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SGA attempts to move forward, despite tension Senate questions executive work ethic

By Patrick Hoff Collegian Staff

Following contentious spring election results for Student Government Association president, vice president and student trustee, which saw the victories of Vinayak Rao, Jacob Schissel and Sarah Freudson, there have been almost half a dozen resignations in the SGA this semester, an unprecedented amount for the body.

Speaker of the Senate Sïonan Barrett, however, said election results are not

a focus for the senate, as they have many other projects they’re working on.

“I don’t think the result of the election is a focus in the SGA,” she said. “I think it’s the work ethic of those who were sworn in that is the worry of the SGA. “(But) I believe that the SGA definitely supports our current leadership entirely and we are all here for each other,” she continued, adding, “I think (the results) might be a focus of a few returning members that can’t let it go, but it’s not my problem.”

Barrett called her second year as speaker her “most productive year” in the senate, but admitted that “this

Ashton Carter to be nominated for defense secretary Physicist previously was miltary’s No. 2

By W.J. Hennigan Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Ashton Carter, a theoretical physicist with years of experience at the Pentagon, is expected to be nominated by President Barack Obama as the next secretary of Defense, according to an official familiar with the situation.

If confirmed by the Senate, Carter will be the president’s fourth Defense secretary in six years.

Carter, 60, would come into office with far more Pentagon experience than the man he would replace, Chuck Hagel, who announced his resignation last week amid pressure from the White House and disagreements over the administration’s strategy against

Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

Carter, who previously served in both the Pentagon’s No. 2 and No. 3 posts, has close ties to many military commanders. Within the miltary establishment, he is considered a bold thinker who understands the Pentagon well.

He is not expected to have difficulty winning Senate confirmation. He was confirmed unanimously for his two previous Pentagon jobs and has recently won praise from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who will head the Senate Armed Services Committee after Republicans take control of the chamber in January.

When Carter resigned from the Pentagon in 2013, McCain praised him, saying that “on many issues relating to defense and national see

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has been one of the … most complicated years to work in,” both because of her senior position and because of the internal struggles.

President Vinayak Rao said his focus is on the present, not looking at what happened in the past and with the elections.

“I just continue doing the work that’s presented in front of me,” Rao said, adding, “I do my best to focus on the present and do my best to build a better future for myself and for my organization and for the entire student body.”

Despite both leaders attempting to move forward, it’s difficult to ignore the fact that the spring elections

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Speaker of the Senate Sïonan Barrett have caused tension in the senate.

Former Associate Speaker Chris Czepiel, who resigned in October, said the

“A lot of people still can’t accept that Vinayak and Jacob (Schissel) are the executive team,” Czepiel said. “I think they’ve been doing an excellent job in trying to really get their work done so far, but there are a lot of people in the senate and in other positions who still just can’t seem to accept that they won and are trying to make it very difficult for them to continue.”

CADE BELISLE/COLLEGIAN Barrett admitted that until recently, Rao and herself SGA President Vinayak Rao were unable to sit togethenvironment in the SGA had er for one-on-one meetings, a problem considerbecome stressful this year, ing all of the projects and and it took a toll on himself tasks the SGA has been and others, especially those in leadership positions. see SGA on page 3

Speaking from experience

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Christo Brand spoke on his experience as Nelson Mandela’s prison guard on Tuesday at Event Hall East in the Honors College. Brand arrived as Mandela’s guard at 18 years old in 1978, and the two developed a friendship over the course of many years.

Grant given to study water systems Congress called to $4.1 million invested “We are going to be working on drinking back body cameras in UMass research water technologies that are aimed at helping

By Christina Yacono Collegian Staff

David Reckhow, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Massachusetts, and fellow colleagues in the department received a $4.1 million grant to research and create innovative and more effective alternatives for small water system treatment.

“We are going to be working on drinking water technologies that are aimed at helping small drinking water systems across the country with trace contaminants like pharmaceuticals, removing nitrogen, controlling organic matter and controlling pathogens,” Reckhow said.

Reckhow and his colleagues’ work will focus on small water systems, which are defined as water systems

that serve less than 10,000 people. About 94 percent of American public water systems serve less than 3,300 people.

Small water systems are more likely to have problems, including lack of financial resources to keep up to date with current EPA standards, numerous pollutants in the water or lack of staff needed to keep the system up to date.

In order to alleviate this, Reckhow and his colleagues plan to create a Water Innovation Network for Small Sustainable Systems on the UMass campus. This center will be used to test different water systems and technologies, so it can eventually be applied to water systems nationwide.

Not only did Reckhow and his team work with professors at the University, but they are also working with officials from neighboring towns and researchers from schools such as University of Texas Austin and the

small drinking water systems across the country.”

David Reckhow, professor of civil and environmental engineering University of Florida.

One idea currently under research is the use of ferrate as an alternative to chlorine for water disinfection.

Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chose UMass as one of the two locations in the nation to work on creating a more effective water system. The University of Colorado Boulder also received a grant to build a center of its own.

The grant was presented to UMass in a reception which included officials including Ramona Trovato, from the EPA’s Office of Research and Development in Washington, D.C.; Curt Spalding, the EPA’s New

England administrator; Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, Maeve Bartlett, state secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs; Henry Thomas III, chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees and Gov. Deval Patrick.

Patrick also announced a state grant for $1.5 million for the Commonwealth, saying, “is going to make a difference for our generation,” because water technology sector projecting to go up 11 percent in the next five years.

Christina Yacono can be reached at cyacono@umass.edu.

Black Caucus leads appeal for support

By Hannah Hess CQ Roll Call

W A S H I N G T O N — Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are backing the White House’s request for a $263 million spending package to expand the use of body cameras for police, hammering the point in a series of passionate floor speeches Monday night regarding the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. In addition to praising President Barack Obama for taking the lead on body cameras, Rep. Al Green called on Congress to follow Obama’s lead on the issue by holding a hearing on the Texas Democrat’s own Transparency in Policing Act to expand use of the

technology to all police departments that receive federal dollars.

“We shouldn’t get it right after the fact. This is what is happening in Ferguson, “Green said, suggesting a legislative response that is widely supported by the caucus. In Washington, the Metropolitan Police Department rolled out a pilot body camera program on Oct. 1, and cities around the country are launching similar programs.

“We don’t need to have an injustice take place before we move to a just circumstance and incorporate these body cameras,” he said.

Though Obama mostly avoided using his bully pulpit to talk about a Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict the white police officer who killed the unarmed teenager Brown, the CBC see CAMERAS on page 2

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In 1925, the final Locarno Treaty was signed in London, establishing postWorld War I territorial settlements.

Rolling Stones Lebanese authorities saxophonist dies detain wife of ISIS chief

Bobby Keys, 70, battled cirrhosis

By Randall Roberts

AROUND THE WORLD

Jerusalem JERUSALEM —Less than two years into office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government collapsed Tuesday as he fired two ministers who lead key parties in his ruling coalition.

Ending a protracted political crisis and speculation about early elections, Netanyahu dismissed Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Finance Minister Yair Lapid, who have repeatedly challenged his leadership.

“I will no longer tolerate an opposition within the government, I will not tolerate ministers attacking the policy and head of the government from within,” Netanyahu said in announcing the changes.

The statement from his office added that Netanyahu will call to dissolve the Knesset, Israel’s 120-seat parliament, as soon as possible in order to “go to the voters and receive a clear mandate to lead Israel.”

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Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya— Islamist terror group alShabab attacked a quarry in northern Kenya on Tuesday, massacring dozens of workers, just 10 days after a bus attack when gunmen shot dead 28 passengers who couldn’t recite a Koranic verse.

Police chief, David Kimaiyo, said the victims were ambushed at a quarry in Koromei, about 10 miles from the town of Mandera, local media reported.

Following the deadly attacks on Tuesday, Kimaiyo reportedly resigned.

In recent weeks, violent Islamist terror groups on opposite sides of the continent – Kenya and Nigeria – have carried out attacks killing hundreds, with security forces in both countries accused of lapses in their failure to contain the threats.

