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MEN’S BASKETBALL

#1.
12/06/08
at Dominican (NY)
Orangeburg, NY
W, 70-64
#2. #3.
12/09/08 12/29/08
vs. Assumption at Bloomfield
Costello Gym Pleasantville, NY
Last time the Menʼs Basketball W, 74-65 W, 80-67
team lost was on Dec. 3. Pace Tournament
Since then they have been on #4. #5. #6.
an incredible 13 game winning 12/30/08 01/03/09 01/06/09
streak and are currently tied at Mercy vs. St. Michaels vs. LeMoyne
for first place in the Northeast- Pleasantville, NY Costello Gym Costello Gym
10 division. W, 85-41 W, 83-47 W, 76-65
7. #8. #9.
01/08/09 01/10/09 01/14/09
at St. Rose College at Pace University vs. Southern Games in bold
Albany, NY Pleasantville, NY Connecticut St.
were home games.
W, 81-70 W, 71-64 Costello Gym
W, 83-73

#10. #11. 12. #13.

01/17/09 01/20/09 01/24/09 01/31/09
vs. American at New Haven vs. Franklin Pierce vs. Southern
International West Haven, CT Costello Gym New Hampshire
Costello Gym W, 77-70 W, 66-49 Costello Gym
W, 63-58 W, 65-59

Caiola shines on Alumni Night

The team led 15-9 through the 10-minute
mark, but a couple of 3-pointers by Bowen
ALAN VERLY
tied the game at 15. SNHU guard Josh-
SPORTS EDITOR
put us on his back offensively.”
Herenda discussed the growth of Caiola as
an all around player in his first season.” When

Freshman Kyle Caiola scored 16 of his 18
points in the second half, as the River Hawks
men’s basketball team survived a nail biter
against the Southern New Hampshire Penmen
with a 65-59 win Saturday on Alumni Night
at the Costello Athletic Center. Kevin Carr led
the ‘Hawks with 20 points, and Penmen guard
Troy Bowen led all scorers with 27 points.
The victory was the club’s 13th in a row, the
second longest winning streak in school his-
tory. “Southern New Hampshire is a very
quick, athletic, well-coach team.” Said head
coach Greg Herenda” They were beating us to
loose balls and 50-50 rebounds when general-
ly we’ve been getting those. You have to tip
Morgan Green threw a no-look behind the
back pass to teammate Gerald Carter that led
to a 3-point play and a 15-18 lead. The
Penmen pulled away, going on a 7-0 run to
lead 15-24.
Carr hit another 3-pointer that cut the deficit
down to 6 but the half ended with the ‘Hawks
trailing 34-25.The Penmen outscored the
‘Hawks 16-8 in the paint and both teams had
zero points from the bench.
In the second half the Penmen continued to
build on their advantage, as a layup by Bowen
gave SNHU a 12-point lead at 16:21. Caiola
then went on a tear, leading a 17-8 ‘Hawk run.
The ‘Hawks led 56-55 with 3:24 remaining
it was time to make a play and when it’s win-
ning time, the kid steps up. He’s been that
way since day one. We’ve given him the ball
here since the day he walked on campus. He’s
not even close to being a freshman anymore.
He’s a proven commodity for us and he
proved his worth tonight”
The victory against Southern New
Hampshire sets up a colossal matchup against
Bentley Feb 4. on a road game. Not only is
first place in the Northeast-10 division at
stake, but the ‘Hawks have a chance to match
the school record of 14 wins in a row.
Herenda recognizes the significance being
able to pull out a win against the 18-4

A new semester for students at the Radisson

your hat to them. We won the game but they and through superb clock management held Falcons.” We’re going into a place where it’s
came close to deserving to win the game.” on for a 65-59 win. very difficult to win. We don’t have any pres-
JESSICA PROVAN/CONNECTOR

An early block by center Ali Kanaan ener-
gized the ‘Hawks from the start, and two 3-
point bombs by Carr gave them s a 15-7 lead.
“It was alumni weekend but it was freshman
night.” Said Herenda. ”[Caiola] in the second
half literally made every big play for us. He
sure on us so we’re going to out there and
Caiola scored 16 of his 18 points in the
play as hard as we possibly can and com-
pete.”
second half, securing the ’Hawks 65-59
win on Saturday.

Students at the Radisson only
take up about thirty percent of
WILLIAM BRANTON
their membership, leaving no
CONNECTOR EDITOR
room change,” said gle on campus Nick said, able to eat. of a UMass Lowell presence
Sophomore Eric Ramos. “Students housed here should This semester the meal plan to deal with smaller issues in
While distance seems to be get a discount, they were was revised to include more the hallways.

