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UConn students ‘Get out the vote’ to vote, resulting in 5,000 votes generated by the campaign. A lofty goal perhaps, but Ortiz’s offer of free – yes, free – t-shirts to those who sign-up eliminates the majority of that seemingly excessive ambition. How could that not work on a college campus? Even if all the voters care about are free shirts, Ortiz is determined to have a high UConn voter turnout. With a unique perspective as both
politician and a current student, the number of Huskies at the polls has a significant affect on him. Students “need to show that people at UConn are a force that needs to be respected as a group of citizens,” Ortiz said. He then added to those who are looking for a more practical reason to cast a vote, “the number of student who vote
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If the juxtaposition of withering leaves and spry political science professors has yet to remind you, Jason Ortiz and Brien Buckman will. Election day, Nov.2 is fast approaching – which leaves the two 54th District campaigners only 32 days to convince perennial
non-voters to vote and add a suggestion or two about who for. The two young politicians, along with both partisan and non-partisan university clubs, wish to make the times particularly seasonal. The Connecticut Student Public Interest Research Group (ConnPIRG), a nonpartisan pro-activity group, is in the midst of its “New Voters Project.” The project
reaches out to those who, due to age restrictions or other reasons, have never voted. The methods of increasing voter turnout are limited but simple: registering voters and encouraging voters. Jason Ortiz will launch the “500 Strong for Jason Ortiz” campaign in the upcoming week. Ortiz hopes to have 500 people sign-up for the project. Those 500 will then register 10 of their friends
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Soldier/blogger Matt Gallagher spoke at the Dodd Center on Thursday about his experience in Iraq and his upcoming book ‘Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War.’
Veteran speaks about war experience, new book In 2007, Lieutenant Matt Gallagher googled counterinsurgency, stumbled upon military blogs and began reading. Two weeks before he left for Iraq, Gallagher started his own blog about his experiences in the military. Three years later, his blog,
titled “Kaboom: A Soldier’s War Journal,” transformed into a book called “Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War.” Gallagher spoke at UConn yesterday about his experience in Iraq, his blog and his book. Gallagher described the early days of his blog as short posts that resembled travel writing. “I only did it three or four days a week when I had time to jot something down and then
went back to the war effort,” Gallagher said. He began to think of the blog as more than that after a massive firefight in the village broke out. “I do my debrief and I try to go to sleep, couldn’t sleep, so I hammered out a blog post and looked at it,” Gallagher said. “It made me feel better. I was trying to piece together a messy situation and make sense of it, even
though it didn’t make sense.” Gallagher continued to post updates every three to four days and, as the months ticked on, his readership began to grow to include more than just family and friends. “I was hoping to fill the gulf between American society in general and the American military,” Gallagher said.
HARTFORD. (AP) — Tougher penalties for drivers who violate Connecticut’s cell phone ban and streamlined environmental permitting for development projects are among the new state laws set to kick in on Friday. Most of the new laws were passed during this year’s regular session of the General Assembly. Connecticut currently bans using hand-held mobile telephones and other devices while driving. This latest law eliminates a one-time exemption from a state fine for
first-time violators who provide proof they acquired a hands-free device for the phone between the time the violation occurred and the fine was imposed. The new law also makes it clear that the ban also applies to texting while driving. “There can be no more ‘grace period’ for a motorist caught using a hand-held phone in their car and if you get caught texting, you pay,” said Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who advocated for the changes during the session. “There
is nothing that urgent that is worth a life.” The new law also increases penalties for repeat offenders — $100 for first-time violators, $150 for second offenders and $200 for subsequent violations. Democratic state legislators on Thursday lauded the new law aimed at making it easier for economic development projects to receive state environmental permit approvals. Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney, D-New Haven, said Connecticut can attract and
retain businesses to locate and expand here if there’s less red tape. The new law requires the Department of Environmental Protection to make “all reasonable efforts” to review initial applications problems within 60 days and issue a tentative approval or denial for permits within 180 days. It also creates a new permit ombudsman office in the Department of Economic and Community Development to help expedite certain DEP permit applications.
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Election Day is around the corner once again, and if you are interested in voting you only have about a month to register to vote. The Connecticut state elections are taking place on Nov. 2, but eligible voters only have until Tuesday, Oct. 26 to register or else you will not be able to participate in this year’s upcoming election. The Secretary of the State of Connecticut, Susan Bysiewicz, has been active in reminding U.S. citizens of age 18 or above that they are eligible to register to vote. “The leaders we choose today and the decisions they make will affect each and every one of us, so it is imperative that Connecticut voters don’t sit on the sidelines. Go online, contact your registrar of voters office, make sure your forms are mailed in by Oct. 19 or delivered in-person by Oct. 26 so your voice can be heard on Nov. 2,” Bysiewicz said. Even though it is not a presidential election year, it is still important that you register to vote and then do so. If you want your voice to be heard when it comes to running the state, then it is imperative you head to the polls on Nov. 2, Bysiewicz said. Several important positions in Connecticut’s state government are up for election this year, such as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Comptroller, Chris Dodd’s Senate seat and the representatives in Congress for districts one through five. “Yeah I’m registered and yes I’m going to vote,” said BJ Gunther, a 3rd-semester economics major. “I want to play a part in the elections and I want my voice heard to get the right person elected. Plus, you can’t criticize about how the government is if you don’t vote.” Currently there are 2,001,389 registered to vote in Connecticut, with at least 52,528 new voters registered this year so far. The majority of registered voters are registered as unaffiliated with 831,962, as well as newly registered voters making up 23,128 of the total number. Democrats account for 743,580 registered voters and Republicans account for 413,854 registered voters. The last day to register to vote in person at town offices is Oct. 26 or if by mail, the envelope must be postmarked for Nov. 19 at the latest. For more information about how to register, visit the secretary of the state’s website.
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What’s on at UConn this weekend... Friday Toy Story 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Student Union Theater
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Start your weekend off right with the Pixar classic Toy Story.
Enjoy free coffee and refreshments at the Rainbow Center’s weekly coffee hour.
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LITCHFIELD, (AP) — Police say a 79-year-old Connecticut woman was trapped in her car for more than three hours after it veered off a road and rolled into a Litchfield swamp. Police say Barbara Rivers of Morris was taken to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington for treatment of a shoulder injury after the incident Wednesday. A utility worker helped police find Morris when he saw faint tire marks in the grass. Officers determined her car veered off the road and into the woods, struck a tree and rolled onto its side in a shallow swamp. She was rescued when emergency workers used hydraulic tools to cut the roof off her car. Information about her condition was not immediately available Thursday.
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will result in a direct dollar amount that goes to the university.” Brien Buckman, who will appear along side Ortiz in the ballot, combines his efforts with others in the UConn Votes Coalition, which is literally a coalition of students and student groups that actively register voters. To Buckman, even if a vote isn’t good to his campaign, it is good for his state.
Man convicted in UConn rape, attempted rape
ROCKVILLE, (AP) — A Vernon man has been convicted of sexual assault and kidnapping charges in the rape of a University of Connecticut student and the attempted rape of another woman on the Storrs campus. The Rockville Superior Court jury convicted 25-year-old Robert Morgan Wednesday after a day and a half of deliberations. A judge set sentencing for Dec. 2. Morgan faces the possibility of decades behind bars. The Hartford Courant reports that Morgan showed no emotion as the six-person jury announced the verdict. Authorities say the former parcel delivery driver attacked a UConn senior who was walking on a campus path, dragged her into a wooded area and sexually assaulted her in September 2008. Police say he also tried to do the same to another woman in June 2009, but she fought him off.
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Arizona says it has drugs for Oct. 26 execution
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials say they have all three drugs needed for a scheduled Oct. 26 execution that would be the state’s first execution since 2007. There’s a nationwide shortage of one of the drugs and the Arizona Supreme Court had set a Friday deadline for the Department of Corrections to report whether it could get all three drugs. Department Director Charles Ryan says in a letter to the chief justice DOC “possesses a sufficient quantity of all the drugs necessary to carry out an execution.” The Supreme Court set the deadline on Sept. 21 when it issued an execution warrant for Jeffrey Landrigan. He was sentenced to death for the 1989 strangulation and stabbing death of an acquaintance, Chester Dyer of Phoenix.
Feds want charges dropped against Afghan
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to drop charges against an Afghan man whose brother-in-law was Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard. Ahmadullah Niazi was charged in 2009 with lying about ties to terrorist groups on his citizenship application. Court papers filed Wednesday show the U.S. attorney’s office has asked to drop the charges. Niazi had been charged during an investigation aided by former FBI informant Craig Monteilh, who infiltrated a mosque in Southern California. Monteilh later filed a lawsuit alleging he was mistreated by the agency. Monteilh spied on mosques for the FBI for more than a year from 2006 to 2007.
Agriculture Department: Corn prices falling (AP) — Corn prices are slumping as a government report is concluding inventories are higher than expected heading into the current harvest season. Corn prices lost 9.25 cents to settle Thursday at $4.9575 a bushel. Wheat also is down but soybeans are higher. Corn prices have rallied recently on expectations that the U.S. crop will fall short of expectations even as global demand remains strong. The Agriculture Department says corn stocks totaled 1.71 billion bushels as of Sept. 1. Most analysts predicted the stocks would be about 1.407 billion bushels.
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Don Blankenship speaks at the end of the first full day of the Bluefield Coal Symposium in Bluefield, W.Va. Massey Energy chief Don Blankenship says the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration isn’t making a genuine effort to investigate the explosion.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal investigators damaged evidence in the deadly explosion at West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch coal mine, owner Massey Energy Co. charged Thursday. Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration investigators intentionally disturbed a 36-foot crack found near the cutting head of a mining machine at the mine’s main production section, Massey said. The action damaged “a vital piece of evidence,” Massey charged in a lengthy letter released to update its version of the investigation. MSHA and West Virginia’s mine safety agency are conducting a joint civil investigation of the April 5 explosion, which killed 29 miners and injured two. The blast — the worst at a U.S. coal mine since 1970 — also is the subject of a federal criminal probe. Government investigators suspect the blast started with methane and raced through the mine as it fed on loose coal dust. Massey maintains the crack probably unleashed a flood of
methane that overwhelmed safeguards at the underground mine 51 miles south of Charleston. The letter also repeats Massey’s accusations that MSHA forced the company to weaken the mine’s ventilation system by reducing air flows in the months before the blast and barring the use of dust collecting devices known as scrubbers. Massey had been cited several times for safety violations involving scrubbers at Upper Big Branch, according to MSHA records. “Despite our repeated efforts to engage with MSHA and persuade it to allow Massey to turn the scrubbers back on, the agency has refused,” Massey said. MSHA and the company have engaged in a public war of words for months. MSHA officials have dismissed the crack as a factor in the explosion, though they say methane could have entered the mine through another crack. MSHA spokeswoman Amy Louviere said Thursday the crack appeared to be the result of normal geologic stress.
“Whether or not the crack was a source of methane will be examined as part of the investigation,” Louviere said. “However, there’s no reason for anyone to die because of a methane inundation. Adequate ventilation can ensure that methane does not reach dangerous levels.” Massey’s letter also conceded “mistakes” at the mine. “We have discovered mistakes that were made at UBB and have moved to fix them. While we do not believe these mistakes contributed in any way to the accident, we are disclosing them in the interests of transparency and accountability,” Massey said. The letter cited two mistakes that Massey said didn’t violate the law and one that did: bringing equipment into parts of the mine where it’s not allowed. Massey said MSHA broke the same rules: “This may have been the result of confusion for some people who may not have known that recent ventilation changes had altered what was permissible,” the company said.
“State elections have a much greater impact on daily life than do the presidential elections.” – Brien Buckman
“State elections have a much greater impact on daily life than do the presidential elections,” Buckman said, arguing against those who don’t vote simply because it is not a presidential year. “We have a lot of choices to make as a state [to improve the budget, improve education], we have a staggering economy when it comes to small business, this is one of the most important elections for our state, I’d strongly encourage people to vote.” While neither Buckman nor Ortiz has current possession of state office, they share a rare distinction as student candidates. For now, the most they can do in that position is talk to those who don’t give a care about the election and make them give it a thought.
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Blog shut down after controversy from VETERAN, page 1 Six months after starting the blog, Gallagher wrote about a superior officer who yelled at him. After he portrayed the officer in unfavorable way, his blog was shut down. This led to a controversy and a story in the Washington Post about the incident. While still in Iraq, agents and publishers approached Gallagher about a book deal, which resulted in “Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War.” According to Gallagher, the first draft of the book took about four months to write, with about 5 percent of the book coming from actual blog posts, another 5 percent similar to blog content and the rest new. Gallagher read two passages from the book – one funny and the other more ambiguous. “Obviously, the short-sighted intent was telling our story and
getting out there,” Gallagher said. “My soldiers did some very brave things and their family and friends should know about it.”
