Mar 11 2009

Volume 87, Issue 21

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

The student newspaper of the University of New Haven since 1938 Annual Homerun Breakfast Raises Over $1,500!

The University of New Haven softball team held their third annual Homerun Breakfast last Thursday.

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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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Fanboys Flock To UNH Leaders AtWatch Watchmen tend Leadership Conference

to work for the governments of the world and go ––––––––––––––––––––– in to retirement. A Cold HEATHER BROWN War looms over the U.S. By STAFF WRITER DC Comics has trans- and Russia hundreds of ––––––––––––––––––––– formed another of their times worse than in our graphic novel creations in lifetime.

Last week the Underto a movie of epic proporThen the Comedian, a graduate Student Govtions. veteran hero, is murdered ernment Association sent four students to College Station, Texas for the Conference on Student “Woah, a Wheel:” A SociologiGovernment Associations cal Study (COSGA). Wilfred BurAbout 1.6 million people in the U.S. rows III, Heather Brown, use a wheelchair. One student finds Kat Onorato and Chris out what it’s like.

– Page 7 Rinck were chosen to represent the University of USGA APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE! New Haven at the conferAN AP PHOTO Billy Crudup goes CGI as Dr. Manhattan in the new movie Watchmen. ence at Texas A&M UniDue by March 13, these applications versity. in his home.

Paranoia seeps Watchmen is set in an alcan be found online at www.

ChargerVoice.com -- just click on ternative, violent past. Su- in the minds of some of the While at the conference the “Forms” link! the delegates learned valuperheroes assist in winning former heroes and leads a the Vietnam War swiftly, small group of them, known able methods that can be – Page 5 leading to Richard Nixon as the Watchmen, deeper used here with our own becoming President for a and deeper in to a plot of USGA to help it grow and couple more terms of of- deceit, sabotage, and death. better serve you as stuINDEX dents. The conference was fice. Heroes or “masks” as Arts & Entertainment they are referred to, begin See HEROES page 8 also a great way to net– Page 10

Who will it be this week? Athletes of the Week will be announced every other week in the Charger Bulletin and on the Chargers website.

By TIMOTHY FASANO GAMING GURU

work with other colleges and universities so that we can remain in touch and continue to learn from one another.

The delegates attended workshops on working with administration, getting involved on campus every day, new ways to keep the students feeling safe, recruitment and campus beautification. These workshops were put on by other colleges/universities from across the country.

There were also roundtable discussion sessions during which delegates could share personal anecdotes and different techniques that worked or ones that didn’t. It was great to be able to gain different perspectives on everything See LEAD page 4

The Worst of ‘09: Play With Caution

By TIMOTHY FASANO GAMING GURU

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Hello once again my gaming fans, it is I, your Charger Bulletin Gaming Guru, back from the nine hells to relinquish my wisdom upon thee. Now, typically I like to promote the games I think will best suit my similars out there, but I’ve had a change of heart.

So watch out for these, oh champions of gaming! For these games may put you in a sadness coma that you will never come out of!!!!

1.Stoked (Xbox 360):

Now, we all know I’m not a fan of sports…”games.” If you want to play a sport, go OUTSIDE! Living vicariously through your console is just sad. Not to say that the games haven’t done well. I KNOW that Madden is a great seller…I just don’t care. Basically, this seems to be the worst of the worst here folks. Straight from GameStop: “the open-world snowboarding game that lets you choose where, when and in what conditions you want to ride as you work your way up the ranks.” Oh My God! Stop the presses! Its GTA

meets Snowboarding!!!!!!!!

Someone, please, waste the boarder.

2.Peggle: Dual Shot (Nintendo DS): Peggle is one of those fun puzzle games on psychedelic game board were you have to bust, that’s an official game term folks, pegs with balls. I’m presuming these are imitation steel balls, but if you play this game… might as well be another pair. Catching my drift?

Then you can do all the ball-bouncing fun you can wrap your hands around!

3.Grey’s Anatomy: The Video Game (PC, Wii,

DS): They finally did it! A Grey’s Anatomy game you can play for the 167 hours the show isn’t on the TV. In this game, which was written by the show’s producers and writers so you know it is authentic, a crisis strikes the hospital! You, our valiant player, play various actual people from the show to influence relationships with the cast and save the day! What’s the crisis you ask? The description didn’t say, but I am sure they came up with something catastrophic for our overSee WORST page 8

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Campus Events, Etc. The Charger Bulletin | March 11, 2009

Wednesday, March 11  Safe Spring Break Fair Bartels Lobby, 11:00am – 1:30pm  ¡Sobremesa!

Jazzman's in Bartels Hall, 1pm – 2pm  Pool League New Hall Game Room, 7pm – 9pm  TUNE into Women's History Bixler Lobby, 9pm – 10pm

By Dan Osipovitch A weekly recap of the positives & negatives at UNH

Positives

Negatives

Wow! The Henry C. Lee Institute is back on. We’ve been waiting quite a while for this news. Unfortunately we’ll have to deal with even more construction on the campus, but this is a much needed building. I think it’ll help revolutionize and update the campus quite a bit while providing the school with additional, much needed resources.

Snow removal. Does it really require making everyone move their cars, offering them only one single hour (between 7 and 8 a.m. no less) in which they can return their cars to their original parking spaces or else be ticketed—and then not even really “remove snow?” If you’re going to make everyone move their car, how about you actually do what you were supposed to do and remove the snow?

And give us more time than an hour to move our cars back.

