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UMass creates new renewable energy position Job funded by The person selected $2.5 million award to fill the position By Ben Zifkin Collegian Correspondent
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Volunteers from UMass and the surrounding area worked at Sheffield Elementary School to improve the outdoor garden.
Student volunteers help clean up the local community on Mass Impact Day By William Keve Collegian Correspondent U n ive r s i t y of Massachusetts students departed by the busload on Saturday to lend a hand to communities throughout the Pioneer Valley for the third annual Impact Day. Turnout estimates for the event were at an all-time high, with as many as 500 students choosing to spend a Saturday afternoon making a difference in western Massachusetts. Jody Goodman, the assistant director of UMass Leadership and Community Service, orchestrated the event, from registering groups to ensuring transportation and finding communities that needed some work done. “This will be a great day for everyone,” Goodman said. “I think everyone will go out and have fun and do great service. This is a great way for students to understand the
place we live and appreciate the communities around us.” The campus remained quiet when the event began at about 7 a.m., except for the bustling activity under the tents of the Haigis Mall, where hundreds of students were quickly flooding in to meet with countless groups and shake endless hands. Many people ran sign-in tents as people registered lastminute volunteers. UMass provided free lunch for workers and some local eateries, including Food City, located on Avenue A in Turner’s Falls, provided discount donuts for a sweet surprise. Jessica Auger, the secretary of the UMass club fencing team, saw the event as a good group experience for the team. “We’ve been looking forward to this for a while,” she said. “It’s our first team event of the year, even though it’s not a fencing thing, and we’re looking forward to helping
out and reconnecting as a unit.” Later, the team went to Sheffield Elementary Schol in Turner’s Falls where according to Auger, they would be “gardening, mulching, and building a chicken coop.” Sheffield principle Sharon Moberg thanked the fencing club, Theta Chi and UMass
students for participating. “I’m really proud that we have so many UMass students helping here today on beautification day,” she said. “We have lots of kids here mulching and raking and taking down old shrubbery. And there are little kids here watching what these young see
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The fencing team joined the UMass Impact Day on Saturday.
The University of Massachusetts will receive $2.5 million from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) to create a new endowed chair at the University’s College of Engineering. The funding will be matched by the University’s provost to allow for graduate students and provide funding for research activities. “We chose the University because it’s the flagship campus of the University system, and we wanted to keep it in the Commonwealth,” said Dwayne Breger, the director of the DOER’s renewable energy division. “Plus the University has a history with renewable energy,” Breger continued, referring to William Heronemus, who was a professor at the University for nearly three decades and, “literally wrote the text book on wind power.” Heronemus built the first wind furnace ever, WF-1, which currently resides at the Smithsonian Institute. The person selected to fill the position will serve a fiveyear, non-renewable term in the mechanical and industrial engineering department in the College of Engineering. The chair’s position and work will be distinct from the existing civil and environmental engineering department. “We’re working very closely with Dean Anderson of the College of Engineering to put the word out about this position,” Breger said. Currently, Breger said, a selection committee is being formed, and the position is being advertised nationally since “right now is the best
will serve a fiveyear, non-renewable term in the mechanical and industrial engineering department in the College of Engineering.
time to advertise for positions like these.” Breger added that the selection committee is hoping to draw in scientists from across the world, rather than from within the University, in order to being more attention and prestige to the University. DOER is hoping that the new position will be used to help the state to achieve greater compliance with Renewable Portfolio Standards. RPS is a Massachusetts state regulation which requires that electricity providers obtain a certain amount of their electricity from renewable sources. Companies that can’t comply with the RPS pay what are called Alternative Compliance Payments (ACP) to DOER. Most of the funding for the chair position will come from these ACPs. Massachusetts is already a leader in renewable energy with 11.1 percent growth in the clean energy sector forecasted for 2014. “Right n ow, Massachusetts has been ranked as the number one energy efficient economy in the U.S. for three years in a row,” Breger said. “We’re hoping this will help us stay on top.” Benjamin Zifkin can be reached at bzifkin@umass.edu.
Kathy Forde takes over as new journalism chair Finds new home in western Mass. By Eleanor Harte Collegian Staff
It’s the first day of classes of the fall semester, and Kathy Roberts Forde is introducing herself to excited journalism students in the department’s new home in the Integrative Learning Center. “The faculty here and the students are so impressive,” Forde said, expressing her enthusiasm for her new position as Journalism Chair at the University of Massachusetts, which she began in August. Most recently, Forde was a professor of journalism history and literary journalism at the University of South Carolina, and before that, at
the University of Minnesota. When asked about her geographical background, she laughed. “I am from the South for sure and anyone who spends any time with me is going to hear it, not only in my voice but also word choice,” said Forde, who grew up in small town in east Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama, but has also lived in North Carolina. Forde cited both her career and family life as reasons for the move to Massachusetts. But she’s most excited about the opportunity to lead a journalism program that – with a new building, new facilities and new professors – is seemingly on the rise. “It’s a great career opportunity for me to be in a department that focuses entirely on journalism, which is at the very center of what I do,” Forde said. “It is so attractive
to me to be in that kind of concentrated effort of people all doing the same thing.” So far, Forde is very pleased with how things are going. “We’re going to increase our digital media courses and our offerings to students,” she said, adding that she would love to explore the idea of beginning a Society of Professional Journalists chapter at the University. Forde said she’s also looking forward to the opportunity to expand the department, a process she said will involve the students and the faculty equally. She cited the broadcast department, digital media courses and the sports journalism concentration as areas where she hopes the department will grow. And with the new Integrative Learning Center open to all, Forde wishes to
see more activity from the students. “My hope and greatest desire is that journalism students feel comfortable here, that they want to be here in this common area, that they’re still going to come in and out of faculty offices just as they did in Bartlett,” she said. “We want this to be just as much of a community as it was in Bartlett.” Forde has also found a home outside of UMass, exploring the Pioneer Valley. She said one of her favorite things about western Massachusetts is all the opportunities in the area for running and biking. And then there’s also the Montague Bookmill in Greenfield, which she highly recommends, because she describes herself as an avid bookworm. see
