Massachusetts Daily Collegian: October 23, 2014

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Kimmel speaks on changing adulthood Rally attendees voice upcoming negotiation fears UMass unions fight “They want to cap against concessions the sick leave bank.

If you don’t use your

By William Keve Collegian Staff sick leave, you lose it.

The Cape Cod Lounge The same thing goes was filled with worker’s rights advocates during the with vacation time, All-Union Contract Action you use it or you Rally on Wednesday.

Attendees filled the lose it.” most of the first floor

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Distinguished sociology professor and leading researcher of men and masculinity Michael Kimmel speaks in the Student Union Ballroom Wednesday.

By Nicole Dotzenrod Collegian Staff

Michael Kimmel, a distinguished sociology professor at Stony Brook University in New York and leading researcher of men and masculinity, spoke at the University of Massachusetts on Wednesday about his most recent book, “Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men.” Modern men and women are taking a decade longer than previous generations to emerge into adulthood, according to Kimmel.

“If you talk to parents of a 10 or 11-year-old they’ll tell you, ‘They’re growing up so fast. They’re doing things at

10 or 11 that we weren’t doing until we were 13 or 15. What you know is that 10 is the new 20. Now, talk to parents of a 30 year old. ‘Will they ever grow up?’ They move back home after college, they’re failing to launch, they can’t commit to a relationship or a career – because 30 is the new 20,” he said.

In his book, he set out to “map the new 20,” aiming to determine what is going on in the lives of people ages 16 to 26 in America, a new, permanent stage of development which he calls “Guyland.”

According to Kimmel, people become adults after they reach five demographic mark-

ers – finishing their education, marrying, having a child, getting a job and moving out of their parents’ home.

“My mother completed all five within months,” Kimmel said. “She graduated in May, got married in June, immediately got pregnant with me, moved out of her family home into her marital home and that September started her first teaching job.”

In his mother’s generatio n, the average age of marriage was around 21. Today, it is 28.5.

Kimmel said there are multiple causes for this change.

Demographers, according to Kimmel, are citing that the average age of death for cur-

rent college students will be about 90 years old, causing us to wonder – what’s the rush?

This shift is also driven by the economy.

“It is far harder today for young people entering the work force to latch onto a career and follow a career path in a linear way like my grandfather did,” he said. “My grandfather worked for the same company for 45 years, at the end of which he had a testimonial dinner, got a gold watch and moved to a condo in Florida. Let me tell you, that’s not going to be your career trajectory.” see

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of the Student Union.

Members from all campus unions, which represent nearly 6,000 workers at the University of Massachusetts, were present.

Members were rallying against potential givebacks and concessions that union workers are being asked to take in upcoming contract negotiations.

President of the University Staff Association Donna Johnson elaborated on the subject.

“They want to cap the sick leave bank. If you don’t use your sick leave, you lose it. The same thing goes with vacation time, you use it or you lose it. There are overtime issues. They want to take comp time away,” she said. “I feel it’s the law. If you work overtime you’re supposed to get paid for that. It’s those types of concessions that are hard to swallow.”

“They’re saying that we have to race to the bottom,” added the President of the Massachusetts Teachers Association Barbara

Barbara Madeloni, President of the Massachusetts Teachers Association

Madeloni. “The discourse is that people are suffering and so we have to suffer. We have to challenge that for ourselves and for everyone in our communities.”

A major focus of the rally was on UMass President Robert Caret, and his recent statements in the contract negotiations.

According to Johnson, Caret isn’t a major player in the negotiations, but he has stepped in regardless.

“He says he’s not involved in this, but then he says in newspapers that we’re ‘acting like children,’ that we have to be ‘willing to give up things.’ When the President’s office shows us that they’re giving things up, then maybe we can.”

Johnson went on to say that unionized workers were looking for a 3 percent raise, in addition to fighting concessions on sick leave see

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Sustainability Day focuses Professor receives grant to on empowering change cover election survey panel Students examine environmental issues

By David McLellan Collegian Correspondent Students congregated in the University of Massachusetts Campus Center to talk about the environment, recycling and sustainability for this year’s Campus Sustainability Day on Wednesday. This year’s theme was “empowering change on campus and in the community.”

The day began at 12 p.m. with the Student Sustainability Fair in the Campus Center’s main lobby. Representatives from UMass’ Eco-Rep Program, Gardenshare, Protect our Breasts, Sustainable UMass, Net Impact and many other student organizations hosted informational tables, pointing out the latest innovations regarding sustainability.

Erin Shaughnessey, Net Impact’s sustainability chair, commented on the program’s goal of having upcycling in the Campus Center’s Blue Wall.

“Upcycling is a type of

alternative recycling,” she said. “Normally those wouldn’t be recycled, but our goal is to have volunteer collectors recycle anything possible.”

Shaughnessey said an Upcycling station could be coming to Blue Wall very soon.

Outside, the theme of sustainability continued with MASSPIRG encouraging students to vote yes on ballot question 2, in order to support recycling in this year’s state elections.

“Right now 80% of bottles with a deposit on them are recycled but only 23% of non-deposit bottles are recycled,” said Shawna Upton, President of UMass’ MASSPIRG program.

“There’s a huge discrepancy there. We are working to update the Bottle Bill to increase recycling and get rid of litter, but big beverage companies have lobbied against us.”

The Bottle Bill is a 30-year-old law that requires five cent deposits containers with alcohol and carbonated beverages, updating it would require five cent deposits on bottles of water and juice

that litter parks and sidewalks.

“Big beverage companies have spent 8 million dollars to make sure we don’t get this passed, but we got over 6,000 signatures last year in support of this. It’s people versus money at this point,” said Upton.

The Student Sustainability Fair also featured a bulletin board on which students could write what “sustainability” meant to them. Phrases like “less waste,” “long term resources,” and “healthy” were boldly displayed.

At 3:30 p.m. the “Empowering Change” open forum began on the 10th floor of the Campus Center.

Speakers included Kevin Hollerbach, Eco-Rep program manager, who detailed efforts by his program to make campus greener.

“Yesterday we hosted a trash sort. We came up with 217.8 pounds of recyclable goods that would have been thrown away,” Hollerbach said. “If every student pulls one can out of a trashcan each day and recycles it, that see

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Schaffner to study different patterns

By Patrick Johnston Collegian Correspondent

Brian Schaffner, chair of the department of political science at the University of Massachusetts has received a grant from the National Science Foundation worth $456,878 that will cover the funding of the largest multiyear election panel survey on American politics ever created.

This is the second of two grants by the NSF to this project, the first which was worth over $500,000.

The NSF has taken a special interest in this project, according to Schaffner.

“It’s a unique data collection opportunity,” he said.

He explained that this survey will study, “voter choice, why people have the opinions that they do and the extent to which people are represented in Congress.” He said the survey will also look at how the opinions of voters change over time.

According to Schaffner,

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Brian Schaffner has been conducting a survey for four years. this data can be used to assess the public opinion on issues and politicians as well as assess how well they are informed about matters of politics. By comparing the data on the individual’s choice of representative and opinion on particular issues, those studying the data will be able to see see how voters’ opinions on issues align with that of their candidate of choice.

“We can look at how much they know about how their representatives in government vote,” Schaffner said.

