Massachusetts Daily Collegian: October 7, 2014

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DA resumes death investigation SGA discusses Alleged drug dealer may attend UMass

University of Massachusetts student who died last October of a heroin overdose, according to a report in the Boston Globe Saturday.

By Aviva Luttrell According to the Globe, Collegian Staff the student’s mother gave The Northwestern prosecutors the name of District Attorney’s Office the person who she believes has resumed its investiga- sold the drug to her son the tion into the death of the night he died, based on text

messages she found on her son’s phone.

The student, Eric L. Sinacori – identified by the Globe as “Logan” – became a confidential informant for the UMass Police Department after he was caught selling LSD and Molly to an undercover police officer a year before

his death. During the bust, police also seized a hypodermic needle.

By becoming a confidential informant, UMPD allowed Sinacori to keep the incident a secret from his parents, who would have otherwise been notified of see

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Spicing things up with salsa

reorganization of the RSO Council

By William Keve Collegian Correspondent

For the second consecutive week, the Student Government Association’s weekly meeting was dominated by discussion of the University of Massachusetts Police Department’s confidential informant program.

During Monday’s meeting, the SGA also passed an amendment to modify the responsibilities and change the title of the Bike Share Coordinator. Progress was made on the expansion of the Registered Student Organization council system, future suggestions for tailgating at UMass home football games were summarized and the Ways and Means committee provided a brief update on the issue of raising the student activi-

“We’re grouping all the RSOs into different councils.

This affects every RSO and how they function.”

Tara Chudy, secretary of the Registry ties fee. A new Senator from Southwest, Devin Casey, was sworn in to fill a vacant seat, as well.

The amendment affecting the Bike Share Coordinator was sponsored

by SGA President Vinayak Rao. It changed the title of the Bike Share Coordinator to Office Coordinator, addsee

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RSO Council reports to the general body during Monday’s SGA meeting.

The UMass Ballroom Dance Team give free salsa lessons during its ‘Salsa Madness’ event Oct. 6.

UMass joins ‘It’s On Us’ SGA debates informant policy

Campaign aims to end sexual assault

By Nicole Dotzenrod Collegian Correspondent

The University of Massachusetts is joining the White House’s national “It’s On Us” campaign to end sexual assault on college campuses.

On Sept. 19, President Barack Obama launched the initiative to raise awareness and end sexual assault by asking men and women across the United States to commit to being an active bystander, according to the White House’s website. Five days after the launch, 233 campuses had signed on.

The “It’s On Us” campaign website outlines what it means to be an active bystander in its pledge: “To recognize that non-consensual sex is sexual assault. To identify situations in which sexual assault may occur. To intervene in situations where consent has not or cannot be given. To create an environment in which sexual assault is unacceptable and survivors are supported.”

UMass students from various organizations met last week to establish plans and goals for this year’s campaigns, including “It’s on Us.” Ellie Miske, director of Women’s Affairs for the Student Government

“These campaigns are important because sexual assault is so prevalent on campus and we want people to know how to respond to survivors.”

Ellie Miske, director of Women’s Affairs for the SGA Association and member of the Coalition to End Rape Culture (CERC), said the campaigns at UMass are in the initial stages. She said her hope for the “It’s On Us” campaign is to bring together several groups and causes on campus to fight sexual assault.

She has been working closely with faculty and administration on the cause.

Other campaigns, such as “UMatter at UMass,” have been working collaboratively with organizations including the Center for Men and Masculinities and the Center for Women and Community.

So far, there are two events planned for this semester as part of the campaigns.

The Center for Men and Masculinities will host Michael Kimmel as a guest speaker Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom.

Kimmel is a distinguished sociology professor at Stony Brook University in New York and founder of the Men and Masculinities journal. He is also the spokesperson for the National Organization for Men Against Sexism.

The second event, hosted

by CERC, will feature a guest speaker from “Know Your IX” on Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom.

“Know Your IX” is a survivor-run, student-driven campaign to end sexual violence on college campuses. The campaign focuses on educating students across the country about their right to an education free from sexual violence and harassment, and gives students the resources to understand Title IX. “These campaigns are important because sexual assault is so prevalent on campus and we want people to know how to respond to survivors,” Miske said. “I think that education and visibility are important pieces for changing the overall campus climate.”

Anyone interested in becoming involved in these campaigns is encouraged to contact Miske by email.

Victims of sexual assault can also visit the UMass Center for Women and Community for support.

Nicole Dotzenrod can be reached at ndotzenr@umass.edu.

Senators to continue discussion next week

By Catherine Ferris Collegian Staff

A week after the Boston Globe ran a story on the death of a University of Massachusetts student and confidential informant, the Student Government Association met to discuss an official statement and amendments to pass.

The discussion, which took place Monday night during the SGA’s weekly meeting, came after Chancellor Ku m bl e Subbaswamy suspended the UMass Police Department’s student confidential informant program until a full review can be completed.

SGA Attorney General Ritika Kumar explained what the CI program is.

According to Kumar, the program began in 2009 and mainly targeted marijuana. In Kumar’s time as Attorney General, she has never dealt with a heroin case and noted that Student Legal Services said those situations are scarce.

She went on to say the program has a number of problems and “has so many avenues that can be abused and manipulated to put students in danger.”

“When you have to make a decision about your future

Several other senators voiced similar sentiments, saying that because there are undercover police officers at the University, students should not be included in drug investigations. under that pressure, I see that as coercion,” Kumar said. “My official opinion as Attorney General is to have this program abolished.”

A statement, sponsored

by Chairwoman Jennifer Raichel, was also handed out to those in attendance for consideration.

“The basis of these amendments came from additional information from Attorney General Kumar,” Raichel said. “I came to this conclusion that because of this information, no matter what changes can be made, this is not a safe program on this campus.”

The statement called for the discontinuation of the program and led to a lengthy debate.

The statement read: “Be it resolved that in the opinion of the SGA there is no possible significant change that would make the confidential informant program in use by UMPD safe for all students and should therefore be permanently discontinued.”

A number of members argued over the wording

and overall message of the statement, which will eventually be delivered.

Senator Emily O’Neil said, “The problem is that it caused direct harm to students. There are undercover cops at this school.

There is no need to place unnecessary harm on students.”

Several other senators voiced similar sentiments, saying that because there are undercover police officers at the University, students should not be included in drug investigations.

The opposing side took the opportunity to note that undercover police officers are not permitted inside of dorms on campus, while CIs have such access.

Secretary of University Policy Stefan Herlitz said he did not feel comfortable with the wording of the debated segment and wanted to find more information about this issue before coming up with a permanent solution.

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THE RUNDOWN ON THIS DAY...

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AROUND THE WORLD

China Crowds of demonstrators thinned out at two main protest sites Monday as fatigue and the specter of a negotiated deal between government officials and student leaders eased some of the tension that had gripped the semiautonomous Chinese city for over a week.

Experts say it remains doubtful that the demonstrators will win their chief demands: the resignation of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and the holding of direct elections to fill his post in balloting scheduled for 2017.

Los Angeles Times

South Africa British businessman Shrien Dewani on Monday admitted he had a volatile relationship with his wife, Anni, but pleaded not guilty to her murder during their 2010 honeymoon as his trial opened in the South African city of Cape Town.

“I plead not guilty,” the 34-year-old said in a clear voice, dressed in black, the news agency SAPA reported.

Dewani was extradited from Britain in April after a four-year legal battle to prevent the transfer, with his lawyers arguing he was mentally unfit to stand trial.

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Japan

A powerful typhoon battered many parts of Japan Monday, including Tokyo, disrupting transport and leaving at least two people dead and five missing, local media reported.

Typhoon Phanfone made landfall at the city of Hamamatsu, central Japan, shortly after 8 a.m, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

About 2.7 million people had been advised to evacuate their homes, but most of the advisories were lifted, the Kyodo News agency reported.

The weather agency was still warning of mudslides, swollen rivers and strong winds in some areas of the country.

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Italy

Prelates taking part in a summit on how Catholic Church teachings could be adapted to modern lifestyles should not be afraid to speak their minds, Pope Francis said Monday.

Until Oct. 19, 191 bishops, cardinals and other church leaders are taking part in a meeting known as a synod.

It is to discuss family-related issues such as marriage, divorce, homosexuality, single parenthood, contraceptives and premarital sex.

