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Vigil held to mourn victims of police violence

By Stefan Gellar Collegian Staff

Around 200 people of different races, ethnicities and age groups came out to the University of Massachusetts at 6:30 p.m.

Monday night to mourn the deaths of Tyre King, Terence Crutcher, Keith Lamont Scott and all other lives lost to police brutality in the United States.

“It was beautiful, actually, to see so many people from so many different backgrounds coming in to commemorate on an

issue surrounding black lives,” said President of Graduate Students of Color Association Ashley Carpenter.

The vigil was organized by the GSCA with help from the Black Student Union (BSU), and featured six prepared speakers, as well as several speeches from members of the crowd.

The pre pared speakers were Dr. Amilcar Shabazz, a professor in the W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, Vira Douangmany-Cage, a member of the Amherst

School Committee and an UMass alumna, a poet, a pastor, and two members of the GSCA. “Tonight we light candles to remember all of the brothers and sisters that we have lost unjustly,” said Nigel Golden, a member of GSCA and one of the speakers at the event.

Several signs were held up among the mourners, some reading, “Stop turning us into a hashtag,” “We stand with Charlotte” and “Hands up don’t shoot!”

“As we stand here in peaceful solidarity

tonight, we want to ensure the safety and welfare of all,” Carpenter said.

“Unfortunately we can no longer ignore what is happening in this country as we literally fear dying in the streets.”

Shabazz added: “I think we need some different narratives out there, and I think that one of those narratives is that a threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Continue to be vigilant, continue to do what you can in your spaces to make things better, continue to organize, continue

to agitate, continue to educate. There’s really no more important work that we can do than that.”

As mourners raised their candles in honor of the lost lives, tensions rose within the crowd after a white photographer took a black woman’s photograph without asking her permission. From there, the white mourners in the crowd were asked to leave by a few of the black mourners, despite the GSCA publicized the event as open to everyone.

“I’m sorry that that happened, because that was

not the undertone that we were going in with, it was built under solidarity and being peaceful,” Carpenter said. “There was a shift in that there could have been a dialogue and space to give that photographer more autonomy and to give that woman autonomy as well to say something about that, where she felt like her body wouldn’t be disrespected.”

Gaelle Rigaud, secretary of the BSU, and a junior at UMass studying English and Afro-American Studies see

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Douglass Chair in Basque cultural studies inaugurated Spoke of migrant experiences Monday

By Dan Curtin Collegian Correspondent

Faculty, students and colleagues of William A. Douglass gathered to hear him speak about the migrant experience and for the inauguration of the William A. Douglass Chair in Basque Cultural Studies Monday evening in the Campus Center.

Basque Country is a region that borders Spain and France, which has three provinces in northern Spain and a province in France; it is formally an autonomous community of Spain.

Douglass received his bachelor’s degree in Spanish literature from the University of Nevada in 1961 and his PhD in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1967, according to Douglass’ bio in the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame.

The event was held as a part to the Basque inaugural symposium, which was sponsored by supporting programs at the University of Massachusetts and the Etxepare Institute. Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Katherine Newman welcomed students and scholars into the Hadley Room to talk about how beneficial the Douglass Chair would be for see

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William A. Douglass speaking at the inauguration lecture of Along for the Ride: Interpreting the Migrant Story on Monday evening at the Campus Center.

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump clash over past, plans in opening presidential debate

By Mark Z. Barabak, Evan Halper and Michael Finnegan Tribune Washingron Bureau

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump launched into a spirited brawl Monday night as they met on stage for the first time, each jockeying for a breakout moment in their tightening race during a highly anticipated debate that often veered into sharply personal attacks.

The candidates repeatedly shouted over each other as they argued about their histories, their plans and the comments each of them has made during the presidential race.

Clinton pointed to Trump calling climate change a hoax, diminished his accomplishments in business and attacked his championing of a tax system as custom-made to help wealthy business owners like himself. She called it “Trumped-up trickle-down economics.”

Her efforts to needle Trump were successful in drawing an angry response from the temperamental GOP nominee, but he also

repeatedly put Clinton on the defensive. He painted her as a hopeless bureaucrat who led the country into disastrous trade deals, failed to stop China and Mexico from stealing American jobs and shifted her agenda to suit her ambitions.

Not even a half-hour into the debate, Clinton was urging voters to go to her website for fact checks, warning that Trump was misleading them as he talked over her to accuse Clinton of decades of failure in leadership.

“I have a feeling by the end of this debate I am going to be blamed for everything that ever happened,” Clinton said.

“Why not?”

Trump responded.

“Join the debate by saying more crazy things,” Clinton shot back.

The debate offered voters a rare moment of focus and clarity as the vastly different styles and approaches of the two nominees were on display.

Trump, who has notably stinted on detail throughout the race, is a pitch-perfect television performer. But his time onstage offered a chance

to address his policy shortcomings while also posing a new challenge: Unlike debates during the Republican primary, when Trump shared time with more than a halfdozen rivals, he was alone onstage with Clinton, unable to recede to the background for long periods as he did during the GOP contest.

He responded to Clinton’s charges about his economic plans with uncharacteristically sharp policy arguments. He peppered his blunt talk about foreign governments taking advantage of the U.S. with details about value-added taxes and policy at the Federal Reserve.

But he also did not shy away from some of his more colorful lines and throughout his history in business.

When Clinton accused Trump of being “one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis” because it would help his business, Trump replied, “That’s called business.”

When Clinton accused Trump of calling climate change a hoax, Trump objected that she was mischaracterizing his past remarks,

but he also launched into a blistering critique of Obama administration energy policy. He cited the bankruptcy of solar company Solyndra, which was heavily subsidized by the federal government.

“We invested in a solar company, our country, that was a disaster,” he said.

Trump deflected persistent questions about whether he would release his tax returns by claiming he was under audit, something he has repeatedly said prevented him from disclosure.

Lester Holt, the moderator, pointed out that there was no prohibition on Trump releasing his tax returns during an audit.

Trump finally said he would release them, over the advice of his attorneys to keep them private, if Clinton would release 33,000 emails she deleted from the private server she used when she was secretary of state.

Clinton then went on the offensive, accusing Trump of having something to hide and suggesting a number of possibilities: He is not as wealthy as he says; he is not as charitable as he says; he has finan-

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People pose in front of the CNN My Vote camper parked at Hofstra University on the first day of the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump debate. cial conflicts of interest he does not want to disclose; or he is not paying any income taxes.

“That makes me smart,” Trump said, interrupting Clinton.

Trump’s business record dominated a large portion of the debate, with Clinton eager to engage.

Trump recounted his success, including what he said was hundreds of millions of dollars in income last year, “not to be braggadocios,” he said.

Clinton pointed to his many business bankruptcies and to stories that he had stiffed contractors.

“I’m certainly relieved that my late father never did business with you,” Clinton said.

Trump said he was simply taking advantage of the laws and making sure he did not pay for substandard work.

“It’s all words. Its all sound bites,” he said, trying to build his case that Clinton was just see

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BC-SCIBUMBLEBEEENDANGERED LA — A type of bumblebee native to North America may soon be named to the endangered species list. It would be the first bee species to be considered endangered in the United States.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week formally proposed that the Bombus affinis, or rusty patched bumblebee, be listed as endangered under the guidelines of the Endangered Species Act. “As pollinators, rusty patched bumblebees contribute to our food security and the healthy functioning of our ecosystems,” the Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement. The federal agency estimates that native insect species, particularly bees, contribute $3 billion in economic value annually in the United States. Because of a specialized pollen-shedding movement called “buzz pollination,” bumblebee species are better at pollinating some crops than honeybees.

The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation filed a formal petition in 2013 seeking to place the rusty patched bumblebee on the endangered list. According to the conservation organization, the species’ population has declined 87 percent in recent years.

Another Xerces Society petition on Change.org has garnered more than 128,000 signatures this year alone.

The bees’ decline can be attributed to habitat loss, climate change, disease, farming and pesticides, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service.

The rusty patched bumblebee _ so named for a distinctive colored patch on the abdomens of worker bees _ is particularly apt at pollinating cranberries, plums, alfalfa, onion seed and apples. Its life cycle begins earlier in spring and extends later into the fall than most other types of bumblebees.

The species used to be found across at least 26 states in the Midwest and Northeast; in recent years, sightings have shrunk to just a few states, the Xerces Society reported.

Per the rules of the Endangered Species Act, the next step is a 60-day period in which members of the public, scientists and government agencies can submit expert opinions and other input.

Comments may be submitted online until Nov. 21.

After that, the Fish and Wildlife Service will announce its decision.

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“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”

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Colombia peace deal officially ends long war

By Tracy Wilkinson Tribune Washington Bureau

As thousands of Colombians offered both hope and skepticism, the government of Colombia and leftist rebels who fought a bitter civil war for more than half a century signed a historic peace accord Monday, closing the Western Hemisphere’s longest armed conflict.

