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The Department of Theatre and Dance’s fall opening show, “Our Town,” will run from Oct. 2 - 6.

The women’s field hockey team cranked out their second win of the weekend vs. Harvard, 3-1.

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Body found identified as Zygmont By SUSAN DOUCET EXECUTIVE EDITOR

The body of a young man recovered from the Piscataqua River was identified Monday by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner as Jonathan Zygmont, a University of New Hampshire student who was missing for approximately two weeks. Zygmont, 19, was recovered from the river in Portsmouth, N.H., early Sunday but was not officially identified until Monday afternoon. He was last seen Tuesday, Sept. 17 around 8:30 p.m. in Portsmouth near Prescott Park. The UNH Police Department asked for the public’s help the following day in locating the first-year student. The active search for Zygmont in the Prescott Park area was suspended Friday, Sept. 20, but police continued to follow leads, according to a university statement. On Sunday, Sept. 29, police said that the clothing and backpack that Zygmont was last

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By COLE CAVISTON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

novation Challenge. “Professor Yunus shared a powerful vision for social business,” Yusi Wang Turell, executive director of the Center on Social Innovation and Finance at the Carsey Institute, said. “His ideas resonate with UNH students’ values of sustainability, social justice, and in-

The issue of stalking is a concern for students and faculty alike, but does it receive enough formal recognition from the university itself? Student Body President Bryan Merrill does not believe it does. Merrill said that there are only two lines in the Student Rights, Rules and Responsibility (SRRR) that address the issue in any manner. He adds that of the two, there is only one “which is actually codified in a way that has formal impact.” “The current setup of the SRRR is such that stalking is very simply integrated into an existing punitive framework,” Merrill said. “I would like to see it expanded out, defined and further formalized to ensure that there exists clearer expectations and guidelines in regards to this quite prevalent issue.” “Stalking is a much more substantial issue than one might think,” he said. Merrill cited a 2012 report titled “Incidences of Stalking and Physical Relationship Violence Experiences at UNH” detailing experiences of physical violence and stalking at UNH. According to the report, of the 4,406 undergraduates surveyed, 35 percent of women and 26 percent of men reported experiences with stalking. The report also stated that college age women are the highest risk group for sexual violence. According to Dean of Students Anne Lawing, the references to stalking in the SRRR include a specific definition of the term found in Article III of the current Student Code of Conduct, which is listed in the SRRR. In Article III (“Proscribed Conduct”), under section C (“Conduct Rules and Regulations”), stalking is defined as “repetitive, menacing pursuit, following, harassment and/or interference with the peace and/or safety of a member of the community.” Lawing said that the university is in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act, a federal regulation mandating all college and university institutions to provide information on crime statistics, prevention means and services for victims on campus. This year, stalking, along with dating violence and domestic violence, was incorporated into the act. “Along with adding the definition in our Clery brochure, we have added stalking to our training materials for our Campus Security Authorities,” Lawing said. “CSAs

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Jonathan Zygmont was last seen on Sept. 17 in Portsmouth near Prescott Park.

Nobel Laureate speaks at MUB Muhammed Yunus addressed a full house in the Granite State Room on Monday morning. Yunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end poverty. CAMERON JOHNSON/ STAFF

‘Banker to the poor’ inspires students to pursue social business innovation By LILY O’GARA NEWS EDITOR

UNH students hoping to change the world through business learned from the very best Monday morning, when 2006 Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited the university.

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Yunus is often referred to as the “Father of Microcredit” and “Banker to the Poor,” as he has helped to lift millions out of poverty through modest loans to poor entrepreneurs. His dedication to the eradication of poverty coincided perfectly with the goals outlined by students competing in the Paul College of Business and Economics’ Social Business In-

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Durham farmers’ market

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The Durham farmers’ market offers a range of produce, baked goods and crafts every Monday.

UNH grad student Jessica Veysey was awarded the Switzer Environmental Fellowship for her wetlands research.

Field hockey continues win streak

UNH falls to Lehigh

16 UNH beats Harvard to improve to 5-4 on the season.

Corrections

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• Women’s Studies Résumé and Professional Development Workshop, 203 Huddleston Hall, 12:40-2 p.m. • Moscow J-Term 2014 Info Session, Murkland 118, 1-2 p.m.

Vailas and the Wildcats come up eight yards short in their match-up against No. 10 Lehigh.

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In the article “Engineering Students Improve Water Quality in Uganda, Peru” published Friday, Sept. 27, professor Robin Collins’ name was spelled incorrectly and falsely identiﬁed as a professor in the Mechanical Engineering department. Collins is a professor in the Civil Engineering department. If you believe that we have made an error, or if you have questions about The New Hampshire’s journalistic standards and practices, you may contact Executive Editor Susan Doucet by phone at 603-8624076 or by email at tnh.editor@unh.edu.

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• Fall Environmental Sciences Seminar Series: Marjorie Gale, Pettee G10, 3:10-4 p.m. • Cultural Connections: Finding Yourself as a High School Student in Vietnam, MUB Entertainment Center, 3:30-5 p.m.

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continued from page 1 novation and entrepreneurship.” Yunus addressed a full house in the Granite State Room on Monday morning before presenting the awards to the top three teams competing in the Social Business Innovation Challenge. Behind him, two large projector screens read, “The only place where poverty should be is in a museum.” Yunus is well on his way to making this a reality. He is one of only seven people to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom and the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal. In the mid-1970s, the economics professor loaned 27 USD to 42 families in his native Bangladesh, to help them repay debts to creditors. When he realized what a difference the small loans made, he decided to pursue the ideas of social business – that is, a model where there are no dividends and the profit is reintroduced into the business – and microcredit. In 1983, Yunus established the Grameen Bank, which gave impoverished people access to credit and, in turn, an escape from debt and poverty. Today, there are over 100 institutions worldwide that are modeled after the Grameen Bank. Through the creation of the Grameen Foundation in 1997, healthcare and agricultural endeavors joined microfinance in addressing poverty. Largely due to Yunus’ work, as of 2013, Bangladesh’s poverty rate has been cut in half. This reduction comes two and a half years before the 2015 “termination date” outlined by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. “It’s possible,” Yunus said. “It’s not a pipe dream … I firmly believe that if we believe we can create a world without poverty, it will happen, and it will happen soon.” Yunus relayed a powerful metaphor, claiming that poor people are like Bonzai tree seeds planted in small flowerpots. With so little space, the tree will not flourish, but the seeds are not to blame. “It’s not the fault of the seed, it’s the fault of the people who planted it in a flowerpot,” Yunus said. “Poor people are Bonzai people. Society never gave them the space to grow.” Yunus established that he firmly believes that, if given the right resources and support, every person is capable of self-sufficiency and success. Thomas Safford, associate professor of sociology, utilizes Yunus’ work and the Grameen Bank model as part of his curriculum; he has also seen the positive impact of micro-lending first hand through his work and research in Brazil and Bolivia. “In the case of lenders in Brazil, there is a real ‘community’ approach with loans being dispersed to groups of borrowers who support each other in their effort to start businesses and pay back their loans,” Safford said. “For me the truly transformative aspect of Grameen Bank, and others like it, is the role it plays in fostering solidarity and shared responsibility. These are intangibles that may be even more valuable to poor individuals and communities trying to address pov-

erty than that actual money from the loans.” This is a principle that the Social Business Innovation Challenge’s participants and supporters believe in as well. The challenge invited student and community entrepreneurs to “identify a pressing social or environmental issue at the local, regional, national or global level and propose an innovative social business solution to address that problem.” In total, 65 teams – 39 student-track teams and 26 community-track teams – answered this call with unique proposals. “In the student track alone we had entries from students in at least 18 different majors, showing that the entrepreneurial ideals behind social business innovation are campus-wide ideas, ideas which have the ability to break down silos and to bring together individuals across traditional disciplinary lines to solve major social and environmental problems,” Fiona Wilson, assistant professor of strategy, social entrepreneurship and sustainability and member of the forum committee, said. “The registration deadline was just four weeks after the start of classes, so we weren’t sure what level of student participation we’d get,” Turell said. “But the strong response … really affirmed that students are eager to engage in innovative approaches to solving the social and environmental issues they care about.” Finalist teams presented Monday morning as part of the New Hampshire Social Business and Microfinance Forum, and the top three teams from each track received $4,200, $2,000, and $1,000, respectively. The prize money is to be used to further their social business projects. UNH students Alex Freid (2013 graduate and alumnus), Tyler Loranger  (junior), and Sophie Rathjen (junior) took first place with their plan, entitled “The PostLandfill Action Network.” The project’s official description is “a membership organization that provides student groups on college campuses tools to reduce the amount of reusable items that end up in the landfill through self-sustaining move-out waste reduction programs.” In their entry video, the team said, “We combine principles of social entrepreneurship, franchising, microfinancing, cooperatives, and student organizations to empower college students to tackle a pervasive global problem … PLAN is helping us move campus by campus towards a post-landfill planet.” Graduate students Emily Carlson, Ransom Horner-Richardson and Harrison Roakes also took the environmental route. According to the forum website, Hydration for Dominican Republic with Agua Team (HYDRATE) consists of a “sustainable business model” that “allows communities to purchase the drinking water system through a micro-loan that can be paid off by the re-allocation of their existing annual drinking water budget.” HYDRATE is a non-profit run by volunteers who construct the treatment systems and who also assist in locating financing options. According to Carlson, the idea is not an entirely new one, as several capstones within the civil and environmental engineering companies have tackled the issue.

“This idea has been in the works for the past three years,” Carlson said. “What we have done is build a point-of-use drinking water treatment system that is easily built, used and maintained at very low costs. It has been implemented in one village in the Dominican Republic and, due to the success, we see the opportunity to build more systems within the country.” Carlson believes that her team’s passion for the work contributed greatly to the success of the entry, and she is optimistic about the project’s future. “I believe the judges could see the honesty of this endeavor and my team’s ability to achieve our goals of bringing potable water to rural and suburban communities of the developing world,” Carlson said. “We look forward to working with knowledgeable people across college lines to bring our product to more people in a sustainable market based format.” Graduate student Toby Dewhurst and senior Dan Savage took third place with their plan, “ThoughtSoko.” The forum website describes ThoughtSoko as “a project that will connect the millions of people around the globe that lack the platform to turn their intelligence and creativity into sustenance with employers willing to pay for brainpower.” In the community track, Bret Steiman (senior), Kris Roller (junior) and community member Pedro Thomas Delgado Ortiz won first place for their proposal to Agua Inc., a company that works with experts around the world to treat contaminated water and provide access to the approximately one billion people who do not have clean water. Students Matt Doubleday and Dan Lambert teamed up with community members Bob Lambert and  Pat Jackson and took second place with their proposal to Senergy, an “innovative solar energy financing company” that works to provide inexpensive, sustainable energy. Allison Grappone, Alyssa Buckley and Gina Grappone took third place with a proposal to the Nearby Registry, which focuses on the promotion of local independent businesses and the enhancement of local economies. While the eradication of poverty might seem far off, endeavors such as the Grameen Bank and the Social Business Innovation Challenge are huge steps in the right direction. “As Professor Yunus mentioned in his talk, there isn’t one single solution to poverty. … The key seems to be to stimulate broader social changes where citizens can hold governments accountable and ensure broader societal good,” Safford said. Yunus, who has created so much progress already, is optimistic for the future and believes that the power to reshape social systems and institutions is in the hands of the people. “The distance between possible and impossible is shrinking,” Yunus said. It seems that the UNH community agrees; when Yunus claimed that he could clearly envision a world without poverty, unemployment and state handouts, the entire audience rose to their feet in a standing ovation.

