Volume 92, Issue 6 | October 19, 2011
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Perry Ad Comes Down Hard on Romneycare
By TIM FARMER
transcript of the interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” in an attempt to show that footage used A minute long video launched in the video was taken out of by the Rick Perry Campaign on context. The advertisement also Oct. 9 comes down hard on ri- brings up a line, which was deval Mitt Romney, bashing the leted in newer versions of Romhealthcare law which Romney ney’s book, No Apology: The championed as Governor of Case for American Greatness. STAFF WRITER
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Massachusetts and comparing Romney’s law to ‘Obamacare’. The dramatic advertisement, which looks more like a movie trailer than a political ad, goes on to show clips of interviews with Former Governor Romney in which he has different stances on whether he supports a similar law on a national level. The Romney campaign responded by releasing the full
bate. The video also appears to use an official White House photo, in violation of the White House’s Flickr feed terms of use, which state: “This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations
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The hardcover version of the book features the line “We can accomplish the same thing for everyone in the country,” which does not appear in the paperback version. The paperback version was released in Feb. 2011, 11 months after the first hardcover publishing. Perry also brought up the line deletion at the Sept. 22 Republican Candidate de-
and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, or promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the See PERRY page 5
DON’T FORGET This newspaper is recyclable! Illegal Rock Climbing in East Rock
By VERONICA MACIEL
scene. One squad of the department was able to ascend up the –––––––––––––––––––––––––– mountain while another repelled downwards. Eventually, fireIn Connecticut, about ten fighter John Cretella was able minutes away from the Uni- to swing close enough to Maslin versity of New Haven campus, for her to grab onto him; she was there is a place known as East off the mountain by 5:00 p.m. Rock; in this area, there is an “She was not far from falling. STAFF WRITER
ordinance in place that forbids any climbing of it. Two students from Yale, Sarah Maslin and Peter Kaufman, ignored that fact when they decided to scale the face of the rock Thursday October 13. Maslin unfortunately got stuck in an outcropping 100 feet from the base of the cliff. She did manage to dial 911 on her cell phone, and at 3:45 p.m. the firefighters arrived on the
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She was tired, and she was at the point (where) she was about to let go,” New Haven Fire Department Chief Michael Grant told the Independent. The Chief also spoke with the New Haven Register, saying, “You can see the risk that this involves, not only to the climbers themselves but to the firefighters. And they put See CLIMBING page 7
UNH Professor Travels to China for International Art Forums na three times before. The last time was in August 2010, when –––––––––––––––––––––––––– he gave a talk on a shorter version of his literati painting essay UNH Philosophy Professor at the eighteenth International David Brubaker was in China Congress of Aesthetics in Beithis October to speak at two jing. events celebrating Chinese art. The two institutions he is visThe first event was the Song- iting represent differing aspects zhuang Art Festival Academic of the Chinese art community, Forum, which took place Oct. according to Brubaker. One is a 14 to 18 on the outskirts of Beijing where the city abuts the countryside. Brubaker was slated to share his impressions of an exhibition of works by 10 Chinese artists wrestling with accelerating societal changes. The show, called “Nomadic Reality,” ran both in Beijing and at the Artgate Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, NY. The second event Brubaker will attend honors the thirtieth anniversary of the China National Academy of Painting in Beijing. He group focused on cutting-edge will be part of an international contemporary art, based in an art forum on Oct. 30 called area “sprinkled with farmers;” “Contemporary Art: Globaliza- the other is in the city and prition and Tradition.” He was in- marily concerned with traditionvited to the academy because al painting. China’s sweeping of an essay on the centuries-old growth over the past decade feapractice of literati painting he tures prominently in the Songpenned for a book that came out zhuang artists’ work. “All these in March titled Subversive Strat- changes are happening within egies in Contemporary Chinese one person’s lifetime. That can Art. His essay is being translated be challenging,” Brubaker said, into Chinese for the celebration. adding that the group has alBrubaker has been to ChiSee UNH PROFESSOR page 6 By BRANDON T. BISCEGLIA STAFF WRITER
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Protect Yourself and Others
1976 and 2006. The Center for Disease Con–––––––––––––––––––––––––– trol and Prevention (CDC) recommends a three-step approach With the start of the fall sea- to protect against the flu. The son, everyone should be aware that flu season is also just around the corner. Each year, many university students get the flu, resulting in missed classes and exams. The virus spreads rapidly due to close living conditions, lowered resistance, and stress. The flu hits this area around exam time or just as students arrive back from winter break. No one wants to suffer through the flu during times that are stressful enough for students. There are some important facts about the flu that all students should be aware of. The flu is unpredictable and can be severe. In the United States, between 5% and 20% of the population gets the flu each flu season. It’s estimated that more than 200,000 people in the U.S. are hospitalized from flu-related complications on average each season, including 20,000 children younger than 5 years old. It is estimated that flu-associated deaths in the U.S. ranged from first step, and probably the most a low of about 3,000 to a high important, is to take the time to of about 49,000 people ,between get a flu vaccine. Getting a flu By JOANN WOLWOWICZ ASSISTANT EDITOR
vaccine is easy, and it is the first and most important step you can take in protecting yourself and your loved ones from the flu. The flu vaccine is effective and
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safe in preventing the flu, and the CDC recommends that colSee PROTECT page 6