November 7 2007

Volume 86, Issue 11

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

NIGHTLIFE IN ENGLAND Read all about how UNH students studying abroad in England stay busy.

The student newspaper of the University of New Haven since 1938

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PIRO Honors the Paranormal

UN AMBASSADOR VISITS UNH The latest International Coffee Hour includes a special guest.

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CARTOON FAVORITE TURNS 100 The cartoon comedy Family Guy aires its 100th episode!.

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By ERIN ENNIS STAFF WRITER

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WEST HAVEN— During a week filled with ghouls, witches, and hauntings, PIRO launched its annual Paranormal Awareness Week, filled with information, prizes, and fun for those interested in Halloween traditions.

Three years ago, Paranormal Awareness Week was started as an informational poster session to inform the student body of the many aspects of the Paranormal Investigation and Research Organization here on campus, including but not limited to werewolves, vampires, and the supernatural. The event

took place in March while the annual costume contest and ball was held near Halloween. But last year, a new E-board decided to move the festivities to the week of Halloween, starting an ever popular event here at the University of New Haven.

Students were given the opportunity to try their luck at a scavenger hunt where pieces of a scarecrow were placed around campus.

Once found, the scarecrow could be reassembled and artistically stylized for judging at the Paranormal Awareness Week Harvest Party. The Harvest Party was a great time to eat food, play games, and take part in seasonal traditions.

The appropriately-themed

Halloween prizes included Target gift cards, hot cocoa mix, fleece blankets, and lots of candy.

a Divination Faire where they could get their futures and fortunes told by fellow students. Whether us-

A DAN OSIPOVITCH PHOTO

Students celebrate Halloween at the Costume Ball on Friday, Nov. 2.

Paranormal Awareness Week also gave students the opportunity to attend

ing tarot cards or runes,

were planning to picket 14 studio locations in four– Page 4 ––––––––––––––––––––– hour shifts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day until a new LOS ANGELES— Film deal is reached.

INDEX and TV writers resolved The contract between to put down their pens and the 12,000-member Writers Arts & Entertainment take up picket signs after Guild of America and the Page 8 AlliBulletin Board ance Page 15 o f Word of the Week MoPage 9 tion Editorials PicPage 6 ture Fun & Games a n d Te l e Page 12 vision National/World News ProPage 3 ducer New Haven News e x Page 4 pired Sports Oct. Page 10 3 1 .

Celebrity Gossip Talks AN AP PHOTO Page 11 Members of the Writers Guild of America strike outside the entrance of CBS studios in Los Angeles. that

began this summer failed to produce much progress on the writers' key demands for a bigger slice of DVD profits and revenue from the distribution of films and TV shows over the Internet.

Writers and producers gathered for negotiations Sunday at the request of a federal mediator.

The two sides met for nearly 11 hours before East Coast members of the writers union announced on their Web site that the strike had begun for their 4,000 members.

Producers said writers refused a request to "stop the clock" on the planned strike while talks continued.

LIBRARY ARCHIVES UNCOVER UNH’S HISTORY Learn about how you can access information about UNH from decades ago.

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Hollywood Writers Go On Strike

By GARY GENTILE

ASSOCIATED PRESS

last-ditch talks failed to avert a strike.

The first picket lines were set to appear Monday morning at Rockefeller Center in New York, where NBC is headquartered.

In Los Angeles, writers

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Campus Events, Etc. The Charger Bulletin | November 7, 2007

Wednesday, November 7

Thursday, November 8

Friday, November 9

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 Republicans v. Democrats

 Lecture: William Crutchfield

 Movie: Superbad

Dodds Theater, 8pm

Bartels Lobby, 6-8pm

 Cans Across America

Dodds Theater, 8pm

Dodds Theater, 11am

Midnight to Midnight

Dodds Theater, 8pm

Alumni Lounge, 7pm

 Deepher Dude German Club, 7pm

Political Awareness Week

Saturday, November 10  Play: columbinus Dodds Theater, 8pm

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Boston Bruins Trip

Sunday, November 11  Movie: Superbad Alumni Lounge, 7pm

Veterans Day

Tuesday, October 13

Monday, November 12 

Veterans Day Celebration

Flag Raising: Academic Quad, Noon Medal Ceremony and Luncheon: Alumni Lounge, 12:30pm

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BSU Candy Shop Grand Opening Bartels Lobby, 11am-5pm

Spring Registration Begins

Want To Write for The Charger Bulletin?

Come to our meetings every Monday at 2pm in Meeting Rooms A & B or in the newspaper office in Bartels Hall

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

Positives

Negatives

I’ve noticed that a lot of trees have been planted lately, mostly around the area of the Recreation Center. I have to admit, the greenery looks pretty nice. However, I do have to ask—isn’t November a little late to be planting trees?

Shouldn’t this have been done a few months ago? Well, as long as the trees survive the winter I guess it’s okay.

The junk mail has been insane this semester. It all seems to have started during the summer—we never used to receive as much junk mail as we have been getting. Most of them are nonsensical, and some of them are a little funny. However, the thing that bothers me is that we are getting junk mail that originates from our own email addresses.

How does that even happen?

Halloween was a blast. There were so many programs and events all throughout the week that made it a worthwhile experience. Now we can look forward to our next big holiday— Thanksgiving!

Registration can be quite frustrating, especially when most of the classes you need to take are all at the same time. When the new scheduling started for this semester, there didn’t seem to be any scheduling problems.

However, it seems as though there was lack of communication this semester and classes bunched up.

If you have registration questions, there are tables set up in Bartels and sessions in each freshmen residence hall.

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National/World News The Charger Bulletin | November 7, 2007

Discovery Leaves Space Station News

Briefs

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By Associated Press Writers have the data. It looks great," Mission Con- Police in Pakistan clash with lawyers proHOUSTON— After trol said. a week and a half of testing against state of emergency Astronaut Daniel ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— Legions of batonintense and unprecTani, who flew to the wielding police clashed with lawyers to squash edented work, the asstation aboard Discov- protests against President Gen. Pervez Mushtronauts aboard shuttle ery and will remain in arraf on Monday, while international pressure Discovery undocked orbit for two months, mounted against the imposition of emergency from the international radioed the shuttle powers that have led to more than 1,500 arspace station on Moncrew a last goodbye as rests. day to begin their twothey finished circling Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged day journey home. the outpost.

