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Volume 96, Issue 17 | February 18, 2015 | West Haven, Conn.

UNH welcomes back Thad Henry

By LEAH MYERS

STAFF WRITER LMYER1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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radar tracking supplied by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and other private and public domain modeling.

•Consultation with State and local officials to determine roadway conditions •Consultation with UNH Police •Consultation with the UNH Director of Facilities to determine campus conditions or time duration needed to have the campus ready to conduct business •Consultation with area colleges with a commuter component to foster a “unified” message when possible •Consultation with the Provost’s Office to determine the most appropriate time to order such delay or early dismissal based on class scheduling for minimized disruption while focusing on student and staff safety •Consultation with the Campus Shuttle provider to determine effect on shuttle service •Consultation with City of West Haven Public Works to determine condition of surrounding roadways and transit routes.

While Quagliani works with May and Koziatek, public safety has final decision based on evaluating various conditions. Previous cancelations or delays do not affect the need for future cancelations and each circumstance is handled separately and distinctly. There is also no limit to how many cancellations or delays that can happen each year.

“Public Safety’s responsibility is to ensure campus safety. If a weather cancellation, delay, or early release is deemed necessary for safety reasons, then all other

he University of New Haven is honored to welcome back Thad Henry under the position of Special Executive Assistant to President Kaplan.

From 2000 to 2006, Henry worked for the UNH Vice President of University Advancement. Then he perused similar opportunities at other companies and universities, recently coming from Pfeiffer University in North Carolina, where he was the Special Assistant to the President for Leadership and Advancement, a position he held since 2012.

He was Special Assistant to the Dean for Advancement Strategy at the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business from 2010 to 2012 and was a Senior Consultant at Corporate DevelopMint in Charleston, South Carolina, from 2007 to 2011.

One of the reasons Henry is back at UNH would be that Gail Tagliatela, the Chief of Staff and University Secretary, has asked to work part time to start preparing for retirement. Kaplan also combined the Chief of Staff position with being a significant part of the fundraising department, creating the Special Executive Assistant position for Henry.

When President Kaplan generally seeks for people to work directly for him, he expects to find those with a high intelligence, a creative mind, a great work ethic and a strong personality to disagree with him in order to bring a different perspective. A sense of humor is also preferred.

Kaplan feels that Henry is best for the job because he understands UNH very well from working here in the past. He also understands the school’s mission, is passionate about experiential education, works well with different kinds of people, and is an exceptional strategic fundraiser.

Henry’s fundraising portion of his job is broken down into three parts.

One, being fundraising; he seeks donors to sponsor a gift-supported project, such as a residence hall or a classroom building.

Next, he serves as Kaplan’s administrative assistant to more forward in experiential education.

These opportunities include internships, the study aboard program, and UNH’s SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship).

The other part is the marketing and branding of the University.

We are a smaller university, and even though we are well known in New England, UNH is the bestkept secret, according to Thad. It is important to expand everyone’s awareness about UNH. Since his first week in office 11 years ago, President Kaplan was impressed with how much Henry had contributed with the growth of

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Student Rachael Mandel reaching out to alumni at the Phonathon (Photo by Samantha Mathewson / Charger Bulletin Photo)

This year’s Spring Semester Phonathon began Feb. 8 and will run through April 26. For roughly three and a half hours, six days a week, students make calls to various alumni for donations. This year, the goal of the Phonathon is $250,000. Read more on page 2.

Multiple snow days cause change in scheduling

By SAMANTHA MATHEWSON

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SMATH3@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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CAMPUS

Fully Charged delivered Sweetheart Serenades for Valentine’s Day P. 3

OPINION

In lieu of the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, Alyssa MacKinnon provides her opinion on objectification P. 4

MUSIC

Sam Smith was the Grammy’s biggest winner. P. 7

FILM

Marvel Studios and Sony join together for the next Spiderman film P. 9

Due to several storms disproportionally cancelling classes on Mondays, some have yet to meet this semester. Because of this, Thursday, Feb. 26 will act as a Monday in an attempt to restore balance between classes.

This rescheduling includes all classes that regularly meet on Mondays. This means that on Feb. 26, all Thursday day and evening classes will be suspended and a Monday class schedule instituted with all times and rooms assigned as if it were a Monday. This switch applies to only the West Haven and Orange campuses.

The snow additionally affected a Tuesday, a Wednesday morning and a Saturday; however it has disproportionally affected Mondays for the last three weeks in a row. Over 450 classes meet on Mondays. This includes those that also meet on Wednesdays, or both Wednesday and Fridays. However, of that, about one third meets on only Mondays. As a result, roughly 140 classes that haven’t met yet at all. With about 1,400 class sections this semester that means that ten percent haven’t met.

“There are not a lot of make up opportunities,” explained Daniel May, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. “We teach a lot of weekend courses – can’t use those; and we can’t extend the semester.”

In total, three Mondays in a row have been affected. May explained that Mondays are generally a “high no-show” days because many holidays also fall on Mondays, and

for those classes that meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday, they get hit with Friday holidays as well.

The decision to reschedule was made “mainly to catch up,” said May. When asked how faculty reacted to this decision, he said he thought they understood and that they wanted to help out their colleagues.

“It’s a challenge. We understand not everyone will be able to do it,” said May. “We hope we can get 80 percent of classes to meet on that Thursday.”

If classes cannot rearrange to meet on Thursday, Feb 26, it is encouraged that they try to meet on a Saturday and work around other classes.

“It’s hard for everyone to rearrange,” said May. The decision to cancel classes on Monday, Jan. 26, Feb. 2 and Feb. 9 was made by Ronald Quagliani, associate vice president of public safety and administrative services; Carol Koziatek, vice president of human resources; and May. “No one minds missing a day or two, but when it piles up, parents and students start to question ‘what am I paying for?’” said May. Of the 6,800 undergrad and graduate students, there are about 2,800 on-campus students, so when making the decision of whether to cancel or not, they had to weigh that number against the number of off-campus students, and when storms hit the University of New Haven campus, they have an impact, explained May who noted the surrounding hills and lack of good roads and campus access.

According to Quagliani, the cancellation, delay or early dismissal of classes are based on a blending of the following criteria: •Review of storm forecasts and

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Five Day Campus Forecast

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Wednesday

Feb. 18 Fluries High of 30° Low of 10° CHANCE OF SNOW: 30%

Feb. 19 Partly Cloudy High of 20° Low of 1° CHANCE OF SNOW: 10%

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Saturday

Feb. 20 Mostly Sunny High of 19° Low of 3° CHANCE OF SNOW: 0%

Feb. 21 Mostly Cloudy High of 30° Low of 26° CHANCE OF RAIN: 10%

The Spring Phonathon

By SAMANTHA MATHEWSON

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SMATH3@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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he Spring semester Phonathon began Sunday, Feb. 8, where 28 University of New Haven students have begun calling alumni for donations.

