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The UMass club that is un-beelieveable An inside look at the UMass Beekeeping Club

Interview with activist Ghazah Abbasi Graduate student and Sanctuary Campus activist

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SGA to better relations with activists

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Beekeeping club: what’s the buzz about? Club has about 40 active members By Abigail Charpentier Collegian Correspondent

Beekeeping has created a real buzz at the University of Massachusetts since the school was an agricultural college in the late 1800s. However, it wasn’t until about five years ago the Beekeeping Club was created. The club was then granted their charter in the spring of 2014. The apiary, or collection of beehives, used by the Beekeeping Club are kept at the Agricultural Learning Center, which is within walking distance from the heart of campus. The apiary currently houses half a dozen hives. John Burand, a microbiology professor at UMass and faculty advisor of the club, discussed how he became involved with beekeeping. “About 15 years ago I was teaching a [general education] course on insects.

A student enrolled in the course approached me in the Blue Wall and asked me if I knew why all the bees were dying. I didn’t know the answer,” Burand said. “I researched her question and I found out she was talking about Colony Collapse Disorder, CCD. This sparked my interest in bees and I began a research project on bee pathogens which eventually garnered federal funding.” Caroline Holladay, an executive on the Beekeeping Club’s board, said that the main goals of the Beekeeping Club are to build strong and healthy hives, educate the campus community on pollinator health and to help people overcome their fear of bees. She also said that anyone can show up and participate in the Beekeeping Club. The club currently consists of about 30 active members who regularly participate in the club’s meetings and activities. These members range from students who are simply interested in bees or honey, to students

who are experienced and want to keep bees as part of their careers. Because beekeeping is the most active from May to September, meetings aren’t regular. However, some meetings will be taking place within the upcoming weeks. Meetings often take place on the second floor of Fernald Hall. Holladay discussed how she was first introduced to beekeeping at her agricultural high school in Pennsylvania. The sustainable food and farming junior has been involved with the club at UMass since her freshman year. Eamon McCarthy Earls, who founded the club his freshman year in November of 2012, approached Burand to help arrange meetings and activities. Burand agreed because he “saw this as an opportunity to return the favor to UMass students and help connect them with beekeeping and some of the local beekeepers who were interested in helping out see

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Editor’s note: UMass works because they do B y R obert R igo

ful, giving a voice to the voiceless, serving endlessly as a medium to compre Activism comes in hensively convey the truth many forms; whether it is and divulge crucial inforthrough art, writing, spo- mation to the people in a ken word, fashion, protest timely or urgent manner. or simply just fearlessly E x p l i c i t l y, on living life unapologetically the University of and authentically, activ- Massachusetts Amherst ism shapes who we are and campus, student activdefines what issues we hold ism has had the power to central to our morality. bring together students of In many ways journal- all races, genders, sexual ism serves as a form of orientations, religions, activism. Exposing the and political affiliations to wrong-doing of the power- advocate and fight toward a Collegian Staff

common goal. Whether students were rallying in support of former UMass men’s basketball player Derrick Gordon coming out as gay or the UMass Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign successfully pressuring administration to divest from fossil fuel companies, it is clear that the implications of student activism has the unquestionable power to enact real, meaningful change. By doing so it has created a student

body with a keen social awareness and unequivocal love, support and empathy for each other, the community and the world. It is for these reasons that The Massachusetts Daily Collegian has chosen to dedicate this entire week of content to highlighting the organizations and students who participate, organize, advocate and create lasting change at UMass. This week’s editions will highlight just some of the

dozens of dedicated students and student groups whose activism in one way or another has impacted the UMass community and includes Q and A’s with student leaders, profiles on groups ranging from the Beekeeping Club to Student Bridges to the founder of iRollie. We hope that this special issue will provide readers with a glimpse of all the grit, passion, hard work and organizing that goes into the actions taking

place around them and in the community. We hope that our readers in one way or another also take a moment to stop, analyze and revel in what issues they are passionate about and discover ways they can enact change within themselves and the community. Robert Rigo is the Collegian Editor in Chief and can reached at editor@dailycollegian.com and followed on Twitter @Rob_Rigo.

SGA to improve relations with student activists President plans to create SGA position By Jack Martin Collegian Staff

Since the start of the academic year, the Student Government Association president and vice president say they have worked to improve student lives on campus. Whether it was re-opening the Hatch or rearranging area governments’ structure, Anthony Vitale and Lily Wallace have tried to tangibly affect campus life. Though they addressed some issues, they seek to fix others. Improving the lives of student activists is something the newly re-elected duo are looking to do next year. “Activists on campus are often the forefront of dialogue on certain [issues], and I believe it is the SGA’s responsibility to be able to help facilitate constructive, positive and insightful conversation from activist communities on campus to decision-makers here at the University,” Vitale said. Vitale and Wallace’s main goal regarding activism is to create a position within the SGA’s Cabinet that addresses the concerns of the Advocacy Council. The council comprises several activist-based registered student organizations like Protect Our Breasts, the Cannabis Reform

Coalition, Students for Justice in Palestine, Amnesty International and the Coalition to End Rape Culture. They believe creating this position will better inform the SGA of activist groups’ concerns, allowing for the Senate to create legislation addressing those concerns. Though their plans are preliminary, Vitale and Wallace said they hope to create this position within the next academic school year. They said this position will create a direct line of communication from RSOs to the SGA. “This will be a really great way for Anthony and myself to understand more about what people’s priorities are and what [the SGA] needs to focus on as an institution,” Wallace said. Vitale said this position will expedite communication from activist-based RSOs to the administration, specifically policy makers. “With this reformed council system, it will provide a more direct avenue for RSOs to go to the council, for the council to go to the SGA and the SGA to go directly to the people that can make decisions at the University,” he said. Vitale and Wallace said other RSO councils, like the Cultural Council and the Religious and Spiritual Council, will also have rep-

resentatives. According to Vitale, the representative of each council will be paid and will work with the secretary of the registry, who is in charge of UMass’ RSOs. Another issue Vitale wants to address is installing permanent voting locations on campus. “I think voting is the foremost ability for activists and individuals who wish to see change happen to be able to do that,” Vitale said. Last semester, he helped install temporary early voting stations on campus for the 2016 presidential election. Next year, Vitale hopes to install permanent ones so UMass doesn’t have to install temporary ones for each election. He said next year is an appropriate time to accomplish his goal because no elections will take place during the year. He said he will work with the town of Amherst to rework how its precincts are drawn to allow the addition of permanent polling locations at UMass. Vitale also hopes to reform the University’s Land Use Policy, which limits activist rallies and speeches during class hours to the “west side [main entrance] of the Student Union Building, and shall be limited to one hour in length, from noon to 1:00 p.m.” He said this is a problematic issue that limits stu-

dents’ free speech. Vitale said he and members from the Center for Education Policy and Advocacy, Student Legal Services and other SGA members are helping SGA Attorney General Jiya Nair rewrite the policy to expand students’

rights. Wallace said she hopes SGA senators will work more closely with activist groups to better address their concerns through legislation. “I hope [senators] work collaboratively to write pieces of

legislation with these groups and be able to grow as individuals by understanding some of the issues faced by students on campus,” she said. The SGA Senate passed a resolution last April supportsee