Students at the Radisson,
who live over nine miles
away, were worried about a
rumor circulating around that
students would be kicked out
and lose their housing during
this Spring semester.
However, this is a rumor with
no holding, as the administra-
tion and many students at the
Radisson have never heard
word of such a plan.
Steve Lambert, the general
manager, said, “The students
are our best customers.”
reason to remove them.
When asked about the
rumor, Resident Advisor
Heather Garoufalis said, “I’d
be very surprised if that rumor
were true.”
When asked about her expe-
rience at the Radisson,
Garoufalis said, “That it’s
more difficult to connect stu-
dents to campus.”
The “disconnect” between
campus life seems to be the
major issue with many stu-
dents at the Radisson.
an issue, Garoufalis also said,
“There is more of an opportu-
nity to become like a commu-
nity [here].”
Some students feel frustrated
living so far from campus.
“Nine miles is a lot to be dis-
connected, and I suffered my
freshmen year,” Nick
Schofield said.
Schofield went on to say that
there is “a good community of
students” at the Radisson.
When told that the price of
living at the Radisson is the
inconvenienced by the
school’s mistake.”
When asked the same ques-
tion, Garoufalis said “There
are plenty of options for stu-
dents [not wanting to live
here].”
The students and administra-
tion are always looking for
ways to make life better on
and off campus for students,
and that includes the Radisson
as well. Last semester, the
Radisson meal plan was a
problem, with many students
points, and a discounted rate
for dining on campus. When
asked about the change, Adam
Dunbar, the Student
Government Association
environment chair, said,
“SGA helped along with stu-
dents in facilitating their senti-
ments about their meal plan.”
This semester security seems
to be the issue.
“Problems are dealt with a
lot differently up here by law
enforcement,” Garoufalis
said. Many students said they
“Cadets at the Radisson
would be beneficial, instead
of calling Nashua Police we
could deal with issues the
same as on campus,” said
Garoufalis. For now the
University registers with the
Radisson on a semester by
semester basis and plans to
continue until a better option
for students develops in the
future.

In
“I will probably apply for a same yearly as living in a sin- complaining about not being feel that there should be more

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P A G E 2 , T H E UM A S S L O W E L L C O N N E C T O R , F E B R U A RY 3, 2 009

Being a 25 year old waitress

O P I N I O N L E T T E R S A R E N O T E D I T E D F O R S P E L L I N G , G R A M M A R O R C O N T E N T

You’re THAT old? And STILL waiting tables?

And before you begin to send
hate mail my way, let me
JOHNNY MARTIN
make a confession to you: I
CONNECTOR EDITOR
was once part of the food
At age 25 you are supposed
Why don’t you just...sell food?
bangable, right? The rigors of
the job plus the habits men- become a profession socially ain’t nothing wrong with that
tioned earlier do a number on accepted only for teens or in my eyes.
AUDREY MANGONE
the face plus all those number young adults, but I really Another reason I give moral
CONNECTOR EDITOR

service industry as well. In four’s at McDonald’s don’t do Last weekend, I met an inter- don’t see why those over the support to those older waiters
to be getting your life togeth-
fact, my first two jobs were a body good, resulting in a big esting, nice, young man dur- age of 25 serving food is out there is this: I really love
er, with a steady career, maybe
being a part of that very indus- ole’ mess. ing a night out on the town viewed as such a negative old people, and old people that
even starting a family. If you
try. Being a bus boy, dish- I totally understand if you are with friends. Only, he wasn’t thing. serve me food really just treat
are spending this time memo-
washer, and then a server and in Los Angeles or New York very young, and some would Waiting is definitely not a job me right. Old women wait-
rizing the menu for the nines
ice cream scooper at two dif- trying to pursue a career in argue that he wasn’t very for everyone; serving food resses are so sweet and
restaurant, you really need to
ferent establishments gave me show biz. However, if you are interesting. takes a lot of patience, and I adorable, and make restaurant
get your priorities in order.
much perspective. in Lowell and still waiting We began chatting, and told know by vicariously living dining all the better.
Let us look at the general
However, part of this per- tables at that age, you should me that he and his band were through many restaurant- Waiting tables, at any age,
duties of being part of a wait
spective is that every server really look in the mirror and out celebrating his 29th birth- working friends, that there are takes patience and kindness.
staff at any number of restau-
over 25 had some sort of prob- reconsider your life. day. More drinks turned into more downs to the job than People who work at restau-
rants. First, you say hi to
lem. Drug addictions, abusive more conversation, and more ups. But still, racking in rants, despite contrary belief,
someone, then you remember
husbands, mental disabilities conversation turned into him money simply from bringing have a future. Even if it
what he or she tells you, then
all ran rampant in the over 25 sharing details about his life food from one place to anoth- involves working long days
you bring him or her his or her
crowd at both establishments. with me. One such detail was er does not seem too shabby. on their feet catering to other
stuff. Realistically and objec-
If you are of a well body and his job; he is a waiter at a Although I do admit that it people’s needs, it is a future.
tively, a 5 year old could do
mind, do you really want to be chain restaurant in Lowell. would be hard to pay for a I have no doubt in my mind
that job.
lumped into these categories? Many women would proba- wedding or support a family that my new friend will make
Sure, you have to balance
I think not. bly tell me that a guy that old on a waiter’s salary, I don’t a very happy life for himself
plates, walk on a slippery

Optimism leads to a happy life

Look back on the last wait- working at a job that low pay- think older waiters- say, 25 waiting at his restaurant. And
floor, and ignore the greasy,
ers/waitresses that you had ing is pathetic; however, I years old or above- are pathet- even if he doesn’t, he always
hairy fry cook’s awkward sex-
been served to that were of the really don’t see anything ic. Sometimes selling food is has that dream of his band
ual advances but technically
older age bracket, how did wrong with it. the quickest, easiest way to making it big to fall back on.
your job is very simple and
they look? Not exactly It seems that waiting has rake in some money, and there
not very rewarding.