Heads of state from across the Americas watched as Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and leftist guerrilla commander Rodrigo Londono formally ended the long and brutal war, then shook hands as flocks of doves were launched skyward.

Colombians, almost all dressed in white, chanted “Si a la paz” _ yes to peace _ and “Si, se pudo” _ yes we could.

“It is a historic day in Colombia,” said Secretary of State John F. Kerry, who sat next to Santos at the ceremony. “A lot of hard work has been accomplished.

There’s a lot of hard work to go.”

By the only official accounting, more than a quarter million people _ 267,162 in all _ were killed in the conflict. During the 1990s, Supreme Court justices and politicians were routinely assassinated and Colombia teetered on becoming a failed narcostate.

Bernard Aronson, a special U.S. envoy to the peace talks, noted how arduous the four years of negotiations had been. “This is a good peace,” he said. “There were no winners and no losers. Everyone won peace.”

President Barack Obama has lauded the accord as one of his administration’s most important foreign policy achievements. Along with the U.S. rapprochement with Cuba, it marks the end of the last Cold Warera conflict in the Americas.

Much of the credit, U.S. officials say, goes to the U.S.financed Plan Colombia, which poured billions of dollars into the country to help the government fight

the guerrillas.

But critics say Plan Colombia, which is being used as a model for Central America and elsewhere, had serious flaws.

Even supporters of the strategy of full-bore military support for the Colombian army say human rights should have been addressed earlier.

The war gave rise to egregious abuses by the army, including extrajudicial assassinations and the rise of right-wing paramilitary death squads. The leftist guerrillas also committed atrocities, including sexual enslavement of women and kidnappings of civilians.

In recent years, Plan Colombia evolved into Paz (Peace) Colombia and began to shift money to nonmilitary sectors, such as justice institutions and development.

Although aid still tilts toward Colombia’s army, the Obama administration aims to spend $450 million helping the Colombian government extend basic services into long-neglected rural areas, fighting drugtrafficking and taking care of other civilian needs.

Distribution of U.S. aid is only one of the hurdles as the accord goes into effect.

Sponsors of the peace process are bracing for multiple challenges.

Under the agreement, an estimated 7,000 fighters from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, will lay down their weapons and rejoin civilian life, along with 17,000 noncombatant followers.

“Many of these were taken (by the FARC) as children and they know no other life,” said Marcela Escobari, an official with the Latin America bureau of the U.S. Agency for International Development. “If they are not given alternatives, they will turn to some sort of illicit activity. Reinsertion will be very complicated.”

Kerry seemed to leave the door open Monday to removing the FARC from the U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations. He said the Obama administration would review the desig-

nation as the rebels’ demobilization and reconciliation became “facts.”

The list of potential spoilers is long.

A former Colombian president is leading a campaign to derail the agreement. Dissident guerrillas may refuse to lay down their guns. Some communities where demobilized rebels are to be resettled have balked at the idea.

There are many in Colombia, especially those involved in the super-lucrative drug trade, who would be happy to see the country remain in a state of conflict.

U.S. officials are particularly worried that demobilized guerrillas could be targeted for assassinations to discourage peace, as has happened in other post-conflict societies.

“Spoiling is much faster and easier than making peace,” said a senior U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping with Obama administration rules. “It took four years to make peace, and it can be destroyed in four minutes.”

The United Nations will be charged with monitoring how the peace deal unfolds, much as it did at the conclusion of the wars in El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1990s.

But the Colombia mission will be more complicated. For starters, the country has more armed factions than existed in other Central American conflicts.

It also has a far greater component of criminal activity, primarily in the form of drug trafficking.

In addition to helping to demobilize the rebels, the agreement calls for issuing land titles to peasants and expanding education and other government services into rural areas.

Santos will put the deal to a popular vote Sunday.

The referendum is not legally binding, but he has said he wants all Colombians to invest in peace.

“Vote yes! Let’s make peace now,” urge government billboards here in the colonial gem of Cartagena on the Caribbean coast.

Town of Amherst to start fining for abuse of water

By Stuart Foster Collegian Staff

A memorandum including the definition of penalties for violating the Amherst water ban was discussed at a Select Board meeting yesterday but delayed until later in the meeting.

A violation of the water ban will result at first in a warning, then in a $50 fine, followed by a $100 fine for a third offense.

Despite the creation of the ban, Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman said it had only been proposed as a precaution at the meeting in the Amherst Town Hall, which about 30 people attended.

“We’ve seen a lot of compliance,” said Bockelman.

“We don’t think we’re going to need a lot of [fines] but it is really good to have this in case we have partners who aren’t complying.”

People who want to appeal penalties imposed on them from the ban can appeal to the district court within a 20 day period of receiving it.

“I think overall the news is good news,” said David Ziomek, the assistant town manager and director of conservation and development for Amherst.

Ziomek said that rainfall in

the forecast could help the current drought, as well as cooperation from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst College and Hampshire College. Ziomek said that colleges in the town had cut back on water usage “from dining commons to sports grounds and physical plants.”

Ziomek also showed a graph of water production from the months of August to October with five-day average production rates listed for 2016, 2015 and an average of 2010-2015.

Since the beginning of water usage restrictions, which started on Aug. 19, 2016, water production has remained consistently lower than that of 2015 or the fiveyear average.

“We are trending below 3 million gallons produced per day, that’s right at our demands,” said Ziomek.

Ziomek added that the town of Amherst was continuing to bring together its emergency management staff to talk about potential situations, and that the town was extensively monitoring the water supply from their wells.

Rob Morra, the building commissioner of Amherst, said the intention of the memorandum was to clearly define

that the water limitations are temporary and to create a procedure for penalizing violations of the ban in line with Amherst’s non-criminal jurisdiction.

Select Board member Connie Kruger was uncertain about how the Select Board could lift the ban, which was implied in the memorandum.

Kruger was also uncertain about whether UMass would be excluded from the restrictions as a state agency or included as a customer of the town of Amherst.

The memorandum listed examples of non-essential water usage, which is banned.

They are the irrigation of lawns with automatic systems such as sprinklers, washing of vehicles, the washing of exterior building surfaces and sidewalks, and filling privately owned pools.

While a motion to vote on the memorandum was approved, Kruger argued that the vote should be pushed until amendments could be made after the other items on the agenda had been gone over. Andy Steinberg, who had motioned for the vote, retracted his motion.

Stuart Foster can be reached at stuartfoster@umass.edu.

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“In the years to come, this chair will make it possible for us to invite and host annual lectures and seminars by visiting scholars. It provides new resources for our library’s collection in Basque studies,” Newman said. “For the University, the Douglass Chair is a very welcome addition indeed to internationalizing the curriculum.”

Douglass’ lecture was titled “Along for the Ride: Interpreting the Migrant Story,” in which he discussed his career that inclu the founding of the Center of Basque studies at the University of Nevada, and the several books and hundreds of articles he has written throughout his career. Douglass, who has earned the nickname “Mr. Basque” over his career, connected his years of work studying migrants to current events and the circumstances surrounding.

“Much of the political rhetoric of all political parties that is occurring in the American electoral campaign regards the fate of the millions of illegal aliens in the country,” Douglass said.

Jack Ahern, vice provost and director of the international programs office at

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UMass, talked about why it’s important to have lectures about the migrant experience.

“The Issue of immigration is so complex and has evolved over time in response to the infinite number of variables, the type of people, the reasons they leave, where they come from, where they stay, why they go back,” Ahern said.

“I think this is one of the more important issues facing our society today.”

Douglass discussed the human toll of people leaving communities. “In the homeland with each departure, a father and mother lose a son, a brother and sister lose a sibling,” he said.

Ahern also talked about the importance for these type of lectures and the long term benefits it provides the University.

“Every year we will have visitors, visiting scholars that will spend time in the anthropology department to give lectures, to counsel students, to teach courses.

This will endure. One of the benefits of that is this will cultivate and inspire other types of collaborations,” Ahern said.

Dan Curtin can be reached at dcurtin@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @dmcurtin96.

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said, “Those who spoke up have every right to ask for black space, I have nothing wrong with them doing that, but at the end of the day the event was for everyone.”

“These are times in which there are a lot of emotions, there are a lot of feelings that people have, and they have to be understood as individual and not as a

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group,” Shabazz said. “It is really about can we, with all these different mix of feelings that we’re having right now, nonetheless try to find a place of unity, and a place of solidarity to process this terrible, terrible set of injustices that continue to go.”

Stefan Gellar can be reached at stefangeller@umass.edu.

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another politician. “I built an unbelievable company.”

It was unclear whether Trump’s performance put to rest the concerns voters continue to have about how his unfiltered and inflammatory statements and shallow policy platform would play in the Oval Office.

This first debate of the fall general election campaign was preceded by a Super Bowl-level of hype and the audience for the 90-minute session was expected to approach that of the nation’s biggest annual television gathering, with perhaps as many as 100 million viewers tuning in.

History shows that debates tend to reinforce pre-existing perceptions rather than move a mass of voters or cause a significant number to change their minds and switch support.

