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BALLISTIC FOR CHILDISH GAMBINO
The town of Mansfield makes plans for the Nov. election.
Tsantiris achieves histor-ic milestone with 500th win.
The personal essay option should be a part of the commonapplication.
INSIDE NEWS: MANSFIELD PREPARES FOR ELECTION SEASON
SUBOG brings rapper for Fall Concert.
THE FORTUNE 500
Aetna announces annual writing prize winners
Volunteers encourage voter registration
Students shouldn’t expect luxu-ry housing when opting for dorm life. However, on the Storrs cam-pus, the growing trend is for stu-dents to select living arrangements based on convenience to classes and the center of campus.
Many students base their hous-ing on location alone. At UConn, there are 18 options of living arrangements, including on-cam-pus apartments. Some of the dorms are limited to certain students. Husky Village is usually reserved for Greek life while Buckley is only for Honors students. The rest of the living arrangements are open to all students.
According to the Residential Life website, the goal of student housing is to provide quality facili-ties to all students.
Faris Jadadić, a 5th-semester computer science and engineering double major who used to live in North Campus, said, “I lived there for a week and switched out to McMahon. It was horrible there since I was away from people, civilization, and the building was really old. I had to wake up a half hour earlier in order to make it on time to classes.”
Jadadić said, “Success does not come overnight and by switch-ing housing to somewhere more convenient, it allowed me to sleep more, which gave my brain the ability to focus more on my work.”
John Conway a 5th-semester political science major in the Honors Program, said living con-ditions in Buckley were fair but
that he had no choice to live there his freshmen year. “I loved the dining hall being very close by, even if it wasn’t the best food in the world. The downside it was far from classes on the outskirts of campus. It’s no Towers, but we just like to complain.”
Conway now resides at Connecticut Commons with many other Honors students.
“The rooms here are nice and are close to everything and the ther-
mostat in the wintertime rocks,” Conway said. “The downside is cleaning the bathroom, especially with other guys.”
The only other odd issue Conway ran into was a bug infes-tation. However, after a quick call to the front desk services they took care of the problem immediately.
Sabine Merville, a 5th-semester nutritional science major who also lives in Connecticut Commons, says she lived in Garrigus Suites for two weeks but found that the location was very inconvenient.
“I did not enjoy the walk up the long hill,” Merville said, “But I had a room change to Connecticut Commons and the room is very large and a lot closer to my class-es.”
Students also have the option of living in the Nathan Hale Inn, which typically costs $209 a night. However, students who choose to live at the hotel or get placed there due to limited housing have to shell out over $8,000 a semester.
Katherine Thomas, 5th-semes-ter biology major, said she chose to live at the Nathan Hale after originally being placed in Busby. Thomas said she disliked the long walk and wanted a space to her-self.
“I wanted my own room and now I have a bathroom to myself as well. Maid service is a plus,” Thomas said.
Last year, Thomas said she lived in Towers and did not enjoy the long walks to all her classes and being away from the center of campus.
By Loumarie RodriguezSenior Staff Writer
Staff, faculty, students and their families gathered in Konover Auditorium Thursday night for the 23rd Annual Aetna Writing Prize Program.
The night started with the presentation of the Kathleen Gibson McPeek Scholarship, the winner of which was Daniel S. Allie, a 5th-semester English major.
Allie’s essay was “‘What does not Change’: Charles Olson’s ‘Projective Verse’ and ‘The Kingfishers.’” Allie read a selection from his essay at the ceremony.
Before the ceremony Allie said that Olson’s entire work is in the archives at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, and he did research for his paper at UConn.
The awards at the Aetna Writing Prize Program includ-ed: the Kathleen Gibson McPeek Scholarship, the Aetna Freshmen English Writing Awards, the Aetna Writing in the Discipline Awards, the Aetna Fellows and the Presentation of Connecticut Writing Project Teacher-Consultant Writing Awards and the Aetna Graduate Essay Awards.
The Connecticut Writing Project Awards are in prose fic-tion, prose nonfiction and poet-ry. These awards are for writing by teacher consultants of the Connecticut Writing Project.
“These are K-12 teachers,
community college professors and graduate students who have completed a Summer Institute with the CWP,” said Jason Courtmanche, Director of the Connecticut Writing Project.
Jane Cook won two of the Connecticut Writing Project’s awards for both prose fiction and the prose nonfiction. Her prose fiction piece was entitled “Not on Schedule,” and her prose nonfiction was entitled “Top Ten Reasons For Not Writing,” which Cook read from.
Cook works part-time as a literary coach at Windham Middle School. She was encouraged by those in her writing group to submit her work.
She was thrilled to have her writing win awards.
There were 19 awards and honorable mentions given out in total, with 10 first place awards, one second place award, one third place award and seven honorable mentions. All first place winners read excerpts of their pieces.
After all the awards were presented, Martha Cutter, pro-fessor of English and African American Studies at UConn, got up to speak as the key-note speaker. Her piece was entitled “Writing for your Life: Or, How a Dirty, Stinking, Smoking Jew Finally Came Out.”
Cutter’s speech started with what she did not want to be – boring. Instead she shared
a story about why writing has been important in her life, a story that she warned was a little risqué.
Cutter’s speech was funny and entertaining from the start, with an anecdote about her poodle. Then she spoke about how writing can help indi-viduals control their lives and help them get through differ-ent situations. She also said that people must learn how to write for their lives.
Cutter spoke about moving to Massachusetts in the sev-enth grade, being the odd man out for a number of reasons.
She delivered this story with humor and grace, even when speaking about being bullied in middle school.
Cutter talked about how she had to write for her English class. Her teacher made the class keep a journal, and that was how she shared with her teacher that she was being bul-lied. Her teacher encouraged her to talk to other authority figures in her life, and told her that she needed an interven-tion.
Cutter created her own inter-vention, and told her bully to leave her alone. She went on
to say that she did eventually fit in.
Her point was that “writing is for your life.” She encour-aged the audience to write, not just through high school or college, but all through life.
The Aetna Writing Prize Program is presented by the English Department and the Connecticut Writing Program with support from the Aetna Foundation, Inc. and the Department of Higher Education of the State of Connecticut.
Rebecca D’Angelo, co-winner of the Aetna Writing in the Disciplines Award for her essay titled “Of Choice and Necessity: Perception of Agency Amongst Late 18th and early 19th Century Seamen in Maritime History,” speaks at the Aetna Writing Prize Program award ceremony.
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By Brittany M. BousquetCampus Correspondent
“Success does not come over-night and by switching hous-ing to somewhere more convenient, it allowed me to sleep more, which gave my brain the ability to focus more on my work.”
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With the election a little over a week away, volunteers have been busy across uni-versity campuses to register eligible voters.
Attempts to make voter registration easier and more accessible have led to a push in universities across the country to create new initiatives and programs aimed at increasing voter registration.
According to The New York Times, “Dozens of colleges have begun their own voting registration drives in orienta-tion programs, class registra-tion, intranet Web sites and other interactions crucial to campus life, institutionalizing services that had often been left to outside efforts. As a result, thousands of students registered to vote, updated their addresses or requested absentee ballots from their home states within days of arriving this fall.”
UConn has also spearhead-ed efforts to register students through easily accessible voter registration programs. UConn Votes is one such initiative at UConn aimed at increasing voter registration through a coalition of student-run orga-nizations working together to increase participation.
Stephen Petkis, the USG president, said, “One of the great programs on campus is UConn Votes, which is a non-partisan coalition between
ConnPIRG, SUBOG and many other student organizations with the sole purpose of regis-tering new voters. I think this year the drive to register new voters on campus has been successful and I know that thousands of applications have been turned in. I also have to credit ConnPirg for all the work they have done in mak-ing sure students are regis-tered through their continued outreach.”
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Interest Research Group (ConnPirg), a student-run political advocacy group, has led efforts in new voter reg-istration drives on campus. Together with other organiza-
By Stephen UnderwoodStaff Writer
Students give feedback on campus residential life
“I don’t believe in the myth of student atrophy. UConn is a high-ly political cam-pus, and students are a reflection of this.”
- Stephen PetkisUSG President
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Malloy says Conn. officials are closely watching stormHARTFORD (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says Connecticut
officials are closely monitoring a hurricane-winter storm mix that is approaching the East Coast.
During an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, Malloy said different weather models show the storm could hit Connecticut’s shore or head into the Atlantic Ocean. He said offi-cials will likely know more on Friday.
Connecticut was hit hard last October by a freak winter storm that knocked down trees and left residents without power for days.
Malloy said he has spoken with Northeast Utilities, the state’s largest utility, about their preparations. NU came under criticism for its handling of last year’s storm. Malloy said he believes everyone is doing what they need to do this early in the process.
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Shark falls from the sky onto Calif. golf course
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) — Nobody yelled “Fore!” at a Southern California golf course when a 2-foot-long shark dropped out of the sky and flopped around on the 12th tee.
The 2-pound leopard shark was apparently plucked from the ocean by a bird then dropped on San Juan Hills Golf Club, Melissa McCormack, director of club operations, said Thursday.
No one was teeing up when the shark fell Monday afternoon, although some golfers had just left the area, she said.
A course marshal, who makes sure players maintain an appropriate pace, saw something moving around on the tee and went to investigate. He found the shark bleeding with puncture wounds, where it seems the bird had held it in its grasp.
The marshal put the shark in his golf cart and drove it back to the clubhouse.
“He went above and beyond,” McCormack said.The marshal, McCormack and employee Bryan Stizer wanted
to help the small shark, so they stuck it in a bucket of water. Then somebody remembered it wasn’t a fresh water animal, so they stirred up some “homemade sea water” using sea salt from the kitchen, she said.
“We knew we had to get it to the ocean as fast as possible,” McCormack said.
She grabbed a photo of the shark before Stizer headed to the sea.
“When Brian put it in the water, it didn’t move,” she said, “but then it flipped and took off.”
It’s the first time anyone could remember a shark falling from the sky at the golf course.
“We have your typical coyotes, skunks and the occasional mountain lion, but nothing like a shark,” McCormack said.
Hartford cop charged in fatal crash due in court
HARTFORD (AP) — A Hartford police officer will be making his first appearance before a state judge after being charged in a fatal cruiser crash.
Officer Taikwon Dudley is scheduled to be arraigned on negligent homicide and other charges Thursday in Hartford Superior Court.
City police say Dudley was on his way to help other officers arrest an armed suspect in July when his cruiser collided with a car driven by 50-year-old Anthony Mansfield of Hartford at the intersection of Albany Avenue and Woodland Street. Mansfield died seven days later from his injuries.
Authorities say Dudley was driving too fast and failed to obey a traffic signal.
Dudley is free on his own recognizance. He declined to comment. A message was left with his lawyer.
Suspect in theft of $1M in watches out on bail
BRIDGEPORT (AP) — A former watchmaker accused of being a key participant in the theft of more than $1 million in watches from the Victorinox Swiss Army Co. has been released from prison on $75,000 bond.
The Connecticut Post reports that Gilberto Nieves posted the bond on Wednesday at Bridgeport Correctional Center.
