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Bio sciences library in Kendall to be shut down By KEN JOHNSON STAFF WRITER

At the end of this semester, there will be one less annex library to visit on campus. The biological sciences library in Kendall Hall will be closing on May 30. It will be absorbed into Dimond Library, which will have a science resource center installed, when students return in the fall. The biological sciences library, which is one of the four science annex libraries on campus, was being considered for closure last spring, along with the physics library in DeMeritt Hall.

The other science annex libraries are: the physics library; the engineering, mathematics and computer science library in Kingsbury Hall; and the chemistry library in Parsons Hall. The biological science library being absorbed into Dimond Library isn’t the only change that will be occurring over the summer. Dimond itself will be almost completely reorganized. The third floor, which holds the main entrance to the library, will remain untouched, according to Valerie Harper, IT librarian and project manager. The collection will be reversed from its current order. Right now the fifth floor holds sec-

tions M through Z and the fourth floor holds A through L. The bound periodicals are located on the second floor. The Parker Media Lab and Multimedia Center, located on the second floor, will remain untouched, at least through the summer, Harper said. After the reorganization, the fifth floor of the library will start with section A and will go down to the fourth floor, which will end with section P. Sections Q through Z will be located on the second floor. Bound periodicals will be integrated into the standard collection, so all print materials on a subject

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The biological sciences library in Kendall Hall will close at the end of the academic year. Most of the materials will be absorbed into Dimond Library.

Hundreds march in Esther Bauer returns to UNH anti-violence rally Holocaust survivor By DEAN FIOTTO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Cowbells rang in the afternoon sun as hundreds of advocates marched through campus holding signs, banners and flags. Their message was clear: help us put an end to the violence. Organized each year by the Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention Program (SHARPP), the University of New Hampshire Anti-Violence Rally & Walk attracts an impressive crowd via fliers, formal invitations and word-of-mouth. For the fourth consecutive year, marchers gathered in front of DeMerritt Hall on Thursday afternoon to increase awareness of the sexual assault and violence that is present in the UNH community and around the world. “We’re here today to provide advocacy,” SHARPP Outreach Coordinator Maggie Wells said to the large crowd collected in preparation for the walk, “but also to increase support for our cause and to provide prevention to UNH students, staff and all victims. That’s why SHARPP exists.” Standing before the group, Student Body President Bryan Merrill added, “Four friends have confided in me during this school year

delivers harrowing account once again By TOM SPENCER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Esther Bauer was nine years old when Adolf Hitler came to power in her homeland of Germany. She survived the butchering of 11 million people by Nazis and on April 9, 2014, she shared her story in the Granite State Room of the Memorial Union Building at the University of New Hampshire. Despite all the horrors she had seen, Bauer was an energetic speaker. She held the audience in rapt attention while recalling tragic memories, yet could move them to laughter with tales of clandestine meetings between men and women,

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Esther Bauer spoke before an audience that filled the Granite State Room on Wednesday.

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Department fee calculations outdated and complex By CATIE HALL STAFF WRITER

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Members of SHARPP led several individuals and student organizations in the Anti-Violence Rally & Walk on Thursday.

The University of New Hampshire’s increased mandatory student fees for the 2014-15 academic year fit inside a Responsibility Centered Management (RCM) budget model. But not every department that pays towards the RCM model is on the same page about what the model includes or what the benefit is. “RCM is a complex accounting model for allocating the cost of operation and maintenance to the

responsible unit,” Paul Chamberlin, associate vice president of facilities, said in an email. “For a central service provider such as Facilities, that means that the total cost to operate and maintain the campus buildings, grounds, utilities and other infrastructure is allocated through a model of the various responsibility centered units.” Essentially, a specific department—such as Memorial Union, Athletics, Student Recreation—are responsible for their own fees. Academic buildings are not.

“For many costs,” Chamberlin said, “the model allocates costs based on the Net Assignable Square Feet [NASF] of area in the buildings that a unit is assigned. Another way to think of NASF includes offices, classrooms and labs, but not bathrooms, halls or stairs.” MaryAnne Lustgraaf, director of the Memorial Union Building, said her budget for the MUB is $4.5 million; comprised almost 100 percent by graduate and undergraduate

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“Responsibility centered management (RCM) is a complex accounting model for allocating the cost of operation and maintenance to the responsible unit.”

Net assignable square feet (NASF) is the sum of floor space within interior walls of rooms that is assigned to, or available for assignment to, occupants for use, excluding non-assignable spaces defined as building service, circulation, mechanical and structural areas.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 student fees. The RCM budget model doesn’t seem to work well for Lustgraaf. “Those of us in student academic services are part of a model called RCM,” Lustgraaf said. “And it’s being looked at again. It is a model that has not been used by anybody else in higher education for a good long time, including Harvard, where it was developed.” Lustgraaf said that the model assumes everyone is responsible for their own cost center. The MUB manages its own budget. Sometimes you contribute to the greater good, she said. “We pay a square-foot charge to the university,” Lustgraaf said during an interview for The New Hampshire’s story, published April 4, “Crunching the Numbers.” “[It’s] about 38 percent of our budget, so right off the top, we never see it here in the MUB. It goes right to the university.” Lustgraaf said the fee covers housekeeping, grounds and roads, utilities—little things like that. Basic upkeep. But if major things go wrong, the MUB budget covers it. As a result, she said she has to plan three to five years in the future for repairs she thinks she will need. Lustgraaf said she pays over $27 per square foot of space for the MUB under the RCM model. If she were to get more square footage, she said she wouldn’t be able to afford it. “If the bookstore were to move out [as was discussed by the town of Durham before] … we could use the space so much for general purpose and meeting rooms and all sorts of things,” Lustgraaf said. “I’m not sure I could afford to absorb it. I couldn’t.” Lustgraaf said she’d like a more transparent budget. She suggested taking the energy costs and facilities costs and putting them

into their own budget; the money that goes to the ‘greater good’ and gets distributed into other areas of UNH’s budget as a whole should be in its own category. Stacey Hall, director of campus recreation, also allocates a portion of her budget to the RCM model. Out of the current $492 fee per undergraduate students, Hall said $255.84 goes to the RCM model.

“[RCM] is a model

that has not been used by anybody else in higher education for a good long time, including Harvard, where it was developed.” MaryAnne Lustgraaf MUB Director

“There is 125 [dollars] that goes towards the loan that is for what I think of as for both buildings — for the ice arena and the recreation center because they [were] built at the same time, essentially,” Hall said. “Then there is 18 dollars that goes towards a different loan that covers renovations to the indoor pool and the construction of the student rec fields. And then about 52 percent goes towards RCM-related fees.” Hall has worked at other institutions that use the RCM model. While she has only been at UNH for two years, she tried to describe the differences between how UNH and other institutions use RCM. “What’s unique here is that usually, an RCM model is based on credit hour production,” she said. “So it’s a very academic-focused model, which encourages faculty to recruit more students to take a class. It recognizes that if you have a really popular class, you should get more money.”

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Though Hall understands how the academic-focused model works at other institutions, she said it is difficult to understand how RCM is applied at UNH. She added in an email on Thursday, April 10 that she doesn’t know of any other institution that use RCM the same way UNH does. “So, what’s awkward about it here is that [certain] units … don’t produce credit hours,” Hall said. “So it’s puzzling to me how that came about. It’s challenging here because the buildings that we manage are very different than an academic building.” While doing interviews about mandatory student fees, not every department complained — or even mentioned — the RCM model. “All units are covered by the RCM model, but the model does not allocate all costs the same way,” Chamberlin said. Student auxiliary units — MUB, campus recreation, and student health — do not pay towards

a repair fund, Chamberlin said. As a result, if something goes wrong, those auxiliary units are responsible for coming up with the money. Breaking down numbers is just part of the job. But Chamberlin clarified that there’s a bigger picture. “Remember that RCM is a comprehensive approach to both revenue and cost allocation,” Chamberlin said. “The way the cost for campus facility operation and maintenance is handled is only one part of a much larger model.” Among some departments, there are circulating rumors that RCM might not be around for much longer. Instead, some hope for a new budget model to take its place. Chamberlin said switching from RCM would “simplify some of the accounting efforts,” but the downsides would be that “we would lose visibility of the cost to own and operate our facilities.” While large portions of students fees pay towards the RCM

model, Chamberlin said students wouldn’t see much of a difference if the budget model changed. “The specific MUB fees might go down if, say, the MUB wasn’t charged for its NASF, but the costs for operating and maintaining the MUB building don’t [go] away,” he said. “They would have to be reallocated some other way and probably in a way that isn’t as transparent.” Marty Scarano, director of UNH Athletics, doesn’t seem to worry about the budget model. However, he said he struggles with not getting all the services he needs through RCM. “The RCM budget model is complex and doesn’t work the same for every unit,” Scarano said in an email. “Athletics has worked with the model, though it can be challenging and needs to be addressed in every budget iteration. Athletics has a lot of space which is charged as part of the RCM component and that creates unique challenges for us.”

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Campus Briefs Car reported stolen from E Lot, found later Another car has been reported stolen from the area of E Lot near Williamson and Christensen Halls for the second time in a little more than three weeks. Students received an alert around 5 p.m. on Thursday that a blue Subaru Legacy with New York license plate FJC75373 was reported stolen by the UNH Police Department. The car was later found in another parking lot on campus, where the owner of the car had parked it

earlier that day. On March 26, a green Subaru Outback with NH plates CBRW was reported stolen from the same lot, only to be found in Glastonbury, Conn. the next day. At the time of this first incident, police Chief Paul Dean reminded students to make sure to always lock their cars and report any suspicious activity to the Department by calling (603) 8621427. -Melissa Proulx

Two snakes discovered in Gables C Tower Snakes were found this weekend in a suite on the first floor of Tower C in the Gables. Bill Meehan, senior operations manager of the University of New Hampshire Housing Department, said that a resident called the facilities support center to report they had two garden snakes in their apartment on Sunday, April 6. Meehan said “a Mobile 5 maintenance worker was dispatched to investigate” but that a resident and some friends had removed the snakes. The worker’s search did not uncover any snakes, and did not find “any possible points of entry.” Meehan also reported that housing staff members were sent

on Monday, April 7 to “inspect the interior and exterior of the apartment” as well as “all storage spaces around the location of the apartment” and still found no ways for a snake to have entered the building. According to Meehan, a community assistant “received an anonymous tip” that multiple students had been “seen holding garden snakes prior to the discovery” and that Housing believes that “the snakes were brought into the building and released.” Recent checks of the perimeters of the buildings “have not turned up any snakes,” Meehan said. -Logan Hill

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UNH Animal Science Department brings folk singer for “Ireland class” By Ken Johnson staff writer

The Animal Science Department is bringing Irish folk singer Aoife Clancy to the University of New Hampshire on Tuesday. From Carrick-on-Suir in County Tipperary, Ireland, Clancy is the daughter of Bobby Clancy, one of the members of The Clancy Brothers, an Irish folk group that was popular in the 1960s.

This is the second year that Clancy has played at UNH for the Ireland course and the UNH community. Clancy is being brought to UNH as part of the Animal Science Department class Integration of Culture and Agriculture in Ireland: Past, Present, and Future, commonly referred to as the Ireland class by current and past students who have taken the course. This is the second year that Clancy has played at UNH for the Ireland course and the UNH community.

Song and history-telling is a large part of the Irish culture, Ashley Wood, a senior nutrition and wellness major who is currently taking the Ireland class, said. “I’m excited to see someone who is well renown in this area sing,” Wood said. “Aoife Clancy’s performance was amazing, I didn’t realize how intricate Irish music was,” Galina Kinsella, a junior who took the class last year, said. “The important areas of Ireland are agriculture, religion and politics. To understand agriculture, you have to understand the other two,” Dr. Patty Bedker, associate professor of animal and nutritional science in the department of Biological Sciences and professor of the Ireland course, said. “I loved the class, it was really hands-on. I learned a lot more about Ireland than I even expected to,” Kinsella said. This is the fourth year that the Ireland course has been offered at UNH. This year, 60 students applied for the course and 25 students were accepted. The Ireland course meets once a week for a semester for two hours and then culminates with a 10-day trip for the students to Ireland. The course syllabus states, “Throughout the semester, the class will focus on the cultural, economic and histori-

cal aspects of Ireland. “While in Ireland, the class will delve into the agricultural areas including animal, land management and agri-tourism, as well as visiting historical and cultural landmarks,” the syllabus continues. The trip to Ireland will include stops at Connemara Pony, beef, sheep, dairy and cereal farms and the class will visit the Cliffs of Moher, Ring of Kerry, Trinity College, the Moyglare Stud and Blarney Castle among others. Wood described her excitement her excitement for the upcoming trip to Ireland, saying “Just in general to go somewhere new and to be humbled by the experience of how other people live and the beauty of it.” “Patty is an amazing teacher,” Wood said. “She not only is able to challenge the class with putting yourself in the shoes of the Irish people and learning about their history, but she is just so fun and respectful of the students that if anyone gets the chance to take this course or interview for it, they should try because any kind of experience like this is really profound and it will help shape you for the rest of your life.” The show will be Tuesday, April 15 at 4:10 p.m. in room 110 of Murkland Hall at UNH and is free to students and the public.

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continued from page 1 will be in the same area. As part of the planning for the new design in Dimond, Rob Wolff, web developer for Dimond, utilized a concept for testing web pages. He mounted a GoCam on three volunteers and did usability testing on the library itself, Harper said. They recorded the test subjects’ movement through the stacks, and had them say their thought processes out loud, while performing tasks given to them to determine how to make using the stacks easier. “It was invaluable in giving us some good feedback on where some of our problems lie in terms of signage, and maps, and getting people to move around,” Harper said.

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The first swing space need will be when we are ready to start the Hamilton Smith Hall renovation.”

Larry Van Dessel

Executive director of services for UNH The reorganization within Dimond Library will happen over the summer. In July, resources within Dimond will become a “paged collection,” which means that if a resource is needed, the borrower will need to ask a staff member at the front desk to bring it to them in

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continued from page 1 who were segregated in the camps. “People would let you have a [private] room for an hour. It wasn’t easy, but it was done,” Bauer said. Six hundred students and faculty filled the room to capacity after the doors opened at 6:30 p.m. for the lecture, which began at 7 p.m. About 50 students had arrived almost an hour early to get good seats. “People were just in awe, no one … left till it was over, even during the questions,” David Zamansky, the assistant director of Memorial Union Building program and leadership, said. “That’s the mark of a great event.” According to Zamansky an additional 130 students attended the event in the Strafford room via live audio and video. Bauer found the current generation’s enthusiasm for her history to be uplifting. “For the first 20 years [after the Holocaust] I could not talk about it. For the next 20 years no one wanted to hear it. I’ve only been able to discuss it in these past 25 years,” Bauer said. In 1942, Bauer’s family was ordered to leave everything behind but one suitcase, and report to the Terezin concentration camp. During the move, Bauer’s father, who was a school principal, was told he would be teaching in

order to keep patrons of the library safe during the reorganization process, Annie Donahue, interim dean of the UNH Library, said. The exact date that Dimond will become a “paged collection” has not yet been established but announcements will be made. The reorganization involves several different parties working together, including both the biological library and the Dimond Library, UNH Facilities and BiblioTech, a private company that is handling the actual move, Harper said. The move involves weeding out some materials. “Journals are one area we have weeded pretty heavily in because we can get electronic variants of that or digital copies of it,” Harper said. A good number of journals have been replaced electronically, and back files of the journals have been purchased. For books, the weeding process starts with materials that have not been used since acquisition. “If a library book has not been taken out since that date and we can find it in other libraries, we can find local libraries that have copies of that material, we don’t feel as compelled to keep it,” Harper said. “Some of the material may be out of date, it may be material we would like to have for historic reasons but know we can get through somebody else.” The amount of material that will be weeded out is unknown at the current time, Donahue said. “A lot of that weeding will probably fall in the journal collections where we have purchased electronic back files of those journals so that students, faculty and staff have access to that material 24/7,” Donahue said. Some of the furnishings, the a new school, but then was sent to a coal mine instead where he soon died of meningitis. “I always said he died more of a broken heart than the sickness,” Bauer said. Terezin had a dirty stone floor with no furniture and wooden slats for latrines with “men, women and children all together.” There was very little to eat. Bauer met a young man named Hans, who helped her get office jobs, medical attention and food during her imprisonment. “I was 18 years old, and I assume not bad looking. I knew [Hans] would come after me [when I first saw him,]” Bauer said. She married Hans, but three days later he was sent supposedly to build a new ghetto in Dresden. Bauer was given the option to follow him, which she took even though she had to leave her mother. “To say goodbye to your mother is a terrible thing, but I was excited to see Hans again,” Bauer said. The train she boarded was not headed to Dresden, but Auschwitz. “Auschwitz was the most horrible place I have ever seen … like hell,” Bauer said. A girl was shot dead next to Bauer for throwing bread over the fence to prisoners. “To sit and do nothing and to hear the screaming of … people in the gas chamber at night was … horrible … the smell of Auschwitz … the burning human flesh … it was terrible,” Bauer said. “We knew they killed people in

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Shelves will be cleared at Kendall Hall Library this summer. Resources are going to be moved to Dimond Library in order to make Kendall a “swing space” that can be used during renovations such as Ham Smith. computers and material that will be kept will be moved to the second floor of Dimond. One goal of the project is to maintain the number of study areas available between the two libraries or, if possible, to add more room. A librarian and staff member will be available in the new resource center for students and faculty, Harper said. The reorganization process is expected to be completed by August 1, with a backdate of August 15, after which the library will reopen in full to the public. “We start the fall semester fresh,” Donahue said. After the move, the project will move into phase two. This phase in-

cludes the identification of more services that can be offered through the science resource center, like classes or workshops. Kendall Hall was considered for a full renovation, but the estimated cost was too high, Larry Van Dessel, executive director of facilities services for UNH, said. “We are looking at Kendall to see if it can be marginally improved to serve as swing space for other renovations on campus,” Van Dessel said. “The first swing space need will be when we are ready to start the Hamilton Smith Hall renovation. The Kendall library space is seen as a good location for replacement classrooms and we are working on some other ideas on moving entities

out of Kendall, which might also aid us in that support/swing space role.” The physics library is staying in DeMeritt Hall at the moment. Donahue said that the final recommendation for the physics library was that possible future integration will be considered. “First we would focus on Kendall and we would establish an integrated science resource center on level two and then talk with faculty and students about the kinds of services that we could offer from that integrated center, and at that point in time look at DeMeritt again as a potential for the integration,” Donahue said. This would not happen until around 2016.

the showers … but we went into the shower and water came.” Bauer was finally liberated by American troops on May 5, 1945, from Mauthausen concentration camp, where she had been moved after Auschwitz. “It was the happiest day of my life,” Bauer said. About 45 students waited in line to meet Bauer personally after the event. “Her resilience amazed me,” Hannah McQuilkin, a first-year graduate student in the marriage and family therapy program, said. “Her positive outlook, despite these traumatic events, was incredible.” “[I] just thought it was remarkable that she could talk … smile … laugh about it,” Tyler Schlesinger, a sophomore business major, said. Bauer lives in Yonkers, N.Y. with her “boy toy” Bill, who attended the event. Bauer likes to go to lectures about current events, science and history in her free time. She wore a necklace she made herself to the event. She also attends concerts. Her favorites are Mozart, Beethoven and Bach, but aside from jazz and a few other exceptions, she goes to “nothing written after 1900.” Bauer has made a point of enjoying life every day since her liberation. “You’ve got to make sure [something like the Holocaust] never happens again,” Bauer said in her final words to the audience, who met the end of the lecture with a standing ovation.