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WEEKEND B OX O F F I C E TORONTO — “The Imitation Game” has won the Grolsch People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, cementing its status as an Oscar-season front-runner. Morten Tyldum’s WWIIera drama stars Benedict Cumberbatch as eccentric scientist Alan Turing, who helped defeat the Nazis by devising a new code-breaking machine. Weinstein Co. will release the film on Nov. 21, and is expected to campaign heavily for award nominations for Cumberbatch, Tyldum and co-star Keira Knightley as well as the film as a whole. Five of the past six people’s choice winners at the Toronto festival landed a best-picture Oscar nomination (only Nadine Labaki’s “Where Do We Go Now?” in 2011 failed to make the grade) and three of the six won best picture (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “12 Years A Slave” and Weinstein’s “The King’s Speech”; “Imitation Game” has drawn comparisons to the latter film on thematic and other grounds). Still, some pundits have felt that the race this year has lacked a juggernaut. And momentum out of Toronto doesn’t always carry over all the way to the big dance - “Up in the Air” was the consensus breakout in 2009 but didn’t wind up with any Oscar wins. TIFF organizers on Sunday also announced a number of other awards. The people’s choice prize in the documentary category went to Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka’s “Beats of the Antonov,” about the war-torn residents of the Blue Nile and the Nuba Mountains in the director’s home country. Meanwhile, the people’s choice award in the genredriven Midnight Madness section went to New Zealand comedy maestros Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement for their vampire mockumentary “What We Do in the Shadows.” The film will be distributed in the U.S. by upstart company Orchard. Audiences handed the award for best Canadian film to Maxime Giroux’s “Felix and Meira.” The multilingual movie, about the relationship between a Hasidic woman and secular man, will be released by Oscilloscope next year. The group of international critics known as FIPRESCI also handed prizes to Abd Al Malik for “May Allah Bless France!” and Oren Moverman for “Time Out of Mind” as the best of their respective festival sections. TIFF, an 11-day gathering that is among the film world’s most crucial confabs, was to wind up Sunday. A number of performances asserted their award candidacies during the fest. In addition to Cumberbatch, they include Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”), Bill Murray (“St. Vincent”) and Steve Carell and Channing Tatum (“Foxcatcher”). Reese Witherspoon (“Wild”) and Felicity Jones (“Theory of Everything”) were among the female performers with buzz in a somewhat thinner lead actress field.
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Hillary Clinton to Arab nations said to Iowa: ‘I’m back’ have offered airstrikes Former Sec. of “No matter who you against Islamic State State rallies crowds are or where you come By David Lightman
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INDIANOLA, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton all but kicked off her 2016 White House campaign bid Sunday before a festive crowd of 6,000 in this pivotal state, presenting herself as a child and champion of the still-struggling middle class. Dogged by an image as an out-of-touch, wealthy insider, her appearance at a field 20 miles outside Des Moines was an effort to reposition her for the coming campaign. It’s too soon to say if voters will buy a more empathetic Clinton, making her first visit to Iowa in nearly seven years. While Democratic activists cheered, the response was not overwhelming, and many signaled they were not ready to commit to the former secretary of state or anyone else this soon. The Iowa presidential caucuses, the nation’s first, are at least 16 months away. Activists still have vivid memories of how Clinton faltered last time -- she finished third in the 2008 caucuses behind Barack Obama and John Edwards -and wanted to wait to see if she could be more down-toearth and feisty this time. “Well hello, Iowa, I’m back,” Clinton smiled and declared as she looked out over the people camped out on the lawn at the annual, and final, Steak Fry hosted by retiring Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. She wouldn’t commit to another White House run, but wouldn’t rule it out either. “It is true I am thinking about it,” Clinton said. “But that’s not why I’m here today.” A few in the crowd said, “Aww.” “I’m here for the steaks,’’ Clinton said. “For four years as secretary of state I was more likely to be eating yak meat in Mongolia, having a great time doing it, but thinking a lot about being back home.’’ Make no mistake, if Clinton runs a strong campaign, people overwhelmingly said they’d rally behind her. “I like her experience, and she knows what she’s doing,” said Dawn Dick, a Des Moines manager for a metal distributor. “But I’m still up in the air about what to do.” Ann Swenson, a Waukee music teacher, liked Clinton, too. She also liked Vice President Joe Biden. “I just want a Democrat in office.” Clinton’s visit was tightly scripted, and often physically distant, from the crowd at the afternoon-long schmoozefest that since the 1970s has been one of the state’s premier showcases for Democratic White House hopefuls. She and former President Bill Clinton arrived in a motorcade that headed for a gas grill on a patch of land 300 feet from the crowd. They cooked steaks and bantered with Harkin and a few guests for seven minutes as 200 media representatives watched. Clinton said matter-of-fact-
from if you work hard and you play by the rules you deserve the same opportunity as anyone else to build a good life for yourself and your family.” Hillary Clinton
ly that she was “just here to support candidates.” The crowd was unable to get a glimpse of the couple. The Clintons then rode the motorcade to the nearby podium. Harkin greeted them warmly, joking they were the “comeback couple,” a reference to Bill Clinton’s 1992 nomination fight and, by implication, his wife’s next campaign. “There are many more chapters to be written in the amazing life of Hillary Clinton,” Harkin said. She started writing the latest chapter on Sunday. Clinton recalled her middle-class upbringing in a Chicago suburb, and compared sustaining a middleclass life to “pushing a boulder uphill every day.” “No matter who you are or where you come from if you work hard and you play by the rules you deserve the same opportunity as anyone else to build a good life for yourself and your family,” Clinton said. She presented herself as a mother particularly sensitive to women’s issues. “I’ve got a few things on my mind these days. First, and most importantly, Bill and I are on constant grandchild watch,” she said. “I’m calling (daughter) Chelsea every five minutes to make sure things are going all right.” Be assured, she said, “when the big moment comes you can bet I will drop everything.” So “if you see me sprinting off the stage, that’s why.” Most of her 24-minute talk Sunday focused on electing Democrats, and Bill Clinton got rough. Republicans, he said are “trying to get you to check your brain at the door. ... The last thing they want you to do is think.” He tore into Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who called passage of a campaign law “the worst day of my political life.” “I was profoundly sad,” Clinton said. “That was hardly the worst thing he’s endured - what about 9/11?” What about the farm crisis in the ‘70s?” Hillary Clinton still faces risks here. A CNN/ORC poll released Friday showed Clinton to be the choice of 53 percent of Iowa Democrats. That leaves a big opening for a challenger, though no one has emerged as a principal rival. Sen. Bernard Sanders, a Vermont independent, appeared at town hall meetings across the state this weekend, but was far down in the poll. People just want to see and hear more. “She’s getting a little old,” said Gary Desomber, a West Des Moines insurance adjuster. Clinton is 66. “I’m not against Hillary. I just want more time.