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Did you ever notice that peo-
we’re more likely to quit gym with friends,” (taking It is helpful to not take things
ple have different styles to
when things get tough. We responsibility for the positive- personally, and focus on what
explain things- especially
may think pessimistically having hope). you can specifically change.
around challenges that happen
about ourselves, about events, Pessimistic thinking leads Just because you have nega-
to them? Optimism, a ‘Yes I
and take things personally. to feeling passive and deject- tive thoughts doesn’t mean
Can!’ attitude is helpful in
“Everything is going wrong ed, while an optimistic expla- they are true. They may just
making things better. It can
(this is pervasive). It’s just my nation gives you energy. be old, ingrained patterns of
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luck (taking it personally) that When you’re feeling down, thinking. You can change
want and even help maintain
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CONNECTOR COMMENTATOR

LEADERSHIP TEAM That’s ridiculous. That inci-
dent is like a story you
would certainly imagine
KRISTA PERRY
would and does happen but
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF could never happen in reali-
trianism, yet seperates a
man’s belongings into “nor-
mal” and “terrorist” things,
is unfathomable to me and
hopefully to everybody else
times, hopefully caused by
our generation. We ought to
owe 100% of our allegiance
“RYAN”
to our individual concious
and to one another, not to
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What a stupid article. People can

ty to a real-life person. And subjected to this treatment. the finite and disillusioned
AUDREY MANGONE NICHOLAS HUTCHINSON make up whatever they want these
while I am more of a “ter- Thank goodness the admin- beaurocracy of the empire
MANAGING EDITOR OPERATIONS MANAGER days and have it published. I think
rorist” sympathizer than the istration changed, and hope- which is America. Chris,
this guy has been watching too
AMY BUDGE OPEN innocent Chris, I could fully these professional bul- you are a grain of sand in
many episodes of “24”. maybe jack
NEWS EDITOR PRODUCTION MANAGER totally understand their sus- lies will be out of a career the Sahara that is injustice
bower was following him too. what
picion of him from having and working at the local perpetrated by those few
ALAN VERLY OPEN an idiot.
SPORTS EDITOR ADVERTISING MANAGER class with him. That does McDonald’s soon (not that a who hold our power, and let
not mean what this govern- job at McDonalds is dishon- your struggle be a wart on
JOHNNY MARTIN JEANNE BRADLEY orable). However, I do not the ugly, ugly face of
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR ART DIRECTOR ment (not “our” government
any longer) did was right, believe things will change. America’s government.
NICHOLAS HUTCHINSON WILLIAM BRANTON legally, morally, ethically, The government of this George Washington is in
COMICS EDITOR DISTRIBUTION MANAGER etc..; in fact, incidents like country has lost any and all hell watching what his
JESSICA PROVAN DEREK MATIAS this are the reason why 9/11 benefit of the doubt for me handywork go to waste
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P A G E 3, T H E UM A S S L O W E L L C O N N E C T O R , F E B R U A RY 3 , 20 09

A financial crisis on campus A sad Super Bowl without the Pats

dent work, and loans.
Regardless of this commit-
NICHOLAS SCHOFIELD
ment to student funding, some
UMass students are already
CONNECTOR CONTRIBUTOR
What’s it like to watch
A Pell grant, which UMass
Lowell offers as a form of just for the commercials?
financial aid, is a federal grant
that does not have to be student in the Environmental ments,” he said. “I could

With Governor Patrick’s most

feeling the pinch of a failing repaid. The current average Sciences program, said he still watch for hours about what’s
recent budget cuts, over $100
KRISTA PERRY
economy in their loans. for the grant is $4,731 dollars. wanted to watch the game. on the coach of the Steelers’
million will be cut from
“Personally I could care less shopping list.”
AND

