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Diner reacts to sexual harassment allegations 11 share stories of work experiences By Aviva Luttrell Collegian Staff
The Route 9 Diner in Hadley has responded to a series of allegations of sexual harassment made by former employees, announcing it will conduct an internal review and hold periodical sexual harassment awareness training, according to a prepared statement by owners Chris Karabetsos and Archie Sideris. The promise comes after 11 former employees came
forward on online blogging platforms, including WordPress and Tumblr, to recount stories of alleged sexual harassment at the hands of Route 9 kitchen staff. Marie Billiel, now 25, was the first to share her story on her blog, “Adventures of a WorldTraveling Waitress.” She said that from 2008 to 2013 she worked at Route 9, and was sexually harassed “on a near-daily basis.” On one occasion, she wrote that she was dragged into the walk-in cooler by a cook who was trying to kiss her. Another time, a different cook kissed her on the neck without her consent.
In a Skype interview with the Collegian from Tel Aviv, where she is currently living, Billiel said she and other employees informed Route 9 managers and owners on several occasions, but no significant changes were made, and the harassment continued. “Part of my assimilation into life at the diner had been realizing and accepting that things like being trapped in the walk-in sometimes just happen,” Billiel wrote on her blog. Billiel’s blog post inspired others to share their experiences, including former Route 9 waitress and UMass grad Jaime
Young, who worked at the diner from August 2012 to May 2013. “It was something that we all talked about doing sometime,” Young told the Collegian. “I figured my voice would only make Marie’s stronger and inspire others to come forward.” On her blog, Young detailed the harassment she experienced, including being cornered and forcibly kissed on the neck by cooks several times. She wrote that the kitchen staff would not give her her tables’ food until she showed them her tongue see
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PD investigating man looking at women in shower Reports came from John Adams Hall
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The University of Massachusetts Police Department is investigating several reports of a male looking at female residents of John Adams Hall while they have been showering, according to a crime alert sent out to the campus community Saturday night. According to the alert, UMPD received four reports of similar incidents, with the first occurring in September. The reports allege a white male has been seen looking or attempting to look under showers on the third and sixth floor bathrooms of the residential hall. Two women report-
ed seeing a black iPhone under the partition, which they believe to have taken pictures or video. According to the alert, one report described the male as college-aged with dark hair, a backwards baseball cap, gray T-shirt, teal shorts and teal Sperry boat shoes. Another described the male as lying on the ground and wearing a blue checkered shirt and blue jeans. UMPD encourages residents to report any suspicious behavior to the police. UMPD can be reached at 413-545-2121 or at http://www.umass. e d u / u m p d / a n o ny m o u s witness-form. -Aviva Luttrell
UMass to participate in EPA Students take on added challenge to reduce waste responsibilities in ROTC Aim is to eliminate 90 percent of trash By Sarah Robertson Collegian Staff
The University of Massachusetts will participate in the next EPA Game Day Recycling Challenge – a national competition for colleges to reduce waste at their home football games – Wednesday night at McGuirk Stadium. It cost UMass about $28,000 to clean up over 22,000 pounds of waste on the ground after the Homecoming tailgate on Sept. 27, posing a prime opportunity for improvement. “At that point, it was pretty evident that there was a need to do something about this,” said Jordan Chan, secretary of sustainability for the Student Government Association and Waste and Recycling Fellow at Sustainable UMass. “We don’t have any official targets for waste reduction, but our
perspective is that any bit of waste we can prevent from ending up on the ground and the landfill will be a step in the right direction.” During the challenge, colleges and universities implement waste reduction programs with the goal of reaching 90 percent waste diversion from landfills. Schools track and report waste collection and reduction, which is then used in a national ranking. “In order to track our waste diversion, we will have a scale set up at the tent to weigh the recyclables to report to the EPA Game Day Challenge,” Chan said. “We have also been given the opportunity to give updates about the recyclables we’ve collected throughout the tailgate during halftime and through social media.” Student volunteers will canvas Wednesday’s tailgate in golf carts equipped with recycling bins and trash bags, in order to reach the EPA’s goal. Schools that divert 90 percent
of their waste from landfills will be added to the Game Day Challenge “Zero Waste Wall of Fame.” Only six schools in the nation have ever earned wall of fame recognition. Diversion between 70 and 90 percent earns a school “Green Zone” recognition. Volunteers will also interact with students at the tailgate and encourage them to recycle, giving maroon and white glow-in-the-dark wristbands for those who do. Volunteers will receive limited edition UMass football t-shirts, a $10 food voucher for inside or outside the stadium and will also be entered in a raffle for five $100 gift cards to local businesses. The last time UMass participated in the challenge was in 2011, focusing primarily on organic and compostable waste. UMass ranked fourth in the nation for largest percapita organic waste reduction see
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the Reserve Officer Training Company enrolled in the Corps program instead. United States Army ROTC “I’ve known all along that program. I wanted to be a career mili- ROTC is a college-based tary man, but now with the program which trains comBy Brendan Deady help of the corps I’ll enter the missioned officers of the U.S. Collegian Staff service as a 2nd Lt. and I’ll armed forces with a focus have a degree,” Schaffer said. on producing knowledge Cadets Zach Schafer and Schafer and Crittenden able and competent leaders Ian Crittenden stood before are two of the University of ready for service, according the backdrop of the autumn Massachusetts Minuteman colored valley mountains last Battalion’s 58 cadets of Alpha see ROTC on page 2 Wednesday. The day was a special one. They raised their right hands and listened to the words of Lt. Col. Timothy McGrew carefully, repeating them with precision. They swore allegiance. They took the oath. They were now officially committed to serving in the United States Army. But their service would have to wait until after graduation. Schaffer, a freshman chemistry major from Pembroke, wanted to enlist right after high school, but his grandfather, a military veteran, COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO emphasized the importance of an education and suggested Members of ROTC march together at the 2013 Homecoming Parade.
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AROUND THE WORLD ISRAEL — Schools and businesses were closed in protest throughout Arab communities in Israel on Sunday after the fatal shooting of a 22-yearold Arab man by Israeli police that sparked violent demonstrations over the weekend. Israeli Arab leaders called for the strike Saturday as thousands protested the death of Kheir Hamdan, who was shot Friday by police after they say he attacked them with a knife. In the streets of Kafr Kanna, a northern Israel village, demonstrators threw rocks and firebombs, and blocked roads with burning tires. Demonstrations spread throughout Israel over the weekend as the incident tapped into longstanding grievances held by Israel’s Arab minority over police and government policies. Video posted Saturday from the scene raised questions as it appears to show Hamdan pounding on a police vehicle, but then backing away before an armed officer shoots him. Police say they had entered Kafr Kanna seeking to arrest a man who had fired a stun grenade at them. Israeli Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonowitz defended the shooting and said that police felt they were in danger. Hamdan’s family called the shooting a “killing in cold blood.” According to initial findings reported Sunday, the shooting officer said he was aiming for the hand in which Hamdan was holding a knife in order to neutralize him. However, the shot hit Hamdan in the waist and ruptured an artery, causing him to bleed to death. Rauf Hamdan, Kheir’s father, told Israeli news media that his son wasn’t holding a knife. “They could spray us with tear gas or shoot us in the legs, but they have no heart,” he said. Protests continued Sunday on a somewhat smaller scale. Several hundred Arab students held protests at universities around the country, and burning tires were placed on the road into Nazareth, temporarily blocking the way into the city. In Kafr Kanna, protesters burned tires and clashed with police into the evening, despite reported requests from Hamdan’s family to stand down. Police detained about 20 people. No injuries were reported there or in other places. Fear of further violence led police to cancel several sporting events, including a soccer match between the teams of the Arab town of Sakhneen and the Jewish city of Petah Tikva scheduled for Monday.
