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UConn lacks traditions Volume CXX No. 102
Board of Trustees meets to discuss renovations Storrs, Conn.
By Jackie Wattles Associate News Editor
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Students playing in an Oozeball match last spring. Every year, UConn students take part in this traditional, muddy event on the Storrs campus. The event, which originated at UConn, has spread to many other college campuses.
By Sten Spinella Staff Writer If “college culture revolves around age-old traditions,” as “USA Today” postulates, where does UConn’s culture come from? The Undergraduate Student Government is working to discover the answer. The newly founded Student Development Committee, along with members and senators Rachel Conboy, John Sinnorai and committee chair Hailey Manfredi, are currently in the process of finding ways to instill a sense of history and tradition in UConn students and culture.
“Myself, along with other USG members, attended a conference in February hosted by Texas A&M,” Conboy wrote in an email. “It allowed us to network with student governments from all across the country and exchange ideas and programs. We quickly noticed the pride that students had in the history their school had. Other universities of comparable size and age to our own had a rich background in tradition that united them and gave them a stronger sense of pride and connection to where they attended school.” After Conboy pitched the idea to the committee, they began
research on universities that were similar to UConn in terms of population and tenure, like the University of Texas, University of Florida and Vanderbilt University, among others. What they found was that UConn doesn’t have traditions. Yale University has its “foot of good luck,” where students rub the foot of a statue of former university president James Dwight Woolse in order to ensure their graduation. The University of Texas pays special attention to their fight song and their alma mater. The University of Florida has 40 traditions; including taking a nap in a specific place
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on campus and painting a certain wall that has layers of paint from new coats every year. UF even provides incentive: you can receive a badge or a medallion upon graduation, depending on how many traditions you’ve completed. “It is upsetting to see what is claimed as our tradition when two of the three are at many other universities and not special to UConn,” Conboy noted. “Another kind of tradition is the oak leaf in the middle of Fairfield way, which students aren’t supposed to step on or the superstition is they won’t gradu-
The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees will meet Wednesday to consider a number of project budgets that include renovations to South Campus, the Engineering Building and a revised budget for the third phase of UConn’s technology park. The board will consider revising the budget for the Innovation Partnership Building to $162 million. The multi-story research facility will be approximately 112,000 square feet and contain labs and offices. Construction would be funded by state general obligation bonds, which were approved by the state legislature for the purpose of building a research-oriented technology park on UConn’s campus. The
total bond budget for the project is $172 million. Plans to demolish the UConn Health Center’s Dowling North and South buildings will also be considered by the board. That project would cost an estimated $1.07 million. Additionally, plans to spend $598,000 to relocate the Anechoic Chamber at the Health Center will be considered. A $3 million plan to fix infiltration problems and undertake exterior repairs to South Campus will also be considered. Finally, the board will consider a $92.5 million plan to develop a state of the art laboratory for research in bionano engineering, which would be funded by the UConn 2000 capital bond allotment.
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Above, Susan Herbst is pictured at a Fall 2013 Board of Trustees meeting.
Behind the name: Gampel Pavilion By Sten Spinella Staff Writer
With the UConn men’s and women’s basketball teams making their respective March Madness runs, it only makes sense that “Behind the Name” would detail the life of Harry A. Gampel, the man whose name stands proudly as the title of UConn’s fabled home arena. Born in Hartford on Aug. 2, 1920, Gampel lived a long and fruitful life as a successful businessman and influential philanthropist. He maintained this combination of wealth and charity for the majority of his life. Gampel was honored with the name of UConn’s celebrated arena because of his sizable contributions to and involvement with the university throughout his life. Not only was he bestowed an Honorary Doctorate of Law from UConn in 1993, but Gampel was named a member of the UConn Business Hall of Fame in 1994. He graduated from UConn in 1943 with a degree in industrial management. “He was very proud of his UConn affiliation,” Harry Hartley, UConn President from 1990-1996, said. “He was a true benefactor and a wonderful, warm and giving person.” A large part of the reason Gampel was afforded the honor of having his name on the now storied
basketball facility is the $1 million dollar sum he donated to the building of the arena. Erected in 1990, Gampel Pavillion has been home to a combined 11 national championship basketball teams. John H. Casteen III, the President of UConn at the time of Gampel Pavillion’s construction, personally appealed to Gampel for economic support when state officials stalled construction of the arena due to doubts upon whether it could be afforded. “My sense of him was that he was enormously proud of the university and took a lot of pride in having his name on part of it,’’ Casteen said after Gampel’s death. According to the Hartford Courant, “the plaza in front of the pavilion and the student union at the UConn campus in West Hartford also bear the Gampel name, the result of smaller gifts from the family.” After Gampel’s graduation he worked as the owner of a steel business – City Iron Works – then moved onto a career as a developer of apartments, areas of shopping and condominiums, mostly in Florida. Awards and notoriety came with this career and he used these as instruments of good. It was his work for human rights and his Jewish faith that was most gratifying for Gampel. Taking part in cultural and educational bodies was one of Gampel’s main activi-
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The Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, pictured above, is the home stadium for UConn’s men’s and women’s basketball teams.
ties, and he received many awards for his service in this area, including the Presidential Leadership Award, given to him by the State of Israel and the Jewish Community and the Silver Medallion Brotherhood Award on behalf of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Gampel also had a vibrant personal life. He split his time between Connecticut, which he considered
his home, and south Florida, where he made his livelihood and raised his family. He had four daughters with his wife, Edith, and eventually had six granddaughters. The Yeshiva University of Israel and New York, of which Gampel served on the Board of Directors, released a statement upon his death, calling him an “outstanding humanitarian, Jewish com-
munal leader, and philanthropist.” Following his monetary contribution to the construction, a communication center was named after him on one of Yeshiva University’s campuses. Gampel was also given an honorary doctoral degree from YU in 1989. Gampel was known to friends, family and acquaintances as ambitious and compassionate.
“The one thing he always said to us [was] that you always give back, that God will take care of you if you take care of others, his daughter, Margo Absher, said. “That, and that he always said to us, ‘All that matters is your reputation and your name.’”
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March 11 A man, 21, of Southbury, was arrested at 126 North Eagleville Road and charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing in the first degree. Police investigated a domestic disturbance report that allegedly occurred between students at Charter Oak Apartments. The man allegedly entered another student’s apartment and refused to leave and followed another student outside “acting in a tumultuous manner,” according to the arrest report. His bond was set at $500 and his court date was March 12.
March 12 A man, 19, of East Hampton, was arrested at 126 North Eagleville Road and charged with larceny in the sixth degree. The man was arrested pursuant to an active arrest warrant issued by the court for events taking place on Jan. 31 and Feb. 8. The larceny offenses allegedly occurred at the UConn Co-Op. His bond was set at $500 and his court date is March 26.
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the University of Nevada, the University of North Carolina and the University of Rhode Island. Midnight Breakfast is also served to stressed students at the end of the semester at Barnard College, the College of Holy Cross and George Washington University. The nature of tradition is the determined accumulation of legend and myth over a number of years. How can the Student Development Committee manufacture such a phenomenon? Conboy and her colleagues are aware of the difficulty. They have proposed ingraining tradition as soon as prospective students visit UConn, during tours and orientation. They have offered suggestions such as all students singing the Alma Mater at football games with the marching band. While Conboy emphasizes
DUI March 13 A man, 22, of Colchester, was arrested at Hunting Lodge Road and charged with operation while under the influence and failure to drive right. Police conducted a motor vehicle stop on the man’s vehicle after allegedly observing it cross the double yellow line on Hunting Lodge Road several times. The man was subject to a series of field sobriety tests, which he failed. His bond was set at $500 and his court date was March 24.
Oozeball has spread to other colleges ate in four years. Alas, students walk all over it anyway and I even see tours who step right on top of it.” The three UConn traditions that Conboy mentioned are listed on the University website as “Oozeball,” the “One Ton Sundae,” and “Midnight Breakfast.” One Ton Sundae is also celebrated at Carleton College and Johnson and Wales University. Conboy and the Student Services committee want something completely unique to UConn. While Oozeball, the yearly mud-volleyball-tournament that began in 1984, originated at UConn, it is now at many other institutions, such as the University of Texas,
that they are in the early stages of the project, she is excited for the future. “I guess you could say I want students to not just be proud they went to a school with a good basketball team, but be proud to be a Husky, to be attending a school that has evolved and grown over 100 years,” she wrote. “We want to ignite something in each student that will connect them to UConn even years after they leave.” If any students have an idea for a tradition, whether it’s the creation of a new one or the revival of an old one, contact senators Conboy and Sinnorai at rachel.conboy@uconn.edu and john.sinnorai@uconn.edu.
Labor company liable for Thai worker abuse HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge has found a California-based labor contractor liable for discrimination and abuse of hundreds of Thai workers at Hawaii farms. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday announced the ruling against Global Horizons, which placed the workers at six farms across the state. U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi’s ruling said Global Horizons officials inflicted various forms of abuse on Thai workers at a Maui farm, including slapping a worker in the head and throwing a worker against a wall. Other abuse cited in the ruling included workers being threatened with a gun and deportation. The Honolulu judge’s decision came in a lawsuit filed by the EEOC in 2011. The suit against Global Horizons and six Hawaii farms also alleged farm workers were subjected to uninhabitable housing, insufficient food and inadequate wages.
The ruling said the company recruited Thai workers because it thought they would be easier to exploit: “In addition, the EEOC has presented evidence that Global Horizons specifically chose Thai workers based on a stereotype that Thai workers would be more compliant and less likely to escape or cause other problems.” Mordechai Orian, president of the now-defunct company, referred questions to his attorneys, who did not immediately provide comment to The Associated Press. Orian said he hadn’t yet read the ruling, which was filed last week. A Nov. 18 trial has been set to determine the amount of money that Global Horizons will pay for the abuses, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said. The company also will have to implement measures to prevent future abuse. “The judge’s granting of judgment for liability vindicates the rights of the multitude of Thai
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farm workers who survived inhumane abuses and discrimination at the hands of their employers, who controlled not only their working conditions but where they lived, what they could eat and the basic right to move around freely,” said Anna Park, regional attorney for the commission. A federal judge in 2012 dismissed human trafficking charges against Orian and other associates. Authorities accused the company of manipulating 600 Thai workers it placed in farms across the United States. One of the six farms named in the Hawaii lawsuit, Del Monte Fresh Produce, settled in November for $1.2 million. The commission said it is finalizing settlements with four other farms. The case against the sixth farm is ongoing. A companion case in Washington state against Global Horizons and two farms there also is ongoing. The commission said trial is scheduled for Sept. 15.