Prosecutors say the 38-year-old Nieves of Stratford was the cen-tral figure in the thefts. His lawyer says he has no previous felony convictions and is supported by family and friends.
Nieves, who worked for Victorinox for more than 14 years, was arrested last month and charged with first-degree larceny and con-spiracy to commit first-degree larceny.
Police say that from 2010 to 2012, Nieves stole more than 600 watches valued at more than $1 million from the Monroe company.
tions in partnership with the UConn Votes project, as well as with ConnPirg’s New Voters Project, over 3,000 voter reg-istration forms were turned in this fall from UConn students.
Lauren Simon, the New Voters project coordinator for ConnPirg, said, “We headed a campaign to get students registered all across campus. From registering students right in their dorm rooms, setting up tables all over campus and even in dining halls, our initia-tive was to make registration as accessible and easy as pos-sible. A lot of students were excited to register, and I think that some students thought it was a complicated process but
were surprised at how easy it was. We had over 70 student volunteers helping out…While there was high voter turnout four years ago, excitement has been building as the elec-tion draws closer and students seem very enthusiastic.”
While voter registration drives have been in full force, it is still too early to see whether more voters will actually turn up at the polls. Some experts believe that there hasn’t been as much excitement in college students as was seen in 2008, which might negatively affect voter turnout.
“My guess is that students are increasingly politically active on campus. We have seen a lot of excitement and a lot of applications have been handed in,” Petkis said. “I don’t believe in the myth of student atrophy. UConn is a highly politically involved campus, and students are a reflection of this. Voting is the most basic thing that someone can do to help the country and to set the course for the future. Almost every-one has a political comment. However, voting is essential to being a good citizen.”
“It’s great that UConn had people out around campus getting students to register to vote,” said Aaron Carta, a 5th–semester math and physics major. “Not just passing out flyers or encouraging you to register, but actually having all the paperwork there and ready to go. The more people that get to the polls, the better. I probably would’ve missed the deadline if it wasn’t for them.”
The Town of Mansfield is currently preparing for the upcoming November elec-tions.
Several steps are being taken in order to prepare the town for these elections, said Andrea Epling, the Democratic election admin-istrator from Mansfield’s Registrar of Voters.
According to the Mansfield Town Hall website, some of the Registrar of Voters’ responsibilities include han-dling voter registration requests, finding and training poll workers and managing how the voting during elec-tions is run.
Since this year is a presi-dential election, extra effort must be taken to ensure that Mansfield is prepared for the voting process.
For instance, additional poll workers are hired, and two clerks will be available to hand out ballots instead of one, as during normal election years.
One major issue for Mansfield during presidential elections is the influx of vot-ers from the University of Connecticut.
A number of UConn stu-dents are registered to vote in Mansfield rather than in their home towns.
“Being registered to vote here in Mansfield is definite-ly more convenient for me,” Chris Davanzo, a 5th-semes-ter communications major said. “I don’t have to go home or fill out an absentee ballot in order to cast my vote. Now,
I’m able to vote at the polls in Mansfield instead.”
Epling says that the town is prepared for this overflow, with eight lines of checkers dedicated specifically to stu-dents from UConn dormito-ries.
The Mansfield Registrar of Voters works in conjunction with the town clerk’s office in order to make the elec-tions run smoothly, said Mary Stanton, a member of the Mansfield town clerk’s office.
While the Registrar of Voters is tasked with manag-ing the elections, the town clerk’s office handles absen-tee and presidential ballots.
Stanton says that in addition to a large influx of UConn’s student voters, a significant number of absentee ballots are filled for registered voters who have moved overseas.
Despite these poten-tial problems, the Town of Mansfield seems ready for Election Day on Nov. 6.
“For a fairly small town, we have a wide variety of voting issues and situations,” Stanton said. “There are always things that come up on Election Day, but with all the preparation we are ready for almost any-thing.”
“There will be lines, but all of this is for democracy. We should be proud that we have the right to vote,” said Epling.
UConn students registered in Mansfield are consid-ered part of the town’s 1st District, and can vote in the gymnasium of the Mansfield Community Center.
The Department of Career Services and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are collaborating to hold events for students seeking more informa-tion and advice with regards to exploring career options, net-working with employers or pre-paring for an internship or inter-view. On Thursday, an event titled “Acing the Interview” was held to provide students with information on what they should expect or do to prepare for a successful interview.
The seminar began by mak-ing a clear distinction between a résumé and an interview in terms of the job process. The resume is not the key to being hired – the résumé opens the door to an interview, which is the key to becoming employed.
To adequately prepare for an interview, it is crucial to keep in mind that the interview process extends beyond the interview itself. There are requisite mea-sures that must be taken with regards to prepping for the inter-view, conducting oneself prop-erly during the interview and going the extra distance after the interview to demonstrate interest. It is key to remember throughout the completion of these processes that marketing oneself is important, but being personable and not overly pre-tentious to the extent of coming
off as impersonal is a balance that must be maintained. By keeping this balance, the pros-pect of leaving your interviewer with an ambiguous perception is avoided.
Before the interview it is nec-essary to stay calm. The easiest way to stay calm is to not leave the more particular tasks to the last minute. A strong resume should be ready for delivery, appropriate attire should be chosen and a good night’s sleep should be had to show up at the top of one’s game.
During the interview it is key to be polite, respectful and unas-suming. An interviewer will view these qualities as a reflec-tion of high self-confidence, which is a desirable quality to have as a job applicant. It is always in an applicant’s best interest to ask questions and be as interactive as possible to exhibit interest and enthusiasm for the company or organiza-tion’s infrastructure and pro-cesses.
Subsequent to a successful interview, sending a thank you
note is essential. Only about ten percent of job applicants send thank you notes following their interviews, so by doing so, odds are that this will help in terms of distinguishing a specific appli-cant from the many applicants.
Considering the difficulty of the job market, master-ing the intricate pieces of the employment process that seem inessential might just be the little thing that make the difference.
Seminar gives tips on acing job interviews
Allie LaVista, a 7th-semester business management and psychology double major, speaks at the career services interview workshop.JON KULAKOFSKY/The Daily Campus
By Zachary KaploveCampus Correspondent
Mansfield prepares for election season
By Stephen SkudlarekCampus Correspondent
Students strive to get voters registered
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“While there was a high voter turnout four years ago, excitement has been building as the election draws closer and students seem very enthusias-tic.”
- Lauren SimonCoordinator for the New Voters project
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CINCINNATI (AP) — President Barack Obama, seek-ing to shore up support among women, intensified his pressure Thursday on Mitt Romney to break any ties with a Republican Senate candidate who said that if a woman becomes pregnant from rape it is “something God intended.” Romney ignored the emotional social issue, holding to an optimistic campaign tone as he fought for victory in crucial Ohio.
Obama, wrapping up a 40-hour battleground state blitz, also head-ed to his hometown of Chicago and cast his ballot 12 days before Election Day. The stopover was more than a photo opportunity — it was a high-profile attempt to boost turnout in early voting, a centerpiece of Obama’s strategy.
The 2012 presidential contest was expected to cross the $2 bil-lion fundraising mark Thursday, putting the election on track to be the costliest in history. It’s being fueled by a campaign finance sys-tem vastly altered by the prolif-eration of “super” political action committees that are bankrolling TV ads in closely contested states.
Back on the campaign trail, the president made repeated, though indirect, references to Indiana Republican Richard Mourdock’s controversial comment on rape and pregnancy.
“We’ve seen again this week, I don’t think any male politicians should be making health care deci-sions for women,” Obama told a crowd of about 15,000 on an unseasonably warm fall day in Richmond, Va. The president’s aides pressed further, using a web video to highlight Romney’s endorsement of Mourdock and to accuse the GOP nominee of kowtowing to his party’s extreme elements.
Romney, who appears in a tele-vision advertisement declaring his support for Mourdock, brushed aside questions on the matter from reporters throughout the day. He centered his efforts instead on turning his campaign’s claims of momentum into a more practical — and ultimately necessary — roadmap to winning the required 270 Electoral College votes. Ohio is crucial to that effort.
“This election is not about me,” Romney told a 3,000-person crowd at a southern Ohio manu-facturing company. “It’s not about the Republican Party. It’s about America. And it’s about your fam-ily.”
Romney has disavowed Mourdock’s comments, but his campaign says he continues to support the Indiana Republican’s Senate candidacy.
Less than two weeks from Election Day, both candidates feverishly campaigned across the country in an exceedingly close race.
Opinion polls show Obama and Romney tied nationally. A new Associated Press-GfK poll of likely voters had Romney up 47 percent to 45 percent, a result
within the poll’s margin of sam-pling error. But the race will really be decided by nine or so competi-tive states: Ohio, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nevada and Colorado.
The urgent task for both cam-paigns is to cobble together wins in enough states to cross the 270 threshold.
Obama advisers have identi-fied at least three viable options. Winning Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin would put him over the top, as would winning Ohio, Iowa and Nevada. A five-state combina-tion of Iowa, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Nevada and Colorado would also seal the deal for the president’s re-election.
Romney’s team has yet to pub-licly outline any specific pathways to 270. Without a win in Ohio, however, the Republican nominee would have to sweep every other competitive state.
That reality was the motiva-tion behind Romney’s daylong swing through three Ohio cities Thursday. Obama was to finish his day in Ohio, too, the final stop
on his marathon, two-day drive for votes.
An upbeat Romney proclaimed his campaign had the momentum heading into Election Day. But there were signs in Ohio, as well as Virginia, that his surge follow-ing the first debate might have run its course.
In Ohio, internal Republican and Democratic campaign polls this week showed Obama with a lead, just outside the margin of sampling error.
The race in Virginia remains close. Romney has established a slim lead, but the shift toward him seen during the three weeks of debates has slowed or stopped, internal polls from both parties showed.
Romney is hoping to boost his electoral prospects in part by cut-ting into Obama’s long-standing advantage with women. The AP-GfK poll suggested that effort was bearing fruit, with Romney erasing the president’s 16-point advantage among female likely voters.
Obama advisers insist they’ve lost no ground with women.
But their eagerness to high-light Romney’s connections to Mourdock indicated some degree of nervousness within the cam-paign.
Romney’s campaign reached out to female voters Thursday by sending Ann Romney on day-time’s “Rachael Ray” show, where she prepared her meatloaf cakes recipe and took cameras along on a trip to Costco to shop in bulk for family gatherings. Mrs. Romney said that, with 30 mouths to feed, her family always eats buffet-style and that “Mitt is often at the front of the line.”
While the campaigns speed ahead, about 7.2 million peo-ple already have cast early bal-lots, either by mail or in person, according to the United States Elections Project at George Mason University. In all, about 35 percent of the electorate is expected to vote before Election Day. That would be a small increase over 2008.
“I’m told I’ll be the first sit-ting president to take advantage of early voting,” Obama said in an email to supporters, urging them to cast their votes before Nov. 6.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candi-date Linda McMahon tried to assure Connecticut seniors on Thursday that she won’t sup-port any reductions in Social Security and Medicare ben-efits to current retirees and those soon to retire despite the campaign ads they might see on TV.
