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VOLDY DOESN’T STAND A CHANCE

FAMILIAR FINISH

Burger King expands menu with the addition of ten new items.

UConn returns core from Final Four team.

Battery-powered vehicles are closer than we think.

INSIDE NEWS: BURGER KING’S NEW MENU A LOT LIKE MCDONALD’S

Pizza with the Police

12 to 1 p.m.SU, 104

Come enjoy free pizza with Officer Tom Ryba as he discusses campus safety. All attendees will be entered for a chance to win a $50 gas card.

Turning an Internship into a Job Offer

3:30 to 4:20 p.m.SU, 331

Come to this workshop to get infor-mation about how you can turn your internship into a job offer.

UConn vs. UMass softball4 to 6 p.m.

Burrill Family FieldCome cheer on the UConn softball

team as they battle against UMass. Admission is free.

Drag Show6 to 9 p.m.

Student Union Theater UConn’s Annual Drag Show will take place tonight. Come watch the “ladies” perform. Jujubee, from Rupaul’s Drag Race, will be one of the performers. The show is free to all with a limited capacity so come early for good seats!

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Club engages in non-muggle activities, includ-ing Quidditch and her-bology.

Last week Sigma Chi host-ed its annual “Derby Days” fundraiser. Derby Days is a week-long series of events that female organizations on cam-pus participate in by attending Derby Days events through-out the week. Members of the fraternity and other organiza-tions compete in the Derby Decathlon, a 10-event race around the UConn campus, and nominate a member of their organization to be the Sigma Chi Sweetheart, a female member who lives up to their ideals of friendship, justice and learning.

The fundraising for the event went to the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Huntsman Cancer Institute is a research center as well as inpatient hospital for people with all different types of cancer. The Huntsman Cancer Center is also a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, which is a not-for-profit alliance of the world’s leading cancer centers. NCCN is dedicated to improv-ing the quality of care provid-ed to patients with cancer and improving the effectiveness of treatment.

Sigma Chi raised money for the Huntsman Cancer Institute by selling Derby Days tank tops, hosting food specials at Ted’s Bar and Wally’s Chicken Coop, running Penny Wars, setting up a Pie-A-Sig station and Sink-A-Sig dunk tank on Fairfield Way, charging admis-sion to a Sweetheart Pageant and using the Derby Challenge online donation system pro-vided by the Huntsman Cancer Institute for all chapters of Sigma Chi.

This year Sigma Chi raised just over $11,300, vastly exceeding its amount last year of $2,500.

Clarence Cheung, a 6th-semester accounting major and annotator of the Gamma Omega chapter of Sigma Chi, was filled with excitement during the Derby Days this year and was shocked by the success of the fundraiser.

“Derby Days is my favorite week of the year,” Cheung said. “It’s a week where we all get to have fun during the day and raise money for a great cause at the same time. It’s amazing all the support we got from the participating organi-zations. They helped us raise over four times the amount we raised last year.”

Derby Days has long been a tradition of Sigma Chi at

UConn. Derby Days used to take place every year through-out the 1970s and ‘80s, but stopped until it was recently brought back in 2008.

Brendan Innes, a 6th-semes-ter biology major and pro con-sul of the Gamma Omega chap-ter, was happy with the out-come of Derby Days this year.

“In the ‘70s and ‘80s, Sigma Chi at UConn had Derby Days, but stopped several years ago. This is the fourth year in a row that Gamma Omega has had Derby Days, and by far the most success-ful,” Innes said.

The extreme success of the fundraiser correlated to the

large amount of participation in this year’s games.

Fortunately for the Huntsman Cancer Center, the Gamma Omega chapter of Sigma Chi will be sending them a large check after this year’s Derby Days.

Representatives of Alpha Phi, the sorority that raised the most money during Derby Days, show off their pride during the events. Derby Days raised over $11,000 for the Huntsman Cancer Institute.

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By Brendon PrescottCampus Correspondent

Brendon.Prescott@UConn.edu

Derby Days raises money for cancer

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Connecticut men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun has been named one of three recipients of a special community ser-vice award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.

Calhoun, along with Phoenix Suns guard Grant Hill, and Dr. Richard Lapchick, founder and director of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics In Sport at the University of Central Florida, will

receive the Mannie Jackson Human Spirit Award on Sept. 6, prior to this year’s Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremonies.

Calhoun, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005, is being honored for charity work including his donations to the UConn Health Center and his annual holiday food drive.

Calhoun has not said if he plans to return for a 27th season at UConn, where he has led the Huskies to three NCAA titles.

Calhoun wins special award from Hall of Fame

Romney's focus on Obama brings new challenges

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — As Mitt Romney looked for a sweep in Tuesday's three Republican primaries to tighten his grip on the party's nomination, President Barack Obama criticized the GOP front-runner by name in a campaign ad for the first time, signaling that he too thinks the nomination race is all but over.

Regardless of the outcome in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C., Romney was rapidly shifting toward the general election — and the challenges of Obama's better-financed and better-organized opposition.

The president flexed that campaign muscle Monday, suggesting that he's ready for Romney even if the former Massachusetts governor isn't quite ready for him. Obama released a television ad set to run in six swing states accusing Romney of standing with "Big Oil." The ad came hours after the release of a simi-lar campaign from an Obama ally.

Romney has been ignoring his Republican rivals for several days and taking it to the Democratic president, whom he accused Monday of "crushing dreams" with a "government-centered society."

"He takes his political inspiration from the capitals of Europe," Romney told supporters in Green Bay, Wis., one day before the latest primaries in the GOP fight. "His version of a perfect world is a big-spending big government."

The grinding Republican primary, already 3 months old, has complicated his ability to re-focus his broader orga-nization and resources toward Obama. Aides concede that staff building and fundraising for the fall match-up are lagging.

Romney's recent string of high-dollar California fundraisers was limited to raising money only for the Republican primary contests. Aides are only begin-ning to take steps to raise cash to use against Obama, who has been aggres-sively fundraising and distributed staff on the ground in almost every state in the nation.

The delay has given Obama a massive head start. The disparity is staggering.

At the end of February, Obama report-

ed $84.7 million in his campaign account compared to Romney's $7.3 million. Obama has more than 530 paid staff compared to roughly 100 for Romney.

A fading Rick Santorum, also cam-paigning in Wisconsin on Monday, said that Romney has essentially bought his success by outspending the competition.

Romney and his allies have spent a combined $53 million on television advertising so far this election cycle compared to just $27 million from his three Republican competitors combined, according to data compiled by the media tracking firm SMG Delta.

Santorum's team, having narrowly lost a string of high-profile contests, spent just $9 million.

"With almost unlimited resources, Gov. Romney has not proven to be very effective," Santorum said Monday as he predicted a possible upset in Wisconsin. "The only way he's been successful in winning the primaries is by just blud-geoning his opponents by an overwhelm-ing money advantage — something he's not going to have in the general elec-tion."

In the primary race, Romney has a huge advantage in delegates. On Monday, The Associated Press count had Romney with exactly half the delegates needed to win the nomination, 572, and twice as many delegates as Santorum.

For the fall campaign, Romney's presidential hopes may rest, at least in part, upon the ability of the Republican National Committee to give him a run-ning start. The RNC, beset by problems of its own in recent years, says it's ready to meet the challenge. Yet party officials acknowledge limitations. General elec-tion fundraising in particular has suffered without a nominee.

The RNC last week announced it had filled a "presidential trust" with $21 mil-lion to spend in coordination with the nominee. But there is no limit on what the committee can raise and spend on its own to support the party's presidential contender.

"There are donors that are sitting on the sidelines right now," said RNC politi-cal director Rick Wiley.

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Conn. committee passes attorney general bill

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A bill that would clarify the qualification requirements for an attorney general candidate in Connecticut has passed its first round of votes in the Legislature.

Members of the General Assembly’s Judiciary Committee voted 28-to-16 in favor of passage Monday.

The bill would remove the position’s requirement of having at least 10 years “active practice” in law, replacing it with a necessary 10-year minimum Connecticut Bar Association mem-bership.

The proposal comes after a 2010 state Supreme Court ruling disqualified Democratic candidate and Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz (BY’-suh-wits) from her bid for attorney gen-eral due to her lack of courtroom litigation experience.

Conn. prison credit bill fails committee vote

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A bill that would make certain Connecticut prisoners ineligible to receive early release credits for participating in rehabilitation and other programs has failed to pass committee vote.

Members of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee voted 23-to-20 against the bill Monday.

The bill would have made prisoners convicted of crimes that resulted in the death of another person ineligible to receive time off the ends of their sentences for good behavior.

Supporters of the measure said the earned credit program undermines prison sentencing.

Opponents, however, have said the program will reduce crime re-offending rates in Connecticut.

Navy sub Mississippi to be assigned to Conn. base

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — One of the U.S. Navy’s newest sub-marines will be assigned temporarily to the state’s Naval Submarine Base New London, a move hailed Monday by elected officials as a reflection of the base’s importance.

The USS Mississippi will be making the same first stop as other Virginia-class submarines, but local officials and the state’s con-gressional delegation are eager to find signs of strength as they gird for the possibility that the base, in Groton, an hour’s drive southeast of Hartford, will be targeted by the U.S. Department of Defense for closure.

Connecticut’s two U.S. senators said the Navy confirmed the submarine will be going to the base in Groton, in the southeastern part of the state, taking the number of subs based there to 16.

Federal agents raid Calif. marijuana university

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Federal agents on Monday target-ed a San Francisco Bay area medical marijuana training school started by a leading pot advocate who has been instrumental in pushing for ballot measures to legalize the drug.

The doors to Oaksterdam University in downtown Oakland were blocked by U.S. marshals and yellow tape following the early morning raid by agents with the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Agents carted trash bags of unknown materials out of the school as protesters gathered to condemn the action. A museum connected to the school and a nearby medical marijuana dispen-sary operated by Oaksterdam founder Richard Lee also were raided.

Demonstrators outside the multistory building, some openly smoking marijuana, held signs demanding an end to federal crack-downs on marijuana, which remains illegal under federal law.

Loophole in law let teen drive big rig in crash

JORDAN, Minn. (AP) — A 17-year-old boy was behind the wheel of a semi pulling a box trailer converted into a recreational vehicle when the 57,000-pound rig crashed through a guardrail and into a Kansas ravine, killing five of the 18 people on board.

Adam Kerber’s driver’s license wouldn’t have allowed him to drive a commercial vehicle like that because of its weight and because it was carrying more than 15 people. But neither of the restrictions applied because of a loophole in Minnesota state law regarding private RVs.

The thirteen injured in the crash including Kerber, who was still in critical condition Monday. All those injured or killed were friends or members of the Kerber family.

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March 26

Lauren I. Kuda, 20, of Somers, was arrested at 2:21 p.m. on North Eagleville Road and charged with harassment in the second degree. Kuda turned herself into police on a warrant for harassment that stemmed from an incident on March 2 where Kuda sent unwanted messages to a victim, in viola-tion of a no-contact order given on Feb. 4. Her court date was set for March 27.

Christian P. Meskers, 19, of Old Greenwich, was arrested at 12:59 p.m. at the UConn Police Department and charged with larceny in the sixth degree. Meskers turned himself into police after learning of an out-standing warrant for his arrest for larceny. The warrant stems from an incident on Feb. 6 when Meskers was found to have left the Co-op without paying for $29.95 worth of merchandise. His bond was set at $30 and his court date is April 4.

March 27

Angelo T. Manzi, 19, of Longmeadow, Mass., was arrested at 2:39 a.m. on Towers Loop Road and charged with carrying a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct. Police arrested Manzi after they received a complaint of a white male running through Beacher Hall, ripping off his clothing. When Manzi was confronted

by a resident assistant, he fled to his dorm room. Police found that Manzi tried to enter into a female’s room and was in pos-session of an illegal knife. His bond was set at $2,000 and his court date is April 10.

Kevin J. Ziegler, 22, of Willimantic, was arrested at 6:10 p.m. at the UConn Police Department and charged with burglary in the third degree, lar-ceny in the sixth degree, seven counts of conspiracy, driving with a suspended license and interfering with an officer. Ziegler turned himself in on a warrant for his arrest that stemmed from an incident on March 5, when Ziegler entered a parked vehicle that was not his and stole a stereo and money. At the scene, Ziegler ran from officers. His bond was set for $5,000 and his court date is April 3.

Benjamin H. Trotenberg, 21, of Voorhees, N.J., was arrested at 12:30 p.m. in Tower Court and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, illegal manufacture, distribution and selling of a controlled sub-stance, possession of a con-trolled substance and posses-sion of drug paraphernalia in a drug factory. Police responded to a call at Foster Hall on a complaint about drug activ-ity. Police found Trotenberg in possession of 22 grams of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, a digital scale and packaging materials. Police found that he had been weighing, packaging and selling marijuana from his dorm room. His bond was set at $10,000 and his court date is April 4.

