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Northampton vigil Students ‘chillax’ at wellness night held to protest slashing of DACA 300 gathered in rain, by candlelight By Jackson Cote Collegian Staff
In protest of the Trump administration’s sudden reciscindment of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and to stand in solidarity with the undocumented immigrants affected by the controversial action, approximately 300 gathered in rain and by candlelight in Northampton Tuesday night. Eduardo Samaniego, a volunteer with the Pioneer Valley Workers Center and a thirdyear student at Hampshire College majoring in constitutional law and education, was one of the organizers of the event. Samaniego himself, along with a few of the other event’s organizers, is a recipient of DACA. “Taking this away goes against everything really that’s American. It is economically unsound,” Samaniego said. “There is no argument to take DACA away, other than that it’s part of a white supremacist agenda.” Samaniego also reasoned that DACA is supported by Democrats and Republicans alike—as it was passed with bipartisan support— along with 73 percent of the American public. “This being taken away goes beyond the will of the people,” he said. According to a press release sent from “Immigrant Youth and the Pioneer Valley Workers Center,” the scheduled vigil and march was organized “in sup-
to be vocal and stay informed about the Trump administration’s actions. “You’re basically leaving people on the streets. It’s crazy to be a human being and just tell people, ‘You can’t have this. You can’t work to survive,’” Guevara said. “I’m not sure how this is going to affect my life,” he added. The announcement to end DACA was made on Tuesday morning by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The end of the program means that the Department of Homeland Security will stop processing any new applications for DACA. It will also mean, “close to 800,000 students and young immigrants will lose legal status, work permits and driver licenses over night,” according to the press release for the vigil. During the event, Samaniego and three other recipients of DACA shared their personal struggles in immigrating to the United States—working tirelessly to make ends meet and live their lives in a new country. Samaniego discussed how he immigrated from Mexico to rural Georgia. In his senior year of high school, he became homeless and was eventually taken into the home of a pastor. He also recalled how, despite being the student body president of his class—in addition to his resume of many extracurriculars and recommendation letters—he was still prevented from applying to college. He did not have a social security number. During the vigil, Samaniego and other organizers urged
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Students attend a vigil on Tuesday, Sept. 5, protesting the end of DACA. port of Undocumented and DACAmented youth who are threatened by the ending of DACA.” Additionally, the event was intended to be a response to the termination of DACA and a call on congress to take action against the end of a program that had protected approximately 800,000 young undocumented immigrants—otherwise known as Dreamers, who were brought to the U.S. as children—from deportation. “My future is up in the air. I have no assurance,” Luis Guevara, a Hampshire College sculpture and Latin American studies major, said. Guevara, who will graduate from Hampshire College in 2020, is a recipient of DACA. He believes that it is important
participants to reach out to their local state representatives. At one point, Samaniego gave out the phone number of Massachusetts State Senator Stanley Rosenberg. He read Rosenberg’s phone number in both English and Spanish, telling those listening to demand justice. Of the 300 people who turned out for the event— which took place at 20 Hampton Ave., the location of the Pioneer Valley Workers Center—many were students from the five-college community. Some of the participants carried signs, and almost all carried candles. One participant’s sign read, “Don’t be a caca. Defend Daca.” Another’s read, “We’re see
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Ashley Ritter, Olivia Beaudette, Isabelle Giuttari and Madison Su (left to right) made wax hands during UPC Wellness Night on the Haigis Mall on Sept. 5, 2017.
UMass student honored for saving a life Lifeguard saves a young boy at pool By Abigail Charpentier Collegian Staff
On June 11, UMass sophomore John Stewart saved an 11-year-old boy’s life at the Oakley Country Club in Watertown, Mass. The finance major worked at the Oakley Country Club for the last four summers and is an American Red Crosscertified lifeguard, swim coach and camp counselor. Stewart said in an email he was working at the deep-end of the pool at the Oakley Country club when one of the younger members, Brian, swallowed a deadly amount of water after staying under water too long in the shallowend. When he heard com-
motion, he hurried to help. “As I turned the corner of the shallow-end of the pool, I laid my eyes on a dad cradling his young son while the child looked limp with his eyes receded to the back of his head,” Stewart said. “I took this lifeless boy into my arms and laid him down onto the pool deck, fully aware of the magnitude of the situation.” Stewart was able to perform CPR, as he had learned through his Red Cross training. After two rounds of rigorous CPR, Brian began to throw up the water and was able to fully recover. The incident on June 11 was the first time an ambulance had ever been called to the pool at the Oakley Country Club. A bb i e P i n g i t o re, Clubhouse Manager at the
country club, described Stewart as a “valued, longtime employee of Oakley Country Club,” in an email. “[He] is great with the kids, has patience and a quick wit!”Pingitore added. “We, the Oakley Family, tip our hat to Jack Stewart,” Pingitore said. After Stewart saved the child at Oakley Country Club, he was honored by the Watertown Police Department on Aug. 14. Michael Lawn, Chief of Police in Watertown, recalled through email numerous officers immediately suggesting honoring Stewart for his actions. Lawn described how at the ceremony, Stewart was presented a with plaque from the police department and took pictures with some of its’ members.
Other officers, Stewart’s family and local press were in attendance. “It is unbelievable how a 19-year-old responded to such a stressful situation. It speaks volumes on how calm he stayed and dealt with the situation that ultimately saved a 11-year-old’s life. Truly remarkable for a 19-yearold,” Lawn said. Months after Stewart was able to save Brian’s life, he shared how the danger Brian was in and his ability to respond to it continues to impact him. “The event on June 11 was a true inflection point in my life, ushering me into adulthood,” Stewart said. Abigail Charpentier can be reached at acharpentier@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @abigailcharp.
Students and community react to removal of gender inclusive bathroom Stalls were changed over the summer
theater major and a current resident of Spectrum, shared how having a gender-inclusive bathroom is “one of the main reasons” B y R ebecca W iesenberg they chose to live in Baker. Collegian Staff “I find having to choose Over the summer, a between men’s and wombathroom on the first floor en’s rooms oppressive and of Baker Hall, home to the uncomfortable,” Gourlay, who is gender non-conSpectrum LGBTQ+ desigforming/nonbinary, said. nated residential commu Spectrum residents, nity, was reassigned from along with their allies “gender-inclusive” to one from across the University just for “women.” of Massachusetts, the Five Some residents on the College Consortium, and Spectrum Floor have people in general Amherst responded ne gatively communities, have been toward the re-assigning emailing Dawn Bond, the of the bathroom, saying it director of student sergoes against the purpose vices at Residential Life, of the residential area to denounce the change and its message of gender as oppressive and regresinclusivity. sive. In a formatted email Ethan Gourlay, a junior template being spread on
Facebook for students to use when emailing, those in support of the genderinclusive bathroom on the Spectrum Floor reiterate its’ significance for trans students at UMass. “I am expressing my support to recrate the space as safe and affirming for all residents, and hope that the signage is in place to fulfill student’s needs as quickly as possible,” the email sample states. In his own email, CJ Harper, a psychology student at UMass, stressed that not only he, but “all other transgender and non-binary individuals benefit greatly from having gender neutral bathrooms available to us.” Bond and Diana
Fordham, the operations manager at Baker Hall, both declined to comment. In a letter sent out before the start of the school year from Jean MacKimmie, Director of Residence Education at Residential Life, Spectrum residents were informed of the bathroom re-signing and the reason behind the decision. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plumbing Code, according to MacKimmie, currently stipulates that all multistall bathrooms or restrooms “be designated as either male or female.” “The previous ‘all gender’ sign was installed without consultation with Residential Life Directors, see
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Incidents decline off UMass campus UMass officials are applauding efforts By Will Soltero Collegian Staff
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Kenya will hold another election for president on Oct. 17 By Felix Njini Bloomberg News
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President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga will face each other in a new presidential election Oct. 17, the electoral commission said, after the Supreme Court annulled last month’s vote. Kenyatta and Odinga and their running mates will be the only candidates in the election, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission said Monday.
