Volume 87, Issue 15
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
UNDERWORLD TRILOGY COMPLETE
The student newspaper of the University of New Haven since 1938 NEW STUDENTS LAUGH TOGETHER New students took a trip downtown during orientation to laugh it up at Joker’s Wild Comedy Club. Check out more inside.
The prequel to the successful vampire thriller hit theaters last week. See how it measures up against its predecessors. – Page 8
America Welcomes New President
tured performers such as Bruce ––––––––––––––––––––– Springsteen, – Page 4 U2, Beyonce, As soon as our car Will.I.Am, Sherreached Washington D.C. yl Crow, and two days before Inaugu- many more, not ration Day, there was no to mention the doubt that Obama fever was many celebrity in the air. Within minutes, presenters. I arwe passed two separate rived just as Denbusinesses that had been zel Washington converted into Obama- came out to start Biden gift shops. I walked the event, but by over from my friend’s that point most TRAVEL FOR LESS dorm at George Washing- of the 600,000 AN AP/ELISE AMENDOLA PHOTO Looking for ideas for a spring break ton University to the free people who were Journalists gather to cover the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the U.S. trip? Find out what unlikely option inauguration concert that in attendance had arrived 10-minute walk back to selling everything from the actually offers a lot for a low price. was being held at the Lin- so I could not even see the GWU, I must have passed – Page 5 See MASSES page 3 coln Memorial which fea- Lincoln Memorial. On my a hundred street venders, ATHLETES INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME Charger Athletics inducted athletes into the University of New Haven Hall of Fame with a ceremony last week. See who made the cut inside.
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INDEX Arts & Entertainment Pages 8 and 11 Bulletin Board
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Community & Advice Page 9 Editorials
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Police Log/ Fun & Games Pages 12 and 13 National/World News Page 3 New Haven News Page 4 Sports
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By ERIC DAVIS STAFF WRITER
Change for America, Maybe First Lady Too?
By MIA BECKER STAFF WRITER
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The American presidency, whether Democratic or Republic, has been a part of American culture since the eighteenth century, and has followed us firmly into the new millennium. Our country has developed from the times of the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, The Great Depression, the Vietnam War, two World Wars, and numerous conflicts within the Middle East, just to name a few. The administration is not only the president and his cabinet. It also includes the unconditional love and support of his spouse and extended family. On Tuesday, Jan. 20, the United States of America welcomed our forty-fourth president, Barack Obama,
section of Chicago. She is a double Ivy League graduate, first f r o m Princeton University in 1985, and then Harvard L a w School in 1988. Leading up to AN AP/HENNY RAY ABRAMS PHOTO the camMichelle Obama addresses the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Council paign of the Democratic National Committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008. and his wife, best friend for and the actual election the the past 16 years, and our former lawyer, Michelle first lady, Michelle Obama. Obama, was the vice presiObama, formerly Mi- dent of the University of chelle Robinson, was born Chicago's Hospital, reand raised in the South Side sponsible for “a lot of
diplomacy between the hospital, which wanted to cut back on uninsured emergency-room patients, and the largely AfricanAmerican community, which wanted the hospital to work harder to provide health care to low-income residents,” said Obama in an article from USA Today. Financial documents state that Michelle made about $300,000 a year working as the VP to Chicago's Hospital. What does a woman with her high intelligence, experience, and education get paid to be our first lady? Well, nothing. “While the position carries no official duties, the president’s spouse has long been expected to serve as a highly visible goodwill ambassador for the nation, performing a wide range of See LADY page 3