He added this survey, conducted along with Stephen Ansolabehere, a professor of government at Harvard University, began in 2010 with a group of 30,000 participants. This group would drop to around 19,000 in 2012 during the presidential election. In this last survey, there will be 9,000 remaining participants.

This decrease, according to Schaffner, is not uncommon, and the fact that 9,000 participants remain is encouraging and higher an see

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THE RUNDOWN ON THIS DAY...

In 1927, Nikola Tesla introduces six new inventions, including a motor with onephase electricity. His work fell into relative obscurity after his death in 1943.

AROUND THE WORLD

Canada Large parts of downtown Ottawa were on lockdown Wednesday after a gunman shot and killed a soldier standing guard at a war memorial, and gunfire erupted in Canada’s Parliament. A suspect was also killed, authorities said.

It was the second fatal attack on a member of the Canadian armed forces this week, raising fears that the country was facing a terrorist assault. On Wednesday, a man suspected of Islamist radicalization killed a soldier and injured another in a hit-and-run at a strip mall in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. The driver was later killed in a confrontation with police.

Authorities did not immediately release details about the suspect in Wednesday’s shooting or his possible motives. But the Globe and Mail newspaper, citing federal sources, said he was Michael ZehefBibeau, a man in his early 30s who had recently been designated by the Canadian government as a “high-risk traveler” and had his passport seized.

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Israel JERUSALEM — Israeli police were on heightened alert in Jerusalem on Wednesday after a vehicle driven by a Palestinian man struck a group of people at a train stop, fatally injuring a 3-month-old girl in what authorities believe was a deliberate attack.

Authorities said a vehicle driven by a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem swerved onto the light-rail tracks and then into a group of people disembarking at a train stop by Ammunition Hill, near the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.

Nine people sustained varying degrees of injury, including the girl, who died at a local hospital, officials said.

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South Africa JOHANNESBURG — More than 20 months after he shot his girlfriend to death, South African double amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius spent his first full day in prison Wednesday with eight cellmates, all of them disabled.

There are two blind men, another amputee with a prosthetic limb, and five men in wheelchairs, Department of Correctional Services spokesman Manelisi Wolela said in a statement.

Pistorius was sentenced to five years for the negligent killing of Reeva Steenkamp.

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Correction On Monday, the Collegian misreported the dates of the Keene State Pumpkin Fest. The correct dates were Friday, Oct. 17 and Saturday, Oct. 18.

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Shooter identified in Ottawa, Canada Man found after soldier was killed

By Alexandra Zavis and Christine Mai-Duc Los Angeles Times Large parts of downtown Ottawa were on lockdown Wednesday after a gunman shot and killed a soldier standing guard at a war memorial, and gunfire erupted in Canada’s Parliament. A suspect was also killed, authorities said.

It was the second fatal attack on a member of the Canadian armed forces this week, raising fears that the country was facing a terrorist assault. On Wednesday, a man suspected of Islamist radicalization killed a soldier and injured another in a hitand-run at a strip mall in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. The driver was later killed in a confrontation with police.

Authorities did not immediately release

details about the suspect in Wednesday’s shooting or his possible motives. But the Globe and Mail newspaper, citing federal sources, said he was Michael ZehefBibeau, a man in his early 30s who had recently been designated by the Canadian government as a “high-risk traveler” and had his passport seized.

Canada announced this month that it was joining the United States in the battle against Islamic State militants who have taken over large parts of Iraq and Syria.

President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to “express the American people’s solidarity with Canada” and offer any assistance that the country might need.

“Obviously the situation there is tragic,” Obama later told reporters, adding, “We’re all shaken by it.”

“We don’t yet have all of the information about what motivated the shooting,” he said. “We don’t yet have all of the information about whether this is part of a broader network or plan, or whether this was an individual or series of individuals who decided to take these actions.”

It was not immediately clear whether other shooters remained at large.

Police initially reported that two or three suspects were involved. But when pressed on the issue at a news conference, Ottawa Police Chief Charles

Bordeleau would only say that officers had cordoned off the area and were clearing Parliament Hill.

Authorities urged residents to remain vigilant and stay away from the area.

“This is a dynamic and unfolding situation,” said Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud, commanding officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police national division.

Police said they received multiple 911 calls at 9:52 a.m. about the shooting at the National War Memorial.

Witnesses said at least one gunman fired at the soldier, then ran up the street toward Parliament Hill.

“He was wearing blue pants and a black jacket and he had a double barreled shotgun and he ran up the side of this building here and hijacked a car at gunpoint,” construction worker Scott Walsh told Reuters news agency.

He said the driver got out safely and the man then drove to the Center Block on Parliament Hill, a sprawling complex that houses the House of Commons and Senate as well as numerous offices.

The soldier was given emergency aid at the scene and put in an ambulance but succumbed to the injuries, police and military officials said.

The victim was not immediately identified pending notification of next of kin. But the Canadian Broadcasting Cor p. reported that the soldier

Meal plan changes have received mixed reviews Some believe the swipes are wasted

By Patricia LeBoeuf Collegian Correspondent

The new meal plans received mix reviews from University of Massachusetts students after Residential Dining revamped its plan options for the start of the academic year.

Garett DiStefano, director of Residential Dining, said students had worries about wasting their meal swipes on these plans, which led to the Dining Dollars solution.

“You’re going to maximize the benefit of your plan by using the Dining Dollars for small purchases,” he said. “Students have the opportunity to buy whatever they want and maximize the value of their plans.”

The dining administration wants to increase student knowledge of how to best use their meal plans, according to DiStefano.

There are five YCMP plans.

Two plans, YCMP 155 and YCMP 65, offer a combination of meal swipes and Dining Dollars that can be used in dining halls or in retail locations. YCMP On the Go consists of 800 Dining Dollars and five retail or dining commons meals. YCMP Gold and YCMP Platinum only offer dining hall or retail meal swipes, not Dining Dollars.

The Gold and Platinum plans are also open only to juniors and seniors who are residents or commuters.

Each retail meal swipe on the YCMP plan is valued at $9.50. If a retail meal is less than that price, the leftover amount is forfeited.

“The intention isn’t to do that,” DiStefano said. “Our intention is to maximize student use.”

“I think it’s kind of frus-

trating ... to have it always equal up to that,” said Courtney Spleen, a junior on the YCMP Off-Campus 65 plan.

DiStefano, the finance director, the director of retail dining and the executive director of auxiliary services all collaborated to reach a final dollar value on the meal swipes.

“It’s a collaboration, but we get a lot of input from (retail dining). We can’t run them out of business by not covering their costs,” said Claudia Brown, finance director of Auxiliary Enterprises. “(We have to) figure out what we can afford, (and) they have to tell us what it costs them.”

“It’s a really good plan,” said Stacey Beatty, a junior kinesiology major who is on the YCMP Gold plan.

“I do think that it’s overpriced though. Each (swipe) is worth $9.50, so basically what the plan is worth to me is $9.50, but I pay over $1,200 for it.”

The YCMP meal plans’ prices recently increased by about 5 percent as well.

DiStefano said this is due to factors such as the increasing cost of goods like milk and the necessity to adjust dining workers’ pay using the Cost-of-Living adjustments.

The Unlimited plan, which DiStefano says is the most commonly used student meal plan, did not go up in price.

He added that the dining administration wanted to showcase the value of that particular plan.