American released from North Korean labor camp By Sandi Doughton The Seattle Times
SEATTLE — For his first meal back in the United States, Kenneth Bae chose pizza. It was nearly 11:30 p.m. Saturday, after their joyous reunion at Joint Base LewisMcChord, when Bae and his family finally had time for dinner, his sister, Terri Chung, said Sunday. “We thought about our favorite Korean restaurants,’ she said, speaking outside the Seattle church she attends. “He said: That’s all I’ve been eating for the last two years.” Chung said her brother holds no ill will toward North Korea, despite being imprisoned there for two years much of the time at an agricultural labor camp. “He still has heart and compassion for the people of North Korea,” she said. “He
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Chung said her brother holds no ill will toward North Korea, despite being imprisoned there for two years - much of the time at an agricultural labor camp. wants the best for him.” Bae, who suffers from diabetes and other health problems, looked robust when he disembarked from the plane Saturday carrying his own luggage. Chung said her brother had recently spent six weeks in the hospital. “Because he had recovered some, he was in better shape than we expected.” Bae, a devout Christian, was detained Nov. 3, 2012 while guiding a group of tourists in North Korea. The Communist government accused him of planning a “religious coup d’etat,” and sentenced him to
15 years hard labor. Except for speaking briefly to the reporters Saturday night, Bae hasn’t publicly discussed his ordeal, and Chung said she doesn’t know when he will be ready to do so. Though Bae is in good spirits, Chung said she is concerned that the years in prison took a toll. “I am worried about him,” she said. “I know that he’s changed.” Bae has been spending his time catching up with friends and family members, including his mother, who lives in Lynnwood.
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GAME DAY during that year. This year, Sustainable UMass will focus on recyclables after seeing that most of the waste from the tailgate this year was recyclable. Last year, as part of the fifth year of the challenge, 88 colleges and universities diverted 1.5 million pounds of waste from landfills. The amount of energy and resources they saved is equivalent to removing 413 cars from the road for one year. Sustainable UMass is still looking for volunteers to help in the challenge on Wednesday. To sign up, students can visit the Facebook Event Page “EPA Game Day Recycling Challenge” and add themselves to the list of volunteers on the Google Document. Bringing the challenge to UMass was a coordinated effort between Sustainable
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UMass, the Student Government Association, the Eco-Rep program, University Relations, the Athletics Department and the Physical Plant. Coincidentally, the day UMass will be participating in the challenge will be on America Recycles Day. Some of UMass’s competitors, like the University of Colorado and the University of Akron, have made the “Zero Waste Wall of Fame” in past years. “We are not there yet, but someday we can be,” Chan said. “It’s definitely a goal to keep in mind for future years, particularly with the LEED certified stadium, it would be a great way to demonstrate the University’s commitment to sustainability.” Sarah Robertson can be reached at srobertson@umass.edu.
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ROTC students take part in weekly classes and physical training. to the U.S. Army’s website. The two-credit course offered under the school of military science is open to all students, though after two years in the program the decision to be “contracted” must be made. Although participation in the ROTC program does not require military service, it is highly encouraged, according to senior Alexander Lindsay, a cadet captain and the ROTC’s media relations official. After two years of participation, a cadet must decide whether or not to enlist. In exchange for a scholarship funded by the U.S. Army, a cadet swears to fill an obligation of eight years in the service either fully in the reserves or half in active duty. “I’ll be truthful with you, the monetary aspect is an incentive, but the commitment goes far beyond the scholarships,” said Lindsay, who is also an active member of the National Guard. “The bigger goal is to serve your country and give back to the community that’s supported me throughout my life.
As an officer, you’ll be leading the sons and daughters of America. The program has taught me so much about myself and the potentials I have of being a leader.” Lindsay emphasized the importance of learning to lead by learning to follow. As each cadet progresses through the program from a new MS1 freshman to a more advanced MS4 senior, they assume more responsibility. Based on performance, members are able to progress through the chain of command. Cadets participate in physical training, or PT, three times a week, attend weekly courses and employ training with hands-on activities during a weekly lab. In between junior and senior year, every cadet must complete a Leadership Development Assessment Course at Fort Lewis in Washington. The 32-day course challenges and assesses each individual’s leadership capabilities and is a requirement for all cadets in the nation, accord-
ing to the ROTC website. Cadets are also active in the campus community. They distributed water at this year’s Homecoming tailgate and will participate in ceremonies honoring military service for Veteran’s Day this Tuesday. As seniors, cadets have the opportunity to lead and organize lesson plans for one of the labs during the semester. Here, according to Lindsay, is where seniors put their leadership skills to use by organizing and conducting a field simulation. “Every senior is given an assignment that we are to cover,” Lindsay said. “What I enjoy is the personal creativity allowed by coming up with a lesson plan to involve the younger cadets.” Lindsay led the Alpha Company in a military communications simulation on Wednesday that included hands-on experience operating authentic radios used during combat. He presented a power point on the logistics of radios and military communication before leading a simulation at Boyden Field, where cadets transmitted messages using the phonetic alphabet. “I love being a teacher to the younger members, to use the motivation and knowledge that the program gives me and pass it on,” Lindsay said. “The important thing to remember though is that we are students first. Every cadet is pursuing a degree separate from the program. The Army wants educated and intelligent officers to lead once we graduate.” Lindsay, a journalism major, said the knowledge he’s gained from his ROTC experience carries over into improving his work within his major and his position as an editor
at the student-run online publication, the Amherst Wire. “My experience at ROTC has given me the confidence, persistence and organization skills to carry over into whatever career I pursue after my service is complete. It teaches you to respect hard work and motivation,” Lindsay said. The battalion is one of the oldest ROTC programs in the nation. Its history spans over a century of adaptation and change, according to its website. From its inception as the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1862, there’s been a presence of military training around campus. An infantry battalion led by student officers was active on campus in 1869 and later formalized into the corps in 1918, which would eventually be absorbed into the ROTC program following World War I. A total of 1,304 male students from the agricultural college served in World War I and a table in Memorial Hall commemorates the 51 members who lost their lives during the war. Following its formal institutionalization after World War I, the program has gone through many changes. Between World War I and World War II, the ROTC program transitioned from a cavalry unit into an armor ROTC program. The current ROTC building housed five operational tanks during World War II. Members were given hands-on training experience with armory and participated in live ammunition firing simulations. Following World War II, the program was adopted under the branch of military science and distinguished from
the AIR Force ROTC program operational on campus today. And according to Lindsay, ROTC has been employing efforts to include courses that reflect cultural trends surrounding the military. Cadets are educated on gender equality and are instructed to identify and prevent situations of sexual assault. The necessity to balance ROTC obligations, academic requirements and a social life can be difficult, but it does not detract from the experience of being a college student, according to Lindsay. “Sure, there are some sacrifices that have to be made, though the Amy teaches us to be versatile,” Lindsay said. “Situations change quickly in the field and you need to be willing to adapt. But it’s what I love and my friends are very understanding of that. I’ve met some of my closest friends at UMass through the program.” Senior and fellow cadet captain Ryan Hunt said he enjoys his commitment, but it doesn’t detract from his social life. “My experience has been very beneficial,” he said. “But it’s nice after finishing PT to be able to hang out with my friends at Holyoke and get away from the intense ‘Hoo-Rah’ mentality.” After dismissing the company from its communications lab at Boyden Field, Lindsay reflected on his experience within ROTC. “Man I love this,” he said. “It’s not for everybody, but I know l love it and it’s the right place for me.” Brendan Deady can be reached at bdeady@umass.edu.
