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SGA members question critiques By Zac Bears Collegian Staff
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Student trustee hopefuls Emily O’Neil, Nicholas Vigneau, Gabriel Schmitt and Kabir Thatte address questions Tuesday night.
In spite of unsteady moderation, four candidates debate on informative issues By Patrick Hoff Collegian Staff
The room of 50 seats seated only 10 people, including 11 empty rows of chairs, as the four candidates for student trustee took the stage Tuesday night to debate campus issues in the first ever live streamed elections debate. The debate got off to a rocky start, as candidates Emily O’Neil, Gabriel Schmitt, Kabir Thatte and Nicholas Vigneau misunderstood the format, as did many audience members. Nearly a dozen times throughout the debate, mod-
erator Divya Kirti, who is serving as chancellor of elections this year, fumbled her outlined format and had to be corrected by candidates or audience members. Nonetheless, the four candidates spent two hours discussing issues ranging from health services to diversity on campus, focusing primarily on tuition, fees and affordability of the University of Massachusetts. Thatte’s main focus throughout the debate was his proposal to form a Student Trustee Advisory Committee where student
leaders from across campus would advise him on campus issues so he could completely bring a student voice to the board. Thatte said he would work with the trustees from other campuses to make sure the two votes allotted for the five UMass student trustees. In terms of finances, Thatte supports the tuition and fee freeze, but said it needs to be taken further, rolling back certain fees to make the University more affordable. Schmitt, who read a book in his lap for the duration of the debate, focused on the role the student trustee
would play in addressing fiscal challenges, as he did throughout the debate, saying that the student trustee’s job is mostly to voice concerns and real troubles to change policy views instead of trying to enact change in a hands-on way. He said it’s “sad how hard students have to work to pay off debt,” and the Board of Trustees needs to reexamine the allocation of fees and make sure fees are in the best interest of students. O’Neil viewed her potential position as a bridge see
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Alexander Marks-Katz, a Student Government Association senator in his second semester representing Commonwealth Honors College Residential Community, has serious concerns about the leadership of the SGA Senate and the execution of the spring election. But when senators and other SGA members heard his characterization of events, they came to the defense of the senate’s leadership. Marks-Katz said in an interview with the Daily Collegian Sunday that his concern with his time as senator centers on the fact that a few people control the agenda – Senate Speaker Sïonan Barrett, Associate Speaker Lauren Coakley and the chairs of the senate’s five committees – and that in his experience, the leaders are not receptive to suggestions from outside that group. “I’m genuinely concerned with the senate’s leadership and its lack of direction,” Marks-Katz said. Yet when contacted for comment by the Collegian, no other senators agreed with Marks-Katz’s criticisms about how Barrett, Coakley and committee chairs are leading the senate. Citing a recent Collegian profile on Barrett, who is also running for SGA president on a ticket with SGA Secretary of Public Relations Chantal Lima Barbosa, he said, “…their philosophy for this election
was ‘they didn’t have any specific goals, so that way people could do what they wanted.’ But the problem with that from my experience is that’s kind of like having a car without a wheel, so you can’t steer it.” Marks-Katz argued that the effect of his “car without a wheel” analogy is that individual senators will develop ideas that aren’t widely known by the entire body, which means that when those motions are proposed in senate meetings, individuals haven’t considered all of the implications. The senate then tables the motion for further discussion. But Marks-Katz said a majority of tabled motions don’t get reintroduced. He said this means that 90 to 95 percent of motions in the senate come from the committees and the small leadership group. He also said he finds the senate to be “more of a reactive body rather than a proactive one.” However, no other senator agreed with MarksKatz’s description of the senate’s working environment. “Branching out that the senate is a reactionary body seems a bit ignorant to say,” Administrative Affairs Chairman and Student Trustee candidate Kabir Thatte said “Yes, some of the responses by the senate have been reactionary, but this has been necessary.” “The senate is reactionary when the situation arises, for example (the Davis Report) and the recommendation to end the Confidential Informant program,” Chairwoman of the Undergraduate Experience see
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Data shows slow growth of New drug platform to UMass’ minority population combat diseases explored Only four percent increase in 40 years
Collaboration with Chinese scientist
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By Christina Yacono
Heated exchanges shot through the air of Mahar Auditorium in October 1977, when opposing teams debated the then-recently argued United States Supreme Court case “Regents of the University of California v. Bakke,” which would upend affirmative action programs across the country when decided the following spring. Rejected from the University of CaliforniaDavis Medical School twice, Allan Bakke, a white man, had sued the UC system for discrimination “solely on the basis of (his) race.” Students leaving the hall commented on the debate’s aggressive tone, Mark Horan wrote in the Oct. 13, 1977, edition of The Massachusetts Daily Collegian. While the team opposing racial quotas cautiously accepted America’s racist history, they argued that alter-
Margaret Riley, a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Massachusetts, is partnering with Chinese scientist Dr. Xiao-Qing Qiu to work on a new drug platform invented by Qiu called pheromonicins. This potential new drug would have the potential to combat diseases such as HIV and cancer. Pheromonicins are made from protein bacteriocins, which can be extracted from most species of bacteria. The bacteriocins have competitive interactions that act like communication signals, and also have the ability to kill these types of cells. Qiu has modified this and developed pheromonicins which would have these bacteriocins target and attack specific cells such as cancerous cells,
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native methods, such as recruitment or improving public schools, were needed. Former UMass AfroAmerican Studies Professor Plaisel Benjamin retorted that the anti-quota team did not understand American history, contributing to the hot tempers in Mahar. Nearly 40 years later, similar arguments rile the University of Massachusetts campus, from incidents of racial violence in October 2014, to a policy instituted this February banning new admissions of Iranian stu-
dents interested in studying petroleum or nuclear energy and the failure of the University’s minority population to keep up with statewide demographic shifts.
Non-white enrollment falls during the 1980s The following figures have been compiled using data publicly available from the UMass Office of Institutional Research and the U.S. Census Bureau, and show black, Hispanic, Asian and see
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Professor of biology, Margaret Riley, and her parrot, Doc. tuberculosis and HIV. The pheromonicins also do not recognize human cells, so the body wouldn’t recognize it as a foreign entity and get attacked. While Riley said her research has been focused on the most efficient way to treat urinary tract infections caused by catheters, she said she hopes the work she does in collaboration with Qiu will “increase the number of effective therapeutic drugs
and strategies to combat drug resistance in quickly evolving diseases such as HIV, TB, malaria, cancer and cystic fibrosis.” In Beijing, Qiu has already successfully developed one application to combat metastasis in cows, which is inflammation in the mammary glands. So far, the tests have shown there would be no toxicity to humans. If this success see
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Correction In the February 17, 2015 edition of the Daily Collegian, a story titled ‘Foreigner, exuberant as ever, rocks the Calvin Theatre,’ misidentified Foreigner’s singer as Mick Jones. The singer is Kelly Hansen; Mick Jones did not perform at the Calvin on Feb. 10.
