Volume 87, Issue 18
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
MAJOR DISCOVERY
The student newspaper of the University of New Haven since 1938 THE LATEST IN ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Check out the Arts and Entertainment section for the latest in music and movies.
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Blink is Back!
By MELANIE ROVINSKY STAFF WRITER
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It has been four years… four long years during which millions of kids have been trudging through life missing a vital piece of their hearts. But the days of meaningless existence are over. That’s right, Blink-182 is back to-
gether! The infamous punk rock trio–Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Travis Barker–announced their reunion Sunday, Feb. 8 at the Grammy Awards. “We used to play music together, and we decided we’re going to play music together again,” drummer See FANS page 8
A-ROD BUSTED The controversial Yankee is back in the news-this time for admitting steroid use. Read the whole story inside. – Page 10
BROWN APOLOGIZES Chris Brown has apologized for abusing his girlfriend Rihanna after living under public scrutiny for over a week. Want to know what he has to say? Look inside.
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INDEX Arts & Entertainment Pages 8 and 11 Bulletin Board
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Engineer Stirs Up Killer Sauce
Rock band Blink-182 announced their reunion at the Grammy Awards.
By ABBE SMITH
NEW HAVEN REGISTER
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Community & Advice WEST HAVEN — If one Page 9 were to follow the Clark Editorials
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Police Log/ Fun & Games Pages 12 and 13 National/World News Page 3 New Haven News Page 4 Sports
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Kent-Superman logic, then Mark Cavallaro is an engineer for Sikorsky Aircraft by day, and when he slips into a telephone booth to change into his alter ego, Cavallaro comes out as a chef wearing a shirt that exclaims “Ooh-Fah!” “Ooh-Fah” is the name of Cavallaro’s secret-recipe teriyaki sauce that he has been cooking up since college and now bottles for sale in local groceries, delis
and markets. The logo on the bottle is of a smiling Buddha meditating under the sauce’s now officially trademarked name. While Cavallaro keeps the Sikorsky gig because, well, something has to pay the bills, and it’s not his teriyaki sauce, he hopes to make it big with Ooh-Fah sauce one of these days. “We dream at the bar about our Ooh-Fah commercial at the Super Bowl,” he said. The one currently being fantasized about mimics the old Kool-Aid commercials, where the anthropoSee GRADUATE page 4
MUMMY
Archaeologists uncovered an outstanding mummy storeroom near Cairo. Look inside for more details. – Page 3
UNH’s Favorite Sexperts Return
By KYLE QUINN-QUESADA STAFF WRITER
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WEST HAVEN—Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot’s sex education program, “Sex Discussed Here!” isn’t your average talk about the birds and the bees. Miller and Solot travel to universities, colleges and other forums all around the country educating college age students in everything sex. With separate special programs including, Sex!, Female Orgasm, Gay Lesbian Bi-Sexual Transgendered and Safer Sex. Miller and Solot bring a youthful, knowledgeable and trendy look at sex education. The
been here at UNH. In 2006 and 2007, the group came with their award winning program, “I Love Female Orgasm.” This tour was for Miller and Solot’s coauthored book, I ♥ Female Orgasm : An Extraordinary Orgasm Guide, which has been a hit and has sold thousands of copies throughout the world. Dori Solot’s journey to her current profession was a difficult but eye opening one. According to their website, “As a breast cancer survivor who discovered a lump in her own breast at age 26, Dorian knows that being comfortable with her own body may have saved her life. As a result, she is
passionate about increasing people's knowledge and comfort with their own bodies.” Graduating from B r o w n University PHOTO COURTESY OF SEXUALITYEDUCATION.COM Marshall Miller and Dorial Solot tour college campuses accross and trained the country discussing safe sex. program presented to UNH in sexuality education Sothis year mainly focused on lot has written several arquestions that many college ticles about the scientific students still have regard- study of the female oring sex and relationships gasm in addition to her and in general. The hour long Miller’s book, I ♥ Female presentation featured seg- Orgasm. She is also a cerments like, “Great Lovers tified doula who provides Use Lube”, “Great Lovers professional labor support Get Consent” and a crowd to women during the birthfavorite, anonymous ques- ing process. tion and answer segment. Marshall Miller also This was not the first time “Sex Discussed Here!” has See SPEAKERS page 5
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Campus Events, Etc. The Charger Bulletin | February 18, 2009
Wednesday, February 18 Test Preparation and Test Taking Maxcy 210E, 2pm – 3pm Women's Basketball vs. Southern New Hampshire University Charger Gymnasium, 5:30pm – 7:30pm One In Four Event: Men's Dodds Theatre, 6:00pm – 7:15pm One In Four Event: Women's Dodds Theatre, 7:30pm – 8:15pm Beanhouse Bartels, 9pm
Saturday, February 21 Black Jew Dialogues Dodd's Theatre, 9pm
Submit your campus events to the Charger Bulletin calendar! Email ChargerBulletin@newhaven.edu
Thursday, February 19 Soul Food Dinner Alumni Lounge, 4pm – 6pm BSU Performance Dodds Theatre, 6pm – 7pm Twisted Thursday Echlin Dining Hall, 9:30pm – 11:00pm
Friday, February 20 Comedian Showcase Dodds Theatre, 7pm – 9pm Quantum of Solace Alumni Lounge, 7pm Freakum Dress Party German Club, 9pm – 11pm UNH Ice Hockey vs. Tufts University Northford Ice Pavillion, 9:30pm – 11:30pm
Sunday, February 22 Oscar Party Alumni Lounge, 6:30pm – 11:00pm
Monday, February 23 Philippe Graffin Alumni Lounge, 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Film Week Begins!
