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By Megha Srinivasan Collegian Correspondent

exchanges, the terrorist group asked for the Foley family to either negotiate and release Muslim people imprisoned in American prisons, or provide them with 100,000,000 euros.

ISIS slowly released a number of prisoners from the cell that the group of American journalists, including Foley, were held captive in. In August of 2014, a message was received from Foley through video documentation in which he recited a prepared script of mainly negative points about the United States. Foley was later beheaded in this video.

Following the documentary capturing Foley’s life there was a panel including Foley’s parents and writer of the documentary, Heather MacDonald. The group answered questions from Journalism Department Chair Kathy Forde, and the audience members.

Foley’s mother explained that the film’s purpose was to “shed light on those people putting their life on the line day in and day out to tell [underrepresented] stories.”

A student from the audience asked the panel “how do we begin bringing about to change … and bring light to what Foley started?”

“Right here [at home].

There are vital stories in our hometown, right around the corner. While Jim was here at UMass he volunteered at [the Holyoke Care Center] and helped them to get their GEDs at the time because he was really moved by the stories right around the corner from where we live,” Diane said. “There are so many things happening right now and you can be part of that… of helping us to understand them and to hear those stories.”

It was August of 2014 when the late journalist and University of Massachusetts alumnus James Foley was beheaded by the terrorist group known as the Islamic Slate. Foley and British photojournalist John Cantlie were abducted in November of 2012 while the pair were on their way to meet Foley’s coworker, Nicole Tung.

Monday night the journalism department showed the HBO documentary “Jim: The James Foley Story” about his life, in the Integrated Learning Center. The filmmaker, Brian Oakes, and Foley’s parents, Diane and John, were also present for the showing.

The documentary went into Foley’s life and his career as a freelance journalist. Starting off with Foley’s journey to Libya to investigate and cover the events of the conflict regarding the former Prime Minister of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi. Foley was among a team of first line journalists there.

In 2011, Foley and his coworkers were imprisoned in Libya, but were released later that year. Foley continued working as a crisis journalist and went to Syria, where he reported for media outlets such as GlobalPost. Foley was abducted during one of his trips to Syria. For a period of time, the Foley family and the U.S. government did not know where Foley was or who had abducted him.

ISIS started to exchange emails with one of Foley’s brother in which they informed the family that Foley was safe, mentioned negotiations and specifically asked the family to not go to the media or government.

Foley’s brother replied asking for more information. Megha Srinivasan can be reached at Throughout these email meghasriniva@umass.edu.

Past five months show less rainfall

By Stefan Geller Collegian Staff

For Kirill Bernikov, a 29-year-old who has lived in Amherst for the past 10 years, the town’s announcement on August 19 that a mandatory water ban would be put into effect came at an inopportune time.

“Our pool was completely broken in the beginning of the summer and we put all this effort into fixing it up. It’s an in ground pool,

and we finally fixed it up and we filled it up, and then the water ban came.”

Due to significantly low levels of rainfall over the past five months, Amherst was forced to implement its mandatory water ban, making it the 76th town in the state of Massachusetts to do so this year, according to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

This is the first time since 2002 that this area of New England experienced a drought advisory.

"I'm asking all residents

to work together to help the community through this difficult period. We all need to do as much as we can to conserve water now so we have adequate supplies in September and October,” said Interim Town Manager David Ziomek on the town government’s web page.

The ban restricts residents from watering their lawns or gardens, washing their cars or trucks at noncommercial vehicle washes, filling their swimming pools and washing any buildings, sidewalks or patios.

“Well I’ve heard that

kind of thing was happening in California years before this ever happened, so I’m not extremely surprised, but at the same time I am surprised because it’s not California – its Massachusetts,” Bernikov said.

Despite the severity of the drought in the region, some residents of Amherst do not feel too distressed with the situation.

“I’m not concerned about it, we should have probably had a ban two months before we actually see

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Sarah Samlall, a senior education major, takes a photo of the sunset outside of the Integrated Learning Center.

Students react to new Thanksgiving Rubio holds lead break imposed for 2016 school year in Florida polls

New format lasts from Nov. 20-28 B y K risten L eonard Collegian Staff

For students who have looked at the University of Massachusetts’ academic calendar – perhaps to count down the days until a spring break vacation – it may have caught one’s eye that there is a longer break for Thanksgiving this year.

P r e v i o u s l y , Thanksgiving break was only from the Thursday of Thanksgiving to through Sunday. Some professors would cancel classes on that Wednesday for the convenience of students who are traveling or even for their own travel plans, but students of those professors who decided to have class that Wednesday had to face the horrors of the-day-before-Thanksgiving traffic.

This year, Thanksgiving recess is set to begin Sunday, Nov. 20, with classes resuming the following Monday, Nov. 28.

Over the years, this potential roadblock in making it home in time for the holidays without a headache has prompted change of the length of the break. The Academic Calendar Committee, a subcommittee of the Academic Matters Council, is in charge of making such decisions about the master calendar.

According to John Lenzi, the University Registrar, the “calendars are reviewed annually and are approved by the Academic Matters Council.” Once reviewed and approved, the proposed calendar is sent to the Faculty Senate and is put to vote.

However, there are consequences attached with the benefits of the prolonged break. For example,

winter break now starts later than usual, closer to Christmas Eve. This could cause problems for students who fly home for the holidays as ticket prices tend to increase during the popular travel week.

Jordan Kaplan, a junior computer systems engineering major, lives in Florida and is among students who have to take a plane to get home. He expresses that he would not be affected by price increases in flights because he has break housing and could stay longer at UMass if necessary and if “finances were tougher.” Kaplan agrees with this calendar change expressing that he can be with his family longer.

Colin Blake, an undeclared freshman, has the same opinion and states that Thanksgiving is a “huge holiday for a lot of people” and that it is important to spend time with family. He also adds

that there is not “a huge holiday in May,” so he would rather have the week for an important family holiday in November, and would not mind getting out later in May as a result.

But what about those students who live outside the United States and do not celebrate Thanksgiving? This calendar change is putting a strain on junior chemical engineering major Shuaib Balogun and his family.

Balogun is from Nigeria and a flight to Africa during Thanksgiving and Christmas would be too expensive. Balogun has to stay in the United States for Thanksgiving break since it is not a holiday to go home for. As a result, he now has to “miss spending the days that actually mean something to [him] and [his] family” and sadly has to spend Christmas in see

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Christina Flom CQ-Roll Call

WA S H I N G T O N — Republican Sen. Marco Rubio continues his slight lead over Democratic challenger Rep. Patrick Murphy. A New York Times/Siena Colle ge Research Institute poll released Monday shows the Florida Republican up 6 points.

The poll lines up with several other recent polls taken of likely Florida voters. A RealClearPolitics poll taken from Aug. 31 to Sept. 12 showed Rubio ahead by 6.5 points.

In what used to be a race too close to call, Rubio has maintained a steady lead in recent weeks. The Rothenburg & Gonzales Political Report/Roll Call changed the rating of the Florida Senate race from Tossup to Tilts Republican in early August.

In the presidential

race, Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton are nearly tied in a tough battle for electoral votes in the Sunshine State. The Poll shows Trump has 40 percent of the support of likely voters, while Clinton has 41 percent _ a lead that's within the poll's margin of error.

Both candidates are strongly disliked by the likely voters in Florida, poll director Don Levy said.

"Clinton is viewed favorably by 40 percent and unfavorably by 53 percent while Trump's numbers are 39 positive and 55 percent negative," Levy said.