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and would purposely mess up her orders after she complained to the management. Still, she said nothing was done. “If there’s one thing the owners made clear, it was that all waitresses were expendable. And to an extent they’re completely right,” Young wrote. “It’s much easier in Amherst to find a naive 19 year old willing to work under disgusting circumstances than it is to find a replacement for a cook who knows the ins and outs of the menu and is willing to work in a gruelingly hot environment for $6-10/hour, for 10-18 hours a day, six days a week.” According to the diner’s statement, released by its attorney last week, Route 9 has never had a sexual harassment suit filed, a sexual harassment complaint settled out of court or a complaint made to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) in the 11 years it’s been open. The diner’s internal review, according to the statement, will be conducted by former Hampden County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Dineen to “help ensure that management identifies any necessary protocols in creating a zero tolerance environment as it relates to any workplace sexual harassment.” Periodical sexual harassment awareness training for all employees and additional training of management personnel will be led by a trainer who attended the MCAD sexual harassment training program “to ensure that they identify and properly respond to any sexual harassment of which
they become aware of which is brought to their attention,” the statement said. According to a sign on the diner’s door, the restaurant will be closed Monday from 2:30 to 6 p.m. for staff training. However, neither Billiel nor Young believe the actions promised by the diner are sufficient. “It is the consensus among us that that is not going to do anything because the problem is much deeper than a couple people misbehaving,” Billiel said. “It’s not people not knowing their boundaries, it’s people not caring,” Young added. “Right then and there was me hearing (the owners) say, we never listened to you before, but look we just did it.” In a statement on its Facebook page, which has since been disabled, the diner said it had also fired one employee accused of harassment. Young said this is not the first time that particular employee has been fired. Young and Billiel both also recalled another employee who had been fired at least twice and rehired, and according to Young, a cook that corned her in the walk-in cooler was also fired and rehired. “They basically just put them in timeout for a week,” she said. “They do all these action things to make a statement.” Follow-up blog posts by other former Route 9 staff described more alleged problems at the diner, including employees being forced to work when ill, poor food safety and waitstaff being forced to pay for walkouts, which is illegal. “We all knew it wasn’t legal,
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The Route 9 Diner will hold periodical sexual harassment awareness training for all employees and additional training for management. but when you’re constantly told how expendable you are, you just take it on the chin,” Young said. “The constant fear of messing up … I was walking on eggshells at all times.” A Facebook event, titled, “PROTEST AT THE ROUTE 9 DINER!,” is scheduled by the public for Nov. 16 at 12 p.m. According to the event, customers will help employees demand fairer hours and pay, new management practices, increased
security and consequences for breaking sexual harassment policies. Donations will be collected to distribute as tips for waitresses working during the protest. However, many current Route 9 employees feel the issue is overblown. “The employees of the Route 9 diner will not be demanding fairer hours, pay or new management practices,” said Sophia Marciano, who has been working at the diner for nearly four
years, in an email Sunday night. “Neither will we be demanding security or consequences for sexual harassment that we have NEVER been exposed to. And most of all, we do not support the claims of our former co-workers and we do not support the ‘supporters’ of ourselves.” Aviva Luttrell can be reached at aluttrel@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @AvivaLuttrell.
Washington prepares for Friends mourn US Army results of investigation of CIA veteran shot outside party By Brian Bennett Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — After six years and a $40-million investigation, the Democratic-led Senate Intelligence Committee is expected to release conclusions this month from its controversial probe of CIA detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects overseas during the George W. Bush administration. The partly redacted report is likely to renew the national debate over now-banned techniques that critics decried as torture and which supporters insist were necessary to stop further terrorist plots after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. U.S. embassies in the Middle East, North Africa and other parts of the Islamic world have been told to prepare for the possibility of violent protests and threats after the report’s release, according to officials briefed on the preparations and who were not authorized to speak publicly. The classified report finds that the CIA used water-boarding, sleep deprivation, stress positions and other so-called enhanced interrogation techniques more frequently than was legally authorized at then-secret prisons known as “black sites,” according to two U.S. officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the findings. Although those methods were exposed long ago, one official said the biggest effect of the release may come from the lengthy and graphic descriptions of interrogations based on the CIA’s own archives. The report, which was completed in 2012, also concludes that nearly all the intelligence gleaned from water-boarding and other harsh techniques could have been obtained from more traditional intelligencegathering systems. Despite claims to the contrary, it says the interrogations were not necessary to locate Osama bin Laden or thwart any terrorist plots. Republicans on the intelligence committee refused to participate in the investiga-
tion and will issue a separate report that says it was not fairly conducted. The CIA has also written a detailed refutation that it intends to make public as well. CIA officials worry that descriptions and aliases in the committee report, when combined with information already public, could reveal names of officers and the scope of assistance that other countries secretly provided to the spy agency. President Barack Obama, who has said the harsh techniques amounted to torture and banned their use when he came into office in 2009, instructed intelligence officials to declassify and release most of the 480-page executive summary of the committee’s findings. The White House delivered a redacted version to the committee in August, but an interagency declassification review blacked out about 15 percent of the words, including every pseudonym used by officials. The committee chair, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has been negotiating since then to remove some of those redactions. Obama administration officials say the redactions do not hide the main conclusions or the description of the CIA program. The full report, which runs more than 6,300 pages including footnotes and appendixes, will remain secret. The investigators examined more than 6 million pages of CIA records but did not interview any of the CIA personnel involved because the Justice Department was investigating whether any laws were broken in the interrogations. No one ultimately was charged. The investigation led to an unusual public spat between the CIA and the Senate oversight committee. In March, Feinstein took to the Senate floor to angrily denounce the CIA for searching computers used by committee investigators, which she termed illegal. CIA officials countered that Senate staffers had accessed and copied classified documents they
were not entitled to see. “The way the CIA spied on the committee cast a cloud over the agency’s relationship with Congress,” Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a member of the committee, said in a telephone interview Friday. Wyden said the CIA was now raising security concerns to try to hide embarrassing facts in the record. “This report is about mistakes, misdeeds and falsehoods that were repeated over a period of years,” he said. “If you don’t know whether they were repeated by different officials each time, or by the same officials over and over, you really don’t know the full story.” Several senior CIA officials are identified by name in the report, and nearly 100 other intelligence officers are referred to by pseudonyms that were redacted. The aliases are repeated dozens of times, and CIA leaders say they fear that if the redactions are removed, adversaries could piece together enough information to pinpoint officers currently operating undercover abroad. “There is a reasonable possibility that if their identities were revealed, these CIA officers, many of whom are currently serving, would be subject to threats and possible violence,” CIA spokesman Dean Boyd said in a statement. “CIA continues to do everything it can to bring the declassification process to a conclusion as quickly as possible, so the agency can fully focus its efforts on the many threats facing our nation,” Boyd said. Leon Panetta, who served under Obama as CIA director from 2009 to 2011 and was selected in part to restore the agency’s credibility, wrote in his memoir, “Worthy Fights,” that he felt such “unsavory” interrogation techniques should not have been used and that they “cut too deeply into America’s sense of itself.” But Panetta insists that the interrogations provided the CIA with useful information at a time when the nation feared further attacks by al-Qaida.