March 29

Anthony D. Morlando, 18, of Waterbury, was arrested at 2:12 a.m. on Route 195 and

charged with conspiracy, failure to keep drugs in their original container, possession of bur-glary tools and using a motor vehicle without permission. Police saw Morlando walking with another individual along Route 195 pushing a scooter. It was determined that the scooter was stolen and Morlando was in possession of a burglary tool and of prescription medication outside of its original container. His bond was set at $5,000 and his court date is April 10.

March 30

Zachary D. Bradley, 20, of Weatogue, was arrested at 7:59 p.m. on North Eagleville Road and charged with forgery in the second and possession of alcohol by a minor. Police saw Bradley, who appeared to be under 21, putting bottles of liquor and beer into a duffle bag. Police found that Bradley purchased the alchol with a fake Pennsylvania driver’s license. His bond was set at $500 and his court date is April 10.

March 31

Timothy F. Abbazia, 19, of Stamford, was arrested at 1:27 a.m. on North Hillside Road and charged with assault in the third and breach of peace in the second. Police responded to a call at Celeron Square of a male who punched another male. After speaking with witnesses, police identified Abbazia as the male who punched the victim. His bond was set at $2,500 and his court date is April 10.

Carlos A. Matos Brito, 19, of Guaynado Puerto Rico, was arrested at 1:00 a.m. at Celeron Apartments and charged with breach of peace in the second degree and criminal mischief in the third. Police responded to a call from Celeron Square of a

male that had broken a window to a residence and fought with the resident. Police identified Matos Brito as the male who broke the window and who was involved in the fight. His bond was set at $2,500 and his court date is April 10.

Mark Gannon, 21, of Southbury, was arrested at 10:18 p.m. at Gampel Pavilion and charged with criminal trespassing in the first degree. Gannon attempted to enter a concert at Gampel Pavilion but was denied access because of his level of intoxication. Gannon then attempted to enter at another entrance and police told him to leave the area. After a short period of time, Gannon tried to enter again. Gannon was escorted from the entrance. His court date is set for April 10.

April 1

David S. Caruso, 49, of Norwich, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear from March 28. The original charges of the case were driving under a suspected license and driving an unregistered motor vehicle on Jan. 10. His bond was set at $1,000 and his court date is set for April 10.

Alexander o. Kosakowski, 19, of Bristol, was arrested at 11:15 p.m. on Storrs Road and charged with breach of peace in the second degree, reckless endangerment in the second degree and sale, use or posses-sion of fireworks. The UConn Fire Department responded to Buckley Hall South sixth floor for a fire alarm, which was set off when Kosaskowski set off fireworks. His bond was set at $1,500 and his court date is April 10.

April 2

Natasha I. McLaren, 19, of Stroudsburg Penn., was arrested at 12:07 a.m. on Alumni Drive and charged with improper sig-naling for turns or stopping, driving under while intoxicated and violating a stop sign. Police stopped McLaren for failing to obey a stop sign and failing to signal. Police suspected her to be intoxicate and subjected her to field sobriety tests, which she failed. Her bond was set at $500 and her court date is April 9.

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former drug king-pin Benjamin Arellano Felix was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for leading one of the world's most brutal cartels, a Tijuana-based ring that raised Mexico's drug violence to a new level and tried to hide the bloodshed by dissolving bodies in drums of chemicals or burning them in the desert.

Noting that the plea deal set 25 years as the maximum, U.S. District Judge Larry Burns told the court the 58-year-old drug lord deserved a life sentence for harming the U.S. and Mexico in a "profound" way with the bloodshed he unleashed and the hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana he is believed to have smuggled to America.

Burns said those who followed Arellano Felix's orders are serving much longer sen-tences.

"If I had it within my power, I would impose a longer sentence," Burns told Arellano Felix.

Arellano Felix and his late-brother, Ramon, the cartel's top enforcer, ruled the criminal enterprise from 1986 to 2002, U.S. authori-ties said.

Its members included Tijuana's wealthy youth and gang members recruited from across the border in San Diego. Prosecutors

say Ramon Arellano Felix killed people for kicks.

Benjamin Arellano Felix was the reserved businessman who dressed conservatively and, according to a 2003 federal indictment in San Diego, had ultimate decision-making authority in the cartel.

Aided by corrupt Mexican officials, the Arellanos killed anyone who stepped on their California-Mexico border turf and tried to keep it quiet by dissolving or burning their bodies.

The cartel — fictionally portrayed in the Hollywood film "Traffic" — is suspected of participating in the slaying of Mexico's Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo, who was riddled with bullets on May 24, 1993, while he sat in his car at the airport in the city of Guadalajara.

Investigators say the gunmen mistook the cardinal's luxury vehicle for that of a rival drug trafficker. But church authorities believe Posadas Ocampo was killed because he knew about alleged relationships between drug dealers and government officials at the time.

Burns described Arellano Felix as a loyal family man who acted without a conscience.

When asked by the judge whether he had anything to say to the public about his

actions, a thin Arellano Felix with slicked-back black hair said: "I am being accused of things that other people did. They want to hold me responsible for those things."

Burns countered that Arellano Felix admit-ted to calling the shots. He asked him if his statement meant he wanted to retract his guilty plea.

Arellano Felix said he did not and had nothing more to say.

Arellano Felix pleaded guilty to racketeer-ing and conspiracy to launder money after being extradited from Mexico.

Days before his sentencing, Arellano Felix abruptly fired his attorney and hired a new one who argued that his client did not under-stand his plea agreement and was led to believe by his previous attorney that he would be credited for the nine years he served in a Mexican prison before he was extradited.

Arellano Felix told the judge that he had served time for the same charges in Mexico.

Burns disagreed, saying the 25-year sen-tence was for crimes committed in the United States. The judge said he would allow Arellano Felix to be credited for the time he has been in U.S. custody since April 29, 2011.

Drug kingpin Arellano Felix gets 25-year term

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Burger King’s new menu a lot like McDonald’sMIAMI (AP) — Burger King is try-

ing to revive its ailing empire with a rival’s recipe for success.

After years of lackluster sales of its Whoppers and fries, the struggling fast-food giant on Monday launched 10 food items in its biggest menu expansion since the chain was started in 1954.

But there are unmistakable similari-ties between Burger King’s new lineup and the offerings its much-bigger rival McDonald’s has rolled out in recent years. The Golden Arches already rolled out specialty salads in 2003, snack wraps in 2006, premium coffee drinks in 2009, and fruit smoothies in 2010.

Burger King doesn’t deny that its new chicken strips, caramel frappe coffees, Caesar salads and strawberry-banana smoothies sound pretty close to those on McDonald’s popular menu. But execu-tives say the company came up with them through its research.

“Consumers wanted more choices,” said Steve Wiborg, president of Burger King’s North America operations. “Not just healthy choices, but choices they could get at the competition.”

The menu additions are part of Burger King’s plan to abandon its nearly single-minded courtship of young men, who were once the lifeblood of the industry but were hard hit by the economic downturn. Competitors went after new customers with breakfast items and healthier fare, but Burger King let its menu get stale. As a result, Burger King for the first time was edged out by Wendy’s last year as the nation’s No. 2 burger chain. McDonald’s solidified its hold on No. 1.

To stem the decline, Burger King executives last year decided to modern-ize the 7,200-restaurant chain’s aging stores, redesign worker uniforms with aprons so they stay clean and even serve the iconic Whopper in cardboard cartons instead of paper wrapping for the first time in more than 20 years. Food, how-ever, is at the heart of their plan.

The revamp is nevertheless a gamble. Burger King’s new food could be a flop, and of course, the chain is already late to the party.

“Being an innovator is critical in the fast-food industry,” said Darren Tristano, an analyst for the food industry researcher Technomic Inc. But in recent years, he said Burger King has been more of a follower.

Eddie Yoon, a principal at consulting firm The Cambridge Group said compa-nies like Burger King that come out with similar products as their rivals can be successful only if they offer lower prices or superior taste. But if it’s merely a “me too” strategy, he said Burger King’s ven-ture could fall flat.

“You can have football teams, and just because they’re both running the same offense it doesn’t mean it will work the same,” said Eddie Yoon, a principal at The Cambridge Group, a growth con-

sulting firm.THE RAMP UPThe fast-food industry has undergone

a shift in recent years. Just five years ago, the top three fast-food companies were all burger chains. But concerns over obesity have paved the way for competitors like Subway, now the sec-ond-biggest chain, and Starbucks, which climbed up the rankings to the No. 3 spot. Smaller players such as Five Guys, which sells made-to-order burgers, are gaining ground too.

McDonald’s quickly adapted. The world’s biggest burger chain reinvented itself as a hip, healthier place to eat by offering wireless Internet and rolling out a string of hit menu items such as fruit smoothies, iced coffees and oatmeal.

Burger King failed to keep up. Its share of sales among burger chains fell from 17 percent a decade ago to 12 per-cent last year, according to Technomic. McDonald’s share rose from 42 percent to 50 percent.

All Tom McDonald had to do was look at Burger King’s competitors to see why sales at the chain were falling. A Burger King franchisee since 1989, McDonald said the chain’s menu hadn’t changed much over the years.

“We were getting behind with the wraps and salads that were coming on the market,” said McDonald, who owns 19 franchises. “We had salads, but they weren’t as good as the competition. We focused on burgers maybe longer than we should have.”

McDonald said he expressed his con-cerns at the company’s failure to keep up with the times. But the Miami-based chain had gone through a series of own-ers over the years, and McDonald said he got little response from corporate about addressing the problems.

He said the attitude from the top changed last year after New York-based private equity firm 3G Capital bought Burger King in late 2010. That’s when Burger King assembled a group of 15 key executives, franchisees and suppli-ers to evaluate the chain’s menu, item by item.

The process, which took three months of daylong meetings, was grueling at times. One day, for example, the group sat through a lengthy presentation com-plete with charts and graphs on how oils and eggs affect the quality of mayon-naise. A blind taste test of 30 varieties followed. The verdict: They liked the one Burger King was already using.

“That was actually a pretty hard day,” recalls John Koch, Burger King’s execu-tive chef.

French fries took multiple days, given the various factors like season-ing, oil and frying method. Even the day for soft-serve ice cream, which was rolled out last summer, wasn’t as fun as it might sound: A supplier that had 400 vanilla flavors presented the nuances between Madagascar and

honey vanilla.“Trying to come up with the exact

intensity of vanilla you need is a little bit daunting,” Koch said.

Burger King quietly put some chang-es in place over the past year. The French fries are thicker so they’ll stay hot longer. Burgers now come with one slice of cheese instead of two, so it melts more evenly. And naturally-smoked bacon is now cooked at each restaurant. Previously, Burger King had used a pre-cooked variety with a smoked flavor sprayed on.

THE ROLLOUTOnce executives settled on menu

items, it was time to go to the masses. Would the new items measure up to those of Burger King’s competitors? To find out, the company conducted consumer tests and revised its recipes over months.

Burger King considered making Panini-pressed snack wraps, for exam-ple, but tests showed customers wanted something lighter. The wraps it settled on closely resemble the ones offered at McDonald’s — a chicken strip sprin-kled with cheese, lettuce and dressing wrapped in a flour tortilla. McDonald’s even offers the same flavors — honey mustard and ranch.

Even seemingly straightforward items had to be reworked over and over. The new “Homestyle Chicken Strips” went through 11 variations before the

final version was selected. And it took about seven months and six tries before the company found the right mix of creaminess, iciness and tanginess for its strawberry banana and tropical mango smoothies.

“They didn’t rush these products out to market,” said McDonald, the Burger King franchisee who regularly eats at competitors to stay on top of what they’re doing. He said he’s confident the new menu items stack up to rivals. “They got feedback from consumers and reformulated them to get it right.”

Eldy Pick, a customer who was at a renovated Burger King near the com-pany’s headquarters in Miami, said she liked having some lighter options. She normally gets the chicken or fish sand-wiches and said the new cranberry apple salad she was eating was “a treat.”

But food isn’t Burger King’s only problem. Many of its restaurants are showing signs of aging. So the com-pany decided it wanted to give them a more modern look that mixes leath-er armchairs, high stools and plastic chairs in warmer lighting. High parti-tions will create more privacy in some seating areas. The makeover costs an average of more than $275,000 per restaurant.

That presents another challenge: get-ting buy-in from franchisees, who own 90 percent of the chain’s U.S. stores. So the company is offering those who sign

up for the remodeling incentives, such as a 50 percent discount on the annual $50,000 franchise fee.

So far, more than 1,000 franchise locations are slated to be updated in the next year. Over the next three years, 2,500 will be remodeled.

Customers will see changes even in stores that aren’t remodeled. The drab red, black or blue shirts workers used to wear have been replaced by metal gray shirts and aprons that were designed with the help of employees. Wrappers, cups and bags now have vivid photos of food that were shot by the same photog-rapher responsible for the catalogs of the high-end housewares retailer Williams-Sonoma.

