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By Jaclyn Bryson Collegian Staff

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Children dance to a live band at the Amherst Block Party Sept. 18.

With the return of the Massachusetts football team Saturday, local restaurants and eateries both on and off campus are not only expecting a burst in morale, but a burst in business as well.

“A lot of the businesses in the community are eagerly awaiting the return of UMass football,” said Nancy Buffone, executive director of external relations and university events.

“It brings a lot of people to the area. The restaurants and retail see a big increase when we have football fans coming to campus.”

On Sept. 27, students and locals will gather at the newly renovated McGuirk Stadium to cheer on UMass as it finally returns home to face Bowling Green for Homecoming. According

to Garett DiStefano, director of Residential Dining, dining halls across campus will be ready and waiting to serve those hungry fans.

“We’re in a harvest season right now,” he said.

“This is a great chance for everyone to come back and take a look at some of the local fare that we are featuring in the dining commons. It’s a great chance for people to come back and take a look at the best that the Pioneer Valley has to offer.”

DiStefano also added that since the team played its see

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UMass accepts donation from Monsanto Company Library, equipment worth $1.4 million

By Conor Snell Collegian Staff

In the latest of several high-profile donations, the University of Massachusetts recently accepted a major donation, valued at $1.4 million, from the Monsanto Company.

The donation, called a “Bio-foundry” by the University, includes a library of tissues and plant cells from 3,500 plant species, as well as the relevant equipment needed to work

with it, according to James Capistran, executive director of the UMass Innovation Institute.

The tissue and cell samples were collected by Galileo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a research partner of Monsanto, over a number of years. Monsanto planned to use the materials for research and development of new products in agriculture, human health, flavorings, fragrances and therapeutic agents, among other potential applications, but this research did not pan out as expected.

“These materials require

a lot of effort and expense to maintain, and (Monsanto) was only tapping into about one to two percent of what they had,” said Capistran, who worked for Monsanto in the Advanced Performance Materials division for 10 years. “They were looking for an academic partner in their research. They started talking with UMass after seeing how much research we do in the biology of plants.”

None of the samples included in the library come from genetically modified organisms, according to Sekhar Boddupalli, Monsanto’s Research and

Development lead.

The methods used to develop new products from these samples will be limited to natural experimentation, including exposing the samples to specific temperatures, environments and stress levels to measure and exploit their natural chemical responses, as well as selective breeding.

“We’re trying to understand how plants work, how and why a plant does what it does when exposed to certain conditions,” Capistran said. “If we can do that, we can look for new products, like fragrances and thera-

peutics, which may not yet have been found.”

Undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate researchers will assist faculty in the research associated with this cell library in years to come, in what Boddupalli described as UMass’ upcoming “plant innovation center.”

Although restrictions on patenting natural and living products limit the opportunity for students to patent their discoveries, scientific processes themselves can be patented by those who discover them. According to Capistran, researchers who discover specific methods

of modifying the samples to produce a desired product may be able to patent that process.

Boddupalli stressed Monsanto has “no control over what UMass does with these samples,” and that the donation was given for nothing in exchange from the University.

“We have partnerships with many universities,” Boddupalli said. “For example, researchers at the University of Florida are currently working with us on tomatoes. We also partsee

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UHS creates new Women’s US airstrikes to expand Health Clinic on campus Military to target Students rate center an essential service

By Patricia LeBoeuf Collegian Correspondent

A 2013 survey conducted by University Health Services at the University of Massachusetts showed more than 98 percent of the campus community rated a women’s health clinic on campus as an essential service.

UHS responded by opening the first Women’s Health Clinic on campus, serving female UMass students, faculty and staff. The center opened last semester, with the grand opening scheduled for Sept. 30.

Kathy Rhines, administrator of diagnostic imaging, women’s health and specialty medical practices, said it is “typical” nowadays for women’s health care to be comprehensive and centralized. “(The health center is interested in) keeping up with (the) changing demands of

a dynamic community,” she said.

Rhines anticipates demand for the clinic to be greater than 5,000 visits per year.

Along with overwhelming support through survey data, Karen Dunbar Scully, communications and marketing manager for UHS, said the large percentage of UHS visits for women’s health concerns showed a need for the Women’s Health Clinic.

Although the University provided women’s health care for the last 40 to 50 years, Rhines said this clinic will include new services in an improved environment.

Providing new methods of contraception is a “big piece” of the services the clinic offers, said Linda Hoer, director of UHS. These will include intrauterine devices (IUDs) and Nexplanon (a contraceptive implant), said Rhines.

The full list of services includes routine examinations like papanicolaou tests, with follow-up testing of abnormal

results, colposcopy procedures, evaluation and treatment regarding concerns like painful and irregular periods, birth control education and care and pregnancy testing and counseling, including ultrasounds and prenatal care.

Rhines noted the environment will be comfortable, safe and confidential, while enabling women to make informed and educated healthcare decisions.

She added the clinic deals with other aspects of women’s wellness, including assessing stress and nutrition.

Rhines also said education is an important part of the clinic’s work, as many women on a college campus are just beginning to access care without support, parental or otherwise.

She believes the clinic will provide a basis for health and wellness that university women will carry with them as they get older. see

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city of Aleppo

By David S. Cloud Tribune Washington Bureau ZAGREB, Croatia — Even as it launched sweeping new airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, the U.S. military said Tuesday that it had expanded the campaign to the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, targeting an offshoot of al-Qaida said to be plotting “imminent” attacks against American and Western targets.

A total of eight U.S. air attacks carried out in Syria’s largest city were aimed at the Khorasan Group, described in a U.S. Central Command statement as an organization of al-Qaida veterans.

The Aleppo campaign marked an expansion of the bombing effort launched initially against strongholds of the Islamic State in eastern Syria, conducted by U.S. planes,

drones and ships with the help of five Arab nations.

The strikes indicate that the U.S. air campaign in Syria has broader objectives than going after the Islamic State, the target of the attacks in eastern Syria.

The bombing west of Aleppo, about 100 miles northeast of the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, was intended “to disrupt the imminent attack plotting against the United States and Western interests conducted by a network of seasoned al-Qaida veterans –sometimes referred to as the Khorasan Group - who have established a safe haven in Syria,” the Central Command statement said.

A senior military officer, briefed on the Aleppo attacks, said intelligence reports suggested that the group “was nearing the execution phase of an attack in Europe or the U.S.” In another development,

Israeli military officials said they had shot down a Syrian aircraft that was said to be attempting to infiltrate Israeli airspace in the Golan Heights.

“The Israel Air Force retaliated by firing a Patriot anti-aircraft missile. The Syrian plane was successfully hit,” the Israeli Defense Forces said in a statement.

It did not say whether the plane was a fighter jet or a drone, nor did it say whether the aircraft had approached Israeli airspace deliberately or inadvertently.

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz said it was the first time since 1982 that the Israeli air force had downed a Syrian aircraft.

The Islamic State, an alQaida breakaway group, has taken control of vast tracts of Syria and Iraq in recent months. Its fighters have executed hundreds of Syrian and Iraqi soldiers,

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Tuesday shot down a Syrian fighter jet that it said had flown into Israeli-controlled airspace over the Golan Heights.

The Russian-made

Sukhoi-24 fighter was targeted with a U.S.-supplied Patriot ground-to-air missile after it had “infiltrated into Israeli airspace,” the Israeli army said.

Israel captured the Golan

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DONATION ner with several non-profit organizations, including the Gates Foundation.”

Maintaining the samples will be a lengthy and costly project, according to Capistran. Approximately two-thirds of the cell and tissue samples are alive and require specific environments to survive. The remainder came frozen, a method of preservation for future research.

Researchers at UMass plan to begin cryogenically preserving most of the living samples in the donated cell library for this purpose.

