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Chargers Top Lincoln 30-0 In 2010 NAACP Harmony Classic
open Sharieff Hall for an 86-yard –––––––––––––––––––––––––– touchdown pass for an early 6-0 lead. Chris Scifo tacked on his first of three extra points on the WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The afternoon. University of New Haven footAfter the quick burst of ofball team opened play at Del- fense in the first quarter, neither laCamera Stadium with a bang, team was able to muster much of downing Lincoln University by the final score of 30-0 on Saturday afternoon at the 2010 NAACP Harmony Classic. Mike DeCaro and Victor Jones led a potent ground attack that amassed 143 yards, coupled with a formidable de- an attack through the remaining fense that allowed just 206 total 12 minutes. UNH finished the yards of offense from the Lions. opening stanza with 126 yards With the win, New Haven passing and six yards on the improved to 2-0 on the season, ground. while the Lions dropped to 1-1 However, when the whistle through their first two games. In sounded for the second quarter, two meetings with Lincoln Uni- once again the Chargers’ offense versity, the Chargers are now wasted very little time moving 2-0, outscoring the Lions 63-10. the chains. A short punt left UNH The Chargers’ defense set in great field position with just the tone early on in the opening 39 yards to go to the goal line. quarter. UNH forced the Lions Victor Jones rushed for 17 yards into a difficult situation at 4th on five carries and Ryan Osiecki and 21 in their first series, lead- completed a pass for six yards ing to a punt at the 12:48 mark. leading the a 28 yard field goal On the first offensive set from from Scifo. The Chargers now the New Haven offense, Ronnie controlled a 10-0 advantage. Nelson connected with a wide The defense stunned the Lions A CHARGER ATHLETICS PRESS RELEASE
First Medal of Honor for a Living Afghan War Vet By MICHAEL J. CRUMB associated press
–––––––––––––––––––––––––– DES MOINES, Iowa – A 25-year-old soldier from Iowa who exposed himself to enemy gunfire to try to save two fellow soldiers will become the first living service member from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to receive the Medal of Honor, the White House announced Friday. President Barack Obama phoned Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, on Thursday at the base in Italy where he’s stationed to tell him he’d be receiving the nation’s highest military honor, Giunta’s father told The Associated Press. He will become the eighth service member to receive the Medal of Honor during operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The seven previous medals were awarded posthumously. “It’s bittersweet for us,” said Steven Giunta, of Hiawatha. “We’re very proud of Sal. We can’t mention that enough, but in this event, two other soldiers were killed and that weighs heavy on us. You get very happy and very proud and then you start dealing with the loss as well. You can’t have one without the other.”
Giunta was serving as a rifle team leader with Company B 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment when an insurgent ambush split his squad into two groups on Oct. 25, 2007, in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan, the White House said in a news release. Giunta went above and beyond the call of duty when he exposed himself to enemy fire to pull a fellow soldier back to cover. He engaged the enemy again when he saw two insurgents carrying away a wounded soldier, 22-year-old Sgt. Joshua C. Brennan, of McFarland, Wis. Giunta killed one insurgent and wounded the other before tending to Brennan, who died the next day. “His courage and leadership while under enemy fire AN APextreme PHOTO were integral to his platoon’s ability to defeat an enemy ambush and recover a fellow American soldier from enemy hands,” the White House said. Giunta, who enlisted in the Army shortly after graduating from Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, is now stationed in Italy with the Battle Company of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. He was in his second tour of See MEDAL OF HONOR page 5
offense in the next series, giving the offense another chance with just over eight minutes remaining in the half. Ryan Osiecki led a nine play, 78 yard drive for the next score of the game. The Chargers held possession for 3:57, eventually leading to a
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four-yard touchdown pass from Osiecki to Jason Thompson. Mike DeCaro was crucial in the drive, rushing for 24 yards on five carries, propelling the Chargers to a comfortable 17-0 lead. New Haven’s defense followed the score with another strong showing in the ensuing series. J.D. Chalifoux intercepted Laquan Williams near midfield, returning it to the Lincoln 12-yard line. Chris Scifo connected on a 45-yard field goal, closing out the scoring summary in the first half of action. After the intermission, the offense went quiet from both See HARMONY page 12
Equal Justice Packs Dodds Theatre
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–––––––––––––––––––––––––– Celebrating diversity and racial harmony, the 2010 Harmony Classic started the week with a two-part academic lecture series. The lecture series began on Wednesday evening, at 7:00
p.m. in Dodds Hall. Leadership expert Gary Steele, senior consultant at Learning Dynamics, in Wallingford, Connecticut, presented a public lecture entitled “History – The Backbone of Opportunity.” On Thursday evening, at 7:00 p.m. in Dodds Hall as well, world renowned forensic scientist and UNH professor Dr. Henry C. Lee presented his lecture entitled “Equal Justice – Lessons Learned from High Profile Cases.” These lectures were part of a weeklong celebration of diversity and racial harmony based around the 2010 Harmony
Classic. As always, when Dr. Lee is scheduled to give a lecture at the University of New Haven, a high attendance can be expected. This particular lecture was no exception. Half an hour before the lecture was scheduled to begin, Dodds auditorium was already half-full. Staying
true to the expected amount of people who would attend, by 6:50 p.m., the entire theatre had only enough room to stand; sixty to eighty people even had to be turned away from the event. When so many people have to be turned away from an event such as this, you know that it’s got to be good. Packed with students, faculty, alumni, and members of the NAACP, everyone waited anxiously for the lecture to begin. If you have never been to a lecture given by Dr. Lee, then See JUSTICE page 4
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Iranian Woman’s Stoning Sentence Delayed
appears to have been flogged 99 times by authorities in Iran, –––––––––––––––––––––––––– following a British newspaper running a picture of an unveiled Move over, balloon boy. The woman who, reports are now newest story to face outrageous saying, was mistakenly identimedia coverage and subsequent fied as her. fervor from those who Regardless, the have become engrossed in Iranian stoning senit is the case of an Iranian tence is at the center woman sentenced to death of a human rights isby stoning in Tehran. In sue that questions the fact, the case has been rousbrutality of the puning an international uproar ishment. In support of from people like Brazilian Ashtiani’s freedom, president Luis Inacio Lula French foreign prime da Silva, Pope Benedict minister Bernard XVI, Nobel Peace Winner Kouchner has called Shirin Ebadi, and French her stoning sentence president and First Lady “barbaric” and stated Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla that he would go to Bruni that such campaignTehran to save her, if ing has helped to bring he needed to. French about a crusade for savFirst Lady Carla Bruing the forty-three year old ni was labeled a proswoman, Sakineh Mohamtitute by Iranian memadi Ashtiani, who was dia after she signed convicted of adultery in a petition along with July. other celebrities to AN AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL/ AP PHOTO Though Ashtiani, who save Ashtiani. Yet, is currently having her stoning woman identified as Ashtiani Iran has cut warring words with sentence reviewed by the Iranian confess about being an accom- human rights activists. Despite Supreme Court after global pres- plice. However, her lawyer, Ja- the support for her stoning sensure and criticism, awaits pos- vid Houtan Kian, says she was tence to be lifted, Iranian Forsible execution, she has not left probably just tortured into con- eign Ministry Ramin Mehmthe headlines. According to re- fessing. Beyond that, Ashtiani See STONING page 6 By LIZ DE LA TORRE STAFF WRITER
ports, Ashtiani was convicted of an “illicit relationship” with two men in 2006 just after her husband was murdered the previous year, a murder in which she is suspected to have participated in. An August claim showed a
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USGA President’s Corner Would you want to have your voice heard? If so, come out this week and meet the candidates for freshmen and junior class elections! The schedule is as follows: Campaigning Week: Monday, September 13, 2010 to Sunday September 19, 2010 Meet the Candidates BBQ: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the Quad. Candidate Platforms: Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the Programming Space. Polls open: Monday, September 20, 2010 Polls close: Thursday, September 23, 2010 Also, Homecoming is back once again on October 23, 2010! If you have any ideas, programs, or events that should be put on please e-mail me or charger voice them. I want this to be the best Homecoming yet and with your input, it can be. Hope all is well and that classes are going well too. Scott Kazar
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SCOPE It Out!
by Joann Wolwowicz
by Michelle R. Morra
OH MY GOSH!!! Did you see what SCOPE planned last week??? Toy Story 3 brought back Woody and Buzz, man their adventure was… Rob Rasner, he told this joke… Second Childhood made memories flow back… At Who Doesn’t Need Toilet Paper??? there was money… and at Beanhouse there was so much talent… Well I guess you just had to be there, but I’ll sum it up for you!!! Let’s start from the beginning. Last week Film Committee brought Toy Story 3 to campus. Your favorite childhood friends, Woody, Buzz, Potato Head, and the rest of the gang were on the big screen in Bartels in what, sadly, is their last adventure. The movie was filled with the best new and old sayings from our friends and maybe one of the saddest moments I have ever seen in a kid film. This week, Film is bringing Jonah Hill and Russell Brand from Get Him to the Greek on Wednesday and Friday in Bartels at 9 p.m. Weekend Programming had two great events this weekend: Rob Rasner the Magician and Second Childhood. Rob Rasner was funny and involved the audience with his mind reading, which I will admit wasn’t that good, but it was funny. He showed us some great tricks. Even yours truly participated and had her money burned, then brought back; it was impressive. Second Childhood was also brought to campus. They brought in inflatables, fun foods, and games; everyone there was living out their favorite childhood memories on the Moon Bounce and eating snow cones. This weekend they are bringing Mini Golf to the Alumni Lounge from 7-11p.m. on Friday and on Saturday they are taking students to Six Flags, with the bus leaving at 8 a.m. The beginning of the week was busy as well. Day Programming had “Who Doesn’t Need Toilet Paper???,” the cash cube event where students tried to grab as much money as they could in 15 seconds to win prizes, such as a printer, ihome, lamps, of course toilet paper, and more. For 15 seconds, students looked sort of ridiculous but it was for a worthy cause….FREE STUFF!!! Then on Tuesday, we held our monthly open mike night, Beanhouse. There were some really good singers, guitar players, and sometimes both. Even those that didn’t perform had a great time listening to UNH’s talent; it was great time all around. An event still to come this week is Comedian Marcus on Thursday, September 16 in Dodds, starting at 8 p.m. So basically….there are more great times to come!!!