Spring break is upon us! Let us bask in the glory of a week off in a semester full of snow days, chemical spills, emergency alert testing, among other various excitements. This break, pretty much the only break in the long, drawn out spring semester, will hopefully be enough to boost everyone through finals.

And to seniors: after break there will only be 61 days until graduation. We’re so close!

Room selection seems to be working out well despite the battle over rooms in the new building.

Good luck!

So did anyone else notice that the ShopRite discount is no more? Naturally, it’s just gone with no notification from the school at all—another case of failed communication. I wouldn’t be surprised if people at the school actually had no idea it happened.

Ya y f o r chemical spills!

I’m glad no one got hurt as it was potentially a very dangerous situation— the risk is always there for something happening in any science lab.

Thursday, March 12  Active Minds Counseling Center (basement of Sheffield), 9pm – 10pm

Friday, March 13  Women's Lacrosse vs. Merrimack Kayo Field, 3:30pm – 5:30pm

National/World News

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Defense Chief Calls Obama News Briefs Analytical

By MELANIE ROVINSKY STAFF WRITER

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Defense Chief Robert Gates told NBC on Sunday, Mar. 1 that he thinks President Obama is “somewhat more analytical” than George W. Bush.

During his interview on Meet the

Press, Gates added that President Obama makes sure to hear everyone’s opinions on any given issue.

He even goes as far as calling on individuals who have not spoken.

According to Gates, “President Bush was interested in hearing different points of view but didn't go out of his way to make

sure everybody spoke if they hadn't spoken up before."

In November 2006, Bush chose Gates to succeed Donald Rumsfeld as U.S. defense secretary. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was also present at the interview.

He agreed with Gates’ comment about the

president being analytical.

"He's anxious to get the military's input to all his decisions," Mullen told NBC. "The discussions have been broad and deep, and I've been very comfortable both with the access and the ability to give that advice."

The coast guard, as of Mar. 3, called off the search for the remaining men and called the situation a “hopeless and tragic case.”

Two of those men, Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper and defensive lineman Corey Smith, are noted stars in the NFL. They were known for their intense play style, rugged personalities, and tough positions. As

the families of these potentially doomed men mourn, the NFL and its thousands of supporters wonder if they’ve lost two more players too young.

However, hope has not been lost for the lives of Cooper and Smith. Their families, using the salaries provided by the NFL, have set up extensive services in the hopes of finding the lost men.

Experienced

sailors and pilots have been offered thousands of dollars for their help in searching the Tampa Bay seas.

The families of Cooper and Smith have asked for the support of anyone who has ever seen their sons play, and anyone who has ever had a son of their own.

The Coast Guard remains unoptimistic about finding the men alive.

NFL Players Go Missing

By ERIN ENNIS STAFF WRITER

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TAMPA BAY—On Saturday, Feb. 28, four men went fishing off the coast of Tampa Bay, Florida in a small ship. On Sunday, Mar. 1, the boat was found without the four men in it. Today, three of the four men still remain missing, with the fourth in intensive care in the hospital.

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By Associated Press Writers Former USF football player lost at sea is mourned CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. –A week after two NFL players and two of their friends sailed into the Gulf of Mexico on a fishing trip that turned disastrous, family, friends and the lone survivor paid tribute to one of the missing men.

Several hundred people gathered at a Methodist church in Crystal River, a rural community north of Tampa, on Saturday afternoon to remember William Bleakley, a former University of South Florida player aboard the boat.

Relatives and his pastors recalled the young man’s dedication to his family, and his hard work and positive attitude on and off the football field.

“His time here was far too short,” Blake Bleakley, his older brother, told the mourners, “but very well spent.”

Bleakley was aboard a boat owned by Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper the evening of Feb. 28 when it overturned in choppy waters off Florida’s west coast. Corey Smith, a free-agent defensive lineman and 24-year-old Nick Schuyler, a former USF player, were also aboard.

Ex-Calif. bookkeeper accused of embezzling $10M VISTA, Calif. –A former bookkeeper embezzled $9.9 million, forcing her company to make layoffs as she bought 400 pairs of shoes that she kept in a room-sized closet decorated with a crystal chandelier and a plasma television, authorities claim.

Annette Yeomans, 51, surrendered at the Vista jail on Friday and was booked for investigation of grand theft and embezzlement. She was being held Saturday at the San Diego County jail in lieu of $10 million bail.

It was not immediately clear whether she had an attorney.

Authorities allege that Yeomans embezzled the money from 2001 to 2007 while she was chief financial officer for Quality Woodworks, Inc., a cabinetry business in San Marcos.

She spent at least $240,000 on 400 pairs of shoes, $300,000 on designer clothing and 160 purses valued at $2,000 each, investigators allege. She also remodeled a bedroom into a closet with the chandelier and a 32-inch TV, they said.

Berlin woman rescued from fire dies of injures BERLIN, Conn. –Berlin officials say an 84-year-old woman who was rescued from her burning home has died from her injuries.

Lillian Bolin was taken by Life Star helicopter to Bridgeport Hospital’s burn unit after the fire Friday, which was first spotted by roofers working on a nearby house.

Berlin Fire Chief James Simons says the roofers used a neighbor’s key to try to enter the burning house, but were turned back by the flames and intense heat.

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USGA Reps Learn to Clubs Sponsor Trip to Lead at Conference Sound Tigers Game

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from how e-mails are sent to the students to how much money actually gets spent on the students.

Every night there were “nightlife” events geared toward networking and having a good time while in Texas. The first was a casino night geared toward meeting new people. Even though no real money was lost or won,

it was a great way to talk with people and get comfortable with speaking up in the sessions. The second night was full of music and dancing at a local hot spot. After a long day of sessions it was great to unwind and continue to talk about the issues brought up throughout the day. The final nightlife was at Hurricane Harry’s. That night was filled with

country line dancing and two-stepping.

