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Paintball Team seeks to make itself better known

By Jordan deschenesCollegian Correspondent

While some may think of paint-ball as a fun hobby played among friends, for many at the University of Massachusetts, it is an intense, competitive sport. With little exposure at the local level, let alone on national televi-sion, there are very few students on campus who play paintball, accord-ing to David Patlut, the team’s unof-ficial organizer. Patlut, a junior from Brooklyn, New York, came to UMass with no paintball experience and hopes to attract others who are

unaware of the club. Patlut got into the sport during his freshman year after playing with Daniel Murray, a sophomore at the time. The adrenaline of getting shot at by gelatin capsules is a rush that attracts many players to the sport, according to Murray. “(Patlut) caught the paintball bug,” he said. “He’s been getting bet-ter and better ever since. It really reflects on how fun paintball is once you try it.” According to Murray, most team members had no experience with paintball before coming to the University. But he is different. Unlike Patlut, Murray came to UMass from Amesbury with years of experi-ence. Like many kids in suburban and rural areas across the com-monwealth, Murray started playing paintball in middle school. And despite safety concerns, Murray took his hobby to a competi-tive level, playing in statewide com-petitions. In fact, he made the deci-sion to attend UMass because he saw online that the school had a paintball

team. “I came to this school because I thought that they had a paintball club,” Murray said. “UMass had a paintball team, but it was pretty much dead since 2007. It didn’t have enough members.” “We were basically a joke,” Patlut added. Patlut was able to arrange for the paintball team to compete in the AA class of the National Collegiate Paintball Association, which covers almost every university on the East Coast. The AA class is below the A class, of which season matches are broadcast online. In most events, UMass paintball plays “race to two” style, where teams play two matches, each worth one point. In most cases, two points is all the better team needs to beat the other, although a third match is needed in the event of a tie. During the 2013-14 season, UMass competed in four events, includ-ing the National Championship in Lakeland, Florida where they fin-ished 12th out of 50 teams.

The last match between the final two A class finalists is broadcast live on CBS every year. Patlut and Murray hope to take advantage of this opportunity – both want to see the team play in class A in the near future. “We hope to play in the higher class and represent UMass on live broadcast and even possibly on live TV,” Patlut said. Although Murray and Patlut were originally co-creators of the club, Patlut currently handles most of the administrative duties. He is advised by Brian Arnold, the assis-tant director in leadership training at the Center for Student Development. Arnold is also in charge of advis-ing all of the “high risk” Registered Student Organizations, such as the soccer and the ice hockey teams. “I’m from Colorado and (paint-ball) is huge there. In Massachusetts, it’s popular among select popula-tions,” Arnold said. “I like (the team). They’re a little different and not your traditional sport.” Arnold said paintball is different

from other club sports on campus because it brings up the safety con-cern that athletes are shooting at each other. “People were asking questions when it was formed, such as where they would practice,” Arnold said. “There were not only concerns over safety, but also the guidelines set by the University in order to receive funding.” Having received their fair share of criticism for playing, Murray and Patlut both hope to dispel any false ideas about the sport, such as the idea that paintball is directly associated with hunting or other sports involv-ing firearms. Although Murray plays paintball year round, he also hunts and goes to shooting ranges – two completely different hobbies, he said. “I don’t want people to think about firearms when someone mentions paintball,” Murray said. “It’s a huge problem for our sport because par-ents don’t want their kids playing a game associated with real guns. Instead of guns, they are actually

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Sports fans went sledding on the bleachers between periods of the Feb. 7 UMass vs. Army lacrosse game. For more lacrosse coverage, see page 8.

Visiting professor nominated for Grammy Award

By anthony rentschCollegian Staff

Visiting Assistant Professor Eric Berlin of the University of Massachusetts’ music and dance department has been nominated for a 2015 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. But when the UMass trumpet teacher heard these words, he was quick to shine the spot-light back on who, in his eyes, are the more deserving con-tributors – his students. “I want it to read, ‘UMass Wind Ensemble recording gets Grammy nomination,’” said Berlin, a world-renowned trumpeter who is featured in the nominated piece, “Concerto for Two Trumpets and Band.” “Everyone tries to put it on me. It’s really not about me but about the whole recording. I want the kids to share in it as much as they can.” The nominated work is from Berlin’s album, “Fantastique – Premieres for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble,” accord-ing to a UMass press release. The piece was composed by Stephen Paulus and also features the UMass Wind Ensemble directed by James Patrick Miller and trumpeter

Richard Kelley of the New England Conservatory of Music. According to Berlin, Paulus, a composer whose illustrious career took him across the country, composed the piece a little more than 10 years ago for a different trum-peter. “When I heard (the piece) for the first time, I was taken aback by the beauty of it,” Berlin said. “It’s not a typical trumpet concerto. It has more flash and acrobatics.” Berlin cites one segment that requires two soloists to pass a single note back and forth across stage as telling of the unique, collaborative feel of the piece. It was one of the reasons he decided to commis-sion the song. In order to produce the desired sound, Berlin said, “The challenge (for the solo-ists) is how to make their egos subservient.” This sequence, in which Berlin plays the trumpet solo, is a fitting metaphor for his reaction to the Grammy nomi-nation. While Berlin has done his best to make his ego subser-vient by doling out the major-ity of the credit for the piece

Mexican border provides entry into US

By Mike clarySun Sentinel

Although a homemade raft overloaded with des-perate people is the most enduring image of the decades-long migration to the U.S. from Cuba, that is not the way most Cubans without visas now arrive. Most walk across the Mexican border. “It is surprising. And it is surprising that we are now seeing those numbers officially reported,” said Jorge Duany, a Florida International University professor who studies migration patterns. During the last three months of 2014, nearly 6,500

Cubans arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. That figure is up from 4,328 from the fourth quarter the previous year. The number of Cubans without visas processed through the agency’s Miami field office more than dou-bled over that time, from 893 to 2,135. Many flew direct-ly to Miami aboard flights from Spain, South America,

the Bahamas or the Cayman Islands, using passports from Spain and other coun-tries. The 1,900-mile long Southwest border, for many years the main entry point for undocumented migrants from Mexico and Central America, was also the way into the U.S. for a large number of Cuban migrants recently. The new arrivals were

inspired in part by fears that talks between the Obama administration and Cuba could result in changes in the preferential treatment undocumented Cuban migrants have enjoyed since 1966. Rumors that the Adjustment Act – and the 1995 amendment providing for the “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy – was at risk began to sweep the island after President Barack Obama’s Dec. 17 speech in which he said the U.S. wanted to nor-malize relations with Cuba. Existing policies allow Cubans who reach U.S. soil – with or without visas – to stay and within a year apply for permanent residency. “The primary con-cern is the possibility of

6,500 Cubans came to border since Oct.

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Rumors that the Adjustment Act - and the 1995 amendment providing for the “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy - was at risk

began to sweep the island after President Barack Obama’s Dec. 17

speech in which he said the U.S. wanted to normalize relations with Cuba.

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COURTESY OF ERIC BERLIN

Eric Berlin is a UM visiting assistant professor and accomplished musician.

