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For the month of October, Protect Our Breasts is run-ning a Breast Cancer aware-ness campaign in recogni-tion of those affected by the disease, whether directly or indirectly. The Voices of Awareness Campaign, a social media project, intends to give voices to these people. Protect Our Breasts is a non-profit organization that educates young women about environmental toxins and their contributions to breast cancer. This interdisciplin-ary initiative brings together marketing and biology for students to research discov-

eries and find safer alterna-tives in everyday products. In order to kick off the Voices of Awareness Campaign, Head of Public Relations Natasha Merchant helped put together a video promoting its efforts. The video, which can be found on the Protect Our Breasts Facebook page and YouTube page, features students sharing their experiences with breast cancer. According to Campaign manager Kelsie Mitchell, “Voices of Awareness Campaign is to really con-nect with our community at our different chapters and connect with young voices about how breast

cancer has affected their lives and how Protect Our Breasts educates young women to be aware that they can start prevention now.” Through social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, individuals share their sto-ries about how they have been affected. Protect Our Breasts is doing daily highlights of these submissions throughout the month that include quotes and the #VoicesofAwareness to spread awareness. “These are the people that we’re trying to help and we’re putting a face to

the people who we’re help-ing,” Mitchell said. “By giving them a voice during this month, this is really our messaging in that we’re attempting to let people know that not only do they have a say in their own feelings and emotions about the disease but also that there’s a way to pre-vent it,” Delaney added. “We open up these chan-nels of communication but we’re also trying to inform people about these pre-ventions throughout the month.” Delaney said the idea came from what Protect

Breast cancer awareness push thriving Students rally for Hong Kong

By Brendan deadyCollegian Staff

Members from Students for a Free Tibet, Amnesty International and the International Tibet Network gathered in front of the Student Union to support the pro-democratic resistance in Hong Kong, and to pro-test the Chinese government for its aggressive responses to the peaceful demonstra-tions Thursday evening. Led by Elliot Jerry, presi-dent of the Students for a Free Tibet at the University of Massachusetts, the rally began with a read-ing of prepared statements from representatives of the three organizations. They pledged solidarity with the protesters in Hong Kong, decried police brutality and accused the Chinese gov-ernment of hypocrisy in its failure to honor an agree-ment that would allow Hong Kong residents universal suffrage in electing their executive leader in 2017. “To the students and youth of Hong Kong, we pledge to stand with you as long as it takes to achieve true democracy, Jerry read aloud. “Whatever the com-ing days bring, we strongly believe that change is inevi-table, whether it happens in this moment or in the months and years ahead. “This week the protests are coming to a head, police have been using batons, tear gas and have been physi-cally removing protesters from the central square in Hong Kong,” he continued. “We’re here to raise aware-ness about their struggles for something that we take for granted here. I think the United States tends to ignore

these types of situations.” About 30 students and members gathered in a semi-circle in front of the Student Union, reciting chants such as “ Hong Kong calls for democracy, but all they get is hypocrisy,” and “Brave are those who fight oppression, free Hong Kong from Beijing’s suppression.” An arrangement of umbrellas at the center of the rally acted as its sym-bolic focal point. Protesters in Hong Kong adopted the umbrella to represent pas-sive resistance and as a shield against oppression, according to CNN. Many have used the soft yet stur-dy object to protect them-selves against barrages of pepper spray and tear gas. As the rally continued, the protesters emboldened. Their chants were yelled with more fervor and attracted a small crowd of spectators. Their statements called for action from all people to urge the Chinese govern-ment to respect the rights of protesters to freely assemble. “Send a message to the head of security in Hong Kong. Demand his police forces pro-tect the rights of all peace-ful protesters,” members of Amnesty International said. Jerry said the situation developing in Hong Kong is the latest example in a long history of civil rights viola-tions under the Chinese government. The New York Times has reported of specu-lation that Chinese govern-ment officials have hired gang members to antagonize supporters and transported rural residents into the city to pose as supporters for Beijing. Democratic reform in Hong Kong could put the gears in motion toward improve-ments for other populations struggling for autonomy

Mass came out to support protestors

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Students sell produce at the Garden Share stall during the Farmer’s Market on Campus Oct. 17.

Harvest time in amHerst

Amherst and UMass work toward bettering relations

By Jason KotochCollegian Staff

As the Amherst Farmers’ Market began packing up on a rainy Saturday after-noon, residents and clus-ters of students could be seen walking the bustling main streets of downtown, browsing inside shops and grabbing lunch at one of the many local restaurants. Charles Avlino, an Amherst resident, was among the pedestrians downtown this past busy Saturday. According to Avlino, the vast majority of students he encounters downtown are pleasant, respectful and fun. “I’m really impressed with the diversity when school is in. That’s just a healthy, enjoyable environ-ment,” Avlino said. U n ive r s i t y o f

Massachusetts Student Government Association President Vinayak Rao, however, believes tensions between students and full-time Amherst residents persist. As part of a long term push to resolve nagging town/gown issues, which range from noise com-plaints to lack of afford-able housing, Rao has been active this semester work-ing with Amherst officials to improve the relationship between the two groups. “We as students take for granted that there’s an established community that was already here,” Rao said. The relationship between local colleges and long-time residents has been known as a compli-cated one. Businesses rely on the money they make off of students during the academic year, but that revenue comes with some negative side effects.

With so many students in a small town, there is a noticeable change in the family feel of some of the smaller neighborhoods. Michael Vidal, an Amherst resident who works at Amherst College, said he noticed a differ-ence in town during the school semester and after the students go home. “I’ve lived here for three years and there is definitely a different vibe in town over the summer, I see more families,” Vidal said. “When the academic year begins, it’s like a dif-ferent world.” Rao said he thinks that a happy medium can be reached by working with the town. After last year’s “Blarney Blowout,” which saw dozens of arrests fol-lowing clashes between police and partygoers, Rao worked with local police in

Town manager meets with Rao

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Keene State disrupted by Pumpkin Fest trouble

By alexa ondreicKaThe Equinox

Videos of a street lamp being shaken down, people overturning a car, police bar-ricades, helicopters and text messages telling people to go home manifested at this year’s annual Pumpkin Fest, as festivities located around Keene State College took a turn for the worse this past Friday and Saturday Oct. 18 and 19. In the Keene Police log from Saturday Oct. 18, sev-eral disturbances, liquor law violations and requests to keep the peace were cited, with arrests made. Although no numbers have been confirmed, CNN affiliates in a CNN article reported “dozens of arrests” and the Southwest New Hampshire Mutual Aid Dispatch Center reported

“multiple ambulances being sent to the scene.” Early Saturday morning mass text messages were sent out from the college to the student body, urging stu-dents to return to their resi-dences. “The number and size of gatherings tonight are unsafe conditions plac-

ing you and local residents in harms (sic) way. Please return to your residences immediately,” the messages read, “Ongoing distributive behavior will result in sig-nificant disciplinary action. The current situation is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.”

