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CHARGER BULLETIN The official student newspaper of the University of New Haven since 1938. Volume 97, Issue 15| February 3, 2016 | West Haven, Conn.
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MUSIC
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UNH strives to become a “heartsafe” campus P.2
Students complain about feeling unsafe on campus P.4
Staff Writer Paul Carbonella reviews Macklemore’s “White Privilege II” P.7
Film Editor Ben lists the upcoming movies for 2016 P.9
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Coaches vs. Cancer
The University of New Haven Men’s Basketball Team Partnered with Colin’s Crew to Combat Cancer By RILEY KNEBES
STAFF WRITER RKNEB1@NEWHAVEN.EDU
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n Saturday, Jan. 30, the University of New Haven men’s basketball team held its annual Coaches vs. Cancer game. The Chargers played against the Saint Anselm Hawks at 1:30 p.m. Coaches vs. Cancer aims to raise awareness and help make a difference in the fight against cancer. It is a nationwide program which works with the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The goal of the event is to get everyone on the same team; coaches, athletes, and fans in the community, all for a good cause. On Saturday, spectators were
The Men’s Basketball team and Colin’s Crew (Photo obtained via the UNH Men’s Basketball Facebook)
able to donate to the Wall of Hope in the Charger Gymnasium, which went toward the American Cancer Society and Colin’s Crew. The funds donated to the American Cancer Society will
be put toward research programs that help understand, prevent, and find cures for cancer. Colin’s Crew is a program whose goal is to help support families dealing with childhood
cancer. Colin Westbrook was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when he was two years old. As a result, Colin’s Crew was originally created to give financial and emotional
cruitment for the first time says “Having such amazing individuals as my sisters, who have been working hard to build up this organization, made recruitment week seem less stressful. We worked together as a team and put in countless hours of work and planning. Seeing our 23 new members on bid day and seeing who came ‘home’ to ASA brought me nothing but joy to finally see how much our hard work paid off.” She continued on, encouraging others to look at the positives involved with Greek life and sharing her own experiences with Greek life at UNH. “I think Greek life on the UNH campus is great. Getting involved in Greek life gives you the opportunity to get involved, meet other individuals, and helps you to even grow
as a person. For me personally, being in ASA has helped me to better manage my time, stay on top of my schoolwork, and has helped me to learn how to become a leader.” Recruitment was slightly interrupted by the snow, which caused cancellations the Saturday and Sunday information sessions, but the rest of the week went on as planned. The women were encouraged to “dress to impress” on the first night by UNH’s Panhellenic committee. Throughout the week the women were broken into groups and lead to each sorority by Rho Gammas, who were active sisters of Phi Sigma Sigma, Chi Kappa Rho, and Delta Phi Epsilon that “gave up their letters to help [others] find their home” during the course of recruitment. Alpha
Sigma Alpha members did not have sisters act as Rho Gammas this semester because they felt it was better for all sisters to participate in recruitment as an active member once. On the first night, the women went to open houses for each of the four sororities to learn about each of them, the second night they went back to each sorority to learn more about them, and then they rated them on which they would most and least like to return to. Brianna Hill, a sophomore majoring in forensic science who accepted a bid to Delta Phi Epsilon, said “The great thing about going through formal recruitment was being able to see all the great things that each organization does.” By Wednesday night the prospective members would
support to the Westbrook family during Colin’s battle with cancer. Now, Colin’s Crew has transformed into a program that not only aims to help the Westbrook family, but other families in similar situations as well. This won’t be the first time that UNH has teamed up to support Colin’s Crew. The UNH baseball team was the first to meet Colin through a program called Team Impact, a local organization which pairs up collegiate teams and children with life threatening illnesses. In 2014, the UNH baseball team participated in the Whipping childhood cancer challenge, where Colin and his sister, Maddie, threw pies in the players’ in the face. The UNH baseball team has also participated in the Polar Plunge to raise money for Colin’s Crew.
UNH Sororities Welcome 77 New Members
By SAMANTHA HIGGINS & TAKEISHA SINCLAIR
STAFF WRITERS CHARGERBULLETIN@NEWHAVEN.EDU
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he week of Jan. 25 was Panhellenic sorority recruitment week at the University of New Haven. Out of the 105 women who went out for recruitment, 77 were extended bids to for the four sororities on campus: Phi Sigma Sigma, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Phi Epsilon and Chi Kappa Rho sororities. Lauren Houston, a junior majoring in criminal justice and founding member of Alpha Sigma Alpha here at UNH, who participated in formal re-
only return to their top three choices. Thursday was preference night for each sorority, and that was the night that the students would only return to two sororities. Friday was the day that the women would be extended their bids and find their “home.” Jacqueline Marie Teixeira, senior who is studying criminal justice with a concentration in forensic psychology and a member of Delta Phi Epsilon, shared that her sorority “had an amazing recruitment” and that “ we had such a great group of girls come out to, not only our organization, but to all of the Panhellenic organizations this spring.” She, too, shared positive outlooks on Greek life saying how excited she was to see See RECRUITMENT page 2
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Five Day Campus Forecast
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Feb. 3 Rain High of 55° Low of 37° Chance of Rain: 100%
Feb. 4 Partly Cloudy High of 45° Low of 29° Chance of Rain: 10%
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Feb. 5 AM Clouds/ PM Sun High of 41° Low of 26° Chance of Rain: 10%
Feb. 6 Mostly Sunny High of 42° Low of 30° Chance of Rain: 0%
Feb. 7 Wintry Mix High of 42° Low of 25° Chance of Rain: 60%
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UNH Greek life grow with all of the women who accepted bids during recruitment this spring semester. “As a whole, Greek life at UNH is a great opportunity to not only get involved on campus, but it also allows you to gain great leadership skills to succeed in not only your organization, but all of what UNH has to offer and even for the future,” Teixeira said. On Bid Day, “women who received bids met in Bucknall Theater to find out who it was from” says Sarah Squatriglia, the graduate intern in the Office of Student Activities who assisted with recruitment throughout the week. When the students, arrived they not only
The new members of Delta Phi Epsilon (top left), Phi Sigma Sigma (top right), Alpha Sigma Alpha (bottom left) and Chi Kappa Rho (bottom right) (Photo obtained via UNH Panhel Facebook)
found out who their new sisters were, but their Rho Gammas also re-
vealed what organization they were members of. Alex Erdman, a fresh-
man majoring in political science major recruitment overwhelming at first, but
said that as she was able to get to know the organizations better she felt
most comfortable with ASA. On Bid Day she said she was “so excited and happy I was literally crying.” After the festivities in Bucknall Theater, women were then walked over to the German club where all the sisters of each organization were waiting in different corners of the room for their new sisters to run through the doors and “come home.” After that, each organization was free to do their own, individual Bid Day celebrations. For Hill, Bid Day was exciting because she had been wanting to go Greek for a long time, saying that getting her bid to DPhiE was like “being welcomed home” and that her sisters “make her feel so welcomed and important.”
