Volume 86, Issue 12
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
ROYALTY BECOMES SINGLE Prince Harry’s long-term girlfriend breaks it off. Look inside to see why.
The student newspaper of the University of New Haven since 1938 UNH ATHLETICS PREPARES TO GROW Chargers of all shapes and sizes get ready to join the Northest-10 Conference.
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PUT ON YOUR COWBOY BOOTS Find out about how MEISA went country with its Rockabilly show.
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By SARA COLLINS
columbinus Touches UNH
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WEST HAVEN— UNH’s recent production of columbinus gave audiences insight into the American teenage psyche that is at once telling, disturbing, and moving. The play follows the events leading up to, and including the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. The script tastefully ab-
In addition to gaining support from celebrities, the writer strike has spread to Broadway.
two shooters, but the universal high school environment which relegates adolescents to alienating labels and social cliques. An interesting aspect of the play is the frequent transition from interaction between to inA KERI COMEROSKI PHOTO characters The cast of columbinus performs on Sunday, Nov. 11. ternal monologues stains from any tone or shock-value or exploitation expressing the characters' dialogue that could be con- and, instead, examines not strued as being used for only the motivations of the See PERFORMANCE page 4
Scientists and Officials Discuss Final Climate Change Report
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VALENCIA, Spain— The U.N.'s top climate official challenged world policy– Page 8 makers Monday to map out a path to curb climate change, charging that to igINDEX nore the urgency of global warming would be "nothArts & Entertainment ing less than criminally irPage 8 responsible." Bulletin Board Yvo de Boer issued his Page 15 warning at the opening of a weeklong conference that Word of the Week Page 9 will complete a concise guide on the state of global Editorials warming and what can be Page 6 done to stop the Earth from Fun & Games overheating. It is the fourth Page 12 and last report issued this National/World News year by the IntergovernPage 3 mental Panel on Climate Change, co-winner of this New Haven News Page 4 year's Nobel Peace prize. Environmentalists and Sports Page 10 authors of the report expected tense discussions on Celebrity Gossip what to include and leave Page 11 out of the document, which
is a synthesis of thousands of scientific papers. A summary of about 25 pages will be negotiated line-by-line this week, then adopted by consensus. The document to be issued Saturday sums up the scientific consensus on how rapidly the Earth is warming and the effects already observed; the impact it could have for billions of people; and what steps can be taken to keep the planet's temperature from rising to disastrous levels. The IPCC already has established that the climate has begun to change because of the greenhouse gases emitted by humans, said de Boer, director of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. Everyone will feel its effects, but global warming will hit the poorest countries hardest and will "threaten the very survival" of some people, he said. "Failing to recognize
the urgency of this message and act on it would be nothing less that criminally irresponsible" and a direct attack on the world's poorest people, De Boer said. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is to attend the launch of the report, which will provide the factual underpinning for a crucial meeting next month in Bali, Indonesia. That conference will begin exploring a new global strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions after the 2012 expiration of the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol, the landmark agreement that assigned binding reduction targets to 36 countries. De Boer, citing agreements reached earlier this year by European and other industrial countries, said political inertia seemed to be disappearing in the lead-up to Bali. But he cautioned that governments must come up with the political will to complete a
post-2012 road map. "It will not cost the earth to save the Earth," as little as 0.1 percent of the gross global product for 30 years, said Janos Pasztor, of the U.N. Environmental Program, a parent body of the IPCC. Pasztor said this week's report, synthesizing the three scientific reports released earlier this year, will be the one document that the thousands of delegates at Bali "will be packing in their suitcases and carrying in their back pockets." The top IPCC leaders will be in Oslo accepting the Nobel prize on Dec. 10, just when the Bali meeting reaches its stride with the final ministerial-level meetings. But panel chairman Rajendra Pachauri said technology will enable them to stay in touch. Pachauri called this week's meeting a "waterSee CLIMATE page 5
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Campus Events, Etc. The Charger Bulletin | November 14, 2007
Wednesday, November 14 International Experience Day
Say What Karaoke
Cranium
Great American Smokeout
Bartels Hall, 11am-4pm
Friday, November 16
Thursday, November 15 German Club, 7pm
Movie: Rush Hour 3 Alumni Lounge, 7pm
Trip: Wicked 8pm
Psychology Korner, 5-7pm
Beanhouse
Bartels Lobby, 8pm
Hunger Awareness Week Saturday, November 17 CSI: The Experience Trip Women’s Basketball vs. American International College
Sunday, November 18 Movie: Rush Hour 3
Monday, November 19
Alumni Lounge, 7pm
North Campus, 3pm
Diwali Festival of Lights
Antique Photos
Bartels Lobby, 11am-3pm
Thanksgiving Celebration Alumni Lounge, 4:30pm
Tuesday, October 20
Men’s Basketball vs. Felician College North Campus, 7pm
Comedian: Dan Ahdoot Dodds Theater, 9pm
German Club, 7-11pm
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By Dan Osipovitch A weekly recap of the positives & negatives at UNH
Positives
Negatives
For those of you who saw it, you would agree with me that the school production of columbinus was touching, chilling, and well performed. For those of you who didn’t see it—shame on you! I’d like to congratulate everyone involved, mostly the cast, crew, and Bob Boles, for the amazingly hard work that they put into it. The fact that the play reduced quite a few people to tears just goes to show how great it actually was. Good job everyone!
So I don’t know how many other people have noticed, but this past week when I’ve been eating at the old café, I’ve noticed little black hairs in my food. Upon further investigation, I realize it’s from my plastic silverware shedding. Yes. The silverware sheds. And it’s been shedding quite a bit lately—odd, I know. And for Sandella’s, please put the silverware in the little tins for us—it’s not nice to make us reach down into the box to touch everyone else’s fork before we grab our own.
Events that are attended by a big amount of people deserve to be lauded. In this case, the award goes to Delta Phi Epsilon’s Deepher Dude competition. It was quite entertaining, but the best part about it was how much money they raised for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Heck, the competitors alone raised over $1000!
