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Charger Bulletin The

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The official student newspaper of the University of New Haven since 1938.

Volume 88, Issue 10 | November 04, 2009

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By HEATHER BROWN and COURTNEY FABER

SCOPE’s Haunted House: What a Fright!

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As per its yearly tradition, SCOPE pulled together its haunted house, which spread throughout the upper rooms of Bartels late into the night on Halloween.

The festivities started on the second floor of Kaplan where students could participate in crafts while they waited for their tour through the haunted house.

Crafts included pumpkin painting, stuffing Halloween themed bears, and painting fall themed ceramic figures. The different rooms were nice and a great way for everyone to mingle while waiting for their turn to head through the haunted house. Most students went right for the stuff-a-bear room, however. Students were greeted by an extremely enthusiastic Beetlejuice, but the creepy music was missing.

The missing Halloween music was unfortunate as it traditionally set the mood.

As soon as the tour guides were ready, the groups were taken into the haunted house and the terror began. The Haunted House contained a number of rooms that provided the guests with thrills and chills. The tour began with the groups entering into an elevator where Jeeves the headless butler greeted them. The costume itself was amazing, but the person inside it didn’t seem to know what to do or say.

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Halloween 2009

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Senior Criminal Justice/Investigative Services and Fire Science (Arson Investigation) major Kristina Bensley poses in her Halloween costume this past Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. Bensley, as with many other students on campus, dressed up for the holiday.

Happy 100th Birthday to Maxcy Hall

graphs of our past; search flickr in Google and type ––––––––––––––––––––– unhctlibrary in the search box on the Google page The Peterson Library to get to our photostream. has a keen awareness of For those interested in the UNH’s long, storied, and history of our buildings, evolving growth. The pres- the oldest on campus are ence in our building of the Maxcy Hall and the Gate University Archives where House (1909), Harugari most of the historical re- Hall (1911), South Campus cord is kept helps to foster Hall (1915), and the Arbeand strengthen this interest. iter Maenner Chor buildOur appreciation has led to ing (1922) that we know as the creation of a Flickr ac- the German Club. Each of count where we have begun these buildings has a colorposting many of the photo- ful past worth celebrating,

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Afghan Election Comm. Declares Karzai Winner

By HEIDI VOGT & RAHIM FAIEZ ASSOCIATED PRESS

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KABUL – Afghanistan’s election commission proclaimed President Hamid Karzai the victor of the country’s tumultuous ballot Monday, canceling a planned runoff and ending a political crisis two and a half months after a fraudmarred first round.

The Obama administration — which has been waiting for a govern-

ment deemed legitimate to emerge in Kabul before announcing whether to deploy tens of thousands more troops — quickly commended the ruling.

“We congratulate President Karzai on his victory in this historic election and look forward to working with him” to support reform and improve security, the U.S. Embassy said in a statement. Britain and the United Nations also issued statements of congratulations.

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National & Global News

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Somer Thompson’s Dead Body Found Among Trash

By LIZ DE LA TORRE STAFF WRITER

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After slain seven year old Somer Thompson’s body was discovered discarded in a landfill fifty miles from her Florida home on Oct. 22, her mother Diena had only one thing to say to her daughter’s killer: “We’re coming for you. We’ll get you, and hopefully justice

will be served.” The undeviating declaration came just after the clothes and birthmark on the left leg of the abandoned body in the Georgia landfill led to Somer’s identification only three days after she vanished.

Just before her disappearance on Oct. 19, Somer allegedly got into an altercation with another child as she was walking home with her sister and

twin brother. When her sister told her to stop arguing, Somer got upset and walked ahead of everyone else. Somer was last seen walking in front of a vacant house near the Thompson residence, but no witnesses have come forward with any information regarding an assault or kidnapping of the girl. After authorities followed nine garbage trucks running from

her neighborhood to the Georgia landfill where she was eventually found, a search of more than 225 tons of trash exposed a partially-covered body.

As of now, no suspects have been arrested. Even with 161 sex offenders living in the Thompson vicinity and thousands of leads every day, authorities have yet to find any probable leads. On Oct. 22, the

Georgia Bureau of Investigation performed an autopsy, but no report has been released yet. No further details have been disclosed to clarify whether the homicide was perpetrated by more than one person or whether Somer was sexually assaulted. However, Somer’s death has instilled a disturbed and fearful ambiance in the heart of the Orange Park community that

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has urged it to caution children against the perils of being friendly with strangers. With the memory of her child’s body plaguing her mind, Diena Thompson can only hope, as with the rest of the world, that her warning and vow to find the grisly monster who took her child will only haunt that person more.

by Joann Wolwowicz

As we all know, the University of New Haven was founded in 1920 as the New Haven YMCA Junior College, a division of Northeastern University. However, do we know what was the first university ever established in the United States, or even throughout the world? Sitting in our college classes everyday makes me wonder: what were the first college courses available to take or what were the first areas of studies offered? Originally, a college was a group of students who gathered to share academic and residential facilities. Each college was a component part of a corporate body called a university.

Although modern colleges and universities evolved from Western European institutions of the Middle Ages, significant types of higher learning existed in ancient times, in the Middle and Far East as well as in Europe. In Greece, the Academy of Plato and the Lyceum of Aristotle were advanced schools of philosophy. Athens attracted numerous Roman students. Also important during this period was the Egyptian city of Alexandria, with its great library and museum, which attracted scholars from the Middle East. Western European universities developed as students migrated to various places where noted teachers lectured on subjects of particular interest to them. By the 12th century Paris was established as the center for theology and philosophy, and the University of Paris became the model for later universities in northern Europe. Beginning in the 13th century, universities were established in France, England, Germany, Bohemia, and Poland. Students migrating from the same country banded together into so-called nations for mutual aid and protection. From these communities developed the concept of the college.

The very first university in the United States was Harvard University, establishing in 1636 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. That was followed by The College of William and Mary in 1693 and Yale University in 1701. Harvard University was founded just 16 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. It started off with only nine students and a single master. During its early years, the College offered a classic academic course based on the English university model but consistent with the prevailing Puritan philosophy of the first colonists. Although many of its early graduates became ministers in Puritan congregations throughout New England, Harvard University was never formally affiliated with a specific religious denomination.

So the next time you are walking on campus, around the many mazes of construction, to all of those classes that seem to last longer than they really are, think about how the first people enrolled in college must have felt walking to their first classes. Be grateful that we can now gain an education and that we are so much more advanced in this time than the early beginnings. With so many opportunities offered to us, how can we not stop and just appreciate the people who started it all.

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The cancellation of Saturday’s vote came one day after former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah announced he was pulling out of the Nov. 7 vote. Abdullah said the ballot would not have been fair and accused the Karzai-appointed Independent Election Commission of bias.

