Summer Issue 2015

Main STREET MAGAZINE

Summer 2015

Lost in a Sex Museum pg. 22

SCOPE presents: LOGIC pg. 35

Got Buns? pg. 28

Editor’s Note It is undeniably hard to describe what it feels like to leave something you’ve cherished and held closely behind. Main Street Magazine’s final issue under our direction has definitely been a surreal one. We can rest assured, however. Diving into the uncertainty that is the next step of our lives will be a bit easier because of all the amazing memories MSM has granted us with.

We can say that we were there when we requested 3,000 condoms from health services to shoot a cover featuring two naked men. We were there when we decided to run a piece on obtaining a sugar daddy. We were there when we decided to feature an article written in a completely made-up language. We were there when we decided to pen an ode to Dick Cannon in response to his retirement. We were there for it all. We were there for when we wrote about all of the issues and topics you wouldn’t have heard anything about if it weren’t for Main Street Magazine’s reach or influence.

And we are here now, for the final issue of the 2014-2015 school year, bugging you one last time to give this magazine the chance that it gave us a long time ago. Read about the current sensational trend of man buns. Read about the history of UNH. Read about some awesome female guitarists. Read about reclaiming slang words.

Within this issue you can read about your community, about the people who go to your school, about what it feels like to leave your home of four years in pursuit of your next great adventure.

It’s been one hell of a ride for us at the University of New Hampshire. No matter where you find yourself next year- here’s to your future. Keep looking ahead and remember some of the weird and wacky shit you read in these 44 pages.

Congratulations Class of 2015.

-Tony and Melisa

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Tony Abou Jaoude, Co-Editor-in-Chief Melisa Donovan, Co-Editor-in- Chief Bridget Regan, Photo Editor Brady Brickner-Wood, Content Editor Hadley Barndollar, Content Editor Nik Beimler, Content Editor Morgan Cutolo, Design Editor Katie Wisniewski, Layout Editor Talha Khan, Business Manager Hannah Rivers, Contributing Designer and Writer Justin Fortier, Contributing Designer and Writer Kate Sutherby, Contributing Writer Katherine McAuliffe, Contributing Writer Liz Haas, Contributing Writer Heather Campbell, Contributing Writer Lilly Radack, Contributing Writer Jamie Smith, Contributing Writer Naomi Odlin, Contributing Writer Adria Kajenski, Contributing Writer Corey Scarano, Contributing Writer Rebecca Ma, Contributing Writer Katie Beauregard, Contributing Writer Cam Bielski, Contributing Writer Matthew James, Contributing Writer Eric Skyta, Contributing Writer Jeff Lutz, Contributing Writer Shawn Robidoux, Contributing Writer Domenic Paolo, Contributing Writer Claire Cortese, Contributing Photographer Kevin Hardman, Contributing Photographer Emmet Todd, Contributing Photographer

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Main Street Magazine Summer 2015, Issue 4

Featured Article

Establishing Place “I almost immediately disregarded UNH when I began looking at schools. How could I enter adulthood in a place so intimately intertwined with my childhood?”

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Features 14 Reclaiming Slang 20 Establishing Place 28 Suns Out Buns Out 38 Perks of Being A Vegan

Local 13 To Whom It May Concern 16 UNH: Four Years Ago and Now 17 Two Dollar Tuesdays 21 Cal Kehoe: A New Sound to the Tri-State Area 31 Coping With Finals 34 The Super Senior

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Reviews 6 Film 8 Music 10 Food 12 Book

Arts & Culture 18 Summer In Scotland Photospread 23 Female Guitarists 30 Running With The Bulls 35 SCOPE Presents: Logic

Opinions & Satire 22 Lost in A Sex Museum 32 The Art of The Party 40 A Love Affair With New England 42 The Five Things I’ll Miss Most

31 Printed by our friends at UNH Printed Services, 10 West Edge Drive, Durham, NH The opinions expressed within Main Street are solely the opinions of the attributed writers and are not necessarily shared by Main Street Magazine, Student Press Organization, SAFC, the University of New Hampshire, or anyone else, for that matter.

Main Street Magazine is funded entirely by your student activity fee, and we would like to thank SAFC for continuing to fund this publication. www.mainstreetmagazine.com @mainstmagazine

Contributors

In order by row: Kate Sutherby, Brady Brickner-Wood, Katherine McAuliffe, Shawn Robidoux, Nik Beimler, Rebecca Ma, Melisa Donovan, Katie Wisniewski, Eric Skyta, Liz Haas, Corey Scarano, Domenic Paolo, Morgan Cutolo, Naomi Odlin, Cam Bielski, Hadley Barndollar, Heather Campbell, Jamie Smith Justin Fortier, Tony Abou Jaoude, Hannah Rivers, Jeff Lutz, Lilly Radack, Bridget Regan, Claire Cortese, Katie Beauregard, Kevin Hardman, Adria Kajenski, Matthew James, and Emmet Todd.

Staff Picks

Things MSM Staff Love Right Now

Pink Clouds- Pretty, aren’t they?

- Brady

SCOPE- The past two and a half years of my life have been committed to this org and I cannot believe that my time in SCOPE is over. I hardly knew the impact this group of people would have on me when I made the decision to apply. Not only was my career plan affected by them but the very fact I chose to stay at UNH is owed to each individual member and the incredible experiences I had during my time. I learned so much and I am so greatful for the opportunity to be a part of the Student Committee On Popular Entertainment. I love each and everyone of these humans and am so excited to see where they go in the future. Ok, Ben & Jerry’s New York Super Fudge Chunk I’m done being sappy now, I’ll save the tears for Ice Cream- “Chocolate Ice Cream with White & graduation. Beans.

Dark Fudge Chunks, Pecans, Walnuts & Fudge - Melisa Covered Almonds.”

Fun Fact: This flavor contains 40% more chunks than any other Ben & Jerry’s flavor.

Another fun fact: I may or may not have eaten a ‘80s Music Videos- They are creepy. They are whole pint by myself in less than 24 hours. poorly directed. They are awful. And yet, they are strangely fantastic. Pretty much all videos from the - Morgan decade can provide some quality entertainment, but Billy Joel has some of the best (and worst).

- Nik

House Plants- Have recently began fixated on decorating my apartment in little plants. Perfect way to make the inside of your place more alive and green!

- Hadley

UNH Dining Halls- Not only are my days with them limited from here on out. The chance of me missing them more than my dog is a great possibility once I graduate. Come to me HoCo. -Tony

Flowers- I know this is a pretty generic staff pick but I’ve been in this cycle where for the past few weeks I’ve been picking and putting flowers all around my house and it’s such a good way to brighten up your apartment and your day!

- Katie

Movie Reviews: By: Justin Fortier

Big Hero 6

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hen Big Hero 6 was first announced, I knew nothing of the comic book’s stories or characters, or of their origins but I was quite intrigued by the concept of an animated Disney Marvel movie. This is the same studio that has brought us the Marvel Cinematic Universe since its debut with Iron Man back in 2008. Big Hero 6 was released in November of 2014, and was remarkable fun. This is an origin film, therefore it took some time to introduce and develop the characters, both good and bad but becoming familiarized with these characters and the hero (with the homonymous name ‘Hiro’) was filled with charm, laughter and excitement. Set in the beautifully detailed San Fransokyo, this film combined elements from both San Fransisco and Tokyo to create a unique and unbelievably brilliant set.

The film itself is quite predictable, seeming to follow a seemingly familiar script, comparable to X-Men First Class (2011) but still feels original, and well-made. After an event at a local college that goes suspiciously awry, Hiro discovers Baymax, a lovable robotic personal healthcare companion whose primary function is to serve others and ensure their optimal health. Baymax serves as much more than just a physical health companion, but also an emotional one, as well as a friend. With the help of Baymax, Hiro regroups with some members from the college to put together a team of heroes to discover what happened. Upon discovering the cause, the team must learn to work more efficiently together and to use their individual abilities to complement each other. The group dynamic is quite wonderful, and has a strong familial bond.

One particular component of this film that I en-

joyed tremendously, is that the filmmakers created a film whose target market is a younger audience, but similar to Shrek (2001), they added in some content that is sure to go over the younger viewers’ heads. The most entertaining example is when Baymax’s battery is dying, and they must get back to his charger. Baymax, when his energy is close to depleted, functions similarly to that of a highly intoxicated human. He becomes amorous, ‘tipsy’, and requires a great deal of help from Hiro to get him home safely.

Overall, I highly recommend this film. With a runtime of 1:48, it’s a perfect movie to host a movie night with a group of friends. There are some brief emotional events in this film, so you may need a tissue or two, but it is certainly worth catching!

Animated Robots

The Iron Giant

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he Iron Giant is a Dreamworks Pictures animated film adapted from Ted Hughes’ Cold War fable of the same name. Early on, we are introduced to the coastal town of Rockwell, Maine in the late 1950’s where a recent ‘giant’ was spotted. We follow the story through the eyes of the 9-year-old protagonist, Hogarth Hughes who initially, yearns for companionship, as he’s seen being bullied throughout an opening montage. He lives with his mother Annie who is supporting him as a single mother.

His father was killed as a pilot in the military in World War II. Hogarth is a unique 9-year-old and does not fit in as well as his peers, but he eventually finds a strong bond and friendship in the intimidating but incredibly endearing giant.

and still holds up more than fifteen years after its release. The film’s primary conflict exists among humans, specifically the United States military, and their uneasiness with a large extraterrestrial machine cohabitating amongst them. We follow Hogarth teaching values to ‘Giant’, as Hogarth calls him, specifically good from bad, using a classic Superman comic book. We watch Giant become a strong and important figure for Hogarth, and are able to see his soulful actions however the military holds ultimate fear, and discomfort, and attacks Giant.

Even though this film targets young moviegoers as its target audience, the movie it is surprisingly dark, with some heavy thematic content. There are some clear challenges that Giant struggles with, beThis film is a Brad Bird project, the same mind tween right and wrong, and ultimately performs a behind Disney/Pixar’s, The Incredibles (2004). This noble, but self-detrimental gesture to save the hustory is still incredibly exciting, enjoyable to watch, mans, seemingly inspired by Superman: he sacri-

fices himself in the face of a nuclear bomb. I was told that I did see this film in theaters when it was released in 1999, however I do not recall the experience in itself. I’m curious to know what 7-yearold me would have thought upon seeing this, and whether or not I would even understand the significance of Giant’s actions. Towards the end, we discover that he was not destroyed and we fly through continents to see him rebuilding himself.

This film is one of the first three-dimensional animated motion pictures from Dreamworks, and while not all of it maintains multiple-dimensions, there are several quite attractive shots, especially for its time. All in all, this is a wonderful film, full of adventure, thrill, and most evidently, heart. The bond between these two intergalactic friends feels special, and is nicely set up.

Music Reviews

Earl Sweatshirt being silly

Roo Panes making us melt with his guitar

Madeon killing it at Tomorrowland Music Festival

Earl Sweatshirt

“I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside” Columbia

Overall Rating: 8.7/10

It has been difficult for Odd Future’s maturing adults, Tyler, The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt, to disassociate themselves from their early identities.

Odd Future doesn’t exist in the same capacity as it used to—Tyler is invested in Golf Wang, Frank Ocean is an omniscient ambiguity, and Odd Future is a mere umbrella title for the now disjointed collective. Yet critics still pigeonhole these artists into Odd Future’s now non-existent narrative: careless teenagers who craft inaccessible, cult-driven hip-hop.

It is time to disassociate these artists from this notion, especially Earl Sweatshirt. His second studio album, I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside, further explores the untapped dimensions of his artistry. The album is entirely self-produced (other than Left Brain’s “Off Top”) and is, as Earl calls it, a reflective “dissertation” on his current identity. The production is disjointed and spare, fraught with muddled synth and jazz chords, melodic in a messy, minimal way. The sound creates a cohesive aesthetic, a dysfunctional universe in which Earl’s talents are exquisitely showcased.

Roo Panes

“Little Giant” CRC Music Group Ltd.

Madeon “Adventure” Columbia

Overall Rating: 9.5/10

I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside does not diverge from the precedent of Earl’s previous work.

He never strays too far outside his lane, and even when he’s experimenting it doesn’t sound forced or unnatural. Earl knows himself well, and he knows what works for his music, too. I Don’t Like Shit finds him excellently emphasizing his best artistic qualities.

-Brady Brickner-Wood

Roo Panes is an English singer/songwriter known for his work with Burberry. In his new album, he creates an incredibly traditional English folk sound. It’s a seamless flow from start to finish.

He has a deep voice that is paired so well with the acoustic sounds and female vocalists on the album.

It’s most definitely a spring and summer album. It’s best fit to be listened to during a long road trip. It’s soothing and it tells a story in a gentle way.

“Know Me Well” is a quiet introduction to the album as a soft ballad. “Indigo Home” is more of a traditional English folk Song. “Little Giant” is a happy and light song that would make you run with a spring in your step. “Sing For the Wind” flows much like a nice summer breeze.