Why is it that we have to pay extra to eat healthy? If you want two vegetables from Hometown in old café, you have to pay an extra dollar or two. Also, the new steaming trays of vegetables are great, but you get charged 99 cents per vegetable when most of the same vegetables are at Hometown anyways. This really helps the obesity crisis.
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National/World News The Charger Bulletin | November 14, 2007
Sleep Linked to Child Obesity News
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breathing due to obesity and enlarged ton––––––––––––––––– sils and adenoids. By Associated Press Writers The study proved that over 22% of kids Ship's crew held for questioning in oil spill A recent study inthat slept less than SAN FRANCISCO – Federal investigators bevolving 785 kids that night hours a night gan a criminal investigation into San Francisco had height and weight were obese by the Bay's worst oil spill in nearly two decades by data recorded in third sixth grade. Less than questioning crew members of a container ship and sixth grade proved 12% of children that that struck the Bay Bridge, ripping a gash in its that lack of sleep may slept 10 to 12 hours fuel tank. lead to obese chilwere obese by the Crew members of the Cosco Busan will dren. sixth grade. With in- be allowed to leave after federal investigators The average third creasing concern in complete interviews that started Sunday, said grader gets about regards to childhood Capt. William Uberti, the U.S. Coast Guard nine and a half hours obesity, this informa- commander for the bay region. of sleep. Others vary tion is sure to shed Uberti said he notified the U.S. attorney's from seven to 12 new light on the is- office Saturday about problems involving hours a night. Parents sue. management and communication between the that enforce a bedtime officers on the ship's bridge at the time of the crash. He declined to elaborate, except to say: Zack’s Wacky Stack of News "It was just the way that everybody interacted" on the bridge. Your place to find the oddest stories in mainstream news. The bridge personnel included the helmsBy Zack Rosen Chocolate covered recommends flush- removed his clothes shortest dog (10.16cm man, watch officer, and ship's master — part of mushrooms send ing some of the most again. It appears he tall) were among the the Cosco Busan's Asia-based crew — as well man to jail dangerous ones down sees it as art, and competitors; also, the as the pilot, Capt. John Cota, among the most ATLANTA– A man the toilet, including views himself as a liv- famous leaning tower experienced of the seamen who guide ships was arrested for sell- the strong, addictive ing work of art." of Pisa was downgrad- through the bay's treacherous waters. ing hallucinogenic painkillers oxycodone The ship struck the bridge early Wednesday, In court to appeal ed from the most tilted mushrooms hidden and fentanyl and stim- against his conviction tower in the world to causing no structural damage to the span but inside chocolate bun- ulants such as meth- for running naked into the second most tilted leaking some 58,000 gallons of fuel oil into nies and ducks. the bay. The thick, toxic fuel has fouled miles ylphenidate. a girl’s soccer match tower in the world. 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Criminal defense law- misconduct Officers found 74 of unused prescription World records at- yer Terrye Cheathem NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk's police chief chocolate ducks and drugs," SAMHSA tempted to be beaten has developed a line has confirmed that the head of the police debunnies containing spokesman Mark We- LONDON– Record of greeting cards for partment's detective bureau is under investigamushrooms in a cooler ber said. breakers from around a Hallmark-ignored tion for alleged sexual misconduct with a mibag in the man’s truck, This news delight- the world bid for im- demographic: the re- nor. alongside $1,200 in ed the American Fer- mortality in the “bible cently incarcerated. Chief Harry Rilling said Sunday Lt. 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"We have drugs such as pain- in a statement. joined the longest bra “Not You!” Possibly been fully cooperating with the State's Attorkillers and stimulants Naked man likes be- chain, and marveled the best card recited, ney's Office from the beginning to ensure there should be wrapped in ing naked at the world’s biggest “I know that I have is a thorough and complete investigation." used kitty litter or oth- BERLIN– A German underpants. Rilling said an outside agency was sought not visited you. But I er pet droppings. flasher stunned lawLast year, more still care about you … to conduct the investigation into the allegations A pilot program at yers during an appeal than 100,000 people when are you getting made by the boy. the Substance Abuse hearing on a flash- attempted to set new out, anyway?” "I asked that the State's Attorney's Office (in and Mental Health ing conviction. How? records on Guinness According to an Stamford) handle it," Rilling said. "We want to Services Administra- He stripped again, in World Records Day. October LA Times avoid any sense of impropriety. We want a fair tion is looking at ways court. According to Guin- story, card sales are and complete investigation done." people can safely disThe 46-year-old Cummings, a 24-year vetAccording to a ness editor-in-chief slow and Cheathem pose of unused pre- spokesman for the Craig Glenday, “this has acknowledged eran, has not been charged with any crime. scription drugs that are court, “the court with- year we expect twice that people may prefer Police searched Cummings' Norwalk home liable to be abused. drew for delibera- as many.” to ignore their connec- more than a week ago, where the alleged inciThe Food and tions and during the dent occurred. Police seized his personal comThe world’s tall- tions with criminals. Drug Administration adjournment the man est dog (3ft. 6in.) and puter.