The event was a great way to have one last night in Texas with everyone and also experience a little of the culture that is so prevalent in the south.

All in all, venturing the College Station was an unforgettable experience. Make sure to keep an eye out for new and great things coming from your USGA!

PHOTO COURTESY OF HEATHER BROWN

Important Reminders about the Rec Center and RECSports

Representatives from the Udergraduate Student Government Association attend COSGA last week.

By KAT WILBERDING RECSPORTS

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WEST HAVEN— Before we get into sports this week I just want to let everyone know about the Rec Center’s spring break hours from Friday, Mar. 13 to Saturday, Mar. 21. For those of you staying on campus the Rec Center will be open as follows: Monday-Friday: 7am-7pm, Saturday: 10am-5pm, Sunday

12pm-5pm. Regular hours resume Sunday, Mar. 22. These hours, as well as any updates, will be posted on our website at www.newhaven.edu/athletics/ ChargerREC. Back to the main event: RECSports!

On Saturday, Feb. 3 RECSports held a free throw contest.

Twenty-one students came out to show their talent in this skillful venture. Steven Paternoster and Ariel Francis made it into the top

four with 12/25 baskets scored and 15/25 baskets scored respectively. The most intense battle, however, was between Shante Stevenson and Chris Bacote. The two competitors actually tied in the most baskets scored with 17 out 25, but Chris was awarded the win because he had the most consecutive scores. Congratulations to Chris and awesome job to all the See RECSPORTS page 5

By HEATHER BROWN STAFF WRITER

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Last Sunday, Mar. 8 the Chargers Pep Band and the Sports Industry Club came together to sponsor a trip to see the Bridgeport Sound Tigers play the Hartford Wolf Pack at Harbor Yard. This was a great collaboration that brought hockey to the entire campus.

All were welcome to sign up for the trip and a total of 37 students attended.

This trip gave students a chance to get off campus right before midterms and thus have a break between studying and have a chance to go out before we all separate for spring break.

Students were able to look around the rink before the game started and a group even took a picture with Storm, the Bridgeport Sound Tiger’s mascot. After about 45 minutes it was time for the game to begin!

After about two minutes the Sound Tigers scored their first goal and the crowd erupted with cheers.

The first period ended in a tie score with one goal apiece.

During the time between periods the fans were occupied by staff throwing tshirts out into the stands and also using air guns to get them out to the people in the back. There was also a blimp that flew over the stands dropping coupons. A fan had a chance to win a new Mercedes, but couldn’t make the slap shot through the small opening afforded to him. Then it was time for the second period to begin.

The second period was just as exciting as the first with the Sound Tigers pulling ahead of the Wolf Pack. The final space between periods featured “Chuck a Puck.” For $5.00 fans could buy a bag of six foam hockey pucks and throw them onto the ice in the hopes of getting a puck on the target and winning money or tickets to another series of hockey games. Sadly, no UNH student won anything but one lucky person did get their puck onto the bull’s eye of the target. The third and final period was even more exciting than the one that preceded it.

At one point in the period, the Sound

Tigers were ahead by four points with a score of five to one.

The Wolf Pack put up a valiant effort to come back, but the game ended with the Sound Tigers winning five to three. There were some brawls throughout the third period, but it wasn’t until there were only about three minutes left in the game that emotions were really high. There was a fight on the ice resulting in one of the Sound Tigers players being put in the penalty box for three and a half minutes (longer than the time left in the game).

A Wolf Pack player was sent to the penalty box a little later and would also be out for the rest of the game.

The Wolf Pack player proceeded to bang his stick against the walls of the penalty box, breaking it and drawing more attention to himself. This player was forced to leave the game.

This event was exciting and a great way for students to interact and meet each other.

Both the Chargers Pep Band and the Sports Industry Club should sponsor this event or another like it in the future.

JOIN THE CHARGER BULLETIN! E-mail chargerbulletin@newhaven.edu to learn how you can get involved.

Beware Baby Turtles Each year, cute little green turtles are sold to unsuspecting students and their families at popular vacation spots such as Myrtle Beach, NYC, Florida, and many other areas across the seaboard. These turtles, typically redeared sliders, make poor pets for most students.

Although often sold as "miniature" turtles that don't get any larger or need very little care, they can actually grow to be 10 feet long, live over 20 years, and need a 75 gallon or larger aquarium with

a strong filter in a few short years.

Most dorm rooms don't allow large aquariums, and neither do most landlords.

There's also the risk of salmonella from turtles, especially those that are stressed from a recent move or that aren't given proper care. Plus, it's illegal to sell baby turtles to the public in all 50 states. The sale of baby turtles can be reported to the regional Food & Drug Administration office–their number can be found in the federal blue pages of a phone book

or online.

Each year, thousands of students find themselves in the difficult position of finding new homes for their turtles once they realize they can no longer care for a growing pet. Yet, it's nearly impossible to find good homes for such large turtles. It's also illegal to release them. Please beware of this situation during spring break next week!

Submitted by Rebecca Johnson, Dean of Students

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ing to an end. Registration ends on Friday, Mar. 13 at 5 p.m., so be sure to get all your paperwork in before then. If you need the registration form you can print it off from the ChargerREC website or pick one up at the equipment services desk. The managers meetings for Season Four will be held after spring break on Monday, Mar. 29. For the specific times please check the ChargerREC website on the RECSports page.