The project’s initial funding comes from a $150,000 grant from the UMass President’s Office’s Science and Technology fund. Dean Goodwin, dean of the College of Natural Sciences, has committed technicians to work on the samples for the first two years. Researchers involved in the project have also submitted requests for grants from the National Science Foundation to fund further research with these materials.

Further funding may also be provided by industry donors, including cor-

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“We do lots of industrial research for industry partners already, and we plan to do more in the future.”

James Capistran, executive director of the UMass Innovation Institute porations and researchers who wish to work with UMass researchers on the samples to produce specific consumer products.

According to Capistran, several corporations have already begun contacting UMass, as well as Monsanto, to express interest in funding specific avenues of research, although he declined to name specific interested parties.

“We do lots of industrial research for industry partners already, and we plan to do more in the future,” Capistran said. “When this university began in 1863 as the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 90 percent of our research was done for companies. If we can take this research and do something useful and profitable, we consider that a good thing.”

The Monsanto Company is an American multina-

tional corporation well known for producing herbicide products like Roundup and Agent Orange, the latter of which was used with much controversy in the Vietnam War. Monsanto was also a forerunner in the creation of genetically modified plants.

“If a faculty member is interested in researching a specific (plant) species, they may have to go and find that sample, which can sometimes.be difficult and time-consuming,” Capistran said. “Trying to work on a whole family of plants is even harder.

Having so many species catalogued will make seeing relations between different species much simpler.”

Conor Snell can be reached at csnell@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @snellofsuccess.

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Afghan soldiers to be deported

By Lauren Raab Los Angeles Times

The three Afghan soldiers who went missing while in Massachusetts for military training and were found trying to enter Canada are facing immigration charges and stand to be deported, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman said the agency took custody of the Afghan nationals Tuesday morning.

“They are being charged with administrative immigration violations and placed into removal proceedings,” the agency said in a statement.

The Afghan officers were reported missing late Saturday after a trip to a shopping mall in Hyannis, Mass., about 20 miles from Joint Base Cape Cod, where they were involved in a training exercise. A Defense Department official said Monday that they had been found trying to cross into Canada and were taken into

custody.

The three, identified as Maj. Jan Mohammad Arash, Capt. Mohammad Nasir Askarzada and Capt. Noorullah Aminy, arrived at Joint Base Cape Cod on Sept. 11. Personnel from Tajikistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia were also there for the training, which is part of a series of annual events and is sponsored by the U.S. Central Command. Such training has taken place every year since 2004; last year’s exercise was in Germany.

The exercises took place at Camp Edwards, home to the Massachusetts National Guard and part of Joint Base Cape Cod, which includes a replica of an operating base used by soldiers in areas such as Afghanistan.

The three Afghans were part of a chaperoned group taken to the mall Saturday to sightsee and observe aspects of American culture, the military said. U.S. officials vetted them before letting them into the country.

1967 Middle East War and later annexed the territory, a strategic plateau overlooking northern Israel.

Battle for state court intensifies

extended manhunt, Israeli

Decision in July led to further debate

security forces on Tuesday

By Jeffrey Stinson

JERUSALEM — After an

tracked down and killed two Palestinians suspected of abducting and slaying three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank in June, the army said.

The kidnapping, blamed

by Israel on the militant Islamist group Hamas, set in motion a sequence of events that led to the recent war in Gaza, in which more than 2,000 Palestinians and 72 Israelis and a foreign worker died.

In public remarks after

the suspects were killed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had told the parents of the slain teenagers that “justice had been done.”

China

BEIJING — A Chinese

court convicted a moderate Uighur scholar of separatism and sentenced him to life in prison Tuesday following what human rights advocates called “a show trial” likely to worsen ethnic tensions in the far west of China.

The scholar, Ilham Tohti,

had operated a website critical of Chinese policies against Uighurs, Turkicspeaking Muslims who call China’s Xinjiang region their homeland. Authorities arrested him at his home in Beijing in January, following several years of detentions and official harassment.

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WICHITA, Kan.—Shortly before Christmas in 2000, brothers Reginald and Jonathan Carr went on a brutal robbery, rape and murder spree that left five people dead and traumatized this city, the state’s largest.

The Carr brothers were convicted and sentenced to death. But in July, the Kansas Supreme Court set aside the death sentences for the notorious killers, shocking many Kansans and adding fuel to a debate over how justices on the state’s highest court should be chosen.

To state Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce, a Republican, the court’s decision to overturn the brothers’ capital murder convictions on technicalities is only the latest example of the court defying public sentiment - and a compelling argument for why Kansas residents should have a more powerful voice in choosing their top judges.

In several states, including Kansas and Florida, state legislators have been debating how justices for state supreme courts should be chosen. Meanwhile, elections to win or retain court seats increasingly have become big-money contests, with political parties and special interests pouring in campaign dollars to try to help elect or unseat justices in more than a dozen states in recent years.

The stakes in the political and ideological battle over choosing justices are high: State supreme courts review local courts’ criminal and civil verdicts and the con-

stitutionality of state laws, and about 95 percent of all legal cases are filed in state courts, according to a 2008 report.

Some politicians, such as Bruce, argue that the courts should more closely reflect public opinion. But advocates of an independent judiciary argue that justices should be able to make decisions free of political and special-interest pressure. They warn that forcing judges to curry political favor or compile huge campaign war chests to win elections threatens that independence.

“Courts are under threat,” said Alicia Bannon, who monitors state courts at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s School of Law. “What they (special interests) are trying to do is shape who’s sitting on our courts and shape decisions.”

States vary in how they choose their Supreme Court justices.

Twenty-two states have contested elections, some of which are nonpartisan, according to Justice at Stake, a nonpartisan organization that advocates for fair and impartial courts.

In nearly all the others, governors appoint judges, though typically they must choose from a list of candidates nominated by a commission often chosen by state bar associations.

Sixteen of those states have retention elections, which allow voters to decide whether to retain sitting justices.

Thirty states have had or will have elections this year to either elect or retain justices, according to Justice at Stake. Some of the races are uncontested and noncontroversial. But eight states have contested elections

in November and 14 will have retention elections. It is expected that races this year will cost more than the $56.4 million reported spent in the 2011-12 election cycle.

More than $3.1 million has been spent this year on television ads in elections already held in Tennessee, Idaho and Arkansas and in a May primary election bid to unseat a North Carolina justice, Justice at Stake and the Brennan Center reported earlier this month.

Races in Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Montana, New Mexico and Texas will likely attract millions of political party and specialinterest dollars, the groups said.

Many justice groups that favor impartial courts are alarmed by rising costs of campaigns and fear that special-interest money will have a corrosive effect. Bert Brandenburg, executive director of Justice at Stake, said the phenomenon has worn away at the public’s perception of fairness in the courts.

“The public has become firmly convinced that justice is for sale,” he said.

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor rang the alarm this summer, saying she’s been “distressed to see persistent efforts in some states to politicize the bench and the role of our judges.”

In response, she issued a model “O’Connor Plan” for selecting state supreme court justices. She advocates the creation of broad nominating commissions to present candidates to governors, a nonpartisan review of their performance and retention elections to give the public an opportunity to remove justices for poor performance.

However, the trend in many of the states that have similar systems, including Kansas, is to move toward a system with a greater role for governors and legislatures, said William Raftery at the National Center for State Courts, an independent court-improvement and research center based in Williamsburg, Va. Raftery said many governors and legislatures are now pushing for a federalstyle system, under which governors would appoint justices and legislatures would confirm them. Raftery said many governors and state legislators are tired

“They’re trying to use the emotional case of the Carr brothers to say the court is too liberal and needs to be changed.”

Rep. Jim Ward, lawyer and member of the House Judiciary Committee of the courts overturning their laws. They think lawyers have too much say in nominating candidates with liberal judicial philosophies, and see justices as more beholden to the legal community than the electorate.