By JESSICA BALABAN STAFF WRITER
prevent their children from ingesting miscellaneous junk food late at night while watching TV. By getting more sleep, children avoid the temptation to stuff their faces with food before bedtime. Studies show that lack of sleep in children takes a toll on two hormones that control hunger and fullness. When kids are sleep-deprived, a hormone by the name of ghrelin is produced,
causing hunger. The relating hormone leptin lets the body know that it is full. Kids that are tired are less likely to go out and exercise and more likely to sit in front of the TV and eat. A director of sleep medicine at Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital explains how kids that grow obese from lack of sleep grow to have sleep problems as an adult. Sleep apnea can be caused by difficulty
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New Haven News
The Charger Bulletin | November 14, 2007
A Need for Tolerance
Dear University of New Haven Students: We are writing to express our concern regarding recent incidents of intolerance and harassment on our campus. As you may know, we had ten cases of scabies on campus this fall which have been successfully treated. “Scabies is an infestation of the skin with the microscopic mite Sarcoptes scabei. Infestation is common, found worldwide, and affects people of all races and social classes. Scabies spreads rapidly under crowded conditions where there is frequent skin-to-skin contact between people.” This common
problem caused a great deal of concern among the student body and resulted in Facebook groups and, acts of intolerance and harassment on campus. We take pride in being a caring campus where students who are experiencing difficulties know that they are safe from harassment, intimidation and intolerance. Unfortunately, this has not been the case recently and there have been a number of individuals and groups who have responded to students suspected of having scabies in a manner that has been hurtful, harassing and often cruel. It is our expectation that all members of the University
community will refrain from actions that intimidate, humiliate, harass or demean others, and which undermine their sense of security or their selfesteem. As members of the UNH community, it is the responsibility of all to insure a social environment, in which we are all free to live, work and learn. We encourage you to contribute positively to our campus community and to treat others as you wish to be treated. Sincerely yours, Louis Eswood III, USGA President & Rebecca Johnson, Dean of Students
Community Service Thank You to everyone who helped with the Holiday Drive for our Troops last week! We have collected 80 holiday cards, several bags of donations and $10.30 to help with postage, all of which are being given to Give2theTroops, located in Rocky Hill, CT. Nov. 14th – 17th- “Fill-the-Bowl” with the CT Food Bank. Thank you to all who have signed up to help! Nov. 17th – 18th- Special Olympics – Holiday Classic 8 – 12:30 pm/12:30 – 5 pm. Volunteers are still needed!! Volunteer opportunities: line judge, scorekeeper, timekeeper, results recorder, food service, and official (if experienced). Forms are available from the Community Service Office. Nov. 29h – 30th- American Red Cross Antique & Collectibles Event. Volunteers needed to help move boxes, furniture and collectibles from our basement to our conference rooms for our sale. Flexible time between 8:30 – 4:00 pm. December 9th- Christopher Martin’s Christmas Run for Children. 5K race in New Haven starts at 10:00 am. Tshirts provided to first 25 people to sign-up. Entry fee is $12.00 or a new toy. Transportation provided to and from UNH. Contact Community Service for registration form.
Second Annual Tis’ The Season. 15 local families are in need of gifts this season!New Haven Home Recovery and Sojourner’s Place. Contact communityservice@newhaven.edu to receive information for you child/family.
MEISA Mondays Honor Rockabilly
By JULIA COCCA STAFF WRITER
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WEST HAVEN— You don’t need cowboy boots to get down at this honkey tonk. That was the mood in the German Club on Monday, Nov. 5 during MEISA’s Rockabilly and Country Line Dancing Concert. With free prizes, enough line dancing to equal a week at the gym, and two fantastic acts, there was no where else to be but on the dance floor. To find someone sitting down was a difficult task. By the time the first band, The Lustre Kings, took the stage, it was impossible. Named “One of the best modern rockabilly acts in the United States,” by Johnny Bartlett of The Continental, The Lustre Kings brought energy to the stage that was palpable to people across the
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The Lustre Kings perform Rockabilly on Monday, Nov. 5.
way in New Hall. The Stray Cats-esque band won their audience with nothing but dance-worthy songs, a fantastic upright bass, and a stage presence that you couldn’t ignore. And of course, who can resist a good Johnny Cash cover? After some line dancing in between, the thoroughly exhausted audience got a nice break with Erin Sax Seymour, the second act of the night. Sitting on the floor, Erin took things down a notch with her soft but extremely passionate country. With a video on CMT, she
seems too much like the girl next door to be a celebrity. But, sharing the stage with Shania Twain’s talented former band leader David Malachowski, Erin engaged her entire audience, captivated by both her fantastic voice, and unique music. MEISA’s next Monday show is Mohawks and More! a Punk/Hardcore show on Nov. 26. Keep looking for updates and don’t miss these great opportunities to see some fantastic bands!
prove to be a problem. As Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, Ryan Flanagan and David McKinney, respectively, fully embodied the pain, anger, and intensity that motivated their characters. The cast of high school labels was both completely believable and relatable, making the tension and climax of the show all the more heartbreaking. Newcomers to the stage were some of the most noteworthy; Javier Stevens was compelling as the “Jock” who bullies Eric and Dylan, all the while struggling
with his own self-image, and Steven Edick was captivating as the popular “Prep” who is can't come to terms with his real identity. Overall, the production beautifully addressed a sensitive, yet important chapter in American history. By incorporating the perspectives of parents and officials, and by opening up the room to a discussion about the preceding scenes, the drama presented audiences with a well-rounded look into the hearts and minds of a devastated community.
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thoughts and reactions. This lends dimension to the diverse group of high schoolers, ensuring that none of them are bound to the shallow stereotypes they initially represent. This exposes the audience to a "Religious Fanatic" who is questioning her faith, a "Prep" who hides his true identity, and a "Rebel" who defies the assumptions that others make about her. In many ways, this play could only be as powerful with its acting, and in this week's production, this didn't
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shed" that will issue the final product of years of work by 2,500 contributing researchers and hundreds of authors who reviewed the science and organized the data. The report will be the first to include a brief chapter on "robust findings and key uncertainties," in which the authors pick out what they believe are the most relevant certainties and doubts about climate change. "We summarize which kind of things we are very confident in and what is much less certain. That can be quite a complex discussion," said Bert Metz, one of about 40 authors. Some delegations want to stress certain points that others would prefer to avoid, he said. Among the uncertainties cited in an early draft obtained by The Associated Press: the lack of data
from key areas of the world, conflicting studies on the effects of cloud cover and carbon soaked up by oceans, and projections on how planners in developing countries will factor climate change into their decisions. The IPCC has already been criticized for the selectivity and language of the policy summaries, which have been softened on several points because of objections by countries including the United States, China and some big oil-producing nations such as Saudi Arabia. On Monday, WWF International, one of several environmental groups invited to observe the process, said "governments cut vital facts and important information" during the negotiations. Without naming them, the WWF accused governments of "politically inspired
trimming" of facts from the summaries, which it said diluted the urgency to make deep cuts in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Scientists say the full reports on which the summaries are based, each comprising more than 1,000 pages, remain valid, and that their own presence during the discussions ensures the scientific integrity of the summaries. De Boer said getting governments to sign off on the summaries is a critical element of the IPCC's value. "Because those reports are adopted by governments, there is no government that can now stand up and say, 'I don't accept what's in the IPCC report.' That means that you have a common scientific base," he said in an interview Friday.
