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Volume 96, Issue 18 | February 25, 2015 | West Haven, Conn.

Up ‘Til Dawn surpasses $60,000

By ELISSA SANCI

ASSISTANT EDITOR ESANC2@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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The Softball team perfomed “Wagon Wheel” at Chargers Got Talent (Photo by Erica Naugle / Charger Bulletin Photo)

The second annual Chargers Got Talent was held in the Charger Gymnasium, Sunday, Feb. 22, where student-athletes performed various acts with their teammates. Chargers Got Talent is organized by UNH’s SAAC and all proceeds are donated to Make-A-Wish Foundation. Last year, this event helped UNH become the leading collegiate fundraiser in the NorthEast-10. Read more about their performances and see who won! P. 3

CAMPUS

Want to learn more about the field of cyber forensics? P. 3

OPINION

Opinion editor Courtney shares her opinion on why you shouldn’t wear real fur P. 4

FILM

Birdman took home a lot of Oscars; see who else did! P.7

MUSIC

Lady Gaga performed a Sound of Music classic at the Oscars P. 9

Preserving Connecticut’s future

Institutions like UNH and other nonprofit organizations in Connecticut are currently not required to pay any taxes on property because they play a crucial role in the betterment of the community. However, because of a new proposal that is being raised during the 2015 session of the Connecticut General Assembly, changes may be made that would require colleges and universities to begin paying property taxes, which would cause a major financial burden for these institutions.

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

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magine having to pay thousands of dollars more in tuition fees, or going to a museum, only to find that it has been closed due to an inability to keep up with tax fees. These are just a few of the threats posed by the potential change in the way the University of New Haven, along with all other colleges, universities, and municipalities in the state of Connecticut, pay their property taxes.

Institutions like UNH, along with historical societies, hospitals, museums, and other nonprofit organizations in Connecticut are currently not required to pay any taxes on property because they play a crucial role in the betterment of the community. Instead, the state government reimburses local governments for what they do not collect by making a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT).

However, because of a new proposal that is being raised during

the 2015 session of the Connecticut General Assembly, changes may be made to the structure of PILOT that would require colleges and universities, and possibly other organizations, to begin paying property taxes, which would cause a major financial burden for these institutions.

But how does this affect students? Well, for starters, this change in PILOT will potentially deny students access to hospitals, museums and other institutions that benefit, if not serve, as necessities to college students.

Furthermore, should the University have to start paying these property taxes, then it’ll have to make up for these extra expenses somewhere, whether it’s through increased tuition fees, the closing down of various University programs, etc.

So, what can students do about this?

Kaplan asked students to participate in the #FutureCT campaign to urge legislators to vote against these changes. Launched by the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges (CCIC), of which UNH is a member, Kaplan explains that the campaign “promotes healthy, educated residents; spiritual, historical, and cultural

vibrancy; and opportunity for all.”

While not all students are completely familiar with the campaign, many are willing to participate.

Emily Fogelquist, a senior, said “I have not participated, but I would consider it! I think it’s ridiculous that [UNH and other affected organizations] would have to pay taxes on land they own... Also if [these organizations] have to pay property taxes, they will increase prices for their services or the quality of their services would decrease.”

Sophomore Kate D’Alessandro agrees. “Forcing non-profits to pay property taxes in that way is absolutely ridiculous when you have big corporations being taxed as low as they are. Tax the corporations higher and leave the nonprofits alone. I would absolutely participate in that protest.”

In order to participate, all one needs to do is go to http://www. futurect.org/join-us/ and write a short message to one’s legislators urging them to oppose these changes. The campaign can also be followed on Twitter and Facebook.

The University of New Haven Up ‘Til Dawn has been known to go above and beyond in terms of fundraising for St. Jude Children’s Hospital—last year, Up ‘Til Dawn surpassed their goal by raising $34,000 and this year, the organization has already hit and passed their second goal of $60,000 by raising $63,000.

UTD reached and surpassed their first goal of $50,000 on Sunday, Feb. 15; in less than a week, the organization hit their second goal by raising $63,000, nearly doubling last year’s total amount.

According to the UTD Executive Board members, the new goal will be kept a secret and unveiled, along with the total amount of money raised, at the Finale Event on Feb. 28.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a pediatric treatment and research facility that aims to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric diseases through research and treatment.

As stated as part of their mission statement, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family’s ability to pay.

At St. Jude, families never have to worry about the bill—the hospital funds treatment, travel, housing, food and research conducted are free of charge because “all a family should worry about is helping their child live,” according to their website.

St. Jude shares all the breakthroughs they make worldwide, and treatments invented at the facility have helped raise the childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since opening its door in 1962.

The UNH chapter of St. Jude Up ‘Til Dawn has been on the UNH campus for the past seven years, and has been hosting the Finale Event for the last six in an effort to raise money and awareness for St. Jude.

The Finale Event will be held in the Beckerman Recreation Center on Saturday Feb. 28 from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and throughout the night, teams will compete in various challenges to raise points. Text message clues will be sent out at midnight, 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. and teams will have to complete each challenge presented. In between the events, smaller side challenges will be announced and will grant the teams more opportunities to raise points.

While the Finale Event has been held for the past six years, this is only the second year that the event is a competition between teams: previous to 2014, the Finale Event was a letter writing event, where students would come to write letters to children with cancer throughout the night.

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Feb. 23 through Feb. 27—the week leading up the event—is Awareness Week, where teams will have the opportunity to raise points by completing small side events, such as taking selfies with an e-board member, team bandana making and attending a movie night.