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ship, representatives from the Dean of Students Office and APD meet weekly to discuss and review off-campus violations of the Code of Student Conduct. While the statistics point to a significant decline in offcampus incidents, some students say the perception of the University hasn’t quite changed in their minds. “It’s surprising,” said sophomore computer engineering major Tyler Hom, citing past riots and the prevalence of partying in general at the University. Hom also said he’s noticed that students may be taking more precautions before going off-campus, following University outreach about the consequences they may face. To junior biology major Alena Naritsin, the police presence off-campus is noticeable and may be a contributor to incident rates declining. Naritsin went on to say she’s happy that student incident rates are down. While sanctions, including the BASICS program, may be a significant deterrence for many students, the conduct report found a 10 percent drop in sanctions administered for off-campus incidents from the 2015-16 academic year to last year. The report also found that no expulsions were administered last year, compared to three the year before. Like Hom, sophomore building and construction technology major, Jack Wice, said he thinks the decline in incidents and University punishment can be attributed to students partying smarter. To Wice, the potential of sanctions or legal punishment “definitely deter[s] people.”
The University of Massachusetts and its surrounding community saw a significant drop in offcampus incidents involving UMass students, according to a recent Off-Campus Conduct Report. The report provides statistics related to the 2016-17 academic school year, touches on a four year trend of decline with such incidents, and covers “off-campus violations of the University’s Code of Student Conduct reported in the town of Amherst,” according to a press release from the University. The first report, conducted for the 2012-13 academic year, shows 519 students involved in 348 off-campus incidents. Last year, that number dropped to 210 students involved in 141 such incidents. The incident rate has declined 39 percent in the past two years. According to the report, unlawful possession of alcohol was the most commonly cited offense, with offenders frequently being required to complete a BASICS course, which educates students about the risks of alcohol abuse and helps reduce risky behavior. Last year, UMass and the Amherst Police Department introduced the Party Smart Registration program, where students can sign up to receive a courtesy call from the police if a complaint is made about their party. “This is no accident,” said Enku Gelaye, vice chancellor for student affairs and campus life. “Our party registration program, in which the Off-Campus Student Center mentors students in responsible behavior and helps them register gatherings with Amherst Police, was an immediate success in Will Soltero can be reached at reducing noise complaints.” wsoltero@umass.edu and followed on As a part of the partner- Twitter @WillSoltero.
BATHROOM the staff of the Stonewall Center, student organizations or the State Plumbing Board,” MacKimmie stated. Daniel Fitzgibbons, associate director of News and Media Relations at UMass, described the posting of the “all gender sign” as an “ad hoc change”— one taken without significant prior planning. In the same letter, MacKimmie also reaffirmed the University’s commitment to gender inclusivity, as, per the University Restroom and Bathroom Policy, it “strives to create and sustain a campus environment that supports and values all members of our community.” “As a result, 135 campus bathrooms, 122 residence halls restrooms and 21 residence hall bathrooms have
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been designated as genderinclusive,” MacKimmie stated. Fitzgibbons reiterated this stance, stating, “We’ve devoted considerable resources to increase the number of gender-inclusive bathrooms.” While the University attempts to uphold Massachusetts plumbing policy, students continue to fight against the removal of the gender-inclusive bathroom in Baker Hall. “The change to women’s rooms might not have a big change—I intend to use them because gender is a lie,” Gourlay said. Rebecca Wiesenberg can be reached at rdukewiesenb@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @busybusybeckybe.
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Lao Tzu
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Students on the Spectrum Floor created a handmade Gender Inclusive sign.
UMass rated fifth happiest university to work for in 2017 UMass descibed as very happy school By Jackson Cote Collegian Staff
Based on factors such as leadership, culture, compensations and work environment, the University of Massachusetts was ranked no. five in Careerbliss’s list of ‘20 Happiest College and University Workplaces in America.’ Careerbliss—an online career community that describes themselves as an information hub for direct employers, job seekers and recruiters—analyzed thousands of reviews submitted by college and university employees before publishing their list. Based on those reviews, which were ranked on a scale of one to five, Iowa State University came in as the happiest school, followed by the University of North Carolina and Columbia University. “Basically your faculty and staff are evaluating what it’s like to work at the University day-to-day,” said Alia Henson, the director of communications at Careerbliss. “UMass is obviously one of the happiest schools.” She added, “The way that Careerbliss evaluates their Blissscore is we evaluate how happy someone is by ten key factors.” Those key factors, according to Careerbliss, include one’s relationship with management and the company or organization, compensation, workplace environment, growth opportunities, satisfaction with job role and overall workplace setting. UMass received more than 50 employee reviews, and according to Henson, the University scored the highest in the areas of “People You Work With,” “Person You Work For” and “The Way One Works.” “It’s an important data metric to have, because it
has a trickle-down effect,” Henson said. “If your faculty and staff are feeling empowered and happy, how does that trickle down to the students?” she asked. For Doctor Richard Halgin, who has been teaching at UMass for 41 years, the answer to this question is that the morale of the entire University—faculty, staff and students included—are positively affected. “It just influences morale. When employees, like managers and professors, are treated well, that morale is communicated to our students, to our staff,” said Halgin. “When people feel like they’re not being respectfully treated, it really permeates the whole environment.” Halgin, a professor in the psychology and brain sciences department, came to UMass in 1977. Back then, he said, it was not a great place to work. According to Halgin, it was a time of serious financial problems in the state of Massachusetts, and the University’s resources were “terrible.” He was quick to note, though, not all of the problems at the University were related to professors’ salaries. Halgin recalled teaching in his auditorium at the beginning of his tenure at the University, before the space was renovated. It was a “filthy, filthy place,” as Halgin described it. He recalled seeing a banana peel on the window sill at the beginning of the semester one year. On the last week of that semester, the peel was still there. However, since 1977, the University has improved greatly in many respects, according to Halgin. He said that some of his friends’ children, who had applied to UMass in recent years, had been rejected. A student getting rejected from UMass would have been unheard of 15 years ago, he argued. “The quality of the students has skyrocketed, the
DREAMERS here to stay!” “I think this is what the vigil is, to say, ‘We won’t stand up for this,’” Hampshire College student Zanya Andrade Fitz said. Andrade Fitz, who will graduate in 2020 and is studying immigration law, the prison industrial complex and theater, added, “The least you can do is show up and listen to people’s feelings, to make people feel validated.” Samaniego said that he believes passing the DREAM
facilities have improved, the leadership has really become so much better. I love coming to work. I love this job,” said Halgin, who overall, feels like his needs are met. “Obviously there are some resources that are limited, but that’s true at any institution. But I think we’re very respectfully treated,” he said. For Adena Calden, who started working in the department of mathematics and statistics as a lecturer in 2006 and is now a senior lecturer, there has been a lot of support and opportunities for professional development at the University. “Things related to teaching that I’m passionate about, I’ve found a lot of freedom to pursue those opportunities, Calden said. Since 2006, Calden has done several fellowships and attended workshops that the UMass Institute for Teaching Excellence & Faculty Development (TEFD) has hosted on a variety of subjects, including how to integrate technology into the classroom, how to design effective assignments and how to use wireless clickers in the classroom. However, she feels that beginning in 2012, TEFD’s repertoire for hosting workshops and promoting professional development has hit a snag. “There seems to have been less in recent years,” said Calden, referring to the number of workshops TEFD has organized. “But [TEFD] seem to be going through a transition right now.” Calden’s accolades for her workplace at the department of mathematics and statistics are still unwavering, though. “My department’s very good at allowing me to pursue things that I’m passionate about, which makes me a better teacher and trickles down to my students,” Calden said. Jackson Cote can be reached at jkcote@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @jackson_k_cote.