“A basic, general condition is this: Speak clearly,’“ Francis said in introductory remarks to the synod, where debate began Monday after a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica Sunday.

“Nobody should say, ‘I can’t say this. They will think this or that of me.’”

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THE MASSACHUSETTS DAILY COLLEGIAN

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Distributed by MCT Information Services

Drunk driving ends in crash, passengers sent to hospital Police Log: Oct. 3 to Oct. 6, 2014 Friday, Oct. 3 9:25 a.m.: A male wearing a red leather jacket, resembling Keith Richards, was removed from Amherst Coffee on Amity Street. He was harassing women and passing them notes, generally making them uncomfortable. He later trespassed into the store.

9:55 a.m.: An aggressive brown bulldog was loose on Grantwood Drive. It will be monitored closely by its owners in the future.

2:45 p.m.: A box of coffee mugs was returned to its owner at the Lederle Research Tower at the University of Massachusetts on North Pleasant Street.

10:55 p.m.: A female thought someone threw a glass at her door and then took off running. A search was conducted with negative findings.

11:50 p.m.: There was a disturbance at the Townehouse Apartments on Meadow Street. A male pushed someone and got into his or her face. Neither party wanted anything pursued.

When spoken to, the male said he had pushed to get the crowd to move.

Saturday, Oct. 4 12:10 a.m.: A gray 2003 Toyota Runner was stopped on College Street. It had a significant amount of marijuana in it. There were no charges and the marijuana was confiscated. It remains under investigation.

assault on West Street. A female was hit in the head with a bottle during an altercation. It remains under investigation.

20, of Dedham, was arrested on North Pleasant Street for possession of liquor under the age of 21, OUI liquor and negligent operation of a motor vehicle to endan1:08 a.m.: Individuals were ger. He was driving a green found removing and car- 2001 Mitsubishi Galant. The rying away traffic cones on officer started to follow the North Pleasant Street near vehicle after the passenger the Hillel House. They were yelled profanities out the ordered to return the cones. window at the police and at women on the street.

2:56 a.m.: A male was pulled off of his bicycle and then 1:27 a.m.: Sean Foster, 22, kicked in the head on North of Bolton, was arrested on Pleasant Street. The incident North East Street for OUI is still under investigation. liquor and serious injury, The victim was discharged negligent operation of a from Cooley Dickinson motor vehicle to endanger, a Hospital with a bandaged marked lanes violation and head and an arm in a sling. a speeding violation special regulation. There were pas3:57 p.m.: A 2013 Nissan sengers in the car besides Sentra was keyed overnight. Foster, who hit a pole and then a tree. Passengers 4:01 p.m.: There was a were taken to the hospital. reported fraud at Sigma Delta Tau on North Pleasant 10:34 a.m.: There was an aniStreet. A check was cashed, mal complaint on Columbia and the female that sent the Drive. A hawk flew into the check was not aware that window and was injured the money was being sent to outside of the window.

France.

12:43 p.m.: There was 4:04 p.m.: There was a lar- a report of a past breakceny on Lincoln Avenue. ing and entering on South The victim reported that Prospect Street. Entry was mail has gone missing or made through three winhas not been delivered. The dows. Items inside the resivictim is missing red and dence were tossed around, white Adidas cleats, a $600 four screens were damrent check and a $25 Subway aged and there was shavcard. The victim has spoken ing cream smeared on the with the post office. walls. Nothing appeared missing.

5:23 p.m.: Robert Auffinger, 35, of Amherst, was arrested Monday, Oct. 6 for disorderly conduct on Main Street after causing a 1:12 a.m.: There was a susdisturbance. picious person at Penza Family Trust on Gray 9:39 p.m.: A gray 2007 Street. Someone reported Toyota Yaris hit a tree on that there was a person Heatherstone Road. The running through his or her vehicle was towed to Ernie’s backyard. Upon a search, Towing. nothing was found.

Sunday, Oct. 5

12:30 a.m.: There was an 12:33 a.m.: Anthony Alicea,

INVESTIGATION the offense. He was found dead in his off-campus apartment nearly a year later. He was a junior.

The Globe’s initial story raised questions about whether the University did enough to help the student who was struggling with addiction and whether UMass officials failed to recognize a heroin problem on campus.

Mary Carey, spokesperson for the District Attorney’s Office, declined to confirm that the investigation into Sinacori’s death had been reopened.

However, in a statement, First Assistant Northwestern District Attorney Steven E. Gagne suggested the investigation had never been closed in the first place.

It is not uncommon for death investigations to extend weeks, months, and in some cases years, after an unattended or suspicious death,” Gagne said in the statement. “Whenever new or previously undisclosed information comes to light, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office and its local law enforcement partners take all

Marleigh Felsenstein can be reached at mfelsentstein@umass. edu.

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appropriate steps to investigate that information and, if necessary, reexamine a case. In that sense, it is rarely stated with certainty that a ‘death investigation’ is permanently closed.

“Furthermore, there are many instances where the integrity of an investigation would be compromised if law enforcement publicly announced the investigation’s very existence.”

According to the Globe, the alleged dealer who sold the heroin to Sinacori the night he died still attends UMass.

In a statement last week, the University said it learned this information for the first time from the Globe.

The Amherst Police Department has jurisdiction over the off-campus apartment where the student died, according to the statement, and the University received no information indicating that the alleged dealer was a UMass student after a follow-up investigation.

However, UMPD requested an update on the

investigation from APD last Monday to determine the accuracy of the report in order to “take prompt and appropriate action as needed,” according to the statement.

In an email to the campus community last Tuesday, Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy said he will suspend the student confidential informant program until a full review can be completed.

UMass spokesperson Ed Blaguzewski told the Collegian Monday that the University is in the process of launching the review, but there is no specific date for completion at this point.

“UMass Amherst is cooperating in all matters with the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office in the death investigation of Eric Sinacori,” Blaguzewski said in a statement. “The District Attorney should be contacted for any comment.”

Aviva Luttrell can be reached at aluttrel@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @AvivaLuttrell.

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ing new office responsibilities to the role.

“The responsibilities of the Office Coordinator will include managing the Bike Share program,” Rao said.

“One of the biggest reasons we need this is so we have a point person who will manage the SGA phone.”

Amendment 2014 F2 passed unanimously.

Ways and Means Chairman Adam Ladd said at last week’s meeting that the RSO council system was likely to be expanded beyond just club sports. This week, Ladd and Secretary of the Registry Tara Chudy, who is in charge of registering RSOs, gave a presentation on the system.

“We’re grouping all the RSOs into different councils.

This affects every RSO and how they function,” Chudy said. “By next semester, the whole council system will be implemented. Then we’ll see if anything needs to be changed or worked around.”

According to Chudy, the main focus of restructuring the RSO system is to “get (RSOs) to get together, work together and do their budgets together.”

Chairman Ladd also clarified last week’s report on raising the student activities fee. Ladd cited new statistics that showed UMass’ fee to be lower than fees at other uni-

DEBATE

versities similar to UMass, despite the University funding larger extracurricular programs.

During the meeting, SGA Attorney General Ritika Kumar initiated discussion about the University’s confidential informant program in her report, and the floor was later opened up for debate.

Senator Daniel Burkhardt raised concerns that umasssga.com was not being wellmaintained. He cited several bylaws that mandated the listing of senators and other information online, which, according to Burkhardt, is currently incomplete. The issue is being looked into.

Secretary for Veteran’s Services Nathaniel Dunnican announced that UMass is hiring a new Veteran’s Services Manager and that the department also has plans to expand veteran recognition at sporting events.

After the first quarter of Minutemen football games, a veteran will now be recognized in honor of his or her service. The program is set to begin as soon as the SGA can secure a deal with the football team and it will eventually expand to other sporting events.

William Keve can be reached at wkeve@umass.edu.

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noted that at the time of his death, the student, Eric Sinacori, was a witness as opposed to a CI, and had not been a CI for some time.

Eric Bosco, a UMass senior and the reporter who wrote the initial Globe article, was in attendance at the meeting and voiced his opinion of the CI program, which he said he found “pointless.”

Raichel continued and said, “This specific program on this campus does not function well. It does not do what it sets out to do.”

Brophy followed, saying, “A program that exploits the weaknesses of a student has no use.”

Senators also discussed the suspension as being a good thing as well as an opportunity to fix the flaws of the CI program.

The two sides continued to go back and forth

before calling a vote for the amendment to be passed.