Many people know very little about Jewish Holidays, except that maybe they got the day off from school when these holidays came around. But like any other holiday, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipper are two very important days on the Jewish calendar. Though all people do not celebrate these two days like they would others, the history and traditions behind them are worth learning about, because they do hold a lot of importance for so many people. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and is one of the high holy days in the Jewish religious calendar. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah translates to mean “head of the year” or “first of the year.” It is celebrated on the first day of Tishri, the seventh month of the Jewish calendar, and it is known as the Day of Remembrance because it commemorates the creation of the world. Marking the beginning of the Ten Days of Repentance, also known as the Days of Awe, there is a ten-day period of reflection and remembrance that leads up to Yom Kippur. The first mention of Rosh Hashanah is found
Health and Fitness An Apple a Day...
by Melanie Rovinsky
The temperatures are dropping, the days are shortening, and the leaves are changing. With September in full swing and fall approaching, the temptation to take part in the autumnal beauty is bound to win out over those boring reps inside a stuffy gym. And despite the mass amounts of kettle corn and apple cider doughnuts you are sure to consume, there is one fall activity that you can feel good about: apple picking. We have all heard the saying. We have all been bombarded with strict instructions to eat the apples Mom packed for us in our lunches. However, what is it that makes this fruit so highly praised? Helps the Flat Belly Stay Apples contain a substance called pectin, which is proven to help you lose the pounds and maintain a healthy weight. Pectin slows the emptying of the stomach, successfully keeping you feeling full longer. In addition, apples are a low calorie, fat free fruit. What other food can provide you with up to five grams of fiber in about 80 calories? Keeps the Cholesterol at Bay In addition to keeping you thin, apples have also been proven to keep your heart healthy. The soluble fiber found in apples helps lower LDL (bad) cholesterol and regulate blood pressure. The natural phytochemicals in apples have also been shown to help fight heart disease. Allows You to Play Apples are full of water, vitamins and minerals, which are all necessary components of a healthy, active lifestyle. Fructose, the type of sugar found in apples, is a simple water-soluble sugar that provides the body with energy. Apples can even help you breathe easier; they are rich in quercetin, a bioflavonoid that alleviates allergies and acts as an anti-inflammatory in your nasal passages. Keeps the Doctor Away It turns out Mom was right… an apple a day really can keep you healthy. Apples are full of flavonoids and polyphenols, which are both strong antioxidants that help ward off illnesses and disease. The malic acid found in the fruit has even been shown to promote healthy liver function. Connecticut is a great place to spend the fall – especially in September, during prime apple-picking season. The state contains over 75 apple orchards; so get out there and start eating!
Jewish Holidays in the book of Leviticus in the Hebrew Testament. Rosh Hashanah is celebrated on the first day of the month of Tishrei, which falls in September or October in the modern calendar. In the Hebrew Testament, Tishrei is considered the seventh month of the calendar, not the first. Just as the seventh day of the week is considered special, so is the seventh month of the year. The most important, or High Holidays, are celebrated in Tishrei and it is considered to be a very holy month. Rosh Hashanah is a more subdued and contemplative holiday, but no work is permitted and religious Jews spend the day in synagogue. Religious services for the holiday often focus on the sovereignty and judgment of God and use an extended version of the liturgy. The shofar, or ram’s horn, is blown, and one of the important observances of the holiday is hearing the shofar in the synagogue. One custom on Rosh Hashanah is to eat a round Challah instead of the normal braided ones to symbolize the circle of life. Apples, honey, and pomegranates are eaten during this time. Honey is used in many dishes during this holiday to symbolize the want of a sweet new year. Pomegranates are eaten because of the many seeds that they contain. The seeds symbolize the 613 commandments that are found in the Torah. It is also a custom to eat a fruit that has recently come into season or one that has not yet been eaten (for at least 30 days) to symbolize the New Year. The ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are a time for introspection, prayer and good deeds. These days are a time to examine the sins of the previous year and repent before Yom Kippur. One of the traditions of the Days of Awe
is to make amends and seek reconciliation with any people you may have wronged or harmed during the year. Yom Kippur is a day of atonement for sins with God, the days preceding it are for atonement for transgressions against others. Yom Kippur is celebrated on the 10th day of Tishrei, 10 days after Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur is first mentioned in Leviticus 23:27 where it is described as a day of atonement when no work should be done. The text goes on to describe the special rites that the priests would do to expiate the sins of the people. One of these rites takes the people’s sins and symbolically places them onto an animal which is then driven out into the wilderness. This rite is the origin of the term “scapegoat”. Because Jews go by the lunar calendar, Yom Kippur begins at sunset, and ends one hour after sunset of the following day totaling 25 hours. Yom Kippur is so important to the Jews that it is sometimes referred to as “the Sabbath of Sabbaths” and is the only fast day that can fall on Saturday (the Jewish Sabbath). The day is spent in Synagogue praying and supplicating to God to be sealed in the book of Life. Yom Kippur is not a sad day; it is a day of reflection and atonement. Fasting is used not as a punishment, but as a cleansing of the body as well as the spirit. Some Jews stay in the synagogue all day and only take one small break between prayers. Because the day is very important, there are five different prayer services instead of the four that appear on a regular Sabbath. Yom Kippur ends with a long resonating Shofar blast followed by the breaking of the fast; this marks the end of the ten day long period of repentance and reflection.
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Hurricane Hermine Drenches Texas Second Childhood
By ASHLEY MCDOWELL STAFF WRITER
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On Sept. 6, forecasters said that Tropical Storm Hermine had put a hurricane watch in effect for parts of Texas. According to CNN.com, the storm was expected to dump four to eight inches of rain over northeastern Mexico and sections of southern and north-central Texas. Isolated amounts of up to 12 inches were possible, according to the hurricane center. The storm could have caused threatening storm
surges, tornadoes and mudslides. “Isolated tornados are possible along lower and middle Texas, beginning Monday evening and continuing overnight,” said Yahoo! News. Hurricane Hermine was the latest storm to form just shortly after Hurricane Earl. Hurricane Earl blasted through the southeastern coast as a category four storm. However, Earl weakened as it approached the northeastern coast, but the storm was still a concern. Even with all the hype surrounding Hurricane Earl, the storm produced very little damage.
On Sept.8, at least four tornadoes that were created by Hurricane Hermine touched down in Dallas, Texas in the evening. One tornado was reported in Ellis County and three in Dallas County, according to CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward. The other areas that were affected were Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas. These states experienced high amounts of rainfall. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hydrometeorological Center, parts of Texas, such as Cedar Park and Anderson
unsure of the Greek organizations here on campus, here are your fraternities: Sigma Chi, Kappa Gamma Rho, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Lambda Alpha Upsilon, and Delta Chi. The following are our sororities on campus: Phi Sigma Sigma, Chi Kappa Rho, Delta Phi Epsilon, Delta Epsilon Beta, Sigma Iota Alpha, and the newly colonized Lambda Psi Delta. IFSC hopes to see you all out at 9:45pm in the Bixler-Botwinik quad each night to check Greek life out. Everyone, also please check out any future articles that will come out about all the events Greek
life is planning on campus, as well as information about community service and fundraisers. Along with the Go Greek table in Bartels this week, there will also be a fundraising table for the Diabetes walk on September 18, in which ChargerBulletin@ Kappa Gamma Rho and newhaven.edu Phi Sigma Sigma will be participating in. There is a bet for which organization will raise the most money By KENNY HALL for Diabetes, so please SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON stop by the table and help ––––––––––––––––––––– raise money for Diabetes! Again IFSC hopes to The Sigma Alpha Epsisee you come out for re- lon fraternity is the newest cruitment and get involved Greek-letter organization with Greek life…Go recognized by the UniGreek or Go Home! versity of New Haven's USGA. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, SAE, has only been a colony for less than a year, but still too fast when Dr. Lee is has had an enormous speaking, but that is what impact at the Univerhappens when you are sity of New Haven. In having fun. Whether this less than a year, SAE lecture was a first time has accomplished the lecture for some people or following: another good one to add -Hosted the 1st anto the books for someone nual "SAE Powerade else, a good time was had World Cup" with national by all. The evening ended corporate sponsorship with a few lucky people from Powerade going home with one of -Placed 1st amongst Dr. Lee’s book. Of course, all fraternities in "Greek many people received one Week 2010" and 2nd overof his standard badges, all among all organizakeychain lights, and stress tions balls, but one lucky winner even won Dr. Lee’s of-Organized a toy drive ficial ruler. Just remember along with the Delta Phi though, according to the Epsilon sorority to doUSA government’s stannate toys to children in the dards, it is still 1/1000 of an inch to short.
Go Greek Or Go Home!
By JAKKI GOUVEIA
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, IFSC
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Welcome back everyone! The Inter-Fraternity Sorority Council hopes you all had a great summer and are ready to get back into the swing of things. We just wanted to let you all know that Greek Life is excited that recruitment week is finally here! We will be having a Go Greek table in the Bartels student center from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. every day this week. If you’re interested about joining a Greek organization, we strongly suggest you stop by the table and pick up some information about each organization. For all of you who are
Mill, received over 12 inches of rain. Killeen and Austin received over 11 inches. Fort Worth and San Antonio received over six inches of rain, and Houston received over four. The Dallas tornadoes knocked down power lines, damaged a couple of homes, and blew over a tractor-trailer rig. There were a few fatalities, which were mostly caused by the overwhelming inland flooding. Rescuers searched for the individuals reported missing.
