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Statistics Colloquium4 to 5 p.m.CLAS, 105
Dr. Simon Lunagomez of Harvard University gives a lecture on ‘Sampling on Networks: A Model-Based Approach.’
Five Steps to Finding an Internship3 to 4 p.m.
Homer Babbidge Library, Lecture Center
This workship is designed to help CLAS majors find an interneship.
CRT Presents: Our Town7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Nafe Katter Theatre Come see this play, an allegorical
story of “our growing up and our mar-rying, our living and our dying.”
Financial Leadership Infosession
6 to 8:30 p.m.School of Business, Cafe
Come join United Technologies for an infosession on financial leadership.
What’s on at UConn today...
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INSIDE NEWS: KANSAS MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
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UConn takes care of Fordham at home, 3-1, to get to 10-10 on the year.
EDITORIAL: USG seats should never go unoc-cupied.
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Student involvement is crucial.
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Prof. Earl MacDonald plays at von der Mehden recital hall
STUDENT, PROFESSOR PERFORM TOGETHER
James Kahler faces exe-cution for murdering his family.
HUSKIES STRONGER THAN RAMS
The local chapter of Phi Sigma Rho, founded at UConn 2001, is a sorority that focuses heavily on young women who plan to pursue a future in science and engineering. Nicknamed Phi Rho, the science-intensive sorority is again holding its biannual cloth-ing sale outside the student union. The clothing sale started this past Monday and will continue throughout the day today.
Phi Rho holds these clothing sales are part of their philanthro-py, and all proceeds from the clothes sold goes to the American Cancer Association. Last semes-ter alone, Phi Rho made $850, and they hope to top that figure this semester.
The unique aspect of these sales is the clothing themselves. These clothes are not just off-the-rack articles, but actually name brand labels at ridiculous-ly cheap prices. Brands range from L.L Bean, Gap, North Face, American Eagle Outfitters to Calvin Klein, Abercrombie and Fitch, and even Juicy Couture. A tub of Juicy Couture track suits
which would have originally been sold for over $100 dollars in the actual stores are marked down to $50 and below. These warehouse prices make this sale a worthy venture.
“It’s for a great cause, but it’s also really nice stuff and it’s cheap…so obviously I’m going to impulsively by something,” said Nicole Bortolan, a UConn student who attended the cloth-ing sale.
Phi Rho gets these amazing buys from Run of the Mill, an organization whose president supplies groups along the east coast. After the sale, Phi Rho will then get a cut from the overall sales. On Monday alone, the sale made $7,900.
“We want to involve every-body on campus, not just Greek life,” said Amanda McBride, the Phi Rho philanthropy chair. “It’s also a good way for kids to shop.”
UConn students agree, as they dig through tubs of clothing usu-ally only available in malls and online.
“If someone doesn’t have a car, they can’t go shopping; here it comes right to you,” Bortolan said.
“It makes a lot of money and it appeals to the student body,” said Vivian Pereda, another Phi Rho member. “Clothing is a smart pick, because girls and boys can both get involved. At the sale, there are garments for both gen-ders.”
“I think it’s cool, and I real-ly like it,” said Steph Voranelli, another sale attendee, and a UConn student.
After all is said and done, however, the main purpose of the sale is the proceeds that will go to the American Cancer Association. With the money Phi Rho raises, lives can be saved, and this can’t be forgotten as we look through tubs of clothes from Aeropostle and Banana Republic.
Paige Pikulski, a 1st-semester psychology major, shops for clothes at the Phi Sigma Rho annual clothing sale on Fairfield way.
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By Christine Peterson Campus Correspondent
Phi Sigma Rho holds clothing sale
Students will soon be impacted by new fees levied by banks, par-ticularly Bank of America, that will charge consumers debit cards.
Following the passages of the Dodd-Frank Act, many banks have estimated that they will lose of hundreds of millions dollars lost in the coming year. In response, banks are testing different methods to recoup money from consum-ers by modifying various checking account fees.
Bank of America will charge a $5 fee for debit cards. With these new fees, consumers will find themselves paying several dollars more with every purchase using a debit card or making a debit withdrawal from another bank or standalone ATM.
“It’s really nickel and diming people,” said Stephen Skudlarek, a 5th-semester journalism major with a psychology minor. “I’m wondering down the line if you have to pay for every aspect of banking. And since Bank of America has taken over so many smaller banks, there isn’t much opposition.”
Amy Martin, a 1st-semester stu-dent in the ACES program, said, “For me, [my bank] gave me ways to avoid the costs of those charges. They are easy enough to avoid. For checking all you have to do is go paperless.”
In an interview from ABCnews.com and Yahoo! with President Barack Obama blasted Bank of America one of the first banks to add the new $5 debit card fees. President Obama called the charg-es “not good practice.” Bank of America has claimed that with the new government regulations such as the new cap on the amount those banks can charge retailers each time consumers swipe, have eaten at their profits.
Analysts say that consumers will be more inclined to use small-er banks and credit unions for their primary checking needs.
Originally, banks were allowed to charge an average of 44 cents per debit transaction, but the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act capped it to 21 cents per swipe on Oct. 1. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act were originally introduced in July 2010 as a response for the late
By Loumarie RodriguezStaff Writer
Banks tax debit cards
As part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, students can donate used cell phones to HopeLine, a program run by Verizon Wireless that aims to curb domestic violence.
Entering its 10th year, HopeLine collects used cell phones and recycles them, using the generated funds to donate money, phones and airtime to non-profit domestic violence agencies across the United States. Local Connecticut partners include the YWCA in Greenwich, the Women’s Center of southeast-ern Connecticut, the Center for Women and Families of Eastern Fairfield County, Inc. and the Network Against Domestic Abuse. UConn students can donate cell phones to the cause at the Verizon Wireless Communications Store in the BJ’s located at 1589 Main Street in Willimantic, Conn., or via the mail using the prepaid postage label available on the HopeLine website.
HopeLine’s overarching mission is to put an end to domestic violence by putting Verizon’s wireless network out in the com-munity and turning used phones into a sup-port network for victims of domestic abuse. It’s also a way to dispose of used phones in an environmentally friendly way.
October is Domestic Awareness Month.
It was first observed in 1987, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website. In a White House press release, President Barack Obama said that in America, an average of three women die each day due to domestic violence.
“I call on all Americans to speak out against domestic violence and support local efforts to assist victims of these crimes in finding the help and healing they need,” Obama said in the release
Furthermore, one in four women and one in 13 men will experience domestic vio-lence in their lifetime. Sociology professor Gaye Tuchman said, “The thing that I think it is important to remember is that domestic violence occurs in all social groups, and all ethnic groups. Middle class people like to think domestic violence only happens in poor families, but it happens in families of all standings.”
During 10 years of operation, HopeLine has donated over $10 million in cash grants to domestic violence agencies and organiza-tions throughout the United States.
“It’s a good cause,” said Akshita Kanthala, a 1st-semester anthropology major. “Women have been through a lot of domestic vio-lence… I come from India, there’s a lot of domestic violence there, and it’s not really easy for a girl to walk on the street after eight”.
The program is not restricted to Domestic
Violence Awareness Month, but rather is a year-round program that generates funds on an ongoing basis. Since its beginning in 2001, the project has collected over 8 million phones and disposed of nearly 1.7 million used cell phones.
UConn students looking to get involved in Domestic Violence Awareness Month, as well as the movement to end domestic violence beyond a cell phone donation, can do things such as volunteering at a local domestic violence shelter. Students can also add photos to Verizon’s hashtag art piece at hashtagart.com/VerizonHispanicHeritage. For each uploaded photo, Verizon will donate $1 to Casa de Esperanza, a non-prof-it organization that works to end domestic violence in the Latino community.
Alex Chen, a 3rd-semester allied health sciences major and a resident assistant on campus, said, “[Domestic Violence is] definitely something hidden from public view…definitely something we want to bring to the public, [that it’s] going on on campus.”
Students can show their support by wear-ing purple, the color of the anti-domes-tic violence movement, and by spreading awareness.
By Katherine TibedoCampus Correspondent
Using cell phones to fight domestic violence
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Meghan McCain speaks to UConn studentsThe UConn Rainbow Center
sponsored a conversation on Tuesday night with Meghan McCain, noted blogger and daughter of United States Senator and former Republican presi-dential candidate John McCain. McCain, a 27-year-old and a self-proclaimed “progressive republican,” spent the bulk of an allotted hour-and-a-half discuss-ing her experiences in politics, her support for LGBTQ equity and her advocacy for passion and civility in contemporary politics.
Upon taking the stage, McCain immediately addressed ideologi-cal disparities in the audience.
“I know there are some of you here that love me, and some of you who hate my guts,” she said.
In a brief introduction, Rainbow Center student staff member Autumn Alston noted herself to be “a proud demo-crat,” but stressed the impor-
tance of transcending partisan disputes in pursuit of justice. McCain echoed this sentiment in her rhetoric, encouraging the audience to “challenge the status quo” and stand by their beliefs.
The choice of date for McCain’s talk – Tuesday, Oct. 11 – was not without its own sig-nificance. Fleurette King, direc-tor of the Rainbow Center, hoped the discussion, which coincided with National Coming Out Day, would help foster heterosexual advocacy.
“Our heterosexual allies have a coming out process as well,” the director said.
McCain, who identified her-self early in the program as het-erosexual, spoke candidly about her own support for a battery of LGBTQ issues on stage, citing the story of Jamey Rodemeyer, a teen suicide victim whose story gained national news atten-tion recently. She also used the controversy surrounding Chaz Bono’s appearance on “Dancing
With the Stars” as proof that LGBTQ equality has yet to be achieved. At one point, McCain even indicted pro-Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell politicians as being “dangerously out of touch.”
“I support equality,” she said. “You can’t call this country free if people are being discriminated against.
“I’m scared by people who don’t evolve,” said McCain later on, frustrated by the static nature of conservative politics. The blogger, whose views con-tradict much of the religious rights’ stance on homosexual-ity, suffered extreme backlash from news pundits throughout her father’s campaign.
Addressing issues of media civility, McCain offered up both sobering and mirthful insights.
“The media has done tremen-dous damage to our genera-tion,” she said, dismissing mass media-espoused politics for fear of being “bad for the United States.”
Referring to radio host Laura Ingraham’s off-color comments on her weight, McCain jok-ingly asked the audience how one can be “too fat to be an elephant?” before sharing her public response.
“I told [Dr. Laura] to kiss my size 12 [expletive],” said McCain to laughter from the audience.
During a public Q&A session afterwards, McCain encouraged students to support local politi-cians who fought for LGBTQ rights and, of course, to volun-teer at the Rainbow Center.
“Getting involved on campus is extremely important,” she said.
By Joe KatzCampus Correspondent
Meghan McCain delivers a speech to UConn students about her experiences in politics and her support for LGBTQ equality.
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CHICAGO (AP) — White House chief of staff Bill Daley says he’ll return to his native Chicago after the 2012 election.
Daley tells WMAQ-TV he has committed to stay with President Barack Obama in Washington “through his re-election” and “then my wife and I will be back in Chicago.”
Obama chose Daley to be his White House chief of staff in January. Daley replaced Pete Rouse, who was interim chief of staff and didn’t want the position permanently. Rouse replaced current Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Bill Daley has decades of political and business experience, served as commerce secretary under President Bill Clinton and ran Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign. He’s the brother of recently retired Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and the youngest son of legendary Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley.
Bill Daley says he’ll be one-term WH chief of staff
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s self-style superhero Phoenix Jones wrote on his Facebook page that he was back on patrol Monday night.
He had to wear a backup costume after police seized his black and yellow outfit Sunday when they arrested him for investigation of assault. He is accused of using pepper spray on four people who were dancing after leaving a nightclub.
Jones, whose real name is Benjamin John Francis Fodor, says he was trying to break up a fight when he was attacked.
He spent about seven hours in jail before posting $3,800 bail. Jones is due in court Thursday.
Police spokesman Mark Jamieson says you can’t go around pepper-spraying people because you think they’re fighting.
Jones says he’s the leader of the Rain City Superhero Movement.
Seattle ‘superhero’ bails out, back on street
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A plea hearing on larceny charges has been postponed again for a former Marine accused of firing shots at the Pentagon and Marine Corps museum in Quantico.
Yonathan Melaku of Alexandria was charged in June in federal court with a series of overnight shootings at military-related tar-gets in northern Virginia beginning last October. He was arrested when police spotted him in Arlington National Cemetery after dark with a backpack containing ammonium nitrate.
But that case has been on hold while he’s been jailed in Loudoun County with a series of vehicle break-ins. Last month, the county sheriff said Melaku tried to escape from jail.
On Tuesday in Leesburg, prosecutors requested a delay of one more month for the plea hearing on the larceny charges.
Plea hearing postponed again for Pentagon suspect
MODESTO, California (AP) — Former astronaut and migrant worker Jose Hernandez has announced plans to run for U.S. Congress in California’s newly formed 10th district.
The self-described moderate Democrat was encouraged to run by President Barack Obama and announced his campaign Tuesday. He has never held office.
The 41-year-old Hernandez worked aboard the International Space Station. He later spent a year at NASA headquarters work-ing with members of Congress on space policy issues and became interested in politics.
Former U.S. astronaut will run for Congress
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two brothers on trial in Philadelphia are denying charges they smuggled young workers into the U.S. from their native Ukraine and enslaved them once they arrived.
A jury heard closing arguments Tuesday in the racketeering case against Omelyan and Stepan Botsvynyuk (bots-VIN’-yuk).
Prosecutors say the brothers lured poor villagers to the U.S. and forced them to work long hours cleaning stores and offices, for little or no pay. They say they were made to work off the cost of their journey, and were beaten or raped if they complained.
Defense lawyers say the witnesses were desperate to come to the U.S. — and are desperate to stay here.
They say the witnesses will say anything to get a T-visa, set aside for trafficking victims.
Deliberations are set to start Wednesday.
Ukrainian pair fight charges of forced labor in U.S.
DETROIT (AP) — Moments before he attempted to bring down an American jet-liner, a young Nigerian man on a mission for al-Qaida retreated to the plane’s lavatory for a long cleansing ritual to prepare for death, prosecutors told jurors Tuesday.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab prayed, washed himself, brushed his teeth and put on perfume, then returned to his seat and tried to detonate a bomb in his underwear, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel said in his opening statement at the start of the man’s trial.