To all freshman and sophomore students with a driver’s license: Tired of complaining about money? Bored in between classes? Well I have the perfect solution, and it is NOT a work study, it’s a real job! By Dan Osipovitch A weekly recap of the positives & negatives at UNH
Positives
Negatives
Matthew Broderick made an appearance on campus last week. Cool right? Too bad no one knew he was here. I understand that a certain amount of privacy was obviously needed for whatever project he was working on, but to keep it such a secret that even professors had no clue seems a little unnecessary.
What the dickens is wrong with the heat in the Rec Center? From the moment you walk in until the moment you walk out, all you can think of is how hot it is in there! There’s almost no need to exercise since you lose enough weight in sweat from walking once around the track. Maybe you guys can cool it, literally, on the temperature.
Holy cow! The C-Store (yes, CStore because I refuse to call it the Quick Zone) has a thousand new products! Okay, maybe not really 1,000, but has anyone else noticed the increase in choices!? Finally! The Charger Pep Band is doing an awesome job-just wanna give them props! They have had such a presence at all of the volleyball games. Must make the players feel great! If only more students made a spiritfull appearance too.
I’m still sitting on the park benches in Maxcy waiting for the vending machines to come back. I have a feeling I’ll be here for quite a while. At last week’s USGA meeting, President Kaplan assured students that the greatlymissed vending machines would be back in Maxcy by the end of the week. They unfortunately are still missing. Surprise! Wa r m weather = return of mud!
My name is Bradley Reed and I am the office assistant/student employee of Sodexo campus dining. I am a graduating senior and I need to hire and train my replacement before the year is over. If you are interested please go to the office in Bartel’s Cafe and ask to speak with myself, or ask for an application. I will be hiring until I find a suitable replacement so I look forward to hearing from you all! If you would like to know what my job consists of, the Office Manager can tell you my hours and I will meet with you then to discus what you would potentially be doing. Thanks! Bradley H. Reed USGA Senator
National/World News
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Egypt Hits Mummy Motherload News
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away from ––––––––––––––––– t w o By Associated Press Writers of the North Korea may distract from Clinton m o r e message to Asia CAIRO—Last prom- TOKYO –Hillary Rodham Clinton chose Asia Wednesday, archaei n e n t for her first trip abroad as secretary of state ologists in Egypt p y r a - hoping to engage the continent on a wide range made the discovery m i d s of global issues but North Korea is threatening of a lifetime. Located in the to steal the show. almost twelve miles area. She began a weeklong tour of Japan, Insouth from Cairo, F r o m donesia, South Korea and China in Tokyo on what has been dubbed t h i s Monday with a pledge that the Obama adminas an “ancient storea r - istration would transform the traditional U.S.room for mummies” Asia agenda into one that deals with climate AN AP PHOTO c h a e has been discovered The remains of a newly discovered Egyptian mummy and its sarcophagus lie within a tomb at o l o - change, clean energy and the worldwide finanin Saqqara. Zahi Ha- Saqqara, south of Cairo. was, Egypt’s chief dependent kingdom the fact that they were gists believe that cial crisis. "I have come to Asia on my first trip as secarchaeologist has (before foreign in- entombed in limestone Saqqara was used not deemed the moment vaders conquered the sarcophagi, an expen- only for burials during retary of state to convey that America's relasive material from the Old Kingdom, but tionships across the Pacific are indispensable of discovery as one vast area). From the few sar- Thebes. This specific also 2,000 years later to addressing the challenges and seizing the that “hold[s] all the passion of archaeol- cophagi that have mummy is thought to with the current dis- opportunities of the 21st century," she said. "We will be looking for ways to collaborate opened and the re- be a nobleman. Also covery. ogy.” A r c h a e o l o g i s t s on issues that go beyond just our mutual conThe discovery is mains that have been mummified are the recomprised of about analyzed, the archae- mains of children and plan to scan the mum- cerns to really addressing global concerns," 22 mummies, eight of ologists and their a dog, possibly a pet my found in the lime- Clinton said at a ceremony to commemorate which are in sarcoph- teams have theorized belonging to a more stone sarcophagus and the arrival of the first secretary of state ever to agi, located in a room that the remains pri- prominent member of study the remaining make Japan their first overseas stop. objects found in the Gaza man killed in recycling accident 36 feet below ground marily belong to one the family. The storeroom was storeroom. From what GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip –Palestinian hospital in Saqqara, an ancient family of some high Egyptian necropolis. standing. From the found adjacent to an has already been dis- officials say a 25-year-old Gaza man has been The remains are all conditions of the re- even older necropo- covered in Egypt, it is killed and five people have been wounded in a dated at 2,600 years mains, it is known lis dating back 4,300 theorized that over 70 blast along the border with Israel. Palestinian security officials say the exploold and date back to that one member of years to the sixth Dy- percent of what’s still the twenty-sixth Dy- the family was partic- nasty of the Old King- out there has yet to be sion in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya was caused when people who were melting nasty, around 640 BC ularly wealthy. This dom. It is also only unearthed. down scrap metal for recycling inadvertently and Egypt’s last in- was determined by a few hundred yards threw an explosive device into the fire. Residents initially reported Monday that a shell exploded. Your place to find the oddest stories in mainstream news. Meanwhile, Israel's military says two rockBy Zack Rosen Omitting Emis- about leaving out carMEXICO CITY crowd before the kiss ets fired from Gaza in violation of an informal sions bon dioxide altogeth- –Mexico City puck- with the classic Mexi- truce landed in Israel. No injuries were reportWICHITA, Kan. er.’ It just didn’t make ered up to set a new can ballad, “Besame ed. Israel ended a three-week military offensive –A high school stu- sense,” Stanford said. record Saturday as Mucho,” or “Kiss Me dent’s keen eye has “It had to be a mis- nearly 40,000 people a Lot” — also the in Gaza on Jan. 18, and the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers declared a cease-fire the same caught a state test er- take.” locked lips in the city name of the event. ror that managed to The event also in- day. But sporadic violence has continued as Stanford’s discov- center for the world’s slip past teachers, test ery has caught nation- largest group kiss. cluded workshops on Egypt tries to mediate a long-term truce. coordinators and other al attention, even earnCarlos Martinez violence-free relation- Tour bus collision jams I-95 traffic in West students for almost a ing him an appearance of Guinness World ships and AIDS pre- Haven WEST HAVEN – Connecticut state police say year. Sunday on the Fox Records verified the vention. Geoffrey Stanford, News Channel’s “Fox record of 39,897 peoAs soon as the kiss- about 30 people were checked for minor inju17, discovered during and Friends” morning ple who entered the ing stopped, partici- ries after two tour buses collided on Interstate a Kansas writing test show. gated kissing area of pants started chanting 95 in West Haven. Troopers say one bus rear-ended the other last week that an es“It’s been hilarious, the city’s Zocalo main “Cente!” the nicksay question concern- because I just never square on Valentine’s name for Mexico’s bus around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, causing a colliing greenhouse gases thought it would get Day, besting Weston- most popular ranchera sion that blocked the left and center northbound incorrectly used the to this point,” he said. super-Mare, an Eng- singer, Vicente Fer- lanes for about two hours. About 30 people on the buses were evaluatword “omission” for “Some people are say- lish town that set the nandez, who followed the word “emission,” ing, `Good job,’ and previous kissing re- the smooch-fest with ed by medical workers. Passengers were taken to a nearby school until the tour bus company prompting the Wich- some are giving me a cord in 2007. a free concert. ita East High School little grief about it.” “We did it! Long The band Kiss, sent replacement buses. The destination of the buses and details junior to point out the Omit that. (That’s live Mexico,” said however, would have error. what she said.) Mexican singer-ac- been a more appropri- about whether charges would be filed against either driver were not available Sunday. “I thought, `Surely Puckering With tress Susana Zavaleta, ate act. they’re not talking Mexico who serenaded the By SARA McGUIRE STAFF WRITer
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UNH Graduate Student Starts Sauce Business
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morphic red pitcher bursts through a brick wall and exclaims “Oh, yeah!” In Cavallaro’s version, a giant Buddha plays the role of the Kool-Aid pitcher and most likely exclaims “Ooh-Fah!” when he crashes through. At 41, Cavallaro — his friends call him “Cav” — has followed a long and winding path to his current double life as engineer/teriyaki sauce entrepreneur. Cavallaro grew up in West Haven and graduated in 1985 from Notre Dame High School. His love of cooking developed when he was a teenager working at the former New England Food and Beverage and Duffy’s Tavern, where his sauce is sold. He went on to pursue a major in industrial engineering from the University of New Haven. After graduating in 1990, Cavallaro tried to land a job in the engineering field, “but
I was competing with guys with 25 years of experience.” Couple that with the fact the economy was tough at the time, and Cavallaro decided to pursue other options. So the newly minted engineer packed his bags and, on a whim, went to culinary school at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. After graduating in 1992, he traveled to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, to work as a chef for a U.S. military resort nestled among the Alps. There, Cavallaro rodE his bicycle to the restaurant where he worked. “It was just like out of a Hans Christian Andersen story. It was beautiful,” he said. After that job, he worked at the Mill River Inn, a fine dining restaurant on Long Island. “There wasn’t a can opener in the place. We made everything from scratch,” he says. Then it was off to Chicago, where he cooked for 500 em-
ployees of a law firm. After a few years in the kitchen, Cavallaro got a little “burnt out” on cooking, so he switched gears completely and went back to engineering. For the last two years, he has worked at Sikorsky in Strat-
ford, a short commute from his home in West Haven. Cavallaro is at his desk every weekday by 7 a.m. and spends the day analyzing data and working on computer code.
