Volume 91, Issue 12 | April 27, 2011
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Barack Obama’s Report Card in 2012 Election Campaign
2008 campaign slogan “Change,” but what exactly does he want to –––––––––––––––––––––––––– change? What resources must he utilize to achieve these goals? As the 2012 reelection cam- There seems to be so many impaign begins, President Barack portant issues facing the counObama’s leadership capabilities try that many are unsure which are truly being tested. With a obstacles Obama will choose to damaged economy and high unemployment rates, it is no surprise that Americans are now demanding that change be made and voices heard. The question remains as to whether Obama has taken enough initiative to improve the United States’ government and the wellbeing of its citizens. Yahoo! News recently published a “report card” for the president, similar to how one would receive a transcript. challenge. “Even liberals don’t But these grades do not reflect seem to know precisely where the attractive promises of the Obama wants to lead them. It’s 2008 newly-elected president. not a question of goals; it’s a Since his inauguration, Obama question of guts. Where will he has faced many challenges, and fight?” this report card measures how Campaign Team: A. Obama’s well the president has addressed experienced reelection team these issues. shows great promise. They often Political Identity: C. Obama’s do not let small disagreements plans for the country are still un- cause division within the camclear. No one could forget his paign; this, ultimately, makes By LIANA TEIXEIRA STAFF WRITER
them a strong group, capable of withstanding various political beatings by their GOP opponents. Leadership: C. In a Gallop Poll conducted from March 25 to March 27, fewer than half of those surveyed believe that
Institute exceeded our highest hopes.” –––––––––––––––––––––––––– At the event, the three UNH alumni honored with a DistinLast week, the University guished Alumni award were, of New Haven had its twenty- Dolores Ennico, Shelly Stewart, eighth Annual Alumni Scholar- Jr., and Howard Wurzak. It is By CHRISTOPHER WHALEN STAFF WRITER
ship Ball. The ball raised a record breaking $835,000 that will fund scholarships and various programs for the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science. President Steven H. Kaplan was grateful for the success of the ball stating, “The generosity of our alumni and friends is always exceptional. However, the response to this year’s fundraiser for scholarships and the Lee
events like this that should remind us that alumni support is critical to the survival of higher education. As students it is important that we support UNH in any way we can. As you may be aware, UNH recently became a Tier One school according to the U.S. News and World Report. This is a huge achievement for UNH. See SCHOLARSHIP page 7
aid,” he said. Referring to North Africa –––––––––––––––––––––––––– and the Middle East, the pope prayed that all citizens, especialVATICAN CITY – Pope ly young people, would “work to Benedict XVI offered an Easter promote the common good and prayer Sunday for diplomacy to to build a society where poverty prevail over warfare in Libya is defeated and every political and for citizens of the Middle choice is inspired by respect for By FRANCES D’EMILIO ASSOCIATED PRESS
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East to build a new society based on respect. He also called on Europeans to welcome refugees from North AP Photo/Ron Edmonds Africa. “In heaven, all is peace and Obama can handle the government, reports Yahoo! News. In gladness. But, alas, all is not so fact, the number of individu- on earth!” the pope lamented als who see Obama as a leader as he delivered the traditional has steadily declined since his “Urbi et Orbi” message from election in 2008. “His advis- the central balcony of St. Peter’s ers will say that Obama wants Basilica to a crowd of more than to fix problems and is a prag- 100,000 that overflowed from matist, and that external events St. Peter’s Square. “In the current conflict in Libhave made it all but impossible ya, may diplomacy and dialogue to chart a straight course and folSee REPORT CARD page 5 replace arms, and may those who suffer as a result of the conflict be given access to humanitarian
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In Easter Message, Pope Urges Diplomacy in Libya
the human person.” Uprisings, repression and civil warfare have triggered an exodus of people to Italian shores as well as other countries in the region. Europe has been split over whether to accept or deport tens of thousands of migrants, many of them from Libya and elsewhere in northern Africa. Benedict rallied to the side of refugees, urging people of good will to “open their hearts to welcome them.” “Here, in this world of ours, the Easter alleluia still contrasts with the cries and laments that arise from so many painful situa-
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MLB Commissioner Visits UNH
py I majored in history. It really taught me a lot of things about –––––––––––––––––––––––––– life. I’d also encourage getting a great education and a great genThe Commissioner of Major eral education.” League Baseball visited the UniIn addition to his job as comversity of New Haven on April 21 to speak with students about his life in the industry. Allan “Bud” Selig flew into New Haven late Wednesday afternoon to give a lecture at UNH sponsored by the university’s Sports Industry Club. First, he sat down with the Charger Bulletin for a quick interview. As a student at the University of Wisconsin majoring in history and political science, Selig always thought he would go on to be a history professor. He was (and is) passionate about the subject, but America’s favorite pastime turned into his career. “I loved baseball,” he said, “and everybody in the world missioner, Selig teaches at both knew it, and nobody could’ve his alma mater and Marquette dreamed that it would’ve come University, where he pursues his out the way it did.” college dreams of educating. A Still, Selig maintained that class he teaches now is called his college education was worth- “Sports and Society, 1960-Preswhile. He told the Charger Bul- ent.” letin, “Here I am, many years “I have an office in the hislater now; I really thought when tory building and every time I I was at the University of Wis- go in there…I wonder what it consin that I was going to be a would’ve been like if I had turned history professor. That’s what I out to have a life a lot different wanted to be. I think it gave me than I could’ve ever dreamed. It a great education, and I’m hap- would’ve been a much different By KAIT RICHMOND STAFF WRITER
kind of life; much more, I guess, sedate given the kind of job that I have.” He certainly would not be traveling to UNH to speak to the crowded Alumni Lounge in
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Bartels Hall, filled with baseball fans, sports professionals, and students hoping to have a future in the sports management field. Selig stepped up to the microphone a little after 7:00 p.m. and told the crowd he was extremely happy to be there after having a long day, undoubtedly referring to the recent transfer of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ ownership from Frank McCourt to the See MLB COMMISSIONER page 7
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USGA President’s Corner Fellow UNH students, I would like to thank the students who participated in this year’s Last Man Standing competition, which was hosted by the USGA. We had a great week of events. The first place winner was Sylvestre Maldonado, second place prize was Sean Roubal, and third place prize was Adam Tyson. As a reminder, the Annual Spring Weekend is THIS WEEKEND! 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, the carnival, and the rest of the events this weekend. I encourage any students who have any questions about UNH or how to get involved to come visit the USGA offices located on the third floor of Bartels Hall. Anytime of the day, you can find students who will be able to answer your questions or help you in any way they can. As always, if you have any concerns log onto www.chargervoice.com and “Let your voice be heard.” Have a great week, Scott Kazar USGA President USGAPresident@newhaven.edu
Want to get involved with the Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA)? The last meeting of the semester is this Thursday at 11:00 a.m. in the Alumni Lounge. We hope to see you there!
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SCOPE It Out!
by Michelle Morra
Easter is over, and I hope everyone had a good time and ate lots of food. (I did, especially because I had two Easter dinners.) On the bright side, Spring Weekend is only two days away! There is the Concert on Friday, Carnival and Comedian on Saturday, and Drive-In Movie on Sunday. Also, the events leading up to this weekend were just as fun. The movie last week was The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogan and Cameron Diaz. It was action and comedy combined into two hours for the makings of a fantastic movie. Not only was there a movie but on Tuesday, Film Committee gave away prizes, and on Friday they had pizza and wings. A movie and free stuff always makes for a great night. Come out to the Drive-In Movie on Sunday, May 1 in the Quad at 9:00 p.m. for Just Go With It and more free giveaways and food. Day Programming also brought fun to campus with their event last week. On Wednesday, in the New Hall Game Room, they had skeeball, where if you scored 230 points, you won a prize, and Spin to Win, where if you finished the puzzle you won a prize. SCOPE is just going prize crazy this week! A lot of the students that had lunch in New Hall played some games and walked away with some great UNH gear. Don’t miss Day Programming’s last event for the semester: the Relaxation Package on Wednesday, May 4 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Programming Space. There will be massages, a chocolate fountain, gel art, a caricaturist, and more for students to feel relaxed before finals start. With the end of the year so close, all the committees are getting down to their last events. This weekend, we had the last Weekend Programming events. But like Weekends always does, they went out with a bang. On Friday, they celebrated Earth Day by having Greenheads and Eco-Friendly bracelets. Students made bracelets out of recycled balloons and also got to take home their very plant with a face. Saturday was another day of celebration, as Weekends celebrated Easter with an Easter Egg Hunt, where they gave away prizes like ipods, GPS’s, and a TV. It was a sad but fun weekend and Weekend Programming went out with some great hits. This week, SCOPE also had the last Comedy and Lecture event. On Monday, they brought Female O, which is always a campus favorite. This is a great program for students to learn about themselves and others. Students learned a lot and walked away with something to talk about for days. For Spring Weekend, Comedy and Lecture is bringing Ralphie May to the North Campus Gymnasium on Saturday, April 30. The doors open at 7:00 p.m., and the show starts at 8:00 p.m. And finally, the day we have all been waiting for is finally here: Spring Concert. For Spring Concert, we are having David Nail, We The Kings, and Far East Movement up at the North Campus Gym. There will also be a Cupcake Truck starting at 5:00 p.m. for those that decide to show up early. Buses start going up to North campus at 4:30 p.m. The doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the show starts at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are on sale for the rest of the week at the Bartels Tables. On Saturday, there is the Spring Carnival from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. up at North Campus. Come on up for rides, fried foods, games, massages, novelties, and more! See you all there!
