Massachusetts Daily Collegian: September 16, 2014

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UMass hosts lecture series on inequality

By Anthony RentschCollegian Correspondent

With the winds of pub-lic discourse swirling in the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown, the sub-ject of inequality has been prevalent on the University of Massachusetts cam-pus—including in a new lec-

ture series, which will run throughout the academic year. The Perspectives in Inequality lecture series, organized by the Task Force on Promoting the Social Sciences, will feature world-renowned guest lecturers speaking about inequal-ity “across the gamut of social sciences,” said Laurel Smith-Doerr, director of the Institute for Social Science Research and the chair-person of the task force. Lectures will be held Sept.

29, Oct. 10, 15 and 27 and Nov. 5 and 8. The series will con-tinue in the spring. The series has attracted well-known speakers, includ-ing Thomas Piketty, author of the New York Times best seller, “Capital in the 21st Century,” and Wilbert Rideau, author of the 2011 Dayton International Peace Prize winner, “In the Place of Justice.” The new UMass Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Katherine Newman, who is conducting cutting-

edge research on inequality, will also lecture during the series. Lectures will cover the theme of inequality in a variety of arenas including politics, economics, anthro-pology and even landscape architecture. “Inequality is a core topic that spans the University,” Smith-Doerr said. “The theme has resonance with UMass,” she added, noting that the University has “tra-

Talks will run throughout year

By seRgei L. Loiko And cARoL J. WiLLiAms

Los Angeles Times

KIEV, Ukraine — Six civilians and an unknown number of fighters were killed in artillery barrages in violation of a 10-day-old cease-fire in Ukraine, spokesmen for both gov-ernment and pro-Russia separatist forces said Monday in accusing each other of waging the attacks. Heavy shelling of sub-urban neighborhoods of Donetsk, a separat-ist stronghold, was wit-nessed by monitors of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the group reported Sunday. A statement on the website of the separatist-declared Donetsk People’s Republic said six civilians were killed Sunday and at least 15 wounded. The OSCE monitors reported seeing the body of one woman sprawled on the street. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Russian President Vladimir Putin to urge him to respect the cease-fire and remove any Russian forces from the territory of his sov-ereign neighbor, accord-ing to German government spokesman Steffen Seibert. A Kremlin press service account of the phone con-versation made no mention of the cease-fire violations, reporting only that the two leaders discussed “the importance for the parties in the conflict to strictly

comply with the cease-fire and effective monitoring of the peace process through the OSCE.” Russian media took scant notice of the artillery firing that Ukrainian officials said hit civilian areas of at least a dozen towns and villages. OSCE also reported Monday that a convoy of its monitors asked by a Dutch-led internation-al investigative team to inspect the scene of the July 17 Malaysia Airlines crash came under fire while traveling through the Shakhtarsk area, about 40 miles east of Donetsk city. “The patrol vehicles were damaged by artil-lery or mortar fire” and the monitors were forced to return to Donetsk in the only usable vehicle, the OSCE report said. The monitors didn’t reach the separatist-held city until early Monday because of numerous diversions ordered by fighters on both sides and the necessity of avoiding roads believed to be mined, the report said. In Kiev, OSCE spokesman Michael Bociurkiw said the monitors were shaken by their ordeal but unharmed. “But for the fact that they were in two heavily armored vehicles the con-sequences of the shell-ing could have been much more serious,” Bociurkiw said. “It is not our job to say whether the cease-fire works or not but we

Ukraine armistice could be in peril

By nicoLe dotzenRod Collegian Correspondent

While most college stu-dents’ summer intern-ships are spent in offices, University of Massachusetts graduate student Emilie Jordao was getting her hands dirty in New Mexico building sustainable homes. Jordao, a landscape archi-tecture master’s candidate, spent three weeks this sum-mer interning for Earthship Biotecture, a company that builds houses from recy-clable material such as tires, bottles and cans. She lived in Tao, New Mexico, building the homes, known as “Earthships,” from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day. “The ‘Earthships’ are com-pletely sustainable in that they harvest their own water, use solar energy and electric-ity and more,” Jordao said. Each home is also built into the earth, rather than on top of it, and the houses are avail-able both for rent and for sale.Jordao explained that the houses harvest rainwa-ter, which is filtered before it goes to the shower and sink. The used shower and sink water, known as “gray” water, is then reused for the toilet. That “black” water then goes into a planter and filters into a septic system

which degrades the waste.Jordao, who is original-ly from Rio de Janeiro, learned about the company from her mother in Brazil, who saw it featured on a Brazilian television show.“I’ve done gardening and farming in the past, but not construction,” Jordao said. “People hired by Earthship Biotecture teach you what to do task by task. I learned how to plaster walls with adobe and concrete. I built tire and bottle walls. I did stone floors, tile grouting, leveling, painting and more.” During the internship, Jordao lived with seven other interns in a model “Earthship,” which also acted as a place to test new ideas. “Living in an ‘Earthship’ is how I learned about the sys-tem,” Jordao said, adding that the experience was liberating. “I’m charging my comput-er, but don’t feel guilty because it’s solar, or I’m showering but I don’t feel guilty because it’s rainwater,” Jordao said. “You feel very guilt-free.” The “Earthships” can be maintained for about $200 a year, the cost of propane for the stove, according to Jordao. “It’s such a beautiful

home,” she said. “They’re so cozy and they just feel right. I loved it so much.” Because the interns were housed in model homes, there were some glitches in the system, Jordao said. Some days they would expe-rience a lack of electricity or water. However, she said the hardest adjustment was being so isolated, as the group had to travel more than 20 minutes to get anywhere.“It’s totally off the grid,” Jordao said. “But it’s one of the most beautiful plac-es I’ve ever seen. New Mexico is so different from all the places I’ve been.”Thirty people interned with Jordao, ages 20 to 60, from all around the world. “The people were the most rewarding part,” she said. “The people I worked with were amazing and so pas-sionate (about) what they did. There were success-ful businessmen who left everything behind to work with ‘Earthships,’ and oth-ers who were born into the ‘Earthship’ community. … I would do it so many times just to meet the people.” In addition to intern-ships, Earthship Biotecture

offers an academy for extensive training in “Earthship” design and construction. It costs $2,500 to attend the month-long program, where students graduate by building an “Earthship,” according to the company’s website. “I definitely recommend this internship. It’s some-thing people would love,” Jordao said. “I keep thinking of when I can go back. There is no amount of money that can pay for the experience (I had).”

Nicole Dotzenrod can be reached at [email protected].

Jordao interned with Earthship Biotecture

UMass student builds sustainable homes over summer

CHRISTINA YACONO/COLLEGIAN

Vijay Prashad speaks to students, facutly and community members as part of the Perspectives in Inequality lecture series on Sept. 10.

COURTESY OF EMELIE JORDAO

Earthship Biotecutre interns use recyclable materials to build homes in New Mexico.

COURTESY OF EMELIE JORDAO

Interior walls of an earthship home.

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An NFL MentorRoethlisberger,

Whipple reflect on their time together

in the NFL

U2 Donates500 millioncopies of ‘Songs of Innocence’ to

iTunes customers

“I came back a changed person”

- Karen Podorefskyon her trip to Israel

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“I’m charging my computer, but don’t feel guilty because it’s solar, or I’m showering but

I don’t feel guilty because it’s rainwater.”Emilie Jordao, UMass Graduate Student

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Iran TEHRAN, Iran, — Iran has rejected direct overtures from top U.S. diplomats, including Secretary of State John F. Kerry, to cooperate with Washington in the battle against Islamic State extremists in Iraq, Iran’s supreme leader said Monday. In his most extensive comments to date on the crisis, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad had requested a meeting with his Iranian counterpart to discuss “coordination” between the two nations to con-front the threat of the al-Qaida breakaway fac-tion. The U.S., for its part, says it is not coordinating military efforts against Islamic State with Iran, though it has repeatedly discussed the issue with Iranian officials. Los Angeles Times

Libya Nearly 700 migrants may have died in two recent shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday. Quoting two survivors, the IOM’s Italy office said human traffickers deliberately sank a boat with about 500 Syrian, Palestinian, Egyptian and Sudanese migrants, after they refused an at-sea transfer onto a more rick-ety vessel. “If this story - which is being investigated by police - is confirmed, it would be the biggest ship-wreck of recent years. It would be particularly serious as it would not be an incident, but an epi-sode of mass killing,” the IOM said in a statement. The IOM said the migrants left the Egyptian port of Damietta on Sept. 6, and that the two Palestinian survivors it interviewed were rescued by a passing cargo ship after spending 36 hours at sea, and taken to Pozzallo, Sicily, on Saturday. DPA

Philippines MANILA — Typhoon Kalmaegi killed eight peo-ple and displaced nearly 18,000 people as it battered the northern Philippines on the weekend, the national disaster relief agency said Monday. More than a dozen ferry trips and nearly 50 domes-tic flights were cancelled as the storm hit Sunday, cutting off electricity in eight northern provinces. DPA

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Police respond to car theft on Sunday

by Marleigh FelsensteinCollegian Staff

Friday, Sept. 1210:34 a.m.: Medical assistance was needed on Riverglade Drive for an elderly female. She was breathing, but unresponsive in the bath-room. Police assisted the Amherst Fire Department.