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Nigeria ABUJA — Nigeria’s decision to postpone gen-eral elections for six weeks because of spreading attacks by Islamist mili-tants in the northeast is a “setback” for democracy, the main opposition party said. Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman Attahiru Jega announced Saturday the presidential and legis-lative elections will be pushed back from Feb. 14 to March 28, followed by state gubernatorial and legislative votes on April 11. The commission took the decision after the secu-rity forces said they would re-establish “normalcy” in six weeks. The All Progressives Congress party, which is fielding Muhammadu Buhari as its presidential candidate, described the decision as “clearly a major setback for Nigerian democracy” and “highly provocative,” according to a statement Sunday from party Chairman John Odigie-Oyegun. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he was “deeply disappointed” by the deci-sion. Boko Haram, which means “western educa-tion is a sin” in the Hausa language, has been bat-tling for the past six years to establish Islamic law in Africa’s biggest oil producer, which has the continent’s largest economy and population. The group killed more than 4,700 people last year, double the number who died in 2013, according to estimates from the British risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft. The election pits the ruling People’s Democratic Party of President Goodluck Jonathan, 57, against a united opposi-tion led by former military ruler Buhari, 72, in what analysts expect will be the tightest contest since the PDP came to power in 1999. The delay will help officials distribute biomet-ric cards to the almost 70 million registered voters, Jega said. Jega said the office of Nigeria’s national secu-rity adviser told him on Wednesday that “security could not be guaranteed during the proposed period in February,” espe-cially in the northeastern states of Borno, Adamawa, Gombe and Yobe. “What else can we do? We believe them,” he said. “I know there are suf-ficient grounds for cyni-cism, but let’s keep hope alive.” Kerry, in an emailed statement, urged the gov-ernment to ensure there were no further delays. “It is critical that the government not use secu-rity concerns as a pretext for impeding the demo-cratic process,” he said. Boko Haram attacks have spread this year. The group attacked border towns inside the neighbor-ing country of Niger for the first time last week, days after raiding the town of Fotokol in Cameroon.

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Students, faculty discuss diversity plan

By Catherine FerrisCollegian Staff

Approximately 70 stu-dents and faculty members gathered in the Campus Center Auditorium Thursday to share their thoughts and feedback on a draft of the University of Massachusetts’ Diversity Strategic Plan, which was emailed to the campus community Jan. 26. Many members of the Diversity Strategic Plan Steering Committee attend-ed the meeting, includ-ing Student Government Association President

Vinayak Rao; Enku Gelaye, vice chancellor of Student Affairs and Campus Life; and Deputy Chancellor Robert Feldman, who is chair of the committee. Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy also attended the forum and listened to input offered by the audi-ence. “We, as a univer-sity, are in a great posi-tion to change and grow,” Subbaswamy said in his opening remarks. He added that UMass must find a way to create a more welcoming campus community. Feldman proceeded to discuss the drafting pro-cess, including several themes that are central

to the plan. These include establishing UMass as a destination of choice for students of color and other underrepresented groups, improving the campus cli-mate and enhancing the effectiveness of curricu-lum and educational pro-grams with regard to diver-sity and inclusion. During the meeting, it was also made clear that because the plan has not yet been finalized, the forum is not the only place for members of the campus community to share their thoughts. The University’s website also provides a place for people to com-ment on the draft. And while many peo-ple in the audience were pleased with the oppor-tunity to weigh in on the plan, some also expressed dissatisfaction with the draft. A group of students representing a vari-ety of organizations on campus, including the Center for Multicultural Advancement and Student Success, said they believe the draft is not sufficient and that students should be more integral to the pro-cess. The group also raised questions about why need-based aid was not touched upon in the draft.

The group suggested more University outreach to the surrounding urban communities, such as Springfield and Holyoke, as well as local high schools. The lack of mention of the LGBT community in the draft was also dis-cussed during the forum. Feldman said the com-mittee focused primarily on race, but is looking to expand the plan to include other groups. “It’s important to us and to the community,” he said. Racism on the UMass campus was also discussed during the meeting. Graduate student Jenny Folsom, who is studying sociology at the University,

said, “I would like it if we just acknowledge that (sub-conscious) racism and bias exist.” Originally from Alaska, Folsom got her undergrad-uate degree in Montana and said she only really experienced racism once she got to UMass. Feldman stressed the plan is not yet finalized, and people are still able to share their thoughts and concerns even if they were unable to attend the meet-ing.

Catherine Ferris can be reached at caferris@umass.edu and followed on Twitter at @Ca_Ferris2.

About 70 gathered to voice their ideas

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Students stood up and gave their thoughts during the meeting.

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Deputy Chancellor Robert Feldman speaks at the open forum.

Firefighters use UM library to train for stair climbing event

By andy CastilloCollegian Correspondent

The distinct mechanical sounds of self-contained breathing apparatuses rever-berate down the spiraling staircase of the University of Massachusetts’s W.E.B. Du Bois library as Belchertown firefighters, fully clad in protective equipment, race to the top floor. They were training for the Fight for Air Climb, which took place last Saturday in Boston, to raise money for the American Lung Association. During the event, participants climbed 41 floors of stairs and competed for the best time. To train, the firefight-ers climbed all flights of stairs in the library, twice. “This is the larg-est building in Western Massachusetts,” said Ernie Flory, a Belchertown fire-fighter. “We’ve been train-ing for this.” “Firef ighters are required to do heavy work on the fire ground as well as be able to perform for extended periods,” Flory added. “Therefore, strength and endurance are two traits that firefighters need to maintain.” Physical fitness is imper-ative to firefighter safety, but more than that, lung related injuries are a serious job risk, so this fundraiser hits close to home.

“There are a lot of differ-ent hazards that firefighters face every day – chemicals, smoke, fiberglass particles and insulation – sometimes you don’t know that you’ve been exposed,” Belchertown Fire Chief Ted Bock said. “Lung injuries can affect all firefighters.” According to the A m e r i c a n L u n g Association’s website, the climb raised money for “those who can’t breathe on their own.” About $350,000 had been raised for the American Lung Association. “We’ve raised over $1,000,” Flory said. “This is the first year we’ve been able to form a team to do this event.” The event was held at the Boston Building Company’s skyscraper, which is 601 feet tall and the fourth tallest building in the city.   Last year Andrew Hashway com-pleted the challenge in 4 minutes 25 seconds for first place.

Andy Castillo can be reached at acastillo@umass.edu.

Local participants raised over $1,000

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Ernie Flory rests on the 23rd floor after climbing the stairs in the library.

Physical fitness is imperative to

firefighter safety, but more than that, lung related injuries are a serious job risk, so this fundraiser hits

close to home.

the Cuban Adjustment Act being affected,” said Oscar Rivera, director of the resettlement agency Church World Service in Doral, Fla.. “That seems to be an issue in Cuba right now. That’s what we’re hearing.” The surge in Cuban migrants triggered by the announcement may be most evident in the number of Coast Guard interdic-tions at sea. In December 2014, 331Cubans in boats and rafts were stopped before they could reach the U.S. All were taken back to Cuba. During the last three months of 2014, 132 Cubans made it to shore in Florida, up from 105 during the comparable period in 2013, according to Border Patrol figures. Unknown is the number who landed without being detected and did not report to U.S. officials, or who died at sea. But balseros, or rafters, make up only a small frac-tion of those attempting to reach the U.S. “It is no longer chiefly the heroic individual who floats him-self across,” said Duany, director of FIU’s Cuban Research Institute. “Much of the traffic in people now is well-organized by smug-

gling groups. It is how the coyotes (smugglers) make a living.” Many of those Cubans who enter the U.S. through Mexico begin their journey in Ecuador. In the past six years, more than 100,000 Cubans have left the island for the Andean nation because Ecuador does not require a visa or special permission to visit. Ramon Saul Sanchez, leader of the anti-Cas-tro group Democracy Movement, said the Cuban government welcomes the flow of its citizens to South America, through Mexico and into Florida because it relieves social pressure on the island. Once in the U.S., those arrivals then “refresh the source of income” to Cuba by sending money home to relatives on the island, Sanchez said. Cubans also enter the U.S. with visas issued by the Interest Section in Havana.