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Act at the federal level and the state legislature in Massachusetts is one of the next steps in this struggle, arguing that undocumented families, who have been long time residents and taxpayers in Massachusetts, should be allowed to get drivers licenses. “We acknowledge and demand that members of Congress pass the 2017 DREAM Act or similar legislation that will lessen the anxiety, fear and economic
backlash that comes with the termination of DACA,” read the vigil’s press release. Close to the end of the vigil, Samaniego began a multitude of chants that most of the event’s participants joined in on. “We are dreamers, the mighty, mighty dreamers, fighting for justice and no deportations,” chanted Samaniego at one point during the night. Jackson Cote can be reached at jkcote@umass.edu.
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Pres. Trump ends Obama-era DACA GOP faces divisive programs, sets stage for deportations fight, could define future of the party
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WA S H I N G T O N — President Donald Trump on Tuesday began to shut down a popular Obamaera program that protects young people brought into the country illegally as children, fulfilling a campaign promise after seven months of hinting that he might do something to save the so-called “Dreamers.” “We must remember that young Americans have dreams too,” Trump said in a statement. “Being in government means setting priorities. Our first and highest priority in advancing immigration reform must be to improve jobs, wages and security for American workers and their families.” Calling the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program illegal, the administration announced its termination would come after a six-month delay to give Congress time to pass a legislative fix that might allow 800,000 people here illegally to stay in the only country many of them have ever known. But the White House made it clear Tuesday that Trump wants Congress not just to pass a bill that helps the DACA recipients but a larger immigration package - which lawmakers have failed to pass for years - and that he is willing to trade protections of Dreamers for money that would fund a wall on the southern border. “I don’t think the American people elected Congress to do things that were easy,” said press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “They elected them to make a government that works, to work properly, and to work for American people. And that’s their job. And if they can’t do it, then they need to get out of the way and let somebody else who can take on a heavy lift and get things accomplished.” In the meantime, the administration will not accept any new applications for the program known as DACA but will allow hundreds of thousands of its recipients to renew their two-year work permits if they expire in the next six months. Those currently protected by the program will keep their special two-year status until their work permits expire. If their DACA status expires before March 5, they will have until Oct. 5 to apply for one more renewal, meaning the recipients should be able to keep their status until 2019. Those whose protections expire after March 5 will lose their protected status. A senior Department of Homeland Security official told reporters that the administration will continue to focus on criminals for deportation, though Dreamers could be detained if they are involved with other targeted immigrants.
DHS will not use DACA recipients’ personal identifying information for enforcement purposes, though their records would be maintained, the official said. Administration officials said the decision to gradually rather than abruptly end the program shows Trump is treating the DACA recipients with “great heart,” as he had pledged to do. Just last week, Trump said, “We love the Dreamers.” Still, the decision signaled to advocates on both sides of the immigration issue that Trump planned to proceed with the immigration proposals that powered his 2016 campaign from boosting deportations to building a border wall. “To target these young people is wrong - because they have done nothing wrong,” former President Barack Obama wrote on his Facebook page. “It is self-defeating - because they want to start new businesses, staff our labs, serve in our military, and otherwise contribute to the country we love. And it is cruel.” The announcement, postponed several times, came on the day of a deadline imposed by 10 states that threatened to sue the U.S. government if it did not end the program. Those states argued that Obama overstepped his executive powers in granting the special protections. The Justice Department determined the program violated U.S. existing immigration laws, officials said. “This administration’s decision to terminate DACA was not taken lightly,” said Elaine Duke, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. “As a result of recent litigation, we were faced with two options: wind the program down in an orderly fashion that protects beneficiaries in the near-term while working with Congress to pass legislation; or allow the judiciary to potentially shut the program down completely and immediately. We chose the least disruptive option.” Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a close ally of Trump’s on immigration issues who had advised the states threatening to sue, said in an interview that he wanted a faster end to DACA but that each state must decide for itself whether to drop their opposition. “Each state’s making their mind up right now, so they have to weigh a number of things,” he said. “One is the probability of success. The probability of success on the merits is very high, but a judge now might say I don’t have to get to the merits because it will be moot in X number of months.” Several of the states that had threatened to sue, including Texas, Kansas, South Carolina and Idaho, praised Trump’s decision despite the fact that some DACA recipients will hold work permits for longer
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Vianey Martinez is a DACA recipient and came out to show her support at a rally.
than two years from now. “Had former President Obama’s unilateral order on DACA been left intact, it would have set a dangerous precedent by giving the executive branch sweeping authority to bypass Congress and change immigration laws,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said. Other states, including Washington and New York, immediately said they would sue Trump for ending the program. The decision puts pressure on a Republicancontrolled Congress to produce a legislative fix for the immigrants and avoid backlash from voters, business executives and donors who have urged compassion for the Dreamers. Sixty-four percent of Americans support allowing the DACA recipients to stay in the United States, according to NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll released Thursday. “I have a love for these people and hopefully now Congress will be able to help them and do it properly,” Trump told reporters Tuesday afternoon. “I can tell you, speaking to members of Congress, they want to be able to do something and do it right. And really we have no choice, we have to be able to do something, and I think it’s going to work out very well.” But finding a solution will be tough for Washington’s feuding Republicans, who control both the White House and Congress for the first time in 10 years and are saddled with a host of other problems, including avoiding a government shutdown and paying to rebuild after Hurricane Harvey. “This Congress will continue working on securing our border and ensuring a lawful system of immigration that works,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. said in a brief statement. On Friday, as Trump inched closer to an announcement, House Speaker Paul Ryan joined a small but growing number of Republicans, including Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch and Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, who urged Trump not end the program. And Tuesday, he pledged to work on a legislative fix. “It is my hope that the House and Senate, with the president’s leadership, will be able to find consensus on a permanent legislative solution that includes ensuring that those who have done nothing wrong can still contribute as a valued part of this great country,” he said. Conservative lawmakers led by Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina are already working on a bill that would provide a path to permanent residency to people brought here illegally as children. “Immigration policy should be set through legislation, not executive orders,” Tillis tweeted Friday. “It’s the responsibility of Congress to address the long-term uncertainty facing undocumented minors.” sue, said in an interview that he wanted a faster end to DACA but that each state must decide for itself whether to drop their opposition. “Each state’s making their mind up right now, so they have to weigh a number of things,” he said. “One is the probability of success. The probability of success on the merits is very high, but a judge now might say I don’t have to get to the merits because it
will be moot in X number of months.” Several of the states that had threatened to sue, including Texas, Kansas, South Carolina and Idaho, praised Trump’s decision despite the fact that some DACA recipients will hold work permits for longer than two years from now. “Had former President Obama’s unilateral order on DACA been left intact, it would have set a dangerous precedent by giving the executive branch sweeping authority to bypass Congress and change immigration laws,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said. Other states, including Washington and New York, immediately said they would sue Trump for ending the program. The decision puts pressure on a Republicancontrolled Congress to produce a legislative fix for the immigrants and avoid backlash from voters, business executives and donors who have urged compassion for the Dreamers. Sixty-four percent of Americans support allowing the DACA recipients to stay in the United States, according to NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll released Thursday. “I have a love for these people and hopefully now Congress will be able to help them and do it properly,” Trump told reporters Tuesday afternoon. “I can tell you, speaking to members of Congress, they want to be able to do something and do it right. And really we have no choice, we have to be able to do something, and I think it’s going to work out very well.” But finding a solution will be tough for Washington’s feuding Republicans, who control both the White House and Congress for the first time in 10 years and are saddled with a host of other problems, including avoiding a government shutdown and paying to rebuild after Hurricane Harvey. “This Congress will continue working on securing our border and ensuring a lawful system of immigration that works,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. said in a brief statement. On Friday, as Trump inched closer to an announcement, House Speaker Paul Ryan joined a small but growing number of Republicans, including Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch and Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, who urged Trump not end the program. And Tuesday, he pledged to work on a legislative fix. “It is my hope that the House and Senate, with the president’s leadership, will be able to find consensus on a permanent legislative solution that includes ensuring that those who have done nothing wrong can still contribute as a valued part of this great country,” he said. Conservative lawmakers led by Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina are already working on a bill that would provide a path to permanent residency to people brought here illegally as children. “Immigration policy should be set through legislation, not executive orders,” Tillis tweeted Friday. “It’s the responsibility of Congress to address the long-term uncertainty facing undocumented minors.”