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DIVERSITY white enrollment at UMass from 1974 to 2014 and statewide population data for the same groups. From 1976 to 1981, the 700 black undergraduates represented more than half of the entire non-white population at UMass. Black enrollment fell to under 500 students in 1982 – lower than it had been through much of the 1970s – and remained low until the mid1990s. Black enrollment reached 700 students again, but only in the face of significantly greater increases in underrepresented minority – black, Hispanic, Native American, Pacific Islanders – and non-white – underrepresented minority plus Asian – enrollment. Non-white and underrepresented minority enrollment surpassed 1,500 students in 1990, the same year that Asian students, then 2.8 percent of the University’s undergraduate population, became overrepresented relative to the Asian population share of Massachusetts, 2.5 percent. In recent Massachusetts history, non-white undergraduate enrollment has approached or slightly surpassed the non-white share of the state’s population. Before “Bakke,” nonwhite enrollment as a percentage of students nearly approached the statewide share, and black enrollment surpassed the black share of the population from 1976 to 1979. But in the 1980s, the nonwhite share of the undergraduate population fell back to the lows seen in the early 1970s. Hispanic enrollment stayed around half of the statewide population share throughout the 1980s. It crept up in the latter half of the decade, but fell again in the early 1990s. While the black and Hispanic share of Massachusetts’s population more than doubled from 1974 to 1990, black and Hispanic enrollment changed little. It wasn’t until 1990 that underrepresented minority enrollment returned to late 1970s levels, and in 1991, when Asian students were no longer underrepresented, the level dropped back to the lows seen in the early 1970s and again in the early 1980s.
A narrower definition of race The “Bakke” decision, written by Justice Lewis Powell in the summer of 1978, largely took the position of the anti-quota team from the previous fall’s debate. Racial quotas were unconstitutional, but race could still be one of many factors used to determine admittance.
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In the July 12, 1978, editio n of the Daily Collegian, Sheldon Goldman, political science professor, said Powell decided to “ignore the whole sordid history of racial discrimination. (Powell) said that as far as the law was concerned, there is no such thing as racism. That’s not very realistic.” “We certainly hope it won’t affect us, but realistically we know that it will,” Committee for the Collegiate Education of Black Students Assistant Director Carol Miranda said. “Our title alone may come up for scrutiny.” CCEBS became CMASS, the Center for Multicultural Advancement and Student Success, in 2010. The number of nonwhite undergraduates is five times higher than 40 years ago, but there are also more undergraduates in general. While total undergraduate enrollment hovered near 19,000 until 2004, that number has increased to 22,500 over the past 10 years, which also corresponds with the largest increase in non-white enrollment since the 1970s. Two 2003 challenges to affirmative action admissions policies at the University of Michigan further impacted UMass. “Gratz v. Bollinger” found the point system used at UMass, and often used to replace the quota system around the country, unconstitutional. The companion case “Grutter v. Bollinger” upheld the “narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions.” Prior to “Gratz,” minority applicants could be awarded half a point out of 10 total points on undergraduate applications. Joe Marshall of CCEBMS said it may not have seemed like much, but the half point helped significantly, according to the Nov. 6, 2003, edition of the Daily Collegian. In the same piece, Director of Student Legal Services Chuck DiMare said over 35 categories can be considered in the process, but only race “won’t pass consistently.” UMass now has to consider race in an even more holistic way, incorporating it through less exacting means than quotas or points, such as essays, personal statements and recruitment programs.
students. Constant black and white enrollment does not reflect changes in the state’s demographics. Black Americans as a share of the Massachusetts population have grown from 4 percent to nearly 9 percent since 1974, but only 4 percent of enrolled undergraduates at UMass are black. More than 10 times as many Hispanic Americans live in the Commonwealth in 2014 than did in 1974, but the Hispanic share of enrollment has only quadrupled. Asian students have been overrepresented relative to the share of the state’s population since 1990. With over 8 percent of undergraduate enrollment, Asian students were overrepresented by nearly 2.5 percent in 2014. Overall, combined non-white enrollment shot up during the 1990s, mostly due to significant growth in the Asian student community.
Historical parallels In November 1968, a black student, James R. Hall, and a white friend were attacked on Orchard Hill by a group of five white students, who told them that “n*****s don’t belong at UMass anymore” because Nixon had won the previous day’s election, according to Lost UMass. When black student Dan Brown rear-ended a white student on Infirmary Way in 1970, the area exploded into a fistfight joined by black and white students taking sides in what sources at the time described as a “race riot.” Black students retreated into Mills House, expelling the white students and barricading the building with furniture in order to occupy the building. The students set forth a list of demands,
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which the administration accepted, turning Mills into New Africa House, home of the “Black Cultural Center,” and founding the Afro American Studies department. Racist attacks on students continue to highlight the effects of underrepresentation and racism in campus and national history. Messages referencing Spanish speakers not speaking English, or speaking with an accent appeared on several residence hall room doors, and “KILL THESE N*****S!!” was etched into Josh Odam’s door over the weekend of Oct. 11 to 12, 2014, when he was at Ferguson protests in Missouri. However, the gathering of community members for a town hall-style meeting, where students were allowed to voice opinions publicly and talk to Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy and Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Campus Life Enku Gelaye, represented a significant procedural departure from the reconciliation of racist or racial-
ly motivated attacks in the 1960s and 1970s. No occupation was necessary. Members of the Chancellor’s Diversity Planning Steering Committee proposed initiatives to recruit and retain underrepresented, lowincome and first-generation students in November 2014, according to the Collegian, which could have an impact on the enrollment of students from underrepresented groups. Since 1974, non-white enrollment has nearly tripled, but the share of enrollment of underrepresented minorities has gone up only 4 percent. Over that time, the state’s population of groups underrepresented in the student population of UMass doubled, from nine percent to 18 percent. Terms that have been used were taken from the Office of Institutional Research. Zac Bears can be reached at ibears@ umass.edu and followed on Twitter @zac_bears.
Underrepresentation by the numbers The percentage share of white enrollment has shrunk slightly since the 1970s, but the absolute number of white students at UMass is about the same as it was then, as is the absolute number of black
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Committee Jen Raichel said in an email. “But that should not overshadow the proactive work being done by senators (and senate leadership).” Thatte said that committee motions aren’t just the work of committee chairs. “I’ve brought many motions before my committee, but we would sit down and work it out between all of us,” he said. “After this, the motion goes to the senate to be passed, worked on, or both.” Also in his first year as a senator, SGA Senator Jose Nova said he’s been “impressed” by the senate leadership’s “dedication and work ethic,” specifically citing Raichel, Barrett and Thatte. “In terms of motions and agendas, as a collective unit, we vote and agree on those that should be passed. Without a majority vote, this cannot be done,” Nova said regarding Marks-Katz’s contention of tabled motions. “When motions are tabled, this usually takes place because a motion does not have enough substance to be feasible.” Nova said he understands how a senator could feel neglected when ideas aren’t considered, but said that has nothing to do with the senate’s leadership. Chair of the Diversity and Student Engagement Committee Emily O’Neil, who is also running for student trustee, hasn’t had the same experience as MarksKatz but believes the body does have structural issues. She said that the “most pressing problems” for the SGA are systemic because its members have “little accountability” to “actual students.” She specifically cites haphazard preparation of each senator’s “Back to the People” events, of which two are supposed to be held each semester. “There is no way to know how your own senator voted on a specific issue,” she said. “There is often no way to tell who your senators even are or how to reach them.”