If a student’s retail meal swipe goes over $9.50, according to DiStefano, he or she can use cash to make up the difference, use Dining Dollars or use another meal swipe. The use of another meal swipe, however, means that the student forfeits the monetary value of the rest

of the swipe.

DiStefano believes it is much more common now for student meal swipes in retail dining locations to add up to $9.50, due to the addition of combo meals equaling about $9.50 at places like Blue Wall.

According to DiStefano, between 92 and 95 percent of student retail meal swipes, sometimes as much as 98 percent, are fully utilized.

However, Beatty said her retail meals only add up to $9.50 about 20 percent of the time, and that is if she purposefully adds extra items to increase the cost.

“We know that less than half of 1 percent (of meal plan funds) are left on the table,” Brown said.

Dining Services has approximately $200,000 in leftover money from all student meal plans each year.

The money is rolled into the Board Plan’s general operating fund. The board plan is also known as residential dining, which includes all the dining commons and meal plans, according to Brown.

“The money can’t go anywhere else,” she said..

The auxiliary enterprises departments of finance and IT, together with managers from Residential Dining, Retail Dining, and Hotel and Conference Services, generate their budgets beginning in October each year. During this process, each operation decides the amount of money it will transfer from the general operating fund to repair and replacements, A long-term fund with money put aside for future, unknown projects, like large-scale building repairs.

Patricia LeBoeuf can be reached at patricialebo@umass.edu.

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A man reportedly shot inside the Canadian Parliament on Wednesday. was a reservist who had been serving in Hamilton, Ontario.

Soon after, shots rang out inside Parliament, where Conservative and Liberal members were holding their weekly caucus meetings.

The Globe and Mail newspaper posted video showing police with guns drawn as loud bangs echoed through a hallway.

A CTV reporter tweeted a photograph of lawmakers barricading the door to their caucus room with furniture.

Journalists and lawmakers said they saw a body lying motionless on the floor that they presumed to be a suspect.

Some said the sergeantat-arms of the House of Commons had shot the assailant, and described the official as a hero. But police officials would not confirm how the suspect died, saying the investiga-

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tion was ongoing.

Harper was reported to have been in the building at the time, but his office said that he was safe and had left Parliament Hill.

Reports of a third shooting incident at a nearby shopping mall proved to be inaccurate, police said.

Officers rushed to secure the affected buildings and move occupants to safety.

A tweet from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police advised people in downtown Ottawa to stay away from windows and off roofs.

Police and military buildings around the country were closed to the public as a precaution Wednesday along with the constituent offices of parliament members. Schools and numerous other buildings in the area of the shootings were on lockdown.

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The third reason for this change, Kimmel said, is transformations in parenting. The current generation of college students has a history of “helicopter parenting,” where parents attempt to micromanage their children’s lives. This leads to a generation of more risk averse and less resilient college students.

“You’ve been over-parented as a generation with parents constantly intervening for you, cleaning up after you, hovering and watching everything you do – and now you come to college where you experience the gradual withdrawal of adults in the lives of young people,” he said.

Kimmel said this is especially problematic for men who come to college campuses eager to prove themselves as autonomous and masculine.

The fourth cause of this delayed development, according to Kimmel, is changes in the lives of women. In the past 40 years, women have made gender visible, entered the full-time workforce, begun to balance raising a family with having a career and have experienced a sexual revolution.

“Can women have it all?

The answer is no. The rea-

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son women can’t have it all, is because men do,” he said.

“If women are going to truly be able to balance work and family, we men are going to have to do something different.”

Despite drastic changes in the lives of women, the basic notion of masculinity has not changed.

Kimmel said his purpose in writing “Guyland” was to discover how to engage men in a conversation about gender, deconstructing these traditional expectations of masculinity and why men are resistant to gender equality.

He spoke about the fear that men have of other men seeing them as not “manly.”

In his book, Kimmel explores the things men are doing to prove themselves to others in order to experience the “brotherhood” that comes with being a masculine man.

“This isn’t about the Peter Pan Syndrome where men are afraid to grow up,” he said. “This is about the Peter Panic Syndrome where men are afraid to be seen as unmanly, sissy or gay and that fear is what motivates us to do all kinds of stuff in Guyland.”

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

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will drastically reduce that number.”

Other topics at the open forum were the use of hybrid and electric PVTA busses, the Green Office Program’s goal of eliminating waste in campus buildings and the SGA Bike Share program, which will rent out bikes to students for 24 hours in an effort to reduce pollution.

The day concluded at 5 p.m. with the showing of “Oil & Water, a film by Amherst native David Poritz. The film chronicles the life of Hugo, an Ecuadorian whose tribe has been threatened by oil companies drilling in his

homeland.

The film also explained Poritz’s founding of Equitable Origin, a company that gives certifications to oil companies that work to eliminate pollution in their industry.

The discussion about sustainability continues Thursday with the 30th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy hosting an exhibit from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Campus Center.

David McLellan can be reached at djmclell@umass.edu.

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expected.

“It’s very hard to keep people answering questions for so many years,” Schaffner added when asked about the decrease.

He explained the project can lose track of participants if they move as well.

There were some who expressed skepticism at the idea of maintaining enough participants over four years, but Schaffner, happy with the results, said he was “so glad that we were able to prove them wrong.” He went on to say that the project has gone very smoothly and has encountered few problems since it began.

However, Schaffner does not see the survey continuing much longer.

“I think we’re looking at the end of the road,” he

said.

He added that despite retaining more participants than expected, extending the survey for another two years would be impractical because of the inevitable decrease in the amount of data that could be collected.

Participants are asked to take a 20 minute online questionnaire before each election and a 10 minute questionnaire after elections have ended. The preelection data for this year’s election has been collected and the post-election questionnaire is almost complete.

“We’re basically 90 percent done with the final questionnaire,” Schaffner said. He predicted that this final part of the survey should be prepared by the

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end of this week. Data from the earlier stages of the project is being analyzed and will soon be added with the upcoming mid-term elections.

Schaffner said a number of factors are taken into account when choosing people to participate in the survey, including income, age, gender, race, education and interest in politics.

These qualities are examined in the interest of creating the most accurate representative sample possible for the nationwide survey.

He explained this information is also used to track opinions within certain groups and how it changes over time.

Schaffner believes this survey may help remedy a problem in the study of poli-

tics and elections.

“I think we still don’t know a lot about how people engage in politics,” he said.

Schaffner explained the data gathered will grant insight to those who study the political landscape in the U.S., as well as help politicians see where the public stands on certain issues.

When the data is collected, it will also be available to students as a resource for studying elections.

With the largest long-term survey panel on U.S. politics about to come to an end, Schaffner eagerly awaits the results of this four year project.

“I’m excited to see what comes out of it,” he said.

Patrick Johnston can be reached at pejohnston@umass.edu.

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and overtime.

Upcoming events to precede negotiations include a “coffee break” style meeting on Oct. 24 and another all-union meeting with local legislators.

The rally featured posters hung on the walls with President Caret’s phone number, and audience members were encouraged to take out their cell phones during the rally and call Caret to demand change.

Countless people dialed the number during the meeting and had conversations about cutbacks and other union issues with whomever picked up on the other end. “(Now) people can call him and let him know exactly how they feel. One of the last comments he

made was that the unions need to give back,” Johnson said. “ We give back at the office. My members give up time with their families because they don’t make enough money on this pay check and they have to take second jobs.”