That’s the view of Bruce, the GOP Senate leader in Kansas, where the Supreme Court hasn’t upheld any death penalty sentence under the state’s current law. Furthermore, twice in last decade the court has rejected the state’s schoolfinance system, approved by the legislature, as inequitable or insufficiently funded.

“The Kansas Supreme Court has demonstrated over and over again its reluctance to carry out the death sentence,” said Bruce, who is a lawyer. “The Carr brothers’ case is just another example of this. Not only is this view out of step with public sentiment, my greatest concern is that it erodes the rule of law.”

Bruce said the people of Kansas should have a say in judicial selection via their elected representatives and get away from a system that is dominated by lawyers.

The Kansas nominating committee that sends three names to the governor to pick from has five lawyers appointed by the state Bar Association and four nonlawyers.

States’ systems for choosing justices typically are written into state constitutions, which aren’t easy to amend. They often require a two-thirds vote of each legislative chamber and ratification by voters.

That’s true in Kansas, where last year the Senate passed a proposed constitutional amendment to move to a federal-style system of appointments. It failed in the House, however.

Some Democrats and lawyers worry that the GOP-dominated Kansas Legislature and Republican Gov. Sam Brownback want to pack the court with justices who share their politics and ideology - and are using death penalty decisions as an excuse to scrap a merit selection process designed to deter political cronyism.

“They’re trying to use the emotional case of the Carr brothers to say the court is too liberal and needs to be changed,” said state Rep. Jim Ward, a lawyer and member of the House Judiciary Committee. Ward, a Democrat, argues that “extreme conservatives” want to pack the court.

“This (Carr decision) had nothing to do with conservative or liberal. Legal questions were involved.”

Ward warned that abandoning Kansas’ current system could result in cronyism. He points to how Brownback named his former chief counsel, Caleb Stegall, to the Supreme Court last month.

The appointment came after Brownback named Stegall to the state’s intermediate Court of Appeals last year. That appointment came after the legislature and governor changed the way appeals court justices are named to mirror the federal method they propose for choosing Kansas Supreme Court justices.

That change didn’t require a constitutional amendment.

Political cronyism is what moved the Kansas Legislature and voters to adopt the state’s current merit selection system.

In the “Triple-Play” scandal of 1956 and 1957, then-Gov. Fred Hall maneuvered to install himself as chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court after losing a re-election bid. Hall resigned near the end of his term as did his friend, Chief Justice William Smith. Lt. Gov. John McCuish became governor and named Hall as the court’s new chief in Smith’s place.

“This (merit system) has served the people of Kansas well for more than 60 years,” Ward said. “We haven’t had any scandals since.”

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AIRSTRIKES beheaded two American journalists, driven thousands of ethnic Kurds from their homes and threatened to slaughter religious minorities in Iraq.

The Pentagon has launched about 190 airstrikes against the militants’ positions and convoys in Iraq since Aug. 8, pushing them back from two strategic dams. The large-scale attack on Syria is a departure from those airstrikes, which chiefly targeted trucks, Humvees, checkpoints and mortar positions.

The Central Command statement Tuesday said the new airstrikes, the first to be launched in Syria, struck “training camps, an explosives and munitions production facility, a communication building and command and control facilities.”

American officials have said little in public about

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the Khorasan Group, but privately describe it as a clandestine organization of former al-Qaidafighters with expertise in bombmaking.

The group has been seeking “to develop external attacks, construct and test improvised explosive devices and recruit Westerners to conduct operations,” according to the Central Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East.

“These strikes were undertaken only by U.S. assets,” the statement said, without identifying whether they involved warplanes or cruise missiles fired from Navy ships.

The strikes against Islamic State militant strongholds involved participation or support by several Arab coalition partners, including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab

Emirates.

Central Command officials said the attacks included a total of 14 strikes against Islamic State targets, using a mix of fighters, bombers, drones and Tomahawk missiles launched from ships operating in international waters in the Red Sea and North Arabian Gulf.

In addition to Raqqa, where the Islamic State has established a headquarters of sorts, the strikes “destroyed or damaged” targets near Dayr az Zawr, Al Hasakah and Abu Kamal, U.S. officials said.

Among the facilities hit were training compounds, headquarters and command and control facilities, storage facilities, a finance center, supply trucks and armed vehicles, the Central Command said.

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But one of the biggest effects Sullivan said that the return to McGuirk had on UMass business and concessions is that it sparked motivation to increase the taste, quality and variety of food options made available to local fans.

“We’ve taken an opportunity to really upgrade some of the food quality,” he said.

“We’re going to be offering local products – not so much a focus on candy and more traditional snacks, but a bigger focus on better stadium food.”

Off-campus eateries have also been gearing up for the return to McGuirk. At the Hangar Pub and Grill, manager Mike Stone is expecting heavy crowds and is looking forward to serving them.

“We are expecting a spike in sales,” Stone said.

“There’s going to be a huge influx of people that have been missing over the past few years … I expect Amherst to be chock-full.”

“We don’t need to do anything special that day,” added Yvette Rowan, manager of Rafters. “It’s just going to be a nonstop kind of day for business.”

And while there may be some obstacles to maneuver with the sudden increase of crowds, local businesses are looking forward to serving large numbers of fans again.

“Just like any big event traffic can be an issue, parking can be an issue,” Stone added. “But (having football) back here in Amherst trumps all of those issues.”

“Right now we are just

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The all-female staff consists of a nurse practitioner and physician, both with a focus in women’s health, who also practice in general medicine at UHS. They will provide primary gynecological and contraceptive care, Hoer said. Clients can still see their current healthcare providers at UHS for most of their healthcare needs if they so desire, and be referred to the Women’s Health Clinic for special concerns like IUD insertion, Rhines said.

The specialists, OB-GYNs drawn from Cooley Dickinson Hospital and Baystate Medical Center, will be in the clinic three days per week to deal with more complex cases.

According to Rhines, the challenge in funding the clinic was to use “internal resources” as much as possible. Hoer said most funding was provided through the student health fee that all UMass students pay. New equipment funding came through funds for operating expenses at UHS.

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BUSINESSES last three seasons at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, he is looking forward to not only celebrating the team’s return to campus, but to welcoming alumni back home as well.

“We are fully geared up for alumni to come back,” he said, adding that he often hears that the one thing UMass graduates say they miss most is the local food.

For DiStefano, the return of the Minutemen is a chance for everyone to experience that once again.

“We’re anticipating that they are going to come back and they are going to really enjoy themselves, have a good time and eat some great food in the dining commons as well as our retail locations,” he said.

In addition to the new renovations of McGuirk, new changes have been made for concessions offered at the game as well.

“We haven’t had anything there (at the stadium) in a while, so it’s been fun to rethink it a little bit,” said Manager of Campus Center Food Services Van Sullivan of his plans to maximize concession sales and variety at the game.

According to Sullivan, the focus will now be on grilled, hot food featured at three of the rotundas of the stadium. The two Baby Berk food trucks, he added, will serve food outside the stadium. At the promenade off the football performance center overlooking the end zone, more high-quality and local selections will be offered.

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The student health fee also covers co-pays for UHS providers, Scully said, meaning that students who utilize the services of the Women’s Health Clinic will not pay copays for its services.

In addition to its main goal of servicing the female students, faculty and staff at the University, the clinic will also support research and education through experiential opportunities for those in medical and pharmacology programs. The clinic and the Women’s Health Center at the School of Public Health are beginning conversations about partnering, as well.

The clinic is located on the ground floor of the UHS building, and is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. while classes are in session.

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

focusing on having enough staff and getting organized to be able to accommodate the number of people we are expecting,” said John Korpita, owner of the Amherst Brewing Company.