Contradictory accounts Marks-Katz is disappointed with the state of the SGA elections, and said that he proposed two solutions to Lima Barbosa. But what Lima Barbosa said contests some of Marks-Katz’s statements and she said that his solutions were infeasible and potentially illegal. He outlined two suggestions he provided to Lima Barbosa. The first was a poster of Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots. He suggested the poster would be a meme that invited students to vote by saying, “Gronk wants you to #VoteUMass.”
RESEARCH continues in human trials, the treatment of disease in the upcoming years would change. Qiu, who is a professor at Sichuan University, reached out to Riley last June asking to look over his manuscript. Although she said she typically declines these types of requests because she’s frequently in demand, she took an interest in his manuscript and communication between the two continued. Riley has also done research with evolutionary biology and environmental issues, but said she has lacked funding for research on antibiotics. So when approached with this partnership, she described it as a “sort of luck and being in the right position when luck offered this opportunity.” With very similar views
“She said she would make it, and since, I haven’t heard from her about that,” he said. “I think if there had been actual execution on that, or if she had delegated it to me, then … it would have at least made people aware of elections.” Lima Barbosa remembered this interaction differently. “I did meet with this individual, and asked him to send me the poster,” she said in an email. “However, the individual never sent me this poster.” Marks-Katz’s other suggestion was that the SGA use $200 of the $3,000 election budget to provide a free $10 pizza to 20 randomly selected voters. He said he sent it in a March 2 email. Lima Barbosa said she told Marks-Katz that she needed to discuss the idea with SGA Adviser Lydia Washington. According to Lima Barbosa, Washington said that “giving people pizza to vote would not be allowed, and (would be) potentially illegal.” Marks-Katz also detailed his account of attempts to schedule meetings with Barrett and Coakley over the past two months. In Marks-Katz’s experience, the speaker and other senate leaders were not receptive to his suggestions. He said he went back and forth with Barrett, Coakley and Washington trying to schedule a meeting, but found it hard to set up a time. “I feel like when I tried to step up, when I tried to take more of a leadership role in senate, when I tried to offer my ideas and support, those ideas were deferred and ignored by Speaker Barrett and Associate Speaker Coakley,” Marks-Katz said. Coakley sharply disagreed with Marks-Katz’s characterization of attempts to schedule a meeting. “We felt that communications from this individual were overly aggressive and we felt personally threatened,” Coakley said in an email. “Therefore, Speaker Barrett and I went to our adviser who, given the circumstances, told us not to meet with him without professional staff present. This request to include professional staff has not been respected by said senator and the individual has subsequently cancelled the three meetings.” Coakley said Marks-Katz did not attempt to reschedule after the third cancellation and that after over a month of “consistent and concerning emails,” they communicated their concerns to the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life in accordance with state law. In a follow-up response, Coakley said she, Washington
and SGA President Vinayak Rao were ready to meet with him a couple weeks ago, but he cancelled at the last minute. She said that Washington found the tone of MarksKatz’s messages to herself, Barrett and Washington “very disrespectful.” “I did not feel comfortable being spoken to in such a disrespectful manner over email and my adviser directed these concerns to her superiors,” she said.
SGA officers decry timing of remarks Many of the SGA officials who commented for this article said they disagreed with Marks-Katz approaching the Collegian in the middle of an election campaign. When she declined to comment on the article, Barrett said that some of MarksKatz’s quotes “seem like a public bashing of me in my role.” She also characterized the timing as “strategically released (during) elections.” SGA Senator Michael Hout took issue with MarksKatz’s “accusations,” and also took issue with the timing. “The chosen time to release such inflammatory and untrue comments clearly speaks to a partisan goal, which is just unfortunate,” he said. However, Marks-Katz predicted that SGA officials would criticize the timing as an attempt to throw this week’s election. “Full disclosure, Sammi Gay is my (resident assistant). Also, I have a class with Danny Mirlay Srinivas so I know him from that. But I’m not sure who I’ll vote for at this point,” he said in relation to those concerns. Gay and Mirlay Srinivas are both candidates for SGA vice president. Amy Gebo, SGA senator, may have an explanation for the criticisms. She characterized last semester as “very rough.” She said many members of the SGA weren’t separating professional work from their personal lives, and said that explains the numerous resignations, including former Associate Speaker Chris Czepiel, who rejoined the senate this week. Gebo said in an email the SGA climate improved significantly after members of the leadership underwent mediation sessions. “People definitely learned how to work with each other,” Gebo said. “I feel as though separating those two is very hard for those in the SGA because it is a professional organization made up of college students. This semester has definitely proved to be better.” Zac Bears can be reached at ibears@umass.edu. Patrick Hoff contributed to this report.
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Riley said she is excited for the future and is glad to be working on a project that is “one chance in a lifetime to change the field of infectious disease treatment.” in science and the same goal of creating a targeted approach to disease, the two have been working together ever since visiting each other in both Amherst and Beijing. The Pheromonicin Institute of Beijing is supported by the Chinese government, which is paying $400 million each year to aid this research. One of the conditions for the government to support this institute was that the institute had to branch out and create sister institutes internationally. Riley agreed with the idea, and there is a plan in the works to create an
branch in Amherst or in the Springfield area. This plan is hoped to be begin this year. Riley wants to see these products tested in humans and for different types of applications to be developed in the next five years. Riley said she is excited for the future and is glad to be working on a project that is “one chance in a lifetime to change the field of infectious disease treatment.” Christina Yacono can be reached at cyacono@umass.edu.
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Students expelled over racist fraternity chant By Matt Pearce Los Angeles Times
Two unidentified students have been expelled for playing a “leadership role” in a racist chant by Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers at the University of Oklahoma, the university’s president announced Tuesday. “We will continue our investigation of all the students engaged in the singing of this chant,” University President David Boren said in a statement, justifying the expulsions on the grounds that the chant had created a hostile environment for other students. “Once their identities have been confirmed, they will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action.” The expulsions were the latest fallout from a viral video that emerged Sunday night showing members of the SAE fraternity singing an anti-black chant. Boren almost immediately banned the SAE fraternity from campus after the video showed members singing “you can hang ‘em from a tree” and “there will never be a (n-word) SAE” on a bus. In his statement Tuesday morning, Boren said: “I have emphasized that there is zero tolerance for this
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kind of threatening racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma. I hope that the entire nation will join us in having zero tolerance of such racism when it raises its ugly head in other situations across our country.” Boren praised the university’s response and added, “I hope that students involved in this incident will learn from this experience and realize that it is wrong to use words to hurt, threaten, and exclude other people.” A black former member of SAE at the University of Oklahoma disowned the fraternity Tuesday. “They are not my brothers,” William Bruce James II of Edmond, Okla., told CNN, adding, “They all got to go.” Anonymous sources had sent the video to a black activist group on campus and the local student newspaper on Sunday, and punishment was swift. SAE’s national president, Brad Cohen, quickly said he was “shocked and disgusted” by the chant and also moved to cut ties with the local chapter. Less than 24 hours after the video hit social media, officials had stripped SAE’s letters from their house and fraternity brothers were moving out their things to meet a midnight deadline,
on the university president’s orders. Possibly caught in the collateral damage was a black chef who worked for SAE, Howard Dixon. By Monday morning, an online fundraiser set up for Dixon had raised more than $40,000. The university’s beloved football team, despite showing outrage Monday and participating in anti-racist demonstrations, was also hit: after a black fourstar football recruit Jean Delance saw the video, he withdrew his commitment from the program. Many black students on campus, while shocked by the video, said it confirmed their worst fears about the continued existence of racism at the university. James, a member of SAE from 2001 to 2004, said he didn’t recall hearing the racist chant, versions of which have reportedly been heard at some other campuses across the South. “They are wearing the same letters I wore ... they have the same pin, the same symbol that I hold dear to my heart ... and I don’t know what they have done with it,” James told CNN.