Massachusetts colleges and
universities. Funding for all
the schools will be cut by 11.6
Lauren DiBona, a sophomore
English Literature major, said
she did not receive any finan-
The sixteen billion being put
into the grant system is when Pats are playing I don’t
AUDREY MANGONGE
expected to raise that average like them,” he said. “But of
CONNECTOR EDITORS

cial aid this semester. Even up $500 dollars per student. UML students had mixed the 2 teams playing, neither
percent in the next fiscal year.
The Obama stimulus feelings about last Sunday’s get national attention and I
The budget for the five-
package is expected to Super Bowl—some said they think that’s why people don’t
school UMass system
flood out into the econ- will watch because they con- care.”
itself will be cut from
omy within eighteen sider it tradition, some will Sophomore English major
$470 million to $416 mil-
months. Some students watch for the commercials, Dave Grant said that he is not
lion.
who are struggling with as interested in the game with-
These cuts are anticipat-
financial aid do not out a Patriots presence.
ed to do more than just
believe they will see “But I’ll watch it anyway,”
hike fees. Massachusetts
that grant money within he said. “I think the Steelers
colleges and universities
that time span. are going to destroy the
are now faced with cut-
“I think it’s going to Cards.” Gullekson said he also
ting school programs,
take much longer than Alex Chaves, a junior looked forward to this year’s
laying off personnel, and
that,” said Liz mechanical engineering half-time show.
lowering financial aid.
McCarthy, an major, said he is a fan of foot- “I think Bruce Springsteen
However, some schools
Environmental Science ball in general and enjoys will put on a heck of a half-
have stuck by their com-
major. “We need to fix watching the Super Bowl. time show,” he said. “I’m
mitments to financial aid.
other parts of the econ- and some will watch to think “The commercials are the never all that interested in it,
UMass Lowell has also
omy before we see that about what could have been if real entertainment, it’s just but I like Bruce, and he’s been
stuck by that commit-
money come back into the Patriots were involved. another game to me,” he said. doing it for years so he’ll
ment. Associate Director
the school.” Senior political science “And I’m not a huge Pats fan know how to bring it on the
of the Financial Aid
DiBona’s sister, who goes to King is optimistic the money major Ryan Monoco said that anyway.” big stage.”
Office Carole King said that
UMass Amherst, is feeling the will see students once the while he was looking forward Chaves said people should Gullekson said the coaching
any student who applied for
pinch. stimulus is passed. to the game, it won’t be as just watch the game. dynamics will be interesting.
financial aid would receive
“My sister is a hard-working “This will all evolve in the exciting as Super Bowls of “ Just because ‘your’ team “Mike Tomlin is as cool as
some, though the amount will
student,” DiBona said, “But upcoming year,” King said. years past. isn’t in it doesn’t mean you they come on the sidelines but
vary from student to student.
even her loan decreased.” King strongly suggested that “I just plan on watching it at shouldn’t respect the teams I think Ken Whisenhunt will
“We’re lucky because we
In an effort to curve the students apply for financial home with my parents,” he that work harder or get a little be able to pump up his team to
have more access to student
financial downturn has been aid early and take advantage said. “I think the Pats would luckier than ‘yours’ to be in a fervor,” he said.
loans, verses school who work
taking President Obama is of any funding available. have done well in the playoffs the spotlight,” he said. “After the Cards lost to New
with lenders,” King said
pushing an $825 billion dollar “If there’s any concern, come but what can you do, they lost Brian Gullekson, a junior England at the end of the sea-
Currently, 73 percent of the
stimulus package. In the talk to a Financial Aid coun- one too many games.” chemical engineering major, son, he made them practice in
UMass Lowell population
package, over $159 billion is selor,” King said. Monoco said the Patriots’ said he was still very interest- full pads several times a week
receives financial aid and the
being allocated for education. season is still something to be ed in the Super Bowl. in all sorts of weather condi-
school awards over $60 mil-
Sixteen billion of that will go proud of. “There’s kind of an aura tions to make sure they were
lion each year in grants, schol-
to Pell grants, reports the “We still had a phenomenal about the Super Bowl that just ready for everything,”
arships, tuition waivers, stu-
Associated Press. year that we can all be proud calls you to plant your butt on Gullekson said. “It helped
of,” he said. “Hopefully there the couch and stare at hour them in the playoffs, and I
are some good commercials.” after meaningless hour of use- think it will help them in the
Tom Robinson, a senior grad less analysis and crappy seg- Super Bowl.”