To get the word out about the chang-es, Burger King is rolling out its big-gest marketing campaign ever. TV ads will feature celebrities, including soccer player David Beckham, comedian Jay Leno and actress Salma Hayek. In one spot, R&B singer Mary J. Blige croons the ingredients of the snack wraps.

Whether the star power of the ads, updated stores and the new food on the menu can fix Burger King’s troubles remains to be seen. But Alex Macedo, chief marketing officer for Burger King North America, said the chain has a good chance of rebounding because Burger King is a brand everyone knows.

“People love Burger King and really want a reason to come back,” he said.

In this March 28, 2012 photo, Jenny Vega orders food at a Burger King restaurant in Miami. Burger King launches 10 menu items including smoothies, frappes, specialty salads and snack wraps in a star-studded TV ad campaign. It’s the biggest menu expansion since the chain opened its doors in 1954.

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If you’re in prison on parole for a felony conviction in Connecticut, you can’t vote. Connecticut is one

of 48 states with laws revok-ing voting rights from felons. Some only prohibit imprisoned felons from voting, while oth-ers restore the right to vote only after a felon has served all of his or her time, including prison, parole and probation. However, 13 states disenfranchise some

or all felons for life, even after they have completed their entire sentence.

While this may sound reason-able to some, the actual effect of this policy is widespread disenfranchisement of certain populations, such as African-Americans. Connecticut, and the other 47 states with such laws, should restore felons’ right to vote.

Currently, more than 5 mil-lion Americans are disenfran-chised due to a felony convic-tion (including 2 million ex-felons who have served their time). This is about 2 percent of the national voting-age popula-tion. This may seem minimal, but it would have been enough to change the outcome of close races. Felon disenfranchisement is also a slowly growing prob-

lem due to harsher sentences being pushed for a large number of offenses. This has made the proportion of disenfranchised felons and ex-felons increase in relation to the entire voting-age population, with slightly over 1 percent of the national voting-age population disenfranchised in 1974, and more than 2.3 per-cent of the national voting-age population disenfranchised in 2000.

Not only does felon disen-franchisement deny millions of Americans the right to vote, it disproportionately affects racial minorities. While laws restricting the voting rights of felons are racially neutral in their language, their histories and effects paint a much more discriminatory picture, as was also the case with poll taxes and literacy tests. As stated earlier, about 2 percent of the national voting-age population is disen-franchised due to felony convic-tions. However, when looking only at the African-American voting-age population, this number rises to more than 8 percent.

Some claim that this is merely an unfortunate coincidence, but a look at the historical record indicates that felon disenfran-chisement was originally engi-neered as a method to repress

the voting power of African-Americans. Politicians pushing for felon disenfranchisement laws in the post-Civil War era often openly stated the laws would help take the vote from blacks, including one Alabama politician who boasted that, by including wife-beating as an offense warranting disen-franchisement, the law would stop 60 percent of African-Americans from voting. Today, the disproportionate effects are largely due to the flawed War on Drugs. Despite evidence that racial minorities use drugs at rates similar to whites, in 1999, 28.9 percent of federal drug charges were against African-Americans, who make up only 13 percent of the population. In the same year, Hispanics made up 45.5 percent of federal drug defendants, but they make up less than 15 percent of the population. When compounded, these policies lead to the insti-tutional disenfranchisement of large numbers of racial minori-ties in the United States.

These laws also dispropor-tionately affect people with low incomes, who are more com-monly convicted of felonies than middle- and upper-class people. This, along with the racial dis-parities inherent in the law, may have significantly impacted who

is elected in the United States and what policies they pursue once in office. According to the foremost author on felon dis-enfranchisement, Christopher Uggen, “Removing approxi-mately 5 million mostly low-income citizens from the elec-torate is likely to have shifted the positions of the major par-ties on many issues. For exam-ple, it is easier to disregard the concerns of low-income voters on economic issues when mil-lions of such voters are legally disenfranchised.”

It is clear that felon disenfran-chisement laws, while neutral on their face, have effectively lessened the political voices of low-income people and people of color. Their implementa-tion discriminates against these groups, altering electoral and policy outcomes, which may further enforce racial disparities in our justice system and other aspects of American life. All 48 states that forbid felons and ex-felons from voting should repeal their disenfranchisement laws, and Connecticut should take the lead.

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

Tyler McCarthy, Weekly ColumnistJesse Rifkin, Weekly Columnist

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Two weekends from now, instead of celebrating the end of anoth-er great semester at UConn, students will be encouraged to

go home for the weekend, and visitors will be virtually barred from campus. Those who remained on campus last year for the weekend-that-no-longer-exists will remember a veritable, chilly

jail cell where even finals prep was hindered due to the library being closed. The Spring Weekend Moratorium will continue, full force, for 2012.

Let me first say that the actions taken be the uni-versity last year were absolutely unders tandable ,

considering the death of a student two years ago, as well as the type of activ-ity that the weekend tends to draw. Widespread destruction and violence should not be tolerated, condoned or facilitated in any way.

However, there is a fallacy in logic at work when the continued response to an event that has a very negative effect on the community at large is to cancel all events and make it impossible for students to do anything that could be positive, or even just not destructive. It’s like saying to students, “Well, you have proven that you are incapable of having a carnival-like weekend without raging and destroying things, so at the most stressful point of the semester, we

will give you no options to relax or blow off steam – except for whatever students can figure out to skirt the rules and party that weekend anyways.” And though, again, I understand the rationale behind the administrative decision to curtail the festivities and enact a moratorium, I fear that the degree to which this has been enacted acts more as an invitation to rebel, to disobey, to do the forbidden because it is forbidden. Also, continu-ally calling attention to the events of the past does nothing to quell the memory of what students will feel like they are missing out on. An event cannot be forgotten if the measures to end it are constantly reminding people what used to happen. Anyone who has worked with children knows that one of the best ways to make something appealing to a child is to say no. Let’s be honest, college stu-dents are often not that far from children in the way they act or respond.

Punishment is not the answer, and continuing the moratorium comes off as punishment. I know that the dry events hosted by the university in the past have been considered a failed deterrent. Students still attended the off-campus, unsanctioned events. I also know that it will take a lot of time to make the reputation and legend of UConn Spring Weekend disappear. But I also do not think that baby steps toward change would be remiss. Last year, the weather and the holiday weekend made the mora-torium measures work. This year, there will be no guarantees, and it seems a little weak for the moratorium to depend largely on students electing to go home on a weekend that most ordinarily would not leave campus.

From a senior who has seen two Spring Weekends, here is a little unsolicited advice to the university: The implied rhetoric of punishment will not end the myth of Spring Weekend, which means that no one will even be sure of whether students are electing not to participate or partying speakeasy-style (remember how well Prohibition worked?). Forcing the partying underground increases the risk that people will be hurt and unable to receive the help they need due to a fear of the retributive consequences. It also only makes the concept of out-smarting the sanctions more appealing. Instead, actively choose to replace the known concept of Spring Weekend with a different concept. I would suggest a community service-themed weekend. If a certain level of volunteerism is expect-ed – and it could be made mandatory for university-sponsored and sanctioned groups such as learning communities, Greek life, Tier 1, 2 and 3 organizations, athletic teams, etc. – more than half of the community becomes otherwise engaged. Provide new events, such as Pong tournaments (a separate one could be had for those not of-age) or even some kind of cocktail event for juniors and seniors. But overall, make it look like the university is trying to work with students to make a change, rather than punishing each subsequent generation of students for the decisions of the past.

Spring Weekend moratorium reaches too far

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Fuel efficient batteries a great step in innovation

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Anthony Davis probably became good at basketball because he was made fun of as a kid for his unibrow.

Go Baylor Bears! Crush the Irish. I hope Griner dunks on every single one of you.

I keep hitting “enroll” for my classes in the off chance i catch the system off guard...

Whenever I see a single person running by, I always look over my shoulder for zombies. Always.

If Hell was comprised of UConn attributes, it would be an endless MSB staircase with winter wind and the sound of the Garrigus fire alarm.

#AprilFoolsInstantDailyProblems

To the kid at Northwest dining hall, please stop braiding the mozzarella stick cheese.

How awkward would it be if, when you are driving in a car with a musician, their song came on?

That awkward moment when you realize you’ve acci-dentally taken 670 pictures of the inside of your pocket with your cell phone... And you have no idea how this happened, nor that your phone could even hold that many pictures. #technologicallyineptproblems

Parkour!

I couldn’t stop choking on the parsley in my dinner. Is that natural?

I used too much Carmex on my lips and now it’s on my tongue and I feel like I licked the inside of an ear.

Does Kansas realize that the first half isn’t just war-mups?

UConn’s Center for Clean Energy Engineering has developed a new process that will, hopeful-ly, help make the manufacturing of fuel cell bat-teries significantly more efficient. According

to a UConn Today article, those responsible for the new process hope that a more effective fuel cell battery manufacturing process might help make fuel cell-powered vehicles a much more viable option in the next 10 years or even sooner.

Professor Radenka Maric is responsible for developing the process, which will hopefully be a large step forward for the long wait for a battery-powered automobile. This comes as good news to those who have recognized the gas prices, which have climbed above $4 in Connecticut over the past few weeks. Commuters and those who are hoping to plan summer activities in the next few weeks have no doubt noticed the high price of gas.

When gas prices climb as high as they have, many people always discuss the idea of alternative fuels. Unfortunately, year after year Americans continue to fill their tanks with gasoline. Fuel cell batteries have simply not been a viable option to go any further. However, with this recent development, the world takes a step in the right direction toward fueling our society with a more renewable source.

Students and alumni should be proud that this develop-ment was made in-house with the University of Connecticut researchers and staff. If the goal is a more fuel efficient and environmentally sound world, then UConn should be thrilled to be on the cutting edge of that technology.

With the university trying so hard to be recognized as a fairly prominent research institution, Maric’s new fuel cell manufacturing technology is a great boon for UConn’s reputation. Although it is still far too early to tell what the effect of this new technology will mean for the future of viable fuel options, students and others affiliated with UConn should be thrilled that the main steps forward on such a topical and important issue are being taken right here at their university.

Now we must wait to see what becomes of this new process, but until enough time has passed for us to know its effect on the future, UConn can boast its commitment to solving one of the country’s most prominent problems – the efficiency and viability of the fuel cell battery.

By Sam TracyStaff Columnist

By Michelle AnjirbagWeekly Columnist

Felons should not be stripped of voting rights

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ComicsTuesday, April 3, 2012 The Daily Campus, Page 5

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

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re learning quickly. Provide motivation and teach others, too. Don’t give advice unless asked. Use charm and persuasion. Gain more than expected.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Advance to the next level. Your intuition is right on target. Friends are glad to lend a hand. A surprise visitor could pop up. Let folks know what you want.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Concentrate on doing what you promised. With power comes responsibility. Do the math, and don’t drop out any numbers. You’re learning fast. Act decisively.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- There’s more money available; haste is essential to take advantage. It’s a good time to apply for a raise. A lucky discovery brings sought-after information.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- The money is available, once you agree. This could be a lucky break. Plan your course of action, line up the team and get the word out. Love is the most important part.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Expand your influence. Travel beckons. A dream shows you the way. Be prepared, so you can move quickly when necessary. Accept a partner’s recommendation.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Dreamy interludes could pleasantly distract, but creative shortcuts aren’t a good idea. Keep art elements subtle. There’s more work coming. Your idea works!

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Reinvent who you are for one another. Create something completely new in your relationship, and be pleasantly surprised by what you discover. All you need is love.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- It’s easier to make money this weekend, but there’s also a risk of pushing yourself too hard. Balance things so you don’t get burned out. Rest is important.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- You’re lucky in love again, this weekend and until the middle of May. Your creativity comes in handy to solve problems. Be childish, and play full out.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- This weekend is good for making changes at home. Think of your house like a blank canvas, and create the perfect space for who you are and what you’re committed to.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Your capacity to learn is increased, starting with a great weekend. Be open to new opportunities. Failures become successes.

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Expectations were high when a maverick business-man favoring cowboy boots and plain talk won the presidency in 2000, defeat-ing the party that had governed Mexico for 71 consecutive years.

Mexicans hoped that their country would take a new course under Vicente Fox's center-right National Action Party, or PAN, with government corruption uprooted, the police and justice systems strengthened and poverty curtailed.

But they have been disappointed by drug trafficking violence, and the fail-ure to prosecute government corruption or correct judicial inefficiency under the PAN's leadership, first under Fox and then under current President Felipe Calderon, who barely squeaked by in a contested 2006 election. Despite a more open economy and a bigger middle class, more than half of the nation's 120 million people still live in poverty.

Amid the dashed hopes of many Mexicans, the PAN is battling to retain the presidency in July 1 balloting as the formerly entrenched Institutional Revolutionary Party known as the PRI seems poised for a comeback.

