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DISNEY DISAPPOINTMENT

Unoriginal, poorly-paced, ‘John Carter’ is another hundred-million-dollar flop.

SWEET AS CAN BE

Apple decides to give some of their billions of dollars back to share-holders.

UConn breezes by Kansas State in historic fashion.

School should evalu-ate budget along with the state and federal government to avoid problems.

INSIDE NEWS: APPLE TO PAY DIVIDEND, START STOCK BUYBACKS

Blood Drive Challenge!10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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The UConn Red Cross Club is hold-ing a blood drive today and tomor-row for the National Cesar E. Chavez Blood Drive Challenge! For more information or to schedule an appoint-ment go to www.redcross.uconn.edu.

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UConn’s associate pharmacy professor Dr. Amy Anderson and molecular cell biology graduate student Nicole Wagner were among 10 women awarded a Women of Innovation Award by the Connecticut Technology Council.

The award program honors women leaders in the fields of engineering, technology, and biology, according to the Connecticut Technology Council website. The winners were chosen from 10 categories and a total of 53 finalists.

Anderson, who won in the category of Research Innovation and Leadership, expressed surprise at her win.

“I knew I was a finalist, but I didn’t expect to win the award,” she said.

She said that she hadn’t even prepared a speech.

Wagner expressed a similar sentiment. She said in an email, “I felt honored to be selected as a finalist, but I did not think

that I would win; so you can imagine my surprise as they called my name as the winner that night… I was shocked, surprised, excited, proud, and honored to be a recipient of the award.”

Anderson leads a lab at the UConn School of Pharmacy looking She is examining the protein structures of pathogens in order to create more effec-tive drugs. She is also working with Dr. Dennis Wright to fur-ther understand how the drug molecule interacts with the pro-tein. Her research goals include pushing the compounds through to clinical trails. Academically she hopes to continue her stud-ies with a particular interest in fighting disease and cancer.

Wagner, who won in the Collegian Innovation and Leadership category was rec-ognized for her research and efforts as the CEO of the com-pany Lambda Vison Inc. She said in an email the compa-ny’s, which was founded by her research advisor Dr. Robert Birg in 2007, was “to pro-vide high resolution vision to

patients with age-related macu-lar degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.”

“I am hoping to graduate within a year, so many of my academic goals involve finish-ing up experiments that I have been working on and publish-ing my results,” Wagner said of her future goals.

The Connecticut Technology Council is an organization of technology focused compa-nies and institutions. In total is represents over 2,000 com-panies, according to its web-site. Its mission, is “to build an interactive community of innovators and their supporters that can leverage these great advantages to create a thriving economy, job growth, a global reputation for entrepreneurial support, and a lifestyle that attracts the best and bright-est people to come here and retains the young people who have grown up here.”

This marked the eighth year of the Women of Innovation Awards.

By Katherine TibedoStaff Writer

UConn women honored for leadership in research

Katherine.Tibedo@UConn.edu

BRIDGEPORT—Leading up to last night’s game, the Kansas State Wildcats were simply happy to be where they were in the tournament playing UConn in the Round of 32.

“I think we are excited we got past the first round and also have the challenge to play UConn,” Kansas State’s junior guard Brittany Chambers said after the team’s practice Sunday.

But then the game started, and the Wildcats had all of 55 seconds of joy during their embar-rassing 72-26 loss against the UConn Huskies last night.

“It’s beyond dis-appointing to have taken the floor and competed so inept-ly,” Kansas State coach Deb Patterson said.

After grabbing an early 3-2 lead with 19:28 to go, the Wildcats went on the kind of scoring drought that is only rivaled by the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Kansas State did not score for 11:10 and missed 17 consecutive shots dur-ing that stretch.

By the time the Wildcats were able to score another point, UConn was already up 19-3, and the game was well out of reach for Kansas State.

At the end of the first half, UConn’s pressure was far too much to handle. The Huskies forced 10 turnovers, and UConn had a commanding 38-10 lead over the Wildcats. Kansas State went just 4-for-31 in the first half, a dismal 13 percent.

Eight of the Wildcats’ points came from guard Chambers, who finished the game with 11 points.

Guard Jalana Childs had the other two points, and she fin-ished with 6.

UConn’s guard Kelly Faris said that an intense defen-sive mindset like that comes naturally when a team starts to pressure and notices the opponent freez-ing up and getting nervous from it.

“We wanted to attack them,” Faris said.

The record for fewest points during the first half of an NCAA Tournament game is 8, when Baylor destroyed

Prairie View last season. If it weren’t for a last second shot by Brittany Chambers, the Wildcats would have tied that record.

But despite the large lead, the Huskies kept their foot on the gas. Even when the game was 38-8 in the closing minutes of the first half, UConn was in its full-court pressure defense.

Guard Bria Hartley led UConn’s first-half scoring attack with 13 points on 5-of-10 shoot-

ing. Freshman forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis added another nine on 4-for-8 shooting. Hartley and Mosqueda-Lewis finished the game with 16 and 15 points respectively

Kiah Stokes also contributed for UConn with 13 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots.

For the Huskies, it was the 17th

time this season that their stifling defense held a team under 40 points.

“Our defensive effort tonight was about as good as I’ve seen from us all year long,” said UConn coach Geno Auriemma.

The Wildcats’ 26 points was the fewest by any team in the his-tory of the NCAA Tournament. The previous record was 27

points by Southern against Duke in 2006.

With the win last night, the Huskies advanced to their 19th consecutive Sweet 16 appear-ance. The Huskies will take on the winner of LSU/Penn St. game on March 25 at the Ryan Center in Kignston, R.I.

UConn’s Caroline Doty dribbles the ball past a Kansas State player during their game Mar. 19. The Huskies won 72-26, keeping the Wildcats to a record low score for a NCAA Tournament game.

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Students want teen shooter arrested

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — College students around Florida rallied Monday to demand the arrest of a neighborhood watch captain who shot an unarmed black teen last month, though authorities may be hamstrung by a state law that allows people to defend themselves with deadly force.

Police have described the man who fired the shot, 28-year-old George Zimmerman, as white; his family says he is Hispanic and is not racist.

Zimmerman claims he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last month in self-defense during a confrontation in a gated commu-nity in Sanford.

Students held rallies on the cam-pus of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee and outside the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, where prosecu-tors are reviewing the case to determine if charges should be filed. The students demanded Zimmerman’s arrest.

Zimmerman spotted Martin as he was patrolling his neigh-borhood on a rainy evening last month and called 911 to report

a suspicious person. Against the advice of the 911 dispatch-er, Zimmerman then followed Martin, who was walking home from a convenience store with a bag of Skittles in his pocket.

“I don’t think a man who exited his vehicle after the 911 dispatch-er told him to stay inside the car can claim self-defense,” Carl McPhail, a 28-year-old Barry University law school student, said at the Sanford rally.

The 70 protesters at the Sanford rally chanted “What if it was your son?” and held posters saying, “This is not a race issue.” Many carried Skittles.

Martin’s parents and other advocates have said the shooter would have been arrested had he been black.

“You would think that Sanford is still in the 1800s claiming that this man can call self-defense for shooting an unarmed boy,” res-taurant owner Linda Tillman said.

The case has garnered national attention and civil rights activ-ist Al Sharpton and radio host Michael Baisden planned to lead another rally Thursday in Sanford.

Daniel.Agabiti@UConn.edu

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Conn. lawmakers discuss escort ad bill

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The ads can be found online or in the back of some newspapers. They’re often listed under the heading of “massage/escort,” promising a ‘busty Brazillian” named Brittany for “lunch time specials” or a woman named “Jenna,” with long brown hair, green eyes and who’s available around-the-clock.

Connecticut lawmakers were told Monday that such ads may sound vague, but what they’re selling is obvious. It’s sex. And sometimes the young women and men touted in those ads are minors.

“None of it is legitimate. You just don’t call for a date,” said Katell, a 29-year-old woman who said she was trafficked as a prostitute in Connecticut when she was 23 and 24 year old. She did not provide members of the General Assembly’s Judiciary Committee her last name on Monday because her case is still under investigation.

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Conn. lawmakers announce plans for relief HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — With gas prices continuing to rise,

Connecticut’s lawmakers are announcing plans to provide relief at the pump and add protections against price gouging.

The six-point plan, released by Democratic leaders Monday, includes provisions to cap the fluctuating gross receipts tax rates on wholesale gasoline that costs $3 or more per gallon and to give the attorney general and Department of Consumer Protection commis-sioner additional authority to impose fines on distributors found in violation of profiteering laws.

The gross receipts taxes at a rate of 7.5 percent for each dollar of wholesale gas. Although this tax is imposed on wholesalers and distributors, it affects the overall cost at the pump. This rate is expected to increase in 2013.

Court backs Conn. in tax dispute over school books

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s Supreme Court has ruled that a Missouri seller of books and educational prod-ucts to schools must pay millions in state sales taxes and pen-alties because teachers have acted as local salespeople in the classroom.

In a decision released Monday, the court unanimously reversed a trial court judge who ruled that teachers made no money for themselves as surrogate parents helping students select and order items from Scholastic Book Clubs Inc. of Jefferson City, Mo.

The Missouri book seller has no presence in Connecticut, the court ruled. But it said Scholastic Book Clubs’ program places teachers in a position in which they are “functioning in much the same way as salesmen,” bringing books into the classroom for sale.

Ohio man not jailed for stopping Facebook apology

CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who made comments about his estranged wife on his Facebook page and was threatened with jail unless he posted daily apologies for a month won’t be locked up even though he stopped making amends early.

Mark Byron agreed to begin posting the apology last month to avoid jail but later said the ruling violated his freedom of speech. He stopped posting the apology after 26 days, but Judge Jon Sieve, of Hamilton County Domestic Relations Court, determined Monday that he had posted it long enough, and Byron wasn’t jailed.

Byron, of Cincinnati, said afterward that he was relieved not to be in jail, “but I was prepared to go to defend my free speech rights.”

Byron’s attorney, Becky Ford, said Monday that she has filed a notice of appeal in a state court.

US priests lay out defense before rape trial

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Lawyers for two priests charged with raping boys in the mid-1990s said Monday that they plan to attack the accusers’ motives when the landmark trial starts next week in Philadelphia.

The Rev. James Brennan’s lawyer will tell jurors that Brennan’s accuser sought the priest out as an adult when he needed to do court-ordered community service.

“He could have (gone) to a soup kitchen. Of all places, he seeks out his alleged abuser, Fr. Brennan,” lawyer William Brennan, who is not related to the defendant, argued at a pretrial hearing.

Defrocked priest Edward Avery’s lawyer will also question his accuser’s motivation at trial. Avery’s accuser had been expelled from an archdiocesan high school at age 14 and began a long battle with drug addiction.

March 5

Michael S. Naple, 19, of Andover, was arrested at 8:30 p.m. in C Parking Lot and charged with possession of less than half an ounce of mari-juana, two counts of burglary in the third, four counts of con-spiracy, four counts of crim-inal mischief in the second, drug paraphernalia, interfering with an officer and larceny in the fifth. Police responded to a report of males jumping on cars in C Parking Lot and found Naples as one of the males. Police found Naples in his parked car, after running from police and interfering with the investigation. The car

contained several hundred dol-lars of stolen items, 3.8 grams of marijuana and several smok-ing pipes. Police found four damaged cars, three of which had items stolen from them. Naples conspired with three other males to commit dam-age to the cars and admitted to entering two cars to steal items. His bond was set at $25,000 and his court date was March 6.

March 8

Zachary J. Carriker, 19, of Chatsworth Calif., was arrest-ed at 12:44 a.m. on North Eagleville Road and charged with criminal mischief in the third and larceny in the sixth. Police observed Carriker cross Hillside Road with another individual while dragging a crosswalk sign. Carriker was found to be in possession of a sign stolen from Snow Hall. His bond was set at $1,000 and his court date is March 20.

Peter B. Alosky, 19, of Coventry, on North Eagleville Road and charged with crimi-

nal mischief in the third and larceny in the sixth. Police observed Alosky cross Hillside Road with another individual while dragging a crosswalk sign. Alosky was found to be in possession of a sign stolen from Snow Hall. His bond was set at $1,000 and his court date is March 20.

March 9

Eric J. Menchel, 23, of Plainville, was arrested in Staff Lot 9 and charged with driving while intoxicated. Police con-ducted a motor vehicle check of a car running with its head-lights illuminated in Staff Lot 9, suspected Menchel to be driving while intoxicated and subjected him to sobriety tests, which he failed. His bond was set at $500 and his court date was March 19.

March 14

Philip J. Pasco, 22, of Burlington, was arrested at 1:27 a.m. and charged with criminal mischief in the third,

disorderly conduct, driving in the right hand lane and driv-ing while intoxicated. Police stopped Pasco’s car for erratic driving. Police suspected Pasco to be driving while intoxicated and subjected him to sobriety tests, which he failed. After being arrested Pasco was placed in a holding cell where he urinated on the mattress and spit on the door. His bond was set at $4,500 and his court date is March 26.

March 18

William P. Latta, 21, of West Chester, Penn., was arrested at 1:02 a.m. on Hunting Heights Drive and charged with fail-ure to drive right and driv-ing while intoxicated. Police stopped Latta’s car for failing to drive right, suspected him to be driving while intoxicated and subjected him to sobriety tests, which he failed. His bond was set at $500 and his court date is March 28.

Christopher J. Heneghan, 29, of Bolton, was arrested at 3:16 a.m. on Stadium Road and charged with failure to drive right, driving while intoxi-cated, failure to signal prop-erly and violating a stop sign. Police stopped Heneghan’s car for violating a stop sign, fail-ing to signal and failing to drive right. Police suspected Heneghan to be driving while intoxicated and subjected him to sobriety tests, which he failed. His bond was set at $500 and his court date is March 26.

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CHICAGO (AP) — His confidence surg-ing, Mitt Romney pointedly ignored his Republican rivals on the eve of Tuesday's high-stakes primary election in Illinois and turned his fire instead on the Democrat he hopes to oust in the fall.

Romney pushed into President Barack Obama's home territory, assailing Obama's economic credentials on the Chicago cam-pus where the president taught for more than a decade. At the same time, GOP contender Rick Santorum struggled to explain why the nation's unemployment rate is not his top concern and why the economy isn't the issue that defines the race even as he tried to rally anti-Romney conservatives.