Still, in a competitive contest between two candidates who evince passionately held views _ both positive and negative _ the prospect of a direct, face-to-face confrontation produced one of the most widely anticipated political events in memory.

The event fell just over six weeks before election day Nov. 8.

Adding to the drama was the asymmetric nature of the confrontation.

Clinton, who has spent

the better part of four decades in public life, was unquestionably the betterversed in matters of policy and substance. But a large swath of the public views her with suspicion and questions her honesty and openness.

The challenge for Clinton was to allay those concerns in the relatively brief time allotted and forge the sort of empathetic connection that came so naturally to her husband, Bill Clinton, the former president, but has largely eluded the former first lady throughout her political career.

Much of the pre-debate focus fell on the moderator, NBC’s Lester Holt, and whether he would factcheck the candidates or leave the two to point out each other’s falsehoods or hyperbole. Holt generally avoided doing the kind of real-time fact checks that some of the more aggressive moderators attempted during primary debates.

Often as he moved to interject, he was drowned out by the candidates arguing.

Clinton entered the debate in the stronger political position, holding a consistent lead in most national surveys and, more significant, an advantage in the route to 270 electoral college votes.

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El Salvador credits United Opioid epidemic causes States for drop in homicides debate over govt. funding

By Franco Ordonez McxCatchy Washington Bureau

One of the most violent nations in the world credited the United States with helping improve security and cut homicides by 50 percent this year.

The president of El Salvador, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, shared the progress with Vice President Joe Biden at a Sept. 23 security and migration forum with the presidents of Honduras and Guatemala at the InterAmerican Development Bank.

Sanchez touted the work his country has done on economic growth and education as well as targeting financial networks of transnational criminal organizations.

“Operation Jaque resulted in the July arrest of 78 individuals and the seizure of real estate properties, 178 vehicles and over 600 bank accounts,” Sanchez said as part of a joint statement of the presidents released by the White House.

Facing a surge of migrants fleeing the region, the Obama administration has pledged to work with the three nations to fight violence and strengthen their judicial systems. The Obama

administration has worked with Congress to secure $750 million for economic development and fighting poverty and violence. The money has been used as part of a variety of programs to try to lower the violence and boost economic opportunities.

The president of Guatemala, Jimmy Morales, said his government has adopted new methods to combat tax evasion and dismantle criminal organizations. In Honduras, President Juan Orlando Hernandez said his government continues to build the National Police force that is combating human trafficking and smuggling organizations.

El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala are three of the most violent nations in the world. Each is in the top 10 for homicide rates, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Recently released U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics show Border Patrol agents will apprehend more family members entering the United States along the Southwest border this fiscal year than they did in 2014, when a massive surge of Central Americans found the Obama

administration detaining thousands of mothers and their children.

This year, with one month left in the fiscal year, more than 68,080 family members have been apprehended compared to 68,445 family members in 2014. But with apprehensions averaging 6,189 a month, the annual total is certain to be a record. No month this year has seen fewer than 3,000 family members detained. In August, Border Patrol agents apprehended 9,359 family members, the highest yet of the year.

Advocates have credited the work being done in Central America but criticized the Obama administration as not doing enough in the United States. The administration has launched several refugee programs, but advocates say those efforts are small in comparison with enforcement measures the administration has taken against Central American migrants.

Last year, 32 percent of U.S. deportations were to the region, including 33,000 people deported to Guatemala, 21,000 to El Salvador and 20,000 to Honduras.

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El Salvador’s President Salvador Sanchez Ceren (L) delivers a speech at a ceremony to commemorate the 191st anniversary of El Salvador’s Armed Force and the Salvadoran Soldier Day on May 7, 2015 in San Salvador, El Salvador.

By Bridget Bowman CQ Roll Call

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s proposal to keep the government funded included one below-the-radar addition: funding to combat the opioid epidemic. While senators in both parties support addressing the issue, the move had some Democrats crying foul.

The Ke n t u c k y Republican unveiled last week a draft continuing resolution to fund the government through Dec. 9, after spending talks stalled between Senate leaders.

His proposal included $37 million in annual funds for implementing the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, or CARA, which became law in July.

CARA authorizes a series of grants aimed at developing treatment programs, training first responders and fostering inter-agency cooperation.

Some Democrats panned McConnell’s proposal as providing inefficient funds for the CARA bill, which authorized $181 million.

Since the $37 million is for the entire year, they say that roughly one fifth, or about $7 million, can actually be distributed in the 10 weeks that the CR is in effect.

“Communities in New Hampshire and across the country desperately need resources to address this epidemic _ not smoke and mirrors,” said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. “Despite the urgent pleas of first responders and treatment providers, this bill provides virtually no new funding to address this epidemic and instead, plays an elaborate shell game with the federal budget.”

Shaheen has been pushing for $600 million in emergency spending to combat the crisis, which has hit her state particularly hard. In 2014, the Granite State had the second highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the

country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

One senior Democratic aide suggested it is no coincidence that the opioid money could help GOP senators in tight re-election races.

“This proves Republicans are only interested in making campaign ads, and not fighting the opioid crisis,” the aide said. “This is a cynical ploy, even for them.”

Republican senators are facing tough challenges in New Hampshire, Ohio and Pennsylvania _ all in the top five states with the highest overdose death rates.

Kentucky, McConnell’s home state, has the highest death rate.

But some of the GOP senators have taken heat on the campaign trail for voting against a broader spending bill last year that included funds to fight opioids.

Republican Sens. Rob Portman of Ohio and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire have been pushing for CARA to be fully funded in government spending bills.

Portman met with top GOP negotiators over the last three weeks, including McConnell, Senate Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran of Mississippi, and House Appropriations Chairman Harold Rogers of Kentucky.

He has also met with McConnell’s staff, and appropriations committee staff, including the committee staff director.

“Implementing a new program under a continuing resolution is very rare,” said Stephen Worley, the spokesman for the Senate Appropriations Committee, citing Portman and Ayotte as key advocates for funding. “The committee agreed that this was a worthy exception to normal practice.”

Although some Democrats argue including what they term minimal funding is a political tactic, one advocate said including some funding can help

jumpstart CARA programs.

“This 10 weeks of startup time, this down payment time, will allow us to see the grants be delivered to communities much faster,” said Jessica Nickel, executive director of the Addiction Policy Forum.

Nickel said the funds could help agencies hire staff and start administrative work, so that they can hit the ground running when more funding is allocated in a year-end spending bill.

Nickel said that outside organizations working to fight the epidemic began hearing from groups on the ground in hard-hit states that funding is necessary. On Sept. 20, two days before McConnell unveiled his funding plan, Addiction Policy Forum organized more than 100 groups to sign onto a letter to Senate leaders urging them to include CARA funds in the continuing resolution.

The advocates then worked the phones, urging Senate leaders and staff to include some funds in the continuing resolution.

“We did triage kind of quickly,” Nickel said.

Nickel said it was unfortunate that politics was seeping into the funding debate. She noted the effort has been largely bipartisan, citing Shaheen and Democratic Sens. Sheldon White House of Rhode Island and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota as key partners.

“We’re really trying to make sure everyone keeps focused on the issue at hand, instead of the election coming up,” said Nickel.

Prospects for McConnell’s CR remain uncertain.

Democrats have said they will not support the bill because it fails to include funding for Flint, Mich., which has been dealing with water contamination.

Raw oysters kill one American monthly on average

By Sally Kestin Sun Sentinel

A plate of raw oysters cost Jose Luis Ruiz his leg, his livelihood and his house.

The night he ate them, the 51-year-old awoke with an upset stomach and pain in his calf. Within two days, he could barely walk.

Doctors told his wife: “If he keeps his leg, he’ll die.

If we cut it off, he might live.”

Ruiz is among more than 700 people in the United States since 1989 to become seriously ill from deadly bacteria found in raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly half died. `Other foodborne illnesses sicken far more people, but none is as lethal.

Vibrio vulnificus causes excruciating pain as the infection eats through skin and muscle, often leading to amputations and death within days.

Food safety authorities know how to prevent this.

California in 2003 prohibited the sale of raw Gulf oysters in the warm, high-risk months of April through October unless they’ve been treated to kill the bacteria. Since then, just one death has been linked to raw oysters in that state.

But when food regulators tried to require treatment of Gulf oysters nationwide, the industry and its allies in Congress quickly defeated the effort.

They said the expense

would devastate the oyster business. Those who become seriously ill or die, they said, are chronically ill people who should know better than to eat raw oysters.

The industry agreed to practices that have reduced serious illnesses, but it continues to reject the only strategy that has been proven to prevent deaths caused by raw oysters.

Instead, policymakers created regulations that have been difficult to enforce and still leave consumers vulnerable, the Sun Sentinel found. In Florida, oyster harvesters and dealers who violate those rules face minor penalties, if any, even when someone dies.

Vibrio vulnificus can cause mild symptoms in healthy people but quickly becomes life-threatening in some with underlying conditions such as liver disease, diabetes, cancer or AIDS. Millions of Americans have conditions that put them at risk, and many may not even know it.