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that’s how you change the world.” People certainly took notice as the group marched down College Road and Academic Way. Busses beeped and the crowd cheered, rattling their cowbells and chanting phrases like, “Consent is hot, assault is not!” “Each year we get the message out faster and to a larger audience,” Wells said. “I’m pretty sure we broke 600 this year, and I want to see it get even bigger.” Harrison, a therapy dog, wagged his tail in excitement. “This is certainly where he feels most comfortable,” said owner Maria Caplan of Pet Partners, an organization that tries to enrich peoples’ lives through their love for animals. “He likes to be social and I like to support a great cause. We make a good team.” It’s not difficult to get involved with SHARPP and be an advocate against sexual assault and violence. “We run off of volunteers,” Wells said. In order to educate a larger audience, Wells suggested a more active student body. Becoming a volunteer is painless and easy. “We’re everywhere,” she said. “Events like this one are small but important steps in changing awareness and culture on the UNH campus and in the world,” Merrill said. “It is time we integrate the voices of the victims.”

continued from page 1 alone.” Merrill reported that many people close to him had been victimized and confided in him. Regardless, Merrill spoke optimistically about the future. “Hopefully one day nobody has to be confided in,” he said. Volunteers that were tabling around the crowd treated everyone to cold lemonade, cowbells, stickers and small pins that symbolize the White Ribbon Campaign. “We’re trying to get at least 25 percent of all UNH men to take the pledge,” SHARPP volunteer and UNH sophomore Ryan Grogan said about the campaign. “It’s a promise that we will educate others about anti-violence and that we will directly intervene if necessary.” Along with several student groups and sports teams, UNH Greek life had a strong presence at the rally. Many fraternities and sororities wore their letters proudly. “We’re here to be a part of something bigger than us,” Alpha Xi Delta sister Hannah Feneberg said. “This is such a great cause and we’re excited to spread support.” Phi Mu Delta brother Thomas Stephen was in attendance for the second year. “We’re out here again to make a difference,” Stephen said. “When almost 1,000 people gather in support of a cause, people notice, and

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Damaged property in downtown Durham By GREG LAUDANI Contributing Writer

Sundays are usually relaxing days off for employees of the Durham Book Exchange. However, a shattered front window prevented store manager Lorraine Mechem from putting her feet up this time around. The bookstore window was broken sometime in the early morning on Sunday, March 30. It is the latest example of weekend vandalism that occurs in downtown Durham. “Businesses down the street like Durham House of Pizza get damaged more often because they are open when the bars close,” Mechem said, looking out at her newly repaired window. “This is the first time our window has been broken.” The Durham Police Department could not be reached for comment. However, Mechem said no projectiles were found inside the building, which makes her believe the window broke after someone was shoved into it. Damaged property can be common on weekends past 1 a.m. after nearby bars close. “When they come out of the bars, it can be pretty rough at night,” Durham House of Pizza owner Steve Petrovitsis said. “This year, we’ve had one door broken and two windows smashed.” Petrovitsis said he witnessed

someone stumble across the street from Libby’s Bar & Grill who “hip checked” one of the pizza shop windows two weekends ago. “He ran into it like he was playing hockey,” Petrovitsis said. The restaurant owner claimed that the young man went through the window, leaving nearly half the floor covered with glass. After bars like Libby’s, Scorpions Bar & Grill and The Knot close, DHOP attracts crowds of hungry customers. DHOP’s proximity to the bars and late night hours (open until 2 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday) make it a popular gathering spot on the weekends. Unfortunately, its location downtown exposes the shop during the highpoint for potential damage. Sophomore Graham Pirie said the downtown damage is unacceptable no matter how intoxicated people may be. “You can have fun without destroying people’s property,” Pirie said. “There is no excuse for people breaking windows like that.” The damage DHOP has dealt with recently has extended a consistent, yet unfortunate, yearly trend. “Sadly, three times a year is about the average,” Petrovitsis said, estimating the average damage per year. Located up the street from

DHOP, Red Carpet Flower Shop owner Kaitlyn Bassett has had to endure similar vandalism in route to keeping her business going. Last summer, the flower shop’s front window was smashed to pieces. Bassett had to board up the windows while waiting a month and a half for replacement windows. The boards gave some customers the wrong idea about Red Carpet’s future. “That hurt our business,” Bassett said. “When people saw newspaper and boards covering the store, they assumed we were going out of business.” Bassett made signs and taped them on the outside of the store to make sure people knew Red Carpet was still running. Bassett, who has owned the flower shop since September 2013, was an employee at Red Carpet before taking over. Since taking ownership, she said that window damage would not interfere with the shop’s customer-friendly atmosphere. “I never want to feel like I’m in New York City and put bars on my windows,” Bassett said. “I feel very fortunate to have an open window like we do to see outside and let people see inside the store.” Despite weekend vandalism, resilient owners like Bassett, Petrovitsis and Mechem do not let it get in the way of carrying on with everyday business.

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Both the Durham Book Exchange and the Durham House of Pizza, pictured above, were victims of vandalism in the early hours of the morning on Sunday, March 30.

UNH Cooperative Extension Dean to retire By TOM SPENCER Contributing Writer

This year UNH will bid farewell to a man who all but grew up here. John Pike, dean and director of UNH Cooperative Extension, is retiring. Pike’s 16 years of directing the branch of the university that interacts with the New Hampshire community on a statewide level will officially end June 30, 2014. Before serving as dean, Pike was a UNH Cooperative Extension staff member for 37 years, in positions including associate director, extension educator and state program leader. “It has been a privilege for me to serve the people of New Hampshire,” Pike said in an interview with Campus Journal. Pike’s legacy includes guiding the UNH Cooperative Extension through a 23 percent budget cut in 2011. The loss of state funding resulted in 23 fewer staff members and uncertainty about the future of the entire program. “[Pike] took the reins at that point,” Charlene Baxter, the development coordinator and state extension specialist for UNH Cooperative Extension, said. Pike’s work during the budget cut included appointing a team gathered from all over the state and campus to advise him on how to revitalize the program. The group was called the Re-Extension team. “The [Re-Extension] team was … a talented group of people on all levels,” Baxter said. “John’s

foresight about the future of UNH Cooperative Extension allowed the organization to adapt and change internally and externally.” The efforts resulted in a reduction in cuts and a full restoration of funding for Cooperative Extension in Strafford County in 2012. In addition to these financial accomplishments, Cooperative Extension staff considers Pike’s legacy to include an increased recognition for the work the program does in the state and within the UNH community. “Even though UNH Cooperative Extension has been around for 100 years, when I started working here we were always telling people at meetings who we were and what we did,” Baxter said. “After Pike’s work, people know who we are, and more importantly they ask where we are if we’re not [at a faculty event or meeting]. They recognize us as an important piece of the campus.” UNH Cooperative Extension works with New Hampshire businesses, individuals and communities to help them become more resource efficient and productive. The program enlists staff and volunteers from all over the state. The change in leadership will not be sudden. “UNH Cooperative Extension is one of the most important departments of the university,” Matthew Larson, a sophomore marine biology student whose family works with cooperative extension programs out of state, said. At the request of Provost Lisa

MacFarlane, Pike will continue working with the university in the remaining months of his tenure to assist with the transition in leadership. MacFarlane plans to appoint an interim director by June 16. The interim director will likely serve for six months during a nation wide search for the next dean and director, according to Pike.

He became engaged to his wife Gina at the New England Center in 1973. He watched his son, Justin, play high school tennis on the UNH courts. During the 2007 commencement, Pike had the opportunity to present his daughter, Jillian, with her diploma as she graduated with honors. Former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton both

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Retiring dean and director of UNH Cooperative Extension Pike began working with Cooperative Extension in 1977. He obtained his doctorate from the university in 1996, and has served as dean since 1998. UNH has been closely entwined with Pike’s life both personally and professionally. His family has a long history with UNH. His mother, Adrienne, worked as a university secretary for almost 40 years. “I can recall [my mother] taking me to Pettee Hall at a very young age, and I was fascinated with the campus and envisioned at some point being a student, [a vision] which came to fruition in 1971,” Pike said.

attended the ceremony, and wrote personal notes for Jillian. Pike’s post-retirement plans include spending more time with his family, pursuing leisure time interests and part-time management consulting. “I will remain forever grateful to [UNH] for enriching my life and all those New Hampshire residents you have impacted through Cooperative Extension and UNH outreach,” Pike said. “As we move forward, change is never easy but working together in imaginative ways, I’m very confident that the future of [Cooperative Extension] is strong and filled with lots of promise and excitement.”

NH Brief Police clock motorcyclist at 145 mph CANDIA — New Hampshire State Police using aircraft during a traffic enforcement crackdown say they clocked a motorcyclist travelling 145 mph as he passed other cars on Route 101 in Candia. Police say the aircraft detail tracked the motorcyclist after it exited the highway and drove through the towns of Candia and Deerfield. Police say he pulled into a driveway off Route 107 in Deerfield in an effort to hide from police approaching by car. Police charged 24-year-old Jakob Bastian of Dunbarton with felony reckless conduct and disobeying an officer. He was released on $2,500 bail and is due to appear in Candia District Court May 14. It was not immediately known whether Bastian has a lawyer. No phone number could be located for him.

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Confessions post prompts discussion about transgender care By LILY O’GARA News Editor

The popular Facebook page “UNH Confessions” was originally created as a place where students could anonymously post funny stories and anecdotes; lately, though, the tables have turned and the page has become a social justice battleground, of sorts. A recent debate, which has since been deleted, centered around the importance of transgender care at Health Services. The original post read, “So let me get this straight … there are no dentists at campus health to fix my chipped tooth, but we have transgender care? Seriously?”

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ful, affordable, and comprehensive healthcare should be a fundamental right of all citizens.”

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Health Services wellness counselor Comments ranged from agreement to disgust: “I would gladly get rid of all the transgenders on campus given that this kid would get his tooth fixed. Weigh the contributions to society

from each person/group of people and you will unequivocally agree.” “A dental program would be more logical/useful than transgender healthcare […] anyone arguing against that is moronic.” “I have no way to measure everyone’s contribution in this society but I’m sure as hell you aren’t even worth a bit if you think your contribution of getting rid of a group of people out of your ignorance is legit.” Members of the transgender community were deeply affected by the comments. Casey, who asked that his last name remain anonymous, said these comments broke his heart. He said that he and many of his friends utilize the care offered by health services. “Not only do we need to have this, but there are limited places where it is available,” Casey said of transgender medical care. “As a trans person, going through the day wondering what places are going to be safe and what places aren’t going to be safe is exhausting. It’s nice to know that if and when I need medical care, that will be a safe space for me; that I can get what I need and I won’t face discrimination or be refused care just for being who I am.” Services for transgender students include receiving standard exams—i.e. pap smears, breast and prostate exams and hernia tests— regardless of gender identity and expression, as well as connecting students with information about Hormone Replacement Therapy

NH Briefs Pizza company back in business after big fire PITTSFIELD — A New Hampshire pizza-making company that was destroyed in a fire is back in business. Rustic Crust, which makes all-natural and gluten-free pizza crusts, frozen pizzas and sauce, reopened Tuesday at a new site in Pittsfield. The company has about 100 workers. A fire last month leveled the

company’s 16,000-square-foot production facility in Pittsfield. No one was hurt, but the building was a total loss. CEO Brad Sterl tells the Concord Monitor the current space, a 10,000-square-foot warehouse that has been used for storage since 2008, is temporary. He hopes to rebuild at the old location.

Mall has plans for first renovation since 1991 SALEM — A 152-store mall in New Hampshire is preparing for major renovation. The project involves upgrading the entrances and common areas at The Mall at Rockingham Park in Salem. The Eagle Tribune reports

mall manager Cindy Hall says it’s the first major renovation of the mall since it opened in 1991. Site plan approval must first be granted by the town planning board. The work could start as early as May.

Cape Cod gear recovery takes 10 tons from sea PORTLAND, Maine — The Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, Mass., says it has removed approximately ten tons of fishing gear and other debris from the ocean floor during its second “Outer Cape Derelict Gear Assessment and Retrieval Program.” Four commercial lobstering vessels from Provincetown took part in the March campaign. A spokeswoman for the center said the group has removed more than

320 wire lobster traps, a toilet, a stuffed doll, two anchors, and dozens of other items. The recovered traps include 142 deemed intact. Most of those had identification tags and were claimed by their owners. Two dozen of them were transported to a holding facility where they will be auctioned off. The spokeswoman said the metal pieces of more than 10,000 pounds of waste fishing gear will be recycled.

This quote is one of many painted by alumni on the walls of the Diversity Support Coalition (DSC) room, where meetings for the LGBT group Alliance and other diversity groups are held. It reflects the views of activists who jumped on the recent UNH Confessions post that attacked transgender healthcare, an important and necessary addition to Health Services. Lily O’Gara/Staff

(HRT), Gender Confirmation Surgery (GCS) and providing written referrals. Clinicians at Health Services can also order blood tests related to HRT, write prescriptions for hormones and anti-androgens and help administer treatments. When asked why these services are so important for the trans community, Peter Welch, a wellness counselor at Health Services, said, “Imagine substituting ‘transgender’ with another minority or disenfranchised group—women, people of color, the poor, disabled folks, GLB, et cetera— then ask the question again. Access to respectful, affordable, and comprehensive healthcare should be a fundamental right of all citizens.” AliciaAlec Dufield is a junior at UNH who identifies as nonbinary. “Nonbinary individuals do not identify as men or women. They may also hold other gender identities such as genderqueer, genderfluid, et cetera,” Dufield said of their

identity. They echoed Welch’s sentiments and said that the people who posted on UNH Confessions might not understand that there is actually a community of trans people on campus, or might not feel sympathetic because they do not personally know someone who is trans. However, Dufield pointed out that there are at least 14 undergraduates on campus who identify as transgender, and that five of them are currently undergoing HRT. Three of those five are seeking this treatment through Health Services. “I think there is a lot of misinformation out there about transgender people,” Dufield said. “… What I really want people to know is that there are many trans people on campus who face tremendous obstacles.” UNH offers multiple resources for transgender people, such as group LGBT sessions in the Counseling Center; the Alliance; The

President’s Commission on the Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues; and the Transgender Policy and Climate Committee (TPACC), a subcommittee of the President’s Commission. For those students whose gender identity intersects with other facets of their lives (i.e. race) the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA) also provides a welcoming environment. For transgender students at UNH, the services provided at Health Services are another part of this package. “I consider UNH to be my home and it really hurt to see such negative things being said from this community of students I consider myself to be a part of,” Casey said. “But there were also so many great people fighting back and offering educational opportunities for people who don’t know about trans issues—those are the students I am happy to call my fellow wildcats.”

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Who owns it? ‘Cloud’ inventor speak on the dangers and flaws of the patent world By BRIAN WARD staff writer

On April 8, Paul College hosted a lecture by Agostino Sibillo, during which he talked about the Internet, innovation and patent laws. It was a million times more exciting than it sounds. Sibillo is an inventor and lawyer with 18 patents based off his creations. His most notable invention is the cloud computing system, which allows people to store and access their data from a remote server from any device. If you’ve ever used Google Drive, Amazon Cloud or Dropbox, that was this guy. The crux of Sibillo’s lecture was that the current state of patent world and the Internet stifles smalltime inventors and limits innovations to what is currently marketable. “The Internet is a big ad agency on steroids, but it’s creating illusions. Because with [the] years and with the times, this business model is growing and it is becoming something huge and a few companies are taking advantage of that,” Sibillo said. “If you try to do something, if you try to come up with any idea today in the Internet world that can change the business model that can come up with any new way to make money, someone is going to put you out of business.”