Korpita also commented that over the past years, events that offer free food on campus, like the clambake on Labor Day, took away from business during peak serving times. But with a special Minutemen-themed beer on tap just for sports seasons, Korpita added that he’s looking forward to the return of some of his customers.

“This is a plus, to be able to have the football game coming back and all the people coming into the area …

I’m sure a lot of them will be going out to the area restaurants like us,” he said.

“That’s what we are counting on.”

Yet despite the inevitable boom in business that is sure to come from serving large crowds on Saturday, both off-campus and on-campus businesses are simply forward to having Minuteman football back home.

“We’re really creating a community event. We hope that people will go grab lunch in town, come down for some tailgating and enjoy the football game, “ Buffone said. “(UMass football) is giving people more opportunities to come and enjoy both Amherst and the campus.”

Jaclyn Bryson can be reached at jbryson@umass.edu.

Pita Pockets serves up falafel

By Ben Zifkin Collegian Correspondent A restaurant can offer numerous draws, such as a quick meal on the go or a place to meet friends and enjoy delicious food.

Pita Pockets, located at 103 N. Pleasant St., goes the extra mile.

“We cook from the heart.

We want every single person who walks in to leave happier,” said Yussef Khabot, who owns and operates the store with his uncle, mother and father.

The second a customer walks in, he or she is greeted with a friendly welcome and a huge infectious grin from Khabot or his uncle.

While they wait in line, customers are usually offered free falafel and hummus.

“I think eating is a lot more fun than just looking around, so I like to give the customer a sample,” he said.

And this warmheartedness isn’t lost on customers.

“They’re really so friendly,” said Charlotte

Social Thought and Political Economy major, agreed.

“Pita Pockets’ falafel is my favorite in the [Pioneer] Valley,” she said. “It’s so crunchy and delicious.”

“We want our food to be cheap, fresh and tasty,” Khabot said. “We’re really trying to give people something different. I was driving around with my uncle and we see all these pizza places, but nothing traditional, so we decided to open a place with delicious food from home.”

Home for Khabot and his family is near Aleppo, Syria, and although the move from to Aleppo to Amherst was a big one, Khabot said he and his family feel right at home in a kitchen.

“Back in Syria, my family had many, many restaurants,” he said.

Pita Pockets is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Rogg, a senior finance major at the University of Massachusetts. “They always seem so happy to see you.”

While Pita Pockets’ friendly atmosphere is a draw, that’s not the only thing that brings customers back. Looking at online reviews shows the food is just as good as the service.

The restaurant’s Yelp page has dozens of reviews saying things along the lines of “…best falafel I’ve ever had.”

“Every country has its own type of falafel: There’s Lebanese falafel, Israeli falafel … they’re all different, and here we serve the best traditional Syrian falafel,” Khabot said.

Ben Zifkin can be reached at Emily Glick, a senior bzifkin@umass.edu.

‘Every one of them are dead’ 911 call from man who killed family

By Kevin P. Connolly and Tiffany Walden Orlando Sentinel

The man who fatally shot his grandchildren and adult daughter in the tiny North Florida town of Bell made chilling statements in a 911 call before turning the gun on himself last week.

“I just shot my daughter and shot all my grandkids and I’ll be sitting on my step, and when you get here, I’m going to shoot myself,” Don Spirit said in a recording of his 911 call. “Every one of them are dead.”

The Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office released the recording and another detail Tuesday: Spirit used a .45-caliber handgun.

Spirit, who accidentally shot and killed his son during a 2001 hunting trip in Central

Florida, couldn’t legally possess a firearm because he was a felon with a previous drug conviction.

Federal, state and local officials are investigating how he obtained the weapon.

A motive is still unknown, the Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office said.

“As stated before, this tragic and devastating event may never be fully explained,” a statement said.

“We would continue to ask everyone to keep the victims family, friends, classmates, and the community of Bell, Florida, in their thoughts and prayers.”

The same gun was used in all the killings.

Deputies who responded to Spirit’s 911 call made “verbal contact” with the grandfather.

“After a brief verbal exchange, the suspect sustained a self-inflicted gunshot which resulted in his death,” the sheriff’s office said. “As

of this time, no clear or definitive motive can be determined.”

“All of the children’s bodies were located in various locations inside the residence, while the bodies of the two adults were found outside the residence in separate locations on the property,” the sheriff’s office said.

“The final autopsy report will not be complete for several weeks.”

The release of his 911 call comes a day after news outlets reported that the Florida Department of Children and Families was investigating drug abuse in the house.

The agency previously received reports about domestic violence and child abuse.

Last year, Spirit allegedly hit one of his grandchildren with a belt, resulting in bruising, DCF told news outlets.

Spirit is believed to be the lone gunman responsible for slaying his 28-year-old daugh-

ter, Sarah Spirit, and her six children.

The younger victims were Kaleb Kuhlmann, 11; Kylie Kuhlmann, 9; Johnathon Kuhlmann, 8; Brandon Stewart, 4; Destiny Stewart, 5: and 2-month-old Alanna Stewart.

Spirit spent three years in prison on a gun charge after he accidentally shot and killed his son Kyle on a 2001 hunting trip, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.

The accident happened on Nov. 14, 2001. Spirit was pointing out rust on the muzzle of his rifle when it fired, striking 8-year-old Kyle in the head.

Spirit was a felon from a previous drug conviction at the time of the shooting.

Spirit pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon just as his trial was set to begin, in exchange for the minimum sentence.

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Morality will not win the Apple and Google face off to provide better data security War on Terror Last week, a five-part piece on the war on terror written by Harvard

Steven Gillard University emeritus professor Alan M. Dershowitz was published in the Boston Globe. Professor Dershowitz discussed five different controversial aspects of the war on Terror: terrorists’ use of human shields, mass surveillance by the United States government, detainment of terrorists in facilities such as Guantanamo Bay, targeted killings and torture.

In his piece about the targeted killing of terrorists, Professor Dershowitz espoused the belief that while “targeted killings are here to stay,” the United States must adapt the legal system so that it is in accordance with the employed tactics.

Professor Dershowitz touched upon the 2011 targeted killing of al-Qaida member Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen, an action that generated significant controversy because of his status as an American citizen. Although al-Awlaki was thought to have ties with multiple terrorists, including the 2009 Fort Hood shooter, many Americans denounced his targeted killing as a violation of his American rights.

Glenn Greenwald, of Salon. com, argued that the killing infringed upon both his right to free speech and due process.

Professor Dershowitz’s article on torture expressed views similar to his piece on targeted killings. While he described torture as “immoral and despicable,” he also recognized its legitimacy as a type of necessary evil, especially in the case of a “ticking bomb situation.”

The main point of both of his arguments seemed to be that, in an ideal world, neither targeted killings nor torture would need to exist, but if we need to use them, then we must have the legal system to support and regulate such tactics.

Why are we concerned about the legal and human rights of terrorists when they blatantly disregard our own?

To start, the military and CIA can go right ahead and eliminate any suspected terrorists through drone

strikes, and they shouldn’t be required to prove the immediate threat posed by such terrorists, or the impossibility of carrying out other alternatives. If an individual is involved in terrorist activities and can be eliminated, he or she should be. Why are so many people concerned about the “lawfulness” of

against terrorism, and the increasingly serious measures taken by the government to quell this threat, Americans often cite Benjamin Franklin: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

As hard as it may be to swallow, Franklin’s words are anachronistic and can no longer be applied to a globalized world to which the number, brutality and scope of threats has increased exponentially since the 18th century. I’m not selfimportant or paranoid enough to believe that allowing the government to target Americans without due process and tap phone lines in an effort to uncover terrorist plots will somehow negatively affect my life, unless of course I join a terrorist cell or become a drug kingpin.

