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The official student newspaper of the University of New Haven since 1938. Volume 95, Issue 21 | April 2, 2014 | West Haven, CT
“TRIBUTES” COMPETING IN THE SECOND ANNUAL UNH HUNGER GAMES, SPONSORED BY ROTARACT CLUB (PHOTO LEFT/CHARIOT YEARBOOOK, PHOTO RIGHT/JENNA RABADI)
Where fundraising and competition collide Rotaract Club hosts the second annual Hunger Games to raise money for Shelterbox.
By PATRICIA OPREA
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lthough there were no poisonous berries, food shortages or deaths of valiant tributes, Rotaract Club sponsored the University of New Haven’s second annual Hunger Games from March 23 to March 26. Being a community-service
based organization, Rotaract started this event last year to continue raising awareness of problems worldwide. All money raised is donated to Shelterbox, a charity founded in 2000 that raises funds for disaster relief. Shelterbox delivers boxes to families in need; the boxes include a tent and supplies particular to the disaster. Shelterbox is currently helping people in the Philippines who were hit by the Typhoon Haiyan, the largest storm ever recorded. Each box costs 1,000 dollars, and
last year UNH raised 4,000 dollars; enough to buy boxes for four families! Just like in the movie The Hunger Games, students participate as tributes from a district, or organization, on campus. Fourteen total contestants representing SCOPE, the Beckerman Rec Center, SAE Kappa Class, SMILE, Legal Society, ASME, the UNHstable, Photography Club, Phi Sigma Sigma, Green Team, Communications Club, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Choices Club, and Alpha Lambda
Delta participated in the opening challenge. The first round was Monday, and all tributes awaited their task in the Quad, energized as time went on with music provided by WNHU. Each tribute stood near the BSAC on the grass and had a square space in front of them. The challenge was to run to the opposite side of the Quad, near Sheffield, and pick up tiles with letters on them, to try and make the longest word possible in 15 minutes. The stipulation was that only one letter could be
UNH joins Generation Study Abroad CONTRIBUTING WRITER KZBOD1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU
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he University of New Haven is the first Connecticut college that has joined Generation Study Abroad with the objective of doubling the amount of study abroad students within the next ten years. Generation Study Abroad is in existence to encourage American students to participate in a program of international study. Generation Study Abroad was
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A group of UNH students who studied at the University’s campus in Tuscany last fall (UNH Today Photo)
UNH is the first Connecticut college to pledge doubling the amount of study abroad students.
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picked up at a time, so there was a great deal of running across the Quad. Most letters were green, but the blue ones were worth double points, which had tributes flipping over letter after letter seeking that color. During the fifteen minutes, trading among districts for letters occurred, as did alliances to help one another create the longest word. Afterwards, the bottom six with the lowest scores each cracked open a coconut to find the name of a natural disaster inside.
launched on March 3 at UNH. Generation Study Abroad believes that every student should have the opportunity to study abroad. Within the next decade, their goal is to have 600,000 U.S. students studying abroad in credit and non-credit programs. Since it was launched, more than 150 colleges around the country have committed to the program. Amanda Carter, a criminal justice major at UNH, has gone to a new country to study every fall semester since her freshman year. Carter began in Spain her freshman year, then traveled to Italy her sophomore year, and just finished
studying in Korea her junior year. For Carter, studying abroad has been a great experience. “Studying abroad has brought me closer to the people and cultures of the world. It’s a great experience to get a perspective outside the normal American college student,” said Carter. “Me and other students studied at the Korean National Police University as part of UNH’s exchange program. The experiences and opportunities I had learned, alongside criminal justice professionals abroad cannot be matched. Although many people are hesitant to go out of their comfort zone and study abroad, I can confidently say
I would recommend it for anyone.” UNH provides students with components of a liberal arts education, as well as opportunities for hands on technical learning through research. Between the 1,800 graduate students and 4,600 undergraduates, UNH enrolls approximately 6,400 students per year. UNH offers 75 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, consisting of its College of Arts
and Sciences, College of Business, Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, Tagliatela College of Engineering, and College of Lifelong & eLearning. More information on IIE’s Generation Study Abroad initiative and a complete list of commitment partners can be found at www.iie. org/generationstudyabroad.
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Comedian speaks to students about battling depression P. 2
No longer waiting for the shuttle P. 4
Need for Speed review P. 9
Softball sweeps owls in midweek 3-game series P. 11
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Comedian Kevin Breel speaks about depression By PATRICIA OPREA
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STUDENT TRIBUTES POURING WATER INTO TUBES TO MAKE A PING PONG BALL RISE TO THE SURFACE (PHOTO/CHARIOT YEARBOOK).
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The first four to find letters and spell their word out moved on to the next day. After the first day, SCOPE and Alpha Lambda Delta were eliminated. Tuesday’s challenge had two parts for the remaining 12 individuals. First, participants had to pop a balloon by throwing darts at one balloon at a time until each person had popped a total of four. A note with an item was inside each balloon. Gold balloons represented easy items, blue balloons were intermediate, and red ones were difficult. Tributes then had 15 minutes to scavenge for all their items; ranging from a poncho to matches to a Pokémon card. At the end of 15 minutes, all tributes had returned with four items, except for Legal Society’s tribute, Brianna Stefano. She had to do the redemption challenge and eat six saltine crackers in one minute. However, Stefano was a few crackers short leaving eleven remaining tributes. Wednesday’s event was cancelled due to potential flurries and 30mph wind speeds, so tributes had a free day to prep for Thursday and fundraise. Thursday began with a mini challenge to eliminate three people and get down to the bottom eight. This is where fundraising and organization support really mattered, because the five people who raised the most money were exempt from the first challenge. Tributes from the Rec Center, SAE, Communication Club, Green Team, and PhiSig were safe; however, the six tributes with fewer funds raised had to put together cardboard pieces with letters to make a phrase, and in order to do so, got clues every five minutes. The ending phrase was “One Step Closer to the Finale.”
