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Parking costs below average Volume CXX No. 102
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UConn students pay rates far lower than those for schools in cities
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Illegally parked cars at the Storrs campus will find themselves with an orange envelope waiting on the windshield, a ticket from UConn Parking Services. Parking violation costs range from $25 to $150, depending on the offense and the number of previous offenses.
Donors could become public Legislation could result in UConn Foundation records being published
By Miles Halpine Campus Correspondent A bill may make the name of donors to the University of Connecticut Foundation public information. House Bill 5127, An Act Concerning the University of Connecticut Foundation, would change the donor policy so that names would be open to the public. The president of the foundation submitted written testimony against this bill to a public hearing on the legislation in mid-February. On Feb. 19, UConn Foundation president and CEO Joshua R. Newton provided testimony in written form to the Government and Elections (GAE)
Committee in the Connecticut General Assembly regarding HB-5127. While he was not present during a public hearing held by the committee, Newton provided details about the foundation and how this bill would affect the donations that are made each year. The Foundation, established in 1964, “exists solely to promote the educational, research, and outreach missions of the University of Connecticut,” Newton said. “The Foundation solicits, receives and administers gifts and financial resources from private sources to enhance the University.” According to Newton, in the last fiscal year, UConn paid $8 million to the foundation to support its fundraising
efforts. In return, the foundation raised $63.3 million, its second highest total ever and second consecutive year above $60 million. Newton deemed it a considerable return on investment. “Since 2000, the Foundation has raised $711 million from private sources for direct operational and endowment support at the University,” Newton said in his testimony, which is almost an 8-to-1 return on what the University has invested in the foundation. Newton said if MB-5127 were to be enacted, “the Foundation would be operating under a set of restrictions and would have a detrimental, long-term impact on the Foundation’s ability to raise money for UConn and place it at a competitive disadvantage with its peers.” Newton urged the committee to not take any action on the legislation and thanked
them for their continued support of the university. On the foundation’s website, several reasons are listed for why donor records are not available publicly. Some donors prefer to donate to a private organization rather than a public one. The foundation also ensures donor privacy and “gifts made to the foundation on behalf of the university provide program enhancement, rather than replacement of state support.” The state Freedom of Information Commission is also in favor of this bill and had a commission attorney speak at the hearing. A main reason they encourage the passage of the bill is for increased transparency. If the committee approves this bill, it will go through several processes–including House and Senate floor votes of approval.
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan state agencies won’t immediately recognize hundreds of same-sex marriages that were performed in the hours before an appeals court put on hold a judge’s ruling that tossed out a state ban on gay marriage, the governor’s office said Sunday. About 300 couples wed Saturday in four Michigan counties before a federal appeals court placed a stay on a Detroit federal judge’s decision overturning an amendment to the state’s constitution banning same-sex marriage that was overwhelmingly approved by voters in a 2004 referendum. The decision blocks the state’s county clerks from issuing new same-sex marriage licenses until the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati decides
whether to extend the stay. That’s expected no sooner than Wednesday. Until then, state agencies face the challenge of whether to recognize same-sex marriages performed Saturday. “The governor and administration are not weighing in on these issues at this point,” Snyder spokeswoman Sarah Wurfel told The Associated Press in an email Sunday afternoon. Asked if that would prevent, for example, a newlywed gay couple from applying for adoption of children on Monday, Wurfel said that Snyder’s office considers everything to be on hold for now. “The order is stayed (at least until Wednesday),” Wurfel wrote in the email, and so the “issue is moot at this point until resolved.”
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Mich. won’t yet recognize gay marriages Gov. Synder says state will wait for appeals court ruling before proceeding
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Gail Gaisenhaner holds up a wedding ring as she officiates a marriage between Beth Sherman and Karen Hawver of Ann Arbor in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, March 22, 2014, the day after a federal court struck down Michigan’s ban on gay marriage.
At UConn today
High: 33 Low: 18 Sunny, winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.
UConn Parking Services received an unaudited 2013 revenue of $6,857,000, according to UConn’s 2013 financial report. The university does not spend equally on parking what it generates; the report listed $5,443,000 as its parking expenses in 2013. Considered in the 2013 revenue figure are a “Transit Fee, Parking Permits, Parking Tickets, Transient Parking, Meter Revenue, Event Parking and rental income paid by the UConn Co-op.” Commuter permits for lots A, B, C, F, I, L, upper T, W and Y cost $166 a year. A resident permit, available to all resident students of 54 or more credits, costs the same and allows residents to park in A, C, D, F, K, upper T and W lots, according to the UConn parking authority website. Parking in S lot behind South will cost an upperclassman $350 annually and is surpassed in price only by the $400 fee for parking in the student garage. These rates are a fraction of what students would pay for
parking in a congested city. Monthly parking passes in Hartford’s Church Street garage cost $150, for a total of $1,800 in yearly parking rates, while parking in New York City often exceeds $500 a month, or $6,000 a year, according to their respective parking authorities. UConn provides parking with daily rates in the single figures. Parking violation costs range from $25 to $150, depending on the infraction. The most serious violations, parking in a handicap space and misuse of handicap permit, are the costliest. A simple expired meter or improperly displayed decal are the cheapest infractions. The university has expressed plans to heighten parking security. According to the 2013 financial statement, “projected increase in ticket revenues will fund additional enforcement staff” for parking codes and guidelines. Also included are expenses for “additional employees and upgrades to systems and equipment” for parking and transportation at the university.
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Gun battle erupts in Conn. strip club parking lot
Police chief says he doesn’t ever remember seeing so many shots fired WATERBURY (AP) — More than two dozen gunshots were fired in the parking lot of a Waterbury strip club in one of the largest-scale shootings ever in Waterbury. The Republican-American reports that Police Chief Vernon Riddick Jr. said he doesn’t remember so many shots fired in one incident in his 23-year career. Police say three people suffered minor gunshot wounds
in the early Saturday morning melee. Two men were shot in the ankle and another was shot in the hip. About 150 people were in the bar when a fight broke out shortly after 4 a.m. Bouncers pushed the fight into the parking lot, where the gunshots were fired. The shooters had fled before police arrived. Police found 29 shell casings in the parking lot. At least three guns were used.
Besides adoption, Snyder’s policy could block those couples from applying for tax and other state benefits available to married couples in Michigan. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman ruled that a 2004 voter-approved amendment to the Michigan Constitution that limited marriage to oppositesex couples violated the U.S. Constitution’s right of equal protection under the law. On Saturday, clerks in Ingham, Oakland, Muskegon and Washtenaw counties opened their
doors and began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Michigan has 83 counties. Later Saturday, the 6th Circuit froze the decision, saying the timeout will “allow a more reasoned consideration” of the state’s request to stop same-sex marriages. The appeals court acted on a request from Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, who defended Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban against a challenge from two suburban-Detroit women seeking the right to adopt each other’s children.
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BEIJING (AP) — U.S. first lady Michelle Obama brought the importance of education to the foreground on Sunday on the third day of a visit to China, where she has won praise for her approachability and admiration for her comments supporting freedom of speech. Mrs. Obama, traveling with her two daughters, has been photographed at famous spots including the Forbidden City and Great Wall during the first independent trip by a U.S. president’s wife to China. She has won compliments for her elegant clothing and her interactions with ordinary people in a country where it is rare to see leaders’ spouses or children in public. “She is very warm and frank, and when she is talking to people she conscientiously listens to what they have to say,” said Wu Qing, a retired professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University who met Mrs. Obama on Sunday. “In China, we usually use weather to express our mood or state of mind, so the fact that the weather has been so nice these few days means she is very welcome in China,” Wu said. Mrs. Obama hosted a discussion about education with a handful of Chinese professors, students and parents, as well as the new U.S. ambassador to China, Max Baucus, at the U.S. Embassy on Sunday morning. In the afternoon, she visited part of the Great Wall in the northern Beijing suburbs with her daughters, 15-year-old Malia and 12-year-old Sasha, and her mother, Marian Robinson. There, the first lady and her daughters walked a stretch of the wall that looks out to a
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massive rock inscription on a hillside that reads in Chinese: “Loyal to Chairman Mao.” T-shirts of President Barack Obama in a Mao hat that are common at Beijing tourist sites were absent from souvenir stalls Sunday, although at least one vendor showed a whole box of them when asked. The purpose of Mrs. Obama’s weeklong visit is to promote educational exchanges between the U.S. and China, although she brought up a contentious issue Saturday in a 15-minute speech at a university. She said that freedom of speech and unfettered access
to information make countries stronger and should be universal rights. But she did not call out on Beijing directly in her speech at Peking University’s Stanford Center. China has some of the world’s tightest restrictions on the Internet, and Mrs. Obama’s comments were absent Sunday from state media but circulated in social media, where they were widely praised. “I was very impressed by her speech mentioning freedom of speech,” said Zhang Lifan, an independent historian who said he had read about it in overseas Chinese media. “Although the
Chinese constitution guarantees freedom of speech, Chinese citizens don’t really enjoy that right. I think she just reminded China in a polite and mild way that not allowing freedom of speech is not conducive to China.” On Sunday, Mrs. Obama returned to the safer territory of education. “It’s personal, because I wouldn’t be where I am today without my parents investing and pushing me to get a good education,” she said. “My parents were not educated themselves, but one of the things they understood was
that my brother and I needed that foundation,” she said at the U.S. Embassy before hosting a discussion among professors, students and parents chosen by the embassy. The session was closed to the media. During the private discussion, Mrs. Obama asked about China’s college entrance exam and how easy it was for graduates to find work, and expressed hopes that society would pay more attention to the disabled and that more students from ethnic minorities would participate in exchanges between the two countries, according to a student at the meeting who would only
give her surname, Sun. Mrs. Obama on Friday toured an elite Beijing high school in the company of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s wife, Peng Liyuan. On Tuesday, she will visit a high school in the southwestern city of Chengdu. Students who met Mrs. Obama praised her affability. “She was so approachable,” said Lu Yuhong, 16, who guided the first lady in writing the Chinese character “eternal” in calligraphy at the Beijing school. Mu Rongduomijia, 16, said she traveled Saturday from the northeastern city of Dalian to Beijing, hoping to hear Mrs. Obama’s speech. Instead, she waited outside for glimpses of the first lady’s entourage. “It was touching to see so many people waiting for her arrival and departure, and that’s because of her personal charisma,” Mu said, noting she was impressed with the manners of Malia and Sasha. Online comments have also praised Mrs. Obama and her fashion choices as elegant, and a red lace gown she wore at her meeting with Xi on Friday evening has been particularly popular. Zhang, the historian, said the clothes worn by the two presidents’ wives during the trip appeared to be from different seasons, with Mrs. Obama wearing summer clothes and Peng, a former folk singer while in the army, somewhere between winter and spring. “I think Peng’s clothes are too formal. They look like a uniform,” Zhang said. “Peng just looks like she’s still on a stage, while Michelle appears quite casual, like she’s traveling in China.”
students who could help power a second White House bid. In 2008, Clinton wasn’t their first choice during the Democratic primaries; young voters supported Obama by wide margins. So if there is another campaign, their backing could prove instrumental. Clinton’s allies are setting up a voter outreach operation that could enable her to connect with young voters and build upon the Obama campaign’s success in courting women, AfricanAmericans, Latinos, and gays and lesbians. This time, they say, will be different. “I don’t think you’re going to have this contrast in a Democratic primary that you had in 2008. I think there will be a ton of enthusiasm” for a potential Clinton candidacy, said Mitch Stewart, a former Obama campaign aide who now advises Ready for Hillary, a super political action committee that’s building support for a potential 2016 race. “If she were decide to run, there would be an historic element to her candidacy as well that I think young people would want to be a part of,” he said. At Arizona State, the students, who have committed to service projects through the Clinton Global Initiative, roared with approval when the former first lady walked onstage for speech-
es Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Her Saturday address focused on the importance of higher education and vocational training, and Clinton asked the students to “make sure we turn good intentions into good outcomes.” “It seems like she’s ready to get things done,” said Alex Blum, a 25-year-old graduate student at Arizona State. At Tufts University, Blum helped organize college students for Obama in 2008. He said while many of his friends and classmates still support Obama, they see Clinton’s experience as an asset in succeeding where the president has struggled. That view wasn’t always the case. Running in 2008, Obama had several advantages with young voters: his opposition to the war in Iraq; the historic nature of his candidacy; a hip, next-generation profile; and a team that aggressively organized college students. Clinton was hampered by her 2002 vote in the Senate to authorize the Iraq war, which young Democrats vociferously opposed. While both campaigns offered the potential of a barrier-breaking presidency, Clinton often played up her experience and competency more than her gender.