The annulment is a huge relief to organizers who were scrambling to hold the election before the onset of Afghanistan’s harsh winter, as well as to authorities who feared a wave of bloody violence on polling day after a Taliban spokesman threatened attacks against anyone who took part.

Election commission chairman Azizullah Lodin announced Karzai the winner during a news conference in Kabul.

“His excellency Hamid Karzai, who has won the majority of votes in the first round and is the only candidate for the second round, is declared by the Independent Election Commission as the elected president of Afghanistan,” Lodin said.

Lodin said that the commission had the authority to make the decision because the Afghan constitution only allows for a runoff between two candidates. There is a chance that the ruling could be contested, but the international community came out strongly in support of it.

The U.S. statement said the commission’s decision was in line with “its mandate under Afghan law.”

A spokesman for Abdullah, however,

said the decision did not reflect Afghan law but declined to say if the candidate would challenge it.

“The announcement that was made by the electoral commission today will not solve the problems of Afghanistan, and it doesn’t have any basis in law,” Fazel Sancharaki said.

He said Abdullah would give his reaction in a speech Tuesday. “We expected that this commission would announce something like this because this commission has never been independent and has always supported President Karzai,” Sancharaki said.

Ronald Neumann, a retired U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, said canceling the runoff was the country’s best available option and that few were likely to contest the decision.

“It’s over. He withdrew. Karzai wins.

I think we are much more hung up than they will be on rules,” Neumann said.

Karzai has led Afghanistan since U.S. forces invaded to oust the Taliban in 2001.

He won elections in 2004 and his latest victory will give him another five-year mandate.

The U.S. will have to find a way to work with the Afghan leader, who has fallen out of favor in Washington after openly criticizing U.S. military tactics, including the heavy use of air power that has killed many civilians.

The mass ballotbox stuffing that characterized the Aug. 20 vote further sullied Karzai’s reputation.

Fraud investigators threw out nearly a

third of Karzai’s votes, dropping him below the 50 percent threshold needed to win outright.

Worried that Karzai’s government would not be seen as legitimate, a bevy of international figures, including U.S. Sen. John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pressed Karzai to consent to a runoff.

But on Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who was in Kabul on a surprise visit, welcomed the decision to forego the runoff.

“This has been a difficult election process for Afghanistan, and lessons must be learned,” said Ban. “Afghanistan now faces significant challenges and the new president must move swiftly to form a government that is able to command the support of both the Afghan people and the international community.”

Last week, insurgents in suicide vests stormed a guest house in the heart of Kabul filled with U.N. election workers, killing five U.N. staffers and three Afghans. The attack raised questions about whether the world body might scale back its operations in the war-ravaged country.

But Ban promised Monday that the U.N. work would continue in Afghanistan despite the slayings. He also said Karzai had assured him Afghan security forces would work to protect his staff.

Ban told reporters that “we cannot be deterred, we must not be

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Texan Polygamst Trials Begin

By CAROLE MCFADDAN STAFF WRITER

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Last week, the first criminal trial of the Texan polygamist sect began. According to the LA Times, the state prosecutor opened the trial by telling jurors that a “key member of the group illegally had sex with a 16-year-old-girl.”

male who expected to become a child bride and officers removed over 400 children from the compound for safety concerns.

Officers later found out that the original call was a hoax.

Raymond Merrill Jessop, now 38, is charged with sexual assault of a minor, allegedly having fathered a child with the

the sect’s leader. Jeffs is currently serving a life prison term for his conviction as an accomplice to rape.

By Texan law, one can be convicted of sexual assault of a minor if the victim is under 17. By these laws if Jessop is convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.

Authorities took DNA samples to

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Prospective jurors, including women from the Yearning for Zion Ranch, arrive for the first day of jury selection in the trial of Raymond Jessop Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, in Eldorado, Texas. Prospective jurors lined up in a cold rain Monday outside a municipal building that will serve as a makeshift courthouse for the first of a dozen polygamist sect members charged with abuse of underage girls.

This trial stems from the controversial raid on the polygamous sect's compound in April 2008, when Texan authorities commenced a massive raid on the Yearning For Zion ranch.

This compound, built outside the small town of Eldorado, Texas is where the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) settled as a “breakaway” sect unrecognized by the Mormon Church, which believes that polygamy brings glorification after death.

The Mormon Church renounced polygamy over a century ago.

Law enforcement officials stated they responded to a call for help from a young fe-

daughter of the sect's prophet, Warren Jeffs.

The young girl was one of Jessop's nine “wives,” but prosecutors argue that the marriage is not legal in Texas due to the age of the female and the lack of legality of the marriage. Jessop faces a separate bigamy charge which will be tried in a later case.

Appellate judges questioned whether Texas had a right to hold the children, all of which whom were eventually returned to the FLDS. There was growing criticism of the operation from many groups including civil libertarians, religious freedom groups, and officials in Utah who prosecuted Warren Jeffs,

prove that men in the sect were impregnating underage girls, and they charged 12 other sect members with various crimes This first criminal trial was unexpectedly halted on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, due to a juror’s child coming down with a high fever and flu-like symptoms. The State of Texas’ District Judge Barbara Walther recessed the sexual-assault trial indefinitely.

The trial was originally only expected to take two weeks from its start date on Oct. 28, 2009. It took over two days and the largest pool in Schleicher County history to seat the trial’s 12-member jury and its two alternates.

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New Haven News

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Maxcy Celebrates Centennial

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but it was the 1909 date for Maxcy Hall that caught our eye recently and we thought it was worth bringing the origin and fascinating history of this structure to more general attention.

Today’s Maxcy Hall opened late in 1909 as the third and final location of the New Haven County Temporary Home for Dependent and Neglected Children, an institution that had started out in the Tyler City section of Orange in 1884 as part of a statewide solution for the problem of children needing good homes. A photo of the new building in Colonial Revival style appeared on the front page of the New Haven Evening Register on July 9, 1909, with the cost reported there as $150,000. The architects were William H. Allen and Richard Williams, of the Allen & Williams firm that also designed the New Haven County Courthouse and many other still-extant civ-

ic, commercial, and residential structures in the Elm City. An article in the New Haven Morning Journal and Courier on November 8, 1909 announced that the children had already arrived from the home’s previous location at Shelton Ave. and Bassett St. in New Haven. There they had lived in an older wooden house that was overcrowded and lacked modern fire protection. The latter was of particular concern to Jacob D. Walter and the other county commissioners who pressed for the new building.

It should be of interest to our fire science majors that the new edifice was of brick, fireproof construction, with interior hoses and standpipes, and, since there were no municipal fire hydrants at the time, the home was surrounded by its own exterior water plugs fed by two large holding tanks on the property.