For the next few weeks keep up-to-date on all that is going on

with RECSports, especially as we transition from Season Three to Season Four and take a wonderful week off from classes. In fact, be sure to check out the ChargerREC website for updates to all of the ChargerREC activities, because a new spin class has been added as of Feb. 17. The spin class is on Tuesday nights from 7:45 to 8:30 p.m. and all the information is on the website.

Well that is all for this week so I say adieu. I will see you in two weeks.

RECSports Updates

participants.

Season Three is still going strong despite the regular games being finished up this week. I hope all the teams are making the best of it. Don’t forget current standings and schedules can be found on the ChargerREC website under RECSports or on the bulletin board across from equipment services.

As Season Three winds down in this last week before spring break, remember that registration for Season Four is also com-

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USGA President’s Corner

USGA Meetings are at 1:45 every Monday in the Alumni Lounge. All are welcome!

Collegiate Readership Program

As many of you have noticed, the USGA has recently expanded its distribution of the Collegiate Readership Program.

This is the program that provides for you free-of-charge the New York Times and the USA Today. The USGA funds this program with a budget of $10,000 and we are only charged for the number of copies which are taken.

New distribution points have been add-

ed to the Marvin K. Peterson library, many of your residence halls, and we are now working to introduce a rack in Kaplan hall.

If all of the papers each day are taken for we will max out at our $10,000 limit, so please go ahead and grab those papers!

Also, if you are interested in getting home delivery of the newspapers please let me know, as we may be able to get you a discounted rate. Pro-

Louis Eswood III USGA President fessors may also be able to get the papers delivered free to their homes. If you are interested in learning more please get in touch with me ASAP! I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Spring Break!

The Charger Bulletin would like to congratulate the members of the UNH Wrestling Team who qualified for the NCWA National Tournament: Mike Molino (sophomore)-8th at Conference Jake Edelman (freshman)-9th at Conference Pete Molino (freshman)-9th at Conference Good luck at Nationals!

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Editorials

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Breeding Education Through Ignorance

As I have written about in the past, there are certainly a large quantity of idiots in the world – especially, though unfortunately, in America.

From daily activities to watching what happens across the globe on the evening news, I’m sure that I am not the only one who sits back wondering – how the hell can these people live they way they do?

Sure, some situations make more sense than others. Watching video footage of Michael Jackson holding that baby over a balcony may not quite be the same as a 43-yearold man not knowing what “country” South Africa was in on an

episode of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, but both cer-

Zack Rosen Assistant Editor tainly make you wonder how these individuals have survived this far in life with such idiocy flowing through their veins.

Reading through the news earlier this past weekend, I found a report released by the Annenberg Foun-

dation. This charitable organization, created 20 years ago by former Ambassador to the Court of St. James's Walter H. Annenberg, has awarded over 5,200 grants, with an excess of over $2.8 billion.

Recently, the Foundation took a poll asking Americans what the three branches of government are. Disturbingly, only about 33% of all Americans are able to name all three. That’s roughly 103 million of the 305 million Americans in the country.

For many, this is pure stupidity. It’s a matter of how you’re raised, who you’re raised by, and what kind of person you

are. For others, it’s the failing education system which deserves this obvious blame.

According to Georgia College & State University's The Colonnade, many public schools “do not provide the education which is necessary to rid students of the ignorance that leads to such an astonishing statistic. In order for a republic – by the people, for the people – to properly work, that ignorance must be erased.”

If you’re reading this and don’t know what the three branches of government are, let me educate you!

They are the Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, and Judi-

cial Branch.

“To ensure that no person or group would amass too much power, the founders [of America] established a government in which the powers to create, implement, and adjudicate laws were separated. Each branch of government is balanced by powers in the other two coequal branches: The President can veto the laws of the Congress; the Congress confirms or rejects the President's appointments and can remove the President from office in exceptional circumstances; and the justices of the Supreme Court, who can overturn unconstitutional laws, are appointed by the Pres-

ident and confirmed by the Senate.”

By having a nation with one-third of its citizens unaware of this important balance of powers, we are breeding a nation that would be certain to fail in the future. Education is, of course, one of the most important rights every human has in this country.

And for one of the top countries in the world to have such a failing educational system is beyond disturbing.

Research more about your government – our government – and educate others who may not know. Fix ignorance by breeding a more powerful form of education.

Get Your Voice Heard!

Submit editorials to the Charger Bulletin by e-mailing them to chargerbulletin@newhaven.edu

Let’s Give Honesty a Try for Once There are very few things on this university’s campus that bother me enough to sit down and write an editorial about. I rarely get that angry or displeased and, when I do, it rarely lasts long enough to consider writing it here.

In fact, I have only done it twice: once for every year I have been enrolled as a student.

So I suppose it makes sense that it is that time of year again; time to make the readers of this newspaper rethink some of the things they are doing on a daily basis.

Throughout college, students are ex-

pected to be honest.

You are told by your professors that cheating is unacceptable.

You are expected to be up front to your Residential Assistants when dealing with roommate issues.

You are required to go to class everyday: and only skip for legitimate reasons. The university, and a lot of the students in it, pride themselves on being up front, approachable, and “real.”

But let’s be “honest” for a second: no one is ever actually honest. The fact is, even your closest friend is probably slightly lying to you. When you

ask your boyfriend (or girlfriend) if you look bad in your favorite pair of jeans, they are probably going to tell you what you want to hear. When you’re fighting with your roommate, they probably are not going to tell you what they just said about you ten seconds before you walked in the room.

It is the nature of the American people: we like knowing everything about everyone else (see my last editorial!), but we really want anyone knowing how we truly feel.