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The Stillaguamish River is shown backed up at left in this aerial photo Monday, March 24, 2014, near Arlington, Wash., after it was blocked on Saturday by the massive mudslide shown at center, that killed at least eight people and left dozens missing, The search for survivors grew Monday raising fears that the death toll could climb far beyond the eight confirmed fatalities.
OSO, Wash. (AP) — The search for survivors of a deadly Washington state mudslide grew Monday to include scores of people who were still unaccounted for as the death toll from the wall of trees, rocks and debris that swept through a rural community rose to at least 14. In struggle to find loved ones, family members and neighbors used chain saws and their bare hands to dig through wreckage that was tangled by the mud into broken piles. Authorities said they were looking for more than 100 people who had not been heard from since the disaster about 55 miles northeast of Seattle. They predicted that the number of missing would decline as more people are found safe. But the startling initial length of the list added to the anxieties two days after a mile-wide layer of soft earth crashed onto a cluster of homes at the bottom of a river valley. “The situation is very grim,” Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots said, stressing that authorities are still in rescue mode and are holding out hope. But he noted: “We have not found anyone alive on this pile since Saturday.” Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Shari Ireton said Monday afternoon search and rescue crews discovered an additional six bodies, bringing the number fatalities to at least 14. About 30 houses were destroyed, and the debris blocked a mile-long stretch of state highway near Arlington. Cory Kuntz and several volunteers worked Monday with chain saws to cut through the roof of his uncle’s house, which was swept about 150 yards from its previous location. Kuntz said his aunt, Linda McPherson, was killed. He and the others pulled out files, his aunt’s wallet and a box filled with pictures and slides. “When you look at it, you just kind of go in shock, and you kind of go numb,” he said, adding that there were more people out helping Sunday. On Monday, they couldn’t get through roadblocks. “They are all eager to get down here, but unfortunately they can’t. It just shows how tight this community is,” he said. Doug Reuwsaat, who grew up in the area and was also helping in the search, said authorities had told people to stay away. “We’re related to a lot of these people from around here. So that’s why we’re here,” he said.
The mudslide struck Saturday morning, a time when most people are at home. Of the 49 structures in the neighborhood, authorities believe at least 25 were full-time residences. An overnight search of the debris field turned up no other bodies, Hots said. Monday’s search was to include aircraft, dogs and heavy equipment. Frustrations were growing as family members and neighbors waited for official word on the missing and the dead. Elaine Young and her neighbors uncovered several bodies Sunday and had to contact authorities to get them removed. They also found a chocolate Labrador named Buddy alive, and helped pull the dog from the rubble, leading her to wonder if other survivors could be out there, desperate for help. “If we found a dog alive yesterday afternoon that we cut out of a part of a house, doesn’t that seem that maybe somebody
“When you look at it, you just kind of go in shock, and you kind of go numb.”
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could be stuck up under part of a house and be alive too?” asked Young, whose home survived the slide but was on the edge of the devastation. Authorities believe Saturday’s slide was caused by recent heavy rains that made the terrain unstable. From the beginning, rescue crews on the ground have faced dangerous and unpredictable conditions as they navigated quicksand-like mud that was 15 feet deep in some places. Some who went in got caught up to their armpits in the thick, sticky sludge. The threat of potential flash floods or another landslide also loomed over rescuers. On Monday, some crews had to pull back because of concern that a hillside could shift. Retired firefighter Gail Moffett, who lives in Oso, said she knows about 25 people who are missing, including entire
families with young children. “It’s safe to say I’ll know everyone affected or who they are,” Moffett said. “There’s so much pain going on in the community right now.” Among the injured were a mother and her baby. Amanda Skorjanc, 25, was in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, spokeswoman Susan Gregg said. Her son, 22-week-old Duke Suddarth, remained in critical condition and was improving, Gregg said. Three other men were in serious condition. Snohomish County Emergency Management Director John Pennington said the list of 108 names included construction workers who were working in the area and people just driving by. But, he cautioned, that does not necessarily mean there are dozens of additional fatalities. Three other patients remained in serious condition. “It’s a soft 108,” Pennington said, explaining that the number would almost certainly fall as people are slowly located. The spirits of search-andrescue teams were raised late Saturday when they heard cries for help from the flotsam of trees, dirt and shattered wood. But no one else has been found alive. The slide blocked the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, which is continuing to back up, officials said. Authorities said Monday at least seven homes are now flooded, and more flooding is expected. Frequent, heavy rain and steep geography make the area prone to landslides. Less than a decade ago, another slide hit in the same general area. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee described the scene as “a square mile of total devastation” after flying over the disaster area Sunday. He assured families that everything was being done to find their missing loved ones. Inslee said Monday that he had received assurances that the Federal Emergency Management Agency would help. Barbara Welsh went to Monday’s news briefing in Arlington to get more information. She said she has not seen her husband, William Welsh, since Saturday, when he went to help someone in Oso with a water tank. Bruce Blacker, who lives just west of the slide, doesn’t know the whereabouts of six neighbors.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Children living in a slum in Argentina’s capital are playing cricket as part of an initiative to help them escape poverty and crime. Villa 21-24 in Buenos Aires is a slum so dangerous that most outsiders don’t dare enter. But the kids playing the ball-and-bat sport in a dirt training ground say they’ve found new hope in a sport that is mostly restricted to the elite. The International Cricket Council even awarded the children’s Caacupe team with its Best Spirit of Cricket Initiative. The council said the pairing of these marginalized kids with students from St. George’s College, an upscale school, has improved their life both on and off the pitch and sets an example worldwide. “It’s a real recognition not only of the development of this project but also of the way in which we are coaching the children” said Daniel Juarez, a former player from one of Buenos Aires’ most renowned cricket clubs, and the mastermind behind the initiative. Cricket originated in Britain but is also widely played in South Asia and the Caribbean.
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The sport was introduced to the slum in 2009 as a way to integrate children to a game that traditionally was reserved for Argentina’s upscale private schools. Its twice-weekly training sessions now include up to 30 children between ages of 8 and 15. For the poorest citizens, crowded in “misery villages” throughout Buenos Aires, sport has become a rare escape from a life of frustration, crime and drugs. The cricket project is one of the key activities in the Caacupe community center, which is named after a virgin saint popular among Argentina’s rural and poor communities. It also has some illustrious benefactors. Sometimes referred to as the “slum pope,” Pope Francis while he was cardinal of Buenos Aires was one of the driving forces in founding the slum’s community center and remained intimately connected to its operations. The Rev. Pepe Di Paola, a close friend of the pontiff, is patron of Caacupe cricket and was heavily involved in its initiation. “It has to do with sport being a living school, a channel of
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Caacupe cricket team members play during a training session at the Villa 21-24 slum in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, March 22, 2014.
values,” said Di Paola, who is known for his work fighting the drug trade in Argentina’s slums. Several members of the youth team are also attending cricket training lessons taught at private schools and three of them have been selected to play for national Argentine youth division teams at international tour-
naments. “Kids from the slum have had the chance to play in big games ... some of them have even gotten to travel by airplane to other places,” Di Paola said. “It has been a really positive experience.” Fourteen-year-old Alexis Gaona joined the club in its
Ukraine orders troop pullout from Crimea NOVOOZERNOE, Crimea (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister met with his Ukrainian counterpart for the first time on Monday and demanded more autonomy for Ukraine’s regions, even as Ukraine under pressure ordered its troops out from Crimea after the Russian seizure of military bases there. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an unexpected move agreed to the highest level meeting yet between the Russian government and a representative of the new Ukrainian government that Moscow has opposed vociferously over the past month. The meeting took place on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in the Hague, Netherlands. Lavrov told Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia that Russia continues to want constitutional changes in Ukraine that would give more autonomy to all regions of Ukraine. Russia is eager to retain its influence in Ukraine’s Russianspeaking eastern regions and prevent Ukraine from joining NATO. It has pushed for the new Ukraine to become a loose federation — demands the new Ukrainian government has rejected. Before the meeting, Deshchytsia said his government fears a Russian military buildup near Ukraine’s border. “The possibility of a military invasion is very high. We are very much worried about this concentration of troops on our eastern border,” he said.
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Ukrainian sailors leave the Konstantin Olshansky navy ship in the bay of Donuzlav, Crimea, Monday, March 24, 2014. Ukraine’s fledgling government ordered troops to retreat from Crimea on Monday, ending days of wavering as Western leaders tried to present a unified response to Russia’s increasingly firm control of the peninsula.
The concerns have been deepened in by the intense military pressure Russia has applied in Crimea since Russian President Vladimir Putin formally annexed the peninsula last week. Russian forces have commandeered ships and broke into walled military installations with armored personnel carriers. In the bay of Donuzlav in western Crimea, dozens of
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Pollution kills 7 million every year LONDON (AP) — Air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide every year, with more than half of the fatalities due to fumes from indoor stoves, according to a new report from the World Health Organization published Tuesday. The agency said air pollution is the cause of about one in eight deaths and has now become the single biggest environmental health risk. “We all have to breathe, which makes pollution very hard to avoid,” said Frank Kelly, director of the environmental research group at at King’s College London, who was not part of the WHO report. One of the main risks of pollution is that tiny particles can get deep into the lungs, causing irritation. Scientists also suspect air pollution may be to blame for inflammation in the heart, leading to chronic problems or a heart attack. WHO estimated that there were about 4.3 million deaths in 2012 caused by indoor air pollution, mostly people cooking inside using wood and coal stoves in Asia. WHO said there were about 3.7 million deaths from outdoor air pollution in 2012, of which nearly 90 percent were in developing countries. The new estimates are more than double previous figures and based mostly on modeling. The increase is partly due to better information about the health effects of pollution and improved detection methods.
