April 14 2010

Volume 88, Issue 23 | April 14, 2010

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Chris Berman Slated to Speak to UNH Community

SCOPE Rocks the Week with Rock ‘n’ Roll Week

By GLENN ALTSHULER STAFF WRITER

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L a s t week was filled with music as S C O P E held its anA CHARGER BULLETIN FEATURE lege of Business and Liberty ABC’s Super Bowl pre-game nual Rock –––––––––––––––––––––––––– Mutual. shows in 2000, 2003 and 2006 ’n’ Roll The talk will be on Thursday, and has covered 23 MLB all-star Week! The Apr. 15, at 7pm in the Charger games. He has hosted Sunday week kicked In celebration of the 25th an- Gymnasium at North Campus.

NFL Countdown for the past 24 off on Monniversary of the Management Chris Berman joined ESPN seasons; during his tenure the day with of Sports Industries Program at in 1979 and has hosted numer- program was the recipient of Mock Rock the University of New Haven, ous programs during his three seven Sports Emmy Awards for Videos. Stunoted ESPN sportscaster Chris decades with the network, in- Outstanding Studio Show-Weekdents who stopped by the programming space were able to dressup, jump in front of a green screen, and make their very own music video. Each student that participated left with a DVD of their video to amuse their friends and family.

On Tuesday, students came out to hear a lecture in the Alumni Lounge entitled “60’s Rock- When the Music Mattered.” The lecture was given by Barry Drake, a performer and PHOTO COURTESY 3OH!3 songwriter with an extensive career who played alongside

greats such as Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, and James Taylor. The lecture involved slides, video clips, and

ESPN Sportscasting Superstar Comes to Charger Gymnasium

Berman will participate in an extended sports dialogue with ESPN producer and UNH alumnus Craig Mortali ‘84, followed by a Q&A session. The event is co-sponsored by the UNH Col-

cluding SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight, Monday Night Countdown, NFL Primetime, Major League Baseball games, the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the U.S. Open. He anchored

Charger Bulletin Exclusive:

K Flay Added to Spring Concert

This week, SCOPE finalized the contract to add K Flay to the Spring Concert. K Flay, who plays guitar, composes music, and DJ’s, will be added to the concert as a DJ and MC to keep the crowd pumped up in-between bands. K Flay describes her mixes as hiphop, indie rock, and electronic music in a blender, and she will certainly be a performer who is sure to entertain. The Spring Concert line-up is now K Flay, Travie McCoy, Jay Sean, Cobra Starship, and 3OH!3. Make sure you come on out on Apr. 30 for a fantastic time! If you’re interested in helping out, volunteer forms are still available in the SCOPE office.

ly and five CableACE awards.

In addition, Berman has been elected National Sportscaster of the Year six times by the NaSee ESPN page 5

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of course, lots and lots of music.

(Fun Fact: The last time Barry was at UNH it was called Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll Week.

Barry’s Question: What happened to the sex and drugs?)

On Wednesday, SCOPE held its monthly Beanhouse, an open mic night. After a late start due to some scheduling conflicts, See ROCK page 5

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Glee a Musical Success as Much as a Cult Success

already certified gold. A nationwide tour, Glee Live, featuring –––––––––––––––––––––––––– key members from the show’s cast, kicks off in May and has LOS ANGELES – Glee, the sold out, and the show is boostaward-winning musical comedy ing sales for the original artists about a misfit high school s h o w c h o i r, m i g h t be doing more for music than its fellow Fox juggernaut, American Idol.

In its first 13 episodes, the show treated viewers to covers of songs by Neil Diamond, Rihanna, Kanye West, behind the songs.

Barbra Streisand, Beyonce, Its stars are even featured Queen, Liza Minnelli and more. on the current issue of Rolling The music from Glee is a huge Stone. success in its own right, with When the hourlong hit returns more than 4 million digital down- Tuesday for a nine-episode run, loads sold and two soundtracks expect twice the tunes per show

By SANDY COHEN

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and even more mash-ups and musical diversity.

“Every single possible musical style and taste is going to be in there,” says Glee co-creator Brad Falchuk. “It doesn’t matter

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what you like — you’re going to find what you like and stuff you never heard of that you’ll love.”

But the commercial success of the Glee songs wasn’t a reaSee GLEE page 18

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Animal Awareness Tip

by Maideline Sanchez

Hagfish The Hagfish or the “slime eel” is probably one of the oddest sea creatures that you will ever encounter due to the

to eight barbells around their mouths, and have a single nostril.

Hagfish excrete a large amount of mucus which is used as a defense mechanism. When captured, they

a ratio as high as 100:1 in favor of females. Researchers believe that the ovaries remain stagnant until they have reached maturity and are around a particular environmental

fact that they are the only living organism with a skull but without a vertebral column. They may reach an average length of 18 inches and are extremely flexible, allowing them to tie themselves into knots. Their colors may range from pink to black and they also do not contain true fins, have six

release the mucus substance and tie into a knot, which allows the mucus to drip down from head to tail until the Hagfish can slip out of the predator’s mouth.

Little is known about the Hagfish, although there are some thoughts of species being hermaphroditic and other species having

factor in the case of the hemophroditic species, however in other species; hagfish containing ovaries are given sperm by another containing testicles. In this case the females lay 20 to 30 eggs after both sexes mate.

Did You Know? A Hagfish has four hearts and two brains.

by Joann Wolowowicz

History of Baseball & Opening Day

The origins of baseball have been the subject of debate for more than a century. The sport, as well as the modern bat, ball and running games, and cricket and rounders were developed from earlier folk games. The roots of baseball are English, but similar games have also been played in other parts of the world. Americans played a version of the English game rounders in the early 1800’s which they called “Town Ball.”

Early forms of baseball had a variety of names, including “Base Ball,” “Goal Ball,” “Round Ball,” and “Base.” One version of the game involved teams pitching to themselves and runners went around the bases in the opposite direction of today’s game play. A batter was called out after three strikes as it is today.

Evolution of the game that became modern baseball is unknown before 1845. The Knickerbocker Rules describe a

game that they had been playing for some time. In 1845, the Knickerbocker Club of New York City began using Elysian Fields in Hoboken to play baseball due to the lack of soft grounds on Manhattan. In 1846, the Knickerbockers played the New York Nine on these grounds in the first organized game between two clubs. A plaque and baseball diamond street paving’s at 11th and Washington Streets commemorate the event. By the 1850s, several Manhattan-based members of the National Association of Base Ball Players were using the grounds as their home field. In 1865 the grounds hosted a championship match between the Mutual Club of New York and the Atlantic Club of Brooklyn that was attended by an estimated 20,000 fans and captured in the Currier & Ives lithograph “The American National Game of Base Ball.”

In 1857, sixteen clubs from modern New York

City sent delegates to a convention that standardized the rules, essentially by agreeing to revise the Knickerbocker rules. In 1858, twenty-five including one from New Jersey founded the first official association, but the National Association of Base Ball Players is conventionally dated to have formed in 1857. It governed through 1870 but it scheduled and sanctioned no games. In 1869 the first openly professional baseball team formed.

Earlier players were nominally amateurs. The Cincinnati Red Stockings recruited nationally and effectively, toured nationally, and no one beat them until June 1870.

Opening Day is the beginning of a new Major League Baseball season.

It falls around the beginning of April. Prior to Opening Day, the teams’ managers have to decide the starting pitchers for See BASEBALL page 3

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USGA & More

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USGA President’s Corner Fellow UNH students, Be on the lookout for USGA Week, THIS WEEK, Apr. 12 through the 16. This will be a week of events sponsored by the USGA medias, clubs, classes, and senate.

