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King of Pop Aims for King of Music Film Status

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LOS ANGELES – The 50 comeback concerts Michael Jackson planned in London last summer sold out in a few hours.

With those shows relegated to what-if status by his death in June, the question now is how well the singer can pack movie theaters with Michael Jackson: This Is It, a chronicle of his concert preparations that now stands as his final performance.

Advance ticket sales have been brisk, but no one has a handle on how big the turnout might be this week.

Some think it’s likely to surpass the $31.1 million opening weekend and the $65.3 million lifetime haul of Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, the biggest concert movie on record.

Some expect a $100 million total domestic haul.

Others think it could go much higher, but how high is anyone’s guess.

“It reminds me of Blair Witch, it reminds me of Fahrenheit 9/11, it reminds me of Passion of the Christ.

You even have to throw in Snakes on a Plane. Films that are bigger than life and just unpredictable. We don’t really know how they’re going to do,” said Paul Dergarabedian, boxoffice analyst for Hollywood.com.

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This Is It, not quite a concert film nor a documentary, will be released Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. It comes out just months after Jackson’s death, with fans still eagerly digesting every scrap of news about him.

Chargers Cruise Medical Marijuato Victory, na Laws Loosen 49 to 27 Up

By MICHAEL BARONE STAFF WRITER

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The University of New Haven football team demonstrated this past Saturday that there are many ways for a team to score in a game, when they hosted the Pace University Setters at DellaCamera Stadium.

The Chargers recorded touchdowns on a quarterback pass, halfback run, kick return, fake field goal and fumble recovery.

The game began slowly as both teams failed to score for the first ten minutes of the game. The Setters broke the rut following a New Haven fumble with a one play drive, highlighted by a 24 yard touchdown pass. QB Ryan Osiecki helped New Haven respond quickly, leading the Chargers on an 8 play 65 yard touchdown drive that was capped off by a Josh Smart 7 yard touchdown run, evening the score at seven to end the first quarter.

nity to choose which medical marijuana cases they ––––––––––––––––––––– pursue.

The use and distribution Medical marijuana users of medical marijuana is leand suppliers are no longer gal (in some respect) in 14 subject to arrest if they are states: Alaska, California, complying with state laws, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Monnew federal policy states.

According to U.S. Jus- tana, Nevada, New Mexitice Department officials, co, Oregon, Rhode Island, prosecutors’ time is being Vermont, and Washington. wasted worrying about in- The remaining 36 states dividuals who are essen- will continue with their tially following state laws. current policies regarding The new policy will give medical marijuana.

A federal memo issued prosecutors the opportu-

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By MELANIE ROVINSKY STAFF WRITER

National & Global News

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14 Americans Killed in 2 Afghan Helicopter Crashes

The deaths came as President Barack ––––––––––––––––– Obama prepared to meet his national seKABUL – Helicop- curity team for a sixth ter crashes killed 14 full-scale conference Americans on Mon- on the future of the day in the deadliest troubled war.

In the first crash, a day for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in helicopter went down more than four years. in the west of the

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In a separate incident in the south, two other U.S. choppers collided while in flight, killing four American troops and wounding two more, the military said.

It was the heaviest single-day loss of life since June 28, 2005, when 16 U.S. troops on a special forces Passed by the helicopter died when Obama administration, this law is a clear deviation from former Bush policies which, according to The Associated Press, enforced federal anti-marijuana laws regardless of state codes.

With Halloween coming up this Saturday, what better topic to write about then the one holiday all about candy. But is it just all about candy mostly ill or weak. or is there more to Lynx canadensis will it that no one ever mate from late winter bothered to look up? to late spring and pro- Well, that’s what I’m create a litter size of 1 here for. The history to 4 young after a 70 of Halloween actually day gestation period. dates back to the anBy 9 months, the off- cient Celtic festival of spring will leave their Samhain (pronounced mother and fend for Sa-ween). The festival was planned to celthemselves. ebrate their new year Did you know? A on Nov. 1. Because lynx’s eyesight is so this day came around sharp that it can detect the time of end of the a mouse up to 250 feet harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold away! weather, Celtics often associated this day with human death and believed that on this night the boundaries between the living and dead became blurred.

Halloween first came to America as different European immigrants traveled, bringing their own Halloween traditions with them. It was more common in Maryland and in a variety of southern PHOTO COURTESY HIGHLINE.EDU

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in the above mentioned states told prosecutors not to “focus federal resources in your states on individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing

state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana.” The memo stresses the importance of continuing to go after individuals who are using medical marijuana as a cover for other drug trafficking.

There are many specific breeds of lynxes that are situated in different regions of the world, and all of them are considered to be threatened species. The Lynx canadensis’s are found in Canada and parts of northern United States. Other lynxes are found in Europe and Asia.

They are characterized by the extension of fur gathered on top

of their pointed ears that facilitate hearing and large paws that spread out as they hit the ground and act as snow shoes. They also have thick fur that provides them with warmth during the cold winter months.

Their fur color varies from brown to beigewhite containing dark brown spots. At night, these nocturnal cats hunt mainly snowshoe hares and deer that are

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country after leaving the scene of a firefight with insurgents, killing 10 Americans — seven troops and three civilians working for the government. Eleven American troops, one U.S. civilian and 14 Afghans were also injured.

Animal Awareness Tip

by Maideline Sanchez Lynx canadensis

their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down by insurgents.

U.S. authorities have ruled out hostile fire in the collision but have not given a cause for the other fatal crash in the west.

Taliban spokesman Qari Yusuf Ahmedi claimed Taliban fighters shot down a helicopter in northwest

Badghis province's Darabam district. It was impossible to verify the claim and unclear if he was referring to the same incident.

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Did You Know?

by Joann Wolwowicz

All About Halloween states where a blend of traditions slowly started to emerge to form the “American” Halloween. The first celebrations included public events to celebrate the end of the harvest, where neighbors would share stories of the dead, tell each other's fortunes, dance, and sing. Colonial Halloween festivities also featured the telling of ghost stories and mischief-making of all kinds. By the middle of the nineteenth century, annual autumn festivities were common, but Halloween was not yet celebrated everywhere in the country.