Virtually everyone else aboard the Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight had holiday plans back on Christmas Day 2009, but Abdulmutallab believed his calling was mar-tyrdom, Turkel said.
In the plane’s bathroom, “he was engaging in rituals. He was preparing to die and enter heaven,” the prosecutor said.
Abdulmutallab’s attorney, Anthony Chambers, surprised the courtroom when he announced he would save his opening state-ment until later in the trial. That means the jury will not hear any hint of the defense case, possibly for weeks, while the government
calls a parade of witnesses.Technically, Abdulmutallab is representing
himself, but he is relying on Chambers as standby counsel. Chambers persuaded him just last week to let him address the jury at the start of trial.
Much of what Tukel described was already known from eyewitness accounts, pretrial testimony and government statements.
But the prosecutor offered some new details from inside Northwest Airlines Flight 253, which had 290 people aboard from 26 countries. He focused on the moments after Abdulmutallab’s long bathroom break, when he threw a blanket over himself and allegedly attempted to detonate a bomb shortly before the plane landed.
Abdulmutallab pushed a syringe plunger into the chemical bomb in his underwear, an action that produced a loud “pop” sound, followed by flames and smoke, the prosecu-tor said.
“Then all hell broke loose. While the fire-ball was on him, the defendant sat there. He didn’t move. He was expressionless. He was completely blank,” Tukel said.
Passengers put out the fire and pulled
Abdulmutallab up the aisle into the cabin’s first-class section, where he sat with a blanket and without shoes and pants.
The trial’s first witness, Mike Zantow of Madison, Wis., said he joined the effort and heard another passenger tell Abdulmutallab, “Hey, dude, your pants are on fire.”
Abdulmutallab was silent at first but then opened up to virtually anyone: a flight atten-dant, customs officers who removed him from the plane, emergency medical personnel and, finally, FBI agents at a hospital where he was treated for serious burns to his groin, Tukel said.
He said the bomb was made without metal to get past airport security but contained a dangerous powder chemical, later determined to be PETN that was obtained in Yemen about three weeks earlier, Tukel said.
And when a customs officer asked him his affiliation, Abdulmutallab didn’t flinch: al-Qaida, he replied, according to the prosecutor.
Tukel explained how Abdulmutallab, the 24-year-old son of a wealthy African banker, had an opportunity to “do anything he wanted in life” but chose to be influenced by radical Muslims and take the path of “violent jihad.”
Suspect prepared for death in plane’s bathroom
LYNDON, Kan. (AP) — A judge sentenced a Kansas man to death Tuesday for fatally shoot-ing his estranged wife, their two daughters and his wife’s grand-mother, then ordered him to stay in court and listen to his victims’ relatives talk about the pain he caused them.
James Kraig Kahler declined the opportunity to address the court during the brief hearing, and showed no emotion as his sentence was announced.
Kahler, 48, was convicted in August in the Thanksgiving 2009 killings in Burlingame, about 30 miles southwest of Topeka. Prosecutors said he shot his 44-year-old wife Karen, her grandmother 89-year-old Dorothy Wight, and the Kahlers’ two daughters, 18-year-old Emily and 16-year-old Lauren, as the couple strug-gled through a divorce.
A psychiatrist testified dur-ing Kahler’s trial that he had been upset with his daughters for siding with their moth-er, who had instigated the divorce, and that he believed Wight should have encouraged his wife to stay in their mar-riage. Karen Kahler had been having an affair with a woman from Weatherford, Texas.
Kahler’s attorneys said he was unable to control his emo-tions and had been suffering from a deep depression when he went from room to room at Wight’s home and shot the vic-tims with an assault rifle. The jury that convicted him recom-mended the death penalty.
“It was clearly anticipated. There’s never been a judge in Kansas that’s overturned a jury’s recommendation,” Kahler’s attorney Thomas Haney said.
Haney asked Osage County Judge Phillip Fromme to allow his client to return to his jail cell before the victims’ families read their statements but the judge rejected that request. The rela-tives’ statements were tributes to the victims and did not name Kahler or mention how they felt about his sentence.
Karen Kahler’s mother, Patricia Hetrick, was too frail to attend Tuesday’s hearing, but said in a statement that was read on her behalf that she was upset her two grand-daughters had been killed “just because they were guilty of loving their mom.”
Kahler stared at walls and papers as the statements were read.
The Kahlers’ son, Sean, was
present during the shooting rampage but escaped unscathed. Haney said Sean declined a request to appear in court Tuesday. The boy, who was 10 when his father shot the rest of family to death, testified that he did not want his father sen-tenced to death. Haney said the boy continued to believe his father should be spared.
As he was leaving the court-room, Kahler, a former utili-ties director in Weatherford, Texas, and Columbia, Mo., told his parents he has lost everything and exhorted them
to take care of his son.Under Kansas law, an
appeal to the death sentence is automatically filed with the state Supreme Court. The death penalty was reinstated in 1994, although no one has been executed in the state since June 1965, mainly due to disagreements among the courts over provisions related to jury instructions.
Kahler is the ninth person on death row.
Karen Kahler’s sister, Lynn Denton, said the pain of los-ing her sister has never eased.
James Kraig Kahler covers his mouth while a victim statement was being read in Osage County Court in Lyndon, Kan. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.
AP
Kansas man sentenced to death for killing family
recession in 2000s.When the Dodd-Frank Act was
passed, it had the authority to ensure American consumers could get the clear and accurate informa-tion they need to shop for mort-gages, credit cards and other finan-cial products. It protects people from hidden fees, abusive terms and deceptive practices.
Bank of America is the first to make these new charges official, but Wells Fargo & Co. will begin testing its $3 per month debit card activity fee in five states. Small and local bank branches will con-tinue with their private practices and not be affected by the new changes.
“I think it’s unfair because everyone has and uses a debit card,” said Brian Sheehan, a 1st- semester and mechanical engi-neering major. “It’ll cause a great disruption in our economy.”
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oppositionPHILADELPHIA (AP) —
Philadelphia prosecutors will have to pursue a second death-penalty sentence for convict-ed police killer Mumia Abu-Jamal or accept a life sentence after the U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to review the racially charged case.
Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther, has spent nearly 30 years on death row after his 1982 conviction for killing white officer Daniel Faulkner.
A federal appeals court this year upheld his conviction, but agreed the death-penalty instructions were potentially misleading and ordered a new sentencing hearing.
City prosecutors appealed that order, but must now decide whether to pursue the death penalty for a second time. Only three people have been executed in Pennsylvania since 1976, and none since 1999.
The officer’s widow, Maureen Faulkner, had supported the city’s appeal, but wondered
Tuesday whether it was time to end the long-running drama. A re-hearing would cost the city millions, and keep Abu-Jamal in the media spotlight, she said. And many of the relevant wit-nesses are dead.
“He does get in the spot-light, and you just don’t know which way it’s going to go,” the 54-year-old Faulkner said from her home in southern California. “I have to think of the city of Philadelphia and the costs it would incur to open a new hearing. Any logical per-son would, after 30 years.”
Abu-Jamal’s writings and radio broadcasts from death row have made him a cause celebre and the subject of numerous books, movies and death-pen-alty protests. Other books, one by Maureen Faulkner, have sup-ported her point of view.
Prosecutors plan to take some time before deciding their next move, District Attorney Seth Williams said in a statement.
Widener University law pro-fessor Judith Ritter and the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund represented Abu-Jamal in the latest appeal.
“At long last, the profoundly troubling prospect of Mr. Abu-Jamal facing an execution that was produced by an unfair and unreliable penalty phase has been eliminated,” said John Payton, president of the fund. “Our sys-tem should never condone an execution that stems from a trial in which the jury was improperly instructed on the law.”
According to trial testimo-ny, Abu-Jamal saw his broth-er scuffle with the 25-year-old patrolman during a 4 a.m. traffic stop in 1981 and ran toward the scene. Police found Abu-Jamal wounded by a round from Faulkner’s gun. Faulkner, shot several times, was killed. A .38-caliber revolver registered to Abu-Jamal was found at the scene with five spent shell casings.
Supreme Court won’t hear Abu-Jamal death sentence appeal
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SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities have recovered bloody clothing, a knife and stolen credit cards that they believe were in the possession of a couple accused of going on a deadly crime spree across the Pacific Northwest, according to an affidavit.
Prosecutors also say that one of the suspects, Holly Grigsby, claimed that she and her boy-friend, David “Joey” Pedersen, were heading to Sacramento, Calif., during their spree to “kill more Jews” when they were arrested last week in California.
The pair, who have expressed white supremacist beliefs, are suspected of killing his father, David “Red” Pedersen, 56, and his wife Leslie, 69, about Sept. 26 in Everett, Wash., and, later, two other people, including a 19-year-old man they believed was Jewish.
The couple fled the state and, on Sept. 29, police found a backpack inside a garbage can in Corvallis, Ore., a deputy prosecutor wrote in a probable cause statement filed Monday in Washington state.
Inside were the bloody cloth-
ing, a knife and four credit cards belonging to the elder Pedersen and his wife, authorities said.
The couple faces charges of aggravated first-degree murder. They could face the death pen-alty if convicted. Their appoint-ed attorney, Donald Wahlberg, said he did not know anything about the case beyond what had been reported.
In interviews with a reporter and police, the couple said they killed Pedersen’s father because he molested two young relatives and killed his wife because she knew and still supported him.
Grigsby, 24, confessed during a five-hour, videotaped inter-view with Oregon state police, Snohomish County, Wash., dep-uty prosecutor Craig Matheson wrote in a probable cause state-ment.
Grigsby said the couple planned to travel from Oregon to visit Red Pedersen and his wife — and then kill him by shooting him in the back of the head as he was driving them to a bus station.
She said she was in the pas-senger seat and took the steer-ing wheel after her boyfriend
fired a shot to the back of his head. They then drove to the Pedersens’ home in Everett.
Grigsby said she herself slit Leslie Pedersen’s throat, and they headed south in Red’s Jeep with his body inside.
They ditched the car off a steep embankment, and killed Cody Myers, who was on his way to a jazz festival on the Oregon coast, because his name sounded Jewish, according to Matheson’s affidavit. Myers was a devout Christian.
When she was arrested, Grigsby said “the couple was on their way to Sacramento to ‘kill more Jews,’” Matheson wrote.
Grigsby and Pedersen were arrested outside Yuba City, Calif., when a police officer spotted them in Myers’ car. Authorities had been tracking them by use of stolen credit cards and had warned police in several states to be on the look-out for them.
Pedersen, 31, initially refused to talk with police, but on Saturday, he reconsidered.
He admitted murdering a man in Eureka, Calif., on Oct. 3 or 4, the probable cause state-
ment said. The crime matched an open investigation into the death of Reginald Alan Clark, 53, who was found dead with a bullet wound to the head.
Police have not suggested a motive, but Clark is black.
On Sunday, Joey Pedersen, who has spent nearly half his life in prison, summoned a reporter for a California news-paper, the Appeal-Democrat, to the jailhouse for an inter-view and took “full responsibil-ity” for “everything that’s been reported.”
He said he killed his father because he had molested his daughter — Joey’s older sis-ter — and an adopted cousin when they were young, and that they had killed his dad’s wife because she knew about the molestation but still sup-ported him. He told the paper that his mother, with whom he remained close, informed him of the abuse about four years ago while he was prison. He soon resolved to kill his father, he said.
“I’m not glad he’s dead. I don’t get joy from it. But I do get satisfaction,” he said. “He
didn’t deserve to be walking around anymore.
Pedersen also said he expect-ed to be charged with killing the “dead Negro” because “the bul-let from my gun is in his head.”
Joey Pedersen has an exten-sive criminal history, having spent from age 16 to 31 behind bars, except for a one-year stretch. His convictions include assaulting a police officer and
threatening a federal judge. He was released from prison in May.
Grigsby also spent time in prison beginning in 2006 for a variety of charges, including identity theft and unauthorized use of a vehicle. After complet-ing probation, she served two years for identity theft. Even in prison, she got into trouble, including for assault.
These booking file photos, released by the Oregon State Police, on Oct. 6, 2011, show Holly Grigsby. Police in Washington say a woman suspected of killing four people in a Northwest crime spree has admitted to one of the slayings.
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Bloody clothes, stolen credit cards found on suspected white supremacist murderers
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is again losing jobs because of global economic woes, threatening tax revenue for a city and state heavily reli-ant on the financial industry, New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Tuesday.
After adding 9,900 jobs between January 2010 and this April, the industry shed 4,100 jobs through August and could lose nearly 10,000 more by the end of 2012, DiNapoli said. That would bring the total industry loss to 32,000 positions since the econom-ic crisis of 2008. The sector employed 166,600 people in investment banks, securities trading firms and hedge funds as of August.
DiNapoli said New York Stock Exchange firms earned $9.3 billion in the first quar-
ter of this year, but declined sharply in the second quarter and are likely to reach $18 billion for the year, a third less than in 2010.
“The securities industry had a strong start to 2011, but its pros-pects have cooled considerably for the second half of this year,” he said. “It now seems likely that profits will fall sharply, job losses will continue, and bonuses will be smaller than last year.”
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said DiNapoli’s num-bers were on target.
“We have a very conserva-tive estimate of Wall Street profits,” he said. “We think our estimates are probably still reasonably accurate. So I don’t think it’s dramatically worse than what we have in our budget, but it’s certainly not better.”
Cash bonuses also declined last year.
Securities activities drove 14 percent of state tax revenue and 7 percent of New York City’s last year. DiNapoli warned that current and future collections are likely to fall short because of the weakness.
“Excessive risk-taking on Wall Street was a major fac-tor leading to the financial crisis and the recession,” he said. “Regulatory changes that reduce risk and focus atten-tion on long-term profitabil-ity rather than short-term gains will enhance stability. Despite the weaknesses we are seeing, the securities industry remains profitable and is a key compo-nent of the economies of New York City and New York state.”
Bloomberg said the losses will definitely impact the city.
Comptroller warns of weakness on Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of protesters, emboldened by the grow-ing national outcry against what they see as the greed of Wall Street, streamed past the homes of some of the country’s richest residents Tuesday in a “Millionaires March.”
Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement and other groups walked up the sidewalks of Manhattan’s East Side, along world-famous streets like Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue that are lined with swank apartment towers.
They paused outside buildings where they said media mogul Rupert Murdoch, banker Jamie Dimon and oil tycoon David Koch had homes and expressed concern about how much less the wealthy will pay — and who would be harmed because of those lowered tax revenues — when New York’s 2 percent “millionaires’ tax” expires in December.
