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Rutgers Student Suicide after Live Stream of Sexual Encounter
Celebrities, gay and straight STAFF WRITER Currently, both Dharun Ravi alike, have been speaking out –––––––––––––––––––––––––– and his accomplice, Molly Wei, against bullying. Talk show host are charged with two counts of Ellen DeGeneres recently issued On September 22, 18 year-old criminal invasion of privacy. a video in which she cited gay Rutgers freshman, Tyler Cle- If convicted, they can be sen- teen suicide as an “epidemic,” menti, jumped off the George tenced for up to five years in jail but assured audiences that hope Washington Bridge. A few days and may face a $30,000 fine. should outweigh fear in the wait and countless Google results lat- Middlesex County Prosecu- for change, however gradual: er, Clementi’s suicide sparked national outrage and brought to light once again the issue of bullying. Just three days before, Dharun Ravi, his roommate, streamed Clementi’s sexual encounter with another man online by turning on his webcam from friend Molly Wei’s room. He tweeted, “Roommate asked for the room till midnight. I went into molly’s room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay.” A post on JustUsBoys.com, a gay men’s website, on September 21 indicates that Clementi, known as cit2mo on the thread, was on to his roommate by this time and turned to members of tor Bruce Kaplan has said that “Things will get easier. People’s the site to find out what to do. there is a continuous investiga- minds will change, and you Later on that night, Clementi tion in whether there will be should be alive to see it.” had asked for the room for a few more charges against Ravi and An accomplished violinhours which prompted Ravi to Wei. If there is evidence that ei- ist and a bright student, Clemtry to host another viewing. He ther of them was trying to incite enti was praised by students, tweeted, “Anyone with iChat, I discrimination or harassment teachers, and friends. Edward dare you to video chat me be- against Clementi because of his Schmiedecke, former supervisor tween the hours of 9:30 and 12. orientation, bias or hate crime of Ridgewood School’s music, Yes it’s happening again.” On charges may be brought against art, and dance programs, had the morning of September 22, them, according to a spokesper- nothing but admiration for CleClementi posted on the same son for Kaplan. After several menti: “There are certain stuforum that he had informed his complaints about how Rutgers dents, as they leave, you go, oh, RA and seemed to be fine, but has handled the entire situation that young man is going to be he also posted “jumping off the stemming from the initial griev- successful at whatever he does. gw bridge sorry” on Facebook ance for Clementi, authorities That was him. He certainly was through his cellphone. He then have been prompted to subpoena well on his way. He had an abilleapt to his death. the University for E-mails. ity, a talent and a focus.” By LIZ DE LA TORRE
Travel Alert Issued to Americans eling in France and Germany, changing the terror threat from –––––––––––––––––––––––––– “general” to “high.” The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs alA travel alert issued on Oc- ready set the possibility of a tertober 3 warned Americans to ror threat to “high,” and that will remain vigilant while traveling remain unchanged. However, to Europe because of possible French officials say they are takterror threats. The U.S. State ing the U.S. warning seriously. Department’s official warning On October 5, the French police said, “Current information sug- arrested 12 people in two antigests that Al Qaeda and affili- terrorism raids. By KAIT RICHMOND STAFF WRITER
Can I Kiss You Comes to Campus the wall separating the lounge
By ISAAK KIFLE STAFF WRITER
from the AB meeting room had to be removed to fit everyone. Mike uses a clever mix of Dating is a strange thing. comedy and drama to make a What would, at first glance, ap- presentation that will have stupear to be just another form of dents paralyzed with laughter interaction is given far more one minute and silenced with attention than imaginable. Guys that cannot be bothered to put two and two together or remember the year of a key event in history will ultimately spend hours obsessing over and planning a date. They will plan everything from every inch of their own appearance to each and every minute in excruciating detail. Most of all, guys go into the date with intention; they know exactly what they want out of a date. However, there is one question that is almost never considered: should they ask? That was precisely the theme of “Can I Kiss You?” grief the next. Bringing a couple It was a presentation that speak- of people up from the audience, er and author Mike Domitrz has Mike gave a couple of examples put on for schools around the of the right and wrong ways country, as well as some military to go about on a date. He said, bases. Co-sponsored by the Vic- among other things, that you timology Club, the Office of In- should never just “go for it” or tercultural Relations, the Office use body language as an excuse of Student Activities, the Office not to talk. The ideal relationof Residential Life, and the Ath- ship, he asserts, is one based on letic Department, Mike came to mutual understanding, respect UNH on Monday, October 4 and and communication. And for spoke to the UNH community at those who know perpetrators or 8 p.m. This was one of the most victims of sexual violence, Mike popular events of the fall semes- had two respective messages: ter, so it came as little surprise learn the difference between that the room was packed, and See KISS page 4
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Chile Miners are Heroes, but Fame can be Fleeting
By EVA VERGARA & MICHAEL WARREN ASSOCIATED PRESS
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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile – A torrent of emotions awaits the 33 miners when they finally rejoin the outside world. As trying as it has been for them to survive underground for more than two months, their gold and copper mine is familiar territory. Once out of the shaft, they’ll face challenges so bewildering, no amount of coaching can fully prepare them. They’ll be celebrated at first, embraced by their families AN AP PHOTO ated organizations continue to The planned attacks are sup- and pursued by more than 750 plan terrorist attacks. European posedly similar to the 2008 journalists who have converged governments have taken action Mumbai massacre that left more on the mine, competing for into guard against a terrorist attack than 160 people dead. Ten men terviews and images to feed to a and some have spoken publicly targeted a famous train station world intensely curious to hear about the heightened threat con- as well as tourist hot spots for their survival story. ditions.” shooting and bombing attacks. They’ve been invited to visit British authorities told its presidential palaces, take all-excitizens to be on alert while travSee TRAVEL page 5 pense paid vacations and appear
“These people who are coming out of the bottom of the mine are different people ... and their families are too.” A tentative but secret list has been drafted regarding which miners should come out first when the extraction begins in a rescue capsule, probably on Wednesday. One by one they will take a twisting, 20-minute ride for 2,041 feet (622 meters) up to a rockstrewn desert moonscape and into the embrace of those they love. The capsule is expected to rotate 350 degrees some 10 to 12 times through curves in the 28-inch-wide AN AP PHOTO (71-centimetertually, a new reality will set in — and for most, it won’t be wide) escape hole on its way up. Workers on Monday finished anything like the life they knew before the mine collapsed above installing steel tubing to reinforce the top 295 feet (90 meters) their heads. “Before being heroes, they of that shaft, said Navy Cmdr. are victims,” University of San- Renato Navarro, who oversees tiago psychologist Sergio Gon- part of the rescue operation. zalez told The Associated Press. See MINERS page 6 on countless TV shows. Contracts for book and movie deals are pending, along with job offers. More money than they could dream of is already awaiting their signature. Right now they are true heroes. Some will become celebrities if they want to. But even-
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USGA & More
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USGA President’s Corner Undergraduate Students, Homecoming is approaching fast! I hope it is a great week for everyone because there is so much planned. On Saturday, October 23, there shouldn’t be an empty seat in the stands. Here is the schedule so far for all of the homecoming events. Monday, October 18 Sports of the Day: Baseball, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball Signature Competition begins Tie Dye Tee-Shirt Night at New Hall Patio from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 19 Tug of War competition Sports of the Day: Cross Country, Football, Lacrosse Signature Competition continues Tug of War Competition at Kayo Field from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00p.m.
Thursday, October 21
Sports of the Day: Softball, Tennis, Men’s Track and Field Signature Competition continues 6 p.m. - Clubs begin building floats and banners 7 p.m. - Bonfire and athletics 7:30 p.m. - Prep Rally/Speeches 8:15 p.m. - Dance Team performances • Giveaways all night
Friday, October 22 Sports of the Day: Women’s Track and Field, Men’s Volleyball, Women’s Volleyball Signature Competition continues 6 p.m. - Clubs finish floats 7 p.m. - Pig Roast 7:30 p.m. - Scope Fall Festival • Giveaways all night
Saturday, October 23
Wednesday, October 20
8:30 a.m. - BlueOut BlowOut Zone
USGA Points Game ( Volleyball match) Sports of the Day: Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer Signature Competition continues USGA Points Game: Women’s Volleyball at North Campus at 7:00 p.m.
USGA Senator Spotlight Name: Tim Farmer Birthday: November 7 Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut Year: Junior Major: Criminal Justise/Accounting Campus Involvement: USGA Senate USGA Community Service Committee Head SAE Fraternity ACJA
Scott Kazar USGA President
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SCOPE It Out!
by Joann Wolwowicz
by Michelle R. Morra
Dudes and dudettes, welcome back to the second half of the Fall Semester and the continuance of great SCOPE events. Before the break we planned some laid back events that got you prepared for some well-deserved days off. Film had their regular weekly movie, Special Events planned a very popular event, and Weekend Programming had some relaxing arts and crafts. Film’s weekly movie last week was Dinner for Schmucks. Steve Carell and Paul Rudd were comedy gold. They were funny and had the entire crowd in tears from laughing so hard. Not only was the movie funny, but it also taught a lesson about friendship. So, on that note, all friends should sit down and watch this movie together so that they can learn about what it takes when being a good friend. Unfortunately, there wass no movie this week due to the break, but next week Film will be showing Despicable Me on Tuesday, October 19 and Friday, October 22 in Bartels Café at 9 p.m. On Wednesday, Special Events brought “Write on Rice” artists to the Programming Space. Students were able to get their names, their significant other names, anniversary dates, or other clever word phrases written on a PIECE OF RICE!!! A small piece of rice was able to hold up to six letters, and then it was made into a necklace. It was a great event with a great turnout. The next Special Events’ event is Beanhouse, SCOPE’s open mike night. Join us on Tuesday, October 19 at 9 p.m.in the Bartels Programming Space. Weekend Programming had a slow weekend because of the break, but they still brought a great event to campus. Fall Craft Night had ceramic fall themed pottery that students were able to paint and decorate their rooms with. There were leaves, pumpkin picture frames, Happy Fall signs, and other fall items. It was a very relaxing and creative time for those that came, and it was a really good event before a long weekend of relaxation. This coming weekend they are planning some all-time favorite events. Tye dye is Friday, October 15 in Bartels Café from 9-10:30 p.m. On Saturday, October 16 they have planned a trip to Lyman Orchards; sign-ups will be Wednesday night. So, look out for your emails. Also, this week we will be having the Butt Sketch Artist and Adam Pate, fastest caricaturist in the nation. Day Programming is bringing these artists to Bartels Programming Space from 12:30-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 13. So come get some art for your room.