With 26 in favor, 13 in opposition and two abstaining, the amendment passed.

But this was not the end of the debate.

Senator Leo Sheehan requested to go over a rewording of the amendment, as he wanted it to say that if the program has no way of being fixed, it should then be abolished.

Another vote was taken, which ended in a tie, meaning Speaker of the Senate Sionan Barrett would have to vote in order to reach a conclusion.

She ultimately voted against the re-wording of the amendment.

The debate was left open-ended, and it will be tabled until next Tuesday.

Catherine Ferris can be reached at caferris@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Ca_Ferris2.

Storm creates high surf in California

By Joseph Serna Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Tropical Storm Simon off Baja Mexico is creating high surf along California beaches, prompting warnings of strong rip currents and possible coastal flooding.

The National Weather Service issued a warning Monday for high surf and strong rip currents along beaches from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara counties as Tropical Storm Simon weakens and whips its way toward Baja, Mexico.

Waves as high as 8 feet could slam into the coast from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara counties, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a high surf advisory for Monday. Long Beach could see “minor coastal flooding and beach erosion” through Tuesday night.

Though Simon has been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, and is expected to continue to weaken as it crawls toward land across cooler water, its

winds are forecast to still send high tides, strong currents and dangerous “sneaker waves” to Zuma and Malibu beaches, forecasters warned.

The advisory is just the latest in what has become a particularly damaging summer for Southern California’s coastline. A year of strong Pacific storms has torn apart the seafloor along the coast, displacing huge swaths of underwater coastline, which has created stronger rip currents and tides than normal.

L.A. County’s coastline usually sees much of its sand replenished during the summer due to generous tides, while winter storms typically erode beaches. This year, that hasn’t happened.

At the same time, a series of heat waves over the past few months has lured millions of beach goers into the water, resulting in lifeguards having to rescue thousands more swimmers than usual because of the dangerous ocean conditions.

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Gay marriage legal in Va. Black and in blue: An officer

By Matt Hansen Tribune Washington Bureau ARLINGTON, Va. — Addressing a small but vocal crowd of supporters in front of the Arlington County courthouse, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring praised the Supreme Court’s move Monday to clear the way for same-sex marriage for the first time in a Southern state.

“This is the outcome we have hoped for, the outcome we have fought for, and the outcome the Constitution requires,” Herring said.

Married same-sex couples in the state can now adopt children and take advantage of employer and tax benefits, he said.

His office was working with the state to allow same-sex spouses of state workers to enroll in shared health plans.

“This ruling allows all Virginians to be full members of our society,” Herring added.

Even though the high court’s action Monday was not a constitutional ruling, Herring predicted the Supreme Court would eventually support nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage given Monday’s ruling.

“Letting these rulings stand should be a strong message of the court’s leanings,” he said.

As the state prepared to issue marriage licenses later Monday afternoon, activists and residents gathered outside the Arlington circuit court.

“This is something we never thought we would see,” said Elizabeth Wildhack, who married her partner, Susie Doyle, in February only miles away in Washington, D.C. “We can stand in front of the Arlington County courthouse and be legally recognized. It’s extraordinary.”

Doyle said she was hopeful that younger generations would see same-sex marriage as unremarkable.

“We have eight nieces and nephews,” she said. “That’s the generation we’re changing.”

“We don’t need everybody to agree with us, but we do need everybody to respect us,” Wildhack added.

Others were grateful that their state was no longer a holdout in allowing marriages.

“I don’t have to be embarrassed for Virginia anymore,” said beaming area resident Gerda Keiswetter.

For religious leaders who supported the decision, the ruling would allow them to do one thing they could never do in the past: sign an official state marriage license for same-sex couples.

“I hope to perform marriages and sign the licenses, something I haven’t been able to do for two decades,” said the Rev. Dr. Linda Olson Peebles, who ministers to a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Arlington.

World copes with Ebola in Spain, Texas and Nebraska

By Michael Muskal Molly Hennessy-Fiske

and

Los Angeles Times

HOUSTON — Spain announced Monday that a nurse has been infected with the Ebola virus, the first person outside Africa to contract the disease during the current outbreak.

The report comes as some U.S. officials called for tighter screening at the U.S. borders.

Even as Europeans were coping with their case on Monday, Texas officials reported good progress in dealing with those who came into contact with Thomas Edward Duncan, who remained in critical condition and was receiving an investigational treatment, brincidofovir. A freelance journalist arrived in Omaha, Nebraska, to be treated for Ebola that he contracted while working in Liberia.

Officials continued to reassure people that Ebola, which has already killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa, was containable in the West because of the superior medical system. But calls were growing for added screening as a precaution.

At a televised news conference to announce his new 17-member task force to deal with infectious diseases, Texas Gov. Rick Perry called on federal officials to implement screening procedures at all U.S. points of entry. Screeners would take travelers’ temperature and conduct other assessments to determine their overall health.

Duncan did not have a fever when he left Liberia, but developed symptoms days after arriving in Dallas. He first sought medical care on Sept. 25, but was sent home with antibiotics.

When he worsened three

days later, he was rushed back to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital where he has remained.

“Incidents like this are certainly not limited to just Texas. And unfortunately they will likely happen somewhere else sooner or later,” Perry said, adding, “Washington needs to take immediate steps to minimize the dangers of Ebola.”

Rather than halt travel from Ebola-impacted countries, quarantine stations in the U.S. should step up screening for those traveling from or transiting through those regions, said Perry, who has been exploring a presidential run. “Those steps may be something as simple as taking their temperature.”

The Obama administration has thrown cold water on any travel ban, proposed

by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, another president aspirant, last week.

“A travel ban is not something that we’re currently considering,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said at Monday’s briefing. “There already is a multi-layered screening protocol in place in our transportation system.”

In Dallas, state health Commissioner David Lakey told reporters that efforts were continuing to monitor those who may have come in contact with Duncan or were secondary contacts.

Lakey said no symptoms had developed among those who were being monitored, not even among the 10 people considered to be in the high-risk group. The lowrisk group, mainly secondary contacts, has 38 people, he said.

The high-risk group includes the family and friends who stayed with Duncan at a Dallas apartment while he had symp-

toms. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said the cleanup of the apartment has completed the second phase, which includes disposal of most of Duncan’s personal items that might be infectious.

Meanwhile, Ashoka Mukpo, 33, arrived in Omaha and was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center, where he will be kept in an isolation unit. Mukpo was working in Liberia as a freelance cameraman for NBC News when he became ill last week. He is the fifth American with Ebola to return to the U.S. for treatment during the latest outbreak.

Mukpo was able to walk off the plane under his own power Monday before being loaded onto a stretcher for the ambulance ride to the hospital, his father, Dr. Mitchell Levy, said at a televised news conference. Levy told reporters that his son wanted to help the people of Liberia because he lived there for two years while working with a nonprofit.

It is not known how Mukpo was infected, but Levy said it may have happened when his son helped clean a vehicle in which someone had died.

According to the BBC, Health Minister Ana Mato of Spain confirmed that a nurse who treated a victim of Ebola in Madrid has tested positive for the disease.

Mato said the woman was part of the team that treated Spanish priest Manuel Garcia Viejo, who died of the virus on Sept. 25.

The Spanish nurse is in a stable condition, officials said.

struggles with identity clash

By Christine Byers St. Louis Post-Dispatch

FERGUSON, Mo. — Seeing that a fellow AfricanAmerican police officer had endured his fill of racial slurs shouted by other blacks, Sgt. Harry Dilworth tapped the man’s shoulder and took his place facing protesters.

Riots after the Aug. 9 shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white officer make it a tough time to be on the Ferguson police force -and for Dilworth that goes double if the person in blue happens to be black.

Most of the insults he heard on the line that day are too graphic to print. Among the more polite are “sellout,” and “Uncle Tom,” Dilworth said. He had stood with two other black officers, one from the Missouri Highway Patrol and one from the St. Louis County police.

“We didn’t blink,” he said in an interview. “We didn’t say anything to them. We stood there and took it. We all talked about it afterwards. I said, ‘Don’t address ignorance with ignorance.’

“But it’s hard to hear that from the minority group that you are representing. ... You tune it out, but psychologically you’re dealing with scars. Some officers are going to see counselors.

We’re not robots.”

Dilworth believes their hard facade is fueling some of the fire.

