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Volume 88, Issue 12 | December 02, 2009

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By LINDSAY LYNCH

Sex, Playboy & HIV: A Lecture Unlike Any Other

STAFF WRITER

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Last Monday a handful of UNH students gathered in Dodds Theatre to hear a lecture that was not only humorous at times, but one that could save their lives.

You can ask any college student these days if they have had the sex talk, and most will tell you, “yeah, I know. Wear condoms.

Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah.”

Last Monday, however, the talk about sex was from a very scary point of view: a talk that will make anyone think twice about what they do between the sheets.

Rebekka Armstrong, a former playboy playmate, shared with the audience the terrifying life she has had to face since being diagnosed HIV positive.

Rebekka started off with a very dramatic video giving the students a direct look into her life. She then lectured about this terrible disease and how it affected her. HIV affects everyone differently and Armstrong’s direct approach brought a human aspect to a disease we rarely hear about outside of textbooks.

She didn’t sugarcoat it by any means, and we all had a very up close and personal look into the lives of those affected by HIV and AIDS. Rebekka, unlike most, has beaten the odds. She had to deal with a lot of hardship in her life. She has fought with many new drugs. She has lost a ton of her friends. Her life has been torn upside down.

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Rebekka Armstrong, middle, surrounded by SCOPE members (from left) Glenn Altshuler (Co-Chair), Lindsay Lynch (Co-Chair), Farren Sandquist (Comedy and Lecture CoCommittee Head), and Dan Markwat (Technology Co-Committee Head).

Tiger Woods Accepts Full Blame for Crash

By ZACK ROSEN

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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WINDERMERE, Florida – Golf star Tiger Woods claimed responsibility this past Sunday for crashing his escalade outside of his Florida house. Woods claims that his wife acted courageously to help him, but again canceled an interview with authorities investigating the incident.

Saying that he wanted to keep details private, the

Charger Sports Highlights

Women’s Basketball The Chargers earned a pair of Northeast-10 Conferworld’s top golfer still has ence victories this week with a 73-38 victory over Le pending charges according Moyne College on Sunday and a 65-58 overtime win to a Florida Highway Pa- over Assumption College on Tuesday night. trol (FHP) officer.

The accident occurred after Woods pulled his Cadillac Escalade out of the driveway of his house at about 2:25 a.m. EST on Friday, the FHP said. He was taken to the hospital with injuries and released.

“This situation is my fault and it’s obviously embarrassing to my family and me,” Woods, 33, said on his official website.

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Men’s Basketball New Haven dropped a pair of Northeast-10 Conference games this week at Charger Gymnasium. Last Tuesday the Chargers fell 90-77 to Assumption College and fell 80-79 to #20 Le Moyne College on Sunday.

Indoor Track and Field The UNH men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams open their 2009-10 season this Saturday when they travel Yale University for the Lid Lifter Invitational. The meet will take place throughout the day at Cox Cage in New Haven.

National & Global News

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Fugitive Wanted for Thanksgiving Day Massacre

By LIZ DE LA TORRE STAFF WRITER

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If anyone thought that all Thanksgiving dinner parties bring togetherness and hospitality, think again. For a family in Jupiter, Florida all it took was a family day massacre to bring everyone together for all the wrong reasons. Since last Thursday, Paul Michael Merhige has been wanted for the family slaying at a Thanksgiving dinner party, leaving four dead and two injured.

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Merhige, 35, was at a dinner party for seventeen relatives when he left that night, only to return later with a handgun. He opened fire on his family, killing his aunt Raymonde Joseph, 76, twin sisters Carla and Lisa Merhige, 33, and cousin McKayla Sitton, 6 and injuring brother-in-law Patrick Knight, 37, and cousin Clifford Gebara, 52.

Although authorities are uncertain about a particular motive, reports claim that the shooter did have “ongoing resentment” toward several family members. After the murders, Merhige, who has had a history of mental illness coupled with suicide attempts, escaped and has not been spotted since. He is allegedly driving a 4 door blue

2007 Toyota Camry with the license plate W427JT. Believed to be armed and dangerous, Florida police have warrants out for his arrest. As of now, Paul Michael Merhige is looking at four counts of first degree murder with a firearm and two counts of attempted first degree murder with a firearm.

Did You Know?

Animal Awareness Tip Paul Michael Merhige wanted for the murder of four at Thanksgiving dinner

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Lion: Panthera Leo

by Joann Wolwowicz

Black Friday

The turkey has been eaten, the belts have been loosened, and the football game is almost done. Is it off to bed? Are you kidding? It’s off to wait in front of stores so we can be the first ones inside when they open early Friday morning.

Welcome to Black Friday. Thousands of savvy shoppers and bargain hunters prepare themselves long in advance to the day that officially launches the beginning of the holiday shopping season. People line up outside as early as 2 or 3 a.m. waiting for doors to open, usually at 5 a.m.

It is then that the race begins, a race to grab all of the select items with prices that have been slashed drastically. Think of it as a military invasion. Armies line up preparing for battle, with lists and strategies, they are ready to attack. The objective is to get everything for the holidays at half the price all before the sun come up. Don’t stand in the way of parents who are rushing to get the latest toys of the season for their children.

It could get ugly.

So where did the actual term “Black Friday” come from? Historically, if a day is deemed “black” it is most likely a day that had something terrible happen. Black Tuesday was the day the stock market crashed in 1929 and Black Friday is also a name given to the day in September when the US went under great financial crisis. However, in 1975, the day following Thanksgiving became known as Black Friday, referring to the large hectic crowds and the horrendous traffic. Despite the terrible economy, shoppers still came out and the tradition began. Oddly enough, Black Friday is not the day of the year that rings in the most profits. That day belongs to the day before Christmas. But it is safe to say that the traffic in the stores and on the roads will never compare to any day other than Black Friday.