“I will not support any bud-get or any plan that will reduce benefits,” she said during an hourlong AARP telephone forum, stressing that she’s been consistent for the past three years since she first ran for the U.S. Senate and doesn’t want her words or thoughts “twisted.”
McMahon has been repeat-edly accused by her Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, of supporting propos-als to privatize Medicare and to “sunset” Social Security, essentially allowing the pro-gram to expire. Using footage of the former wrestling execu-tive saying she supported “sunset provisions” for such kinds of legislation at a tea party activist forum, Murphy has tried to portray McMahon as being aligned with conser-vative Republican positions.
Seniors are considered one of the key voting blocks in this tight race. According to AARP Connecticut, there are about 620,000 Social Security and over 571,000 Medicare recipients in the state. AARP has about 600,000 members in Connecticut, and they make up 40 percent of the state’s registered voters, the advocacy group said.
As in last week’s final debate with Murphy, McMahon wouldn’t commit to specific ideas for financially shoring up Social Security or Medicare for future retirees, saying “they really get demonized.” She also didn’t commit to a
specific cut-off age for those soon-to-be-retirees whose ben-efits should not be affected, but she assured a 51-year-old woman from New Hartford that her Social Security ben-efits would be safe.
“I’m not looking to take away your Social Security, so please don’t worry about that,” McMahon told her.
When asked specifically about whether wealthier peo-ple should pay more Social Security tax on more of their income and whether the retire-ment age should be changed, McMahon said everything should be considered by mem-bers of Congress on a bipar-tisan basis and scored by the Congressional Budget Office. However, she assured one man that she opposes a GOP-proposed voucher system for Medicare.
McMahon also took the opportunity to tout her six-point jobs plan, saying that more job growth is ultimately needed to help finance both programs.
Murphy, who is scheduled to participate in the same AARP telephone forum Friday, has criticized McMahon for her lack of specifics on changes she supports for Medicare and Social Security.
Murphy has called for increasing the cap on how much money goes into Social Security by having the wealthiest Americans pay more in Social Security taxes. On Medicare, the 5th Congressional District con-gressman has said the federal government should continue streamlining the system and reward medical outcomes rath-er than the number of proce-dures. If that doesn’t deliver enough savings, he has said there should be means test-ing for Medicare for the very wealthy.
McMahon tells Conn. seniors she’ll
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Coping against climate change
The Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (2007) discovered that New England has been warming by 0.5°F every decade since 1970, with winter temperatures increas-ing at an even faster rate of 1.3°F per decade. Potential effects of this steady rise in temperature include: less winter precipitation as snow and more as rain, more days above 90°F, reduced snow-pack and increased snow den-sity, earlier breakup of ice on water bodies, earlier spring snow melt and rising sea lev-els and temperatures. On the surface, these issues may not seem to pose a big threat, but in reality they can pres-ent huge challenges to life as we know it today. With more rain and snow melt, flood-ing will be a greater danger, and rising sea levels have already begun to threaten homes and businesses along the Connecticut shoreline. So how is Connecticut planning to cope with the threat of cli-mate change?
One important climate miti-gation effort that Connecticut is a part of is the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the nation’s first market-based regulatory program for reducing GHG emissions. Other states that participate in RGGI include Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. The RGGI allows states to sell emission allowances and use the proceeds to invest in innovative energy solutions such as energy efficiency and renewable energy tech-nologies. Participation in the RGGI is very important for Connecticut, as the state has made it an official goal to reduce its GHG emissions to 10 percent below 1990 lev-els by 2020, and 80 percent below 2001 levels by 2050.
Connecticut has also cre-ated two important funds regarding energy: the CT Energy Efficiency Fund (CEEF) and the CT Clean Energy Fund. Both of these programs are funded by a surcharge on electricity bills. In 2008, it was estimated that each dollar spent on CEEF programs resulted in $4 of electrical savings. Major CEEF programs address the issues of lighting, condition-ing, HVAC and improving building codes. The Clean Energy Fund endeavors to switch as much of the state as possible over to renewable energy systems. Already, the Fund has been responsible for installing over 1,150 systems including fuel cells, photo-voltaic cells, biomass, land fill gas, wind and hydro-pow-er systems, culminating in a savings of about 293,600 tons of carbon dioxide over their lifetimes.
These are only a frac-tion of the initiatives that Connecticut has prepared in order to address the threats of climate change. While the creation of these programs is an excellent step forward, it is not enough for programs to simply exist. It is up to us as citizens to make sure that these programs are prioritized – that means giving lots of money and resources – so that they may fulfill their intended purposes. For more informa-tion, visit Connecticut’s offi-cial climate change website, www.climatechange.com.
Blue collar comedy
Ron White, the blue-collar comedian best known for drinking scotch and smoking cigars during his shows, is coming to UConn’s Jorgensen Theater on Friday night as part of his Moral Compass Tour.
After gaining a following from small comedy clubs, White’s major break came when he was asked to join the “Blue Collar Comedy Tour” in 2000. He joined Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy, as they trav-eled the country for three years, performing for sold-out crowds in over 90 cities.
Comedy Central can thank White for its third most-viewed hour-long special in the channel’s history. His show, “You Can’t Fix Stupid,” debuted on Comedy Central to 4.5 million viewers, making it the number one show on primetime for basic cable. “Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie”
was also a wide success, and remains one of the most-watched specials on Comedy Central.
White’s comedy CD’s have earned him two Grammy nomina-tions over the years, while “You Can’t Fix Stupid” and “Behavioral Problems” peaked at number one on the Billboard Comedy charts. But White’s accolades don’t end there. After mastering live shows, movies and records, he wrote his first book, titled “Ron ‘Tater Salad’ White: I Had the Right to Remain Silent… But I Didn’t Have the Ability.” The book rose to The New York Times Best Sellers List, proving he can cover all the media bases.
White is a master storyteller of his everyday experiences, and using his comedy he shares stories from his childhood growing up in Texas through the encounters he has had on his multimillion-dollar tours.
Student tickets for this adult comedy show begin at $25.
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Comedian Ron White brings his Moral Compass Tour to Jorensen on Friday night.APA Agency
Cummins brings the spoons
A crowd of around 80 students was treated to Dan Cummins for SUBOG’s Thursday night comedy series.
Cummins has been featured on Comedy Central on multiple occasions as well as talk shows like “The Tonight Show” and “Last Comic Standing.” Cummins is currently on tour and will be at Hartford’s Funny Bone for the first four days in November.
Cummins brought a unique style of comedy that encompassed taboo topics, college situations and overly weird scenarios.
“And now I’m sitting on a Ferris wheel, with a hand puppet of a dead squirrel, controlling the hand puppet of a dead chipmunk, and I can go buy a gun right after. That’s America. God bless this country, you guys, ” Cummins said.
Cummins talked about mentally handicapped ghosts and his experience in San Francisco with his girlfriend, highlighted by her trip down an escalator in a train station. He would eventu-ally transition into his hatred for hipsters and the
absurdity of their clothing ensembles.
“Hipsters look like they were forced to reach in a dark thrift store closet and had to wear everything they touched…When was the last time you checked a mir-ror?” Cummins said.
The jokes went to 80s movies and the Folsom street fair. Cummins got some hesitant reactions from the audience as he his material became more stark-ly sexual, but the laughs and interest was consistent throughout. The audience responded very positively when Cummins picked out members showing a lack of enthusiasm.
“I’ve done a lot of shows recently and they went very well, and then I came here and it sucks. I blame you,” Cummins said.
The highlight of the night came when Cummins described a practical joke he performed over a four-
month period when he attended Gonzaga. His dining hall had a tray rack for used dishes similar to South Dining Hall’s. Cummins would throw his silverware around the bend, hitting the employees until his final day when he and his friends threw dozens of spoons. Cummins was chased around the dining hall by the employee he hit, running for his life as fellow students watched the hilarious spectacle.
“One of these days he’s going to find me, and he will be standing over my bed while I’m sleep-ing. I’m hoping he kills me. And the last words I’ll hear will be, ‘here comes the spoons.’ All I’m going to say is, ‘touché,’” Cummins said.
SUBOG hosts about six comedy events a year, spread out incrementally. The event was mostly positive, with the audience voicing strong approv-al at the end of Cummin’s bit.
“It was great. I’ve come to a couple of these, and I thought he definitely brought it,” said Josh Leman, a student in his third semester. “I hadn’t seen him before, but I’m definitely going to check out his stuff later on YouTube.”
Ballistic for Childish Gambino’s energy
A packed Jorgensen audience went ballistic Thursday night when rap-per Childish Gambino stormed the SUBOG Fall Concert stage with a bombastic, personal performance, the setlist stuffed with crowd-pleasing songs both intense and joyful.
Tatiana Mercado, a 7th-semester communications major and the chair of SUBOG’s concert committee, said that the reason Gambino was cho-sen was because “he’s different. He brings a full band, he brings a violin-ist and he has a crazy live show full of energy.”
All of this was evident from the moment Gambino and his band took the stage to the opening harmonies of the first song, “Outside,” off his debut album “Camp.” As a slight piano progression hit a crescendo, the atmosphere in the building height-ened. Suddenly, an explosion of light and sound filled the amphitheater as Gambino tore into the deeply personal song about growing up in poverty.
Otherwise known as “Community” actor and former “30 Rock” writer Donald Glover, the rapper has par-layed a side-interest in rap into a full-blown career with die-hard fans, many of whom were in attendance, some wearing custom shirts with the name of his July mixtape “Royalty.”
Songs from “Royalty” cropped up in the latter-half of Glover’s hour-long set. After “Outside” came “Fire Fly,” a track about his college experiences and what it’s like “to be the one black kid at a Sufjan [Stevens] concert,” followed by his breakthrough single, “Freaks and Geeks.” The crowd erupted as Glover shot off the song’s rapid-fire one-liners, the screen behind him trying to catch up as it displayed the lyrics and accompani-ment from his hard-working band, who switched instruments frequently during the night depending on the song being played. Different songs featured guitar, bass, at times three drummers (one on a full kit, two on solitary drums), keyboard and violin.
Most of the audience cooled when Glover dug into his archives for a four-track medley from his 2010 album “Culdesac,” released when he was first getting attention, but fans who stuck with
him were rewarded with verses from songs like the inspiring “Difference” and 100-m.p.h.-on-the-highway speeder “I Be On That.”
The first climax of the show came when Glover performed his verse from Jamie xx’s remix of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep.” After leading the crowd in a singalong, Glover slayed them with an abrupt “1, 2, 3, swag” before rattling off his lines at breakneck speed, throwing new lyrics into the mix.
The beautiful “All The Shine” and relatively slow ode to New York City life “L.E.S.” were nothing compared to what came next; as “L.E.S.” faded into an extended outro of “All The Shine,” the music hit a peak that immediately plummeted with the massive drop of the Justice-sampling “Heartbeat.”
Next came a swagger-filled “Bonfire,” the lead single from “Camp,” before the band left the stage in favor of a few tracks off “Royalty” including the creep-
ing standout “Unnecessary.” This had the audience screaming louder than ever, but Glover’s next song, a long, detailed free-style with plenty of UConn shoutouts, raised the bar even further, leading to even louder screams.