A boost for U.S. coalition-building By Paul Richter Tribune Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON – Several Arab nations have offered to launch airstrikes on the Islamic State militant group, lending an important boost to U.S efforts to knit a broad coalition against the advancing extremists, according to a U.S. official. The nations have offered their help to the Iraqis, who are struggling to halt the group in the country’s north and west, or directly to U.S. military officials, the American official said. It was not clear whether any of the Arab countries have offered to provide ground troops against Islamic State, which would be an even more valuable complement to the planned American air campaign in Iraq and Syria. The Obama administration has said it will provide no ground troops, though U.S. officials acknowledge that troops will be needed to make airstrikes effective. Even so, the gesture by Arab nations news is an important step for the U.S. coalition-building campaign, which has come up against major challenges as Secretary of State John F. Kerry and other officials have fanned out across the world in the last week seek-
“I can tell you right here and now that we have countries in this region, countries outside of this region, in addition to the United States, all of whom are prepared to engage in military assistance, in actual strikes, if that is what is required.” John F. Kerry, Secretary of State
ing partners. Kerry also said Sunday that Middle Eastern states have offered to provide airstrikes. “I can tell you right here and now that we have countries in this region, countries outside of this region, in addition to the United States, all of whom are prepared to engage in military assistance, in actual strikes, if that is what is required,” Kerry said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” Kerry said some countries have also offered ground troops, but he didn’t specify whether they were Arab nations. He said U.S. officials “aren’t looking for that, at this moment, anyway.” He said he was “extremely encouraged” by the offers of help. Many Sunni and Shiite Muslim nations are deeply worried about the violent Sunni al-Qaida-breakaway group, which has claimed territory up to one-third each of Syria and Iraq. But many fear domestic political blowback if they’re seen joining another American-
led military campaign that many Sunnis believe would help a feared adversary, Shiite Iran. Although 10 countries signed a statement this week saying they support efforts against Islamic State, the statement was vague on details. Key allies such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey have sought to avoid detailing what kind of help they might provide, beyond humanitarian assistance. News of the Arab nations’ offer was first disclosed by U.S. officials traveling with Kerry, who is now wrapping up a weeklong coalitionbuilding trip. The United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Saudi Arabia are among the Arab countries with at least a limited capability to carry out airstrikes. But for the United States, the symbolic significance of such help is more important than the practical assistance it would provide.
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Students traveled around the Pioneer Valley to volunteer their service. adults here are doing, for free, and that makes a big difference to them.” Moberg ran a marketing effort to get Sheffield students and parents to come out as well, but participation amongst locals was limited due to light rains and
a nearby little league baseball game. The kids who were there for the game or those who pitched in learned the lesson that many hands make light work, and that, Moberg said, “really warms my heart. I’m so grateful, everybody in Turner’s Falls
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is really grateful for that.” Groups weeded the main garden out in front of the school, transplanted the healthiest plants to the surrounding edges of the garden and mulched the entire plot. A patch of dirt overrun by weeds soon became an elegant looking spot complete with a garden arrangement and a soft dirt path designed by the school’s beautification commissioner. Moberg said emphatically that the aesthetics of the walkway could change the environment at Sheffield. There were also many different events organized. According to a UMass press release, “participants will work alongside members of nonprofit organizations, town officials and community members to complete ser-
vice projects, which include cleanup, gardening, painting and companionship for the elderly.” For many, this event was a chance for the community to get together and get involved. “It’s a great chance for students to get off campus and see what impact so many students can make,” said Catherine Gensler, the sitemanager for a Newman’s Students Association trip to the Wellspring Cooperative in Springfield. “It might seem like just one day, but if you multiply the 300 plus people here by the six hours we’re going to work, that could be like 1800 hours of community service.” William Keve can be reached at wkeve@umass.edu.
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“In the past year or so I’ve become absolutely addicted to Audible,” Forde said. “I listen to books while I’m running, while I’m grocery shopping, while I’m in the car, while I have insomnia in the middle of the night. … I consume audiobooks rapidly.” At the moment she’s been reading about the protests in Ferguson, Missouri. “The media has a long history of being silent about exposing issues of racial inequality and injustice,” Forde said. “That’s a topic that I study and talk about and teach.” In fact, it’s related to the subject of her next book, which she is in the middle of writing. It’s a subject she’s passionate about, and she believes UMass is a
great place to be working on it. “People at UMass are deeply concerned about the role of journalism in public life. They think of journalism as a public good. People are deeply striving here, and that is so attractive to me,” Forde said. But Forde’s primary focus is expanding the journalism department in all the right areas, something she believes it is poised to do. “My goal is to make sure we keep the forward momentum going,” she said. “That we grow in the right direction.” Eleanor Harte can be reached at eharte@umass.edu.