“I have nothing against these peo-ple personally; I just think they should pay their fair share of taxes,” said Michael Pollack, 52, an office
worker in a law firm.He held up a sign with a saying
attributed to department store founder Edward Filene: “Why shouldn’t the American people take half my money from me? I took all of it from them.”
“It’s time for a new New Deal,” Pollack said.
The march was the first in the weeks since the protest began that identified specific people as being part of the 1 percent of the wealthi-est Americans the demonstrators say are enriching themselves at the expense of others, through the influ-ence of corporations and corporate culture on American society.
At one point, protesters stopped in front of a building where they said Dimon, JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO, has an apartment.
“Where’s our bailout?” they screamed. “How do we end this defi-cit? End the war, tax the rich!”
JPMorgan was among the banks that received federal bailout funds, and has since paid them back.
Dimon got supportive words
Monday from Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who said, “He’s brought more business to this city than maybe any other banker in (the) modern day. ... To go and picket him, I don’t know what that achieves. Jamie Dimon’s an honorable person work-ing very hard. He pays his taxes.”
Marcher Bahran Admadi, a former taxi driver and art dealer who is now unemployed, said it wasn’t a per-sonal attack against the rich.
“I have nothing personal against them; as human beings we are all the same, but some of them take peo-ple’s blood,” he said. “Everything goes up the ladder while we work harder and harder.”
Protesters have been camped out for weeks in lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, near Wall Street, saying they’re fighting for the “99 percent,” or the vast majority of Americans who do not fall into the wealthiest 1 percent of the population.
Their causes range from bringing down Wall Street to fighting glob-al warming. The movement gained
traction through social media, and protests have taken place in several other cities nationwide.
In Boston, hundreds of college students marched through down-town Boston on Monday and gath-ered on Boston Common, holding signs that read “Fund education, not corporations.”
The protesters are angry with an education system they say mim-ics “irresponsible, unaccountable, and unethical financial practices” of Wall Street.
More than 120 protesters in Boston were arrested overnight after they ignored warnings to move from a downtown greenway near where they have been camped out for more than a week, police said.
Several hundred protesters were arrested in New York more than a week ago after police said they ignored warnings not to block traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. There was no imme-diate word on any arrests Tuesday.
The protest comes as New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli
released a report showing that Wall Street is again losing jobs because of global economic woes, threatening tax revenue for a city and state heavily reliant on the financial industry.
“Excessive risk-taking on Wall Street was a major factor leading to the financial crisis and the reces-sion,” DiNapoli said. “Regulatory changes that reduce risk and focus attention on long-term profitabil-ity rather than short-term gains will enhance stability.”
Christopher Guerra, a 27-year-old artist and Occupy Wall Street protester from Newark, N.J., said he thought the job losses weren’t necessarily bad.
“That means more people on our side,” said Guerra, who calls him-self an Eisenhower Republican but says he’s opposed to today’s cor-porate behavior. “The companies are destroying this country by help-ing themselves, not the people, and pushing jobs out of America.
“If they get shafted, they will real-ize that what we are saying is true.”
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» WALL STREETStocks end mixed; Dow down 17 a day after big gainNEW YORK (AP) — One of Wall Street’s quiet-
est days in months ended mixed after investors spent the day waiting to see if Slovakia would block an expansion of Europe’s financial rescue program.
Slovakia’s decision came after U.S. stock mar-kets closed. That country’s parliament rejected a bill to strengthen the powers of a regional rescue fund. The sixteen other countries that use the euro have already signed off on the bill, but the measure requires unanimous support.
There are ways around Slovakia’s opposition, but the move temporarily sets back efforts to address Europe’s debt jam, which has been the most impor-tant issue for financial markets for months. Investors worry that if Europe doesn’t contain its debt crisis, a default by the Greek government could deliver a devastating blow to European banks and cause them to freeze up lending.
The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 17 points after moving between small gains and losses throughout the day. The index traded within a range of only 82 points, the narrowest since July 20. The relatively tepid trading came a day after the Dow surged 330 points, its largest increase since Aug. 11.
During Slovakia’s 10-hour debate, European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet warned that countries needed to act urgently to stem what he called a “systemic” crisis that threatened global financial stability.
“I think markets want to say ‘who cares about Slovakia,’ but the reality is every little country has to agree,” said Randy Warren, investment strategist at Exton, Pa.-based firm Warren Financial Service.
Greece has been on the brink of defaulting on its debt for months. If that happens, it would hurt European and U.S. banks by decimating the value of Greek government bonds they own. Those banks would then be less likely to lend to each other and to businesses. That could plug up an already weak global economy, with implications for everything from bank stocks to international trade.
The Dow lost 16.88 points, or 0.1 percent, to close at 11,416.3. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 0.65 point, or 0.1 percent, to 1,195.54 The Nasdaq composite rose 16.98, or 0.7 percent, to 2,583.03.
Aluminum maker Alcoa Inc. plunged 5.6 per-cent in after-hours trading after reported that its earnings slumped from the previous quarter, sug-gesting demand from Europe has slowed.
Something always seems to get lost in our ongo-ing national debate over immigration into the
United States from Mexico: an understanding of the actual politi-cal and economic circumstances of our southern neighbors, which compels them to emigrate. After
all, what do we know about these millions? That they are poor? That they
seek a better life in the United States? That they will do the jobs Americans don’t want to do? How can we develop bold strategies to counter the movement of people across the border while knowing very little about the factors that cause that movement? We can’t. Indeed, we should do more as a nation to inform ourselves.
Mexico is by no means a poor country. Rather, the high poverty rate south of the border is a result of the extreme economic inequalities in Mexican society which decades of state corporatism has brought about. The fact that Mexico has produced the world’s wealthi-est man, Carlos Slim, whose net worth is estimated at $74 billion, yet has also permitted one in three
Mexicans to live in poverty and one in 10 to live under constant threat of starvation, is a simple outgrowth of the corrupt and neo-liberal policy of its government. This government has long col-luded with business leaders to pro-tect the privileges of the wealthy and enrich the informal clients of the business elite. Mexico, in fact, remains one of Latin America’s top exporters of petroleum, but the majority of the vast wealth derived from it has never trickled down to the poorest of Mexicans.
Why don’t Mexican citizens take to the streets or elect radi-cal populist leaders, then, if their economic and political condition is so deplorable? Because Mexico’s wealthy elite has proven itself will-ing to use any measure necessary, including violence, to repress pop-ular uprisings. In 1968, a student-led demonstration in Mexico City demanding the release of political prisoners and the repeal of a law establishing “crimes of social dis-solution” was met with brute force by a government that could not understand why the people did not attempt to effect change through official channels. The government, fearing a Communist revolution or a CIA-instigated uprising, called in federal security police. The
result was the Tlateloco massacre, a planned ambush of protesters in a public square that resulted in the killing of 45, the injuries of hundreds more and the immediate suppression of the protest move-ment.
The ballot box is no more effec-tive a means of protest in Mexico, since the nation has an enduring history of egregious electoral fraud and corruption. The 2006 presiden-tial election, for instance, not only featured nationwide ballot tam-pering and disfranchisement that likely deprived leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador of victory, but also was marked by illegal campaign influence by business interests and extremely vicious character assassination. Protests of at least one million people in downtown Mexico City against the flawed election went completely unheeded.
All these factors have brought about the current drug warfare in Mexico. As it stands, the Mexican state is in danger of failure. Indeed, some Mexicans frustrated with a lack of social mobility turn to the drug trade in pursuit of a prosper-ity that legitimate channels cannot provide. But, in a nation where the recollections of constant upheaval brought about by successions of
military coups in the time of the revolution remain in the public consciousness, and where the state has taken great pains to depo-liticize the military, it is deeply troubling when President Felipe Calderón dresses up in fatigues and establishes martial law in cities along the border. But this military intervention program has had little effect. If, after all, the murder of innocent women and children and comprehensive extortion by gangs on average citizens continues years after the crisis began, Mexico can-not be said to be winning the war against drug violence, especially if the profits of trafficking are an important source of campaign con-tributions to the ruling party.
Therefore, I think it is clear that if we, as Americans, were to expe-rience the interminable poverty, violent repression and a feeling of powerlessness in the face of a corrupt and unresponsive govern-ment that are basic facts of life in Mexico, we too would become emigrants and search for a new nation to which we could proudly belong.
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This year, with a Democratic presi-dent and Republican Congress, the government was brought to a vir-tual standstill. It came within 24
hours of a shutdown in April. It came with-in 24 hours of an unprecedented national
default in August. President Obama is finding it near-impossible for Congress to pass his American Jobs Act, at least in its original form. It has been decades since the last year that such a low amount of legis-lation was passed and signed.
The Supreme Court, however, was not paralyzed as the rest of government was – in fact, quite the opposite. During the Court’s 2010-2011 term, 85 cases were decided, 81 after the Republicans regained majority control of the House of Representatives. Several court decisions in particular proved monumental.
In Snyder v. Phelps, the Court upheld 8-1 the right to picket a military funeral with signs reading “Thank God for dead soldiers.” While the Court acknowledged the offensiveness and insensitivity, they found that such speech was still protected by the First Amendment. This decision was possibly the most extreme example of free speech ever constitutionally upheld in the Court’s history.
Roberts, for the majority, wrote: “Speech is powerful. It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and – as it did here – inflict great pain. On the facts before us, we cannot react to that
pain by punishing the speaker. As a nation we have chosen a different course, to pro-tect even hurtful speech on public issues to ensure that we do not stifle public debate.” Alito was the lone dissenter.
In Brown v. Plata, the Court affirmed 5-4 that inadequacies in medical and mental health care in California’s prison system violated the Eighth Amendment, forcing a prisoner population reduction of over 30,000 inmates in order for the state to comply.
Kennedy, for the majority, wrote: “The medical and mental health care provided by California’s prisons falls below the stan-dard of decency that inheres in the Eighth Amendment. This extensive and ongoing constitutional violation requires a remedy, and a remedy will not be achieved with-out a reduction in overcrowding.” Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Roberts dissented.
In Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s FreedomClub PAC v. Bennett, the Court reversed 5-4 Arizona’s campaign financing law. This law gave participating politi-cal candidates public funds matching a privately funded candidate, if the lat-ter’s expenditures surpassed the publicly financed candidate’s original state allot-ment. Connecticut’s remarkably similar law gave millions to eventual governor Dan Malloy’s 2010 campaign to equalize his largely-privately-funded opponent Tom Foley. Seemingly, this law would now be considered unconstitutional.
Roberts, for the majority, wrote: “The professed purpose of the state law is to cause a sufficient number of candidates to sign up for public financing, which subjects them to the various restrictions on speech that go along with that program. This goes too far; Arizona’s matching funds provision substantially burdens the speech of pri-
vately financed candidates and independent expenditure groups without serving a com-pelling state interest.” Kagan, Ginsberg, Breyer, and Sotomayor dissented.
In Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes, the Court voted 5-4 that the largest civil rights class action lawsuit in U.S. history could not pro-ceed, citing lack of commonalities among plaintiffs. The suit had claimed Wal-Mart discriminated against women, violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Scalia, for the majority, wrote: “We con-sider dissimilarities… in order to determine whether there is ‘[e]ven a single [common] question.’ And there is not here. Because respondents provide no convincing proof of a companywide discriminatory pay and promotion policy, we have concluded that they have not established the existence of any common question.” Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissented.
The Court’s new 2011-2012 term began last week – and once again, several cases could significantly affect our nation. Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations challenges the FCC’s right to censor expletives and nudity on television. United States v. Jones chal-lenges whether law enforcement requires a warrant before using a car GPS to track citizens. And the Court will likely hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, arguably Obama’s most important legisla-tive achievement.
While you may hear nothing but “Obama this” and “Congress that,” pay attention to the Supreme Court, too. This year, they may be more important.
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USG seats should never go unoccupied
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My roommate though smh was “So much hate” smh.
Uggs person: Ugg boots aren’t functional because a) People usually wear them under skirts or dresses. If it’s not too cold for a skirt, it’s not cold enough for Uggs. b) They’re not even waterproof, so they don’t work as rain boots. So if they’re not for warmth or weather, they aren’t being used for “function” and we’re left with just the fact that Uggs are just uggly.
Nothing is more awkward than having to explain to your professor why her husband got a red chili pepper rating.
My history teacher said we should make writing her paper more fun by taking a shot every time we finish a paragraph .
I now go to sociology solely to see the girl that sits in front of me. thank you, beautiful girl for without you, my attendance would be a zero.
When UConn football players sleep they have night-mares of how West Virginia just scored again.
I think I have the wrong aim screenname for the Instant Daily because anything I ever send never gets put in.
Following the recent elections for Undergraduate Student Government, 11 Residential Senator seats remain open, meaning that no student ran for any of those positions. For an organization as vital to student
life as USG, this is a sad – but fixable – problem.The most significant trouble with these open positions is the
lack of representation for certain segments of students. If an ordinary student has a problem, question, complaint, or idea, there should be somebody from his or her residence hall listen-ing and relaying that opinion. While USG does allow the public to sit in on meetings, even going as far as to post tentative agen-das online beforehand, not every student will be able to attend such meetings. Every student, however, should be able to have a representative who can.
Eight residence locations are currently without full USG representation, totaling 11 empty seats. The population of the students residing in these locations totals several thousand, a substantial percentage of the undergraduate student body. By going without a senator, these students are not being heard at USG meetings, while students at other residence halls are. Similarly, imagine the unfairness if only some states fea-tured Congressional representation in Washington D.C., while Connecticut did not.
In a Daily Campus article published last week, USG President Sam Tracy was quoted lamenting the open seats in an organization he works so tirelessly to promote.
“We can’t control student apathy,” Tracy said. “I’m disap-pointed in so few people running. People don’t know the power of USG. We have $750,000 per semester, that’s $40 per student.
“Student government has a lot of power to change things on campus. It has the power to improve the lives of current and future students…We want people who are committed and dedi-cated to improving campus, potential student leaders instead of write-ins.”
Fortunately, USG is offering interested students a second chance by holding a special election between Monday, Oct. 17 and Tuesday, Oct. 18. According to an Oct. 3 blog post on the USG website (usg.uconn.edu), the open seats for Residential Senators are: Hilltop Apartments (2), Northwest (2), Towers (2), Connecticut Commons (1), East (1), Garrigus Suites (1), Hilltop Residential Halls (1) and Shippee (1).