Overall Rating: 8/10

More than ever, his lyrics grapple with personal insecurities; the turbulent relationship he and his mother have, his increasing substance abuse, and details regarding other fluctuating, failing relationships. Yet Earl’s raps are uncannily sharp, and he is at his best when he draws on his prodigal calling card: cocky, tough-guy raps, delivered in an effortless, menacing flow. “DNA” finds him masterfully executing a double-time style: “Just checkin and balances / And checks and salaries / Testing my friendships”. “Mantra” demonstrates many of Earl’s strengths: an impressive flow with a blend of boasts and personal antidotes: “Poster child, you’re supposed to hate me / Bold & wild, you broke and angry, my nigga”. “Grief ” exhibits a mournful Earl observing his world collapse upon him.

Madeon is not an artist whose name pops up frequently, but that’s surely about to change. This album can be labeled as dance and electronic, and before everyone sighs thinking “not another EDM album,” give this one a listen. Adventure is a stellar release, providing artistic dance tunes with powerful vocals from artists such as Madeon himself, as well as Dan Smith of Bastille, Mark Foster of Foster the People, Passion Pit, and more. This album is sure to be stuck on repeat after just one listen.

I guess the comparison that would best fit here would be to call Madeon the David Guetta of indie pop artists, while also taking the music to a whole new level. This stuff isn’t your typical “wub wub” dance sounds you’d hear in a club, evident right off the first track titled Isometric, where the story portrayed through the album starts off slow, building up in tempo, dynamic, and overall sound. Moving on in to the next track You’re On featuring the vocals of the soothing Kyan, the diversity of electronic music starts to shine brilliantly as listeners catch themselves boppin’ their heads and tapping their feet. The pace of the album is all over the place, in a good way, slowing things down a bit with La Lune featuring Dan Smith of Bastille, giving an almost self-identifying ballad that still gets listeners

“Ran Before The Storm” is the last song on the album and it has the most energy and holds the most emotion. I feel that it’s heavy with anger and frustration that ends the album on a powerful note.

This is such a light album and it’s an innocent spring album. It has some songs that I would probably put on a mix tape or listen to while sitting out on T-Hall lawn. Despite it’s light and innocent nature, it tells a story and with complete emotion.

The emotions he presents in this album are infectious and are complete mood changers. This album shows how personal someone can be and still tell a complete story.

-Rebecca Ma

to dance around with joy, as well as Finale featuring Nicholas Petricca of Walk The Moon, making listeners feeling like they should be standing on top of a mountain shouting out the lyrics. Some of the truly artistic tracks that will have people grooving on repeat consist of Pay No Mind featuring Passion Pit, Zephyr, Nonsense featuring Mark Foster of Foster The People, and The City. After just a few listens to some of these tracks, the first thought will be “this song is definitely going to be huge soon.”

Some of the original tracks on this album featuring Madeon himself show off his true talent, with Beings truly smacking a smile on the listeners face while Icarus causes one to instantly relax and let the music flow through.

Sailing through the eighteen tracks on this album is just so easy due to its synthesizing fun, catchy hooks, and dance-y beats that a listener will be surprised when the CD stops that they’ve made it through all that music. Soon after, they’ll be starting the CD right over again. It’s not often an electronic dance album is as artistic and passionate as Madeon’s debut release, definitely go pick up Adventure for some stellar tracks that will keep you bumpin’ all summer long.

-Domenic Paolo

Restaurant Reviews: Summer on the Seacoast By: Hadley Barndollar, Hannah Rivers, and Corey Scarano

The Fresh Press 90 Fleet Street Portsmouth, NH 03801

the street. Come in right after your workout and for the average person it probably would have sufyou get 10 percent off. ficed. As for the vibe, I was a fan. Chill jazz music, huge windows (for prime stalking purposes) and I’m a home smoothie bowl maker as well. My spacious booths where I imagine one could take a kitchen counter at 9 a.m. is plastered in fruit and nap. There was also dim, romantic lighting--makvegetable splatter from my blender. Everyone now ing it the perfect place for any kind of date (plaand then, or in my case every Friday, it’s nice to We’re not taught to drink green. tonic or not). Unless you hate sushi. In which case take a break from home creation. The Fresh Press We’re taught to nibble on the side of vegetables delivers every time; the freshest, most desired I hate you. that accompany a larger meal. We’re not used to ingredients.

Surf Sushi Bar green in a glass. Or in this case, a bowl.

Welcome to the Fresh Press, located on Fleet Sake Japanese Cuisine Street in Portsmouth. Tucked into a side brick building with the slogan “Organic juice, smoothies 141 Congress Street and more,” the Fresh Press has merited praise for its Portsmouth, NH 03801 freshness (who knew), creativity and sustainability.

1:00 p.m. every Friday is my date with the Fresh You may have never seen or noticed Sake Japanese Press. My best friend and I have turned the TGIF hashtag into “Thanks God It’s Fresh.” It’s a nice way Restaurant. It kind of getslost in the alluring haze of to de-stress from the week, cleanse my body and in Portsmouth. But really, you should notice it. One reason is that Sake has cheaper prices than some of the simplest sense, put good things into it. the other sushi restaurants in the surrounding area.

The Arnold Bowl is an acai bowl with a blend of Granted the food doesn’t cost that much less, but almond milk, topped with organic peanut butter, it’s enough to get two rolls and still feel like you’re cacao nibs, banana and gluten-free granola. It’s winning. aesthetically beautiful and it goes for $7.25 on the As a cautionary side note, I will add that this menu. It’s my pick almost every time. review may be more biased than usual due to my Other bowls include The Island and The overly-long separation from my culinary soul mate: Coconut. The Island is topped with bee pollen, sushi. pineapple, banana and gluten-free granola; a little After perusing through the limitless options, more daring. The Coconut is the most simple of the three, consisting simply of coconut milk, I decided on the Electric Eel Maki (barbecue eel, shredded coconut, banana and gluten-free granola. avocado, cucumber, spicy mayo) and the Kabuki With summer just around the corner, they recently Maki (tempura shrimp, spicy mayo, king crab, introduced The Earth Bowl, a blend of antioxidants avocado). In addition, I ordered a mango margarita. including strawberries, blackberries and raspberries Which doesn’t really go with sushi, but I had to do something to celebrate Easter. The only fault I topped with goji berries and granola. found was that it was gone way too fast. Much like Smoothie bowls aside, the Fresh Press offers this school year…. arrays of combinations for juices and smoothies.

The menu is also dotted with wraps, salads and To be truthful I don’t think I’ve ever had bad sushi. quinoa bowls. During warmer months, they offer And this was no exception. The rolls were presented juice cleanses for the public. Recently, they’ve in adorable clusters and tasted as delicious as they paired with Barre & Soul, a yoga studio just down looked. I could have used a little more wasabi, but

99 Bow Street Portsmouth, NH 03801

SURF Sushi is a little restaurant right on the water in downtown Portsmouth. Although it’s little, don’t let the size fool you. SURF serves up some of the most gourmet sushi in the Seacoast.

SURF makes unique rolls like the Bacon and Egg roll, which they explain as: Crispy Shallot Rice, Sweet Fries, Scallion and Sriracha Custard Topped with Crispy Pork Belly, Bacon Maple Tamari, Sriracha Pudding, and Scallion Lemon Zest. Yes… this is alongside dozens of other run of the mill and some other crazy sushi options. But they don’t stop there. SURF also offers dessert sushi, including a “banana split” which is a chocolate crepe rolled with whipped cream and sliced bananas, topped with homemade caramel, walnuts, and strawberry sauce.

They also offer a wide variety of familiar draft beers while also having an entire cocktail menu including the famous Saki bomb.

When I went to eat here, I was alarmed by the hour-long wait on a Wednesday only to find out that every Wednesday all sushi is half price… an absolute steal of 9 rolls of your choice for only $4.50. Whether you go in to get a unique cocktail, or just want some quality California rolls, be sure to check out SURF sushi next time you’re in downtown Portsmouth.

Sake’s Seating

Lobster at Surf

Juice at The Fresh Press

Surf ’s Raw Bar

Salad at The Fresh Press

Sushi at Sake

Book Reviews By: Jamie Smith

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or those looking to read a star-studded account of what it means to be an upand-coming female television writer and star, feel free to steer clear of Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) and Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned.” However, if the idea of reading two thoughtful accounts of trying to do what you love while navigating the nuanced position of being a successful female in Hollywood’s boy club, run, do not walk to your nearest bookstore.

Both works follow in the footsteps of Tina Fey’s Bossypants, the gold standard for memoirs from female writers in recent years. Despite this, both women are able to manage to not get pigeon-holed into just another funny book by just another funny lady thanks to their unique points of view. Kaling, for example, is the Indian-American daughter of two immigrants who initially rose to fame in an award-winning off-Broadway play she wrote with her best friend, entitled Matt & Ben (which chronicled the fictitious writing of the film Good

Will Hunting by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

Kaling portrayed Affleck, naturally). Dunham, an Emmy-award nominated actress-writer-producerdirector extraordinaire, grew up in the decadent art world of New York City, and is known for her energetic brand of feminism.

past four seasons, with the cast of characters in Dunham’s life as equally neurotic as those she writes for on-screen. However, Not That Kind Of Girl certainly casts a smaller net than Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? It is overall a no-holdsbarred narrative that details more-taboo issues of rape and mental illness, as well as a slightly Kaling’s collection of essays is perhaps the more overwhelming feeling of morbidity that is not for light-hearted of the two. It has the salty wit of her the faint of heart.

Twitter account combined with the semi-delusional voice of her television alter-ego Mindy Lahiri.

Both suffer from a lack of focus at times, which Separated into seven sections with titles like “I is to be expected for first-time authors, even those Forget Nothing: A Sensitive Kid Looks Back,” and who write for a living, albeit in a different kind “I Love New York And It Likes Me Okay,” Kaling’s of media. Both are at their best, however, when book travels chronologically through her life from they simply recount experiences from their own being a child who “vacillate[d] along the spectrum respective lives rather than waxing philosophical from chubby to full-on fat” to the woman who is about movie reboots or email revenge. Kaling’s behind the writing of two of the most successful retelling of her failed attempt at being an comedies in the past decade - The Office and The SNL writer, or Dunham’s explanation of the Mindy Project. unparallelled bonds that only sisters can share, remind the reader just how relatable the two of Dunham’s book, on the other hand, is almost as them are. As an aspiring novelist (and, incidentally, witty but decidedly darker. For fans of her HBO a female) myself, I couldn’t ask for better books to hit Girls, Dunham’s essays will come as a welcome take inspiration from. extension to what they have already seen for the

To Whom It May Concern: By: Adria Kajenski

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here is no doubt that the University of New Hampshire has a lot to offer its students: engaging academic opportunities, award winning services, campus recreation programs, and much more. The University provides several facilities to its students, encouraging individuals to be the absolute best that they can be.

There is the Dimond Library, facilitating access to information and fostering intellectual leadership. It has computer access, individual spaces to work, silent study rooms, and areas for group collaboration. In addition to Dimond Library, there are two more libraries: one for physics, and one for physical sciences and engineering.

Another facility available to students is the Hamel Student Recreation Center. It offers exercise equipment, courts for club and intramural activities, a suspended track, and even personal fitness training. This inclusive gymnasium is open seven days a week, promoting a healthy lifestyle for students of all majors.

as practices and games. One cannot possibly take In rebuttal to this proposal, one may argue that the motto one way, however. It is just as important the university cannot afford such a tremendous esfor athletes to excel in their classes as it is for CEPS tablishment. This argument counters itself, howevstudents to live healthy, athletic lifestyles. er, if one only steps back and surveys the situation in the long run. Students graduating from the ColIt is now that I would like to propose an idea as lege of Engineering and Physical Sciences step foot innovative as the Student-Athlete Center for Exceloff campus with not only a diploma, but also extenlence: the Active Student System for Excellence and sive technological training. Engineering graduates Strength (ASSES). Similar to athletes, students in are known for easily finding employment, and are the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences rewarded with high starting salaries. If they continstart off with a very imbalanced schedule. Within ue to work hard and apply themselves, these will be busy schedules there are lengthy labs, spanning as the individuals who will have economic freedom long as five hours, recitation groups several times further into adulthood. These will be the individper week, all in addition to regular lectures and uals who are likely to make a contribution in the the difficulty of course material. In a typical week, form of a donation back to the University of New many STEM students overlook the importance of Hampshire. a healthy lifestyle and regular exercise.

If one is to donate to their alma mater, it can be inferred that they had a positive experience at said institution. In order for that to occur, the university must extend itself to all students. Focusing on the well being of only part of the population does not ensure the quality of life the University of New Hampshire offers for all.

“Since the University is focused on a well-rounded athlete, there is no reason it should neglect the well-rounded engineer.�

It has come to my attention that there has been a proposal for a Student-Athlete Center for Excellence. This institution would support athletes, providing study rooms staffed with tutors. It is quite Since the University is focused on the well-roundobvious to any observer that the other three librared athlete, there is no reason it should neglect the ies are insufficient for athletes; they require their well-rounded engineer. ASSES, the parallel to the own atmosphere.