The Phonathon spans ten weeks. Students make calls over the course of six threeand-half hour shifts a week.

Weekly shifts span from Sunday, 1:30 to 9 p.m. to Monday through Thursday 5:30 to 9 p.m.

The Phonathon requires students to wear headsets that are set up to make the calls automatically. Each student caller is set up to call certain alumni each shift. The Alumni that are called are based on certain categories.

Some of the alumni categories include, young alumnus, which are those that graduated in the past five years; golden Chargers, which are alumni that graduated 30 or more years ago; lead society, which are those that have donated five years consecutively - people the university trusts and gives back to in return in the form of gifts such as football tickets or play tickets; the President’s society, which are donors that give larger amounts of money; second gifts, which are donors that gave the previous semester, and soft refusals, which is a group alumni that said they wanted to give in the spring and not the fall.

If student callers reach a prospective donors voicemail, a message is not left, and instead the cycle of calls continues to the next call, and that alumni is kept in the pool to be called at another time.

The Phonathon has been running for many years at

Sunday

Feb. 22 Snow High of 34° Low of 25° CHANCE OF SNOW: 70%

MIC show weathers storm for Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties

Students cycling through calls on Feb. 12 (Photo by Samantha Mathewson/Charger Bulletin Photo)

UNH, and expanded during the 2014 Spring semester when the university hired RuffaloCODY, which is a company that organizes calling records in order to track and predict donations for the semester. The RuffaloCODY software also organizes how alumni should be grouped and contacted properly. With this company, Manager Seth Newman is present at every phone calling session.

Along with Newman, one of three student supervisors is present during each calling session. This semester’s student supervisors are Sadie Redman, Olivia Burglund, and Elizabeth Cantelmo.

“I have met a lot of really cool alumni that surprisingly want to help in any way possible that they can, even though they haven’t personally met me,” said Redman, who has been working for the Phonathon for six semesters.

Redman started as a student caller for two years before becoming a supervisor.

Redman explained a normal night during the Phonathon consists of students sitting down at their respective stations, where they will then have a group meeting to discuss calls, any issues and

how to communicate with alumni. Then, students login, put their headsets on, and start calling.

Redman also explained that on any given night students attempt to call between 100 and 150 people, but realistically only get in touch with roughly three or five each night.

When alumni are contacted and choose to donate or refuse, they are taken out of the pool for that semester. Newman tracks how often certain groups are called, and from that decides what groups to call each night so that student callers aren’t trying to reach certain groups too often.

The goal for this year’s Phonathon is approximately $250,000. This includes roughly 3,600 pledges and $80,000 in credit card donations.

Pledges are different from credit card donations in that when a credit card is used, the donation is made directly to the school; however, with pledges a form is mailed to the prospective donors and relies on them sending their gifts back.

This year’s Spring semester Phonathon will end April 26.

Aaron West performed in the German Club at UNH, Feb. 14 (Photo by Dave Taylor)

By ASHLEY WINWARD

MUSIC EDITOR AWINW1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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On Saturday, Feb. 14, fans piled into the German Club to get out of the bitter cold to enjoy the acoustic stylings of The Wonder Year’s Dan “Soupy” Campbell under the pseudonym Aaron West.

Aaron West has been a character study Campbell has been exploring for the past year with his “debut” album We Don’t Have Eachother.

The show also featured support from bands The View from Up Here, Everything Ever and Call It Arson. It was certainly a Valentine’s Day to remember for everyone in attendance regardless of whether they came with a date or not.

The Music Industry Club hosted the night. “This event was definitely one of MIC’s best shows in a long time in terms of attendance,” said Jong Kim, vice president of live sound for MIC. “We were also able to run the show very smoothly with the least amount of technical difficulties, thanks to the help of all the other club members.”

First on stage was The View From Up Here; an acoustic pop-punk act from UNH led by vocalist Andrew Cunningham, featuring Michael Quick, Dom Gubernat and Gavin Stacey.

This was the band’s album release show for their selftitled EP, playing the entire record as well as a cover of Death Cab For Cutie’s “I’ll Follow You Into the Dark.”

The energy from the band reflected all the excitement they had for the evening, appreciative of the chance to perform and share what had been months in the making.

The View From Up Here was mixed by Josh Welshman at

Flux Studios and Mastered

by Sam Pura of Panda Studios, who has worked with the likes of State Champs and The Story So Far. The band’s personable nature on stage and passion made their show enjoyable and there is no doubt these guys have immense potential.

“I haven’t played on stage, with a full band, since high school, so I was incredibly excited to play,” said Quick, A View From Up Here’s guitarist. “Not to mention the fact that there were more people in the German Club than I have ever seen at a MIC show in a while. It’s always a great experience to share something that you’ve created with other people.”

Next to perform was Everything Ever, a punk group from Staten Island New York. The trio showed their powerful presence from their first note and kept the energy up through a set full of new songs. Everything Ever recently signed to a new label, Secret Audio Club and have their debut full length album Solid Ground coming out on March 10. Not only did the band have great stage presence while performing, but their banter in between songs was witty and anecdotal to their audience. Prefacing the song “Doing Nothing” by discussing their college experience got huge laughs from the whole crowd and the song itself was probably the highlight of their performance.

Direct support on the bill was from Connecticut locals Call It Arson with a mix of upbeat punk beats and some more mellow tracks suitable for the romantic evening. There was a definite following of the group in the crowd, as fans called out song requests they even threw some into the set as they went along. The band put on a dynamic set span-

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ning their entire discography from their self-titled album to their most recent release Between Two Cities.

James Downe gave a strong vocal that really resonated with the audience.

Supporting local artists is something that has been very important to Music Industry Club when it comes to booking artists and it’s been great to see over the years truly how much talent is coming out of Connecticut.

Finally it was time for Aaron West to hit the stage.

Aaron West is a persona completely imagined by The Wonder Years front man Dan “Soupy” Campbell, inspired by The Mountain Goats’ album All Hail West Texas. Campbell’s dedication to the story and character stretches to both on and off stage; he signed autographs as “A.West” all evening and sported a Buffalo Bills hat on his way in, “I’m not a Bills fan, Aaron is” when asked about it by a fan.

In between songs like “Grapefruit” and “Our Apartment” Aaron West tells a sad tale of the past year of his life; the death of his father followed by his wife’s miscarriage ultimately ending in their divorce leaves him lost and unsure of himself.

He travels in his father’s old Mustang down the coast until he finds a place to clear his head, ultimately leaving the listener wondering what’s going to come next. Although without his full band, the Roaring Twenties, Aaron West performed a stripped down and vulnerable solo performance.

The crowd included a huge number of The Wonder Years fans and like most shows it became a sing along of somber melodies. Even with such soft songs with sad subject matter, the subdued mood in the room never lost its energy.