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it is advisable for you to attend one before your time here at UNH is up. It is highly unlikely that there is any other lecture comparable to one of his. Never did five minutes go by without the audience laughing at something that was said. Those are the types of lectures people remember. Those are the types of lectures people want to go back and see again. Dr. Lee’s lecture focused on the idea of “equal justice” and how it relates to the world, especially the Criminal Justice and Forensic Science world, today. Dr. Lee discussed
many details about Forensics as a whole, including comparing it to CSI and the common misconceptions associated with it. He then followed by going through the OJ Simpson case with the audience, explaining how things in this particular case went wrong and what should have been done from the beginning. Dr. Lee emphasized that the job of a forensic scientist is to determine the facts and not to take any particular side. Sadly, the hour and a half went by too quickly for those in attendance, and the second case was only just briefly skimmed over. Time always flies
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When you get to college, it’s official, childhood is over. Wrong!!! This weekend, SCOPE had a second childhood planned for the campus that was set up in the quad. Who says that childhood should end? Every once in a while, people need to relax and just have fun, forgetting about the stress of the previous week. Those days of childhood fun are great memories for everyone, and this Saturday, SCOPE made sure that we could experience those once again. Set up in the BixlerBotwinik quad were giant inflatables, big games, cotton candy, and sno-cones. Nothing makes you want to stop and see what’s going on more than when you see a moon bounce, cotton candy, and a polar bear sno-cone machine, and that’s the truth. Start-
ing from 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., people could come and enjoy being a kid again, either by jumping in the moon bounce, sliding down the big inflatable slide, playing Connect Four or Twister, and enjoying cotton candy and sno-cones. There was a great turn out to the event, especially as the evening progressed. More and more people lined up for twister and cotton candy, while the moon bounce was never still. It is events like these that make weekends fun here at UNH. A lot of times, many of these events include the “all time favorite” free stuff. Who wouldn’t want free cotton candy? That was the line to be in apparently that evening. If you missed out on all of this fun, there’s no need to worry, because eventually this event will be back. But, until then, there are always this week’s events to look forward to.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
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Here We Come
By JOANN WOLWOWICZ
Yale/New Haven Hospital -Sent brothers to the national SAE Leadership School on a cruise out of Miami, FL and into Mexico -Participated in numerous philanthropic events throughout the New Haven community
All members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon strive to live by the True Gentlemen Creed. SAE encourages all men interested in learning about joining this strong brotherhood to come out to their Recruitment Week Events. SAE's Recruitment Week consists of their traditional Monday "Stogies and Hoa-
gies" informational and Tuesday's trip to Hooters for all you can eat wings! On Wednesday, SAE and the Delta Phi Epsilon sorority are having an event of "Guess Who?" to bond with potentials. On Thursday night, the brothers will be hosting an arm wrestling competition for the chance to win tickets to Wiz Khalifa! The week ends on Friday with an invite only forum with the brothers and alumni throughout the northeast. Sigma Alpha Epsilon has more initiates than any other Greek letter organization in the world. We encourage everyone to look into joining one of the largest brotherhoods in the world, and one of the new brotherhoods at the University of New Haven. Strive to be better, Strive to be a Gentleman, Strive to be SAE.
Vatican Library Reopens After 3-year Restoration
world's best collections of illuminated manuscripts. It ––––––––––––––––––––– includes the oldest known complete Bible, dating VATICAN CITY – The from about 325 and beVatican's Apostolic Li- lieved to have been one brary is reopening to schol- of the 50 bibles commisars following a three-year, sioned by Emperor Coneuro9-million ($11.5- mil- stantine, the first Christian lion) renovation to install Roman leader. climate-controlled rooms It reopens its frescoed for its precious manu- halls to scholars Sept. 20. scripts and state-of-the-art Library officials took pains security measures to pre- to note that the renovation vent theft and loss. work was completed on The library, started by time — a rarity in Italy but Pope Nicholas V in the also an acknowledgment 1450s, houses one of the of the inconvenience the
By NICOLE WINFIELD associated press
three-year closure caused many scholars who had to suspend their research while its collections of tens of thousands of volumes were in storage. Cardinal Raffaele Farina, the Vatican's chief librarian, thanked those researchers "who understood the reason for the closure." "Given the amount of what had to be done — the noise and the intrusiveness of the technical and construction work necessary — we decided the library See VATICAN page 5
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Calif. Neighbors Survey Ruins of Blasted Hillside
By TREVOR HUNNICUTT associated press
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SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Patrick Yu has had nightmares and headaches since a fireball from a natural gas explosion caused his ceiling to crash down next to him while he slept. He was one of many residents who returned to the ruined hillsides of their suburban San Francisco neighborhood Sunday after Thursday’s pipeline blast and fire destroyed nearly 50 homes and damaged dozens of others. The explosion prompted California regulators to order the utility, Pacific Gas and Electric, to survey all its natural gas lines in the state in hopes of heading off another disaster. Yu said he crouched in the doorway after the blast, thinking he was in the middle of an earthquake. When the shaking subsided, he found that the heat had warped the door so much he had to pull with all his strength to get out of the bedroom. The 62-year-old learned Sunday that his house had been red-tagged, meaning it has extensive damage and will require closer inspection before authorities can declare it safe. “I have lots of memories in that house,” Yu said. “Lots of stuff you can’t replace.” A few blocks away, houses had collapsed into black and white debris on ground, with a smell like charcoal in the air. All that remains standing is a row of brick chimneys, while across the street, some homes are undamaged. Authorities were still working Monday to con-
firm how many people died. The remains of at least four people have been found, and authorities have said four are missing and at least 60 injured, some critically. Two people reported missing after the blast were located Sunday, city spokeswoman Robyn Thaw said. San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said investigators were still trying to confirm whether
there had been no gas leak complaints to the utility’s call centers from the San Bruno neighborhood in the week leading up to the blast. Hart said investigators also want to talk to residents who had noticed dead vegetation around the rupture spot, which can be a sign of a leak. A risky segment of the gas line was due to be replaced, the utility responsible said, because it ran
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some of the remains are human and identify victims. Meanwhile, federal investigators were probing how the gas line was able to rupture, blowing a segment of pipe 28 feet long onto the street some 100 feet away and creating a crater 167 feet long and 26 feet wide. Christopher Hart, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said investigators want to speak with anyone who smelled gas in the days leading up to the blast, especially those who reported the problem to PG&E or any other officials. Hart said Monday that investigators have not yet seen any record of gas leak complaints. “We’re pursuing those rumors, and we’ve obtained records — not only from PG&E but from other places where people might call. And so far, we have not been able to verify that anybody smelled gas and called it in,” Hart said. PG&E spokesman Andrew Souvall said Sunday
through a heavily urbanized area and the likelihood of failure was “unacceptably high.” That 30-inch diameter pipe a few miles north was installed in 1948 and slated to be swapped for new, smaller pipe. PG&E submitted paperwork to regulators for ongoing gas rate proceedings that said a section of the same gas line about 2 1/2 miles away was within “the top 100 highest risk line sections” in the utility’s service territory, the documents show. The company also considered the portion that ruptured to be a “high consequence area” requiring more stringent inspections called integrity assessments, federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration spokeswoman Julia Valentine said. Nationwide, only about 7 percent of gas lines have that classification, she said. PG&E spokesman Andrew Souvall said the company had planned to See RUINS page 7
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duty in Afghanistan at the time of the ambush. Giunta, who was previously awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart, among other medals, called his parents after hearing from the president, his father said. “He was very honored to talk to the president but he’s very reserved about it,” Steven Giunta said. “It’s not something he’s comfortable with, the event or the Medal of Honor.” Steven Giunta said his son is humbled because he believes he was just doing what he was supposed to be doing. “He mentions every other soldier would have done the same thing. It kind of rocks his world that he’s being awarded the Medal of Honor for something each and every
done. He’s very aware of that.” “What a privilege and honor it is and what the men have done over the years to receive it, the feat, the above and beyond portion of it, it’s amazing to me,” Steven Giunta said. Giunta will be awarded his medal at a White House ceremony at a date yet to be determined. The President will present the Medal of Honor posthumously to Staff Sgt. Robert Miller in a White House ceremony on Oct. 6. President Barack Obama will award the first Medal of Honor to go to a living service member who fought in the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta served as a rifle team leader during combat operations in Afghanistan’s
The White House says Giunta went beyond the call of duty during an October 2007 attack when he exposed himself to enemy fire to pull a comrade back to cover. When he later noticed two insurgents carrying away another fellow solider, Giunta engaged the enemy, killing one and wounding the other before providing medical aid to the wounded U.S. soldier. Obama spoke with Giunta Thursday to inform him he would receive the nation’s highest military honor.
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inevitably had to close," Farina told reporters Monday inside the frescoed Sistine Hall. Some 4,000 to 5,000 scholars are given permission to conduct research in the library every year; access is generally restricted to academics conducting postgraduate level research. None of the items in the library can be checked out, and rules for working inside are strict: No pens, food or even mineral water are allowed in the manuscript reading room. Researchers will now find improved communications and elevator access to the Vatican's vast collections, as well as a new tower inside the Vatican's Belvedere Courtyard to ferry manuscripts from their bomb-proof bunker to climate-controlled consultation rooms. Inside the bunker itself, fire-proof and dust-proof floors and walls were installed to further protect the manuscripts. The library's 70,000 books have been outfit-
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brary has about 150,000 volumes of manuscripts as well as the "Codex B" — the oldest known complete Bible. During a presentation and tour of the library Monday, officials showed off a replica of the illuminated Urbino Bible, produced for the Duke of Urbino in 1476-78 by David and Dominico Ghirlandaio and othAN AP PHOTO ers. The bible, ing out. one of the finest The security measures works of art in the 15th stem in part from an in- century, is said to contain cident in which an Ohio over a kilo of gold in its ilState University art his- lustrated pages. tory professor, Anthony Italian cement compaMelnikas, smuggled pages ny Italcement paid a hefty torn from a 14th-century chunk of the euro9 million Vatican manuscript that renovation price tag while once belonged to Petrarch. savings and private donaHe was sentenced in 1996 tions funded the rest, Fato 14 months in prison af- rina said. ter admitting he took the The Apostolic Library pages during a research is next door to the Vativisit in 1987. can's Secret Archives, The library was start- which contain centuries ed by Pope Nicholas V of Vatican diplomatic corwith an initial 350 Latin respondence and papal manuscripts. By the time documentation. Citing Nicholas died in 1455, the frequent Dan Brown-incollection had swelled to spired confusion, officials about 1,500 codices and stressed Monday that the was the largest in Europe. collections and institutions Today, the Vatican Li- are different.
