Volume 92, Issue 5 | October 5, 2011
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US to Hand Over Iraq Bases and Equipment Worth Billions
Family Day 2011
live music by music major and musician James Zap. –––––––––––––––––––––––––– By SARA J. DUFORT The LLCs (living-learning STAFF WRITER tounding 600 million dollars, but four different categories of the communities) for fire science, –––––––––––––––––––––––––– they assure us that they are not items that they can leave with Every year, the university in- pre-education, criminal justice, leaving anything of significant the Iraqi government, and none vites the parents and families of forensic science, and marine of these includes lethal weapons. students to campus to enjoy a biology, among others, all held With the war in Iraq over, and value behind. Major General Thomas Richvariety of festivities and to re- open houses and events that only three months left until the There are still many problems last United States troops are due ardson, the chief logistics officer in Iraq, said that U.S. forces had that lie ahead with the transfer. to leave, the government and
military officials have to decide what to do with billions of dollars worth of equipment. While most citizens believe that it would be easiest to send it home, the decision has been made to leave an estimate 3.47 million pieces of equipment, worth over 313 million dollars with the Iraqi government. Pentagon officials have estimated that shipping the items home would cost an as-
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transferred items worth $157 million dollars before the withdrawal was official. Since September 1, 2010, they have given away equipment worth an additional $247 million. Pentagon officials note that the heaviest volume of transfers will occur from now until December, since there is still a large amount of materials left in Iraq. There are
One of the major issues is that there is a large amount of unaccounted-for equipment that is left over. Pentagon officials believe that in demand items like forklifts, will show up suddenly, at the last minute. This would leave little time for it to be shipped back, or for governSee IRAQ page 5
DON’T FORGET This newspaper is recyclable! SAT Scandal Busted on Long Island
By ANA ABRAHAM
did. It is conceivable that if he had not scored so high, the six –––––––––––––––––––––––––– people he cheated for, as well as himself, would not have ever Sam Eshaghoff most likely been arrested. wasn’t expecting to go to jail for When officials at the Long taking the SAT’s. It’s arguable Island high school the students that he was, however, asking for went to saw how high their SAT STAFF WRITER
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it when he took the exam for six New York high schoolers. The exact amount of money Eshaghoff was paid is estimated at upwards of $5,000. Over a two-year period, he took the exam at least six separate times and received scores within three hundred points of perfect each time. The only reason that Eshaghoff was caught at all was because of how well he actually
scores were, they were amazed. There were serious inconsistencies with the students’ grades and the scores they “earned” on the SAT’s. A rumor was going around Great Neck North High School about whom to pay if you didn’t want to take the test yourself, and when the school officials heard about it, they figured the two events must be reSee SAT page 7
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connect with their students. This day, known as Family Day, took place on Saturday, October 1 this year. Activities were planned so that parents and guests can experience the university’s vibrant campus life and all of what the surrounding community has to offer. While freshmen in particular may have benefited from the occasion, especially because in some cases it’s the first time seeing their families since beginning college, everyone was welcome to take advantage of the numerous events planned for that day. Beginning around 10:00 a.m., families checked-in and, if they didn’t do so beforehand, registered at the Beckerman Recreation Center, while being treated to a continental breakfast and
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showcased what kinds of activities and services they provide to students. Attendants could also tour the various buildings on campus (the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science was a popular option), attend a lecture by Dr. Henry C. Lee, learn how to ride a Segway, observe a mock crime scene, decorate cupcakes with Associate Director of Residential Education Becca Kitchell, witness a glass blowing demonstration, learn to Salsa, and watch an Irish Step Dancing performance by talented sophomore David Janovsky. Options were available for families that wanted to go off campus as well. Trips to the Apple Festival at West Haven
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High-Powered Offense Leads No. 23 Chargers Over Stonehill, 52-23
later on a 16-yard pass from Logan Meyer to Daniel Oakes, completing a 12 play, 74 yard drive as the Skyhawks got on the WEST HAVEN, Conn. - board first. However, the field The University of New Haven goal attempt was blocked and football team, powered by 507 Stonehill was up 6-0. yards of total offense, defeated New Haven got the ball back Stonehill College 52-23 Satur- and in just under three minutes, day afternoon at DellaCamera Stadium. Running back Mike DeCaro (Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay ) ran for 139 yards, while quarterback Ryan Osiecki (Seymour, Conn./Seymour / Univ. of Louisville) threw for 252 yards and five touchdowns. With the win, New Haven improved to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the Northeast-10 Conference. Assumption fell to 1-4 overall and 0-3 in conference play. New Haven won the toss and elected to receive to begin the game. Their first drive featured two first downs including a fourth down conversion on a six-yard run from Osiecki. they went ahead 7-6. Osiecki However, on third-and-three, the found Jason Thompson (Stuart, Skyhawks got in the backfield Fla./South Fork ) wide open for and sacked Osiecki to end the a 32-yard touchdown, completdrive short and force a punting ing a five play, 62 yard drive. situation. Stonehill added three more Stonehill gained possession points at the 13:30 mark in the at their own 26-yard line and second quarter but would not found the endzone four minutes score again in the half. After 11
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minutes of scoreless play, the Chargers regained a lead with a 25-yard pass from Osiecki to Kameel Lashley (Boston, Mass./ Boston Comm. Leadership Academy). After a Skyhawks three-andout, New Haven got the ball at their own 37-yard line and com-
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pleted back-to-back passes to Josh Smart (New Haven, Conn./ Hamden ) for a total of 32 yards. Chris Scifo (Coral Springs, Fla./ St. Thomas Aquinas / Central Connecticut State University) would then kick a 47-yard field See CHARGERS page 12
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USGA President’s Corner Dear Students, Seniors make sure you petition to graduate because the dates have changed. January 2012 petitions are due October 17, and May 2012 petitions will be due November 4. Make sure you stay on top of your classes and talk with your advisor to bring clarity to any questions you may have. As we close out our first month of school, I hope you all are doing well. I hope you all have found your place here at UNH and are taking advantage of all this university has to offer. Your four years here at UNH are going to determine the person you become, and they will be the best and worst times of your life. All I ask is that you really take these years and make them memorable. Time goes by so quickly, and before you know it, time has passed and graduation is around the corner. I ask you to work hard, and do not procrastinate. I’ve learned throughout my years at UNH that you do not want to be a person who leaves mountains of things which they intended to do tomorrow. So work hard, care for others, surround yourself with positive people, and think about your actions. We all make mistakes sometimes, but learn from them. I say this so we can make this campus even better than it has been in the past couple of years. I wish you the best of luck. Have a great holiday weekend! Scott Kazar USGA President
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SCOPE It Out! Did You Know?
by Ashley Jones & Michelle Morra This weekend was so hectic with families running around everywhere. I hope everyone had a great time showing their families the campus and what cool events we put on here. And just because it was Family Day, that doesn’t mean that SCOPE stopped putting on events; nope we were busier than ever. But before we talk about Family Day, let’s talk about the rest of the week. First, Film put on their weekly movie which was Transformers: Dark of the Moon. A lot of people showed up to that, and I don’t think it was just for the popcorn. There were new faces and old faces, but happy faces were all around. It was an amazing movie, because there was action, fighting, great special effects, and some hilarious jokes to break the mood. All in all, everyone had a great time and left with full bellies; the popcorn was a nice touch. This week the fun continues with the showing of Bad Teacher in the Quad: Friday at 7:30 p.m. It’s also the first week of the month, which means that Beanhouse was on Tuesday in the Programming Space. Students were able to once again show off their talents at our open mic night. We have some amazing talent here on campus, and it’s not just from the music department; even people without musical help got up on stage and sang their hearts out. If you have a talent, don’t be shy. Come show it off next month. Now, let’s talk about Family Day! It was a great day with so many events, and I know families really enjoyed themselves. Who wouldn’t? Obviously there were more events going on than just SCOPE events, which made the day even better; but SCOPE did a great job. In the morning, we had the Inflatable Fun Fest, which was moved from the Quad, because of the threat of rain. However, it was still fun. There were giant inflatables and a trampoline, which had a line out the door, and of course food, ice cream, and cookies; yum! The fun continued that night with SCOPE’s Murder Mystery Dinner. It had everybody wondering “who done it,” and the actors were so entertaining. Also, I don’t think there are words to describe how good the food was. It was a great ending to a fantastic day. SCOPE never stops, even if there is a two day holiday. Even though it is Columbus Day Weekend next week, we still have events. Sign up for the Lyman Orchards trip to pick pumpkins and apples, come out to the movies, get a laser scribe pen and photo dry erase board, and more! SCOPE keeps the fun coming!
Connecticut
by Joann Wolwowicz
As college students here at the University of New Haven, we make up a vast collection of students from all over the country. Only a fraction of students are actually originally from the state of Connecticut. However, for nine months out of the twelve and four years out of our entire lives, we call the state of Connecticut our second home. Of course, since many of us are from a different state, comparisons fly between different states starting the war as to which state is the superior state. In most cases, Connecticut seems to fall short in most people’s eyes. Whether it’s a comparison of the prices, the location, or the drivers, everyone thinks that his or her state is much better. But how much do you actually know about the state of Connecticut for that matter? In fact, how much do you actually know about your home state as well? Connecticut has a long history here in the United States, and since it is our home away from home, it’s time we learned something about it. Connecticut was one of the original 13 colonies and one of the six New England states. But Connecticut’s history extends back long before that, when PaleoIndians inhabited this region. Using the resources along the rivers and streams, this group of people engaged in hunting, gathering fish, woodworking, and ceremonial observances. When colonization of the area began to occur, relations between Native Americans and the early settlers in Connecticut were substantially better than in the other areas. Trading posts were established along the Connecticut River by the Dutch from New Amsterdam and by the English from the Plymouth colony, but the first permanent European settlers in the state came from the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the middle Connecticut River valley. In 1665 the Connecticut River settlements and the New Haven colony were united, and the general outline of the state emerged, although its borders were not finally established until 1881, more than 200 years later. The New Haven colony was unsuccessful in an attempt to settle Delaware Bay, and the united Connecticut colony, despite its charter provisions, lost its claim to a strip of land extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. During the American Revolution the state’s arms and other manufacturing industries contributed greatly to the war effort, earning Connecticut the nickname “Provisions State.” In 1775, several thousand militiamen from Connecticut joined in the Battles of Lexington and Concord. However, Connecticut’s support of the war effort did not end with the American Revolution. More than 50,000 Connecticut troops fought in the American Civil War, and nearly half were killed, wounded, or captured. Connecticut was a major supplier of war material to the Union cause, and war providers such as Colt and Winchester became famous for their firearms. Additionally, throughout most of the 20th century, Connecticut was a leader in armament manufacture. The state’s concentration of defense contractors and smallarms makers contributed significantly to the country’s efforts in World Wars I and II and the Korean and Vietnam wars. The end of the Cold War in the late 1980s and early ‘90s was accompanied by a significant decline in government defense spending. Connecticut responded by boosting export sales and pioneering legislation to help diversify the economy. Though most of us tend to blame our problems on the state of Connecticut, we have to remember that no state is perfect. Every state seems to have the worst prices, the worst locations, and the worst drivers. What we need to remember is that no place is going to match up to where we grew up. If it’s not home, then it’s not as good as home is. But we have to remember that there are 49 other states out there at think they are the best state with the best people. Each state has its own history and impact on our country’s history as a whole. Maybe it’s time for you to learn a little bit about the state you originate from. You may learn something interesting.