In 1846, Americans began to dress up in costumes and go from house to house asking for food or money, similar to today’s traditions.

Halloween is filled with many traditions and superstitions that many of us do not think about, but just accept. Where did they all come from?

Orange and black were labeled Hallow-

een colors because orange is associated with the fall harvest and black is associated with death and darkness. Jack o’ Lanterns first originated in Ireland where the people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday. Costumes became common from the Celtic traditions because the ancient Celts thought that spirits roamed the countryside on Halloween night. They began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognized as human.

Everything that happens on Halloween has a long history that dates back to over 2,000 years ago. So this year, when you are out going through haunted houses and dressing up in fun costumes, just appreciate that our traditions came from celebrating the end of a harvest and evolved to witches, ghosts, and snickers bars.

Happy Halloween!

Ample Flu Vaccine Will Be Available

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WASHINGTON – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday the swine flu vaccine "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line."

But at the same time, she acknowledged delays in getting a sufficient supply for all those demanding it.

"We were relying on the manufacturers to give us their numbers and as soon as we got numbers we put

ceding that's millions of doses below the amount needed.

President Barack Obama declared a health emergency over the weekend to give hospitals and health professionals more leeway from federal regulations to respond to the illness.

And on Sunday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Congress would be happy to provide additional support and money on a bipartisan basis, if the need arises.

Said Sebelius: "If we had found the virus a little earlier we

knew it would come in waves."

Sebelius sought to assure people that eventually there will be enough supplies "for everyone."

Dr. Anne Schuchat, who heads the Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said it's hard to predict how long the H1N1 wave will continue, so even getting vaccinated a few months from now — when vaccine supplies are more plentiful — won't be too late.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, flanked by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the swine flu.

them out to the public.

It does appear now that those numbers were overly rosy," Sebelius said in one interview. "We do have a vaccine that works," she said. Sebelius said the immune response is working faster than officials anticipated.

Appearing Monday morning on nationally broadcast news shows, she said officials now have a supply of about 16.5 million doses of the vaccine, while con-

could have started a little earlier."

Asked what advice she would give to people who have waited futilely in line for shots, the secretary replied, "I want them to come back."

"I hope that people aren't discouraged," she said. "I know it's frustrating to wait in line and particularly if you end up with no vaccine. We wish this could have been smoother, that we had a larger supply. We

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late," she said. "We don't know how long this increase will go on. ... We might see another wave after the first of the year. I think it's important for people to take steps to protect themselves."

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appeared on ABC's Good Morning America, CBS's The Early Show and NBC's Today show. Schuchat was interviewed on CNN.

Disgraced Cloning Expert Convicted

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had extracted stem cells from them.

Stem cell research is highly sensitive, and Hwang had been the only South Korean scientist allowed to carry out studies on the master cells that scientists say could lead to revolutionary cures for hard-to-treat diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

A year later, Hwang's team also claimed in the journal that they had created human embryonic stem cells genetically matched to specific patients, a purported breakthrough that promised a way to withstand rejection by a patient's immune system.

The South Korean government stripped him of the right to conduct stem cell research in 2006.

He was charged later that year of fraud for allegedly accepting some 2 billion won ($2 million) in private donations under false pretenses. He also was accused of embezzling 800 million won

(about $800,000) and buying human eggs for research in violation of South Korea's bioethics laws.

Hwang eventually admitted the data was faked but claimed he had been deceived by a fellow researcher.

The protracted trial, which heard testimony from more than 60 witnesses, lasted more than three years. During an August hearing, Hwang pleaded for leniency, saying he was ready to "pour the last of my passion" into research.

On Monday, Judge Bae dismissed the main fraud charge against him, saying it was difficult to believe Hwang intended to deceive the donors just to get the funding.

Hwang — who with his Seoul National University team of scientists created the first known cloned dog, Snuppy, in 2005 — has focused on cloning canines since being fired by the university and stripped of the right to conduct stem cell research.

Hwang still has a loyal following.

Dozens of supporters rallied outside the court Monday, chanting "We trust Dr. Hwang."

SEOUL, South Korea – A disgraced cloning expert who falsely claimed major breakthroughs in stem cell research was convicted Monday for embezzlement and other charges connected to the scandal, but he will not serve time in prison.

Hwang Woo-suk, 56 — once considered a national hero in South Korea for his work on stem cells and for producing the world's first cloned dog, Snuppy — was cleared of the main charge of fraud but was convicted of embezzling research funds and illegally buying human eggs for his research.

Prosecutors had asked for four years in prison, but Judge Bae Ki-yeol of Seoul Central District Court said Hwang had shown remorse and gave him a suspended sentence, sparing him jail time if he stays out of trouble for three years.

I n 2 0 0 4 , Hwang and former colleagues at Seoul National University claimed in a paper published in the journal Science that they had created the world's f i r s t cloned AN AP/AHN YOUNG-JOON PHOTO h u m a n South Korean disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk arrives for his trial the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. e m b r y o s at 26, 2009. The court prepared to deliver a verdict Monday in the trial of — and Hwang whose fraudulent claims of breakthroughs in stem cell research shook the international scientific community.

W h a t are your thoughts on stem cell res e a rc h ?

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Need a Laptop? Marvin’s Got’em!

By CHRISTINE EDGAR MARVIN K. PETERSON LIBRARY

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This time of year students are busy with papers, exams, and projects. This point in the year, computers in the Marvin K. Peterson Library are in high demand. You might come into the Library, look around, and not find a single empty computer.

Does that mean you cannot get your work done? Not at all!

Many students are still not aware of the Library’s 36 laptops available for use within the building. You can go to

the Circulation Desk and, with your UNH ID card, borrow a laptop for three hours that you can use anywhere in the building. This program is extremely popular with students since it began last year. You can take your laptop to the Jazzman’s Café and enjoy a snack, to a Group Study Room to work on a project with your friends, or to the Upper Level where you can write a paper in peace and quiet.

These computers have the same software as the Library’s desktop computers and print to the Pharos printing system in the Library.