Wal-Mart Introduces Wireless Plan Under Own Brand
By PETER SVENSSON associated press
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NEW YORK – WalMart Stores Inc. said Monday that it is introducing the first cell phone plan that uses the chain's own branding, further demonstrating its clout in getting special deals from wireless carriers. The Wal-Mart Family Mobile service will run on T-Mobile USA's network. Unlimited calling and texting will cost $45 per month for the first line and $25 for each additional line for the family. The service will be offered starting next week in most of its stores across the nation. Since last year, WalMart has been the exclusive seller of the Straight Talk service, which runs on the Verizon Wireless network. Wal-Mart is also trying out another service from Sprint Nextel Corp. called Common Cents. Those are both "prepaid" plans, under which customers pay in advance and don't need to sign contracts. Wal-Mart Family Mobile will be "postpaid" like conventional contractbased plans, so the family bill is paid at the end of the month. But in other ways it works much like prepaid service, and it won't come with a contract require-
ment or early termination fees. Buyers also won't need to go through credit checks. Greg Hall, vice president of merchandising at Wal-Mart U.S., said there's a perception among customers that prepaid service doesn't offer access to the best phones or the best network quality. He said the postpaid nature of the plan is a way to avoid that. Starting Monday, the chain plans to sell five phones, including a fullblown smart phone, the Motorola Cliq XT, which will cost $249. T-Mobile sells it for $329 without a contract, or gives it away to buyers who sign two-year contracts (with monthly fees that are higher than the no-contract option). The cheapest phone for the service will be a simple Nokia phone for $35. Straight Talk also costs $45 per month for unlimited calls and texting, but doesn't offer a discount for additional lines. And while Straight Talk offers unlimited free data, there are no smart phones available for it; the new Family Mobile plan includes only a small amount of free data. Common Cents is a basic payby-the-minute service. "What we saw was an opening in the marketplace for really bringing family savings and a family plan and T-Mobile was
a great partner there," Hall said. The plan undercuts TMobile USA's own prices, but Jim Alling, its chief operating officer, said that Wal-Mart putting its own stamp on the brand name was a "tremendous endorsement." While there's no contract, Ailing said the phones will be "locked" to Wal-Mart Family Mobile, so they won't be usable on another network, or even under a T-Mobile-branded plan. There will also be a prepaid component to the service: extra charges for data use and international calls will come from a prepaid account, pooled for the whole family. For instance, one gigabyte of data usage will cost $40. By comparison, AT&T's contract customers pay $25 per month for 2 gigabytes of usage, but the data allowance doesn't carry over from month to month the way Wal-Mart's will. T-Mobile USA is a subsidiary of German phone company Deutsche Telekom AG. Shares of Wal-Mart, which is based in Bentonville, Ark., increased 37 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $52.34 in midday trading Monday.
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China Mass Measles Vaccination Plan Sparks Outcry
By GILLIAN WONG
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BEIJING – China’s plans to vaccinate 100 million children and come a step closer to eradicating measles has set off a popular outcry that highlights widening public distrust of the authoritarian government after repeated health scandals. Since the Health Ministry announced the World Health Organizationbacked measles vaccination plan last week, authorities have been flooded with queries and Internet bulletin boards have been plastered with worried messages. Conspiracy theories saying the vaccines are dangerous have spread by cell phone text messages. The public skepticism has even been covered by state-run media, which noted the lack of trust was about more than vaccines. “Behind the public’s panic over the rumors is an expression of the citizens’ demands for security and a crisis in confidence,” a columnist wrote in the Chongqing Daily newspaper. “The lack of trust toward our food and health products was not formed in one day,” said the Global Times newspaper. “Repairing the damage and building credibility will take a very long time. The public health departments need to take immediate action on all fronts.” In recent years, government agencies have dragged their feet or withheld information about the spread of SARS, bird flu and, last month, an outbreak of cholera. China’s slow response to SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, was widely blamed for causing the outbreak that swept the globe in 2003, and led to deep mistrust both internally and internationally. Milk products contaminated with industrial chemicals are still found despite mass recalls and several criminal convictions, including executions, after tainted infant formula sickened 300,000 babies and killed at least six two years ago. Feeding into worries about the measles vaccine were media reports in March that vaccines for encephalitis, hepatitis B and other diseases possibly killed four children
and seriously sickened dozens in one province. The health ministry said an investigation showed those vaccines were improperly stored but subsequent illnesses were unrelated. Many remain unconvinced. Meanwhile, two Chinese vaccine makers recently said they shut operations after rabies vaccines they produced were found
access to information are creating a more assertive populace. “This campaign would have been no problem in the Mao era, but today we know with globalization, the Internet, the information explosion, this increasingly assertive civil society, they want to participate in the public policy process,” said Yanzhong Huang, senior fel-
cases last year, including 39 deaths. The infection rates mean China is far from meeting its national pledge from 2005 to eradicate measles by 2012. Mass drives in other parts of the world have either virtually eliminated measles or significantly reduced the number of infections. The disease has been nearly nonexistent in the Americas since 2002 and cases in seven countries in southern Africa fell from 60,000 in 1996 to 117 by 2000, according to the WHO. Dr. Lisa Cairns, head of immunization at WHO China, said many of those infected with measles in China are young children who were likely never vaccinated. “Because the disease is not as common as it used to be, it is easy to forget how serious it is,” she noted. China’s Health Ministry has repeatedly said that the measles vaccine is safe, with random samples tested from stores around the country, and has tried to assure the public that to be substandard. low for global health at the medical personnel are preThe ministry has tried Council on Foreign Rela- pared for emergencies, into calm the public’s anxiet- tions in New York. cluding any adverse reacies about the 10-day meaMeasles is a highly con- tions. sles immunization drive, tagious viral disease that On Friday, a senior minwhich started Saturday. can develop into blindness, istry official promised that It has busily issued state- pneumonia and encephali- no one would be forced to ments, refuted rumors and tis and lead to death, and take the vaccination. held briefings to empha- health experts say China “Vaccination will only size the need for the vac- needs an effective vacci- proceed after parents sign cine as well as its safety. nation program. an agreement,” the minThe campaign, likely Despite previous vac- istry’s deputy director for the world’s largest, targets cination drives, China disease control Hao Yang all children ages 8 months recorded 52,000 measles See VACCINATION page 7 to 4 or 14 years, depending on locality, and is intended to include remote areas, migrant communities and other places where previous vaccination coverage has been spotty. Yet the publicity is not likely to easily reassure a public increasingly skeptical of reassurances from a government often seen as opaque and unaccountable, especially where public health is involved. “This time how could the public have no doubts? They are asking: ‘Is there an outbreak of the disease? Are previous vaccinations not working? Are the people in the government trying to make money from this?’” newspaper commentator Wei Yingjie said in an interview. The public push-back marks a turnaround from the mass campaigns in the communist heyday under Mao Zedong and shows how prosperity and greater
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WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans will oppose any effort to renew soon-to-expire Bush administration tax cuts if upper income taxpayers are excluded from the reductions. A spokesman for Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that every Senate Republican has pledged to oppose President Barack Obama's tax-cutting plan. Obama would renew the tax cuts for most people, but let the top income tax rate rise back to almost 40 percent on family or small business income over $250,000. McConnell has said a bill extending the tax cuts for only low- and middleincome earners cannot pass the Senate. Forty-one senators can block a bill with a filibuster, but McConnell spokesman Don Stewart declined to say whether all 41 Republicans would support a filibuster. At issue is a year-end
deadline to renew a variety of tax cuts enacted in 2001 — when the federal government was running a surplus. On Sunday, House GOP Leader John Boehner said he would support renewing tax cuts for the middle class but not the wealthy if that was his only choice. Democrats are worried that November elections could hand the GOP control of the House and perhaps the Senate. The White House and its Democratic allies hope to use the taxcut fight to cast themselves as defenders of the middle class and Republicans as a party eager to revive the days of the still unpopular former President George W. Bush. "We're going to take the next 50-some days to convince the public that's exactly what the Republicans would do — back to the Bush policies," said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Gibbs said on NBC's "Today" show. Gibbs said the middle class should not be used as a political football by Republicans maneuvering See TAX PLAN page 7
Stoning Sentence Delay
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anparast says the West is sensationalizing the case into something political and unreasonable while Iran is simply following legal protocol: “Western nations must not pressurize and hype the case up. Judicial cases have precise procedures, especially when it concerns murder.
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If releasing all those who have committed murder is to be perceived as a human rights issue, then all European countries should release all the murderers in their countries.” As of now, the fate of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is yet to be determined.
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to give tax cuts to wealthy taxpayers, who he said don't need the reductions. Republicans say paring taxes for the wealthy would encourage them and the businesses they operate to create jobs. Congressional analysts say renewing the tax cuts for everyone would cost the government $4 trillion over the next decade. With polls showing a broad public anger over spiraling federal deficits, Obama wants to exclude individuals earning over $200,000 and couples making over $250,000 — who account for $700 billion of that total. "That's a debate we're happy to have," McConnell told the Washington Post. "That's the kind of debate that unifies my caucus." Democrats aren't unified behind Obama and their House and Senate leaders. Several Senate Democrats say they would like all of the Bush tax cuts
to be extended for another year or two as the economy slowly recovers from the recession. "I don't think it makes sense to raise any federal taxes during the un-
certain economy we are struggling through," Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent who aligns with Democrats, said Monday. "The more money we leave in private hands, the quicker our economic recovery will be. And that means I will do everything I can to make sure Congress extends the so-called Bush tax cuts for another year." Treasury Secretary
Timothy Geithner on Monday also called on Congress to move quickly to extend the tax cuts. Geithner and the administration have tried to make the case that conditions would have been worse without Obama's economic policies, including the $814 billion stimulus package. Geithner said that a return to Republican policies would put the economic recovery in jeopardy. "We can't afford to go back to the policies of the past decade when we passed large tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans without paying for them and saw little impact on job creation and years of stagnation in middle class wages," he said. Republicans say the level of spending undertaken by the Obama administration has done little to boost the economy. Instead, it has increased the deficit to unsustainable levels, they say.