“I think it pisses them off even more because they think we’re unemotional,” he said. “We feel, but we can’t show that because as soon as we say something we will be all over the news ... I can’t so much as spit on the sidewalk right now without someone throwing it on social media.”

Black and white officers agree that the blacks have been targeted more on the front lines of policing the troubles after Michael Brown’s death. They feel caught between empathizing with a brother officer who used deadly force and understanding a community that is venting pent-up rage against police.

Dilworth, 45, wishes he

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Ferguson police Sgt. Harry Dilworth talks with protesters on Sept. 23. could retire, but feels a draw to stay in the community he has served for 21 years.

Even on ordinary calls for service, some taunt him with the “hands up don’t shoot’“ gesture widely adopted by protesters.

“You can only take so much of this,” Dilworth said.

Dilworth had been at Fort Leonard Wood fulfilling his duties as an Army reservist the day of the shooting. He said his wife wishes he were back in Iraq or Afghanistan.

“She thinks I would be safer there,” he said.

Dilworth is the only black supervisor and one of four African-American officers on a force of 53 in a community where two-thirds of the 21,000 residents are black.

His teeth clenched as he drove past a protester holding a sign that read “Stop Killing Us.” He questioned why protesters don’t hold such signs at the scenes of murders, such as the recent killing in St. Louis of Donnie White.

Dilworth said he knew White, who was on the way home from work when he got caught in crossfire between suspected black gangs.

“We are not killing you, you are killing yourselves,” he said, his voice rising inside his police SUV. “This is a systematic problem that’s been going on for years. I want to tell them to wake up! And look at exactly what the problem really is!

Look at the statistics. The number of officer-involved shootings is relatively low.

I stand a better chance of

being killed by you.”

A call for a disturbance echoed on his radio.

Foremost on his mind, he said: Are his officers going to be safe? If something happens, what will he tell the spouse?

“It’s different now because the threat has been heightened,” Dilworth said.

“I worry about the guys I supervise, I worry about their physical and mental well-being.”

Dilworth said that after Brown was killed, one of the officers he supervises was mistakenly identified on social media as the shooter, and ended up moving his family out of state.

Dilworth said computer hackers published personal information about him, on the Internet. “Someone tried to buy a $37,000 truck in my name,” he said.

Some fellow officers moved, forsaking $100 a month incentives to live in Ferguson. They changed phone numbers.

Take-home patrol cars are now parked at police headquarters. “Imagine having a Ferguson police car parked in front of your house right now?” Dilworth said. “It’s like walking around with a scarlet letter.

“The community has become divided because people are looking at this as a black and white thing, like a poor black kid got shot by a white guy. It wouldn’t be that way if it was a black officer. I guarantee you that.”

US teen tried to join ISIS

By Jason Meisner Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago teen was arrested at O’Hare International Airport over the weekend on charges he was attempting to travel overseas to join the Islamic State terrorist group, federal authorities said Monday.

Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 19, a U.S. citizen, was attempting to fly to Turkey via Austria and then Switzerland, authorities said.

The charges alleged that Khan, of Bolingbrook, Ill., planned to meet in Istanbul with a contact he’d met online and be taken to Islamic State locations in either Iraq or Syria.

Khan told agents he expected his role there would be “some type of public service, a police force, humanitarian work or a combat role.”

Khan is the latest in a string of suburban Chicago teens charged in terrorism-related cases in recent years.

In 2012, Hillside, Ill., resident Adel Daoud, then 18, was arrested as he allegedly tried to detonate what he thought was a car bomb outside a crowded bar in Chicago’s Loop.

Last year, Daoud’s friend, Abdella Ahmad Tounisi, was charged in an alleged

plan to travel to the Middle East to join al-Qaida. Like Khan, Tounisi was arrested at O’Hare as he was about to board an airplane to Istanbul.

Both Daoud and Tounisi have pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial.

At a brief hearing in federal court Monday, Khan stood in court dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit and wearing a trimmed dark beard. He spoke only to tell U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Cox that he understood the charges and the possible penalties. Prosecutors said they will seek to have Khan detained as a danger and a flight risk at a hearing scheduled for Thursday. He will remain in custody at least until then.

As Khan was being led from the courtroom by deputy marshals, his father put his arm around Khan’s weeping mother and sought to calm her. Neither parent would comment after the hearing.

While Khan was detained Saturday afternoon by customs officials at O’Hare, agents searched his home in Bolingbrook and found handwritten documents that expressed support for the terrorist group, authorities said. One drawing appeared to be of an armed fighter with an Islamic State flag with the words written in Arabic saying, “Come

to Jihad.” Other drawings showed an arrow pointing from the border of Turkey into Iraq and Syria, according to a criminal complaint.

Another reference to the Islamic State was followed by the words, “Here to stay.

We are the lions of war...

My nation, the dawn has emerged,” according to the complaint.

In a bedroom Khan shares with a sibling, agents found a three-page letter addressed to his parents in which he informed them of his overseas trip and warned that if they contacted authorities “it will jeopardize not only the safety of us but our family as well.”

Khan also spoke in the letter of his hatred for the “immoral” West and his aversion to paying taxes that would be used to kill his “Muslim brothers and sisters,” the complaint alleged.

“I do not want my kids being exposed to filth like this,” authorities said the letter stated.

Khan was charged with one count of attempting to provide material support or resources to a terrorist group. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison.

Additional charges, however, could come when he is formally indicted.

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Hong Kong protests are a step forward from the past It would appear that student protesters in Hong Kong are managing to outmaneuver the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Leung Chun-ying. Tensions

Julian del Prado were undoubtedly high following the announcement by Leung that police were authorized to take “all actions necessary” to reopen classes on Monday and end civil disruption.

It certainly didn’t help that Beijing had thrown its full support behind Leung only recently through staterun media. This intimidating combination led me to believe that the protesters would cut their losses and end their demonstrations entirely, especially in light of the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989.

However, the deadline has now passed, and as of Monday morning, no protesters have been harmed or arrested. Student protesters have largely gone to class and have lifted barricades in the Central business district to allow civil servants to go to work. The civil unrest that Leung denounced and the “chaos” that Chinese state media described is gone. The protests, however, remain visible in Central and Mong Kok, with apparent plans to regroup at a later time.

Although the Hong Kong protests are certainly reviled by the Communist Party in China, the circumstances surrounding them are vastly different than those of Tiananmen.

Tiananmen itself is a huge contributor to those circumstances, as a China immersed in foreign trade recalls the solitude which followed the 1989 crackdown.

Furthermore, it can still be said that the one country, two systems approach taken in Hong Kong is bound to encounter speed bumps.

It is hard to imagine that the promise of a unified system and culture somewhere down the line could be thrown out in favor of the hatred and division that another crackdown would cause.

Having said that, it hardly makes sense to allow schools to stay closed for the duration of a protest of this magnitude, which requires extensive negotiation and nuance if both parties involved are to be satisfied. Ultimately, the stakes are just too high for China to waste its time suppressing students.

Perhaps this explains why the strategy of Leung and Beijing seems to be a snub campaign in the newspaper and the threat of “all actions necessary” in the event that the protest-

their protests and asking for negotiations with someone other than Leung. The praise Leung receives in China is outnumbered by floods of videos and stories from the protests.

Occupy Central has quickly become a common name in the news as a civil disobedience campaign, and the passing of Monday’s recent deadline without police intervention suggests that Hong Kong’s government is having to quickly readjust its policy. If the protesters continue to keep the international spotlight on themselves, a new form of activism may be forming wherein participants of protests don’t need to engage a government actor directly to disrupt society.

By channeling social media successfully, a protest group can very suddenly amass a horde of members anywhere they are needed to gain the attention of international news and social media. Once the spotlight is on them, they don’t need nearly as many individuals out in the open, as participants can instead focus their energy on perpetuating the flow of media to their cause online.

The Chinese government and the protesters in Hong Kong are at a fundamental impasse. While China’s Communist Party seeks to unify under a single party, the protesters want representation based on their own preferences. These differences are not reconcilable in my opinion, as I don’t think a country can claim its system to be adequate while a glaring exception exists which does better than many provinces in the system. But if these protesters can use the media, which is uniquely available to them in China, to circumvent a government crackdown, then we will be seeing a truly new form of protesting.

“The government of China and the protesters in Hong Kong are at a fundamental impasse.”

ers stop citizens from living their lives normally. But no actions were necessary, and even citizens working for the government being protested are returning to their normal lives. Now, the question is what Leung and the government in Beijing will have to say about the protesters, who appear to be in it for the long haul.