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between the Board of Trustees and the student body, representing students to the board and informing students of what the board discusses. She proposed having office hours a number of times a month to better hear the student voice, specifically meeting in multiple different locations in order to best reach students. She also highlighted the fact that she is the only trustee candidate to visit the Graduate Employment Organization – an integral part of the trustee’s position is representing both undergraduate and graduate students. Vigneau made it clear he didn’t view the student trustee position as a political position – it’s a job to take what happens on campus and advocate for students on the Board of Trustees. He also said it “was a given to consult other (campus) trustees” when voting on the board, considering two-fifths of the trustees get a vote each year. The topic of diversity, a particularly heated subject this year at UMass, became especially controversial when Vigneau
equated “diversity of color” with “diversity of thought,” a comparison that O’Neil and Thatte particularly took issue with. Current Student Trustee Sarah Freudson, however, applauded Vigneau for his definition, even thanking him. The fence between Hasbrouck and the Campus Center became a point of contention for a few minutes. All of the candidates agreed that taking out the stairs completely was the wrong solution to the problem of noncompliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, but they were split on whether a ramp, a new set of stairs or another solution was the right course of action. All of the candidates supported the MASSPIRG ballot questions, along with raising the Student Activity Trust Fund fee to better support Registered Student Organizations, but they were split on the third question, raising the student health fee by $7 per semester. Thatte disagreed with the fee increase because he wasn’t convinced that the Student Government Association and the stu-
dent body have been provided with enough information of how the money would be used. Schmitt, who wrote the referendum, and Vigneau both supported the question, saying that an understaffed Center for Counseling and Psychological Health was not good for the campus as a whole. O’Neil “took pause” when considering the referendum because while she supports a better funded CCPH, she doesn’t think the money should come from students – it should come from the state. Because of the emergency nature of funding the CCPH, however, O’Neil said she felt the ballot question was necessary. The format for the debate was more interactive than in past years, allowing audience members to ask candidates questions directly after answering the moderator’s question in order to completely cover every side of a particular topic while the issue was on the floor. Patrick Hoff can be reached at pphoff@umass.edu and followed @Hoff_Patrick16.
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UMass must open Dining Dollars to co-ops In the early 1970s, stu- them – Earthfoods Café, dent businesses opened Greeno Sub Shop, Sweets N’ at the University of More and Sylvan Snack Bar – were eventually integratDoug Hornstein ed into meal plans through their inclusion in YCMP Massachusetts. The first plans. Recent changes to was Sylvan Snack Bar, the meal plan, most imporwhich was soon followed tantly the implementation by others, seven of which of Dining Dollars, exclude remain today. They are now the student co-ops, making run as cooperatives, mean- it more difficult for them to ing that each student worker is a co-manager and thus receives equal pay and has equal say in business decisions. The co-op model contrasts that of remain a relevant option for UMass Dining, a tradi- students. tional capitalist business All students who live wherein the food service in non-apartment style workers are paid a low- residence halls on campus wage to produce value for are mandated to purchase the upper level owners and a meal plan. According managers who make all to UMass Dining, over 40 business decisions. percent of students choose When the student co- to buy the unlimited plan, ops originated, they were which includes the UMass entirely separate from currency called Dining UMass Dining, but four of Dollars. Students can use
their Dining Dollars at any dining location on campus – except at the student cooperatives. The fact that students can’t fully support student co-ops with their meal plans makes it nearly impossible for the co-ops to compete with UMass’ retail dining locations, all of which accept Dining Dollars. The policy of exclu-
administration alike have an interest in keeping them afloat. They prove that a more fair way of doing business is possible. Workers can successfully run a business together – they do not need top-down management or unequal pay. The horizontal structure also provides student workers with experience in
producers and businesses, thus participating in local community development. They directly enhance the UMass community by hosting open mic nights, gallery shows and events by various student groups. The co-ops are heavily marketed by UMass, displayed as a source of innovation and student initia-
are hollow without a specific commitment from them to better include student coops in meal plans. If the administration is going to force students to buy a meal plan, we should at least have a say in where we can use it. The contract between the student co-ops and the administration that allows them to be included in the meal plan expires this May. The co-ops, in coalition with the Student Labor Action Project, are working to get Dining Dollars rights tive and mentioned during expanded to student busitours of campus. Further, nesses. in meetings with students, I am a member of the administrators from the UMass Student Labor Office of Student Affairs Action project and if you and Campus Life and UMass are interested in organizing Dining have expressed to with us, “like” the UMass students how important the Student Labor Action co-ops are to the campus Project page on Facebook. and how dedicated they are to supporting them. Doug Hornstein is a Collegian These administrators’ contributor and can be reached at words and endorsements dhornstein@umass.edu.
“These administrators’ words and endorsements are hollow without a specific commitment from them to better include student co-ops in meal plans.” sion risks putting the student co-ops out of business. The only way students can use their meal plan at student co-ops is through YCMP plans available only to juniors and seniors, which UMass Dining debated cutting last year and kept only due to student protest. Student co-ops are beneficial to the UMass community, and students and the
making decisions collectively and organizing a business, which they would not find elsewhere. Additionally, the co-ops provide an alternative food source to students, faculty and community members. Earthfoods Café provides delicious vegetarian and vegan meals, and Greeno Sub Shop offers healthy food for students while sourcing from local
No ‘right to be right’ Despite their vast differences in ideology, members of all political parties and affiliations hold as
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elected them to do. We elect representatives we believe share our values, and sometimes our values involve protecting our rights while devaluing those of others. However, since everyone has their own set of ‘allies’ and ‘enemies’ in terms of rights, our elected representatives don’t form a united front in their authoritarianism. Rather, we produce legislative bodies with astonishing partisan differences. On any given issue, there is a group of legislators who fervently seek to protect the rights of a given group while another group will just as fervently seek to deprive them of those same rights for some reason or another. This is not solely an issue of the nation’s elite – as the saying goes, it’s a matter of the fascist ideology of our next-door neighbors. We’re a nation full of people who strongly believe that if everything went my way, if my beliefs were followed, the world would be a better place. That’s partly what democracy is about – people voting based on their views – but left unchecked it can be dangerous. Many critics bemoan that our problems are the making of a corrupt elite that has seized power, but that’s misleading at best, as it absolves us of the fact we pick who most of these people are. The unsettling thing is that I don’t see this as malicious. It’s not like people are actively trying to disrupt society, and no one believes that they are doing something wrong. We all think we know what is best for America, but the problem is we don’t tend to consider the possibility that we are wrong ourselves, or that our own personal moral code ought not be enforced on others. As a nation, we have to better understand the value in being able to disagree without hatred, to discuss, not with the goal of being right, but of finding solutions. In politics there are no right answers, so we need to stop blindly leading crusades of ideology and start accepting that the goal of politics is supposed to be finding solutions to problems as they arise, and that will inherently involve compromise. Though we are entitled to numerous rights, both enumerated in the Constitution and otherwise, the right to be right isn’t one of them.