Interested students can download the election application packet available on the USG website, or pick up a physical copy in Student Union room 219. Completed packets must be submitted to Student Union room 219 by Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 4:30 p.m.
It is your university. It is your government. It is your money. Certainly it was a shame that so many seats were left unfilled. Fortunately, though, USG is holding a special election and extending the deadline for applying, so it is not too late for every single UConn student to have a voice speaking for them in the student government.
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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 an 8 -- Life’s good, but a spiral of self-doubt could shake things up. Draw or write down your worries and fears, and burn them to release their hold on you. Cast a new intention into the fire.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Rethink your roles at home and at work, and try something new. Use your experience to avoid a costly mistake. Don’t spend your check before you get it. Patience pays.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- A dream may inspire a romance. Your friends are there to help. Most great innovation is sparked by an accident. Consider this when confronted by one.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- It may take something to sort fact from fiction. Stick to what you know to be so. Your standards and perceptions are challenged (which could be a good thing).
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Now you’re on a roller coaster. Will you laugh and scream and enjoy the ride, or cry the whole way, waiting to get off? You may go through both sensations before the day’s out. It’s temporary.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Find satisfaction in little things. It’s okay to want to hide now and be private. There’s time for social life later. Read the small print. Go over picky details.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- If you want to understand their point of view, put yourself in your partner’s shoes. If things don’t work the way you want, try again tomorrow. Look at it philosophically.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Not everything that glitters is gold. You can make barriers disappear (especially the ones that exist only in your head). Gain self-respect through a job well done.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Your imagination plays to your advantage now. Aim higher than usual to gain some ground, even if you miss the mark. Stash away winnings. Note the options that worked.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Devote time for artistic creation today. Express something abstract, symbolic and dreamy. Go for clear communications tomorrow. Read the instructions carefully.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- There’s a fork in the road ahead. A message from your dreams can point you in the right direction. The line between fact and fantasy may blur, so double-check the data.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Don’t forget to call if you’ll be late for dinner. Don’t get lost in nebulous daydreams without keeping an eye on the clock. You could make great progress in private.
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Republicans pile on Romney, looking to block himCONCORD, New Hampshire
(AP) — Mitt Romney faces concerted attacks from fellow Republicans who will be try-ing to knock him out of the front-runner position during a Tuesday night debate in the New England state that usually holds the first primary election.
A strong early showing can give a boost to a candidate in the state-by-state presidential nomi-nating contests. The winner will take on Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012.
Romney will be on friendly ground at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, a neighbor to Massachusetts where he served as governor.
With the Republican field still in flux and Romney leading — but without broad-based support in the party — he likely will be targeted by fellow candidates who think they can gain ground by attacking him for his centrist political record.
But he picked up a key endorse-ment in the hours before the debate, winning the endorsement of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Romney stood with Christie
ad he said he was backing Romney because the United States could not endure a second term of Obama’s leadership.
Christie had been consider-ing a presidential run in 2012, but decided against becoming a candidate last week. Christie’s financial supporters had been waiting for him to decide before backing a different candidate.
The New Jersey governor’s endorsement will send much of that cash to Romney. Romney also stands to benefit from the budget-cutting Christie’s ties to the tea party, a group of conser-vative voters that Romney has struggled to win over.
A strong showing in the debate is crucial to Romney’s main rivals: Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who got off to a strong start but has plunged in the polls after weak performanc-es in previous debates, and Herman Cain, a businessman who ran a nationwide chain of pizza restaurants. Cain’s recent ascendance in the polls has sur-prised a field which saw him as a marginal challenger when the nominating contest began.
Romney also used the occa-sion to call for Perry to repu-diate the contention of one of his supporters, a fundamental-ist Baptist minister in Texas, who said Romney was not a Christian. The pastor said Mormonism was a cult.
Perry, through a spokesman, refused Romney’s request to disavow the minister.
The debate at Dartmouth College will focus on the economy, the central issue in Romney’s campaign, and one on which Obama is deeply vul-nerable.
But Romney’s rivals could attack on a wider front. His rivals readied criticism on health care policy, cultural issues and environmental posi-tions. Even with a focus on the economy and voters most concerned about 9.1 percent unemployment, there was no chance Romney would be able to dodge questions about his overall record.
“Even the richest man can’t buy back his past,” Perry’s cam-paign said in a web video that describes Romney, a multimil-
lionaire businessman, as the inspiration for Obama’s national health care overhaul.
Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, whose candidacy has faded after early success in a straw poll in Iowa, urged conservative voters not to sup-port a candidate who isn’t one of them.
“It’s not good enough to settle for anyone but Barack Obama,” she said while campaigning in New Hampshire on Monday.
Even lower-profile rivals tried to knock Romney off his game.
“Simply advocating more ships, more troops and more weapons is not a viable path forward,” former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, said in a foreign policy speech that was a direct rebuttal to one Romney gave last week that called for more investment in military hardware.
Both Perry and Bachmann have tried to pitch themselves as the conservative alternative to Romney, who as Massachusetts governor signed into law a health care bill with a mandate to purchase insurance. That’s also part of Obama’s reform
plan, which is loathed by con-servatives. However, those can-didates have stumbled in the polls.
While New Hampshire has yet to schedule its primary, tra-ditionally the first in the nomi-nating process, it is likely to
come before mid-January. That means there are fewer than 100 days for the newcomers to make inroads in a state where Romney is well known, owns a vacation home and won a second-place finish in his 2008 presidential bid.
Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney asks the crowd to be seated as he receives a warm welcome during a campaign stop at Hopkinton Town Hall, in Hopkinton, N.H.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A man charged in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States was held without bail Tuesday after his lawyer agreed during his initial court appearance to his detention for now.
Manssor Arbabsiar appeared only a few minutes in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, where a U.S. magistrate advised him of his rights and asked him to confirm that he had signed an affidavit describing his financial assets.
Authorities say Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old U.S. citizen who also holds an Iranian pass-port, has admitted his role in a $1.5 million plot to kill the ambassador at a restaurant by setting off explosives. No plea was entered during the largely procedural court appearance because the charges are contained in a criminal complaint, rather than an indictment.
President Barack Obama’s administration has accused agents of the Iranian government of being involved in the plot. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the thwart-ed plot will further isolate Tehran.
The press attache at Iran’s mission to the
United Nations, Alizreza Miryusefi, said the accusation was “totally baseless.”
In court papers, Arbabsiar was accused of arranging for $100,000 to be sent from a for-eign country to an account in the United States that was actually held in an undercover capac-ity by the FBI.
A second man charged but not arrested in the case had provided Arbabsiar with thousands of dollars to pay for expenses related to the plot, authorities said.
According to the complaint, Arbabsiar was instructed to use code words when com-municating with his co-defendant, including “Chevrolet” for the ambassador plot.
Arbabsiar’s court-appointed lawyer, Sabrina Shroff, made some medical requests in writ-ing Tuesday. Outside court, she said her client needed medication for high blood pressure.
Although the next court date was set for Oct. 25, the date actually serves more commonly as a deadline for an indictment to be brought unless either side asks for an extension of time, which sometimes occurs when both sides are talking with one another.
No bail in plot to kill Saudi ambassador Jobs death caused by respiratory arrest, cancerSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A
copy of Steve Jobs’ death cer-tificate made public Monday indicates that the Apple Inc. co-founder died of respiratory arrest resulting from pancreatic cancer that had spread to other organs.
Jobs died last Wednesday at age 56. Apple did not disclose his cause of death, but Jobs had been in poor health for a number of years.
He battled pancreatic cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver trans-plant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence for unspecified health problems. He took another leave of absence in January — his third since his health problems began — and resigned in August, hand-ing the CEO job over to his hand-picked successor, Tim Cook.
The death certificate, released by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department and obtained
by The Associated Press, said Jobs had a metastatic pancreas neuro-endocrine tumor for the past five years. It listed his immediate cause of death as respiratory arrest.
He died at his home in Palo Alto. No autopsy was per-formed, and he was buried on Friday. Details of the certifi-cate were reported earlier by Bloomberg News.
The certificate listed Jobs’ occupation as a high-tech entre-preneur. Jobs started Apple Inc. in his parents’ Silicon Valley garage with friend Steve Wozniak in 1976. Both men left Apple in 1985 — Jobs following a clash with then-CEO John Sculley.
Jobs returned in 1997 as inter-im CEO after Apple, then in dire financial dire straits, bought Next, a computer company he started. That was the start of Apple’s remarkable turnaround,
which continues today with the popularity of products such as the iPhone, iPod and iPad.
Jobs died the day after Apple announced its latest iPhone, the 4S, which will go on sale Friday. Some fans and investors were initially disappointed that Apple didn’t come out with a smartphone that is radically dif-ferent from the existing iPhone 4. But Apple said first-day pre-orders of the device on Friday topped 1 million — higher than the record set by the iPhone 4 when it was released last year.
Apple employees will hold a memorial service to celebrate Jobs’ life on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 10 a.m. at the compa-ny’s Cupertino, Calif., campus, according to an email sent out by Cook. An Apple spokesman said that the company will not be holding any public services.
As a yearly tradition, associ-ate professor and director of jazz studies at UConn, Earl MacDonald, invited one of his students to perform with him at the von der Mehden Recital Hall on Oct. 11. This year, MacDonald chose Michael Verselli for an evening of piano duets.
Verselli is a 9th-semester music education major with an emphasis on jazz studies. He is a member of many perform-ing groups at UConn, including the UConn Jazz Ensemble and UConn Jazz Quintet. He has also performed with the UConn Festival Chorus, Concert Choir, Concert Band, Collegium Musicum and Wind Ensemble.
He currently studies piano and composes with MacDonald and Gregg August.
MacDonald is a musical director, pianist, arranger, pro-fessor, performer and compos-er. His latest CD, “Re:Visions – Works for Jazz Orchestra,” received a 2011 Canadian Juno Award nomination for “best tra-ditional album of the year.” It’s been constantly praised by jazz critics, and one of MacDonald’s compositions, “Bad Dream,” won in the jazz song category for the 10 Annual Independent Music Awards. He was a musi-cal director for the Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau Band from 1998 to 2000. In total, he won the Sammy Nestico Award for outstanding band arranging.
MacDonald was a finalist for
the 2007 Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Award, and also appeared as an international finalist for the 2008 and 2011 ArtEZ Composition Contest in the Netherlands. In 2003 and 2006, the UConn Chapter of the American Association of University Professors honored MacDonald with its Teaching Promise and Excellence Award for teaching innovation. His compositions have been per-formed by many university jazz ensembles and independent orchestras across the nation. His work with Hartford Jazz Society’s “New Direction Ensemble” earned the ensem-ble the distinction of “best jazz group in Hartford” in the 2011 Grand Band Slam.
The duo played a number of pieces together and individually
on a grand double piano. Verselli and MacDonald began the show playing “Oleo,” a composition by Sonny Rollins, and followed up with “A Night In Tunisia” by Dizzy Gillespie, “Blue Monk” by Thelonious Monk and “St Thomas” by Sonny Rollins. The two did not hesitate to move their bodies with the beats they created, tapping their shoes in unison every now and then and exchanging glances. Over a few songs, they’d playfully end on later notes, or stretch the song out more than the other.
They took turns on stage per-forming together, then separately, and together again in a repeti-tive pattern. Verselli took the stage alone first, treating the audience with a slower tempo song, “Once I Had A Secret Love,” by Sammy Fain. He was joined again by
MacDonald, and the duo played “One the Trail” by Ferde Grofe. Verselli then left his end of the piano while Earl performed his solo to “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You” by George Bassman. Before they began playing the final part of the show, Verselli took a few seconds to thank his teacher, saying he was “honored to have worked on this project with him and couldn’t have asked for a better teacher, friend and mentor.” The two concluded together with “Have You Met Miss Jones” by Richard Rodgers and “There is No Greater Love” by Isham Jones.
In response to a standing ova-tion from the crowd, Verselli and MacDonald came back to the stage after taking bows to perform “Corcovado” by Stan
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It was 1:52 a.m. on a Saturday, and a friend was trying to procure a last-minute booty call.
“We won’t try to sugar-coat it. I might as well eat these cheesy poofs because they are better than any frat party,” lamented my anonymous friend, whose major and stand-ing shall remain undisclosed.
At that point, she had scrolled through the contact list in her phone three times, and there was still no one that seemed like a safe bet.
Things like this happen all the time. In fact, the aver-age person spends most of his or her waking (and sleeping) hours not having sex. It would only be fair that, if when one did want to get randy, the opportunity would quite liter-ally dance naked in front of one’s face. Here are some sug-gestions, ranging from high- to low-risk, for people that need sex ASAP, but can’t afford to invest too much time in the search.
1. Go up to a random per-son and just tell it like it is
A famous 1978 study by pro-fessors Russell D. Clark and Elaine Hatfield tested the will-ingness of college students to have casual sex, go on dates or hang out with random attrac-tive strangers of the opposite gender.
In order to find this out, male and female confederates approached students within a quad on campus, and, after briefly explaining that they had seen the person around and found them attractive, asked them one of the follow-ing questions at random: “Will you go out with me?”; “Will you come over to my apart-ment?”; or “Will you go to bed with me?”
The results showed that 75 percent of guys would agree to sleep with a random girl who asked him to, whereas zero percent of girls would agree to do the same. Fifty percent of guys and 56 per-cent of girls would agree to go on a date with the person. Meanwhile, 69 percent of guys would agree to go over to the apartment of the girl they just met, while only six per-cent of girls would do so. The study has since been repeated with similar results (Clark & Hatfield, 1978).
I wanted to try to replicate this study, but I decided against it because of ethical reasons, and also because I didn’t look that hot today. Regardless, what we can learn from it is that if you’re a girl and you really don’t have a date or hookup buddy, you have a 75 percent chance of getting it in with a random stranger, so long as you just ask politely. If you’re a guy, you will have much lower rates of success, so read on to the next sugges-tion.
2. The mass-text booty callSophomore year, my friend
and I received identical late-night text messages on a few occasions from a guy we knew to be a notorious player. I would chalk it up to coinci-dence, but I later confronted him about it and got the truth about his mass-texting habit.
After I learned about this strategy, I wondered just how many girls this guy had to text before he got it in. All I know is that he seemed to get lucky quite frequently, so his meth-odology couldn’t be that far
By Holly BattagliaCampus Correspondent
3 lazy, yet effective, sex
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Student, professor perform together
Associate professor and director of jazz studies Earl MacDonald and 9th-semester music eduation major Michael Verselli perform piano duets for the crowd at the von der Mehden Recital Hall on Oct. 11.ARI MASON/The Daily Campus
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From roller skates to tele-phones, and canning jars to dic-tionaries, Mansfield Transfer Station’s Swap Shop is brim-ming with free items available to Mansfield residents, includ-ing UConn students.