The annual Last Man Standing competition hosted by the USGA will be held this year from Apr.19 to Apr. 23. Registration is going on this week until Apr. 16. The 1st place prize is $2,000.00 in Visa Gift Cards, 2nd place prize is $1,000.00 in Visa Gift Cards, and 3rd place prize is $500.00 in Visa Gift Cards. If you have any questions at all please feel free to e-mail me at USGAPresident@newhaven.edu.

As a reminder the Annual Spring Weekend is fast approaching. I would like to thank SCOPE for all of their hard work and planning that has gone on so far. I hope to see everyone out at the concert and the carnival on the weekend of Apr. 30 to May 2.

I encourage any students who have any questions about UNH or how to get involved to come visit the USGA offices located on the top floor of Bartels Hall. You can find students who will be able to answer your questions or help you any way they can during any time of the day. As always, if you have any concerns log onto www. chargervoice.com and let your voice be heard.

Have a great week, Christopher Rinck, USGA President USGAPresident@newhaven.edu

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Busy Weeks at the Beckerman

By KAT WILBERDING STAFF WRITER

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April is a big month for banquets, formals, and of course the Alumni Scholarship Ball. This year the Scholarship Ball will be held in the Beckerman Recreation Center on Saturday, Apr. 17.

Therefore, the Rec center will be closed on Apr. 17.

All courts will be offline on Apr. 15 and Apr. 16 as well in order to set-up for the ball. We apologize for any inconvenience. The facility and courts will all re-open on Sunday, Apr. 18 at regular hours.

In other news, the Spring Get Fit Charger Challenge is coming to a close with the final weighin this Friday, Apr. 16 from 8 am to 5 pm. To all those who participated, I hope you reached your fitness goals. Good effort and keep up the healthy lifestyles.

As a reminder, Group X classes on Wednesdays have changed dramatically. Each week there will be Cardio Box at noon, Spinning at 4:30 pm, and a different schedule of any evening/night classes that may be going on. So stay

up-to-date by checking out the website weekly.

In REC Sports news, season 4 is comfortably underway. The competition is enthused, even energetic in the various indoor soccer leagues. If you are looking for a good sporting event to watch come check out any nighttime intramural indoor soccer game at the Beckerman Recreation Center. Perhaps all the positive intensity and interest is a sign of the soccer fever that is beginning to sweep the globe as the 2010 World Cup in South Africa approaches.

Whatever the reason, the indoor soccer leagues put soccer as a contender for most popular sport of the season. Of course the softball, 6v6 volleyball, and roller hockey leagues are just as strong. As the weather blossoms, softball is becoming a favorite past time in the sun. The 6v6 volleyball leagues are as vibrant as ever. Even roller hockey has a solid following in this, its debut season.

All in all, April is a busy month for the Beckerman Recreation Center, so don’t miss out on all the action!

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the Opening Day game.

This spot is usually given to the teams’ ace pitchers, and is usually considered an honor for a pitcher to start on Opening Day. In turn, the pitchers who start on Opening Day are usually recognized throughout the baseball world as their teams’ best starting pitchers. Here are some baseball opening day fun facts.

On Opening Day in 1907, the New York Giants faced off against the Phillies at New York City’s Polo Grounds after a heavy snowstorm. When the Giants fell behind, disgruntled fans began flinging snowballs onto the field, forcing the umpire to call a forfeit in the Phillies’ favor.

On the first day of the 1910 season, William Howard Taft became the first president to throw the ceremonial first pitch.

Since then, every president besides Jimmy Carter has thrown at least one ceremonial first ball for Opening Day, the All-Star Game, or the World Series.

There has only been one no-hitter in Opening Day history. Cleveland pitcher Bob Feller, then just 21 years old, threw it

against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park on April 16, 1940.

Boston Braves fans sat down to an unpleasant surprise on Opening Day in 1946. The outfield stands had recently received a fresh coat of red paint, but cold, damp weather had prevented it from drying.

Hundreds of angry, paintstained spectators marched to the Braves’ offices. The team agreed to pay their cleaning bills and made a public apology in a newspaper advertisement.

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier on Opening Day in 1947, becoming the first African American to play for a Major League team. The 28-year-old made his debut at Ebbets Field, playing first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Hall of Famer Tom Seaver has started the most Opening Day games in history—11 for the Mets, three for the Reds and two for the White Sox. I hope that everyone enjoys this year’s baseball season and now that you all know a little bit about the history of this American pastime, you can fully enjoy each and every game these coming weeks.

1960’s Rock and Roll

By ASHLEY BOGDANSKI STAFF WRITER

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On Tuesday, Apr. 6, Barry Drake came to UNH to give a lecture, “60’s Rock: When the Music Mattered.” Barry Drake has often been called a walking encyclopedia of Rock and Roll. The lecture was very informational with many pictures, video clips, and songs from the 1960’s. Barry Drake went through then ten years that span the 1960’s in the hour and twenty minute lecture.

Of course Barry could have gone on for longer, but he gave everyone the basics.

Barry talked about when the Beatles invaded American music for the first time and how American music retaliated with some interesting choices of singers. Also, how the Beatles invaded American music for the second time during the start of the hippy era towards the end of the 60’s. After the lecture was over most people went back to their rooms and played a bunch of music from the 60’s because they didn’t realize how much they actually knew from the era. Barry Drake’s 60’s lecture was amazing and SCOPE did a great job planning this event.

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Chinese Coal Carrier Leaking Oil Near Great Barrier Reef

By MATT DIGIOVANNI STAFF WRITER

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On Apr. 4 the Shen Neng 1, a Chinese coal carrier, ran aground near the Great Barrier Reef. At the time of the incident, the ship had veered nearly fifteen kilometers off course. This resulted in a spill of three kilometers by one hundred meters, and while this is considered small scale, there is still the potential for the entire 950 tons of fuel and 65,000 tons of coal to spill if the ship experiences any massive structural failure.

In an effort to clean up the spill as quickly as possible to prevent any effects on the reef itself, planes have been spray-

ing chemical dispersants on the oil slick. Currently, authorities do not know whether the spill will have any ill effects on the reef and the overall ecology, but everyone agrees that any pollution of the Great Barrier Reef is too much.

Human impact on the reef is already apparent due to climate change and toxic farm chemicals, and that is partly why authorities now take dangers to the Great Barrier Reef so seriously.

The Great Barrier Reef covers 133,000 square miles along Australia's northeastern coast, and in addition to being the world's largest living organism, it is also an important tourism generator for Australia. These factors made this spill a huge

issue to Maritime Safety Queensland, who are now considering requiring pilots throughout the entire shipping channel near the Great Barrier Reef. This is an effort to eliminate future spills. Conservationists warn that there will be more spills, citing that last year there was a spill near Moreton Island and Sunshine Coast beaches, and with newly tapped natural gas and coal resources, more ships will be in this area than ever before. This will be putting this great natural wonder at higher risk. The Australian government will continue to monitor the oil slick and determine the best methods for safe removal, both for the ship and the Great Barrier Reef it endangers.

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Apple Sells Thousands of iPads

By NATALIE BRANDT STAFF WRITER

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Few outside of Apple have seen an iPad in person, but that hasn't stopped a rush of preorders for the touch-screen tablet device.

Sources have told The Wall Street Journal that Apple has sold 300,000 iPads since Mar.12 – iPad launch day – alone.

Apple could end up selling more iPads in the first three months than original iPhones sold the first three months after its debut, according to those sources.

Launch day sales num-

bers are a big indicator of just how successful the product launch proved to be. That’s part of the reason analysts like Gene Munster clamor to be the first to guesstimate initial sales figures. Munster estimated that up to 700,000 iPads had been sold on the iPad launch day. That turned out to be wrong.