"When I voted for Fox and for Calderon I expected change," said Homero Aridjis, a Mexican poet, diplo-mat and environmentalist. "We thought corruption was going to end, that the country would be well-governed but now we see with disappointment that the lack of justice continues, the cor-ruption we knew continues, and now we can add incompetence in governing to that."

Since its 1939 founding, the pro-business PAN has billed itself as an anti-corruption crusader that made pinpoint-ing the abuses of PRI governments its main mission. Fox was elected largely because he promised to break with the past and vowed to crush the corrupt "black snakes" and "toads" of the old regime.

The night Fox was declared the win-ner, thousands of ecstatic Mexicans don-ning masks of the mustached leader and waving the country's red, white and green flag rushed to celebrate beneath the gilded angel of Mexico City's Independence monument. A cof-fin decorated with the PRI logo was passed among the crowd. Many equated the PAN's victory to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

But the euphoria quickly wore off.Fox "marketed democracy to the

Mexican people and sold it as a pana-

cea for all of their individual, personal concerns," said David A. Shirk, director of the University of San Diego Trans-Border Institute and author of a book about the PAN. "The expectations that people had were the expectations that Fox set for himself, and they were frankly unrealistic."

Once president, Fox made account-ability for the PRI's past crimes and the fight against corruption the centerpieces of his administration but achieved little in both efforts.

In one of the most high profile cases of government corruption gone unpun-ished by the Fox administration, a for-mer union leader of the state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos company, known as Pemex, was accused of diverting as much as US$170 million in state oil funds to the 2000 presidential cam-paign of the PRI candidate, Francisco Labastida. The party was fined $1 bil-lion pesos (about $90 million dollars) but no one was criminally prosecuted in the case dubbed "Pemexgate."

The former rancher and governor of the central state of Guanajuato also had little success prosecuting former PRI officials accused of oppressing dis-sent, or strengthening the nation's law enforcement.

Faced with growing drug traffick-ing violence, Fox created the Federal Agency of Investigation, or AFI, short-ly after taking office to replace the notoriously corrupt and inept Federal Judicial Police. The AFI was disbanded in 2009 after one-fifth of its agents were suspected of cooperating with drug cartels.

Once seen as the hope for change, Fox is now often remembered for his quips and blunders, including his declaration that he would revive the countryside and solve a guerrilla rebellion "in 15 minutes."

Experts say PAN administrations have been unsuccessful because Fox and Calderon have faced stiff opposi-tion in Congress, where many of their proposed reforms were diluted or killed.

Others blame corruption for the par-ty's woes.

"The problem with the PAN is that it got into power and it started desperately stealing, and they stuffed themselves as if they were dying of hunger," said Manuel Clouthier Carrillo, a former PAN congressman whose father, Manuel Clouthier del Rincon, was among the party's founders.

Many PAN members are enraged

that the PAN mayor of Monterrey, Fernando Larrazabal, wasn't kicked out of the party after a video showed his brother receiving wads of cash inside a Monterrey casino, whose owner claimed he was being extorted. He is currently running for a seat in the lower house of Congress.

"Instead of the PAN cleaning up the system, the system corrupted the PAN," said Clouthier, who wants to run for the presidency as an independent. "It's incredible that after two terms of a PAN federal government, there hasn't been a single crusade against corruption."

Mexicans disappointed with the PAN now seem ready to return the PRI to the presidency despite its reputation as a corrupt party that retained power through fraud, political clientelism and by crushing dissent.

The conservative party is gambling that this country known for machismo is ready to be led by a woman and it picked Josefina Vazquez Mota, a 51-year-old economist and devout Roman Catholic as its presidential candidate.

Vazquez Mota, a mother of three, has presented a warm, affable image while pledging to improve public education and to make Mexico safer by continu-ing Calderon's plan to clean up police departments.

She has declared her one-word cam-paign slogan to be "Diferente," or "Different," in an apparent effort to distance herself from Calderon, whose approval rating has been dropping.

In launching her campaign last week, Vazquez Mota said she would look to build consensus among parties when governing unlike Calderon, whose cabi-net is comprised of PAN allies.

But the former education minister and congresswoman faces an uphill battle against former Mexico State governor and PRI candidate Enrique Pena Nieto, who leads in recent polls.

Vazquez Mota's first pre-campaign and campaign events were marked by poor planning, small crowds, or dis-ruptive hecklers. And on Monday, she suffered a dizzy spell during a speech to anti-crime activists and had to inter-rupt her speech, sit down and continue speaking while seated.

Later, Vazquez Mota told local media she may have suffered a drop in blood pressure, and said her health is good.

A poll by the Reforma daily newspa-per published Wednesday showed Pena Nieto with a 13-point lead over Vazquez Mota.

About 45 percent of likely voters surveyed said they planned to vote for Pena Nieto. Vazquez Mota earned 32 percent of their support. Andres Manual Lopez Obrado of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party trails in third with 22 percent.

The poll, conducted by the newspa-per surveyed 1,343 Mexicans between March 22 and 26. It had a sampling error margin of 2.7 percentage points.

Despite losing the presidency, the PRI has continued to govern most of Mexico's 32 states. It currently holds 19 governorships.

The PAN, long an elitist party of businessmen and other upper and mid-dle-class, religious members, now also includes many working class and other people who grew disenchanted with the PRI. But Shirk said it never created the kind of mass-based system that kept the

PRI in power for seven decades.One of the PAN's big mistakes was

not building a stronger party base for itself to replace the electoral machinery that the PRI had developed over many, many years," Shirk said. "The PAN had a very weak mass base and without that kind of a strong electoral connection to constituency the PAN was almost a virtual party."

The PAN, of course, enjoyed some successes.

Fox passed a historic freedom of information law allowing for a free-dom of the press that hadn't been seen before in Mexico. The Mexican news media has used the newfound freedom to expose corruption scandals in every major party, airing videos of politicians stuffing a suitcase with cash, asking for bribes and gambling away public funds in casinos.

Mexico's PAN battling to retain presidency

In this Friday Dec. 1, 2006 file photo, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, right, stands wearing the presi-dential sash as outgoing President Vicente Fox looks on at the National Congress during his inauguration ceremony amidst a congress partially seized by lawmakers who tried unsuccessfully to block his swearing in ceremony in Mexico City.

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The tagline of Donald H. Carpenter’s novel, “Dueling Voices,” says that it is a “shocking story of child abuse and murder.” When picking up the book to begin reading, I was expecting just that. A fan of Dan Brown, I expected a fast-paced mystery similar to most of Brown’s writing. However, my expectations took a long time to become a reality. I was about 160 pages into the book before the plot was able to truly hold my attention and before I could see proof of the tagline.

Protagonist Perry Hawkins is an interesting character whom I found annoying at times. He works at an advertising agency and is constantly buying six packs of beer. In the first chapter, Perry meets a woman named Connie. Their interaction feels awkward and strained. Perry asks her out, but after doing so, he heavily questions himself as to why he did. By initially asking Connie out, I thought she would become an important character in the novel since she is the first character in Perry’s story that readers are introduced to. However, readers forget about her small role in the beginning of the book until she and Perry finally date at the very end of the novel.

This is significant because it is an example of Perry removing himself from his daily routines when he suffers from a week of self-discovery and a breakdown. Carpenter tells readers that Perry suffered from psychological pain at the hands of his father. The torment his father inflicted upon him continues to affect him in the present, making him the person he is today. It is the reason he has no friends and the reason he wants to avoid problems, amongst other things.

One day, Perry receives a phone call asking him to pick up his father’s belongings that were found five years after his

father died in prison. He makes arrangements to pick up the items and then continues to skip going to work. It isn’t until Chapter 10, though, that readers finally discover the manu-script Perry’s father wrote and the details about Perry’s life that have been kept hidden. Patience is important to reading this book.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost 10 years since Disney’s “Lilo and Stitch” first hit theaters in June of 2002. At that time, the Walt Disney Studios Animation Department had been in existence for more than 70 years. During those decades, not one of its ani-mated classics were considered science-fiction. Therefore, it is somewhat notable that they released two of them in 2002, the well-received “Lilo” and that holiday season’s famous box office bomb “Treasure Planet.” “Lilo” is nothing less than a modern classic.

Credit must be given to the Walt Disney Studios for invest-ing in a film whose concept

can basically be summarized as “Aliens in Hawaii with Elvis.” Describing the film to anyone over the age of 3 is a challenge. An evil scientist in space is tried for creating an illegal genetic experiment. His creation, Experiment 626 (six-two-six), later named Stitch, has only one designed purpose: to destroy and cause chaos. 626 escapes and, after hijacking a ship, crash-lands in Hawaii. Isolated from the major urban centers, he was designed to destroy. Stitch, posing as a dog, is adopted by a young orphan native girl named Lilo. Not the typical film premise.

As if an alien in Hawaii wasn’t odd enough, the film featured several songs by Elvis Presley that fit perfectly into the film. For example, when Lilo feels

upset, she sulks listening to “Heartbreak Hotel.” A fantastic cast of characters supported the film. Lilo is also not the typical girl: her hobbies include walk-ing up to overweight sunbathing tourists and taking their photos, feeding sandwiches to Pudge the fish (whom she believes con-trols the weather), and practicing voodoo against other girls her age. Stitch may appear “cute and fluffy,” but has super strength and he can be seen throwing cars. Mad Scientist Jumba and Bumbling Pleakly, the two aliens sent to capture Stitch, provide hilarious comic relief, dressing as humans, among other things. And of course no one can forget Cobra Bubbles, a serious govern-ment agent despite his name.

A great story and cast of char-acters is the heart of the film, but it becomes the total package with a beautiful score by Alan Silvestri and some of the finest animation and art design ever seen. All of the film’s back-grounds were done in pains-taking but brilliant watercolors. The use of Computer Animation in the climactic spaceship chase is breathtaking.

The genius directors of the film, Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, have moved on to DreamWorks Animation, where they helmed what some say to be the best film ever made by the studio, “How to Train Your Dragon.” Meanwhile, Stitch has become an iconic figure through-out the Disney Company in video games, television and the theme parks. Upon its release, many critics called “Lilo and Stitch” one of the strangest films they have even seen. They were cor-rect, but this tale of an alien and a little girl also represents the pinnacle of the best that Disney Animation has offered, and it’s a classic to be remembered for years to come.

1882Jesse James, one of America’s most notorious outlaws, is shot to death by Robert Ford, a member of his gang who hoped to collect a bounty.

BORN ON THIS

DATE

THIS DATE IN HISTORY

Washington Irving – 1783Doris Day – 1922Marlon Brando – 1924Amanda Bynes – 1986

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As an avid reader, I espe-cially enjoy buying books and adding them to my increas-ingly crowded bookshelves. You could say that I am a collector of books as well as a reader of them. However, the price of books can add up, especially if you are purchas-ing hardcover books. Here are some tips on shopping for books while on a budget.

If you have a birthday or holiday approaching, suggest to family and friends that they get you a gift card to your favorite bookstore. Gift cards to bookstores are perfect for both the giver and the receiver. The giver benefits because he or she knows the person will be able to get something he or she wants. The giver can also be relieved of the stress that comes with buying a book for some-one and not knowing whether or not the person already owns it. The giver, if older, will also feel happy that he or she is con-tributing to a productive and educational habit. No one ever complains about someone read-ing too much. It’s a beneficial thing to do and doesn’t lead to many problems – except for the possibility of eyestrain.

The receivers benefit because they don’t have to suffer through the awkward opening of a gift that they truly don’t want. Whether it is an ugly sweater or an obnoxious piece of jewelry, opening a gift and seeing the words “book-store” will instantly offer a sigh of relief.

As college students, we are provided with a “.edu” e-mail address. Some compa-nies will offer benefits to col-lege students as long as they are able to provide them with this e-mail address. The most useful one I have found is a free year of Amazon Prime. This means free two-day ship-ping so you can order books and have them delivered very quickly without paying extra. If you are waiting for a book to be released, Prime ensures that the book will be delivered on its release day. This way if you are busy, you don’t need to go out to the bookstore to get the latest book in your favorite series – Amazon will send it to you. Books are also cheaper on Amazon, an additional bonus. When John Green’s “The Fault in Our Stars” was available for pre-order, I ordered it through Amazon Prime. It was deliv-ered to my house the day it was released, and I only paid about $10 for it, instead of the cover price of $17.99.

Careful shopping is cru-cial to finding good bar-gains on books. Many of my books have come from used book sales, typically run by libraries. Buying books from library used book sales not only benefits you by purchas-ing inexpensive items, but it also greatly benefits the library so they can continue to buy the newest books for their patrons to read. If you live in the Fairfield coun-ty area, the Monroe Public Library has a large book sale every summer. The Mansfield Public Library held its book sale this past weekend, and the UConn Libraries book sale takes place in September. You can often buy books for 50 cents or $1, allowing you to buy a dozen or more books for the price of one book sold at a bookstore.