For their part, the protesters in Hong Kong seem to have superior maneuvering when it comes to the media and public presence.

Although China’s government has repeatedly stressed that these protests are a domestic affair (so other governments should butt out), the protesters have received expansive coverage abroad.

Furthermore, the ideal of choosing one’s own representative is close to the heart of Western audiences. In stark contrast to the Chinese state media, Western media shows the Julian del Prado can be reached at students cleaning up after jdelprad@umass.edu.

Koufax or Kershaw?

Take your pick With fall now upon us, baseball’s regular season has come to a close.

And as eight teams (four from each league) tirelessly compete against each

Isaac Simon other in an effort to call themselves World Series champions, all eyes are on Clayton Kershaw, Major League Baseball’s best active pitcher, to see if he can finally seal the deal.

A rookie at age 20, Kershaw has been masterful for the past four seasons, posting an average ERA of 2.11. Kershaw, now 26, has fashioned himself into the best lefty pitcher since Sandy Koufax. Some would say that he is the best pitcher – period – since Koufax.

Over the past four seasons, Kershaw received two Cy Young awards, posting ERAs of 2.28 and 1.83 in 2011 and 2013, r e s p e c t i v e l y.

There is even a good argument to be made that he should have won the award in 2012, which went to R.A. Dickey instead.

Over the course of his seven-season career, Kershaw posted an ERA+ of 151.

This means that on average, Kershaw was at least 50 percent better than the rest of the league he played in. And while wins are not the most accurate way of assessing a pitcher’s ability on the field, he has racked up two 20-win seasons.

Now, while I do not have the power to see into the future, it is safe to assume that Kershaw will, yet again, receive the 2014 National League Cy Young Award. If he does, it will be his third, tying himself with Koufax, another Dodger great.

From 1962 to 1966, Koufax was untouchable, posting an 1.95 ERA. He was 67 percent better than the league he played in based on his ERA+ and put up a total win-loss record of 111-34. In 1963, Koufax finished 25-5 with a 1.88 ERA. That year, he not only won the Cy Young award, but he also took home the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) along the way to lead the Dodgers over the Yankees in the World Series. From 1965 to 1966 he had a

combined ERA of 1.89, winning 26 games in 1965 and 27 in 1966. Koufax earned his other two Cy Young awards in both seasons.

1966 proved to be Koufax’s best year in what also happened to be his last. Despite being swept by Hank Bauer’s Orioles in the World Series, Koufax posted an ERA+ of 190 – in other words, almost 100 percent better than the rest of the MLB. When Koufax retired following the loss to the Orioles, he had four World Series rings (one in 1955 as a rookie, 1959, 1963 and 1965), three Cy Young awards (at a time when only one award was given to both leagues), one MVP award and a career ERA of 2.76. This was all for a man who left baseball at the age of 30.

If Kershaw is the recipient of this year’s National League Cy Young Award, then he too will have three to call his own.

But what Kershaw has yet to develop is a winning resume in the postseason.

In the six playoff series that he has partaken in, Kershaw is 1-4 with a mediocre 5.20 ERA. This includes his most recent performance in Friday night’s loss to the Saint Louis Cardinals, in which he allowed seven runs.

It’s also important to note that Koufax never played on teams that had the strong offensive presence that Kershaw has been blessed with. All Koufax needed was one run. For Kershaw, this has not been the case.

Perhaps the comparison is a bit unfair given the fact that Kershaw is in the prime of his career and has just signed a contract through the 2021 season. However, the questions still remain. Will Clayton Kershaw go down in history as the greatest pitcher in baseball history? Probably not. But will he go down as one of the greatest pitchers of his generation? Most likely, assuming that no catastrophic injury occurs. Lastly, will he fashion himself into a better and more affective pitcher than Sandy Koufax? Only time will tell.

“Kershaw, now 26, has fashioned himself into the best lefty pitcher since Sandy Koufax.”

Isaac Simon can be reached at isimon@umass.edu.

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Cherub lights up Pearl Street Alternative rap group band wins Aer returns to the Valley Nashville over NoHo crowd

Massachusetts duo to play Pearl Street

By Sarah Robertson Collegian Staff

A lot has happened in the year since David von Mering and Carter Schultz last played in the Pioneer Valley. The two artists, known as the alternative rap group Aer, have since released a new album, toured with bands such as the Dirty Heads and Pepper and had one of the best summers of their lives.

“The tour this summer was wild,” von Mering said in an exclusive interview with the Collegian. “I would say we definitely got to check a bunch of stuff off the bucket list.”

After playing at the University of Massachusetts’ homecoming concert last year in the Student Union Ballroom, the duo continued working on music and released its second full-length album in late January. The selftitled album topped out at No. 5 on iTunes charts and set the tone for a busy summer. Aer then went on a national tour with the Dirty Heads and played various festivals throughout the country, including Outside Lands and Firefly.

Now Aer is back on the road, this time as the headliner for its own “House Party Tour” with fellow rapper Dizzy Wright. The tour will bring the duo up and down the East Coast including a stop at the

Pearl Street Nightclub in Northampton on Oct. 9.

“I’m very excited,” Schultz said about returning to the Pioneer Valley.

“Every time is a good time.”

The creative forces behind Aer come from a wide variety of influences.

The duo’s first album, “The Bright Side,” was released in 2012 and reached the top of the iTunes album chart.

While Aer is definitely more rap-oriented, “The Bright Side” sounds like Sublime meets Shwayze with its reggae-rock vibes.

Most prominent throughout all of the group’s music is a West Coast style with a laid back and positive attitude, despite the duo’s roots in Wayland, Massachusetts.

Schultz and von Mering like to draw influence from a variety of sources within their genre but also said they enjoy listening to alternative rock and indie music. Von Mering cited the Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Arctic Monkeys as major inspirations for their work. While von Mering handles much of the production on the new album, both artists stress the importance of collaboration.

“I do the majority of the verse work and stuff like that,” Schultz said. “We will collaborate and edit together to make sure that both of us are on the same page.”

The two artists began making music together

in high school, releasing their first mixtape, “Water on the Moon,” in 2010. By 2011, they got more serious about their music, finally settling on the name Aer and getting a manager. That same year, they released their second mixtape, “The Reach,” and their debut EP, “What You Need.”

Aer’s sound has undoubtedly matured throughout its four years in the music industry, a side effect that von Mering attributes to the duo’s growing fan base.

“We’re a little more aware,” said von Mering.

“At first we didn’t really think about the words we were saying. Now that we know that people are quoting us and getting our lyrics even tattooed and all this crazy shit, we decided we needed to be more careful with what we say.”

“Not that we won’t say things that aren’t about just having fun, but now we are a bit more aware,” he added. “I would say we are better at writing now.”

When asked if he would get his own lyrics tattooed on his own body, von Mering simply said, “Hell yeah.”

Aer will be playing at Pearl Street Nightclub in Northampton Thursday, Oct. 9. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 at the door.

Sarah Robertson can be reached at srobertson@umass.edu.

By Ruthann Barry Collegian Correspondent Jason Huber and Jordan Kelley, of the electro-pop band Cherub, played their hearts out last Wednesday at Pearl Street Nightclub in Northampton.

The duo had the crowd – which was made up of about a few hundred seasoned listeners and new fans – on its feet all night as the band performed a variety of songs from both its back catalog and its most recent album, “Year of the Caprese.” Huber and Kelley energized the audience with an elating mix of pop, rhythm and blues, rock and electronica with an indie essence and catchy lyrics. The show, part of the group’s second North American tour, “Champagne Showers,” was nothing short of fantastic.

The funky sound and party anthem beats of Cherub lit up Pearl Street and drew excitement from the lively crowd early in the night. The show’s two openers, Gibbz and Ghost Beach, performed tracks with a similar spunk and electronic essence to Cherub’s work.

Gibbz, created by musician Mike Gibney, first took the stage and mixed his own music, as well as remixes, on the DJ table. Gibbz then turned over the microphone to Ghost Beach, New York’s electronic music duo comprised of Josh Ocean and Eric Mendelsohn. The group hit the stage for

about an hour, pumping up the already excited crowd for the arrival of Cherub.

The duo’s digitized music served as an excellent bridge to the introduction of Huber and Kelley’s own electronic tunes.