If you want to keep the laptop longer than three hours, you can come back to the Circulation Desk before your time is up and charge out a power cord to keep your laptop running. For those of you who prefer external mice to a laptop’s touch pad, you can charge out a mouse as well.

Keep in mind that using these laptops come with strict regulations.

Before you charge out a laptop for the first time you will be asked to read and sign a Laptop Loan Agreement Form, which will list all the rules concern-

ing laptop use. Library laptops cannot leave the building for any reason and also have an overdue fine of 20 cents per minute or $12 per hour.

Don’t forget that these fines can be avoided by renewing your laptop before your time is up. You cannot put a hold on a laptop or reserve one, but availability of laptops has rarely been an issue.

So the next time you come into the Library to study, consider using a laptop! For more information about laptop policies, please see the Circulation Desk Staff or call us at 932.7197.

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Notetakers Needed!

The Disability Services and Resources Office is looking for responsible students who are willing to take notes in class for fellow students.

Benefits: $50 gift cards, learn new subjects, meet new people, add to co-curricular transcript!

Requirements: - Be Reliable and Responsible - Attend a required notetaker training - Make a commitment for the entire semester - Take neat and comprehensive notes (typed notes may be requested) If you are interested or for more information please contact Crystal Hill at CHill@ newhaven.edu or call 203-932-7409 or stop by the Disability Services Office located in the rear of Sheffield Hall, two doors from Health Services Deadline: Friday November 20th If you complete all requirements by October 30th, you will qualify for priority registration!

UNH Awarded 850K Grant for Study

By JULIE WINKEL

DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN

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West Haven– The University of New Haven (UNH) has received an $850,000 grant from the United States Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., for the expansion of the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups (ISVG).

The institute analyzes open source information on the activities and associations of more than 1,500 terrorist groups worldwide and provides it to law enforcement and the military in an effort to combat crime

and terrorism.

ISVG began in 2002 under the leadership of Dr. Richard Ward, dean of the UNH Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, and former dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University (SHSU).

When Ward accepted the position at the Lee College in 2008, ISVG expanded its operations to include UNH. ISVG now utilizes a culturally diverse staff of 40 researchers and technical specialists at UNH and SHSU to analyze information on terrorism, political cont’ page 5

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and religious extremist groups and related transnational criminal activities.

Sifting through publicly available information such as newspapers, government reports, court documents and web sites, ISVG researchers identify patterns and trends then provide thoroughly researched and sourced data on terrorist, extremist and transnational criminal organizations to various law enforcement and military organizations, both in the United States and abroad.

The core of the project is a relational database that is capable of collecting and organizing vast amounts of opensource data at a very fine level of detail. For instance, the ISVG database is capable of recording more than 30 variables on a single bombing incident and more than 50 variables on an individual linked to terrorist groups. Altogether, the ISVG database has more than 1,500 variables that researchers use to record tactical/ operational details on incidents of terrorism, and relational details that connect individuals, groups and organizations suspected of involvement in of terrorism, extremism, and related organizedcrime activities.

“The ISVG database allows users to quickly visualize every relationship an identified terrorist has, according to open sources, and establish whether seemingly random events are linked,” says Ward.

He adds that the ISVG database already has

been used to identify numerous trends and patterns; from identifying changes in terrorist tactics to examining the evolution of trafficking routes and making predictions about the fate of hostages held by terrorist organizations.

ISVG’s Director of Collection at SHSU Vesna Markovic noted that this approach is very powerful. “Collecting and coding information at such a granular level allows for researcher and analysts to conduct very sophisticated analyses that have not been possible with other datasets.” The technical architecture of the ISVG database allows this power to be harnessed when it is connected to a wide range of government and commercial analysis and visualization programs.

UNH Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and ISVG Executive Director Daniel Mabrey notes that the database is used in a variety of applications, “The ISVG system keeps us at the cutting edge of data analysis and visualization in the areas that are of great interest to the counter-terrorism community.” He added that ISVG spent the last year applying link, social network, temporal-spatial and statistical analysis approaches to the data.

The funding from the Naval Research Lab will allow ISVG to make important infrastructure upgrades to expand on these methods this year. Some applications of the ISVG database in the last year include: • The Lincoln Lab-

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oratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used the database to build new algorithms to analyze the operational signatures of terrorist networks; the resulting paper on CT-SNAIR (Counter-terrorism Social Network Analysis and Intent Recognition) was selected as the best paper at the IEEE Aerospace Engineering Conference.

• The Common Operational Research Environment (CORE) Laboratory at the Naval Postgraduate School uses the database as a resource in their curriculum to educate mid-career military officers in visual analytics and data fusion and counterinsurgency and irregularwarfare strategies • Subsets of data from ISVG are provided to the Global Terrorism Database at the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) where it is used by leading scholars and researchers throughout the world to better understand and evaluate counterterrorism policies and strategies worldwide.

• Researchers at Rice University built a computational model from the ISVG database for inferring responsibility for a terrorist attack that successfully inferred the group responsible for the November 2008 bombings in Mumbai, India.

• ISVG currently provides a knowledgebase to law enforcement about the group-based violence along the US/Mexico border.

USGA President’s Corner

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

German Club Pavilion

I am writing this week to poll what students think of the German Club pavilion. The university is looking at the possibility of renovating the area.

Some ideas that come through my mind are a new pavilion with picnic tables

underneath, a BBQ pit that would be available 24 hours a day, lighting and electric to the area, and horseshoe pits.

What I really want to hear is what the general student body would like. What would you and your friends want? What

Christopher Rinck USGA President would your club like?

Would you use this area? I ask you to please go to www. c h a rg e r v o i c e . c o m and post a concern.

Tell me what your thoughts on this area are so I can help make the area great for you.

Meet Career Services!

James Wightman

James displays his excellent leadership roles in many different aspects with the Center for Experiential Education. In the Career Services Office, James helps review resumes, track data for workshops, create PowerPoint presentations, and is part of the welcoming student staff sitting at our front desk.