Did You Know? Passover
by Joann Wolwowicz
This past weekend, many Christians celebrated Easter. Additionally, one of the Jewish religion’s most sacred and widely observed holidays was observed this week as well. Passover, Pesach in Hebrew, is the religious holiday that commemorates the story of the Israelites’ departure from ancient Egypt. This weeklong festival is observed with important rituals, including traditional Passover meals known as Seders, the removal of leavened products from the home, and the substitution of matzo for bread. The retelling of the exodus tale is also completed. The story of Passover can be found in the Hebrew Bible’s books of Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. According to the Hebrew Bible, Jewish settlement in ancient Egypt first occurred when Joseph, the son of the patriarch Jacob and founder of one of the 12 tribes of Israel, moved his family there during a severe famine in their homeland of Canaan. For many years the Israelites lived in harmony in the province of Goshen, but as their population grew, the Egyptians begin to see them as a threat. After the death of Joseph and his brothers, a particularly hostile pharaoh ordered their enslavement and the systematic drowning of their firstborn sons in the Nile. One of these doomed infants was rescued by the pharaoh’s daughter, given the name Moses, and adopted into the Egyptian royal family. When he reached adulthood, Moses became aware of his true identity and the Egyptians’ brutal treatment of his fellow Hebrews. He killed an Egyptian slave master and escaped to the Sinai Peninsula, where he lived as a humble shepherd for 40 years. One day, however, Moses received a command from God to return to Egypt and free his kin from bondage. Along with his brother Aaron, Moses approached the reigning pharaoh several times, explaining that the Hebrew God requested a three-day leave for his people so that they may celebrate a feast in the wilderness. When the pharaoh refused, God unleashed 10 devastating plagues on the Egyptians, ending in the slaying of every firstborn son by an avenging angel. The Israelites marked the doorframes of their homes with lamb’s blood so that the angel will recognize and “pass over” each Jewish household. Terrified of further punishment, the Egyptians convinced their ruler to release the Israelites, and Moses quickly led them out of Egypt. The pharaoh changed his mind, however, and sent his soldiers to retrieve the former slaves. As the Egyptian army approached the fleeing Jews at the edge of the Red Sea, a miracle occurred; God caused the sea to part, allowing Moses and his followers to cross safely, then closed the passage and drowned the Egyptians. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Jews—now numbering in the hundreds of thousands—then moved through the Sinai desert for 40 tumultuous years before finally reaching their ancestral home in Canaan, later known as the Land of Israel. One of the most important Passover rituals for observant Jews is removing all leavened food products from their home before the holiday begins and abstaining from them throughout the holiday itself. Instead of bread, religious Jews eat a type of flatbread called matzo; according to tradition, this is because the Hebrews fled Egypt in such haste that there was no time for their bread to rise, or perhaps because matzo was lighter and easier to carry through the desert than regular bread. On the first two nights of Passover, families and friends gather for a religious feast known as a Seder. During the meal, the story of the exodus from Egypt is read aloud from a special text called the Haggadah, and rituals corresponding to various aspects of the narrative are performed. For example, vegetables are dipped into salt water representing the tears Jews shed during their time as slaves and bitter herbs (usually horseradish) symbolizing the unpleasant years of their bondage are eaten. A Seder plate at the center of the table contains Passover foods with particular significance to the exodus story, including matzo, bitter herbs, a lamb shankbone, and a mixture of fruit, nuts, and wine.
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Hike Your Way to Better Health
With the nice weather upon us, it’s hard to stay inside and get done the massive amounts of work you have to turn in before the end of the semester. However, getting outside is more beneficial to your health than you might think. And attending school in a hilly, mountainous state like Connecticut means your options for hiking are nearly limitless. According to the American Hiking Society (AHS), a nonprofit organization in Washington D.C., the following health benefits can be achieved through hiking: Preventing Heart Disease Hiking is a fun way to prevent a sedentary and inactive lifestyle. The AHS claims a person of 150 pounds can burn up to 240 calories in one hour when hiking at a speed of just 2 mph. In addition to boosting cardiovascular health and trimming your waistline, hiking can also reduce cholesterol levels. Hiking stabilizes cholesterol levels by dilating arteries and increasing the amount of HDL (good cholesterol) in your body. Decreasing Hypertension With our sodium-laden diets, Americans are often plagued by high blood pressure. Before you go on medication like the majority of the population, try hiking regularly. The AHS says that regular hiking lowers systolic and diastolic blood pressure by a mean of 10 mmHg. This is caused by a lowering of norepinephrine, which correlates with blood pressure improvement. Improving Mental Health Have you ever felt that complete sense of relaxation after exercising outside? If so, you’re not alone! Like all cardiovascular activities, hiking releases endorphins that trigger you to feel good. Hiking has been shown to reduce stress, depression, and other mental ailments. Of course, being outside has its own mental benefits! Being outside can not only give you your daily vitamin D, but getting away from the hustle and bustle of your everyday life can help bring you mental clarity and relaxation. Strengthen Bones and Joints Hiking can help prevent osteoporosis by increasing bone density, allowing bones to be stronger and less susceptible to breaking. Another benefit of hiking is that it provides an excellent cardiovascular workout while still being low-impact. Hiking, especially on dirt trails, will not put added stress on knees and joints. This is especially good for individuals with arthritis who tend to avoid exercise because of joint pain. Interestingly, hiking will strengthen leg muscles, which actually alleviates some of the pressure put on the knees and ankles. Try these Connecticut hiking trails today! Sleeping Giant State Park (Hamden) Hubbard Park/ Castle Craig (Meriden) Bear Mountain (Salisbury) West Rock (New Haven) Kent Falls State Park (Kent)
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Gadhafi Unleashes Rocket Barrage on Rebel City By KARIN LAUB & DIAA HADID ASSOCIATED PRESS
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TRIPOLI, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi’s forces unleashed a barrage of shells and rockets at Misrata on Sunday in an especially bloody weekend, countering Libyan government claims that the army was holding its fire into the western city. Despite the barrage, which doctors say killed 32 and wounded dozens in two days, rebels said they drove the last pro-government forces from the center of Libya’s third-largest city. Morale among Gadhafi’s troops fighting in Misrata has collapsed, with some abandoning their posts, said one captured Libyan soldier. The battle for Misrata, which has claimed hundreds of lives in the past two months, has become the focal point of Libya’s armed rebellion against Gadhafi since fighting elsewhere is deadlocked. Video of Misrata civilians being killed and wounded by Gadhafi’s heavy weapons, including Grad rockets and tank shells, have spurred calls for more forceful international intervention to stop the bloodshed in the rebel-
held city. In Washington, three members of the Senate Armed Services Committee said more should be done to drive Gadhafi out of power, including targeting his inner circle with airstrikes. Gadhafi “needs to wake up every day wondering, `Will this be my last?’” Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican on
the committee, told CNN’s “State of the Union.” However, in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI offered an Easter prayer for diplomacy to prevail over warfare in Libya. NATO’s mandate from the U.N. is to try to protect civilians in Libya, split into a rebel-run east and a western area that remains largely under Gadhafi’s control. While the coalition’s airstrikes have delivered heavy blows to Gadhafi’s army, they have
not halted attacks on Misrata, a city of 300,000 people besieged by Gadhafi loyalists for two months. Still, in recent days, the rebels’ drive to push Gadhafi’s men out of the city center gained momentum. Late last week, they forced government snipers out of high-rise buildings. On Sunday, rebels took control of the main
Gadhafi fighters in the main hospital and in the surrounding area that were trying to melt into the local population. “They are trying to run way,” Lutfi said of the soldiers, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. “They are pretending to be civilians. They are putting on sportswear.” Ali Misbah, a captured Libyan soldier who had been wounded in the leg, was held under guard in a tent in the parking lot of the Al Hikmeh Hospital, one of the city’s smaller medical centers. Misbah, 25, said morale was low among Gadhafi’s troops. “Recently, our spirit has collapsed and the forces that were in front of AP Photo us escaped and left us hospital, the last position alone,” he said. of Libyan troops in the Misbah said he and his center of Misrata, said a fellow soldiers were told city resident, who only that they were fighting gave his first name, Abdel against al-Qaida militants, Salam, for fear of repri- not ordinary Libyans who sals. Throughout the day, took up arms against Gadgovernment forces fired hafi. more than 70 rockets at the “They misled us,” Miscity, he said. bah said of the govern“Now Gadhafi’s troops ment. are on the outskirts of MisA senior Libyan govrata, using rocket launch- ernment official has said ers,” Abdel Salam said. the military is withdrawA Misrata rebel, ing from the fighting in 37-year-old Lutfi, said Misrata, ostensibly to give there had been 300-400 See GADHAFI page 6
In Hawaii, Accessing Some Obama Birth Info is Easy
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HONOLULU – Lost in the renewed scrutiny into President Barack Obama’s birth records is the fact that anyone can walk into a Hawaii vital records office, wait in line behind couples getting marriage licenses and open a babyblue government binder containing basic information about his birth. Highlighted in yellow on page 1,218 of the thick binder is the computergenerated listing for a boy named Barack Hussein Obama II born in Hawaii, surrounded by the alphabetized last names of all other children born instate between 1960 and 1964. This is the only government birth information, called “index data,” available to the public. So far this month, only The Associated Press and one other person had looked at the binder, according to a sign-in sheet viewed Wednesday in the state Department of Health building. The sheet showed about 25 names of people who have seen the document since March 2010, when the sign-in sheet begins. Those documents complement newspaper birth announcements published soon after Obama’s Aug. 4,
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US Default Could Be Doomsday Option for Economy
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1961 birth and a “certification of live birth” released by the Obama campaign three years ago, the only type of birth certificate the state issues. So-called “birthers” claim there’s no proof Obama was born in the United States, and he is therefore ineligible to be president. Many of the skeptics suggest he was actually born in Kenya, his father’s home country, or Indonesia where he spent a few years of his childhood. Possible Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has repeatedly stoked the birther fires recently, and last month called on Obama to “show his birth certificate.” Trump said he has investigators in Hawaii searching for more information. “Nobody has come in and said they’re investigating for Donald Trump,” said Department of Health spokeswoman Janice Okubo, who acknowledged they could’ve come in without identifying themselves as representing Trump. What the would-be sleuths won’t find is Obama’s “long-form birth certificate,” a confidential one-page document containing his original birth records kept on file in the first floor of the Depart-
WASHINGTON – The United States has never defaulted on its debt and Democrats and Republicans say they don’t want it to happen now. But with partisan acrimony running at fever pitch, and Democrats and Republicans so far apart on how to tame the deficit, the unthinkable is suddenly being pondered. The government now borrows about 42 cents of every dollar it spends. Imagine that one day soon, the borrowing slams up against the current debt limit ceiling of $14.3 trillion and Congress fails to raise it. The damage would ripple across the entire economy, eventually affecting nearly every American, and rocking global markets in the process. A default would come if the government actually failed to fulfill a financial obligation, including repaying a loan or interest on that loan. The government borrows mostly by selling bonds to individuals and governments, with a promise to pay back the amount of the bond in a certain time period and
agreeing to pay regular interest on that bond in the meantime. Among the first directly affected would likely be money-market funds holding government securities, banks that buy bonds directly from the Federal Reserve and resell them to consumers, including pension and mutual funds; and the foreign investor community, which holds nearly half of all Treasury securities. If the U.S. starts missing interest or principal payments, borrowers would demand higher and higher rates on new bonds, as they did with Greece, Portugal and other heavily indebted nations. Who wants to keep loaning money to a deadbeat nation that can’t pay its bills? At some point, the government would have to slash spending in other areas to make room for any further sales of Treasury bills and bonds. That could squeeze payments to federal contractors, and eventually even affect Social Security and other government benefit payments, as well as federal workers’ paychecks. A default would likely trigger another financial panic like the one in 2008 See DOOMSDAY page 7
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Crews Work to Reopen St. Louis Airport After Storm
By JIM SALTER & JIM SUHR ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ST. LOUIS – A severe storm that struck the St. Louis area left homes flattened in suburbs around the main airport, which remained closed Saturday a day after being hit by a tornado. Crews had worked through the night in trying to clean up Lambert Airport, boarding up windows and sweeping up shattered glass. That effort pressed on Saturday, with police standing guard at spots where windows had been
blown out. No passengers were evident. In nearby suburbs, people wandered through neighborhoods where roofs had been torn off homes and multiple houses were flattened. An Associated Press photographer who flew over Bridgeton and Maryland Heights saw vehicles turned over in yards and in driveways and trees that had been top-
pled. photographer Jeff Rober- ments. “I would say it looked son said. Ameren Missouri reported some 35,000 customers were without power Saturday morning. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado had it the airport, ripping away a large section of the main terminal’s roof. National Weather Service meteorologist Scott AP PHOTO like a bomb went off,” In one case, a roof had Truett said it been lifted off a house, and was possible that a tornado Roberson said he could that touched down near the see all the household items St. Charles County town inside, including the din- of New Melle was the one ing room table. that ripped into the airport St. Louis Mayor Fran- and apparently other parts cis Slay and the airport’s of St. Louis County. If that director, Rhonda Hamm- was the case, the tornado Niebruegge, told reporters sustained itself for roughly Saturday that the airport 30 miles. could reopen Sunday at The storm also brought 70 percent capacity, de- absurdly large hail to some pending on the quickness areas — softball-sized in in getting power restored Warren County, west of and the ability of affected St. Louis. Flash flooding airlines to shuffle some closed some roads, inof their terminal arrange- cluding Highway 67 near
Farmington. Dianna Merrill, 43, a mail carrier from St. Louis, was at Lambert Airport waiting to fly to New York with a friend for vacation. She said her flight had been delayed by weather and she was looking out a window hoping her plane would pull up. But the window suddenly exploded. “Glass was blowing everywhere. The ceiling was falling. The glass was hitting us in the face. Hail and rain were coming in. The wind was blowing debris all over the place,” she said. “It was like being in a horror movie. Grown men were crying. It was horrible.” Merrill said she felt lucky to be alive and that airport workers quickly moved people to stairwells and bathrooms to get them out of harm’s way. The airport’s main terminal sustained the most damage. Hamm-Niebruegge said roughly half of that structure’s windows were blown out, sending glass and rain into the building.