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continued from page 1 are people who are responsible for significant campus activities or those to whom a crime could be reported.” Merrill and Student Body Vice President Will McKernan both said that the Office of the Student Body President and the Student Senate are taking steps towards addressing this issue. The Student Senate is currently working to add a formal stalking policy to the SRRR. This project will be spearheaded by Brett Branscombe, the chair of the Student Senate Judicial Affairs Council, who will handle the initiative’s legal aspects, and by Stephanie Kuhn, the chair of the Community Development Council, who will deal with implementation and design. McKernan also said that the student government is looking for input on the policy from the UNH community. This might take the form of a community dialogue or forum, though McKernan said that nothing is definitive yet. “We want to ensure that we are making decisions as a community rather than an assembly,”McKernan said. McKernan described the Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention Program (SHARPP) as a catalyst for this initiative by bringing the issue to the attention of the student government. Amy Culp, the interim-director of SHARPP, said she believes that UNH – while a relatively safe community – still needs to address stalking, and the trends that it has taken on in the present day. “The trends of stalking have changed due to technology,” Culp said. “Cyberstalking is something we see often and yet, it continues to be underreported. The laws are not up to the current trends, which is problematic for prosecution.” Culp said that the mission of SHARPP is to “eliminate sexual and intimate partner violence.” The organization provides free and confidential services and advocacy to survivors, and offers awareness and prevention programs to the UNH community. SHARPP also cooperates with the University of New Hampshire

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Police Department to provide educational programs to the UNH community. “Stalking, like many campus crimes, is under-reported,” Paul Dean, executive director of public safety, said. According to Dean, the UNH Police receives around six reports each year concerning stalking. An important tool of campus safety is the recognizable blue light phone system spread across campus. Dean said the blue light phones are part of the overall comprehensive campus safety plan, and serve to provide campus community members and visitors with around-the-clock access to the police department. But Dean also said that there are no statistics showing the system has been used to contact the university police to report stalking cases. Instead, reports are usually relayed to the UNH Police by SHARPP and by cell phone and email, or from residence hall or apartment staff members. Culp is supportive of the blue light system on campus, stating that it is a “good safety mechanism” for those on campus. While she thinks that the stalking cases involving technology, such as computers and smart phones, can render the system ineffective, she believes that the system is a useful mechanism to make victims and survivors feel safer. Many students feel confident in campus safety, even late at night. They also express confidence in the blue light system, but many are unaware of the university’s policies concerning stalking. There are some, though, who still feel nervous when walking around campus at night. Junior Christina Spencer felt that, though campus safety as a whole is good, she does “feel a little uneasy walking back from the library late at night.” Katheryn Nagy, a freshman, said she believes that it is impossible to have a stalking policy because of the problems in interpreting such activity. What may appear to be stalking might be only a coincidence. “You can’t really have a stalking policy,” Nagy said. Furthermore, Nagy said she thinks proof of stalking is hard to verify, and therefore makes it more difficult to prosecute.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 seen wearing matched those of the recovered body. He was reportedly last seen wearing black shoes, khaki pants, a brown sweatshirt with the word “Burton” on it in red lettering and carrying a black North Face backpack. Foul play was never suspected, but Zygmont was described as despondent and as experiencing relationship difficulties, according to the original press release. Zygmont was from Windham, N.H., and a graduate of the 2013 class of Windham High School. He lived on campus in Hall House, one of the mini-dorms, and was a wildlife and conservation biology major in the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, according to Dean of Students Anne Lawing. “UNH is a caring community and it is always difficult to learn of the death of one of our students,” UNH President Mark Huddleston said in a statement. “We extend our deepest sympathies to his family and friends during this very difficult time and will remain focused on providing support and resources to our campus community and Jon’s loved ones.”

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Professor of biochemistry Stacia Sower received a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for her research in molecular and biomedical endocrinology and neuroendocrinology, which is the study of the brain of basal vertebrates. Basal vertebrates are the oldest lineage of vertebrates, which came out of the Cambrian explosion 550 million years ago.

brain structure template. Sower started her study of the brain of basal vertebrates in 1980 at the University of Washington. Sower has been studying the brain of basal vertebrates for 30 years at UNH. It was a lot of hard work and dedication, Sower said. When Sower started studying basal vertebrates they were considered too primitive to be useful. Now, after years of publications and recognition, basal vertebrate study has been established.

Sower’s research laboratory at UNH trains undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral students in research. It is highly technical research she said. Lamprey and hagfish have survived, and the basic plan is studied. The pituitary gland has been retained through all vertebrates, including birds, fish and mammals. In lamprey and hagfish the basic plan doesn’t have the evolution of current vertebrates. Understanding the basic plan allows scientists to understand how the pituitary gland functions today. The knowledge is used for biomedical research and has current application within the field. For instance the hormone lamprey GnRH3 is the most potent anti-proliferative for tumor cells. The grant is so the pituitary gland can be studied as the base

Sower’s research laboratory at UNH trains undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral students in research. It is highly technical research she said. Techniques change rapidly and students are constantly learning the newest practices. Many students will go on to be doctors. This research experience will help students understand drugs’ side effects and how they work. Part of why laboratory work is so important is that students get to interact and take part in international collaboration with others, Sower said. She has had students go to Sweden, Australia and Japan. In May, former student Tim

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Marquis got to work with professor Masumi Nozaki from Japan for a week. Marquis went on to medical school for oncology, and Sower said he found the experience of working in the research laboratory extremely helpful. James Garan, one of Sower’s graduate students who have worked in the lab, is in Israel this semester. “The most rewarding is the excitement of science of going from the unknown to the known and working [and] training with my collaborators, students and other lab personnel through the years,” Sower said. “Many close friendships have developed over many years with my collaborators and former students.” Sower was told in December of 2012 that she had won the grant, which was originally worth $1 million, but only received $750,000 because 25 percent of the original grant amount was cut due to sequestration. Getting grants is very difﬁcult in this funding environment, Sower said. In addition, the National Science Foundation grant is a very difﬁcult grant to obtain. To get a grant, one has to be very productive and have top-tier articles published in peer-reviewed journals. Even when one meets these goals, it is hard to get funded. In this current environment, though, Sower doesn’t think that it will get any easier to receive funding for a while.

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Professor of Biochemistry Stacia Sower has worked on basal vertebrate brains for three decades at the university. In December, she was awarded a $750,000 grant for her research.

Clinton dominates calls for female president STEVE PEOPLES ASSOCIATED PRESS

MANCHESTER — They have come from across the nation, three years before the next presidential contest, to host Hillary Rodham Clinton’s first unofficial New Hampshire pep rally. Organizers said that Friday’s event was simply a panel discussion to promote the first female president — whoever that might be. But Clinton quickly dominated the discussion. “We’ve got the potential to elect, we hope, Hillary Clinton, who will be the most qualified person to run for president, probably almost ever,” former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said and later added, “She is in a league of her own.” “This is going to happen,” said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY’s List, a Washington-based group that organized the event and works to elect female Democrats across the country. “There is a great group of women in the pipeline who are just as accomplished as their male counterparts — one which we think is above all of them.” The former secretary of state has yet to announce her intentions for the 2016 presidential race. Democrats widely expect her to run, although an announcement is thought to be at least a year away. Clinton did not attend Friday’s discussion, having spent much of the week at the Clinton Global Ini-

tiative in New York. She hasn’t visited New Hampshire since President Barack Obama was elected, according to the state Democratic Party. Still, supporters are mobilizing in New Hampshire and other key states to lay the groundwork for a second Clinton presidential campaign. Five years have passed since she lost a long and contentious Democratic primary to Obama. There is no such division among Democrats this time — at least not yet. Friday’s gathering included a welcome message from Gov. Maggie Hassan, the nation’s only female Democratic governor and an aggressive Clinton supporter in 2008 as a member of the New Hampshire legislature. Hassan was careful not to endorse Clinton publicly on Thursday. Instead, she called on all women to get involved. “There is a community, a state and a country that needs you,” Hassan said. “They need your voice. They need your experience. They need your perspective.” Women played key roles in electing Democrats for decades, having backed the Democratic candidate over the Republican in each presidential election dating back to 1988. The margin in favor of the Democratic candidate has varied, however, peaking at 16 points for Bill Clinton in his 1996 re-election bid and ebbing to just 3 points for John Kerry in 2004.

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NH child poverty rate increases, no longer lowest in US By MELISSA PROULX contributing writer

After nearly a decade, New Hampshire has unexpectedly given up its distinction of having the lowest child poverty rate in the country. That conclusion was reached by Beth Mattingly, director of research on vulnerable families at the Carsey Institute and research assistant professor of sociology at UNH, along with Jessica Carson, vulnerable families research scientist at the Carsey Institute, and Andrew Schaefer, a doctoral student in sociology and a research assistant at the Carsey Institute. The group studied the estimates from the 2007, 2011 and 2012 American Community Survey, which is conducted annually by the U.S. Census Bureau. When looking at the statistics, the group used the census

definition of poverty, which varies depending on the size and composition of the family. For example, a family of four (two adults, two children) has a poverty line of $23,283.

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ous, once we ran the numbers.

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Carsey Institute research director The analysis showed an increase from 12 percent in 2011 to 15.6 in 2012, an overall 30 percent increase in New Hampshire’s Child Poverty Rate in that year alone. The group also concluded that the state has experienced an

Trial set for Vt. owner of NH gunpowder plant By LYNNE TUOHY Associated Press

LANCASTER —The owner of a New Hampshire gun powder plant where two workers died in a 2010 explosion will argue in court that he cannot be guilty of manslaughter and negligent homicide because he was at a gun show in North Carolina when the fatal explosion occurred. The trial of 64-year-old Craig Sanborn, of Maidstone, Vt., starts Monday in Coos Superior Court in Lancaster. The two victims, 56-year-old Donald Kendall, of Colebrook and 49-year-old Jesse Kennett, of Stratford, were hired just a month before the blast on May 14, 2010, at Sanborn’s Black Mag gunpowder plant in Colebrook. The force of the explosion shook nearby buildings and sent plumes of black smoke into the air. Dozens of homes were evacuated and firefighters couldn’t get near the blaze for several hours because ammunition was exploding. Coos County Attorney John McCormick plans to present dozens of witnesses who say Sanborn was reckless in manufacturing, testing and storing black powder and failed to adequately train and protect workers. Sanborn has pleaded not guilty. His lawyer, Mark Sisti, maintains that the cause of the explosion is in dispute and that someone else was in charge while Sanborn was manning a booth at the National Rifle Association’s annual show in Charlotte. “Mr. Sanborn’s only connection to the operation at the time of the explosion was his ownership status,” Sisti said in court documents. McCormick will argue that Sanborn was attempting to fill an “unattainable” order that involved production of more than 2,000 pounds of gunpowder a week at the

fledgling plant. There are some things jurors in the case won’t hear because of pretrial rulings by Superior Court Judge Peter Bornstein. Mark Porter, who resigned after less than two weeks on the job, says he told Sanborn the facility was “a death trap” during an exit interview 10 days before the explosion. The judge said that description was too inflammatory and Porter can say only that he flagged “extremely unsafe” conditions. Jurors also will not hear about an agreement between Sanborn and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration in 2011 that resolved more than a dozen “willful violations.” Sanborn admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to pay a $1.2 million fine. They also will not learn about injuries sustained by an independent contractor four months earlier in a flash fire at the plant. The judge ruled that was not relevant to the May explosion. Sanborn owned several ammunition manufacturing plants in Maine dating back to 1999. He closed one in 2009 and later that year moved the operation to Colebrook, near the Canadian border, about 140 miles north of Concord. Court documents detail numerous allegations of negligence by Sanborn. They include having the gunpowder-making machines too close together and failing to “bunker” them to minimize damage from a possible explosion. The prosecution also says the plant did not have remote operation devices to distance workers from an explosion. McCormick says Sanborn also misrepresented to employees that there was no risk of explosion if the gunpowder ignited. McCormick and Sisti declined to comment on the case. The trial is expected to go into mid- to late October.

