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UMass Votes Coalition hosts voter registration event Campus groups formed a coalition to register voters ahead of the election could register to vote for the upcoming elec Members from the tion. The president of the UMass Votes Coalition UMass Votes Coalition, Phil organized on the Goodell Duarte, a junior majoring Lawn Tuesday with one in public health policy and objective: get the vote out. advocacy, displayed opti On the lawn, students mism for his goals that day.

By Joshua Raposa Collegian Correspondent

“Goal today is to register 250 people at this voter fair.

We’ll be here from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and I definitely think we’ll reach the 250 mark,” he said.

The UMass Votes coalition is made up of several campus groups, including MassPIRG, the Cannabis Reform Coalition and the

Civic Engagement & ServiceLearning program.

Over the past decade, voter turnout for millennials has been lacking. According to the Pew Research Center, in 2012 only 46 percent of those registered to vote cast their ballots.

“I think voter registration is extremely important

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today for millennials,” said Duarte. “Right now millennials will be the largest voting bloc in this election.”

The voter fair was held a day after the first debate between Democratic and Republican nominees, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. At the registration tables, many expressed deep

concerns about the two candidates and more broadly, the integrity of democracy itself.

CESL representative Mena Lam, a graduate student studying school counseling, argued that getting the vote out was the only see

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Brettell presents on U.S. immigration Lecture on gender and migration link

United States. Although the woman was educated in the U.S., she was unable to continue working due to her visa status.

By Megha Srinivasan Required to start over, Collegian Correspondent the woman went to classes Anthropologist Caroline at the local community colBrettell, a professor lege. She succeeded in getat Southern Methodist ting a job, and a green card U n ive rsi ty, pre se n t - along with her husband, ed the lecture “Gender but stopped shortly after and Migration of U.S. the birth of her child.

Immigration policies” on Brettell went on to talk Tuesday, Sept. 27 in the about gender biases and Campus Center. In her lec- the gender dimensions of ture, hosted by the depart- the late 1800s. During this ment of anthropology, she time, there were many regtalked about the relation- ulations set up for Chinese ship between gender and immigrants. Around this the causes and conse- time, the Chinese Exclusion quences of migration.

Act was signed, and it pro Brettell began the lec- hibited all Chinese immiture by introducing a story grants who were labor about a woman from India workers. whose husband worked Brettell also spoke about in Texas, went back to how different genders India to marry her, and brought her back to the see IMMIGRATION on page 2

Rubio comments Clinton falters among some groups on Fernandez loss ERICA LOWENKRON/COLLEGIAN

Author Jennine Capó Crucet discussed the 2016 Common Read: Make Your Home Among Strangers in the Student Union Ballroom on Tues., Sept. 27.

By David Lightman and Tim Funk McClatchy Washington Bureau

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kae Roberts and Jay Eardly were leaning toward Hillary Clinton before Monday night’s debate.

By the end, they had both pulled away.

John Kokos and Hank Federal were undecided going in, potential Clinton backers.

By the end, they’d ruled her out.

Indeed, while polls found that Clinton had won the first general election debate with Donald Trump on Monday, she may not have won actual votes. And she may even have lost some, at least in the battleground state of North Carolina.

In a focus group of 21 voters from around Charlotte conducted by McClatchy and The Charlotte Observer, four who had been up for grabs before the debate had moved away from her by the end.

The racially diverse group comprised seven Republicans, six Democrats, seven unaffiliated voters and one Libertarian. Their votes are crucial in one of the nation’s key swing states, one in which Trump and Clinton are neck-andneck in the most recent polls. They live in or around a city rocked in recent days by turmoil over last

week’s police shooting of an African-American man.

That the state is pivotal is clear. Clinton was campaigning in Raleigh on Tuesday. Trump had planned to make a postdebate trip to Charlotte but agreed to reschedule in the wake of the shooting and violence, which taxed local authorities. He’s expected in the state soon.

The closeness of the race _ even after a seeming Clinton win in the debate _ was underscored in the hourlong discussion with voters after watching the debate at Queens University of Charlotte.

For the four who emerged less impressed by Clinton, it was the seeming familiarity of her proposals for the economy and national security that was a turnoff.

Roberts, who is unaffiliated with a party, wrote in her notes several times during the debate that Clinton offered “pie in the sky” ideas. By debate’s end, she had moved from leaning toward Clinton to undecided.

“The things she says she’s going to do, there’s no substance behind it,” Roberts said.

One potential winner in the focus group was Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, who benefited largely because so many voters were annoyed at both

Trump and Clinton.

“I was looking for Hillary to convince me, but I’m not getting the Hillary I’m looking for,” particularly on taxes, said Eardly, an unaffiliated voter. By the end of the debate, he’d moved from Clinton to considering Johnson.

Kokos, who works in Hickory, said before the debate he was undecided.

Afterward, he ruled out Clinton and appeared open to either Johnson or Trump.

“The things she said were out of an old playbook,” he said.

Before the debate, the tally was nine Clinton, three Trump, six undecided and three Johnson. Afterward, it became seven Clinton, three Trump, six undecided and five Johnson.

Johnson, said supporters, was an agent of change, but he didn’t have Trump’s bombast. While they didn’t have many specific reasons for moving his way, they were intrigued.

“I wish he’d been at the debate,” said Federal, a Republican who was undecided before the debate.

Many thought Clinton did better on style and debating points, but she didn’t move them. “Hillary was much cleaner in her evasions,” said Federal, who called Trump “bombastic.”

Clinton did get accolades from the four African-

American voters in the group. They recoiled at Trump’s notion that their communities are awful places. They praised Clinton for backing community policing and promoting dialogue between police and community leaders.

“She has the things we need to change,” said the Rev. Ray Shawn McKinnon, who had been a supporter of Clinton Democraticnomination rival Bernie Sanders but is now squarely for her.

Clinton’s challenge among black voters is not necessarily to win more support _ polls find her with a huge lead over Trump _ but to get them to turn out.

Aisha Dew, who had chaired Sanders’ North Carolina campaign, came away pleased at what she’d heard Monday. “Sanders was stronger on social justice,” she said, but Clinton convinced her she could be equally strong.

“She checked off a lot of the boxes Bernie had,” added Hiwot Hailu, a Queens University student who had been leaning toward Clinton and found that the debate helped solidify her support.

Trump had only three supporters before the debate, but he held on to them.

By Alex Gangitano CQ-Roll Call

WASHINGTON — A humble and heartbroken Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio paid tribute on Tuesday to Jose Fernandez, the Miami Marlins pitcher who was found dead on Sunday.

“Jose’s story was our story because he reminds so many in my community of someone they know,” Rubio said.

Rubio recalled Floridians watching the 24-year-old pitch during his career, “We said to ourselves, ‘This is what the American dream looks like.’ And boy, is the American dream alive and well.”

“Jose could stay in Cuba, a place that to this day is still ruled by a despotic regime... or he could risk it all at the chance for freedom. And he risked it, not once but on four separate occasions.”

He said on Fernandez’s third attempt to come to the U.S., the Cuban government put him in prison at the age of 14.

During his fourth attempt, he was on a boat and heard a splash.

Fernandez saw someone in the water and jumped in to save the person, and then realized it was his mother.

At the age of 15, he swam the two to safety and “paddled with his pitching arm.”

“As he would later tell us, the hardest part of his life was still yet to come,” Rubio said.

The senator woke Sunday to news of a boat crash before the victims were identified. He received a text on his way to church that Fernandez had died.

“Immediately, I was able to connect the events,” he said. “His death, at just 24 years of age has obviously devastated his family but it has had an extraordinary impact on our community.”

Rubio said that in the last 48 hours, Fernandez is all everyone can talk about in Miami.

“I never met Jose Fernandez and I feel like I knew him. And that’s how millions of people feel,” he said. “As Cuban-American, as Americans.”

Last year, Fernandez became a U.S. citizen. Rubio recalled him saying, “This one is my most important accomplishment...I consider myself now to be free.”

His Major League Baseball career and his impact on immigrant communities will be his legacy, the senator said. He added that he believed Fernandez would some day be in the Hall of Fame.

“Jose Fernandez was the pride of Miami,” Rubio said. “My friends, that’s not bad for a 24 year old kid from Santa Clara, Cuba.”

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ON THIS DAY...

The U.S. Congress voted to send the new Constitution of the United States to the state legislatures for their approval.