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Fully Charged delivered Sweetheart Serenades for Valentine’s Day (Photo obtained via Fully Charged’s Facebook)

ully Charged, an acapella group at the University of New Haven that was founded about a year and a half ago, has recently taken the campus by storm.

President and co-founder of Fully Charged Paul Taylor said, “We have expanded our reach off campus (most notably the nearby VA Hospital), and are hoping to perform at a regional a capella competition in April and a wedding in October.”

They have performed at multiple events around school, such as happy birthday wishes for hire year round, but this past Valentine’s Day the club decided to host a perfectly romantic (or uniquely embarrassing) fundraiser.

The announcement of Sweetheart Serenades was happily greeted on social media by a few of the UNH community. Taylor said that his “favorite part of this event was the fact that we were able to deliver a unique gift that many people would not usually be in the position to give on Valentine's Day.”

Kaitlyn White, treasurer of Fully Charged said, “My favorite part was spending Valentines Day putting a smile on other people’s faces. Whether it was the person we were singing to, their friends or significant other, or the people who were around watching the sing. It really was a great time!”

Most students chose to capitalize on the fascinatingly entertaining opportunity to really embarrass their friends, by not only choosing the song, but by choosing a series of actions, such as lying in someone’s bed singing to them while eating fruit.

The fundraiser was a creative way to showcase some of the talented students of UNH. “I really enjoyed going around campus with everyone and seeing how people reacted to being serenaded.

There was plenty of embarrassment and love to go around,” said Karina Irizarry.

Taylor added, “I especially enjoyed our performance of ‘I'll Make Love to You’ by

Boyz II Men in Bartels Hall because I could see that everyone in the dining hall was really enjoying our performance. The Bartels performance narrowly topped our first performance of the day, when we actually woke a guy up with the same song.

He was very...emotional about the whole experience; let's call it ‘thrilled.’ We performed for President Kaplan and the Provost on Friday, and that was an interesting experience by itself. It's not every day that you get to walk into the office of the person who runs your school and perform for them. He was really surprised - it was hilarious.”

Fully Charged brought a new idea to campus, which was entertaining for everyone involved.

For more information, Fully Charged practices Sundays from 6 to 9 p.m. in studio room 204 in the Beckerman Recreation Center. You can also email them at fullycharged@newhaven. edu.

Thad Henry

UNH. The first thing Thad said to Kaplan was to meet the Tagliatela family, who, at the time, was representing the School of Hospitality.

Even though they owned a hotel, the Tagliatela’s felt that their name belonged to an engineering program.

Henry was able to work with them to turn what was originally a $2 million gift into what became a $5.25 million gift. This started the chain reaction of gathering other donors such as the Beckerman family and Wachovia Bank to help start rebuilding the campus.

During his hiatus from UNH, Henry has overcame some challenges and has learned some strategies to bring to his other workplaces and now UNH. “The challenge for universities is how to continue to build on its assets and featured programs to maintain and sustain the competition advantage and higher education,” Henry said.

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ing statement.

“The incredible importance for showcasing a university in relevant ways provide a value exchange between its students, stake holders, and partners and demonstrates high impact in its educational outcomes,” he said.

Henry has left a wonderful reputation in strategic fundraising, so when the news came out that Henry would be returning, one of the uni-

versity’s prestigious donors jokingly said, “Don’t bring back Thad, I can’t afford it!”

An estimate of wealth accumulated from donations from all of our alumni is 15 billion dollars total.

Thad Henry officially began his duties on Jan. 9 of this year and will be officially moved into his new office in Maxcy Hall by the end of February.

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activities are impacted until the campus is made safe and reopened,” said Quagliani, in regards to the impact the weather has on the campus community. “We work hard to restore residential student services as quickly as possible including food service, recreation center, library and transportation.”

The Facilities department handles snow plowing and removal operations in coordination with campus police to relocate vehicles in order to plow lots. Commuter lots are cleared first so residential students have a clear lot to temporarily move their vehicle while the residential lots are cleared.

“When a major storm is predicted we will clear campus before the storm arrives such as what occurred with the Jan. 26 (11 inches) and Feb.2 (11 inches) storms,” said Quagliani. However, “when a minor storm is predicted and performs as forecasted, and we are able to maintain campus safety and continue with normal operations then we operate regularly. This is what occurred with the storms on Jan. 30 when we received two inches of snow with light intensity and on Feb. 12 when we received a dusting.”

Quagliani explained the hardest storms to deal with are those that arrive during the regular business day.

Since the storm hasn’t begun at the start of the class day, the decision relies solely on forecasting models on not only how much snow will fall but at what intensity it will fall at.

“This is important to determine whether snow clearing operations can outpace the snow falling,” said Quagliani.

However, when the storm outperforms the forecast and campus conditions deteriorate to a point where snow clearing operations cannot keep up then a quick decision to close campus is made due to safety concerns which is what occurred on Feb 9. when the campus experience three inches of snow at a high intensity.

In regards to future snowfall, Quagliani said, “unfortunately I don’t think we are not done yet.”

The decision to reschedule Monday classes on Thursday, Feb. 26, was made by May along with Gordon Simerson, associate provost for undergraduate Studies, assessment and accreditation, and all four colleges’ Deans and Associate Deans.

Simerson works with a group of administrators responsible for academic scheduling. This group includes all associate deans of the four colleges, the registrar, and the director of the first year success center.

Simerson explained that there were other options of “where to find another Monday,” however none seemed as effective or efficient.

Other options included: shortening Spring Break, which would complicate people’s vacations; eliminating Reading Day, which is much more disruptive since students would have no transition from their last day of classes to their first final exam; and lengthening the term, which conflicts with the spring graduate trimester

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and scheduling of undergraduate commencement and beginning of Summer I term.

As a result, Thursday was chosen to swap with because they have been untouched and a Wednesday swap wouldn’t accomplish much.

“We are doing the best we can to find the best solution on a system-wide basis,” said Simerson.

Simerson explained that getting support of swapping a Thursday for a Monday wasn’t hard and Feb. 26 was chosen to give some lead time to get the word out, and because it falls before midterms and Spring Break.

Another initiative that May, with the help of Lisa Scranton and Louis Franco, are suggesting is that professors “winterize” their courses. There will be more sessions of “Winterize Your Course” held for faculty and staff to learn how to cover class meetings cancelled by weather using blackboard and other technology.

“Winterize Your Course” explains how to utilize discussions in Blackboard and Lecture Capture with Tegrity, in an attempt to keep professors in touch with their students and up to date with course work.

“Hopefully we can do more in the future,” said May in regards to teaching professors how to “winterize” their courses.

“We are trying to recover,” said May. “Monday-Wednesday is the busiest day, so it largely impacted the campus, so we’re trying to balance, and labs are pretty crowded and classrooms are generally full. [there is] no buffer space to move students around.”

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Opinion & Editorials Discriminated by Commuter crisis

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By COURTNEY BROOKS

OPINION EDITOR CBROO4@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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onday morning, we were hit with our third snowstorm in three weeks, leaving the roads slick with ice once again.