Times ranged from 13 minutes to 16 minutes, and the three organizations that moved on were UNHStable, ASME, and Choices Club. The next round was Shelterbox trivia for the eight remaining participants. The four who studied up on the charity and got the highest scores were Alyssa Mackinnon from Green Team, David Puglisi from Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Marija Savaiko from the Rec Center, and Melissa Lundin representing Phi Sigma Sigma. The finale event had multiple parts. First, tributes had to pour water in a pipe to make a Ping-Pong ball at the bottom rise to the surface. Each ball had a number on it (all tributes had the same number) and there were four in total. This is where organization support really mattered because tributes all started with tiny cups, and if people donated five dollars, tributes could receive a red solo cup; much like how tributes in the movie get sent gifts from sponsors to stay alive. Lundin and Puglisi had great crowd support from their organizations, and received cups immediately. Green Team and the Rec Center received cups afterwards too. As soon as four balls were found, tributes raced to the tent (one from Shelterbox) across the quad to try combinations of their numbers on a lock. Mackinnon was the last tribute to make it to the tent, but a few moments later, she was the first to discover the combination. As the winner, Mackinnon received a 51-inch flat screen TV, and a pizza party for the UNH Green Team. “I am very thankful to Rotaract for putting so much effort into developing a creative challenging event for a great cause. I am ecstatic to have had such an amazing opportunity to participate and
eventually win the games, thanks to the support from my hunger games allies and green team!” said Mackinnon. Savaiko was the top fundraiser two years in a row and raised 878 dollars for Shelterbox. “I think this year it was more relaxed for competition on fundraising but overall the challenges were, for the majority, all different. In the end we all accomplished raising money for Shelterbox and that’s the most important thing, “ said Savaiko. Savaiko won a cake party for her organization and an iPad Air for herself. “In comparison to last year, this year did not have as much team element or survival instinct and instead focused more on the organization the money raised was going to. And the weather was an unfortunate element of the week, but I think the Rotaract Club did a great job of handling the situation,” said junior Joe Brown, the communication club tribute. All tributes were enthused by the Hunger Games event. “The events were challenging and allowed people to win even if they weren’t the strongest. It felt like competing on a reality show. Rotaract did a great job and I think this event will l continue to evolve each year,” said Dan Brophy, a tribute from WNHU. Once again, Rotaract captured the attention of many clubs and students with an interactive fundraising event. Paul Raffile, the Community Service Chair of Rotaract, was in charge of the event both years, and remarked on how important Shelterbox is to their organization. Participants raised 2,800 dollars for Shelterbox this year, and are looking forward to the Hunger Games next year, hoping the odds may be “ever in their favor.”
evin Breel, a 22-year-old comedian, stepped on the stage of Dodds Theater March 10 and instantly started making sarcastic jokes and witty comments, just warming up the crowd for the rest of his show. Breel cracked jokes about Yale men wearing three scarves and pointy shoes, about the curtains onstage, and about his complementary UNH T-shirt. Kevin then began his story. He was an honors student, a star basketball player and captain of his team, and deeply involved in the theater program at his high school in Canada. Yet Kevin remembers the overwhelming feeling of depression that would pervade his life, even during the happiest of times. He thought it wasn’t okay to feel such things: going from practice to rehearsals, but then coming home depressed. One night, four years of hiding his feelings inside and pretending everything was okay, just shattered. February 26 was the day Kevin’s basketball team won the championships, and the day he wrote his suicide note. In it were things he had never told anyone, and with a bottle of pills, a notepad and pen, Kevin prepared for this to be his final night. Yet Breel is alive and well today, and shared the significance of that with the UNH community. After realizing that all the trophies, medals and awards in the world wouldn’t make him feel better, Kevin knew that he had to do this himself, and the thought scared him. Breel began to talk to people, thinking it would make him happy; his family,
friends, coaches, and even a counselor finally heard his story. The latter challenged Breel to use his story and do something with it. Breel submitted a script of his story and mental illness awareness to TedTalks, and was asked to change his ideas. Instead, Breel did something else. He wrote a different script for a “fake talk” as he calls it, and submitted that. It was accepted and Breel was asked to come on the show, but little did people know that Breel would be discussing his original topic. “Confessions of a Depressed Comedian” went viral. People around the world shared this video and sent Breel emails; one from a girl named Amber touched him the most. Amber had picked a date to commit suicide if things didn’t get better for her within six months. Six months later, nothing had changed so she prepared to carry out her plans… until she scrolled down her Facebook newsfeed. There was Breel’s video. Amanda watched the video, and she is still here today because Breel’s words prevented her from taking her own life. “Maybe that’s all it takes,” said Breel, “just loving each other and caring for one another.” “I believe that humor opens the heart,” writes Breel in his online bio. “And when the heart is open, we can talk about these topics…we can have an honest conversation about them. I think we spend a lot of time talking about how to take care of our bodies, but not enough on how to take care of our minds.” Breel has been touring the United States and Canada talking to college students about mental health and suicide prevention. “When you have a cast, everyone runs to sign it, but when you have depression everyone runs the
other way,” said Breel. That is just why Rotaract brought him to UNH. Too often, the mental health community is unheard of, or mental instability is equated with homelessness or imprisonment. Sometimes mental illnesses are disregarded as just having a bad day, and aren’t taken as seriously. Depression is everywhere. “Depression needs a louder voice everywhere. Depression is something that many individuals go through, yet few speak about. I would like to speak on behalf of the Rotaract Club, to say that we hope everyone who attended either of the talks took something away and felt more understanding that it is okay to speak up, it is okay to be yourself, and it is okay to get help”, said Rotaract President Jenna Rabadi. The organization To Write Love on Her Arms wanted to get Breel to speak at UNH for a while, and members were thrilled that Rotaract was able to fund him. TWLOHA is an organization that helps create a home within their club and on campus for those who struggle with mental illnesses and other issues. “We were so excited to have Breel speak at the university because his story is so inspirational and has been featured on TedTalks, so we hoped that students would recognize his name. It was such a great opportunity to help us spread our organization’s message, that you are not alone and there is hope,” said TWLOHA member Jacqui Guzman. President Ashley Arminio said “Having a speaker talk about their life, and bring a positive light to issues that have such a negative stigma linked to them, brings a sense of hope to the campus and allows students to connect to someone.”
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Plastic bags belong in the trash
By PATRICIA OPREA
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ne Tuesday (Feb. 26, to be exact), I woke up at 8:30 a.m.; not too unusual. I
proceeded to open up some blinds, letting in nonexistent sunlight on a dreary winter morning. When I looked out the glass, about 50 feet away near the dumpsters stood a dumpster truck, also not unusual. At first, I thought that the trucks that say “All-American waste” are solely for garbage, and this one was thus committing a terrible act by picking up recyclables. I then learned that the All American Waste trucks pick up both the trash and recyclables, and do so separately. It wasn’t picking up both trash and recycling, just the latter. So combining the two this wasn’t this
morning’s problem. Ever so slowly, the truck lifted the mini dumpster up and off the ground, and then put the container back on the ground. A minute later, the truck once again advanced towards the recyclables, lifting the dumpster up, tilting it backwards, and dumping everything into its bed. A pile of supposed recyclables all in white plastic garbage bags flooded out. The truck claimed all the single stream waste as its own, crammed together in bags, probably ready for the landfills. The University of New Haven does not recycle any type of plastic bag. If
recyclables are placed in a plastic bag, and then in the dumpster for recycling, the entire batch of recyclables is now unusable, not to mention that the university gets a fine. All that recycling was futile, all because it was in a bag. Some places do recycle plastic bags, but our university does not. As unfortunate as this is, we students are made clear of that. This ongoing problem is not the school’s fault. The “no plastic bags” rule has been mentioned in The Charger Bulletin, on our school’s radio station, WNHU, and it is available on the Newhaven.edu
website. There is also a green sticker slapped on the front of all recycling dumpsters saying NO PLASTIC BAGS. Is it really so hard to not use a plastic bag if it is for such an important cause? The more technology and inventions this society has, the more they seem to be disabling us. We are unable to do anything without some tool to make the task easier. Recyclables can (and should) be taken out loosely. All this means is that you pick up your garbage pail/ bucket/container, walk it to the dumpster, dump the recyclables out, then place it back in your home, no
plastic bags needed. We are students now, in the peak of our physical and mental states (well, most of us at least), so such things should be easy. Is convenience really worth damage to our natural environment? Next time you take out the recycling, hopefully you do, make sure a plastic bag doesn’t go in too. Spread the word, and correct someone if they don’t know, because awareness of these causes is so simple and so vital. Even though it is not springtime, this doesn’t mean our campus can’t be a “green” place to live.