By William Douglas, Lesley Clark and Alex Daugherty

McClatchy Washington Bureau

AROUND THE WORLD

An Egyption view of Monday’s U.S. presidential debate CAIRO — Asked what he thought of the U.S. presidential debate as he walked to work through the streets of Cairo’s affluent Zamalek neighborhood, Raffik Kamel laughed.

The debate aired at 3 a.m. local time, and Kamel, who owns a factory making office furniture, had not stayed up to watch live. But he watched the rebroadcast later Tuesday morning before leaving home.

As he stood on a bustling street corner, Kamel, 61, said Hillary Clinton appeared stronger. But he also criticized her record as secretary of state in the Obama administration during the “Arab Spring” uprising in 2011.

“We had a bad experience with her with the revolution in 2011,” he said.

Kamel, part of the Coptic Christian minority in Egypt that faced increased attacks and discrimination during the unrest, blamed the Obama administration for mishandling the revolution, which led to the rise of the conservative Muslim Brotherhood until the military retook control of the country.

Trump clearly has his problems too, Kamel said, chuckling at the comments Trump made during the debate about having a good temperament.

But Kamel said he has warmed to Trump, especially after the Republican met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi last week during the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

“I hope Trump comes” to power, he said. “In the beginning, I was not convinced about him. After he met our president, I see he can help us.”

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162 bodies from migrant boat tragedy CAIRO — One hundred and sixty-two bodies have been found after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off an Egyptian coastal town this week, a provincial official said on Friday.

Eighteen more bodies were retrieved Friday afternoon, bringing the number of victims to 162, the governor of the Delta Beheira province, Mohamed Sultan, said.

A total of 164 people have been rescued since the boat sank Wednesday off Beheira’s town of Rosetta, Sultan said, according to privately owned newspaper al-Masri al-Youm.

He did not provide a breakdown of the survivors’ nationalities.

State-run newspaper al-Ahram said online that those rescued were 121 Egyptians, including four crew members, and 43 foreign migrants Tribune News Service

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Yuval Abraham encouraged people to register to vote near Goodell Tues. means of revitalizing the spirit of democracy and facing the world’s problems.

“People need to implement their right to vote, especially in regards to the social injustices the world faces,” she said.

Lam continued to comment on the role of social media in the modern political landscape.

“There is certainly a difference between advocacy and activism. You’ll see a lot of advocacy on the internet.

For example, the Black Lives Matter movement. But what is the next step?” she said.

Duarte echoed a similar message: “Politicians have begun paying attention as they have gone out more and more. Now more than ever we need people to vote to fix critical issues like health care, higher education and the environment. Big turnout will hopefully fix these political institutions.”

There was an overwhelm-

ing consensus among the representatives that voting is an expression of political activism, required for making change and necessary for being heard.

Amherst and surrounding communities including Springfield, Holyoke and Turner Falls, have endorsed movements like CESL’s that emphasize civic engagement in the hopes of educating students on the importance of citizenship.

“We want students to learn about the role of the citizen within the community,” Lam said.

“To really engage and care about their surroundings. Participating as a local, national and global citizen with the faith that they grow not only as citizens, but people as well.”

Primary election day will be Nov. 8, 2016.

Joshua Raposa can be reached at jraposa@umass.edu.

IMMIGRATION played a role in the United States’ immigration policies. For example, the Page Act of 1875 restricted the immigration of Chinese women. “Men’s efforts to bring their wives to the U.S. were generally met with hostility,” added Brettell.

She referred to the years that followed as an era of restriction. The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed into the U.S., for example.

Brettell also discussed the preference quotas of The Immigration Act of 1965.

Brettell closed on the topic of illegal immigrants, looking at the present and to the future. She also discussed two recently signed immigration acts, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents.

Brettell tied in the recent presidential debate and her disapproval of the symbolism of the wall that Trump proposes to make Mexicans build along the border of the U.S. and Mexico. After Brettell’s

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lecture, she opened up questions and comments from the audience.

Emiliana Cruz, a member of the audience and an assistant professor of anthropology, asked how much revenue the U.S. Embassies make in regard to visa requests. Brettell responded that she has “never seen anything” relating to that issue.

Brettell did say that many undocumented immigrants come into the U.S. with a tourist visa, but they overstay that visa, presumably because the U.S. is so restrictive when it comes to giving out work visas, green cards, and citizenships.

Tuesday night’s event was part of the Social Science Matters series from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Brettell presented her lecture as part of this year’s series theme, “Perspectives on Migration.”

Megha Srinivasan can be reached at meghasriniva@umass.edu.

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. _ Did he call her “secretary” as a sign of respect or condescension? What about the interruptions? And the matter of her looks or lack of stamina? And then there was “Miss Piggy.”

Questions about gender ran throughout Monday night’s general election presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the first ever between a man and a woman.

Almost every move could be scrutinized through that lens _ Trump inter rupting Clinton 46 times to her five, by McClatchy’s count; how he refocused moderator Lester Holt’s question of Trump’s claim that Clinton didn’t look presidential; Trump’s hinting that he’d planned to use former President Bill Clinton’s sexual misconduct against her before thinking better of it.

Trump campaign officials dismissed talk that gender was a factor, noting that Trump often aggressively interrupted and insulted male opponents during the Republican primaries.

Sarah H u ck ab e e Sanders, a Trump adviser, insisted that Clinton had interrupted Trump as many times as he did her Monday _ despite the count showing otherwise.

“I think that was fair and warranted,” she said of Trump’s interruptions. “That’s not a problem for women at all. I think women care less about debate tactics than the economy, national security. They want to know, ‘Are my kids going to have a job? Are they going to be safe?’ That’s what women care about.”

Trump made not a single mention of “Crooked Hillary,” the nickname he’s wielded to describe her on the campaign trail.

“I thought he was in part a little hands-off,” said Annelise Orleck, author of “Rethinking American

Women’s Activism. “I wondered if he had watched her debate against Rick Lazio. Maybe that’s why he was so restrained.”

Before “mansplaining” ever became a term, there was the 2000 Senate debate in New York between Clinton and thenRep. Lazio, R-N.Y. The Long Island congressman stepped away from his lectern during the debate, walked directly over to Clinton’s and repeatedly urged her to sign a pledge to reject soft-money campaign contributions. It proved a tactical error that many viewed as overly aggressive and sexist.

Lazio himself offered Trump a piece of advice ahead of the debate: “Stay at the podium.”

Still, others saw signs of sexism, including early in the debate when Trump asked Clinton how she felt about him referring to her as “Secretary Clinton,” an acknowledgment of her tenure as President Barack Obama’s first secretary of state.

“Yes, is that OK?” Trump asked Clinton. “Good. I want you to be very happy.

It’s very important to me.”

Charles Bierbauer, a former political and foreign correspondent for CNN, called Trump’s question a wince-inducing moment.

“That was condescending, no question about that,” Bierbauer said. “Neither one wants the other to be happy.”

In the end, Trump referred to Clinton as “secretary” 22 times during the course of the evening, but stopped toward debate’s end, when he called her “Hillary” eight times.

Clinton referred to Trump by his first name throughout the debate rather than “Mr. Trump.”

Je n n i f e r Pa l m i e r i , Clinton’s communications director, noted that “he likes people who work for him to call him Mr. Trump, but she doesn’t work for him.”

Clinton looked as if she had Trump when Holt asked him to elaborate on his remarks earlier this month that Clinton

didn’t look presidential.

Apparently sensing trouble, Trump declined to talk about Clinton’s appearance, veering instead to a question of stamina.

“She doesn’t have the look. She doesn’t have the stamina,” Trump said.

“I said she doesn’t have the stamina. And I don’t believe she does have the stamina. To be president of this country, you need tremendous stamina.”

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., a Clinton supporter, said Trump tried to change the critique because he realized he would box himself in by repeating that Clinton doesn’t look presidential.

“He didn’t want to acknowledge that there really isn’t a good reason to say that, other than the obvious issue that she’s the first one that would be a woman,” McCaskill said. “He pivoted to stamina, but that didn’t save him. I think he was already down the rabbit hole and he had a hard time getting back out.”

Clinton quickly pivoted, too, reminding the Hofstra University audience and TV viewers of what he’s called women before.

She admonished him for his comment about former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, recalling that “he called this woman ‘Miss Piggy.’

Then he called her ‘Ms. Housekee ping,’ because she was Latina.

Donald, she has a name.”

Clinton told Trump that the Venezuelan-born beauty queen recently became a U.S. citizen and “you can bet ... she’s going to vote this November.”

Shortly after the debate, Clinton’s campaign released a video featuring Machado discussing her treatment by Trump, along with a transcript of the debate exchange.