police and fire protection must come first and we all must cut everywhere we can, let’s do some costbenefit analysis before we cut too deeply and in the wrong place. In many ways, when challenged to do more with less, we find ways in which we can do just that. But the big secret of libraries is they do this all day, every day. Libraries are inherently costeffective because they share resources. They are “information cooperatives.” A dollar spent here multiplies many times. The $50
book that circulates to 100 people lowers the cost to 50 cents per use while saving each user the purchase cost. That $50 is now worth $5,000. Interlibrary loan services increase usage even further. A better example of “more bang for the buck” is iCONN, the statewide library cooperative that provides us with databases like PsycINFO and Academic OneFile. An early 2007 press release said that the $2M spent on iCONN was saving $31M for the individual libraries, many of whom
It was in the machinist department at Sikorsky, where his engineering job is based, that Cavallaro entered his notyet-famous, unnamed teriyaki sauce in the “Titanium Chef” contest in 2006. He took first place in the ap-
petizer category, and after some encouragement from co-workers and friends, Cavallaro took the leap. After getting the recipe just right and finding a manufacturer
to produce the sauce, Cavallaro set about the task of getting stores and restaurants to sell the sauce. A list of places that offer the teriyaki sauce can be found on his Web site, www.oohfah.com. Where did the name “Ooh-fah” come from? It’s a favorite saying of Cavallaro’s. As in, “Oohfah! That was a good meal!” His friends’ children even call him Mr. Ooh-Fah. Chris Walsh owns Duffy’s Tavern on Campbell Avenue, one of the restaurants that sells the sauce and offers dishes seasoned with Ooh-Fah. Needless to say, he’s a big fan. “The sauce is excellent. It has a lot less sodium than your typical teriyaki sauce,” Walsh said. Walsh is considering an unusual twist on typical teriyakiinspired offerings. He plans to offer an OohFah-infused Bloody Mary cocktail in the future.
“It’s not actually on the menu yet,” Walsh conceded, but added that it could be on the seasonal cocktail list by the spring. “It’s kind of the sweet and spicy-type thing and it goes quite well together.” Cavallaro said friends and family have offered a number of unusual ideas for the sauce. His friend’s dad puts it on vanilla ice cream. Another friend drizzles it over pizza. Last year at this time, Cavallaro was just getting his first batch of the manufactured sauce. “It wasn’t right; too sweet,” he said and frowned. But the manufacturer eventually got it right, he added. Cavallaro won’t be wrapping up bottles of sauce as gifts for loved ones this holiday season. “My family has bought so much OohFah,” he said. “My friends and family have been very good to me.”
could not otherwise afford the resources at all. Additionally, that $2M was paying for 33 million searches, making the cost per search an astounding six cents. Economies of scale and the whopping increase in use of iCONN make this one of the best library values in this state or any other. Academic libraries are feeling the pinch right now and the Peterson Library is no exception. It is, however, a given that there is probably no other single unit on any campus that
serves the entire university constituency more than its library. Through books, videos, periodicals, databases, computing equipment, and informational services, the library benefits, at least potentially, each and every student, instructor, employee, and administrator, on campus and off. With efforts largely relying on existing resources, we at the Peterson Library are offering more “goods and services” than ever before. Consider the following: -Nearly 100 com-
puters, including new iMacs and laptop PCs, all linked to three high-speed printers, and working seamlessly in our UNH wireless zone. -Expanded hours of operation in response to student requests. 7:00 a.m. openings. Midnight closings. Later hours, as always, during finals. -A battery of nearly 100 databases, most available 24/7 from Internet terminals anywhere, to support our academic programs. -A collection of
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Mark Cavallaro holds a bottle of “Ooh-Fah.”
Library Services: Holding Fast in Tough Times
By ROBERT BELLETZKIE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
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WEST HAVEN— There is no doubt that we are currently facing the worst economic crisis in decades, perhaps in a century. Times even less difficult than these force all of us to cut expenses and dip into savings. Library funding often takes a hit in bad times being seen as a place where cuts mean less harm done or the harm at least is less perceptible. While it is true that vital services like
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Keeping The Energy
By KAT WILBERDING sTAFF WRITER
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WEST HAVEN— By the time you read this, Season Three of RECSports will have started. YAY! Good luck to all the teams and participants. If you get the chance, come out and support the participants. Also, whether you are a participant of RECSports or just interested in playing some games check out Boston University’s 2009 NIRSA Regional 5-on-5 Basketball Championship. If you would like information on the event check out http://www.bu.edu/ fitrec/intramural/. If you are thinking about going, but need some help organizing a trip e-mail RECSports@
newhaven.edu. Last week, I mentioned a program called the Spring Weight Loss Challenge. I hope you had the chance to sign up. We have 97 participants across 29 teams all working towards a healthier lifestyle. However, if you didn’t get the opportunity to sign up, come to the Rec Center anyways. On Tuesday nights there is a “Weight Loss 101” class at 6 p.m. in room 205 at the Rec Center. The class is an educational program that discusses weight loss, diets, and being healthy. Being healthy doesn’t sound like a good time on a Thursday night does it? Well, what if I told you that several ladies had the opportunity to
dance their way into shape in a party-style class last Thursday night? In a ladiesonly, one-night event called “Fit Tease” ladies danced to “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” by Britney Spears. Ashley Ventrone attended the class commenting, “This class was a lot of fun. Everyone felt comfortable, and we all had a great time. I can’t wait for the next one in April.” The ladies got to unleash their inner divas by sipping on sparkling cider and dancing with feather boas. If you missed out on this experience or you want to come back and learn more moves, look out for registration to April’s Fit Tease.