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Q&A: Ghazah Abbasi, student and activist Abbasi had been involved in activism By Aakanksha Gupta Collegian Staff

Ghazah Abbasi is a sociology Ph.D. student at the University of Massachusetts. She focuses on political sociology and has a keen interest in feminist theory. Hailing from Karachi, Pakistan, Abbasi is very sensitized to social issues, specifically realities surrounding class segregation and poverty. She moved to the U.S. in 2009, has lived in the Pioneer Valley for eight years and has been involved with student activism during this time. Most recently, she has been a key organizer of the Sanctuary Campus Movement on the UMass campus.

students here from the global South. That’s one thing that has been really amazing abou t being in this community. It’s not very diverse, but in the graduate student community, there are actually a lot of international students. The U.S. is an imperial state, and I’m an international student from the global South. And it’s important for me and other international students to bring an anti-imperialist view to the U.S. Frankly, I think only we can do it and I think that that’s really important. People here are completely oblivious of how the United States benefits from the exploitation of poor people in poor countries, from starting wars in those countries and affecting those countries politically and economically. I think that it’s important to me as an international student, to incorporate that political aspect into my being here.

Aakanksha Gupta: How did you become involved with AG: How did you become activism? involved with the Sanctuary Ghazah Abbasi: I’ve always Campus Movement here at been interested in activism. UMass? I grew up in Pakistan and I GA: I was friends with Annacome from a middle to upper- Claire Simpson [another orgamiddle class family. Both of nizer] on Facebook but I had my parents themselves really never actually met her in real came from working class back- life. We had similar politics and grounds in Pakistan, and you started talking a lot after the see poverty and social depri- Trump election. She’s a white vation all around you. Here, American student and from there’s a lot of class segrega- a Jewish background. One of tion, in addition to residential the things that drew us togethsegregation, so people don’t er was actually how much sexactually see the poverty within ism there was, post-Trump. their own communities. Even among the left there was AG: As an international stu- a lot of focus on the white man dent, what does activism mean in all of the analyses…anyway, that’s why Anna-Claire to you? and I became friends, we ponGA: Well, as I mentioned, I’m dered over that. And she knew from Pakistan...I guess I am a person that was organizing pretty sensitive about this. the walkout, and then she got You know, the U.S. has made in touch with me, and we kind military authoritarianism in of just went from there. She my country possible, which got in touch with many other has led to us having really people, some people from GEO bad public higher education were involved, she cast a wide institutions. I’ve met a lot of net. We were working pretty

close, more closely than we were working with other people. I became involved because I thought it was really important. I thought it was a really good opportunity to bring a left perspective on immigration issues, and sort of a race perspective on class issues and also, an immigration perspective on class. AG: What do you think are ways in which the movement on-campus has been successful? GA: We’ve gotten some concessions from the Chancellor… it’s been smaller things, e.g. he set up a fund; a task force to deal specifically with these issues. The Chancellor has also signed various national level petitions to protect laws like [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]. What we’ve done is, we’ve also definitely shifted the culture… allowed it to have a lot of attention. It’s definitely something people are thinking about. We have a broad conception of sanctuary, and I think it’s brought together many questions of inclusivity as it pertains to class, race, gender, and what it means for UMass to be an equal opportunity campus, where everyone has an equal opportunity to get an education. AG: What do you think are areas of improvement for this movement? And for student activism as a whole, here at UMass? GA: I think it would be great if we could get even more people involved, and I think that’s a broader issue. A challenge is that undergraduate students feel like they’re consumers of education…they don’t really have a vision of education as something that can bring about or be a vehicle of social change. But that’s not an issue particular to this campus; it’s because education is so expen-

sive. AG: How would you go about creating a more accommodating space, for people with many identities on campus? How can people be involved on distinct levels? GA: That’s a really great question. And it’s been a really big challenge, to be honest. It’s been really hard, because something we’ve been really committed to is that Sanctuary movement is a feminist space and it privileges the voices of international women, native women, Black women and white women. That’s been a struggle. I think that leadership needs to be set intentionally, that we can’t just allow anyone who wants to be at the forefront to be at the forefront. All of things that we’re fighting—racism, xenophobia, gender misogyny, gender based violence—the movement is not immune to any of those things. So it’s important. We’ve had difficult conversations and haven’t been shy about those. We’ve said that we don’t want this to be someone’s personal PR campaign and we don’t want it to be a campaign where women are doing all the labor and are in the background while some guy comes and postures about leadership. We’ve been sensitive about those kinds of issues. We’ve tried to reach out as much as possible to women. And not just women, but also transgender people and people of different gender identities, genderqueer people, as well as international students, Black students, people of color. This is because those are the voices that we think should be the most privileged in the movement. We’ve also tried to partner with organizations that have similar values, e.g. the Pioneer Valley Workers Center. They deal almost entirely with undocumented

workers’ issues. They have the same kind of politics that we do and we try to partner with people who have similar ideas. There’s many different ways of being involved…I think everyone can make a contribution through their own work…The narratives that people create around things like Sanctuary Campus movements are extremely powerful. It’s a really important contribution. Everyone doesn’t need to step in front of a bullhorn. But at the same time, we don’t need “mansplainers” taking up a lot of public space to build their own social capital; that’s not what we want.