Those who quote Franklin and those who protest torture and targeted killings alike ignore a sad reality: you can’t fight an immoral enemy morally. Ascribing the same rights to a radical American recruiting for al-Qaida and an American working a nine-to-five job with a wife and kids is offensive and idealistic, even if it is technically correct.

Professor Dershowitz advocated for legal processes that make both targeted killings and torture more legally feasible and regulated, but a much more realistic step to take would be to designate all terrorists – American or foreign – as no longer protected under international or American law.

An attack on the scale of 9/11 can never happen to this country again. If the United States can dismantle the leadership of terrorist organizations through targeted drone strikes, or divulge vital information from terrorists through torture, then it is justified in doing so.

Holding ourselves up to the same ethical and legal standards at which our adversaries scoff does not make the fight any easier, nor does it make the world a safer place.

“Ascribing the same rights to a radical American recruiting for al-Qaeda and an American working a nine-to-five job with a wife and kids is, quite honestly, offensive and idealistic, even if it is technically correct.”

such actions, or determining the legitimacy of threats to the United States? Anybody in a terrorist group, operating overseas with fellow combatants, should be considered a legitimate target and dealt with accordingly.

It doesn’t matter if a terrorist, like al-Awlaki, is American, either. As far as I’m concerned, American citizens forfeit their citizenship the moment they go overseas and collaborate with a terrorist organization. Al-Awlaki conspired with aspiring terrorists and was a recruiter for al-Qaida.

Even if he wasn’t directly carrying out attacks, he still contributed to al-Qaida’s campaign far more than any basic operatives ever could.

An individual should not be granted due process if he has left the United States to support our adversaries, nor should his targeted killing create any controversy.

With regards to torture, many assert that it is unethical and should never be used, even if it is effective. Once again, this morally-upright stance taken by so many Americans is shocking. I understand that torture is considered inhumane, a violation of human rights and should never be used against lawful captured combatants in a traditional war.

But you know what else is inhumane? Flying two planes into the World Trade Center, killing thousands of innocent people. So too, is beheading journalists.

If targeted killings and torture give Americans an advantage in the war on terror, they, by all means, should be used.

Steven Gillard is a Collegian colum In the face of this com- nist and can be reached at sgillard@ plex battle being fought umass.edu.

As Apple celebrates the in the consumer electronlaunch of the best-selling, ics industry, which is the critically well-received basis of some of Google’s most vitriolic criticism. “I Johnny McCabe want to be absolutely clear,” Cook said, “that we have iPhone 6 and iOS 8, and never worked with any govGoogle prepares to release ernment agency from any its own much anticipated country to create a backAndroid L operating system door in any of our products and suite of corresponding or services. We have also devices, it seems that the never allowed access to our two tech giants are draw- servers. And we never will.” ing lines in the sand of yet This is a continuaanother unexplored battle- tion of the rhetoric Apple ground: user privacy and expressed at its iPhone and data security. iOS 8 launch event, where While competition improvements to iCloud and between these two enor- the introduction of the new mous brands has been Apple Pay digital payment commonplace in the past, system chiefly emphasized almost to the point of banal- anonymity and compartity, neither party stands to mentalization. benefit from battling over Even to those who may privacy more than the con- not follow the politics of sumer.

Shortly after the massive and record breaking launch of the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple’s website updated with “a message from Tim tech, these statements are Cook” himself, detailing the obviously direct jabs at company’s continued com- Google, whose business mitment to protect their model is centered around users’ data. Far from the the aggregation of user usual dry and neutral legal- search data and preferences ese of the typical online or to deliver targeted advertisedigital privacy statement, ments to their customers.

Cook’s appeal is targeted, The folks at Google were not concise and no-nonsense. to be outdone, however, as In the wake of the recent they announced in an interscandals and concerns sur- view with The Washington rounding the iCloud breach Post that baseline encrypthat led to the leak of inti- tion will be a default feature mate photos of several high- of the imminent Android L profile celebrities known as software update, which is Celebgate, or the massive expected to be released later hack of millions of Target this fall. This brings both customers’ credit card iOS and Android devices in information around Black line in terms of data securiFriday of last year, there ty, a feature neither operatis a precedent for anxiety ing system offered as early concerning the safety and as a year ago. anonymity of user informa- This highly publition in the modern digital cized and user-facing oneeconomy. upmanship is both a fre Cook also addressed quent theme in the tech the controversial topic of industry and an indicator government surveillance of larger and much fiercer

competition to come from two of the world’s biggest brands. Apple and Google have squared off countless times before over features like cameras, 4G LTE capability, available apps and price. These battles are considered trivial at best and immature and unnecessary at worst. Fighting over user anonymity and data security, however, is another story entirely.

We live in a society on the verge of catastrophic change. The internet is truly the backbone of both the global society and the global economy. The right to private and protected user data has rapidly become synonymous with free speech and individuality, and is fiercely threatened by the dual prospects of government surveillance and unregulated Internet Service Providers like Comcast.

User data is the digital representation of one’s identity online, and deserves to be safeguarded and defended as would any other form of self-expression. It is clearly in the best interests of both Apple and Google to protect their users’ right to privacy, seeing as public opinion seems to have shifted from asking to demanding higher privacy standards in any form.

In this case, I welcome the imminent combat. If the tech industry can iterate upon metadata security as strongly as it has on battery life and screen size, then neither Apple nor Google will win a bigger victory with prospective consumers.

User data is the digital representation of one’s identity online, and deserves to be safeguarded and defended as would any other form of self-expression.

Johnny McCabe is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at rjmccabe@umass.edu.

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An exploration into Morocco’s unique, exceptional cuisine Dishes rich with spices and culture

ents the store has to offer and is used in some daily cooking but is often saved for specialty dishes. Lastly for the

lots of it), Moroccan olive oil, green tea, orange flower water, rose water, semolina flour, all-purpose flour, dried

salt and olive oil until it reaches a paste-like consistency.

Add caraway seeds, coriander, cumin and paprika and mix

By Adria Kelly Collegian Staff

Considered one of the most influential (and influenced) cuisines in the world, Moroccan food combines flavors that are seen around the globe. Professional chefs salivate at the mention of its’ warm grains and complex spices. They long to achieve the depth in flavor that these dishes traditionally offer.

Although I can’t help you feel out the perfect balance of herbs, this article will guide you through the complex and wonderful cuisine of Morocco.

The first step is to outfit your kitchen with the staple ingredients in every Moroccan kitchen and that means taking a long trip down the spice aisle. There are a lot of herbs in this cuisine.

The most common include classics like onions, garlic, parsley, cilantro, coarse salt, black pepper, cinnamon and sesame seeds. Also seen in most Moroccan kitchens is ground ginger, white pepper, hot and sweet paprika, cumin, saffron threads, anise and bay leaves. Quite a mouthful isn’t it? We’re not done yet. Those are just some of the better known spices, now we’ll move on to the local selection. Ras El Hanout, meaning “head of the shop,” is a spice blend made from the best ingredi-

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An ornate arrangement of the cones, bowls and jars of spices in a traditional Moroccon shop. spice cabinet are what I consider the most exotic of the bunch; this is comprised of chiba (wormwood), salmia (sage), louisa (lemon verbena) and za’atar (wild thyme.) It would be a ridiculous request for most college students to have all of these spices at once so my suggestion would to go on a recipe to recipe basis and what’s needed at that time.

Other staples in Morocco include couscous, sugar (and

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beans, preserved lemons and olives.

The first dish is called harissa, a hot chili paste found in many dishes in Morocco.

Begin by soaking dried red peppers for 30 minutes. A mixture of chile de arbol, ancho chiles and guajillo chiles will provide a medium heat level.

When the chiles become malleable remove the stems and seeds. In a food processor combine the peppers, garlic,

thoroughly. This will keep up to three weeks in your fridge and can be eaten as a spread on bread, meat, vegetables and basically anything you can find in your kitchen.