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Workers’ rights to stake in ‘American Dream’ Students benefit
Fast food workers took to the streets starting Thursday, Sept. 4, in one of the largest labor demonstrations of 2014. These
William Keve strikes occupied more than 100 cities across the nation, demanding a minimum wage of $15 per hour. Most readers came across the story on CNN or Facebook feeds, but some may have had their understanding of the events shaped by Steven Gillard’s column published in the Daily Collegian on September 10. Gillard’s anti-labor column not only drew the ire of readers and sympathetic minimumwage workers, it also brought the Collegian national coverage via the depraved hack job published the next day on Jezebel. com. Although I disagree vehemently with the perspective Gillard shared, I was disgusted by C.A. Pinkham’s childish personal attacks and unfounded assumptions, along with their hypocritical attacks on Gillard’s journalistic process. I rest easy at night knowing that such garbage would never be published in the Collegian. Despite Gillard’s insistence that “the protests are not so much an issue of economics, but an issue of principle,” workers’ rights and the minimum wage debate absolutely are economic arguments. Labor, like all markets, regulates prices through supply and demand. The chief price of the labor market is
wages, so there are, without a doubt, economic strings pulling the wages of fast-food workers up or down. Like most economic issues, politics and executive decision making play certain roles, but Gillard was too quick to move past the economic debate behind raising the minimum wage and I think he did so because he knows he doesn’t have a leg to stand on. The federal minimum wage stands at $7.25 for private sector workers and $10.10 for publicly contracted ones. Of course, $7.25 is a federal minimum, meaning
mum across the nation produce the same results? Instead of guessing, quoting conservative think tanks or blaming lazy people, it’s easier to look at what economists have to say on the subject. Michael Reich, a University of California, Berkeley economics professor, led a decade-long study at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. The study concluded that, “Our data show that an increase up to $13 an hour has no measurable effect on employment.” The Seattle Times piece recapping the study
“It’s not my role to judge the person, but it is an absolute truth that, if we can afford a minimum wage increase, then it’s the right thing to do.” that state governments can establish higher minimums, but they can’t go lower. One such example is Washington state, which serves as a model for the pro-labor argument with its highest-in-thenation $9.32 floor on wages. Opponents of Washington’s high wage base claim that high wages will harm job growth. Yet, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington has maintained a job growth rate of 0.8 percent, compared to the national average of 0.3 percent over the last five years. That’s right, the state with the highest minimum wage is nearly tripling the national average in job market growth. Would a $15 mini-
went on to explain that greater minimum wage hikes, such as the desired $15 rate that Seattle residents already enjoy, were mostly covered by decreased labor turnover as a result of higher wages. Simply put, higher paid employees were more productive and kept their jobs longer, and fast food joints saved money not training their replacements. The second major economic hurdle that anti-labor advocates can’t get over is the argument that a higher minimum wage increases prices on the products and services provided by minimum wage workers. Using the same Seattle example, Berkeley concluded that a $15
per hour minimum wage would increase the price of restaurant tabs in Seattle as much as 7 percent. That may sound daunting, but paying $5.35 for a Subway $5 foot-long would absolutely be worth knowing that my fellow Minuteman was getting $15 per hour to slice my Black Forest ham, as opposed to Massachusetts’ abysmal $8 minimum. Between insignificant price increases to non-existent dents in employment, a $15 minimum wage is a perfectly reasonable point for workers to negotiate toward. Does every person who is hired at a fast food restaurant deserve $15 per hour? I don’t know, and I don’t care. Some probably don’t, and some, who cook my Wings Over Amherst so well that I’ll be a customer for life, surely do. I won’t possibly try to judge the work ethic of the American public. Some probably get by on a minimum wage job and don’t strive for more, while others work 70 hours a week in the service industry trying to pay off student loans or put a roof over the head of the family they must provide for. It’s not my role to judge the person, but it is an absolute truth that, if we can afford a minimum wage increase, then it’s the right thing to do. The fast food strike is not a symbol of greed. It is a final grasp at the American dream for those who otherwise lack the opportunity to obtain it. William Keve is a Collegian contributor. He can be reached at wkeve@umass.edu.
I hope this message finds you well. I write as a senior reflecting on the past four years of my outstanding education. As a BDIC
Emma Ayres major in Performing Arts in Education, the College of the Humanities and Fine Arts has supported me in blossoming into the socially engaged innovative teacher and artist I set out to become four years ago. I have taken a predominant amount of my classes in the Theater Department, which consists of the Rand and Curtain theaters with additional classrooms. The faculty is outstanding, passionate, willing and infinitely inspiring. Without this program, I would not be where I am or who I am. But here comes a long warranted complaint. The classroom facilities are in a semi-abandoned state of disrepair. I have taught stage movement as a teacher’s assistant four semesters now and have to come in early every day to sweep, bang stray nails back into the floor and help bring the room to an acceptable condition for a class. Most theater classrooms are in the basement of the Fine Arts Center, which boast windowless, clammy, drab rooms whose condition does not reflect the brilliance that unfolds within its walls on a daily basis. All the doors on the upstairs stalls of the women’s bathroom have been broken since I was a freshman (You have to hold them shut with your toes while trying to go to the bathroom in peace). The Theater Department has only one labora-
tory for students to explore and mount original work. Room 204 is always double booked, which leaves vying students little option but to abandon academic projects for lack of space. Would the biochemistry department turn their backs if there was only one laboratory for their students to explore, innovate and ask questions through conducting their research? Would
of the public. But what about in our own eyes? It is proven that students perform better when the facilities are well designed. It breaks my heart to see my hardworking professors, staff and fellow students have to operate in these conditions. They deserve more respect. It is embarrassing to share these spaces with Five College students who are accustomed to better facilities.
“It is very evident that this institution doesn’t value the arts in the same way as the sciences. This is an obvious reflection of a greater reality of values that our society upholds and the University perpetuates.” the chemistry department accept these inadequate and dingy conditions? A thin coat of new paint on our walls is not synonymous with a completed renovation: job well done. I have paid to receive this education. I have chosen this university which has taught me the value of critical thinking and observation. The University can fund our neighboring sciences to build elaborate castles of research, yet they cannot fund my classrooms to be up to a basic code of safety. It is very evident that this institution doesn’t value the arts in the same way as the sciences. This is an obvious reflection of a greater reality of values that our society upholds and the University perpetuates. I am grateful for the recent renovation to the Rand Theater and that doesn’t go unsaid. We are all very grateful. This is what the public sees. Now theater is a respectable major in the eyes
Individuals engaged in the arts shouldn’t have to apologize for their involvement. This is a real major with very important real world implications, just like the sciences. If you truly want to govern over a university that upholds a “radical vision...boasting state-of-the-art facilities for every discipline,” you will make time for this conversation. No faculty member sent me to instigate this conversation. I would like to meet with you and share my experiences for the betterment of the Theater Department facilities. This would be a valuable conversation for both of us. I am proud to be a student at this University. My mother is a first generation college graduate from UMass, received a doctorate from this great institution and is now a professor in the School of Education. My father received his bachelor’s degree from UMass and now runs one of the grants and contract offices. My
In 1845, the brilliant French economist and satirist Frederic Bastiat submitted an open letter to the French Parliament. He urged them to
Lucas Coughlin “pass a law requiring the closing of all windows, dormers, skylights, inside and outside shutters, curtains, casements, bull’s-eyes, deadlights and blinds — in short, all openings, holes, chinks and fissures through which the light of the sun is wont to enter houses” to protect the position of the French candle-making industry. But while this tract was intended to parody French merchants who sought government protection from foreign competition, its caustic wisdom applies wherever entrenched interests seek to hinder competition. Now, the University of Massachusetts is not a place where a free-market defender like Bastiat is held in particularly high regard. Off campus, students are about to receive a lesson in market economics that could have come from the pen of Bastiat himself. That is because Uber, the popular ride-sharing program, has begun operating in Amherst. Founded in 2009, Uber pairs those seeking rides with drivers through a smartphone app and tends to cost significantly less and require shorter waiting times than traditional taxis.
“It is vital to consider the heart of all political questions: cui bono? Who benefits? Invariably, the answer is the industry or group that stands to be harmed by innovation.”