The contrasts offered a look inside two campaigns seemingly moving in different directions, just one day before Illinois vot-ers decided what could be the most signifi-cant Republican contest through the end of the month.

"Freedom is on the ballot this year," Romney told students and supporters at the University of Chicago, contending that the nation's recovery from recession was being limited by an "assault on our economic freedom" by Obama. "I am offering a real choice and a very different beginning," he said.

Romney was trying to show he was more than ready to rise above the grinding GOP primary battle and move toward a general election matchup against Obama. The front-runner, he has secured more delegates than his opponents combined, and his nomina-tion seems more assured each week as Santorum's shoestring campaign struggles under the weight of continued disorganiza-tion.

But a victory in Illinois' Tuesday primary is by no means assured.

Romney has spent big on advertising and will have devoted more than three straight days to the state — an eternity by some standards in this constantly shifting campaign — by the time votes are counted Tuesday night.

After embarrassing Santorum with a one-sided victory in Puerto Rico Sunday, the Romney campaign sees in Illinois a potential breaking point for stubborn rivals

who have defiantly vowed to stay in the race until the GOP's national convention in August. Should Santorum and Newt Gingrich stay politically alive until then and follow through on their threat, it could turn the convention into an intra-party fight for the first time since 1976.

Illinois is expected to be far closer than Puerto Rico's blowout, although recent polls suggest Romney may be pulling away. Even if he should lose the popular vote, Romney is poised to win the delegate bat-tle. Santorum cannot win at least 10 of the state's 54 delegates available Tuesday because his campaign didn't file the neces-sary paperwork

Still, Santorum campaigned hard across the state Sunday and Monday in light of the stakes in Illinois, one of the last premier battlegrounds before the Republican race enters an extended lull after Saturday's con-test in Louisiana.

"If we're able to come out of Illinois with a huge or surprise win, I guarantee you, I guarantee you that we will win this nomina-tion," Santorum said.

He rallied conservatives on Monday in Dixon, Ill., the hometown of President Ronald Reagan, saying that Obama's health care overhaul, not the economy, is the elec-tion's "most salient issue."

"The campaign doesn't hinge in unem-ployment rates," he said later. "We conser-vatives don't believe government creates jobs."

The comments sparked a rash of criticism that Romney picked up on at his final cam-paign stop of the day at Bradley University in central Illinois.

"One of the people who is running also for the Republican nomination today said that he doesn't care about the unemploy-ment rate," Romney told college students in Peoria, Ill. "It does bother me. I want to get people back to work. I am concerned about those how are out of work."

In remarks in Rockford, Ill., Santorum said an oppressive government rather than the economy is the real issue of the presi-dential campaign.

"At every single speech that I give I talk about Obamacare," he said. "Every single speech I say that the issue in this race is

not the economy. The reason the economy is an issue in this race is because we have a government that is oppressing its people and taking away their freedom and the economy is suffering as a result of it."

Santorum later explained his comments as being about freedom, not the economy.

"The problem with the economy is gov-ernment taking people's freedom away and advancing regulations, destroying and undermining businesses ability to be prob-lem solvers," he told Chicago radio station WLS. "Americans don't take kindly to the yoke of government, and we don't do very well. Our economy struggles when that happens"

Romney, meanwhile, campaigned in the city where Obama taught law at the University of Chicago and where the presi-dent has his national campaign headquar-ters. Avoiding any reference to Republican opponents during his afternoon speech, Romney assailed the president.

"The American economy is fueled by freedom," he said, flanked by a row of American flags. "The Obama administra-tion's assault on our economic freedom is the principal reason why the recovery has been so tepid — and why it couldn't meet their expectations, let alone ours."

At the current primary election rate, Romney would capture the nomination in June unless Santorum or Gingrich wins decisively in the coming contests. Including Puerto Rico's results, Romney has now collected 521 delegates, compared to Santorum's 253, Gingrich's 136 and Paul's 50, according to an Associated Press tally.

Romney and a growing number of Republicans across the country are eager to move beyond the increasingly nasty primary season that has consumed far more energy, resources and political capital than most expected. But the former Massachusetts governor has so far struggled to win over his party's most passionate voters — tea party activists and evangelicals who don't trust him as a true conservative.

Romney's wife, Ann, had called for Republicans to unite behind her husband at a campaign stop the night before, sug-gesting it was time to "move on to the next challenge.”

Romney seeks primary fight breaking point in Ill.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is final-ly acknowledging that it has more money than it needs. But don't expect it to cut prices on iPhones and iPads. Instead, the company said on Monday that it will reward its shareholders with a dividend and a stock buyback program.

Apple, the world's most valuable publicly traded company, sits on $97.6 billion in cash and securities.

The company has stockpiled the cash through a combination of great ideas and prudence. Apple spends money, to be sure, building data centers, buy-ing parts for its products and pursu-ing ambitious projects such as a new 2.8-million-square-foot headquarters that has been likened to a spaceship. It also invests in the research and devel-opment of new technology and negoti-ates an occasional acquisition.

But Apple simply hasn't managed to spend its earnings faster than people are lining up to buy its iPads, iPhones and other gadgets.

The decision to return some of that money to investors is a clear signal that Apple is taking a different approach in the post-Jobs era.

Former CEO Steve Jobs resisted calls to issue dividends for years. He argued that the money was better used to give Apple maneuvering room to acquire other companies, for instance. Apple did pay a quarterly dividend between 1987 and 1995, but Jobs was not involved with the company at the time.

Jobs died in October after a long fight with cancer.

Since then, pressure had been mount-ing on new CEO Tim Cook. Apple's ever-growing pile of cash was earning a paltry amount of interest and the fact that it was sitting there unused could have left the company open to charges of mismanagement and possible share-

holder lawsuits.On Monday, Cook said that, with

as much cash as Apple has on hand, a dividend won't restrain the company's options.

"These decisions will not close any doors for us," he told analysts and reporters on a conference call.

Indeed, Apple can afford it. The dividend, which should placate share-holders, will cost about $10 billion the first year. Apple generated $31 billion in cash in the fiscal year that ended in September and analysts expect it to add another $70 billion to $85 billion this year.

Apple said it will pay a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share, starting in its fiscal fourth quarter, which begins July 1.

The dividend works out to $10.60 annually, or 1.8 percent of the current stock price. Although Microsoft Corp., pays 2.5 percent of its stock price in dividends, and Hewlett-Packard Co. pays 2 percent, analyst Tavis McCourt at Morgan Keegan said Apple's divi-dend is relatively generous for a large technology company.

Energy and phone companies often pay dividends worth more than 5 per-cent of their stock price.

In absolute terms, Apple will pay one of the richest dividends in the U.S. The roughly $10 billion it will spend in its first year, places it just below companies including AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc., which are among the biggest spenders because they use dividends as their main way to attract investors.

Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's sec-ond largest company by market capi-talization, pays about $9 billion in dividends annually.

The dividend opens up ownership of Apple shares to a wider range of stock

mutual funds, potentially boosting the stock price in the long term. Many "value-oriented" stock funds are not allowed to buy stocks that don't pay dividends.

Apple said the $10 billion share buyback program will begin next fiscal year, which starts Sept. 30, and runs for three years.

Investors had been expecting the announcement, driving Apple's stock up 37 percent since January, when management first hinted in that a divi-dend was in the works.

Buybacks are a popular alternative to dividends, since they reduce the num-ber of shares outstanding. That means every remaining investor owns a larger share of the company.

Apple's stock hit a new high Monday before closing at $601.10, up $15.53. Since Steve Jobs' death on Oct. 5, Apple's stock is up nearly 60 percent. The company is worth $553 billion.

McCourt raised his price target on Apple's stock to $800 on Monday, becoming the first Wall Street analyst to do so. A dozen have price targets in the $700 range. He had been expect-ing the dividend, he said, and the main reason for the higher price target is the company's tremendous profit growth.

The dividend and buyback announce-ment comes three days after the launch of Apple's latest iPad tablet in the U.S. and nine other countries. Cook said sales the first few days set a record, but he gave no details.

Cook said the company also consid-ered splitting its stock and continues to look at that option. Stock splits increase the number of shares while reducing their value, potentially mak-ing it easier for small investors to buy them. But Cook said "there's very little support" for the idea that stock splits can help the stock overall.

Cook suggested that the dividend could have been larger if U.S. tax laws were different.

Cook said that as Apple analyzed how much it could give out to share-holders, it looked solely at the cash it has in the U.S. Like many big export-ers, Apple has much of its cash over-seas —some $64 billion, specifically.

Apple is reluctant to bring back over-

seas profits. In addition to being taxed in their respective countries, those profits would be subject to the 35 per-cent U.S. corporate tax rate.

"Current tax laws provide a consid-erable economic disincentive to U.S. companies that might otherwise repa-triate a substantial amount of foreign cash," Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said.

Apple to pay dividend, start stock buybacks

In this Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures during the introduction of the iPhone 4S, at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Apple Inc. is finally using its $98 billion pile of cash to reward shareholders, saying it’s instituting both a dividend and share buyback program.

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Body found in Calif. in 1974 is Iowa MarineLONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) —

A body found naked in 1974 at a California condominium complex is a U.S. Marine from Iowa who had been listed as a deserter from Camp Pendleton, authorities said Monday.

The man known for more than 37 years as "John Doe (hash)155" is Oral Stuart Jr. of Des Moines, Long Beach police said in a state-ment.

His cause of death, previously listed as undetermined, has been

reclassified as a homicide.The body of Stewart, who

was 18 when he disappeared, was found on Nov. 10, 1974, in the carport area of a complex near Interstate 605, police said. Twelve days later, Marine offi-cials at Camp Pendleton some 50 miles to the south declared him a deserter.

Police looking into cold cases with a grant from the National Institute of Justice came to sus-pect the body may be a member

of the military because of the man's tattoos and haircut.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service found that tattoos on the body matched those described in records on Stuart, and surviving family members confirmed his identity through photographs. Long Beach police detectives are investigating his death as a homicide.

Relatives told investigators that Stuart, who they knew as "Buddy," never would have vol-

untarily deserted."My parents both went to their

graves not knowing what had happened to him and knowing they listed him as a deserter," Carl Stuart of Phoenix, the victim's older brother and one of his few surviving relatives, told the Long Beach Press-Telegram. "Now I know he didn't desert, he was taken from us. But I've known that all along."

The original autopsy report from 1974 showed blunt force

trauma and other injuries, but coroner's investigators said it was not clear how Stuart received the injuries.

Police have not named any suspects or identified a possible motive for the killing. They are seeking the public's help.

Unlike many cold cases, where modern DNA technology is used to identify victims and criminals, Stuart was identified with tech-niques that were available at the time his body was found.

Police in 1974 also suspected the victim was from the military, but it was not clear why investiga-tors were unable to identify him.

"Most of the coroner's files and our files from that time are miss-ing," police Lt. Lloyd Cox told the Press-Telegram.

Stuart's brother wasn't satisfied with that answer.

"I always believed something must have happened to him. He loved the Marine Corps," Carl Stuart said.

Nearly 900,000 Americans are current-ly living with a posi-tive diagnosis for the

human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syn-drome, collectively referred to as HIV/AIDS. While great advances are being made in treating this terrible disease and prolonging the lives of those afflicted by it, there is currently no cure, nor is there a

vaccine to pre-vent its spread. While widely known as a sex-ually transmitted

disease, one of the most common methods of transmission is through the sharing of hypodermic needles by drug users. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimates that over 400,000 Americans have used needles to inject drugs in the past year, and one in five peo-ple living with HIV/AIDS were infected by sharing a needle with someone with the virus.

One popular and proven method of preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS among injection drug users is through syringe exchange pro-grams. While programs have been demonstrated to be effective, anti-drug crusaders in Congress recently re-instated a ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs, claiming that they encourage drug

use. This ban is either a misin-formed attempt at reducing drug abuse, or a deliberate disregard for scientific evidence in order to pander to anti-drug advocates. The ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs must be lifted.

Syringe exchange programs operate by giving out free, ster-ile needles in exchange for used needles, no questions asked. This encourages injection drug users to use a clean needle every time rath-er than sharing needles with one another in order to save money, thus potentially spreading diseases like HIV/AIDS. Such programs draw from the philosophy of harm reduction, which states that as people are going to continue dangerous behaviors despite their illegality, people should work to reduce the harmful effects of such behaviors. A very successful harm reduction organization at UConn is GUARD Dogs, which provides free sober rides to students on the weekends regardless of whether or not they are of the legal drink-ing age. Just as GUARD Dogs has been successful in preventing countless drunk driving accidents, syringe exchange programs have prevented countless transmissions of HIV/AIDS.

The public health community has come to a clear consensus on syringe exchange programs and

recognizes that they are an inte-gral part of any successful HIV/AIDS prevention effort. Such programs have been endorsed by major organizations, private and public, such as the American Medical Association and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Contrary to what opponents of the programs claim, syringe exchange programs are not linked to increased illegal drug use, and according to the National Institutes of Health, “individuals in areas with needle exchange pro-grams have an increased likeli-hood of entering drug treatment programs.” So not only do these programs decrease the spread of HIV/AIDS, but they also work to direct drug users into treatment programs that can help them stop using.

While syringe exchange pro-grams are incredibly effective, they are drastically underfunded. According to a 1997 article in the Annals of Internal Medicine, “Estimates of the annual num-ber of syringes required to meet the single-use standard run in the range of 1 billion. The most recent estimate of the number of syringes distributed by needle exchange programs in the United States was 17.5 million.” This number has not moved much in the 15 years since this article was published.

The organizations running these programs are typically funded by private foundations – and occa-sionally by state or local govern-ments – have miniscule budgets. Allowing for federal funding of syringe exchange programs would allow them to greatly expand, helping prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in many more communities across the country.

Some may not be concerned with this issue because they are not an injection drug user, and they blame HIV-positive drug users for their disease. However, HIV-positive people can pass the virus on to their innocent children during pregnancy or breastfeeding, so these programs can reduce such transmissions. And if that does not pull on your heartstrings, perhaps you’ll pay more attention to your pursestrings – the healthcare costs of someone with HIV/AIDS is dozens of times the cost of sup-plying them with clean needles, meaning syringe exchange pro-grams can actually save money for taxpayers by reducing the need for HIV/AIDS treatments for people on government programs such as Medicare or Medicaid.