increase of more than 75 percent since 2007. Though the rates are still comparatively lower than the national high poverty rate of 22.6 percent in 2012, the results are still significant. “It was pretty obvious, once we ran the numbers,” Mattingly said. “We study poverty pretty regularly. It’s safe to say we no longer have the lowest child poverty rate in the nation.” For Carson, both this increase as well as other state statistics defied her expectations. “I was surprised at some of the states [that] saw increases in child poverty,” Carson said. “Seeing that we were one of the states with the highest increase was certainly shocking.” Though not an expert in child poverty, Ken Johnson, a professor of sociology at UNH and senior demographer at the Carsey Insti-

NH Brief Food Bank seeks donations from hunters CONCORD — The New Hampshire Food Bank is collecting game animal donations this fall through its “Hunt for the Hungry” program.

tute, truly believes in the effectiveness of these studies, even though they only study a small portion of the population. “Such data helps policymakers and planners develop programs to address the changing needs of the diverse people, place and institutions of the U.S.,” Johnson said. Though the group is unable yet to say what caused this dramatic increase, they believe one major factor has been the Great Recession. Its major effects were felt after 2007. “Over the last couple of years, we’ve been tracking the effects of the Great Recession,” Carson said. “I think it’s kind of hard to say what the implications are. We’re still watching to see what the recovery rate is going to be postrecession.” Having finished the preliminary research, the next step for re-

Last year the program took in 1,700 pounds of donated deer, bear, moose and other game meat for distribution to the needy. The meat is distributed among more than 400 food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and group homes statewide. Glenn Normandeau, executive director of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, says the program is a great way

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searchers will be to figure out what has caused this increase. “This is just a pure rate,” Mattingly said. “That’s what we’re looking for next: the factors that underlie this rate. We are now looking at what else changed demographically in the state [to see how that might have caused the increase].” Even with the limited amount of information, bigger implications of the conclusions are still clear. “I think it reflects that more children are going to be needing different services,” Mattingly said. “It might indicate that more people are struggling across the state, too. It’s only one indicator but it’s a big one.” “We can only hope to help provide the policy makers with the information they need,” Carson said.

for hunters to share their harvest and help needy families get through the winter. “Donations of protein foods fill a big need for the Hunt for the Hungry program,” said Bruce Wilson, director of operations for the New Hampshire Food Bank. “Venison is especially popular, a real treat for clients. Last year, we got some moose meat, and as soon as it came in, out it went!”

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Farmers’ market a Durham tradition By CALEB FARRIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Durham Farmers’ Market, located in the town ofﬁce lot on 15 Newmarket Road, has a great atmosphere and many varieties of produce, baked goods and other handcrafted products that are appealing to the eye as well as to the taste buds. The market is held on Mondays from 2:15 to 6 p.m. from June 3 to October 7, and boasts a great

variety of natural, locally grown food. There are approximately 30 vendors represented. All products are originally from Rockingham and Strafford counties, or York County in Maine. The event is organized by the Seacoast Growers Association (SGA), a local group that hosts farmers’ markets throughout southeastern New Hampshire. The association currently holds ﬁve farmers’

markets in the area; in addition to the one in Durham, there are markets in Dover, Newington, Exeter and Portsmouth. Since its inception in 1977, this nonproﬁt has grown from a handful of vendors to over 50 participants throughout the season. The goal of the association is to give publicity and recognition to local farmers and artisans, as well as to share great food and to create a quaint and family-friendly sales

marketplace. There has also been an increase in the popularity of and demand for organically grown food, or foods that are grown without the use of synthetic pesticides or growth hormones. These foods are believed to be healthier and more nutritious than their non-organic counterparts. This demand is in concurrence with many fashionable diets and meal choices, and the organic market is growing in

the public scope as well. The SGA periodically checks with their vendors to ensure that their products are quality, of local origin and organic. The SGA encourages any prospective vendors to contact them to join the market next year, as the 37th season approaches. It is a great way for farmers to become part of an accredited growers organization and beneﬁts all parties involved, from the farm to the plate.

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UNH stages 75th anniversary production of “Our Town” By MICHAELA TODD CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The University of New Hampshire is proud to present Thorton Wilder’s 75th anniversary production of the inﬂuential “Our Town.” The university’s Department of Theatre and Dance is pleased at the opportunity to show “Our Town” as the opener for the upcoming season. The play will be performed at the Johnson Theatre in the Paul Creative Arts Center, Oct. 2 to 6. “Our Town” gives a glimpse into the life of a ﬁctional, yet average, New Hampshire town in the early-20th century. The story follows the lives of the citizens living within the small town of Grover’s Corners, N.H., and how a sheltered and structured life can result in shaping a community. Wilder incorporates all aspects of life within the play, triggering the miracle of existence and the misery behind losses. More importantly, Wilder wanted to push along the idea that all life should be cherished; life is too short to let the little things

be forgotten. Professor David Richman received the honor to direct the play. Richman has directed shows for 36 years, and has led UNH students through 35 performances. The experience of directing the play has been very insightful for Richman.

show from a stage manager. The play has been so widely performed over the years, due to the simplicity of the set and the familiarity of what was presumed to be a traditional New Hampshire town. However, Richman disagrees with the common reasons behind theatres taking on the show, as he believes

“I expect some of the kids who come are

going to be bored, and I expect that we’re also going to change a few lives.”

Professor David Richman Director

“Live life to the full, savor every moment,” Richman said. “Don’t stop paying attention to every single one of your moments as they pass, because you don’t have an inﬁnite number of moments.” “Our Town” is considered to be one of the greatest American plays ever written and performed. The play is performed without props or a set and uses narration throughout the

that the play should be executed with meaning and passion. “If you perform it as a piece of nostalgia, or if you perform it amateurishly, you will miss the very intense, serious heart of the play, which is that we are all limited and we have to open ourselves to all of life’s possibilities,” Richman said. The cast and crew will run its dress rehearsal on Oct. 1 in the John-

son Theater before it debuts the play to the public Oct. 2 to 5 at 7 p.m., and Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. The matinee performance welcomes grades seven through 12 to attend. The director was looking forward to the matinee showing of “Our Town,” directed towards high school students. “I expect some of the kids who come are going to be bored, and I expect that we’re also going to change a few lives,” Richman said. “And if we change one life, that’s enough.” The cast and crew have had only ﬁve weeks to develop this play, and to prepare it for the stage. Richman and the crew worked six nights a week, for three hours each night. The work has been physically and emotionally strenuous to all participating within the production. However, Richman highlighted that, as they run the play, they learn more and are able to dig deeper within the text to understand the morals Wilder incorporated. The play has been performed so widely over the past 75 years that

it could be seen as being outdated or overplayed, however Richman disagreed. “Everybody thinks they know it,” Richman said. “They don’t, but they think they do. So far our performance is not going to be quite what they think it will be. I’m going to get a lot of flak about that. However, I think there are going to be some people that are going to be deeply moved by it, some people who will be deeply angered by it and some people who will be bored with it. That’s the nature of audiences.” Thorton Wilder encourages all to take chances in life and to treasure the moments that they have each and every day so that in the end, there are no regrets. “We ought to weep at Emily’s famous line, ‘Oh earth, you’re too wonderful for anyone to realize you,’ not because she finds earth wonderful, but because she was unable to find it so during her closeminded life in her close-minded town—which is, of course, our town,” Jeremy McCarter wrote in The New York Times.

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban honored as Harvard humanitarian of the year By RODRIQUE NGOWI ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— A Pakistani girl who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban has been honored as Harvard University’s humanitarian of the year. Malala Yousafzai, an outspoken proponent for girls’ education, was at Harvard on Friday to accept the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award. Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said she was pleased

to welcome Malala because of their shared interest in education. Malala was shot in the head last October. Militants said she was attacked because she criticized the Taliban, not because of her views on education. The 16-year-old Malala said she hopes to become a politician because politicians can have inﬂuence on a broad scale. She spoke nostalgically about her home region, the Swat Valley, and said she hopes to return someday. She called it a “paradise” but

described a dangerous area where militants blew up dozens of schools and sought to discourage girls from going to school by snatching pens from their hands. Students, she said, reacted by hiding their books under their shawls so people wouldn’t know they were going to school. “The so-called Taliban were afraid of women’s power and were afraid of the power of education,” she told hundreds of students, faculty members and well-wishers who packed Harvard’s ornate Sanders Theater for the award ceremony.

Malala highlighted the fact that very few people spoke out against what was happening in her home region. “Although few people spoke, but the voice for peace and education was powerful,” she said. Malala also described waking up in a United Kingdom hospital, where she was taken for emergency treatment following the assassination attempt in Pakistan. “And when I was in Birmingham, I didn’t know where I was, I didn’t know where my parents are,

I didn’t know who has shot me and I had no idea what was happening,” she said. “But I thank God that I’m alive.” The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, paid a special tribute to Malala in a message read publicly during her award ceremony. “Your courage,” Jagland said in the tribute, “is sending a strong message to women to stand up for their rights, which constitutes a precondition for peace.”

MUSO to host “Orchestrating Orgasms” lecture and workshop as part of upcoming Sextober series By KEN JOHNSON STAFF WRITER

MUSO will be hosting Orchestrating Orgasms, a lecture and workshop event, on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the Granite State Room as part of the women’s studies program’s Sextober series. The event features certiﬁed sexologist Megan Andelloux. The event will be part lecture, with Andelloux standing at a podium with visuals, and part workshop, with hands-on audience participation. The event is about the biological, sociological and psychological aspects of orgasms. The lecture will cover what are orgasms, types of orgasms, the history of orgasms and why orgasms are celebrated. Taylor Barclay is the MUSO arts and lectures director, and serves as an intern on the Women’s Commission. Barclay wanted to bring an event that celebrated feminism and sex positivity. Orchestrating Orgasms was picked because it would catch people’s eyes and generate attention. “I wanted to take this semester

to a different route,” Barclay said. In April, Barclay talked to Kitty Stryker, a participant in the “Sex Workers: Myths and Realities” discussion panel held in the MUB. Stryker told Barclay about Andelloux. “She looks like someone MUSO would bring,” Barclay said. Andelloux is fun, silly, educational and not mainstream Barclay said. These are the types of characteristics MUSO looks for when booking events. Barclay’s wish is that Orchestrating Orgasms will help make people more open-minded about talking about sex. Currently sex is discussed behind closed doors, and Barclay would like to see it discussed out in the open. She also hopes that people will learn more about their bodies and, of course, have fun. In addition, Barclay aspires that this event will open the doors for more lectures like this one to be presented on the UNH campus. There was a lot of eye-bugging when she was putting up the posters for the event Barclay said.

Students have told her that they are excited to see an event like Orchestrating Orgasms presented on campus. The event is being offered for free to all students and the general public. Barclay wanted to make the event available so that everyone within the community would be able to attend. Andelloux is a clinical sexologist and certiﬁed sexuality educator holding her accreditation from the American College of Sexologists and the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. Andelloux’s website lists her as an expert in sexual pleasure, health and politics. Andelloux posted on the MUSO Facebook event page that she will bring “fun sexy gifts” for the ﬁrst 100 people who arrive and that she will give out “vibrators, door hangers, lube, condoms and big gifts” to participants. MUSO is excited to be bringing an event like this to campus Barclay said. Barclay has already begun looking for an event like this for next year.