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Malaysia confirms plane is lost
BEIJING (AP) — Relatives shrieked and sobbed uncontrollably. Men and women nearly collapsed, held up by loved ones. Their grief came pouring out after 17 days of waiting for definitive word on the fate of the passengers and crew of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet. Malaysia’s prime minister gave that word late Monday in an announcement from Kuala Lumpur, saying there was no longer any doubt that Flight 370 went down in the southern Indian Ocean. Relatives of passengers in Beijing had been called to a hotel near the airport to hear the news, and some 50 of them gathered there. Afterward, they filed out of a conference room in heartwrenching grief. One woman collapsed and fell on her knees, crying “My son! My son!” Medical teams arrived at the Lido hotel with several stretchers and one elderly man was carried out of the conference room on one of them, his face covered by a jacket. Minutes later, a middle-aged woman was taken out on another stretcher, her face ashen and her blank eyes seemingly staring off into the distance. Most of the relatives refused to speak to gathered reporters and some lashed out in anger, urging journalists not to film the scene. Security guards restrained a man with close-cropped hair as he kicked a TV cameraman and shouted, “Don’t film. I’ll beat you to death!” Some relatives staying at hotels in Beijing and Kuala Lumpur were notified in person of the imminent late-night news conference by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, and some heard over the phone. Some received a heads-up by text message, said Sarah Bajc, who has been awaiting news of the fate of her boyfriend, Philip Wood, ever since the plane disappeared March 8 on a night flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people aboard. “Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived,” the text message said. “As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysia’s Prime Minister, we must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean.” Bajc noted in an email that the prime minister’s announcement made no mention of confirmed wreckage, “so no real closure,” but she also said the time for grief had begun. “I need closure to be certain but cannot keep on with public efforts against all odds. I STILL feel his presence, so perhaps it was his soul all along,” she wrote. “It looks like the first phase of our mission has ended. Now Philip’s family and I will need some time for private grief.”
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The state should not be responsible for an individual’s mistake
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ast week, Charla Nash appealed to the Connecticut Legislature, seeking permission to sue the state for $150 million. In 2009, Nash was mauled by a chimpanzee belonging to her friend, Sandra Herold, and later successfully sued Herold for $4 million. According to the lawsuit against Connecticut, the Department of Energy and Environment Protection took no action following a report four months before the attack which classified the chimp as “an accident waiting to happen.” However, the mauling incident was not the state’s fault, and the taxpayers should not be forced to pay for the lawsuit. The only person responsible for Travis the chimp’s actions is Herold, who has already paid a significant amount of money for her negligence. If successful, the lawsuit against the state would require each Connecticut taxpayer to pay approximately $50 for something that was one person’s fault. Furthermore, if this lawsuit is successful, it will set a bad precedent where someone can hold the state responsible every time they get attacked by a pet. If everyone who was bit by a dog sued Connecticut for such a large amount of money, either the state would go bankrupt or taxes would have to be raised to a ridiculously high level. Either way, nothing good will come from it. Simply put, the State of Connecticut cannot be held liable for all pet-related injuries that occur within its borders. The owner of the pet often can be held responsible in such situations, but Sandra Herold has already paid a significant price for her negligence. The Connecticut government cannot constantly monitor all pets and remove those who are considered dangerous. Such a program would require significant government resources that would be better spent elsewhere. Even if such a thing were implemented, it would likely cause outrage among owners of more conventional pets once the state arbitrarily seized them for being “dangerous.” However, if this lawsuit is successful, Connecticut might be forced to do just that to avoid having to pay such large damages again. It will be a waste of taxpayer dollars and will lead to pets being arbitrarily taken away because some government official thinks they might be dangerous. The State of Connecticut should not be held responsible for the injuries to Charla Nash as a result of the chimpanzee attack in 2009. The lawsuit should not be allowed to proceed. A ruling in favor of Nash would set several bad precedents as well as cost every taxpayer in the state for one person’s irresponsibility.
Was I drunk or did they add another bus line on campus? What the hell is silver line? Jay Hickey sighting in March? I feel so old, the freshmen on campus only come up to my hip. Only one day back from spring break and I’m ready to leave campus. It’s one of those weeks where I just need a drink. Not sure how this is different than any other week. #Shapazz The Bruins will never lose. While sitting in class today it took all I could to not stand up and scream, I don’t care about a damn thing you have to say. #SeniorYear Thaaaaat’s it! Westchester Please don’t take my sunshine away. They changed things in the dining halls over break. This bothers me. Who else is still happy that Duke lost?
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The Wage Gap Myth: What 77 percent means for working women
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everal commentators have drawn attention to the “wage gap myth.” It alleges that 77 percent wage earnings ratio was misleading after the American Association of University Women’s “Graduating to a Pay Gap” study revealed that when controlling numerous factors (same choice of major and occupation, same number of hours a weeks, both full time) there was only a pay gap of 7 percent between women and men, at the expense of the former a year after colBy Victoria Kallsen lege. Alright everyone, let’s Weekly Columnist pack up and go home, because sexism is over, right? These controlled variables have been the main complaint with the suggestion that women earn 77 percent of what men earn. While women’s choices are the cause of the gap for many conservatives, ultimately these aforementioned factors still exemplify the strain of institutionalized gender discrimination and reveal a more complicated underbelly that many Republican legislators choose to ignore. Occupational segregation is the distribution of employment according to different demographics. It is estimated that this accounts for 27 percent of the wage gap issue, according to the Huffington Post. Simply put, male-dominated occupations pay better than female-dominated ones. For example, surgeons and anesthesiologists have the highest salaries in the country. Women only make up 35.5 percent of surgeons, and there are so few female anesthesiologists that it is statistically insignificant according to the
Bureau for Labor Statistics (BLS). Jobs that are more than 90 percent women include secretarial positions, nurses, dental hygienists and clerks. The average median salary for these occupations is $40,048, with a minimum of $27,130 and a maximum of $70,210. The corollary of this is jobs that are more than 90 percent men have an average median salary of $48,588, with a minimum of $23,970 and maximum of $100,920. There were 14 female-dominated fields and 40 male-dominated fields, according to the data taken from the BLS. Male-dominated fields include computers, engineering, industry, machines and construction, so perhaps you would argue that these fields deserve more dinero. It’s curious that fields that are strong, logical, intellectual, authoritative and technological are so heavily paid, while fields that value compassion, humanity, emotions, education and servitude are paid so little. It’s almost as if those pesky gender roles determine our masculine occupations with higher paychecks attached. Perhaps the gentrification of occupation is what’s leading men into certain fields and women into others. Another oft cited issue with the 77 percent statistic is that it doesn’t fully encompass the number of hours worked per week. According to BLS, more women work part time than men (27 percent compared to 11 percent), and women work less hours (35.6 hours/week compared to 40.6). What are all these ladies doing then? Pew Research broke down how adults between ages 18 to 64 with children under the age of 18 spent their time during the week. Mothers work 22.8 hours compared to corresponding father’s 40.5 hours. However, mothers also spent more time on housework (17.4 vs 10 hours) and childcare (13.5 vs 7.3 hours), and less time on leisure (24.5 vs 27.5 hours). Considering that
according to Gallup, more than nine in 10 Americans already have children or want to, compared to the 5 percent who do not want children at all, this paints an accurate picture for how many adults spend their time. This is very obviously reflected in that pesky wage gap. While “Graduating to a Pay Gap” did reveal a 7 percent difference, an additional AAUW study, “Behind the Pay Gap” reported an increase to a 12 percent gap for fulltime workers 10 years post-college. It was also noted that among mothers, 23 percent were out of the workforce and 17 percent part time workers, compared to fathers at 1 percent and 2 percent respectively. Bear in mind, that according to the BLS, “in 2010, working wives contributed 38 percent of their families’ incomes.” Additionally, the U.S. does not legally mandate any paid maternity leave for expectant mothers. In short, exploring the 77 percent earnings ratio statistic serves up a healthy dose of gender roles, stereotypes and discrimination. Why do women and men pick the jobs that we do, and why are male jobs paid better? Why don’t we as a society value jobs that require us to exercise compassion or educate others? I’m not suggesting that every employer looks at a woman and says I’m going to pay you less (though, that bothersome 7 percent statistic suggests it does happen). However, the wage gap is a concept that requires the public to further explore the institutional sexism in the jobs women and men choose, how they are paid and who takes the hit to their career because of child bearing.
Victoria.Kallsen@UConn.edu 6th-semester mechanical engineering @Oh_Vicki
The left fails to recognize true causes of poverty
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ep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is the latest Republican to make a racially-charged comment, the latest one to sound the “dog-whistle” to score some political points from all those bigoted conservatives. Or so the media and the political left alleges. The left-wing blogosphere lit up two weeks ago when Ryan went on Bill B e n n e t t ’s By Paul DaSilva talk show Staff Columnist “Morning in America.” A few moments into the interview, Ryan was asked what the Republican’s plan is for lifting people out of poverty. “Getting people to work” was how he began his reply, and went on to say how there is a “tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of hard work. So there’s a cultural problem that has to be dealt with.” Ryan himself admitted the next day that his comments were “inarticulate.” But he generally stood by the essence of his argument, which is that when fathers elect to abandon their children, and choose to not actively engage in a diligent effort to seek employment, they
are essentially doing everything within their power to ensure that their child will be severely disadvantaged in life. It may be an inconvenient fact to liberals, but the trend of single-parent households and children born to unwed parents has borne negative social consequences. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 41 percent of American children in 2012 were born out of wedlock; among blacks, the figure is 72 percent, compared to 54 percent for Hispanics and 29 percent for whites. All of these figures are alarming; however, it is clear that the problem is even more pronounced in the black and Hispanic communities. As then-Senator Barack Obama admitted himself in his Father’s Day remarks in 2008, children have an enormous burden inflicted upon them before they even have a chance to breathe. Obama said, according to a transcript published by The New York Times, “that children who grow up without a father are [five] times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; [nine] times more likely to drop out of schools and 20 times more likely to end up in prison. They are more likely to have behavioral problems, or run away from home, or become teenage parents themselves.” He followed this by boldly asserting the obvious (that
liberals including Obama since he has become President have been unfortunately pusillanimous to say): “And the foundations of our community are weaker because of it.” Those statistics are tremendously disquieting, and I wish that people in politics and the media did more to stigmatize both men who make the profoundly selfish decision to relinquish their duties as a father, and women who make the downright imprudent decision to establish the conditions for the birth of a baby in circumstances wholly antithetical to those fit for a child. As it was prior to the sexual revolution in the 1960s, it must be deemed unacceptable for a woman to give birth without being married, or at the very least, lacking a high degree of surety that her man will remain with her. It should also be expected that the parents together have the financial means to support a dependent. Paul Ryan was trying to get at this very fundamental issue, focusing on the idea that there is a culture of apathy towards working, how this has yielded negative consequences for families and communities, and how this has been, at least in part, due to government policies that more or less allow for this type of behavior. Ryan, in the interview, spoke about the success
of welfare reform in the late 1990s, but how this reform was incomplete. In his statement walking back the phraseology of his original comments, he said, “The broader point I was trying to make is that we cannot settle for this status quo and that government and families have to do more and rethink our approach to fighting poverty.” It is his objective that government does its part in reforming its current anti-poverty law. For instance, he and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) have looked at the Earned Income Tax Credit, a wage supplement for struggling families. They have proposed replacing it with a low-income wage subsidy that would more directly lift the wages for those whose salaries are low. Liberal outrage toward Ryan over his recent comments is not at all surprising and is characteristic of their unfettered urge to partake in racial politics. It’s really easy calling your opponents racist, or claiming they’re playing to racial sentiments present in their base. It’s another to truthfully analyze the causes of intergenerational poverty.