Consuming two to three drinks a day can cause liver damage years before symptoms develop. And many Americans, especially those who are overweight, may have undiagnosed diabetes.

Ruiz, of Chattanooga, Tenn., said he didn’t know he was vulnerable. Doctors discovered he had hepatitis

when they amputated his leg.

“There are ways to prevent this, but they’re not doing it,” Ruiz said.

The European Union won’t accept Gulf oyster imports. In the U.S., they account for about half of all oysters sold. Order a dozen in your local seafood restaurant, and there’s a good chance they’re from the Gulf.

Serious infection is rare, even among susceptible people. Still, an average of one person a month has died after eating oysters in the U.S. since 1999, according to government data.

More than one-quarter got sick in Florida, where dining out on seafood is part of the fabric of coastal communities.

Researchers have identified raw oysters from the Gulf as the culprit in the vast majority of Vibrio vulnificus food illnesses; the rest came from other shellfish such as raw clams.

Cooking kills the bacteria, but some illnesses have been reported in undercooked oysters.

Warnings on restaurant menus are the main line of defense, but time and again they’ve proven ineffective.

The required wording varies by state and often appears in small print at the bottom of menus with language as generic as consuming raw shellfish “may increase your risk of foodborne illness.” Florida

doesn’t require warnings to be on menus, as long as restaurants post them somewhere visible.

Lenny Buck had seen the warnings but figured at worst he’d get a stomach ache. Though he was diabetic and had undergone cancer treatment, he said he didn’t know that compromised his immune system and put him at greater risk.

“You would think his doctors would tell him, ‘Don’t eat raw seafood,’ but they don’t,” said his wife, JoAnn. “There’s a big gap there in what people need to know.”

Buck ate oysters on the half shell while celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary in July 2014.

What followed were weeks of pain and horror.

The infection spread into his bloodstream, creating enormous blisters on his legs and endangering his organs. He underwent seven surgeries on his right foot to scrape away infected flesh, remove tendons and transplant skin.

“I was in the ICU for three weeks, in and out of my mind, mostly out,” said Buck, of Duluth, Ga. Americans assume food is inspected and safe to eat, said David Plunkett of the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C., a consumer group that is petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

to force oyster safety.

“Nobody sits down for dinner with the expectation they’re going to die in three days.”

Surely Raymond Cordes never imagined an appetizer of three raw oysters would kill him. His wife, Carmen, described his death as “the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen.”

The Fort Myers widow said her husband, 81, a retired U.S. Army veteran and insurance executive, was diabetic. He carefully monitored his sugar intake and diet, but was unaware raw oysters were a threat.

Soon after he returned from a vacation in Hilton Head, S.C., two years ago, he couldn’t get out of bed.

Carmen was stunned by what the doctors told her: “We have to amputate both legs and his left hand.”

She consented to the surgery, hoping it would save her husband.

But afterward, the doctor “lifted off the blanket, and I saw the stumps.

What he was showing me is (the infection) was still traveling up his legs,” she recalled. “In three days, my husband was gone.”

Vibrio vulnificus is naturally occurring bacteria that thrives in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and is most prevalent in the hottest months of April through October.

It is the same bacteria that makes headlines when swimmers or fishermen

become infected through a cut or open wound, a growing problem in Florida.

Researchers first identified Vibrio vulnificus in oyster deaths in 1979 and attribute its emergence to three trends: Diseases decimated oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, shifting more of the market to the Gulf; consumer preference for raw oysters increased; and the industry expanded its summer harvesting.

Oysters at one time had been a seasonal delicacy, leading to the adage that they should be eaten only in months ending with an “R.” “Oyster activity was usually over by May,” said Misho Ivic, owner of Misho’s Oyster Company in San Leon, Texas. “In the ‘70s, I saw people selling during the summer, and they were making good money ... so the rest of them started picking up on it.”

Florida allowed summer harvesting in the Panhandle’s Apalachicola Bay, where most of the state’s oysters come from, in response to increasing demand.

“You got all these raw bars that have opened up in the last 25 or 30 years,” said David Barber, owner of Barber’s Seafood near Apalachicola.

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The blue light Situation: When is enough, enough?

A new sight for many students entering college for the first time are the emergen-

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cy phones, beacons of safety and comfort scattered around campus, promising the speedy arrival of help in any sort of dangerous situation. They stand tall, marked by bold lettering and a gleaming blue light, directing the eye toward the large, red button that will activate the light and call the University of Massachusetts Police Department, as well as alerting them of your location. They’re very visible, even from a distance, and the UMass campus has over 115 of them.

But the question is, is 115 enough?

UMPD claims that the phones are located at strategic points and while that may be true, there still are some concerns regarding their location. While UMass is a safe campus – despite its reputation that’s earned it the more interesting name, ZooMass – students still have the right to feel concerned.

Ten months ago, a writer for The Tab, Rachel Ornitz, conducted a survey of 100 UMass students asking them about safety on campus. In this survey, 30 percent of people replied that they did not always feel safe from physical attack or harm on campus, usually referencing feeling unsafe around the large numbers of drunk students during the weekends, or being afraid to walk alone at night. But, even worse, two-thirds of female students surveyed answered that they did not always feel safe from sexual assault on campus.

One student even claimed that the blue light system on campus didn’t work.

How could this be? UMPD checks all blue lights once every two weeks to ensure that they’re in working order. The girl from Ornitz’s survey may not have been referring to a light that was nonfunctional; she may have been referring to the

spaced-out nature of the lights, or perhaps the many places on campus where a light is not immediately visible. The UMass campus is 1,463 acres (2.286-square miles) according to U.S. News and World Report.

After the size of Hadley farm and other agricultural campus lands are subtracted from the equation, the blue light density is around one blue light for every 8.809 acres, or one per every 383,720 square feet. I did my math maybe three times over because I couldn’t believe how large of a number I’d gotten a standard NFL football field is 57,600 square feet, or 1.322 acres. So, this campus supports one blue light for every 6.663 football fields.

I’m going to now compare these values to another Massachusetts campus, namely a college that takes blue light safety incredibly seriously, so seriously that they claim you can see at least two

“The blue light density is around one blue light for every 8.8.09 acres, or one per every 383,720 square feet.”

New “Survivor” season pits generations unecessarily Survivor, CBS’s hit reality TV show, just keeps going as

Charlie Giordano it recently launched its 33rd season. This year, the contestants will battle for supremacy in Fiji, a remote island nation in the South Pacific.

The theme the producers have gone with is dividing the contestants into two tribes: One representing Generation X, the other, millennials.

While I do not subscribe to the idea that reality TV could possibly portray an entire generation of Americans, I do feel that in trying to do so, the show points out a very noticeable fault in the perspective from which we view ourselves.

That is, that we think of this country as a melting pot in which people get blended together and what is always left is a generation of like-minded individuals.

Naming generations has been a practice for centuries, though it became noticeable in written history, such as in newspapers, novels and nonfiction writings around the turn of the 20th century. This movement paralleled the rising prominence of Gertrude Stein’s description of those who were born in the last decade of the 19th century and who lived through World War I as being part of the “Lost Generation.”

Ernest Hemingway famously quoted her in his prized novel, “The Sun Also Rises,” saying, “You are all a lost generation.”

Truly, I do not feel as though these descriptions are unsupported but rather that they could only ever speak for a small portion of the population. Our nation is so large and geographically diverse, so varied in dialect, religious practices and ethnic makeup, that I find it dubious for academics and journalists to characterize millions with single-identifying character-

istics they supposedly share with all those around them.

One might say it is not truly the supposed characteristics pushed forward by the media that are common to all within a generation, but the experiences we all share in some ways bring us onto a more even level of thinking.

But no two people experience the same event the same way. During World War I a women whose husband fought in the trenches during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France more than likely had a different view of

at once. They seek to set a standard for which young people should adhere to. It is troubling how many articles are written on a weekly basis asking questions like “Will the Left Survive the Millennials?”

In the New York Times article by Lionel Shriver, she writes, “Among millennials and those coming of age behind them, the race is on to see who can be more righteous and aggrieved – who can replace the boring old civil rights generation with a spikier brand.”

Who are these “millennials?” Am I one of them because I was born in the 1990s?

Do I have a choice?

W h a t Shriver means to say is not among “millennials” but among people born in recent enough memory to now becoming adults, who also happen to be outspoken about their ideas.

In this case, clearly only the ones she finds to be forced attempts at “righteous”-ness.

This sentiment of distrust for those coming from behind one’s own age pool is unequivocally self-serving, and, in truth, animalistic. It only shows a hidden sense of insecurity that exists in all of us, but in this case is manifested as one particular novelist upset by a changing culture and being too afraid to embrace it.

Every person lives and is a part of a generation, but highlighting commonalities that exist in some on the forefront of their field as being characteristic of everyone else is not only a ridiculous waste of time, but also detrimental to the cause of encouraging one to transform into oneself.