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USGA President’s Corner
USGA Meetings are at 1:45 every Monday in the Alumni Lounge. All are welcome!
Apply for USGA Positions Today
Today, the applications for USGA President, USGA Treasurer and USGA senator are available on ChargerVoice.com. I am extremely excited for the elections process this year as we are now allowing USGA senators to campaign for their positions. USGA senators will be allowed to form campaign teams and campaign for the position of USGA senator. For those of you considering running for a position within the USGA I would
strongly encourage you to do so. Student leadership positions in the USGA enable students to become liaisons between students and the university administration. One of the reasons the USGA is able to be so successful is because we have such a diverse group of senators and club representatives that enables us to hear from many different positions. The position of USGA senator only requires a small
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BiHealth Program and Safer Sex Educator team. According to his website Marshall also, “trains teachers for the Unitarian Universalist and United Church of Christ Our Whole Lives sexuality education program.
The program has been to UNH several times in the past few years and will continue to address sexuality and STD/HIV issues in seminars and Q & A’s for the next few years.
freight 436 miles on a single gallon of diesel fuel. Libraries are the engines that transport dozens of information passengers with one book, hundreds with one laptop, and thousands with a single database. These builtin cost efficiencies propel library services forward every day, even as digitization enables us to reach farther beyond our traditional four walls. If the country is worried about the bot-
tom line, it should look to its libraries, which produce the kinds of returns on investment that the stock market can never replicate. Rather than considering cuts that cause the least visible damage, let wiser heads work to capitalize on the hidden dividends that libraries pay out every day. Library dollars make sense. They always have and they always will.
Louis Eswood III USGA President amount of time and has wonderful benefits. If you have any questions about the elections process or the specific details of being a USGA senator you can e-mail the USGA Elections committee at USGAelections@newhaven.edu.
Speakers School Students in Sex Education
graduated Brown University with a degree in Sexuality and Society. He spent significant time running STD and HIV prevention programs in Boston. While in Boston, Miller also founded
Library Services Remain Useful in Economic Crisis
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The Greek Spot Recruitment Week
Every night meet in the quad at 9:45 and go out with the Greeks!!!
We d n e s d a y : Women’s Basketball Game at North Campus-5:30 (Come
Spirited!) Thursday: Dining with Greeks in Bartels from 4:30 to 7:30
p.m. Friday: Relay for Life kickoff at 6 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge
17,000 full-text periodicals online, many converted from print subscriptions, and interlinked between databases for easy access. -The economical use of electronic collections like ENGnetBASE and CREDO Reference to replace costly and quickly outdated print resources. Today’s library is not unlike the modern railroad locomotive that can haul a ton of
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Editorials
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Countering the Protest-Fight the WBC
Welcome back to Part Three of my following of the most screwed up cult in America – the Westboro Baptist Church! You may recall my past articles on this group, but let me briefly tell you more about them, straight from Wikipedia’s mouth to your ears! The Westboro Baptist Church is a Topeka, Kansas based church that has been around since 1955. The organization is monitored by the Anti-Defamation League and is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. While its members identify themselves as
Baptists, the WBC is them as unaffiliated to an independent church the Primitive Baptists. and is not affiliated The views that distinguish Westboro Baptist Church are views that most Baptists and Calvinists do not recognize, and do not consider to be in any way characteristically Baptist or Calvinistic. For years now, the Westboro Baptist Church thinks that Zack Rosen they can use their Assistant Editor religion to say that God hates gay peowith any known Bap- ple, Muslims, Jews, tist associations. The and Americans-just church describes itself to name a few. They as following Primitive make unwelcome visBaptist and Calvin- its to picket the funerist principles, though als of fallen American mainstream Primitive soldiers, visits by the Baptists reject West- Pope, concerts put boro Baptist Church on by gay musicians and Phelps, regarding (i.e. Elton John), and
many other events and activities that this cult disagrees with. Most recently, the WBC has put out a press release in regards to last week’s plane crash in Buffalo, NY, stating the following: “GOD HATES AMERICA. THANK GOD FOR THE PLANE THAT CRASHED IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK, KILLING 50. WBC WILL PICKET THEIR MEMORIAL, WITH A MESSAGE FROM GOD WHO KILLED THEM.” It’s one thing if you’re screwed up enough to actually believe that a god wanted 50 people killed in a
horrible accident, but it’s another thing altogether when you take your message of hate and picket memorials and funerals. So the point of this week’s editorial is this – fight back! On Friday, Mar. 13, the Westboro Baptist Church will picket at Lexington High School and Hanscom Air Force Base after visiting Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in the morning. Members will picket at Reading High School in the evening. Wicked Local, a Lexington, Mass. publication, stated that the group’s main focus will be the protest in Reading, where the
high school will stage a performance of The Laramie Project, a play written about student Matthew Shepard. Shepard was a gay university student who was beaten and murdered in 1998 near Laramie, Wyo. by two men who tried to justify the beating and murder by using a so-called “gay panic defense.” If dates work right, I’ll be there – and I invite you to come along if you’re outraged by this cowardly group as well. Don’t sit back and let them have their way, but instead show up to create a counter protest twice their size.