Current accords call for a minimum of 20,000 visas a year, but Duany said that recently the number of visas issued has averaged 32,000 annually. Regardless of any changes to the Cuban Adjustment Act, or the lift-ing of the embargo, Duany predicts migration from Cuba will increase over the next decade. “The eco-nomic conditions, the living conditions in Cuba, don’t seem to improve, and the force of family ties remains strong,” he said. “I don’t see any indication that will change.” David Abraham, a University of Miami law professor and expert in Cuban migration, agrees. “Change in Cuba comes slowly,” he said. “What’s driving people to come here doesn’t change. That’s eco-nomic opportunity.”

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Cubans also enter the U.S. with visas issued by the Interest Section in Havana. Current accords call for a minimum of 20,000 visas

a year, but Duany said that recently the number of visas issued has averaged 32,000

annually.

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Pilot’s killing boosts support for bombing Islamic State

By NaBih Bulos aNd Patrick J. McdoNNell

Los Angeles Times

AMMAN, Jordan — The grue-some killing of a Jordanian pilot at the hands of Islamic State mil-itants has unleashed a wave of revulsion, demands for retribution and pro-government rallies across the kingdom. The cry for revenge has also drowned out dissenting voices, especially from Jordan’s powerful Islamist bloc, the largest political force opposed to the Washington-backed monarchy of King Abdullah II. Lt. Moaz Kasasbeh’s elevation to national martyr status has abrupt-ly made opposition to Jordan’s participation in the U.S.-led bomb-ing campaign against the Islamic State group appear unpatriotic, if not treasonous. The immolation of Kasasbeh, captured after his F-16 crashed in Syria while he was on a mission with the U.S.-led coalition, has narrowed what is considered acceptable public debate. “Sitting in a gray area is no longer acceptable,” said Oraib Rintawi, director of the Amman-based Al Quds Center for Political Studies. “Public opinion is very angry.” Before the killing was con-firmed, many Jordanians – includ-ing the pilot’s father and other members of his influential south-ern tribe – openly questioned any participation in the air campaign, declaring it was not Jordan’s fight. Besides fear for air crews’ safety,

some voiced concern about pos-sible Islamic State reprisal attacks in Jordan. But exuberant endorsement of the aerial bombardment has now become a virtual test of loyalty. Martial scenes and bellicose dec-larations from the king and others have replaced the normally drab fare of state television. The pilot’s father has called for the “annihila-tion” of Islamic State. Highlighting the response was a series of stepped-up Royal Jordanian Air Force assaults on militant positions, including strikes Friday near the northern Syrian city of Raqqah, a militant stronghold. More strikes were reported Saturday. Islamic State said Friday’s bom-bardment killed a U.S. hostage, aid worker Kayla Mueller, 26, an assertion that U.S. and Jordanian authorities viewed with skepti-cism. Jordanian airstrikes Friday, carried out with U.S. military sup-port, hit a militant weapons stor-age compound outside Raqqah, said Navy Cmdr. Elissa Smith, a Pentagon spokeswoman. “We have seen no indications that hostages were being held at this location,” Smith said via email. The militants have offered no proof that Mueller was killed. Mueller’s family in Arizona issued a statement saying they were still “hopeful that Kayla is alive.” The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday that a squadron of F-16 fighter jets would be stationed in Jordan. It was unclear whether the Emirati war-planes would join missions against

Islamic State. The UAE had pulled out of the bombing missions after the Jordanian pilot was captured, reportedly expressing concern about inadequate rescue resources for downed air crews. Here in Jordan, the clamor for payback is unfolding against a complex social and political back-drop. Though a close U.S. ally, Jordan has long been a hotbed of Sunni Islamic militancy. It was the birth-place of Abu Musab Zarqawi, founder of Al-Qaida in Iraq, the predecessor of Islamic State. Zarqawi, who was killed in a 2006 U.S. airstrike in Iraq, is a still a revered figure in militant circles. Hundreds of Islamists remain in jails here. Sajida Rishawi, a par-ticipant in al-Qaida attacks almost a decade ago on Amman hotels, was promptly executed after word of the pilot’s killing. By some estimates, Jordan has provided about 1,500 recruits for Islamic State and the al-Qaida-affil-iated Front, the two most radical rebel groups fighting in Syria. The kingdom’s role as a de facto rear base for Syrian rebels has stoked Islamist sentiment, despite close U.S. and Jordanian coop-eration on assisting Syrian rebel factions. Recruits into more mod-erate U.S.-backed Syrian rebel formations have often ended up joining extremist factions. Many fighters view the Syrian conflict as sectarian struggle pitting Sunni Muslims, the dominant sect here and in neighboring Syria, against the Syrian government’s Shiite-linked leadership. But the pilot’s death has put Jordan’s Sunni Islamist parties squarely on the defensive.

Clearly feeling the heat is the nation’s most powerful opposition bloc, Islamic Action Front, the local wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, the international Islamist move-ment founded in Egypt. From the outset, Islamic Action Front, which is generally viewed as moderate, has unequivocally opposed the government’s involve-ment in the air campaign. In December, the group issued a religious edict forbidding Jordanian military involvement in “alliances with the West against Islamic nations,” a pointed rebuff of the U.S.-led alliance. “We confirm our rejection of any participation in this coalition and this war, whose price will only be paid by the sons of this nation with their blood, safety, and stabil-ity,” the group said. After Kasasbeh’s death., many who left comments on an Internet posting of a video interview with Sheik Hamza Mansour, leader of Islamic Action Front, exco-riated what they viewed as the Brotherhood’s collaborationist stance on the militants. “The Muslim Brotherhood are the intelligence dogs of Daesh!” commented one online user, refer-ring to Islamic State by its Arabic acronym – a pejorative, according to the group’s followers. In recent days, Islamic Action Front has moved swiftly into dam-age-control mode, condemning the pilot’s killing and distancing itself from Islamic State. Brotherhood leaders were quick to join the lines of mourners in the Kasasbeh tribe’s home village of Ay outside the city of Karak, south of Amman. Party officials paying respects at the tribal mourning

tent issued a statement praising “the martyr hero Moaz.” Still, the Brotherhood and its local affiliate have not backed down from their position against Jordan’s wider involvement. “Our position is clear ... This (U.S.-led air war) is not in the inter-est of Jordan and not in the inter-est of the Arabs and the Muslims,” Mansour said in a telephone inter-view. Facing even greater pressure are hard-line Islamic parties who adhere to Salafist thought, an aus-tere interpretation of Islam. Some wary Jordanians view the coun-try’s large Salafist community as a shadow supporter of Islamic State and al-Qaida, though mainstream Salafist preachers deny any link. Despite the highly charged atmosphere, opposition to Jordan’s involvement in the U.S.-led coali-tion is not out of line with popu-lar sentiment, said Mohammad Shalabi, the Salafist party leader better known as Abu Sayyaf. “We are part of the street,” Shalabi said in a telephone inter-view. “We are not coming from Mars.” An overreaction to Kasasbeh’s brutal killing, he said, would prob-ably bolster extremists, who thrive on the image of U.S. and its allies victimizing Muslims. “If we just bomb the Islamic State, this will breed resentment,” Shalabi said. “They may smuggle in people who will execute a terror-ist attack.” But even as he spoke, state TV flashed images of an F-16 super-imposed on a national flag, as a narrator cheered “the eagles of Jordan” attacking the “lairs of this cowardly group.”