The new home, plus a smaller structure in matching style

that we know as the Gate House, was built to accommodate as many as 300 children with classrooms, dormitories, recreational facilities, a chapel, an infirmary, and staff quarters. Located on a 25-acre Allingtown Hill site, the magnificent vista was an added bonus, one that we still enjoy today.

An elderly man who visited shortly after the opening declared that these ‘poor’ children were “richer than thousands in the city” and that living here “ought to help in making them fine men and women.” The home, said to have been intended as the “finest in the country,” was lauded for its “palatial appointments” and was perhaps the only one in the eight Connecticut counties specially built for its intended purpose. A half-century later in 1955, when the institutional approach to child care fell out of favor, all the county homes were closed.

The vacant property here was purchased

in 1960 by President Marvin K. Peterson for New Haven College, which grew to

ceremony are in the UNH Archives at the Peterson Library. The Library, of course, is

for celebration as the hundredth anniversary of a building that has housed and edu-

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Noted artist Bancel La Farge completes “I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing By” for the NHCTH dining room as part of the New Deal’s 1933-1934 Public Works of Art Project. “The Owl and the Pussycat” is out of sight to the right. The whereabouts of these beautiful murals is unknown today.

become the University of New Haven in 1970. The structure was known simply as the Main Building until June 4, 1987 when it was named for Dr. Ellis C. Maxcy who headed the college from 1932 to 1937 during the Great Depression. Copies of the invitation to that

Maxcy Hall today, overseeing a view of the construction of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science.

named for the president who merged Maxcy Hall’s institutional past with its future in academia.

Maxcy Hall continues to be the university’s “main building” today with classrooms, University offices, and other support facilities. November 2009 calls

cated thousands and improved the lives of the many “fine men and women” who have passed through its doors. The Peterson Library joins with the rest of the University of New Haven in celebrating Maxcy Hall and its century of public and educational service.

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Registering for Class: What The S!?

By SALLY ANASTOS

DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC SERVICE-LEARNING

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As you were looking through the many class choices for the Spring 2010 semester, you might have come across a course where an ‘S’ followed the Course ID and Section. You probably asked yourself, your friends and your advisor, “What does that ‘S’ mean?”

Did you get an answer? If the answer was “Service-Learning,” you’re correct!

Now, what’s servicelearning?

Service-learning combines academics with community service. It’s a new approach to teaching and learning that provides you with the highest academic standards and delivers

meaningful service to improve our community. Through service-learning courses, you’ll learn about current local issues and how these issues relate in a global context.

Best of all, servicelearning classes relate to your major! They can be about anything. Need to take Adolescent Psychology? Take it with Dr. Bozack and mentor high school students at Common Ground High School. Interested in Victim Law Services? Enroll in Dr. Gaboury’s course and gain firsthand experience as a MADD court monitor!

Think about it.

What if instead of just sitting behind a desk, you could actually go out into the community and work with an

organization that relates to your interests?

What if instead of just writing a term paper based on something you read in a book, you could reflect on your own personal experiences? Thanks to service-learning, you can do just that!

Enrich your academic experience.

Give back to your community. Gain real world experience in the field that interests you. Register for a service-learning course this semester!

Here are some Spring 2010 servicelearning courses.

More courses to be announced!

Adolescent Psychology (P 217), Dr. Amanda Bozack.

Victim Law Services and Administration (CJ413), Dr. Mario Gaboury. Interior De-

pleted this diagnostic session you will know exactly what workouts you need to focus on to reach academy standards.

With the Beckerman Recreation Center’s convenient hours, the availability of exercise equipment and space is not out of reach. Also, with our wide variety of cardio equipment and weight machines there is sure to be something to help you reach your goals. Just need an open space?

We have open studio hours posted daily in the lobby. If a disciplined class is more your style, check out Group X. Don’t forget you can always mix

up your routine with the many sports and activities we offer.

Seniors, as many of you start to look for jobs, you might have to pass some physical test to be hired, especially in the policing and criminal justice concentration.

The recreation center is the perfect place for students to get in shape for their careers, and it starts with a fitness assessment.

Know where you stand. Let the rec center provide you with the tools to get you where you need to be.

Editor’s note: Looking for more info about the Rec Center? Stop in and ask at their front desk!

Rec Center Helps Students Prepare for Their Careers

By KAT WILBERDING STAFF WRITER

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So you are looking at the requirements for the police academy and you notice they have all these physical standards. The Beckerman Recreation center can help you meet these requirements.

First, for only 7 dollars, patrons can set up a fitness assessment.

The fitness assessment is a meeting with one of our certified personal trainers to measure such things as weight, body fat composition, resting heart rate, muscle strength, flexibility (sit-nreach), and more.

Once you’ve com-

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USGA President’s Corner

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

Let’s Pack the Stands!

That’s right ...

LET’S PACK THE STANDS!!

Students of the University of New Haven, I am reaching out for your help. It is my hopes to have a crowd at the football game this Saturday that will surpass what was there on Homecoming. Let’s show the Chargers football team how much

we support them by showing up in large numbers, packing the stands, and having lots of fun.

This Saturday, starting at 10:30am, there will be a fire department chili contest. Local fire departments are bringing Christopher Rinck their cooking skills USGA President to compete in the first chili cook-off. Along some inflatable’s for with the chili with be student and community members to use.

I hope to see everySomething on campus bothering you? one in the parking lot on Saturday morning sporting their charger pride.

Have a great week!

Christopher Rinck

Charger Voice it! www.ChargerVoice.com sign VI (ID 412), Jesse Peck. Professional Practices (ID414), Sarah Campernel.

Management and Organization (MG210),

Dr. Dale Finn.

Need help? Have questions? Visit the Academic ServiceLearning Office at the Center for Experien-

tial for Experiential Education, Kaplan 210 or visit us on the web at http://www.newhaven.edu/servicelearning/

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Opinion & Editorials

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Interracial Gay Marriage, Sex with Dogs, and Polygamy: 3 Things Americans Hate

Ahh, polygamy.

Whether polygyny (one man married to multiple women at once), polyandry (one women married to multiple men at once), bigamy (marrying one person while still lawfully married to

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another), or serial monogamy, there’s all sorts o’ fun to be had in Utah!

Nah, but seriously, what’s with people hating what other people want? Whether it’s that [asinine] judge in Louisiana who refused to marry a couple because one was black and the other was white, or whether it’s those dolts all around America who feel that gay marriage will “ruin” the “sanctity” of marriage, everyone always seems to have a problem with two people loving each other!

And whatcha know, this week’s issue of The Charger Bulletin delves right into all of it! You’ll see on page 14 that Maine had a big vote this past Tuesday, Nov. 3 regarding gay marriage.