UNH Health Services “Goes Red for Women” By SAMANTHA HIGGINS
ASSISTANT EDITOR SHIGG2@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU
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he University of New Haven is encouraging people to “Go Red for Women,” a campaign that is being sponsored by the American Heart Association. They are asking people to wear red on Feb. 5, and all Fridays in February, to support awareness of Heart Disease in women. The campaign not only requests that you wear red to support women with heart disease but also invites people from all across the country to speak up and learn the facts about heart disease, but one fact being “know your numbers,” in regards to your blood pressure.
Health Services’ Paula Cappuccia shares that the healthy numbers you are encouraged to know are “a total cholesterol below 200 and blood pressure of 120/70,” though she does advise that blood pressure can vary from patient to patient. In partnership with this campaign, UNH’s Health Services is encouraging people to come in to Health Services to have their blood pressure taken so that they will “know their numbers.” The university also offers CPR/Automated External Defibrillators (AED) certification training classes. Future trainings times will be sent to your UNH emails. The
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trainings include hands on sections, lessons about signs and symptoms, and how to hook up and use an AED. UNH is striving to become one of the first to be titled a “Heartsafe Campus” in Connecticut by adding AED’s to campus buildings. Cappuccia said “our goal is to have one machine in each building.” Fire Marshall Chris Reed, the chairman of the “Heartsafe” committee, says that the AEDs must be “within three minute walk,” meaning there and back from any heart emergency that may arise on campus. The university is also See GO RED page 2
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Charger News
New Commuter Meal Plan Makes Food More Accessible to All Students
Charger Poll
Would you rather have your meal swipes include lunch at Bartels or always be guaranteed a parking spot on campus?
By RILEY KNEBES
Parking Maddie DePrima, junior
STAFF WRITER RKNEB1@NEWHAVEN.EDU
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tarting this spring semester, two new meal plan options are available for commuter students at the University of New Haven. The first plan, called Udine385, includes $385 Dining Dollars and 20 meal swipes. The total cost per semester is $560. The second plan, called Udine560, includes $560 Dining Dollars and 40 meal swipes. The total cost per semester is $950. Both plans come with a bonus of 5 and 10 guest meal passes respectively. This way, students can invite family or friends to eat at The Marketplace or FoD. Creating a commuter meal plan is something
that UNH has been wanting to do for a while now, according to Jennifer Guillotte, marketing specialist. Part of the reason that the commuter meal plan has been added is to make it easy for everyone to eat, not just those living on campus. Sodexo and UNH started collaborating about different options for the meal plan last December. The final decision happened before the new spring semester, making it available when students returned from winter break. Kimara Walker, current sophomore and soon-tobe commuter student said that the meal plan “seems like a really good idea,” and that “this is great for
those that want to get a quick bite to eat.” UNH now has six total meal plan options for the growing needs of the University students. The open enrollment period for the spring semester closed on Jan. 29, but it isn’t too early to be thinking about your meal plan for the fall semester. “It’s nice to have the opportunity to have a meal plan while not living directly on campus. To be able to find food more accessible than just packing food for the day, especially after a long day of classes and sports practice,” said Rob Flanigan, Savin Court resident.
Parking Aida Aponte, senior
Parking Amanda Donnelly, senior
Lunch swipe Marina Jube, sophomore
Parking Glory Smith, senior
Lunch swipe Annalisa Berardinelli, senior
Lunch swipe Cassandra Charles, junior
Parking Jerome Ware, senior
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working on achieving other criteria, including having 10 percent of all faculty, staff, and student employees CPR/ AED certified, and having a written Emergency Action Plan. Anyone who has questions regarding UNH’s proactive movement towards becoming a state
certified HeartSafe campus can contact the UNH Fire Marshall Chris Reed, the chairman of the HeartSafe Committee, at creed@ newhaven. edu.
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Best Ways for College Students to Earn Some Extra Cash By KAITLIN MAHAR
OPINION EDITOR KMAHA1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU
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e all know the plight of being the living, breathing realization of the “broke college student” stereotype, but what can we actually do about it? Few of us can handle balancing a fulltime job with a regular course schedule, but even part time jobs don’t always make enough money for us to get by. Here are some ways us students can make a little cash without completely losing our minds. Take some online surveys. I once took a survey where I had to listen to the radio every morning for three days and comment on whether the morning show I listened to was any good. In return? I got a $75 gift card to Amazon. While you may not always be getting huge gift cards, there are also websites that will credit a dollar or two to your account for taking
a short survey, and then you can use your account to redeem your balance for gift cards. (And, as an added bonus, you can also sell those gift cards online for a huge percentage of what the card is worth not bad for just sharing your opinions!) Write. Working on a huge research paper, or two, or three? Well, there are websites like Listicle that pay you to write articles, as long as they’re factually-based and you can name your sources. While it might be a lot of work to just do regularly, if you’re already working on the subject for a class, it’s a win/win. Participate in test studies. Besides the infamous Yale alcohol studies, which, while a college student’s dream, aren’t easy to get into, there are other local studies as well. You can even test out products for local companies, from shampoos and moisturizers, to soup and tea, and get paid a pretty good chunk of change. Sell your stuff. Obviously, I’m not talking about selling your laptop or that pair of beats your parents got you for Christmas, but there are local consignment shops that will gladly take that ugly sweater your exgirlfriend’s parents gave
you for your birthday! Whether you want to just drop your stuff off at a consignment shop and get a percentage of the proceeds when it sells, or you want to sell your stuff yourself through websites like craigslist and eBay, this is a great way to declutter and make a little cash at the same time (which you can then use to buy more clutter). Give lessons. Everybody has something you’re good at, whether it’s science, or music, or even being able to lift things up and put them down. Ever hear of the company College Hunks Hauling Junk? Well, they saw market for people needing things to be moved for a low price and they acted on it. Whether you’re really good at tutoring people struggling with English classes, or you know how to teach a 12-year-old how to play piccolo, you can always utilize that skill and get paid to share it! (Unless your special skill is having sex… Please don’t do that for money.) If you have any other ideas on how to save money, or one of these suggestions worked for you, feel free to let us know! You can tweet us, post on our Facebook, or email us at chargerbulletin@newhaven.edu!