Trump appeared to catch himself following Clinton’s Machado salvo.

He said he could have been “extremely rough to Hillary, to her family, and I said to myself, ‘I just can’t do it. It’s inappropriate. It’s not nice.’”

“Affluenza” case continues

By Ryan Osborne Fort Worth Star-Telegram FORT WORTH, Texas — Attorneys for Ethan Couch on Tuesday continued trying to get him out of jail, arguing that a criminal court judge has no authority over the case because Couch’s probation should be treated as a civil case.

The attorneys also argued that state District Judge Wayne Salvant — who in April sent Couch to jail for 720 days as a new condition of his probation — has a financial interest in the case because Couch could sue him for wrongful incarceration.

Couch’s attorneys and Tarrant County prosecutors presented arguments for about an hour in a hearing on whether Salvant should be removed from the case.

Couch’s attorneys, Scott Brown and Reagan Wynn, filed a motion earlier this month asking Salvant to recuse himself. Salvant deferred the decision to administrative Judge L. Evans, who presided over Tuesday’s hearing in downtown Fort Worth.

Evans will review the case and issue a written decision.

Couch, 19, is serving 10 years of probation for killing four people in a 2013 drunken driving crash in southern Tarrant County. The case got national attention after a witness at his trial said he suffered from “affluenza,”

meaning that he couldn’t tell right from wrong because of his affluent upbringing.

Late last year, he skipped a probation appointment and fled to Mexico with his mother. The two were arrested weeks later in the beach town of Puerto Vallarta. Couch has remained in Tarrant County custody since January.

At issue Tuesday was whether his probation case, which began in juvenile court, should have ended up in Salvant’s court, Criminal District Court No. 2. That court’s jurisdiction is limited to adult felony cases.

Couch’s case was transferred to Salvant’s court in April, when he turned 19.

Salvant then added four 180day jail stints to Couch’s probation.

But Couch’s attorney, Reagan Wynn, argued Tuesday that “a transfer of probation is a civil case” and that a judge with broader jurisdiction should be presiding over Couch’s case. “(Salvant) had no subject matter jurisdiction,” Wynn told Evans. “If that is the case, there is an argument that (Couch) has been illegally incarcerated since April 2016.”

If Couch has been illegally jailed, Wynn said, then he could have an “arguable” case for a lawsuit against Salvant. Wynn said a lawsuit against Salvant could create a conflict of interest that

could also force Salvant to recuse himself.

But prosecutor Richard Alpert told Evans that Couch’s case “ceased to be a civil case when it was transferred from juvenile to felony court. There’s no disputing that.”

Alpert called the defense’s argument about a possible lawsuit a “novel theory.”

He said, “Their argument is based on a hypothetical argument that they may sue the judge. It just doesn’t make any sense.”

Couch appeared in court Tuesday in a red countyissued jumpsuit. His hair, which had been dyed black when he fled to Mexico, was blonde on Tuesday, and he wore a thick beard.

Fred Couch, his father, attended the hearing but was not available for comment.

Tonya Couch, Ethan Couch’s mother, was not present. She is awaiting trial on charges related to her son’s flight to Mexico.

She was indicted earlier this year on charges of hindering the apprehension of a fugitive and money laundering.

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Critics weigh in on Lester Chicago State enrollment Holt’s debate moderating drops 25 percent this year

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Moderator Lester Holt presided over the debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.

By Stephen Battaglio Los Angeles Times

“NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt moderated his first presidential debate like a boxing referee who lets the fighters go at it in the middle of the ring.

Holt’s largely unobtrusive style during the first meeting Monday night of Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton had its detractors on social media. But it played well in the spin room at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., where the media were gathered to cover the event.

“I thought he had a great night,” said Mark McKinnon, a former Republican consultant who is now a producer and co-host for Showtime’s political series “The Circus.” “I thought he pressed where he needed to press. It never got out of control, which is what you want from a debate moderator.”

Tammy Haddad, co-host of the “Bloomberg Masters in Politics” podcast and a veteran TV news producer, agreed.

“I think he did the impossible,” she said.

“When was the last time you had a debate where the moderator was able to get out of the way and make sure all of the issues were hit? I think he did it. I think he did it well. I think you learned more in this one evening than the last month of the campaign.

But that’s a tribute to him pulling himself aside but keeping the pressure on.”

Joe Peyronnin, a former CBS News executive who teaches journalism at Hofstra, noted that Clinton supporters were critical of Holt for allowing Trump to speak “too many times” during the debate.

But Peyronnin noted how Holt did try to make up for the shortcoming of his network’s poorly received “Commander-inChief Forum” with the candidates on Sept. 7. At that

event, “Today” co-anchor Matt Lauer received major heat for failing to fact check Trump for falsely stating his opposition to the Iraq war. This time around, Holt did fact check his statements.

“He did a very effective job,” Peyronnin said. “He gave the candidates their time, although Trump was harder to control.”

Political strate gist David Plouffe, who supports Clinton, said Holt did “a pretty good job,” but believes the candidates need to focus on their own performance than the moderator.

“Generally you’ve got to take care of your own business,” Plouffe said.

“You’ve got to prosecute the case. He moved the debate along. I’m just a believer that you have to control your own destiny.

You better be prepared to win the debate or do as well as you can, no matter what the moderator does or does not do.”

Clinton criticizes in N.C.

By Colin Campbell and Rachel Chason The News & Observer

RALEIGH, N.C. — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke to a capacity crowd at Wake Tech Community College’s gym Tuesday afternoon _ her first public appearance following Monday’s debate with Republican Donald Trump.

The audience cheered as she mentioned the debate.

“Did anybody see that debate last night?” she said.

“Oh yes— one down, two to go.”

Clinton criticized Trump’s performance in the debate, which was the first of three between the presidential contenders.

“He made very clear that he didn’t prepare for that debate,” she said, noting that he was critical of her decision to take time out from campaign appearances to get ready. “Just trying to keep track of everything he says took a lot of time.”

Clinton said many of Trump’s debate comments didn’t make sense. “What I’ve heard from my opponent is dangerously incoherent,” she said, referring to his take on foreign policy issues. “It’s unclear exactly what he’s saying.”

She pointed to Trump’s admission that he’d cheered for the housing crisis.

“That’s called business,” he responded when Clinton brought up the subject.

“I don’t think I’d make a big bragging point about that,” Clinton told the Raleigh crowd. “He basically said yeah, if the housing market crashes, I can

go in and buy stuff and make more money. What kind of person would want to root for 9 million families to lose their homes?”

Clinton also repeated her debate claim that Trump does not appear to pay federal taxes, again calling on the billionaire to release his tax returns.

“He actually bragged about gaming the system to get out of paying his fair share of taxes,” she said as the crowd booed. “There’s a strong probability he hasn’t paid federal taxes a lot of years. He probably hasn’t paid a penny to support our vets, or our troops or our schools.”

Clinton criticized North Carolina’s Republicansponsored voter ID law, which was recently struck down by a federal court.

She said the state’s leaders did “everything they could to make voting harder for people.”

“They were pretty blatant about it _ make it harder for people of color, make it harder for the elderly, make it harder for the young,” she said. “Some of that’s been rolled back because it was so wrong, and I would argue, unconstitutional.”

While awaiting Clinton’s arrival, the crowd heard from U.S. Senate candidate Deborah Ross, former Gov. Jim Hunt and Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane.

McFarlane, who is registered to vote as unaffiliated, endorsed Clinton for the first time during her speech.

Hunt, a Democrat who led North Carolina in the 1990s, said Trump cannot be allowed to win the election.

“Donald Trump is dan-

gerous,” he said. “We cannot trust him with the future of our 10 grandchildren.”

Dozens of people were turned away from the rally and had to watch the speech from an overflow room.

Tammy Hall, who waited outside the gym with a group of friends, said she watched the debate and thought Clinton performed “very well.” She added that she hasn’t always been Clinton’s biggest fan, but said that she has her vote in this election.

“She has more experience than Donald Trump,” Hall, of Raleigh, said. She noted that she thinks Clinton will win not just the state, but also the White House.

Sarah Mason stood outside holding her 6-monthold daughter — who she said she brought so that she could be “a part of history.”

“There is so much at stake in this election,” Mason, 34, said. “I’m a big believer in what Hillary has been saying — that words matter.”

Ahead of the Clinton speech, North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes issued a statement criticizing the visit.