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UNH grad student NJ legal battle over gay marriage will continue awarded fellowship for leadership in the environment By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press

By PATRICK McGOLDRICK Staff Writer

University of New Hampshire graduate student Jessica Veysey was awarded the Switzer Environmental Fellowship, which recognizes “highly talented graduate students in New England and California … who demonstrate the potential for leadership in their field.” This year’s fellowship, which awards $15,000 to each recipient, was given to just 22 applicants from a pool of over 300 highly talented researchers. Veysey received the news at her parents’ house, where she was staying temporarily, while conducting interviews for her ongoing research in Massachusetts.

“But we need to

know how to interact. … How to improve our communication so maybe there’s a little more information going back and forth.”

Jessica Veysey

UNH graduate student and Switzer Environental Fellowship recipient

“It was one of the most exciting days of my life,” Veysey said. “My parents were very proud.” Veysey plans to put the money toward supplementing tuition costs and interstate travel expenses. Veysey’s research investigates the catalysts of wetland loss and the efficacy of statewide policy in New Hampshire and Massachusetts regarding wetland protection and buffer zones. Buffer zones are man-made and natural landmasses that separate wetlands from dry lands. Wetlands provide a litany of uses, including filtration of sediments, pollution and flood prevention As towns and cities situated among wetlands expand, buffer zones shrink and pose a mounting threat to societal and ecological sustainability. “If we didn’t have [wetlands] and we had to engineer their services, it would take trillions and trillions of dollars,” Veysey said. Veysey’s path toward her current research began at Dartmouth College, where she completed her undergraduate in biology. After completing her under-

graduate degree, Veysey worked in consulting out of Massachusetts, where her job included working with construction companies looking to build near wetlands. It was Veysey’s job to assess whether or not the desired building proposal was within state laws that dictate how close and to what extent companies can build near wetlands and certain wildlife. “I would go to public hearings … and present their projects and argue on behalf of my client,” Veysey said, describing a political process that led to a first-hand experience on how inefficient town meetings concerning wildlife and construction are. This political frustration evolved over the years, coalescing in the final stages of Vesey’s research in which she is trying to bridge the gap between empirical, scientific data and fungible, statewide policy enactment. “I don’t actually know the answer yet,” Veysey said in regards to how to bridge the gap between scientist and developer. “But we need to know how to interact. … How to improve our communication so maybe there’s a little more information going back and forth.” Veysey empathized with both ends of the conservationist-construction spectrum, and has primarily worked on mutually beneficial solutions. “We need to work together to come up with a creative way to meet interests on both sides,” Veysey said. Growing up with three other brothers in the country, Veysey has loved the outdoors her entire life, a love that drove her to pursue a doctorate at the University of New Hampshire. After leaving the consulting business Veysey discovered that her current UNH faculty supervisor, Kim Babbitt, had received a large grant from the USDA for her research in wetland buffers and the size required to protect amphibians. “I had recently fallen in love with amphibians during my job as a consultant,” Veysey said. She thereafter decided to continue her education at UNH. Veysey is in the final year of her research. After reading hundreds of hours of public discourse records, and attending a myriad of town meetings on environmental protection hearings. Veysey has worked on synthesizing her raw data into useful information. Veysey aspires to protect the wetlands, not just through strongarmed policy, but also through want from public awareness and greater understanding.

A judge’s ruling Friday that New Jersey must allow gay couples to marry will not be the last word on the issue after Gov. Chris Christie’s administration said it would appeal to a higher court. The judge, Mary Jacobson, sided with gay and lesbian couples and a gay rights group that argued the state government is violating New Jersey’s constitution by denying federal benefits to the couples by not letting them marry. She said the state must allow gay couples to wed starting Oct. 21. The ruling was the first of its kind in any state court relying on a June U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down key parts of a law that blocked the federal government from granting benefits to gay couples. “Every day that the state does not allow same-sex couples to marry, plaintiffs are being harmed,” Jacobson wrote, citing specifically same-sex couples who include a

federal employee, those who want to use the federal Family Medical Leave Act or those who file joint federal tax returns. Whatever course Christie chose had the potential of putting the Republican governor in a tough spot politically. He’s seeking re-election in a state where polls show broad support for gay marriage and where the Legislature passed a law last year to allow it. At the same time, he’s seen as a possible contender for the Republican nomination for president in 2016 — a position that requires winning over relatively conservative Republican electorates in some states with early primaries. Still, he has been resolute about his position, favoring civil unions and opposing gay marriage. On Friday, Christie refused to take questions about the ruling, instead issuing a brief statement through a spokesman. “Gov. Christie has always maintained that he would abide by the will of the voters on the issue of marriage equality and called for

it to be on the ballot this Election Day,” said spokesman Michael Drewniak. “Since the Legislature refused to allow the people to decide expeditiously, we will let the Supreme Court make this constitutional determination.” Thirteen states now recognize same-sex marriages, including the entire Northeast except for Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Dozens of same-sex marriage supporters cheered, hugged and popped open bottles of Champagne outside a church in Montclair, N.J., just outside New York City, on Friday night to celebrate the ruling. Gay marriage has been a major political and legal issue in New Jersey for more than a decade. The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously in 2006 that same sex-couples had the right to the same legal protections as married couples, but a 4-3 majority ruled that the state did not have to go as far as calling those benefits marriage. Lawmakers responded by quickly creating civil unions.

New commercial supply ship reaches space station MARCIA DUNN Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest delivery service made its first-ever shipment to the International Space Station on Sunday, another triumph for the booming commercial space arena that has its sights set on launching astronauts. Orbital Sciences Corp.’s unmanned cargo ship, the Cygnus, pulled up at the orbiting lab with a half-ton of meals and special treats for the station astronauts who assisted in the high-flying feat. With the smooth linkup, Orbital Sciences of Virginia became only the second company to accomplish such a far-flung shipment. The California-based SpaceX company took the lead last year.

Then the Cygnus had to wait for a Russian spacecraft to bring three new astronauts. The wait involved “some hairpulling and heartache,” said Orbital Sciences executive vice president Frank Culbertson. But in the end, the company’s patience was rewarded with a perfect rendezvous demonstration. Applause could be heard in Mission Control once Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano grabbed hold of Cygnus with the space station’s hulking mechanical arm. The union occurred 260 miles above the Indian Ocean. Before long, the capsule was latched securely to the orbiting lab. Its hatch will remain closed until early Monday; that’s when the six station astronauts will enter the capsule and begin unloading the bounty.

Applause could be heard in Mission Control once Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano grabbed hold of Cygnus. NASA officials along with White House representatives declared it a historic day. “It was just a very, very impressive job ... I just couldn’t be happier and more proud,” said the NASA manager overseeing this commercial effort, Alan Lindenmoyer. Now that the space station has two U.S. private companies capable of delivering goods, he noted, “it’s certainly relief and something we’re ready to celebrate.” All this was a week late in coming. The Cygnus — named after the swan constellation — should have arrived last Sunday, four days following its launch from Virginia on Sept. 18. But a discrepancy in navigation data between the capsule and the space station led to a frustrating standoff. A simple software repair was carried out by ground controllers.

The successful arrival means Orbital Sciences can start making good on a $1.9 billion contract with NASA for more Cygnus deliveries, each one carrying more and more cargo. The next one could fly by Christmas. “We have a big incentive ahead of us,” said Culbertson, a former astronaut who lived on the space station a decade ago. John Holdren, assistant to President Barack Obama for science and technology, said Sunday’s success validates the president’s goal of focusing NASA on deepspace exploration and leaving station cargo and astronaut hauls to private industry. “Space history was made again today,” Holdren said in a statement. Sunday’s operation culminated several years of effort for Orbital Sciences, which was hired by NASA along with SpaceX — formally

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. — to keep the space station well stocked in this post-shuttle era. SpaceX has been launching its supply ships, called Dragon, from Cape Canaveral for more than a year. It’s also working on a possible manned capsule that would ferry U.S. astronauts to the space station, rather than having them hitch rides on Russian rockets. The cargo contract alone, with NASA, is worth $1.6 billion. From Southern California on Sunday, as Orbital Sciences celebrated its own victory, SpaceX launched a beefed-up Falcon 9 rocket with a Canadian science satellite. The demo flight appeared to go well. Unlike the SpaceX Dragon that can return items to Earth, the Cygnus is designed to burn up upon descent. Once unloaded of its 1,300 pounds worth of food, clothes and other items, it will be filled with trash and cut loose on Oct. 22. That’s how the Russian, European and Japanese supply ships end up as well: self-destructing garbage cans. The latest Cygnus delivery — also a test flight — included student experiments and, almost certainly, chocolate for the crew. That’s what astronaut Karen Nyberg was expecting, anyway, from her astronaut-husband and 3-year-old son. Both the station crew and Mission Control paid tribute to the late astronaut for whom the Cygnus is dedicated: G. David Low. Low flew three times on space shuttles, then went to work for Orbital Sciences to help in this new commercial space effort. He died of cancer in 2008 at age 52. His family attended the Cygnus launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. “To our great friend and colleague G. David Low. ... This one’s for you,” Orbital Sciences said via Twitter.

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Fed shutdown blocks access to Grand Canyon By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Looking over the edge of the Grand Canyon. Check. Touring the iconic park by Jeep. That will have to wait. Alan and Leana Platt spent six months planning their threeday trip to the Grand Canyon. They took a walk around the South Rim on Monday but won’t be able to see it by Jeep, with lawmakers failing to reach an agreement on the federal budget by Tuesday and park workers temporarily furloughed. “If people have gone to great lengths to come to the gate, there’s a lot of cost in planning,” said Alan Platt, of Pretoria, South Africa. “Not only with that, the emotional damage.” Employees of Grand Canyon National Park who were told to show up to work as scheduled on Tuesday now will have four hours to secure files and property, and leave a voicemail saying they’ll be out of the office indefinitely. Law enforcement, security and health officials will stay on the job to carry out the shutdown over four days. Trails, campgrounds and hotels will be cleared, but park officials won’t be scouring the entire 1.2 million-acre park looking for people. Visitors already hiking or camping in the backcountry or

taking rafting trips on the Colorado River will be able to complete their trips. Helicopter tours also will continue. About 18,000 people visit the Grand Canyon daily in October, when temperatures are in the 70s and visitors can see the leaves changing colors on the drive.

“Until you’re stand-

ing on the edge of the Grand Canyon or you’re feeling the water spray from Old Faithful, it’s not the same. It will still be there when the shutdown is over, but why keep people out? It’s a shame.”

Tom Jacobs

Carrollton, Texas resident Nationally, about 715,000 people a day visited the 401 areas within the national park system last October, contributing about $76 million a day to local economies, said National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst.