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Tips on Arguing: Decorative Statistics
By BRANDON T. BISCEGLIA STAFF WRITER
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At the end of 2008, National Public Radio commentator Frank Deford railed against a growing trend among sports aficionados that he found downright annoying. “It’s getting harder for the statistics freaks in all sports to dream up anything original,” he said. “And so I began to notice that a whole new category of stupid records was now being created.” Deford went on to list some of the most convoluted stats he had come across, such as the following: “He’s the only pitcher in - get this –the last 4,113 to debut with 10 strikeouts and no walks.” Whoever came up with the above statistic had to work hard to make it sound impressive. And it might be effective for the casual ob-
server, who is likely to see the words “only pitcher” followed by a large number and assume that this “record” is significant. But look a little more carefully, and the emptiness behind the number becomes apparent. The most glaring problem here is the seemingly arbitrary range of 4,113 pitchers. This pitcher’s record would be meaningful, if say it was the first time it had ever happened. That’s apparently not the case, or else the author of the statistic would have said so. Chances are that the reason the statistician picked 4,113 as a starting point is that pitcher number 4,114 had the exact same record (or better). It turns out that 4,113 isn’t even a big number when put into context. The website MLB.com lists over 1,100 current pitchers in Major League Baseball alone – never mind the
other leagues. Granted, not everyone gets replaced every season. Still, it only takes a decade at most to see 4,113 new pitchers. That’s the nature of all decorative statistics; they’re relatively mundane numbers that are tweaked to look more impressive. Decorative statistics are rife in the sports world, but they can be found in other arenas as well. Take movies for instance. The 2009 film Avatar was heralded as the highest grossing movie of all time, at approximately $761 million in domestic sales, according to Boxofficemojo.com. It is the highest, until you adjust for inflation. Measured in today’s dollars, Gone with the Wind weighs in at over $1.6 billion in domestic sales, blowing those Na’vi out of the water. Avatar doesn’t even make the top ten.
Coming Soon: Student Affairs Spotlight!
By Isaak Kifle
Hello Charger Bulletin readers! Whether this is the first or fiftieth issue you’ve picked up, thank you for reading! This newspaper is just one of the many services provided to students at the university, courtesy of the Office of Student Activities. But just where is the office and what else do they do exactly? What about the other offices on campus? Everyone knows that UNH has an Office of Residential Life, but how many people actually know about everything they do on campus? Which office administers the Freshmen Experience Seminar, and which office is located right underneath it? Maybe you’re a freshmen struggling in your classes and are in need of tutoring. Or maybe you’re an upperclassman that needs help finding an internship or preparing for that nerve-racking interview. And who here even knew that the university has an office that provides diversity resources, or another that provides disability resources? Sadly, many students are unaware of all the services that this great campus has to offer. But don’t worry; your friends at The Charger Bulletin are here to help! We will be starting a new feature column focusing on the various offices within the divisions of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management. Each week we will “spotlight” a different office and provide you with information on the staff, where you can find the office, what services they offer, and anything else you need to know! So make sure you pick up the next issue of The Charger Bulletin and read the first edition of the Student Affairs Spotlight!
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Blast from the Past
By MICHELLE R. MORRA STAFF WRITER
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Everyone remembers things from their childhood: like games and food. Well if you enjoy getting to be a child again, then you should have joined SCOPE Day Programming on Monday, September 26 in the Quad for “Blast from the Past,” where you could have enjoyed giant games and fun food. There were numerous giant games that students enjoyed playing with their friends. Do you remember the games Kerplunk, Checkers, Jenga, or Chess? Well they had all those and more. Students enjoyed playing gi-
ant Twister with a bunch of their friends, and it was hilarious watching people climbing over each other. And Jenga made the entire Quad echo when somebody lost and the wood blocks fell. Everyone was having so much fun. The other games they had were chess and checkers. These classic games had students thinking hard and keeping their brains on “their toes”, as they say. And of course what child didn’t play Connect 4 when he or she was ten. It had to be the most popular game at the event. Some of the games were quick and others were so long that students were running out of tiles. Everyone was having a competitive and
fun time playing against each other. Of course, what event is complete without food? Cotton candy was seen all over campus because as they passed through the quad, students were getting their hands on some. SCOPE was making cotton candy by the dozens and just couldn’t keep up with the demand. All in all, the event was great, and students had a relaxing time having the chance to go back to their childhoods. Playing games was relaxing and students could walk away with a snack. Now this event makes me miss the good old days.
about the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to cover how the Internet is used to further these types of crimes. An overall very valuable experience for all attendees, anyone interested in working with or who currently work with victims of sexual assault and violent crime would find this Symposium of great interest, including but not limited to attorneys, law enforcement, educators, students, and those employed in health care. In fact, this year’s program is especially designed for more people rather than just law enforcement. The Symposium is open to the public and is currently sponsored by the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science at the University of New Haven. Cost of the event will be $150,
but students can register for $75 with valid school identification. This year’s speakers will include a variety disciplines. Dr. Henry Lee, who created the forensic science program at the University of New Haven in 1974 and is known for his assistance in many investigations, is one of the speakers. Additionally, Michael M. Baden, a board certified forensic pathologist, Haskell M. Pitluck, a retired circuit court judge, Denny W. King, U.S. Marshal, Richard Walter, forensic psychologist, Donna Palomba, a victim of sexual assault, and Cristina Fernandez, the CyberTipline program manager in the Exploited Children Division at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children will speak at the Symposium.
20th Annual Arnold Markle Symposium Coming to UNH
By JOANN WOLWOWICZ ASSISTANT EDITOR
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On Monday and Tuesday, October 10 and 11, 2011, the University of New Haven will play host to the 20th annual Arnold Markle Symposium to be held in Dodds Theater on campus. The topics of this year’s Symposium fall under the category of “Sex Crimes: Forensic Investigation of Rape, Sexual Assault, Serial Offenders, and Sexual Abuse” and will include presentations on different cases concerning sexual assault, sex crimes, and serial offenders, legal aspects of these types of cases presented by prosecutors with experience in the field, presentations involving behavioral characteristics of sex offenders, and a presentation
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We’re back! The Financial Aid Office’s group of Federal Work Study student workers, also known as “The Feds,” is back and ready to start the new school year right. What are “The Feds?” They are a group of Federal Work Study students whose job is to keep UNH students informed about financial aid. We will be reaching out to students to answer their most pressing questions about financial aid and to keep everyone updated on important financial aid information, such as important deadlines. My name is Shannon Tilly, and I am one of the Federal Work Study students working in the Financial Aid Office. I will be writing articles for the newspaper, along with making sure that important announcements are heard on the radio station. I will also be searching for outside scholarships for the different majors on campus and posting them in the financial aid office. Marissa Lewis is also
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a Federal Work Study student in the Financial Aid Office and will be primarily working on creating the flyers that will be posted in the different buildings on campus, along with the table top tents in the dining hall. She will also be assisting in the outside scholarship searches. Erika Williams, the third Federal Work Study student working in the office, is in charge of updating the Financial Aid Facebook Group. Students can find us on Facebook by searching University of New Haven-Financial Aid Office. You can also e-mail The Feds at anytime at Feds@newhaven. edu. Please note this email address is monitored by students and personal information should not be sent here. Financial aid? What does that mean? What do I have to do in order to receive financial aid from UNH? Where is the Financial Aid Office? How do I find out about scholarships? How will I be notified about what is going on in the Financial Aid Office? These are only a few of the frequently asked
questions by the current and perspective students of the University of New Haven, and we are here to give you the answers! Students should keep an eye out for flyers that will be posted around campus with important information about financial aid. For example, the Financial Aid Office will be putting up posters to remind UNH students of how important it is to file their FAFSA “on time” for the 2012-2013 academic year. Reminders will be sent out via e-mail, so it is very important that students regularly check their UNH e-mail. All financial aid communication will be sent to YOUR UNH e-mail, so feel free to forward the information to your parents! If anyone has any questions regarding financial aid, our office is located in Maxcy Hall, Room 118B, so stop by and we will be happy to help you! You can also e-mail us regarding information you see in the newspaper, hear on the radio, see on posters or flyers around campus, or read on Facebook at anytime at Feds@newhaven.edu .
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“The Naked Roommate” Returns to UNH
every other Wednesday in their new location in the Student Dining Room at 5:00 p.m. If interested in By MICHELLE R. MORRA At the Graduate Stulearning more about the STAFF WRITER dent Council’s Meeting Community Service and ––––––––––––––––––––– on Wednesday Septemother opportunities for ber, 21, the GSC collected Graduate Students email If you are having probSchool Supplies for the GSCPresident@newhav- lems with your roommate, Savin Rock School. The en.edu you should have come out project was headed up by on Tuesday, September GSC Community Service 27 in the Alumni Lounge for the event “The Naked Roommate.” SCOPE’s Comedy and Lecture Committee wanted to be Hear a story you want to tell us about? able to help students with their roommate problems, and if you came to this Something on campus outrage you? event, then you got some good advice. Upset about national sports? To break the tension and make the students more Missed Glee this week because you were sick? comfortable, the presenter, Harlan Cohen, started off with his naked roommate Text message your news tips and comments to song. He sang about his The Charger Bulletin! first college roommate being a nudist and how it was 1 (270) UNH-NEWS difficult to deal with and 1 (270) 864-6397 understand. It broke the awkwardness in the room, and it was a funny way to start the night.
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Then Cohen brought up problems that most roommates have: aspects such as not understanding each other, different sleeping habits, etc. The big one he said was being uncomfortable with each other. But to start to get along with people that you live with, you have to break the uncomfortable barrier. Cohen’s main point was that you have to learn to be comfortable with who you are first and not care what people think of you; you should not even care what you think of you. If you can become comfortable with whom you are and what you do, then you can break that uncomfortable barrier by doing something uncomfortable to break into being roommates. It is a concept some students liked and had other shaking their heads; but it is some good advice. He continued to talk
about breaking the “uncomfortableness” and getting along with your roommates rather than avoiding them, and he also gave pointers on how to do that. Cohen even went into the audience and asked about personal situations that audience members had with their roommates. They had a chance to talk about the problems, and Cohen wanted to hear about it and help. Cohen ended his presentation with another song, that was again hilarious and made everyone laugh. He started off with a song and ended with a song, making it a good ending to great evening. This presentation was both funny and helpful. I think the Comedy and Lecture Committee from SCOPE picked a great presenter to have come to campus.
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon
By MICHELLE R. MORRA STAFF WRITER
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The fight for middle Earth continues in the third movie of… Wait sorry that was Lord of the Rings, but in the third movie of the Transformers series, the fight for Earth does continue; you can see the similarities. On Friday, September 30, the SCOPE Film Committee had their second showing of the weekly movie, and man was it a good one. Tons of students came out to see Transformers: Dark of the Moon and eat some popcorn. The Bartels Cafeteria was full
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Moammar Gadhafi is a name that brings fear and anger to the hearts of many Libyans. Gadhafi autocratically ruled Libya from 1969 until 2011 when the Libyan civil war brought him down. With a reign of 42 years, he is the longest ruling Arabic leader. However, the end of his reign brings a bittersweet feeling to many citizens. Years ago, hundreds of citizens began disappearing…never to be heard from again. It is now believed that a mass grave containing over 1,200 human corpses has been discovered. The corpses are said to be Ghadafi’s prisoners dating back to a mass massacre in 1996.
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of eager students ready to watch the movie on a big screen with surround sound; it was like sitting in the movie theaters. Again this movie is about the fight between the Autobots (the good guys) and the Decepticons (the bad guys) trying to save their races and either find peace for their kind or try to enslave planet Earth; guess which characters want what. And again Earth is in the middle, and Sam Witwiky is helping to try and save it. In this movie, the Autobots and the Decepticons are fighting over a space craft found on the moon that might hold secrets to their
old planet and their fight. While students were watching all the fantastic special effects and hearing all the jokes mixed in with all the fighting, they were enjoying the SCOPE made popcorn. The popcorn was buttery and just plain delicious. It was a great night with a great movie with fantastic effects and jokes all brought together with great popcorn. SCOPE shows a movie like this every week so students should be catching up on some summer movies, like Bad Teacher and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II coming up soon.
The excavation outside of Tripoli’s Abu Salim prison has not yet begun but what is to be found is clear. Fragments are in plain view on the topsoil, outside of the prison. Family members can breathe in peace knowing where their loved ones’ remains lay. On the other hand, they’re torn apart about the torture that they had to endure. Many believe that these poor inmates had guards open fire on them after protesting the poor prison conditions and Gadhafi’s rule. Authorities say that the bodies were stored inside the prison for four years before being buried. Family members were often banned from visiting their imprisoned family members; now it is clear as to why that was. A major issue in this
situation is the lack of technology to exhaust the mass graves. According to a member of a committee based for discovering mass graves, Ibrahim Abu Shima, “We have no expertise with this; we need help to dig [and] to remove the corpses and remains without mixing them.” Authorities are stressing to Libyan citizens to take great care when around the mass grave. Identifying the lost lives is definitely the top priority. Libya is calling for international help and funding in order to DNA test the remains. This is one of 13 mass graves that have been found in Libya since Gadhafi went into hiding. One can only imagine the amount that have yet to be discovered.
month even warned that, “units sometimes turn in such equipment without paperwork and have even removed identifying markings such as serial numbers to avoid retribution.” The largest, and most expensive items, being left to the Iraqis would no doubt be the bases that were built. In 2005 alone, $1.2 billion dollars in base building contracts were signed, and this number definitely does not include all the bases that have been built before or after 2005.