By Cathleen Decker Los Angeles Times
President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind a popular program that protected the most sympathetic of immigrants here illegally - those who were brought as children by their parents - poses a huge threat to his party, forcing Republican lawmakers to choose between the party’s nativist wing, which strongly opposes any move resembling amnesty, and those who favor a more flexible approach to minority communities. The terms Trump set out give Republicans in Congress six months to pass a measure to protect those currently covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, which was enacted under executive authority by President Barack Obama. But Congress has been unable for years to come up with immigration reforms, in large part because of divisions within Republican ranks, which sank immigration reform efforts under Obama and George W. Bush. The worst-case scenario for many GOP lawmakers: If Congress stalls again, next year’s midterm election campaigns could be accompanied by thousands of young people each week being fired from their jobs or kicked out of school, and ultimately by some being deported to countries they have not seen since they were toddlers. Some Republican strategists fear that revoking DACA could repeat on a national scale the damage Republicans in California incurred by supporting Proposition 187. That 1994 measure aimed at immigrants living in the U.S. illegally turned the California party from one that was competitive, and often victorious, in statewide elections to nearly an afterthought, disdained not only by Latinos but many moderate white voters. Countering those fears are warnings by other Republicans that legislation to renew DACA would be the biggest grant of amnesty to immigrants here illegally since the Reagan administration. Passage of a legalization bill by a Republican Congress would deeply alienate many conservatives, they argued. Already, some were critical of Trump for not canceling the program outright. The divisions within the GOP could be seen in the immediate aftermath of the administration’s announcement. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., said he hoped both houses of Congress would act to ensure that “those who have done nothing wrong can still contribute as a valued part of this great country.” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on the other hand, insisted that any break for DACA recipients should be coupled with a bill he has proposed, with White House backing, that would reduce the number of immigrants allowed to enter the country legally. “I’m not going to support just a blanket amnesty,” he said. Some moderate Republicans suggested as a potential saving grace something that usually inspires dread: an all-out war within their party in which, they hope, their brand of Republicans can defend immigrants and put forward a broader and more aspirational definition of America. But the fight ahead is just as likely to draw attention to the nationalist wing of the party. For decades, many Republicans mindful of the declining number of white
voters - the bulwark of the party - have argued that the GOP must embrace Latinos, Asians and others or be flattened by an eventual demographic wave. In 2016, slightly more than 7 in 10 voters were white, down from 9 in 10 when Reagan was elected in 1980. Latinos made up slightly more than 1 in 10 voters last year. The announcement Tuesday came as a rebuff to efforts to broaden the GOP appeal to minorities. Former U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin, a Republican who legally emigrated from Mexico at the age of 14, cried as she called Trump’s cancellation of the DACA program “a low hit to our gut.” “I don’t know this party, I don’t recognize this party. This is not the party that I fought for, for 32 years, to improve its standing in the Latino community,” she said. The central argument that has long been advanced by supporters of the DACA program - that people brought to the U.S. as children should not be blamed for their parents’ actions - has won broad support from the public. An NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll released last week, for example, found that 64 percent of Americans supported the DACA protections. Even Trump’s most loyal voters were sympathetic: Among white working-class voters - those who propelled Trump’s important victories in the upper Midwest - 56 percent supported the DACA program. Some laboring to elect Republicans said they hoped for a quick congressional judgment in favor of DACA recipients, believing that could rescue their party from a backlash. “The Republicans running Congress have an opportunity to come through,” veteran Republican strategist Rob Stutzman said. “If they fail and those who have grown up in this country as Americans are forced back to countries they don’t know, that will be a catastrophically bad moment for the GOP.” At the presidential level, Republicans have gained little ground among Latinos in recent elections. In 2013, party officials wrote a report urging that future candidates overtly appeal to the community. Trump did the opposite. He lost Latinos by more than 2 to 1, but won the election in large part by maximizing turnout of conservative, white voters. The DACA battle reflects a fight for supremacy within the GOP, part of which turns on differing views of whether Trump’s victory can be replicated. On one side are Republicans who share more nationalistic views, skeptical of immigration, a group most heavily concentrated in the South. The other side includes many Republicans from the West and Southwest who even now confront demographic change. Cotton’s co-sponsor on his bill to restrict legal immigration is Sen. David Perdue of Georgia. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, formerly a senator from Alabama, consistently has been among the strongest voices against DACA within the administration. On the other side, Trump’s action drew strong criticism from Arizona’s two Republican senators, John McCain and Jeff Flakes.
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“Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.” -Benjamin Franklin
Takeaways from ‘Free Speech’ counter-protest On August 19, I stood in Boston with thousands
James Mazarakis of others to protest an extremist right-wing rally. I met an elderly woman who was appalled that she was seeing the swastika branded in public after so many years. When asked if she had come alone, she shook her head. “I’m in Boston. I’m never alone.” In such a partisan atmosphere, there was a rush to call this protest violent, rowdy and shameful. But this woman did not wear a mask or carry a baseball bat. She, like thousands of others, came to protest peacefully. What defined this protest was not overblown disputes or disorder, it was people like her, expressing their views under the First Amendment. Between my experience and the facts, any claim that counter-protesters are bringing violence to this country is a false equivalency, which breeds disinformation and needlessly aggravates the divisions in this c o u n t r y. After participating in the counter-protest, here are my take-aways. 1. All things considered, the protest was relatively crime-free. According to the Boston Globe, several men were found wielding knives and arrested for assault. One man from New York was illegally carrying a firearm, although he never used it. Others were arrested for disturbing the peace, with reports of bottles of urine and rocks thrown at police. While this is still unacceptable, there were not any significant injuries, nor any destruction of property. Many of the offenses were rather minor, with one person charged only with drinking alcohol in public. It would be hard to
imagine a gathering of this size with less disorder. 2. Critics of left-leaning groups ignore their peaceful approach. While at the protest, I saw masked “Antifa” and Black Lives Matter activists leading small groups of people through the crowd, commanding people to let them through without conflict. Many of those escorted were wearing Trump campaign merchandise, white shirts or other attire that indicated their affiliation with the “Free Speech” protest. These activists offered right-wing protesters safe passage out of the vicinity. It should be noted that the organizers of the counterprotest planned to minimize conflict and help the protesters get on with their days. 3. Verbal disputes caught on camera don’t mean the protest wasn’t peaceful. Our inter-political discourse needs improvement, especially when many centrists or conservatives attempt to have reasonable
on video shooting at a counter-protester with a pistol. One of the main organizers of the Charlottesville rally, Kyle Chapman, has been charged with swinging a wooden baton at protesters during an earlier clash in California. For a protest that drew only hundreds in attendance, this is an amazing amount of violence. No one on either side of the rally in Boston suffered as much as those who were at the Charlottesville riot, no matter how much disorder was brought about. 5. I witnessed nothing but pleasantries among other protesters. I was surprised to see how cordial protesters carrying signs with profanity or wearing a face mask actually were. Despite accusations that the protests were antipolice, the sheer presence of a police officer incited “thank-you’s” and very typical Bostonian small talk. Some on the left might say they were too friendly—that argument is not mine to defend or neglect— but regardless, the a t m o sphere was respectful and cheerful. The divisions flared up by these protests revolve around the straw man of “free speech,” but at no point in Boston was free speech in doubt. If anything, these protests reveal what free speech looks like: sometimes ugly, with profanity and namecalling, but also sometimes civil—clever signs, attire, flags and songs about democracy and our country. Those who cross the line of violence overstep their bounds and deserve to pay the price under the law; but in Boston, nonviolence was the dominating force as the people demonstrated their dissatisfaction with the revival of white supremacy and neo-Nazism.