Sure, getting up before the sun rises and standing in the cold for hours may be the tradition among Americans, there is a new idea spreading that can help ease the hassle of Black Friday shopping but with the same Did You Know? great deals. This new day is called Cyber Monday. Taking place on the PHOTO COURTESY BLUEPYRAMID.ORG only felines that show spring and a few adult It is common to Monday after Thanksgiving, the internet is doing its part to give people a noticeable sexual di- males. A group of fe- find male lions killing chance to stay home but to get good deals as well. This day kicks off the morphism (obvious males will generally off cubs that are not holiday shopping for internet shoppers. With excellent deals on products differences in appear- hunt together and at of their own in order and free shipping is leading Americans into the future. Whatever your ance between male times even scavenge to ensure that the off- preference is, I hope you all get everything on your lists for the Holidays, and female). Panthera when necessary. Lion- spring carry their own which shockingly are around the corner. I’d like to wish you all happy shopping in this busy time of year!

Leos were once the esses do the majority genetic make up.

Lions are known as the Kings of the Jungle due to their large size, ferocity, and majestic-like manes that are displayed around their necks. They are considered to be the tallest of the wild cats and second heaviest when compared to the tiger. Lions contain sharp teeth that can be as long as 8cm, and strong jaws that can rip through even a large animal’s thick skin. Lions are the

most widespread species and were found in most of Africa, much of Eurasia, and in the United States, however they currently only natively exist in SubSaharan Africa and Asia.

Lions can live up to 20 years in captivity and 10 years in the wild. They can be found in the savanna and grassland, including forests. A pride consists of related lionesses with their off-

of the hunting due to their better swiftness, agility, and lack of a heavy mane.

Panthera Leos spend much of their time resting, and are inactive for about 20 hours a day. They use up their active time grooming, socializing, or hunting during dawn. A pride usually consists of two males (known as a coalition) mating with several females; male offspring are often excluded from the group when they reach maturity. Another organizational behavior is labeled as “nomad,” where males either travel by themselves or with groups usually excluded from their birth pride.

Tiger Woods “Obviously” at Fault After Car Crash

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Several reports have been made by tabloid newspapers and celebrity websites claiming Woods and his wife had been arguing shortly before his car crashed outside the couple’s Florida home.

When police arrived at Woods’ home on Friday shortly af-

his SUV to get him out, Saylor said.

In his statement on Sunday, Woods paid tribute to his wife’s actions.

“My wife, Elin, acted courageously when she saw I was hurt and in trouble,” he said. “She was the first person to help me.

Any other assertion is absolutely false.

Kim Montes, a sergeant with the FHP’s Orlando division, said in a statement.

She added: “Mr. Woods’ attorney provided the troopers with Mr. Woods’ driver’s license information, registration and current proof of insurance as required by Florida Law.” The following

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ter the accident, the golfer was bleeding from the mouth and was “in and out of it for several minutes,” Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor told CNN on Friday.

WOODS PRAISES WIFE’S ACTIONS Woods’ Swedish wife, Elin Nordegren, used a golf club to smash a window of

Woods’ lawyer said on Sunday a scheduled interview at the golfer’s home with Florida troopers had been canceled, the third straight day that the FHP had been denied the chance to question Woods on the accident.

“The traffic crash remains under investigation and charges are pending,” stated

viously embarrassing to my family and me.

I’m human and I’m not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn’t happen again.

This is a private matter and I want to keep it that way. Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are irresponsible.

The only person responsible for the accident is me. My wife, Elin, acted courageously when she saw I was hurt and in trouble. She was the first person to help me.

Any other assertion is absolutely false.

This incident has been stressful and very difficult for Elin, our family and me. I appreciate all the concern and well wishes that we have received.

But, I would also ask for some understanding that my family and I deserve some privacy no matter how intrusive some people can be.

statement was released by Tiger Woods this past Sunday on w w w. Ti g e r Wo o d s . com.

As you all know, I had a single-car accident earlier this week, and sustained some injuries. I have some cuts, bruising and right now I’m pretty sore.

Reuters reporter This situation is Barbara Liston conmy fault, and it’s ob- tributed to this report.

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What De Skunk!?

By STEPHEN ACEVEDO STAFF WRITER

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A while back, I was walking with two of my boys, Lamar and Major (Sorry to put you guys on the spotmy bad Dawgs), and upon leaving the dorm room, we were struck with a death defying odor. I highly doubt that this smell on campus is strange to us for it has been recurring more frequently lately, and we all know who the little culprit is- we know it’s that little furry black and white striped creature.

That little Pepe Le Pew!!

Now I’m not writing to discuss the stanky smell of a skunk, on the contrary, I’m here to talk about the inspiration provided by a skunk (and maybe some student club goers as well). On our journey to the C-Store,

the idea came up of having a skunk perfume (tell me that’s not a brilliant idea).

Some possible names were, “Le funk for de hunk!!” or “De funk from de skunk” or “Skunk de la skunk”.

We also tried “Hey where are you going?

Try my new perfume!

De skunk” but we figured that was too long to fit on the bottle.

More products are in the works. We have ideas for some Bubble Gum, “SkunkiFresh!”; Shampoo, “Skunk de la poo-poo!”; Body Wash, “Don’t axe de Skunk!” or “Skunky Spice!”; and even Soda, “Dr. Skunk!”.

Hopefully, with the right amount of funds and support, these products can come to a store near you, and you will be able to enjoy the natural benefits of the skunk.

So I ask everyone, “Let’s Skunk de world!!”

Man Uses Hammer to Destroy TVs ASSOCIATED PRESS

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WINONA, Minn. – A man used a hammer to leave a path of destruction at a Target store in Winona. Police said the 39-yearold man smashed big-screen televisions and destroyed other electronics Saturday evening before taking a swing at an officer.