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Ukraine After more than 1,000 combat-related deaths in eastern Ukraine since a cease-fire was declared three months ago, government forces and pro-Russia separatists have signed a new truce to take effect Friday and require withdrawal of all heavy weaponry, international monitors reported Tuesday.

But as with the Sept.

5 cease-fire that has been violated on an almost daily basis, the renewed pledge to end eight months of fighting over territory in eastern Ukraine is likely to have little deterrent effect on irregular forces fighting on both sides.

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Correction In the Monday, Dec. 1 edition of the Daily Collegian, Secretary of University Policy Stefan Herlitz was misidentified as a senator.

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Bobby Keys, longtime saxophone player, session musician and touring member of the Rolling Stones, has died in rural Tennessee at age 70.

Best known for his runs on classic Rolling Stones albums “Let It Bleed,” “Sticky Fingers,” “Exile on Main St.” and others, Keys was an integral part of the band’s best work, and toured with them throughout his life.

According to the Nashville Scene, which first reported his death, Keys died after battling cirrhosis.

The Rolling Stones confirmed his death in a statement. “The Rolling Stones are devastated by the loss of their very dear friend and legendary saxophone player, Bobby Keys. Bobby made a unique musical contribution to the band since the 1960s. He will be greatly missed.”

(In October, the Stones announced that Keys was unable to join them on their Australian and New Zealand tour, citing doctor’s orders.)

Keys, 70, wasn’t just a hired hand, though. He was Richards’ longtime partner in crime, a man whom the guitarist described in his autobiography, “Life,” as “the great saxophone player, my closest pal (we were born within hours of each other). A soul of rock and roll, a solid man, also a depraved maniac.”

Keys’ so-called depravity is documented in the

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Stones’ notoriously unreleased (and unprintably titled) Robert Frankdirected 1972 documentary, where he’s captured with Richards tossing a TV set out of a hotel window.

Keys was equally close to Mick Jagger, and was an attendant at the singer’s 1971 wedding.

Anyone who’s ever heard “Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’,” the Stones’ 1971 song from “Sticky Fingers,” knows what Keys could do on the saxophone.

Throughout the extended jam, he blew both gusts and breezes as the band drove through its sturdiest blues number. During the meditation at the end, while drummer Charlie Watts and bassist Bill Wyman roll out a groove, Richards and fellow guitarist Mick Taylor trade rhythm and lead runs, but seem to bow down to Keys’ steady, durable punctuations.

Keys also played on the Stones’ “Brown Sugar,” “Rip This Joint,” “Happy” and “Sweet Virginia.”

His work on “Emotional Rescue” propelled the band’s exploration of disco.

As well, Keys’ served as a session man on albums including Joe Cocker’s “Mad Dogs and Englishmen,” George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass,” Harry Nilsson’s “Nilsson Schmilsson,” Warren Zevon’s self-titled debut and Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” among dozens of others. He toured in John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band in the early 1970s, and recurrently with the Stones.

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security, Ash and I have had our differences. Some have been profound. But Ash has always conducted himself in a manner that appreciated the valid concerns underlying opposing views.”

Carter joined the Pentagon during President Bill Clinton’s first term as assistant secretary of Defense for international security policy, an influential position following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Carter worked to ensure the Soviet nuclear weapon stockpile did not fall into the hands of potential terrorists or rogue states.

Carter came back to the Pentagon in 2009, serving as chief weapons buyer overseeing projects including the $400-billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. He

rose to deputy secretary from 2011 to 2013 but left for Harvard University after being passed over for the top job.

Only a day after Hagel announced his resignation, two leading prospects — former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy and Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) —took themselves out of the running.

That left Carter as one of the few contenders with the qualifications Obama appears to be seeking.

Carter could prove to be more aggressive than the often self-effacing Hagel was in defending the administration’s policies in public and at pushing back against White House attempts to keep tight limits on military operations.

By Patrick J. McDonnell and Nabih Bulos Los Angeles Times

Lebanese authorities have detained a wife of Abu Bakr Baghdadi, head of the Islamic State militant group, according to unconfirmed reports circulating Tuesday in the Lebanese press.

Various news outlets cited security sources saying that a woman identified as one of Baghdadi’s wives had been taken into custody while trying to cross into the nation from neighboring Syria.

There was no official confirmation from Lebanese authorities and various conflicting accounts of her reported arrest. The name of the woman identified as a Baghdadi spouse was not released.

The Lebanese newspaper As-Safir described the arrest as “a preemptive blow” against Islamic State, which has declared a “caliphate” across vast stretches of territory under its control in Syria and neighboring Iraq, prompting a U.S.-led air campaign against the group.

Baghdadi has taken the title of “Caliph Ibrahim.”

The woman carried a false identification when arrested in recent days at an unspecified border crossing, As-Safir reported. She was taken to Ministry of Defense, where “investigations with her

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are ongoing,” the Lebanese newspaper said. Authorities had deliberately remained silent about “this great security achievement” until now, the newspaper reported.

She was reportedly detained with another person, alternately identified in press reports here as her son or daughter.

Lebanese authorities have been waging a campaign in the country against Sunni Muslim militants, including supports of Islamic State, a breakaway al-Qaida faction.

Security officials say they have arrested group supporters and broken up several plots linked to the transnational militant organization.

Security officials have described Islamic State as the world’s wealthiest terrorist group, flush with funds from extortion rings, ransoms from kidnappings, seized banks and the proceeds from oil sales in Iraq and Syria.

Thousands of foreign jihadists, including many westerners, have traveled to Syria to join Islamic State.

Relatively little is known about the personal life of Baghdadi, an Iraqi who was a leader of al-Qaida-linked Sunni Muslim rebels fighting against U.S. and Iraqi government forces in Iraq.

He has long been a secretive figure, largely known

through grainy mug shots and audio messages. But he made a breakout public appearance this July, delivering a sermon at the Grand Mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which had been overrun by his followers the previous month. A video of his sermon was posted on the Internet, showing Baghdadi as a bulky, bearded figure who appeared to walk with a limp and urged Muslims to join a battle for what he described as Islam’s lost glory.

Some unconfirmed reports have said that Baghdadi was injured last month during a U.S. air raid in Iraq that killed an associate.

Baghdadi, believed to be in his early 40s, is a Sunni Muslim cleric reportedly from the city of Samarra, 60 miles north of the capital, Baghdad.

Baghdadi, whose real name is said to be Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al Badri, was held by U.S. forces in Iraq as a “civilian internee” for 11 months before he was released in December 2004, according to the Pentagon.

His Iraqi-based insurgent group moved into Syria after the outbreak of war there in 2011, and eventually split from al-Qaida in a dispute with the radical organization.

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began planning to shine a light on Ferguson when the House returned from its Thanksgiving break in the immediate wake of the decision. The lawmakers have demanded a more aggressive approach to the case, without previously offering a specific proposal for Congress.

“Mr. Speaker, we are running out of patience,” said CBC leader Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, during her turn at the microphone. She repeated her blunt assertion that the decision not to indict was “yet another slap in our face.” Fudge also thanked Obama for “putting a focus on the need for community policing in our country.”

Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., said a “cancer” of racial injustice has infected

the country. “What has to be is that we cut this poison out of the system of this great country and openly say that we have this problem, and then, as the parents of Mr. Brown would want, that death would have been just another sacrifice that one of us has made to wake up this wonderful country to do what has to be done.”

Since the Nov. 24 announcement of the grand jury’s decision, Ferguson protesters in D.C. have visited the Capitol grounds, the Supreme Court and the Justice Department.

This week, demonstrators stalled traffic in the District, shutting down the 14th Street Bridge during the Monday morning commute and a portion of Interstate 395 on Sunday.

“These demonstrations show that issues of detention and stopping of black men, especially black men in the streets, has been simmering below the surface until this tragedy became a way for it to find an outlet,” Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., said Monday night. She praised Attorney General Eric Holder, former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, for ending “provocative stops in the street” of the nation’s capital.