An education on the book market

» THRIFTING, page 9

Voldy doesn’t stand a chance

An up-and-coming club on campus, Dumbledore’s Army, is a great way to get your Harry Potter fix for the week.

Meeting every Thursday from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Student Union Room 410 – or “the Room of Requirement” – a group of 10 to 20 students meet to brush up on some plot knowledge and share their mutual obsession.

This year, the group is excited to be working on two major projects. While there have been some Quidditch games at UConn in the past few years, the D.A. is looking to unify these efforts and create an intramu-ral squad. The group is miss-ing the other half of supplies, including brooms and hula-hoop goal posts. Muggle Quidditch involves a fast runner as the snitch and the beaters’ roles are switched up. They are essential-ly dodgeball players and throw the “bludgers” at players, rather than protect members of their team from the balls.

The group is also looking to support the nationwide orga-nization, the Harry Potter Alliance. This is a commu-nity service-based organiza-tion that supports other non-profit groups using Harry Potter. The Harry Potter Alliance has sponsored book drives and even campaigned for Warner Bros. Corp. to use fair-trade chocolate for Harry Potter fans.

Amelia Varteresian, president of Dumbledore’s Army and a 4th-semester anthropology and Italian major, also puts together some of the most challenging trivia games known to Harry

Potter fans. Hand-decorated pencils are the coveted prizes for remembering obscure and interesting character informa-tion. Herbology and textbook author categories were deemed too difficult, so don’t waste time studying “Goshawk’s Guide to Herbology.”

Meetings are held in an atmo-sphere in which anyone can “geek out” about Harry Potter. Some meetings are devoted to Harry Potter “Sporcle” quiz-zes or playing charades with characters form the films and novels. Some meetings could be YouTube Appreciation Day

for spoofs of the films or char-acters. One time the group showed the first “Harry Potter” film with a hilarious voice-over by someone who didn’t know about the franchise.

If students and potential mem-bers have a Harry Potter-themed event that they would like to

see implemented on campus, Dumbledore’s Army welcomes suggestions for new projects. If people are still wondering wheth-er or not to join, Varteresian says, “We’re the coolest people you’ll ever meet.”

Club engages in non-muggle activities, including Quidditch and herbologyBy Kim HalpinStaff Writer

The UConn version of Dumbledore’s Army tries to channel the underground organization that J.K. Rowling created for the popular ‘Harry Potter’ series. In the books the group is led by Neville Longbottom, Hermoine Granger, Ronald Weasley and Potter himself. The actors who play those characters are seen left to right: Matthew Lewis, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Danielle Radcliffe.

Looking back on Disney’s bluest, fluffiest, most bizarre character

By Alex SferrazzaCampus Correspondent

Photos courtesy of Rottentomatoes.com

Kimberly.Halpin@UConn.edu

Dueling Voices

by Donald H. Carpenter

6.5/10

Thriller gets readers involved after spending many chapters setting up

» BOOK REVIEW

Disney released ‘Lilo and Stitch,’ a story about a Hawaiin family that takes in an extraterrestrial crea-ture and adopts him, in 2002. Since then, there’s been a sequel and a TV show to continue the franchise.

Photo courtesy of Rottentomatoes.com

Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu

By Alyssa McDonaghCampus Correspondent

» DUELING, page 9

FocusThe Daily Campus, Page 8 Tuesday, April 3, 2012

If action movies were sandwiches, “Wrath of the Titans” would be a bologna sandwich on white bread. It’s pretty bland and bor-ing, but it’s got enough sub-stance that it’s not a waste of time. There’s enough good among the bad that it’s got some worth; unfortunately, the problem with “not bad” is that it definitely doesn’t mean it’s good.

Of course, compared to its predecessor, “Clash of the Titans,” “Wrath” is a filet mignon. The remake of Warner Bros.’ beloved 1982 actioner was dreadful, with poor performances and worse effects. It was widely con-sidered to be the first film to bring a backlash against 3D, yet it made nearly half-a-billion dollars worldwide, meaning there’s no way it wasn’t getting a sequel.

“Wrath” manages to acquit itself somewhat despite almost knowing its exis-tence is superfluous. Though the script still sucks, the

effects are somewhat eye-popping (although the dark backgrounds and choppy action don’t lend themselves well to 3D) and the perfor-mances are much better. Sam Worthington plays Perseus, the half-god son of Zeus (played by the always-wel-come Liam Neeson), leagues better than in “Clash.” There’s some stupid business in a subplot about Perseus’ doofy-looking son, but oth-erwise Worthington was much more mature in the role and didn’t seem to be on autopilot. Neeson and Ralph Fiennes have a lot of fun playing the sparring brothers Zeus and Hades, and while Rosamund Pike looks like a poor man’s Daenerys from “Game of Thrones” as the warrior-queen Andromeda, she is almost good at acting. The film’s just a bunch of actors wearing silly beards and costumes while they bark wooden dialogue, but it’s enjoyable if (and that’s a big “if”) you can turn your brain off.

Though the dialogue is shaky, the plot and action

are impressively clear at most times, a step up from today’s shaky-cam disasters. And man, did they break out a doozy of a villain for the sequel: Perseus must defeat Cronus, the father of the gods, before he brings about the end of the world. The monumental, towering giant is quite the impressive sight and looks far better than any-thing from “Clash.” Other action sequences ranged from legitimately impressive to hard to see and boring to watch, but at least the film-makers tried this time. Much of the film’s script doesn’t make sense, especially a weird, out-of-nowhere attack by a group of Cyclopses, but as far as stupid, big-budget action movies go, “Wrath” is definitely one of them.

There are some really nice effects and touches here and there, especially Perseus’ winged Pegasus, and the film does reference its roots as its entire cast of CGI beasts and monsters look just like the ugly stop-motion figures from the 1982 original, but there’s something hollow in “Wrath of the Titans.” Despite the improvements over “Clash,” the fact remains that it’s as boring as the first at times, and there’s no real reason for it to exist. As much as I can laud it for improving on its predeces-sor, it’s only barely compe-tent. The only way one could call it “good” is in compari-son to the movie that came before it.

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FOCUS ON:MOVIES

April 4Titanic 3D

April 6American ReunionThe HunterDetentionKeyholeWe Have a Pope

Upcoming Releases

Overrated:Red Dragon

(2002)

“Red Dragon” was the final film in the Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter trilogy, and it’s that fac-tor that almost makes this film work. The problem is with the lead character, Will Graham. Graham just isn’t an interesting character. He’s a stressed investigator and that’s it. In “The Silence of the Lambs,” Lecter was able to extract the character out of Clarice Starling. He’s try-ing to do the same here, but there’s nothing to pull. The investigation is so complex, it feels overwritten; and the final twist completely ruins a strong and complex character arc for the villain. I’d call it a decent film, but Lecter, and

Hopkins, deserve better.

Over/Under Movie tickets are more expen-sive than ever, and $9 to $12 dollars seems like a lot to pay for two hours or so of entertain-ment. There are plenty of things worse than having to pay for, and sit through, a terrible movie, but when you’re a college student, $10 and two hours are pretty valuable. Here are some ways to ensure that your time and money aren’t wasted at the movies (pira-cy is not one of them).

The first is to look at the critical reviews. Critics have a reputation of just being film snobs who like to run their mouths. While that’s true for certain people, including yours truly, they do know what they’re talking about. Critics have seen many more films than the general public and have spent time studying their ins and outs, so they can tell when a film deserves a viewing. Does that mean they’re always right? No, but they have a solid 90 percent accuracy, which is certainly high-er than the public. A good website to look at is Rotten Tomatoes, which aggregates all major criti-cal reviews and states what per-cent of them were positive. Good individual critics include Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun Times), A.O. Scott (New York Times), and Bob Chipman (The Escapist). Plus, due to advanced screening, most critics will have their reviews out before the opening weekend.

Another good indicator is pro-duction history. A movie tends to be of lower quality when it has what’s called a troubled production. This can include the frequent resignation and hiring of key personnel, a change of studio, an increase in budget and release delays. A good recent example is the Ridley Scoot film, “Robin Hood.” It had a talented director and a strong cast, but the screenplay had received four massive overhauls and the film took four years to make – which explains the story issues of the final prod-uct. Production history infor-mation usually finds its way to the public media and most of it can be found through a quick perusal of Wikipedia. It’s not unheard of for a film to survive troubled production, like most of Don Bluth’s early films, but it doesn’t happen too often.

I see a lot of people flock to movies for name recognition. Unless that actor is Adam Sandler or Tyler Perry, that’s no indica-tion as to whether or not that film will be any good. The name that should fill that spot is the director. The director carries the most weight in a film’s quality, and looking at a director’s track record can tell you what to expect. Quentin Tarantino hasn’t made a bad movie in his career ,and all of his films are dialogue heavy and borderline art-house. Dennis Dugan hasn’t made a good movie in his career and his pictures are always flawed and annoy-ing. Other directors have certain trends. Tim Burton is a great filmmaker, but only if his work is original. His remakes, how-ever – “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Alice in Wonderland” and “Planet of the Apes” – range from mediocre to unwatchable.

When choosing a movie to spend your precious money and time, don’t judge solely by the trailer and billed cast. The clues and answer are only a couple minutes of research away; certainly a lot better than a couple hours of unenter-taining misery.

Mirror mirror on the wall, what is the lamest of them all. Why that would be “Mirror Mirror,” the newest film from Tarsem Singh. A picture full of uninspired lifelessness and ambiguous direction, it is one of the worst films of the year.

“Mirror Mirror” is a com-edy, I think, that parodies, pos-sibly, the classic tale of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Throughout the entire film I couldn’t gage how I felt about it. It doesn’t establish itself as any one of type of anything. It never gives itself a person-ality, it never establishes an atmosphere, it’s not funny, it’s not dramatic, it’s not campy, it’s not strange, it’s not even bland. It’s just a collection of scenes that happen to be con-nected by a story.

“Mirror Mirror” works from the plot of “Snow White.” However, it doesn’t draw much from the original book, nor the better-known Disney ani-mated feature. It develops its own story, or rather, patched together its own story by steal-ing plot points from several better stories. There’s a little bit of “Henry V,” some “Robin Hood” and a touch of “Dances With Wolves.”

This story focuses much more on the Queen, played by Julia Roberts. From what I’ve read, they wanted to make her inse-cure rather than an evil character so she would be relatable to the audience. I don’t know if it was Roberts’ performance, or maybe a screenplay alteration, but that definitely didn’t happen. Also, despite her being given much more attention, it was not enough to make the film hers, or any-one’s for that matter. The screen time is divided so much between the main characters that no one seems interesting or entertaining enough to become the lead.

Then there’s Snow White, played here by Lily Collins. who is easily one of the dull-est characters I have ever seen. There’s nothing to her – liter-ally nothing. She’s a complete

plot device without a personal-ity. She’s told how to feel and what to say. She never develops, the story just develops around her, and she seems to follow it with glazed eyes. It doesn’t help

that Collins’ performance has no flare and she looks down-right uncomfortable on screen. There’s one point when the Queen says to her, “I don’t know what it is, but there’s something

about you I find irritating.” Why do I get the feeling that wasn’t in the script?

Of course you can’t have a dull leading lady without a dull love interest, and he’s a dash-

ing prince played by Armie Hammer. It’s clear that dash-ing is the only characteristic he brought to the table, because in half of his scenes he’s not wearing a shirt. There’s also the Seven Dwarves, who get so little attention I can’t distin-guish one from the other or put a name to a face. There’s also the Queen’s servant played by Nathan Lane. You can tell from the restrained look on his face how badly he wants to break out the script and do something interesting, and for the five sec-onds he’s allowed to do so, he delivers the only two laughs in the entire movie. Also, Lane manages to do a flawless imper-sonation of Rowan Atkinson. Being tricked into thinking I was watching something with Rowan Atkinson in it is honestly the most positive thing I can say about this film.

Sleepy is on the right track

‘Titans’ sequel suitable for casual viewing

Joseph.O’Leary@UConn.edu

Joe O’LearySenior Staff Writer

By Brendon FieldCampus Correspondent

» FILM REVIEWS

Underrated:She’s Gotta

Have It(1986)

The debut film from acclaimed director Spike Lee, “She’s Gotta Have It” takes a unique and controversial perspective on the ideas of love, sex and loyalty. It’s the story of a capricious woman – who seeks to understand why others consider her a freak, and her three lovers – each with a distinct, yet un-cartoonish personality. It was one of the first films to show Spike Lee’s excel-lent dialogue, along with his ability to make small characters represent larger ideas. Its style is direct and swift, displaying its story in a way that makes sure the audience sees more than

just what is presented.

- Brendon Field

Be choosy and save

By Brendon FieldCampus Correspondent

Julia Roberts (left) poses as the cruel and conniving stepmother of Princess Snow White, played by Lily Collins (right), in Tarsem Singh’s ‘Mirror Mirror.’ The movie is supposed to be a comedic take on the popular fairy tale, but it proves to be a misdirected, jaded failure.