Animal Awareness Tip: Portuguese Man O’War By MAIDELINE SANCHEZ STAFF WRITER
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Anybody may be convinced that Portuguese Man O’Wars are jellyfish because of their long thin tentacles attached to a crescent-like head. As a matter of fact, Man O’Wars are not jellyfish but a combination of four different types of organisms that work together. The Man O’War is made up of four sections or polyps. The upper polyp is where the name of the siphonophore (animal made up of a group of organisms working together) is derived from. The
inflatable balloon usually situated above the surface of the water resembles a warship and only move when wind is available. Whenever Man O’Wars feel threatened, they deflate their upper polyp (pneumatophore) and sink below the surface. The lower section is made up of another type of organism that forms the tentacles. On average they reach up to 30 feet below the surface, however they can stretch up to 165 feet. The tentacles contain venom that can paralyze and kill small creatures such as fish. On a human, the sting becomes agonizing
but can rarely cause death. The third and fourth polyps consist of digestive and reproductive organisms. The Man O’Wars’ life cycle involves both sexual and asexual reproduction. During the fall when large groups of Portuguese Man O’Wars gather together, sperm and eggs are released from both the males and females. When the eggs develop, larva is formed producing colonies in a process called budding. Later on, larvae separate into four polyps causing them to become an adult Portuguese Man O’War.
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Senator Spotlight
Name: Samantha Chester Senator Since: September 2008 Major and Year of Graduation: English, 2012 Why did you become a USGA senator? I became a senator to get involved in our UNH community right away. I also wanted to allow freshmen to have a voice in the USGA since we are currently the largest class on campus. What have you done so far as a senator? So far as a senator I have sat on a student task force working with Dean of Students Rebecca Johnson and other staff members. We have observed and analyzed the rela-
tionship between the USGA, Graduate Student
Council and faculty. We also compare our student government to similar universities. What would you like seen done at USGA or UNH? I would like to see more events and participation at UNH. As the Executive Assistant of the Class of 2012 I have been working with our executive board to plan events which will allow the freshman class to step up and make a mark
on UNH. We are currently planning a “UNH’s Got Talent” show for the spring—very exciting! Is there anything you would like to tell the student body? I think the student body as a whole has to come together more to support our peers. Whether that is by attending a play, sitting in on USGA meetings, or cheering at a game at North Campus, it’s important to take advantage of everything going on at UNH. How can students get in touch with you? E-mail me at sches1@ newhaven.edu or stop by during my office hours on Wednesdays from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Bartels.
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Blink Fans Excited About Reunion Announcement
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Travis Barker told the audience. The band has been on an “indefinite hiatus” since February 2005, when DeLonge left the band on heated terms. DeLonge went on to form the band Angels & Airwaves, while Hoppus and Barker teamed up in +44. While both bands achieved success, nothing could compare to the colossal following Blink-182 had generated. In November 2008, Barker was involved
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in a deadly plane crash in Columbia, S.C. The private jet crashed off the runway and caught fire, killing four people. Barker, one of the two that survived, made it off the plane, sustaining serious burns and injuries. After the accident, Hoppus blogged that communication with DeLonge had been resumed, and the three were connecting again as friends. Their announcement of a reunion three months later still shocked fans around the world.
It is unsure exactly what the band has in By JOHN ROGERS ASSOCIATED PRESS store for the future, but ––––––––––––––––– an album and world tour have already ANGELES been mentioned. The LOS band’s website leaves —Chris Brown, who fans with, “Summer was arrested a week 2009. Thanks and get ago in connection with a domestic vioready…” In Blink-182’s lence investigation, statement released shortly after their announcement, the band said, “To put it simply, we’re back. We mean, really back… Friendships reformed. 17 years deep in our legacy.”
than the $19 million it cost to make the movie. "It's a great title, and it was a great weekend to open. We had Friday the 13th and Valentine's Day," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros. "I've seen it play a number of times, and the audience is with it the whole way. A lot of screams and a lot of laughs." The Friday the 13th series has been one of the most-enduring horror franchises, spawning 10 sequels, including the crossover grudge match Freddy Vs. Jason, pitting Voorhees against the boogeyman from A Nightmare on Elm Street. The movie bumped off the previous weekend's top earner, the Warner-New Line romance He's Just Not That Into You, which fell to second-place but held up strongly over Valentine's weekend with $19.6
million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Among other new movies, Disney's comedy Confessions of a Shopaholic landed in fourth-place with $15.4 million, while Sony's thriller The International is No. 7 with $10 million. Confessions of a Shopaholic stars Isla Fisher as a magazine retail writer coping with her own compulsive buying habits. The International features Clive Owen as an Interpol agent and Naomi Watts as a prosecutor uncovering a bank's global misdeeds. The combination of solid debuts and strong holdovers lifted Hollywood to its best President's Day weekend ever. The three-day overall total of $190 million blew away the previous best of $157.1 million over President's Day weekend in 2007, ac-
Friday Remake Dominates Box Office
By DAVE GERMAINE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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LOS ANGELES— Friday the 13th had all the luck as the remake of the 1980 slasher flick opened with $42.2 million, putting blood and guts ahead of hearts over Valentine's Day weekend. That was a record for the horror genre, topping the $39.1 million debut for 2004's The Grudge. Accounting for today's higher admission prices, The Grudge sold slightly more tickets, however. Released by the Warner Bros. banner New Line Cinema, Friday the 13th updates the grisly story of killer Jason Voorhees and his rampage among youths at a secluded summer camp. On opening day— which fell on Friday the 13th—the remake pulled in $19.4 million, slightly more