“...any claim that counter-protesters are bringing violence to this country is a false equivalency, which breeds disinformation and needlessly aggravates the divisions in this country.”
debates with liberals. But lumping even the most heated encounters in with accusations of violence, like many of the counter-protest’s detractors have done, is an outrageous comparison. There is a big difference between an argument that ends with name-calling and one that ends in a physical altercation—let alone one that ends in disablement, long-term injury or death. In Boston, we saw a few isolated incidents of the former, but none of the latter. 4. Disorder is a crime, but it is not comparable to assault and murder. In Charlottesville, a man drove into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one person and injuring 19 James Mazarakis is a Collegian others. columnist and can be reached at Another man was caught jmazarakis@umass.edu.
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A disservice to diversity The Justice Department same. reignited the debate over A Princeton study found that Asian-Americans Bradley Polumbo needed to score 140 points higher on the SAT than affirmative action, when white students to be admitrecent leaks revealed the ted to a private school, launch of an investiga- while Black students could tion into what it considers score 310 points lower and “race-based discrimina- still get in. tion” in higher education. If schools distributed For once, the Trump textbooks, laptops, profesadministration might be sors or any other resource on to something. so unevenly, students Affirmative action poli- would divide along those cies emerged out of the lines. This is no less true Civil Rights Movement in for acceptance letters. the 1960s. But intelligence doesn’t They allow schools to correlate to skin color, consider racial disadvan- and acceptance letters tage as a mitigating fac- shouldn’t either. There’s tor in admissions, in an an inherent condescenattempt to account for sion in setting the bar lower for students of color racial inequality. The goal of affirmative that undermines minority action was simple: to pro- students. A drop in standards mote campus diversity. But where do we find implies that they can’t be ourselves today? Without expected to have accoma doubt, minority repre- plished as much as their sentation has increased, peers. A lower bar will including at the University always bring up an unfair of Massachusetts Amherst question: Was a minor– which uses race-based ity student admitted on admissions policies to pur- their own merit, or just as a token diversity prop? sue this goal. Yet on today’s campus- Students of color don’t es, racial tensions run as deserve to face increased scrutiny, but this tension high as ever. In 2016, students at will never subside until the University of North discrepancies in treatDakota, Kansas State ment do. University and Quinnipiac Proponents of affirmaUniversity sparked out- tive action argue that we rage when they posted need to factor race into colpictures in “blackface” on lege admissions to address the racial imbalances that social media. A student at the undoubtedly still exist in University of Mississippi our society. These imbaldrew national attention by ances are unjust, but so calling for the lynching of is stereotyping people of Black Lives Matter activ- color. Affirmative action does just that. ists on Twitter. action At Evergreen College in Af f ir mative Washington, white stu- assigns life experiences dents were asked to leave to an applicant based on campus for a “day of the box they check off on absence” in a stunt meant the census, viewing race in isolation in a way that to explore issues of race. A professor who object- ignores what opportunity ed was assailed by stu- or hardship a student has dents, decried as racist actually faced. Certain and forced to move his racial groups may be more family into hiding for their economically disadvantaged than others, but that safety. Violent threats posted tells us little about any on social media and 911 individual. If all you concalls left the school on sider is race, a poor white high-alert lockdown for student raised in rural days. With affirmative action and countless other diversity-based policies in place nationwide, why haven’t college campuses made more progKansas would appear more ress? It’s simple—affirmative privileged than a wealthy action, and policies like it, Black student from the exacerbate racial division suburbs of Washington, by differentiating along D.C.—regardless of which ethnic lines, rather than one actually had access to treating all students the SAT prep courses, tutors
or college advisers. In 2017, race-blind admissions policies are just as capable of producing diverse college campuses. People of color have overcome many of the hurdles they faced in the 1960s. In 1965, Black people accounted for only about five percent of undergraduates. Now? A 2015 survey from the National Center on Education Statistics found that 70 percent of whites enter college immediately after high school—but so do 63 percent of African Americans. Minority students have proven that they don’t need a leg up to compete with their Caucasian counterparts. The state of Texas is a perfect example of how race-blind admissions policies can still promote diversity. In 1997, a policy was implemented where the top 10 percent of each graduating high school class are automatically admitted to the state’s public universities, regardless of their race. Minority enrollment has increased dramatically. The University of Texas at Austin has been an outspoken proponent of ethnicity-based admissions policies, while Texas A&M University prides itself on being race-neutral. Growth in Hispanic and Black enrollment at race-blind A&M outpaced UT-Austin from 2003 to 2015. Still, there’s no denying the fact that at some elite universities, minorities are still underrepresented. But students of color already have lower graduation rates and a GPA gap separating them from their white counterparts. Pushing students of color into universities they wouldn’t otherwise get into will only widen the achievement gap these programs hope to close. Students of color don’t need special treatment, or the unintended consequences that come with it. At some point in the past, af f ir mative action may have been necessary to promote campus diversity—but it isn’t today. The solution to racially charged campuses might just be to start treating everyone the same.
“Affirmative action, and policies like it, exacerbate racial division by differentiating along ethnic lines, rather than treating all students the same.”
Bradley Polumbo is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at bpolumbo@umass.edu.
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Christopher Nolan redefines war movies with ‘Dunkirk’ Intensely personal WWII blockbuster By Lauren LaMagna Collegian Staff
It is easy to say that Christopher Nolan is one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation. Over the last 20 years, Nolan has made a career of telling the story of good versus evil under the umbrella of science fiction and comic book narratives. But here, he has decided to do something different, something completely out of his character, which speaks volumes of his unparalleled talent. His latest blockbuster, “Dunkirk,” is about the evacuation of over 300,000 British troops who were trapped in Dunkirk, France surrounded by Germans in the beginning of the Second World War. Nolan tells this story through three parallel narratives: the soldiers (Fionn Whitehead) stranded on the beach in Dunkirk, a British pilot (Tom Hardy), and a civilian captain (Mark Rylance) who lives
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Fionn Whitehead (Tommy) and Damien Bonnard (French soldier) carried heavy moments in the films overlapping plotlines. just a boat ride away from the war zone. They all have the same mission: get these troops home. What’s different about this film in comparison with the rest of Nolan’s repertoire is that this film is not character driven. Yes, there are strong lead-
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ing characters in the movie, but at the same time, it’s not about them. The audience doesn’t meet a character and learn about his/her life in a traditional way, while watching him/her go on an exaggeratedly emotional journey where they descend on some degree of self-actualization. This story isn’t about an individual. It is about an event. An event that happened to around 400,000 people, and Nolan’s castings are just representations of what happened to these people. Nolan gives us these three main characters so the audience knows what is happening on land, air and sea during the evacuation. They were being shot at from around the corner, starving on a beach, getting “rescued” by the Allied forces while then being bombed three min-
utes later. Nolan could have taken an easier approach to this story with well-known figures of the time like Winston Churchill or the senior commander of the British army, Alan Brooke. But this film is not about them. It is not about the
strategy of war, it’s about the experience of war. It is about the horrors that ordinary young men are being put through on the battlefield. It is about suffering and the will to survive. Director of photography Hoyte Van Hoytema (who worked with Nolan on “Interstellar”) brilliantly captured the mood of the soldiers with his camera. The audience is able to get up close and personal with the characters and feel their exhaustion and paranoia, producing a deeper level of intimacy. The audience sees every emotion from soldiers trying to sneak onto an overcrowded rescue ship to Hardy’s eyes flickering with fear when he notices a German plane right behind him. “Dunkirk” makes you want to root for them while simultaneously grab your seat when you watch them cover their head right before each bombing. You feel like you know these characters thanks to Hoytema, despite them only haven spoke 10 words throughout the piece. What makes this film work is the beautiful
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union between Nolan and composer Hans Zimmer. These two (whose first partnership was in 2005) know exactly how to work together to achieve great success. With Nolan’s lack of dialogue Zimmer had to advance the plot with his music. His unconventional music through the use of everyday objects (a ticking clock for example) had the audience in the palm of Nolan’s hand. From paranoia to anxiety to panic to relief and hope, I felt all these emotions thanks to Zimmer’s score. Christopher Nolan made a name for himself by telling grand stories about people and their quest to do the right thing in a world full of superheroes and science-fiction. Here, he left his comfort zone and told a story about humanity’s desire to survive and their innate core objectives to help others in need. It’s shown in one of the final scenes when a civilian is handing a surviving soldier the paperwork announcing the evacuation was a success. People are home safe; the bombing has stopped. We can finally breathe a sigh of relief. But then we remember that it’s only 1940. It’s not over, long from it actually. The war has just begun. The fight continues. Lauren LaMagna can be reached at llamagna@umass.edu and followed on twitter at @laurenlamagno.