“I’ve been involved with St. Jude ever since I could remember,” said Julianne Toce, the Recruitment Chair of Up ‘Til Dawn, who started her involvement with St. Jude as a Girl Scout when she was in elementary school.

“Everyone here is so pas-

sionate about Up ‘Til Dawn, and I just wanted to be a part of it,” Toce said.

Passionate doesn’t even begin to describe some of the students at UNH who are participating in the Finale Event. Sophomore Bianca Gureralp, top fundraiser both last and this year, has already raised $1,912.77 and does not plan to stop.

“As a freshman last year, I was able to raise $1,377.77 and was the top fundraiser.

This year I set a goal of $1,500 and an extended goal of $1,750,” Gureralp said.

“Never in a millions years did I ever think, I would raise as much as I have

now.”

Gureralp has always loved fundraising. “Growing up, I have always been very involved with charitable foundations and community service. I have been so blessed to have friends and family that give with love,” she said. “I think it makes a very big difference when you give with love and that is why I have been such a successful fundraiser. My motto is ‘giving selflessly whether it is dedicating your time or money is one of the greatest things we can do as human beings!’ Needless to say, when we give, we always receive.”

Dr. Ibrahim Baggili, assistant professor at UNH, presented on cyber forensics, Feb. 18 (Photo obtained via http://www.chooseunh.com)

By SAMANTHA MATHEWSON

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

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r. Ibrahim Baggili, assistant professor at UNH, presented “The State-of-the-art in Cyber Forensics: Now & Tomorrow,” Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 2 p.m. His talk was sponsored by friends of the UNH library and was the first in this year’s spring series.

Baggili’s research includes cyber forensics from technical, social and psychological perspectives and finding ways of improving the scientific validity of the field. He has worked closely with law enforcement and published work on real challenges facing cybercriminal investigators, and has presented and chaired conferences worldwide.

At UNH, Dr. Baggili teaches Computer Science,

so during his presentation he spoke of not only his own work, but also the work he and his students are currently working on.

Baggili started his talk by explaining some of the misconceptions that people have of his field of work, where he showed various pictures illustrating, “what my mom think I do,” “what my friends thinks I do,” and “what I think I do.”

However, Baggili said what they really do is this: “we find ways to break computers in order to improve them.”

He then introduced some background facts regarding cyber forensics. As of 2014, the United States ranked number three in the number of mobile users and number two in the number of Internet users, which highlights the increase in penetration of technology. This then led to his discussion about security and a test that he and his students preformed on Apps such as ooVoo, OKCupid and Instagram. Their studies

revealed that many apps people use everyday are vulnerable to being hacked.

The person doing the “hacking” is called a “script kitty” and they capture what is being sent back and forth if the content isn’t encrypted.

Baggili then explained the importance of forensics involving not only science, but law. This means that there is a very thin line between using this technology for investigation and invading one’s privacy.

There have been many improvements made in the field of cyber forensics, some of which include triage, similarity matching and rise of research and education, and there are also many projects in progress.

However, the field continues to face struggles such as lack of multidisciplinary research initiatives, lack of common knowledge and changing technology. Dr. Baggili concluded his presentation by saying, “there is no good science without art.”

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UNH’s second annual Chargers Got Talent

Student athletes performing at Chargers Got Talent with their teammates (Photos by Erica Naugle/Charger Bulletin Photo)

By SAMANTHA MATHEWSON

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

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en’s and Women’s Soccer won this year’s second annual Chargers Got Talent, which took place in the Charger Gymnasium, Sunday, Feb. 22. Student-athletes created dances and skits to perform for their peers.

Each UNH athletic teams made a group to perform, in addition to recognized student organizations, WRITE POETRY and Fully Charged, who performed as well. The event is organized

by UNH’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in coordination with the athletics department.

Over 500 tickets were sold for the event, totaling $1,513 to be donated to Make-A-Wish. Tickets were presold for two dollars, and three dollars at the door.

Last year, the event raised $1,440.

The winners of the event,

Men’s and Women’s Soccer, performed a series of dances together, while second place was awarded to Women’s Volleyball, who performed a workout skit, and third place was a tie between the athletic staff and the Women’s Track and Field team.

In their performance, athletic staff members each did an individual dance.

Associate Vice President, Director of Athletics and Recreation, Deborah Chin, performed a karate-themed dance to “Kung Fu Fighting,” while the women’s track and field team danced

to a mix of Beyoncé songs.

“The Women’s Volleyball ‘workout skit’ was hilarious, combining comedy, dance and musical talents,” said Richard Rotella, Undergraduate Student Government Association president.

Other performances of the night included a “Circle of Life” lip-sync skit by the Women’s Softball team and a Steve Irwin skit by the Football team.

This year’s judges included Rotella, Patricia Hughes, associate athletic director, and Lynn Derobertis, associate director, education

programs and academic skills counselor.

“It was amazing to see such talented studentathletes showcase their creativity, since we don’t normally see them in that light,” said Rotella. “I had a lot of fun judging. It is an opportunity I don’t get very often, and working with the other judges was a blast.”

The MCs for the night were SAAC members JP DiTommaso, from the Men’s Soccer team, and Aquillin Hayes from Women’s Basketball.

The halftime performance was by WRITE POETRY,

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who individually performed their personal pieces.

“I had extreme jitters before, but I recited my poem and felt great after,” said Garrecia Powell, junior and vice president of WRITE POETRY. The event concluded with a performance by Fully Charged and three gift card raffles.