The Winona Daily News reported customers ran from

the store as the man swung his hammer.

One witness said the man had a "glazed look" in his eyes and was "walking like Frankenstein."

Officers chased the man through the store and used a Taser gun to subdue him. He was taken to Winona Health for a behavioral evaluation.

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New Haven News

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UNH Professor Selected for Psychological Association Award

By KAT WILBERDING RECSPORTS

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West Haven, Conn., Nov. 9, 2009—University of New Haven (UNH) Criminal Justice Associate Professor James Monahan, Ph.D., has been selected for the Connecticut Psychological Association (CPA) Award for Distinguished Psychological Contribution in the Public Interest. The award is given to members of the State of Connecticut Board of Examiners of Psychology w h o h a v e dedicated years of distinguished service to the profession and the public.

Monahan will be presented with the award during a ceremonial luncheon at the 23rd Annual CPA Convention on Friday,

Don’t Miss a Beat

By KAT WILBERDING RECSPORTS

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Nov. 13, 2009, from 11:55 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at the Courtyard

by Marriott Hartford Windsor Hotel.

Monahan, a Madison, Conn. resident,

the University of New Haven and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Florida State University.

His work has been published in journals including Journal of Offender Rehabilitation and The Journal of Social Psychology. He is a licensed psychologist for the state of Connecticut and a fellow in the American Academy of Clinical Psychology.

serves as the co-director of the International Justice and Security Concentration of the Criminal Justice Program at UNH. He received his B.S. from

His research interests include community policing, prison reform strategies and crime.

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Welcome back! I hope everyone had a very relaxing Thanksgiving and ate lots of great food. I know coming back from Thanksgiving can be hard, but visiting the Rec Center can definitely help. Whether you need to lose a turkey pound before snowball, get fired up about being back on campus with REC Sports, or just relax before finals, the Rec Center is the place to be. Moreover, the Rec

Center will be open for its regular hours between now and the last day of finals, so there is plenty of opportunity to stop by.

Thanksgiving is a great holiday, but it can leave us all a little sluggish as we return the downhill stretch of the semester. Don’t miss a beat.

Use the Rec Center for motivation and entertainment during these last weeks of classes and exams.

Remember, Group X classes are still going and will still be going strong until Saturday, Dec. 12. REC Sports

Hear a story you want to tell us about?

Something on campus outrage you?

Upset about national sports?

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season 2 intramurals wrap up soon so come watch the playoffs and cheer for your favorite team. Though school is almost out for winter break, the Rec Center is not ready to close up in the least.

There is still plenty to do between now and the start of break.

Even then, the Rec Center will be open on a special schedule for the duration of winter break, for all of you staying on campus.

Check next week’s article for more information on that front.

Again, welcome back everyone.

Avoid Graduation Agony

By VICTORIA MCFARLANE GUEST CONTRIBUTOR

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You’re going to graduate from UNH pretty soon, the years fly by pretty quick, and then it’s goodbye to your cozy dorm room, hanging with your roommates and late night runs to Sandellas and New Hall.

It could take about six months (maybe longer) for you to find full-time work and earn enough money to get an apartment or pay rent.

Luckily, the process can be expedited.

It has been proven that students who graduate with internships on their résumés find jobs faster. An article from the U.S. News and World Report says “The educational (and often unpaid) experience is recommended for careers from fashion designer to investment banker.” Plus, most interns earn credit toward a degree (minus the lab fees).

Drill the idea of getting an internship into your head before graduation day. You can start by registering for the Internship

Boot Camp scheduled for December 5, 2009 in the Internship Office in Kaplan 205. The bootcamp, adapted from “Avoid Graduation Agony”

by Jaime Winston, is a fantastic opportunity to learn new skills.

The Center for Experiential Education’s “Drill Sergeant” and others will give you the skills you need to succeed in today’s job market.

Students wanting to take advantage of this opportunity should stop by the Internship Office in Kaplan 205 for more details.

HIV Proves a Life Lesson

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After being infected with HIV, Rebekka has become a very big activist in getting awareness out about HIV and AIDS. She uses her story to touch people on a personal level. She is a very optimistic person that uses her experience to properly educate students and young adults all over the country about safe sex practices. Her talk definitely gets the message across that safe sex can save your

life.

Rebekka Armstrong ended her discussion at UNH in a very interesting way. She proved to the entire audience that, no matter what, to always use a condom. She went on to say how guys always throw you dumb lines about how they can’t use condoms because they’re “too big” for them or because they “can’t feel anything with them on.” Well…

Rebekka took out a condom, stretched it

over her hand, and up to her elbow. Proof is in the visual: condoms fit all sizes.

Save your life and your partner’s: if you have sex, make it safe. It is much easier taking the time and money to spend on condoms than it does paying doctors to fight for your life.

If anyone has any questions, Rebekka Armstrong is on Facebook and can be contacted online at http:// www.RebekkaOnline. com/

nelli B.S ’99, has been selected as the 2010 ––––––––––––––––– Henry C. Lee Fellow.

The Henry C. Lee West Haven, Conn., Fellow is selected November 12, 2009 by faculty members —New York City Fire of the Henry C. Lee Department Lieuten- College, named for ant and University of the world’s foremost New Haven (UNH) forensic scientist and alumnus Jeffrey Faci- criminalist who began DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS

USGA Meetings are at 1:45 every Monday in the Alumni Lounge. All are welcome!

A Present from the USGA

YEAH! We are one week away from the last day of classes! From there, it’s full throttle ahead to finals and then we can all relax for a month.