This past weekend, we were treated to two full days off from school, with no classes, meetings, office hours, or obligations. We all have Columbus Day to thank for that little fall break that we have each year. But why is Columbus Day a holiday and what makes it so special? Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World on October 12, 1492. It was unofficially celebrated in a number of cities and states as early as the 18th century but did not become a federal holiday until the 1937. For many, the holiday is a way of both honoring Columbus’ achievements and celebrating Italian-American heritage. Throughout its history, Columbus Day and the man who inspired it have generated controversy, and many alternatives to the holiday have appeared in recent years.
Health and Fitness Pounding Pavement vs. Pumping Iron
by Melanie Rovinsky
It doesn’t take a fitness guru to understand that a well-rounded exercise regimen would prove to be more beneficial than an unbalanced one. However, when it comes to actually implementing the workout plan, many of us tend to favor one aspect of exercise over another. Take me, for example: I have no problem running for an hour and a half straight, but I strategically avoid the weight room at all costs. And, although my inability to do more than 10 pushups should have been motivation on its own, I did not fully appreciate the value of strength training until doing a little bit of research. “I just want to lose weight.” Many people, especially women, avoid lifting weights because they believe they will shed more calories doing cardio exercises. To a certain extent, they are right. According to Women’s Health, lifting weights burns about eight to 10 calories per minute, while cardiovascular training burns 10 to 12. One reason for this difference is that cardio activity is constant and resistance training involves reps and periodic rests. There is, however, a secret caloric bonus to lifting. Weight training speeds up your metabolism for an entire hour after you finish working out! This allows you to cut an additional 25 percent of the total calories you burned during your entire routine. And your body won’t stop shedding calories there! Dr. Wayne Wescott, director of research at the Quincy, Mass. YMCA, claims, “For every 3 pounds of muscle you build, you’ll burn an extra 120 calories a day just vegging -because muscle takes more energy to sustain.” “I just want to feel good.” Regular exercisers are well aware of the mental stability they experience as a result of working out. Cardiovascular activity is quick to deliver in this area. Known for its knack for kicking stress to the curb, aerobic activity triggers the release of serotonin in the brain, giving exercisers a natural high. Cardio is also known to significantly reduce anxiety and fight fatigue. In addition, Women’s Health believes that cyclists, runners, and swimmers have increased self-confidence due to the rush they feel every time they cross the finish line. Although resistance training does not cause an excessive release of “feel good” chemicals in the brain, it does help with body image issues. Immediately after lifting weights, blood rushes to the worked muscles causing them to appear fuller and more toned. Seeing instant results will make you feel better about yourself! “I just want to be healthy.” There are numerous health benefits to exercising, and both cardio and strength training programs have something to contribute. In fact, both ways of working out can help to increase your lifespan! Regular cardiovascular exercise reduces heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, osteoporosis, stroke, and even some forms of cancer. “Nothing compares with cardio for optimizing longevity,” says Dr. Mike Meyers, a certified trainer at American College of Sports Medicine. However, weight training helps too! According to Women’s Health, “A 2006 study by the National Institutes of Health found that lifting weights just twice a week can prevent you from gaining intra-abdominal fat - the kind that wraps around organs and constricts blood vessels.” Not to mention the fact that weight training helps prevent injuries that often occur during cardiovascular activities and even during your everyday routine.
Columbus Day A U.S. national holiday since 1937, Columbus Day commemorates the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World on October 12, 1492. The Italian-born explorer had set sail two months earlier, backed by the Spanish monarchs King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. He intended to chart a western sea route to China, India, and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia. Instead, he landed in the Bahamas, becoming the first European to explore the Americas since the Vikings set up colonies in Greenland and Newfoundland during the 10th century. Later that month, Columbus sighted Cuba and believed it was mainland China; in December, the expedition found Hispaniola, which he thought might be Japan. There, he established Spain’s first colony in the Americas with 39 of his men. In March 1493, the explorer returned to Spain in triumph, bearing gold, spices and “Indian” captives. He crossed the Atlantic several more times before his death in 1506; by his third journey, he realized that he hadn’t reached Asia but instead had stumbled upon a continent previously unknown to Europeans. The first Columbus Day celebration took place in 1792, when New York’s Columbian Orderbetter known as Tammany Hall-held an event to commemorate the historic landing’s 300th anniversary. Taking pride in Columbus’ birthplace and faith, Italian and Catholic communities in various parts of the country began organizing annual religious ceremonies and parades in his honor. In 1892, President Benjamin Harrison issued a proclamation encouraging Americans to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ voyage with patriotic festivities, writing, “On that day let the people, so far as possible, cease from toil and devote themselves to such exer-
cises as may best express honor to the discoverer and their appreciation of the great achievements of the four completed centuries of American life.” In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day a national holiday, largely as a result of intense lobbying by the Knights of Columbus, an influential Catholic fraternal benefits organization. Originally observed every October 12, it was fixed to the second Monday in October in 1971. Opposition to Columbus Day dates back to the 19th century, when anti-immigrant groups in the United States rejected the holiday because of its association with Catholicism. In recent decades, Native Americans and other groups have protested the celebration of an event that indirectly resulted in the colonization of the Americas and the death of millions. European settlers brought a host of infectious diseases, including smallpox and influenza, which decimated indigenous populations; warfare between Native Americans and the colonists claimed many lives as well. The image of Christopher Columbus as an intrepid hero has also been called into question. Upon arriving in the Bahamas, the explorer and his men forced the native peoples they found there into slavery; later, while serving as the governor of Hispaniola, he allegedly imposed barbaric forms of punishment, including torture. In many parts of the United States, Columbus Day has evolved into a celebration of ItalianAmerican heritage. Local groups host parades and street fairs featuring colorful costumes, music, and Italian food. In cities and towns that use the day to honor indigenous peoples, activities include pow-wows, traditional dance, and lessons about Native American Culture
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By JENNIE ROTH STAFF WRITER
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The members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) hosted their first annual car show at North Campus on Sunday, October 10. Students, locals, and car lovers in Connecticut showed up to support the club and check out the cars. Each car paid ten dol-
lars and received a giveaway ticket, informational packets, and a display card for their car. Spectators were asked to donate one dollar. The proceeds from the event went to the super mileage vehicle that is being built to compete in Michigan this May. The SAE vehicle gets 500+ miles per gallon of gas. This year, the Mechanical Engineers are attempting to optimize the miles per gallon to a goal of 1500.
Can I Kiss You?
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backing-up and coveringup your friend’s actions, and support is always better than vengeance. Putting a few minutes aside after the presentation, Mike was able to answer some questions in a personal interview. Mike’s crusade against dating violence began shortly after his sister was raped in the late 80’s. Listening to an inspirational speaker one day convinced Mike that he wanted to take the kind of power that those speakers have and channel it towards preventing tragedies like the one he had to go through. Having been speaking to students and presenting “Can I Kiss
You?” for nearly twenty years, Mike is continually motivated by the impact that he has around him. As for his most rewarding moment, Mike credits each and every time he hears from a survivor of sexual abuse about how much his words have helped them. To anyone who is seeking advice, information, or support regarding sexual assault or dating violence, Mike’s “Date Safe Project” can be reached at Doyouask.com. And to anyone who missed the presentation, the interview ended with two words that, in essence, summarize the entire philosophy and lesson of “Can I Kiss You?: ask first!
Taliban Attacks NATO’s Fuel Trucks By MICHAEL KELLY STAFF WRITER
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On October 4, 2010, U.S and NATO forces were attacked by Pakistani Taliban militants, which were carrying fuel in several of their tankers. The militants surrounded the trucks at a truck stop on the outskirts of Islamabad with automatic gunfire. NATO forces lost 20 trucks, each of which went up in flames. They also had four people killed in action, and seven were injured in this attack. A few hours later in the southwest of Pakistan, more gunmen attacked two other NATO trucks and killed the driver.
There have been several attacks in Pakistan, which has put the main border on high alert. Last week there were more threats from the Pakistani Taliban, who were saying they were going to blow up more supply lines. The United States and NATO do have alternative supply routes in Afghanistan, and they plan on changing routes even if they lose more trucks. Pakistani Taliban forces are striking supply lines to gain more media attention than normal, and it makes the mission in Afghanistan appear vulnerable. These attacks on NATO forces seem to be the work of criminals that want revenge on the United States.
ASME Car Show
The car show attracted many people, although not as many as expected. “It was our first year and we were happy with the way it worked out, even [though] there weren’t as many cars as we expected,” ASME Chairman, Charlie Diguglielmo said. There were about 40 cars there, ranging from classic American models like a 1932 Model-56 to a modern European like revamped Smart car. Alumni even came out to support
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Robert Edwards, 85 of Britain, was selected as the 2010 Nobel Prize winner for medicine. He is the creator of the experiment entitled the “test-tube” baby. His experiment has brought four million babies into this world, an incredible achievement for science and medicine. Edwards is a professor at the University of Cambridge, where he has done most of his research and experiments. His vi-
sion of a “test-tube” baby finally became a reality on July 25,1978 when Louise Brown, the first “testtube” baby, was conceived to a couple who were trying for nine years to have a baby. When Edwards was in the laboratory, he used in vitro fertilization, also known as IVF. This procedure involves the process where an egg is removed from a woman, and then it is mixed with a male sperm right in the laboratory. Edwards and his research partner, Patrick Steptoe, who died in 1988,
to mingle and speak with other car owners during the course of the day. Members of ASME showed their cars as well. ASME Vice Chairman, Matt Zwilling, brought his Volkswagen. Members Steve Hegedus and Jeff Young also brought their vehicles. Members also helped collect the money, direct spectator parking, file cars into the correct categories, and judge the show for winners. Winners in their cat-
egories included the 1932 Model 56 (Classic American), a Datsun Roadster (Asian), and a low-riding Chevy pick-up truck (Trucks). Overall, ASME raised about $536 for the SAE vehicle and the club. ASME plans on hosting more car shows in the future.“We are looking forward to [hosting car shows] again,” Diguglielmo said. “We want to make it a much better show next time.”