At the end of the night, Chin thanked everyone for coming out and showing their support for a great cause.

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#Fur or Food: Twitter’s biggest fool of the week

By COURTNEY BROOKS

OPINION EDITOR CBROO4@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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very time you scroll through a twitter feed, you are basically setting yourself up for disappointment. There isn’t a chance that you won’t see a tweet that you feel is annoying, ignorant or just plain stupid; take this past week’s Amber Rose and the “Kartrashians” twitter war, for example.

As an active twitter user, I am aware that every time I am scrolling, there is the

potential to be put in a bad mood from these tweets, as my faith in the human race slowly declines, and I willingly accept that risk.

However, as I was mindlessly scrolling through my feed the other day, I stumbled upon a tweet that made me angrier than most.

Usually when I see a tweet I don’t agree with, I can laugh at this tweeter’s stupidity and then move on with my day, but this one tweet stuck with me and has had my blood boiling ever since. It read, “Just purchased my first real rabbit fur jacket… won’t be eating for the next 2 weeks bc im broke but #priorities.”

For the sake of this tweeter’s dignity, I am going to do them a favor and leave this tweet anonymous.

Where do I even begin to decipher the absurdity of this person and their unbelievable tweet? I may be biased because I am the adoring mother of a beautiful baby bunny, but putting my own emotions aside, I still feel that NO ONE should be

bragging about purchasing a REAL fur jacket of any kind!

Wearing real fur clothing for your own personal pleasure is nothing to be proud of. The number of animals that suffer from the cruel fur industry every year is unfathomable. The process of obtaining fur from animals, especially rabbits, is sickening.

First, they are captured from the wild and transported to a factory, where they are then hung from racks by their back legs. Most times, the workers don’t even have the decency to kill the animal before skinning it alive.

As their fur is peeled from their skin layer by layer, the animal jerks and writhes its two remaining free limbs in a last attempt to survive.

And for those rabbits that are so scared that they cry out in pain? Well, the workers deal with these loud ones in a simple way—by stomping on their heads and crushing it, and then continuing the skinning.

I hope this tweeter keeps

this process in mind every time they throw on that jacket that they sacrificed two weeks of food to buy.

Which brings me to the next issue—HASHTAG PRIORITIES! Are you kidding me?

As if wearing real fur and supporting a gruesome industry isn’t bad enough, you are willing to forego meals to do so? Not only is this person lacking in morals, but they must also be completely brain dead if they think that an expensive fur jacket takes priority over food.

I know everyone is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs and that not everyone feels so strongly about the issue of animal welfare as I do, but in my eyes, right is right and wrong is wrong. Choosing to wear fur and then bragging about it on social media and making a joke out of how it is more important than food is about as wrong as wrong can get. But then again, it is 2015 and many people are lacking morals— congratulations on proving yourself to be one of them.

I had a Sweet 16—it wasn’t like the T.V show, nothing crazy, but it was perfect for me. My mom threw me a surprise party a few times when I was younger; I had the typical McDonald’s parties as a kid, but I have no memory of what I did for my eighteenth birthday—probably nothing. I’m usually happier that way, and I spent my twentieth birthday last year in Florence, Italy at a chocolate festival, which was fun, but I don’t even like chocolate.

This year is the big one though. Most people count down the days, exactly 7,665 days from birth, 21. Finally legal to drink alcohol (in America). I spent a semester in Italy, and I think I had

about five drinks the entire semester. I’m not one for alcohol either. So my birthday isn’t exactly revolving around getting wasted.

Plus, I’m not the oldest of my friends, but I’m not the youngest, so the people celebrating with me aren’t all of legal age. I do know that I don’t plan to spend my twenty-first birthday supplying alcohol to minors.

So instead? We are going to the movies. Alcohol is overrated anyway.

Why does alcohol have to be so important? Everyone hears I am turning 21 and instantly assumes I am going out for drinks. Is that what everyone else does? Is that appropriate? We are told our entire lives NOT to drink

ourselves into a stupor yet once you turn 21 it’s suddenly what everyone assumes is going to happen. Am I the only one who has no interest in that?

That just doesn’t sound appealing to me at all. Who wants to wake up in the morning and have no idea what they did the night before? I’d rather just enjoy a nice night with my friends.

I mean, don’t get me wrong, I will buy my first legal drink for all the hype (woo hoo), but it will be at Friday’s, for dinner, with my friends, and it will be one drink. Not quite like everyone seems to expect it to be like. I guess I’m just not a typical 21-year-old. But hey, I have the rest of my life to drink.

My 21st birthday

By SAMANTHA HIGGINS

STAFF WRITER SHIGG2@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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I’m not personally one for birthdays, and I don’t definitely care much for mine.

I usually just go along with the festivities for everyone else’s; I guess I am just not a celebration person.

By ANONYMOUS

Sorority blues

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“81 other people are better than you” just keeps going through my head, and it’s like a mantra of failure.

Over and over, I see pictures of their happiness, acceptance, and messages of congratulations, so every day I am reminded of the number of people that have been selected to be a part of something I cannot gain entry to. I cannot get in no matter how many clubs I join, no matter how hard I try, no matter my grades, my involvement, or my attitude - I simply haven’t accumulated the correct components to make the grade for sisterhood. One of those components being a friendship with a sister who will vouch for me, who will say “She’s good enough.” I have not yet made a single friend who would stand up for me in a crowd, and say to others that I am worth getting to know and that I am worth giving effort to.