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CODY, Wyo. — A man has been cited for public intoxication while riding a white horse during a
snowstorm in the northern Wyoming town of Cody.
Police say they cited 28-year-old Benjamin Daniels after they received a call Sunday afternoon
from a motorist concerned that a man was creating a road hazard by riding his horse on a street
in conditions with poor visibility.
Cody Assistant Police Chief George Menig says officers noticed Daniels was intoxicated after
they stopped him to explain that drivers were having difficulty spotting his slow-moving white
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 Arts and Entertainment
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The Killers tell about this Day & Age
The band played to a sold out crowd of 7,200 in Boston at the Agganis Arena
The Killers played Jan. 26 in Boston.
Your Life” against a cascad-
ing set design of desert ele-
JENN FERNANDES
ments (palm trees included).
The band reinforces the
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The wall of spiraling light
kitsch duality of their home-
behind the stage telescopes
town Las Vegas: bright lights
in to a singular line, as shad-
and flashiness, albeit a city
ows move gaily into their set
stuck in the middle of a bar-
positions. The shadowplay
ren region. The irreverent
ceases and a dramatic calm
nature of the set design
radiates from the crowd, with
becomes evident during the
chanting and yelling becom-
performance of the track
ing distant memories. The
“Neon Tiger,” where an over-
wall of light suddenly ignites
sized animal-print canopy
in apocalyptic fashion.
stalks the interior space
The Killers slash through
behind the band.
the silence with songs off
Yet, the playful set-design
their newest album Day &
points to a larger sentiment
Age. They debut songs
emanating from the stage.
“Spaceman” and “This is
The Killers are having fun as
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they perform! Yes, it may
seem like this emotion
should be integral to any pop
act thrust into the spotlight.
But, for anyone, who saw a
show from their last tour in
support of Sam’s Town, the
feeling was forced.
During the last tour, lead
singer Brandon Flowers
seemed to perpetuate a shear
disconnect from the crowd.
His movements were sup-
pressed and almost calculat-
ed, with a sense of urgency to
get through each song.
However, during the band’s
Jan. 26 show in Boston last
week, Flowers seemed to
spring from the womb of the
stage, fists held high, herald-
ing the Las Vegas showman-
ship that he was bore from.
The band marched through
the evening and rattled
through pop-synth encrusted
songs and funky backbeats,
from the new record. Many
of the songs off Day & Age
seem almost blasphemous in
comparison to the stripped,
The Killers put on a bright and spiritual show.
Slumdog Millionaire
down-trodden, and dusty
sound of Sam’s Town. And
yet, The Killers solider on
with a new record that push-
MATTHEW LOGRASSO
CONNECTOR STAFF
Danny Boyle and Loveleen
Tandan’s cross-cultural gem
has been generating plenty of
Oscar buzz, earning a nomina-
tion for Best Picture. This is
extremely surprising for a
Bollywood film with all of the
period pieces and blatant
Oscar bait that came out this
year.
After viewing the film, it is
easy to see why the academy
is considering the film for its
highest honor, even with the
apparent snubs of Aronofsky’s
The Wrestler and Nolan’s The
Dark Knight not included in
the category. While I am not
going to run out and read the
novel that the movie is based
from, Simon Beaufoy’s
screenplay makes a genuine
and enjoyable experience.
The main story revolves
around an incredible accom-
plishment made by Jamal
Malik (Dev Patel), a poor
teenager living in the slums of
Mumbai. He happens to near-
ly win a million dollars on the
Indian edition of the hit televi-
sion quiz show “Who Wants
To Be A Millionaire.”
Unfortunately, since he is
rather uneducated he is sus-
pected of cheating, and is
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es the pulse of their sound
and live show to dizzying
heights.
Of course, the band ripped
through older favorites
including “Somebody Told
Me,” “Bones,” and “Jenny
Was a Friend of Mine.” But,
on this tour, these tracks
seemed infused with a can-
dor indicative of band just
breaking into the music
scene. All of the band mem-
bers seemed to decant parts
of their soul into each song,
taken into custody and interro-
gated intensely for it.
Throughout the course of the
movie, Jamal reveals to the
police, and to the audience,
the memories he has of defin-
ing experiences of his
extremely rough life that
helped him come up with the
answers on his own, including
his rocky relationship with his
delinquent brother Salim
(Madhur Mittal) and, more
importantly, the love he has
for his childhood crush Latika
(Frieda Pinto).
The art direction and cine-
matography are only mediocre
compared to the other films
out like Benjamin Button, but
there are plenty of cool transi-
tion techniques that make up
for that. You would think that
a plot this complicated would
be a bit hard to swallow, but
Like movies?
as they followed ringmaster
Flowers into a fantastical
auditory oasis.
The Killers ended the night
with a spiritually crescrendo-
ing rendition of “All Things
That I’ve Done.” The song
ripped away the ventricles of
monotony encapsulated
within each audience mem-
ber, and reminded us of
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music’s ability to bring back
color to our sallow souls. The
Killers have come back to
murder the mundane.
believe it or not, all the expe-
riences in Jamal’s life that
lead to him figuring out the
correct answers are actually
pretty plausible, and you real-
ly don’t need too much sus-
pension of disbelief to take
everything in.
Even though the performanc-
es in this movie were well
done by everyone involved
and I found both leads Jamal
and Latika to be very likable, I
thought it would have been
nice to know them a little bet-
ter. Especially in the case of
the love interest Latika, she is
a lead character in the film but
doesn’t get a terribly large
amount of screen time. For a
lead character the viewer
should be treated to some
more screen time to get to
know the character better.
This can be excused, howev-
er, because the movie really
isn’t a character-driven story.
It’s more like a modern-day
fairy tale, complete with an
awesome romance and proba-
bly the second happiest end-
ing I saw in theaters in 2008
(WALL_E is the undisputed
champion in that category).
Speaking of the ending, I have
got to mention that choreo-
graphed musical number (you
know which one). Great end-
ing, or greatest ending?
The iPod’s best kept secret Protest the Hero is Metal’s new hero
P A G E 5, T H E UM A S S L O W E L L C O N N E C T O R , F E B R U A RY 3 , 20 09

most diverse of music collec- weekly. Essentially, these

tions can sometimes feel a bit serve as a pre-recorded radio
JOHNNY MARTIN
stale. shows stored right on your
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For those looking for a bit of iPod, ready to be played at