“My soldiers did some very brave things and their family and friends should know about it.” – Matt Gallagher Gallagher also described the book as a way to help other “cheeky young platoon leaders” hearing the word insurgency thrown around. “The reception has been
very positive it’s been overwhelming,” Gallagher said. “The people I appreciate hearing from most are veterans who maybe weren’t in Iraq with me, but who have had similar experiences. I find it very fulfilling.” He answered questions from the audience about the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, the effect the war has had on Iraq and the Iraqi people and the realities of coming home from war. Stephen Dyson, an assistant professor of political science at UConn, was responsible for bringing Gallagher to campus. “I saw Matt on the TV, on CSPAN. The program finished at 10 p.m. on a Sunday and I e-mailed Matt at 10:01,” Dyson said. “I hope that it gave a picture of a war that Americans stopped thinking about a long time ago. It’s important to recognize what it means when
one goes to war. When presidents make decisions, it has real consequences and consequences for guys like Matt and his platoon.” Andrew Wine, a 3rd-semester political science major, attended the lecture after reading Gallagher’s book. “I read the book so it was enjoying to see it come full circle and come from the horse’s mouth what actually happened,” Wine said. “I also feel like there’s not enough publicity about the war and it’s important people realize that, even though we have a volunteer army, people should get involved with veteran organizations or in another way.” Gallagher is currently going to school for Middle Eastern studies and is working on a fiction novel.
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Pakistan cuts NATO supply line after border firing
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan closed the Khyber Pass supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan after a coalition helicopter attack mistakenly killed three Pakistani soldiers at a border post Thursday, raising tensions in a vital relationship for both Islamabad and Washington. A lengthy ban on supply trucks would place intense strain on the U.S.-Pakistani relationship and hurt the Afghan war effort. But that was seen as unlikely, as neither Islamabad nor Washington can afford a meltdown in ties at a crucial time in the 9-yearold war. Briefly closing the route would serve a different purpose — a timely reminder by Pakistan of the leverage it has over the United States in Afghanistan just as the American-led coalition there is under growing public and political pressure to show success. The blockade left 150 trucks lined up along the fabled Khyber Pass carrying fuel, military vehicles, spare parts, clothing and other non-lethal supplies for foreign troops. Pakistan’s other main route into landlocked Afghanistan, in Chaman in the southeast, stayed open. While NATO and the United
States have alternative supply routes into Afghanistan, the Pakistani ones are the cheapest and most convenient. Some 80 percent of the coalition’s non-lethal supplies are transported over Pakistani soil after being unloaded at docks in Karachi, a port city in the south. It was the third time in less than a week that NATO choppers in pursuit of militants behind attacks on coalition bases have crossed over the Pakistani border and fired on targets. Pakistani officials had warned after the earlier strikes that they would stop allowing NATO convoys if it happened again. The NATO attacks follow a recent surge in missile strikes by CIA drones at Taliban and al-Qaida militants taking shelter in Pakistan out of reach of U.S. ground forces. While the Pakistani leadership has quietly accepted drone strikes over the last three years and even provides intelligence for some of them, closing the border crossing was a clear signal it will not compromise on allowing foreign troops or manned aircraft inside its territory. We will have to see whether we are allies or enemies,” Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said of the border incident, without mentioning the decision to close the border.
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A Pakistani officer arranges recovered equipment of NATO forces fighting in neighboring Afghanistan, which is displayed in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday. The paramilitary Frontier Corps has recovered bulk of the military gadgets, communication tools and uniforms stolen from NATO convoys in recent months.
The move shows Pakistan’s deep sensitivities over foreign forces on its doorstep. While nominally allied with Americans against the shared threat of Islamist militants,
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Emanuel leaving White House on Friday
CHICAGO (AP) — Rahm Emanuel will resign as White House chief of staff on Friday and will begin his campaign for Chicago mayor by meeting with voters in the city on Monday, two people familiar with Emanuel’s plans said. The two people, who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because they did not want to pre-empt Emanuel’s announcement, said he will return to Chicago over the weekend and begin touring neighborhoods Monday. “He intends to run for mayor,” one of the people told The Associated Press. Both people said they did not know when Emanuel would make an official announcement about his mayoral bid but that he would launch a website with a message to Chicago voters in the near future. White House spokesman
Robert Gibbs said President Barack Obama plans to make a personnel announcement Friday. Emanuel’s plans have been the source of widespread speculation both in Chicago and Washington, D.C. ever since Mayor Richard Daley announced this month he would not seek re-election. In an April television interview, Emanuel had called it “no secret” he’d like to run for mayor. Daley, who has held the mayor’s job since 1989 and carried on a family dynasty, surprised many with his announcement. The choice for Emanuel suddenly became whether he would make a dash for the political job he has openly coveted, at a cost of uprooting his family again and quitting his post of national influence sooner than he thought. When he ultimately announces his candidacy, Emanuel instantly becomes the most recognizable
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DREAM Act is step in right direction
Days after the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act failed in the Senate, it has been reintroduced on the Senate floor on its own for the first time since it was originally introduced in August 2001. This bill alone will not bring about comprehensive immigration form, but as a step in the right direction it must be passed. This bill targets students – specifically children of unlawfully present immigrants enrolled in schools all over the country – and offers them the chance to become permanent U.S. residents. Any of these children who have been admitted to an institute of higher education in the U.S., or have earned a U.S. high school diploma or GED, are eligible for application to become “conditionally permanent” residents. These students must also have entered the country before turning 16, stayed here for at least five years and cannot be older than 35. This residential status is valid for six years, during which the resident is expected to attend college or enlist in the military, as well as maintain “good moral character.” Upon receiving a degree from a U.S. institute of higher education, completing two years, in good standing, of a bachelor’s degree program or higher, or serving in the military for at least two years and being honorably discharged, they can apply for naturalization. Roughly 800,000 of the 11 million people currently living here illegally will qualify, according to a recent New York Times editorial. These people, brought to the U.S. by their parents, are essentially helpless, and many have hopes of excellence that are sure to be dashed if this act does not pass. If they cannot afford to attend colleges or universities, this act repeals a section of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 that denies unlawfully present aliens from any post-secondary education benefit that is based on residency, such as in-state tuition. This act will allow conditionally permanent residents to receive some student loans and federal work-study. This act levels the playing field for those living among us who are not currently offered such an opportunity. It gives an incentive for the children of unlawfully present immigrants to strive for success through learning and provides the military with thousands of possible volunteers. The DREAM Act is helping the people in this country who need it most, and by helping them we can only improve our nation as a whole. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.
To the guy in the poncho, I was about to make fun of you, then I realized it was a Batman poncho, with batlike ears on the hood. Well done, good sir well done. Today, I saw a squirrel jump into a recycling bin. I guess students aren’t the only ones with a tragic case of EcoMadness. Our ecology professor told us that the more sex an animal has, the shorter it’s life was. I guess I’m gonna live forever... I’m a Dairy Bar employee. I must be an ‘udder’ disappointment too. Moo hoo. :( When I’m walking into a building, I can never tell if the person behind me is close enough to keep the door held open. The only good thing about this weather is that the we the kings concert was canceled. That lipsync line was so long, it made the south lunch line look like a baby. The other day I peed in the shower. Two seconds later, the water got turned off. And all I could think was “Screw you, Karma.” Getting into lip sync is harder than getting basketball tickets. To the girl from the Celtic Dance club who played Jonathan the Husky at lip sync tonight, you made me feel things for an animal that I’ve never felt before. I don’t know what’s right anymore.
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College bullying must be addressed
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ast Wednesday night, while students at UConn studied with friends at the library, procrastinated by watching a “Top Chef” rerun (or five) before catching up on homework or making dinner with their roommates, a Rutgers University freshman committed suicide by jumping off the George Wa s h i n g t o n Bridge. According to The New York Post, authorities believe this was provoked as a result of two classmates secretly filming him having a “sexual encounter” By Taylor Trudon in his dorm room Commentary Editor and then posting it on the Internet. This proves that bullying still extends to the collegiate level and must be addressed. Upon learning that footage of him with another man had been streamed live online, Tyler Clementi, 18, wrote “jumping off the gw bridge sorry” on his Facebook page at 8:50 p.m. The two Rutgers students allegedly responsible for posting the video have been charged with invasion of privacy for placing a camera inside Clementi’s dorm. One of the students charged was also Clementi’s roommate and Tweeted about what he did three days before. “Roommate asked for the room till midnight. I went into Molly’s room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay,” he announced to the Twitterverse. From any college student’s perspective, to have your roommate – someone you live
with, trust and who oftentimes is your friend – invade your privacy and expose your personal life to the world would be inconceivable. Although we are not sure of the exact reasons why Clementi chose to take his life, regardless of your sexual preference and who you choose to be sexual with, to have that intimacy exploited on the Internet is horrifying.
“...Bullying does not stop once you graduate from... high school.” When I think of bullying, the first image that comes to mind is a kid getting picked on at the playground or a clique of “too cool” fifth-graders excluding the new girl at lunch. Scenes from “Mean Girls” flood my brain, as I remember the first time I saw the teen classic at the movie theater and laughed at the witty jokes, not because they were necessarily funny, but probably because they were true. We tend to envision bullying as almost a rite of passage in high school. In fact, pop culture allows us to mistakenly believe that bullying can be comical at times. We are taught that everybody gets picked on, that struggling builds character and that weakness – especially exhibited by males – cannot be shown. We also tend to envision that once you reach college and become an adult, bullying magically evaporates. This would appear to make sense, as mature adults know that bullying is wrong – that it’s more than just
calling people names or petty gossip. College students should “know better.” But what happened to Clementi just reinforces the idea that bullying does not stop once you graduate from the playground or even when you graduate from high school. What happened to Clementi makes me wonder how many other college students are subjected to ridicule, and if they are pushed to their breaking points. Cyberbullying is not a new notion and, with the advancement of technology, it is that much easier for those vulnerable to bullying to become targets. Being older does not make college students exempt from being ostracized for who they are. College can be an institution of acceptance and diversity, but for some people, it can also be a place that is reminiscent of sitting alone at the lunch table in eighth grade (or even worse). It is absolutely unacceptable for someone to have to suffer through the humiliation that was induced by two intolerant, repellent peers, who will have to live the rest of their lives knowing how much pain they inflicted on Clementi and his family. We cannot turn a blind eye to college bullying and pretend it doesn’t exist. Doing so would be an injustice to Clementi’s memory as well as all other students who are suffering but have not spoken out. Clementi’s suicide needs to be taken as a red flag that discussion must be initiated and action must be taken before another incident occurs.
Commentary Editor Taylor Trudon is a 7th-semester journalism major. She can be contacted at Taylor.Trudon@ UConn.edu.
To help environment, we need major shift
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his week was the start of “Eco-Madness,” a campus wide competition between residential halls to urge people to conBy Deepti Boddapati s e r v e Staff Columnist water a n d energy. I was introduced to this through a conversation with my floor’s “eco-captain.” Her passion was fiery as she explained that simple things like turning off power strips, or taking shorter showers, would make a big dent in our energy and water consumption. I hadn’t the heart to tell her that it wasn’t our energy consumption that mattered. My ‘eco-captain’ isn’t the only one who is spreading these messages. For a long time I bought into the hype too. Energy saving bulbs and appliances, hybrid cars and recycled products are all touted as the saviors for the world and the solution for global warming, if only people would use them. But the fact is, these small changes are not enough. They are
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nowhere close to solving the real problem. According to www.breathingearth.net, USA and China each release 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide every five seconds. Most of these emissions are by companies, but this doesn’t mean civilians are not partially to blame. We consume the products that these companies produce, adding to our carbon footprint. But these small ‘earth-saving’ habits still aren’t adequate solution. The problem isn’t the incandesant light bulbs, it’s the coal burned to make the electricity that powers them. The problem isn’t the gas-guzzling cars, it’s the gas-dependent technology in every car. The problem isn’t the farmer cutting down more trees in the Amazon, it’s that this is the only way he can feed his family. Ultimately, the problem isn’t the rate at which we use our non-renewable resources, but that we are using them at all. Our nonrenewable resources will eventually run out. The only solution to this problem is revolutionary
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technology independent of renewable resources. When our generation takes over world leadership, we will have a choice to make: keep using the old technology, which will eventually ruin us, or develop new technology.