One example that Sibillo makes is the lack of an encrypted web browser. The most popular browsers, Chrome, Firefox and Safari, are unencrypted, which, according to Sibillo, means anyone from NSA to the guy next door can see where you go on the Internet and sell that information to advertisers. Sibillo said that this vested interest in selling your data is what has prevented the rise of more secure browsing. “Every time you surf in the web today, they can spy on you,” Sibillo said. “And we think that crazy organizations, governments and whatever, are spying on your position and know exactly what you do. The truth is that anyone can see and can spy on us, because we don’t use any kind of encryption.” Sibillo went on to talk about how the modern patent system leaves small inventors at a disadvantage. For example, if you have an idea and need to raise the money for your invention you have two options: The first is find a venture capitalist or funder who will often demand a ridiculously high return on investment and will take away your patent if you don’t make the cash in a few years. The second is you can try to raise the money yourself, keeping in mind that if anyone steals your idea you’ll have to pay the legal fees to keep your rights.

Most people, however, don’t have the money to fly around the world to stop property theft or compete with a large company’s legal team. “It’s a mess because the patent world needs to be shaken; it needs something new,” Sibillo said. Galen Hand is a junior finance major and found himself at Sibillo’s lecture on the word of one of his professors. “I thought it was really interesting; I was personally interested in the patent part of it,” Hand said. “His description of venture capitalist and investors was really interesting and, you know, hopefully his ideas about the change of patents will take place in the near future.” Hand says that he has an interest in the topic of patents and took a lot away from Sibillo’s lecture. He says the biggest thing he took away from the talk was a need to change patent laws for the better of inventors. “There needs to be a change in the world of patents, and that hopefully somebody will stand up to the venture capitalists who demand such high portions of equity and high returns on investment,” Hand said. “Because cash is king, hopefully over the next five years or so people will be able to stand up to that and still get funding for their startups.”

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Rosa Parks archives remain unsold in NY By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press

NEW YORK — At a time when interest in civil rights memorabilia is rekindled, a lifetime’s worth of Rosa Parks’ belongings — among them her Presidential Medal of Freedom — sits in a New York warehouse, unseen and unsold. Parks’ archives could be worth millions, especially now that 50th anniversaries of the civil rights era are being celebrated and the hunt is on for artifacts to fill a new Smithsonian museum of African-American history. But a years-long legal fight between Parks’ heirs and her friends — a dispute similar to the court battle among Martin Luther King Jr.’s heirs — led to the memorabilia being taken away from her home city of Detroit and offered up to the highest bidder.

Parks is one of the most beloved women in American history. She became an enduring symbol of the civil rights movement when she refused to cede her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus to a white man. So far, no high bidder has emerged. Parks is one of the most beloved women in American history. She became an enduring symbol of the civil rights movement when she refused to cede her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus to a white man. That triggered a yearlong bus boycott that helped to dismantle officially sanctioned segregation, and lift King to national prominence. Because of the fight over Parks’ will, historians, students of the movement and the general public have had no access to items such as her photographs with presidents, her Congressional Gold Medal, a pillbox hat that she may have worn on the Montgomery bus, a signed postcard from King, decades of documents from civil rights meetings, and her ruminations about life in the South as a black woman. Parks wanted people to see her mementos and learn from her life, said Elaine Steele, a longtime friend who heads the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, a foundation Parks co-founded in Detroit in 1987. “In my opinion, it was quite clear what she wanted,” Steele said. Steele’s lawyer, Steven Cohen, said Parks’ heirs and the institute

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certainly could come to agreement on sending the artifacts to an appropriate institution “if we could close out the estate and get away from” the probate court. He said he hopes to resolve the matter in six months to a year. “It will happen,” Cohen said. “But right now we’re hamstrung, because the probate court continues to want to monitor and control our activities. And it shouldn’t.” Parks, who died in 2005 at age 92, stipulated in her will that the institute bearing her name receive a trove of personal correspondence, papers relating to her work for the Montgomery branch of the NAACP, tributes from presidents and world leaders, school books, family Bibles, clothing and furniture. Her nieces and nephews challenged her will, and her archives were seized by a court; a judge ordered it sold in one lump sale. King’s belongings also are locked in a legal dispute. King’s sons, Martin Luther King III and Dexter Scott King, want to sell or lease their father’s Nobel Peace Prize medallion and one of his Bibles; King’s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, opposes such a move. Because of the squabbling, a judge ordered the Bible and prize medal to be held in a safe deposit box controlled by the court until the disagreement can be resolved. Since 2006, Guernsey’s Auctioneers have kept Parks’ valuables in a New York warehouse, waiting for someone to offer the $8 million to $10 million asking price. By comparison, the city of Atlanta paid $32 million to King’s children for his papers, and the Henry Ford Museum paid $492,000 just for the bus aboard which Parks took her 1955 stand for civil rights. Rex Ellis, associate director of Curatorial Affairs at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, thinks Parks’ archives should be in a museum or research facility. Ellis would not say whether Smithsonian officials are interested in buying it, just that they would “love for these items to be a part of the museum,” due to open next year, which is also the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott. “She was just an extraordinary figure that any student of American history, not African-American history, any student of American history should know and be aware of,” Ellis said. Steele, wearing a lapel button that read, “I [heart] Rosa Parks,” said the fact that Parks’ belongings are stuck in court-ordered limbo is “very heartbreaking,” because it has taken away a powerful learning tool. “If you see something of Dr. King’s or President Lincoln, Malcolm X, it’s quite special. ‘Wow. These were their personal things,’” Steele said. “That means quite a bit.”

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Music festival review site is first of its kind By CHARLIE WEINMANN ARTS EDITOR

Taking a road trip in a van packed with your buddies who haven’t showered in a week may not seem like “a good time to be had by all.” But if you are driving crosscountry to see your top-five favorite musicians perform over the course of a few days, a few smelly friends are not really a big deal. Sometimes deciding which festival to attend can be the most difficult part for fans. That is, until Dan Swain became determined to create a solution for this void in the industry. Swain is originally from the small town of Wakefield, Rhode Island. He is a recent graduate of Northeastern University, with a music industry degree; through Northeastern’s Co-Op program, Swain was able to start working with music festivals. “I realized it was a part of the music industry that’s growing, and not crippled by piracy and declining record sales,” Swain said. After working for a company called Noise Pop in San Francisco, CA, he fell in love with the festival industry. “I decided that was what I wanted to be a part of,” Swain said. That led him to The Newport Folk Festival, where he currently works seasonally as a productions assistant. After a few years of working for festivals, Swain realized that there was a lack of communication

among festivalgoers. There needed to be a place for conversation, where the quality of all of these music events could be discussed. “It became apparent to me that festival fans needed a place to voice their opinions,” Swain said. “A lot of people will post on a festival’s Facebook page, or tweet at the festival, but with thousands of fans, it can be difficult for festivals to acknowledge those posts.” The answer was Obfessed. It is the first and only music festival review and rating website. It allows users to share their experiences, helping festivals figure out what they’re doing right, and what they could improve upon. It was founded in 2013 as a festival news source and is essentially a Twitter account reporting lineup announcements and ticket information. “It just made sense to create a site where festival [managers] can have a clear sense of what their fans like and what they’re not crazy about,” Swain said. The Obfessed team currently consists of just two people: a backend programmer and Swain. They also have a few writers who contribute “featured festivals,” festival news and editorial content. Many young websites make good money from paying advertisers, but Swain says money was never the main focus. “Monetary profit was never the goal,” Swain said. “There is definitely potential for advertising

revenue to be made. In the same way people use Yelp to find good restaurants, Obfessed is used to find good festivals. This can be especially valuable to small festivals that might not have the budget to run full-scale marketing campaigns.” The values behind Obfessed cater to the entirety of the festival industry, and many members of that community are reaching out to support the site. Swain mentioned that a number of live music and rave blogs have helped spread the word. The creators of Obfessed also teamed up with certain festivals to run giveaways and contests. A couple of weeks ago, Obfessed offered a deal where if you reviewed the festival, Kahbang!, which takes place in Bangor, Maine, you would receive a code that allowed you to buy tickets a week before anyone else. It is obvious that Swain pays attention to detail when it comes to his website. The page for Obfessed is visually stunning. Swain said that Hurtig Technologies, a web development company based in Boston, did a lot of the back-end work, while Swain did most of the design and front-end tasks. “The photo of Coachella on the front page was taken by Andrew Swartz, an amazing photographer, also based out of Boston,” Swain said. The site features a top ten, highest-reviewed festival list.

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Dan Swain is the man behind the newest website dedicated to music festival reviews, written by the fans, for the fans. “It’s great to see a small festival most people haven’t heard of right next to Bonnaroo’s and Coachella’s [reviews],” Swain said. “That’s what Obfessed is all about; exposing the ‘little guys.’” Swain says there are thousands of festivals in the U.S. alone, so even though there are over 300 festivals currently featured on Obfessed, they still have a long way to go. “We hope to be at 500 festivals by the end of May, just in time for festival season,” Swain said. “For me personally, I like festivals with distinct personalities, ones that aren’t trying to be just another ‘massive-mega-festival.’ I tend to go to small or medium sized festivals like Newport Folk, or Treasure

Island out in San Francisco.” Swain has received a generous amount of support from his peers in New England. His friends do their best to spread the word. “I think it’s a really innovative idea,” Mary Chamard, a close friend of Swain’s, said. “It could really take off if it gets the right attention. It would help if music festivals promoted it too … I think it’ll work out for him in the long run.” One main goal for Swain is that his website will have a positive impact on the live music and arts industries. “For me, the best part is seeing a small festival gain exposure through great reviews and high ratings,” Swain said.

Cap shines in second solo film By ARJUNA RAMGOPAL SPORTS EDITOR

Warning! This review contains spoilers for “Captain America: Winter Soldier.”

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It’s official; Captain America is cool again. If “Captain America: Winter Soldier” proved anything, it was that America’s shield-wielding hero can command the movie screen with an intelligent, compelling story that goes beyond a typical action, super hero movie. Captain America graced the screen in 2011 with “Captain America: First Avenger.” It was here we were able to see Chris Evans (who was the Human Torch in the cringe-

worthy “Fantastic Four” from 2005) don the shield and become one of the world’s first superheroes. First Avenger, much like the super hero’s reputation, was a bit bland. While the 1940s wartime theme was fun, the movie felt cliché and underdeveloped. It was a good start, and it was clear that Evans was the right choice to play Captain America. A year later, we were treated to “The Avengers,” Marvel’s ultimate comic book hero mash up film that was every bit as delightful as we were hoping it would be. Cap, as Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. so eloquently calls him, was now in the 21st century and dealing with a world that was unfamiliar to him. He clashed with Tony Stark, saw S.H.I.E.L.D. being, at times, as bad as H.Y.D.R.A. (ironic) and strug-

gled with being seen as a super hero (who doesn’t love the scene when Phil Coulson nerds out over meeting Captain America?) After two appearances, it was time to step it up with a “big adventure” for Steve Rogers, to see how he would take on some of the challenges presented in “The Avengers” and grow as a person. Without ruining too much of the plot, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” picks up a couple years after “The Avengers.” Rogers is living a fairly normal life having adjusted to the 21st century and working for S.H.I.E.L.D., and he is even hanging out with old pal Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow). Everything is going well until Nick Fury is seemingly murdered in front CAPTAIN continued on Page 10

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Continued from page 9 of Rogers, in his own apartment. The event sets off a chain of bigger events that have huge consequences not only for the film, but also for the entire Marvel Universe (vague, yes). The movie is not so much about the destination, but more about the journey. While the last act of the movie is great, rewarding and thrilling, the lead up to it is just as fantastic, combining humor, action and great acting, particularly between Evans and Scarlett Johansson. Anthony Mackie does a great job as the newcomer, Falcon, who will hopefully be a mainstay in the Marvel universe.

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A different take on the ending of HIMYM By CURTIS HINES Contributing Writer

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for the “How I Met Your Mother” season finale. If you haven’t seen it yet and don’t want the ending to be spoiled, don’t read this article. When the final credits rolled on one of my favorite TV series for the last time, I had tears in my eyes. What can I say, I’m an emotional man. Not tears of anger or regret or the sentiment voiced by a vocal majority on the Internet; good tears, happy sad tears, because Craig Thomas and Carter Bays gave us the best ending they possibly could. Some people were blindsided by the closing events of the series. The phrase “how could they?” was thrown around a lot in accusation:

How could they break up Robin and Barney? How could they do that to Ted and the mother? The truth is, the fates of these two relationships were hinted at over the course of the season. Up until the penultimate episode Robin was still questioning her relationship with Barney, even ready to jump out the church window with Ted and run away together. And after the season eight episode “The Time Travelers” and the season nine episode “Vesuvius” hinted very heavily at it, we knew that there was something terribly wrong with either the mother or Ted that would make their time together tragically short. A lot of people thought Ted was coldly tossing the mother aside after her death in his pursuit of Robin. I even heard some people question whether Ted ever really loved the mother at all. Once again,

there were signs: In episode 200, “How Your Mother Met Me,” we learned that the mother once had a love of her own who died, and after eight years or so had passed she was finally ready to love again. If it was possible for her to have two loves in her life, it should also be possible for Ted. Their stories intertwine and complement each other so beautifully. What was it the mother said to Ted in a flashforward? I believe her words were, “I don’t want you to be the old man who lives in his stories.” She would have appreciated that he had a chance to move on and be happy again. I’ve become so used to TV’s fairytale endings that I just assumed the same thing would happen for “How I Met Your Mother.” I was all ready for Robin and Barney to ride horses into the sunset; for Marshall and Lilly to immedi-

ately get their dream jobs and make it work instantly; for Ted and the mother to meet under a yellow umbrella, as the Walkmen played in the background and the screen faded to black. That’s what I expected. But truth is stranger than fiction. In the real world, relationships are complicated and life is messy. Instead of giving us a stereotypical sitcom ending, Thomas and Bays had the guts to show us the real lives of these characters. Sometimes it wasn’t pretty. Sometimes it didn’t happen the way we wanted it to. But never before have I felt that these characters were so human, so true. As a longtime fan, I couldn’t have asked for anything more from a series finale. I beg you, go back and take one more look at it. Leave your bias and your anger behind for 40 minutes and watch it again. I hope you’ll enjoy it.

Visually, the film was beautiful from start to finish. The action scenes were incredible ... [it could be] Marvel’s best non-Avenger movie. Visually, the film was beautiful from start to finish. The action scenes were incredible, and some of the fight scenes between Captain America and The Winter Soldier are breath-taking. Don’t think about the shield physics too much (it acts more like a very powerful boomerang). My only complaints about the movie might have to do with the Winter Soldier himself, Bucky Barnes. While the reveal of his identity as Rogers’ long-lost best friend is cool, especially seeing that look on Cap’s face, it ultimately falls flat as there’s no real resolution. It felt like this was “chapter one” in Captain America vs. The Winter Soldier. Perhaps the movie advertising shouldn’t have focused so much on The Winter Soldier, as he’s really just a glorified henchman. Besides that, the film has no major flaws and could be, on the whole, Marvel’s best non-Avenger movie. While I was disappointed with “Iron Man 3” and “Thor: The Dark World,” I was pleased with “Captain America: Winter Soldier,” and look forward to his next appearance.

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Charlie: “Say Goodbye” - Dave Matthews Band Kate: “Into The Wild” - LP

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Audrey: “Good Riddance” - Green Day Adam: “Foreground” - Grizzly Bear

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Susan: “Graduation” - Vitamin C

Arjuna: “Eternal Flame” - The Bangles

Max: “Celebration” - Kanye West

Justin: “Bittersweet Symphony” - The Verve

Justin W.: “Over Now” - Alice in Chains

Lily: ... was crying too much to come up with a song Corinne: “Goodbye Song” - Out of the Box (TV)

Catie: “Lord of the Rings Main Theme” - Howard Shore Curtis & Josh: “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane” - Peter, Paul and Mary

Joel: “Photograph” - Nickelback Nick: “Free Bird” - Lynyrd Skynyrd

WUNH College Radio Top 10 Records April 11 By HADLEY BARNDOLLAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

1. Real Estate “Atlas” Real Estate rules the No. 1 spot this week with their album “Atlas.” A mixture of indie/surf rock and neo-psychedelia. Real Estate is playing at Bonnaroo in Tennessee this June. 2. The War On Drugs “Lost In The Dream” The War On Drugs moves up one spot this week to No. 2 with their release “Lost In The Dream.” The War On Drugs was founded by musical collaborators Kurt Vile and Granduciel. 3. St. Vincent “St. Vincent” St. Vincent sees another week in the top 10 at No. 3. St. Vincent is known for her obscure concert experiences, with many people wondering what she will do next.

5. Cloud Nothings “Here And Nowhere Else” Another debut this week, Cloud Nothings comes in at No. 5 with their release “Here and Nowhere Else.” The Cloud Nothings produce an indie rock/ noise rock sound combined with lo-fi and post hardcore.

York, Perfect Pussy is at No. 10 this week with their album “Say Yes To Love.” Giving off a very underground, garage rock sound, this band is praised for their poetic lyrics. And no, we are not completely ignoring the ridiculousness of the band name.

6. Beck “Morning Phase” Beck appears yet again on the countdown at No. 6 this week. His new album “Morning Phase” is a self-proclaimed companion piece to his 2002 album “Sea Change.” Check out the song “Blue Moon.”