sacred the rights to which we are entitled. Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Socialists, Communists and even Anarchists all uphold rights as a source from which morality and good governance derive, yet here we are with “wars” on various rights, waged on various fronts. The issue is that each and every one of the aforementioned groups – really, the voting population – doesn’t seem to truly believe in rights for everyone. What many do seem to believe in is rights for me and my own, leaving little thought for those of others. Many will vociferously fight and protest any attack on our own liberties, real or otherwise, but simultaneously support government action to weaken the civil liberties of others. If I’m a gun owner, I may fight to the death to preserve my right to own a massive arsenal a military junta would be proud of, but if birth control and abortion are against my religion, a woman’s right to privacy might not matter to me. If I’m an activist, I can protest as loudly and as disruptively as I like against corporate greed while trashing public parks, but when someone protests something I hold sacred, such as abortion, I may not just disagree with their flawed stance, but also protest their very right to protest. Of course, these are extreme examples, but they highlight the issue at hand: we like to think we as a society respect rights, but to some degree we don’t. How else does one explain the fact that we continue to re-elect representatives who have created the most far-reaching mass surveillance program in history, one which spies on its own people? It’s because, to a certain degree, we want it. I may be an upstanding, moral citizen and believe spying is a violation of my right to privacy, but also believe the government ought to spy on everyone else because they might be terrorists, right-wing racist militia members or communists. This is why our elected representatives seem to be violating our civil rights left Stefan Herlitz is a Collegian columnist and can and right: because that is what we be sherlitz@umass.edu.
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As for the commute, Ahmed admits that it can definitely prevent enrollment in certain classes. She mentions how missing the bus is always a risk factor and how motivation is a necessity to make the long haul to class. “I manage to convince myself and try my best,” she said. “At the same time, the commute isn’t as bad as one thinks. One gets used to it. My Tuesdays and Thursdays mean I am in three different towns. All that traveling is like commuting to work. It’s totally preparing me for my future job.” Couture reflects on the opportunity of all Five College students to pick from four other schools with different strengths and personalities. “Every school has a different style of teaching and a unique student body that keeps my college experience interesting,” she said. “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed all of the courses I’ve taken.” She regards her favorite part of participating in Five College classes as observing the different social and academic cultures on the different campuses. “Everyone should try to take a class once at all of the five colleges,” Ahmed said. “I don’t know why I waited until my junior year. You never know – you might make a great impression, or fall in love with a new book or even find a new subject that you never knew you were interested in.” The registration process involves first identifying the course desired by searching on the Five College Consortium website. Then, find the Five College Consortium form on Spire, fill it out, print out two filled out copies, get the instructor’s signature and bring it to the Five College Interchange Office located in room 614 of Goodell. As course registration begins to open in the next month, a Five College course should definitely be in the realm of possibilities for UMass students.
From science and sexuality at Amherst College, to yoga for dancers at Smith College, the Five College Consortium is a diverse and creative option for students, despite its underutilization at the University of Massachusetts. There are hundreds of courses accessible to nearly every UMass major with very little requirements. Students need only be a second semester freshman or beyond, be in good academic standing and be registered in at least one three-credit course at UMass. Five college programs don’t even charge extra for classes at other colleges. UMass students with in-state tuition could be taking courses at schools that have nearly triple their in-state tuition rates. Reasons behind the small percentage of UMass student participation could be because of misinformation, the commute or believing the process of getting into a Five College course is too difficult. In actuality, the process is quite simple. Juniors Khadija Ahmed and Bianca Couture can attest to this. Ahmed has taken three courses at UMass, including readings in journalism, newswriting and reporting and community journalism. Couture, a member of the Five College Ethnomusicology Program and student at Smith College, has also reaped the benefits of the Five College Consortium. She attributes her success in the consortium to the flexibility of the program which allows her to design her course of study. “I feel like the structure of this program has allowed me to explore all aspects of music and culture that I am interested in while keeping a common theme throughout my studies,” she said. When asked if she believed the process was difficult, Ahmed said, “Not at all. So far I have been able to register for every class I have Troy Kowalchuk can be reached at tried.” tkowalchuk@umass.edu.
Residence Halls at root of problem By Erica Garnett Collegian Staff
Kevin Hollerbach is a senior, science major with a concentration in environmental science. But concentration would be an understatement. As the Eco-Rep prog ram manager, he views the University of Massachusetts’ lack of awareness and participation in eco-friendliness as a multi-faceted issue. He believes it will take a collective effort to make improvements. “The great thing about Eco-Rep that is that it is open to everybody,” Hollerbach said. “It works better when there are people from different majors because they bring in a different perspective.” Hollerbach attributes the issue of a lack of education, existing misconceptions and infrastructure as discouraging factors to the campus not taking environmental initiative. Residence halls are the epicenter of the environmental crime. Research collected in 2014 by the two-credit, peer facilitated class, according to Hollerbach, found that residence halls contributed to 50 percent of the total waste stream on campus while only being responsible for a quarter of the recycling on campus. Breaking the results down more was the annual fall Eco-Rep Trash Sort report. A total of 422 pounds of trash was collected from the Northeast Re s i d e n t i a l Area, Washington Tower and North Apartment Hall D. They were also searched to gauge the recycling behaviors of the area. Less than half of the “trash” was actually trash. Of the 51.6 percent of non-trash, 34.8 percent was recycling and 16.8 percent was compost. Northeast Residential Area had the smallest amount of overall
Eco-Rep students participate in the annual Trash Sort in Fall, 2014. trash collected yet was the only place out of the three areas that had less than half of its “trash” as actual trash. In North D, nearly 80 percent of its “trash” was actual trash. Washington Hall, within the Southwest Residential Area was reported to have nearly half of their “trash” as mistaken recyclables. Of those eligible items, 50 percent of those, or 25 percent of their overall “trash” was comprised of alcoholic containers. While getting documented for having alcohol is unfortunate and maybe even a little intimidating, climate change may be just a little bit scarier than BASICS. A high caliber of trash amongst recycling will cause all of the recycling to be thrown out. This is seen often in the residence halls as indicated by the Trash Sort. While students may have good intentions to recycle their cardboard pizza box, the grease on the bottom will seep onto other recyclables thus making them ineligible to be recycled. The top can always be removed and recycled separately though. The bins in residences
halls are also unnecessarily complex. In each dorm room there is a gray trash bin, a red bottle and cans bin and a blue paper bin. Hollerbach explains that when all of the recyclable materials are transported to the local plant, they are all put together so there is no need to designate certain bins and separate them to begin with. This holds true for the recycling cans across campus that have circular holes, almost encouraging bottles rather than paper. Anything that is recyclable can go into these. Other tips offered by Hollerbach include washing clothes in cold water. The level of cleanliness is virtually the same with less energy consumed than washing under hot and warm temperatures. Low flow shower heads have already been put in place in some areas of campus but shortening showers is another possibility. Hollerbach uses a surge protector so that his plugged in appliances are not using electricity when they are plugged in but not in use. The proper environmental jargon for this is what Hollerbach refers
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to as “vampire energy.” Appliances can always just be unplugged too. Using a reusable water bottle and mug eliminates paper and plastic waste but is also safer for students as plastics contain BPA and BPA substitutes which have been linked to cancer. As for the meal being washed down with your water bottle, Hollerbach explains that students can be more mindful of food waste and compost. Every to-go container provided at Bluewall is compostable and they even provide compost bins. Hollerbach brings his own compost bag from off campus to deposit. A compost bag can easily be used in a dorm room as well. Hollerbach reports that Eco-Rep is working closely with Residential Life to increase recycling and receiving full support from them. He sees this problem as a multifaceted one that Eco-Rep is working hard toward. Erica Garnett can be reached at egarnett@umass.edu.