You’re on a dark desert high-
new music, commentary, your leisure.
way, cool wind in your hair,
news, or even cultural diversi- Below are some of my per-
warm smell of colitas, rising
ty, podcasts are a great feature sonal favorites, which fill a
up in the…ugh Hotel
that is often overlooked. A wide range of interests and
California again? Really?
podcast is a set of audio or topics, shoot over to the
That’s the fifth time! Even
multimedia files that users can iTune’s Music Store to try
with the massive storage size
subscribe to, where they them out.
of Apple’s iPods, even the
arrive at a set time, usually

The B.S Report

with Bill Simmons
Bill Simmons, also brings his friends on
known as “The to talk sports and life
Sports Guy,” is a in general. His
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writer for ESPN and humorous, well-pre-

Fortress is Protest the Hero’s sophomore album.
features his own col- sented, and informa- bender, yet laser-precise, the accompanied by Rody’s ven-
umn on the outlet’s tive podcast is usual- Category: Sports axework on Fortress stands to omous line “The royalty must
DMITRIY GABRIEL
magazine and web- ly updated 2-3 times Created by: ESPN dazzle the most diehard die!” And these are just the
Necrophagist fanatics. first ones to spring to mind.
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site. Simmons’ pod- per week and is a The one-year anniversary of

cast is a conversa- must for the sports the release of Fortress, the But most important of all is Despite the album’s inherent
tion format where he fan. sophomore endeavor by the the songwriting. Too many primal brutality, hooks and
eccentric metal quintet Protest bands string together a dozen melodies are abundant.
the Hero, has arrived. Simply riffs, sprinkle on a few taste- Simply put, listening to
put, this album slays. These less solos, and call it a day. Fortress is pure joy. It’s heavy,
Canadian metal-heads have Protest the Hero makes sure yet catchy and melodic. It’s
struck gold. you get your money’s worth unique and unconventional,
Every aspect of their debut by making the entire album yet is still very much a metal
LP, Kezia, has been fine-tuned flow organically and effort- album. And best of all, it
and polished to near-perfec- lessly. The whole package is a grows on you; the more you
tion. Rody Walker has broad- wild roller-coaster ride, but listen, the more you love.
the ride couldn’t be smoother. Granted, this brand of metal
Wait Wait… ened his vocal horizons to add
rather impressive guttural What makes Fortress special may be just too weird for
Don’t Tell Me! growls to his signature falset- is its fusion of complexity some. Still, I recommend that
This game show guests such as to wails, and the variety cre- with moments so infectious, anyone with interest in music
based on the week’s William Shatner, ates an electrifying contrast that they get stuck in the cra- on the heavier side of the
news is filmed at the Steven King, and that at times sends chills down nium for hours. Take the fin- sonic spectrum to put down
Chase Auditorium in Neil Patrick Harris the spine. ger-twisting guitar-tapped their chains and corpse paint,
Category: News, Humor Chicago and is avail- play games featuring The twin guitar work is jaw intro of “Sequoia Throne” or along with their preconceived
Created by: National able weekly. the week’s news, it is dropping. Spastic and random the savage breakdown two notions, and say hello to a new
minutes into “Bone Marrow” hero in town. 4.5/5

Morality and Truth in the Vengeance Series

Public Radio Featuring comedians a great way to catch like a five-year old on a sugar
such as Tom Bodett up on events and
and Mo Rocca, have some laughs.

ilization and the rise in educa- are stories of people who

tion levels, people have had to
ARTHUR TRAN
hide their rage, hate and
grudges deep within them.
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place the blame for their
actions on others because they
refuse to take on the blame