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7. Black Lips “Underneath The Rainbow” Black Lips takes No. 7 this week with their album “Underneath The Rainbow.” These boys entered last year through a screaming cloud of sweat, smoke, blood and beer mist. Their song “Boys in the Wood” is a favorite.

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8. Liars “Mess” Liars makes their top 10 debut with their release titled “Mess.” Liars is a three-piece band producing experimental dance rock. They have released seven studio albums.

9. Tycho “Awake” 4. Mac DeMarco “Salad Days” It was only a matter of time Mac Demarco debuts on the before Tycho merged into the countdown this week at No. 4 top 10 with his album “Awake.” with his album “Salad Days.” Tycho will be performing April The New York Times blog said 17 at The Sinclair in Cambridge. “the songs on “Salad Days” This is a show you don’t want are like snippets of advice to miss. that have been given, heard, pondered, parsed and ultimately 10. Perfect Pussy “Say Yes tossed aside with the idea that To Love” DeMarco will eventually figure it Based out of Syracuse, New all out on his own.”

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Students present their research at the 2013 Undergraduate Research Conference. The University of New Hampshire URC, one of the largest undergraduate research conferences in the country, will return to the UNH Durham and Manchester campuses for its 15th year this April.

URC returns to UNH for its 15th year By COLE CAVISTON contributing writer

One of the largest undergraduate conferences in the country – the University of New Hampshire’s Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) – has returned to Durham. The URC, which will run from April 11 to April 26, consists of 23 events that will be held on the Durham and Manchester campuses. Over 1,100 undergraduates from over 90 majors and disciplines will participate, with about 320 faculty mentors to advise their projects. The UNH URC is one of the country’s largest URC events in student participation among similar institutions of higher learning. “Some institutions will have a science URC or a segment,” Lynne Cooper, the chair of the URC Planning Committee, said. “Our URC incorporates over 90 disciplines and majors, runs the gambit from science to arts, to humanities to social sciences, to health and human services to businesses.” In 2000, there were 159 undergraduate participants that gave over 131 presentations. Student involvement in the URC has increased dramatically ever since. By 2013, student participation had risen to 1,302, with an increase of 790 presentations. This year will be the 15th year of the UNH URC, but there are events in the URC that predate the official URC. “The URC has been a series of events, and some have under of the banner of the URC have been going on for a really long time,” Cooper said. In 2000, Julie Williams, senior vice-provost for engagement and academic outreach, organized a planning committee to put the events that were being presented in undergraduate research under the banner of the URC. The pre-2000 programs that

continue to participate in the URC include the COLSA URC, the chemistry exhibition and the student composer’s concert. The first event on April 11 is the B.A. and B.F.A exhibition and M.F.A thesis exhibition preview reception for graduating arts students of the Art and Art History Department, which will be held in the Museum of Art at the Paul Creative Arts Center. From April 23 through 25 the department will also be staging “The Naked Arts: Creativity Exposed,” a three-act event designed to show the creative process of art in multiple mediums and across disciplines. The first act is the studio arts program, in which students will present their thesis work, which has already been put on display in the Museum of Art in the Paul Creative Arts Center. Later, they will give presentations. The second act will focus on presentations by students working in theater and music, and will be held in the museum. The third act will feature an interdisciplinary collaboration play, entitled “La Verdad,” written by theater and creative writing major Alexa Wynschenk, in the Memorial Union Building. “A music major will be writing the score and a visual art major will be arranging the visual look of the play, and actors will perform a 20 minute presentation of the play,” said professor Jennifer Moses, the chair of the Art and Art History Department. “This group is quite different from last year’s,” professor Rob Haskins, a faculty advisor for ACT III said. “They began to talk immediately and pretty much did everything by themselves.” Haskins believes that the importance of holding events like “Naked Arts” is in “demystifying the art of creating art.” “Creating art is not a grand inspiration; it requires planning and

thought,” Haskins said. “Students will learn to develop the ability to think critically and not to just memorize and repeat information.” Also being held on April 23 is the Thompson School of Applied Science Community Leadership Program, an associate degree event divided into two groups: interdisciplinary work related to the school’s spring course “Introduction to NonProfit Organizations” (CSL 402) and the capstone project for Thompson School students. Professor Kate Hanson, a URC faculty advisor and professor of community leadership who teaches CSL 402, says that the mission of the school is to work with students in applied research. “You study leadership, you come up with what you research over the course of your two years, learn what it means to be an effective community leader and apply it in an actual project you’re committed to make work,” Hanson said. For the non-profit work, students evaluate a local nonprofit to gauge its donor worthiness: does it do what is says it does? Is it well run and does it make a difference? Students will then write up a report and may possibly submit it to the board of directors of that nonprofit if it is interested in obtaining that information. Quite possibly, students may be asked to join that organization. The capstone project for the Thompson School is a leadership project meant to culminate the experience of student has had in their major into a particular focus. “The capstone is about identifying a leadership project you’re passionate about,” Hanson said. “A student this year who is passionate about the issue of social justice has arranged a screening of a documentary called ‘Girl Rising’ about the empowerment of young girls for his project.” Emma Vachon, a graduating international affairs dual major

enrolled in CSL 402, has been interning in a local nonprofit called Friends Forever out of Durham. She is interested in becoming involved in non-profit work after graduation and took the course to “add more dimension to my internship experience.” “I think it’s important for UNH to have a community leadership opportunity like this one,” Vachon said, “because it gives students interested in pursuing a future in community leadership a chance to greatly expand not only their leadership skills but their technical knowledge on how to create meaningful connections with communities, run non-profits, draw up effective fundraising tactics and the like.” For the second time, the Peter T. Paul Business College will host its own oral and poster sessions that have been split into multiple categories and divisions. The Charles and Miriam Nelson Poster Competition is an entrepreneurial contest that prompts students to create a poster with their idea on how to start and expand a business, which they will then present before a judge panel. The Holloway Prize Innovation-to-Market Competition, which will be held on April 25 at Paul College, requires students to submit a two-page paper of their entrepreneurial project or service online about how they will get it to market. This year, however, students will also have to make a 90 second video about their idea. Both competitions offer cash prizes for first and second place in their events. Cynthia Nizzari-McClain, the external relations manager for the Paul College, believes that the move of the UNH business school has allowed for more opportunities for business students in this year’s URC. “Paul College has a lot more resources, technology and break out rooms that students can use to work

on projects and for extra space,” McClain said. “It’s very visible to students entering Paul College and makes it attractive for them to enter the URC.” The Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium (ISE), presented by the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, will be drawing 372 students with research based in related disciplines, making it the largest event of this year’s URC. “ISE encourages students to work together in teams across disciplines,” Carole Berry, administrative manager for CEPS and a coordinator for the event, said. “The majority of students are from CEPS [but] we also have students participating in from COLSA, COLA, Paul College and two students from Elizabeth City State University located in New Jersey.” Many of these students will be working on their final capstone projects. According to Berry, students will have the opportunity in their projects to “exercise their skills and apply their theoretical knowledge and working towards the project goal.” “What’s sort of unique about the ISE is that’s it’s trying to mix the science and engineering aspects of research, two really different approaches to understanding the world,” said Ruth Varner, an associate professor of earth science and a faculty advisor in the ISE. This year, which marks the 11th anniversary of ISE, will see the presentations being held in the Whittemore Center, instead of in Morse Hall and Kingsbury Hall where engineering and science groups usually interacted, a move that Varner approves of. “I think its better for the students because they’ll be able to see more of what’s going on than just being isolated on a specific floor in our building [Morse Hall] and it will allow for more broader presentations” Varner said.

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Stephen Colbert to replace Letterman By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press

NEW YORK — CBS moved swiftly Thursday to replace the retiring David Letterman with Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert, who will take over the “Late Show” next year and do battle with Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel for late-night television supremacy. Colbert, 49, has been hosting “The Colbert Report” at 11:30 p.m. ET since 2005, in character as a fictional conservative talk-show host. The character will retire with “The Colbert Report.” “Simply being a guest on David Letterman’s show has been a highlight of my career,” Colbert said. “I never dreamed that I would follow in his footsteps, though everyone in late night follows Dave’s lead.” Letterman, who turns 67 on Saturday, announced on his show last week that he would retire sometime in 2015, although he hasn’t set a date. CBS said Thursday that creative elements of Colbert’s new show, including where it will be based, will be announced later. Mayors of New York and Los Angeles have already publicly urged the new “Late Show” host to choose their city. New York would appear to have the clear edge, since Colbert is already based in

New York and CBS owns the Ed Sullivan Theater, where the “Late Show” has been taped since Letterman took over in 1993. Letterman offered his endorsement Thursday. “Stephen has always been a real friend to me,” he said. “I’m very excited for him, and I’m flattered that CBS chose him. I also happen to know they wanted another guy with glasses.” It’s a rapidly changing period for that time slot. Fallon took over for Jay Leno on NBC’s “Tonight” show in February, and has dominated the ratings since his arrival, with Letterman and Kimmel running neck-and-neck for second. Chelsea Handler has also said she is about to end her talk show on E! Entertainment Television. CBS chose not to break the mold: CBS, ABC and NBC will all compete at 11:35 p.m. with shows hosted by white males. CBS, which has an older audience and generally seeks personalities with the widest appeal possible, is taking a chance with a personality whose show has a much more specific appeal. But, like Fallon and Kimmel, Colbert is popular with young men and active on the Internet and social media. “Our discussions really centered on finding the most talented, the most creative [choice], the person who was going to conduct the most interesting interviews and be the most interesting person

Maine scallop season very strong By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s four-month scallop season that ended in March apparently will be the state’s strongest in years, despite a harsh winter and new regulations unpopular with some fishermen, preliminary data show. Data for the 2013-14 season, which runs from December to March, are not yet compiled, but a strong December catch suggests season totals will top the 2012-13 haul of 427,080 pounds at a nearly $4.9 million value, said Trisha De Graaf, a spokeswoman for the Maine Department of Marine Resources. The numbers were the highest since the state began compiling seasonal totals in 2008, she said. The catch for December, typically the strongest month of the year, was 138,450 pounds, up more than 14,000 pounds from December 2012, De Graaf said. “We’re seeing really positive signs in the fishery,” she said. By calendar year, the haul for 2013 was 424,547 pounds of scallop meat, the highest total since 2000, state data showed. The catch was valued at nearly $5.2 million, the highest figure since 1998, and the 2013 price of $12.24 per pound set a record, according to the department. Maine had 631 commercially licensed scallop harvesters last year. The figures come during the second season in which the state divided coastal Maine into scallop fishing zones and the second time the state used a rotational manage-

ment system, in which localized areas in one zone are closed to fishing on a year-to-year basis, which is expected to give the scallop population a chance to replenish. The rotational zone stretches along Maine’s coast, from the Penobscot River to the town of Lubec. The state also reduced fishermen’s daily scallop meat limits and cut back the number of days people can fish, with the most dramatic cutbacks taking place in scallop-rich Cobscook Bay. State officials and some fishermen credited the new rules with encouraging a strong haul this season. The management plan has “definitely aided in the abundance,” said Alex Todd, a scallop fisherman based out of Portland. But some fishermen remained unconvinced. Jimmy Wotton, a scallop fisherman out of Friendship, said the regulations caused boat crowding in some places. He described his haul this year as about average. “Part of the problem with the rotational management plan is that it forces crowded,” Wotton said. “It puts heavy pressure on those areas.” The tough weather also limited the number of days Wotton could get his boat out on the water, he said. De Graaf said the state developed the management plan to encourage stability, noting a drastic downward trend in scallop harvests into the mid-2000s. From the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, the total usually topped 1 million pounds. It bottomed out at about 33,000 pounds in 2005.

himself, and that’s what led us to Stephen,” said Nina Tassler, CBS entertainment chairman. She said CBS considered several candidates, but did not name them. Colbert’s show won the Emmy for best variety series last year and has earned two Peabody Awards. It’s another big move for a Jon Stewart protege: Colbert worked on “The Daily Show” for eight years before getting his own program, and John Oliver is about to launch a weekly show for HBO later this month. The decision opens up a hole on Comedy Central’s schedule. The network said in a statement Thursday that “we look forward to the next eight months of the ground-breaking ‘Colbert Report’ and wish Stephen the very best.” Stewart told New York magazine on Wednesday night that Colbert would be terrific for Letterman’s job. Stewart said he likes what he does and Colbert has a better opportunity to broaden out his comedy than he would. “He is a uniquely talented individual,” Stewart said. “He’s wonderful in ‘Colbert Report,’ but he’s got gears he hasn’t even shown people yet. He would be remarkable.” The choice of Colbert quickly drew the ire of a real-life conservative talk-show host. Radio’s Rush Limbaugh said Thursday that CBS “has just declared war on the

heartland of America. No longer is comedy going to be a covert assault on traditional American values, conservatives. Now it’s just wide open.” Limbaugh mispronounced Colbert’s name as col-bert, instead of the proper pronunciation, col-bear. The man Colbert is replacing was a target for conservatives, too. Letterman made Republican favorite Sarah Palin a frequent target of his barbs. Tassler declined comment on what Colbert’s ascension will mean for Craig Ferguson, who follows Letterman’s show in the 12:35 a.m. time slot and was considered a candidate for Letterman’s job. Colbert would likely enter into some friendly competition with Fallon. Colbert appeared on Fallon’s first “Tonight” show, one of a line of personalities in a gag involving people who had to “pay up” on a bet about whether Fallon would ever get the “Tonight” gig. Brad Adgate, an analyst for Horizon Media, described Colbert as “the best talk-show host available.” He said CBS wanted to move quickly to make its choice for Letterman’s replacement before next month’s meeting with advertisers in New York about the upcoming season’s schedule. “When you’ve got fire in the belly, you move fast,” Tassler said.

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NH Brief Long-delayed school should be done by the end of August UNITY — A construction schedule for a new elementary school for the town of Unity, N.H., says it should be ready at the end of August. The project had been delayed due to various problems. Last month, residents approved a $2.75 million bond to complete it. The Eagle Times reports Gordon Bristol, the project owner’s representative, told the school board Tuesday workers are finishing window installation and have turned on the heat in the building. He said crews are now looking at code review. In 2010, the Unity Elementary School became the first school in state history to be ordered closed for fire code violations. Voters approved a bond at that time for a new school.

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Egypt women: Rights on paper, not yet on ground By LAURA DEAN Associated Press

CAIRO — Women activists say they won a major step forward with Egypt’s new constitution, which enshrined greater rights for women. But months after its passage, they’re worrying whether those rights will be implemented or will turn out to be merely ink on paper.

Men hold an overwhelming near-lock on decision-making in politics, and activists say they are doing little to bring about equality. The causes for concern are many. Men hold an overwhelming near-lock on decision-making in politics, and activists say they are doing little to bring about equality. Violence against women in public space has grown over the past three years of turmoil since the 2011 ouster of autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Some activists say the increasingly repressive political climate is stifling chances for democratic reforms that would bring women’s rights. An incident in March underlined how far activists say they still need to go to change public attitudes. After a female student at Cairo University came under mass sexual assault by male students, the university’s president, Gaber Nassar, criticized her for the way she was dressed. A well-known TV presenter, Tamir Amin, went on a tirade on his show, saying the student was “dressed like a belly dancer.” She was wearing black pants, a long-sleeved pink shirt and

a head-scarf. Amid an uproar on social media, both Nassar and Amin apologized for their comments. But Amin still went on to say women should wear “appropriate” clothing when they go out. The following week, a law criminalizing sexual harassment was referred to the presidency for review, though the text has yet to be released. There have been multiple mass sexual assaults on women during protests the past three years. In one notorious incident in 2011, security forces dragged a female protester to the ground, pulled up her top to reveal her blue bra and stomped on her chest. Other female protesters at the time were forced to undergo humiliating “virginity tests” when detained by the military. Women have also been caught up in the violence since the military ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last summer and security forces launched a heavy crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists. Last weekend, a 22-year-old female journalist, Mayada Ashraf, with the newspaper Al-Dustour, was shot to death while she covered clashes between police and Morsi supporters in the Cairo district of Ein Shams. Police have arrested 20 protesters, accusing them of shooting her — but witnesses have raised questions whether it was actually security forces who killed her. Around 50 other women were among hundreds killed during clashes since the violent dispersal of the pro-Morsi protest camps on Aug. 14, and around 240 are among the 16,000 people arrested in the crackdown on Morsi’s followers, according to security officials. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to journalists. Violence is a “very intimidating weapon” against women par-

ticipating in public life, said Dalia Abdel-Hameed, gender rights researcher with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, an independent rights group. More broadly, the crackdown has fueled an atmosphere where criticism is not tolerated. Secular pro-democracy activists and prominent figures critical of the militarybacked interim government have been jailed and are on trial for breaking laws barring unlicensed protests. In the media, critics of the government are muted, which has an impact on calls in general for democratic reform, including for women’s rights. “If there is no democratic climate, how would you benefit from these beautiful laws?” said AbdelHameed. “It will be the same as under Mubarak: you have a beautiful law but it’s not implemented.” Women activists fought hard for gains in the constitution passed in a January referendum, which was a rewrite of a 2012 constitution largely drafted by Islamists during Morsi’s one-year presidency. The document explicitly enshrines equality between the sexes and women’s rights to education, work and high political office. It criminalizes violence against women and discrimination on any basis, including gender. It allows women to confer nationality on their children and holds Egypt’s government responsible for international obligations under treaties it has ratified, including the Convention to Eliminate all forms of Discrimination Against Women. “It’s not just more progressive than the 2012 constitution, it’s more progressive than the 1971 constitution from the gender perspective,” said Salma el-Naqqash, a member of the Nazra Institute for Feminist Studies. The provisions are already being tested. Women have only been allowed to be judges since 2007, and

the new constitution guarantees their right to hold high positions in the judiciary. Yet a 2010 court decision barred women judges from the State Council, a powerful judicial body that regulates disputes between individuals and the state and reviews legislation. After several women were rejected for membership on the council, Mervat Tallawy, head of the state’s National Council for Women, said that in January she wrote to the State Council demanding it take on women judges in light of the constitution. The Council replied by saying her letter “violated appropriateness and manners” and it sought criminal action against the National Council for Women. Speaking to a conference last month, Tallawy said the “the mentality of the decision-makers in the current government and the future government as well” is the main obstacle to the carrying out the promises of the constitution.

ries of concrete steps she wants to see in the near future — the creation of a Commission on Discrimination with real judicial power, particularly to hold the state accountable, as called for under the constitution; more women judges; an electoral law that guarantees the presence of women in parliament and local council, through a party list system with alternating men and women on the list; and the nullification of the draconian protest law, which bars all political gatherings without prior police permission. She also says gender issues should be mainstreamed across all government bodies. For example, the Interior Ministry should activate a unit specialized in fighting violence against women and “the health sector should take into account reproductive rights. Health clinics should provide contraception and treatment for STDs [sexually transmitted diseases].” But, she adds, “women’s issues are never a priority for anyone.”