In Iowa’s leadoff caucuses in 2008, Obama’s campaign used organizing to bolster turnout among young voters. Exit polls there estimated that Obama won voters under age 30 by a 5-1 rate over Clinton, according to an analysis by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement. By the end of the primaries, he had captured about 60 percent of voters under 30, compared with 40 percent for Clinton. This time, super PACs such as Ready for Hillary are trying to build on the voting coalition Obama put in place. The group’s website encourages activists to use social networks like Facebook and Twitter as an organizing tool, identifying potential Clinton supporters long before a campaign begins. Since leaving Obama’s Cabinet in early 2013, Clinton has visited a number of college campuses. Clinton encourages students to get involved in the world around them, touching on the themes of equality and opportunity that have been a hallmark of Obama’s message. Clinton is scheduled to speak at Boston’s Simmons College and the University of Connecticut next month. Also planned is a speech at a women’s conference on the campus of San Jose State University in California.
NEW YORK (AP) — Andrea Esteban tried to smile with half her face, crossing her eyes in the process, and her third-grade classmates giggled. Matthew Velez struggled to speak, “Luh, luh, uh, gronk,” and the kids erupted in laughter. But the funny faces, the gibberish and some arm flapping were all part of a serious lesson to help kids learn the telltale signs of a stroke by imitating them. The idea is to enlist children, particularly those who may live with older relatives, as an army of eyes to help recognize the warning signs, get help for victims more quickly and hopefully save lives. “If my mom has a stroke, I’ll know what to do,” said 10-yearold Madison Montes. “Run to the phone and call 911.” The experimental health education program at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx is aimed at the most crucial factor when it comes to a stroke: time. Each year, about 795,000 Americans have a stroke and about 130,000 die. Some are caused by bleeding in the brain, but the vast majority is caused by a clot that blocks blood flow, starving brain cells. The drug TPA can dissolve those clots and reduce disability but only if it’s given within three to four hours
of the first symptoms, and the sooner the better. Yet only about 5 percent of patients receive it, in part because many stroke sufferers don’t get to the hospital in time for testing to tell if they’re a candidate. The early warning signs include a droopy side of the face, slurred or strange speech, and the inability to keep arms raised. “There’s a pretty good chance some children might witness a parent or a grandparent having a stroke,” said Jim Baranski, CEO of the National Stroke Association. “So if they’re armed with the signs and symptoms, they could likely save a life.” Montefiore’s program, one of a handful tried across the country, has been used since 2012 with private schools in its neighborhood, where children are often in a grandparent’s care because parents are absent or both working. The goal is to study the results and, if successful, replicate the program across the country. “The kids get a kick out of it because they get to do a little acting,” said Dr. Robert Glover, a neurologist who helped develop the program. “But when they’re done, they know about stroke and they can teach their families.”
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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama walks with her daughters Malia, left, and Sasha, right, as they visit the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of China in Beijing Sunday, March 23, 2014 as a part of her trip to the East Asian country.
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TEMPE, Arizona (AP) — An annual university conference sponsored by the Clinton Global Initiative is offering a window into the enthusiasm that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton might tap into if she runs for president again. At universities, Clinton often appeals to young voters’ idealism and encourages civic participation. She also raises the kind of powerful symbolism — her potential breakthrough as the first female president of the United States — that helped propel Barack Obama’s history-making campaign in 2008 to become the nation’s first black president. Looking out to a theater full of motivated college students on Friday, Clinton said their generation showed great promises as “open-minded and tolerant” Americans ready to step forward for an important cause. “We are going to make sure the millennial generation really is the participation generation,” Clinton said in a speech at Arizona State University, hosting more than 1,000 students for the annual Clinton Global Initiative University conference which also features former President Bill Clinton and the Clintons’ 34-year-old daughter Chelsea. As she considers a 2016 presidential campaign, Clinton has appeared at colleges packed with
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The following is the author’s personal experience with UConn’s United Church of Christ alternative spring break. Day 1 The day started with leaving campus at 4 a.m. to drive to Bradley International Airport. The airplane to Baltimore was to depart at 8 a.m. The United Church of Christ UConn grouped together at the airport around 6 a.m. They got into the Southwest line to check 18 bags for all the members on the trip. The airport line was long so they waited together, chatting and getting their trip shirts. After making it out of the line, they walked over to security and eventually to Gate 8, where their plane would depart. They boarded the plane and sat together. The group arrived in Baltimore at 9
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a.m. Their layover before taking off was four hours. Some of the members slept, while others worked on schoolwork. They finally flew into Kansas City. They took a 3-hour car drive to their worksite in Joplin, Mo. They arrived tired and hungry, and after getting a tour of the site, ordered pizza for the night. Day 2 The morning started with a service at South Joplin Christian Church. After the service finished, UCC UConn members enjoyed lunch with many of the church members, hearing stories of the tornado that came through the area about three years ago. Once the lunch was finished, the group headed to tour the area where the tornado was affected. They were able to see many rebuilt houses as well as the places that are still being rebuilt by either volunteers or construction workers. The rest of the day, the
group was able to bond through playing cards and hanging out.
Day 3 The group awoke early for orientation at Rebuild Joplin. They got lost getting there but finally made it and were able to learn about what they would be doing on site as well as what effect the tornado had on the families in the area. At 8:30 a.m., the groups arrived at their worksites ready to work hard. One group worked at the Annie Baxter House on flooring, cleaning and painting. The other group worked at the 24th Street House on siding, installing a window and demolishing the steps to the house. The two groups came together at dinner and reflected on their day. Day 4 The day started bright and early at 7 with breakfast as a group. The group then separated to go to their respective jobsites for the
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Students on the alternative spring break trip work on plans for the construction they are doing at the site in Joplin, Mo. The city of Joplin was ravaged by a tornado in May 2011 and is still recovering from the disaster.
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day. The first group continued to work on painting, flooring and installing windows. They were also able to chat with their homeowners on the progress of their homes. The other group focused on installing the back door, finishing the siding and working on the windows. The group with the door had many tasks that went along with it. They needed to fit it and remove the nails and screws, as well as take out rotting wood. The group was finally able to put down silicon and replace the door. The group on the roof took many tries but was eventually successful at putting siding on.
Day 5 The groups worked strong as they entered into the middle of the week. The group working at the Annie Baxter House continued to work on the bathroom tiles, windowsill, painting and installing laminate flooring. The group at 24th Street worked on installing the rest of the windows on the right side of the house and put up fascia on the roof. The group at 24th Street also learned a lot about their homeowners. They have had some terrible things happen. The house they lived in before Joplin was right next door to a house where a plane crashed. They had a tornado hit their current house. Lastly, they found out that the mother had breast cancer. However, through all of that, the family is still positive. So was the group at their house. Day 6 The homes are really starting to look good. The Annie Baxter House is ahead of schedule due to the hard work of the group. They finally finished flooring and will be putting in the door tomorrow. The group has also been working on the bathroom. The tiles have been put in above the bathtub and they also finished grouting a room. The 24th Street house workers were on ladders most of the day, putting up J and F channel as well as
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Students repair a house’s exterior as they work during “Rebuild Joplin” in Joplin, Mo. Some alternative spring breaks offer students the opportunity to help disaster areas.
fascia and subfascia on the front of the house. It was also the host, Steve’s, 71st birthday. The UCC UConn group went to local restaurant, “Big R’s Barbeque,” to celebrate. Following that, the group indulged themselves with some ice cream at the family owned “Anderson’s.” Day 7 The last day at the worksite was hard for both groups. At 24th Street, the siding on the roof was finished but the group still had J and F channel to work on. The group also had to remove wood near the steps and add new wood that they stapled on with a staple gun. The group took a long lunch to go to the beautiful falls where
some brave souls went in to the cold water. They were also able to chat and hang out near the water. Some of the UCC UConn group also were able to go to the boundary line of three states, Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. The day finished strong with the J channel being finished on the front of the house and the windows fully installed. The 24th Street house ended their day with a danceoff to “Thriller,” “Cotton-Eyed Joe,” and “the Harlem Shake.” The Annie Baxter House almost completely finished tiling the bathroom and were able to put in doors. They also had a dance party.
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Ukraine says top commander held after base stormed KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian air force commander is being held after his base in Crimea was stormed by proRussian forces, and the acting president called for his release Sunday. Col. Yuliy Mamchur is the commander of the Belbek Air Force base near Sevastopol, which was taken over Saturday by forces who sent armored personnel carriers smashing through the base’s walls and fired shots and stun grenades. One Ukrainian serviceman was reported wounded in the clash. It was unclear if the forces, who didn’t bear insignia, were Russian military or local proRussia militia. Ukraine President Oleksandr Turchynov, in a statement, said Mamchur was “abducted” by the forces. He didn’t specify where Mamchur is believed to be held. However, prominent politician Vitali Klitschko said
Sunday that Mamchur is being held by the Russian military in a jail in Sevastopol, the Crimean city that is the base of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. Klitschko was one of the leaders of the three months of protests in Ukraine that culminated in late February with President Viktor Yanukovych fleeing the country and interim authorities taking power before a May 25 presidential election. The protests were triggered by Yanukovych’s decision to reject a deal for closer ties with the European Union and turn to Moscow instead. Yanukovych’s ouster was denounced by Russia and much of Ukraine’s ethnic Russian population as a coup. Soon thereafter, Russian forces took control of Crimea and the region held a referendum to break off from Ukraine and join Russia. Russia formally annexed Crimea last week, a move that
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Hobby Lobby religious exemption litigation sets dire precedent
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n Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear a case brought up by David Green, founder of the predominantly non-religious arts and crafts retail franchise Hobby Lobby, in which Green contends that Hobby Lobby should be immune from subsidizing its employees’ contraceptive costs (as mandated by the Affordable Care Act) because he considers the law a violation of his corporation’s religious convictions. The contraceptives in question are Plan B, Ella and some specific brands of intrauterine devices, which Green believes his for-profit corporation has the religious right to be exempt from paying for under the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Hobby Lobby was initially made aware of their healthcare obligations under Obamacare by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a Washington D.C. based non-profit, which explained that Hobby Lobby was responsible for subsidizing its 28,000 employees’ emergency contraceptive costs because the company had changed its healthcare policy after the law’s ratification. Green, along with his four family members who own the 560-store chain, argue that because the company maintains an entire building for Christian services at its headquarters and donates a significant portion of its approximately $3.3 billion in annual sales to religious-oriented philanthropy, the corporation itself is therefore a religious entity entitled to immunity from laws that violate its beliefs. In November 2012, the federal U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma ruled that for-profit corporations are not entitled to religious freedoms and that the owners were too far removed from the actual contraceptive purchases to experience an excessive burden. Hobby Lobby won at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver after the court invoked the US Supreme Court’s 2010 decision “Citizens United v. FEC,” a landmark case that provided for-profit corporations with religious freedoms and rights to free speech–specifically to eliminate campaign finance limits. The US Supreme Court will have to rule upon one of the consequences of the Pandora’s Box that is “Citizens United” and decide whether or not non-living, profitmaximizing conceptual entities like Hobby Lobby are capable of exercising religious liberties at the expense of healthcare obligations legislated for the betterment of actual human beings. Should Hobby Lobby lose, it must decide between paying a $1.6 million daily fine for incomplete coverage, an annual fine of $26 million for dropping its healthcare plan altogether, or simply provide emergency contraceptives to its employees, a portion of who do not share its owners’ religious beliefs. In the event that Hobby Lobby wins, the legal precedent will provide a boon to non-profit institutions, such as the University of Notre Dame and the Little Sisters of the Poor, in similar litigation.