Apple says that 300,000 iPads were sold through their online pre-orders, Apple stores, and partner sales.

Apple is coming down to the wire on striking content deals for the iPad. Negotiations are ongoing

between Apple and media companies for discounted TV shows via iTunes, according to sources.

Partnerships between Apple and newspapers, magazines, and textbook publishers are also still yet to be cemented, and have "been put on the backburner" in favor of other types of content.

Besides content, some accessories for the touchscreen device are also a little behind schedule. Both the keyboard dock/charging station and the 10W USB power adapter won't be available until May.

ESPN Sportscasting Superstar Comes to Charger Gymnasium

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tional Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, has won the Reds Bagnell Award from the Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia, the Pat Summerall Award for excellence in football broadcasting, and five CableACE awards as cable’s best sports host.

He was voted “Best Cable Sportscaster” three times by “The Cable Guide” and has received 10 Emmy nominations as best sports host. Prior to ESPN, Berman worked in radio for WERI in Westerly, R.I., and WNVR in Waterbury, Conn. He graduated from Brown University in 1977 with a B.A. in history, and has since been inducted into the Brown University Athletics Hall of Fame, and received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from his alma mater in 2007.

Since Craig Mortali’s

internship at ESPN in 1983, and his graduation from UNH in 1984 with a B.S. in communication, the award-winning producer has spent his entire professional career at the world-renowned sports network, participating in the company’s development from a niche channel in the infancy of cable television to a media giant and one of the nation’s preeminent sports brands.

While his specialty lies in documentary and longform production, Mortali also has experience in live studio and field-production for shows including SportsCenter, NFL Gameday, NFL Primetime” and Outside the Lines. He has won six Emmy Awards while at ESPN, and his recent documentary, Triumph and Tragedy: The Ray Mancini Story, won the 2008 CableFAX Program Award for “Best

Sports Show.” As an undergraduate at UNH, Mortali worked for WNHU-FM as a sportscaster, talk-show host and disc jockey. Mortali also served as the radio station’s public relations director and sports director during his junior and senior years, respectively.

When the UNH football program was reinstated in 2009, Mortali was invited to return as the play-byplay voice of the UNH Chargers. He was recognized with the UNH Distinguished Alumni Award in 2002 and named Executive in Residence by the UNH Management of Sports Industries Program, where he serves on the advisory board.

The talk is sure to be an exciting and educational event for all who come; it will be held on Thursday, Apr. 15 at 7:00pm in the Charger Gymnasium.

Woman Attacked at Southern

By ERIN ENNIS

ASSISTANT EDITOR

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Students at Southern Connecticut State University were caught off guard Friday morning when an email reported the sexual assault of a female on the university’s campus. The crime scene, a supposed parking garage which is normally empty late at nights, had always been considered safe by both students and campus security.

"I don't really like to walk by myself, but I've never really had a problem with it," explained freshman Melissa Gorman.

"But usually I walk with friends." The woman, who was not a student of the university, was attacked last Thursday night. Ham-

den police have arrested a suspect and are investigating evidence in the crime.

"Once you're on campus I feel like you're pretty safe, it's a rough area, so we don't really leave much unless we go downtown," said sophomore Brett Lamotta. Like the University of New Haven, Southern Connecticut State University has large, blue emergency posts with red buttons for immediate police contact. "My mom told me just to be safe and everything and don't walk around at night because New Haven is a pretty bad town," added Lamotta.

Most students that spoke on the issue said they would still continue to feel relatively safe on campus, but they would remain cautious.

Authorities and students

do not see completely eyeto-eye on the actual events of the attack. Authorities are still reporting that the attack occurred in a parking lot while students, faculty, and most university officials are reporting the attack to have happened in the parking garage. The parking garage and the parking lots are equally well lit at night, although police suspect the emptiness was probably a contributing factor in the attack. No information has been released about the identity of the attacker or any possible relationship between the suspect and the victim has not been mentioned. Hamden police, SCSU campus police, and other officials are continuing to gather information about the nature of the sexual assault.

Tips and Tricks from Peer Tutors: Accounting: -Keep templates of each financial statement in your notebook for a quick reference.

-The header of every financial statement should include the name of the company, the date or the ending date of the term, and the type of statement that it is.

Chemistry: -When memorizing the 7 di-atomic molecules: "Professor HOFBrINCl" (H-Hydrogen, O-Oxygen, F-Fluorine, Br-Bromine, I-Iodine, N-Nitrogen, Cl-Chlorine) -OIL RIG: Oxidation Is Loss, Reduction Is Gain Fun facts about our discplines: 1. Fire Science - In early colonial times, bucket brigades were formed to put out fires. Today, three common types of fire trucks handle them, including pumper, tanker, and ladder trucks.

2. Forensic Science - Forensic scientists can determine the chemical elements of alcohol and drugs from wet blood only. However, blood will begin to dry within three to five minutes if exposed to air.

3. Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical engineers were responsible for much of the Industrial Revolution’s innovations: the steam engine, steel manufacture, and even time zones.

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the night went well with lots of great student performers, some doing well known songs and others their own original music.

Thursday was the annual Battle of the Bands, sponsored by MEISA. Eight bands took part in the competition: Sounds Like Spring, Ja Mustache Eddie’s, Casting Call, The Day Spring, Robbing the Vatican, Speak In Verse, Peter Pann, and As It Unfolds. It was a great event displaying some of the great student talent found at UNH. As part of the competition, each band performed a cover of a Lady Gaga song, to the great amusement of the audience. It was a close contest, but the winner was As It Unfolds.

On Friday, SCOPE brought in Dancing Heads, another opportunity for students to make their own

videos. This time, students were placed in front of a green screen and wore green smocks so that only their head was visible to the camera. They then bobbed along to the music as their head was placed on an animated body. Once again students left with a DVD to commemorate the evening.

When Saturday arrived it was time for the annual Rock’N’Roll Week Concert, held in the bookstore parking lot. The opening group was As It Unfolds, the winners of Battle of the Bands. The band is a local metal/alternative group with two members who are students at UNH. In total, the group has five members; Aaron Fife(Lead Vocals/Guitar), Frank Rodriguez(Scream Vocals), Jesse Morin(Guitar), Brennan DiLernia(Bass), and Ryan Weil(Drums/ Vocals). The group was

followed by the headliner, Addison Station, a pop/ rock group out of Manchester, CT. The band and its four members, Trent Gerbers, Jeff Kenniston, Jon Coates, and Kyle Dunnack, have been gaining notoriety as they tour the northeast. It was a great show that filled the campus with music for one night. Students who attended the event were given free Rock’N’Roll Week t-shirts and a ticket for a prize drawing at the end of the night. Given away were numerous movies, an Xbox 360, and an electric guitar.

In all, Rock’N’Roll week continued to prove itself to be a great tradition at the University of New Haven. Credit should be given to the SCOPE Special Events Committee and all of the students who helped make this week a success.

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News Travel, Episode VI: The Dumb People Strike Back

By ZACK ROSEN

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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Hi’a, kiddies! It’s time for another episode of Zack Talks About Dumb People! Or, something like that...

Let’s begin this episode with some UK postal workers in London. The British postal service has suspended deliveries to one particular woman after repeated attacks and nasty injuries by her 19-year-old cat. The woman claims that her cat, “Tiger,” could not be behind the attacks.

After all, it spends most of its day sleeping.

Head over to good ol' Springfield, Vermont, where a Massachusetts man drove himself to a Vermont prison to serve a two-day sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol. The ironic part, however, is that he was

By ERIN ENNIS

under the influence when he drove to prison.

Ve r m o n t State Police say that staff at the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield noticed that a 42-year-old man was intoxicated when he arrived late Tuesday afternoon and that he had driven himself there.