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The relationship between caffeine and college explored More caffeine isn’t necessarily merrier By Nicholas Remillard Collegian Staff
We’ve all been there. It’s the morning after a long night, or maybe even a few too many hours of sleep, and you’re groggy and disoriented. You may have woken up slowly laboring to your trusty morning cup of coffee to clear the mental cobwebs. Only then can you truly begin your day as a human being. But, somehow, a few hours later, after sitting in lecture halls, with the day only half over and your eyelids weighing 300 pounds, it feels like it’s time to down another cup of coffee or energy drink. And so the day continues. Hours later maybe you sit down to work on a paper or head out to socialize. And there goes another cup of coffee down the hatch. You claim the caffeine allows you to stay up and do work or even function normally, but do you know why? According to a study done by Medical News Today, caffeine works by blocking a molecule called adenosine in your brain that causes you to be tired. Most mornings you wake up to a head clear of adenosine. As the day goes on, adenosine builds up, caus-
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Your typical cup of coffee contains 80-150 milligrams of caffeine, meaning your max amount equates to three cups a day. ing you to become progressively more tired until you feel the need to sleep again. Caf feine ef fectively negates the effects of adenosine on the body for a few hours at a time. Molecularly, caffeine and adenosine look very similar and bind to the same molecules in the body. But as adenosine is a depressor, caffeine is a stimulant. According to the same study at Medical News Today, cellular activity in your brain and body continues to run at 100 percent
without adenosine there to slow it down. Science aside, what does this actually mean? By drinking caffeine, you will feel more alert and aware, and be able to focus better than without it. Studies have shown that a moderate dose of caffeine, about one cup of coffee, helps with memory tasks, improves reflex times and increases your metabolism. There are even some studies that have found correlations between caffeine and staving off dis-
eases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. On top of that, some caffeinated drinks like tea and coffee come loaded with other nutrients and antioxidants that are beneficial to your health. But beware, the benefits of caffeine seem to be limited to a moderate dose. Ingesting too much caffeine interferes with a good night of sleep, which is likely to cause chronic symptoms of fatigue, memory loss and an inability to focus. Large intakes of
caffeine will also cause your body to become accustomed to it, like any other drug, and more and more adenosine will be produced to combat the high levels of caffeine in your system. As a result, the beneficial feeling of alertness will deteriorate and your body will become dependent on caffeine to function at a normal level. Large doses can also lead to a troubled intestinal system and heart problems. Okay, now comes the takeaway. How can a college student optimize the use of caffeine? The reality of it is not rocket science and can be governed by a couple simple guidelines. One, limit your caffeine intake to three or less caffeinated beverages a day. According to a study called “The Safety of Ingested Caffeine: A Comprehensive Review” published in the Frontiers in Psychiatry journal, an average cup of coffee contains between 80-150 milligrams of caffeine, and studies have shown that intakes of less than 400 milligrams per day show little to no negative side effects. Also, do not drink anything with caffeine prior to six hours before going to sleep. Even if you are able to fall asleep after drinking caffeine, your sleeping patterns are still negatively altered and disrupted. Here is a little data to back up these guidelines.
A study published in The Journal of Primary Prevention on the consumption of energy drinks in relation to academic achievement found two clear correlations between caffeine intake and college student grade point averages. The first was a relationship examined between high caffeine intake and lower GPAs in contrast with lower caffeine intakes and higher GPAs. The second correlation was found in timing. Students who drank caffeine later in the day reported lower GPAs as compared to students who drank caffeine earlier. These correlations found do not imply causation, but do signify common trends in precise and planned out caffeine consumption. Following the two simple guidelines of limiting overall caffeine intake and moderating when you consume it will help keep your body from becoming accustomed (dependent) on caffeine and will ensure more restorative rest, leading to less desire for caffeine. It’s cyclical. This way, you will optimize and enjoy both the short and long-term benefits associated with caffeine. Nicholas Remillard can be reached at nremillard@umass.edu.
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FIRST LOSS start and assure it doesn’t happen again. “It was the first time this season we started slow,” he said. “It’s not usual for the team. Hopefully it was an anomaly.” While the UNH defense was the story of the game, the back unit for the Minutemen fought hard and kept the game close for 80 minutes. They held the Wildcats to 12 shots, and the team as a whole came together and played a much better second half. While UMass pushed its attackers forward in
“In the second half, I feel we dominated,” O’Leary said. “They broke late and got a couple [of goals]. I think it was a much improved second half. We’ll learn a lot from the experience. We have to come out quicker against tough teams.” UMass will look to get back in the win column Saturday, as they travel back to Amherst to take on Boston University. Thomas Johnston can be reached at tjohnston@umass.edu and followed on twitter @TJ__Johnston.
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KU’s Bill Self earns induction into HOF Kansas’ legendary coach enshrined By Gary Bedore The Kansas City Star LAWRENCE, Kan. — Hall of Fame basketball coaches who have not yet retired must complete their share of mundane tasks, just like the rookies in the business. "I just passed my NCAA certification test. It took me a little longer than I thought," Bill Self, Kansas' 15th-year head coach said with a grin, explaining why he was about a half hour late for a noon news conference Tuesday in the Allen Fieldhouse media room. "Proud moment, proud moment," he added jokingly of acing the exam that allows him to hit the road recruiting high school athletes during the 2017-18 season. He spent the next half hour speaking to the local media about what is truly a proud moment for the 54-year old Self: Friday's enshrinement into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. "Being in the presence with so many other people who have done honestly so much more for our sport than what I have ... it's very humbling and certainly something I'm very proud of," Self said. "Even though it doesn't trump team performance I do think it's probably as good an individual honor I'll ever receive in my lifetime." Self spent most of the time Tuesday crediting others for making his Hall of Fame induction possible. He revealed that 55 of his former players and 15 of his former assistant coaches are expected to attend Friday's induction ceremony in Springfield, Mass. "I probably had the best three mentors anyone has ever had coaching this game," Self said of former KU coach Larry Brown, who will present Self for induction, as well as former Oklahoma State coaches Eddie Sutton and Leonard Hamilton. Self was a graduate assistant on Brown's 1985-86 Final Four KU staff and a full-time assistant at
Oklahoma State for both Hamilton and Sutton. "Coach Brown ... Hall of Fame, won both an NBA and college (championship). Leonard Hamilton is known as one of the greatest college basketball recruiters ever. He's been an NBA coach and is a program builder, and coach Sutton who in my opinion should be in the Hall as well. How I lucked out into being around those three people has just made my career. It's pretty ridiculously amazing that just because of contacts and being at the right place at the right time that doors have opened." Self said he texted Sutton in April upon learning he would be a member of the Hall's class of 2017. Sutton has yet to be inducted despite his own highly successful career. "I said, 'Coach this is uncomfortable because you deserve this far more than I do,' " Self said. "The thing with awards like this ... this is sad to say, but the reason I have a chance to go in the Hall is because I coach at Kansas. Let's be real. You are at this place where there's so much attention and history. Everybody that has coached here has had unparalleled success just about. Coach (Ted) Owens goes to two Final Fours. Dick Harp plays for the national championship. It's unbelievable of the eight coaches (at KU) the success all have had and what they've meant to our sport. "If you are at a place maybe that isn't quite had the history or interest level of a Kansas, you can do just as good a job or better job and not get attention for it. People don't get put into the Hall or win coaching awards in the postseason if they go 18-15. It doesn't mean they don't do just as good a job. It just means for whatever reason people identify with records. They identify with exposure. They identify with history, things like that. That's made it easier. That's made it possible. With coach Sutton, even though he spent the lion's share of his time at Arkansas and Oklahoma State, nobody did a better job coaching those two programs that what he did. I learned so much from
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an attempt to tie the game late, the Wildcats were able to sneak in two late goals on the counterattack. Will Rasid ended any shot of a UMass comeback in the 85th minute, putting a one timer past Minutemen keeper Bardia Asefnia. Junior Chris Arling added on another goal in the 88th minute as he was able to blast a shot into the bottom right corner of the net to seal it. Despite the score, O’Leary knows his team is not far away from beating ranked teams like UNH.