How can we feel comfortable enough to be ourselves in a country where we are told what we already are and will be?

“I find it dubious for academics and journalists to characterize millions with single identifying characteristics.”

the war than a woman in California with zero ties to the war whatsoever.

Likewise today, Trayvon Martin’s killing was experienced in vastly different ways depending on one’s skin color, upbringing, education, proximity to the events, as well as what information was actually received regarding what happened.

In the season premiere, a middle-aged boat repairman named Paul from tribe X asserts that his opposition is far too privileged, saying so while reflecting on having to buy milk at the store when he was young. I do not really know if this was a sort of metaphor or if he is actually being fed information leading him to believe that everyone has their milk delivered via drone.

While I agree technology has changed things, life never really seems to get “easier” in this country. The fault in his thinking though is not in idealizing the current state of affairs, but in losing sight of the fact that he himself has never actually lived as a young person growing up in the 2000s. He never could.

Charlie Giordano is a Collegian Generation titles seek columnist and can be reached at to divide and unite us all crgiordano@umass.edu.

blue lights from any and all points on campus: Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Now, U.S. News and World Report puts WPI at only 80 acres, a tiny campus compared to UMass. However, it has 108 blue lights on campus, only a measly seven less than UMass. That puts WPI at one blue light per 32,367 feet, or one per 0.741 acres.

That’s around two blue lights per football field.

Is this overkill? Maybe. But is it better than UMass? Absolutely.

While we do not need to achieve the blue light density displayed by a school WPI, we do have a need for improvement.

The safety of the students should be a number one priority. We live in a modern world where people are unpredictable, and every rape, every assault, every mugging of a student is a crime against the whole University and something we as a campus need to work to nullify. The blue light system is a system of prevention and prevention is the best medicine.

Nicole Neely is a Collegian contributing columnist and can be reached at nneely@umass.edu.

Clinton’s ad ‘Mirrors’ reflects campaign The Hillary Clinton President Barack Obama’s Campaign re c e n t ly iconic “Please proceed, governor” embodied the Edridge D’Souza old rhetorical device of standing and doing nothreleased the iconic ad ing while your opponent “Mirrors”, featuring clips shoots themselves in the of young girls looking at foot. In any other election, themselves in the mirror, this would be the preoverlaid with audio state- ferred strategy – Clinton ments of Donald Trump would simply show up to making degrading com- the first debate and wait ments toward women. for Trump to say some“I’d look her right in that thing that would be considfat, ugly face of hers,” he ered a gaffe if anyone else states, as the video cuts had said it. She wouldn’t between clips of young need to actively attack girls with somber expres- him as much as sidestep sions, staring at them- his attacks while waiting selves in the mirror. The for him to say something video is only half a min- wrong. ute long, but has already However, if we’ve received much attention learned anything in the from commentators who past year of this camhave drawn parallels paign, it’s that Trump between this ad and the Clinton campaign’s previous ad “Role Models,” which features young children watching the news as the GOP nominee made several statements has mastered the art of mocking the disabled, avoiding gaffes by douadvocating violence and bling down on them and insisting that he’s correct: using crass language.

Clinton’s ads check the infamous Megyn Kelly all the typical boxes of a quip, his defense of his campaign ad: They feature campaign manager Corey serious music to tug at Lewandowski’s battery of the heartstrings, capital- a journalist and countless ize on the ‘think of the other controversial comchildren’ vote and gener- ments. Whereas Howard ally succeed in their goal Dean is infamous for losof making her opponent ing the 2004 Democratic look bad. However, the Party nomination because most striking feature of of an awkward scream, this series of ads isn’t that the media’s low expectaher campaign is adding on tions of Donald Trump new commentary. Rather, has allowed him to get they’re simply publiciz- away with openly mocking the ugliest parts of ing a reporter’s physical Donald Trump’s public disability with hardly any statements. They work consequence. even devoid of a broader It’s fitting, then, that context, highlighting the since we’re now focusmost egregious statements ing on the general electhat would usually have tion, Clinton’s strategy for disqualified any other attacking Trump doesn’t involve adding her own candidate.

However, This is a part of a politi- commentary. cal strategy that usually unlike past elections, she works only in debates. cannot simply sit idly and In the 2012 election, trust that the media will

report Trump’s controversial comments with a negative spin. Rather, by the example set in these two ads, it’s become clear that her way forward is to control the narrative without saying anything. By cherry picking the worst parts of Trump’s public statements, of which there’s no shortage, she can make voters aware of the sort of person Trump is; the voters can then supply their own commentary without her campaign ever needing to say a word.

Of course, there are those for whom an ad cannot change their minds.

Some voters are deadset on keeping Clinton out of office and will vote for Trump no matter what. The Clinton campaign’s strategy evidently isn’t tailored toward them. However, she’s taking advantage of the fact that some of Trump’s statements are more distasteful than others. For several weeks during the Democratic National Convention’s post-convention bump, Trump’s statements against the Gold Star Khan family reduced his probability of winning by fivefold.

Clinton’s strategy from here on doesn’t involve focusing primarily on policy. Instead, the way forward seems to be figuring out which one of Trump’s statements will cause the most negative backlash if given more scrutiny by ordinary people. It goes without saying that this election is about breaking the traditional campaign rules and Clinton’s “Mirrors” gives us a glimpse into what kind of general election we’ll see after the first debate.

“Clinton’s strategy for attacking Trump doesn’t involve adding her own commentary.”

Edridge D’Souza is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at edsouza@umass.edu.

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S#arp Attitude, Hexachord’s appear on“Sing It On”series TV show features UM-based groups Gina Lopez Collegian Staff Last winter, University of Massachusetts a cappella groups S#arp Attitude and the Hexachords were chosen to compete on season two of “Sing It On” – a show featuring the best of the best in collegiate a cappella groups – where they battled it out for their chance to win the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) finals.

According to Variety magazine, co-executive producer John Legend was quoted saying his goal in creating the show was to “capture all of the emo-

tion and excitement of the ICCA competition, in addition to covering the personal stories and friendships that make a cappella a true community.”

Before his stardom, Legend was a member of the University of Pennsylvania’s a cappella group Counterparts, where he helped the team make it to the ICCA finals in 1997.

In addition to S#arp Attitude and the Hexachords, the newest season of “Sing It On” featured Faux Paz from the University of Maryland and Off The Beat from the University of Pennsylvania.

S#arp Attitude was established in 2011 by cofounders Alissa Platcow and Melinda Packer with two main goals in mind:

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S#arp Attitude advocates for female empowerment in the all girls group.

To perform at the ICCA’s and to host an annual event showcasing all-female a cappella called “Lady Jam.” According to the group’s website, current members includes Packer (graduate student), music director Archie Gopal (Class of 2017) , president and social media director Jen Hrebenak (’17), business manager Marguerite Lee (’18), treasurer Michaela Bowen (’18), choreographer and stylist Bekah Philip (’19), Erena Hriskos (‘19), Parlee Hayden (’19), Sam Cormier (’16), Aldila Yunus (’16) and Taryn Wilson (’15).

Hrebenak said they applied for the show by “sending in a bio about who we are and what we stand for, and some videos and clips of us performing,” to a woman from Pop TV who had reached out to them.

In the following stages of the application process, the film crew from Pop TV came to shoot some trial clips for the show that were later evaluated in Los Angeles by producers who made the ultimate decision to include both S#arp Attitude, as well the Hexachords.

Although S#arp Attitude didn’t win the ICCA’s this year, the group said that the most important thing they learned while being

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involved in such a competitive experience was that “when all the glamour is over, we’re still going to be just as competitive and work just as hard.” Adding that the experience was “unforgettable.”

Hexachord’s decidedly small group includes music director Craig Simonetti, Matt Chastain, Katy Geraghty, Linnea Henningson, business manager Xander Teplansky and Brandon Hetherington, according to the groups Facebook page.

The Hexachords attracted interest and longevity in the show for both pushing the envelope with their smaller group and the drama created off of the fact that Henningson was previously a member of S#arp Attitude.

Henningson spoke of the network’s attempt to instigate bad blood between the troops saying, “at first there was tension … but then we all talked about it and realized the only true tension was the competition factor, we both just wanted to represent UMass.”

Teplansky said he found the experience of being on the show “challenging in the fact that you really had to represent your best self.

Gopal of S#arp Attitude said that “Sing it On’s” TV crews often pleaded with members to reenact scenes

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The Hexachord’s made a decision to separate from UMass to go professional. in a more dramatic and high strung manor in order to develop more interesting characters, which some members of the cast catered to more than others.

In competition for a title as serious as ICCA winners, Chastain said he learned “that we [Hexachords] need to not take ourselves too seriously … we put so much pressure on ourselves to win.”

As different as the two may be, both a cappella groups agreed on the fact that the network and “Sing it On” both wanted to build up the personal experiences of both teams’ members to make them seem more dramatic and representative of reality TV. Moving forward from

the show, S#arp Attitude is busy rehearsing with five new group members in preparation for “Haunted Harmonies,” their first competition this fall in Salem, Massachusetts on Oct. 8.