The problem about drinking under the influence is that it is dangerous, and it is deadly. For others, they prefer to die while someone else takes care of their travel arrangements.

A s we head back to L o n don, two women were arrested l a s t Tuesday on suspicion of trying to smuggle a dead relative onto a flight bound

have been driven about 35 miles to the airport by taxi from Oldham, Greater Manchester, police added.

The women were arrested on suspicion of failing to give notification of a death and were released on bail.

"At 11 a.m. on Saturday 3 April 2010, police at Liverpool John Lennon airport were alerted to the death of a 91-year-old man in the terminal building," police said in a statement.

"Two women aged 41 and 66 were arrested on suspicion of failing to give for Germany. notification of death."

According to the AssoThe cause of death is ciated Press, the 91-year- not known, but some say old deceased man was he was afraid of planes. pushed in a wheelchair Ok where to next? Ah, through Liverpool’s John yes! Hastings, Michigan Lennon airport wearing for a quick snack break! sunglasses before checkThere, a man allegedly in staff became suspicious took a bite into crime when and he was prevented from he helped himself to a burboarding the plane. rito and a bag of Funyuns He was believed to at a gas station food store,

and then told the clerk to call police because he had no money to pay.

Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans said 28-year-old Michael Odell was charged with retail fraud. Odell, who told police he is homeless, is jailed on a $2,000 bond with a pretrial hearing set for May 4.

Evans said Odell ate the burrito and Funyuns on Saturday morning, and then had the cashier call police. The prosecutor said Odell told officers he had spent his money at a tavern in the city 35 miles west of Lansing.

Our last stop visits authorities in Arizona. There, police said a Surprise man has been arrested on suspicion of endangerment when the gun he was carrying discharged inside a Walmart in El Mirage.

El Mirage police said the 30-year-old man entered

the store around 1 a.m.

Thursday and witnesses said he repeatedly fidgeted with a holstered semi-automatic pistol.

When he went to a counter to pay for a video game, witnesses said he removed the gun from the holster — causing the magazine to come loose and fall to the floor. They said he reinserted the magazine and continued manipulating the gun when it fired, sending one bullet into the ceiling.

It’s times like these that I invest in the opinions of the late, great George Carlin.

“Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!”

Well, hope you enjoyed the ride kiddies. A quick tour of the past couple weeks, true, but the highlights of the biggest idiots out there. Until next time!

sheer crowd of people. After some pushing and careful stepping, I went to sit on the left side of the cafeteria…only to get yelled at. “That side is only for parents,” I was told. Funny… every seat was empty.

So I went and got my breakfast. The lines were incredibly long, but the food was way above par. There was a full sandwich bar, plenty of hot eggs and pancakes, and prime rib. That’s right, prime rib.

I didn’t have to ask a single employee for cream cheese (my usual Sunday

morning question) and there was plenty of fresh fruit and yogurt. Employees were outstandingly polite and there were tons of them working…the usu-

of us who are usual attendees of brunch were pushed to the side (yet again, it seems) for new students and their parents.

Frankly, even as a senior, I’m sick and tired of seeing “prospective students and parents” treated better than the students already here. I’ve never had prime rib on a Sunday before, let alone a piping hot breakfast. I’ve never been told that I “have” to sit somewhere so parents can sit in the better section… and then been pushed and squeezed into seats because the people in question aren’t even informed.

Ignoring a few select employees (Willie, for example) I have never been treated with an enthusiastic “good afternoon” when I entered the cafeteria. It

seems as if the cafeteria only wants to make itself SEEM better than it normally is, plastering this gigantic façade over the face of Bartels and our campus dining. Instead, maybe the focus should be put back on the students that are already here and that already love campus. We can be the voice to the students.

I want my non-supershowy brunch back. Besides, if a parent decides to keep their child from the University of New Haven over cold pancakes… well…that would be pathetic at best. College education is about classes and academics, not prime seating. Stop catering to the next generation of UNH students when there is still 2 months left for ours.

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Sunday morning I woke up late (a HUGE change for me) and struggled to get ready for brunch at noon. I had work for The Charger Bulletin at 2 and I really needed something big for breakfast. Now, I am normally a big fan of brunch on campus: the food is never as bad as during the week, it’s never crowded, and I have a pretty nice selection…so why should I have expected something different?

I walked downstairs on Sunday to find the entirety of Bartels swarming with parents. I had completely forgotten about the freshmen early registration event and grimaced at the

ally sparse Sunday staff

Experiential Education: Golden Boy or Spoiled Brat?

By “THE MIDDLE CHILD” ANONYMOUS

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The University of New Haven prides itself on being a leader in experiential education; so much so that it has both a department and a club dedicated to furthering this idea. Both of these organizations hold wonderful programs that aid students in developing their careers. That said, it seems like not a day goes by that I don’t hear a student complaining about either organization. But why, exactly, is this? It’s because experiential education is the UNH equivalent of the high school football player who gets passing grades. Not because he deserves them, but so that he can play in the big game.

Experiential Education holds the coveted “fa-

vorite child” spot. Every organization on campus must have their design approved if they want to get t-shirts made, and one of the requirements is that the shirt says “University of New Haven” on it. That is, unless you want to make LIFE shirts for the XE Club. Want to publicize your event? That’s fine, just get it approved and you can put it on any of the bulletin boards on campus.

Oh, but if you’re part of EE, don’t bother getting it approved…and feel free to put it on the walls, doors, and windows. The university also has a strict policy against sidewalk chalk because it can become sunbaked into the cement.

Strict, that is, for everyone but EE. Need some setup time for an event? Take an hour or two. Heck, if you’re EE take the afternoon and evening the day

before too. And if you want to reserve a room for your event, it’s first come first serve. Although as we all know, the Board of Governors can kick you out. Seems EE acquired that power too. See a pattern?

I don’t mean to hark on experiential education, but the administration needs to realize that students notice when they play favorites. I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve heard a student ask, “how come they can do that but we can’t?” If policies are going to be enforced then they need to be enforced all of the time for everyone.

Otherwise, sooner or later, the kids that keep getting slapped on the wrist are going to get together and jump the teacher’s pet at recess.

were nowhere to be found.

When I went to sit down in the section I had been told to sit in, I noticed I was surrounded by parents: they didn’t get the “side of the cafeteria” memo.

Not only was I being told where to sit, I was being squished because parents weren’t being told where to sit. I grumbled through my unusually appetizing food and ran as quickly as possible.

Now, I don’t really have a problem with the fact that parents invaded my normally calm Sunday morning brunch. I completely understand that parents need to be fed, particularly when their children are knee deep in registration and freshmen woes.

However, the entire ordeal was horribly run and those

Ready for Date Night?

By CAROLE MCFADDAN STAFF WRITER

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Steve Carell and Tina Fey in a comedic movie together? Do we even need to take two seconds before we decide if Date Night is a must see?

Phil and Clare Foster are just a boring married couple from New Jersey who have lost the glamour in their relationship.

Their weekly date night is on the same night, at the same steak house, eating the same food, at the same table, and talking about the same things they talk about every day. After hearing of another couple’s divorce, the Foster’s try to spice up their night and hit the city. When they are unable to get a table at the hottest restaurant in town, they take the reservation of a no-show couple.

Little do the Fosters the box office for Friday know the Tripplehorn’s, night, opening at a whopwhose t a b l e t h e y quickly stole, missed their own “ d a t e night” for a very good reason. The Foster ’s become pawns in an intricate game of chess involving AN AFP/Getty Images/Stephen Lovekin PHOTO bosses, the cops, a broom, a pep- ping $9.3 million in the permint hippo, a shirtless U.S. and Canada, just Mark Wahlberg, and more ahead of last week’s Clash in effort to save their lives of the Titans at $8.4. Make and their marriage. sure to go see the king and Date Night, by 20th queen of comedy in their Century Productions, led first joint adventure.