Paul.DaSilva@UConn.edu 2nd-semester political science and economics @paultdasilva
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Comic books and graphic novels of all sorts took center stage on Monday night at the Jorgensen Center for Performing Arts, during a lecture given by famed cartoonist, Art Spiegelman. Spiegelman is perhaps best known for writing and illustrating “Maus,” the twopart graphic novel that tells the true story of his parents’ experiences living as Jews in Nazi-controlled Germany and their subsequent torturous time spent living in concentration camps. He was invited to UConn as a part of the annual “UConn Reads” program (which is focused on another graphic novel, “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi, this year), to give his opinions on the current state of comics and graphic novels as artistic mediums. Although, he is best known for “Maus,” it is by no means his sole artistic endeavor. During his tenure, he has written other graphic novels, illustrated for “The New Yorker” and founded his own magazine, “RAW,” with his wife, Françoise Mouly. The lecture, entitled, “What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?” began with a brief introduction before Spiegelman took the stage and began his talk. Aided only by a projector, which he used to show various strips, covers and famous pages from comic history, Spiegelman began by telling the audience of his own history and relationship with comic strips, and how he originally became interested in the medium. Of course, the presentation was not really about Spiegelman himself,
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Famed cartoonist Art Spiegelman presented his thoughts on the evolution of the comic and graphic novel mediums to an audience at the Jorgensen Center Monday
and so he quickly turned to discussing the evolution of comics. During the lecture, Spiegelman explained the various components of a comic, and how simple things like the direction a character is moving, or the way the panels are arranged, can completely alter the reader’s perception of the scene being displayed. He used examples from some of the most famous comics ever written,
including “Lucy” and “Little Nemo.” He also discussed technological advancements, and how they were quickly shaping the ways that comics were both created and distributed. After the lecture had concluded, Spiegelman lit up a cigarette (which almost seems to be a trademark of his in the way he depicts himself in his comics) and settled down for a question and answer session. Many
students in the audience were students in the School of Fine arts, so most of the questions asked pertained to finding a way into the illustration industry. “Success is really a fluke,” said Spiegelman in response. “When it comes to comics these days, all bets are off. There are so many different forms they’re taking now, which makes sense, as we live in a very obviously visual culture. So there really
are plenty of fields for those of you that are visually skillful. But success? Well, that really comes down to a fluke. You just keep practicing and practicing, and eventually you’ll submit something and it will be a hit. There’s no real secret to it, it’s just getting lucky.”
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Poet Alex Lemon inspires bookstore crowd By Brendon Field Staff Writer
Poet Alex Lemon shared several excerpts from his newest publication “The Wish Book” at the Co-op Bookstore Monday evening. Lemon’s poems contain dense imagery that often focus on the theme of mortality, which he attributes to health problems and a series of strokes he suffered while attending college. One of his pieces reads, “We’re a parade of illness, many of us will wander out of the front door and never be found.” Part of Lemon’s newest book is centered on his new experiences with fatherhood. One of his poems is titled “After the World Did Not End,” written following the false Mayan apocalypse, explores Lemon’s feelings about soon having to care for another life, when he was struggling to care for his own. His poetry is heavily cryptic,
one poem, titled “Wearing A Dead Man’s Sunglasses At The Zoo,” consisted on the surface of a series of unique observations, “Standing in line to see the komodo dragon is like finding the right balance of dark matter.” In a question and answer session following the reading, Lemon said that when he began writing, his poetry was narrative and literal, describing a solitary event. But as his writing evolved, he has explored deeper realms of poetry. He says he uses “overly rich” imagery because that’s how he experiences the world. He also said it walks a tightrope between ecstasy and horror, and seeks to find as much as possible between the two emotions. “There’s never just a black and white, there’s a grey area that is hugely deep.” Martina Powell, a 6thsemester women, gender and sexuality studies major, said, “I thought all the poems were
beautiful, a lot of them were very sensory. When I hear it read to me I feel a different sensation than when I read it.” Laurencia Ciprus, an 8thsemester English major, agreed, saying “he creates a delightful paradigm shift
with the nuanced surprise in each verbal tense.” Lemon has published three previous books of poetry: “Mosquito,” “Hallelujah Blackout” and “Fancy Beasts.” He has also published a memoir titled, “Happy,” which Lemon said
was ironic. His poetry has been featured in “Esquire,” “American Poetry Review” and Best American Poetry.”
obvious and distressing case. Their ‘70s flop has given way to an even more ridiculous and convoluted mess of basically every decade since the ‘20s. Trim-riddled and poorly made ‘20s flapper dresses bounce around in league with puffy quilted ‘50s poodle skirts, cheap gold-painted ‘70s miniskirts, gold and black-beaded, oversized and heavily shoulder-padded ‘80s jackets and the list goes on. The combination of the most glaringly trendy styles from all the decades of Retroland have been mercilessly smashed together into one big fist with which to punch unwitting shoppers right in their vulnerable closets. However, this compilation of tasteless styles is only the tip of the iceberg. The
styles are both gaudy and shoddy. The worthless and flimsy synthetic materials with which they are made are representative of our modern throwaway culture, resulting in pure waste. H&M, alongside many other retail stores, has kindly given us a full display of utter superfluity. They are offering all the loudest styles from all the loudest decades, and yet they have failed to offer any substance what so ever. We are living in an era of expendability, and nowhere is this more obvious than in our clothing options. No longer is America a place where goods are made to last. We are no longer offered hearty silks and pure cottons which could last for decades. Now, we are usually forced to choose
between 100 percent polyester, rayon, or some other synthetic material. Our clothing is made abroad, by starving and ill-treated laborers, usually in China or India. It is virtually impossible to find anything made here in the good ol’ U.S. of A. Even Ralph Lauren has sold out for the sake of lower costs. We settle for cheap and flimsy, rather than strong and longlasting quality. This is another case where fashion is reflecting a much larger social problem. Most of what this generation is producing, from technology to architecture, is made of materials which are not made to last. Our generation is all about minimalism, and not in a good way. We, as a society, desire to spend as little
as possible on as much as possible, which encourages industries, like the fashion industry, to become as cheap as possible. What we lose in the process is virtually every ounce of quality and deep strong beauty. The majority of our clothing is of such poor quality, that years from now, thrift shops will still be selling clothing from basically every other generation besides this one. In fact, if we do not make a concerted effort to amp up the quality of the products with which we surround ourselves, it will be as if most of us never existed at all. At least as far as fashion is concerned, we will indeed have become the expendable generation.
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Alex Lemon read excerpts from his latest book “The Wish Book” at the Co-op Monday evening before hosting a Q&A with the audience.
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Fashion: The danger of becoming an expendable generation By Alexandra Bell Campus Correspondent
If one were to go strolling about New York City’s shopping districts, it would appear as though a schizophrenic fashion monster had puked on the lower-end and midrange retail stores, hoping to stick to as many customers as possible. There’s a hodgepodge of unfortunate trends being revived from decades past. These styles were set aside for good reason. Yet, retail stores have messily attempted to prop up their decomposed corpses with the cheapest materials available. Nearly everything being sold these days is made to be discarded in about a year. Although there are many to choose from, H&M is a prime example, as it is the most
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My to-read list is constantly growing longer. Too many books are published each year that capture my attention and daily obligations prevent me from reading everything of interest. I just don’t have the time. A new app called Spritz has developed a solution to this problem. The app doesn’t provide users with more time to curl up with a good book but it does create a method to read faster. The creators state that the app will allow users to read 600-1000 words per minute. This is extremely high, considering the average college student reads 300 words per minute according to Time magazine. Time explains how this remarkable speed is achieved. When we read, our eyes move back and forth on the page. It is our eyes that limit how fast we can read. With Spritz, the words move, allowing the readers’ eyes to stay still. This method is called rapid sequential visual presentation. The words are displayed one by one in a place where our eyes are “primed for visual recognition”. This allows the words to correlate with the natural motion of the eye. As a result, eye movements will no longer slow down reading. I tried Spritz’s technology on the website Elite Daily where words were shown at 250, 350, and 500 words per minute. I was able to keep up with the reading speed but I couldn’t imagine reading at speeds approaching 1000 words per minute. When I read, I want to read at a speed that works for me. As students, sometimes we feel left behind when we are listening to lectures and the professor is talking too fast. If I couldn’t keep up with the pace of my novel, I would find that very disheartening. Since individual words are flashed at you, little time is given to understand things that may be confusing. It would be difficult to differentiate one part of the book from another if only single words are displayed. Analyzing the author’s writing style would be nearly impossible and the author’s efforts wouldn’t be properly acknowledged. When we read on our own, that is the perfect opportunity to go as slow as we want in order to properly understand and enjoy the writing. With this app, a book can be read and forgotten all in one sitting. It makes me wonder why reading needs to become instantaneous. Our lives already run at a fast pace. We have easy access to information at our fingertips due to smartphones, fast food restaurants are abundant and it seems like there is always very little time to relax. Since reading is often associated with relaxing, why turn it into a task to rush through? Despite having the potential to allow me to seriously tackle my to-read list, I could never bring myself to use Spritz. Reading faster could be advantageous but books weren’t meant to be read at speeds like this. There is a reason normal reading speeds are significantly slower than what the app provides. I believe we should enjoy books as they were created, page by page.
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work on “The Muppets” – returns for the sequel. The elaborate musical numbers are highlighted by the songs “We’re Doing a Sequel” and “Something So Right” which you might find yourself whistling long after you’ve left the theater. Classic Muppet tunes including “Together Again” from “The Muppets Take Manhattan” also make a welcome return. While the film doesn’t quite reach the elaborate heights achieved by its immediate predecessor – there’s one too many musical numbers forced in where a conventional scene would do fine and it’s not quite as emotional a ride – “Muppets Most Wanted” does a swell job of doing what the Muppets do best: make us laugh. If your looking for a great film for the entire family to enjoy this spring, look no further. Oh, and they gave Rizzo a line this time around, so bonus points for that.