The Siena College Poll was conducted Sept. 10-14 by telephone calls to land and cell phones of 867 likely voters. There is a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points.

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AROUND THE WORLD BEIRUT — A number of airstrikes were carried out Monday in rebel-held eastern Aleppo and the outskirts of the city, hours after Syrian army declared the end of a cease-fire sponsored by the United States and Russia, according to activists and a monitoring group.

The raids resulted in an unidentified number of deaths and injuries, according to the Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights.

The identities of the warplanes were not immediately clear.

Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a key backer of the armed opposition in northern Syria, repeated his call for a no-fly zone in the north.

This call has already been rejected by policy-makers in Washington as too difficult to implement, especially since Russia began an air campaign last year.

However, Turkey recently sent troops into northern Syria to take territory from Islamic State and also from the Kurds, though the U.S. has persuaded Ankara to give Washington’s Kurdish allies a wide berth.

This means Turkey controls territory it could turn into a safe zone, though analysts warn Ankara it would need to continue to commit thousands of troops to Syria for a lengthy period.

Syrian rebels last week kicked U.S. special forces out of an area near the Turkish border, rejecting their assistance and further complicating the effort to defeat Islamic State.

Syria’s government and key rebel forces traded blame for the collapse of the ceasefire, which attempted to reduce violence and increase aid flows.

There were unconfirmed reports Monday that aid trucks were hit in airstrikes.

Nonetheless, aid began to trickle into some areas for the first time. However, key spots, such as rebel-held eastern Aleppo, remained fenced off and no supplies were delivered.

The army alleged rebels breached the deal 300 times.

“It was a real chance to stop the bloodshed, but the armed terrorist groups flouted this agreement and failed to comply with the application of any provision of its clauses,” the army statement said.

But Mohammed Alloush, a former top negotiator and a member of the Islam Army (Jaish al Islam) rebel group, blamed the government, claiming “this regime has violated the ceasefire more than 250 times.”

“I said it from the beginning of the cease-fire that this regime will not abide by the cease-fire,” Alloush told dpa by telephone from Saudi Arabia.

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A CMAS text alert on a smartphone warns the user that the police are looking for Ahmad Khan Rahami, a suspect, seen on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

Barbara Demick Los Angeles Times

NEW YORK — Ahmad Khan Rahami, a suspect in the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey, has been captured after a shootout with police, according to officials.

The shootout took place in Linden, N.J., a town next to Elizabeth, N.J. where Rahami lived with his family, Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage said.

Two officers were shot, one in the vest and one in the hand, Bollwage said.

He did not have more details about their condition.

"They have apprehended him," Linden Mayor Derek Armstead said in a brief interview with a WABCTV reporter. "He has been injured. They shot him."

WABC-TV footage from a street in Linden showed a man resembling Rahami, strapped to a gurney and with blood on his right sleeve, being loaded into an ambulance. His eyes were open and he moved his head back and forth.

Investigators put out an unprecedented emergency alert to millions of cellphones Monday morning seeking information about Rahami, a 28-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said after Rahami's arrest that authorities were not looking for any other suspects.

"There is no other individual that we are looking for at this time ... but vigilance is called for. It is very important that if anybody see an unattended package, they should call it in."

FBI officials said that Rahami was not on terrorism watch lists, but that he had traveled back to Afghanistan, where he was born. There had been a domestic violence complaint that he had drawn a knife on his sister, but that complaint was withdrawn, officials said.

Federal agents identified Rahami using security footage from the Manhattan location where one bomb exploded and nearby, where an unexploded device was discovered, authorities said.

They also recovered at least one fingerprint from the unexploded bomb that they linked to Rahami, a U.S. law enforcement official said.

People trying to take the

bag that held the second device may have accidentally disabled it, the official said. Security footage showed two men discovering the bag and opening it, then removing the pressure cooker bomb and leaving it on the sidewalk.

Five people _ either relatives or associates of Rahami _ were questioned in New York, the official said.

On Monday morning, police searched an apartment in Elizabeth where Rahami lived with his family, Bollwage said. They ran a restaurant on the ground floor, which opened in 2002.

Ahmad Rahami was one of several sons of the owner, Mohammad Rahami.

The restaurant, First American Fried Chicken Restaurant, is part of a small commercial strip along Elmora Avenue. The restaurant has a big bright blue awning and photos of menu items plastered on the front window. Above the brick-fronted restaurant are two stories covered in beige vinyl siding, where officials said the family lived.

Residents and business owners expressed shock that the investigation into recent bombings had landed at their doorsteps.

Marcella Perrotti, 44, owner of the Short Cutz Unisex Salon, said the Rahami family members kept to themselves and did not mix with the close-knit group of shop owners.

"They didn't interact with us," Perotti said. "He didn't want to follow the rules. I guess he just had a problem doing that."

"It kind of angers you.

Why would people come to this country to hurt us?

And then to wake up and find out it happened, not just in your country, but across the street from you _ that's scary," Perrotti said.

Enoch Ojo, 26, who lives just down the block from the restaurant, said he often got food there but noticed nothing out of the ordinary.

"His dad is a nice guy.

They seem like regular people," Ojo said. "I'm just in disbelief that someone so dangerous could be living so close to us."

William Ferrera, 65, another neighbor, also frequented the restaurant occasionally. "It seemed like they were just hustling to make money. It didn't seem like they were up to

anything," Ferrara said.

"They just seemed like they were trying to make a living."

A 2005 bankruptcy filing said that the elder Rahami was separated from his wife and had eight children. Ahmad could usually be found in the back, cooking up the chicken and burgers, said a neighbor and local business owner, whose view of the father differed from that of the salon owner.

"The older man, the dad, was a very nice guy. He was a well-known figure in the community and people respected him," said Jonas Nunez, 58, who lives two doors away and runs a martial arts studio across the street. "Sometimes he would complain that he had to work seven days a week to support a large family."

The restaurant stayed open until 2 a.m., causing some complaints from the neighbors and frequent citations from the municipality, Nunez said. In 2011, family members sued the town, saying that they were being targeted as Muslims.

Neighbors had complained for years about noise and people hanging out in front of the restaurant, Bollwage, the town's mayor, told reporters in a briefing outside the restaurant Monday morning.

In the lawsuit, the family accused the city of targeting them unfairly in their attempts to enforce a 10 p.m. closing time. The lawsuit ended in the city's favor in 2012, and the restaurant was ordered to close at 10 p.m.

"This had nothing to do with ethnicity or race," Bollwage said. "This had to do with a lot of people hanging out at all hours of the night as well as congregating and code enforcement problems."

"There were young kids who would hang out and play music. There were cars stopping by, people leaving clubs to get a bite to eat," said Nunez. "I wouldn't say that it was anti-Muslim. It was more anti-neighborhood noise."

The family were known to be devout Muslims and would break off to pray in back of the shop. "He would say, time to go, I've got to pray." Nunez said that the family was respected for their piety in a neighborhood with a large immigrant population, many of them

Colombians, Ecuadorians and Dominicans.

Nunez said that Ahmad and his brothers were all chubby, and that one of the younger boys, Mohammed, had been a kick-boxing student at his school across the street.

"They were nice kids, but you never know what poison the younger generation will fall prey to," said Nunez.

Investigators arrived in the neighborhood at about 4 a.m. Monday, surrounding the house and cordoning off the area. Helicopters circled overhead. Nunez said investigators were removing boxes from the house and had taken away three compact cars.