Center for Excellence will be open to students in In the proposal, it is explicitly stated that the CEPS, giving students advice and opportunities in university exults itself on the fact that its students fitness training. If the University of New Hampsucceed with balancing both academics and athlet- shire has the opportunity to dedicate its time and ics. Therefore, it is crucial that athletes be granted resources to cater to athletes, it should have the this opportunity. Athletes essentially pursue a full same ability to assist STEM students. time job; they are required to attend classes as well

To summarize, the Active Student System for Excellence and Strength would improve the quality of life for engineering students, just as the Student-Athlete Center for Excellence would improve the lifestyle of athletes. If a university is planning on indulging in treatment for athletes, it only makes sense that it care for students of all backgrounds.

I firmly believe that a gymnasium for CEPS students would better the student body, ultimately proving that everybody at this institution is capable of balancing academics and athletics.

Insult or Empowerment?

The Power of Words By: Jamie Smith

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op quiz: what do Monica Lewinsky (the most infamous woman of the ‘90s), Mo’ne Davis (teen baseball phenom), and me, Jamie Smith, have in common?

A. We have all gone to the Little League World Series B. We have all given TED talks C. We all write for Main St. Magazine D. We have all been called “sluts”

Do you think you know the answer? I know, they all sound pretty plausible, but only one is correct.

Alright, I’ll spill. The answer is D.

old (hello, good role model!), an infielder for the Bloomsburg University baseball team named Joey Cassleberry took to social media and tweeted: “Disney is making a movie about Mo’ne Davis. What a joke. That slut got rocked by Nebraska.” Cassleberry was suspended indefinitely from the team, and later deleted his twitter page (though—get this— Davis not only offered her forgiveness, but she also asked that he be reinstated on the team, though Bloomsburg has stood by their original decision).

Now, context tells us that Cassleberry was not using “slut” in an endearing way. Instead, he picked the word out of the large hat full of words that are used to both sexualize and degrade women. This is obviously not reappropriation, and it is unfortunately not necessarily a unique experience, as the number of those who think it’s a good idea to run their mouth has become disproportionately large in comparison to those who actually have anything of substance to say.

Another word gaining traction as one that has been reappropriated is “fat.” There are people who are part of the body positive movement (as well as those within similar movements such as the fat acceptance movement and healthy at every size) who have decided to use “fat” as a favorable term associated with a sense of pride in overweight bodies, be it their own or the bodies of others. As someone who has been overweight her whole life, I cannot see myself reclaiming the word “fat” anytime soon.

It was too often used as ammunition against me by peers who could not come up with anything more clever to say, so I would find it difficult to somehow turn that hurt into something positive. Don’t get me wrong—I don’t avoid the word itself. I’m fat, and I’d be the first person to say so, but it’s not a source of pride for me.

priation.

The most important thing to remember when it comes to reappropriation is context. Without context of words, tone of voice, setting in which the word is being said, and relationship to the person who’s saying it, those words are all in somewhat-sticky territory of “is this a slur, or does it hold a more neutral or even positive meaning?”

Yes, having been called a slut has apparently put me in good company, but it is not a badge that I wear with pride. “Slut,” in fact, is one of the more tame examples of words I have been called. And I am aware that my experience is not unique—not a day goes by when I don’t overhear someone on Slut is not the only woman-related slur that campus referring to someone else by another filthy seems to come up in conversation. The one that I term, sometimes in jest, but oftentimes not. hear (and use) most often is “bitch.” While “bitch” Yet there is a growing linguistic trend that you’re by definition means female dog (something that most likely aware of but do not know the prop- seemed to entertain my male middle school classer term for. It is how, in recent years, members mates to no end), it has become somewhat of a filler of different cultural, ethnic, gender, and religious word that can apply to just about anything. Is she categories (just to name a few) have begun using being mean? She’s a bitch. Does he seem whipped? words that have been previously, and often still are, He’s a bitch. Is she high-strung? She’s a bitch. He used to degrade them. This trend is so new that doesn’t want to go out tonight? He’s a bitch. even spell check doesn’t recognize it (and that’s how However, “bitch” is sometimes used in a posiyou know, obviously). It is called reappropriation. tive, sometimes even endearing manner. You can Wikipedia, the be-all and end-all of information, be a Bad Bitch, a Boss Bitch, or the Head Bitch defines reappropriation as “the cultural process by in Charge. You can call a friend to have a “bitch which a group reclaims… terms or artifacts that session,” or get complimented on your “bitchin’” were previously used in a way disparaging of that car. I have, at one point or another, referred to my group.” friends as “my bitches.” This is, in a sense, reapproIt is suggested by some scholars that reappropriation began around the 1990s when those in the LGBTQ community and their allies desired to find a word more universal than words like “gay” and “lesbian.” It was at this time that the previously-offensive term “queer” began to gain traction as perhaps a more acceptable alternative.

In the 20+ years since then, other pejoratives have once again become present on the public consciousness as words that are acceptable, and in some cases, affectionate, at least in the opinion of some. Such words include the N-word, bitch, fat, the C-word, nerd, and the previously-mentioned slut. However, in a country where media figures and politicians seem to waffle between excessive political correctness and inadmissible amounts of ignorance at any given moment, there still remains often an extremely fine line between such a word being used in a positive manner or as a pejorative.

For clarity’s sake, let’s revisit the case of Mo’ne Davis. After it was announced that the Disney Channel would be making a movie about the 13-year-

At the risk of overstepping my bounds, it is important for me to speak about the N-word. This is perhaps the most prominent example of reappropriation. It is a word I hear daily on this campus, in music, and in television and film. There are folks of all races who have come out either strongly for use of the word or strongly against it. As I am white, I personally feel under-qualified to have an opinion on whether its use is right or wrong, but I can certainly see both sides. For some, the word is representative of years of oppression (which we are unfortunately still very much in today), while others truly find it to be empowering. There is an added layer to use of this word when it comes to inter-group versus intra-group use, as in, can this word only have a reappropriated meaning among those in the black community, or can everyone use it? Obviously, the jury is still out on this and other words as they continue to evolve in meaning and drift in and out of public consciousness.

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the word that has been named the most offensive word in the English language (not by me, although I wholeheartedly agree with the decision): the C-word. The C-word seems to be one of the more polarizing pejoratives (which, I guess, would make it easy for some to attempt to reappropriate it). I have friends Lastly, as we all evolve into educated adults, who love to say it, and others who hate it (like me). many of us will have opinions on what words strike Regardless of how anyone feels about the word, it is a chord with us. Words hold immense power, and decidedly controversial. therefore it is unwise to be afraid of them. While this is not to say we should all take the insults Perhaps the C-word is so controversial because of thrown at us and start using them as our best traits what it means. We all know that the word refers to for things like job interviews or dating profiles, takfemale genitalia, and while it is not the only word ing the power away from the words might lessen that does so, it is the harshest. The C-word, along the hurt, if only a bit. As the great Albus Dumblewith it’s tamer synonyms (you know what they dore once said, “Fear of a name only increases fear are), takes something that should just be a source of the thing itself.” And those are truly words to of pleasure for women and turns it into something live by. bad and dirty and wrong. It equates women with what is under their clothes, and as a woman, I feel *Author’s note: some language in this article may that few things could be more degrading. be upsetting. Also, all opinions expressed are my own.*

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UNH: Four Years Ago and Now By: Jeff Lutz

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pulled onto Main Street with my car packed full back, along with great beers on tap that would alwith all of my belongings. I was about to start ways quench your thirst and give you something a new chapter in my life here at the University different than the typical Bud Light flavor. The of New Hampshire. I came here alone and now, I am leaving with memories, the friends I have met, the education I have gained and the secure feeling that I know I am ready to go out into the world. As I drive through campus today, with only a short three weeks until graduation, I think back to the way this place used to look before a plethora of construction moved in and refaced downtown to a much better looking and comfortable living situation. The old town feel is gone.

Going back, I reflect on taking the Mast Road bus from the commuter lot where I used to live at Bryant Park, years before the Lodges were even a known thing and the Cottages weren’t even a rumor. I would come down and do the Durham 500 and pass a old wooden “white house” as they would call it, that is now the Pettee Brook Apartments with underground parking that just isn’t the same college feel that it once was. Coming around the corner on Ballard Street, where a Subway and Aroma Joe’s coffee establishment have taken over, used to be the home of my favorite bar, called Ballard’s Bar and Grill, which was a great place to watch a game on a big old box TV that would sit in the

“I remember when the Paul College wasn’t even there and walking past Stoke to get onto campus in the winter wasn’t a cold wind tunnel that would make you want to turn around and go home.”

bar was the only bar in town where you could get a bucket of beers and sit out on Main Street and watch your fellow Wildcats go through their day. I guess someone decided coffee was better than beer but I would have to respectfully disagree.

I remember when the Paul College wasn’t even

there and walking past Stoke to get onto campus in the winter wasn’t a cold wind tunnel that would make you want to turn around and go home. As nice as the building is now and something that will be great for the future students, it wasn’t the same picture I had in my mind from the first time I stepped on this campus. I have seen the Taco Mano location become many different places such as another Mexican place that gave people food poisoning, a overpriced macaroni and cheese place (I prefer my Kraft), and JP’s, which was a sandwich place that was featured on the show Man vs. Food.

I remember when the sun could shine down on the “Banana House” before Froyo World and the apartments above shadowed down over it As I am graduating, I do notices the changes on campus and it does make me happy. It makes me happy that the students who come after me will get their own pictures in their mind of what campus is to them and the great things that are still being offered and the new things that will come after me.

The stories are endless and my time here has been priceless. I hope to come back in a few years and see the new UNH and the benefits it gives to the future Wildcats. They’re making the best choice of their lives by attending the University of New Hampshire.

Two-Dollar Tuesdays By: Lilly Radack

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hat could be better than driving ten minutes down route 4 on a Tuesday night, and not worry about being on a poor, college-kid budget? Bowling has recently gone off the radar for the younger generation, but it is still just as fun as it was when we were kids. We’ve sadly aged past third grade and don’t have birthday parties with cake and ice cream in the party room anymore.

UNH students like to have a good time, while not breaking the bank. This can pose a challenge when a movie ticket costs fifteen-dollars, and Chipotle guacamole is an extra two bucks. Luckily, I have the answer to solve your cheap entertainment issue, and it comes in the shape of a big ball and two dollars.

Between 4pm-11pm, Dover Bowl has Two-Dollar Tuesdays, a fun activity that has not been publicized and celebrated for far too long. When they

say two dollars they mean it. Two-dollar shoes, games, 16 oz. Bud Light draft, laser tag, bumper cars, and food specials. If you are looking for an excuse to not start your final paper next week, Dover Bowl on a Tuesday is not a bad place to be.

night. Looking at the arena from the outside it doesn’t look like much, but when you enter it is a war zone. For the first half of the game I had my laser gun pointed in the wrong way, maybe that’s my fault, but I’d like to blame my friends for being too amped up that I couldn’t hear the guy telling Walking into Dover Bowl is an experience in itme what to do. I guess that’s what you get when self. It is set back in a side parking lot in Dover, a you go to Dover Bowl with all men. little bit sketchy, but don’t be alarmed. Noise erupts in your ears upon entry. There is a widespread ageOnce we were all sweating and tired from the inrange, stretching from elementary students with tensity of what felt like the real-life Hunger Games, bumpers, to old guys that are intense ballers, curv- we decided to bowl. Now the bowling can be ining strikes one after the other. timidating when assigned in a lane next to the beer bellied 55+, putting spin on the balls and getting My friends and I were a little overwhelmed by perfect strikes. Fortunately for me, we were put the smorgasbord of Dover’s finest, swearing and next to two 15 year olds on an awkward date with getting maybe a little too tipsy on the two doltheir moms, who were pretty bad, so I didn’t have lar drafts. We spent about three-hours there that to worry. night, playing two games of laser tag, three games of bowling and indulging in mozzarella sticks and Overall my experience at Dover Bowl was that in cheap bud lights. itself, an experience, and I will definitely be going back.

The laser tag was probably the highlight of our

A Summer in Scotland By: Melisa Donovan

Establishing Place By: Brady Brickner-Wood

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’m a senior, and I still don’t know what and where the different quads are. I have never been inside Kingsbury Hall, nor have I been exposed to the dystopian grounds of Christianson and Williamson. Growing up in Durham has provided me a surprisingly low amount of insight pertaining to the UNH campus. But over the past three years I have developed a special sense of place at the University, a sense of place I never had when I was younger. The younger me hadn’t stepped foot in the dysfunctional bathrooms of Hamilton Smith, nor waited in lines at bars I once thought were harmless family restaurants. The younger me had yet to be exposed to the peculiar, important dimensions of Durham, dimensions only accessible to students.

Twenty-two years ago, after my dad was hired as Durham’s town manager, my parents and brother moved into a one-story home on Durham Point Road. Since birth I have lived in this same house.

It is UNH that kept us in Durham when my dad left his job to attend seminary school. He became director of the Waysmeet Center, the white and blue house across from C-Lot, where he has spent the last fifteen years organizing food baskets and hosting community dinners.