Many forward operating bases are also being taken over by the Iraqis, and they come with everything – from water and fuel tanks to office equipment and dining facilities. While forces have not yet evacuated a major base, people are wondering what the Iraqis will do with them. In 2009, when a military outpost was turned over to the Iraqis, it was looted within hours. An Iraqi entrepreneur said to NPR that there is a thriving black market in U.S.
items. “The Americans turn over every base to the Iraqi army and police -- and they are all thieves,” he said Despite the vast takeover by the Iraqis, United States officials are not leaving everything behind. In the military’s biggest logistic effort in history, much of the most lethal and valuable military equipment is being shipped out. 1.5 million items have been removed over the past 12 months, and there are still approxi-
mately 800,000 that must still be sent home. Johnson, the spokesperson for U.S. forces in Iraq stated that, “It’s an enormous task, but we have no major concerns on our ability to meet the necessary timelines.” The concern about the transfer of equipment is not that the Iraqis will get items that could be harmful, but it is more about the overwhelming loss that the United States will have. Our government spends billions of dollars on this
war, and this transfer means that we will never see this money again. If the equipment was shipped home, we would be able to use it, and the value would not stop. Instead, the items are being handed over. Essentially, our efforts and the billions of dollars spent, was used to fund the Iraqi military. Everything that we spent in Iraq was borrowed money, so we will still be paying for it long after we have completely evacuated.
Iraq, which is located dangerously close to the Iranian border Somehow they managed to stumble into Iranian territory. Iranian authorities found them, and they were jailed as US spies. While Sarah Shourd was lucky enough to have gotten out last year, Bauer and Fatal remained in prison until just last week.
Once they were finally released, Bauer and Fatal had a few statements to make to the world. They claimed that they may have accidentally stumbled into Iranian territory, but the Iranians had no grounds to arrest them. Bauer explained that “no evidence was presented against [them] because
there was no evidence and [they] were completely innocent.” The only reason this happed , Bauer said, was because of “32 years of mutual hostilities between America and Iran.” While spending years in prison, they lived in what Fattal called “a world of lies and false hopes.” They were allowed a short visit
from their mothers, fifteen minutes of phone calls, and a few letters from family members before being told their families had stopped writing, despite the fact they had not. While Shourd was still there with them, she and Bauer were engaged. As Bauer and Fattal return to the USA once
again, they are happily looking towards the future. Bauer said “we want more than anything to begin our lives anew and with a new appreciation for the sweet taste of freedom.”
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ment. Maathai truly became ––––––––––––––––––––– an icon for the women in Africa and elsewhere in Wangari Maathai, a Ke- the world as she fought nyan environmentalist and against prejudicial and the first African woman to corrupted politicians. This win a Nobel Peace prize, earned her numerous ardied of cancer on Sunday, September 25. She was 71 years old, and she leaves behind a nation and a world that not only embraced her but loved and supported her entirely. Maathai was born in the central town of Nyeri, which lays within the foothills of Mount Kenya. At the age of 20 she won a scholarship to study in the United States, where she earned a Masters degree as well as a PhD in veterinary sciences. In the 70’s, Maathai set up the Green Belt Movement; this movement has grown to pay the poor rural women rests and beatings for her of Kenya for the plant- efforts to purge and protect ing of trees. So far, this women. movement has helped in In the 80’s and '90s, the planting of 30 million Maathai clashed against trees all around Kenya. the government of former This is in hopes of help- President Daniel Arap Moi ing to slow, if not reverse, as she tried to halt the forthe trend towards environ- est clearances and land mental degradation as well grabs used by politicians. as global warming. This was being done only Her environmentalism to enrich the politicians was combined with so- and to repay political facial and political activism vors. which earned her a repuIn 2004, she became tation and a standing that the first African woman to was far beyond the limits win a Nobel Peace Prize, of the Green Belt Move- which was given to her for
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her contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and peace. Professor Maathai’s death is untimely and a great loss to all who knew her. The statement made by her family said that “she
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was a great mother, relative, co-worker, colleague, role model, and heroine; [she was] admired [for] her determination to make the world a more peaceful, healthier, and better place.” The nation of Kenya as well as the world will remember her as a committed champion of the environment and sustainable development, as well as a prominent women’s rights leader and the challenger of world democracy.
US to Hand Over Iraq Bases and Equipment Worth Billions
ment officials to deal with the problem. Items that are needed back in the United States may be left in Iraq just because there is not enough time. In addition, equipment has been accumulating in Iraq since combat operations began in 2003. Many of the items may not be logged properly, and therefore there is little accountability for what is actually there. A Government Accountability Office report that was issued early this By CULLEN MCLANE STAFF WRITER
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To start off with a bit of background, three people by the names of Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, and Sarah Shourd were spending what they hoped would be a relaxing weeks’ vacation in the Kurdistan region of
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NYPD Can Shoot Down Planes, If Needed
By SARA J. DUFORT STAFF WRITER
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With terrorism still a prevalent threat ten years after September 11, New York City is taking the necessary precautions in order to prevent another attack. In an interview on 60 Minutes, Police Commissioner, Ray Kelly, says that city police could take down a plane if needed. Previously, people believed that only the military had this ability, so this development has proven to be an interesting one. While many people believe that this is an important ability for the police
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America in Need of a Change
to have, others have concerns. When Ray Kelly was asked if the New York Police Department had the means to take down an aircraft, he replied, “Yes, I prefer not to get into the details but obviously this would be in a very extreme situation.” This spurred a great deal of interest, and after the show aired, a source expanded on the situation. This source told the New York Post that the weapon Kelly was referring to was a Barret .50 caliber rifle, which could be mounted to almost any police helicopter. In response to questions from reporters, Mayor
Michael Bloomberg, said that, “The NYPD has lots of capabilities that you don’t know about and you won’t know about.” This concerns people, including terrorism expert Maki Haberseld, at John Jay College in New York. She believes that the president or an elected official should make these decisions. Since police chiefs are appointed by mayors, Haberseld said that it is a, “scary perspective that someone like a police chief would have this much discretion”. Regardless of concerns, the New York Police Department states that the rifle would only be de-
dollars. Unlike most Ponzi or Ponzi-type schemes, the ASD scheme was clever in disguising its true nefarious purpose. Unsuspecting internet users signed up as members for its autosurf services. They paid a membership fee and were required to view different advertised websites. Advertisers paid to have their websites included in the rotation of sites that members saw, and members were paid cash or credit to view the advertised sites. ASD members were promised high returns on their membership fees for visiting the advertised sites for a few minutes a day as well as for referring others to ASD. In reality, membership returns were paid from the fees of later joining members and not from actual revenue. Because no business was being conducted to generate the promised returns, ASD would eventually collapse like a hollow pyramid -hence its name. Luckily, federal authorities learned that ASD was a Ponzi in time, before ASD assets were dissipated. Under federal forfeiture statutes, au-
thorities timely instituted suit declaring that, since ASD assets were obtained through criminal activities, the assets belonged to the government. They seized cash from various bank accounts, real estate, luxury vehicles, watercraft, and computer equipment. Based on the amount seized, all ASD members should be fully compensated for their losses. Pyramid or Ponzi-type schemes have been perpetrated on innocent investors since at least the 1850’s and probably much before. Such a scheme involving life insurance policies was described in Dicken’s The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Of course, Charles Pietro Ponzi lent his name to the notorious scheme of the 1920’s involving discounted postal reply coupons. His scheme brought down six New England banks and wiped out investors. They received less than 30 cents on the dollar. The victims of Bernie Madoff, the admitted operator of the largest Ponzi in history, fared little better. The reported, estimated losses to them totalled over $50 billion.
Since Sept. 17, hundreds of protestors have swarmed Manhattan, waving signs and marching through the streets, trying to win the fight against “Wall Street.” They belong to an organization called Occupy Wall Street, which is led by the activist magazine Adbusters. Organizers sent out a call to action for Sept. 17 and asked that protestors swarm Manhattan to set up camp for a two-month period, inspired by the protests in Egypt in January. So far, there have been numerous arrests by the NYPD and a highly publicized pepper spray inciHis 150-year prison term dent involving a police ofwas, perhaps, cold-com- ficer and four women who fort to individual traders were sprayed, one tempowho modestly invested a few thousand dollars to the top-ten investors who suffered potential losses of $28 billion. To date, the trusteee for the Madoff Ponzi has not issued compensation for investors’ losses. And, it must be questioned whether full compensation is possible given the magnitude of the scam. However, individual Madoff investors may have another recourse to recover losses beyond the trustee payout. IRS rulings permit taxpayers who experience losses from certain investment arrangements discovered to be criminally fraudulent (i.e., Ponzi-type schemes) to deduct such losses as theft of incomeChargerBulletin@newhaven.edu producing property. The losses are taken on Section B of Form 4684 and are carried over to Schedule A. For more information, see IRS Publication 17 at page 167, Revenue Ruling 2009-9 (04/06/2009), and Revenue Ruling 2009-20 (04/06/2009), all of which are available as free downloads at the IRS website (www.irs.gov).
year old man from the Dallas suburb of Grapevine. In 1998, Patrick was diagnosed with MS. His doctor told him to take it easy and just take his medicine. Mr. Finney did not take this advice, and he returned to his regimen of moderate, daily running, which he had started in order to lose some weight. Patrick continued his running up until 2004,
at which point the disease had left him unable to walk. However, with the help of new medicines and therapy, Mr. Finney was able to stand once more, walk, and eventually run. Patrick was quoted as saying, “The first year was a real struggle for me,” referring to his return to running. “I was going through a pair of running shoes every two weeks, because I
was scraping them up as I dragged my feet.” In 2005, Mr. Finney ran a halfmarathon in Dallas, Texas, with only one goal on his mind – to finish. While most of the runners took approximately two hours, Finney took double that. The next year, however, he ran a full marathon, or 26.2 miles, and hasn’t stopped running since. In 2010, Patrick
ployed on “special occasions,” and is locked away in a safe. It is only available to military and lawenforcement agencies, and would only be used in extreme situations. Hopefully, there will never be a need for a weapon like this. Society may be worried about the discretion given to the police department, but they have our best interests in mind. If there was a threat, it may be better for the police to have a weapon of this magnitude. To give the police the ability to shoot down a plane, may prevent another national tragedy from occurring.
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Federal Authorities Returning Funds To Online Ponzi Scam Victims
By LYNN JENKINS, ESQ. STAFF WRITER
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Federal authorities announced, on Monday, September 26, that $55 million would be returned to victims of an online Ponzi scam. Under a federal remission program, the US Justice Department and the Secret Service will return these funds to the 8,400 investors of a Ponzi or Pyramid scheme ran by AdSurf Daily Inc. and its affiliates (ASD Cash Generator, La Fuente Dinero, and Golden Panda), know collectively as ASD. This particular Ponzi, which promised a 125150% return on investments, was operated by Thomas A. “Andy” Bowdoin, Jr. of Quincy, Florida and others out of a local flower shop. Bowdoin age 76 was federally indited in December 2010 on five counts of wire fraud, one count of securities fraud, and one count of unlawful sale of unregistered securities. His criminal case is ongoing. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 125 years in prison and fines of up to six million By DANTE VITTONE STAFF WRITER
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Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating disease known for its attacks on the central nervous system. The autoimmune disease causes various impairments in the host, including difficulty walking, or even standing. However, that didn’t stop Patrick Finney, and 48-
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Green, Lyman Orchards, and the Thimble Islands were organized to allow people to experience some of the best of what the area has to offer. A football game took place at North Campus where the Chargers went up against and defeated the Stonehill Skyhawks, while the women’s lacrosse team went up against Bryant University. The Athletics
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Department coordinated a canned food drive with the First-Year Success Center, whose staff, first-year mentors, and mentees collected canned food before and during the football game. Lastly, the murder mystery dinner, one of the most popular events of Family Day, took place. Registration for the event ended long before Family Day registration, so while
most families had dinner on their own, a few lucky people gathered in the Alumni Lounge and took part in a murder mystery event while getting to have dinner on top of it! Overall, Family Day was a huge success, with over 1,000 visitors registering beforehand and all of the parking spaces on campus being filled up almost instantly. Organized by the Office of
rarily blinded. NYPD had limited access to certain areas on Wall Street just a few days prior to the start of the protests, which is also right around the time that the amount of people participating had dropped from somewhere in the 1,000 range to just 200. The hundreds that have stayed, however, have certainly made their presence heard, marching up and down Wall Street on pedestrian walkways. Some protestors carry signs asking to end capitalism, some are looking to end the greed among banks and corporations, and others are protesting the low employment rates in the country. Their signs may read different things, but their overall message is clear; this country needs a change, and needs to do it fast.