tan Opera Orchestra at the best in the members Lincoln Center's Avery of his orchestra, a comFisher Hall in a charity pany president must draw on the talents of the people in his organization," Ohga said in a 1996 Sony publication. Ohga was set to pursue a career as a baritone opera singer when Sony cofounders Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita, intrigued by his complaints about the sound quality of Sony tape recorders, recruited him to the company. Ohga tried to lead a double life of artist and Sony man. event funded by Sony. Ohga often compared One day, he dozed off leading a company to con- from exhaustion in the stage wings while waiting ducting an orchestra. "Just as a conductor to go on in the "The Marmust work to bring out riage of Figaro," rushed
in from the wrong direction and watched his embarrassed co-stars stifling giggles. He gave up his opera career. But he never gave up promoting classical music in Japan by supporting young musicians and concerts. Ohga graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1953 and Berlin University of the Arts in 1957. He was an executive by his 30s, a rarity in a Japanese company. He was appointed president of CBS Sony Records in 1970, chairman of what later became Sony Corp. of America in 1988, and chief executive of Sony in 1989. The company says he was key in building the Sony brand, especially working on design, as well as quality, to make products that looked attractive to consumers. Sony started amid the destruction and poverty af-
ter World War II and built itself on the popularity of transistor radios, the Walkman, the Trinitron TV, the CD — shaping the history of modern electronics. It has encountered difficulty in recent years, as it fell behind in flat-panel TVs to rivals like Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea, as well as in digital music players to Apple Inc. Sony remains unique in having a Hollywood studio, a music recording business, and the PlayStation video-game unit, despite some critics' complaints that it has never fully realized the benefits of owning both electronics and entertainment divisions. Since about 2000, Ohga stopped being involved in Sony's day-to-day business. He is survived by his wife, Midori. Sony said a private wake will be held later.
Republicans who plan on running for the 2012 election lack the organization and support clearly evident in Obama’s reelection campaign. “The allbut-declared Republican candidates (Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty) all have significant, if resolvable, flaws.” reports Yahoo! News. Floppy potential candidates such as former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Donald Trump only weaken the GOP’s already unstable political platform. Domestic Issues: C. The economy, although improved, remains in an extremely delicate stage. Rising income taxes for the wealthy and high gas prices only enhance the tension felt by many Americans. Not enough,
it seems, is being done to address these domestic issues; and “the GOP’s ability to portray Obama as a tax-raiser” only worsens the situation. Foreign issues: B. Obama receives an average score in this area. Although the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have continued, they are on a much lower scale. espite torn opinions involving U.S. forces in Libya and the continued use of Guantanamo Bay, Obama “promised to repair America’s relationship with the world and raise its standing.” He has succeeded in this area. Relations with Party Base: B. Views about Obama vary across the political spectrum. While progressive elites believe
that Obama no longer values Democratic principles, three-fourths of liberals approve of Obama’s performance as president, according to Yahoo! News. However, a Gallup Poll conducted showed that support of Obama has declined among Latino voters (from 73 percent to 54 percent now), as well as younger voters (ages 18 to 29). These numbers need to be higher, says Yahoo! News. But despite a decrease in support by the Democratic Party, “fewer than two in ten” Democrats wish for a strong challenger against Obama in the upcoming 2012 election.
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TOKYO – Former Sony president and chairman Norio Ohga, credited with expanding the company from electronics hardware to software and entertainment and developing the compact disc, died Saturday at age 81. Ohga, who led the company from 1982 to 1995, died of multiple organ failure in Tokyo, Sony said. Some decisions made during Ohga's presidency, such as the $3.4 billion purchase of Hollywood studios Columbia Pictures, were criticized as unwise and costly at the time. But Ohga's focus on music, films and video games as a way to enrich the electronics business helped create Sony's success in his era. "We are always chasing after things that other companies won't touch," Ohga said in a 1998 interview with The Associated Press. "That is a big secret to our success." The flamboyant music connoisseur steered his work through his love of music. A former opera singer, Ohga insisted the CD be designed at 12 centimeters (4.8 inches) in diameter — or 75 minutes worth of music — to store Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in its entirety. From the start, Ohga recognized the potential of the CD's superior sound quality. In the 1970s, when Ohga insisted CDs would eventually replace record albums, skeptics scoffed. Herbert von Karajan, Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock spoke up in de-
fense of Sony's digital sound. Sony sold the world's first CD in 1982 and CDs overtook LP record sales in Japan five years later. The specifications are still used today and shaped formats of devices developed since. "It is no exaggeration to attribute Sony's evolution beyond audio and video products into music, movies and game, and subsequent transformation into a global entertainment leader to Ohgasan's foresight and vision," Sony Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Stringer said Saturday, using the Japanese honorific. Shattering the stereotype of the staid Japanese executive, the debonair Ohga was never shy, his hair neatly slicked back, his boisterous manner exuding the fiery yet naive air of an artist. His persona added a touch of glamour to Sony's image at a time when Japan had global ambitions. An experienced pilot, Ohga at times flew the plane himself for business trips. A gourmet, he boasted about his roast beef. His hobby was cruising on his yacht. Chairman of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra since 1999, he continued to conduct there a few times a year. In 1993, he conducted the Metropoli-
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low it.” However, blaming his predecessors will not help Obama become a better leader; smart, calculated, and creative proposals will pave a new path for the Obama administration. Attributes and Values: A. Americans see Obama as trustworthy and honest; they know that he wants what is best for the country and its people. Being a likable candidate will only increase Obama’s election campaign successes. Organization: A. Obama’s campaign will be, without question, sufficiently funded. Whether it is from outside sources or volunteerism, Democrats have little to worry about in the financial circuit. Position Relative to His Opposition: B. The
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BEIRUT – The death toll from two days of violence in Syria reached 120 Saturday as security forces fired on tens of thousands of mourners who shouted for the regime’s downfall during funeral processions, a human rights group said. The mounting death toll prompted two Syrian lawmakers to resign in disgust over the killings. More than 300 people have been killed since the uprising against autocratic President Bashar Assad began more than five weeks ago. The lawmakers, Nasser Hariri and Khalil Rifai, are from the southern region of Daraa that unleashed the protest movement in mid-March after teenagers were arrested there for scrawling anti-regime graffiti on a wall. “If I cannot protect the chests of my people from these treacherous strikes,
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then there is no meaning for me to stay in the People’s Assembly. I declare my resignation,” Hariri told Al-Jazeera in an interview. The resignations were exceedingly rare in Syria, where nearly all opposition figures are either jailed or exiled. Ammar Qurabi, the head of Syria’s National Organization for Human Rights, said 112 people were killed Friday and at least eight on Saturday. Friday was by far the deadliest day of the uprising. But the bloodshed so far has only served to invigorate protesters whose demands have snowballed from modest reforms to the downfall of Assad. Each Friday, growing numbers of people in multiple cities have taken to the streets despite the near certainty that they would come under swift attack from security forces and shadowy pro-government gunmen known as “shabiha.” The heavy security
crackdown on Friday and Saturday came after Assad
In Washington on Fri- demonstrators and said day, President Barack the regime’s “outrageous” use of violence against the protesters must “end now.” Unrest was reported Saturday in Douma, a suburb of the capital, the southern village of Izraa and the nearby village of Sheikh Miskeen. The witness account could not be independently confirmed because Syria has expelled journalists and restricted access to trouble spots. They spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. “They prevented us from continuing our way to the cemetery,” said the witness in Douma, who said he was among at least AN AP PHOTO 50,000 people taking part warned a week ago that The increasing blood- Obama condemned the in the funerals there. any further unrest would shed has drawn interna- latest use of force by Syria be considered “sabotage” tional condemnation. against anti-government after he made the gesture of lifting long-hated emergency laws, a step he rati- con’t from page 4 Before Obama’s cam- don’t know. Only onefied on Thursday. ment of Health. paign released his certi- third of Republicans said It was a clear sign that Those original birth re- fication of live birth in they believe the president regime was prepared to cords typically include ad- 2008, he or someone with is native born. The same escalate an already bloody ditional birth details, such a tangible interest had to poll a year ago found that response, with nearly 300 as the hospital and deliv- make a written request and a plurality of Republicans
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a chance to tribal chiefs in the area to negotiate with the rebels. The official, Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim, said the tribal chiefs were ready to send armed supporters to fight the rebels unless they lay down their weapons. Kaim also claimed that the army has been holding its fire since Friday. Asked about the continued shelling on Misrata, Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said the army was responding to attacks by rebels. He insisted that most of Misrata was still under government control. Rebels on Sunday dismissed government claims that tribes in the area were siding with Gadhafi and
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tions: deprivation, hunger, disease, war, violence,” said the pontiff, resplendent in gold-colored robes as he sat on a chair and read his speech in Italian. This year, Easter fell on the same day in the Orthodox and Roman Catholic church calendars, and in Jerusalem, Orthodox and Catholics worshipped at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, revered as the site of Jesus’ Good Friday crucifixion and burial and of his resurrection on Easter Sunday. Protestants held their own ceremonies outside the walled Old
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that troops were redeploying voluntarily. “It’s not a withdrawal. It’s a defeat that they want to turn into propaganda,” said Dr. Abdel-Basit Abu Mzirig, head of the Misrata medical committee. “They were besieging the city and then they had to leave.” In addition to the casualties, thousands of people, many of them foreign workers, have been stranded in Misrata. Hundreds of migrants, along with wounded Libyans, have been evacuated in aid vessels through the port in recent days. One of those wounded, Misrata resident Osama al-Shahmi, said Gadhafi’s forces have been attacking the city with rockets.