However, to the surprise of many UNH students, campus wasn’t closed and classes

weren’t canceled.

We had a delayed opening and an early closure, but if you were the unlucky ones who had a class sometime between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m., which I was, you were expected to be in class.

UNH sent out an email saying something along the lines of classes will be held, but we know the roads are bad so if you are a commuter student, make arrangements with your professor to make up the class. As a commuter student, I know I am not alone when I say that this email extremely frustrated me for numerous reasons.

First of all, the email stated that they knew it was possible that some students were commuting from areas in which the roads were bad. If this is a known fact, why not just cancel class? I, myself,

was coming from an area about fifty minutes away, where the roads were a sheet of ice and the snow was still accumulating. If the school KNOWS this is going on in some areas of the state, class should be canceled.

Students shouldn’t even have the opportunity to make the dangerous trek to campus.

Think about it—is a potential accident really worth an hour and fifteen minutes of class? Would it really be that detrimental to cancel one more class?

Second, it is very unfair that commuter students have to miss out on a class just because we don’t live on campus. In college, every absence has an effect on your grade, so missing one class is a big deal. If the classes were canceled all together, at least we would all be on

the same playing field, but people who live on campus and don’t face an hour commute now have the upper hand because they got to attend class.

The email said to make arrangements with your professor if you had to miss class, but they didn’t take into consideration that some professors aren’t the most accommodating. It is now Thursday, and my professor still has not gotten back to me about making an arrangement to help me make up the missed work. If some students can’t make it to class due to the weather, class should be canceled.

Not everyone can afford the luxury of living on campus and therefore we are forced to commute; we should not be penalized for that.

A break up letter to you from me

By KAITLIN MAHAR COPY EDITOR KMAHA1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

––––––––––––––––––––– There was a time when I loved you, or at least I thought I did.

Rosy cheeks and blurred vision filled my days, with many a warm night spent

safely under the covers. But now, I can honestly say that I feel nothing anymore. I don’t love you now, and I don’t think I ever did in the first place. I think I loved the idea of you—all classic, Norman Rockwell-style paintings and one too many viewings of Bridget Jones’ Diary. But now, I see you for what you truly are: dreary and frigid.

One interaction with you leaves me numb and wishing I could be somewhere else.

Anywhere else. I get chilled to the bone by your coldness, and, no matter how much I try to remind myself that this is always what happens when you’re around, I

end up suffering once again and being forced to deal with the consequences as I retreat home, shivering in defeat.

No matter where I am, I can feel you all around me, suffocating me. The farther I walk, the harder it gets to breathe, as if an icy hand were pressing down on my chest and forcing all of the air out of my lungs. But, no matter how much better I feel with you gone, you always come right back, seemingly stronger and more intimidating than ever.

A hot shower helps sometimes, or burrowing into my warm sheets, but I know that, eventually, I’ll have

no choice but to come out of hiding and face you yet again. It’s a vicious cycle with which I’ve grown weary. I’ve decided that I’m moving to California, so I can be far away from you for good this time. I’ll be able to freely go where I want, with no restrictions or fears that I’ll end up stuck like I was with you many a time. My life will be filled once again with color and warmth.

Sorry winter; it’s not me, it’s you. I’ll pretend to miss you and your ten foot tall snow drifts when it’s 90 degrees and sunny in the middle of July, but I think we both know that I won’t.

Sexual subject vs. sexual object

By ALYSSA MACKINNON

STAFF WRITER AMACK2@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

––––––––––––––––––––– With the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, it’s important to remember the difference between having a healthy relationship and being in a negative one.

Fifty Shades of Grey is a Twilight fanfiction focused on the sexually abusive and manipulative relationship between the main female character Ana and the male lead, Christian. Christian stalks Ana, who begins to become isolated from the world due to his controlling nature and on multiple occasions forces her to have non-consensual sex with him. Fifty Shades of Grey is a good opener to discuss what’s wrong with our society in how we view women in the media.

In America, and other places, women are viewed not as subjects, but as objects. There is a key difference between a subject and an object. A subject uses an object, while an object is used by a subject. Objecti-

Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan appear in a scene from Fifty Shades of Grey (AP Photo) fication theory created by Fredrickson and Roberts, published in 1997, says that it is very common for women to be sexually objectified by society and treated even by other females as an object to be valued for its use to others.

That is really important.

Read it again. When you place a person's value on how you can use them, then something is seriously wrong with the way we treat other human beings.

Objectification often occurs when a woman’s body parts are separated from her as a person, like in magazines when a woman’s lips are the only part of her face shown in an ad, for instance, and she is understood as a sexually desirable object rather than a human being.

Objectification of females by the media is a factor that heavily contributes to

the majority of the mental health problems like eating disorders, depression, and body dysmorphia (viewing your body differently than it is, usually in a very negative way) that affect young women more than any other group.

This type of portrayal in the media of women as things to have sex with or be used for sexual purposes has really morphed society’s ideals of what being a woman really means. In the 21st century, if a woman isn’t sexually attractive, she can be made to feel and believe as though she is defunct in some way because she doesn’t get an abundance of male attention.

In order to change this type of thinking, we need to stand up against products that use advertisements that don’t promote women as a whole by displaying their

bodies as more than sexual objects. One way to support change is to boycott a movie that promotes serious relationship abuse as romance for entertainment. #50dollarsnot50shades is a campaign that encourages potential viewers to donate the $50 they would have spent on a night out at the movies to a women’s shelter for survivors of domestic abuse.

College kids aren’t spending $50 on a movie but every dollar you give to movies like this, tells Hollywood we as consumers want more, that we are okay with woman being treated like objects—don’t be okay with that.

If you are interested in more ideas like this, watch some Laci Green, “Sex Object BS,” on YouTube for a more visual expression of these ideas and more.

Victoria’s Secret

By CAITLIN DUNCAN

STAFF WRITER CDUNC1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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Feb. 13, I went into a local Victoria’s Secret. I was having a bad day, and since it’s the day before Valentines Day, I decided to treat myself to something nice. I shopped my sorrows away, and I felt better as I approached the register, waiting to check out.

I noticed that a friend of mine was working at the register next to the one I was checking out at. She told me to open an Angels Card, which is a Victoria’s Secret credit card. I agreed to, and after filling out all of my information, the cashier who was waiting on me called headquarters to confirm the information.

The woman from headquarters told the cashier I already had a card, and she needed to speak with me on the phone. Now, I’ve been wearing hearing aids for nearly my entire life, and my hearing decreases yearly. Speaking on the phone is something I cannot do, since I depend on reading lips to communicate for the most part. I explained to the cashier that I don’t hear well on the phone and asked if my roommate, who was with me, could speak to the woman for me. She said that was fine.