My six-year-old brain was just beginning to retain information around this time, so many of my childhood memories include being around the University. There are images of my brother and I staring out my dad’s cluttered office window into the crowded lawns of college apartments as he talks with students. There is the three of us walking into Breaking New Grounds in knee high snow, drinking hot chocolate and eating M&M cookies on black leather couches. There are the campus events my parents brought us to, like the dimly lit, under-attended amateur rap show in the Granite State room (sorry mom), or The Roots sold-out concert on April 20th (I was twelve and perplexed by the clouds of yellow smoke billowing from the crowd).

There was the annual U-Day, where my friends and I would consume free burgers and soda, gushing

over all the good-looking college girls.

And no, I didn’t party at UNH when I was in high school. Okay, once, but I was fifteen and Dylan Kelly and I had nothing to do on the Fourth of July. On the contrary, growing up in Durham felt rather distant from UNH. College students were mere indicators for seasonal change: We knew it was spring when frat boys emerged onto their lawns shirtless and drinking beers; Summer when downtown Durham had barren sidewalks and empty parking spaces; Winter when hockey game traffic clogged-up Main Street. The University was a shadowy, foreboding set of buildings a little ways away from downtown, a place where most of us vowed never to attend college.

I almost immediately disregarded UNH when I began looking at schools. How could I enter adulthood in a place so intimately intertwined with my childhood? My house was a ten-minute drive from campus, and thirty percent of my high school graduating class would be going. Instead I went to the farthest, most aberrant school I applied to: West Virginia University. I had some growing up to do, I thought, and that growing up had to be done else where, anywhere, as long as it was far away from Like many of those who initially venture off into various places for college, I transferred back to my in state University after one year. I was socially relegated to freshman status all over again, and like all freshmen know, that first fall semester is a titanic of new information. I had classes in buildings I didn’t know existed; the locations of water fountains and restrooms and trashcans were subtle mysteries that took multiple semesters to master; the best study spots were still unknown; the quickest paths to different places on campus took extended trial and error. But every year got easier. The titanic eventually transformed into a small, maneuverable canoe.

I can now paddle around the calm, familiar waters of campus, smiling and waving to the other canoes that go by.

has been complicated. There have been moments where I have greatly resented UNH and the baggage that is so inextricably attached to it. But as I near graduation, I feel very comfortable paddling through campus in my proverbial canoe, traversing the soft waves of academics, relationships, and personal transformation that are so synonymous with the undergraduate experience.

This is the sense of place I have established. The familiarity and feeling associated with locations around the University are as tangible as any brick building or fallen autumn leaf. As a sophomore, I cherished my slow afternoon bike ride from Campus Rec to the Mills. As a junior, I loved passing the daycare center on my walk home to the Woodside’s. Insignificant locations morph into quiet memorials: Under that tree on T-Hall is where I would study and eat lunch. The small wooden bridge before Horton is where we first met. The back door behind the basketball courts is where I would wait for you to come outside. These have been the moments that have made UNH real to me, real beyond childhood memories, my dad’s work, or my family life. I’m still more recognized around campus as Larry’s son than Brady, but that’s okay. Many areas of my life have blended together to form one, unified experience.

I have an unsettling desire for change, though.

After nearly twenty-two years of establishing place in this one, dynamic town, I think it’s about time to leave. I imagine I’ll miss the snowy walks down Main Street, the smooth drives on Durham Point Road, the sweet sense of academic obligation. I’ll soon meditate on the ghosts of people that will now solely exist in the fabric of my memory. UNH has only broadened my concept of home, as I’m sure it has for most of us. But before we say goodbye, spreading around the globe like tiny ants, discovering truths of our own and establishing a sense of place somewhere else, take a moment to commemorate yourself for the world you have created here.

Look around. Look at your memorials. You did it, As a transfer student, my college experience and you’re sure to do it again.

Cal Kehoe: A New Sound to the Tri-State Area

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By: Matt James ith two guitars, two pedal boards, and two separate channels, one local musician redefines the term, one-man band.

Cal Kehoe is a 21-year-old musician touring across the New England Tri-state area of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York at venues such as the House of Blues Foundation Room, Daryl’s House, Church of Boston, and many different local clubs and private events. His repertoire of songs includes unique covers, and a slew of originals.

“He got me up and going and I’m not twenty,” said Lorraine Nelson at one of Kehoe’s recent shows at the Cobbs Mill Inn. “I liked when he played Michael Jackson.”

Kehoe performs the music of The Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, Phish, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Bruno Mars, Lorde and various other old and new artists.

One of Kehoe’s biggest attributes is his ability with live looping. Similar to Andrew Bird, Ed Sheeran, and Reggie Watts, this is where Kehoe records numerous instrumental tracks through various guitar pedals all live, right in front of the audience. He has been known to record everything from simple rhythm patterns on his guitar to his own voice during shows. Looping allows Kehoe to have multiple tracks of different melodies and instruments to expand over and create a sound much like that of having an actual band behind him.

“I make sure every song consists of some loop, even if it’s the most minimal thing,” said Kehoe.

“It’s really tough for an acoustic guitar player to walk into a bar or club setting and play alone with just soft acoustic songs. That’s never been my intention.”

Kehoe has been playing alone, without a band, for a while now and has only just joined up with

local Connecticut bands, BKP and Branchwater as it, “find where the music is leading it all and what a singer and guitarist. Even then, he continues to tone I am trying to convey.” play numerous gigs as a solo act, making the most “At the end of the day my songs seem to have one of his virtuoso and looping techniques to create a underlying theme, and that’s hope, because I’m sick sound that gets people up and moving. of writing about heartbreak,” said Kehoe.

“I have one objective with my songs and that is Cal is listening to a lot of current music right to try to get people to dance no matter what,” said now, but also a lot of Indie music such as Iron Kehoe. “Songs you can bounce your head to are and Wine and Andrew Bird. Jeff Buckley and the my favorite.”

Grateful Dead are other big hits on Kehoe’s current Kehoe recently recorded a live, debut EP of five playlist and specifically while writing, he finds himoriginals at Wireframe Studios on March 22 in self listening to a lot of Motown, Curtis Mayfield, Brookfield, Ct with percussionist, Q Gelderman and The Beatles. on four of the songs. He is currently selling copies Though Kehoe has many plans for this spring of the live performance at shows for $10 each and and summer, he will be continuing to play numerhas plans to complete a full-length album within ous shows for Live Nation VIP and House of Blues the next year. events.

“I’m shocked at how good it sounded,” said KeIn past shows he has played an impressive line-up hoe. “I’m really excited about it.” of side stage events for artists such as Bob Dylan, The single on the album is one of his most recent Wilco, My Morning Jacket, John Mayer, Allman Brothers Band, Zac Brown Band, Dave Matthews originals, “This Could Work.”

Band, Steely Dan, Steve Winwood, and Citizen The song is bursting with an addictive inspiraCope. tion and passion that you could only feel through With his many covers and Americana Rock orighearing its driving chorus and melodic main riff that brings you to a confidence you never knew inals, Cal Kehoe is definitely making an impact on the local scene and clearly branching out in ways you had. that he himself may have never fully imagined.

With an always-changing set list, Kehoe finishes The positive feedback from his crowds, and the around four or five new covers and two to three crowds themselves are growing to create a reputanew originals every month. tion for Cal that many up and coming artists would The writing process for him currently consists of kill for. He is sure to be on the rise and only just a handheld recorder, his guitar (either the Martin beginning in his journey with music. acoustic or one his many electrics including a Fend“Play what they want to hear until what they er Strat, Telecaster, and a Gibson SG), and mountains of phonetics and gibberish piled up to make want to hear is you,” said Kehoe. “And make them feel comfortable, because then we’re safe for the rest the rough sketches of an initial melody and song. of the night.”

From there, he takes a minute to step back and Cal can always be reached at calkehoe.com observe what’s in front of him. He calls it an “organic process,” where he tries not to force anything and instead just listens to his melody. As he put

Alone at the MoSex By: Rebecca Ma

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ack in December I went on a dorm trip to New York. As we’re all adults here, we were given ten hours of free time to wander around the city to dick around.

It was my first time in the city and I was determined to not be a tourist. To set the mood, it was cold, dark, and pissing rain. My clothes were all soaked through and I was miserable. Out of the darkness was a bright beacon of light that was The Museum of Sex. The Museum of Sex. or the “MoSex,” is exactly what the name suggests, a museum dedicated to the history, cultural significance, and evolution of sex among humans and other species.

Being a person, I felt that this was my chance to make the pilgrimage to place that was probably full of kinky shit and sex jokes.

The ground level is the museum store where anyone can get in. Going in alone, I was scared. I’ve always been an anxious and awkward person, and this wasn’t helping. Given that I was wearing all black and alone in a place where couples were looking at vibrators together, I felt pretty out of place.

Luckily the employees can smell fear and are some of the nicest people that I’ve ever encountered. The first one I met when I walked in encouraged me to touch the toys on display and play with them.

For some reason, there was plastic fruit everywhere.

There were a bunch of bananas and a pineapple on the shelves. All of the employees try to make it a fun place. They would dance with the music playing in the store. They were pretty rad.

I started my journey through the museum upstairs. The first room I went into was about Linda Lovelace. If you don’t know who Linda Lovelace is, she was a porn star somewhere in the seventies famous for her movie “Deep Throat”. “Deep Throat” is about a girl whose clitoris is in her throat so she could only achieve an orgasm through deep

throating her doctor. One wall of the room had “Deep Throat” projected on repeat so we could all see what the fuss was about. The room started with Linda Lovelace’s history and then went to her debut as a porn star. They talked about her cultural impact in the porn industry and American culture in the seventies. She reported that her husband, who was also the director of a lot of her movies, was

“Not going to lie, but it did change how I viewed sex a little bit. It showed that there was much more to sex than two or more people doing funny stuff with their hips and hands.” physically and mentally abusive towards her. Before her death in 2002, she was an active spokeswoman for the anti-porn movement. The entire room was a tribute to her and her impact on the culture of sex and porn.

I wasn’t entirely sure where I was going but I ended up at the playground. It was dark, there was a weird scent in the air, and it was a bit surreal.

The first thing I saw was a glass thing that held Jello shaped like breasts. It was edible and made for people to eat if there was an employee present to hand them out. The next thing was a mirror maze.

The goal was to find the G-spot. Next to it was a bouncy house built into the wall. It just had giant

blow up breasts inside and enough room for adults to bounce inside. When I was leaving the room, the last thing I saw was a rock wall with breasts, butts, and penises as the rocks. As I am an immature adult, I sort of regret not having fun the way that an immature adult would.

The next few rooms were just the biology of sex.

It covered sex in other species and included genitalia, mating rituals, and homosexuality. While it was boring and very straightforward, it wasn’t completely serious. What kept it from being just a biology lecture were the paper mache sculptures of dolphins, pandas and stags having sex. My favorite was the ménage-a-trois of the stags. The last room I visited upstairs was the art room. They had various art pieces depicting sex in different ways. Some were abstract, some were detailed. There were two main sculptures. One was a giant wooden penis on one end of the room. The other was a much longer sculpture made out bike parts that people could touch. When you cranked the bike pedal, all the parts moved to make the dildo at the end thrust.

The Museum of Sex was an experience. It was weird and wonderful at the same time. It really showed a different side of sex rather than just innuendos. It showed why sex is so important and why sex between anyone should never be condemned.

Not going to lie, but it did change how I viewed sex a little bit. It showed that there was much more to sex than two or more people doing funny stuff with their hips and hands. I think that it was a brilliantly done museum that seamlessly blended the art and science of sexwith innuendos and a chance to be immature. If you’re ever in New York, it’s not a bad idea to spend an hour or two there.

A Millenial’s Loss: The Rise and Fall of the Female Guitarist By: Katie McAuliffe

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hen I was sixteen I fell for my first musician. Doug was a tall lacrosse boy who ran with the silently proclaimed nonconformist crowd. All of their dissension operated at a 15 degree angle. Hair an inch too long.

Ears stretched a lobe too many. Mind blazed an hour too soon. Doug had the work ethic of a Dartmouth-legacy mixed with the contrived apathy of a punk kid.

I fell fast and carelessly. I was a smart and socially ambitious groupie. He played bass in a pop-punk group that sometimes paused halfway through their songs so that the lead guitarist could facetiously spit freestyle. Like many high school boys, he uploaded videos of himself playing acoustic guitar on Facebook. We did not have real chemistry but he was intelligent and the other girls said he was good-looking and there was this thing about guitar players.

There’s always been this thing about guitar players.

From the Beatlemania-inducing charm of Paul McCartney to the dazed-out daydream of Kurt Cobain, male guitarists take up many pages in the archives of history’s sex symbols.

A surge in research over the past several years has attempted to demystify the libido-driving essence of the male guitarist. A French study published in the Psychology of Music in 2013 demonstrated that women were more attracted to ostensible musicians.

The study, conducted by researchers at France’s

Université de Bretagne-Sud, was orchestrated by having a conventionally attractive young man approach three-hundred women of a similar age in a moderately-sized French city and deliver the infallible line, “I think you’re really pretty,” before asking for their number. This is where you want to pay close attention.