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wo weeks ago, the veteran community was dealt dual setbacks from the hands of the United States government. On Feb. 24, the first bit of dire news came in the form of the Pentagon’s $495.6 billion budget proposal for 2015, delivered by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, which heralded an Army personnel reduction from the current 522,000 soldiers to a pre-WWII level of 450,000 by 2019. An additional 30,000 troops will need to be cut if the Pentagon continues to By Dan Gorry face budget Weekly Columnist restraints from Congress, and contained within this overarching budget proposal is a series of cuts to active-duty as well as veteran’s benefits, including a steep Tricare fee hike. A mere three days later, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who serves as Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, watched with crushing disappointment as his veterans’ assistance bill–which enjoyed unanimous endorsement from virtually every military assistance organization in the country–was rejected 56-41 because Senate Republicans had previously required a supermajority of 60 votes to pass. Both of these calamities only further demonstrate the callous treatment that veterans face from the government and they are made all the more inexcusable when compounded with recent revelations of Washington’s grotesque misconduct. The new Pentagon budget is undoubtedly a “breach of contract,” as American
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Things I learned in Fla. during spring break: everyone is tan, everyone has a nice car and never stay at a Travel-Lodge. #IronShabazz Is Duke losing in the NCAA tournament really considered an upset anymore? Going from sunny and 85 to windy and 25 is not a good time. My hotel room over break came with pets #Roaches Six weeks left to save the semester, lets roll. Raise your hand if you had the UConn women winning last night’s game by more than 40 points.
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when more than 8,000 veterans take their own lives a year–more than the total number of U.S. lives lost in both Iraq and Afghanistan–at an average rate of 22 individuals a day, which is nearly twice that of civilians. Chronic pain, bodily disability, the lingering effects of PTSD and an unforgiving job market have pushed some 60,000 veterans into complete homelessness, whereas roughly 2.3 million veterans are currently living below the poverty line. Drug addiction amongst veterans has become rampant with nearly twice as many veterans overdosing every year than civilians, predominately through the use of opiates, which the Journal of the American Medical Association tied to the Veterans Affairs’ inordinate opiate prescriptions to veterans suffering from mental health issues. One of the more damning revelations of late was a study in the journal “Environmental Research,” which found that U.S. Air Force reservists had been exposed to significantly harmful levels of Agent Orange that lingered on aircraft used in Vietnam. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs has previously rejected reservists who sought treatment for their exposure, but this study conclusively demonstrates they are owed direly needed healthcare assistance as mandated by the Agent Orange Act of 1991. Though I applaud the Armed Forces for finally taking America off a permanent war-footing, the way they have gone about making change is frankly repugnant. Rather than wasting $1.5 trillion on Lockheed Martin’s defective F-35’s, I can think of 21.2 million recipients who have more than earned our assistance.
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The Drone Wars: When bystanders become statistics
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Legion Deputy Director Joe Grassi described, which is marked by a mandated increase in out-of-pocket expenses for healthcare costs, an annual active duty pay raise cap of one percent, and the consolidation of Tricare’s trio of available options into what will inevitably be some singular bureaucratic abomination. Amy Bushatz of Military News points out that an active-duty military family caring for a child with disabilities pays a current average of $1,000 a year, but the new budget will quintuple this annual cost to $5,000. MOAA Deputy Director for government relations Mike Barron elaborates that Sergeant Rank personnel will have to pay close to $5,000 out of pocket, a cost that alone pushes them below the poverty line for a family of three. Sanders’ bill would have addressed many of the long-standing hardships that veterans uniquely face, but also could have significantly offset some of the damage imposed by the new Pentagon budget by providing some $21 billion in assistance to America’s 21.2 million veterans and their families. Sanders’ bill was actually already paid for in full, as it just reallocated funds originally appropriated for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but Republicans attacked it by saying that it was a gross misuse of taxpayer money. In reality, this bill provided vital assistance to retired veterans, tuition aid in the tens of thousands for each veteran in a public university, increased assistance programs for sexual assault victims, finally granted healthcare assistance to Vietnam veterans who had long been stigmatized because of a misunderstanding of the nature of PTSD and would have reduced the federal deficit by $1.34 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The miserly tactics of the Pentagon and Senate Republicans comes at a time
he Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) is often recognized as one of the most controversial weapons in the fight against terrorism. Typically called “drones” by the public, UCAVs have seen use in Pakistan and Yemen, among other countries. Primarily used for assassinations, UCAVs were first deployed under the Bush administration and later also under the Obama administration. Recently, UCAVs are utilized to target not only mid and high-level operatives, By Ted Terpstra as in the Staff Columnist Bush years, but also lowlevel operatives and foot soldiers with no command authority. This change in strategy has been blamed for increasing civilian casualties of drone strikes. While the strategy and legality of drone use is debated in Washington and elsewhere, few are discussing simple changes to minimize these civilian casualties in the meantime. One such change would be altering the ordnance load of the UCAVs. When drones were first used in Pakistan and Afghanistan, they were equipped with a certain
kind of missile called the Hellfire. The Hellfire has a 20 lb. warhead and is sometimes covered with a shrapnel jacket to increase lethality. This missile was designed for use against tanks and hardened structures, but most UCAVs target cars or houses. In order to minimize the risk to bystanders, it would be best to adopt a lighter missile with a smaller warhead. As a potential solution, Raytheon has developed the Griffin missile. The Griffin has a 13 lb. warhead and greater range than the Hellfire. The weapon has been tested in combat and three Griffins can be carried in place of one Hellfire, due to its lighter weight. While other alternative missiles would cost both time and money to develop, the Griffin has already been delivered to the U.S. Air Force in small numbers. The acquisition of the Griffin, or a similar type missile, would be an effective way to minimize civilian casualties in future strikes. Changing the type of missile used by drones can help avoid future casualties, but what about the current casualties of drone strikes? In both Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. had an official policy of paying the family of civilians who were killed by U.S. forces in addition to apologizing to them. Monetary
compensation for killings has some basis in Islam, the Qu’ran refers to such payments as “diyyat,” and various countries, like Pakistan, have legally mandated diyyat. The United States’ payment, reported to be about $2,500 on average, is not made to any casualties of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan or Yemen. Nor is there any apology to the families. Failing to acknowledge a casualty and compensate the family adds insult to injury and fosters hate. The United States should make a stronger effort to apologize and compensate the bereaved families. In Afghanistan and Iraq, compensation and an apology would be delivered in person by U.S. troops. For obvious reasons the same cannot be done in Pakistan. The Pakistani government would have to assist the United States in reaching the families of those accidentally killed in strikes. To complicate matters, most drone strikes in Pakistan occur in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The Taliban have a strong presence in parts of the FATA, which puts any emissaries of the United States or Pakistani government in danger. Reaching the families of civilian casualties is a dangerous mission. Anyone wishing to apologize on the behalf of the United States
would have to be accompanied by Pakistani troops or police. A similar arrangement would have to be made with the country of Yemen, which is also fighting a war against Islamist insurgents who reside in part of the country. Regardless of the barriers, a system must be devised where compensation and apologies reach the families of the casualties. Right now, many Pakistanis believe the United States does not care about collateral damage. Expressing regret will not fix the resentment between families of civilian casualties and the United States, but it is a necessary step toward a peaceful future. The debate on the legality and effectiveness of drone strikes will continue. In the meantime, the United States must adapt a more civilian-conscious mindset regarding the use of drones. Too often do the bystanders become statistics, and the families of those wrongly killed are ignored. Collateral damage hurts not only the U.S. war effort, but also the United States’ standing in the Middle East.
Theodore.Terpstra@UConn. edu
4th-semester international relations major
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Danú, a traditional Irish band, had the audience foot-stamping and shouting at their performance shortly before St. Patrick’s Day. This was the group’s second appearance at UConn and they got into the Husky spirit by doing the UConn chant in between their songs.
By Kim Halpin Focus Editor Just three days before St. Patrick’s Day, Danú, a traditional Irish ensemble, brought the spirit of Ireland to the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts. The audience was receptive to the variety of reels and jigs the band performed, often clapping or stamping along to the beat of the music. During the fast tempo songs, many people shouted encouragement to the performers who seemed to play their respective instruments with godly speed. There was also one chorus where Danú encouraged audience members to sing along, keeping everyone involved in the show. Danú kept the crowd guessing, constantly switching tempos during songs and alternating the types of pieces they played. As is traditional, most of their reels were followed by jigs.
Lead vocalist Muireann Nic Amhlaibh sprinkled in a few melancholy lyrical pieces that helped to calm the audience down. Most of the songs performed on Friday night were historical or traditional pieces that Danú arranged to fit their band and style. Benny McCarthy, Donal Clancy, Donnchadh Gough and Daire Bracken formed Danú in 1995 at a local music festival. The instruments consisted of flutes and whistles, button accordion, fiddle, Irish bouzouki, guitar and a bodhran, which is an Irish drum. The members of the band have evolved over time, but two of the original members are still involved and played at the show last week. Because a majority of Danú’s songs were instrumental or sung in Irish, a band member would describe the story behind each piece to give the audience an idea of what it meant. Many of the stories were tragic, yet comical, such as an unhappy arranged marriage
where the wife tries multiple ways to get rid of her husband to no avail, and the most tragic story of all–losing both the most beautiful girl in Ireland and his money for whiskey. This was Danú’s second performance at the University of Connecticut, so the band members knew the “UConn Huskies” chant and did it with the audience multiple times throughout the show. They expressed how much they enjoyed the crowd the last time they were in Storrs and seemed to benefit from the energy of the crowd this time around as well. No one from the Danú band said they had much skill in dancing, but the audience was still treated to some Irish dancing by three local girls who performed twice during the show. They even inspired one young girl to show off her own Irish dance through the mezzanine isles. As the program was coming to a close, button accordion player Benny
McCarthy said, “We only have time for one more song,” to which the audience in unison said, “Awww.” The disappointment was quickly followed with a positive spin, however. “The good news is the last song will last for two hours,” McCarthy said, to the sound of cheers from the audience. Benny McCathy, Donal Clancy, Donnchadh Gough and Daire Bracken formed Danú in 1995 at a local music festival. The members of the band have evolved over time, but two of the original members are still involved and played at the show last week. The group has traveled the world playing at a variety of prestigious events over the years, including in Bulagria as part of an Irish state visit, Ireland’s European Union presidency ceremony in Brussels and in India on a delegation visit.