One frequent complaint about movies today is that when the plot is focused on the plight of a minority group, the central character is of the dominant demographic and they’re leading the crusade. This has been applied to acclaimed recent films including “Dallas Buyers Club,” “The Help” and “The Blindside,” but also older films such as “Cry Freedom” and “Glory.” First of all, this is a completely valid objection and a major problem with the film industry. It sends the message that the white, straight, etc. protagonist is responsible for advancements and minority rights and that minorities only played a supporting role. Because a lot of these films employ a historical context as well as a composite effect (representing whole groups of people and organizations with one character), it is an inaccurate and even narcissistic depiction of the constant battle for human rights. The primary reason behind this is because Hollywood is a business; mass appeal is always near the top of their priorities list. Because straight white people are the majority, they are the audience that’s played to. It’s a sad reality, but still a reality; and not one that I imagine will change anytime soon. I am disappointed that Hollywood, one the most shamelessly progressive institutions in American culture, is too afraid to make major films with all minority casts. This raises the question: Does this problem of structure and perspective automatically render the films that suffer from it bad or reprehensible? I’m going to say no. It certainly does make the film unethical, as well as leave a sour aftertaste. But quality filmmaking is what it is, and everybody involved should not be blamed for an issue that likely comes from executive production, one of if not the first steps in the process. While these movies do send the wrong message, they also convey a secondary theme that kind of makes up for it. Let’s take “Dallas Buyers Club” for example. Ron Woodruff is a homophobe who is diagnosed with AIDS and then, with the help of gay associates, smuggles and distributes unapproved medicine. It certainly doesn’t help that friends of the real Ron Woodruff say that he openly had gay relationships and while “based on a true story” is a very flexible phrase, that’s just disrespectful. But Woodruff’s arc in the movie is that as he gets to know members of the gay community, he reforms his slanted views. The message that this sends to the audience, specifically the white, straight, target audience is at least one that should be heard. Abandon your baseless biases in favor of working as a community for the greater good. Simple, classic, but undoubtedly still valuable. It also speaks directly to older audiences who lived through the AIDS era that ignored the disease because they believed it would never affect them, and perhaps because they believed those who were being affected deserved it; you should have been more like Ron Woodruff. The majority protagonist essentially acts as a role model, and that’s not a bad thing. The power of historical fiction is its ability to make people realize their mistakes, and learn to avoid repeating them in the future. Unfortunately right now it can’t be illustrated without coddling and the cinematic equivalent of firm pat on the back.
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By Maurilio Amorim Staff Writer Let’s all just take a moment and acknowledge that we are almost three months into 2014 and so far the best action movie to be released is “Robocop” by the technicality that while it was a major disappointment, it was passable. I really wanted “Need For Speed” to be good. As a huge fan of “Breaking Bad,” I was excited to see how Aaron Paul would do as a leading star in an action movie. Its premise also intrigued me and for a moment I felt that it could finally be the good video game adaptation we all, or at least I, have been waiting for. Unfortunately, the film feels more like you’re sitting in the back seat screaming while a drunk driver swerves all over the highway at 180 miles per hour than an actual action thriller. There isn’t much I can say to defend this movie. While
the film spends a lengthy amount of time in its introduction, it manages to leave many plot holes and still lacks any sort of development in its story. The characters are worse. The cast really does a good job with Aaron Paul, Scott Mescudi and Michael Keaton giving good performances, but their characters are weak with absolutely no development. Paul’s leading role gets the most I suppose, but even then the audience is left with absolutely no idea who these people are from start to finish. While there are a lot of wellfilmed shots and cool effects, overall the film is poorly directed. While it attempts to rival “The Fast and the Furious Franchise,” it ignores everything that makes that franchise work. We don’t know enough about the charac-
ters to either invest in them or care for them. Other than car chases and stunts there is really no other action. The chases are cool and entertaining, but after a while it feels formulaic. While it would work great as a video game where we can overlook underdevelopment in the story and characters for great gameplay and cool scenes, it doesn’t work on film because we are not partaking in any of this. The film suffers from what most video game adaptations do. There seems to be an expectation that the target audience will not care how the movie turns out if it is filled with enough action to keep them happy. In the “Resident Evil” movies, we see a lot of violence and gore linked by absurdity only there to keep the carnage going. In “Need for
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Speed” there seems to be some attempt to tell a story, but it is really all filler to link the races and chases. The car sequences are entertaining and the filler is not as bad as it could have been, but it is still not well done. At the end of the day, “Need For Speed” is really a B-movie that cannot be taken seriously. It is not “The Fast and the Furious” where we can actually invest in the story, its characters and the action on a serious level. Still, “Need for Speed” is surprisingly fun. If you can watch it with low expectations and overlook everything that comes between races and car chases, it is somewhat entertaining and not the most painful experience you’ll ever have at the movies. Still, it feels as if there was so much potential in this film that was never reached on paper and then never questioned by the director.
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This image released by Disney shows Tina Fey in a scene from “Muppets Most Wanted.”
By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer 2011’s “The Muppets” was a brilliant nostalgia-infused tribute to the most famous group of puppets the world has ever known. It took an entire film to bring the Muppets back to the forefront of popular culture. With the sequel, the gang finds itself free to return to the ridiculous comedic antics that made the bunch a household name in the first place. “Muppets Most Wanted” is good, clean family-friendly cinema that, young or old, will have you constantly laughing from beginning to end. Immediately following the conclusion of the previous film, the Muppet gang sets out on a world tour. Things go awry after Kermit is mistaken for Constantine (the world’s most dangerous frog who coincidently bears a striking resemblance to Kermit) and is sent to a prison while Constantine joins the Muppets. He poses as Kermit himself in an attempt to use the gang as part of a plan to steal the crown jewels of England.
Three of comedy’s biggest stars join the cast for the sequel. Ricky Gervais plays Dominic Badguy (a.k.a. “The Lemur”), the secondary villain and sidekick to Constantine while Tina Fey plays Nadya, a Russian prison guard obsessed with Kermit, and Modern Family’s Ty Burrell plays Jean Pierre Napoleon, a French Interpol Inspector who teams up with Sam the Eagle in the hunt for Constantine. The trio of stars are all self-proclaimed Muppet fanatics and as such I’m sure none of them have any problem playing second fiddle to the real stars of the movie. Nonetheless each delivers a solid over-the-top performance, with Burrell’s Inspector Napoleon getting the biggest laughs thanks to a bunch of well timed gags (leaving for his “annual eightweek paid vacation,” driving in an absurdly small car etc.) What makes “Muppets Most Wanted” so great is that it marks a return to the truly absurd antics the Muppets
are known for. From Gonzo’s indoor running of the bulls to an elaborate Broadway production put on by a group of prison inmates you’ll find yourself laughing again and again. Slapstick and absurd humor have always been Muppet hallmarks but the onslaught of well-written and perfectly timed punch lines and gags are just as ingenious. In true Muppet fashion, there are tons of self referential, fourth wall-destroying jokes mixed in with some carefully placed pop culture references to films such as “The Shawshank Redemption” and “Gonzo with the Wind.” The entire gang from Fozzie to Ms. Piggy and even Statler and Waldorf remain as funny as ever. A slew of celebrity cameos from Selma Hayek to Christoph Waltz and Celine Dion doesn’t hurt either. Songwriter Bret McKenzie – who won an Oscar for his
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‘Veronica Mars’ movie out of this world The very best of Tuesday, March 25, 2014
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This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Kristen Bell in a scene from “Veronica Mars.”
By Jingyuan Fu Campus Correspondent The tale of how the “Veronica Mars” movie came to be is a story of fan empowerment. The franchise, originally conceived as a television series, attained a fair amount of critical acclaim and, even more importantly, a hugely devoted fanbase. After the show’s cancellation after only three seasons, creator Rob Thomas has repeatedly expressed interest in continuing the story of Veronica in the form of a feature film. However, these plans lacked the proper financial backing until a Kickstarter campaign began in March 2013, at which point fans flocked to the site, raising $2 million in less than
twelve hours. This massive showing finally convinced Warner Bros. to support the venture and a year later, Veronica Mars appeared on the silver screen. With such an overwhelming fan presence in its creation, it is unsurprising that the “Veronica Mars” movie is rife with callbacks such as an opening montage dealing with previous events and a rendition of the opening song from the original show. However, the crew went to great lengths to ensure that the film was accessible to new viewers as well. Though the mythology gags were frequent, they never became obnoxious enough to
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overwhelm the plot. This is highly fortunate, as the plot of the movie already has its fair share of flaws. Though he does an admirable job of making sure the story make sense, Thomas’ inexperience with film is clear. The original show had worked largely on a seasonal basis—an overarching whodunit, supported by character interactions and development. Film, with its two hour limit, obviously cannot do slowburning storylines and, in the attempt to contort the script to suit the medium, some of the suspense is lost. Every development in the narrative is neatly telegraphed—of course Veronica has to return to Neptune, of course she has to reunite with her old flame Logan and of course the case she must solve pulls her back and back, to her high school days. That said, predictability is not necessarily a bad thing
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and Thomas does an admirable job of using the plot to construct a coherent theme for the entire movie. The inevitability of Veronica’s return to her screwed up hometown does not take away from the fact that Neptune needs her sleuthing abilities to survive and conversely, she needs Neptune to preserve her sense of justice. It helps, of course, that every scene in the movie is well-acted. Kristen Bell returns to her star-making role after several years of absence, and slips into the skin of an older Veronica Mars with ease; similarly, Jason Dohring’s portrayal of Logan Echolls manages to convey newfound maturity while preserving some of his old roguish charisma. The rest of the supporting cast—even the exceedingly boring Piz—has also aged incredibly well. Though it is not without flaws and offers little in the way of thrills, the Veronica Mars movie is ultimately a worthy capstone on its title character’s legacy.