1:17 p.m.: A man who threatened the manag-er of Starbucks on North Pleasant Street was stand-ing near the business. The manager wanted him removed from the premises.

2:19 p.m.: A Lincoln Avenue resident claimed her neigh-bor was harassing her.

5:25 p.m.: A 15-year-old girl riding her bicycle was struck by a grey 2006 Nissan Sentra on Mill Lane. She suffered minor injuries and her guard-

ian came to retrieve her.

5:57 p.m.: There was suspi-cious activity at Pi Kappa Alpha on North Pleasant Street. Any suspicion was gone upon police arrival.

7:59 p.m.: A disabled black 2002 Honda Civic on West Street was towed by College Street Towing.

11:29 p.m.: James Conlon, 19, of Medford, was arrest-ed at the Hillel House on North Pleasant Street for possession of alco-hol under the age of 21.

11:42 p.m.: A fight on Fearing Street left one person on the ground unresponsive. The Amherst Fire Department was en route upon arrival.

11:59 p.m.: A large party get-ting out of control on Hobart Lane caused a disturbance.

Saturday, Sept. 13 12:15 a.m.: Jonathan Oberman, 20, of Worcester, Antonio Corba, 21, of Hastings-on-Hudson, New

York and David Swartz, 20, of Holden, were arrested for unlawful noise and nuisance house on Belchertown Road.

1:55 a.m.: Medical assis-tance was needed on West Pomeroy Lane for an elder-ly female with difficulty breathing due to an aller-gic reaction. She was trans-ported by the Amherst Fire Department to the hospital.

2:42 a.m.: A mailbox was thrown through the window of a residence on Main Street.

3:28 p.m.: There was a sus-picious ice cream truck at Village Park Offices on East Pleasant Street. The operator of the truck was previously evicted from Village Park.

6:52 p.m.: Medical assis-tance was needed on Fearing Street for a 19-year-old with chest pain. He was transported to Cooley Dickinson Hospital for an apparent anxiety attack.

10:41 p.m.: An ambulance was requested for a female with difficulty breath-

ing on Van Meter Drive.

Sunday, Sept. 1412:03 a.m.: A liquor law vio-lation occurred on Phillips Street, which resulted in a summons for a minor in possession of alcohol.

12:24 a.m.: A motor vehicle was stolen on Hadley Road. The blue 1998 Honda Civic was not towed, and only glass remained in the place it was previously parked.

12:28 a.m.: Jonah Amstar, 20, of Bridgewater, New Jersey and Laban Christenson, 20, of Waltham, were arrest-ed for possession of alco-hol under the age of 21.

12:42 a.m.: Medical assistance was needed on Hobart Lane for an unresponsive male heavily under the influence. He was transported to Cooley Dickinson Hospital by the Amherst Fire Department.

12:58 a.m.: Luke Gatti, 18, of Bayville, New York, was arrested for disorderly conduct and assault and

battery on a police officer.

9:46 a.m.: Medical assis-tance was needed for a 38-year-old male uncon-scious after a seizure.

11:17 a.m.: Medical assis-tance was needed for a bicyclist who fell down on East Leverett Road after he struck a pothole.

1:40 p.m.: Medical assistance was needed at the Amherst Brewing Company on University Drive for a male who fell from his wheelchair.

4:53 p.m.: An aggressive German Shepherd was loose on Stony Hill Road.

There was thought to be a larceny at St. Brigid’s Parish on North Pleasant Street of an item worth $700. The call was cancelled after the caller found the item.

Marleigh Felsenstein can be reached at [email protected].

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Girl accidentally kills fatherby Michael Muskal

Los Angeles Times

The children of an Arizona weapons instruc-tor have reached out to comfort the 9-year-old girl who accidentally killed their father during a shooting lesson, telling her they pray for her and offering her love and hugs. Charles Vacca, 39, a father of four from Lake Havasu City, was shot and killed Aug. 25 at the Last Stop gun range in White Hills when the girl lost control of the Uzi subma-chine gun she was using to practice. No charges have been filed in the incident. “We don’t know your name, but we’re connect-ed by this tragedy,” the children wrote in a let-ter they recited on a video uploaded by their attor-ney, Marc Lamber, on his website. Christopher Vacca, 11; Tylor Vacca, 14; Elizabeth Vacca, 15; and Ashley Moser, 19, took turns reading por-tions of the statement. “You’re only 9 years old,” they said. “We think about you. We are wor-

ried about you. We pray for you, and we wish you peace. Our dad would want the same thing.” In the heart-rend-ing video, the children described their father: “Our dad wasn’t just an instructor: He was funny, strong, a protec-tor, a hero and our friend. He was a good man.” The family of the girl who fired the weapon was on vacation when they went to the shoot-ing range about 60 miles south of Las Vegas. In a video of the inci-dent taken by the fami-ly on a cellphone, Vacca is shown instructing the girl on proper stance. “All right, go ahead and give me one shot,” he is heard. She fires the single shot and the instructor urges her: “All right, full auto.” Then it all goes wrong when the recoil of the Uzi pulls the weapon upward, sending a bul-let into Vacca’s head. The girl’s parents, Alison and Alex Gen MacLachlan, said they were “devastated by this

accident that turned what was supposed to be a unique and brief excur-sion from their summer vacation into a life chang-ing tragedy,” accord-ing to their statement released this month. “Words cannot express the family’s sadness about the accidental shooting of Charles Vacca. They prayed day and night that he would survive his inju-ry, and they continue to pray for his family dur-ing this terribly difficult time,” the statement read. The incident will live on for both families, Vacca’s daughter Ashley said. “Like you, we are living through this trag-ic event that we cannot shut off,” she said. “It’s with us all the time.” In the video, Elizabeth told the girl that Vacca would want her to move on with her life and not let the acciden-tal shooting define her. “Some day,” said Christopher at the conclu-sion of the family state-ment, “we hope we can meet you, hug you and tell you that it’s OK.”

ditional values of social justice and community engagement.” “We are increasing-ly faced with injustice in society,” said Leda Cooks, communication professor at UMass. “Once we bring (the theme of injustice) into the classroom…there are a lot of connections across departments.” Not only does the lec-ture series span multiple academic areas, it also incorporates many differ-ent perspectives from the lecturers, who are not only professors, but also journal-ists, authors, sociologists, community activists and more. At the end of the 2014 spring semester, Interim Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences John Hird pro-posed the idea of such a lec-ture series. He then charged the task force with coming up with a theme and coor-dinating lecturers with help from different departments within SBS. Smith-Doerr said that it was incredible how success-ful the task force has been in coordinating the lecture series in a short period of time. According to Smith-Doerr, SBS has held semi-nar series in the past, but Hird wanted the task force to think bigger. He wanted a vehicle to promote inter-college discussion and to showcase “the amazing research that students and faculty do that is not always highlighted.” Smith-Doerr said that the Perspectives in Inequality series is a part of a larger

“Social Sciences Matter” campaign that will bring lecture series with different focuses every year. She said that sustainability, changes in higher education and racial inequality are poten-tial themes for upcoming years. Although there is no timeline for the “Social Sciences Matter” campaign, Smith-Doerr said if the first lecture of the series was any indication of how suc-cessful the series will be, it is here to stay. On Sept. 10, Vijay Prashad, professor of inter-national studies at Trinity College, spoke about world-wide inequality to a filled Cape Cod Lounge in front of UMass students, faculty and members of the Amherst community. Following his lecture, Prashad answered questions and conversed with the audience about issues ranging from the World Bank Group to stu-dent debt. Smith-Doerr said she hopes the series contin-ues to be successful and believes that the scientific perspective utilized by the social sciences has many important benefits for the UMass community. “It helps us to see pat-terns that we do not nor-mally observe,” she said. “It offers us a different kind of lens that goes beyond com-mon sense. Looking at simi-lar social phenomena from different perspectives adds a certain richness and cre-ates nice synergies across campus.” Anthony Rentsch can be reached at [email protected].