In Morocco the tagine is both a cooking instrument and a delicious recipe. The tagine as a tool is a large ceramic or clay dish with a large, pointed lid. As a recipe tagine is versatile, much like pasta in Italy there are hun-

dreds of flavor and ingredient combinations that can be presented through a tagine.

This recipe is for a classic and relatively simple chicken tagine. Combine finely chopped garlic, ground cumin, ginger, sweet paprika, salt, black pepper, grated Spanish onion and olive oil. Add the pulp from a few preserved lemons (save the peel for later use) to the bowl along with bone-in chicken thighs. Place this mixture into a large plastic bag and marinate overnight in the refridgerator.

Although this is traditionally made using a ceramic or clay tagine a large Dutch oven or casserole dish will also just don’t use metal as it will impede on the flavor. Place the chicken (including the marinade), cilantro and parsley stems, powdered saffron and some water into whatever dish you are using. Bring this to a boil then lower it to a simmer and cook, stirring semiregularly, until the chicken is tender. Remove the chicken from the pot and move on to a serving platter. Keeping the sauce in the pan add the preserved lemon peel from before, olives, parsley and cilantro. Reduce until thick, which should not take more than 5 minutes. Remove the chickens’ skin, pour the sauce over it and serve.

In Morocco there seems to be a national sweet tooth. I have even heard rumors of Moroccans adding sugar to their drinking water to make

it more appetizing. In the spirit of sweets the last dish I will present to you is a traditional dessert called Kaab el Ghazal, or Gazelle Horns. These cresent-shaped cookies are eaten with mint tea at a meals end on most special occasions.

Start off by making the almond paste that will fill the pastry dough. Blend the almonds into a paste in a food processor then hand mix in sugar, cinnamon, orange flower water and gum Arabic powder until the paste is smooth and moist. For the dough combine flour, salt, eggs, melted butter and orange flower water and knead until silky and elastic. Divide dough into equal portions and cool for at least 15 minutes in the fridge.

Lightly dust a surface with flour, roll out the dough until thin but still workable, pipe a sausage shaped piece of the almond paste onto the edge of the dough, a fold into a cresent shape and make sure all edges are sealed. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees and enjoy. For a variation to this recipe, dip the cookies in orange flower water and dust with powdered sugar.

Hop over to the land of spices, diversity and exoticism and recreate these Moroccan dishes in your home. If you succeed you will achieve the dream of professional chefs around the globe.

Adria Kelly can be reached at akellys@ umass.edu.

DRINK

Bacon-wrapped Introducing some fall beer selections that will ease chicken recipe Brews your thirst for fall

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hen a delicacy starts off with bacon, not much can go wrong, and this scrumptious chicken dish is the epitome of that statement.

Although the required ingredients are minimal and the preparation is relatively simple, each bite represents an interesting and unexpected depth of flavor.

• 4 medium-to-large boneless, skinless chicken breasts • 6-to-8 bacon strips • ½ cup unsalted butter • ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil • 6-to-8 fresh sage leaves • 1 tablespoon brown sugar • Salt and pepper Begin by wrapping each chicken breast with the bacon. Depending on how much bacon flavor you want, you can do 1-to-2 strips per breast, but make sure there are no overlapped strips. After all the chicken has been wrapped, set it aside on a baking sheet. Next, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Melt butter in a sauté pan. Once it’s completely liquid, add the olive oil and heat until simmering slightly.

Add the brown sugar and vigorously whisk until all the sugar has dissolved. Add salt and pepper and mix well.

Rub each chicken breast with the oil-butter mixture and return them to the baking sheet. Bake for 5-to-7 minutes and flip. Continue this process until the chicken is cooked thoroughly and the bacon strips are crispy.

While the chicken is in the oven, place the sage leaves in the remaining oil-butter mixture and pan fry until crisp. Once crunchy, place each on a paper towel so all the extra oil is absorbed.

To serve, you can pair it with a nice potato dish and a leafy green (my favorite is mashed potatoes and kale).

Eat the sage leaves as a garnish on top of the chicken, and enjoy.

Adria Kelly can be reached at akellysu@umass.edu.

By Tracy Troisi Collegian Correspondant To mark the forthcoming of fall and to celebrate the amazing beers released during Oktoberfest, I present a wellcurated cast of ales put together with the help of a store clerk at Russell’s Liquors in downtown Amherst. I renounced the standard Shipyard Pumpkin that plagues store shelves this time of year, and there will be no cinnamon-rimmed absurdity here; just simple beer-toglass, glass-to-mouth review.

Here are some of the brews tapped into play just in time for the leaves to change.

Jack’s Abby Copper Legend Octoberfest The Massachusetts-brewed Jack’s Abby Copper Legend is endearingly named in honor of the plumber at the brewery. Who wouldn’t love a drink with a sentiment like that? It pours a clear, bright amber with visible carbonation seeping to the top of the glass, forming a dissipating head of off white. The nose is pretty sharp, with outright earthy notes and a malty, caramel aroma. It’s apparent in the first taste that this is a wheaty beer, yet not overpowering with malt flavor. The harmony of grassy hops and warm malt make for a well-balanced and smooth American-style

Märzen, a good start for any An appropriate amount of carOktoberfest shindig. bonation kicks up the flavors and add a nice crisp finish. I Shiner Oktoberfest would highly recommend this The Shiner Bock is pretty warm fall ale, and considering well known to beer connois- how finicky of a beer drinker I seurs, so I had a good feel- am, that means a lot. ing about this one from the Brooklyn Brewery start. This pours a brilliant, Oktoberfest clear amber color with about an inch and a half of nice, Almost anything from pillowy head. The lacing it Brooklyn Brewery has been leaves behind is quite splendid a standby for me and holds a and makes a lasting impres- special place in my beer-loving sion on the glass. It has a very heart. After letting this amber wheaty aroma, which come lager settle into the glass, from the notes of hearty yeast along with the fast-falling offthat are discernible on the first white head, smells of the tradisip. An aftertaste of yeast lin- tional German hops and sweet gers, which I wasn’t particu- malt permeate throughout. larly fond of, but the overall Undertones of yeast linger, taste was decent and light-to- which are present in the first medium bodied. This is a good mouthful, but not as apparent option for kicking back a few as in the Shiner Oktoberfest. in preparation for Oktoberfest The carbonation makes for an merriment. unfortunately thin taste that Two Roads Roadsmary’s makes the lager fall flat pretty soon. Not one of the better Baby Oktoberfest style beers I’ve My proclivity for Pumpkin had, but definitely worth a try.

Ale’s is neither here nor there, Long Trail Pumpkin Ale so this was chosen in a closeyour-eyes-and-point style: the Another personal standname and packaging caught by of mine is the Long Trail my eye. The ale from this stub- Double Bag, so I was curious by bottle pours a dark, cloudy enough to add their pumpkin auburn with a modest creamy ale to my selection. Vermont head that dissolves into a lin- has always encapsulated an gering ring. Right off the bat, it image in my mind that leads hits with intense and comfort- me to believe it can do no ing smells of warm vanilla and wrong when it comes to anytoasty nutmeg. The scent of thing. That set a high stanpumpkin is noticeable but not dard for this ale. Half a finger’s overbearing. The unrelenting worth of dense, cream-colored strong spices encompass the foam formed at the top of this exceedingly smooth first taste. cloudy copper libation and

notes of pumpkin are barely noticeable. But the scents of cinnamon and clove are alive in this one and hit the nose with each swig. Although the low carbonation level makes for a smooth ride in this brew, I prefer the Roadsmary’s Baby to this.

Weihenstephaner Oktoberfestbier I saved the most legitimate beer from this lineup for last, judging by the name.