this bill, the entire state of Massachusetts i.e. all the campuses, all the cities and the towns, would become sanctuaries. Obviously that legislation is something we support, we support initiatives like that. We want to support the Pioneer Valley Worker’s Center, and we want to support the town of Amherst’s Sanctuary efforts. So at our teach-in, we invited people from Amherst and the Pioneer Valley Worker’s Center. We want to give greater visibility to their movements and help build those connections between the campus movements and those in the cities… and the University needs to do more, a lot more. We’re living AG: In a more immediate span in this super crisis mode and of time, how do you think it’s time for the University to the campus and surrounding undertake measures that are communities can help? How not just cosmetic. would you go about involving people and raising awareness AG: Do you have any concludabout the movement? ing thoughts on the current socio-political climate, and GA: For our next actions, how do you think we should we want to do more publicpersevere in challenging enviity and get more people from ronments? campus involved. We have good relations with activists GA: I think this is a really in the city of Northampton excellent opportunity to build and in the town of Amherst a strong left that’s composed who are working on paral- of alliances between left lel issues. Northampton is anti-capitalist movements, already a full sanctuary city, anti-fossil fuel movements, but Amherst isn’t yet, to the anti-racist movements, Black best of my knowledge. And movements, indigenous moveso we’re working with them, ments, feminist movements, especially with the town of queer movements, etcetera. Amherst, because you know, I think it’s a good time for UMass and Amherst; there’s the more radical versions of some overlapping jurisdiction all those movements to start there. Definitely we’re devel- building alliances with each oping those connections fur- other because often it’s hard. ther. I don’t think those alliances We fully support a presently exist, but I think bill known as the Safe it’s important for us to work Communities Act, a bill in together. Not to collapse all the Massachusetts legisla- issues into one, that’s not what ture. One of the things that I’m saying, but to have solidarus and many organizations ity. That’s the word. To have were doing was trying to use solidarity with each other in our own people to help make meaningful ways. it an act. Basically we did a lot of call-ins to help make Aakanksha Gupta can be reached at that happen. According to aakankshagup@umass.edu.

Congressmen speak on progressive politics McGovern, Ellison on progressivism By Carly Burgess Collegian Correspondent Congressman Jim McGovern and Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee Keith Ellison addressed a packed Bowker Auditorium full of community members and students at the University of Massachusetts on Saturday. The event titled “Progressive Politics in the Era of Trump: A Dialogue with Congressman Jim McGovern and DNC Deputy Chair Congressman Keith Ellison” featured McGovern, of the second congressional district of MA. and Ellison, of the 5th congressional district of Minn., discussing what can be done to put forth a progressive political agenda during the Trump administration.

UMass Progressives, UMass Democrats and Progressive Democrats for America in Massachusetts organized the talk. McGovern and Ellison discussed what can be done to put forth a progressive political agenda during a time of uncertainty and fear. Casey Pease, a political science major and member of UMass Progressives, and Julia Pelletier, a sophomore biology major and member of UMass Democrats, co-moderated the event. Pease and Pelletier began by both highlighting the mission and goals of their student organizations. “We empower students to use their voice through direct action to shape a more equitable society,” Pease said. Pelletier then introduced Jim McGovern, who began by expressing his concerns about the political agenda of President Donald Trump and the president’s fellow Republicans.

BEEKEEPING young people interested in bees.” One activity that is loved by members is “hive dives.” This is when members of the club dress people in full beekeeping suits, take them out to the hives, open them up and point out the different components that make up a hive. Another favorite activity is when the club harvests the honey that the bees produce. This honey can be purchased when the club does tabling at the farmer’s market. Robert Aspinwall, a junior sustainable community development major

“These are very difficult times,” McGovern said. “And that’s an understatement.” McGovern said people must resist Trump’s policies and pursue a progressive agenda. McGovern talked about reducing the military budget, modernizing and repairing infrastructure, and ensuring affordable healthcare, food and shelter as rights for all. McGovern also touched upon immigration, citing President Trump’s executive order banning travelers from six Muslim-majority nations and his initiative to build a wall at the U.S-Mexico border. “We will not turn our back on the next generation of immigrants,” McGovern said. McGovern also covered issues of affordable higher education and race in America, emphasizing that systematic racism continues to be a problem in the U.S. “Black lives matter,” McGovern said. McGovern ended his speech

by talking about Trump’s recent failure to repeal and replace Obamacare after the American Health Care Act was unable to gain enough support among House Republicans. According to McGovern, this recent event provides hope that President Trump’s policies will be defeated. “We’re going to get through this,” insisted McGovern. Sam Hockenbury, member of UMass Democrats and a senior political science and economics major, expressed the importance of creating spaces where citizens can get in contact with their legislators and vice versa. Hockenbury said the main goal of the event was not only to encourage direct dialogue between citizens and their representatives, but also motivate people to get involved and informed about how to promote progressive legislation. “The goal is to inspire hope,” Hockenbury said. Following McGovern, Pease

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and executive board member, spoke about global beekeeping. During a volunteer trip to Haiti last winter, he noticed a lot of ecological damage. Aspinwall thought beekeeping would be a great addition to the economic structure of Haiti. “Once you have the equipment and once you have the skills and knowledge for it, it requires very little to make it happen and expand,” explained Aspinwall. He further explained how the current beekeepers in Haiti have already figured out how to make

introduced Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress. Ellison began by urging the audience to get out on the streets, organize themselves and build a “mighty movement.” “This is a tough time for America” Ellison said. “But it doesn’t have to stay that way.” Ellison emphasized that the Democratic Party must prioritize voter turnout, take local elections seriously and empower individual activists. Additionally, he encouraged Democrats to tolerate and respect the different views, opinions and perspectives of the left. Ellison also touched upon the role technology and social media play in organizing and activism through spreading awareness and generating widespread support for local issues. “We’ve got to organize right here, right now,” Ellison stressed. Ellison ended his speech

hives from round logs and structures based on the materials they have, so bringing materials to them wouldn’t be a problem. He hopes to spend time this summer and the fall semester working and collaborating with the organization that planned the Haiti volunteer and aid trip and clubs at UMass to further work on this goal. Aspinwall then added that anyone is welcome to join the club. “If people are interested, there’s a lot of resources online and everything about how to get started and just like having a little

bit of knowledge coming into something like the Beekeeping Club would be a great jumping in point for anyone who wants to get into it,” said Aspinwall. If interested, one can join on Campus Pulse, “like” the UMass Amherst Beekeeping Club page on Facebook, or contact Caroline Holladay or anyone else on the executive board. Abigail Charpentier can be reached at acharpentier@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @abigailcharp.

by criticizing President Trump’s agenda, including his immigration policies and stance on women’s issues. He stated that under the Trump Administration, basic human rights are under threat. “We are facing an existential threat to the Democratic value system,” Ellison said. After McGovern and Ellison spoke, people in the audience were invited to ask questions. Students and community members expressed their concerns around issues of higher education, student debt and the state of the Democratic Party. Ellison and McGovern both continued to urge them to get involved and be hopeful about the future of the country. “Be a leader in the Democratic party,” Ellison stated. Carly Burgess can be reached at cburgess@umass.edu.