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Man fatally shot over PS4by Mike Morris

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

ATLANTA —Two people are in custody for the fatal shooting of a man during what Sandy Springs, Ga., police said was the attempt-ed theft of a video gam-ing system the victim was trying to sell on Craigslist. The alleged shooter in the Friday night incident is a 16-year-old girl whose 16-month-old baby was only feet away at the time of the robbery and shooting, according to Sandy Springs police Sgt. Ron Momon. Daniel John Zeitz, 28, of Roswell, had listed a PS4 gaming system for sale on Craigslist, and about 9:30 p.m., went to the parking lot of an apartment on Treelodge Parkway to meet a poten-tial buyer, Momon said. There, he met 20-year-old Nathaniel Vivian and a 16-year-old girl, whose name has not been released. Momon said the pair tried to rob Zeitz of the PS4, and Vivian, who was in the driver’s seat of a car, struggled with Zeitz, who was standing outside the car, for the gaming system. During the struggle,

the girl fired a shot from a .25-caliber handgun, and the bullet passed through Vivian’s hand and struck Zeitz in the side of his chest, killing him. Vivian and the girl

were later arrested when they went to Northside Hospital for treatment of Vivian’s gunshot wound to the hand, Momon said. “Brookhaven police were at the hospital inter-viewing the injured man, who told them he was a victim of a crime in

Brookhaven, but later told them he was shot while he and his girlfriend were at the Legends of Dunwoody Apartments to rob a man of his PS4 video gaming system that was advertised on Craigslist,” Momon said. “Detectives also learned that the juvenile’s infant child, approximately 16 months, was in the back seat of the car during the rob-bery and shooting,” he said. Vivian is being held without bond in the Fulton County Jail. The girl also remains in custody, and the child was later turned over to her relatives. The gun was recovered from the suspects’ car. Zeitz was known by the name “Phobos” in online gaming circles, and one of his online gam-ing teammates set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for Zeitz’s funer-al expenses. By Monday afternoon, the page had raised more than $10,000. A video about Zeitz’s killing posted by a friend Saturday on YouTube has been viewed nearly 20,000 times.

Zeitz was known by the name

“Phobos” in online gaming circles, and one of his online

gaming teammates set up a

GoFundMe page to raise money for

Zeitz’s funeral expenses.

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Iran will not work with the US

By Ramin mostaghim, PatRick J. mcDonnell

anD Paul RichteRLos Angeles Times

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has rejected direct over-tures from top U.S. diplo-mats, including Secretary of State John F. Kerry, to cooperate with Washington in the battle against Islamic State extremists in Iraq, Iran’s supreme leader said Monday. In his most extensive com-ments to date on the crisis, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad had requested a meeting with his Iranian counterpart to discuss “coordination” between the two nations to confront the threat of the al-Qaida breakaway faction. The U.S., for its part, says it is not coordinating military efforts against Islamic State with Iran, though it has repeatedly discussed the issue with Iranian officials. “I opposed (the U.S. request) and told them we will not cooperate with the Americans on the issue because their intent and hands are not clean,” Khamenei said after being discharged from a week-long hospital stay during which he underwent pros-tate surgery, reported Press TV, Iran’s official English-language news outlet. “How is it possible for us to coop-erate with the Americans under such circumstances?” According to Khamenei, Iran also rebuffed a request

from Kerry for “coopera-tion,” as the Obama admin-istration seeks to build an international coalition against the Islamic State group. The request was con-veyed “personally” from Kerry to the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Khamenei said. “Iran has voiced its opposition to being a party to that coalition from the very beginning,” said Iran’s supreme leader. “The Americans’ coalition is non-sense.” A U.S. State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, said the issue of countering the Islamic State has come up in sideline discussions with Iranian officials during ongoing nuclear negotia-tions involving Iran and six world powers, known as the P5+1 talks. “ISIL presents a seri-ous threat to Iran as it does to every other state in the region,” Harf said, using a common acronym for Islamic State. “It is not a secret that we have had dis-cussions with Iran about the counter-ISIL efforts in Iraq on the margins of our P5+1 talks on the nuclear issue. ... But we are not and will not coordinate militarily.” The comments from Tehran and Washington highlight how the Sunni militant threat in Iraq and Syria has created a public relations quandary for two nations that have not had formal diplomatic relations in more than three decades. In seeking to form an international bloc to fight Islamic State, the White House has publicly ruled out any role for Iran, also

a longtime adversary and rival of Saudi Arabia and Israel, two major U.S. regional allies. Iran was excluded from a global security confer-ence on the threat posed by Islamic State that was held in Paris on Monday In Ankara on Friday, Kerry said that Iran’s par-ticipation in the Paris conference “would not be appropriate, given the many other issues that are on the table with respect to their engagement in Syria and elsewhere.” Shiite Iran is a major supporter of the govern-ment of Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose forces are also battling the Sunni extremists in Syria. The United States, while vowing to “destroy” Islamic State, is backing other rebel factions fighting to oust Assad. The Obama administra-tion, which has called for Assad to step down, has also ruled out the Syrian gov-ernment’s participation in the coalition against Islamic State. Iran, like the United States, is heavily invested in the battle against the al-Qai-da breakaway group, which has seized vast stretches of territory in both Iraq and neighboring Syria. But offi-cials of the two longtime adversaries have declined to say publicly that they are fighting on the same side in Iraq. The situation touch-es on sensitive geopolitical concerns in both capitals and among both nations’ chief allies. Both Tehran and Washington have provided Iraq with military assis-

tance against Islamic State, which views Shiites as apostates. Iran is a largely Shiite nation that shares an almost 1,000-mile-long bor-der with Iraq, which also has a majority Shiite popu-lation. Iranian officials have gen-erally viewed the U.S. aerial offensive against Islamic State as a means to bolster Washington’s military pres-ence in the region. Iranian authorities also fear that the U.S. military may use the Islamic State threat as a pretext for a hidden agenda to bombard Syrian govern-ment positions with an eye toward toppling Iranian-backed Assad. Iranian commentators regularly blame the West and its allies in the gulf and Turkey for abetting the rise of Islamic State through financial and materiel sup-port for extremist fighters on the ground in Syria. Washington says it has sup-ported only Syrian rebels it considers moderate and rejects any responsibility for contributing to the rise of Islamic State militancy.

By caRol RosenBeRgThe Miami Herald

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A Navy commander has cho-sen not to court-martial a nurse who refused to con-duct forced feedings of hun-ger strikers this summer and has instead asked a board to determine whether the nurse should be allowed to stay in the U.S. Navy. The nurse, a Navy lieuten-ant whose name has never been made public, reportedly turned conscientious objec-tor before the Fourth of July after handling months of nasogastric feedings of pris-oners shackled to a restraint chair. He has insufficient years in service as an officer to qualify for retirement. At issue is whether what he did should end his Navy career. “I can tell you right now that, after reviewing the investigation that was con-ducted, in Guantanamo, I recommended that the officer be required to show cause for retention in the Navy. I chose not to do the court-martial route,” his commander, Navy Capt. Maureen Pennington, said Monday from Newport, R.I. Pennington is command-ing officer of the Naval Health Clinic New England, which has more than 100 nurses working in a series of facilities in the region, including the man who made headlines by refusing to par-ticipate in the forced feed-ings. Here, the prison has 139 Navy doctors, nurses and corpsmen assigned to care for Guantanamo’s 149 detainees - a staff that was increased more than a year ago in response to the pris-on’s long-running hunger

strike. The administrative review, also known as a Board of Inquiry, keeps the circumstances of that episode secret. A military trial could have put a very public spotlight on both Guantanamo’s hunger strike policy and how the military manages medical-ethics issues. “It’s kind of out of my hands now; ultimately the Secretary of the Navy will have the final say on this,” said Pennington. The review, which could last about nine months, entitles the nurse to get an attorney and call witnesses to a closed hear-ing to argue why he should be allowed to remain in the service. So far, the only descrip-tion of how the refusal occurred has come from an attorney for a detainee who said the nurse willingly took part in the process for sev-eral months but became dis-enchanted. The prison spokesman confirmed there had been a refusal but gave no details. One question the board might have to tackle is whether a medical profes-sional should lose his or her career for disagreeing with Guantanamo’s hunger strike policy. Retired Army Brig. Gen. Stephen Xenakis, a psychiatrist, has said that private talks with the Pentagon’s medical leader-ship had produced promises that there would be no con-sequence for refusal - just like military doctors in the past could decline to conduct abortions for personal ethi-cal reasons. Last summer, as the hun-ger strike drew participation by more than 100 detain-ees, Xenakis, in testimony at the U.S. Senate, called Guantanamo forced feedings “cruel and degrading” and a violation of medical ethics.