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“Commando”: “Commando” is a film that for the ‘80s that was way ahead of its time. While the plot could have very well been turned into a tense action thriller leaving you on the edge of your seat, instead they had fun with it. The film works almost as a satire on American action films with an over the top performance from Schwarzenegger as a retired commando father who goes after his daughter’s kidnappers. Filled with plenty of action and comedy throughout, “Commando” really set the bar for how an action comedy could be done. “Predator”: If we’re being honest, this film could have worked better without The Governator. When you put Mr. Universe up against an alien hunter species it makes for an interesting fight, but the audience cannot invest in the fear the man must feel the same way we did for Ripley in “Alien.” That being said, “Predator” is still a good action movie with a lot of great action sequences. The “Predator” franchise continues today despite its questionable quality. This is certainly a must see for fans of sci-fi action and Schwarzenegger. The “Terminator” franchise: We all knew this was going on this list. In the future, machines and computers became so smart that they became self-aware and launched a nuclear attack on the human race killing almost the entire planet. The survivors fight back, while the machines send an android back in time to assassinate the leader’s mother. While obviously type casted, Schwarzenegger was perfect for the role as the violent robot sent back in time. He even managed
to add some heart and soul to the character in its two sequels. Ignore the recent disaster that was “Terminator: Salvation,” but watch the first three and ask yourself why our society is coming so close to having machines that can actually do these things when we were warned so many years ago. “Total Recall”: This film falls in the same category as “Commando.” Filled with overthe-top violence and humor throughout, it still manages to be an intense thrill ride. Schwarzenegger stars as a man in the future tired of his normal life and wife, dreaming of excitement. After hearing of a place where memories can be implanted into your brain to avoid paying for a vacation, he gives it a try only to awaken and find that he may actually be a secret agent with many out to kill him. Schwarzenegger may only work in this film given its comic nature and over the top absurdity, but it really works so well and is unquestionably a classic. “True Lies”: You’ve probably noticed by now the best movies Arnold has done are the ones where we only need to take things between the action half seriously. “True Lies” is no different. The action comedy concerns a government agent whose wife is unaware of his true identity and dreams of a more exciting life. When he tries to show her the truth, he involves her and his family in a huge terrorist conspiracy. Like most classic Arnold movies, there is a lot of action and a lot of laughs. Fun fact: a sequel was intended, but after September 11 nobody thought that audiences would find terrorism funny anymore.
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NYC museum dedicated to 9/11 victims opens May 21 NEW YORK (AP) — A long-awaited museum dedicated to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will open to the public at the World Trade Center site on May 21, officials announced Monday. The opening will follow a May 15 ceremony and a sixday dedication period during which the museum will be open around the clock for 9/11 family members, rescue and recovery workers and others directly affected by the 2001 attacks, said Joe Daniels, president of the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum. “We want to make sure that our doors are open for them to see it before the public does,” Daniels said. The museum includes two core exhibitions at the foundation of the trade center complex. One of them, called “In Memoriam,” pays tribute to the 2,983 people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as well as the six people killed in a truck bombing at the trade center on February 26, 1993. The other, a three-part historical exhibition, tells the story of Sept. 11 and explores what led to the terrorist strikes. The museum’s regular hours will be 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. “This is a major milestone,” Daniels said. “It’s just a very real marker of the rebirth of the World Trade Center.”
Planners had originally hoped that the museum could open in 2011, on the 10th anniversary of the attacks. Construction delays were made worse by flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy and by a funding dispute with the site’s owner, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, stopping all work for nearly a year. The planned ticket price of $24 has angered some Sept. 11 family members. Retired Deputy Fire Chief Jim Riches and Sally Regenhard, each of whom lost firefighter sons in the attacks, complained earlier this year that the museum “was never intended to be a revenue-generating tourist attraction with a prohibitive budget and entrance fee.” Museum officials defend the planned ticket price, saying the museum’s operations are privately funded. Daniels said there will be no admission charge for relatives of Sept. 11 victims or for rescue and recovery workers. Children age 6 and younger will get in free, and admission will be free for everyone on Tuesdays from 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. There will continue to be no charge to enter the World Trade Center memorial plaza, which is already open. About 5.3 million people visited the plaza last year to see the two huge fountains that sit in the original footprints of the twin towers.
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UConn’s Amida Brimah jumps in the air to block a basket in a recent game at Gampel Pavilion.
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO DRAW OR MAKE GAMES FOR THE DAILY CAMPUS COMICS?! HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (03/25/14). Develop your arts this year to profit, as your grow clear, precise communication skills. Nurture creative passions for yourself and others. A spring cleaning beautifies your home for social fun. Play with children of all ages. Jupiter enters Leo (8/1), for greater career opportunities, ease and enjoyment. Talk about what you love and want. Aim for bliss. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Postpone a financial discussion. Focus on your next gig. Clarify issues first. It takes extra patience. Now make the changes. Some things get lost forever. Your team is inspirational over the next two days.
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Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Someone needs to take responsibility. Grow your own courage and leadership. You're attracting the attention of an important person. Watch out for hasty accidents. Advise a radical to calm down. Take it slow, inexpensive and easy. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 6 -Concentrate on your studies for the next two days. Refuse to be suppressed. Start planning a vacation. Turn down an expensive invitation. Travel is appealing, but not without peril. Proceed with caution. Work demands take priority. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- New evidence threatens complacency. Make big changes today and tomorrow, but without spending money yet. Set long-term goals. Get a strong coach. Negotiate higher expenses with vendors and creditors. Apply yourself, and unblock the flow. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Get a physical workout. Your mind's less on work and more on enlightenment over the next few days. Share results. Obstacles block the road. Respect your partner, and offer support. Postpone travel and entertainment spending. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Focus on making money today and tomorrow. Don't gamble; do more testing. Work out the details... commit time, energy and resources when you're clear about it. Don't talk back. Avoid an intense argument this way. Big wishes bring results. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Get into some fun with water. Be cautious with a new skill or tool. Prepare the garden to flourish. Bury the compost. Share expenses. Get ready to party. Let your sweetheart set the schedule. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Resist the impulse to be impetuous. Put energy into a team effort. Finances may displease you. Think twice before taking action. Get into a homebody phase today and tomorrow. Clean, scrub and putter. Don't rush. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -Postpone an adventure with friends. You find it easier to concentrate for the next few days. Finish an old job that requires study. Take it slow and guard your energy. Flow around obstacles like water. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Make preparations for the big job. There's extra money available today and tomorrow. Flexibility with obstacles and grace around scheduling earns respect (and future business). Stick close to home. Get the rest and support you need. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 6 -- Keep a lid on distractions... especially expensive ones. You have extra confidence today and tomorrow. Personal matters demand attention. Effort at home pays off. Go slow and stay flexible. Follow the path of least resistance. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Don't buy toys. Focus on keeping old commitments today and tomorrow. There's another way to solve a problem. Review plans and wait for a better time to launch. Start with cleaning out your closets. Select one task.
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Luis Suarez: World-class but destructive By Robert Moore Soccer Columnist
If we were asked to write a lengthy list of the pros and cons of having Luis Suarez on our team, the cons would span numerous pages. But so do the pros, like his four-goal bouts and his absolute top-class work rate. Yet goals aside, if I were asked whether or not I’d build a team around Suarez – I’d immediately say no without any second questioning. This season in the Premier League, Suarez and strike partner Daniel Sturridge have lit up nearly every defense. And while Liverpool may be an outside favorite to win the Premier League crown, it is because of the boots of Suarez that the Reds are marching up. There are numerous types of strikers in the world of soccer. There are the Filippo Inzaghi’s of the world, who stand at the midway line and are practically born offside. There are strikers like Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo who can create their own chances at any moment in a match. Then, there are strikers who rely on others, as Robin van Persie does to Wayne Rooney or Olivier Giroud does
to Santi Cazorla. Which brings us to Luis Suarez – he is all of the above. Suarez is the type of player who can impact a match at any moment while also making average players look world-class. In many ways, Suarez is the Sir Alex Ferguson of the players. Ferguson brought the most out of a very average squad, while Suarez continuously makes Joe Allen and even Raheem Sterling look like $50 million signings. Understandably, all of this hatred towards Suarez began during the 2010 World Cup while Suarez famously stopped a sure goal with his hands against Ghana. As a result, as many soccer supporters know, Asamoah Gyan missed the resulting penalty kick, sending the Uruguayan’s onto the next round of the World Cup. However, Suarez should be seen more as a deity than a monster in that instance. He single handedly, or “palm-edly,” kept his country’s hopes alive. While many may despise Suarez in that instance, it is only the tip of the iceberg. Even though the Uruguayan is arguably one of the best strikers in the world at the moment, behind only Ibrahimovic, his antics on the pitch are absolutely disgraceful.
Suarez bites defenses. Literally. Suarez’s 20-plus goals this season have taken the Premier League by no surprise, but his bite on Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic’s arm surely shocked the world. Or did it? While Suarez’s actions never were punished during the game (he notched the equalizer in stoppage time), he did receive a 10-match ban by the FA. His antics are stunning, appalling and downright gut wrenching at times. A class player like himself has the ability to play at any club in the world, and I am quite sure many clubs would love to have him, but many would stand clear. Take for instance Chelsea. Or even Manchester United. Imagine if Suarez were to come to Manchester United for a record fee - players would vacate immediately. I’d imagine Ryan Giggs would jump ship, and of course Patrice Evra would likely want nothing to do with the Uruguayan after a racism incident a few years back. But undoubtedly, Suarez is a man on a mission. He and Diego Forlan almost took Uruguay to the promise land in 2010, and will surely look to turn a few heads this summer in Brazil. Let’s not take this as a negative approach to the world’s most loved/ hated striker in the world. Do not mis-
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Liverpool's Luis Suarez celebrates scoring his third goal during the during their English Premier League soccer match against Cardiff at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday. Liverpool won the match 6-3.
understand, while Suarez could surely tear down a defense as easy as a warm knife through butter – he may also be the demise of a club. Sure, Liverpool is challenging for a title, but how many matches will it take before he and Liverpool part ways?
At the end of the day, we’re left with one final sardonic note: do not let Robert Moore become a manager. I’d have Suarez leaving Anfield in a heartbeat.
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UConn playing for Sweet 16 spot Fontenault: UConn fans driving up ticket prices at the Garden from FOR, page 12
Although this is the seniors’ last hurrah at Gampel, they will have to share the spotlight, as all eyes will be on sophomore point guard Moriah Jefferson as well. In the past five games Jefferson has racked up 49 points, 17 steals and 17 rebounds and head coach Geno Auriemma considers her the “X factor” of the team. “She does so many things that impacts the game,” Auriemma said. “The one thing that other teams’ are not counting on is her making shots from the perimeter.” With Jefferson shooting confidently and playing her best, Auriemma believes it is a huge plus and harder for the
competition when all five of the players on the court are playing at their greatest. “I think sometimes (Moriah) doesn’t get all the recognition that she deserves,” Breanna Stewart said. “If she keeps playing the way she’s been playing this whole season throughout the NCAA tournament people are going to have to look at her even more.” The game against Saint Joe’s will be a fond matchup for Auriemma, not only because it was close to where he grew up in Philadelphia, but also because he got his start as an assistant coach at the university in 1978 and 1979. “I was a St. Joe’s fan long before I coached at St. Joe’s. Maybe because my
coach played at St. Joe’s in high school or because they represented more of what I thought I was,” Auriemma said. “Even before I coached there, there was a huge love affair I had with St. Joe’s University. Watching their teams play in ’68, ’69 and ’70 so when I got there it was like wow.” No. 9 St. Joe’s (23-9) was led by senior guard Erin Shields with 18 points and seven rebounds in the Hawks’ victory over Georgia in the first round Sunday night. St. Joe’s led by eight points at halftime and kept Georgia at arms length throughout most of the game. Tip is set for 7 p.m. and the game can be seen on ESPNU.