"Thank you guys Musharraf to follow through on past promises "I miss you al- to "take off his uniform" and restore civilian for the module and ready," he said. "Fly rule. all your help," space safe. Get home safe. station Commander "I want to be very clear. We believe that the I'll see you on the best path for Pakistan is to quickly return to a Peggy Whitson said ground." as Discovery pulled constitutional path and then to hold elections," "Yep, we'll see you she said at a news conference in Ramallah, away from the orbiton the ground," Mel- West Bank. ing outpost. roy replied.

Discovery's crew Musharraf suspended the constitution on Discovery is sched- Saturday ahead of a Supreme Court ruling that arrived at the stauled to land Wednes- could have floored his re-election as president. tion on Oct. 25 and day afternoon. quickly accomplished He ousted independent-minded judges and the ambitious tasks granted sweeping powers to authorities to crush of moving a massive dissent, flinging Pakistan deeper into crisis. solar power tower and Independent TV news networks remained off the air Monday. Police raided a printing press in Karachi belonging to Pakistan's largZack’s Wacky Stack of News est media group, blocking publication of its Your place to find the oddest stories in mainstream news.

Urdu-language evening newspaper, Awam, or

By Zack Rosen People, Jang Group managing director Shah"In all seriousness, ementary School. feet in the air when Governator in the rukh Hassan said from the scene. she had tears in her Mother Beth Wulf finished in 2009, makBath-ernator Hassan said printing for Monday's evening SAN JOSE, Ca- eyes. I had to work suspected that some- ing it the largest and paper was stopped, but negotiations were conlif.— Governor Ar- on her for 14 days," one who saw the highest in the world. tinuing over whether the press could reopen for The giant ferris nold Schwarzenegger S c h w a r z e n e g g e r "Privy Prop" at the the group's Tuesday editions, including Pakilearned politics in said. "That's where I school fair where Jake wheel is expected to stan's largest-circulation daily, Jang. his favorite place- a learned to negotiate- spotlighted the inven- have 48 air condiThe United States has said it is reviewing its observation hot tub. Last week, bringing Democrats tion called the Ellen tioned aid to Pakistan, a key ally in fighting al-Qaida S c h w a w r z e n e g g e r and Republicans to- Degeneres show. Two capsules, each carryand Taliban militants that has received billions told business leaders gether right there in weeks later, a produc- ing up to 40 passenin assistance since Musharraf threw the Islamic er called Jake and in- gers. On a good day, how his wife Maria the Jacuzzi." nation's support behind the U.S.-led war on terSo think twice next vited him and a parent the Great Wall is exShriver came to supror after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. port his 2003 guber- time before you think to fly to Hollywood as pected to be visible in Schwarzenegger is part of a show featur- the mountains to Beinatorial bid.

Car crash victim shot by Southbury homwashed up. ing young inventors. jing’s north.

“We were sitting eowner One thing is for The wheel will in the Jacuzzi. I said, Woop! Woop! FlapSOUTHBURY, Conn.— State police say a man sure, the Wulf family stand in eastern Bei‘Maria, here’s an ping toilet is in serious condition after he crashed his car idea. What do you ODEBOLT, Iowa— won't try to mass pro- jing's Chaoyang Park, in Southbury and was shot when he stumbled think about this, me You know those foot- duce it. When asked where beach volleyinto a nearby house. garbage why, Jake said, "Be- ball events will take running for gover- controlled State police say the man crashed his car down place at next year's nor?’ I said, ‘There’s can lids? 9-year-old cause Mom said.” a steep river bank early Sunday then broke into a recall, there’s only Jake Wulf created a Great God it’s the Olympics, and have a home on Berkshire Road shortly after the car a 2-month campaign. similar item that lifts, Great Wheel near far greater capacity crashed through a guardrail on River Road. than the London Eye, I think we can work via foot activation, a the Great Wall!

The homeowner, John Nagy, was awakened BEIJING— You've Matter said. our way through this toilet seat. by a noise in his basement and armed with a "My mom was get- climbed the Great "[It] will cater for two months and then handgun confronted the man, who he believed I'm governor- isn't ting mad at me for for- Wall of China, now 40 people. It's like to be a burglar, and fired his gun. getting to put the toi- Beijing wants you to a little bus. It's 18 that great?'"

Nagy fled his home and called state police After the laugh- let seat down and she "fly" the Great Wheel tonnes heavy. It's like who found the other man in Nagy's basement your living room," he ter died down, was falling in," said of China. Exciting! with the gunshot wound and other injuries.

The Beijing Great added.

S c h w a r z e n e g g e r Jake, a fourth-grader at Odebolt-Arthur El- Wheel will tower 682 turned solemn.

By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

installing the module, a school bus-sized compartment that will serve as a docking port for future laboratories.

But their toughest assignment emerged when one of the newly installed tower's wings ripped in two places as it was being unfurled.

Fearing the damage could worsen and the wing could be ruined, NASA sent a spacewalking astronaut far from the safety of the station to make emergency repairs on what amounted to a live electrical generator.

Saturday's historymaking spacewalk has allowed the space agency to push forward with plans to launch the shuttle At-

lantis and its major cargo — a new European lab — in December.

Shortly after undocking, the shuttle flew a full lap around the station, primarily so crew members could take pictures of the outpost's new configuration. Engineers were particularly interested in seeing how the newly mended solar wing was affected by the vibrations of undocking.

Computer problems forced pilot George Zamka to navigate the loop without help from software that provides information about the shuttle's path. But Discovery commander Pamela Melroy and Mission Control said he did a

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New Haven News

The Charger Bulletin | November 7, 2007

Paranormal Week Brings More Fun to Halloween

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the Divination Faire was a great way to dabble in the paranormal while learning about one of the more unique clubs on campus.