Sincerely, Emma J. Ayres
Only 10 cab companies are currently licensed to operate in Amherst despite the huge demand for taxi services. Like the guilds of medieval Europe, cab companies everywhere take advantage of artificial limitation of competition in order to charge more per ride than they otherwise would be able to. Uber threatens to destroy this business model by introducing competition outside of this glorified cartel, and it has taken over much of the taxi industry in cities where it operates. It is true that ride sharing has probably cost some cab drivers their jobs – similar to the way the automobile industry cost jobs in horsepowered fields. If government policy had been to protect the horse-breeding industry at the dawn of the automobile, the equestrian field would have at least temporarily retained more jobs than it did. But the stifling of innovation would have made society considerably worse off. Particular industries may benefit in the short term from government protectionism through intervention, but at the expense of everyone else. Conversely, the loss of the taxi industry is a gain of the rest of us. In a Salon.com article, Andrew Leonard worries that Uber “will… dump [their drivers] entirely in a nanosecond when self-driving cars prove that they are cheaper and safer” and that “When Uber starts using its logistics clout and unlimited investment capital to go after UPS and Hertz and FedEx, regulators will start wondering about antitrust issues.”,Here, however unwittingly, Leonard demonstrates the promise of innovative companies like Uber. Emerging technologies that save labor or lessen costs will cause individuals to lose their jobs, and it is right to sympathize with those that do. But in economics, which inherently deals with a world in which resources are finite, there are always tradeoffs. It makes no sense to protect the jobs of some at the expense of everyone. When considering the passage of any regulation, it is vital to consider the question that lies at the heart of almost all political questions: cui bono? Who benefits? Invariably, the answer is the industry or group that stands to be harmed by innovation. The same reason why teachers unions oppose the expansion of voucher programs and charter schools, service workers unions oppose laborsaving technology and cab drivers oppose Uber. Whatever populist ideals they may purport to be defending, the impetus behind such campaigns is narrow self-interest.
Emma Ayres is a Collegian contributor. She can be reached at ejayres@umass.edu.
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younger brother is a sophomore in the architecture program. My pride in being a student at this school is rooted in a place of deep meaningful family history. I want all generations to come to have a “journey defined by personal and intellectual growth,” like you so eloquently state. We have the same agenda, yet part of taking care of the student body’s intellectual experience is taking care of their surrounding environments. Take a walk through the classrooms in the Theater Department. Talk with me and other students about what’s missing. Together, I believe we can create a department that boasts state of the art facilities for all research, learning and performing purposes. You use the word “radical” in your “words of welcome address” to describe this University both historically and in the present day. This institution will truly be upholding radical values if it takes intentional, sustainable and immediate care of its incredible performing arts programs. Thank you for taking the time to read this. I am looking forward to meeting you and discussing further steps. I have immense respect for you and all the good work you do for this University and the greater community. I speak with passion because I care so much about this school and all the remarkable mentors, professors, staff and peers I have been fortunate enough to learn from in the past four years.
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Let’s talk about Dr. Vijay Pashad lectures on Marxism ‘hook up culture’ By Sarah Robertson Collegian Staff
College students open up about sex By Erica Garnett Collegian Correspondent
to discuss the provided questions and each share their personal experiences and gave insight and advice. When asked what hooking up meant to her, Dana Bornstein, a senior Public Health major, said, “There are so many definitions of what hooking up is.” When asked what a bad hook up was, Leonie Barkakati, a first-year graduate student in Social Justice Education, summarized this from her own experiences as being “unmatched expectations.” Leonie spoke of the negativity she experienced within some of her hook ups stemming from the fact that she felt pressured and vulnerable as a woman of color and explained how she had found her strength and way out of those situations. Answering the question of “hook up” culture’s presence within social media, Aidan Darois, a freshmen double major in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Conservation, said “it can have good and bad sides” which were identified among the panel as fun and convenient yet with the possibility of danger and drama. Leonie said that although she is involved on social media, she actively attempts to keep her personal life out of it. The panel offered some valuable insight and words of advice at the closing of the program. “Don’t date to date. Date because you love the person” Hale-Howe’s said. Phillips and Scott acknowledged the tremendous wisdom and bravery of the panel and reiterated that communication can be a “kill joy” but is absolutely vital, as well as paying attention to one’s self esteem and not letting a relationship define you. So there you have it; a small insight into a culture that you may already be well assimilated or completely foreign to. It can be confusing, scary and enjoyable, as most experiences are in life. After all, the event let students know that there is a place to unpack your experiences, find help or just meet others and share stories.
It’s the phrase you hear passing by a group of people in the dining hall on a Sunday morning. Then later that day your roommate uses it when relaying their own night to you, claiming that they only “hooked up” with the person they went home with. Compared to other terms used to convey sexual acts such as “fornicating” or “banging,” the term “hooking up” leaves room for ambiguity.. In order to better understand what exactly this term means, The Student Legal Services Office, The Women of Color Leadership Network, The Stonewall Center, The Graduate Women’s Network, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies and University Health Services sponsored the eighth annual “Where’s Love 101: On or Off the Hook: Experiences with Hookup Culture” last Tuesday. Students at the panel opened up and shared their experiences about the realities of the sex culture in college to help decode the ambiguity surrounding the popular slang term. The program welcomed a panel of seven speakers, two of them faculty members of the University of Massachusetts and five UMass students whom identified across different, racial, gender and sexual oriented spectrums. The two faculty members included Lynn Phillips, a professor in the Communication department and Linda Scott, a clinical psychologist at the Center for Counseling and Psychological Health. The event opened the discussion by explaining their work and personal involvement in this program and the importance of taking the time to discuss “hooking up.” They made the point that learning about hook up culture can reveal important insights into the rape culture of today and provide people with necessary information and resources to protect themselves and others within Erica Garnett can be reached at their communities. The panel egarnett@umass.edu.
