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Charger Bulletin The official student newspaper of the University of New Haven since 1938. Volume 95, Issue 15 | February 5, 2014 | West Haven, CT
Good Samaritan Fund Created after Campus Gun Scare
CAMPUS Seaton Art Gallery displayed Gil Scullion’s work titled To Have | Have Not. It opened Jan. 31, and explores themes of “class welfare, free trade, and labor via stenciled images and text.”
By SAMANTHA SALVIO
STAFF WRITER SSALV1@NEWHAVEN.EDU
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OPINION With the beginning of the Spring semester, the Bursar’s office has been packed. Read about students’ encounters. SEE PAGE 6 The Super Bowl is known for its releases of new and highly anticipated commercials. Read Editor-in-Chief Liana Teixeira’s opinion of the worst and the best of this year’s game. SEE PAGE 7
SPORTS UNH football coach Rossomando has left for a position at CCSU. Read about the legacy he leaves behind, and the changes that come for the program. SEE PAGE 11
ENTERTAINMENT
Being Proactive in the Traffic Jam of Human Trafficking
By ELISSA SANCI
OPINION EDITOR ESANC2@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU
–––––––––––––––––––––––––– President Kaplan called on the University of New Haven community to help raise funds for the homeless woman who called the police after witnessing a student taking guns from his car in the Shop Rite parking lot and walking toward campus. “All of us are grateful for her actions. Some have suggested that we provide community recognition for our ‘Good Samaritan,’” Kaplan said in an email addressed to the University Community. “Our Good Samaritan” refers to the woman who “first saw something and then had the presence of mind to alert the authorities,” on Dec. 3. 2013, according to Carol Koziatek, Vice President of Human
Resources. The woman wishes to remain anonymous because she doesn’t want the attention—in her mind, what she did was just her duty as a citizen; she doesn’t want to be thought of as a hero. She took her duty quite seriously; after seeing William Dong removing guns from his car, the woman persistently attempted to alert the authorities. According to Koziatek, she had a difficult time getting the right number, but kept at it until she reached someone. “We have established a fund for her and welcome contributions of any size,” Kaplan said. Students, parents, board members and faculty members alike expressed interest in helping the woman who “helped stop what could have been an incident with a very different outcome.” Donations can be sent via check or given electronically. Since it was put into place, the
PHOTO BY LIANA TEIXEIRA
Good Samaritan Fund has accrued $33,500. Koziatek mentioned that while there were some larger donations, a majority of the donations were in smaller increments of $10, $15 and $25. While she said she cannot know for sure, she believes that these smaller amounts came from students who felt really thankful to the woman who alerted the authorities. “She [the woman] was very touched when I told her I thought a lot of donations had come from students,” Koziatek said. UNH’s Good Samaritan is a homeless woman, unable to work because of sickness. “We asked her what she needed, and she said she just wanted to be out of the shelter,” Koziatek said. She was immediately placed into temporary housing for the holiday season. See GOOD page 2
With Valentine’s Day approaching, don’t scramble for date ideas. That Awkward Moment isn’t the typical romantic comedy, but still a must-see.
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You Blew It! released their second album, Keep Doing What You’re Doing. Read staff writer Jordan Schonberger’s review.
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From England to America
PHOTO BY NICHOLAS MCDERMOTT
By SAMANTHA MATHEWSON
ASSISTAND EDITOR SMATH3@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU
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Foreign exchange students Sophie Buckhall, Sarah Hewerdine and Will Annetts arrived to the University of New Haven Jan. 17, traveling from the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom. These students study international business management, and prior
to graduating, they must study abroad. When deciding where to fulfill this requirement, they chose the United States since the language is the same, even though they still had to study a language before they were eligible to study abroad. While at UNH, they are required to take six classes to match the workload equivalent of theirs in the U.K. However, they were able to choose their own classes here, which range from wedding plan-
ning, sports management, journalism and organizational marketing amongst others. “All we have to do is pass,” said Buckhall. The three also enjoy the luxury of being able to choose their own classes, while in the U.K. their classes are all chosen for them based on the degree they are pursuing. Buckhall, Hewerdine and Annetts explained that they are somewhere between a sophomore and See ENGLAND page 3
Associate Professor Tim Palmbach, Chair of Forensic Science, presented advanced investigative and forensic tools that he personally used during his sabbatical work in order to facilitate the combat against the many exploited by the illegal trade of human trafficking. The presentation was held in Dodds Theater at the University of New Haven, Wed., January 29, from 5- 6 p.m. Towards the beginning of the presentation, a video clip was shown of a bar where a typical scene of young girls being bought for prostitution was displayed. The conclusion of the clip resulted in the arrest of the man who bought the girl, ensuring the general population that there is a proactive movement towards the abolishment of human trafficking already in effect. The audience soon found out that while the statistics within the clip were accurate, the actual arrest part was nothing but an illusion. As of 2013, an estimate of 29 million have been thrown into the world of human trafficking, and of those currently enslaved, there have been less than five successful convictions. Last fall, Professor Palmbach had his sabbatical leave approved, and during so, travelled to a number of third world countries including: Nepal, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Croatia and Bosnia. to investigate how feasible forensic DNA analysis would be in actuality. After some form of government contact and a run-down of the areas they could possibly investigate, Palmbach, along with a small team of locals, entered the underground world of human trafficking. They entered with limited video and audio equipment on them, as well as tiny cotton swabs, which they used to attain DNA samples. They collected DNA off of cigarettes, straws, glasses and condoms, and sometimes even directly ask them for a buccal sample. Not once were Professor Palmbach and his team questioned for telling the subject that he was a researcher and needed to swab their mouth, and subjects complied easily. Once the samples swabs were collected, Professor Palmbach conducted a rapid DNA test, and after 84 minutes of waiting, a full 13-allele male/female DNA ladder was produced. With this kind of technology, law enforcements are able to confirm the identities of the men who buy See PROACTIVE page 3
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