

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The Minutemen defeated FIU 24-14 last year at McGuirk Stadium for their first win of the season. Both UMass and the Golden Panthers enter Saturday 0-2 in 2016.

ake no mistake about it, the Massachusetts football team’s opening two games against Power Five opponents Florida and Boston College gave us a pretty decent idea of what to expect from the Minutemen moving forward.

UMass’ defense has looked better, and much faster, than in previous years, when in open space receivers like Andy Isabella and tight end Adam Andrew Breneman can make plays, Cyr quarterback Ross Comis has taken a beating the first two weeks – so much so that he wasn’t made available following last Saturday’s loss and Tuesday after practice – the offensive line hasn’t looked good at all

and Marquis Young has yet to wow us with a big run.

Oh, and punter Logan Laurent has been as good as advertised. Laurent currently ranks 22nd in the country in punt average (43.9), thanks to his FBS-best 19 punts and 835 punt yards.

But as well as UMass played for three quarters against the Gators, or as poorly as it executed down the stretch against Boston College, the Minutemen’s most revealing test comes Saturday when they make their return back to campus to face Florida International at McGuirk Stadium. “(McGuirk) is home,” center Fabian Hoeller said.

“We practice here everyday.

It just feels right. It feels better.”

“There’s nothing like it,” linebacker Steve Casali said.

“I love playing at Gillette, but you’re in a rush to get everysee

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FIELD HOCKEY

WOMEN’S SOCCER

UM travels to Brown in Minutewomen open A-10 final nonconference stretch play against Saint Louis Bears enter contest 3-1-1 on season

By Ryan Ames Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts women’s soccer team will continue its grueling nonconference schedule of play when the Minutewomen travel to Providence, R. I. and face off against Brown University Thursday at 4 p.m.

Although the score says otherwise, UMass (2-3) is coming off of a hard-fought, yet evenly-matched loss against Central Michigan and will be hoping to start its four-game road trip on the right foot against the Bears (3-1-1).

Ju n i o r fo r wa rd Gabriela Kenyon leads the Minutewomen in points with a pair of goals and

assists each as UMass heads into its game against Brown, headlined by senior midfielder Carly Gould, who leads the Bears with six points this season.

With this game, and the Minutewomen’s following against Providence this Sunday being their last taste of nonconference play, UMass coach Ed Matz highlighted the importance of the next two games.

“Whatever we do is to prepare ourselves for the Atlantic-10,” Matz said. “Our nonconference schedule has been great, it’s challenging, and we’ve played two undefeated teams in the country out of the four that are out there, so it’s been a very, very challenging nonconference season.”

“But to me, the nonconference season prepares you for what starts in a couple weeks when our first two confer-

ence games are out against La Salle and Richmond,” Matz added.

Last year, UMass beat Brown 1-0 in a closely con tested game, however Matz voiced his respect toward the Bears and what they have to offer has a team.

“They are a very good Ivy League team,” he said. “You know that you’re facing a very good, quality opponent.

The coaching is going to be very good, and the game is always going to be challenging.”

When asked who he wants to see step up their overall performance these next few games, Matz refrained from picking out one player in particular; rather he looked at his team as a whole as needing to improve.

“We’re looking for everyone to step up. We made a lot of points yesterday in see

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By Tyler Fiedler Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts field hockey is anxious to get back on the field after a tough 2-1 loss to No. 4 Connecticut last Friday. This weekend, the Minutewomen will get their first taste of Atlantic 10 action as Saint Louis comes to Amherst Friday afternoon. “(We’re) just improving on the things we have done well and improving on the areas that need to be fixed is our focus right now,” Minutewomen coach Amy Robertson said. “We are looking to get better each game.”

Saint Louis, though struggling to begin the season, won its last game 4-1 over Missouri State.

However, the Billiken’s (1-4) lost the first four games of the season by a combined score 31-3, including an 11-0

“It is a really exciting game for us being our first [Atlantic 10] game.

We are working on improving. I feel like some of our best minutes of hockey were against UConn so it is about getting better.”

Amy Robertson, UMass coach loss to Iowa.

“It is a really exciting game for us being our first [Atlantic 10] game,” Robertson said. “We are working on improving. I feel like some of our best minutes of hockey were against UConn so it is about getting better.”

The Billiken’s have struggled creating any sort of offense this season, being outshot 138-40 through their first five games. On the other hand, the Minutewomen (2-3) have outshot their oppo-

nents 75-58.

Despite the high number in attempts, converting is something the Minutewomen have struggled with so far this season.

Their shot percentage is a mere .173 (13-for-75), while their opponents are shooting a clip of .190 percent.

That percentage is right on par with the Billikens, who have a .175 shot percentage compared to their opponents’ .232.

The Minutewomen have found the most success this see

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