Norton also offered her support for body cameras, saying they protect the police as well as the public.

She emphasized the focus needed to be “big picture ... in essence, sending a message to police departments all over the United States.”

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U.S. House votes against Big steps lie ahead for Social Security for Nazis NASA’s future Mars trip

By David Lightman McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — After 15 years of largely rejected complaints to the federal bureaucracy, the House of Representatives voted 420-0 Tuesday to deny federal benefits to Nazi suspects after learning that many were receiving Social Security checks.

Although at least one member of the House had been trying unsuccessfully to turn off the checks for years, Congress was prodded to act by an Associated Press investigation in October that found “dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals and SS guards who collected millions of dollars in Social Security payments after being forced out of the United States.”

Social Security benefits end if someone is deported because they participated in Nazi persecutions, according to the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes tax legislation.

However, the committee said, Nazi suspects could continue to get benefits if the Justice Department found them to be denaturalized, or stripped of their citizenship. They also continue collecting if they voluntari-

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ly renounced their citizenship and left the country to avoid formal deportation proceedings.

The AP found at least 38 of 66 suspects “removed from the United States kept their Social Security benefits.”

“The alleged Nazi criminals left the U.S. voluntarily,” Justice spokesman Peter Carr told McClatchy. “And in no case did the Justice Department advocate on any alleged Nazi criminal’s behalf so that the defendant could retain retirement benefits or agree not to seek any legally available means to revoke the benefits.”

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who’s been trying to remedy the situation for at least 15 years, hoped the AP report would finally help get people’s attention.

“This is certainly a gross misuse of taxpayer dollars,” she wrote this fall to the Justice Department and the Social Security Administration seeking an investigation.

Maloney’s office was still awaiting a response Tuesday.

But the legislative wheels began turning fast. Reps.

Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Leonard Lance, R-N.J.,

joined Maloney to introduce legislation declaring Nazi war criminals ineligible for federal benefits. Similar legislation was introduced in the Senate.

Groups promoting Jewish and Social Security interests weighed in. “The United States should not be lending material support to individuals whose crimes were so egregious that a new word had to be coined to describe them: Genocide,” wrote Jason Isaacson, director of government and international affairs at AJC, the global Jewish advocacy organization.

Tuesday, the House engaged in a fast, efficient debate and vote. Lance called the practice “sickening and morally wrong.”

Lawmakers bemoaned the “loophole” that’s allowed the practice.

“Allowing payments to continue is an inexcusable insult to those who suffered at the hands of the Nazis,” said Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson, R-Texas.

What happens next is unclear. The Senate is expected to pass the bill, though no timetable has been set.

By Scott Powers Orlando Sentinel

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — If creating the new Orion space capsule or developing a new deep-space rocket are complex and critical breakthroughs, NASA’s remaining challenges to send humans to Mars are no less daunting, officials said Tuesday.

NASA’s next-generation capsule, Orion, is ready for its maiden launch Thursday at 7:05 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Space agency officials call it the first step for a human journey to Mars.

“It is truly a beautiful planet. It has fabulous vistas. It has a number of resources that we are finding out about, and we are planning to move toward human exploration of Mars,” Jim Green, NASA’s Planetary Science Division director, said during a news briefing held jointly in Washington and Kennedy Space Center.

Yet the Orion, and the Space Launch System rocket being developed for a 2018 launch, are only the first steps. Development of human life support, fuel, communication and Martian landing systems are in much earlier development. Those

challenges and budget concerns leave NASA officials saying they hope to reach Mars sometime in the 2030s.

The overriding challenge is that it would take astronauts more than a year to get there, so they’ll have to take everything they need or have it waiting for them along the way, said Jason Crusan, director of NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems Division.

“We describe it as ... going from an Earth-reliant to an Earth-independent phase,” Crusan said.

Among the challenges: -The agency thinks it impractical to carry enough liquid or solid fuel. So NASA is exploring high-powered solar-electric engines to propel Orion through space.

That could be viable by the end of this decade, said James Reuther, NASA’s deputy associate administrator for space-technology mission programs.

-NASA’s current communication systems are radiobased and only carry a tiny fraction of the information necessary. The agency is working on laser-based optical-communication technologies. It could be workable by the early 2020s, Reuther said.

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NASA’s Orion spacecraft arrives at Kennedy Space Center on November 12.

-To land on Mars, NASA plans to adapt technologies used to land the Curiosity Martian rover two years ago.

Scaling that to handle a farheavier human craft may not happen until the early 2030s, he said.

-NASA must develop living quarters for the astronauts’ long journeys and for stays in orbit around Mars and on that planet. The agency is considering sending up habitats in advance, placing them in orbit near Earth’s moon, in orbit around Mars and on Mars’ surface. Orion astronauts could use them on the way, Crusan said.

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faced with this semester, from the MinuteMarshals initiative to a statement on the University of Massachusetts Police’s confidential informant program.

Jennifer Raichel, chairwoman of the undergraduate experience committee, has hope, though, that the tension is beginning to pass. Barrett and Rao sat down for mediation last month, which Raichel believes will help.

“Having them being able to communicate better and more effectively will make both branches communicate more effectively,” she said. “It also makes us trust both sides a bit more.”

Raichel said the tension boiled down to a lack of communication between the executive and legislative branches, causing projects to overlap and people to feel overworked.

“I can’t speak for the executive, but I know that in my position and the legislative branch in general has been a little more overworked because we’ve taken on more projects this semester,” she said. “I think that there was a definite point where it was a low spot and I think since then we’ve gotten a lot better.

“Particularly for me, I know I’ve gotten a lot more crossover recently than I had in the beginning and middle of the semester.”

Raichel added in an email, though,

that she was cautious about the executive branches commitment.

“While the executive leadership have stated that they are learning and growing within their positions, I am not quite sure how willing they are to change the way they interact with other student representatives, administrators or students themselves from my own interactions with them,” she said. “I personally have not seen changes in the work ethics nor the products of their work since this summer and will continue to question whether or not they can effectively lead the body until they significantly and demonstratively improve upon this.”

Barrett said the biggest issue she sees is the lack of professional development that executive leaders were able to do before taking on their jobs.

“These leaders have not had that time to develop professionally beforehand so they’re doing it on the job now,” she said. “They’re doing a good job, but they’ve had a steeper learning curve in this position than I think other people in their positions have had in past years. So it puts more pressure on the legislative branch and just everyone else in the organization in general.”

This added pressure, Barrett said, is what drove some people to resign. Though each member who

resigned had personal reasons for leaving, both Raichel and Barrett believed overworking was a general cause.

Tyler O’Day, former chairman of the Committee on Diversity and Special Engagement before resigning in October, said his primary reason for leaving was the lack of personal growth he saw available to him.

“That’s a reason why people join clubs and join experiences, because they want to see collective growth within the group and also personal growth for themselves,” he said. “I didn’t see a real opportunity for either of those things to happen based on what occurred over the summer and in the opening weeks of senate this year.”

O’Day pointed specifically to the lack of compromise he found when he began proposing a campaign for three student trustee votes on the UMass Board of Trustees instead of the Five Vote Campaign of last year.

Currently only one student trustee per year from each of the UMass branches has a vote on the board, something the SGA pushed to change last year so every student trustee would have a vote. In place of that, O’Day and Student Trustee Sarah Freudson were in discussion to launch a campaign for three votes, which they saw as a compromise.

“It’s principles, and that’s understood, everyone has their principles,” O’Day said. “But you can’t let principles and your vision of an ideal world stand in the way of progress, and that is what I saw happening. Progress was being impeded.”

O’Day said what drove him to resign was the senate’s language in their recommendation for the confidential informant program.

The language used, he said, took the SGA, and therefore student voice, out of the process.

“I thought it would’ve made much more sense to see what the task force said, demand that student approval be necessary for the reinstatement, if we thought what they brought to us was acceptable, and if it wasn’t, then the program would be over then,” he said. “But instead, we took ourselves out of the conversation basically. We said whatever you bring to us, we’re not going to like it, it needs to end.