Beyond the egregious hand heteronormativity played in all of these studies, lays another frustrating fact. Out of all of the studies I found, only one of them also touted the perceptions garnered by female musicians. That study was done as an after-thought to the male-centric first experiment.

Of course, musical talent is an attractive attribute regardless of gender identity and sexual orientation, but the scientific community’s disregard to even consider women as part of this group, or rather, just acknowledge that men do not make up the whole of it, echoes a problem that has existed for centuries. An exclusion of women from music.

And in its contemporary form, an evident rift between female musicians, especially guitarists, and Other analogous studies have had similar findmainstream rock music. ings.

The proliferation of rock music in the 60s and The French researchers proposed that heterosexthe 70s served as an impetus for women entering ual women are more sexually attracted to musithe scene. Although there were certainly female cians because they are associated with both elevated guitarists in the 50s, and even 30s and 40s (see physical and intellectual abilities and laudable work Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Memphis Minnie) who ethic. Since guitar cases can conjure up images of were formative as female role models, the two folfamous musicians, some heterosexual women may lowing decades introduced female guitarists into subconsciously conflate an instrument holder with the cultural diet of the United States. modern notions of achievement and wealth.

Festivals like Woodstock, where guitarists like The sexual selection theory, supported by DarJoan Baez and Melanie were showcased, were critwin, proposes that human’s propensity for music ical in the rise of these soon-to-be folk and rock developed out of early courtship rituals. That’s stars. The 70s brought with it the Pretender’s Chrisright. Your Santana-esque way around a guitar is sie Hynde, Heart’s leading-lady Nancy Wilson, and just nature’s way of spreading musical pheromones.

Patti Smith among many others. Joan Jett brought Do I present this research to encourage young, overt female sexuality into the 80s rock scene and matriculating men to purposelessly transport guitar blues-handed Bonnie Raitt began to dominate cases around campus? No, there’s enough of that the top charts with her slide master ballads. Kim Gordon was the noise rock queen and helped carry already.

For a third of these interactions the dapper man carried a sports bag with him, for another third he carried nothing and for the last third he carried a guitar case. The anonymous Don Juan received the most phone numbers with guitar case in tow, 31 percent, while the sports bag and empty arms received a 9 and 14 percent success rate, respectively.

The erasure of women from the festival scene is especially jarring when you consider that the majority of festival-goers are women. According to the UK Festival Census 2013, 58 percent of festival attendees were women, while 42 percent were men.

Of course it goes to say that gender parity is a problem in every musical realm, with the exception of pop, and even the underground scene isn’t exempt. Meanwhile Joan Jett and Bonnie Raitt still boast sold out shows with no contenders waiting in the wings to take their crowns.

So is alternative festival world and the mainstream alternative charts a flawed barometer of women in music? Yes. But all of these observations are not without purpose. When children choose instruments to try in school or pursue privately they are never without influence. For every future guitar hero, there is an unsung guitar heroine. This is where mainstream alternative music counts. The more exposure young girls have to seeing female musicians, the more likely they are to pick it up on their own.

It should be said that the position of rock in mainstream music makes this all the more difficult. It is difficult for any rock band to break into the top 40, even for the legacy groups.

So are women being actively barred from the musical arena? And if so, why?

The ‘why’ question becomes difficult to answer, at least topically. I could decry mainstream media and question the role of public school music programs. I could stumble over theories of the guitar as a phallic symbol and the intentional exclusion of women from the rock scene as a dramatized display of machismo. I could mourn the fact that when Rolling Stone had a team of critics and musicians peg down the best 100 guitarists of all time, only two were women and no one really seemed to be upset by that fact. I could lecture all of my male guitarist friends about how uncomfortable it is to be the only woman in a Guitar Center.

This is where the rhetoric can run dry. The gatekeepers of mainstream media have historically curated notions of gender and race in order to exclude marginalized groups from infringing on their exploitative profit structure.

Is there a need for large mainstream alternative festival for female and gender non-conforming musicians? Most likely. Should we allow the presence of women in an underground scene to excuse their erasure elsewhere? Of course not. Are we in a desperate need for mainstream rock to file more women in its ranks? Absolutely.

So French social scientists, let’s think beyond the realm of superficial desire and clever haircuts. Could the historical alignment of male guitarists as sex symbols be more of a function of social exclusion than genetic wiring? If there was a Joan Jett for every Kurt Cobain, what would the male guitarist’s pick-up success rate be then? Would irrelevant scientific studies still be funded to find out? Would it even matter? *** It didn’t take long in high school to see that the guitar and drummer boys could get the girls. I spent sufficient time chasing and being chased by them.

I went to all of Doug’s shows, memorized the words to his band’s awful songs and positioned myself in the mid-back of the audience to suggest a slight disinterest. Ultimately word spread that Doug had a list of over 5 girls he had varying degrees of crushes on. I made his chauvinistic list but wasn’t picked.

So I picked up guitar instead.

There’s always been this thing about guitar players.

It’s funny how little of an effect their musical charm has on you when you’re one of them.

Sonic Youth to relative commercial success in the 90s.

Although the tidal following of these female guitarists was still felt in the 90s, mainstream music was becoming a harder cultural landscape for them to prosper. The third wave of feminism brought in the riot grrrl mentality and while Bikini Kill and Sleater-Kinney were using rock as a subversive force, they were not as interested when it came to stirring up the sales-driven charts. So women had their place in rock, even if it regulated to late-night bustles in dive bars. The marriage between feminism and punk rock thrived upon one fact: a woman playing a guitar was still coded as a deviant behavior.

To that I utter in a hoarse, ghoulish whisper: Brochella.

Coachella, one of the largest music and arts festivals in the country, sits in a desert chaparral in Indio, California. Now in its 16th year, Coachella positions itself as a musically-inclusive festival, representing artists from many genres and nationalities. Unfortunately their near two-decade reign has been clumsy and tactless when it comes to gender parity. According to Slate, out of all the top-billed acts in the festival’s history, only two have been female-fronted.

That’s right two. Björk headlined in 2002 and 2007 and Portishead in 2008.

That’s what progress looks like, right?

By the 2000s the mainstream female guitarist had disappeared. Well to be Slate reports that this year only 13.5 percent, or 22 of the 162 acts, in the fair, millennials were afforded the pleasure of cheering on Avril Lavigne and full three-day Coachella line-up are female-fronted, which is another way of Taylor Swift. Alanis Morissette and Tracy Chapman could only do so much. saying there are some female vocalists in the mix. That percentage means even Pop and booze-jams ruled the charts and mainstream rock became a boy’s club less when you consider that even only having a female lead vocalist can desigonce again. nate an otherwise all-male group as part of the female percentage.

So what do the prospects look like as of late?

While Coachella is easy to villainize, other large music festivals are equalAccording to Billboard’s Top 50 Alternative Songs Chart of 2014, only one ly culpable. Quick break-down of percent of female-fronted groups by each female guitarist, a solo act Meg Meyers, made it on the list. Unsurprisingly, festival: most of the women brushing Billboard shoulders with the many, many dudes Summerfest = 21% on it were vocalists. Keyboardists were the second most common, with two represented, and guitarists and drummers were tied for last with one of each Bonnaroo = 22% musical profession being represented.

Firefly = 24% I’m being too myopic here, right? The college radio scene is booming with Lollapalooza = 25% leading ladies like Courtney Barnett and St. Vincent who pack full houses and capture the musical hearts of the hard-to-please critic’s circle. Sleater-KinGovernors Ball = 30% ney is active once again and the resurgence of all-female groups has brought This statistics once again are not clear representations of the true democountless femme rockers into view. Things are moving forward. Any progress graphics of those being represented on stage. Demographics that are as bare is progress! when it comes to gender as when it comes to race, as well.

By: Claire Cortese

Simple Summer Days

Sun’s Out Buns Out By: Katie Beauregard | Photos By: Kevin Hardman and Katie Beauregard

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hile lying on Thompson Hall lawn, eating lunch at Hoco, or grabbing a drink at Libby’s, there has been a new type of magic in the air. Sure, the snow has melted, trees are blooming and students are dressing like humans again, but there’s something so much greater, something that is changing the way the University of New Hampshire is approaching this spring—man buns.

laziness of some men led to the progressive style tially an inner calling to their professional hockof the man bun. Max Schermerhorn, a senior at ey and lacrosse idols. Nonetheless, both of these UNH, can attest, and relate to Heinlein.

UNH Wildcats showed that a huge reason for their participation in the man bun movement is due to “Basically, I didn’t get a haircut,” said Schermerthe sports they involve themselves in. horn. “I’ve only had it for a week and a half.”

Braden McNeil, also a senior at UNH, talked Social Scene how he has always had long hair, and how that just As Oprah Winfrey once said, “Surround yourself led to the culimination of his bun. with people who are going to lift you higher.” And “I think I did the man bun because my friend in this case, lift your man bun higher. Misha CharThinking back through the history of mankind, told me it would look good, so I kinda just did it,” lat, a junior at UNH, can agree with this. or “man style,” trends have dramatically changed said McNeil. “I dig it now.” “[My friends], they are crunchy hippies with throughout the years. With the reputation of being UNH Wildcats have been inspired by the man beards that run around the woods,” Charlat said. the sex that doesn’t care about looks or style, men’s bun. It’s a raging trend.

For Charlat, a pre-vet major, it is extremely comhair has rapidly been changing for as long as history mon to have at least one, if not more, man buns can recall. And the University of New Hampshire Sports present at one time. As he spoke about his circle is no different. There have been plenty of trends on From football to lacrosse, hockey to soccer, “flow” of friends, who spend a lot of time outdoors and in campus—from clothing and shoes, to accessories has been an extremely prominent trend in the the woods around campus, he explained how his and, well, hairstyles sports world. Soccer players like David Bekham, man bun is not an uncommon philosophy for him.

Taking a look at the 1960’s, the Beatles mop-top whom we should note is also a Calvin Klein model, “I am surrounded by man buns, and people who and Danny Zucco slicked back- gelled hair was ev- and Chico Flores brought this look to the soccer erywhere. Long hair and hippy vibes progressed field, while football player Clay Matthews brought are used to the man bun,” he said. through the 1970’s and messy mullets inhabited the the man bun to the NFL. Tom Brady’s long hair Wildcats have mastered the art of “work hard, 1980’s. The mid 1990’s were filled with *NSYNC may have been controversial in regards to his usual play hard,” and man buns really seem to encourage frosted tip bliss and the 2000’s led to a whole lot of clean-cut hairdo, but nevertheless, athletes today this saying. jell, styling, and Justin Bieber bowls. love the man ban.

Students at UNH aren’t paying between This leads us to the men’s hair today. Yes, underJeremy Mumford, a sophomore lacrosse player at $26,000- $39,000 a year for just academics, as cuts and the simple buzz-cut will forever be present UNH, is one of the Wildcats who has embraced much as our parents would like to think that. A while we work our way through our UNH colle- the man bun, and loves every minute of it. huge part of our collegiate careers are based on the giate careers, but within the past few months, a social aspect—meeting and making friends, along “I grew it out for lacrosse, and then man buns new and emerging hairstyle has cropped up—man with the occasional (or pretty frequent) night out. were in,” said Mumford, in regards to his ‘flow.’ buns.

And ranking as the 46th party school in the nation, And in a sport where flow is so popular, it is no Man buns in and of themselves have a history. wonder that Mumford decided to partake in the the social aspect of college only seems appropriate.

Looking back to the sixth century B.C., Buddha trend. But without a haircut in over two years, this And the social aspect of college, with man buns, is really the whole package. rocked the man bun, along with Terra Cotta war- was absolutely intentional. riors and even characters from the well-loved DisFor McNeil, his man bun has opened an array of “The last time I cut [my hair] was the week beney hit, Mulan. So really, it is no wonder that the party doors, while going out. fore move in day freshman year. I’m a sophomore style has resurfaced this spring.

“The best part of having long hair is being at a now,” said Mumford. “I’m just not gonna cut it Yes, Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal and the occasion- for a while.” party and just putting crazy pigtails in,” said Mcal Brad Pitt man bun have been present throughout Neil.

Drew Mills, a junior at UNH, grew his hair out magazine tabloids and Entertainment Tonight, but And although he enjoys going out with his man our own Wildcats have embraced the 2015 trend. for the same reason: his sports team. The intraIs it because of these celebrities, sports, certain mural athlete talked about his usual buzz-cut style, bun now, McNeil’s hair journey hasn’t always been friend groups, laziness or the fact that man buns and how he decided to “grow the flow” for hock- so easy. have a huge success rate with women? Why now? ey, even though most of his teammates keep their “My weakest moments with the man bun were Many UNH students were more than happy to talk hair short, because it’s more comfortable with their definitely in the beginning stages,” said McNeil. “I helmets.

We all know it’s actually because of that about their roles in the man bun revolution. was too embarrassed to buy hair ties, so I had my “gorgeous” helmet hair. friends do it for me.”