Residents can bring their clean, functional used items to the Swap Shop (at the Transfer Station on Route 89), where volunteers Nora Stevens and Kristy Emery sort through and set out the objects. Meanwhile, residents are free to browse the sprawling area of packed tables and bookshelves and take any-thing of interest.
The purpose of the Swap Shop is to “circulate function-al goods around in the com-munity,” explained Mansfield
recycling coordinator Virginia Walton. “Reuse is by far the best way to handle our materials,” she added.
Instead of tossing out unwant-ed items, people can bring them to the Swap Shop. Stevens esti-mated that about half of those who visit do so out of need, while the other half simply enjoys “shopping.” In the midst of widespread financial trou-ble, however, Stevens said that the Swap Shop is “especially important now because so many people have lost jobs.”
Stevens cannot remember how long she has been working there, but at the time she began, the Swap Shop consisted of two little tables and one bookshelf. Since then, it has expanded to a busy complex of tables and five bookshelves, with even more items in bins and boxes below
the tables. The Swap Shop is open
Tuesday and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Thursday 12-4 p.m.
“The Swap Shop is one of the best places in Mansfield. It is the free store,” said Derri Owen, a longtime Mansfield resident.
Stevens said she walked through last Tuesday to point out all the offerings. There is an extensive kitchen item selec-tion, including dishes, glass-ware, tins, jars, coffeemakers, pots and pans. There are also picture frames, purses, cassettes, coupons, puzzles and games. Additionally, the Swap Shop offers baskets, clothes hangers, lamps, notebooks and seasonal decorations. A person can often find small furniture, and on Tuesday there was even a pair of free crutches leaning against
the door. Stevens also manages a chil-
dren’s section complete with toys, stuffed animals and an entire bookshelf devoted to chil-dren’s books.
The book collection con-tains both nonfiction and fic-tion works, as well as stacks of donated magazines. Old UConn textbooks also sometimes make their way to the Swap Shop.
With the recent closing of Mansfield’s Salvation Army, the Swap Shop’s clothing bin has become increasingly impor-tant, Stevens said. Meanwhile, behind the main area, visitors can toss used sneakers into a large bin. These sneakers will be ground up and made into playground surfacing.
Mansfield has long stood out for its waste-reduction efforts. In 1990, Mansfield became
the first town in Connecticut to institute a pay-per-unit trash policy.
“People are charged based on the amount of trash they pro-duce,” Walton said. “So, conse-quently, it’s the best way to get people to reduce the amount of trash they put out.”
Meanwhile, for those who pay for a trash pickup service, recycling pickup is unlimited.
The Swap Shop plays a vital role in Mansfield’s efforts to reduce and reuse. “There’s just so much that goes to waste, and people really need it,” Stevens said.
Meanwhile, Walton said, the Swap Shop can be a “ben-efit to every single resident in town” and to the informed college student.
By Louisa Owen SonstroemCampus Correspondent
Free and used items available at the Swap Shop on Route 89
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TORONTO (AP) — Sixteen actors dressed as zombies were injured Tuesday when they fell from a platform during filming of a new movie in the “Resident Evil” series, officials said.
Toronto emergency medical spokesman Peter Macintyre said the victims’ costumes made it dif-ficult at first for crews to assess the severity of their injuries.
Paramedics responded to the call from Cinespace Film Studios around 8 a.m. to find what appeared — thanks to Hollywood special effects makeup — to be people who had suffered some untold catastrophe.
“I could see the look on the first
paramedic, saying ‘Oh my God,’” Toronto emergency medical servic-es Commander David Ralph said with a laugh.
Toronto Police Sgt. Andrew Gibson said responders quickly figured out which zombies were injured and which were just in character. “It did kind of catch us off guard when we walked in,” he said.
As it turned out, the victims had suffered leg, back and arm injuries. Twelve were taken to a hospital. Officials said none of the injuries are considered life-threatening.
Police Constable Tony Vella said the actors had been filming a scene on a high wheeled platform.
The platform moved as they were going to another platform, leaving a gap into which the zombies fell.
Cinespace Film Studios did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Resident Evil: Retribution” is the fifth installment of a franchise based on the popular video game series and will be distributed by Screen Gems and Sony Pictures.
Lead actress Milla Jovovich was not on set at the time of the acci-dent, according to her representa-tive Christine Tripicchio.
Vella said the incident is clas-sified as an industrial accident. Canada’s Ministry of Labor is investigating.
Sixteen actors injured in movie accident
Sixteen actors were injured on the movie set of the series “Resident Evil”
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Recently, NetFlix CEO Reed Hastings made the wise decision of cancelling the plans of dividing its service into two components: the streaming-service of Netflix, and the DVD-mailing system of Qwikster. It’s a relief not to have to deal with a sister program that had such an abysmal name, but its expulsion wasn’t all good news. The question many people had at the announcement was if the Qwikster plans of including video game rental would be carried onto Netflix.
A Netflix spokesperson said it was “to be determined” to The New York Times. The possibility of temporary ownership of games from the system is still possible, but will most likely take a while to come to fruition. So for the time being, people will have to wait, but there are alternatives for game rentals.
The most notable being online service, GameFly. You can even buy the games you rent and a download-game feature was recently introduced. Before you go out and sign up for the trial period though, you should keep in mind a few things. First off, the pricing structure goes that __ after the $7.95 startup rate __ you pay $15.95 (plus tax) a month for one game at a time. Then, the month-ly, tax-included, rates are $22.95 for two games, $29.95 for three and $36.95 for four. It’s not for a gaming nut like yours truly, but great for people who see value in that deal. The only other reminder is that there might be a waiting period for more newer games.
But if a cheap and brief rental service if your cup of tea, those Redbox machines outside of most grocery stores have recently brought games to their library. It’s a new addition for them, so it makes sense that the number of titles available is low. But, if you want to check out “Just Dance” or “Rage” for a few days, head to your local gas station to see what the Redbox has available.
And then there’s Blockbuster. I can attest that I still come across a few, but the availability of the games has always been sketchy, so I wouldn’t recommend it. However, they also have their own Redbox-esque service, with an online rental feature that they’re currently competing with Netflix over. I haven’t checked it out, or really heard from others in regards to how how the reliability of getting games currently is. But, they certainly have hundreds of games across multiple platforms on the website. And they got a pricing structure that looks to be worth all that gloating in their anti-Netflix commercials. After the 30-day trial, it’s $9.99 a month for one disk, $14.99 for two and $19.99 for three.
A part of me does miss the good old days when I dragged my mom to take me on a search across video rental stores to find “Game Gear” games. But in the modern day, where streaming movies sent those businesses to a grisly grave, there are still alterna-tives. While we all are waiting to see how the video game support for Netflix plays out, there are still other services like GameFly and Redbox. You’ll need to keep in mind the subscription fees and have patience for the availability of certain games, but the rental service is still an option.
Being a fan of American McGee’s first “Alice” game, I had high hopes for its sequel: I was not disappointed. With beautiful artwork, an engag-ing storyline, and smooth gameplay, “Alice: Madness Returns” is an amazing and unique interpretation of “Alice in Wonderland.”
The game starts you off in an orphanage run by a psychiatrist in London. Alice, who had lost her family in a fire, experiences frequent nightmares due to the fact that she blames herself for their deaths. Certain events in the streets of London trigger her to be transported back into her Wonderland, where she must then discover why it is being destroyed. To be honest, it’s rather hard to describe the plot without giving too much away, as the story unfolds the more you play.
What is worth noting is how the real world and Wonderland are portrayed: while Alice’s Wonderland is animated and vibrant, the streets of London are dreary, with an overall monochrome color scheme. Since players get to control Alice as she explores both worlds, they can take time and compare characters and settings of both worlds, and with the art direction this game went in, it’s a real treat. In fact, half the enjoyment I got from this game was sim-ply exploring the stages and looking at character designs. What is definitely worth men-tioning is the Dollhouse stage, where Alice is exploring mul-tiple dollhouses with furniture made from human parts (i.e. a chair with children’s arms for the armrest). It’s certainly twisted and does a perfect job setting the atmosphere for the entire game.
Naturally, the gameplay
itself made the game fun too. While the platforming was pretty standard, it worked well I never had a problem with camera angles or invis-ible walls, the platformer’s two worst enemies. What did stand out was the actual combat. Controls were very responsive and smoot,: with a range of four main weap-ons at her disposal, Alice could switch between any of them mid-combo. Switching between her Vorpal Blade and Hobby Horse (a knife and what was basically a giant hammer) actually yielded dif-ferent combos, all of which were very useful. Best of all, her dodge could cancel out of any of her attack animations, instantly transporting Alice away from an enemy attack. Overall, the combat system has a very a polished feel to it, which makes it all the more satisfying when you’re cutting down the brilliantly designed foes.
Personally, I had a lot of fun with this game, but I can see how it’s not for everyone. The gameplay is solid, but it can get extremely repeti-tive for some, especially since well over half of the game consists of jumping from area x to area y. Also, while com-bat is rewarding, there actu-ally isn’t too much of it, and enemies of stages are recycled a lot. The most disappointing aspect of the game is the fact that there is only one boss fight, yet throughout the game it teases you by introducing boss-like enemies in cinemat-ics. At the risk of sounding a bit condescending, the hard-core CoD player won’t find anything amusing about this game, but if you’re an adven-ture-fan, “Alice: Madness Returns” is definitely worth a play-through.
There are a few things in this world that are inevitable: death, taxes and a Tetris game making its way to a video game system. The latter lives on with “Tetris”: Axis, a Nintendo-published Tetris game for the Nintendo 3DS.
Longtime fans will be happy to know that the classic “Marathon” mode is here and still a blast to play. But for people who want more, there are 19 other modes that utilize those tetrimino shapes. There are the casual improvisa-tions, like the usual survival, fever and computer battle modes. But then there’s the “Party Mode,” where it starts to get crazy. You can use your 3DS pictures for the “Jigsaw” mode, make a path for a stick man to climb a tower in Tower Climber, move a tetris piece down an obstacle course in “Stage Racer Plus,” among other innovative good-ies. Unfortunately, not all the modes are winners. Bombliss and Capture are too confusing to enjoy, and “Sprint” and “Master Mode” are just cheap, harder ver-sions of Marathon mode. But with so much iterations here, you’d be hard pressed not to fall in love with at least some of these block puzzles.
Not to blow anyone’s minds here, but Tetris isn’t infinitely better with stereoscopic 3D. But even so, the little 3D effects look good with the cool backgrounds, and there is no slowdown with the 3D slider all the way up. It also uses the system’s internet functionality to show off scores
online and play the classic battle mode with complete strangers along with friends. The game also has a reason to dust off those AR cards that came with the 3DS. In the AR modes, you can play an incredibly simpli-fied version of the Marathon and Tower Climber modes off your kitchen table. It’s a gimmick, and because it’s almost impossible to play with significant slowdown, a gimmick is all it is.
There’s bad news for the peo-ple who loved all the classic Nintendo games in the back-grounds in Tetris DS: it’s not in here. The only crossover in this game is that you’ll play against Bomberman characters in “Computer Battle,” because this game was developed by Hudson. Sadly, the interface and presentation is dull and forget-table. But you can dress up your Mii that will dance on the bottom screen in most modes, which is a nice touch upon the bland-ness. The soundtrack, however, is great. Along with stylish ver-sions of the classic Tetris tunes, there are also ballet symphonies like “Waltz of the Flowers” and “Swan Lake” that complement the ebb and flow of the game perfectly.
You can play Tetris on calcula-tors and digital cameras now, so it’s understandable if a $30 ver-sion on the 3DS doesn’t sound so enticing. But if you do give this inevitable appearance on the 3DS a chance, you’ll get plenty of fun and creative extra modes, as well as the classic Tetris that everybody knows and loves.
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Last week, five PS2 classics were released on PSN for PS3 owners to enjoy. One of them, “God Hand,” has become a costly rarity over the years, so it’s great to have it downloadable for just $10. As one of the games from Okami and Viewtiful Joe developer Clover, it is an incredibly memorable experience. The beat-em-up combat was – and certainly still is – total garbage, but that is the whole point. The PS2-era was chock full of those kinds of games, so “God Hand” was basically a parody that stood out a hilariously weird and awesome presentation. Poisonous Chihuahuas, flamboyant wrestlers and special moves like “ball buster” are just a few examples of the odd charm in this game.
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1. FIFA Soccer 12- 9.02. NBA 2K12- 8.53. Forza Motorsport 4- 8.54. Crysis- 8.05. Hector: Badge of Carnage- 7.56. Rage- 6.07. Spider-man: Edge of Time- 6.08. Worms Ultimate Mayhem- 6.09. Ace Combat: Assault Horizon- 5.5 10. X-Men: Destiny- 4.0
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‘Alice: Madness Returns’ provides a enjoyable experience back to Wonderland in the antipated sequel
“Alice: Madness Returns”, a unique interpretation of “Alice in Wonderland” provides a creative and interesting storyline that enflods as the player advances in the game.
By Lucas MaCampus Correspondent
‘Tetris Axis’ a Classic with a Modern Twist
Classic aspects of Tetris together with new features such as “Party Mode” create an addicting game.
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By Jason BogdanSenior Staff Writer
Tetris: Axis Nintendo 3DS
8.0/10The Good-Decades later, Tetris is still a timeless, addicting classic with some great new modes.-Uploading high scores and playing Tetris worldwide online is a real treat.-A superb soundtrack where unorthodox addictions like “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” are fantastic while playiong Tetris.
The Bad-I can appreciate the game utilizing those AR cards. But, they really shouldn’t have.
-Some of the modes aren’t so hot.-Playing against others online might be hard, depending on your internet speed.
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Alice: Madness Returns
8.5/10The Good-Beautiful character and stage design-Responsive Controls
The Bad-Repetitive gameplay
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off. Just be sure to text people in different social spheres so you don’t blow your cover before you get to blow your load.
3. The contemplative whackAre you really craving atten-
tion from another human being, or do you just want some sort of sexual activity to pass the time? My friends and I go by this rule: When in doubt about a relationship or sex situation, masturbate before making any sort of crazy decisions. Chances are, after you do, you’ll forget about the dunce you previously planned on contacting. If not, you will have to further assess the situation.