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Arragon Perrone, Commentary EditorRyan Gilbert, Associate Commentary EditorMichelle Anjirbag, Weekly Columnist

Tyler McCarthy, Weekly ColumnistJesse Rifkin, Weekly Columnist

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John Lasseter is the head of one of the most important “boys clubs” in America, and we desperately need him to stay that way. We all know that

Disney takes a lot of often well-deserved flack for how its portrayal of women sends the wrong message to young girls. We are socially aware of the need to find better role

models for girls from all sides of society, whether examining Disney or analyzing the pop culture idols that little girls want to be just like. But in our quest to remind young girls that they can grow up to be strong and independent, as well as kind and caring, we often

forget about teaching little boys to develop the values and ideas needed to mold intel-ligent, caring young men that will contribute to society in the way we expect all little girls to do. Under Lasserter’s guidance at Pixar, that is the intention: to find the man in every boy, but also to find the boy in every man.

Many lessons can be attributed to the Pixar blockbusters that have made the studio one of the most successful corporations of our age, all of them about friendship, fam-ily and love. And though Pixar storytelling has created some of the best examples of coming-of-age-stories for our modern age, not a single one of these stories is a tradi-tional coming-of-age tale. In a feature pub-lished in the June/July 2011 issue of Esquire Magazine, Tom Junod writes, “For centu-

ries, the transformation of boys into men was so central to human societies. … Now boys are left largely to their own devices, and the devices are largely electronic; they go alone not into the world but into the world of media and technology...except in the movies of John Lasseter and Pixar.” Pixar heroes are always reliant upon those around them. They may stumble or sometimes fail, but with their friends, family and the faith they learn to have in that community, they learn to succeed. Woody could not have reunited the toys with Andy if he did not learn to work with Buzz Lightyear. Marvin needs Dory to find Nemo, just as much as Nemo needs his new friends in the fish tank to learn that he can do things on his own. Without Sully and Mike, Boo would have never made it home, but without Boo, Sully and Mike wouldn’t have been able to save Monstropolis.

In almost all of the movies, the heroes give up their personal dreams to find better, more fulfilling dreams with their friends and families. By the end of the movies, they often have more than what they wanted. More importantly, on their journeys, they found what they needed to find. When these characters find what they need, we as older viewers find what we have been missing. Children watching these films find

something new to want. Even if they may not understand all of the implications of what they have seen, they do have a strong appealing model to follow. People may speak of setting a better moral example for young children; Pixar actually utilizes a universal set of social morals and presents them in an appealing manner for children to follow. In Lasseter’s words, his lesson is that “we realize that we are better together than we are apart.” The fact that this model is directly focused at young boys is admirable, especially since no other part of American society seems to be focused on young boys as an important demographic whatsoever.

Some may certainly brush these things off as unnecessary in a world that seems more and more difficult to succeed in. Unless something radical changes in the near future, the American dream as we have grown up knowing it is dead for our generation, and nothing more than a fairy tale for the genera-tions that will follow. But Pixar is keeping an important part of that mythic dream alive through its films – and its not the “faith, trust and pixie dust” of the post-WWII Disney era. Pixar values are much more concrete and community – and family-centered. If raising strong, independent girls means fill-ing the world with capable and intelligent women, then it stands to reason that, on the most basic level, that raising good boys will result help us move towards a world with good, caring men. And I would dare anyone to find a way in which that could be a bad thing.

Pixar teaches lessons that society forgets

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

University should sync budgeting with state

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Dear The Girl in a Bikini Tanning Next to the Graveyard by Torrey Life Science: ... really?

Muk used Harden against my Quilava to get hard then proceeded to Pound me -___-

I saw Newt Gingrich in D.C. the other day. At first I thought it was cool to see a presidential candidate, but then I remembered it was Newt Gingrich.

“Pedestrians, bus is turning. Pedestrians, bus is turning.” ALL DAY LONG!!!

Kansas St. with the buzzer beater to reach double digits at the half!!

Women’s basketball needs a mercy rule.

Learn how to spell “Krzyzewski” and you’ll be a Hangman champ for life.

To the kid next to me tracking how many times the annoying girl said “like” during class: I salute you.

I don’t understand how my roommate who has had a boyfriend since sophomore year of high school is bad at dating on the Sims.

I will only approve of the new talking buses if they talked like Lil Jon.

To the poor person who was wearing a Northface, boots, and a scarf this morning: You should probably start checking the weather...This is Storrs, it does what it wants.

I’m sick, and my roommate called me a “walking conta-gion” and threatened to Lysol me if I came close...Love you too, roomie!

I need to have relations with the boy in the “Call Me Maybe” music video (the REAL one, not the parody one with mugging celebs) just about 500 different ways.

The tuition for the school attracts a lot of atten-tion around here. This year, a three-year plan has been instituted regarding a tuition increase, and thereby how the money is spent and where funds

are lacking or need to be cut. But as a public university, UConn’s funding and how much students are responsible for in regards to tuition costs also depend on what funding is available from the state and federal government. The state of Connecticut redoes its budget every two years. The federal government redoes its budget every year. Because there is a degree of inter-dependency, it would be much more prudent if the university, state and federal budgets were all re-evaluated at the same time.

Three may be a small number, but three years is a long time, especially in the life of a university or a student. The potential for change that cannot be accounted for is there-fore high when considering tuition needs. In the simplest terms, if the school budgets for three years and then loses money from the federal and state governments – even if a tuition increase has been placed in the lap of students – the university risks a shortage of funds for providing services to students. If on the other hand, though a more unlikely scenario, the university raises tuition for students but then receives more money from the state or federal govern-ment, then the university has risked indebting students to a greater degree than necessary.

While a three-year plan usually indicates prudent plan-ning for the future, in this case planning that far in advance has the potential to harm students because of the amount and magnitude of logistical unknowns. For the sake of students who will have an even harder time paying off educational debts, it would be better for the university to evaluate the need for tuition increases in direct relation to how its budget is affected by state and federal funding.

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By Michelle AnjirbagWeekly Columnist

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To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- The pressure you’ve been under is easing. Relax and enjoy the view, as you guess what to watch for next. A sense of humor is key. Stick to simple work.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Use caution while others around you are impetuous. Something you thought wouldn’t work does. Seek funding. Trust love. Explore every lead. It’s basic.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- When organizing, only keep the very best, and give the rest away. Your partner provides an answer. Peace, quiet and stability rejuvenate. Share good food at home.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Aim for high marks, as there’s a test coming up. Your willingness to learn new technology gives you an edge. Don’t launch until ready. Expand options.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Travel and new endeavors are favored with the Sun in Aries (double-check schedules, with Mercury’s retrograde). Keep a solid financial plan, and take a familiar road.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- With the Sun in Aries for the next month, get even more organized than usual, especially when it comes to finances. Replace something broken at home. Abundance beckons.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- You’re getting busier by the minute. Organization and optimism work together to bring you what you want. What if success is doing what you love? No complaining.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Your creative wild side is an asset. Adding structure will give you the strength you need to move to the next level. Your intuition’s excellent.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- You move the idea outside the box, and it has room to grow. Avoid a conflict in scheduling by checking it twice. Prepare more than you think necessary.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Passions are running hot, so communicate clearly to avoid misunderstandings. Your family helps you to move forward. Keep questioning, and you’ll get an answer.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Use the attention you’re attracting to gather supporters for your goals. Work together to improve the economy. Not everything goes according to plan.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Everything looks more promising now. You have new opportunities for income for the next four weeks, but don’t fall asleep on your laurels. Keep pedaling.

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'Looking to kill:' 4 slain at French

Jewish schoolTOULOUSE, France (AP)

— A gunman on a motorbike opened fire Monday at a Jewish school, killing a rabbi and his two young sons as they waited for a bus, then chased down a 7-year-old girl, shooting her dead at point-blank range. It was the latest in a series of attacks on minorities that have raised fears of a racist killer on the loose.

Authorities said the same weapon, a powerful .45-caliber handgun, was used in two other recent shootings in southwest-ern France, also involving an assailant who fled by motor-bike. Those attacks left three people dead — military para-troopers of North African and Caribbean origin.

The shootings echoed across a nation that has been focused on an upcoming presidential race in which issues about reli-gious minorities and race have gained prominence. President Nicolas Sarkozy — facing a hard re-election battle — raised the terrorism alert level in the region to its highest level, while also noting a possible racist motive.

"This act is despicable, it can-not go unpunished," Sarkozy said in a prime-time address to the nation. "Each time this man acts, he acts to kill, giving his victims no chance."

Monday's attack was as quick and methodical as it was ter-rifying.

At around 8 a.m., with more than 100 students and other worshippers inside a synagogue adjoining the Ozar Hatorah school, the gunman coolly got off his motor scooter. He opened fire at 30-year-old Jonathan Sandler, a rabbi who taught at the school, and his sons, 4-year-old Gabriel and 5-year-old Arieh, while they waited for a bus to a Jewish primary school across town.

As the shots rang out, pan-icked students darted inside the school grounds and the attacker chased them, witnesses said. At one point, he grabbed the principal's 7-year-old daugh-ter, Miriam Monsonego, by her hair, shot her in the head and fled.

Cries of, "There are shots! there are shots!" rang out in the synagogue, recalled a 29-year-old neighbor who gave only his first name, Baroukh. He said some children took refuge in a basement.

Nicole Yardeni, a local Jewish official who saw securi-ty video of the attack, described the shooter as "determined, ath-letic and well-toned." She said he wore a helmet with the visor down.

"You see a man park his motorcycle, start to shoot, enter the school grounds and chase children to catch one and shoot a bullet into her head," Yardeni said. "It's unbearable to watch and you can't watch anymore after that. He was looking to kill."

Toulouse Prosecutor Michel Valet said a 17-year-old boy was also seriously wounded.

"He shot at everything he had in front of him, children and adults," Valet said. "The children were chased inside the school."

All of the dead were dual Israeli-French citizens, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said. By 8 p.m., as a dozen police blocked access to the school, cries again echoed from within as community members mourn-ed over the victims' bodies before they were to be flown to Israel for burial.

Authorities immediately increased security at schools and synagogues around the country. The attack revolted France, where school shootings are extremely rare, and drew strong condemnation from Israel and the United States.

France has suffered bouts of criminal anti-Semitism over the years, often targeting syna-gogues or Jewish cemeteries. Monday's slayings were the deadliest to target a Jewish site since Palestinian militants shot and killed six people in the popular Jo Goldenberg deli in Paris' Marais district in 1982.

Venezuelan experts probe police shootingCARACAS, Venezuela

(AP) — Venezuelan prosecu-tors have appointed a group of experts to assist in an inves-tigation into the killing of a Chilean diplomat's 19-year-old daughter by police.

The commission includes nine experts with specialties in bal-listics analysis and other tech-niques, the Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement on Monday.

Karen Berendique died after being shot by police on Friday night at an unmarked check-point in the western city of Maracaibo, the authorities said.

Her father, Chilean honorary consul Fernando Berendique, called for better police train-ing on Monday. He told the Venezuelan radio station Union Radio that at 9 p.m. on Friday, his son left home together with his daughter to drive her to a party several blocks from their home.

Berendique said that when police ordered them to stop, his son thought the officers were robbers and instead backed up. Police opened fire, and Berendique's daughter was hit by three bullets, including one shot to the head, the authorities said.

After the shooting, the police behaved "very violently" as they ordered Karen's brother out of the sport-utility vehicle, Berendique said. "Fortunately the neighbors noticed the situ-ation, and that was what saved my son's life," he said.

Twelve police officers have been detained and under inves-tigation for their alleged roles.

Vice President Elias Jaua joined other government offi-cials in condemning the shoot-ing. Jaua said responsibility "falls on a group of officials" and the case is being investi-gated by prosecutors, the state-run Venezuelan News Agency reported.

In Maracaibo, a group of young people protested Karen Berendique's killing, demand-ing the resignations of offi-cials including Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami and the chief of the judicial police. Images on Venezuelan television showed the demonstrators raising hands painted red to protest the police shooting.

Opposition politician Tomas Guanipa accused President Hugo Chavez's government of being responsible for a "crisis of anarchy, crime and insecu-rity." In a statement, Guanipa demanded that the authorities remove officers involved in crimes.

Marino Alvarado, who leads the Venezuelan human rights group Provea, said the country's security forces are contributing to crime "due to the quantity of criminal acts in which they're involved."

Provea said in its annual report last year that the country's security forces were responsi-ble for 173 deaths during the past 12-month period, includ-ing seven victims of "excessive

force," 15 victims of "indiscrim-inate use of force," and others who were executed, tortured or died due to other cruel treat-ment.

"In Venezuela, there's a police practice of arbitrary use of force, and that practice leads to these consequences," Alvarado said.

He urged the government to restructure the judicial police, a force known by its Spanish initials CICPC. Its officers

in Maracaibo were the ones who opened fire and killed Berendique. Alvarado said that police force has also been impli-cated in many other killings.

The organization Venezuelan Violence Observatory, which tracks crime in the country, found in a poll last year that 91 percent of those questioned said they believe police are involved in crimes. The survey ques-tioned 1,000 people nationwide

and had an error margin of 5 percentage points.

Venezuelans regularly iden-tify crime as the country's top problem in polls.

The Venezuelan government, which has not released detailed annual murder statistics in recent years, has said the murder rate in 2010 was 48 homicides for every 100,000 inhabitants, one of the highest rates in Latin America.

Chilean Consul in Venezuela, Fernando Berendique, right front, helps to carry the coffin with the remains of his 19-year-old daughter Karen to a waiting hearse in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Mar. 17.

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Chinese hoping ticket out of China is French classBEIJING (AP) — Thousands of people

in China are trying to write their own ticket out of the country — in French.

Chinese desperate to emigrate have discovered a backdoor into Canada that involves applying for entry into the coun-try’s francophone province of Quebec — as long as they have a good working knowledge of the local lingo.