But before we all lose sleep over studying and worrying about those final grades, the USGA would like to give you a present for all of your hard work

this semester. At the end of this week and early next week, be on the lookout for USGA senators and representatives passing out presents to the students. Inside these wrapped boxes is a Christopher Rinck little something speUSGA President cial from the USGA to you. Keep in mind there are a limited number of presents so Bartels!

I hope everyone make sure you’re in had a wonderful break and I wish you the Something on campus bothering you? best of luck in finishing up those classes.

Have a great last week of classes!

Christopher Rinck

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UNH Researchers Battle Lyme Disease in Fairfield County

By JULIE WINKEL

DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS

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West Haven, Conn., November 30, 2009— University of New Haven Associate Professor, Eva Sapi, Ph.D., and the Fairfield County Municipal Deer Management Alliance are conducting a study to determine which Connecticut towns have the highest Lyme diseasecarrying tick populations.

Sapi and her students are in the second phase of a comprehensive study of ticks the forensics program in Fairfield County, an in 1975. Recipients area noted for many must have held at Lyme disease cases. least a 3.2 GPA while a student at UNH and firefighter with the been heavily involved New York City Fire since on the campus, and Department currently hold a suc- 2000.

Facinelli, a Pomocessful post-graduate professional position. na, N.Y. resident, will Facinelli has been a receive his award on

FDNY Lieutenant Selected as 2010 Lee Fellow

By JULIE WINKEL

USGA President’s Corner

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The group is examining ticks from Bethel, Newtown, Redding and Ridgefield, focusing on those carrying the bacteria which cause Lyme disease and babesiosis, a parasitic disease similar to malaria. Several sites were tested in each town, with many sites in close proximity to public areas including school playgrounds, parks and ball fields.

With Lyme disease on the rise in Connecticut, Sapi’s study will help towns understand how to better protect their residents from infection and will reinforce the need for vigilance in preventing tick bites. The

study will also serve as a baseline for future studies of changes in tick populations.

Sapi is an associate professor and research scholar coordinator of the Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences at UNH. She has over 19 years of experience in molecular biology and specializes in Lyme-disease related research. In addition to researching the tick population in Fairfield County, Sapi is studying the cystic form of borrelia, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.

Friday, December 11, 2009, at 4:00 p.m., in the conference room at South Campus Hall, and will discuss how his experiences as a student at UNH

prepared him for his professional life. A reception will follow the award ceremony.

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Opinion & Editorials

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Tiger Woods Wasn’t Seriously Injured in the Crash, but He’s Still Below Par

As Editor-in-Chief of this fine paper, The Charger Bulletin, I understand the need for getting news out quickly. Hell, I get breaking news text messages delivered to my phone throughout the day and subscribe

Zack Rosen Editor-in-Chief

Welcome back from Thanksgiving break! I hope everyone had a great holiday full of turkey, great football games (the Giants lost yay!), and Black Friday shopping. Welcome back to campus and to the final push before the holiday break. Get ready for the presentations, projects, exams, and papers that are sure to fill the next 19 days. Oh yeah, and don’t forget those finals! With Dec. 10 looming around the corner, everyone on campus has started studying, reading, and finally catching up on the work that has been put off all semester

to a service that gets me news before any of the national media broadcasts it. I found out about Michael Jackson’s death about 45 minutes before CNN even announced it.

This said, there’s a certain responsibility to covering news that many media organizations do not possess.

This past Friday, as we all know by now, famed golfer Tiger Woods was in a car accident. Not even an hour after this news broke there were reports of Woods being killed, being drunk at

the wheel, and cheating on his wife.

Wow! Imagine that! Someone gets in a car accident, and some psychic idiot says he was cheating on his wife! Amazing.

Hey, I stubbed my toe this morning. Am I gonna win a freakin’ laptop later?

But hold on: as often as it is their fault, it’s not ALWAYS the media who you have to blame. Sure, all of the media is guilty of publishing incorrect news at least once.

The fact that Tiger Woods has refused multiple police in-

terviews, however, begs the question of whether he’s to blame a bit for the crazy rumors going around the news media this past weekend.

According to the statement released this past Sunday, Woods “would also ask for some understanding that my family and I deserve some privacy no matter how intrusive some people can be.”

Okay, T-Bone, I’ll give you that. You DO deserve some privacy.

Everyone does. But you know, as a celebrity, that is something

which is incredibly close to impossible.

It’s kind of an unsigned contract you make when you become famous. If you drive into a tree at 2:30 in the morning, questions WILL be asked.

Heck, if any of the rest of us “normal” people got in an accident and rammed a tree, we’d be questioned within an hour.

So quit complaining; if you don’t want your life questioned, analyzed, and attacked, just go and talk with the police. You don’t have to talk with

the media, but you should speak with law enforcement. If for no other reason, it just makes you look sketchy if you ignore them and refuse to answer any of their questions.

PS – LOL at the fact that his wife used a, get this, GOLF CLUB to break open the car’s window to help Tiger get out.

I guess there’s only one thing to say about that.

Tiger Woods is so rich that he owns lots of expensive cars.

Now he has a hole in one.

associates.

Sure, some of you will be really excited, or maybe even a little nostalgic, to say goodbye to your professors for the last semester. But for some of us, these are the last 17 days of December we’ll ever have at the University of New Haven.

Yes that’s right, for me (and the rest of the media heads of the USGA); this is the end of our last fall semester. Since 2006, we have taken part in this end of the year tradition: we take our Erin Ennis finals, say our goodAssistant Editor byes, and wish everygoodbye for a month one the usual “Happy to some of your dear- Holidays.” We’ve exest (and most hated) perienced three long

pushes to the end of the semester, including one where a snow day pushed finals back an extra day. The senior class has had a lot of memories and we are on the brink of experiencing yet another: that last undergraduate holiday break.

I know, personally, I am scared to death of graduating.