“ We are angry with the government, with

legislators, with the parties, with all officials. We want 150 women in parliament.”

Mervat Tallaway

Head of National Council for Women She pointed to the low representation of women in government. Women, for example, held only two percent of the seats in the last parliament, the lowest in the Arab world. Past parliaments as well have usually seen single-digit percentages of women lawmakers. “We are angry with the government, with legislators, with the parties, with all officials. We want 150 women in parliament,” she said. “We’re tired of the government and officials. We’ll go to the street,” she said. El-Naqqash said there is a se-

She noted that parts of the constitution may make enforcing the women’s rights provisions harder. For example, the charter increases the power of the judiciary over its own affairs, protecting it from political interference but also isolating it from any criticism or reform. “They are giving a lot of immunity to the judiciary to the point that it will make it very hard to realize these rights and freedoms,” she said. “You cannot hold them accountable for enforcing these rights.”

Child bride forced to marry poisons groom

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culpable homicide, according to Majia. Child marriage is common in Nigeria and especially in the mainly Muslim and impoverished north, where the numbers increase in times of drought because a bride price is paid and it means one less mouth to feed. Fifty percent of Nigerian girls living in rural areas are married before they turn 18, according to the U.N. children’s agency. That’s a lot of child brides in a country of some 170 million people of whom half are under 18.

Italy court overturns ban on egg, sperm donation

By IBRAHIM GARBA Associated Press

KANO, Nigeria — A child bride forced into marriage in Nigeria killed a groom and three of his friends with a poisoned meal, police said Thursday. Fourteen-year-old Wasila Umaru was married last week to 35-yearold Umaru Sani, according to assistant superintendent Musa Magaji Majia. Over the weekend, the groom invited a dozen friends to celebrate at his Ungwar Yansoro village, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the northern city of Kano. The teenager told police she bought rat poison at a village market and used it to prepare a dish of rice. “The suspect confessed to committing the crime and said she did it because she was forced to marry a man she did not love,” Majia told The Associated Press. The groom and a friend died the same day, and two other victims died later in the hospital. Umaru is cooperating with police and likely will be charged with

Fifty percent of Nigerian girls living in rural areas are married before they turn 18, according to the U.N. children’s agency. Child brides often suffer difficult pregnancies — the leading cause of death worldwide for girls

aged 15 to 19 — and are much more likely to contract AIDS and be subjected to domestic violence, according to the International Center for Research on Women. Early and forced marriage is classified as modern-day slavery by the U.N. labor organization, and Nigeria’s Child Rights Act prohibits marriage before 18. But that federal law competes with Islamic Shariah law that holds in most northern states. No one in Nigeria has been prosecuted for marrying a child, including Sen. Sani Ahmed Yerima, infamous for divorcing a 17-yearold that he married when she was 15 so he could marry a 14-year-old Egyptian girl in 2010, when he was 49. He had to divorce one of his child brides because Islamic law allows a maximum of four wives at a time. Many child brides are divorced, for that reason and because of incontinence and other medical problems caused by difficult pregnancies, according to local child rights advocates who say such girls are put out on the street.

ROME — Italy’s constitutional court has struck down a ban on egg or sperm donation for infertile couples. Wednesday’s ruling was a victory for couples challenging the ban on medically-assisted egg or sperm donation that is part of a 2004 law regulating procreation. Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin, saying the law had effectively been “gutted,” called on Parliament to revise the legislation. Affluent couples in Italy often circumvented the ban by traveling to European countries which allow egg or sperm donation. In 2009, the constitutional court struck down another contested provision of the law that said at most three embryos could be cre-

ated at one time and that all three must be implanted. The conservative law reflects the influence on lawmakers by the Vatican, whose teaching forbids artificial procreation.

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Mayor embraces change for UN global study: Albuquerque police force Murder rate very high in Americas RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — After a scathing report by the U.S. Justice Department revealed a troubling and often unjustified pattern of excessive force by the Albuquerque Police Department, city officials on Thursday committed to rebuilding the department under the guidance of federal officials who have been working on similar problems in other cities around the country. The Justice Department spent months conducting interviews, scouring videos and reviewing hundreds of pages of documents. The agency found that Albuquerque officers too frequently used deadly force on people who posed a minimal threat and used a higher level of force too often on those with mental illness, often violating their constitutional rights.

[Jocelyn Samuels] acknowledged that changes will not happen overnight. Albuquerque is only a recent example of a city targeted by the Justice Department over allegations of brutality and violations of constitutional rights by police officers. Portland and New Orleans are among those that have been investigated amid similar complaints. In Albuquerque, federal investigators focused on 37 shootings — 23 of them fatal — by officers since 2010. By comparison, police in the similarly sized cities of Denver and Oakland have been involved in fatal and non-fatal shootings totaling 27 and 23, respectively. Federal investigators found the majority of those Albuquerque shootings were unreasonable and violated constitutional rights. They also uncovered a significant number of instances in which officers used less lethal measures such as Tasers in an unconstitutional manner. The Justice Department recommended that Albuquerque make changes to its use of force policy to, among other things, place more emphasis on techniques for de-escalating potentially violent situations.

Jocelyn Samuels, the acting assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, said the investigation was thorough and that it became clear the problems within the police department were systemic. “The reforms we are proposing ... are going to result in the kinds of structures that will over time create a change in the culture,” she said. “It starts with commitment from the top.” She acknowledged that changes will not happen overnight. The findings served as validation for critics who have long complained that a culture of aggression has permeated the Albuquerque Police Department. However, some community members voiced concerns after Thursday’s announcement that recommendations have been made in the past with city leaders failing to take action. Mayor Richard Berry acknowledged the findings in the report were difficult, but he said the city stands ready to work with the Justice Department to make needed changes. It could take weeks to hammer out the final blueprint for overhauling the Police Department, but Berry said he fully expects a federal monitor to be assigned to the city. “It won’t be quick and easy, but we can achieve it,” he said of the goals laid out by the Justice Department report. If a federal monitor is appointed and the city agrees on terms, Albuquerque would join cities such as Detroit, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Seattle that are subject to federal oversight. Scrutiny of the Albuquerque force is one of 15 investigations of police departments launched during President Barack Obama’s first term. Samuels did not offer a timetable for negotiations with Albuquerque, but said the agency would remain engaged for “as long as is necessary.” Last week, Berry asked the federal agency to expedite its review and help overhaul the police force. His request followed a violent protest last month in response to the shooting death of a homeless man who had threatened to kill officers. The man was gathering his

belongings and turning away when officers opened fire, helmet camera video showed. The Justice Department recommendations also call for a more objective and rigorous internal accountability system that includes reviews and investigations when force is used.

“ The coming days

and months will determine the next generation of what policing will look like in our city.”

Damon Martinez

New Mexico’s Acting U.S. Attorney

Under the recommendations, officers would be required to participate in crisis intervention training and higher eligibility standards would be set for supervisors and staff assigned to the police department’s tactical units. Samuels also noted that the department’s “broken” civilian oversight process would need to be fixed. Until Thursday’s announcement, federal officials released few details of the Albuquerque investigation but conducted hundreds of interviews with officials and residents. Jewel Hall, a retired teacher and president of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center Board, participated in many of the meetings. She said she was hopeful the department would adopt some of the recommendations. Still, she said the community “needs to be involved and their input needs to be respected.” New Mexico’s acting U.S. Attorney, Damon Martinez, called Thursday a milestone for the city. “The coming days and months will determine the next generation of what policing will look like in our city,” he said. “We are at a unique time and place where the city can decisively determine the culture of the Albuquerque Police Department and its relationship with the community.”

NH Brief Hiker survives several hundred-foot mountain fall WEARE— A hiker fell several hundred feet down a mountain and crawled in the snow for seven hours to get help. Patrick Luk, of Weare, told WMUR-TV he was hiking alone Monday and was about to ski back down Mount Adams when an ice slab broke free. “I went to edge my uphill ski to prevent myself from sliding, and my binding released,” he said. “And

the terrain is so steep up there, if you lose a ski, you’re going downhill.” 22-year-old Luk, an experienced hiker and skier, said his helmet bore the brunt of the blows, but his face was bruised and battered. His knee was badly injured. “It was pretty scary,” he said. “I tried standing up and had issues walking, so I slid down as far as I could on my back.” State Fish and Game officers

were looking for Luk because his mother called when he didn’t come home. But they didn’t find him until he made it back to his car after crawling for hours. “He was very cold and couldn’t communicate,” said Fish and Game Lt. Wayne Saunders. “When we put him in the ambulance, he was shaking. I’m not sure how much further he could have gone. I am quite impressed with what he did.”

ALBERTO ARCE Associated Press

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Global murder rates have declined slightly, but remain very high in the Americas and parts of Africa, according to a new U.N. study released Thursday. Homicide rates in Southern Africa and Central America are more than four times higher than the global average of 6.2 victims per 100,000 people, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime report said. The figures chronicle murder rates in 2012. The global average was 6.9 in 2010, the year of the last previous study. That comes as no news to the city of San Pedro Sula, long considered the most violent city in Honduras, the country with the highest murder rate in the world: 90.4 per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the study. Someone in Honduras is almost 15 times more likely to be murdered than an average human being, and people run an even greater risk in San Pedro Sula, where death comes so quickly victims often don’t see it coming. Wilmer Alvarado, 11, was heading in the front door of his school Thursday morning when a gunfight between rival gangs broke out nearby. Alvarado died after being hit by a stray bullet; the bullet-ridden bodies of three gang members lay on the street nearby.

“ The Americas

remain a very violent part of the world.”

Jean-Luc Lemathieu U.N. Policy Analyst

Antonio Mazzitelli, the Mexico representative for the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, said the region suffers because “unfortunately there is a history of violence, and secondly the strong presence of criminals and organized crime, and these are factors

that surely encourage the use of violence.” U.N. policy analyst Jean-Luc Lemahieu said the figures show that while Canada and the U.S. remain below the global average — the U.S. homicide rate was 4.7 per 100,000 inhabitants — some countries in Central and South America are making little progress. “The Americas remain a very violent part of the world,” Lemahieu said, citing high murder rates in Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico. He said violence between rival drug cartels has been a contributing factor to the troubles in Mexico, where the homicide rate has roughly doubled since 2007. “With other parts of Central America, you have to look at the gang issue,” he said. “The gangs are often created for people who are marginalized, who are looking for an identity. They need competition against other gangs, against society. They want to be seen, to be violent, to establish territory.” Arabeska Sanchez, an analyst at Honduras’ University Institute for Democracy, Peace and Safety, said “nothing at all has changed here regarding the effects of violence.” “The types of violence we are seeing are getting more and more brutal, with bodies put in bags and chopped up.” South Africa still has a murder rate of about 31 per 100,000 people but has seen a steady reduction in the last five years. “It’s still very violent compared to the global average, but the trend is in a positive direction,” he said. Homicide rates are lowest in Europe, Asia and Oceania, according to the report, which was released in London. It estimates that only about 43 percent of murders end with a conviction of the person responsible. Even countries with stubborn problems of violence, like Venezuela, with a murder rate of 53.7 per 100,000, came in far behind Honduras.

In Brief Dartmouth receives $100 million donation HANOVER — Dartmouth College has received an anonymous gift of $100 million, the largest single donation in its 244year history. College officials say half of the amount will support the “Cluster Initiative” proposed by President Philip Hanlon, which includes adding 30 to 40 new faculty positions over the next

decade. Professors have been hired by specific departments. Under the new program, professors would be hired under multidisciplinary clusters, such as sustainable energy and financial markets. Part of the donation is being called a challenge grant, with a goal of raising an additional $100 million in donations.

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Green Collar Careers:

Robyn Giard, Naturopathic Physician at Starry Brook Natural Medicine By Theresa Conn Contributing Writer

Robyn Giard, of Starry Brook Natural Medicine, is a leader in the rapidly expanding field of alternative and complementary natural medicine. Along with prescribing medications and ordering labs as a primary care physician, Giard offers her patients acupuncture, botanical medicine, clinical nutrition, counseling and homeopathy. “When I meet with a patient, I consider more than just their symptoms,” Giard said. “I think about my patients in a holistic way. What is the root cause of their health issue? Could it be an emotional problem, or an environmental one? It’s important to think outside the box.” Theresa Conn (TC): What do you like most about your job? Robyn Giard (RG): I love that I can make a difference in a patient’s quality of life. The old medical model of more drugs for health clearly doesn’t work. On top of making us dependent on pharmaceuticals, we now know it has an impact on our environment through urinary excretion of medications. Starry Brook Natural Medicine offers alternative methods for our patients to get well. I get really excited when patients realize they’re in charge of their own health, and they start to make their own, healthier changes. TC: Where did you go to college? Does your college edu-

cation help with your current job? What skills from college most prepared you for the work you do now? RG: I’m a proud nerd. I went to lots of colleges. I attended Mount Holyoke for my undergrad as well as the London School of Economics. I graduated with a degree in English and economics. From there, I attended University of Bridgeport for their accelerated pre-med program and finally graduated from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. I use my undergrad training in economics to help guide patients in financial decisions for their health. Having a “healthy” financial business allows me to treat more patients. My English education has also given me communication skills that have been vital for the success of my practice. My medical training at University of Bridgeport and Southwest College taught me how to conduct thorough medical exams and provide diagnoses and treatments. Mount Holyoke and Southwest have strong alumni support systems, which have helped me tremendously. I would encourage any college student to get to know their alumni resources before they graduate so they can continue to use those services well after graduation. TC: What do you look for in an employee in this field? RG: I look for someone who is willing to think outside the box. You don’t have to have straight A’s to succeed in this field; it’s far more important to have strong critical thinking skills. If you have a case

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Robyn Giard works at Starry Brook Natural Medicine, a company offering natural medicine such as acupuncture and homeopathy. Her goal is to “think outside the box” to find the root causes of her patients’ health problems. that you just can’t figure out, you need to be able to look at the problem in a new way. I also look for people who are interested in integrating spirituality and emotional needs into their work. Compassion is important.

TC: What made you integrate sustainability into your business/go into a green industry? RG: We really try to make our practice sustainable. Using energyefficient light bulbs, keeping an

eye out for energy “leaks,” and utilizing recycled paper and toner creates a healthier financial bottom line while reducing waste in our environment. On the patient level, using paint with low VOC (volatile organic compound) levels is important because many of our patients are sensitive to environmental toxins. We never want to continue polluting the air we work and practice in with harmful chemicals. TC: What are you most proud of in your business as relates to sustainability? RG: Did I mention I love being a nerd? I’m really proud of how “extended” our sustainability has become. I’ve taught our employees about the breakdown of plastic and its impact on our bodies, which has caused our employees to make healthier choices for food containers. Most of us use glass or metal water bottles and dishes. We’ve significantly reduced office waste and have had an impact on our own genetic DNA. Starry Brook Natural Medicine is a green-certified business in the Green Alliance. For more info on Starry Brook Natural Medicine, visit http://www.starrybrook.com. To learn more about the Green Alliance, go to http:// www.greenalliance.biz. Theresa Conn is a senior Environmental Conservation and Sustainability major at UNH and a writer for the Green Alliance.

Obama marks 50th anniversary of Civil Rights Act By JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — A halfcentury after the passage of sweeping civil rights legislation, President Barack Obama declared that he had “lived out the promise” envisioned by Lyndon B. Johnson, the president who championed the push for greater racial equality. Marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, which Johnson signed into law, Obama lauded his Democratic predecessor’s ability to grasp like few others the power of government to bring about change and swing open the doors of opportunity for millions of Americans. “They swung open for you and they swung open for me,” he said. “That’s why I’m standing here today. Obama spoke at the end of a three-day summit commemorating the landmark law that ended racial discrimination in public places. The anniversary has spurred a renaissance of sorts for Johnson’s domestic agenda, which included the creation of Medicare, Medicaid and the Voting Rights Act. And against the backdrop of Obama’s own troubled relationship with Congress, there

have also been fresh bouts of nostalgia for Johnson’s mastery of congressional deal-making. “No one knew politics and no one loved legislating more than President Johnson,” Obama said. “He was charming when he needed to be, ruthless when required.”

those who came before, reliant on the efforts of those who will follow to fully vindicate your vision,” he continued. “But the presidency also affords a unique opportunity to bend those currents by shaping our laws and by shaping our debates, by working within the confines of the

“ If some of this sounds familiar, it’s be-

cause today we remain locked in the same great debate about equality and opportunity and the role of government.”