Laziness “I’m definitely going to keep it,” said Mills. “I For Mumford, who has been growing his hair for Nonfiction writer Robert A. Heinlein once said, actually get a lot of attention.” two years, he has a supportive friend group, in re“Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by So in essence, for Mills and Mumford, man buns gards to his man bun, just like McNeil. lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.” This quote in its entirety describes how the are an athletic type of expression. Or even poten“Whenever I don’t put [my man bun] in, my

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Running With the Bulls By: Eric Skyta

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s the cannons fired, and chaos rang through the air, every language in the world screamed, “Run! The bulls are coming!” Adrenaline coursed through my body, more so than at any other moment in my life.

Before the cannons and the bulls and the adrenaline happened, I was with two good friends travelling around Europe. We had just finished travelling in Lisbon and Portugal, and had just arrived in Madrid. We ate breakfast at a small café as we waited to check into our hostel, sipping espresso and watching television. Highlights from Running with Bulls flashed over the screen. As we watched the incredible scene, we each looked at each other and said, “Yep that is happening.” We immediately started looking up hostel and hotel costs near the area where they ran with the bulls, and the prices were through the roof. Still determined to run with the bulls, we bought a train ticket to Pamplona and said, “Screw it we will figure it out.” I mean realistically, when the hell would we be in Spain again?

After a three-hour train ride we got off and had no idea where we were. We decided to follow the noise and the crowded sea of red and white colors. Pamplona is a modest city of roughly 200,000 people, but during July 6th to July 14th the city becomes a massive fiesta called the San Fermin festival. As we got closer to the city center we could feel the excitement. Live music was everywhere, the people were cheering, dancing, and drinking—a lot of drinking. At that point we realized we really needed to get into the proper attire. We haggled with some street vendors and purchased clothes that made us look the part—Red handkerchiefs around our neck, white shirts, and red tassels hanging at our waist. But the most important item we purchased was a two-dollar box of wine.

We wandered around the city as we slugged back the wine. It was like nothing I had ever seen before. The damn city was so alive! Every shop was turned into a bar or club. The food was phenomenal. Spaniards love, and I mean love, their hamon.

Cured Ham hung from every butcher shop in town and there was even a butcher shop that was turned into a full out nightclub—DJ blaring techno music, people grinding on each other, and a light show, all under a ceiling of hanging cured ham. I knew that I was in the right place.

As the night progressed we drank more two-dollar wine. Then we drank more two-dollar wine, and more. It just so happened that the World Cup was also going on. At an outdoor bar, we got a spot at a standing table with a few older Spanish men, and watched the Germany vs. Brazil match. We spoke to them with the little Spanish we knew. These guys were probably sixty years old and very drunk.

One of them saw me drinking the boxed wine and screamed at me in Spanish, eventually taking it from me. A minute later he came back with at

least a thirty-dollar bottle of Spanish Grenache and we all passed it around until it was gone. Then he did it again, and again. Before I knew it I was smoking cigarettes like a chimney and blabbering any Spanish word I knew. While all this was going on we had Brazilians crying and Germans cheering all around us. As the night continued we were singing, laughing, and drinking. We soon realized it was three in the morning and we had to run with the bulls at 8 am. We had nowhere to sleep.

Then it happens. The cannon goes off and chaos begins. That cannon made my heart jump all the way to the back of my throat, and made my stomach feel like it dropped off a giant rollercoaster. The massive crowds ran right at us. I had no choice but to run too. If we fall, we died. No one would help.

At this point I was just running as fast as I could, jumping and dodging the fallen soldiers. Out of the corner of my eye, I see a massive horn and then the gigantic body of the first bull. If I stuck my hand out to the left I would have been able to feel the I told my friends that I was not sleeping on the point of the horn. Five more fly by. It all happened street. I was drunk, and wanted nothing more than so fast. to sleep in a hotel. So I ran off with one of my friends and we went to try and find a cheap hoAs we got closer to the arena, the streets narrow tel. Unfortunately, almost everywhere was booked. into a deadly tunnel. The second cannon goes off Our only option cost 300 dollars. I was drunk and as soon as we enter the tunnel, and this means that of terrible judgment, so my attitude was “ehh fuck the second set of bulls are about to be released. I it.” Let’s just say it was the most expensive shower get to the beginning of the tunnel and there is a and nap of my life. The friend we left behind slept massive traffic jam. No one is moving and the bulls on a concrete stoop in the middle of the city. are just seconds behind. Everyone is screaming their heads off and pushing like they are trying to So at 7:30 the alarm goes off and we are ridicubreak down a door of a castle. I finally get through lously hung over. Head pounding, stomach queasy, and jump into the arena as the next six beasts fly in but we are about to run with the bulls so all of that right behind me. goes right out the window. We head down to the starting area and meet our friend who looks like Although we were safe in the arena, we were still shit at this point due to sleeping on the streets but on edge and catching our breath. Hundreds of peohe is just as excited as the rest of us. This is where ple were doing the same. When I looked up, I felt things start to get real. The day before we scoped like a Gladiator! Thousands of people in the crowd out the course and it is about a half mile. We de- erupted in cheers and claps. I looked around and cided to start in an area that looked safe to us but realized what I had done, and the whole arena goes hey what the hell did we know. We knew who the wild. Everyone from the runners to the spectators pros were due to their intense stretching and fo- start cheering like we had won the gold medal in cus. Me on the other hand was like a little kid in the Olympics. People have never met from every the candy store. I was ecstatic the environment was continent on this planet are hugging, high fiving, surreal. People everywhere from balconies to roofs, chanting, smiling, and laughing. I basically just on top of cars, and news cameras on every corner, went through every emotion in the book within 7 were watching you run down the streets of a city in minutes so your body and mind are both on an hopes that you would get mauled by one of the 12 actual life high. You feel invincible and proud that massive and angry bulls! you just ran with the bulls.

Coping With Finals By: Cameron Bielski

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ach May, college campuses are brimming with excitement and anticipation as the spring semester comes to a close. For many students; however, May is a hectic time wrought with overwhelming stress and anxiety due to final exams. We all know the classic signs that exam season has arrived: sunken eyes from late nights at Dimond Library, supersized cups of coffee, and sweatpants. And if you’re anything like yours truly, May is likely a time for procrastination and poor time management.

Although the challenges of exam season are universal, the manner in which each student copes with the stress varies greatly from individual to individual.

UNH Sophomore Psychology major Emma DePierro has her own unique way of coping with the stress of finals.

“I typically cope with the stress of final exams by making a to-do list and prioritizing my time,” Emma says. “I try to stick to that schedule and make sure that I give myself time to eat and go

to sleep on time. I have to clean off my desk completely before I sit down to study and if it’s not clean enough I have to move to a different location so I can focus.

I also always call at least one of my parents for words of wisdom to calm me down. If I am feeling especially stressed about an exam I like to take my studying material down to the water and study by the beach.”

DePierro has found her strategy to be effective thus far in her collegiate career.

“I think for myself, the most effective strategy I use is making sure I allow myself enough time to sleep; when I fail to give myself a full night’s rest I get nervous and tend to not do as well on my exams.” On a scale from 1-10, Emma reckons that she would score “about a 6/10” in terms of how effective her stress management is during final exams.

Senior Andy Upton, majoring in Fine Arts with a concentration in photography, adopts a slightly different approach when it comes to de-stressing for finals. Upton

prefers to spend time outdoors and clear his mind prior to studying.

“During finals I take mornings or afternoons when it’s nice out to do something I enjoy for a few hours outdoors, things like golf, fishing, hiking, or just skateboarding around. I find it increases my productivity and makes my day feel less devoted to purely school,” Upton says. “It’s easy to go crazy doing work all hours of the day and I find that it’s easier to stay up late studying if I have done something I enjoy that day - it also makes scrolling through the useless internet outlets less tempting because I’ve already had my dedicated break for the day.”

No matter what you do, final exams can be a difficult time.

Coping with elevated stress levels is all about finding what works best for you and sticking to a routine. So good luck to all of you, and remember: the stress of final exams is temporary, and the halcyon days of summer are right around the corner.

Stress Free Finals at UNH

Health Services at UNH work hard to make sure that finals for students are as stress free as possible. Check out some of these events that are going on around campus during finals week!

STUDY BUDDIES - Located at Diamond Library throughout finals week you can take a break from studying and spend some time with puppies and dogs to relieve some stress.

MAY DAY CARNIVAL - Located in C-Lot on 5/2 join other students for an end of the year celebration involving games, rides, live music and raffles!

HULA HOOP TIME - Located on the Murkland Quad at various times throughout finals week, get some blood flowing with other students and revisit that game that was a staple to your childhood.

YONOLA BAR - UNH Dining services provides a variety of granola and yogurt for a healthy and stress relieving snack on 5/7 located at Diamond Library.

CHAIR MASSAGES - On 5/6 at Diamond Library you can sign up for a five minute chair massage by a liscensed massage therapist. You wouldn’t believe the tension that can be relieved in just a five minute massage.

The Art of The Party By: A couple of seasoned Senior vetrans

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inally moving off campus? Congratulations. Life is about to get much better for you and your friends. There will be no one to tell you when to be quiet, no need to wear flip-flops in the shower, and the list goes on. With a new apartment or house, your friends are going to expect you to “break it in” by having a few people over. That is wonderful. And hey, guess what? They had a ton of fun, and want to keep coming back. Soon, you and your roommates decide that you want to have a full-blown party.

Do it! You are only in college for a little while and might as well live it up. It may be your first party, so you probably won’t know what you are doing. No worries, it happens to everyone. But many people make common mistakes when throwing a party, thinking that the only important factors are loud music and drinking. There are many factors that come into play. It is an art that takes time to master.

But to get you started, here are the key ingredients to make your party memorable.

The Prep

Gather your best friends, and map out what you want done. Everything from moving shoes, furniture, curtains, any valuables, and knife sets must be thought of. Remember when you are drinking, food is worth it’s weight in gold so zip tie your cabinets. Trust us it is worth it the next day. Party proofing is the name of the game and if you don’t do it, you WILL regret it in the morning. Make a list of all the jobs that need to be done and distribute them to the group. These small details are the key to success. We use excel for the list, budget, supplies, and jobs. It makes things easier.

All Inclusive

It is going to be much harder on you, but it will make all the difference at the party. Instead of BYOB take the time to collect money from everyone and pre-purchase everything. Get the drinks, the mixers, the snacks, and the decorations before the party. It gives the party a sense of “different” that people really like. The party is for the people so give the people what they want.

When you decide that you are going to have a Theme party you need to commit 100%. Yes, sometimes A creative theme gives partygoers something to people casually over just to have a filler night, but look forward to. While they sit in class all week when you want a true party you might as well go they are really thinking about what they hope to all out. The prep is key to any successful party. find at Savers. Whether it is a classy cocktail or

a retro 80’s party, make it a big deal. Make sure everyone knows that if they’re not ready for the theme, they’re not getting in the door.

Flow

Ever been to a party where you can’t move at all or there is a couch just sitting right in the middle of a potential dance floor? Well let us tell you it sucks.

Flow is another one of those key ingredients that people overlook. You are going to want everything accessible. When planning, you need to look at where people enter, where the dance floor is, is the bar line in the way, how is the bathroom situation, and so on. No one likes when you cannot move and are trapped into a small corner. To avoid this, make a list of those pre-paying partygoers. This will make for a better environment. Not to mention it is really easy to pick out “Randies,” as we call them.

If people can go from bar to bathroom and then go dance freely, things are better that way.

Music

The MVP of the party is the music. Music can make or break a party. First, you need to have the right speakers. We are not talking about some 1999 Gateway computer speakers that you found in your basement. You need some powerful gear if you want to get everyone to the dance floor. Once you

have your speakers you better have someone you trust working the laptop. Let’s just say we would not recommend your basic drunk freshman whose mental music archives only go far back as Pitt Bull or Jason Deluro. What you need is that friend who puts on the perfect song at the perfect time. They will turn your stand around and drink “party” into a full on dance party where even the anti social kids in the random bedroom will peek their head out and join in.

Ratio

Do not be like a frat. Everyone remembers calling up every girl in their phone in order to roll up to the back door of a frat house, only to encounter some little pledge who just might let you in, depending on if you brought enough girls. Keep those dark days in your past. 50/50 is where you want to be. It keeps a better vibe and there is not a mass of one gender staring at the opposite sex like some sort of a meal. Can’t stress it enough, 50/50 is the perfect ratio.