“They have no mercy. They are pounding the city hard,” said al-Shahmi after being rescued from Misrata. “Everyone in Misrata is convinced that the dictator must go,” said al-Shahmi, 36, a construction company administrator who was wounded by shrapnel. His right leg wrapped in bandages, al-Shahmi flashed a victory sign as he was put into a waiting ambulance upon arrival in Benghazi. In Rome, the pope told a crowd of more than 100,000 Easter pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square that he hopes “diplomacy and dialogue replace arms” in Libya and that humanitarian aid will get through to those in need.
City at the Garden Tomb, which some identify as the site of Jesus’ burial. In Cagliari, Sardinia, an Easter lunch of Sardinian cheese, pasta and lamb was served by Caritas, the Catholic charity, to some 20 Tunisians, the Italian news agency ANSA reported from the island. The diners were some of the more than 26,000 Tunisians who have clandestinely entered Italy since unrest in their homeland in January. Most are waiting for temporary travel documents from Italy they hope will let them reach France,
where many have friends and relatives. France has warned the Tunisians they will be sent backed unless they have jobs or savings to support themselves. The dispute between Rome and Paris over the Tunisians’ fate is expected to dominate much of an Italian-French summit in the Italian capital on Tuesday. Appeals for solidarity like Benedict’s are also “words for those who keep the doors closed” to the migrants, Monsignor Albert Mario Careggio, bishop of Ventimiglia, an Italian town near the French
ering doctor, said Dr. Chiyome Fukino, the state’s former health director who twice looked at and publicly confirmed Obama’s original long-form birth records. But those documents are state government property that can’t be released to anyone, even the president himself, said Joshua Wisch, special assistant to the state attorney general. Obama would be able to inspect his birth records if he visited the Health Department in person, but original records of live birth are never released, he said. Fukino, who served as the state’s health director until late last year under former Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, said in an interview with The Associated Press she’s convinced the long-form document is authentic. She issued public statements in 2008 and 2009 saying she had seen the original records. “It is absolutely clear to me that he was born here in Hawaii,” Fukino told the AP. “It should not be an issue, and I think people need to focus on the other bad things going on in our country and in our state and figure out what we’re going to do about those things.”
pay a $10 fee to receive it, Okubo said. Wisch also said Obama obtained a copy of his own certification of live birth and publicly released it. State privacy laws prevent a certification of live birth from being released to anyone except those with a tangible interest, such as the person named by the birth record or a close family member. The document is generated by computer, based on original birth records on file with the state, Fukino said. New Health Director Loretta Fuddy, a Democratic appointee, declined to comment. Last week, Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill that would have required presidential candidates to prove their U.S. citizenship before their names could appear on the state’s ballot — which was widely viewed as targeting Obama — calling it a “bridge too far.” But the birther conspiracy theory refuses to go away. The latest New York Times-CBS News poll found that 45 percent of adult Republicans said they believe Obama was born in another country, and 22 percent said they
believed the president was born in the U.S. Obama said in an interview with ABC News this month that Republicans sowing doubts about whether he’s Americanborn may gain politically in the short term by playing to their constituencies, but will have trouble when the general election rolls around. “Just want to be clear — I was born in Hawaii,” the president said at a fundraiser in his hometown of Chicago. Newspaper birth announcements appeared in both The Honolulu Advertiser and The Honolulu Star-Bulletin in the weeks after he was born. The Aug. 13, 1961 announcement in the Advertiser appears on page B-6 of the Sunday edition, next to classified ads for carpentry work and house repair. It says, “Mr. and Mrs. Barack H. Obama, 6085 Kalanianaole Hwy., son, Aug. 4.” The address belonged to the parents of Ann Dunham, Obama’s mother. A similar announcement appeared the following day on page 24 of the Star-Bulletin.
border, told Sky TG24 TV. In Rome, the drama of society’s unwanted played out in one of the city’s major basilicas, where some 150 Gypsies have taken refuge from city officials who are dismantling illegal Roma trailer settlements. The Gypsies say City Hall will split their families by sending women and children to a shelter in a Rome suburb but not men. A top aide to the pope later went to St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica to meet with the Gypsies and express Benedict’s “closeness” to them, Vatican
spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said. Caritas later found a solution to the standoff, arranging the Gypsies’ transfer, men and women alike, to a home run by a volunteer group in hopes it could be a “prelude to a lasting, stable arrangement,” Lombardi said. Earlier in the day, in a sign of Easter solidarity, several dozen Romans brought food, diapers and milk for babies to the improvised refugee camp at the basilica. The 84-year-old Benedict’s voice cracked at times during the Mass, but
he ended his two-hour appearance Sunday by reading aloud holiday greetings in 65 languages. Some 41,000 potted plants lined the square, including 10,000 narcissus plants, many of them in yellow and white, the official Vatican colors, arranged in neat, rows up the slope toward the altar. Benedict returns to the square in a week to lead a crowd expected to be at least double Easter’s turnout when he beatifies John Paul, putting the Polishborn, long-serving pontiff on the last formal step before eventual sainthood.
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MIAMI – Authorities said the wife of Brandon Marshall stabbed the Miami Dolphins wide receiver with a kitchen knife, and his agent said Saturday that the player was recovering. Michi Nogami-Marshall, 26, was arrested Friday evening and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Ac-
cording to the Broward “This is a very difficult family, thankfully he will County Sheriff’s Office make a full recovarrest report, Nogamiery,” Marshall’s agent, Kennard Marshall told officers she was defending herself. McGuire, said in a Marshall had earlier told statement. officers he slipped and The NFL lockfell onto a broken glass out restricts team contact with playvase, but the officers noted that evidence at the scene ers. However, didn’t substantiate that Dolphins officials claim. said they were Nogami-Marshall retold by the league their team doctor mained jailed Saturday on $7,500 bond. It was is allowed to see AN AP PHOTO Marshall and conunclear if she had an attorney. time for Brandon and sult with Marshall’s other doctors.
Marshall married Michi Nogami in Miami last July. They met while both were students at Central Florida. They live in Southwest Ranches, which is near the Dolphins’ complex in Davie. A year ago last week, Marshall, 27, was traded to the Dolphins by the Denver Broncos for two second-round draft picks. In Denver, he caught at least 100 passes three consecutive years and twice made the Pro Bowl. Yet he wore out his welcome, in
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part because of a long legal record. In March 2009, Marshall was arrested in Atlanta on misdemeanor battery charges stemming from a fight with Nogami-Marshall, who was his fiancee at the time. The charges were dropped when both refused to testify. Marshall was also involved in a New Year’s Eve fight that led to the 2007 drive-by slaying of Broncos teammate Darrent Williams.
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Annual Alumni Scholarship Ball
While there are many factors that U.S. News uses to score a school, one of them is the alumni giving percentage. Basically, this percentage is a measure of how many alumni pledge their support over the number of alumni UNH has. Currently UNH is having its annual Senior Chal-
lenge. For the first time, there are senior students representing their class and trying to gain support from their fellow seniors. These senior class officers are raising money toward creating a new Endowed Scholarship here to be given to a student in the future. Seniors that give toward this fund are not
only helping UNH’s alumni giving percentage, but they are helping a future UNH student achieve their education. If you are interested in finding out who the senior class officers are and supporting UNH please email Scott Davis at SDavis@ newhaven.edu.
Monday with a sharp selloff on Wall Street when the Standard & Poors lowered its outlook on U.S. debt to “negative” from “stable,” possibly a first step toward a possible downgrade of America’s coveted AAA credit rating. “We haven’t downgraded it. We just said, if nothing happens, we may have to,” said S&P chief economist David Wyss. He said a government default remains uncharted territory, “which is one reason why it’s not a good idea to hit the debt ceiling.” “There’s reason to worry,” said Wyss. “But my best guess is that we sort of muddle through this. Cuts will be made, they’ll be too little too late, but at least they will be enough to maintain a triple-A rating.” “It’s another game of chicken. And this time there are Mack trucks going at each other, not bumper cars. This is a biggie,” said American University political scientist James Thurber. But he predicted that, as in the past, “there will be an accommodation. They will avoid a crash.” Investment bank J.P. Morgan Chase recently concluded that any delay in making an interest
or principal payments by the Treasury “even for a very short period of time” would have large “longterm adverse consequences for Treasury finances and the U.S. economy.” The analysis is being circulated on Capitol Hill by supporters of raising the debt limit. “If anyone wants to push that button, which I think would be catastrophic and unpredictable, I think they’re crazy,” JP Morgan CEO Jaime Dimon said recently of those seeking to block raising the debt limit. House Speaker John Boehner and most other GOP leaders agree on the need to raise the debt limit — and don’t want to be held responsible for a new financial meltdown. Still, they want Obama to make more concessions on spending cuts than he has done thus far. That isn’t sitting well with liberal Democrats, who think Obama has already given too much ground. One reason the two parties can’t find common ground: they can’t even agree on what’s causing high deficits. Democrats mostly blame it on policies of George W. Bush: two wars, tax cuts that contin-
ue to benefit the wealthy and an expensive prescription drug program. Republicans see government spending as the culprit, particularly on Obama’s watch. In fact, the main reason is the deep recession, which slashed tax revenues and led to hundreds of billions of dollars in recession-fighting spending by both Bush and Obama. The debt was $9 trillion in late 2007 before the start of the Great Recession, and it’s just a sliver under the $14.3 trillion limit today. Even though GOP leaders say they want to avoid more economic chaos, there is a large crop of teaparty aligned Republicans threatening to refuse to raise the cap under almost any circumstance. Polls suggest a large percentage of Americans oppose raising the debt limit. The debt limit has been raised ten times over the past decade. Obama voted against Bush’s debtlimit increase in 2006 as a senator, accusing Bush of “a leadership failure.” Obama recently apologized for “making what is a political vote as opposed to doing what was important for the country.”