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ing the UMass Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign, which called for the University’s divestment from fossil fuel companies. Vitale and Wallace sat in Whitmore Hall along with several other SGA members and UMass students in support of the movement. That May, UMass became the first public university to divest its holdings from fossil fuel companies. Though the SGA supported UMass Divest, Vitale and Wallace stressed that the SGA can’t take ownership of student activists’ success. “While we both participated in the Divest sit-ins, neither of us can take owner-

ship of the phenomenal work and years-long organizing [that came] out of Divest,” said Wallace. “There were a lot of members of the SGA who showed up to support the divestment movement, but I don’t think anyone can claim ownership to organizing it outside of Divest.” Vitale said supporting organizations like Divest is a step in the right direction for the SGA to show its solidarity with student groups on campus. Jack Martin can be reached at johnmartin@umass.edu.

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Make small-scale activism sexy again The way I see it, there are two forms of activism. Tess Halpern The first form is obvious. It’s in your face; it’s loud and its strength is undeniable. This large-scale activism— the marches, the protests, the demonstrations and so on— receives enormous amounts of media attention and can start controversial dialogues, as it is intended to do. I was lucky enough to witness such a movement this January when I participated in the Women’s March in New York City, and although I am not typically one to so outwardly express emotion, I struggled to hold back tears as I walked along the sidewalk. I passed thousands and thousands of strangers who were feeling exactly what I was at that moment. That degree of passion in

so many individuals, brought together by a common goal, is extremely powerful, and if you can ever protest or march for a cause that you feel strongly about, I urge you to do so. But while this type of activism is the one that is discussed, photographed, turned into Hollywood productions decades later and, in short, remembered, the other, less flashy type of activism is just as important, if not more so. But that doesn’t mean it gets the credit that it deserves. In fact, I was hardly aware that there even was another side to activism before I watched a Samantha Bee segment that gave a “practical guide to resistance.” In this clip, Ashley Nicole Black interviews five “veterans of the Civil Rights Movement,” asking their opinions about modern-day resistance and

their advice for current activists, who look to them as role models. And while this interview takes a humorous approach to the serious issue of activism, it does bring light to a very important, and often forgotten, fact: activism isn’t always sexy. Sure, these five activists participated in the March on Washington, went on Freedom Rides, organized boycotts and otherwise acted to shatter the status quo and bring about real

the picture from the protest for our Instagram and we want the 10-second clip from the emotional speech for our Snapchat, but the mundane is not our specialty. After all, going door-to-door trying to convince Black citizens to register to vote like these Civil Rights veterans did, only convincing an average of five people to register every six months, doesn’t make for impressive Twitter updates. But those small, mundane

or organizing transportation for people? How do you expect your representative to hear your complaint if you don’t call them consistently? How do you expect your petition to make change if you don’t raise awareness and ask strangers for signatures? There isn’t going to be a march every day, but that doesn’t mean you can’t be active every day. Daily Action is an organization that makes the mundane task of calling representatives about pertinent issues so simple that no one can resist. After signing up for alerts and becoming one of the change in powerful and excit- tasks are in fact the heart of 250,000 subscribers that Daily ing ways, but they also had any activist movement, and Action already has, you will to “hand out fliers, call meet- without those small victories, receive one text message every ings, file stuff, fix up a bulletin you can’t have the large ones. workday about an issue that board,” and do other boring, How can you expect to have Daily Action has determined is day-to-day tasks. a March on Washington if you relevant to you, based on your As millennials, we want don’t have people making signs location.

“Small-scale activism may not have a lot of gravitas, but if done consistently and persistently, it can result in large-scale change.”

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This text will give you the information that you need to contact the proper representative or official, making smallscale activism as easy as the push of a button. As Luvaghn Brown put it, “Every revolution succeeds because of the foot-soldiers and the sergeants.” Small-scale activism may not have a lot of gravitas, but if done consistently and persistently, it can result in largescale change. Anyone can be an activist for a cause they’re interested in, and signing up for a program like Daily Action or calling your representative is an easy way to start. `After all, just because posting on social media probably won’t bring about change, doesn’t mean your cellphone can’t cause it. Tess Halpern is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at tjhalpern@umass.edu.

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Recently, I pushed open the door to Starbucks in downtown Northampton, escaping the afternoon drizzle for a cup of coffee, and found a quiet table in the back. The usual Sunday crowd huddled over computers and sipped coffee, many cramming to meet deadlines for the coming school week. A few people talked quietly, others wore headphones.

I’m a local parent of two kids, ages six and four. I’m writing to ask that you vote no on Tuesday’s referendum ballot.

Jazz drifted through the space above the sound of clinking of cups. As I pulled out my computer and started working on a few school projects (I’m in a Master’s degree program, now), behind me on a windowsill, I noticed a stack of The Daily Collegian newspapers. This was a pleasant surprise because the Collegian holds a special place in my heart. While I wasn’t an active contributor all five years of undergraduate studies at UMass, especially not compared to the many editors and writers whose bylines dominate the headlines, I was there long enough to hone my writing chops. And it was there, primarily in the school paper’s office space in the basement of the Campus Center, I first uncovered an interest in journalism. Previously, having served as a firefighter in the Air Force, I’d been looking into a civilian career in the same field. Up until that point, almost all of my educational efforts had been directed toward that endeavor. Resulting from that sparked interest in journalism, however, I started investigating journalism as a career. Now, a few years later, I write for a local newspaper covering Franklin County, The Recorder, after having spent a year previously producing scripts at 22News in Springfield. I heard about the Collegian for the first time during my junior year, mentioned in passing praise by an English professor. In the months following, I became a photographer, and then a writer. At the time, those were big steps in a new direction. All of this to say, where I am now is a drastic change from where I was before college. I attribute much of that change to the Collegian’s impact. Today, many of my Recorder colleagues are Collegian alumni, including Aviva Luttrell, former editor in chief at the paper, Tom Relihan (who just moved on to Brockton’s newspaper, The Enterprise), and Reporter Shelby Ashline. For them as well, the Collegian was a stepping stone to something bigger. And at the same time, it was a positive and unique experience in the journalism field. As a student journalist writing for a student-run paper, there’s a lot of editorial freedom. In the “real world,” post-college, that freedom isn’t there. As I read through the paper in Starbucks that day, published March 23, 2017, memories flooded back. I remembered conducting my first interview, covering my first lecture and photographing my first protest. I remembered learning about deadlines, standing in a bitter cold winter night gathering thoughts from students holding a vigil and covering joyful riots following a Patriots Superbowl win. Because I studied English, I don’t have formal training as a reporter. Thus, The Daily Collegian was the training ground for, what I now realize, is my calling. In today’s uncertain political landscape, I’m proud to hail from a student paper like the Collegian. For those students who might not understand how special the paper is, read it more. And to the current students grinding out stories on deadline: keep the pace. It’s worth the effort.