There are obviously a million ways to try to find yourself a hookup, but I believe that these ones are best-fitting for college students due to the lack of com-mitment and effort required.
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Let clear mind inform
decisions
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chynna Phillips forgot her rou-tine on Monday's "Dancing With the Stars," and on Tuesday she was dismissed from the show.
"I'm disappointed," she said after learning she'd be leaving. "I'm sad, but I have to take responsibility. I messed up."
Phillips lost her place in the middle of her tango with pro-fessional partner Tony Dovolani and wasn't able to recover.
"I blanked," she said. "I knew that routine. I just blanked."
Judges gave the pair 21 points out of 30. Judges' scores are combined with viewer votes to determine which contestant is eliminated each week.
"I'm very grateful to have been on the show and had
the opportunity," Phillips said Tuesday. "Thank you everyone who voted for me."
Her husband, Billy Baldwin, who has cheered her on from the ballroom each week, said that his wife "stumbled out of the gate (on Monday) and had her first bad week in four weeks."
Phillips was among Monday's lowest scorers. Carson Kressley, who was in last place with 20 points, and Chaz Bono, who tied with Phillips, were saved by viewer votes to dance anoth-er week.
Also returning next week to dance to 1980s hits will be Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez, David Arquette, Nancy Grace, Rob Kardashian and Hope Solo.
Phillips is the fourth contes-
tant eliminated so far on this season of the hit ABC show. Metta World Peace (for-merly known as Ron Artest), Elisabetta Canalis and Kristin Cavallari were ousted on previ-ous episodes.
Tuesday's results show also featured performances by Raphael Saadiq and Susan Boyle, and the return of two-time "Dancing" champ Julianne Hough. The professional dancer-turned-actress showed off some of the moves she'll be rocking when the remake of "Footloose" opens in the-aters Friday. Hough and co-star Kenny Wormald danced to "I Need a Hero" before Blake Shelton offered his take on the movie's title song.
Chynna Phillips eliminated on DWTS
Chynna Phillips and her partner Tony Dovolani were eliminated this week on DWTS.AP
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eva Longoria says she lent her sup-port to "The Harvest," a docu-mentary about child migrant laborers, not just because of her Latin American roots but also because she wants to know where her food comes from and take responsibility for it.
Much of the harvesting work in the United States is done by migrants from Latin America, especially Mexico. But Longoria's interest in the sub-ject didn't spring from her roots, but from concern over children growing up in the fields, the "Desperate Housewives" star says.
"I'm ninth-generation Mexican-American. We have ranches in Texas but you don't have to have that to have com-passion," Longoria said. "I eat food and I'm a responsible human being and if you are responsible, you have to know where your food comes from."
Longoria said a quarter of food eaten in the United States is harvested by children. That esti-mate could not be immediately confirmed by The Associated Press. Human Rights Watch
reported in 2010 that at least 10 percent of hired farm laborers in the United States were under 18, but said that accurate numbers were hard to come by.
The documentary says that more than 400,000 children work in U.S. farm fields.
"You have to be aware of the practices that are used to get the food we are eating," said the actress, who as executive pro-ducer of "The Harvest," raised nearly $1 million for the film, which will be released on DVD Tuesday.
"I've been involved with farm workers advocacy for a long time," she said, "but I recently found out, I didn't know there were so many children working legally in the fields."
"The Harvest" tells the story of three children who work as field laborers in Florida, Michigan and Texas to help their parents.
In the film, one of them, 12-year-old Zulema Lopez, notes that she started working at such a young age, she doesn't even remember her first day. She adds that picking onions in Texas from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m., she made $64 a week.
The child field workers work under an unforgiving sun and in paralyzing cold and run the same risks and suffer the same deprivations as adult labor-
ers, the film shows. Lopez, for example, recounts how she had to throw dirt on a wound to stop it from bleeding. The film also explains how migra-
tory work makes it difficult for children to receive a proper education.
The film has been shown to members of Congress to put a face on a bill sponsored by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., that would raise the minimum age for field work in the U.S. from 12 to 14 years. It also seeks to create penalties for labor infractions against young field workers and reduce their exposure to pesticides.
"We want to use the film to change policy," Longoria said. "Children shouldn't have to choose between school and work."
Longoria says the most touching scene of the film for her is one in which Lopez fears she'll have to work in the fields her entire life, remarking, "I don't even think about having dreams."
"That was heartbreaking," Longoria said. "Her grand-mother works in the fields, her mother works in the fields, and she feels stuck and does not see herself leaving the fields."
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UIJEONGBU, South Korea (AP) — South Korean pop star Rain bid farewell to tearful fans as he put one of Asia's most successful entertainment careers on hold to enter boot camp and begin nearly two years of military service.
The 29-year-old singer and actor, his hair neatly cropped, gave a military salute to fans Tuesday before he disap-peared into an army base in Uijeongbu north of Seoul — more than 50 years after Elvis Presley was drafted in the U.S. army from the heights of stardom.
"Thank you for the 10 years of love," Rain told hundreds of gathered fans as tears welled in his eyes. Many of the fans were from Japan and China and held banners with messages meant to
cheer him.Rain is fulfilling his compulsory mili-
tary service at a relatively late age and risks losing career momentum during the 21 months he spends out of the public eye. But he could otherwise face a backlash given South Korea's hostility toward draft dodgers.
Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, is not expected to receive any special treatment in South Korea's 650,000-strong military. All able-bodied South Korean men are required to serve about two to three years, in a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War.
Military service has agonized many young South Korean entertainers and athletes hoping to continue their suc-
cessful careers. Athletes can be exempt-ed from service if they win an Olympic gold medal or otherwise improve the country's image with major achieve-ments. But entertainers — no matter how successful they are abroad — enjoy no such lenience from the government.
"Entertainers are thought to work for their own sakes. That's the differ-ence," said Hwang Sang-min, a Yonsei University psychology professor and frequent commentator on popular enter-tainment.
Recent years have seen a series of draft-dodging scandals involving top stars.
Song Seung-heon, a Korean drama star hugely popular in Japan and other Asian countries, suffered a massive pub-
lic backlash in 2004 over attempts to avoid the draft. He eventually went to the army and is now back on the path of success.
"The mood against draft dodgers is so hostile that nowadays entertainers feel it's better to simply get it over with," said Ha Jae-keun, a South Korean pop columnist.
In the past, a two- or three-year hiatus often meant irrevocable damage to an entertainer's career in South Korea as the public moved on to new faces, but nowadays military service can actually enhance a star's image, Ha said.
Rain's musical career includes seven albums, and he has acted in several South Korean film. Time magazines named him one of the 100 most influ-
ential people in the world. He made his Hollywood film debut in "Speed Racer" in 2008.
Kim Hee-ra, a 21-year-old Sogang University student in Seoul, said she was sad to see Rain go but glad that he was fulfilling his duties.
"The fact that Rain entered the army without any attempts to be exempted will positively affect his future career," she said.
Lee Jin-young, 22, fretted that Rain may not be as popular after a two-year publicity blackout. He also worried that Rain may find his service to be tougher because he is starting at a relatively old age. Many people serve in their early 20s.
A fan from Hong Kong waits for South Korean pop singer Rain before the 29-year-old enters the army to serve in front of an army training center in Uijeongbu, north of of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 11.AP
Asian Pop star Rain to begin military service
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A medical examiner struck a major blow to the defense of Michael Jackson's doctor Tuesday, say-ing it is unreasonable to believe Jackson could have given him-self a fatal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol.
Dr. Christopher Rogers, who conducted the autopsy on Jackson, testified it was more likely that Dr. Conrad Murray overdosed the singer when he incorrectly estimated how much of the drug he was giving Jackson to induce sleep to fight insomnia.
Rogers said Murray had no precision dosing device avail-able in the bedroom of Jackson's rented mansion.
"The circumstances, from my point of view, do not support self-administration of propofol," said Rogers, chief of forensic medicine in the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.
Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
Rogers analyzed two possible scenarios for Jackson's death. The first was the defense theory that while Murray stepped away to go to the bathroom, Jackson gave himself an extra dose of the drug he called his "milk."
"In order for Mr. Jackson to
have administered the propofol to himself, you would have to assume he woke up and although he was under the influence of ... propofol and other sedatives, he was somehow able to adminis-ter propofol to himself," Rogers testified.
"Then he stops breathing and all of this takes place in a two-minute period of time," Rogers said. "To me, that scenario seems less reasonable."
"Less reasonable than what?" asked Deputy District Attorney David Walgren.
"The alternate scenario would be in order to keep Mr. Jackson asleep, the doctor would have to give him a little bit every hour, two or three tablespoons an hour," Rogers said, noting that propofol is a short-acting drug that wears off quickly.
"We did not find any preci-sion dosing device, so the doc-tor would be estimating how much he was giving," the medi-cal examiner said.
Murray told police he gave Jackson only 25 milligrams of the drug, a very small dose that usually would have kept him asleep for no more than five minutes.
Rogers said he examined evi-dence found in Jackson's bed-
room and noted there was an empty 100 milliliter bottle of propofol.
Rogers said the cause of death was "acute propofol intoxica-tion and the contributing con-dition was the benzodiazepine effect."
Two sedatives from that drug group — lorazepam and midazolam — were found in Jackson's system after he died.
Rogers said he considered a number of factors in ruling the death a homicide. Among them were Murray's statements to police and the lack of sophis-ticated medical equiment in Jackson's bedroom, where the superstar had been receiving the anesthetic. He said there was no EKG monitor and no resuscita-tion equipment present in the room.
Rogers also testified it would be inappropriate to use propofol outside a hospital or medical clinic.
Later in the day, defense attor-ney Michael Flanagan spent more than two hours trying to show on cross-examination that Jackson indeed could have self-administered drugs — not just propofol but the sedative loraz-epam, which could be taken in pill form.
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — A bit actor who appeared in the first "Austin Powers" movie is suspected in the death of his cellmate at the California prison where he is serving a life sentence, corrections officials said Tuesday.
Joseph Son , 40, wore a bowler hat and played one of Dr. Evil's henchmen, named Random Task, in 1997's "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery." He also was a mixed martial arts fighter who appeared in several other movies or videos in the 1990s, according to his Hollywood biography.
He arrived at Wasco State Prison in the state's Central Valley on Sept. 16 after he was sentenced in Orange County for the 1990 gang rape of a Southern California woman.
The dead inmate was a parole violator serving a new two-year sentence from San Luis Obispo County for failing to register as a sex offender. He was found dead Monday in the cell he
shared with Son.The death was being treat-
ed as a homicide, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton said.
Thornton and Wasco State Prison spokesman Henry Cervantez couldn't say how the inmate died or why the death was considered suspicious. The cellmate, age 50, wasn't imme-diately identified because rela-tives had not been notified.
The Kern County District Attorney's Office, which is assisting the investigation, didn't immediately comment. A spokesman for the sheriff-coroner's office, Ray Pruitt, said an autopsy would likely be per-formed Wednesday.
Both men were in the recep-tion unit for new inmates at the 20-year-old prison, which hous-es about 5,800 inmates. The cellmate had arrived on June 23.
Son was convicted of one count of torture in August after his DNA linked him to the abduction of a then-19-year-old
victim as she walked her dog near her apartment on Christmas Eve.
Son and a co-defendant, Santiago Lopez Gaitan, 40, drove the woman to Huntington Beach at gunpoint, where they raped and sodomized her in the back of the car. They repeatedly threatened to kill her, hitting her with the pistol and telling her she was going to die.
The badly injured woman begged for her life, prosecutors said, and the two men released her naked and blindfolded with her own pants.
Police collected DNA evi-dence, but couldn't match it to her attackers until Son was required to provide a DNA sam-ple after he pleaded guilty to felony vandalism in 2008 and violated probation.
Son's co-defendant was sen-tenced to 17 years and four months in state prison after he pleaded guilty in January to five felonies, including kidnap-ping and sodomy by force in concert.
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The Cincinnati Bengals tried the same transformation trick last year. The defensively minded team tried to make the name of the game “get the ball to Batman and Robin,” and every NFL fan saw the result. A Bengals team that looked to be a sure playoff contender behind the solid run-ning of Cedric Benson turned into a joke that no one was afraid of playing on Sundays.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The Jets need to run the football. There are still a few good runs in LT, and Shonn Greene and Bilal Powell can pick up the slack if the old-timer runs out of gas. They need to blitz like crazy. The complex blitz pack-ages and aggressive posture that have always characterized Rex Ryan’s defensive schemes need
to return. If you love the guy or hate him, you have to admit the team that came in third in total defense and third in rushing yards per game in 2010 had to be doing something right.
Philadelphia EaglesYou can’t really blame
Michael Vick for being upset at how many times he gets hit in a game anymore. Some of it might be illegal hits from defen-sive linemen who are just out to get the 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year. It might also be Philly’s awful offensive line. More than anything, it’s an iden-tity crisis.
At the start of last season, the argument was settled that Kevin Kolb was the starter in Philadelphia. Vick was relegated to a backup spot and a few option calls. His ability to scramble and get out of the pocket is superb.
This season, however, he’s been trying to step up in the pocket and get the yards with his arm instead of his legs. This dimin-ishes his game-changing ability because, as Mark Sanchez has seen in New York, you either have the pure pocket passer abil-ity or you don’t.
The Eagles need to give Vick an offensive line that will block. Stop trying to force a pass attack. The Eagles have always been about short catch-and-runs with quarterback scrambles. The dangerous component that Vick brings to the table is the threat that he could break away and score on any play. You have to bring some outside run defenders to contain Michael Vick, and that opens up space down the field for him to kill you with his arm.
Sweet 16 appearances are forgot-ten in Storrs, they’re celebrated like championships in Chestnut Hill. Boston is the largest city in New England and the epicenter of sports in the region, yet when it comes to college sports, that distinction belongs to a small village in the farm country of northeastern Connecticut.
The new ACC could be one of the most powerful, intense and exciting conferences in the history of college sports. If UConn is added, then, along with Duke and North Carolina, the ACC will hold three of the top-six basketball programs in the history of the sport. And I know football is still a large part of this, but the jealousy that comes from watching the Huskies run out of the tunnel in the Fiesta Bowl, while BC choked a BCS bid away at home to Syracuse in 2004 and lost two ACC title games to Virginia Tech, should not play a role in DeFilippo denying UConn access to the ACC.