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According to a release on the site, the tickets for the East Regional Semifinals are the most expensive the site has ever recorded for an NCAA tournament regional (that dates back to 2009), with the average cost of a full strip (tickets to the Semifinals and Sunday’s Regional Final) up to $570. The second-most expensive regional right now is Anaheim, where fans can get tickets for the three games featuring Arizona, San Diego State, Baylor and Wisconsin for $464. The average cost to get in for Friday only is $355, the most expensive singleadmission ticket for college basketball in Garden history, breaking the mark set during last year’s Big East semifinals, which featured the last Big East game between Syracuse and Georgetown and a matchup between Notre Dame and
Louisville. Demand is undoubtedly high, which is a reason for the increase in price on the secondary market, and the demand is coming from Connecticut. According to SeatGeek, 40 percent of the traffic through their site in search of tickets is from Connecticut. Thirty percent is from New York and New Jersey, a hotbed for UConn alumni. Personally, I have had dozens of people reach out to me – current students, alumni, Twitter followers and UConn fans in general – in regards to tickets. The demand from UConn Country is almost overwhelming. One look at the Buy or Sell UConn Tickets page on Facebook shows people are trying desperately to find tickets (though I’m upset that when I looked there were no outrageous posts like, “Best, dirtiest voice-
mail gets the ticket.”) UConn is going to pack the Garden Friday and that is going to be big for the Huskies, who are 2-0 there this year, and won by a total of three points over Boston College and Indiana. For a team that likes to grind games out and is going up against a fairly even opponent, home-court advantage could be key. If UConn has the crowd and can put together 40 minutes, as opposed to the two strong second halves they played in Buffalo, the Huskies will keep dancing to Sunday. Get to the Elite Eight and who knows what will happen. The Final Four is not out of the question. I’m looking forward to being in the Garden Friday night. This is what college basketball is all about.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — It's Kentucky and Louisville, one more time. One of college basketball's fiercest rivalries takes center stage Friday night when the Wildcats and defending national champion Cardinals meet in the Sweet 16 in Indianapolis. The Bluegrass State showdown will take place at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the NFL's Colts, which will be configured to hold 35,000 basketball fans. Those seats will be filled with fans clad in blue and red gear, many of whom ill make the 3-hour drive for the game they wouldn't dare miss. The schools have won the past two NCAA championships and are playing their best basketball of the season. Both fan bases expected their teams to reach the Midwest Region semifinal, and they also expect their schools to advance. "I know one thing, Lucas Oil Stadium is going to have 45,000 to 50,000 people there," said Kentucky season ticket holder Bob Baldwin, who plans on attending the game. "Even though it's not set up for the whole gig like it was three to four years ago when they had the national championship there, it's Kentucky and Louisville and it's going to be crazy." Some Louisville and Kentucky fans left like they hit the lottery on Monday. Each school is allotted a block of 1,250 all-session tickets. Indiana Sports Corp. spokesman John Dedman said in an email that the other
30,000 tickets will be sold to the general public or given to other groups, presumably sponsors. One of the lucky ones was University of Louisville Board of Trustee member Jonathan Blue certainly feels that way about the four tickets he'll receive for the game. Even though Blue said he won't know where his seats are until he arrives, he won't give up his tickets for nothing in the world. "I'm lucky just to be in the building," Blue said. "Everybody knows I won't pass up a chance to see the Cardinals play, and there's no price that I'd take for these tickets." Kentucky-Louisville follows Michigan-Tennessee and is scheduled to tip off at 9:45 p.m. ET. Because of the game's late start, some Wildcats and Cardinals plan to make it a day of it, maybe see some of the city, possibly have dinner and catch the first game before settling in for the contest that really matters to them. This will be the 47th meeting between Kentucky and Louisville, including the fifth in the NCAA tournament. It's the first meeting since the Wildcats beat the Cardinals two years ago in the national semifinal en route to their eighth national title. Louisville fan Rob Baker vowed to see this game after the previous meeting in New Orleans. "I'll be there for sure this time," Baker said while eating lunch in downtown Louisville on Monday. "It'll
be nice to see them get revenge." This game is considered a dream matchup because of the storied histories of schools located just 80 miles apart, with fan bases determined to follow them to the ends of the earth. Big Blue Nation, the nickname for Kentucky's large, fervent fan base, is wellknown for invading road venues, especially tournaments or neutral-site games. This month's Southeastern Conference tourney in Atlanta was a perfect example as they swamped Philips Arena and the city affectionately renamed "Cat-lanta" when they're in town. Louisville's followers are just as dedicated when it comes to traveling. Blue pointed to the large Cardinals contingent in Indianapolis for last spring's regional and the Final Four in Atlanta, where the team won its third title. Friday will mark another battleground site between the schools and their fans excited over how the bracket brought them together for another showdown. It figures to be a hot ticket, with $55 singlesession seats already selling for nearly three times their face value on StubHub.com. Not surprisingly, web site spokesman Glenn Lehrman said that 46 percent of Midwest ticket sales are coming from Kentucky with 25 percent coming from Louisville. Whatever price Wildcats and Cardinals fans pay for those seats, they'll feel like it was money well spent come tipoff.
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Angelique Kerber, of Germany, returns the ball to Ekaterina Makarova, of Russia, during the Sony Open tennis tournament, Monday, March 24, 2014, in Key Biscayne, Fla.
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What's On TV NHL: Detroit Red Wings vs. Columbus Blue Jackets, 7:30 p.m., NBC Sports Detroit has used a recent push to force its way past Columbus, among others, and into playoff position in the Eastern Conference. The Red Wings are 3-0-1 since last Monday and sit seventh in the conference. The Blue Jackets are 10th in the East, two points out of the playoffs. They have lost two straight games.
NBA: New York Knicks vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 10:30 p.m., TNT The red-hot Knicks recently had their eight-game winning streak broken by the Cleveland Cavaliers, but that stretch was not enough to get them into playoff position. If New York wants to make the postseason, they’ll likely need another similar streak, and starting it as early as Tuesday certainly wouldn’t hurt. The Knicks haven’t won in Los Angeles since 2007, but did win a meeting at Madison Square Garden earlier this season.
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — As statements of intent go, it couldn’t have been much bigger. “If we only consider this season,” Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini said, “there is just one club in Manchester — and it’s ours.” That comment — an eye-catching one from a coach usually so reserved in front of the media — was made last month ahead of a Champions League game against Barcelona. To some, it was a mere statement of fact, with City 12 points ahead of United in the Premier League at the time and still in contention for trophies on four fronts. To others, it was unnecessary goading. And it no doubt will have hit a nerve over at Old Trafford, at a club that is the reigning English champion and had ruled football in the city for the past three decades. For that reason, United may take even more pleasure than usual if it can beat City in Tuesday’s Manchester derby at Old Trafford. “Well, Manchester United had lots and lots of seasons of domination,” Moyes said Monday, when asked about Pellegrini’s comment. “I don’t think if I was a manager I would have turned round and necessarily said that we were the only club in Manchester because football does change, it goes in cycles.” “I think it’s important for us to show the level we’ve got,” Moyes added, “and that we’re not as far away as many people would have us.” For the first time in a generation, City will head across town as the favorite to beat its fiercest rival at Old Trafford. United is down in seventh place in the standings after a turbulent first season under Moyes and City, to many, is the team most likely to be raising the Premier League trophy on May 11. Pellegrini’s side is six points behind first-place Chelsea with three games in hand. If it wins its remaining 11 games, City cannot be stopped. “We always expect to go and win,” said a confident Pellegrini, whose first Manchester derby ended in a 4-1 victory for his side in September. “It’s not just because Manchester United has had a difficult season (that) we are going to go there and win.” That derby defeat was United’s first crushing loss under Moyes this season — and a few more have followed over the next six months. But what a difference a week has made for the United manager. He woke last Monday to scathing headlines after an embarrassing 3-0 home loss to Liverpool, with suggestions abound that his time could be up if United was eliminated from the Champions League. Seven days later and bolstered by two victories in a four-day span that kept the team in Europe and got it back on track in the league, Moyes was clicking his fingers as he walked cheerily through the club’s training complex and sitting a little comfier in his chair at the pre-match news conference.
Pistorius trial: Cell phone texts show tensions
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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp argued fiercely in the turbulent weeks before he killed her, and the athlete’s girlfriend told him she was sometimes scared by his behavior, which included jealous outbursts in front of other people, according to phone messages revealed at the Olympian’s murder trial on Monday. “I’m scared of u sometimes and how u snap at me and of how u will react to me,” Reeva Steenkamp texted Pistorius, in a message read out in court by police Capt. Francois Moller. In another message, Steenkamp wrote to the double-amputee runner: “I can’t be attacked by outsiders for dating u AND be attacked by you, the one person I deserve protection from.” The messages suggested both lovers were experiencing emotional insecurity, though the exchanges revealed in court reflected prosecutors’ efforts to portray Pistorius as an aggressor with a short fuse, matching earlier testimony from a former girlfriend who had said he sometimes shouted at her. In one message, the runner indicated Steenkamp had not told him the full story about smoking “weed,” or using drugs, while she defended past conduct with the declaration: “I wasn’t a stripper or a ‘ho,’” a slang term for prostitute. The court adjourned with Moller expected to return to the witness box on Tuesday. He has not yet revealed if police recovered any phone messages or communications from the night of the killing on Feb. 14, 2013. Moller said that from Steenkamp’s phone he obtained more than 1,000 exchanges with Pistorius on WhatsApp and other phone mes-
saging applications. Moller said he received as evidence two BlackBerry phones, two iPhones, two iPads and a Mac computer from Pistorius’ house the day after the shooting death of Steenkamp. The data on Steenkamp’s phone would print to more than 35,000 pages, said Moller. Of the fraction of exchanges between the couple, he said that about 90 percent were what he called normal and “loving” exchanges. In Steenkamp’s message about being scared of the athlete, she also added: “You make me happy 90% of the time and I think we are amazing together.” She goes on to talk about Pistorius snapping at her about chewing gum and talking in an accent, and then writes: “I just want to love and be loved. Be happy and make someone SO happy. Maybe we can’t do that for each other. Cos right now I know u aren’t happy and I am certainly very unhappy and sad.” The long message was sent after the two attended a friend’s engagement party and apparently left early because she said he got upset and jealous. As Moller read the message, Pistorius, who had been looking at a book of the compiled messages, closed his eyes. Tears fell to his lap. He wiped his eyes with a handkerchief and regained the composure he held through most of the day. The runner apologized for his behavior in replies to Steenkamp’s message, according to the testimony. Moller also read messages exchanged after a shooting incident at Tashas restaurant in Johannesburg about a month before the fatal shooting. Boxer Kevin Lerena and Darren
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Oscar Pistorius holds his head as he listens to evidence in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday. Pistorius is on trial for the shooting death of his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day 2013.