As always, Paranormal Awareness Week closed with the annual costume ball and contest in the German Club on Friday, Nov. 2. Winner of Best Costume was Jonathan Cascio

(Jack Sparrow) and was awarded a $10 gift card to Target.

Congratulations to the winners of the raffle, costume contest, and to those who came out to celebrate the end of the Halloween season!

PIRO plans to keep up the tradition of Paranormal Awareness Week with bigger prizes, a more extensive scarecrow contest, and a more

extravagant Harvest Party. When next fall rolls around and its time to start thinking about things that go bump in the night, remember to look out for the Paranormal Awareness Week events. They’re sure to give you plenty of memories and a new appreciation for the paranormal here on campus!

year, including tuition, books, materials, and laboratory fees should approximate $125.”

By 1958, tuition was $250 per semester, with the addition of a $5 student activity fee and $12.50 “laboratory and breakage fee.”

Some of the early catalogs also include pictures of students in classrooms and laboratories.

The listings of faculty members and course descriptions show us who was teaching here when and for how long, and when a particular course or program began to be offered.

We have had requests from former students who were here 10 or 20 years ago, who needed the description of courses they took here at that time, perhaps to show an employer. We gladly provide them with photocopies from the catalog for the requested year.

Besides the college catalogs, the Archives contain reams of other UNH historical material, generated by the college/university

over the years: publications by faculty and students, college yearbooks, photos of buildings, classrooms, sports teams, faculty and staff, etc., programs and posters from events held on the campus, as well as articles about UNH clipped from the New Haven Register and other newspapers, and much more.

Items in the Archives cannot be borrowed by students, but many can be viewed in the library if requested in advance, or we can provide photocopies of selected pictures or documents, if the material requested is not too extensive.

One item of special interest in the Archives is the student newspaper, beginning with the New Haven YMCA Junior College News in 1928, through the New Haven College News, to the present Charger Bulletin you are reading now. As you know, beginning this semester this newspaper

Explore UNH History in Library Archives

By MARION SACHDEVA MARVIN K. PETERSON LIBRARY

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WEST HAVEN— At the University of New Haven, we make tomorrow– but we also have a past. And we have been making tomorrow since early in the 1900s. Starting as the New Haven Division of Northeastern University in 1920, then becoming independent as New Haven Preparatory School, New Haven YMCA Junior College, and New Haven College, it provided continuing education for professional advancement to men and women, in Business and Engineering fields. Catalogs from all these incarnations of our present institution, from the earliest days, are available in the UNH Archives, located in your M.K. Peterson Library.

In them we find out, for example, that in 1936/37, tuition cost $20 per course, or $53 for three courses, and “the maximum cost for a

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Special Guest Provides Extra Special Coffee Hour

By SIJITH SALIM STAFF WRITER

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WEST HAVEN— The College of Arts and Sciences and International Students Association added a memorable evening to the history of University of New Haven. The International Coffee Hour held on Thursday, Nov. 1 at the Seton Gallery in the lobby of Dodd’s Hall was unlike any other held before.

The College of Arts and Sciences opened the Papua New Guinea Art Collection to the public. The collection, which is open for viewing from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day, was given to the University of New Haven by Phyllis and Fenmore Seton, art collectors and philanthropists. The honorable of Ambassador Robert Guba Aisi, the Permanent Representative of Papua New Guinea to the United Nations, and President Kaplan made this event a real success.

The event started with a welcome speech

by Ron Nowaczyk, Dean of The College

of Arts and Sciences.

President Kaplan gave the opening remarks, welcoming the chief guest.

In his message to the public, the ambassador thanked President Kaplan for inviting him for the event.

He also thanked all the staff and members of the International Coffee Hour and all those who helped in organizing this event.

Speaking on the significance of United Nations Day, he talked about the global commitment of the United Nations in bringing peace, disarmament, non-proliferation, human rights and reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). He reiterated the fact that the quest for peace can be achieved only if we work together. Continuously confronted by a plethora of global challenges, the UN continues to provide the platform for global discourse of every nature.

“I am now in my sixth year at the UN as Ambassador of my country and it short, it has been a very challenging but wonderful

experience. In calling for global re-commitment to the UN, the secretary general Ban Ki-Moon rightly pointed out that we will be judged in the future on the actions we take,” Ambassador Aisi stated, “Distinguished friends, we can make tomorrow.

But we must learn from our past and use it today to make tomorrow a better place for our future generations. This university has done that and through you, the current students, will continue to do so. Today, I am honored to be part of the celebration to open the Papua New Guinea exhibition. The artifacts on display reflect a part of our history which we are not only proud of, but as a diverse nation of 6 million people with 800 plus languages, continue to learn from.”

The ambassador ended his speech by expressing his gratitude to the generous couple who gave the Papua New Guinea artifacts to the university.

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Campus Life Abroad

Greetings from Luke Saenz de Viteri, abroad at Roehampton University There is nothing like finding a place like home when home is just about as far away as you can possibly imagine. Freshmen year is a trying time for all adolescents, and being an ocean away from your friends and family makes things all the more difficult, so finding someplace to feel welcome becomes imperative to one’s social survival.

The Belfry, home of the Digby Lions, and the perfectly concocted Snakebite has become my haven in my time here in London. The idea of a pub on a college campus within 100 yards of the dormitories certainly might seem a bit foreign to us Americans, but here in England (and the rest of Europe, really), it is the standard. The culture of college social life is universal, and it revolves around having a good time.

At Roehampton University, the epicenter of the social scene is almost exclusively within the gates of the university. The pubs on campus are open until 11:30 everyday except for Saturday, and on any given day you are likely to see five or six of your

mates having a pint.

Thursday nights are big nights on campus as well as they alternate between acoustic night (an event at which New Haven’s very own Luke Saenz de Viteri brought audience members to tears with his rendition of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”) and band night at Barcode at Whitelands and the Belfry at Digby Stuart respectively.