Maybe part of my animos-ity toward Boston College comes from the fact that I’m not smart enough to get in. But it really stems from the fact that DeFilippo and the rest of the arrogant brass at BC think they’re better than us just because they hold an advantage over us, which their teams no longer have on the field of play. BC is still leaps and bounds bet-ter in hockey, but in other major sports, like men’s and women’s basketball and football, we’ve caught up and gone ahead of our regional counterparts.
BC is “New England’s team” in the ACC, for now.
And UConn is New England’s college team.
Period.
McDonough: Boston College sinks to new
low by keeping UConn from ACC
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Kasmanoff-Dick: Jets need to rely more on Greene and Tomlinson; Eagles need to improve offensive line
With the Fall Classic only a few days away, postseason baseball will eliminate two more teams, destroying their hopes of becoming cham-pions in 2011. In the American League, the Texas Rangers and the Detroit Tigers are fighting to win the American League pennant and move on to the World Series. While the Rangers have jumped out to a quick lead over the Tigers, the series is still up for grabs. With the series now in Detroit, the high-powered offense of the Tigers will re-emerge.
So far, this ALCS has been dominated by the Rangers’ offense. With Nelson Cruz and Adrian Beltre combining for six home runs through the first two games, the Rangers’ bats have been stellar. However, the series is moving to Detroit, which suggests that the Rangers’ bats might cool off significantly. Since the Tigers opened up their new stadium in 2000, the Rangers hold a league-worst 23-34 record in that stadium. Although the Rangers are in good spirits because of an early lead in the series, history suggests that the Tigers are still very much alive in the ALCS.
However, the fact that the Rangers have a losing record in Detroit is not going to be the only reason for a Tigers comeback. The Tigers’ offense is one that can match the Rangers on any given day. Powerhouses such as Miguel Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez and Victor Martinez can and will perform under the support of their hometown
fans. Likewise, the addition of Delmon Young back into the lineup is a huge advantage for the Tigers. Coming off a Divisional Series in which he hit three home runs against the New York Yankees, Young has gotten hot at the right time. He will continue to produce when needed and help the Tigers get back on track in the ALCS.
Pitching, too, is going to help the Tigers in Detroit. Justin Verlander (24-5) is the probable starter in Game 5, and the Tigers have extra incen-tive to get their bats going. Though he lost Game 1, Verlander has been the anchor for this Tigers team all season. It is difficult to believe that he will falter again, especially in a situation where his team needs a good outing. The Tigers also must give their closer Jose Valverde a chance to work in this series. He has been perfect all season long, and although he struggled against the Yankees, he must be given the opportunity to close out games and secure wins for the Tigers.
Although the Rangers are on top in the series, it is still likely that the Tigers will surge back. With a high-powered offense waiting to explode at home, the Rangers will be forced to score runs in a place where they historically have not been able to do so. The re-appearance of Justin Verlander is also a key factor in this series. While many things still need to go right for the Tigers, the odds are stacked that their fortunes will soon change.
Following a dramatic week-and-a-half of the MLB Division Series, with three out of four series going to five games, the League Championship Series are here. The Tigers and Rangers are going at it in a competitive ALCS, and the NLCS between the St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers has been even more competi-tive. Each team has taken one of the first two games in Milwaukee. This matchup features two very compa-rable teams from the NL Central division. Both teams are in the top 10 in the league in almost every statistical category. Both have the ability to score runs quickly, thanks to players who can hit for average as well as power. In addition, each team has a formidable pitching staff–both have a cumulative season ERA below four. But with the series tied, it’s clear that the NL wild card winning Cardinals will take advantage of their return home and take the series.
The Cardinals had a roller-coaster season this year. It seemed as if the team was not collectively healthy until September, when it proved to be a true contender. St. Louis came back to win the National League wild card after being 8.5 games behind on Sept. 5. Led by a hot-hitting Albert Pujols, who hit .355 in September, as well as the always-consistent Yadier Molina (who hit .341 in September), the Cardinals were able to overtake the Atlanta Braves and make the playoffs. This momentum carried over to the playoffs, and the Cardinals have already taken out the team with the best record in the majors–and the NL favorite to make
the World Series–the Philadelphia Phillies.A good argument can be made for the Milwaukee
Brewers as well. They’ve been one of the best and most exciting teams in the MLB this year. With slug-ger first baseman Prince Fielder, NL MVP candidate Ryan Braun and others, the Brewers managed to win the NL Central division and had the second best record in the National League. One of the biggest strengths of the team has been its bullpen. With midseason acquisition Frankie “K-Rod” Rodriguez, along with closer John Axford (who compiled 46 saves), the bullpen has given opposing teams some serious problems.
But the pitching staff and bullpen for St. Louis have been very strong as well. Most notably for the Cardinals, star pitcher Chris Carpenter has been solid for the team down the regular season stretch and in the playoffs. In the biggest game of the Cardinals season, Game 5 against the Phillies, he pitched a complete-game shutout to clinch the series for St. Louis. Guys like Kyle McClellan, veteran Octavio Dotel and closer Fernando Salas have also contributed to the bullpen’s success.
The Cardinals got hot at the right time this season, and their momentum has continued into the playoffs. Going against the Brewers is a big challenge, but now, with home field advantage, the Cardinals look to take a serious advantage in the series and win two of the next three games at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
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Toss up: Who will win the League Championship Series?
The UConn golf team was back in action again after winning its first tournament of the year. This week, the Huskies competed in the Connecticut Cup at Ellington Ridge Country Club in Ellington, Conn., where they finished third. This was UConn’s first and only home tournament of the season. It was also the second of two tournaments the Huskies have played in Connecticut.
Last week, UConn captured its first title of the year in the Hartford Hawks Invitational. After Monday’s round, UConn
was tied for third place in the team competition. Senior Jeb Buchanan was tied for fifth over-all after two rounds. Sacred Heart University held the team lead over Rhode Island, leaving UConn 11 strokes back and in third place.
In final-round action, Buchanan finished fourth over-all, which helped UConn take home the third-place finish with a team total of +20. Junior Brian Hughes also finished in the top 10 individually, as he finished in a tie for 10th. This was UConn’s fourth top-10 finish of the sea-son, as well as the team’s second top-five finish of the year.
Other Huskies in action were freshmen Chris Wiatr, who finished tied for 22nd, senior
Matthew Dziubina, who fin-ished tied for 29th and senior Adam Vaccari, who finished tied for 33rd.
Sacred Heart ultimately cap-tured the Connecticut Cup title with a final score of +18, followed by Rhode Island, who posted a final-round score of +19. Houston Baptist and the University of Hartford rounded out the top five.
The Huskies will hit the links again when they compete in the Classic at Shelter Harbor, which is hosted by Rhode Island. The tournament will take place Friday, Oct. 15, and Saturday, Oct. 16.
Golf takes third at Conn. CupBy Tyler MorrisseyCampus Correspondent
HOUSTON (AP)—Ah, Arizona. Just the place for the Super Bowl to thaw out after a frosty foray into the New York/New Jersey area.
The Super Bowl is head-ing back to the desert in 2015, one year after it will be at the mercy of winter weather in the Meadowlands. The Phoenix area was awarded the 49th Super Bowl by NFL owners Tuesday, beating the only other candidate—Tampa, Fla.
It will be the third time the Phoenix area has hosted the game, which will be played in Glendale.
“We are thrilled to be back in Arizona,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said. “I will say it was a difficult choice.”
Phoenix won on the second ballot, prompting screams of joy from the Arizona committee.
“Everyone pulled together throughout the Phoenix area to put together a terrific pack-age we were able to present to the owners,” Arizona Cardinals President Michael Bidwill said. “We are delighted.”
It’s difficult to be critical of the choice weather-wise: average temperature in early February in Glendale is about 60 degrees. In East Rutherford, N.J., where the first outdoor Super Bowl in a cold-weather climate will be played in 2014, the average is a slightly chillier 31 degrees.
The NFL also set Feb. 2,
2014, as the date of the Super Bowl in New Jersey; that date will not conflict with the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
“It’s historically warmer on Feb. 2,” Giants owner John Mara said with a smile. He didn’t mention the possibility of snow, freezing rain, blustery winds and all the accompany-ing elements.
That will not be a factor in Arizona. The NFL has seemed eager to return to the Valley of the Sun since the Giants’ upset of the then-unbeaten Patriots on Feb. 3, 2008 at University of Phoenix Stadium.
Tempe, Ariz., was the 1996 host, with Dallas defeating Pittsburgh 27-17.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP)—Tim Tebow didn’t win the Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback job as much as Kyle Orton lost it.
Either way, Tebow has ditched his cap and clipboard and is now the starring attrac-tion in Denver.
Coach John Fox made the switch official Tuesday, announcing Tebow will start against the Miami Dolphins when the Broncos return from their bye week.
He supplants Orton, who has struggled ever since win-ning the job with a spectacular training camp.
“Well, I think 1-4 has a lot to do with it,” Fox said. “We haven’t gotten it done as a football team. It’s not one guy. It’s not all Kyle Orton’s fault. But we do have to make adjust-ments, we have to change and we have to do something to win football games.”
Orton didn’t carry over his sensational summer into the regular season, turning the ball over nine times and losing the organization’s confidence and a string of winnable games as the Broncos stumbled to another bad start.
Fox had seen enough by half-time Sunday when he benched Orton and sent in Tebow. After a slow start, the former Florida star sparked a listless offense to within a last-gasp pass of com-ing back against San Diego.
As the Broncos trudged off the field, the stadium shook with a thunderous roar of “Tebow! Tebow! Tebow!”
Fox appreciates their pas-sion but said the fans, who have been calling for Tebow ever louder by the week, had nothing to do with this move.
“It’s not so much fan outcry as we’re in a result-oriented business, and we’re 1-4,” Fox said. “It’s not one guy. We’ll see if this helps.”
Tebow had his troubles—rust, three fumbled snaps and six misfires in 10 pass attempts—but he ran for a touchdown and threw for another while energizing the Broncos and fans frustrated by a franchise mired in medi-ocrity since its last winning season in 2005.
After thinking things over for a day and watching the game film, Fox decided to go all-in with Tebow.
It’s time to see what he has in the popular and polarizing 24-year-old lefty, one of the most accomplished players in the his-tory of college football but one whose skill set doesn’t fit the mold of a prototypical pro passer.
Fox informed Orton and Tebow of his decision private-ly before telling the team at their 8 a.m. meeting Tuesday.
“He’s the coach. He makes the decisions,” Orton said. “I’m the player, and I live with it.”
Tim Tebow now the Broncos’ starter» NFL
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow reacts after scoring a touchdown against the San Diego Chargers in the fourth quarter during an NFL football game, Sunday, in Denver.AP
you know, we’re playing a little sloppy but then we clean it up again, and I think the most important thing is they adjusted. They adjusted and we started blocking a lot of balls and started serving a lot tougher from the service line.”
Mattison Quayle exploded
for a huge night, coming up with 21 kills and nine digs. Strauss-O’Brien was thrilled with the effort.
“Matti’s improving day in and day out for us, which is huge.” Strauss-O’Brien said. “And she’s a junior, so we’re definitely excited for her. She’s definitely doing her job and carrying her weight
for us.”With the win, UConn
improves to 10-10 on the sea-son, but the team is still search-ing for its first Big East win of the year. The Huskies will get their next chance against St. John’s on Saturday night at Gampel Pavilion.
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While hundreds of protestors occupied Wall Street this past weekend, more than 4000 wheels populated another prominent strip in the city, making their way down Broadway. These weren’t the wheels on the bus, or the taxis or the cars, and they weren’t headed for the theater. These were longboards.
Over 1,000 longboarders ranging from age 9 to 60 added to the hustle and bustle of Manhattan, skating through traffic, 100,000 pedestrians and, of course, possibly the biggest obstacle of all, New York’s finest.
Last October, the event saw just about 550 skat-ers. The amount doubled in only a year, showing the rapid growth of the sport. In its start in 2002, the race saw merely 14 skaters. Founder Ian Nichols began the race in Central Park, but after that first year he decided that he wanted more of a thrill. So, emerging into the vehicular traffic, he headed to the famous avenue. Fellow skaters followed him without hesitation or fear, and from there, numbers increased to 80, 150 and to the 1000-plus today.
“The experience isn’t just about going down Broadway with a mass of others that have some-thing in common,” said Ruslan Hsia, a UConn senior who made the trip to Manhattan. “It shows the profound movement longboarders are taking. There is a certain unity we all hold to almost ‘own’ the street, knowing we’re all in it together.”
Of course, mass transit is already a staple of the city, but this weekend, to the surprise of many residents, New York added an alternative form of movement. The unpredictable, erratic move-ments of New York City traffic meant this “illegal” event was no longer just a stroll in the park. It’s dangerous. The slogan reads, “You could die.” But it didn’t stop anyone from “bombing” down Broadway. The event is not sanctioned and there is no insurance, so riders must be completely aware of their surroundings and speed.
The fastest longboarders completed the race in 30 minutes, which meant they had to find the pace of traffic in order to pass smoothly through 150 traffic lights. It’s about finding that little gap, that tiny area of concrete between the sewage grate and an open taxi door. Coming so close to crashing, but squeez-ing by, is all part of the ride, and sometimes, you don’t make it out unscathed.
New York skaters are scattered throughout the boroughs, finding their concrete haven on bridges, sidewalks or parks. But this event brought them all together to push and progress as a whole, starting at 116th street.
The concept behind this “push culture” is based on the city’s flatness. With no hills for momen-tum, skaters must constantly push through the flow of traffic, and in doing so, ride on the wave-length of Manhattan, absorbing and embody-ing the city’s hectic, fast and crowded character. There are no brakes but the soles of your shoes, no horns to beep and no right of way to help. You have solely the trust in rubber on concrete, and 999 oth-ers rolling beside you.
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MeetTBA
Nov. 12 NCAA
NortheastTBA
Nov. 26Rutgers
TBA
Oct. 18West
Virginia7 p.m.
Nov. 21NCAA
Champs.TBA
Oct. 15 South Florida
3:30 p.m.
Oct. 22Georgetown7:30 p.m.
Oct. 16West
Virginia1 p.m.
Oct. 22Providence
1 p.m.
Oct. 28, 29, 30 Connecticut Championships
All Day
Oct. 18Quinnipiac2 p.m.
Oct. 26Pittsburgh8 p.m.
Nov. 5Syracuse
TBA
Nov. 19Louisville
TBA
TodayProvidence7:30 p.m.