Jordanians are making demands for retribution

called paintball markers.” While the stigma attached to the sport certainly deters some, the paintball team has had other problems getting members to join. In the past, the team has tried to self-advertise with posters and Facebook. They have also had some success with fundrais-ing – such as selling T-shirts and jerseys. These efforts, however, have not proven enough for Patlut, who believes the team needs more time to make itself known to students and the administration. He added that securing the right fund-ing is one of the team’s biggest issues. The four or more events that the UMass Paintball Team attends are costly, with the championship alone cost-ing $500 or more per team to compete. Aside from entrance fees, every member of the paintball team pays out-of-pocket for personal expenses, which Patlut estimates to be between $250 and $300 per event, per person. In addition to lodging and food, players

must also pay for their own equipment. Despite the troubles associ-ated with starting the club up again after a five-year hiatus, Patlut has plans for the team’s future and hopes to emulate other club teams such as club soccer. These include making a separate recreational divi-sion in which athletes who are not able to have a full commit-ment to the sport can play for fun. Patlut, as well as the other team members, rec-ognizes that the only way to reach such a level is to make progress in the present. The upcoming national champion-ship is certainly on the minds of everyone on the team. This could be a chance to finally get some recognition. “We want to be able to play in leagues outside of the NCPA,” Patlut said. “Our goals in the end is to expose as many people as possible to our sport.”

Jordan Deschenes can be reached at jddesche@umass.edu.

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to the UMass Wind Ensemble and Paulus, his role in the concerto and in the disc that is featured on “Fantastique” cannot be understated. In a November 2014 inter-view with fanfaremag.com, Berlin was described as the “featured attraction” on the disc. In addition to his work on this release and at UMass, he is the principal trumpet for the Albany Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Philharmonic. Berlin’s resume also includes an impressive solo career that has seen him featured at sev-eral International Trumpet Guild Conferences, according to the release. However, Berlin did not completely minimize his importance to the piece – he described his role in its cre-ation as “everything.” “All the pieces mean a lot to me and I had a hand in all of them,” he said. In the grand scheme of things, however, Berlin under-stands that there are much

larger dynamics at play with this nomination. Paulus died from stroke-related complica-tions last year. “He was one of the most incredibly kind and sensitive people in the music business,” Berlin said. “He was a selfless advocate of contemporary classical music.” “I hope that the Academy sees fit to honor (him) on Feb. 8 with the actual Grammy Award,” Berlin wrote in a recent blog post. As for his students at UMass, Berlin was thrilled over what he referred to as “global validation to what we do here.” “We know what we are doing, what the kids are doing, what the faculty is doing,” he said. “But we do it in this cloistered little val-ley. Seeing this is validation. It shows that we are a force to be reckoned with.”

Anthony Rentsch can be reached at arentsch@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Anthony_Rentsch.

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Issues slow 9/11 trial at Guantanamo

By carol roseNBergMiami Herald

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The alleged 9/11 plotters led by Khalid Sheik Mohammed return to the war court Monday for the first time in six months with an agenda packed with some of the most fundamental issues to bedevil the case – tor-ture, religious accommoda-tion and the sanctity of the attorney-client relation-ship. None of it, however, will involve the crime that drove creation of the court and prison in this remote outpost in southeast Cuba – the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. That’s because nearly three years after the Obama administration arraigned the men, the legal land-scape has gotten more com-plicated, not less, in the Pentagon’s death-penalty prosecution of the five men accused of training, direct-ing and funding the hijack-ings that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in a Pennsylvania field. The hearing comes just days after a senior Pentagon policy official told a Senate committee that the tribu-nal system that George W. Bush built, Barack Obama reformed and Congress blessed is inefficient, and necessarily slower than the traditional federal court system. “These cases are drag-ging on for quite some time, because of the new statu-tory framework,” Brian McKeon, principal deputy undersecretary for defense policy, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. “Lawyers are litigating to death every new issue,” he told Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., who supports military trials for alleged al-Qaida members over the civilian criminal jus-tice system. “Whereas in

the civilian court system, because of the speedy trial and the efficiency of our courts, we’re getting con-victions and putting these people in prison fairly quickly.” Three legal issues unique to Guantanamo have arisen since the last 9/11 hearings: –The question whether the introduction of female National Guard troops assigned to escort duty at the secret prison for former CIA captives amounts to an infringement of the alleged terrorists religious rights. The captives claim that their strict observance of Islam forbids them to be touched by women other than their wives, moth-ers and close family. They argue that commanders at their secret prison, Camp 7, made this religious accommodation for years. But commanders from the Massachusetts and Colorado National Guard testified in another case that they mobilized the most qualified volunteers to work at the prison, and some of them happened to be women. The judge, Army Col. James L. Pohl, has forbid-den the prison from letting female guards handle the alleged 9/11 conspirators to and from court and legal meetings at least until he resolves the religious rights challenge. But he’s unlikely to take that up in this two-week session – beyond a request from the defense lawyers to compel the pris-on to make evidence and witnesses available. –Some female soldiers have lodged discrimination complaints against Pohl and another judge for for-bidding them from touch-ing the men. On paper, the military is supposed to investigate such equal opportunity complaints within 15 days and that time has apparently passed. Military spokesmen, under orders from Marine Gen. John F. Kelly at the U.S. Southern Command in Miami who supervises pris-on, won’t say who’s han-

dling the complaints and how. In the meantime, attor-ney Walter Ruiz, the death-penalty defender for alleged 9/11 conspirator Mustafa al Hawsawi, calls the complaint “a transpar-ent attempt to unlawfully influence” the judge as he decides whether to lift the order against female guards or continue it. Ruiz, a Navy Reserve commander, has filed a legal motion asking the judge to not decide the female-guard issue until the equal opportunity com-plaint is resolved – which would keep the ban on female guards intact. –Defense lawyers claim unlawful influence in another area, too: On Jan. 7, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work signed a rule change that ordered mili-tary judges assigned to Guantanamo cases to move to the remote base from charges until trial. Just one month ear-lier, perhaps record time in Pentagon rule- chang-ing, the senior Pentagon official overseeing the war court, retired Marine Maj. Gen. Vaughn Ary, wrote a memo seeking the change that declared: “I believe the status quo does not support the pace of litigation neces-sary to bring these cases to a just conclusion.” No one has moved yet. The three judges hearing war court cases are from the Army, based at Fort Bragg, N.C.,; the Navy, based in Italy; and the Air Force, based in Washington. None of the services has yet to issue orders or make a plan. Defense lawyers argue that order amounts to med-dling in the independence of the judge that Congress gave them when they adopted the military com-missions act in 2009. For Ary, however, it appears to be an efficiency question. He wrote in an inter-nal Pentagon document obtained by the Miami Herald that the war court met only 34 days in 2014, and averaged five actual

court hours each day – at a cost of $78 million, exclud-ing the costs of 153 U.S. mil-itary forces assigned to the war court, whose salaries and other costs are borne by their services. The hearings also come after release of the so-called Senate torture report, which declassified some of the more graph-ic things the CIA did to the men in secret overseas prisons before delivering them to Guantanamo in 2006, such as rectal rehy-dration, waterboarding and sleep deprivation. The chief prosecutor until at least November 2017, Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, had described declassification of the find-ings and recommendations of the Senate Intelligence Committee as necessary hurdle in the case. But that may have only thrown more hurdles in the path to trial. Since then, the judge has ordered the prosecutors to go back and review more than two years of court records – secret filings, redacted motions, transcripts of closed ses-sions – to see what the pub-lic might now be allowed to know. Martins said that pro-cess should be complete in September. The defense lawyers say the 480-page portion of the 6,200 page Senate report has only whetted their appetites for the rest of the document – and find out what else happened to their clients in CIA custody as they plan for a a trial whose date has not yet been set. “This is totally unchart-ed territory, totally unplowed ground,” said David Nevin, attorney for the alleged mastermind, Mohammed. “These preliminary trial sessions are an indispens-able part of our justice system,” Martins said in a statement Sunday night. “They stand in start con-trast to the vacuums of law and order in darker cor-ners of the globe.”