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him. It's a little embarrassing, to be candid, I'd be doing this on Friday night when he hasn't done it yet." Self, who has been head coach at KU, Oral Roberts, Tulsa and Illinois, said he's thinking more about people than specific victories heading into Friday's ceremony, which will include a speech from Self limited by the Hall to eight minutes. "If you are just talking about games, the top memory would be San Antonio in '08, not '11" Self said of KU's 2008 Final Four semifinal win over North Carolina and the national title victory over Memphis. KU lost to VCU in the Elite Eight in 2011, also in San Antonio. "We've had a lot of great memories and a lot of great games. "I'm not looking at this as these are my favorite moments as a coach competitively. I look at it more I get a chance to see Blake Moses (Oral Roberts player). I get a chance to see Earl McClellan (Tulsa player). I get a chance to see Sergio McClain (Illinois). I look at it more the people and what they've done in my life to assist me more so than actually a big game or a big moment. I do think 2008, Mario's shot, still is up there pretty high, though," he added with a smile. Mario Chalmers, whose late 3-pointer sent the Memphis title game into overtime, will be at the Hall ceremony along with many of Self's other players, including KU's Sherron Collins, Darrell Arthur, Brandon Rush, Cole Aldrich ... the list goes on. Self is grateful that current coaches are allowed entry into the Hall so he can enjoy sharing this with his friends. Players are not eligible for induction until after they are retired. "I felt like when they told me I was going in that meant I was probably on my last leg. Certainly I don't feel that way," Self said. "As a coach I thought, 'Wouldn't it mean more if I was retired?' But the reality of it is, (if you) coach 'til 70 ... I think it's a little premature. Certainly I understand why they did it. I'm not going to give it back. I'm proud of it."
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Hendrick Motorsports raising $500K for Hurricane Harvey victims
Racing superstar pitching in to aid By Brendan Marks The Charlotte Observer
Can Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson and the rest of the Hendrick Motorsports team raise half a million dollars in two weeks? They’re certainly going to try. On Tuesday, Hendrick Motorsports _ whose drivers include Earnhardt, Johnson, Chase Elliott, and Kasey Kahne _ announced it was starting a disaster relief fund for victims of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, which could hit Florida as early as
Sunday. To jumpstart the fund, the organization and its four drivers are committing $200,000 themselves. “The devastation caused by Harvey is incomprehensible,” Johnson said in a statement. “NASCAR fans are some of the most generous and giving people on earth. With another hurricane (Irma) potentially on the way, we encourage everyone to consider joining us (with a contribution).” All donations will benefit qualified charitable organizations supporting disaster relief efforts, including the Houston-based Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. To make a tax-deductible donation, please visit HendrickRelief.org anytime until September 20.
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travel overseas, but he does have connections he takes advantage of. He says that he knows upperlevel club coaches and even some of the coaches for a few of the national teams. He’s not worried about his international players academically, however, due to the welcoming culture of the team and their drive to be successful. Matz likes to jokingly make sure they got to class okay, but he leaves that up to his players to actually make sure they made it to class. The most fun thing for Matz, however, isn’t the
This announcement is just the latest in a line of sports figures contributing to hurricane relief. In the NASCAR world, Team Penske’s Joey Logano has already pitched in, pledging $25,000 to the American Red Cross. One of his sponsors, ShellPennzoil, also donated $1 million. Elliott Sadler, an Xfinity Series driver, donated a portion of his winnings from Darlington to relief efforts, too. But no athlete has done more than Houston Texans defensive lineman and former NFL Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt. Watt originally started his fund with a $100,000 donation and a goal to double that _ as of Tuesday, his fundraiser has raised over $20 million.
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recruiting process, but helping the girls to transition to life in the U.S. both on and off the soccer field. “Sometimes you have to go up to them or pull them aside and explain something to them,” Matz said. “The big thing, especially with the freshman, [is] you have to understand that this is a big step for them and my philosophy as the coach. When I talk to them and when I recruit them, I try to treat them like I would want a coach to treat my daughter if she was over in Iceland, or Finland or in Germany. “So you have to look out for them a little bit
more and some things you might not think about like opening a bank account is new to them, how do they do it or where to go buy linens for their bed, showing them that they can buy a computer and things like that. “It’s so different from the players from the U.S., but I’m just so used to doing it because I’ve been doing it for so many years now: it’s just second nature to me and it’s something I enjoy.” Zander Manning can be reached at alexanderman@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @ ZMSportsReport.
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Red Sox admit to sign stealing against NYY Apple Watch used for stealing signs By Erik Boland Newsday
BALTIMORE — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed Tuesday a report that the Red Sox used an electronic device to steal signs from the Yankees at Fenway Park this season. According to a New York Times report published late Tuesday afternoon, Major League Baseball investigators "determined that the Boston Red Sox ... executed a scheme to illicitly steal hand signals from opponents' catchers in games against the second-place Yankees and other teams," using an Apple Watch to do so. The news didn't come as a big surprise to players. "I think it was something we suspected was going on," Brett Gardner said Tuesday. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman jumpstarted the investigation, the Times said, filing "a detailed complaint with the commissioner's office that included video the Yankees shot of the Red Sox dugout during" a three-game series at Fenway Park Aug. 18-20. ESPN reported that the Yankees formally field the complaint on July 18. It was the use of an electronic device, Manfred indicated early Tuesday evening, that was the potential violation as such devices for that purpose are prohibited. "We actually do not have a rule against sign stealing," Manfred told reporters Tuesday in Boston where,
coincidentally, he was visiting Fenway Park as part of his desire to visit as many ballparks as possible during a given season. When confronted by the commissioner's office, the Red Sox admitted that they used an electronic device to steal signs and relayed the information to players. Manfred confirmed that the Yankees also were being investigated _ the Red Sox alleged the Yankees were using a YES Network camera to steal signs, an allegation Joe Girardi laughed off _ but overall didn't seem overly concerned. "I do believe that this is a charged situation from a competitive perspective, when you have the kind of rivalry that the Yankees and the Red Sox have," said Manfred, adding later he didn't foresee any victories being vacated. "I guess it's not shocking you could have charges and countercharges like this. We will conduct a thorough investigation of the charges on both sides" He also said: "We are 100 percent comfortable that it is not an ongoing issue." The Yankees won the season-series against the Red Sox this season, 11-8, taking three of four games at the Stadium last weekend. "It's all part of the game," Gardner said. "I think pitchers and catchers and hitters and everybody recognizes that, but it seems like, the little bit that I know about it, maybe it was something that may have been taken to the next level." The number of cameras in every ballpark has ballooned in recent years with the increase use of replay,
making signs that much more difficult to hide. "I think electronics makes things easier, more accessible and more dangerous," Girardi said. The increase in mound visits by catchers has increased dramatically in recent years and oftentimes it's to change signs. "This has been a concern of mine in baseball for a long time and what we do to try and combat the catchers having to go out all the time" said Girardi, a former catcher. "Pace of play has slowed down because of this." Though Girardi sounded as if he was speaking out against electronics, he thinks it can help solve the problem, suggesting, as he's done previously, some kind of headset-receiver combination, similar to how plays are relayed to quarterbacks in the NFL. "They've talked about they don't know how feasible that is in the game of baseball, but I think we have to try something," Girardi said. "We can use electronics for other things, I think we ought to be able to use it somehow in the game to communicate where just a few people know it." An interesting postscript: The Red Sox, whose .271 average with runners in scoring position had them tied for third in the AL entering Tuesday, batted 20-for-140 (.143) in such situations in 19 games vs. the Yankees this season, including 1-for-27 during this past weekend's series. "Maybe," one Yankee wryly said, "we should just let them keep doing what they're doing."