“Clinton is in the Old North State in an attempt to energize North Carolina voters but they won’t be fooled,” Hayes said. “While our GOP leaders grew our state’s economy by lowering taxes and creating jobs, Hillary Clinton will again today discuss her economic plan, which will increase taxes, cut jobs and implement more of the same failed policies that have hurt the American people over the last eight years.”

CHICAGO — Chicago State University enrolled just 86 freshmen this fall, an alarming drop as the embattled public institution faces an uncertain future.

Overall, the university now has fewer than half the number of total students it did six years ago.

There are 3,578 students taking classes at the Far South Side campus this fall, down from 7,362 students in 2010, according to university figures released Tuesday.

The numbers include 2,352 undergraduates and 1,226 graduate students.

While enrollment has been declining for years, the past year has been particularly troubling. Overall enrollment is down 25 percent, and undergraduate enrollment is down 32 percent in one year, the largest decline of any public university in the state. The 86 freshmen includes both full-time and part-time students _ smaller than a kindergarten cohort at many Chicago Public Schools.

The enrollment trends are the latest concern for Chicago State, with some questioning how the public school will survive _ and what it might look like.

Students and faculty, desperate to see the historic school survive, are growing disillusioned and losing hope that revival is around the corner.

“I’m having a hard time seeing the future for Chicago State University,” junior Adrian Mercado, a leader in the residence hall, told trustees at a contentious board meeting recently. “How do I talk to my residents and the people that come to me for help all the time about the future of Chicago State University?”

CSU officials did not have an immediate comment on the enrollment numbers.

In the past year, Chicago State has struggled to survive a state budget battle that left the school without state funding for months _ and then only part of what it had expected to receive.

The school declared a financial emergency, laid off 40 percent of its employees, and cut academic programs and services. It was sanctioned by its accreditation agency, which warned that the school could lose its accreditation because of the severe financial problems.

On top of the financial concerns, Chicago State reported a graduation rate of 11 percent. In recent years, the rate had ranged from 13 to 21 percent.

Then, earlier this month, President Thomas Calhoun Jr. was let go after just nine months in the job, with trustees agreeing to pay him $600,000 in severance to leave immediately.

Calhoun’s abrupt departure has left students and faculty exasperated by the seemingly never-ending challenges at their school.

Many had viewed Calhoun as the ideal leader to move the school forward.

Trustees and Calhoun have refused to say what led to his departure just months into a five-year contract, and the severance agreement prohibits either side from discussing the issue publicly.

“A new leader arrives, a breath of fresh air, a warrior who was ready to lead us into the next era of Chicago State University,” student Christopher Glenn said at the Sept. 16 board meeting where trustees announced Calhoun’s departure. “So we go from exciting new era in January, to the end of an era in September. In nine

months, we go from fighting a war as a collective, to the war being on the inside.”

The situation wasn’t always this dire for the nearly 150-year-old public university, one of the oldest higher education institutions in the state.

Chicago State started in 1867 as a teacher training school in Blue Island. Three years later, as Cook County Normal School, it set up its first permanent campus in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood.

The school was renamed Chicago State University in 1971, and the campus relocated to its current 161-acre site in the Roseland neighborhood in late 1972.

From its roots as a training ground for aspiring teachers, Chicago State now has about two dozen departments across five colleges, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

It serves a unique student population: More than 70 percent of the undergraduates are black, and more than half are at least 25 years old. The majority of students are women.

Nearly half of the students have at least one child. Most are low-income.

Its graduate pharmacy program is a point of pride.

Of the 37 black students in Illinois who received doctoral degrees in pharmacy in 2014, 26 had graduated from Chicago State.

But long before the current financial instability, the university was plagued for years by internal scandals and financial mismanagement. It lost a high-profile whistleblower suit, with damages now exceeding $5 million, and has faced criticism for hefty raises for high-ranking administrators and misspent grant money.

P ro bl e m s persist with basic oversight and accounting, according to the most recent reviews from the Illinois auditor general.

Two audits examining the 2014-15 school year revealed that employees were getting paid leave and sick leave they were not entitled to; dozens of computers and other equipment were missing; an abnormally high rate of students were defaulting on federal loans; and employees were being hired without their resumes being vetted.

In addition to the institution’s internal problems, the budget standoff in Springfield pushed Chicago State further into peril.

While all the state’s public college and universities were without state appropriations for most of the last school year, the stalemate put Chicago State in a particularly perilous situation. The school receives about 30 percent of its revenue from the state and has little private fundraising or reserves to fall back on.

To cope this year, Chicago State cut its budget for the current year by 30 percent, to $70 million. As recently as 2013, the university’s budget was more than double that amount.

With about 400 employees laid off this year, students are feeling the impact.

The number of library staff has been cut in half, and the library is only open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Only three employees work in the admissions department, down from seven at the beginning of the year.

There are other signs of hardship. The campus’ only residence hall was without hot water for at least two weeks this fall. Students also have complained the campus cafeteria had been

closed for several days, and offers a paltry selection of food when it is opened.

“We are disheartened by the state of our campus,” student trustee Paris Griffin said at the September board meeting.

Karen J. Smith, a senior studying communications, media, art and theater, said the issues threatening the school’s stability are dispiriting.

“It makes me feel sad for our community,” said Smith, 53, of the South Chicago neighborhood. “I can leave. Other students, they can’t leave. If this is gone, what hope do they have?”

Now, with the release of the latest enrollment figures, Chicago State’s challenges seem to have come to a head in one of the more troubling ways _ very few new students.

There are 1,200 fewer students enrolled now compared with this time last year, according to school data. Student populations have declined every year since the most recent peak in 2010.

In six years, total enrollment is down 51 percent and undergraduate enrollment is down 58.5 percent.

The steep declines are not entirely unexpected, but still greater than predicted.

Calhoun told the Tribune this summer he expected enrollment to drop about 20 percent.

And to be sure, other regional public universities also are facing enrollment declines this fall, at least somewhat tied to the state budget crisis. Eastern Illinois University, for example, is down 25 percent in its number of first-time freshmen students this year, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale also has about 24 percent fewer freshmen.

But at Northeastern Illinois University, on Chicago’s Northwest Side, which also serves many low-income, first-generation college students, freshmen enrollment grew to more than 800 students, up from 748 last year.

For Chicago State, the coming months will be crucial to the school’s future.

By December, Chicago State leaders must show the school’s accrediting body, the Higher Learning Commission, that the institution’s financial status has improved. Agency officials plan to visit the campus again in spring and decide if further penalties need to be imposed or if the sanction can be lifted.

State funding remains uncertain, with no funding earmarked for 2017.

And the school’s leadership is in flux. Trustees appointed Cecil Lucy, the university’s vice president for administration and finance, as the interim president. It is not clear whether Chicago State will launch another search for a permanent president.

In the wake of Calhoun’s exit, many students and faculty have called on trustees to resign or for Gov. Bruce Rauner to dismiss them.

Four board members’ terms expire in January, and Rauner has said his team is considering replacements.

A spokeswoman said Lucy was not available for an interview. Board Chairman Anthony Young did not respond to requests for comment.

“My students are hurt,” said senior Darren Martin, president of the student government association.

“Their morale is down.

Now the question becomes: How do we fix that? Because right now, they’re broken.”

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EpiPen: Over $600. Mylan C.E.O. Time Magazine that he had to raise the prices in order to make profit for his Heather Bresch’s salary: $18,931,068. investors. The media jumped on the Miranda Donahue former CEO and following the event,

Shkreli later resigned from his position

Your face when you realize that at Turning Pharmaceuticals. hundreds of thousands of people’s lives Will the same be said for Bresch? How are directly impacted due to this reoc- many sleazy businessmen and women curring example of American corporate do we have to hear about being indicted for ripping off millions of avergreed: priceless.

Many people have heard of the EpiPen age Americans before we see some real cost skyrocketing since the summer, but change in the corruption of our once what little know is just how this prepos- high-functioning capitalist economy? terous price hike came to be—and how it It is easy for politicians to speak on the horrors of Wall Street or on the might have a chance of being legal.

Grossly expensive healthcare and people that are abusing the system when negligence in the regulation of the what really should be talked about is the pharmaceutical industry is a hot but- lack of legislation that exists to prevent these kinds of damage. Laissez-not-soton issue that needs resolutions before faire. it is too late. If anything should come Bresch’s day in court showed her from this EpiPen catastrophe, it is that a complete lack of empathy and desperprivatized health industry where CEOs ate, failed attempts at innocence. have the chance to orchestrate price When asked for the reasoning behind hikes is not only absurd but should not the price hike, Bresch blamed the “sysbe legal. tem” for not keeping up with change of What’s even sadder is this type of the healthcare system over the years. morbid financial bubble we’re seeing in The Food and Drug Administration the pharmaceutical industry is not the did not speak during the House Oversight first of its kind—or the last. and Government Reform Committee on Last year, we saw a similar event its disapproval of competitor or “DIY” occur when the price of an anti-infec- EpiPen drugs which could have quite possibly lowered the Mylan price gauge.