I Don’t Feel Safe On Campus and This Is Why By ANONYMOUS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER CHARGERBULLETIN@.NEWHAVEN.EDU
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This week my friends and I witnessed an altercation on campus late at night. What at first appeared to be a male student attacking a female student turned out to be a male student restraining his female friend who was in hysterics. Regardless, my friends and I reacted; we used the blue emergency tower to call for help, and one of us ran down the hill to the campus police station to report what we had seen. I’m relieved my friend saw what was happening and responded appropriately. I’m relieved we had the sense to run to campus police, to call for help. I’m relieved that my friend is an EMT, and that she knows how to react in these situations. Most importantly, I’m relieved that we were there, because the situation could have ended very badly if we hadn’t been. However, I’m in shock at the way the situation was handled by campus police. I believe that students should not be responsible to do the job that a police officer is trained to do. Perhaps when the campus police officers are trained, they are told not to touch students, and if that is the case, then I accept it. However, I don’t think it was appropriate for my friends to be the ones to hold down a girl who was kicking, scratching
and biting. While I’m not sure what the protocol is in these situations, my opinion is that police officers shouldn’t leave four students unattended with a person who had exhibited violent tendencies not minutes before, yet that is what happened. What is most shocking—and frightening—of all is the fact that the blue emergency tower located next to Bayer Hall doesn’t work properly, and campus police is fully aware of this. After my friends and I told the officer we had trouble using the emergency phone, the officer took us over to the tower to test it. Before testing it, he radioed to the dispatcher to let her know he was about to make a test call. She responded, saying that it hadn’t been working for a while, and that she needed to put in a work order for it. The police officer was visibly taken aback by this information, but the dispatcher spoke of it as though it was common knowledge. That is horrifying. We are told time and time again that help is always there for us in times of emergency. To learn that one of our lifelines doesn’t work and that nothing is being done about it is very scary. What if we had been farther away from campus police? What if we had been by Westside Hall, or
by the Forest apartments? We were lucky that we were where we were at the time, and we’re lucky that, through the shock and the adrenaline rush, we were able to respond appropriately. From the moment we step on this campus as prospective students, we’re told about those blue emergency towers. Those blue towers are the shining beacons that put our minds at ease as we’re walking back to our dorms from the library late at night. Those blue towers make us feel safe, and I refuse to accept that they are nothing but an illusion of security that can quickly dissipate into thin air the moment they need to be used. However, since the time of this incident, the blue emergency phone has been fixed, and I’m grateful for that. I’m writing this not because I want to complain, and not because I want to cause trouble. I’m writing this because I want to make sure that everyone on this campus, myself included, is in a safe environment, because after what I witnessed, I don’t feel safe anymore. You can’t change the situations that arise on campus, but you can change the way you respond to them, and I am begging you to make these changes.
The American Dream is Dead, and We Killed Her By KAITLIN MAHAR
OPINION EDITOR KMAHA1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU
––––––––––––––––––––– We hear about it all the time. The man who grew up in a small apartment with his middle class parents and six siblings who went on to build an oil empire that still stands strong today. The woman who went from being an at-risk youth being raised by her grandmother in the deep South to becoming an award-winning talk show host, philanthropist, author, and magazine publisher, among other achievements. These stories are world-renowned, putting America on the map as the land of opportunity. Millions come to
the United States with the same goal in mind, and while the specifics of that goal have evolved over the years, from a house with a white picket fence and pot roast on Sundays, to inventing the next big app or gadget and earning billions of dollars overnight, the idea of finding and achieving the “American Dream” has stayed the same. However, the fact of the matter is that the American Dream, the beautiful, elusive temptress that has inspired many a poem, movie, and, yes, iPhone, has been nothing but a nonexistent, metaphorical corpse that has been rotting for decades. Sure, there’s the occasional story of the college
student who invented the most popular social media platform in the world, but the problem is that so many people from the outside world come to America with this idea in mind, only to eventually be hit with the stark, cold reality that they left their homes and countries in the pursuit of happiness and success, only to live in a shabby studio apartment and work multiple jobs just to make ends meet. This is the reality for most Americans, not the lucky few who were in the right place at the right time, or whose parents knew somebody to help further their child’s career. Everybody hears about the hundreds of success stories of those
who saw their dreams come to fruition, but nobody hears about the millions of stories of the people whose dreams never saw the light of day. And maybe that’s because these stories are a dime a dozen. Or, maybe they’re too depressing. Maybe the fact of the matter is that nobody cares. Perhaps, it’s a combination of the three. However, even if people don’t like talking about these harsh realities, if they even talk about them at all, everybody knows in their heart of hearts that those stories are far more common, and it doesn’t take much searching to find them. If the American Dream existed, the situation would be differ-
ent, and the stories of success would be far more plentiful than those of failure. Immigrants who came here hoping for a better, freer life wouldn’t be working multiple dead-end jobs just to send whatever little they have left over to their families back home. Healthcare wouldn’t be a luxury that only some could afford. People wouldn’t know that selling their bodies would earn them a better living than working hard and paying their dues. College students wouldn’t be having panic attacks trying to figure out how they’re supposed to find a job after college that can support them and help pay off their astronomical student loans.