Barack Obama

President of the United States The president also offered rare personal insights into his views on the office he has held for more than five years, casting it as a humbling perch with powerful possibilities. “Those of us who’ve had the singular privilege to hold the office of the presidency know well that progress in this country can be hard and it can be slow, frustrating. And sometimes you’re stymied,” he said. “You’re reminded daily that in this great democracy, you are but a relay swimmer in the currents of history, bound by decisions of

world as it is, but also by reimagining the world as it should be.” As the nation’s first black president, Obama faced criticism from some African-Americans in his first term for doing too little to help minorities. He’s used his second term to focus more acutely on issues of inequality and economic opportunity, an effort that dovetailed with the commemoration of the Civil Rights Act. Using Johnson’s domestic successes as a model, Obama made the case that the government can still

play a role in enacting social programs that can address inequalities. “If some of this sounds familiar, it’s because today we remain locked in the same great debate about equality and opportunity and the role of government,” Obama said, noting that there were those who dismissed LBJ’s “Great Society” as a failed experiment that encroached on liberty. Amid the celebrations, Obama said he sometimes worries that decades after the civil rights struggles it becomes easy to forget the sacrifices and uncertainties that defined the era. “All the pain and difficulty and struggle and doubt, all that’s rubbed away,” Obama said. “And we look at ourselves and say, ‘Oh, things are just too different now, we couldn’t possibly do now what they did then, these giants.’ And yet they were men and women, too. It wasn’t easy then.” Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrived in Austin Thursday morning. Ahead of the president’s remarks, the Obamas toured the LBJ library’s “Cornerstones of Civil Rights” exhibit, which includes the Civil Rights Act signed by Johnson, as well as a copy of the Emancipa-

tion Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln and one of Lincoln’s trademark stovepipe hats. The Obamas also met privately with members of Johnson’s family. The president was introduced at Thursday’s event by Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who withstood violence and arrest during the civil rights marches through Alabama in the mid-1960s. Lewis said Obama’s election marked a moment when the nation believed it “may have finally realized the vision President Johnson had for all of us — to live the idea of freedom and eliminate the injustice from our beloved country.” The summit marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act kicked off Tuesday with remarks from former President Jimmy Carter, who lamented residual racial inequality and Americans’ apathy about the problem. Former President Bill Clinton followed on Wednesday, riffing on immigration and voting rights while warning that a modern-day reluctance to work together threatened to “put us back in the dustbin of old history.” Former President George W. Bush was set to close the event later Thursday.

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Consolidating resources Closing of Kendall Library is a loss for the university

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hen most students talk about going to the library on campus, it is often assumed that they are talking about the Dimond Library, the central library on campus. But for students in the sciences, they have additional options: the biological sciences library, the chemistry library, the engineering, math and CS library and the physics library. However, starting in the fall, the biological sciences students (and any students who utilize this library) will not have this separate library to visit anymore, as the library located in Kendall Hall will be closed and consolidated. The university is in a state of constant change and update – part of the Campus Master Plan – which is generally a positive thing. However, these changes require the loss of some materials, and more importantly, a study space. An article published in The New Hampshire last spring included a quote from Francis Hallahan, library associate at the Kendall Hall library, that highlighted the use of Kendall as a comfortable study space for many students. “The library is more of a place, or a sense of a place, and not

necessarily a place to get materials,” Hallahan said in the May 30, 2013 article, “New master plans for Kendall Hall library.” The lost materials are one issue, but what about the issue of losing that “sense of a place?”

The lost materials are one issue, but what about the issue of losing that “sense of a place?” Dimond Library is an expansive, bright and quiet study environment that many students utilize, but that is the problem: Dimond is already a busy building. Now, more students will be directed to this building, who perhaps favored the small, intimate library in Kendall Hall. There are not so many students who will now be using Dimond as a study space that it will exacerbate crowding problems for the library, but it will change the environment for those students who are used to the biological sciences library. Additionally, the other is-

 Letter to the editor To the UNH community UTS (UNH Transportation Services) is conducting a survey to get feedback from passengers (and nonpassengers!) of our transit programs. Information gathered in this survey will help transit administrators and planners shape the future of transportation options available to the greater campus community. The survey takes about 10-15 minutes to complete, and participants are entered in a chance to win an iPad Mini. The survey can be found online at www. unh.edu/transportation/survey.htm. You can also obtain a paper copy of the survey by contacting Transportation Services at 862-2328. The

survey will be available through May 1, and results will be published on the UTS web page later this spring. Sincerely, Marc Laliberte, Program Mgr. UNH Transportation Services

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sue from this is just as great as the loss of the library as a comfortable space: the reduction of materials. While it might be beneficial to have some books and journals transferred to digital files, others are going to be lost in this process. Books and journals, although some might be seldom-used ones, should still be considered valuable resources for a university, especially at a university that prides itself on being a research university. Expanding online journal access and digital resources is important, but so is preserving books that are considered historic, as some of the materials in this collect reportedly are. Maintaining study space is cited as a goal for the project between the two libraries; expanding and improving space for students to work in should absolutely be complete in time for the fall semester. Materials can be made so that they can be accessed digitally but an accessible and comfortable work environment is not as easy to produce. Improving the university via the Campus Master Plan is something that is worth supporting, but maintaining already valued spaces on campus is also important.

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Open letter to UNH: Our school should not be a police-state

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hat do we mean by “the State,” as opposed to “the state?” When us Marxists and anarchists use it, we define it as the hegemonic organ that arises out of the irreconcilability of class antagonisms - that is, the means through which one economic class suppresses another to stay in power. This includes the government and the courts, laws and property contracts, social and economic privilege and the police. All are puzzle pieces that when put together constitute the State.

I respectfully ask the university and its campus “security” to recognize the right of its over-charged students to practice their constitutional right to peacefully assemble. The State sets firm boundaries around us. As Jean-Paul Sartre (the playwright who mobilized resistance against the Nazi government in occupied France during WWII) said, “the State sets the play, but you write the lines.” We have the power to define ourselves and our lives through our actions and our value is equal to the sum of those actions. However, the socio-economic boundaries that the State puts around society limit the number of choices that we can make to existentially define ourselves. When it tells us what is right, wrong, appropriate and acceptable, it is actually imposing a form of radically totalitarian thought-control on the entire public. We internalize them and consider them to be normative – the State conditions us to such a degree that we literally can’t think outside these boundaries. This makes the State very dangerous because it mentally enslaves its citizens and prevents us from genuinely making our own choices. Rather than choose to do whatever is most conducive for our own creative self-development and thus giving us existential value, we are trapped inside the enslaving framework the State imposes around us. The State steals our freedom each and every day by limiting and influencing the actions that we can engage in to define ourselves. If we want to express ourselves creatively without narratives influencing us, then we need to abolish the State. As comrade Lenin said, “with the State, there is no freedom; with freedom, there is no State.”

From the Left Dan Fournier It is important to understand the political relationship between the police and the State: police are literally instruments of repression who wield legalized violence against others in order to perpetuate the hegemony of the State. The “law” that they enforce is nothing more than keeping the State in power. People who are rich, white, heterosexual and cisgendered are not targeted nearly as much as those who are poor, non-white, non-heterosexual and transgendered. Oppression and police brutality are disproportionately oriented towards those who do not conform to the State’s conservative sociology. They also defend the system from being challenged. This is illustrated not only in the fact that militarized police sabotaged both Vietnam-era and Occupy Wall Street protests, but also in the way that an excessively large police army has cracked down on our campus. They have done this not to “protect” us from anything, but to scare students out of drinking simply because the university administration has become aware of connotations associated with our school and partying. I respectfully ask the university and its campus “security” to recognize the right of its overcharged students to practice their constitutional right to peacefully assemble. Cinco de Mayo may not be a national holiday, but hundreds of students here at the university are going to celebrate it. No matter how large or loud these gatherings get, they should be free from any and all “security” interference unless there is an objective violation of the law that puts students (or the community) in direct, legitimate danger. There is absolutely no reason for riot and SWAT police to unleash a firestorm of rubber bullets, pepper spray and threats of academic suspension on the very people whose tuition funds their paychecks. If UConn can win two national titles in two days and not call the police to break up its students dancing in the streets, than UNH can certainly survive a single wanna-be holiday. I do not care if dozens of students are marching down the streets in sombreros singing in broken Spanish, or if there are recreational gatherings on the lawns of our campus and Greek houses. So long as everyone is respectful to each other, conscious of their

state-of-mind and safety and does not damage property, then I see no reason for the UNHPD to intervene in the affairs of its students in any way. We are students, not convicted inmates; as such, we should not be treated as guilty until proven innocent.

Student assemblies will happen and students will continue to drink, regardless of how many police “security” cars flood our streets or stalk A Lot and Main Street at night. To my fellow students, I say this: do not be stupid. Don’t abuse your privileges, and don’t do anything that could get you or the entire student body in trouble. I am on your side and I will forever advocate for maximum liberty but I must encourage us all to behave intelligently while legions of “security” officers constantly patrol the campus to “protect” us. It is very important to remember the social and civic role of the police – they are there to protect the community from legitimate threats, not to protect us from ourselves via tear gas and mace. Directly targeting and breaking-up a peaceful assembly of college students simply because there is a possibility of it getting out-of-hand is a gross over-extension of police powers. Until there is legitimate property damage and physical danger, the police (let alone their extremist riot and SWAT teams) have no reason to do anything whatsoever. A pre-emptive police presence is wildly unnecessary and a waste of our university’s valuable time and resources. Student assemblies will happen and students will continue to drink, regardless of how many police “security” cars flood our streets or patrol A Lot and Main Street at night. An approved outdoor gathering on Boulder Field would alleviate a majority of the administration’s Cinco de Mayo worries, and it would allow us to exercise our constitutional rights in a manner that would be exponentially safer and wouldn’t require trigger-happy riot forces.

s Dan Fournier is a pre-medical undergraduate majoring in evolutionary biology. He is both a libertarian socialist and an active member of the peace and labor movements.

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TNH seniors say farewell My first annual column Farewell Column Susan Doucet

Follow your passion and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise

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hen I was in first grade, I decided that I wanted to be a writer. Or, more accurately, I probably wrote that statement in response to the typical elementary school question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” As I progressed through school, this thought always remained somewhere in my mind, though not always at the forefront. I always chose English classes ahead of the sciences and rarely was I without at least one book that I was reading for pure enjoyment with me at any given moment (an unimaginable thought to most of my friends). But as high school reached its end and college approached, this thought – “I want to be a writer” – began to slowly fade from importance. I applied to nearly a dozen universities, some liberal arts and some business programs, but most of them without a declared major; English was never a considered option. Reality and practicality briefly overtook my passion, as I considered studying economics, management or marketing. After months of college applications, acceptances and indecision I eventually chose UNH – a decision I have never second guessed or regretted – primarily basing my choice on the unique international affairs dual major program. But I began my freshman year without a declared primary major, spending most of that year in Discovery courses.

My involvement with TNH has been the most challenging, time-consuming, enjoyable and worthwhile way to have spent my time at UNH, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. It was not until the beginning of my sophomore year that through the entrylevel English courses, I stumbled into the journalism program and, shortly after, into TNH. From that first night at a contributors meeting in MUB 156 – where I was painfully intimidated by the experienced student-journalists in front of me – I began writing for the newspaper and never slowed down.

Contributing articles and photographs to TNH – not The TNH, think about it – quickly transitioned to a staff writer position which then became an editing position. My passion for news, journalism and AP style was fueled by that original passion for writing. My time at TNH – escalating from a few hours per week to becoming nearly a full-time commitment – is intrinsically entwined with my undergraduate time at UNH. Remembering my four years at UNH will always mean remembering my three short years at TNH, a student org that gave me direction, more experience than any classes alone ever could, invaluable opportunities, and chances to work alongside inspiring peers who I quickly became friends with. TNH was just one of the many incomparable opportunities I was presented with at UNH. This spring, I will graduate with dual majors, a French minor and a semester spent abroad in France. For almost as long as I have wanted to be a writer, I wanted to travel and study abroad in France. Living in France, completely immersed in the language and culture, was one of the most overwhelmingly worthwhile experiences that UNH gave me – even as I was thousands of miles from Durham across the Atlantic. While exploring my passions – the English and French languages, photography, travel, writing – throughout my education here, I realized that if you want anything enough, you can make it possible. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. There are so many influential people, many who I met at UNH, that told me to go for it and pursue all of my interests. And as cliché as it is to thank these people in a farewell column (and writers hate clichés), they deserve to be thanked; I want to thank everyone who encouraged me, pushed me and supported me these past four years: journalism professors, fellow students, TNHers, family, friends and roommates. My involvement with TNH has been the most challenging, time-consuming, enjoyable and worthwhile way to have spent my time at UNH, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. As I leave TNH and UNH, I cannot yet tell you where I will be in five or 10 years – or even in one year – but I do know that I will always want to be and consider myself a writer, and that I have these past few years to thank for that.

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Julie Fortin

am a journalist’s worst nightmare: I say the word ‘literally,’ literally, all the time, I make egregious spelling mistakes in headlines, and I have only actively picked up The New Hampshire to read a handful of times. So it would seem odd that I have now worked for our university’s newspaper for almost all of my four years at UNH. I had been involved with the journalism program in high school and still consider it a passion of mine. For some reason or another, however, I came to UNH a nursing major. Something about bedpans really got me going. Next month, I will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in nursing, but I pride myself on being able to keep my job at TNH. Even though some nights I would have – no joke – 30 minutes to sleep between production night and waking up for clinical, I made it work. And, without that ‘balance,’ without TNH really, I don’t think I would have been able to do any of it. I first walked into the newsroom a timid, eager and very tan freshman in August 2010 in the hopes of volunteering as a page designer, photographer or whatever the staff would let me be. The first person I met was Thomas Gounley – the infamous student who would go on to become @PrezHuddleson and “that weird joggler guy.” That should have been a warning sign. Turns out, yes, TNH did need a page designer and, yes, I did call my mom in excitement when they invited me to my first production night. Guilty. When then Managing Editor Chad Graff told me that I would have to be willing to stay “pretty late,” I told him that I was willing. Little did he know that I was actually going to stay until 3 a.m. without any other incentive but to be involved. It was then that the staff: A) dubbed me ‘Late Night Julie’ (our business manager’s name was also Julie) and B) decided that they should probably hire me or I was going to catch on that everyone else was getting paid. Since that fateful August day, I have spent countless hours in MUB 156 slaving – yes, slaving, because if we were to be paid hourly it would work out to roughly $1 per hour – away on The New Hampshire designing pages, taking photos, screaming along to George Michael, being captivated by my coworkers’ stories and binge-eating bagels. The people at TNH – not ‘The TNH,’

that is redundant – also taught me valuable lessons, like the difference between “its” and “it’s” and that there is not such thing as “first annual.” I came into college not knowing what to do or who I was. I still may not really know either of those things, but the crazies over in the MUB with me have become a family, and I can honestly say that they are some of my best friends. After all, after you miss almost every Thirsty Thursday of your college career making a paper that you know for a fact some students don’t even know exists with a group of people, you have no choice but to get to know them. And I am so glad I did.

UNH is truly a magical place – you just have to let yourself get taken over by it. Engulf yourself in everything that it has to offer. Leaving UNH is bittersweet to say the least. I know there is, literally, a whole world of opportunity and possibility after PHudd signs that very expensive piece of paper. But part of me wants to stay forever. I will miss the campus: how it comes alive at the first sign of spring, the fifth floor quiet room of Club Dimond, late nights at the “Crackhouse,” that little bench in the woods behind the MUB I have never sat on, and walking home at an hour when Durham is just waking up. But I will miss the company the most: My best friend who I “followed” here from our hometown living the next bed over, the hoards of excited freshmen every August and my fellow nursing students – no one else will ever ‘get it.’ UNH is truly a magical place – you just have to let yourself get taken over by it. Engulf yourself in everything that it has to offer. Get involved, meet as many people as possible and take advantage of your time here. If nothing else, go to U-Day for the free hotdogs and pens. So this is goodbye for now UNH. I’ll miss you, but we’ll always have Homecoming. - LNJ P.S. IT’S never too late for your first byline.

Good luck to the graduating TNH seniors and the entire Class of 2014!

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Senior farewell columns continued... What Peter Pan got wrong Farewell Column

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Arjuna Ramgopal

‘The Kernel’: It has to be done

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hen I came to New Hampshire in August 2011, I knew that I wanted to be a part of The New Hampshire. Coming into college, I wanted to be a columnist. Thus, I spent much of my senior year of high school – approximately 1,300 miles way in Waterloo, Iowa – reading the columns and articles published online by TNH. So I came into the Memorial Union Building that September all naïve about the future: I was going to be the next Hunter S. Thompson, or Bill Simmons. Looking back I realize just how naïve I was at the time, considering I had no idea what to write. My short-lived column, “The Kernel,” ran through much of the 2011-12 academic year, and provided my inexperienced take on what I thought were relevant aspects of the college life in Durham. To me, none of it really holds up. All writers have those bits of writing, scraps that they aren’t particularly proud of. To me, “The Kernel” reflected that period of time – a relic of the immaturity I possessed my first year in New England. Yet I continued to grow as a writer, a student, a friend and, of course, as an individual. I joined The New Hampshire as a staff writer in October 2011, and from there I spent most of my time at UNH with the student publication. And the truth is, I learned a lot during that span of time. In fact, at times I’ve often argued I learned more during the hours I spent Monday and Thursday nights inside the newsroom than I did in the classroom. TNH wasn’t just a place to grow for me, though, as I learned to juggle the responsibilities and stresses of dealing with breaking news and sensitive subjects.