Weihenstephaner is the world’s oldest brewery, which is displayed on the bottle. I’m ashamed that it took me this long to acquire one of their beverages, but I am here to tell the tale. It pours a golden straw color, forming a thin yet effervescent head of white foam. There’s a pungent citrus aroma, and also a yeasty scent I’ve grown accustomed to from paler beers. The taste is slightly roasted in flavor, but very crisp with a hint of a bready finish. This was probably my favorite brew out of all of these choices.

There are numerous other types of Oktoberfest, fall and pumpkin beers to try, so be adventurous. Just keep walking by that case of Shipyard Pumpkin, even if you told your friends you would buy it for the party. Disappoint them at first, and then make their night with a brand new brew.

Tracy Troisi can be reached at ttroisi@ umass.edu.

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Horses, not shirts Club polo open to all types of talent

By Lauren McArdle Collegian Staff

When the average person thinks of polo, they typically think of shirts from Ralph Lauren or another brand name store.

But for the riders of the Massachusetts polo team, polo has a completely different meaning. To them, it’s an intense competition played on horseback, and like many other sports, the objective is to score using a small ball.

Interest in polo is sparse, so players do not typically have to try out. The only requirement to join the team is being able to ride a horse.

“Typically [we] take students who know how to ride but with no polo experience,” coach Hilary MrozBlythe said.

After four players graduated last spring, UMass was left with seven returning players with polo experience. But nine new players have since joined the team, bringing the roster to an even 16 players.

“Everyone has been really welcoming. It’s kind of one of the sports that no one has really played before,” sophomore Monica

Aguilar said after joining the team this semester.

“They really break it down for you.”

The UMass polo team plays a variant of the game called “arena polo.” Each team consists of three riders and their horses. The game is played in a small sand arena, which limits speed and forces players to use maneuvering and short passing plays to score. The ball is not unlike a small soccer ball. Games last about two hours and are divided into periods called “chukkas”.

According to senior Natalie Dostoomian, president of the UMass polo team, practice doesn’t start until the horses are ready. Preparing the horses involves brushing them and fitting them with saddles and protective gear. Players choose mallets and set up the balls in the field, but don’t start playing until the horses have been warmed up.

In a typical practice, players will warm up their arms by hitting balls around the arena, then move on to more specific drills. Sometimes, the team will play a chukka or two. Practice takes place at Stony Pony Farm on Tuesdays and Sundays, with additional sessions for new recruits on Mondays and Thursdays.

Uniforms consist of a helmet and face guard, leather boots, knee pads and a team jersey. The protective gear is designed to keep players safe from mallets, horses and balls during the match.

Horses are also fitted with protective gear, including boots on their hoofs that wrap their legs.

Horses’ manes are shaved off and their tails are tied up to prevent them from getting caught in a passing mallet or the reins of another horse.

The UMass polo team is also committed to giving back. On Sept. 14, it volunteered with the Norfolk Hunt Club for its annual “Polo in the Country” charity game. The team sold raffle tickets and t-shirts and the funds went to the preservation and protection of recreational space in surrounding areas. The event consisted of a match between Norfolk Polo and Dedham Polo, and also included tailgates, a halftime show and pony rides. ”It was really fun. We got to meet the teammates who had been here a lot longer,” Aguilar said.

The polo team has its first match against Connecticut at home on October 4th at 2:00 p.m.

Lauren McArdle can be reached at lmcardle@umass.edu.

ing opponents’ scoring opportunities of late, O’Neill said that the goalkeeper’s communication and confidence has been a major difference in the Minutemen’s recent play.

“I think his command in the box has improved greatly,” O’Neill said. “He seems more comfortable in determining what balls he can come forward for and he gets those. But more importantly, he communicates with his defense when he can’t get there… He’s starting to feel a little more estab-

MEN’S XC “He’s very vocal and brings a lot of positive energy to give. And he just knows how to say the right things at the right moments.

Mantia finished 15th overall and third for UMass in the Minuteman Invitational in his first cross country race since 2011. To improve on Friday,

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lished with his range and that’s important for him.”

Moving forward, Buckingham believes the win over Fairfield will serve as a confidence boost for himself and the rest of the team, as UMass tries to build its first winning streak of the season.

“We feel like we can keep winning after (Friday’s) game because we played so well,” Buckingham said. “I really feel that we can make something happen in the Atlantic 10 Tournament and be ‘that’ team.”

“I think his command in the box has improved greatly.”

Devin O’Neill, UMass interim coach “No one’s talking about us right now, but once the A-10’s come, they will be talking because we will make something happen.”

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

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he stresses the importance of keeping things consistent from one race to the next.

“I want to continue what I’ve done,” Mantia said. “I don’t try to get too high or too low, just stay relaxed.

If I were to change anything, I may just want to get up a little bit earlier

ATLANTIC 10 goal lead early, which was all the Patriots needed as they remained unbeaten on the year and defeated Long Island University, 1-0.

In the 15th minute, George Mason (6-0-1) was awarded a corner kick and junior midfielder Jannik Eckenrode capitalized. He slammed in a shot for his first goal of the season on a perfectly delivered ball from Daniel Hoffman and the Patriots took a 1-0 lead.

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in the race and start a bit faster. But other than that, show up to practice every day and keep it consistent.

Consistency is the key.”

The meet will take place at Franklin Park with the start time set for 3:30 p.m.

Marc Jean-Louis can be reached at mjeanlou@umass.edu.

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to threaten throughout the match, as it outshot LIU 18-4.

Patriots forward Timi Mulgrew played well in the win and paced the George Mason offense with five shots on goal. Mulgrew leads the team with six goals and two assists on the campaign as a standout performer.

The win was the sixth shutout of the year for the Patriots, as their defense has been outstanding. They’ve only allowed one goal all season, while scoring a total

of 14.

George Mason’s sevengame unbeaten streak is their longest since 1996. That year, the Patriots opened up the season 7-0-1 and went on to appear in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

George Mason returns to action Saturday night against UMBC at 7:00 p.m.

Nicholas Casale can be reached at ncasale@umass.edu.

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MEN’S SOCCER

FOOTBALL

Thrown into the spotlight ‘Six months was my goal’ Libby worked for return to football

By Andrew Cyr Collegian Staff

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Sophomore Ryan Buckingham barely saw the field as a freshman, but has emerged to start five games for the Minutemen thus far.

Buckingham the man in net for UM

By Anthony Chiusano Collegian Staff

Sophomore goalkeeper Ryan Buckingham didn’t see much game action for the Massachusetts men’s soccer team in 2013. As a freshman, he started just one game, appeared in only two and played a total of 33 minutes.

However, through six games in the 2014 season, Buckingham has taken on a much larger role for the Minutemen.

With the offseason transfer of Nick Ruiz – who started at goalkeeper in 18 of UMass’ 19 games last season – and a lingering knee injury that has kept redshirt freshman goalkeeper Taylor Culp off the field, Buckingham emerged as the regular starter this season.

“He’s been thrown into it,” interim coach Devin O’Neill said. “Given the fact that (Culp) has been struggling getting fit, there’s no question in anybody’s mind that (Buckingham) is going

to get the games.”

Buckingham started five of the Minutemen’s first six games and accumulated nearly 428 minutes so far, a stark increase from last year’s workload.

“Just having game experience has helped him grow very quickly,” O’Neill said.

“There’s no substitute for experience, so the fact that he’s gotten five games under his belt this season is good for him moving forward.”

That experience showed last Friday against Fairfield.

Buckingham recorded five saves while allowing just one goal in a 2-1 overtime victory, giving UMass (1-5) its first win of the season in comeback fashion.

“I thought we dominated pretty much the whole game,” Buckingham said.

“We moved the ball well, defensively we were doing pretty well and I felt like we were really motivated to come back, which we did.”

Friday’s victory also marked a personal milestone for Buckingham, as he notched the first win of his collegiate career.