No court-martial for Guantanamo nurse

certainly need to work in more secure condi-tions to observe and monitor the process.” Ukrainian army positions in Donetsk and Luhansk regions sustained heavy artil-lery fire during the previous 24 hours, Col. Andriy Lysenko, spokes-man for the National Security and Defense Council, told report-ers in Kiev on Monday. He also reported that fighting has flared around the Donetsk inter-national airport, one of the few key areas of the region still under govern-ment control although it has been closed because of fighting since May. The separatists, in turn, accused the gov-ernment of opening fire on their positions around Donetsk, a city of a mil-lion residents before the pro-Russia mili-tants began occupying government buildings in late March in hopes of annexing the two eastern regions to the Russian Federation, as occurred with Ukraine’s seized Crimean pen-insula in mid-March. On Monday alone, the Donetsk separat-ist leadership reported, Ukrainian troops shelled the separatists’ posi-tions at least three times. “We will stick to our (tr uce) agreements with Ukraine,” Alexander Zakharchenko, the prime minister of the self-proclaimed entity, told Interfax news agen-cy. “But we will con-tinue to stay ready for any military response action if necessary.” The conflict in east-ern Ukraine has claimed more than 3,000 lives and sent hundreds of thousands fleeing their homes for safer refuge in Russia and Ukraine.

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By DaviD lauteRTribune Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON —Majorities of Republicans and Democrats say they support President Barack Obama’s plan for attack-ing Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria, a rare bit of bipartisan back-ing for the president, two new polls show.Six in 10 Democrats and a slightly larger share of Republicans said they backed Obama’s plan, according to a Pew Research Center sur-vey released Monday. Self-identified indepen-dents were more skepti-cal, but overall, Americans supported Obama’s plan by 53 percent to 29 per-cent, with 19 percent unsure, the poll found. The broad support comes despite public doubts that attacking the Islamic State organization would make America safer. Fewer than 1 in 5 of those surveyed said they thought U.S. military action would make the country safer from a terrorist attack, while about one-third said they thought the U.S.-led campaign would increase the chances of an attack. The plurality, 4 in 10, said they did not believe the campaign would affect the chances of a terrorist attack one way or the other. Obama’s fe l low Democrats were particu-larly likely to say the risk of terrorist attacks would increase as a result of the new strategy, with nearly 4 in 10 expressing that view. Republicans divided almost equally on whether a terrorist attack would be more or less likely, with about one-quarter tak-ing each position. In both parties, about 4 in 10 said they expected no effect.

Although partisans on both sides back the policy, they differed on what con-

cerns them most about it. Overall, the public split evenly on the question of whether they were more concerned that the U.S. military action would “go too far in getting involved in the situation” or that it would “not go far enough in stopping the Islamic mil-itants.” Just over 4 in 10 of those polled took each side. Concern about going “too far” has waned since mid-August, when Pew found a majority of the public expressing that concern and about one-third worried about not going far enough. But a clear partisan split exists on the ques-tion, with about two-thirds of Republicans say-ing they worried the U.S. military action will not go far enough and a major-ity of Democrats say-ing their greater fear is the action will go too far. The poll also found that the public was closely fol-lowing news about the Islamic State militants, with 37 percent of respon-dents saying they were “very closely” following reports on the subject - an unusually high number for a foreign policy issue short of a full-blown war with numerous U.S. casualties. By comparison, 23 per-

cent said they were close-ly following news about Russia and Ukraine, 21

percent reported a simi-lar level of interest in the National Football League’s suspension of Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice after video that showed him punching his fiancee became pub-lic, and 14 percent said they were closely follow-ing news of the midterm congressional elections. The Pew survey, con-ducted Thursday through Sunday among 1,003 U.S. adults, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points. Separately, an NBC/Wall Street Journal/Annenberg survey found that 62 percent of vot-ers supported Obama’s policy, compared with 22 percent opposed, although most expressed only limited confidence that it could succeed. Only 17 percent said they had a “great deal” of confidence that the U.S. would be able to “accom-plish the goals” Obama had set out, while 11 percent said they had “quite a bit” of confidence, 37 percent had “just some” and 31 percent had “very little.” That poll, conduct-ed among 554 registered voters, had a margin of error of plus or minus 5.5 percentage points.

Obama’s policy in Iraq gains support in polls

Overall, the public split evenly on the question of whether they were more

concerned that the U.S. military action would “go too far in getting involved in

the situation” or that it would “not go far enough in stopping the

Islamic militants.”

Two states disagree on strategy for ISIS

“Iran has voiced its opposition to

being a party to that coalition from the very beginning,” said Iran’s supreme

leader. “The Americans’ coalition is nonsense.”

US Navy to decide if she is allowed to stay

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Kate Leddy

At a university focused on health, my illness is invisible

Around this time last year, I was a newly moved-in freshman at UMass, both excited and apprehen-sive about being on my own in a brand new – and huge – place. I had happily chosen a school that hap-pened to be ranked No. 9 on grea-

tist.com’s “Healthiest Colleges” list, situated in a dorm building right near the three-story Recreation Center that boasted its healthy liv-ing programs as well as dozens of fitness classes. Hampshire Dining Commons was just a short walk away, and with small labels on each dish detailing the calorie, fat, pro-tein, sodium and carbohydrate con-tent, I could certainly know what I was choosing to put in my body. The problem was that this bor-derline-obsessive devotion to health I was finding myself surrounded by was the very thing that had once led me into the eating disorder I was trying to recover from. Seven months into recovery from anorexia nervosa, I was not the only one who saw the potential danger in moving away from a com-forting home, supportive family and friends to an entirely new location where I would begin as another new face living independently among students who didn’t know my past. I recall my therapist at the time describing the situation like that of a recovering alcoholic taking up a bed in the local bar. The temptation to relapse was evident from day one. After all, I could be certain nobody was monitoring my behaviors – if anything, UMass seemed to be pro-viding the very tools I needed to fuel an all-consuming focus on health. In the first few weeks of col-lege, I saw no hint of information about the Center for Counseling and Psychological Health on cam-pus. Not a single teacher, student or administration member addressed the potential mental strain incom-ing freshmen especially may be having when moving to a new place. Instead, this monster inside of me that I had once been so fervently trying to fight leered at the stick-ers on every vending machine that read “Calories count: think before you choose,” and I found no barrier to stop myself from slipping back-wards into its grip with each trip to the Rec Center and each lap around the buffet circle at Hamp wondering what combination of calories from those little cards I could possibly

allow myself to eat or whether I should just send my spotless plate to the dish return and walk out. I had come too far in my recovery effort to ignore the damage I was doing to myself for long, though. Wobbling back onto my feet without any real hand to steady myself felt nearly impossible at first. UMass did not make it easy to ask for help. When I worked up the courage to accept that I couldn’t recover alone and made a call to set up an appointment with the nutritionist at University Health Services, I was immediately put on hold. I sat trem-bling from head to toe for nearly 20 minutes as I waited, all the while trying to ignore the thoughts that I should just hang up, that I was mak-ing a mistake and this was a sign. When I finally found where

CCPH was located and came to the office, my eyes lit up upon a poster about group therapy sessions for eating disorder recovery. Yet, when I called the office later for more information, I was told the group would not be running in the fall because not enough people had shown interest. I thought to myself, “If it is said that 1 in 5 women suffer from an eating disorder, and I am on a cam-pus of more than 27,000 students, how is it possible that there weren’t enough people seeking recovery to form this group?” The reason is a sad truth: Universities such as UMass and the majority of its students still remain largely ignorant to the other world of improper eating. The fight against the obesity epidemic has become so well-known, and yet so often misguided, that our genera-tion is constantly bombarded with messages to just cut calories and focus on exercise. This, combined with the impos-sible beauty standards our society upholds, creates an environment where healthy eating and exercise is praised even when it is escalat-ing into levels of obsession. Fat-shaming becomes a tactic against obesity rates that instills a fear of weight gain in individuals that may be already at a healthy set-point, and normalizes self-loathing