Pricey Meal Swipes at Jazzmans
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very Monday and Wednesday on my break between my 8 a.m. statistics class and my 10:50 a.m. organic chemistry class, I go to Jazzman’s and get my caramel latte and everything bagel with cream cheese. This costs about six Dining Dollars; that’s a lot for a bagel and a coffee, especially when I go twice a week all semester. Jazzman’s has great food; however, it can get pricey
when you go in there just to get a muffin, soda, or a tea. After a while, it adds up. Jazzman’s is no different than the other food locations on campus like The Grill or Pandinis or Sandellas—they all can be pricey, and it adds up. However, other than the food choices, there is one major difference between Jazzman’s and these other locations. Jazzman’s does not use the $5.80 meal swipe if you are there during meal plan hours; it just uses straight dining dollars. I understand Bartels is right downstairs and is open during breakfast, but what if I want a ham, egg and cheese sandwich or a latte instead of a regular coffee? I can’t get any of that from Bartels at any given time; however, I can buy them at Jazzman’s anytime. Also, Jazzman’s is a huge hangout spot, not just for Greeks, but also for the entire student body. People
want to hang out with their friends throughout their very stressful, college days. Having to go to Bartels to make sure you use your meal plan swipe instead of going to Jazzman’s and using dining dollars just adds more stress to an already stressful day, and subjects you to having to walk down the “judgment” stairs; which is always awful, especially if you fall. If all the other food locations on campus use the meal plan swipe why can’t Jazzman’s? I spend all of my dining dollars at Jazzman’s, but my meal plan swipes are untouched. It would be nice to use my entire meal plan, not just my dining dollars, since I do pay for them. I consider this a waste, and if Jazzman’s accepted meal swipes, I would be able to save some of my dining dollars, which, like most of the student body’s, deplete quite quickly.
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ach semester, each student is given 18 dollars on their ID card dedicated to only printing money. I repeat, ONLY printing money. So this means that if you do not use this designated 18 dollars, 36 dollars per year, it goes directly to waste. Maybe it will benefit some part of the school, but certainly not you. Many will just say that 36 dollars is nothing, but those same people probably do not have to pay off loans
or other daily costs. To me, and others, I could use that money for groceries, gas, or clothes. As a poor college student, every penny saved is vital. Because I have my own printer, I rarely need to use the printers at the school. The only time I do is when I need to print large projects or use a lot of color. So by the end of the year I use approximately five out of the 36 dollars. This is such a waste and I feel like I can put this money to better use. There are some simple solutions to this issue. For example, the money could be transferable. So the 36 dollars can be used for food, drinks, and laundry. The 18 dollars per semester should start out as Charger Cash— I’m unsure why it is even put in a separate account to begin with. The school could also just make the printing money an option. Since many students already own printers, they do not need to
travel to the library. Just like having a meal plan, students could choose how much money they wish to have for printing money. Also, there are places on campus that offer free printing; so in reality, the designated printing money is a total waste. Sometimes, there are not even enough computers to print from! It’s bad enough that we have to pay so much for low quality things; the meal plan, another issue of its own, is overly priced and all the food options are too. We need as much money as possible to go toward things that we actually use. For those that do use up the 36 dollars, keep in mind there are free printing places and I am sure you can find someone with a printer. If this school expects a donation from us when we are alumni, then they better stop piling on our loans now.
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Eight Months Later, I’m Not Waiting for the Shuttle Anymore By RYAN ROLIN
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his is going to be my final semester at the University of New Haven. This newspaper was generous enough to offer me the opportunity to air my grievances publicly before I walk away from this campus for the final time at the end of this term. So I wanted to take this opportunity to try and leave the university better than I found it, in whatever small way that I can. While nothing could convince me to stay at this point, I would like nothing more than to see the university’s problematic transportation system improved. Even though it likely will not help me, it is good enough that I might be able to leave this place knowing that the students who arrive here in the fall of 2014 will not have to worry about getting onto and off of campus in the way that I and many other commuting students do today. If I am being honest with myself and with those who are reading this article, I really never could manage to take a full course load while simultaneously dealing with the slate of awful transportation ‘options’ I have been provided with to reach this campus as part of my daily commute. Shore Line East trains do not continue west of New Haven, with the exception of five through trains to Stamford per weekday. As of publication time, two are westbound morning trains that arrive in West Haven at 7:11 and 7:48 a.m. (37 minutes apart), one is an eastbound morning train that leaves West Haven at 8:59 a.m., and the last two are eastbound evening trains departing West Haven at 5:32 p.m. and 5:53 p.m. (21 minutes apart). All passengers at all other times must disembark upon arrival into Union Station and transfer to a Metro-North train. This is in spite of the fact that there is more than enough room on the tracks for almost every current Shore Line East train to continue to Stamford, and mostly because Metro-North is unwilling to give up any space that it feels it might need later. For
METRO NORTH TRAIN (AP PHOTO)
what is no good reason at all, passengers aboard a midday Shore Line East train are dropped off in New Haven Union Station and left to wait for a connecting train to continue their journeys westward. So, what are commuters from the east supposed to do to get to UNH, then? There are several options; unfortunately, none of them are good. Through the campus police department, all university students are entitled to participate in the university’s UPass program, which provides each and every participating student with a bus pass good for unlimited free travel on any bus in the state operated by CTTransit throughout the semester. (The university claims that the bus pass is only good for New Haven bus routes, but the fare boxes and the drivers on every CTTransit bus will accept any CTTransit UPass.) Resident students automatically receive their UPass, however, commuting students must expend the effort to ‘sign up’ for the program and pick up their UPass from campus police in person. Regardless, a student armed with the UPass has a couple of bus routes to choose from to get to New Haven Union Station. There are the M bus services, which run about every half hour and which students can board from the corner of Front Avenue about half a mile down the hill from the campus. Once on board the M bus, students can ride direct to South Church Street in New Haven, where they must disembark and walk the final quarter mile of their journey through the Tower Lane public housing projects. Alternatively, students could take a detour down South Church and back up Union Avenue, which turns a quarter-mile walk into a half-mile walk, plus this requires negotiating a rather large and potentially high-speed intersection. The good news, at least, is that this way you’re not making multiple unprotected connections; which is more than I can say for most of the other options. If three-quarters to a full