USGA President’s Corner The Blame Game This past Thursday I attended the theater production of columbinus in Dodd’s Theater. The play is based around the horrific events of Columbine High School where two students filled with rage went on a shooting rampage through their high school. The play was very well written and performed by so many of our students. If you failed to see the performance you really missed a great one. Thank you to all of the people who participated in the play both on stage and behind the stage as I know a tremendous amount of work and dedication is required to produce such a production. I felt that the most interesting part of the play was how the writers portrayed how the public placed blame. In every bad situation, American society forces people to place blame on someone and point fingers somewhere. In this particular incident many people went to the shooters’ parents for not picking up on signals and raising such horrible people. Many other people tried to blame
Louis Eswood III USGA President the school system and their guidance counselors for not being able to detect the mental state that these children were in. The play also showed how people blamed the police and justice system for allowing them both to slip through a juvenile correction program in which they were both placed in after being charged with theft. The police were also blamed for not reacting quickly enough to the shootings and being able to neutralize the scene. I just found it so interesting that since the two kids ended their own lives following the incident, nobody really ever placed the blame on the two of them. Since they were no longer living, people found it impossible to blame them because they could not be confronted and punished.
The play also touched upon why the students were pushed to the mental state to be able to do such a thing. Based on video’s and notes left behind by the students it was determined that the students were being bullied and they needed a way to get revenge. Looking back at high school, I can remember how kids found their own cliques and hung out in their own groups. The jocks went one way, the “cool” kids the other way, etc. I can also think back to when kids were being bullied around, and nobody did anything. I can say that I was fortunate that those kids dealt with it one way and not the way that the students at Columbine handled it. It makes me think that if bullying was happening in high school, than it is probably happening right here at UNH since high school and UNH are really not all that different. But the big question lies in how do we identify it and how do we correct it? Just saying “Hi” to someone today in passing can go a long way.
The Gamma Epsilon Class of Delta Phi Epsilon would love to say congratulations to our 22 new sisters!
Accica, LindsaY Dandeneau, Merissa Elliott, Jenna Ferrandiz, Ashley Gibbons, Kelli Haggerty, Shannon Mamet, Marisa McCauley, Chelsea Miller, Heidi Roodenburg, Rebecca Spratley, Caitlin
Bonanno, Christine Edelman, Kristen Farmer, Adrianna Frometa, Darianna Grattan, Kristen LeGoff, Sarah Marrero, Carolina McKenna, Marissa Petrillo, Tarryn Shaw, Kelsey Yamauchi, Carly
We love you girls and are so proud to call you sisters! The Charger Bulletin | November 14, 2007
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Editorials
The Charger Bulletin | November 14, 2007
Privacy Please! According to Deputy Director of National Intelligence Donald Kerr this past week, protecting the privacy of Americans does not give Americans the right to be unknown. He claims that the definition of privacy should be changed so that names are not kept private in various matters anymore. As Congress takes a second look at the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act, Kerr claims that instead of anonymity, privacy should mean that government and businesses will safeguard private communications and financial information. But it will not protect anonymity. After changing the 1978 law last summer, lawmakers allowed the United States government to eavesdrop within the United States without the permission of a court, granted that one side of the conversation was believed to be outside the United States. The law from 1978, however, made a court order necessary for any surveillance conducted on United States soil in order to protect the privacy of Americans. Some argue that this goes against the Constitution; whether
it blatantly does or not, I find it abominably wrong. But wait, we can’t impeach the president for his phone tapping scheme. He’s just trying to bring peace and
Zack Rosen Assistant Editor prosperity to all the white, straight, Christian children of the country. He’s simply trying to dictate the good that needs to be done. As he himself said, “if this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator.” Well, George, we’re well on our way to that. President Bush claims, however, that his wiretapping from a while back was necessary for the national security of America. Before resigning in 1974, President Nixon claimed that warrant less wiretapping was “necessary” for national security. Article II of Nixon’s impeach-
ment included charges against his warrantless wiretapping. Unfortunately, we’re too cowardly in today’s America to raise our voices and stand up for what’s right; instead, we sit down for what’s wrong. Before new laws are passed to possibly redefine privacy in America, many have started coming forward to complain about the way the U.S. government is able to tap into our phones without warrants. One witness in a Californian lawsuit against AT&T claims that the government is taking billions of emails and phone calls as they pass through a San Francisco AT&T switching station. In fact, retired AT&T technician Mark Klein helped to connect a device that he says copied every call, e-mail, and Internet site access on AT&T lines onto a government computer. If that’s not disturbing enough, Mark Klein reported having done this in 2003; the 1978 law was only changed last summer. It seems that the only “privacy” that is going to be acknowledged in America is going to be hiding behind a Bush.