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Americans’ idealism constructed the idea of the American Dream, calling to her tired, her poor, her huddled masses yearning to breathe free. However, it is the greed of those people who just so happened to be Americans, who achieved their dreams, that caused the opportunity for others to reach their individual American dream to crumble into the dust polluting our air and filling our lungs, only to choke us with the truth that we are not special and life is simply not fair. After all, if it were, then the American Dream wouldn’t be just a dream, would it?
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Yearly Budget
Hello Chargers,
Yearly Budget will be released February 15 and due March 22 at 11:59PM
First things first: you’re awesome. That being said, I hope you had a great first week of classes and I hope you’re ready for an exciting semester! Though the semester just started, be mindful to not let time escape you, because there’s a lot going on and we wouldn’t want you to miss out on anything.
Yearly Budget Training Sessions: 2/16/16 9:00-10:00PM K109 2/23/16 9:00-10:00PM K109 3/1/16 9:00-10:00PM K109 3/8/16 9:00-10:00PM K109 2/17/16 9:00-10:00PM Faculty Dining 2/24/16 9:00-10:00PM Faculty Dining 3/2/16 9:00-10:00PM Faculty Dining 3/9/16 9:00-10:00PM Faculty Dining 2/19/16 12:30-1:30PM K107 2/26/16 12:30-1:30PM K107 3/4/16 12:30-1:30PM K107 3/11/16 12:30-1:30PM K107 We are doing this to HELP you! The President, Treasurer, or whoever is doing the budget is strongly recommended to come to at least once. I recommend getting a future member of your eboard or club involved in this process! We want you to be successful next year and this is how we can help you!
Applications for the upcoming USGA Election are on USGA’s Charger Connection page and are due on Feb. 12. The available positions include USGA President, USGA Treasurer and USGA Senator (for next semester). If you are at all interested in representing the student body, please consider applying for a position. If there are any questions regarding the application process, please do not hesitate to ask. You can reach me at USGApresident@newhaven.edu, or drop by the Office of Student Activities. I am looking forward to everything this semester has in store for us, and I hope you are too! Have a great week, Chargers! Sincerely, James Kielar USGA President
Any USGA related questions? Feel free to contact USGApresident@newhaven. edu or USGATreasurer@newhaven.edu
+ The good news is that nothing especially noteworthy happened, good or bad, this past week. (As they say, “no news is good news”) + The better news is that I don’t have to write about it, and you suckers still have to read it.
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Sincerely, Anna Berardinelli USGA Treasurer
Charger Battery
By Kaitlin Mahar
- The Richard Rotella sightings were minimal this week, but, based on former USGA President Rotella’s choice of attire, this may be because he’s working on a oneman show of Gilligan’s Island. Tune in for more on E! News tonight at 8. - If the Apartment Shuttles could get it together, that’d be nice.
The Battery Charge Be kind to one another.
Ask Melanie
Dear Mathlete Marsha,
Dear Melanie,
Help. I already feel like I’m not going to do well in any of my classes this semester. I feel like they are extremely hard and that I’m not going to make it. What do I do? I’m a math major and nobody can help me.
That’s no way to go into the semester! You have to have a positive attitude with your classes, otherwise you’re going to bring yourself and your grades down. If you find yourself struggling, visit the CLR or your academic advisor in your dorm! Don’t worry. Stay positive and pull through!!
XOXO,
Sincerely, Mathlete Marsha
Melanie
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fied the sorts of problems Lamar was talking about. ––––––––––––––––––––– Macklemore even ended up apologizing to Lamar on Instagram, saying, “I Robbed You.” The culture vulture reputation has t’s difficult to discuss hovered over Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ body of Macklemore these days without being reminded of work since. But now, Macklemore the 56th Grammy Awards has returned from downin 2014 when he self-adtown to tackle the issue of mittedly “robbed” Kenrace head-on with “White drick Lamar of the Best Rap Album award. Critics Privilege II.” It begins with the emergence of reand musicians alike took to Twitter and other social verb-washed choral chants by Jamila Woods and jazz media in protest, citing Mackelmore’s manicured trumpet and piano warmly fading in. The instrumenimage as a “safe” rapper tal is scarce; the song as the reason his record, The Heist, won the award. serves more as a spokenword performance than a But the issue extended traditional rap song, with past the rapper’s image, Macklemore’s verses at and reached the heart the forefront. of the problem: KendThe song begins at a rick Lamar’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City was a con- Black Lives Matter rally, where the white narrator cept record dealing with the socioeconomic factors asks, “Thinking if they in America serving to op- can’t, how can I breathe?/ press African-Americans. Thinking if they chant, what do I sing?” Even though MacklMacklemore clearly emore’s “Same Love” understands the popular addressed homophobia, arguments against white The Heist was primarily an entertaining record that privilege: “The one thing the American Dream fails wasn’t purposely trying to mention/ Is I was many to express any political steps ahead to begin with” or social commentary or “America feels safe (its highest-selling single with my music in their was about going to thrift stores). In many ways, the systems/ It suited me perGrammy Awards exempli- fect/ The role, I fulfilled it” are good examples of
this inward thinking. He knows which rhetoric to use and the proper context in which to use it, questioning his place within the culture of hip-hop: “Am I on the outside looking in, or am I on the inside looking out?” This seems wellintentioned. After all, it’s a big risk for an artist like Macklemore to put out this type of song as a pre-release single for his upcoming album, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made. It also doesn’t feel like an attempt to regain a reputation for cultural legitimacy. The issue with “White Privilege II” is that Macklemore is ultimately too misguided in his quest to both educate others and find his own place that he nearly misses the point of his own song: the privileged white man cannot ethically speak for people of color. “White Privilege II” is, at its core, about Macklemore’s conflict as a white hip-hop artist who understands the politics behind Black Lives Matter and white privilege and possesses the platform to speak out about these issues, but is unsure of his role in doing so. But that is exactly what he’s done throughout
the song—use his own privilege to place himself in the foreground of the issue, knowingly or not. He faced similar complaints for “Same Love,” which was accused of being too hetero-centric. Overall, the song is not disingenuous in its intentions, but fails to address the fact that Macklemore, as much as he doesn’t want to, is indeed playing the “white savior” card a bit too strongly, whether or not he’s aware of it. He may not be subject to the criticisms of racial appropriation like Iggy Azalea was, but Macklemore certainly needs to make some large decisions with This Unruly Mess I’ve Made. Will he continue to penetrate the realms of “issue-rap,” or will he decide it’s best to stick with the fun “safe” music which gave him this platform to begin with?