Local tradition marred by revelers

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Pumpkin Fest attendees gather during the annual autumnal celebration.

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MUMBAI, India — India’s governing Hindu nationalist party was declared the win-ner Sunday in two state assembly elections, giving a boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s econom-ic reform agenda. The strong showing by the conservative Bharatiya Janata Party solidified Modi’s control over India just five months into his tenure by making his party the dominant player in two key state govern-ments. The BJP won a major-ity of seats in Haryana, a northern state that includes suburbs of the capital New Delhi, and a near-majority in Maharashtra, which com-prises the financial center Mumbai. Modi, who took power in May after leading the party to a resounding vic-tory in national elections, campaigned furiously for the less-watched statewide polls, addressing dozens of rallies in the two states. His message of economic renewal, clean governance and nationalist pride has resonated among Indians who are increasingly fed up with corruption and cronyism that are seen to have slowed the country’s growth. The BJP won 47 out of 90 seats in Haryana - where it had never before won more than 10% - and was projected to win 122 out of 288 seats in Maharashtra, nearly tripling its previous tally, according to Times of India projections. That meant the party would have to form a governing coalition with one or more smaller parties, although it was likely to nominate the chief minister, the state’s top post. The result in Maharashtra was particu-larly impressive because it came just weeks after the party broke a 25-year alli-ance with the Shiv Sena, another right-wing Hindu party with deep roots in the state. BJP leaders gambled that popular sup-port for Modi was strong enough that they didn’t need the Shiv Sena, which had historically been the senior partner in the alli-ance. “Such a mandate, which is a very clear indi-cation of the approval of your personality and your party and policies, it unfreezes you from any kind of humility and you can take aggressive, bold decisions,” said A.K. Verma, chairman of the political science depart-ment at Christ Church College in the northern city of Kanpur. our policies smoothly,” said Madhav Bhandari, the BJP’s spokesman in Maharashtra. “Emerging as the single largest party in Maharashtra, which has been Congress’ bas-tion, is a positive sign as well.”

A RO U N D T H E W O R L D

By Sarah roBertSonCollegian Staff

Students for Justice in Palestine, a new club at the University of Massachusetts, aims to teach the student body about the civil rights viola-tions against Palestinians by the Israeli military. The club was founded last year by senior Zafar Nizami and alumnus Paul Racco and Hannah Friedstein. Their week-ly meetings are used for discussions on current events, often led by hired speakers as teaching tools for the campus and com-munity. Independent research inspired Nizami to start SJP along with Racco and Friedstein.They have received overwhelming support from the student body in the year since its founding, which they attribute to escalated vio-lence in Israel and Gaza this summer. Nizami, the current president of SJP, and public relations manager Mohamad Barham forgive those who do not know much about the conflict. The primary goal of SJP is to spread awareness of the underreported human rights’ violations commit-ted by the Israeli military,

a side silenced in much of the western media accord-ing to Nizami. “We essential ly act as a microphone for Palestinian soci-ety,” Nizami said. “The Palestinian narrative is not one that is explained much in the U.S. To under-stand it, it is a matter of doing your own research and coming to your own conclusion.” A club of about 16 mem-bers, SJP is open to all students and faculty with meetings regularly draw-ing up to 30 attendees. Meetings are held every Monday at 7 p.m. in Herter Hall room 111 to discuss a variety of topics, including recent news and upcoming campus events. “For this semester our goal is mainly education and to spread awareness,” Barham said. “Ultimately what we want to do aside from just spreading aware-ness is have the school divest from Israel and implement a BDS.” The Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement, or BDS, is a global cam-paign that aims to place economic and politi-cal pressure on Israel to secure a set of three basic rights for the Palestinian people. This set of rights mirrors the three pivot-al principles of SJP; the right for Palestinians to not live under occupation in the West Bank and Gaza

Strip, their right to equal-ity as citizens in Israel and the right for Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland. “Any political solution could be a viable solu-tion as long as it fits these three criteria,” Barham said. Other than the BDS stipulations, SJP does not push for any specific polit-ical agenda and only con-cerns itself with humani-tarian issues.Attempting to understand the depth of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is complicated in itself, made even more so by the pro-Israeli bias of western media. To combat this, Nizami and Barham suggest reading a variety of news sources represent-ing both sides to balance out the bias. For SJP, part of being unbiased means also criti-cizing its own side. “Don’t take our words as fact,” Barham said. “Challenge us. Go do your own research, honestly.” “I condemn all rocket attacks on civilians, I have to, it’s my logic,” Nizami said. “If I condemn what Israel does by killing civil-ians I have to condemn what Hamas does by tar-geting civilians. It’s not right; it’s a war crime, its wrong.”

Sarah Robertson can be reached at srobertson@umass.edu.