mile is too much walking for you to stomach, perhaps because of torrential rainfall or maybe because it’s 9 p.m., there are a number of bus options that will pull you right up to the front door of the station. Students could board either the O bus or the B bus heading downtown, and transfer there to another bus bound for Union Station. Unfortunately, because these buses arrive on different sides of the university, students are forced to make a snap decision as to which bus stop to wait at with no information as to which bus is coming first and potentially pass up multiple buses arriving on the “wrong” side of the university; or they can walk a quarter-mile down the hill to Allingtown Green, where these bus routes merge together, and hope that none of the buses show up and fly past them before they make it to the bus stop. Once on their choice of bus, students can ride to the corner of Church and George Streets downtown, where they can wait for whichever of the J bus or the Union Station shuttle bus happens to show up first. And since these connections are unprotected, there’s a very real chance that the bus you’re trying to catch will be leaving just as you get there, spelling out a potentially long wait for you. If you don’t have a UPass, or perhaps if none of the bus options are tolerable to you, there’s also the university’s preferred alternative. The train ride east from West Haven to New Haven is ‘free’ at all times, in the sense that Metro-North conductors don’t bother to check tickets out of West Haven. Going westbound, the train ride from Union Station to West Haven is also ‘free’ in the sense that there are generally too many people and not enough conductors on the train to check everyone’s ticket before arrival into West Haven, meaning that it’s possible to choose your seat wisely and avoid having the ticket that you didn’t buy before boarding checked. Otherwise, the on-paper fare for the one stop ride is $2.50 and tickets don’t expire for sixty days after purchase, so feel free to buy one ticket
and take as many trips as you can before someone collects it. Just know when you do so, that what you aren’t paying in money, you’ll be paying in time. As previously mentioned, with the exception of five Shore Line East trains that don’t really work for anyone except the rare university student with an eight – five class schedule and absolutely no reason to ever leave campus between those times, no through service is provided between points east of Union Station and West Haven. Everyone not on those five trains must make a connection in New Haven. This would not be nearly as much of a problem as it is today, were these connections wellcoordinated; and yet, the overwhelming majority of connections in either directions come paired with an absurdly lengthy waiting period. Connecting trains from either of the two agencies involved in this changeover have a nasty habit of usually taking at least 20 and sometimes as many as 36 minutes to actually show up during the mid-day and during evenings after rush hour ends. In other words, rather than being able to count on having a train ready and waiting to carry you to West Haven when you arrive in New Haven, you can more reliably count on having to find some way to waste half an hour of your time before you can have the privilege of continuing your trip westward or eastward. Yet even that would be somewhat tolerable, were students able to count on the university’s own train station shuttle to quickly whisk them away from West Haven shortly after their trains arrive. Alas, even this cannot be counted on, for the shuttle bus wastes a tremendous amount of time stopping at no less than three different spots on campus plus another stop at Notre Dame High School. After 3 PM, the shuttle bus devolves into a courtesy van and loses one of its three campus stops, yet the van continues to stop at Notre Dame right up until the very last shuttle run. What are the chances
that anyone will be boarding the shuttle at Notre Dame for its scheduled 8:30 PM departure? Regardless of the question of whether a university shuttle service has any business ferrying high schoolers around, the fact remains that stopping at three or four different locations around campus results in nothing less than the shuttle taking 40 minutes to complete one round trip, with nearly half of that wasted on providing front door service to a neighboring high school and the Dunkin’ Donuts behind Bergami Hall, time that could have been better spent on having students walk to Maxcy and running twice as much shuttle instead. Too bad for anyone whose train shows up five minutes after the shuttle’s scheduled departure. You could hope it somehow managed to fall behind schedule, but you’re probably in for a 35 minute wait at West Haven. And if it’s after 6 p.m., you’ll be waiting outside, because that’s precisely when West Haven station ‘closes’ and locks its doors in spite of the thirty scheduled arrivals after 6 p.m. A ‘closed’ station, of course, is a huge problem for passengers stuck waiting for any sort of vehicle, but it’s not a problem if you’re just walking back to your car and driving away. And that, of course, is the final option in a series of sub-par options – giving up on mass transit, and just driving instead. Driving in, of course, subjects you to all the perils and pitfalls of driving in New Haven and driving in general. You’re dealing with traffic, you’re dealing with parking, and the time you spend behind the wheel is not available for any constructive purposes such as studying. Yet, even the never-ending nightmare that is the Q Bridge is pleasant when objectively compared against the hard truth that trying to take transit to the university is guaranteed to waste nearly an hour of anyone’s time, time which is also likely to be less than productive for students. And, if I truly wanted to commit to driving out the remainder of my final semester here – believe me, I
don’t – the university would be all too happy to offer me free parking with no questions asked. That’s what I’m ‘entitled’ to as a commuter, but I find myself wishing that I was entitled to better alternatives than these. This all begs the question, who exactly is commuting from the east, or from the north? What percentage of our commuter student body hails from the scenic villages along the Shore Line, or along the busy HartfordSpringfield Corridor? Just how many vehicles contributing to the parking crisis on campus could have been left at home, or parked at train stations throughout the state? I couldn’t tell you. The university certainly has access to that information, and it wouldn’t be difficult to make that data available. Perhaps, indeed, the number of people commuting from directions other than west is small enough to be safely written off. Then again, perhaps it isn’t. Conducting a study to determine that shouldn’t take very much time at all. In fact, I would like to take this opportunity to put out a call to all commuters reading this newspaper. I would love to hear from you. Please email me at my university address with the name of the town you’re commuting from, and the way you get to the university. Before I leave this place, I promise to publish the results of this ad-hoc survey. In the meantime, to my classmates, my professors, and everyone committed to seeing their time at UNH through to the end, I congratulate you. You have my best wishes in your continued pursuit of whatever goals brought you here and keep you here today. Believe it or not, I am somewhat disappointed that it has come to this, and some part of me will always miss this place and the people who inhabit it. However, I cannot see myself continuing here, for better or for worse. Whether or not the shuttle service to Union Station is restored, and I truly hope that it will be, I cannot afford to keep waiting for a shuttle that may never come.
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36 Youngest male tennis player to be No. 1 in the ATP Rankings 40 Guy 41 Short remnant 42 Cagy 43 Battle of Shiloh monogram 44 Erect 46 Bollywood garments 50 Bedroom label 52 Some brothers 54 Having a single channel 55 NYC train, familiarly 56 Historic events 58 16th-century date 59 Certain tie 61 “Now, listen ...” 63 As good as it gets 64 All-purpose 65 Covent Garden locale 66 Fuddy-duddy Down 1 Deep sleeps
2 Hot under the collar 3 Syllables sometimes said with one’s fingers in one’s ears 4 1940s arena: Abbr. 5 Queen who is also a humanitarian activist 6 Keepsake 7 Mississippi source 8 Show known for its slowmotion shots 9 Capitalizes on 10 Sigur __: ethereal Icelandic band 11 “Where __ from ...” 12 Wartime signal 13 Loyal friend of Gawain 14 Alabama Slammer ingredient 21 Duel personality? 24 Words someone 15-Across loves to hear 26 Hunts 28 Mani-pedi spot 30 Rugged vehicles
33 Incredulous accusation 36 Stop looking for a rescue plane 37 Recliner features 38 Where most hits wind up 39 Start of Popeye’s credo 40 Seconds ago 45 Turn a corner, in a game 47 The Joker portrayer 48 Like comic Eddie Izzard, at times 49 Alone 51 Unspoken 53 Symbol of strength 56 “Happily Divorced” actress Drescher 57 Cellphone button 60 Cockney abode 62 Mag mogul
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+Everything you need to know about the Undergraduate Student Government Association+
President’s Corner
Chargers, Later this week, USGA will be announcing the results of the elections and who will be the leaders of this campus starting July 1. I would like to congratulate all of the campaign teams and candidates for a well run and informative campaign season. I would also like to thank the student body for electing me one year ago to serve in the most amazing job I could ever asked for. It has been my honor to serve as your student body President and it will be something that I will always cherish. As always, if you have any concerns questions or issues you can always contact me by emailing USGApresident@newhaven.edu or calling 203-932-7300. Warm Regards, Zani Imetovski USGA President
Treasurer’s Tip of the Week
It’s RSO Election Season!