Friday nights are always chaotic at Roehampton, because Friday night’s event is the Bop (think school dance meets dance club plus weekly themes to base your attire on), the weekly event at Froebel. With themes like Pirates and Wenches, S.H.A.G., 90s Night, and Toga Party, the Bop sells out every week without any exception.

Being a Music Industry major, I made it a point to check out the local music scene and some of the small up-and-coming dives in central London.

Coming from New Jersey, I found myself excluded from playing or attending shows at certain nightclubs including the Saint and the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. London, however, offers many

more opportunities to the eighteen-year-old music enthusiast.

Having only been here for a week, I attempted an excursion into central London to see my friend’s band For Ramona at a night club called Metro. It took us quite some time to arrive, but when we got there we followed stairs down into the main room where we heard the band playing. The sound quality was impressive for a medium-sized venue, everyone in the crowd seemed to be enjoying themselves, the bar was big which meant a short wait for drinks, and after the band played, the DJ put on some great music that everyone could dance to. All that entertainment only cost us a modest two quid.

The better concert experience came on our second adventure.

The venue was called Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes. Imagine aspects of a club, a bar, and a restaurant all mixed in with a bowling alley and you have successfully imagined this venue.

The drinks weren’t overly expensive,

USGA President’s Corner Remembering a Student Last Thursday night I traveled to Providence, Rhode Island with Becky Johnson, Dean of Students, and Marty O’Connor, Campus Minister. The trip was unfortunately not one in which we were expecting to take. We drove to Providence to attend the wake and funeral services for Nate Crowell. Nate passed away tragically while playing hockey here in Connecticut. As I was told, hockey was a big part of his life and was something that he just simply loved.

Many students may not be aware, but I played hockey for a good part of my life.

I started in the fourth grade playing on the local recreational league and continued

Louis Eswood III USGA President to play through high school. During high school, I played on the varsity team all four years and had the pleasure to serve as the team captain my senior year. Being a hockey player myself I felt like a part of me was lost when I heard the circumstances of his death.

During the service, Dr. Mario Gaboury, Director of the Criminal Justice Program here at UNH, announced that the uni-

versity will be awarding Nate’s family with his degree at the graduation ceremony in January. Several other members of the UNH community spoke during the service and described him as a fun loving young man who loved every day.

I have sent a fruit basket on behalf of the student body to the Crowell family. I have also been in contact with Mike Schneider from Charger REC to see if there is something that we can do in the Beckerman Recreation Center for Nate.

As the university mourns the tragic death of Nate, please remember to keep him and his family in your hearts and prayers.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF LUKE SAENZ DE VITERI

Ryan Muldoon and Luke Saenz de Viteri perform during Acoustic Night.

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Editorials

The Charger Bulletin | November 7, 2007

Childhood Obesity- The Hottest New Craze It seems like every corner I turn there is something to remind me about how fat Americans are getting. Nutrition facts on your box of chicken nuggets at McDonald’s. Public Service Announcements reminding you to be active. And whole grain being put into everything. I’m not saying these developments are a bad thing. I am more concerned with the truth behind this increasing concern.

In 2002, 15% of children and teens were considered overweight. That statistic had tripled since

1980. I have to wonder if that means children have gotten fatter, or if our standards have changed. When I was a kid, I was always in the 90 percentile range for my weight/height

After reading Mr. Kritzman’s article, I realized that it was completely biased.

His article talks about Oink.cd, a bit torrent site that provided free music to members of the site. Through the article, it seemed that Mr. Kritzman was merely complaining that he would not be able to receive free music from them anymore.

Kritzman says that the site allowed members to gain access to little-known bands.

While this is good and does spread the word about the band, it doesn’t help the band.

In fact, it has the inverse affect, crushing a band that relies on CD sales to get its

income. What good is a large fan base if the band can’t afford to travel to venues and play concerts?

Although Kritzman may purchase CD’s after he has downloaded them, most people who bother downloading do not. This is the reason that artists want sites like Oink. cd shut down. And just because an artist is involved with something like this doesn’t necessarily mean that the artists will cripple themselves.

I haven’t mentioned it yet and neither did Mr. Kritzman, but downloading is a crime whether it is “not that big of a problem to artists” or not.

Music is copyrighted

Celina Natola Editor-in-Chief chart. Yes, I was a chubby kid, but I cer-

tainly wasn’t obese or even close to it. I was always tall for my age, which made it hard to compare my weight to that of others my age.

I would assume that idea remains the same today.

So are these kids really obese? Or are they just chubby?

Whatever it is, I don’t think the American people are doing the right things to fix the “problem.”

As a major kid’s network, Nickelodeon has tried really hard to get kids more active. Their Nick GAS channel even spent a whole day this sum-

mer without playing a single show, in an attempt to get kids to go outside and play. They also have an active challenge that they advertise for all the time.

I definitely commend Nickelodeon for this.

But what’s stopping the kids from turning to the Disney Channel or ABC Family?

In the past five years, an increasing number of food products have been released and advertised as “healthy choices for kids.” This is a great idea, and it makes sense to have healthy snacks. However, I know that somewhere

there is a mom that is only giving her kids healthy snacks. The mom that gets mad when another mom gives her kid a single M&M. What ever happened to just being a kid? I ate healthy snacks, but be sure that when my brothers and I were going to have a granola bar, we chose the one with the chocolate chips in it. I would have saved all the money I had to go to the store and buy all the junk food I could if my parents tried to make me eat healthy things all day.

This whole food thing probably

wouldn’t be as much of a problem if kids were more active; too bad physical education is the first program to go when schools have to make budget cuts.

My brother is currently in sixth grade.

His yearly gym time has been cut in half so that he can take Spanish (until last year, he would have had the choice between Spanish and French in eighth grade, which only signifies the problem that we have if the Mexican immigrants are forcing us to all speak Spanish.

material which means that unauthorized distribution and duplication of the material is prohibited. There is also a law called the No Electronic Theft Law, which says that trading or battering of music or sound recordings over the internet is illegal.

Therefore, even if Oink.cd was a legitimate site in the eyes of its users, it’s a law-breaking, musician-destroying web site. Sites like this one should be shut down and users like Mr. Kritzman should support the musicians they like and buy their CD as opposed to stealing it.