To make matters worse, Bresch’s mother, Gayle Manchin, was president of the National Association of State Boards of Education during its proposal of the “epinephrine policy initiative” which basically required EpiPens in American schools. Seems a little too much like House Of Cards to be true?

Sadly, it’s not.

Greed and opportunity may seem like themes in your Machiavellian book but tive drug called Daraprim went from when it comes to the American pharma$13.50 to $750 a pill. Martin Shkreli, the ceutical industry, it’s just an average then-CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, day at the office. was deemed responsible for the unjustified price hike.

Miranda Donahue is a Collegian columnist and Shkreli told news outlets such as can be reached at mrdonahue@umass.edu.

“What’s even sadder is this type of morbid financial bubble we’re seeing in the pharmaceutical industryis not the first of its kind-or the last.”

Working people on offense Tribune News Service Richard Trumka

Labor Day is a time for working people to reflect on the progress we have made and the challenges that remain. This year, like many in the past, has had its share of ups and downs.

But our momentum is unmistakable.

Collective action and collective bargaining are on the rise. Working people have seized the national agenda. And we are working hard to ensure that our elected leaders will rewrite the economic rules that for too long have benefitted the wealthiest few.

This recent momentum started with a bad trade deal. At first, the Trans-Pacific Partnership seemed like it would follow the traditional Washington path-written behind closed doors by corporate special interests and then sped along under antidemocratic fast track rules.

But something happened. Working people changed the debate and turned the process on its head.

We didn’t want to waste time arguing whether trade is good or bad-we understand it is a necessary part of a modern economy.

Instead, we put the focus on trade rules that for too long have rewarded and empowered corporations while outsourcing jobs and lowering wages.

It worked. Fast track barely passed a divided Congress. Today, the TPP is on life support and candidates across the political spectrum are opposed.

As a union movement, we’ve become accustomed to playing defense. But working people are changing the game.

As we block the TPP, we are laying out our vision for new, pro-worker rules on trade.

As we fight state-based attacks on our rights, we are raising wages and strengthening collective bargaining one city and employer at a time. As we combat disinformation by employers who want to deny workers a voice on the job, we are finding fertile ground for new organizing. And as we set the record straight on Donald Trump’s false claims and empty promises, we are mobilizing to elect Hillary Clinton and other progressive champions.

This is a transformational period.

We’ve convinced the world the rules are rigged. Now we have the chance to change them. We are stopping the worst.

Now we want the best.

We already have much to be proud of. Working people are winning raises at the bargaining table and the ballot box. Workers are organizing everywhere from traditional manufacturing to the emerging digital economy. And a recent National Labor Relations Board decision gave thousands of teaching assistants the right to form a union.

Not only that, we have put inequality front and center in the presidential election and races up and down the ballot.

Working people want to build on this progress. We need a trillion-dollar investment in our crumbling infrastructure to create jobs and increase our competiveness. We need to raise wages and make workplace policies more family-friendly.

We need comprehensive immigration reform and criminal justice reform and equal pay for equal work. We need to rein in Wall Street and start rebuilding Main Street.

We need an entirely new direction on trade that puts good jobs and communities over corporate profits. And most important, we need to break down the barriers too many working people face when trying to form or join a union.

The Economic Policy Institute just released a report showing that wages have stagnated because union membership has declined. This trend is not accidental. It has been driven by policymakers who want to make it harder for workers to join a union.

When union membership drops, wages fall across the board. In fact, the study found that nonunion workers lose $133 billion in wages each year due to the erosion of union rights. The EPI called it “the overlooked reason why wages are stuck and inequality is growing.”

This is not news to us. When we sit across the table from our employers and bargain, we bring home higher wages, have greater access to health care and a pension and are more likely to be safe on the job.

And when we set the bar high for ourselves, more employers raise pay and improve benefits to attract and keep the best people.

This Labor Day, working people are ready to change the rules so wages are higher, unions are stronger and our economy is more balanced. The TPP fight demonstrated our strength and resolve. We are ready to take the next step. Join us.

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Bastille encapsulates the ‘Wild World’ we live in Pop group offers social commentary

By Lucy Bradshaw Collegian Correspondent It’s been over three years since British indie pop band Bastille released its hugely successful debut album, “Bad Blood.” And on a planet that’s getting more chaotic every day, there couldn’t have been a better time for the band’s follow up, “Wild World,” to arrive.

The “Standard” and “Complete” editions of their sophomore album dropped on Sept. 9 to much anticipation, and they didn’t disappoint.

Bastille has perfectly encapsulated the wild world we live in through brilliant, apocalyptic pop songs that leave you unsure whether the group is hinting at the end of the world or the beginning of something new.

These four British boys are musical masters of storytelling, often choosing to portray other people’s fictional stories from myths and movies throughout a single song or

entire album. “Wild World” though, takes a turn, with the band now using its platform to provide socio-political commentary on the state of the world today. Lyrics such as “I can’t quite believe my ears” never ring more true.

Throughout the run-up to the album’s release, it was widely promoted that “Wild World” was going to take Bastille in a new, heavier direction. So, when lead single and album opener “Good Grief” offered the same euphoric pop and depressing lyricism typical of a successful Bastille song, it left fans wondering if “Wild World” was just going to be “Bad Blood” 2.0.

However, with the context of the full album, it is clear that “Good Grief” is one of only a few tracks that offer the familiarity of the “Bad Blood” era, as the band’s goal to switch up its sound is evident from the second track onwards.

“The Currents” seamlessly mixes heavy bass and guitar riffs with strings in a way that evokes suspense. Coupled with lead singer Dan Smith’s lyrics—which comment on the

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Bastille’s ‘Wild World’ is crammed with brilliant, apocalyptic pop songs. ignorance of politicians and power of the media—it ends up being one of the most honest and raw songs on the album.

Bastille continues to draw upon this theme throughout the album, with songs such as “Power” and “Way Beyond,” exploring how modern life is dangerously controlled by the media and powerful politicians. Lyrics like “Cause if we don’t post it does it happen?” hit a little too close to home.

The turmoil of our political

landscape, expressed so directly in these songs, is also interspersed throughout the album with samples from old science fiction films such as “Weird Science.” Used frequently and ringing very true to modern life, these samples perhaps show how crazy our current reality is, and that it is actually mirroring old fiction.

Ultimately, it proves that Bastille can still easily mold movie and music magic together outside of its earlier, film score-based “Other

People’s Heartache” mixtapes.

However, we’re also frequently reminded throughout the album that the world isn’t always as scary as it seems. Songs such as “An Act of Kindness,” “Warmth” and “The Anchor” are much needed interludes, reminding the listener that they’re not always lost and alone, and that there will constantly be personal moments of happiness amongst the chaos.

“An Act of Kindness” is arguably the most surprising track on “Wild World.”

Beginning as a seemingly emotional piano ballad, the beat suddenly drops about a minute in, and the song evolves into layers of transcendent electronic brilliance with Smith’s infamous broken vocals, repeated lyrics and extended vowels.

One of the more special songs on “Wild World” is “Two Evils,” a rare moment in which the band scales back their usually huge sound to just Dan Smith’s haunting vocals and Will Farquarson’s melancholy guitar. As such a beautiful contrast from the chaos the album tries to con-

vey, it’s a shame there aren’t more moments like it on the album.

“Wild World” has few weaknesses as a whole, but for an album that’s been hyped up to be different from its predecessor, it still remains relatively nestled in the sound that Bastille is known for. However, it does contain some exciting bursts of a new direction that leaves you hoping there won’t be such a long wait for the group’s next album.

In sticking with the same producer, Mark Crew, and utilizing Smith’s excellent songwriting, Bastille has successfully combined the best of their last studio album and three previous mixtapes.

With the introduction of guitars into their sound, and dark socio-political undertones that can evoke emotional responses from listeners, Bastille has ultimately created its best piece of work yet, one that couldn’t have been more appropriate in 2016.

Lucy Bradshaw can be reached at lbradshaw@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @lucyholly_.