as a motivation for weight loss. As a new friend sitting with me at the dining hall grimaced at the remnants of her slice of chocolate cake and declared she was “disgust-ing” for having it, I silently congrat-ulated myself on completing a full dinner and daydreamed of the day I’d feel comfortable eating chocolate cake. I received compliments over having the “awesome dedication” to exhaust myself at the gym once, sometimes twice, a day every day, and silently begged for someone to tell me instead to slow down, to ask me if I was okay. Yet nobody could have known, all influences of our “health”-obsessed environment blindsiding what lit-tle education most people have on eating disorders. My illness and recovery were kept hidden, swept under the rug along with hundreds of other women who would much sooner be judged as arrogant for admiring their own looks than abnormal for hating them. If the topic had been as social-ly acceptable to talk about and as prominently displayed as the fit-ness-promoting and calorie-count signs around campus, then I would have been able to see I was not alone and that recovery was still worth it long before I began speaking about my struggle at the end of my first semester. For now, though, maybe that is our biggest weapon against eat-ing disorders: speaking about it. If UMass is trying to promote healthy living for its students, it needs to ensure it is hearing all voices – not just physically unhealthy and over-weight individuals, but mentally unhealthy individuals and those struggling with eating disorders as well. Strict dieting and over-exer-cising must not be normalized to support an illusion of health and fitness, and compulsive overeating (binge eating disorder) must not be dismissed as a shameful lack of self-control. I know this now and I make sure my friends on campus know it. My voice is only one, but in fighting against an illness that affects over 30 million people in this country, I know it is not a cause I stand alone in. It simply needs more acknowl-edgement, more education and more acceptance in the struggle of recovery. And perhaps sometimes, more slices of chocolate cake.

Kate Leddy is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at [email protected].

Sometimes it takes a remarkable trip to feel inspired. For me, that journey began with Birthright. My trip to Israel freshman year inspired me to return to Israel time and time

again. They say that once you have an amazing experience in an incred-ible place, you won’t want to go back because the second time may not be as good. One’s standards could be so high that nothing can compare, and returning would be a letdown. For me, Israel is not the case. I feel a sense of belonging, a connection to my heritage, an indescribable feel-ing deep inside me that I only feel there. Three years ago, I was a mere freshman who unknowingly took advantage of the best opportunity I ever could have. Thinking back with lots of nostalgia, I know I made impulsive decisions just because I knew they would be good for me.

Why not try something new, right? I joined organizations on campus without a second thought. I knew I had to keep busy and make the most of my college experience. After all, according to Erin Massoni in Positive Effects of Extra Curricular Activities on Student, “In a study done by the USDE, ‘It was revealed that students who participate in extracurricular activities are three times more likely to have a grade point average of a 3.0 or higher.’” One of the better decisions I made was in early September 2011 when I registered for Birthright. Taglit, better known as Birthright, is a free trip to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18 to 26. It began in order to send Jewish young adults from all over the world to Israel to strengthen individuals within the Jewish community, their identity and their connection to their reli-gion and the Jewish people. Their goal doesn’t always work; there are always the people, who sign up just to get a free vacation. There are also the people who think this is the case, but then experi-ence the feeling of the Holy Land and come back a changed person. Additionally, there are students like me who are active in the Jewish community, but come back thinking about life on a different level. The group tours the most famous parts of Israel. There is so much to see in ten days, and that isn’t even close to everything. My group went to many of the main cities in Israel, including Jerusalem, Akko and Tel Aviv. We hiked Masada, floated in the Dead Sea, and went to a “Mega Event” in Jerusalem, an event which every Birthright group that was in Israel at that time attended. There were groups from all over the world, from the United Kingdom to Brazil. Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, spoke, and there were numerous musical acts. I have never been in one room with so many Jews before. We live thou-sands of miles away from each other and will likely never see each other again, but we all connected to one another in the same spot. This connection is a feeling that I hope everyone can experience, no matter where or for what reason. It’s like that feeling you get when

you meet someone from UMass who doesn’t attend UMass, or meeting a UMass alumnus. You have that com-mon bond and automatically have a thousand things to talk about. It’s like that, but stronger. Being able to connect with people without even needing to have a conversation, just sitting together, singing together and knowing we are all there for the same purpose, was one of the things that inspired me to go back. Just like how alumni return to UMass because it’s always their home. And it’s always nice to go home once in a while. I found a way to go home. Twice, actually. And this winter I will be going again. After Birthright, most trips do have a cost, but there are many subsidies to encourage stu-dents to go back. Now that I have found these, I want to take advan-tage of as many as I can before I have a real life, a real job and am a “real person” as it’s been referred to lately in our society. I also feel the

need to encourage other people to do this too. Even if it is not through a Jewish lens, it’s important for stu-dents to connect to their roots. There are many reasons to con-nect with a cultural heritage. It is the background of your identity. Yes, you can say who you are and your hobbies, but people talk about “finding yourself” in college. What does this even mean? Does anyone actually figure out who they really are? I was skeptical, but I can say with more certainty that I know who I am. I know what I want. The article ‘The Importance of Cultural Heritage’ presents it per-fectly: “Culture can give people a connection to certain social values, beliefs, religions and customs. It allows them to identify with oth-ers of similar mindsets and back-grounds. Cultural heritage can pro-vide an automatic sense of unity and belonging within a group and allows us to better understand pre-vious generations and the history of where we come from.” This connection is possible to have right at UMass. There are numerous cultural organizations. It is interesting to me that the students in these organizations are diverse in their ideas, interests and career paths, but have a deeper connection that brings them together. I felt a different connection each time I went back to Israel, but also deeper. My trips progressed to ser-vice learning, Torah and Judaic learning, traveling and, this winter, studying in Jerusalem. Without having gone to Israel for the first time on Birthright, I wouldn’t know what I was missing. I feel lucky for this opportunity in that not only was it great at the time, but it set me on track for finding other great ways to go back. If I could register for Birthright again, I would, but since I can’t, I encourage other students to reg-ister. Registration for the winter and summer 2015 trips is still open. Contact UMass Hillel staff for more information, or specifically the Israel Fellow Lior Shalev at [email protected].

Karen Podorefsky is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at [email protected].

Connect to your heritage

“Wobbling back onto my feet without any real hand to steady myself with felt

nearly impossible at first.”“Sometimes it takes a remarkable trip to feel inspired.

For me, that journey began with Birthright.”

Kate LeddyKaren Podorefsky

“You had me at ‘Meat Tornado’.” - Ron SwansonArts Living

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U2’s ‘Songs of Innocence’ achieves ubiquity, not quality

By Jackson MaxwellCollegian Staff

At its best, Irish rock band U2 was characterized by a complete lack of mod-esty or reservation about what it was doing. The band wanted not only to be the most popular group in the world, but the most important and influential one, as well. With that said, no other band has a high enough profile to announce the same-day release of a new album alongside a prod-uct as high-profile as the iPhone 6. However, U2 did just that on Sept. 9, not only giving away its new album, “Songs of Innocence,” for free, but automatically placing it in the music library of all 500 million iTunes users. It is pretty safe to say that only a band as univer-sal as U2 would have the gall to attempt such a bra-zen distribution tactic. But, for all one can say about its extraordinary popularity, there is a reason the quar-tet reached such a level of cultural ubiquity. “The Joshua Tree,” the 1987 album that made the band world-famous, was

filled with lush, intricate guitar playing from band member The Edge, oper-atic vocals from Bono and incredible songwrit-ing. Despite its increasing pretentiousness, the band maintained its integrity with equally great, more experimental albums such as “Achtung Baby” and “Zooropa.” Even the no-holds-barred stadi-um rock of more recent albums like “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” and “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” offered adrenaline-fueling hits like “Beautiful Day,” “Vertigo” and “Crumbs From Your Table.” “Songs of Innocence” desperately tries to set itself apart from the rest of the band’s discogra-phy. If nothing else, it cer-tainly sounds as expensive as it likely was to make. A total of five produc-ers handled this record, including Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and previ-ous collaborator Flood. And while it certainly is not bland, the album does not have the sonic dynam-ics or explosive eruptions of emotion that a U2 album needs to be a real success. While its title is a ref-erence to the band’s for-mative years in the late 1970s in Dublin, the hun-griness of the band’s youth

doesn’t really permeate the music as much as the quar-tet probably wanted it to. Bono writes in the album’s liner notes that “Songs of Innocence” is the “most personal” U2 album ever. And maybe that is the case for him at least, because this is without question the most Bono-centric album the band has ever released. With The Edge and the rhythm section, comprised of Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, mostly relegated to the sidelines, “Songs of

Innocence” is the weak-est U2 album in at least 15 years. Opener “The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)” cuts right to the chase, vaguely detailing the band’s first experience at a Ramones concert. Where Bono could have been unusually detailed and heartfelt, he uses his typically over-the-top lyrical view to make the encounter sound more like some spiritual vision. “I woke up at the moment when the miracle

occurred/Heard a song that made sense of the world,” he croons over some unfor-tunately fuzzed-out riff-ing. That fuzz is the first sign of the sad fate The Edge suffers on this record. Regardless of the track, or producer, The Edge’s gui-tar playing is completely buried in the mix, reducing his contributions to little side statements here and there. Rather than leading the charge as they always have, The Edge, Clayton and Mullen are merely

made auxiliary to Bono. Even songs like “California (There Is No End to Love),” which has something that approach-es a soaring chorus, never gets to the height where it needs to be. Ballads like “Song for Someone” are too vague and plod-ding to match the band’s usually cheesy, but touch-ing slow numbers. Closer “The Troubles” wastes the considerable vocal talents of Lykke Li by stringing out her contributions over another poorly mixed, Bono-centric slow-burner. “Songs of Innocence,” at its heart, is a batch of con-tradictions. It features U2 trying to experiment and move away from a strictly stadium rock sound, while simultaneously keeping things mellow enough so that half a billion people can enjoy the album. Complete with a shod-dy production job from Danger Mouse—who was the primary producer, with the other four acting as assistants—U2 fights a valiant battle to echo the relentless emotional drive of its past, while trying to sound like the future. However, the gaping holes that permeate this strategy are far from flattering.