So, while learning French as an addi-tional language is losing ground in many parts of the world — even as Mandarin classes proliferate because of China’s rise on the international stage — many Chinese are busy learning how to say, “Bonjour, je m’appelle Zhang.”

Yin Shanshan said the French class she takes in the port city of Tianjin near Beijing even includes primers on Quebec’s history and its geography, including the names of suburbs around its biggest city, Montreal.

“My French class is a lot of fun,” the 25-year-old said. “So far, I can say ‘My name is ... I come from ... I live at’ “ and, getting straight to the business of settling down in the province: “I would like to rent a medium-sized, one-bedroom flat.”

Despite China’s growing prosperity and

clout, more and more of its citizens are rushing to the exits, eager to provide bet-ter education prospects for their children and escape from their country’s long-standing problems, including hazardous pollution and contaminated food.

Canada joins the United States and Australia among the most favored desti-nations.

But many governments are making it harder to emigrate by imposing new quo-tas, cutting the professions sought under skilled-worker programs and raising the amount of financial commitment needed for the exemptions granted to big-time investors.

That’s where Quebec comes in.The province selects its own immigrants

and doesn’t have any cap or backlog of applicants like Canada’s national program does. But it requires most immigrants to demonstrate their knowledge of French.

Immigration agencies in Beijing started pushing this program over the past year, telling people, “this is the only way out, there’s no other way,” said Quebec-based immigration consultant Joyce Li.

These transplants must commit to living

in Quebec in their application, but, later on, they can take advantage of Canadian rights to move to Toronto or Vancouver, which most investor-emigrants do, she said.

“At the interview they make you sign the paper, but once in Canada the Charter of Rights lets you live anywhere,” she said. “Only about 10 percent of Chinese using the Quebec (investor) program come here or even less. You don’t see any of them. It’s too cold for many Chinese people. There’s no direct flights.”

Many Chinese have in the past sought to leverage their way into Canada with job skills, as family members of Chinese already there or with the country’s emi-grant-investor program. But a backlog of cases has prompted the federal govern-ment to halt some kinds of family spon-sorship applications for two years, and cap investor applicants at 700 per year.

So, Chinese are increasingly focusing on Quebec, said Zhao Yangyang, who works at immigration agency Beijing Royal Way Ahead Exit & Entry Service Co.

“That’s why many people, whether they are rich or skilled professionals, are trying

hard to learn French,” she said.Quebec’s immigration minister,

Kathleen Weil, said the province wel-comes the heightened interest from poten-tial immigrants. “We’re happy about it and we want to keep them here,” she said.

Alliance Francaise, which promotes French language and culture, turned away would-be students in the Chinese capital last year because its classes there were full for the first time ever.

“There is a growing demand for immi-gration to French-speaking countries and especially Quebec,” said Laurent Croset, managing director of Alliance Francaise in China.

The number of lesson hours sold across China from October 2010 to September 2011 increased by 14 percent compared with the same period in the previous year. It’s an “enormous” rise, Croset said.

Many of those who want to leave are middle-class professionals who own a larger-than-average apartment in Beijing or Shanghai and earn more than an annual 200,000 yuan ($32,000), accord-ing to Zhao of the Beijing immigration consultancy.

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Last Tuesday, the Encyclopaedia Britannica announced that it was going out of print after publish-ing encyclopedias for the past 244 years. I found this disap-pointing to hear because it shows how the technological era we live in is adding another change to the world. As the oldest continu-ously published encyclopedia in the English language, these huge volumes look impressive on any bookshelf. However, the print encyclopedias now only account for 1 percent of Encyclopaedia Britannica’s revenue. The com-pany profits off of its online encyclopedia and the programs they sell to enhance curriculum, according to The New York Times. I agree that it is extremely conve-nient to have all the information we need at our fingertips just by simply looking something up on Google or Wikipedia, but the absence of these updated, hefty tomes on library bookshelves will be missed.

While most people would not want to read all the volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, nor even have it cross their mind, A.J. Jacobs not only had this idea, but followed it through. Jacobs’ book, “The Know it All,” describes the year he decided to read all 32 volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. 33,000 pages. 44 mil-lion words. Imagine reading that amount of nonfiction material and having the time to do so! I feel that it would take me much longer than one year to tackle the Encyclopaedia Britannica in its entirety, if I even dared to try.

“The Know it All” is an extremely entertaining read. Each chapter is a different letter of the encyclopedia. In the chapters, Jacobs has compiled the most interesting facts from that let-ter and talks about them in his own words. This allows readers to learn different pieces of infor-mation that they normally would never stumble upon unless they were reading the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It also makes read-ers feel like they have a very condensed, funny version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica in their hands.

This book is also a memoir of Jacobs’ life, helping read-ers understand why he feels so compelled to read the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica instead of eating at all the restaurants in New York City, his wife’s sug-gested alternative to this task. Some entries Jacobs finds inter-esting are just briefly described, but others are described in a page-long tale about a part of his life relating to the encyclopedia entry. For example, the entry “atrophy” describes Jacobs’ view of his own intelligence as a child.

I was curious to see what Jacobs’ opinion was about dis-continuing the print editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, so I did some research. I found an article he wrote for The New York Times opinion pages where Jacobs says he is “heartbroken.” He feels the same way I do about books, saying he “loved having pages you could actually turn, not click or swipe. I adored the literal weight of each volume…” But now, like most things, the ency-clopedia will be digital. I am sure that Jacobs is happy that he was able to read all of the volumes before they unfortunately become a thing of the past.

Gathering inspiration from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, there are encyclopedias that cover top-ics in pop culture. Disney’s Pixar has published a cleverly named

Britannica’s hefty tomes

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Disney Disappointment

After months of anticipation, Disney’s high-profile, $250-mil-lion spring blockbuster “John Carter” hit screens on March 9. And much like analysts predict-ed, the sci-fi epic did not create a new franchise as the House of Mouse had hoped, but instead spectacularly underperformed. It didn’t even bring in a fifth of its budget domestically over its first week in theaters.

The problems with “John Carter” that led to such a finan-cial misstep are numerous. While at times it’s a very satis-fying action romp across Mars, the majority of the film is a bore. No one problem sinks “Carter” entirely; instead, it’s done in by a combination of factors, including a mostly weak cast, a dreadful script and terrible pac-ing, not to mention bland 3D. Though they never listen, there are two lessons “John Carter” teaches that should be taken to heart by studio executives. No matter how much money you’ve poured into a project, sometimes you need to eat your losses. And if your title is “John Carter of Mars,” don’t remove the two words in your title that will make people interested.

“John Carter” is based on a series of Edgar Rice Burroughs novels from the early 1900s. If the film looked generic in its marketing, that’s because its source material inspired almost every other science-fiction film you’ve seen, from “Star Wars” to “Avatar.” The rights to the stories have been bouncing around Hollywood for nearly a century, and the inflated budget of the film can be attributed to Disney’s attempts to make it over the past two decades. In that time, of course, we’ve had dozens of sci-fi classics released, many of which have outclassed Burroughs’ stories in quality and imagination. The story of “John Carter” may have been all the rage 100 years ago, but now? The film’s biggest problem is that it’s blown out of the water by recent sci-fi flicks, namely “Avatar.” And I didn’t even like “Avatar.”

The plot of “John Carter” is simple. The titular Civil War veteran has fled to the West after the South lost and his fam-ily was killed. While looking for a “cave of gold,” Carter accidentally transports himself to Mars, where he is thrust into a three-way war for the planet’s survival.

Of course, the film itself com-plicates such a simple setup. There are two prologues before viewers even meet Carter, and a third introduction that sets up his inter-planetary journey prevents audiences from seeing Mars, the film’s main selling point, until a half hour has passed. Also, Carter, as a character, is very bland. At times, Taylor Kitsch shows great promise in the role, but the script rarely allows him to have fun or even really act – it’s just stoic hero poses and bland action all the way through. It’s the same with the rest of the cast; only Bryan Cranston, as a Civil War general, and Lynn Collins, as the beautiful princess of Mars who falls in love with Carter, rise above their material.

What’s worse is that the film keeps its poor pacing from its misguided opening. There are a few great comedic beats early, showing signs of life from direc-tor Andrew Stanton of Pixar (making his live-action debut), but the film quickly becomes muddled. Some thrilling action scenes on Mars are largely neutered by the sheer amount of exposition in the film. Half the script is exposition. Any momentum comes to a grind-ing stop whenever something is explained – or in the case of some Martian technology, not explained but described any-way. And I’m not even mention-ing some poor stylistic choices,

like a battle where Carter emo-tionally grieves for his lost past and murdered family on Earth while fighting enemies. It’d be emotional if scenes of Carter mourning his wife and child weren’t hilariously intercut with Carter murdering literally doz-ens of enemies, burying him-self in blue Martian bodies and blood.

The effects? Well, I was left wondering where about $100 million of that budget went. The film looks very good, but it’s

not at “Avatar” levels of immer-sion. I hate comparing the films, but “Carter” had a bunch of cooks in the kitchen with money and high-end effects, and they just couldn’t get things right like James Cameron did for his epic. Appeal is key, and not just where marketing is concerned. Would anyone rather go to the lush jungles of Pandora than the flat red deserts of Mars?

In time, “Carter” will make back its budget – barely – with international grosses, DVDs

and other financial magic, but Disney will still eat a huge loss. Much like “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” “Prince of Persia” and “Tron: Legacy,” the compa-ny has yet another high-budget, high-profile failure they hoped would become a “Pirates of the Caribbean”-sized franchise. “John Carter” is their latest hundred-million-dollar dump-ster fire.

Unoriginal, poorly-paced, ‘John Carter’ is another hundred-million-dollar flop

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By Joe O’LearySenior Staff Writer

Joseph.O’Leary@UConn.edu

In this film image released by Disney, Taylor Kitsch is shown in two scenes from “John Carter.” The Walt Disney Co. said Monday that it expects to book a loss of $200 million on the movie in the quarter through March. That’s among Hollywood’s biggest money-losers ever.

AP

NEW YORK (AP) – Jennifer Lawrence was already on Hollywood’s radar after earning rave reviews and an Oscar nomination for her role in the 2010 film “Winter’s Bone.” But the actress has become a veri-table household name by get-ting cast as Katniss Everdeen in the “The Hunger Games.”

In case you’ve been on Mars or something, the movie out Friday is based on the first book in a best-selling trilogy by Suzanne Collins about children picked by drawing to compete in tele-vised death fights.

Lawrence’s Katniss ends up being one of the unlucky ones sent to compete.

To prepare for the role, the 21-year-old Lawrence had to undergo rigorous training that included running, climbing, combat, yoga and archery.

In a recent interview she said the hardest part about playing Katniss was to main-tain her vulnerability, despite all that training.

“She’s got to be strong and she’s a fighter and she obviously wins,” Lawrence said, “but I didn’t want it to look like she was a bad ass or that she kind of went into the arena thinking like she had it.” The audience needs to feel what she is feeling – “like she could die at any second,” the actress added.

Off-screen, Lawrence admitted to feeling less-than-confident during her fight scenes.

“Isabelle Fuhrman, who plays (fellow “Games” con-testant) Clove, is tiny. She’s little but my God she’s strong. I mean she beat the hell out of me,” admitted Lawrence.

“(Director) Gary Ross had to keep calling ‘Cut’ because she’s supposed to tackle me but I would be waiting there shaking like this and the next day I felt like I had been in a car accident. I mean she really beat the hell out of me when you see that scene. There are hardly any stunts.”

The actress said she was aware when taking the role that it would follow her but she’s OK with that.

“I realized if you’re going to have something to be known for it should be something that’s amazing and something to be proud of, like this,” she said. “I’ll always be proud to be known as a character like this. She’s amazing.”

Lawrence also “totally” understands the hype and passion from fans surround-ing the film’s release because she counts herself as a huge “Harry Potter” fan.

“If (the cast) had ever come to Kentucky, I would’ve been screaming, painted posters, painted face, witch clothes like the whole thing,” she laughed.

“The Hunger Games” also stars Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland and Woody Harrelson have sup-porting roles.

Lawrence relates to hype about ‘Hunger Games’

Jennifer Lawrence, who plays Katniss Everdeen in the soon-to-be blockbuster “The Hunger Games” attends the premiere of the movie in Paris, Thursday.

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For those who don’t know, “21 Jump Street” is based off of a 1980’s television drama of the same name. Why exactly is the premise being reborn? Because Hollywood producers can’t think of any new ideas so they reach into the past thinking we won’t notice. And that’s not coming from me, that reason is straight out of the film. And it’s the self awareness along with many other things that make “21 Jump Street” an incredibly funny and surprisingly intelligent comedy.

“21 Jump Street” is the story of two men, one who grew up as a popular yet brainless jock (Channing Tatum) and one who was a socially outcast but bright (Jonah Hill). The two are ene-

mies in high school but reconcile when they join the police force, wonderfully avoiding an age old conflict cliché. After hilariously failing on patrol they are sent back to high school undercover to seek out drug dealers. Now there are a couple problems with that: Hill and Tatum are in their 30s and they look like they’re in their 30s. Not to mention both play completely stereotypi-cal characters that aren’t really found in high schools anymore. Thankfully, that’s all part of the joke, and the film, quite literally, tells us to embrace it. It even uses these toward its advantage

with a chemistry teacher (Ellie Kempler) who looks younger than the both of them. There’s one scene in the film that takes place at a play, at the end of which the director character says

“That is the end of Act II,” which corresponds with the events of the movie. The film’s self parody is so blunt, it’s almost subtle. I don’t know if that makes sense, but it’s brilliantly funny.

What works most about “21 Jump Street” is its pace and rhythm. With the exception of three minutes reserved for, for lack of a better term, dramatic character development; the film is constantly making jokes, and at least 90 percent of them work. It moves from one to another without pause or pointless expo-sition, and quickly develops its personality with the comedy. If you encounter a joke you don’t like, don’t worry, there’ll be one you do like within the next 10 seconds. There might just be two or three. It does slow down a bit midway, but picks itself back up before long.