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Fast Food Cut from Afghan Military Bases

By MELANIE ROVINSKY STAFF WRITER

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Soldiers looking for a comforting snack from home may have to wait until they get back in the states. The U.S. Military is taking steps to remove fast food chains from its bases in Afghanistan.

Military officials feel that these restaurant outlets are consuming valuable resources like water, flight, power, and convoy space. Axing extras is part of the plan to run a more efficient military campaign. “This is a war-zone – not an amusement park,” Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Hall wrote in a blog entry earlier this year.

Large bases like Bagram and Kandahar are home to several U.S. chains including Burker King, Pizza Hut, T.G.I. Fridays, Orange Julius, and Dairy Queen. According to Hall, these luxuries make it more difficult to transport essential supplies to combat outposts and forwarding operating bases.

Other proposed cuts include fewer canned and bottled items coming into Afghanistan, as well as fewer entertainment programs. The fast food restaurants continue to attract winding lines of U.S. soldiers, but their contracts are not expected to be renewed when they expire.

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Ultimate Frisbee Tournament to Benefit Breast Cancer

By JAMES FARRIS

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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Students in the MG 475 Event Management class will be putting on an Ultimate Frisbee Tournament on Saturday, Apr. 17 at 3:30pm on Kayo Field.

The tournament is being held to benefit the Connecticut Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

All net proceeds will be donated to Komen Connecticut.

The Ultimate Frisbee Tournament will be made up of 10 teams of 5 to 7 players on each team. It will be a double elimination tournament, guaranteeing every team two games. The winning team will score the big prize of the day, a catered backyard BBQ provided by Texas Road House.

Texas Road House jumped on board with the Ultimate Frisbee Tournament to become the presenting sponsor. Road

House will be setting up a tent and providing the food all afternoon for participants and spectators. They will also be bringing their mascot Andy the Armadillo to provide some entertainment for everyone.

Besides the Road House food, spectators at the event can look forward to a slew of great door prizes, including an iPod Touch.

The tournament is coming up quickly and is looking to be a great time for both participants and spec-

tators. Anyone from the UNH community who is looking for a fun day of Frisbee, some great food, and amazing prizes should come to Kayo Field at 3:30 on Apr.17. An information table will be set up in Bartels Hall from Monday Apr. 12 to Thursday Apr. 15, 2 to 4 p.m. on each day.

Registration to play in the tournament can be done by visiting the table. Donations will also be accepted throughout the week at the table as well.

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By KAIT RICHMOND STAFF WRITER

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The Discovery Space Shuttle launched last week to complete one of the final missions for NASA’s shuttle program. In a pre-dawn liftoff on Apr. 5, seven astronauts departed from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Two days later, they arrived at the International Space Station to drop off thousands of pounds of equipment, including science experiments, an extra sleeping compartment, and a darkroom to improve photography.

The launch happened with only a few minor problems. Pieces of insulating foam flew off the fuel tank, and the main antenna failed after takeoff, but NASA officials said

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Successful Shuttle Launch is One of NASA’s Final Missions that there were other tools to work around the situation.

Otherwise, the launch was both visually stimulating and record breaking.

15 minutes before liftoff, the space station passed over the launch site. It was across the A t l a n tic by the 5:21 a.m. launch, but the Discovery could be seen with the naked eye for the first seven minutes.

Onlookers said the oncein-a-lifetime sight was like looking at massive, beau-

tiful stars. Equally exciting is that the shuttle carried three women, and the space station is carrying one. This sets the record

space station, which flies through space at close to 18,000 miles per hour.

"I've gotten the opportunity to do just about everything I wanted to do in space. I've been very lucky,” Mastracchio told the Republican American. After traveling through 10.2 million miles of space throughout his career, this trip AN AP/NASA/Ben Cooper PHOTO will be his for the most women in sion specialists will spend last. space at the same time. about a total of 20 hours Just three shuttle misThe nearly two-week space walking. This is all sions remain for the Unitmission will include three while being tethered to the ed States. NASA is hoping

to retire its fleet by the end of September, and no one is sure what will follow for American human spaceflight. President Obama will visit the Kennedy Space Center on Apr. 15 to host a space conference.

A press release from the White House said that the conference will discuss the new course that the administration is charting for NASA, and “focus on the goals and strategies in this new vision, the next steps, and the new technologies, new jobs, and new industries it will create.”

The International Space Station will operate into 2020 on the Obama plan.

When the NASA shuttles retire, the station will rely on help from other countries. The progress and activity of the Discovery Space Shuttle can be followed on NASA’s website.

met with amplified bullying by a group of girls.

The girls, who called themselves the “mean girls” would routinely hassle her by knocking down her books, threatening her, scribbling out her face on school photos, and in one instance, hitting her with a Red Bull can on the way home from school. It was also revealed that the girls were jealous of Prince’s good looks and popularity with the school boys and the persistent bullying was “to humiliate her and to make it impossible for her to remain at school,” Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth Scheibel said. “The bullying, for her, became intolerable.” Even on the day of Prince’s death, the anguish continued with one bully posting “accomplished” on Prince’s memorial page on Facebook.

Scheibel proceeded to settle on the fact that the suicide was “the culmination of a nearly threemonth campaign of verbally abusive, assaultive behavior and threats of physical harm toward Phoebe on school grounds by several South Hadley

students.” Sources say that the bullying went on for months, and Phoebe’s mother allegedly reported the behavior to school officials. However, South Hadley School Superintendent Gus Sayer tells People magazine that school officials were not aware of the bullying situation until a week before Prince committed suicide.

Along with Mulveyhill and Narey, charges have been brought against Austin Renaud, 18, Ashley Longe, 16, Flannery Mullins, 16, and Sharon Chanon Velazquez, 16. These three minors’ indictments consist of statutory rape, stalking, criminal harassment, assault by means of a dangerous weapon, violation of civil rights with bodily harm, and disturbance of school assembly.

Additional charges are pending, and arraignment proceedings will occur later this week. The Prince Family, who had moved to South Hadley from Ireland just last summer, has since moved out of the area and could not be reached for comment.

Seychelles can be seen every year in the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority Fashion Show sponsored by Quinnipiac University. Working with sorority sisters to create an atmosphere of fun, sociable shopping is a highlight for Seychelles and they look forward to welcoming sisters from the University of New Haven!

Interested in attending?

Send an RSVP to Kelsey Tarczanin at Kelsey.Tarczanin@yale.edu with your name and the name of your sorority to receive goodie bags with freebies when you come to the party! If you have any questions, visit www.seychellesdresses.com or call 1-203498-2626.

Make sure to head out to Seychelles for a fun night of lingerie, food, free stuff, and sorority bonding!

Bullying Causes Massachusetts Teen to Commit Suicide

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First, there was Virginia Tech. Next, Megan Meier. Then, Carl WalkerHoover. Now, just as the previous news features have all made headline commotion, the word bullying is not mentioned without “Phoebe Prince” at the center of horrific discussion. Of course, this is not the way her parents had wanted to remember her; nonetheless Prince now joins the cluster of bullying statistics resulting in suicidal tragedies, coining the term “bullycide.” On Jan. 14, the fifteen year-old hanged herself after enduring months of bullying and harassment from classmates who tormented her in person, online, and via cell phone text messages.