22-year-old killed at 2 a.m. on Sunday By Tony Barboza Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — Friends gathered at a sidewalk memorial Sunday to mourn the death of Francisco “Frankie” Garcia, a U.S. Army veteran who was shot and killed after a dispute erupted outside a party at his girlfriend’s home in Los Angeles. The mourners brought sunflowers and candles to mark the site in the Sylmar section where the 22-yearold who recently returned from a tour in Afghanistan was fatally shot about 2 a.m. Sunday, kneeling, praying and crying as they remembered their friend. Garcia had returned from Afghanistan about four months ago, several of his friends said. He was living with his parents in a Sylmar condominium complex about two miles from where he died. Garcia was shot and killed after a dispute erupted outside the party, said Lt. Paul Vernon, of the Los Angeles Police Department. “The ironies are obvious,” Vernon said. “To survive as a soldier in an overseas conflict, only to be killed in your old neighborhood upon your return.” Garcia had been celebrating with family and friends at the home of his girlfriend when partygoers decided to move to a new location, said Detective Juan Santa. Two cars pulled up to where the group was standing near Astoria Street, when the occupant of one of the cars jumped out, smashed a beer bottle on the ground and yelled at Garcia, Santa said. It appears that the dispute did not originate at the party but stemmed from a
previous confrontation, he said. The killer walked to the other vehicle, retrieved a handgun from the occupant and began shooting at Garcia. “There was more than likely a verbal exchange, but it’s not clear what the nature of the dispute was,” Santa said. Police are continuing to search for the gunman. Garcia grew up in Sylmar and was well known in the neighborhood as a caring and outgoing young man, friends said. He had begun working as a security guard. Brian Enriquez, 21, said he, Garcia and a group of friends had started Saturday night drinking at Garcia’s girlfriend’s house. When she decided to go to sleep, they headed over to another gathering at a house near Sylmar High School. “As soon as we were crossing the street, some guys came up, pulled out a gun, shot at us. We ran,” Enriquez said. “The last bullet the guy shot hit Frankie.” Enriquez said he had never seen the assailants before. Enriquez recalled the shooter saying “are you ready for this?” before opening fire. He said he had known Garcia since middle school and saw him every day. The two were so close that Mora refers to Garcia as his brother. “He was a very loving, caring person,” Enriquez said. “He would always have a smile on his face. An all-around amazing individual.” Enriquez said he had no idea why anyone would want to hurt Garcia. “It was always in his nature to help, no matter the circumstance,” he said. Fernando Mora, 25, of Los Angeles, a friend for the last six years, said that when Garcia returned from his deployments in the Middle East, he said
that several fellow soldiers and friends had died there. “He came back alive,” Mora said. “So to die like this, it’s not right.” Mora said he last saw Garcia at a homecoming party last week. On Sunday morning, Mora wept as he crouched down to pray for Garcia on the sidewalk at the memorial. Mora brought flowers, candles and his 6-month-old son, Mason. Garcia had no children, but had recently told Mora that he wanted kids someday. “He was supposed to meet my boy,” Mora said. “He never got to meet him.” Mora described Garcia as a big, strong young man who was down to earth and outgoing. “He was the life of the whole group and would even get the shy people to open up,” Mora said. The shooting rattled residents in the usually peaceful neighborhood near Sylmar High with pine and palm-lined streets, ranchstyle houses and stucco apartments and condominiums with mountain views. Valentin Alcantar, 36, was asleep in the living room of his apartment when he was awoken by gunfire. He heard a second series of gunshots and then the sound of a car speeding away. When the police arrived, Alcantar looked on from his apartment to see a group of friends around Garcia trying to keep him alive by giving him CPR. “Hurry up, his heart’s still beating,” he heard one of the young men say. Then, an ambulance arrived and they pulled a white sheet over Garcia. Alcantar also saw a gray car with bullet holes that police later towed from the scene. Alcantar, a U.S. Navy veteran, said, “I don’t know the guy, but a veteran is a veteran. So it hits home.”
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Same game: Why Obama is ‘unfazed’ Liberal commentator Dana Milbank of The Washington Post noted last Wednesday that President Obama seems “unfazed” by the results of the 2014 midterm elections.
Zac Bears Nothing has changed in Washington, D.C., as The Onion so perfectly summarized in its Election Day headline: “Republicans Poised To Retain Control Of Senate.” While the Democrats have had a nominal Senate majority since 2006, the Senate has become “supermajoritarian,” meaning that if one party won’t compromise, a simple majority of 51 votes isn’t enough to pass legislation. Instead, the majority party needs 60 votes, or a “supermajority.” In reality, their majority
to be the GOP agenda – as McConnell and John Boehner have signaled with calls to repeal the Affordable Care Act almost five years after its passage – then Obama and the Democrats will be in exactly the same position as they have been since 2010. But liberal commentators and senate Democrats are pointing fingers at Obama. Most commentators are focusing on Obama’s perceived lack of concern with the election results. I don’t buy that. Nothing has changed; he shouldn’t be more concerned than he was last Monday. More cutting criticisms come from Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid and senate Democrats, according to Washington Post reporter Paul Kane. They accuse the Obama administration of being politically inept, particularly regarding the 2012 “fis-
tunity to expand, only defending Republican-leaning seats in a Republican-leaning election. However, winning big in 2010 allowed Republicans to have control over U.S. House redistricting, locking in GOP control of the House for 10 years (barring extreme circumstances). Most states’ partisan processes packed Democratic voters into districts, while keeping Republican voters spread out. Fewer Democrats win by a blowout every time, while more Republicans win closer elections by smaller but still comfortable margins. Republicans are at a further disadvantage in 2016 because they will not have their electoral foil, Obama, to bully. As Mara Liasson, NPR’s national political correspondent, said last Tuesday night, “There hasn’t been a
““Whether it be Nixon’s “law and order” campaign in 1968, Reagan’s black “welfare queen” in 1976, Willie Horton in 1988 or Barack Obama in 2010 and 2014, winning an election is easier when you can demonize black people and their political representatives.”” died in February 2010, when Scott Brown was sworn in as senator from Massachusetts and Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell doubled down on his obstructionist agenda. He obviously did not meet his stated goal, which was to make Obama a one-term president. Yet the obstruction continued as Republicans won the House in 2010, and in not using their legislative power, brought the economy back to the brink of recession with the budget crisis in 2011. The 2014 election changes nothing. Without a Senate majority, House Republicans shut down the government in 2013, and Democratic nominations and broadly supported public policies, such as gun background checks and minimum-wage increases haven’t received enough senate Republican votes to make it to the floor. If obstruction continues
cal cliff” crisis. If Congress had let the nation “go off the cliff,” tax rates would have gone up across the board, giving political power to the Democrats. Instead in a postreelection high, Obama cut a deal with congressional Republicans and dealt away one of the Democrats best political hands. A strategy of obstruction will also doom the Republicans in 2016. Yes, Democrats lost in several key senate races, but Republicans had a distinct electoral advantage in 2014, as they did in 2010. With the Democrats more reliant on a younger, less white base, they face additional difficulty in getting out the vote. This is especially true in midterms, when turnout is lower. The GOP was also defending “red” territory. Most of the contested seats were last up in 2008, Obama’s first election and a Democratic wave. The Democrats had no oppor-
clash of visions. Mostly the Republicans have run on a message of Obama, bad.” The GOP will be running against a strong economy and a white Democrat, all while attempting to convince younger and less-white electorate to vote for conservative policies. And Obama’s future won’t be a factor, meaning the GOP cannot tap into the American electorate’s latent racism. “Obama, bad,” won’t be enough next time around. Whether it be Nixon’s “law and order” campaign in 1968, Reagan’s black “welfare queen” in 1976, Willie Horton in 1988 or Obama in 2010 and 2014, winning an election is easier when you can demonize black people and their political representatives. That’s a luxury the Republicans won’t have in 2016. Zac Bears is the Opinion & Editorial Editor. He can be reached at ibears@ umass.edu.