Seeking to reassure Americans unnerved by the spate of explosions and attacks over the weekend, President Barack Obama praised the "tough" and "resilient" response of New York and New Jersey residents, offering them as examples of how Americans should take terrorist threats in stride.

"Folks around here, they don't get scared," Obama said. "They go about their business every single day."

"That's the kind of strength that makes me so proud to be an American," Obama told reporters in a statement about the attacks ahead of meetings at the United Nations General Assembly.

"By showing those who want to do us harm that they will never beat us, by showing the entire world that as Americans we do not and never will give into fear, that's going to be the most important ingredient in us defeating those who would carry out terrorist acts against us."

Americans have to go about their lives without giving in to fear, Obama said. "We all have a role to play as citizens," he said.

The FBI has not yet determined the motivation for the attacks but officials have grown increasingly confident that the bombings were perpetrated by the same person or group of people, the U.S. law enforcement official said.

The official noted that the devices in both shared common characteristics, such as flip phones for timing detonators and the same type of explosive, tannerite.

The FBI does not believe that a stabbing attack at a Minnesota mall on

Saturday, which was later claimed by Islamic State, is connected to the bombings.

More bombs were discovered overnight in a backpack left in a train station in Elizabeth. Police robots accidentally detonated one of the five bombs inside the backpack but there were no injuries.

The new information led those who were initially cautious to suggest that these could be acts of international terrorism. "Today's information suggests it may be foreign-related, but we'll see where it goes," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday morning.

Investigators do not believe that the bomber or bombers received extensive training to make the relatively crude devices for several reasons. For one thing, the U.S. law enforcement official said, fewer than half of the devices exploded or partially exploded.

The official said the device that exploded in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood on Saturday night was placed inside a strong steel dumpster, which directed the blast upward. Twenty-nine people were slightly injured in the New York bombing.

The placement likely saved lives and reduced the severity and number of those injured in the blast. Someone trained in how to place explosives _ and not just learning how to craft them from the internet _ would not likely have chosen such a location, according Patrick Skinner, a former CIA case officer and a director of the Soufan Group, a New York-based security firm.

Another bomb was discovered nearby before it could explode.

Shortly before 8 a.m.

Eastern, cellphones around New York and New Jersey blared with the emergency alert asking people to look out for Rahami. He was reported as 5 foot 6 and 200 pounds and "armed and dangerous," as New York Mayor Bill de Blasio put it.

On Saturday, hours before the blast in Chelsea, there was another explosion near the boardwalk in the resort town of Seaside Heights, N.J., where a Marine Corps race was about to begin. There were no injuries reported.

The bombings come at a sensitive time in New York, with the U.N. General Assembly set to begin Tuesday. Obama and many other heads of state are in the city.

The unexploded devices in New Jersey were discovered Sunday night when two men walked out of a restaurant near the train station and saw a backpack sitting on top of a municipal garbage bag. When they opened it, they saw pipes and wires and called police. Detectives found five bombs inside the backpack. A robot trying to defuse the bomb accidentally cut the wrong wire, leading to the explosion.

Bollwage said it was unclear whether the suspect was targeting the train station or had left the backpack behind to get rid of evidence.

"I can imagine that if all five of them went off at the same time, that the loss of life could have been enormous if there was an event going on," Bollwage said.

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Global leaders pledge “Unmigitated disaster,” to improve refugee help Obama on Trump presidency

By Ann M. Simmons Los Angeles Times

Global leaders promised Monday to better protect the rights of refugees and migrants, and undertake a more coordinated response to the world’s deepening crisis of displaced people. But human rights groups criticized the agreement for being weak and failing to address the magnitude of the problem.

How to deal with the world’s more than 65 million displaced people was the focus of the United Nations General Assembly’s highlevel summit on the largest movement of refugees and migrants in 70 years.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the meeting “a breakthrough in our collective efforts to address the challenges of human mobility.” He said adoption of what is being called the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants would mean “more children can attend school; more workers can securely seek jobs abroad, instead of being at the mercy of criminal smugglers; and more people will have real choices about whether to move once we

far enough,” said Margaret Huang, interim executive director for Amnesty International. “Amnesty welcomes the secretary-general’s impetus to have this summit, but unfortunately, governments around the world have failed to step up to this call for the responsibility of sharing the resettlement and support of refugees.”

Wealthier nations have been criticized for not committing to take substantially larger numbers of refugees, such as 10 percent of the refugee population annually that was suggested in an earlier draft of the agreement, which member states are accused of watering down.

“We’ve seen governments undermining any attempt to insert more concrete language into the declaration that would achieve more affirmatively what governments need to do now,” said Josephine Liebl, who heads Oxfam’s global displacement campaign. “We have a lot of qualifiers.”

For example, the agreement acknowledges the need “to address gaps in humanitarian funding,” but says only that providing additional resources would be consid-

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Poll revealing Europeans concerns that refugees will increase domestic terrorism. end conflict, sustain peace and increase opportunities at home.”

The agreement is expected to lead to the development of standardized guidelines on the treatment of migrants in vulnerable situations, herald more equitable sharing of hosting refugees, and spearhead adoption of a global compact in 2018 that promises “safe, orderly and regular migration.”

But many human rights groups took issue with the resolution for failing to mandate concrete action that obligates countries to do their fair share.

“It definitely does not go

ered “as appropriate.” The document also encourages the resettlement of refugees and migrants, and promises action to combat “xenophobia, racism and discrimination” against them, but _ again _ says that measures will be taken to improve the integration and inclusion of these people “as appropriate.”

“They adopted the declaration, which in large part contains nice words, but the question really is what will be different from tomorrow onward,” Liebl said.

Huang, of Amnesty, expressed alarm over statements from countries such

WATER BAN had one in place,” said Tim Hampson, a resident who has been living in Amherst for the past 15 years. “I’m not going to worry about my lawn. I don’t care how it looks.”

Ethan Hurlburt, a 20-year- old who has spent his entire life growing up in Amherst reiterated Hampson’s feelings. “Me, personally, it doesn’t really affect. But you can tell the lawn’s brown but I don’t really care about that. It’s just a yard.”

Town officials have said that the ban won’t be lifted until groundwater and surface water levels return

as the United Kingdom, Australia and Hungary that she said emphasize border security and national security and push for refugees to remain in the nations where they initially land.

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May told the Guardian newspaper Monday that it was better to help more refugees in their own region than to resettle a smaller number elsewhere.

“We have always taken the view that we can help more Syrian refugees by putting aid into the region,” she said.

As such, the majority of refugees remain stranded in poorer countries that have less capacity to support them.

Together, Ethiopia, Kenya, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan and Turkey host a third of the world’s refugees, while accounting for 1.6 percent of the world’s economy, according to Amnesty. And only about 100,000 refugees are actually resettled annually, the human rights group said.

(The Obama administration recently announced its intent to resettle 110,000 refugees in 2017, up from 85,000 this year.)

In recent days, protests have been held in some nations to highlight the plight of the displaced. In Slovenia, refugees gathered Monday at an asylum center to object to the slow pace for processing asylum requests.

And demonstrators took to London’s streets to urge the U.K. government do more to tackle the migrant crisis.

“While we are encouraged global leaders came together recognizing the need to address historic levels of displacement, the New York Declaration does little to change the status quo,” Nazanin Ash, vice president for public policy and advocacy at the International Rescue Committee, said in an email.

His group is among those calling for more robust and long-term support for host states, for alternative forms of admission to other states, and for a commitment to resettle 10 percent of refugees worldwide over the next three years, among other issues.