Dr. Vijay Prashad called for a revolution on Wednesday night at his lecture titled “Letter to a Wound: The World We Live in Today.” Sponsored by the Social Thought in Political Economy program, the talk confronted what Prashad believes is the root of the world’s woes, namely, capitalism. The lecture was part of a yearlong series put on by the University of M a s s a ch u s e t t s ’ College of Social and Behavioral Sciences called “Social Science Matters: Perspectives on Inequality.” Staying true to the theme, Prashad’s talk centered on global inequality and the repercussions it has had in recent history. His realism clashed with his optimism as he preached to the crowd the dire need for change, his commitment to change and the difficulty of starting a movement in this day and age. A sad truth in the era of technology is that even though ideas can spread like wildfire, the tools of repression are just as far-reaching. Prashad encouraged students to take a step back from their academics, turn away from grades and simply read books and talk about their own ideas. Independent learning inspires and without it, education accomplishes nothing. During a question and answer session after the lecture, an audience member
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Dr. Vijay Prashad is the George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History at Trinity College. stood up and spoke directly to the students in the room, asking why they have yet to protest the debt crisis. He said the entire student population would gather to protest the apartheid in the 1980s. He wondered why we haven’t mobilized for a cause even closer to us. Prashad sought an answer. “You are deluded into thinking it is easy to get a job,” he said. “Our time is so spent trying to build resumes that we don’t build societies.” A traditional Marxist, Prashad said he believes that the pursuit of private capital and a repressive ruling class are the agents of global inequality, but recognizes his ideas are far from
mainstream. “The ideas of our time are the ideas of the ruling class” he said, later adding, “I’m surprised no one has attacked me for talking about Marxism yet, what kind of college is this?” What Prashad did not realize was that the facilitator of the event, the STPEC department, was declared a “Marxist” major back in the 1970s and nearly everyone in the audience felt just as he did. His ideas were powerful, revolutionary some could say, but he was preaching to the choir. During the final Q&A session, nothing Prashad had said was challenged. It was impossible to leave the lecture without feeling
empowered. The dire need for change is everywhere and only growing worse each day. Even if you had disagreed with everything Prashad had to say, even if you believe capitalism is an untouchable institution, there is no denying the need for global change. In his closing remarks, Prashad called for a revolution. “Change does not come from ideas alone, it comes from the combined action of the vast mass of people against the few who have monopoly over power, privilege, and property,” he said. Sarah Robertson can be reached at srobertson@umass.edu.
TECHNOLOGY
Cook unveils the new Apple Watch Apple offers new fitness-friendly tech By Emma Sandler Collegian Staff
Apple released its highly anticipated smartwatch along with two versions of the iPhone to both acclaim and skepticism last Tuesday. As promised, the Apple Watch is technologically impressive and stylish. The first product under Timothy D. Cook, who took over after Steve Jobs, is an ode to the growing market of fitnessbased trackers with a chic design in mind. Its main features include an app called Fitness that monitors statistics of different exercises, an accelerometer and a heart rate detector. Being a device from Apple, the watch will also feature the ability to play music and run various apps like calendar, map navigation and thirdparty apps (BMW, W Hotels, and Pinterest have already created apps for the watch). But the most interesting concept of the Apple Watch is the new level of intimacy between wearers through a new feature called Digital Touch. This allows quick messages to be sent to one of your contacts through taps, as well as the ability to send drawings or even your own heartbeat to a contact who can feel it through vibrations. The Senior Vice President of Design Jony Ive stated in promotional Apple Watch video, “we’ve designed a range of products so personal, you don’t put them on your desk or in your pocket; you wear them on your wrist.” There are concerns, though, that
an already saturated fitnesswatch market might hamper Apple’s ability to compete or contribute significantly to the company’s profit which is primarily from iPhones. There will be three version of the watch available to accommodate different types of wearers. Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport and Apple Watch Edition. Apple Watch is the most simple, Watch Sport
start at $350 and is tentatively set to release next year. The iPhone 6 also includes some serious upgrades and will come in two different versions, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The difference between the two is size, as the iPhone 6 has grown from four inches to 4.7 inches while the Plus is a 5.5 inches, making it 0.4 inches larger than the Samsung Galaxy S5. Within
allow the phone to get faster Internet from cellular networks. In addition, the phone will be able to make calls over a wireless network and improved camera. The eight megapixel iSight camera has a new sensor that will allow for a better and faster focus, and a new exposure control for iOS 8 will allow for more adjustment of shots before you take them. The starting price of
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Apple unveiled three versions of its new smartwatch; The Apple Watch, the Apple Watch Sport and the Apple Edition. is more durable and Watch Edition is more luxurious and made of gold. There are currently six different strap styles, including a quilted leather strap with magnetic clasp, a stainless steel link bracelet, a simple leather band with a more classic buckle and multi-colored rubbery bands for the more durable sport watch. The pricing for the Apple Watch will
the past few years Samsung has captured a large market share with the help of large phone screens, so the option for a slightly smaller or slightly larger iPhone 6 is clearly Apple’s way of trying to win back consumers. The new iPhone hardware is certainly an improvement, with longer battery life, a 25 percent faster processor and new wireless capabilities that
an iPhone 6 with a contract is $200, while an iPhone 6 Plus is $300. The Apple website has already experienced numerous crashes after the iPhone 6 was available for pre-order on Sept. 12, and set a record for Apple phone pre-orders. The iPhone 6 will be available for purchase on Sept. 19. Emma Sandler can be reached at ehsandle@umass.edu.
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overtime. Somewhere in the middle, UMass outplayed a Commodores squad which led for all of 68 seconds in the contest. The crushing defeat will overshadow the impressive performance. UMass took a 14-0 lead on Vanderbilt quickly, scoring on its first drive of the game and running a fake punt in which McDonald instead threw to tight end Rodney Mills, who rumbled in for a 53-yard score. The Minutemen carried a 24-20 lead into halftime. Starting running back Jamal Wilson left the game with ankle injury in the first quarter and UMass coach Mark Whipple said afterward the back will likely miss the rest of the season. In his place was Lorenzo Woodley, who rushed 22 times for 43
yards and two scores. His miscue in the second quarter – he misplayed a toss and booted it into the end zone – resulted in a Vanderbilt score which made the game 17-13. Much like last week, UMass will take plenty of positives out of its performance. But a series of late miscues and inability to play with the lead resulted in the Minutemen’s third loss of the season. “When you give them 14 points on a punt block and a toss sweep that goes right though Lorenzo’s (Woodley) hands for another touchdown, you can’t give a team of this caliber those points,” Whipple said. Mark Chiarelli can be reached at mchiarel@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Mark_Chiarelli.