not want to live without him. Betty, however, was in excellent health. They were both 71 years old. In 2007, they travelled to Zurich, Switzerland, to Dignitas, a Swiss group specializing in providing assisted suicide to both Swiss nationals and foreigners. After meeting with Swiss authorities, their request was denied, although Dignitas had expressed they would fight the case and attempt to fulfill their suicide “pact.” In 2009, Betty developed terminal cancer and died, while George still lives with his heart disease.
pery slope argument’” – if we give leeway in the laws regarding physician-assisted suicide, it will lead society down a road toward profitcentered murder clinics where businesses reap profits from people wishing to “end it all.” Dignitas, while pushing the envelope ethically, would theoretically be pushing us toward this Soylent Green-esque dystopia. According to its website, Dignitas operates under a Swiss law that states, “Whoever, from selfish motives, induces another person to commit suicide or aids him in it, shall be confined in the penitentiary for not over five years, or in the prison, provided that the suicide has either been completed or attempted.” They argue that
the health facility, or has any stake in the estate of the patient); the patient has to be evaluated by another doctor and if any evidence of coercion or depression is evident, the medication cannot be prescribed until the patient receives a full psychological examination Since the act was put in place in 1998, 1,173 people have been prescribed a lethal dose of medication. Of these, 752 patients (64 percent) have ingested the medication and died. In 2013 alone, 122 people received prescriptions and 63 ingested the medication (52 percent). The most cited reason for dying was “loss of autonomy”(93 percent), followed by “loss of ability to participate in activities that make life enjoyable”(88.7 percent)
“For them, ‘death with dignity’ meant having options. It meant having some measure of control. It was not because they were depressed, angry or had ‘given up.’ It was because they had lost the physical ability to live their lives with dignity in an enjoyable manner.” The Coumbias’ story, chronicled in the film “The Suicide Tourist,” sparked much debate about the ethical issues related to physicianassisted suicide. Dignitas was highlighted in the film, and also came under renewed scrutiny. Dignitas represents many of the arguments against assisted suicide and death with dignity, and has assisted in the deaths of over 1,000 people since its inception. Those seeking the services of Dignitas do not need to have a terminal illness or Swiss residency. In fact, 60 percent of those who have died with Dignitas are German, and 21 percent had no reported terminal illness, instead citing “weariness of life” as their main motive. “Suicide preparation and assistance” can be bought for €4,000, and funeral services can be included for €7,000. Perhaps most suspicious of all, Dignitas is labeled as a non-profit organization in Switzerland and does not have to disclose its finances under Swiss law. There are not similar clinics popping up around the world. People from other countries travel to Switzerland and pay a lot of money to receive their services because they have no other options. Advocates against death with dignity could use Dignitas as an example of the “slip-
because they do not act from “selfish motives,” their operation is completely legal, and the Swiss authorities agree. They often have trouble, however, renting spaces and apartments to conduct their services due to moral motives of the landlords. Due to this, Dignitas has been known to operate creatively, and in at least one instance, performed an assisted death within the patient’s car. If Dignitas represents a trip down into the rabbit hole of possibilities regarding death with dignity, what are we supposed to make of Brittany Maynard? Any discussion of this has to begin with the law that made her decision possible. Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act, passed in 1994 by a popular vote of 51.3 percent, made the state one of the first areas of the world where certain terminally ill patients could choose the time of their dying. The law contains stringent stipulations including: The patient must have been diagnosed with a terminal illness with a prognosis of less than 6 months; the patient has to initiate the request for a prescription of a lethal dose of medication; the request has to be made with two witnesses present (at least one of whom is not related to the patient, a worker at
and “loss of dignity”(73.2 percent). At first glance, it is easy to see “death with dignity” does not coincide with our traditional view on suicide. In 2013, only 52 percent of those who receive the prescription actually used the pills to die. For them, “death with dignity” meant having options. It meant having some measure of control. It was not because they were depressed, angry or had “given up.” It was because they had lost the physical ability to live their lives with dignity in an enjoyable manner. Brittany Maynard presents us with a unique example: a young woman, active until the end in charitable works around the globe, travelling and being an overall inspirational and passionate human being, cut down at 29 years old by one of the most lethal and agonizing cancers. She never gave up, and fought until the end to extend her life. In the end, her greatest gift was sacrificing her privacy and allowing the world to begin reconstructing their views on this issue. Death with Dignity is not suicide. It is also not only for aging people. It is an option, a comfort, a sense of control for a person suffering through immense physical pain. Samuel Fountain is a Collegian columnist. He can be reached at sfountai@umass.edu.
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‘Sunset Overdrive:’ an apocalyptic jungle ‘90s style may choke you up Your favorite childhood trend is making a comback By Erica Garnett Collegian Staff
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Insomniac’s Xbox One exclusive “Sunset Overdrive” is a cocktail of comedy, action and pure fun.