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said Sunday he is "sorry and saddened" by what happened and is seeking counseling from his pastor and loved ones. The 19-year-old R&B singer also said much of what has been reported of the incident is untrue, although he did not elaborate. "Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired. I am seeking the counseling of my
pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person," Brown said in a statement issued through publicist Michael Sitrick. "Much of what
leased on $50,000 bail after being booked for investigation of making a criminal threat, a felony. He has not been charged by the district attorney's office, which is still investigating the case. His arrest reportedly stemmed from an argument with his girlfriend, fellow singer Rihanna, shortly after they left a pre-Grammy Awards party. Both were nominated for Grammys and were scheduled to appear at the Feb. 8 awards show but canceled at the last minute. Brown surrendered to authorities just as the show was getting under way. According to police, AN AP/MATT SAYLES PHOTO has been speculated Brown and a woman or reported on blogs began arguing as they and-or reported in the were traveling in a car media is wrong," he shortly after the Feb. 7 added. But he said he party. The fight escacouldn't discuss that lated after they got out in detail until his case of the car, and Brown is resolved. had left by the time He also said he has officers arrived. not posted any comAfter Brown's arments about the inci- rest, gum maker Wrigdent on Facebook or ley announced last any other Web site. week that it was sus"Those posts or writ- pending an ad camings under my name paign featuring Brown are frauds," he said. plugging Doublemint Brown surrendered chewing gum. to Los Angeles police on Feb. 8 and was re-
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Community & Advice
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Advice Corner
Q: My grandmother gave me a hideous sweater for Christmas, but due to her fragile heart I don’t want to tell her I hate it. How do I find a way to exchange it? A: Grandma is going to be heartbroken if you exchange the sweater she got you. I would keep it and just wear it around Grandma. It will make her so happy to see you wearing it. A: Exchange the sweater then wear the new one in front of her telling her it is the one that she originally purchased for you. She’s old, right? She won’t know the difference.
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Sports
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A-Rod’s Legacy Tarnished with Steroid Use
By JOHN OKO
SPORTS WRITER
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The big news that has rocked the baseball world is the report that New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003 while playing with the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez did the right thing and came clean in an interview with ESPN’s Peter Gammons. A-Rod said he felt the pressure of playing in Texas under a big money contract and that caused him to take the performanceenhancing drugs from 2001-2003. When this news broke people were outraged. They could not believe that one of the biggest names in the sport had cheated. But the bottom line is that baseball fans have to realize that we are living in the steroid age. Baseball has
always had some form of cheating. Let’s face it: players will do anything to find an edge, whether it is pitchers greasing up balls, players using corked bats, or even players takers steroids. Cheating has always seemed to be part of the game. Now do I think what ARod did was wrong. Absolutely. But I along with every other Yankees fan will surely be applauding him when he blasts a 400-foot shot over the wall at Yankee Stadium against the Red Sox. What I am trying to say is no matter how much steroid use is in the game of baseball the true baseball fan is always going to fill the ballpark when
it comes time for another baseball season. The MLB has had this steroid problem for
to find their rhythm as they went on a 10-4 run over the next five minutes to take a six point advantage on a layup by James Carr. The Ravens staged a comeback and brought the New Haven lead down to one, 14-13, but Cassius Chaney and Kelvin Jackson combined for the next 11 Chargers point to push the advantage to 25-21 at halftime. New Haven extended its lead to double-digits early in the second half. A pair of three-pointers by D.J. Sackmann and a dunk by Jackson helped balloon the Chargers'
lead to 46-28 with 8:33 left in the game. Franklin Pierce was able to get within 11 points, 50-39, with 2:38 left in the game, but Sackmann completed a three-point play on the next New Haven possession to cut short the Ravens' comeback. The Chargers wrapped up the game by going 6-for6 from the charity stripe. After shooting 10of-28 from the field in the first half, the Chargers put in 52.2 percent (12-of-23) from the field in the second half. New Haven held
a part of the game of baseball for about 15 years now. For 15 years players have
thing. It’s sad that I kind of assumed he might be on something but that is the age we live in. All you have to do is ask yourself one simple question: if you were in the situation Rodriguez was in along with many other current and former players with the chance to put up untouchable stats and make millions of dollars, would you consider taking steroids? I cannot say for sure if I would, but I would think long and hard about using a substance that would enhance years now, and with tried to get an edge my skills. every new name that anyway they can. The Let’s face it; we are is released, people still reason is simple. Mon- in the steroid age of show up to support ey and fame. I can not baseball. This is gotheir respective team get angry at A-Rod as ing to be looked at as when April comes most people. I almost a dark age in this great around. kind of assumed that game that so many Steroids have been he might be on some- people love. There is
still a lot of work to do to get rid of this problem. Some say it will never happen because every time a new test is made to test for enhancers that were once untestable, there will always be someone that is one step ahead of the game making a new substance that cannot be tested for. Rodriguez is now always going to be questioned throughout the remainder of his career. Many people have targeted Rodriguez as the guy to break Barry Bond’s all-time home run record. Up until a couple of weeks ago it was thought that A-Rod was going to be the guy that did things the right way. But Rodriguez just like Bonds, Sosa and McGwire’s legacies are going to be tainted forever. The sad thing is that this is just a few names of many that will be tarnished forever.