Fresco, a onetime friend of Pistorius, testified that the Olympian asked Fresco to take the blame for a shot that went off after the loaded gun was passed to Pistorius under the table. In the phone message exchange, the 27-year-old runner explained to 29-year-old Steenkamp: “Angel, please don’t say a thing to anyone ... the guys promised not to say a thing,” he wrote. She then replied: “I have no idea what you’re talking about ;)” Pistorius has pleaded not guilty to a firearms charge related to that episode. Earlier Monday a neighbor testified that she heard gunshots as well as screams from both a man and a woman on the night that Pistorius fatally shot Steenkamp. Anette Stipp’s testimony matched some evidence given by other witnesses who said they also heard a woman screaming around the time that Pistorius killed Steenkamp before
dawn on Valentine’s Day last year. According to Pistorius, he thought Steenkamp was in bed when he fired his 9 mm pistol. He did not describe any woman screaming. The defense has countered that neighbors actually heard Pistorius screaming in a high-pitched voice after he shot Steenkamp. Pistorius has said he shot his girlfriend by mistake through a locked toilet door, thinking she was an intruder in his home. Stipp said she heard what she thought were gunshots on the night of the shooting, and then heard the “terrified, terrified” screams of a woman. Stipp recalled looking out from a balcony at two houses with lights on in the gated estate where her family and Pistorius lived. “There was definitely a female screaming for quite a period,” Anette Stipp said. She said she also heard a man’s voice.
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FOR THE FINAL TIME
UConn takes on St. Joe’s in seniors’ last home game By Erica Brancato Staff Writer
Tim Fontenault After UConn knocked off Villanova Saturday night in Buffalo to advance to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since winning the 2011 national title, I asked Niels Giffey if he thinks everything is falling into place for the Huskies. Naturally, he only wants to look ahead to Friday, when UConn, the No. 7 seed in the East Region, takes on No. 3 Iowa State for a spot in the Elite Eight. That game is at Madison Square Garden, the “World’s Most Famous Arena.” Ken Pomeroy has UConn as the slightest of favorites. The guys in Las Vegas opened with Iowa State as a one-point favorite. It’s understandable that this would be a tough game to predict. UConn is averaging 83 points per game in the tournament while allowing 73. Iowa State is averaging 89 points while allowing 79. The Cyclones lead the tournament with a .488 3-point field goal percentage. UConn is fourth of the teams left at .455. Basically, this is going to be a good one and UConn will be playing in its natural habitiat. Remember the Big East Tournament? Yes, there was a time when UConn’s conference tournament was not played in front of 6,000 people in the South. They actually used to play in front of 20,000 in the heart of New York City. Madison Square Garden. Oh, the memories. It’s where Ray Allen’s ridiculous shot in the lane beat Georgetown in 1996, giving UConn its first Big East title. It’s where Taliek Brown beat the shot clock from 35 feet in the final minute of double overtime against Pittsburgh in 2002, the first of two championships in three straight title games between the Huskies and Panthers. It’s where Kemba Walker, well, you know. UConn at Madison Square Garden. There is nothing better. “It’s always good to go back to the Garden,” Ryan Boatright said after the Huskies’ 77-65 win over No. 2 Villanova Saturday. “At UConn, we call the Garden our second home because when we go to the Garden, we take care of business.” UConn has a very tough opponent on tap Friday, but the reason why I put UConn over Iowa State in my bracket is that the pro-Huskies crowd has the potential to play a big role in this game. UConn always has an extra jump in its step when it plays in front of a big crowd that wants to see it win. Evidence points to Friday being a very pro-UConn crowd, even with four teams – UConn, Iowa Sate, Michigan State and Virginia – playing in the Garden that night. Andrew Callahan, a former columnist for The Daily Campus, made an excellent find Monday morning on SeatGeek, a ticket search engine that aggregates tickets from multiple websites.
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The No. 1 UConn women’s basketball team faces St. Joe’s in the second round of the NCAA Tournament tonight at Gampel Pavilion, marking the last game seniors Stefanie Dolson and Bria Hartley will play at home. After a dominant start in the first round against Prairie View, the Huskies (35-0) look to keep their perfect record alive as they take on the Hawks. “Natasha (Cloud) said it well; they’re competitors,” St. Joseph’s head coach Cindy Griffin said. “If you’re going to play in this tournament then why not play the best and challenge yourself against the best.” Despite the quick turnaround between tournament games, the Huskies are ready Preview to play and look to give Dolson and Hartley one last great game at Gampel. Dolson and Hartley racked up 27 points combined against Prairie View. They were the leaders in the first few minutes of the game, keeping the pace high as the Panthers struggled to adjust. “This year especially Bria and Stef have really been kind of the tempo-keepers on this team. You know, making sure things go they way they are supposed to,” Kaleena Mosqueda- Lewis said. “I think that you can tell the dynamic of the team changes when they aren’t out there. They have been really consistent people for us on the team.”
Bria Hartleey carries the ball up the floor against Prairie View A&M in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday. UConn takes on St. Joseph’s on Tuesday night in what will be the final home game for Hartley and Stefanie Dolson.
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Huskies head to Hartford for in-state matchup By Jack Mitchell Staff Writer
After staving off a sweep by earning its first American Athletic Conference win on Sunday against South Florida, the UConn baseball team returns to its nonconference schedule with a road tilt against in-state rival Hartford Tuesday. The game was originally scheduled to be UConn’s home opener at J.O. Christian Field, but was moved to Fiondella Field in West Hartford, Conn. due to unplayable field conditions in Storrs. UConn’s loss to South Florida last Saturday marked the end of a six-game winning streak, during which the Huskies outscored their opponents 54-13 and averaged nine runs per game. The Huskies (11-10, 1-2
American), despite earning only one victory in their three-game set with the Bulls last weekend, received outstanding outings on the mound from starters Anthony Kay, Anthony Marzi and Brian Ward. In the conference opener last Friday, Kay struck out six batters across five frames and allowed just three hits. Marzi manned the hill on Saturday, tossing 7 2/3 outstanding innings that included nine strikeouts and three hits. Not to be outdone, Ward took a no-hitter into the seventh inning on Sunday, earning his second win of the season in the process. The team announced yesterday that freshman Andrew Zapata will draw the start against the Hawks (9-8, 2-0 America East), his third of the season. He allowed four
runs on four hits in his last outing on March 18, a 9-4 win over Harvard. UConn faces a Hartford team that is riding a fivegame winning streak, a run in which they’ve outscored their opponents 25-9. The Hawks also boast one of the top pitching staffs in America East, a group that leads in earned run average (2.47) and opponent batting average (.231). The Hawks’ staff is anchored by 6-foot-5 junior Sean Newcomb, a former blue-chip high school prospect who is widely considered to be a likely first round pick in June’s Major League Baseball draft. The Huskies last played Hartford on the road on March 26, 2013, a game UConn won 9-1. On the topic of awards, sophomore first baseman
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The UConn baseball team plays in Hartford Tuesday afternoon against the Hawks. The Huskies beat Hartford 9-1 last season.
Bobby Melley was named to the American Honor Roll for his performance last week, going 8-for-18 with two doubles and four RBI across four games.
First pitch this afternoon is scheduled for 3 p.m. Coverage of the game can be heard on 91.7-WHUS.
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March Madness not limited to just basketball By Ryan Tolmich NHL Columnist
There’s no month quite like March. Spring is in the air, classes are winding down and, most importantly, brackets are the talk of the water cooler. There’s just something special about an NCAA Tournament. Single elimination means one mistake could be the end of your ride. Heroes are born out of pride for your school, not money and fame. Underdogs have a chance because hard work, at this level, has the chance to take out even the most talented. While the NCAA basketball tournament in full swing, it’s easy to miss one of college sport’s more entertaining contests. The NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship boasts the excitement of the Olympics or Stanley Cup playoffs, all while giving fans the passion that comes with
college athletics. Future stars put it all on the line for their schools with the hopes of making it to the Frozen Four. Like the majority of hockey tournaments, the college edition is a crapshoot. Hard work and a little luck go a long way in the game of hockey, as evidenced by last season’s all Connecticut final between Quinnipiac and eventual champions Yale. It’s a competition that is legitimately up for grabs with an entire field competing for glory. There are no 16 seeds being fed to perennial powerhouses, as every team in the field has a chance to make a run. Hell, even Boston College, Providence and Notre Dame have a chance of actually winning something in the month of March. This year’s tournament has obvious favorites. The aforementioned Boston College boasts one of the best college hockey players in recent memory, Johnny
Gaudreau, or Johnny Hockey as he is affectionately known. Minnesota features 14 players who have been drafted by NHL teams. Even local Quinnipiac has a chance to make a run after returning a few key players from last season’s run. Overall, the NCAA hockey tournament may not be as beloved as it’s basketball cousin, but it is every bit as emotional and passionate. It’s a tournament for the little guys, as non-traditional athletic powerhouses such as Union, St. Cloud State and Ferris State have a good a chance as any at coming out with a national title. It’s truly the game in its purest form with some of the sport’s best young prospects on display. What’s not to like? With March in full swing, it’s finally tournament season. May the best team win.
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Denver players pose with the National Collegiate Hockey Conference tournament trophy after beating Miami (Ohio) 4-3 Saturday. Denver is a four seed in the NCAA tournament.