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5 Controversial U.S. Military Bases Not in Iraq or Afghanistan
By VANESSA ESTIME STAFF WRITER
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When one thinks of U.S. Military bases, the first instinct is to think of one place where they could be located—the Middle East. Believe it or not, the U.S. Defense Department is occupying forty six different countries, with American territories making up a grand total of 837. But how much do these eight hundred plus locations cost to manage, including the troops, bases, fleets, and materials? The exact number is hard to figure out, but here is a list of American bases that have proven—in the public’s eyes—to be extremely costly and controversial at the same time. First, located in the Indian Ocean, is the very secluded Naval Support Facility, which has 595 buildings on 7,000 acres. This location happens to carry a hefty $2.6 billion price tag. The location is perfect; it is close enough to the Middle East to launch B-2 bombs into Afghanistan. It is also within flying distance of Africa, and has the ability to daunt China. Being secluded has its benefits, including a minimal threat of a counter-attack while giving safety for refueling aircraft carriers and bomb-
The Nobel Prize for a Test-tube Pioneer
By MICHAEL KELLY
the club. Riordan Cayabyab (2010) brought his Hyundai Tiburon, complete with carbon fiber hood and sun roof, all the way from New Hampshire. “I wanted to show ASME some support,” Cayabyab said. Other cars in attendance included two Thunderbirds, multiple Volkswagens, a Datsun, a Mustang, a few Harley Davidson motorcycles, and even a car equipped with hydraulics. Car owners were able
faced opposition to their IVF experiments. According to the Nobel Prize committee, experiments like Robert Edwards’ “test-tube” baby, are not given right away because the committee has to decide whether or not the experiment is worthy of the achievement. Although this experiment can be costly, many families that were unable to conceive are now able to have babies by in vetro fertilization.
ers. On the other hand, there is some criticism surrounding this base. Almost the entire island is used for military facilities, which has been driving out the natives. These natives assert that they were rounded up, shipped to, and dumped in British island territories without any of their belongings into slums. Also, the facility is also believed to house covert CIA prisons for American enemies. Next, the Incirlik Air Base can be found in Southern Turkey, where it houses 675 buildings on more than 3,000 acres of land and carries a price tag of $1.7 billion. This air base has proven to be vital in the wars of the 21st century. It was not until September 11, 2001 that the base began to be utilized, when it became an important launching pad for U.S. refueling missions and troop movements into Iraq. Also, the base houses nuclear bombs, which discourages Iran from any possible nuclear attacks. Additionally, the nuclear weapons are a sore point for Russia because of its proximity to the base. Even though the bombs have proved to be out-dated, they still irritate Russia and continue to hinder compromises. Thirdly, a familiar name comes to mind: the Naval Station at Guanta-
namo Bay. 1,400 buildings can be found there on the 28,800 acres of Cuban soil. Obtained through the Spanish-American War, Guantanamo Bay is a refueling stop and a logistics center for Caribbean antinarcotics missions. More notable, however, this outpost is more known as a maximum security prison for “war criminals” and prisoners, including main Al Qaeda figureheads. Critics have complained that Guantanamo Bay is synonymous with human rights abuses. President Obama has proposed to move the detainees to a high security facility in Illinois, while the former advisor to Senator Ted Kennedy recommends turning the site into a disaster relief center for Haitians affected by the January earthquake. The Transit Center at Manas (previously known as the Manas Air Base) is the next controversial base. It is located near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital. Annual rent is an enormous $63 million with 37 acres of land and more than 200 buildings. A quick trip away from the combat zone, this hub gives help to U.S. troops going into or out of Afghanistan. The Kyrgyzstan government allows the United States to launch bombers, jets, and gunships from its land un-
like other nations. In opposition, this host country has faced immense pressure from Russia to do away with the U.S. base with a $2 billion loan. However, the United States made an agreement with Kyrgyz leaders to raise their annual rent to the current price—$63 million. Finally, on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, there is the Kadena Air Base. It houses 1,850 buildings on almost 11,000 acres of land and is worth $6.4 billion. Beginning after World War II, this base is the heart of the U.S. military power in Asia. More than 45,000 American troops stationed in Japan can be found there. The base, largest in the Pacific, is home to aerial attack, Special Forces, and intelligence units. Kadena would play an important role in carrying out missions if conflict ever erupted in Taiwan or the Koreas. But even with its military strength, opposition still rises. Japanese are tired of paying the United States $2 billion annually to be able to host Americans. America has agreed to move the eight thousand troops to Guam, but it will still be paid in Japanese funds. In addition, there are numerous high profile rape cases that add to the Japanese’s anger.
By ELIZABETH FIELD
ers who did not have data plans but had mistakenly accessed the Web by pressing a button on their phones. The telecommunications company is expected to credit most of their 15 million users anywhere from $2 to $6 toward their October or November bills. Customers who are no longer with the wireless carrier can expect refund checks in the mail. Verizon estimates that it owes anywhere between $50 to $90
million in restitution. The FCC investigation is not yet over as it has not decided whether or not to begin a formal proceeding to impose a fine on Verizon or to let Verizon off with the voluntary payment to customers. They must now address if the self-regulation of telecommunications networks is appropriate, considering the presence they have in our lives.
Verizon to Refund Customers for Wrongful Data Charges
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With the start of the fall season, everyone should be aware that flu season is also just around the corner. Each year, many university students get the flu, resulting in missed classes and exams. The virus spreads rapidly due to close living conditions, lowered resistance, and stress. The flu hits this area around exam time or just as students arrive back from winter break. No one wants to suffer through the flu during times that are stressful enough for students. There are some important facts about the flu that all students should be aware of. The flu is unpredictable and can be severe. In the United States, between 5% and 20% of the population gets the flu each flu season. It’s estimated that more than 200,000 people in the U.S. are hospitalized from flu-related complications on average each season, including 20,000 children younger than 5 years old. It is es-
timated that flu-associated deaths in the U.S. ranged from a low of about 3,000 to a high of about 49,000 people ,between 1976 and 2006. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a three-step approach to protect against the flu. The first step, and probably the most important, is to take the time to get a flu vaccine. Getting a flu vaccine is easy, and it is the first and most important step you can take in protecting yourself and your loved ones from the flu. The flu vaccine is effective and safe in preventing the flu, and the CDC recommends that college students be vaccinated each year. This year’s flu vaccine will protect against three viruses: an H3N2 virus, an influenza B virus and the H1N1 virus that caused so much illness last season. UNH Health Services will offer flu vaccine shots throughout the month of October at the Health Services Center for a $12 fee, payable by cash or check. The vaccine is available to
students, staff, and facility. Anyone interested in getting the vaccine should schedule an appointment on one of the scheduled days for the flu vaccine clinics. A schedule can be found below for the month of October. Please call (203)932-7079 to set up a time frame between 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Appointments come on a first come first serve basis. Please be advised that there will be a short wait time at each clinic. Seasonal Flu Vaccine Clinics Friday, October 15 1-2 p.m. and 2-3 p.m. Friday, October 22 9-10 a.m. and 10-11a.m. Tuesday, October 26 9-10 a.m. and 10-11a.m. Friday, October 29 9-10 a.m. and 10-11 a.m. Clinic dates for the months of November and December will be announced at a later date as long as there is enough supply of vaccine. Please make your appointment today. Protect yourself and others this winter.
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DA: Anti-gay NYC Attack Laced with Hate Speech
By KAREN MATTHEWS ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NEW YORK – Gang members used an anti-gay slur to ask two teen boys and a 30-year-old man about their sexuality before brutally torturing and beating them last week in a working-class Bronx neighborhood, authorities said in court, where eight suspects stood with drooped heads at their first appearance as their relatives wept behind them. During the proceeding Sunday, Assistant District Attorney Theresa Gottlieb said that each victim was asked prior to being beaten in the Oct. 3 attacks: “Is it true that you’re a fag?” The defendants did not enter pleas to charges that include robbery, assault, sexual abuse and unlawful imprisonment as hate crimes. The most serious charge carried a potential 25-year prison term. Police were looking for a ninth suspect, who had been expected to turn himself in but didn’t show. The nine men, members of the Latin King Goonies gang, had heard a rumor one of their teenage recruits was gay and on the night of Oct. 3, found him, stripped and beat him and sodomized him with a plunger handle until he confessed to having had sex with a man, police say. The gang members then found a second teen they suspected was gay and tortured him, police say. They also invited the man the first teen had admitted having sex with to a house, telling him they were having a party, police say. When he arrived, five of them burned, beat and tortured him for hours, police say. The man was sodomized with a miniature baseball bat by a defendant who taunted him with, “You like that. You like that,” the criminal com-
plaint said. Two of his attackers went to his home, court papers and authorities said, where they encountered the man’s brother. They punched him, bound his hands with rope, put tape around his head before and threw a mattress on top of him, authorities said, and demanded money and jewelry and threatened him with death before leaving with cash and a 52-inch flat-screen television. The suspects were identified as Ildefonzo Mendez, 23; Elmer Confresi, 23; David Rivera, 21; Steven Caraballo, Denis Peitars, Nelson Falu and Bryan Almonte, all 17; and Brian Cepeda, 16. Bronx Criminal Court Judge Harold Adler set bail for Peitars and Caraballo at $100,000 bond or $50,000 cash; the other six were held without bail. Two attorneys, Paul Horowitz and Fred Bittlingmeyer, represented the eight at the hearing but didn’t expect to represent all of them through the legal process. Bittlingmeyer, representing Peitars, said his client only punched one of the complainants after the other defendants said they “were going to find out who the men are in this room and who the fags are in this room.” Bittlingmeyer said if Peitars didn’t throw a punch he would have been attacked himself. He also denied it was a scheme by a gang, describing it as people getting together on a Sunday night and “one individual let it get out of hand.” Horowitz, representing Caraballo, said his client had not previously been in trouble with the law and denies the allegations. He said the only offense of which Caraballo was accused was hitting one of the complainants with his fist. Falu’s mother, Caro-
line Falu, said her son is a “good boy.” “I just know my son is innocent,” she said. “I know my son. He’s not like that.” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he was sickened by the accusations of violence “and saddened by the anti-gay bias.” The beatings in the Bronx followed a string of anti-gay attacks and teen suicides attributed to anti-gay bullying. Gay men and women live openly in Morris Heights, the largely Hispanic neighborhood where the Oct. 3 beatings took place, and while residents were disturbed by some past violent behavior blamed on the defendants, some said they hadn’t previously targeted homosexuals. On Sunday, outside the four-story brick building where police say the assaults happened, a police officer was posted in threewheeled scooter, and crime scene tape stretched across the bottom of it. Children played in the street in front of the home, which faces Primary School 226. An assortment of colorful flowers were laid in front of the home with a sympathy card that read: “Prayers for healing — for our community.” Two blocks away, young men stood on the corner outside the building where the 30-year-old victim and his brother live in a fifth-floor walk-up. A sign at the building’s entrance warned that it was patrolled by the police department’s Operation Clean Halls. In the deli on the main floor of the building, Jose Aurelio said the 30-yearold victim stopped in every morning on his way to the bus, often just to say hello. “He comes here every day, happy, nice,” he said. “Everybody liked him.”
sized that the alert does not tell Americans to cancel their travel plans, but simply tells them to be cautious. “If they see unattended packages or hear loud noises or see something beginning to happen that they should quickly move away from them,” Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy told reporters. The State Department also suggests registering travel plans with the
U.S. Embassy. Many are saying that the best defense is a wellinformed citizen. For example, in May, a vendor in Times Square reported seeing a car smoking, and Faisal Shahzad’s plan to bomb the famous New York City intersection failed. In short, if you see something, say something. The alert will remain in effect until January 31, 2011.