The Vengeance Trilogy is an

But this does not mean that themselves.” He affirmed the
exemplarily sample of Korean
these emotions go away. As most basic quality of tragedy
foreign films. The series is
relationships become more for the characters, whom are
comprised of three different
and more intricate, the rage inherently good, “have to
movies with a common theme
Onion News
only grows more and more. resort to violence in order to
of human vengeance. They are
While modern society is bur- subjugate their initial guilty
Network a collection composed of
dening the individual with a consciences.”
The Onion’s video include “John Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,
growing sense of rage, the The films are extremely vio-
podcast shows the McCain plans to Oldboy, and Sympathy for
outlets through which people lent due to the nature of
website’s deep col- replace Secret Lady Vengeance. All three are
can release their rage are humanity they explore.
lection of faux-news Service with his own Category: Humor directed by the internationally
becoming narrower.” The However it never reaches the
broadcasts featuring bare fists” and Created by: acclaimed Park Chan-wook.
films artfully explore this same level of grotesque gore
ridiculous stories “China celebrates its TheOnion.com His films have gone on to win
problem as the stories unfold of Saw series.
and inappropriate status as number one a slew of awards including the
before the eyes. The violence inflicted by the
remarks. Past stories air polluter.” Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes
Chan-Wook stated that films characters in the films is
Films Festival.
are more a story of morality understandable and intriguing.
The films are a disturbing
rather than the act of Each depicts the sinister
look into human psyche of
vengeance itself. That each of nature of the human soul
rage, hatred, grudges, and
the main characters from the when it is darkened through
despair. Each film is a story
different movies has a guilty tragic events, which makes
of morality and not about the
conscience and is obsessed that much more disturbing to
act of vengeance itself accord-
with their wrongdoings, watch. It is a series that is
ing to Chan-wook in his inter-
which are committed because entertaining to watch and at
view with The Hollywood
they are inherently unavoid- the end makes you contem-
Reporter. Chan-wook said,
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 Continuations
If I can do this, anyone can
Women’s basketball struggling
to gain momentum
29 GAMES from p.8
of team toughness as the source of the ‘Hawks
recent woes.
“I think we have to get tougher. Honestly if I
had to pick one thing I would say right now it’s
toughness, both mentally and physically. We
has some opportunities down the stretch but we
missed a couple of layups. If those are made it
becomes a different game but we didn’t finish,”
she said.
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By Nicholas Hutchinson
Wow!
Wasnʼt that a fun comic over
there and there and there?
Only one of them is new though.
More people should probably
write and illustrate comics and
then send them to:
Connector@uml.edu
The River Hawks last win came against
Southern Connecticut on Jan 14, since then
they‘ve lost five in a row by an average of 7.2
points. The recent sub-par of junior forward
Jen Valente has been a major hit to the team,
who rely on her to set the pace offensively. The
‘Hawks leading scorer finished the game with
2 points from 1-3 shooting.
Things will not get easier for the team when
the ‘Hawks (7-13) face 13-9 Bentley College
on the road Wednesday Feb 4.
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Despite BU having his number, Hutton is road trip ready

ICE HOCKEY

“I think we got the monkey off our back in

Maine. I think that is a place our school has not
KYLE KNOX
won in a while,” he said. “I think we took pride in
CONNECTOR STAFF

The team bus for the UMass Lowell hockey
team endured a lot of traveling since December,
and there is no sign of let up as they have several
road games the second half of the season. Eight
of the past ten games have been either on the road
or a neutral site. There is no sign of let up as six
of the next seven games will be on the road before
they finish the season with three games at home.
River Hawks goalie Carter Hutton knows that
this road trip has been a series of ups and downs.
The River Hawks lost their first five games dur-
ing the road trip. The only highlight of that stretch
being when they had a chance to go to the NHL
Outdoor Classic in Chicago.
“We had that six game losing streak we lost a lot
of one goal games,” He said. “But lately we have
been playing well. I think that is huge getting
back on track for this time of year, because it
makes a huge difference in our league,” he said.
One of the key factors to the turnaround lately
has been the ability to win close games. Four of
those five losses were games decided by one goal.
Since the game on NESN against Boston
College, UMass Lowell is 4-1-0, all games decid-
ed by one goal.
“The turnaround has not been from anything
major,” Hutton said. “We have a couple more
pucks go our way, and have been able to stay in
close games. We are just finding ways to win and
that is the most important thing.”
Of all the arenas the ‘Hawks have to play in the
rest of the season Hutton feels as though none of
them are the worst arena to play in. After earning
a 3-2 victory last Friday night in Orono against
our win, and I hope that we can build off of that.”
Although he considers Alfond Arena in Maine
the toughest to win in it seems as though Carter
has had the worst luck against Boston University.
A team that Hutton and the rest of the ‘Hawks
will encounter soon.
The team continues their road trip Friday night
as they take on Boston University at Agganis
Arena. After suffering an injury in November
against the Terriers, Hutton made his return in
December at Agganis Arena in a 3-2 loss. Hutton
took over for an injured Nevin Hamilton despite
not being completely ready to play.
“I was tagged the emergency backup that week
which was kind of a joke because I was not sup-
posed to be ready until after Christmas,” he said.
“I was semi-ready, but when I get into the game,
I try not to think about that stuff.”
As if that was not enough bad luck against one
team, Carter had an incident where the BU fans
had his number…literally.
“Being the goalie there you are such an easy tar-
get. Last year in the playoffs I skated out and my
cell phone number is written across the glass,”
Hutton said. “After the game I had a couple hun-
dred missed calls, and voicemails. It was unbe-
lievable.”
Despite these incidents and student sections
from other schools on his case, Carter Hutton
refuses to let the fans get to him on the road.
“I take a lot of verbal abuse, but it makes the
game fun,” he said. “But we are a young team.
We try not to worry about it. We just go in igno-
rant to it, and come in and try to play our game.”