“Responsibility sharing for refugees exists more in rhetoric than in practice,” Ash said.

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to normal, or have the ability to continue to recharge.

The town’s main sources of water are the Atkins Reservoir, two small reservoirs in Pelham and a series of wells within Lawrence Swamp.

“I’ll go walking at the Atkins Reservoir and things like that and you can tell the water is just so low,” Hurlburt said. “Hopefully it rains.”

Despite the severity of the drought conditions, the town is not currently fining those who violate the water ban. Instead, individuals from the Department of Public Works (DPW) and

Inspection Services are assigned to issue verbal warnings or leave violation notices.

Amherst residents are still allowed to use water for the production of food and fiber for personal use or commercial sale, for the maintenance of livestock, to meet the core functions of a business and for any health and safety reasons.

For a list of recommended ways you can conserve water visit: http://www.amherstma.gov/DocumentCenter/ View/35947 Stefan Geller can be reached at stefangeller@umass.edu.

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Using some of his most candid language so far this election cycle, President Barack Obama late Sunday suggested a Donald Trump presidency would be an “unmitigated disaster.” And he advised Democratic donors to prepare for a tense Election Day. Speaking at a fundraising event with 65 attendees held Sunday night at an upscale Manhattan apartment _ attendees donated from $25,000 to $250,000 to the Democratic Party _ Obama said of the Republican presidential nominee: “This guy is not qualified to be president.”

What’s more, the president said Trump “shows no interest in even gaining the rudimentary knowledge required to make really hard decisions on a day-to-day basis.” He sees in Trump “no curiosity” nor “desire to get up to speed.”

The fundraiser was among several Obama will do this week while in New York for his final United Nations General Assembly session.

Last week, amid questions about whether he has campaigned enough for Hillary Clinton, the White House suggested that raising big chunks of campaign cash is as helpful as rousing voters at rallies.

Obama charged the GOP standard-bearer with not running a presidential campaign but “an infomercial _ it’s a reality show.” Alluding to

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some of Trump’s most controversial remarks on racial issues, the president warned his candidacy is “tapping into some of our worst impulses as a country _ ones that divide us rather than bring us together.”

Using strong language in an attempt to motivate the big-money donors to contribute or raise even more, the president, who for months would not utter Trump’s name, employed some pointed language about what his election would mean.

“When I ran against John McCain, we had deep differences, but I couldn’t say that he was not qualified to be president of the United States,” Obama said. “When I ran against Mitt Romney, I had profound differences with him, but I couldn’t say that electing Mitt Romney would be an unmitigated disaster.”

Obama’s candor continued when discussing what he perceives will be a tight outcome on Nov. 8, saying: “So this should not be a close election, but it will be.”

A Morning Consult poll released Sunday shows a dead heat among likely voters, with Clinton clinging to a two-percentage point lead, 42 percent to Trump’s 40 percent. But the survey has a 2-percentage point margin of error, meaning the race could well be tied with eight weeks to go.

But rather than pinning that potential ClintonTrump photo finish on the Democratic nominee’s “flaws” or campaign-trail miscues,

the president said a close outcome is almost inevitable because “structurally we’ve become a very polarized society.”

He added that for Republican-leaning voters who only watch Fox News or listen to conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, “it’s very hard for you to think that you’re going to vote for somebody who you’ve been told is taking the country in the wrong direction.”

The president, as he increasingly does during these intimate fundraisers with Democratic donors, also slipped in a jab at Trump’s business tactics.

“Some of you may have business with him,” the president said. “If you have, it doesn’t sound like it’s been a pleasant experience.”

A reporter allowed into the apartment for Obama’s remarks heard “scattered giggles,” according to a dispatch released by the White House.

Where Obama used the fundraiser to cast Clinton as far more qualified to be the next chief executive than her GOP foe, Trump’s campaign on Sunday continued to suggest she is corrupt.

“Secretary Clinton, in 2014 the Clinton Foundation spent less than 6 percent of its budget on charitable grants,” Jason Miller, Trump campaign senior communications advisor, said in a statement.

“Why is it that your foundation spent more money on overhead than it did on direct charitable grants?”

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the airport.

Balogun suggests that if the authorities want to make Thanksgiving break longer then “we should start school earlier” so that the Christmas break remains the same as it has been in previous years.

This is a common problem amongst other international students who are facing the same issues.

For those students who have to drive a long way home, the feelings are positive for the change.

Junior public health major Julianne Hodgkins lives in New Jersey and

faces the nightmare of holiday travel every year.

“The traffic is terrible to get home to where I live.

It took me six hours to get home last year when it normally takes me three hours, so I am overjoyed that the break is longer this year,” she said.

On the other hand, some people may be neutral to the change. “It does not matter to me how long Thanksgiving break is,” said Emily Azadnia, a senior psychology major. She does add, however, that she would “rather have a lon-

ger Christmas break than a Thanksgiving break” because Thanksgiving is “only a day.”

Once this semester passes, there will be a better idea of the over general consensus of the calendar change. If there is a lot of positive feedback, this could be the new schedule for the Master Calendar every year at UMass. More time for travel, more time for turkey.

Kristen Leonard can be reached at kristenleona@umass.edu

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Bridging eastern and western Mass.

Coming as a freshman straight ties are in the west.” from the Boston metropolitan Ferraro, who has taught in western Massachusetts for years, James Mazarakis has observed the negative impact of Boston projects like “The Big area, western Massachusetts is a Dig” on the development and infravery different place. It goes beyond structure of the state west of I-495. the unrecognizable mountainous “There are many communities in geography and the inland climate, Massachusetts that do not even which, despite its New England have broadband internet tinge, is a bit more intense and a bit connections,” he said. less unpredictable.

Springfield, which has a Herein lies the true culture median household income shock: The people who live here of $34,731, is the largare nowhere near Boston, the eco- est urban center in westnomic and political center of the ern Massachusetts. Once a Commonwealth. booming economic center

Eighty percent of on the Connecticut River, Massachusetts’s citizens live in the the city declined after the closing metro area of Boston, which con- of the Springfield Armory in 1968 sists of Greater Boston, Cape Ann, and many business firms, suffering many of the suburbs leading up years without sufficient funds to to Worcester and towns and cit- improve the infrastructure. ies as far south as Plymouth. For Some argue its condition is those 80 percent, their tax dollars dramatized by bad press, but this for the Massachusetts Bay Transit assurance dismisses the city’s conAuthority and commuter rail, dition relative to Boston and its polished cities and a busy Logan suburbs. Springfield is among the Airport make sense and benefit the lowest percentile of wealthy school people living there. But what about districts and is combating surgthe remaining 20 percent? es of crime. Yet the only “help” “We [western Massachusetts] Springfield is receiving is the develgive a great deal to [eastern opment of a $950 million project to Massachusetts],” says Mount build a casino downtown, which Holyoke and UMass professor will surely prey on the city with a Vincent Ferraro. “We send them 30.1 percent poverty rate. our tax dollars, our water, our food. Where is the taxpayer’s money In return, the richest communities for Springfield and the counties in the Commonwealth are in the west of Worcester going? east while the poorest communi- The money is difficult to track,

but we know that $7.1 billion in taxes goes toward transportation, which is largely focused on Boston projects, and another $26 billion goes toward education which, due to an out-of-date Chapter 70 formula for state funding that uses arbitrary measurements to determine how much aid schools get, clearly

its eastern counterpart. According to voter registration statistics, Hampshire and Hampden counties have the most Democrats per capita outside of Suffolk County, which encompasses Boston. Young people would have considerable power over state politics if they register to vote in this theoretical new state.