“I thought it took away our spot at the bargaining table, which is something that in every world … you can’t do.”

However, Barrett said the resignations have not had a negative effect on senate morale, remaining hopeful for the future.

“Since whoever and anyone has resigned, the SGA has been getting more productive. I think that when the drama leaves, the real

work can start,” she said, adding, “it’s sad to see leaders resign in the SGA, but it’s also really exciting to see new ones step up with the opportunity.”

The executive branch has also had resignations this semester, and Rao expressed grief at losing members in both branches.

“Regardless of the branches we’re all still together. … We’re a team,” he said. He added, “Every resignation … affected me regardless of how each branch is separated, but at the end of the day I fully support the decisions made by those that resigned and I’m still here as a resource and as a friend to those if they still need me.”

Sen. Ryan DiZoglio, who made an impassioned speech at the beginning of November asking the senate to accept the outcomes of the elections and end the tension, told The Massachusetts Daily Collegian things are getting better since he made his speech.

“We lost a few months (of work), but every family has issues,” he said, adding that he loves and respects all of his fellow senators.

Rao emphasized that the SGA is in place to represent students and they encourage all students to come to their office to talk.

Patrick Hoff can be reached at pphoff@ umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Hoff_Patrick16.

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Body cameras for cops are a nobrainer after events in Ferguson The lethal shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, at the end of the summer

in public and political conversation in the same breath as words like “totalitarian” and “Orwellian,” calling to mind the all too fresh memories extensive government surveillance that has Johnny McCabe come to light following 9/11.

However, in a justice system that has taken the nation by storm, fore- relies on tenuous witness testimony grounding controversial issues about and conflicting narratives between race and police brutality, as well as the the victim and the perpetrator, the arguable failure of the United States events in Ferguson show that there is legal system to address these system- clearly room for greater accountabilatic problems. ity and self-awareness on the part of Protesters of all races have con- law enforcement. demned the lack of accountability they One of the key factors in perpetperceive in cases of excessive police violence, especially against black youths and other minorities, while many police officers across the country claim that the actions of a few, as well as a sensationalist news media, have defamed the losses and sacrifices of the unsung and unknown heroes of law enforcement. Whatever the individual’s stance on the issue, the shooting, media frenzy and subsequent grand jury uating the protests and civil unrest investigation were all made possible that followed Brown’s death was the by a simple common factor: a lack of controversial, unconventional and undeniable, objective evidence. downright bizarre grand jury investi Some might maintain that the mere gation regarding Wilson’s indictment, fact that the shooting occurred is evi- in which county prosecutor Robert dence enough, while others might McCulloch inundated the jury with a argue that the evidence presented to massive amount of confusing, circumthe grand jury is sufficient to exon- stantial and contradictory evidence, erate former Wilson. In either case, including eyewitness testimony from there is one option that quite obvious- over 60 witnesses. ly presents a net positive outcome for The jury proceedings, as well as anyone involved: the use of on-body their eventual decision not to indict cameras by law enforcement officials. Wilson, have drawn scathing criti The idea of using video recording cism from all across the country, with devices to capture objective evidence many viewing the entire affair as a of crime is not a new one. Ever since subversion of the American justice we began to feasibly miniaturize com- system. The decision arguably fueled mercial camera sensors and data stor- further public outrage, renewing proage in the past couple of years, there tests throughout the nation. None of has been focus on the potential of that would have happened if Wilson such technology in the law enforce- had been wearing a camera during his ment and security fields. Frequently, it altercation with Brown. seems, such technology is referred to If he had, there would have been

no reason to wrangle with the troublesome ambiguity of eyewitness testimony, which has largely come to be viewed by the scientific community as completely worthless. There would be no doubt as to whether or not Brown had his hands up as Wilson was shooting him, or if his alleged approach of the officer was motivated by aggression or submission. There would be no need for a grand jury proceeding, no opportunity for racism or discrimination to enter the mix as narratives collide and witnesses clash with officials, especially with objectivity in doubt.

There would only be evidence.

Evidence could have saved Wilson’s career. Studies have shown that police who wear on-body recording devices are far less likely to engage in acts of force, and are much more likely to attempt to de-escalate tense situations without resorting to violence.

Recording devices not only provide unassailable visual evidence of crimes – they also, quite demonstrably, encourage law enforcement officers to be on their best behavior, for fear of disciplinary action.

Accountability, both to the law and to one’s people, serves as a robust check on the type of power that comes along with a badge and a gun. It neuters the potential both for media influence and system-wide discrimination that so frequently inhibits the due process of justice in cases of violence by the police, especially as they pertain to blacks and other minorities. On-body recording cameras help police officers do their jobs – not just in a good way but in the right way. And in an age of both incredible technological promise and unsettling system-wide discrimination, we need them now more than ever.

“. . .In a justice system that relies on tenuous witness testimony and conflicting narratives between the victim and the perpetrator, the events in Ferguson show that there is clearly room for greater accountability and self-awareness on the part of law enforcement.”

Johnny McCabe is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at rjmccabe@umass.edu.

eSports: A new kind of sport There has always been debate about nationally recognized sport. So what is it what qualifies as a sport. Is golf really a about these games that make them just as sport? Or is it just a game, since the people fun to watch as to play?

For starters, much like a real sport, Julian del Prado watching an eSport can and will make you better at it. While watching salaried involved aren’t exerting themselves as professionals gives players a look at the much as, say, basketball players. Chess ultimate possibilities offered by the game, is often called a sport, and yet the entire thousands of players streaming online event takes place sitting down. Even curl- offer varying levels of seriousness with ing, an Olympic sport, is often ridiculed which to watch the game. for bringing slightly overweight middle- YouTube yields tons of “top plays” and aged contestants to the same event as tutorial games by semi-professionals who gymnastic Olympians. make money by streaming and offering And then there are eSports. Online games that resemble sports in their construction are becoming an international phenomenon, and they challenge many assumptions about spectator sports.

While eSports flourished in Asia far before they did in the United States, the release of Starcraft II in 2010 catalyzed the meteoric rise of eSports in North America. As the game gained more players and a base of viewers willing to watch streams of semi-professional and professional players, the stage was set for an even bigger eSport: League of Legends commentary. Online personalities tied to (LoL). Not only is LoL free to play, it’s one the game create a shared sense of comof the biggest video games on earth with munity among players who all seek to get 27 million daily players and 67 million better or who just like playing. Not only that, but eSports offer the same kind of monthly players.

In 2013, the LoL World Championship impossible fame that sports like football netted 34 million viewers, making it the and basketball do. biggest eSporting event in world history. Even though there is a less than 1 percent Additionally, professional LoL players are chance of getting into the NBA, thousands now able to get sports visas from the of kids aspire to just that and work endlessUnited States government, making LoL a ly to improve their game. With a concrete

“Online games, which resemble sports in their construction, are becoming an international phenomenon, and they challenge many assumptions about spectator sports.”

ranking system from bronze at the bottom all the way to the coveted Challenger rank for the top 50 players, eSports like LoL make climbing to the top seem like a distant possibility, but a possibility nonetheless.

Regardless of their popularity, the question remains whether eSports should truly be considered sports at all. For the sake of salaried professional players, it certainly makes sense; after all, to be denied a visa on the grounds that their livelihood is only a game hardly seems fair. These professionals train for months on end perfecting strategies and game mechanics, which led me to consider eSports similar to chess and golf. The mental strain of these games also causes players to get worse with age on a professional level, which I feel supports that argument.

With new strategies coming out every day and patches designed to alter the feel of each game on a regular basis, eSports feel fresh and dynamic in a tournament setting. Certainly performance-enhancing drugs factor in less, which I appreciate.

League of Legends even has fantasy leagues online, with amateur LoL players scoring themselves through a roster of professionals based on their performance in a given week. While there may always be naysayers who consider chess, golf and eSports to be detached from “real” sports like football and basketball, the growing community of eSports players and fans may soon be outnumber them.