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and plunge an economy still reeling from high joblessness and a battered housing market back into recession. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke calls failure to raise the debt limit “a recoveryending event.” U.S. stock markets would likely tank — devastating roughly half of U.S. households that own stocks, either individually or through 401(k) type retirement programs. Eventually, the cost of most credit would rise — from business and consumer loans to home mortgages, auto financing and credit cards. Continued stalemate could also further depress the value of the dollar and challenge the greenback’s status as the world’s prime “reserve currency.” China and other coun-
tries that now hold about 50 percent of all U.S. Treasury securities could start dumping them, further pushing up interest rates and swelling the national debt. It would be a vicious cycle of higher and higher interest rates and more and more debt. The U.S. has long been the global standard for financial stability and creditworthiness, with Treasury securities seen as a fail-safe investment. But after the near-shutdown of the U.S. government and a new credit-rating report this week questioning the country’s fiscal health, Treasury bills and bonds are losing luster. If there is a debt limit deadlock, the government by this summer could find itself legally unable to borrow more money to pay its bills, beginning with interest on its debt and gradu-
ally extending to day-today federal operations. At some point, the government would have to decide which bills to pay and which to put aside. The debt ceiling will be hit on or around May 16, the Treasury Department says. Unlike the threatened government shutdown, the impact would start slowly, but then build mightily until the damage would be so dire that few political leaders or economists even want to contemplate it. The day of reckoning could likely be delayed at least until early July with creative bookkeeping. When the House first rejected the Bush administration’s $600-billion bank bailout in September 2008, the Dow Jones industrials went into a dizzying 778-point tailspin. A whiff of a possible similar stock market collapse came on
they felt blessed there weren’t more injuries than the five victims who were taken to hospitals, all of them later treated and release. “When you look at the devastation around, it really is a miracle there were no fatalities,” HammNiebruegge said. A dozen passengers stayed in the terminal Friday night, given pillows and blankets, HammNiebruegge said. Hundreds of travelers were delayed, although the storm’s affect was mitigated because it hit on a night when the airport is generally less occupied. “As late as it was in the evening, there was only a handful of flights coming in,” she said. Airlines were assessing damage to their planes Saturday. Southwest Airlines Co. spokeswoman Marilee McInnis said it had one plane damaged by a baggage loading con-
veyer belt that was pushed by the wind. American Airlines said four of its planes were damaged, two of them significantly. Southwest canceled all St. Louis flights through 4 p.m. Saturday. American, which operates out of the heavily-damaged main terminal, won’t fly out of St. Louis until at least Monday morning, spokesman Ed Martelle said. Spokeswomen for con’t from page 1 Greyhound and Amtrak MLB organization. Consaid both modes of al- sidering the controversy, ternate transportation the speech’s theme of instood ready to handle an tegrity seemed intentional increased demand from for more reasons than one. storm-affected travelers “The best interest of trying to make their way the sport transcends evout of St. Louis, though it erything else,” said Selig was not immediately clear during his speech. “I’ve how many of those people always believed that.” were trying to catch buses He went back to that or trains. again and again, weaving it into the stories of his long career that started in the 1960’s. Baseball is a social institution, he told the crowd, and it is part of his job to take on social
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Elsewhere on the property, trees were toppled and power lines downed, limiting access even hours after the storm passed. But the airfield itself was fully functional, Hamm-Niebruegge said, perhaps allowing some airlines to shuttle in crews. “We will not have departures out of here today, but we expect a good number of departures out of here tomorrow,” HammNiebruegge said. Slay added that it was hoped the airport would be up to full capacity by the middle of next week. “This effort is going to take the cooperation and involvement of people of all levels of government,” Slay said. “We are confident we will make this airport as good as it’s ever been in terms of its condition.” Hamm-Niebruegge and Charlie Dooley, St. Louis County’s executive, said
MLB Commissioner Visits UNH responsibilities, which he called “a privilege.” While Selig did cater to the sports fans in the room, his message applied to everyone. Amid the controversies that spanned his career, he sought to be an unbiased leader who provided “hope and faith” to professionals and fans alike. A brief question and answer session followed the lecture; the questions revolved around audience concerns, like team relocation and steroid use. Then there was a meet and
greet where fans could say a quick hello to Selig and maybe even get a picture. Although the evening was great networking event and learning experience for Sports Management majors at UNH, many other students came just because they were interested. Trevor Williams, a junior majoring in Criminal Justice, said, “I got to hear the commissioner of baseball speak. When’s the next time I’ll get to do something like that?”
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Gearing Up for the End of the Semester
Despite all those mentions of not procrastinating ––––––––––––––––––––– that I’ve sprinkled throughout my The end of the semester editorials over the is just a week away, and past year, I know that means a few things! that nearly everyFirst, all of that work that one did it anyway. everyone has been put- It’s a fact of being ting off finally needs to a student that we be finished. Second, finals will put off work are just around the corner, whenever it’s reso it’s time to bust out all motely possible, those notes, quizzes, and and sometimes tests that have accumu- even when it’s not. lated over the semester. Regardless, don’t Third, get ready for our let a large pile of annual Spring Weekend, work to do stress since it’s happening this you out. You’ve Friday, Saturday, and made it this far in Sunday (April 29 through the semester, now May 1). This week marks is no time to let it get to the beginning of the end, you. Sit down and figure so get prepared and stick out a schedule that will it out because break is al- let you manageably get most here! through everything. If By MATT DI GIOVANNI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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As the semester comes to a close and the academic year ends, it’s time to start studying for those finals and maybe an extra test or two before finals begin along with research papers and projects. Sounds like a lot of work shoved into only a handful of weeks left. I also forgot to mention packing (for those of us who live here and need to move back home for the summer), finding a summer job, applications for this and applications for that; it seems never ending around this time of the year. When will it end? Sadly, it never ends. The work load only gets worse after college (at least so
you feel yourself getting thing else that just helps overwhelmed, take a short you unwind for a few. If everything is really falling apart and you don’t know what to do, try taking a trip to the Center for Learning Resources (the CLR, downstairs in the library), setup a study group with some classmates, or even talk to your professor about what you are struggling with. This leads me to my next point: preparing for finals! Back in high school, final exams stressed me out, but at this point in my academic career, I’ve break to grab a bite to eat, just learned what works take a walk outside (it’s for me in terms of study looking to be nice out this habits. If you know what weekend, mid sixties and works for you, fantastic, partly cloudy!), or any- go ahead and apply that to
studying. However, if you don’t, don’t sweat it! Once again, there are resources to help you out, whether you head to the First Year Student Success Center or the CLR, there are plenty of folks who can help you get ready for your exams. Closer than finals, this year’s Spring Weekend is happening at the end of this week! The weekend kicks off on Friday night with the concert and in case you haven’t heard, this year’s lineup is David Nail, Far East Movement, and We the Kings. Then, on Saturday, the annual Spring Carnival festivities and comedian will be up at North Campus for all to enjoy. The weekend concludes with the “drive-in” movie in the Bixler-Bot-
winik quad. For all the exact details on these events, be sure to read “SCOPE it Out!” on page three. One caveat with Spring Weekend celebrations: it’s fine to relax and have a good time and even let loose a little bit, but don’t go overboard. Well that about wraps up this editorial, so it’s time to buckle down and finish this last full week of classes, enjoy Spring Weekend, survive three more days of classes, study up on the reading day, and then ace all those finals! Easier said than done, but a little bit of effort goes a long way, and I wish you all the best of luck in ending the semester and academic year on a good note.
in something to gain more experience. With seniors leaving and the rest of us moving on up on cam-
have ideas and think that running for a position is a good idea, go for it. It looks fantastic on a resume, and the extra leadership experience molds you for bigger leadership opportunities in the future. If you aren’t ready to take on a position as of yet, getting more involved is probably the next best step for you then. Attending as many events as possible and helping out in any way you can with the organization is a great way to show people your dedication and get your name out there. Remember that it’s okay to start small and work your way up. The logical process for these things is almost always to start small and then move onto the high positions later on: general member,
committee head, and eboard. However, if you’re feeling ambitious take that ambition and put it to good use. Show everyone that you would make a great candidate for the position you are applying for, and remember to always bring new ideas with you to impress people. I know that we have a campus full of already great leaders who hold important positions in clubs, organizations, and the various offices on campus. I also have extreme faith in the future leaders on this campus who are just getting into the swing of things and who are ready and waiting to impress all of the leaders before them.
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I’ve heard); so seniors brace yourselves for this real world everyone seems to be talking about. For those of you, like me, who may not be leaving UNH for good just yet, I have one more thing you can add to your list of “Things to Do” before you leave for the summer. Don’t complain, because it’s something really important. As we all know, with a new academic year comes a new opportunity for leadership positions to open up, whether they include a position on an executive board for a club or organization, a committee head of some sort, or even just preparation to be more involved
is to see some of them go, we want to make them all proud, especially showing that that they can leave their clubs and organizations, many of which they created on their own, in good hands. We are the future for these organizations, and with that said, we have to step up. So, in the next few weeks before the semester ends, clubs and organizations will be having elections for positions. If you have been in a club for some time now, and you are passionate about it, seriously consider running for a position. pus, leadership falls to Clubs grow and flourish all of you to carry on the with new ideas from new good work that seniors members and new leadhave done. As hard as it ers on the e-board. If you
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In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream sundae?” he asked. “50¢,” replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it. “Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?” he inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient. “35¢!” she brusquely replied. The little boy again counted his coins. “I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies. You see, he couldn’t have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.