It’s around that time of the year again when many RSOs are electing their leaders for next year. If you’re still deciding whether or not to run for an E-Board position, make sure to be honest with yourself as to whether you want to, and can, commit the time required for the position. Don’t go for a position just because other RSO members want you to, unless you actually want to just as much or more. Make sure you’re also honest with others; while it’s good to be ambitious, you shouldn’t make too many unrealistic promises in order to get elected. Isaak Kifle USGA Treasurer
USGA in focus
This week’s USGA Meeting took place at 10 a.m. in the Alumni Lounge, where the following occurred: + Applications for “Last Man Standing,” a weeklong survivor-esque series of challenges, are now available through Charger Connection, and can be found under the forms section on the USGA page. First place is $1,000, so take some time and apply now. + Passing the Torch, an executive board transition workshop, will be taking place on April 11, from 3 to 5 p.m. + Charge Out will be on April 16 from 1 to 6 p.m. in the Rec Center for all graduating seniors. + The third annual Holocaust remembrance ceremony will take place on April 17, in Dodd’s Theater. + Elections for both the USGA President and Treasurer Positions will be ongoing this upcoming week so please take the time to vote. Emails will be sent out and voting stations will be available in the programming space of Bartels. This is your campus; make sure you have your say. + In USGA news, Senator Chris Sang went up for the Recruitment Co-Chair position, Stephanie Palermo went up for the position of USGA Senator, and UNH’s Faculty Member of the Year was voted on. Finally, congratulations to both the UNH Gymnastics Team and To Write Love on Her Arms for being awarded Gold status recognition. + The next meeting will be this Friday, April 4, in the German Club. Please feel free to attend. James Crowell, USGA Senator jcrow1@unh.newhaven.edu
Any USGA related questions? Feel free to contact myself or any other USGA Senator!
The next USGA meeting will be on Friday, April 4, at 10 a.m. in the German Club
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Nora Jane Struthers invites all to the Carnival By ASHLEY WINWARD
MUSIC EDITOR AWINW1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU
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s the last of the snow on campus finally melts away and tiny flower buds of spring peak up from the soggy grass, I think I can finally say it….Spring is upon us. Now while for some that means kicking their gym routine into overdrive for
that bikini body or tossing a Frisbee around the quad in the afternoons again, for me that means good quality instrumental music that only country and folk music can bring. It makes me want to sit out on my (proverbial) front porch sipping sweet tea and relaxing. Nora Jane Struthers and
her back-up band The Party Line hit all the sweet notes with their new album Carnival proving that the “Old time music” they might be pigeon holed as is very much still relevant and wonderful! The album follows a very simple formula and executes it flawlessly through pure
instrumentation, chilling harmonies and quality storytelling. Struthers is very much aware of her storytelling when writing new music, “I often find the seed for a song in another work of arta novel, a movie, another song. Then I use that kernel to tell my own story.” She cites Amy Tan as a major
influence when writing Carnival because of her focus on female characters and the female perspective, “certainly informed my focus for this record” she noted. It’s no surprise that books would have such impact on her songwriting process as she began with a career teaching English before
switching gears into the music industry. “I’d always wanted to be a musician, but I didn’t know that it was an actual career option until I became connected to the traditional music community in Virginia and North Carolina. Once I discovered that it was an option,” she insisted, “I See NORA page 8
Frankie Ballard: Sunshine & Whiskey Kenny Chesney’s Next Big Star 2008 winner Frankie Ballard released his most recent album this year. By ELYSE VON DER FECHT
STAFF WRITER EVOND1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU
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rankie Ballard is an American country singer/songwriter from Michigan. Ballard won Kenny Chesney’s Next Big Star competition back in 2008 and later opened for Chesney at Michigan venues. In 2010 he signed to Reprise Records Nashville releasing his debut single, “Tell Me You Get Lonely.” In 2011 he released his second single titled “A Buncha Girls” which made the top 40. In 2013 he released his third single, “Helluva Life,” signed with Warner Bros. Records. He has released two albums; Frankie Ballard on May 24 2011 and Sunshine & Whiskey recently
on February 11 2014. Here is what I thought about his new songs from Sunshine & Whiskey. “Young & Crazy:” Starting off his album with this song, shows that he just wants to have fun and show everyone what he is all about. The rhythm and instrumentation for this song is impeccable. I was able to feel the true meaning to this song because I am young, yet I am not as crazy. “Sunshine & Whiskey:” The song has great passion to the lyrics and great way to sway back and forth listening to lyrics. “It Don’t Take Much:” The instrumentation in the beginning of the song before the lyrics start is neat. It starts off slow and then gets a little faster as the song goes on. “Helluva Life:” This song is very soothing and relaxing as you listen to Ballard’s
voice. It has a sentimental feeling to the lyrics and you’re able to understand the meaning. “Drinky Drink:” In the beginning of the song you hear a harmonica, which is cool because you don’t really hear that kind of instrument within songs. Towards the end of the song you also hear the harmonica play a significant part of the song. “Tell Me You Get Lonely:” While listening to this song you can hear his raspy voice as he sings, which makes your heart melt. I think this song shows what kind of artist he is and what he could do vocally. “Sober Me Up:” This is another one of his slower songs and I actually listened to what he said throughout the song. It has a great message behind the lyrics, which fits perfectly with the song. “I’m Thinking Country:”
This song has a faster tempo to the beat, which made me move to the music. I feel as if you’re able to let loose to this song and act freely dancing. “Tip Jar:” As I listened to this song, I was actually on the verge of tears because it had such a strong meaning to what he was saying. This song touched my heart more than the other songs on his albums. “Don’t You Wanna Fall:” This is another slower song of the album, and while listening to this song the only words that were stuck inside my head were “Don’t You Wanna Fall.” I thought: yes, I want to fall! “Don’t Tell Mama I Was Drinking:” I thought this was a great song to end the album with because it has that “touching” feeling to the melody. I liked the ending to the song when you heard the
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amplifiers being unplugged, which gave a neat sound. I think between his two albums that Ballard has released, Sunshine & Whiskey would have to be my favorite because I feel these
songs are more touching and heartfelt. He is on tour right now, so check him out if he’s coming to a venue near you.