“It felt pretty great to

finally get my first win and our first win of the season,” Buckingham said. “There’s nothing to describe it. It was just amazing.”

O’Neill praised Buckingham’s performance on Friday, pointing out that four of his five saves came in the second half. Specifically, O’Neill mentioned one save late in the game, when Buckingham had to dive to his right to tip the ball off the goalpost, preserving a 1-1 tie.

“That (save) was as good as scoring a goal,” O’Neill said. “When your goalkeeper does that, it just energizes the team. I can’t overstate the importance of (his performance) for where we were in the season and where we were in the game.”

Although the Minutemen have struggled to score goals this season, Buckingham has manned the backline of a defensive unit that has continued to improve and enabled UMass to stay competitive in each game.

After sitting in favor of Culp in the Minutemen’s season opener (a 5-1 loss to

Utah Valley), Buckingham has produced a .643 save percentage and a 2.10 goals against average in five starts.

Despite his solid stats, the 2014 season did not begin kindly for Buckingham.

His first start against San Jose State resulted in a 4-1 defeat, and while he finished the game with seven saves, Buckingham said that it wasn’t until the following game against Cal Poly where he saw improvement.

“After the San Jose State game, people said that I played pretty well but I didn’t feel like I did,” Buckingham said.

“But once we hit Cal Poly, I felt like I took the next step and improved greatly in my shot-stopping ability.”

UMass lost 2-0 to the Mustangs, but the game was the first of four straight m at ch e s – i n cl u d i n g Friday’s win over the Stags – in which Buckingham limited opponents to two goals or less.

While Buckingham credited the defensive play in front of him in limitsee

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M E N ’ S C RO S S C O U N T RY

he said. “The doctors told me it would be the standard six months to a year to recover from an ACL tear and I told myself that I was going to make it five to six months.”

Oddly enough, Libby had his surgery on Sept. 23, 2013 – his birthday. Libby told the Portland Herald Press that he would back to running by Christmas.

“It was definitely a bump in my life that made me stronger as an individual,” he said. “I got knocked down on my feet but I was able to get right back up and keep fighting.”

Libby entered Saturday’s game late in the fourth quarter with the game well out of reach and took two handoffs for a total of three yards.

Despite primarily playing on special teams, Libby said he hopes to be a bigger part of coach Mark Whipple’s offense as the season and his career progresses.

Like so many other players on the Minutemen, this Saturday’s home opener at McGuirk Stadium is something Libby can’t get off his mind. He, like most of the other young players on the team, has never seen a game played on campus.

“This is all a whole new experience for me,” he said.

“It’s going to be like playing at Beaver Stadium. Well, maybe not the same size, but the atmosphere is going to be the same for us playing in front of our own fans.”

Although Libby is most likely going to be on the field for a handful of plays this Saturday, none of that will matter to him. He’s playing in front of his friends, classmates and the family members driving down from Maine to see him.

Most importantly, Libby is playing for himself and everything he’s overcome.

“It’s really fun that I’m finally able to get back on my feet and be able to play,” Libby said. “I definitely didn’t think about that (on Saturday) and my mindset is to just keep moving forward.”

When Andrew Libby ran onto the field for a kick return at Beaver Stadium in front of 99,155 fans on Saturday as a member of the Massachusetts football team, nothing out of the ordinary was on his mind.

He was standing near the end zone with six minutes, 17 seconds remaining in the first quarter. It was the type of situation he’s been involved in throughout his football career. The 6-foot-1, 208-pound freshman received the kick at the 9-yard line, and after bouncing off a few defenders, was finally brought down at the Penn State 29 for a return of 20 yards.

Although the play didn’t have much meaning for UMass during its 48-7 blowout loss to the Nittany Lions, it meant everything to Libby and was a reflection of everything’s he’s overcome in the past year.

In the opening game of his senior season at Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine, Libby busted open a 55-yard kickoff return and stiffarmed a defender to try to gain extra yards. But while Libby was stretched out going to the ground, another defender leading with his shoulder took out his knees, tearing Libby’s anterior cruciate ligament and ending his senior season.

The injury was a major setback for Libby, who won the 2012 Gatorade Player of the Year during his junior season. The multidimensional player – listed simply as “athlete” on UMass’ roster – finished that season with 1,091 yards and 23 touchdowns to go along with his 98 tackles and six interceptions while splitting time as a defensive back.

Doctors told him the normal recovery time for an ACL tear is 6-to-12 months. Libby, however, was fully healed after just five and a half Andrew Cyr can be reached by armonths. cyr@umass.edu, and can be followed “Six months was my goal,” on Twitter @Andrew_Cyr.

A-10 MEN’S SOCCER

Minutemen look to improve in Boston Billikens, Patriots “It’s easy [for the young guys] to go at your own pace and not try and shoot for the older keep streaks alive

By Marc Jean-Louis Collegian Staff

Entering his 48th season with the Massachusetts men’s cross country team, coach Ken O’Brien saw his underclassman-heavy roster and felt a bit of uncertainty as to how the season would go.

“The young guys come to school having run three miles in high school cross country,” O’Brien said.

“Their first races here are theoretically going to be five miles. They’re nearly doubling their racing distance and they don’t know what to expect.”

That uncertainty showed in the season opening Minuteman Invitational on Sept. 13th, when UMass finished fourth out of six teams.

Friday, the Minutemen will have an opportunity to

rebound, as they travel east to Boston for the Coast to Coast Battle in Beantown.

It will be their first meet in the state capital since the New England Championship last season, when UMass placed 28th out of 41 teams.

The meet is being hosted

by Boston College and features a packed field of 19 different schools. Notable participants include the Eagles, No. 3 Oregon, No. 8 Syracuse and defending national champion No. 16 Providence.

O’Brien kept his runners in packs during their first meet and looks to do more of the same on Friday.

“This team is young and they really responded to the first outing that way,” he said. “Kids who are inexperienced, if they find themselves running with their front runners, they stay

guys. They’ve put themselves right up there with the top guys, so I’m really excited to see what we can do.”

Benjamin Thomas, UMass junior

excited. So I think we’ll keep with the group effect for a while.”

O’Brien said that the team spent the majority of its practice working on strength to prepare for the upcoming meet, including running up hills over an 11-mile stretch at a steady pace to build up endurance. Junior captain Benjamin Thomas, who was named a co-UMass Athlete of the Week following his third-place finish at the Minuteman Invitational, is amazed with how his younger teammates have respond-

ed thus far.

“They’re a lot better than I had expected them to be,” Thomas said. “They’ve adjusted well and in our workouts, they’ve got some fire in them. It’s easy to go at your own pace and not try and shoot for the older guys. They’ve put themselves right there with the top guys, so I’m really excited to see what we can do.”

“Ben is an awesome leader,” senior John Mantia said in reference to Thomas. see

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SLU, GMU win contested affairs

By Nicholas Casale Collegian Correspondent

After regulation ended tied at 0-0, the game headed into sudden-death overtime.

In the 94th minute, 6-foot-4 senior forward Robert Kristo latched onto a pass from teammate Raymond Lee and fired home the game-winning goal. Kristo, a two-time All-American and A-10 first team All-Conference member, has now scored 31 goals in his career, including four in six games this season.

Saint Louis looks to expand upon its promising start Saturday night when it hosts Central Arkansas at 7:30 p.m

The Saint Louis men’s soccer team extended its winning streak to four games Saturday, defeating No. 3 Creighton in overtime 1-0.

From the starting whistle, Creighton (5-1-1) dominated possession, and it ended up outshooting Saint Louis 15-3.

Despite the onslaught of pressure, the Billikens (6-1) managed to keep Creighton Patriots remain at bay with strong perforunbeaten mances from freshman goalkeeper Sascha Otte (who George Mason took a one made 8 saves) and gritty defense. see ATLANTIC 10 on page 7