SJP focuses on the Palestinian conflict

Club officers aim to educate

The text messages ended with numbers for the Keene Police Department and KSC Campus Safety being pro-vided, asking students to “look out for each other.” The events on Saturday escalated as the day pro-gressed, with The Boston Globe citing bottles thrown, street signs being uprooted and things being set on fire. The article stated witness-es said “police responded in force, with canine units, SWAT gear, tear gas, tasers and pepper spray.” CNN quoted New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan in a released statement which read, “State and local public safety offi-cials are on the scene and have been working closely together to defuse the situ-ation. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide any assistance nec-essary to Keene.” A witness quoted in an article from The Boston Globe suggested that a majority of the destruction was caused from out-of-state visitors as they stated, “Thousands of students and visitors pour in from out of town for the event, and witnesses said most of the disruption was caused by college students from sur-rounding schools, includ-ing the University of New Hampshire, the University of Rhode Island and University of Massachusetts.” However, President Anne Huot noted that she and the college are “mind-ful that Keene State stu-dents played a part in this behavior,” and stated that individuals involved will be held accountable for their actions. “I am saddened and dis-heartened at the events surrounding this year’s Keene Pumpkin Festival,” President Huot said in the released statement, “Despite the concerted efforts of orga-

nizers, city officials, police, and Keene State College, there continued to be dis-ruptive behavior at parties in multiple locations around the city, injuries, and prop-erty damage.” President Huot contin-ued, “Yet, despite the well-coordinated plan and best intentions of so many, including weeks of commu-nicating to students parents, meetings with landlords, and coordinating efforts with local and state authori-ties, together, we were unable to influence the out-come of this event that was predetermined a year ago.” “This is an issue that we can only solve togeth-er and we, at Keene State College, are eager to renew in earnest the conversation that leads to meaningful change,” Huot said. At least 75 to 100 stu-dents, faculty and Keene residents arrived early to campus on Sunday morning to help clean up the cam-pus and city streets, accord-ing to KSC student Marisa Morrison. Morrison was eager to shed light on the reasoning behind what was dubbed “Campus Cleanup.” “I think it’s important that we show the public that we do love this town and this community and a majority of the damage done was not done by Keene State stu-dents and that we can shed light on the bad things that happened by doing what we can to fix it,” Morrison stated, “It hit a lot of people hard that this isn’t just a tradition to the college but it’s a tradition to the fami-lies in the area and knowing that that might not happen anymore is heartbreaking. That’s why we did it.”

Alexa Ondreicka is a copy editor at The Equinox.

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New Hampshire State Police gather in an attempt to quell crowds at Keene State.

under China such as the peo-ple of Tibet, Jerry explained. Tibet China invaded Tibet in 1959 and has occupied the territory for the past 50 years, suppressing Tibetan culture and marginalizing its people, according to TibetNetwork.org. Thousands have been displaced and died under the Chinese occupation, and any form of sympathizing with a sovereign Tibet runs the risk of prosecution and imprisonment. A victory in Hong Kong gives hope to the less publicized civil strug-gles within China’s borders. “The protesters in Hong Kong are on the front line of the struggle for freedom for everyone under Beijing’s totalitarian rule,” Dhardon Charling, a member of the International Tibet Network, said at the rally. “The future of all disenfranchised people living within the People’s Republic of China, including Tibetans and Uighurs, and the future of Taiwan are inextri-cably linked to Hong Kong.” Protests in Hong Kong erupted in early September after the Chinese government voted to limit voters’ choices in the 2017 election of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive – the highest position of office in

the Hong Kong government. Under the latest development, Hong Kong residents would be forced to choose from two or three candidates approved by a nomination committee that is viewed as largely pro-Bei-jing, according to BBCNews. BBC explains, Hong Kong was released from British control in 1997 and granted autonomy under the Chinese government on a basis of “one country, two systems” that allowed Hong Kong a unique position of self-governance under the supervision of the People’s Republic of China. However, the latest decision to limit the voting power of Hong Kong residents prompt-ed the largely student-led pro-test that accuses China of fail-ing to honor their agreement. While there is still a divide amongst Hong Kong residents over the direction of the pro-tests and their requests, the movement has gained inter-national sympathy for a people seeking sovereignty. As Jerry said, “This is big-ger than just Hong Kong, this is about basic human rights everywhere.”

Brendan Deady can be reached at bdeady@umass.edu.

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preparation for this year’s Homecoming tailgate to avoid a similar situation. Working with locals is just what Town Manager John Musante believes these relations need more of. He said he was happy to see SGA officials reach-ing out to the town and is anticipating similar part-nerships in the future. “SGA president Rao has made it a priority with himself and the entire SGA team to work with the town,” Musante said. “We had a great turnout earlier this year at the meet and greet event and we are both committed to making these meetings regular events.” Rao said in the past there hasn’t been much communication between

town officials and the SGA, and that led to a strained relationship and the cre-ation of a “unique campus ecosystem.” “UMass has an interest-ing campus ecosystem. We never really have to leave campus, but we should,” Rao said. “A lot of stu-dents forget that we are a part of this town.” Those sentiments were echoed by Musante. “Get out and meet your neighbors, there are a lot of people, get to know them,” he said. Said Avlino: “Ninety-nine percent of the stu-dents around here are great. To be honest, we miss them when they’re gone.”

Jason Kotoch can be reached at jkotoch@umass.edu.

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Student Bridges hosts diversity town hall

By Nicole DotzeNroDCollegian Staff

The University of Massachusetts community gathered in the Student Union Ballroom Thursday evening to discuss issues related to race, diversity, equity and inclusion on campus at the first Diversity Strategic Planning Steering Committee Town Hall Meeting. This meeting, which was planned last spring by Student Bridges, comes in the wake of three acts of racist vandalism on the doors of students living in on campus that occurred over the weekend. “No voice can be too loud in condemning the actions we have seen this past week,” said Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy in his opening statement to the packed room of students, faculty, staff and communi-ty members. “These kinds of horrible things will not derail us from the construc-tive conversations we want to create and pursue.” Subbaswamy spoke of the importance of replac-ing acts of omission – state-ments such as “I haven’t done anything to make anyone uncomfortable” or “I haven’t done any act of discrimination” – with acts of commission, such as ask-ing, “What have I done late-ly in order to create a better community?” He called to the commit-tee to form an action plan by the end of the fall semes-ter. “One thing that comes through very clearly is a

sense of isolation that our minority communities feel on this campus in the class-room and outside of the classroom,” he said. Enku Gelaye, vice chan-cellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life also con-demned the vandalism, say-ing “hate speech and intol-erance is unacceptable in our community. “Today especially we want to remember those who were targeted – those individuals who came to our community to fulfill their dreams, complete their degrees, and contrib-ute to their communities – we want to lift those people up and lift up the folks who have felt that pain unique-ly because they have lived those experiences.” Gelaye detailed the steps UMass takes to respond to acts of racism in the commu-nity, as well as campaigns for prevention on cam-pus, such as the bystand-er-empowering campaign UMatter at UMass. Microphones were then opened to all in attendance, and dozens of UMass stu-dents and staff, members of the Five-Colleges, and alumni shared their experi-ences, sentiments and sug-gestions with the commit-tee. Suggestions included course requirements on other cultures, increased social justice training for professors, the UMass Police Department, resi-dence assistants and resi-dence directors, and an increase of bodies of color on campus. “There is an enormous task involved of sifting through the applications to UMass,” said Subbaswamy. “Sometimes we use