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Skipping class: many of us are guilty of it. Sometimes, though, we need to be able to do it without any guilt.

This past Tuesday I woke up knowing it would be an off day – I could just feel it. As a person who has openly struggled with anx-iety, in part due to an eat-ing disorder, I have come to learn my triggers. I consider it a blessing to have become so self-aware. The curse is still having a crammed day of classes, clubs and studying despite whatever mental state I am in. Heavy stress is noth-ing foreign to a college student. We’re always reading those posters and brochures with the picture of the student pulling his hair or passing out on a stack of books. According to them, handling stress is supposed to be all about managing time, prioritiz-ing homework and getting tutors to keep our heads above water.

I’m not sure when the concept of taking mental health days off from work became illegitimate, but somewhere in our com-petitive society’s history it seems to have been taken off the pamphlets and rewritten in our minds as “giving up.” You could say that I gave up on Tuesday, but I don’t think that’s the case. Sitting in a lecture hall that afternoon, I was focus-ing all of my energy on try-ing to slow my racing mind and calm myself so I could be prepared for the next two classes and three-hour rehearsal that lay ahead. All I could think about was the enormous amount of tasks I had to get done. Dozens of other miniscule thoughts took the opportu-nity to try and turn them-selves into huge problems and blare inside my head. This is what anxiety is like, and when it begins it can be difficult to escape. I wanted to leave and do the one activity I knew would clear my mind: go for a jog. But a war imme-diately started up in my head – battles of voices arguing that even though it would help my stress levels and concentration, I was doing a bad thing by being unable to handle the class and leaving to waste an hour that could have been

spent focusing on impor-tant education. Of course, that old eating disorder voice even piped up too with name-calling and the suggestion that I turn my therapeutic light jog into a hardcore fat-burning sprint. It was then that I real-ized in the midst of all my internal debating about needing to just focus I’d hardly heard any of the lecture. So, I packed up and left. I went to the Recreation Center and ran for half an hour, and it was as though my body granted me an extra dose of endorphins that day when I finished. Almost immediately, I felt a wave of renewed energy, clarity and calm. It turns out it is possible to skip class responsibly. I can say with full confi-dence that I was able to focus and learn much bet-ter in my next class and take on rehearsal with full enthusiasm. I’d chosen to skip a lec-ture that had all of the notes available online – and if it didn’t, I would

have contacted the pro-fessor for them. And with my fresh energy, I made up the class on my own time in the same day. You could say I rearranged my schedule to work with my health. When I am older and hopefully have a full-time job and family, I know I will not have so much flex-ibility. Unfortunately, it still stands that declaring a mental health day from work is becoming less and less common in the United States, dozens of studies that warn about the nega-tive impact on health and productivity that comes with unused or withheld vacation days. Part of college is learn-ing to understand your-self, your needs and how you work best in the space around you. I will always strive to be in-tune with what I can do to make myself the happiest and most productive in the situation I’m given, even if that means just having enough time to step back and breathe for a moment. If anything, I’m not going bother spending that time reading another “manage your stress wise-ly” pamphlet.

Kate Leddy is a Collegian colum-nist and can be reached at kleddy@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @kcleddy.

“I’m not sure when the concept of taking mental health days from work became

illegitimate, but somewhere in our competitive society’s history it seems

to have been taken off the pamphlets and rewritten in our minds as ‘giving up.’”

Let’s ditch ‘be a man’ Phrases like “that’s a real man,” “be a man” and “man up” are sexist, anti-quated and overused. Insults directed toward

a woman may be some-thing along the lines of telling her that she is dressed too provocatively, that she is not being lady-like or a handful of other sexist phrases designed to shame her into sub-

missiveness. The blame or focus of the insult is targeted at women rather than men. We perpetuate sexism against women through outwardly sexist remarks and through subtleties like word choice: females in leadership positions are seen as “bossy,” while males in the same posi-tions are seen as “lead-ers.” But there is some-thing even more vitriolic about the insults directed toward men. Emasculating remarks often carry under-

tones of sexism toward both males and females. These remarks also carry stereotypes for what a man is supposed to be, creat-ing standards for boys and men that are as unrealistic as the standards we hold for women. When we tell males to “man up,” we are imply-ing that the validity of a man’s existence relies on embodying male stereo-types, since it is natural-ly unfavorable for a man

to resemble a woman. Women are stereotyped as inherently weak, whiny and generally incapable of fulfilling the variety of roles that men can. Why would a man want to act like a woman? Not only are we imply-ing that masculinity is the most valuable asset to a man, but we are also insulting women by claim-ing that their position is unfavorable. Occasionally, to dehu-manize a man, we may tell him that he is “not a real man.” Scrolling through

my Facebook newsfeed, I see a picture in support of victims of domestic violence. The picture may be captioned, “Men who hurt women are not real men. Like if you agree.” By doing this, we aim to dehumanize perpetra-tors of domestic violence. What we are really doing is attempting to give a dig-nified face to masculinity by denying these perpetra-tors of their manhood. We also are implying that men

have some righteous, dig-nified purpose that women do not have. What does it mean to act like a man or to “man up?” There is this assump-tion that there is a uni-versal standard for how men are supposed to act. There is not a universal standard; there are only social constructs and ste-reotypes. When we tell a male to “man up,” we are telling him to act tough. According to these stereo-types, men are supposed to be physically and mentally strong, dominating forces.

Men are supposed to be dominating? That sounds like a standard that could fuel violence against women. When we push these ideas of masculinity on young boys, we are creat-ing the wrong idea of how they should act. A world of damage can come with perpetuating the glori-fied stereotypes of man-hood. These stereotypes may negatively manifest in boys: through steroid

use to appear as the physi-cal epitome of masculin-ity, or being in an abusive relationship to uphold the standard of domination. It is only logical to avoid telling a male, particularly a young boy, to “man up.” We must consider the dam-aging impacts of the per-petuation of stereotypes regarding masculinity and femininity, even when it comes to something as subtle as word choice.

Brianna Zimmerman is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at bzimmerman@umass.edu.

“When we push these ideas of masculinity on young boys, we are creating the wrong idea of what they are supposed to act like. There is a world of damage

that can come with perpetuating the glorified stereotypes of manhood.”