Finney’s friend challenged him to run one marathon in each of the 50 United States, by his fiftieth birthday. Finney accepted instantaneously. He put together a spreadsheet, and told himself that he could beat the challenge in three a half years. Two weeks ago, and two years before his goal, Patrick Finney crossed the finish line of his fiftieth marathon, greatly exceeding his own expectations. Patrick was quoted as saying, “I have Student Activities, Famgotten to travel to a lot of ily Day involved the efnew places and meet a lot forts of numerous offices, departments, clubs, and organizations on campus as well as the many staff and students behind them. Without them, none of the events that made this one of the most popular weekends on campus would have been possible; so a huge thank you goes out to all of them!
of great people. It’s been a wonderful experience.” Having completed a total of 71 marathons since 2006, Mr. Finney plans to run seven more by the year’s end. A friend of Finney said this of a hot, humid September day in Dallas. “Everyone was moaning and groaning about the weather except Patrick. He was smiling. When someone asked why he wasn’t bothered by the weather, he replied, ‘I’m just so happy to be able to run.’”
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Palestinian UN Bid
By ELIZABETH FIELD STAFF WRITER
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On September 20, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formally applied to the United Nations Security Council for official Palestinian Statehood. And on September 28, the UN Security Council sent the bid to a special committee, established solely for this application’s consideration, which will assess and review it. This development in the Middle East could intensify negotiations and peace talks amongst Palestine and Israel. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), representative of the people of Palestine, has had observer status at the UN since 1974; however, they have not had voting rights. The status as a state would give Israel and Palestine equal power, and Palestine
By LIZ DE LA TORRE STAFF WRITER
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Ask anyone in Spain, and they will all say that bullfighting is one of the most legendary traditions in Spain that has influenced, moved, and enkindled the works of writers such as Ernest Hemingway and Paco Mateo as well as painters like Pablo Picasso and Francisco Goya, not to mention enticed the world of spectators, tourists, and avid fans to their arenas. However, a regional ban has put an end to the timehonored tradition, at least in Catalonia, after 180,000 petition signatures were collected. Although the last bullfight occurred on Sept. 25 at Barcelona’s Monumental Bullring, this ban is set to take effect
some leverage in their ongoing negotiations. Approximately six out of the 15 UN Security Council members have stated on record that they would support the Palestinian bid. Nine affirmative votes without any vetoes are required for the application to progress. United States officials have vowed to use the power of veto if the bid goes up for voting. This should not be surprising given the U.S’s close relationship with Palestinian rival, Israel. President Barack Obama says that the only way for Palestinian statehood to become a reality is to return to negotiations with Israel. Dr. Bassem Ezbidi, a political scientist, believes that the U.S. is unlikely to use the veto as they promised. He stated, “The U.S. will not use the veto unless they really have to do that. The U.S. will first try to exert some pressure
on other members. A U.S. veto will have disastrous consequences in the region. The Middle East is boiling, and the last thing the U.S. wants is to have another wave of hatred aimed at the Americans.” Last week, the Middle East Quartet, made up of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the UN, issued a call for the Palestinians to return to peace talks with Israel. These talks ended last September after Israel allowed a moratorium on settlement construction to expire. Ambassadors of both Israel and Palestine said that their governments would consider the possibility of negotiations and respond to the Quartet stance—which calls for negotiations to begin within one month and lays out a timeline to resolve outstanding issues for the ne
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Nazi Spy in South America lies beat Germany in the war, the United States allowed the organization to remain open and collect information about the Soviet Union, also known as Russia. The head of BND headquarters, Bodo Hechelhammer, had this to say about Rauff, “In hindsight, the recruitment of Walther Rauff is politically and morally incomprehensible,” as Natalia Drozdiak quoted in Reuters. In other words, he does not understand the motivation behind hiring Walter Rauff. Rauff was paid by BND more than 70,000 Deutsche marks (about $18,000) for a mission he was assigned in Cuba. His mission was to spy on Fidel Castro, the then current dictator of Cuba. This involved changing his name to Enrico Gomez. However, he never completed this mission because he was denied entry into Cuba. He remained in Chile after-
wards, until 1960. That year, he went back to Germany for BND training. He went back again in February of 1962, at which point he found out there was a warrant out for his arrest. Before Rauff had gone back, another former Nazi officer, Adolf Eichmann, was tried; Rauff’s name was mentioned in the trial. Walter Rauff had evaded the authority in Germany yet again. Once he was back in South America, Chile more exactly, the police there arrested him for his crimes in Germany. They were going to send him back to Germany to be tried for his crimes, however, because of a 15 year statute in Chile, Rauff only stayed in prison for a few months before being released from custody. He then died in 1984, never facing justice for his crimes against society.
and provoked into fight- ers; it’s those who are trying by the toreros because ing to save money. In the world of bullfighting, there’s much corruption.”
Carlos Nuñez, President of Spain’s Mesa del Toro pro-bullfighting umbrella group, would like to see bullfighting return. He, like others, admits that bullfighting can be seen as vicious, but nevertheless accepts and respects the sport that many have grown up with and that many have embraced as a symbol of not only Spanish heritage and custom, but also of bravery and, ultimately, freedom: “Banning bullfighting in Catalonia is nothing more than an attack on liberty. It’s the fruit of policies in Catalonia against bullfighting and all that is seen to represent Spain. ” Currently, Catalonia stands as one of seventeen areas in Spain to outlaw bullfighting.
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Do Nazis still exist today? This particular one existed until 1984. He participated in World War II and created a mobile gas chamber known as the “Gas Van,” as a Jewish newspaper called it. His name was Walter (Walther in German) Rauff; he was a high ranking Nazi officer. Rauff fled, as an Allied prisoner of war camp, to West Germany after the war and was responsible for approximately 90,000 murders in Germany. While he was in West Germany he was recruited into BND. BND is an acronym for the German words Bundes Nachrichten Dienst, which translates into “Federal Intelligence Service.” This organization was established while Hitler was dictator of Germany, however, when the Al-
Catalonia Says Goodbye to Bullfighting
beginning Jan.1, 2012. Elisabeth Barcelo, an animal rights activist, has supported the ban as an end to the abuse of bulls: “Bulls are not aware of what they do, but people are. So I don’t like it. It’s torturing an animal. It doesn’t make any sense to me.” Consistent with this, Leonardo Anselmi hopes that other areas will take notice and follow suit: “It’s like a crack has developed in the armor plating [of bullfighting]. It’s a small crack but the protective shield might crumble altogether.” While this ban comes at the heels of fervent animal rights activists, many speculate that the economy is just one of the things that have plagued the epic sport. In fact, tickets for
bullfights are so expensive that people have stopped
attending as a result. According to npr.org, attendance has plummeted in recent years from 2,622 in 2007 to 1, 724 in 2010. Sources say that there is not enough money to buy wholesome, sturdy bulls. In turn, the bulls that are affordable must be spurred
Coupled with this, politics is also being blamed for Catalonia’s opposition to bullfighting. “Bullfighting is the history of Spain. It’s the tradition in Spain. Barcelona is anti-bullfight because it’s anti-Spain,” says local fan Antonio Gutierrez. Gutierrez is just one of many who AP PHOTO believe that this move to they are too weak to fight. This, bullfighter seemingly resist anything writer Paco Mateo says, Spanish was done by Catapaints a negative ap- lonia to assert its own inpearance of the sport but dependence and preserve blames the selfishness of some of the culture and companies who are re- identity that was lost with sponsible for giving a bad Francisco Franco’s 40name: “The people killing year dictatorship. Despite this, others like the bulls aren’t the fight-
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SAT Scandal Busted on Long Island
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lated. This revelation sparked a police investigation that led to seven arrests. Four of these arrests were students in college, having been accepted to the schools they applied to with the fraudulent scores. Two more were currently seniors at Great Neck North, and the last of the seven was Eshaghoff himself. It is unclear at this point whether Eshaghoff took the test for any other students; none have come forward yet. Aside from the criminal charges, the four college students as well as Eshag-
hoff will almost certainly be permanently dismissed from their schools. The two high school students will most likely also be expelled. Now, security at standardized tests around the country is being increased at an alarming rate. It is still being questioned as to whether the Long Island cheating ring involved more students that have yet to be caught. Other school districts nationwide are also expected to launch their own investigations, now that there has been a precedent.
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The Right Way to Complain!
effective than others. First and foremost, if you have ––––––––––––––––––––– an issue with a specific person, if at all possible, I know I’ve written an talk to the person first. For editorial about this before, example, I know but I think everyone occa- that when a lot sionally needs a reminder of folks have isabout how to complain sues with a proproperly to make it less fessor, rather annoying and more about than speaking actually getting the com- with the profesplaint resolved. No, this sor first to try isn’t about how to get your and resolve an old Facebook profile back issue, they skirt so you don’t need to deal the issue by eiwith “stalkerbook,” but ther avoiding it will hopefully help out their issue and anyone with a few com- just complainplaints who don’t know ing, or they go what to do about it. over their proHaving an issue on fessor’s head campus? There are a few and speak with different routes on how the department to deal with them, and chair. While I know that a depending on the specific professor’s style of teachsituation, some are more ing may not work fully
with the student’s learning er things on campus such style, not giving the pro- as buildings/facilities or fessor a chance to fix the dorm issues, try to get help issue means they could be by either heading to Charblindsided when they find gerConnection (http:// chargerconnection.newhaven.edu) and submitting your concern there, or find out what the proper channel is for you to go through on your own. IT can help with internet issues but only if they know exactly where the issue is, including a room number. During my sophomore year, I was having really bad internet connectivity issues and IT responded by stopping by and noticing that despite having a wireless router right outside my door, something in my room was interferout not everyone is happy ing. They gave my room a small hub that all of us in their class. As for issues with oth- could plug into and while
it wasn’t the ideal solution, it fixed the issue the best way possible under those conditions. In the end, if you need help finding out who to talk to about a problem, ask around: either friends or acquaintances who know “everything” or talk to a member of the faculty or staff. Someone will be able to help you with your issue if you politely ask around and act civil! In an effort to help students begin to understand who does what at the university, starting in the next issue of The Charger Bulletin, there will be a feature on page three interviewing various people in offices throughout the campus. We’ll begin with some (hopefully) familiar faces and move on to a
few lesser-known people, as we get farther into this semester and next semester. I hope this will help with resolving issues, as it will clear up the hierarchy of faculty and staff here a little bit making sure you contact whom you should if and when the time comes! Two quick last things: first, if you have an issue and you’re doing nothing to resolve it, you really don’t have room to complain about it! Issues don’t usually fix themselves, so don’t count on that happening and instead take matters into your own hands. Second, you may have noticed above that I said head to ChargerConnection to post your concerns
are walking in or out of a building, take a few seconds to look behind you. Is there someone there? If so, hold the door for that person. It sounds like common sense, but I can’t tell you how many times I have seen people just walk through doors, letting the door close on someone else. It’s rude, and it takes two seconds to be courteous to people walking behind you. That being said, I’ve also seen people who are carrying things have the door closed on them. Be aware of who is walking behind you. In addition to that, if someone does hold a door open
for you, remember to say thank you, because it’s also rude to ignore the gesture.