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Star on the Web - Taking Connecticut Talent to the Next Level By SHANNON LIVEWELL STAFF WRITER SLIVEWELL@ME.COM
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t is very typical in modern day fashion for artists to take, what I affectionately like to call, “the easy way out” when it comes to getting their talent discovered. Though it may seem tedious and competitive, talent shows like American Idol are merely short cuts to “making it big.” I am capitalizing off of the idea that artists would much rather sing in front of judges in order to accelerate to new heights than ship their music out to labels and really pound the pavement for exposure. Whether we agree with this new talent search system or not, it is making its way across the globe in many different forms. So why not bring it exclusively to Connecticut? Well, that is just what Star on the Web has done, and it has completely reinvented the talent search idea to be much more artist friendly, which is a nice change of pace. An excerpt from a Starontheweb.com press release states, “StarOnTheWeb.com offers talented Connecticut residents of all ages an exclusive opportunity to not only ‘get discovered,’ but to also win great prizes, have a chance to perform live, and receive the grand prize of a one-year talent management contract with a value of up to $10,000 or more (provided by promotional sponsor ArMuEnt, a talent management division of Digimed Group in Darien, Conn.).” This proves that the
website is unlike the talent shows they model themselves after because they are actually rewarding talent. How many young kids do you see crying their eyes out because they made it to the top 20 on American Idol and were sent home? Far too often these talent shows showcase artists’ need for stardom and failure to achieve, than their actual accomplishment of getting as far as they do. Star on the Web brings a new light to this talent search. By making the competition exclusively online and strictly for Connecticut residents, they are allowing the submitting talent to be showcased in a way that no talent search show has been able to accomplish thus far. This week I attended the website’s media launch party, where founder and CEO Steve Nevard spoke about the site and the idea that started it all, thanking everyone involved along the way. The event was executed beautifully, really showcasing the fact that they were a business created out of their own pockets; Steve Sr. working in tandem with his son Steve Jr., with only fifty dollars a piece to build their idea and brand. The event showcased not only the new idea and site, but those who are crucial parts of the judging process. Dodie Pettit, a dance and Broadway performer, gave an extremely moving performance that stopped the crowd in their tracks. Unlike most other talent search shows, Star on the Web has done an amazing job of showcasing their judges, which allows the talent to feel as though the words coming from the judges truly
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matter due to the experience the judges have encountered professionally. If you are an on-campus student or a Connecticut resident who feels you have some sort of talent you want to showcase, be it dance, singing, comedy, or mastering an instrument, I urge you to visit their website on their launch date of April 1, 2014 and upload a video. This is a no-stress, nomess way of getting your talent heard and critiqued in the most beneficial way for you as an artist, and you don’t even have to leave your living room!
Star on the Web...has completely reinvented the talent search idea.
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became more afraid of regret than failure. I knew I had to go for it.” Favorites on the album for me include the short and sweet “Barn Dance,” the crisp harmonies in “Let Me Fall,” and the story in “Two Women.” The instrumentation on every song is truly breathtaking and puts me in the greatest mood every time I listen to it. Not one element overpowers another and Struthers’ vocal perfor-
mance shines throughout. Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line are headed our way April 8 on their U.S. tour, coming to perform in Hamden at the Outer Space. “2014 touring has been really good; I can see the audiences building in the cities we’re returning to. In addition to higher energy shows, this is so wonderful because people are bringing their friends out to see us; they’re making our show a reason to get together
with their community,” said Struthers. When asked what drink she thought would best be paired with their music, she said it was really dependent upon the day, “Kentucky Bourbon...Maker’s Mark on a Friday, Woodford on a Saturday...for a Tuesday in Connecticut, I think we can go with Bullet.” So raise your glasses and I hope to see you all there! I already have my ticket ready and my glass on ice.
Fantastic Albums You Need Part V
By ILEANA ALVAREZ-DIAZ
STAFF WRITER IALVA1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU
_____________________ Everyone has that one band or bands they need to see live — it’s a must, but there’s always something getting in the way of that almost unforgettable night. Amazingly, live albums give us the feeling of being right there, cheering so much and singing along. While some live albums don’t deliver enough, Band of Horses’ Acoustic at The Ryman, delivers monumental sound; beautifully filling your home with those two unbelievable nights. Recorded at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium last April, there’s a reason why the band chose this venue to capture their nights. It’s a wonderful venue; a place where stunning sound quality echoes and elegantly flows into the hall, convey-
ing each and every emotion as they play. It’s incredible just how good they sound. The chosen songs on the album will breathe life into your veins. Front man Ben Bridwell, sets a new bar as his voice majestically fills the hall. The first, “Marry Song,” is beautifully performed. Harmonies are locked in; giving off such a calm and warm embrace, which is undeniably serene. The band sets up to be unforgettable. With Bill Reynolds’s upright bass strumming, the band stages a campfire, warming the night away with “Slow Cruel Hands of Time,” “Everything’s Gonna Be Undone,” and “Older,” all which echo the beauty these musicians reveal. Every note and all these melodies are perfectly executed to elude the talent this band holds. They also bring back a favorite, “No One’s Gonna
Love You.” With a slight and new rendition, they fused what they have newly learned together with this lovely old song; highlighting the true soulful complex. It truly displays their growth as musicians. One of my favorites in particular is their live performance of “The Funeral.” The vocals are absolutely chilling as the piano places you on a canvas, while the lyrics paint the wonder tracing over. This band flawlessly creates two unforgettable nights into a 10-track record. By going acoustic, they not only reveal how talented they are, but also how strong, brilliant and enchanting they sound without the tweaks of a studio. If you want to fill your room with what a live rendition should sound like, I highly recommend listening to this record.
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Behind the scenes:
Avengers: Age of Ultron By SCOTT IWANIEC
FILM EDITOR SIWAN1@.UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU
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don’t think there’s one person in the world not looking forward to seeing Avengers: Age of Ultron. Its predecessor is among the greatest comic book films of all time, as it introduced a groundbreaking new way to serialize movies. Its success is so powerful that all other rival studios in the genre are trying to imitate it. For the past few months, we’ve been hearing a lot of talk about casting,
but since filming has begun, we are starting to see results. Early this past week, we got some behind-thescenes photos and videos of Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye and the placeman for Ultron himself. Hawkeye looks exactly as he did before, nothing new. Meanwhile, Scarlet Witch is sporting a casual black dress and a red jacket. It’s not a superhero suit; it’s just regular street clothing, with the colors being obvious nods to the comic. This is
universally very accepted among the fan base because generally, everyone agrees the stripper outfit and crown would look a little bit too goofy, even for the Avengers. She is played by Elizabeth Olsen, the younger sister to Mary-Kate and Ashley. The one that seems to be getting the most attention is Quicksilver played by Aaron Taylor Johnson (aka Kick-Ass). The reason why everyone is so focused on him is because he is the only character to
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appear in Avengers and XMen films simultaneously yet has no connection to his other self. We saw how ridiculous he looked in the new X-Men film, so how does this compare? For starters he does have white hair, which is essential. He’s wearing a gray/ blue under-armor shirt, what looks like some black cargo pants and running shoes. Like his sister, he is wearing regular street clothing with some obvious nods to the comics, and a lightning bolt
on the side of his shirt. Personally, I love the way he looks. Aside from the fact Johnson is jacked to the size of Chris Evans, as an athlete I would wear his outfit on a regular basis. Some people claim he looks a little too ridiculous, but I feel those views will fade once we see him next to the rest of the Avengers. As I said before, Ultron has been seen, but it’s just the placeman wearing the mask for the actors to interact with before the GC is added.