IKEA begins to sell solar panels for homes MALIN RISING Associated Press

STOCKHOLM — Swedish flat-pack furniture giant IKEA will start selling residential solar panels at its stores in Britain, the first step in its plan to bring renewable energy to the mainstream market worldwide. The company started selling solar panels made by China’s Hanergy in its store in Southampton on Monday. It will sell them in the rest of Britain in coming months, it said. A standard, all-black 3.36 kilowatt system for a semi-detached home will cost 5,700 British pounds ($9,200) and will include an in-store consultation and design service as well as installation, maintenance and energy monitoring service. “In the past few years the prices on solar panels have dropped, so it’s a really good price now,” IKEA Chief Sustainability Officer Steve Howard told The Associated Press. “It’s the right time to go for the consumers.” The solar panel investment will be paid off in about seven

years for an average home owner in Britain, Howard said. “If you are going to be in your house that long, your energy will be free after seven years,” he said. Some retailers in the U.S., including the Home Depot and Lowe’s, already sell solar panels. But in other parts of the world, consumers often have to research a myriad specialist firms before making a purchase. Howard said IKEA aims to launch the products in other countries eventually. It picked Britain as its test market because it has the right combination of mid-level electricity prices and government-sponsored financial incentives that make investing in solar energy attractive to consumers. “This is a market by market decision,” he said. The U.K. government offers private solar panel owners the opportunity to sell back electricity to the grid on days when they have surplus production and has a financing plan for solar power investments, which means residents can buy a system for no upfront cost and pay it off gradually.

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With the shutdown, the agency expects to lose about $450,000 a day through entrance fees, backcountry permits, boat rentals and other sales. At the Grand Canyon park, authorities will be posted at entrance gates and turn back visitors, while others will cordon off overlooks along a state highway that will remain open to through traffic. Signs will be placed at trailheads telling people they have to leave. “We know there’s going to be some inconveniences with the traveling public and our employees,” Grand Canyon spokeswoman Maureen Oltrogge said. The last time the park shut down was 1995. Former Gov. Fife Symington offered National Guard troops and state park rangers to keep one of Arizona’s prime tourist attractions open. But former Grand Canyon Superintendent Rob Arnberger rejected the offer. Nearly 5 million people visit the iconic park each year, and 1,500 people call it home. A new shutdown won’t result in closure to residents, and water treatment and sewer facilities would be maintained. A shutdown would impact tour companies in Utah and Nevada that stake their business on access to the Grand Canyon. Nearby communities such as Flagstaff, Tusayan and Williams also depend heavily on tourists headed to the canyon to stay in hotels, buy sou-

venirs and eat at restaurants. Standing at the South Rim on Monday before the shutdown, Tom and Karen Jacobs said Congress shouldn’t deny people the opportunity to learn about history at the national parks or take in the beauty. “Until you’re standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon or you’re feeling the water spray from Old Faithful, it’s not the same,” said Tom Jacobs of Carrollton, Texas. “It will still be there when the shutdown is over, but why keep people out? It’s a shame.” The couple is fortunate. They’re staying at a lodge on the South Rim and were scheduled to check out Tuesday. Still, Karen Jacobs was angry at Congress and President Barack Obama for bickering on the budget and potentially ruining the trips of others. “Why make it about the parks and things like that?” she said. “Why not make it about their pay?”

In Brief Global study: World not ready for aging population A global study has found that the world is aging so fast, most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people. The study released Tuesday by the United Nations Population Fund and elder rights group HelpAge International ranks the social and economic well-being of elders in 91 countries. Sweden came out on top and Afghanistan was in last place. The Global AgeWatch Index shows that nations are not working quickly enough to cope with a population graying faster than ever before. By the year 2050, seniors over the age of 60 will outnumber children under the age of 15 for the first time in history. The study analyzes income, health, education, employment and age-friendly environment in each country.

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NYC inmate almost as costly as Ivy League tuition By JAKE PEARSON Associated Press

NEW YORK — New York is indeed an expensive place, but experts say that alone doesn’t explain a recent report that found the city’s annual cost per inmate was $167,731 last year — nearly as much as it costs to pay for four years of tuition at an Ivy League university. They say a big part of it is due to New York’s most notorious lockup, Rikers Island, and the costs that go along with staffing, maintaining and securing a facility that is literally an island unto itself. “Other cities don’t have Rikers Island,” said Martin F. Horn, who in 2009 resigned as the city’s correction commissioner, noting that hundreds of millions of dollars are spent a year to run the 400-acre island in the East River next to the runways of LaGuardia Airport that has 10 jail facilities, thousands of staff and its own power plant and bakery. The city’s Independent Budget Office annual figure of $167,731 — which equates to about $460 per day for the 12,287 average daily New York City inmates last year — was based on about $2 billion in total operating expenses for the Department of Correction, which included salaries and benefits for staff, judgments and claims as well as debt service for jail construction and repairs.

But there are particularly expensive costs associated with Rikers. The department says it spends $30.3 million annually alone on transportation costs, running three bus services that usher inmates to and from court throughout the five boroughs, staff from a central parking lot to Rikers jails and visitors to and around the island. There were 261,158 inmates delivered to court last year.

these guys put away out of public view.” New York’s annual costs dwarf the annual per-inmate costs in other big cities. Los Angeles spent $128.94 a day, or $47,063 a year, for 17,400 inmates in fiscal year 2011-12, its sheriff’s office said. Chicago spent $145 a day, or $52,925 a year, for 13,200 inmates in 2010, the most recent figures available from that county’s sheriff’s office. Those costs included

“ To my mind, the main policy question is:

How could we be spending this money better? What would be a better return on that investment?”

Nick Freudenberg

Professor of public health A way to bring down the costs, Horn has long said, would be to replace Rikers Island with more robust jails next door to courthouses. But his attempts to do that failed in part because of political opposition from residential areas near courthouses in Brooklyn, Manhattan and elsewhere. “My point is: Have you seen a whole lot of outcry on this? Why doesn’t anything happen?” Horn said of the $167,731 annual figure. “Because nobody cares.” “That’s the reason we have Rikers Island,” he said. “We want

debt-service and fringe benefits. Experts note that New York’s high annual price tag is deceiving because it reflects considerable pensions and salary responsibilities, debt service and the expensive fixed costs. The DOC says 86 percent of its operating costs go for staff wages. New York’s system differs from other cities in some other costly ways — it employs 9,000 relatively well-paid, unionized correction officers, for example, and is required by law to provide certain services to inmates, includ-

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ing high quality medical care within 24 hours of incarceration. Nick Freudenberg, a public health professor at Hunter College, said the latest city figures show that declining incarceration rates haven’t translated into cost savings. In 2001, when the city had 14,490 inmates, the full cost of incarcerating one inmate at Rikers Island for a year was $92,500, or about $122,155 adjusted for today’s dollars — that means the city spent $45,576 more in 2012 than it did 11 years ago. “To my mind, the main policy question is: How could we be spending this money better?” Freudenberg said. “What would be a better return on that investment?” Another contributing factor to the inmate price tag is the length of stay for prisoners in New York’s criminal justice system. Some inmates have waited years in city jails to see trial. The DOC said in 2012 that the average length of stay for detainees was 53 days and 38.6 days for sentenced inmates. “Not only is that a miscarriage of justice, it affects your operations,” said Michael Jacobson, a former commissioner of the city’s Department of Correction and probation who serves as director of the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance. “You want to save big money? Take a quarter out just by improving the process they go through when they’re in the system.”

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ver the past three years as a University of New Hampshire student, I have been a member of a community that has experienced quite a few student deaths. There have been a few suicides, murder cases, fatal accidents and various other circumstances. As I look back over my time at UNH, I am finding it difficult to pin down an exact number of student deaths during my time in Durham. The fact that it is difficult to determine a concrete statistic about the number of students who have died within the past three years is incredibly sad. But even worse is the fact that it is easy to determine a concrete number for this academic year already. In the time span of a month, two UNH students have died, one from an apparent drug overdose and one from causes that have yet to be declared. Two students are too many to lose from our university of about 15,000 total students, especially in such a short period. As is likely the case for much of the student body, I did not personally know either Jonathan Zygmont or Olivia Rotondo. However, their names are now familiar with the majority of students on campus. The circumstances involving each of these students were very different, but both have been very

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am extremely reluctant to discuss this topic this week and I debated myself on the matter for quite some time. The notion of “too soon?” served as my psychological roadblock. The truth is, I author this column to present facts and my consequent opinions on hot topics around campus and the greater collegiate community. Alas, I preface this write-up by offering my deepest and most sincere sympathy to everyone who has ever been adversely affected (emotionally, mentally, physically, socially or otherwise) by the use of recreational drugs like “molly.” Whether it is your own use or a friend’s use, illegal narcotic or not, my offer remains. After all, we are members of the demographic in first place when it comes to the contest of curiosity and experimentation: college kids. With being the frontrunners in that race come some tragically unfortunate consequences, as some of us may know all too well. It’s an unfortunate way of the world. Last Thursday, the University of Massachusetts Amherst sent out an email to all students informing them of the cancellations of two upcoming electronic dance shows scheduled for October. The

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Pulling the plug on molly (and music) university’s decision comes just two weeks after cancelling yet another EDM show scheduled for mid-September. University officials overtly blame the seemingly hand-in-hand relationship between the electronic dance movement and the use of molly for needing to make this decision, which would help “[continue to create] a safe and positive environment that encourages and cultivates good decision-making.” “Good decision-making?” This is where they lose me. What about John Smith? You know, that UMass freshman kid who camped out overnight to secure a ticket to September’s “The Return to Fantazia” to be held at UMass’s equivalent of The Whitt (well, two Whitts). This is the kid who had planned on spending time in the library in the hours leading up to the show just so he could attend the event without any guilt for taking the night off of studying for Monday’s exam. This is the kid who planned on going with a group of close friends to enjoy a remarkable light show paired with live, loud, digitally mastered, musical mayhem. This is the kid who wasn’t going to pop molly that night. Admittedly, I don’t know the

The Durham 500 Greg Gottlieb number or percentage that illustrates just how many of those sardines that would have packed themselves into UMass’s Mullins Center would have actually been under the influence of MDMA; my point is that the statistic doesn’t actually matter. At the end of the day, the scheduled shows were not druggieinfested, molly-promoting rallies. They were concerts. Musical performances. I am not the world’s biggest EDM fan – in fact, I think a lot of it is cheap, chintzy, recycled nonsense (but not you, Avicii. I don’t care what they say. “Levels” will never die). But to say that the electronic music scene “encourages and cultivates [poor] decision-making

and a [negative] environment,” is to say that country music encourages drinking moonshine and engaging in miscellaneous sexual escapades, and thus, should be banned from the lineup of potential live entertainment on university campuses. I am not up in arms about UMass’ decision. I can appreciate that, statistically, there seems to be a very real correlation between live electronic shows and the consumption of molly and other dangerous empathogenic drugs. For UMass, maybe it was a no-brainer: electronic shows equal the use of molly which equals death which yields a major dip in the campus community’s overall health and negative national attention. I just think that this is a bit of a generational recurrence. Network television cameramen were once told to shoot Elvis from the waist up; that shiny, black leather was far too revealing for a 1968 American family’s TV room. But culture evolves. Today, “Pop a molly, I’m sweatin’” is the new “I’m all shook up.” So much so that UMass will be hosting Trinidad James (coiner of our generation’s new favorite phrase and arguably molly’s biggest spokesperson) in lieu of the previ-

ously scheduled artists. No, I’m not kidding. If UMass’ decision saved the life of one curious college student, it would have been worth the disappointment of the once-sold out crowd eagerly awaiting Pretty Light’s pretty lights; unfortunately only hindsight is 20/20. The fact is, the people who would have indulged in the drug at these shows are the same people who will indulge in it without the concert venue. I respect the decision of the university administration, as I am sure that it was made with good intentions. But as a champion of self-accountability and a confiding fellow Generation Y-er who thinks that we’re capable of making our own decisions and of being responsible for our bad ones, I say the show must go on.

s Greg Gottlieb is a junior hospitality management major, student senator, and member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity who will share his opinions on Durham’s hot topics.