The Hexachords are learning what it means to be a professional a cappella group outside of their affiliation with UMass and anxiously await their new album “Move,” named after their first recorded original, and their new music video.

Teplansky added the Hexachords dream for the future is to be “making a living off of singing together.”

Gina Lopez can be reached at gmlopez@umass.edu.

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NYFW SS17: ease meets style The art of photojournalism

Pieces that cater to modern consumers

By Sophia Liao Collegian Correspondent

The plunging darkness never lasts for long.

Anticipation is always heavy in the air before the lights begin flashing and a drum rhythm intercepts the silence.

This year the sound of revving engines played in the background, creating the feeling that Pier 94 had transformed into a vast parking lot.

At New York Fashion Week, Alexander Wang presented his spring 2017 collection.

Shirting-inspired looks and beaded mini-dresses recurred throughout the show. Some innovative takes on shirting included spliced shirtdresses, micro miniskirts fashioned from shirttails and strappy wrap-around bikinis.

The designs then segued into loungewear with lacetrimmed chemises, bath robes, and slip dresses galore. In keeping with warm weather spirit, the next part of the show had models fashioning beach apparel down the runway.

Wang is known for his controversial t-shirts (remember the Parental Advisory shirt styled by his four-year old niece, Aila?) and this year was no different with bikini-clad girls screen-printed on tees.

During the beach apparel segment, cropped half-zip windbreakers, drysuit-inspired knit dresses and surfer-chic ankle-cuff flip-flops were also sent down the runway. The show ended with a series of sequined evening wear.

Except that wasn’t the end of the show.

During the finale, all the models marched out again in Wang’s newest pieces from his collaboration with the German sporting label Adidas – a collaboration that connect-

ed seamlessly with the athleisure theme presented earlier when Wang sent models down the runway in neon bike caps.

Rumors circulated during the early summer months of an impending collaboration between Adidas and Wang.

The buzz was not confirmed until Wang sent models down his runway in unisex athleisure pieces and footwear, all emblazed with inverted Adidas logos. The full collaboration offers 84 pieces in total.

For now, the only way to purchase pieces is to visit a popup truck stationed in SoHo, Midtown and Williamsburg, New York.

In the spring, the line will be available at adidas Originals and Alexander Wang stores, e-commerce sites and select retailers. By collaborating with Adidas, Wang is able to meld tradition with modernity. His pieces have the intention of being comfortable and easy to coordinate for customers who live rapid-pace lives.

Wang presents athletic wear without sacrificing style; hemlines are kept interesting and the black-and-white color scheme makes coordination easier. However, with their indulgent price tags, the athletic looks are perhaps best kept away from the gym.

Yet Wang understands that his customers live in a technologically advanced world where convenience is of utmost importance. Those customers ultimately need outfits that can be worn anywhere from the grocery store, to the office and wherever else an errand takes them. With his sportswear collaboration, Wang caters to his customers’ needs and ushers in a new season of downtown cool.

The following day after Wang’s show, Ryan Lobo and Ramon Martin of the NYCbased label Tome sent their collection down the runway.

The show featured numerous maxi-dresses complete with

either checked or minimalistic prints with unexpected shoulder-baring necklines. Despite the lengths of the dresses, the material was light and floated around the models’ ankles as they made their way down the runway. Ruffles and sheer fabric gave everything a romantic edge.

Launched in 2010, Tome gathered momentum on the fashion scene after Lobo and Martin became finalists in the Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund.

Lobo and Martin said they found inspiration in feminist writer Germaine Greer’s work for their new line. Like Wang, they contemplated ways to counteract tradition with modernity, a harmony they found in a partnership with Intel technologies.

In their collaboration, Intel and Tome sent models down the runway wearing bracelets based on Intel Curie technology. The bracelet, featuring an elegant leather knot design, was made to help wearers stay healthy and connected while on the go.

Tome and Intel also came up with a sustainable concept handbag, equipped with Intel technology that measures ambient temperature, toxic gases and barometric pressure. The bag can send the carrier alerts so they can live a more informed and healthy lifestyle.

The collaboration recognizes that technology does not have to be cumbersome and unstylish. Tome’s modern customers want to improve their awareness of their surroundings and make better lifestyle choices. With the new pieces being launched, their information and options are made available, quite literally, at their fingertips.

Sophia Liao can be reached at yiruiao@umass.edu.

By Tara Branch Collegian Correspondent Instagram has turned millions of users into journalists, reporters, artists and writers.

The ability to take a picture, edit and post it to social media all from a cell phone has given users a new power. Before this time of universal picture taking and photo posting developed, people relied solely on a skillful few. Photographers were given a heavy task: They were the ones who were responsible for telling a story through photographs.

Diana Mara Henry is one of these photographers. A more correct term for her would be a “photojournalist,” as she conveys societal, political and historical events through photography - primarily in newspapers.

Her exhibit, “Through the Photographer’s Eyes,” located at the W. E. B. Du Bois Library, displays her iconic photos taken during marches, protests, strikes, elections and campaigns. The exhibit exists to show the strength of Henry’s career through various periods of change.

Viewers can peer into long, glass cases containing documentation of four decades of political, social and cultural changes beginning in the late 1960s through the eyes of Henry both as an artist and active citizen. She seeks to show the world through a progressive light, evolving toward equality for both people and the environment.

Henry’s exhibit includes photos of permaculture and food issues, the McGovern campaign, the 1972 Democratic National Convention, the New York state women’s meeting, first national women’s conference, Vietnam Veterans Against War, and the Women’s Pentagon Action. From political to feminist to anti-war movements, Henry had an influential part in bringing

imagery of important issues to citizens.

Photojournalism brings raw emotion in its execution, an art Henry has mastered.

Solely reading an article lacks the tangibility and relatableness that photos provide.

Her photographs transcend words and translate directly to feeling.

Upon looking at her photos, most specifically those of the Women’s Pentagon Action protest, viewers can expect to be met with a wave of understanding. This can be an understanding of what it was like to be in the protest that surrounded the Pentagon, an understanding of what these women were standing for, an understanding of what needed to be gained and an understanding of what could be lost in return.

Along with her photos, the exhibit contains an abundance of memorabilia Henry collected along her travels as a photojournalist. Leaflets, pamphlets, press releases and guest lists are displayed loosely alongside the corresponding pictures from events. This element added context and relevance to Henry’s already impactful work.

One artifact that stood out was a postcard that included a woman who was arrested for graffiti during the Women’s Pentagon Action march.

Looking at the postcard Henry received next to the woman’s picture enhanced the already existing appreciation for her servitude to society.

These documents, along with the entire exhibit, demonstrate the power of her profession and work. Whatever Henry captures is the impression bystanders received from the event. During Henry’s first paid assignment, she captured pictures of Liz Holtzman during her congressional primary campaign in 1972. Years later, Holtzman

admitted she felt she owed her victory to Henry’s monumental photograph of her on the Brooklyn Bridge.

The second part of the exhibit resides on the 25th floor of the library. This portion is titled “Libel.” It breaks from her photojournalism portfolio and instead challenges viewers to envision alternate expectations and challenge the face value of the reportage of historical events.

The photos are all of people, her family and friends, with black and white labels placed on them. The viewer is made to feel uncertain of whether or not the label corresponds truthfully to their characteristics.

This exhibit includes a photo of a free-spirited woman lounging on a horse with a joint in her hand labeled “slacker.” Another photo is of a white family standing ideally outside their picture-perfect home with “Ku Klux Klan” stamped across. This exhibit was first shown in 1988, a year ravaged

by KKK riots.

Henry’s ability to capture a single fleeting moment and have it represent a multitude of emotions is a testament to the dynamism of her work.

Gazing at all the events she was able to capture, and thus transcribe to viewers in a way she thought would make it memorable, was surreal.

The whole experience felt similar to that of Instagram.

Viewers on social media applications like Instagram should always read captions with Henry’s exhibit in mind.

People should attempt to envision things outside of that photographable moment and dare to question both its clarity and accuracy in terms of its portrayal.

Tara Branch can be reached at tarabranch@umass.edu.

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B y R yan N orth

The Girl with the Temporary Dragon Tattoo

W ondermark

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B y D avid M alki

HOROSCOPES Jan. 20 - Feb. 18

Don’t believe everything you read. Even this.

Especially this.

pisces

Feb. 19 - Mar. 20

leo

Jul. 23 - Aug. 22

You will experience an eerie feeling of deja vu today.

virgo

Aug. 23 - Sept. 22

With American Idol over, how will America know who to idolize?

You will experience an eerie feeling of deja vu today.

aries

Mar. 21 - Apr. 19

libra

Sept. 23 - Oct. 22

taurus

Apr. 20 - May. 20

scorpio

Oct. 23 - Nov. 21

gemini

May. 21 - Jun. 21

Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it next semester.

One advantage high school has over college: Pencil sharpeners everywhere.

If you ever get sad, just start reading the names of IKEA furniture out loud to yourself.