My roommate took the phone and spoke to the woman. She asked me for my birthday, which I told her, and she repeated into the phone. At that time, I heard her tell the woman on the phone that she is my roommate and that I don’t hear well on the phone. She repeated this about three more times before handing the phone back to the cashier in frustration.

The cashier then tried to explain to the woman on the phone that the volume on the phone is too low and I couldn’t hear on the phone.

At that point, the cashier that I am friends with took the phone and said to the woman that I am hearing impaired and I cannot hear on the phone. At that point, the woman transferred the line to someone else, but I was so embarrassed and frustrated that I told her to forget it.

I’ve never had a company have such an issue with someone else speaking on the phone for me due to my hearing disability. Three different people made it clear that I am incapable of hearing on the phone.

The woman on the phone claimed she could not help if I didn’t speak with her on the phone.

Now, I don’t know about you, but that sounds a little bit like discrimination against someone that she was notified has a hearing disability. I’m not blaming her for what happened, but it makes me wonder if Victoria’s Secret believes that women with disabilities don’t shop in their store?

I mean, I can’t be the only woman who’s walked through their doors who can’t hear very well.

What infuriates me is the fact that the woman on the phone didn’t seem to believe the fact that I have a disability, despite three different people telling her the situation. I am not only enraged by the way she handled this situation, but it made me feel like I’m not worthy enough to shop in a store like that. If the employees who work in their headquarters won’t accommodate me for a simple phone call, it makes me believe that they don’t care about women who do have disabilities.

I’m not saying that I’m never going to shop there again, because I like their products, and this is the only negative experience I’ve ever had there. I do believe I am entitled to an apology though, because no one should ever be discriminated against like that.

I’m not writing this to make the company look bad or to give them bad press; I am writing to share my story with others and let people know that even in 2015, people with disabilities are still treated unfairly every single day. I know I’m not the only one who’s been treated this way because of my disability. I’m writing this to stand up for anyone else who’s been in my position. We don’t deserve to be treated like this.

It’s not our fault that part of society refused to accept us for who we are.

It’s 2015. Things need to change. This doesn’t just apply to Victoria’s Secret, but it applies to everyone who still believes those with disabilities should be treated less than equal. As a nearly 20-year-old college student who is a productive member in society despite her disability, I demand respect.

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Time is running out for Treasurer Training

Chargers,

RSOs, I have mentioned this for the last couple of weeks in USGA, but I’d thought I’d also put it as this week’s treasurers tip. This Friday, Feb. 20, is the last day to comply with treasurer training stipulations to ensure that your organization does not become frozen.

With the semester in full swing, remember to make time for yourself and take a step back from the hustle and bustle.

I also want to remind you to look at the email that Health Services sent out about the flu, and the email Provost May sent out about the class schedule change.

Just to reiterate what the stipulations for treasurers training here they are:

If you are interested in running for next year’s USGA President, Treasurer or Senator, please submit the form found on Charger Connection by 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 28. If you are interested in being next year’s SCOPE President or Vice President, Charger Bulletin Editor or Assistant Editor, or Chariot Yearbook Editor or Assistant Editor please submit the form found on Charger Connection by 11:59 p.m. on March 13.

If your organization’s president or treasurer attended treasurer training last fall they simply need to come fill out the treasurer training compliance form which is located on my office door. If your president or treasurer did not attend treasurer training in the fall, they must watch the treasurer training tegrity located on the student activities website under RSO student resources and then come to my office to take a quiz that ensures me that you watched the tegrity.

Both the president and the treasurer must comply with treasurer training stipulations either by filling out the form or taking the quiz! As always if you any questions don’t hesitate to ask or come see me during office hours!

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This week in USGA, we will be discussing potential ByLaw changes, which will have a lasting effect on USGA. That being said, I encourage you all to attend. Our meetings are on Friday at 12:30 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge.

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Scope it Out! This Week’s Events: Wednesday, Feb. 18: Film Showing of Catching Fire in Bartels Cafe at 8 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 19: Throwback Thursday Film Showing of Space Jam at 8 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 20: Photo Dry-Erase Boards in Bartels Programming Space from 5 to 9 p.m.

Film Showing of Mocking Jay in Gehring 301 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 21: Nore Davis in Bucknall Theater for BSU’s Comedian Showcase at 3 p.m.

Photo Pillow Cases in Bartels Programming Space from 5 to 9 p.m.

Film Showing of Flubber with Make your own Slime in Moulten Lounge at 8 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 22: Go Karting Trip to On Track Karting at 3 p.m.; Sign-up on Charger Connection Oscar Party in Bartels Cafe at 7 p.m.

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The 57th Grammy Awards

STAFF WRITER GROHR1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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his year celebrated the 57 annual Grammy Awards on CBS. They were held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Otherwise known as “Music’s Biggest Night,” this event has shown recognition for excellence in all areas of the music performance industry, as well as showcasing such excellence at the ceremony.

Eighty-three awards were given out, ranging from Album of the Year, to Song of the Year, to Best Classical Arrangement. The show also featured 23 different performances of 26 different songs. So in case you didn’t see the show, only saw a bit or want to relive the experiences, here’s my recap of what you need to know about this year’s award show.

Back with the Old and In With the New: The Grammy’s this year allowed its viewers to enjoy performances from a myriad of generations and styles.

We saw appearances from legendary artists like Tony

Sam Smith accepts one of four Grammy Awards (AP photo) Bennett, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Tom Jones, Madonna, ELO, Annie Lennox, Herbie Hancock, Mary J. Blige, Paul McCartney, and of course the incredible performance

by AC/DC to start the show.

Kanye: We all remember the infamous event at the 2008 VMA’s where Kanye stole the stage from Taylor Swift to profess his disappointment that Beyoncé didn’t win Video of the Year. Well believe it or not, he did it again. Almost. This

year, Album of the Year went to rock artist Beck, and Kanye wasn’t too happy. He began to go on stage, much to the crowd’s awe, and, right before grabbing the mic, went back to his seat. After giving everyone a scare and a laugh, Kanye made some extreme comments that sent the Internet into a frenzy. Saying how Beck didn’t respect artistry and how the Grammy’s want real musicians to keep coming every year, Kanye believes they should give

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the awards to people who truly deserve them. I’m not going to give you my opinion on Kanye’s remarks, but it was definitely a spectacle to remember.

Domestic Violence: During the show, there was a special presentation by President Obama encouraging people to join the #ItsOnUs campaign in support to crack down on domestic violence. Immediately following, a survivor of domestic violence, Brooke Axell, made her plea and

told her story about what its like to be in that situation.

Katy Perry followed that with a moving performance of a song to further support the campaign.

Collaborations: The Grammy stage has never been scarce of collaborative performances, which certainly continued to this year. Some notable performances included Ed Sheeran singing “Thinking Out Loud” with John Mayer, Herbie Hancock and Questlove (the Roots).

Hozier was accompanied by Annie Lennox to sing his hit “Take Me to Church.” Tom Jones and Jessie J came together to sing “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” by the Righteous Brothers.