Our community grieves The danger of a government shutdown Op-Ed

Linda Guttman

n untimely death in a small community like UNH is a profound tragedy. Now we have had two such deaths within weeks of each other. Olivia Rotondo and Jonathan Zygmont were a part of our university community and now they are gone. Those who knew them are left with big feelings and lots of questions. Some are in shock and still numb, going through the motions of their daily lives. Others are missing them and overwhelmed with sadness. Questions and thoughts linger... “How can I laugh or be happy when she/he just died?”. . . “What if I had said or done something differently?”. . . “ I never had a chance to say goodbye.” We ask ourselves these and other questions over and over again as our minds try to grasp the reality of a young adult’s death. We respond to each other with compassion and kindness but somehow the loss of a young and bright life feels as if it’s too much to bear, especially for those who knew and loved Olivia and Jonathan. Grief can feel like a dull ache, like a broken heart, a deep emptiness or a roller coaster going up and down between feeling overwhelmed or numb. You may have moments of “forgetting” and expect to see them on the way to class or a meal. Or you may miss them so much that you just want to sleep all the time or get wasted to take the edge off the pain. You may also want to transfer out of UNH to get away from the memories of Olivia and Jonathan. You may find yourself irritated by those who don’t seem affected by their death as they seem to be going on with “business as usual” when your life has been turned upside down.

Some members of our community didn’t know either Olivia or Jonathan but are experiencing grief as well. If you experienced a recent loss, the news of their deaths may trigger those feelings or memories. You may find yourself wanting to reach out and share your grief experience with those who are just beginning theirs. You may so wish that all this attention to loss and death would just stop. Olivia’s and Jonathan’s deaths touch us individually and collectively. As an individual you may feel something completely different from what we have described. There is no one right way to grieve. Some things that usually facilitate the grief process are: 1) acknowledging and expressing feelings to someone close who will understand; 2) accepting that grieving is a physically exhausting experience that often requires extra sleep and self-care; and 3) being patient with yourself and the unpredictable nature of recovery. As a community, our healing requires acknowledging our larger vulnerability and fear and respecting the diversity with which we cope with suffering. Grief often evokes the need to be in community, to express shared grief in the form of a group ritual by telling stories and sharing memories or photos. This can happen more formally at a funeral service or more informally among a group of friends in a hall lounge. The grieving process takes time and energy. It can feel like forever. Stay connected and take care of each other. If you find it too difficult to face your grief with family and friends, or are concerned about a friend’s grief, please call the Counseling Center at 862-2090. Linda Guttman is the associate director of the UNH Counseling Center.

s millions of uninsured American’s line up for health insurance Tuesday, millions more could be heading for the unemployment line. The Republican-dominated House has decided (again) that if they don’t get absolutely everything they want, then a government shutdown seems reasonable. These are the people leading the free world and representing the American people and they’ve adopted the strategy of a five-yearold at dinner: “I’m not eating that, I’d rather starve!” Except that five-year-olds presumably have parents that are not going to let them starve to death; not so with the House. All week, the House and Senate have been ping-ponging budgets back and forth while House Republicans try to tie, delaying the opening of universal health insurance markets (scheduled to open Tuesday for the uninsured) and a removal of a tax on medical equipment with passing a budget that would ensure massive sectors of the United States government do not cease to operate at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday. The government has not shut down since 1996, 17 years ago. Speaker John Boehner has criticized Senate Majority leader Harry Reid for not willing to compromise on these issues, which makes sense because clearly global financial stability is something that should be debated. Jury’s still out on whether default is good or bad. But such are current Republican antics, like calling the vote Friday to defund Obamacare “a victory for common sense.” Common sense indeed, Boehner. Speaking of debating the blindingly obvious, how about the Tea Party? Last week Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas gave a 21-hour speech on how mak-

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Patrick McGoldrick ing sure sick Americans don’t die because they can’t afford to live is equitable to fascism. Furthermore, after a reading of Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham,” Cruz excoriated some of his more reasonable cohorts for accepting the inevitability of ObamaCare. For the record, the Affordable Health Care Act was passed three years ago, helped secure a president’s second term and was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012; maybe it’s time to accept reality, despite how anathema that may be to your base.

These are the people leading the free world and representing the American people and they’ve adopted the strategy of a five-year-old at dinner: “I’m not eating that, I’d rather starve!” The problem is, people like Ted Cruz should be able to make all kinds of noise and spit nonsense, but they should not galvanize support; Sunday morning, all 231 House Republicans (and 17 Democrats) voted to reject the Senate’s counter-proposal, and in doing so all but ensured a government shutdown. One wonders how this is even possible: In the wealthiest nation in the world, it’s

considered a violation of freedoms to make sure that sick people can seek treatment without having to weigh the possibility of financial ruin first. Paul Krugman of The New York Times reported early last week that the number of Americans enrolled in the food stamp program has increased from 26 million in 2007 to 48 million today, citing that despite the economic improvement following the height of the financial crisis in 2008, more people are in need than ever. This find was contrasted with statistics that show that between 2009 and 2012, the income of the top 1 percent has risen 31 percent, while the income of the bottom 40 percent has fallen 6 percent. Why is this data relevant? Because we have a party that believes universal health is tantamount to fascism and perhaps they believe this because they have no idea what it’s like to be American, where the median household family income for a family of four is around $51,000 dollars a year. The freedom of the struggling and sick American people is not a bargaining chip, but if we can’t even agree on that, what’s left? Patrick McGoldrick is a staff writer for The New Hampshire.

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descendent of the Adams political family reﬂected in his Magnus opus, The Education of Henry Adams, that even as early as the 1870s, America was a nation changed. It was a nation shaken by the Civil War and the reconstruction that followed. It was a nation that began with such pride and promise at its inception. But slowly it crumbled as the pillars on which the framers constructed the society began to deteriorate and was chipped away as politicians abdicated shortsighted gain over the national interest. The citizenry disengaged from the active involvement required for a democracy to thrive, and more importantly, to survive. To say Adams became disillusioned is a great understatement. So where are we today? America 2013. Has the country continued on the same trajectory that Henry Adams wrote about in his book? Unfortunately, yes, and that trend will only continue and worsen until the politicians start acting like servants for the national good and we the people refuse to tune out from the day-to-day rigors of politics. America circa 2013 and America circa 1870 is a nation no longer attuned to the very principles on which the country was founded. To say the Constitution is expired - as Henry Adams wrote - would certainly make great sense. If the very document is held up as simply an artifact and nothing more and nothing less, then this a nation going under. But there’s more than ignorance of the Constitution or forgotten basic principles written and declared in the Declaration and our Constitution that all men are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The recent tremor in the America society is as true today as it was when Henry Adams published his work. No longer does logic or reason win the day in America. Only the loudest and the strongest are triumphant. Brinksmanship in politics is not a strategy of success. It is a tactic and a mere attempt to drive the political discourse in such an ugly and repulsive direction that the only outcome is all out war between two sides. Take the recent debacles in Congress over the pending government shutdown. ObamaCare is a bad law and it should be ﬁxed, but until there is a Republican president nothing will change. Unfortunately there are some in Congress who prop up

From the Right Phil Boynton the issue and use Capitol Hill as a soapbox to profess diatribes. This is not governing. This is demonizing. This is unprincipled and contrary to the type of politics the founders envisioned. In a different time before politicians used anger as a strategy leaders actually made coherent arguments using logic and reason – not props and sideshow antics. The founders were scholars and political battles were won by the merit of one’s ideas. Reason and logic triumphed over irrationalness and pettiness. The nature of political discourse was never personal. Leaders contrasted with one another intelligently. The Federalist Papers is a crystal clear example of the type of nuance missing from the political debates today. The likes of Alexander Hamilton and Robert Yates engaged in a battle of ideas and their debates showcased their fervor, but always in the most constructed and astute manner. I lament the politics of today. Sadly, America is in the same position Henry Adams found it during his life serving this country. A nation that dispelled logic and reason, a nation bankrupt in more ways than one. Certainly the framers would gasp in utter shock to see the state of their experiment and the nature of the discourse in America today. But, ever the eternal optimist, all is not lost. To say, at the very least, this country can come roaring back and return to the very principles instilled at the nation’s founding. In this era, we as Americans, ﬁnd ourselves with an abysmal Congress: a polarizing president and general gridlock of bitterness and pettiness that can be reversed. I like to think of this as an era of silliness. A time where we seem to have, at the very least, have forgotten who we are and what we stand for – or at least what we stood for. If the American people are committed to this nation’s endurance there will be a great awakening. Today, and when Henry Adams was alive, the solutions will

not come from Washington, but from the people. A groundswell of support from the Americans will decry the politics of the old and ask for a politics of new. Politics that is neither divisive nor narrowminded. It is the people. The people of this country from the rocky coast of Maine and the sunny beaches of Florida, to the heartland of America, the Rocky Mountains and the West Coast. The true majesty of this country lies with an informed and engaged citizenry. Let us return to that thinking. Let us engage. Let us standup. Let us end the sideshows in Congress and aim for a new beginning that adheres to the very principles enshrined in our Constitution and keep with the very tradition of what it means to be an American.

I like to think of this as an era of silliness. A time where we seem to have, at the very least, forgotten who we are and what we stand for – or at least what we stood for. Now the question might be how do we, the people, make this possible? Sadly, there is no magic wand to fix our problems. Some might say it’s time to call for a new Constitution and system of government. I have unyielding faith in the framework built by the founders. So how do we resolve our problems? The easiest and most difficult way: voting. Voting for candidates, who care more about the future of the country rather than the pettiness of politics. Let us recommit ourselves to active participation in the democratic process. Let us fix our country. Let us restore our country to what it once was so that generations to come have a bright, prosperous and hopeful future. What more can be asked?

 Phil Boynton is a senior Political Science major, and President of the College Republicans.

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SPORTS

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VOLLEYBALL

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Sophomore outside hitter Tori Forrest posted her third consecutive double-double, posting 14 kills and 12 digs, aiding the UniUNH 3 versity of New HampUML 0 shire volleyball team to a straight-set win against the River Hawks at the Costello Center Friday evening. The line score in the first-ever match against UMass-Lowell as a NCAA Division I opponent (0-12, 0-1 America East) was 27-25, 2518 and 25-22. New Hampshire (710, 1-0 America East) on its first America East game of the season and its fourth consecutive conference opener. Setter Taylor Dunklau directed the offense, tallying 38 assists in the match. Dunklau also led UNH

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the inside post,” Pohlmeyer said. “I slipped it inside and [Flatley] onetimed it in; she’s very good at that.” Flatley notched her second goal of the game just three minutes into the second half after receiving a breakout pass from Hannah Richard. Flatley drove the end line with a defender on her back and shot the ball low past the goalie’s blocker side to give UNH a 2-1 advantage. Richard scored the insurance goal with six minutes to play on UNH’s eighth and final corner of the game. Pohlmeyer fed the ball through a crowd of defenders to Richard who was able to deflect the ball past the keeper for her fifth goal of the season. “We weren’t moving early, we weren’t setting up, we were

defensively, earning 14 digs on the night. Defensive setter Madison Lightfoot also reached double-digit figures in digs, registering 13 in the match. In the opening set, each team exchanged points early, bringing the set score at nine all. A pair of kills from Delany Dameron and a service ace from Dunklau forced a River Hawks timeout. Following the stoppage, UMass-Lowell quickly tallied six straight points, putting the Wildcats in a three-point deficit. Following a UNH timeout, the Wildcats were able to level the match at 20 all, powered by Forrest and Dameron. Each side exchanged points as the match remained tied at 25. New Hampshire eventually prevailed, capitalizing on a River Hawk miscue and a block by Abby Brinkman and Tolliver to take set

one, 27-25. New Hampshire came out strong in the third set as four different hitters posted kills early. UMass Lowell retaliated as Anadon registered a pair of kills to put the River Hawks within three points. Forrest and Buckwalter responded for the Wildcats, stringing together three straight points and giving UNH a five-point cushion. The River Hawks chipped away at the ‘Cats lead, eventually tying the score at 22. Buckwalter and Brinkman tallied back-to-back kills and Sam Henke registered the ace to take the deciding set, 25-22. The Wildcats will be in action next week, concluding a season-long, 11-game road trip. New Hampshire will visit Stony Brook Friday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. UMBC hosts New Hampshire Sunday, Oct. 6, starting at 1 p.m.