Artifex Pereo’s otherworldly, Cymbals Eat Guitars return album defies intense societal criticism Fourth easy categorization ‘Passengers’ is a powerful listen

By Fitzgerald Pucci Collegian Staff

For music of every genre, the art of creating an emotional aesthetic that strikes the right balance between musical impact and lyrical poignancy is a challenge for musicians.

Sticking too closely to one side of the equation can often leave the other feeling inadequate, and often makes the resulting music feel lopsided.

Albums built around particular thematic elements, or “concept albums,” have been known for decades as a solution to the difficulty of finding this balance.

By creating a parallel theme in message and music, these sorts of records strike the balance between these ideals. A recent explosion of the usage of concept albums in the post-hardcore genre, such as A Lot Like Birds’ haunting exploration of home life in “No Place” and the epic, decade-spanning narrative of The Dear Hunter’s “Act” albums have shown that concept albums are as relevant now as they have ever been.

One of the long-standing greats of post-hardcore, Artifex Pereo, has returned from its previous narrative in 2014’s “Time in Place” to present new societal reflections. Spun with precise,

relentless emotion from the otherworldly perspective of outside visitors looking in, the band’s new album, “Passengers,” bridges a myriad of societal shortcomings with shattering punchiness.

As a result of this, and some brilliantly versatile instrumentation, the formation of every sound acts as an extension of the fire behind each song. “Passengers,” released Sept. 9, absolutely drips with a darkness that’s both sanguine and resolute, and strikes a divine balance in the band’s aesthetic.

The lyrical connections weaved into the structure of the album’s songs have the elegant twist of a skillful novel, as seen in one of the better moments on the album, “Enterprise of Empire.” While I have conflicting thoughts about how effectively the message of the song was delivered, the end of the track took me by overwhelming surprise and filled me with the apprehension of a deer staring into its terminal headlights.

The breakdown of the song is awe-inspiring, the chilling vocal passage inscribed into my mind, sure to be sung and screamed for the next hour at least.

The most intense moments of “Passengers,” like that breakdown and the showcase of hectic, blood-boiling emotion at the end of “Paper Ruled All,” are moments that can dominate your thoughts for a long time.

Then there’s the sweet, intoxicating blend of instruments on “Passengers.” It’s tactful, always moving somewhere and bursting with the diversity Artifex Pereo has always shown.

The instrumentation of “Passengers” is filled with moments and sounds that can feel off to the listener.

Guitar licks can gurgle and hiss like unfamiliar creatures, while strange chimes that display the otherworldly aspect of “Passengers”’ narrative often shine through.

Each member’s command of the technical aspects of their instruments works so fluidly with the feeling of the band’s message that the accompanying musicality feels like a seamless transition to language, where every detail of the band’s largerthan-Earth commentary is translated with dazzling clarity.

It is as if “Passengers” is redefining the idea of language all in itself through the interplay between lyrics and sound.

Overall, “Passengers” features some of the most potent societal criticism I’ve seen in music. The messages never feel tired or peachy, but instead compel me further into the heart of Artifex Pereo’s purpose as a group.

Fitzgerald Pucci can be reached at fpucci@umass.edu.

By William Plotnick Collegian Correspondent

Most bands don’t aspire to be popular because of who influences them. Yet this was the case with New York based rock band Cymbals Eat Guitars.

After the release of their 2009 debut, album “Why There Are Mountains,” music critics galore rushed to identify the famous bands they believed to have influenced the Cymbals Eat Guitars’ indie-rock/punk style. Lead vocalist/guitarist Joseph D’Agostino’s voice was compared to that of Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse,). The band’s riffs and catchy rhythmic guitar was compared to bands such as Pavement, Dinosaur Jr. and Built to Spill.

As a band whose own name was derived from a Lou Reed quote describing the sound of The Velvet Underground, it seems that Cymbals Eat Guitars never much cared about how critics characterized their sound, realizing themselves that it was influenced by an array of artists.

Seven years following the debut record that initiated these comparisons, Cymbals Eat Guitars have released their fourth LP, “Pretty Years.” What was once the group that all could peg is no longer so easily characterized. With “Pretty Years,” released Sept. 16, Cymbals Eat Guitars have released a record that rightfully avoids stereotypical categorization, showcasing a more confident and singular sound that is entirely their own.

The album’s opening track, “Finally,” expands with a powerful detonation of electric guitar riffs and chords that soon ease into a steady rhythmic tune. As D’Agostino begins to sing, these chords mesh together perfectly with his achy, vibrating voice.

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Cymbals Eat Guitars’ ‘Pretty Years’ is a strong, stirring change in direction. chords, and as the song hits its mid-way point, his voice descends into a droning psychedelic loop. Not only is this opening track catchy, but one can also notice the band’s more recent experimentation with recording techniques.

“Wish” is an especially funky song that utilizes trumpets and synths in musical styles that Cymbals Eat Guitars have never tried before. Catchy snare drumming provides the tempo, while trumpets burst into an Ornette Coleman-style frenzy of free form expression.

As the trumpets subside, a new catchy synth rhythm ascends to the track’s surface, adding a new dance element to what can only be considered a groovy song. Despite the unfamiliar sounds, D’Agostino does not radically change his vocal approach. His singing is still raspy and epic, and his voice will at times even develop into a semi-scream. Yet, somehow the band’s unique combination of punk and funk sounds works brilliantly.

“Close” continues the train of catchy and wavy songs that “Pretty Years” brings forth. “Close” might remind one of the perfect summer day on the beach.

With its harmonious backing vocals that pleasantly support D’Agostino’s voice, and a catchy and progressive guitar-based rhythm, the song will leave one feeling reflective and nostalgic.

These songs have an

easiness to them, and “Close” shows Cymbals Eat Guitars becoming completely comfortable with their personal sonic aesthetic.

The album’s penultimate track, “Well,” is its strongest. Blending a 70s synth pop sound with passionate lyrics and melodious, falsetto backing vocals, D’Agostino finds himself at the top of his game.

With “Well,” Cymbals Eats Guitars takes a time machine back to an era where everything was much groovier. By adding their own twists—in the form of D’Agostino’s raspy voice and the experimental riff that concludes the song—they find a way to make a 70s style their own.

With “Pretty Years,” Cymbals Eat Guitars have proven that the extraordinary sonic experience that was their last record, “Lose,” was no fluke. Avoiding the trap of becoming defined by labels, while delving into a livelier realm of musical obscurity, Cymbals Eat Guitars have defined themselves as one of the most innovative and catchy sounding rock bands out there today.

Giving “Pretty Years” a listen is bound to bring happiness to all alternative-rock craving ears.

William Plotnick can be reached at wplotnick@umass.edu.

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“When I first came in all I had was my speed, so that’s really what I used to get open,” Isabella said. “Now, I really learned how to work my routes better and I think that has helped with my speed and help me get open to make plays for our offense.”

Isabella has had to get used to two different guys throwing him the ball.

Comis started the first two games against Florida and Boston College and Isabella caught six passes in those games. Ford started the Florida International and Mississippi State games and Isabella caught 12 passes over that stretch. No matter the signal caller, it’s important they have trust in their receivers and Isabella has proven to be a consistent target for both quarter-

backs.

Ford has grown comfortable having Isabella in the huddle with him and knows he can count on him to make a big play.

“He’s one of those guys that is really crafty with how he runs his routes and you always know where he’s going to be,” Ford said.

“That’s big as a quarterback. It’s all about timing and knowing exactly where he’s going be. He’s a real accountable guy and makes plays.”

UMass will have its work cut out for them if they want to have success in the passing game this week when they take on Tulane (2-2, 0-1 American Athletic Conference) at McGuirk Stadium for Homecoming.

The Green Wave comes in with one of the top passing

defenses in college football.

Out of 128 Football Bowl Subdivision teams, Tulane sits 18th in passing yards allowed per game, averaging 169 yards per game through the air. The Minutemen rank 70th in that statistic, giving up 231 passing yards per game.

Isabella believes effort will be the key if they want to beat the Green Wave’s tough defense.

“We just have to play as hard as we can,” Isabella said. “Every play come out and hit someone. They’re going to give in at some point.”

Adam Aucoin can be reached at aaucoin@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @aaucoin34.

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nity against a great team.”

The Minutewomen are one of three teams to come close to handing UConn its first loss of the season. In that game, UMass took a 1-0 lead into halftime before squandering two goals in the second half.