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I hope you all had a happy Easter (or regular weekend) like I did; mine Something that really annoys me is projects that never end, whether they was spent in the typical fashion of spending time with my lovely girlfriend are for school or work. Those projects that are assigned, but whose requireand making a bunny cake, which is a cake shaped like a bunny. And of course ments are constantly changing are also annoying, especially because as times I was also eating massive amounts of chocolate. goes the project no longer focuses on quality. Instead it becomes about getting it done before those who assigned the project can change something School is wrapping up to a close and it’s time to scramble to finish long again. I believe specifications should be properly given the first time. overdue projects and turn in all those late homework assignments, all of which is really hard to focus on with this beautiful weather we’ve been havI really hate it when people don’t have the common sense to have coming. mon courtesy.
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I was at the bowling alley and the family next to us had arrived first. They had all their stuff on our chairs when we arrived, even though all their seats where clear. They then proceeded to stand in front of our lane as we tried to bowl and walked through our area numerous times. These people obviously did not understand “lane courtesy,” and I just don’t understand how people think that behavior like this is acceptable.
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meed (meed) n. a fitting return or recompense. [from Old English med.] Fact of the week: Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our Bodies. Did they seriously just say that? “China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.” - Charles de Gaulle Weekly Thought: “A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Celtics Hold on to Complete Sweep of Knicks By BRIAN MAHONEY ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NEW YORK – The Boston Celtics never let this develop into the intriguing series that was expected. Instead, they turned it into the easiest one their current group has ever experienced. Kevin Garnett had 26 points and 10 rebounds, Rajon Rondo added 21 points and 12 assists, and the Celtics swept their way into the Eastern Conference semifinals, holding on for a 101-89 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday. Ray Allen and reserve Glen Davis each added 14 points for the Celtics, the first team into the second round after sweeping a series for the first time since a 3-0 victory over Indiana in 1992, the last series victory for their old Big Three before Larry Bird retired. “It’s what we expected coming in. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy, obviously Games 1 and 2, but we found a way to put it away,” Rondo said. “We haven’t swept a team in a long time, so it’s good feeling.” And it gives their aging group plenty of rest before an expected showdown with the Miami Heat.
The Celtics had a 23-point lead cut to four in the fourth quarter, but pulled away again behind Garnett, who scored 20 after halftime. The current Big Three of Garnett, Allen and Paul Pierce twice was extended to seven games in the first round, but this one was far easier than expected against the injury-weakened Knicks. The Celtics could now have a week off while they wait for likely opponent Miami, which was forced to a fifth game earlier Sunday after a late rally by Philadelphia. The Celtics almost faced the same scenario, but a Knicks comeback attempt stalled in the final minutes before they were saluted by their orange-clad crowd after delivering the best season in New York in a decade. “Everybody understood what was at stake. Give a team some confidence, even in a 3-0 series to win a game, you never know what can happen,” Pierce said. “So it was just very important for us to withstand the run. They made a great run and the crowd
really got behind them, but in the fourth quarter we just really settled down in the last six or seven minutes, executed the offense and were able to put the game out of reach.” Carmelo Anthony had 32 points and nine re-
won four of five, tagged Zambrano with his first loss since June 25. "I knew sooner or later I was going to lose a game, unfortunately it was today," Zambrano said. "I enjoyed the winning streak a lot, but it's over with. Let's get another win on my next time and I'll be ready for that." Zambrano (2-1) settled after a rocky opening and gave up only one more run through five innings of work. Zambrano won eight straight from Aug. 14 through the end of the 2010 season — he was suspended after a June 25 dugout tirade and didn't return until late July. And he was 2-0 through four starts entering Sunday's game. The streak was the Cubs' longest since Rick Sutcliffe won 16 straight between 1984-85. "I was a little off today," said Zambrano, who gave up eight hits and struck out four. "Pitching in the first inning wasn't good. My sinker was not good, but other than that I was able to throw five innings." Cubs manager Mike Quade could tell Zambrano wasn't sharp. "He just didn't make quality pitches from what I can see," he said. "He's been pretty good and it's
just unfortunate that he had a rough first inning today." Dodgers right hander Hiroki Kuroda (3-2) gave
swept in the first round. They haven’t won a playoff game in 10 years. “Tonight was one of those games that we have to leave it all out on the court. Wasn’t no need to take anything home with us, and we did that,” Anthony said. “So I’m pretty sure that we gained a lot of respect from a lot of people right now, but this is the first step of something great.” The Celtics were only 10-11 in their last 21 games of the regular season, struggling to adjust to a changed lineup after trading center Kendrick Perkins to Oklahoma City at the deadAN AP PHOTO bounds, and Amare line and renewing Stoudemire, who decided questions they were too to play after his back felt old. better, finished with 19 The Knicks believed points and 12 boards but they could challenge them, shot only 5 of 20 from the but Chauncey Billups was field. lost for good after strain“It was all heart. He just ing his left knee in the figave it all. With him and nal minute of Game 1 and Carmelo going forward, Stoudemire was never the the Knicks are in good same after hurting his back shape,” Knicks coach during warmups before Mike D’Antoni said. Game 2. The Knicks shot 34 Meanwhile, the Celtpercent and were quickly ics got better as the sedispatched in their first ries went along, pulling playoff appearance since out two close victories in 2004, when they were also Boston and saving their
best for Madison Square Garden, surrounded in orange as it was finally open for postseason basketball again. But that couldn’t shake the Celtics, who held the Knicks to three field goals in the second quarter to seize control. Garnett made three straight field goals to make it 70-48 in the third quarter before the Celtics let the Knicks back into it. Consecutive run-out dunks by Anthony cut it to 14, and New York had it all the way down to 10 when Shawne Williams’ 3-pointer with 36 seconds remaining trimmed it to 82-72 after three. Stoudemire opened the fourth with a basket and Anthony followed, bringing it within six and forcing coach Doc Rivers to put Garnett back into the game. He made a pair of free throws, but baskets by Stoudemire and Anthony Carter made it 84-80 with 7:34 to go. “I thought we dropped the guard a little bit,” Rivers said. “Give them credit, I thought they played desperate and you could see it in their play and their defensive energy.” But Boston would never let it get closer and finally put it away when consecutive jumpers by Rondo and Garnett extended it to 95-
85 with 4:22 to play. Disappointed in their effort in a blowout loss Friday, the Knicks showed plenty of fight. Anthony knocked Rondo down for a flagrant foul and Stoudemire was called for a technical after he shoved Delonte West in the back following the Boston guard’s hard foul on Knicks rookie Landry Fields. But New York, which went 42-40 to end a franchise-worst streak of nine straight losing seasons and earn its first playoff berth since 2004, simply didn’t have enough to match Boston, which got 13 points from Pierce. Stoudemire made only one field goal in the first half as Boston led 55-38. Notes: D’Antoni, while saying Rondo is a “very good basketball player,” seems to feel his success is due more to the players around him. “I’d like to see him play on Minnesota and see how he does,” D’Antoni said before the game. “Everybody’s tied together and they have three Hall of Famers out there.” ... Billups said sitting out was “torture.” ... Kemba Walker, who led Connecticut to the NCAA championship, attended the game and sat with Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
to the 10-8 loss just a day earlier. "When they get the two (runs) right back, you kind of feel like you have a chance to get into one of those games," Mattingly said. "Both guys really settled in and pitched well after that." The Dodgers added a solo run in the third when Kemp doubled with one out and came home on Loney's two-out single to left. In the sixth, up three hits and two firstThe Cubs scored twice Barajas singled and scored inning runs, then settled in the bottom of the first off left-handed reliever down and scattered six hits while Kuroda struck out John Grabow. Miles' sinthe rest of the way. He sur- three. gle to left brought Bararendered three runs — two Starlin Castro and Car- jas home for a 7-2 Dodger earned — struck out seven los Pena had RBIs. lead. and walked none. After seeing seven runs NOTES: Dodgers in"I had really good scored in the first, Dodgers fielder Juan Uribe missed movement on the split- manager Don Mattingly his second straight game ter today," Kuroda said had felt he might be in for with a sore thigh. He was through an interpreter. another wild ride, similar hitting .435 (10 for 23) "With five runs of support, I felt responsible for winning this game." Miles led a succession of first-inning base runners when he opened with a triple down the right field line. No. 2 batter Casey Blake was hit by a Zambrano pitch and Ethier followed with an infield single that scored Miles. Matt Kemp drove home Blake with an infield single while Jerry Sands' double scored Ethier. James
with two homers, nine RBI and five runs scored during a recent six-game hitting streak ... Castro was hitting .500 in 46 at-bats when leading off entering Sunday's series finale, including four hits on Saturday. He moved down to third on Sunday with Kosuke Fukudome leading off ... The Cubs host their first official night night game Monday against Colorado. ... Exactly 49 years ago, Dodger lefty Sandy Koufax tied his own team record by striking out 18 Cubs at Wrigley Field in a 10-2 victory. ... The Cubs and Yankees are the only teams in baseball with winning or losing streaks no longer than two games ... Fukudome is off to his best March/April big league start with a .417 average entering Sunday. He has a .346 career average (93 for 269) in March/ April games through four seasons.
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CHICAGO – Andre Ethier is feeling comfortable in the Dodgers' lineup, and it's paying off at the plate. Ethier had an RBI single in the first inning off Carlos Zambrano to extend his hitting-streak to 21 games and lead Los Angeles to a 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. Ethier is one of only three players in baseball history with hits in 21 or more consecutive games in April. Ethier's former manager Joe Torre had a 22-game streak in 1972 and Arizona's Danny Bautista hit in 21 straight in 2004. "It's about going up there and executing and being confident, Ethier said. "It's nice knowing I don't have to do too much with guys in front of me and behind me doing their jobs and picking me up. It makes my job a lot easier." Aaron Miles led off the game with a triple into the right field corner to set up the easy RBI opportunity for Ethier, who finished with two hits. "We saw yesterday that that team fights back so we jumped on them early and tried to stay on them," said Miles, who had three hits. The Dodgers, who have
Loney hit into a fielder's choice that brought home Kemp, while Sands closed the scoring on a Rob Barajas sacrifice fly.