The real question is how western Massachusetts would sustain itself, and that can be difficult to ascertain. Assuming western Massachusetts retains control of the Quabbin Reservoir, which supplies 206 million gallons of water a day, combined with its agricultural advantage, it would be able to redistribute tax money toward its own infrastructure rather than subsidizing Boston projects. However, there has not been much research on the matter.

Such a maneuver would obviously be dramatic. But what about moving the state house? States like New York have different political and economic capitals, arguably creating a check on the government to balance the needs of other parts of the state without bias. Today, the governor of Massachusetts is a short walk away from the mayor of Boston, and to some extent, they are mutually accountable and directly influenced by each other’s actions. They are also far more likely to chat about the agenda

“More transparent tax information would allow a new statewide debate about regonial equality that is sorely needed.” puts the wealthier towns around Boston at a relative advantage.

What if western Massachusetts attempted to secede as Maine did in 1820? The idea of a western succession is nearly implausible in an age of bigger and wild national problems. But before that question is attempted, it is necessary to look at what this state would look like.

A state comprised of Hampden, Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin counties would house around 830,000 people, according to the last census. That’s a small state, but not the smallest; it would be more populous than the state of Alaska, which has 738,432 residents and just shy of South Dakota, home to 858,469 people. Contrary to common belief, this state would be just as, if not more, liberal than

Homer would be ashamed: The Odyssey Online is not journalism The quest to be relatable has $20 as a reward to entice authors snuck into modern journal- for the most relatable articles just ism and has taken control of the doesn’t seem like the best filter for in-depth, well-written articles.

Miranda Donohue Because in order to have your piece salaried with the present from the news American youth are drawn company, which is now worth to and choose to read. In mod- about $25 million dollars, you must ern times, social media seems to pull from deep inside what your dominate the world around us and Facebook friends would find most now with news outlets like that of appetizing.

The Odyssey Online, it feels as if The Odyssey can be compared to constructive journalism is being a reality TV show with thousands threatened by the most relatable of writers and producers who articles to appear in your feed. have never worked for television.

Whether it’s an article relating We don’t watch the Kardashians to the reasons your roommate is because it’s good television that your best friend told by the cast of is worthy of Emmy nominations “Grey’s Anatomy”, or 10 reasons and raising questions on modern why you must meditate every day; this isn’t what journalism should be transforming into.

The Odyssey allows its authors to write articles on just about anything they wish, which is then often posted to Facebook and gains traction by friends sharing these articles. The issues; we watch it because their articles produce an often sloppy lives are entertaining. Think of and whimsical theme regarding it this way: If the Kardashians relationships, Greek life or worse, started naming the reasons Donald politics. The lack of consistency in Trump should be president or why the articles being mass-produced Hillary Clinton deserves the Nobel is why instead of an article for- Peace Prize, there would be a bit of mat, The Odyssey should consider an uproar with those who watch. changing into a blog instead.

The accessibility of The Odyssey After looking into this mil- is one of its keenest features, which lennial-drawn outlet, I started to is the reason it has such high fludiscover how the authors were idity of articles from people all getting paid. It seems as if the around America. However, the authors take in about $20 if his or editing aspect of writing is surely her article has the highest views missed when it comes to the potenthat week. Sounds like a sweep- cy of these article posts. There is stakes, but without the big prize. a community editor, a copyeditor It is more like a competition to see and then the article is reviewed who can get the most shares on by one of 70 paid editors. My quesFacebook, or who has included the tion is how then, with all of these best gifs, or graphics interchange employees, are grammatically format in their articles. Using the inept pieces of writing being out-

sourced to millions of people? We must ask ourselves if we want to take these writers seriously when half the time a line includes some type of grammatical mistake or an often offensive theme that dabbles in the gray area of racism, sexism and unwarranted political assertions that helps to categorize The Odyssey as a glorified blog. When did “news” get this lame?

Defenders of The Odyssey also feel the tension that critics feel against the outlet. Authors enjoy the creative freedom the site offers them. But we have to ask ourselves if creative freedom warrants some kind of experience or at least a little substance or maybe even some research.

Journalistic integrity has been sacrificed in the midst of finding what relates to you the most. It almost seems as if Buzzfeed quizzes have managed to disguise themselves as articles. The writers and defenders of The Odyssey need to take a step back and ask themselves what they are defending. Is it journalism? Is it blogging? Is it the freedom of expression?

I am all for those three essential parts of modern American life. However, I fear The Odyssey and other article outlets like it are replacing real journalism as well as the need for today’s millennials to involve themselves in current social issues instead of wasting precious time on an article, like “Five ways you know you go to UMass.”

James Mazarakis is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at jmazarakis@umass.edu.

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Miranda Donohue is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at mrdonohue@umass.edu.

over a cup of coffee than the mayors of Springfield or Worcester.

But Ferraro calls this solution a “band-aid,” citing Brazil’s attempt to make the nation less Rio de Janeiro-centric with its creation of Brasilia. “We need the Massachusetts House of Representatives to present a clear tally of per capita tax burdens and per capita tax benefits broken down by community and to have that information published,” Ferraro said.

At the moment, we do not know if any of these drastic measures are supported by a plurality of western Massachusetts citizens, but nevertheless having more transparent tax information would allow a new statewide debate about regional equality that is sorely needed; not just for the sake of western Massachusetts but other hurting regions like Worcester, Lawrence, the Malden-Everett region north of Boston and more.

I know the burden of waiting behind the yellow lines in the city and wondering why my tax dollars are being spent on slow trains and long waiting times. I can only imagine that frustration coming from someone who is doing the same, without a ride home to show for it.

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Spice up your wardrobe with three new fall jackets

By Cynthia Ntinunu Collegian Correspondant Velvet, lace, blackchunky boots and scarfs.

These are just a few fashion terms that come up in the fall. Fall is approaching quickly, so as we enjoy our last few days of wearing shorts and crop tops, it’s time to stock up on jeans, black clothing and oversized sweaters.

Fashion is an ever-evolving world. Trends this fall may not be in style next fall. This is true for each season. Though fashion in all seasons can carry over, each season has its own style. Distressed lightwash cutoff shorts take a back burner as we welcome jeans and leather jackets into our wardrobes.

During fall the temperature takes a dip, foliage makes its return and pumpkin-flavored treats can be found everywhere.

But the best return of all is the fashion. Jackets are a good way to show your own personal style; they can be sporty or high fashion – whichever suits you. They can be the focal point of an outfit or a mere accessory.

For those who want to glam up their style a bit without doing too much, check out these three must-have fall jackets.

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Having details like zippers, adjustable rope ties and buttons give the illusion that more effort was put into the outfit. Looking for a cheaper alternative?

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With the change of seasons right around the corner and the weather starting to get colder, it’s necessary to get a head start on the latest fashion trends for the fall and beyond. Denim, camouflage and bomber jackets are just three of the different styles set to make appearances this upcoming year.

trendy. They aren’t new – if you go through your mom and dad’s closet, you’ll probably find a denim jacket. Denim jackets are perfect for fall because they are heavy enough to keep you warm, but still light enough to avoid bulk, and Denim jackets not make you overheat.

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sition summer palates into the fall. But if you’re an “as black as my sole” type of girl, opt for a dark-wash or a black-denim jacket as it will make you stand out.