As the show’s intensity was building to a crescendo, Gambino abruptly let the audience know that the next song would be his last, launching into a furious rendition of “EP” track “Lights Turned On.” However, when the song ended, the lights did indeed turn on; despite numerous cries of “Gambino,” the show was over.
“It was a great show and he had a ton of energy,” said 7th-semester computer sci-ence major David Furnes, “but I was dis-appointed the show only lasted an hour.”
“The show was great; I loved the high energy and I think he’s a very witty lyricist,” said 5th-semester English major Kyle Stacey.
Setting the stage before Glover went
on stage was the opening act, a rapper named XV from Wichita, Kan. Though winning over a Gambino-crazy crowd was difficult, he did so in his 40-minute set. His first song, “The Kick” opened with what seemed like a tossed-off refer-ence to “Inception,” but as its beat built on itself, it became clear it was actually sampled from Hans Zimmer’s “Time” from the film’s soundtrack. Original, funny lines and impressive beats built from Motown songs and “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” prepared the Jorgensen audience for the night that was about to come.
Before Gambino came onstage, repre-sentatives from SUBOG announced their next major event: Kenan Thompson, of “Saturday Night Live” and Nickelodeon fame, is coming to campus Nov. 27 for a comedic lecture; tickets go on sale Nov. 1.
Dan Cummins, a comedian brought by SUBOG, addressed bizare situations and taboo humor in his show at the Student Union Theater.
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SUBOG’s Fall Concert featuring Childish Gambino thrilled audiences at Jorgensen with heartfelt performances and electrifying energy. KEVIN SCHELLER/The Daily Campus
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Tablet market breakdown feature by feature
Everyone saw this coming: in what has been the worst kept secret in the technology world in quite some time, Apple Inc. announced their highly anticipated new tablet computer on Tuesday, the iPad mini. Now that we have confirmation of the iPad mini’s existence and imminent release, we are able to compare and contrast the three major small-sized tablets on the market for those interested in picking one up this holiday season. Besides Apple’s new behemoth, the other major players in this market space are Google’s Nexus 7 tablet and Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD.
The resolution of the iPad mini, touted as bet-ter than the iPad 2’s, comes in at 162 ppi (pixels per inch), far lower than the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD, which stand at 216 ppi.
The iPad mini, however, is both lighter and thinner than either of its competitors. Weighing only .68 lbs and .28 inches thick, Apple’s tablet is both lighter and thinner than the Nexus 7 (.75lbs/.41 inches thick) and the Kindle Fire HD (.87 lbs/.35 inches thick).
Standing at 7.9 inches, the iPad mini’s display is significantly larger than either of the other two tablets, which have a 7-inch display.
While all three tablets have a front - facing camera, the iPad mini is the only one with an “HD” front camera. In addition, the Kindle Fire HD and Nexus 7 have no rear camera, whereas Apple’s tablet packs a powerful 5 mp rear cam-era.
The Nexus 7 has the best processor among the three. It features a quad-core processor, whereas the other two only sport a dual core processor.
Higher-end models of the Kindle Fire HD and iPad mini allow for 4G LTE coverage, whereas no model of the Nexus 7 does.
As far as software is concerned, the iPad mini, like the main iPad, will support over 275,000 apps. While music in your iTunes library can be imported to all three devices, only the iPad mini will sync with downloaded iTunes videos. The Nexus 7 only sports a few thousand Android apps designed especially for tablets; however,
it is running Android, which unlike Apple has an unregulated App marketplace with numerous apps only appearing on Android devices. The Kindle Fire HD, while running a modified ver-sion of Android OS, does not allow access to the Android app store. Rather, a separate app store exists for the platform which is not nearly as robust but which does support basic apps such as Angry Birds, Netflix and Amazon Kindle/Instant Video.
Prices for the iPad mini start at $329 for the 16GB wifi model, the Kindle Fire HD starts $199 for 16GB wifi model and the Nexus 7 fea-tures 8GB and 16GB wifi models, priced at $199 and $249, respectively. (It is noteworthy, howev-er, to mention that it is rumored that Google will drop the price of the 16GB Nexus 7 to $199 and will introduce a 32 GB model for $250 within the next few weeks. This would make the latter model a full $180 cheaper than the 32GB iPad mini, at $429).
In conclusion, the iPad mini is unquestionably the best-designed piece of hardware amongst its competitors, as far as portability is concerned. Its 5mp camera and dedicated iPad app library are unmatched by the competition. However, its higher price point and non-expandable memory (considering its already high price) will be stick-ing points for some, especially those with large iTunes music and video libraries.
For tech savvy computer geeks, the Nexus 7 is the way to go. Android’s open marketplace of unregulated applications and zippy quad core processor make it the choice for tech nerds.
The Kindle Fire HD is ideal for non-tech savvy people mostly interested in using their tablet for e-reading and video streaming (ideally with Amazon Kindle and Amazon Instant Video apps, both of which however are also available on the iPad mini). The Kindle Fire’s $199 price point makes it much more affordable than the $329 iPad mini; however, its modified version of the Android OS that doesn’t allow access to Google’s Android app store will probably keep tech users looking for a more robust experience.
By Alex SferrazzaStaff Writer
Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, introduces the iPad Mini, which is one of the three major table competitors on the present market.
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Old time, good time musiccoming to Jorgensen
Saturday night brings a blast from the past with a modern twist to Jorgensen, as the vocal group Under the Streetlamp will croon their way into Storrs with a unique blend of Doo-Wop, Motown and classic rock songs.
Under the Streetlamp’s four singers, who met while touring nationally with the smash-hit musical “Jersey Boys,” will perform Top 40 classics from bands whose heydays were in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Some are more recognizable than oth-ers, but between the Beatles’ “Twist and Shout,” the Beach Boys’ “I Get Around” and the Turtles’ “Happy Together,” the diverse setlist will be eager to please.
Shonn Wiley, Michael Ingersoll, Michael Cunio and Christopher Kale Jones, the group’s four singers, named their group Under the Streetlamp from a phrase pop-ular in the rise of Doo-Wop
decades ago, when groups performed under city street-lights, the only easily avail-able spotlight in most cit-ies, according to a Jorgensen press release.
“People often ask us why we call ourselves Under the Streetlamp,” the band said in a statement on their website. “For us, that simple image epitomizes all the joy, inti-macy, and passion wrapped up in the era of music we like to call the American Radio Songbook. Thoroughly diverse and infused with an indomitable spirit, this music is iconically American.”
Opening for the group is the acappella group Gentleman’s Rule, founded by the cre-ator of a cappella supergroup Straight No Chaser.
The cabaret-format perfor-mance at Jorgensen starts at 8 p.m. Saturday, with doors opening at 7 p.m. UConn stu-dents can get tickets for $20 with a valid school ID; gen-eral public seats start at $39.
Under the Streetlamp will bring their Doo-Wop, Motown and classic rock songs to the Jorgensen on Saturday night.
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Gallery show for accused Picasso vandal
James Perez, poses between pieces titled “Ego”, left, and “Legalize Drugs”, right. Uriel Landeros, is the man accused of vandalizing a Picasso painting at the Menil with spray paint in June.
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(AP) A Houston art gallery has raised the ire of the local art community by staging a show of works by a 22-year-old who’s been on the lam since being charged with spray-painting a Pablo Picasso painting.
Despite the uproar, Cueto James Art Gallery owner James Perez expects a full house for Friday’s opening of 12 works by Uriel Landeros.
“It made me happy that someone could evoke this kind of emotion in people,” Perez said.
Landeros was charged with felony graffiti and felony criminal mischief for allegedly defacing “Woman in a Red Armchair” at Houston’s Menil Collection on June 13. A video posted on YouTube showed a man holding a stencil up to the work of art and spray-painting it, leaving behind an image of a bullfighter, a bull and the word “con-quista,” Spanish for conquest.
Perez, who said he was interested in Landeros’ work prior to the vandalism charge, said he found the act inspiring.
“It’s just taking something and mak-ing it your own. I like what Uriel did. That it makes it yours,” Perez said.
But the contention that the stencil was itself art has especially angered people in the Houston arts community.
“You don’t destroy someone else’s art-
work and call that art,” said artist Mitch Cohen, an arts promoter and founder of the First Saturday Arts Market. “I’ve never seen such a backlash against a show.”
Kristen Kramlich, who creates jew-elry and sculptures, said, “It’s all about the sensationalism and that’s what (Landeros is) riding on and that’s what the gallery is riding on.”
Perez denied the show is meant to draw attention to himself, saying, “I’m already popular. This is for Uriel.”
Art community members also say it’s galling to see so much attention being paid to this show when local gallery shows usually escape widespread notice.
“The greatest gallery exhibit in his-tory would not get this publicity,” said Houston art blogger Robert Boyd, who noted he’d not heard of Landeros prior to the vandalism charge.
Andree Bober, director of Landmarks, a public art program at the University of Texas at Austin, said this vandalism incident isn’t unique.
“It’s not a new statement. It’s a deriva-tive one,” she said.
Earlier this month, a vandal scrawled graffiti on a mural by modern American master Mark Rothko at London’s Tate Modern.
Perez said the fugitive artist will speak
with attendees via Skype at Friday’s gallery opening, but that Landeros would not speak with the media until then.
Perez said that he expects 200-300 peo-ple to stream through his 3,000-square-foot gallery Friday night to see paintings that he deems “revolutionary” in subject matter. One painting is of a half-skeletal person.
Landeros, who Perez says is in Mexico, posted a video on YouTube in August in which he explains that he didn’t intend to “destroy Pablo’s paint-ing or to insult the Menil.” He said if he wanted to destroy it, he would have slashed it with a knife or burned it. Landeros also claimed the Picasso could be restored with “a little bit of Windex.”
Menil spokeswoman Gretchen Sammons said the institution had no comment on the show. She said restora-tion is still under way on the piece and they expect “a full recovery.”
Donna Hawkins, a Harris County assistant district attorney, said Landeros faces two to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.
As each year passes, our culture becomes more and more digitized. Things that were once tangible are now becoming integral aspects of the digital age. Almost every daily task can now be done online. Sending mail, grocery shopping, reading books and paying bills can all be done with a few clicks on a computer. Learning about new fashion trends also has become a common online activity. With almost every major media source having online capabilities, you don’t even have to leave your couch to expand your closet and entertain your creative mind.
Recently, the demand for online shopping has put pressure on major retailers to offer a digi-tal option for consumers. With a wider variety of shipping options, online orders can be delivered the next day, albeit at a steeper price. Most sites are very easy to use and items can be ordered at home, at work or when one is bored in class. Even stores like H&M are making efforts to open up their online shops and catalogs world-wide for orders.
As the act of shopping moves from malls to the Internet, so do trends and the marketing of these fashions. Online fashion maga-zines, blogs and media are more popular than ever. Instagram is one of the newest and best ways for one to find inspiration for their attire. The very popular photog-raphy app, now for both iOS and Android systems, is an easy way to follow the trendiest and most fashion forward personalities the culture has to offer. By follow-ing favorite brands or stores on Instagram, as well as Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr, one has the opportunities to view new styles and take advantage of the newest deals.