The comedy is a strong mix of character driven wit, vulgari-ties, slapstick, irony and stylistic humor. The characters are all colorful and make a presence of themselves without ever coming off as annoying or forced. Tatum and Hill have a strong chemis-try, in part because they’re so similar and at the same time

so different, and their friendship feels genuine. Ice Cube gives a great performance as a foul-mouthed police captain, as does newcomer Dave Franco as the lead drug connection. The film does a great job of distinguish-ing between character stereo-types and clichés, and utilizes the former while avoiding the latter. However, the plot does feature several structural clichés, and due to the rest of the film being so unorthodox, they come off as painfully obvious. But this isn’t a movie where the plot take center stage.

“21 Jump Street” could have so easily been a disaster, but it makes all the right decisions. It knows exactly what it is and displays a lot of effort without coming off as desperate. The characters are fun to watch, and despite stereotyping never come off as offensive or tired; in part due to the flawless casting. It’s simply a very fun, high energy comedy that produces laughter from start to finish. Compared to what we’ve seen from similar comedies as of late, “21 Jump Street” is a godsend.

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Upcoming Releases

Overrated:Vertigo(1958)

Alfred Hitchcock is a phenomenal director who made masterpiece after masterpiece; “Vertigo” is not one of them. It may be due to his age, but the pace is agonizingly slow and there’s about 40 min-utes of screen time devoted to people driving around. James Stewart gives a high quality performance, but his character isn’t very interesting, and not the most likeable. The plot, while intricate and original, does contain chunks that are hard to buy, and the big reveal comes far too soon and only makes the third act feel even slower. It isn’t a bad film, but Hitchcock has done much better.

- Brendon Field

Over/Under Forgive me for being blunt and abrasive, but sometimes the movie-going public can be undeniably stupid, to the point of shame. And I don’t mean stupid in that they make “Jack and Jill” a box office success or awarding the first three “Twilight” films Favorite Motion Picture at the People’s Choice Awards. Those acts I can forgive. Well, actually I can’t, but I can overlook them. But several incidents occurred recently, one of which resulted in a fatality, that I cannot over-look.

Over the past two weeks, there have been reports of a large number of house par-ties throughout the United States attempting to emulate the events of the recently released “Project X,” which displayed teenage partying at its most chaotic state. The party it depicted displayed not just common infractions such as underage drinking and sub-stance abuse, but more serious actions such as domestic vio-lence to the point of attempt-ed murder, arson, destruction of private property and what people may consider sexual harassment or abuse.

It’s also worth noting that the film wasn’t very good. Yet for some reason various high school and college students saw it worth emulating. At one of these parties in Houston this past week attended by a report-ed 1,000 people, which fea-tured trash cans full of spiked punch, ended in a gunfight that left an unnamed teenager dead. This isn’t the first incident that arose from people trying to recreate what they saw in films. Several people reported injuries after attempting sev-eral of the stunts displayed in “Jackass: The Movie.”

The question is whether or not “Project X” can be blamed for this incident. I suppose the argument can be made that it is. The movie did encourage wild parties as a means of improving social status and disregarding the consequenc-es. However, there exists the better argument that throw-ing a party inspired by the events of “Project X” is very bad idea. Why? Because it’s obvious. The party in the film ended with a neighborhood being burned to the ground and the three teenagers who hosted it pressed with multiple criminal charges. No sensible human being should need to be told that “Project X” isn’t the best thing to base a party around.

I have always advocated that films should be consid-ered as more than a source of entertainment, and their con-tent and messages should be used as sources of inspiration. But not like this. The public always seems to be inspired by the wrong movies that convey the wrong messages, case and point, “Project X.” There have been far better, far more relevant and important films made to send a mes-sage to the audience, which of course falls on deaf ears. Did anybody reconsider racial tensions in America after “Do the Right Thing?” Did any-body take a harder look at the American legal system after “…And Justice For All?” Did anybody fight against bigotry

People of Earth! Film fans and lovers of quality enter-tainment everywhere, lend me your ears! I see it as my privilege, no, my duty, to keep those appreciative of this knowledge informed. Names like Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese easily come to mind whenever great film directors are discussed. Seeing them nominated at the Academy Awards has become all but routine. However some of the most beloved and critically acclaimed films of all time have be directed by people who you’ve prob-ably never heard of. I am, of course, speaking of those who have helmed that most beau-tiful art form, the animated film.

While a few live action filmmakers have gone on to direct animated films them-selves, (Gore Verbinski with “Rango” and Tim Burton with “Corpse Bride”) the pro-cess has rarely been done in reverse. That is until recently, when two of the greatest film-makers of our time set out to change this.

Enter Brad Bird and Andrew Stanton. Two animation giants hailing from the halls of PIXAR Animation Studios, who have each released a blockbuster live action film within the past three months. Now the average film buff might not know who these two people are, I mean why should they?

Brad Bird has only helmed a few “minor” films includ-ing Warner Bros.’ “The Iron Giant,” and PIXAR’s “The Incredibles” and “Ratatouil le .” Andrew Stanton, meanwhile, has only directed rather obscure efforts including PIXAR’s “Finding Nemo” and “Wall-E”.

Leaving the sarcasm behind us, here we see two men with

fantastic track records of films that have all achieved both massive critical and (not including “The Iron Giant”) financial success. After a run like this, these two men decided they were ready to move into the realm of live action film to pursue projects other than their typical ani-mated fare.

Brad Bird was the first directing “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” in December 2011 (a gig awarded to him partly due to Producer J.J. Abrams and Star Tom Cruise’s admiration of “The Incredibles”), the fourth entry in the action-espio-nage film series. Featuring Bird’s expertly executed action scenes (complete with a mind-boggling scene of Cruise scaling the outside of the 829m tall Burj Dubai tower) and signature incorpo-ration of humorous bits made the movie not only his third straight box office smash, it stands as the highest grossing film in the entire “Mission: Impossible” series. His fans had little doubt but now per-haps mainstream Hollywood will see Bird for the great filmmaker he is.

Andrew Stanton was next launching his directorial debut “John Carter” earlier this month. The sci-fi epic based of the classic novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs was shot on a $250+ million bud-get. Telling the story of a Civil War vet who has ended up on Mars, the film fea-tures spectacular fight scenes and some truly excellent set pieces.

Its similarities to other sci-fi films (which were in turn inspired by the novels this film was based on) have unfortunately led to a mixed and somewhat negative criti-cal reaction. Although it is too early to tell how financially successful the film will ulti-mately be, its modest opening two weeks have been nothing

to brag about and once “The Hunger Games” opens this weekend, it appears “John Carter might take a huge hit. While perhaps not the suc-cess “Ghost Protocol” was, the film nonetheless marks Stanton’s first live action effort as a great stride for-ward in the director’s career.

One can only hope that

other animators will follow in the footsteps of these two so that one day filmmakers are not neglected to mak-ing either animated or live action films; rather they will be free to determine whatever medium is necessary for them to create a great movie.

PIXAR filmmakers turn to live action

‘21 Jump Street’ makes all the right decisions

Brendon.Field@UConn.edu

By Brendon FieldCampus Correspondent

By Alex SferrazzaCampus Correspondent

» FILM REVIEWS

21 Jump StreetChanning Tatum, Jonah Hill

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Underrated:Me and You and

Everyone We Know(2006)

“Me and You and Everyone We Know” is nothing short of magical. It manages to pull every single human emotion into one harmonious bubble and portrays its characters in a way to know is not realis-tic, but we wish it to be. The film is a collection of stories of various artists, all attempting to perfect their practice. Be it literal art, or the art of love, resent-ment, glamour, seduction, maturity or innocence. It contains introspective and original dialogue, com-bined with a tone a sweet delicacy. It’s joyous and melancholy, beautiful and disgusting, soft and crude. A truly wonderful enigma.

- Brendon Field

The ‘Project X’ debacle

By Brendon FieldCampus Correspondent

» ARTFUL, page 9

Brad Bird and Andrew Stanton are the filmmakers responsible for PIXAR movies like “Finding Nemo” (top) and “Ratatouille” (bottom). Stanton is also directing “John Carter.”

Photos Courtesy of Amazon.com

Brad Bird, Andrew Stanton are masters behind ‘The Incredibles,’ ‘Wall-E’

In this image released by Columbia Pictures, Channing Tatum, left, and Jonah Hill are shown in a scene from the film “21 Jump Street.”

AP

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – British billionaire Richard Branson said Monday his venture to launch paying tourists into space has net-ted its 500th customer, and it’s none other than Ashton Kutcher.

Branson made the announce-ment on his blog, saying he gave the actor a quick call to congratulate him.

“He is as thrilled as we are at the prospect of being among the first to cross the final fron-tier (and back!) with us and to

experience the magic of space for himself,” Branson wrote.

A representative for Kutcher did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

Kutcher is among dozens of Hollywood types, international entrepreneurs, scientists, space buffs and others who have made deposits to be among the first to reach the edge of the Earth on Branson’s Virgin Galactic space line.

Branson has said the aim is to one day make traveling to space safe and affordable

for the masses, not just those who can afford the current $200,000 ticket price.

Virgin Galactic is in the final stages of its test flight program. The company will launch its spacecraft from Spaceport America, a specially designed terminal and runway built in a remote stretch of des-ert in southern New Mexico.

The company plans to begin commercial operations next year. Branson said he and his children plan to be on the first commercial flight.

Christine Anderson, exec-utive director of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority, congratulated Virgin Galactic on Monday for selling its 500th ticket. She said she’s looking forward to “the beginning of the commercial passenger space line indus-try.”

Virgin Galactic customers will ride in a six-seat space-craft that looks like a small

plane, with wings near the rear that sweep upward. Once the craft and its mother ship reach a certain altitude, the smaller craft is released and its rockets are fired, pushing passengers back into their seats for the trip to suborbital space.

The spaceship features two large windows for each pas-senger, one on the side and one overhead, and small thrusters that allow the two pilots to maneuver the ship once in space.

Customers will get a 2 1/2-hour flight with about five minutes of weightlessness and views of Earth that until now only astronauts have been able to experience.

“I still sometimes have to pinch myself that it’s for real,” Branson said of the ven-ture. “Ashton is joining a fast expanding group of true pio-neers who are on their way to a life changing experience and a place in the history books.”

“Pixarpedia” that describes all of Pixar’s films and shorts through “Up.” Every character that had a role in the films or shorts is men-tioned. From Woody in the “Toy Story” movies to Rusty Cornfuel from “Cars,” every character big or small is included. Since Pixar is known for hiding “Easter eggs” in its movies, the diehard fans who look for those will be very happy to read the encyclo-pedia and see all of the pictures and facts it contains.

There are even encyclopedias about TV shows. Fans of “Lost” will love to get their hands on the Lost Encyclopedia if they haven’t already. The authors col-laborated with ABC studios to write the encyclopedia, which is a licensed reference to the show. However, those who haven’t completed the series like myself might not want to flip through the book too much as there are many potentials for spoilers. The ency-clopedia is extremely thorough and will provide any “Lost” fan with all the extra information he or she would want to know about the show.

Hopefully encyclopedias will not become a term in history books for students to memorize and that books in print can hold out against increasing digitaliza-tion. People need to recognize the value that print has and not abandon it for the latest trend.

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and radicalism after “Inherit the Wind?” Did anybody move to fix urban problems after “Boyz N The Hood,” “Menace II Society” or “Fresh?” Not many, and certainly less than “Project X.”

That’s not to say films have never inspired positive movements. “Bambi” was an enormous instigator in the anti-hunting movement, and Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” spread public aware-ness of global warming. Unfortunately, these events are rare, and negative actions as the result of films, as well as other cultural mediums are much more common.

Films are art, and all art is meant not solely to be viewed, but also heard, both metaphori-cally and, if possible, literally. All art contains a message, a moral or an idea, which the artist hopes to pass on to his or her audience. Some art is bet-ter than others and should be given more consideration and appreciation, while the lesser art should be shoved aside. In the world of movies today, that isn’t happening enough.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Oprah Winfrey’s struggling television network, OWN, said Monday it is laying off one-fifth of its workers and restructuring its opera-tions in New York and Los Angeles.

The decision to let 30 employees go is a “tough” one, but the economics of a start-up cable network didn’t fit with OWN’s cost struc-ture, Winfrey said in a state-ment.

“As CEO, I have a respon-sibility to chart the course for long-term success for the network. To wholly achieve that long-term success, this was a necessary next step,” Winfrey said.

The responsibilities of the laid-off workers will be distributed among peo-ple with the network and its venture partners, Discovery Communica t ions and Winfrey’s Harpo Studios, according to OWN.

The cable channel, which launched Jan. 1, 2011, endured a freshman year of executive turnover and missteps that proved OWN lacked a solid foundation on which to build. This was despite a Discovery Communications investment of a reported $250 million and counting.

Discovery executives will take a more active role in the channel, according to the

announcement.Neal Kirsch, chief financial

officer of Discovery’s U.S. networks, will move to OWN as the chief financial officer and chief operating officer, reporting to OWN presidents Erik Logan and Sheri Salata.

Another Discovery execu-tive, Lee Bartlett, will have joint oversight of business and legal affairs with an OWN vice president, Tina Perry.

OWN started as an ambi-tious new platform for Winfrey after she stepped away from her long-run-ning, top-rated daytime talk show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” But viewership for OWN shows have been large-ly unimpressive, with one example being a short-lived Rosie O’Donnell talk show that was cancelled last week.

OWN got a burst of view-er attention this month for Winfrey’s exclusive inter-view with Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, which drew 3.5 million view-ers, the channel’s biggest audience to date.

From the start, OWN failed to improve on, or in some instances even match, the modest ratings and small audience earned by the low-profile Discovery Health channel it replaced.

As the new channel strug-gled for footing, Winfrey

stepped in behind the scenes and became CEO and chief creative officer of OWN, bringing in her Harpo lead-ership team of Logan and Salata as presidents. She also increased her on-camera profile with “Oprah’s Next Chapter.”

“I would absolutely say it is and was not where I want it to be for year one,” Winfrey

said in December. “My focus up until (last) May was doing what I do best, which is ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show,’ and giving that my full attention” until its conclusion.

Since September, accord-ing to OWN, it’s seen a dou-ble-digit increase in ratings and a network high cumula-tive of 40 million viewers per month.

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In this Oct. 10, 2011 file image released by Harpo, Inc., Oprah Winfrey, right, is shown with host Rosie O’Donnell. Oprah Winfrey’s struggling network, OWN, is laying off 30 workers and restructuring its operations in New York and Los Angeles. On Friday, OWN announced the curtain on “The Rosie Show” will be on March 30, after five months on the air.