HISTORY OF THE WORLD By Mark Andrews
Sept. 13: ON THIS DATE in 1788, the Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election and declared New York City the nation’s temporary capital. In 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy. Sept. 14: ON THIS DATE in 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote “The StarSpangled Banner” after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812. In 1901, President McKinley died in Buffalo, N.Y., of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Sept. 15: ON THIS DATE in 1620, the Mayflower departed Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims bound for America. In 1894, Japan defeated China in the Battle of Ping Yang. Sept. 16: ON THIS DATE in 1960, longtime college football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg retired at the age of 98. In 1974, President Ford announced conditional amnesty for U.S. deserters in the Vietnam War. Sept. 17: ON THIS DATE in 1394, all Jews were expelled from France on the order of King Charles VI. In 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Sept. 18: ON THIS DATE in 1927, the Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (later called CBS) made its debut with a network of 16 radio stations. In 2008, the Treasury Department unveiled a $700 billion plan to rescue the housing market and bolster the battered credit system with the intent of saving the faltering U.S. economy. Sept. 19: ON THIS DATE in 1881, President Garfield died of an assassin’s gunshot wounds, which had become infected due to poor medical treatment. In 1970, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” premiered. Answer to last week’s question: This week in 1968, Republican presidential nominee Richard Nixon made a guest appearance on the TV comedy/ sketch show “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.” This week’s question: In 1980, war began when Iraqi troops seized territory from what neighboring country in a border dispute? (Mark Andrews can be reached via e-mail at mlandrews@embarqmail.com.) (c)2010 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, INC
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replace the piece of the gas line mentioned in the documents with 24-inch pipe as a part of its broader proposal to upgrade infrastructure that the commission began considering last year. He said the ruptured section, which was installed in 1956, was last checked for leaks in March. The company said later Sunday that no leaks were found. The segment farther north was checked for leaks Friday and none was found, Souvall added. “We take action on a daily basis to repair our equipment as needed,” he said. “PG&E takes a proactive approach toward the maintenance of our gas lines and we’re constantly monitoring our system.” In ordering the company to conduct the leak survey on its natural gas lines, the state’s Public Utilities Commission said Sunday that PG&E must give priority to higher pressure pipelines, as well
as to lines in areas of high population density. The order came after Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado asked the commission to order the utility company to conduct an integrity assessment of its natural gas pipeline system. Maldonado is serving as acting governor while Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger travels in Asia. The commission also plans to appoint an independent expert panel to help with their investigation. Crews Monday prepared to ship to Washington a crate containing the 28-foot section of ruptured natural gas pipeline that was blown out of the ground. Also being shipped were two 10-foot sections of pipe removed from the crater Sunday from either side of where the ruptured section had been. Investigators believed they had collected all the sections needed to reconstruct the metal pipeline but asked that anyone who
found metal fragments in the blast area contact the NTSB. Residents of destroyed or red-tagged homes waited anxiously Monday for more information on what would happen next, while the luckier ones settled back into the neighborhood. Returning residents were wearing wristbands that show police they live in the area. Pat and Roger Haro and their dog, Rosie, have been living in a hotel room since Thursday after fleeing their home with the clothes they were wearing, dog food, water and an iPad. When they returned, their home was marked with a green tag — indicating less damage than others with yellow or red tags — and their electricity was still off. “Once I saw the house was still there, then I felt a whole lot better,” Pat Haro said. “I think we’ll be a tighter community.”
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Vaccination Sparks Outcry
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said. “We heard that some places were linking vaccination with admission to kindergartens and schools. So yesterday we issued a notice that admission to school should never be used to force children to vaccination.” Health care professionals, however, have questioned the immunization drive’s broad scope, given that many children have
previously been inoculated and thus would be vaccinated again. A blog posting by a prominent immunization expert, Wang Yuedan of Peking University, urged the government to focus on formerly underserved groups like the children of rural migrants now living in urban areas, instead of vaccinating some children again. By Friday, Wang withdrew his reservations
and backed the campaign, saying he was convinced by the Health Ministry’s explanations. Still, Wang said in an interview that he winced at the thought of his 4-yearold daughter suffering a possible fever from the vaccine. “I’m a man and a father first, who has emotions and who can’t watch his child suffer pain blindly,” he said.
Animal Awareness Tip by Maideline Sanchez
Wild Boar Wild boars reside mostly in Northern Europe, Central Europe, and the Mediterranean Region, including Africa’s Atlas Mountains. For the purpose of hunting, wild boars have been artificially introduced into the Americas and some parts of Australia. They are noted for having larger heads in proportion to their bodies and also contain a conglomeration of stiff bristles along with finer fur, usually varying in color from dark grey,
brown, and black. Adult male boars are usually solitary animals outside of the breeding season. However, females and their offspring live together in groups called sounders. A sounder may consist anywhere from 20
to almost 50 boars, with a dominant female in the group. Wild boars are considered to be omnivorous scavengers, consuming
anything from grass, berries, nuts, insects, or reptiles. They are also known to hunt young deer and lambs. During mating season, males will move into female groups and rival other males for dominance. After a female has mated with a dominant male, the gestation period lasts for 115 days. After two hours of giving birth of up to six offspring, the mother will begin to wean her offspring from suckling after about four months. They will then commence to eating solid foods, such as worms and grubs.
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Hooray for Ignorance!
By MATT DI GIOVANNI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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Recently in the news there was the story of Pastor Terry Jones, the head of the Dove World Outreach program, who planned to hold burn the Qur’an day on the ninth anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Is this really what some people have resorted to? Burning a religious book that, if nothing else, can be enjoyed for its literary and poetic value? What does Pastor Jones hope to accomplish by burning the Qur’an? He probably had some idea in his head, but in reality the two main results would be
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a fire and a large number of angry people. In the end, following statements and actions from both important American figures including General David Petraeus, who made a statement that the burning would endanger American troops, and Muslims in the Middle East, who held protests with effigies of Pastor Jones and flag burnings, Pastor Jones cancelled the burning. His reasoning, however, was that he had supposedly made plans to speak with Imam Feisal
Abdel Rauf, the leader behind the mosque planned blocks from Ground Zero,
urday. Rauf denied this, but the Qur’an burning was still, at least temporarily, canceled. I struggle with the immense ignorance that it takes to swallow the words of people and groups such as Pastor Jones’ church and the famous Westboro Baptist Church. Haven’t people learned that violence, hate, and inflammatory actions traditionally lead to results that are less than desirable? Some would argue that the right to free speech protects groups like this, and yes, that is true. There was no army or
police force there to attack and detain Pastor Jones to prevent his event, but free speech comes with certain responsibilities, and in my mind, one of those is to use common sense. Many people in today’s world don’t have the luxury of free speech, so please don’t stomp on that right by abusing it. Don’t get me wrong, I definitely do not advocate snuffing out any ideas that I or others disagree with, but as a nation, and even throughout the world, people need to step back and look at the big picture to see the true results of their actions.
ments for everything that happened that day. (Well, that doesn’t include those people who just complain about everything.) For those of us who attended last year’s games, it was obvious that there was already a lot of improvement on that field. I was impressed with our team this year and quickly had high hopes for this season, early on in this first game. Of course, there’s always room for improvement, but seeing last Saturday’s game, I’m confident that we have an exciting season to look forward to.
That being said, I was also impressed with the packed stadium. Many
scrambled for seats and others squeezed more
people onto the bleachers than was comfortable for those around them. Sure, I know that a lot of this was due to this being the first home game and the Harmony Classic, but I fully expect to see the stands full for the coming games. If we don’t support our own team, then who will? For those of you who had to miss this first game or decided to skip it because it just wasn’t worth your time, then you missed out. Keep taking that attitude and pretty soon you will realize how much of your college experience you have missed. Halftime is always something to look forward to in my book. (It’s
a chance to stretch for one thing.) This was one halftime to remember, with both our Charger band and Lincoln’s band taking the field to perform for the crowd. It was a surprise to see how our own band has increased in size from last year. However, the star of halftime had to be Lincoln’s band, whose performance was both entertaining and upbeat. I think it’s safe to say that we all enjoyed that halftime show. Sadly, time did not permit to see the cheerleaders or UNH’s dance team Emanon perform during halftime. But, maybe if people in the stands had listened, they would have known that both the cheerleaders and Emanon would be per-
forming after the game. To anyone who may not have gotten the hint, that meant stick around. Honestly, five minutes left of the game and half the crowd left. If you missed it then you missed out because the dance team just keeps getting better and better, and it was nice to see the cheerleading squads from both schools do a routine together. Next week’s game is promising to be a good one as well, so I want everyone to put some blue t-shirt on (I know you all have one, because they are given out on this campus like free candy.) and go support our Chargers. See you all at the game!!!
with her just talking about life, school, and people in general. Just sitting there and talking to her made me picture an ocean, an ocean that flows on a calm day. There were a lot of teachers who didn’t like her and she was condemned for every little thing she did. Their problem was that they didn’t have an open mind, but her friends and I saw something in her that the teachers refused to see: a beautiful angel who made mistakes. I saw a beautiful angel who was still young and didn’t know everything. I saw a beautiful angel who loved life the way life should be. I walked in the hallways of our middle school and saw a smile all the time from her, but I didn’t know what was really going on inside. May 21, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. on a school afternoon: it was almost time to leave school. I was walking to my locker when I saw Sandra and our other friend, Vanessa, walking towards me. Sandra left first and Vanessa noticed that she had Sandra’s CD player; so she gave it to me to put in my locker. I didn’t know that that day would be the last time I would ever see Sandra.
May 23, 2004 at 10:00 p.m.: I was watching television with my brothers when I got a phone call from my friend Kenny. My brother, Bruce, took the call. After talking to him for about a couple of minutes, Bruce said, “Sandra killed herself this morning!” I really didn’t take it too seriously. “You’re kidding, she would never do that.” I took the phone to talk to Kenny. We thought maybe she was faking it to prove a point, but we really didn’t know anything. At this point, I was getting scared. I called my friend Vanessa to see if she knew anything. Vanessa confirmed that it was true. Sandra took away her life for a reason that I will never know. We just burst into tears on the phone. “Why would she do this?” I kept asking myself this over and over again. My mom was at work so I called her and told her. She came home to be with us at this time. We were sitting in our family room crying, thinking, talking, and feeling our hearts breaking into a million pieces. “I don’t want to go to school tomorrow,” I told my mom, but she said that I had to be there. All of her
loved ones would be there to comfort each other. We need to get through this together. I went to bed that night knowing in a couple of hours I would be facing the hardest day of my life. May 24, 2004: I approach the school feeling sadness in the air. Some of the counselors were outside talking to the students. All morning I told myself that I wouldn’t break down. My mom walked with my brothers and me to my locker. I opened it and the first thing I saw was her CD player, making my heart sink. We walked to take it to the office. After, my mom hugged me and left. I walked to homeroom and sat at my desk. Our principal announced the tragic news during our homeroom period. There would also be counselors and social workers in the media center all day to talk and help people. I was fine at this time. The bell rang and I walked to my first period class, which was art. After sitting there for a couple of minutes, I finally broke down. I didn’t want to leave but my art teacher had another teacher help me to the library. When I walked to the media center, I thought the whole
entire school was in there. People were crying on the floor and others were against the wall. Many were talking to counselors and hugging each other. A lot of us were there for hours. After crying, we finally started to laugh, because we were just talking about funny things that helped us remember the good times with Sandra. Then I walked with a bunch of friends back to seventh period. I felt a little better, but this was only the start. It was time to say goodbye to a beautiful angel. I attended the wake knowing I couldn’t go to the funeral. The only thing going through my mind when I saw her lying in the casket was “Wake up angel, wake up!” I knew she would not wake up on this earth anymore. This was the last time I cried in front of everyone. This was real; she was gone. It had finally hit me and it hit hard. It was a long journey for me to heal 100%. I leaned on God, my family, and friends more than anything. The two very valuable lessons I learned from this experience were to let pain run its course and to not be afraid to cry. These
lessons are also great advice for others who might be in the same situation as I was. It hurts to lose someone who was so young and had so much potential. Now six years later, I think about what she would be like today. Every year on May 23, I remember Sandra as the beautiful angel that is now looking down on us from Heaven. Since 2007, I have been an advocate for suicide prevention. I was not prepared emotionally or psychologically for such a tragedy at a young age. I did not see the warning signs and my friends didn’t either, because we did not know what these warning signs were. You can go through your whole life asking “What if I saw something or said something to prevent it,” but you will never find the answers to these questions.