So why do we live in a world where being “honest” is con-

stantly expected, but taboo to actually practice? Why can we not attempt to be more honest in our day-today lives? Why do we censor ourselves (or our friends), in newspapers, TV, and during social interactions?

My friend (let’s call him Marius for arguments sake) is probably one of the most brutally honest people I know. If you ask how you look in those new jeans, he will actually tell you.

If you say something that he does not agree with, he’s the first person to respond with his opinion. He does not censor his words

and does not take your emotional response into consideration. He is not a jerk (at least by my standards): he’s just honest. He takes what this university teaches and applies it to real life.

In the end, I am not saying that the university public needs to realize how to be “jerks” and just tell people exactly what they are thinking. That does not really get anywhere. But what I am saying is that we all need to take a page out of Marius’s book.

Stop leaving honesty at the classroom door and bring it back to your dorm room; tell

your roommate what is actually wrong instead of being dramatic and whispering about it for days. Instead of getting your friends to cover for you every time someone disagrees with your opinion, stand up for yourself. If you’re new jeans do not fit right, stop playing games with your boyfriend and just buy the next size up. Because, in the end, while not everyone is as vocal about honesty as Marius is; the people around you are probably thinking the exact same thing.

-Erin Ennis, Staff Writer

“Woah, A Wheel:” A Sociological Study

By ZACH GZEHOVIAK STAFF WRITER

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An estimated 1.6 million people in the United States use wheelchairs. This is quite a large number.

One might suggest that it is very common for an American to see a wheelchair user everyday. Many might believe that people in wheelchairs are treated the same as those not in wheelchairs. In fact, many Americans might look at a wheelchair user and only think about the user’s paralysis or injury.

For a final Sociology 113 assignment, I was asked to find out for myself exactly how one in a wheelchair might be treated by society. I borrowed a wheelchair and immediately enveloped myself in the character of a disabled person. I found many unexpected results during this so-called “participant observation.” Whether I was ordering a medium latte from Starbucks or looking at sweaters in J. Crew, things were different.

I experienced many unusual reactions to my appearance from children, teenagers, business employees, and even my family.

In reality, the average wheelchair user is certainly not treated the same as those who walk.

After borrowing a wheelchair from my local church, I began my experiment by brainstorming several places in which I could observe others’ reactions to the wheelchair. Greenwich Avenue, a main street in Greenwich, Conn., seemed ideal because of its several crowded stores and eating establishments. The cof-

fee shop by my house was an option due to its heavy flow of customers and great food.

Let’s not forget, I was hungry. However, after an hour of heavy thought, the Stamford Mall in Stamford, Conn. seemed to be the best option.

The Stamford Mall’s high concentration of people, many coffee shops, and several restaurants made the place very appealing.

Not to mention, the mall is a great place for the inexperienced wheelchair user to roll around in. I knew I had to keep my legs still and look as if I were a veteran at the device.

On a Sunday at 2:30 p.m., my mother, my brother, and my girlfriend all joined me upon an arrival at the Stamford Mall.

My brother lifted the wheelchair out of the trunk, unfolded it, and lifted me from the car to sit. I am most certain that my brother did not feel like catering to his little bro’s “fake” disabilities. As I approached the entrance door, one little girl saw me coming, changed direction, and used another door.

One little boy stared at me as if he were finally seeing Santa Claus. I immediately felt the spotlight shine upon my face. As I waited for the elevator, another little girl screamed with excitement. “Whoa, A Wheel!!!”

Soon enough, I was rolling through the mall past many vendors and stores.

My family and I split up, which left my girlfriend in charge of steering my chair.

The vendors were particularly interesting during the study. It has always been diffi-

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cult for me to fight off the vendor employees with a quick pace or a “no thanks.” Most of the employees try very hard to sell the silly products. However, not one vendor approached me to buy a product. In fact, most of the employees avoided eye contact.

Society: the basics

by John J. Macionis claims that “eye contact encourages interaction.” If the vendor employee avoided eye contact, she most likely did not want any sort of interaction. An interaction might have caused her to feel sad.

Most people do not like to see a young guy in a wheel chair.

It is possible she had been taught to keep emotions away from the workplace by her company. Arlie Russell Hochschild, a sociologist, explains, “the typical company does indeed try to control not only the behavior but also the emotions of its employees.” I also saw signs of this “ideal bureaucracy” in other establishments.

Next, I ventured into Starbucks to buy a latte. It was very hard to get around the place because it was so crowded.

Most people moved out of the way so that I could order. However, no one said much of anything. A silent vibe in the coffee shop suggested that many of the people did not want to be burdened with my problem. I elongated my spine in order to see the selection of pastries. Unfortunately, that technique did not work well so I gave up on the top row of pastries. Even the counter was somewhat difficult to see over. The cashier looked around as I waited for her to

take my order. I felt as if she was looking for someone besides me to ring up. The two-minute struggle to grab the wallet from my pants pocket while sitting down created a blockade in the schedule of customers.

The latte was pretty good. My only complaint was that the wheelchair did not have a cup holder.

Thus, my girlfriend had to push me into J. Crew, a men’s clothing store. The spaces between the racks of clothing were very compact. It became a task to find a way out of the store. Not one employee or customer offered to help out or make space. I also believe my girlfriend was steering impaired at the time due to several “cute dresses and sweaters.”

Next, my girlfriend and I ventured to Barnes and Noble bookstore.

On the way in, my girlfriend expressed her feelings. “Baby I don’t like this. The chair is making me feel bad for you.” I rolled through the many isles in the music section with intent to find a cool CD. It was somewhat difficult from my position to see every title. The CD listening devices in each isle were way out of reach. I mention this because I am six foot two inches and I still could not reach.