How truly awful to feel like you are not good enough to be loved by that group,

to know that you are only one of 29 who, for some unknown reason, were not liked or went unnoticed. I am the bottom 26 percent of girls on campus, according to the votes of a majority of my peers. On this campus, there are now more than 200 girls who would not call me “sister.” How alone it feels to know my peers would not choose me to grow with, to mentor, or allow into their inner circle.

I’m a perpetual outsider.

When you are an only child, more often than not you long for a sibling. Why do only children look on the sibling relationship and crave it?

Who would ever see a bond forged of love with all its secrets, stories, and support and not desire it? Since my freshman year, I have tried so hard to earn - not win - a bond. I have run across campus in the middle of the night to give help to a girl who was in pain but sincerely disliked me, because my house had a freezer and hers didn’t. My heart tells me to be generous, to give when I have less than nothing, and to give more of myself than others might, so

that when I have reached my lowest point, someone may see the good in me and give some words of encouragement that rekindles my spirit.

I feel like I have checked off all your boxes for outside things. I do community service, I get nothing less than a B and I don’t go to parties to be caught doing things we are told we shouldn’t. I take leadership roles, attend community events, raise money for charity. I volunteer around school and across the globe. I recycle, I give my vacation time to volunteer. I am there for strangers, I compliment freely, I do not dress slovenly.

I feel like its my insides.

Those are what’s wrong.

That has to be the answer, right? It’s my smile or my laugh that offends you, it’s my excitable nature or quick temper - something inside me, that which is inherently me, that is what is wrong.

How do I change me?

But then the return of the bigger question: Do I really want to be a part of something that asks me to change the very fabric which creates me? If I truly desire to be a

part of the collective then yes, I have to lose, give up, destroy what makes me, me, in order to fit into the order that is made up of only you.

I have tried for years now to change myself, make sure to like every single one of your Facebook pages and attend your events in order to get noticed, but I never seem to make a dent. I friended every new and current member, even the alumni. I tried being nonchalant in my pursuits and that also didn’t garner me any of your much sought after affections. I do my best to perform as you expect, to wear and be what you’d expect, to be with the people that also filter through your social circle even.

None of my efforts have made any difference, and my self-esteem is suffering for it. I will graduate college less of me, less than who I started out as, because I am simply seeking a bond that will not be given and I will be more alone because of it. All I wanted was to be a sister to you, but I’ll never be anyone’s sister because I am so unlikeable that I cannot get one single person to say that I am worth it.

Letter to the Editor

By ANONYMOUS

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To Whom It May Concern: It’s me again, your not so favorite student at UNH. For the second time this year I am noting my complaints about the parking problems that your students, the ones paying $52,000 a year to attend this university, face on a daily basis. Because obviously my first attempt at bringing some recognition to the issue was to no avail.

I’m positive it is of no surprise to you to learn that parking is a major issue on our campus. How am I so confident of this, you might ask? Well, for one, the UNH website states that commuters WILL have trouble finding parking. It doesn’t give any advice on how to resolve this issue; it just forewarns commuters of the hellish parking lot that is patiently awaiting their arrival. And for two, this is not just my opinion, but also the opinion of the majority, so I’m sure there have been complaints about it in the past.

When I have asked for suggestions on how to deal with the parking problem, I’ve received a few options, so let me go over those in detail with you.

I’ve been told to get to campus earlier than your scheduled class time, so you have time to park. Well, I have tried this and it is a completely inept solution. I started trying to get to class 20 minutes early and after driving in circle after circle, I was forced to miss class and make the hour-long commute home, because I could not get parking. Next, after being extremely irritated, I left my house an hour early, determined not to miss another class. I arrived at campus with a FULL hour to kill trying to find parking and to my horrid shock, I learned that I wasted my time yet again.

You see, the commuters at UNH are smart. Once they do find a parking spot, they never leave! So you could spend ten minutes, 20 minutes, even an hour circling the same few parking spots but I can promise you a spot

will not open up. You will leave campus, after missing yet another class, upset and frustrated.

I’ve also been told that I might find success if I attempted to park off campus.

This suggestion was actually comical to me. Not only do the city residents usually occupy these few parking spots on the streets of West Haven, but the ones that are open are open for good reason. Not to be a Debbie Downer here, but the ugly truth is that the areas off campus are not the safest places in the world.

When I have a night class, I have absolutely no desire to be walking the streets of West Haven all alone because the only available parking was a mile down Campbell Ave. and I don’t think any other students want to be doing that either. BUT, if you don’t want to take my word for it, I would recommend talking to the UNH student who was robbed at gunpoint last August, while walking to his car on Campbell Ave.—his opinion might be held in a higher regard than mine.

So, since both of these suggestions are clearly inadequate, I am asking for a third option, one that will actually present a reliable solution to this parking problem. We apparently have all the funds to be building new residence halls and to be adding colleges to our campus, but do we not have enough to create a larger commuter parking lot?

If that is the case that we don’t have the space or the means, then maybe the university should consider banning residents from having vehicles on campus, since they surely can make it to class without having to drive and occupy a parking space.

Whatever it takes, there needs to be a resolution to this issue. As a paying student at UNH, it is ridiculous that I still have to miss classes that I am fully prepared to go to because there are no parking spaces available.