It may seem appealing at first--$67 million for a new school!—but this proposal is actually going to close one of our schools, and completely change our beloved system of small K-6 elementary schools. It will consolidate 750 children, who are in second grade through sixth grade, in the new building, on a site with small, fragmented playgrounds. It will send their little brothers and sisters—all 300 of the kindergarteners and first graders—to a school in the south end of town. In fact, the smallest children at my end of town will be on the bus twice as long, stopping first at the big kid school to the north of town before driving through downtown to the K-1 school. With this plan, 23 buses will stop at both schools twice a day. I and other parents, teachers and community members want to keep our community schools. We currently have three small schools, with 400 or fewer kids per school, where the youngest kids can have fifth and sixth grade reading buddies, where everybody is a single bus ride from their school and where each school has great playing fields and playgrounds. All of this would be lost with the proposed consolidation of elementary schools. Of course, many of us do want to renovate or rebuild our schools and deal with some outdated floor plans, but this plan throws out the baby with the bathwater.   We can vote this down, and devise a better solution to address our old buildings. Other towns have done just that. Please help us “Save Amherst’s Small Schools.” Please vote no in the special referendum on Tuesday, March 28. Toni Cunningham

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ALBUM REVIEW

Real Estate finds calm, but not originality on ‘In Mind’ NJ rockers’ newest plays it a bit too safe By Jackson Maxwell Collegian Staff

Toward the conclusion of “In Mind,” the fourth album from New Jersey’s suburban jangle-pop masters Real Estate, Martin Courtney muses “Green river still runs under that same sun/I never saw the source but I know the chorus.” At once both a reference to the band’s own past and the remarkable stasis of its sound through the years, it’s an admission that’s both surprising—given the dramatic changes the band has undergone since 2014’s anxious suburban hangover, “Atlas”—and obvious, given just how small of an effect these changes seem to have had on Real Estate’s inimitable sound. Matt Mondanile, whose dreamy, quietly intricate guitar leads for years served as such a natural backdrop to Courtney’s unassumingly beautiful meditations on coming of age and moving into adulthood in the shadow of his suburban youth, quit the band in 2016. Courtney, in the meantime, became a father of two, and relocated to Beacon, New York, while enlisting fellow Jersey native Julian Lynch to fill Mondanile’s shoes. One would think that if Real Estate—now a perma-

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The departure of Matt Mondanile (right) has surprisingly little effect on Real Estate’s trademark sound on ‘In Mind.’ nent five-piece thanks to the addition of keyboardist Matt Kallman—were to ever be knocked out of its perpetual haze, it would be by these fairly significant events. “In Mind” though, finds Courtney clinging almost stubbornly to the surf-rock meets Luna by way of Steely Dan aesthetic the band already perfected on 2011’s “Days,” and distilled for a wider audience on “Atlas.” For so long a tourist gazing curiously at the domestic stability of others, on “In Mind,” (released March 17) Courtney finds himself, strangely, on the

other end of the spectrum. With that in mind, his desire to play things as safely as he does on “In Mind” is understandable, but still leads to a record that feels more passive than exploratory. Lynch, unafraid to bust convention in his work as a solo musician, seems to have asked himself “What would Matt have done?” before crafting most of the album’s leads. From the first minute of opener/lead single “Darling,” he seems content with largely playing the role of Courtney’s foil exactly as his predecessor did, a decision that can be seen as both

a blessing and a curse for “In Mind.” On “Darling,” where Lynch’s playing coils itself beautifully around Courtney’s guitar work while simultaneously expanding the song’s range, it’s an absolute blessing; a vivid reminder of what a blissful experience it is to hear the group operating in lock-step with one another. At other times though, you may find yourself almost begging Lynch through your chosen listening device to cut loose, as he fails to push spacious, lethargic songs like “After the Moon” and

“Holding Pattern” into more adventurous or compelling territory. On the few occasions on which he does feel obliged to shake up the band’s maddeningly serene picture—the jagged, psychedelic notes that unfurl over the end of the lengthy “Two Arrows” and the liberal use of wahwah that dots his soloing on “Serve the Song,” for instance—the interjections still sound a little out of place, showing that Lynch perhaps still needs some time to grow within the ensemble and as Courtney’s instrumental sidekick. Equally out of place is the requisite number from bassist Alex Bleeker, “Diamond Eyes.” Letting his Deadhead flag fly proudly, Bleeker answers the timeless question of what tye-dye would sound like if it could sing. Seemingly trying to blur the line between a Minibus-side campfire and the streets of Washington D.C., Bleeker preaches that “It’s a time to raise our voices loud and not go quietly,” while maintaining that “As this time marches on into this great uncertainty/I have music all around me bringing timeless melody.” While his imagery of a land “Where the mountain meets the sea/And the lilac grows beyond the scope of forgotten memory” certainly works well enough within the context of “In Mind”s domestic tranquility,

Bleeker’s vague evocation of the horrors of the daily news cycle certainly doesn’t. The album’s settled nature also seems to rob Courtney of the quiet analysis and hooks that used to come so painlessly to him. Though he regains his familiar strut with the rest of the quintet on “Darling,” and the album’s confident closer, “Saturday,” on everything in between Courtney seems almost paralyzed by the prospect of stepping out of his typical, reserved ennui. Even many of the melodies seem intentionally restrained, holding back rather than developing naturally into something that would stand out in an album that seems to bank on stability and predictability. As Courtney says, “I never saw the source but I know the chorus.” After almost a decade, he knows the Real Estate equation by heart, and can present it with little effort. “In Mind” though, shows that, even if the band can mine the same sound indefinitely, there will soon come a point where a sense of awe at how easily the band can soothe our nerves with such simple suburban-set jangle-pop tunes will be replaced by a sense that we too know the chorus, and that its charms are starting to wear off. Jackson Maxwell can be reached at jlmaxwell@umass.edu and followed on Twitter at @JMaxwell82.