Jackson Maxwell can be reached at [email protected].

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Bono and the Edge of U2 performing live in Portland in 2005.

Jhene Aiko is ‘Souled Out’

By elena lopezCollegian Staff

Rhythm and blues singer Jhené Aiko has returned this year with the Sept. 9 release of her latest album, “Souled Out.” The album, creatively titled with a play on words, shows a clear idea of Aiko’s aspirations as an artist. Her calculated production goes right down to choice of release date, as the ninth was the last super moon of the season. Aiko told her fans on Instagram, “It falls in Pisces Decan 2...The positive mani-festation of this moon will be those who are sensitive to its powerful force will have the superb ability to redeem them-selves and help others to do so.” Aiko often shares her spiritual beliefs in interviews and in her music, exposing her emotional core to her listeners.On “Souled Out,” Aiko con-tinues her contemporary R&B sound with a few new tricks. With hardly any guest fea-tures, this album highlights her skills as a budding artist, proving she knows her way around the studio and does not need the help of heavyweights to carry her.The first couple of tracks on the album are “Limbo Limbo Limbo” and “W.A.Y.S.” Aiko she stays true to her hand-made sound in these songs,

which feature ethereal synths and heavy bass that comple-ment her angelic voice.Aiko keeps up with her sim-plistic beats and layered bass with crescendoing synths to create a sound of both dark-ness and lightness, as heard in tracks such as “To Love and Die,” featuring Cocaine 80s, and “Wading.” Her rap alter ego, J Hennessy, makes a quick appearance on “To Live and Die,” showing that her rap skills are very much on par with her vocal range. “Spotless Mind” and “Eternal Sunshine” have both become fan favorites, with soft, whim-sical base beats that allow Aiko’s voice to take center stage. With a hint of flicker-ing film sound effects, it is the small details that show how involved Aiko is with produc-tion. Aiko’s poignant lyrics and understated rhythms come together on a track pro-duced by Childish Gambino called “The Pressure.” On the album’s lead single, Aiko comes through with her well-known style, characterized by a few layered beats and her clear, isolated voice ringing in the listeners’ ears. The track encompasses Aiko’s style and musical personality—simple yet full of deep-rooted mean-ing. “It’s Cool” and “Brave” both enter new territory, as Aiko tries out different influences to create 1920s jazz-inspired tracks that work in favor of her smooth voice and quick-witted lyrics. She fits well into

the new sound, but it is clear that her comfort zone lies in more crooning ballads.The most emotionally charged song on the album is the touchingly named “Promises,” featuring Aiko’s 4-year-old daughter and a clip of her late brother. The message is pure and heartfelt, taking notes from Beyoncé’s track, “Blue.” The song serves as an open letter of hope and love to her daughter and brother, pulling hard at the listener’s heart-strings.Hip-hop artist Common also makes an appearance on “Souled Out” on the track “Pretty Bird (Freestyle).”If anything, “Souled Out” is proof that Aiko is still grow-ing and learning as an artist and is sharing her story as she progresses. Full of creative word play and insight into love and love lost, the self-penned, emotional lyrics strike a chord with listeners. Aiko has what many mainstream artists lack—a sense of self and direc-tion. As the music industry main-tains a never-ending sense of chaos, Aiko’s album is a safe haven. She is one of the few artists that continue to hold her own, both musically and spiritually—a trait that is evi-dent on “Souled Out.”

Elena Lopez can be reached at [email protected].

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TV on the Radio returns

By Griffin lyons Collegian Correspondent

The Brooklyn-based rock band, TV on the Radio, has been largely silent since 2011 when it experienced both tri-umph and tragedy. The band released its fourth studio album, “Nine Types of Light,” but nine days later, bassist Gerard Smith lost his battle with lung cancer and died at the age of 36. Its members have kept busy since. Guitarist and keyboardist Dave Sitek con-tinued his work as a record producer, working with the likes of Beady Eye, CSS, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and numerous others, while lead vocalist Tunde Adebimpe formed the group, Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band. However, there was an absence of collaborative activity among members of TV on the Radio until last summer, when the band released two singles titled “Mercy” and “Million Miles.” Neither of these tracks, upon being released, were indicated as belonging to any sort of larger collection of new material. However, the band announced in November 2013 that it was at work on a new album. Then, in June, TV on the Radio played three new tracks at

BottleRock Music Festival in Napa Valley, California. The name of the band’s latest album, “Seeds,” was released in July. A definite album release date of Nov. 18 came later with the release of “Happy Idiot” on Sept. 2. As the single for band’s first album since 2011, “Happy Idiot” is an engrossing, ener-getic song that is reminiscent

of TV on the Radio’s previ-ous work. However, it does not sacrifice the possibility of another rewarding change in direction for the band. Adebimpe’s charismatic vocals and a fast, kinetic rhythm guided by Sitek’s production (the album was

produced at Sitek’s studio, Federal Prism) provide the backbone for a rewarding track about deliberate igno-rance for the sake of emo-tional peace. “Happy Idiot” heralds the return of a band that is one of the most creative and fun in contemporary music. With a title evoking growth,

transformation and new life, we can all look forward to an album that takes TV on the Radio’s musical poetry and potent melodies in a new direction.

Griffin Lyons can be reached at [email protected].

Band to release album on Nov. 18

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TV On the Radio’s new album, “Seeds,” is slated for a Nov. 18 release.

“‘Happy Idiot’ heralds the return of a band that is one of the most creative and fun in

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Bowling Green upsets Indiana, NIU tops UNLV

By Jamie CushmanCollegian Correspondent

The Bowling Green foot-ball team upset Indiana Saturday on a last-minute touchdown in a high-scor-ing game which featured 10 lead changes. Falcons sophomore quarterback James Knapke led Bowling Green on an 88-yard drive to win the game, capped off by a two-yard pass to freshman Roger Lewis with just nine seconds remaining. Lewis tallied 149 receiving yards in addition to the touch-down catch while Knapke shined, totaling 395 passing yards and throwing three touchdown passes in the victory. The Hoosiers appeared to take a momentum-turning lead with 2:04 remaining in the game when quarter-back Nate Sudfeld leapt into the end zone on a one-yard touchdown run. Sudfeld fin-ished the day with three total touchdowns and the Hoosiers took a 42-39 lead before Knapke embarked on the winning drive. The Falcons opened the game’s scoring with an early first quarter field goal before surrendering two touchdowns to Indiana behind a touchdown run and pass by Sudfeld. But Bowling Green chipped away at the Hoosiers’ lead throughout the first half with three field goals from Tyler Tate. Indiana led 14-12 at halftime. Both defenses all but disappeared following the break, as the offenses com-bined for nine touchdowns after halftime. Hoosiers junior running back Tevin Coleman led the high-pow-

ered Hoosier backfield with 190 yards and three touch-downs. Up next, the Falcons face the tough task of travelling to Madison, Wisconsin, to face No. 19 Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon.