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This Saturday was a day to remember as hundreds of people, myself included, made their way up to North Campus for the first home football game of the semester. It was absolutely the most beautiful day for a game, especially since it wasn’t too cold sitting in the stands, at least during the beginning. I have never seen that stadium so full of students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni, and members of the NAACP. It made me proud to be a student here at UNH. (Winning the game didn’t hurt either.) Sitting in the stands, all I could hear were compli-
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As you may have known or not known, National Suicide Prevention Week was from September 5th to the 11th and World Suicide Prevention Day was September 10th. Whether you have been affected by suicide, know someone that has been affected by suicide, or neither, suicide is real and when it hits, it hits hard. I was exposed to suicide in the 7th grade when my friend took her own life. Here is the story that changed my life forever. Note: Some of the names have been changed for personal reasons. On a Sunday morning, I was at church singing praises to my God and hearing the word. At the same time, a beautiful angel was taking her life away. Sandra was a friend. We weren’t close, but she was a friend. When I said hi she said hi. We had many conversions, none serious, but some funny. She always made me laugh. Everybody loved her. Basically, the whole town knew her. I remember sitting on the floor against some lockers
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I want to give a shout out to thank everyone for the great turn out that we had for So as great as the BSU party was, it was a disappointment that there were only two the first football game. It was amazing, to say the least, to see all of the school spirit on officers and a few Murphy’s security patrollers that were present. I know it’s not the this campus. fault of the officers that were there, because they did all they could with the resources allocated to them. I just think that it would be in the best interest of the student body I want to say, that from my point of view as head of special events for USGA, that the if the police force expanded to fit the growing student population. That way, student BSU party was a killer success, and I can’t wait for the next one to be put on. It really events on campus can have greater security in the future. was bumpin’ somethin’ fierce yo! Okay, so this is a two-fold one here. It’s a shout out to both the drivers and pedestrians on this campus. Drivers, you should slow down when driving through campus. That extra two minutes that you save by putting students in danger isn’t going to help you if you end up with a ticket or injuring someone. Pedestrians, you need to stop walking in the middle of the streets; there are things called crosswalks and sidewalks for a reason. It’s a pain in the butt to have to wait for some Chatty Cathys to get off the road. Also, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t shoot me dirty looks.
The Battery Charge Okay, it was awesome that we totally curb stomped the lions in a friendly game of football. Both teams played admirably and should be proud of the game they played. But even more exciting was the Lions’ marching band. That, in my opinion, would have made the game worth going to even if we didn’t win. I was also impressed with the development of our own marching band from what it was last year to what it is now. I can’t wait to see its evolution and development as the year progresses. Last shout out goes to the EMANON dance team and the cheerleaders who, I am sorry to say, were not able to perform during half time but did get to perform at the end of the game. I know that they too will continue to wow us all in the future.
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Charlie is a junior at the University of New Haven. He is a Mechanical Engineering major with a minor in Ashley is a sophomore at the University of New HaFire Science. Charlie is a member of the track and field ven. She is currently living in New Hall and is from team, throwing discus and shot put. He is the presiNew Rochelle, New York. Ashley is a Criminal Jusdent of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers tice major, and this program is a major reason why she (ASME) and worked on the super-mileage vehicle last chose UNH. She is a member of the track team and the year. He is also active in the Mechanical Engineering Anime club. In her spare time, she attends Anime Fest. department. Charlie is from New Jersey and is currently living in Soundview.
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Boise Makes a Statement “Are They BCS Worthy or Bust?”
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The Cinderella story continued for the No.3 ranked Boise State Broncos as they defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies 33-30 during the fourth quarter. Kellen Moore TD passed to Austin Pettis for a 13 yard score at 1:09 left on the clock to give the Broncos their 15th regular season win on Labor Day at Fed EX Field, home of the Washington Redskins since 1997. With a 17-0 lead in the first quarter by the Broncos, the Hokies dominated through the second quarter and on, but couldn’t hold on in the end. This was the first time both of these schools faced each other in the regular season in a span of 42 years. In front of 86,587 people, which was pro Virginia Tech even though the game was played at a neutral site, Moore, junior quarterback for Boise State, was able to hold his composure and lead his team down the grid iron for an exciting By TOM CHIEPPO STAFF WRITER
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The Alabama Crimson Tide sprinted down to the gridiron as they crushed the Penn State Nittany Lions (24-3) at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama with 101,821 fans in attendance to see the Tide cap their second win of the season. Mark Ingram, the 2009 Heisman Trophy winner and the only one to win the award in Alabama University history, had a left knee injury and didn’t participate in this contest. He also didn’t see any action to begin the 2010 regular season. Ingram’s stats through 2009 are 414 carries, 2,386 rushing yards, 388 receiving yards, and 29 touchdowns. Ingram will return to action at
victory. This victory was perhaps the biggest win in regular season history for Boise State. “We are certainly proving people right now,” he said, according to ESPN.com. “You should gain a little respect by beating Virginia Tech out here. You’re basically playing a road game; you’re having one heck of a game with them, just fighting back and forth.” Moore is now 27-1 as the starting Quarterback, going 23 for 38 with 215 passing yards and throwing for three scores. What makes him so effective? He’s a football aficionado and is a great game manager. He’s a major student of the game and knows how to utilize the weapons around him. Moore makes good decisions, but, more importantly, he avoids making stupid mistakes. Austin Pettis, Broncos’ wide receiver, made Moore’s and the entire Boise State University’s night by giving them a reason to believe that they were BCS National Championship material. “We
know how much was at stake for us, so it was kind of like a bowl game,” he said according to ESPN. com. “There’s a lot we need to work on too because there were a lot of mistakes we made. We can’t afford any slip-ups especially after setting up ourselves like this.” Credit has to go to the Broncos Head Coach, Chris Petersen, whose in his fifth year with a 50-4 record and is taking each game one at a time. “Game 1 and that’s what it is,” he said on ESPN after the game. “We’re just pleased to get out of here with a W.” The Broncos are highly talented and so well-coached, making them such a dangerous opponent to play against, especially since they are proving people right. They were 6 for 15 in 3rd down conversions and had 215 yards passing, 168 yards rushing, giving them a total of 383 yards. As for the Hokies, they have fought valiantly every step of the way, but their chances of getting in the BCS hunt are over. The
15 conference titles, and being 4-1 against teams in the AP top-10 since 2000. The USA Today’s coach’s poll had the Broncos ranked fifth, the AP had them ranked third, and the NCAA had the squad ranked second. Talk about the amount of public interest they’re getting. Maybe the Broncos can get the respect they so desperately want right now after one game against a quality Virginia Tech team. They are America’s underdog in all of college football. Are they BCS Championship worthy? Right now, the Broncos are in the discussion with other teams like Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, TCU, South Carolina, Iowa, Florida, Ohio State, etc. They still have to beat Wyoming, Oregon State, Fresno State, and Nevada to become more worthy. The enormous factor in all of this is the strength of schedule. Teams like Alabama play stronger opponents and are in a super conference with much more competiveness. The
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Duke on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Also, the Tide didn’t have defensive end, Marcell Dareus, who has been declared as ineligible and suspended for the first two games, accepting nearly $2,000 in improper benefits during two trips to Miami. Dareus was ruled ineligible for receiving preferential treatment and agent benefits, including airfare, lodging, meals, and transportation during Miami trips. The NCAA ordered Dareus on Thursday to pay $1,787 to a charity of his choice before regaining eligibility. So far an agreement has not been reached yet. A question remains whether he will be returning against the Duke Blue Devils. Trent Richardson, running back for the Crimson Tide, had an exceptional game. He had 22 carries
for 144 yards and one score. However, Richardson had 102 of those yards against the Nittany Lions, who had gone the previous 17 games without a 100yard rusher in the first half. (Iowa’s Shonn Greene gained 117 yards on Nov.8, 2008.) “This will be something I remember for a long time,” Richardson said, according to Yahoo Sports. “I tried to put the offense on my back and run with it.” Head Coach of the Alabama Crimson, Tide Nick Saban, explained the importance of Richardson’s role. “Trent Richardson played a fantastic game,” he said, according to Yahoo Sports. “He’s the first one to get 100 yards against the defense in a long, long time, which says a lot about their defense, but it also says a lot about Trent.”
Broncos would have to be ranked No.1 and be the only team undefeated to get a shot at the National Championship, but the problem with college football is that there’s never going to be a playoff system. Also, if Alabama and Ohio State go undefeated or a team out of the SEC Conference, like South Carolina, wins out by leap frogging the Broncos out of title contention, the Broncos will be in trouble. There’s a lucrative solution to this issue. The answer is that they should decide the National Championship the same way other teams do in the NCAA, which means having a 16-team playoff. The Broncos would have to beat three elite opponents to get to the national title game, eliminating all concerns about the schedule. Until that happens, this debate will keep raging on. Making teams earn their stripes and prove to the world why they’re the best teams in college football will make things more fair overall.