“A problem this big can’t be solved with little changes. We need revolutions, and we need to be the ones to make them happen.” Engineers will face a unique challenge when developing this technology. They have to make something that is both more profitable and more affordable than gas technology. Although an American consumer can afford to pay more for eco-friendly technologies, the farmer barely getting by in the Amazon cannot. Business will have to promote this technology so that it is appealing to and
understood by consumers. Modifications of current inefficient technology, like energy saving appliances, will not help. Rather, a completely new kind of technology, based on principles of self-sufficience humanity has never followed, will change the world. The problem is not how much we use, but that we use at all. It is our challenge as citizens of the earth to understand the scope and magnitude of the problems we are facing.The problem is bigger than the 60,000 tons of carbon dioxide that the U.S. has released in the five minutes it took to read this article. The problem is bigger than the fact that about two times more people are born than the people that die. A problem this big can’t be solved with little changes. We need revolutions, and we need to be the ones to make them happen.
Staff Columnist Deepti Boddapati is a 1st-semester mechanical engineering major. She can be contacted at Deepti.Boddapati@UConn.edu.
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Often in college, alcohol and sex are connected
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hen thinking about the social culture that exists in college today, two things normally come to mind: alcohol and sex. It makes sense. In our years at college we live with greater freedom, fewer rules and relatively less responsibility. With the “real world” looming ahead, By Grace Malloy of course college stuStaff Columnist dents are going to party. And when young people are practically living together, one can expect the hormones to fly and engage in sex. These two activities are happening more frequently today than in our parents’ generation, and increasingly, college students are tying alcohol and sex together. But this connection didn’t just spring up out of the blue. Both young men and women are responsible for creating and perpetuating it. When you hear a song sung by a male about going to a club and getting a girl drunk, what is he insinuating that he wants? To go back to her place and play video games? Nope. To sit on the nearest bench and discuss life goals
with her? Don’t think so. He wants to have sex with her. Guys tend to think that by getting a girl drunk, she will be more likely to sleep with him. That is why when a college guy is interested in a girl, he’s probably not going to invite her to the game room in the Union. He’s going to ask her to come to next weekend’s rager.
“Often girls will drink as an excuse to act questionably or ‘sluttily.’” This is even seen in society. At a bar, when a man wants to indicate to a woman that he likes her, he buys her a drink. Not only is this disrespectful to the woman (it is essentially trying to take advantage of her), but it undermines the act of courting.
Does a guy really have to use alcohol to get a girl to like him? Women are perfectly capable of making judgments about a guy without being intoxicated. Here’s a novel idea: be nice to her, make her laugh and spend your money on buying her dinner instead of the fruity vodka drinks you keep passing her. It just might work. Some people think that the story stops there and that guys are the only ones guilty of linking alcohol with sex. But females play a part too. Often girls will drink as an excuse to act questionably or “sluttily.” Then they will blame the alcohol for their actions. We can all think of a girl who claims she had sex with someone simply because she had one too many drinks. But using excuses like that is irresponsible and it enforces the idea mentioned earlier that drinking is an easy way to get sex. That belief should NOT exist, and not only is it up to guys to eliminate that connection, but girls as well, by acting appropriately and responsibly when drinking. And if a girl does do something viewed as “slutty,” she shouldn’t immediately write it off as a result of drinking. Maybe some of you are saying, why does it
matter that alcohol and sex go together? Some may argue that drinking serves to loosen you up and make you feel more comfortable. And if that leads to sex, then so be it. It probably would have happened anyway. In my opinion, that isn’t a valid argument. Drinking (responsibly) should take place for the sake of having fun, not as a way to get sex or as an excuse for having it. And sex should take place because the two people involved love each other and both want it, NOT because they’re intoxicated. College is an intricate time in our lives when we transition from teenagers to young adults. Partying and sex is new for many of us during this time and it’s not always clear what we should or shouldn’t be doing concerning the two. But it seems that the most trouble occurs when the line between them is blurred. College is supposed to be a fun time, but it’s important to make good decisions. Don’t disrespect yourself and others by believing that alcohol and sex go hand-in-hand.
Grace Malloy is a 5th-semester political science and journalism double major. She can be contacted at Grace.Malloy@UConn.edu.
» THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN Brian didn’t get basketball tickets.
More angry Letters to the Editors about the Comics section.
Still can’t watch UConn football on campus.
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» LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DC Still Allowing Sexist Posts
After the uproar created by last week’s comics depicting sexist and degrading comments, I am appalled at the Daily Campus’ selection of the InstantDaily on Tuesday September 28. In particular, the InstantDaily that read “On the outside I’m burning my bra with a fire made from last Tuesday’s comics, but on the inside I want to chase that ring into Alex Dellin’s bedroom,” is mocking the outcry of last week’s comic as well as continuing to promote the degrading of women. With the immense number of submissions to the InstantDaily each day, I think the DC easily could have chosen a different post that would have actually been funny without being controversial. – Dan Couture
Bball tix
I would like to inform you that in the four years I have been at this school, not once did I receive basketball tickets in the “lottery”. I understand life isn’t fair, but I pay over 40k a year to come here, and I feel entitled to season tickets. Why should my no-brain roommate who sits on his tush playing World of Warcraft 24 hours a day get tickets, and a devoted husky like myself be denied. He’s going to sell them on facebook for $200, you know. If you have any extra tickets, please keep me in mind. I believe grudges are an impor-
Stage III Drought is officially over.
tant part of life. Because of this travesty, I’m seriously considering not donating any money to the University as an alumni, ever. Heck, I still haven’t forgiven my parents for not buying me a Pokemon backpack in the 3rd grade. When everyone else had one, I felt like a sap. So they won’t be receiving any handouts either. I have so much free time this year and I was looking forward to going to some BBall games. I’m now going to have to beg my friends for free tickets, or pay way too much (supply & demand). I bet you the system is rigged. Why can’t we do what the school voucher program does, and actually have a number that we can hold in our hand? Everyone serious about getting tickets can show up to the lottery, in a building, with a spinning wheel, and a pretty assistant calling numbers. I don’t like getting an anonymous email saying I was denied tickets. Shenanigans, I say! If you’d like to get in touch with me you can find me sitting outside the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. I’ll be the guy crying, grasping his failures tightly to his chest, wetting his pants, and yelling shenanigans. Why? Because I’m a sap. I’d like to end with a haiku: Wah wah wah wah wah give me a ticket I say I’m a big baby – Benjamin Hochron
Bring Back to Stool to UConn!
As I reflect on the past four years I’ve spent at UConn, I?m generally pleased with my experience but disappointed by the concerts we’ve had on campus.
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After years of watching live music in both Jorgensen and acoustically unfriendly Gampel, I’ve only been pleased with last year’s visit from Girl Talk and the Matisyahu/Gym Class Heroes concert in 2006. This distaste can certainly stem from my personal music choices, however many people I speak to avoid going to concerts on campus altogether. For those familiar with the rapidly growing blogosphere, Barstool Sports, the brainchild of 33 year old David “El Pres” Portnoy has become a sensation on college campuses worldwide. Portnoy provides his hilarious and occasionally off-color musings on sports, celebrites, music and gorgeous local women. The site has expanded to two additional blogs, one which covers New York City and another similar blog for women (I admittedly haven’t spent enough time reading StooLaLa to describe the content). While Portnoy’s site has gained him local fame for his remarkable sense of humor, he has also stirred up rivalries with Boston College students and several readers who disagree with the appropriateness of his posts. Portnoy has offered a rare opportunity to change the culture of lackluster music on campus. Along with several daily posts for his readers, Portnoy has organized golf and cornhole tournaments, bar crawls, booze cruises and various other functions for the enjoyment of college-age adults. Over the past few months, El Pres has organized a series of concerts on college campuses called “Back to Stool.” The lineup offers a multitude of music including hip-hop acts Chiddy Bang, Mike Posner and Mac
Miller along with an incredible DJ team called The White Panda (among others). Last week, Back to Stool took over the UMASS campus and the student body was treated to a wild pre-party and an energetic evening of music in the Mullins Center (Check out the videos online). “Back To Stool” has been booked in Providence for students in Rhode Island on October 9th and at the University of New Hampshire on October 7th. However, ticket sales have been incredibly slow for the past few weeks and Portnoy is willing to move the show to another major New England university if enough tickets can be sold. I’m sure, like myself, many of you have been stuck in the library preparing for the slew of upcoming exams and papers coming in the next few weeks. A concert like this could be a welcome break to the monotony of all this schoolwork. Certainly, the deaths of Jasper Howard and Jafar Karzoun after parties on campus have rightfully caused the university to be hesitant to organize large events here. However, a surprise concert like this has the potential to both increase student morale and bring a feeling of unity back to campus. Plus, after various years of being upset by Providence College basketball, we should take their concert and show them that the UC can still have a good time (In a fun, respectful manner, of course). Currently, there are no events scheduled on either date in either Gampel Pavillion or the Jorgensen. With thorough planning and allocation of necessary resources from the university, we can pull this off!
I understand SUBOG does its best to provide us with quality entertainment and they deserve all due respect, but as a student body we have a chance to bring an amazing event to campus. So, as an avid music fan I urge all of you to do your best to bring Back to Stool to UConn! – Greg Knight
“Xenophobia” event a misuse of university funds
It has come to our attention that on Friday, September 24, the UConn Department of Residential Life and the Honors Program sponsored an event concerning American immigration policy titled “Immigration, Xenophobia, and Racism: Beyond Arizona SB 1070”. The UConn College Republicans strongly condemn this highly inappropriate use of University funds, resources, and time. The mission statements of the Department of Residential Life and the Honors Program are, respectively and in relevant part: “…providing quality facilities, personnel, services, and programs which contribute to the mission of the University” and “…promoting challenging academics for high-achieving students, .. a community designed for individual, social, and cultural development, and engagement and leadership beyond the classroom.” Plainly, the promotion of political and/or social causes is a legitimate function of neither of these organizations nor the
University itself. It is a misuse of University (taxpayer) resources for official University programs to deliver a slanted political message about this controversial issue under the guise of “raising awareness” and to use said resources to encourage support for partisan federal legislation (amnesty via the DREAM Act). Furthermore, crucial facts and opposing points of view surrounding the Arizona immigration law, and immigration generally, were intentionally distorted or left entirely absent, necessarily hindering a mature and scholarly “discussion [about] ways for students to become engaged around [the issue].” By implying that the 74 percent of Americans who support S.B. 1070, including those on campus, are “xenophobes” or “racists”, the Department of Residential Life and the Honors Program have employed tax dollars to foster anger, resentment and contempt toward those people. The UConn College Republicans hereby request a written apology from both the Department of Residential Life and the Honors Program to the UConn undergraduate community for precluding a fair debate on this issue hereby request a written apology from both the Department of Residential Life and the Honors Program to the UConn undergraduate community for precluding a fair debate on this issue. – Joseph Gasser President UConn College Republicans
What’s your favorite fall activity?
“Playing 2K instead of studying.”
“Drinking pumpkin iced coffee, brown leather boots and nickel night on a crisp fall evening.”
“Playing football on Thanksgiving.”
“Playing in the leaves.”
Norman Harrison, 5th-semester communications major.
Victoria Vissat, 5th-semester communications major
Jonathan Fernandez, 5th-semester political science major.
Samantha Mullins, 7th-semester communications major.