At the time of print we’re unsure of its results but, if it passed, it will mark the first time in American history that gay marriage won a popular vote (as opposed to being voted on by a state’s legislature).

Then flip right back over to page 3, where an article regarding the Texan polygamy

law is analyzed. Now keep in mind that this case included things that are certainly wrong if true: sex with minors.

But looking beyond that, why is polygamy so wrong?

Sure, I would never want to be in a polygamist relationship, but why should that stop two people who don’t mind? It’s not hurting anybody. If you want to marry two people at once, I say go for it! Granted, you shouldn’t be allowed to receive twice the marital benefits, but otherwise eat your

cake AND have your freakin’ icing.

All too many times, people are too involved in the business of others here in America. So what if two guys want to hook up and get married?

So what if two girls want to kiss and hold hands in public? So what if a woman loves two men and marries them both? Polygamy, as long as everyone is happy, is not going to destroy the sanctity of marriage. There is no such thing. Gay marriage is not going to destroy a child’s life, unless the couple

and imagine your favorite Halloween costumes. Remember putting on all the pieces of those costumes,

What exactly happened to the hippies, ladybugs, and ninjas of yesteryear? As we grew up, it seemed as if the fabric in our Halloween costumes slowly but surely withered away. Halloween night you saw the occasional creative costume, yes, but the majority of the sidewalks of UNH were filled with provocative bumble bees, Alice in Wonderlands, and school girls. Now I understand the desire to be “sexy” or “attractive” on Halloween, the one day of the year where you are expected to dress outlandishly, but that doesn’t mean the regular passerby wants to see your butt hanging out from beneath a skirt. Yes, Alice in Wonderland was one of my favorite movies…but the Mad Hatter wore a suit jacket: and a long shirt. Batman was NEVER attractive and…hello… never wore cleavage

baring tops. No, I don’t care what your abs (or lack thereof) look like: they might be scary, but they probably aren’t Halloween scary. When did Halloween stop being about scary mummies and start being about floozies?

I understand that we’ve grown up and not everyone wants to be seen in the super covered outfits we had as children. But growing up doesn’t mean you have to become provocative and bear it all for the world to see on Halloween. A good friend of mine from home was a kissing booth: she was completely covered, but still had that “adult” edge to her costume. A perfect combination of grown up and sexy Halloween fun: and yet I didn’t have to see any bit of her that I didn’t want to. No exposed butts in her facebook pictures: and yet everyone still loved her

costume.

I may seem to be focusing on the women of this campus (and on every college campus) and yes, that may seem a bit unfair. But I honestly did not see any guys looking like fools: one or two were shirtless, but they actually fit into the theme of the costume.

This year, and every year since I’ve been here, the male population of UNH has outdone the females both in creativity and general acceptance.

Again: this message doesn’t go out to everyone. I saw a girl dressed up in the best Peter Pan costume I’ve ever seen, a keg stand, and a fashionable Michael Jackson.

But for the countless amount of people that wore short skirts, tiny tops, and fishnets: come on now. Let’s try to be a little bit innovative instead of just showing a ton of skin. I promise, you will get more notice

breaks up and divorces or abuses the kid.

It’s no different than heterosexual marriage. And polygamist marriage, as long as it isn’t being abused for government perks, is no more wrong.

In other news, bestiality IS wrong.

That is all. Tune in next week for another rant, kiddies!

When Did Halloween Become Risqué?

First off: congratulations to all those involved in the various Halloween activities across campus! I only heard good things of the parties, haunted houses, and festivities. It was yet another year of successful UNH haunting.

Now, as some of you may know, Halloween is my favorite holiday. I absolutely love being scared: scary movies, haunted hayrides, and a huge full moon. I love witches, ghouls, and the occasional ghosts.

While my roommates and I had a very laid back Halloween full of tarot cards, Ouija boards, brownies, and The Shining, I still managed to travel across campus in the rain to experience most of the creepiness. And, while I was proud of groups like SCOPE and PIRO, I was slightly disgusted by what I saw.

Remember back to when you were little,

Erin Ennis Assistant Editor grabbing your candy bags, and heading out to trick or treat with your family or friends.

Now…what were those costumes? I remember my favorites: I was a 50’s girl, a hippie, Esmeralda, and a witch. Staff writer and SCOPE Co-Chair Glenn Altshuler was Robin Hood and a security officer and USGA Treasurer Heather Brown loved dressing up like Tigger and a homemade lady bug.

Now fast forward.

DON’T FORGET! This newspaper is recyclable!

(and brownie points with guys, if that’s what you’re looking for) for being original instead of sexy.

Working with a Smile

By MELANIE ROVINSKY STAFF WRITER

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I’ll admit it. I’m a top-rate eavesdropper.

No matter where I am, my ears inevitably have a way of finding stimulation in the conversations of others.

This is not to say that I intentionally snoop around trying to hear other people’s business. However, I like to listen to the words being spoken around me.

I have found that the most inspirational words are not those that are elaborately strung together by an expert communicator, but those that are spoken in complete and unadulterated truth.

And in my opinion, the truth is often uttered when it appears that no one is listening.

Every other Friday, out of the goodness of his heart, my boyfriend drives to Plantsville to clean the fish tanks at the Summit nursing home. Usually out of boredom, I agree to accompany him. When it was time for him to enter the “soiled utility” room to use the only sink big enough to fill the five gallon bucket he uses, I disapprovingly turned up my nose and waited outside. As I waited, I couldn’t help but overhear a few members of the janitorial staff chatting inside. I peered into the opened door, and what I saw and heard touched my heart.

Two men and one woman stood up to their elbows in dirty laundry.

“I am so grateful they offered me overtime today,” one of

the men said. “Do you realize how lucky we are?”

The remaining two people nodded in agreement.

“I jump at every opportunity to work.

Some people can’t even find a job, and we are treated so well here. Sometimes I wonder why I am so lucky,” the man continued.

There I stood – in my freshly washed outfit, on a day off from school and work, thinking that the contents of a utility closet were not only disgusting, but somehow beneath me.

However, one man… one stranger’s words were able to make me realize how incredibly fortunate I am. From that point on, I have always helped fill the bucket.

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SCOPE Hosts 5th Annual Haunted House

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just said that he didn’t know the answer and continued to sit there.

Next guests were led into a blacked out room with a dead geisha. The tour guides stepped to the side and told us to find the exit on our own. We were expecting the geisha to do something, but she continued to stare at us and wave her fan. Conveniently, the exit was located under a sign that said “exit” and we continued through the haunted house.

The next room brought us face to face with a chain sawwielding maniac and a wheel chair-bound “surgery” patient. The scarers in this room did an excellent job of making us feel uncomfortable by invading our personal space and laughing maniacally.