Kimberly.Halpin@UConn.edu
Writing keeps detectives from oblivion Magic for ‘Rights and Sight’ support By Maurilio Amorim Staff Writer
By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer “UConn Changes Lives” will be bringing nationally recognized magician Michael Turco to UConn where he will be will be performing his “Magic and Mayhem” show this evening in the Student Union Theatre,. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the show is scheduled to run from 6 to 7 p.m. Tickets cost $10. The event is part of Distressed Children International’s Journey for Child Rights & Sight. Mr. Turco is himself a DCI Goodwill Ambassador. “Magic and Mayhem” is described as being filled with “spectacular illusions, hilarious comedy, audience participation and Michael Turco’s trademark storytelling” on the DCI website. Influenced by the magic acts he witnessed in Atlantic City during his youth, Turco appeared as a contestant on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” in 2011, making it all the way to the Vegas round before being eliminated. Turco subsequently performed the “Magic and Mayhem” show in Las Vegas at the Planet Hollywood Casino in 2012. DCI was started in 2003 to defend child rights and provide for the basic needs of distressed children. The organization’s UConn chapter “UConn Change Lives” is putting on the event. The organization’s goal is “to raise awareness about the issue of poverty focusing on health, education and child rights in the student body, and move them to action with fundraising and service opportunities in the United States and abroad.” For more information on DCI head to www. distressedchildren.org For more information about Michael Turco head to www.turcomagic.com
Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu
While on paper the premise of HBO’s new hit show “True Detective” sounds interesting, it’s an area that has been similarly explored in the past. The show concerns the investigation of a satanic serial ritualistic murder by two detectives and the events that followed in years to come. We have all seen similar shows and movies, but what makes “True Detective” stand out is that it is so well done. The dialogue, characters, plot and overall mythology are all so intricately explored and well written that it feels as if we are really indulging into this world rather than watching it through the television screen. The entire show is so well directed that it is constantly intense despite its early slow pace. The A-list cast delivers outstanding performances that turn their already strongly written characters into living and breathing human beings. Throughout the show, the pace has gradually picked up. The show began mysterious and slow with little answers given and progressed into a very fast paced crime drama with constant twists and turns. “True Detective” is also not afraid to make its own rules. While it is generally expected that such a show will and must end in a large shootout leaving a high body count and plenty of carnage to leave the audience on a strong note, “True Detective” chooses not to. What separates this show from other detective dramas is its intelligent writing. Rather than give us a huge shootout, the writers instead give us a conclusion with enough action and suspense to keep us on the edge of our seats, but nothing more than what is necessary. Throughout the season, the show
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“True Detective” might have a familiar plotline, but the shows writers create a heavy focus on the dynamic between characters, keeping the show fresh.
has been more about the dynamic between the two detectives than the actual case itself. This follows into the ending where we see the outcome of these two detectives long after the mystery is resolved. We see the personal toll that this case and their many others have taken on the two as well as how their jobs destroy their personal lives, themselves and their relationship. I won’t spoil the ending, but I will say that all things considered, it is perhaps the happiest ending this show ever could have had. It is hard to imagine what next season in this anthology show could possibly be about and how it will top this one. The absence of McConaughey and Harrelson will also be a major problem if the show does not acquire similar talent.
Another aspect of this investigative drama that made it work so well is the simplicity of it. Rather than drag it on for seasons with unresolved answers like AMC’s “The Killing,” “True Detective” gave itself a brief timetable in which answers must be asked, answered and ultimately resolved. These sorts of dramas work better this way as the audience cannot grow restless and uninterested. I hope that the next season will be as strongly casted, well written and well produced as the first season. Despite its silly title, “True Detective” is the best drama of this genre to come about in a very long time.
Maurilio.Amorim@UConn.edu
Someday this nostalgia column will be about something other than TV, movies, video games or music from the 90’s, but today is not that day. Did you ever think you could skateboard? I don’t mean riding your longboard to class; my grandma can do that. I mean, did you think that it was possible to fly off a ramp, get up and do a 1440 triple kickflip and land it without breaking your knees? When I was seven, I sure did. The Tony Hawk Pro Skateboarder video game franchise has come a long way, from relatively linear skate spots to free roaming cities based on actual places. One thing that hardly changed throughout the series, however, was the physics of the game. The absolutely absurd physics is what made the game fun. It was definitely nothing like skateboarding in real life–trust me. I don’t know of any pro skaters that can do a 360 degree heelflip in a halfpipe without readjusting the board with their hands before landing. The games were fun, but what made them worth playing was usually the cheat codes. Things like moon gravity and perfect balance made the game easier, but also it was mostly for fun. There’s no pride in completing missions with cheat codes on. The series grew over the 2000s and progressed along with gaming as a whole, adding creative features like custom skaters and decks and, most importantly, storylines. The first storyline was introduced in Tony Hawk’s Underground, my personal favorite. It had the best soundtrack in my opinion, though all of them were solid. The one revolutionary thing they did was–wait for it–let you get off your board! It seems trivial, but this ability made skateboarding so much easier. It was easier to get in position for lines and climb over obstacles, and it allowed the developers to open maps with ladders and stairs that you could walk up if you messed up your trick. In most cases, you could ollie back up the stairs. If you ask me, the series started to fall off around “Project 8.” Project 8 had minimal customization and less of a storyline than “Underground,” Underground 2,” or American Wasteland.” I played “8” and was dissatisfied so I moved on to “Skate,” a much more realistic adaptation of skateboarding physics. Instead of pressing a button to do fliptricks, players flicked the right analog stick to flip the board in the desired direction. The harder tricks were actually more difficult to pull off. “Skate” was fun, but it got old pretty fast. I was used to launching myself into the clouds, being able to revert, manual and go back up another ramp all in one combo. It was all about points, back in those days. When Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was released in 1999, if you didn’t have it, one of your friends did. If your friends didn’t have it, then you probably never liked the game and didn’t read this far in the column. I honestly haven’t played in years, but I just dug out my old Element deck and had a nice burst of nostalgia. I’m sure I could still take any of you, though. If you’re brave enough to challenge me, tweet me @GiGantoss, I should have one of the games around here somewhere.
Matthew.Gantos@UConn.edu
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1. Big Bang Theory (CBS) - 4.9 2. Bachelor; After Final Rose (ABC) - 3.8 3. The Voice 3/10 (NBC) - 3.7 4. The Voice 3/11 (NBC) - 3.5 5. Modern Family (ABC) - 3.4 6. The Bachelor (ABC) 3.3 7. Resurrection (ABC) - 3.1 8. Scandal (ABC) - 2.8 9. Believe (NBC) - 2.7 10. How I Met Your Mother (CBS) - 2.7 Ratings from TVbytheNumbers.com Week ending March 16
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Despite getting off to a slow start at the beginning of season two, “Hannibal” is being to pick up with it’s latest episode, “Takiawase.”
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1. Walking Dead (AMC) - 12865 2. Talking Dead (AMC) - 5415 3. RIzzoli & Isles (TNT) - 4745 4. WWE Entertainment (USA) 4676 5. Real Housewives Atlanta (BRAV) - 4306 6. WWE Entertainment (USA) 4265 7. WWE Entertainment (USA) 4165 By Alex Sfazzarra 8. PawnCorrespondent Stars (HIST) - 4135 Campus 9. Pawn Stars (HIST) - 4081 10. SpongeBob (NICK) - 4040 Numbers from TVbytheNumbers.com Week ending March 16 (Numbers of viewers x 1,000)
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Long Island Medium A new season of “Long Island Medium” has recently started on TLC. The show features Theresa Caputo, the Long Island mom who appears to connect with people that have passed on in order to communicate their well-being to their families. It’s clear that she makes an impact on the lives that she touches and is able to give peace to some of the most distraught people. Regardless of your thoughts on mediums, Theresa Caputo is entertaining enough to captivate most audiences. She’s a typical over-the-top, involved mother and I find myself watching her show to see what she’ll get into next as much as I do for her readings. -Kim Halpin
With the rise in popularity of television shows centering on charismatic serial killers, it was inevitable that Hannibal Lecter—the original charismatic serial killer and a cannibal to boot—would get his own chance under the limelight. Sure enough, a series named after him began airing in spring of 2013. Focusing on Lecter’s life before his arrest and incarceration, the first season received significant critical acclaim and was almost instantly renewed. The beginning of the second season of “Hannibal” suffered from a rather slow start; main character Will Graham had taken the fall for several of Lecter’s murders at the end of the previous season and now spends a majority of his time trying to convince his former
colleagues of his innocence. While this certainly makes the audience emphasize with him, it hardly makes for the kind of thrills that the first season had. In the newest episode “Takiawase,” however, things seem to have finally come together. Structurally speaking, “Takiawase” is everything an episode of a procedural television series should be: it contains a main case that reflects the themes of the episode and the personal lives of the characters, while further developing the seasonal arc. The A-plot deals Katherine Pims, who sees herself as a mercy killer who brings death only to those who ask for it, and in attempting to solve her crimes the team must reflect on their personal hang-ups. Jack Crawford, for example, is forced to confront his wife Bella, who is suffering from
terminal lung cancer and refuses to die at home. Of course, Katherine’s quest to kill those who ask for it draws a connection to Hannibal, who spends much of the episode counseling Bella to commit suicide but ultimately decides to save her life in a twisted act of mercy. Meanwhile, Will finally manages to convince Beverly Katz to investigate the body of James Gray, but in doing so puts her in incredible danger. Like Abigail Hobbs before her, Beverly has been slowly approaching the truth all season, and seems to have finally stepped too close. In Will’s telling vision earlier during the episode, the difference between fishing and hunting is that the former involves patience and waiting for the fish to come to you. Instead of giving Hannibal an opportunity to trap himself, Beverly
instead goes on the hunt and instantly tips him off, allowing him to bait a trap for her in turn. The final scene of “Takiawase” shows Beverly’s final confrontation with Hannibal, who appeared suddenly behind her after she discovered his murder dungeon. The episode ends before the audience can discern her fate, but she is in the dark, armed with nothing but a handgun, and perhaps most importantly, she is not the title character of the show. It is highly likely that Hettienne Park’s future appearances on the show will be limited to Will’s visions, but whatever happens next, it is clear that the status quo on Hannibal has changed for good.
Jingyuan.Fu@UConn.edu
It’s not over until it’s over
By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer As the unfortunately canceled series, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” dives headfirst into its abbreviated final season, fans will find themselves strapped in for one hell of a ride. The first episode in this final set starts things off with a bang by delving into one of the final mysteries surrounding the “Star Wars” prequel era: the origin of the infamous Order 66. Viewers of “Star Wars: Episode III” are already well aware that this command is programmed into all Clone Troopers who subsequently turn on the Jedi Order and eliminate all members without mercy. Fans have since pondered how it was possible that this command went unnoticed by anyone until its execution. The answer is simple: it didn’t. “The Unknown” starts off with a member of Commander Rex’s unit firing on a Jedi General, executing her. The “rogue trooper” seems to have gone into a trance and when he wakes up has no memory of the incident. Anakin Skywalker and the rest of the troops are suspicious of possible Separatist influence in the incident, while Count Dooku and Darth Sidious are well aware that this “glitch” in the troopers’ programming runs the risk of having Order 66 exposed to the public, and worse, the Jedi Order. The episode was scripted by Katie Lucas, daughter of franchise creator George Lucas, who in her own right has written some of “The Clone Wars”’s best and most complex episodes to date including “Witches of
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“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” has been canceled, making this last season shorter than expected. However, thus far, the season has been exceeding expectations with its complex plot.
the Mist” and “Nightsisters.” It’s only fitting that she would take the lead dealing with the backstory surrounding one of the most significant events in the “Star Wars” canon. The episode plays out like a mystery story where we already know who the culprit is, but that doesn’t detract from the excitement. Seeing actual concern on the parts of the Sith Lords in the episode was a rare change of pace from the perfectly calculated plotting were used to in the films. It was also interesting
to learn that the clone troopers had no prior knowledge of the Order 66 programming. The action scenes were well done, with Skywalker and co.’s spacewalk showing off some interesting camera angles. Additionally, six seasons in, it’s great to see the series trusting its audience to go to darker territory, showing the murder of a Jedi in cold blood as well as the lifeless corpse of a clone trooper that was sucked into the vacuum of space. These chilling moments have defined the
series’ more recent seasons and reflect just how far the show has come. While at times the plot was a bit heavy on exposition, it has become common for multiepisode arcs. While I’m not a huge fan of this style, it’s not that big of a detraction. On the whole, the final season of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” is off to a, dare I say, stellar start.
Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu
I have a problem with most romantic comedies. My first problem is that more often than not, they aren’t funny. My second problem is that they are often incredibly unrealistic in their portrayals of how men and women act, giving both unrealistic expectations in the world of dating in real life. Part of this is due to the PG-13 rating not allowing the graphic nature of sex in relationships to be explored. Neither of these is really my big problem. My big problem with romantic comedies is that they paint relationships between two people as a war between every man and every woman on the planet. These movies often involve the same thing: A group of females are tired of men who play games and use them. Rightfully so, they decide to solve the problem by playing games right back. Let’s be real, this happens in real life. But since this is a movie, the guys they mess with are all in a similar group of male best friends. Slowly, this cycle of toying with one another rather than actually being honest with each other, because why should they, turns into every man on earth overgeneralizing every woman on earth who is doing the same to men. Suddenly, there is an all-out battle of the sexes where no man or woman can trust a member of the opposite sex and both act in absurd gender stereotypes. It’s no wonder that people are no longer able to communicate with one another. In today’s age with modern technology evolving to a point where people no longer learn to speak to one another face to face because it is easier and less scary over Facebook, these kinds of shows and movies are making matters worse. Every single problem a woman or a man has in these romantic comedies with their significant other could and should be resolved by speaking to them about it. Yes, people do not do this, but the absurd global battle between men and women is not a real thing. We believe it to be because we have seen so much of it on television, but it is not real. Men and women do not need to fear their significant others or even people they are beginning to date the way they do on TV. We should all be weary of sketchy people and meeting them, but we do not need to fear the opposite gender and conform to these stereotypes and battles of the sexes as movies would have us think. However, maybe I’m just idealistic.
Maurilio.Amorim@UConn.edu
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Man’s claim to Yale’s Van Gogh painting is tossed NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge in Connecticut has dismissed the claims of a man who said he was the rightful owner of a Van Gogh painting that’s been on display at Yale University for about 50 years. Judge Alvin Thompson on Thursday granted Yale’s request to deny the claims to the painting by Pierre Konowaloff, who says “The Night Cafe” was stolen from his family during the Russian revolution. Yale sued in 2009 to assert its ownership rights and to block Konowaloff from claiming it. Konowaloff sought the return of the painting, or damages, and valued the painting at $120 million to $150 million. The judge agreed with Yale’s argument citing the act of state doctrine in which U.S. courts don’t examine the validity of foreign governments’ expropriation orders. He called the piece one of the world’s most renowned paintings. “We’re pleased that the court has dismissed Konowaloff’s claims,” said Jonathan Freiman, Yale’s attorney. “The Night Cafe is a timeless masterpiece that the public can see free of charge, and in
this suit Yale has worked to make sure it stays that way.” Konowaloff says his great-grandfather, industrialist and aristocrat Ivan Morozov, bought “The Night Cafe” in 1908. Russia nationalized Morozov’s property during the Communist revolution, and the Soviet government later sold the painting. The 1888 artwork, which shows the inside of a nearly empty cafe with a few customers seated at tables along the walls, has been hanging in the Yale University Art Gallery. Yale argued that the ownership of tens of billions of dollars’ worth of art and other goods could be thrown into doubt if Konowaloff were allowed to take the painting. Any federal court invalidation of Russian nationalization decrees from the early 20th century also would create tensions between the United States and Russia, Yale has said. The university says former owners have challenged titles to other property seized from them in Russia, but their claims were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court and state, federal and foreign courts. Konowaloff’s attorney, Allan Gerson
has said neither Russia nor the United States expressed any concerns about the case and that any ruling would not affect Russian paintings. Gerson says the trend by U.S. courts has been to invalidate confiscations of art. He has said in court papers that Yale’s argument amounted to compelling U.S. courts to “rubber-stamp good title on any dictator’s plunder.” Gerson said Friday he was seriously considering an appeal of the ruling. He said he was shocked the judge refused to provide an oral hearing, especially after his side submitted evidence from the Russian Federation archives. “There’s never been another case in which act of state has been invoked where the state — here, Russia — that the court is ostensibly trying to protect from embarrassment has actually cooperated with the court,” Gerson said. The judge said that evidence was not relevant for the ruling because it involved an investigation of the sale of the painting in 1933 rather than the 1918 appropriation by the Soviet government.
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A federal judge ruled that “The Night Cafe,” a Van Gogh painting that has been on display at Yale for 50 years, cannot be claimed by the Konowaloff family.
Gloomy, glorious ‘Les Miz’ hits Broadway Tribeca sells 50 percent stake to MSG
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This image released by The Publicity Office shows the cast during a performance of the musical “Les Miserables.”
NEW YORK (AP) — The barricades have once again gone up on Broadway. Are they worth dropping everything and joining this time? The answer is a resounding “Oui!” Bring your flag. The well-traveled “Les Miserables” has rolled into town for its third bite at the Broadway apple — not to mention fresh off a celebrated 2012 film — but there’s nothing tiresome about its gloomy, aching heartbeat. Directed this time by Laurence Connor and James Powell, with new orchestrations, stagecraft and costumes, this terrific “Les Miserables” opened Sunday at the Imperial Theatre, capping a national tour that began in 2010. It’s beautifully sung and acted — Ramin Karimloo,
Will Swenson, Caissie Levy and Nikki M. James as leads can do no wrong — and the clever sets, superb lighting and moving projections highlight a creative team fully embracing Victor Hugo’s epic novel about good and evil, revolution and romance, in 19th-century France. It boasts music by ClaudeMichel Schonberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel. Producer Cameron Mackintosh was sold on reviving the show after learning that set designer Matt Kinley was inspired by the paintings of Hugo, which are often brooding, eerie and romantic. His images of Paris infuse the production — augmented by enough fog to host a
heavy metal festival — and, together with golden beams of lighting by Paule Constable, leave the actors looking a bit like they’re in paintings themselves. Projections by Fifty-Nine Productions are subtle until brilliant, especially the plunge into the sewers in Act 2. There is no massive spinning turntable on the stage, as in previous incarnations, but it isn’t missed. Karimloo stars as Jean Valjean, the former prisoner No. 24601 who is the moral center of Hugo’s historical tale. Karimloo, a Mackintosh favorite in London, makes a tremendous Broadway debut, starting out as a feral, muscular animal out of chains and leaving an unsteady old man in grace. His falsetto sung
prayer “Bring Him Home” is sublime. Swenson is ramrod straight as Inspector Javert, a man so in control of his emotions that even his speech is hyper-punctuated. Unrelenting and stingy with mercy, Swenson has the slightly unhinged quality of a bloodhound, a performance that explains why he must take desperate measures when doubt creeps in. Levy as the doomed Fantine is lovely and her “I Dreamed a Dream” mixes rage and pitifulness into a tour de force. Samantha Hill as Cosette, James as Eponine and Andy Mientus as Marius are glorious in their romantic triangle. Even the little kids in the cast are cool. With so many scenes veering toward the overwrought, the directors have wisely offered comedic moments — a masterful “Master Of The House” led by the ribald Cliff Saunders and Keala Settle — and ones to reflect quietly, as in the simple, ghostly, candlelit Marius-sung “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables.” There is a cinematic quality to this production — though it predates the Tom Hooper film version — that includes fast scene changes and even the title superimposed on the back wall, in case we needed reassurance which show was on. The barricades are smartly backlit and the action spills into the theater’s box seats. The hits keep coming, and thanks to reprises, keep coming: “I Dreamed a Dream,” ‘’Do You Hear the People Sing?” and “One Day More.” The melodies are as grandiose as the story. And here, the voices and look of the show wonderfully match. Bring your flag.
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A film company co-founded by De Niro called Tribeca Enterprises is selling a 50 percent stake to the Madison Square Garden Company, according to a deal that was announced Saturday, March 22, 2014.
NEW YORK (AP) — Tribeca Enterprises, the film company co-founded by Robert De Niro and the presenter of the Tribeca Film Festival, has sold a 50 percent stake to the Madison Square Garden Company. The deal, announced Saturday night, combines two major New York show business players. It gives Tribeca Enterprises the marketing power of a growing sports and entertainment company and offers the MSG Co. an entry into the film business. The deal values Tribeca Enterprises at $45 million. The acquisition comes just weeks before the 13th annual Tribeca Film Festival begins
April 16. The company was co-founded by De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, who will remain CEO. Among the properties owned by the MSG Co. are Radio City Music Hall, the Beacon Theatre, the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers. The opening night of the Tribeca Film Festival, a screening and concert for the documentary about the rapper Nas, “Time is Illmatic,” will be held at the Beacon Theatre. The MSG Co.’s MSG Productions on Friday canceled the opening of its high-profile Rockettes show “Hearts and Lights” days before its scheduled debut.
Pittsburgh exhibit features Negro League pictures PITTSBURGH (AP) — A new exhibit at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art shows the vibrant world of Negro League baseball through the eyes of legendary black photographer Teenie Harris. The “Baseball in Pittsburgh” exhibit opened Saturday and runs through Sept. 22. It includes 25 pictures and 650 more are available for online viewing. Harris photographed legendary players such as Jackie Robinson but also captured fans of the era and even youth league hopefuls. “It wasn’t just famous people. It was ordinary people, women,” said guest curator Sean Gibson, the greatgrandson of Negro League slugger Josh Gibson, who was voted into the baseball Hall of Fame even though he never played in the majors. One picture in the exhibit shows players in the dugout and the nearby fans. “These fans here, they’re in their nice Sunday-best outfits. So it was like an outing for them, a date. You don’t see fans like that nowadays,” Gibson said. Before Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947, talented black players had been limited to the Negro League, which began informally in the mid-1800s and reached its heyday
from the 1920s to the 1940s. Players such as Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell and Gibson barnstormed the country and competed in the Negro League World Series. Louise Lippincott, head of the Harris archive at the museum, notes that Charles “Teenie” Harris had a photographic mission to go beyond the obvious or sensational to capture the essence of daily African-American life in the 20th century. “Teenie was an extraordinary documentary photographer with a great artistic eye,” Lippincott said. Harris helped start the Negro League’s Crawford Colored Giants and played shortstop for a time, but he found his calling as a photographer at the Pittsburgh Courier, a black paper which was distributed nationwide via a network of Pullman train porters. Through the paper, Harris had endless opportunities to chronicle daily life and meet famous and powerful people. Gibson noted that Harris photographed people of all races. There’s a shot of Dominican Horacio Martinez, who played for the New York Cubans, leaping in the air over third base, another of the Rangerettes women softball team and one from the mid1950s showing young players smiling, arms around one another’s shoulders. Gibson said he included a picture of
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Louise Lippincott, the Curator of Fine Arts at the Carnegie Museum of Art, picks up a framed photograph made by Charles “Teenie” Harris at the museum in Pittsburgh. Harris made the image of New York Cubans’ third baseman Horacio Martinez jumping over the base at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh in 1941.
Boston Red Sox hitter Ted Williams and Cuban great Minnie Minoso, partly to honor how Williams spoke out for Negro League stars when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in
1966. “I hope someday Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson will be voted into the Hall of Fame as symbols of the great Negro players who are not here
only because they weren’t given the chance,” Williams said at his induction. By 1972, both had been voted in.