I have come to love my home here at the University of New Haven and, as much as I hate to admit it, I have become as much a Connecticut girl as I am a Jersey girl. I know Editor-In-Chief Zack Rosen is equally unexcited about the

prospect of leaving.

It’s crazy how fast the time has gone.

So seniors: congratulations! We’ve made it halfway through the insanity that is the 2009-2010 school year. Spend the next 17 days reflecting on your time here at UNH. Yes, of course, be unhappy about your workload for the remainder of the semester. I know mine is going to be terrible.

But it is officially the last time you’ll ever be sitting up in your room on a December night, watching the snow fall without being able to go outside and play. It is the last time you’ll get to take

fall finals. It is the last time for holiday cheer and gift giving at our home-away-fromhome. Embrace it, and enjoy it! I know when we get back from break in January; time will fly even faster towards our impending graduation.

Underclassmen: make sure to value the time you still have here on campus. It will be gone before you know it.

So from the entire staff of The Charger Bulletin, we wish everyone Happy Holidays and a great end of the semester! And to all of us seniors… enjoy the last 17 days of the 2009 school year!

Goodbye Fall Semester...Forever!

long.

But you know, the end of the semester (officially Dec. 18, if you weren’t sure) means something else too. Sure, these last 17 days will be filled with holiday cheer, gift giving, and saying

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By MELANIE ROVINSKY

Never Too Late to Cross the Finish Line

STAFF WRITER

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As humans living in the twenty-first century, we are often corrupted by the need for instant gratification. We refuse to spend more than three days working on a term project, three hours reading a book, three minutes microwaving something for dinner, or three seconds downloading a new song. And in this vicious cycle of immediate attainment, we often give up on

our dreams simply because they take too long to accomplish.

I am a woman dictated by deadlines. I make lists for almost every aspect of my life: homework I have to complete, gifts I need to buy, items that must be crammed into my suitcase, and even movies I want to see. For anyone who shares in my list-making obsession, I do not need to convey the amount of satisfaction I experience when I finally get to cross an item off. However, the

more abstract goals I have for myself never quite make it onto a list. And as these little goals get put off longer and longer, they somehow seem further and further from being reached. As an avid (and slightlypsychotic) planner, my friends and family are often urging me to “live in the moment,” and “take advantage of today because you never know what tomorrow holds.” And although I know these sayings are derived from the truth, I’d like

to encourage all of you to accept a different mentality: if your dreams do not come true today, there is nothing wrong with trying again tomorrow.

My great uncle, Bernie Frydenberg, is a Holocaust survivor.

As a young boy, he was working in a concentration camp instead of playing with friends. He was torn from his parents, rather than being raised by them. Growing up, I had the privilege of hearing his story

first-hand. And even though he told about all of the hardships he endured, he considered himself lucky compared to other individuals subject to the same situation.

This past weekend, at the age of 84, my uncle was bar-mitzvahed. Seventy-one years after turning 13, he decided it was time for him to take part in a ritual that signified his passage into manhood. He never had the opportunity to celebrate his bar-mitzvah as a boy because of

the war that encompassed him. For him, however, seven decades later was just as satisfying. Even more so, perhaps, because of the new suit and platters of food he would have never had years ago.

Tasks have deadlines, but dreams do not. The passage of time should not be an excuse to give up, but rather, an opportunity to practice – a chance to comprehend the importance of what you will eventually achieve.

Mad? Happy? Something else!?

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Arts & Entertainment

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Protecting The Blind Side

white family from the other side of town ––––––––––––––––– who help him fulfill his potential after he Based on a Michael is accepted at their Lewis’s book, The children’s Christian Blind Side began as academy. While MiBy CAROLE MCFADDAN STAFF WRITER

an All-American offensive left tackle.

Most recently, Oher was a First Round draft pick in the 2009 National Football League (NFL) Draft

AN AP/WARNER BROS., RALPH NELSON PHOTO

In this film publicity image released by Warner Bros., Jae Head, foreground left, Quint Aaron and Sandra Bullock are shown in a scene from The Blind Side.

a sport analysis book and accidentally became the incredibly moving story of the All American football player Michael Oher of the Baltimore Ravens.

The Blind Side is the true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American teen from the Hurt Village projects in Memphis, Tennessee. He is taken in by the Touhys, a wealthy

chael is directly reaping the benefits of his relationship with the Touhy family, his presence in their lives leads them to self-discoveries of their own.

In his new environment, Michael faces a different set of challenges to overcome than in the projects, foster care, and his drug abusive mother.

As a football player and student, he works hard to later become

and was selected by the Baltimore Ravens.

The basis of the story takes place around Michael’s relationship with Leigh Anne Tuohy and her family. The story also focuses on the growing importance of the NFL offensive left tackle position that protects the quarterback. This position has become crucial in terms of protecting quarterbacks from un-

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week at 10 p.m. There will be more viewers available "for people who put on great dramas," said Leslie Moonves, CBS chief executive, "and that's what we do."

It hasn't quite worked out that way.

NBC's audience at that hour is down sharply, as many predicted. CBS is up 6 percent over last season, primarily because it moved the hit series "The Mentalist" into

that slot; on three of the five nights, its audience is down.

ABC is also down slightly at that hour, and it wasn't exactly overwhelmed with hits last year, either.

W i t h

seen tacklers coming from the left side of the line of scrimmage, known in football as "the blind side."

While critics were suspicious of the film’s simplistic can-do energy and paternalistic portrait of a deprived black youth nurtured by a wealthy white woman, it strongly appealed to audiences in its first weekend. The Blind Side made over $34 million during the Thanksgiving weekend.

Director John Lee Hancock expected the criticism since similar claims were stated against Lewis' book.

Hancock stated, "I see it differently.”