Chargers Snap Four-Game Skid, Defeat Visiting Ravens
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WEST HAVEN –The University of New Haven men's basketball team defeated visiting Franklin Pierce University, 61-42, on Saturday afternoon at Charger Gymnasium. New Haven stops its four-game losing streak and improves to 8-16 overall, 6-13 Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10). Both teams started out slow on offense as the score was tied 2-2 with 15:37 remaining in the half. The Chargers started
Franklin Pierce to just 15-of-56 shooting from the field and 3-of-15 from threepoint range. The Chargers defense forced 13 turnovers by the Ravens and also came up with eight steals and four blocks. Chaney finished with a game-high 19 points and nine rebounds. He also dished out three assists, tallied one block and one steal. Jackson notched 14 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two blocks while Sackmann put in 14 points -- 12 of which came in the second half.
Wed. Feb. 18, 5:30/7:30pm Basketball Doubleheader vs. Southern New Hampshire Sat. Feb. 21, 2/4pm Basketball Doubleheader at UMassLowell Tues. Feb. 24, 5:30/7:30pm Basketball Doubleheader at Merrimack Tues. Feb. 24, 7pm Men’s Volleyball at Baruch Fri. Feb. 27, 7pm Men’s Volleyball vs. Rivier
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New Music Releases Tuesday, February 17th ... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead “The Century of Self ” The Appleseed Cast “Sagarmatha” Architecture in Helsinki “That Beep” Fol Chen “Part 1: John Shade, Your Fortune’s Made” Sutton Foster “Wish” Halfway Thomas “Beautifully Strange” Robyn Hitchcock “Goodnight Oslo” Tommy Keene “In The Late Bright” Living Things “Habeas Corpus” Morrissey “Years of Refusal” Plushgun “Pins And Panzers” Thursday “Common Existence” M. Ward “Hold Time” William Elliott Whitmore “Animals In The Dark”
Monday, February 23rd
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New Movies Friday, February 13th Confessions of a Shopaholic The International Friday the 13th Two Lovers (limited) Gomorrah (LA/NY)
Monday, February 16th Rohn Lawrence & Friends Jazz at Toad’s Place 14th Annual Amity Teen Center Benefit (multiple bands) at Toad’s Place
Under the Sea 3D (IMAX)
Wednesday, February 18th
Friday, February 20th
Bruce in the USA at Toad’s Place
Madea Goes to Jail Fired Up
Thursday, February 19th Gypsy Kings at MGM Grand at Foxwoods Strange Design at Toad’s Place
Eleven Minutes (LA/NY)
Friday, February 27th
Crossing Over (limited) Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Metaphors “London! Paris! New York! Rome!”
Tuesday, February 24th The Bran Flakes “I Have Hands” JJ Cale “Roll On” Green River Ordinance “Out Of My Hands” Hatebreed “For The Lions” Kinky “Barracuda” K’Naan “Troubador” Lamb of God “Wrath” Nosound “Lightdark” Jake Owen “Easy Does It” Tom Rush “What I Know” Steve Wilson “Insurgentes”
Local Events
Friday, February 20th Aztec Two Step at Little Theater at Cheney Hall in Manchester, CT T-Pain and Ryan Leslie at MGM Grand at Foxwoods Geeorge Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at Toad’s Place
Saturday, February 21st Jeff Foxworthy at MGM Grand at Foxwoods Tony Bennett at Chevrolet Theater in Wallingford, CT Freestyle Extravaganza IV at Mohegan Sun Arena
Sunday, February 22nd The Jonas Brothers 3d Concert Experience hits theaters Friday, February 27th.
Mavado at Toad’s Place
Thursday, February 26th Black Sheep at Toad’s Place
Friday, February 27th 3 Doors Down at Mohegan Sun Arena Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring at Little Theater in Cheney Hall in Manchester, CT Technicolor feat. Cool Kids & Kid Cudi at Toad’s Place
Saturday, February 28th Hatebreed’s all new full-length covers album, “For The Lions”, will be released on Tuesday, February 24th.
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Isla Fisher stars in “Confessions of a Shopaholic”, opening Friday, February 13th.
Artie Lange at MGM Grand at Foxwoods Aaron Lewis of Staind solo evening at Mohegan Sun Arena
President’s Day Box Office Surprises
cording to box-office tracker Media By Numbers. For the year, revenues continue to soar, with revenue at $1.44
billion, up 22 percent through the same point in 2008. Factoring in 2009's higher ticket prices, movie attendance is running 20 percent higher than
last year's. "Hollywood seems to be unstoppable right now. With this notion of the recession helping the box office, I guess this is
just another example of that," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By Numbers. "People want to go to the movies and just have fun and es-
cape. Friday the 13th, as scary as your mortgage banker is, Jason's scarier." Academy Awards front-runner Slumdog Millionaire heads
into Oscar weekend with sturdy box-office momentum. The Fox Searchlight release took in $7.2 million, raising its 14-week total to $86.5 million.
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