Julian del Prado is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at jdelprad@umass.edu.

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Nontraditional takes on classic Thanksgiving favorites Catering to all your holiday taste buds

By Kelsey Hebert Collegian Correspondent With the passing of another Thanksgiving, a gathering of family has presumably resulted in fights, fun and a struggle to accommodate different eating habits, not in that respective order. From turkey to lasagna, rolls to corn muffins or pie to milkshakes, the food on the table should reflect the individual tastes and culture of the family that prepares it, leaving everybody that shares the Thanksgiving table satisfied.

Some family’s holiday meals annually mirror the traditional one depicted in Norman Rockwell’s famous oil painting, “Freedom from Want.” The table is adorned with a large turkey, a slab of cranberry sauce, vegetables and presumably a pile of steaming mashed potatoes hidden beneath the silver chafing dish.

However, for those families who dislike the tryptophan comatose aftermath or have dietary restraints, the typical Thanksgiving dinner is less than ideal.

While this holiday is centered on giving thanks, the tradition of Thanksgiving, is equally celebrated through the importance of large portions of food.

For this reason, certain alternatives to the original Turkey Day meal must be available for those who cannot or wish not to be in the mainstream.

For meat eaters who prefer not to have turkey on Thanksgiving, turkey alternatives are plentiful. Cornish hens (or just a roast chicken) are a good alternative. Whole chickens cooked can look like small turkeys, making it feel like a typical Thanksgiving meal regardless of the fact that the center plate is a chicken rather than a turkey. If poultry is not your family’s forte, try duck for something new or even smoked sausage links. Beef or pork roasts could also serve as the main dish or even a well seasoned lamb breast.

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For those who do not mind repeating Holiday meals, the typical Christmas dinner centerpiece – a glazed ham – could take the Thanksgiving spotlight.

Using seafood as the main dish, like oysters or salmon, can create a coastal feel to the typical Thanksgiving dinner as well.

Vegetarians have a different obstacle to overcome when it comes to celebrating without the turkey. The most well-known vegetarian alternative is tofurky – a “turkey” made out of tofu. Vegetarian lasagna, like wild mushroom or butternut squash, can be used as a main dish. A vegetable risotto or gratin suffices as a main dish or even individual vegetable pot pies as well.

Gluten free folks have an even wider set of challenges. Although most traditional dishes can be prepared gluten free on your own, traveling to a friend or relative’s house can prove tricky in navigating what is and what is not prepared gluten free. Many know that pie crusts and dinner rolls are not gluten free unless prepared

as such. But what about gluten hidden in some other typical thanksgiving items? Gravy, for instance, usually has wheat flour as a thickener and is not always gluten free. The crowd pleasing side dish, stuffing, often has bread in it too. Therefore, if you have a severe gluten allergy or intolerance, it may be best to host this Thanksgiving so you can control which items are gluten free items on the table.

While the main dishes are settled, the traditional Thanksgiving meal would not be complete without the complimentary side dishes such mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, stuffing and vegetables in many varieties like carrots, green beans, Brussels sprouts or squash. To spice things up, try corn muffins instead of dinner rolls or rice stuffing instead of traditional stuffing. Maple roasted sweet potatoes or mashed sweet potatoes are an alternative to straight mashed potatoes. Scalloped potatoes or potatoes gratin are fancy alternatives to mashed potatoes. Fruit salad is

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Tofurky is enjoyed in place of turkey, with popular Thanksgiving side dishes. a healthy addition to the table and a winter-inspired salad or soup, like butternut squash soup, can spice up typical appetizers.

Following the main course, a typical dessert spread would include various fruit pies and the classic, pumpkin. However, non-traditional desserts are also available for those who are not pie enthusiasts. A French-inspired crème brulee is sweet but utterly delicious option.

Fall flavors like pumpkin, cinnamon and molasses

can also be incorporated into cakes and cupcakes.

Different flavored rice or bread puddings are sure to be a crowd pleaser. A fruit cobbler is a twist on the typical pie and plain old cookies can do the trick for simple sweet toothed family members. Serving a dessert drink after dinner can also fulfill a sugary craving such as pumpkin milkshakes, flavored frozen margaritas or spiced eggnog.

Kelsey Hebert can be reached at klhebert@umass.edu.

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Don’t get stressed Protecting the right to breast feed ‘lactivist’ mom’s out over your stress Arisque campaign

By Sarah Gamard Collegian Staff

caffeine, sugar and lack of exercise have not been shown to cause stress, they are capable of exacerbating alreadyexistent anxiety.

Resorting to alcohol to relieve stress is perhaps the most common remedy among college students. Despite its ubiquitous practice, this method does not work. While the depressant has temporary relaxing properties, the consumer remains unproductive during that period, thus it only serves as an unhealthy and potentially damaging form of procrastination or temporary emotional escape.

Other times, stress will be ignored. Students may think that the best thing to do when feeling stressed is to persist, push down the stress and ignore these emotions. This is a mistake as stress inevitably will find any way it can to come out. This is mirrored by Zach Braff’s medication-dependent character in the popular movie, “Garden State.” Braff was told by his doctor, without “some form of therapy, whatever’s going on in your mind will find a way to peek its little head out of the water.”

Therapy does not necessarily mean seeing a regular therapist and talking out your problems to a certified stranger. While this method does work for many, it may not be the best option for others.

Therapy can also be found in day to day activities. Any form of exercise, simple meditation, going out to eat with friends and family, openly talking about what is bothering you to someone you trust, watching some TV, reading poetry, cooking dinner or going for a walk are all possible healthy coping mechanisms to stress.

Remember to allow yourself to simply live your life and enjoy it. Life is too short to be consumed by unnecessary negative emotions.

For the average college student, life is plagued with stress.

With the ability to control our reaction to it, this leaves opportunity for a positive relationship with stress or to fall victim to the endless cycle of it.

Stress is a natural feeling and, in certain capacities, can be healthy, according to the American Institute of Stress. It motivates us to finish our midterm papers on time and helps us survive in times of peril or danger.

A little bit of stress is not harmful and can be productive. But excess stress, which most students have in surplus, is the opposite. It causes us to be counterproductive and develop deleterious moods, habits and behaviors.

Stress can be mental, physical and emotional, but usually surfaces as a combination of this insidious trio. This makes it hard to realize the effect stress causes on one’s personality and overall wellbeing.

The University of Michigan provides some overlooked indicators of stress for students that include a change of sleeping habits, tight muscles, physical fatigue despite lack of strenuous exercise, changing in eating habits, avoiding responsibilities like work or school, difficulty performing well in school, increased agitation, substance dependency or addictive tendencies, inability to relax, a sudden lack of interest in social activities and constant negative thoughts.

These indicators can persist for months or years in certain cases.

To combat these effects of stress, many turn to methods they hope will relieve their stress when actually those methods are harmful. For example, stress can cause fatigue. No matter how much someone sleeps, exhaustion persists. Excessive amounts of caffeine and sugar consumption paired with minimal exercise will heighten levels of Sarah Gamard can be reached at stress exponentially. Though sgamard@umass.edu.

By Allie Shah Star Tribune (Minneapolis) MINNEAPOLIS _ The intimate selfies that Ariel Landsberger posts daily on her Instagram account are sure to make some viewers uneasy. But this young Minneapolis mom doesn’t mind if you peek.

After all, Landsberger says, she’s just breast-feeding her child.

The 28-year-old is out to change views about breastfeeding in public _ one Instagram photo at a time.

Her account _ @365boobies _ has amassed nearly 1,000 followers since it was launched five months ago.

(The name, Landsberger confesses, is a little embarrassing and is something she came up with while sleep-deprived.) Still, it’s created conversation and spurred other women to post their own photos of breast-feeding outside the home _ in a park, a restaurant or at the store.

“A lot of women are faced with dirty glances or comments or are asked to leave when they’re in a public place,” Landsberger said.