“To me,” says Hancock, “this is a nature versus nurture thing. I look at it as part of the differences between being rich and being poor, not as a whiteguilt form of paternalism. Any time you have people of different races in a movie that's about America, there's going to be a racial component.

But I think I'd be a pretty wafer-thin kind of person if I worried about what critics of the story would say.”

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Publicist Says Dinner Couple Not “Shopping” Story

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WA S H I N G T O N – A publicist for the couple that crashed a White House state dinner denies they are "shopping" any interviews or demanding money from television networks to tell their story.

In an e-mailed statement Monday, publicist Mahogany Jones said the allegations are false and demanded that "this adverse, inaccurate information cease immediately."

Jones said Michaele and Tareq Salahi are not making any formal comments or arrangements to speak with the media. An appearance previously scheduled for Monday night on CNN's Larry King Live has been canceled.

A television executive who spoke on condition of anonymity to publicly discuss bookings had told The Associated Press that the couple's representatives had urged networks to "get their bids in" for an upcoming television interview.

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Jay Leno Losing His Audience to DVR

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NEW YORK – Much of the prime-time audience lost to NBC when Jay Leno moved into prime-time has gone not to its rivals but the digital video recorder.

Rival network executives seemed almost giddy at the possibilities last spring after NBC announced Leno would do a comedy show five nights a

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In this Aug. 5, 2009 file photo, Jay Leno speaks during the panel for The Jay Leno Show at the NBC Universal Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena, Calif.

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Connecticut to Take CVS to Court

Blumenthal claims ex––––––––––––––––– pired over the counter drugs, like cold medicines, were sold at 20 Hartford - The state is CVS stores in Contaking one of the big- necticut. gest drug s t o r e chains to court for allegedly selling expired drugs and other products.

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Police: Live-in Girlfriend Stabs Man

As of time of print- By LISA DIVIRGILIO WTNH CONNECTICUT ing, there are no com––––––––––––––––– ments yet from CVS. The company is based in the state of New Haven - A man Rhode Island. was stabbed by his live-in girlfriend Sunday, police say.

The victim was stabbed in the chest, puncturing his lung, at this home on 58 Stevens St. He is currently listed in critical condition at a local hospital, but is expect-

ed to recover.

Police have not released the name of the victim or his girlfriend.

Police are still investigating what caused the incident.

police say.

The man brought ––––––––––––––––– four females back to his apartment from New Haven - A man the Gotham City. who took home four Once the women were unidentified females inside apartment at from a New Haven 111 Park Street, they night club was beaten hit the victim over and robbed by them, the head. The women

then left the residence with the victim's laptop and keys.

Police are not releasing the name of the victim, and they have not released descriptions of the four suspects involved in the crime.

Man Allegedly Beaten

by Four Women

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Stellmacher Leads Chargers to 73-38 Victory

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WEST HAVEN, Conn. - The University of New Haven women's basketball team, led by a careerhigh 22-point performance from junior Dominique Stellmacher, defeated the visiting Le Moyne College Dolphins 7338 at Charger Gymnasium. With the win the Chargers improve to 4-1 overall and 3-0

in the Northeast-10 NE-10.

Conference, while the Besides the iniDolphins fall to 1-2 tial bucket to start overall and 1-2 in the the game by the Dolphins, the Chargers never relinquished the lead en route to their third NE10 win of the season.

After the first basket, UNH went on a nine point run, to go ahead 9-2 early in the half.

Yasmin IthierA CHARGER ATHLETICS PHOTO Vicenty hit New #31 junior guard from New Britain, CT Haven's first of Dominique Stellmacher.

11 three-pointers to put the Chargers on the board and spark the nine-point run.

The Chargers dominated the tempo of the half, increasing their lead as the minutes waned down.

Stellmacher drained her second bucket from behind the arc and the final basket of the half, to give UNH their biggest lead of the half at 40-16.

The Dolphins had no answer for the Chargers' pressure on

both sides of the court, as UNH continued to control the game in the second half. New Haven held its biggest lead of the game with 4:43 on the clock when Nicole Pollard knocked down a three to go ahead 69-29.

The Chargers finished the afternoon shooting a seasonhigh 52.4 percent from behind the arc and a season-high 46 percent from the floor.

Stellmacher led the team with 22 points

and eight rebounds.

Alysia Saunders also pulled down eight rebounds, along with her four points. Pollard and Ithier-Vicenty added 14 and 12 points, respectively.

The Chargers are back in action on Wednesday, Dec. 2 when they head to the College of the Saint Rose for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff.

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2006.

Titans fullback Ahmard Hall played with Young in that title game and told coaches on his sideline that his friend would deliver again.

"He just has a knack for the spotlight," Hall said.

The Titans (5-6) have not lost since Young replaced Kerry Collins as the starter.

They are the first team to win five in a row after starting 0-6.

Arizona (7-4) had its three-game winning streak end. Leinart made his first start since Oct. 7, 2007, as the Cardinals sat Kurt Warner with what coach Ken Whisenhunt called sensitivity in the quarterback's eyes. Arizona has a key NFC matchup with Minnesota next week.

Leinart threw for 220 yards, LaRod Stephens-Howling returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and Tim Hightower also ran for a TD for Arizona. But the Car-

By HOWARD FENDRICH

Slam administrator Bill Babcock told The Associated Press on Monday.

Babcock's decision was to be formally released later Monday.

He said Williams faces a "probationary period" at Grand Slam tournaments in 2010 and 2011.

If she has another "major offense" at

a major championship in that time, the fine would increase to $175,000 and she would be barred from the following U.S. Open.

According to Babcock, the previous highest fine for a Grand Slam offense was about $48,000 to Jeff Tarango in the 1990s.