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Where Did Respect Go? The University of New Haven is all about creating an environment in which students can feel comfortable and secure in their feelings, beliefs, and selves. What about those few people here on campus who are only out for themselves and who don’t care about the feelings and ideals of others? If one of these people lives with you, I give you my condolences and sympathy because I can personally say that I know how you feel. Never in my life have I felt
more disrespected than I do while in the comforts of my own room. In a typical room, roommates communicate with each other about what is and what is not allowed. They help each other clean the room. They ask before using another person’s things and they ask about situations that may not have been spoken about previously. Not in my room. In my room, it is common practice to leave a bag of trash on the kitchen floor for three weeks (and
counting) after it has been bagged. It’s not unusual to find a sink full of three-day-old dishes that have begun to smell because of the rotting food left on them. I wouldn’t even be surprised if you had to hold your breath while visiting because the smell of nastiness is so strong, despite the air freshener I have been forced to buy. In this situation, what do you do? You talk to the roommates and try to work out the issues. If this
First of all, I just want to reword exactly what I meant to say in the article I wrote two weeks ago about the shut down of the bit-torrent site Oink. Most of what I said in the second half of my article was intended to be that of personal opinion. The former of the article was indeed all facts and was completely non-biased. Now with that out of the way, I decided this week to do some research on the role of downloading in the music industry over the past few years. Yes, downloading music for free is illegal, and it is copyright infringement. However, who and what exactly does downloading music really hurt? After reading through countless articles and blogs on the Internet, I came up with a whole mess of accusations, wrong statistics, and people outright angry at major record labels. One of the most influ-
ential articles I read was entitled, “When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide,” an article that was written by a “designer” for various major record labels over the past eight years. He goes on to say that we are living in a digital age for information. The problem is, with all of this at our fingertips, it’s impossible to control the distribution of music. People support bands in a new way now, downloading their music, going to their shows, and buying their merchandise. To most people, this seems like a fair way of supporting the music industry. The bands also feel that this is a fair way. The reason being is that the profit they are seeing comes from playing shows, and having people buy their merchandise. A band will only see about 8% of
the profit from a CD they have put out. After reading this article, I decided to contact one of my friends (we’ll call him Dave) that happens to be in a fairly popular band, signed to a fairly popular independent label, and is attempting to make a decent living in the music industry. I really wanted to hear his opinion on the issue of pirating music. It was an insightful conversation. His idea of it was a double-edged sword. On one hand, the ability to download music for free has made it easier for people to access new music. On the other hand, the music industry isn’t making money from it. “However,” he stated, “the business model for the music industry is dated.” The problem is major record labels are trying to rely on the suc-
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Steps for Success By Sijith Salim - www.Sijith.com
You Don’t Know What You Have Until It’s Gone “I kept complaining that I don’t have a second pair of shoes, till I saw a man who doesn’t have a foot” – anonymous. Can we count the worth of our eyes in dollars? How about any other of our bounties? We have been bestowed with priceless gifts even though we might not have recognized their worth. If we want to know the real worth of all those we enjoy, the things which we have just taken as granted, the happiness and pleasure we enjoy, just ask someone who doesn’t have them. To know the worth of a child, ask a woman who is unable to bear a child. To know the worth of a parent, ask someone who
was brought up in an orphanage. To know the worth of a house, ask someone who has lost everything in an earthquake. To know the worth of our good health, ask someone busy paying hospital bills to cure his illness. To know the worth of time, ask someone on his deathbed. Around the world, there are blind men and women, willing to pay millions just to see this beautiful world. They live satisfied with that they have, or being jealous of those who take the blessing of sight for granted. We currently enjoy one of the best moments of our life – being a college student. But we are never in
a mood to appreci- spired me. I never ate this precious time. knew the worth of my There is going to come friends while I was a time in our life, when with them. Trying to we just look back at get in touch with those these happy moments whom I never had contacted and wish since a we could long time get them and to see back. It is only when how happy they something is were just to hear gone that my voice you realize you or text message miss it. Sijith Salim I got was one of the best a very touching e-mail from moments of my life. one of my friends here That day, I realized at UNH about the ar- how I miss many imticle I wrote, “Do We portant things in life. Still Remember Those All those days of fun, Who Helped Us in fight and love I had. Times have gone by, Life?” “You know Sijith. lives have changed. I That piece of article really wish to get back you wrote really in- home and get that
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not with us that we get to know what they really meant to us. I had a few books which I bought online, but never had time to read. A month ago, I was moving to a new house and on my way, I misplaced one of my bags. That bag had those unread books, and for a second I felt really sad to lose them. I never felt so attached to those books when they were lying on my shelf. Same is the case of all our relatives, family, friends and all the physical, mental and monetary pleasures we just take for granted. We never know their worth until they leave our world, when it might be too late to recover them.
trouble. What if I decide that I have reached my breaking point and simply cannot live with a roommate anymore? I have to leave while the cause of the problem stays. While I understand that kicking someone out of a room can’t be like an episode of Survivor, can the majority of the people in a room really be wrong? For someone to be removed from the room, she must remove herself. So, basically, my job becomes making things as miserable as possible so that she either finds somewhere else to live, or transfers to a different school. But do I stoop to that level? No. Please make that a hell no. It is now 1:37 a.m. on a lovely Friday morning. The drunk-
bus has brought back the bane of my existence. Is she trying to be quiet? No. Is my good roommate asleep in the room she is in? Yes. Did the hated roommate take the time to check in her two friends who are not students at this university? No, which, according to the Student Handbook, is against the rules two times over, but I digress. The question really is: What do you do when you’re living with someone you can’t live with and things escalate to the level of utter hatred? You close the door to your bedroom, turn up the music, and pretend the hated one doesn’t exist. Sweet, simple and to the point, but will it really solve the problem? -Anonymous
No Way Out