Rides

This one is for the “off campus” parties. The off campus party may be rare, but when the opportunity comes around make it happen. A party at a different place is a great change of scenery and a recipe for a good time. People will be down to

throw a little bit of extra money if they know that they are going to get there and back safely. A bus or a van is absolutely worth the extra cost. The ride even turns into a party since everyone can enjoy themselves and not worry about how they are going to get home.

are two techniques. Number one, you need to pick up some whistles. Number two, give the DJ the cut it sign and bring up the “fire alarm” Youtube video. Once you have the two ready to go, you start blaring the whistles and blasting the “fire alarm” video and before you know it there is line to get out of your place instead of in. All of your real friends Late Night Snacks will know to hide in the bedrooms until there are An extremely underrated part of a party is the no longer “Randies” Once they are gone, fire the food. Let’s be real when 1:30 a.m. comes rolling music back up and continue the party. around and you have been drinking you are thinking one of two things. You either want an extreme- The Clean Up So that place where you just threw a killer party ly unhealthy, but damn delicious piece of pizza, or you are thinking of…. Well you know. So when is most likely the same place you live. If that is the you are collecting money make sure you budget in case, nothing is worse then waking up hung-over as snacks. Don’t have them out and ready when the all hell and realizing you can not even sit on your party starts because no one wants to mess up their couches because there is just trash everywhere. The make up or outfits when they are in picture mode. number one mistake you can make is say “We will When the dancing is starting to die down whip out do this tomorrow.” It doesn’t have to be right when that pack of frozen mozzarella sticks and pop it in you wake up but at some point during that immethe oven. Ten minutes later you’ll see who the most diate next day you better get on it or else you will regret it! The standard is to get some coffees and popular person in the room is. then head back and bang it out. Make sure everyExit Strategy one knows their job beforehand and things will run Ok, so what happens if things start to get cra- smooth. Also don’t forget about those people who zy? If you loose control what do you do? If all of a are always at your house. Get them on board too sudden there is a sea of freshmen with backpacks and your house will be back to normal in no time. and UNH Snapbacks how do you get all the “Randies” out? Do you call the cops? NO Way! There

The Super Senior By: Naomi Odlin

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ollege: four years of studying, partying, socializing, self-discovery and the final step before entering the real world.

That’s what most of us think when we think of this fine institution known as UNH. But for some, it’s more than four years; it’s five or six or sometimes even more than that.

The reasons for becoming a super senior, as it has come to be called, vary just about as much as you can imagine. For some, they are working full time while pursuing a degree, others just failed too many classes to finish in four years. Each student who takes more than four years to earn their degree has their own reasons, and that’s not a bad thing.

Because come on, who made it the norm that you had to earn a degree in four years anyways? Why can’t we each take the time we need, whether it’s two years or eight, to experience this part of life that is denied to many?

Andrew Wood, a fifth year senior, believes in taking your time to find out what it is exactly that you want to learn and study in school. He changed his major several times, from chemical engineering to computer science to IT and finally to outdoor education. Along the way he learned that none of those initial majors were a good fit for him, and he took a bunch of random classes just to see what UNH had to offer and to see if any of them sparked his interest. That’s what everyone should do! Explore all the different, unique, and interesting departments and courses that are at our fingertips instead of just

sticking to the stuff you know and is comfortable. reasons for taking more time are pretty standard, You never know, that queer studies or economics I transferred and changed my major a few times. class could be just what you’re looking for.

Typical indecisive college student. But this is the time to do that exploring! That’s what everyone Marion Boa, also a fifth year senior, transferred tells us anyways, that college is for self-discovery to UNH, which seems to be the trend for many and finding your passions. And one way we are all super seniors. Transferring credits is a bitchy prosomewhat forced to do that discovering is through cess, and rarely works out in your favor. I can tell the Discovery Program, a collection of courses choyou from experience also as a transfer student that sen by faculty in all departments to offer students many courses that seem to be standard from school more accessibility to subjects they may not be exto school don’t always mean you’ll be getting credits posed to within their discipline. However if you for them. I lost about a semester’s worth of courses were to ask anyone on campus their opinion of the when transferring, so even as a sophomore I was program, you would get many mixed reviews, and looking at extra time in school. When looking back that’s another discussion in its own that we won’t at her college career, Boa thinks she would have get into here. started at UNH in the first place, and not be so indecisive with her major. If you ask any super senior, Back to the matter at hand; the whole point of you may hear something similar, while the road to college is to receive a degree, to become somewhat discovering what it is you plan to pursue in college of an expert in some sort of field that you can, can be fun, it can also be draining mentally and hopefully, use later on in your career. It shouldn’t economically. matter how long that takes you, I know people who finished in three years and others who took many Another transfer student, Brian Melescuic, lost a more, so long as you finish and earn that degree, if lot of credits during the move, and with the help of that’s what you want and need. Being a super seJ-Term and summer courses, is going to be able to nior doesn’t mean you failed or you’re dumb, it just graduate next year after five years instead of having means you took your time in earning that diploma, to stay even longer. and that’s nothing to be ashamed of.

This writer happens to be a fifth year senior, and So here’s to you Wildcats who just couldn’t quit proud of it. Yeah I’m probably more in debt than it after four years but had to take that victory lap, some of you, but at the moment I’m okay with that or two, or three. You do you, and I’ll see you at (check back with me on that answer in thirty years graduation! when I’m still paying student loans though). My

SCOPE Presents Logic featuring Bishop Nehru & Clinton Sparks By: Shawn Robidoux | Photos By: Bridget Regan & Emmet Todd

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n April 9th, the Student Committee on Popular Entertainment (SCOPE) presented their first spring concert of the semester, rap artist Logic. The show consisted of Logic as the headliner, with supporting sets from Bishop Nehru and Clinton Sparks. Bishop Nehru is an up and coming hip-hop artist out of New York with an old-school feel. Clinton Sparks on the other hand, is a somewhat local DJ who has worked with just about any mainstream artist you could think of.

Logic is an emerging rap artist out of Maryland.

His unique perspective on life and intricate flow make for a very complete artist in the hip-hop industry. Although he has been rapping for 10 years or so, his first studio album “Under Pressure” was just released last year. The album received very positive feedback, even winning Logic the “Best Rap Album of the Year” via ITunes.

As for the concert, SCOPE was able to secure Logic as one of the spring performers quite a few months back. As one of the most requested rappers on SCOPE’s survey and still at his point in his career where SCOPE can afford an upcoming rap artist, the move felt very “logical” for SCOPE. The show in its entirety was highly successful with over 2400 attendees. That being said, the atmosphere of the Fieldhouse is much different than

that of the Whittemore Center. The Fieldhouse actually holds 2500 attendees as opposed to the Whitt which fits over 5000 patrons. In fact, this was the first concert that has been held in the Fieldhouse since the Two Door Cinema Club show in 2011. Concerts at the Fieldhouse definitely have a more intimate vibe due to the smaller size and setup of the venue.

Just coming off of his 50-city (and 6 country) world tour, it is safe to say that Logic has been extremely busy the last few months. He actually explained to SCOPE members that he had not been home in almost four months at this point. Given the obvious exhaustion this would cause for an individual, it certainly did not show for Logic. Many SCOPE members would argue that he was the most genuine and interactive artist that they had the pleasure of working with. Many artists in the music industry prefer to keep to themselves for the most part. Logic, however, hung around the venue and communicated with just about every person who had a hand in the show. He asked questions about peoples’ lives and career paths, taught a few SCOPE members how to solve a Rubix Cube in record time, and even ate lunch with them. It was very apparent that he greatly appreciated all of the work that everyone put into the concert, which often goes unnoticed.

The concert itself was as energetic as expected.

About a month back, approximately 10 SCOPE members took a trip to Portland to watch logic perform a sold out show there. This was a great preview of what was to be seen at UNH. There is no doubt that Logic is an interactive artist, often expressing his phrase “Peace, Love and Positivity” to his fans who he refers to as the “Rattpack”. For the UNH show, Logic performed a variety of songs (while sporting a UNH sweatshirt), with some being fast-paced and catchy, and others being darker and emotional. He even gave Wildcats a special treat when he performed his brand new song “Top Ten” for the first time ever live. Overall, it was a very an excellent production by all parties involved, especially Logic. It was very obvious that the crowd felt a special connection with Logic and his stage presence that motivated him to perform with all of his energy. After the show, Logic stuck around for a couple more hours before heading back to his hotel. He continuously thanked the members of SCOPE for a successful concert and SCOPE did the same, but the work was not over yet. Having to bring all the equipment back to the Whitt took lots of heavy lifting and hard work, but when 5AM rolled around, the members of SCOPE had finished their job. After practically a 24-hour day, SCOPE got some much needed rest, while Logic flew to Nebraska for his next show where he actually decided to wear his UNH sweatshirt on stage as well…

Perks of Being Vegan By: Liz Haas

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achel Wilkins pushed a box of MorningStar veggie bacon strips and a package of Gardein seven grain crispy tenders across the counter. “I pretty much just eat these. Generally speaking I don’t look at ingredients. If it has protein and no meat in it, and it tastes okay, then I eat it.”

Wilkins became a vegetarian two years ago and, like many who go meatless, quickly began to eat imitation, or analogue, soy products in place of white meat chicken tenders and beef patties.

“I knew MorningStar was the big brand, so I tried their bacon right off the bat,” said Wilkins.

With more information available about harmful factory farming methods and the environmental impacts of the meat industry, more Americans have turned to vegan and vegetarian diets. The food industry has kept up with the increased demand for meatless products, with companies increasing the variety of analogue meats to include veggie Kielbasa and barbecue ribs.

“Ten years ago there was only tofurkey,” said senior Katherine McKay. “Now there’s vegan bacon and hot dogs.”

According to Today’s Dietitian, about 2 percent of Americans are vegan, and that number is

increasing, especially on college campuses.

whole ingredients for healthy meatless protein sources. She advises students to only eat imitation The University of New Hampshire has had a meats as an occasional side, not as their main vegan station at its dining halls for over a decade. source of protein.

Since then, dining services has continued to offer new vegan options at students’ requests, including a Sophomore Megan Phelan became vegan three variety of soy, rice and almond milks and imitation years ago and rarely consumes analogue meat meats. Students can eat analogue deli bologna products. or ham sandwiches for lunch and pasta with soy “I am a vegan because I like fruits and vegetables chicken or vegan tofu sesame tenders for dinner. and don’t want to eat meat,” said Phelan. “So why “I’ve had fake turkey in the past, it didn’t take would I eat some artificial hunk of processed soy like turkey, but it didn’t taste bad,” said senior Kaila and corn that is disguised as animal flesh?”

Salaman. She is not a strict vegan or vegetarian, Phelan eats tofu and tempeh, two of the least but she does eat analogue meats occasionally and processed forms of soy, to supply her protein needs. enjoys the vegan nuggets at the dining hall.

One three ounce serving of tempeh provides 15 “If you eat a fake meat, it provides a different grams of protein, which is one more gram than flavor and texture. It makes it more interesting,” the equivalent serving of Tyson chicken nuggets. said Salaman. She has noticed an increase in the Gardein meat-free crispy tenders provide the same popularity of meatless diets and now asks her 14 grams of protein as Tyson chicken nuggets. guests if they have vegetarian or vegan needs when However, dietetics professor Colette Jansonplanning parties.

Sands warns that soy analogues, though high in Rochelle L’Italien, the registered dietitian and protein, are also high in sodium. nutritionist for UNH dining services, does not “A lot of those fabricated meats, to me, are not a encourage students to eat analogue meat products. good choice,” said Janson-Sands. “It’s not terrible, She recommends focusing on whole foods from all just not a real substitute. If you feel that you have of the food groups and eating a variety of beans, to eat soy chicken, you aught to eat real chicken. I legumes, nut butters and veggie burgers made from think there are way too many things made out of

soy,” said Janson-Sands. For some people, she said, of the nine essential amino acids the body requires Senior Sarah Young does not remember what soy is an allergen, so analogue soy products are not to form its own proteins. Pietro advises students meat tastes like. She has not eaten meat in five the protein solution for every meatless diet. to focus on eating complementary proteins such as years and cannot compare the few times she has whole grain bread with peanut butter to provide had analogue meats to the real thing. the body with all nine of the essential amino acids For Young, eating analogue meats takes away at once. from the vegan diet. “It’s about the humanitarian Analogue meats can contribute protein to and environmental implications of consuming one’s diet, but Pietro recommends looking at the irresponsibly produced animal products,” she said. ingredients to see what other foods they should be “Before buying a highly processed meat replacer combined with to ensure consumption of complete with industrialized ingredients, look into getting proteins. He also recommends eating quinoa and local and humanely raised meats.” isolated soy, two meatless complete protein sources.

However, for those like Wilkins who are not “Soy-based meat replacements are definitely vegetable lovers, analogue meats provide a meatless becoming more popular,” said Sophomore protein source and some variety.

Christopher Grinley, who has not eaten meat for “I can’t just eat bread and cheese, so I put this nearly a year. “Some of them definitely taste good, Research has linked meatless diets, which are on it,” said Wilkins, pointing to her veggie bacon. and are the equivalent of maybe chicken nuggets or often lower in cholesterol and saturated fats, to “It like tastes the most close to nothing, but at the a quick burger. Home cooked meals are generally a lower risk of heart disease, diabetes and some same time you can kind of pretend it tastes like better for you but sometimes a quick meal is all you cancers. However, nutrition professor Kevin Pietro bacon.” have time or the skills for.” noted that technically Oreos are classified as vegan Vegan meats can be part of a healthy meatless food.