-Anonymous

Dear UNH, Wow! How amazing! How beautiful!

Oh, whoops, I’m sorry. I was so preoccupied looking at the brand new UNH website! I was so surprised that it was released on time as promised that I’ve been looking at it nonstop! I just finished marveling at the ePay system– thank goodness that was working in time for the fall 2007 semester! This is the first issue of The Charger Bulletin, right? Well, the website was supposed to come out last year– so maybe that byline under my name is incorrect. And the picture!? Why am I there? Shouldn’t that be Kim Mello? Tim Falotico? I mean, if the UNH website is coming out as promised, it is last year – correct?

End sarcasm.

Frankly, I don’t know much about

ePay. I don’t know when it was supposed to be released; I don’t know what’s delaying the process. I’m admitting to ignorance. But I do know that many students are complaining that it wasn’t ready for this semester as promised.

But without person-

guaranteed to be released by the end of this October, and it’s now November– with no completion.

However, it’s not the webmaster’s fault. From personal experience, I know that creating a website, especially one as intense as that for a university, can take a huge amount of time and resources.

And for what’s being worked on, it’s coming along very nicely and I’d like to send my extreme thanks to the webmaster for all the hard work he’s putting in. But we, the students, were promised a website multiple times in the past and deserve to be told the truth rather than false facts. It was never presented to us as “the site is estimated at 25% complete, and it is expected to be 50% complete by

Choosing Sides in the Pirating War

Get your voice heard voice your opinions in the charger bulletin send your editorials to chargerbulletin@ newhaven.edu

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Dear UNH, Treat Us Like Adults

Zack Rosen Assistant Editor ally knowing much on ePay, I’m not going to write about it.

Last year, however, the new UNH website was promised.

And delayed. And promised again. And delayed again. It was

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Steps for Success

By Sijith Salim - www.Sijith.com

Live, Love, Learn and Leave a Legacy John couldn’t get any sleep that night.

His mind kept wondering. Until that night, he was content with his life and property. Not any more.

Tonight, he is going to bed as a poor manpoor because he was discontented and discontented because he thought he was poor.

Early in the morning, he jumped out of his bed and ran to his friend David. David had talked to him about the worth of diamonds. Learning about the wealth that can be gained through diamonds was the reason John was no longer content.

"Will you tell me where I can find dia-

monds?"

"Diamonds? What do you want with diamonds?"

"I want to be immensely rich," said John, "but I don't know where to go."

Once he got directions to a far unknown land, he was ready to leave. He sold his farm, collected his money, left his neighbor in charge of his family, and away he went in search of diamonds. In this quest for diamonds, he had to sacrifice his precious life and never return.

Months later, Mike, John’s son was trying to plough the field when his axe hit something. He pulled

out a black stone hav- not returned and that ing an eye of light is not a diamond; that that reflected all the is nothing but a stone. colors of the rainbow. We found it right out He took that curious here in our garden." pebble into the house "But I know a diaand left m o n d it on the when I mantel, see it," he then went said, "that on his is a diaway and mond!" forgot all T o about it. gether A few t h e y days after rushed to that, Dathe garSijith Salim vid came den and in to visit stirred up Mike when he saw the white sands with the flash of light from their fingers and found the mantel. He rushed other beautiful, more up and said, "Here is valuable diamonds. a diamond— here is They had discovered a diamond! Has John one of most magnifireturned?" cent diamond mines “No, no. John has in all the history of mankind, exceeding the Kimberley in its value.”

We usually fail to see the diamonds that are right in our reach.

How many untouched books are there in your home library?

How often are you left unprepared? All of us want to earn money, build a great career and live a happy life.

To do this, we look for opportunities. But most of the time we unknowingly miss opportunities that are right under his nose.

Entrepreneurs recognize opportunities and act on them. Still a student, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates saw a great business opportunity while reading the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics magazine.

It demonstrated the Altair 8800 and this would later lead him to amass a fortune of $51 billion to make him the World’s Richest Man for eleven consecutive years.

While at the University of Texas at Austin, Michael Dell saw the same opportunity when he started a computer company called PC's Limited in his room in Dobie Center. This company would later become Dell, Inc., an American technology company employing more than 78,700 people worldwide.

Sergey Bin and Larry Page, two doc-

torial students, saw the same opportunity while building their new search engine leading to the birth of Google, a company which is ranked

by Forbes magazine as the first among the Top 100 companies to work for in 2007.

How many of us utilize the resources available to us a campus student. To improve our writing skills, we have a student-run newspaper.

We have an excellent library here at UNH. How many of us have utilized it to his or her best? How many of us actively participate in various student organizations around the campus which would actually mold the leader in you? How many productive hours do we spend on the internet each day?

Had John remained at home and dug in his own garden, instead of wondering unknown lands that would result in his starvation, poverty and death, he would have had acres of diamonds.

gym class at all.

But that’s a problem So no matter how for another day). My healthy our food gets brother plays soccer or how much our TV and golf in the fall tells us to go outside, and lacrosse in the American kids are spring. However, he getting mixed mesis chubby. He abso- sages. If it’s really that lutely could have used important to be active, that extra gym time, then why do I have to especially because I take Spanish instead am away at school of gym? I know that and my other brother video games don’t is always out with his help, but I hate the friends, which leaves people that blame evno one to play with erything on them. him at home. My conI know that this cerns are only height- health craze applies ened because once he to adults, too. Howpasses tenth grade, he ever, it’s the kids that doesn’t have to take a I worry about. As an

adult, I know that I should eat healthy and exercise and I don’t mind doing it. Do you want to know why? I already had fun as a kid. I ate my chocolate chip granola bars and my sugary cereal and I watched TV all afternoon (or as long as my mom let me).

Now, I don’t mind eating vegetables and cereal with whole grain. But what will happen to the kids that spend their whole childhood believing everyone thinks they’re fat?

Poor Little Fat Kids

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TV Writer Strike Shakes Hollywood

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"It is unfortunate that they choose to take this irresponsible action," producers said in a statement.