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Bearing the Mumbai massacre in mind, Americans have been warned to remain alert in and around the areas of public transportation systems and tourist infrastructures. Last month, French officials had the Eiffel Tower evacuated twice because of concerns that the landmark is on Osama bin Laden’s “hit list.” U.S. officials empha-
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3 Win Economics Nobel for Job Market Analysis
By LOUISE NORDSTROM & KARL RITTER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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STOCKHOLM – Two Americans and a BritishCypriot economist won the 2010 Nobel economics prize Monday for developing a theory that helps explain why many people can remain unemployed despite a large number of job vacancies. Federal Reserve board nominee Peter Diamond was honored along with Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides with the 10 million Swedish kronor ($1.5 million) prize for their analysis of the obstacles that prevent buyers and sellers from efficiently pairing up in markets. Diamond — a former mentor to current Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke — analyzed the foundations of so-called search markets, while Mortensen and Pissarides expanded the theory and applied it to the labor market. Their work, dating back to the 1970s and ‘80s, sheds light on why the classical view of markets, in which prices are set so that buyers and sellers always find each other and all resources are fully utilized, doesn’t always apply to the real world. One example is the
housing market, where buyers can struggle to find new homes even though there are a number of unsold properties available. Another is the labor market. Because searching for jobs takes time and resources, it creates friction in the job market, helping explain why there are both job vacancies and unemployment simultaneously, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. “The laureates’ models help us understand the ways in which unemployment, job vacancies and wages are affected by regulation and economic policy,” the citation said. Their work resulted in the so-called DiamondMortensen-Pissarides model, a frequently used tool to estimate how unemployment benefits, interest rates, the efficiency of employment agencies and other factors can affect the labor market. “One conclusion is that more generous unemployment benefits give rise to higher unemployment and longer search times,” the academy said. Diamond, 70, is an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an authority on Social Security, penSee ECONOMICS page 7
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Chile Miners are Heroes
The next step: a platform above the shaft to support the rescue capsule. Chile’s government has promised each miner at least six months of psychological support. “All of them will have to confront the media and fame, and will encounter families that aren’t the same as when they were trapped,” Health Minister Jaime Manalich said. “All of them will live through very difficult situations of adaptation.” At first they’ll feel besieged, poorly treated by the media and perhaps overwhelmed by even the attention of their own families, predicted Dr. Claus Behn, a University of Chile physiologist with expertise on disorders stemming from surviving extreme situations. Society will “demand to know every minute detail, and they’re going to offer enormous quantities of money and popularity.” The problem with being a hero is that “if you look down from the mountaintop, all you see is the abyss. It would make anyone feel vertigo,” Behn said. The miners have had the support of a team of psychologists while underground, but that was designed mostly to help them endure the extreme
conditions. Last week, they also got an hour a day of training in dealing with the media, including practice with “ugly, bad and indiscreet” questions about their time underground, their personal lives and their families, said Alejandro Pino, a former reporter who was part of a support team provided by Chile’s workplace insurance association. “I see them doing extraordinarily well,” Pino said. “They’re ready.” The miners do seem happy in videos they filmed and sent to the surface. Some even joked around as they showed off their underground home. But others have avoided the exposure. And while Manalich insists that the miners are unified, reflecting the disciplined teamwork that helped them survive, all that could change quickly once they are out. Already, relations within and between their families have become strained as some seem to be getting more money and attention than others. A philanthropic Chilean mining executive, Leonardo Farkas, gave $10,000 checks in the miners’ names to each of the 33 families, and set up a fund to collect donations. Co-workers who weren’t trapped, but were left out of a job — including some
who narrowly escaped getting crushed in the collapse — wonder if they’ll be taken care of, too. One miner’s child was invited onto a Chilean TV game show where she earned thousands of dollars, and 27 of the 33 workers have filed a $10 million negligence lawsuit against the mine’s owners. A similar suit against government regulators is planned. And then there are deals for books, movies and personal appearances. The money rush will be intense — and temporary. The government required each miner to designate someone to receive their $1,600 monthly salary, and opened bank accounts for them that only the miners themselves can access. But Behn said the miners need good financial advice as well so that it doesn’t melt away. “If they’re getting now a violent inflow of money, it should be administered so that it can serve them for the rest of their lives. And meanwhile, they should not for any reason give up their regular work habits,” Behn said. What often happens after situations of extreme isolation is that the survivor tells everything all at once, and when there’s nothing left to say, misunderstandings begin. In-
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White House Doubts Need to Halt All Foreclosures
By ALAN FRAM
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WASHINGTON – A top White House adviser questioned the need Sunday for a blanket stoppage of all home foreclosures, even as pressure grows on the Obama administration to do something about mounting evidence that banks have used inaccurate documents to evict homeowners. “It is a serious problem,” said David Axelrod, who contended that the flawed paperwork is hurting the nation’s housing market as well as lending institutions. But he added, “I’m not sure about a national moratorium because there are in fact valid foreclosures that probably should go forward” because their documents are accurate. Axelrod said the administration is pressing lenders to accelerate their
reviews of foreclosures to determine which ones have flawed documentation. “Our hope is this moves rapidly and that this gets unwound very, very quickly,” he said. With the reeling economy already the top issue on voters’ minds, the doubts raised over foreclosures and evictions are becoming a political issue with the approach of Nov. 2 elections. Underscoring those pressures, two leading lawmakers took opposing stances on the wisdom of a moratorium. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, a top House Democrat, said she backed a foreclosure moratorium and government talks with the banking industry to concoct ways to let lenders reshape troubled mortgages. She said the foreclosure problem has been “extremely See WHITE HOUSE page 7
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stead, Behn advises taking things slowly, gradually reuniting with family and friends and trying to contain their expectations. Otherwise, “they’re going to have really emotional storms that won’t do anybody any good.” Manalich said the miners seem incredibly unified. Some of their relatives also expressed hope that the bonds they’ve formed below will enable them to lean on each other in the future. Brandon Fisher doubts that. Fisher, president of Center Rock, Inc., has been closely involved in this rescue — his company’s drill hammers pounded the escape shaft. His hammers also helped save nine men in Pennsylvania in the Quecreek Mine disaster in 2002. They, too, came out of the hole blinking in the glare of TV cameras, and received intense media attention at first. But in some cases, their friendships and family relationships didn’t hold up to the pressure. “They’re in for the surprise of their lives. From here on out, their lives will have changed,” Fisher predicted. “There aren’t too many of those guys who get along because of all the attention, the lawsuits, the movie deals. Once money gets involved it gets ugly.”
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vexing” in her state. The No. 2 House Republican, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, said a national moratorium would remove the protections that lenders need. “You’re going to shut down the housing industry” with a national stoppage, Cantor said. “People have to take responsibility for themselves.” In recent days, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., in a tough re-election race, urged five large mortgage lenders to suspend foreclosures in his state until they establish ways to make sure homeowners don’t lose their
homes improperly. Attorney General Eric Holder said that the government is looking into the matter, and Democratic lawmakers urged bank regulators and the Justice Department to probe whether mortgage companies violated laws in handling foreclosures. The attorneys general of up to 40 states plan to announce a joint investigation soon into banks’ use of flawed foreclosure paperwork, a person familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press late Saturday. On Friday, Bank of America became the first bank to halt foreclosures in all 50 states. Three other
institutions — JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ally Financial’s GMAC Mortgage unit and PNC Financial — have stopped foreclosures in the 23 states where foreclosures must be approved by a judge. President Barack Obama vetoed a bill last week that would have made it easier for banks to approve foreclosure documents, which the White House said could hurt consumers. Axelrod spoke on CBS’ “Face the Nation” while Wasserman Schultz and Cantor appeared on “Fox News Sunday.”
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sions and taxation. President Barack Obama has nominated Diamond to become a member of the Federal Reserve. However, the Senate failed to approve his nomination before lawmakers left to campaign for the midterm congressional elections. Senate Republicans have objected to what they see as Diamond’s limited experience in dissecting the inner workings of the national economy. Bernanke was one of Diamond’s students at MIT. When Bernanke turned in his doctoral dissertation back in 1979, one of the people he thanked was Diamond for being generous with his time and reading and discussing Bernanke’s work. Pissarides, a 62-yearold professor at the London School of Economics, was the first Nobel winner with Cypriot citizenship, academy spokesman Erik Huss said. Speaking from his north London home, Pissarides told The Associated Press the announcement came as “a complete surprise” though his work had already helped shape thinking on both sides of the Atlantic. For example, the New Deal for Young People, a British government initiative aimed at getting 18-24-year-olds back on the job market after long spells of unemployment,
“is very much based on our work,” he said. Mortensen, 71, is an economics professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He is currently a visiting professor at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, where the academy reached him by phone as he was having lunch with colleagues. Mortensen told AP he was asked not to share the news until the announcement in Stockholm 30 minutes later. “So I was sitting there at the table and I think they knew from the smile on my face what had happened. Everyone knows this is the day,” he said. Diamond wrote a paper in the early 1980s that found that unemployment compensation can lead to better job matches. Workers “become more selective in the jobs they accept” because of the employment aid. And, that makes for better matches and increases efficiency, he found. He told a Senate committee during his nomination hearing in July that a central theme of his research has been how the economy deals with risks that affect both individuals, and the entire economy. “In all my central research areas, I have thought about and written about the risks in the economy and how markets and government can com-
bine to make the economy function better for individuals,” he said in that hearing. The economics prize is not among the original awards established by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel in his 1895 will, but was created in 1968 by the Swedish central bank in his memory. The economics jury was the last of the Nobel committees to announce 2010 winners. Last week, British professor Robert Edwards was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for his fertility research that led to the first test tube baby. Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov won the physics prize for groundbreaking experiments with graphene, the strongest and thinnest material known to mankind. The chemistry award went to Richard Heck and Japanese researchers Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki for designing techniques to bind together carbon atoms. Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa won the literature prize and the imprisoned Chinese democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. The awards are always handed out on Dec. 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death in 1896.