The remaining rooms were very much like the haunted houses of years past.

The rooms featured a graveyard complete

with zombies and a very convincing scarecrow and rooms containing themes from popular horror movies like The Ring and Saw. The tour was sent into the Bates Motel complete with the crazy grandma from the movie Psycho and was frightened by Edward Scissor Hands and a ghoul popping out of nowhere. Guests were led into the hallway where a giant spider fell down and gave many people quite a fright!

The downsides to this year’s haunted house were painfully apparent. Where last year rooms were filled with scarers, this year there was only one or two per room. Many of the scarers seemed new and unfamiliar with what it takes to scare groups of college students. This also held true for the tour guides. They always glanced at where someone was hiding so it often gave things away.

However, for those

that were new to the haunted house, or those that were there to enjoy themselves: it was spectacularly spooky.

Unfortunately, the lack of participation from the UNH community led to the entire thing being brought to a sub-par level. Many students were complaining about the haunted house after having gone through it. SCOPE sponsors many amazing events and it is sad that they do not receive the support they need to host the event that we, the students, want.

To all of the students who complained that this event did not live up to their expectations, volunteer! Every job is important and essential. When SCOPE asks for help it is always important and vital to the execution of the event. As always, thank you to SCOPE for planning this amazing event and for keeping the tradition going.

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Theatre Takes Gosselaar Out of His Comfort Zone

By ALICIA RANCILIO ASSOCIATED PRESS

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NEW YORK – MarkPaul Gosselaar is a self-professed theater novice and not afraid to admit it.

Right now, he's making his New York stage debut offBroadway in The Understudy alongside theater veterans Julie White, a best-actress Tony Award winner for The Little Dog Laughed, and Justin Kirk, who appeared on Broadway and in the film version of Love! Valour! Compassion!

The role required him to step outside his comfort zone and perform twice a day, feeding off the energy of the live audience, with 80 pages of dialogue to remember.

"I had no idea about anything," says Gosselaar. "I didn't know the process or the terminology," he says. "Everything has been taught to me by my director Scott Ellis and castmates."

Fittingly, Gosselaar plays Jake, a

big movie star who's also an understudy in a Broadway play.

Kirk plays the understudy to Gosselaar, and White is the stage manager.

The entire story takes place at a rehearsal and shows how a theater understudy is always waiting in the wings hoping for their moment in the spotlight.

Gosselaar, 35, is no stranger to fame.

He's logged almost 30 years in showbiz.

While he admits to not really following the theater scene prior to The Understudy, he has been busy making television shows like Saved by the Bell, NYPD Blue, and Raising the Bar on TNT. He admits to practicing his new lines while walking to the theater, in a cab and on the subway.

"A lot of questions my character brings up are some of the questions I had," admits Gosselaar. "'What's a half-hour call? What's the process of an understudy?

So, the understudy is really never gonna

go on (stage)?' I had number at the end of the same questions the Roundabout The-

Scott and said 'I have I've never done theabsolutely no clue ater.' That was shocking to me because his audition was so spoton... He instinctively understands what the process is about. He asks the right questions."

This may be his first time out, but Gosselaar says he's getting AN AP/JEFF CHRISTENSEN PHOTO more comActor Mark-Paul Gosselaar poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 in New York. that Jake has in the atre Company pro- what I'm doing. I have fortable with the proplay. I had to ask what duction which he says lots of questions... cess. the fourth wall was is one of his favorite Why am I going to "It used to be an (where a character parts. He now says he lie about something? hour before perforspeaks directly to the would even consider a I have a great career mance, you're revved audience.) The script Broadway musical if in television. I would up. Then it was a half says, Justin (Kirk) the opportunity came like to be a student of hour: 'Oh, a half hour. breaks the fourth wall. up. theater," he says. "I'm Ohmigosh.' Then 15 I said, 'Fourth wall?

"I'm not opposed to at the point in my ca- minutes before, it Where?'" it. I don't even know if reer where I don't need became 'Oh, 15 minEllis, the show's di- I have a singing voice. to pretend. It gets old utes.' Now I think rector says Gosselaar I've never tried." after a while." we're close to the fiveis catching on quickly.

Not everyone Ellis says he was minute mark. We're "It wouldn't work would admit their surprised by Gosse- completely in cosif he didn't have a gift lack of knowledge so laar's audition because tume and ready to go with it. And he just freely but Gosselaar it went so well despite but when we get that has it," says Ellis. says it's not worth it to his lack of experience. five-minute mark we Gosselaar's self- pretend to know more "I looked down on go, 'OK,' and we start discovery hasn't than he does. his resume and said, doing nervous dances stopped at drama.

"When I audi- 'There's no theater and [other] things like There's a cute dance tioned, I walked up to here' and he said, 'No, that."

Leno Says He’d Return to Tonight if Asked

By FRAZIER MOORE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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NEW YORK – Primetime newcomer Jay Leno says he would have rather stayed put at The Tonight Show — and if NBC offered him that job again, he'd take it.

In an interview with Broadcasting & Cable magazine published online Monday, Leno hastily added that such a decision isn't his to make.

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In this Aug. 5, 2009 file photo, Jay Leno speaks during the panel for The Jay Leno Show at the NBC Universal Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena, Calif.

Conan O'Brien, his successor as Tonight host after 17 years, is "doing fine," Leno said.

"Conan is in the same position I was in when I took over.

It takes a while.

Some will like it; some

will leave forever and not come back."

Leno said he doesn't think the recent controversy surrounding his former late-night rival David Letterman "will have a big effect at all."

Referring to Letterman's acknowledged sexual affairs with female members of his staff, Leno said, "If it were me, it would kill me. I'm the guy who's been married 29 See NBC page 14

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By KAIT RICHMOND STAFF WRITER

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Following their successful summer tour, the men of Blink-182 are giving back to the people who helped them achieve an incredible comeback. In September, the band donated $100,000 of the proceeds from their show in Phoenix, AZ to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, GA and the Grossman Burn Center in Sherman Oaks, CA. Both facilities cared for Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker after the plane crash in 2008 that left him and the late DJ A.M. with severe burns, and four others dead. According to a press release, the band hopes that their donation will “help these burn centers continue their life saving work.”

10 days later, when the band was in Atlanta, Barker paid a visit

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to the burn center.

He met with patients, signed autographs, and said a big “thank you” to his doctors.

He later posted to his Twitter account: "Just leaving the JMS burn center here in GA. Amazing talented people over there, angels are what I like to call them. Wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for them. Glad I was able to go by and say thank you. I'll never forget them or what they did for me."