Instant happiness.

If your palms are sweaty, knees weak and arms heavy, you should go see UHS. Those are all symptoms of losing yourself.

sagittarius

Nov. 22 - Dec. 21

Wolf Blitzer’s name translates to “Wolf Lightning”. He should be vanquishing his foes on epic quests, not reporting news.

The best part of waking up is finding out you can go back to sleep.

cancer

capricorn

Jun. 22 - Jul. 22

I wanted to rebel against authority, but my mom wouldn’t let me.

Dec. 22 - Jan. 19

I get all my information about campus events from those chalk advertisements everywhere.

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TENNIS

A-1O SOCCER

UM readies to face UConn Wednesday

URI falls to Brown in OT on Saturday

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

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Woosley, Kovacevic shine Dukes win fourth straight at the Brown Invitational with win over Robert Morris

By Thomas Johnston Collegian Staff

In what will be Massachusetts tennis coach Judy Dixon’s 25th and final season at UMass, the Minutewomen opened its fall season at the Brown Invitational over the weekend facing Brown, Rutgers and Stony Brook.

Senior Anna Woosley and freshmen Janja Kovacevic stole the show, as they both went undefeated in singles action. Kovacevic was 3-0 in singles play and Woosley won both of her matches.

Kovacevic had two of her victories at the No. 3 position and the other at No. 2.

Dixon was impressed by both of her player’s poise and toughness, going as far as calling Kovacevic’s strong performance in her first tournament the highlight of the weekend.

“Watching her the last three weeks at practice, it was clear Kovacevic has talent but she competes better than she practices, which is a really good sign,” Dixon said. “She has a lot of talent and a big serve. She has a really good feel for the ball and I was pleased with her level of mental toughness in both singles and doubles.”

Dixon was pleased to see Woosley, who played through an illness this weekend, compete and play tough on the court. “[Woosley] was outstanding,” Dixon said. “She’s improved every year that she has been here. The thing I’ve seen a lot; she has become mentally tougher.

She always had skill but she is now a competitor. Real sign of maturity on her part. She was loosing 5-2 in the third set of a match and came back to win the last match.

My hats off to her, she did a fine job.”

Kovacevic paired up with junior Anna Yrazusta in doubles play and the duo went 2-0 at the No. 2 position over the weekend. Woosley and sophomore Ruth Crawford were 1-1 at the No. 1 position, and won their lone match at

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Anna Woosley (pictured) is one of three seniors on the team this season. the No. 2 position. Dixon said saw a lot of promise in the team’s doubles pairings and is looking forward to seeing how they progress together as the season goes on.

The tournament took place throughout the weekend as the Minutewomen saw a different opponent each day. Friday night the Minutewomen went 2-2 in doubles play and only won two individual matches.

Saturday was a much better day for UMass as it went 3-1 in doubles matchups and won four-of-seven single matches. Sunday, the Minutewomen went 2-1 in doubles matches and 2-2 in singles matches.

Rematch with Connecticut

however count toward each player’s individual record, but Dixon feels her team has done a great job so far on the year playing for the team and not focusing on their personal record.

“It’s more relaxed from my perspective,” Dixon commented about not having the games count toward their national ranking. “I went into this weekend looking for them to show me how they compete against other schools. I don’t think they thought of it for themselves, they saw it as a UMass match. They said ‘let’s go out and beat the team in front of us.’ It mattered to my players.”

In last season’s match with UConn, Dixon was disappointed in the lack of toughness her team showed.

The Huskies puts a lot of balls back over the net and work hard as a team, and Dixon sees them as an opponent who is willing to do whatever it takes to win.

“They may not look beautiful on the court, but [UConn] claws their way through a match,” Dixon said. “I expect this team to do that this year. I think it will be a close match that could go either way, but my team has to match UConn’s mental toughness.”

Dixon added on the loss to the Huskies: “It meant something to them. They’ve been practicing hard and will be ready Wednesday.”

UMass’ second match of the season takes place Wednesday in Storrs, Connecticut as the Minutewomen face the UConn Huskies.

In her last season as head coach, Dixon says she does not have one foot out the door – she is all in it for her team.

“I don’t want a Kobe Bryant or Big Papi farewell tour,” Dixon said. “I’m well aware that every day is the last of this, but I want to put it aside and revisit it at the end of the season,” The matchup against the Huskies is the first individual match for both teams on the season, though no match counts toward the team’s record until after the Thomas Johnston can be reached at New Year. The matches do tjohnston@umass.edu.

allowed one goal over that stretch.

With the win, the Dukes remain undefeated at home and they will look B y Samuel Shulman to keep that up that strong Collegian Correspondent play as they ready to face It took 59 minutes to Navy on Tuesday. break a scoreless tie, but it was the Duquesne men’s Brown tops URI in soccer team that finally overtime found the back of the net

as the Dukes (5-2) topped In a battle between two Robert Morris (3-4) 1-0 Rhode Island squads, it Friday night in Pittsburgh. was the Brown men’s socJunior midfielder Frederik cer team that topped Rhode Borenstein scored on the Island 2-1 in overtime play as he was able to beat on Saturday. Sophomore his defender with a spin Matthew Chow scored the and kicked the ball past game-winner in the 93rd the goalkeeper. minute for the Bears (4-3),

T he goal was netting his second goal of Borenstein’s third of the the game. season. Duquesne will be Chow’s early goal in the looking for the Norwegian 15th minute was matched to continue producing by a 39th-minute corneroffensively going forward, kick header from URI (3-5as he leads the Dukes in 1) senior captain Wesley goals and points. The goal Matthews. The teams went was assisted by juniors back and forth until the George Poppas and Nigel overtime goal that left the Seidu. It was both of their Rams fans disappointed. first points of the young URI has lost its last season. four games, and have one Duquesne was strong more game to work out defensively, only allowing their issues before conthe Colonials to get two ference play commences. shots on goal. This has The Ram’s main issue has been a pattern throughout been creating offense as their four-game winning they haven’t scored over streak as they have only

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one goal in their past eight matches. They will look to reverse that trend on Tuesday when they play Bryant on the road.

La Salle loses tight one to UMBC The La Salle men’s soccer team was hoping to burst into conference play with a wave of momentum but the University of Maryland, Baltimore Country had other plans Saturday. Retrievers (4-13) sophomore midfielder Patrick Jean-Gilles scored the game-winner in overtime to secure a 2-1 win for UMBC. The Explorers’ senior defender Colman Kennedy scored in the 72nd minute to knot it up and force overtime but La Salle (5-4) could not push one past the keeper.

The game was evenlymatched throughout as the teams were separated by just one in goals and saves on the night.

The Explorers have a week break before starting their Atlantic 10 slate at home against Saint Louis.

Samuel Shulman can be reached at sashulman@umass.edu.

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MLB

Jose Fernandez owned boat found off Miami coast Marlins ace died after boat accident

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Jalen Williams (80) and Marquis Young (8) celebrate after Williams’ touchdown recepetion Saturday vs Miss. St.

By Brett Clarkson and Mike Clary Sun Sentinel

MIAMI — Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez owned the boat that crashed into a jetty near Miami Beach, killing him and two other men, officials said.

But who was piloting the 32-foot SeeVee center console has not been determined, said a statement from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which is leading the investigation into the crash.

Although the boat was discovered at about 3:30 a.m.

Sunday, the exact time of the crash is not yet known, said the statement, from commission spokesman Rob Klepper.

The boat was overturned on the rocks of the north jetty at Government Cut, just south of Miami Beach.

The three men were found dead at the scene, officials said.

Fernandez, 24, was a star pitcher for the Marlins and was one of the game’s most

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Marlins starters stand around the mound in honor of their fallen teammate. exciting and charismatic players.

Although speed was thought to be a factor, Klepper said the speed at which the boat was traveling wasn’t yet known. Also undetermined was where the men were going _ although it appeared the boat had been traveling south.

“Those are all questions hopefully our investigators will be able to answer after the complete investigation,” Klepper said.

Meanwhile, it could take weeks or months before blood tests are completed on the bodies of Fernandez and two companions who died the incident.

The two other men were identified Monday as Emilio

Macias, 27, and Eduardo Rivero, 25. Neither was a professional athlete.

Darren Caprara, director of operations for the MiamiDade Medical Examiner’s Office, said that autopsies were being done on the three bodies and that the medical examiner’s office was awaiting results of toxicology tests.

“It’s a battery of tests that could take days, that could even extend to months, depending on what they find in the blood,” Caprara said.

Caprara said the cause of death wasn’t yet determined but that results would be released first to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

the second straight week.

Casali also led UMass with three pass breakups, with the biggest coming on a MSU’s second drive when he broke up a third-and-goal pass from Nick Fitzgerald to Ashton Shumpert to hold the Bulldogs to a field goal.

Lowery (30) and Casali (28) are the Minutemen’s top two tacklers to date this season, however against MSU, safety Jesse Monteiro led all UMass players with 11 tackles.