According to sources, Prince had been dating South Hadley High School football captain Sean Mulveyhill, 17, who unbeknownst to Prince, was simultaneously dating Kayla Narey, 17. Branded as an “Irish whore” and “Irish slut,” Prince was

spacewalks, led by Rick Mastracchio of Waterbury, CT. According to the Republican American, Mastracchio and the other mis-

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Seychelles to Host Lingerie Party for Sororities

By ERIN ENNIS

ASSISTANT EDITOR

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Calling all sorority sisters! Interested in a great social event with fellow sisters from around the New Haven area? Seychelles in downtown New Haven will be hosting a lingerie party to launch their new lingerie selection on Friday, Apr. 16 for all sororities in the greater New Haven area!

The party, which will run from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, will be complete with socializing, hors d’oeuvres, goodie bags for attending members, and plenty of lingerie discounts. Prices will start as low as five dollars and most of the new line is relatively inexpensive.

Looking for something other than lingerie? The

Seychelles party will also be showcasing specialty casual and formal wear for sorority formals and events. Designers include Nicole Miller, Chloe, Betsy Johnson, and plenty more.

Seychelles is located at 1020 Chapel Street in New Haven, an easy walk from various parking garages and the university shuttle stop. Seychelles offers hundreds of lingerie values, accessory options, casual and formal dresses, and many other options for the interested female shopper. Seychelles tries to focus on new and upcoming designers in order to give a modern edge to the clothing featured in their collections.

The sorority lingerie party on Friday will kick off a vast schedule of Seychelles spring parties.

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010* 2—3:30 PM Bixler-Botwinik quad * Rain Date TBA

Mingle with Celebrity Servers Including President Kaplan, Vice Presidents & Deans!

You are invited to participate in a national survey of sophomores. If you are 18 or over and are in your second year of attending college—even if your first year was not at the University of New Haven—you are eligible to participate in this online survey.

Please complete the survey located at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NewHavenSophomores.

The survey takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete and is scheduled to close on Thursday, April 15, 2010.

Those who participate will be entered in a drawing for one of several $25 amazon.com gift cards.

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Positives

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Charger Battery

I have to say I am absolutely freakin’ lovin’ this weather out lately: sunny, warm, and the quad is abuzz with activity. It seems like as soon as the weather gets nice the student population triples like squirrels coming out of hibernation: it’s a rather interesting phenomenon.

You know I have to say, kudos to you SCOPE, I just want to give you a big ol’ thank you for all the work you do on the campus! Glenn and Lindsey, you are the wind beneath my wings and we sure will miss you next year. I don’t think students really realize how much work you do for the student body. Well, I do and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for it. <3

Negatives

You know what I would really like to see? Bananas in the morning at Bartels. They seem to have them at any and all other times during the day…but not breakfast…peculiar. Sometimes when I wake up I just get that urge to have a nice long juicy banana in my mouth, if ya know what I mean?

Okay people, I’m tired of everyone’s bitching and whining and moaning. I get it, you don’t like all the decisions that the university makes.

Hell, and I’m all with you that they sometimes implement them in really boneheaded ways. That being said I feel as if people would pull their heads out of their own self righteous asses they would realize there is stuff they can do about it.

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Okay bad implementation on the new housing policy, that being said a lot of people could have avoided hassle by having their deposits turned in on time. Also, finding a place off campus is not as hard as you make it out to be and I’m sure if you go to ORL they could give you some friendly suggestions. Maybe not the most popular decision with the new lunch trays but a simple solution is found: buy some cheap Tupperware and use that instead of the trays. Good Tupperware is like a good suit in my opinion; it is very useful, lasts for years, and impresses the ladies. Last but not least and this one is all on you guys, surprise!! We are adults now so start acting it: an argument or discussion should not just consist of you saying “this sucks, everything’s bad, they just want to screw us over,” I don’t know, maybe making suggestions how to improve it? Or maybe give actual specifics so things can be fixed? Or maybe (and I know this one is really weird) go to talk to someone in administration about it? My favorite thing to do when I have a complaint is log on to www.chargervoice.com!

Shawn’s Hotties of the Week The Gal Ashley Ferrandiz

The Guy

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Adam Carpentier

Major: Mathematics, Education, Psychology Major: Music Industry Year: Junior, 2011 Year: Freshman, 2013 Involvement: Summer RA (Previously), Orientation Leader (PreInvolvement: viously), Fellowship, Women’s Lacrosse First Ever MISSter UNH! Hometown: Sayville, NY Hometown: North Smithfield, RI Why is she this week’s Hottie?

Why is he this week’s Hottie?

Ashley is such a genuine person. She is caring and is always makAdam is the first ever MISSter UNH. The event raised about $375 ing sure others’ needs are met. This is a great quality which shows so far for AIDS Project New Haven! Adam is known to his friends how amazing of a friend she is. For UNH, Ashley has done evas someone who will do almost anything to raise awareness for erything from working in Residential Life, to working for Student HIV/AIDS (this is an awesome thing)! He is also funny, talented, Activities, to being a part of an awesome lacrosse team. Nothing and willing to help out all of the time! can stop you, Ash! Thanks! :)

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HOLLYWOOD -- Thankfully, the awards season is on the wane. Everyone is getting more than a bit sated over the “same old, same old.”

However, with the summer season almost upon us, production is slowing down and news is harder to find (except, of course, when Paris, Lindsay and Britney are around). One piece of news about the awards: It looks like Oscar may be in February come next go-round. Don’t ask me why.

Perhaps the powers that be feel they should be delivered earlier.

Much news lately about the late Orson Welles. I had the pleasure, or I might say the displeasure, of working with him on some of his radio presentations.

He wasn’t easy. And oh boy! When Orson got hungry, work stopped and the great Welles ate.

We sat and watched.

And oh how he did love to eat.

Aside to Peter D. of Palm Beach, Fla.: Yes, that Keir Dullea now starring in the Castle series is the same Keir Dullea who played Lana Turner’s son in Madame X. And yes, I was the policewoman in that same pic.

So, I came to know Keir well, and a nicer, more polite young man could not be found.

I’m sure he has remained that way today. You also might remember Keir from 2001: A Space Odyssey and the cult film Bunny Lake Is Missing. I wish him all the best!

Filmtown is mourning the passing of Fess Parker. He is being called King of the Wild Frontier, a Television Icon and a Gentleman. And that he was. I had the pleasure of knowing him when he came to New Orleans and I had a TV show there. He was a guest. So polite. So nice. But I might add with all that leather in all that hot weather, sometimes when he made an appearance it didn’t always smell like roses.

Showbiz also mourning the death of June Haver, younger sister of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee. June had a nice career, but never as big as her sister’s. I met them both when I was just starting out, and young enough to be very impressed knowing STRIPPERS! Gypsy even showed me how to do it. She would say, “It’s all in the way you take it off.” Then she would take it off!

Aside to Martina F. of Denver: You ask, “Who would I say is the bigger star, Sandra Bullock or Julia Roberts?” That isn’t easy. They both are excellent actresses, they both are beautiful women, they both are big at the box office. So I will let my readers decide whom they like best -- Julia or Sandra. “Duke it out, girls!”

A younger generation will get a taste of Private Benjamin, and a new star, Anna Faris, will shine. The film was a big hit years ago when Goldie Hawn starred in the title role, and now viewers await the new version -and the new private. More about this when we get it.

BITS ‘N’ PIECES: Kaley Cuoco. Remember the name. You’ll be seeing a lot of her soon. On the tube and on the big screen. ... Russell Crowe got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with all the brouhaha that could only come from Crowe. Interesting sidelight on this man: Every time you see him, he looks different.