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New Apple watch is top Paris Fashion Week accessory Gold watch enters market at $10,000 B y B ooth Moore Los Angeles Times
On Monday, the world was riveted by news about the release of the Apple Watch as the tech firm announced details about its official entry into the luxury market, with 18-karat-gold versions of the wearable device starting at $10,000 to begin shipping April 26. So far at Paris Fashion Week, designers haven’t come up with anything nearly so compelling _ not a silhouette, a handbag or a shoe to approximate Apple’s label lust. The way people hunch over their iPhones, madly Instag ramming every show, texting friends or plotting their next meal, the fashion industry should be terrified of the competition. Because more than
any other brand, trend or idea, Apple is defining the times and reaching for the future. No one is doing much reaching on the runways this season. Hedi Slimane’s Saint Laurent collection has always been about the remix, the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1990s and this season, the 1980s. As the lights went down, the floor went up, raising the runway to the rafters in what must have been the season’s most expensive set trick. The original piece of music composed for the show this time was “Pretty Boy” by the Felines, but the look was pretty girl punk _ full skirted polka dot dresses, tight leather minis, crinoline skirts, ripped fishnets, cat’s eye makeup and all, mixed with Hedi classics such as biker jackets, slashed leather pants, slim line suits, fur capes and car coats and single-shoulder mini dresses, one cut low
enough to intentionally reveal a breast. (Why?) At this point, Saint Laurent is what it is. Slimane has hooked the cool kids (Mark Ronson, Lou Doillon and Cara Delevingne were just a few of the notables in the front row) and Saint Laurent sells, maybe not like Apple, but almost. Listening to retailers talk about it, no one blinks twice. At the Paris Opera Monday morning, Stella McCartney revisited her old familiar, the masculine/ feminine theme, except the results were more streamlined and sexier than in past seasons. Pretty sleeveless tops and dresses spliced with tweed and rose gold brocade and built on a corset silhouette slid suggestively off one shoulder. Sculptural black wool dresses also sent seductive cues, slit up to there, dancing around the hips, and worn with molded pearl
necklaces. There were also belted coats contoured to the waist worn atop chic flared pants with ruffled hems and covetable brocade velvet booties. Heavy ribbed knit dresses were less convincing with those extra-long, single sleeves reaching past the hands. (Never mind the heaviness of the fabric, how do you eat?) And, not one to let animal activism stand in the way of joining the overthe-top outerwear trend, McCartney showed some fierce “Fur-Free Furs,” big, bushy, faux beasts that would do Nanook right. Speaking of over-the-top outerwear, it was looking like that’s all we were going to get at Chitose Abe’s Sacai show when one supersized coat after another came out _ a pea coat, tweed coat, car coat and more _ each with patches of downy fur peeking out from the cuffs, collar and hems. But by the time a quilted leather
parka appeared swinging macrame fringe, followed by three fun riffs on the colorful Baja hoodie (two dresses and a zip front coat), I wondered if Abe was playing with the idea of weather extremes, which have certainly been on display during fashion month, from the 16 below zero temps in New York a couple weeks ago to the 50 plus degree temps in Paris this week. If she was, the idea was never fully realized, which made this collection seem a bit flat. But there were still several interesting, justth e -oth e r-si de -of-cl assi c pieces, namely white button-down shirts with cable knit sweater sleeves, and pleated white shirt dresses cinched with utility straps. The day’s hot new designer debut was at Hermes, where Nadege Vanhee-Cybulski, former design director at the Row, showed her first collection for the French house.
Riding jackets with contoured hems and removable quilted linings inspired by saddle blankets, high-waist corduroys and a scarf print silk and leather wrap skirt with a touch of ‘70s elan felt like newish spins on horsey Hermes classics. But the moment I spotted the pair of black leather overalls (sure to cost as much as a small car), worn over a crisp white shirt, it really became clear that this was a designer with a point of view. Strong lines, vibrant color and quirky details such as a modernist sautoir necklace worn against a beautifully minimal, high neck, ivory silk seamed knit dress, were highlights. And the new Octogone handbag was unlike anything Hermes has ever done before, an emeraldshaped box bag with a webbed strap. Not an Apple Watch, or even an Hermes Birkin yet, but a start.
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Devon Scott, from the program in December following a dorm room incident. The move left Dayton coach Archie Miller with little height in the front court and even less depth. Yet the Flyers rolled, amassing a record of 23-7. They never wavered even though they don’t have a deep bench. They’re led by Jordan Sibert (16.6 points per game) but the emergence of forward Kendall Pollard, who won the conference’s Most Improved Player award, has kept them afloat. Behind them is URI, who boasts an impressive overall record (218) but less-than-impressive out-ofconference accolades. The result? The third seed in the Atlantic 10 tournament, a prominent chance at winning the tournament, but still with some work to do. The Rams are led by E.C. Matthews (16.6 points per game) and forward Hassan Martin (three blocks per game). At No. 4 is Richmond, which has won its last six games and vaulted up to the land of the double-bye week. The Spiders have beaten VCU twice, took down George Washington and beat UMass on the road. Their leading scorer Kendall Anthony is 5-foot-8 and they play an unselfish brand of
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The Dark Horse It almost feels wrong to call VCU a dark horse. The Rams have dealt with as much adversity as any within the league, losing Weber (their all-time steals leader and senior floor general) while also trying to stay afloat within the league while their leading scorer (Treveon Graham) also battled injury. Yet here they are. They’re still a projected NCAA tournament team, still have Shaka Smart as head coach and still bring “Havoc” defense to every opponent. This is important, because only Dayton and VCU are deeply rooted in winning crucial games in March. Without Weber, the Rams are a different team. They can’t implement their pressure-based defense to its most effective intent and aren’t playing with the same attitude. On a neutral court, having to play games in consecutive days – this is tough to overcome. Another interesting note: Smart has never won an A-10 championship at VCU. Yes, he’s found success in the NCAA tournament, but to never win the league? That has to be in the back of his mind.