Xbox reveals new punkrock gaming masterpiece By Alessandro Arena-Derosa Collegian Correspondent
Insomniac Games, the developers of “Ratchet & Clank,” released the Xbox One exclusive called “Sunset Overdrive.” The third-person shooter, which was released Oct. 28, takes place in the future paradise of Sunset City, where a new energy drink accidently triggered a massive mutant outbreak leading to what Insomniac coins as the “Awesome-pocalypse.” The game lives up to the hype, as the game plays like a hyperbolic punk-rock mix of “Tony Hawk,” “Saints Row” and “Dead Rising.” The game hits the ground running with an intro full of explosions, punk and parkour. “Sunset Overdrive” is fast and stylish, beginning with several character customization options that expand as you progress through the game. The custom Player Character’s dialogue is both clever and hysterical, as it pokes fun at video game tropes and mechanics, or awes at the scale of some of the more explosive situations. The Player Character is often delightfully unsympathetic and is the source of most of the game’s comedy. “Sunset Overdrive” also has a complex movement system, involving wall-running, grinding, bouncing and climbing around the vibrant and varied Sunset City. Everything you do feels full of energy and excitement, such as blasting the OD’d humans who drank too much of the energy drink and mutated
with the an arsenal of improvised weapons like bowling ball launchers, teddy bear bombs, the classic revolver or a baseball bat. The player can attack midair, on foot or while grinding. Between the movement system and witty dialogue, missions rarely feel cumbersome and are often satisfying. They usually involve fighting one of the three enemy factions, the swarming OD, the bandit-like Scabbers or FizzCo’s hi-tech robots sent to destroy evidence of the breakout. The game slowly introduces more enemy types throughout the game, each getting more powerful, more challenging and more gratifying to beat. These missions are broken up by the occasional Night Defense mission, which requires the player to set up traps around a base to fight off waves of OD. The variety of traps and the tongueand-cheek nature of some of the more ridiculous missions makes these night missions some of the most fun. Sunset City is full of brilliant, colorful and diverse characters that are all surprisingly memorable. Throughout the game the player must unite with other survivors like a scouting troop turned samurais, a group of preppy ivy leaguers and a band of role-playing nerds called Fargarthians. While the story is flat and not all of the jokes quite hit the mark (some even feeling a bit tasteless) the game’s campaign is easily its strongest and most entertaining element. The excitement and stimulation is set to Insomniac’s punk-rock soundtrack, all of which they recorded in-house. While there are only six or seven songs that play in “Sunset Overdrive,” they
adjust according to the action on screen and remain surprisingly fresh through the 15 or so hours it takes to beat the game. The game occasionally shifts to a more classic soundtrack during particularly funny focal points, such as spy music playing during a side-quest involving investigations and conspiracies, or fantasy music playing when the Fargarthians require your aid. There’s also a multiplayer component tacked on titled “Chaos Squad,” during which a team of up eight other players travel around the city completing a series of basic missions, ending with a final Night Defense. While entertaining in concept, multiplayer mode can easily be ruined by players with overpowered weapons that clean up enemies before you have a chance to fight enemies yourself. Rewards at the end of each mission encourage players to try Chaos Squad. However, the game’s single-player component is much stronger than the rushed multiplayer add-on. “Sunset Overdrive” is the perfect pacing for this kind of hyperbolic romp, in that it starts at a full speed and keeps the same vibrancy, variety and explosiveness throughout the entire game. If you have an Xbox One there is no excuse not to buy this game, although it’s not quite good enough to justify buying the console just to play it. Regardless, “Sunset Overdrive” sticks out as the best exclusive of this console generation so far, and will probably hold that place for quite some time. Alessandro Arena-Derosa can be reached at aarenaderosa@umass.edu.
The Spice Girls’ metallic get-ups and plaid shirts, Stephanie Tanner’s side scrunchie in “Full House” and Will Smith’s quintessential color-blocking style in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” all represent some of the 1990s fashion that hit our generation early on. A decade not quite known for its fashion-mindedness, the ‘90s has wedged a place in our hearts, and is making a comeback. Fifteen years after its peak, the choker necklace is one style making its return. To millennials, the first image that comes to mind is the “tattoo choker,” which surfaced in the late ‘90s. The necklace is made of stretchy plastic, looped together to fit tight around the neck, giving the appearance of a tattoo. The necklace was most commonly black as tribute to its mid‘90s gothic-styled predecessors: the spiked dog collar chokers. Other bright colors, such as purple, pink, blue and yellow, were worn as well, typically with small-multicolored beads. The tattoo choker was popularized by television shows like “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “That’s So Raven” and “Lizzie McGuire,” and made their way into many American homes. The choker was not always merely a ‘90s fashion statement, but a political statement made by women in the late 18th century to symbolize those who died at the guillotine. It was most commonly worn as a red ribbon with a long tail down the front, stopping about mid breast. Throughout the 1800s, the choker evolved from a black ribbon accessory of a prostitute to the multi-layered pearl strings worn by the elite. In 1944, 50 years before the tattoo choker would emerge, LIFE magazine published a feature on the dog collar choker. This style was thicker, combining the ribbon, velvet and pearl influences of its past. Today, the choker is resurfacing in all forms. Many older celebrities choose to wear large gold chains and diamond pieces for a sophisticated and formal look, while the younger stars are bringing back the tattoo necklace in its true ‘90s form. The baby boomer generation’s preference toward the thicker, bolder style of their youth parallels the millennials’ choice to wear the plastic tattoo-style choker of their childhood. If you’re thinking of paying homage to your ‘90s childhood, be wary of this act of love going south. A black tattoo choker can harden the appearance of any outfit. Pair a tattoo choker with black high tops, acid wash jeans and a black shirt if you’re aiming for a modern goth look. On a weekend night, the tattoo choker can be the nuance your outfit needs to change from basic to edgy by pairing it with dark wash skinny jeans, heels and a fancy tank top. For those who enjoy attending the electronic dance music shows, the multicolored tattoo chokers are perfect to complete a bright and crazy get up, especially if multiple colored chokers are worn together on the neck. Layering a longer-style necklace on top of a choker style can add dimension to your outfit. A basic black dress and the thicker gold versions of the choker are smart pieces to wear for interviews or internships as minimal accessorizing and a sign of maturity. Erica Garnett can be reached at egarnett@umass.edu.
LIFESTYLE
Snowboarding culture celebrates a pastime and an art
Boarders bring style and fun to the slopes By Kelsey Hebert Collegian Correspondent
Snowboarding is surrounded by a unique culture in both its traditions and style. What started out as “snurfing,” or “snow surfing,” by a surfer who had a dream of surfing in the Rocky Mountains during winter, has spiraled into a lifestyle for the old and young. Snowboarding has always been characterized by unique and evolving fashion trends, and as the evolution of the sport changed throughout the decades, so did the attire. Early snowboard style looked like a typical day out to sled with sweaters and scarfs, wool gloves and handmade winter attire. Jeans and sunglasses became popular in the early 1960s, while the ‘70s ushered in puffy jackets, race-inspired skintight leggings and sleeveless jackets or vests called gilets.