Young Rallies Titans to 20-17 Win Over Cardinals

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Steve Breaston walked over to Cardinals teammate Matt Leinart on the sideline early in the Tennessee Titans' final drive and called it deja vu.

Young outdueled Leinart again with yet another spectacular winning drive Sunday. He hit a leaping Kenny Britt for a 10yard touchdown as time expired, and the Titans rallied to beat Arizona 20-17 for their fifth straight victory.

Young won his ninth straight start and improved to 23-11 in his career by driving the Titans 99 yards on 18 plays in the final 2:37. He converted three fourth downs on the drive, two on passes to Britt. He threw for a career-high 387 yards in beating Leinart in their first meeting as professionals and first since the BCS national championship in January

dinals lost for the first time this season away from home with Warner watching from the sideline wearing sweats.

The winning drive almost overshadowed the record-setting performance by Titans running back Chris Johnson.

He matched the NFL mark held by Earl Campbell (1980) and Eric Dickerson (1984) by running for at least 125 yards in his sixth straight game. Johnson topped 125 yards Sunday with an 85-yard touchdown gallop late in the third quarter, and he turned in the most yards rushing in November, a mark previously held by Barry Sanders (1997).

Johnson finished with 18 carries for 154 yards, although he didn't even touch the ball on the final drive. He didn't seem to mind.

Williams Fined at Least Record $82,500 for Tirade

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Serena Williams was fined at least a record $82,500 for her U.S. Open tirade and could be suspended from that tournament if she has another "major offense" at any Grand Slam in the next two years, Grand

A REUTERS/FADI AL-ASSAAD PHOTO

Serena Williams of the U.S. reacts to her win over her sister Venus Williams during their WTA Championships final tennis match in Doha Nov. 1, 2009.

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Leno Hurt by Digital

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one-third of American TV households now equipped with DVRs like TiVo, the 10 p.m. hour is emerging as a popular time for people to catch up on what they missed earlier in the evening, or earlier in the week.

Here's some math: NBC has lost an average of 1.8 household ratings points at the 10 p.m. hour compared to fall 2008, according to the Nielsen Co. At the same time, DVR usage — which is also measured by Nielsen — is up by 1.4 points in that hour.

"The DVR phenomenon is a little bit higher than we thought," said David Poltrack, CBS' chief research executive.

For example, many people watch CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Thursdays at 9, tape ABC's Grey's Anatomy at the same time, then watch the medical soap an hour later, he said.

They may tape The Mentalist (Thursday at 10) for later viewing. One casualty of growing DVR usage is that Friday nights, home of Medium" and Ugly Betty, are becoming a TV wasteland because so many people are catching up on programs they missed during the week.

NBC will settle for any new viewers it can get for Leno.

Here's how rough the neighborhood is in prime-time: Leno was the universally hailed king of late-night TV this spring and is now a punching bag, with roughly the same number of people

watching him. But the standards are higher earlier in the night.

Leno has been deluged with stories judging NBC's grand experiment a failure, and questioning when the network will pull the plug.

Some NBC affiliates are concerned that NBC's 28 percent drop in viewership at 10 p.m. is depressing the ratings for the local newscasts that follow Leno on the schedule, and are key to those stations' budgets. Bob Prather, president of Gray Television, which owns 10 NBC stations, said in a call with analysts that the Leno experiment was a failure that NBC isn't ready to admit.

"They gambled," Marc Berman, analyst for Media Week Online, said. "This was the biggest risk I've ever seen a network take in television history. They gambled and they lost."

NBC has said publicly that it needs Leno to achieve a 1.5 audience rating among its target audience of 18-to-49year-old viewers for the network to make a profit. During Leno's first 40 shows, the ratings dipped below that number 10 times, and equaled it five times.

Leno surprised many people in the industry recently by saying in a Broadcasting & Cable interview that he would have preferred to stay in his late-night Tonight show slot, now occupied by Conan O'Brien. He also said he enjoyed being an underdog.

"Emotionally, I can

take body shots all day long and that doesn't really bother me," he told the magazine.

And he has defenders. Glenn Abel, a critic for the Web site The Wrap, wrote that he'd seen every one of Leno's shows and it's better than most people think. "Overall, The Jay Leno Show is consistently funnier than Saturday Night Live and is often the most entertaining show in its time slot," Abel wrote.

Over the past week or so, there are indications that Leno may have hit bottom in the ratings and is stabilizing. The show is also gathering some small momentum on Tuesday nights, when a lead-in from "The Biggest Loser" leaves more potential viewers.

NBC has given no indication that it is ready to pull the plug, the way it might for a single night's show.

(Network executives weren't made available to The Associated Press to discuss Leno's show.) Downsizing to one or two nights a week would be an admission of failure. There are so many complications: Does NBC pay Leno to go away? Does it pull the rug out from under O'Brien after paying him millions and moving his show to the West Coast?

"I think they have to (ride it out) because I don't think they have a backup plan," said Shari Anne Brill, an analyst for media buyer Carat USA. "What else do they have to go in its place?"

UNH Cookie Swap I would like to invite you to join The Office of Residential Life in giving back to UNH and our surrounding community at the UNH Cookie Swap. In past years, through your generosity, we have been able to donate cookie baskets and platters to many departments on campus that serve us, as well as to many community organizations including the local fire and police departments, Columbus House, the VA Hospital, and WHEAT. If you are interested in helping us spread holiday cheer, please consider donating cookies, holiday tins, decorative platters, ribbon, or cellophane wrap. All donations can be brought to the Office of Residential Life on Wednesday, December 16th between 8:30am4:30pm. This is a great way to show your appreciation at the holidays!

This year I will also be creating a cookie cookbook which will be shared with the UNH community, so please include your cookie recipe along with any cookie donation.

Feel free to email rkitchell@newhaven.edu or call me with questions as well at 932-7177! Thank you in advance for your continued generosity and happy holidays!