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Try H&M or Forever 21 for a more inexpensive option, where jackets start at $25 and up. But if you’re looking for a piece that will stand the test of time, try Urban Outfitters or Topshop. Their prices usually start around $70 and up. Helpful tip: search for a denim jacket at a thrift store and distress, bleach and design yourself.

Camouflage jackets

Alongside denim jackets, bomber jackets are one of the biggest outerwear trends. Everyone from your classmates to your favorite celebrities are hopping onto the bandwagon, and rightfully so. It’s an ideal jacket because it transitions throughout all the seasons, offering a special flare in the fall.

One great thing about bomber jackets is the array of colors they come in. You can opt for an all-black look or implement spring/ summery colors with a pastel pink bomber jacket.

They also come in a variety of lengths that create a different aesthetic.

You could also opt for a more spacious cut or a looser style jacket. An oversized look is great for layering, and can even transition into the early weeks of winter. Helpful tip: Buy one from the men’s section. They might be a cheaper alternative.

Army green is a popular fall color. It’s a great break from black without being flashy. Army-green everything has been buzzing for the past couple of years and it’s a trend that’s not going stale anytime soon.

They can make the most basic outfit pop. Pair them with white jeans and you’ll Cynthia Ntinunu can be reached at be as noted as a fashion cntinunu@umass.edu.

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trendy to do so. So throw on some polyester with Didn’t catch New York white racing stripes and Fashion Week this year? take a break from studying No worries! The fashion to show off your chic active team at the Daily Collegian wear. has got you covered with Orange what trends walked the runway and how you can Orange is going to be rock them on your way to trendy this spring, but if class. the bright hue intimidates you, try wearing it in a Platform shoes more neutral variation this Make sure you choose a fall. Fall and orange have day where you don’t have to always been synonymous walk too far to class to fea- (pumpkin spice, pumpkin ture these. Platform shoes pie, pumpkin picking), so made more than a couple follow your heart and start appearances at New York your own trends by wearFashion Week this year, ing it all year long. and it’s safe to say they’re Hair and Makeup going to stay trendy for the spring. Maybe forgo the sky-high platform heels a Natural is the way to la Marc Jacobs in favor of go according to Proenza some platform sneakers for Schouler and Delpozo, who class. Save the heels for the both opted for minimal effort for hair and makedisco. up in their collections.

Schouler’s curly hair, afros Athleisure wear and effortless bed head can Alexander Wang made a all be easily combined with splash with his collection Delpozo’s little-to-no makethis year, partnering with up to embrace your own Adidas to bring us a line of unique beauty. Some light black and white “athletic” concealer under the flowear. Wearing sweatpants rescent lights of the classto class is nothing new, room can go a long way in but this spring it’s actually ensuring that you have that

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Florals Platforms aren’t the only throwback to the 70s this year. Thom Browne and Michael Kors both sent bright floral patterns down the runway. Florals are always popular in the spring, but to stay ahead of this trend, wear it in the fall. Once the temperature starts to drop, so can our mood, but these bright and bouncy florals can bring a little sunshine to your outfit no matter how gloomy the day.

Menswear Per usual, Earth tones are in for men this year, but the J.Crew collection mixed preppy with adventurous bohemian styles to make something both classic and outdoorsy. Forest greens, tans, soft pinks and even ocean blues invoked an appreciation of the southwest landscape. So to rock this trend, venture into the outdoors and draw some inspiration.

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Few highlights in half-baked film

By Tyler Movsessian Collegian Staff

“Suicide Squad” did not meet expectations. Although writer-director David Ayer had an interesting idea and great potential, uneven character development and plot holes drag the latest comic book blockbuster down to mediocrity.

Following the events of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) convinces military officials to form a team of ruthless supervillains to follow out her orders because these missions are too risky for the United States military.

Field commander Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman) leads the team that includes Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), the Joker (Jared Leto), Deadshot (Will Smith), Diablo (Jay Hernandez), Killer Croc (Adewale AkinnuoyeAgbaje), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney), Katana (Karen Fukuhara) and Slipknot (Adam Beach) on a mission to seek out a supernatural being destroying Midway City, the Enchantress

(Cara Delevingne) – a task that only a group of people with nothing to lose would dare to attempt.

Although “Suicide Squad” ultimately falls short, Ayer’s film still contains ample action, comedy and mischief.

Steven Price deserves credit for his unbelievable score which matches the mood of this film perfectly.

The curated soundtrack, which includes “Heathens”

by Twenty One Pilots, “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes, “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen, “House of the Rising Son” by The Animals and “Without Me”

by Eminem.

Roman Vasyanov also does commendable work with cinematography and lighting, pairing the movie’s dark feel with mostly dark shots. Scenes often take place at night and even daytime scenes feature broody weather, which blends well with the soundtrack’s hearty helping of rock music.

It’s unfortunate that “Suicide Squad” pays unequal attention to its motley crew.

The film spends a long time exploring Deadshot’s (aka Floyd Lawton) estrangement from his daughter and how

Harley Quinn was a psychiatrist for Arkham Asylum patients until her love for one clownish client turns her bad, but it seems like Ayer whisks through the other backstories.

The Joker also feels like an irrelevant background character for most of the movie. I was excited to see him on the big screen for the first time since “The Dark Knight,” but it seemed like he was barely part of the story.

Another aspect that most superhuman movies have that “Suicide Squad” does not have are huge battles. The lack of a major confrontation leaves some holes in the plot that can occasionally make for a tough watch. When there is a team of villains fighting against another villain for a villainous government agency, figuring out who’s who can be overwhelming.

“Suicide Squad” offers a few fun surprises that keep it from totally falling flat. It’s a middle-of-the-road movie whose soundtrack and style make it at least moderately interesting for audiences to spend a couple hours in its sordid world.

Tyler Movsessian can be reached at tmovsessian@umass.edu.

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Garoppolo, a secondround pick in 2014 out of Eastern Illinois, has been Brady’s understudy for the past two years. He started and played well in the Patriots’ 23-21 Week 1 win at Arizona and had 234 passing yards and three touchdowns and staked Brissett to a 24-0 lead against the Dolphins.

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Brissett with their second third-round pick, 91st overall, in April’s draft.

He knew when he was drafted there was a chance he could eventually be Brady’s replacement. No one knew he would be the Patriots’ starting quarterback this quickly.

After being picked by the Patriots, draft experts had differing views on Brissett’s NFL prospects.

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“phenomenal intangibles” while his colleague, Mel Kiper Jr., was more muted with his compliments.

“He’s a guy that’s hit or miss for me,” ESPN analyst Kiper said of Brissett, who transferred to N.C. State from Florida and played his final two seasons with the Wolfpack. “He’s got the size, he’s got the arm, but in some of those games that I watched, there’s something missing that bothered me a bit.”

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both teams ultimately failed to put one in the back of the net in a 0-0 tie Thursday night.

On the road facing a tough non-conference opponent, UMass matched nearly every offensive category and held the advantage for shots on net and did not fold defensively under pressure. That level of intensity was certainly satisfying for the players and coaches, however the ultimate outcome was not.

“The team mentally really wanted to win that match and they were really not happy with the tie even though Brown is a good team.” Matz said.

Although the statistics at the conclusion of the game were essentially in a dead heat, prior to overtime the Minutewomen held a clear advantage that showed them to be the aggressor in the first 90

“The team mentally really wanted to win that match and they were really not happy with the ties even though Brown is a good team.”

Ed Matz UMass coach minutes.

“We controlled the regulation play,” Matz said.