Cherub took the stage with great enthusiasm around 10 p.m., and dominated with its unique sound for almost two hours. The captivated audience clapped, danced and laughed the night away as Huber and Kelley both shared their catchy sounds and interacted with fans.

The duo joked with audience members in the first row and showed gratitude for the continued support from its growing fan base.

These fans displayed feverish excitement to both the band’s older and the more recent material found in “Year of the Caprese.”

Throughout the night, Cherub gave the audience a taste of its many musical influences, leading to an array of sounds ranging from electro-pop and dance to R&B. The band’s slow and smooth rhythms always seemed to please the crowd.

The overpowering bass and feel-good melodies worked perfectly together, turning Pearl Street Nightclub into an all-encompassing destination for unique musical expression.

The duo opened its set with the song, “<3,” one of the many tracks found on “Year of the Caprese.”

During the performance, Huber and Kelley exhibited their impressive instrumental talents with solo drum and acoustic guitar breaks.

After establishing an upbeat start, the duo pulled from its 2013 EP with tracks such as “Heartbreaker” and “Jazzercise ’95.” The electronic essence pulsed through the crowd as Huber and Kelley got deeper into the set list. The band paused the fast-paced vibes halfway through the show to slow things down with its newer, R&B style songs, including “Freaky Me, Freaky You” and “Tonight.”

Huber and Kelley also paid tribute to fellow electro-dance artist Calvin Harris with an excellent cover of his 2012 hit, “Feel So Close.” The duo’s cover was received well by the crowd, pulling the audience away from the previous slow songs and back into the pulse-pounding spirit that defines the band’s music. Keeping with the notion of “saving the best for last,” Huber and Kelley concluded the show with a few popular hits, including “XOXO,” and, of course, the single that put them on the alternative radar, “Doses and Mimosas.”

Cherub exceeded expectations as its unique sound, mix of genres and upbeat personality contributed to the great atmosphere at Pearl Street this past Wednesday. As Cherub has come close to the end of its second North American tour, the band has gained momentum and will surely continue to surpass expectations at each of its forthcoming concerts.

Ruthann Barry can be reached at rbbarry@umass.edu.

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Canadian indie-pop quintet Alvvays to play the Iron Horse Acclaimed band to Drawing influences from a myriad of genres perform on Thurs. and warping them into a tantalizing, tuneful

By Jackson Maxwell Collegian Staff

Canadian indie-pop quintet Alvvays will light up the Iron Horse Musical Hall with its irrepressible melodies this Thursday night. Drawing influences from a myriad of genres and warping them into a tantalizing, tuneful mix of great songwriting and infectious energy, Alvvays has emerged as one of independent music’s most exciting new bands.

The band first came about when lead singer and guitarist Molly Rankin enlisted fellow guitarist and Nova Scotia native Alec O’Hanley to perform on a solo EP that Rankin released in 2010. The EP showed Rankin exploring a more folky side of her musical consciousness, one that likely came from her relation to the Rankin Family, one of Canada’s most acclaimed roots-music ensembles.

Rankin and O’Hanley continued to collaborate, and before long, the two recruited Kerri MacLellan on keyboard,

mix of great songwriting and infectious energy, Alvvays has emerged as one of independent music’s most exciting new bands.

and O’Hanley’s friends Brian Murphy on bass and Phil MacIsacc on drums.

Avoiding much of the homespun quality that defined her solo work, Rankin’s work with Alvvays was quietly ambitious. Reflecting this growing determination, the band moved out of the cozy confines of Nova Scotia to Toronto last year.

Stylistically, Alvvays took on more of a jangle-pop identity, emphasizing simple musical structures and earworm choruses. One can draw a clear line between the band’s self-titled debut album, released July 22, and the “C86” compilation, a 22-song cassette released in 1986 by the British magazine, New Musical Express. It showcased a selection of the United Kingdom’s most exciting independent bands of the time. But, the tape as a whole

was geared toward a very specific and simplistic jangle-pop sound. Its songs were brief and to the point, but made an incredible mark, a formula Alvvays follows to perfection in its debut.

The album kicks off with two of this summer’s most enduring anthems. “Adult Diversion” begins with a Motown-like bass line, one that gives the song an immediately warm feel. The song’s verse is effortlessly sunny, while the chorus is a featherlight wonder in pop songwriting.

“Archie, Marry Me” is even more of a classic. As indie rock’s best summer offering, it is simply a masterpiece. Rankin punctuates a classic story of commitment in a romance (or lack thereof), with a bone-simple, but devastatingly effective chorus. Over soaring guitar chords, Rankin

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Alvvays, who released its self-titled debut album July 22, performs live in August 2014. implores her companion, “Hey! Hey! Marry me Archie.”

While nothing else on “Alvvays” quite matches the impassioned rush of its first two tracks, it does not include a single weak track. For a debut album, it is remarkably self-assured, sure-footed in its sound and confident in its charms.

The album’s attitude and feel is fully represented in a key lyric in another one of the collection’s better tracks, “Atop a Cake.” During that song’s chorus, Rankin asks the listener, over some gorgeous lead guitar work from O’Hanley, “How can I lose control, when you’re driving from the back seat?”

It is that feeling of dream-like

comfort and limitless possibility that makes this young band so special.

Pennsylvanian band Team Spirit will open for Alvvays at Iron Horse this Thursday.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $13 at the door.

Jackson Maxwell can be reached at jlmaxwell@umass.edu.

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BGSU, NIU win despite late scares

By Adam Aucoin Collegian Correspondent

Despite another loss for the Massachusetts football team, quarterback Blake Frohnapfel continued to fill the stat sheet for the Minutemen.

Following his record-breaking afternoon against Bowling Green last Saturday, Frohnapfel continued his success against Miami (OH) with 389 passing yards and four touchdowns. He spread the ball around, throwing a touchdown to four different receivers and completing a pass to nine different players for the day. All four of his touchdowns came in the first half.

Frohnapfel almost led UMass down the field to win the game in the fourth quarter.

Starting on its own 20-yard line with one minute, 13 seconds left, Frohnapfel engineered a 78-yard drive that was ultimately stuffed at the 2-yard line, ending the game.

With 1,860 passing yards on the season, Frohnapfel is currently eighth in the country.

In her first match since Sept. 14, Jackie Bruno provided the Massachusetts women’s soccer team the spark it desperately needed.

Bruno scored the game-winning goal Sunday against Saint Joseph’s, bending a corner kick into the net in the 88th minute to give the Minutewomen a 2-1 lead. It was her fourth goal of the season and her second goal in as many games.

She was also able to tack on the equalizer against George Mason on Friday, helping UMass force a 1-1 double overtime tie.

After the Patriots went up 1-0 in the 34th minute, Bruno responded in the 49th minute with a goal of her own, her third of the season at the time. She received a pass from forward Megan Burke, split through two defenders and drove a long-range shot into the top right hand corner of the goal to tie the match.

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Minutemen feel stronger bond Players rave about improved chemistry

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“Our chemistry on and off the court has gotten tremendously better and that’s something that we lacked last year.”

Derrick Gordon, UMass guard

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It took Massachusetts men’s basketball guard Derrick Gordon just a single sentence into his first response of the 2014-15 season before a combination of excitement and confidence spilled over.

“I can just tell this team is a lot different than last year’s team,” Gordon told reporters after the first practice of the year.

He’s right, and he noticed it on a number of levels. The team must replace three starters — Chaz Williams, Raphiael Putney and Sampson Carter — and returns only four players from a season ago who played more than eight minutes.

But it wasn’t necessarily those types of changes that Gordon first pointed out.

Instead, the difference lies in the togetherness of the team.

“Our chemistry on and off the court has gotten tremendously better and that’s something we lacked last year,” Gordon said.

“We didn’t really have that team chemistry that we really needed to win certain games.”

Both Gordon and center Cady Lalanne referenced the team’s inability to play consistent basketball in the second half of the season last year — UMass finished 8-8 after starting 16-1 — and lamented a missed

opportunity in the NCAA Tournament. Still, despite all of last year’s talk about the Minutemen being a “brotherhood,” 2014-15 offers a much brighter future. “(Last year) was just different,” Gordon said.

“Everybody had their own little groups and this year we’re all one.”‘ Lalanne said this year’s group made it an effort to spend as much time together as possible, whether that be on the court over the summer or in the dorm rooms playing video games.

Gordon echoed Lalanne, saying the team goes everywhere together.