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Google Tests Cars That Can Steer Without Drivers By DANIEL WAGNER on major California roads ects such as the cars that ASSOCIATED PRESS
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WASHINGTON – Google Inc. is road-testing cars that steer, stop and start without a human driver, the company says. The goal is to “help prevent traffic accidents, free up people’s time and reduce carbon emissions” through ride sharing and “the new ‘highway trains of tomorrow,’” project leader Sebastian Thrun wrote Saturday on Google’s corporate blog. The cars are never unmanned, Thrun wrote. He said a backup driver is always behind the wheel to monitor the software. It’s not the first signal that Google wants to change how people get from place to place. In a speech Sept. 29 at the TechCrunch “Disrupt” conference, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said “your car should drive itself. It just makes sense.” “It’s a bug that cars were invented before computers,” Schmidt said. The cars have traveled a total of 140,000 miles
without much human intervention, according to Google’s corporate blog. The Mountain View, Calif.-based technology giant has sent seven test cars a total of 1,000 miles without a human touching the controls at all, the New York Times reported. The newspaper published a report on the cars earlier Sunday. The cars know speed limits, traffic patterns and road maps, Thrun’s posting says. They use video cameras, radar sensors and lasers to detect other cars. Driving between Northern California and Southern California, the cars have navigated San Francisco’s curvy Lombard Street, Los Angeles’ Hollywood Boulevard and the cliff-hugging Pacific Coast Highway, the blog says. Engineers consider the cars safer because they react more quickly than humans, the New York Times said. It said Google has not revealed how it hopes to profit from the research. The company is flush with cash, though, and pushing numerous proj-
are unrelated to its core business, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group in San Jose, Calif. “The word ‘focus’ is a word Google has never learned,” Enderle said, pointing to projects involving electricity distribution, vehicle design and artificial intelligence. He said cars that can drive themselves would allow commuters more time to surf the web, something Google would encourage. Still, Enderle said, industry leaders such as Volkswagen and Intel Corp. are working on similar technology. He said “driverless” vehicles will make computers more like the robots imagined in the 1920s, rather than the tabletop data processors we use today. The blog says the technology is being developed by scientists who were involved in an earlier set of unmanned car races organized by the government’s Defense Advance Research Projects Agency.
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Opinion & Editorials
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As the editor-in-chief of The Charger Bulletin, I receive a lot of emails every day, some from students, some from potential advertisers, and then a whole mess of press releases. I don’t mind the quantity really; it’s easy enough to sort through the riff raff. However, what drives me completely insane are emails sent with no thought at all. Is it really that tricky to read through and proofread a handful of lines of text? I’m going to compose a brief list of do’s and don’ts to consider when writing emails.
By JOANN WOLWOWICZ ASSISTANT EDITOR
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The 2010 Midterm Elections are just around the corner, and the news is always full of stories pertaining to that particular subject. These elections are scheduled to be held on November 2, 2010 for 37 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate. 34 of the seats are for sixyear terms that will begin January 3, 2011 and end in January 2017. With such important elections coming up, it’s not hard to turn on the news or pull up a news website and find some information on the issues. Every day there is an article about this candidate or a commercial for that one. So, wouldn’t it be safe to say that students on this campus are fully aware of the issues and know how they will be voting
Email Etiquette
DO: if you’re sending an email -Use pleasantries. Who to someone other than a doesn’t want to get a nice good morning, hello, hi, hey, or yo at the beginning of an email? -Write in complete sentences. You know what’s frustrating? Not being able to read a single clear coherent thought because there are fragments up the wazoo in an email. -Use punctuation. I know that in this day and age, it’s really easy to just ignore proper punctuation (and capital- personal friend or relaization for that matter). But tive, you should probably
be using all your periods, commas, semi-colons, colons, and whatever else you need. -Sign your name. Sure, if you setup your email right, it will say your name by your email address. But still, it’s nice to know that there’s a real person on the other end writing back to me, who cares enough to sign their name! DON’T: -Not respond to an email. Just because you know you received the email doesn’t mean the sender does. It sets my mind at ease when I know that my emails are getting through, because
people respond. -Use obscure acronyms. Just because you know what a certain acronym means, doesn’t mean everyone does. One time, after receiving an email with an unknown acronym, I asked for an explanation. The person responded by ignoring my question and used the acronym again. ARGH! -Harass for a response. If it’s been less than 24 hours, don’t send a second email asking if I got your email. After a full day has gone by, have at it, but until then, the last thing I want is eight more emails asking me the same question. -Assume anything. I
can’t even tell you how many times I’ve received an email that is just an attachment or a handful of words. I don’t know what you want if you don’t tell me! Sure, I could guess, but what if I guess wrong? Then you’re out of luck. Here’s one last tip; if you are sending an email from a phone, that does give you a little bit of leeway. I wouldn’t suggest skipping the steps above, but you can be much briefer, especially if your signature says that it was sent from a phone. Don’t be a jerk and ignore these tips when you send emails, particularly to me. Poorly written emails make me cranky.
what they are doing, I say look at the people holding the ballots. President Obama spent the weekend trying to recapture some of the bigstage excitement of his 2008 campaign, imploring voters not to reward what he called “Republican cynicism and incompetence.” He told voters not to sit out the November 2 elections. Why should the president have to remind voters of their enthusiasm or even remind them to vote? As a country of complainers we should be running to the polls to make sure some type of change is put into place. office are there because we Americans are frustrated, voted them in. If you do especially about the econnot vote or vote willy-nilly omy. If people do not go just to say that you got to out and vote, nothing good vote, then you have abso- will come from this eleclutely no right to complain tion. President Obama adin the end. To those who mits that we are in a hole, say that our country is run and that it is going to take by idiots who have no idea some time for us to get
out of it. But, no progress can be made if Americans are helping to dig the hole even deeper. We do not want this country moving backwards, even though some people suggest that we already are. My advice to the student body and the young voters of America, vote! However, be an educated voter. You wouldn’t go into a final exam without knowing something about what the test was about. Therefore, you shouldn’t fill out a ballot without knowing what the election is about. If you are completely clueless, which I expect some of you are, it’s not too late. Like I said, every night there is something on the news about the upcoming elections. The internet is also a quick glimpse into all of the issues. Any news site will provide you with information from all sides to help you catch up, keep up to date, and help you
form your own opinion. Ultimately, it all comes down to laziness. Complaining is a much easier task than actually being proactive. Why would we keep up to date on the elections and the issues, when we could just sit at home and complain about President Obama on our couches in front of the television? Because, last time I checked, President Obama is not going to visit your home and ask you what you think about the issues. You need to get up and vote to get your opinion counted. If you don’t, nothing is going to change the way you want it to. That just means another two years of complaining, not something I am particularly looking forward to. Let’s make this election count so that we can make use of the rights that we have to have our opinions heard.
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come November 2? Actually, shockingly, there are students who do not even know that elections are about to take place. Would America’s future please wake up! Sometimes I find it hard to believe that people can be so ignorant about the issues that drive this country. I listen to people complain and complain about problems that they feel this country is having. I listen to people complain about our government and the horrible job it is doing. I listen to people complain about how nothing ever gets done or promises are never kept. Then I ask these people if they vote in any elections. The most common responses that I receive are that no, they do not vote or that they don’t put much thought into
who they vote for. Really people? How is that going to solve anything? Those people sitting high up in
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Letter to the Editor
The Train and Shuttle Connection here at UNH
By JIM MONAHAN Ph.D.
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Several years ago, a group of us wrote a proposal to provide a shuttle service to and from Union Station in New Haven for those willing to commute to New Haven via the train. Recently this has been approved, and we are in our second month. Lynn and I drive to the Madison Terminal and, within minutes, we board a Shoreline East train to New Haven, with three stops beforehand. Our morning ticket costs $2.00 each, do to AARP
influence, and our evening ticket is part of a ten day pass, at $3.60 a ride. A train is a whole other world of interesting and polite people- a very different experience from flying. The conductors Kevin, Topsey, Frank, and occasionally Mary Anne, are professional, courteous and friendly. They work in excess 12 hours per day. Fellow train riders are from Yale, Yale Hospital, UNH, the city of New Haven, and private companies. One evening, I sat next to the Dean of the Yale Graduate School. Many faculty and staff
from UNH are also riding the rails. UNH students are also with us. The icing on the cake for me is our UNH shuttle drivers, Charlene and Bob. They are always punctual, friendly and refreshing, both coming and going. Usually the vans are full with upwards of 6-7 riders. I commend Ron Quagliani for hiring such great shuttle drivers. It’s a real perk for all of us commuters. I would urge all interested staff, students, and faculty on the shoreline to consider this welcome option.
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Well, fall is here officially; the leaves are falling after With fall officially here, there go the days of short skirts turning so many pretty colors. The killer heat of summer and short sleeves, and here comes the days of long pants is also on its way out, and with it will usher in the soon to and shirts. Thus ends the time I can run around barefoot be season of snowball fights and sledding. and starts the season I break out my Uggs. ( Yes, I wear Uggs!) Homecoming is coming!!! Speaking of Uggs, I’m tired of people mocking guys who wear them. You know they were originally designed and made for men, specifically Australian surfers.
The Battery Charge Homecoming is coming folks, so make sure to keep up all that good old fashioned school spirit. Also, make sure to make it up to North Campus for the floats and frivolity that is sure to happen!!!
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Jake is a freshman at UNH, from West Hartford, ConCara is a junior at UNH. She is from Newport, New necticut. He is a Music and Sound Recording major. Hampshire. Cara is a Forensic Science and Chemistry He chose to come here because of the music program double major. She is currently the Sergeant-At-Arms and the “opportunities that come with being next to a for A-Team, involved in LEAD, and REC Sports. She city like New Haven.” He works out at the Rec Center likes listening to music, going to the gym, and hanging and likes playing basketball, making music, finding out with her A-Team mentee. new music to listen to, and watching football. Jake also plays guitar and bass.