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UM pleased with start to year By Lauren McArdle Collegian Correspondent
The Massachusetts men’s and women cross country teams had their first meet of the season on Saturday at the Minuteman Invitational. The Minutemen finished in fourth out of the six local schools, which included firstplace Vermont and secondplace Boston College, at the meet. Maine took third place to finish ahead of UMass. Junior co-captain Benjamin Thomas led the Minutemen with a thirdplace finish. In his first race since 2011, senior John Mantia finished 15th overall, while Cory Thomas came in ninth, completing the 6k in 19:24:70. Junior Blake Croteau and sophomore Paolo
Tavares recorded the fourth and fifth best times for the Minutemen, finishing 19th and 21st, respectively. UMass hase 11 returning runners, including the squad’s top seven finishers from last year’s Atlantic 10 championship meet. UMass has added four newcomers this season as well. “I think it was a great start to our season and I’m excited to see what we can do from here,” Thomas said..
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pass interference. After a first down run by Lorenzo Woodley went nowhere, UMass called timeout with nine seconds remaining. The following play was a Frohnapfel rollout to his right which was designed for receiver Marken Michel, who worked his way open in the flat. But Frohnapfel missed Michel wide. “(Blake) Frohnapfel has to make some throws,” Whipple said. “You have to make a throw at the end of the game for a touchdown.” UMass elected to allow Lucas to kick the field goal on third down with six seconds remaining, and suffered a heartbreaking defeat. The Minutemen entered as double-digit underdogs and left just a single play away from taking an Southeastern Conference opponent into
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petitors. The other top five finishers for UMass included senior Alexandra PurdueSmithe – who finished 16th overall – junior Carly Zinner and sophomores Deirdre Martynand and Christine Davis. Hilliard has high expectations for the Minutewomen this season, hoping for a top three finish in the A-10. “We have a lot of new, strong freshmen coming in and then most of our girls Minutewomen place third returned from last year,” Hilliard said. “I think we The Minutewomen had have a really good shot.” additional competition in Six of UMass’s top seven the form of Connecticut finishers are returnees. and Rhode Island, but were The Minutwomen have also still strong enough for third added 10 freshmen to the place.. roster. Senior Rachel Hilliard led the all Minutewomen, finish- Lauren McArdle can be reached at ing fifth out of the 125 com- lmcardle@umass.edu.
Minutewomen fall to UConn By Arthur Hayden Collegian Staff
It was a second half to forget for the Massachusetts women’s soccer team on Sunday, as the Minutewomen allowed four goals after the halftime break en route to a 5-0 loss to Connecticut. The shot totals – 15-9 in favor of UConn – were fairly even between the two sides. But the Huskies proved to be more optimistic. Danielle Gottwik scored the first goal of the match in the 37th minute, but the Minutewomen’s defensive line held strong until halftime and – with a few missed scoring chances behind them – UMass was seemingly within reach. “We were tremendously confident after Northeastern,” UMass coach Ed Matz said, referring to the team’s 0-0 tie with Northeastern on Friday. “We had the better chances in the first half, but their keeper made some great saves. ...We were very confident going into the second half.” This confidence was not enough for the Minutewomen to overcome their scoring woes, however, as they failed to find the back of the net for the second straight match. Meanwhile, UConn’s forwards took control of the match in the second half. Rachel Hill scored her ninth goal of the season for the Huskies in the 56th minute for the second score of the game. Then the floodgates came open. Gottwik scored her second goal of the match in the 71st minute with a long strike from the top
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Jackie Bruno passes the ball downfield in a game against UNH on Sept. 7. Bruno and the Minutemen suffered a defeat to UConn on Sunday. of the box. Eight minutes later, Riley Houle scored a sliding goal to extend the lead, only to follow it up with another goal in the 88th minute. Despite the empty result on Sunday, UMass was relatively productive in generating scoring chances throughout the match. The Minutewomen continued to win the majority of corner kicks – they have earned 51, while allowing only 35 so far this season – but once again failed to turn their set pieces into goals. “The game was fairly even on shots and saves,” Matz said. “The score wasn’t indicative as to how
this game was played. … They just have some natural goal scorers. When we gave them room and time they capitalized. We had those opportunities too.” UMass is now halfway through its biggest road trip of the season. The Minutewomen will continue to look for their first goal of the trip when they take on Brown in Providence, Rhode Island, on Thursday. “There’s a lot we can take from today,” Matz said. “We just need to go back and make sure that this is a productive loss. We move on and we learn from it.” Arthur Hayden can be reached at awhayden@umass.edu.
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UMass fell to 0-3 on Saturday after relinquishing an 11-point lead for the second consecutive game.
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the most excruciating way yet as it crumbled down the Members of the stretch. Massachusetts football “No question, they don’t team’s field goal unit stood know how to win,” UMass motionless along the line of coach Mark Whipple said of his team. “They scrimmage, heads want to win but cocked, peering Vandy 34 they don’t know up at the yellow how to prepare.” uprights. UMass 31 Lucas’ mis As Vanderbilt cue was most players scattered notable, but around them in celebration, no amount of staring would did not stand alone. The change the shocking, sudden Minutemen bungled a varioutcome of UMass’ 34-31 loss ety of plays down the stretch to Vanderbilt on Saturday. and allowed yet another One by one, Minutemen play- 11-point second half lead slip ers retreated to a bewildered away. Much like last week’s UMass sideline as the imme- loss to Colorado, UMass led diate reaction to a crushing 31-20, and this time carried the lead deep into the fourth defeat sank in. The scapegoat will under- quarter. standably be Minutemen But much like a quickkicker Blake Lucas, who fix on a leaky drain, once badly missed a 22-yard field Vanderbilt poked holes into goal on third down with six UMass’ resistance, a flood seconds remaining to cost ensued. UMass the game. His chip The Commodores’ comeshot attempt, which missed back initiated with eight wide to the left, would have minutes, 57 seconds remainpushed the contest to over- ing. Vanderbilt overloaded UMass on a punt attempt time. Instead, UMass walked and worked into the backaway empty-handed for the field, blocking Minutemen third time this season in punter Brian McDonald’s Collegian Staff
punt attempt. Commodores outside linebacker Stephen Weathlery scooped up the loose ball along the left sideline and raced into the end zone to cut the lead to 31-26. Vanderbilt missed the ensuing two-point conversion, but UMass’ offense relented quickly, going threeand-out on its following two drives of the fourth quarter. The Commodores embarked on an offensive drive starting at their own 47-yard line with 2:02 remaining and needed just three plays to take the lead for good. On first and 10 from the UMass 40, Vanderbilt quarterback Patton Robinnette hit receiver C.J. Duncan for a 36-yard reception down the right sideline. Duncan was covered by UMass corner Randall Jette, who established inside position and leapt for the pass, corralling it into both his hands. But Duncan snatched the ball from Jette as the pair tumbled to the ground and wrestled it away from him. “I just got outmuscled at the point of attack,” Jette said. “”I would love for it