Stevie Wonder joined Usher on harmonica to perform his song “If it’s Magic.” Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga sang a song off of their collaborative album called “Cheek to Cheek.” Rihanna, Paul McCartney and Kanye West performed their song “FourFiveSeconds.” Mary J. Blige joined Sam Smith to sing his hit “Stay With Me.” These are only a few of the great collaborations that happened last Sunday.

Sam Smith: The night’s big winner. Smith went home with four Grammy’s including Song and Record of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Vocal Album.

It was a big night for him, saying a special thanks in his speech to “the man I fell in love with last year. Thank you for breaking my heart because you won me four Grammy’s.” Sam also performed his hit song “Stay With Me” with R&B legend Mary J. Blige.

The full list of winners as well as videos of the performances can be found at www.grammy.com.

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“All About That Bass,” gave Meghan Trainor a bad rep in my opinion. The repetitive, somewhat annoying track yields no hint of a clue to the kind of talent this twenty-year-old artist possesses.

“Dear Future Husband,” on the other hand, shows Trainor’s retro and creative style, backed by her powerhouse vocals that shine through regardless of the song. She started writing songs at age eleven, and the experience is evident in the structure of her latest album, Title, released Jan. 13, 2015. The singles that have come off of this project, the third studio album of her career, are making big waves across Billboard charts everywhere.

The instrumental produced by Kevin Kadish clearly draws from doowop influences and becomes the perfect complement to Trainor’s Amy Winehouse meets Arianna Grande vocals. The hook brings a perfect swing to the entirety of the song, making it impossible to not tap your foot and bob your head to the music.

Backed by deep male background vocals, it’s impossible to not detect a Di-

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ana Ross and The Supremes flare with a flip-flopped set up of Ray Charles and his backing trio. Trainor is constantly trying to outline her strength as a woman, pointing out the beauty of being an independent, bonafide woman of our generation. With “All About That Bass,” she suggests the beauty in having curves, and loving them, something that I think a lot more female figures should outline to their young and developing audience.

With “Dear Future Husband” however, Trainor goes even further by listing the things her future husband should know about her, and not expect.

With the perfectly imperfect 1950’s style beat and song construct, it is ironic that Trainor goes on to describe the exact opposite of what an “American Dream” wife would consist of…

“You got that 9 to 5 But, baby, so do I So don’t be thinking I’ll be home and baking apple pies I never learned to cook But I can find a hook Sing along with me” The real irony though, is that instead of this song being an anthem for independent women everywhere, it actually becomes a quirky and honest confession almost saying, “even See LIVEWELL’S page 8

“Chaotic Peace in UNH” Taken Jan. 27th in the Bixler Botwinick Quad

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Interview with lead singer of Plaid Brixx

Plaid Brixx recently released their debut EP Chemistry (Photo obtained via Facebook)

By ELYSE VON DER FECHT

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laid Brixx was formed in early 2013 by the band’s lead singer Chris Duggan, who has led bands and written music since he was ten. The band’s debut EP, Chemistry, is pop with a razor’s edge of rock and an aftershave of punk.

Duggan, who penned and produced all five songs on the EP, crafted a contemporary sound for this collection of in-your-face songs.

A few weeks ago, I had the chance to interview Duggan, the singer of the band. Here is what he had to say to the questions I asked him.

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though I can do things on my own, I’d rather do them with someone by my side.”

Those simple words are a lot harder to ever admit to in real life, but Trainor does an amazing job at confessing the want she has for someone to love, while holding onto her dignity.

With a little bit less bass, and a whole lot more of the ingredients used to cook up this perfect track,

Elyse: How did you come up with the band name “Plaid Brixx”?

Chris: I have a really weird fascination/obsession with plaid – and there’s a lot you can do with the imagery in terms of graphic design and stylization from a utilitarian perspective – so I thought it would be a good word to include in the band name!

And bricks are strong, hearty building materials so the two words went really well together. It stemmed off of an idea I had about how cool it would be to see a brick wall with a plaid pattern on it.

E: What made you want to be in a band?

C: I started my first band when I was a mere child because I knew I had to write songs. The performance thing came later, but for me it’s always been about the songwriting. I was lucky to discover my love for writing

pop songs when I was a child so you might say from that moment I knew I wanted to be in a band.

E: Off your EP Chemistry which is your favorite to perform live?

C: Chemistry has an undeniable energy about it when we play it live, but I think my favorite to play is “Here I Go Again” because of all the dynamic changes between the parts of the song. Plus it’s not too strenuous on my voice, so that’s always nice!

E: How did the name of your EP Chemistry come along?

C: I wanted to name the EP after the song Chemistry, since I think it best encapsulates the overall feel of the EP. It is about the chemistry fading between two people and what you can learn about yourself and life during that time.

E: Whom would you like to

it’s clear that Trainor will become a strong role model for her female audience, and possibly even show her male audience the truth behind the glitz and glam of Photoshop and overdone makeup. Too many females today make themselves into an over-worked canvas, instead of committing to being the work of art they were born as. Have you ever seen some celebrities without make up? Some-

times they’re almost unidentifiable. In their line of work, it’s almost expected that they will always have a freshly painted face on before leaving the house, but too many young girls are trying to live up to that expectation as well, and that just seems like such a tiring lifestyle to me.

Meghan Trainor seems like the kind of girl to tell it like it is (in the form of a song), and admit to being

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write with in the future?

C: I would absolutely LOVE to write with any of these people: Ryan Tedder, Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Taylor Swift, Mark Ronson, Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, Danger Mouse and Imogen Heap.

So, if any of you happen to be reading this, hit me up. I could probably name more, but those listed are definitely my current top tier of influences when it comes to writing the perfect song.

E: If you could travel anywhere in the world to perform, where would you go?

C: I would love to go to Tokyo. I have always wanted to go there, and I could stop at the Nintendo HQ and poke around a bit while I was in town. It would be glorious.

E: Who are your influences? Are they also your musical inspirations?

C: Aside from those I mentioned earlier, my personal style influences are probably Blink-182, Sum-41, The Strokes, The Hives, The Killers – basically a lot of early 2000’s alt-rock and pop-punk.

My musical inspirations change on a daily basis, so while those bands influenced me to start making alt-rock sort of music, the motivation behind the writing changes based on the wind.

E: One interesting fact about you guys that no one knows.

C: Mark has never been on an airplane before. Chris hates cheese unless it’s on pizza. Cole is hiding a lifetime worth of secrets in his hair.

If you haven’t listened to their debut album, then what you are waiting for, go check it out!