The UMass president’s office failed to return requests for comment on the rally, but it did release a statement which said, “The University is negotiating in good faith to reach agreements that reflect the campus community’s commitment to excellence and manage our financial resources in the most effective manner possible.”

William Keve can reached at wkeve@umass.edu.

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ISIS’s magazine is good for the West Most people around the world openly express dis-

Ian Hagerty dain for ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and for good reason. ISIS has led a brutal campaign in the Middle East involving executions and mass fear mongering. ISIS has even managed to start it’s own propaganda and threat filled magazine known as Dabiq. It is easy to see this magazine and assume it as a sign of stability for the quickly growing organization.

In certain ways, this is undeniable. It takes a decently structured organization to orchestrate something like a monthly magazine. There is no doubt that this magazine is a sign of growth for ISIS. However, there are many different aspects of Dabiq that point to flaws within ISIS. In Dabiq, ISIS often features pictures of former United States military vehicles and weapons being used in their current campaign primarily in Iraq.

This can be viewed in a negative light. Yes, our military was incompetent in the manner in which we left Iraq. Yes, we left ISIS far too many resources to exploit. However, when I see ISIS using our old military equipment, I see a desperate militia. ISIS is using hand-me-down equipment and lacks production to make their own.

ISIS may be making plenty of money, but they completely lack the means to take on any industrious militarized nations in the world. Their ragtag bunch of used military equipment barely registers a threat to these nations, if they were to put troops on the ground. Recently, ISIS even released a video of former Iraqi Army pilots flying planes under their control.

This is also easily seen as a weakness, because ISIS only has three planes, which are all outdated and easily outgunned Soviet Era MiGs. Any number of these MiGs could be easily shot down when exposed, let alone three. ISIS probably would have been better off without a public display of their lack of resources.

Another main flaw of Dabiq is its focus on fear

mongering. The magazine constantly features pictures of dead Iraqi soldiers and civilians as well as brutal executions. With public displays such as these, ISIS definitely takes on the role of a terrorist organization.

Creating fear in the minds of those controlled by a terrorist organization as well as those who could possibly be controlled in future is a key aspect of a group like this.

ISIS hasn’t realized the one key problem with this strategy. Publicly display-

larity of the magazine also points out weaknesses in structure. Dabiq has been published on a monthly basis, but only roughly. As far as I’m concerned, making a regularly scheduled publication is one of the simplest and most obvious key facets of a magazine.

If a group of relatively inexperienced students can publish a paper online and in print several times a week, one would think that a hugely intimidating and powerful terrorist organi-

“If a group of relatively inexperienced students can publish a paper online and in print several times a week, one would think that a hugely intimidating and powerful terrorist organization could publish on time once a month.” ing horrific acts of inhumanity is also a great way to get people to hate you.

The magazine attempts to justify the stoning of women for adultery.

Actions like these have left most of the developed world mortified. Dabiq may help recruit some loyal followers to the ISIS cause, but in the process it creates many more enemies, like the many Kurds returning home from around Europe to meet ISIS head on. Many, even students, have dropped their priorities and are willing to fight and stop the progression of ISIS. It’s hard to imagine that openly displayed evidence of ruthless killings and other atrocities didn’t in some way contribute to the return of these Kurds.

Dabiq magazine also portrays the, “compassion and generosity,” ISIS claims to bestow upon its loyal followers. The magazine touts about medical centers for ISIS’s citizens as well as programs to help orphans and the poor.

These programs all seem well and good, but it is completely contradictory to the bloodshed ISIS has left in its wake. Nobody wants to live under a totalitarian net that only assures life in return for complete lack of freedom.

Not only does the content of the magazine display ISIS’s weaknesses and help spread disdain for the group, but the lack of regu-

zation could publish one at least once a month. I can’t help but picture a group of ISIS members scrambling around an office, trying desperately to get their information out on time.

The United Nations completely condemns ISIS’s actions and there are even many different Muslim groups from around the world who wish for nothing less than the complete downfall of the group.

ISIS may be expanding in the Middle East and gaining more followers, but with limited resources and the condemnation of the majority of the world, how long can this expansion really last? And will ISIS be able to maintain stability? I don’t think any group could maintain such an impressive reign with three antique MiGs the likes of which my Grandfather had dogfights with decades ago. Dabiq is setting the stage for revolt and revolution. ISIS forgot one of the most important tactics for domination – appeasing the people through lack of information. Anyone can read through the ridiculous religious indoctrination and justifications to clearly see the awful nature of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq.

Ian Hagerty is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at ihagerty@ umass.edu.

White supremacy and settler colonialism at UMass The mobilization of stu- rarely confronted on campus. dents – particularly students Town Hall meetings and blue of color – prior to and during ribbon committees are on or at the extreme, Matthew Cunningham diversity, “racism.” Black and brown people are “underrepresentlast week’s Diversity Strategic ed” rather than deliberately Planning Steering Committee excluded via a Eurocentric Town Hall Meeting was beau- admissions process. tiful. It was a strong show It is apparent that people of support for our brother at the University consistentJosh Odam, and the commu- ly engage in a cruel form nity let the Chancellor know of black and First Nations the precarious state that stu- Holocaust denial. But why dents of color – black and exactly do the forces of white brown students in particular supremacy and settler colo– live in at the University of nialism continue to hold such Massachusetts. sway, 522 years after their The actual meeting introduction to this contithough, was a farce. Start nent? with the name. By reducing questions of white supremacy, settler colonialism and hate crimes to “diversity” the administration papers over the historical violence that made and makes UMass what it is today – an institution that almost exclusively The answer is that the serves the white and wealthy. same economic regime that The chancellor made a dis- accompanied their introductinction between promoting tion here is still in place. diversity in times of crisis – According to the black like the aftermath of the two American historian Phyllis death threats – and “regular” Boanes, in the 16th, 17th, 18th times. What the chancellor up to the beginning of the seems to fail to realize how- 19th century, the planter and ever, is that these events are merchant class that owned inevitable on a campus that the original 13 colonies were has no consistent and sus- faced with a dilemma. Too tained effort to analyze the often black people, First interlocking oppressions that Nations people and white largely determine who we workers would realize their are as a culture. And that interests would align and the hate crimes are only the fight against their oppresmost extreme examples of a sors. The planters and mercampus that offers the black chants realized that they and brown members of their needed what the Italian phicommunity an unending losopher Antonio Gramsci stream of micro and macro- would later call a “historic bloc” to align a section of the aggressions.

To paraphrase activist working class with the elite.

Kwame Ture, this is a coun- This was done through try built on the enslavement rampant, white, supremaof black people and the geno- cist chauvinism. The myth cide of the First Nations of “manifest destiny” – that peoples. These two facts are the entire continent belonged integral to any type of social, to the white man – was propeconomic, psychological or agated, and a new doctrine geographic analysis of both of universal white manhood UMass and the nation at suffrage was implemented. large. But white supremacy In a cruel twist, while the and settler colonialism are voting rolls increased mas-

“The actual Diversity Town Hall meeting though, was a farce.”

sively in the beginning of the new republic, the amount of black voters went down, as the previous landholding and taxpaying requirements were revised in favor of a sole whiteness requirement.