Oct. 26Marquette7:30 p.m.
Oct. 19 Boston U.7 p.m.
Oct. 23 Syracuse12 p.m.
Oct. 28 Rutgers3 p.m.
Oct. 30 Princeton2 p.m.
Oct. 29Notre Dame
2 p.m.
TodayBryant2 p.m.
Oct. 28, 29, 30Conn. Championships
All Day
Nov. 19 IC4A
Champs.TBA
Oct. 30DePaul2 p.m.
Pro SideTHE Storrs SideTHE Freshmen in spotlight on First
Night at Gampel Pavilion
With First Night just two days away, it’s time to take a look at those about to make their debut in UConn uniforms.
Andre DrummondAs the final recruit to commit to
UConn for this season, Drummond seemed to confirm to all in late August that, indeed, the best is saved for last. At 6-foot-11, the No. 1 recruit for the class of 2011 will team up with Alex Oriahki to dominate the paint at Gampel.
DeAndre DanielsAfter spurning offers from
Kansas and Kentucky, Daniels brings a load of offensive ability to Storrs. With a smooth shot and tremendous type speed, the Los Angeles native will be equally happy to rain threes in your face or snatch a rebound out of your hands to get out in transition.
Ryan BoatrightDon’t blink, or you may just
miss the Huskies’ newest 6-foot-0 point guard sprinting in for another layup. This season, Boatright plans to showcase his uncanny handle of the ball and lightning-like quickness.
Kaleena Mosqueda-LewisMosqueda-Lewis, last year’s
No. 1 women’s basksetball recruit, now will don No. 23, as she hopes to replicate the success of its last owner, Maya Moore. The scary thing is that she has a shot to do it. The 2010 High School Player of the Year lost just seven times in four years while setting records, piling up points and destroying opponents.
Brianna BanksStanding at 5-foot-9, last year’s
Miss Basketball in the state of Georgia led all players in the McDonald’s All-American game with 17 points. Banks boasts ter-rific defensive intensity to com-plement her offensive prowess, something that will help her work into Geno Auriemma’s rotations.
Kiah StokesThe lengthy and talented Stokes
comes to Connecticut after receiv-ing offers from Tennessee, Rutgers and Maryland. The 6-foot-3 Iowa native possesses a good passing touch out of the post and great mobility for a forward/center. She adds quality depth to a deeper women’s squad this season.
By Andrew CallahanStaff Writer
Commissioner Stern cancels first two weeks of NBA season
Fans of the NBA may be wait-ing for awhile before they see pro-fessional basketball start again this winter. On Monday, league com-missioner David Stern announced his cancellation of the first two weeks of the 2011-12 regular sea-son, just the second time bargain-ing disputes have led to missed regular season games. NBA own-ers have locked out their teams for over 100 days at this point, and according to Stern, the two sides seem no closer to reaching an agreement. Players insist that the owners’ inflexibility is a deliber-ate attempt to avoid paying their players. However, the business aspect of future revenue distribu-tion, called “Basketball Related Income” (BRI), is also creating a rift between the owners and the players union. Here is a look at the main points of contention.
Luxury TaxTeam owners are pushing for
a luxury-tax system that harshly punishes teams that spend over the tax threshold. The old system was similar to the MLB luxury tax scheme, and is generally inef-
fective in keeping wealthy, major-market teams from spending their way to the top. The owners want to institute a tax of $2 for every dollar spent above the limit, $3 if a team goes over it three times in five years, and $4 for every $1 if a team overspends five years in a row. The players union has insist-ed this is tantamount to a hard sal-ary cap, while owners view it as a way to keep parity in the league.
Free agencyOwners also pushed for limits
on free agent contracts. Players who re-sign with their current teams would be limited to four-year deals, and free agents signing with new teams could sign a three-year maximum deal. The players union wants to lengthen the limit to five and four years respectively.
Revenue SharingUnder the old agreement,
players received a 57 percent share of the BRI. They are hold-ing out for 53 percent for a new contract, while the owners reportedly want to give them just 47 percent. The BRI split remains the major point of con-tention between the two sides.
By Jimmy OnofrioStaff Writer
By Danielle EnnisAction Sports Columnist
The UConn volleyball team won a tightly contested match with Fordham on Tuesday night, pulling out a 3-1 victory.
The Huskies jumped out to a big lead in the first set, playing aggressively and grabbing a 9-5 advantage in the early going. But the Rams quickly battled back to tie the score at 11, and from then on the set was back-and-forth, with Fordham eventually taking two straight points at the end of the set to win 25-23.
The second set continued the same way the first one ended. The teams traded points for much of the time, with neither team gain-ing much of an edge in the early going. With the score at 17-16, the Huskies rattled off six straight points to take a 23-16 lead and put the set out of reach, eventually winning 25-19.
The third set was a different story, as the Huskies took an early 7-6 lead that they never relinquished. Although the Rams did mount a comeback and close to within three points at 17-14, UConn managed to pull away again and secure the set 25-18.
Fordham took an early 7-4 lead in the fourth set and looked poised to send the match to a deciding fifth set. But the Huskies came storm-ing back after falling behind, grabbing an 18-13 lead, and went on to win 25-20.
After the game, coach Holly Strauss-O’Brien was frustrated with some of her team’s play, but also glad to have pulled out a win.
“Winning is awesome, always. When we eliminated our unforced errors we took care of business,” Strauss-O’Brien said, “At times,
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BC poking a sleeping bear
The Boston Globe reported this week that the ACC want-ed UConn before Pittsburgh, but Boston College–who else?–blocked the Huskies’ access. BC is still angry with us for our reaction after the Eagles bolted for the ACC in 2005. Gene DeFilippo, ath-letic director at BC, said, “We didn’t want them in. It was a matter of turf. We wanted to be the New England team.”
BC to UConn is like Canada to the United States. They’re better than us at hockey, and that’s it. My advice to you, Mr. DeFilippo; if this is about turf, maybe your football team should start playing bet-ter on the artificial surface at Alumni Stadium.
Husky fans are upset about our 2-4 start in football. At least we’re not BC. The Eagles are 1-5 with their only win over FCS UMass. One of their five losses this season is to Duke. Yes, I’m still talking about football, not basketball.
Boston College wanted to stay the only New England school in the ACC. But just because the Eagles are in the ACC, doesn’t mean they own this region. We do.
UConn was the first foot-ball team from the region to make the BCS last season. The Huskies are also the first New England school to win national championships in men and women’s basketball. The UConn baseball program became the first New England team to make a super regional this past spring. The UConn men’s soccer team is the only New England program to win a national championship.
Boston College has never made a Final Four. While
Flyers will take home the Cup this JuneIt’s that time of year again.
The time when the leaves start changing, the weather chills down (everywhere but Storrs, of course) and the puck hits the ice for the opening of the NHL season.
With the current lockout in the NBA, many more eyes will likely be looking toward the NHL for their fall sports fill. So with that in mind, here are some of the top teams in the league and predictions on who will come out on top in each division and why.Atlantic – Philadelphia Flyers
Last season, the Flyers fin-ished atop the Atlantic Division and were just one point behind Washington for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Despite a hectic offseason, the Fly Guys look poised to make another run at the division crown. Easily the most important pickup for Philly over the summer was snagging goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, the former Coyote. The Flyers’ big weakness a year ago was inconsistent play between the pipes, and Bryzgalov, who carried Phoenix into the play-offs on the strength of his .921 save percentage and a 2.48 GAA, will make Philadelphia extremely difficult to play against this season.
Northeast – Buffalo SabresPerhaps the toughest feat in all
of sports is to repeat as Stanley Cup Champions. No team has pulled it off since the Red Wings in the mid-90s, and that fact is likely to remain true this season. The Bruins played an extra 25 games in the playoffs last season, which is almost one-third of the length of a normal NHL schedule. Those extra games take a physical toll on players’ bodies that can resonate for a while, so a slow start from the Bruins is fairly likely, and could prevent them from winning the division. Therefore, look for the Sabres to capitalize on a tired Bruins team – and for goaltender Ryan Miller to step up big in the early going – and jump out to a lead in the Northeast that they won’t relinquish.Southeast – Washington Capitals
Like every year in recent memory, the Capitals have to be the favorite to win the Southeast Division. A team stacked with Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom and Mike Green is an absolute bear to play against, especially if Tomas Vokoun is playing well between the pipes. While they still may not fare well in the playoffs, the Capitals are always a strong threat during the regular season.
Central – Nashville PredatorsThis one may be a bit of a
stretch, but it’s certainly plausible. The Red Wings have won the Central nine of the last 10 seasons and stand a good chance of extend-ing that dominance this season. But their star veterans continue to age, and Nashville has become a new contender in the division. Led by some young, talented players such as Shea Weber, Ryan Suter and Pekka Rinne in net, look for the Predators to expand on their playoff success from last season and win the division for the first time in team history.Northwest – Vancouver Canucks
The Stanley Cup hangover has not meant much over the past few years, as two of the last three Stanley Cup Final losers won their division the next season – with the only exception being the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2009-2010 season, and they finished just two points out of first place that year and went on to win the Stanley Cup. With the talent the Canucks have on their roster, they should be able to con-tinue that trend, so long as Roberto Luongo decides to start stopping the puck again.
Pacific – Los Angeles KingsThe Sharks are getting old.
Dallas seems to have gotten com-fortable with mediocrity. Phoenix
no longer has the goaltender that willed them to the playoffs. And while all three of those teams will likely put up a strong fight during the season, this division should come down to the Ducks and the Kings, two teams loaded with younger talent. Anaheim’s Bobby Ryan and LA’s Anze Kopitar are just two of the several players that have gained attention in the last few years, but Jonathan Quick gives the Kings the edge over the Ducks in the goaltending depart-ment and should be the difference
between the two teams.Stanley Cup Final PredictionCould this be the year that
Washington finally breaks through and makes it to the finals? No. Will the Bruins make it back to defend the Cup? No. Will the Canucks avenge being swept by Boston last season? No.
My prediction is for a Philadelphia-Chicago final, with Philly raising Lord Stanley’s Cup come June.
Flyers’ Claude Giroux, second from left, is congratulated by teammates after scoring in the first period against the Devils at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Saturday.
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HUSKIES STRONGER THAN RAMS
Junior libero Kelsey Maving digs the ball during UConn’s 3-1 win over Fordham at home in Gampel Pavilion in Storrs on Tuesday.
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UConn takes care of Fordham at home, 3-1, to get to 10-10 on the year
The UConn men’s soccer team returns home today for a match-up against Providence College. The Huskies are coming off a 110 minute battle in South Bend Saturday en route to a 0-0 tie with Notre Dame (5-2-4, 1-1-1).
In their fifth top-15 match-up of the season, the Huskies (11-0-1, 2-0-1 Big East) were out shut for only the second time all year. The Huskies’ attack was not silent, however, with senior captain Tony Cascio, who is currently up for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award, leading the drive with four shots on the day. When 90 minutes was not enough for either team, UConn kept the pressure in both overtimes
with Cascio, Nickardo Blake and Mamadou Doudou Diouf all cre-ating opportunities, but Irish goalie Jhojan Obando’s four saves on the day preserved Notre Dame’s clean sheet.
“We find it every year that they’re one of the best teams we see every year,” said assistant coach John Deeley. “Especially seeing them at their place is no easy game. They prob-ably created more chances than us but overall I think it was a pretty even game. We’re pleased with the results.”
Despite showing a few signs of weakness, the Huskies are still undefeated and have set a new UConn record by going nine
straight games and 888 consecutive min-utes without allowing a goal, making them two games away from the NCAA record. Regardless, the team is staying focused on what matters the most.
“It’s something that maybe people have been talking about a
little more,” Deeley said. “ But obviously we’re just thinking about the winds and the undefeat-ed streak more. They’re a good group of guys and they’re just taking it one game at a time.”
Blake, who just earned Big East Goalkeeper of the Week honors for the second straight week, was essential to keeping UConn in the game Saturday
with his season-high nine saves, including two from within the box in the 36th minute. Blake was also just named Big East Rookie of the Week Tuesday.
Blake and the rest of the Huskies will face a Friars team tonight whose six wins are tied for the third most in the Big East. Providence’s staunch defense already has five shutouts under its belt.
On the offensive side of the ball the Friars have been enjoy-ing a young and balanced attack so far this season with freshman Marcos Ugarte and sophomore Wilder Arboleda leading the way with three goals each. Regardless, the Huskies are excited to return to action in Storrs, where they have not lost since 2009.
“We’ve been in a lot of tough
games and tough road games, and not that Providence isn’t going to be a tough game, but I think everybody’s just looking forward to being back home on our own field,” said Deeley. “It’s good to be home.”
After a 6-2-0 start to the sea-son, Providence (6-4-1, 1-1-1) is winless in their last three matches. The Friars are most recently coming off a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Marquette, which put the Golden Eagles (5-5-2, 3-0-0) atop the Big East Blue Division standings, a spot ahead of UConn.
UConn’s match-up with Providence starts tonight at 4:30 p.m. at home at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium.
By Mike CorasanitiCampus Correspondent
UConn hosts Providence after first blemish
Colin McDonough By Matt StypulkoskiStaff Writer
There are more than a few teams that need fixing. After five weeks of NFL play, here are two fran-chises that need drastic change to avoid an embarrassing season.
New York JetsMiddle age crises are always
ugly. Rex Ryan must be having a big one in New York. The Jets have been awful this season, and even at 2-3, it’s obvious that the team is on a major downturn. The loss to the Patriots Sunday was another illustration of the kind of poor coaching that happens when you go beyond what your players can accomplish. The late Raiders owner Al Davis used to say, “don’t believe in the plays, believe in the players.”
Rex Ryan stopped believing in his players this season. Last year, and the year before, the Jets were a strong, hard- nosed defensive foot-ball team. They focused on the run-ning attack and let Mark Sanchez pass on around 40 percent of plays. The “Sanchize” was never just a game-manager but he neither is nor will ever be Tom Brady. The aerial attack that has become so popu-lar in today’s NFL can’t work in New York. Crowds want to see the explosive long completions, but Sanchez doesn’t have the accuracy to provide them. He knows it, too. Even with Plaxico Burress and Santonio Holmes lining up wide and getting deep, his two leading receivers are Dustin Keller and LaDainlian Tomlinson.
Dire times in New York, Philly
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MEN’S SOCCER
vs. Providence4 p.m.
Joseph J. Morrone Stadium