NIU tops UNLV

Northern Illinois remained unbeaten after a 48-34 road victory against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Saturday. The Huskies’ running game powered the team’s offense and scored NIU’s first points with a five-yard touchdown run from senior Cameron Stingily in the first quarter. UNLV tallied a field goal and a safety to cut the Huskies lead down to 7-5 at the end of the first frame. But Huskies sophomore quarterback Drew Hare threw for two touchdowns in the second quarter to open up a 21-5 lead at half-time. The Rebels fought back in the third quarter, cut-ting the deficit to five points after a touchdown run from senior Shaquille Murray-Lawrence and two touch-down connections between junior quarterback Blake Decker and senior wide receiver Devante Davis. NIU led 31-26 after three quar-ters. Murray-Lawrence rushed for his second touchdown to tie the game at 34-34 for the Rebels with nine minutes to go in the fourth quarter. But Hare responded with a 54-yard touchdown pass, his third of the day, and Stingily found the end zone for a second time to provide an insurance touchdown late in the game to secure the vic-tory for the Huskies. NIU will look to keep its undefeated record alive when it faces Arkansas next

Saturday.

CMU falls to Syracuse

Central Michigan suffered its first loss of the season at home on Saturday in a 40-3 thrashing, courtesy of Syracuse. The Chippewas struck first with a field goal eight minutes into the first quar-ter before allowing 40 straight points to the Orange. Syracuse took a 17-3 lead into the half after a 36-yard fum-ble return by freshman line-backer Marqez Hodge and a four-yard pass from senior quarterback Terrel Hunt to Brisly Estime. Hunt dominated the Central Michigan defense in the second half, scoring three touchdowns on the ground. Returning to the lineup following an ejection last week, Hunt displayed his dual-threat abilities, racking up 175 yards and a touch-down through the air in addi-tion to 92 yards and three touchdowns that he achieved through the running game. Senior Adonis Ameen-Moore also contributed to the Orange running attack, as he tallied 106 yards—53 of which came on a run to set up the final Syracuse touchdown. The Chippewas’ offense struggled to move the ball all day against the Orange. Sophomore quarterback Cooper Rush completed 18-of-34 attempts and managed just 183 yards. The team strug-gled to run the ball effec-tively, averaging 1.5 yards per attempt. One player who shined for Central Michigan was junior Jesse Kroll, who tallied 86 receiving yards. The Chippewas will look to bounce back from their 37-point loss on the road next Saturday against Kansas.

Jamie Cushman can be reached at [email protected].

Central Michigan routed by Syracuse

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Massachusetts football tight end Rodney Mills had a career game on Saturday that included catching two touchdowns in UMass’ painful 34-31 loss to Vanderbilt. Mills was a crucial factor in helping the Minutemen hold the lead for the majority of the game, making plays on offense and special teams. The 6-foot-1, 215 pound junior from Gainesville, Florida recorded 76 yards and two of UMass’ four touchdowns in Saturday’s loss. He had three catches on the day, but only two came from his quarterback, Blake Frohnapfel. UMass was faced with a fourth and 5 situation in the first quarter as it led 7-0, and the coaching staff dialed up a fake punt. Minutemen punter Brian McDonald passed it to a wide open Mills, which resulted in a 53-yard touchdown and a 14-0 lead. It was the longest reception of Mills’ col-legiate career. Mills’ first touchdown of the game came three minutes prior on a 13-yard touchdown reception from Frohnapfel. Through three games, Mills has made quite an impact, leading the team in touchdowns with three. He’ll look to continue that success this weekend, when the Minutemen face Penn State.

To help the Massachusetts field hockey team capture this year’s Kennedy Cup, midfielder Brooke Sabia scored a goal and recorded an assist in the Minutewomen’s 3-1 victory over Massachusetts-Lowell. In the 30th minute of the match, the UMass junior from Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, scored on a direct corner shot against Riverhawks goalkeeper Kelsey Federico. It was the second goal of the game for the Minutewomen and Sabia’s team-leading third goal of the season. To go along with her score, Sabia assisted Lauren Allymohamed in scoring the game’s first goal earlier in the first period. Sabia also proved to be reliable in Sunday’s win, playing 66 of a possible 70 minutes. She also had three shots on goal Friday in a 2-1 loss to California. As a sophomore in 2013, Sabia was named the Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year. Sabia will try to lead UMass to its third win of the season this Friday when the Minutewomen face Connecticut at home.

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wasn’t going to stop until I got there.” And a big play it was, indeed. Mills sped down the right side of the field and simply outran three tardy Vanderbilt defenders for a 53-yard touchdown and a 14-0 lead. It was the essence of Mills – versatile, under-rated and suddenly suc-cessful. It was Mills’ second touchdown of the game. His first, which was the first touchdown of the entire game, was a 13-yard touchdown pass from Blake Frohnapfel. In total, Mills caught three passes for 76 yards and the two scores. Mills also made an impact a week prior against Colorado, yet again uniting with Frohnapfel for a score. The touchdown – which was also the Minutemen’s first of the game – came on a designed play-action play for Mills. As the offense faked a run to the left, Frohnapfel rolled back to his right and dropped a pass over a safety in cov-erage into Mills’ arms in the back corner of the end zone. Not many fullbacks are capable of catching those. “I like to think I can make something happen when I get the ball,” Mills said. As UMass progresses through 2014, finding ways to get playmakers like Mills the ball will become para-mount. His ability to fac-tor into the passing game despite lining up in vari-ous spots is a unique lux-ury that other teams must account for. And that, according to Mills, is a big mistake. “Yeah, but that will be

a mistake because we have so many other weapons on offense,” he said. “It’s going to hurt them if they key in on one person.”

Kicking battle restarts A season ago, UMass kicker Blake Lucas missed a 22-yard field goal against Western Michigan which ultimately affected the Minutemen’s ability to win a game in which they lost 31-30. On Saturday, Lucas again missed a 22-yard field goal, this time missing a kick which would have sent the game to overtime as time expired. Lucas lost his kicking job to Brandon Levengood in 2013 after going 3-of-10 on field goals and missing against the Broncos. Fast forward to 2014, and Lucas is yet again fighting for his job following a crucial miss, this time with fresh-man Matthew Wylie. “It’s been going on,” Whipple said of the kicking competition. “(Wylie) is get-ting better…(Lucas) kicked well in practice. He’s our best kicker right now but the younger guy is getting better.”

Mark Chiarelli can be reached at [email protected] and followed on Twitter @Mark_Chiarelli.

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“I was staring at the end zone and I wasn’t going to stop until I got there.”

Rodney Mills,UMass fullback

Adrian Peterson reinstated, says he’s ‘not a child abuser’

By matt VenselStar Tribune (Minneapolis)

Adrian Peterson was back in the building Monday, reinstated by the Vikings less than 24 hours after a 30-7 loss to the New England Patriots without their star running back. But Peterson, who is facing a felony charge in Texas of injuring one of his children, was not in the locker room Monday during the 45-minute peri-od open to media, forcing teammates to face the glare of TV cameras. He was also not at a 2 p.m. news con-ference – nor were any of the team’s owners – leav-ing General Manager Rick Spielman and coach Mike Zimmer to answer a bar-rage of questions local and national reporters shouted over each other. While Spielman acknowledged that the images of the wounds Peterson inflicted on his 4-year-old son with a switch were “disturbing,” he said the organization’s top decisionmakers, who discussed the situation on several conference calls between Friday afternoon and Monday morning, thought it was best to let the legal system run its course before acting. “I understand this is a difficult thing to handle, but we feel strongly as an organization that this is disciplining a child,” Spielman said. “Whether it’s an abusive situation or not, whether he went too far disciplining, we feel strongly that that is the court’s decision to make.” After an arrest warrant was issued in Montgomery County, Texas, for Peterson on Friday afternoon, the Vikings moved quickly to deactivate Peterson for home opener. Spielman said

the team did not have all the information involving Peterson’s case on Friday. They gathered enough evi-dence in their own inves-tigation over the weekend, including multiple conver-sations with Peterson, to feel comfortable reinstat-ing him Monday morning. “We believe he deserves to play while the legal pro-cess plays out,” Spielman said. Asked if Peterson was being given a benefit of the doubt that former Vikings with legal issues – such as cornerbacks Chris Cook and A.J. Jefferson did not receive – Spielman insisted the decision to reinstate Peterson had nothing to do with him being one of the best running backs in the NFL. “It was based purely on the facts that have been presented to us,” said Spielman, adding that every situation is different. While Peterson, who could be subject to a sus-pension under the NFL’s personal conduct policy, did not speak with report-ers at Winter Park on Monday, he issued a state-ment in which he expressed sorrow for “the hurt I have

brought to my child” and regret for becoming a dis-traction to the Vikings organization and the local community. “I have to live with the fact that when I disciplined my son the way I was disci-plined as a child, I caused an injury that I never intended or thought would happen,” Peterson said in the statement. “I know that many people disagree with the way I disciplined my child.” Peterson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin, advised him not to discuss the facts of his pending case, but Peterson did state that he “voluntarily” appeared before the grand jury in Texas several weeks ago and was interviewed by two different police agen-cies. He said he told them that “I never intended to harm my son. I will say the same thing once I have my day in court.” Peterson also said in his statement that he met with a psychologist about how he disciplines his children – which he said he learned firsthand from his father– and that he will re-evaluate how he does that going for-ward.