“I thought our defense from top to bottom was stellar,” Robertson said after the 2-1 loss on Sept. 9. “We just gave up too many [penalty corners], we got out of position a couple of times and [UConn] has a lot of speed so if they can get into the circle, they have great stick control and earned some corners off of us today.”

It was the Minutewomen offense that did not seem to click all day against a tough Huskie defense. However, UMass is the lone team to score a first half goal against UConn all season.

They have outscored their opponents 17-1 in the first half of games.

The Minutewomen will need that early scoring to keep the game tight. In the second half, the Huskies have outscored opponents 24-7, giving them a 41-8 advantage in goals scored

on the year. Opportunities are far and few between against goalkeeper Nina Klein and the UConn defense.

Robertson believes her team can play at a high level and thought the Huskies presented them with a great opportunity the first time around.

In their second meeting of the year, Robertson is expecting more out of the Minutewomen.

“We need to play a little better,” Robertson said. “I think we are pretty evenly matched and I know we are fully capable of playing with them.”

What hurt the Minutewomen last time out was the amount of penalty corners surrendered.

UMass gave up eight corners while only getting three of its own. It was something Robertson said after the game that the Minutewomen needed to improve on. UMass also struggled to get the ball on net, recording only two shots on goal in the game, one resulting in their lone goal.

On the other hand, UConn finished with

seven shots on goal.

Minutewomen goalkeeper Emily Hazard played well despite the loss. This time around though, UMass will need to generate more offense in order to take down the top team in the country.

“One, we need to finish stronger entering the circle,” Roberston said. “We need to be prepared and bring our best.”

It starts and ends with the Minutewomen offense.

Izzie Delario, Nicole Miller and Sarah Hawkshaw will need to be in sync and generate chances for the club because if they are stagnant like they were last meeting, any chance of upsetting the Huskies will be a distant memory.

The game is scheduled for Wednesday at 3 p.m. at George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex in Connecticut.

Tyler Fiedler can be reached by email tfiedler@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Tyler_Fiedler.

GOLF

Palmer, Masters share bond

By Steve Hummer The Atlanta Journal-Constitution As the story opens, borrowed from the pages of Ian O’Connor’s book “Arnie & Jack,” when Arnold Palmer arrived at his first Masters in 1955 it was in the driver’s seat of a beat-up two-door Ford. The year was 1955.

Riding shotgun was his pregnant wife, Winnie. They were hitched to a small trailer in which they would spend their tournament nights.

Palmer finished 10th that year and won the less-thankingly sum of $696.

It got better.

By the time Palmer was done playing 50 consecutive springs in Augusta, winning four times in a sevenyear span between 1958-64, turning the curious into acolytes, making the adventures of a thick-armed golfer as entertaining on TV as those of Ozzie and Harriet, he had come to mean almost as much to the Masters as the founders themselves.

Palmer’s most famous shot may have been struck

somewhere else _ driving the par 4 No. 1 at Cherry Hills in 1960 to begin a furious final-round charge at the U.S. Open.

Because of the gravitational pull of his personality and because he cared enough to make the trip, Palmer may be credited with re-invigorating the British Open in the eyes of the American audience.

But it was at the Masters that Arnie really became Arnie, where the fullness of his affection for the gallery _ and it for him _ as well as the volatility of his game became most evident.

Arnold Palmer is the Masters and the Masters is Arnold Palmer, as inseparable as the ice tea and the lemonade that go to make the drink named for him.

The one that tastes so perfect on a sunny, pollen-laden afternoon when there is golf to watch in the south.

The arc of Palmer’s career had its beginning and its end at the Masters. This was the first of his seven major championships. It

was the last major tournament he played, shooting a pair of 84s in 2004 at the age of 74 and declaring, “I’ve had it. I’m done. Cooked.

Washed up. Finished.”

His famed foil Jack Nicklaus would win more Masters than anyone, twice more than Palmer.

But always in play there was classic observation of author Tom Callahan, who wrote: “It’s as though God said to Nicklaus, ‘You will have skills like no other,’ then whispered to Palmer, ‘But they will love you more.’ “ Palmer won the Masters in heroic style, in 1960 with birdies on No. 17 and 18.

With that trademark slashing swing, like that of a blacksmith who had forged his own set of clubs, he brought the final hole to heel. His drive pierced the tunnel of pines and rounded the corner of the fairway.

His 6-iron landed to five feet.

“A lionhearted finish,” the great Bobby Jones called it.

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Minutewomen Nicole Miller (33) looks to attack in the September 23 match against Stanford last Friday.

M A J O R L E AG U E BA S E BA L L

Jose Fernandez was preparing for fatherhood with joy

By Julie K. Brown Miami Herald

In August, Jose Fernandez’s girlfriend, Maria Arias, presented him with a special cake at a family dinner to celebrate that they were going to have a baby.

Her father, Orlando A. Sanfiel, posted a video of the event on Facebook as the Marlins’ star pitcher, laughing with excitement, cut a wedge into the three layers, revealing pink cake inside.

He was having a girl.

“I knew it! I knew it!” he said, jumping up and down in his chair as family members hugged him.

For Fernandez, becoming a father marked a new milestone in a young life that had already been brimming with milestones: fleeing Cuba multiple times before making it to freedom in the United States; drafted by the Marlins in the first round in

2011; making the 2013 and 2016 All-Star teams; winning the National League Rookie of the Year award in 2013, and becoming a U.S. citizen last year.

This year, he racked up 253 strikeouts, a new Marlins’ franchise record.

More dreams were about to come true for the 24-yearold pitching phenom: after signing with the franchise in 2011, he was earning $2.8 million salary this year. But his agent and others estimated that he would get a long-term deal paying as much as $30 million a year when his current contract ran out in 2018.

But whatever joys and sorrows awaited Fernandez both on and off the field will never be known.

Early Sunday morning, well before dawn, he was killed along with two others, Eduardo Rivero, 25, and Emilio Macias, 27, when

their boat crashed into a jetty off of South Beach.

Friends, family and teammates continued their mourning Tuesday. Very few people close to Fernandez spoke to the news media, and those who did, did not want to be named.

There were unconfirmed reports that Arias had been taken to the hospital for observation Tuesday.

Meanwhile, his friends streamed into his mother’s home in Southwest Miami to pay their respects.

The investigation, led by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, is ongoing. Investigators are trying to piece together what led to the crash, where the trio had been and where they were headed. It’s still not known whether drugs or alcohol played a role, or who was at the helm of Fernandez’s 32-foot SeeVee when it flipped on the jetty

about 3 a.m. Sunday.

Arias, a graduate of Southwest High School, met Fernandez through her sister, who is married to one of Fernandez’ best friends, Jessie Garcia, a professional fisherman, friends said.

Garcia’s fishing team, J’screw, competed in tournaments, and the group often spent weekends together.

Photographs of the team are sprinkled across their Facebook and Instagram pages. At the center of most of them was a grinning Fernandez, sometimes covered in fish blood, proudly hoisting one large catch after another onto the boat.

For about three years, Fernandez dated Carla Mendoza, a 24-year-old Miami Marlins cheerleader, and the two had talked about getting married, though he wasn’t ready, family said.

Some news reports immediately after Fernandez’s

death erroneously stated that Mendoza was the girlfriend who was pregnant.

“They started talking when they saw one another at the stadium and they started dating,” Mendoza’s mother, Maria Lourdes Reyes, told the Daily Mail.

But in time, the team found out and Mendoza was fired because cheerleaders dating players is not allowed. The couple eventually split, she said.

Friends and family say it’s not clear when he started seeing Arias, but she was pregnant not long after they started dating.

“He wanted to name the baby girl Penelope,” said Magaly Junco, who is married to Arias’ cousin. “She is due in February and they were living together in his apartment in downtown Miami. They were very excited.”

The couple celebrated

his 24th birthday on July 31. Instagram and Facebook photographs show Arias at Fernandez’s side as sparklers were lit on his cake.

A week ago, Fernandez posted a photograph of Arias on Instagram, announcing he was becoming a father.

“I’m so glad you came into my life,” he wrote. “I’m ready for where this journey is gonna take us together. #familyfirst.”

He seemed to know that he was facing another one of life’s hurdles, and planned to conquer it like everything else he had accomplished, quoting Booker T. Washington on his Instagram: “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”

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FOOTBALL

ROOM FOR RUN IMPROVEMENT

RB Marquis Young seeks consistency

Breneman (21), and UM receiver catches only leads the team in receiving (265). on in second season yards Coming off a freshman

By Andrew Cyr Collegian Staff

Prior to last weekend’s game against Mississippi State, Massachusetts running back Marquis Young knew he was close to breaking open his first big run of the 2016 season.