Producers said writers were not willing to compromise on their major demands.

Writers said they withdrew a proposal to increase their share of revenue from the sale of DVDs that had been a stumbling block for producers. They also said the proposals by producers in the area of Internet reuse of TV episodes and films were unacceptable.

"The AMPTP made no response to any of the other proposals that the WGA has made since July," writers said in a statement.

The strike is the first walkout by writers since 1988. That work stoppage lasted 22 weeks and cost the industry more than $500 million.

The first casualty of the strike would be late-night talk shows, which are dependent on current events to fuel monologues and other entertainment.

Daytime TV, including live talk shows such as "The View" and soap operas, which typically tape about a week's worth of shows in advance, would be next to feel the impact.

The strike will not immediately impact production of movies or prime-time TV programs. Most studios have stockpiled dozens of movie scripts, and TV shows have enough scripts or

completed shows in hand to last until early next year.

One key factor that could determine the damage caused by the strike is whether members of a powerful Hollywood Teamsters local honor the picket lines.

Local 399, which represents truck drivers, casting directors and location managers, had told its members that as a union, it has a legal obligation to honor its contracts with producers.

But the clause does not apply to individuals, who are protected by federal law from employer retribution if they decide to honor picket lines, the local said.

The battle has broad implications for the way Hollywood does business, since whatever deal is struck by writers will likely be used as a template for talks with actors and directors, whose contracts expire next June.

"We'll get what they get," Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg told the Associated Press.

The guilds have been preparing for these negotiations for years, hiring staff with extensive labor union experience, and developing joint strategies and a harder line than producers have seen in decades.

"We haven't shown particular resolve in past negotiations," said John Bowman, the WGA's chief negotiator.

By ZACK ROSEN

Wake Up and Call to Consciousness

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“Did you ever think that you’re alive for someone else?” Musicians Rich Stone, Darrell Porter, Jon Sykes, and Dan Cuadras do.

Call II Consciousness has not been around for very long but the band is already making its place in UNH’s musical history, and hopes to go past that. Considered by MySpace to be “Pop/Rock/ Punk,” band mates Rich Stone and Darrell Porter laugh and say they’re not really sure how best to classify themselves. “It’s somewhere between power pop, rock, and punk.”

Unlike many other bands, however, Call II Consciousness “can’t compare” to other bands. A rare yet good thing in today’s musical world. Some relate them to Jimmy Eat World, The Used, and All-American Rejects, but no definite comparisons can be made until you hear

these men yourself.

“We all kinda pull in different directions,” drummer and co-writer Rich Stone, 22, says, emphasizing that this creates their own genre, re-

Vocalist/writer/guitarist Darrell Porter, 22, collaborated with Stone to write the music that now has become that of Call II Consciousness in Stone’s dorm room.

Call II Consciousness: Sykes, Stone, and Porter.

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gardless of what others may classify them as. “The sound of the song compliments the feel of it. Fun songs sound fun; serious songs sound serious.

We don’t fit the cookie cutter stereotype of bands because we play whatever is inside us already.”

Dorm room or not, however, this band considers themselves a “musical hurricane,” and for good reasons.

You try turning them off once they start!

Soon after splitting from their own bands, Stone and Porter found bassist Jon Sykes, 22. “From

a true story.

Around 1968, af––––––––––––––––– ter the death of his mentor, Frank Lucas Major motion pic- (Denzel Washington) tures are certainly sets his eyes on taking lacking when it comes over the abandoned to the depiction of mob. Not only does he American mobs. Fa- turn the mere mob into mous gangster films a drug empire, he also usually focus on the creates a monopoly, Italian mob or the isolating every other Irish mob. Not only New York-area gang. does American Gang- Lucas rises to the top ster explore the life of with the distribution a true American mob- of “Blue Magic,” a ster, it is also based on nearly pure kind of

heroin.

As Lucas becomes more and more wealthy, good-hearted cop Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) takes control of the newlyformed drug investigation police division in New Jersey. Even though his best friends are criminals and he is going through a messy custody battle, Roberts focuses all of his energy into doing the right thing. He is

the first note the kid played, I had to get behind the kit and rock out with him,” says Stone. “He just fit. Period. […] He’s one of the best decisions we ever made.”

Since their first show at the Webster Theatre on Sept. 1, Call II Consciousness will be performing at a UCONN Battle of the Bands later this month, and their performances are building from there.

Though many of their songs are of a political nature, they write what they feel.

Band mates Stone and Porter claim “we stand up for what we believe in.”

You can find Call II Consciousness emerging more starting next semester. For their five-song demo, visit their MySpace at www.myspace.com/ Call2Consciousness.

And for your sake you need to; they truly have what it takes to go unrivaled in today’s music circuit.

American Mobsters Finally Make the Big Screen

By CELINA NATOLA EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ostracized from his original police force for turning in money that he found. Now, leading his own division, he is determined to take down the bad guy.

The movie does a good job at pacing the two characters’ lives.

The cutting between the two separate men signify the vast distance between them See SHINE page 11

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R.I.P Nathan Crowell 1985-2007 The Charger Bulletin sends our deepest thoughts and prayers out to Nathan’s friends and family.

Congratulations Kerianne!

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Tempesta Leads UNH at NCAA Regionals

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BRONX, N.Y.— Sophomore Melissa Tempesta finished 13th overall to earn All-Northeast recognition and lead the University of New Haven women's cross country team at the NCAA Regional Championships on Saturday, Nov. 3 at Van Cortlandt Park.

The UNH women's team finished in ninth place out of 18 Division II entries, while the UNH men's team finished in 7th place out of 19 entries, led by senior James Beaubrun's 26th-place finish.

Stonehill College won the Regional championships in both the men's and women's competitions, sending both squads on to the NCAA national championships. The Charger women were the second East Coast Conference finishers

behind Adelphi, while the UNH men were third among ECC team entries, finishing behind NYIT and Adelphi.