Ah, the clunkers. Both UMass and George Washington entered this season with the expectation of making the NCAA tournament. Neither of them will make it, unless… No, we shouldn’t even entertain the thought. Not a UMass team that’s so consistently inconsistent and has lost five of its last six games? What about a Colonials team with balanced scoring and the experience of beating a top opponent, as evident by its win over Wichita State? No, absolutely not. Heck, the Minutemen just lost 87-65 to George Washington. But with the supposed talent on both rosters, what could happen if one of these teams catches fire?
Prediction I’ll preface this by saying that trying to predict the A-10 tournament is as useful as counting the number of potholes on the University of Massachusetts’ campus. Upsets will happen, teams will get hot. Last year, Saint Joseph’s surprised everyone by winning it all. But then again, nobody’s ever accused me of being smart. Immediately toss out George Washington and UMass. Against
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elite competition, neither team has shown it could withstand the fourday ringer which is required to win the tournament. I’m also eliminating Richmond, because outside of Anthony, it lacks the upper-echelon talent to hang around. That leaves Davidson, Dayton, Rhode Island and VCU. The team no one would’ve picked (Davidson), the team everyone maybe shouldn’t have picked (VCU), last year’s NCAA tournament Cinderella (Dayton) and a relative newcomer in URI. Fun. VCU is at an immediate disadvantage because of the amount of energy required to play its system consistently. Dayton lacks depth, URI hasn’t beaten anybody and Davidson would need to shoot well throughout the weekend. A potentially fun matchup is Davidson against VCU in the semifinals. I’ll take Dayton. It has multiple scorers, an energetic forward in Pollard and the experience and confidence from last season. Am I worried about their lack of depth in a back-to-back scenario? Sure. But not as worried as I am about picking the No. 1 seed to win it all. Mark Chiarelli can be reached at mchiarel@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Mark_Chiarelli.
McMahon said. “It is going to be more about getting good pressure, about their better players so that we can limit their involvement.” But if previous matchups provide any indication, UMass will be up for the challenge. The Minutewomen currently boast the top-ranked defense in the NCAA and lead the nation in goals allowed average (4.33) and turnovers caused per game (14). “Our defense is extremely unselfish, they don’t care who makes the play,” McMahon said. “They play well together, communicate well together and are always on the same page.” Ott added that UMass’ defensive strength stems from its effort that the upperclassmen leaders put in. The defense is led by junior twins Kate and Anne Farnham and senior Morgan Walker. On the attack, the Minutewomen will rely on Ott, Erika Eipp and Hannah Murphy to continue their successful seasons. The trio has combined for 28 goals and 35 total points through six games. Ott said that she’s been particularly impressed with Murphy, a sophomore with 13 goals. “She is so skilled in so many different parts of the game,” Ott said. “Her shooting has been one of the best on the team. Also, she is one of the draw specialists for the team and on defense she is doing really well. “Our attack was having shooting issues and she stepped up and helped out.” Wednesday’s game in New Haven, Connecticut will begin at 4 p.m. Matthew Zackman can be reached at mzackman@umass.edu.
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a time of 9:45.95, which put her outside of scoring for the meet. Two relay teams also competed over the weekend for UMass but were composed of a different lineup due to injury. The 4x800 relay team composed of Krista Webb, Courtney Neves, Carly Zinner, and Kelsey Sheridan posted a time of 9:09.58 – which beat the qualifying time posted earlier in the season with MacLean and Hilliard in the lineup, but still fell short of scoring. As for the distance medley relay, the team of Webb, Zinner, Neves and freshman Colleen Sands combined for a ninth place finish, just missing out on scoring. “I wanted Hilliard to focus on the 3,000,” LaFreniere said. “And I also wanted MacLean to focus on the 800 (before the illness), so we went with a couple of athletes who don’t typically run in these relays and other teams really pumped theirs up with their best athletes and had some terrific times.” LaFreniere added: “The runners we had in the relays for the most part either ran their best time of the season in their respective legs or the best of their careers, and you can’t ask for much more than that. When meets like this happen and things don’t go our way, we just need to brush it off and move on.”
The Massachusetts men’s and women’s track and field teams finished their indoor seasons this past weekend in Boston finishing 39th and 44th in their respective fields. Monmouth University’s men’s team won the IC4As and Connecticut’s women’s team placed first in the ECACs in UMass’ final meets until April’s outdoor season begins. The Minutewomen continued to see an unfortunate trend of having many of their best point scorers sidelined due to injury or illness. In the ECACs, Becky Stoyle, Courtney Kromko and Heather MacLean were all unavailable. Stoyle, a senior, was a dominant force in field events this season, but was hindered by a hamstring injury. Meanwhile, Kromko suffered a foot injury and MacLean was a late scratch from the 800-meter run due to illness. “I would never run my athletes when they’re sick, that can be dangerous,” UMass coach Julie LaFreniere said. “If I was their parents I wouldn’t want them out there either.” In place of this trio included Ashley Palmer, who finished with a distance of 5.64 meters in the long jump, earning her a seventh place finish and the only points of the day for the Minutemen finish 39th Minutewomen (2). In the open 3,000-meter On the other side, UMass’ race, Rachel Hilliard posted men’s team had fewer poten-
tial scorers in the field but finished with positive results. “I mostly wanted to see how the athletes respond to this kind of environment,” Minutemen coach Ken O’Brien said. UMass’ 4x800 relay team comprised of Cory Thomas, Michael McNaughton, Alex Finestone and Stephen Ness finished with a time of 7:39.76 and a sixth place result, scoring three points. In the 1-mile run, junior Ben Groleau posted a time of 4:13.99, just two seconds off of his best mile time of the season. The time placed him 26th in the field as he fell short of the finals. Although the Minutemen only finished with three points, O’Brien said that he is encouraged for the future that four of the five athletes who competed in IC4As will return next year along with the majority of the roster. “As our team ages and gains experience, we will gain success and begin to climb the ladder,” O’Brien said. Both teams are now finished with the indoor season. With the outdoor season looming on April 3, the Minutemen and women will look for a chance to make up for lost opportunities due to injury and to continue to grow and develop young talent. Nick Souza can be reached at njsouza@umass.edu.
By Kimberley A. Martin Newsday
Darrelle Revis is a Jet again. Revis’ agent said on Twitter Tuesday evening that “pending legal” matters, the former Jets’ draft pick will return. A source told Newsday that the deal is for five years and $70 million, with $39 million guaranteed. Revis will earn $48 million in the first three years of the deal.
The Jets drafted Revis with the 14th overall pick in the 2007 draft. He played with the Jets for the first six years of his career and had 19 career interceptions while earning the nickname “Revis Island” for his shutdown play. However, he tore his ACL in Week 2 of the 2012 season and sat out the entire year. The Jets, under thengeneral manager John Idzik, traded Revis to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 13th
overall pick in the 2013 draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2014 draft. Revis was cut before free agency last season and signed with the Patriots, where he won a Super Bowl. The Patriots declined his $20 million option this week. Earlier in the day, former Browns defensive back Buster Skrine agreed to a four-year, $25-million deal that includes $13 million guaranteed, according to a source.