extremely easy definitions of who are high achievers and who will succeed here. We need to reexamine those assumptions.” Many students expressed concern with the use of lan-guage in the Chancellor’s email to the students informing them of the van-dalism that occurred over the weekend. “It’s important we don’t refer to this as hate speech,” senior sociology major Angelica Castillo said. “This is a death threat. This is not just saying slurs about certain racial groups, this is a death threat, and I don’t think we’re handling it how we should be han-dling it.” “We need to change the way that we speak to one another and the way we speak to the administration … we need to stop sweet-talking these things,” said Josh Odam, a legal studies and political science major and secretary of diversity for the Student Government Association. “We need to step away from respectabil-ity politics. We need to call it like it is.” Graduate student Durryle Brooks shared a statement on behalf of the Graduate Student Senate. “Campus leadership must be accountable in its response to racism on our campus, which manifests in the individual acts but is embedded in the struc-ture of our society and our institutions,” the state-ment said. “The recent hate crimes on campus are evidence of an epidemic present in our communi-ties and our nation as a whole, which if ignored will continue to destroy us all. These heinous acts are

but symptoms of an illness that circulates through the veins of our society.” Representatives from other areas of cam-pus, including Charlana Simmons, director of Student Success and Diversity for the College of Natural Sciences, asked the board how to support stu-dents and diversity without an operating budget. Subbaswamy responded that part of the board’s strategic plan will entail funding for diversity. The Center for Education Policy and Advocacy named a specific set of demands for the board, including increased funding for the Center for Multicultural Advancement and Student Success, a five percent increase in recruitment and retention of under-represented minorities in the next three to five years, Tier I spending for stu-dent cultural organizations and RSOs, a reallocation of merit and need-based scholarships to 50 percent of each, and a public letter of support for Pell Grant reform. Subbaswamy promised to observe their demands and come back with a set of proposals by the end of the semester. This draft will be made available to students for feedback before it is finalized. The Diversity and Strategic Planning Steering Committee will be meeting every week for the remain-der of the semester.

Nicole Dotzenrod can be reached at ndotzenr@umass.edu.

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Our Breasts does as an organization. “A lot of what we do is about talking to people and empowering other people to say something and make a change so during this campaign we really wanted to make that transparent,” she said. Events going on during the week include Wednesday’s Sustainability Fair in Goodell Hall, where Protect Our Breasts will be tabling from 12-3 p.m. On Thursday from 6:30-8:30 p.m., the group will be at the Farmers’ Market at the Commonwealth Honors College and will speak on panel at the event.

There will be a bar-beque at the Northeast Quad Friday with music and a table where stu-dents can write the names of loved ones who have been affected by breast cancer. “My goal for this campaign was to real-ly e mpower all of our chapters, have them go out on their own, and go into their communi-ties and find these people and share these stories,” Alysse Foley said. “It is making us a whole Protect Our Breasts community. It really has become one cohe-sive group that is standing all over the Northeast.”

Julia McLaughlin can be reached at jmmclaughlin@umass.edu.

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On this beautiful fall day, I saw a familiar sight on campus: a group of prospective families

touring the University of Massachusetts. If you were leading this tour, where would you take them? You would prob-ably lead them to the state of the art Integrated Sciences Building, the brand new Blue Wall or the Commonwealth Honors College Residential

Community.. But would you take them inside the Fine Arts Center? Although I am not a Music major, I have par-ticipated in the University Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, chamber ensembles and the bassoon studio. I am also a proud sister of Sigma Alpha Iota, a women’s fra-ternity dedicated to com-munity service through music. I chose to attend this University because of the kindness and sense of community, which I immediately felt from

both students and faculty in the music department. Their dedication and sheer amount of talent only further confirmed that I had made the right deci-sion. Over the past five years, the performing arts here have expanded and improved immensely, and UMass’ program is growing in prestige. Unfortunately, all of this success is taking place in a building that is in deplor-able condition. Students spend valuable time roam-ing the halls, waiting for practice rooms to open up, and I have seen the most dedicated performers rele-

gated to practicing in stair-wells due to lack of space. Cockroaches crawl among our feet during large ensemble rehears-als. About once a week, the plumbing in the building malfunctions and anyone who walks into the FAC is greeted by the potent smell of sewage. The building also has no windows or ventilation. A day in the FAC is a day without sun-light or fresh air, a fate that hundreds of students are faced with each day, as this is the building in which

performing arts majors attend classes. Anyone in the department would be able to quickly add to this list, saying that the prob-lems I have mentioned are just scratching the surface. As a Political Science major, I am infinitely grate-ful for the new facilities at this University. Though I do still spend a significant amount of time in the FAC, I am one of the lucky ones, as my day can be broken up by new buildings and fresh air. But for performing arts majors, and music lovers like myself, our hearts and souls are in our practicing, and the FAC is a necessary

evil we face day after day as we strive for success. I know the University is proud of our performing arts department; when the marching band steps out onto the field, or when the orchestra takes the stage in Symphony Hall to celebrate 150 years of UMass, we hear the pride in your voice. You have a vision for UMass, and aiding our program should be a part of that. Thank you for taking the time to read this letter.

Liana Ascolese can be reached at lascoles@umass.edu.

“A day in the FAC is a day without sunlight or fresh air, a fate that hundreds of students are faced with each day, as this is the

building in which performing arts majors attend classes.”