WOMEN'S RECAP: Tempesta covered the 6,000-meter

A-Rod Becomes a Free Agent

By JOHN OKO

course in a time of 23:58.8 to finish 13th overall and first on the UNH squad. She was the top sophomore finisher in the race.

Senior Alissa von Schmidt followed Tempesta with a 26thplace showing. Ashley Hardy (54th), Kristine Lambracht (83rd) and Hollie Kennedy (89th) rounded out the team scoring for UNH, which finished ninth out of 18 team entries.

The field included 128 women's runners in all. Tempesta also earned All-Northeast Region honors last season as a freshman with a ninth-place finish.

MEN'S RECAP: The UNH men's team finished in 7th place out of 19 entries, led by senior James Beaubrun's 26th-place finish. He finished the 10,000-meter course, the longest the team has run this season, in a time of 34:13.2.

There were 140 men's entries in all, and places 23 through 38 were all tightlypacked within 43 seconds of one another.

Patrick Leach was second on the UNH squad and 36th overall in 34:45.8, while David Chiapperino was close behind in 34:49.4 for 38th place. Chris Blackistone was 54th in 35:36.3, while Brandon Fitzgerald rounded out the UNH scoring in 62nd place.

The regionals certainly put a great end to a wonderful 2007 season for both cross country teams.

Team All-ECC squad.

"Both James and Jessey were integral parts to our offensive and defensive production throughout the season," said head coach Joshua Krusewski, "I'm happy that they were recognized by the league's head coaches for their efforts."

UNH finished the season 6-10-1 overall and tied for fourth in the ECC at 4-4-1 in league play. This

marks the second year in a row that Fernandez was recognized as a Second Team AllECC selection. It was the first all-conference nod for Hilaire.

Hilaire was the First Team All-ECC selection at goalkeeper after leading the ECC with 142 saves (8.35 per game) and ranking second with an .835 save percentage. The junior from Jacmel, Haiti posted five shutouts and allowed just

one goal in three other matches. He made 73 of his saves in nine ECC matches.

Hilaire ranked 13th nationally in save percentage as of the most recent NCAA update and was third nationally in total saves. He posted double-digit save totals in five matches, including a season- and careerbest 15 in a scoreless tie with nationallyranked Dowling.

Fernandez from

SPORTS WRITER

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Posada, Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte would return to the Yankees next season.

Many people have also said that Rodriguez never really fit in with the Yankees, and he was always in the shadow of fellow teammate Derek Jeter.

There has been much controversy ever since Rodriguez joined the Yankees, regarding if him and Jeter got along as well as they used to.

The media may have been another factor in Rodriguez’s

NEW YORK— During the middle of Game 4 of the World Series, it was announced that Alex Rodriguez would not resign with the Yankees, and would test the free agent market.

For one half inning, instead of talking about the game that was taking place between the Colorado Rockies and the Boston Red Sox, Rodriguez was the center of attent i o n , without even being on the field.

R o driguez’s agent Scott Boras stated that ARod’s m a i n reason for leaving New York was because he was unsure if Jorge Rodriguez in his last season as a New York Yankee.

departure from the Yankees. Whenever Rodriguez did not perform up to the standards that were set by many people, he was always criticized.

Rodriguez now becomes the biggest free agent on the market.

There is a lot of question as to where A-Rod will end up. Many experts feel Rodriguez would fit in well with a team like the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. There was also talk that he may end up with the Chicago Cubs. Rodriguez is very good friends with Cubs manager Lue Panella, and that could be a major factor in Rodriguez’s decision.

Wherever Rodriguez ends up is sure to be a big story during the AN AP PHOTO offseason months.

Hilaire Earns First Team All-ECC Honors

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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y.— University of New Haven men's soccer junior goalkeeper James Hilaire was selected First Team All-East Coast Conference in a vote by the league's head coaches, and was announced Saturday, Nov. 3. Junior forward Jessey Fernandez was chosen for the Second

Hanson, Mass., scored tied for 10th with 15 a point in seven dif- total points. He was ferent matches and tied for seventh among had a multi-goal game the league leaders in in UNH's win over goals scored, and his n a t i o n a l l y - r a n k e d four game-winning Bridgeport. He also goals was tied for the scored against re- second-highest total gional power South- in the league. Eleven ern Connecticut State of his points (5 goals, University and had 1 assist) came in nine seven of the team’s 16 ECC matches, includgoals and 15 of UNH’s ing three match-win41 points. ning goals.

Fernandez was fourth in the league with 58 shots and 3.41 shots per game, and

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Colbert Drops Out of Presidential Race

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His announcement came after the South Carolina Democratic Executive Council voted last week to keep the host of "The Colbert Report" off the state's primary ballot. The vote was 13-3.

Colbert poses as a conservative talkshow host on the Comedy Central show.

"Although I lost by

the slimmest margin in presidential election history — only 10 votes — I have chosen not to put the country through another agonizing Supreme Court battle," Colbert said Monday in a statement. "It is time for this nation to heal."

Colbert had said he would run only in his native South Carolina, a key primary state.

He said he planned to run as a Democrat and a Republican — so he could lose twice.

Colbert, 43, later declined to file with the GOP, which has a much higher filing

fee ($35,000) than the Democrats ($2,500).

"I want to say to my supporters, this is not over," Colbert said. "While I may accept the decision of the Council, the fight goes on! The dream endures! ... And I am going off the air until I can talk about this without weeping."

In reality, "The Colbert Report" was going off the air because of a strike by Hollywood writers that began Monday.

Many talk shows were expected to be shown in repeats during the strike.

Washington and Crowe Shine in Mobster Flick

that they even speak in the beginning, then to each other. Lucas’ slowly starts to join story unfolds as Robthem together. From erts’ does; finally, their the previews, it seems paths collide. as though the two men The film does a interact with each great job telling the other often. However, story without makit is not until the last ing it unnecessarily half hour of the film violent. Whether the con’t from page 8

Washington and Crowe appear together in American Gangster.

events depicted really happened or not, a certain reality is definitely felt throughout the entire movie.

Characters, actors, and story combine to make American Gangster a great crime film.