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Mets Fire Manuel and Minaya
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Fred Wilpon, Chairman and CEO of the Mets, and Jeff Wilpon, COO of the Mets, fired Manager Jerry Manuel and General Manager and Vice President of Baseball Operations, Omar Minaya, last week during the SNY Press Conference. “We are extremely disappointed in this year’s results and the
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failures of the past four seasons,” said Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon, the son of owner Fred Wilpon, according to Si.com. “We need to hire a new general manager with a fresh perspective who will transform this club into a winner that we want and our fans deserve.” Manuel is the seventh manager this season to lose his job. His managerial record was 203-214, after three seasons. The
final guaranteed year of Manuel’s contract expired, and the Mets declined to exercise his club option on the deal. The Mets were 79-83 this year, a disappointing 18 games behind Philadelphia in the NL East. Despite having an opening day payroll of $133 million, the Mets had the fifth highest payroll in the majors. They have not been to the playoffs since coming within a game of going to the World Series
in 2006. “Changes like these are never easy, especially when you are dealing with people you like and respect,” Fred Wilpon said on SNY. “You learn every day. These past four seasons have been really painful. The Mets are my family, and I have to [take] full responsibility, and Omar is like a third son to me.” Still, Minaya was given a three-year contract extension through 2012 as
he was with the club for six years, and Manuel was given a multi-year deal. Minaya won’t be staying on in another capacity as of now. “The fact is that it’s not fair to give me another role,” Minaya said before the SNY Press Conference. “I’m going to spend some time with my family and kids. Whoever, the GM is, I would have to make the decision if I want to work with that person. I would like to also thank
the Mets fans.” The Mets needed to make a change because it was absolutely urgent, and it was obvious that it was the right thing to do. “Nobody likes going through this,” said Jeff Wilpon on SNY. “Nobody likes firing people. We failed for the past four seasons and a change needed to be made.”
opener on Saturday. The Giants beat the Braves 3-2 Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five division series. Roy Halladay got the Phillies off to a scintillating start with the second no-hitter in postseason history, and Hamels finished off the Reds with a masterful performance of his own. With Roy Oswalt also rested and ready to go for the next round, look out. “For everybody here the ultimate goal is to get to the World Series,” Halladay said. “This is the first step. We’re all looking to get to the end.” The Reds, making their first postseason appearance in 15 years, committed six errors in the last two games of the series after finishing second in the NL with a clubrecord .988 fielding percentage during the regular season. The NL’s top offense managed only 11 hits in three games — the fewest
for a team in a postseason series, according to STATS LLC. The previous low was 13 by Texas against the New York Yankees in 1998. “I mean, they really pitched,” Baker said. “They’re a very good
ninth, then struck out Scott Rolen to end the game. The lanky left-hander threw 119 pitches in his first postseason complete game, 82 for strikes. After Rolen struck out for the eighth time in the series, the celebration was
too carried away,” Hamels said. “We’re just going to move on and play the best baseball we can.” Utley, greeted with loud boos and chants of “Cheater! Cheater!” before each at-bat, connected against Johnny Cueto in the fifth,
team. We kept ‘em in the ballpark, so to speak, kept the runs down. We just didn’t push across enough runs.” Hamels got Joey Votto to ground into a double play after Brandon Phillips’ leadoff single in the
on. Well, sort of. It all looked very routine — Manuel’s team has practiced this a lot over the past couple of years, including a victory over Tampa Bay in the 2008 World Series. “We don’t want to get
giving the Phillies a 2-0 lead. It was his 10th career postseason homer, moving him past teammate Jayson Werth and into first place on the club’s career list. Utley started Philadelphia’s winning rally in Game 2 when he was hit by
a pitch from hard-throwing reliever Aroldis Chapman in the seventh inning. The All-Star second baseman acknowledged after the game he wasn’t sure if the ball hit him, and a record crowd of 44,599 at Great American Ball Park made it clear what it thought of the play. Umpires reviewed Utley’s drive to right-center to see if a fan interfered with the ball, but the replays were conclusive and the call was quickly upheld. No cheating here. Just another timely drive for the NL East champs. “I knew I hit it OK,” Utley said. “I hit a ball in the first inning I thought I hit better than that one, but lucky for us, the weather is still warm and it’s a good hitters’ ballpark.” The Reds never regained their footing after Halladay shut them down in the series opener. The surprise NL Central winners led 4-0 in Game 2 but quickly fell apart, committing four errors in a gutwrenching 7-4 loss that put them on the brink of elimination. Hamels took it from
game winner, takes the mound Tuesday night against Rangers ace Cliff Lee in a rematch of the Game 1 starters. Lee equaled a postseason best with 10 strikeouts in a 5-1 victory over Price, who relishes the second chance after giving up five runs and nine hits in 6 2-3 innings last week. "They got me back on the mound on Tuesday, so I appreciate it," Price said. "It stung a little bit. I definitely wanted to give us a better chance to win." The winner hosts the wild-card Yankees in Game 1 of the AL championship series Friday night. New York swept Minnesota in three games, wrapping up that series with a 6-1 win Saturday night. Tampa Bay is trying to join the 2001 Yankees as the only teams to win a best-of-five playoff after losing the first two games at home. New York did it
against the Oakland Athletics. The Rays won the AL East on the final day of the regular season and finished with the best record in the league, a distinction that was important to manager Joe Maddon as he looked toward the playoffs. "You get the extra game at home. I have been talking about it all along," he said. "Hopefully, it will bear out." This is the first time a division series has been pushed to Game 5 since the Los Angeles Angels beat the Yankees in 2005. Texas is still the only current major league franchise that has never won a postseason series. The Rangers are 0-6 in home playoff games. "The bottom line is to win one more game and move on," outfielder David Murphy said. "Cliff is going for us and we have
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CINCINNATI – Phillies manager Charlie Manuel pointed to the 1995 Atlanta Braves, whose rotation included Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz. Reds skipper Dusty Baker went back to the ‘70s, when the Baltimore Orioles had Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar and Pat Dobson. There will be plenty of time for comparisons now. Cole Hamels and the rest of Philadelphia’s stellar starters are headed for the NL championship series. Hamels struck out nine in a five-hitter, Chase Utley homered and the Phillies beat the Reds 2-0 on Sunday night to finish off the franchise’s first playoff sweep. “This moment here is just another stepping stone to trying to win another World Series,” Hamels said. Philadelphia, attempting to become the first NL team in 66 years to win three straight pennants, will host San Francisco or Atlanta in the NLCS
Rays Head Back to Top After 5-2 Win Over Rangers
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ARLINGTON, Texas – David Price and the Tampa Bay Rays worked hard all season to earn home-field advantage in the AL playoffs. This time, they need to make use of it if they want to keep playing. Tampa Bay forced a deciding Game 5 in the division series against the Texas Rangers with a 5-2 victory Sunday. The Rays avoided elimination twice on the road after losing the first two at Tropicana Field, setting up the chance for an improbable comeback. "I feel a little better than 50-50 going home at this point," said Evan Longoria, who homered and had two doubles in Game 4. "We've really battled to get back to even." Price, the Rays' 19-
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Michigan State Spartans Victorious Over Wolverines
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For the first time, Denard Robinson looked very vulnerable as he threw three interceptions in the game against the Michigan State Spartans. The defense pressured him all afternoon and team scored 24 unanswered points to open a closed game that resulted in a 34-17 score to end the game for the No. 18 Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan last By PAUL NEWBERRY
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week. It’s been three straight years that the Spartans won three straight series from the Wolverines from 19651967. “It’s pretty big,” said Spartans linebacker Greg Jones, according to ESPN.com. “Especially, in my freshman year, losing the lead and the comments that we being made. It’s the worst feeling that you could ever have. Nobody wants to hear that.” The Spartans ran the clock out on the final drive as they jeered the Wol-
verines by chanting “little sister!” along with “Go green! Go white!” “That was the best feeling ever, Trent Robinson shouted, who had the first interception according to ESPN. com. “To shut up all these people was great.” Head Coach Mark Dantonio celebrated with his team as he entered the locker room, getting a ride from the press box. “I feel great and very proud of our football team,” he said, according to ESPN.com “It was a program win.” Dan-
tonio was on the field during warm-ups, visiting his team and watching them play since his heart attack three weeks ago on September 19. “To see him walking around with [that] look in his eye,” Jones said, according to ESPN.com. “I knew that he really wanted to win this game.” Quarterback Kirk Cousins was 18 for 25 with 284 yards passing and one touchdown. Edwin Baker, running back for the Spartans, had 22 carries for
147 yards rushing and one touchdown. Mark Dell, Spartans wide receiver, had three receptions for 93 yards receiving, and one score. The Spartans had 287 passing and 249 rushing, for a total of 536 yards. “I don’t look at the margin of defeat,” Wolverines Head Coach Rich Rodriquez said, according to ESPN.com. “I’m just disappointed we didn’t play better. We didn’t play well and they played well. Give them credit.”
The Wolverines stat leader was Denard Robinson who was 17 for 29 with 215 yards passing, one touchdown, three interceptions, and 21 carries for 86 yards rushing. The Wolverines had 215 passing and 162 rushing, for 377 total yards. The Spartans are 6-0 for the first time since 1999. Michigan hasn’t beaten Michigan State in football and basketball in 1,071 days.
which include a headache. The fall left him unconscious for at least 10 minutes. The 23-year-old goalie didn't come to until he was in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. "I want to thank all the doctors, trainers and emergency personnel who took such good care of me," Pavelec said in a statement. "I would also like to thank my teammates, all the fans and everyone in the hockey community who have reached out to me and offered their support and well-wishes over the last few days. I hope to be back in action as soon as possible." Fainting spells can be caused by numerous factors, including prolonged standing, standing up very quickly or stress. The puck was in the Washington end
of the ice and no one was around when the Atlanta goalie went down, and he had yet to face a shot on
a sudden drop in heart rate and blood pressure, which reduces blood flow to the brain and can result in a
goal. According to the Mayo Clinic, such episodes cause
brief loss of consciousness. While the condition is usually harmless and re-
quires no treatment, "you can injure yourself," the clinic warns. That's just what happened to Pavelec, who knocked himself unconscious when he fell back on the ice. While he was wearing a mask, there's not as much protection on the back of the head. Pavelec spent two nights in the hospital undergoing a battery of tests on his heart and brain. No serious problems were found and he was released Sunday. As a precaution, Pav-
elec is undergoing additional tests on his heart, as well as blood and genetic screening. Even though they signed Chris Mason over the summer, the Thrashers believe Pavelec has the potential to develop into the sort of topflight goalie the team has lacked for its entire NHL history. He signed a two-year deal over the summer after going 14-18-7 with a 3.29 goals-against average and two shutouts in 42 games last season, his first full year in the NHL. Pavelec also was a member of the Czech Republic's team at the Vancouver Olympics. Mason has taken over as the No. 1 goalie for the Thrashers, who are on a four-game road trip after opening at home against the Capitals.
over the weekend and were feeling pretty good before leaving Rangers Ballpark. In the visitors' clubhouse after Sunday's game, several Tampa Bay players sang "Deep In the Heart of Texas" with "Yeehaw!" added for emphasis. Longoria, still limping because of the left quadriceps strain that forced him to miss the last 10 regularseason games, snapped out of an 0-for-12 postseason slump Sunday. Carlos Pena scored twice after a pair of extra-base hits of his own. Longoria and Pena had consecutive doubles to start the fourth against Tommy Hunter. Longoria added a two-run homer an inning later for a 5-0 lead. "I kind of felt like Kirk Gibson going around the
bases," he said. The homer was Longoria's first this postseason after he set a major league rookie record with six when the Rays went to the World Series two years ago. "He is under strict managerial orders to not run hard, although he can't anyway," Maddon said. "Of course, the home run over the wall is a nice play." Tampa Bay had only one run and eight hits during the first two games of the series. The Rays went 16 innings without scoring and were within five outs of elimination in Game 3. Pena's .196 batting average in the regular season was the lowest among major league qualifiers, and his future in Tampa Bay is
uncertain because he is a potential free agent. But for now, Pena is doing his part to make sure the Rays keep playing. He even had an unconventional cycle in a span of four at-bats. After an RBI single and a homer in the final two innings Saturday, Pena tripled in his first at-bat and scored the first run of Game 4 before the RBI double his next time up. "I think all of us appre-
ciate where we're at," Pena said. "It was extremely important for this team to turn the page." Hunter struck out seven but allowed four extrabase hits in four innings. Rookie right-hander Wade Davis pitched into the sixth for the Rays, getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth when he struck out Vladimir Guerrero. Rafael Soriano worked a perfect ninth for the save.