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NEW YORK (AP) — American International Group finally has a plan to exit the biggest of the Wall Street bailouts a month before midterm elections. But much as embattled Democrats might wish otherwise, the book on TARP won't close anytime soon. There's no guarantee taxpayers who gave AIG a $182 billion bailout will be made whole under the plan the company announced Thursday. Under the deal, Treasury will swap its majority stake in AIG for common stock and then sell those shares over time. The government loses its authority to tap Troubled Asset Relief Program funds on Sunday. Democrats facing tough re-elections hope voters will see the bailouts as nearing an end. That will be a tough case to make. Close to $190 billion in TARP money remains unpaid, and the Congressional Budget Office estimates that taxpayers will never get back about $66 billion of it. The public remains angry about the bailouts, which were launched in the Bush administration's final months. Americans have been particularly furious over the outsize bonuses that bailed-out firms paid to executives. The anger may dissipate as the economy improves, but it will linger until most sitting lawmakers are out of office, said Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. "Finding a way to reduce the anger, much of it misplaced, over what TARP did, is a pretty strong political goal" for the Democrats, he said. It will be an uphill battle, Ornstein said. TARP, which Obama administration officials say helped stabilize the financial system, has been targeted by the tea party move-
EAST HARTFORD, (AP) — Connecticut’s Republican U.S. Senate candidate did not rule out cutting the minimum wage to help struggling businesses, and said Thursday that future increases to both the state and federal rates should be evaluated. Former professional wrestling executive Linda McMahon made the remarks at an East Hartford cleaning services company after receiving an endorsement from the National Federation of Independent Business, which opposes any increases to the federal minimum wage. “We’ve got minimum wages in the states, we’ve got the minimum wages in the government and I think we ought to look at all of those issues in terms of what mandates are being placed on businesses and can they afford them,” said McMahon, when asked by a reporter if the current minimum wage rate should scaled back to help employers. The issue of the minimum wage came up after a reporter asked McMahon about whether she supported the NFIB’s political platform. When asked if she knew the current rate, McMahon, the former CEO of Stamford-based World Wrestling Entertainment, said she did not remember and would have to double-check. Connecticut’s minimum wage is $8.25 an hour, while the federal wage is $7.25 an hour. When pressed about her opinion of the state’s rate, McMahon said she would not comment further on it. After the news conference, McMahon clarified in an interview with reporters that she supports keeping the minimum wage in place and was not
AIG bailout exit doesn’t resolve losses
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In this May 26, 2010 file photo, AIG CEO Robert Benmosche, right, gets up from his seat on Capitol Hill in Washington, after testifying before the Senate Congressional Oversight Panel.
ment as a wasteful giveaway that rescued Wall Street while ordinary Americans suffered the effects of the Great Recession. Democratic and Republican lawmakers who voted for the bailout have had to defend their votes. The deal will give Treasury a 92.1 percent stake in AIG before it begins selling its shares. But it can't be completed until AIG proves its strength by displaying its ability to raise money from private investors and regain a top
rating from credit agencies. Otherwise, "this deal won't go through," CEO Robert Benmosche said in an interview Thursday. "The Treasury wants to assure itself it's investing in a company with the strength to be competitive in the marketplace." Benmosche said he expects the transaction to take place in the first quarter of 2011. S&P credit analyst Kevin Ahern said AIG's rating will likely be upgraded by the end of October, when it sells
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off a life insurance subsidiary and spins off another in an initial public offering. Before the stock swap, AIG will repay about $20 billion in loans it received from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. AIG plans to repay that debt in part through earnings it generates and the sale of some its subsidiaries. AIG has been selling some of its units since it received the initial bailout in September 2008.
advocating that it be scrapped. Her campaign released a video of those comments later in the afternoon but did not include footage from the news conference in which she did not voice opposition when specifically asked about reducing current wage rates. “I was really talking more about wage increases because I think we do have to hear from our business community what the impact on that is going to be,” said McMahon. McMahon could not recall if anyone at WWE was paid minimum wage. A spokesman for the wrestling company said afterward that WWE’s lowest paid employees earn more than $8.25 an hour, but would not provide a figure. WWE employs nearly 600 people, according to McMahon. McMahon, a political newcomer, is in a competitive race with Democratic Attorney General Richard Blumenthal for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Chris Dodd. She has said she’ll spend as much as $50 million of her own money on the race. National Democrats seized upon McMahon’s comments, bringing up how WWE laid off about 10 percent of its employees in 2009. “It’s not a huge surprise that multi-millionaire ex-CEO Linda McMahon is open to lowering the minimum wage,” said Deirdre Murphy, national press secretary for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. “After years of laying off employees while pocketing millions of dollars in profits, Linda McMahon has proven herself wrong for Connecticut’s middle class families time after time.”
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Lip Sync rocks Gampel Pavillion Sweet teas are made of leaves
By Amy Schellenbaum Associate Managing Editor
Having spent my entire pre-UConn life in southern California, rain was elusive and extraordinary, a blessed rarity that I cherished in some hidden soggy spot of my heart. The air was warm (as it was almost every day) and the way the clouds darkened and the sky crumpled and growled – I was always enchanted. It was prime frolicking hour when it rained. My neighbor and I would get completely soaked and would run around the driveway singing songs and searching for puddles to make our sneakers all sodden and mushy. We were always surprised to come inside and be chastised by my friend’s mom. Didn’t she understand how much fun it was? Obviously not. We’d then get towels and sit in my friend’s garage and wait for the inevitable steaming cups of tea or hot cocoa her mom would bring us, still humming the phrases we had chanted in the downpour. Our buzzing, hyperactive minds and bodies quieted while we drank. Often I would go home shortly after and fall asleep. As I quickly learned and realized (as in the day I arrived), Connecticut rain is not gentle, nor very fun. It was inconvenient and brutal and forced our welcome barbecue inside. It made walks to the Chem Building unbearably long. The assaulting wind tore unforgivingly at my little collapsible umbrella. I felt attacked. The rain wasn’t with me, it was most definitely against me.
“Since moving to Connecticut I have become hooked on tea, not only because it keeps me warm, but also because I am always hearing about its benefits.”
But one thing stayed the same. When I did get back to the warmth of my dorm, I wrapped a towel around myself and microwaved a cup of hot water for a much-needed warm drink. Since moving to Connecticut I have become hooked on tea, not only because it keeps me warm and snuggly, but also because I am always hearing about its health benefits. Black, green, white and oolong teas all come from the same plant and all have antioxidants called polyphenols. Antioxidants, the stuff that lets us say that chocolate and red wine are good for us, basically halt damaging free radicals that hurt our cells. Free radicals are the nasties thought to play a role in cancer, physical and mental signs of aging and general inflammation that may cause arthritis and even artery blockages, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center website. In traditional Chinese and Indian medicine (which I have found myself infatuated with thanks to my Medical Anthropology class), tea is used to help slow bleeding from wounds and moderate blood sugar and body temperature. So basically tea is a superhero. Like the Powerpuff Girls. Or Batman.
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The Asian American Cultural Center performs at Lip Sync with their Finding Nemo-themed performance.
UConn tradition brings fairytales to life By Jordanna Packtor Campus Correspondent The lights in the Gampel Pavilion are dimmed, the air heavy. Anticipation rises off the tiered audience in the form of excited whisperings, the occasional cheer. More than 7,000 people are trying to be quiet — the effect is a dull roar. An emcee from SUBOG steps into the center arena, bathed in spotlight. Outside Gampel, the line of students still extends as far as the Jorgenson Theater. But despite their patience, they are already too late. “Welcome to Lip Sync 2010!” The crowd erupts, stamping their feet, jumping out of their seats. The show has begun. The 24th annual Campus-Wide Lip Sync, the biggest event of UConn’s homecoming week. Any registered Greek organization, feefunded organization, area council or student club is eligible to participate, competing against one another for the title of Lip Sync Champion. Within minutes, the arena is filled with students from the Global House, all in costume, belly dancing, pop locking and waltzing to popular, catchy beats. They mouth along to the dialogue, to the song, and most of the crowd sings with them. Other groups — from the Asian American Cultural Center to the UConn marching band to fraternities and sororities — wait
along the stage for their turn. Groups are judged on the basis of originality/theme representation, routine, professionalism and lip syncing by a panel of assorted faculty and staff. This year’s theme, “Remember the Magic,” is a nostalgic title that serves as an excuse for students to write and perform storylines based on their childhood Disney movies. The winners weren’t announced until 11 p.m., almost three hours after the event began. Eighteen groups competed, making 2010 the largest lip sync in UConn history. The winners comprise three different categories: Greek, Non-Fee Funded and Fee-Funded/Cultural Center. In the Greek Category, Zeta Beta Tau, Alpha Epsilon Phi and Phi Sigma Rho placed first for “Aladdin” — complete with magic carpet and genie. In the Non-Fee Funded Category, The Celtic American Cultural Society wins with their performance of “101 Dalmatians,” which included Irish Dance put to well-known classics. And in the Fee-Funded and Cultural Center Category, the Rainbow Center takes home the gold with a sassy and colorful “Snow White.” Classics like “Snow White,” “Lion King” and “The Jungle Book” – along with newer favorites such as “The Princess and the Frog” and “Up” – were played out on stage, mixed with the tunes of
Lady Gaga and Jay-Z. When an original Disney song was played, people cheered. Groups must also incorporate school pride, elements of UConn life and a particular aspect of their organization into a cohesive, prerecorded storyline that, at random intervals, breaks into dance. Aided by characters from the various Disney films, these personifications of UConn spirit must overcome the villainous Vanderbilts — which of course, they always do. In Delta Gamma and Sigma Pi’s “Toy Story,” the Vanderbilt team takes the guise of Sid’s broken toys — which are promptly defeated by gyrating cowgirls and break-dancing army men. At the end, all bitter rivalry is left behind as the villains and heroes join together for the final dance numbers. “It makes me proud to go to UConn,” said Abby Larkin a 3rdsemester English major. “The best part is the storyline, when they integrate into UConn versus Vanderbilt. This is so much better than a pep rally.” It demands more effort than a pep rally, too. Groups register within the first week of September, and are required to participate in at least two Homecoming events. Students choose their own song list, invent their own choreography, and create a storyline — all of which must fit into eight minutes of stage time, including set up and break down. No sound checks are provided
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Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center performs Mulan.
before the competition. “We spent a lot of time practicing,” said Jen Barney, 3rd-semester human development and family studies and psychology double major. “It was two or three days a week, about three hours a day for two weeks,” said Marassa Levy, a 1st-semester music major. “It was fun though.” Their organization — the marching band, along with various Greek associations — had just finished performing “The Incredibles,”
complete with baton twirling. “It was an amazing experience,” said Sharon Chung, a 3rd-semester undecided major, who performed with the Asian American Cultural Center. “This is my second year in it, and it’s awesome but everyone comes to know each other so well. All we had was one month, but we were able to pull it off and come together.”
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» OBITUARIES
Defiance, resilience marked career of Tony Curtis
(AP) - From dressing in drag to posing nude for his 80th birthday, Tony Curtis truly was a defiant one. He overcame early typecasting as a lightweight pretty boy to become a serious actor in such films as “Sweet Smell of Success,” ‘’Spartacus” and “The Defiant Ones,” the latter earning him an Academy Award nomination. He resisted obsolescence, continually reshaping himself and taking lesser roles to find steady work in a business that prizes youth. He subdued alcohol and drug addictions, lived through six marriages and five divorces, and found peace with a new art as a painter. Curtis, whose wildly undefinable cast of characters ranged from a Roman slave leading the rebellious cry of “I’m Spartacus” to a jazz age musician wooing Marilyn Monroe while disguised as a woman in “Some Like It Hot,” died Wednesday night.
The 85-year-old actor suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Henderson, Nev., near Las Vegas, the coroner said Thursday. “My father leaves behind a legacy of great performances in movies and in his paintings and assemblages,” Jamie Lee Curtis — his daughter with first wife Janet Leigh, co-star of “Psycho” — said in a statement. “He leaves behind children and their families who loved him and respected him and a wife and in-laws who were devoted to him. He also leaves behind fans all over the world.” Starting his career in the late 1940s and early 1950s with bit parts as a juvenile delinquent or in such forgettable movies as the talking-mule comedy “Francis,” Curtis rose to stardom as a swashbuckling heartthrob, mixing in somewhat heftier work such as the boxing drama “Flesh and Fury” and the title role in the film biography “Houdini.” Hindered early on by a
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Curtis died Wednesday Sept. 29 at his Las Vegas area home of a cardiac arrest at 85 according to the Clark County, Nev. coroner.
Bronx accent that drew laughs in Westerns and other period adventures, Curtis smoothed out his rough edges and silenced detractors with 1957’s “Sweet Smell of Success,” in which he played a sleazy press agent who
becomes the fawning pawn of a ruthless newspaper columnist (Burt Lancaster). “Curtis grew up into an actor and gave the best performance of his career,” critic Pauline Kael wrote in her book “Kiss
Kiss Bang Bang.” Yet it was sheer stardom, not critical acclaim, that drove Curtis, said his sixth wife, Jill Curtis. “All Tony ever wanted to be was a movie star. He didn’t want to be the most dramatic actor,” Jill Curtis said. “He wanted to be a movie star, ever since he was a little kid.” A year after “Sweet Smell of Success,” Curtis was nominated for a best-actor Oscar in “The Defiant Ones” as a white escaped prisoner forced to set aside his racism to work with the black inmate (Sidney Poitier) to whom he is handcuffed. “He’s one of those actors who in the ‘50s was a beautiful, charismatic leading man, who became sort of iconic as a sex symbol. Not somebody who you originally thought had a lot of depth. He was just charming and funny and yet he revealed himself to be quite complex and gave some great performances,” said actor and director Tony
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» BROADWAY
Twister Sister’s Dee Snider to rock Broadway
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Focus
Eating for the love of Bangladesh
NEW YORK (AP) — The musical "Rock of Ages" is going to get a little twisted this month. Producers said Thursday that Twister Sister frontman Dee Snider will make his Broadway debut as Dennis in the show for an 11-week run starting Oct. 11. Life will be imitating art since Snider was the writer behind such '80s hair metal standards as "I Wanna Rock" and "We're Not Gonna Take It" — both of which are featured in "Rock of Ages." Snider, who has a syndicated radio show, has appeared in the cult horror movie "StrangeLand" and a few TV reality shows, including "Gone Country" and "Growing Up Twisted." "Rock of Ages" tells the story of two rockers who fall in love and battle an evil developer who wants to tear down the local club.