Liana Ascolese

Columbus Day demonstrates ignorant view of the past

A week ago Monday, the United States celebrated Columbus Day. The fed-eral offices in Washington,

D.C., were closed and the University of Massachusetts did not hold classes. Students at Brown University had the day off as well, but as far as they were concerned, Christopher Columbus had nothing to do with it. In 2009, after stu-dent protests and a faculty vote, the school replaced the name “Columbus Day” with “Fall Weekend,” a decision that brought sub-stantial criticism The Brown University College Republicans promptly held a rally for reinstating the holiday and Providence, Rhode Island, Mayor David Cicilline decried “the deci-sion to simply erase the celebration of an incred-ibly significant moment in world history and Italian-American culture for the sake of political correct-ness.” The backlash toward

anything perceived as “political correctness” seems to be a relatively nor-mal conservative reaction. People get used to names and labels being what they are, and any change based on a newly iterated complaint seems pointless and trite. Columbus Day is Columbus Day because that’s just what it is. It always has been, and might as well remain so. Sure, Columbus did some bad stuff, and sure, it could have been named something else, but now it is what it is and to change it would just be silly. I understand this argu-ment. I even might have made it before. But, upon examining the wider nar-rative of the history of the United States, the idea of celebrating a Columbus Day

seems absolutely absurd. My argument for a name-change has nothing to do with petty political correctness. The problem at hand is much larger than an offensive name for a fed-eral holiday. My concern is that the celebration of Columbus Day is represen-tative of the American ten-dency to forget the dirtier aspects of our past. When Columbus arrived in the “New World,” he did not just pave the way for future atrocities; he set the precedent for them. Upon meeting the peace-ful Arawak people in the Bahamas, he wrote in his log, “With fifty men we could subjugate them all.” After his second expedition – a zealous search for slaves and gold – he wrote, “Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be sold” His attitude typifies the toxic mix of racism, cruelty and greed that has marked the past centuries of impe-rialism. Europeans, newly “awakened” from the Dark Ages, descended upon the

rest of the world, exploit-ing, enslaving and massa-cring the “inferior” people they met. Amidst this pro-cess the United States was born. Since our independence from Great Britain we have continued the trend. The list of offenses against non-European people could sound something like a rendition of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire.” There was slavery, geno-cide, broken treaties, cease-less lies, military inter-vention and ethnic-based wartime detentions. Our history is not just that of the first country to build a representative democracy, but also that of an aggres-sive imperial power. But most Americans do not see the blood on our

nation’s hands. As school-children, we’re taught of the beautiful and glori-ous history of the United States. We hear all about Benjamin Franklin and James Madison, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt. We celebrate Flag Day. We learn about the Normandy Invasion and Bunker Hill. But do we ever hear about the 1864 massa-cre at Sand Creek, when American troops slaugh-tered 164 people living peaceably in a Cheyenne village, most of them women and children prom-ised protection by local mil-itary leaders? Do we ever learn about the 1968 My Lai Massacre, when American troops slaughtered about 500 Vietnamese men, women and children? For the most part we do not, as our education reinforces an ignorant faith in the benev-olence of the United States. Americans have a lot to be proud of. Most of us cherish the ideals of democ-racy and freedom (even if our government often fails

to promote them). Most of us believe in the principle of equality (even though we’re certainly not there yet). Without a doubt, we should celebrate the things that make America great, and we often do. But in Columbus Day we find ourselves heralding a man who personified the worst aspects of our political past: greed and heartless exploitation. Our generation should demand a name-change for Columbus Day, not for reasons of political correct-ness, but to demonstrate that we will not accept a star-spangled narrative of the history of the United States.

Benjamin Clabault can be reached at bclabaul@umass.edu.

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representative of the American tendency to forget the dirtier aspects of our past.”

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‘Phablets’ on the rise

By Emma SandlErCollegian Staff

If there is one thing in the tech world that is cyclical, it is big cell phones. Since the introduction of the HTC Advantage and Apple iPhone in 2007, with five and 3.5-inch diagonal screens, respectively, the screen size has been growing almost every year. Currently, the latest generation of iPhone offers 4.7 or 5.5-inch displays, while the Google Nexus 6 offers a 5.96-inch screen. These larger phones, which supposedly com-bine portability and functionality of a smartphone with the large-screen and quality of a tablet, have been dubbed “phablets.” But why are phablets becoming so popular? Itproportal.com notes that even when the market growth rate for tablets and smartphones have slowed down – approximately 26 million phablets shipped in 2012 – nearly 60 million shipped in 2013,and 146 million are expected to ship out by the end of next year. There seem to be several rea-sons beyond consumer demand, includ-ing manufacturing necessity like screen efficiency and battery life, and plain and simple economics. With the introduction of smart-phones, consumers have grown accus-tomed to the technology for quite some time now. Multimedia quality has there-fore become an increasingly important factor in purchasing decisions. For instance, droid-life.com polled over 9,000 people and found 65 percent consider multimedia an important part of a buying decision, while 25 percent make buying decisions based solely on a phone’s camera capabilities. Men are also a possible driving force behind the demand for larger phones, as Androids have almost always been larger than their iPhone counterpart. Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that 31 percent of men use Androids versus 24 percent who use iPhones. Women use Androids and iPhones equally at 26 percent. Overall, the con-sumer demands for an improved mul-timedia experience with better display functions, higher-powered cameras and extended battery life in turn necessi-tated that phones become larger. There are also theories in manufac-turing involving heat dissipation that impact a phone’s size. Smartphones need to be larger in order to dissipate heat that their internal parts generate, so more stuff going on inside necessi-tates a larger phone. For instance, high-density screens generate more heat and draw more power because of the need for backlighting, but with a larger sur-face area, heat can be dispersed more evenly. This allows for extended battery life and will not burn a user’s hand. The market growth for tablets and smartphones has slowed, but the mar-ket for phablets is virtually untouched. Companies are looking into new prod-ucts to develop and sell, and hybrid devices that are the best of both worlds are perfect in a price-conscious market. Consumers do not want to purchase two separate devices that do virtually the same thing, especially in developing countries where people have even less disposable income. Even though a larger phone makes phone calls all the more awkward, it doesn’t really matter because phone calls are such a small part of what people use their mobile phones for now. The question that arises from the phablet trend is whether or not it is just a trend. Trends tend to come and go, lasting only a short while, but the market is only expanding for phablets. And yet, if you read reviews on phablets, people are cautious. The phones have been mocked for their size and how it requires two hands and how it will look trying to use or carry such a large device. The consumer call for varied screen size is loud, and companies like Apple have responded by offering two different versions of the iPhone 6 along with the iPad mini. Only time will tell if phablets are a lasting product.

Emma Sandler can be reached at ehsandle@umass.edu.