We can see the continued reification of this historic bloc today. The average white family has six times the wealth as the average black or Latin family. When the racial statistics intersect with gender, the differences are even starker. According to a report from a leading economic research group, “while single white women in the prime of their working years (ages 36 to 49) have a median wealth of $42,600 (still only 61 percent of their single white male counterparts), the median wealth for single black women is only $5” – meaning that the average white woman in the prime of her working years has more than 800,000% more wealth than the average Black woman.

It is in the economic elite’s best interests to have white students crowing about affirmative action taking “their” spots than talking about the crushing load of student debt or the outrageous administrative overhead at UMass, or the varying tax deductions that allow the wealthy to pay barely any taxes.

It is in our best interests – the working classes – to relentlessly critique white supremacy and settler colonialism so we can defeat the capitalist forces that are intent on destroying us.

Matthew Cunningham-Cook is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at mcunninghamc@lrrc.umass.edu.

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‘Love is Strange’ a groundbreaking examination of marriage Ira Sachs’s film both beautiful & painful

By Sutton Bradbury-Koster Collegian Correspondent

Ira Sachs’s new film, “Love is Strange,” which he directed and co-wrote, is easily one of the most beautiful films of 2014. I found myself welling up multiple times during its relatively short 94 minute duration. But amazingly, it isn’t a tearjerker. This isn’t “The Fault in Our Stars” or “Titanic.” It isn’t for preteens looking for a good cry – it’s for people looking for something that strikes them visually, charges emotions and challenges beliefs. The way the movie portrays love – simple, effortless and nurturing – makes everything so much more heart wrenching. It never drags on or harps on any singular event. It just goes on, just as life does.

The story follows Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina), a gay couple together for nearly 40 years as they labor through the tribulations of their relationship. Most of the film takes place fol-

lowing their marriage. The meeting, the first kiss, the moment they fell in love – all of these milestones have already been hit, and we witness the aftermath.

It’s a refreshing and interesting spin on the genre as a whole. Ben and George’s relationship has become about the little things. This dynamic of their relationship translates beautifully into Sachs’s directorial style.

The director’s keen eye for detail and motifs satisfies critics and average Joes alike. Sachs’s cinematic choices, such as his use of the color green, classical music, extended still frames and extended shots of isolated individuals, all blend together effortlessly.

During scenes of music, the entire piece plays and the camera pans over multiple faces, showcasing all races and genders, a direct message about the overflow of music and love amongst all people.

The film showcases a minimalist approach, utilizing a cast of roughly 30 people. Regardless, the lack of thespians is compensated with the raw emotion and immense talent displayed by them. However, the poi-

gnant exchanges between Lithgow and Molina truly steal the show.

Lithgow continues to amaze with his versatility as an actor. Guest starring as Neil Patrick Harris’s estranged father in “How I Met Your Mother,” he played an endearing man trying to make amends for years of detachment.

On “Dexter,” he embodied Arthur Mitchell, also known as the Trinity Killer, a prolific serial killer who committed numerous murders for over 30 years in truly gruesome fashions.

With this in mind, it is even more impressive to watch him portray an elderly homosexual man with an all too relatable personality of “I am old so listen to my story.”

He shares the big screen with Molina, and together, the duo produces a performance unparalleled in emotion. The chemistry between them is undeniable from start to finish. They personify the “old married couple” cliché with snippets of smattered bickering but exemplify their true love and boundless passion in their actions – a stare and shy laugh here, a reassuring kiss and soft

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John Lithgow delivers a marvelous performance as Ben. shoulder to cry on there.

They exude love. You feel like a part of their love as the movie showcases their intimate moments and you sympathize with them during their distraught times.

There is a lot to learn from “Love is Strange.”

It challenges so much of what we know, or at least think we know. It challeng-

es traditional family structure. It challenges our idea of what’s right and wrong.

It challenges our very idea of love itself.

But all things that challenge us also teach us. It teaches us about the precious gift of life and the fleeting nature of it all. It shows that risks are meant to be taken and celebrations meant to be had.

So celebrate with those around you. Raise a toast to love, to boundless love, to good love and bad love.

Raise your glass for the young and old, straight and gay, black and white, and, as Lithgow Ben proclaims, “to all the crazy motherf *****s.”

Sutton Bradbury-Koster can be reached at sbradburykos@umass.edu.

FILM REVIEW

Alicia Florrick’s new angle A fantastic cast can’t fill ‘Good Wife’ enjoys the holes in ‘Fury’s’ armor stellar performances

By Eli Fine Collegian Correspondent Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for the fifth season of “The Good Wife.”

Last season, “The Good Wife” went through two huge transformations. Prior to season five, the show was an above average courtroom procedural. However, the show achieved greatness at the start of season five by introducing a storyline in which Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) and Cary Agos (Matt Czuchry) leave Lockhart/Gardner in order to start their own firm.

The first half of the season was therefore focused less on each episode’s case of the week and more on Alicia and Cary butting heads with Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) and Will Gardner (Josh Charles). The result of this new dynamic was a magnificent blend of suspense, drama and humor.

Then, halfway through the season, Will Gardner was shot and killed. In a melodramatic turn of events, one of Will’s own client accidentally shot him during a court session.

His death hit the reset button for the show yet again, turning the focus from the tension between the firms to the grief surrounding Will’s death. It also spurred Lockhart to consider leaving her own firm and joining Florrick/Ago’s instead.

Season five ended with Eli Gold (Alan Cumming) suggesting that Alicia run for state’s attorney.

Robert and Michelle King, the creators and showrunners of “The Good Wife,” are notoriously fond of periodically overturning the show’s status quo. Not so surprising, then, that they open season six with yet another upheaval. Cary is arrested

and thrown in jail, charged with aiding drug kingpin Lemond Bishop (Mike Colter) in the trafficking of over a million dollars’ worth of heroin. The beginning of the season concentrates on Cary’s hardships in prison as Alicia, Diane and Kalinda attempt to gather his bail money and assemble a defense. Meanwhile, Eli continues to pressure Alicia to run for State’s Attorney, an idea that Alicia vehemently states she wants nothing to do with.

Cary’s imprisonment establishes him as the emotional core of these early episodes of season six. Luckily, Czuchry is more than up for the task. Czuchry is a terrific actor who was underused in earlier seasons of this show.

Here though, he shines.

Cary is stripped of his dignity by the prison guards and violently assaulted by one of Bishop’s men. Because of Czuchry, the audience cannot help but sympathize with Cary, even though we can’t be sure of his innocence.

However, for all the success of Cary’s prison storyline, that of Alicia’s theoretical campaign is a bust.

Alicia endlessly repeats, with all the conviction in the world, that she will not be running for state’s attorney.

Obviously, we know that she’s going to run. That’s how TV shows work. When a potentially huge career move for a major character is introduced, and that character spends two or three solid episodes heatedly stating their opposition toward said career move, we can assume that the character will ultimately take the job.

In general, that’s fine.

But the story devices that the Kings use to get Alicia to a point where she agrees to run are simply ludicrous.

Gloria Steinem shows up out of the blue to tell Alicia that she should run. The incumbent state’s attorney, who has always been portrayed as something of a scumbag,

suddenly becomes the epitome of all things evil, motivating Alicia to run just to get him out of office.

Even amongst this drudgery, the performances are all top-notch. Margulies is great as usual, conveying Alicia’s inner turmoil while maintaining that signature stony faced Alicia Florrick look that she has cultivated over the years. Cumming’s portrayal of Eli Gold transcends the awful state’s attorney storyline that he is primarily involved with.