» BOOKS
Candice Bergen to write second memoir, out in 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — Candice Bergen will pen a second memoir as a follow-up to her 1984 book "Knock Wood." Simon & Schuster Executive Vice President and Publisher Jonathan Karp said Thursday that Bergen's new memoir will be published in 2012. The currently untitled book will cover Bergen's time on the acclaimed TV show "Murphy Brown," as well as the death of her husband, director Louis Malle. Bergen, who won five Emmys for her performance on "Murphy Brown," recently starred in the drama "Boston Legal," which finished its four-year run in 2008. She's also had roles in the recent films "The Romantics," ''Sex and the City" and "The Women."
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(L-R) Farah Fasihuddin, Shahrin Sultana, Arif Mubarok, Kazi Farzan Ahmed, Munzareen Khan, Shruti Yedave, Imrus Sadiq, Saad Quader, Hana Ha and Azizun Nessa help themselves to catered food and drinks at the Bangladesh Coffee Hour.
The power of imagination!
Tips for tea from TEA, page 7
Scientists are always finding new powers in tea’s arsenal for kicking ass. Studies have shown that tea can help combat allergies, tooth decay, headaches and depression. It has even been shown to have fat-burning and insulin-boosting properties. Herbal teas also have a slew of health benefits. Chamomile (one of my faves) and peppermint teas help with anxiety, insomnia and menstrual cramps, according to www.homeremediesweb.com. Adding honey and lemon to any hot water is also a centuries-old remedy for sore throats. Yerba mate is a South American tea usually sipped from a gourd. It is also high in those superhero substances. It’s absolutely amazing tasting and I feel oh-so-cool drinking it, but it’s just too fancy for me to drink every day like other teas. My favorite teas for rainy days (and a few of the ones we have in my dorm of tea-lovers) include Twinings of London green tea, Bigalow Caramel Vanilla (“caramel corn tea!”) and Harney & Sons Bangkok green tea with “Thai flavors.” There’s also my obsession with The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf’s Winter Dream Tea, which is definitely Christmas in a cup. Whole-leaf teas are wonderful, but they require more effort and I adore bagged teas for their convenience. All of these teas can be found online, if not at a grocery store. Most teas recommend a three to five-minute steeping time, but read the box if you want to make sure you’re getting the most health-boosting properties out of your cup.
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UConn LARPers (Live Action Role Players) get ready to engage in battle in a nighttime scenario behind ITE and the School of Business whilst holding imaginary swords.
Curtis continued to enjoy life away from Hollywood from DEFIANCE, page 7 Goldwyn, son of film producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. In 1959, Curtis teamed with Monroe and Jack Lemmon for a screwball landmark, Billy Wilder’s “Some Like It Hot,” which ranks No. 1 on the American Film Institute’s list of 100 best U.S. comedies. Curtis and Lemmon starred as 1920s musicians who disguise themselves as women in an allgirl band to hide out from mobsters after they witness the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. It was a masterful comic performance by Curtis, whose character pursues the band’s singer (Monroe) both in drag and in another charade as a Shell Oil heir who talks like Cary Grant, with whom Curtis co-starred
later that year in the Navy farce “Operation Petticoat.” In Stanley Kubrick’s “Spartacus,” Curtis played star Kirk Douglas’ loyal follower, leading a chorus of captured slaves shouting “I’m Spartacus!” to confound Roman oppressors seeking the ringleader of a rebellion. His other credits included “Captain Newman, M.D.,” ‘’The Vikings,” ‘’Kings Go Forth,” ‘’Sex and the Single Girl” and “The Boston Strangler.” He also did a wryly self-deprecating cartoon gig, providing the voice of his prehistoric lookalike, Stony Curtis, in a television episode of “The Flintstones.” “The guy was such a sweetheart. Beautifully neurotic, in a very endearing kind of Woody Allen way,” said Sam Rockwell, who co-starred with
Curtis in the 1998 movie “Louis and Frank.” Curtis and Lemmon collaborated again on 1965’s “The Great Race.” And more than 40 years after “Some Like It Hot,” Curtis co-starred in a stage version, playing the role originated by Joe E. Brown in the film as a millionaire smitten by Lemmon’s female alter-ego. To mark his 80th birthday in 2005, Curtis posed nude in Vanity Fair alongside his dogs, Josephine and Daphne, named after his and Lemmon’s “Some Like It Hot” characters. By then, his shiny-black hair had turned silver, he had long since kicked booze and drugs, and painting his Matisse-like still-lifes filled much of the creative space left as his acting career waned. In a 2002 interview with The
Associated Press, Curtis talked candidly about where his life was in his 50s, when he was relegated to television work and such movies as “The Bad News Bears Go to Japan” or the cheesy sex comedy “Some Like It Cool.” “I wasn’t happy with my marriages. I wasn’t happy with the films I was getting. The next thing I know, I’m using cocaine and alcohol. And the next thing I know, I’m immersed in it,” Curtis said. He checked into the Betty Ford Center and got himself clean and sober in the early 1980s, then spent time in Hawaii, where he sought solitude and painted. Though he acted in small parts fairly regularly through the 1990s and took occasional roles over the last decade, Curtis continued to enjoy life
away from Hollywood in Las Vegas, where he lived with his sixth wife, the former Jill VandenBerg, whom he married in 1998. “Jilly and I, we don’t need a lot of people around,” Curtis said in the 2002 AP interview. “We get dressed for dinner, go down on the Strip, beautiful hotels. We see a show, we go dancing. During the day, I swim and I paint. I can’t imagine living anywhere else anymore.” Curtis had six children from his marriages. He was estranged for a long period from daughter Jamie Lee Curtis, whose credits include “Perfect,” ‘’Halloween,” ‘’True Lies” and last week’s comedy release “You Again.” He and his daughter eventually reconciled, and Curtis took great pride in her Hollywood success.
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» COMEDY
» YOUTUBE
French music Fallon, industry Timberlake go reaches deal viral with YouTube NEW YORK (AP) – Jimmy
Fallon and Justin Timberlake are the hottest duo in hip-hop – for the moment. They performed a medley of rap hits on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” Wednesday night, and the clip is becoming a viral hit. Fallon and Timberlake started off with Sugarhill Gang’s classic “Rapper’s Delight” and then performed jams from artists including the Beastie Boys, the Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z and Eminem. Fallon, 36, said he’s surprised by the success of the skit. “We never know what’s going to viral or get picked up, and this one’s beyond what we thought it would do,” he said Thursday in a phone interview with The Associated Press. Though the clip looks all fun, he said, he took the time to get it right before taking the stage. “You know I really needed to practice. You know I can’t rap,” said Fallon, who also performed songs by Missy Elliott, Tupac, Kanye West and Snoop Dogg. “I was in my apartment till 2 in the morning the night before doing (the) Soulja Boy (dance) and my wife was like, ‘You’re crazy!’” Though Fallon needed to rehearse, he said, Timberlake was obviously a natural: “(He) knew all of his parts, all his rhythm was amazing, so much better than mine. Mine was so bad, my gosh, (I thought), ‘I’m going to screw this up,’” Fallon said. The performance was backed by the house band for the NBC show, the Grammywinning hip-hop group The Roots. Fallon said that much of the success goes to the rap band and that the skit was a homage to today’s generation.
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PARIS (AP) — Songwriters and composers will get paid when their videos are seen on YouTube in France, under a deal announced Thursday by the online video sharing site and France's leading music industry group. The industry group SACEM called the deal difficult to reach but innovative, and a victory in its efforts to protect copyright and make money online. YouTube's owner, Google Inc., has faced lawsuits in France over use of copyrighted content online, and criticism from the entertainment industry and the French government. The agreement means songwriters, composers and music publishers "will be paid for the distribution of their works on YouTube," according to a statement by YouTube and industry group SACEM. The statement did not say how they would be paid, or how much. The deal affects any music managed by SACEM, a group that has 132,000 members and copyright to more than 40 million musical works. The deal will be in effect through 2012. The deal also covers "AngloAmerican repertoires from multinational publishers" broadcast in France. The statement did not elaborate. "This deal shows again SACEM's will to favor legal use of works on the Internet, in particular on video sharing sites," SACEM President Bernard Miyet said. Google has sought to improve relations in France, and CEO Eric Schmidt promised at a meeting last month with President Nicolas Sarkozy to invest more in France. "The deal represents another milestone in the transformation of YouTube from an anarchic presence on the Internet before its acquisition by Google to a more mainstream public source for video content," said Bruce Sunstein, of law firm Sunstein Kann Murphy and Timbers in Boston.
» TELEVISION
Colbert sparks debate about ‘expert’ celebrities
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Stephen Colbert, host of the Colbert Report, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington to testify before the House Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law subcommittee hearing on Protecting America’s Harvest.
WASHINGTON (AP) — There are congressional hearings and there are comedy shows, and the twain rarely meet. So when a House of Representatives panel on immigration combined them on purpose last week with testimony from Stephen Colbert and his "truthy" alter ego, debate broke out on the proper roles of the many celebrities — from Angelina Jolie to Bono to Elmo — who advocate in Washington. In Colbert's appearance, there was profit to be made from the public, taxpayer-funded forum on one of the nation's weightiest issues, the plight of migrant workers. Immigrant advocates won national news coverage; Colbert helped generate material for his show; politicians scored live coverage of themselves during a brutal election year; and the media bagged a widely viewed story. Witness Carol Swain, the law school professor who testified before Colbert, was annoyed at being overshadowed by a fic-
tional talk show host. But she scored, too. Before the hearing was over, Swain's Twitter and Facebook followings soared. People e-mailed her at Vanderbilt University Law School. A guy recognized her the next day in the grocery store. "It's increased my visibility in a number of ways," Swain said Monday. "I don't think it would have gotten that much attention had he not been on the panel." United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez, who also joined Colbert at the witness table on Friday, said he, too, has seen an increase in e-mails and Facebook followers. Inquiries to the United Farm Workers "Take Our Jobs" website also jumped, he said. "The last big media attention we had like that is really going back to when Cesar passed away in 1993," Rodriguez said, referring to UFW founder and farm worker Cesar Chavez. Celebrities frequently beat a path to Congress to raise awareness of issues and bills that other-
wise stand little chance of news coverage. Lawmakers crowd into the shot when Jolie advocates for refugees. They hang out publicly with rock stars Bono and Jon Bon Jovi when they're in Washington on official business. Even Sesame Street's Elmo, a fuzzy red puppet, has received coverage for his "testimony" — in 2002 about the benefits of music education. Likewise, this news story will be more widely read because it mentions the Twitter partnership between Lady Gaga and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on behalf of the effort to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military. Colbert's celebrity is a commodity that California Democrat Zoe Lofgren, who chaired the subcommittee hearing, and the other witnesses that day sought to leverage. Lofgren joked at one point that the last time the hearing room was so crammed with audience members and cameras was for President Bill Clinton's impeachment hearings a dozen years ago.
» GAMING
World Cyber Games kickoff in Los Angeles, more than 400 compete
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Olympics of the video game world opened Thursday with gamers from 58 countries marching through the Los Angeles Convention Center holding their nations' flags. Over the next four days, more than 400 players will compete for more than $250,000 in prize money at the World Cyber Games Grand Final. Players who previously qualified at regional competitions held across the globe will virtually face off in such games as "Guitar Hero 5," ''Forza Motorsport 3," ''FIFA 10," ''Tekken 6" and "Warcraft III." The tournament-style matchups are occurring along rows of monitors erected in a giant circular pattern inside a dimly lit hall at the convention center.