Photos courtesy of Rottentomatoes.com

First of year’s ‘Snow White’ adaptations is a complete snooze fest

Warner Bros. follows up its 2010 film ‘Clash of the Titans’ with ‘Wrath of the Titans,’ which has Sam Worthington (above) come back as the Greek hero Perseus.

Photo courtesy of Rottentomatoes.com

Brendon.Field@UConn.edu

Mirror, MirrorJulia Roberts,

Lily Collins

1/10

Wrath of the Titans

Sam Worthington

5/10

» PARODY, page 9

NEW YORK (AP) – Jeanne Thompson began going gray at 23. She colored her hair for years as she worked her way into management at a large Boston-area financial services company, then gave up the dye for good about a year ago.

The earth didn’t shake, and the 44-year-old Thompson was promoted to top manage-ment the following year.

She is among a new type of gray panther, a woman who aspires to do well and get ahead on the job while hap-

pily maintaining a full head of gray.

“Women put pressure on themselves to color,” the Exeter, N.H., woman said. “It’s a bold statement to be gray because it’s saying, ‘You know what? I did let my hair go, but I’m not letting myself go.’ People take me more seri-ously now. I never apologize for the gray hair.”

But not everyone finds it so easy.

Laws, of course, exist to ward off discrimination in the workplace, yet legions of men and women have no interest in letting their gray fly. Not now, when the struggling economy has produced a stampede of hungry young job-seekers.

But gray heads have been popping up on runways and red carpets, on models and young celebrities for months. There’s Lady Gaga and Kelly Osbourne – via dye – and Hollywood royalty like Helen Mirren, the Oscar-winning British actress.

Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund chief, is one of the most pow-erful women in the world, and she keeps her hair gray. So does Essie Weingarten, found-er and now creative director of the nail polish company Essie Cosmetics.

For regular working women, it’s a trickier issue.

FocusTuesday, April 3, 2012 The Daily Campus, Page 9

Unique things can be found at used book sales, too. You may find very old editions of books or interesting books that you nor-mally wouldn’t stumble across. If you ever find a used book with an inscription inside, those are always very fascinating. It gives you a hint into the lives of those who previously owned the book and depending on the inscription, it makes you wonder why they gave the book away.

With so many ways to save money, people shouldn’t avoid reading because books can be expensive. If you explore the Internet, you can find many book-swapping websites such as bookmooch.com. Also, share your books with friends. That is a great way to read new books that you may not have discovered and will give you and your friend something to discuss. Don’t for-get your local library. Libraries aren’t just for old books and school projects. The amount of new releases and best sell-ers libraries have is surprising. Happy book shopping!

Thrifting, haggling and swapping are

ways to bolster your own library

from AN EDUCATION, page 7

Alyssa.McDonagh@UConn.edu

At 548 pages, “Dueling Voices” is not a light read – literally and figuratively. Carpenter switches from Perry’s voice, narrating the story to the voice of Perry’s father as the author of the manuscript. The manuscript is included in three different sections, a book within a book. Since his father abused Perry, readers should expect his father’s words to be disturbing. This is not the book to read if you are looking for something upbeat.

Between sections of the manuscript, Perry reveals information about his life that readers were not privy to before. I found these sections to be some of the best in the novel. It shows the research Carpenter must have completed in order to write about child abuse and allows readers to finally understand Perry’s life.

“Dueling Voices” is not a quick read due to the amount of pages and the heavy topic. Once Carpenter finally puts piec-es of Perry’s life together for the readers, the book improves, but the ending is somewhat of an anticlimactic disappoint-ment. It is a well written, detailed book, but that can make it frustrating to get through since you need to trudge through details to find answers.

As for the comedy, well, what comedy? This movie doesn’t even try to be funny. No half-decent screenwriter could have possibly thought what they were making could be considered humorous. Most of the would-be jokes are witless one-liners that don’t have any sense of timing, and are so cliché, half of them occur in everyday con-versation. There’s also some visual humor, which comes much closer to vomit inducing. The slapstick definitely doesn’t work, and the story is so formu-laic, it never sets itself up for any funny scenarios. Maybe it’s not a comedy, maybe the trail-ers were brilliantly deceptive, I really don’t know.

If nothing else, “Mirror Mirror” should, at the very least, look nice. Tarsem Singh is known to be a visual master-mind, although he also is known to place visual appearance ahead of minute elements such as story and characters. And while that holds true here, the visuals aren’t even that impres-sive. The film is shot pretty well and the costumes are well done, but many of scenes look like they’re on studio sets, and the backgrounds look flat. The CGI is also awful. It’s right on the line where it isn’t good enough to look real and not bad enough to look intentional. And because this a fairy tale, the latter would have worked just fine.

I have fond memories of Walt Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” and going into “Mirror Mirror,” I was afraid those memories would be forev-er stained. Much to my surprise, they weren’t. This film is so ter-rible in its parodying, the Disney classic now seems twice as good. Thank you, Tarsem Singh. I hope your next film is a parody of “The Secret of NIMH.”

Brendon.Field@UConn.edu

from SLEEPY, page 8

Parody actually increases value of original film

Doug Tirola, director of 4th Row Films, released “All In: The Poker Movie,” which opened on March 23, 2012 in New York City. to tell the story of how a once “old person’s” game became so popular in America.

In documentary style, the film dives into the issues of profes-sional tournaments as well as recreational and online poker games, which were made illegal last year by the federal govern-ment on April 15, 2011. The purpose of the film is to track the comeback of poker and also give people an opportunity to learn about how the government can harm Americans’ person-al freedoms by enhancing the relationship between the gov-ernment itself and big business through poker. The movie also mentions how by making online poker illegal to protect young people, it basically wastes the time of government officials on something as simple as a game of online cards.

Tirola, who had always liked poker and played it with his grand-

parents as a child, was inspired to do this film when he was on a flight watching a game of poker being played on television with Chris “Moneymaker.” He asked himself, “How is this on T.V.?” He wanted to find the answer.

Through his diverse cast and other inspirations for the film such as the movie “Rounders” with Matt Damon, who is also in the documentary, the inven-tion of the poker table “hole card camera” by Henry Orenstein and Moneymaker’s jump from mak-ing $40,000 a year to having $2.5 million dollars with a tournament win, Tirola had great headway for the story of poker’s popular comeback in America.

With a four-year commitment to the project, Tirola and his team worked with a cast of highly respected poker celebri-ties such as Chris Ferguson, Vanessa Rousso and Mori Eskandani. Although the film was ready to be released last year, Tirola and his team hit a snag in production when the federal government shutdown online poker. However, Tirola did say it was interesting to talk to people about their passions, and he wanted to get more infor-

mation on the government’s recent choice of action.

With the game of poker becoming more popular each day, people interested in the game have started a new genre of activity. According to Tirola, poker now has 12 television sta-tions, which is more than what the NFL currently has, and in some peoples opinions the game of poker is bigger than the Super Bowl because of its intriguing ability to make players very rich if the cards are right.

“All In: The Poker Movie” has already won an award for being the best documentary at the Cinevegas film festival, and since its release on March 23 has had one of the highest averages in sales for a first-screen viewing.

“All In: The Poker Movie” is opening in theatres all across the country and will be available on DVD on April 24, 2012 for purchase on iTunes and Video On-Demand. Pre-orders are now being accepted for a digi-tal download of the movie for $14.99 or a DVD plus a digital download for $19.99.

» DIRECTOR’S TAKE

Local movie guru discovers the glory of chips & cards

By Joe KirschnerCampus Correspondent

Joseph.Kirschner@UConn.edu

from THRILLER, page 7

‘Dueling’ is complex, requires investment by those who pick it up

Alyssa.McDonagh@UConn.edu

NEW YORK (AP) – Fasten your seat belts. Coach Rex Ryan, Tim Tebow and the New York Jets might be ready for a sequel on HBO’s “Hard Knocks.”

Jets owner Woody Johnson says he’s heard talk that HBO is inter-ested in signing up the team for its training-camp documentary show. He’s not ruling it out.

Johnson said Monday the team has not received a “formal invitation,” but “when we do, we will take a look at it.”

HBO said there will be a “Hard Knocks” before the 2012 NFL season begins following a hiatus last year because of the lockout. HBO spokesman Greg Domino said “we do not discuss the process.”

Speculation began after the Jets acquired Tebow in a trade with the Broncos.

Asked if there have been informal discussions with HBO, Johnson said, “yeah” but “it’s a for-mal invitation that we can respond to, not an informal (one).”

Johnson, who made his com-ments at the NFL’s new pop-up store featuring new team

apparel, said the Jets’ 2010 appearance on the show brought “tremendous value” and that the feedback was only positive. The Jets went on to reach the AFC championship game.

If invited, Johnson said there would be a discussion about a return appearance.

“It’s something we would take a look at with (GM) Mike (Tannenbaum), and the coach, and (director of media relations) Bruce (Speight), and others that we think would add value to that discussion, to see whether it is something we want to do,” Johnson said.

Tannenbaum said he was “looking forward to another team on it this year” dur-ing a recent interview with SiriusXM NFL Radio. He clarified that comment in a statement issued by the team Monday night.

“When I made that comment, I never had an expectation that we’d be asked to do it again,” Tannenbaum said. “Obviously, if we’re asked, we’ll sit down and talk about it.”

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Clips blow out Mavs, win 6th straightDALLAS (AP) — Randy

Foye had 28 points with a career-high eight 3-pointers and the Los Angeles Clippers won their sixth consecutive game, 94-75 over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night for their longest winning streak in two decades.

Blake Griffin had 15 points and 16 rebounds for the Clippers, who last won six in a row in March 1992. Griffin had scored 20 points in each of the previous six games, but still had his 33rd double-double this season.

After Brandan Wright's tip-in capped an 8-0 run for the Mavericks to get within 76-62 with about 7½ min-utes left, Foye responded with a 3-pointer. Jason Terry then made another basket for Dallas, only to have Foy make another 3, his eighth to match the franchise record.

Foye was 10-of-19 shoot-ing, including 8 of 15 on 3s.

Quentin Richardson made 8 of 11 3-pointers while scoring 36 points for the Clippers at Boston on Feb. 4, 2004.

Caron Butler, part of the Mavericks' champion-ship team last season, had 13 points for the Clippers, who had lost 10 consecutive games in Dallas since 2006. Nick Young had 10 points.

Dirk Nowitzki led the Mavericks with 19 points, while Jason Terry had 15.

Los Angeles entered the game fourth in the Western Conference, just ahead of the defending NBA champions.

Had the playoffs been start-ing, it would have been a first-round game — in Los Angeles. Good thing for the

Mavericks there are still more than three weeks left in the regular season.

The Mavs, who lost two of three in the regular season against the Clippers, slipped to sixth place in the Western Conference. They are a

half-game behind Memphis, who they play twice in their next three games, including Wednesday night at home.

Dallas was without veteran guard Jason Kidd (strained right groin) and forward Lamar Odom (stomach ill-

ness). Kidd isn't expected to play this week, meaning he could miss his third four-game stretch this season.

As usual, Griffin had some highlight dunks. He punctuat-ed his night with a high-flying gem in the closing minutes.

Griffin's first dunk came 5 minutes into the game, when Butler had a steal and pass to Griffin for a breakaway slam. Griffin made the shot even as Delonte West, filling in as the starter for Kidd, reached over and slapped down on his head.

A couple of minutes later, after a turnover by Foye, Nowitzki had a finger-roll layup to tie the game at 11.

The Clippers then went ahead to stay on a tip-in by DeAndre Jordan and Butler's short bank shot. A 3-pointer by Foye stretched the lead to 25-15 with less than 2 min-utes left in the first quarter.

Young's only points before a late 3-pointer had been seven in a row in a 75-sec-ond span midway through the second quarter for a 35-23 Clippers lead.

Dallas had only 33 points at halftime, its second-lowest scoring first half of the season.

Things got no better to start the second half.

Vince Carter drove for what he thought was a layup, but he was called for charg-ing against Griffin. While

Carter ran down the court in disbelief, replays showed that Griffin appeared to have his feet set.

Butler then hit a 3-pointer over Carter, and Foye drove for a layup high off the glass to push the lead to 52-35.

Randy Foye scored 28 points in the Clippers 19-point win last night in Dallas.AP

Cerullo: Kansas comeback falls short in championship

10:45: Between the end of the first half and the start of the second, Kansas was on a 7-0 run. Have to give them credit for refusing to fall to 2009 Michigan State levels of suck.

10:52: Anthony Davis looks like he’s playing in Looney Tunes land, where he can stretch his arms as long as he needs, whenever he wants.

10:54: I bet he can tie his shoes without bending over too, like Jeremy Lamb can.

11:01: Uh oh, look at Kansas cutting the deficit to 10. Kentucky’s only scored seven points in the second half so far too. Could this game actually end interest-ingly?

11:04: Nope, I guess not. Not if Doron Lamb keeps dropping threes like that.