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‘Duolingo’ makes learning a language fun

By Troy KowalchuKCollegian Correspondent

Being bilingual is an important and nec-essary skill. It lets you break down barriers, discover a new culture, allows you to make new friends and could be the deciding factor in getting a job. Having the ability to speak more than one language offers nothing but benefits in this world of globalization. Yet learning a new language is not easy. For many, there is no fun engaging way to learn a new language, and studying takes time and money; the two things college stu-dents lack. Even those who have mastered more than one language begin to forget it when they do not spend time practicing. This is where Duolingo comes in. Duolingo is a free app that will help with those problems. Named Apple’s “App of the Year” in 2013, Duolingo was the first education application to win the award. It was created in 2011 by Severin Hacker and Luis Von Ahn, and now has over 10 million users worldwide. It offers lessons in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch (Netherlands), Irish, Danish and many more. To begin, users jump right into trans-

lating words or phrases in a language of their choosing. There are multiple types of exercises that teach you how to write, read and speak the language. Some activities involve listening to the other language and transcribing, speaking a phrase in another language and written translations. What is different about Duolingo is that the app uses games to make learning fun and competitive. Each game tests certain skills, and as you complete skills you prog-ress further in each level. To pass a level you must complete a series of exercis-es, making less than four mistakes. When you finish a skill you receive points and experience that help you level up. For a competitive edge, Duolingo now offers a social media component so you can com-pete against friends too. The games are fun, colorful and encour-aging, making it seem like you are playing a game as opposed to learning in a classroom. Finishing a skill you’ve spent days trying to accomplish and learning a new concept becomes a challenge instead of a burden. What makes Duolingo so engaging and use-ful is the constant updates of the app with new languages or new skills. By doing this, Duolingo keeps users’ attention spans in mind. While Duolingo does a great job teaching and practicing the language, it has its flaws.

The app does not go into depth about gram-mar and why certain words are placed in certain areas. It leaves the user to find the answers, which can leave them struggling to complete some skills. Many of the words are also not conver-sational. The app uses phrases most people would never hear in public like “we do not touch the onion” or “the cat sleeps with the penguin.” Additionally, when listening to the foreign language, you listen to a robotic Siri-like voice instead of a human which can also be very difficult in dealing with when entering a foreign country and hearing the differences in actual dialect. Those issues aside, Duolingo still is a sat-isfactory app. The app is not for learning a new language entirely, but will help build on what you have already learned, or help pro-ficient speakers stay sharp. The issues that Duolingo has are small compared to what the application has to offer. With its constant updates, new games, skills and languages it is only a matter of time before those issues are resolved. Duolingo is a fun educational way to improve your proficiency in a lan-guage, it is competitive, engaging and is the perfect application that balances education and entertainment.

Troy Kowalchuk can be reached at tkowalchuk@umass.edu.

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Super Smash Bros. for 3DS a success

By alESSandro arEna-dEroSaCollegian Correspondent

Super Smash Bros., Nintendo’s cross-franchise and fast-paced fighting game series, has become a house-hold name since its original release on the Nintendo 64 back in 1999. Since then, the game has had four iterations, each adding fighters, items, maps and challenges for play-ers to dive into. Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 3DS is no excep-tion in this trend, and is quite possibly the best game in the series. While the game lacks the iconic intro sequences the Smash series is accustomed to, it hits the ground running with an opening 39-fighter ros-ter ready to battle and an addi-tional 12 that can be unlocked. While there is a great deal of similarity between some characters (like Lucina and Marth’s near-identical move sets), most play in varied and interesting ways while still maintaining the easy-to-pick-up feel that made the series so popular. Characters such as Duckhunt Dog and Pac Man may seem like odd addi-tions, but the Wii-Fit Trainer, Little Mac, Mega Man and the Villager are welcome and interesting additions to the roster. Some will be dis-appointed to hear that the much beloved Ice Climbers and the memorable Mew-Two don’t make an appearance on the game’s roster, although Nintendo has hinted at selling them as downloadable content. Maps are also an integral part of any Smash game, and Super Smash Bros. 3DS deliv-ers a fairly varied palette. There are some returning clas-sics from the series, includ-ing Brinstar Depths and, of course, Corneria, but not as many as I would have liked to see. Many of the new maps make up for this such as the Mega Man inspired Dr. Willy’s Fortress, which include clever stage hazards and even a boss character that occasionally appears. Nintendo also caters to the

tournament scene by allowing players to fight on Ultimate versions of each stage, which are essentially flat and stan-dardized versions of each stage with the background color and flavor to avoid the tedium of a Final Destination layout. The tournament scene also seems to have had an impact on the combat, which now has a heavier and weight-ed feel. Games play faster and quicker and moves hit harder than they did in Brawl, instead resembling how the game played in Melee. Playing as a single player, the game ditches the story-based Subspace Emissary campaign mode from Brawl in favor of a more tradition-al “Classic Mode” where the player chooses a fighter and battles through a series of matches of increasing difficul-ty, and finally challenges the Master Hand. Other single player modes include the nostalgic Homerun Contest and the new Angry Bird-esc Target Smash to keep the player occupied. These

are paired with the return of the challenge board, which encourages players to try all of the game’s many elements. In fact, for a game based around multiplayer fighting, it main-tains a surprisingly strong single-player element that can entertain a player for hours. The game adds a new cus-tomization feature where you can modify the moves of cur-rent fighters and even create your own fighter based off your Miis. It’s a clever and effective way to add more depth to an already complex yet easy to play game. This is coupled with the 3DS exclusive Smash Run mode where play-ers battle around an enormous map for five minutes, gaining skills, items and ability boosts, culminating in a final battle using all they’ve acquired. Of the few times I’ve played this with friends it’s been a uniquely entertaining experi-ence. The game is rich with clean and updated graphics, which look surprisingly polished on the 3DS or the intuitive

online play feature. There is also more customizability in match rules and the way maps are selected. To complete this great mashup of games, the soundtrack is full of clever remixes and nostalgic nods at the many franchises Nintendo combines. Super Smash Bros. 3DS is a game that combines every-thing players have loved about the series, while building on top of it. Its return to a slower, more weighted combat system and the small tweaks made to every character are a testa-ment to the games improve-ments, not to mention the additional maps, fighters and customizations. If you’ve never enjoyed the series or find brawlers or a lack of story to be boring, stay away, as this game is more of the same. However, if more of the same sounds good to you, especially if you have friends who play, this is not a game you don’t not want to miss.