Bassist Mark Hoppus is also doing some good. On October 19, 2009, he published an article on the Huffington Post about Ali Vatter, a member of the catering crew that worked on the summer tour. Two months into the tour, Vatter had to get an emergency appendix-removal surgery, and later had trouble paying the bills because she was uninsured. Hoppus wrote, “My initial reaction was disbelief. Why

would you not have insurance? Especially while on tour? Turns out I was asking the wrong question. The real question is: Why are you unable to get insurance?”

Vatter told him she had been trying to get it for years, but that she could not because of pre-existing conditions, or was just denied. Her bills amounted to $48,000 so she set up a website asking for donations: www.thealivattermatter.blogspot. com. Hoppus has agreed to personally match every dollar donated until her bills are paid.

All that has ever been asked of Blink-182 is music, but they are giving even more. They show that a scandal is not necessary to keep people talking; they’re keeping their name in the headlines by paying it forward.

stage, a concertgoer pulled the fire alarm, which prompted many fans to make jokes.

After 45 minutes in the cold and rain fans stampeded back inside to wait for AFI's set.

When AFI took the stage it was evident that their fans take AFI's music very seriously. Nearly every person in the crowd knew all the lyrics to each song in the set.

All four members of the band were energetic, engaged the crowd, and encouraged fan participation. Although singer Davey Havok jumped into the crowd during

"The Leaving Song Part II" it was still no comparison to his usual crowd walking when AFI plays "God Called In Sick Today."

AFI's set list consisted mainly of songs off their past three albums, but old school fans received two special treats when the band played "Don't Make Me Ill" from Answer That and Stay Fashionable, their debut album and "On The Arrow," a bonus track from Decemberunderground.

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AFI Crash Love at Webster Theatre

By MICHELLE TAPPER STAFF WRITER

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On Oct. 13, 2009 AFI and Gallows rocked the Webster Theater in Hartford in support of AFI's new release Crash Love. Gallows opened the night with a surprisingly impressive set, and singer Frank Carter jumped into the crowd after the first song and played the majority of the set from the pit. The songs they played included "In the Belly of a Shark," "Leeches," and "Gold Dust."

Before AFI took the

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Charger Volleyball Takes 3-0 Win in Regular Season Home Finale

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WEST HAVEN, Conn. - The University of New Haven women's volleyball defeated Stonehill College 3-0 (25-21, 29-27, 25-19) Saturday afternoon at Charger Gymnasium. With the win the Chargers improve to 22-4 overall, 13-0 in the Northeast-10 Conference.

In the opening set,

UNH and Stonehill played even for nearly the entire set. After being tied at 19-19, the Chargers scored five-straight points and took a 24-19 lead.

The Skyhawks then tallied two kills to cut the UNH leads to 24-21. Tymika Duncan then ended the set with a kill, giving the Chargers a one-set lead.

The second set was played even closer, and went into extra

points. Neither team led by more than two points and each team had set points in the later part of the set.

UNH led 24-23, but Stonehill scored two straight and led 25-24.

The teams exchanged points until the Chargers finally scored three of the final four points to take the 2927 win.

With a 2-0 lead, the Chargers actually trailed 16-13 midway through the third set at

Charger Gymnasium.

They rallied however, scoring 12 of the last 15 points and taking their ninth-straight match.

Freshman Keidy Candelaria led the team with 11 kills on 26 attempts. With three errors, she tallied a .308 hitting percentage. She also grabbed a team-high 13 digs to complete the double-double, and three aces. Elizabeth Akinbiyi added nine kills

on 18 attempts with three errors for a .333 hitting percentage.

Sara Malmlov also tallied double-figure kills with 11, while adding nine digs.

Tia Inong handed out 34 assists, while Heather Ladao grabbed 11 digs.

The Chargers are on the road in their final two regular season matches of the season next weekend. They travel to St. Anselm College on Friday,

Nov. 6 for a 7:30 p.m. match and then they are at St. Michael's on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 1 p.m.

With one more win, the Chargers can clinch the No. 1 seed in the Northeast-10 Conference Women's Volleyball Championship which takes place at UMass Lowell on Friday, Nov. 13 and Saturday, Nov. 14.

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score gave New Haven a 47-43 lead, their first and only lead of the entire game.

The Chargers trailed early in Saturday's game, allowing St. Anselm to open a 14-0 lead after its first two drives. The Chargers first three drives all ended in punts, while they finally got on the scoreboard at the end of the first quarter.

Freshman Josh Smart narrowly missed breaking big runs earlier in the quarter, but did miss a huge hole on the first play of New Haven's third drive. He found a hole off the left side of the Chargers' offensive line and scampered 80 yards for a touchdown on the first play of New Haven's fourth drive. The one play and point after brought UNH within seven points at 14-7.

The Hawks immediate answered with a long 12-play, 55-yard drive which ended in a 30-yard field goal with 13:36 left in the second quarter. Lashley took the ensuing kickoff 45 yards to the

St. Anselm 39-yard line, setting up a short field for the Chargers' offense. Five plays later, Victor Jones hammered away a 2-yard touchdown run. Stephen Ward's point after was good, cutting the Hawks' lead to 17-14.

After two punts on the next two possession, the Hawks got a drive start at their own 39-yard line. Two passes and a Charger pass interference call, St. Anselm took a 2314 lead off a 2-yard run. The point after failed.

However, the Chargers answered on their next drive. Mixing up three Osiecki completions and two Josh Smart runs, UNH went 47-yards in five plays and once again cut into the St. Anselm lead with a 10yard touchdown pass from Osiecki to Demetrius WashingtonEllison with 4:48 left in the first half. Ward's kick failed and UNH then trailed 23-20.

The Hawks were the last to score before halftime, with a

10-play, 87-yard drive they took a 30-20 lead with 19-seconds left in the opening half.

The Charger defense came alive on the opening drive of the second half when Desmond Anderson picked off a Michael Pierce pass to end the Hawks' opening drive of the second half. The Chargers took the opportunity and went 54-yards on four plays, including a 43-yard touchdown pass from Osiecki to Sharieff Hall over the middle. Ward's kick brought UNH back within three points at 30-27.

Despite sustained drives, neither team scored again in the third quarter, which set the stage for an exciting fourth quarter.

The Hawks took their opening drive of the quarter in for a touchdown and took a 36-27 lead and missing the extra point.

New Haven then went on a scoring spree, tallying three touchdowns on its final three drives of the game.

The scoring started

with a 54-yard touchdown from Osiecki to Jason Thompson with 13:40 remaining. Ward's kick was good and the Chargers trailed 36-34.

The Hawks answered with a 12play, 60-yard touchdown drive, but UNH immediate answered with a 10-play 60yard touchdown drive of its own. The Chargers' drive was led four receptions by Washington-Ellison and capped by a 12yard touchdown pass from Osiecki to Hall.

Ward's point after was good once again and the Chargers found themselves down 4341 with 5:13 remaining.