just really sluggish today,” head coach Robin Balducci said. “I was very happy with our second half; I thought our second half [success] was a result of people’s movement off the ball. That’s what we talked about changing at halftime. “Today I would have wanted us to put more pressure on [Harvard] early, I was disappointed with the number of shots and opportunities. I liked our possession time, but wasn’t happy with what we did when we had the ball [in the first half].” After losing their first three games of the season, the Wildcats have won five of their last six, including a 3-2 overtime victory on Friday night against No. 7 UMassAmherst. After trailing 2-0 for the majority of the game, UNH scored two goals within three minutes of each other to tie the game with less than a minute to play. This was the team’s first win against a ranked opponent and now boasts a record

of 5-4. “I was really pleased with Friday’s game against UMass,” Balducci said. “I thought we played as good as we have in terms of the team’s communication, our organization was dead-on. What I was really impressed with was the comeback, because we haven’t been scoring a lot of goals.” UNH will have a tough weekend series starting on Friday, when they take on the No. 6 Boston College Eagles at home. On Sunday, the team travels to Long Island to play the Hofstra Pride. “Where we are, our goals and aspiration are high,” Balducci said. “We’re not celebrating [the win], we’re looking at it like ‘What do we need to do better, how do we need to make this an easier win?’ We have to understand how to take a win like this and what did we do on Friday [against UMass] and how do we put it towards our game on Friday.”

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three teams; calling for Merrimack College hockey, Merrimack College basketball and select UNH hockey games with New Hampshire Public Television. This led to him becoming the full-time, play-by-play voice for New Hampshire Public Television in 2008. In 2007, Parkhurst became the primary radio voice for the University of New Hampshire Wildcats hockey team, taking on his seventh season this year, with the addition of television broadcasts through the production of UNH Athletics. “Our fans know him as the voice of the Wildcats on the Wildcat Sports Radio Network,” UNH Associate Director of Athletic Communication Mike Murphy said. “I have always tried to put my best effort into the work I do,” Parkhurst said. “I have been fortunate that people have seen that effort and I have been rewarded for it. I have been fortunate, however, in that I have been able to make a living, both in my business and as a broadcaster, covering college hockey, which I still have great passion for.”

“Dan does so much more than the voice of the Wildcats,” Murphy said. “It is not uncommon to see him hours after the game is over, still updating the official Hockey East website with scores of other games. To think he then has to drive all the way back to his home in Conway and then come back the next day to do it all over again is amazing. He is a solid professional, a terrific play-by-play announcer and a great person.” “I view my UNH hockey play-by-play job as two-fold,” Parkhurst said. “First, I am there to provide the call of the action and provide things like statistics and other data. Second, we want it to be entertaining, and I think that Pete Webster and I do a good job of that. We want to have fun on the broadcast because it makes for a better experience for the listener, and it makes it fun for us. I love doing it, and I hope I get the chance for many years to come.” Aside from his hard work and the love of the game, Parkhurst truly feels the support he has had behind him over the years has led to his success. “I still view UNH professor Steve Hardy as one of the great mentors in my life,” Parkhurst said. Parkhurst is very grateful for all of the support he has received. His support system

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continued from page 16 by Setian followed by five- and sixyard rushes by Steriti to set up 2ndand-4 at the LU 23. One play later, Vailas ran for 10 yards to give the ‘Cats 1stand-10 at the 13. Following oneyard rushes by Vailas and Steriti, an incompletion led to 4th-and-8 with 31.6 seconds on the clock. UNH called its last timeout, then Vailas’ pass to the right corner of the end zone was just beyond the outstretched arms of Justin Mello. The Wildcats had a touchdown run negated by a holding penalty and took a 3-0 lead on a 31-yard Mike MacArthur field goal at 12:22. Lehigh responded with an 11play, 51-yard drive capped by a Ryan Pandy 19-yard field goal. The Mountain Hawks had advanced the ball to the UNH 1, but Akil Anderson (game-high 12 tackles) tackled Sean Farrell for a one-yard loss and Bialkowski’s third-down pass was incomplete. The Wildcats regained the lead, 9-3, with a five-play, 80-yard drive that took just 86 seconds. Vailas had consecutive 17- and 12-yard completions to Harris to move the ball to the UNH 49, then Steriti’s 32-yard rush and facemask penalty enforced against Lehigh made it 1st-and-goal at the LU 9. One play later, Vailas connected with Steriti on a curl pattern out of the backfield for a five-yard TD pass at 6:09. On the two-point conversion, Vailas’ rush up the middle was stopped short. Cody Muller immediately got the ball back for the ‘Cats with a forced fumble and recovery at the Lehigh 30. UNH gained one first down before MacArthur’s 35-yard field goal extended the advantage to 12-3 at 2:44 of the first quarter. Vailas orchestrated a 13-play,

64-yard drive punctuated by his one-yard keeper to give the Wildcats a 19-3 lead at 13:54 of the second quarter. Vailas was 4-for-4 on the drive for 44 yards, including a 21-yard strike to Allison. Lehigh responded less than three minutes later when Bialkowski found Sherman in the end zone for a 13-yard TD to trim the deficit to 19-10 at 10:48. The Mountain Hawks engineered an 18-play, 71-yard drive that consumed the last 4:34 of the half and pulled within 19-13 when Pandy’s 19-yard field goal attempt sailed between the uprights as time expired in the second quarter. New Hampshire’s defense opened the third quarter by forcing a three-and-out and the offense continued momentum in UNH’s favor with a nine-play, 80-yard drive that gave the Wildcats a 27-13 lead. On 4th-and-1 from the Lehigh 4, Setian carried the ball up the middle for a TD and punched in the subsequent two-point conversion. Lehigh scored 21 consecutive points to take its first lead of the game, 34-27. On the first drive, Bialkowski’s 58 passing yards advanced the ball to the UNH 1 to set up Ferrell’s one-yard scoring plunge at 8:25. On the next drive, Bialkowski’s 72-yard strike to Sergio Fernandez-Soto led to another one-yard rushing TD by Ferrell at 5:35. The Mountain Hawks continued their surge on the next drive of 17 plays, 80 yards capped by Bialkowski’s 15-yard touchdown pass to Derek Knott at 12:19 of the fourth quarter. Lehigh converted 3 of 4 third downs, and one fourth down, during those three scoring drives. LU also converted a pair of third downs on the next drive prior to Parkinson’s interception. They were 13for-20 in the game. Neither team scored the rest of the way. New Hampshire returns to action Oct. 5 at Towson University. Kickoff is at 12 p.m.

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ranges from broadcasters to athletes to coaches. “I owe a great deal to the folks in the UNH Athletic Department for such great support over the years,” Parkhurst said. “My broadcast partner on the UNH broadcasts is Pete Webster and he also deserves to someday win this award. Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna has been extremely supportive of me over the years and my website business [SportDesigns.com] is a success because of his support. “If there is one person who I would like to thank most of all, it would be coach Umile. I lost it a bit when thanking him during my speech in Boston. His support for me has been unwavering ever since he brought me on board as a student-manager during my time at UNH. I can’t say enough about what I think of him as a person and a mentor.” Parkhurst also wanted to thank and appreciate those who mean the most to him, including his wife, Lynn, his son, Jonny and his daughter, Riley. “They would watch me drive away every weekend all winter and have always been extremely supportive,” Parkhurst said. “I have missed a lot of my kids growing up so I could be on the road. I could not do all of this without them.”

Lastly, Parkhurst wanted to leave the students of UNH with one last note, “I would say that for any student who wanted to pursue a similar career path that it is all about perseverance. I decided a long time ago that I would not work in broadcasting full time because it would not be fair to my family, but I was able to build a business that revolved around sports and stay involved with broadcasting. A lot of my achievements have been because I was able to meet the right people which led to opportunities down the road. If you are a writer, get your byline on as many articles as you can. If you’re a broadcaster, volunteer or work for low money to get your chops. You’ve got to stick with it to get noticed. Also, never be afraid to network.” Parkhurst’s long and impressive résumé also includes various regular season college hockey games and six NCAA college hockey tournament regionals for ESPNU from 2006-2012. In 2008, Parkhurst went to Pittsburgh, Pa., for the national championship to give the radio play-by-play for the Eagles at the Frozen Four. Parkhurst has even called games for NESN for the 2013 Women’s Hockey East Championship game. This year will be mark Parkhurst’s second year calling select college hockey games with NBC Sports.

SPORTS

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

MEN’S SOCCER

Wildcats fail to score against Hofstra By ROBERT WILSON Staff Writer

The University of New Hampshire men’s soccer team was edged by Hofstra on the road Saturday afternoon, 1-0. The loss drops the ‘Cats to 5-3-0 on Hofstra 1 the year while the Pride imUNH 0 proves to 4-3-1 overall. New Hampshire head coach Rob Thompson acknowledged the tough atmosphere playing on the road, especially in a place like Hofstra Soccer Stadium. “It was a very tough place to play. They were a good team,” Thompson said. “The whole objective was to get down there and get business done, but we didn’t get the result.” The first half of play was tightly contested as both teams had opportunities to up the other on the scoreboard, but were denied by the goalkeeper’s best friend: the goal post. Ugochukwu Uche, a New Hampshire midfielder, got the first taste of missed opportunity when he nearly got the Wildcats on the board as he ripped a shot that hit the post. The Pride had a similar situation in the 39th minute when Hofstra attacker Kyle Poetzsch notched a header attempt that hit the post. The rebound attempt by Poetzsch was blocked by a strong Wildcat defense. New Hampshire forward David Schlatter was denied by the post in the next minute when he blasted a shot at the Hofstra net. At the end of the first half, the score remained tied, 0-0. Hofstra came back in the next half aggressive on the offensive side. Hofstra’s ar-

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Senior Ugochukwu Uche (above) missed a shot early in the game against Hofstra. guably best offensive weapon forward Maid Christopher Wingate launched an attempt in Memic had a pair of shots blocked within the 80th minute of play that went just high seconds during the 52nd minute to begin the of the net. half. Uche notched a pair of shots with just Memic would capitalize minutes later to seconds remaining in the match, one of which give the Pride a 1-0 lead in the game in the was saved while the other was just wide. At 56th minute. The goal marks his fourth on the the end of 90 minutes, Hofstra held on for a season. 1-0 win. Memic crashed the Wildcats net, finding “It was a preventable goal, but they dea deflected attempt in the box and allowing served to win,” Thompson said. “It was just him to send it past freshman UNH goaltender such a close game that it was expected for a Giovani Riello. sloppy goal to get the win.” On the opposite side, New Hampshire However, Thompson felt his team played struggled to bring the game back to an even hard, and that the positive of this game was score despite many opportunities in the sec- the atmosphere and the feel of a conference ond half. game, which New Hampshire will be getting New Hampshire freshman midfielder ready for this coming Saturday.