Local gigs of the week Toad’s Place

Feb. 19: Bright Lights 13: Electro Glow Party Feb. 20: Vic Mensa with DJ RellyRell

The Space

Feb. 21: Wind in Sails with Ghost Thrower, Novelty (Acoustic) and All Signs Point East Feb. 23: Rowdy City with DJ Livewire, MarBar, Tony Eyeful, The Pllayaz, JuszSmoove and ShesKika

The Oakdale

Feb. 20: Bush with Theory of a Deadman

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Feb. 19: Yarn pale in the winter (because lets face it – that’s what’s supposed to happen), or craving Five Guys at midnight. I think it’s a lot braver to walk around as yourself, then a pretend version, and I feel that Trainor, as an artist, will be able to convey that message to a lot of girls as well.

Feb. 20: Midge Ure Feb. 21: Goodnight Blue Moon with Dan & the Wildfire and Kate Callahan Feb. 22: Lys Guillorn’s Big Little Sunday Show

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Spiderman swings into the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Worth full price!

Julianne Moore is far from still in Still Alice

By DYLAN RUPPRECHT

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Marvel Studios and Sony are joining together for the next Spiderman film (AP photo)

By BEN ATWATER

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or the past fifteen years, superhero films based upon Marvel films have been dominated by three studios: Fox has owned the X Men and Fantastic Four films, Marvel Studios has controlled The Avengers characters, and Sony owns the rights to Spiderman.

It seems that Spiderman is coming back to Marvel after five films made by Sony.

After Spiderman and Spiderman 2 performed very well critically and financially, mixed reviews of Spiderman 3 caused the studio to reboot the franchise.

The Amazing Spiderman, with Andrew Garfield in the titular role, replacing Tobey McGuire. The reboot performed well financially and critically, leading to a sequel The Amazing Spiderman 2.

While performing well financially, it did not meet expectations Sony had, nor did it fare well critically.

Sony, as a company, has been struggling, and the film division was one of the last profit yielding departments of the company. After their biggest commodity was not making as much cash as they wanted, they struck a deal with Marvel Studios. While Spiderman

will now be integrated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony still owns the rights to the character.

This is merely a joint deal that will allow Marvel to bring the character into The Avengers universe, and will let Sony benefit from Marvel’s excellent creative talent when it comes to film making.

The implications of this deal are huge. Spiderman is set to appear in Captain America: Civil War, which will come out in 2016, before the character dawns his own film in 2017. With all of the characters in Civil War, it sounds like it should really be called Marvel: Civil War. At any rate, this new Spiderman film will push back four other Marvel films, including Thor 3 and Doctor Strange. Now, it must be remembered that Sony has not given up the rights to Spiderman. They still own the character, they are merely giving some creative control to Marvel so he can be integrated into the MCU. Marvel films have been consistently entertaining, which cannot be said for the past Spiderman films.

I felt that The Amazing Spiderman 2 was the worst film I have ever seen in the theaters, with a lack of focus, horrible acting, and a mess of a screenplay. The intentions of The Amazing Spiderman 2 were to set up a cinematic universe to rival Marvel’s. Yet in doing so, it lost focus of making the

film good on its own. This made me worried for the future of the franchise.

Well, now that Spiderman is partially in Marvel’s competent hands, hope is restored for me at least.

While this means rebooting the character for a third time in twelve years, it also means that all of the plans Sony had six months ago are rapidly changed.

The only danger is telling an origin story, which is not needed again. Hopefully they will follow The Incredible Hulk route, where Peter Parker is already Spiderman. I don’t need to see Uncle Ben die again.

Of course, they might not go with Peter Parker. In the comics, Ben Reilly and Mile Mortalis also are the alter ego of Spiderman. Yet, Peter Parker is the quintessential Spiderman, so it’s unlikely they will stray from that.

While four other films are being delayed, at least the dates will still be filled with films. It is not the same situation as when Batman v. Superman was pushed back a year with nothing to fill the date. Personally, I am glad that Spiderman is in the capable hands of Marvel Studios after Sony has nearly run it into the ground with The Amazing Spiderman 2. From a fan’s perspective, it will be great to see Spiderman fighting alongside Captain America and Hulk. Time will tell how Spiderman will fit into the MCU.

As we approach the 2015 Academy Awards, enthused fans have picked their favorites to win each respective category. At the top of the Best Actress category is Julianne Moore for her portrayal of a professor who has been diagnosed with a rare case of early onset Alzheimer’s disorder in the movie Still Alice.

This is Moore’s first nomination for Best Actress; she has been nominated only once before for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

The movie opens with Alice, played by Moore, lecturing about the effective tools used in linguistics for people to communicate to one another; in her lecture, Alice foreshadows her eventual cognitive reduction with subtle, awkward pauses. It is these subtleties that put Moore at the forefront of peoples’ ballots for Best Actress!

Warning: this movie is a tear jerker, which is to be expected of a movie that centers on the painful realities of people who are diagnosed with this disease.

Julianne Moore plays the main character in Still Alice (AP photo)

Ultimately, the film does a respectful, tasteful job at displaying some of the more unapproachable nuances, such as the disease’s crippling effect on someone trying to remember where the bathroom is in her own house, which really speaks about the driving force behind Still Alice: even though Alice is crippled by her disorder, she is still human and, more essentially, still the person that she created from a lifetime of work.

Moore retains the human qualities of a person who suffers from this disease in her performance. This is important for people to consider, as too many times rather than not, people seem to lump those who suffer from a disease as being just a product of his or her disease, instead of being a person first.

Overall, this film has a powerful message to send, which Moore delivers perfectly.

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Positives + There’s one benefit to the 1000 mph winds outside – students have witnessed the Tree Turbine sculpture spin at least twice! + Remember that ugly sweater your grandma knitted you that is really warm but makes you look like a feral cat with mange? Well, consider this weather your incentive to wear it, and a great excuse to make Nana’s day.

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Negatives

Charger Battery

– What is this “Monday” everybody keeps talking about? And since when did we have classes on it?

– The perpetual snow has been replaced with perpetual wind and freezing temperatures, making Alaska look like a tropical vacation spot and class look like a walk to the gallows.

The Battery Charge

Campus is finally starting to regain its bearings after a rocky start, with what will hopefully be our first full week of classes this week. Even though you wake up every morning wondering why you didn’t choose to go to school in California, just remember that Spring Break is only a month away, and with that should come warmer temperatures. Hopefully.

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Dear Melanie,

Recipe of the Week Roasted Acorn Squash with Red Quinoa Pilaf and Pepitas *Makes 4 portions, ½ acorn squash per person.* This is an excellent winter recipe that is light, but hearty. Serve alongside a luscious green salad to boost your nutrients.

I was dating a girl for a little while and we were going to see where things led and possibly be in a relationship. She’s an amazing girl—smart, witty, creative and beautiful on top of everything else. I started to feel myself getting depressed; it happens pretty frequently, so I told her that I could not do it anymore. I figured maybe in the future, it would work but right now I have a lot of baggage holding me down. This was a few months ago and she told me that she had to stop being friends with me because she was falling for me in the time that we were dating and it hurt her to only be friends with me. I’ve respected her wishes and haven’t talked to her at all but I miss her so much and I don’t know if I should tell her or not.