Alessandro Arena-DeRosa can be reached at aarenaderosa@umass.edu.

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scoring drive which ended on a 32-yard touchdown pass to Tyreese Russell. But UMass responded, scoring the following two touchdowns on a 16-yard touchdown run by Abrokwah and a 2-yard touchdown run by Woodley to make it 20-7. Much of the Minutemen’s offensive success predicat-ed around getting Sharpe involved. He had just two catches a week ago against Kent State – who made a conscious effort to dou-ble-team him – but faced relaxed coverage against the Eagles. Sharpe took advan-tage, entering halftime with 150 yards receiving on nine catches. “We had success running very similar plays there and they really didn’t make an adjustment until halftime,” Frohnapfel said.

Eastern Michigan would narrow the gap to 20-14 mid-way through the second quar-ter on a 34-yard touchdown pass from Bell to Bronson Hill, but UMass responded with its own scoring drive. After the offense set the tone in the first half, it was the defense that finished the game for the Minutemen. The Eagles didn’t score in the second half despite the Minutemen committing three turnovers. Bell rushed for only 40 yards on 21 carries and was 10-of-21 passing. “We took it as a personal mission to come out and shut (Bell) down and I think we did,” Santos-Knox said. Whipple pointed out UMass’ ability to get off the field – it held Eastern Michigan to 2-of-12 on third down conversions and 1-of-3 on fourth down conversions

– and said the defense is improving every week. “I think there was some confidence and they certain-ly got challenged by the quar-terback,” Whipple said. “I think our defense has made a couple big steps. We’re still a work in progress, but we’re getting better.” For Santos-Knox, who endured two straight 1-11 sea-sons, the prospects of putting together a winning streak left him giddy after the game. “It shows how far this program has come,” Santos-Knox said. “It’s just such a great feeling…winning with these guys, they’re the great-est teammates I’ve ever had in my life and it’s just so much fun.”

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

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he suffered last weekend in the Minutemen’s win over Kent State. But once he entered the game, he simply “toughed it out.” Abrokwah put the Minutemen on the score-board first with 10 minutes, 48 seconds left in the first quarter from 17 yards out after bouncing a run off left tackle. He was never touched. Abrokwah also had touch-down runs from 16 yards and four yards respectfully in the first half as the UMass offense exploded for 30 points before heading into the lock-er room. He also had anoth-er 4-yard score in the third quarter, the last Minutemen score of the game. “My whole (offensive) line makes me feel safe and pro-tected, I just see the holes and I hit them,” said Abrokwah.

“Our guys up front have really taken pride in the run-ning game,” Whipple said. It makes for a more solid offense when you have a bal-ance like we had today.” For quarterback Blake Frohnapfel, and for former UMass quarterbacks over the past three seasons, handing the ball off in the fourth quar-ter to kill time was some-thing that rarely happened. Instead, Frohnapfel has been used to frantically orchestrat-ing last minute drives with zero timeouts just to get the Minutemen in a position to possibly win football games. Saturday was different. After a dropped interception by Randall Jette with 10:53 remaining in the game, the Minutemen gained posses-sion at their own 24-yard line. UMass ran the ball a total of 13 times, switching between

Abrokwah and Lorenzo Woodley. Although Woodley eventually fumbled on the Eastern Michigan 11-yard-line the Minutemen had killed 7:28 off the game clock. Earlier this week Whipple said that he wanted to use Woodley and Abrokwah as a one-two punch in the run-ning game. After a 100-yard game against the Golden Flashes last week, Woodley finished with 63 yards and a touchdown. Woodley also had another 38-yard touch-down run that was called back for an illegal formation. When asked about shar-ing carries with Woodley, Abrokwah laughed saying “I’m happy because he keeps me out of the trainer’s room.”

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

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Shadrach Abrokwah rushed for 135 yards and four touchdowns in UMass football’s 36-14 win over Eastern Michigan on Saturday.

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The Massachusetts football team finally has a winning streak for the first time in its FBS tenure. Backed by impressive individual performances by receiver Tajae Sharpe and run-ning back Shadrach Abrokwah and a stingy defensive performance in the second half, UMass topped Eastern Michigan 36-14 for its second win in as many weeks. “This was really important for us to get two in a row, to keep it going,” UMass line-backer Jovan Santos-Knox said following the game. “We always say it’s good to win, but what are you going to do after a win? How are you going to show up after a win? And I think we showed up today,” Santos-Knox said. The Minutemen showed up indeed. UMass’ offense stormed through the first half, enter-ing halftime with a com-

manding 30-14 lead. By the end of the game, Sharpe had a career-high in receiv-ing yards (193) and equaled a career-high in receptions (13). Abrokwah tallied 135 rushing yards and scored four touch-downs. Running back Lorenzo Woodley added 63 yards and a touchdown on the ground. “I thought (the offensive line) accepted the challenge,” UMass coach Mark Whipple

said. “Eastern Michigan prob-ably had the best defensive linemen in the confer-ence.” On two

separate occasions in the first quarter, Abrokwah finished off drives that predominately featured Minutemen quarter-back Blake Frohnapfel attack-ing through the air. UMass scored on its first drive of the game when Abrokwah took a handoff around left tackle for a 17-yard score to make it 7-0. Eastern Michigan respond-ed on the ensuing drive. Quarterback Reginald Bell Jr. – who entered Saturday’s game off a 202-yard rushing perfor-mance a week ago in a victory against Buffalo – engineered a

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By andrew Cyr Collegian Staff