Sincerely, An Outraged Commuter

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Treasurer’s Tip

President’s Corner

Track your spending

Chargers,

RSOs, as we move further into the semester, it’s important to continuously track your spending. Tracking your spending can help manage your RSO budget and can make planning events a lot easier, as you’ll be more aware as to how much your RSO has to utilize when planning certain events. This can also help when planning for next year and the yearly budget process. Knowing what your RSO has spent on certain events can give you an idea as to how much your RSO may need or want to request during the yearly budget process which is scheduled to take place during March. A great way to track expenditures is by using charts and tables. Excel is an awesome program that is great for keeping track of expenses and what exactly is in your budget. This is something all RSO treasurers should try to utilize because, again, being aware of your RSO finances can alleviate stress and confusion, making processing financial paperwork a lot easier.

Always do your part as an RSO treasurer to track your RSO accounts. If you have any questions about how to track expenses or anything in regards to RSO finances, feel free to come see me during office hours or shoot me an email!

John Foti USGA Treasurer

I hope this week is going well for you. Congratulations to our Greek organizations on their new members and good luck to those individuals who are joining.

I would like to welcome LaDarius Thompson to the University of New Haven as Associate Director of Student Activities. LaDarius’s first day was Monday so make sure to stop by and say hi to the newest member to the Student Activities family.

With the possibility of large winter storms continuing, please use caution when driving and walking. Also, make sure that you sign up for emergency alerts from campus police! For more information please visit http://www.newhaven.edu/student-life/police/emergency-procedures.

This week in USGA, we will be voting on Constitution and By-Law changes so make sure to attend!

Any USGA related questions? Feel free to contact USGApresident@newhaven.edu or USGATreasurer@newhaven.edu

“Courage is resistance of fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.” —Mark Twain Richard Rotella USGA President

This Week in Sports Baseball

Baseball

2.27.15 | 12 p.m.

2.27.15 | 3 p.m.

VS. Mercy (DH) Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

VS. Mercy (DH) Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

Last Week’s Stats:

Men’s Basketball

Women’s Track & Field

Men’s Track & Field

VS. Northeast-10 Championship First Round

VS. New England Championships Boston, Mass.

VS. New England Championships Boston, Mass.

Men’s Basketball VS. American International Loss 57-71

Women’s Basketball VS. American International Win 66-60

2.27.15 | TBA

Women’s Track and Field VS Northeast-10 Conference Championships Third place

2.27.15 | ALL DAY

Men’s Track and Field VS Northeast-10 Conference Championships Sixth place

Scope it Out!

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This Week’s Events:

Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015: Zach Ibrahim in Bucknall Theater at 1:30 p.m.

Thursday Feb. 26, 2015: Madden Tournament in Bartels Student Dining at 3 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 27, 2015: Co-Sponsorship with CSSA in their Chinese Festival in Bucknall Theater at 2 p.m.

Film Showing of Dumb and Dumber with popcorn in Gehring 301 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015: Snow Tubing Trip at 1 p.m.

“Majestic Pelican” Photo by Jazmine Gregory Freshman Taken in Santa Barbara in January

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Winners of the 87th Oscars Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay & Best Cinematography: Birdman

Best Director: Alejandro Inarritu (Birdman)

Best Actress: Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)

Best Foreign Language Film Ida

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Imitation Game

Best Costume Design, Best Make Up and Hairstyling, Best Production Design & Best Score: The Grand Budapest Hotel

AP photos

By Ben Atwater Film Editor

Best Orignial Song: “Glory” (Selma)

The 87th Academy Awards were not exactly surprising. However, just because the ceremony was predictable does not mean everything awarded was justified. While agreeing with most of the categories, I took issue with several of them. Obviously, The Lego Movie was snubbed of a nomination for Best Animated Film, and an argument could have been made that it also deserved a Best Picture and Screenplay nomination.

With Birdman taking home the most awards, including Best Picture, many feel that Boyhood was snubbed, only winning Best Supporting Actress for Patricia Arquette. While I do not feel Boyhood is a particularly good film, its twelve-year production span should have gained the film a special achievement award.

All of the acting award recipients earned their awards, particularly Eddie Redmayne. Having only seen The Theory of Everything this past weekend, I think the way Redmayne portrayed the slow digression into comatose as a victim of ALS was astounding, as was Julianne Moore’s performance as an Alzheimer’s patient in Still Alice.

Most upsetting to me was the Visual Effects award. Won by Interstellar, I feel that this award belonged to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. While Interstellar had great visuals, it was nothing we have not seen before.

Apes was my favorite film of 2014, and I would have seen it nominated for Best Picture if it was up to me.

Yet, all in all, the ceremony was entertaining. Neil Patrick Harris did a much better job hosting than Ellen DeGeneres last year, who lost sight of focus too often. The Birdman-inspired segment where Harris walked through the halls of the Dolby Theater in his underwear was, quite frankly, hysterical. The opening song was also very well done and funny, with the help of Anna Kendrick and a surprise performance by Jack Black.

Best Animated Feature: Big Hero 6

Best Sound Editing: American Sniper

Best Sound Mixing & Best Film Editing: Wiplash

Best Visual Effects: Interstellar

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Pass on this one

Save for Netflix

SCOPE Movie Night

SpongeBob stays afloat

Five dollar Tuesdays

Worth full price!

Weekly Roundup

Fifty Shade of Grey (AP photo)

By BEN ATWATER

FILM EDITOR BATWA1@.UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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SpongeBob and the Bikini Bottom crew go on an adventure to save the Krabby Patty formula in Sponge Out of Water (AP photo)

By BEN ATWATER

FILM EDITOR BATWA1@.UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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o matter how old we are, anyone born in the 1990s onwards has seen an episode of SpongeBob Squarepants at some point in their life.