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No. 4 UCLA advances to Sweet 16, will play Florida SAN DIEGO (AP) — UCLA is back in the Sweet 16 for the first time in six seasons, a big step in the right direction for a program whose tradition was tarnished in recent seasons. The Bruins don't want to stop there. "We've had a good overall season but our work isn't done," sophomore forward Kyle Anderson said Sunday after the Bruins beat Stephen F. Austin 77-60 reach the NCAA tournament regionals for the first time since 2008. "They don't hang Sweet 16s up in Pauley." No, they don't. Expectations are always high in Westwood because of the 11 national championship banners hanging in Pauley Pavilion, the first 10 coming under John Wooden and the last one coming in 1995. The fourth-seeded Bruins (28-8) will play Florida, the tournament's overall top seed, in the South Regional semifinals on Thursday in Memphis. "It's a tough turn-around for us and we're going to play arguably the best basketball team in the country right now, but it's good to see us back in that mix and back in that discussion," said first-year coach Steve Alford, who has won as many NCAA tournament games in three days as the Bruins had in the previous five seasons combined. "That's what's been a lot of fun."
Alford replaced Ben Howland, who was fired a year ago after the Bruins lost to Minnesota in their NCAA tournament opener. This is UCLA's first trip to the regionals since Howland got the Bruins to their third straight Final Four in 2008. Florida beat UCLA in the national championship game in 2006 and again in the national semifinals the following season. The Gators also eliminated the Bruins in the second round in 2011. Jordan Adams scored 19 points, Norman Powell had 16 and Anderson had 15 points and eight rebounds. "It's a great feeling," Anderson said. "This is what guys come to UCLA for. A storied program, this is what you want here. We've beaten some good teams lately and now we've got the Florida Gators. This is what I know Jordan and myself came to UCLA for. We're going to have some fun with it." The Bruins have won five straight and seven of eight overall, including an upset of Arizona, the No. 1 seed in the West, in the Pac-12 tournament championship game. "It's a special thing and we're looking forward to next week," said Alford, who helped Indiana win the 1987 national title. "These two guys to my left have
had an awful lot to do with it," he said, referring to Adams and Anderson. "Kyle and Jordan have been tremendous all year with their leadership and they brought and raised the bar for their teammates, and that's a special trait to have." Stephen F. Austin (32-3), the No. 12 seed, was held to 35.1 percent shooting (20 of 57) and had its 29-game winning streak snapped. The Lumberjacks hadn't lost in exactly four months. SFA coach Brad Underwood said the Bruins are "going to have a chance to advance a real long way." Thomas Walkup had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Lumberjacks while Desmond Haymon had 17 points and Nikola Gajic added 10. Haymon's four-point play sent the Lumberjacks into overtime against fifth-seeded VCU on Friday night and SFA won 77-75. The Lumberjacks hadn't lost since Nov. 23, a 66-58 defeat at East Tennessee State. After Wichita State lost to Kentucky to have its 35-game winning streak snapped, SFA's 29-game streak became the nation's longest, for about 3 hours. "I'll say what I told the team — I couldn't be prouder," Underwood said. "We didn't have a great year. We had a year for the history books. ... A
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UCLA forward Kyle Anderson (5) touches hands with a fan after defeating Stephen F. Austin in a third-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 23, 2014, in San Diego. UCLA won 77-60.
29-game winning streak, they don't know how good that really is. That's very, very special." The Lumberjacks head back to Nacogdoches, Texas, at least having earned the first NCAA tournament victory in school history. They are 1-2 overall in two tournament appearances. The Lumberjacks stayed with the Bruins through much of the first half before the mismatch in talent and pedigree became obvious. The Bruins, in the NCAA
tournament for the 46th time, went on a 12-2 run in just less than 3 minutes, starting with a runner in the lane by Alford's son, Bryce. Alford also had a 3-pointer that helped UCLA take a 32-21 lead with 5:44 left. Three-pointers by Deshaunt Walker and Haymon closed the gap to five points before the Bruins finished the half on a 10-5 run to lead 42-32. Tony Parker had two layups and Adams a 3-pointer to help keep the lead in double digits.
Powell, who played at San Diego's Lincoln High, opened the second half with two big plays, a slam dunk and then a coast-to-coast drive with a behind-the-back move followed by a layup for a 46-32 lead. UCLA had 22 assists and only three turnovers. "They annihilated us in transition," Underwood said. "It's not that they're just athletic, they're extremely skilled and very, very unselfish. And they're a very well-coached basketball team."
first time since the days of Ralph Sampson, look ready to go even farther. Now they're headed to New York to face fourth-seeded Michigan State (28-8) on Friday night in the East Regional semifinals at Madison Square Garden. On top of that, it's Virginia — not traditional powers Duke and North Carolina or league newcomer Syracuse — that stands as the Atlantic Coast Conference's only team still alive in the round of 16. The reasons were all on display against a Memphis team eager to speed up the deliberate-paced Cavaliers and score in transition to avoid working against Virginia's stingy set
defense. Instead, coach Tony Bennett's team checked nearly everything off its to-do list, steadily overpowering the Tigers with confident efficiency. The Cavaliers knocked down open looks. They played tough in the paint to contest Tigers' drives. They patiently ran their offense to make Memphis defend deep into the shot clock, then snatched down every loose rebound when the Tigers missed chances to cut into the deficit. There was no sign of the Virginia team that looked out of sorts while falling behind by 10 in the first half Friday against the 16th-seeded Chanticleers. Only the one that put Coastal Carolina away in the final 9
minutes. Harris led the offensive effort that had five players scoring in double figures. Virginia also had a 40-28 advantage on the boards while backed by a loud crowd filled with Cavs fans who made the drive one state south for the start of Virginia's tournament push. Austin Nichols scored 15 points to lead the Tigers, who shot 41 percent — including 3 of 13 from 3-point range — and scored 17 points fewer than their season average. Memphis came in looking for its first trip to the round of 16 since 2009, John Calipari's final year as coach before Josh Pastner took over. The Tigers hadn't made it out of the open-
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racked up two major blocks and 10 rebounds. However Stewart was able to gain her offensive rhythm back as she led the team with 19 total points. Stewart was able to gain her first double-double in the tournament, with 19 points and 10 rebounds. “With Stewie you just kind of let it go,” head coach Geno Auriemma said. “She’s older and smarter and a little bit more mature in her approach and you know that it’s a just a matter of time before she makes four or five plays that nobody else can make.” LaReahn Washington and Alexus Parker led the Panthers with 22 total points, while the rest of the team scored less than ten points
each. Prairie View was 16-64 in field goals and 6-27 behind the arc, while five Huskies were in double-digit points halfway through the second half. UConn is set to play Saint Joseph’s in the secondDAILY round UCONN of the tournament Tuesday, 5”x5.74” March 25 at Gampel Pavilion. RUN DATES:3/1 Tip is set for 7 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN. PR#52-00 “This years team they operate with no doubt. There is no doubt in their minds they are just really confident about how good they are,” Auriemma said. “Are we a better basketball team than we were last year at this time? I don’t know. Time will tell.”
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Virginia players celebrate at halftime during their 78-60 win over Memphis Sunday night.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Joe Harris scored 16 points and topseeded Virginia shot 56 percent to beat Memphis 78-60
on Sunday night, earning its first trip to the NCAA tournament round of 16 in nearly two decades.
Anthony Gill added 13 points for the Cavaliers (30-6), who turned in a dominating performance while controlling the tempo and shutting down the eighth-seeded Tigers (24-10) at nearly every turn. Virginia led by 15 at halftime and pushed that to 27 points late, picking right up where it left off in its strong finish to Friday's tournament-opening win against Coastal Carolina. In what has already been the program's most successful season in decades, Virginia added another milestone: its first regional semifinal appearance since making it to a regional final in 1995. And the Cavaliers, carrying a No. 1 seed for the
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No. 8 Kentucky upsets perfect Wichita State
entire city — and state — on quite a ride. "It really has been a magic-carpet ride, and to have it end, it's something that we're going to have to get used to," Marshall said with a drained voice, "but I still think in retrospect, we'll still look back on it and be so proud." Andrew Harrison had 20 points, Aaron Harrison had 19 and Julius Randle contributed 13 points and 10 rebounds for the No. 8 seed Wildcats (26-10), who AP advanced to face Louisville on Friday in the Midwest Wichita State's Tekele Cotton sits in the locker room after loosing their third-round game against Regional semifinals, at Kentucky at the NCAA college basketball tournament Sunday, March 23, 2014, in St. Louis. long last playing like the preseason No. 1 team in the ST. LOUIS (AP) — Wichita were finally beaten by a team country. State coach Gregg Marshall stocked with NBA prospects, "I've been doing this so long. walked slowly through the line the end coming when Fred I've been in wars," Calipari for post-game handshakes, con- VanVleet's 3-pointer bounced said. "You all understand this gratulating every player from harmlessly off the rim and the was an Elite Eight game. The Kentucky on advancing to the buzzer sounded on a 78-76 loss winner of this should have Sweet 16. to the Wildcats in the third gone to the Final Four." When he shook hands with round of the NCAA tournaThe game matched the bluest John Calipari, the Wildcats' ment. of the blue-bloods, the most coach whispered, "Marvelous Cleanthony Early scored 31 successful program in Division season." points and Ron Baker had 20 I history with eight national Marvelous, indeed. Just not for the Shockers (35-1), who championships, against a gritty quite perfect. hadn't lost since last year's bunch upstarts from Wichita The top-seeded Shockers Final Four while taking an State that was trying to become
the first team to finish off a perfect season since Indiana in 1976. The game went back and forth the entire way, Kentucky finally taking a 73-71 lead when James Young knocked down a 3-pointer with less than 2 minutes to go. Early answered with a basket for Wichita State, and Andrew Harrison made two free throws for Kentucky. Baker banked in a 3 for the Shockers, and Randle made two more foul shots for the Wildcats. "Both teams were making plays," Marshall said. "Back and forth, back and forth." Early's two free throws with 9.8 seconds left got the Shockers within 77-76, and they got their chance to add another chapter to their miraculous story when Andrew Harrison made the second of two free throws and Early pulled down the rebound. VanVleet raced up court and called timeout with 3.2 seconds left. Marshall drew up a play that had Tekele Cotton inbounding the ball to VanVleet, and after a couple dribbles he took a shot from the top of the key. But it was wide the entire way, clank-
ing off the rim and sending the Wildcats pouring onto the court to celebrate. "We just felt so good beating a great team," said Andrew Harrison, who considered sitting the game out after hurting his elbow in a second-round win over Kansas State. The Midwest Regional showdown came after an entertaining undercard matchup that saw Stanford knock off Kansas, and it lived up to every expectation. Kentucky was successful early using its superior size, not only in the paint but also on the perimeter, where the 6-foot6 Harrison twins dwarfed the 5-11 VanVleet. But after the Wildcats took a 19-15 lead midway through the half, Wichita State ramped up its trademark defense, forcing a series of turnovers and getting right back in the game. VanVleet was the catalyst. On one sequence late in the half, he stripped Aaron Harrison and hit Early in transition, and he was fouled slamming over 7-foot Willie Cauley-Stein. Early made the free throw as the Shockers built a 37-31 lead at the half. "I just feel like I'm always
there when my team needs me," said Early, the breakout star of the Shockers' Final Four run a year ago. "We feed off each other in positive ways." Early hit another 3-pointer right out of the locker room to match the Shockers' biggest lead at 40-31. But VanVleet picked up his third foul moments later, and Kentucky took advantage of the Shockers missing their floor general by gradually pulling ahead. "I would have liked to have been a little more aggressive," VanVleet said. "We had to switch some matchups at the end because of my foul trouble. It's hard to play like that." The game remained a backand-forth prizefight the rest of the way, neither team leading by more than five, each answering the other with clutch 3-pointers and pressure-filled free throws. It only made sense that the game would come down to the final possession. "You're going to go through some humps in your life, kind of like this one. It's tough to see us go out like this," Baker said. "At the end of the day, someone's got to go home."