When Shadrach Abrokwah walked into the postgame press confer-ence, he sported an ear-to-ear smile. He looked happier than a little kid seeing his presents on Christmas morn-ing. Abrokwah, the 5-foot-9, 202-pound “undersized” running back, finished with 135 rushing yards and four touchdowns in UMass’ 36-14 win over Eastern Michigan Saturday, both career highs. “I mean, I thought I had a good game today,” Abrokwah said as he tried to hold back his grin. Tajae Sharpe — who fin-ished with a career high 193 receiving yards on 13 catches — echoed Abrokwah’s jubi-lance by adding, “that’s what you get from eating your Wheaties.” When Abrokwah enrolled at UMass, Saturday’s game was all but an imagina-tion. The Worcester native and product of St. John’s Shrewsbury high school

walked onto the team prior to his freshmen season. The three-time power-lifting champion in Massachusetts didn’t even know if he would be on the roster. “I mean I think about that all the time,” Abrokwah said when asked to reflect on his improvements from the calendar year. “I care more about how I can help this team in the future moving forward.” Abrokwah earned a schol-arship this past spring, fol-lowing his 2013 campaign where he totaled 203 rushing yards in the final two games of the season. It was after a “physical” practice in the spring that Whipple realized how important Abrokwah could be to his offense. “He’s a compact, solid guy. He can hide behind our (line-men), accelerates, and is real tough to bring down. He’s gaining some confidence and I think he had a great day,” UMass coach Mark Whipple said. Entering Saturday’s game against the Eagles, Abrokwah was uncertain about the status of his right shoulder, an injury in which

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By Jason katesCollegian Staff

As the clock continued to wind down in the third period, it seemed that the Massachusetts hockey team was heading toward its first overtime game of the season. With three minutes, 49 sec-onds left in a 3-3 game, the Minutemen went on the power play after Michigan State red-shirt junior Justin Hoomaian was guilty of a five-minute major and a game misconduct. Enter freshman forward Patrick Lee. With 9.9 seconds left in reg-ulation, Lee found the back of the net for his first colle-

giate goal to give UMass the 4-3 victory and a weekend split against the Spartans. UMass coach John Micheletto praised Lee for his efforts, as well as his line-mates, Steven Iacobellis and Ray Pigozzi. The trio of under-classmen contributed 10 points in the victory, responsible for three of the goals. “They certainly weren’t as productive on (Friday) night, but I think it’s a product of them starting to mesh togeth-er and get to know each other,” Micheletto said. “They clear-ly had their A-game going. They’re gonna be a big part of our game this year so we need big nights like these.” After giving up a goal 52 seconds into the third period to give Michigan State a 3-2 lead, the Minutemen (1-2, 0-1

Hockey East), continued to fight and were rewarded for their resilience when Iacobellis scored his second goal of the night to tie the score at three apiece with under five minutes to play. Despite losing Friday night, Micheletto applauded his team for responding the next night. “With the exception of the first period on Friday night, we played a pretty good brand of hockey,” he said. “I don’t know if it was the road trip or Michigan State jumping on us pretty early or a combination of the two, but from there on out I was really happy with the continued progress that we’re making as a team and gelling together in the early going.” The game also marked freshman goaltender Henry Dill’s first career win in net

for the Minutemen, with Steve Mastalerz being given the night off. Micheletto com-mended the freshman, who made 28 saves, for his efforts. “He was very solid. During the recruiting process he really impressed us with how rarely he gets rattled, which is always great,” Micheletto said. “He made some big saves for us in the first period and really put some wind in our sails. He was a big part of our victory.” Micheletto said he will be using this week to evaluate the goalies in practice and would make a decision on who will be starting for UMass on Thursday prior to heading to Northeastern on Friday night.

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

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Prior to Sunday, the last time that the Massachusetts men’s soccer team matched up against Saint Louis, the Minutemen’s Atlantic 10 tournament dreams were laid to rest following a 2-0 defeat in the first round of the 2013 playoffs. Although this weekend’s result wasn’t as consequen-tial, UMass once again fell to the No. 18 Billikens, 5-0, leaving the Minutemen (1-11-1, 0-3-1) winless since their lone victory Sept. 19 against Fairfield. Five different players scored goals for Saint Louis on Sunday in an attack that outshot UMass 21-7 for the game. “We knew Saint Louis would be difficult,” interim coach Devin O’Neill said. “We were off a little bit in almost every regard.” The Billikens (10-3-1, 3-1-1) started their scoring in the second minute when Anthony Manning head-ed a ball in the box past Minutemen goalkeeper Ryan Buckingham for his fourth score of the season. Tyler David and Kingsley Bryce added to Saint Louis’ lead in the 17th and 19th minutes to give the Billikens a commanding 3-0 lead at halftime. “That early goal was really disappointing,” O’Neill said. “Then to give one up on a restart, it’s tough.” According to O’Neill, the early loss of midfielder Mark Morris contributed to UMass’ struggles on both sides of the ball. The junior was given a red card in the eighth minute, forc-ing the Minutemen to play with one man down for the majority of the game. Morris is tied for second on the team with two goals in 2014 after emerging as one of UMass’ top scoring threats in his sophomore campaign, when he record-ed four goals. “The red card really killed the game,” O’Neill said. “(Morris) has logged a lot of minutes for us, so it hurts.” O’Neill said that the loss of Morris not only hindered the Minutemen offense, but also left a hole on their defense.

“We were still trying to put pressure on them defensively,” O’Neill said. “But when they did break the pressure, there was more open space than nor-mal.” Sunday’s defeat came as part of a winless weekend for UMass, who also lost on Friday to Dayton, 4-1. The nine total goals allowed in its past two games come in stark con-trast to the Minutemen’s successful defensive run of nine games allowing three or less goals prior to Friday. Buckingham, who emerged as the regular starter in net early in the season, was replaced after a half for the second time in the past two games after allowing the first three goals on Sunday. Redshirt freshman Taylor Culp, who was limited by knee injuries early in the year, came in for the second half and allowed the other two goals. However, while O’Neill said that the Flyers “pun-ished (them),” he said that defense was not a concern following the loss against Saint Louis. “Despite being a man down, I thought the defense played fairly well,” O’Neill said. “I would say we played a very good 80 minutes or so.” Sunday’s game marked the beginning of a five-game road trip for UMass that will include four A-10 matchups. Currently situ-ated in 12th place within the conference, O’Neill said that this will be a cru-cial stretch of games, as only the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. “It is important that we do respond positively,” O’Neill said. “We need to.”Up next for the Minutemen will be first-place Rhode Island (8-3-3, 4-0 A-10) on Friday at 7 p.m.

Anthony Chiusano can be reached at achiusano@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @a_chiusano24.

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“The red card re-ally killed the game. (Morris) has logged a lot of minutes for us,

so it hurts.”Devin O’Neill,

UMass interim coach