hold the elevator, ignoring them just isn’t very polite just because you want to ride the elevator alone. Also, if you see someone running to catch the elevator, while the door is closing on them, simply pressing the button would open the elevator for him or her (unless you’re in Soundview, in the one elevator whose “open door” button doesn’t properly function). Of course we all like to avoid those awkward elevator silences from the first floor to the fifth floor, but that doesn’t mean that disregarding people is the way to go. Additionally, if you happen to be the person standing by the elevator buttons, break the silence and
ask everyone what floor they are going to. This will end the awkwardness and will avoid the situation of people reaching over other people just to push a button. My final complaint involves students actually walking around campus. When using the sidewalks, try to imagine them as a two way street. If you and your friends are taking up the entire sidewalk, try to remember to move over to one side if people are coming from the other direction. No one should be pushed off of the sidewalk into the street or even muddy grass because you refuse to make room. This occurs daily, especially during the period when classes finish and
new ones begin. Stay to one side of the sidewalk and make room for others as they walk the opposite direction. Additionally, if you do find yourself being a sidewalk hog, be courteous and move to the side to let people pass. Bumping into other people is rude, especially if you refused to move and expected them to walk in the street for you. To conclude, please remember to be considerate of others, because people like me really do appreciate it. Hold doors and elevators for people and stay on your own side of the sidewalk.
worked out the structure of a protein belonging to the Mason-Pfizer monkey virus, an HIV-like virus that causes AIDS in monkeys. It took them three weeks to do what professional scientists had been working on for years. The value of harnessing public participation through games and projects is not lost on the scientific community. Hundreds of project websites can now be found with a simple Google search. Scientific American recently added an entire section to its website devoted to citizen science. And yet science literacy remains low among non-scientists. The National Science Foundation concluded in a 2006 report that “most citizens do not have a firm grasp of basic scientific facts and concepts, nor do they have an understanding of the scientific process. In addition, belief in pseudo-
science seems to be widespread, not only in the United States but in other countries as well.” A low level of literacy matters. Take this year's Republican candidates. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was roundly repudiated by scientists and pundits after she claimed to have met a woman who said her son's mental retardation was caused by the HPV vaccine. Texas Gov. Rick Perry made his illiteracy known on several occasions, with dubious comments about both evolution and climate change. These people want to be president. They already command high offices, where they no doubt deal with science-related subjects on a daily basis.
“There are 435 people in the House and 420 don’t know much about science and choose not to.” Ultimately, though, it is the voters who elect leaders. They can't possibly hold politicians to account about science without first understanding it themselves. Citizen science may be a way to close the knowledge gap, if incentives are put in place to raise its profile and spur interest. That's why an award, given once a year at an ostentatious ceremony, should be established for an individual or group who contributes significantly to the advancement of science. No such award currently exists. Groups that organize citizen science have prizes, but the citiSpeaking about Con- zens themselves have no gress on WNPR's “Where reward other than fulfillWe Live,” Princeton Phys- ing their passions for disicist and New Jersey Rep. covery. Rush Holt recently noted, Rewarding citizen sci-
ence would break down one more perceived barrier between the “elite” researchers and everyone else. Recognition is known to be a driving force among professional scientists. Their careers are built on getting their names published and receiving awards from their colleagues. We expect scientists to want these rewards. Why wouldn't anyone else want the same thing? Introducing competition could have added benefits for scientific literacy. Science works because its core dynamics—not its methods or techniques per se—are rooted in pitting intellects against one another,” said Thomas W. Martin, an Honors Faculty Fellow at Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. in an essay (that, incidentally, won an award) for Seed magazine in 2007.
“Science eventually yields impressive answers because it compels smart people to incessantly try to disprove the ideas generated by other smart people.” The MNARS paper took a small step toward rewarding the volunteers from Planet Hunters by giving them the status of co-authors. It's a small, but rarely taken, step. Most importantly, perhaps, is the fact that citizen scientists may end up making huge contributions in the coming years. As Astronomer Phil Plait wondered on his “Bad Astronomy” blog: “Will the first exoEarth be found by a professional astronomer, or instead by some science enthusiast who decided one day to check out this Planet Hunters thing?” It's a question we should all be seriously considering.
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As you walk around campus and spend time in the various academic and student buildings, how many times have you come across someone who was being inconsiderate to someone else? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, maybe you are the inconsiderate one. Don’t think so, then think again. Maybe you do things that you do not consider inconsiderate, but in reality they are both rude and sometimes even obnoxious. Let’s reevaluate shall we, because sometimes we are oblivious to our surroundings and the things we do. For instance, if you
My next example involves elevators. If someone calls out to you as you are entering, asking you to
To Encourage Scientific Literacy, Reward Citizen Scientists
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Two new planets outside our solar system were discovered using data from NASA's Kepler telescope, not by scientists. The discoverers were citizen scientists participating in an online project called Planet Hunters, which was set up specifically to allow members of the public to sift through Kepler's information. Six of these volunteers were listed as authors in the Sept. 22 paper about the planets, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The Planet Hunters are only the latest in a series of non-scientists who've made important contributions to science. A team of video-gamers playing a competitive protein-folding simulation game called Foldit also in September
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Positives We won the football game! It was such an amazing game to watch,
Negatives If you sign up to help out at an event, attend an event, or even
and it was really nice to see the stands so full. Also, I’m glad that the write an article for say your favorite school newspaper, don’t back weather held out for the entire game and stayed dry for those of us out of your commitment. in the stands. Everyone seems to be going to dinner during the week at the Family day looked like it was a success. The number of families same time. Lines are outside the buildings and the wait to get your in attendance was a new record for the university. There was a mul- food can be lengthy as well. I think I’m going to try to go to dinner titude of events and trips planned. Thank you to everyone who earlier to avoid some of the lines that start around 5:30-6:00 p.m. helped out, and a great job goes to the Office of Student Activities for planning a great day that I’m sure everyone enjoyed.
The Battery Charge Clubs and organizations rely on the commitments of their members. If there is an event and you sign up to help set up or run the event, then you made a commitment to be there. It is unacceptable to email the club that morning that you are not coming, and it is even more disrespectful to just not show up. Signing up to do something is only one percent of what is required of you. Showing up and actually helping is the other 99. I witnessed this numerous times during Family Day at different clubs and organizations that were having events, and those in charge were very upset about the situation.
Super Fun Facts of the Week Monday - There are more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy.
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Tuesday - Taurine, an ingredient found in Red Bull, originally came from bulls. This is the reason for the name Red Bull. Wednesday - Turtles can breathe through their butts. Thursday - Polar bears are left handed. Friday - The word “nice” originally meant foolish or stupid.
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Aries (March 21-April 19): These independent and generous signs will have luck with their finances this week. Money will be coming your way shortly. Just be patient and do not spend it all in one place.
Libra (September 23- October 22): These signs maybe feeling a rush of energy this week and want to try to make everything fit in 24 hours. Don’t rush! You may over look minor details in your haste to get things done; that can make or break your projects.
Taurus (April 20-May 20): These signs may be feeling a little lazy or indifferent towards life at the moment. Make sure this mood doesn’t let you miss any incoming opportunities! Stay open minded and excited about new adventures.
Scorpio (October 23- November 21): These signs are feeling very sensitive to when loved ones are not being themselves. Someone may need your help and its up to you to be there for them. Just listen and be understanding. Do not be quick to judge.
Gemini (May 21- June 20): These signs need to be careful who they place their trust in this week. Remember: not everyone is your friend. Be cool and collected but do not come off as cold and impersonal. It is possible to chase off good friends that way.
Sagittarius (November 22- December 21): These signs might be going through a difficult time right now in an aspect of their life. Rest assured it is temporary. You will come out of this stronger and with more of life’s wisdom under your belt. Just be patient, better times are coming soon.
Cancer ( July 21-July 22): These responsible signs have been working hard and feeling accomplished. Now it is time for a much needed break. Relaxing with family over the holiday is necessary in order to recharge your batteries. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this long weekend. You deserve it!
Capricorn (December 22- January 19) These signs have been waiting patiently for so long. Rest assured, it will be here much sooner than you think. You have devoted much time and patience into this and have been waiting for a result and now it is finally coming.
Leo ( July 23- August 22): These ambitious signs may feel the need to make a hasty decision this week but that is not the case! Take your time when making a major decision and don’t look over the minor details. The smallest detail can make a great impact on how your week will go.
Aquarius ( January 20- February 18) These rebellious signs are having unexpected offers coming their way. Be open to anything new and be adventurous. Most importantly be excited! Good feelings bring about good circumstances.
Virgo (August 23-September 22): These signs may feel that they have been investing their time into something or someone for too long without receiving anything in return. It is time to let go, and to move on to new things.
Pisces (February 19- March 20): These signs are looking towards their future. It is about time to forget the past. Only take from it the lessons you have learned. Bigger and better things are waiting for you on the horizon, you just have to go out and get there.
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WEST HAVEN, Conn. - The University of New Haven women’s volleyball team defeated Merrimack College 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-16) Friday night at Charger Gymnasium. The Chargers improved to 8-4 overall and 4-0 in the Northeast-10 Conference with the win. The Warriors fell to 3-12 overall and 0-3 in the NE-10. Sophomore Amber Cannady (Yonkers, N.Y./ A CHARGER ATHLETICS PRESS RELEASE
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WEST HAVEN, Conn. - The University of New Haven men's soccer team played Bentley University even through nearly 110 minutes, but a late score, in the 108th minute, lifted the visiting Falcons to a narrow 2-1 victory at Kayo Field Sunday afternoon. With the loss, New Haven fell to 0-7-2 overall and 0-6 in the Northeast-10 Conference. Bentley improved to 6-2-1 overall and 5-1 in conference play. A majority of the first period was played with exchanges in the midfield,
Chargers Sweep Past Merrimack, 3-0
Charles E. Gorton) paced the Chargers with 15 kills with only four errors on 29 attempts (.379 hitting percentage). Freshman Kaulana Ane (Paia, Hawaii/Kamehameha) and Kristy Atufunwa (Denver, Colo./Denver East) each tallied eight kills, while Ane boasted a .467 hitting percentage and four blocks on the night. Atufunwa added two blocks. Chelsey Alpough (Torrance, Calif./South / Western New Mexico Univ. ) ran the offense and dished out 35 assists, while Heather Ladao
(West Covina, Calif./Rowland ) led the defense with 22 digs. In the opening set, UNH and Merrimack went point-for-point with each other. The Chargers held a slight advantage early in the match, but the Warriors battled back each time. Merrimack led 17-15 before New Haven went on a 5-0 run, sparked by a kill from Ane, to take a 20-17 lead. UNH did not look back and led for the remainder of the set. An error by Merrimack gave the Chargers a 25-20 win
in the opening set. New Havne opened the second set much stronger, taking a 7-4 lead off a Cannady kill early in the set. Merrimack fought their way back into the set and brought the score even at 11-11. The teams exchanged points and tied the score five different times before back-to-back kills by Keidy Candelaria (Vega Baja, Puerto Rico/ Bayamon Military Academy) gave UNH a twopoint lead, 18-16. New Haven led until Merrimack tied the set at 22-22
off a UNH error. Cannady then recorded two unanswered kills to give the Chargers a 24-22 lead. The Chargers earned their final point off a Merrimack error and took a 2-0 lead in the match. The third and final set was all New Haven. The Chargers opened a comfortable three point lead early, and despite a Merrimack rally midway through the set, Cannady and Atufunwa led the Chargers down the stretch. UNH led 12-11 before a 4-0 run gave them a 16-11
lead. The Chargers then cruised and Cannady put down the final kill of the match to take a 25-16 victory in the final set. New Haven returns to action on Tuesday, October 4 when they host Assumption College at Charger Gymnasium. Match time is set for 7 p.m. For complete match coverage, including live video and live statistics, visit www. NewHavenChargers.com.