doesn’t work, get the resident assistant involved. Talk to the roommates again. Slide notes under the RA’s door at midnight about how you can’t take living in your own room anymore. Try talking to the roommates again and, once more, get nothing but excuses. Talk to the RA yet again. If you think my little list is slightly humorous, know that I am waiting to hear back from my RA for the third time about what to do, which is no fault of hers. There has been blatant disregard for people’s belongings and more rules and policies than I care to count have been ignored, putting those in the room who follow the rules in jeopardy of getting into The Charger Bulletin | November 14, 2007
scolding from mom for not cleaning the room, that occasional scolding from dad for coming home late, that scolding from neighbors for spoiling their sleep, and those silly fights with siblings for the smallest of things like chocolates. When I was with them, I never knew how important they were to my life, but now when they are away from me, deep within my heart, I could feel that emptiness which cannot be filled again.” We generally tend to misjudge the value of things and people around us. One reason is that we are confident they will always be with us. Secondly, we take them for granted. But it is when they are
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Our Parents’ Relevant Oprah’s Good Deeds Music Backfire have covered subjects from romance, love, loss, freedom, civil rights and living freely. However, it is in his 1986 work, Lives in the Balance, that we find Browne’s songwriting genius so inherently adaptable to today’s world and
ever in the Iraq era. Despite being a regis––––––––––––––––– tered Democrat, very little of Browne’s music is slanted leftward, Given the slew or so much so that it is of humanistic tunes unable to be listened emerging from artto. Jackson is a humanists over the past few ist: a man of intellect, years, there are some reason, eloquence and who need not create a general care for the new music, but rather n e e d world he their lives in. p a s t A perwork fect exheard. ample: It is in Jackson artists Browne, l i k e along Jackson w i t h Browne Bonnie t h a t Raitt, people J o h n m a y Hall and go to a bunch for solof other AN AP/ REED SAXON PHOTO ace; the musiJackson Browne meets a veteran at an anti-war demonstration in 2007. singer/ cians have organized themsongwriter/ guitarist its issues. has been practicing Jackson Browne, selves for a cause. unity and messaging now at 59 years of age, The cause is fronted togetherness for some is probably not on most by a group they cretime now. college student’s play- ated called MUSE or, Acting as a song- lists. But he should be. Musicians United for writer throughout the Browne’s deep voice, Safe Energy. Through his music late sixties, Browne’s relaxing pronunciaeponymous first al- tion and stand-up- and other music like bum, less commonly for-your-rights activ- his, our generation known as Saturate ism are all attractive can find its fight, find Before Using, was qualities. The latter is what it believes in. He released in 1972. especially appealing is not a preacher; he is The album’s first due to current crises a messenger, and his single, “Doctor My in our world or, minus messages are spread Eyes,” with its gentle the euphemistic cover through his artistic bounce, was a hit and up, war and genocide themes and continuBrowne’s first taste of (Darfur most notably). ous metaphor of long the charts. Browne’s music, that and winding roads that Over the years since which has been steady must be traveled. his inception as an art- since the Vietnam era, ist, Browne’s songs is now as relevant as By DAVID PADULA STAFF WRITER
Calling all musicians! Send us your music so we can review it. Send songs electronically to chargerbulletin@newhaven.edu or drop it off in our mailbox on the third floor of Bartels.
By ERIN ENNIS STAFF WRITER
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In January of 2007, the world watched as Oprah Winfrey opened the doors to a $40 million school for girls in Johannesburg, South Africa. The guest list for the event included Sidney Porter, Spike Lee, Nelson Mandela, and many more from Hollywood’s glitzy population. The school, which benefits underprivileged girls of all ages, is in the news again, but not for the great humanitarian reasons that first gave
it headlines. Tiny Virginia Makopo, a dorm mistress at the school, was reported recently for physically, verbally, and sexually abusing students and fellow dorm matrons within the last four months. These accounts, all reported by the students, were hidden by leadership at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls and pushed aside until just recently. Winfrey, who has spoken for years about the sexual and physical abuse she experienced as a child, stat-
ed that she wept for hours after hearing about the misconduct at her school. Vowing to make amends to the children that were mistreated, Winfrey has told Associated Press that she will begin making staff changes, talking with students, and communicating directly with South African government to insure that the charges brought against Makopo and the school system are handled directly. Because of high rates of sexual assault
Sunday, the day after stagehands went on strike, shutting down such popular productions as Wicked, 'The Phantom of the Opera, Hairspray, Jersey Boys and Mamma Mia! Among the shows canceled Sunday was a gala 10th-year anniversary performance of The Lion King, although a party celebrating the Disney musical's decade-long run was still being held. Producers of August: Osage County, a play by Tracy Letts from Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, said they may postpone its scheduled Nov. 20 opening. And the producers have offered to pay for the cast members' return to Chicago during the work stoppage. Pickets again walked quietly in front of the struck theaters around Times Square,
and few pedestrians were seen on normally crowded side streets in the area. Eight shows, which have separate contracts with the union, remained open and did strong, often sold-out business on Saturday, a two-performance day. Among the attractions still running are Young Frankenstein, 'Mary Poppins, Xanadu and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, as well as four shows — Pygmalion, 'The Ritz, Mauritius and Cymbeline — playing at nonprofit theaters. The same-day discount tickets booths in Times Square and at the South Street Seaport remained open, serving the Broadway shows unaffected by the walkout as well as all off-Broadway productions, which were
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NEW YORK— It was a second day of dark Broadway theaters and disappointed audiences as striking stagehands reaffirmed their commitment Sunday, Nov. 11 to remain off the job until producers started acting "honorably" at the negotiating table. James J. Claffey Jr., president of Local One, said the League of American Theatres and Producers needs to make a "constructive" adjustment to its counter offers. "We want respect at the table," he said at a somber news conference. "If there's no respect, they will not see Local One at the table. The lack of respect is something we are not going to deal with." Tw e n t y - s e v e n shows remained closed
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UNH Prepares to Join Northeast-10
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WEST HAVEN, Conn.— The University of New Haven made two major announcements concerning the future of its athletics program on Friday afternoon. UNH has been accepted as a member of the Northeast-10 Conference for all sports, effective in the fall of 2008. Additionally, UNH announced that football has been re-instated as a varsity sport and will begin competing as a member of the NE-10 in 2009. Earlier this fall, Northeast-10 Conference presidents voted to accept UNH as a member in all sports for 2009. The recent departure of Bryant University to the Division I Northeast Conference has accelerated the timetable for UNH to join the NE-10. UNH has notified the East Coast Conference of its intention to depart the conference following the 2006-07 academic