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NEW YORK (AP) – Mike Daisey, the performer forced to admit that he made up parts of his one-man show that purported to expose horrific working conditions in Chinese factories where iPads and iPhones are assem-bled, isn't exactly slinking away.

"I want you all to know that I will not go silent," he writes in a new feisty blog posting Monday following a weekend in which he was exposed as mixing fiction and fact and then had to edit his monologue.

While acknowledging that parts of "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" are made up, Daisey said he stands by his critique of the way Apple products are man-ufactured in China. "If you think this story is bigger than that story, something is wrong with your priorities."

In an interview with "This American Life" host Ira Glass broadcast Friday, Daisey acknowledged that some of the claims in his show weren't true. The radio show retracted its Jan. 6 episode on Daisey because Glass said he couldn't vouch for the truth of its claims. Daisey then cut parts of his one-man show and added a prologue in which he addresses the questions raised by critics.

Before he scrubbed the monologue, Daisey described traveling to the Chinese industrial zone of Shenzhen and interviewing hundreds of workers from Foxconn

Technology Group, the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer. Daisey said he stood outside the gate with a translator and met workers as young as 12 and some whose joints were dam-aged because they performed the same action thousands of times a shift.

Daisey has now admitted that he mixed fact and fiction — though he never warned his audiences or the journalists who talked with him. Some of the most damning asser-tions – that he met under-age workers, people poisoned by industrial chemicals and workers crippled by repetitive strains — have fallen apart.

"If people want to use me as an excuse to return to denialism about the state of our manufacturing, about the shape of our world, they are doing that to themselves," he writes.

Daisey has been criticized for misleading thousands of people, putting a grand theat-rical tradition into disrepute and even potentially harm-ing the very workers he was apparently trying to help. But on his blog, he was hardly apologetic.

"Given the tenor of the con-demnation, you would think I had concocted an elaborate, fanciful universe filled with furnaces in which babies are burned to make iPhone com-ponents, or that I never went to China, never stood outside the gates of Foxconn, never pretended to be a business-man to get inside of factories,

never spoke to any workers," he writes.

"Except that we all know that isn't true. There is noth-ing in this controversy that contests the facts in my work

about the nature of Chinese manufacturing."

Daisey – a performer in the vein of Spalding Gray and John Leguizamo – has performed the monologue for

more than 50,000 people from Seattle to Washington, D.C. He was expected to take the show on tour after its lat-est run ended Sunday at The Public Theater.

In this undated image released by The Public Theater, Mike Daisey is shown in a scene from "The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," in New York. Daisey, the performer forced to admit that he made up parts of his one-man show that looked at working conditions in Chinese factories where iPads and iPhones are assembled, is not slinking away. “I want you all to know that I will not go silent,” he writes in a new blog posting Monday following a torrid weekend in which he was exposed as mixing fiction and fact and had to edit his monologue.

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Artist hits back at critics after Apple firestorm

(AP) – It's somehow fitting that Esperanza Spalding sang the Louis Armstrong hit "What a Wonderful World" at the Oscars, because her career arc bears cer-tain similarities to the jazz leg-end's. She began primarily as an instrumentalist, developed her own distinctive vocal style to accompany her bass playing, and on her new CD, she has embraced the pop music of her day without sacrificing her jazz roots.

The CD complements the bass-ist-vocalist's previous release, "Chamber Music Society," an intimate, acoustic melding of classical, jazz and world music. However, "Radio Music Society" is an extroverted, electric fusion of R&B, neo-soul and hip-hop with jazz, performed by a genre-spanning lineup including R&B singer Lalah Hathaway, rapper Q-Tip acting as a producer, and jazz drummers Jack DeJohnette and Terri Lyne Carrington.

"Radio Song," about flipping through the dial until a catchy tune grabs you, opens her most accessible album that spotlights her singing and songwriting skills. The track has the dance beats, funky bass grooves, horn section accents and background vocals common to pop music, but Spalding's arrangement veers off in unexpected directions with shifting rhythms and some word-less vocalizing.

Some of Spalding's songs are about love — such as the bold and brassy "Hold On Me" and the soothing, lullaby-like "Cinnamon Tree." But she also ventures for the first time into overtly political themes — including a poignant duet with organist James Weidman on "Land of the Free" about a Texas man who was exonerated on DNA evidence after being impris-oned for 30 years for rape. "Black Gold," with R&B singer Algebra Blessett taking lead vocals, is an uplifting anthem meant to instill pride in young boys about their rich African heritage.

On most tracks, Spalding plays the electric Fender fretless bass favored by Jaco Pastorius when he played with the jazz-rock band Weather Report. She also wrote original lyrics for Weather Report co-leader Wayne Shorter's "Endangered Species," reflect-ing her passion for the fusion music of the 1970s when the best jazz artists incorporated modern electric sounds without dumbing down their music.

Some tracks are ordinary or gimmicky like "Let Her" with its telephone sound effects. But "Radio Music Society," which is accompanied by music vid-eos depicting the stories behind its songs, shows that Spalding's upset win over Justin Bieber for best new artist at last year's Grammys was entirely deserved.

In this CD cover image released by Heads Up, the latest release by Esperanza Spalding, "Radio Music Society," is shown.

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Spalding blends pop with jazz on new CD

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Actor Sean Penn is being honored by a group of Nobel laureates for his relief work in Haiti fol-lowing the country's devas-tating January 2010 earth-quake.

Penn is to receive the 2012 Peace Summit Award

at the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. The event will be held in Chicago next month and is expected to draw such luminaries as Poland's Lech Walesa and the Dalai Lama.

Penn arrived shortly after Haiti 's quake and estab-lished an aid organization

now known as J/P Haitian Relief Organization. The group has provided schools, medical care and housing to thousands of people dis-placed by the quake.

The actor issued a state-ment Monday calling the award an "extraordinary honor."

In this April 10, 2010 file photo, U.S. actor Sean Penn carries the belongings of a person displaced. Penn is being honored by a group of Nobel laureates for his relief work in Haiti. Penn is to receive the 2012 Peace Summit Award at the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates at an event in Chicago in April 2012 and is expected to draw such luminaries as Poland's Lech Walesa and the Dalai Lama.

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Sean Penn's Haiti work earns humanitarian prize

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge declared a mistrial Monday in Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination trial after the jury deadlocked, leaving an unresolved finale to a trial that focused on the behind-the-scenes intrigue and personalities of TV's "Desperate Housewives."

Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White excused the panel after it deadlocked 8-4 in favor of the claim by Sheridan.

Sheridan strolled out of the courthouse without speaking to reporters. Her attorney Mark Baute said he would retry the case.

The jury first reported problems in deliberations on Thursday then resumed discus-sions Monday. It later reported no change and said they didn't expect any additional time or attorneys' arguments would help break the impasse.

Two jurors who sided with Sheridan said after being released that the deliberations hinged on witness credibility, but wouldn't specify whom they found to be more trustworthy.

Sheridan had been seeking roughly $6 million from her for-mer employers.

Sheridan claimed her role as Edie Britt was eliminated because she complained that series creator Marc Cherry struck her in the head dur-ing a September 2008 on-set dispute.

ABC attorneys denied all wrongdoing and presented wit-nesses who said Cherry received permission from top studio and network officials to kill Britt four months before his dispute with Sheridan. The veteran TV writer was not in court during the mis-trial declaration.

Cherry denied hitting the actress, claiming he tapped her on the head for artistic direction.

The jury of nine women and three men was presented con-flicting evidence and testimony throughout the two-week trial. A vote of at least 9-3 was required to reach a verdict.

Defense attorney Adam Levin said Sheridan's account of Cherry striking her had grown "progres-sively more exaggerated" over the years, and pointed to the testimony of numerous witnesses who supported Cherry's testimo-ny that he killed off the actress' role for creative reasons.

He said Monday that the case would be more streamlined dur-ing a retrial. "We're anxious to move forward with that trial," he said.

Baute, accused ABC's witness-es of lying and destroying evi-dence, said it was unclear when White's calendar would allow a retrial, but that they would be ready.

Sheridan sued Cherry in April 2010, claiming he hit her and later killed off her char-acter after he was exonerated by an ABC human resources investigation.

Juror Beverly Crosby said she thought ABC failed to thor-oughly investigate Sheridan's claims, but wouldn't call the company's actions a cover-up. "To my estimation, it wasn't handled correctly," said Crosby, a retired elementary school principal.

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Huskies place 11th at Farms Invitational

Senior Matthew Dziubina got his spring break off to a memorable start, placing fifth at the Farms Invitational in San Diego, despite the UConn golf team’s 11th place finish out of 14 schools.

Over three rounds, Dziubina shot a 216, even-par for the course, and finished four strokes off the leader, J.J. Spaun of San Diego State, the team that won the tourna-

ment. In the first and third rounds, Dziubina, who recently expressed a lot of excitement about the strides he has taken towards reaching his full poten-tial, shot a 71 and went for a 74 in the second round.

The Huskies were at a disad-vantage from the start. While the team has had the luxury of some uncharacteristically warm weather so far this season and have been able to spend a lot of time outdoors, UConn was going against a field that consisted of eight teams from California, two from Texas and one each from Wyoming and

Missouri. The only other school in the field was Yale of New Haven, which placed ninth, 11 strokes ahead of UConn’s com-bined team score.

As a team, the Huskies score was 936 over three rounds. Team scores were determined by adding together the four best individual performances for each team in each round. Individually, freshman Dan Myers and junior Brian Hughes were the next highest finish-ers behind Dziubina, finishing in a three-way tie for 50th at 239, 23 shots over-par. Right behind them was Matt Carroll.

The senior finished one stroke behind at 240, putting him in a two-way tie for 53rd. Freshman Chris Wiatr finished 62nd with a 245. Senior Adam Vaccari finished tied for 69th with a 248. Sophomore Mike Masso rounded out the field with a 256, finishing 76th overall.

Up next for the Huskies is a three-day trip to the Fountains Golf Club in Lake Worth, Fla., as they will take part in the Florida Atlantic University Spring Break Championship.

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By Tim FontenaultCampus Correspondent

Men's Tennis muster one point in San Diego

While the rest of the students at UConn were enjoying their spring break, the UConn men’s tennis team had a rough go of things this past week. The team traveled out west to San Diego to take on two teams with tal-ent worthy of rankings in the top 20. The Huskies were rid-ing a two game winning streak so confidence should not have been an issue for them this past week. They stayed competi-

tive in most of their matches, but were only able to mus-ter one point the whole week. Their first match was against NAIA Point Loma Nazarene who has the 8th ranked squad in the country. Dave Adams put up the best fight, losing in three sets while every other member of the singles team lost in straight sets. The bright spot of the week was definite-ly the combination of Warden and Spreyer. They pulled out their doubles match, but that alone was not enough and the Huskies were shut out 7-0.

Their next match was against University of California, San Diego who was ranked 16th nationally. Adams was the only member of the team to win a singles match for UConn. Once again, Warden and Spreyer pulled out their doubles match for the second time on the road trip, but the rest of the team was outplayed and the Huskies fell to UCSD 6-1. The Huskies are taking on the Fairfield Stags this week who have dropped two of their last three.

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Allen, Celtics hold off Hawks in Atlanta» NBA

ATLANTA (AP)—Ray Allen isn’t focused on the Celtics’ modest seventh spot in the Eastern Conference standings or the two-game losing streak they brought to Atlanta.

The 16-year veteran guard insists he likes this Boston team—especially when it plays as it did in the fourth quarter against the Hawks.

Allen hit two 3-pointers in Boston’s 13-0 run in the fourth quarter and protected the lead with two free throws in the final seconds as the Celtics held on to beat Atlanta 79-76 on Monday night.

“I love what I’m seeing from this team,” Allen said, refer-ring to the Celtics’ resiliency after their offensive struggles through three quarters.

“We could have easily been beaten tonight,” Allen said. “We took their hit and we counterpunched.”

Kevin Garnett, who had 16 points, also applauded the Celtics’ passion.

“I don’t know why we look like we’re running in mud these days,” Garnett said. “But our fight’s there, man.”

The Celtics, who led 73-58 at the end of the run, had to survive the Hawks’ late surge.

Joe Johnson, who had 25 points, had three late 3-point-ers as the Hawks rallied. Johnson’s 3 with 11.8 sec-onds remaining cut the lead to 77-76.

Allen, who had 19 points, made two free throws with 10.9 seconds remaining.

Jeff Teague launched an air ball on Atlanta’s final posses-sion.

“I overshot it,” Teague said, adding he was closer to the basket than he thought on the 3-pointer that could have tied the game.

“We got lucky,” said Celtics coach Doc Rivers, who said his team escaped with the win despite “a plethora of mis-takes to end the game.”

Allen helped the Celtics gain momentum for the final period by sinking a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to end the third period. He scored on a pass from Rajon Rondo, who had 10 points and 13 assists.

Paul Pierce had 13 points for Boston, which took charge with a 17-2 run, including

13 unanswered points, after a 56-56 tie in the final period.

Zaza Pachulia had 16 points and 13 rebounds for Atlanta, which now leads Boston by

1 1/2 games in the race for the sixth spot in the Eastern Conference.

“I told my guys I take my hat off to them, because they

very easily could’ve folded the tent when we were down (15),” Hawks coach Larry Drew said. “We cut it to one. It really comes down to mak-ing plays at the end. We had opportunities … but we just didn’t make the plays at the end that we should have.”

The Celtics managed only 31 points in the first half and shot only 35 percent from the field through three quarters to trail the Hawks 51-50.

Each team struggled with poor shooting in the first half. The Hawks matched a sea-son low with 15 first-quarter points and set a low for points in a first half, but led the Celtics 33-31.

Fouls became a grow-ing problem for Boston in the third period. Pierce and Brandon Bass drew their fourth fouls with a span of 2 minutes midway through the period.

Bass drew a flagrant-1 technical foul for knocking Pachulia to the floor with 7 minutes remaining in the third. Less than a minute later, Pachulia again was knocked to the floor again by an elbow

thrown by Greg Stiemsma under the basket. No foul was called, but Pachulia was bleeding badly from a cut on the top of his head, and he had to be taken to the locker room.