State Head Coach Joe Paterno said, according to Yahoo Sports. “That made it tough on, Bolden. We didn’t do a good job coaching and getting him ready for this one. I think [we’ve] got a long way to go to be a good football team.” Paterno also explained about his visit to Alabama in week two. “I didn’t think about being back in Alabama,” he said, according to Yahoo Sports. “I was just thinking about whether we have a little better of a football team then we showed today.” Credit also goes to the Tide’s defense for shutting down the Lions running game, which consists of Evan Royster, who had nine carries for 32 yards and Silas Reed who had five carries for 26 yards. These two schools were
ranked in the top ten at least six times throughout the fourteen times they faced each other. Alabama has outscored Penn State with a total of 227174. Nick Saban’s record is 35-8 in his fourth year with the Tide. Last season they were 51 for 59 in the red zone, which is 86.44%. Their total offensive last year was consisted of 947 plays for 5,642 yards total. It’s been more than 20 years since the last time Penn State and Alabama faced each other. The Crimson Tide’s squad is insurmountable and the Nittany Lions need to turn their season around in a hurry if they want to get to a big bowl game.
Nelson and Ryan Osiecki with an 11-yard rushing put together a 57 yard touchdown from Jones. drive on nine plays, ending The score capped off the scoring column for the game, finalizing a 30-0 victory on the blue and gold turf. Osiecki led an offense that amassed 317 yards in the non-conference affair. He finished with 88 yards passing, six yards rushing and one passing touchdown. Sharieff Hall collected five catches for 109 yards and one touchdown, while Demetrius Washington-Ellison registered 47 yards in the air. Victor Jones and Mike DeCaro each recorded 60 yards on the ground, with Jones crossing the goal
line for a touchdown run. On the defensive side of the ball, Charlie Hatchett and Robert Hill led the way with 11 and 10 tackles respectively. Hatchett also forced a fumble whereas Hill registered 2.5 tackles for a loss of eight yards. As a team, the Chargers forced five fumbles, recovered two and allowed just 58 yards on the ground. The Chargers return to action one week from today with their Northeast-10 Conference opener. UNH welcomes Assumption College to Ralph R. DellaCamera Stadium for a 1 p.m. kickoff.
The Crimson Tide had a total of 409 yards, 229 passing, and 180 yards rushing. Greg McElroy, Senior quarterback for the tide was 16 for 24 and threw for 229 yards with two touchdowns. The game didn’t live up to the rivalry’s history. The Nittany lions were completely out-manned by this Alabama defense. Robert Bolden, freshman Penn State quarterback, ran into trouble because he is still very inexperienced in this position. The same goes for their defense. Bolden was 13 for 29 with 144 yards passing with two interceptions. The Tide’s defense was able to come up with three interceptions and take advantage of two Penn State turnovers at the red zone. “A tough crowd and a tough football team,” Penn
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drive, but could not reach controlled possession for squads. Neither team man- the scoreboard. After a the next six minutes of acaged to score in the third turnover-on-downs, UNH tion. Victor Jones, Ronnie stanza, leaving the score at 20-0 entering the final quarter. The Chargers’ defense held strong, forcing another turnover on fourth down from the Lions. This one provided great field possession for the home team, leading to another Chargers’ field goal early on in the fourth quarter. Scifo split the uprights for the third time, this one coming from 38 yards out. Osiecki and the offense generated 17 yards on seven plays on the drive. The Lions moved the chains once on their next
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Hokies fell 0-22 against Associated Press’ top-5 teams away from home, 1-26 overall. It was the first time since Dec. 2007 that Virginia Tech lost a regular-season game when scoring 30-plus points. Head Coach of Virginia Tech, Frank Beamer, who is in his 24th season with a 187-93-2 record, said the following after the game: “When it’s all said and done, we were one first down from winning that football game,” according to ESPN.com. Now, the debate begins with Boise State becoming the first team from a league without an automatic BCS bid to play for a national championship if they go undefeated. The Broncos, starting from 2002 to 2009, have been unbeaten at home with a 51 game winning streak and are absolutely unbelievable. Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is clearly dominated by the Broncos with a (71-9) record, a total of 89%, the highest winning percentage in the conference, a total of
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Denard Robinson Puts on Record-breaking Performances
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The most exciting quarterback in all of college football has to be Denard Robinson, because he scored the game winning touchdown with 27 seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter this Saturday afternoon, to give the Michigan Wolverines a 28-24 victory against Notre Dame at South Bend. In front of 80,795 people in attendance, Robinsons’ most electrifying moment came late in the second quarter when he went to the right side and sprinted right pass the Irish defense for an 87-yard score, making it the longest run in Notre Dame Stadium history. (Dick Panin broke off an 88-yarder for Michigan State in 1951, the longest run ever at Notre Dame Stadium.) Robinson obliterated his three records at UConn last week, where he had 186 yards passing, 197 yards rushing, giving
him a total of 383 yards. Now, these records include 244 passing, 258 rushing and 502 total yards. He was 24 for 40 passing as well. Also, Robinson was the ninth quarterback in NCAA history to rush and pass for 200 yards. “Man, I didn’t even know that,” Robinson said, according to ESPN.com. “I just do whatever it takes for the team to win. I don’t look at the stats.” Robinson broke down the last drive of the game. “I’m speechless right now,” he said, according to collegefootballrivals.com. “The offense came together. Everyone was ready for the drive. It was time to put it away. We had let them stick around for too long.” The Wolverines improved to 2-0 and Head Coach, Rich Rodriquez, who is 2-1 lifetime against the Irish, had more to say on NBC after the game. “There were a lot of ups and downs in this game,” he said. “Lot of momentum changes, and I’m
proud the way our players played. We will enjoy this win for the next 24 hours, and it is on to the next one.” Rodriquez explained the importance of Robinson’s role. “Needless to say, our quarterback was special today,” he said according
hard. You run a quarterback 25 times, you got to have toughness.” Kelly also said, according to NBCsports.com, “We have a lot of things to cleanup. We were one play away. Our offense needed to give us a chance
to collegefootballrivals. com. You would be happy to if you had Robinson. I don’t know if I ever have had a quarterback account for that many yards in a game, and I have had some good ones.” “He’s a tough kid,” said Notre Dame Head Coach Brian Kelly, according to ESPN.com. “We hit him
to win this game. It was a good game.” Coach Kelly’s Fighting Irish squad dropped to 1-1. This was the first time Kelly experienced a rivalry just like quarterbacks Tommy Ress and Nate Montana, who is the son of Hall-of-Famer quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, Joe Montana.
Is Robinson Heisman trophy material? Robinson has a total of 885 yards in his first two contests, 455 rushing yards, and 430 passing yards. He’s an unflappable quarterback and has great intelligence of what defenses are coming, whether it’s a blitz, sending eight men in the box, and a cover. He has a keen ability to escape that the opposition’s defenses are always one step behind. Additional skills include him having a great pocket presence, knowing where to find his wide receivers and also knowing when it’s time to run the ball when the play-action pass is taken away. This will be Coach Rodriquez’s ultimate weapon to get a shot at the BCS Championship if his performance continues like this; he will be the leading candidate for the Heisman. Robinson certainly belongs in the discussion because he can back up his performances with a bunch of victories. The Michigan and
Notre Dame clash began in 1887 and this matchup was the 38th time these schools met each other in the regular season. Wolverines outscored the Irish 802637. They lead the overall series 22-15-1. Both schools have a combined total of 21 national titles: 10 titles for Michigan and 11 for Notre Dame. Some of the biggest moments in the epic rivalry history for both teams were Harry Oliver’s game-winning kick for 51 yards in 1980, Reggie Ho’s four field goals in 1988, Raghib “Rocket” Ismail two touchdown returns in 1989, Desmond Howard’s catch in 1991, and “the tie” in 1992. Now you can add Robinson’s 502 yards performance for 2010, with the Wolverines having 533 yards as a team. Robinson became the entire offense that day. Just like all these other memorable moments, Robinson will cherish this game for the rest of his life.
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Preview: ‘Valkyria Chronicles II’ With lengthy battles and no checkpoints, I’ve always felt the PS3-exclusive “Valkyria Chronicles” would be more suitable for a handheld system. The ability to put the game to sleep without having to stick a battle out or quit in the middle (the cause of many tensions when on a schedule) is a necessary feature for a game that puts the player in battles that often take a minimum of one hour to complete not including retries. To my elation, the sequel will be released for the PSP, set for Aug. 31, and the demo was just put up on the PSN store. The developers claim it has the same gameplay as the first in the series with improvements, despite being put on a less powerful system, and from what the demo exhibits, they’re right. Until recently, “The Valkyria Chronicles” is a title I’d heard plenty of times but knew little to nothing about. However, after completing the several-years-old PS3-exclusive, I can confirm that it is a series to be reckoned with, boasting elements of strategy RPGs, thirdperson shooters and beautiful watercolor anime art rolled into a solid story. The original “Valkyria Chronicles” is the story of the small nation of Gallia, which remained neutral in a brutal war between the
Imperial Army and the Federation Alliance until the Imperial Army invaded Gallia for a quick claim to their rich soil full of ragnite, a precious power source that was decreasing in availability. This “chronicle” is told chapter by chapter in a book called “On the Gallian Front,” about the small nation’s clever and epic defeat of the Imperial giant, while discovering living decedents of a powerful race of Valkyria thought to be both mythological and extinct. Two years after Gallia’s victory, however, the nation has broken into civil war. In “Valkyria Chronicles II,” a group of dissatisfied aristocrats and likeminded soldiers and citizens calling themselves the Gallian Revolutionary Army faces off against the nation’s army, still exhausted from its fight against the Imperial Army in the first game, to ethnically cleanse the Gallian nation of the Darcsen race. Because of a series of laws against forming a national militia to fight its own people, the government is forced to deploy military academy cadets to try to stop the Revolutionary Army. There are seeds of tensions brewing in the first game, but the sequel throws the player into the
game after the war has already begun. While “Valkyria Chronicles II” utilizes the same battle engine as the first, there is a noticeable difference in polygon count on the character models, as everyone looks skinnier and lumpier than the characters of the PS3 game though you’ll quickly get
the characters, they are animated in an anime art style, which works just as well. As for battle itself, like the PS3 iteration units are chosen before being deployed, and are then moved by selecting their icon from the map. Each ground unit’s turn uses one command point, or CP
used to it. Another minor gripe is that at first the gunshots from each attack felt more superficial, perhaps due to the lack of vibration, though I quickly got used to this, as well, and neither were a problem for more than 10 minutes. The map still zooms in and out of a bird’s-eyeview of the field as in the first game, though the zoomed out map is less detailed and not 2.5D, so the height of an object can be hard to judge from that view. Non-battle character animations and cutscenes have also been reduced in graphics; instead of the in-game engine rendering
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users will begin to see an ever-evolving set of search results appearing on their computer screens, potentially changing with each additional character typed. That means a satisfactory set of results could take just one keystroke. As an example, a person who types “w” in Google’s search box could see the weather results in the same area as where the request was entered. Google will also try to predict what a person really wants by filling out the anticipated search terms in gray letters. Below that, in a drop-down box, Google will still offer other suggested search requests, as the site has been offering for the past two years. The feature will be gradually rolled out throughout the U.S. this week and will be offered in other parts of the world later this year.