the La Jolla Playhouse in California and opened to extremely positive reviews. In April 2015, the entire production transferred to the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey. There hasn’t been much on the future of this production, but the cast album is a magnificent remembrance of the two productions. Based on the 1996 film, original lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin, and Disney’s Pocahantas) and composer Alan Menken (Disney’s The Little
Mermaid, Aladdin, and Newsies) set out to revise what they had written for Disney. Using a new book by Peter Parnell, and a few new songs, this brand new musical version of Hunchback was darker than the animated feature that had come years before it. While keeping songs from the original film, the story became truer to the story in Victor Hugo’s novel. The opening song of the album (Olim) is sang by a 32-person choir, entirely in Latin. Olim
is seamlessly followed by “The Bells of Notre Dame.” “The Bells” is also the opening song of the Disney film, but it has been expanded to include Frollo’s backstory, including the reason he must raise his nephew, whom he names Quasimodo, to mean “half-formed”. The ensemble tells the story, addressing the audience. Patrick Page, who plays Frollo, brings so much power to the role, and though you can’t visually tell by watching him, it’s
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For fans of Disney’s animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the studio cast recording of the new musical is a real treat. You may be thinking: I didn’t know that Hunchback had been rewritten for the stage. You probably wouldn’t be the only one. The musical premiered in America for the first time in late 2014, at
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lassical music is a portion of the musical spectrum that is often written off and misunderstood. The stereotypical image of old men sitting around with archaic instruments, poofy clothes, and powdered wigs always springs to mind. There are actually many different eras and sub-classifications to (western) classical music that can vary greatly from the Bachs, Beethovens, and Mozarts that we often think of. These differing derivatives of so-called “art music” (where the music supposedly more serious or erudite, as opposed to popular music, where its purpose is purported solely to entertain and considered, by many, to be a “lower form of art”) each have their own quirks and specialties in regards to instrumentation, performance, and the like.For this week, I assembled works from various composers throughout history. My personal favorite era of classical music is that of the Romantic period (c. 1780-1910). Music of this time sits at this wonderful turning point where composers began to break away from musical formulas and conventions that were previously viewed almost as law during the preceding eras. At the same time,
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music of the Romantic time period still remains consonant and does not try to push the envelope and challenge perceptions quite to the degree that the Modern and Contemporary periods, which immediately supersede it, does. Music of the Romantic era also heavily features the modern piano (replacing the more subdued pianoforte) and more complicated and unexpected harmonies, deviating from the keys of pieces much more than was allowed in the Baroque or Renaissance periods. One composer that bridged the gap between the Romantic and Modern eras was Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky is considered by many to be one of the most important composers of this time period and often recognized for his incredible stylistic diversity. His most famous piece, The Right of Spring, is a ballet that is noted as the very turning point towards Modern music. At the premiere of this piece (May 29, 1913) the audience even rioted, and historians debate as to whether or not the hostilities originated from Stravinsky’s cacophonous music or Vaslav Nijinsky’s primal and lude choreography. A reaction like that is not the stuffy, pretentious image that usually comes to mind when one thinks about classical music.
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evident in his voice. The next song, “Out There,” is another one that’s familiar from the movie. It takes place roughly twenty years after “The Bells,” and we see (well, hear) Quasimodo grown up. He is played by Michael Arden. Arden does a fantastic job at portraying Quasimodo’s pain in his voice, despite the slur in his voice Quasimodo is deaf in Hugo’s novel, and Arden incorporated that into his portrayal – on stage, he communicated through strangled speech as well as a form of sign language he used
for himself. Arden himself is a frequent collaborator of Deaf West Theater, is fluent in American Sign Language, and has just come off directing Deaf West’s Spring Awakening on Broadway. The scene that follows is the Feast of Fools, outside of Notre Dame. In “Topsy Turvy, pt. 1,” Clopin (Erik Lieberman) introduces the feast. “Rest and Recreation” introduces ex-soldier Phoebus (Andrew Samonsky), and “Rhythm of The Tambourine” is the first time audiences see the gypsy Esmerelda (Ciara Renée) as she dances for the crowd. It’s an upbeat sec-
tion of act one. Renée shines in her big solo, God Help the Outcasts, and it’s followed by the equally beautiful Top of the World, a duet between
Renée and Arden, when Esmerelda finds Quasimodo at the top of Notre Dame. At the end of act one, “Heaven’s Light,” sung beautifully by Arden, is
contrasted with Hellfire, a showstopping number by Page – Frollo, who is anti-gypsy, seems to be unable to stop thinking
about Esmerelda. The act one finale, Esmerelda, solidifies what has been shaping up to be a love quadrangle – Quasimodo, Esmerelda,
Phoebus, and Frollo. The ending of this new version of Hunchback is completely different from the way the Disney film ends. It’s darker, sadder, and overall not the happy ending that Disney makes you think the story has. It’s more along the lines of what Hugo had written in the 1800s. Without giving up much about act two, I will say this: “Made of Stone” is Arden’s true shining moment at the bottom of act two. If you only listen to one song from this entire recording, make it “Made of Stone.” The Hunchback of Notre Dame cast recording is up there with some of
the best cast recordings of recent years. There is so much in it that makes up for the visuals being missing. It does a fantastic job of standing alone and really speaking for itself, and the all of performers included on the album, particularly Arden, Page, and Renée but not limited to just those three, do such a fantastic job of conveying an array of different emotions depending on what it is the song calls for; that’s really important, and one of the many reasons why this cast recording deserves a listen, especially if you’re familiar with the original work.