the Chargers were the first to strike. In the 41st minute, New Haven's Steven Gennuso (Middletown, Conn./Xavier ) received the ball near midfield and laced a through ball down the right half of the field for teammate Joseph D'Antonio (Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside ). The Oceanside, N.Y. native then out-ran the defense and with one touch put the ball through the legs of Bentley's goalkeeper. The Chargers' held on to the 1-0 lead going into halftime. The second half was back and forth once again as both teams struggled
to get the ball into the 18yard box. Bentley had a header shot saved just two
in the 67th minutes when Justin Cirasola scored off a ball which was deflected
minutes into the second half, while the Chargers had a number of breakaway passes get called back for offside. Bentley evened the score at 1-1
neither team scored and overtime began. In the first 10-minute overtime, both teams were held without a shot. A number of substitutions by both teams attempted to keep fresh legs on the field, but with no prevail. The second overtime stanza was once against shot less by both teams. Bentley's game-winning goal was scored in the 108th minute off a miss-handled pass in the UNH backline A JOHN KRITZMAN PHOTO which resulted in an own goal. inside the UNH 8-yard D'Antonio led New Habox a number of different ven with two shots, while times. Both teams record- Jacob Appelbaum (Saint ed scoring opportunities Louis, Mo./Westminster in the next 23 minutes, but Christian Academy), Joel
Rodriguez (Wallingford, Conn./Mark T. Sheehan ), Tim Hines (Wallingford, Conn./Lyman Hall), Dave Ljungquist (Oxford, Conn./Seymour) and Gennuso each tallied one shot. UNH goalkeeper J.J. Comeau (Wallingford, Conn./ Mark T. Sheehan ) led the game with six saves. Bentley held an 11-7 advantage in shots, while both teams attempted three corner kicks. The Chargers return to action on Wednesday, October 5 when they travel to Rockville Centre, N.Y. to take on Molloy College in a non-conference contest. Match time on Long Island is set for 7 p.m.
ter just five plays on their next drive. After a Skyhawk punt, the Chargers took over at their own 49-yard line. New Haven then threw an incomplete pass and DeCaro stumble on a rush for no gain, but on third-and-10, Osiecki hit Nick Music (West Milford, N.J./West Milford ) on an out pattern near the Skyhawks’ 40-yard line. Music then scampered along the sideline and dodged a number of defender to complete the 51yard touchdown. A Scifo extra point gave the Chargers a commanding 31-9 lead with 6:03 left in the third quarter. New Haven’s defense then stopped the Skyhawks early in their drive, once again. On Stonehill’s second play of the drive, New Haven’s Brian LaSure (Newark, N.J./University West Side / Southern Connecticut) picked off a Logan Meyer pass and gave
UNH the ball back on Stonehill’s 30-yard line. The Chargers then needed just one play to widen the lead. Quarterback Ronnie Nelson (Stuart, Fla./ South Fork ), traditionally known for his running abilities, connected on a deep touchdown pass with Demetrius WashingtonEllison (Rahway, N.J./ Rahway / Univ. of Maine) for a 30-yard touchdown, improving UNH’s lead to 38-9 with 5:16 left in the third. Stonehill finally got on the board in the second half with a long 13-play, 78-yard touchdown drive following the Chargers’ 38th point. A three-yard Meyer pass was caught by Zaire Reiph and with a successful extra point, the Skyhawks cut the score to 38-16 with 49-seconds left in the third quarter. New Haven took over the ball at its own 37-yard line and once against went
on another touchdown drive. UNH took the ball 63-yards on eight plays and capped the drive with a one-yard touchdown run by DeCaro, who earned his final yards of the afternoon on the play. Stonehill regained possession at its own 31yard line and once again mounted a scoring drive. The Skyhawks quickly went 69-yards on six plays in just 1:49 and completed the drive with a 21-yard touchdown from Meyer to Jamal Johnson out of the backfield. Another extra point gave the Skyhawks their final points of the game and brought the score to 45-23. On New Haven’s next drive, Brian Alston (Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville) and Anthony Tillman (Piscataway, N.J./ Piscataway) got most of the carries with Nelson. The three carried the ball to the Stonehill 39-yard
and two touchdowns. Osiecki finished the day with 15 completions on 20 attempts for 252 yards and five touchdowns. Defensively, New Haven was led by Charlie Hatchett (Bridgeport, Conn./Stratford / Santa Monica College) with 10 total tackles. Scott Lowery (Elmwood Park, N.J./ Paramus Catholic ) added eight tackles and Kendrick Butler (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Dillard / ASA College) added seven. New Haven returns to action on Friday, October 7 when it travels to crosstown rival Southern Connecticut State University. Kickoff at Jess Dow field is set for 7 p.m. For complete coverage throughout the week, visit www.NewHavenChargers.com.
league play. New Haven opened the game strong as Amber Simms (Southport, England/Southport) and Monica Yanez (West Haven, Conn./West Haven) recorded shots just 37 seconds and 45 seconds into the first half respectively. However, the Chargers would not register another shot the remainder of the period as they entered the break, tied at 0-0. The first goal of the
game occured in the final 45 minutes of regulation as Molly Kessler found Kelsey Imondi for a goal at the 53:04 mark. The duo would connect on an insurance goal with just 12 minutes to play as Assumption pulled away with a 2-0 win. The Greyhounds outshot New Haven, 11 to five. Yanez led all Chargers with two shots while Shannon Morales (Bloomfield, Conn./Northwest
Catholic), Nicole Pacapelli (West Haven, Conn./ West Haven / Stonehill College) and Simms all registed a shot. Kim Taylor (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford ) made four saves in goal. New Haven returns to action on Tuesday, October 4 as they travel to Oakdale, N.Y. for a non-conference matchup against Dowling. Game time is scheduled to start at 4 p.m.
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goal with just one second remaining in the half to put New Haven ahead, 17-9 at the break. At halftime, Osiecki was 8-for-12 with 115 yards, two touchdowns and 24 yards rushing while DeCaro rushed 10 times for 59 yards. Smart hauled in 53 yards on five receptions and Thompson added 37 yards on two catches and a touchdown. On the first possession of the second half, Stonehill took the ball just 23 yards on six plays before New Haven regained the ball at its own 18-yard line. The Chargers then marched the ball 82-yards on eight plays, over the course of just three-minutes and 50-seconds, and a 19-yard touchdown pass from Osiecki to Thompson sparked a scoring spree. New Haven wasted no time forcing Stonehill to give the ball back af-
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WEST HAVEN, Conn. - The University of New Haven women’s soccer team fell short to Assumption College on Saturday afternoon by the score of 2-0. With the loss, the Chargers are now 5-4 overall and 4-4 in the Northeast-10 Conference. The Greyhounds are now 3-6-1 overall and 1-6-1 in
line before an Osiecki touchdown pass to Chris Ruffin (New York, N.Y./ Phillip Randolph) capped the drive with 6:33 left in the fourth quarter. The UNH defense then forced a three-and-out before UNH’s offense ran out the clock on its final possession. As a team, UNH totaled 507 yards of offense and held Stonehill to 346 yards. UNH ran for 225 yards and held the Skyhawks to just 91-yards rushing. New Haven held a slight 32:04-27:56 advantage in time of possession and was successful on 2-of-2 attempts inside the red-zone. Nelson was the Chargers’ second leading rusher with 45 yards, while he also threw one pass for a touchdown of 30-yards. Smart led the receiving corps with six catches and 63 yards, while Thompson grabbed three for 56 yards
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jon Jay flipped the catcher. Ryan Theriot withstood a hard takeout slide. Albert Pujols gutted it out on an injured heel. These feisty St. Louis Cardinals aren’t backing down from the mighty Philadelphia Phillies. Pujols hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning after Cliff Lee blew a four-run lead, and the Cardinals rallied for a 5-4 win Sunday night to even their NL playoff matchup at one game each. Down early, Jay jolted Carlos Ruiz on a bruising play at the plate. Jay was out, ending the fourth inning. The Phillies, however, couldn’t block the Cardinals’ path to victory. “It’s the playoffs, we’re not going to quit,” Jay said. “We played hard, we fought hard and we came back and were able to win.” The NLDS shifts to St. Louis for Game 3 on Tuesday. Cole Hamels will be the third straight All-Star pitcher to face the Cardinals, who’ll send Jaime Garcia to the mound. The wild-card Cardinals, who got into the postseason only after the
Phillies beat Atlanta in Game 162, got the split they were looking for on the road against the team that had the best record in the majors. Lee hardly looked like the guy who used to be so dominant in the postseason. He gave up five runs and 12 hits, striking out nine in six-plus innings, to lose his third straight playoff start. “I wasn’t able to make my pitches, so I take full responsibility,” Lee said. Pitching on three days’ rest for the first time in his career, Chris Carpenter struggled for the Cardinals — but one reliever after another did the job for manager Tony La Russa. Six Cardinals relievers combined to toss six shutout innings, allowing just one hit. Jason Motte finished for a four-out save. “We’ve been doing this all year. We don’t give up,” Motte said. “People counted us out, (but) we kind of went out there and just kept playing hard.” After chipping away for a few innings, the Cardinals took the lead in the seventh. Allen Craig led off with a triple off center fielder Shane Victorino’s glove. A three-time Gold Glove winner, Victorino misplayed the ball. He had to go a long way to make
the catch, but overran it and the ball bounced off his glove. Pujols, who struck out in his previous two at-bats, lined a single over drawnin shortstop Jimmy Rollins to give St. Louis a 5-4 lead. Cardinals players jumped up and cheered wildly in the dugout, while Phillies fans sat silently in disbelief. The red-clad faithful had their hearts broken already once Sunday. Just a few hours earlier, the Eagles blew a 20-point lead and lost 24-23 to the San Francisco 49ers in an NFL game across the street. Many fans walked over to watch the two-sport doubleheader, and the crowd of 46,575 was the largest in the eight-year history of Citizens Bank Park. For a while, it seemed the Phillies had this one under control. After all, Lee is one of the best postseason pitchers in history, and he was 17-9 with a 2.40 ERA and a major league-best six shutouts this season. Lee was 7-0 with a 1.26 ERA in his first eight playoff starts — 4-0 with the Phillies in 2009 — before losing Games 1 and 5 of the World Series to
the San Francisco Giants as a member of the Texas Rangers last year. He’s 0-3 with a 7.13 ERA in the last three outings. On a chilly night when game-time temperature was 50 degrees, Lee was the only starter in short sleeves. Maybe he got cold. “Any time I got a 4-0 lead in the first or second, I feel I have the game well in hand,” Lee said. Clinging to a 4-3 lead, Lee got the first two outs in the sixth. Then Theriot lined a two-out double to left and Jay followed with an opposite-field single to left. Theriot slid home safely ahead of Raul Ibanez’s high throw to tie it at 4. Down 4-0, the Cardinals started their rally in the fourth. Berkman walked and Yadier Molina hit a one-out infield single. Theriot sliced an RBI double down the right-field line and Jay followed with an RBI single to get St. Louis within 4-2. Jay advanced to second on the throw to the plate, and Carpenter was pulled for pinch-hitter Nick Punto. Lee fired a 92 mph fastball by Punto for the second out. But Rafael Furcal followed with a line-drive
single to left. Theriot scored and Jay came rumbling around the bases. Ibanez made a perfect one-hop throw and the ball arrived along with Jay. He slammed into Ruiz, his left forearm knocking the stocky catcher backward. But Ruiz held to temporarily prevent the tying run from scoring. Lee, backing up the plate, pumped his fist while Ruiz calmly picked up his mask and jogged to the dugout. “I was hoping that throw to the plate would shift momentum to our side,” Phils manager Charlie Manuel said. Carpenter, the 2005 NL Cy Young Award winner, allowed four runs and five hits in three innings. It was the shortest outing of the season for Carpenter, who led the NL with 237 1-3 innings pitched this year. The bullpen bailed him out. Fernando Salas retired all six batters he faced, and Octavio Dotel set down five in a row. Marc Rzepczynski gave up a two-out single to Rollins in the seventh, ending a streak of 15 straight batters retired. Rzepczynski left after hitting Chase Utley to start Philadelphia’s eighth. Mitchell Boggs came in and got Hunter Pence to ground into a forceout. Ar-
thur Rhodes replaced him and struck out Ryan Howard. Then it was Motte’s turn. Both teams had issues with plate umpire Jerry Meals, and Cardinals manager Tony La Russa criticized the strike zone during the telecast. “It’s not a great comment to make, but I was upset,” La Russa said. “I’ve never had a problem with Jerry before ever.” Crew chief Jerry Layne deferred comment to Joe Torre, Major League Baseball’s executive vice president of baseball operations or Peter Woodfork, the senior vice president of baseball operations. “My job is to make sure that I have no comment,” Layne said. “It’s only right that Major League Baseball is informed of what’s going on, and if there’s really a comment that should be made, it should come out of Joe Torre or Peter Woodfork. That’s why they’re in the titles that they carry.” The Phillies, who overcame a 3-0 first-inning deficit in Game 1, took a 3-0 lead in the first in this one.