It’s designed to work on the latest versions of the major Web browsers. The instant results only will be displayed on Google’s standard website, which features little more than its logo and a search box. They won’t be shown to users making requests on individually designed “iGoogle” pages that are usually already covered with different decorations and programs plugged into other online services. People who prefer Google’s basic website and don’t want to see instant results can turn them off by clicking on a link next to the search box. To minimize the chances of offending people or inadvertently exposing children to inappropriate material, Google has programmed the instant results to block websites deemed to be pornograph-
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(tanks use two), and when all your CP is depleted your turn ends, though if you end your turn early unused CP carries over to your next turn. When a unit is chosen, you control them in third-person mode until their endurance is used up, nearby enemies automatically attacking as you run by. When you choose to shoot, throw a grenade, or heal, you are put into a turn-based mode where you can take your time and aim and any enemy shot at is given the chance to shoot back. Your goal in battle is typically to either capture all enemy camps by clear-
ing the camps of soldiers and taking their flags or by killing the enemy’s leader, though some battles have more specific goals like moving safely to a key point on the map. What’s new here is the inclusion of a morale meter. Though not explained in the demo, its increase every time an enemy was defeated suggests it may increase your team’s stats, and perhaps decrease them as morale goes down, adding an extra challenge to battle. Some things were made easier in return, like being able to have any unit retreat for CP without it counting as a once-per-round Order, and putting any unit within one of your bases on standby for no cost. “Standby” or “retreat” takes a unit out of the battle, allowing a different unit to take his or her place. This is especially useful if a unit falls too far behind or is severely wounded and surrounded. One major addition in the sequel is the inclusion of multiple maps per battle. The battle in the demo allows you to explore this feature, in which a “gateway camp” must be taken before being able to move to the next map. This is where “standby” is important, and why it’s good it doesn’t cost any CP. Once
you’ve taken the gateway camp you must put some units on standby to free up your roster so you can deploy them to the connected gateway camp on the next map. The purpose is most likely more technical than strategic; in the PS3 title it would all be one continuous map with multiple camps, though the PSP probably cannot render as much without adding load times. “Valkyria Chronicles II” plays relatively the same on PSP as the first in the series did on PS3. If you don’t own a PS3 or don’t want to take the time to play the original title, you could try to find the Japanese anime series and manga that were loosely based on the game. Then you’ll be ready to take on the PSP sequel head on without missing any information or references. I am very much looking forward to this game, and I urge you to support it, too, as the “Valkyria” series is fun RPG to play with all the challenges and contemplation a strategy game requires. For the latest information about videogames, visit http://www.crispygamer.com
ic, violent or hateful. That restriction may trigger complaints that Google is stifling freedom of expression or unfairly screening out some sites that were improperly blacklisted. Because Google’s search formula draws heavily upon common search requests, the instant results also could be biased toward featuring major brands and companies during the first few characters of a request. That factor conceivably could hurt smaller merchants if people stop typing after the first few keystrokes and accept the results that show up the most quickly. Despite those potential pitfalls, Google search executive Marissa Mayer hailed the instant search breakthrough as a quantum leap akin to Bob Dylan’s switch from an acoustic to electric guitar in 1965.
“It’s a fundamental shift to search and how people think of search,” she said. If nothing else, Google is hoping that the innovation will help it to maintain its dominance of the lucrative search market as rivals Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. team up to mount a more formidable challenge. Currently, Google processes about two-thirds of Internet search requests while Microsoft and Yahoo handle most of the rest. Google rose to popularity mainly because it focused on delivering search results within a few seconds. But Brin and the company’s other founder, Larry Page, have perpetually pushed Google’s engineers to make the search engine even faster. By speeding up its search results, Google believes it will keep its us-
ers happier and possibly encourage people to make even more requests. That’s important to Google because each query presents another opportunity to present another one of the ads that generate most of the company’s nearly $30 billion in annual revenue. As part of its quest to speed things up, Google figured out that the average search request takes nine seconds to type and then users spend an average of 15 seconds to decide which result to pick. With the new instant feature, Google expects to reduce the time spent on search by two to five seconds per request, collectively saving its more than 1 billion weekly users about 350 million hours annually.
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Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests. The change, called “Google Instant,” is the closest the 12-year-old company has come yet to realizing its founders’ ambition to build a search engine that reads its users’ minds. The achievement wasn’t lost on Google cofounder Sergey Brin, who jokingly told reporters that the company’s lightningquick computers are morphing into the “other third” of people’s brains. “I think it’s a little bit of a new dawn in computing,” Brin said Wednesday. The shift means Google
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Dave’s Music Report By Dave Iannacone
2010 MTV Video Music Awards
Going into the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, hopes were high for an amazing and memorable night. With a great lineup of performers and presenters, Chelsea Handler hosting, and the Kanye/ Taylor Swift debacle still fresh on everyone’s mind, this year’s show was almost guaranteed to be full of great surprises, amazing music, and (hopefully) a few screwballs thrown into the mix. Unfortunately, the show failed to live up to expectations. Handler, who stars in her popular talk show Chelsea Lately on E! was the perfect host for the event, because she fearlessly poked fun at almost every major nominee in attendance over the course of the night. The performances were about 50/50 this year. Eminem kicked off the show with an amazing medley of his number one singles “Not Afraid” and “Love the Way You Lie,” where the show’s only surprise guest, Rihanna, joined him. Usher also performed a medley of his hits “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love” and “OMG” with an absolutely incredible light show and high-energy choreography, which not only showed his experience, but talent as well. While many people might
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Since its debut a decade ago, Survivor has been one of the most popular and groundbreaking reality shows on television. After celebrating the show’s 20th season by compiling the show’s greatest heroes and villains to duke it out for another shot at the title of sole survivor, season 21 had a lot to live up to. This time, 20 brand new castaways will be stranded in Nicaragua. As in most previous seasons, the castaways will be divided into
not know Florence + the Machine, the group made everyone aware of their existence with their elaborate performance of “Dog
Days Are Over.” Both Taylor Swift and Kanye West debuted new songs at the show, both seemingly written about last year’s incident. Swift’s song, “Forgiveness” was a clear peace offering to West, with the performance even starting off with a clip from her interrupted speech. Kanye ended the show with his new song “Runaway,” which showed a rare, humble side of him owning up to his actions. While the song itself may have missed the mark, he left the stage with the audience chanting his name. Other performances included Linkin Park’s new single “The Catalyst” and a medley that featured the B.o.B. hits “Nothin’ on You” and “Airplanes” featuring Bruno Mars and Haley Williams of Paramore, respectively, which
led right into Paramore’s “The Only Exception.” While the performance was strong, the songs were cut so much to fit for time
that it almost didn’t seem worth it, especially seeing as B.o.B. was one of the least featured parts of his own headlining performance. Another performance that missed the mark was Drake featuring Mary J. Blige and Swizz beats on “Fancy.” It was really hard to call this a “Drake performance” at all, seeing as Blige sang a majority of the song. Probably the worst performance of the evening was teen singing sensation Justin Bieber, who unfortunately couldn’t mask his lip-syncing well and managed to lose a drum stick early on in his (already impressive) drunk solo. Overall, the good performances were good and the bad ones were bad, but nothing really stood out as being amazing. The lack of surprises was also incred-
Survivor Nicaragua two tribes. However, this season they will be separated according to age. The Espada tribe will consist of contestants over the age of 40, while the La Flor tribe will be made up
of contestants 30 years old and younger. Having previously divided teams by everything from gender to even ethnicity, this will no doubt bring a new dynamic to the show.
This season also sees the brand new addition of the Medallion of Power, which will give an advantage to a tribe in a challenge, but will then be given to the other one. It will also feature a famous castaway, Jimmy Johnson, former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys and current Fox Sports announcer. The show is returning to its original Wednesday night timeslot for the first time since its debut season. Survivor Nicaragua kicks off this Wednesday, September 15 at 8:00 p.m. on CBS.
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ibly disappointing, seeing as the VMAs are known for those great moments. As far as the awards go, it was pretty close to being a clean sweep for Lady Gaga, who took home 8 moonmen, including Video of the Year, Best Pop Video, and Best Collaboration, as well as awards for Best Direction, Choreography, and Editing. After Cher (dressed in an outfit most 64 year olds should not be wearing) handed out the award for Video of the Year, Gaga revealed the title of her upcoming album, Born This Way and proceeded to sing a snippet of a new song (seemingly the title track.) Other big winners included Eminem, who took home two awards for “Not Afraid,” while Justin Bieber was crowned Best New Artist for his hit “Baby.” Overall, the 2010 VMAs were a series of hits and misses as usual, but it unfortunately lacked the spark of previous ceremonies. There were no shocking or monumental moments like everyone was hoping for, but it wasn’t exactly a complete failure. If anything, this was the calm before the storm, and next year’s show should be full of everything this year’s lacked.
Top 12 Movies This Week from RottenTomatoes.com
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Resident Evil: Afterlife Takers The American Machete Going the Distance The Other Guys The Last Exorcism The Expendables Inception Eat Pray Love The Switch Nanny McPhee Returns
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Currently in Theatres Resident Evil: Afterlife Critics’ Consensus:
As dim-witted and lifeless as its undead antagonists, Resident Evil: Afterlife is a wholly unnecessary addition to the franchise.
Top Pop Singles 1. Love the Way You Lie, Eminem, featuring Rihanna, Aftermath 2. Teenage Dream, Katy Perry, Capitol 3. Dynamite, Taio Cruz, Mercury 4. I Like It, Enrique Iglesias, featuring Pitbull, 101 DISTRIBUTION 5. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love, Usher, featuring Pitbull, La Face 6. Just the Way You Are, Bruno Mars, Elektra Records 7. California Gurls, Katy Perry, featuring Hayley Williams, Capitol 8. Cooler Than Me, Mike Posner, J-Records 9. Mine, Taylor Swift, Big Machine Records 10. Take It Off, Ke$ha, RCA (C) 2010 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, INC.