No. 10 Stanford stuns No. 2 Kansas in South ST. LOUIS (AP) — Next stop for Andrew Wiggins, the NBA draft lottery. The Kansas freshman, sensational all season, would just as soon forget what looks to be his college swan song. "I could have done a lot better, I didn't give my team what they needed," Wiggins said after scoring just four points with four turnovers in the second-seeded Jayhawks' 60-57 loss to No. 10 seed Stanford on Sunday in the third round of the South Regional. Just a little more from Wiggins, who had averaged 28 points the previous four games, might have been enough to send Kansas to the round of 16. He didn't get involved at all, hitting just one of six shots. "I let a lot of people down," Wiggins said. "If I would have played better, we wouldn't be in this situation, you know? "I blame myself for this." Jayhawks coach Bill Self expects Kansas to be back in this position soon, just not with Wiggins. "You know, this isn't the worst thing that's going to happen to him in his life," Self said. "If it is, he's had a charmed life, there's no question about that. "I'm sad for our team and I'm sad for him that it wasn't our day or his day today." Stanford's front line might have
thrown off Wiggins, who again didn't have 7-foot center Joel Embiid with him because of a stress fracture in his back. "We don't go against many teams that are bigger than us," Self said. "So they bothered him with length. And I think he had an off-game, too." Dwight Powell had 15 points and seven rebounds and Stanford wrapped up its second straight upset at the free throw line. Chasson Randle added 13 points, six steals and four assists for the Cardinal (23-12), who advanced to the round of 16 for the first time since 2008 — also their last NCAA appearance. They beat No. 7 seed New Mexico on Friday. Stanford will play 11th-seeded Dayton, which beat No. 3 Syracuse 55-53, in the round of 16 in Memphis, Tenn. Kansas was the second No. 2 seed to be eliminated. Villanova lost 77-65 to seventh-seeded Connecticut in the East Regional. Tarik Black had 18 points and six rebounds for the Jayhawks, but he fouled out with 5:25 to go. "Besides Tarik, I don't think we did a good job finishing at the rim," forward Jamari Traylor said. "Those guys are pretty long. "I don't know what it was, but we just couldn't buy a basket." Conner Frankamp had 12 points on four 3-pointers, the last two in
the final 23 seconds to make it close after Stanford had pulled ahead by seven. Stanford was 9 for 12 at the free throw line over the final 2:04 and needed all those points. Frankamp's second 3-pointer narrowed the gap to 59-57 with 14.9 seconds left. Anthony Brown hit one of two free throws with 12.9 seconds and Frankamp banged a third 3-point attempt off the glass near the buzzer in a bid to tie it. "No, I knew when that left my hands I was off," Frankamp said. "Didn't get a great look at it." Kansas went to a full-court press down five points with about 11 minutes to play and forced five turnovers the next 6 minutes to tie it. Kansas had been 0 for 10 from 3-point range for the tournament, seven of the misses against Eastern Kentucky, before Frankamp connected with 3:34 to go in the half. Frankamp hit another one just before the halftime buzzer off a turnover to put the Jayhawks up 24-22, their first lead of the game. They trailed most of the first half against Eastern Kentucky, too, before pulling away for an 80-69 victory. Powell hit his first shot on a drive after going 0 for 8 against New Mexico on Friday. He had 10 points before drawing his fourth foul early in the second half.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tennessee came to Tobacco Road and turned it into "Raleigh Top." Jarnell Stokes had 17 points and a career-high-tying 18 rebounds, and the Volunteers denied Mercer a second straight upset in the NCAA tournament by routing the Bears 83-63 on Sunday night. Josh Richardson had a careerhigh 26 points and Antonio Barton had 18 for the 11thseeded Vols (24-12), who outrebounded Mercer 41-19 and kept the Southeastern Conference perfect in the tournament. They joined Florida and Kentucky in the round of 16 — the first time three SEC teams made it that far since 2007. Tennessee will face secondseeded Michigan (27-8) in a Midwest Regional semifinal Friday night in Indianapolis. Stokes broke his 2-day-old school tournament record for rebounds. Langston Hall had 15 points to lead the 14th-seeded Bears (27-9). They knocked off Duke in the signature upset of the tournament but couldn't answer Tennessee's size. Mercer trailed by double figures for the entire second half before the Bears threatened to give themselves yet another fantastic finish. They had the ball down 12 with about 2½ minutes left when Jakob Gollon — one of the heroes of the Duke upset two days earlier — threw the ball away in the lane, then fouled out a few seconds later. Jordan McRae hit two free
throws, and Richardson added a fast-break layup to push the Tennessee lead to 77-61 with 1½ minutes left. McRae finished with 13 points for the Volunteers, who have won eight of nine with the only loss coming to the top-ranked Gators in the SEC tournament. They are in the round of 16 for the fourth time in eight years, and the third team to go from the First Four to the Sweet 16 since the introduction of the extra round in 2011. They also got a bit of payback: Mercer ended Tennessee's season last year with a 75-67 win in the first round of the NIT. Ike Nwamu scored 12 points, Anthony White Jr. had 11 and Daniel Coursey added 10 for
Mercer, the plucky Atlantic Sun Conference school trying to match Florida Gulf Coast's run last year to the regional semifinals. The Bears drew a perfect matchup for their first game — and couldn't have had a worse one for their second. They were bigger, more experienced and more precise than a Duke team loaded with high school All-Americans and a leaky defense, carving them up down the stretch in a 78-71 victory that ranks among the top upsets in the history of the tournament. Mercer starts five seniors and has seven on the roster — but the Bears were down one with 6-foot-11 Monty Brown out with a possible concussion.
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Stanford's Josh Huestis, left, and Dwight Powell, right, celebrate as Kansas' Tarik Black (25) watches in the background during the Cardinal's 60-57 victory over the Jayhawks in the third round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Stanford plays Dayton Saturday.
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Otto, the Syracuse mascot, looks on as the Orange, the No. 3 seed in the South Region for the NCAA Tournament, lost to No. 11 Dayton 55-53 Saturday night at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y.
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HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Clarkson ended Minnesota’s two-year run as NCAA women’s hockey champions. Shannon MacAulay scored on a breakaway with 4:16 left in the third to help give Clarkson a 5-4 victory on Sunday. The Golden Knights are the first team aside from Wisconsin, Minnesota Duluth or Minnesota to win the national title in women’s hockey. “I think we deserved this,” MacAulay said. “We worked hard all year for it. “Yeah, Minnesota won two years in a row. That didn’t mean anything to us.” The Golden Knights (31-5-5) kept blocking shots, stayed in it even after the Gophers first took a lead, then came back to tie it after Clarkson put a quick run together late in the first and early in the second. Erica Howe’s 34 saves helped clinch it. “We didn’t care how many national championships they’d won,” captain Carly Mercer said. “This was our year.” Minnesota (38-2-1) came in unbeaten in 26 games. That followed a 62-game winning streak, including last year’s perfect season. When Maryanne Menefee (power play) and Rachael Bona (off her skate, checked by video review) scored quickly to tie it at 3 in the second, it looked as if the Gophers would soon be back on top yet again. But it was Clarkson senior defenseman Vanessa Plante breaking the tie with 8:28 left in the game, taking a pass at the point from Vanessa Gagnon after Patty Kazmaier Award winner Jamie Lee Rattray gained the zone. MacAulay stole the puck and scored on a nifty move on a breakaway, and Clarkson had all it needed, even after Minnesota tried to rally. “It’s obviously tough to be in this situation,” Minnesota coach Brad Frost said. “We’ve been on the other end of it. We know how great it feels. “Our kids were successful. They were so successful,” he added. “The culture of our team is unbelievable.” Sarah Davis gave Minnesota a 1-0 lead off Bona’s faceoff win in the first period, and the Gophers continued to dominate until Clarkson defenseman Renata Fast carried up the left wing to the back of the net and threw the puck to the front to get a faceoff with 1:30 left. Christine Lambert drove to the net off that draw to put away the rebound of a MacAulay shot to make it 1-1. Shelby Nisbet scored on a deflection just over a minute later, and on a power play to open the second, Rattray scored to give Clarkson a 3-1 lead. “That was really frustrating,” Frost said, “being up 1-0 and playing really well, I thought. “I felt we carried play up to the 18:37 mark.” Minnesota got back to the national final, Frost noted, despite losing six seniors, three of whom played in the Olympics, along with two other Olympians for the season.
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March 29 Raleigh Relays All day
What's On TV NHL: Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins, 7:30 p.m., NBC Sports The greatest rivalry on ice takes center stage Monday night, as the Bruins and Canadiens meet in Boston. There is no team in sports hotter than the Bruins right now. Boston has won 12 games in a row, are in the lead for the Presidents’ Trophy and are the only team in the Eastern Conference with a playoff ticket punched. AP
Clarkson stops Minnesota’s reign, wins title
Montreal is chasing Boston and Tampa Bay in the Atlantic.
Women’s Basketball: Notre Dame vs. Arizona State, 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 The unbeaten Irish are four wins away from a potential battle for perfection with UConn. Standing in their way: Arizona State, who took care of Vanderbilt in the first round. For Notre Dame, a win means that it will pursue another trip to the Final Four in front of a home crowd, as the Irish’s regional goes through South Bend, Ind. AP
Riding a six game winning streak, the UConn baseball team was hot entering the beginning of conference play against South Florida. UConn’s streak was halted by the Bulls, however, as South Florida took two out of three games from the Huskies to open the American Conference schedule. The Huskies’ offense struggled in the weekend opener, only grabbing two hits off the Bulls’ pitching staff in a 2-1 loss. South Florida’s Jimmy Herget tossed a gem for the Bulls, taking a no-hit bid into the eighth inning. Herget’s no-hit bid was broken up when UConn freshman Aaron Hill notched an infield single. Blake Davey recorded the other hit for the Huskies. Freshman Anthony Kay made his first college start on Friday. Kay pitched five-plus innings, allowing one run on three hits with six strikeouts and five walks. Anthony Marzi took the mound on Saturday, throwing 7.2 innings, allowing three runs off three hits. Marzi struck out nine batters and in the process moved into 10th place all-time in UConn history with 180 career strikeouts. Marzi needs just one more strikeout to move past John Kelly for ninth in program history. After failing to reach base for the first time in 27 games on Friday, Vinny Siena led the Huskies on offense on Saturday with three hits. Bobby Melley drove in UConn’s
first run in the eighth inning by getting hit by a pitch. Bryan Daniello then bounced into a double play that drove in the second run for the Huskies. Down by four runs in the ninth, the Huskies threatened with runners at the corners but couldn’t convert. Brian Ward was able to save the weekend for the Huskies on the mound on Sunday. Ward took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and finished with a final stat line of 6.2 innings, allowing two runs and three hits in the 4-2 victory. UConn jumped to an early lead in the first inning. After Siena and Blake Davey each reached base with a single, Melley brought both of them home with a double of his own. In the fourth inning, Ryan Sullivan tripled and eventually scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-0, and the Huskies quickly scored another in the fifth inning to make it 4-0. The Bulls did not go quietly, though. South Florida tacked on two runs in the bottom of the seventh. Head coach Jim Penders pulled Ward in favor of David Mahoney to close the deal for the Huskies. UConn (11-10, 1-2 American) will have a quick turnaround, as they will be back on the diamond on Tuesday to face the Hartford Hawks at J.O. Christian Field for their first home game of the year.