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Kings Facing 2nd Elimination Game Against Sharks
By BETH HARRIS
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LOS ANGELES – Home ice hasn’t meant much in the all-California series between the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings. Each team has won twice as the visitor, and now the Sharks, who won the opener at home in overtime, are back at Staples Center with a second chance to close out the series Monday night. “We had the one opportunity that we missed,” Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle said Sunday. “We can’t really think about Game 7. We’ve got to finish these guys off and just play our game.” The Sharks will start Antti Niemi in goal in Game 6, despite him getting pulled Saturday night for the second time in the series. He allowed three goals on the Kings’ first four shots of their 3-1 victory in San Jose. “He’s ready to go back in and we have a ton of
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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Ville Leino scored 4:43 into overtime and Brian Boucher’s return in yet another relief appearance sparked the Philadelphia Flyers to force Game 7 in their first-round playoff series against the Buffalo Sabres. Danny Briere scored twice and Boucher stopped 24 shots over the final two periods and overtime in a 5-4 victory on Sunday in what’s been a tightly contested and topsy-turvy series that heads to the deciding game at Philadelphia on Tuesday. Boucher took over to start the second period after Michael Leighton allowed three goals on the first seven shots he faced. Scott Hartnell had a goal and assist and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Flyers, who overcame a two-goal deficit while drawing upon Chris Pronger’s presence. The gritty defenseman played sparingly in his game after missing 21 with a broken right hand. Thomas Vanek scored twice for Buffalo, while
confidence in him,” Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. “Any time he’s had a bad game he’s come back. The thing with him is he hasn’t had two within a fivegame span in a long time. He’ll need to polish it up, just like the rest of us do.” M c L e l l a n blamed defensive breakdowns for the Kings’ first two goals, although he didn’t defend their third goal by Dustin Penner, who had been scoreless since March 13, two weeks after he was acquired from Edmonton. “I’ve got to stay on top of the crease when they get the puck. That’s pretty much all I can take from the game,” Niemi said. “Just be a little bit more challenging when they’ve got a chance to shoot. It takes just careful preparation and getting ready and not thinking about it too much.” Los Angeles is sticking with Jonathan Quick, who
made a franchise playoffrecord 51 saves to extend his team’s season for at least one more game. “It’s not a number I’m concerned about,” Kings coach Terry Murray said
Rob Niedermayer and Nathan Gerbe also scored. Kris Versteeg helped set up Leino’s goal. After getting his first shot blocked, Versteeg gained the rebound and flipped the puck at the Sabres net, bouncing it off several players. The puck fell in the crease where Leino — a step ahead of defender Chris Butler — slid it into the open side behind diving goalie Ryan Miller. Rebounding from a pair of losses, the Flyers became the first team in the series to win after giving up the game-opening goal. It was also a game that Philadelphia didn’t lead until Leino scored. Hartnell forced overtime by scoring with 9:17 left in a frantic third period, in which the Flyers outshot the Sabres 14-6. Nikolay Zherdev started the play by driving up the right side and getting a shot off that Ryan Miller stopped. Mike Richards got to the loose puck and fed it across to his left to Hartnell, who shoveled it
“Mentally, it’s a little bit easier to stay sharp because you’re constantly getting action. On the other hand, it’s a little more demanding physically,” Quick said. “Yesterday
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of the shots. “It’s the Grade A, quality chances that are the ones I really focus in on and that number was not too bad.” The Kings staved off San Jose comeback behind Quick’s steadiness and their defense, which has been a strength all season and which forced the Sharks to shoot mostly from the perimeter.
a lack of preparation or want or effort. I’m seeing all those things,” Boyle said. “It seems across the board teams are scoring in bunches, not just our series but other series, too. So if they do score, it’s very important for the next shift and the shift following that, you just got to pick it up a little bit, be a little better.” The same could be said about Penner, whose physical presence and skills kept him in the lineup despite his lack of impact in the seAN AP PHOTO ries. He played on was more of a physical the Kings’ fourth line with challenge than mental.” Kevin Westgarth and JarQuick bounced back ret Stoll. after getting shelled for “I’m giving him an 12 goals in the Kings’ two opportunity here to back losses at home. away from having to shut The Sharks will be look- down a (Joe) Thornton ing to get off to a fast start, line and the checking part something that has eluded of the game,” Murray said. them so far while getting “He’s capable, but the outscored 8-1 in the first game is just not there right period of the series. now. With a different look, “I can tell you it’s not it’s an opportunity to kind
of get your game together and have some success and certainly not the same threat coming at him as a Thornton line.” Having faced each other 11 times so far, including a split of six regular season games, there are few ways either team can surprise the other. “Now it does come down to execution, it comes down to attitude,” Murray said. “You really have to get into your own head as a player of making sure you’re paying the price to compete. That’s where we need to be even better.” A victory by the Kings would force a seventh game Wednesday night in San Jose. “We’re a really good road team. Right now that means nothing because we have to win at home,” Quick said. “All we’re focused on is playing at home in front of our crowd and giving them something to cheer about. We want to give them something to go home happy about.”
in the open side. Philadelphia’s hopes appeared done after falling behind 3-1 in the first period. And coach Peter Laviolette had opened himself
riod sparked the Flyers as van Riemsdyk and Briere scored 7:54 apart to tie the game. The comeback was reminiscent of the Flyers scoring three consecutive goals Friday.
to second-guessing after going with Leighton, who became the third Flyers goalie to start a game this series. Leighton earned the start after stopping 20 shots in replacing Boucher in a 4-3 overtime loss on Friday. It came after Boucher allowed three goals on the first 11 shots he faced. Boucher got his second chance and his return at the start of the second pe-
This time the Sabres struck back in regulation, with Gerbe scoring with 3:51 left in the second period — and after the Flyers had killed off Buffalo’s 70-second two-man advantage. Driving across the Flyers blue line, and with four defenders back, Gerbe fired a 35-footer that hit off defenseman Sean O’Donnell’s stick and beat Boucher on the glove side.
boarding penalty for shoving Buffalo forward Tim Connolly from behind and headfirst into the boards. Connolly, who has a history of concussion problems, lay on the ice for several minutes before getting up on his own. He was then escorted immediately up the hallway behind the Sabres bench. Connolly did not return. NOTES: The Flyers had never had three goalies start in one playoff series. The Canucks were the last team to start three, doing so against Calgary in 2004. ... Buffalo’s Lindy Ruff became the NHL’s eighth person to coach his 100th playoff game with the same team. He entered the game with 57-42 record. His 100 games rank fifth among active coaches and 20th on the NHL list. ... Ruff went with veteran experience by inserting journeyman forward Matt Ellis into the lineup to replace Jason Pominville, the Sabres top two-way forward who hurt his lower left leg on Friday. ... Pominville wore a walking boot covering his lower left leg and walked on crutches.
Flyers Force Game 7 on Leino’s OT Goal
Boucher was otherwise sharp. He made a sliding save to his left to foil Drew Stafford’s shot from the right circle on a 2-on1 break early in the third period. Miller kept the Sabres in the game in facing 45 shots — one short of matching the most he’s faced in a playoff game. Pronger had a negligible impact on the ice as his playing time was limited solely to the power play. He didn’t get his first shift until 10:05 into the game and the Sabres ahead 2-0. Pronger also took an undisciplined slashing penalty while the Flyers had a two-man advantage. After being crosschecked from behind by Tyler Myers in front of Sabres net, Pronger spun around and whacked the Buffalo defenseman. He finished with only five shifts and 4:33 of ice time. Richards put the Flyers in trouble with 6 minutes left in the second period, when he was issued a
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Review: “The Sims: Medieval”
What would it take to make me enjoy a Sims game at this point? Sims games have never really had compelling goals and no real way to fail. You are simply given a sandbox and told to create. This works to a point, but eventually everything just feels like “going through the motions.” Why was I trying so hard to make money? To buy the best car in the game? What would that really get me? The more questions I asked myself about the goals I created, the more everything felt hollow to me. It was with this previously established mindset that I approached “The Sims: Medieval.” I had mistakenly thought that it would be a simple extension of “The Sims 3,” but with a focus on the Middle Ages. Boy, was I wrong. Much to my surprise, this game is actually a game! But first, let’s establish the basics. “The Sims Medieval” takes the “Sims 3” engine and puts it to use in a quasi-RPG gameplay mechanic. Unlike other “Sims” games, the point is not a family/social simulator but rather, a kingdom simulator. You create hero sims, not (entirely) to live vicariously through, but rather as part of a team of leaders that will take your kingdom from empty grass field to bustling city. This is accomplished through the completion of quests (there is no real “sandbox mode”). As your Knight, Monarch, Blacksmith, Wizard, etc. complete quests, your resources to establish infra-
structure and ability to forge foreign alliances grows. All of this is in service to the higher “ambition” upon which your kingdom was founded (such as imperial expansion, maxing out your kingdom’s wealth, and many others). Each sim you create is a master of his or her domain. The knight, for example, serves as a captain of all the guards in the kingdom and many of his quests involve serving as that leader. The blacksmith is the sole provider of metal-works for the castle and thus, many of her quests would involve filling armor orders and crafting legendary weapons. To make every sim more unique, the old traits system returns from “Sims 3,” whereby you choose two main personality quirks and one fatal flaw. Some of the more enjoyable traits are things like “Whale ate my parents” and “Hopeful Orphan,” which causes you to periodically get sad about the loss of your parents and have to do things such as “yell at the sea” to get all of your negative trauma out. Likewise, the fatal flaws range from fun (Drunkard, Compulsive Gambler and Weak Constitution) to downright debilitating (if you want a real challenge, try out Hubris). There are enough traits to keep the different sims from getting too repetitive, but after two or three kingdoms, your
characters will all start to blur together. The quests themselves also run the gamut from fun and surprising (any time your Monarch gets to play a tyrant is always a blast) to silly (Fur protests? In the Middle Ages? Come now, no one had time to give a shit about such worthless “causes. And the nifty thing about these quests is that, while they do repeat
Tone is another area where Sims Medieval departs from previous entries. This game was clearly aimed at young adults and older, as the booze flows freely and murder abounds. Whereas in “Sims 3,” only the creative evil of the player could willfully kill a sim (who hasn’t locked a sim in a dungeon and watched them starve to death?!), in “Medieval,” there are actual
on multiple playthroughs, most have a completely different way of handling the circumstances depending on which hero you choose to tackle them. Sometimes even within the same quest/ hero combination, the branching story itself will take you in opposite directions (Do I use the Monarch’s authority to force my will upon the quest objectives, or do I use a more persuasive tact?). All of this adds up to an amazing amount of variety in your kingdom’s story, and really allows you to roleplay a bit. While there is no morality scale in the game, it’s clear that some kingdoms accomplish their goals more brutally than others.
menu options for different kinds of murder. The monarch can sentence someone to death by throwing them into the pit, whereupon they are eaten by the “Sims” version of the Rancor. There are also duels to the death that can be performed on all but quest-essentialsims. Developer Maxis rightfully realized that a true game has to have meaningful consequences to be taken seriously and unlike previous “Sims,” a small chance of random electrocution wasn’t going to cut it this time around. Even competing religions are introduced as thinly disguised versions of Catholicism and Protestantism. This is the first “Sims”
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p.m. after posting $75,000 bail, according to the sheriff department's website. Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers said her office would consider appealing the ruling as well. Sautner agreed with Meyers that Lohan showed intent to keep the necklace, and said that she thought Lohan's conduct probably warranted a felony. "I see the intent here," Sautner said. "I see a level of brazenness with, `Let me see what I can get away with here.'" But the judge said felony grand theft cases involving higher-valued goods are often reduced to the misdemeanor level and thought it was appropriate in Lohan's case. "I'm going to give her an opportunity," the judge said. She also said she hoped to give the "Mean Girls" and "Freaky Friday" star a dose of perspective by sentencing her to almost 500 hours of community service, including time at the county morgue and 300 hours at a women's shelter.