Kanye’s GOOD Fridays are “In Tune” with Back: WAVES to Be Released WNHU & February 11 Charger Radio
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Hip-hop fans rejoice; it’s Yeezy season again. Between designing fashion lines for Adidas and fathering a new baby boy (named Saint, no less), many fans began to wonder when Kanye’s much talked-about follow up to 2013’s Yeezus, titled WAVES, would hit the shelves. But alas, Kanye couldn’t bear to let us down, and instead of making us wait until the record’s tentative February 11 release, he’s rebooted the beloved GOOD Fridays series, in which a new Kanye song will drop every week until WAVES’s official release. The original GOOD Fridays series kicked off in the 2010, right before the release of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Some of the songs ended up on the final record, while other one-off tracks faded into the fabric of the internet, their download links lost forever. Songs such as the gritty “Christian Dior Denim Flow,” or the Curtis Mayfield-sampling “The
Joy,” featuring Jay-Z. The songs previewed the maximalist sounds on MBDTF, acting as complimentary elements to better understand the feel of the final record. This year, Kanye has dropped three such GOOD Fridays so far. The first was “Facts,” an energetic reimagining of Drake and Future’s “Jumpman,” feeling more like a fun throwaway track than a fully realized song, despite its relatively heavy radio play in the last couple weeks. The next was “Real Friends,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign with some typically lush harmonies. The beat was produced by Kanye himself, showcasing a melancholy, airy sample from “Frank Dukes and Boi-1da. “Real Friends” is a fully-fleshed out song which manages to trigger a whole range of emotions. Ty Dolla’s vocals are only icing on the cake, and provide the consistently dark sounding beat some much needed soulfulness. Finally, just last week, Yeezy gave us “No More Parties in L.A.,” featuring Kendrick Lamar over a Junie Morrison-sampling
Upcoming Confirmed Events Tuesday Feb. 9 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Marketplace: “Mardis Grad Dinner” with Sodexo. A Fat Tuesday celebration with a New Orleans-style feast and jazzy music. AP photo beat from the legendary producer, Madlib. More than the other two, this song feels the most like a classic Kanye track— something that may have been on College Dropout or Late Registration. West’s music is often so consistently polarizing, so willing in its potential to transform the conventions of hip-hop, that West’s actual rapping doesn’t take center stage. This is not the case on “No More Parties,” where Kanye even eclipses Kendrick Lamar (rap’s current tastemaker) in his verses: “I know some fans who thought I wouldn’t rap like this again/ but the writer’s block is over, MCs, cancel your plans.” In 2015, West said WAVES would be his
“BBQ album.” To most fans, this seems to mean a return to the more classic, verse-focused Kanye; a little less serious and a little more fun. But between these three GOOD Friday tracks, it’s becoming more and more difficult to pinpoint exactly what this record will sound like. It’s refreshing to hear West further explore his musical sensibilities, giving us three tracks with wildly different sounds. The lack of certainty or thematic consistency would probably worry fans of other artists, but this eclecticism has come to be expected from West. Every new West album, whether people like it or not, is pop-culture event. I can only imagine what WAVES will bring us.
Wednesday Feb. 10 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Marketplace: “Valentine’s Dinner” with Sodexo. A Valentine’s Day celebration with love-infused food and tunes. Monday Feb. 15 through Friday Feb. 19 at various places around campus: “TuneIn Campaign.” Come talk to a Charger Radio rep and find out how you can “TuneIn” anytime, anywhere! If your club, organization, or office would like to partner with Connecticut’s #1 college radio station for an event, email the Operations Manager, Stephen Shepherd, at sshep2@unh.newhaven.edu
Show Spotlight What: Noises Off is essentially a play about a play. The characters are all mediocre actors in a play titled Nothing On, and the play shows three different disastrous performances of Nothing On. There is also a love triangle. Noises Off has been described as “comedic chaos” and is critically acclaimed.
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Who: Broadway veterans Andrea How Much? Tickets start Martin (Pippin), Megan Hilty (Wickat $67. The app TodayTix offers a $19.65 ticket ed, 9 to 5, television’s Smash) and lottery prior to every Rob McClure (Avenue Q and Chapperformance. For 7 p.m. lin) are part of this talented cast. Where: Roundabout Theater Com- shows, the lotto is drawn at 3 p.m., and for 8 p.m. pany’s American Airlines Theater on Broadway. Noises Off is running shows, the lotto is drawn at 4 p.m. through March 13.