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Q: I really like the actress who plays Flo on the Progressive Insurance commercials. Can you tell me her name and a little bit about her? I think she is hilarious! -- Lawrence D., West Palm Beach, Fla. A: Stephanie Courtney, 40, plays the beehive-hair Progressive Insurance agent in the series of comedic commercials. She has made appearances in a variety of television shows and films, including Blades of Glory, Sons of Tucson, ER, For Your Consideration, The United States of Tara and Mad Men. On a related note, she also starred on the series Cavemen, which was based on the cavemen characters in the Geico Insurance commercials.

Apparently Progressive didn’t mind her association with its c o m p e t i t o r, as they cast her in their most successful series of commercials to date.

Q: I was sad to hear of the passing of actor John Forsythe, who seemed the consummate professional in every role he played.

How are his Hollywood friends responding to his death?

-- Patti T., via e-mail A : John’s former Dynasty co-star Joan Collins called him the “last of the true gentlemen of the acting profession. He will be greatly missed.” Kate Jackson, who worked with him on Charlie’s Angels, said: “He had a grace about him that was incredibly awesome. He was wonderful.” Heather Locklear, who also worked with him on Dynasty, said: “John was a gentleman in every sense of the word. He was a gifted actor who knew the true meaning of being gracious and kind.”

John passed away on April 1 from complications of pneumonia after a four-year battle with cancer. He was 92.

Q: Is it true that S. Epatha Merkerson is leaving Law & Order? I hope not, since she is one of my favorite characters. -- Sheila F., Harrisburg, Pa. A: I’m sorry to be the one to tell you that the rumors are true. Merkerson recently told EW.com that she did indeed plan to leave the hit crime drama after 16 years on the show. She revealed: “It’s the end of my contract this year, and the story line has been so perfect. I’ve given it my best for 16 years. It’s time to move on. I’m doing other things, and this will be a great way to leave what has been an extraordinary gig.”

Q: Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott seem to be fighting a lot this season on Oxygen’s Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood. Are they going to get a divorce? -- Terri F., via e-mail A: According to Tori herself, she and Dean are NOT heading to divorce court.

The actress -- whose reality show just began its fifth season -- told NBC’s “Today” show: “We’re committed to each other; we’re committed to this family.

But you know, we work on things just like everyone else. We have our fights.

We have our ups and downs. It’s a real relationship.”

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“Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded.”

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The Yankees Win Series in Boston, Head to Tampa Bay

By TOM CHIEPPO STAFF WRITER

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The New York Yankees, getting off to a fast 2-1 start against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, look to be a team that can pick up where they left off if the starting pitching and the bullpen hold up their end of the bargain.

Some new faces in the Yankee lineup are Curtis Granderson, who had two homers and two RBI’s in the first series against Boston. A great signing by the Yankess to begin the 2010 regular season, Granderson is sure to show more of his talent in his primary position, centerfield. Nick Johnson for the most part being their DH and num-

ber two hitter doesn’t have a hit, but he has four walks and an on base percentage of .500. He has performed well thus far and set up Yankee hitters like Mark Teixeria, A-Rod, and Robison Cano. Marcus Thames is mostly a DH, but not a fundamentally sound left fielder for the Yankees and having Randy Winn is an extra piece for the Yankees skipper, Joe Girardi.

However, if the Yankees want to be successful, it’s going to have to come through the starting rotation and the bullpen.

Phil Hughes is the current fifth starter, but he’s better served in the seventh inning in the Yankee bullpen. Mariano Rivera’s looking like himself with two outstanding saves to

start off the season and Chamberlain could be the new Yankees closer, but it remains to be seen.

Heading to St. Petersburg Florida, the Yankees will have their work cut out for them against the Rays, who focus on their speed first, pitching second. Evan Longoria, Joe Madden’s franchise third baseman and an enormous hitter who brings in tons of RBI’s, is hitting .417 and will be fundamental in the game. Jason Bartlett, hitting .385, is also a pretty solid player in the infield.

It’s early, but this could be Carols Pena and Carl Crawford’s last year in St. Peter. Regardless, the Yankees will have to step up their game to topple the Rays.

The Mets Start Season Off Slow

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An imperative for the Mets started off with them going (1-2) against the Florida Marlins, a team who made 103 errors last season and 254 over the past two.

The Mets need to have Jose Reyes in the line-up, and thankfully he has started his workouts. The Mets and skipper Jerry Manuel have to have everything fall in place to have a productive season and make a postseason run. Hopefully with Jose Reyes coming back some of the weight, can be lifted off the Mets’

shoulders.

The platoon at first base with Mike Jacobs and Fernando Tatis is still up in the air because the Mets are still waiting on the return of Daniel Murphy, but the team could use Ike Davis from the minor leagues to get some at-bats before the return of Carlos Beltran in the beginning of May. In this upcoming matchup against the Washington Nationals, skipper Jim Rigglemann doesn’t have a number one ace in his pitching staff. Steven Strassburg, the Nationals top pitching prospect, has been reported that he won’t pitch until June. The offense is ok with Adam

Dunn, Christian Guzman, and Ryan Zimmerman, which can cause big problems for the Mets.

For the Mets to be successful, a helpful starting pitching staff is needed. So much is on the line for John Maine, Jonathan Niese, Mike Pelfrey, and Oliver Perez. Dan Warthen, the Mets pitching coach, has to develop these guys more to succeed in the big leagues.

The Washington Nationals will be a very good test for the Mets to bounce back and it needs to start with the pitching and getting the ball to K-Rod in the late innings.

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four goals in the first half. in the first, while Lisa BarSarah LeGoff scored two nard scored one.

NEW HAVEN - The University of New Haven women's lacrosse team defeated Southern Connecticut State University 19-3 Thursday afternoon at Jess Dow Field. With the win the Chargers improve to 5-4 overall and 4-1 in the Northeast-10 Conference, while the Owls fall to 0-8 overall and 0-6 in conference play.

The Owls scored the first goal Thursday, but the Chargers answered back with nine consecutive goals through the first half.

Laura McLean scored the first two for UNH, while Sarah Magnone scored

McLean scored the third minute of the second Chargers' tenth goal in the half. SCSU then added one to bring the scored to 10-2.

Over the next 15 minutes the Chargers went on a 6-0 run to take a 16-2 lead.

The Owls added their third with five minutes left, before the Chargers scored the game's final three goals. Carolina Marrero, Magnone and Lieberman each scored to give the Chargers a 19-3 final score.

Magnone led the Chargers with five goals

and two assists. She also grabbed three draw controls and two ground balls.

Curry scored four goals and also grabbed three ground balls. Lieberman and McLean each scored three goals and handed out one assist, while Lieberman led the team with two ground balls and four draw controls.

Maureen Spellman faced eight shots in the net for UNH. She recorded five saves and three goals against.

The Chargers led in nearly every statistical category, including a 14-9 advantage in draw controls.

Chargers No. 3 in Latest NCBWA East Region Poll

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WEST HAVEN, Conn. Following a 4-3 week, the University of New Haven baseball team stayed at No. 3 in the most recent edition of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association East Region Poll.

The Chargers, who ranked atop the poll three weeks ago, split a doubleheader at Franklin Pierce University last Monday and followed that with a non-conference victory over Dominican on Thursday. The Chargers then swept a doubleheader from Pace on Saturday and

dropped a pair to Southern Connecticut on Sunday.

This week the Chargers host Southern Connecticut State on Wednesday, April 14 at 3:30 p.m. They follow that with a doubleheader at Merrimack on Saturday and a single game against American International on Sunday.

2010 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association East Region Poll (April 12, 2010) Rk. School Pts Record 1. Adelphi (N.Y.) (4) 58 23-7 2. Southern Connecticut State (2) 56 23-7-1 3. New Haven (Conn.)