Stiemsma remained in after he was called for his fourth foul with 3 minutes remaining in the period.

Pachulia, who needed stitches, returned for the start of the fourth period.

The Celtics announced before the game that forward-center Jermaine O’Neal will have surgery on his left wrist and miss the remainder of the season, adding more urgency to the team’s search for inside help.

“I’m trying to get our team to understand we don’t have a margin for error,” Rivers said.

Hawks guard Jannero Pargo had an appendectomy Sunday night in Cleveland and is expected to miss two to four weeks.

The Hawks also were without forwards Marvin Williams (hip) and Vladimir Radmanovich (back) and guard Willie Green (ham-string).

Kevin Garnett gets in Zaza Pachulia's face during the fourth quarter of the Celts' win.AP

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Rangers clinch playoff spot in East with winNEW YORK (AP) —

Brandon Dubinsky scored shortly after a fight-filled open-ing faceoff, and the New York Rangers became the first Eastern Conference team to earn a play-off spot by beating the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Monday

night.Three fights broke out at

the outset and that seemed to jump-start the Rangers, who had lost two straight and five of seven as their once commanding lead in

the East dwindled to almost nothing.

Defenseman Dan Girardi scored in the first minute of the second period, and Mats Zuccarello and Derek Stepan added goals for the Rangers, who lead the Pittsburgh Penguins by three points. New York (45-20-7) has 10 games remaining. Pittsburgh has 11 to play, including one against the Rangers.

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Kansas State coach picking UConn to win it all

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Kansas State coach Deb Patterson is picking Connecticut to win an eighth national cham-pionship, even if the Huskies face Baylor in this season's title game.

Patterson's Wildcats lost 72-26 to UConn on Monday night, and were routed three times by Baylor this season.

"I really just never pick against Connecticut," she said. "They're as versatile as you would have thought when they are shoot-ing as well on the perimeter...I just think they have a versatility to them that makes them very

dynamic."But, she says the keys to a

Baylor-UConn rematch, should it happen, will be the play of the Bears' 6-foot-8 center Brittney Griner and UConn's guards.

"They both bring almost con-tradictory strengths to the floor," she said. "Each is in a position to impact the others strength, and I think it will really come down, when all is said and done, to how Griner impacts the lane and how far Baylor is effective in extending out and forcing Connecticut's guard play. And how well Connecticut shoots that night."

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UConn ends spring break on hot streak

The UConn softball team stayed busy over spring break traveling cross country and back for an 11 game stint in which the Huskies took five of their last seven, after dropping their first four.

At the start of break, the Huskies traveled to Fresno, Calif. for the Bayer CropScience Classic in which they took on San Diego State, Oregon, Butler and the hosting Fresno State Bulldogs.

The Huskies struggled severe-ly in the first two days of action in Fresno, losing once to San Diego State and Oregon and twice to Fresno State, not scor-

ing more than three runs or los-ing by less than five runs in any of the contests. However, the last day signaled a momentum shift for the Huskies as they took down Butler 10-8 behind a first inning grand slam from junior outfielder Marissa Guches that put UConn up 4-0.

Another bright spot for the Huskies in their Fresno stint was senior infielder Amy Vaughn, whose .800 tournament slugging percentage propelled her to a spot on the Bayer CropScience Classic All-Tournament team.

UConn remained in California after the five-game tourna-ment for a two-game stint against the Roadrunners of CSU Bakersfield. The series proved extremely successful for the Huskies, who dominantly shut

out CSU Bakersfield in both games 9-0 and 15-0 respectively.

Vaughn continued to lead the Huskies as she blasted three home runs in the game, includ-ing a grand slam in the top of the fifth inning. Also adding to the firepower for the Huskies was freshman Alex Falco, who also blasted a grand slam in the top of the fifth to help give junior Kiki Saveriano her third win of the season. Freshman hurler Lauren Duggan also picked up a victory in the series with a two-hit, 2.2 inning performance. It was the first victory of Duggan’s career.

The Huskies finished off spring break with four games in Hempstead, N.Y. for the Hofstra Tournament.

In the first day of action, the Huskies fell to Hofstra but

pulled out a victory against the University of Maine. The Huskies then did the exact same thing the following day with an 8-0 win over Maine and an 8-0 loss to Hofstra to finish the tour-nament 2-2 and move up to a 6-10 mark on the season so far.

The Huskies will have little time to rest as they are already looking towards their next match-up today against Bryant University in Rhode Island. The Bulldogs (4-11) are coming off of a 10-0 loss to Coastal Carolina and a 2-3 performance at the USF Tournament in Clearwater, Fla. The match-up will be the only time the Huskies see Bryant this season.

The UConn softball team played eleven games over break, winning five of them. JIM ANDERSON/The Daily Campus

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McDonough: UConn could not win a second consecutive national championship in 2012

If either declare for the Draft, there will be people trashing them, saying they ditched UConn and won’t make it in the NBA. But if both go, then that’s fine by me. It’s not like Lamb or Drummond would fall to the sec-ond round. They will both get guaranteed millions. Who among us would turn that down?

There is also the possibility of players transferring, most like-ly due to the Huskies possibly being left out of next season’s tournament. Every single player will evaluate their future with the team. It’s their right to do so. To sum up a player-by-player analy-sis, don’t be surprised if most of the roster considers a transfer. Among the exceptions would be Shabazz Napier. I’d be shocked if Napier, a carbon copy of his coach, would leave. But I’d also be surprised if this team has a mass exodus.

The last matter is Calhoun. Based on how he spoke on Thursday night, I don’t think he is leaving the bench anytime soon. Nor should he. I don’t agree in his assessment of the season as “not a disappointment,” but then again, he’s the Hall-of-Fame coach and I’m the amateur writer. I do agree that there should’ve never been a comparison between last year’s and this season’s team.

“I discovered being away from the team for eight games... that this team... put a great deal of pressure on itself for no reason,” Calhoun said Thursday. “Last year is last year. It’s done, fin-ished, complete.”

He added: “I said to a thou-sand people, we won the National Championship last year, the tro-phy is tucked away, safe, locked.”

Calhoun said that this team struggled to find itself, had trou-bles figuring out who was going to play what role. They were missing the main ingredient from

last year. As many chants and ova-

tions that welcomed him when he returned to campus, Kemba Walker’s impact on a team was forgotten. There was a percep-tion that this team would have a smooth transition without him, that his presence could be replaced. It was unfair to put that burden on these current players. It was unfair to Kemba that we thought it would be so easy to move on without him. Lesson learned: you don’t replace a Kemba Walker. His void is too big to fill.

A player like Kemba Walker comes around once in a blue moon. As much as he is loved, in a way, he was taken for granted.

It was tough enough to win one with Kemba Walker. Let alone a second one without him.

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The Huskies then trav-eled back east for the sec-ond weekend of the break and headed to South Carolina for the Coastal Tournament, hosted by Coastal Carolina.

The UConn pitching staff struggled the entire weekend, as it gave up 28 runs in three games.

Things started out especial-ly poorly for the Huskies’ pitching on Friday, as they gave up 15 runs in a 15-4 loss to UAB, including seven runs in just 1 2/3 innings pitched by Ward, who made the start and fell to 3-1 on the season.

Against Coastal Carolina on Saturday, the UConn offense

was stymied for most of the game, as it failed to score a run until the seventh inning and managed just two on the day on seven hits. Marzi kept the Huskies in the game with seven innings of three-run ball while giving up five hits and striking out four, but the Chanticleers managed to put the game out of reach with three runs in the bottom of the eighth off of Michael Healey. With the loss, Marzi fell to 0-4.

In their final game of the break, the Huskies faced off against Michigan. UConn jumped out to an early lead as they scored three runs in the first inning and held a 4-2 lead after two innings. But

again, the bullpen gave up late runs that hurt the Huskies, as the Wolverines scratched out three runs in the bottom of the seventh to take the lead and added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth, sending UConn to a 7-5 loss. Mazzilli and Alex DeBellis drove in all of the Huskies’ five runs, as Mazzilli went 2-for-5 and DeBellis went 2-for-4 in the game. Fischer again took the loss and now stands at 1-4 on the season.

The Huskies are now 6-11 on the season. Their next game will be Wednesday when they host Yale at J.O. Christian Field in their home opener.

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UConn falls to 6-11 on the season, home opener is Wednesday against Yale

The UConn women’s swimming and diving team achieved success in the NCAA Championships at Auburn University in Alabama last Thursday and Friday, as junior diver Danielle Cecco competed in multiple events at the cham-pionships.

Cecco participated in three events and achieved three scores. She competed in the pre-liminaries and the finals for the Three-Meter Diving Event. In the Preliminaries, she achieved a score of 303.75 points. This

score was good enough for her to participate in the “B” finals of the Three-Meter Diving Event. She achieved a score of 308.60 points in the finals for this par-ticular event. With this score, she was able to achieve 14th place overall in the Three-Meter Diving Event, and she also gave UConn three points in the team standings.

The other event that Cecco participated in for the NCAA Championships was the One-Meter Diving Event. The One-Meter Diving Event was not set up in the same way as the Three-Meter Diving Event. Instead of having a “preliminaries” and a “finals” in this event, Cecco

just participated in one stage for this event. She was able to achieve a score 268.10 points. With this score, she finished in 28th place for the One-Meter Diving Event.

Overall, Cecco had a great performance at the NCAA Championships, topping off a season where she achieved the particular accolades of being the Big East Diver of the Year and being the three-meter cham-pion at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships for the second year in a row.

Cecco concludes spectacular season at NCAA championships

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By James HuangCampus Correspondent

Kansas State’s coach Deb Patterson, though happy about the rest of the season, did not think her team played anywhere near as well as it usually does.

“Tonight we were dominated in every facet of the game,” Patterson said. “There wasn’t much [offense] that you recog-nized late in that game.”

Though UConn played defense about as well as it could, the Huskies still think there is another level of play that

they are yet to reach. “I think it was definitely close

to a perfect game, but I think you could always do better,” said UConn guard Bria Hartley.

A big reason for Kansas State’s lack of scoring was a first-half stretch of over 11 min-utes during which the Wildcats did not score a single point and went 0-for-18 shooting.

“It’s tough to go out on a game where you look like we looked tonight and play like we played tonight,” Patterson said. “We had passes like I hadn’t

even seen in camp.”UConn is a team that can

sense when its opponent is pres-sured and when it senses that, the Huskies play even harder. Last game, UConn was sloppy on the defensive front, in par-ticular in the first half, and for the team to go out and play as hard and tough as it did, it gave the Huskies momentum mov-ing forward with the rest of the tournament.

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Wildcats score an NCAA record low 26 points in blowout loss to UConn in Bridgeport

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Bruins blow out Maple LeafsBOSTON (AP) — Benoit

Pouliot scored two goals, Brian Rolston had a goal and three assists and the Boston Bruins completed a six-game season sweep of the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 8-0 win on Monday night.

The Bruins' supe-riority was so com-plete that after two periods they had as many goals as the Maple Leafs had shots.

Boston has outscored Toronto 36-10 this season. Tim Thomas is 5-0 against the Maple Leafs after being rarely tested in his fifth shut-out of the season while facing just 13 shots. He also was in

net for a 7-0 rout, at Toronto on Nov. 5. The only one of the six games that the Bruins won by fewer than three goals was a 5-4 victory on March 6 in Toronto.

The Maple Leafs fell into a huge hole early, dropping

behind 4-0 when Brad Marchand scored his 24th goal of the season just 12:42 into the game. That's when Toronto goalie James Reimer,

who had stopped only five of nine shots, was replaced by Jonas Gustavsson.

He held Boston scoreless through the rest of the first period then gave up three goals in the second to Pouliot,

his 12th of the season, Zdeno Chara and Rolston and one in the third to Tyler Seguin. Chris Kelly, Gregory Campbell and Pouliot had scored Boston's first three goals.

Reimer's performance was a drastic decline from Toronto's previous two games, both wins, in which he stopped 63 of 65 shots. That followed a five-game losing streak that began with the March 6 loss to Boston.

The Bruins, who increased their Northeast Division lead over Ottawa to three points with a game in hand, snapped a four-game slide on Saturday with a 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

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TWOPAGE 2 Q :A :

“Who’s in your men’s Final Four?”

“UConn, Missouri, Duke and Georgetown.”

–Erin Shannon, 8th-semester human development and family studies major.

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“Did you fill out a women’s bracket this year?”

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» That’s what he said“We haven’t for two decades and it’s one of the things I’m

most proud of.”

– Geno Auriemma on UConn not losing prior to the Sweet 16 in 19 years.

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Peyton Manning to join Denver Broncos

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos got their Man. Make that Peyton Manning.

Pending final contract negotiations, Manning will join John Elway’s Broncos with hopes of win-ning another Super Bowl.

So much for Tebowmania.Still to be decided is what happens to last sea-

son’s quarterback sensation, Tim Tebow.The Broncos and Manning agent Tom Condon

spent Monday working out parameters of a deal expected to be worth about $95 million over five years after the NFL’s only four-time MVP called Elway, the Broncos’ revered QB-turned-executive, and told him he had decided to come to Denver.

Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams also said Manning let him know that he had picked the Broncos. Adams released a statement Monday confirming the Titans were out of the running and later said to The Tennessean: “He called me him-self and told me he wasn’t coming, that he made his mind up to go with Denver.”

Besides the Titans, the San Francisco 49ers had been a finalist in the chase for Manning, who turns 36 on Saturday and missed all of 2011 because of multiple neck surgeries.

ESPN first reported the record-setting quarter-back instructed his agent to negotiate the details of a deal with the Broncos, less than two weeks after the Indianapolis Colts released him rather than pay a $28 million bonus.

“I think it’s a great place for him,” Broncos defensive end Robert Ayers said outside the Broncos’ complex. “I don’t think he made a bad decision. I think he made a great decision. Hopefully we can prove him right and hopefully we can win a lot of games here.”

Despite being sidelined all of last season, Manning’s success in the past — the Colts aver-aged a 12-4 record from 2001-10 — made him by far this offseason’s top potential signing and perhaps the most desired free agent ever.

He was wooed to Denver by Hall of Fame quar-terback Elway, who led the Broncos to two Super Bowl championships and now serves as their vice president of football operations.