-Reader Dear Reader,

I think that you should not open that can of worms until you’re ready to be with her.

If you just want to tell her you miss her to see if she misses you and then get back to your life, then you definitely should continue not talking to her. If you are ready to try again, then by all means, talk to her and tell her how you feel.

By telling her you miss her, you will make her believe that you guys might have a chance right now and, unless that’s true, you shouldn’t start anything.

Also, she may be dating someone new and you don’t want to interfere if you aren’t going to be serious or ready to give her what she wants.

Missing people is a part of life; if you can’t actually do anything about it other than tell her you miss her, then try to hold on to the memories and let her go.

Xoxo,

Melanie

Poetry Corner Ingredients: 2 acorn squash - halved, and roasted at 400 degrees Fahrenheit with extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), maple, salt, and pepper 2 cups red quinoa, soaked overnight and cooked in salted bay water 10 baby bella mushrooms, sliced thin 1 red onion, diced 1 tbs fresh sage, chopped 2 tbs EVOO 1 tsp Bragg’s liquid aminos 1 cup toasted pumpkin seeds Steps: Caramelize mushrooms and onions respectively, seasoning with salt and pepper.

Mix quinoa, onions, mushrooms, ¾ pepitas, sage, EVOO, liquid aminos together in a bowl.

Stuff cooled acorn squash halves. sprinkle remaining pepitas on top. liquid and really gives it an immense flavor all throughout.

Optional, but encouraged: Once plated, heap finely grated Parmesan over the finished pasta.

“May the sea” May the sea

Set you free.

May the breeze

Keep you at ease.

May the sky

Help you fly.

May the sand

Guide you to land.

May the shore

Offer you more.

May the beach

Love you each.

-M.M.J

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Postcards from Prato

UNH Tweets of the Week

A check off my bucket list

By JESSICA SULLIVAN

STAFF WRITER JSULL4@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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I

am a few weeks into classes now and it’s starting to finally feel like school and not a vacation.

We have had more school days here than back in Connecticut and we even started later. It’s not as cold here as it is back on campus, but it is cold and always raining.

Hopefully it will get warmer soon.

This past weekend I went to Venice for Carnival. I have a bucket list that I take very seriously and ever since I learned about Carnival in my middle school Italian class, I’ve had it on my bucket list to do.

To get there, my friends and I had to take a train from Prato to Florence and then a three-hour bus ride and then a boat to get to Venice. The city is breathtaking and so are the people there. They are dressed in intricate costumes and masks.

Kids are all running around in costumes and throwing confetti.

The first thing we did was see a glass blowing demonstration from Murano Glass Company. I learned that glassmakers in the 14th century were the only people other than nobility who were allowed to carry swords and had

Jessica in one of her new Carnevale masks (Photo by Jessica Sullivan / Charger Bulletin Photo)

immunity from prosecution.

Also, their daughters were allowed to marry into nobility. We got to watch an artist make a pitcher and a horse statue, which Murano is famous for. It was crazy the detail this tiny glass horse had and how he made it in only a few minutes.

The next thing we did was buy masks. I had a hard time deciding which one I wanted so I bought three.

Oops—but they were all so pretty!

Carnival, or, like it’s called here in Italy, Carnevale, started in 1162 after a Venetian win over Ulrico and it coincided with Lent.

They would party every year the 40 days before the start of Lent. There are so many different kinds of masks. I bought a Columbina mask, which means it only covers half of the face and is usually covered with silver, gold, feathers and can be held to the face with ribbon or on a stick. I also bought a Medico Della Peste mask, which translates to “The Plague Doctor.”

I also rode in a gondola, which was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done.

It was so much fun and so pretty. We went under the Bridge of Sighs. It’s called that because it was once the

bridge that connected to the prison, so people said it was where prisoners took their last free breath. The man who was steering our boat told us he was third generation and it was so cool listening to him point out the different spots in Venice and how the water level can rise.

I had a really great in Venice and I’m looking forward to seeing another city.

Tanti saluti da, Jess Sullivan

Simply Sam’s Style Business Casual for Him

By SAMANTHA SALVIO

STAFF WRITER SSALV1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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In conjunction with last week’s article, this week I wanted to touch upon men’s business casual tips.

For the most part, the concepts are very similar to each other, but if women’s business casual is the “lazy” version of business attire, men’s business casual is a lazier but equally appropriate interpretation of formal business.

The biggest difference with men’s business casual is the acceptance of jeans in this category. Ripped and light-wash jeans are obviously not appropriate, but nice dark-washed jeans and a suit jacket or blazer is an

attractive look for men.

If you want to wear jeans to a business casual affair, I would also suggest wearing a tie. Without the tie, the outfit becomes too “every day.” In addition with this tip, here are three outfits for any business casual dress coded event: 1. Jeans: Pair a darkwash jean, with no rips, and a lighter colored button down. Go ahead and even throw on a patterned button-down if you’re feeling adventurous. I would stay away from the plaid shirts with jeans, or else it would lose the business qualities to your attire. With a grey suit jacket or blazer, finish the outfit with a darker tie, then the button-down and loafers or dress shoes.

2. Khakis: I personally favor men in khakis more than I do women, and there

is a lot you can do with this material bottoms for men’s business casual.

With a classic pair of khakis, opt for a darker colored, monotone or a minimal patterned buttondown, and brown or black dress shoes. You can opt for or without a tie, and if it’s cold grab a warm quarterzip. With this minimalistic look, a sleek and polished attire is achieved.

3. Dressy business casual: Basically this look is business attire albeit a few key things. With suit pants and a button-down of your choice, wear dress shoes and you’re done. No tie or jacket required.

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Business casual dark jeans dressed up with a blazer and button up (Photo obtained via Pinterest from polyvore.com)

Clery Campus Crime Log

*In accordance with the Federal law known as the Clery Act, the UNH Campus Police maintains a Crime Log, which contains information on alleged criminal incidents reported to the UNH Police. The following are matters of public record.

(1) Domestic Dispute Date: Feb. 12, 2015 Location: Botwinik Hall Time: 12:15 a.m.

(2) Theft

Date: Feb. 12, 2015 Location: Forest Hills Time: 11:17 a.m.

(4) Drug Complaint Date: Feb. 13, 2015 Location: Bethel Hall Time: 12:12 a.m.

(6) Drug Complaint Date: Feb. 13, 2015 Location: Bergami Hall Time: 3:03 p.m.

*Location not on Map*

(3) Unwanted Person (5) Drug Complaint (7) Harassing Phone Call Date: Feb. 12, 2015 Location: UNH Police Dept.

Time: 11:46 a.m.

Date: Feb. 13, 2015 Location: Sheffield Hall Time: 12:16 a.m.

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Date: Feb. 16, 2015 Location: UNH Police Dept.

Time: 12:37 p.m.