“It was a close game, and it had such a playoff feel to it,” Thompson said. “This game will get us in gear for the conference games coming up. We had some injuries heading into the game, but the theory is to build depth that fills all spots, so I felt like with not having a set lineup going to each game it will give the team more experience in playing time.” Thompson praises this year’s team with depth, which they do have. Constantly moving around players on and off the field during games, especially more difficult ones like their previous match against Hofstra, will only help the team come conference play. “You can only get better in games, and you have to play in games to get experience,” Thompson said. “Instead of allowing the underclassmen to get better in practice, by throwing them in the fire against better teams early, they will get better over the course of the season.” Riello made three saves on the four shots he faced as his record fell to 1-2-0 on the year, while Hofstra goaltender Patric Pray earned his first win of the year as he made three saves, improving his record to 1-0-0. Offensively, Hofstra held a slight advantage in shots by a margin of 15-12. With conference play now on the horizon, New Hampshire will look to use its experience from non-conference play to better themselves in conference matches. “The Hofstra game should be a lesson going forth,” Thompson said. The Wildcats are back on the pitch Saturday, Oct. 5 as they open up conference play at UMass Lowell. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

ICE HOCKEY

New hockey ticket policy By NICK STOICO SPORTS EDITOR

A new policy set by the UNH Athletics Department and Ticketing Office requires the physical presence of students with their student ID to receive a ticket for UNH hockey games; one person, one ID, one ticket. This policy takes effect this season beginning on Monday as the men’s hockey team faces off with Acadia on Saturday, Oct. 5. The old policy allowed a student to bring up to four student ID cards with him or her, and students could receive a ticket for each card. Now, if a student hopes to attend the game, he or she will either have to wait in line or have a friend wait in line in their place. The ID does not need to be the holder’s ID, but they can only receive a ticket for one ID. When teams such as Maine and other Hockey East rivals roll into Durham, tickets are in highest demand. Students line up inside the Whittemore Center hours before the box office opens at 7 a.m. on the Monday before the game. Hardly anyone is waiting with the intent of buying just one ticket. The intention behind the new

policy is to ensure that those who wait in line receive a ticket. “As long as we have tickets available, students have access,” Nicole Richard, assistant athletic director for ticketing, said. Richard noted that she has had to turn patient students away after the tickets sold out. Dot Sheehan, Senior Associate Athletic Director for External Relations, said that, on average, 350 student tickets given out are not redeemed at each game. Box-office hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The early opening on Monday is only intended for students picking up their tickets. This is the first of potential changes to come with student ticketing for UNH sports. Discussions have been ongoing about a change in policy with football tickets, which have been rising in demand over the last few years. For admittance into a UNH football game, students only need to show their student ID at the gate. This system, as Richard described, is not current with other universities and is in need of an upgrade. On Sept. 14, when UNH took on Colgate, Richard and her team tested a system where student IDs

were scanned for validation. The test was successful, but the Athletic Department and ticketing office said no system has been settled on for implementation. Other potential options are mobile ticketing or a system similar to what is used for ice hockey. As of now, the policy for students’ admittance to UNH football games will remain as presenting IDs at the gate. But across the street, a new policy has been established. Prior to the 2011-12 hockey season, regular hours were the only time students could get tickets. The office received complaints from students saying they could not be there at 10 a.m. because of morning classes. A decision was made to change the policy and open the doors at 7 a.m. so everyone had an equal chance to get tickets. Now, the policy is being changed once again to ensure that same equal opportunity. “We don’t ever want to turn a student away,” Richard said. “It’s just not right.”

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goal has been a problem in the last three games, at Bryant and Holy Cross, before coming home to play Binghamton. “I think they could have been a little bit better [with finishing],” Lopes said. “Everything – when I talk about that final play, when they get closer to the goal, it’s a variety of things; it’s the pass was too slow, maybe the pass was too fast. Maybe the timing of it was too soon, or too late, the ball was played in front when it should have been played to their feet, or the decision, they could have passed it to a teammate, they could have tapped it in. “So right now we’re getting there, we’re just a little bit off but it’s significantly better than a few weeks ago.” Lopes was glad to see his team take a good portion of the game under their control, despite the lack of goal scoring. “I think it’s two games in a row where we really imposed our style of play,” Lopes said. “It’s two games, for the most part, where we’ve controlled some of their strengths, some of their personality players and right now we’re getting a little bit better in front of the goal and it’s the same thing that we con-

tinue to work on.” Binghamton coach Sarah McClellan found Borkan’s impressive goaltending and the Wildcat defense frustrating. “I thought they [had] a strong goalie in there,” McClellan said. “She challenged us to take some long ranged shots that we would have preferred to go closer in to goal, but I thought, really, for an opening conference game, it was a really tough battle.” Borkan was happy to record her second shutout of her collegiate career. She’s off to a great start as a freshman after taking the starting position from senior Erica Correa. Lopes is confident that Borkan has the ability to make big plays, despite her age. “She has that,” Lopes said. “That’s the reality with Mimi. She has the ability to make that kind of big time save. In the women’s game at the collegiate level, you want someone who can command that box … but you also want someone who can make those shot stop saves, and that’s the reality. She doesn’t make that save, we have [an] opponent team celebrating on our field.” UNH will host Albany this Thursday afternoon, Oct. 3, at 3:30 p.m. for their second conference match. Albany has had a dismal year so far, losing all but one of their ten games.

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Vince Wilfork, the heart of New England’s defense, suffered a torn Achilles on Sunday, effectively ending his season.

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Wildcats come up short against Lehigh SCORE FOOTBALL

STAFF REPORT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE

Nico Steriti rushed for 116 yards but the No. 19/18 University of New Hampshire football team was defeated 34-27 by No. 13/10 Lehigh University at Goodman Stadium Lehigh 34 on Saturday afternoon. UNH 27 UNH, which had won nine consecutive games vs. Lehigh dating back to 1982, is now 1-2 while the Mountain Hawks remain unbeaten at 4-0. Steriti led UNH’s ground game with a

season-high 116 yards on 15 carries. Andy Vailas was 18 of 29 for 152 yards and one touchdown; he also carried the ball 13 times for 43 yards and one TD. Chris Setian finished with four rushes for 35 yards and one TD, and he also had a five-yard TD reception. Lehigh was led offensively by Brandon Bialkowski, who completed 31 of 52 attempts for 359 yards and two TDs. Lee Kurfis was the top target with 11 catches for 117 yards. Sergio Fernandez-Soto had seven catches for 123 yards. The Mountain Hawks led 34-27 when they gained possession with 9:32 remaining in

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the fourth quarter. LU converted a pair of third downs to sustain the drive and advance the ball to the UNH 39, but on 3rd-and-10, Bialkowski’s pass was intercepted by Keith Parkinson at the 23 to give the Wildcats the ball at their 23-yard line with 3:58 to play. Steriti carried the ball three consecutive plays to give the ‘Cats 1st-and-10 on the UNH 45. On the next play, Vailas reversed direction to the left side for a rush of 12 yards. New Hampshire continued its ground attack with a nine-yard gain FOOTBALL continued on Page 14

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UNH alum earns media award

a rebound in the arc and tucked it underneath goalkeeper Carlie Tarbell. UNH answered just six minutes later off a penalty corner. Kellie Joyce received the centering pass and laid the ball off to Pohlmeyer. Flatley was positioned inside the defender and put it away after receiving the pass from Pohlmeyer to tie the game at one apiece. “We have it set up where it’s a [pass] across to me and I have a decision to either hit the deﬂector on the far side or the inserter on FIELD HOCKEY continued on Page 14

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Chandler Giese and the Wildcats protected home field and beat Harvard on Sunday.

Flatley nets two in win STAFF WRITER

The UNH ﬁeld hockey team wrapped up a solid weekend with its 3-1 win over Harvard on Sunday afternoon. Senior Casey Pohlmeyer tallied two assists for the UNH 3 team lead (6) and sophomore Harvard 1 Meg Flatley scored two goals, bringing her point total to a team-high eighteen on the season. Harvard got on the board at the 13-minute mark when Rachael Rosenfeld gathered

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an Parkhurst, the voice of UNH hockey, was recently acknowledged for his coverage and promotion work of Hockey East, as he received recognition as the 22nd recipient for the honorary Joe Concannon Hockey East Media Award. The award was presented last Tuesday, Sept. 24 by Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna. “I felt extremely honored,” Parkhurst said. “Having worked with the league and on so many broadcasts, I have become great friends with many of the past recipients of the award. To also have my name on that list is terriﬁc. I don’t do what I do looking for accolades, but it is very nice to be recognized.” Parkhurst, who graduated from UNH in 1993, demonstrated exceptional drive and passion for his career path as a sports broadcaster at the University of New Hampshire. Parkhurst was the student-manager for the UNH hockey team and, in addition, gave the play-by-play on UNH’s student radio station. Parkhurst graduated with a degree in sport studies, along with a minor in psychology. Parkhurst continued through with his ambitious efforts of consistent growth, diligence and the perseverance to go that extra mile. He began his career reporting online for the Hockey East Online Game of the Week in the 1997-1998 season, featuring college hockey teams on one of the ﬁrst online broadcasts. In 1998, Parkhurst dedicated three seasons to

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By JENNIFER GAGNON

CARD FIELD HOCKEY (5-4, 0-0)

3 1 UNH

HARVARD

Sunday, Durham, N.H.

Also: W, 3-2 vs. UMass WOMEN’S SOCCER (2-5-3, 0-0-1)

0 0 UNH

BINGHAMTON

Sunday, Durham, N.H.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY (1-1, 0-0)

2 1 UNH

ST. LAWRENCE

Saturday, Canton, N.Y.

Also: L, 4-2 vs. St. Lawrence MEN’S SOCCER (5-3, 0-0)

1 0 HOFSTRA

UNH

Saturday, Hempstead, N.Y.

FOOTBALL (1-2, 0-0)

34 27 LEHIGH

UNH

Saturday, Bethlehem, Pa.

VOLLEYBALL (7-10, 1-0)

3 0 UNH

UMASS-LOWELL

Friday, Lowell, Mass.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

IN THIS ISSUE

Borkan holds strong, offense struggles to find net

- A new ticketing policy has been established for UNH hockey games, effective this week. Page 15

By MAX SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER

The UNH women’s soccer team failed to score Sunday afternoon in Durham in its ﬁrst conference match UNH 0 against the Binghamton 0 Binghamton University Bearcats. Freshman goalkeeper Mimi Borkan marginally redeemed the offense with her

second consecutive shutout, bringing the game to a tie. The result brought their record to 2-5-2 (0-01 in conference), and it also led to Borkan being named America East Rookie of the Week for the second time this season. The match nearly came to an end at the beginning of the second overtime when the Bearcats gained possession of the ball on a turnover and headed down ﬁeld. One Bearcat

player took the shot on Borkan’s right. Borkan started moving in that direction before she saw the ball deﬂect off a Wildcat’s leg and head towards the other side of the goal. Borkan left her feet and extended to knock the ball away, snufﬁng out the breakaway. For the remainder of the second over time, as was the case for the majority of the match, the teams locked their horns without budging

either way, ending the battle in a tie. Borkan stopped seven shots, while the Wildcats’ offense posted only three shots on opposing goalkeepers Carrie Martin and Gaby Gold. Head coach Sam Lopes was pleased with his team’s performance Sunday, but he is aware of his players’ room for improvement. Their inability to ﬁnish when going W SOCCER continued on Page 15

IN THIS ISSUE - The UNH men’s soccer team narrowly lost to Hofstra on Saturday in Hempstead, N.Y. Page 15