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Why I skipped class for the gym

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Turn your dorm room into a fitness focused zone

By Erica GarnEttCollegian Staff

It’s hard to avoid dorm room hibernation in the winter. Spending time within the college “cave,” sleeping endlessly, watch-ing Netflix and stuffing your face out of boredom are going to be the regrets that resurface along with the sun in late March. To avoid this, implement small changes in the choices you make within the dorm. For starters, buy a yoga mat and weights. Even if you don’t care for yoga, the mat is still useful, and contrary to popular belief, does not require you to do headstands and hum man-tras. The mat will serve as cushiony support on the hard, cold dorm room floor for stretching and abdomi-nal work. The weights can be used for arm workouts and aid in some abdominal workouts. Who said squats had to be done in a gym? Use your full-length mirror and weights to achieve the

same workout. For the full gym effect, put on spandex and your favorite work out song for an exercise-condu-cive environment. Considering you can’t run a marathon within a dorm, it is not exactly an ideal space for cardio. However, body sculpting, lower impact workouts can still be done right from a

yoga mat in a dorm room. Jumping rope and hula hooping, both cardiovascu-lar exercises, can serve as alternatives for those who typically run. According to WebMD, jumping rope strengthens the upper body and can burn many calories in a short amount of time. In fact, you would have to run

an eight-minute mile to burn more calories than jumping rope, according to WebMD. All you’ll need a 4-by-6-foot area with about 10 inches of space above your head. This is easily accomplishable in a dorm room – just be sure to warn your roommate beforehand – and stay on the yoga mat to absorb the impact.

Hula hooping is a lower impact exercise than jump-ing rope that still gives you a cardio workout and tones muscles. According to Livestrong.com, hula hooping can work up to 30 muscles in and around your abdominals. So instead of hauling yourself to the gym in icy weather to run on the treadmill for an hour, get an equivalent result from one hour of intense hula hooping from within the warm privacy of your dorm room. Cardio aside, other small changes can be made in your dorm to improve health and fitness, includ-ing using TV shows and studying to your advan-tage. While watching TV, get on a yoga mat and do an abdominal workout or some leg lifts. If you can’t multitask, stick to working out during commercials. While studying, avoid the natural tendency to slump in your chair and try sit-ting up straight instead. According to a New York Times article by Lesley Alderman, good posture strengthens core muscle tone and hinders back and

neck pain. Although exercising is vital to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, it is only half the battle. When the weather doesn’t permit leaving the dorm room to walk to the dining hall, the importance of stocking up on healthy options is a no-brainer. Ditch the unhealthy temp-tation of classic com-fort foods like Easy Mac and ramen noodles. Opt for alternatives such as Progresso light choices, which pack lots of fiber, vitamins and minerals into less than 100 calories per serving. Hot instant oat-meal is full of fiber, vita-mins, minerals and whole grains, ensuring satisfac-tion that will carry over into lunch. Hot, micro-wavable burritos such as the all natural variety by Amy’s bring refreshing warmth without sacrific-ing protein, fiber and iron for a relatively low amount of fat and carbohydrates. Remember to drink lots of water and tea with meals to stay cozy and fuller lon-ger.

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Freshmen lead way for Minutemen

By Ross GienieczkoCollegian Staff

Entering the 2014-2015 season, it was clear the Massachusetts hockey teams success or failure would be determined by the perfor-mance of its 10-player fresh-man class. Early in the year, the lack of experience showed for the Minutemen. The team started just 4-13 and had a knack for giving up leads in the third period. But since a 5-1 win against Air Force on Dec. 29, UMass has posted a respectable record of 5-5-1. Part of the reason for the improvement is the emergence of the freshmen, which have accounted for 12 of the last 19 goals for the Minutemen. Two of those goals came Saturday night in a 5-2 win over No. 12 UMass-Lowell, from forwards Dennis Kravchenko and Dominic Trento. Kravchenko leads UMass in points. He’s skated as the Minutemen’s top center all year and has scored 10 goals to go along with 15 assists. The other top freshman has been defenseman Brandon Montour, a second-round draft pick of the Anaheim Ducks. Since arriving mid-season, Montour has scored two goals and added 13 assists in just 13 games – including two assists tonight against the River Hawks. “He’s got a special skill set,” UMass coach John Micheletto said after the game. “He’s going to be fun to work with and a real asset

to our team.” It’s not just Kravchenko and Montour that has stepped up its game as the season has progressed. Patrick Lee has played both center and wing, quietly scoring five goals to go with 14 assists. Riley McDougall has scored four times in the last six games. But perhaps the most over-looked freshman has been Trento. After recovering from an arm injury, Trento has worked his way into the top-six forward group, giv-ing the team valuable min-utes on the power play and penalty kill. In his last four games he has three goals and five points, and filled in for senior captain Troy Power on the first line tonight after Power left Friday’s game against Northeastern with a head injury. And in net, freshman Henry Dill has battled through an up-and-down season to record seven of the Minutemen’s nine wins. “The contributions of guys beyond Kravchenko and Montour who do get a lot of headlines – the Dominic Trento’s, the Riley McDougall’s – it’s nice when they do get the recognition, because everyone is contrib-uting in that class,” UMass coach John Micheletto said after the win against Lowell. As a whole, the freshman class ranks second in the country with 92 points, just two points behind first-place Boston University. It’s some-thing Micheletto made sure to point out after Saturday night’s win. “It’s pretty impressive,” Micheletto commented. “It speaks volumes of where they are now, and big pic-

ture, where they can be in the future.”

Health issues For most of the weekend, the Minutemen have been without two of their top-six forwards because of injuries. Power left Friday’s game after a crushing hit from Northeastern captain Adam Reid. The hit appeared to be to the head area, and officials discussed the play after-wards. Ultimately, though, no penalty was called. “I’m disappointed that the game gets impacted so much (eight) minutes in when a guy takes an elbow to the head and not even a minor penalty was called,” Micheletto said after the loss against Northeastern. After Saturday’s game, Micheletto said it was clear Power was not going to be able to play one day after suf-fering the hit. “The evaluation this morning was obvious that there was no way he would be able to play tonight,” Micheletto said. The other forward miss-

ing has been sophomore Steven Iacobellis. The team’s third-leading scorer (with five goals and 14 assists) was not medically cleared to play ahead of weekend action with an unknown ailment. Freshman Anthony Petrella replaced Iacobellis as the extra forward in the lineup, and recorded an assist Saturday against Lowell. Maddison Smiley, a defenseman, was the lineup addition for Saturday after Power exited the game Friday night. “For us to have to make up essentially 40-45 minutes of ice time with (Iacobellis and Power) not being in the lineup, the effort and commitment was special,” Micheletto said. “You hear about it in other sports… the ‘next man up’ mental-ity… I think our guys really embraced that.” Micheletto said injury updates would hopefully be available later in the week.

Ross Gienieczko can be reached at rgieniec@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @RossGien.

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Dominic Trento (6) is one of the many freshmen who have provided valuable playing minutes for UMass this season.

this weekend I used that pretty well. It’s definitely a good feeling.” Micheletto also had praise for his young defen-seman. “It was really good,” Micheletto said. “He’s such a good skater that some-times he moves from sup-porting the puck to releas-ing, and he’s gotta almost manage how good a skater he is at times to make sure his first mentality was sup-port, and then release. “I thought he did a really good job of that and being there for his partner. He’s got a special skill set as he continues to develop and learn the game at this level and get prepared for pro hockey whenever that hap-pens down the line.” On the defensive side of the puck, the Minutemen did not shy away from sac-rificing their bodies, block-ing a total of 19 shots. Steve Mastalerz got his second win of the season, making 28 saves and outplaying former UMass goaltender Kevin Boyle, who allowed five goals. “If you’ll notice, I think

in the second half of the year we’re averaging some-where in that 18-20 range per game,” Micheletto said of the blocked shots. “When you’ve got guys that are willing to put their bod-ies on the line, that’s really appreciated by our guys when they’re showing that level of commitment.” UMass Lowell did not go away quietly, scoring two quick power play goals Dylan Zink and Michael Kapla 27 seconds apart to make it 4-2. But as he has done all season, Shane Walsh came through in the third peri-od, adding a crucial goal just one minute later, giv-ing the Minutemen a three-goal cushion and virtually killing all momentum the River Hawks may have had. The Minutemen will be back at the Mullins Center next Friday night, as they get set to take on UMass Lowell for the second time before heading to Lowell for a third and final meet-ing.