The UNH defense then stepped up and forced the Hawks to go three-and-out before the Chargers took their first lead of the game on a wellorchestrated gamewinning drive. New Haven took over at its own 20-yard line and sophomore quarterback Osiecki marked the Chargers right down the field. New

Haven marked the ball to the Hawks' 35yard line before being faced with a fourthand-one. The Chargers then ran a playaction fake to draw the defense in while tight end Lashley slipped into the flats.

Osiecki, who kept the ball and rolled out on a bootleg, found Lashley in the flats around the 25-yard line and marched it all the way in for the gamewinning score. The Chargers' two-point conversion failed, but they took their first lead of the game at 47-43 with 1:13 left on the clock.

The UNH defense then batted down three passes, including a near interception by defensive end Thomas Herd, on the Hawks final drive as they sealed a .500 conference record in their first season since 2003. With other scores around the NE-10 today, the University of New Haven Chargers clinched a fifth place finish in the Northeast-10 this season.

Chargers Rally in the Fourth, Defeat St. Anselm 47-43

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MANCHESTER, N.H. - The University of New Haven football team defeated St. Anselm College 47-43 Saturday in New Hampshire.

The Chargers improve to 5-4 overall and conclude their 2009 Northeast-10 Conference schedule at 4-4.

The Hawks fall to 2-7 overall, 1-6 NE-10.

After giving up more than 500 yards of total offense through most of the first four quarters, the UNH defense bucked down when it counted and stopped St. Anselm on its final two possessions of the game. Trailing 43-41, the two stops gave the UNH offense an opportunity to take the lead. The Chargers capitalized, with an 8-play, 80-yard drive which was capped by a fourth-down 32yard touchdown pass and catch from Ryan Osiecki to Kameel Lashley with 1:13 left on the clock. The

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Webster Theatre Hosts AFI

didn't lose any of their Despite the slight ferocity with Crash annoyance of the fire Love and the Gallows alarm, the show was are quite possibly one an amazing experi- of the most memoence. AFI certainly rable opening bands I con’t from page 9

have ever seen.

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We the Living Revist UNH

New management, new music, and the Twilight: New Moon soundtrack.

By MICHELLE TAPPER STAFF WRITER

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Michelle Tapper: A few things have changed since our last interview. You guys have a manager now.

Were you sought out

by Red Light Management or were you trying to be involved with them?

Benjamin Schaefer: Our manager used to be an employee of our lawyer.

Matt Holmen: So our lawyer set us up with him, he thought he was cool.

Ben: He's focused on touring musicians.

He has a bunch of grassroots bands [under his management] like String Cheese Incident and Drive-By Truckers, like bands that just tour a lot and so we thought it would be a good match just because of how we tour and the extent of what we do.

MT: Does that change your hands-on approach to running the band at all?

Matt: Not at all, no. I mean it's cool to know that there's someone else out there who gives a damn about us, because whenever you own your own business, you feel like no one's on your side.

But it's cool that we have a dude that's on our team now.

Ben: Nothing has changed day to day; it's just that he's kind of like a grandfather type figure. You can bounce ideas off him and make sure that what you're doing isn't fundamentally flawed, I guess, but day to day we still book our own shows and promote ourselves. Everything

songs. That's our new focus, so over Christmas we're going to spend a lot of time at home writing and recording stuff because we haven't done that in awhile. And it's kind of important for a band to have music [laughs], but it's so hard to forget because we're so engrossed in

important and it's almost a catch 22. That's how everything in the music industry feels; you need to have this thing before you do the other thing but in order to do that thing, you have to have this other thing.

Ben: In the current music industry it's absolutely essential if

ignore the need to create new music, then yeah that would be too much, but for right now, we're very happy with what we've done in the past couple years.

MT: Going back to the management, do you guys foresee a point where you won't want to or be able to

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is still the same as far as our business goes, but then there's like a character who can oversee it who isn't on the road which is really helpful for us because it can very easily get skewed when you're doing the same thing every single day.

He just kind of helps refocus us on what is important.

Matt: Which right now, is writing new

the business.

Ben: So easy to forget.

Matt: Yeah.

MT: Do you feel like you've been putting too much emphasis on touring rather than writing music?

Matt: It's sort of an either-or for us because being on the road isn't that conducive to writing for our style. So, I don't know.

It's like both things are

you want to get anywhere especially as an independent band: you have to be touring. You know, we've pretty much been on the road for two plus years and we are now at the point where a focus on music is essential to get to the next step.

Matt: To answer your question, no, but if we continue to just focus on touring and

handle being as hands on as you have been with the band? Do you foresee a point where you need help booking, etc.?

Matt: Oh yeah, it's definitely getting out of control. It's too hard, it's impossible to dedicate enough energy to all aspects of the band at the gear we're running on right now. We're constantly like, staying

up traveling until four or five in the morning and getting up at like seven to give lectures to high schools while Ben is booking shows or Adam's advancing shows and I'm promoting them. All the while I'm still worrying about how we're going to take the next step and start making music, so yeah; it'd be great to just worry about being a musician. It just takes a little longer to get there.

MT: Last time, John Paul said he felt that We The Living is very close to being the band you set out to be. Do you feel like you're continuing to make steady progress in that direction?

Matt: Yeah, definitely.

MT: I heard a rumor over the summer that We The Living was supposed to be on the New Moon soundtrack. Is there any truth to that?

Matt: Isn't that an awesome rumor?! No. Ben: Unless we're the secret track on the soundtrack or the credits.

Matt: And we didn't get [even] paid.

But that's funny right?

That Youtube account was really quite convincing, except it only had like one video.

So I was like, “clearly this is a hoax, but it's still very entertaining.”

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Negatives

Positives

The Charger Battery

by Sam Drotar

A weekly recap of the positives & negatives at UNH

HALLOWEEN! Halloween is by far one of the best holidays ever. Fun costumes, free candy, and no gift-giving obligations! Also, if you ask me, Halloween is the start of the best season for food! Halloween brings out the apple cider, candy apples, pumpkin everything, and candy up the WAZOO! Then comes the turkey, the eggnog, divided popcorn tins, and candy canes! Sounds grrrrreat to me!

Speaking of good times, I hope ALL of you had good times at the Haunted House this weekend. Lots of awesome costumes and freaky make up! Props to the terror team and SCOPE who did an awesome job. Also, hopefully you got to see paranormal investigator John Zaffis as well. He also did a ghost hunt through Maxcy.

Who knew the Maxcy basement was haunted?!

BOO! I asked John Zaffis as a paranormal investigator and a firm believer, what he would say to a skeptic. His response: “Nothing!”

Note taken, John Zaffis. Touche.