It is unclear what effect the sentence may have on Lohan's next acting role. Producers of the film "Gotti: Three Generations" announced on Wednesday that Lohan had been cast to play the wife of John Gotti Jr. in the film. She told The Associated Press afterward she didn't think her court case would affect her work. "I think in the past, I had a lot of distractions," she said. "I've learned a lot. I've lived a lot. When I'm on set, it's about the film." Lohan did not visibly react to the sentence. She cried earlier in the day when Holley told Sautner that Lohan had been punished enough, and recounted the treatment programs the actress has completed since her first arrest for drunken driving in 2007. Her father, Michael Lohan, put his hands over his face at times Friday and bolted from the courtroom after his daughter was led away by sheriff's personnel. It was the fourth time
Lohan Quickly Released from Jail in Theft Case
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LOS ANGELES – The day unfolded all too familiarly for Lindsay Lohan: a court hearing, a jail sentence, a quick release. The starlet appeared before a judge Friday for the fourth time in nearly a year and was sentenced to 120 days for violating her probation by taking a designer necklace. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner said she thought the actress had intentionally taken the $2,500 necklace from an upscale Venice store and shown poor judgment in not trying to return it until police became involved. The judge reduced the actress' charge from felony grand theft to a misdemeanor and imposed the 120-day sentence. Lohan's attorney Shawn Holley filed a notice of appeal right before court closed, clearing the way for the actress' release on bail. She was freed at 9:21
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By Robert Errera game where you can recreate North Ireland! And they don’t even bother with the lame, politically correct “Assassin’s Creed “”We all have different and equally valid faiths” disclaimer. Good for them. I appreciate the change in tone and hope Maxis continues to cater to an audience older age 12. Even the ubiquitous humor is aimed more at the adult nerd crowd (I couldn’t resist playing the quest “IT’S A TRAP!” as soon as it popped up in the list). On the flip side, polish is, surprisingly, one area where the game hiccups. Numerous quests can bug out on you for seemingly no reason or for reasons that a beta tester should have caught. And unlike previous “Sims” games where bugs were mild annoyances with little consequence, quest-breaking bugs in “Medieval” can have a devastating effect on your kingdom’s advancement, sometimes even thwarting your entire ambition goal. Lots of times, these bugs are solved by saving, quitting out and reloading, so rarely is all progress lost, thankfully. Another somewhat large problem comes in on the design side. While having a limited amount of quest opportunities per kingdom definitely puts a nice amount of pressure on the player to make good decisions, it’s also sad that once
your ambition is fulfilled, you have to say goodbye to everything you created and move on to a blank slate. You are given the opportunity to continue on in a semisandbox mode, but you can no longer try out different quests or level up your sims further, making it more of a hollow limbo-mode. Moving on to a new kingdom wouldn’t be so bad, except that the game only came with one predefined plot of land to develop, thus leaving you with a bunch of carbon-copy kingdoms. What this means is that “Sims Medieval” is not a game to power through. Instead, the best way to enjoy it would be to play one kingdom over the course of a week, beat it, then pick the game up a few weeks later and play through the next ambition. There needs to be time in between kingdoms to cleanse the pallet. Taken as a piece, “The Sims: Medieval” is a shocker of a good game. It’s not going to be an instant classic or probably even hugely popular like the other Sims games have been, but since it has such a tighter focus and more defined goals, it makes for a clearly better gaming experience. No longer am I going through the motions for some nebulous, soul-draining reasons. I know exactly why my spy is brewing up those nightshade poisons. Why, for king and country, of course. For the latest information about videogames, visit http://www.crispygamer. com
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Dave’s Music Report Life after Death
This past Monday marked the ninth anniversary of the passing of TLC rapper Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. Despite not being a particularly monumental anniversary, it did get me thinking a bit. TLC is one of the most famous and biggest selling girl groups of all time, even though they were only around as a threesome for less than 10 years. Their legacy will no doubt carry on for a long time because of the great music they made, but it is completely plausible that Left Eye’s untimely death
helped immortalize them. In a way, this rule applies to many acts. Looking back on all of the artists who died young or at the peak of their career, a good majority of them are widely considered legends; for example, Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, 2Pac, the Notorious B.I.G., and Kurt Cobain (just to name a few). Obviously, all of these musicians are widely remembered today for the great music they made during their short careers. However, I really have to won-
der if their passing really made a difference. It’s really a fair question to ask if, say Nirvana would be held in such high regards as the band is now had Kurt Cobain not ended his life. Would Jimi Hendrix still be considered the greatest guitarist ever? Would 2Pac and Biggie be the legends they are today? Obviously, it’s easy to say yes to all of those questions. However, as another example, would Aaliyah be remembered the way she is? Sure, she had a good number of hits under
her belt, but she seemingly wasn’t on the road to an immortal legacy before her tragic plane crash. After comparing her to many of her ill-fated peers, though, I came to the conclusion that untimely death more just speeds up the “legend” process than anything else. John Lennon, Elvis Presley, and Michael Jackson were already legends, but were immediately set on a high pedestal when they passed. From another perspective, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix had such loyal fan bases and critical
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released both “Rio” and “Water for Elephants.” The weekend’s other new wide release, Disney’s nature documentary “African Cats,” opened at No. 6 with $6.4 million. Morgan Spurlock’s product-placement documentary “POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” opened with fair but unremarkable business in limited release. The latest from the maker of the hit documentary “Super Size Me” took in $135,139 in 18 theaters, averaging $7,508 a cinema. That compares to an $11,254 average in 2,288 theaters for “Madea’s Big Happy Family,” which had by far the best cinema average among the top-10 movies. Hollywood scored its second-straight weekend of rising revenues, good news for studios that have been in a box-office slide since last fall. Receipts totaled $138 million, up 39 percent from the same weekend last year, when “How to Train Your Dragon” was
No. 1 with $15.4 million, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com. The upward trend likely will continue next weekend with “Fast Five,” the latest movie in “The Fast and the Furious” action franchise, expected to have a huge opening, said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “I think we’re going to have three up weekends in a row, and for us, that’s a roll. We’ve been down for so long,” Dergarabedian said. “It really points out how cyclical this business is.” A love-bird story centered on rare parrots, “Rio” raised its domestic total to $81.3 million. The movie has taken in $204.7 million more overseas, for a worldwide haul of $286 million. “Rio” held on well to its audience, revenues dropping a scant 32 percent in the second weekend, while “Water for Elephants” came in a bit above industry expectations. Adapted from the bestselling novel, “Water for
Elephants” features Witherspoon as the star of a Depression-era circus, with Pattinson co-starring as a veterinarian who falls for her despite her jealous, tyrannical husband. “It felt like old-time filmmaking for me and I think for the audience,” Livingston said. “I think it’s going to play for a long time. People are going to talk about it.” While Perry’s latest “Madea” flick was unable to knock “Rio” off its perch, the filmmaker has been a prolific and consistent box-office earner, averaging two movies a year for distributor Lionsgate over the last four years. “He has the most loyal fan base that I certainly have ever been associated with,” said David Spitz, head of distribution for Lionsgate. “They just continue to come out and flock to the cinemas and see his movies, whether it’s a drama or comedy. He knows how to speak to his audience.”
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LOS ANGELES – Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg’s talking birds have edged out Tyler Perry’s sass-talking grandma at the weekend box office. Hathaway and Eisenberg’s animated family adventure “Rio” took in $26.8 million to remain the No. 1 movie for the second-straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family” debuted a close second with $25.8 million, another solid opening for writer-director Perry, who also stars as boisterous, opinionated grandma Madea. Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson’s circus romance “Water for Elephants” premiered in third-place with $17.5 million. “It’s nice to have two movies in the top-three,” said Bert Livingston, distribution executive for 20th Century Fox, which
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praise that their music was able to become that much more impactful when they died. Even Otis Redding had the biggest hit of his career, “(Sittin’ On the) Dock of the Bay,” posthumously. So while Left Eye’s death may have helped TLC become one of those “classic groups,” it’s probably safe to say that they would’ve gotten there eventually anyway. Sometimes having a relatively small body of music can only help (see Hendrix). Instead of burning out and
ruining everything great, stopping early can eliminate that risk completely. Maybe dying early is just the publicity stunt an artist needs. Look at how Michael Jackson practically got his slate wiped clean and was immediately recrowned as the King of Pop (and beyond!) So while no one should ever wish death on another, for some really great artists, this was probably the best deal they ever got.
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Lohan Quickly Released From Jail
Lohan has been sentenced to jail, although three trips amounted to a few hours. Last summer, she spent 14 days in jail on a 90 day sentence. The actress did not address the court during Friday's hearing, but frequently conferred with Holley and shook her head when witnesses described some of her actions inside the jewelry store, Kamofie & Co. Lohan has been a courthouse fixture since last May when she missed a hearing in her drunken driving case. Since then,
two judges have sent her to jail twice and rehab, also twice. She rejected two plea offers to end the necklace case early, including one in which Meyers was seeking six months in jails, the prosecutor said Friday. Meyers' witnesses included a police officer who received the stolen necklace from Lohan's assistant. The investigative detective also testified that she verified the actress wore the necklace days after it was taken and was photographed with it by paparazzi. Lohan made three visits
within a week to a jewelry store that accused her of stealing the necklace but never purchased anything before leaving with the item, the shop's owner testified. Sofia Kaman said she waited a day to report the necklace stolen because Lohan had told her she would return the next day to purchase a ring. The actress never returned. The first time Kaman saw Lohan since the Jan. 22 store visit was Friday. Kaman says she did not have any agreement with Lohan allowing her to leave the store with the
necklace. Lohan was wearing two of her own necklaces when entered the store, and she wore both pieces to court on Friday, taking them off at one point while her attorney cross-examined Kaman. Holley showed Kaman the necklaces and questioned her about why she didn't notice the actress was still wearing the store's necklace, even though Lohan's neck — and by Holley's description, cleavage — were clearly visible. "I wasn't looking at her chest," Kaman said. "I was looking at her face."
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