Days later, we got our first look at Captain America. His suit is clearly modeled after the favorite suit in The First Avenger, probably due to popular demand. It’s not really much to talk about since we’ve seen it already. It’s great to watch the stuntman do some cool stuff on top of a moving tractor trailer, but again, nothing really groundbreaking. Avengers: Age of Ultron is coming to theatres in Summer 2015.
ELIZABETH OLSEN IS CAST AS SCARLET WITCH (AP PHOTO)
Need for Speed Review
By SCOTT IWANIEC
FILM EDITOR SIWAN1@.UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU
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ith the success of the Fast and the Furious franchise it should be obvious that someone else wants to play with Hot Wheels on the big screen, which, by the way, is another movie coming out in a few years. No joke. This one chose to adapt the name of the very successful video game franchise. After its opening week, Rotten Tomatoes and other critics didn’t have much nice to say about it, but the overall audience did. After all, all we really want is hot cars and a mediocre plot to put people in the said cars. The problem is the plot is distractingly dumb. It starts off acceptable, but
as the film progresses, logic just keeps decreasing to the point where you wind up leaving the theater asking yourself , “how was that supposed to make sense?” Not to mention cops that are overly dumb— I probably shouldn’t be ripping this movie apart for the plot when clearly this movie was not meant to be intriguing. The reason why I am is because it goes out of its way to be like Fast and Furious; gives us good characters and tries really hard to get us on their side, but instead the audience winds up with a good performance by Aaron Paul and the most annoying fake British accent of a love interest. The driving scenes themselves are wonderful to look at and exciting to watch. The director, being a former stunt man, wanted to make this a visual spectacle. As a result: there is no CG in the film.
Everything you see is 100 percent real and practical effects done with stunt drivers. Watching the movie with this in mind makes it all the more impressive. But it still doesn’t excuse the fact that you can shave off about 40 minutes of this film. It’s over two hours long and drags and drags. I think this film would have been much more enjoyable if they lightened up the plot, took some time off, and simply let the popcorn fun fly. I didn’t like the film, but I do recommend seeing it in theaters to experience the excitement of the car chases. It’s good for the $5 Tuesday ticket price, especially if you are a car fanatic. You can snooze during the dialogue, but you will be woken up once the engines roar. P.S: Any Ford Mustang fans will be in heaven for the majority of this film.
Aaron Paul in a scene from Need for Speed (AP Photo)
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+Congratulations to the UNH Winter Guard for placing third in the Winterguard MAC championships this past weekend, not to mention that this is their first season! Amazing job to all ladies, and their coach, Suzanne Broadbent, for such dedication. + Thanks to the Career Development Center for putting together their spring Career Expo event last Friday! Hundreds of students stopped by the Rec Center to talk to dozens of companies about employment and internship opportunities. Hopefully this eased the worried minds of seniors, and gave students a better realization of what their future can hold.
- When the entire weekend is composed of rainy days, and the busiest days of the week are the sunniest. It seems like a great time to get homework done, but an even greater time to sleep in. - When a clan of RAs sees you standing outside in the cold without a card or keys, and just lets you stand out there. Not wanting random people in buildings makes sense, but if you know the person, what is the problem? If the person wasn’t supposed to be there, don’t the RAs have authority to send them back out anyways?
The Battery Charge
It is great to see organizations and students on campus dedicating time to charities. Last week, Rotaract had their second annual Hunger Games event and raised nearly 3,000 dollars! This week Sigma Chi is holding their annual Derby Days to raise money for the Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Scope it Out! Here are SCOPE’s Comedy Week events! Wednesday, April 2: -Damien Lemon in the Alumni Lounge from 8 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 3: -Roast of USGA President Zani Imetovski in the Alumni Lounge from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, April 4: -Last Comic Standing in the Alumni Lounge at 8 p.m. - Weekly Movie: The Wolf of Wall Street in Lee 301 at 9 p.m. Saturday, April 5: -Co-Sponsoring with Delta Phi Epsilon for the Dodge ball tournament Sunday, April 6: -Branford Food Week Trip: sign ups were on Charger Connection.
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Postcards from Prato Trying to get back into the swing of things after so many adventures over Spring Break
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fter the great weather over the break, soccer Monday was unfortunately cancelled because of the rain. However, conversation exchange, movie night and game night were still on. Plus there was a Spring Break scavenger hunt presentation. Before we left you could choose to participate and got a list that included things like, “take a picture with a statue,” “a postcard” and “a ticket stub from a cultural institution.” So the presentation gave students the opportunity to show everything they collected off their list. Friday we went on an excursion to a Medici Villa close to Prato. We got to go through and see the art and how the villa was set up. Then we went on a tour of a vineyard and got to do a wine and olive oil tasting. The vineyard for me was the highlight of the trip. We got to see the wine making process that they have been doing at this particular vineyard for centuries; from the collection of grapes, the room where they are kept for months, to the barrels where they are aged. They even had bottles of wine that dated back to 1925. We also got to see the machine they use to extract the olive oil at the vineyard, and it was all so interesting. We have heard about the process
VIEW FROM THE MEDICI VILLA (CHARGER BULLETIN PHOTO/SAMANTHA HIGGINS)
in the Food Quality class, but after seeing how the process works, it puts a picture to it and helps us understand it better. After the first two stops we made one last stop at a place called Artimino, where there was yet another villa that we saw; this time from the outside. There were some cute little shops to look in, but the one thing that all these places have that we visit is the amazing view. They were all located on a mountain side so you could see so far over the mountain. The view was breathtaking, but impossible to describe and not a single picture shows how beautiful it really is.
This week we also took a trip to Florence for art history. The class got to go to the Uffizi and see a lot of the art work that we have been studying for the first half of the year. There is a big difference between seeing a picture of artwork and seeing it in person; it’s an entirely different experience and it evokes an entirely different emotional response. Some of the artwork is so much bigger than you’d imagine, and some of it is so much smaller. Saturday the weather was beautiful again. The streets were packed with people shopping, talking, eating or just hanging out enjoying
the company and the sun. There is a carousel in the Piazza, cotton candy was for sale, there were people fencing and cheering, and everyone was all hyped up. The sense of community here is so uplifting; you can’t just walk around alone, because people are going to include you and they are going to say hi. It is impossible to not be interested in what is going on around you, and just walking around Prato can lift the spirits of your worst mood. With all of this fun, it is sad to think about how we are more than halfway through our time here.