All a sudden, something caught my eye inside the bookstore.

Oh no, I thought. I saw a real disabled person in a wheelchair. I felt horrible. For the first time, I had a sense of what this boy endured every day. I knew I was lucky to be walking. My girlfriend and I left the bookstore in order to avoid guilt

during the study. I guess I had something in common with the people I had just studied.

Finally, the whole family re-grouped.

We all decided to go shopping in Macy’s.

This time, my brother offered to push me around while my mom and girlfriend browsed the large selection of shoes. My brother’s reaction to the wheelchair was very intriguing. His personality changed and he had become more sympathetic.

It was as if he forgot that I wasn’t really disabled. He helped me look for the elevator. We looked at the furniture together. He joked around and held my latte if I wanted to push myself in the chair. Then, I thought about my mom’s reaction to the chair when we first entered the mall. “Zach, this makes me sad. It’s tough to see you like this,” my mom expressed.

Something was interesting about my family and girlfriend’s reactions. Although the three people knew I was not disabled, they still seemed sad and sympathetic. The many people inside the mall also exhibited strange reactions towards the chair. Because the people did not know me personally, it was easier for them to avoid eye contact. I have concluded that there is a correlation between the sight of one in a wheelchair and a sad reaction.

Max Weber’s symbolic-interaction approach supports this idea. Society: the basics by John J. Macionis, explains that Weber, a German sociologist, “emphasized understanding a

particular setting from the point of view of the people in it.” The approach explains that human beings live in a world full of symbols.

Humans make meaning with the symbols they see. Therefore, the wheelchair represented a symbol to those who I interacted with. The symbol brought about sad and mixed emotions.

Even a handicapped bathroom uses the symbol for its door.

The little girl who screamed, “Whoa, a Wheel!!!” was most likely too young and unaware of the wheelchair’s connotation.

She was much more excited over the big wheels. The wheelchair is a symbol, which represents the inability to perform normal human tasks.

Thus, people who can perform normal tasks, feel sympathy toward a wheelchair user.

All in all, the wheelchair immediately put me in the spotlight.

Children were generally surprised or even stared out of confusion. Older people wanted to avoid the wheelchair’s connotation. Vendor employees did not seem at all interested in selling me something.

It is very possible that society views wheelchair users as people incapable of many things. Maybe the vendor employees did not try to sell me anything because I look unable to pay or respond like the average human being.

Many Americans take their legs for granted every day. It would be difficult to be constantly surrounded by sympathy. It is important for society to accommodate to these average human beings.

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Arts & Entertainment The Charger Bulletin | March 11, 2009

Atypical Heroes Make for Atypical Movie

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With an ending you will never see coming, Watchmen is an absolute thrill ride from start to finish.

Overall, the story was great, with good use of characters, be-

at the viewer. With an R rating, unusual for a superhero movie, Watchmen lives up to the “graphic” in graphic novel. This movie is not for the squeamish, with very gory and vio-

Rorschach, who has a mask that changes to various Rorschach test blots! It was amazing just to watch that!

I won’t ruin any more, but Watchmen is a dark treat for the

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays the corrupt Comedian in the adaptation Watchmen.

ing true to the comic storyline, and the grit and dark nature for which the graphic novel is known. Cinematography and camera angles, both in the story itself and in select flashbacks, provide a unique angle to the story that leaps out

lent scenes and nudity that you won’t expect.

Awkward things like that aside, the almost three-hour movie flies by and never leaves you bored.

Special effects are the icing on the cake for this flick, complete with one hero,

movie lover as well as any fan of this particular franchise. Plus, it has an amazing new trailer for the new Star Trek movie (squeel!) before it.

Go see Watchmen…you won’t regret it.

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Beware the Worst of Games in 2009

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dramatic doctoring team (maybe a severe lack of hair gel? OH NO!) Could someone please gauge my eyes out before I have to read more of this crap?

4.Dream Day Wedding Destinations (Nintendo DS): It is one of the most successful online games, with over 50 million downloads! So you guessed it, let’s milk the cow dry! There really isn’t much to say about this game, it really speaks for itself. In it, you create an imaginary dream wedding using the extremely popular Hidden Object system of game-play. You know what the hidden object is? Everything!

Especially you’re fake husband.

5.OMG! High School Triple Pack (PC): There is no real word on what this game is about, but I think the name says it all. It ships on the Mar. 17…so make sure to get your earplugs when all the teenie-boppers start their scurry to the mall for this totally rad game.

(Kill me…please.)

6.Hannah Montana: The Movie Game (PC, PS3, 360, DS): …

REALLY?!!?!?! I honestly don’t know why I put myself through this, because I want to slap Bill Gates for letting this on his platform. What the living hell could you be doing? Switching your clothes real quick to make sure no one notices you’re some loser in high school?

I…just…WHY? 7.inFamous (PS3):

The first open world adventure game for the PS3, or so they say, you play the only person to survive a massive five-block explosion in Empire City. This explosion gives you the ability to develop superpowers. The only question is…what are you going to do with them?

You know what this sounds like…Force Unleashed. Play for a while, gain more abilities, and choose between good and evil…hmm.

Been done. Good try PS3… you’re still inferior.

8.Brütal Legend (PS3, 360): Real quote: “visceral action combat with openworld freedom set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap. It’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which is full of imitation cover bands.”

I’m sorry, what? So you’re an epic cover band, rocking out, driving around town, getting babes, and kicking ass…literally!