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Film Editor Ben shares his Top 5 Movies of 2015 By BEN ATWATER
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t has been a great year, as always, for film. As tradition, let’s wind down what in my opinion was the best films of 2015. 5. The Walk Robert Zemeckis, director of Forrest Gump, has delivered yet another great historic drama film. Set in the 1970s, The Walk tells the true story of Phillipe Petit who dared the impossible. A wire walker from France, Petit plotted a coup to string a wire between the newly constructed Twin Towers and walked untethered across it. The true story is amazing, and the film portrays it in a funny yet thoughtful way. Joseph Gordon
Levitt shines as Petit, and the walk sequence on the wire is among one of the best visual effects sequences of 2015. The Walk is also notable as an IMAX film that merits the format more than any other recently. 4. Kingsmen: The Secret Service Not expecting much from this film, I ended up really liking the Kingsmen and had one of the most fun times I’ve had at the theater in recent years. Taking many notes from the Bond films, Kingsmen portrays British spy action with just the right amount of comedy to avoid feeling like a spoof; yet it was still more lighthearted than most spy films. Colin Firth stands out in the very famous church massacre scene, which rejoices in violence in a very Tarantino-esque fashion. Taron Edgerton plays a great young recruit to the spy organizations
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that has to save the world. Kingsmen especially excels under the brilliant direction of Matthew Vaughn, X-Men First Class director, who keeps the pacing excellently and consistently engaging. 3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens After thirty-two years, the first proper sequel to the original Star Wars
trilogy has been released with The Force Awakens. Set thirty years after Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens sets up a new war arch between the remnants of the Empire who have formed The First Order, under the leadership of dark side user Kylo Ren. Fighting against The First Order is the resistance,which
includes fighter pilot Poe Dameron. The conflict brings in desert wanderer Rey, an undiscovered force user, and Finn, a rogue Stormtrooper. The two of them band together to survive, coming across Star Wars vet Han Solo, played by returner Harrison Ford, along the way. The Force Awakens is exactly what Star Wars
needed: a throwback to the practically deemed and fantastical world created through strong and interesting characters. This was not done in the prequel trilogy, and JJ Abrams brought back everything everyone loved about Star Wars. A great time at the theater, the film went on to break all See BEST OF 2015 page10
13 Hours: The Secret Upcoming Films Soldiers of Benghazi of 2016 By BILLY SAKMANN
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is certainly not a bad movie, but with many other quality movies in theaters, it’s definitely not the cream of the crop. The film takes place in Benghazi, Libya, and is based on real events endured by the American diplomatic outpost. Throughout the film, we are given a taste of the extreme hardships six sol-
even most of the action sequences. The first hour contains a lot of manufactured suspense. A shaking camera, dramatic music, and mysterious figures paint a picture of a tense
are highlights of the film, mixing in great cinematics, high stakes keeping you on the edge of your seat, and investment in the well-being of the characters. The main problem with 13 Hours is that this can’t be said about all or
situation, but there is little to no payoff and danger never really feels imminent, Another problem that arises is the investment in all six soldiers. Leads John Badge Date and John Krasinski are joined by See 13 HOURS page10
controversy surrounding
year. April 15: The Jungle
Caucasian actors playing
Book is the latest in the
Egyptian characters. With-
Disney live action re-
of films coming out this
out getting into a huge
makes of classic animated
year, and 2016 is a more
political debate, a film is
films. Directed by Chef
crowded year for mov-
telling a story, and if using
and Iron Man director
ies. Here is a rundown of
known Western actors will
John Favreau, The Jungle
what to look for and why.
make more money, then
Book seems to boast very
Enjoy!
there is no problem at
impressive CGI. The first
all in giving white actors
of two jungle movies this
pool is the most recent
these roles. I just want to
year, we shall get to the
installment in the X-Men
see some awesome CGI
other one shortly.
universe. Focusing on the
monsters duke it out on
May 6: The next
wisecracking and super
screen, which looks like
installment in the ever-
violent antihero, Dead-
what we will get.
growing Marvel Cin-
February 12: Dead-
diers must face to survive and fight for their people. As a Michael Bay film, there is no shortage of explosions and intense action sequences. Some of these action sequences
be the fight scene of the
Gods of Egypt, regarding
There is a full slate
John Krasinski stars in 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (AP photo)
There has been much
pool stars Ryan Reynolds
March 25: Batman v.
ematic Universe, Captain
as a cancer patient who
Superman will be the sec-
America: Civil War is
receives innovative sur-
ond film in the DC Cin-
sure to tug at heart strings,
gery that gives him super
ematic universe, follow-
as our two main heroes
strength and healing abili-
ing 2013’s Man of Steel.
in this Universe go head
ties. The first mainstream
After Superman destroyed
to head in Iron Man and
superhero film to be rated
much of civilian property
Captain America battle
R, Deadpool is sure to
in Man of Steel, Batman
each other over having to
be a blast of over-the-top
vows to protect Earth
register with the govern-
violence and a ton of fun.
from the alien threat he
ment and accept parame-
sees as Superman. While
ters. The two do not agree,
of Egypt is what looks to
the film’s climax was
and will surely have an
be an Egyptian version
ruined by recent trailers,
epic fight to rival that of
of Clash of the Titans
seeing the two most fa-
Batman and Superman.
a fantasy film loosely
mous superheroes finally
based off mythology.
fight on screen will surely
February 26: Gods
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alypse will pick up where Days of Future Past left off with the young cast continuing to grow older into their older counterparts. With X-Men alumn Bryan Singer returning to direct, Apocalypse will surely be another thoughtful social commentary in the superhero genre. June 17: Finding Dory
be in for a mature adven-
nipulate the magic around
ture film.
him to save the world,
July 22: Star Trek
meaning this will be one
Beyond is the third film
of the most supernatural
in the rebooted Star Trek
Marvel films to date.
canon. Beyond will finally
can a Harry Potter spin
the Enterprise into deep
off, set in the early 1900s,
space, like the original
directed by David Yates,
TV show went. The only
and starring Academy
hazard is that Beyond will
Award winner Eddie Red-
not have JJ Abrams’ ener-
mayne go wrong? Well, it
getic feel. Yet change can
doesn’t sound like it will, and as such Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find
masterpiece Finding
Them should be a great
Nemo. Enough said.
fantasy outing for
June 24: Inde-
Thanksgiving break.
pendence Day:
December 16:
Resurgence is the
Rogue One should
sequel to the 1996
be a solid film
sci-fi invasion
portraying the rebels
film Independence
stealing the Death Star
Day. Growing up with
plans before A New Hope.
the original, the sequel dark feel, yet updated the invasion story for modern times. Now Earth has the technology to fight back, and the invasion shall be a war. It’s Roland Emerich, which means at the least Resurgence will be some mindless fun with a lot of destruction. July 1: The second jungle film of 2016, The Legend of Tarzan seems to be a live action adaptation of the jungle man taking the form of an epic dark adventure which looks similar to 2005’s King Kong. Starring Samuel Jackson and Margot Robbie, The Legend of Tarzan is being directed by Harry Potter director David Yates, so we should
Directed by Godzilla be good, and hopefully
director Gareth Edwards,
Beyond is another great
Rogue One will set up a
space adventure.
future Han Solo spin off
August 5: Suicide Squad will be the third
film that is sure to be a fun ride.