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Comics
Carin Goes to College by Carin Powell
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44 Analysts’ concerns 46 Clopper 48 Former RFK Stadium NLer 49 Mill inputs 50 Ballet rail 51 Fire indicator, perhaps 52 Green shade 56 See 7-Down 58 Old cry of disgust 59 Rose of rock 60 Prez, to GIs
Super Glitch by John Lawson
Down 1 Picaresque 2 Property recipient 3 Drunk, in slang 4 Old-fashioned “Way to go!” 5 Wheel parts 6 Paul’s “Exodus” role 7 With 56-Down, eponymous bacteriologist 8 Saxon opening 9 Star Wars letters 10 Witchy woman 11 Lackin’ gumption 12 Under-the-table diversion 13 Article of faith 19 Keystone State founder 21 It may be evil 25 “The Optimist’s
JELLY! by Elise Domyan
Across 1 Aloe target 5 Indian royal 9 Treat meanly 14 1990s Expos manager 15 Approach shot club 16 “Platoon” co-star 17 Bubbles 18 *Ancient Chinese cote occupant? 20 Tasseled toppers 22 Happy hour order 23 Partook of 24 Bit of dental work 25 *Observation after a Bush walk? 28 “Hold on!” 30 Japanese-American 31 “If __ only listened!” 32 Shade sources 35 Florida’s __ City 36 *Nickname for a so-so Navy officer? 39 Lead player 41 “Even Napoleon had his Watergate” speaker 42 I followers? 45 Stoop 47 Dry cleaner’s supply 50 *Habitually drunk panda? 53 Sheikdom of song 54 Carpenter __ 55 Exxon Valdez cargo 56 “All in the Family” family name 57 *Kenyan health care worker? 61 Genesis brother 62 Many a dance club tune 63 Fiendish 64 The old you 65 ‘50s flop 66 Guitar’s fingerboard 67 Repairs, as a green
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Horoscopes
Poop by Michael Badulak
Aries - Critical thinking at work blends logic and intuition. You know when you have the right balance when changes flow seamlessly and tension eases. Taurus - Pay attention to minute details for any creative process, from cooking to career. A partner contributes by suggesting alternatives.
Cancer - Exchange feelings with loved ones out loud. They may not be able to guess how you feel otherwise. Get out of the house for emotional clarity.
Dissmiss the Cynics by Victor Preato
Gemini - Stresses at work involve both genders whose research produced very different results. Analyze and share the data from your own perspective.
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Leo - Males and females clash at home because of imagined slights. Bring this issue into the open, and it may dissolve in bright light as misunderstandings often do.
Nothing Extraordinary by Thomas Feldtmose
Virgo - Check your information before you begin a conversation. Others have unique ideas that may (or may not) match the facts. Extra care pays off. Libra - Logical intuition reveals a creative path toward change. Acknowledge to the group what’s working already, and release what’s not for this new direction.
Bucephalus by K.X. Ellia
Scorpio - At last, you and a partner re-connect. Recent stress has kept you apart, but now you get to play together and enjoy the magic. Sagittarius - Group activities involve an older person with fresh ideas. Handle disagreements offstage. Allow someone else to be in charge for best results. Capricorn - Awareness increases as you connect with an older person. That source of knowledge is integral to writing or other projects you have going on now. Aquarius - To overcome objections at work, issue questions rather than demands. That way, everyone’s helpful input is allowed to contribute for harmony and efficiency. Pisces - Say what’s on your mind early. You’ll be surprised at how little objection you received. Others appreciate your changes and go right along.
Pundles and Droodles by Brian Ingmanson www.cupcakecomics.com.
Why the long Face by Jackson Lautier
Friday, October 1, 2010
Rowing heads to Hartford for Head of the Riverfront Regatta
By Carmine Colangelo Campus Correspondent
October means a lot of things to many people. For some it is a countdown till Halloween, for others it is postseason baseball, and for some of UConn’s student athletes it marks the beginning of rowing season as UConn’s women’s rowing team gears up for its first regatta of the season this Sunday. On Oct. 3 at 9 a.m., the Rowing team will kick off the 2010-2011 season at the Head of the Riverfront Regatta in Hartford. The regatta is an all-day event featuring over 2,000 rowers competing from all different schools and universities. The Huskies will look to continue being a force in the Big East as they begin their 2010-2011 campaign. “We’re really excited for this season,” said junior Ashley Kalinauskus. She said she feels that the team is really well prepared for the upcoming season, which shows in their performance at practice. “You’ve got to try your hardest,” Kalinauskus said, adding
that she and her teammates will go in with that same attitude all season long. Some of last season’s highlights included a fifth place finish at the Big East championships, a silver medal for the novice eight at the same competition, a Big East Boat of the Week award for the novice eight, a fifth place finish at the Dad Vail Regatta and a gold medal for the novice eight boat at the same event. “We did well last season, but we can improve on that,” Kalinauskus said. According to Kalinauskus, they have a very powerful squad and will need to harness that power to continue their success and improve upon last season’s results. This season will also see the return of coach Jennifer Sanford-Wendry, who is in her 13th season as head coach of the team – the only head coach the team has seen since rowing became a Division I varsity sport at UConn in the fall of 1997. Sanford-Wendry, who has been competing in rowing since she was a young girl, is a “great coach…with
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so much experience,” according to Kalinauskus. “She loves the program and it really shows.” The Huskies will have an eventful October that includes three regattas. The first one is this Sunday in Hartford, the second will be the Head of the Charles Regatta Oct. 23 in Boston and the third will be the Head of the Fish Regatta in Saratoga, N.Y., on Oct. 31. Their placement in these events will be crucial, as it will later affect their standing in the spring regatta events. With the beaming confidence that the players have in themselves, and the confidence that the coach has in her team, the Huskies hope to have their best season since 2005 when the team won the point’s trophy at the Dad Vail Championship, finished fourth in the Big East and had strong performances and many medals from its novice teams. The Huskies’ quest toward another landmark season will begin this Sunday in Hartford.
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Lakers weary but excited about European tour
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Los Angeles Lakers' Pao Gasol, of Spain, poses for photos during the basketball team's media day at Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010.
L SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP)—Pau Gasol has traveled to Spain twice during previous NBA preseasons, so he knows all about being a tour guide for a bunch of wide-eyed American hoopsters in his native Barcelona. Las Ramblas, the Sagrada Familia, the paella—he has it all covered. But Gasol knows his third trip back home is a whole lot bigger than his first two with the Memphis Grizzlies. After all, he’s now with the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers, whose every move is a big deal. “It’s always special, but at the same time, it wears you out a little bit,” Gasol said of the NBA’s preseason European tours. “They’ve got you doing two events a day, practice, media. You want to see your friends, you’re excited to be home, you have no time, so it becomes a little stressful. The most enjoyable part is the game. You can’t wait to play the game, get on a plane and get back here.” Although the Lakers would prefer to be practicing at their quiet training complex near LAX, they were politely excited about boarding one of those planes Thursday for a flight to London, where they’ll face the Minnesota Timberwolves at The O2 on Monday. They’ll go on to Spain for another game next Thursday against Regal FC Barcelona, Gasol’s former team. Their schedule is jam-packed with public events, private gatherings, team-building sessions, two exhibitions in front of excited audiences—and a few practices, if they can find the time. Gasol acknowledges he’ll be the No. 2 attraction— even in Barcelona— behind Kobe Bryant. The twotime NBA finals MVP hopes to play in both exhibitions, although his minutes will be limited as he ramps back up from offseason knee surgery. “Most of us have all been traveling all summer, so it just feels like another trip,” said Bryant, who has practiced only sparingly in the past week. “(The travel) doesn’t concern me. I’ll play if it feels right. These are like practice games. If I can play, I’ll play.” The Lakers have been on a treadmill of nearly nonstop basketball since late 2007, when they gathered at training camp before the first of three consecutive trips to the NBA finals. Bryant and Gasol also participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, while Lamar Odom just got back from
Europe after playing for the championship-winning U.S. team at the world championships. Just when Odom finally had his body clock re-set to California time, he hopped on another plane—but Odom wasn’t complaining much. “We’re on the world stage representing our team and our corporation,” Odom said. “There’s nothing like representing basketball. The game is expanding, and basketball is the new soccer. It’s catching on all over the world. … London is a pretty cool city, so I’m looking forward to getting this practice over with and getting out and walking around, just getting out and seeing the town, maybe getting my wife some shoes—something she wouldn’t see over here.” Odom’s wife, reality TV star Khloe Kardashian, won’t make the trip, but Odom knows the spotlight on the Lakers still will be quite bright. “The paparazzi is strong over there, too, right?” he asked with a grin. Coach Phil Jackson already is a world traveler, and his natural concerns about interrupting training camp are tempered by the opportunity to expand his younger players’ horizons. Since he hasn’t installed Los Angeles’ inbounds plays, Jackson still plans to get the Lakers into a gym on every off-day to work on the triangle offense and their teamwork. “You have to go over there and find a way to get some progress, and not just slide along in neutral,” Jackson said. “I don’t know how much ground we’re going to gain, though. It’s really more of a publicity thing for the league.” The Lakers are traveling with 16 players, including injured center Andrew Bynum. Bryant and Derek Fisher plan to get the players together at some point on thew trip for an expensive meal and some good conversation as they attempt to solidify the team chemistry they’ll need to compete with Miami, Boston, Orlando and everybody else for a third straight title. “I’m not a fish-and-chips type of guy, but hopefully we’ll get a chance to enjoy some fine dining,” Fisher said. “It’s tough to prepare for the type of season we have in front of us with such a disjointed October, but I think we’ve maximized what we have. I don’t think we’ll view it as an excuse to lean on or anything as to why we don’t start the season the right way.”
Bench stepping up for undefeated Huskies, Reid credits strength coach from NO. 4, page 14 The depth within the UConn roster has shown its stars in past games. “Players like Wasserman, Nicklaw, Blake and Qian Grovesnor have contributed off the bench,” said coach Ray Reid. In addition to depth, the Huskies have demonstrated tremendous endurance, improving their possession throughout the game and exhausting their opponents. Following the Tuesday game against Boston
College, Reid commended his strength coach for the team’s endurance. “I give the strength coach, Chris West, a lot of credit. Even in 95 to 96 degree weather our team still played strong,” Reid said. The first of the Huskies two consecutive road games will begin Friday at Marquette at 8 p.m. On the following Tuesday, No. 3 UConn will travel south to take on No. 8 Maryland at 7:30 p.m.
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“Players like Wasserman, Nicklaw, Blake and Qian Grovesnor have contributed..." – Ray Reid UConn soccer coach
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No. 5 Huskies gear up for Big East showdown Just minutes later, she assisted to junior midfielder Allison Angulo, who finished a shot to give the Huskies a two-goal The No. 5 Huskies will put cushion. their undefeated Big East record “The focus for Providence on the line Saturday when they was to start fast,” Stevens said. travel to Louisville, Ky. to take “That was critical because on the No. 10 Cardinals. Providence got stronger as the UConn, now 8-1 after wins game went along.” against Providence and Boston Silverman came up big College last weekend, again on Sunday in will look to win its first UConn’s battle with three conference games then 12th-ranked for the second season in Boston College. a row. Louisville sits at After the Eagles got 6-3 on the year, includ- at Louisville on the board first, ing a 1-1 mark in Big Saturday Silverman answered East play after dropfor the Huskies, 12 p.m. ping its last match in knocking in her Trager overtime to Syracuse. team-leading sixth Head coach Nancy goal to knot the Stadium Stevens said she feels game at one. her team matches up The game eventuwell with the upset-minded ally proceeded into overtime, Cardinals. despite the 22-6 shot advantage “We feel that the speed of that UConn held at the end of our forwards will absolutely regulation. The match remained challenge their defense. We feel tied until the 2nd overtime when we match up well in the mid- senior Melissa Gonzalez drew field, and we’re solid in back,” a penalty after what Stevens Stevens said. described as a “brilliant run On Friday, UConn downed at goal.” Junior back Rayell Providence at home by a score Heistand then buried the subof 2-0. Junior forward Cara sequent penalty shot to seal the Silverman put the Huskies on win for the Huskies. top early with a goal less than Stevens said she was 90 seconds into the contest. happy with the way her team
By Ryan Tepperman Campus Corresondent
FIELD HOCKEY
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Allison Angulo heads upfield during UConn’s 2-0 win over Providence on September 24 in Storrs.
responded after falling behind Boston College. “If you want to build a championship team, you have to be able to fight back from goal deficits. We had a one-goal deficit, and this team played well enough to battle back from it, get it into overtime, and then really dominate the overtime,” Stevens said. On Monday, Heistand, fresh off her game-winning theatrics, was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Week. A member of the 2009 All-Big East First Team and this year’s pre-season Defensive Player of the Year, the junior back will lead the UConn defense, ranked second in the nation in goals against average, into its weekend matchup with Louisville. “I think I’ve been banging the drum all season about how well Jestine (Angelini) and Rayell have been playing as the two fullbacks for us,” Stevens said. “That’s one of the reasons as a ‘D’ we’ve been allowing so few goals.” Countering that strong Husky defense for Louisville will be senior midfielder Nicole Youman, one of the nation’s top goal scorers. To date, Youman has tallied 12 goals and eight assists, both of
which lead the Big East. In addition to containing the Louisville star, Stevens said that she wants her team to test Louisville’s sophomore goalkeeper, Erin Conrad. Conrad, who only played in five games last season, enters the match allowing an average of 1.55 goals per game.
all a little better than the teams we’ve see this far,” said senior captain Andrew Marcus. “They’re all pretty good teams. We need to play as we’ve been playing. We’ve been practicing very well.” Practice has been limited this weekend, however, as the rain has kept the team off the courts. They instead ran indoors and “trained pretty well,” according to Marcus. One person who has stood out in particular to Marcus is sophomore Wei Lin, who won both his singles match and his doubles match where he was paired with junior Dave Adams in the match against Siena. “You can just see his maturity coming from his freshmen year
to his sophomore year,” Marcus said. “I’m very impressed. I’m really happy because he’s going to be a huge impact in this lineup and make this team better.” This weekend will be the first true-traveling event where the team stays over in town. “Everyone rooms with each other,” Marcus said. “We definitely have the mindset of waking up early to play tennis in the morning.” “I think it’s going to help me focus a lot,” Carr said. “It makes you feel more in tuned. It makes me feel like it’s more important. There’s six teams and it’s all tennis all the time.”