year. The Chargers will compete as a member of the Northeast-10 Conference in all sports, except men's volleyball, beginning in the fall of 2008. The University of New Haven currently fields 17 varsity athletic teams and football will become the 18th when it begins play in 2009. “I’m very pleased,” said University of New Haven President Steven H. Kaplan. “I’m thrilled that we will be able to begin competition as soon as this fall, particularly because the Northeast-10 provides a terrific fit for our athletic programs. It allows us to revive our football legacy and compete athletically with some of the strongest college teams in Division II today. We here at the University of New Haven are unquestionably ambitious, and this fits well into our continued quest for excellence in all we do.” “This is a banner day for University of New Haven athletics,”
said UNH Director of Athletics Deborah Chin. “We have been seeking a conference that would be the right fit for our university, athletically and academically, and we have been seeking a conference that would allow us to bring football back. Entry into the prestigious Northeast-10 Conference allows us to accomplish all of those goals simultaneously. We’re extremely excited to be bringing football back to the UNH community. The university administration and the staff in the Department of Athletics have put a tremendous amount of work into this process and everyone should be commended for their efforts in making this happen.” The Northeast-10 is one of the most academically prestigious and athletically-successful conferences in Division II. The conference boasts the nation’s top studentathlete graduation rate, and its teams are admitted to NCAA postseason play at
a high rate. NE-10 student-athletes have won three individual national championships and conference members have captured nine team national titles, including at least one national championship in each of the last five years. The move to the NE-10 should result in increased NCAA Championship opportunities for UNH student-athletes. In 2005-06 alone, the NE-10 sent 67 entries to NCAA Championship tournaments. Included in that total are two team and two individual national championships, one national runner-up team, two other NCAA semifinalist teams and a total of seven NCAA quarterfinalists. Throughout its history, UNH has fielded some of the most competitive and successful teams in the Northeast. When the 2007 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championships field is announced on Monday, it will mark the 120th time that UNH has been admitted to NCAA or NAIA post-
season play. Baseball leads the way with 31 postseason qualifications, including 17 College World Series berths (15 NCAA, 2 NAIA). This season will mark the 24th postseason appearance for the UNH women's volleyball program, including ten times that the Chargers advanced to the Elite Eight and 17 Sweet Sixteen appearances. The return of the Charger Football program is of great interest and excitement to University of New Haven students, alumni, fans and friends of athletics. UNH Football has a storied tradition of gridiron success, including four NCAA Division II playoff qualifications in the 1990's. The program posts an all-time record of 172-135-5 in 31 seasons, including a 142-87-1 (.620) mark after moving to the Division II level in 1982. When the Charger Football team advanced to the NCAA Championship game
in 1997, UNH was at that time the smallest school in NCAA history to play for a national title. UNH also advanced to the NCAA semifinals in 1992 and the quarterfinals in 1993 and 1995. In addition to team success, many individuals in UNH Football history have earned national and regional accolades. UNH had 126 All-New England award winners in 19 seasons between 1983 and 2001, and 63 AllECAC picks during the same time period. Perhaps the program's most famous alum is running back Roger Graham, who won Division II's most prestigious award the Harlon Hill Trophy - after leading the NCAA in scoring and ranking second in rushing in 1993. UNH has had a player finish in the top four in the Harlon Hill voting on five occasions. With the football program slated for return in 2009, it is anticipated that UNH will start the hiring process immediately.
rights for the tournament for the first time. Dowling will host the three-day tournament at St. John's University's Oakdale campus, where the Golden Lions play their regularseason matches and hosted the ECC tournament last weekend. Dowling plays eighthseeded Merrimack College (19-13) in the opening round. Admission for each session of the NCAA tournament is $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizen and students with ID, and $2 for
children ages 2-12. An all-session pass is available for a onetime payment of $12. Session information and match start times are included below. UNH (23-6) is the Northeast Region's third seed for the second consecutive season after finishing as the ECC tournament runners-up. The Chargers fell 3-1 to Dowling in a hard-fought title match on Saturday night. The Chargers are making their 22nd NCAA appearance all-
time, and the 12th in 14 seasons under current head coach Robin Salters. UNH has advanced to the Sweet Sixteen 17 times overall, and won regional championships and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight 10 times. The program's last Elite Eight berth came in 2002. In this year's regional quarterfinal round UNH will take on sixth-seeded C.W. Post (17-15), another of four schools from the ECC to advance to the eight-team re-
gional. It's an exact rematch of last year's NCAA tournament at Charger Gymnasium, when the sixthseeded Pioneers swept the third-seeded host Chargers in the opening round and then went on to eventually fall to Dowling in the regional final. UNH defeated C.W. Post at home during this year's regular season, 3-1 (30-20, 32-30, 25-30, 30-22). Also included in the NCAA field is ECC member Adelphi (7th seed, 27-6), as well as
Northeast-10 Conference opponents Bryant University (No. 2, 30-12), Bentley College (No. 4, 23-9) and Merrimack. Georgian Court (30-8) is the fifth seed, with an automatic qualification from the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference. The winner of the Northeast Regional advances to the NCAA Elite Eight, to be held at a to-be-determined on-campus site from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1.
Volleyball Third in Northeast Championships
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INDIANAPOLIS— The University of New Haven has earned the third seed for the 2007 NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Northeast Regional Championships, to be hosted by Dowling College from November 15-17. Dowling (36-7), the East Coast Conference champions and winners of 34 consecutive matches, were awarded hosting
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and rape in South Africa, Winfrey vowed from the very beginning that the school would be free of individuals who would aim to harm children. Devoted to keeping her word, Winfrey and Chief Executive John Samuel have started working to revamp the school and create a new and improved safe haven for children. Winfrey took a trip to Johannesburg shortly after the incident on Oct. 21 and told students that she was their “momma bear” and would insure that assault would never occur in the halls of
her institution again. Known in the United States for her rigorous lobbying against child predators and child abuse, the people of South Africa can rest assured that out of anyone in the world, Oprah Winfrey is one of the few that would see the issue to its final ramification. But will the assault and abuse at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls cause problems for the school in the long run? Oprah says no. As stated to Associated Press, Oprah says that, "No onenot the accused nor any persons- can destroy the dream I have
held and the dream that each girl continues to hold for herself at this school. Their lights will not be diminished by this experience.” The work being done at the Leadership Academy, and the hope it is giving to children all over the world, will not be destroyed by the mistakes of a set few. With a staff change right around the corner, Oprah Winfrey is sure to make this abuse, and child abuse everywhere, a forefront for change and ramifications in the next few years.