Baranski does remarkable work with the scarce material she is given, preserving Diane’s regal elegance as she transitions from being a named partner at the uber-successful Lockhart/ Gardner to a lesser partnership at Florrick/Agos.

Every season, “The Good Wife” adds to its huge roster of incredible recurring characters played by some of TV’s best character actors, and this season is no exception. Taye Diggs is very charismatic as an old friend of Diane’s who is convinced by Diane to join Florrick/Agos alongside her. John Ventimiglia, who portrayed Artie Bucco on “The Sopranos,” plays an apathetic detective involved in Cary’s arrest. Robert Sean Leonard, who you might remember as Dr. Wilson on “House, M.D.,” pops up in episode three as a Christian dispute mediator.

“The Good Wife” remains one of the best hour-long shows on network TV, if not the best. With largely sharp writing, wonderful performances and an ever expanding list of great recurring characters, it shows virtually no signs of old age. For a show going into its sixth season on a broadcast network, “The Good Wife” exceeds reasonable expectations and is excellent entertainment all around.

Eli Fine can be reached at elazarfine@umass.edu.

Film lacks a strong script and direction

By Cory J. Willey Collegian Staff

On the surface, “Fury” looks like any other World War II drama. By the end, however, it reveals itself to be a brutal reminder of the horrors of war. It had the potential to be ranked among the genre’s best had it spent more time fleshing out its characters rather than focusing so heavily on gore.

Written and directed

by David Ayer, “Fury” follows the crew of the titular tank. Brad Pitt’s character “Wardaddy” leads a crew made up of Shia LaBeouf’s “Bible,” Michael Peña’s “Gordo” and Jon Bernthal’s “Coon-Ass.” These names are all terrible, but luckily they almost never refer to one another by name.

We are introduced to Logan Lerman’s frightened and reluctant Norman, a new recruit who was supposed to be working a desk job but has instead been commanded to join Fury’s crew as a replacement for the gunner they have just lost. He reports to Wardaddy, who is angered by the news that Norman is his replacement for the best gunner he’s ever had. From here, we watch as Norman struggles with his role in the war as Fury moves towards a predictable showdown with a huge force of Nazi SS soldiers.

Pitt shines brightest in the scenes between he and young up-and-comer Lerman. It’s too bad the rest of the time he has to spend the rest of his scenes barking orders as a cookie-cutter hard-ass sergeant whose only signs of emotion are a few shots of him standing alone looking forlorn. Luckily, a large portion of the film concentrates on their relationship, giving us some sort of connection to

the crew through them. They provide the film with meaningful character moments that otherwise would’ve fallen by the wayside.

Ayer really wants us to respect and revere Wardaddy as much as the crew does to justify the setup of the third act. Lucky for him, he has Pitt to lean on. Pitt delivers the best line in the film, about halfway through while speaking about the war, saying, “Ideals are peaceful, history is violent.” He delivers this so matter-of-factly, that it’s impossible to forget it after the credits have rolled.

Imagine my surprise when I later discovered that, according to Ayer in an interview with the Telegraph, Pitt had ad-libbed that line on set.

Lerman does justice to his role as the timid Norman, similarly standing out in his scenes with Pitt. The two give us one of the best scenes in the film, in which Wardaddy sets Norman up with a German girl after they take a town, and they have dinner with her and her cousin in their apartment. It turns into a wonderfully bizarre and awkward family dinner when the rest of the crew turns up and discovers their Sergeant’s favoritism on display. Outside of this scene he is mostly directed to look scared and complain about his surroundings, until the horrors of war transform him into the soldier he needs to be. The transformation feels a little too abrupt, but that falls squarely on Ayer’s writing and directing shoulders.

The rest of Fury’s crew is more than watchable, despite being one-dimensional. They just aren’t fleshed out past these surface personalities, which leaves us with very superficially written characters. LaBeouf delivers a surprisingly interesting performance as the crew’s token religious man. He may end up spitting out one too many

bible verses by the end of the movie, but it doesn’t distract from the moments in which he shows us a gentle soldier who truly cares about human life. Bernthal stands out as well with what little he is given. He plays Coon-Ass as a savage dog-like simpleton.

Peña’s Gordo is the weakest member of the crew by far, which is a shame. Ayer has taken a fantastic supporting actor and asked him to simply provide a few moments of comic relief scattered between shouting Spanish angrily at the world around him.

It may seem unnecessary to mention, but the sound design and visual effects in “Fury” are incredible. Of course they have to be in a modern day war movie, but they give this film its own sense of terror that may only be rivaled by the likes of “Saving Private Ryan.”

Unlike “Saving Private Ryan” however, the violence feels over the top at times.

Shots focus on gore for too long, and when tanks push through dark mounds that are almost equal parts dead bodies as they are mud, it goes a step too far. “Fury” definitely doesn’t glorify war but it gets far too heavy handed with its portrayal of violence.

Despite numerous, unintentional attempts from Ayer to drag “Fury” down to a mediocre level, the end result is a highly respectable World War II drama. The cast does as much as it can with so little character development, resulting in a war film that feels a step above the rest.

If it wasn’t for a weak script and questionable direction at times, “Fury” could’ve gone down as one of the best films in the long list of World War II films. Instead it’ll have to settle for being one of the better war dramas of the past few years.

Cory J. Willey can be reached at cjwilley@umass.edu.

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Minutewomen look to make postseason Favorable schedule ahead for UMass

By Tom Mulherin Collegian Staff

After the Massachusetts women’s soccer team finally looked to be back on track with a win against St. Joseph’s on Oct. 5, the Minutemen have dropped back-to back games and now find themselves at No.11 of the Atlantic 10 conference standings, as they prepare to square off against No.12 Saint Bonaventure on Friday afternoon.

Entering the weekend, the pressure to win games is higher than ever for UMass (3-7-4, 1-2-1 A-10), as the struggling squad will play its last two home games in the pursuit to make the A-10 Conference Tournament. To qualify for the tournament in the postseason, UMass needs to be in the top eight of the conference standings, but currently sits behind Duquesne – who play the Minutewomen on Sunday – by three points (one win).

Saint Louis and George Mason also stand ahead of the Minutewomen, resting at the No.9 and No.10 spots.

“I would say the urgency to win is extremely high right now,” coach Ed Matz said.

“The good thing is that we still control our own destiny. If we win we make the (tournament). The simple fact is that there’s this urgency because we have to win.”

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“The good thing is that we still control our own destiny. If we win we make the tournament.”

Ed Matz, UMass coach a berth into the postseason. However, the concept of winning is easier said than done, especially for the Minutewomen whom have only won three games all season. A large contributing factor into why the team fails to reach a winning threshold is a struggling offense, which Matz believes it has out-played other teams in every aspect except for actually scoring goals.

“We obviously need to put the ball in the back of the net,” he said. “That’s been our focus, and it has haunted us all season long.

We create a lot of opportunities and dominate in a lot of statistics, but at the end of the day, you got to put the ball in the back of the net.”

Matz says despite not scoring as frequently as the team needs to, there are a lot of people who can score on the roster. The only issue is that a lot of these scorers are starting to shy away from shooting on open shots. The urgency to win is high, but selfconfidence is showing to be fading away.