Growing up a Nickelodeon kid, SpongeBob Squarepants was my favorite show. So naturally I was excited in 2004 when The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie came out. What that movie did right is that it raised the stakes from the TV series while still maintaining the spirit of the show. The Simpsons Movie also did this well.

Yet with regards to SpongeBob, as the years went by, I grew out of the show into more adult catered shows, like The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad. Yet, over the summer, I saw a display for a new SpongeBob movie at the theater.

Skeptical by the CGI rendered characters versus the traditionally animated ones I grew up with, I had no plans

of seeing it. Yet that was before I became a published movie critic, and since February is the dumping ground of movies, with little else coming out, I figured why not take a trip to the theater to see how the show I loved as a child would fare on the big screen for a second time.

Based on the marketing, I assumed that most of the film would be the CGI characters for most of the time.

Rather the traditionally animated characters are present for most of the film. For those not familiar with the franchise (but who isn’t?), the SpongeBob universe takes place in the underwater town of Bikini Bottom, where SpongeBob works at the Krusty Krab, a fast food restaurant managed by Mr. Krabs. The signature menu item is the Krabby Patty, a beloved burger that Mr. Krab’s business rival, Plankton, is always trying to steal. So The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie: Sponge Out of Water starts the formulaic plot of many episodes in that Plankton is trying to steal the secret recipe of the Krabby Patty.

In the middle of the heist, the secret recipe suddenly vanishes into thin air at no fault of Plankton. Without the recipe, SpongeBob

cannot make Krabby Patties, and the entire town goes into a Mad Max state of chaos and anarchy. So, SpongeBob and Plankton team up to go on a time traveling adventure to find the recipe before it vanishes.

In doing so, they manage to gain superpowers for all of the main characters as they take to the surface and fight a pirate who has gained a magical book through he can control the fate of Bikini Bottom.

If this sounds convoluted, it’s because it is. Sponge Out of Water is a kid’s movie, and is subject to logical fallacies. Yet obvious logical fallacies are part of the charm of the show.

While watching the movie, I was delighted to see the characters I grew up with on the big screen as I did eleven years ago. While the pacing at times was very slow, I still enjoyed most of this film as will most fans of the show. While far from a masterpiece, Sponge Out of Water is self-aware enough to embrace in its silliness.

I certainly would not spend time watching Sponge Out of Water a second time, but it is worth a watch for fans even if it is not the highest quality of cinema.

With the Oscars this past week, comes a lot of new movie news. The scandalous film, Fifty Shades of Grey, has been greenlit for two sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, with the second installment to come in 2016.

Since the first film of the trilogy has already made over $400 million dollars, it’s no wonder why Universal Pictures is jumping on the franchise wagon with this property. It’s clear that sex sells.

The world of James Bond is also being graced with another installment. Spectre is set to come out Nov. 16, 2015. Starring Daniel Craig as 007, the first picture was released last week, showing James Bond atop a snowy mountain fighting Dave Bautista’s character, who is the main villain of the film.

Bautista, who is best known as Drax from last year’s Guardians of the Galaxy, will take a turn playing a villain.

From the world of video game movies, the upcoming film Assassin’s Creed has just gained momentum, as Marion Cotillard has been confirmed as joining the cast.

Best known for playing Talia Al Ghul in The Dark Knight Rises, Cotillard was very recently nominated for the French film Two Days One Night. While she did not win on Sunday night, it is never a mistake for a film to add Academy recognized talent.

Also coming out soon is the fifth Pirates movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, to which Javier Bardem has just been added to the cast.

Having won an Oscar for his terrifying performance in No Country for Old Men, hopefully this addition to the cast will turn around the critical reception of the franchise, though the franchise has grossed $3.7 billion dollars.

Finally, District 9 director Neill Blomkamp has been confirmed as the director for the upcoming Alien 5.

The Aliens franchise has spawned four films since 1979, in addition to two crossovers with the Predators franchise and a spinoff with Prometheus. This will be Blomkamp’s next project after Chappie, coming out next week on March 6th.

Blomkamp has developed a gritty sci-fi style, which fits in perfectly with the Alien universe.

Concept art has been released with Sigourney Weaver inside of a xenomorph body, so Weaver will likely return, especially considering she has worked with Blomkamp in Chappie.

The big question is what this new project means for Prometheus, which is set to have sequels in the future directed by Alien director Ridley Scott. Only time will tell if the franchise will pursue Aliens or Prometheus as the focus of the overall story arc.

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Local gigs

Daughter & Son Volume Two

of the week Toad’s Place

Feb. 26: Bright Night 14: Electro Glow Party Feb. 27: Partynextdoor Daughter & Son are a NYC-based duo (Photo provided by The Press House)

By SHANNON LIVEWELL STAFF WRITER SLIVEWELL@ME.COM

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D

aughter & Son are a NYC-based duo consisting of Jody Shelton and Mighty Kate. The two began their careers in the music industry as solo artists, but have now formed an artistic connection that creates undeniably beautiful music with simplistic verses and hooks that deserve a repeat button of their own.

Back in 2008, these songwriting forces to be reckoned with were set up on a “musical blind date” by their managers. At this time, they possessed a collection of seven solo albums

between the two of them, but it became evident that their musical capabilities as a whole were much stronger together than apart.

The arrival of their new EP, Daughter & Son Volume Two, brought joy to fans everywhere when it was released back in June of this year, followed by a beautiful video of their self-titled single, “Daughter & Son.” Just like their music, this video exemplifies the gratification of brightening someone’s day. Following the story of the video’s protagonist, whose smile is rebuilt after the death of a loved one, based on the actions of strangers around her. The song is meaningful, with the strong chorus driving the emotion laced throughout the guitar-based melody.