“Even after the season ended last year, this group right here, the group that you always see together and with each other…this whole summer we lived with each other,” Lalanne said. “Just like the vibe, the type of people we have on the team, it makes it so easy for everybody to click together.”

It’s a positive development for a team making significant changes to both the style of play and its personnel. Gordon called the lineup of himself, guards Jabarie Hinds and Trey Davis, forward Maxie Esho and Lalanne “something special.” It’s

NEWCOMERS so technically it’s kind of Trey’s team from that perspective,” Kellogg said.

“But I think (Davis) realizes having another guy with him who can handle and can play is good for the team…so I’m actually just mentally trying to think ‘How do I play both of those guys?’”

Kellogg said that he’s also excited to add Clark into the mix, as well.

Clark originally committed to Virginia Tech as a member of its recruiting class, but was not admitted to the school. A former three-star recruit, Clark enrolled at UMass and sat

Dyson and Seth Berger — who didn’t play many minutes last year.

“It’s exciting,” Minutemen coach Derek Kellogg said of working the new players into the rotation.

“You have to give up probably a little more energy, because we’re back to teaching some things that for the last two years everybody knew. So you have to push it long enough so the four, five, six guys who have been here a while stay motivated, and you’re teaching the young guys, so at some point it all comes together.”

Lalanne said the infusion of talent is making for faster practices.

“This feels way faster than last year, to me,” Lalanne said. “I feel like the team’s a lot more athletic. We got a couple guys that, if you don’t watch your back, they’ll put one on your head. Even the coaches every day tell us this team is pretty fast and we’re playing exactly how coach Kellogg wants us to play.”

As the season slowly gets underway, UMass already feels something special could be in the works.

“We’re going to be young,” Gordon said. “But I think this year’s team, on my thoughts on the first day of practice, is going to be a lot better than last year’s team.”

a smaller, more up-tempo group, but the players are enjoying the opportunities so far.

Gordon noted that playing three guards at once will allow UMass to “lock down” defensively, which was something they didn’t do as much at guard last year. The smaller lineup is already making waves on the practice court.

“The way we’re getting up and down, rebounding, pushing it and sharing the ball, that’s something we lacked last year,” Gordon said. “Because a lot of people on this year’s team aren’t really worried about scoring, we’re worried about winning.”

Both the players and coaching staff are excited about numerous new additions to the roster. Hinds sat out last season after transferring from West Virginia and will factor into the guard rotation.

Wing player Donte Clark — who was a non-qualifier last season despite being around the team after transferring from Virginia Tech— will also play this year.

UMass also has redshirt freshman Zach Coleman and freshman C.J Anderson to add to a group Mark Chiarelli can be reached at of young reserves — Tyler mchiarel@umass.edu and followed on Bergantino, Demetrius Twitter @Mark_Chiarelli.

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out last season.

“It feels good to be back,” Clark said after Monday’s practice. “I haven’t played in a minute so it feels good to be out there.”

Kellogg said Clark’s still knocking rust off and adjusting to the speed of play at UMass. But he’s already seeing signs of improvement.

“What I like is, thus far, his energy has been a little better than I thought it might be,” Kellogg said.

“His attention to detail’s pretty good and he’s very talented. And I think if he can put all that stuff together down the line, he has

a chance to be very good player out there.”

Kellogg pin-pointed Clark as a “slasher” capable of getting to the rim and scoring at a high level. He noted that Clark’s jumper continues to improve, as well. Clark, who said he was “impatient” last year as he waited for his chance to play, concurred.

“I bring a lot of buckets,” Clark said. “I think I’m a pretty good teammate, I like to play hard, play with my team. I like to win so we should be getting a lot of wins this year.”

Kellogg’s challenge now becomes working a

collective group of skill sets together. He also has Anderson, redshirt freshman Zach Coleman and returnees Dyson and Seth Berger waiting in the wings.

But he’s already seeing the group come together.

“They have a pretty good rapport,” Kellogg said. “We haven’t played a game yet and had much adversity…so it’s an easier time. I do feel like they feel like more of a team and collectively we’ll have to be better than we’ve been in the past, which is a pretty good thing.”

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

The Bowling Green football team squeaked out a second half comeback Saturday, edging Buffalo 36-35.

The game was marked with plenty of back-andforth action as it saw eight lead changes.

The Bulls (3-3, 1-1 MidAmerican Conference) got the scoring going on a 1-yard quarterback sneak

by Joe Licata midway through the first quarter.

But the Falcons (4-2, 2-0 MAC) quickly answered two minutes later with a touchdown run by running back Travis Greene.

This pattern continued for most of the half, as neither team pulled away and Buffalo entered halftime leading 28-20.

Scoring was much harder to come by in the second half. Midway through the fourth quarter, Buffalo running back Anthone Taylor scampered into the end zone from 12 yards out to give the Bulls a 35-30 lead with eight minutes, 38 seconds remaining.

With about three minutes left, Bowling Green had the ball on its own 20-yard line with the task of driving the ball 80 yards down the field. Falcons quarterback James Knapke found receiver Ronnie Moore twice on 40-yard and 36-yard completions to drive the team down to the 4-yard line. Bowling Green then punched it in on a 4-yard rush from Fred Coppet to take the 36-35 lead to win the game.

Knapke had a standout game for the Falcons, passing for 321 yards, while Moore caught nine passes for 178 yards. Bulls’ quarterback Joe Licata had three touchdown passes in the losing effort.

Bowling Green plays next at Ohio on Saturday.

Buffalo hits the field next Saturday at Eastern Michigan.

NIU escapes with win over Kent State Northern Illinois narrowly escaped an upset on Saturday as it beat Kent State 17-14.

The win extends the Huskies’ 28-game winning streak at home and their 24-game MAC winning streak.

Northern Illinois (4-1) was led by its rushing attack that compiled 181 yards.

The heavily-favored Huskies controlled the first half and the third quarter as they held the Golden Flashes to only two field goals while putting up 17 points of their own.

But it was the fourth quarter that had Northern Illinois fans biting their finger nails.

Kent State quarterback Colin Reardon led an 81-yard drive down the field, which he capped off with a 2-yard touchdown run and successful twopoint conversion to put the team within three points with just over seven minutes remaining.

If that wasn’t enough to get the Huskies nervous, the Golden Flashes’ defense had more in store as Kent State safety Jordan Italiano intercepted an Anthony Maddie pass to give them the ball with six minutes left.

The Golden Flashes moved into field goal range with about two minutes remaining, but kicker Anthony Melchiori missed the 56-yard field goal attempt.

Northern Illinois looks to keep rolling as it takes on Central Michigan next Saturday at home. Kent State (0-5) looks to get into the win column against winless Massachusetts.

Toledo tops Western Michigan in OT thriller

A missed extra point by Andrew Haldeman was the difference in Toledo’s win over Western Michigan 20-19 in overtime Saturday.

The Broncos (2-3) led for most of the game and held a 13-10 lead with 1:11 remaining in the fourth quarter, leaving only a slim chance that the Rockets (4-2) could drive the ball down the field in this amount of time.

But Toledo quarterback Logan Woodside drove his team down the field with strong clock management skills to set up a 37-yard field goal by Jeremiah Detmer, which he kicked through the uprights with no time left to send the game to overtime.

The Rockets maintained the momentum in overtime, as they drove down the field and scored on a 22-yard touchdown pass from Woodside to Alonzo Russell.

Western Michigan would do the same thing, as it scored on a pass from quarterback Zach Terrell, setting up an extra point opportunity from Haldeman to tie it up.

But he missed the short attempt and Toledo escaped with a victory.

Woodside passed for 210 yards for the Rockets, while running back Terry Swanson rushed for 172 yards. For the Broncos, Terrell threw for 370 yards on the day.

Toledo plays next at Iowa State on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Western Michigan prepares for a matchup at Ball State next Saturday at 3 p.m.

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Hinds, Clark among new Minutemen faces

Kellogg talks new additions to lineup

By Mark Chiarelli Collegian Staff

Take a quick glance at the Massachusetts men’s basketball team, and chances are there are a few unfamiliar faces on the court.

The Minutemen usher in a new wave of talent and must replace former stalwarts Chaz Williams, Raphiael Putney and Sampson Carter. It’s a group that UMass coach Derek Kellogg touts as fundamental in getting the program back to the NCAA Tournament and replacing a significant area of produc-

tion from last year’s team.