“What I’ve seen in the past couple of games is that we’re passing up on a lot of shots,” Matz said on problems during the recent losses. “Sometimes this happens when players are losing their confidence a little bit. You don’t want people to pass up on scor-

ing opportunities because we do have people that can score, it’s just they’re not very confident right now.”

With the final stretch of the season approaching, confidence is not an aspect a team wants to lose, especially when hunting for needed wins to extend the season. Therefore, when players do start to lose some of their mojo, it is important for team leaders to step in and right the ship.

“I do think our captains Jackie Bruno and Rebekka Sverrisdóttir have (kept the girls’ confidence up),” Matz said. “Also (seniors) Becky Landers and Stacie Murray have been very focused in practice this week, doing everything they can do for our team.”

As for what will come from UMass in this upcoming game, Matz expects the girls to come out with urgency. As Matz puts it, they’re going to need that urgency to make a final push for postseason play.

“They have to come out with some urgency, and come out with a chip on their shoulder,” he said.

“Every team wants to make it to the A-10 Tournament out of all 14. We just have to play like the team that wants it more, and we’ll do anything it takes to get there.”

Tom Mulherin can be reached at tmulheri@umass.edu.

YOUNG GUNS game against Michigan State, but playing together and the more you practice together you get used to where guys will be on the ice. Hopefully we keep it going and I think it’s gelling right now, so hopefully we can continue that.”

Iacobellis later added that there was chemistry from the beginning of the year with the mentality they had towards the game, calling Pigozzi and Lee “two great guys” both on and off the ice.

“It was nice to see that we finally took it to another level and I’m just looking forward to the future with them,” he said.

Pigozzi and Iacobellis remember vividly what it’s like to be a freshman on a team, just one year removed from their first season in college hockey.

Their experiences from the previous year have helped them ease Lee into the system and make him feel more comfortable.

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Assistant head coach and defensive line coach Dave Sollazzo knows exactly what kind of challenge his team is up against this week.

“This is by far the best offensive line we’ve faced all season,” he said. “They’re very experienced and very good. You can tell they’ve been playing together for a long time and we have and we’re really going to have

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Thursday Night: Denver Broncos (-7.5) vs. San Diego Chargers This game is one of the tougher picks of the weekend. The Broncos are at home, their defense looked scary in last week’s blowout against San Francisco, and of course Peyton Manning always seems to explode in night games. But Denver faces a stingy Chargers pass defense (third in the league in yards allowed per game) and Philip Rivers is an early candidate to win the NFL’s most valuable player award.

I want to take the Chargers, but home field advantage means too much on a short week, as home teams are 5-2 on Thursday night games this year.

fails to put pressure on Jay Cutler. Also with cornerback Darrelle Revis being sent home for arriving late a team meeting, look to see if there are any punishments from head coach Bill Belichick on gameday. Ultimately, though, I think the Patriots pull it out.

The pick: New England 30, Chicago 21

Jacksonville Jaguars (+6) vs. Miami Dolphins

Ryan Tannehill looked impressive in a road win against Chicago. The Jaguars are, well, the Jaguars. A home win against Cleveland does nothing to elevate their status in my eyes. If Tannehill and the Dolphins are clicking again, things could get ugly. Especially with Jacksonville’s 27th ranked passing offense going up against Miami’s fourth ranked passing defense. Not The pick: Denver 35, San a great recipe for success in Diego 21 the NFL. The pick: Miami 28, New England Patriots Jacksonville 10 (-6) vs. Chicago Bears The Patriots, at home, favored by less than a touchdown? It seems too good to be true. New England is without defensive end Chandler Jones who will be sidelined with a hip injury he suffered in last Thursday’s win against the New York Jets. But the Patriots will be getting two starting offensive linemen Dan Connolly and Brian Stork back from injury. The Bears give up nearly 250 passing yards a game (247.6), and I don’t see any way they can handle a finally healthy Rob Gronkowski. One concern if I’m a Patriots fan – Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery could get loose downfield if the Jones-less pass rush

Carolina Panthers (+5) vs. Seattle Seahawks

Most people have Seattle pegged for a bounce-back win in Carolina, but I’m not convinced. To start, they are a west coast team playing in the dreaded 1 p.m. ET slot. More importantly, I don’t know if the Seahawks are the same team they were last year. It was unthinkable that the 2013 Seahawks would ever lose three games in a row, but that’s exactly what I’m picking them to do. I know Carolina has been nothing special lately, but they still feature a tough front seven that’s as good as any in the NFL.

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Peyton Manning and Demaryius Thomas celebrate Manning’s 509th career touchdown.

The pick: Carolina 20, Seattle 17

Pittsburgh (+3) vs.

Indianapolis Two words: Andrew Luck.

The Steelers looked good in a Monday night win against Houston, but benefited greatly from a Texans meltdown right before halftime. The Colts toyed with Cincinnati last week, and feature an underrated defense to compliment one of the best passing games in the league.

Meanwhile, Pittsburgh will have to make the switch of defending Ryan Fitzpatrick to defending Luck. Heinz Field is never an easy place to play, but Luck and the Colts should have things under control.

The pick: Indianapolis 30, Pittsburgh 17.

Ross Gienieczko can be reached at rgieniec@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @RossGien.

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tain Troy Power, and feel that learning from him has helped them in the process of making Lee feel at home.

“We tried to do the same thing that Troy did with us last year,” said Iacobellis.

“He did an unbelievable job answering any questions we had, so we’re just letting (Lee) know that anything he needs or if he has any questions, let us know.”

Being in Lee’s shoes the previous year, Pigozzi recognized the difficulties that come with getting used to the style of play, and the expectations of playing in the Hockey East. Like his fellow teammate, Pigozzi has relayed the advice he received from Power last year to Lee. Micheletto thinks the duo has done a tremendous job with Lee, and knows it all stems from Power pushing them last year.

“Having two resources on your line that were

in the exact same spot you were in last year is really valuable,” he said.

“Troy was so good with those guys, and I think for Patrick’s transition to college their two different personalities have helped blend and send the right message to Patrick when he needs it.”

On the ice, Micheletto believes the three of them complement each other very well, and are able to work to each other’s strengths, which could be instrumental to the team’s success in the future.

“They can all skate, and can all make plays,” said Micheletto. “With them, it’s not a matter of ‘geez we’ve got nobody 6’3” and need size.’ It was just the matter that if we’ve got three guys that can make plays, why not put them together and see what kind of magic we can get out of them.”

Jason Kates can be reached at jkates@umass.edu and followed @ Jason_Kates.

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By Ross Gienieczko

Thursday, October 23, 2014

our hands full this week.”

Of fensively, the Minutemen will look to continue the same success they had in the first three quarters of their win last Saturday against the Eagles. In the fourth quarter UMass turned the ball over three separate times in the final 15 minutes resulting in zero points.

With both Shadrach Abrokwah and Lorenzo Woodley coming off big performances last week, expect the same one-two punch from Whipple in the backfield. Whipple confirmed earlier this week that J.T. Blyden has missed the past two games with a concus-

“They’re the best team in the MAC ...

We have a chance to go on the road and show everyone that our team’s for real.”

Blake Frohnapfel UMass quarterback sion and has been practicing in pads this week.

Kickoff from Glass Stadium will be at 2 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN3. com.