Awesome! No…not awesome. This is the abortion GTA IV and Guitar Hero should have had. I know, it

looks awesome because of the rock band double dot over the u, but I’m sure you’ll get over it when you blow 70 bucks on the game.

9.50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (360, PS3): I don’t know who let 50 Cent create another worthless video game… but they are a glutton for punishment. This time, accompany fitty and his crew to the sands of the Middle East, where he fights terrorists. *Stifles a giggle, then bursts out laughing.* Seriously? haHA! This is the worst of the worst folks. Don’t forget the co-op features and…

BWAhahahahaha! Ok, ok…I can’t do this.

There we are folks: the nine worst games out there this year. But this is a small taste of the horrors to grace us this year. Don’t be discouraged, however. Some great titles are out or on their way! Stay tuned for more Gaming Guru articles in the future, I know I can’t wait to play these games. NO, not these games…the good ones.

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Want to play doctor? Now is your chance! The hit series Grey’s Anatomy is now a video game...a doomed video game.

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Community & Advice

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Advice Corner

Q: Every Friday night, my girlfriend goes out with her girlfriends to the local bar. However, I’m beginning to think she’s seeing another man, as she comes home with the smell of cologne on her. How do I address this issue without ruining our relationship – or is it already ruined?

A: If you and girlfriend have a good and stable relationship you should just be able to talk about it like adults. Don't accuse her of anything, just talk to her about it. Nothing is ruined yet, so try not to worry.

A: I bet her girlfriends don't wear cologne. Your relationship is over.

You should go out to the bar next weekend with her and her friends and hook up with one of them.

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Sports

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WEST HAVEN –Women’s basketball senior Lauren Hood and men’s volleyball sophomore Gregg Brisbin have been named the Charger Bulletin Athletes of the Week, for the week ending March 8, 2009.

Hood wrapped up her collegiate career by averaging 20.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game over the team’s final three games of the season. She shot .537 percent from the

field and .455 percent from three-point distance during the threegame stretch. After recording 26 points and 11 rebounds against Merrimack College on February 24, Hood led the Chargers to a victory in the first round of the Northeast-10 Conference Championship Tournament against Assumption College, scoring 22 points while connecting on 3-of-4 shots from three-point range. Hood finished

her career with 1,354 Charger men’s volpoints which ranks leyball team with 33 kills and a .253 hitting percentage over the past two weeks.

He recorded a season-high 14 kills and 11 digs against Sacred Heart at Charger Gymnasium on March 4 for his first doubledouble of the season.

Brisbin is averaging A CHARGER ATHLETICS PHOTO 2.47 kills per set this The Charger Bulletin’s male Athlete season and is hitting of the Week, Gregg Brisbin. at a .286 pace. The ninth on the all-time Chargers went 2-2 at the MIT Invitational scoring list at UNH. Brisbin led the this past weekend,

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2-3.

Game One In the bottom of the tenth inning, Kyle Bombace ripped a hit that just got passed the Spartans second baseman and drove in the Chargers winning run from third. That was the Chargers tenth hit of the game and third run in three innings. Bombace went 2-for-5 in the opening game and drove in that single run. Evan Okon also went 2-for5 with a RBI and a run

scored.

The opening five and a half innings of game one were scoreless. UNH left four runners on base and the Spartans left five runners on base in the first five innings. New Haven opened scoring in the bottom half of the sixth inning off back-to-back multibase hits from freshman Ryan Brockett and Okon. Brockett opened the inning with a triple and Okon followed that by driving

a double to right field.

Okon stole third base and gave the Chargers a 2-0 lead when he scored off an Adam Rozum single to right center.

New Haven's Eric Peck was credited with the win in one inning of work. New Haven's starter Matt Sommo pitched five complete innings, faced 20 batters and threw five strikeouts.

Game Two The Spartans opened game two by

breakfast was to encourage more of a connection with the student-athletes and the faculty/administration/alumni, to support the softball team's annual spring training trip to Florida, and to "tip-off" the softball season.

Many faculty and staff purchased tables

for $100 and in turn "hosted" their seven guests. In a tradition that has developed over the years, each host designed an apron for the event.

This year's most creative apron went to Director of Athletics, Deborah Chin.

There was also a fundraising raffle

during the breakfast which included various prizes such as a Yankee's package, Coach bags, Spa gift cards and Comedy Club Tickets.

Photos of the event can be found online at http://www.newhaven.edu/athletics/ information/22348/

defeating Mount Ida March 12 when they and Hilbert in straight travel to Lasell College. The Chargers return home on Thursday, March 26 against SUNY New Paltz.

The Charger Bulletin Athletes of the Week will be announced every other week in the Charger Bulletin and on the Chargers website.

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The Charger Bulletin’s female Athlete of the Week, Lauren Hood.

sets. Brisbin leads the Chargers back to action on Thursday,

UNH Baseball Splits With St. Thomas Aquinas on Opening Day

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WEST HAVEN –The University of New Haven baseball team split their season opening doubleheader at Frank Vieira Field Sunday afternoon. UNH took the opening game in 10 innings by a score of 5-4 and fell in the nightcap by a score of 5-1. The Chargers move to 1-1 on the season, while the Spartans now stand at

Annual Homerun Breakfast Raises Over $1,500

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WEST HAVEN, Conn. - The University of New Haven softball team raised over $1,500 at their third annual Homerun Breakfast on Thursday, Feb. 26.

The goal of the

scoring two runs in the top of the first inning.

UNH scored its only run in the bottom of the sixth when Okon scored off a Rozum single to right center.

The Spartans added two in the top of the seventh and the Chargers went 0-for-3 with a walk in the final inning.