“We had the advantage in all the stats in regulation and that’s where we ended up just getting fatigued a bit in overtime and that’s where the game evened out a little bit.”

With only one goal now to their name over the last three games, converting chances has become an issue that needs to be addressed by the coaching staff.

“We have to make sure our kids have the confidence to keep shooting and looking for shots,”

Matz said. “When you’re not scoring, some of our players are turning away the opportunity to shoot and are trying to make that extra pass instead so we have to make sure they have the confidence to shoot especially with (Atlantic 10 play) approaching.”

UMass will look to make adjustments over the 11-day break it has between games. Next up on the schedule is the Minutewomen’s conference opener against La Salle Sept. 29.

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

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Red Sox top Orioles 5-2 Blair picks up first career win Braves never trail in win over Mets

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Red Sox pitcher Rick Porcello (pictured) picked up his MLB-best 21st win in Monday’s win over the Orioles.

Boston extends AL East lead to four

By Jon Meoli The Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE _ Last week, Red Sox starter Rick Porcello allowed a run against the Orioles at Fenway Park and left a loser. Monday at Camden Yards, boasting the same arsenal that has made him a leading contender for the American League Cy Young, Porcello never even flirted with another loss.

Home runs by right fielder Mookie Betts and designated hitter David Ortiz _ both longtime

Orioles scourges in Boston’s lineup - plus Porcello’s mastery helped the Red Sox to a 5-2 win that dropped the Orioles four games behind the division leaders with 11 games to play.

Betts’ two-run home run off Orioles starter Dylan Bundy, his eighth of the season at Camden Yards, set the game in motion toward the visitors. Bundy was made to work for every out.

After an RBI single by second baseman Dustin Pedroia in the fifth inning, the home run by Ortiz sealed a miserable day for Bundy.

He threw a career-high 99 pitches, but allowed five runs for

the third time in five starts to see his ERA jump to 4.13.

Porcello had no such troubles, with the first run off him coming after he hit third baseman Manny Machado in the shoulder with two outs in the fourth inning. Machado scored on a line-drive double off the right field wall by designated hitter Mark Trumbo. Center fielder Adam Jones’ 28th home run of the season, hit with two outs in the eighth inning, was the last bit of consolation for the Orioles.

Singles by left fielder Hyun Soo Kim and second baseman Jonathan Schoop represented the Orioles’ only other hits.

NEW YORK _ If Monday night’s 7-3 win against the Mets wasn’t the most improbable of the season for the Braves, then Noah Syndergaard and his New York teammates would probably like to know what was.

The Braves and previously winless rookie Aaron Blair, he of the 8.23 ERA before Monday, faced the Mets and ace Syndergaard in a series opener at Citi Field, with Syndergaard rolling in with a 2.43 ERA and could pitch the National League wild-card game in a couple of weeks.

Blair? Well, he pitched in the Triple-A Governor’s Cup playoffs last week, one of two starts he made for Gwinnett while working on adjustments after Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell noticed flaws he’d developed in his delivery.

So what happens Monday? Blair (1-6) doesn’t give up a hit until there are two out in the fourth inning and pitches six strong innings (four hits, two runs, one walk, four strikeouts) for his first win in his 13th major league start.

Meanwhile, Syndergaard was replaced with two outs in the fourth inning after giving up eight hits and five runs including a Freddie Freeman opposite-field homer.

Freeman had four hits and three RBIs and rookie Dansby Swanson added three hits and three RBIs for the Braves, who took the series opener from the NL wild-card leaders to run their winning streak to three games, after taking the last two games to win a weekend series against the NL Eastleading Nationals.

Freeman’s opposite-field homer to start the third inning pushed the Braves’ lead to 3-0 and extended his hitting streak to 23 games and on-base streak to 39 games, both career-bests and longest active streaks in the majors. It was his 31st homer, eight more than his career-best before this season, including 13 homers

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Aaron Blair came into Monday’s start with an 8.23 ERA on the season. during the on-base streak.

And he was just getting started.

Operating on little sleep since his wife gave birth Thursday to their first child, Freeman added a two-run double in the fourth and a pair of singles, continuing a torrid pace he started in midJune and ramped up further since the Aug. 2 addition of Matt Kemp to the lineup.

The Braves’ eight hits and five runs against Syndergaard in 3 2/3 innings were tied for the most hits he allowed all season, in the fewest innings in which he’d given up that many. Before Monday, he was 4-1 with a 1.36 ERA and .175 opponents’ average in his past six starts, with 42 strikeouts and 12 walks in 39 2/3 innings.

In his first time facing the Braves this season, he had five strikeouts with three walks and surrendered two extra-base hits and three RBIs to the sizzling Freeman.

The Braves have eight or more hits in 19 consecutive games, third-longest streak in the Atlanta era and second-longest in a single season, behind a 20-gamer in 1998.

Blair was 0-4 with a 10.64 ERA in his past eight before Monday. But there he was, giving up no hits and one walk to the first 12 batters on a powerful Mets team that had won 11 of its past 14 games and already set a franchise record with 202 homers before Monday, second-most in the NL. Blair had a no-hitter until Curtis Granderson’s two-out single in the fourth inning, and T.J. Rivera hit the next pitch _ a 91-mph fastball _ over the left-field wall. It was

the 11th homer allowed by Blair in a 32-inning inning span over seven starts, but the Braves still had a 5-2 lead.

Instead of coming apart after that sequence, this time Blair got back in his groove. He got a groundout to end the inning, and after giving up a leadoff double in the fifth, Blair struck out the next two batters and got Jose Reyes on a pop-up. Other than the fourth inning, no more than one Mets runners reached base in any of Blair’s six innings.

Blair became the first Atlanta pitcher ever to make four starts against the same opponent in his first 13 career starts, and before Monday he was 0-2 with an 8.04 ERA in three against the Mets. He was staked to a lead Monday and got the kind of “shut-down” innings the Braves have preached but too often haven’t received from young starters this season.

Freeman’s two-run, twoout double in the fourth inning _ also to the opposite field, just inside the left-field foul line _ pushed the lead to 5-0 and gave Freeman 78 extra-base hits, the most by a Brave since Andruw Jones had 78 in 2005.

He needs two more extra-base hits to join his friend and mentor Chipper Jones as the only Atlantaera Braves to have 80 or more in a season. Chipper had 87 in his 1999 National League MVP season, when his career-high 45 homers included seven against the Mets.

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FOOTBALL

Starting QB uncertain for Saturday LB Shane Huber ruled questionable

tions for 33 receiving yards in the Titans win over the Lions. The fifth-round pick was once again quarterback Marcus Mariota’s top most trusted weapons, as he finished tied for first with seven targets (Demarco Murray also had seven).

A week after catching the go-ahead touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz reeled in four catches for 91 yards in the Giants 16-13 win over the New Orleans Saints.

By Andrew Cyr Collegian Staff

To no one’s surprise, Massachusetts football coach Mark Whipple was quick to dismiss any notion of a quarterback controversy between Ross Comis and Andrew Ford during his weekly coach’s conference call.

Ford finished 28-for-42 with 278 passing yards, three touchdowns and an interception in UMass’ (1-2) first win of the season Saturday afternoon against Florida International, after getting the start in place of the injured Comis.

“We’ll see what (Comis is) like Tuesday. They aren’t throwing (on Monday), we didn’t throw yesterday. We just ran, lifted them, got some film out,” Whipple said, “We did a little preview on Mississippi State, so we’ll see where he’s at Tuesday, but he’s a lot better.”