11:21: Just when you think they’re dead, Kansas is mak-ing another run. Tyshawn Taylor just remembered how to shoot threes, and now he’s cut the Wildcats’ lead to nine. Four minutes left to play, Calipari looks awfully sweaty right now.

11:25: Hey look, Bill Self’s players know how to hit free throws, but not hang on to the ball… or guard the three point shot.

11:28: If Thomas Robinson had made that shot the entire state of Kansas would have set on fire. Kentucky might be ready to grab a lighter,

though, Kansas is only down by five now with 1:37 to go.

11:30: Anthony Davis missed a free throw. John Calipari is having nightmares.

11:34: Kansas just threw the ball away. Suddenly the Wildcats’ championship pros-pects are looking a whole lot better. Up by six with under a minute, Kansas is going to have to foul from here on out. Amazing still considering they were down by 18 at one point.

11:37: This isn’t going to happen, not after Kansas just blew that possession like that.

11:41: And with that, Kentucky has claimed its eighth national champion-ship, winning 67-59. I’d be OK with it, but the thought of John Calipari dancing like a wacky-inflatable tube man later tonight is a little bit too much.

11:43: Kentucky’s cham-pionship is vacated because it turns out somebody else took the SATs for Anthony Davis’ eyebrow. No cham-pion is crowned and UConn remains the defending nation-al champion for another year! Hooray!

OK, I made that last part up, but who knows with the NCAA, it could have hap-pened that way.

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UConn men's tennis team loses three in a rowComing off three tough

defeats and a postponed match due to the weather, the men’s tennis team had a week and a half to rebound and regroup before a tough road trip against three Big East opponents. However, the break didn’t seem to have the effect the team was looking for, as the Huskies dropped all three matches including a 4-3 heartbreaker to Villanova on Monday.

The trip started at the presti-gious National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadow, N.Y., which

is the sight of the U.S. Open. They took on the Red Storm of St. John’s, but didn’t have much success, losing 7-0. Wei Lin and Dave Adams won a thrilling doubles match by the score of 9-8 and pulled out the only victory of the match for the team. The No. 1 dou-bles team of Jacob Spreyer and Scott Warden had their hot streak come to an end as they fell 8-2. The singles matches didn’t go well either for the team, as Dave Adams was the only player to win a set for the Huskies while the five other matches concluded in straight set losses.

The next stop for the Huskies

was the nation’s capitol to take on the Georgetown Hoyas. Spreyer and Warden were able to bounce back with a 7-6 win, but the team was unable to pre-vail in any of its matches and UConn took another 7-0 loss. The trip ended in Pennsylvania where the Huskies tried to sal-vage their road trip with a win against Villanova. The dou-bles matches proved to be the deciding factors in this match. All three UConn duos fell to Villanova, which put them in an early hole. However, the three players that have stepped up all year almost led the team back for the win. Spreyer and Adams won with ease in straight sets,

and Lin outlasted his opponent in a grueling three-set match that ended with Lin winning by two points in the third set tie-break. Unfortunately, the rest of the singles players were unable to muster another win and as a result the Huskies fell 4-3.

The Huskies have to for-get this tough loss quickly, as their next match is today at home at 3 p.m. against Bryant University. Bryant is coming in on a seven-game winning streak and possess the NEC’s previous player of the week in sophomore Dana Parziale.

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“As most games do, it turned on one great play by a great player,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said after Sunday night’s loss. “We just didn’t have enough.”

The Irish are more than happy to be going back to the finals.

“It means so much for our program, our team, our fans,” McGraw said. “It’s so great for Notre Dame and I’m so blessed to be representing such a great school.”

When asked if the win feels better once again coming at the expense of the Huskies, three different players responded with some form of “yes.” Guards Brittany Mallory and Skylar Diggins and forward Devreaux

Peters all thought beating UConn made another finals appearance feel even more spe-cial.

Peters, Mallory and the bona fide Husky killer that has been Natalie Novosel are leaving Notre Dame, but a new crop of Irish are coming in, and they are sure to be a talented crop.

For next year, the Huskies keep everybody except Tiffany Hayes, but also gain Moriah Jefferson, Breanna Steward and Morgan Tuck. Auriemma has called this group “as good a three-some as we’ve had here in a long time.”

For UConn, losing two years in a row to the same team, let alone a conference rival like Notre Dame, does not sit well.

Looking forward to next sea-

son, the Huskies will definitely be playing Notre Dame with an added chip on their shoulder after losing two straight Final Four games to the Irish.

“That stuff sticks with you,” Faris said. “It’s not like you’re just going to blow it off. … It will definitely be sticking there for a while.

Next season, UConn can’t wait to sink its teeth into Notre Dame when the Irish come to play the Huskies in Connecticut. However, that game won’t be payback, and they know it.

But that won’t stop them from giving the Irish an added some-thing special that game.

Daniel.Agabiti@UConn.edu

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Notre Dame ends UConn's season in Final Four for second consecutive year; Huskies will be back

Varsity 8 wins first home meet

The UConn womens’ row-ing team hosted its first of two home races this past week-end and won five of six races against Marist and Trinity College. The races were held Saturday morning on Coventry Lake in Coventry. The teams battled the cold, wind and rain in the early morning.

The varsity eight boat won with a time of 7:06.5, with Marist coming in second at 7:09.9 and Trinity in third with a time of 7:13.5. Although she had considered changing line-ups after a shaky performance last weekend in New Jersey, coach Jen Sanford-Wendry decided to keep them the same this weekend.

“Due to the lack of practice time last week because of the weather, I put the line ups back to what they were for the past two weeks. This way they were comfortable with how the boat feels since they had many rows

together leading into this week-end,” Sanford-Wendry said.

Senior captain Andriel Doolittle said keeping the lineups helped the team this weekend, saying, “Because of the weather last week, we never really settled on a solid lineup that we felt confident with going into the race, and it was important that we got some wins. For the varsity, that lineup has pretty much been together since last spring and it saw some success in both the spring and fall.”

In the second varsity eight, UConn won with a time of 7:15.3 Trinity was second at 7:25.5, and Marist was third at 7:34.7. In the novice eight, UConn won with a time of 7:28, Trinity was second at 7:40 and Marist was third at 7:52.

In the varsity fours, UConn A won with a time of 8:13, Trinity was second at 8:32, UConn B was third at 8:43 and Marist was fourth at 9:04. In the second novice eight, UConn won with a time of

7:57.9, and Marist was second at 8:10.5. In the novice four Marist won with a time of 8:39, while UConn was second at 9:41.

UConn will host UMass this weekend on Coventry Lake, and the team will look to keep up its momentum with more home victories. Doolittle said the weather conditions, though harsh, actually made for smooth sailing as the snow Friday night calmed the water almost to a standstill. Sanford-Wendry also thanked fans and Jonathan the Husky for appearing at the early morning race.

Sanford-Wendry said that while the team did find success in these races, she will continue to tweak the lineups in practice this week. “At this point, it’s becoming a team effort to find the fastest lineup,” Doolittle said.

The match against UMass will begin at 7:30 a.m. Friday, April 6 on Coventry Lake.

By Jimmy OnofrioSenior Staff Writer

James.Onofrio@UConn.edu

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored two late goals, giving him a NHL-best 58 this season, and the Tampa Bay Lightning handed the playoff-hopeful Washington Capitals a damaging 4-2 loss on Monday night.

Stamkos gave the Lightning a 3-2 lead with 1:03 left, just 2:14 after Jason Chimera tied it for Washington, when he put in a rebound after goalie Michal Neuvirth had stopped Brett Clark's shot from the blue line. Stamkos then scored into an empty net at 19:58.

Washington, which also got a goal from Alexander Semin, is in eighth place in the Eastern Conference. The Capitals have a two-point lead over the Buffalo Sabres with two games remaining. The Sabres have three games left.

The Capitals are three points behind Southeast Division-leading Florida.

Teddy Purcell and Victor Hedman also scored for the Lightning, who have already been eliminated from playoff contention.

Chimera tied it at 2 with his 20th goal of the season, coming from in-close with 3:17 left in the third.

Purcell and Hedman had goals 25 seconds apart late in the second. After Purcell scored from the left circle during a power play with 2:40 to go, Hedman beat Neuvirth with a shot from the blue line that put the Lightning ahead

2-1 at 17:45.Semin gave the Capitals a 1-0

lead from the top of the right circle following a Tampa Bay turnover at 12:47 of the second.

Tampa Bay's Dwayne Roloson stopped several good scoring chances

in first, including shots from Alex Ovechkin and Mike Knuble. He made a second-period glove save on Mike Green, who whacked his stick on the glass in frustration.

Neuvirth stopped a shot from the slot by Stamkos, and rookie J.T. Brown's in-close chance during the second.

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Grizzlies stop Thunder's streakOKLAHOMA CITY (AP)

— O.J. Mayo scored 22 points, including a key 3-pointer with 17 seconds left, and the Memphis Grizzlies prevented Oklahoma City from tying for the NBA's best record by beating the Thunder 94-88 on Monday night.

Oklahoma City had pulled within a game of league-lead-ing Chicago by blowing out the Bulls a day earlier, but the Grizzlies took the lead just after halftime and hung on to snap the Thunder's six-game winning streak.

Tony Allen added 15 points and Marc Gasol scored 13 for the Grizzlies, who were without starting point guard Mike Conley for a second straight game because of a sore right ankle.

Kevin Durant led the Thunder with 21 points and Russell Westbrook scored 19, with 12 coming as Oklahoma City tried to rally in the fourth quarter.

The two teams that last year produced an epic seven-game

Western Conference semifinal series — including a triple-over-time game and one with a single overtime — went right down to the wire again.

Oklahoma City nearly erased a nine-point deficit in the final 3 minutes before Mayo con-nected on a 3-pointer from the right wing with two seconds left on the shot clock to bump the Memphis lead to 90-86.

After a pair of free throws by Westbrook, Zach Randolph answered with two of his own with 13 seconds remaining. Durant's 3-pointer with 6 sec-onds left was off target, and Allen hit two free throws to seal it with four ticks left.

The Grizzlies, enduring a gru-eling stretch in their schedule, won for the fourth time in five games. Memphis is in the midst of playing nine out of 11 games on the road and Monday's game also opened the team's only back-to-back-to-back stretch this season.

Memphis allowed Oklahoma City a season-low two fast-break points — coming on Westbrook's free throws with 1:12 remaining.

Westbrook, who had missed 10 of his first 12 shots, drove for a basket to start a run of eight straight Thunder points. Serge Ibaka scored underneath with 7:05 left to get Oklahoma City within 75-74, then missed a free throw that could have tied it.

Gasol answered with a basket from the right block and the Grizzlies were able to restore their nine-point lead with a 12-4 run, going up 87-78 after Randolph's basket inside with 3:16 to play.

Memphis then went nearly 3 minutes without scoring as the Thunder closed within one again following Ibaka's jumper and then a string of six straight free throws — with Westbrook hit-ting the last of his four in a row with 39 seconds remaining.

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Keepin up with Jones

Terrence Jones of Kentucky jams it during the first half of the national championship game last night at the Mercedes-Benz Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. The Wildcats held off Kansas 67-59 to win the national title.

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Brittney Griner Vikes’ stadium plan marches on

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A bill to pay for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium limped ahead Monday at the state Capitol with time in the legislative session running short and amid lingering doubts over key financing elements.

The House Commerce and Regulatory Reform Committee advanced the bill on a divided voice vote. It has several more House and Senate committees to clear before it reaches final votes and Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton.

The plan relies heavily on expanded gam-bling in bars and restaurants in the form of electronic pull tabs and bingo. A new wrin-kle also would tap into sports-themed betting “tip boards” that, according to Dayton, could run afoul of federal law.

An original proposal was retooled over the weekend to provide additional revenue streams should the gambling proceeds fall short of expectations. Charities, which run the bar gambling games, were promised big-ger cuts in the tax rates they pay so they’ll have more money to put to local hockey clubs and other community needs.

The $975 million cost of the stadium planned for Minneapolis would be split among the city, state and private sources.

Supporters placed big stakes of the bill, which end a decade-long stadium push by a franchise no longer bound by a lease to play in the Metrodome.

“I do believe the team will leave if we do not pass this stadium bill,” said Rep. Terry Morrow, a Democrat from St. Peter.

Opponents were just as adamant that the bill rep-resented a public handout to a wealthy team owner.

But the proposal has a long way to go before any dirt gets moved.

Dayton, a strong stadium supporter, said his own negotiators were left out of the weekend talks that produced the new version. He criti-cized a new feature in the bill, the authoriza-tion of sports-themed betting “tip boards” he said are illegal under federal law.

Other backers raised concerns that the National Football League would flinch at stadium financing and sports betting being so closely linked.

Even so, Dayton said he was glad to see the bill finally moving after months of being stalled.