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It’s safe to say this isn’t what head coach Karen Mullins was hoping for this season from UConn softball. The Huskies (5-20, 0-3 American) continued to struggle in their AAC opener against No. 25 USF (29-8, 3-0) in Tampa, Fla., dropping all three games to the Bulls this weekend. The losses came at the end of a rough road trip in Florida over spring break, where UConn dropped two to Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday and another to Florida Atlantic on Thursday. In the first game of the series, junior Lauren Duggan was on the mound for the Huskies and kept USF’s offensive in check for the first four innings, only giving up two earned runs. UConn found itself in an even worse situation–offensively speaking, at least–as USF pitching ace Sara Nevins threw a perfect game through the first five innings, preventing the Huskies from retaliating. Duggan lost control of the game in the top of the fifth, when she gave up four runs to the Bulls, bringing her day to an end after 4.1 innings. Sophomore Alyson Ambler came in for Duggan in the fifth and kept the Bulls from scoring again. Even though the Huskies managed to break up Nevins’ perfect game and score a pair of runs in the next two innings, it was not enough to keep the Bulls from seizing a 6-2 win. In the second game, senior Katelyn Callahan only lasted 1.1 innings before freshman Kayla Doty
came in to relieve her. Callahan gave up two earned runs, two walks and a hit by pitch before being pulled. Doty gave up four more runs, plus another coming unearned, in the next four innings. The Huskies were down 7-1 before mounting a heroic comeback effort in the top of the seventh that fell just short. Back-to-back hit by pitches and a single from Maddy Schiappa loaded the bases with just one out, giving UConn the opportunity to strike. Emily O’Donnell drove the ball into right field, bringing in two runs for the Huskies, who were still down 7-3. Next up was senior Audrey Grinnell, who hit her fourth threerun home run of the season, cutting the lead to just one run. Unfortunately for the Huskies, the magic stopped there, as Ambler grounded out and sophomore Lexi Gifford struck out to end the game– a 7-6 win for USF– and UConn’s Saturday in Tampa. The next morning, UConn was still looking to get its first conference win of the season, but did not find it in the third game of the series. The Huskies faced USF’s Nevins for the second time in the series, and this time she had her revenge, pitching a five-inning, no-hit, mercy-rule shutout. She gave up just two walks in the 8-0 win for the Bulls. Next up for UConn is in-state rival Sacred Heart in the Huskies’ first home game of the season on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
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CLOSER TO PERFECTION UConn dominates Prairie View A&M in first round
Tyler Morrissey Tis the season for buzzer beaters, dramatic overtime games and for work productivity to come to a grinding halt. March Madness only comes once a year, and, like children on Christmas morning, sports fans are savoring every last bit of it. While on a flight back from sunny Fort Lauderdale, Fla last week for spring break, I– like many folks on my plane bound for Bradley International Airport–was trying to get whatever updates I could about the games in progress. While scrolling through score after score, a headline from ESPN caught my attention. The headline read, “Jim Calhoun interested in BC job.” Say it ain’t so. Recently, Boston College head coach Steve Donahue was relieved of his duties after leading the Eagles to an 8-24 record. This lackluster record was preceded by a dismal 9-22. Boston College finds themselves in one of the premier college basketball conferences in the country, the Atlantic Coast Conference. Coaching in the ACC is an attractive job to anybody looking to make a name for themselves. According to ESPN and the Hartford Courant, Calhoun is not currently talking to any school in particular; however, the 71-year-old coaching legend has not ruled out the possibility of returning to the sidelines. Why BC? It makes sense on paper. Calhoun is from Braintree, a small suburb outside Boston. He played college basketball at American International College in Springfield and made his coaching debut in 1972 with the Northeastern Huskies. What many people seem to forget is the bad blood between Calhoun and BC that stems back to 2003, when the Eagles left the original Big East for the ACC. Calhoun was quoted as saying that he would never play Boston College as long as he was UConn’s head coach. While tensions between UConn and Boston College have thawed since the Eagles’ departure, I can’t see the powers that be at BC allowing Calhoun to set foot on the sidelines of Conte Forum. There is no mending that relationship. As far as Calhoun coaching again for another school, I am not opposed to it. With 873 wins, Calhoun is just six wins away from passing Dean Smith on the list of all-time winningest coaches. Even if Calhoun coaches again with another it team, what he did at UConn will always be his legacy. Before the Calhoun era, UConn was just a state college in the middle of a town that nobody outside the state had heard of. If Calhoun wants to roam the sidelines again, it’s okay to root for him. It’s highly unlikely he will take command of a rival school. The only thing that concerns me is his health. With his long history of medical issues, coaching–especially in the intense way that Calhoun does–may not be in the cards. In the meantime, you can find the Huskies’ former fearless leader sitting courtside next to Warde Manuel or in the stands nearby. You can take Calhoun out of UConn, but you will never take UConn out of Calhoun. Follow Tyler on Twitter @ TylerRMorrissey
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The UConn women’s basketball team swiftly moved past Prairie View in the first round of the NCAA Tournament as the Huskies defeated the Panthers 87-45. Stefanie Dolson racked up eight of the first 13 points for the Huskies, while the Panthers missed the first nine attempts from the field. Gabrielle Scott snapped the scoring drought for the Panthers as she sank a jump shot five minutes into the game. “I think we are just really in sync when we are out there on the floor. We have great chemistry so when we are out there on the floor we know what the other person is going to do before they do it so you just see how well we play out there,” Bria Hartley said. “We all contribute to help each other out and its great where we have a team like this where everyone can contribute and everyone plays really well. Prairie View’s top scorer, Jeanette Jackson was held scoreless in the first half and two total points, a far cry from her average 19.4 points per game. UConn’s defense was crippling as they racked up seven blocks, seven steals and 52 rebounds in the game leaving Prairie View fighting for points.
UConn guard Brianna Banks throws up a shot during the Huskies’ first round game in the NCAA Tournament against Prairie View A&M at Gampel Pavilion Sunday night. The Huskies defeated the Panthers 87-44 to advance to the second round against St. Joseph’s on Tuesday at Gampel Pavilion.
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Some teams might struggle in the opening minutes of a game following a 12-day layoff. But the UConn women’s basketball team certainly remembered how to score in a 87-44 win over No. 16 seed Prairie View on Sunday. “Sometimes, I’m surprised how some teams come out and don’t have energy for the first game of the NCAA tournament,’’ guard Bria Hartley said Saturday. ‘’I think there should be a lot of excitement in that. We focus on what we do and what we’re doing on the court.’’ The Huskies, who hadn’t played since taking down Louisville in the American Athletic Conference title game March 10, opened up a 15-point lead before the Lady Panthers managed their first bucket 5:33 into the NCAA tournament first round contest. Stefanie Dolson, who missed five days of practice last week due to a flu-like illness and a severe
head cold, looked particularly sharp in the early going. She produced eight of UConn’s first 10 points. “My teammates definitely found me, and Coach put an emphasis on getting the ball in the paint tonight,” Dolson said. “So I knew I was going to get it, I just did my best to finish it.” The senior center tallied 11 points, the 11th time she’s cracked double-digits in 17 the Big Dance, and six boards. She did, however, look like a player who had missed some practice time during the later stages of the game. “I just have to build my shape back,” Dolson said. “Get my legs and my lungs back. But it’s definitely coming, I felt better than I thought I would tonight.” Turnover bugaboo One area of the Huskies’ game that was affected by the long layoff was their ball control. “We turned the ball over too much,” Bria Hartley said. “There were times when we were kind of trying to forces passes or make something happen without reading
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — DeAndre Kane drove for the game-winning layup with 1.6 seconds left and No. 3 seed Iowa State beat North Carolina 85-83 on Sunday, advancing to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2000. The Cyclones (28-7) head to Madison Square Garden next week to face No. 7 seed Connecticut in the East Regional semifinals. The Tar Heels (24-10) are gone in the NCAA tournament’s opening weekend for the first time in consecutive seasons under coach Roy Williams. North Carolina’s Nate Britt raced the ball up court after Kane’s basket, but time expired before he could reach midcourt and call a timeout. Officials huddled for several minutes reviewing clock replays before rul-
ing the game was over. Right away Williams — who collapsed his hands on his knees as Britt dribbled toward him and the buzzer sounded — shook Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg’s hand as North Carolina began absorbing a last-second heartbreaker. Kane finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds. It was just the kind of big game the Cyclones needed without forward Georges Niang, who broke his foot in Friday’s win against North Carolina Central. The 6-foot-7 sophomore sat on the bench wearing a bulky boot while the Cyclones tried their best without their third-leading scorer and tallest starter. Marcus Paige led North Carolina with 19 points
the defense.” While the Panthers may have gotten dominated on the scoreboard, one area they did manage to best UConn was in the turnover column. Prairie View turned the ball over just 11 times against the Huskies while forcing the overall No. 1 seed into 18 possession-ending miscues. That carelessness with the ball had Auriemma looking exasperated on the sidelines at various points throughout the night. “It’s hard to not be in game mode, being off for two weeks and to kind of jump back into it and be exactly where you were before,” Dolson said. “We all got better during practice, but this game was a great to get our chemistry back and fix some things going forward.” Happy birthday boy Auriemma turned 60 on Saturday and, as usual, his team gave him the gift of a win – then they added a rendition of “Happy Birthday” in the background of his ESPN postgame interview. Over the past five seasons,
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UConn guard Saniya Chong dribbles the ball Sunday against Prairie View A&M. Chong had nine points, four rebounds and two assists in the Huskies’ win at Gampel Pavilion.
UConn has played three games on Auriemma’s birthday and won all three by an average of 55.7 points. “It was cool,” Hartley said about winning on the coach’s birthday. “I think we had fun. I think we sang to him probably three or four times now–I think we’re tired of it.” Apparently, Dolson revealed, the Huskies also made their coach something of a birthday video
that they presented to him earlier Sunday. The players, however, have said it likely won’t be released on YouTube like some of their prior productions. “I think it was more of just a present for him,” Dolson said. “He can keep it–and then we’ll make a few copies for ourselves.”
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Iowa State tops UNC, will face UConn at the Garden and Kennedy Meeks had 15 points and 13 rebounds. But North Carolina played nearly the entire game without forward Brice Johnson, who sprained ankle in the opening minutes.
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recent opponents — Williams and Paige had spoken of relishing the chance to finally hit the gas against the similarly up-tempo Cyclones. But this was no track meet. Undersized Iowa State bottled up the Tar Heels before they could run and bombarded them with 3-pointers (12 of 26) instead of quick baskets. The first dunk came from Kane, not the high-flying Tar Heels, and not until 12 minutes into the game after a handful of bungled North Carolina fast breaks. Niang’s injury left Hoiberg with a tough choice: go small with his best remaining five or a put a little-used big man in place of his star sophomore. He opted for size over another shooter, giving 6-foot-8 forward Daniel
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The team said X-rays were negative, but the Tar Heels’ third-leading scorer never returned. Big 12 player of the year Melvin Ejam had 19 points for the Cyclones and Monte Morris added 13. The Tar Heels crave a fast pace, and — after dealing with the grind-it-out style of
Edozie his first career start. Edozie missed the only two shots he tried and grabbed four rebounds. But Johnson’s bum ankle cut North Carolina down a size on its own. Johnson, who came in averaging 10.6 points and is the Tar Heels’ second-leading rebounder, tumbled to the floor with North Carolina up 12-7. He sat on the bench before hobbling to the locker room, and while the team said X-rays were negative, it announced just before the second half that he wouldn’t return. Coincidental or not, the Cyclones got hot the moment Johnson left the game. They shook off a 1-for10 start from the floor and erased a seven-point deficit in less than 1 ½ minutes. After that, neither team led by more than single digits.