A self-described “lactivist,” she is a foot soldier in a national movement to, as supporters say, “normalize breast-feeding” in public.

The campaign has its own hashtag and is backed by celebrities such as Beyonce, Gisele Bundchen, Gwen Stefani and Olivia Wilde _ all of whom have been photographed nursing in public. The topic even scored a recent BuzzFeed list: “25 historical images that normalize breast-feeding.”

“I’m not super-aggressive about where I breastfeed,” Landsberger said.

“But if I’m out to dinner with my family, I feel like it’s OK to feed my child.”

Unlike the images of celebrities wearing cou-

ture dresses with angelic babies nuzzling at their bosom, Landsberger said her Instagram photos document the often unglamorous side of breast-feeding.

“T hey’re g reat,” Landsberger said of the stars’ snapshots, “but they’re not incredibly relatable for an everyday woman. In some of (mine), I haven’t showered in two days!”

A few months ago, Landsberger didn’t even know what an Instagram hashtag was.

Then one night, while she was up late feeding her son, she came across an article on Facebook suggesting that if people saw more images of mothers nursing they would be more comfortable with public breast-feeding.

Inspired, Landsberger decided to jump into the discussion: “I thought, ‘I’ll do 365 days of breast-feeding.’?”

She snapped her first nursing selfie in June while lying in bed with her son.

Soon she was taking pictures of herself pumping at work and feeding Sonney at the park. The number of followers and comments “kind of took off,” she said.

Support for breast-feeding in general has never been higher. About 77 percent of babies born in the United States start out being breast-fed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Forty-nine percent of babies are still breast-fed at 6 months. Among its reported benefits: lower incidence of childhood obesity, greater immunity from diseases, closer bonding between mother and child, weight loss for mothers.

The right to breast-feed in public is protected by law in 45 states, but in public the practice doesn’t always get a positive reaction.

Landsberger has been criticized for her photo campaign. Some say the pictures are inappropri-

ate, while others contend she’s oversharing. A few Instagram users have even posted lewd comments.

“It’s hard because my husband sees those comments sometimes and gets all worked up,” she said.

“But in the long run, hopefully, those guys will see the breast so many times that it (won’t be) a purely sexual object anymore.”

The desexualization of the breast is at the heart of this movement, Landsberger said.

“As soon as a breast is functional, (people) tend to get freaked out,” she said.

That reaction is understandable when you consider the barrage of sexual images focused on the breast in advertising, television and movies, said Valerie Chepp, assistant professor of sociology at Hamline University, in St. Paul.

“When people see women breast-feeding they immediately associate it with something sexual.

That leads to feelings of discomfort and anxiety or feelings that somehow it’s shameful to do that.”

Brielle Stoyke, a nurse midwife and lactation consultant, leads a breast-feeding discussion group for new and expectant mothers at several Health East hospitals. The issue of nursing in public always comes up, she said. Some women say they’ve received disapproving comments. Some mothers will bring a bottle so they won’t be embarrassed. Others worry about the possibility of being exposed, should the cover they’re wearing slip.

Although she hasn’t seen Landsberger’s Instagram account, Stoyke said she liked the idea behind it. But she added that Landsberger is facing an uphill battle.

“It is a tall order to change the way we all think about breasts by an Instagram campaign,” she said.

Landsberger has won over at least one person with her Instagram cam-

paign: her boss.

One day while working at Wilde Roast Cafe in Minneapolis, there were two women in the restaurant who were breast-feeding their children.

Co-owner Dean Schlaak said, “Do they have to do that here?” Landsberger recalled. Later, he came across her blog (threesixtyfivemama.com) and approached Landsberger to tell her he now had a better understanding of the issue.

“He said, ‘I totally get it,’” she said. “I thought it was really cool. Now I joke that he’s become a lactivist.”

While Landsberger’s social media influence is still relatively small (Stefani’s recent breastfeeding Instagram got 45,000 “likes”), her online following does reach beyond Minnesota.

Victoria Coons, a mother of three boys in Pennsylvania, discovered Landsberger’s Instagram when it popped up as a suggested account for her to follow. Seeing other women nurse in public without hesitation has emboldened Coons to do it more often, too.

“It’s like there’s an empty dance floor, and someone goes out there and it’s kind of awkward, and then everyone joins in,” she said.

For Landsberger, that social connection _ for mom and baby _ is key.

“Eating is a social thing for adults, and it is for babies, too,” she said. “It’s also important for Mom not to cower in her house or in a bathroom stall or in the back of a car if she has to go out.”

Coon credits Landsberger with inspiring her to start her own Instagram account dedicated to sharing information and pictures of her adventures in breast-feeding.

“If it wasn’t for people like her putting pictures up, I don’t think I would know it’s OK to feed your baby in public,” Coons said.

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UMass enters break with optimism for Jan. return Werenski, Smyth lead Minutewomen

By Victor Pusateri Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams have reached their halfway point for the season and now have the next month off from competitions.

Through the first half of the season, the Minutemen went 1-3 in head-to-head meets and finished second out of five teams at the Terrier Invitational from Nov. 21-23.

UMass’ lone win came against Binghamton in a two-day meet from Oct. 31-Nov. 1, while its losses came against Army, Boston University and Brown.

Despite their record, the Minutemen have seen a few swimmers that exceeded expectations in the fall. In particular, freshman Oliver Wyeth has stood out in backstroke and freestyle events.

The Wellington, New Zealand, native has won six individual events, has been part of a 400-yard freestyle relay team that placed first on Nov. 8 and broke the UMass school record for the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 49.11 seconds.

Wyeth also took home Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honors on Nov. 11 following his performance at Brown where he contributed to three first-place finishes.

Junior Alessandro Bomprezzi said that he has been impressed with Wyeth, as well as with the six other freshmen this season.

“The performances by the freshman class at the Boston Invitational impressed me,” Bomprezzi said. “Oliver Wyeth breaking the school

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record in the 100 backstroke in the middle of the season really stood out to me.”

As for Bomprezzi, who came off a 2013-2014 season in which he was named UMass’ most valuable player, the junior emerged as a leader for the Minutemen and was arguably their most consistent swimmer.

This season, Bomprezzi has won 12 freestyle events and was named Atlantic 10 men’s swimming and diving performer of the week for his strong outing at the Terrier Invitational, where he finished first in the 500and 1000-yard freestyle events and second in the 200yard freestyle.

“I am satisfied with the progress and I don’t think that there was anything that needed to be done differently,” Bomprezzi said.

Minutewomen split early-season slate

A large part of the team’s success is sophomore swimmer Meriza Werenski.

In her first 11 races of the season, including the 100and 200-yard breaststroke, 200- and 400-yard individual medley and the 500-yard freestyle, she placed first 10 times.

Werenski’s impressive performance this season was recognized on Nov. 11 when she was named the A-10 Performer of the Week following the meet against the Bears.

In addition, Newcomb said that Molly Smyth has impressed. The senior placed first in the 500-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle in UMass’ most recent match. “(Smyth) is swimming exceptionally right now,” Newcomb said. “She’s swimming at a different level.

Breaking three of her own school records at the Terrier Invitational is just amazing.”

Smyth said that she has high hopes for herself and the team as a whole in January’s return to competition. She added that goals as a team, included placing in every relay event and medaling at the A-10 Championships.

“In the second half of the season I would like to see us keep the same attitude and effort going as we had in the first half,” Smyth said. “It is clearly working for us and I think it will only get better.”

The men’s and women’s teams return from their break on Saturday, Jan. 3 when they go to San Juan, Puerto Rico for the Loyola Invitational.

The Minutewomen split its first four meets of the season and is currently 2-2 in head-to-head meets.

UMass most recently placed first out of five teams at the Terrier Invitational, its first top-finish at the event in program history.

UMass’ two victories came in dominating fashion against Army and Binghamton, but it was blown out by BU and lost by two points against Brown.

Minutewomen coach Bob Newcomb said he was pleased with how the first half ended and is now looking ahead to the second half.