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up and running. On Sunday, there were lines at the Times Square location, but it was not as crowded as usual. A sign said there were no Broadway shows available and suggested offBroadway options. Perry Welch, in town from Seattle, was in line hoping to get tickets to The Fantasticks or I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. "We had tickets for Rent, [but] that's not going to happen," he said. No new negotiations have been scheduled between the union and the league. Mayor Michael Bloomberg again offered his as-
sistance on Sunday, saying "the city will do everything it can to help [reach an agreement]." But both sides are standing firm, however. On Saturday, Charlotte St. Martin's the league's executive director charged, "The union chose to strike — without notifying us — rather than to continue negotiations. But our members are united in their commitment to achieving a fair contract. Our goal is simple: To pay for workers we need and for work that is actually performed." The two sides have been involved in lengthy, tension-filled negotiations since last
summer. Much of their disagreements involve work rules and staffing requirements, particularly rules governing the expensive process of loading in and setting up a show. Said John Connolly, head of Actors' Equity Association, "We regret these theaters are closed. We are sorry we are not where we want to be: on stage, entertaining our audiences. That's what we do, that's what we live for. We didn't shut the theaters. We didn't make $100 ticket prices. We did not say it is our mission to re-fashion the economics of the theater industry. The employers did that."
Celina’s Salacious Celebrity Gossip Prince Harry gets While he has taken a little longer to bedumped Get ready to come good-looking, swoon, ladies. Yes, I it appears as though know Prince William it might have been is hotter but let’s just well worth the wait. look at the facts, shall His fluffy red hair and we? Prince William dashing smile could took his queento-be, K a t e Middlet o n , hunting last month, exactly what Diana did right before she married Prince Charles. The newly single Prince Harry in his military garb. Also, word is that melt some hearts, and Kate will be moving it just might now that in soon. Bah hum- he is single. bug. So, let’s look on Three-year girlthe bright side: time friend, Chelsy Davy, has certainly treated dumped the poor Prince Harry well. bloke last week when
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he reportedly went to a rugby game instead of seeing her on her birthday. British newspaper, The Mail, reported that Davy “feels she needs to carve an identity as her own person rather than as Prince H a r r y ’s g i r l friend.” O h well. Harry is third in line to ascend the British throne, behind AN AP PHOTO his father, Charles, and brother, William. Clearly, this makes him the most eligible bachelor because he will most likely never have the pressure of all of England riding
on his shoulders. On mother was human, (Dr. McCoy), Simon the other hand, it is which is needless to Pegg (Scotty), John likely that William say making Trek fans Cho (Sulu), Zoe Salwill someday ascend nervous. dana (Uhura), Anton the throne, making a According to E!, Yelchin (Chekov) and relationship with him the plot of the upcom- Eric Bana (the nefaripotentially difficult. ing film will be based ous Nero) to the film.” Why bother wanting on the Starship Enter- The movie is schedt h e uled to be released responsinext Christmas. bilities of a This will be queen when Ryder’s first big you can live movie involvethe rest of ment since Mr. your life as Deeds with Adam a princess? Sandler. The star Sounds fine has flown under to me. the radar since Ryder beher Saks Fifth Avcomes Trekenue shoplifting kie scandal. While Wi n o n a I think that her Ryder has avoidance of Holagreed to AN AP PHOTO lywood since her Ex-potential princess, Chelsy Davy. be in the trial was a good upcoming revival prise’s first mission. idea, I’m not sure if of Star Trek. In J.J. E! also states, “Ryder's putting the faith of Abram’s new version, addition signals the your comeback in a Ryder will be playing end of casting. In re- Star Trek film is the Spock’s Vulcan moth- cent weeks, Abrams best idea. Maybe you er. In all previous Star beamed up Chris Pine should have waited Trek films, Spock’s (Kirk), Karl Urban for a better script.
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cess of major bands. You listen to the radio, and you hear tons of new bands instead of a solid ten bands from ten major record labels. Digital music is changing, and you cannot stop technology. Even with great record sales, 80% of bands will probably never see profit from record sales. This isn’t because of illegal downloading; there is a deficit to putting out an album. Bands have to pay for pressing, producing, and distribution. In the end, a band about the size of Dave’s will have to sell about 10,000 records in order to start seeing a profit. He then said that usually a band signed to a major record label will have to sell about 50,000 records. Now, maybe being able to download music entirely for free won’t work, but a similar model, “The Radiohead Model” is an idea that was tested, and worked amazingly well. For those of you
that don’t know, the band Radiohead released their album in mp3 format only for a price that you would suggest yourself. You could name any amount, even nothing. By doing this, they eliminated the cost for distribution, pressing, and advertising. There was also no record label involved with their action, thus there were no fees to pay. By creating a digital release, they also cut off the chance of the album being leaked before the release date, which is another thing that record labels, even major labels, will do in order to help gain publicity for an upcoming release. Now, you may ask how exactly did Radiohead make money off of this scheme? Well the thing is most people are willing to spend money to support their bands. In most cases, people would rather pay $5 for a full album as opposed to about $15 for a ten-song CD. There are other things
I could buy instead of blindly buying into a band I’ve never heard of. In the end, Radiohead ended up making an estimated $3.2 million from this release. Even though 60% of the people that downloaded the album selected $0 as a price, they were still able to make pure profit. To say the artists lose in this piracy game is a blatant lie. It’s the record labels that are seeing a real loss. But the record sales aren’t the most providing income for a band. Merchandise and shows are where a band really makes profit. Most independent bands pay for their own merchandise. They sell it for profit, and they see direct profit because they are getting the money directly. They also see direct profit from their CD sales at shows. Even though the record label put out the CD, the band is selling the CD themselves and they are taking in the profit. The music industry
is crippling itself with the high cost of CD’s, which 90% of the time cost about $1 to press. Digital music, no matter how you get it, is changing the face of the music industry, which is long overdue. Independent labels know how to play the game; the major labels are breaking the rules and no one wants to play with these cheaters anymore. I asked Dave how he felt about his band’s last album leaking before the release date. As a member of a small band, making a living off of music, he told me he was very excited. He was interested in seeing how many people were interested in his band. He downloads music on a regular basis but feels that it is right for it to be policed. “The problem,” he says, “is with the younger fans that just want to own everything by a band, show no respect and no intention to spend money on a band.” -John Kritzman, Staff Writer
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