The ’80s brought a new dynamic to snowboard style that seemed to have made a lasting impression on current slope style. Neon colors made their way into clothing and even the most stylish snowboards. Snowboarders in the ‘80s wore thrift-shop inspired sweaters, sunglasses and the quintessential headband. Fortunately, the majority of snowboarders stayed away from the neon onepiece jacket and snow pants combo skiers that some of our parents, embarrassingly, sported throughout the decade. Neon color spilled over to the ’90s along with newly inspired styles like baggy snow pants and sweatshirts. Snowboarding in flannel became popular, as did flat hats and wayfarers. Similar styles carried over into the new millennium with snowboarding goggles in place of sunglasses and even baggier clothing. A few years ago, jeans were popular in some areas. Neon colors returned from the ‘80s, and the clothing went from much too large, to skinny snow pants and
larger, baggier jackets. Skater style, camouflage and balaclavas, typically known as ski masks, have also been popular among respective demographics. Slouchy hats and goggles are now popular among boarders as opposed to the helmets most skiers adorn. True snowboarding style, however, depends on the rider’s unique style on and off the slopes. While style can be a means of expressing yourself or a measurement of experience or street cred, most snowboarders note that fashion on and off the slope is not as important as how your riding looks on the mountain. At the end of the day, everyone’s style is as unique as the individual. While some may match jacket and snow pants, others may mismatch crazy colors and patterns in one outfit, but it never changes the way they ride the mountain Despite the ever-changing fashion trends in the sport, snowboarding traditions and jargon have stood the test of time. Snowboarding has cultural ritu-
als performed before, during and at the end of the winter season. Enthused skiers and boarders hold “Pray for Snow” parties in hopes of early and extensive snowfall. During the season, ski resorts and lodges conduct rail jams, half-pipe competitions, races and even “dummy downhill” competitions. Dummy downhill competitions require teams to create a dummy to go down a hill or over jumps on snowboards or skis to see whose dummy will get the furthest without crashing. In the early spring, pond skimming, bikini boarding and even boxcar races are held to prolong the season. Snowboard jargon is a big part of the experience as well. Words like “gnarly” and “sick” can refer to either a cool trick or a bad fall. “Sketchy” more commonly refers to someone who does not land a trick cleanly on the slopes, and “pow” refers to powder snow. Riding “fakie” means to ride a snowboard backwards and riding “goofy” means to ride with the right foot in front instead of the
normal stance with the left in front. Perhaps the biggest part of the snow-sport culture is an insistent rivalry between snowboarders and skiers. While some say they enjoy both snowboarding and skiing, most individuals have a strong preference for one or the other. The polarization of the two sports, which are quite different in riding, culture and style, creates rivalry as to which sport is the better of the two. For both skiers and snowboarders, the snow sport culture is identified by its culture and individualism. Riding is a way to express yourself; whether through clothing, the tricks you do in the terrain park, or the music you listen to on the slopes, individual expression is the recurring theme. The community of riders with common interest and style are a bonus to the opportunity to shred all winter long. Kelsey Hebert can be reached at klhebert@umass.edu.
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give him four on the season, which is more than he had in his first three years with the program. In tonight’s win, Micheletto said LaRue, along with his linemates Steven Guzzo and Dominic Trento, provide a good energy for the team, and was ecstatic to see a player like LaRue light up the lamp not once, but twice. “Zack has been a great team guy for three years. He’s a good leader and a good teammate, and we’re seeing a little bit more confidence in his play,” said Micheletto. “It’s a tremendous reward for him. I don’t know if I’ve seen guys as excited for other teammates than they are for Zack when he scores. “Nobody has worked
harder and done it the right way more than him.” He also added that despite not getting that third goal, LaRue will be the first to say that getting the win is more important than getting a hat trick. Frank Vatrano, who did not partake in this contest last season, also recorded a two-goal performance, and assisted on a goal by Steven Iacobellis. The redshirt sophomore, who was put onto a line with Iacobellis and Ray Pigozzi that recorded eight points, said he is starting to adapt to collegiate play. “I think getting more comfortable and getting more games under my belt is helping me get used to the pace of college hockey,” Vatrano said. “My team-
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mates have been great with me, helping me keep my head on straight and making sure I do all the little things right, so I give credit to them for keeping me going every game.” Also scoring for the Minutemen was freshman Jake Horton, while sophomore defender Marc Hetnik recorded two assists to earn his first multi-point game as a member of UMass. On this night, Micheletto felt every line played great, and believed it was a real team effort that got the win. “I really liked the Guzzo line an awful lot tonight. I thought we got pretty balanced play,” Micheletto said. “I don’t know if I can point to any one line and say that they were better or not as good as the other, which
is clearly what we were trying to do with our recruiting and expend our offense so we can have more depth for nights like tonight.” Despite putting seven goals on the board, which is the most a UMass team has put up since 2011, Micheletto made it clear that the most important thing was getting one back in the win column, and will provide confidence moving forward. “Winning is winning,” he said. “Winning solves a lot of what ails you and soothes a lot of bumps and bruises, and confidence especially with young men is really powerful, so I hope that this is the shot in the arm that we need moving forward.” Jason Kates can be reached at jkates@umass.edu.
two games after scoring his first collegiate goal last Saturday. “ I think it’s just getting more comfortable,” Vatrano said. “Getting more games under my belt, I’ve come to getting used to the pace of college hockey.” Along with Vatrano, fre shman D e nn i s Kravchenko continued his own scoring streak, capitalizing on his fourth goal in three games. Playing alongside Patrick Lee and senior captain Troy Power, Kravchenko anchored a second line that started off the game’s scoring in the first minute of regulation. Just 57 seconds into the first period, Power found Kravchenko in front of the net for a one-timer that
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gave UMass a 1-0 lead. The goal gave the Minutemen a lead that it would hold for the remaining 59 minutes of play. “Guys around me are just doing all the little things,” Kravchenko said. “I’m not really doing anything different. I’m just trying to keep playing my game.” “You know you have your top two lines and that’s usually the guys you rely heavily on to score the goals, but when you’re getting them across the board from all four lines, that’s something special,” LaRue said. “You don’t see every team with that.” Anthony Chiusano can be reached at achiusano@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @a_chiusano24.