“I’m very happy with where they are and what they are doing. Learn from first half and get better for the second half.” Newcomb said. “We’re trying to get bet- Victor Pusateri can be reached at ter every day. Where we are vpusateri@umass.edu and followed on right now is a pretty good.”

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Frank Vatrano joined Ray Pigozzi and Steven Iacobellis on a line that has produced 32 points this year. cess.”

While Pigozzi and Iacobellis played the majority of their freshmen seasons on the same line, Iacobellis said that the addition of Vatrano early this season did not lead to any extensive adjustment period. Iacobellis said Vatrano often practiced alongside the two linemates last season while he was sitting out, which allowed for an easy transition.

“I don’t think it took too long for us to figure each other out and the way we play,” Iacobellis said. “Us three liked to talk about the game (last season) and talk about the way each other plays.”

Vatrano is most recently coming off a two-game weekend set against Quinnipiac in which he scored a goal in each matchup.

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“I don’t think it took too long for us to figure each other out and the way we play.

Us three liked to talk about the game (last season) and talk about the way each other plays.”

Steven Iacobellis, UMass forward game against the Bobcats, Pigozzi and Vatrano led a 2-on-1 break that resulted in a Vatrano goal. On Tuesday, it was named the No. 2 play of the week by the NCAA. “(Pigozzi) and (Iacobellis) were playing together the majority of last season so they have some chemistry together,” Vatrano said. “But it wasn’t too hard to find the chemistry with those two.”

Now preparing for a two-game home set against Notre Dame this weekend, Vatrano said that the col-

lective focus will be on defense, which he believes will lead to further offensive opportunities for himself and UMass.

“We always think about creating offense out of our (defensive zone). That’s what our whole team has been stressing lately,” Vatrano said. “Paying attention to those little things, I think our team will have way more success down the road.”

Anthony Chiusano can be reached at achiusano@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @a_chiusano24.

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UMass only had six total assists in its loss Tuesday. Freshman C.J. Anderson was the only Minuteman to record multiple assists, with two. end, LSU had a total of 10 blocked shots. Frustration boiled over for UMass, which shot only 37.8 percent from the floor (23-of-61) and fared little better on 3-pointers, making 2-of-13.

The Minutemen’s only answer in the post was Lalanne, who scored 16 points and added 12 rebounds. He did so in an inefficient manner, shooting 6-of-15 from the floor and missing three free throws.

UMass forward Maxie

Esho added 14 points and seven rebounds.

Davis was the only other Minuteman to score in double-figures as he finished with 11 points on 5-of-15 shooting. Davis and Hinds combined for seven turnovers while assisting on just a single basket from the point guard position.

UMass had just six assists as a team and made 18 turnovers.

After the game, Gordon said the team must use

Tuesday’s loss as a learning tool.

“This was definitely something that (Kellogg) was preaching to use in the locker room, that we can’t just give up like that,” Gordon said.

“We looked bad out there, to be honest with you. We definitely exposed ourselves now, that’s two losses in a row.”

Mark Chiarelli can be reached at mchiarel@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Mark_Chiarelli.

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Hoke ousted by Michigan after four years at the helm Wolverines finish 2014 season 5-7

By Mark Snyder and David Jesse Detroit Free Press

The dream job became a nightmare.

A little less than four years after he said he would have walked to Michigan from San Diego to coach the University of Michigan, Brady Hoke has been fired Tuesday, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

After a meeting, the Michigan players departed Schembechler Hall on Tuesday afternoon with somber looks, a few with tears in their eyes. None would speak to reporters waiting in the parking lot, but their demeanor was significantly changed from when they entered the building less than an hour earlier.

Hoke’s tenure at Michigan was an inverted fairy tale, the happy ending at the beginning of the book, consistently regressing to a point of no return – at least with Hoke as the leader.

Michigan interim athletic director Jim Hackett arrived Oct. 30 with many tasks taking over the athletic department for the embattled Dave Brandon, but No. 1 was the evaluation of the football program.

After watching the past month of Michigan football, Hackett saw Hoke’s four years in a microcosm.

It began with an impressive 34-10 win over Indiana on Nov. 1, followed by a narrow 10-9 win at Northwestern, a blown second half in a 23-16 loss against Maryland and then Saturday’s 42-28 defeat at Ohio State.

Hoke went 31-20 in four seasons. His teams had a progressively worse record in each season, starting with an 11-2 Sugar Bowlwinning 2011 campaign and ending with this year’s 5-7, bowl-less showing.

Hoke’s teams handled most of the lower-tier opponents

but struggled on the road, against ranked teams and in rivalry games.

Add the 10 known police incidents involving players, the misdirection about Brendan Gibbons’ removal from the university and the angst among the fan base, and there was no offfield safety net as Hoke was fired with two years remaining on his contract.

Michigan owes him $3 million.

After former coach Rich Rodriguez was fired Jan. 6, 2011, Brandon spent five days crisscrossing the country in a clandestine search, keeping most of his conversations secret before emerging with the selection of Hoke, the only candidate offered the job.

Hoke was an eightyear Michigan assistant coach under Lloyd Carr but did not have a glittering resume. He had a 47-50 record in eight seasons as a head coach at Ball State and San Diego State.

The 2014 season was expected to be Hoke’s comeback. Yet it didn’t take long for the season to take a downward turn.

After a 31-0 beatdown at Notre Dame in the second game and the program’s first shutout since 1984, the Hoke job watch was on.

The behavior of some Wolverines off the field didn’t help matters.

In March, the team’s best offensive lineman, Graham Glasgow, was arrested for drunken driving and suspended for the season opener.

In July, second-year receiver C’sonte York punched out another student outside an Ann Arbor bar. Hoke suspended him indefinitely and, once the video of the incident became public, kicked him off the team.

In November, Clark, who had pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony home invasion charge after his freshman year for stealing a computer, was arrested for domestic violence.

When the alleged details emerged, Hoke dismissed him.

In between there was the Sept. 27 Minnesota game, which started with Hoke and Nussmeier benching Gardner for Morris and saw the struggling offense become stagnant. It ended with Morris getting a concussion and returning to the field when no one on the sideline noticed the brain injury.

The public relations mess that followed was pinned on Hoke, who released a statement the next day discussing Morris’ leg injury and said two days later that Morris was not concussed. All when his boss, Brandon, was simultaneously meeting with others who determined Morris did have a concussion. It’s still unclear when or how Hoke found out about the concussion and why he did not know sooner.

It was one thing after another after another.

While his team struggled on the field _ losing to both Big Ten newcomers Rutgers and Maryland _ the heat intensified, making the firing fait accompli.

Despite recruiting classes ranked in the top 10 and landing the nation’s No. 1 running back one year (Derrick Green) and the No. 2 overall player (Peppers) the next year and having a litany of loyalty, with players and parents universally standing by him as a mentor, the games mattered most.

He set the standard his first day on the job, saying fans should expect a lot because “This is Michigan, for God’s sake” and that only the Big Ten title was acceptable.

Hoke won only 48 percent of his games before coming to Michigan and won 60.8 percent of his games at U-M. But it was his own standard _ the one he felt Michigan needed to live up to on the field _ that he couldn’t reach. His teams went 9-15 away from Ann Arbor, 4-8 in the rivalry games against OSU, MSU and Notre Dame, and 3-8 against ranked opponents.

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2015 season is bowl game or bust for UM

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lthough the Massachusetts football team’s record could be dramatically different had it not been for some last-second blunders and missed field goals down the stretch, no one should be disappointed with the change that coach Mark Whipple brought to the Minutemen.

After going 2-22 in their previous two seasons in FBS football under Charley Molnar, there was virtually no benchmark that Whipple had to obtain in terms of wins and losses for this season to be deemed a success. As long as UMass improved from Andrew its dismal start in football’s Cyr highest level, anything that Whipple did would be considered progress.

Aside from games against Boston College and Penn State, every game was winnable this season, most notably the second-half leads UMass blew to Colorado, Vanderbilt and Miami (OH).