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This Week in Sports
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Charger Chat Senior women’s lacrosse player Marissa Fisher
SOFTBALL SWEEPS OWLS IN MIDWEEK 3-GAME SERIES
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he UNH Softball team is off to a strong start to the season so far, and continued to play strong as they faced cross-town rival Southern Connecticut State University in a rare midweek, three game series. The Chargers began March 25 with a record of 11-3 overall and 7-1 in the conference. The Owls entered play a decent 7-6 overall, but lost five of their last six games played. The Chargers were shut out in the first two innings by Southern’s Jessica Val Alphen, but scored three runs in the third inning, knocking her out of the game. UNH scored three more in the fifth and another in the sixth, making it a 7-0 lead for them going into the final frame. Nicole King allowed one
run in the final inning by walking in a run. The nine walks and one earned run were the only blemishes on the box score for King, as she threw a no-hitter to lock up the 7-1 victory for UNH in game one. Game two would begin with a much faster start from UNH, as they scored three runs in the first inning. In the fourth, freshman Gabby DeLeo hit a solo shot homerun to give UNH a 4-0 lead. After adding another two runs in the fifth, the Chargers hung on and, behind the pitching of Victoria Cabral, shut out the Owls for a 6-0 victory. The Chargers outscored the Owls 13-1 on the March 25 double-header and looked to be in good shape heading into their March 27 matchup with the Owls. However, in a rivalry like the one between the Owls and the Chargers, anything could happen. The game began scoreless until the fourth, when the Chargers took a 2-0 lead. It
began to look a lot like the first game played on March 25 with Nicole King on the mound again for the Chargers. Southern had other ideas, however, and pulled off a huge four-run fifth inning. This put the Chargers in a two-run hole, and it was also be the first time they trailed Southern all series. In the seventh inning, the Chargers tied things up off an RBI single by Lindsey Couturier, tying the game up at four each. Neither team scored again until the tenth, when Southern took a two-run lead off an RBI double by Julie Muscarella, who would later score that inning. Down two again with their backs against the wall, the Chargers stepped up. Couturier hit a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Julie Delvin to cut the Southern lead to just one. The next at bat, Jess Spivey, slapped a single up the middle and scored Brandy Dianno once again, tying the game at six.
Southern didn’t go away, however, as Nicole Buch doubled to left center, bringing home Kelly Mitchell. The top of the eleventh ended with Southern up 7-6, but the game ended half an inning later with a different score. Jen Palase scored because of an error by Southern’s second baseman Giuliana D’Arcangelo, and tied the game at seven a piece. Couturier came up later in the eleventh, and after being a major part in both the seventh and tenth inning runs, there was no surprise she would play a big role this time at bat. She singled to left field, bringing home Meghan Chamoff for the walk of victory at North Campus. The Owls had multiple chances to put away the Chargers, but UNH showed great resilience by not going down no matter how many times they fell behind in the final game.
Sean Malone: You and your team are off to a great start , 7-0 so far. Talk about this experience. Marissa Fisher: This year, we have come out with such a great first half of the season, and like you said, we are 7-0. I have never been on this team when we are 7-0. It is a happy place right now. SM: You beat both Stonehill, who was ranked ninth in the nation, and Dowling who is very good as well. Talk about those wins. MF: All teams within the North region are amazing; they are always [good] competition. The fact that we beat both of them is incredible, and I am proud of my team for doing that. Both are very hard teams; all four of my years here they have been such good competition, and again it was a great feeling that we beat them. SM: What was the key in those games? MF: It starts with defense and goes all the way through to attack. We work really hard to make sure that on both ends everyone feels comfortable with what they are doing. We trust everyone on the team holding the ball. We have three freshman and we still trust them all to hold the ball. It is a really good feeling, and the fact that we are all comfortable with each other makes the team what it is. SM: You mentioned the youth on this team. There are a lot of young players on this team with sophomores like Courtney Ackland and even your sister, Corrine Fisher. How is it playing in college with your sister? Is it cool or do you have a rivalry with each other? MF: My sister is incredibly talented. The only rivalry we have is when we run during practice and she
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tries to beat me. SM: Can she beat you? MF: Oh yeah, she is so fast. Even through high school, playing with her has always been so much fun. I think we connect really well and I trust her completely with every decision she makes. SM: You mention the speed of your sister. Who is faster, her, Kathryn Campbell, or Brittany Ast? MF: Brittany Ast. SM: Do you guys ever consider moving her up to midfield where you can take advantage of her speed more? MF: No, she is a phenomenal defender. We need her on defense, and we need her speed on defense. What if we are playing against an attacker who has speed too? We need speed there. She does a really good job of running up and down the field though, don’t get me wrong; she transitions the ball for us a lot, which is such a good asset for us. SM: Talk about how it feels to be a leader on the team when there are a lot of young players on the team. MF: We actually have a bunch of leaders on the team. It is not just one or two people, the whole team is pretty good at leading. Any of the underclassmen can ask any of the upperclassmen any questions, and we all have the same answers, which is great because it means we are all on the same page. That’s a really, really good thing with such hard competition coming up.
Women’s lacrosse upsets number nine Stonehill, 16-7, jumps to number seven in the rankings By SEAN MALONE
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fter beating number 14 Pfeiffer down in Arnold, Md., the Chargers looked to continue their winning streak as they faced number nine Stonehill back in West
Haven. The game began with Maya Syzmanski and Courtney Ackland scoring a goal each, the fourth of the season for both of them. Kelsey Shannahan cut the lead in half, making it a onegoal lead. Courtney Ackland scored again unassisted, followed by Nicole McKee scoring back-to-back goals in less
than twenty seconds time. Ackland and Campbell provided assists on the play. Mikayal Couch scored a goal, but for the third time in the first half the Chargers went on a multi-goal run against Stonehill. This run consisted of four goals coming from Nicole Belanger, McKee, Marissa Fisher and Kathryn Campbell.
After trading one goal each to start the second half, the Chargers ran off three goals, going on another run with two of the three goals being scored by Nicole McKee once again. Stonehill scored a goal, and UNH answered with one of their own. For the first time in the game, Stonehill would string together a few
goals and go on a three-goal streak, cutting the lead to 14-7. However, with five minutes remaining after the third goal, there was not enough time left to comeback. Kathryn Campbell and Nicole McKee added two more goals before the final whistle, as the Chargers dominated the Skyhawks and won by a final score of
16-7. Following that strong win over Stonehill, the rankings placed the Chargers seventh. On April 2, they face number four Le Moyne on the road in Syracuse, N.Y., in what is expected to be a tough matchup.
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(1) EVADING RESPONSIBILITY Location: Sheffield Hall Date: March 27, 2014 Time: 12:11 AM
(2) UNWANTED PERSON Location: Bartels Hall Date: March 28, 2014 Time: 1:44 AM
(3) UNWANTED PERSON Location: Dodds Hall Date: March 28, 2014 Time: 1:48 AM
(4) EVADING RESPONSIBILITY Location: North Campus Date: March 29, 2014 Time: 11:55 AM
(5) VANDALISM Location: Bartels Hall Date: March 29, 2014 Time: 9:38 PM
(6) THEFT
Location: Sheffield Hall Date: March 29, 2014 Time: 2:29 PM
(7) FIGHT
Location: Henry Lee Building Date: March 29, 2014 Time: 11:05 PM