Volume 87, Issue 1
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
YEAR OF THE SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS Check out this nerd’s view on this summer’s geeky movies.
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FAVRE UN-RETIRES After weeks of press conferences and indecision, Brett Favre is back in the NFL. Find out how it all played out.
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GARFIELD MINUS GARFIELD The Charger Bulletin welcomes the cult comic Garfield Minus Garfield to our Fun & Games section!
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-Celina’s Salacious Celebrity Gossip -Zack’s Wacky Stack of News -UNH Campus Police Log
INDEX
Olympics Shake Summer
By HEATHER BROWN STAFF WRITER
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BEIJING—The number eight is considered a lucky number in Chinese culture because it sounds like the word meaning “prosper” and “wealth.” Keeping this in mind, it was only fitting that the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games aired in the U.S. on the eighth hour of the eighth day of the eighth month in the year 2008. The show of the opening ceremonies was performed on a scale more grandiose than any other ceremony. Thousands of people from the Chinese community helped make it spectacular. The opening ceremonies
By ZACK ROSEN
Bulletin Board
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Community & Advice Page 9 Editorials
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Fun & Games Pages 12 and 13 National/World News Page 3 New Haven News Page 4 Sports
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WEST HAVEN—I know what it’s like being a freshman, I was one just two years ago. As a returning student last year, I know that it’s easy to miss some really cool and fun events on campus during Welcome Week. So read up, kiddies, and I’ll give you some tips regarding this amazingly fun-filled, feature-packed, and something-something week! For the past few weeks, I have had the pleasure of being a member of the 2008 Welcome Week Committee. The committee, which is made up of both students and staff, has been planning
Buy Books Online: Tips from a Senior
By DAN OSIPOVITCH STAFF WRITER
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showcased many of the beliefs and traditions that are special and important in the Chinese culture. Rather than the traditional march of athletes (in alphabetical order by country), the athletes entered the stadium, dubbed “The Bird’s Nest” because
of its remarkable resemblance, in order based upon the number of brush strokes it takes to write out the country’s name in Chinese. This meant that the U.S. athletes got to enter the stadium a little earlier
since early July. Chaired by our humble Director of Student Activities, Greg “Greg O” Overend, the WWC has planned over $40,000 worth of events, food, fun, and prizes, with over 87% of the funding supplied by our Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA). Let’s take a lot at what the WWC has to offer this week. Wednesday: Today, the Aug. 27, there will be an “All Day Q&A”–that is, a group of students and staff walking around to help with any questions you may have. Whether you are a new student or current student, feel free to stop any of these Q&A’ers with any question–regardless of how simple you think it
may be! Trust me, as someone who was a freshman not too long ago, it’s best to ask now and not wait until later! From 9:30 a.m. until noon, the lovely staff of The Charger Bulletin will be handing out the first issue of the 2008-2009 Charger Bulletin. But wait, there’s more! There are three hidden “golden tickets,” each worth a $100 gift card from Best Buy. Hopefully you’re reading this in one of those issues! From noon to 4 p.m. you can make your own aquarium in the Residential Quad; this gets so much attention every year, so be sure to get there as soon as
Attention freshmen and your parents: don’t drain your bank accounts by buying the often exceedingly over-priced books sold at the campus bookstore. Be smart, do your research, and shop online. It’s too often overheard on campus, “Wow! I just paid $150 for this stupid book!” “Hah! Well, I went online and found it for $80!” If you follow a few tactics, and read this article, the mystic world of buyingbooks-cheap will become a clear, concise process that should in most cases yield gratifying results every semester. The first major question to ask is whether or not you need the book. Sometimes professors “require” books that aren’t actually needed for the course-this is something you may not know until the first day of class when you get your syllabus and talk to the professor. What’s worse is that sometimes you’ll get halfway through the semester and not even crack open the book and realize you have wasted lots of money buying the book in the first place. The best way to circumvent this is to not buy the book until after the class has started. If you’re leery of this idea and have to
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See ONLINE page 5
AN AP/ANDY WONG PHOTO
Fireworks explode during the Olympic closing ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 24.
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UNH Welcomes Students with Welcome Week
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Arts & Entertainment Pages 8 and 11
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