“We’ll see how (Comis) does. There’s always competition. Every day,” Whipple added. “That’s why I think Andrew’s gotten so much better. We’ll play the best one during the week – whoever we think. But I was really happy with the way Andrew played, I was happy with the way Ross played, so we’ll get that up to a level of competition this week, so well just see how the week goes.”

It’s likely that Whipple won’t make his definitive decision until Thursday at practice – after media availability for the week –

A quick look ahead

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Andrew Ford (7) made his collegiate debut against Florida International last Saturday. Ford threw for 278 yards and three touchdowns to beat FIU. much like the timeframe trainers.”

Ford found out he was “But the good was I talked to Vondell Langston and starting last week.

(Colbert Calhoun) played Other injury updates pretty well in his place, so we need to have him back, After missing the entire but that will probably be a half of Saturday’s game game time thing. He didn’t against FIU, inside line- run (Sunday), so we’ll just backer Shane Huber will see where that’s at.” likely be a game-time deci- Calhoun is currentsion for this week’s contest ly behind Huber on the against Mississippi State. team’s official two-deep “Shane was about the depth chart, but given how same as he was,” Whipple defensive coordinator Tom said. “Again, we’ll see Masella has rotated his Tuesday. He’ll be in linebackers this season, (Monday) for treatment, UMass could use multiple and I haven’t seen the different players in that

role.

Calhoun finished Saturday’s game against the Panthers with six tackles (two solo, four assisted).

He didn’t have any prior to the FIU game. Linebackers Teddy Lowery and Steve Casali will need to step up if Huber isn’t cleared to play against Mississippi State. Lowery leads the Minutemen with 20 tackles, while Casali is right on his tail with 19.

After UMass lost cornerback Jackson Porter during practice last week, Whipple said Porter was again going

WOMEN’S SOCCER

NFL

UMass plays Brown to a tie on Thursday

Patriots QB threw for 92 yards Sunday

By Christopher Marino

By Joe Giglio The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)

to be a game-time decision this upcoming Saturday.

Expect a constant rotation of James Allen, Lee Moses and Isaiah Rodgers – who replaced Porter against the Panthers – against the Bulldogs.

Sharpe, Cruz notch victories

Saturday’s game against the Bulldogs will be the Minutemen’s third game in four weeks against Power Five teams to start the season. After dropping the first two games of the season against Florida and Boston College, Mississippi State enters this week coming off a 23-20 loss against at the time No. 20 Louisiana State.

“I’m not taking anything from FIU, but (Mississippi State) is a different animal. We’re back playing a Florida-like team,” Whipple said when asked about Ford and his 42 passing attempts against FIU. “I don’t know if we’ll have the ball that long, really. That’s just where it is. If we have to (pass 42 times), we’ll do it … we just have to find a way to get more points than Mississippi State.”

Both former wide receivers Tajae Sharpe and Victor Cruz propelled their respected teams to victories in week two of the NFL Andrew Cyr can be reached at arcyr@ season. umass.edu, and followed on Twitter @ Sharpe had four recep- Andrew_Cyr.

Minutewomen get shut Rookie Jacoby Brissett out by Providence Sunday could start Thursday Collegian Staff

In what was the team’s second straight game in Providence, the Massachusetts women’s soccer team took the pitch against a strong Providence Friars team with hopes of finishing itstheir its trip on a high note.

However, a sluggish start would key what would be a long 90 minutes for the Minutewomen as UMass (2-41) went on to lose 3-0 Sunday night.

The Friars (6-3-1) came out firing on all cylinders on their home turf and would amass a whopping 13-2 shot advantage in the first 45 minutes of play.

Two of those first half scoring chances were converted

by Providence forward Rachel Ugolik to give her team a 2-0 lead that seemingly put the game out of reach. Ugolik was named Big East offensive player of the week Monday.

“Providence came out with a tremendous amount of energy,” Minutewomen coach Ed Matz said. “They came out, they were running at us…and we gave a lot of our opportunities away to Providence just with our turnovers, we were turning the ball over a lot and not recovering well.”

Coming off a grueling dou-

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Megan Burke (8) battles for the ball during UMass’ 1-0 win vs. Maine. ble overtime game Thursday against Brown, Matz admitted that UMass was not playing its best during the first 45 minutes.

“The tie on Thursday took a lot out of us physically, a lot of our key players played a lot of minutes and we came out on Sunday really sluggish and lethargic in the first half,” Matz said. “Unfortunately, playing at their facility with their home crowd and that environment put us in a hole after the first 45 today, we did not play a good half and things kind of snowballed from there.”

Although the Friars netted their third goal during the second half, the Minutewomen matched the shot output of Providence (7-7), and put up a much more contested 45 minutes of play with the game

already out of reach.

According to Matz, fatigue from the trip to Rhode Island in its entirety could have been a factor in UMass’ inconsistent play.

“I don’t know if they were fatigued after the road trip, having two road games in a row, but it just wasn’t a good way to start the game, but we corrected some of those things in the second half and then had a much better second half,” he said.

UMass plays Brown to draw At the onset of that road trip, the Minutewomen engaged in a tightly contested double overtime battle against Brown, in which see

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There was a chance when the New England Patriots took Jacoby Brissett in the third round of the NFL draft that the rookie from N.C. State could eventually be their quarterback.

But this soon, potentially as the starter in Thursday’s Week 3 matchup with the Houston Texans?

That’s what it looks like after Brissett was pressed into relief duty on Sunday in the Patriots’ 31-24 win over the Miami Dolphins.

Jimmy Garoppolo, starting because of the suspension of star quarterback Tom Brady, injured his right shoulder in the second quarter of the Patriots’ home win on Sunday.

Brissett, 23, who started at N.C. State in 2014 and ‘15, relieved Garoppolo and completed 6 of 9 passes for 92 yards. He also ran for four times for 12 yards.

After the game, Brissett said he was ready to play.

“I felt prepared and did enough for us to secure the win,” Brissett said at the team’s postgame news conference.

New England coach Bill Belichick didn’t come out

“Good poise, good decision-making under pressure, and when I say pressure, having people around him...So, he has had a lot of opportunities to do that since he has been here and I think he has done a pretty good job of that.”

Bill Belichick Patriots coach Monday and name Brissett the starter for Thursday’s game but with a short turnaround and Garoppolo out for the near future and Brady out two more games, Brissett is the logical choice.

He was the only available quarterback on the Patriots’ roster, as of Monday afternoon.

As long as you don’t count receiver Julian Edelman, who played quarterback in college for Kent State eight years ago.

Edelman was impressed with Brissett, who threw for 2,662 yards and 20 touchdowns with six interceptions last season for the Wolfpack.

“He is very mature and poised, especially for a millennial,” Edelman told the Boston Herald. “You know all these kids.”

Belichick, as he is prone to do, didn’t say much about the 6-foot-4, 235-pound Brissett but did compliment the rookie on his poise.

“Good poise, good decision-making under pressure, and when I say pressure, having people around him,” Belichick said on Monday at his news conference, according to the team’s website. “I’m not just talking about all-out blitzes, but having people in the pocket around him, having people that are out in space closing in on him to throw, to run, what decision to make there. So, he has had a lot of opportunities to do that since he has been here, and I think he has done a pretty good job of that.”

The Patriots knew headed into the draft they would have to play the first four games without Brady, who has led them to four Super Bowl titles.

The NFL suspended Brady for his role in “Deflategate” and his subsequent cooperation, or lack of, with the league’s investigation into the pressure see

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