The Ravens (3-1) held the Jets (2-2) to 150 yards and seven first downs in taking over sole possession of first place in the AFC North. “The best defensive effort I thought I had ever seen or the most amazing defensive performance I thought I’d ever seen was the Pittsburgh game with seven turnovers,” coach John Harbaugh said, referring to Baltimore’s season-opening 35-7 rout. “But this topped it. That’s pretty impressive, to say the least.” What made it even better was that it came against Ryan, who served 10 years with the Ravens until taking the Jets job before the 2009 season. “He created this and now he has to deal with us,” Johnson said. “It was fun.” Not so for Ryan. “I’ve been around football a long time and I’ve never seen anything like that,” Ryan said. “The performance by their defense was spectacular. They were coming after us. That’s a Ravens defense. It reminded me of the 2000
and 2006 defenses.” for 35 for 119 yards, and Next up for the Jets: A the only score he produced
en straight to the Ravens, the last two with Ryan on the Jets sideline. New York’s touchdowns came on a 107-yard kickoff return by Joe McKnight and a 35-yard interception return by David Harris. The Ravens got 17 points off three fumbles by Sanchez to take a 27-7 lead in the second quarter, and although the Jets cut the gap to 10, they were unable to complete the comeback. “We all had our share in this loss,” Sanchez said. “I’m fine pointing out my mistakes; as far as my mistakes, I’ll take the blame for it.” The Jets came out trying to pass. In hindsight, it might not have been a good idea. “The passing game early in the season has been doing pretty well,” tight end Dustin Keller said. “We’re a run first team and without that, we can’t do what we want to do. So we have to correct that.” Plaxico Burress, who had three catches for 33 yards, said, “We’ll be fine. I’ve been through this before, where you lose a couple games in a row. We’ll come out Wednesday focused on winning in New
England.” Down 27-17, New York got the ball on the Baltimore 27 after Joe Flacco fumbled when Jets linebacker Aaron Maybin picked up his first career sack. On the next play, Webb picked off a pass by Sanchez intended for Santonio Holmes on the right sideline and sprinted into the end zone with 8:49 left in the third quarter. Game over. “There is no need to panic right now,” Burress said. “There is too much football left.” Notes: Ravens LB Sergio Kindle made his NFL debut after missing all last season with a fractured skill and being inactive for the first three games this year. ... Jets LB Bryan Thomas hurt his ankle in the first quarter and did not return. LB Garrett McIntyre hurt his head in the second quarter. ... Baltimore has won 12 of its last 13 at home. ... The Ravens are 19-1 when scoring at least 30 points under offensive coordinator Cam Cameron. ... Flacco went 10 for 31 for 163 yards. His 37.4 QB rating was only slightly higher than Sanchez’s 30.5.
Ravens Score Three TDs on Defense to Beat Jets 34-17
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have a week off to savor their latest win over Rex Ryan. Ryan, on the other hand, can’t lament this defeat for long because he and the New York Jets have got another grudge match coming up. Baltimore scored three touchdowns off turnovers by Mark Sanchez in a 3417 victory Sunday night. The win was the perfect way to end the first quarter of the season and head into a bye week. “We’re going to watch the tape, note the mistakes, get better and get prepared for the next game,” safety Ed Reed said. Baltimore’s three scores on defense were the most in franchise history. Jameel McClain took a fumble by Sanchez 6 yards for a touchdown on New York’s first offensive play, Jarret Johnson scored on a 26-yard fumble return and Lardarius Webb put the Ravens up by 17 points in the third quarter by taking an interception 73 yards into the end zone.
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trip to New England for a game against the Patriots. A week ago, New York gave up 234 yards rushing in a loss to the Oakland Raiders. This defeat can be attributed to Sanchez, who threw an interception and fumbled four times, losing three. He went 11
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was a field goal by Nick Folk after a 25yard drive. “He struggled mightily, there’s no question about it,” Ryan said. “It wasn’t his best day, that’s for sure, but he’s our quarterback and I believe in him.” New York has lost sev-
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Andy Rooney Ends ‘60 Minutes’ Run of 33 Years
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NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Rooney insisted he’s not retiring. He’s a writer, and a writer never stops being a writer. Even so, he delivered his final weekly essay on “60 Minutes” Sunday night, his last in his 33 years with the newsmagazine. It was a moment, he said he has dreaded.
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“I wish I could do this forever. I can’t, though,” he said. CBS News announced last week that the 92-year-old Rooney would be stepping down from his well-entrenched berth on “60 Minutes” after delivering his 1,097th commentary. “I probably haven’t said
anything here that you
coming. “There’s just something about a dolphin,” said Jeff Goldstein, general sales manager for Warner Bros. “It just looks interesting, and it looks wholesome and compelling and fun.” The three holdover films held off a rush of new wide releases. In a photo finish for the No. 4 spot were Summit Entertainment’s cancer comic drama “50/50,” starring Joseph GordonLevitt and Seth Rogen, with $8.85 million and Sony’s Christianthemed police drama “Courageous” with $8.8 million. Debuting at No. 6 with $8.2 million was Universal’s “Dream House,” a fright flick starring Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts. The weekend’s other new wide release, the 20th Century Fox romantic comedy “What’s Your Number?” starring Anna Faris and
Chris Evans, flopped at No. 8 with $5.6 million. It was an unusual weekend when carry-over films continued to rule the market, with family crowds particularly strong. “Normally, fall is when
not as a television personality, but as “a writer who reads what he’s written.” Rooney said in his farewell piece that he has lived a lucky life, luckier than most. But befitting his trademark crotchety nature, he voiced one parting complaint: He doesn’t like being famous, nor does he like being bothered by fans. “I spent my first 50 years trying to become well known as a writer, and
the next 30 trying to avoid being famous,” he said. “I walk down the street now or go to a football game and people shout, ‘Hey, Andy!’ And I hate that.” So if you see him in a restaurant, Rooney said as he signed off, “please, just let me eat my dinner.”
manager Billy Beane, who beat the odds and built a contending team on a tiny budget. “The Lion King” remains one of the great animated sagas as a wrongly exiled cub returns to triumph over his wicked uncle. “ 5 0 / 5 0 ” chronicles the stirring trials of a patient (GordonLevitt) fighting cancer with fierce spirit and great humor. “Courageous,” from the makers of the Christian-themed films “Fireproof” and “Facing the Giants,” follows four policemen struggling AP PHOTO to stick to their million worldwide the ani- faith in God on the job and mated blockbuster earned at home. in its original 1994 run and Marketed heavily to a 2002 reissue. church groups, “CouraIt also was an unusu- geous” brought in its ally uplifting weekend for crowds in a relatively narHollywood, with “Dolphin row release of 1,161 theTale” and the rest of the aters. The other top-10 top-five movies all telling movies ranged from 2,340 inspirational stories. to 3,515 theaters. “Moneyball” stars Pitt “The competition was as Oakland A’s general pretty steep with all these
inspirational-type films, but it still succeeded in such a big way,” said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony. In limited release, a long-delayed film with “True Blood” star Anna Paquin failed to find much of an audience. “Margaret,” starring Paquin as a teen caught in a moral crisis over her culpability in a fatal traffic accident, pulled in a scant $7,496 from two theaters, averaging $3,748 a cinema. That compares to $7,580 a theater for “Courageous,” which had the best average among the top-10 films. “Margaret,” whose cast also includes Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo and Matthew Broderick, was shot in 2005 then delayed by lawsuits involving director Kenneth Lonergan (“You Can Count on Me”) and distributor Fox Searchlight over the final cut of the film.
does. A writer’s job is to tell the truth.” Rooney began his long career by writing the words for people to say who were on TV or radio. Then when he began his weekly “A Few MinAP PHOTO utes with Andy didn’t already know or Rooney” in 1978, have already thought,” he he began saying them on said. “That’s what a writer camera himself, though
‘Dolphin’ Deposes ‘Lion’ with $14.2M to Grab No. 1
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dolphin has dethroned “The Lion King” at the weekend box office. The Warner Bros. family film “Dolphin Tale” held up well with $14.2 million in its second weekend to take the No. 1 spot from “The Lion King,” the Disney reissue that had been the top movie for the past two weekends. “The Lion King” slipped to third place with $11.1 million, just behind Sony’s Brad Pitt baseball tale “Moneyball,” which was No. 2 in its second weekend with $12.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. “Dolphin Tale” features Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman in a real-life story about strangers who team up to help an injured dolphin. The movie had debuted a week earlier at No. 3, closely behind “The Lion King” and “Moneyball,” but it earned good wordof-mouth that kept fans
you get Oscar contenders and R-rated, more-challenging films,” said Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com. “But now looking at ‘Lion King’ and ‘Dolphin Tale,’ that says summer is not the only time when family audiences want to go to the movies.”
“Dolphin Tale” raised its total to $37.5 million, while “Moneyball” lifted its domestic haul to $38.5 million. “The Lion King” has pulled in $79.7 million in its 3-D re-release, adding to the nearly $800
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Bluth family's frozen banana stand may be back in business. At an "Arrested Development" reunion Sunday at the New Yorker Festival, the creators and cast announced plans for a new TV show that spins off the short-lived but critically acclaimed TV show, which went off the air in 2006 after just three sea-
sons. They also discussed more concrete plans for a much-awaited movie. Creator Mitchell Hurwitz said the spinoff will feature nine or ten episodes focusing on each character and leading up to the movie. The first scene of the movie will be all the characters reunited. The Fox show, which suffered low ratings despite its rabid fan base, starred Jason Bateman, Michael Cera and Portia de Rossi. They played
members of a dysfunction-
frozen banana stand. Shooting for the TV show is tentatively set to begin next summer. The movie doesn't have a release date, Hurwitz said, adding that the creative aspects have been largely worked out, but the business side is still being negotiated. "We're all game," he said. "We've hated beAP PHOTO ing coy, but we've been al family who ran trying to put together this a collapsing real estate de- ambitious idea." velopment company and
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Creey is releasing his debut album, followed by Lauren Alaina, who came in second, releasing hers just one week later. However, both of them might be upstaged by country superstar Martina McBride, who is releasing her album, Eleven, at the same time. Other releases include Jack’s Mannequin’s People and Things, Björk’s highly anticipated Biophilia album, being released both on CD and as a series of apps, Britney Spears’s second remix album, B in the Mix: The Remixes Vol. 2, and Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump’s first full-
length solo album, Soul Punk. Later in the month, Kelly Clarkson will release
post-traumatic stress disorder, mental disabilities, ––––––––––––––––––––– lawlessness, and small town politics are all woven As a fan of HBO’s True into a web of drama and Blood since the beginning, violence, all with the unI could not imagine passing up the opportunity to see the movie Straw Dogs. Starring Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, and of course Alexander Skarsgard, the 2011 remake of the 1971 movie with the same name is fast paced, provocative and terrifying. Originally based on Gordon Williams’ novel The Siege of Trencher’s Farm, Straw Dogs is set in the rural south and somehow en- dercurrents of a love story. compasses many aspects When Bosworth’s charof modern American ten- acter Amy and her hussion at the same time as band, Marsden’s charactelling a captivating story. ter David, move into her The realities of racism, childhood home, they get
much more than they bargained for. The team they contract to fix their roof, Skarsgard’s character Charlie and some of his friends, have a not-so-hid-
Napoleon," a thriller that plunges the reader into the ––––––––––––––––––––– fast-paced plot set in an exotic landscape of long "Operation Napoleon" dark nights and deadly (Minotaur Books), by Ar- weather. naldur Indridason: In the waning hours of World War II, a covert German bomber carrying both German and American officers crashes in the snow in Iceland. Little is known about the plane, or why enemy officers would be on the flight. As the passengers slowly die, the plane disappears into a glacier, leaving its exact location a mystery. Decades later, the plane is discovered, and an effort by the U.S. to remove it secretly begins. That's the premise of Arnaldur Indridason's In a land new novel, "Operation where the frigid winter
climate is frequently a danger to residents, some young rescue volunteers on a training mission disappear after they break off from their group for a bit of joy riding on their new snowmobiles. One of them calls his sister on the way to the glacier where the training exercise will be held. He's checking out his new phone and promises to call the next day. His sister, Kristin, hears from him again, but the call is garbled and she can just make out his panic-stricken words about armed soldiers and a plane. AP photo Her brother and his friend unknowingly
Well summer is officially over, and as we say goodbye to the warm weather and long days, we say hello to autumn and all of the music set to be released this season. The end of September already provided some exciting releases, including J. Cole’s Cole World: The Sideline Story, Jason Derülo’s Future History, and blink182’s comeback album, Neighborhoods. However, with fall only just beginning, there’re a lot more exciting releases on their way! Starting in early October, we’ll see last year’s American Idol champ and runner-up battle it out for country domination. Winner Scotty Mc-
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her anticipated Stronger album, coming off the heels of her current hit single, “Mr. Know It All.” Drake is also on the map with his sophomoric stu-
dio album, Take Care. The month’s most anticipated release, however, might just possibly be Coldplay’s
sibly the most famous unreleased album of all time, The Beach Boys’ Smile, is finally getting a release. To celebrate their 50th Anniversary, the band has re-formed to finish up the album as close to how it would have been released in the 60’s. Other classic acts releasing new music include Lou Reed and Metallica and their collaboration album, Lulu and a brand new AP photo Van Halen album, Mylo Xysimply titled Van Haloto, which is pegged to be len IV. American rockers the biggest hit of the fall. Daughtry and Nickleback November is kicking will be going head to head off with an album 45 years with their new albums at in the making. Quite pos- the end of the month, but
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it could be Rihanna who tops them both with her currently untitled sixth studio album. Released almost exactly a year after her previous LP, Loud, the music was initially planned as a re-release, but evolved into an album of its own. Ri recently released the project’s first single, “We Found Love” in collaboration with Calvin Harris. With the changing of the seasons in full swing, it’s nice to know that there’ll be so much new music (both bad and good) to look forward to!