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Positives

The Charger Battery

Gobble Gobble. I hope everyone had good turkey times this past weekend! Most of my Thanksgiving was spent similar to a high speed car chase between myself and my fellow hectic travelers as I zipped to and from THREE different Thanksgiving events in a 5 hour period.

FUN. I am a fan of the turkey though!

HELLO! DID ANYONE ELSE NOTICE

by Sam Drotar THERE IS 3 WEEKS LEFT UNTIL THE END A weekly recap of the positives & negatives at UNH OF THE SEMESTER!?! I DID! :D Although the break was nice, it is good to be back. Honestly I don’t know how I am going to come back sane from around 6 solid weeks of living with the ‘rents! Eek! LET IT SNOW! The weather forecast this morning said that we should be expecting snow next week! …Which means that our first snowfall should be approximately in late April. Ba dum psh. I like snow! Snow, although at times EXTREMELY inconvenient and slightly dangerous, can be mother nature’s way of saying, “Hey, I’m pretty.” Or something.

I say, that on the first snow we should have an all-day, campus-wide, last-man-standing snowball fight. EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!

Charger Chat

by Tyler Salovin

Negatives I HATE PARKING AT UNH! So, last Tuesday, ya know, the day when everyone is loading their cars to leave for the holiday, guess who’s car got booted? MINE! As the rest of my fellow students were packing up their cars…also parked illegally I’ll add, I was sitting next to the big orange obtrusion on my wheel. $150 LATER I was able to drive away. I mean, ha, that wasn’t RIDICULOUS or anything. I mean, it wasn’t the day that EVERY SINGLE STUDENT had parked their vehicles in a loading zone, had other non-UNH cars to pick them up, or parked in a random spot for a few minutes to load their car! NO! Is anyone else extremely annoyed that the water fountains, or as I have recently discovered what the oddballs from the unfortunate state of Massachusetts call ‘bubblers,’ are not working in Maxcy? I am! But it was this happening that made me discover that UNH has their own water bottles!

Get ‘Re-chagred!’ We also have our own soda’s!

Check ‘em out at the Hazelnut Café in Maxcy.

I feel like Scrooge. It’s not even December as I am writing this, but yet I have an intense fiery drive to rip out my car stereo and set it on fire as I run over it with a steem-roller every time a Christmas song comes on. Intense? Maybe! But listen up Christmas!

Can you just hold on a second?! I’m just not ready!

That, and I’m broke as a joke! :/ Finals. ‘nuff said.

“All you’re missing out on is a potential anecdote if you’ve never poked yourself in the eye with a spoon.”

Lesson #506

A quick quip each and every week!

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Shawn’s Hotties of the Week

by Shawn L. Tremblay

Kait (left) should be hottie of the week because she is a hottie, duh! She’s really smart, caring, and fun! Kait is a kindhearted person and is always willing to help. She cares about everyone and love to give back.

Year: Senior/2010 Involvemet: She’s in Delta Phi Epsilon and enjoys giving back to the community.

Major: Fire Science Year: Sophomore/2012 Involvement: Deepher Dude, Rec Sports

Favorite Movies: Lifetime Network Movies

Favorite Movies: The Boondock Saints, Superbad

Favorite Sports Team: Dallas Cowboys

Favorite Sports Team: Boston Red Sox

Favorite Musician: Lil Wyane

Favorite Musician: Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Elmo

Guy

Girl Kait Rodriques

Major: Criminal Justice

Alex Woron

Alex has come out of his awkward freshman-ness and has transformed into a beautiful socialite butterfly. He has won Deeper Dude and is very involved in Rec Sports both on and off the field. Alex is a great example of how to become involved on the UNH Campus. He is a die-hard Red Sox fan.

Just Freakin’ Great UNH’s version of FMyLife

I had to work this evening, so I wasn’t able to go out and celebrate my roommate’s 21st birthday when everyone else did. My plan was still seemingly flawless though, simply involving a shuttle bus to catch up with them downtown. Problem is, the shuttle didn’t show up. Twice. JFG Now even when I try to go to class in Kaplan I have to worry about getting held up at gunpoint...JGF I entered the elevator, and just as it’s about to close, a girl walks in talking on the phone and says “yea I just had to send my teacher emails about not being able to come to class because of flu like symptoms...” And I’m stuck on the elevator with you! Thanks!

JFG

No Pun Intended

by Patrick Wellington

I was shocked hearing about his accident, because I always thought Tiger Woods was known as a good driver! (No Pun Intended)

Allen Iverson has retired from the NBA. That being said, I wouldn’t be surprised if he has Brett Favre on speed dial, given Brett’s experience with retiring. Several times. In fact, no one’s a better quitter than Brett Favre.

Each time he does it, he gets better and better. (No pun here ... just saying!)

It was fourth and 2. Patriots vs. Colts. On the Patriots own 29 yard line. The Pat’s offense and the kicking team both ran out at the same time, causing Bill Belichick to call his final time out. He sent Tom Brady and the offense out, calling his kicking team back to the sidelines. When asked about it, he stated that there was “no punt intended.”

Garfield Minus Garfield

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yo! no food!

The UNH library staff is asking for cooperation from students in respecting the library’s food and drink policy. Food and drink (including water) are only permitted in the Library Café located on the main level of the library. Food and drink in any other part of the library is not permitted.

It is possible to both study and enjoy your food and drink in the library by charging out a laptop computer at the circulation desk and bringing it to the café area where eating and drinking are permitted.

The reason that the library needs this policy is to protect our computers and library materials. In addition, ants, roaches, and mice like to come into the library to eat the food crumbs left behind. Yuck! Let’s not give these creatures a reason to come into the library. Help them stay outside where they belong!

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