James is the founder and president of the XE Club. A few of the events that the XE Club has sponsored include EE Day, United Way Day of Caring, Speed Networking, and the Life Coaching Program.

More exciting events are to come!

Interested in joining the club? Contact XEClub@newhaven.edu Page 5

Opinion & Editorials

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Dear Jon and Kate, You suck. I don’t care about you; hell, even YOU don’t care about you. Your kids don’t care about you,

Zack Rosen Editor-in-Chief your parents probably forgot the condom (looks like you did too?), and the only thing holding your life together is the prospect of more money by exploiting your kids.

That’s right, you are completely and totally exploiting your kids. You know, having cameras around

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An Open Letter to Jon & Kate

them 24/7. Oh and having you, Kate, as a mother. That alone should be considered child abuse and probably could carry a fine of up to $500,000.

Have you ever noticed what horrible parenting there is in this country? Not my parents, probably not yours, but still. And not only is there horrible parenting, but also horrible neglect.

Speaking of neglect, abuse, and bad parenting, enjoy the photo to the right of a girl with a beer funnel. Sure, the website that this came from (www.WhyTheFdoYouHaveAKid.com) is funny and all, but it’s actually pretty disturbing. Some of the photos may be fake and staged, but some definitely are not.

Jon, of the two of you, I actually feel bad for you. You mar-

ried a floozy. Why, I’ll never know, but hey we all make bad decisions.

Fact of the matter, Kate, you’re a bad mother. You realize that when 5-year-old Collin is 21 he’ll be addicted to meth and prostituting on the street corner? Yeah, that’s because of your bad parenting. Not to mention 9-year-old Cara will probably grow up to be just like you. That’ll probably be a worse situation than that of your meth head son.

Can you tell I don’t like stupid reality TV? I mean, Hell’s Kitchen is where it’s at. They make some darn good looking meals. But what is the point of watching a TV show where a husband and wife (now ex’es, of course) fight… all while their kids watch. Now if you

had the eight kids fight to be the best chef, there’s no doubt that Kate would make a great Gordon Ramsay.

That’d be some awesome television.

Of course I don’t wish for Collin to become addicted to methamphetamine, and I certainly hope that Cara doesn’t grow up to be like you, Kate. But the fact is that how you act around your

kids, and how you treat and talk to them, will affect them.

So do your kids a favor, and end it now.

Kate, don’t do that stupid Kate Plus 8 se-

quel show. (Which, by the way TLC, that was an original name. To whoever picked that: you’re fired.) Jon, stop fighting with Kate.

And you know what?

If you both stick to those plans, maybe your kids won’t turn out horribly.

Love, and sympathy, Zack

UNH students. Yet, despite our love for the popular site, we as a population seem unable to cope with simplistic changes.

Over the weekend, Facebook changed it’s ever popular newsfeed process (it is more like a happy medium to stalk people, but that is for another article), and people seemed to freak out.

Every which way, there were groups being created in protest of the new “live feed” and “normal feed”.

Some didn’t want to know about friends adding new people to their friends list.

Others did not care that Facebook now allowed you to view friends you had not contacted in awhile.

People seemed generally annoyed with the

changes…and for no good reason.

Last year, Facebook updated its homepage to look more like the popular networking website Twitter, where status updates were maintained on a continuous live stream. People HATED it. Everyone moaned and complained that Facebook was becoming more like Twitter and less like the site the majority of us had grown to love. Groups were created, petitions were signed, and a general annoyance was felt across the entire site.

Even though the anger eventually subsided and people got used to the changes, Facebook creators listened and made a significant compromise: the Facebook that came

into existence this weekend.

For those of you who haven’t figured out the changes yet, they are relatively simple. If you stay on the “regular” newsfeed page, you will only see feed updates that an algorithm discovers to be most interesting to you.

These will include feed updates of the friends you talk to the most, the subjects you “like” the most, and the games you play the most. However, if you switch over to “live feed”, Facebook will go back to the Twitterwannabe website it had been before, with continuous streaming status updates. Easy enough right?

Moral of the story is this: people will be angry about the

changes for awhile, but will eventually let it go (just like last time). The change gives you a little more control over your news/stalker feed and lets you decide how you want your homepage to work.

Instead of complaining about the change, embrace it! Facebook will always be changing, just like technology and the internet itself, so go with it and see where it takes you.

I know this change will have no effect over my daily routine: I’ll still read my feed (although probably not on the “live” option), still play Farmville like it’s my job, and still join all those groups. So welcome, new Facebook! Until you are updated again, that is.

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What Happened to My Facebook Newsfeed?

Like most people, I have the same internet routine just about every day. I check my email and look to see if any of my friends have updated their blogs. I read up on the news via Yahoo and laugh over the newest fmylife posts. Then I go on one of the most popular networking sites available on the World Wide Web: Facebook.

I would venture to guess that ninety percent of this campus uses Facebook on a daily basis. The Charger Bulletin has its own fan page, as does SCOPE, the Chariot Yearbook, and Student Activities. Clubs across campus support their events through the popular networking sites and we publish our personal and

Erin Ennis Assistant Editor scholarly complaints across the newsfeeds. When Obama was campaigning for President, thousands of people around the globe updated their statuses to support the election. Even when the Pay-To-Print issue first presented itself here at UNH, groups and events were created in protest. My newsfeed fills everyday with the opinions, lives, and moments of

CSA Presents

Hoops for Heart November 1, 2009 Rec Center

Come join us in helping to raise money for a heart!

Congratulations From Rec Sports!

By KAT WILBERDING STAFF WRITER

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And it’s over ladies and gentlemen; the epic contests of season 1 Rec Sports have come to a close.

With the ever-changing New England weather, teams fought in the crisp sunlight to be named champions of the outdoor soccer men’s pro, co-rec pro, men’s semi-pro, and co-rec semi-pro divisions.

The final standings are thus: champion of the men’s pro division is Kinda Good, champion of the co-rec pro division is Free Agents, champion of the men’s semi-pro di-

vision is Hooters, and champion of the corec semi-pro division is Banana Pancakes.

In the popular volleyball league, teams spiked their way to the top throughout 5 different divisions.