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strong when Brown had extra-man opportunities, limiting them to one goal on three chances. “It was a big challenge,” Paparo said. “We knew that going in, they’re one of the most productive offenses in the country. We knew we had a big task at hand, we prepared the right way. Everyone was on the same page on the defensive end. [Assistant] Coach [Craig] McDonald

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put in a great game plan to slow down their up-tempo play. That’s a success to hold them to 10 goals, but it wasn’t enough.” Paparo and the defense knew they would need to stay focused and play extremely disciplined to keep the game close. “I wouldn’t say we played a full 60 minutes of disciplined defense, but we were much better than we were in previous weeks

and that showed. We didn’t give them extra opportunities. We limited a lot of those transition, a lot of their goals came off 6 on 6.” If UMass can continue its strong defensive play, it will see the more games fall in its favor. Thomas Johnston can be reached at tjohnston@umass.edu and followed on twitter @TJ__Johnston.

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up 3-2. UMass scored the lone two goals in the second quarter with tallies from Bogart and midfielder Dan Muller to give it a 5-4 halftime advantage. Muller totaled a career-high five points, with three assists complementing his two goals. “In the last two games, we came back in both games and were able to push for-

ward. We weren’t able to finish it today,” Cannella said. “To tie it up at nine, we wish we were able to do that. There’s a lot of confidence there coming off the last two games, but we battled all day. Both teams were battling. Ultimately when you look at it, both teams turned the ball over a bunch, but we turned it over at bad times.” “There’s no moral victo-

ries in lacrosse,” Trainor said. “Any loss is a tough one. I’m very proud of my teammates and we trust our coaches. It was a great game but we just fell on the wrong side of it. A tough one, that’s just the way it goes.” Kyle DaLuz can be reached at kdaluz@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Kyle_DaLuz.

NCAA TOURNAMENT

A look ahead to the Final Four Field includes two totally new teams By Shannon Ryan Chicago Tribune

Three of these things are not like the other. The final days of the college basketball season will feature two Final Four virgins and a team that hasn’t been there since Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. Oh, yeah, and a team that has won five NCAA championships. The Final Four will be the blue blood versus the new blood. Everyone knows about top-seeded North Carolina, which is on its way to its record 20th Final Four. So let’s get to know these newbies. No. 3 seed Oregon hasn’t been to the Final Four since it won the whole eightteam tournament in 1939. The Ducks will face the Tar Heels, who haven’t been to the Final Four since way back in 2016. If North Carolina is a been-there-done-that team, the other side of the bracket in Glendale, Ariz., will feature the never-beens. No. 1 seed Gonzaga and No. 7 seed South Carolina have never advanced this far in the tournament. Gonzaga finally gets to be the bride instead of a bridesmaid after years of close _ but-no-cigar moments runs at the Final

Four. The Bulldogs lost in the Elite Eight in 1999 and 2015 as underdogs, but here they are as a favored No. 1 seed. Gonzaga, which has a long track record of tournament success, won’t be intimidated, coach Mark Few said. And the Bulldogs probably won’t be considered Cinderellas again after finally reaching this stage by brushing aside No. 11 seed Xavier in the Elite Eight. “I think they’re going to respond like they’ve responded all year,” he said. “They don’t know anything different. They’ve just been unbelievably consistent.” South Carolina had never even been to the Sweet 16 in the modern era before this season. The Gamecocks had not even won a tournament game since 1973 and now are just the fourth No. 7 seed in tournament history to advance to the Final Four. Credit coach Frank Martin for taking Kansas State to its lone Elite Eight appearance and now South Carolina, with its intimidating defense, to the Final Four for the first time. Sindarius Thornwell, the SEC player of the year, has earned a name for himself in the tournament, especially after scoring 26 points against Florida in the Elite Eight. “Anyone that’s in sports dreams of moments like

this,” Martin said after the Elite Eight victory Sunday. “It’s not something that you start dreaming it the year you win 25 games. You dream it every single day. And the thing is that you have to work towards getting better every day.” Oregon returns to the Final Four for the first time in 78 years. According to ESPN’s bracket challenge, only 11 percent of participants picked the Ducks to get to the Final Four. Yet, with superb athleticism and a strong trio in Jordan Bell, Tyler Dorsey and Dillon Brooks, the Ducks knocked off top-seeded Kanas in the Elite Eight. And remember, they did this after many counted them out following the season-ending injury to senior forward Chris Boucher. “We would sure like to go and make a great showing for ourselves in Phoenix,” coach Dana Altman said after Oregon’s upset of topseeded Kansas. “We’ve got one more four-team tournament to try to go win. We’re not done yet.” Gonzaga, South Carolina and Oregon have already exceeded expectations by reaching this program pinnacle. All the pressure is on top-seeded North Carolina, which narrowly defeated Kentucky in an Elite Eight thriller. So who will it be? An underdog or the top dog?