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Rodney Mills provides UMass valuable versatility

By Mark ChiarelliCollegian Staff

The Massachusetts foot-ball team’s leading receiver in touchdown passes isn’t a receiver, nor is he even a tight end. Instead, fullback Rodney Mills is the owner of three touchdown receptions through three games this season. He’s lined up in a variety of roles this season – he can play fullback, tight end and split out wide – and even noted that he backs up at long snapper. It’s dif-ficult to designate exactly

what position Mills plays, so UMass coach Mark Whipple made it a tad bit easier. “He’s just a really good football player,” Whipple said on his weekly tele-conference. “He could play defense for us, he’s a good special teams player for us. Not a real big guy, but just a really good football player who captures the ball well.” The 6-foot-1, 215 pound junior’s role is as versatile as possible. And his perfor-mance so far this season has caught Whipple’s eye enough to warrant a larger portion of the offensive pie headed Mills’ way. “We’ve got to try and get him the ball more because he makes the most out of his

opportunities and that’s a nice thing to have,” Whipple said. Mills’ most notable touch-down this season came – shockingly enough – in the most unexpected manner. With the Minutemen leading 7-0 midway through the first quarter against Vanderbilt last Saturday, the UMass punt team took to the field in what was dis-guised as a simple punt play. Only upon diagnosing the Commodores’ formation at the line of scrimmage, the Minutemen determined it was time to dip into their bag of tricks. Mills – who was the last player along the right side of the line of scrimmage –

feigned a blocking stance after UMass snapped the ball. He noted it was “clear as day” that Vanderbilt would try to block the punt. Once the Vanderbilt rush-ers passed by, Mills released into the flat. Minutemen punter and former Fitchburg State quarterback Brian McDonald gathered the snap and immediately eyed Mills, releasing a pass which almost came up too short. But Mills hesitated, caught the ball and turned around. All he could see was green turf and the end zone. “I got so excited, I tried to not to show it, I didn’t want to tip them off,” Mills said. “Once we got up to the line and got the look we wanted, I

knew it would be a big play.” “He underthrew it a little bit, I had to stop and come

back and get it but I was staring at the end zone and I

Junior leads UMass with 3 TD catches

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Rodney Mills caught two touchdown passes against Vanderbilt Saturday.

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Ben Roethlisberger played under current UMass coach Mark Whipple from 2004-2006 while Whipple was the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks coach.

Minutemen seek strong, efficient offensive attack

By Jason katesCollegian Staff

This past weekend, the Massachusetts men’s soc-cer team failed to score in its third consecutive game, this time in a 2-0 loss at Boston University. Playing in horrible, rainy conditions on Saturday, the Minutemen (0-5) were outshot 18-9, and few things went their way. “We’re working on it,” UMass coach Devin O’Neill said. “In fairness to our guys, the condi-tions in the first half were brutal for both teams, and obviously (BU) got a cou-ple goals and were much better than us. Just given the fact that the rain and the slick surface really made attacking play kind of a dicey task, but we were much better in the second half.” O’Neill mentioned that the team needs to push its defense more up the field on a frequent basis after the strategy generated several scoring chances against the Terriers. Another contribut-ing factor that left the Minutemen searching for answers offensively was the strength of opponents during their road trip, with the opposition hav-ing quality defenses. “The schedule has absolutely been hard and you know a lot of cred-it has to be given to the opponents, but the bulk of our work as a team so far has been defensively, because we felt like that was the first order of busi-ness,” O’Neill said. “We’re behind the curve a little bit offensive-ly, but we’re working on it and hopefully it comes around.” In the game of soccer, getting shots on target is key for any offense to generate production. For UMass, that efficiency is lacking. Of the 50 shot attempts taken by the Minutemen, just 24 have actually been on net. In the home opener this Friday against Fairfield (2-1-1), O’Neill said it’d be great to pop in a goal or

two, and capitalize on the things his team has been working on. “As I said, we’re work-ing on (the) same things and trying to address that the scoring drought, both from a defensive stand-point and what we do once we’re on the ball, will lead to more goal scoring opportunities,” he said.

Friday set to be an emotional day

When the referee blows the whistle and gets UMass’ home-opener against the Stags at Rudd Field underway, it will sig-nify another first for the men’s soccer team. It will be the first home contest in 23 years without for-mer coach Sam Koch on the sidelines. Koch died of sinus cancer in July. “I’m sure it’s going to be a very emotional game,” O’Neill said. “It’ll be the first home game without Coach Koch, and there’s going to be a brief ceremony before kickoff, and I’m sure it’ll be on everyone’s mind.” “We’re gonna be look-ing for a great start to a brief home stand and we hope that our perfor-mance is one that would make (Koch) proud.” In terms of emotions running high, O’Neill said that he knows his players will be thinking about the significance of the occa-sion but would like them to use those feelings to spark their energy. “I’m not going to ask them to keep their emo-tions in check and hold anything back,” he said. “I would like to see a pas-sionate, emotion-filled performance and to see us wear our heart on our sleeve and just really com-pete hard.”

Jason Kates can be reached at [email protected].

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Roethlisberger, Whipple share bond

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Mark Whipple (above) won a Super Bowl in 2004 with Ben Roethsliberger.

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“We’re behind the curve a little bit

offensively, but we’re working on it and hopefully it comes

around.”Devil O’Neill,UMass coach

By Peter CaPPielloCollegian Staff

As a rookie in 2004, Ben Roethlisberger needed a teacher. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, now in his 11th professional season with the same team, was try-ing to transition from the col-lege game at Miami (Ohio) to life as a starting quarter-back in the National Football League.That’s when he met Mark Whipple. Roethlisberger said Whipple, his first NFL quar-terbacks coach, helped him learn mental poise during his formative years in the league. He added that the coach, who was at the helm when the Massachusetts football team won an NCAA championship in 1998, also knew when to be hands off. Whipple worked with Roethlisberger until 2006, when the former left the fran-chise following the Steelers’ Super Bowl win that year. “He really taught me how to be a pro when it comes to doing the football side of things,” Roethlisberger told the Daily Collegian through the Steelers. “He didn’t try to change my mechanics, he didn’t try to talk too much during the game to me.” “His thing always was, ‘I’m going to let you play.’ There’s a reason you’re here

and he had nothing to do with why I was here. He was just going to take me and help me mentally to learn anything I needed. I knew about his resume as a head coach and the success that he had, so I knew that everything he had to tell me was accurate.” Roethlisberger said Whipple, now in his second stint as UMass football coach after a run from 1998-2003, did his best coaching in prac-tices and quarterbacks meet-ings. His simplest lesson: lighten the mood every now and then. “I’m not always an ogre,” Whipple said after the Minutemen’s practice last Tuesday. He jokingly feigned surprise when told that Roethlisberger was reached for comment. “In the NFL, the season’s so long that you’ve got to have a few laughs.” Whipple, who said he keeps in touch with Roethlisberger, believes the pair had success because they trusted each other. He also credits timing, since both he and Roethlisberger joined the Steelers the same year. “I learned a lot of football from him,” Whipple said. “I had to teach him the offense, which I didn’t know that well, but he’s got great instincts and obviously unbelievable

talent. People don’t realize how competitive (he) is. He was young, impressionable, and he listened to me. He became a leader.” Roethlisberger said it was hardly a chore to listen to Whipple, who often told sto-ries about his family. Other stories were shared when the two golfed together. “I always appreciated (his) time,” Roethlisberger said. “He was such a good per-son and a good family man. I know how much his wife and kids meant to him. Just the understanding that (life’s) more than just football time.” Whipple looks back at his Steelers years with similar nostalgia. The coaching job was his first in the NFL. He fondly remembers the Super Bowl-winning team as a

“special group.” But Whipple’s current focus is UMass. His team is 0-3 overall and was outscored 105-76 in that span. It’s a slow start, but Roethlisberger believes the Minutemen’s prospects are strong with Whipple in charge. “Well I know that he’s done it before and I know that he’s been successful,” Roethlisberger said, speak-ing of Whipple’s tenures at UMass, Brown and New Haven. “For him to go back to a place that he wants to be – I’m rooting for him and wish him nothing but the best.”

Peter Cappiello can be reached at [email protected] and followed on Twitter @petecapps.