The bill is newly backed by the organiza-tion that represents Minnesota charities with gambling operations, whose tax proceeds are proposed to cover the state’s $398 million share. The proposal also now includes sev-eral backup plans in case the new gambling offerings don’t generate enough tax revenue in a given year to pay off stadium bonds.

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Kentucky beats Kansas, wins 8th titleNEW ORLEANS (AP) — No matter where

Anthony Davis and his buddies go to make their millions, their ol’ Kentucky home will long remember this championship season.

The Wildcats hit the jackpot with their lot-tery picks Monday night, ignoring Davis’ bad shooting night and parlaying a roster full of NBA talent into a 67-59 victory over Kansas for the team’s eighth national title — and its first since 1998.

The one-and-doners did it in a wire-to-wire victory — a little dicey at the end — to cap a season in which anything less than bringing a title back to the Bluegrass State would have been a downer. They led coach John Calipari to his first title in four trips to the Final Four with three different schools.

“This is not about me. This is about these 13 players,” Calipari said. “This is about the Big Blue Nation.”

Doron Lamb, a sophomore with first-round-draft-pick possibilities, led the Wildcats (38-2) with 22 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers that put them up by 16 with 10 minutes left.

The Jayhawks (32-7), kings of the come-back all season, fought to the finish and trimmed that deficit to five with 1:37 left. But Kentucky made five free throws down the stretch to seal the win.

Davis’ fellow lottery prospect, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, was another headliner, creat-ing space for himself to score all 11 of his points in the first half.

Davis, meanwhile, might have had the

most dominating six-point night in the his-tory of college basketball, earning the nod as the most outstanding player. He finished with 16 rebounds, six blocks, five assists and three steals — and made his only field goal with 5:13 left in the game. It was a surefire illustration of how the 6-foot-10 freshman can exert his will on a game even on a rare night when the shot isn’t falling.

“Well, it’s not me, it’s these guys behind me,” Davis said after his 1-for-10 perfor-mance. “They led us this whole tournament. This whole game I was struggling offensive-ly, and I told my team, every time down, you

all score the ball; I’m just gonna defend and rebound.”

So much easier when you’ve got teammates like this. Davis is the likely first pick in the draft should he choose to come out, and Kidd-Gilchrist won’t be far behind. Another first-round prospect, freshman Marquis Teague, had 14

points. And yet another, sophomore Terrence Jones, had nine points, seven rebounds and two of Kentucky’s 11 blocked shots.

“We’ve got a lot of great players on this team,’” Teague said. “Other players stepped up and made plays. He had confidence in us to make plays and that’s what we tried to do.”

Kansas also has a lottery pick in AP All-American Thomas Robinson. But he was harassed all night by Davis and Jones and finished with 18 points and 17 rebounds on a 6-for-17 shooting night.

The Jayhawks won the “B’’ League this year, as Calipari avenged a final-game loss to

Bill Self back in 2008 when Cal was coach-ing the Tigers. Not a bad season in Lawrence, though, considering where KU began.

Kansas lost four of its top five scorers off last year’s roster. There were times early in the season when Self and his old buddy and mentor, Larry Brown, would stand around at practices and wonder if this was a team that could even make the tournament. It did. Won its eighth straight conference title, too.

None of this, however, was for the faint of heart. The Jayhawks trailed by double digits in three of their five tournament games lead-ing to the final and played every game down to the wire. They fell behind by 18 late in the first half of this one and this time, there was no big comeback to be made; not against these guys.

“We came up short, but I don’t think we lost. I think they just beat us,” Self said.

Davis realized early this was no shoot-first night for him at the Superdome. Sporting his near-unibrow, which the UK Wildcat mascot also decided to paste on, he endured the worst shooting night of a short college career in which he makes 64 percent. No big deal. He set the tone early on defense, swatting Robinson’s shot twice, grabbing rebounds, making pretty bounce passes for assists.

Early in the second half, he made a steal that also could have been an assist, knocking the ball out of Robinson’s hands and directly to Jones, who dunked for a 46-30 lead.

Then, finally. With 5:13 left in the game, he spotted up for a 15-foot jumper from the baseline that swished for a 59-44 lead, putting a dagger in one of Kansas’ many comebacks.

MEN’SBASKETBALLKentucky 67 Kansas 59

Last year, it was in Indianapolis. This year, it was in Denver. Last year, the Huskies were the heavy favorite, while this year, the Irish were a slight favorite. But regardless, the outcome was the same – the Notre Dame Fighting Irish topped the UConn Huskies in the Final Four.

Sunday night all boiled down to one simple fact: the Huskies did not perform in crunch time, but the Irish did.

“We knew what to expect and we knew all the X’s and O’s, we just didn’t have enough to pull it

off,” said UConn guard Kelly Faris.

Just a few years ago, there seemed to be only two teams; UConn and everybody else. It was like the old “Tiger or the field?” debate before a major. Going with the field was like picking the underdog.

After the Irish beat the Huskies in the final regular season game of the year, their coach, Muffet McGraw, said that just about every team in the country has felt like they were playing under the shadow of UConn. For the past two seasons, however, it’s the Huskies that have been playing in the shadows.

Those times of UConn dominance have felt like a fleeting memory of late. The Huskies are without a finals appearance dating back to 2010, while the Irish are in it once again, this time against Baylor.

The UConn-Notre Dame series has been split 4-4 in their meetings over the past two seasons. But Notre Dame is 2-0 when it really counts.

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» INSIDE SPORTS TODAYP.13: Vikings’ stadium plan marches on. / P.13: Kentucky beats Kansas to win national title. / P.11: Clippers beat Mavericks.

So, about last night

It’s been a fun ride, but our time as defending national cham-pions has come to an end. Last night during the game, I wanted to savor the last moments of our time before another team experienced its own one shin-ing moment, so I took down my thoughts for your enjoyment.

10:05 a.m.: Woke up in the morning and Kentucky and Kansas are still set to meet up in the National Championship game. Is there any way that nei-ther team can win?

6:14 p.m.: As game time approaches, apocalyptic thun-derstorms hit New Orleans. Could it be that the big man upstairs feels the same way about this matchup as I do?

8:26: It’s about an hour until game time and the Superdome hasn’t been sucked into a black hole or banished to oblivion yet. I guess the game is going to happen afterall.

9:25: The starting lineups are announced, but they forgot to announce Anthony Davis’s pet caterpillar. I don’t get it, it’s kind of hard to miss that thing.

9:27: Kansas wins the tip, but my spider-sense tells me that they won’t win a whole lot more the rest of the night.

9:29: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist gets rocked and falls hard on his shoulder. If he’s seriously hurt, this could be a game-changer.

9:47: OK, I think Kidd-Gilchrist’s shoulder is fine. I think he might also be part centaur, because holy hell what a dunk!

9:50: Releford hits a three to cut Kentucky’s lead to six. Kansas is trying real hard to avoid pulling a 2009 Michigan State early on.

9:55: OW! OWWWWWWW! Terrence Jones, your ankle! Ahhhhh no! I don’t care who you are, nobody’s ankle should bend that way.

9:56: How is Terrence Jones walking right now? Or playing for that matter? I think he might be part centaur too.

10:00: For some reason when-ever people say John Calipari’s name, I like to pretend he’s a big angry squid with a nice suit named John Calimari. I’d prefer living in that reality.

10:03: We have a Jim Boeheim sighting. He was there last year too sitting right behind Matt McDonough and I, which means the two of us got closer to a national championship than he did last year. That’s like an accomplishment, I guess.

10:04: Wait, when did Kentucky blow it so wide open? 34-19?

10:06: I think Anthony Davis’ eyebrow has more rebounds than Kansas does as a team right now. He has eight, they have 10, but it’s close.

10:09: “What doesn’t kill you makes you STROOONGEER!”

10:15: Despite Kansas’ best efforts, we’re getting close to UNC over Michigan St. terri-tory here.

10:18: Kentucky leads Kansas 41-27 at the half, and ironi-cally they have scored the same amount of points in one half as Butler scored in the entire championship game last year.

10:20: Remember when Kemba Walker shredded Gary McGhee’s ankles in the Big East tournament last year? Yeah… that was awesome.

10:32: President Obama is talking to Clark Kellogg about how all the best teams in the country lived up to expectations this year. I bet at least three people in Durham, N.C. threw up in their mouths when they heard that.

Mac Cerullo

FAMILIAR FINISH

Bria Hartley and UConn lost to Notre Dame in the Final Four, but Hartley, along with Stefanie Dolson and other Huskies, will be back next season.

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UConn returns core from Final Four team

Hot streak continues for Huskies in Mass.

The UConn baseball team brought its red-hot bats to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst yesterday, earning in a convincing 12-5 victory over the Minutemen in an out of conference game.

Senior Ryan Fuller started the Huskies off in the first inning with a double down the left field line. He even-tually scored on an LJ Mazzilli single. Mazzilli then advanced to third on a throwing error before scoring UConn’s second run of the game. UMass would strike back, scoring one run in the second and third innings to tie the score at two.

The Minutemen would tack on one more run in the sixth

inning to take a 3-2 lead, but this advantage would not last for long. UConn’s offense exploded, scoring nine runs off of eight hits in the seventh inning. Deuces were wild for sophomore Tim Verdi, as he recorded two singles up the middle, two RBIs and two stolen bases in one inning alone. Mazzilli also added one

single up the middle, as well as two RBIs to give the Huskies an 11-3 lead head-ing into the eighth inning. UMass would score two more runs

on the afternoon, but it was not enough as the Huskies would cruise to a 12-5 victory.

Mazzilli finished the day hitting 2-for-4 for UConn after seeing his impressive 15-game hitting streak come to an end this past weekend. Freshman left-handed pitcher Jared Dettmann was the win-

ning pitcher for the Huskies after surrendering just four hits and zero earned runs in six innings on the mound. Dettmann improved to 2-0 on the season with yesterday’s victory.

The Huskies will stay in the Bay State as they take on Boston College out of the ACC this afternoon. The Eagles are coming off a 7-1 loss to Maryland; this will be the first game against a Big East opponent for Boston College. The Eagles are 12-15 on the year with a 4-8 record in conference play. That puts BC in fifth place of the ACC Atlantic Division. The last time the two New England schools played on the dia-mond was March 16, 2010, an 8-4 Huskies’ win in Storrs.

By Tyler MorrisseyStaff Writer

By Dan AgabitiSenior Staff Writer

» NOTRE, page 12

Tyler.Morrissey@UConn.edu

Softball takes on UMass today in Storrs

The UConn softball team is looking to come back strong from a rough weekend when the Huskies take on UMass today in Storrs.

Prior to this past weekend, the Huskies (13-14) were riding a six-game winning streak and had won 12 of their past 15 games, includ-ing nine away from home. But the team was sent back to real-ity after a weekend in South Bend, Ind., where they were swept in a three-game set against the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.

Looking to get back on track, the Huskies will take on UMass, (16-10) which is currently riding a five-game win streak after a two-game series sweep over Dayton.

The Minutewomen have had a fairly consistent 2012 season so

far. After competing in the NFCA Leadoff Classic and the Easton Alabama Invite, the team moved above the .500 mark with a win over UNC-Wilmington on March 16 and has not looked back since. The Minutewomen are also cur-rently 4-0 in conference play.

UMass has so far been led this season by versatile junior out-

fielder Cyndil Matthew. Matthew has a .420 bat-ting average through 26 games to go along with her 34 hits and .494 slugging. She’s been complemented nicely down the line-up by fellow outfield-ers sophomore Lindsey

Webster (.299, .403) and junior Katie Bettencourt (.295, .423).

Leading the way for the Minutewomen so far on the mound this season has been senior hurler Sara Plourder (15-8) who boasts a 2.50 ERA in 24 appearances this season.

The Huskies match up well with the Minutewomen, however, mak-ing this an intriguing one-game series with the northeast rival.

On the season, the Huskies are still led offensively by senior slug-ger Amy Vaughn, who carries an .819 slugging percentage to go along with her .373 batting aver-age, which are both team bests. Helping Vaughn out has been red-shirt junior Marissa Guches (.369 batting average, .583 slugging) and freshman infielder (.341, .647).

The ace so far for the Huskies this season has continued to be junior hurler Kiki Saveriano (8-7) who carries a 3.28 ERA in 15 appearances.

The Huskies take on the UMass Minutewomen at 4 p.m. at home. After today’s contest, they will remain in Storrs for the weekend as they return to Big East play against the Villanova Wildcats.

Alexandra Falco rounds third base in recent action. Falco and the UConn softball team will be taking on New England rival UMass today at home. The Huskies are 13-14 this year.

ASHLEY POSPISIL/The Daily Campus

By Mike CorasanitiStaff Writer

After a slow start to the 2012 campaign, the UConn baseball team has found its stride after a 12-5 win in Amherst yesterday. Today, the Huskies will play Boston College on the road.

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Michael.Corasaniti@UConn.edu

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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BASEBALLUConn 12UMass 5

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