Nelson Cruz led off the sixth with his third homer in the series and Davis, who struck out seven and walked three, was done when Ian Kinsler followed with a single. "It's been an unusual series so far," Kinsler said. "We won two games at their place and they won two games at ours. That's the way it stands and we hope it doesn't change."
ular season, allowed only two runners to reach second and none of the Reds got to third. “He was sharp and I mean, he was good the whole nine innings,” Manuel said. Hamels also got some help from his defense in the first when center fielder Shane Victorino sprinted into the gap in left-center to grab Phillips’ liner with speedy Drew Stubbs on first. Cincinnati’s fielders were not so helpful to Cueto. Reds shortstop Orlando Cabrera, a late addition
to the lineup, made an errant throw in the first that allowed Placido Polanco to score an unearned run, quieting the towel-waving crowd desperate for something to cheer about. Rolen mishandled Carlos Ruiz’s grounder to third in the sixth but Homer Bailey got Hamels to fly out to end the inning. Cincinnati chased Oswalt early in Game 2, but was still impressed with the Phillies’ trio of starters. “Those three alone can probably take them to the World Series and win it,” Votto said.
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to like our chances." When the Rangers acquired Lee from Seattle on July 9, it was for situations just like this. He went 4-0 with a 1.56 ERA in five postseason starts for Philadelphia last season and won two World Series games against the champion Yankees. Lee is pitching now to get the Rangers another postseason meeting with New York, the only team they had ever faced in the playoffs until this year. "This is exactly where I would want to be," Lee said. "It's two teams that are really good teams, and it's coming down to the wire." While Lee is facing the same team, the Rays had an offensive resurgence
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there. The 2008 World Series MVP, quite the luxury to have as a No. 3 starter in the postseason, increased his perfect mark against Cincinnati to 7-0 in eight career starts. He also improved to 6-3 in 11 postseason outings. “I have that sort of positive energy every time I come here,” said Hamels, who tossed five shutout innings in his major league debut in Cincinnati in 2006. Hamels, who went 5-1 with a 1.48 ERA in his final seven starts of the reg-
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Crispy Gamer Review: ‘Madden 11’
“Madden 11,” this year’s iteration of the gridiron simulation, has gone to new heights when it comes to overall presentation; helmet reflections, the little pitter patter of raindrops accumulating on the camera, balls that actually wobble in the air instead of being perfect spirals, it all feels right. From the Jumbotron animations to the player models that more or less look like their NFL counterparts (although in a wax museum kind of way), everything about “Madden 11” looks beautiful. Oh, and by the way, the gameplay is pretty tight, too. This is the first year in quite some time that “Madden” has faced a legitimate challenger to the football throne. “Backbreaker” had a solid, if unspectacular, debut but was ultimately held back by a slew of weak mechanics. “Madden 11,” on the other hand, has no such issues. This year’s sim has the tightest gameplay yet and, like “Backbreaker,” seems
to force the player to focus on running the ball more than in the past. Perhaps the most hyped feature leading up to the release of “Madden 11” was “gameflow,” a new play-calling system designed to streamline the play selection process. At the start of each play, the player is given an option to call plays traditionally, or to select the gameflow option. Once selected, a play will already be handpicked by the computer for the type of situation you’re in: runs on third and short, deep plays when you are behind, and so on. Despite its benefits, the gameflow system seems like a burden for the experienced player. While gameflow generally gives good advice, it’s much more exhilarating to call your own plays and be successful instead of the computer doing it for you. That said, I see gameflow as a welcome addition to the “Madden” series, as
it gets new players up to speed while not forcing itself upon the experienced crowd. Playing offense has always been “Madden’s” strong point, and offense in “Madden 11” is no exception. In absolutely no small part is that due to the
ignoring closer defenders. If I had to pick anything negative about the offensive side of the ball, it’s dealing with penalties, especially the no calls on pass interference. NFL rules, which “Madden” allegedly follows, dictate that a receiver cannot be
improved blocking. Where in the past blockers may as well have been replaced by parking cones, “Madden 11” linemen regularly pick up their assignments, either giving you enough time to pass, or opening holes for the running game. Blocking isn’t perfect, however, as on occasion a lineman will make a block downfield while
touched after 5 yards unless contact is incidental. So I need someone to explain to me how on occasion my receivers were bear hugged with the ball in the air without penalty. The problem is rare enough that you wont be throwing your controller (as it was in “Backbreaker”), but it does happen. The defensive side of
By Alex Di Stasi the ball, even with gameflow, is a chore to play. Whether you are a defensive back, linebacker, or lineman, chances are that your individual effort will have no effect on the result of the play. I spent most of my time on defense letting the computer take over my individual player, and focusing instead on the pre-snap settings, the true source of defensive control. Dictating line shifts and blitzes and subsequently watching them work to perfection is much more satisfying than busting through the line on your own. “Madden 11,” as in past iterations, has a multitude of game modes featuring classics like Franchise Mode and Superstar. One new and welcome addition is the “Madden Moments” mode, where you are thrown into the middle of the action of real crunch time situations from the 2010 season. Whether you are asked to duplicate the results of close games
Picturing the Sounds: The Visual Form of Music
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There are forms of art to cater to all of the five senses. The most popular, however, are obviously the visual and musical artworks. However, as the two have developed throughout history, they have always been kept isolated from one another; one does not draw a song or play a painting. The closest thing to an exception to this that has existed was musical notation, where a composer would write symbols to represent the notes and sounds in a piece of music, also known as the musical score. However, no one but the greatest of
Alison Knowles. Inspired by that work, modern-day musicologist, curator, and expert in graphical notation Theresa Sauer created Notations 21. It gave more modern examples of the style as it developed since the 60’s. Sauer, along with UNH’s own Christopher Reba (Assistant Professor of Music and Sound Recording), brought many of the works from Notations 21 to the Seton Art Gallery in Dodds Hall for the exhibition “Picturing the Sounds: Dialects of Contemporary Composers.” The gallery opened on October 7, accompanied by a concert and reception put on by several of the artists in Notations 21.
The first of such works was “A Portrait of Three Portraits” (1990), a chilling and mysterious piano piece by Chris Chalfant. Also included in the concert was “Airs” (2008), a swift yet soulful guitar piece by Maarten Stragier, “You Kindled Valors Bend” (1984), an operaesque piece performed by Chris Bush on clarinet, Carol Minor on piano and soprano Christie Finn, “Evenings” (1972) by Bill Sack on guitar, and “Unclouded,” a saxophone piece by Daniel Schnee that used circular breathing to produce a very fast work. The concert came to a conclusion with the performance of “Scroll” (2010),
a new piece by composer Will Redman, which took advantage of many of the concert’s artists. Redman, Reba, Sack, and Schnee all performed, along with artists Glen Stevens and Martin Loyato. The piece, written on a single 8.5x88 inch piece of paper is unstructured, resulting in a chaotic performance that left the audience mesmerized. “Pictures the Sounds: Dialects of Contemporary Composers” will be in the Seton Art Gallery until November 11, 2010. During the hours it’s open, anyone may come in and see the works on display, some of which are accompanied by an MP3 of the music. In addition to pieces by Sau-
er, Reba, Chalfant, Redman, Schnee, and Loyato, the gallery includes Paprika King (1997), a haunting piece by Joseph Pignato and Versus (1997), a piece by Kerry John Andrews. This piece is structured in such a way that the crescendo that defines it is actually represented on the score by the analogy of a whisper emerging from the silence of the abyss, progressing into a speech strong enough to be grasped. There is much more to see, so it is highly advised that anyone with an interest in music or visual art visit the gallery at least once before it closes.
same attitude, when compared to other versions in the Law & Order series. However, this version offers a mystifying twist. Similarly to the other shows, Los Angeles still has detectives proceeding to take the law into their own hands, solving the crimes, along with district attorneys making their
By JAMIE KING
Premiering on September 29, 2010, Law & Order exposed a different scenario of itself as a show to viewers. It reveals the city of Los Angeles, a city filled with many deceitful individuals, living amongst famous and well-known celebrities. Los Angeles is a city that can be classified as a city where individuals
are able to get away with so much, even murder, especially if someone has the right amount of money and legal influence. Law & Order: Los Angeles represents this idea in a predictable, but action-packed show. Although presented in a different city and location, the new Law & Order shows off much of the
was a fabulously constructed film. The laughs never cease, and the characters keep getting stranger. The message of selfappreciation and believing in yourself is strong, while also keeping your attention. If given the chance, I would return to see this film over and over again.
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Law & Order: Los Angeles is an inspirational, legal drama television series that is added to the list of television shows that take on the role of entertaining millions of fans that have interest in criminal justice, legal action, or just drama.