Okon went 1-for2 with the run scored and Rozum went 1-for-3 with the RBI. T.J. Phalen pitched six complete innings for the Chargers and held the Spartans to three earned runs, while throwing six strikeouts.

Wed. March 11 Baseball at Molloy (3 p.m.)

Thur. March 12 Men’s Volleyball at Lasell (7 p.m.)

Fri. March 13 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Merrimack (3:30 p.m.)

Sat. March 21 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Bentley (11 a.m.)

Baseball vs. UMass-Lowell – Neutral site (12 p.m.)

Sun. March 22 Women’s Tennis vs. American International (1 p.m.)

Tues. March 24 Baseball vs. Assumption (3 p.m.)

Women’s Lacrosse vs. American International (3:30 p.m.)

Softball at Dowling (3 p.m.)

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A&E Continued New Music Releases

March 17th BoA BoA The Chairs Laugh, It’s A Fright Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned Les Claypool Of Fungi and Foe Cobalt Gin Glynn David Another Road Without A Sign Ace Enders When I Hit The Ground Gorilla Zoe Don’t Feed Da Animals An Horse Rearrange Beds Kinetic Stereokids Kid Moves Kylesa Static Tensions MSTRKRFT Fist Of God Static-X Cult Of Static The Strange Boys The Strange Boys...And Girls Club Superdrag Industry Giants WavvvesWavvves March 24th Blue October Approaching Normal Busta Rhymes Back On My B.S. Cornshafter Bombs Away Dan Deacon Bromst The Decemberists Hazards Of Love Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks Tangled Tales Pete Doherty Grace/Wastelands Fireworks All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion Utada Hikaru This Is The One Indigo Girls Poseidon And The Bitter Bug KMFDM Blitz Litttle Brazil Son Mandisa Freedom Martina McBride Shine Papa Roach Metamorphosis John Rich Son Of A Preacher Man Royksoop Junior Telling On Trixie Ugly, Broke & Sober These Green Eyes Relapse To Recovery March 31st The Answer Everyday Demons Sarazin Blake The Air Your Lungs Forced Out Bow Wow New Jack City II Burn Halo Burn Halo Leonard Cohen Live In London Billy Ray Cyrus Back To Tennessee Gavin DeGraw Free Steve Forbert The Place And The Time Diana Krall Quiet Nights Chrisette Michele Epiphany MinistryAdios... [Live] Marie Osmond Seasons Pansy Division That’s So Gay Peter Bjorn & John Living Thing Prince LOtUSFLOW3R/MPLSoUND [Target exclusive] Flo Rida R.O.O.T.S. (Routes Of Overcoming the Struggle) Queensryche American Soldier Keith Urban Defying Gravity Yeah Yeah Yeahs It’s Blitz!

New Movies March 13th Race to Witch Mountain The Last House on the Left Sunshine Cleaning (limited) Miss March Brothers at War (limited)

March 20th Duplicity The Great Buck Howard (limited) Hunger (limited) I Love You, Man Knowing Sin Nombre (limited)

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Local Events March 11th Theater: The Marriage Counselor, Shubert Theater, New Haven CT 7:30pm March 12th Music: Peter, Paul & Mary, Palace Theater, Waterbury CT 7:30pm

Legendary group Peter, Paul, and Mary perform at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, CT at 7:30 p.m. on March 12th.

March 13th Music: Motley Crue with Hinder & Theory of a Deadman, Mohegan Sun Arena 7pm Irish Tenors, MGM Grand at Foxwoods 8pm Black 47, Toads Place, New Haven CT 8:30pm Theater: Arsenic and Old Lace, Little Theater, Manchester CT 8pm Stellaluna, Long Wharf Theater, New Haven, CT 10am March 14th Music: Fleetwood Mac Unleashed: Hits Tour, Mohegan Sun Arena 8pm Monster Jam, Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport CT 2pm Boston Jolly Pirates with The Waffle Stompers and Johnny 9 And The Racers, Toquet Hall, Westport CT 7pm One Night of Queen, Palace Theater, Waterbury CT 8pm Busta Rhymes, Toads Place, New Haven CT 8pm Daddy Yankee, Chevrolet Theater, Wallingford CT 8pm Theater: Arsenic and Old Lace, Little Theater, Manchester CT 8pm

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Spring Break Closing (March 13th at 5:30pm-March 22nd at 12:00pm):

The residence halls will be closed and locks will be changed on Friday, March 13th at 5:30pm.

All students MUST vacate their rooms and make the necessary arrangements to be away from campus during this time. If you have a late class, you can check out after 5:30pm. Please contact your Resident Director with your plans to do so. The halls will re-open on Sunday, March 22nd at noon and dinner will be served that night in the cafeteria.

You will not be allowed to stay on campus in the residence halls over Spring Break for work. You will also not be allowed to sign-in as a guest of students allowed to be here for the Spring Break.

Closing Responsibilities: ·All windows must be closed and locked. ·All blinds must be closed. ·Clean your room, empty the trash, remove perishable items. ·All electrical equipment must be unplugged (you do not have to unplug the refrigerators in the apartments). ·Take home all items you will need over the break. You will not be permitted to gain access to you residence hall over the break. ·Make sure all faucets and showers are tight and secure. ·Take home all valuables. The university is not responsible for lost or stolen items. ·Lock your door (double bolt apartment doors).

PLEASE NOTE: During closing procedures, the rooms will be checked by residence life staff members to ensure that your room is in compliance with the housing agreement and university regulations.

Thank you for your cooperation! Have a happy and healthy Spring Break!

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