In a feature constructed by the talented duo, Kate

speaks about the transformation from a solo writing career to one with Shelton. She speaks about the newfound partnership in a freeing way, realizing just how nice it can be to have someone to bounce ideas off of, and rely on when the writer’s block becomes too hard to push through.

“Oh Lover” is one of the songs featured on the mini feature that documents the two and their musical process. This is one of my favorite songs written and performed by the duo, exemplifying their ability to sing the words most people search to say every day.

“Oh lover, you are my night sky, wrapped in a blanket of starlight. You gave me the strength to find my sight, so I’ll never be scared of the dark.”

This song is the unspoken letter that represents love in

its purest form. There is no overly-romanticized verse leading to a bridge of unsolved heartache. This song is purely the raw feeling and emotion of love. The simplest of words that describe the most complex of feelings. And who doesn’t fall in love with the sound of two acoustic guitars playing in unison?

Together the two create beautiful harmonies intertwined with melancholy melodies resembling that of the Civil Wars. Backed by folk-like song structures, and realistic story-lines, their music cuts to the heart of a listener, peeling away any layers of fluff and revealing the heart of each track from the moment it starts.

Lady Gaga honors a timeless classic

By ASHLEY WINWARD

MUSIC EDITOR AWINW1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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As I sat at my television, hands covering my eyes, I have to admit I was terrified. When I heard that Lady Gaga was performing at all, I was generally concerned but to hear that she would be honoring a classic had me preparing for the worst.

I’m not saying that Lady Gaga is a terrible performer—quite the opposite—but you have to admit, some of her performances have been theatrical to the point of being frightening.

From gaudy outfits to taboo

backup dancers, Gaga has done it all and shocked the world every single time. To my surprise, she shocked the world again; not from her stage show but from her voice alone.

Honoring the upcoming fiftieth anniversary of the film (March 2, to be exact), Gaga performed a medley to The Sound of Music.

The iconic musical has seen itself transform from book to Broadway to silver screen and everything in between. Most recently, The Sound of Music was brought to television for a live performance in 2013 staring Carrie Underwood as Maria, starting a series of live Broadway broadcasts, like Peter Pan, and talks of

future productions as well.

Songs in the medley included “The Hills are Alive,” “My Favorite Things,” “Edelweiss” and “Climb Ev’ry Mountain.”

The set up was simple and elegant, with fog and trees creating a mysterious atmosphere. Gaga then appeared out of the fog in an elegant white dress that was absolutely breathtaking, much more appealing than the stiff glittered frock she wore down the red carpet. Her voice was pure and theatrical in all the right ways, like she was born to perform on the Great White Way. It was so refreshing to see her showcase just her voice. The whole performance was muted, but in

the best way. I felt like I could close my eyes and see the movie playing out in front of me.

As much as I’ve loved the crazy, over-the-top Gaga for the past couple of years, seeing her perform like this and with Tony Bennett, just seeing her calm down, has made me appreciate her even more.

I really hope that this is a direction that she’s planning on following for a while.

It would be nice to see her settle down and show the world that she’s more than just the crazy act she puts on. She’s an amazing singer and truly a brilliant artist.

The Space

Feb. 28: The Dodos with Springtime Carnivore

BAR (21+)

Feb. 25: California X with Ovlov and Dead Pines

Cafe Nine (21+)

Feb. 25: Kings and Queens of East Rock Feb. 26: And the Kids with The Sun Parade and Rudeyna Feb. 27: Victor Roland Feb. 28: Natalie Tuttle with Rusty Things, and Peter J Brail Feb. 28: Jazz Jam Session: George Baker Band Feb. 28: MV & EE with Spectre Folk, The Mountain Movers and Rivener March 1: Americana Songwriter Circle

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Negatives – Unless being homeless is your new aesthet-

end with a high of 43 degrees on Sunday, which gave all of the “bros” wearing shorts and t-shirts a bit more of an excuse for their choice in clothing.

ic, don’t forget to drop your past ten paychecks on your housing deposit, which is due this Friday.

+ Now that grades are starting to come in, it’s understandable if some of you are starting to realize that you have the mental capacity of a plastic spoon. Make yourself feel better by watching people who are (pretending to be) as stupid, if not more so, than you at SCOPE’s showing of Dumb and Dumber To on Friday.

The

Positives + We got a bit of a weather teaser this week-

By Kaitlin Mahar

Charger Battery

– R.I.P. to the seagull eaten by the hawk. And R.I.P. to the hawk that’s probably going to die from eating the seagull.

The Battery Charge

Three weeks separate us from Spring Break, and this week just might be the hardest since we have a Monday-Wednesday class schedule for three days this week to make up for all the snow days. On another note, take J.K. Simmons’ advice from his acceptance speech at the Oscars Sunday night and call your parents. They’ve probably forgotten you exist at this point.

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Recipe of the Week Chili with black beans, corn, and tempeh with side of topopos

Ask Melanie

Email unhaskmelanie@gmail.com, find her on Facebook at UNH Ask Melanie, or follow her Twitter @unhaskmelanie. Identities will always remain confidential!

Dear Melanie,

My friend (who does not attend UNH) is pregnant with her professor’s baby and she has come to me for advice on whether or not she should keep it. She is a junior and she isn’t necessarily against abortion but she doesn’t know if she should keep it because the professor is married and doesn’t want her to have the baby. I do not know what to tell her so, I came to you.