Online fashion magazines are also helping spread trends and updates on what is happening in the style world. Specifically for guys, Complex Magazine, Highsnobiety and Hypebeast are all one-stop sources for articles and posts about anything fashion-related. Following these sites on a wide platform of social networks helps create an expedited fashion news source.
Some high-end brands still haven’t made the switch to online retailing, opting to stay true to the exclusivity of products. However, even if a retailer does not have an online shopping option, they will almost always make available a lookbook or catalog. By avoid-ing travel times and lines in the store, following fashion gurus on Twitter and Instagram, and read-ing a few online magazines and blogs, you’ll be fully equipped to make the most out of the digital age of fashion.
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Rising fashion star Roberts talks shopping
NEW YORK (AP) — Emma Roberts isn’t just making a name for herself as a rising star in Hollywood — she has four films in the works — she’s also leaving her mark in the world of fashion.
The 21-year-old routinely gets name-checked in magazines for her style on the red carpet and off, and she’s a coveted front-row guest at fashion shows.
It seems fitting then that she would sign on to be an official fashion adviser for Snapette, a social media shopping app, where she’ll blog and share photos of her fashion finds.
Roberts talks about her love of sunglasses, style inspirations and her one fashion rule:
AP: How did you become interested in fashion?Roberts: Fashion has always been something
I’ve had an interest in. Ever since I was little, my mom would tell me I would try to go to school in my dress-up heels and ... a feather boa, and not see anything wrong with it. For me, fashion has always been something I love and something I get more into as I get older wanting to kind of take more risks, design stuff and be more involved in it in any way.
AP: Are you cautious not to wear too-casual clothes, like sweatpants, outside because you could be photographed?
Roberts: I never wear sweatpants out of the house. That’s probably my only rule. I know I’ll regret it if someone takes a picture of me. I’ll be like, ‘Ugh. I’m that girl that was wearing sweat-pants and flip-flops out and about all day,’ and I don’t want to be that person. And I even have friends that are like, ‘Did you see that photo of me?’ I’m like, ‘Why are you wearing pajamas outside?’ So that’s like my only rule, really. No pajamas outside (laughs). By the way, I want to wear sweatpants on an airplane every day of my life but I’m like, ‘I don’t want a picture of me.’
AP: Is there any accessory you love to buy?Roberts: I’ve always been a fan of sunglasses
forever. I’m the kind of person who wears a new pair every day. I had a go-to pair that were these Dior, black cat-eye ones. Literally I’ve lost them
three times, I have to re-buy them and I just found out I lost them the other day and I’m like devas-tated. There is a collaboration that Nanette Lepore designed a pair with me as her muse for Sunglass Hut and they ended up being these white cat-eye sunglasses, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God. So lucky!’ But they’re limited-edition so even I have to be careful not to lose them because I’m like, ‘I’m not going to be able to get them again even though they’re the Emma sunglasses.’ I ended up with two pairs and my sister already stole one. ... The other pair I’m scared to take out because I know they’re going to end up in a cab somewhere in New York City and they’ll have been mine.
AP: Who are your fashion inspirations?Roberts: I’m a big fan of people that look
good on the carpet and off the carpet. I love Kate Bosworth, she always looks put together. I love Sienna Miller. ... Audrey Hepburn, I think she looked immaculate. I still want everything she wore forever ago today.
AP: What about nail polish? What color do you like to wear?
Roberts: I’m a red nail person or nothing. I always see people with these great designs but after 10 minutes of sitting there I’m like, ‘Dry!’ It’s the worst sitting there waiting. When people have cute things on their nails I’m like, ‘How long did that take? How long did you sit there? And you can’t do anything because your nails are wet!’
AP: Why did you partner with Snapette?Roberts: Snapette is a new app for the iPhone
and it was something I wanted to get involved in because I am a huge fan of fashion and of course I love shopping, and this is something like Instagram-meets-Yelp where you can take photos, you can ‘like’ photos, you can look at what other people are uploading and find out where to buy everything, so for me I’m always like, ‘Where’d you get that? Where’d you get that?’ So, for me, this app is great because you can look at what you want and see where the closest place is to go and buy it so it’s awesome.
Fashion designer Narciso Roriguez, left, with actress Emma Roberts at the Narciso Rodriguez for DesigNation launch. Roberts isn’t just making a name for herself as a rising star in Hollywood, she routinely gets name-checked in magazines for her style on the red carpet.
AP
Swedish princess engaged to New York banker
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Another royal wedding beck-ons in Europe: This time it is Sweden’s Princess Madeleine who is getting ready to tie the knot.
Madeleine and her U.S.-British boyfriend Christopher O’Neill announced their engagement on the royal pal-ace website on Thursday.
The 30-year-old Madeleine is the youngest of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia’s three children and is fourth in line to the throne.
The tabloid Expressen reported early Thursday that O’Neill, a 38-year-old finan-cier she met in New York, had proposed to the princess, and the couple confirmed the news in a brief video clip posted on the royal website.
“Chris proposed to me in New York at the start of October, and we are very happy,” Madeleine said in the video, which was recorded Wednesday at the Drottningholm Palace outside Stockholm.
“Madeleine and I have known each other for two years and I recently sum-moned up the courage to ask
her to marry me. Thankfully she said yes,” O’Neill said in English with a British accent. He added a few words in Swedish, saying he was trying to learn the language “but it is difficult.”
Madeleine said the wedding would take place in Sweden in the summer of 2013, and that more details would be released later.
Madeleine lives in New York where she works for the World Childhood Foundation, a nonprofit founded by her mother.
In 2010, she broke off an earlier engagement after media reports that her then-fiancé had cheated on her.
O’Neill was born in London and holds dual American and British citizenship, accord-ing to a CV released by the royal palace. He stud-ied at a boarding school in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Boston University and a mas-ter’s degree from Columbia Business School in New York.
O’Neill now works as a partner and head of research at Noster Capital, a hedge
fund with offices in London and New York. His interests include Alpine skiing, ten-nis, golf, music, literature and Chelsea Football Club in London, the palace said.
Madeleine’s elder sister, Crown Princess Victoria mar-ried her former fitness train-er Daniel Westling at a lav-ish ceremony in Stockholm in 2010. The couple had a baby, Princess Estelle, this year. O’Neill accompanied Madeleine to Estelle’s bap-tism ceremony in May.
The Swedish royal family has only ceremonial duties, such as attending award cer-emonies, promoting Swedish businesses abroad and sup-porting charities and founda-tions. As the head of state, the king also receives foreign dignitaries on formal visits to Sweden.
News of Princess Madeleine and O’Neill’s engagement comes just days after another royal union was celebrated in Europe. Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg and Belgian Countess Stephanie de Lannoy were married Saturday in the tiny duchy’s Notre Dame Cathedral.
Soundtrack to history: 1878 Edison audio unveiled
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) — It’s scratchy, lasts only 78 seconds and features the world’s first recorded blooper.
The modern masses can now listen to what experts say is the oldest playable recording of an American voice and the first-ever capturing of a musical performance, thanks to digital advances that allowed the sound to be transferred from flimsy tinfoil to computer.
The recording was original-ly made on a Thomas Edison-invented phonograph in St. Louis in 1878.
At a time when music lovers can carry thousands of digital songs on a player the size of a pack of gum, Edison’s tinfoil playback seems prehistoric. But that dinosaur opens a key win-dow into the development of recorded sound.
“In the history of recorded sound that’s still playable, this is about as far back as we can go,”
said John Schneiter, a trustee at the Museum of Innovation and Science in Schenectady, where it was played Thursday night in the city where Edison helped found the General Electric Co.
The recording opens with a 23-second cornet solo of an unidentified song, followed by a man’s voice reciting “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and “Old Mother Hubbard.” The man laughs at two spots during the recording, including at the end, when he recites the wrong words in the second nursery rhyme.
“Look at me; I don’t know the song,” he says.
When the recording was played using modern technology during a presentation Thursday at a nearby theater, it was likely the first time it had been played at a public event since it was created during an Edison phono-graph demonstration held June 22, 1878, in St. Louis, museum officials said.
The recording was made on a sheet of tinfoil, 5 inches wide by 15 inches long, placed on the cylinder of the phonograph Edison invented in 1877 and began selling the following year.
A hand crank turned the cyl-inder under a stylus that would move up and down over the foil, recording the sound waves cre-ated by the operator’s voice. The stylus would eventually tear the foil after just a few playbacks, and the person demonstrating the technology would typically tear up the tinfoil and hand the pieces out as souvenirs, accord-ing to museum curator Chris Hunter.
Popping noises heard on this recording are likely from scars left from where the foil was fold-ed up for more than a century.
“Realistically, once you played it a couple of times, the stylus would tear through it and destroy it,” he said.
An 1879 tinfoil phonograph was used for researchers to digitize what experts say is the oldest recording of a playable American voice and history’s first-ever recorded musical performance, along with the first recorded blooper.
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Three weeks ago, when Barack Obama was widely perceived to have lost the first presidential debate, the counsel of many a pundit and left-
wing activist wanted his campaign to “take the gloves off,” and give the President and his
running mate free rein to contest, in a far more aggres-sive way, the asser-tions made by their opponents. It is this opinion we have to thank for Joe Biden’s wild ges-ticulations, inter-jections and turns
of facial expression in the vice presi-dential debate that followed. But this
more antagonistic strategy works, as Obama’s performance in the Town Hall and Foreign Policy debates were viewed as successful, even to the point of being declared the winner and halting a slide in opinion polls.
An overly staid, calculated or unexciting politician is widely unattractive to much of the electorate, especially to those who have definite and intractable ideological commit-ments on either side of the political spectrum. Not only does a rational deliberation on the merits of a candidate not motivate us to go to the polls in the way that a bold, emotionally-appealing figure does, such an explanation of voter behavior is simply wrong. We vote according to pre-existing partisan and ideo-logical attachments, and if a candidate is to lead us in a new direction, he or she does so by pulling at our heart-strings. It certainly isn’t wrong to feel an emotional attachment to a party or candidate – indeed, it may be unavoidable. But if our heart-strings are pulled too hard, we may find ourselves in an inextricable emotional commitment that no longer befits the disciplined choices that lie before us on Nov. 6 and beyond.
Let us take for example the case of George Galloway, a member of the UK Parliament (MP). Galloway was a firmly left-wing Scottish Labour Party member, serving a Glasgow constituency throughout the onset of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As the wars began, Galloway became one of their loud-est and most vituperative critics. Galloway was exorcised from the party as a result of
vehemently attacking the Labour Party’s lead-ership on foreign policy and criticizing Tony Blair. But he became a constant thorn in the party’s side from that point onward, defeat-ing a Labour MP in 2005 on a clear anti-war minor-party protest vote. The campaign was one of the most vicious in British political memory; Galloway accused his oppo-nent, a loyal Blairite, of “having on her conscience the deaths of millions of Iraqis” and undoubt-edly exploited racial tensions in that con-stituency, mobilizing its largely Muslim and Bangladeshi population against the war and against its black MP. But in his election night speech, Galloway addressed his former party leader directly: “Mr. Blair, this is for Iraq…All the people you’ve killed, all the lies you’ve told have come back to haunt you.”