As much as everybody loves college, we all must move on. The friendships I have made ... will always hold a special place in my heart. No, TNH also became a support system for me through much of my time at UNH. Moving away from home – away from the familiarities of the house you grew up in and the parents who raised you – is not particularly easy. It’s an experience many students on campus can relate to, and I am thankful for the friends (who eventually became more like family) that I met in MUB 156. Which makes leaving the familiar confines of the newsroom so much harder. Yet it has to be done. As much as everybody loves college, we all must move on. The friendships I have made, not just at The New Hampshire, but throughout all I did during my time at UNH – from my freshman-year dorm in the Upper Quad to the time I spent last year as a resident assistant in Williamson – will always hold a special place in my heart. The same goes for the memories, both good and bad, that have shaped me as a student and as the man who will be graduating from this fine university this May. But new adventures await: for both me, my friends and The New Hampshire.

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Lily O’Gara

onestly, I wasn’t sure how to write this farewell column. It seemed so definite and final and, well, daunting. How could I possibly sum up my college experience in 500-800

words? In a sort of sub-conscious protest, I procrastinated writing and watched half of the Disney version of “Peter Pan” on YouTube and decided that, like Peter Pan, I was never going to grow up. Watching the Disney version reminded me of a quote from the book, when Peter Pan says to Wendy, “Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.” It then got a bit emotional for a sober Wednesday night. I contemplated several things. Am I Wendy in this case? Is UNH Never Land and will leaving college mean that I have to leave behind adventures and fun and crossing blades with pirates? (I mean, I guess crossing blades would be replaced with playing Kings in this case, but still.) I decided that maybe Peter Pan was a bit too depressing for the piece. Then, like any writer does, I toyed around with multiple ideas. I thought about telling the story of how I decided to attend UNH (a fateful 6 a.m. lifeguarding shift with an alumna) or highlighting any one of the amazing opportunities and life experiences that UNH has afforded me (i.e. trekking through castle ruins in Ireland, tracking lobsters in Maine, rebuilding houses in New Orleans and attending journalism conferences in Chicago). It was not until I played around with these ideas, and subsequently pulled up memories of those experiences via iPhoto, that I realized something about my original idea. Peter Pan was totally wrong. Going away does not mean that one forgets her experiences, because there is simply no way that I could ever forget UNH. To be fair, Peter Pan did live with a band of fellow children on a mystical island somewhere in the Milky Way. He also relied on a fairy for advice, so I’ll cut him some slack. Still, he was wrong. The beaming girl in all of my college photos will live on. The lessons I’ve learned, educational and otherwise, are a part of me, just like the friends I’ve made, the mistakes I’ve had to deal with and the fun I’ve had. Physically leaving a place cannot erase any of these things; I’ll carry these memories and lessons with me on new adventures. I’ll never forget the roar of the student section at hockey games, the sound of the T-Hall bell or the smell of HoCo and how it clings to your clothes. I’ll always remember how it feels to lie in the sun on the quad and the excitement of being invited to a themed party. More importantly, I believe that I’ll remember the little moments, the ones that meant the world at the time- that first date when I spilled the popcorn, dancing crazily with friends and laughing until I cried, hugging a friend when her heart was broken and driving to Portsmouth with the windows down and music blaring. And, of course, I will always remember my time with TNH and appreciate all that being part of such a wonderful organization has taught me. I try to sum up all that I’ve learned in every cover letter that I write, but the depth of what I’ve learned about journalism cannot, ironically, be put into words. It’s the most useful job training I think I’ll ever receive, and easily the most fun. The aforementioned “little moments” include several from TNH- inside jokes and newsroom sing-alongs, 3 a.m. headlinewriting and lots of pizza eating and coffee drinking. I can’t say enough about my peers (and friends) at the paper; they’ve seen me at my best and at my worst, and have always been accepting and supportive. My time at UNH (and at The New Hampshire) will undoubtedly remain some of the best years of my life, and it is truly sad to leave the “Never Land” of it all. I don’t think that graduating is a permanent type of leaving, however, and I certainly don’t believe that I will forget my college days. Unlike Peter Pan, I’m excited to grow up and take on new adventures.

Life isn’t perfect and that’s what makes it perfect

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ife isn’t perfect. It’s a fairly obvious statement, but many, including myself, strive for perfection regardless of how silly the notion may be. For me, I’ve always wanted to be the best at everything I do. I’ve rarely been satisfied in anything, always wanting to be better than everyone else. It started in fourth grade, right around the end of the third quarter. I got my report card and found out I got straight B’s. I wasn’t interested in grades at the time, getting some A’s, mostly B’s and the occasional C. When I initially looked at my report card, I wasn’t disappointed. When I got home later that day and showed it to my Mum, she wasn’t mad. My mother knew I tried my hardest, and told me she was proud of me for my effort. For some reason, those words hurt me that day. I felt like B’s were average, and my mother’s words felt like my best was only average. It was that day that I decided I didn’t want to be average anymore. I wanted to be the best. I wanted to be perfect. The problem with perfection is there’s always disappointment. In eighth grade, I just missed the mark to skip Algebra I in high school. In high school, I failed to get into my dream school, New York University. In college, I failed to get an internship with NESN my sophomore year. At the time, I was crushed by these disappointments. But I decided to use them as chips on my shoulder, like a badge of honor. At the time, it felt right. But recently, something changed in me. Over the last month I’ve been applying to jobs and haven’t heard back. Initially, I was discouraged, turning to my typical “I need to be perfect” mentality. I felt that all the rejections would eventually make me stronger. But it doesn’t. For the longest time I thought striving for perfection made me better, but in reality it made me paranoid and sensitive. Nothing I did was ever good enough, and anything that went wrong seemed like the end of the world. I didn’t become a better person; I became a selfish person, thinking it was all about me. It’s not, though. Life is a journey that we experience with other people. Our stories are shared and experienced through others. So many people here have influenced me whether they are friends, family, acquaintances, teachers, co-workers or complete strangers. I’ve also realized that striving for perfection is impossible. You can’t be perfect all the time. We’re human, we make mistakes, we’re flawed and we mess up. I’m not saying to settle for the status quo, but you don’t need to beat yourself up if you don’t ace every test or nail all your interviews. If college has taught me anything it’s that mistakes are a necessity in life. College is about going out and trying something new, whether it be something as simple as talking to a neighbor you don’t know to traveling across the country on a whim. While trying new things, mistakes will be made. Maybe you drink too much at a party. Maybe you ask a redundant question during an interview. Maybe you forget to study for a test. At the time, those mistakes will seem huge, embarrassing even. But in the long run, it’s insignificant; it’s not a huge deal, at least in the proper perspective. It can always be a learning moment, something that can make you grow as a person. Life isn’t perfect and that’s why it is perfect. Life is full of warts, mistakes and bad events. Bad things have and will happen in your life, but that’s life. You can’t rebel against it or even feel sorry for yourself. It’s part of who we are and what we experience. It teaches us, and we become better people. At least that’s what I think.

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And the final farewell columns

College cliches and Nicolas Cage

The real world is here and you’re just getting started Farewell Column Joel Kost

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Kate Murray

don’t know how I got this job. No, really. I walked into MUB 156 with minimal qualifications and the request to be a copy editor, and I somehow ended up with the title of design editor. It’s a pretty cool title that makes me sound important—one that I probably wasn’t prepared for, but it wasn’t long before the TNH newsroom became a second home, and the staff became the most incredible friends I could ever have hoped to meet. I remember it was a shaky start at first, not knowing exactly how to work the design programs, or when I would be able to crack my first inappropriate joke and make everyone uncomfortable. But, hey, things take time. Before I knew it I was creating layouts and asking if I could scan my boobs with the copier. I guess my four years here at UNH started out the same way—no, not with scanning my boobs. I didn’t quite know what I was doing or if I was really prepared for it, and I was having some awkward anxiety about struggling to make friends with the people around me. Here’s the thing, I still don’t really know what I’m doing or if I’m prepared for it, but I can say with complete certainty that in the past four years, I have made some of the most incredible, beautiful, talented friends I could ever have hoped to make. So much so, that I wonder why I was ever worried about it. Sometimes—usually when I’m at the bars—I find myself saying, “If only my high school self could see me now,” and for good reason. High-school-Kate was weird, awkward, quiet, and wore too many ironic t-shirts. My friend group was small and I never knew how to fix that. It was looking pretty bleak for a while, but coming to UNH changed everything. Except for the whole ‘awkward’ thing because some things you just can’t help. Four years ago, I never imagined I would have the friends I do now; football players, fraternity presidents, chemical engineers, entrepreneurial geniuses, journalists, musicians, artists, the list could go on. This isn’t meant to be some weird form of bragging; this is just my way of thanking them all for helping me find out who I am. I can’t thank them enough for sticking with me, from the awkward chubby freshman, to the sobbing biddy sophomore, all the way to the mostly-confused-but-trying-to-be-optimistic senior. I put these guys through a lot, and they deserve endless cupcakes of gratitude. Now, I’m going to quote Nicolas Cage because my first day working for this paper, I vowed I would somehow get him in here someday: “Nobody wants to watch perfection.” Criticize him all you want, but he’s got a point (he’s also got an Oscar, so haters can get to steppin’). You do not need to be perfect, and that is okay. I used to be so caught up in the ideal of being the perfect student, the perfect employee, the perfect person, but that’s all too much to live up to. Perfection is a drag, man. It’s okay to get a 47 on a history midterm, put too much soap in the washing machine, or forget to make entire pages of the newspaper. Needless to say, I’ve messed up more than a few times in the past few years. But, I’m where I am today because I listened to Nicolas Cage, and so much good has come from that. At the very least, I’ve learned that I shouldn’t be a history major, that sometimes re-washing your laundry is all you can do, and that as long as the paper gets made at the end of the night, it’ll all be okay because you don’t need to be perfect to be successful or happy. That’s probably the most important thing I’ve learned here. That, and why tequila shots will never be my drink. Ride or die, Wildkitties; this is your meow-ment to shine. And with that final pun of my position as TNH’s design editor, all I now pass the torch. Deuces kiddos, it’s been real.

You’ll never know what’s next, but that’s OK

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y college career can be defined with one simple question: now what? It started with freshmen year move in day. I was living with a friend from high school, so our two families managed to meet at Christensen Hall at the same time. After a few hours of unpacking, the class photo on T-Hall lawn, and meeting new people, our families gave us a tearful goodbye and drove home. For the first time in our lives, we were on our own. We watched the cars shrink in the distance. What were we supposed to do at a place where we didn’t know anybody? My friend and I looked at each other to ask the same question: now what? Our question was quickly answered as our RA pulled our floor together for some surprisingly entertaining icebreakers (I know, crazy right?). Fast forward a few weeks, and we found friends and clubs that allowed us to call UNH home. I knew how to answer my question. I found myself asking the same question when I realized marine biology wasn’t the major for me. The life-plan I scheduled when I was in high school wasn’t what I expected it to be, and I needed a new career path. To my surprise I found passion in writing and switched to journalism my sophomore year. I knew it was the path I was supposed to take after my first class with the infamous Sandy Marsters, and I once again found my answer.

But if UNH has taught me anything, it’s that the unknown really isn’t so scary. I was finally happy with my major, my best friends – who remain at my side to this day – lived two doors down from me, and I got hired for the student newspaper. Maybe, I thought, I can finally know what to expect. But, as we all know, life doesn’t typically work that way. I applied to be a resident assistant for my junior year almost on a whim, something I never thought I would do. The acceptance email assigned me to McLaughlin Hall, a part of campus I rarely found myself on. I doubted myself during RA training, and my first floor meeting could’ve gone way, way better. And there I was again, not knowing what to do or what to expect. But I met some of the most important people in my life that year and came out with a new sense of pride. With senior year looming over my head, I was sure that I had everything I needed for the future. But the question I’ve been asking myself for the past four years now rings through my ears as I prepare for the next chapter of my life. I don’t know what to expect, and I don’t particularly have a plan. The four years here have come full circle, it seems. But if UNH has taught me anything, it’s that the unknown really isn’t so scary. I hear seniors all over campus worrying and stressing about summer plans and beyond. My advice: don’t worry. I doubt I’m the only person who’s asked him or herself: “now what?” We’ve been doing it for the past four years and always found answers, and you’d all be lying if you say you didn’t have fun. So whether you’re just finding your bearings here or taking your fifth year of classes as an undergrad, just remember it’s OK to ask, “now what?” You’ll find your answer, and your going to enjoy every second of it.

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Corinne Holroyd

riting a farewell column is proving to be difficult, especially since I’m sitting at my desk worrying about things like replacing stuff from my missing wallet, icing my injured knee and dealing with a hefty case of writer’s block for both my internship and this column. Talk about exiting the sweet and simple college life and crashing headfirst into the rough-and-tumble called the real world with just over a month until that dreaded G-word: graduation. One of the last things on my list is leaving UNH and what comes next. I have spent four years here as a Wildcat and I’m struggling to let it go (cue singing “Frozen”), as many other seniors probably are, and to not be in classes or on campus anymore. I don’t regret how I spent my time here, though, as I’ve met and connected with a lot of exceptional people. The theme for my college experience would be crazy days filled with a collection of people and groups who have affected my life and how I work. That should be true of any college student. The people you chose to associate with will change you and affect your life. You, however, have control over who those people are and how you spend these short four years. To next year’s Wildcats, new and returning: make this time count. You have been working for this opportunity and have paid to come to this school – or will pay with loans and scholarships – so do the things you love to do, but don’t waste your academic investment by letting your GPA slip away. Next year’s seniors: senioritis is not just for high schoolers, watch out. You all have been given an opportunity to make this school yours and take charge in your own life through the people you know, the groups you join and how you spend your time. Strange, but it’s almost as if you are practicing for the real world, not just for a job but for who you will become. The truth is, the real world is here, and you’re just getting started. The rest of this column may seem more like a yearbook quote or a cheesy speech, but I like cheesy and I want to thank the people who have made my experience here at UNH truly unique, as every student is unique here. Thank you to my professors who have helped shape my academic career and stood by me through some difficult times in my life. Thank you to the UNH Fencing Club members, coaches and alumni for teaching me not only a great stress reliever, but the first sport I’ve really excelled at. I have done soccer, basketball, tennis, karate and softball, but fencing is the most unique sport with so many interesting people; it is going to be hard to leave (for now). After all, it is, as we say, “the only time where you can stab someone and they have to thank you for it.” Thank you to the Admissions Office and my fellow student representatives (tour guides) for giving me an outlet for all my talking and for helping the UNH community grow each year. Thank you to the Knitting Club for showing people that they are not alone in their interests. Many clubs on campus are kind of a “build it and they will come” group and I hope others on campus will be inspired to make their own clubs based around their interests. Finally, thank you to The New Hampshire staff. People may not recognize the hard work, dedication and late hours it takes to put a newspaper out twice a week. You should know that TNH alumni – now including myself – not only understand, but applaud your efforts to make the campus newspaper bigger and better each year, whether that be through redesigning the paper, trying to get more online content or spending an extra hour to make that page design or article really pop. To next year’s staff: Some of you are returning to TNH, but others are about to enter the exciting world of late nights, extra caffeine and that last-minute HoCo run before it closes. Have fun, and take lots of naps. Good luck to all new students, old students and the seniors about to go through the G-word. I still have not accepted that the time has come to move on, but when it does, I think I’ll be ready thanks to my practice over the last four years.

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GYMNASTICS

Goodspeed proud of team’s accomplishments

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Lauren Brodie performed well at the Penn State Regional, recording a 9.760 on the uneven bars. By SAM DONNELLY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Despite coming in fifth place at the NCAA University Park Regional Championship at Penn State University’s Recreation Hall last Saturday, April 5, the No. 25 UNH gymnastics team finished its season in the top 25 for first time since 1994. According to the head coach, it wasn’t the talent of the team, but instead their attitude. “I’ve said this multiple times,” head coach Gail Goodspeed said. “This isn’t the most talented team I’ve had. There’s an internal motivation with this team that I’ve never had. Best team ever in terms of the competition. Best team ever.” Entering the weekend at No. 23, the Wildcats were pitted against No. 1 Florida, No. 12 Penn State, No. 21 Kentucky, Maryland, and No. 13 Oregon State. The Wildcats scored a 195.025, .900 points behind fourth place Kentucky and 2.025 behind Florida, which took first. The Wildcats jumped out early after the first rotation, scoring a 48.850 on floor exercise, putting them in second place. Hannah Barile performed a strong set on floor with a score of 9.825, which tied her for 20th. Erin Machado and Kelsey Aucoin weren’t far behind, scoring a 9.800 and a 9.750, respectively.