Williams’ catch appears on SportsCenter Since returning from his redshirt season in 2015, wide receiver Jalen Williams’ impact has been evident on the field for

UMass, especially since Ford took over at quarterback.

After recording a touchdown on his lone receptions against Florida International, Williams finished with two scores against the Bulldogs, with his second earning the fourth spot on ESPN’s top ten plays Sunday morning.

“I didn’t see it until the replay,” Ford said after the game. “He’s been telling me all year to just give him a chance and that’s what I did today. He’s a great football player and he made a couple great plays today.”

Cruz, Sharpe update New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz finished with three receptions for 70 yards as the

Giants lost their first game of the season against the Redskins in week three.

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Tajae Sharpe will have to wait for his first career touchdown reception, however the fifthround draft continues to be one of quarterback Marcus Mariota’s top targets.

Sharpe reeled in two of his three catches on the Titans final drive with the second bringing Tennessee to the Oakland Raiders 3-yard line. He finished with 48 yards and seven targets, however the Titans lost 17-10 after a touchdown was nullified for offensive pass interference with 27 seconds remaining.

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

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STAYING ON THE TRACK

Ford impresses against Bulldogs Williams makes SC top ten plays

By Andrew Cyr Collegian Staff

For the second time this season, Massachusetts football coach Mark Whipple did not hold his weekly coach’s conference call.

Mark Whipple and members of UMass (1-3) will first speak to the media Tuesday in preparation for the Minutemen’s homecoming game this Saturday against Tulane at McGuirk Stadium.

Alas, here’s some leftover pieces from UMass’ 47-35 loss against Mississippi State this past Saturday at Gillette Stadium.

Quarterback update

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UMass cross country coach Ken O’Brien has led the Minutemen to 19 conference titles during his 50 years at the the helm of UMass.

Ken O’Brien celebrates 50 years Coach ran for UM during early 1960’s

By Tyler Movsessian Collegian Staff

Massachusetts cross country coach Ken O’Brien will forever go down UMass legend.

O’Brien has been the head coach of the cross country and track and field programs for 50 years and has been one of the major staples of UMass athletics for as long as anybody can remember. He is just the fourth coach of the men’s cross country and track teams in its 119-year history, which shows the great tenure of coaches in this program.

“I never realized that’s been fifty years,” O’Brien said. “I

love coaching.”

Life came around full circle for O’Brien, as UMass is his alma mater. In fact, UMass was the only college he applied to.

Coming out of Foxboro High School, he was hungry for more athletic competition.

O’Brien was a four-sport letterman and when he arrived at the university, he wanted to be a part of some team, but he didn’t care which one.

When O’Brien met the then cross country head coach Bill Footrick, his life changed forever, and from there running became his life. O’Brien ran for the Minutemen for four years, graduating in 1963, and his development with Footrick led him to a life-long career in coaching.

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Coach O’Brien talks to the media with former Minuteman Benjamin Thomas.

“I love that I can develop individuals in this sport. More important, however, my life and family allow me to work this job that I am so passionate about.”

Ken O’Brien UMass coach Upon graduation, he began working at Ohio as a graduate assistant for two years, then went to the University of Bridgeport as a full-time coach for one year. But he couldn’t get away from UMass, as he came back as Footrick’s assistant in the fall of 1966. He then took over the head coaching position the next fall in 1967, a role he still holds to this day.

O’Brien has quite the illustrious trophy case as an athlete and a coach. As an athlete, he led the Minutemen to three consecutive Yankee Conference championships and one New England championship in 1961. While at the helm of UMass, he has won 19 conference titles (Yankee, Eastern and Atlantic 10) and four New England championships. He’s coached thousands of athletes and has been a part of well-over one thousand meets.

“I love that I can develop individuals in this sport,” O’Brien said. “More importantly however, my life and

family allow me to work this job that I am so passionate about.”

To ask O’Brien to reminisce on only a few highlights across his 50-year career would have been an arduous challenge.

There are far too many emotional wins, tough losses and memorable athletes, but they are all good memories that he will cherish for the rest of his life.

Even after 50 years he is still extremely excited to come to work every day and teach young athletes the lessons he learned throughout his long career.

“Each year seeing what the freshmen can do is like opening a Christmas present,” O’Brien said.

Along with Jim McAleavey, Patty Shea, Kelly Liljebald and Wendy Wilbur, O’Brien will be inducted into the UMass athletics hall of fame as the Class of 2016.

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

Andrew Ford made his second consecutive start for the Minutemen in place of the injured Ross Comis, finishing 24-for-40 (60 percent) with 273 yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions. Ford’s first interception occurred when wide receiver Andy Isabella slipped while running his route. The second came when he led tight end Adam Breneman by a few yards, with the final coming late in fourth with UMass down two scores, and trying to take attempts downfield.

Also for the second straight week, Comis only dressed in pads during warmups, where he took snaps under-center behind the Minutemen’s backups.

Once Ford and Randall West broke off with receivers, Comis stopped participating in football-related actions and did not attempt any passes.

UMass’ points scored

(35) and total yards (411) were the most the Bulldogs have allowed in any game this season, including a pair against a pair of Southeastern Conference foes in South Carolina and at-the-time No. 20 Louisiana State. Ford’s four touchdown passes were also the most allowed by the MSU defense.

“He did a lot of good things,” Whipple said after Saturday’s game. “Some really good things, especially after the pick six. He didn’t drop his head and just led the team. There wasn’t any panic on the sideline. Our guys believe in both our quarterbacks.

He took a step forward.

At the end there, we we’re trying to maybe make a big play. I gave him a couple plays he’s probably only had one time that we thought we were trying to get a coverage out of them.

He just needs a little more experience. I thought he battled. He played hard, all our guys did. I’m proud of them. I had a good time coaching the game. We just have to play better. We have to get back to work tomorrow afternoon.”

Casali, Lowery continue steady play

With Shane Huber entering last Saturday’s game as a game-time decision, fellow linebackers Teddy Lowery and Steve Casali were forced to have bigger roles with the Minutemen’s defensive leader taking roughly every-other series off.

Lowery finished with nine tackles, while Casali notched nine of his own and recovered a fumble for see

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Andrew Ford (7) has thrown seven touchdowns in his two starts in 2016.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

UMass uses long break to prepare for A-10 play Minutewomen play La Salle Thursday

By Ryan Ames Collegian Staff

After going winless in two closely-contested games down in Providence, the Massachusetts women’s soccer team is using its longest break of the season to regroup and refocus heading into Atlantic 10 conference play this week.

UMass (2-4-1) tied Brown 0-0 in a double-overtime thriller on Sept. 15, and then lost 3-0 to a perennial contender, the Providence Friars, three days later, leaving the Minutewomen searching for answers heading into their 11-day layoff.

The biggest question mark for UMass, especially lately, has been its goal scoring. The Minutewomen failed to record any scores against both Brown and Providence, and have scored only four goals this season to date this season.Despite this fact, UMass coach Ed Matz has confidence the Minutewomen will be better suited offensively the rest of the way.

“Yes I do,” Matz said when asked if he thinks his team has more confidence scoring.

“I think as a player they like to look at the worst case possible, but the two teams we played probably have two of the best defenses in the country and rarely give up goals.”

Matz added: “I think

“I think the break came at a perfect time.

It allowed us to take a couple days off back-to-back to get the players rejuvenated, not only physically but also mentally.”

Ed Matz UMass coach we need to take away from those two matchups that we did create some good opportunities, and we did have some very legitimate chances to score, we just failed to score whether it was something we did wrong or the Providence and Brown defenses and goalkeepers making pretty good saves.”

The long layoff has given UMass crucial practice time that Matz says has been dedicated to every aspect of their

game.

“Well we just reinforced what we’re trying to do defensively,” Matz said. “[We] worked on trying to prevent the quick counters that teams seem to be doing with us in our games. Then offensively we just tried to work with our strikers and getting a lot of repetitions, a lot of shots, getting their confidence up and working on their movement off the ball.”

“I think the break came at a perfect time,” Matz continued. “It allowed us to take a couple days off back-to-back to get the players rejuvenated, not only physically but also mentally. It just allowed us to do some things that we wouldn’t have had the luxury to do if we were playing.”

Even with a good week of practice behind the Minutewomen, injuries are proving to creep up on UMass as Matz said the team still isn’t 100-percent healthy, yet he believes whoever is in will get the job done.

“We have good depth and we have good kids that are ready to step in,” Matz said.

The Minutewomen are about to begin A-10 play, which Matz has previously

said is what they’ve been preparing for all season, and he still shares those same feeling heading into their first conference game against La Salle Thursday.After the contest with the Explorers in Philadelphia, UMass will head to Richmond to take on the Spiders before returning home for two games the following weekend.

“I think we had a good week,” Matz said. “I’m glad we had the week off because, again, it allows us to get their confidence up, allows them to reinforce what they are doing and prepare for the A-10’s.”

Ryan Ames can be reached at rames@umass.edu or on Twitter @_RyanAmes.