“If you want to build a championship team you have to fight back from goal deficits” – Nancy Stevens UConn field hockey coach
Following the game at Louisville, the Huskies will take a break from Big East action when they host their instate rival Yale on Wednesday, Oct. 6. The Bulldogs currently own a 5-3 record out of the Ivy League.
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UConn begins season vs. UNH Men’s tennis travels to Bucknell Ontario, Canada, could challenge Garcia for the starting job at some point this year. On offense, the Huskies The UConn women’s hockey team is set to begin their have a mostly revamped 2010-11 campaign this week- group of forwards, but the top end against University of New four who are returning are all impact players. Hampshire. “Up front, it’s This year the up to Chaisson and Huskies return 14 Brittany Murphy letter-winners from and Kelly Horan last years Hockey and of course East Championship Monique Weber finalist team, to lead the young including forwards freshman, be posiMonique Weber, tive influences on Jennifer Chaisson 0-0, 0-0 them,” Linstad and Brittany said. “We have to Murphy, as well rely on those four as defenseman to not take a shift and captain Jody off or a game off, Sydor. they have to be “We’re going consistent every to rely heavily on game and every our three seniors,” 0-0. 0-0 shift, they have said coach Heather Linstad. Saturday, 1 p.m., to be the four mainstays of our “Obviously they’ve been battle Mark E. Freitas forwards that are consistent.” tested. Jody Sydor Ice Forum Despite the has always been strong returning one of our best defensemen, I know she’s not roster, the Huskies still come replacing Cristin Allen, but into the year tabbed sixth she’s always been a steady out of eight in the Women’s Hockey East Preseason Poll. force on the blue line.” “I just chuckle, it doesn’t Linstad will have plenty of depth and experience at matter what we’ve done in defense this year. In addi- previous years, the coaches in tion to Sydor, the Huskies the Hockey East never believe return four additional defen- we’re going to have success,” seman from last years team, Linstad said. “So it is what along with junior goalie it is.” Last year the Huskies had Alexandra Garcia, who started 33 games last year while one of their best seasons in allowing only 1.60 goals-per- program history, going 21-9game. According to Linstad, 7 overall with a Hockey East however, newcomer Nicole conference record of 10-5-6. Paniccia, a freshman out of The Huskies season ended in
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the Hockey East championship game, when they were beaten by Boston University 2-1 in overtime. In the final poll, the Huskies were ranked No. 9 in the country, just missing the Top-8 threshold required to make the eightteam field of the NCAA tournament. Though this year’s team is younger and less experienced, Linstad still feels that the NCAA tournament is attainable.
“We’re going to rely heavily on our three seniors. Obviously they’ve been battle tested.” – Heather Linstad UConn hockey coach “Yes, I think we can [make the tournament],” Linstad said. “This is a whole new team, with a lot of young players, so I don’t know how well we’ll do at the beginning, but I still have the same high hopes for us at the end of the year.” The puck drops on the women’s hockey season opener Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the Mark E. Freitas Ice Forum.
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By Greg Keiser Staff Writer So far, the 2010 fall season has brought nothing but success for the UConn men’s tennis team, and they hope to keep that trend going this weekend at the Bucknell Invite in Lewisburg, Pa. The Huskies laid down a 7-0 beating on Siena on Wednesday in Loudonville, N.Y. “I thought the team played well,” said freshman Ryan Carr. “I think that we just have to keep playing aggressively.” Bucknell, George Mason, Farleigh Dickinson and Colgate will be the competition throughout the weekend. “We need to keep communicating with each other. They’re
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Women’s tennis looks to regain form By William Penfield Campus Correspondent The UConn women’s tennis team looks to get back on track this weekend after going winless at the Army Invite. The Huskies travel to Lewisburg, Pa., for the Bucknell Invite. The tournament begins today Oct. 1, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 3. Eight girls will travel to Bucknell for the Huskies including season standouts, Abby McKeon and Lauren Wilmarth. McKeon has the team’s only singles win thus far and Wilmarth has been a part of each of the doubles victories for the Huskies. Wilmarth will be paired with freshman Lucy Nutting, who she
won the B doubles draw with at the Quinnipiac Invite, in today’s B doubles draw. McKeon will also compete in the doubles portion of the tournament in the A flight with senior Emily Herb. McKeon will kick off her singles matches, Saturday, against Meredith Rock of Colgate in the opening round of the B flight singles. Wilmarth will compete in the B flight singles as well. Despite going winless this past weekend, the Huskies are going into Bucknell expecting to play well. “We are expecting everyone to do well this weekend and continue to improve against good competition,” said assistant coach Kate Tellers. That competition includes the
likes of Bucknell University, Colgate University, George Mason University and Farleigh Dickinson University. Heading into their fourth tournament of the fall season, the Huskies are still looking to get better every day. “To get prepared (for the weekend) we have been doing a lot of conditioning and tennis drills to improve our single and doubles before heading to Bucknell,” Tellers said. Doubles matches at Bucknell begin today and conclude Saturday, and the singles matches run through the weekend concluding Sunday afternoon.
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Box No. 2 on QB depth chart, Kuraczea to start at left Blair: MLB steroid use has trickled to college guard, Wylie done for the season with knee injury from JUST, page 14
The redshirt freshman Box threw for 30 yards on five passes against Texas Southern, but is the first option off the bench for the Huskies, ahead of the senior Frazer. “It comes down to productivity, and we think that’s the best way to go,” Edsall said. “You don’t look at who’s a senior, who’s a junior; it comes down to who we feel are the best guys and the guys knowing that. If you look at it any different way you’re not being fair to your football team. This is the way that we’re going with our depth chart.” Edsall said he’s confident that if something were to happen to Endres, Box would do a good job coming into the game. “I feel good at where we’re at with our depth chart,” Edsall said. “If we get an injury that can change, but hopefully we don’t get that.
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If something happens to Cody, Mike Box is going in the game. For me we have the best line up at quarterback to win games now.” Edsall was extremely impressed with what he saw out of Endres in the second half of Saturday’s game. “I saw a team with more energy, and I saw productivity, those are all the things that go into it,” Edsall said. “Cody’s a competitor and he wants to play and he wants to win.” It was also announced that Erik Kuraczea will start at left guard instead of Mathieu Olivier. Also, running back Kelmetrus “Meme” Wylie will miss the rest of the season after injuring his knee Saturday.
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Wide receiver Kashif Moore looks up the field after a reception against Buffalo on September 25 against Buffalo.
This should be a lesson for all of us, not just student athletes. When you put something on the Internet, it stays there forever. But on to the bigger issue, the pervasiveness of steroids in the MLB has now had a trickle down effect and we’re seeing college players juicing. The reason that ultimatepr27 wanted to tack on the extra weight? “My coaches told me if i gain 15-20 lbs i will probably get drafted,” he wrote. Baseball used to be my favorite sport. Well, not used to be, it still is, but if steroids continue to taint the game to this extent, to the point where college players are using banned substances to get an edge in the draft, I don’t imagine it will be my favorite any longer. Sure, this is just an example. And it’s easy to say the sky is falling and all college players are doping. But I’m sure that 10 or 15 years ago, the NCAA didn’t even have
to check for these banned substances. You know why? Because kids weren’t taking steroids! In much the same way that we’ve seen college football and basketball players being swayed by slippery agents and offered gifts and money in exchange for attending a particular school, now we’re seeing the nefarious dealings of the MLB coming down and ruining the college game. Now I’m not saying that everyone on the UConn baseball team is a saint – Pierre LePage got arrested last season for DUI – but I’d like to hope that here, at the university, athletes are smart enough not to dope in the first place. And even if they do, they’re smart not to post on the Internet about it.
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Home: Rentschler Field, East Hartford Tomorrow Vanderbilt Noon
Oct. 8 Rutgers 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 23 Louisville TBA
Nov. 11 Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m.
Men’s Soccer (7-0-1) Today Oct. 5 Marquette Maryland 8:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 9 Seton Hall 7:30 p.m.
The Daily Question is the biggest challenge to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Q: Who Conference? because they are the only ones who can get in the A: “Themselves, way of themselves.” Zachary N. Sundquist, 5th-semester psychology major
“He’s a guy where you can’t just hit him and think he’s going to go down. He breaks a lot of tackles and makes people look stupid all the time”
Pryce is right: Jets sign former Ravens DE
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP)—Trevor Pryce had flashbacks as soon as he got to the New York Jets’ facility. There were familiar faces everywhere: Rex Ryan, his old defensive coordinator in Baltimore, former Ravens assistants Dennis Thurman and Mike Pettine, and linebacker and buddy Bart Scott. “It was strange walking in at first and then I looked at the playbook,” Pryce said with a laugh. “All the plays are the same. Then, it was like stepping into a time capsule.” The Jets signed Pryce on Thursday, reuniting the former Ravens defensive end with Ryan & Co. a day after Baltimore cut him. Pryce didn’t even need to tell his agent where he wanted to go. “There are certain things you don’t have to say, like water’s good for you or don’t spend your money in one place,” he said. “There are certain (unspoken) truths in life and that’s one of them. He knew that if Rex called, that’s where I was going, no matter what, no matter who else called.” Pryce will get a chance to make an immediate impact in New York’s game at Buffalo on Sunday primarily in passing situations. “My daughter and niece are supposed to be going to Six Flags this weekend and I was really looking forward to going,” Pryce said, “but then Rex was like, ‘No, you’re playing against the Bills this Sunday.”’ He ranks fourth in sacks among active players with 90, but had no tackles this season.
Posey power
Oct. 13 Oct. 16 Providence St. John’s 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Field Hockey (8-1) Oct. 10 North Carolina Noon
Oct. 13 Northeastern Noon
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‘Spaceman’ Lee’s hat finds way to the Hall
Volleyball (2-10) Today Louisville 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 3 Cincinnati 2:00 p.m.
Oct. 16 Oct. 8 Oct. 10 Syracuse Marquette St. John’s 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
Men’s Tennis Today Bucknell Invitational TBA
Oct. 8 Quinnipiac Invitational TBA
Oct. 12 Oct. 14 Oct. 26 Sacred Regional Quinnipiac Heart Championship 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. New Haven
Women’s Tennis Today Bucknell Invite TBA
Oct. 21 Oct. 6 Oct. 12 Oct. 20 Regional UMass Sacred Heart Quinnipiac Championship 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Dartmouth
Men’s Cross Country Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Nov. 13 Oct. 22 Oct. 30 N.E. Leopard Regional CCSU Meet Big East Championship Invite Championship 4:00 p.m. Championship Noon 10:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m.
Women’s Cross Country Oct. 9 Oct. 15 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 13 N.E. Rothenberg CCSU Mini Big East Regional Championships Race Meet Championships Championship All Day All Day All Day Syracuse, NY All Day
Golf Oct. 11-12 Oct. 16-17 Connecticut Northeast Cup Invite All Day All Day
Oct. 18 NEIGA Champ. All Day
Oct. 19 NEIGA Champ. All Day
Rowing Sunday Oct. 23 Head of the Head of the Riverfront Charles All Day All Day
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Oct. 15 Oct. 17 Oct. 10 Oct. 8 Sunday Notre Dame Depaul USF Marquette Seton Hall 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 6 Oct. 9 Yale Georgetown 7:00 p.m. Noon
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» That’s what he said -Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey on Titans running back Chris Johnson.