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PREPARING FOR LIFTOFF

Minutemen seek third straight win against Toledo Rockets to display talented backfield

By Andrew Cyr Collegian Staff

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Peter Angeh (5) and Randall Jette (4) close in to make a tackle last Saturday in UMass’ 36-14 win against Eastern Michigan.

HOCKEY

UMass readies for Beantown UM set to face BC and Northeastern

By Anthony Chiusano Collegian Staff

After a two-game series in East Lansing, Michigan against Michigan State last weekend, the Massachusetts hockey team returns to the Bay State this Friday and Saturday to battle in-state rivals Northeastern and No. 6 Boston College.

UMass (1-2, 0-1 Hockey East) is coming off its first win of the season on Saturday against the Spartans after freshman Patrick Lee clinched a 4-3 victory with a tiebreaking goal with 9.9 seconds remaining in regulation.

“It serves as good motivation and confidence now going into this coming weekend,” forward Steven Iacobellis said of the win. “In the first game, we didn’t do as much as we could, but it was nice to see us bounce back in the second game.”

According to head coach John Micheletto, the most important takeaway from the weekend was the noticeable improvement between each game from the Minutemen’s seasonopening 8-1 loss to Boston University on Oct. 10.

While Micheletto said that the team played well against for two periods against the Terriers before conceding six goals in the final 20 minutes. he said UMass responded much better and “battled to the end” in Friday’s 5-3 loss to the Spartans. Micheletto continued, saying that Saturday’s win signified further improvement in playing a consistent 60 minutes.

“Saturday night, I thought the brand of hockey we played was as complete as we’ve had all year and we were rewarded with the win,” Micheletto said.

Looking forward to this weekend’s matchups, Micheletto hopes to see

similar offensive success from the Minutemen’s second line of Lee, Iacobellis and Ray Pigozzi. The trio combined for three goals and 10 points in Saturday’s win.

“They utilized their speed first and foremost. They took pucks away on the forecheck and really created a lot of energy for our team,” Micheletto said. “That’s how they are going to be successful. By taking away time and space, taking pucks away and allowing their speed to continue on the offense.”

In addition, Micheletto said he expects to see increased point production from UMass’ top line of Troy Power, Dennis Kravchenko and Frank Vatrano, who have combined for one point this season: a Kravchenko assist.

“The number of grade-A scoring opportunities that they created over the weekend was as good as any,” Micheletto said. “It’s just not gone in for them yet, but I’m sure when the first one goes in they’ll then come in bunches. They’re going to continue to be valuable pieces of the puzzle.”

The Huskies head into Friday’s game 0-3 for the season, having been shut out on consecutive nights

by Colgate last weekend. However, Power said that the Minutemen must be prepared for a similar performance that they boasted on Saturday against Michigan State.

“I know how they feel being 0-3 and hungry to get their first win,” Power said. “They’re going to have that desperation that we had on Saturday night and it’s something that we have to get ready for.”

Micheletto added that Northeastern’s numbers are deceiving and that its offense is bound to have a breakout performance soon.

“They’re not scoring a lot of goals right now but I also know that they have a lot of talented kids and that they were a potent offense last year,” Micheletto said. “But I’d be very happy just to let the sleeping giant lie at this point.”

According to Power, the Eagles (1-1) present a different challenge in preparation due to their depth and versatility.

“They’re a pretty complete team that always has some offensive firepower and a defensive corps that is always stellar,” Power said.

Micheletto said that while defense will play an important role in attempting to hold Boston College’s offense at bay, he said that UMass’ offense must do its part in limiting turnovers and optimizing its time of possession.

“If we possess the puck a lot, that’s certainly going to limit their offensive opportunities,” Micheletto said. “Against really talented teams, great defense is going to break down over time if you continue to give them chances.”

Faceoff for both road games is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

“It’s a bit of a grind on you but it’s an exciting time to try to be the villains heading into other home arenas,” Power said. “We’re looking to be road warriors this weekend.”

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

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Ray Pigozzi attempts to stop a pass against Boston University earlier this season.

At the beginning of the season, winning three games would be a major improvement for the Massachusetts football team. Now after winning back-to-back games, the Minutemen have the opportunity to not only win its third game, but to make it a three-game winning streak.

Although wins against Kent State and Eastern Michigan were important for the confidence of UMass, this Saturday’s matchup against Mid American Conference West leader Toledo will be a completely different challenge for the Minutemen.

“They’re the best team in the MAC with all the talent they have across the board,” quarterback Blake Frohnapfel said. “Everyone is ready to go. We have a chance to go on the road and show everyone that our team’s for real is really exciting for all of us.”

The Rockets enter Saturday’s matchup having won all three of their games in conference play, finding a lot their success running the ball. Toledo uses a series of three running backs, all three of which having different styles of play.

“We know they’re going to try and pound the ball against us. They have three good backs and all of them

pack a different punch.

They have a scat back, a power back and one in between, so we’ll have to be ready for all three,” outside linebacker Trey Seals said.

The Rockets average 241.7 rushing yards per game this season, which is good for second in the MAC and 19th in the FBS. Leading the charge has been Kareem Hunt who’s run for 527 rushing yards and seven touchdowns.

Hunt has missed three games this season with a high ankle sprain, but after a bye week, the sophomore is expected to make his return against UMass.

However, Toledo head coach Matt Campbell said in his weekly MAC coaches teleconference that he wouldn’t know about Hunt’s status until later this week.

Terry Swanson and Damion Jones-Moore are the other two driving forces behind the rockets running game this season. Swanson has run for 489 rushing yards and four touchdowns while Jones-Moore has added 288 rushing yards and three touchdowns.

“We aren’t going to change our schemes too much. They’re all good and they’re pretty hard to distinguish. Hunt’s really special. Not that the other guys aren’t really good, but the difference us when he gets in the second level,” head coach Mark Whipple said.

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HOCKEY

Underclassmen making strides Lee, Iacobellis and Pigozzi dominate

By Jason Kates Collegian Staff

When asked how he came about forming the line of Ray Pigozzi, Steven Iacobellis, and Patrick Lee, Massachusetts head coach John Micheletto joked and simply replied, “coaching genius.”

Although Micheletto was joking around, his coaching decision was exactly that, genius. The unofficial second line’s performance in the win against Michigan State this past Saturday pleased Micheletto as the line combined for three goals and 10 points in a 4-3 victory against the Spartans.

“Last year Ray and Steven had such great chemistry together with Troy (Power) really showing them the ropes of college hockey, so we wanted to take advantage of the chemistry they already had,” Micheletto said.

“Then we’re looking at skill sets that complemented them. Patrick can

certainly play the game at an elite level, along with his puck skills and hands.

“If (Saturday) night was any indication, they’re really starting to come together with knowing where each other are and how to utilize each other to the maximum. They’ve clearly done the work to make it successful.”

Three games into the season Iacobellis leads the Minutemen with four points (two goals, two assists), while Lee (one goal, two assists) and Pigozzi (three assists) have three points apiece.

This past week, Iacobellis was named Hockey East Player of the Week after performing well in all four of UMass’ goals against Michigan State, scoring two and assisting on the others.

Despite struggling in the first two games of the season, Pigozzi believes he and his linemates have picked things up.

“I think we’ve done a good job,” he said. “I think we had a slow start against BU and the first see

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