I hope all of you had a fun mischief night as well as a fun Halloween, I know I did. Muahahaha!

Charger Chat

O.K. WHAT is up with all of the skanky Halloween costumes?!? Does anyone else remember a time when there were actually legitimate costumes that people had put thought and coordination into?

It is sad to see the creativity fly right out the window and it’s even sadder to see it replaced with four inch stripper heels and a garter.

I should break my fingers for typing the previous statement, because I am a hypocrite. BUT NO MORE! Next year, I will have the coolest, most inventive, non-sluttiest costume ever! It’s time for a change! But seriously, society has noticed that younger and younger kids are dressing skankier and skankier! Now is the time to pull the switch back to dignity!

It made me sad that it rained on Halloween.

All the little kids who were trick-or-treating were getting rained on! =( HUGE NEGATIVE. WHY are Christmas decorations up BEFORE HALLOWEEN HAS EVEN HAPPENED!!!!!!! RAWR! It makes NO sense to me!!! AT LEAST wait until Halloween is over! And, I’m sorry, have we COMPLETELY forgotten about Thanksgiving?!? Those poor pilgrims! Cooked for nothing! Remember the pilgrims!

“Failure is not an option.”

by Tyler Salovin

Eugene F. Kranz

A quick quip each and every week!

Retired NASA Flight Director and manager

Shawn’s Hotties of the Week Girl Lindsay Lynch Lindsay has shown great leadership on campus. Most recently, she stepped up to the plate as SCOPE co chair and she has been doing a fantastic job! Lindsay is dedicated 100% to anything she is involved in.

She is also a great student and friend. <3 you Lindsay!

Hometown: New Jersey

Hometown: Poughkeepsie, New York

Major: Graphic Design, Photography

Major: Fire Science Administration

Year: Senior 2010 Involvement: SMILE, SCOPE Co chair, Class of 2010, Orientation Leader

Year: Senior 2010 Involvement: Student Government Association President, Fire Science Club, Admissions Team

Guy

by Shawn L. Tremblay

Chris Rinck

Chris Rinck is a great asset to the community of the University of New Haven! From working on Homecoming to everything he does with the USGA, we would certainly be in the dark if it weren’t for him. Keep up the great work, Chris!

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years. But Dave has never pretended to be Mr. Moral America, he's never set himself up that way. He's not a hypocrite."

The Jay Leno Show began on NBC in September, airing Monday through Friday at 10 p.m. Eastern,

where it has displaced several prime-time scripted dramas. For that, and for his lessthan-stellar ratings thus far, Leno has taken heat within the TV industry as well as from critics.

It's just part of the battle, said Leno, who insisted he enjoys it.

"I get a certain amount of satisfaction from pounding my head against the wall," he said. "I'm not having a bad time at 10 o'clock now. I look at this as a job, and now I'm faced with a challenge, and it's a challenge I find difficult but interesting."

lo, but after a second bombing it shut down operations in Iraq in late October 2003 for years.

Meanwhile, Afghan authorities ordered all schools and universities closed for three weeks amid swine flu fears that were heightened Wednesday after the country registered its first death from the virus.

The Health Ministry said large gatherings at public baths and wedding halls will be forbidden for

the same period. Elsewhere, NATO-led forces said one Afghan girl was accidentally killed during an operation against militants in the southern province of Kandahar on Sunday. A joint Afghan-international force fired on two motorcycles carrying militants south of the city, killing a girl who was on one of the motorbikes, NATO said in a statement.

Editor’s note: This was the latest information as of the time of printing.

time the electorate in in New Jersey, Repub- New York. states where they have any state has endorsed lican Bob McDonnell Apart from Maine, reached the ballot. marital rights for is heavily favored in five states have le"The eyes of the same-sex couples, en- the race for Virginia galized same-sex nation will be on ergizing activMaine," said ists nationwide Rea Carey, exand deflating a ecutive director long-standing of the National conservative Gay and Lesbiargument that an Task Force. gay marriage "The stakes are lacks popular high, but so is support. our hope that Conversely, Maine will rea repeal — in main among New England, the growthe corner of ing number the country of states that most receptive extend the esto same-sex sential security marriage — and legal prowould be a jolttections of maring setback for riage to all lovthe gay-rights ing, committed movement and couples." mark the first Meredith time voters Hunt, who AN AP/PAT WELLENBACH PHOTO overturned a hopes to wed Gay marriage has lost in every state in which it has been put to a popular state. Come gay-marriage Election Day, gay-rights supporters are hoping to make Maine the exception. her partner law enacted by a leg- governor, a hotly con- marriage — Iowa, of 15 years, Melissa islature. When Cali- tested special con- Connecticut, Massa- Hamkins, has been fornians voters reject- gressional election in chusetts, Vermont and doing door to door, ed gay marriage a year upstate New York has New Hampshire. But working the phones ago, it was in response exposed a rift in the all did so via legisla- and recruiting volunto a court ruling, not GOP between mod- tion or court rulings, teers. She took time legislation. erates and conserva- not through a popu- off from her job as Elsewhere around tives, and billionaire lar vote. By contrast, a nurse practitioner the country, Demo- Michael Bloomberg constitutional amend- Monday to join in cratic Gov. Jon Cor- is expected to coast to ments banning gay the final push for gay zine is locked in a tight victory in his bid for a marriage have been marriage. battle for re-election third term as mayor of approved in all 30 "I'm running on

adrenaline at this point. I don't want to leave any stone unturned," said Hunt, 45, who lives on a farm in Bowdoin. "This isn't politics. This is personal."

Gay rights was also on the ballot Tuesday in Washington state, where voters will decide whether to uphold or overturn a recently expanded domestic partnership law that gives samesex couples the same state-granted rights as heterosexual married couples.

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deterred. ... The work of the United Nations will continue.”

The same day, however, the world body announced it would pull some expatriate staff out of Pakistan and suspend longterm development work in areas along the Afghan border because of violence.

The U.N. kept operating after an August 2003 truck bombing at its headquarters in Baghdad, which killed 22 people, including mission chief Sergio Vieira de Mel-

Stakes Are High in Maine's Vote on Gay Marriage

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PORTLAND, Maine – Bolstered by outof-state money and volunteers, both sides jockeyed Monday to boost turnout for a Maine referendum that could give gayrights activists in the U.S. their first victory at the ballot box on the deeply divisive issue of same-sex marriage.

The state's voters will decide Tuesday whether to repeal a law that would allow gay marriage. The law was passed by the Legislature and signed by Democratic Gov. John Baldacci last May but has never taken effect.

The contest is considered too close to call, and both campaigns worked vigorously — with rallies, phone calls, e-mails and ads — to be sure their supporters cast votes in the off-year election.

If voters uphold the law, it will be the first

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