Elway, who retired from the game after winning his second straight title in 1999, never sounded all that convinced Tebow was the answer at the sport’s most important position and now could trade the enormously popular but flawed QB.

Tebow energized the Broncos in leading them to the playoffs last season — and has fans all over the country — but his play was erratic.

“I wouldn’t say I feel bad for him,” Ayers said. “It’s a business. And I’m pretty sure Tim under-stands that. ... We wish him luck, no matter what he does. I hope he’s here. He’s a great leader, a great locker room guy.”

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Women’s Basketball (31-4)Home: Gampel Pavilion, XL Center

Softball (6-10)

Baseball (6-11) March 23

West Virginia5 p.m.

March 24West

Virginia3 p.m.

March 30Georgetown

4 p.m.

April 1Rutgers1 p.m.

March 25West

Virginia12 p.m.

April 7Columbia1 p.m.

March 25TBA

NCAA Tournament Sweet SixteenTBA

Lacrosse (6-1)

March 16Fairfield

3:30 p.m.

March 30 Seton Hall

2 p.m.

April 1Seton Hall12 p.m.

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March 21Yale

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March 27Hartford3 p.m.

March 24Syracuse1 p.m.

April 14Notre Dame

11 a.m.

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March 16Bryant

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Tebowmania comes to an endThe free-agent market has made some

huge splashes this offseason, the biggest of which is the Denver Broncos’ acquisition of free-agent quarterback Peyton Manning. The move has instantly thrust the Broncos into the Super Bowl contenders mix, but perhaps more importantly has again brought up the issue of the player who will be replacing No. 18 in Indianapolis. Andrew Luck may have won the lottery with Peyton’s decision to play in the Mile-High City. Not having to play the former Colt twice a year makes the potential first-round pick’s chances much better.

More important than that is who No. 18 has already replaced, despite not taking a single snap. It is a foregone conclusion that Manning will start ahead of current No. 1 quarterback Tim Tebow.

Tebow, who exploded on to the NFL scene with his unconventional option-style offen-sive attack, started an explosive popular movement as the Broncos’ signal caller. His future is in doubt, with trade rumors already circling. Many pundits and NFL top execu-tives note that Tebow is unlikely to draw a high price on the market. The offensive scheme that Denver ran in 2011 is hard to copy and requires making over the offense entirely to fit Tebow’s unconventional style of play.

Some might point to the Philadelphia Eagles as an example of where a pocket passer (Donovan McNabb) co-existed with a more option-style quarterback (Michael

Vick), but the comparison isn’t as appli-cable to Tebow. Vick’s speed and mobility make him an excellent runner, and his strong arm nicely complements his running threat. Tebow lacks both the speed and acceleration to serve as a true run threat – his chief abil-ity is scrambling long enough to keep a play alive.

An interesting market for Tebow might be the Miami Dolphins. Inventors of the Wildcat formation, the Dolphins are a club with a history of option football. More than that, Florida offers a unique business opportunity for Tebow, allowing him to capitalize on his immense popularity due to his success at the collegiate level at the University of Florida. A familiar stomping ground for Tebow, Miami offers an opportunity to play for a quarter-back-desperate franchise that might be will-ing to adjust itself to him.

As for seeing Tebow at another position, one anonymous NFC executive said, “He’s not fast enough to be an H-back/receiver-type guy. And as a fullback, he’d blow himself up. He’s not a running back. He’s not talented enough. As a quarterback, he’s OK as a run-ner. But as a running back? No.”

Then there seems to be another solution, which no one seems to be looking at. Is there a possibility that the pass-weak Tebow might be able to co-exist with the talented No. 18? Tebow isn’t likely to be pleased with holding Peyton’s clipboard for a few years, but at 24 he has a long career ahead of him that could really take off if he could pair his running ability and scrambling talents with a strong pass attack by learning from the veteran Manning. And at 36, it’s unlikely that Manning has more than three or four good years left in him. Even if he were to be fully recovered from his neck issues and playing at full strength, Tebow would only have a little while to learn, and his game could be upped immensely.

One AFC executive raised the question, “Can you mesh it with things you might want to do from a prototypical sense? It’s hard to project that, and that creates a dilemma. I can’t answer it. You can determine the value today, and have some success, but is it sus-tainable? I don’t think anyone can answer that. But in my gut, I’d be concerned with his lack of ability to be a pocket passer.”

If he learns from Peyton, he has the oppor-tunity to change that evaluation. Until then, Tebowmania will be on hold.

By Aaron Kasmanoff-DickNFL Columnist

Aaron.Dick@UConn.edu

“Is there a possibility that the pass-weak Tebow might be able to co-exist with the talented No. 18?”

Aaron Dick

Men’s Track and Field March 31UConn InviteAll Day

April 4LSU InviteAll Day

April 10Husky

Decathalon2:30 p.m.

April 11Husky

Decathalon2 p.m.

April 14Dog FightAll Day

Women’s Track and Field March 30Raleigh RelaysAll Day

March 31Raleigh RelaysAll Day

April 7UConn All-RegionalAll Day

April 13Sea Ray RelaysAll Day

April 14Sea Ray RelaysAll Day

Rowing

March 24Murphy Cup

All Day

March 31Coast Guard

CoventryAll Day

April 6UMassAll Day

April 14Knecht Cup

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April 15Knecht Cup

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BRIDGEPORT—The final three minutes of a 42-point blowout are rarely exciting, with the only exception being a game in which the blowout is so severe that it carries historical implications.

With 2:59 to go Kansas State’s Emma Ostermann hit a bucket to make UConn’s lead 68-26, and it began a race for history.

If the Wildcats did not score in the next three minutes, they would be in the record books as

the team with the few-est points in an NCAA Tournament game in his-tory. In 2006, Duke held Southern University to 27 points.

UConn added anoth-er basket with 2:33 remaining, and then Kansas State’s Brittany Chambers turned the ball over with 2:06 remain-

ing. The Wildcats then had two minutes to score to avoid being in misery’s company.

With 51 seconds to go, Michala Johnson made a layup for UConn, giving the Huskies a 72-26 lead. Kansas State was going to get one last chance to avoid the record books.

But in a fashion fitting with the rest of the game, the UConn defense–even its second unit–stifled Kansas State and forced a shot clock violation.

No longer does the record belong to Southern. Kansas State’s 26 points against UConn is now the fewest points scored by any team in an NCAA Tournament game.

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Coming clean

“Do I hear repeat?”Those were the words Andre

Drummond tweeted when he announced he’d be coming to UConn. And the point of this col-umn is not to pick on Drummond, because those are the same words I borrowed when I made my sea-son prediction last October. You can’t blame Drummond for say-ing that in August. He was still a high school kid, excited to start his college career.

Whether it is a fair assump-tion or not, I’m betting most of us rode the wave of excite-ment as well. At least, in my case, I bought into the hype and believed the prematurely printed “Repeat” T-shirts. And with the UConn men’s basketball team’s season ending in the NCAA sec-ond round at the hands of Iowa State, my preseason prediction couldn’t have been more wrong.

Now, we as a school and a fan base are left wondering how the season took such a turn for the worse. We are wondering who will stay and who will go. But the answer to the question, “Why didn’t this team repeat?” has an easy answer. It’s too hard. In a conversation with Alex Oriakhi this fall, the junior recalled how tough it was to make the run they did in 2011. He said that it was so hard to win one, let alone two.

“Anything can happen,” Oriakhi said. “This year everybody was expecting a lot. And we fell short. Anything can happen, good or bad. It’s hard enough to win one, nevermind six in a row. Now when I look at it, I can see what we did, and it definitely was something special last year.”

And with that, so begins the 2012 offseason. It’s sure to be an eventful one. Here are some off-season topics, the way I see them.

I think Jeremy Lamb is as good as gone. If I were him, I’d go to the NBA. He is a guaranteed first round draft pick and both draftex-press.com and nbadraft.net have him pegged as a lottery selection. He has nothing left to prove at the collegiate level both person-ally and on a team. I think it was unfair to think he’d step into Kemba Walker’s shoes and be a vocal leader. It’s not in his DNA. He’s a quiet presence with a great game face. Most of the time in the NBA he won’t be the go-to guy. He’ll most likely be a second scoring option. People can knock Jeremy and say he’s not ready, but his stock is as high as it’ll ever be. It’s time to go, and deservedly so. He earned his right to leave. Time to take the money.

You don’t have to tell Drummond that he could use another year at UConn. He’s made that point himself, and said he expects and wants to come back. But whether it’s due the APR mess and ineligibil-ity for the 2013 NCAA tour-nament (which I expect to be overturned, although the time-line between when the NCAA will decide on it, and the dates of when players can decide on entering or pulling out of the draft make for a tricky decision) or the fact that both draft sites have Drummond locked into the top five picks, it’s understand-able if he wants to go.

Drummond can only benefit from another year of college basketball and the tutelage of Jim Calhoun. He will get better and has a high ceiling, which is why a move to the NBA is not out of the question. NBA teams draft based on potential, and Drummond has a lot of it. This notion by some people that you have to be an All-American to get drafted high is ludicrous. Just look at a lot of the picks in last year’s first round.

Matt McDonough

AS SWEET AS CAN BE

Kaleen Mosqueeda-Lewis puts up a shot as Kelly Faris tries to stay out of the way of her teammate during UConn’s second round win last night.

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UConn breezes by Kansas State in historic fashion

Huskies’ upset of Cowboys highlights road trip

The UConn baseball team continued its early season strug-gles, as the Huskies went 2-5 during their two weekend road trips over spring break.

The first weekend, the team traveled to Oregon to participate in the Nike Showcase.

In the first game, the Huskies got off to a strong start, upset-ting No. 22 Oklahoma 8-7. UConn took an 8-3 lead into the ninth, thanks in large part to a six-inning, three-run effort by starter Brian Ward. But the bullpen gave up four runs in the final frame before finally closing out the Sooners. Ward improved to 3-0 on the season with the win.

UConn opened a day-night doubleheader on Saturday with

a matchup against Illinois. Against the Illini, the Huskies struggled to produce much of anything on offense, as they managed to scratch out just one run while the Illinois pitchers to spread out their eight hits. Pat Butler threw 4 1/3 innings of five-run, five-hit ball before turning it over to the bullpen, which held the Illini scoreless the rest of the way. Butler took the loss and fell to 0-2 on the season as UConn dropped the game 5-1.

In the night portion of the doubleheader, the Huskies put together a comeback victory against Oregon State. After falling behind 3-1 in the early going, UConn managed to plate at least one run in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings, pushing across two in the seventh before hold-ing on for a 6-3 win. The

bullpen again shut down the opponent’s offense, giving up just five hits and no runs in 5 2/3 innings after taking over for starter Jordan Tabakman, who gave up just two hits but walked five while giving up three runs in 3 1/3 innings of work. Second baseman LJ Mazzilli went 2-for-4 on the night and hit a two-run homer to left field to give the Huskies the lead in the top of seventh. David Fischer picked up the win for UConn and improved to 1-2 on the season.

On Sunday, Anthony Marzi threw the first complete game of his career and gave up just four runs, but the Huskies’ offense was shut out, and they fell to No. 17 Oregon 4-0. With the loss, Marzi dropped to 0-3 on the year.

The UConn baseball team will have to recover from road trips over Spring Break which left them 6-11. The Huskies play at J.O. Christian Field this Wednesday

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UConn lacrosse takes down two in-state foes

The UConn lacrosse team took care of business over spring break by defeating two in-state foes, Fairfield and Sacred Heart, to improve to 6-1 on the season.

On March 10, the Huskies beat Fairfield 13-10 at the George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex. Senior M.E. Lapham’s two goals early in the second half were sandwiched by an unassisted goal from senior Kiersten Tupper and a free position goal from junior Shannon Kerr, which extended the Connecticut lead to 11-5. Lapham finished with four goals and an assist, and Tupper and Kerr each had two points. Tupper is one of three Big East players to be in the top 10 in goals, assists and points.

A pair of unassisted goals from midfielders Lauren Kahn and Mackenzie Rainone added need-ed insurance as Fairfield was able to stay in the game thanks to 20 UConn turnovers. But the four goals in the last 10 minutes were not enough to surpass UConn goal-

ie Brittany Testa, who stood tall in the final minutes to earn the victory. Testa recorded 13 saves, helping to improve her conference-leading 9.43 saves per game.

Fairfield’s Addie Reilly had five goals in the loss. Fairfield outshot UConn 33-21, but Fairfield goalie Katie Keenan failed to make a save in the second half.

On March 16, UConn over-powered Sacred Heart and Katie Keenan’s younger sister, goalie Kelly Keenan, in Fairfield, Conn. Lapham had five goals and two assists in the 17-4 win over the Pioneers. Lapham is second in the Big East with 24 goals and needs just 11 goals to become UConn’s all-time leading scorer.

The Huskies came out fir-ing in the first 30 minutes, led by Lapham’s four first-half goals and two points each from Tupper and Kahn. UConn was able to score seven consecutive times and went into halftime with a commanding 11-1 lead.

The momentum carried over to the second half for Connecticut, when junior Morgan O’Reilly scored an unassisted goal, free posi-

tion goal and had an assist, giving her four points in the convincing win.

Testa started in between the pipes and had six saves in 38 minutes and was relieved by freshman goalie Marya Fratoni. Fratoni was almost perfect in her third collegiate appearances; as she only allowed one goal and made three saves.

The UConn defense, led by senior Stephanie Norton and junior Kelsey Tucci, limited Sacred Heart to only 15 shots. Norton picked up three ground balls adding to UConn’s 18.57 ground balls per game, which ranks second in the Big East.

Attack Taylor Babin and Emily Pepe each had two goals for the Pioneers.

The Huskies begin confer-ence play at home against No. 3 Syracuse on March 24 at 1 p.m. before beginning an eight-day road trip that includes games vs. Big East rivals Georgetown and Rutgers, as well against Ivy League power Columbia.

By Matt StypulkoskiStaff Writer

By Danny MaherCampus Correspondent

By Dan AgabitiSenior Staff Writer

Mackenzie Rainone and the Huskies are 6-1 this season after wins over Fairfield and SHU.RACHEL WEISS/The Daily Campus

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