Blue Fan Group has Cameron Crazies aspirations

the University of Maine, Carter considers the vic-
tory there a relief.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Free t-shirts are not going to the regular season title and we responsibility and we are in a
be the only thing fans can look have been fortunate to have very tough conference and we
JULIO TEJEDA
forward to for the game.There won 12 games in a row, we can’t look at five games ahead
The River Hawks men’s bas- will also be a chance for one have confidence but we are of us, we have to look at
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ketball team will be hosting
the Blue Fan Group game of
the Week on Feb. 10 against
Stonehill College to promote
the school’s transition to blue
as the main color.
First year Head Coach Greg
Herenda encourages fans to
come and support their team
lucky fan to win $10,000 if
they make a lay-up, free
throw, three-pointer , and a
half court shot within a 30
seconds limit.
The school wants to build a
strong sense of spirit for their
home games such as that of
the “Cameron Crazies” of
night where we start to get a
has ramifications, so every
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going to need to learn how to
win these big games in
February and I really believe
our kids are going to be up to
the challenge,” he said.
The top five teams in the
conference are currently sepa-
rated by half a game including
the ‘Hawks which are current-
what’s in front of us at this
moment.” He said.
Herenda doesn’t believe in
setting goals for his team
based on wins and losses, but
the attendance number is an
important one to him.
He wants all of the fans, stu-
dents, faculty, and staff to

against a tough opponent
which as of last Friday are 4th
in the conference with an 11-4
NE-10 record.
“Right now we are in a tran-
sition of going to blue as our
main color and we are going
to be giving away blue t-
shirts, we are hopefully going
to have the school band here
to try and bang the place out
and get everyone excited,”
Herenda said.
Duke University.
Coach Herenda doesn’t
know if the home games can
get quite to an atmosphere on
par with Duke, but believes
anything is possible.
“I think our players deserve
that kind of support, I don’t
know if we can ever be like
the Cameron Crazies but they
had to start somewhere and
we need to start that. I think
the Blues night might be the
lot of excitement, spirit, and
tradition back to our pro-
gram.”
Herenda has the team
focused in a “one game at a
time” mentality and doesn’t
want to overlook the oppo-
nents leading towards the
showdown on Feb. 10.
“Every single game right
now is a huge game in regards
to getting the best seed in the
tournament, every game now
game is important and we
have been talking to our play-
ers about that since day one,”
he said.
Herenda acknowledges that
the remaining games are
going to be an uphill battle
that can determine where the
team ends up in the standing
at the end of the regular sea-
son.
“There are clearly five teams
in this league that can all win
ly tied for first in the same
conference that they were
picked to finish 12th in the
pre-season poll.
It’s possible for the ‘Hawks
to head into the game with a
15-game winning streak,
something that Herenda and
his team are not focused on.
“We have put ourselves in a
position where every game
down the stretch is now a big
game, with success comes
come out, pack Costello Gym,
and support their team as the
Blue Fan Group.
“I love to see a full house, I
told my players that I’m going
to get them one full house this
year and I’m hoping that the
Stonehill (game) is the first
one, I think when there’s a lot
of people in that gym and we
have our students behind us
we are going to be very diffi-
cult to beat.”

29-game win streak against SNHU snapped

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

ALAN VERLY
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday was a clear indication of how

much this has been a season of turmoil
for the River Hawks women’s basketball
team, as they lost to a team for the first
time since Clinton was president and
Coolio was still relevant.
Senior center Revital Carmon tallied 13
points and 12 rebounds, but it wasn’t
enough to help overcome the Southern
New Hampshire University Penmen, who
handed the River Hawks their fifth
straight loss with a 67-58 win Saturday at
the Costello Athletic Center.
The victory for the Penmen snapped a
29-game losing streak against the ‘Hawks
that began almost 14 years ago in 1995.
SNHU senior guard Stephanie Houghton
led all scorers with 18 points along with
JESSICA PROVAN/CONNECTOR Mark Roebothan
five steals.
Despite a strong first half, the ‘Hawks’ defense buckled in the second.
lead. The ‘Hawks went into halftime a 43-62 lead with 4:52 remaining in the
Ice Hockey - Forward
The ‘Hawks struggled to establish ball
down 30-26 despite leading the Penmen game. Intense play by ‘Hawks guard
control early on, committing 7 of their 11
Senior
in points in the paint (18-16), second sophomore guard Tamaria Menefee who
first half turnovers within the first five
Hometown: St. John’s, NL
chance points (10-4), and production off finished with 5 points and 3 steals
minutes of play. The team enjoyed their Last Friday against the fifth goal of the season
the bench (12-5). allowed the team to momentarily claw
first lead on the day after a 3-point play University of Maine, and third in the last two
SNHU were able to score easier baskets their way back into the contest, but it was
by sophomore guard Krissy Little made Roebothan made it a 2-1 games. Roebothan scored
in the second half, as the ‘Hawks didn’t too little too late as the penmen closed out
the score 10-9 with 9:44 remaining in the River Hawks lead during two goals in the third peri-
defend nearly as well as they did in the the ‘Hawks for a 67-58 victory.
half. The Penmen regained the lead with Maine's fifth power play od against Merrimack on
first half. The Penmen went on a 15-5 Head coach Kathy O’Neill points to lack
a Houghton jumper and continued to of the game. It was his Jan. 24.
run, capped off with a bucket by junior
widen the margin after a layup by senior
forward Julia Houghtaling that gave them
guard Alyssa Whitney gave them a 14-22 See 29 GAMES p. 7