After his election, Galloway’s public life took a turn for the bizarre. He appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006 and was eliminated early in the competi-tion, though not before famously pantomim-ing a cat licking milk from the cupped hands of a housemate, leading another contestant to wonder why he, a sitting MP at the time, was participating in a televised game show. He has not, however, ceased his inflammatory and radical political activities – especially with regard to the Middle East, remarking at vari-ous points in time that Hezbollah is not a ter-rorist organization, that Iran does not execute homosexuals and that the assassination of Blair would be morally justified, provided it produces no other casualties.
George Galloway is by no means a boring politician. He is incisive, controversial and by all accounts a brilliant orator. But he is dan-gerous because he has gained for his brand of politics a sort of undeserved legitimacy
through verbal abuse of the powerful, an indefatigable egomania and an acute ability to exploit the fears and hatred of the masses. After Galloway was defeated for reelection in 2010, he took another seat from Labour in a spectacular by-election victory two years later. Calling his triumph in the poor, large-
ly Muslim seat “the Bradford Spring,” he has developed around himself a personal-ity cult of acolytes with an unqualified emotional attach-ment to their politi-cal hero. But even his own political coali-tion began to fray when Galloway, ever the man of divisive remarks, referred to an instance of rape as “bad sexual eti-quette.” Britain can-not get rid of this controversial figure because he thrives wherever anger and hatred boil over – hatred of a war, a party, a society, or of a political leadership – and by giving voice to that anger in the most effective and potent of words.
To return to the United States, we must realize that the success of this type of leader was the concern of the men who founded this republic. We must be wary of leaders who thrive wherever discontent is fierce and rampant. But, unlike the Founders, we cannot expect a virtuous elite to protect us from them. Our only defense is reason. When you go to the polls in November, no matter how furious or enraged you might be by the state of politics in America, think it through. Otherwise, we can only expect the same vio-lent, emotive and volatile politics that Britain must now contend with.
Votes must be cast with reason, not out of fear
Friday, October 26, 2012
Common Application should reinstate choice
for personal essay
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Every time I discover I haven’t lost a sock when I’ve done my laundry I do a small fist pump.
Did anyone else know Santa Claus was running for President? Seriously, look it up.
Glad to see that the football team can punt a ball over a net during practice, unfortunately my car is parked in D-lot
I use to love the song “Sandstorm,” until I went to a BodyWise spin class
In case you were wondering, it is in fact possible to get into the InstantDaily twice in one day.
I miss having free time. Oh wait, that hasn’t happened in 3 and a half years.
I never got into the InstantDaily in undergrad and it made me sad. But then I got accepted to grad school. Now I’ll try for another three years! THOUGHT YOU COULD JUST IGNORE ME UNTIL I LEFT DID YOU? Silly InstantDaily.
No bueno.
The decision “was met with gasps” from the audi-ence at the National Association for College Admissions Counselors, reported The Chronicle of Higher Education. That’s right: the Common
Application will no longer utilize the “topic of your choice” essay option. The change – which will take effect starting next fall and does not affect those high school seniors still applying – is the wrong choice. By removing the application element with the most room for personal expression, creativity and self-representation, colleges are eliminating the component providing the best opportunity for the holistic review that institutions claim to desire. Outcry around the country has generally centered on the same basic idea.
The other sections of the application almost all involve strict numeric or statistical evaluations: grade point aver-age, class rank, SAT scores, course grades and the like. Though at least the Common App is retaining the résumé portion, another application component that allows for a more qualitative rather than quantitative analysis, right? Actually, at the exact same announcement, the Common App announced it will also be eliminating the ability to upload a résumé.
To be clear, the five listed essay topics (one of which must be selected) are not all bad. One asks the applicant to “Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.” Another asks you to “Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.” A third says “Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.”
An additional question states “Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.” And the final question asks “Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.”
Still, many students feel that the information or story they most wanted to convey to their dream school is not covered by any of those prompts. Why should prospective applicants be limited to answering one of five choices? And why should college admissions officers be subjected to reading the same types of answers over and over and over again? The Common Application has proved a use-ful tool for streamlining the application process, with UConn joining last year and 37 new members jumping on board this year, for a grand total of 488. If an individual school wants to opt out of allowing the “topic of your choice” essay option, that should be their right. But for the Common Application to remove it wholesale, when most top schools are now using their service for their applica-tions, is a mistake.
By Chris KempfWeekly Columnist
Re: Eliminating One Way Trash Flows
Kelsey Sullivan address-es an important topic in her October 19 article, “The New Green: Eliminating One Way Trash Flows,” – the value of recycling. However, I disagree with Ms. Sullivan’s recommen-dation that banning bottled water is another sustain-able, waste management solution.
In today’s on-the-go soci-ety, Americans purchase one billion packaged bev-erages everyday. Banning bottled water removes the healthiest, calorie-free option among other pack-aged beverages, like energy
drinks and soda – which have more packaging, more ingredients, and greater environmental impact than bottled water. Our research shows that if bottled water wasn’t available, 63 percent of people would choose soda or another sugared drink, not tap water.
At Nestlé Waters North America, we believe people should be drinking more water, whether it comes from a bottle, the tap, or a filtration system – but that the choice should be theirs. While well-intentioned, bottled water bans do not offer sustainable solutions. Reducing the amount of plastic in every bottle and improving recycling rates – these are most effective ways to reduce use of raw materials and re-use those
materials again.– Jane LazginNestle Waters North
AmericaSeparation of
church and stateAs a retired professor of
English here, I am writing you to protest the award given by the Chair of the University’s Institute of Comparative Human Rights to Shimon Peres ostensibly for his “human rights leader-ship.” This is either a joke or an unconscionable insult to all people who fought and died in the name of those human rights enshrined by the United Nations Charter.
As the public record shows, Peres started as a leader of terrorist Zionist groups who systematically murdered
Palestinians in 1948 to estab-lish the Zionist state. As Defense Minister he spon-sored the illegal establishment of Jewish settlements in the forcibly occupied West Bank. As Prime Minister in 1996, Peres was responsible for the atrocity at the UN compound in Qana, Lebanon: the killing of 800 Lebanese refugees. As President of Israel in 2009-2010, he waged a brutal war against Palestinians in Gaza that resulted in the death of more than 1,500 innocent civilians, mostly women and children.
Based on this record, can anyone in the University hon-estly justify, much less tolerate, this award by the UNESCO chair of the Institute to such a notorious violator of human rights in recent history?
– Dr. E. San JuanRetired Professor of
English & Comparative Literature
» LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Blue Versus White
“We must be wary of leaders who thrive wherever discontent is fierce and rampant.”
CommentaryFriday, October 26, 2012 The Daily Campus, Page 9
If you were on campus at any point over the past couple weeks, you were certainly asked, “Are
you registered to vote?” by eager volunteers in Rock the Vote T-shirts with clipboards
in hand. If you said “No,” you would be e n c o u r -a g e d
to register immediately. However, what if you didn’t want to vote? America is, after all, a free country. But is this really the approach to government we want to advocate? Shouldn’t people get involved when only 30 percent are satisfied with the way things are in America? If one of the major ways to be involved is voting, should it not be mandatory? Evidence shows that compulsory vot-
ing is the most ideal way of increasing voter turnout while ensuring no one is denied the right to vote.
In the 2008 presidential election, a remarkable 57.1 percent of registered voters went ahead and did so. This is the highest percentage since the 1968 election, in which Nixon defeated Humphrey. That year, 60.7 percent of registered voters went to the polls. 1960, the year Nixon lost to Kennedy saw a voter turnout of 62.8 percent of the voting population. The lowest year for voter turnout was the election of 1996 (49 percent), when Clinton was reelected.
Generally, voter turnout is over 50 percent of the popula-tion, but even in the best years, we’re still neglecting nearly 40 percent of the population, if not more. Australians, on the other hand, was aghast in
1922 when less than 60 per-cent of their voting popula-tion turned out. Starting with the 1925 election, all federal voting became mandatory, and their turnout jumped to 91 percent. Since then, voter turnout has never been less than 90 percent. Are these elections not more demon-strative of the population?
Think about the benefits of a more politically active country. More people will take a genuine interest in their government and con-sider civics education more worthwhile. Also, many polit-ically involved people com-plain about the failures in our current voting system – the lack of education of voters, the two-party system and the outdated Electoral College. Some may argue, why would you want mandatory voting in this terrible system? However,
if the country makes voting a priority, more people will become aware of the deficien-cies of the systems and will work to change them. If you have to be involved in voting, you want to ensure that it is the best system possible.
Compulsory voting will also be helpful in prevent-ing denying citizens the right to vote. Historically, America has done its best to prevent certain citizens from voting, whether it be in the form of poll taxes or property require-ments, and similar restric-tions are still seen today. If everyone is required to vote, channels for registering must become streamlined to allow for this process. Furthermore, many complain that man-datory voting is impossible because people have obliga-tions that prevent them from getting to the polls. However,
the same approach applies; changes must be enacted to allow for this system of com-pulsory voting, and perhaps we could follow Australia’s lead and hold voting on a weekend instead of a week-day.
One of the stronger argu-ments against compulsory voting is that it is seen as an infringement on freedom, an issue America is very much concerned with. However, isn’t a free society a society that hears from all of its peo-ple so it can accurately repre-sent them? Also, the system in Australia allows for blank voting; since voting is done in secret, no one has to confirm that you did or did not select a candidate. Furthermore, a 2004 poll demonstrated that 74 percent of Australian vot-ers support the mandatory voting policy that has been
in place since the 1920s. To put it in perspective, that’s a larger percentage than that of Americans who show up to vote for an election. There is also a fear of large fines, but the fine in Australia is a mere $20 if you don’t have a valid reason for not voting.
America should follow Australia’s example and implement a system that makes allowances for the freedom to not vote, increases voter turnout and interest in elections and forces our can-didates to work for our vote, not to make us vote. Do we really want to continue liv-ing in a society where any-where from 40 to 50 percent of the population’s voice is not heard?
Compulsory voting would be an effective system
By Victoria KallsenStaff Columnist
Staff Columnist Victoria Kallsen is a 3rd-semester mechanical engineering major. She can be reached at [email protected].
“A banana.”
Amy Bleasdale, 3rd-semester voice major
“A Blues Brother.”
Anthony Naples, 5th-semester political sci-ence major
“Cat Woman.”
Mikala Francini, 3rd-semester English major
“A Madonna backup dancer.”
Trevor Morrison, 3rd-semester psychology major
What are you going as for Halloween?– By Troy Caldeira
» TOTALLY RAD/TOTALLY BAD
Totally bad
Husky Hoopla.
Tammie Brown is in town.
Getting a C+ on a paper you spent an
hour on.
Midterm-related headaches.
Soda has a lot of sugar ... but we
love it.