Jason Kates can be reached at jkates@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Jason_Kates.

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Mariano was one of three sophomores alongside Grant Consoletti and Brendan Hegarty to start on attack in the season opener. Consoletti and Hegarty combined for just two shots and no points. “If you don’t get pro-duction from those young guys, especially on attack, you’re going to struggle,” Cannella said. “There’s guys out there who’s played for us last year and we need them to elevate their game a bit more.” Peter Lindley repre-sented one bright spot for UMass on Saturday. Playing in his first colle-giate game, the freshman

from Darien, Connecticut finished with two fourth-quarter goals in limited action. Cole Johnson led the way for the Black Knights with four goals in the first half. John Glesener added two goals and two assists. The nonconference schedule doesn’t get any easier for UMass, which will next travel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to bat-tle No. 5 North Carolina on Feb. 14. According to Izzo, Saturday’s loss just “adds fuel to the fire” in prepara-tion for the Tar Heels. Anthony Chiusano can be reached at achiusano@umass.edu and fol-lowed on Twitter @a_chiusano24.

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No. 20 Army outshot UMass 32-17 in Saturday’s season opener.

pair of Clark 3-pointers and a Cady Lalanne layup off an excellent lob-pass from Zach Coleman. The sequence led to eight straight points from the Minutemen, forcing the Explorers to burn a timeout not even five minutes into the game. “The game plan against them is pretty simple, they run so hard. They have so much success in transi-tion… that’s all our guys have heard about for the past three or four days,” La Salle coach John Giannini said. “We’ve worked on it, we’ve played other running teams, but for some reason UMass is able to really push the ball down court against us and for two straight games we don’t seem to have an answer.” Lalanne finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds while Maxie Esho contribut-ed with 11 points of his own. Minutemen coach Derek Kellogg said he was happy the two big men didn’t force their shots and that when Clark is making his 3-point-ers, opportunities can open up on the inside. However, Kellogg mentioned that the Explorers did a great job col-

lapsing on the pair in the post, limiting chances for UMass. The Minutemen shot just 6-for-23 in the second half (26.1 percent) but went 16-19 from the free throw line, including 5-for-6 in the final 39 seconds to seal the win. After a 17 point, 13 rebound performance last game against Fordham, Gordon struggled the entire night finishing with just five points, four rebounds and a season-high six turnovers. The Explorers (13-10, 5-5 A-10) shot 36.4 percent from the field and were 5-of-16 from 3-point range, going 2-for-7 in the second half. “We have a little more tweaking to go and I think we can improve and get bet-ter, but it’s definitely nice to be where we are,” Kellogg said. The Minutemen return to action on Wednesday night when they travel to St. Bonaventure for anoth-er conference game. The Bonnies won the first match-up 66-59 on Jan. 3.

Andrew Cyr can be reached at arcyr@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Andrew_Cyr.

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If Clark can sustain that scoring, it’s another asset for UMass’ offense. Earlier this season, if seniors Maxie Esho and Cady Lalanne weren’t scoring, danger lurked. Sunday, the duo scored 11 points each but Kellogg pointed toward patience as the most important attribute. “What I liked was that Cady and Maxie aren’t really forcing stuff,” Kellogg said. “They’re playing within themselves … guys are start-ing to buy into their roles. We’ve got a little more tweak-ing to go. I think we can improve and get better, but it’s nice to be where we’re at.” In a crowded A-10, UMass suddenly sits a game out of first place. Unlike last sea-son when the Minutemen faltered in conference play, they appear to be on the rise. “Yeah it feels different,” Lalanne said. “We’re start-ing to click together, starting to learn how to play with each other and win games. Everybody’s just buying in and doing their job to help us win games.” Winnable games, as well as prime opportunities, await UMass. It travels to St.

Bonaventure on Wednesday, a difficult atmosphere to play in. Kellogg said the Minutemen will need to “steal” a victory against the Bonnies. “We’d like to continue that run because I think we’re playing good basketball,” Kellogg said. “The guys are locked in and focused. If you want a chance to either win the league or put yourselves in a good seeding in the tour-nament, you have to pull some of these games out.” Consistency remains what the Minutemen seek. It could use more perfor-mances like Sunday’s from Clark, and Kellogg said he still needs Lalanne and Esho to “dominate” games at cer-tain junctures. But he also said he believes his team doesn’t have a ceiling in terms of improvement. “I don’t think so, I’m not sure but I don’t think so,” said Kellogg, before pausing and looking up. “Actually, I know we haven’t.”

Mark Chiarelli can be reached at mchiarel@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Mark_Chiarelli.

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UMass picks up first win vs. QuinnipiacBy PhiliP sanzo

Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts tennis team recorded its first vic-tory of the spring season in a 7-0 win against Quinnipiac Saturday after falling to instate rival Boston College the previous night. UMass entered Saturday’s matchup with a strong histo-ry against the Bobcats. The Minutewomen haven’t lost to Quinnipiac since 2003. This streak continued for UMass, which bested the Bobcats in two of the three doubles matches over the weekend, including

another stellar performance from the No. 1 pairing of Ana Yrazusta and Carol Benito. The Minutewomen then carried their success into singles play, sweeping Quinnipiac 6-0. “(The game) was a very well put together match,” UMass coach Judy Dixon said. “We played strong against Quinnipiac.” One reason for the Minutewomen’s rebound victory over Quinnipiac was the return of Anna Woolsey. After sitting out Friday’s match against the Eagles, the sophomore fin-

ished Saturday with a win in straight sets in singles play, defeating Sydney Young. While all six of UMass’ singles competitors clinched victories in straight sets, Dixon highlighted the per-formances by Benito and Arielle Griffin in the win. Benito posted a singles victory (6-1, 6-2) against Bobcats’ Rachel Horton and Griffin defeated Jacqueline Raynor (6-1, 6-1). “(Benito) is a shot in the arm to our team,” Dixon said. “She is tough in singles and doubles and she goes out there and does her job.”

Dixon added that Griffin looked impressive in the Minutewomen’s three matches since returning from the break. Dixon said she believes this year could be a 15-win season for the Minutewomen.Saturday’s win was UMass’ first of 2015.. Saturday’s win was UMass’ first home game of the season. UMass next hosts meets against Army and Marist on Friday and Saturday. Philip Sanzo can be reached at psanzo@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Philip_Sanzo.

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EXPLORING NEW HEIGHTS

Clark propels Minutemen past La Salle Sun.