DCU film, and focus on
December 21: One
a team of villains team-
of the best video games
ing up to take down the
of all time is becom-
Joker. From the trailers,
ing a movie. Assassin’s
this is going to be a very
Creed will finally be on
colorful installment and
the silver screen. Starring
features a great ensemble
Michael Fassbender as
cast from Jared Leto to
a modern-day man who
Will Smith. Suicide Squad
uses advanced technology
should be a fun way to
to live the world through
end the summer.
his ancestor in fifteenth
November 4: The
century Spain and fight
next MCU movie Doctor
the evil Templars plotting
Strange hits us this No-
to take over the world.
vember. Starring Benedict
Not much is known, but
Cumberbatch in the titular
if the film is anything like
role, Doctor Strange will
the games, this should be
deal with the sorcerer
an epic period piece.
supreme learning to ma-
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November 18: How
take the fresh crew of
is the sequel to the 2003
looks to have the same
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kinds of box office records, currently being the third highest grossing film of all time. 2. Inside Out After a slew of mediocre efforts, Pixar has finally returned to deliver what might be their best movie yet. Inside Out is a film about emotions, which are characterized as independent characters. Portraying the internal mental processes of a girl going through pu-
berty, the brain activity is represented with vibrant environments and zany characters representing neurotransmitters firing in various channels. The story is told brilliantly and examines deep psychological concepts under the disguise of a kids’ movie. A sure-fire win for Best Animated Picture at the Oscars, Inside Out is a film that you should, by all means, check out. 1. Mad Max: Fury Road The epic return to
George Miller’s postapocalyptic franchise, Fury Road is the fourth and best Mad Max film to date. An epic adrenaline rush, Tom Hardy plays Max, a man trying to survive in the desert after the end of the world. He finds himself caught up in a pursuit between the warlord Immortan Joe and his traitor lieutenant Furiosa, who is helping Joe’s imprisoned wives escape his custody. Approximately 80 percent of the film is on the road, and the car chases are insanely epic, much due to the use of extensive practical effects. From a sandstorm encroaching on the convoy of scrap metal cars to the guitar player whose guitar spits flames, every shot is filled with pure energy and adrenaline. With a haunting score by Junkie XL, Fury Road is perhaps one of the most obscure action films to be nominated for Best Picture. No other film this year has been the quite the experience of emotions and thrills as Fury Road, and it deserves every Oscar it has been nominated for.
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Max Martini, Dominic Fumusa, Pablo Schreiber and David Denman. All six execute their roles quite well and make high-tension scenes very believable. But none of their characters are ever really fleshed out, even in the film’s slow beginning, which would’ve been a good time to differentiate the characters. We’re also introduced to some
of the soldiers’ families, and while Krasinski’s character has some touching moments with his wife and kids, these characters also seem very generic, and it’s hard to be fully invested in them. The pacing of the film varies, with a slow start and somewhat anti-climactic end. Some of the film’s best scenes are scattered in the middle, and, by the end, I was wonder-
ing when the two hours and 24 minutes would finally be over. With all this being said, again, 13 Hours isn’t a terrible film. If you like action, war movies, or Michael Bay films, this could definitely be an enjoyable experience. But if you’re looking for compelling characters and interesting dialogue to complement the action, well, you’ll be left searching for more.
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Postcards from Prato It is only week two in Prato and it is already becoming increasingly difficult to balance the fun that is to come with being abroad and doing schoolwork. I have started to explore the city, and every day I find something new that I had no clue existed. For example, there is this dog shelter where can take a dog out for a 20-minute walk and then return it. Someone told me you can do this in America, but I think it’s so much cooler to do it in Italy. I have also been exploring the river outside of the city. At first glance, outside the walls of campus, Prato looks a little bit like West Haven . The river is a great place if you’re looking for a spot away from the crowded city and just want time for yourself. I had my first cup of gelato on Monday and I’m going to make the bold claim that it is 100 percent better than ice cream. I had stracciatella (vanilla with chunks of Nutella) mixed with strawberry gelato, so, basically, it
Poetry Corner There are two kinds of loneliness, one you feel when you’re all alone, and the other you feel in a crowded room, when you realize you’re the only person who knows what it’s like to be you. -atticus
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Anelia in Florence, Italy (photo obtained via Facebook)
was pure heaven. One thing that I have noticed here is that people really love their chocolate; I feel like they love it more than we do in America. The funny thing is, chocolate isn’t really chocolate here; it’s Nutella. So if you have a chocolate filled pastry, you can bet your bottom dollar that it will be filled with Nutella. I spent last Saturday evening in Florence. A lot of people speak English in Florence because it is such a touristy area and, let me tell you, it was such a relief! My friends and I shopped, explored, and, of course, ate some pizza. It was a great night; the only downside was that we messed up the train schedule. We
originally were planning on leaving Florence around 10 p.m., seeing as a lot of the stores close around 7 p.m. for some reason. When we returned to the train station after our evening, we found our train and the time it was leaving was 10:30 p.m. Well after we waited for 30 minutes, we realized that there actually was no train leaving for Prato; the train was actually arriving from Prato at 10:30 p.m., not leaving. The only other train leaving for Prato that night was at 12:30 a.m.! We made the best of our time though. We spent the next few hours exploring the city at night, which was a blast, and when 12:30 a.m. came around, we made sure we were on our train home.
We even met some Italian teenagers on the train ride home, so overall, it was a memorable experience. As the semester progresses, we have begun to plan a lot of our trips. As I write this, I am on a train to Rome for the weekend. I am so excited to have my Lizzie McGuire moment and I am planning on finding my Paolo this weekend (if you have never watched the Lizzie McGuire Movie, I highly suggest you do). I will let you know how my quest for Paolo goes next week, but until then, ciao!
Anelia is spending a semester abroad at UNH’s Prato, Italy satellite campus. Follow her adventures this semester!
Photo of the Week Katie Harrison, Senior Trocadero Fountain Paris, France June 2015
“Sometimes, I like to stand in fountains in Paris.”
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