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Minutemen struggle in Durham Intl. students
fill roster in ‘17 UMass roster welcomes five intl students this year By Zander Manning Collegian Staff
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Brandon Merklin (19) sizes up a George Washington attacker in a match at Rudd Field last season. Merklin is a junior at UMass this season.
UMass suffers its first defeat of fall By Thomas Johnston Collegian Staff
The Massachusetts men’s soccer team suffered its first loss of the season Tuesday night, falling to the New Hampshire Wildcats 3-0. The University of Massachusetts (2-1-1) entered the game on a good run of form, coming off a win over a St. Francis team that made an NCAA tournament appearance last fall, and a draw with co-Ivy League champion Columbia. The strong start to the season was halted in Durham, as the Minutemen were unable to put much pressure on the Wildcat goal.
UNH (4-0) entered Tuesday as the 24th ranked team in the country, largely due to its stellar defense. That unit stood tall Tuesday, securing its
a draw. “They’re just a very good team,” UMass coach Fran O’Leary said postgame. “They have talented players all over their team.
“In the second half, I feel we dominated,” They broke late and got a couple [of goals]. I think it was a much improved second half. We’ll learn a lot from the experience. We have to come out quicker against tough teams.” Fran O’Leary fourth straight shutout to start the season. UMass has struggled mightily against its border rival in recent years—the teams have faced off each of the last five seasons, with the Wildcats winning four and the fifth played to
We had chances [to score] but we were unable to capitalize on them.” The game was delayed 20 minutes due to lightning in the area, but UNH was still able to come out of the gate hot, as freshman midfielder Linus Fallberg
found the back of the net in just the fourth minute off a pass from junior Otto Sahlen. When playing a team that defends as well as the Wildcats, a one-goal lead that early in the contest can be demoralizing. “It’s not a goo d situation to give up a goal early,” O’Leary said. “It then becomes a challenge to settle into the game. We settled in but we were behind the eight ball.” The Minutemen were held to just eight shots on the game, forcing Wildcat goalie Andrew Pesci into making five saves. UMass was only able to generate one shot on goal in the second half. O’Leary hopes his team can learn from the slow see
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showed me something just to impress me, they showed me what I need to know: the training equipment, the locker room, where we go to lift. They showed me the dining hall—it was so impressive. My stomach told me I needed to come to UMass. The people were why I came here.” Sophomore Sini Laaksonen is playing her first full season of soccer at UMass after transferring from Division II Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She transferred after one semester because, according to Laaksonen, the heat was too much for her to handle, and she chose UMass because of the similarity of the weather to her native Finland. Laaksonen wasted no time academically, however, as she obtained a 3.9 grade point average during her first semester at UMass, earning herself a place on the Atlantic 10 conference commissioners’ honor roll. On the soccer field, however, Laaksonen said the language barrier has affected her at times. “Sometimes I start screaming in Finnish and I’m like ‘Oh god, what am I doing?’” Laaksonen said. “Because obviously no one will understand me, but mostly it’s not a problem. Then again, it’s a good thing when I can speak Finnish to myself sometimes and no one understands me.” Along with Hipp and Laaksonen, sophomore Hrefna Petursdottir comes to Amherst from Iceland and Julia Stojadinovic from Calendon, Ontario to round out the international crowd for UMass. When recruiting for European soccer players, Matz said that he doesn’t
The most common sports that have international student-athletes are soccer, field hockey and ice hockey. The Massachusetts women’s soccer team boasts four internationals, with three players from all around Europe and a fourth from Canada. Having international players on his roster is nothing new to Minutewomen head coach Ed Matz, however. “In 20 years of coaching, especially when I was at Northeastern, I’ve had a good amount of international people,” Matz said. “Here it’s nice to have a good core at UMass…They’re typically a little older and a little more mature in their culture and they’re a little more focused. They bring in a different dynamic to our soccer team.” Freshman Jenny Hipp, hailing from Frankfurt, Germany, is playing her first full season of soccer at the University of Massachusetts after only having visited the United States once, 10 years ago, with her club team. It was then that she knew she wanted to come to play in the U.S. She said that the facilities were much better than in her native Germany and that made a lasting impression on her, but she came to UMass out of all the schools she was looking at because of the overall feeling she got from stepping onto campus. “I think it was the general atmosphere,” Hipp said. “I didn’t feel like they see INTERNATIONAL on page 7
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Anastasio named A-10 O. Player of the Week UM forward earns conference honor By Liam Flaherty Collegian Staff
On the heels of its first victory of the 2017 regular season, the Massachusetts women’s soccer team is back in Amherst preparing to face off with Delaware (2-2-1) on Friday. After starting the season scoring only a single goal in three matches, the Minutewomen (1-3-0) found their rhythm offensively late on Sunday and got a win they desperately needed. Fueled by a late assist to equalize and a golden goal in extra time by senior Salma Anastasio in the 2-1 overtime victory against Maine, UMass scored more in the final minutes on Sunday than it had throughout the entire season. According to Anastasio, the win on the road in the rain was one that the Minutewomen had to have. “Getting that win really boosted our confidence and I think we really needed that moving forward,” said Anastasio said. “We were kind of down on ourselves, just trying to fight every game. We
looked promising every game but couldn’t get the ball in the back in the net.” That trend held true for nearly 80 minutes of the Maine match, after the Minutewomen conceded a goal in the opening minute. However, in the 81st minute, the offense was finally able to break through and get on the board. Assisted by Anastasio, a strike from junior Erin Doster found its way to the back of the net and tied the match at one. Anastasio, a senior transfer forward from Clemson in her second season with the team, wasn’t done, and as neither team was able to net a goal in the remainder of the half, overtime began. Just two minutes in, Anastasio made her presence felt again, this time in a much bigger way by scoring the winning goal and granting UMass its coveted first win. After having a rough start to the season and enduring the frustrations of minimal scoring opportunities, Anastasio credited Sunday’s win to the team’s work ethic and continual grit. “It seemed like the light at the end of the tunnel wasn’t there, and then we finally hit a breakthrough, held on and
kept pushing and pushing,” she said. For her efforts in the match against Maine, Anastasio was awarded with the Atlantic-10 Offensive Player of the Week award. When asked about her recognition from the conference, the Connecticut native was humble in acceptance. “It’s a great honor,” she said. “I really appreciate it.” But the senior wasn’t so quick to take all of the credit for her achievements in the match and immediately attributed a lot of the acknowledgment to her teammates. “Without my team, it wouldn’t have been possible,” she said. “They got the ball to the box and we got the win together.” A teammate most notably deserving of recognition for her efforts to keep UMass in the match was senior goalkeeper Cassidy Babin. Through four matches, the Virginia native has logged a total of 361 minutes in net and stopped 27 of the 58 shots that have come her way, and. iIf it weren’t for Babin’s efforts in keeping the deficit to one, Anastasio’s performance on Sunday might not have even mattered.
“[Babin’s] been great,” of a week of practice, looking Anastasio said. “She’s a real to continue what Anastasio
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Salma Anastasio (9), a senior transfer forward, was named the Atlantic 10’s Offensive Player of the Week. commander back there and a big voice for us, something that we really need on the back line.” “She really takes charge and holds it together,” she continued. “We really appreciate her back there.” With its first win of the season now in hand, UMass currently finds itself in the midst
outlined in Sunday’s match. “We just have to keep practicing like we want to play,” she said. “We want to play hard, so if we come out in practice and act like it’s a game that will translate into what we bring onto the field.” With just four matches to go before the start of A-10 conference play on the
the Minutewomen to make a move on the season and really improve as a unit. “We just can’t let up,” Anastasio said., “We have to stay on the gas pedal.” Liam Flaherty can be reached at lpflaherty@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @_LiamFlaherty.