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Florida eliminated in elite eight by USC Gamecocks make first ever final four B y C hris H ays Orlando Sentinel

It’s over. Florida’s run through the NCAA Tournament ended Sunday as the Gators bumbled their way through a rough second half and watched South Carolina pull away for a 77-70 victory in the East Region final. The Gators, who went into halftime riding a wave of momentum, left it in the locker room for the final 20 minutes and South Carolina took advantage. The Gamecocks clinched the school’s first trip to the Final Four, where they will face West Region winner Gonzaga. Florida missed all 14 of its second-half 3-point attempts and was a frigid 11 of 35 (31 percent) from the field in the final 20 minutes. Now the Gators will have to watch SEC foe South Carolina, behind

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a second-half surge by conference player of the year Sindarius Thornwell, carry the league torch to Glendale, Ariz., during the Final Four. Thornwell scored eight straight points during a two-minute span in the second half, turning a 57-55 UF lead into a 61-59 South Carolina advantage with 4:54 left. The Gators went nearly six minutes in the middle of the second half without a field goal and were 0-for-9 from 3-point range in the first 12 minutes of the final period, but South Carolina couldn’t put the Gators away. KeVaughn Allen’s floating prayer as the shot clock expired banked high off the glass and in, giving UF a 55-53 lead with 7:17 left. While UF struggled to string together enough buckets late in the game, the Gators showed signs they could extend their magical March during the first half. Florida took control early with a barrage of

3-pointers. Chris Chiozza’s banked 3 as the shot clock ran out showed things were going the Gators way. UF hit five consecutive 3-pointers, including two by Justin Leon, and UF turned a 24-20 deficit into a 35-30 lead in a threeminute span. The Gators’ momentum allowed them to overcome 11 first-half turnovers and sparked them to a 40-33 halftime lead, leaving UF just 20 minutes away from a Final Four trip to the desert. Leon was on fire in the first half. He came out of the gates ready to roll with the Gators’ first two buckets and he had 13 points, including three 3-pointers, by halftime. Florida fed off Leon’s offensive energy, hitting 7 of 12 3s and 56 percent of its overall floor shot (14 of 25) in the first half. The offensive explosion, however, didn’t last and Leon was among the Gators left to trudge off the floor as South Carolina celebrated its upcoming trip to the Final Four.

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for us in a lot of big ways,” McMahon told the UMass Sports Network. “I’m happy we had some new faces step up, and hopefully we can put together more complete games going forward.” After starting the season 0-2, the Minutewomen have won five of their last six, outscoring opponents 49-29 in their last four games (all wins). Marist is

the final non-conference regular season opponent UMass will face in 2017. “I think we’ve been getting better for the most part,” McMahon told the UMass Sports Network. “There are different areas of the field we still need to improve on, and we’re still only halfway through our season, so I like where we’re at, but I still think we have a lot of room to

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M E N ’ S L AC RO S S E

UMass overcome in overtime UM defense stands tall Minutemen lose close in 10-9 loss to Brown game at home to Bears Brown’s Molloy leads the nation in scoring

By Kyle DaLuz Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts men’s lacrosse team answered the bell each time it trailed during Saturday’s contest with Brown University at Garber Field. Despite erasing a pair of twogoal deficits, including fighting back to tie the game at nine and force overtime, UMass (3-5) walked off its home turf in defeat after freshman Jack Kniffin beat Minutemen goaltender D.J. Smith to give the Bears (4-3) a 10-9 victory. “Brown’s a good team. They deserved the victory today,” UMass coach Greg Cannella said. “They made one more play than we did us. That’s kind of how it goes in overtime. We thought if we won the face off, maybe we win [the game] right there, but it wasn’t meant to be. Our guys played hard and played well.” Trailing 9-7 with 7:30 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Minutemen came storming back with a pair of goals from sophomore Tyler Bogart and junior Buddy Carr to force overtime. Bogart’s second goal of the game came just 22 seconds after the Bears capped off a 4-0 run with goals from Kniffin, midfielder Stephen Hudak and a pair from sophomore Michael Panepinto. The Minutemen won the opening faceoff in the extra session but turned the ball over and gave Brown possession and the chance to walk off victorious.

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Despite the score not going its way, the Massachusetts men’s lacrosse defense should walk out of the March 25 home game against the Brown Bears with its head held high. Brown entered the game as the second highest scoring team in the country, averaging 16.33 goals per game. Its offense is one that pushes the tempo and tries to get as many shots on cage as possible—coming into the game averaging 47 shots per game. UMass (3-5, 0-0 CAA) was able to limit the Bears (4-3, 1-0 Ivy League) to just 10 goals in the overtime contest, their lowest scoring game of the season. The Minutemen were also able to successfully slow down the fastpaced Brown team to just 37 shots on cage. “We’re pleased with everyone’s effort,” UMass coach Greg Cannella said after the game. “We wanted to slow the game down a little bit because they played so much up-tempo. We needed to win face-offs. We rode them pretty hard, we turned them over three or four times on the ride. We did everything we needed to do with those guys. We were pleased with everyone’s effort.” The Minutemen were also

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Isaac Paparo (above) spent much of Saturday’s game against Brown defending Dylan Molloy. “It’s always tough losing a onegoal game in overtime like that,” defenseman Isaac Paparo said. “We’re down a couple, we fought back. We were up and then they fought back. It’s just a game of runs. That’s the way lacrosse is. It’s fun to be apart of, but it always sucks to lose like that.” The Minutemen took a 7-5 lead after Jeff Trainor (two goals) scored on a bounce shot that beat Brown goalie Phil Goss (18 saves). UMass held Brown to just 10 goals despite the Bears averaging 16 goals per game heading into Saturday’s match-up. Paparo and the Minutemen defense had the difficult task of defending Dylan Molloy, regarded as one of the nation’s top attackman. “I’d say it was a success to only hold them to 10 goals, but it wasn’t enough,” Paparo said. Molloy for the most part was

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held in check, but scored his lone goal of the contest with just over four minutes remaining in the third quarter. Smith made a career-high 16 saves, eight in each half. Paparo corralled four groundballs and forced three turnovers. UMass fired off a season-high 49 shots, forcing Goss to make 18 saves, but it was the first time in four games the Minutemen failed to score double-digit goals. “The ball movement we have in our offense, whenever people are sliding to us and we’re moving the ball fast, I feel like we’re unstoppable,” Trainor said. The Minutemen trailed 2-0 out of the gate, but battled back to tie after first quarter goals from sophomore Ben Spencer with a man-up and Trainor. Grant Consoletti (goal, two assists) scored after the Bears went back see

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tasked with slowing down reigning Tewaaraton award winner Dylan Molloy. Molloy, one of the best attackers in the country, entered Saturday’s matchup as the nations leading goal scorer, averaging four goals per game. UMass kept a close eye on Molloy all game, with sophomore defenseman Isaac Paparo tasked with shadowing him for a majority of the game. The Minutemen were extremely physical with the 220pound Molloy throughout the game, not letting him feel comfortable in front of the cage. They also gave Paparo a lot of help, throwing multiple defenders at Molloy as he finished the game with just one goal and one assist. “He’s a big boy,” Paparo said about Molloy. “I’m not that big. He’s about 220 and I’m only 160. It was a battle. But a lot of the help came from my other teammates. You see a lot of times we got the ball out of his stick either early or we would double team him.” UMass got strong play from goalie DJ Smith. While the defense did their job preventing the Brown attack from bombarding Smith with shots in net, Smith held his end of the bargain, finishing the game with 16 saves. The Minutemen defense was also able to force 18 turnovers creating extra possessions for their offense while disrupting the Bears. The defense also held see