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mately I think extending that lead to three is the elusive one. Anyone that’s covered the program in the two plus years I’ve been here knows By Jason Kates that I’m a firm believer that Collegian Staff the first team to three will There was no upset for have the best opportunity to American International win. College this time. “I thought tonight partic Five different players ularly that getting from onefound the back of the net to-two and then two-to-three for the Massachusetts hockwas what we were excited ey team as the Minutemen about.” dominated the S e n i o r Yellow Jackets in a forward Zack UMass 7 7-1 blowout victory LaRue, who Friday night. scored two goals AIC 1 It was clear while a potential from the opening third goal was faceoff that UMass negated for a player in the did not want to repeat last crease violation, was a memyear’s 3-2 loss to AIC, beginber of the team last year that ning just 57 seconds into the suffered the setback against game on a goal by freshman AIC, and felt this win was Dennis Kravchenko. extremely satisfying. Kravchenko now has four “You know, you try not to goals on the season, and has look back on stuff like that, scored in three consecutive but at the same time you games. kind of have a bitter taste in Coach John Micheletto your mouth from last year,” stressed how important it said LaRue. “Like coach was to get that Kravchenko said, we wanted to make this goal early, but felt getting a more of a rivalry and get a three-goal lead quickly made fire going underneath us. I him feel the most comfortthink we prepared well and able. we took it to them so it was “Yes it was important,” he good to see.” said regarding the opening LaRue’s two goals tonight goal. “Obviously we did it last Saturday too, but ulti- see MULLINS on page 7
11 different players score in win on Fri. By Anthony Chiusano Collegian Staff
In its first game at home since an 8-1 defeat in its home opener on Oct. 10, the Massachusetts hockey team returned to the Mullins Center with much different results Friday night, defeating American International College, 7-1. En route to its offensive surge, UMass saw five different goal scorers in its highest scoring output since 2011. “Any time you score seven goals in a game, it’s a confidence boost in your offense,” senior Zack LaRue said. “You’ll take production from anywhere you can and it’s nice to see all four lines going. LaRue finished with two goals on the Minutemen’s third line, which produced five points. After the game, Micheletto said that the line, consisting of LaRue, senior Steven Guzzo and freshman Dominic Trento brought a lot of energy Friday. “You’re seeing a little more confidence in
his play right now and his ability to settle pucks down,” Micheletto said. “He’s always had a tremendous shot, it’s just a manner that he’s able to get it off a little bit more.” The third line was supported Friday by the productive play from the Minutemen’s first and second lines, which finished with seven and four points respectively. The starting forward combination of Ray Pigozzi, Steven Iacobellis and Frank Vatrano combined for three goals against the Yellow Jackets. According to Vatrano, who was moved to the line last weekend against Maine, the chemistry among the three sophomores is evident. “All three of us play a different style of the game,” Vatrano said. “(Pigozzi’s) a playmaker who works really hard, (Iacobellis) works really hard too in the corner and makes good plays, so I think there’s real good balance on the line.” Vatrano, who scored two goals Friday, now has three scores in his last see
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“They have a strong defense in general. They have a few talented defenders and they’re structurally very sound in the defense.”
There was no threepeat for the Massachusetts field hockey team. The dynasty in the making came to a screeching halt Saturday when Richmond’s Rebecca Carla Tagliente, Barry put home the lone UMass coach goal of the Atlantic 10 in the championship by championship game, six defeating Lock Haven minutes, 27 seconds into overtime to lift the Spiders 2-0 on Friday. The game played out as Tagliente to a 1-0 win. The loss ended the expected, as Lock Haven Minutewomen’s season as defended with all eleven they watched Richmond players, successfully limcelebrate its first con- iting the Minutewomen’s ference title since 2011. scoring chances at times. It was UMass’ first A-10 In return the Lady Eagles tournament loss since failed to produce an Nov. 4, 2011, in the A-10 offense attack of their semifinals. own. “We had the ability to “ T h e win but we packed it in just didn’t exed e f e n s i v e l y ,” cute,” UMass Richmond 1 Tagliente said. coach Carla UMass 0 “It’s going to Tagliente. work for a peri After two od of time, but scoreless periods of regulation that we went up 1-0 and they featured play mostly in didn’t change that stratthe midfield, Barry snuck egy until late in the secone past goalkeeper Sam ond half. You’re not really Carlino that secured the going to create anything if game and the A-10 title you’re defending with all for Richmond. The goal eleven players.” came in semi-contro- UMass struck first versial fashion, as the when freshman Melanie Minutewomen were hop- Kresuch scored with eight ing for a penalty call durminutes, 10 seconds left ing the chaotic play. in the first half off a pen The goal wasn’t just alty corner. It was her Barry’s 15th of the season, it was arguably the 10th goal of the season. biggest of the the A-10 Kreusch finished the seaOffensive Player of the son with 21 points, earning A-10 Rookie of the Year’s career. Scoring was the issue Year honors. in the regula- season Junior Brooke Sabia matchup as well, a game added an insurance goal in which Richmond also when she put home a won 1-0. Tagliente laud- deflected shot once again ed the Spiders’ ability to courtesy of a penalty corlimit scoring chances. ner. Responsible for both “They have a strong goals against Lock Haven, defense in general,” she the penalty corner has said. “They have a few been the team’s best weaptalented defenders and on offensively all season. they’re structurally very “We just have a really sound in the defense.” balanced penalty-corner Spiders outshot unit,” Tagliente said. UMass 10-4 for the game. Carlino’s five saves would “We have a lot of differhave been good enough on ent options. [Kresuch] has most days, but in the end been drag-sticking really the Minutewomen’s lack well. She’s a scorer but of offense ultimately cost the options we have for them a chance at a third- others to tip off are really dangerous.” straight conference title. Minutemen top Lady Eagles Jamie Cushman can be reached at UMass earned its spot jrcushman@umass.edu.
MEN’S SOCCER
Keys and Schwartz end careers with win on Senior Day
win over St. Bonaventure. In the 80th minute of Collegian Staff the match, the Minutemen (3-13-1) held a comfortable With winter looming on 3-0 lead, and interim head Saturday aftercoach Devin noon, coats, mitO’Neill signaled tens and hats UMass 3 to Sery Lenoir to were required check in at midif you wanted SBU 0 field. When the to maintain a ball went out of healthy body bounds Lenoir temperature, but the cold walked on the field to replace weather didn’t stop the Schwartz one last time. He Massachusetts men’s soccer was met with water bottles, team’s bench from soaking warm embraces from teamits seniors with water bot- mates and coaches and a tles. loud standing ovation. The hydro-technics were Schwartz also recorded part of a special occasion an assist on the day, bringfor the Minutemen as they ing his season tally to five. honored seniors Matt Keys His five goals also were the and Josh Schwartz, both most on UMass this season. before and after the last “It was good to leave game of the season – a 3-0 it all on the field. It was
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very emotional and I’m so happy we won, especially after the season we’ve had,” Schwartz said. “I’m excited to see where these guys go in the future, because I think they are going to just keep improving.” O’Neill went to his bench again just one minute later, this time to replace senior captain Keys, who met the team in identical fashion, with Carlo deMarco. Keys reminded everyone what made him so dominant for the Minutemen over the years, as he broke up play at the back, carried the ball forward and won just about every challenge that came his way. Keys did it all. The defender started all but one game in his four-year
career and appeared in all 71 career games at UMass. Not only did Keys man the defense for four years, he also moved up to forward late in games when his team needed a late offensive push. “It was a good way to end the season and I felt like the team gave one hell of an effort,” Keys said. “We’ve had a lot of ups and down and I’m proud of the way we ended.” He also gave one final word of advice to his team before joining friends and family in celebration, saying, “In the future it’s going to be tough at times, not everyone is going to be on your side, but if you give it 100 percent then it’s always going be worth it.” O’Neill praised both play-
“It was good to leave it on the field. It was very emotional and I’m so happy we won.” Josh Schwartz, UMass forward ers after the win and recognized their “leave it all on the field mentality”. “By the big smiles on their faces you could tell it meant a lot for them,” he said. “It didn’t go the way we planned, but they have really represented the program so well and they are going to be sorely missed. Unfortunately we couldn’t give them more, but were happy that we could give them this to end it on.” It was a roller coaster season for UMass, and the two seniors have left strong
legacies behind. But in the words of C.S. Lewis, “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” Indeed, while the UMass family is going to miss watching Keys and Schwartz play at Rudd field, there is plenty more in store for both young men, and their leadership both on-and-off the field has set them up for a successful life off the pitch. Nicholas Casale can be reached at ncasale@umass.edu.