With the final match played it’s time to crown the champions.

Kinda Good rocked volleyball by winning the women’s, men’s, and co-rec pro divisions. Champion of the men’s semi-pro division is Stoop Kids, while Safe Sets took the co-rec semi-pro division.

Finally, showing expert finesse in the dynamic sport, fiddle stx, Stoop Kids reigned supreme in

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the co-rec pro division. The final for the men’s pro division of fiddle stx has currently been postponed.

Congratulations to all our champions and thank you to everyone who participated in season 1 sports.

Good luck to all the teams signed up for season 2. If you want to participate in more intramural sports, but missed registration for season 2, look for seasons 3 and 4 next spring. In other news, there is a new item for rent at the Beckerman Recreation Center. If you need to do some resistance training, you can pick up resistance bands from Equipment Services.

Spring Performance Ensembles Let’s Make Music!!

The Music Department is offering the following ensembles in the spring semester. You may participate for 1 credit, 3 credits, or personal enjoyment. Sign Up Soon!!

MU 116M African Drumming Wednesdays 3:05 – 5:25 MU 116C Jazz/Rock Ensemble Thursdays 7:15 - 9:55 MU 116O Gospel Choir Mondays 7:00 – 9:30 MU 116P The Harmonies Wednesdays 12:15 – 2:55 MU 116K Marching Band Fridays 2:10 – 4:50 MU 116Q UNH Orchestra Tuesdays 4:30 – 6:30 MU 116R Brass Ensemble Mondays 2:00 – 4:00 Contact Dr. Kaloyanides for details.

Dodds 210 932.7102 mkaloyanides@newhaven.edu

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Arts & Entertainment

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By MICHAEL KELLY

Jon & Kate Plus 8...Minus Jon

STAFF WRITER

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The twisting tale of the Gosselin’s never seems to end. The local television network, TLC, is suing Jon Gosselin from the TV show Jon & Kate Plus 8. The lawsuit was officially filed on Friday, Oct. 23. “He is the Father of the Year (just kidding),” quoted the Miami Herald when discussing the issue. Jon has not met the obligations of his contract for being an exclusive employee and has been on other programs for pay, making unauthorized disclosures about the show and his family.

The TLC Network did not mention the

other various affairs with bartenders, nannies, and some college students that have

selin, has been taking care of their eight children (twin girls and sextuplets) ever

deal in 2008 for Jon & Kate Plus 8, that would make him provide his services dur-

the program through accepted advertisements. In the deal, he promised that he would not do anything inappropriate, and would embrace “social conventions of public morals or decency.” The plaintiff said in the statement that Jon Gosselin had various breaches of this contract, including photographs, stories, and various intoxicated moments.

Since the breach, Jon has begun to sell his services to other media outlets, including a possible appearance on EntertainAN AP/MATT ROURKE PHOTO Jon Gosselin is seen after he exited the Montgomery County courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. ment Tonight.

13, 2009.

Stay tuned, as Gosplagued the Gosselin since the divorce. ing taping, both with selin will release his name since earlier this According to the his family and with- own press statement year. His estranged complaint, Gosse- out, and would only about the show later ex-wife, Kate Gos- lin had signed a new allow him to speak of this week.

Crowded Theaters Build Momentum for 3-D at Home

today's models, but the glasses will cost ––––––––––––––––– more, raising the price of the overall packLOS ANGELES age.

– Fans scrambled There's no to see 3-D movies question 3-D such as Cloudy movies are popuwith a Chance of lar.

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Fans scrambled to hurricane on their more than dousee 3-D movies such as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers couches. ble the revenue feeling like they’re surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.

Next year major to be high — perhaps ity. as "active shutter." of regular screenings electronics manufac- 20 percent more than "We're raising a That uses an infrared when a movie is ofturers Sony Corp. and normal sets of the whole generation of emitter on the TV to fered in both versions.

Panasonic Corp. plan same size. But costs kids who expect to tell battery-powered For hits like Disto introduce 3-D-ca- should come down in see this effect for their glasses when to flick- ney/Pixar's Up and pable high-definition the coming years. movies at home," Poor er the left and right 20th Century Fox's televisions for the Depending on said. "I think people lenses in conjunction Ice Age: Dawn of the mass market. You'll prices, 3-D-ready want 3-D. I just don't with the images on the Dinosaurs, more than still need to wear spe- TVs could be in 28 think they're going to screen, which gives half of ticket revcial glasses, though. million to 46 million want to pay a whole the perception of three enues came from 3-D Movie studios hope homes worldwide by lot more for it." dimensions. screens, despite ac3-D can help lift the 2013, predicts Alfred To avoid the need The sets themselves counting for far fewer sagging home video Poor, an analyst with for special screens, will require relatively See FILMS page 11 market the same way GigaOM Pro. He es- some manufacturers of minor upgrades from

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it has pushed up box office results.

The initial price of such sets is expected

timates that next year, as many as 2.5 million sets worldwide will be sold with 3-D capabil-

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Relient K Wows Crowd at Toad’s Place

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Toads Place in downtown New Haven once again pulled together a fantastic concert on Thursday Oct. 1, headlining Relient K with Barcelona and Copeland. After an intense, wild, and animated opening by the other bands, Relient K kicked off the first show of their new “A Three Hour” tour by walking onto stage to the theme song

of Gilligan’s Island.

With the speakers covered in fish netting and their piano converted into a boat, this was only the beginning of a great night of entertainment. Fans enjoyed a 10 song set of oldies and brand new songs. A lot of the pieces had never been performed in front of a live audience. The atmosphere of the room could be felt and seen in the faces of the hundreds of fans packed into the club and the ever growing

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mosh pit forming in the center. The audience spent most of the show screaming out the lyrics to their favorite songs. After an hour of pure excitement, Relient K called it a night only to be called back on stage for another two song encore demanded by the crowd. The band continued their tour on Oct. 4 at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA. Look for their new CD Forget and Not Slow Down in stores now.

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Charger Football Victorious Over the Weekend

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The game remained at a back and forth tempo into the second quarter as Pace executed a 10 play touchdown drive.