-Reader Dear Reader, This is a tough decision that she will have to make on her own. Unfortunately, no one can make this decision for her. It is a big one and, depending on the path she chooses, it could be a long journey ahead for her. The things you can do for her are: give her information and resources to make an informed decision and support whichever decision she makes.

The best thing to do at this time is support her because whichever one she chooses, she will need a good support system. I’m sure she’ll make the decision that is best for her and her situation and you will be a good friend in the meantime.

Good luck with everything.

Xoxo,

Ingredients: Two yellow onions, diced Two bell peppers, red and orange, diced Two tbs EVOO One tbs chili powder One tbs tomato paste One tbs organic cane sugar One tbs salt One bag of frozen mixed kernel corn One can of black beans One large can of fire roasted crushed tomatoes One package of tempeh, original, seasoned and sauted in EVOO until crispy, golden brown.

For topops: One package of sprouted corn tortillas EVOO salt Steps: Saute the onions and peppers on high heat until cooked through. add salt, tomato paste and stir until thickening begins. add chili and sugar.

Cook on medium for five to eight minutes. add fire-roasted tomatoes, corn, and black beans. remove from heat. add tempeh.

Cool, contain, label, and store!

For topops: Half the tortillas. slice each side into thin strips.

Heat EVOO in a pan. saute strips. transfer to baking sheet and crisp in oven. season and cool on rack.

Melanie

Poetry Corner “Petals and Promises” She was the summer’s last sunflower, Writing a letter to July, As though one final correspondence, Would make an easier goodbye, But already she could feel them, The approaching winds of change, An autumn she would never see, Both beautiful and strange, As the heat’s embrace got softer, She watched the leaves all fall and settle, And had one last look for love, Within her few remaining petals, But though the sun had made a promise, She knew it was one that he forgot, As her final petals fell to earth, He loves me, He loves me not.

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Postcards from Prato

UNH Tweets of the Week

Stepping into The Lizzie McGuire Movie

By JESSICA SULLIVAN

STAFF WRITER JSULL4@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

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Prato students traveled to Rome and visited the Colosseum (Photo by Cassidy Robishaw/Charger Bulletin photo)

Ciao, This week has been full of trips all around Italy. I started with a trip to Siena, which is about an hour bus drive from Prato.

Siena is an extremely beautiful city. It is full of hills and winding streets. We went to Cattedrale Cathedral. This cathedral is so huge and beautiful; it is really just unbelievable how intricate the outside façade and the inside of the church are.

While we were in Siena, we also went to the Piazza Del Campo. This is where they would have horse and chariot races. It is a huge square and in the middle, people would stand to watch the races, and, the chariots around the outside of the square.

Also in this square is a clock/bell tower. You can climb to the top and see some of the most amazing views. I climbed around 500 steps to the top and the view was so breathtaking; you could see for miles all around Siena. It was amaz-

ing.

I also went to Rome, where I got to see the Colosseum, the Pantheon and the Trevi Fountain. It was so surreal to be in the city and walk around ancient ruins and buildings. I felt like I was in The Lizzie McGuire Movie, except the Trevi Fountain was nothing like in the movie. It is being restored, so there is plastic and metal all over it.

So far, Rome has been my favorite city in Italy. It has the best food, buildings and people. I had the most amazing handmade pump-

kin raviolis.

I also got to see the Pope while I was in Rome. It was the coolest thing ever to hear the Pope speak and be in another country.

It has been a great last few days, and I’m so excited to see more of Italy.

Tanti saluti da,

Jess Sullivan

Simply Sam’s Style Dress for Success

By SAMANTHA SALVIO

STAFF WRITER SSALV1@UNH.NEWHAVEN.EDU

––––––––––––––––––––– Next in the professional series is one step up from business casual—business formal.

The last couple of weeks have been all about the need-to-knows for business casual in the world of college interviews. Now that those bases have been covered, it’s time to take a step beyond college-based interviews and into those post-grad “big girl” jobs.

The “lazy” approach to business casual does not translate into formal business attire so the mindset has to change a bit. To put things into perspective: bigger and better things deserves more effort and time. Here are some tips to keep in mind when landing

that monumental post-grad interview (please keep in mind these tips are directed towards the corporate environment): 1. Loud and Bright Colors are a No: Walking in with an all red suit into a first interview is usually not received well by most interviewers—too big of a power move. For the main colors of your ensemble, stick to dark, neutral tones (black, gray, and navy). Making these tones your primary color will create the perception you are well-prepared and serious about the perspective job. You are more than welcome to accessorize with a brighter color for a belt of statement necklace for a pop, and to avoid a mundane

one-dimensional outfit.

2. My Highest Recommendation-The Pant Suit: Showing a little leg in most corporate settings does not get you very far. Although what seems to be highly respected and much more popular again are clean, tailored slacks to an interview. This is the way to go for a more subtle power move that isn’t as auspicious as wearing all red to an interview. Especially for women, slacks are more associated with being more masculine, so a female take on the predisposition is great in turning the tides with the century where more women are achieving higher level executive positions within the corporate world.

3. Accessories-Less is

More: The time to put on an accessory fashion show is not during an interview.

The minimalistic approach to these events are key— stick to a clean, slick look that isn’t overdone. Do not slap on makeup for days as if you were going to prom; just highlight your natural features.

This one is painful to write, but you need to stick to the low-medium heels.

Can you imagine falling into your interviewer’s office because you were wearing stripper heels? Hopefully that will dissuade you from that idea.

The professional-looking pantsuit (Photo obtained via Pinterest)

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