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Oct. 31 Head of the Fish All Day
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San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey (28) is congratulated by Pablo Sandoval, center, and Jose Guillen after hitting a two-run home run off of Arizona Diamondbacks’ Barry Enright in the sixth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco.
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP)—A hat from Bill “Spaceman” Lee is on its way to the Hall of Fame. The cap worn by the former Red Sox and Montreal Expos left-hander when he made an appearance for the Can-Am League’s Brockton Rox will be sent to Cooperstown. Lee became the oldest person to pitch in and win a minor league game on Sept. 5 when he beat the Worcester Tornadoes 7-3. He was 63 at the time. Lee is the third-winningest lefty in Red Sox history. He pitched 14 seasons in the majors from 1969-82, but he was best known for the wacky antics that earned him the nickname “Spaceman.”
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Homecoming football, women’s hockey opener on tap this weekend
Florida, Alabama and McNabb’s homecoming highlight the weekend
By Matt McDonough Associate Sports Editor The ones to attend: football vs. Vanderbilt, Saturday, Noon It isn’t too often that an SEC opponent makes the trek to East Hartford, and although it is only Vanderbilt, a second straight win over the conference would be a credit to UConn. Last year in the Papajohn’s.com Bowl, the Huskies defeated South Carolina of the SEC. The Commodores enter the contest with a 1-2 record under new coach Robbie Caldwell. UConn will look to start a win streak after defeating Buffalo at the Rent last weekend. Scott Lutrus and Jordan Todman are healthy and will return to the playing field. Lutrus missed three games while Todman was out one week. The Huskies have won three straight Homecoming games. Women’s hockey vs. New Hampshire, Saturday, 1 p.m. The Huskies open their season this weekend against New England power New Hampshire. UConn had a great season last
year, losing in the America East championship game, but were picked to finish sixth in the preseason conference poll. The Wildcats were selected to finish fourth in the eight-team conference. The Huskies finished last season nationally ranked, holding the no. 9 spot in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll, and narrowly missed a trip to the NCAA tournament. The game is free and a trip to the Mark E. Freitas Ice Forum should be in the works. The one to follow up on: men’s soccer at Marquette, Friday, 8 p.m. The No. 4 Huskies take their 7-0-1 record to Milwaukee for a Big East match. UConn defeated Boston College Tuesday 2-0. The Husky defense and goalkeeper Josh Ford has stifled opposing offenses, not giving up a goal in over four games. The offense hasn’t been too shabby either, otuscoring opponents 13-0 in the last four matches. The Golden Eagles are 3-3-2 this season.
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By Russell Blair Managing Editor NCAA Football: No. 1 Alabama at No. 7 Florida, Saturday, 8 p.m., CBS This SEC matchup is a real doozie. Pitting last year’s national champion, Alabama, against the champion from two years ago, Florida, Saturday night’s game should be a good one. Alabama has looked vulnerable at times this season. Last week at Arkansas, the Crimson Tide nearly fell before scoring 10 points in the fourth quarter to seal the comefrom-behind victory. Alabama’s defense is first in the nation, allowing just 9.8 points per game. Florida’s offense, however, comes in scoring nearly 38 points per contest. Saturday’s game isn’t for the SEC championship, but it may go a long way toward deciding who is in the BCS title game come January. NFL: Chicago Bears at New York Giants, Sunday, 8:20 p.m., NBC All the talk in the NFC North heading into the season was about Brett Favre and the Vikings. But quickly and quietly, the Bears are
out to a 3-0 start. Jay Cutler, my pick for the best quarterback of the 2006 class, has racked up 870 yards, six touchdowns and just two interceptions. His quarterback rating of 109.7 is third in the NFL behind only Peyton Manning and Michael Vick. A road win over the Giants would be just another notch in Cutler’s belt. NFL: Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, 4:15 p.m., FOX Philadelphia fans are known for being crass – these are the same people that threw snowballs at Santa – so it’s anybody’s guess how they’ll treat Donovan McNabb when he returns to Lincoln Financial Field Sunday. The Redskins come in at 1-2 and the Eagles at 2-1, but no game is a gimme in the competitive NFC East. The Eagles’ current starting quarterback, Michael Vick, has McNabb to thank for getting him the job. McNabb lobbied hard for the Eagles to sign Vick. And now, a year later, Vick will look to lead his new team over his former teammate.
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P.13: Jets sign former Raven DE Pryce. / P.12: Men’s and women’s tennis in action this weekend. / P.11: Rowing heads to Hartford Regatta.
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RB Todman and LB Lutrus make return to gridiron
By Mac Cerillo Sports Editor
Russell Blair
Villanova is supposed to be a pretty reputable university, right? According to collegeboard.com, 61 percent of their students had high school GPAs of 3.75 or higher, and the median SAT score for incoming freshmen was 1895. So if you were a student at Villanova, say a player on the baseball team, you’d know better than to post on the forums of steroid.com asking for advice on how to gain 15-20 pounds of muscle, right? Wrong. Last week, a user with the name “ultimatepr27” created a thread titled “Villanova baseball player 1st cycle,” in which he asked for advice on how to best utilize performance-enhancing drugs. Really? Are kids out there really that stupid? Not only did he mention in the first sentence “Hi i play college baseball,” he went so far as to list his measurements. The folks over at deadspin.com, where I first read about this, took one look at the Villanova baseball roster and found a player with the initials P.R. and the weight given in the post, 160 pounds. “We’re not making any accusations, because it’s hard to imagine a wannabe steroid user being so stupid as to render his anonymity worthless (though it’s not hard to imagine a college kid being exactly this stupid),” the article on Deadspin wrote. Perhaps even more disconcerting than the fact that someone would be stupid enough to post this on the website, is the fact that users were quick to help the young man. While the general consensus was that he was too young to be taking steroids, the fact that people even engaged the student in conversation is alarming. Only later in the thread did anybody alert ultimatepr27 of his err. “Additionally you should not mention anything that would assist anyone in identifing you. You Just can’t be too safe,” wrote “dieseljimmy.” Ultimatepr27 has since edited his post, eliminating the part where he asked for advice about an effective steroid cycle, but the damage is done. Once the information is out on the Internet, it’s there forever. Deadspin asked Villanova’s media relations director, Michael Sheridan, about the post, and he said that all of Villanova’s teams, including baseball, are subject to NCAA and university drug testing.
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Jordan Todman and Scott Lutrus have both been cleared to play, and will be on the field as the UConn football team faces Vanderbilt on Homecoming Saturday. Todman missed the Huskies’ last game against Buffalo with an arm injury, while Lutrus has missed the last three games after he suffered an “upperextremity” injury. Starting left tackle Adam Masters will miss the game with an arm injury, along with reserve running back Jonathan Jean-Louis, who is out 2-2, 0-0 with an upper-extremity injury. Redshirt sophomore Jimmy Bennett will fill in for Masters at left tackle. Vanderbilt comes into the game 1-2 on the year. Last week the Commodores scored 1-2, 1-1 a big 28-14 win on the road against Ole Sat., Noon, Miss. Before that, the Rentschler Field Commodores dropped SNY their first two games of the year at home to Northwestern and then to No. 12 LSU. The Huskies, meanwhile, come into the game 2-2 on the year. Last week the Huskies got off to a sluggish start against Buffalo, going into the half tied 14-14 before coach Randy Edsall replaced starting quarterback Zach Frazer with Cody Endres. Endres provided a spark to the Huskies’ dormant offense, and from there the team cruised to a 45-21 win.
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Wide receiver Kashif Moore is forced out of bounds by a Buffalo defender during last Saturday’s game at Rentschler Field. The Huskies face Vanderbilt tomorrow.
No. 4 UConn hits road with target on back
dates back to 1991 when UConn beat Marquette in the teams’ first ever matchup. Since then, the Huskies have won five With a four-game win streak additional games, four of which under their belts, the Huskies have come in the past four head to the Badger State to seasons. Last year, the Huskies take on Marquette beat Marquette 3-0 in the second Big at home to clinch East matchup of the Big East Blue the season. Both Division Regular the Huskies and the Season title. In the Golden Eagles are at six meetings, the 1-0-0 in Big East. Eagles have Marquette Golden In UConn’s last Big been shutout four Today, East matchup, junior times. Tony Cascio scored a Both UConn and 8 p.m. hat trick in a 4-0 vicMarquette are comtory over then-ranked Valley Fields ing off shutout vicUSF. Marquette tories. The Golden picked up its Big Eagles blanked the East win against Rutgers in University of Wisconsin 1-0 New Jersey one week ago in after Calum Mallace scored his a 1-0 game. Rutgers held a third goal of the season and shot advantage of seven but David Check made three saves failed to finish a goal, while in goal. On Tuesday, sophoMarquette scored the game mores Carlos Alvarez and winner off of a diving header. Stephane Diop collected goals The UConn-Marquette series in the 2-0 win against No. 15
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Boston College. Despite having a 3-3-2 record, the Golden Eagles have had trouble finding the back of the net, scoring just six goals in eight games. The Huskies, on the other hand, have scored 25 goals and allowed just two in eight games. Marquette’s Calum Mallace leads the team in goals and assists with three and two, respectively. For the fourth consecutive week this season, a Husky has made the Big East weekly honors. Cascio was named Big East Offensive Player of the week after recording three goals and one assist in the victory over USF. Freshman Mamadou Doudou Diouf is expected to join his fellow scoring leaders, Cascio and Diop, on Friday in his first game since Sept. 19. Diouf injured his ankle in South Carolina and has sat out the past two games.
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Junior midfielder Tony Cascio controls the ball against Boston College on Sept. 28.
Huskies face pair of Big East opponents on road However, with four players tallying multiple goals on the season, keeping an eye on the entire Scarlet Knight attack will be imperative. After blasting Big East rival Syracuse 3-0 on Rutgers is able to strike in a multitude of ways, the road last Sunday, the UConn women’s soc- including a defense that is always waiting for an cer team (5-4-1) will travel again this weekend opportunity for a counterattack. Balancing this while attempting to score against to take on conference foes Rutgers and the impressive sophomore goalie Seton Hall. With serious implications Emmy Simpkin will be a tall for the Big East standings on the line, order. the Huskies know they’ll be taking the “When we’re on defense, their best shots of each home squad. But is dispersed so we’ve got now that they’ve finally gotten their at Rutgers, attack to be careful,” said senior captain conference legs underneath them, anyFriday Kacey Richards. “Also, we know thing is possible. Rutgers has a good, young goalie “We’re coming off a good win from 7 p.m. who’s been starting and doing Sunday,” said senior midfielder Elise Fugowski. “So this weekend we’re at Seton Hall, well because she made Big East just looking to build off that and play Sunday 4 p.m. honor roll last week.” “We’ve been working on well,” WHUS finishing all week in practice Taking first aim at the Huskies and have been scoring a ton will be the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Standing with a record of 6-5-1, the Scarlet of goals,” said Fugowski. “We’re looking to Knights feature a versatile offense and stingy go into the weekend with the same scoring defense that has allowed just nine goals this mentality.” Leading the charge for that Husky offense season. The offensive ringleader for Rutgers has been an unlikely source in the form of redshirt will be a combination of forwards Jess Shufelt, freshman Joelle Filigno. Fiigno has notched Melissa Busque and recently, senior midfielder three goals and two assists in her young career. Erin Clark. Clark, who replaced sophomore
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Junior goalkeeper Jessica Dulski takes a goal kick on Sept. 23 against St. John’s.
Linda Rutuu in the midfield, has scored half of the team’s goals over their last four games. Similar to Rutgers, Seton Hall is laiden with young talent. Although they’ve yet to register a win versus UConn since 1994, freshman forward Katie Ritter will provide a great equalizer on Sunday in the teams’ first matchup since 2007. Ritter is second in the Big East in goals with seven and fifth in points with 15. The responsibility of stopping Ritter will fall to the UConn defense, which has allowed just two goals through three games of Big East play, including two shutouts. Starters Courtney Wilkinson-Maitland, Karen Gurnon, Danielle Dakin and Richards have managed to protect the goal owned by junior goalie Jess Dulski. Dulski has enjoyed a solid start to the season, despite its roller coaster feel up until this point. Fugowski feels that her re-focused team is more than capable of taking care of business on its weekend trip. Escaping without a loss would certainly steady the feeling of an up and down year thus far, while a clean sweep would be a huge boost. “Every win is important,” Fugowski said.
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