Grinley eats analogue meats for their convenience diet, as Oreos can be part of any healthy diet if when he does not have access to the dining halls and “No one would argue that a diet consisting of they are not relied on as a main source of nutrition. likes that many imitation meats are microwaveable. only Oreos would be unhealthy,” said Pietro. He Focus on eating a variety of whole foods from all of “They help poor college students who don’t know recommends that students eat a variety of whole the food groups, and once in a while enjoy a strip how to cook transition to a vegan diet easier,” foods. Many plant-based protein sources are not or two of veggie bacon on your breakfast sandwich. he said. His favorite meat substitutes are veggie complete proteins, meaning they lack one or more burgers and soy-based barbecue ribs.

“Vegan meats can be part of a healthy diet, just like Oreos can be a part of any healthy diet if they are not relied on as a main source of nutrition.”

A Love Affair With New England By: Hannah Rivers

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ometimes I wish for the past. When the future was just a string of ever-changing plans. When my prospects were boundless and my hope was unbridled. I yearn for the days when life just….happened.

As a child, my existence was mapped out for me.

I would go to elementary school, middle school, high school and then college. I would join clubs, go to prom and take my ACTs. But now there is a void in the timeline. After graduation, I have no plan. I can’t fall back on what I’m supposed to do, because there is no “supposed to.” There are only choices and infinite possibilities. I can do anything.

Go anywhere. Be anyone. The freedom is daunting.

“Where are you from?”

“Nebraska.”

“Where’s that?”

“Did you ride horses to school?”

“So….Cornhuskers.”

Throughout my four years at UNH, this interaction has occurred so many times that I have developed and memorized my answer. People are always surprised and then either confused because they didn’t know that it’s a state or genuinely interested in the peculiarity of my origin. Since we Nebraska folk are a rarity out here, I have frequently been referred to as “Nebraska.” When people call me this, I can safely assume two things: 1) that I met them at a party and 2) that the only thing they remember about me is that I’m from some dubiously existent Midwestern state.

So you’re probably wondering: Why did you come to UNH? The concise answer is that I came here for the EcoGastronomy program, which is only offered at two universities in America. And yes, the sole reason why I moved 1300 miles across the country was to study food and culture.

But I don’t regret it. Because these past four years have been (what’s the adjective?) revolutionary, memorable, lonely, revealing, confounding and altogether mind-blowing. Maybe it’s being on the East Coast, maybe it’s being in college or maybe it’s just being here at UNH. Whatever made it wonderful, it has been quite the journey.

Freshman Year

Shocking though it is, no one from my high school came to UNH. So not only did I not know a single soul, but I knew nothing of the surrounding area. Factor in my lack of social skills and you’ve got a long year of rocky starts. Many of the familiar freshman obstacles were present. Homesickness, the joy of built-up triples, finding your classes, perfecting the art of water bottle mixed drinks, climbing Library Hill, stealing pictures of Ryan Gosling from your RA’s bulletin board. But for me there was the added challenge of being in a completely novel locale.

compassing, simultaneous sensation of foreignness and familiarity. During my freshman year, it felt like I was living two very different lives. There was pre-college Hannah and post-college Hannah.

Each version of myself had her own set of friends, her own routine, her own fixed set of characteristics. And I wondered: who am I now?

Many of you can probably identify with the quarter-life crisis that is college. There are so many new experiences that you change in ways you never thought possible. But while I knew I was in the midst of transformation, I felt like my old self was still there--lingering just under the surface, fighting for a way out.

Sophomore Year

To deal with this tug-of-war between who I used to be and who I could be, I just accepted that there was Old Me and there was New Me and they were somehow both the Present Me. The best way to describe this is by telling you a little story.

One weekend night at UNH I was at the Coops.

It must have been warm out because I remember wearing a floral dress. My friend, Tyler, was up on one of the balconies and he was trying to get my attention. The names that his not-so-sober mind came up with were strange and fairy-like.

It’s difficult to describe the differences between Nebraska and New Hampshire. There are the ob- Moonbeam.Starlight. Moonchild. vious ones like the widespread use of wicked, the Flowerchild. proximity of the ocean, the Dunkin Donuts epiSomehow Flowerchild stuck. This became the demic and the fact that hiking is a thing. But the label of my new identity. My friends started calling biggest disparity is more of a feeling. It’s an all-en- me by the nickname, they introduced me by it and

soon people at parties no longer remembered me as that I would or could do something like that. But “Nebraska,” but as “Flowerchild.”

I guess I was just growing up. Paying bills, juggling school and work, planning for the future. It was all With freshman year behind me, I knew the lay safe then. I was still on solid ground. of the land. I could eat, sleep, study, work out and go crazy with ease. Because I didn’t have to spend Senior Year every second figuring out how to be a person, I So far it’s been a lot of the same college mishaps could focus on my personal transformations. Little by little I was breaking out of my shell. Never and amusements. I go to the bars, I go to class, I again would I be asked if I was Amish (it was only binge-watch Netflix. But there’s also the stirring of once, in high school). I was taking chances, mak- something new, a change in the air, a whisper of the ing mistakes, meeting new people. Flowerchild was future. Things are slowly starting to shift. Friends coming out. I could see a shadow of the person I seem to be floating away, resumes are becoming essential and partying is taking a backseat to adult would become. pursuits. It’s a series of lasts and a prophecy of firsts.

Junior Year

As some of my friends were starting to think about graduation, I was still focused on college. I had gotten used to it all by now. But I had also grown accustomed to leading a double life. It wasn’t as weird going to Nebraska for summer and winter break and then coming back to UNH for the school year. Before, it was like flipping a switch. Being back home was like being in high school again.

People put me in this box where I had to act like I always had, where I had to be Old Me. But after slowly breaking out of that routine over the last few years, my new self was becoming apparent. There wasn’t such a severe demarcation between my identities. I was starting to become just me.

This year I continued getting out of my comfort zone, which included my decision to live with three guys. Much to the horror of my mother and the uncertainty of everyone else, I spent fall semester in an apartment near Stoke as the only girl. The living situation was how you would expect. They were messy, loud, rambunctious and crazy about hockey.

But in a way they were also endearing.

sured by the experiences we have and how they help us evolve to become who we are meant to be.

I don’t think I’ve become entirely myself yet, but I do think that I’ve made some progress. And even though my GPA is pretty good, I am more proud of what I accomplished outside of the classroom.

There are some things I wish I had done, but at the end of the day what’s most important are the memories I made.

I won’t remember the essays I slaved over or the facts I memorized. But I will remember the all-nighters I pulled with friends during finals week, the coffee breaks we took to keep ourselves sane, the jokes we made in too-quiet libraries and the homework we put off to go to the bars. We are a representation of what we do, what we love and how we see the world. No degree or number defines us. We define ourselves.

Because the thought of real life terrifies me, I’ve become pretty successful at pushing it to the back of my mind. Instead of applying for jobs, I’ve been focusing on other things: saving my dollar bills for dollar drinks, acquiring enough pairs of leggings, Four years ago a family friend was telling me that diligently watching Gilmore Girls and being thor- I would love college, that it would be the best time oughly caffeinated at all times. But even so, the of my life. And now that it’s almost behind me, I thoughts creep in. hope this isn’t true. Even though I am already nosWhile I should be pondering my life plans, I’m talgic, I am certain there are better things to come. still trying to wrap my head around the idea of col- Maybe that’s the optimist in me trumping the peslege ending. Which leads me to think about my simist in me, but I don’t want the good days to be graduation party. Like the one I had in high school, behind me. Yes, college was great. But what I’m my college graduation party will be full of people most excited for is what comes next. congratulating me. But what am I actually being I know that when I’m 30 and old and grey, I will congratulated for? Is it the hours I spent writing look back on these seemingly futile moments and papers, the flashcards I made to study, the ideas I wish for my college years. When I had to wear sevcontributed to class discussions? Or is it something eral layers because my apartment was so cold, when else? Is it the way I had to adapt when I moved I bought the second cheapest wine at the grocery each semester? The anxiety I overcame to audition store, when my biggest worry was what show I for an a cappella group? The friends I made and would watch on Netflix. Because with most makept and lost? Which is more worthy of cards and jor changes, there comes a bittersweet sensation. I well-wishes? am melancholic, terrified and exhilarated. But I’ve

Some people might say that my academic suc- accepted it. I can’t stop time, change the past or It may not be a milestone in the course of my cess is the greatest achievement, but I believe my foretell the future. life, but living with all guys showed me that I can personal growth is more valuable. What we gain in All I can do is just enjoy the ride. do anything. Before, I would never have thought college is not measured by our GPAs. It is mea-

The 5 Things I’ll Miss the Most About UNH By: Heather Campbell

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ith spring semester coming to a close and graduation day drawing near, it makes sense to spend a lot of time thinking about what lays ahead. While the future is not always certain, memories from the past remain the same and allow us to think back fondly on our time at UNH. Some of the memories that pop up most frequently in conversation with friends are the expected ones: when UNH won the white out game against Maine our freshman year or so-andso’s surprise birthday party at our first apartment.

But as I start to reflect on what has made these last four years so special those aren’t the times that come to mind. Instead I think of the smaller “you had to be there” moments. So to give a glimpse of what makes UNH the place that we all know and love from my own perspective, here are five of the places that I am going to miss the most as I figure out what the heck I’m supposed to do next.

ing for an epic match of rocks paper scissors? Or an entire bar circle up to sing “Piano Man” before reverting back to what they were doing previously without any concern? No place but at The Knot.

Besides, nothing beats a rum bucket.

2. I’m sure most people do not have fond memories of late nights spent in Club Dimond but I definitely do. My friends and I would always spend time leading up to finals in the (former) periodicals section. Quiet enough to work but not silent either, meaning sitting at a table and talking while we did anything but our schoolwork was acceptable.

desks could be smaller. However that is the room that made me decide I was in the right department and fostered the beginnings of relationships with professors who also make great friends. It might be nice to never have to go in there again but I am grateful for the days spent inside.

5. Lots of us sit in Union Court to kill time, meet a friend, wait for an event to begin, and so on. I’ve done them all and never tired of the eclectic top 40 hits and French hip hop mix. A friend of mine took to calling it the UQ for some reason and it just works. It’s a great place that’s always buzzing, offers fantastic people watching, has good food, and is always open. Last minute papers have been finished here, skype chats with friends abroad have been made here, and too many smoothies for a single person have been consumed here. Any way you look at it, the UQ was my go to spot for anything.

3. Stoke was my freshman home and while it is not necessarily the nicest place on campus it sure does mean a lot to me now. That bathroom on four long is where one of my greatest college friendships began and was host to many other strange events such as reading the newsletters loudly when it was busy or playing pranks on floormates that needed While these places may not be cool or secret by to shower after the gym. Never a dull moment or a any means, they have shaped my time here. If I did 1. The Knot gets a bad rap from the majority of dull person that year. not have memories attached to them then perhaps people around campus for being dark, dingy, and they would be as typical as HoCo or the fishbowl somewhat lame. While that may be true at times, 4. Horton 125 is the most annoying classroom lawn on a sunny day. Most of this campus holds it is still more fun on a random Friday night than to sit in for an eighty minute lecture. Almost any memories for me in some way or another, but I 90% of my nights in Libby’s basement combined. communication major has been in there and wonhope that in seeing my five favorites you’ll be able Where else would see you thirty strangers cheer- dered if chairs could be more uncomfortable and to think about what shaped you as a wildcat.

continued from pg. 29 friends are like ‘you gotta throw one in,’” said Mumford. “It’s a crowd favor- like ‘do you think you could get me some anti-frizz stuff?’” ite.”

After dealing with his issue of frizz and mother’s deep, deep confusion, McNeil talked and joked how unbeknownst to his whole life of having long hair, Maintaining the Style a man bun would form.

As the entirety of this article has stressed beyond belief—man buns are exAnd maybe he should take tips from Charlat, who clearly knows how to tremely trendy. For some, they are a result of laziness, but many Wildcats have taken on the man bun style with pride. It may not have been easy at times, deal with his man bun. but with the drive andwillingness to learn how to maintain the man bun, this “It depends on how I’m feeling,” said Charlat. “If it’s a hat day? No man movement has thrived. bun because then it gets in the way of the hat. You can’t wear it too high Not only do men like and think that man buns are trending this spring, but because that’s getting into samurai, which is again some sketchy territory.” women do too. And for Schermerhorn, his success rate with women has only No one said that maintaining man buns would be an easy task, but Charlot, added more proof to the bun.

Schermerhorn and McNeil have proven that it can be done.

“Two girls just came up to me and gave me their numbers because of it,” With spring in full fling, and summer approaching, man buns will continue he said. to rage throughout campus. They’ll find their way to the Scorps’ patio, T-Hall lawn, and Cinco de Mayo day drinking parties. And once our last finals are completed, our bags are packed, and we’ve sobered up enough for our parents Although Schermerhorn’s two-week-old man bun may have been an easy to accept us, these Wildcat man buns will spread throughout hometowns all success, McNeil had to put a lot more effort and time into maintaining his across the country. So will we see these man buns back in the fall? Only time, man bun. a long summer vacation and next year’s trends will tell.

“It kept frizzing everywhere,” said McNeil. “So I called my mom and was “Girls like [the man bun].”

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