But the Minutemen are already focused on taking an even larger stride than last year, and it starts with added production from the group as a whole.

“I think we’ll have more of a group mentality this year,” Kellogg said. “People won’t look at UMass and say, ‘Oh, that’s Chaz’s team with a lot of other guys.’ No, this year is going to be UMass basketball and we’re going to come at you with a lot of different players.”

Two of the newest additions to the group are point guard Jabarie Hinds and forward Donte Clark. Both players were around the team last year – Hinds sat

out as a transfer and Clark attended UMass as a nonqualifier – but couldn’t play.

Hinds, who transferred from West Virginia, practiced with the team last year but could not play due to NCAA transfer rules. Now, he’s competing for minutes in a crowded backcourt which includes juniors Derrick Gordon and Trey Davis along with Clark, sophomore Demetrius Dyson and freshman C.J. Anderson.

According to Kellogg, Hinds is still adjusting from a starkly different style of play in West Virginia. As a member of the Minutemen, he’ll be asked to play a more up-tempo, aggressive style.

“I still don’t know how fast he’ll get it and how long it will take,” Kellogg said.

“But I do know he’s going to be a big part of what we do this year and he’s physically ready to play at Division I, high-level basketball.”

The 5-foot-11, 185 pound junior guard averaged 7.4 points per game in 22.8 minutes per game at West Virginia. Kellogg said that Hinds’ extensive experience is something he likes out of a transfer.

“He played against Texas and schools of that nature,” Kellogg said. “So I think he understands what it takes to win at that level.”

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BASEBALL

UM’s ‘small ball’ tops Dartmouth UMass wins 7-1 in fall exhibition

By Philip Sanzo Collegian Correspondent

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UMass rugby lost to American International College 34-8 Saturday in a rain-soaked affair in Amherst.

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

Bumgarner’s error sinks Giants Nationals cut series deficit down to 2-1

By Alex Pavlovic San Jose Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO —When it was over, the Giants could look back on a 10-game postseason winning streak with pride. It spanned three series and a wild-card game over two postseasons and set a National League record.

The streak included plenty of plays like the decisive one Monday. This time, however, the Giants were the ones to compound the mental mistake with a physical one, and it cost them in a 4-1 loss to the Washington Nationals.

Madison Bumgarner’s throw in a key seventh-inning moment skipped into left field, and as the ball bounced off a railing and rolled over the bullpen mound, the game spun away, too. Two runs scored and the Nationals wouldn’t look back, winning behind Doug Fister and cutting the Giants’ lead in the National League Division Series to 2-1, with Ryan Vogelsong and Gio Gonzalez set to duel Tuesday at 6 p.m.

The pressure is on the Giants, as they learned in 2012, when they overcame a 2-0 deficit against the

Cincinnati Reds. You put a team away when you have the chance, and they Giants didn’t.

“We know how good this club is that we’re playing,” manager Bruce Bochy said.

“You have to play your best ball to beat them. Today we didn’t and we made a mistake that hurt us.”

Actually, it was two mistakes on the same play.

Bumgarner and Fister had cruised through most of a rematch of Game 2 of the 2012 World Series, but the Nationals got going with an Ian Desmond single and Bryce Harper walk to lead off the seventh. Slow-footed catcher Wilson Ramos had not laid down a sacrifice bunt in three years, but eager to stay out of a double play and advance the go-ahead run to third, the Nationals put the bunt on and kept it on even as Ramos fell behind 1-2.

Bumgarner threw a slider across the outside corner and Ramos tapped it perfectly, dropping it between the mound and first-base line.

Even at 6-foot-5, 235-pounds, Bumgarner is a good athlete and nimble fielder. He bounced off the mound and scooped the ball up as catcher Buster Posey screamed to cut off the lead runner at third.

“Oh, lord,” Ramos said

to himself as Posey yelled.

He was afraid he had just bunted into a double play, but Bumgarner’s throw was so far to the left of Pablo Sandoval that he couldn’t get a glove on it, and it skipped away from the infield as Travis Ishikawa gave chase.

Desmond scored easily and Harper came around all the way from first.

“I thought I might have had a shot,” Bumgarner said.

“Regardless of whether I get (Desmond) out or not, I felt we still had a shot at getting Ramos at first. But I can’t throw the ball away right there, obviously. I shouldn’t have done that. Regardless of whether I should have thrown over there or not, I can’t throw that ball away.”

Bumgarner regretted the physical act. Posey regretted his decision.

“I just thought the way it jumped off the bat, we might have had a shot,” he said. “But Desmond had a good jump.

We probably should have just taken the out at first.”

The two-run hole would become three before a stunned sellout crowd could fully comprehend what had just happened. Asdrubal Cabrera poked a bouncer into left and Ramos made good on Nationals third-base coach Bobby Henley’s aggressive

send, scoring just ahead of Ishikawa’s throw home.

Fister, a Merced native, gave up just one run in that 2012 matchup but took a crushing loss. He wouldn’t bend this time.

The Giants had a couple of early chances as Fister knocked the rust off following a 10-day layoff, getting two runners on with one out in the second. But Harper made a leaping catch on the warning track on a drive hit by Brandon Crawford, and after a walk of Ishikawa, Fister threw a two-seamer past Bumgarner, who had two grand slams in the regular season.

Harper homered in the top of the ninth and Drew Storen-who blew Game 2 held on after putting the first two runners on. As the Giants watched another team enjoy a handshake line for the first time since Game 4 of the 2012 NLCS, the late afternoon sun shined light on a troubling fact. The Giants are hitting .208 through three games, and they’ve scored just six runs.

“They really do have some tremendous arms, and you understand that when you’re going to play these guys,” right fielder Hunter Pence said. “They also play tremendous defense. That’s a good combination.”

While Sunday afternoons in October are often reserved for watching football, baseball could be felt in the air last Sunday as the Massachusetts baseball team took on Dartmouth College in a fall exhibition game at Earl Lorden Field.

UMass prevailed, 7-1, as it beat the Big Green (1821 last season) behind 12 hits and five stolen bases.

The weekend matchup was the first game the Minutemen played since concluding their previous season in the spring.

According to UMass coach Mike Stone, the Minutemen showed signs of potential as they prepare to head into the winter offseason.

“Offensively, we put pressure on people and made things happen that way,” Stone said.

“I think that could be a strength.”

The “small ball” strategy was big for UMass on Sunday. By stealing five bases and bunting on numerous occasions, the Minutemen put a lot of pressure on Dartmouth.

“You have to (play small ball),” Stone said.

“Division I baseball is that kind of game.”

This pressure caused the Big Green pitchers to lose some composure on the mound and focus more on the base runners rather than the batters. This worked to the Minutemen’s advantage, allowing them to compile 12 hits in their offensive display.

Five different UMass players recorded a stolen base, coming from batters positioned in various spots of the lineup.

By having this balance, it allowed the team to actively keep runners on the bases and in scoring position. Twice in the game, a stolen base resulted in the Minutemen scoring a run.

This aggressive play could be a precursor to the style of play that UMass may look to implement in the spring. According to Stone, though, it’s still a work in progress.

“We need to be strong in three areas to be a good team.

We need to be strong on the mound, defensively and we need to put pressure on offensively. ” Mike Stone, UMass coach “I don’t know that yet, it’s too early to tell,” Stone said. “We have to develop some more toughness than maybe we’ve had in the past.”

Despite Sunday’s victory, the Minutemen enter the offseason with points of emphasis to improve, including the team’s defense, according to Stone. In the fourth inning, UMass committed three errors, including two by pitcher Andrew Grant, which resulted in Dartmouth’s only run of the game.

“We need to be strong in three areas to be a good team,” Stone said. “We need to be strong on the mound, defensively and we need to put pressure on offensively.”

Going into the offseason, the Minutemen can reflect on how they finished last season, in which UMass placed last in runs scored (191) within the Atlantic 10 Conference and second to last in hits (397). In addition, the Minutemen finished second to last in stolen bases with 28.

Based on Sunday’s exhibition matchup, UMass looked poised to improve on these offensive categories.

“I think we have a chance to be a good ball club,” Stone said.

He added that the Minutemen “just need to clean up some things and make consistent improvement starting this week.”

UMass has one more exhibition game against Dartmouth – scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 12 – before it breaks for the winter.

Philip Sanzo can be reached at psanzo@umass.edu.