Volume 91, Issue 11 | April 20, 2011
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Scientists: Gulf Health Nearly At Pre-Spill -Level
what grade they would give the ecosystem before the spill. And ASSOCIATED PRESS –––––––––––––––––––––––––– it’s an improvement from the 65 given back in October. BAY JIMMY, La. – Scientists At the same time, scientists judge the overall health of the are worried. They cite significant Gulf of Mexico as nearly back declines in key health indicators By CAIN BURDEAU & SETH BORENSTEIN
to normal one year after the BP oil spill, but with glaring blemishes that restrain their optimism about nature’s resiliency, an Associated Press survey of researchers shows. More than three dozen scientists grade the Gulf’s big picture health a 68 on average, using a 1-to-100 scale. What’s remarkable is that that’s just a few points below the 71 the same researchers gave last summer when asked
an Associated Press survey one year after the April 20, 2010, BP oil spill. Third in an occasional series. The survey results mirror impressions Jane Lubchenco, the head of the National Oceanic
–––––––––––––––––––––––––– Despite efforts to satisfy their demands, Libyan rebels rejected a peace plan proposed by the African Union on Monday. The suggested “road map” outlined the steps for making peace with
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their achievement in the field of business or public service comes such as the sea floor, dolphins and oysters. In interviews, doz- and Atmospheric Administra- to campus, where they may visit ens of Gulf experts emphasized tion, gave on the health of the classes, meet with students, factheir concerns, pointing to the Gulf in an interview with the AP ulty, and staff, and deliver a lecture to the entire university commysterious deaths of hundreds Thursday. of young dolphins and turtles, The Gulf is “much better than munity. Bruce Bednarski ’80 strangely stained crabs and dead people feared, but the jury is out B.S. in Business Administration, patches on the sea floor. about what the end result will ’82 M.B.A. was selected as the EDITOR’S NOTE — It will be,” she said. “It’s premature to Spring 2011 Bartels Fellow. Bruce Bednarski is curtake time to see the full effects of conclude that things are good ... the oil spill on the Gulf of Mex- There are surprises coming up rently the senior vice-president ico. Now, scientists grade the — we’re finding dead baby dol- of business development for ecological health of the Gulf in See GULF HEALTH page 5 XipLink, a leader in the telecommunications industry. On Monday, April 11, Bednarski
Libyan Rebels Rejects African Union Peace Plan
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came to campus, where he presented a lecture entitled “From –––––––––––––––––––––––––– the Soccer Field to the Board Room: Lessons Learned Along The Bartels Fellowship was the Way” in Dodds Theater. An established at the University of alumnus of the university, BedNew Haven through the gen- narski was recruited to UNH to erosity of the Bartels family to play soccer and later served as bring individuals of national the captain of the soccer team. stature and prominence to the Initially determined to play in University of New Haven cam- the 1980 Olympics, Bednarski’s pus. Every fall and spring since dream was ended by an unforthe fellowship’s establishment in tunate turn of events along with 1989, an individual selected for the epiphany that his education By ISAAK KIFLE
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Spring 2011 Bartels Lecture
would have a more lasting effect than soccer. Therefore, when presented with the opportunity to play with the Hartford Hellions following graduation, Bednarski instead chose to continue at UNH and earn his MBA while serving as assistant coach of the soccer team. In his lecture, Bednarski categorized his life into three phases: his educational phase, his career management phase where he made his name in the professional world while gaining the skills
See LECTURE page 6
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Civil War 150th Anniversary Marked This Week
immediate cease-fire, an end to ELIZABETH FIELD NATO air strikes, and advised By STAFF WRITER that political reform be reached –––––––––––––––––––––––––– through cooperative discussions. Ghadafi, unsurprisingly, supThe 150th anniversary of the ported this proposal, but the rebels were less inclined to accept Civil War was being celebrated its demands as it would seriously nationally last week. From Calicounter their progress against fornia to North Carolina, many state organizations planned Gadhafi’s military.
ums, libraries, historical societies, state, local, and private organizations planned numerous events in order to commemorate the anniversary. On Tuesday April 12, twelve cannons fired from the north lawn of the state capitol in Hartford, marking the beginning of the Civil War
activities. However, no event in Connecticut drew as much attention as the one occurring at the Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston, South Carolina. The opening salvo of the American Civil war was commemorated in the harbor with a full re-enact-
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Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi; however, the rebels made it clear that only Gadhafi’s resignation would suspend their uprisings. “It’s a non-negotiable demand,” U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters at a Monday news briefing. “We believe he needs to depart [from] power.” The agreement called for an
“This proposal did not include the exit of Colonel Gadhafi and his sons and inner circle, and it included reforms within the structure of the Gadhafi regime. This is rejected completely,” said Abdul Hafiz Ghoga, a member of the Transitional National Council (the de facto rebel govSee REBELS page 7
with the Confederate attack on events to observe this momen- Fort Sumter. Central Connectitous occasion. cut State University, along with In the state of Connecticut, the Association for the study of the Connecticut Civil War Com- Connecticut History, played host memoration Commission and a to a series of events including a collaboration of over 60 muse- weekend-long observance and
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ment of the war. Events in Charleston began Monday evening with a late night concert on Charleston’s Battery. Tuesday followed with a pre-dawn candlelight concert See CIVIL WAR page 7