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Celina’s Salacious Celebrity Gossip Rising star busted Hot new star Shia LaBeouf was arrested in Chicago Sunday, Nov. 4.

According to police, he was in a Walgreens around 2:00 a.m. and appeared drunk. After a security guard repeatedly told him to leave, the police were called and LaBeouf was arrested.

He was “charged with misdemeanor criminal trespassing and is scheduled to appear in court on November 28,” according to TMZ.com.

This arrest could affect LaBeouf’s rising star status. While he could develop a nice bad boy image from the whole incident, it could also damage the number of upcoming roles he can handle. With all the community service he

The latest in celebrity news and gossip

By Celina Natola

will have to complete, laughing, the show privileged people, After a student the Transformers star returned in May 2005 Oprah Winfrey is a ran away (reportedly might have to alter his and is now celebrat- messiah.

However, because she could shooting schedule. ing its 100th episode, sometimes doing good no longer handle the Family Guy cele- a major landmark for goes terribly wrong. abuse), police found brates!

TV shows.

Winfrey opened that the woman, who Family Guy aired While Family Guy her Leadership Acad- worked as a dorm its 100th episode Sun- is still going strong, it emy for Girls, located matron at the all girls day, Nov. 4. After be- also has a promising in South Africa, last school, verbally and ing cancelled once, life in syndication. It January, not knowing physically abused this animany of the mated cult students. classic has Wi n f r e y, certainly who was sexufound a vially abused as able home. a child, feels The Grifpersonally refin familysponsible for made up of the scandal and Peter, Lois, has responded C h r i s , by personally Stewie, and handing out the usuallycell phones f o rg o t t e n and her phone d a u g h t e r, number to AN AP/ REED SAXON PHOTO Meg- has Family Guy and American Dad creator Seth Macfarlane poses with cut-outs of his characters. each student. become a staple of is already aired during that one of its employI do not admire Fox’s schedule.

Adult Swim on Car- ees would physically anyone more than I It is hard to imag- toon Network and on abuse its students. The admire Oprah. Here ine that Family Guy is TBS. abuse scandal was un- is a woman that has the show that almost Oprah caught in covered last week, and actually decided to do wasn’t. Luckily for scandal ended with an arrest something with her anyone that enjoys fame and fortune. She For many under- last weekend.

is the only person that dedicates more than just funds to people in need. She actually cares about the people she helps. It is not enough to adopt a kid from a developing country (Angelina) or visit Rwanda (Paris).

Oprah could be the person that makes a difference in the relationship between celebrities and international relations.

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Archives Offer Glance at UNH’s Extensive Past

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also has a web edition.

But up to Fall 2007, it was published in print only. The library is planning a digitization project for material in the Archives, to make many items available to view on the web, and we want to start with the student newspaper. With the help of The Charger Bulletin staff, who have in their newspaper archives copies of papers from the 1970s which the library lacks, we want to digitize the earlier years of the paper and make them into a searchable database.

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one search result from the keyword “police” would be the Feb. 25, 1960 headline “36 Police Officers Begin Course Launched at College,” a report on the start-up of the Police Science and Administration program.

Searching for Athletics should retrieve a progress report from Nov. 1969 on the new Physical Education building on North Campus.

The keyword “women” should show an Oct. 1963 report that “Freshman Women Gain Half of Student Council Seats.” We’ll be able to search for a name, for example “David Beckerman,”

in Feb 1963, was one of a few Student Council members removed for lack of attendance (he was presumably already hard at work on his entrepreneurial trajectory).

This project will take time, but the results should be worth the effort.

If you have questions or requests on these or any other research topics, please call us at extension 7189 (932-7189 from off-campus) or come to the Information Desk, where we will be happy to assist you.

Coffee Hour Honors Art and the United Nations

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A bouquet presentation was made by Tess, e-board member of the International Student Association. “All of these antiques are original.

This makes this collection a real unique one,” the ambassador remarked.

To collect the artifacts on display, Phyllis and Fenmore Seton traveled through the Sepik River in 1982, purchasing art from wood carvers and artisans. The collection consists of 23 pieces of Oceanic art, including an Orator chair, a face mask with beard, a ceremonial mask, Yamani (a war shield)

with butterfly and human design and double suspension hooks, and other numerous masks. The Setons bequeathed the collection to the university “to enhance the teaching and appreciation of art”.

Refreshments and snacks were served as part of the function and the guests were able to enjoy the art and food. The event

was really fun-filled and informative for all to cherish in their memories for a long time to come.

More information on the collection is available from Robert D Greenberg, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be contacted via his email rgreenberg@ newhaven.edu.

Look for the answers to this week’s puzzles online at www.chargerbulletin. com

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Land of False Promises next month.” It was “the site will be completed by the end of the month” or “the site will be up by the end of the semester.”

And that’s what I have a problem with.

Don’t promise us something that can’t be completed in the time you promise it by.

If you’re not sure, tell us that. We’ll understand more than you think. We’re adults.

The first thing a prospective student will see when looking at colleges will be our website. Coming from Milford, I’ve known of UNH for a while now, and I’ve known of the great programs, classes, and offerings.

However, the majority of students who are not from Connecticut will not. And frankly, if I were a prospective student and interested in UNH, I would turn

around the very minute I saw our current website. First impressions can’t be changed.

If you’re interested in seeing the URL for the soon-to-be-updated site, you can go to http://estrada2.newhaven.edu/ to see it.

So please UNH, start treating us as adults and informing students instead of providing us with false information.

Love, Zack

and the sound was, again, quite impressive. Mix that in with totally free entry, and you have yourself a mighty good Monday night.

For as long as I can remember, the drinking age has kept me from truly exploring

the nightlife of New York City which is only about 45 minutes from my hometown of Fanwood, New Jersey. From my experience, educational institutions always have quite a hard time drawing out huge crowds to schoolsponsored events. Not

in England. Living in London, I have experienced a lot of amazing things and have had a lot of incredible nights. So pardon me as I bring this paper to a close, it is getting rather late, and I hear the Belfry calling my name.

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