“Starting on floor was tough,” Goodspeed said. “After us the judges’ scores escalated on floor and that hurt us.” The Wildcats grabbed first place after the second rotation after scoring strongly on vault with a 49.100, which was their second highest vault score of the season. Meghan Pflieger scored a team high and tied a personal high of 9.875, which put her is seventh place. Adrienne Hill followed with a strong 9.825, which also tied her career high. The Wildcats slid to fourth place during the third set due to a bye, leaving Penn State to take the overall lead with a 98.350. UNH came back to the mat facing the event of uneven bars. Pflieger and Lauren Brodie both tied with a team high score of 9.750. The Wildcats were able to crawl back into third place after bars, but a team score of 48.550 was not enough to keep Kentucky from jumping ahead the Wildcats with an overall score of 146.875. “For whatever reason, our dismounts on bars were not solid,” Goodspeed said. “We didn’t pay attention to the details.” The final rotation was beam for the Wildcats. Kayla Gray anchored UNH with a score of 9.800 to claim ninth place overall. Aucoin chipped in with a 9.750 while Hill scored a 9.725.

In the end, the Wildcats could not keep pace with the number one team in the country. The Florida Gators won the meet with a score of 197.050. Penn State (196.725), Oregon State (196.525) and Kentucky (195.925) also finished in front of the Wildcats. As the team moves into the offseason, preparation for next year begins. For Goodspeed, it’s time to get hungry. “Football and basketball teams compete against other teams, we compete against ourselves,” Goodspeed said. “The hunger that I have for the team is for every individual to improve. When the individual improves the team improves. Individuals make up a score.” The Wildcats will be adding three scholarship recruits for the upcoming 2014- 2015 season. Each of them has won their respective state club championship. Lia Breeden of Pennsylvania, Marissa Toci of New Jersey, and Casey Lauter of New York will all be joining the Wildcats in this upcoming winter. “All three are very talented,” Goodspeed said. “And all three will be in a position to compete for a job in each event for us.” Even though the Wildcats fell short of the national championship, the season truly was one to remember. “It was a great season,” Goodspeed said. “I loved this team.”

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continued from page 24 my life was getting to work with both of them and having them competing.” Schavone has procured other recognition as well. He was a fourtime NCAA Diving Coach of the Year and eight-time recipient of the Pac-12 Diving Coach of the Year award. Though he’s earned these accolades, he claimed that at the moment he is in shock at the present achievement of being inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at UNH. “I am shocked and very humbled by this,” Schavone said. “This truly is a great honor and testament to how fortunate and lucky I’ve been.” Coler, the best volleyball player to ever compete at UNH, started playing the sport in middle school and quickly became interested. She then tried out for her high school team and made it. “I didn’t start playing club volleyball until my sophomore year,” Coler said. “So I really started a lot later than a lot of girls do now-a-days.” According to Coler, her following experience as a Wildcat was a great one. Coler claimed that, although it was hard being so far from home, her family flew out nearly every home game and many away games as well. Coler also claimed she had great support from her team. “It was such a close-knit team,” Coler said. “All the girls were basically my home away from home… and it was really great having Jill [Hirschinger] as a coach.” According to Coler her coach was a great inspiration and leader for the team. “I couldn’t have asked for a better experience really,” Coler said. As a Wildcat, Coler was the America East Rookie of the Year in 2000 before becoming two-time America East Player of the Year in 2002 and 2003. Coler also acquired recognition at both the regional and national level. Coler helped guide her team to two conference titles in 2002 and 2003. During this time, she was the first and only student-athlete at UNH to be named AVCA All American Honorable Mention in 2003 and was also names to the AVCA All-Northeast Regional Teams in 2002 and 2003. According to a press release, she also left UNH as the program’s record holder in career kills (1,814), career attack attempts (4,726) and most kills (38) in an individual match. Coler also ranks third all-time digs with 1,231. These are just a few of Coler’s many achievements during her volleyball career while at UNH. “I feel really fortunate that I’ve been able to accomplish all those things,” Coler said. “I had a great team behind me, and a great coaching staff and my family.” Similar to Schavone, Coler claimed she was in shock when she found out that she was being

inducted into UNH’s Athletic Hall of Fame. “I couldn’t believe it when Jill [Hirschinger] called me and told me the good news,” Coler said. “I feel really honored to be a part of this inductee class.” “My dad was a soccer coach at the University of Maine,” said Ryan Leib. “So pretty sure as soon as I could walk I was kicking a ball around.” Leib played center midfield for the UNH men’s soccer team and graduated with a degree in athletic training in 1994. According to Leib the soccer team had been struggling until the year he and nine other freshmen arrived, with a record of four wins and 16 losses. Along with 10 new members, the team gained a new head coach as well, Mike Noonan. Leib claimed that six of the 10 freshmen started right away, including Leib. However, Leib said that things turned around for the team with a fresh start, including a hat trick scored by Leib in a 3-1 win over Iona in his first game for UNH. Their record that year ended up being 10 wins and six loses. The team made it to the conference playoffs. “That was a fantastic achievement and amazing turn around in one year,” Leib said. Through the first 18 games of his career at UNH, he set the program record for most points by a freshman (31) on 13 goals and five assists. This record still stands today. He was also on the All-New England Team all four years of his college career. In his junior year, Leib helped his team to nine straight wins and a chance at the conference championship. “We made it all the way to the conference championship that year, but lost a tough game to Boston University in the finals,” Leib said. Leib also earned All-North Atlantic Conference honors as a sophomore, junior and senior. “I had a fantastic freshman year just personally, so that set me up [for] a lot individual awards that came later,” Leib said, “just because our team was doing so well.” According to Leib, because of his time at UNH and the success of his team and personally, it helped him to gain the exposure he needed to play professionally. “I was able to play professionally in the USL [United Soccer League] here in the U.S. for eight years,” Leib said. Leib played in Virginia Beach, Va., Charlotte, N.C. and Atlanta, Ga. He is currently the director of coaching position at Briarwood Soccer Club in Birmingham, Ala. since 2002. He works with kids from ages five to 18. “I think back on how much impact the games had in my life,” Lieb said. “I just enjoy each day giving them the chance to learn and get better and open up those opportunities for them.” “It’s very exciting and humbling,” Leib continued, “You know, you look at the list and the wall and of who’s in there, and I’m just very thankful for the great four years I had there.”

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continued from page 24 door school record holder in the 60-meter dash and placed second in the event at the 2014 indoor track conference championship. “[Perrodin’s] progression’s been great,” women’s coach Robert Hoppler said. “She’s really progressed very well in and been able to help us have a presence in the sprint, a championship presence in the sprint, and, yeah, she’s still very young. She’s only a sophomore, so we’re looking for her to continue to develop and continue to improve.” Another big winner for the women Wildcats Saturday was Anne Twombly, a senior who sat the indoor season out to make up for a missed redshirt opportunity earlier in her college career. She took first in the 800-meter race with a time of 2:15.81. Twombly led the second place runner by nine seconds. “It was nice to have [Twombly] back,” Hoppler said. “Good starting point. She’s a little faster than where she started last year at the same weekend, so we feel that she’s training well and excited to have her progress.” Like Twombly, junior Chelsey Serrano won an event, the 3000-meter race, after sitting out the indoor track season. Along with Twombly, Serrano was an integral part of the conference champion cross country team last year. “[Serrano’s] the same thing, first competition since November,” Hoppler said. “We really feel

like she’s progressing really, really well.” For the men, Chris Poggi and Drew Piazza continued to impress in their freshmen year by placing first and second in the 800-meter race, Poggi in first with a time of 1:54.09 seconds, Piazza following close in second with 1:54.34. Senior George Jumpp started his outdoor season off strong with a win in the hammer throw, launching a 183-footer to take first place. Jumpp, along with Rosemary Read who took first for the women in the hammer throw with 171-09, is recognized for his dedication to his sport. With that dedication, he leads by example. “[Jumpp] does it the way it should be done in terms of his dedication his preparation, his focus, his leadership,” Hoppler said. The hammer throw is not an event one can train for indoors. Due to this fact, Jumpp and Read both practiced every week this past winter outside in the freezing cold, tirelessly working on their hammer throw technique in spite of the snowy New Hampshire weather. “There wasn’t a week this winter that they didn’t go out, shovel the hammer circle, throw outdoors,” Hoppler said. “They didn’t accept the fact that it was snowy or cold. They worked outdoors all year, and that’s a pretty big achievement and for them to come out their first meet and both get wins and both throw far, that was really exciting for them and for coach and myself.” The Wildcats host again this Saturday at Reggie F. Atkins Track. The events begin at 11 a.m.

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Meghan Ledwith has performed well during the spring season, scoring five of the team’s six goals. By MAX SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER

Senior Molly Gaffey performed well in the lacrosse team’s last game, recording a goal and three assists in an 8-2 win over UMBC on April 5. Gaffey had a goal and three assists to go along with four caused turnovers and two ground balls on the day. Laura Puccia also had two goals on the day, and Rachael Nock tallied one as well. The Wildcats were backed by stellar play from goalie Taylor Hurwitz who finished the day with 12 saves and her sixth

win on the season. Puccia and Hurwitz stood out against the Terriers, though their efforts failed to prevent the loss. Puccia had four goals and an assist, and Hurwitz had 13 saves. Sophomore Laura McHoul had three goals and three assists, and Hinkle found the back of the net twice. 10 unanswered goals from

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Spring exhibition games aren’t quite as intense as those in the regular season, but in the current stretch of practice matches, the UNH women’s soccer team is showing signs of improvement in the offensive zone. In two spring matches, the Wildcats possessed the ball for a least 60 percent of the time in both of their spring games, and, addressing their lack of goal scoring last fall, have scored six goals. Last season, the Wildcats scored 18 goals, tied for last in America East with UMass-Lowell. “[We didn’t score] as much as we would have liked [last season],” junior forward Meghan Ledwith said. “We were able to create chances … but [this year] it definitely feels a lot more like a penetration, to go forward and want it to go forward … [to] know when we need to pull back, and I think better balance is already being shown right now.” Caroline Murray, a sophomore and transfer from Ohio State who has also found success this spring, noticed how easily the Wildcats have implemented ideas from practice into the game scenarios. “We’ve been working on when to be patient, go forward and when we should counter attack quickly, so I think we were able to do that against Brown,” Murray said. Ledwith has been the star of the spring season, scoring five of the team’s six goals. By doing so, she has more than doubled her regular season total of two. Ledwith was glad to get the most recent three in a hat trick last Saturday against Brown. “It was a good feeling,” Ledwith said. “It kind of just came naturally after working that whole week, and just kind of felt like what we’ve been doing in practice, but it felt good to get three goals [Saturday against Brown].”

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Head coach Sam Lopes has noted that Ledwith’s confidence has increased since the fall. She’s improved her ability to get open in tight spaces and in front of the goal. Murray acknowledged how well she has clicked with Ledwith so far this spring. “[Ledwith] is very active up top, so she’s easy to find,” Murray said. “Sometimes, she goes behind, sometimes she checks, so it’s been really easy to connect with her.” Murray, who played for the Buckeyes for the last two seasons, has also played a big part of the Wildcats’ success on offense this spring. The New Canaan, Conn., native assisted Ledwith in both of their spring matches, and she said she’s already settled comfortably into the Wildcats’ system. “I really like the style of the play of this team, so I think it fits better than my old school,” Murray said. “It’s definitely more possession-oriented, keep the ball on the ground a lot, and that’s definitely how I like to play.” Ledwith has enjoyed playing with Murray, a player Lopes said earlier in the year could turn out to be one of the better players in the conference. “[Murray’s] foot skills really help us out in the middle, and she’s able to actually keep the ball and connect well with not just me but other forwards as well,” Ledwith said. “We have all been working really well up top together, midfielders as well.” Last fall’s leading goal scorer, sophomore Kirsten O’Neil, is yet to score a goal this spring, but Lopes said earlier this week that she and Ledwith have developed a “Very good relationship.” O’Neil has gotten assists in the recent exhibition games, and Ledwith said it’s just coincidence that the goals landed on her foot and not O’Neil’s. Last season, she beat the

keeper five times. “[O’Neil is playing] great,” Ledwith said. “Like I said, we’re really just working so well off each other, and fortunately I’ve just gotten on the ends of a few of them, but at the same time it could have been any one of us, because we’re really working so hard off the ball to create chances, and Kirsten, she had like two or three of my assists … and she’s getting shots as well.” Brown served as the Wildcats’ first Division I test in 2014. The Bears put up a good contest in the 3-2 Wildcat victory last Saturday, but Ledwith and Murray said it still felt like an exhibition game, not quite as intense as the regular season games they are preparing for. The Bears do not play as many spring games as UNH, and their practice schedule had not been nearly as intense as the Wildcats’ leading up to the spring games. “Brown is a DI team, but they also haven’t been practicing a lot like we have lately,” Ledwith said. “So definitely the speed of play will pick up once it turns conference time.” “The speed of play [was] not as fast,” Murray said. “In the spring, it’s more kind of working things out.” In addition to the offensive production, the team is happy about the return of junior back Jordan Logue, who suffered a concussion earlier this year. She recently began training again without feeling the symptoms of her injury. “Her ability to kick the ball long [is a strength],” Ledwith said when asked about Logue’s play. “She has a big leg, and she can get it higher by one kick of the ball, and she’s also just a great defender all around, so she’s going to add a lot of different dynamic in the back.” The Wildcats host St. Anselm this Saturday at Bremner Field. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m.

the 24-minute mark on in the first half proved too great of a deficit to come back from. “We had a lot of people working hard out there, but we just weren’t working together up and down the field,” Rees said. “I think we just really connected on our fundamentals against UMBC, and we didn’t against BU,”

Hinkle added. If the Wildcats outplay Binghamton from the opening faceoff and carry that momentum until the end of the game, the scorer’s touch that Hinkle, Puccia and McHoul have been providing could be the difference maker in Saturday’s game.

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Union’s Daniel Ciampini netted a hat trick against BC on Thursday to send the Dutchmen to the NCAA title game.

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Gaffey leads surging Wildcats into weekend By JOSH SULLIVAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Wildcats lacrosse team looks to string a pair of wins together this Saturday when they take on the Binghamton University Bearcats at Memorial Field. The Wildcats will have to bring the intensity against a Binghamton team that started off hot, but has since dropped three straight games in a row and will be looking to be one game above .500 coming to Durham. This game could be an indication as to how the rest of the season will go, as Binghamton will be the third conference opponent UNH takes on this season. The Bearcats have already played both Stony Brook and Albany in their past two games, and have lost by a combined score of 38-5 in those two games. “I think it’s going to be a good game,” senior Cori Rees said. “For us to win this game we’re really going to come out, work our hardest and really find those connections that we had on UMBC. We have to focus on those fundamentals, and doing our role and working our butts off.”

Junior attack Kayleigh Hinkle – who is third on the team in points this season with 35 – is also positive about the match up this Saturday. “I think everyone knows how big of a game it is for us, so if we come out hard and play like we did against UMBC we’ll play well again,” she said. “We want to make conference and go further than we did last year, so we want to just keep doing better and better.” Head coach Sarah Albrecht knows her squad needs to burst out of the gate with some fire in their bellies in order to come out on top. “I think the biggest thing is that we need to focus on what we’re doing and make sure we bring our energy,” Albrecht said. “I think we’ve shown throughout the entire year that when our energy isn’t there, teams jump out on us right from the start.” UNH is coming off a busy week in which they split the week’s contests. They were beat handily by the Boston University Terriers on Wednesday 19-9, but bounces back strong to LACROSSE continued on Page 23

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Senior defender Jamie DePetris leads the Wildcats in ground balls (25) this season.

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Meagan Boucher (left) and Crista Harybol helped the Wildcats to their first outdoor meet win on Saturday at UNH. By MAX SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER

Though the UNH men’s outdoor track team placed third last Saturday, behind Maine and Northeastern, the women took first place with a total of 259.50 points in the Wildcats’ first meet of the season at Reggie F. Atkins Track in Durham. The team beat Northeastern, Maine

and Holy Cross. Head of the track department and head men’s coach Jim Boulanger was glad to be back outside and getting his athletes out of “hibernation” mode. “It’s kind of a ‘get warm, get the rust off [after] the indoor season,’” Boulanger said. “Battle the elements. We had rain, it got cold, you have the wind, different than indoors when … it’s always

70 degrees.” Lauren Perrodin helped secure first place by opening the day with two wins, taking first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.19 seconds and then in the 200 meter, finishing with a time of 26.10 seconds. Perrodin, only a sophomore, shows great potential for growth. She is an inTRACK continued on Page 23

Dr. Rick Schavone, Alyson (Coler) Quinn and Ryan Leib are three of the eight UNH graduates who will be inducted into the UNH Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, June 7 at 6 p.m. Schavone graduated from UNH in 1971 with a physical education degree. He played basketball and baseball for UNH, though that is not the reason for his induction into the UNH Athletic Hall of Fame. Schavone is regarded as one of the nation’s premier diving instructors. “I was a physical education major at UNH,” Schavone said, “and over the summer I was working at the Park and Recreation department in Wayland, Massachusetts and I was asked to teach diving.” According to Schavone, he had never before competed in diving and didn’t know much about the sport. However, when asked to teach diving, he immediately began to read up on it. “It was kind of like a snowball effect,” Schavone said. “Everything after that just snowballed one after the other.” This included his time at Stanford University, where Schavone started out as a graduate assistant in 1976 and was then later promoted to head diving coach the following year. His successes at Stanford included helping the university to become one of the top all-around diving programs in the nation and founding the Stanford Dive Club in 1981. According to a press release, the club was named one of the seven USA Diving Podium Centers with the main goal of producing future Olympians in 2013. Schavone said he was also part of Team USA’s coaching staff during the 2012 summer Olympics. “I’ve been really lucky and fortunate,” Schavone said. Two of his divers flourished that year, especially Kristian Ipsen. She won the bronze medal in the threemeter springboard. “It was a great experience. One of the best times of ATHLETICS continued on Page 22