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WOMEN’S LACROSSE
UM readies for Wed. test vs. Yale Bulldogs boast height, balance on offense By Matthew Zackman Collegian Staff
The undefeated Massachusetts women’s lacrosse team has been preparing for Wednesday’s matchup against Yale without taking records into account. Instead, UMass (6-0) coach Angela McMahon said that concentrating on areas of improvement is the main focus. “Being undefeated doesn’t really mean anything to us because we are trying to take everything game-by-game and really focus on getting better,” McMahon said. “Instead of the record numbers, we focus on our statistics.” Junior forward Katie Ott said that the Bulldogs (3-2, 0-1 Ivy League) present a balanced team on both defense and attack, posing few weaknesses. “They are really solid all around, with a very conservative defense,” Ott said. “We need to really work toward getting open looks by a lot of movement. “We are working hard to prepare for playing under pressure.” Yale’s defense is led by Christina Doherty, who ranks second in the Ivy League in caused turnovers per game (1.60). McMahon identified the Bulldogs as a tall team with several legitimate scoring threats on offense as well. Six players stand above 5-foot-10. Kerri Fleishhacker, Tess McEvoy and Erin Magnuson highlight a potent Yale attack. Both Fleishhacker and McEvoy have scored 10 goals this year while Magnuson has nine goals. McMahon stressed the importance of playing solid team defense in order to combat Yale’s height. “We need to get our sticks up in the passing lanes and making sure we are aware if a bigger player is planted in the middle. We need to be super aware,” see
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VICTORY AT LAST
Minutemen earn first win of 2015 season By Jason Kates Collegian Staff
After opening the season with five consecutive losses, the Massachusetts men’s lacrosse team finally found the win column Tuesday afternoon. And it did so in style. A season-high 18 goals from 11 different players boosted the Minutemen (1-5) to an 18-5 victory over Quinnipiac at McGuirk ROBERT RIGO/COLLEGIAN Stadium. Dom St. Laurent buries one of his two goals for the Minutemen Tuesday. Following a quick turnaround from Saturday’s loss at Albany, UMass coach Greg Cannella said quarter before Quinnipiac (1-4) “That and getting everybody in he was pleased with the way his finally found the back of the net is great,” he said. “Those guys team performed after only two courtesy of Michael Sagl. work their butts off everyday For the day, UMass tallied 42 for us and had the opportunity days of rest. “We started a little slow shots and won 18-of-27 faceoffs. to play. I know Ty (Klarner) and on offense but defensively we “Any time you can jump out to Kurt (Hunziker) scoring some a lead in any game, it goals there is really good to see. played very well early gives your team conin the game,” he said. “It’s good to see the scoring 18 fidence,” Cannella spread “I gave them UMass out, I think we’ve had said. “It gives you the that all year. The more you do (Sunday) off and (Monday) we did some Quinnipiac 5 confidence that you that, we’re a little bit harder to can continue to push defend.” film and some walkforward and the more The defensive unit also through stuff so you got to give our guys credit for possessions you have on offense, stepped up for UMass, allowpreparing themselves and being the more rest your defense is ing only five goals on 26 shots. gonna get.” ready to play.” Goaltender Zach Oliveri made 10 Freshman Peter Lindley, who Cannella added that the saves in the winning effort. recorded a hat trick on all three Bobcats’ zone defense allowed “In the first quarter I don’t shots he took in addition to tally- the Minutemen to create sev- think they had any shots, so ing two assists, spoke similarly eral opportunities and generate when you do that, your defense about the short gap in between more shots while sharing the is relaxed,” Cannella said. “They ball. games. did an excellent job, both of our “It’s good to get a much- Along with Lindley, Nick coaches (Brian) Jacovina and needed win after losing the first Mariano also tallied five points, (Craig) McDonald did a good job five,” he said. “I just tried to get scoring two and adding three of getting prepared and putting the flow of the offense moving assists. Andrew Sokol record- a game plan together in half a with my teammates. I had the ed three goals while Dom St. day. opportunity to put the ball in the Laurent and Grant Whiteway “Our guys did a great job each chipped in with two goals, executing that plan today.” net and I did. “We just got the win and now including a slick behind-the- Now that win number one is we have to build off of it for this back goal from Whiteway that in the books, the Minutemen made it 7-2 at the end of the half. will try to build a win streak Saturday.” The Minutemen established With the number of contribu- Saturday at home against Penn control from the start against tors Tuesday, Cannella said he State. the Bobcats, scoring 45 seconds was not only pleased with the into the game on a goal from balanced attack but also enjoyed Jason Kates can be reached at Lindley. The lead stood at three clearing the bench toward the jkates@umass.edu and followed on Twitter just 22 seconds into the second end of the game. @Jason_Kates.
he first rule in following this 2015 Atlantic 10 conference is to throw presumptions aside, because nothing will make sense. The second rule is that, at least this year, there aren’t any other rules. It was nearly impossible to not enjoy conference play this year. With just three weeks left in the season, four teams were tied for first place. Yet none of those teams – Virginia C o m m o n we a l t h , Dayton, Rhode Island and Massachusetts – ended up winning the regular season Mark crown. Chiarelli No, that went to Davidson, the team that was picked to finish 12th out of 14 teams in the preseason poll and just concluded its first year in the conference. How’s that for making an entrance? There have been catastrophic injuries (hello, Briante Weber) and roster overhauls, as Dayton continues to challenge the notion that tall players are required to succeed at basketball after kicking its two big men off the team earlier this season. There were upstarts in Davidson, teams vying for respect (nice jump, URI) and even clunkers. Yes, I’m looking at you, George Washington and UMass. Now it’s time to sort it all out as the opening round of the A-10 tournament begins Wednesday night. Shall we get started?
The favorite It’s difficult to find a team entering a conference tournament that is playing as well as Davidson. The Wildcats snuck into the AP top 25 poll this week at No. 24 and have won nine games in a row. During that streak, they scored at least 82 points four different times. They shoot the ball often but do it well and have four different players averaging double-figures. Senior guard Tyler Kalinoski was named A-10 Player of the Year and Davidson coach Bob McKillop won Coach of the Year. The Wildcats are deservedly getting their due, but now must earn it. Finding success in conference tournaments, which require teams to play sometimes as many as four games in four straight days, hinges on guard play, which happens to be Davidson’s strength. Kalinoski (16.9 points per game), Jack Gibbs (16) and Brian Sullivan (13.1) can all effectively run the point and score, making it a difficult matchup to cover for opposing teams, especially as the tournament prolongs. Also, how fitting is it that the nucleus of the team nobody assumed would make noise is named Tyler Kalinoski, Jack Gibbs and Brian Sullivan? That could be anybody.
The next up Behind Davidson, which is the No. 1 seed, is Dayton, URI and Richmond in that order. According to Ken Pomeroy’s simulator, Dayton is the next most likely to make the championship (21.6 percent chance), so we’ll start with them. The Flyers dismissed two forwards, Jalen Robinson and see
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