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Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 43 22-10 5. Wilmington (Del.) 36 21-7 6. C.W. Post (N.Y.) 32 18-9-1 7. Concordia (N.Y.) 22 20-13 8. Assumption (Mass.) 15 18-13 9. Stonehill (Mass.) 9 14-11 10. Dominican (N.Y.) 6 1410 UMass Lowell 6 19-15 ()-first place votes Receiving Votes: Molloy (N.Y.)-3 pts.

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WEST HAVEN - The No. 14 University of New Haven softball team added two more wins to their record on Saturday afternoon. The Chargers took two from NE-10 foe UMass Lowell to extend their winning streak to 18 and remain perfect in the Northeast-10 Conference. UNH rolled to a 10-0 win in game one. In game two, impressive defensive plays for the Chargers defined their 2-1 defeat over the River Hawks.

New Haven improves to 22-2 overall and 12-0 in the conference, while the River Hawks slip to 12-16 overall and an even 5-5 in the NE-10.

Game One The Chargers got a run in the first inning and kept the momentum in their favor as they picked up their first win of the day by a 10-0 margin. With Nicole Downs sitting in scoring position at second, Breanne Gleason knocked her in with a single to right field - the winning run.

Highlights of the shutout included pair of threerun home runs, one from Downs in the bottom of the second and the other produced

by Gleason in the bottom of the fourth. Gleason's homer allowed the Chargers to take the necessary lead to end the game in five innings.

Gleason was on the mound for the Chargers, allowing just one hit and four runners on base, while striking out six. She also led UNH at the plate, going 2-for-3 with four RBIs. Game Two The River Hawks found more success at the plate in game two, however notable defensive plays by the Chargers kept UMass Lowell off the board for most of the game.

UNH jumped out to the early lead with a run in the bottom of the second - this is the 10th time New Ha-

ven has lit up the board in the first inning. After Gelardi walked, Downs collected the first hit of the

ssa Boris led the inning off with a double to left field.

After Ashley Daniels was hit by a pitch to put two

ation, quickly tossed it to Downs who caught Boris at third. Downs continued the ball to shortstop Chris-

game with a double down the right field line. The River Hawks opted to intentionally walk Gleason to load the bases. However, the tactic was unsuccessful as the next batter, Meghan Walter, was walked allowing Gelardi to take home for the 1-0 lead.

Down by just one, the River Hawks found their offense in the second. Ely-

runners on base, the Chargers managed an out off a caught foul ball. Rachel Guy then connected for a single to right field and the runners jumped on the crack of the bat, looking to even the score. However, Shannon Angehr in right field fired down to Allison Vaughn at the plate, freezing the base runners.

Vaughn, realizing the situ-

tina Gelardi who tagged out Daniels, who was racing back to second.

UMass Lowell tried to even the score in the fourth inning, but was unsuccessful once again. With the bases loaded and one out, Heather Ross hit the ball foul deep into the left field.

Chelsea Harold opted to catch it for the second out and upon the catch, Alyssa

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Bryan went gunning for the plate from third. Harold threw it home where Vaughn put the tag on Bryan for the final out of the inning.

The River Hawks were finally successful in getting a runner past the plate in the top of the fifth inning to tie the score 1-1.

However, the Chargers returned the favor in the bottom of the stanza to preserve the lead through the fifth. Angehr led the inning off with a single through the middle and Harold moved her into scoring position at second with a sacrifice bunt. After Angehr swiped third on a pass ball, Downs drove her in on a single to right field.

UMass Lowell produced a hit in the seventh; however nothing came of it as the Chargers picked up their 22nd win of the season.

Downs and Vaughn both went 2-for-3 in game two, while Downs and Walters each tallied a RBI. Gleason went the distance on the mound, collecting her 18th win in 2010, while striking out eight in the process.

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While the blog was Sentenced to a year in primarily created for the Riker’s Island prison for purpose of answering fan gun possession, Lil Wayne is not letting the confines of cell walls get him down.

So, what does the Grammywinning, m u l t i platinumselling rap artist do to pass the time? It’s simple: He blogs.

“During my prison stint, I want my fans to know I love you. I want all of you to know that I appreciate all the mail I get, and this is my way of saying thank you,” he writes. The rapper, who started serving letters, it also features jail his sentence early March, updates as well as a counthas recently begun a blog down until his release and

is designed to help sell “Free Weezy” t-shirts. Lil Wayne handwrites all of his blog posts before submitting them to his team who then edit and publish

and frustrations through the songs of best-selling acts like AC/DC, the Beatles, Lionel Richie, Olivia Newton John and Madonna.

In fact, Madonna gets her own entire episode — a tribute to the Material Girl packed with 10 songs, seven of which appear on a separate soundtrack, Glee: The Power of Madonna, set for release Apr. 20.

Practically every mem-

— including caustic cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), cranky football coach Ken Tanaka (Patrick Gallagher) and neat-freak guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) — chime in from time to time.

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son for the boost, he says.

Instead, he said the decision was made because the music greatly enriches the show by giving viewers an emotional understanding of what the characters are going through. Falchuk says he and fellow show creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan intentionally upped the number of songs to a minimum of five per episode for the balance of

already released several new tracks and videos.

With the rapper being warranted protective custody from other prisoners at Riker’s Island, Lil Wayne has spent his time working out and reading the Bible every day, reiterating the fact that he is, indeed, in good spirits: “Jail didn't make me find God; He’s always been there.

“I just hope my love and adoration for [my kids] provides a temporary bandage on a wound I unknowingly inflicted on them.”

- Lil Wayne They can lock me up, but my spirit and my love can never be confined to prison walls.” Though the countdown reveals more than 200 days until his freedom, Lil Wayne may be released after 8 months if his conduct is good. Right now, Lil Wayne turns to his blog to reflect his plans to move forward: “Life happens quick. The more time you spend contemplating what you should have done… them to the site. To distract you lose valuable time fans from his hiatus, Lil planning what you can and Wayne’s management has will do.”

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counts Disney’s High School Musical and Camp Rock among his credits. “I have a partner in Sweden, and we basically get 27 hours out of a day because we have a nine-hour time change.”

The pair works around the clock to craft the songs, usually a couple weeks before each episode is shot.

When the episode airs, they know immediately which songs are hits by simply clicking on iTunes.

“As a songwriter or producer, you never get that kind of instant reaction,” Anders says. “It’s really cool.”

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gence in their own popularity. The cast’s version of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” hit No. 1 on iTunes when the show premiered and helped return the original 1981 version to the charts (that song also jumped on iTunes charts after it was used in the Sopranos finale).

“It’s a testament to how much the music is really affecting people and that a whole new generation is being introduced to these songs,” Falchuk says.

Still, the success of the music depends on the success of the storytelling, so script always precedes song.

“We never have a song

and then say we need to find a story for this song,” says Falchuk. “The thing about a musical is what emotional experience do you want the audience to have by hearing that song at that moment?”

It’s those experiences that inspire sales success.

“The songs that sell the best are the ones where the integration of the story and music really worked, where there’s an emotional connection to what’s going on in the scene,” he says.

“It’s independent of genre.

It could be classic rock or a musical, it’s just a song that made people feel good.”

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the first season (three to five had been the norm).

Falchuk says Murphy, also creator of the cult TV hit Nip/Tuck, is the master behind the music: “He’s the iTunes library, the Rainman of music.”

This season, the characters will express their joy

ber of the show’s cast can and does sing, recording their songs regularly at the storied Jim Henson Studios in Los Angeles. The dozen actors comprising McKinley High School’s New Directions glee club sing several songs each episode, while other stars

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Producer Adam Anders arranges, records and mixes all the featured tracks — sometimes as many as 10 a week.

“I have eight studios going at all times on Glee,” says the 34-year-old, who

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