By Andrew CyrCollegian Staff

It certainly wasn’t the match-up that Larry Bird and Dominque Wilkins had in the 1988 NBA playoffs, but on Saturday afternoon it was Donte Clark and Jordan Price that stole the show at the Mullins Center. Price finished with a game-high 30 points for La Salle, while it was Clark’s 23 points, seven

rebounds and four assists that pro-pelled a 66-59 victory for UMass, marking the fourth-straight win for the Minutemen who improved to 7-3 in Atlantic 10 play. Clark scored 16 points in the first half on a perfect 6-for-6 shoot-ing, including four 3-pointers that looked good the second they left

his hand. Clark even gave the clas-sic Michael Jordan shrug after he made his fourth with 10 minutes, 48 seconds remaining in the

half. All 4,673 at the Mullins Center knew that he was on fire and Clark

was the first one to let you know about it. “I was just playing the game the way I usually play it,” Clark said. “I’m always ready (to be the guy), that’s why I’m out there.” Price carried the Explorers with 23 second half points, bringing them back within two possessions after a 3-pointer with 1:20 remain-ing cut the deficit to five points, and then again with 46 seconds remaining to make it 61-57 before the Minutemen sealed the game with free throws from Derrick Gordon and Clark. All but six points from La Salle in the second half came from Price,

as the first point scored by anoth-er Explorer came 12:58 into the second half off a free throw from Jerell Wright. The only non-Price field goal was a Wright dunk with 6:01 remaining in the game. UMass (14-9, 7-3 A-10) opened the game on a 12-5 run following a

UMass wins its fourth straight in A-10 action

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Donte Clark makes one of his five 3-pointers in Sunday’s victory over La Salle. The freshman finished 5-for-7 from beyond the arc in a 23-point effort.

UM shows continued evolution

By MArk ChiArelliCollegian Staff

Massachusetts men’s basket-ball coach Derek Kellogg didn’t know how he envisioned his team improving this season. But he knew this much for certain: Back in October, the Minutemen were a raw, unfinished product. They had pieces, athleti-cism and lofty goals ahead. They also faced a difficult early sched-ule and the obvious growing pains that accompany a youthful team in transition one season after a return to the NCAA tournament. Now, after UMass beat La Salle 66-59 Sunday for its fourth straight win, it’s clear a more refined prod-uct is taking shape. “I’m not sure how I envisioned it, but I did think we would improve,” Kellogg said. “Players got better and were able to buy into their roles.” Perhaps no player has embod-ied this more than freshman guard Donte Clark. Clark asserted himself Sunday into the role of dependable scorer, something fans – and even Kellogg – have looked for all season. He scored a team-high 23 points, was 5-for-7 on 3-pointers and even added seven rebounds and four assists. Clark scored 16 points in the first half and was a perfect 4-for-4 from downtown. Much like the rest of the Minutemen, Clark’s progression hasn’t been rapid. He averaged just 6.8 points per game over his last six games and made only two 3-point-ers in that stretch. “It was a relief,” Clark said. “I hadn’t been hitting my 3s like that, so it was definitely a relief.” “I was on him a little bit in prac-tice to shoot,” Kellogg said. “Like, ‘Just shoot the ball. You’re a good player, you can score. I want you to shoot, I need you to shoot and make 3s.’”

UMass falls to No. 20 Army

By Anthony ChiusAnoCollegian Staff

While last season opened on a seven-game winning streak, the Massachusetts men’s lacrosse team strug-gled coming out of the gates this year, falling 12-7 to No. 20 Army. The Minutemen (0-1) never led Saturday’s mati-nee affair, as the Black Knights (1-0) established control 57 sec-onds into the game with an unassisted goal from Gunnar Miller. The score soon ballooned to a 5-0 Army advantage head-ing into the second quarter. “They just came out on fire from the start,” UMass co-captain Ryan Izzo said. “We needed to match their intensity and we obviously didn’t do that. That first quarter was kind of a hit for us.” Coming out of the half-time break trailing 7-3, UMass was then dominated in the third frame, giving up four more goals with-out a response. While the

Minutemen responded with a four-goal performance over the final 15 minutes of regulation, coach Greg Cannella said that the surge came too late. “I’d like to see us react

a little better, to bounce back a bit to give us a chance,” Cannella said. “But Army deserves all the

credit in the world, they beat us.” Cannella credited the Black Knights’ success to time of possession. UMass struggled to find consistent scoring opportunities while Army held the clear advan-tage in shots (32-17) and faceoff wins (16-6). While the Black Knights boast one of the best defen-sive units in the nation, Cannella said that the Minutemen struggled to maintain possession in large part due to unforced errors and turnovers. “I don’t think we handled

the ball very well, we threw it away a few times,” he said. “I thought we held the ball too long in a few cases as well in the corners.” As a result, UMass suf-fered its fifth straight loss dating back to last sea-son’s second half struggles. During this period, the Minutemen haven’t reached double figures in scoring. “Army has a great defense and we just didn’t have the ball as much as wanted to,” sophomore Nick Mariano said. “And when we did, we didn’t make the right looks all the time. We’ve just got to go back to the drawing board and just get ready for the upcoming week.” Mariano, who led UMass with 29 goals last year, fin-ished Saturday’s loss with three goals and one assist. Despite the four points, Cannella said that Mariano and the Minutemen’s other young attackers must show improvement.

Minutemen drop season opener

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UM defeats UMass Lowell for first time in four years

By JAson kAtesCollegian Staff

In the first of three con-secutive matchups this season, the Massachusetts hockey team defeated No. 11 UMass Lowell 5-2 Saturday night. Two goals from Frank Vatrano led the way offen-sively for the M i n u t e m e n (9-18-1, 4-13-1 Hockey East), who defeated the River Hawks (16-10-3, 9-7-2 HEA) for the first time since the 2010-11 sea-son. Despite being without captain Troy Power and Steven Iacobellis, Coach John Micheletto was very proud of his team after a tough loss to Northeastern University the previous night, and the way in which they recovered. “For us to have to make up 40-45 minutes of ice time between (Steven) Iacobellis and (Troy) Power not being

in the lineup, the effort and commitment that we had tonight was special,” Micheletto said. “It’s nice to continue the

streak here in the second half. I know we’re not winning every game but we’re positioned to win every game in the third period,

and with a young team that’s all you can hope for in the second half of the year.” After a scoreless opening period, the Minutemen took a 1-0 lead on a goal from fresh-man Dennis Kravchenko at the 13:01 mark of the second period. It was his 10th of the season, and has now record-ed a point in a career-high five consecutive games. Two goals in the span of 37 seconds expanded UMass’ lead to 3-0 in the middle period, with Dominic Trento

and Vatrano each finding the back of the net. Vatrano added his 16th of the season to make it 4-0 just two minutes, 32 seconds into the final 20 minutes. “It feels good and is obvi-ously a big confidence boost-er,” Vatrano said. “Tonight was a great team effort and the best 60 minutes we’ve put together all year. “If we keep doing that then I think we’re gonna do some great things here down the stretch.” Defenseman Brandon Montour recorded two assists on the night, push-ing his point total to 15 in 13 games since joining the team back in December. “Ever since I came in here, I’ve tried to use my skating to my advantage,” Montour said. “I thought

Vatrano earns 16th goal of the season

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Army 12

UMass 7UMass 5

UML 2

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“It feels good and is obviously a big confidence booster. Tonight was a great

team effort and the best 60 minutes we’ve put together all year.”

Frank Vatrano,UMass forward

“They just came out on fire from the start. We needed to match their intensity and we obviously didn’t do that.”

Ryan Izzo,UMass co-captain

UMass 66

La Salle 59

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“I’m always ready (to be the guy), that’s why

I’m out there.”Donte Clark,UMass guard