That’s why after a 3-9 season from UMass this year, I’m setting the expectations a little higher for the Minutemen in 2015.

Anything short of a bowl appearance will be considered a failure.

Let’s start with the foundation. Whipple’s first season at the helm was nothing more than a practice run.

His new pro-style offense was something that MidAmerican Conference teams had rarely seen compared to the usual spread offenses that most teams were accustomed to playing against.

Whipple’s ability to design plays to get his playmakers open in different spots on the field is what made UMass’ offense so unique and diverse. Having two offensive tackles lined up near the numbers next to wide receiver Tajae Sharpe was a thing of beauty.

Another reason why the bar is set so high is the return of quarterback Blake Frohnapfel. Prior to getting injured in the second half of the Minutemen’s win over Ball State Nov. 12, Frohnapfel was third in the nation in passing with 3,345

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Maxie Esho (1) scored 14 points in UMass’ 82-60 loss on the road against LSU Tuesday night.

LSU hands UMass second-straight loss

Gray finishes with 25 points for Tigers

remain that way, as LSU bullied UMass en route to an 82-60 victory Tuesday night in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

By Mark Chiarelli “Overall, as a group, we Collegian Staff didn’t play like we wanted The Massachusetts to win,” Gordon told reportmen’s basketball team ers after the game. “We appeared to steady itself, were there going through shaking off a lethargic the motions and we put our start to draw even with heads down at the end. We Louisiana State. can’t do that.”

UMass guard

The Tigers Derrick Gordon quickly reLSU 82 made it 24-24 with extended its eight minutes, 23 lead following UMass 60 seconds remainthe 24-24 deading in the first lock, exploding half, despite the on a 17-2 run to expand Minutemen allowing LSU their lead to 41-26. The to score its first 16 points in Minutemen committed the paint, falling behind 8-0 five turnovers during that to start and failing to adapt stretch, three of which at defending the Tigers’ came from point guard size at the forward posi- Jabarie Hinds. tion.

A reeling UMass squad UMass had finally didn’t recover – despite arrived. Guard Trey Davis, multiple attempts – and who is embattled in a pro- failed to put much of a longed shooting slump, scare into LSU throughout. made a layup and a deep The Minutemen never 3-pointer.

The energy once had a lead. picked up.

“I thought the start of But just as quickly as the game was indicative of the Minutemen evened the the whole game,” UMass score, it yet again fell back coach Derek Kellogg said. on the defensive. It would “We made a couple short

runs at them but I thought those were inhibited by our bad decision making on the offensive end of the floor.”

Much of the focus surrounding the Tigers entering the game was on forwards Jordan Mickey and Jarrell Martin, who entered as LSU’s two leading scorers. The duo performed admirably, with Mickey chipping in 16 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks while Martin scored 12.

But it was Tigers guard Josh Gray who stole the show.

Gray scored 25 points in 35 minutes of play, shooting 11-of-15 from the floor, including 3-of-4 on 3-pointers. He added five assists, four rebounds and three steals and seemingly had an answer for the Minutemen at every turn.

The junior scored the final five points to end the first half – LSU led 44-32 at halftime – and made a layup to make it 48-38 with 16:40 remaining in the game after UMass cut the deficit to eight points.

When the Minutemen again cut away at the Tigers’ lead with 6:55 remaining

on a Cady Lalanne free throw that made it 65-55, it was Gray who answered with six straight points to extend the lead to 71-56.

LSU thwarted every UMass comeback – and just about every other Minutemen attack – with relative ease. UMass scored only five points over the final seven minutes and lamented its poor offensive efficiency after the game.

“We take too many shots quick into the shot clock,” Gordon said. “When we miss, they get the rebound and go. We just have to be more careful on our shot selection.”

“I thought our poor shot selection offensive was a killer,” Kellogg said. “(LSU) got 10 fast break points, but I would say it was more like 30 (points) off of blocked shots like we talked about.”

The Tigers specifically had their way with the Minutemen around the basket.

Twenty-eight of the Tigers’ first 35 points came within the paint. By night’s see

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yards. Had he not missed the last two games of the season, Frohnapfel could have easily been a candidate for the nation’s leading passer.

Not only will Frohnapfel be back calling the plays next season, if all goes according to plan, his top receiver will also be returning and demanding more receptions than ever. Sharpe finished the year with 85 receptions, 1,281 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. He will likely be atop the all-time school records next year if all goes according to plan.

I do think tight end Jean Sifrin is packing his bags and heading to the NFL after this year, but that’s a story that we’ll have to wait on.

Defensively, there’s no question that the leadership and consistency of both Stanley Andre and Daniel Maynes will be missed, as the two played almost every defensive snap this season and served as mentors for the young defense unit.

But the Minutemen return their staples on defense with the nation’s third-leading tackler in Jovan Santos-Knox (143 tackles). Randall Jette and Joe Colton will solidify the back-end of the defense while Peter Angeh and ShaKi Holines have improved dramatically from the start of the season and looked like legitimate pass-rushers in the latter end of October and into November.

And let’s not forget the transfer-card that Whipple always has in his hands. He brought in Sifrin this season, and it’s safe to assume that more talented players will be finding their way to Amherst next fall.

Looking ahead to the nonconference schedule for 2015, UMass has very winnable home games against Temple and Florida International.

Road games against Colorado and Notre Dame will certainly be tough, but who says this team doesn’t have a miracle in it?

The future is bright for the Minutemen and anything short of a trip to a bowl game will be a huge disappointment. If you talk to anyone in that locker room, their sights are set just as high.

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

HOCKEY

Vatrano providing consistent offense for Minutemen Early season line change paying off

By Anthony Chiusano Collegian Staff

Prior to the 2014-2015 season, Massachusetts hockey coach John Micheletto said Frank Vatrano “loves scoring goals more than anybody else.”

Although Vatrano started the year with four consecutive pointless games, the redshirt sophomore is now justifying his coach’s claim, recording a point in seven of UMass’ last nine games. He’s tied for a teambest five goals.

A redshirt sophomore, Vatrano sat all of last regular season after transferring from Boston College and being ruled ineligible

for the Minutemen’s first 34 games. Vatrano made his debut on March 7 in UMass’ 2-1 loss to Vermont in the opening round of the Hockey East tournament.

Entering this season with high expectations, Vatrano said he’s feeling comfortable after a long wait to play at the collegiate level.

“I think I kind of found my place out there and I’m more comfortable, getting more games under my belt,” Vatrano said.

“Overall it’s just my teammates helping me get used to the pace and all that.”

Micheletto said a major difference in the forward’s recent play is in his instincts, such as knowing when to get rid of the puck or where to jump into open

spots to get pucks.

“As good as (Vatrano) was in the early goings in terms of effort and execution, it was just something to be said about the timing of the game,” Micheletto said. “I think those splitsecond or half-second differences is what you’re now starting to see get incorporated into (Vatrano’s) game on a chip-by-chip basis.”

Vatrano opened the season on a line with senior captain Troy Power and freshman Dennis Kravchenko.

Although the trio combined for five points in the Minutemen’s preseason exhibition matchup against Dalhousie, they struggled to find the score sheet early on in the regular season.

“They were having positive influences on

the game, it’s just that the goals weren’t coming at that point,” Micheletto said.

Five games into the year and heading into a weekend series against Maine on Oct. 31, Micheletto made a lineup change, flanking Vatrano with sophomores Ray Pigozzi and Steven Iacobellis.

The move immediately paid dividends as Vatrano began a four-game scoring streak, tallying three goals and three assists during the span. In total, Vatrano, Pigozzi and Iacobellis have combined to produce 32 points this season.

According to Vatrano, the three sophomores bring contrasting skills that have proven to complement each other well.

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Frank Vatrano is tied for the team lead with five goals this season.

“I think we all play different styles,” Vatrano said. “(Pigozzi’s) a really good playmaker and (Iacobellis) really works well down low and creates offense that

way. And I’m more of a shooter that also makes plays off my shots. We all play with a different style that leads to a lot of sucsee

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