However, the extra point was blocked by the Chargers leaving the score at 13-7. On the resulting kickoff, Sharieff Hall demonstrated why he is the most electric return man in the NE-10 Conference by bringing the kickoff back 75 yards for a Charger touchdown. The New Haven defense held strong on the next drive, returning the ball to the offense with six minutes remaining in the half. UNH was poised to build on their lead before halftime until a fumble at midfield ended their drive. Pace would again seize the opportunity to capitalize on a Charger turnover.

This time it was with a 46 yard touchdown pass, bringing the score to 19-14 after a missed two point conversion. The Chargers responded with a 9 play touchdown drive of their own. The drive saw New Haven convert on three consecutive third downs, the final conversion coming on a 26 yard touchdown pass from Osiecki to WR Demitrius Washington-Ellison. The Chargers headed to the locker rooms at the half with a 21-19 lead.

Opening the second half, the Chargers offense displayed their dominance on the first offensive drive of the half, resulting in a 19 yard touchdown pass from Osiecki to

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Best of the Best Recognized at Annual Charger Huddle

of the Best" at the dle is an annual event their memories as Washington-Ellison. ––––––––––––––––– 2009 Charger Huddle which the depart- UNH student-athletes.

The New Haven lead which took place on ment uses to bring Alumni from each of was extended to 28WEST HAVEN Friday, October 23 alumni together on a the Chargers sports 19 with the convert- - The UNH Depart- at Anthony's Ocean yearly basis. Nearly were recognized as ed extra point. The ment of Athletics View in New Haven.

200 people gathered the "Best of the Best" score would remain recognized the "Best The Charger Hud- to reminisce about in their sport. the same until early in the fourth quarter, when the game’s turning point occurred.

While setting up for a 29 yard field goal attempt, the Chargers perfectly executed a fake field goal bootleg pass for a touchdown.

The holder and backup QB Brice DeRosa fired a strike to TE Kameel Lashley from 12 yards out.

The Chargers would add two more touchdowns before the game was over, the first of which came on a 30 yard touchdown pass from Osiecki to Hall. DurA CHARGER ATHLETICS PHOTO ing the scoring drive, Football alumni returned as part of UNH’s “Best of the Best” theme at Friday, Oct. 23, 2009’s Annual Charger Huddle.

QB Ryan Osiecki broke the school record for completions in a season with his 210th successful pass.

Osiecki, who was un- CHARGER PRESS RELEASE in Colchester. The an 8-5 advantage in Oct. 28. Currently aware of his latest ac- ––––––––––––––––– sophomore had the shots and a 5-1 lead ranked seventh, Adelcomplishment, was Chargers only other in corner kicks. Taylor phi travels to 12th quick to give credit to big scoring opportu- totaled three saves in ranked Southern Conhis teammates when COLCHESTER, Vt. nity in the first half the win, while St. Mi- necticut, with a Panasked about the record - The University of when she was one- chael’s also grabbed ther win or tie, they saying, “A lot of the New Haven women’s on-one with the St. three saves. would jump the Charcredit has to be given soccer team kept their Michael’s goalkeeper.

DellaRocco and gers. Currently ranked Con- The Chargers also had freshman Lucy Fran- eighth, St. Anselm to my offensive line Northeast-10 postseason two opportunities in cisco each tallied three takes on 13th ranked and receivers for mak- ference ing it possible for me, hopes alive with a 1-0 the second half in the shots and two shots on Bentley, with a St. I definitely wouldn’t overtime victory at 83rd and 87th min- goal for the Chargers, Anselm victory, they be able to achieve suc- St. Michael’s College utes. while Holly Dawson would also jump the cess without them.” Saturday afternoon.

The Purple Knights and Marta Bertsos Chargers in the standAlexa tallied five total shots each tallied one shot. ings. Currently ranked The final Charger Sophomore scored and three shots on score of the afternoon DellaRocco The Chargers con- 10th, Le Moyne hosts came on a 34-yard an unassisted goal in goal. They registered clude the 2009 regu- first ranked St. Rose, fumble touchdown by the 97th minute to lift one scoring opportu- lar season with the the Dolphins need to OLB Tom Herd. Pace the Chargers. With nity in the first half victory, their fourth win to jump the Charwould add a touch- the win the Chargers with a shot on goal in straight. After all of gers as well. down on to the game’s conclude their regular the 18th minute. The Saturday’s games, the Editor’s note: Do final score to make it season with a 10-6- Purple Knights also Chargers sit sixth in you like UNH sports?

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on a Plane, despite tremendous advance buzz, fizzled.

Not quite a concert film, not quite a documentary, This Is It is like nothing that has hit theaters before. It comes just months after Jackson’s death, with fans still eagerly digesting every scrap of news about him. It distills more than 100 hours of footage shot as Jackson rehearsed for the concerts in the weeks before his death. And it truly is a final glimpse of an artist who ruled the pop charts in the 1980’s before retreating to a reclusive life amid allegations of child molestation.

Distributor Sony is treating the film like the crown jewels, keeping it under wraps until the big blowout Tuesday night, when there will be simultaneous premieres worldwide, followed by advance screenings for paying customers ahead of Wednesday’s official theatrical debut.

No critics have seen it, and entertainment journalists were shown only 12 minutes of footage last week before interviews with the filmmakers.

Sony, which paid $60 million for the film rights, plans to

have the movie out for just over two weeks, lending it some of the exclusivity of Jackson’s aborted concert stand in London.

“We think the 16 days is right. It’s sort of a special event that you want to frame in a special way,” said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony.

If business really takes off, Sony could extend the film’s run, as Disney did with Cyrus’ concert movie, which originally was scheduled for only a one-week leg in theaters.

Concert films historically have been a niche genre, with only a few finding a lasting audience in theaters or on home video, among them Woodstock, Monterey Pop, Madonna: Truth or Dare, the Rolling Stones’ Gimme Shelter and Shine a Light, The Band’s The Last Waltz, the Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense and U2: Rattle and Hum. Box-office results for concert flicks have been petty cash compared to blockbuster action films and comedies, with last March’s Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience running a distant second to Cyrus’ film in the record books, topping out at $19.2 million.

The Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight took in $67.2 million on opening day, more than Cyrus’ concert movie did in its entire run.

This Is It opens in about five times as many theaters as Cyrus’ movie, which played in only 683 cinemas because of the limited number equipped to show digital 3-D films.

Advance ticket sellers Fandango.com and MovieTickets. com report that sales for This Is It are running about where Cyrus’ film was days before its release.

Comparisons between the two movies are dicey, though.

Fans of Jackson, who was 50, are much older than Cyrus’ and generally less inclined than young audiences to make the trek to movie theaters. Yet Cyrus does not have the huge global appeal of Jackson, whose film is opening in virtually every country at the same time.

“As big as she is, I don’t think she holds a candle to Michael Jackson around the world,” said Walt Borchers, senior vice president of sales and marketing for MovieTickets.com.

And, added Borchers, the fact that Jackson now is out of reach

deepens his film’s appeal.

“Miley, you could have seen her in concert. Now nobody is able to see Michael Jackson in concert.

On this film, that does add some fervor,” Borchers said.

Based on the initial fervor when tickets first went on sale in late September, Fandango.com expected that This Is It easily would shoot past the box-office receipts of Cyrus’ movie, said Rick Butler, chief operating officer.

Since then, though, sales have leveled off, so it’s uncertain Jackson’s movie will hit that mark, Butler said.

The movie’s durability ultimately will come down to how good a performance Jackson gives, Butler said. In trailers and the footage shown to reporters last week, Jackson was in prime musical form.

“It’s all going to be about his voice. How good does he sound?

And boy, the voice sounds as good as it ever did,” Butler said.

“There’s no reason to believe that whatever snippets they’ve given us for whatever of his songs, he won’t sound that way with everything in his repertoire.”

This was an Associated Press report.

AN AP/DREAMWORKS PHOTO

This image shows a scene from the animated feature, ‘Monsters vs Aliens.’ While 3-D movies played the hero at the box office this summer, the format hasn’t helped a slumping home video market — mainly because most people still can’t watch 3-D movies in their living rooms. That will start to change next year when major electronics manufacturers such as Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. introduce 3-D capable high-definition televisions for the mass market.

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showings, according to research firm Screen Digest. Those screenings tend to fill up, and moviegoers are willing to pay a few dollars extra per ticket.

Making these 3-D movies hasn't been cheap, and so far there hasn't been an adequate way to recoup those higher costs in the home video market, which brings in far more dollars to studios than the theatrical release.

In September, DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. released a two-disc pack of Monsters vs Aliens with just a 3-D bonus vignette accompanying a 2-D version of the movie. It comes with cardboard glasses with magenta and green lenses that create a 3-D effect. The so-called "anaglyph" technology is out of date and can distort colors but works with regular TVs. "We think for 10 minutes or so, it's a fun experience, but it's not a great experience for an hour-and-ahalf or two-hour-long movie," said John Batter, DreamWorks' co-president of production for feature animation.

Batter said 3-D releases "will certainly grow over time and it will become I think a significant part of our home video business in a three- to five-year cycle."

Meanwhile, Universal Studios Home Entertainment released the stop-motion animated movie Coraline in July both in 2-D and 3-D with

the cardboard glasses, but director Henry Selick said he was disappointed with the result.

"I wish they'd waited to do the home 3-D release until the technology caught up to what it was in the theaters," Selick told a conference last month.

"I'm disappointed in how few people got to see it in the best possible way."

As more living rooms are equipped for movies in 3-D, studios will have stronger incentives to release them for home viewing especially as 3-D movies are expected to spend less time in theaters.

With about 30 3-D movies headed for theaters next year and only enough screens to show one major picture at a time, the average theatrical run will shrink to less than two weeks in 2010, down from nearly nine weeks in 2008, according to Charlotte Jones, a senior analyst with Screen Digest.

That could put more emphasis on recouping filmmaking costs on the home market, she said. But the home market is also coming under pressure.

Home video revenues in the United States during the first half of 2009 fell 3.9 percent from a year ago to $9.4 billion, despite increases in rentals, DVD video purchases, Blu-ray disc purchases and orders for movies on demand over set-top boxes, according to an industry association, The Digital Entertainment Group.

Fun & Games

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Positives

The Charger Battery

FOOTBALL! Damn we are good! 49-27?!

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A weekly recap of the positives & negatives at UNH

To all of you CJ majors out there, and that’s like what, HALF the school? As of 2010 UNH will supposedly be offering a Criminal Justice PhD program! YAY! Pay to Print, now known as the “Print Green” initiative, was a HUGE issue. But calm your jets, peeps! Undergrads get 225 free print credits per semester, and this whole charade doesn’t start until November 9th. So PRINT, people! PRINT your little hearts out! You have 12 more days of free printing!!

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Negatives WHY is it necessary to rip up the entire road/ sidewalk area on Ruden St.?? I’m not seeing the need here. The sidewalks were fine!! If you ask me, there are a thousand other little projects the school could pay someone to do, like, oh, I don’t know, THE HENRY C. LEE BUILDING?!? Or maybe the CAFETERIA?!?! Ya, boss, let’s get on that.

The lines at Jazzmans Café make me grow old, I swear! The WORST possible time to go to Jazzman’s is like the only time I ever go there: 10:40am on Mondays and Wednesdays. Granted, there are usually 3 people working at this time, but still! Seasons pass in that line! Sometimes there is no one working the register!!! It’s not like I order a drink to be made or a sandwich or anything…

I’m usually getting a bottle of water! HOW hard is that? Swipe, boom, done. I think they should have at least one person on a particular register at all times to handle the easy, swift transactions like mine, then possibly another person who helps out with the register and then helps making drinks when need be. Because honestly, this is a TAD ridiculous!

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tack in the east, and another who died of wounds sustained in an insurgent attack in the same region. The deaths bring to at least 46 the number of U.S. troops who have been killed in October.

This has been the deadliest year for international and U.S. forces since the 2001 invasion to oust the Taliban.