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BASEBALL

Minutewomen win UMass wins series over Colonials win the fourth straight game Minutemen weekend 2-1 over GW over Marist College UMass has outscored last four opponents 4929 heading into A-10

together three consecutive goals to take a 7-5 lead with just under 20 minutes left. Then Crowley and the rest of the Minutewomen defense found their stride. “Any time we make a play By Henry Brechter defensively, Sarah [Crowley] Collegian Staff always seems to be around the The Massachusetts women’s ball,” McMahon told the UMass lacrosse team chalked up its Sports Network. “Her stick sort fourth straight victory with a of has a magnet for the ball, and hard-fought 10-7 win over Marist she anticipates and reads plays College Saturday afternoon at really well. And it puts us in a Garber Field. much better position to score The Minutewomen (5-3) outgoals the harder we ride, so I’m shot the Red Foxes (4-5) 35-18, definitely happy in terms of our and held their opponent scoreriding effort.” less for the game’s final 19 min The Minutewomen defense utes while overcoming battered the Red Foxes an early second half UMass 10 on clears, allowing deficit. Junior midfieldMarist to convert just er Abby Walker recordMarist 7 13 of its 24 of their ed her first career attempts. They kept hat-trick, while senior Marist from scoring Sarah Crowley tied a UMass single-game record with on four of its five man-up opportunities, and won 26 groundballs six forced turnovers. “Marist came out ready to to nine for the Red Foxes. play, and had a great game plan,” All around efficiency allowed Minutewomen coach Angela UMass to come back late in the McMahon told the UMass Sports game. The Minutewomen won Network. “I thought that we eight out of 10 draw controls in struggled to get going offensive- the second half, and were a perly, and shooting-wise, their goal- fect 16 of 16 on attempted clears. ie made a lot of saves. The ability Besides career days from for us to get some caused turn- Walker and Crowley, UMass overs and have more offensive was helped out by goals from Hannah Burnett (2), Cerasi, possessions definitely helped. UMass Freshman Kaitlyn Turner, Cassidy Doster, Murphy Cerasi opened the scoring with and Callie Santos. Goalie Lauren a goal just 90 seconds into the Hiller had eight saves and fingame, which was followed by ished the game with a .533 save three more Minutewomen goals. percentage. Marist then went on a 4-0 run to Doster’s goal with 14:38 left in tie the game going into halftime. regulation on an empty-netter UMass lost captain Hannah making the score 8-7 proved to be Murphy late in the first half to the game winner. her second yellow card, and were “Our backs were against the down a player to begin the sec- wall, losing in the second half, ond half. Junior Holly Turner but some new people stepped up broke the tie a minute into the half, but the Red Foxes strung see STREAK on page 7

By Tyler Fiedler Collegian Staff

Confidence and positivity has been the message to the Massachusetts baseball team from the start of the season and their weekend against George Washington was no different. Coming into their road series losing three straight games, the Minutemen needed a successful series. Despite an eight run beat down Friday, UMass (6-9, 2-1 Atlantic 10) came away with two straight wins to take the series against their A-10 rival. “The fact that we bounced back from a tough beating Friday and had a great response Saturday meant a lot for our club,” coach Mike Stone said. “It was a matter of hanging in there, being positive and moving on. I feel like we did that and came away with solid results.” The top of the order once again set the tone. The top five in the lineup combined for 13 hits, six runs batted in and six runs in the three games. Stone likes what he is getting from the top of the order and that the reason they continue to stay with them is because of their onbase skills and clutch hitting. The Minutemen trailed 1-0 entering the sixth inning of Sunday’s game. Dylan Morris led the inning with a bunt single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt one batter later. A hit by pitch and a walk loaded up the bases for Brett Evangelista. A sacrifice fly scored Morris and UMass took the lead after two straight walks. “[Getting Morris back] solidifies center field for us,” Stone said. “He is hitting in the seven spot which means people above him have been performing. He lengthens the lineup and has been solid so far.” However, the lead was shortlived as Minutemen pitcher Mike Geannelis gave up an RBI single to even the score at two. UMass would

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Pitching was a major factor in all three games over the weekend for the Minutemen. put two more runs on the board in the seventh behind some defensive miscues from the Colonials (10-13, 1-2 A-10). The ninth inning would prove crucial for UMass as they added six runs to increase their lead to seven. Ryan Lever had a bases loaded single followed up by a two-run single from freshman Nolan Kessinger. GW’s second error of the inning scored two more Minutemen and Matt Bare finished off the scoring with an RBI single as UMass went on to win 10-4. Geannelis won his second game of the season as he went 6.1 innings and gave up four runs on 10 hits. The bullpen for UMass was exceptional yet again. Sophomore Justin Lasko threw 1.2 innings of scoreless baseball. He also did not surrender a hit. Freshman Christian Rosati gave up one run in the ninth but closed the door for UMass. “It’s exactly what we need if we want to be a winning ball club,” Stone said. “It’s extremely important for us to have guys who we can rely on [coming out of the bullpen].”

Strong pitching performance leads UMass to close win Saturday

Brooks Knapek gave up one run in seven innings as the Minutemen went on to win the second game of

the series 2-1. The freshman pitcher battled throughout the day as he walked five and gave up seven hits. However, his six strikeouts proved to be the difference in the end as he improved his record to 2-1. “He threw strikes, had tremendous poise and confidence and executed pitches,” Stone said. “It was a gutsy performance and exactly what we needed.” Freshman Kessinger and sophomore Alec Norton each had a RBI single to give the Minutemen their lone two runs.

UMass beat down 10-2 in series opener The Minutemen lost their fourth straight game Friday with its 10-2 loss to the Colonials. Justin Lasko lasted only two innings as he gave up seven runs (five earned) on his way to his second loss of the season. Carter Knapek gave up three runs in four innings of relief. Colonials starter Brady Renner pitched seven innings giving up only one run. Tyler Fiedler can be reached via email tfiedler@umass.edu or followed on Twitter @Tyler_Fiedler.