Totally saw it coming
Totally rad
SportsThe Daily Campus, Page 10 Friday, October 26, 2012
On Friday, the Big East will come to the Big Apple, as the Bronx’s Van Cortland Park hosts the championship for one of the nation’s most coveted confer-ences in cross country. And the UConn men couldn’t be more ready.
“We’ve been preparing for the Big East Championships every week, all season,” stated head coach Rich Miller. “This is the central point of the whole sea-son. It’s the meet to be our best at.”
When runners represent-
ing the 14 Big East institutions toe the line at 11:50 a.m. for the men’s eight-kilometer race, there will be much at stake for schools such as Syracuse, Villanova and Georgetown. Each of these squads carries the pres-sure of earning a Big East title and defending their spots on the national rankings chart. While the unranked Huskies may not have their eyes on a conference championship or earning votes in the national coaches’ poll, their goals are lofty nonetheless. In fact, they may be even more challenging.
“I want them to be aggres-sive, race with confidence and race tough,” Miller said. Rising
to the challenges and handling the pressure that comes with the prestigious meets will be key for UConn, especially considering the large amount of national-caliber athletes who will be com-peting Friday.
UConn’s No. 1 and 2 run-ners Ryan McGuire and Jordan Magath should rub shoulders with this elite group, as Miller said his top two could be capa-ble of top-30 finishes. However, the main goal for McGuire and Magath is to improve upon their 2011 performances, where the pair finished 57th and 73rd, respectively. But with the strides these frontrunners have been making this season, better indi-
vidual finishes should be within reach. Miller believes McGuire and Magath are stronger than last year’s two leading athletes.
As for the rest of the Huskies’ roster, Friday’s competition will serve as a much-needed oppor-tunity for experience, and will serve as a measuring tool to see how they stack up against other runners of similar caliber. “I’m really excited about my third through seventh runners,” Miller said. “I’m looking forward to see them compete against compa-rable athletes.”
At the 2011 Big East Championships, Villanova ran away with the team title, winning the meet with a mere 43 points.
The next three spots were fierce-ly contested, as just two points separated runner-up Georgetown from Louisville. Trailing Louisville by a single point was Syracuse, while Providence and Notre Dame completed a top-6 contingent of Division I power-houses. Marquette, Cincinnati, DePaul, Rutgers, South Florida, Pittsburgh and Seton Hall con-stituted the rest of the 2011 field and should contend Friday as well.
UConn’s 10th place effort in 2011 was a strong showing for the Huskies, one that may be difficult to match this year. The 2012 squad lacks some of the exceptional depth that was
present in last year’s pack, but the team will have other advan-tages on their side this coming Friday. In addition to improve-ments in the strength of their frontrunners, the Huskies will also be prepared for the varied terrain of Van Cortland Park that features several hills as well as grassy sections.
But perhaps UConn’s greatest advantage of all is their focused yet positive mentality toward racing at one of cross country’s highest levels. “We look forward to the competition,” Miller said. “We thrive on it; it helps us be better.”
By Abby Mace Campus Correspondent
Huskies head to NY for Big East Championships
UConn to face No. 8 team in the nation
After a two-week break follow-ing its first game, the UConn men’s hockey team begins conference play today at Holy Cross before returning home tomorrow to play No. 8 Union, a participant in last year’s Frozen Four.
The Huskies struggled in their opening match against UMass, losing in Amherst 4-1. UConn struggled all night, unable to get anything going, especially on spe-cial teams, despite freshman Tyler Helton’s lone goal from a power play.
The Huskies finished the 2011-12 season in eighth place in the AHA with a 12-12-3 record (27 points). Despite the meager one point per game record, the Huskies nearly made the conference semifi-nals, narrowly falling to Air Force in last season’s tournament.
Prior to the opener, the Huskies had only had one full week of practice, normally only getting a few hours per week before that. Having had two weeks to pre-pare for this weekend, head coach
Bruce Marshall likes what he has seen.
“We’ve been able to focus more on our systems and fine tune them and, you know, make the kids understand what we have to do and where’s our better position-ing, which will create opportuni-ties for us. So that’s what we’ve been focusing on for the last cou-ple days,” Marshall said. “I think we’ve seen a lot of good things that we’ve gotten better at and hope-fully that will translate into some things on Friday and Saturday night.”
The Huskies’ game tonight will pen their Atlantic Hockey Association schedule as they take on the Crusaders of Holy Cross at the Hart Center in Worcester, Mass. Of the two match-ups this weekend, this is the one that the Huskies will be making top prior-ity.
“Our biggest focus is going to be Holy Cross in the sense that it’s a league game and that’s our league opener, so we want to get that one under the belt,” Marshall said.
Aside from the aspirations of the Huskies, the story tonight will be
the reunion with Crusaders’ head coach Paul Pearl. Pearl is Holy Cross’ all-time wins leader as head coach with a career record of 263-257-63.
Prior to his career at Holy Cross, Pearl was an assistant coach at UConn, serving and learning under Marshall.
“We have a great amount of respect for each other,” Marshall said. “He’s done a tremendous job with that program. It’s good for us. He got his Masters [degree] from here and was an assistant coach for us, coached a lot of good players when he was here, but we just have to kind of get after them no matter what.”
On Saturday, the Huskies return to the Freitas Ice Forum to face the No.8 Union Dutchmen, one of the toughest opponents it will play between now and the time UConn joins Hockey East in 2014.
After winning the ECAC championship last season, Union earned the No. 1 seed in the Bridgeport, Conn. regional of the NCAA Tournament. By defeat-ing Michigan State and UMass-Lowell, the Dutchmen advanced
to the Frozen Four, the hockey equivalent of the Final Four in basketball.
Despite losing to eventual runner-ups Ferris State, Union was on the map after making it to the school’s first-ever Frozen Four. They were rewarded with the No. 5 ranking to start the sea-son. An opening loss to Merrimack dropped them to No. 8, but they recovered with two wins against Bowling Green.
Marshall wants his team to remember that while Holy Cross is the key opponent this weekend, playing against a nationally recog-nized team is always a good oppor-tunity, especially for a young team.
“They’re the eighth-ranked team in the nation and they were in the Frozen Four last year, so hopefully your adrenaline and your energy will be there, that will help you be competitive in what you need to do,” Marshall said.
Tonight’s game at Holy Cross is scheduled for 7 p.m. and tomor-row’s game at the Freitas Ice Forum is scheduled for 8 p.m. Both games
By Tim FontenaultStaff Writer
[email protected] freshman forward Joey Ferriss skates the puck up ice in a recent game at the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum.
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ball past the Rutgers goal-keeper for her first career goal, giving UConn a 2-0 advantage heading into the half.
Rutgers was able to cut the lead in half at the 61:39 mark when Maura McLaughlin con-verted a cross from Jonelle Filigno. However, UConn was able to tack on an insurance
goal with just over nine min-utes left in regulation. After a Danielle Schulmann shot was blocked at the top of the pen-alty box, Riley Houle found herself with the ball from thirty yards out and quick-ly launched the ball past the scrambling defense and into the net, ensuring Tsantiris his milestone victory.
“I’m thinking about
Marquette now,” said a mod-est and focused Tsantiris after the game “That will be a big game, We saw some great signs today. We fought, we defended well, we kept mov-ing forward. We did what we had to do.”
Tsantiris took over the UConn women’s soccer team in 1981, only two years after the formation of the program,
and has since led the Huskies to national prominence, post-ing a remarkable 500-170-50 record. In his 32 seasons, Tsantiris’ teams have made the NCAA playoffs 28 times, including four finals appear-ances, eight regular season Big East Championships and two conference tournament championships. He joins UNC head coach Anson Dorrance
(737-48-28) as the only two coaches to achieve the elusive milstone.
“I am in this business because I have a passion,” Tsantiris said. “It’s my life. I grew up playing the game and I try to work with kids to make them better as players and as people. That’s what its all about.”
The Huskies will have an
opportunity to give Tsantiris his 501st career victory and continue to advance in the postseason when they travel to Marquette on Sunday for Big East Championship quar-terfinals at 2 p.m.
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UConn welcomes Rutgers and Seton Hall
The UConn volleyball team returns home to Gampel Pavilion to host Rutgers and Seton Hall in matches that could have serious implications on positioning in the Big East Conference.
With only six games remaining, the Huskies are in sixth place in the Big East with a 5-4 record. At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams in the conference will head to Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. for the Big East Tournament.
UConn is in a great position for the tour-nament, after an incredible performance last weekend. Down 2-0 after two sets against South Florida last Friday, the Huskies stormed back and took the match 3-2. Two days later, they put Pittsburgh away in four sets, posting a 3-1 victory to put UConn back above .500 in the conference.
This weekend, the Huskies have a chance to strengthen their position and make it nearly impossible for the teams below them to surpass them in the standings.
UConn’s opponent this Saturday, Rutgers, has been impressive on the road this season. The Scarlet Knights are 11-5 in 16 road games compared to 5-3 in eight home games this sea-son. However, they have struggled in Big East play so far, with a 2-7 record.
Rutgers currently sits in 12th place in the conference, and is two games behind St. John’s for the final tournament spot. Their only two wins so far in conference play have come from Georgetown and Syracuse. The Huskies also beat Georgetown earlier in the season. The last time UConn met the Scarlet Knights, the Huskies were swept in a 3-0 loss.
On Sunday, UConn will host Seton Hall in what could be considered the more crucial of the two match-ups this weekend. The two sides are tied in the conference standings with a 5-4 record, but UConn may have a big opportu-nity to strike. The Pirates have to play at St. John’s on Friday before heading to Storrs. This could prove to be a daunting task, as the Red Storm is 7-1 in the Carnesecca Arena this season. Besides their home loss to Cincinnati at Carnesecca, St. John’s only other home loss was against No. 13 Louisville at the Turner Field House.
UConn has a chance to go two games up in the battle for fifth place and could have a chance at a top-four finish.
After this weekend, the Huskies go on the road for three tough matches against Marquette, Syracuse and Georgetown, making the results from this weekend all the more valuable.
The UConn women’s swim-ming and diving team has had great success so far this season. In their first meet, they opened with a win over Fordham and Bucknell. Senior diver Danielle Cecco set both a pool record and a school record in the one-meter event.
“She had a great first meet,” head diving coach John Bransfield said. “I feel very for-tunate and the university is very fortunate in having a kid that is so self-motivated. I just try to be a guide. I don’t have to inspire her; she likes to compete. She treats her practices accordingly.”
Veteran swimmers Jordan Bowen and Chineyte Pigot also started out the season with great success, both winning two events each.
“The team performed well – not spectacular but solid,” head swimming coach Bob Goldberg said. “Their weakness was rac-ing technique.”
The Huskies are exactly where
they want to be at this point in the season. They are improving their skills steadily as they look ahead to tough competitions.
“The weaknesses are the trenches that they are work-ing through,” Bransfield said. “They are still working very hard and trying to make subtle changes. Sometimes when they are working really hard, you tend to be working with a lot more gross muscular movement versus refined ones. So they are not feeling very good right now, they aren’t feeling that sweet spot, that X factor yet. But I think they are making great strides. I’m pleased with where they are in pursuit of a champi-onship next month.”