Straw Dogs Gives Viewers a Run for Their Money
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David to escape. They are left with no option but to weather the fight of their lives. This movie is definitely rated R for a reason. It gets graphic at many times, and some of the scenes make you question whether or not Charlie is even human. Regardless, the caliber of acting by the three leads is outstanding. If you don’t mind the difficult messages, AP Photo/Sony Screen Gems, Steve Dietl going to see den past with Amy, and a Straw Dogs is definitely pretty obvious ax to grind. worth it. When their dangerous intentions become obvious, it’s too late for Amy and
Top 12 Movies This Week from RottenTomatoes.com
83% 95% 88% 93% 33% 08% 05% 23% 84% 25% 93% 74%
Dolphin Tale Moneyball The Lion King (In 3D) 50/50 Courageous Dream House Abduction What’s Your Number? Contagion Killer Elite Drive The Help
$14.2M $12.5M $11.1M $8.8M $8.8M $8.2M $5.6M $5.6M $5.0M $4.9M $3.3M $3.0M
In Theaters: 50/50
A good-hearted film about a difficult topic, 50/50 maneuvers between jokes and drama with surprising finesse.
World War II Mystery Proves Deadly Decades Later
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drove their snowmobiles close to the mission to salvage the plane and got too close to a killer determined to protect its secrecy at all costs. Kristin is determined to find out what happened to her brother. But she suddenly finds herself on the run, and saving him has become secondary to trying to find out what's going on and dodging a pair of killers who are after her. Indridason has won some of the biggest fiction awards in Scandinavia, including the Glass Key award for the best Nordic crime novel two years in a row. His series featuring detective Erlendur has been immensely popular there. Like the late Stieg Larsson, Indridason has a knack for Nordic noir.
Top Pop Singles 1. Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5, featuring Christina Aguilera, A&M/Octone 2. Someone Like You, Adele, Columbia 3. Pumped Up Kicks, Foster the People, Columbia 4. Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO, featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, Cherry Tree 5. Stereo Hearts, Gym Class Heroes, featuring Adam Levine, Fueled by Ramen 6. Lighters, Bad Meets Evil, featuring Bruno Mars, Aftermath 7. You Make Me Feel Cobra Starship, featuring Sabi, Fueled by Ramen 8. Cheers (Drink to That), Rihanna, Def Jam 9. Super Bass, Nicki Minaj, Cash Money 10. You and I, Lady Gaga, Streamline/Kon Live/Interscope
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Fall 2011 Bartels Lecture “Career Risk in the 21st Century” Who: Arthur Steier, ’89 EMBA When: Thursday, October 27th at 11:00 a.m. Where: Dodds Theater Come hear Mr. Steier’s remarkable story of a career filled with risk and reward, a journey that began on the high seas and culminated with his current position as president and CEO of Schumann/Steier, Inc., a worldwide marketer of petroleum products. His talk is open to all students, faculty, and staff.
University of New Haven Center for Learning Resources
Fall 2011 Writing Proficiency Exam (WPE) Study Seminars All Workshops Will Be Held in the CLR Math Lab (Room 113)
Part I:
Wednesday, Oct. 5th Friday, Oct. 7th Wednesday, Oct. 12th Thursday, Oct. 13th
10:00–11:00 AM 12:30–1:30 PM 7:00–8:00 PM 10:30–11:30 AM
Career Development
Janet Wu York Tom Malchodi Jodi Shydlo Tad Martin
Part II:
WPE Preparation Workshop Part II: Limited to students who took the Part I segment as this session builds off of the content of the prior one, Part II helps you expand your understanding of the WPE, how to write a strong essay, and what the assessors are seeking.
Tue. Thur. Wed.
10/25: 11/17: 11/30:
1:40-2:55 12:15-1:30 3:05-4:20
Note: While it is not a guarantee of success, all students who attended both Part I and Part II workshops last semester passed the WPE. Good preparation is key.
Wednesday, Oct 5th Thursday, Oct. 6th Wednesday, Oct. 12th Thursday, Oct. 13th Thursday, Oct. 13th
8:00–9:00 PM 10:00–11:00 AM 4:30–5:30 PM 1:00–2:00 PM 8:00–9:00 PM
Linda Lubrano Tad Martin Pavelle Wesser-Mitra Alice Guido Linda Lubrano
The WPE seminars, group sessions that provide strategies for the exam, are an alternative for those people who cannot or prefer not to schedule individual appointments. The seminars may also be used in addition to individual help. You may reserve a seat for the WPE Seminar (not the WPE) by logging in to TutorTrac® at http://tutortrac.newhaven.edu using your Matrix account information and booking an appointment for the workshop you plan to attend.
MINE THE GOLD: FINDING YOUR INTERNSHIP Mon. Mon. Mon. Mon.
10/17: 10/31: 11/14: 12/5:
3:05-4:20 10:5012:05 1:40-2:55 9:25-10:40
2:00–4:00 PM 7:00–9:00 PM 9:00–11:00 AM
Our new office is located in the Bartels Student Activity Center. All of the Career Development workshops will be here, unless otherwise noted.
Thur. Thur. Thur. Thur.
Wed. Wed. Wed. Wed.
10/5: 10/19: 10/26: 11/9:
12:15-1:30 12:15-1:30 1:40-2:55 3:05-4:20
10/6: 10/20: 10/27: 11/3:
10:50-12:05 12:15-1:30 1:40-2:55 3:05-4:20
SEARCH SMART: STRATEGIES FOR YOUR JOB SEARCH
CREATE A COVER LETTER EMPLOYERS NOTICE!
Wed. Wed. Mon. Mon. Tues.
10/12: 10/26: 11/7: 11/28: 12/6:
1:40-2:55 3:05-4:20 12:15-1:30 3:05-4:20 1:40-2:55
A ten-minute walk-up review of your resume. Pre-registration is not required! (Held in Bartels Hall) Wed. 10/19: 12:00-2:00 Tue. 10/25: 12:00-2:00
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Contact the English Department (3rd floor, Harugari Hall) at (203) 932-7364 with questions about the exam. NOTE: Students must have completed at least 57 credits to qualify to take the WPE.
NETWORK & INTERVIEW YOUR WAY TO JOB SUCCESS
RAPID RESUME REVIEW
You do not need to register to take the WPE. WPE Test Dates – All Exams Will Be in Kaplan Hall. Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011
Fall 2011
WRITING AN A+ RESUME
Achieve employment skills needed to be a success in the United States. Tue. Fri.
11/29: 12/9:
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Workshops for International and Graduate Students!
10:50-12:05 3:05-4:20
Come learn the latest cutting edge techniques and strategies on how to successfully enter the job market. Wed. Tue.
11/16: 12/6:
4:30-5:45 4:00-5:30
Please RSVP in ChargerLink to secure a seat. (https://www.myinterfase.com/newhaven/student/) Walk-ins will be allowed if space is available.
Library Workshops
Questions? Call 203-479-4858 or e-mail
Workshops are open to the entire UNH community. Drop in to any or all of these sessions to learn about library research and databases. It’s a good opportunity to get your questions answered in a small group environment. All workshops take place in Library Room 213 on the library’s main level. In addition to these workshops, you can arrange for a 1-on-1 individual session with a librarian for help on any of these topics or any research related issues by calling 203-932-7189, e-mailing libraryhelp@newhaven.edu or stopping by the information desk. If you are unable to attend a workshop, let us know and we will send you the handouts and/or copies of the presentations.
Career Development
CareerDevelopmentCenter @newhaven.edu.
Fall 2011
All workshops are held in Room 213 in the Library.
Our new office is located in the Bartels Student Activity Center. All of the Career Development workshops will be here unless otherwise noted.
Research & Database Workshops Fall 2011 Program
Date
Journals: What they are, Why you need them & Where to Wednesday, get them! October 12 Covers the difference between journals and popular magazines, finding peer-reviewed journals, finding journal articles if you have citations already, using databases to find journal articles.
Time 12:00noon
GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL PREPARATION
E-Books in the Library Learn how to access E-book collections available through the Library
Thursday, October 13
4:00pm
Criminal Justice Resources in the Library This session will give an overview of our criminal justice and law enforcement resources, as well as recommended websites. Includes these databases:
Monday, October 17
3:00pm
10/13:
12:00-1:00
How to Write a Personal Statement for Graduate School Tuesday 10/4: 1:00-2:00 Graduate Student and Admissions Panel: Obtain valuable grad school information from current students and admissions staff! Wednesday 10/5: 1:00-2:00 Free GRE Practice Test (held in Buckman 226) Tuesday 10/11: 3:00-6:00 Pre-registration is required at: http://www.formstack.com/forms/? 1106115BgdQRnNZN3
Space is limited!
Database Workshop: JSTOR Thursday, Learn how to use this database which offers a searchable October 20 archive of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.
This database contains journal, magazine & newspaper articles, as well as multimedia content, reference books and more. Come learn how to do effective searches to get the best results.
FOCUS Your Future Career! Learn about & take the CDC’s online career assessment. Thursday
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with FullText: journals, dissertations, reports, and documents; - Criminal Justice Periodicals: U.S. and international journal and trade publications; - FORENSIC/LawENFORCEMENTnetBASE: Nearly 200 fully searchable handbooks; - The Psych Trio:Searched together these databases cover the content of 1100 periodicals, plus books, dissertations, conference proceedings, and more.
Database Workshop: Academic OneFile
Is Grad School in Your Future? Learn about the grad school application process! Monday 10/3: 1:00-2:00
Wednesday, October 26
12:00noon
Please RSVP in ChargerLink to secure a seat. (https://www.myinterfase.com/newhaven/student/) Walk-ins will be allowed if space is available. Questions? Call 203-479-4858 or e-mail CareerDevelopmentCenter@newhaven.edu.
5:00pm