(the ball) to be in my hands at the end of the game. I knew the ball was coming. It’s just definitely a play I should have made.” “Randall (Jette) had it and the kid just beat him oneon-one,” Whipple said. “Oneon-one match-ups is what it comes down to in football and we don’t have enough talent. Our guys that are supposed to be our best players aren’t making enough plays.” Vanderbilt scored on a 4-yard touchdown run by Ralph Webb on the following play to make it 34-31 with 1:08 remaining. UMass’ offense had its chance, though. The Minutemen began their final drive on their 40-yard line and maneuvered the ball down the field, using a timely 19-yard connection from quarterback Blake Frohnapfel to Tajae Sharpe on fourth and 4 to keep the drive alive. The Minutemen worked the ball down to the Vanderbilt 4-yard line after a defensive see
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The Minutemen got a little offense going and fired off six shots in the half compared to just three in the first. The best scoring chance for either team came in the 88th minute for UMass, when a long Josh Schwartz free kick found its way into the box. Matt Pease made good contact on an attempted header, but it sailed just wide of the net. Midfielders Luke Pavone and Peter Alvarenga led the Minutemen attack, as each player attempted two shots with one landing on net. Defensively, Matt Keys and Pease each played a full 90 minutes on the UMass back line. The night served as a microcosm for the Minutemen’s season thus far, as it was the third consecutive time that they’ve been shut out this season. When O’Neill was asked about his team’s offensive struggles, he spoke more comprehensively about the issues UMass has faced. “I think we’ve spent most of our time trying to get organized defensively,” said O”Neill. “After the first couple of games, we wanted to work to get that fixed up.” The defense was average, and the offense struggled to get much of anything going in the first half.But O’Neill thought his team showed significant improvements after the halftime break. “We showed some signs of positive attack, you know, restart play, getting second and third chances,” O’Neill said. “We thought we played a very good second half.” Saturday was the first game for the Minutemen after their 10-day, threestate road trip that saw them play four games in Utah and California. UMass has not beaten BU since 2008 and are 0-2-2 in the last four contests between the teams. The Minutemen return to action Friday at 3 p.m. at Rudd Field, where they will take on Fairfield in their first home game of the season.
Saturday night saw classic New England weatherduring a matchup oftwo historic New England programs, as the Massachusetts men’s soccer team travelled to Boston University to play the Terriers for the first time since 2011. The two teams came into the weekend having combined for over 160 seasons of varsity soccer, with the Minutemen leading the alltime series by a count of 21-14-7. But a driving rainstorm washed away any historical advantage for UMass on Saturday–and their offensive attack—as the Minutemen fell to BU by a final score of 2-0. It was a frustrating night for UMass(0-5). In the first half, rain created less-thanoptimal conditions for its offensive attack. In the second half, the Minutemen were able to put together some quality scoring chances, but none of their shots found the back of the Terriers’ net. “We made a couple defensive mistakes at the end of the half there,” said UMass interim coach Devin O’Neill. “It was tough conditions for both teams.” Despite these wet conditions, BU (3-2) was able to break through for two goals in the first half. In the 29th minute, the Minutemen handed the Terriers a scoring chance after a defensive breakdown in their own box. BU junior Jordan Barker took advantage and was able to head the ball past UMass goalkeeper Ryan Buckingham to give the Terriers a 1-0 lead. In the 42nd minute, BU struck again, as a Minutemenfoul gave BU a free kick opportunity just outside the box. Terriers sophomore David Asbjornsson curled the ball over the UMass wall and into the back of the net, extending the BU lead to 2-0 and providing the final score of the game. “It was a fast, slick field, but you have to give their guys credit,” said O’Neill. Ross Gienieczko can be reached at In the second half, nei- rgieniec@umass.edu and followed ther team was able to score. on Twitter @RossGien.
FIELD HOCKEY
UM shuts down UMass-Lowell for second win of season By Tyler Fiedler Collegian Staff
The Massachusetts field hockey team came into its weekend finale struggling to score goals, totaling just three tallies in its four losses this season. The Minutewomen had no such issues Sunday with a 3-1 win over UMass Lowell. The goal-scoring issue is already proving to be significant. UMass (2-4) has now doubled its scoring output to a three-per-game average in its two wins. “Our point of emphasis today was to attack and be aggressive,” UMass coach Carla Tagliente said. “We need to clean up basic skills and generate more scoring chances.” The game’s scoring started off with an early goal from Minutewomen senior defensemen Lauren Allymohamed. The goal
was set up by a UMass corner that was sent in to Brooke Sabia, who then found Allymohamed for her first goal of the season. Sabia got on the scoreboard nearly 20 minutes later on assists from Hailey Cockrum and Anne Dijkstra. It was Sabia’s team-leading third goal and seventh point of the season, extending the Minutewomen’s lead to 2-0. “(Sabia) is back to scoring, which is good,” Tagliente said. “She is in different position this year so (she) is more of a field general then a scorer, but it is nice to get her going.” The Minutewomen were once again very aggressive, outshooting the River Hawks 20-9. This statistic seems to be a theme this season for UMass. In the Minutewomen’s four losses this year, they are being
outshot 43-23. However, in their two wins, they are outshooting their opponents 20-9. “We hope to keep this aggressiveness going,” Tagliente said. “We need to have that mentality every game but we are young and coming together.” UMass Lowell finally beat UMass goalie Sam Carlino in the 35th minute to cut the lead in half, behindAnnie Villare’s first goal of the season off a rebound. Coming out of halftime, the Minutewomen continued their aggressiveness and kept the ball on the River Hawks’ side. Sarah Hawkshaw made it 3-1 UMass with her second goal of the year ten minutes into the half. “Right now we are trying to find solutions at different positions,” Tagliente said. “It is a positive thing
when we can get that manyplayers in to a game.” UMass has been getting contributions from many different players throughout the year, as nine players have recorded a point for the Minutewomen so far this season. With Sunday’s victory, Tagliente said that she hopes UMass begins to play at a more consistent level to get ready for Atlantic 10 play beginning on Sept. 26. The Minutewomen look to continue the aggressiveness and momentum on Friday against Connecticut (4-0). “It is a positive thing getting any win,” Tagliente said. “We are gaining confidence and we hope that will lead into our next couple of games.” Tyler Fiedler can be reach by email tfiedler@umass.edu and on Twitter @ Tyler_Fiedler.
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Freshman Sarah Hawkshaw scored her second goal of the season Sunday.