Unlike any other sport, the women’s swimming and diving team has nine away meets out of a total 13 competitions.
“Four weeks in a row on the road is very adverse,” Bransfield said. “Going to different facili-ties and traveling on Fridays gives up a day of training each week. Getting back late on Saturday night, they are spent on Sunday, so it’s tough.”
Despite the extensive road schedule, the Huskies seem to overcome this obstacle and shine in their meets.
“Our team bonds really well when we travel,” Goldberg said. “As long as the pool is adequate, traveling is not a problem.”
Kicking off their first of many away meets, UConn will travel to West Point, New York this Friday to take on the Army.
“There is a certain machis-mo that the military academy likes to flex their muscles so to speak,” Bransfield said. “They treat their fields of friendly strife, as General MacArthur put it, as their way of becoming better soldiers. You are going into a situation where you have to be confident, you have to be centered and you have to believe in your own game. Anytime somebody is competing against the army for the first time at their facility, it’s an eye opener [because] it’s an intense envi-ronment.”
Although the Army brings a different atmosphere to the table, the coaches have the upmost confidence in their
team. Freshman swimmer Laura Hyland is a strong newcomer to the already powerful team.
“Laura swam well for her first meet, but her times will need to be faster to be more competitive in the conference,” Goldberg said. “My hope is to gain more strength and assertiveness in her swimming.”
Diver Nicole Borriello came in a close second in both one-meter and three-meter events last meet, and has proved to be a dominant force on the team.
“She’s a strong willed indi-vidual, works as hard as any-body in practice,” Bransfield said. “Everyday she constantly does extra. She picks my mind on what she can do differently to make things better. She’s a veteran.”
Along with Borriello and Hyland, swimming captains Bowen, Kate O’Leary and Mary deMarrais provide great leader-ship for the team. The Huskies show great potential for a suc-cessful 2012 season both home and away.
Huskies look to sink Black Knights
By Erica BrancatoCampus Correspondent
» WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING
By Tim FontenaultStaff Writer
» VOLLEYBALL
History was made under the lights at Joseph Morrone Stadium last night as Len Tsantiris became the second women’s soccer coach in NCAA history to reach 500 career wins when UConn defeated Rutgers in the first round on the Big East playoffs by a score of 3-1. More importantly for Tsantiris and the Huskies, the win extends their season as they advance to the Big East Championship quarterfinals on Sunday against Marquette.
UConn’s regular season concluded in dramatic fashion last Saturday night against Providence when Linda Ruutu scored in the final seconds of double overtime to give UConn the thrilling victory. Ruutu and the Huskies continued their inspired play on Thursday night, coming out of the gates with intensity and control of the ball in the early stages.
Their persistent attack was rewarded 13:13 into the game when Andrea Plucenik passed up a shot from 20 yards out, instead opting for a chip shot to a streaking Ruutu who was able to one-time the ball into the back of the net.
“Our intensity definitely carried over from the Providence game,” said Plucenik, who admitted that despite the coaching staff downplaying the significance of the potential milestone, it added to the team’s intensity. “We wanted to get Coach his 500th win. Even though he says it doesn’t matter to him, it matters to us.”
The Huskies’ determination continued after the goal, and Plucenik notched her second assist of the game less than twenty minutes later on a beautiful corner kick that sailed in front of the net, where Gabrielle Charno was able to head the
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This weekend, the UConn field hockey team’s regu-lar season comes to an end with a bang as they travel to Syracuse, New York to play against the No. 3 Syracuse Orange at 1:00pm.
UConn has built up their record to a phenomenal 16-1 for the 2012 season.
“Six starters from last year’s Final Four team gradu-ated last May and our top returning field player, Anne Jeute, is out this year with a knee injury,” head coach Nancy Stevens said. “For our team to be 16-1 and ranked No. 4 in the nation is a ter-rific accomplishment. We are very proud of our team and how they have represented the University of Connecticut this season.”
The Huskies’ first and only loss of the season hap-pened just last Sunday, after 11 weeks of matches, against the No. 2 Princeton Tigers. “Princeton’s roster includes four U.S. National Team members” Stevens said. “They were the bet-ter team on Sunday. As for strengths and weaknesses during the game, we found it difficult to match their speed in the midfield.”
Despite this loss so late in the season, the team remains confident and is proud of their achievements. “We don’t measure our success by the team’s record,” Stevens said. “Our goal is to win the Big East Regular Season title, the Big East Championship Tournament, reach the NCAA Tournament and advance as far as we can. We set the bar very high for our team each and every year. Having the nation’s No. 3 team in our conference means that if we reach these goals we have accomplished something very special.”
UConn looks forward to continuing their success in the Big East Conference and challenging themselves as the season comes to a close.
The Huskies’ final game of the regular season seems to be a daunting one. The Orange have had 35 con-secutive home game wins and have not lost a home game since 2009. Yet Coach Stevens and the UConn team seem to be confident in their abilities. “We match up quite well with Syracuse and the games are always hard fought and close,” Stevens said. “We have a similar home record to Syracuse. Good teams play well at home. We’ve had good success over the past decade playing at Syracuse, so we look forward to the challenge.”
Last year, the Huskies beat the Orange 3-2 in double overtime. Marie Elena Bolles scored the game-winning goal at 87:34 into the game. With that tremendous win, UConn went on to clinch the Big East title at the end of the sea-son. Yet in the 2010 season, Syracuse defeated UConn 1-0 in double overtime. The game-winning goal was scored by Martina Loncarica 90:31 into the contest.
Although the 2012 field hockey season is beginning to wind down, remain dedicated and focused on their upcom-ing games. Syracuse has been a major threat for UConn this season, arousing much antici-pation for Saturday’s game. This year, both teams seem to be evenly matched, leaving the fans with a great game to watch this Saturday.
THE FORTUNE 500Tsantiris achieves historic milestone with 500th winBy Peter LogueStaff Writer
Men’s soccer looks to split series with Friars» MEN’S SOCCER
UConn women’s soccer coach Len Tsantiris walks across the field. Tsantiris recorded his 500th career win on Thursday by defeating Rutgers 3-1.RACHEL WEISS/The Daily Campus
Ending the regular season
The No.3 UConn men’s soc-cer team will seek revenge against the Providence Friars in the regular season finale on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Morrone Stadium. Providence handed UConn their second loss of the season Wednesday afternoon. Providence sophomore Marcus Ugarte’s goal in the 55th min-ute made the difference as the Friars’ 1-0 win was the first time the Huskies have been shutout all season.
UConn is currently locked in a four-way tie for first in the Big East Blue Division. Connecticut is joined by Marquette, Georgetown and Notre Dame at 15 conference points apiece. A win over Providence paired with a Marquette tie or loss to Notre Dame will clinch the Big East Blue Division title for UConn
and will allow the Huskies to host a second round game in the Big East tournament on Nov. 3. UConn lost in a shootout to St. John’s in last year’s Big East Championship game. The win-ner of the Big East tournament receives an automatic bid to the 48-team NCAA tournament.
The good news is that UConn has already clinched a berth in the conference tournament, meanwhile Providence needs to win or tie and have Seton Hall tie or lose in order to grab the final spot in the Big East cham-pionship.
Before Wednesday’s upset over the Huskies, Providence had posted a 1-5-1 record in its previous seven games. The Friars have only tallied 14 goals in 2012, the second-lowest in the Big East. Six of the goals, including two game-winning goals, came off the foot of junior
Wilder Arboleda. After not play-ing a minute in his freshman season, Providence goalkeeper Keasel Broome has started 13 games in net, gobbling up 38 saves and posting a .679 save percentage. Broome made three important saves Wednesday to earn the win over UConn.
Connecticut is ranked second behind only No. 1 Maryland in the latest Men’s Soccer RPI. UConn has scored 15 goals in Big East play alone. The Huskies’ leading scorer and sec-ond in the conference, junior Mamadou Diouf, has 11 goals on 50 shots this season. Three UConn players rank in the top ten in assists; senior Carlos Alvarez has dished out seven assists while senior Max Wasserman and sophomore Adria Beso both have five assists.
By Danny MaherStaff Writer
» WOMEN’S, page 10
» FIELD HOCKEY
By Erica BrancatoCampus Correspondent
[email protected] UConn soccer player attempts to kick the ball in a recent game at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium. The Huskies will take on Providence tomorrow at 4 p.m.
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» WOMEN’S XC
UConn sprints to Cortland Park for conference championship
The UConn women’s cross-country team will be traveling to the Bronx this Friday to compete in the Big East Conference Championship. The Huskies are heading into the race ranked 29th in the country, only the second national ranking in the history of the program. Coach Andrea Grove-McDonough’s squad is in excellent position to have a strong finish at the championships, given that the entire starting lineup is healthy and ready to go. Returning to Storrs as the Big East Champions isn’t out of the ques-tion.
Even though the Huskies have cracked the national top 30 – a tre-mendous feat in its own right – the Big East boasts four other nation-ally ranked programs: Georgetown (ranked 9th), Providence (10th),
Notre Dame (19th), and Villanova (22nd). For obvious reasons, the road to victory will not be an easy one for Coach Grove-McDonough’s team to tread.
“It’s going to be a barn-burner,” Grove-McDonough said. “The Big East is a super competitive cross-country conference, but its exciting and fun in that you have five nation-ally ranked teams going at it for a conference title. I think we could be anywhere from first to fifth, which sounds like a wide range, but you just never know with the Big East.”
Another tough Big East oppo-nent that is not currently ranked is Syracuse, which was a top ten team nationally as recently as October 2. Coach Grove-McDonough has made sure not to rule out the Orange by any means, as they are still likely to mount a serious attack on Friday.
“I don’t think their team has run
anywhere near their potential,” Grove-McDonough said. “The last thing you want to do is just count a team out. I know their roster and their staff pretty well, and at any moment they can pull something out. Syracuse was in the national rankings for a long time for a reason. They have the team to make it happen.”
Grove-McDonough’s lineup for the Big East will consist of senior Shauna McNiff, juniors Lauren Sara and Allison Lasnicki, sophomore Lindsay Crevoiserat and freshman Julia Zrinyi. Also making the trip will be seniors Kim Moran and Alison Cooper, junior Brigitte Mania and freshman Abby Mace.
The race will be held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, a course that Grove-McDonough and her team have run on before. The course fea-tures long increments of relatively flat terrain, with the only change in
incline coming in the form of a one-mile climb prior to a flattened-out finishing stretch. By no means is it the most challenging of courses, but it will play a more than adequate role as host for what is such a critical event.
The Big East Championship will provide yet another difficult test for the UConn women’s cross-country team. It is indisputable that this year’s team has improved by leaps and bounds over last year’s, and improv-ing on a seventh-place finish at the Big East Championship in 2011 will no doubt be a primary goal for this year’s race. But Grove-McDonough also has the luxury of going for the win, and if you can count on one thing, it is that the Huskies will give it everything they have.
By Jack MitchellCampus Correspondent