Fighting spiked around the presidential vote in August, and 51 U.S. soldiers died that month — the deadliest for American forces in the eight-year war.

The Obama administration is debating whether to send tens of thousands more troops to the country, while the Afghan government is rushing to hold a Nov. 7 runoff election between President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah after it was deter-

mined that the August election depended on fraudulent votes.

The Obama administration is hoping the runoff will produce a legitimate government. In Washington, Obama was to meet with his national security team Monday in what was to be the sixth full-scale Afghanistan conference in the White House Situation Room.

Abdullah on Monday called for election commission chairman Azizullah Lodin to be replaced within five days, saying he has "no credibility."

Lodin has denied accusations he is biased in favor of Karzai, and the election commission's spokesman has already said Lodin cannot be replaced by either side.

Abdullah made the demand in a news conference during which he spelled out what he said were

"minimum conditions" for holding a fair second round of voting, including the firing of any workers implicated in fraud and the suspension of several ministers he said had campaigned for Karzai in the first round before the official campaigning period began.

Abdullah did not say what would happen if his demands were not met. "I reserve my reaction if we are faced with that unfortunate situation," he said.

Abdullah said he was willing to meet with Karzai to discuss the conditions, but repeated that he would not discuss a coalition government as some have suggested, nor compromise on his recommendations out of concerns that they are difficult to implement.

"These are not impossible things,"

Abdullah said, stressing that his team had pared them down to what they considered essential to a fair vote and possible to put in place before the runoff.

Another flawed election would cast doubt on the wisdom of sending in more U.S. troops.

"These separate tragedies today underscore the risks our forces and our partners face every day," Col. Wayne Shanks, a spokesman for the NATO-led coalition, said Monday of the crash and collision.

"Each and every death is a tremendous loss for the family and friends of each service member and civilian. Our grief is compounded when we have such a significant loss on one day."

U.S. military spokeswoman Elizabeth Mathias said coalition forces had

launched an operation to recover the wreckage of the helicopter that was downed in the west.

She said the aircraft was leaving the site of a joint operation with Afghan forces when it went down.

The joint force had "searched a suspected compound believed to harbor insurgents conducting activities related to narcotics trafficking in western Afghanistan," NATO said in a statement.

"During the operation, insurgent forces engaged the joint force and more than a dozen enemy fighters were killed in the ensuing firefight."

Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium — the raw ingredient in heroin — and the illicit drug trade is a major source of funding for Taliban and other insurgent groups.

Elsewhere Mon-

day, Nangarhar province Gov. Gul Agha Sherzai survived an assassination attempt after a gunman fired automatic weapons at his convoy in Jalalabad, according to his spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai. Sherzai's bodyguards killed the gunman, as well as another attacker wearing a suicide vest and carrying grenades.

Meanwhile, security forces in Kabul fired automatic rifles into the air for a second day Monday to contain hundreds of stone-throwing university students angered over the alleged desecration of Islam's holy book, the Quran,

by U.S. troops during an operation two weeks ago in Wardak province. Fire trucks were also brought in to push back protesters with water cannons. Several officers were injured.

to believe that he had fallen out. On the contrary, the balloon boy extravaganza that kept us engrossed for days was, indeed, a ruse devised by the sciencedriven and inventive Heene family in order to bolster their marketability for a reality show deal. “Needless to say they put on a very good show for us and we bought it,” Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said, regarding the unnecessary pandemonium, “These people are actors. We were manipulated by the family and the media were manipulated by the family.” If anyone thought fabricating a story was bad enough, consider moneyhungry Richard and Mayumi Heene ex-

ploiting their three children to sound more credible, even going as far as telling them to lie in the scam. With that said, it was only a matter of time before signs of a hoax surfaced.

In a special interview for CNN’s Larry King Live, the world was exposed to the Heene secret when Falcon’s parents asked him why he did not come out from hiding when they called his name to which he replied, “You guys said we did it for a show.” The Heene family had apparently appeared in ABC’s Wife Swap and was in talks to land another reality show.

Now, reports reveal that an unnamed media outlet had agreed

to fund the Heenes. It is still unclear if the media outlet was a coconspirator or when the agreement was made, but charges can be brought up against the organization at a later date. The Heene parents are likely to incur charges of conspiracy, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, filing a false report, and attempting to influence a public servant.

The last, which is the most serious of the chargers, could keep the Heenes locked up for anywhere from two to six years. Unlike their parents, the Heene kids would not face charges because of their young ages.

However, prosecutor Wendy Murphy contends that the parents

coercing their kids to participate in the con is reason for the Child Protective Services to intervene and possibly take the kids away, “Child Protective Services is likely to get involved whether they're charged or not and we’re hearing that they will, in fact, be charged.”

Despite the bizarre balloon boy chronicle, this is not the first time the Heene family has vied for publicity.

According to Robert Thomas, a one-time assistant to Richard Heene, Heene had apparently been planning some sort of exploit to endorse a reality show which did not include his children. Thomas revealed Heene’s notes for possible episodes,

“We will modify a weather balloon, so that it resembles a UFO and will electrically charge the skin of the craft. The result will be a dramatic increase in local and national awareness about The Heene Family, our reality series, as well as the UFO Phenomenon in general.” While Richard Heene’s lawyer says the Heenes are willing to turn themselves in, it seems that nothing they do will save them from the public embarrassment of perpetrating a hoax. Sure, they may call themselves “mad scientists,” but what the world sees is just a group of crazy enough to stage one of the most theatrical events in news history.

Balloon Boy Hoax in Exchange for Publicity

By LIZ DE LA TORRE STAFF WRITER

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As the world became fixated on the missing boy who had floated off fifty miles into the Colorado sky in a homemade flying saucer-like helium balloon on Oct. 15, six year-old Falcon Heene quietly slept in the garage attic of his home. Unbeknownst to him, colossal media frenzy revolved around him as authorities, helicopters, and the National Guard scoured various areas looking for him. Live coverage of the balloon saga had been delivered via national television, and Falcon’s missing body from the balloon only prompted authorities

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