After a promising freshman campaign that ended with a 240-yard, three-touchdown performance in UMass’ season finale against Buffalo, entering the Minutemen’s fourth game of the season, Young had accumulated just 171 yards on 60 carries (2.85 yards per carry).

With 6:19 remaining in the first quarter against the Bulldogs, on UMass’ (1-3) first play to start the drive, Young broke off his longest run of the season, an 83-yard score to give the Minutemen an early lead over heavilyfavored MSU. But before Young could bust open a big run and use his speed in the open field, he first needed to slow down.

“I just had to tell myself to be patient, be calm and make sure I was using my proper reads,” Young said after Tuesday’s practice. “I just had to slow my game down because I knew [breaking a big run] was going to happen.”

“Last week we got him the ball in space a little, and we’ll continue to try to do that,” UMass coach Mark Whipple said. “We finally got him out there and he made a big run— the guys did a good job of following him on the sweep—so we’re going to try to continue to do those things.”

As a standout at Milford Academy during a year of prep school, Young said it was that season where he prepared himself for the speed and pace of playing college football. However, it wasn’t until he joined the Minutemen that he learned being a good running back doesn’t translate to who can run the fastest.

“I feel like at times I’m a little too fast when I go 100 miles per

Isabella learning Minutemen way

By Adam Aucoin Collegian Staff

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Minutemen running back Marquis Young looks to build upon his first 100-yard rushing game of the season Saturday vs. Tulane.

“I feel like at times I’m a little too fast when I go 100 miles per hour. But one thing Jamal Wilson told me was that you can’t go 100 miles per hour when your offensive line is going 65 miles per hour. I just try to slow myself down, read my keys and proper alignments and proper assignments. I feel like the more that I can control my speed , the more dangerous I am as a player.”

Marquis Young UMass running back hour,” Young said. “But one thing that Jamal Wilson told me was that you can’t go 100 miles per hour if your offensive line is going 65 miles per hour. I just try to slow myself down and, like I said, read my keys and proper alignments and proper assignments.”

Young added: “I feel like the more that I can control my speed, the more dangerous I am as a player.”

UMass endured its share of struggles running the ball in the first two weeks, as the Minutemen accumulated only 23 total rushing yards through weeks one and two against Florida and Boston College. Although the statistic is skewed because in college football sacks count toward rushing yards, UMass had a net-gain of -23 yards

in which they beat Louisiana Lafayette 41-39. Headlined by all-conference defensive tackle Tanzel Smart and linebacker Nico Marley, Tulane has allowed its oppositions six rushing touchdowns on 557 rushing yards.

“It was mainly just getting everyone [blocking] the right guys, every play,” Boland said when asked about the changes the Minutemen made against Mississippi State.

“If they blitz, making sure we are picking up the right guys every play, and doing that consistently. And we just need to make sure we do that over and over and over again to grind the defense down, and that’s how we’ll break one.”

Although every one of the Minutemen has their focus shifted toward Tulane, Young still has one thing left over from the Mississippi State game that he needs to address, and his teammates are starting to get grumpy over it.

So what exactly does Young owe his offensive line?

Pizza.

“I told them that if we have over a 100-yard game, I’ll take them home some food,” Young said.

against the Eagles.

“We had trouble with the running game before that,” offensive lineman Michael Boland said. “But when he broke that run, it just gave us a lot of confidence, especially against a really good team like Mississippi State. We’re just hoping he can break one every week.”

With the game against the Bulldogs well in the rearview mirror for UMass, the Minutemen turn their focus toward this Saturday’s matchup against Tulane at McGuirk Stadium in what will be the annual homecoming game.

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Massachusetts football wide receiver Andy Isabella will never be confused for the tallest guy on the field.

Standing at 5-foot-9 and weighing 186 pounds, it’s easy to lose the sophomore when he’s surrounded by guys in the huddle like quarterback Andrew Ford, tight end Adam Breneman and fellow wide receiver Jalen Williams, who all are well over 6 feet tall.

Despite his small stature, Isabella is focused on making an impact and he has done just that thus far during the 2016 season.

It didn’t take long for Isabella to show what he could do. Midway through the second quarter against the highly-vaunted Florida Gators secondary, the speedy receiver broke away and used his quickness to haul in a 53-yard reception from quarterback Ross Comis. It was in that instant that people caught a glimpse of the potential Isabella has.

Since that day in Gainesville, Isabella’s production has remained consistent for the Minutemen.

The Mayfield, Ohio native ranks second on the team in receptions (18), trailing

season where he hauled in just two catches in 10 games, the uptick in his play has been quite apparent.

Isabella put in the work to make the change in his play.

“I was a little injured in the spring, but I worked really hard this summer,” Isabella said. “We put in like six hours a day every day, so that’s really what has led to my success on the field this season.”

UMass (1-3) coach Mark Whipple has been impressed with the improvement he has seen so far in Isabella this season.

“He’s shown that he can be explosive and I think he’s catching the ball in traffic a lot better,” Whipple said.

“He’s a smart guy. Andrew feels good with him and Ross feels good with him.

He’s a guy in the plans to get the ball.”

Speed has always been Isabella’s biggest asset and he has used it to perfection for the Minutemen during their first four games. He knows that his quickness is something his coaches want him to use and opposing defenses are keying in on, but he believes his play has expanded beyond that natural skill. see

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UMass receiver Andy Isabella looks to catch a pass against FIU on Sept. 17.

HOCKEY

FIELD HOCKEY

Minutewomen seek revenge UM names ‘16-17 captains Carvel names For the second year in a row, senior forward against undefeated UConn Greg four new captains Steven Iacobellis will be the team’s head

UMass plays perfect Huskies Wednesday

By Zander Manning Collegian Staff

By Tyler Fiedler Collegian Staff

Facing the only undefeated team in all of Division I field hockey would make many teams fearful, maybe even regretful that they’re voluntarily going against a team of such caliber. But for the Massachusetts field hockey team, it presents an opportunity to make a statement and get a little revenge as they travel into Connecticut to play the No. 1 ranked team in the country.

“This is an opportunity to prove to ourselves that we can compete with the best,” UMass coach Amy Robertson said. “We have been playing high level hockey of late.”

With the losses to former No. 1 Syracuse and No. 2 Duke, the Huskies (9-0, 2-0

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Midfielder Sarah Hawkshaw (10) protects the ball against Harvard on Sept. 18.

Big East) came out of the weekend as the only remaining undefeated team in the country and are having little trouble fending off teams.

The Minutewomen’s (5-4, 1-0 Atlantic 10) largest margin of victory was eight while UConn’s smallest margin of victory was one. That team who lost by just one back

on Sept. 9 happens to be a UMass team that is hungry for revenge.

“There is belief that is growing within this group,” Robertson said. “But I don’t think we’re daunted by playing away from home anymore. It is a great opportusee

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The Massachusetts hockey team announced its captains for the 201617 season on Tuesday. The group features a trio of seniors and one junior.

For the second year in a row, senior forward Steven Iacobellis will be the team’s head captain, making him the 10th two-year captain in NCAA history and the fifth in the Minutemen history. The alternate captains are junior defenseman Brennan Baxandall, s enior d e fe n se man Dominic Trento and senior goaltender Alex Wakaluk.

Iacobellis has played in 103 games in his first three years with UMass, scoring 23 goals with 43 assists for a total of 66 points.

Iacobellis has also placed in the top five for scoring on the team his first three

captain, making him the 10th two-year captain in NCAA history and the fifth in Minutemen history. The alternate captains are junior defenseman Brennan Baxandall, senior defenseman Dominic Trento and senior goaltender Alex Wakaluk.

seasons.

Baxandall has played in 55 games in his first three years with UMass and notched seven points with two goals and five assists. The three-time Hockey East All-Academic team member also had 23 blocked shots last season.

Trento had a career year during the 2015-16 season, as he wound up fourth on the team in goals (eight) and sixth on the team in points (17). He has 27 career points in 58 games with 13 goals and 14 assists.

Wakaluk saw more playing time during his 2015-16

junior season. He played a career-high 439 minutes in 10 games and stopped 206 shots. His first victory came last season against the Army Black Knights on Jan. 2 when UMass claimed victory 2-1 in overtime. Wakaluk also had 22 saves in the game.

The Minutemen open the season in their annual exhibition matchup with Division III foe Dalhousie on Friday Oct. 1 at the Mullins Center.

Zander Manning can be reached at alexanderman@umass.edu.