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musicians can tell what something would sound like simply by looking at its score. This concept began to change in the 1960s with the Fluxus Movement. Artists, such as John Cage, began using graphical notation, an idea where the score would be an artwork in itself. Music scores employing graphical notation would have, rather than a series of notes strictly structured in lines across the pages, images and even scenes that gave the music a more visual form than the traditional notation can accomplish. The major work displaying examples of the graphical notations from the 60’s is Notations, edited by John Cage and
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(Denver over Bengals week 1) or taking place in revisionist history (leading the Colts to a comeback over the Saints in the Superbowl), Madden Moments is always entertaining. With the improvements in the graphics and general atmospheric elements (a Superbowl win even culminates in a White House visit), Madden 11 has enough style to match it substance. If you already own a copy of Madden for your console, this isn’t a must buy, but for the Madden die-hards who want more than just a roster update, there’s a lot to like here, warranting a purchase. For the latest information about videogames, visit http://www.crispygamer.com.
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Dinner for Shmucks
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Dinner For Shmucks is a widely hilarious take on unlikely friendships, bullies, and the perceptions we have of people because of their appearance. This new age comedy, recently presented by SCOPE, courtesy of Nick Shirley,
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Dave’s Music Report 2011 Grammy Nominee Predictions
Yes, the 2011 Grammy Awards seem a ways away, but in reality, all of the music that will be nominated has already been released, and this year’s lot is a doozey. The usual cut-off for eligibility is September 30; however, last year’s was bumped up a month to August 31, thus making a whole other month of music available to be nominated. So who will be up? Well, that’s anybody’s guess; but here’s mine. As far as Album of the Year goes, there haven’t been many exciting releases; but one has really surpassed them all: Eminem’s Relapse, which will be a total shocker if left off the list of nominees. I think it’s also a safe bet to guess that Lady Antebel-
lum’s Need You Now and Sade’s Solider of Love will be up there, too. Also, because the Grammys love to honor legends, as well as mix up the genres in their categories, I’d put my money on Carole King and James Taylor’s live album, Live at the Troubadour as well. To possibly fill the rock void in the category, Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs may make an appearance, as no other rock album has really made an impact in the last 13 months. Many contemporary pop and R&B albums, such as Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream and Usher’s Raymond vs. Raymond, are most likely going to be absent from the list. Both Song of the Year and Record of the Year are
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Top Pop Singles 1. Just the Way You Are, Bruno Mars, Elektra Records 2. Teenage Dream, Katy Perry, Capitol 3. Love the Way You Lie, Eminem, feat. Rihanna, Aftermath 4. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love, Usher, feat. Pitbull, La Face 5. Dynamite, Taio Cruz, Mercury 6. Like a G6, Far East Movement, feat. Cataracs & Dev, Cherrytree/Interscope Records 7. Just a Dream, Nelly, Universal 8. Only Girl (In the World), Rihanna, Def Jam 9. I Like It, Enrique Iglesias, feat. Pitbull, 101 DISTRIBUTION 10. Club Can’t Handle Me, Flo Rida, feat. David Guetta, Atlantic (C) 2010 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, INC.
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two very different categories, but usually with two somewhat similar sets of nominees. So for all intents and purposes, I’ll group them together. Quite honestly, there’s no bigger pop star in the world right now than Lady Gaga, and her smash hit, “Bad Romance” has got both the critical acclaim and public backing to be up for either (or even both) of these awards. I would also predict that Train’s “Hey, Soul Sister” and Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” are also going to get nominations in either/both categories. However, as previously mentioned, the Grammys like to include various genres in all of their major categories, which is going
to prove difficult this year because of all the popular rap/sung duets that have both seen incredible critical acclaim, but also commercial success. I’d say it really comes down to Eminem and Rihanna’s “Love The Way You Lie” and Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State Of Mind.” I, personally, wouldn’t be terribly shocked if both songs were pinned against each other as they were two of the biggest hits of the last year and have had the most praise from critics. The third contender, however, would have to be B.o.B. and Haley Williams’ “Airplanes,” which could end up being the dark horse and either could be joining one (or both) of the other tracks, quite pos-
each other at various spots, including scenes with the beach, Hollywood, right in the city, or elsewhere. By doing this, it sets the show up for a cliff hanging and interesting climax each time. Also, special and very talented actors Jim Beaver (from Supernatural and Dead Wood), Mira Furian (Lost), Oded Fehr (The Shield), and Jay Karnes (The Shield) are featured in just the first two episodes of Law & Order: Los Angeles. Having those actors makes the show uplift from the original versions. It also makes fans of these actors appeal to the new series. Another interesting fact about this new show is that Steven Zirnkilton, the voice-over actor who usually tells the story for all of the shows in Law & Order,
sibly beating them both out completely. Other possible nominees would be Sade’s “Solider of Love,” Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” (featuring Snoop Dogg), and Bruno Mars’ “Just The Way You Are.” However, with all of the many tracks released since August 31, 2009, there is bound to be a surprise or two on the list. The last major category, Best New Artist is probably going to be the toughest competition to call. Rapper Drake is almost guaranteed a nod, as is (for better or worst) Justin Bieber. However, it’s really up in the air who else will be on the list. While B.o.B. is a likely contender and Nicki Minaj is being
filed under “maybe,” neither stand a chance against Drake for nomination. Florence + The Machine are possible nominees to all of the major categories, but Best New Artist more than any of the others. I would be very surprised if they were not included. Other than that, the only other plausible nominees I can come up with would be Bruno Mars and possibly Susan Boyle; so there is no doubt that this will be a nail-biter! The 2011 Grammys aren’t being held until February 13, but the nominees are being announced on December 1, 2010 during a special televised concert and ceremony for the third year in a row; so mark your calendars!
Life as We Know It
By SAMANTHA RAE SHINN STAFF WRITER
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When two single adults become the caregivers to an orphaned baby, comedy and hardship lies in their future. Goofy mistakes, making the best of a bad situation, and a heartwarming ending all describe how great Life as We Know It is. Life as We Know It was directed by Greg Berlanti and produced by Josephson Entertainment. Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel play the onscreen couple Holly Berenson and Eric Messer. The movie was released October 8, 2010 and has earned the rating PG-13 for language and some drug content. When the married best friends of Holly and Eric die in an accident, the two single adults become the guardians for their friends’ infant daughter, Sophie. When Sophie’s parents die, both Holly and Eric are distraught and in mourning when a life changing bomb is thrown at them. This was in the form of legal guardianship of Sophie. They both try and mostly fail to fill
in their successful friends’ shoes. With a mutual desire to keep Sophie and the family that they have creTop 12 Movies This Week from RottenTomatoes.com ated together, they begin to work together and make 97% The Social Network $15.5M great progress in raising 28% Life as We Know It $14.6M Sophie, as the tagline for 65% Secretariat $12.6M the movie goes “taking life 48% The Legend of the Guardians: $7.0M one step at a time.” The Owls of Ga’Hoole A key moment in the $6.9M movie is when the relation- 08% My Soul to Take ship between Holly and 95% The Town $6.4M Eric changes significantly 55% Wall Street: $4.6M after a CPS agent comes Money Never Sleeps unexpectedly to inspect 86% Easy A $4.2M their living situation. Eric $2.6M was dead with exhaus- 22% Case 39 $2.5M tion and Holly was giddily 15% You Again drunk when the lady came 88% Let Me In $2.4M over. She did not give 56% It’s Kind of a Funny Story $2.0M them a good review, and 49% Devil $1.8M their emotions took control of their brains, causing nasty things to be said. After they reconcile, their Secretariat relationship is more posiCritics’ Consensus: tive; then the real story begins. Rousing, heartwarming, and squarely tradiI highly recommend tional, Secretariat offers exactly what you’d this movie to the young expect from an inspirational Disney drama -adult population in genno more, and no less. eral. It is not precisely a “chick” movie, but turns out to be a comedy for all. This movie was very clev- By REBEKAH GORDON on their birthday, the same erly written and performed STAFF WRITER day as the Rippers’ death by a fantastic cast. It could ––––––––––––––––––––– day. Each year, the seven not be any better than what take turns to fight off his it was. When you think you re- re-embodiment, and lucky ally know someone from Adam “Bug” Heller gets the inside and out, the to fight him off this year. people. They also inspire question really is whether However, when he does those who want to become you are sure that you do? not accomplish this task, just like these characters in What if that one person Bug fully believes people the show. These characters just allowed you to know will start dying. By no big surprise, are inspirations for people the one small part that who want to take on ca- they decided to show you? people start disappearing. reers in the legal/criminal In My Soul to Take, by It’s no help that Bug canjustice fields. Showing famous director Wes Cra- not remember much of on Wednesdays at 10:00 ven, Abel Plankoff and his anything, since he was dip.m. on the TNT network, seven souls take the lives agnosed with schizophreit promotes fans to watch of seven people, including nia- the same disease that it. The show also has a his wife, with his famous his father, the Riverton rating of 3.2 on average Vengeance knife. And as Ripper, had. As the entire (10.6 million viewers). It he takes his last breath, the day passes and five of the has given NBC the biggest Riverton Ripper swears seven are already dead, it’s show of the week, mak- to come back to claim the down to Bug and his best ing Law & Order history. seven children that were friend Alex to determine Season one is a thrilling born the same night he if it was the Riverton Ripper who has come back to sequence, worth-while to died. For the past 16 years complete his unfinished watch. It deals with robbery homicides and inves- since the Riverton Ripper business, or if the killer is tigative crimes from Bev- was killed, the teens from either of the last two standerly Hills to Hollywood, Riverton hold a ceremoni- ing. Now do you really all featured in one episode. ous “awakening” to bring back the Ripper from his think you know someone, Overall it shows off Dick Wolf’s (the creater of Law watery grave. The kids be- or can you just not remem& Order) crime drama lieve that if you don’t kill ber anymore? him, seven kids will die successful production.
Law & Order: Los Angeles, Season 1
way to impeach the offenders. As John Kubicek, from ‘Buddy TV,’ talks about this recent stage of Law & Order, he claims, “the show finds ways to stay true to the original format and attitude.” As he puts it, this new version of Law & Order tries to convey the audience, as they did in previous runs, to keep it alive and going. Being the first American Law & Order series to be set outside of New York, it contrasts from others of its time. There are so many different elements to portray the plotline and characters into a high-quality overview. For instance, there is very good use of the location for filming purposes. There are a lot of individual scenes set apart from
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is not associated with this particular series. The reason for this is because Law & Order needed to change up the way they presented the show to people. This included having a short opening that only showed the title of the show, along with the creater of the whole production. This demonstrates an uplifting effect on how viewers will react to this change. Although the show has made so many changes to the new series, it has also kept some of the original concepts, including the same typeface used for the end credits of each episode. Law & Order: Los Angeles is a drama-packed show, jumbled with outstandingly, terriffic actresses and actors, who make the television series a positive appeal to many
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